1877.] 
AMEKICAN AGRICUI/rURIST. 
4.55 
A Ho;?: Waslier. — Cleanliness is an ef- 
fective agent in preventing disease. It is also often 
telpful as a remedy for various diseases. It is undenia- 
"ble that the hog is the most filthy of our domestic ani- 
mals, simplybecause it is provided with no facilities for 
-cleanlineae. To keep hogs iu good health, perfect clean- 
Jiness of body" and pen should be observed, and the ani- 
mal most willingly accepts the means for freeing itself 
from filth. We have frequently been amused to observe 
the gratification shown by our pigs when they have been 
treated to a bath from a hose and sprinkler, and the 
vigorous rubbing they have given themselves afterwards 
-against a rubbing post. This was made a weekly busi- 
ness, and at the same time the pens were well drenched 
with water. Now a device for washing swine has been in- 
vented by a Mr. Maddox, by which these ill-used animals 
can be kept clean, and their health preserved. The ma- 
■chine is manufactured by Bay Bros., of Baltimore, who 
^Iso. for a small sum, furnish plans and specifications by 
-which the machine can be made by any farmer. 
Oermaii Asr"<^"»lt«irist— A lSeqllei^t. 
— The German edition of the Anierican AgricuUnj'ist 
.^hovld be in the hands of evert/ German cultivator and 
laborer on the fann or in the garden. Published for 20 
years, and recognized in both hcraispheresasauthority iu 
-agricultural matters, it has absorbed one German publica- 
tion after another, until to-day it is, with one exception, 
the only purely German agricultural journal in the United 
-States. Containing all the more important articles, and 
the illustrations of the American edition, together with 
:a special German department, by Hon. Fredkkick 
M0ENCH, the distinguished cultivator of Missouri, it 
presents in each issue, invaluable information for every 
farmer, gardener, and fruit grower. The Ge?^man Agri- 
cultu7'i'it has &\l the benefit of the large outlay required 
in the preparation of the English edition, and it is for 
this reason that it can be furnished at such cheap rates ; 
otherwise, it could not be supplied at less than three 
times the present price. Now is the time to subscribe 
for the coming year. Many of our subscribers take the 
German edition for their gardeners and workmen, with 
-as much regularity as they furnish them necessary tools 
.and implements. A year's subscription receipt would 
make a capital Christmas or New Year's present to them. 
All new German comers, especially, should have the 
paper, and we ask all our readers to make known 
its merits to those who are settling among them. 
By 80 doing, they wiU indirectly benefit themselves, 
for as adjoining lands are improved and made profit- 
.able by intelligent farming, their own lands must 
increase in value. Many Germans subscribe for their 
friends in the Fatherland. The latter find useful hints 
-and suggestions in the paper which European journals 
do not supply. Those who may contemplate migrating 
.at any time in the future to America, to engage in soil 
■culture, stock-raising, or fruit-growing, should be fur- 
nished with the German AgricuUtuist, inasmuch as it 
■will give them rauch-nended information in advance, 
:and, to a certain extent, prepare them for their new field 
of labor. The single and club rates are the same as for 
the English edition, and may be clubbed with it. 
N. B.—Tha German edition of the American Agricul- 
iurUt is to be greatly improved, beginning with the De- 
cember number. It is to have a beautiful illustrated, 
tinted paper cover, and other added attractions, which 
■will make that Journal still more valuable. 
IVi'UrasUa. — Many letters are daily receiYci\ 
inquiring about this State, its soil, climate, and dosini- 
tility as a farming country; Iu a journey across the 
State, a few years ago. we formed a much more favorable 
opinion of its soil than we had i)reviously possessed. 
During the past summer, one of our associates spent 
■several weeks there, visiting a majority of the Counties, 
and was very favorably impressed. From all be could 
gather, and from other sources of information, we judge 
that any farmer going tlicro, with sufficient means to 
maintain himself and family tcmjiorarily, until lie gels a 
fitart— that is, until ho can get a first crop harvested— can 
hardly fail to do well. This year, a largo number have 
made ontnub from a single han'ost to pav all expenses 
■of the crop, and Iho original cost of the land, with a sur- 
plus over. Those desiring information as to localities, 
prices of land in market, etc., would do well to write to 
ITon. O. F. Itavia, at Omaha ; or, A. E. Touzalin^ at 
Lincoln, Nebraska. 
l>isIo<':ilioii ol <1ic I*;ito11:i (^(aflo). 
— " O. R. C.."' Flatbush, L. 1. When the imtella or knee- 
cap has been dislocated by any means, tlie ronirdy is lo 
■draw the foot forward, by moans of a rope tied to the 
fetlock and pas'^od throuirb n saddle girth, if other moans 
fail, and thm press tlie bone into its place. Then batho 
the part In Ico-cold water and decoction of oak bark, and 
ieep the horse on a level floor for a week or two. 
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To AdTertiser.s — Important Minis. 
—1st. All who have plants, seeds, implements, .ndeed 
anything, to piace before farmers, should not forget that 
January and February, especially jauuarj', .s their sea- 
son for rest, for reading, tor planning and laying out 
their work for the year, and decidins- ujion what they wih 
use in the way of seeds, implements, improved antmais, 
what purchases they will make. Tins journal is not -ike 
a daily or weekly paper— read to-day, and in the waste- 
basket to-morrow— but it is preserved for reterence tor 
months, generally for years.— 2d. No advertisement can 
"be admitted, at any price, from any pci-son who is not 
fully believed to have both the aWAtij and intention to 
do just uihat he promises.— Zd. No patent medicmes or 
secret things are admitted. We have recently returned 
an unusual amount of money offered for advertismg 
such things, showing that some i)eop4e have forgotten, 
or do not understand our rules. — 4th. The best advertise- 
ment is one setting forth 7iwst clearly whut is for sale, 
its cost, and how to get it.— 5th. The German edition ot 
Iho A inericafi Agriculturist IB iiv^\via.h\G and cheap me- 
dium for reaching a large claass of most inteUigent peo- 
ple ; it circulates in every State of tho Union, largely in 
some of them ; in Germany, Kussia, Austria, Norway, 
and most other countries. 
CAiilkS cau at anj- time be increased by remit- 
ting for each addition, the jtrice i>aid by llie original 
members ; or a small club may be made a largor one at 
reduced rates, thus: One having sent 10 subscribers and 
$11, may afterwards send 10 names more and $9, making 
23 subscribers at $1.10 each, and so of other club rates. 
Iu<lin-Itai1>1><^i* or <wiim Bool $., arc at 
certain lime-:, and in particular inaces, of so much rea. 
comfort and value to farmers and otherH of our readers, 
that in February, 1S7G, we gave au account of their man- 
ufacture. Tliis article described and illustrated the pro- 
cesses followed at the "L. Candee A Co." works, atNew 
Ilaven, Conn., the oldest factory »f the kind in the coun- 
try. Since the article referred to appeared, we have had 
occasion to t^st the quality and obsiTve the satisfactojy 
wearing of the "Standard Pure" boot^ supplied by 
*' Candee AT^o." It is. as we know from experience, 
exceedingly annoying to find an article, upon which baa 
been expended great care and thought in bringing It to 
pcrfoclion, clo-Joly imitated, and put before ttie public, 
as our own. We are told, and there U but little satisfac- 
tion in knowing it— that the highest possible testimony 
that can be paid to the excellence of an article, is to im- 
itate it. The Caudee Co., finding that boots are made of 
adulterated stock, in exact imitation of their "■ pure gum 
ooots," have issued a circular cautioning all purchasers 
that their boots are branded on the leg. in plain letters : 
"Standard Pur.-. 'L. Candee & Co., ■"' and slate that 
all other makers of ■' Pure Gam Boots " have adopted a 
similar brand. They state that all boots not similarly 
branded, whether dull, or finished with a luster, are 
made from poor stock, which the purchaser, from in- 
spection only, can not distinguish from the "Pure.'" 
Purchasers of rubber boots, should look to the brand 
upon the leg. At the great Trade Sale of rubber goods, 
held in Boston in October last the Candee goods 
brought higher prices than any others sold. 
Sundry Humbusg. 
One ofthcrascalitiesprac- 
ticable in cities is that of 
personating a police ofliccr. 
Sometimes this is done by a 
rogue to accomnlish some 
purpose. of intimidation or 
other scheme; but the risk 
^^^ of detection is great, and the 
^S^= punishment heavy. It is 
""S much safer to pretend'to be 
\^S a detective, and in view of 
i3 the number of private de- 
Ji tcctivc concerns — some of 
^S which are organized rascal- 
73 ities, on the principle of 
^^ ■ s<.t a rogue to catch a 
~~~- injne" — that have noth- 
to do with the regular 
police force, and, as the suc- 
cess of detectives depends 
largely upon being an- 
known, it sometimes hap- 
pens iliut inny;es assume to be detectives, and under this 
disguise manage to fleece timid or unsuspecting persons. 
This has happened a number of times, but it remained 
for Cincinnati, O., to have an organized bogus detective 
force, and, under the pretense of a widely-extended 
secret service, manage to raise a crop of petty swindles. 
For some months we have received occasional postal- 
cards, setting torih the claims and aims of the 
'united states SECr.ET SERVICE COMPANY. " 
This proposed to do a "General Detective Business^ 
and especially to go for " swindling advertisers." The 
special method iu which this company would ''realize" 
was not evident on the face of tlie card, and all that we 
could do was to warn our friends, by mail, to let the 
thing alone, as its very title was a fraud. Tliere is a " TJ. 
S. Secret Service Co.," but It does not advertise for busi- 
ness, it being attached to the Treasury — and. perhaps, 
other departments at Washington. One suspicious thing 
about this "Secret Service Oo." was its method of get- 
ting names to which lo send cards. Notwithstanding al. 
that has been said, some papers (and, we arc sorry to say, 
some agricultural papers) continue to advertise a remark- 
able " Lamp-Glass Co." Persons sending to the glass 
concern, for circular, conccruin^g their wonderful terms 
to "agents," in a lew days after receive one of the '* De- 
tective Co.'s" advertisements, directed in the same hand 
as the glass chimney document. All this .-odked sus- 
picious, but we could do nothing but wait for develop- 
ments; and tliey came at last, as they arc very sure to do 
if one is patient. It appears that the " U. S. Secret 
Service Co." advertised for members of its force. What 
is a "Service Co." wilhout servers? Ourcnrrespoudent, 
"A. D.," of Marengo, IU., applied. lie was accepted, 
his salary to he $1,000 to $;i,030 a year ; hut lie must first 
" sign enclosed certificate," which " would bo referred to 
proper ofticer.-^," etc. "-\.J)." signed and sent. Soon 
he received another letter, and then — (ho cat was out of 
the bag. The "Secret Service Co." send a circular say- 
ing that they publish 
"the AMERICAN CRIMIXAL GAZETTE." 
Every mcmoer ot the lorce^is " required to be a regular 
subscriber," and pay his $."1 "in advance. Then "A. 
D." is told: "When you remit, enclose the money 
in au ortlinary envelop; po not seni> by P. 0. 
money order, or iu a registered letter. Scud iu or- 
dinary mail, as you would any letter on business." All 
that m.acliinery to got a paltry $3; but, then, the letters 
appear to he done by one of the new copying processes, 
and may he turned ofi" very rapidly, and. as the ofl"or of 
$1.0(10 to $:i,Ot'l;^ salary was pretty good bait, the $3 re- 
niitlances no doubt came in lively. But. afier alMhcir 
caution about mailing, the " Co." has been hauled up to 
auswiM" to an indictment fiir sending matter through the 
mails "calculated to defniud the public." Tho transac- 
tion has quite soured our correspondent, " A. D.." as he 
wishes us to "advise no one to send any money into 
