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Fop Volume 36— (1877). 
Open to all— No Competition. 
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No. Names of Premium. Articles. 
X—Fa%. Maaic Bellhead Pencil iZudden & 
Taylor) % j 50 
^—Ladies' Magic Ctiarm Pencil (do. do.).% 2 00 
3~0ents* Magic Ctiarm Pencil (do. do.).$ 3 00 
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5— Gold Pen and Pencil, Telescopic Case, 
Elegant ido. do.) j 5 50 
6~Cen:ennial Magic Pencil (do. do.) | 3 00 
7— Patent Telescopic Gold Pen and Pen. 
cil(do. do.). 4 6 50! 
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ft— Knives and Forks (do. do.) ...$18 50 
lO—Carver and Fork (do. do.) ...$375 
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\Z-Pocket Knife (do. rfo.)..$2 00' 
H— Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$2 75; 
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18 — Patent i->rheeled Propeller Velocipede, 
(C.W. F. Vnre.l $ 8 00 
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•■ZO-Crandall's Ma-^qnerade Blocks t 1 00 
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'2G— Combination Ten-pin Alley (Eorsman)% 2 50 
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•m-Dolfs Cottage CliaTTlber Set (Da> e'....i i 00 
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inaton d: Sons) $100 OOi 
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64— Bay State .Apple Poring and Slicing 
Machine iGoodell Co.) $ 1 50, 
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6H—nnd's Patent Butter Worker $10 (0, 
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BoriptlTe Premlnm Iitst sent tree to applicants. 
contmning a great variety of Items, including viany 
good Hints and Suggestions wliich we throic into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elseichere. 
Continued from p. 49. 
The ]liao;::sban Fo^vls.— *' E. D. K.," 
Brenham. Texas. We distinctly stated, when we ^avc ihe 
portrait of the Lang^han fowl?, that there were none m 
America. Our impression is thai the Black Cochin is so 
near to tliis fowl as to be practically the same. Certainly 
the Black Cochin, sold b3'R. Kirby. 1-2 Courtlandt St., 
New York, meets all the points of the Langshan. 
Corn in I>riUs.— "G. B./' Dunn Co., Wis. 
The increase of crop in plantincr corn in rows instead of 
in squares, is 25 per cent. With the hest farmers in the 
East this method is general. Oar own fields, planted in 
this manner, have been freer from weeds than many of 
our neighbor's, who planted in check rows. The rows 
are generally three feet apart, and the seed may be so 
dropped to^ive one stalk every foot, or two stalks every 
18 inches in the row. 
Cril>l>iiig: and IVorms.— " A. K.," Fitz- 
william, X. H. Cribbing may very probably be an indi- 
rect consequence of worms in the intestines. The round 
white worms maybe got rid of by giving half a pint of 
linseed-oil every morning for a few days ; hut a more ef- 
fective treatment is to give one dram tartar emetic, half 
as much ground ginger, and sufficient linseed meal to 
make a ball with boiling water. This is put down the 
throat in the usual manner. After giving this ball every 
day for a week, give half a pint of linseed oil ; then re- 
peat the halls and the oil, and give a tea-spoonful of cop- 
peras, (green \itriol), in the feed every morning after that, 
until the horse recovers. 
Canse of Heaves.— "P. G.," Portland, 
Oregon. One frequent canse of heaves in horses, is the 
dust from over ripe or mildewed hay: this causes irrita- 
tion, which finally ends in debility of the nerve which 
controls the action of the respiratory organs. The disease 
may be greatly relieved, if not cured in time, by cutting 
the hay and wetting it before feeding it. and giving no 
dry feed whatever. Occasional doses of half an ounce of 
copperas, with equal quantities of ginger and gentian 
roots powdered, are helpful temporarily. 
Floor for a Stal>le.— '* J. R.," Schoharie 
Co.. N. T. A water-tight stable floor may be made as 
follows. Lay dry, tongned and grooved, inch-and-a-half 
plank, with the joints put together with hot gas tar or 
pitch, for the first floor; salnrate this thoroughly with 
hot tar, laying upon it a second floor of plank while 
the tar is hot. The seams should be well filled with the 
tar. No water will pass throngh this floor, and it will be 
very durable : the more so if the upper floor is well coaled 
with hot tar and then sanded. 
Hoiv fo Apply Asliej* and jiiull. — 
" J. R.," Clinton, F. of O. Unlcached ashes may be ap- 
plied at the rate of 40 or 50 bushels per acre npon land 
that is full of weeds. The more vegetable matter there is 
in the soil, the more ashes it will bear. Salt maybe 
used at the rate of 300 to 400 lbs. per acre. Sawdust is 
qnite useless until thoroughly rotted. By mixture with 
liqnid from the stables, it may serve as a useful vehicle 
for this valuable fertilizer. 
Fowls Fatin;=r Featliers.— "L, H. C," 
Hamilton, Va. At this season fowls have much idle 
time, and get into mischief in conseqnecce. Being de- 
prived of niiimal or nitrogenous food, they lake as tho 
best substitute the feathers from each other's necke. The 
remedy is to give Ihem a sheep's pluck or liver to peck 
at. hanging it np within reach, and to give them wheat 
scattered in tho earih or litter of their houses. This will 
give them food, and work to occupy their time. 
A Famous Oransr** Tree died recently 
In Fr.ance. The story ^^^'^^ that in 14*.;i Ihe Queen of 
Navarre gave her gardener the seed to plant, and that 
this tree was Ihe rosnlt. The tree managed to survive 
various remo\-als. dne Io political changes, and was 456 
years old when It died, having long been the largest and 
most rmitful tree in the omngerr at Versailles. 
•* Sweeny in the Shonlders.*'— " J. 
W.," Wacbinpton Co.. Ore^n. What you call "ffwee- 
nied In both shoulders." is a wastine away of the mns- 
cles of tho shoolder blade, resolting from dleeose in the 
