1871 I 
AMERK ' \X AGRICULTURIST. 
403 
(16 IQ 31) mil ul-o be i ■ r | . 
number* tout toour offlce will V ucftll) bound In our 
. i by ui.ui * Mi-?fiig numbers supplied at VI carnal etch. 
Club- . .uie be inci- Bitting 
K)rt'»eiimltiiii>> l the (Met paid by "i orl nal m 
■ I \ybe focreaa- ■: ■ ■ one ; thus : 
a r^tafjw hnvi * -.* 1 1 
war-> eeriei lOtiicr . ! .vith only |9 ; making a 
dub of 10 aj ; ■ f tho other crabi 
Our llu-k<( | . i Till, and a part of it 
h*** exertion, i and wi.i bo (band on page 187. Nacwlth- 
pLuk)h< Ib .t we enasri i i 
umiI wc still find i 
to give ail • .in type* When ;'.io an- 
|«a ".o nil mq liry f 
prefer knasurwsjr bim bj mall, tf we don 
py -pace with items that will BOl be aeefo] to A ] 
Of rva<l< n. 1 • ISt I K natniM 
will receive no attend to. I I 
make the qi • 
a ul. ty difft rent subjects on ' 'i as a 
but write Um postal 
cards r*o th« > . i a out to the editors of th 
ent department. Do note ovrd too many quest! 
letter. If a latter, as is 
or ad> le until 
all those that otter butono or two are disposed of 
dally, do not feel 
at once. Wo try 1 
a* far as po--ihl.', and when we do not there is some 
good rcftwii for U. So::io Inconsiderate perrons lake it 
u A pergonal affront if their inquiries are not answered 
at once, win u they were probably received lOOg after the 
paper-ted gone to preae. Then ami all other-* tuould 
recoUcot that sa-aunartug inquiries is a matter of courtesy 
and done throngh a desire to help our friends In every 
way that we caa. We are conscious of using our I 
deavors to servo our nnuuettN nambei denta, 
and f any are omitted i I Is not from fti ■ 
I neglect them, bat through inability to do mure 
<han a day*s work In %i hours. 
r— in ami Unildici-. - •' J. C. M . 
Lafay- 
the broken raibae Qromalimcet . mixed with 
clean, sharp **aiid and c- ment. The ; • are two 
bushels of cement, three oshels 
of limestone ahlpe. This maki work, 
bol it is costly. A very good concrete may be made by 
oelir-g only half the above quantity .ml we 
hate an ry strong buildings in which lima only 
has been ft* -f cement. The whole process 
was explained in the A<ji 1879. 
ruiiiling aiad C»rainiii-.-"W.\V.8.," 
Itait-nelJ, O. The beat handbooks on painting, grain 
tag, and carriage patntlc of J, W Maanry— 
via.: Maati doting, price $1.50; GraincrB* 
Baiid-bouk, with handsome II] ; 0; and 
the Carrlagc-painr. - -viih specimens of 
colors described, $1.00. These may be procured of the 
Orange Judd Company, mailed at the above pi Ices. 
Butler and Cbeeae Ilxehnn;;*'.— 
We call the attention of dairymen to the establishment 
of a Bnt:» r n the city of New 
¥or*, in a central 
which W, B. ■airfield la president and H. A. Pierce 
secretary. When It is considered that the trade In 
dairy products centering in the district around th - 
change amounts yearly to 8JKNMI00 
and cheese, (bratoJ 'A millions of dollars, the 
nece«--ity R>1 itlng power The 
good enact of this exchange npon the Inter- 
men can not be questioned, If nothing more la done than 
the establishment of trustworthy quotations of prices 
and the providing a central place where nOon tnd buy- 
ere may meet at any moment. To country ('eaters and 
dairy factories It Is specially needful, as by bet 
member.* of the exchange they will be guaranteed Ju»t 
and honorable dealings by the commission men tbey 
employ, provide-! tb--y employ fellow members of the 
exchange. The ndmI«-ion fee Is $00 for the first year 
and $25 yearly thereafter. 
ProNpeclN For Price*.— It is absolutely 
certain that the deficiency In the harvests of Europe will 
make neceasary the purchase "f 180 million lm-hels of 
grain. It is equally certain that the largest proportion 
of this vaat quantity must be fought in American 
market*. Without trespaaeing npon onr 
meets, at least as to wheat, we can not spare this virt 
kely to advfti 
md many .. 
of Ina* 
proAta \\ ii.. h maj There 
< ine demand (bl grain now, and if ft 
tpa (hoy will seenn it. 
Faalrtj mm IMueutiotinl IiimI t (ulionw. 
. 
under 
y are Inttltnl 
d probably reply : "We wlab to edncati 
U mi. and combine b 
of thei ty in their endeavor to du both 
, and some educate ami some amnao. A: 
nut Include the Xew Jersey AgrtcnJ- 
(oral Aeaociatlon, who certainlj 
in-ln. ' I funny li'iiuenclature of 
iltrj and imaJI animals on exhibition. i*\t in- 
ladled with great Interest over a " Koeheeu 
rooster" and a pair of " rftbbeeta.* 1 By whOSC In, 
■ 
known to us, but if imnaemeni is not altogethci the aim 
at this fair it would be well to have the animals coi 
labeled. 
Xiao A:ii< v rK'»u Siilnu* ig»d E*uiup. 
—Several of our neighbors have this pump In 
wells, citterns, u ; I, and all 
-peak In high terms of its Utility. An! 
etllcici Lag water br domoalio use, it )■ 
a poweriul force pump. Bei 
to a considerable distance, it has proved Itself 
U a lire engine in checking B onmbai of conflagra- 
tions thai threatened to bl Our advertising 
re information where thi- pomp may 1 
chased. 
Slobbering HorsiCH.— " W. *i. S.,'» Spen- 
cer Co., Md. On examining into the CMUM) uf severe 
cases of blubbering in otir colts and hor-es when turned 
Into clover stnbblo, we found the rtubble quite full of 
lobelia, which bad b- en crowded down by t 
but had sprung up thickly as soon as the field bad 
mown- The -.-..nd crop of bay cut from aoothor il- M 
was found to contain much of this acrid weed, which 
canned 
them. The clover in a Held In which we could not find 
any of the lobelia bad no euch effect. We therefore attri- 
buted It to the weeds;, and do so still. Bt. John's 
miuu eflbct on I colts. 
One Week's I!u**iii«'*H.— Tho immcuse 
tmonnt of be < proilucc nuy bo realized 
n hen we coi xported from the i 
porl Of rten 7ork In one wet k, the la- 1 one in September. 
There were 3*2,000 barrels of flour, 1,390,00") bushels of 
-200.000 of com, and 35.000 of rye ; 'isi barrels of 
pork, -131 of beef, 5,000 of lard, 5,000 boxes of 
18,500 boxes of cheesf, 050 kegs of batter, 3,500 hogs- 
heads of tobacco, and -1.500 bates of cotton. 
Porothei Hnskct Item- 
A Jiiiinpiu^; CnYleV- "6.F. 8.," Neogn, 111. 
We knew <>f no way of pn -it that will jump 
over a ten-mil IbOOfl from dofng .; blm 
iblo, It WOOld be better to Bell him Par work In a 
town or city, where he could not axarctae hie had habit, 
than to be troubled with him upon a farm. 
|tu« K \<t In ut Mlruw lor IVrd,- 
• < v 9 ' Dnckwhaat atraw, either green or dry, 
very poor- s4 !••• d. It ihoaM be u-d (>jt 
(rinle Petrol* um.- " V. II B 
Lnd. The- rery simple meant* g of the term i 
to be r-uffici'ot to de»ignato era :irely 
distinct from the reflni d oil. The cr;t ' aa It 
We ware 
but what erode "il could be procnr<*d there. Il i I 
uchlnery. The crude product 
of the oil wells is a thick, t-cmi-liquid. dm 
almost bla k oil. It lias a great aincunt of "body'' In 
It, which when it is n. lined r. -mains In i>araf- 
flne and a port of bitumen. When th: 
to paint the outsiden of barns, f-hedt*, or other bnild 
or fen • Into the por si and fills 
them with the moi»t effective pn 
lure and consequent decay. Its natural " body" I 
any solid addition to It onneceaaary, and al-o maki 
v.-ry valuable ground npon which to lay a coat of ordin- 
ary paint. Its r-markablc cheapness is also a great ad- 
rantagc. and wc know of no other method of pail 
firm buildings so cheap or so convculci/. 
them a coat of crude petroleum at this season of the 
ffblch may 
I already prepared of tnj 
One of the • oai * 
''(own, which doetl not show the p*f***T!lfll 's 
oreoloi 
llrel' to H'ii^IiiimI. Od#J Imudn d unci 
beel • i.lly rt..j ; ■ I ■ 
. Britbh pi i 
> onr 
I npon to i «»**r 
With the borne market 
i d so barely i 
rcaaaare beyond thu reach of 1I10-.0 of n. ode-ate 
. W0 have DOH ' Wt 1 .'»c 
■ I 
be less profitable tbira 
'I nnw ■beat paying brauchea 
Iff 1 
IW ilo. 
Jersey Ktock. \ *. ,. igo j30O 
, ■ ow, K.tr- 
:ild bo worth so 
he plain tale of a plain 
r, truly " gill .dged,'* we >*..■« 
admlrti part- 
. aodwbii h Ux ktiu t 
■ 
H. Y . : 1 dairy of r. • 
all his work 
and who | nu :. attar 
1 tlu city of New fork. IMn 
nihil 
Uy dtjtiblo ti- 
the markel at that time. The difference goca to cxpn ia 
the taloo of tho Joraoy over the native pow . and .f *"'Ido 
1 ome tinio 
the t*tock from which Mr. M-ekinnu's 1 ndett 
w par hnadi a great many 
inner* as Mr. Beekmon could never ha. - J 
I oow, 
Premium lAntn v.ill be found on ; -• 
I -■ 
P sUHinm'a MV.Tiaii;*««.—Thcold butter 
r humbug is revived again. Our Western corre- 
I -.ulers are operating thla 
lime In In ipe to make 
mom ■ di 1 .i:it 1 iiom a ').\i.i.«'.>< of *■ - * 
that any 0110 can be found ro 
simple lit !;y so bare a hook as thla. As a 
Its about 8 . the ab- 
.'. about ball I » 
Ins oidy to be -t it- 1 to ' What v. ry 
i must be *.\ I 
parent humbug a 
- I in of a fur... barn 
, aud wo are asked to rt ite whether tho 
affair Is a humbug or not. Sale- | tl-ket, and 
locution about the v. "n 
matter ■ .;s to bo quite uuncceesary. A:t wo 
con do in the present case in to id 
to buy their; rhom they km i 
ly, and to always bear In mind that 
.',icl s are (rarely sold tor much leat thasi 
I 
of It. II. London, who sends out n circular • \\ ■ nsj 
■ Mta- 
llonary I 1 lc.| aud alto ■ f ad 
: a " purchasing agency." Our coi Ifl 
- y have r-nt money and ; • norrepllea 
■iled letters of Inquiry. Tho circular*** - 
Broadway, but no such person ar* H II. London can bo 
found at that number. 
hi: a 1.1:11* iv tt "qt/axu" 
seem to be Jealous of one anoth'-r, to Judge from (bo 
pains tbey take to secure their customers. Form- r!y 
ire th.ir victims minute directions bow to find 
them, but '.hoy now play a different gamo and call upon 
their customer*. 
Ah it Is so long since wc expoicd this fraud in d* tall It 
•ting to newer mbecribers to have ft s*j ■ l 
Bbing audacity of these oonotarMt 
nt out arc, for the moot 
e are accompanied by a lithographic 
circular or a loose flip of paper upon which Is gtven a 
name ai The named show a wonderful v > 
buttheyarc! ■ in the ramc Land 
and f»cnt out with tho same clrr 1 the bait: 
"In ■ !i to inform you that I am an 
who arc competent of 
inert one In I I 
in. I 
