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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[September, 
Keeping One Cow.— The three admirable prize 
essays on litis subject have been published in our pajres, 
and many will be glad to have them together in a more 
convenient form. There were in many of the other 
essays hints of great practical value, and in some cases 
these were very lull upon points in which the prizr 
articles were deficient. In order to present the whole 
snbject, the prize essays and copious extracts from the 
best of over sixty others have been brought together 
in a bound volume of 144 12mo. pages. The work is 
well illustrated, contains editorial explanatory notes, and 
presents in a neat and compact form the most complete 
and latest information upon the best method of treating 
the family cow, in order to make her as useful as pos¬ 
sible to the family. Published by the Orange Judd Com¬ 
pany, and will be sent post paid, by mail, for $1. 
Tonng Men in Horticulture.— From time 
to time we have had letters from youn s men with tastes 
for horticultural pursuits, asking where they could go 
for instruction in the propagation of plants and other 
matters relating to plant culture. Generally we have 
not been able to aid such applicants, but at present we 
know of an opening where the proper applicant can 
receive such instruction. Address “ Horticulturist,” 
care of the Editor of the American Agriculturist. 
Unprofitable Animals.— As the season draws 
to a close, ihe farmer should know enough about his farm 
animals to be able to cull out any that have not been 
profitable. If a poor cow Ins been in the dairy through 
the summer, he should now decide to not keep her an¬ 
other year, and begin to fatten her for beef. In the same 
way the fl ck of sheep may be improved by “ weeding 
out ” the inferior animals, allowing only the good, profit¬ 
able ones to reproduce their kind. By thus castii g out 
inferior animals the stock of the farm will be continually 
improved; while by breeding only from the best, and 
keeping only those animals that pay, much may be done 
to raise the standard of all our domestic animals. 
Getting; Rid of the Elder. —“W. J. M.," 
Washington. Pa., finds the common Elder troublesome in 
his fields ; he has tried grubbing and cutting with no ef¬ 
fect, and asks how he can get rid of it. There is no spe¬ 
cific for destroying shrubs when they appear as weeds, 
any more than there is for herbs. We must follow that 
conrse that will kill them, and that is usually “grubbing 
and cutting,” which, if persevered in, will conquer in 
time. Grub up the larger clumps, and mow off the shoots 
that start from the smaller ones, and from the roots left 
in the ground. Once or twice cutting may make no vis¬ 
ible impression, but keep at it, and mow as often as any 
green shoot appears, and if the mower does not tire and 
give it np, the shrub will. Sheep are often most useful 
aids in exterminating shrubs. We do not recollect 
whether they will eat the strong-smelling foliage of the 
Elder, but if they will, keep them on the patch by means 
•f a portable fence, and they will render essential ser¬ 
vice. The fact that shrubs, if cut at midsummer, make a 
new growth with less vigor than when cut earlier, has 
given rise to a notion that there is a proper “ time of the 
moon ” to cut shrubs—and so there is. When they are 
«ut, it is always done in just the right time of the moon. 
Costl-Oil Barrels.— Some months ago we ask d 
those who had succeeded in rendering barrels which had 
held kerosene or petroleum fit to use for cider or vinegar 
to give us their method. It is rarely that we have had 
such a number of replies to a like question, they having 
•ome by dozens and scores. We thank all who have thus 
responded, and would say that while a few have advised 
hurtling out the barrels, by far the greater number have 
found that soaking in water will answer. Some advise 
Immersing the barrel in a stream, but the majority of 
those who have written us find that filling with water, 
and allowing the barrel to soak for several days, oc¬ 
casionally changing the water, accomplishes tile object. 
Wltite Hellebore anil Paris Green.—“E. 
H. S,” Titusville, N. J. Neither of these poisons can 
be substituted for the other in treating Currant Worm 
and Potato Bug. Hellebore will not kill the beetle, and 
while Paris Green will no doubt kill the Currant Worm 
it is unsafe to use it on anything that is to be eaten. 
White Hellebore has been used for many years and by 
some who grow currants largely for market We have 
not heard of a single case in all this time of any injnrv 
resulting from eating fruit that had been treated with it. 
The quantity put upon each bush is small, and even if 
the fruit had sufficient on it to be perceptihle. it would 
be regarded as soiled and either rejected or washed. It 
would not he possihl" for one to eat enongh to do seri¬ 
ous injury without finding it disagreeable tothe taste; 
the first effect of a moderate dose is to cause vomiting. 
We can not see that one can possibly be injured through 
its use on currants, or we would not recommend it. 
Bee Notes for September. 
The general honey yield is now over in mostloca'ities, 
and the surplus honey that still remains in the hives 
should be removed at once. The practice of leaving 
boxes upon the hives after the honey season is over 
should be avoided. Remove the boxes and pack them 
away in a clean place where they will be ready for use 
the following season. Some of the boxes will be partly 
filled with honey, these, if they are single-comb ones, 
should have the honey removed by an extractor and the 
empty comb will serve as a guide the next season. The 
combs in the brood-nest need watching and if the moth- 
worm is found they should be smoked with brimstone. 
The preparations for successful wintering are to be made 
now. It is very desirable that each colony should be 
supplied with a large number of young bees as it goes 
into winter quarters. In order to obtain this end a 
prolific queen should be in every hive. Young queens 
usually deposit more eggs and for a longer time than 
old ones, and on this account are much to be preferred. 
Marketing Honey.— Where the amount is small it 
may be disposed of with greatest profit in the home 
market. Larger quantities will, of course, be shipped to 
a city market—and provision for quick and safe trans¬ 
portation will need to be provided. A shipping case for 
box honey should hold from 10 to 25 pounds. It can be 
made of light basswood, nailed together. Before filling 
the cases see that each box of honey is as neat and clean 
in appearance as possible. 
Extracted Honey.— Much of the honey is marketed 
as liquid or extracted honey. The forms in which it is 
put up are various. For small packages, quart glass jars 
are much used; .arger packages may be either of tin, 
holding 10 to 20 ibs., or firkins holding 150 to 200 pounds. 
Nuts and Nubbins. 
The little peach catches the early market. 
The most fatal grape-shot comes from the bottle. 
Many a property owner is po >r in purse but rich in deed. 
The civil engineer would like to be monarch of all he sur¬ 
veys. 
Our first parents got their suit if they were evicted from 
their homes. 
Von mustn't think a dentist is mad because you catch him 
grinding his leeth. 
A fifty-dollar painted f-n raises no more wind than the 
five-cunt palm leaf. 
The so iety lady never sheds tears. She knows enough to 
keep her powder dry, 
The report that the baby elephant was born with a valise 
instead of a trunk is incorrect. 
“ A prudent man." says a witty Frenchman, “ is like a pin. 
His head prevents him trom going too far.” 
A woman isn’t fit to have a baby who doesn’t know how 
to hold it: and this is as true of a tongue as of a baby. 
“ Penny wise, and pound foolish,” soliloquized the man in 
church, and lie put toe penny in the box and the pound in 
his pocket. 
The Keokuk Oate City wishes to know if a retired bag¬ 
gage-master cau be appropriately referred to as the com¬ 
pany s ex-checker. 
It has been proved that after kindling his fire a miser 
stuc , a cork in the nozzle of tue bellows to save the little 
wind that was left in it. 
Scientists claim t.iat smoke injures the eyesight. But this 
is not tru The boy with a stump in his mouth can see his 
father ten squar s away. 
in concluding an art cle on the last corn crop an Alabama 
editor emarked “ We have on exhloition in our sanctum 
a magnificent pair of ears.” 
‘•John, how many limes have I told you always to eat 
bread with your meat?’ -“ Papa, how many times nave you 
told me not to do two things at a time?” 
Teacher In high school; “ v re pro and con synonymous or 
opposite terms ?”—Scholar • “ i ipposite.”- i eaclier: “ Hive 
an example?’—cholar: * Progress and Congress.” 
The brilliant Sophie Arnold, when she heard of a certain 
diplomatist that ha ■ been eaten by toe wolves, exclaimed: 
“ p,,or brutes ! Hunger must Indeed be a terrible tiling!” 
An exchange says that a ton of gold is worth only ahout 
half a million dollars. W.- give tuis for what it is worth ; 
our time lias be n so taken up w.tu politics, and somebody 
has hidden away the scales. 
Fmithineton. who is forever reeling out the same old 
yarn, explains by saving that he lias always heard tnat one 
story’s good till another one S told, and he doesn't propose 
to spoil his by telling another. 
When a census taker, wishing to compliment, said to si 
citizen: “ Ah, sir, you’ve a wife of a hundredf” the lady 
grabbed a rolling-pin and sailed on him, saying: “You 
villian, 1 told you I was ouiy 25. Don’t you dare to put It 
down as 100!” 
The cable informs us that “Tekke Turcomans at Dasli- 
berdi menace the line betwixt Chatte and Tchikislar." We 
have been tremblingly anticipating this news for months. 
War Is a terrible thing. It develops hard feelings and 
harder names. 
There was a man who had a clock. His name was Matthew 
Mears, He wound it regular every day for four-aml twenty 
years. At last his precious timepiece proved an eight-day 
clock to lie. Then a madder man than Mr. Mears I would 
not wish to see. 
Lately a gentleman sat down to write a deed, and began 
witn : “Know one woman by these presents.”—” You are 
wrong,” said a bystander ; “ if ought to be ‘ know all men. ” 
—“ Very well," answered the other, •’ If one woman knows 
it, all men will, of course.” 
“ Goods at half price," said the sign. “ How much Is that 
teapot ?” asked the old lady who had been attracted by the 
announcement.—“Fifty cents, mum. I guess I’ll take it, 
then.” she said, throwing down a quarter. The dealer let 
her have the teapot, but took in his sign before another cus¬ 
tomer could come in. 
“ My daughter, never tell anv one your private affairs,” 
said a motner in sending her daughter away upon her first 
journey. “ Monsieur, a third class ticket, if you please."— 
“ For where ?” asked the emplovee.—“ Is that any of your 
business?” answered mademoiselle, indignantly, remember¬ 
ing her mother’s advice. 
Chowder got a good dinner at home a few days ago by 
t -lliug his wife that he was going to bring a judge home 
with him to that meal. When he arrived, alone, and Mrs. 
Chowder asked him where the judge was, he triumphantly 
poin ed to himself, remarking: “ I’m a good judge of a din¬ 
ner.” He will be obliged to get a dinner in some other way 
hereafter. 
A little five year-old girl of this city, who is receiving a 
kimle gai ten course in object lessons, was told by lier 
teacher that the camel had four stomachs. Examining Ihe 
bio k representation of this beast of the desert a moment, to 
decide where he carried them all. the little one pointed to 
the hump and exclaimed, ” Oh, mamma, and there’s where 
lie keeps tlietn. don’t tie?” 
On 
told 
g tie, wmie nouiders as big as pumpkins were flying through 
the air, and water-pipes were being ripped out of the 
ground, an old Chiu..man, with spectacles on his nose, was 
observed in the eastern part of the town, seated on a kDOll, 
calmly flying bis kite an iron shutter, with a log-chain for 
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