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An extensive shipper and dealer in Liverpool, 
says the receipts of American apples at that 
port last season exceeded 900,000 barrels. 
He says that with fair stock selling at $3.00 per 
barrel ihe demand was without limit, while fancy 
f uit brought nearly double that figure. 
Need we then fear of overstocking our markets. 
The French kill poultry by opening the 
beak of the fowl, and with a sharp-pointed, nar¬ 
row blade knife, make an incision at the back of 
the roof of the mouth, which divides the verte¬ 
brae, and causes instant death, after which the 
fowls are hung up by the legs; they will bleed 
freely with no disfigurement; pick while warm, 
and by this method the skin presents a more 
natural appearance than when scalded. 
Poultry Incubators.— J. M. Bain, Secre 
tary of the North American Poultry Association, 
in reporting the February meeting, says: After 
regular business, the subject of incubation was 
thoroughly discussed, and the following facts, 
substantially established: that the only way to 
raise chickens with certainty for early markets, 
is by the use of incubators; that a good incubator 
will hatch from 70 to 80 per cent of the eggs put 
in it; that people living in cities who have not 
room to keep hens, can use incubators success¬ 
fully, getting eggs from grocers or farmers near 
by; that with special care 200 chickens may be 
raised to a market size in a room 15 feet square; 
that the business of raising poultry is particu¬ 
larly adapted to city life. 
A gardener in Kalamazoo, Mich, says peo¬ 
ple can keep their own celery as well as apples 
or potatoes, by putting some marsh soil in the 
bottom of a barrel, packing the celery root down, 
not sidewise, and keeping it where it will not 
freeze. It is desirable to keep it growing. 
The sprouts may run over the top of the barrel 
but will do no harm. Put in green and it will 
bleach and you can wash and trim as you wish 
for the table. Celery may be set as late as Sep¬ 
tember and taken up and packed in this way 
early in November for winter use. 
Niagara Falls are to be utilized in the pro¬ 
duction of electrical power. The water power of 
the entire American Falls is estimated at 2,000, 
000 horse power, or a force equal to that of 
12,000,000 men. After generating the electricity 
by this unlimited hydraulic force, it is to be con¬ 
ducted through properly insulated cables to six¬ 
ty-five prominent American cities and towns for 
illuminating purposes, and is also to be used for 
operating machinery and ultimately for heating 
purposes. Provided the project is carried out 
there will he 10,000 miles of copper cables with 
machinery to correspond. 
If you wish t ‘increase your plantation of cur¬ 
rants and gooseberries next season in growing 
plants for sale, make cuttings at once from this 
seasons growth. Tie them in bundles with butts 
even. They may be packed away in the cellar 
in sand, or buried in a dry place in the garden 
and covered with a load of horse manure and lit¬ 
ter to keep from frost. In either case they will 
form a callous where cut and be ready to take 
root soon after being set in rows in the 
garden in spring. Grape cuttings may be serv¬ 
ed in the same manner, but some varieties will 
require bottom heat to take root sucsessfully. 
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