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Continued from p. 451. 
ReisBcdy l«i" '^Vltent SSiiiBiiiu^' to 
Sfraiv.— '-W. L. n.," Hardin Co., Ky. "When wheat 
runs to straw instead of grain, the soil is probably loo 
rich in vegetable matter, and a good dressing of lime 
will be useful. Although the soil niay be what is known 
as a limestone soil, or rests upon limestone rock, it 
may need lime as much as any other soil. Limestone is 
not lime, and is inert, while lime has a veiy powerful " 
eflcct, not only upon organic matter, (such as vegetable 
matter in the soil), but upon the mineral matter of the 
clay itself, and thus limestone clays are frequently bene- 
fited by the application of lime. Fifty bushels of fresh 
lime, dry, or air slacked into powder, may be applied 
after plowing in the spring, and liarrowed iu foracora 
crop. Oats rarely do well after lime. 
Slirop^liire i^ilaeep.— " W. L. H." There 
arc several good ilueks uf Shropshire sheep in this coun- 
try, v.'liere they do well. Lambs can be procured of 11. 
M. Cochrane, of Conipton, (P. of Q.), Canada, and of 
Berosus Coo-. Otego, N. Y., who gained the first premi- 
um at the last N. Y. State fair, for Shropshire sheep. 
l>oii1>Ie l*low.— "F. B.," Adams Co., 
Neb. The double plows in use in the west, of which the 
Deere plows are excellent examples, will do practically 
as good work, (and mueh more easily and quickly), as 
the English double furrow plows, which arc too heavy to 
suit the American taste. Tliey will not do the work so 
beautifully nor so accurately as the English i-lows, but 
we must sacrifice sometliing that is not essential, when 
we have to plow with the sun beating down upon our 
heads to the figure of 110 or 120 degrees. Under these 
circumstances many would rather ride upon a gang plow, 
than iiandle a double farrow plow which weighs over 500 
pounds. An English plowman, who has often at evciy 
bout, to blow upon his fingers^ numfb with cold, to warm 
them, may like the exercise of handling these heavy 
plows, but American farmers do not. 
Al>scess OEi a Mare's BSea*!. — "Young 
Farmer." A rinining abscess might be treated by inject- 
ing warm water, in which to eveiy onuce 10 grains of 
carbolic acid is dissolved, and thus washing it thoroughly 
everyday. At the same time haif-an-ounce of sulphite 
(not sulphate) of soda should be given -daily in the food 
for a week or two. A plug of lint should be kept in the 
hole, to prevent it from closing until the bottom heals. 
Slaoi*l»lioi-»!9 Tor a i^alHorBiia Dai- 
ry.— Mr. Robert Ashburiicr, of San Mateo Co., Cal., has 
recently imported a few choice Siiort-horns, from some 
of the best herds in England, for his dairy in California. 
It is not generally supposed that a herd of pure high-bred 
Short-horns could be valuable for the dairy, but Jlr. 
Ashburncr finds them the best for his purpose, which is 
the production of milk for the city of San Francisco. 
Several of his pure bred cows give six gallons of milk 
daily. Tlie importation consists of G cows and heifers, 
vi;;: "Rose Raby 2nd"; "Oxford Minstrel 3nd"; 
"Cherry Oxford 2nd"; '-pame Gwynn " ; "Lighthuru 
Gwynn," and "Oxford Elvina " ; and 4 bulls, viz: 
"Amethyst"; *'Kirklevington Duke ^nd " ; "Grand 
Prince of Lightbnrn," (of the "Princess" family), and 
"Famous Knight"; the latter being "Booth" stock, all 
the rest arc "Bales." 
CiriK<i3ii!C$;- ISonos.— '' S. S. W.,'* Lancaster 
Co., Pa. Whore a hundred tons tif bones could he pro- 
cured in a year, it would pay to put up a niiil and grind 
them. This would be the least quantity that could be 
made profitable. The Bogardus eccentric mill costs §350 
and upwards, and could he run with a six horse lever- 
power. The most convenient plan would he for some 
country grist or saw mill, or plaster mil!, to attach the 
hone mill to their machinery in a cheap outside shed, and 
do this business for the neighborhood ; buying the hones 
for $20 a ton, and selling the hone dust for $30 a ton, 
which are the usual rates. 
The Potato Rot.— C. K. Brown, HI., 
writes that be h:is paid considerable attention to the 
potato rot question, and is " satisfied that it is due to two 
causes: 1st. Degeneration. 2nd. The want of one of the 
lu-eserving qualities in our soil, namely lime."— By de- 
generation WG suppose he means the degeneration of the 
