NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
The Landreth Wheat, which is becoming 
very popular, was selected in a field of Clawson, 
in Seneca Co., N. J., on account of its having 
whiter straw and chaff than Clawson. It is 
claimed that it has a harder berry and makes 
better flour than its parent. 
The wild carrot is about the worst weed 
to eradicate after once getting a foothold, that a 
farmer can have to contend with. As it is now 
frequently sown in Western timothy seed there 
is great danger that our country will soon be 
overrun with it. Great care should be taken 
that every plant be pulled and destroyed at once, 
as it spreads very rapidly. 
The Czar of Russia gets $8,250,000 p* r year, 
or $25,000 per day. The Sultan of Turkey $6,-' 
000,000, or $18,000 a day. Francis Joseph of 
Austria receives $4,000,000 a year, or $10,000 
a day. King William of Prussia is paid $3,000,- 
000 a year, and King Humbert of Italy $2,200,- 
000. The President of the French Republic gets 
$150,000, and President Arthur $50,000 a year. 
In storing turnips and other roots for 
winter if it is desired to keep them fresh and 
crisp till spring it is best to place them in pits 
in a dry part of the garden. If wanted during 
the winter they may be kept fresh in a common 
cellar by packing in a bin in alternate layers 
in sand which will exclude the air and retain 
sufficient moisture to keep them crisp. 
“What other business do you follow besides 
preaching?” was asked of an old colored man. 
“I speculates a little.” “How speculate?” 
“Sells chickens.” “Where do you get the chick¬ 
ens?” “My boys fetch ’em in.” “Where do 
they get them ?” “I doan know. I’se allers so 
busy wid my preachin’ dat I ain’t got time to ax. 
I was’agwine ter inquire de udder day, but a 
’vival come on an’ tuck up all my time.” 
The smallest bird of America is the humming¬ 
bird; and of Europe the golden-crested wren. 
The smallest quadruped in the world is the 
pigmy-mouse of Siberia. One of the most dim¬ 
inutive plants is the Arctic raspberry, which is 
so small that a six-ounce vial will hold the 
whole, branches, leaves and all. The smallest 
man in the world is the one who will borrow a 
newspaper when he can afford to pay for it. 
In reply to an inquiry as to which are 
the very earliest maturing grapes, Mr. John G. 
Burrow says: “For a location so liable to early 
frosts I would advise you to plant Early Vic¬ 
tor, ripe August 15, and much better than 
Champion; also Wyoming Red, ripe here 
August 10, though not of first quality they are 
far ahead of no grapes, and the massess would 
call them good.” 
A bottle of earbolic acid should be kept in 
every farm house, not merely as a disinfectant, 
but as a wash for wounds and sores. For any 
purpose it should be diluted with water. Its 
power to destroy fungus growths makes carbolic 
acid invaluable in pruning orchards of pear, 
plum, or peach, where blight or disease is sus¬ 
pected. The pruning shears should be frequent¬ 
ly dipped in carbolic acid water. 
The Reason Why. The Michigan Farmer 
truly and tersely says that if the farm don’t 
pay, as many farmers assert, it is because i 
don’t owe you anything. The soil is very prompt" 
n liquidating all its just obligations, and throw¬ 
ing in a good round sum as usury. But it is 
very obstinate in yielding up its treasures to 
those who in justice to have no claim upon it. 
It has not much to give away in support of idle¬ 
ness, and in this it is justifiable. 
The meeting of the American Pomological 
Society in Philadelphia last month, is reported 
to have been one of the most successful ever 
held, both in the matter of exhibits and attend¬ 
ance. The officers elected for the ensuing year 
were as follows: For President, Hon. Marshall 
P. Wilder, of Massachusetts; Secretary, Prof. 
W. J. Beal, of Michigan; Treasurer, B. G. 
Smith of Massachusetts. The attending dele¬ 
gates were loud in their praises of the success of 
the meeting. 
Ashes, leached or unleaehea, make an ex¬ 
cellent fertilizer for either meadow or pasture, 
if sown upon ground which is naturally dry. 
They are as valuable for the grain grower as the 
dairyman. Leached ashes by the load are worth 
about twice as much as barn-yard manure, and 
unleached, twenty-five cents a bushel. The im¬ 
mediate value of ashes is not equal to that of 
manure, but it continues much longer. Coal 
ashes are chiefly useful for their mechanical 
effect in loosening a compact soil. 
For keeping apples the essential requi¬ 
sites may be summed up thus: Pick without 
bruising, store without heating, winter without 
frosting; use one or more thermometers; pre¬ 
serve an unchanged temperature; guard against 
air currents; give needed ventilation; remove 
ripe specimens before decaying; separate the 
fruit-room from all other apartments. With 
these precautions and care, such apples as Bald¬ 
win, Red Canada, Svaar, Fameuse and JJorthen 
