NOTES AND GLEANINGS, 
Warts on Cows’ Teats— S. H. D., Trentcn, 
Ky., asks: “What will take warts off of cow*-’ 
teats ?’’ Equal parts of tincture iodine and cr*-- 
asote is an efficient remedy. It may be applied 
with a feather once every other dav for a week 
Cyrus Neff, of Pentsylvania, say his cows 
never did better than during December and Jan¬ 
uary, when they were not out of their stalls for 
water. The stable was cleaned twice a day. 
Familiarity with the whistle cf the loco¬ 
motive breeds such contempt in the average cow 
that she will stand on the track despite the en¬ 
gineer’s most frantic efforts to blow her away 
By a recently patented device hot water may be 
squirted twenty yards ahead ot the train, and 
exert,.it is hoped power enough to switch off the 
laziest bovine.—New York Tribune. 
A correspondent who has been very suc¬ 
cessful in the cultivation of cauliflowers gives the 
following points as requisite to success: First, set 
plants late so as to grow and mature after the 
summer droughts. From the tenth to the twen 
tieth of June is early enough. Select g<md deep 
rich soil and furrow it deeply both ways, three 
or four feet apart. Loosen up the soil to as great 
a depth as possible at the intersections and ma¬ 
nure in the hill (or more properly hollow) with 
ashes, bonedust, or well rotted stable manure 
Set the plants from six inches to one foot below 
the surface of the ground and in the heat of sum¬ 
mer mulch around them with some loose mate, 
rial which will retain themoisture. In this way 
very fine.large heads may easily be grown in any 
locality. 
Fertilizing with Clover. —Nothing helps 
land so much as clover. Old, worn out fields can 
be put in a state of fair productiveness by sowing 
to clover and keeping in clover a few years. 
Clover makes good pasturage, and is especially 
valuable in seasons of drought, as it resists it 
better than any other pasturage crop. It like¬ 
wise makes excellent hay. If cut in the proper 
time, saved in a proper manner, and put away in 
sheds and barns, it is the best hay for most kinds 
of stock that farmers can save. Plow the ground 
for clover eight or ten inches deep, if you can 
Harrow it nicely, and in March on a light snow, 
if it falls, sow the seed. It is betttr to sow it 
without any other crop. 
Timber Claims. —The amended law of the 
United States in respect to timber claims requires 
but ten acres to be planted to timber on each 
quarter section, or * e r responding proportion on 
eighty and fortv acre lot<. The conditions are 
h« follows. Five scut m e-ton quarter section 
are to he broken the fi* t y*-»r cropped the sec. 
ond. and the addition*! five acres broken. The 
ihird year five acres tnusr. be planted with trees 
4x4 or 2.700 o the acr<*. The fourth year the 
remaining t ve acr s whtoh u r er cropped the 
third year is to be plan ei in the same manner. 
The trees are to «*e rult-vnei for eight years, 
when there mu-t v 67 » bvi *g trees to the acre. 
Thisobta nsapao-n for ?he I nd 
The Home of the farmer has never been 
what it migti he T ■ ■ o i dr-\u on the farm 
have not found it -ts picas u a e »•* it could 
and shou d he, to-* r h i not been the best 
companions for their hild eu. Farmers h ve 
carelessly and w 1 u lv -<,a m f irm life repeliaut 
to the rising getter-tion. I n nam e in the p r- 
formauce of labor has made the haul gr w 
weary. Fa lure t »cu v>t cue mind has ma J e 
the culture of i he -o 1 a s iv ude. Th opportu¬ 
nities to the tarru ri r r<». > d-«-paud intellect¬ 
ual tr»iniug are alway wi h n h s own neighbor¬ 
hood an l under hi- *wn cm.rtl.— 0. F. C ark 
son, • f low a. 
Feeding for Profit. —Prof. VV. A. Henry, 
at tne Wisconsin Ag-ictii nrai ('o'lege, tried an 
experiment to show h q a oitv f f« d required 
to keep pigs eJiv -. Two i s « i h an aggregate 
weight ot 1 0 pound- "jii t held ttieir own on 
three pounds a dav, << d qi-alei all cue time” 
Others of the same litt-r gamed rapidly oil tour 
and a half pounds a d v. Tne profi then came 
from the extra m e and a h . f ..oun i -. 
W. W. Dl'NHAM, of tiame, lias forty kinds <if 
grapes undt-r culti *tion and u e nions Eumelati, 
Salem, Delaware, Krighto and Lady as among 
tho e to be “esiecall commended ibr superi r 
quality.” 
M anure for strawbi rki i s.— a <-• rrespond- 
ent ot the “Fiuir Kn-onle ” ‘An experi¬ 
ment made last year hs my. If nay not c ■«. e 
amiss a+ this time with h m who grow' strawber¬ 
ries I procured a h If-h g i, a i, fille t it w th 
TO START CUTTINGS. F II -n ail battles w th 
warmish water, remove >i e 1 <«er ieav ■ s ot lhe 
cuttings and plane the in tin Water. Hmg >p 
the vial to a window s- st. where it will get 
plenty ot light. T< e « ut mgs *kou d 1 ' have a 
bud at i he » am * wxx r i' 
Arabella— “Oh ! I do o.e* a hig* dogt” 
George (with a ting, of -mj — Oh! d id £ 
wish I was a big dog!” A a 11 “Dnu’tr "'wbf* 
ry—you’ll grow.” 
