1880.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
A89 
“ YES.”—Three Years for $4. " 
To sundry inquirers. Several ask if they cannot 
make their own subscriptions to run three, four, or 
more years, at the club rates, as three years for $4, four 
years for $5, and so of other club rates. We will answer, 
“yes,” when specially desired, though the preference 
■would be for a greater variety of names. 
November Fair List. 
STATE FAIRS 
Alabama . 
South Carolina. 
. .Montgomery.Nov. 8-13 
.Columbia.Nov. 9-12 
Industrial and District, &c. 
Am, Institute.NewTork.Sept. 15-Nov.27 
Illinois Fat Stock.Chicago...Nov. 15-20 
Poultry Exhibitions. 
Terre Haute Pet Stock A s'n..Terre Haute, Ind...Dec 14-21 
New Je sey State Society.Newark.Dec. 14-21 
Pottstown Pigeon Club.Pottstown, Pa.Dec. 15-17 
Diet of Columbia Ass'n.Washington, D C..Dec. 15-22 
Eastern N. Y. Fanciers’ Ass’n..Troy.Dec. 22-28 
Wide Awake Poultry Club.St. Johnsbury, Vt..Dec. 28-30 
"Windham Co.Brattleboro. Vt_Jan. 4- 7 
Southern Mass Ass’n.New Bedford.Jan, 4- 7 
Saginaw Valley Ass'n.East Saginaw, Mich. Jan. 11-14 
Champlain Valley Ass’n.Burlington. Vt.Jan. 11-14 
Cent al Mass. Ass’n.Worcester.Jan. 11-14 
Springvill ■ Ass’n.Springville, N. Y.. Jan. 12-14 
Cleveland Poul’y & Pet Stock.Cleveland, O.Jan. 12-19 
Western Penn. Society.Pittsburg, Pa.Jan. 13-19 
Lancaster Poultry Ass’n.Lancaster, Pa.Jau. 14-19 
Vermont State Poultry Ass’n..Rutland.Jan. 18-21 
Union Pet Stock Ass’n .New Berlin,__Jan 18-21 
Northern IndianaPoul’y Ass’n.Fort Wayne.Jan. 18-22 
Natural History of the Horse Hot.—Mr. 
J. H. Parmenter, of Framingham, Mass., gives very con¬ 
cisely his observations and conclusions about bots, the 
former are so accurate and the latter so just, that we 
print them. Many horses die of colic, on opening them 
bots are discovered, and the wise ones say, “Ahl no 
wonder he died. There are bots enough to kill any 
horse.”—Mr. P. writes: "lama farmer, and have been 
a butcher, and have killed and opened hundreds of 
horses at all times of the year, I do not pretend to know 
how bots get into the stomach of the horse, and I never 
found them in any other part of the digestive organs. 
They gather usually upon one side of the coating of the 
stomach, and arrange themselves just as thickly together 
as bees on their comb, and fasten there by the posterior 
part which is pointed. [This is an error. It is the an¬ 
terior or head part which is pointed and holds on by some 
little hooks.— Ed.] The bots cause the lining of the 
stomach to thicken up half an inch or more. When the 
horse is poor this spot becomes inflamed and looks as 
raw as cut meat. The bots live (as I supposel upon the 
same food as the horse, absorbing it through their skin, 
and when the horse is well fed does no appreciable harm; 
but upon an old and poor horse that has run at pasture 
all summer, and has a great many bots in the stomach, 
they become destructive to its life. I do not think the 
horse is ever attacked suddenly. I do not think you 
van give the horse any medicine that will kill the hots 
and not kill the horse. The bots stay in the horse until 
turned out to grass, or until that time of the year, and 
then become mature and let go their hold, pass off in 
the manure, and soon become a fly to lay more eggs. 
The eggs, deposited on the hair of the horses legs and 
neck may be very readily taken off with a sharp knife, 
and this will prevent their being taken into the stomach. 
Cool-Room In an Ice-House.- “T. B. B.,” 
Potter Co., Pa. Your cool-room will prove to be cool 
enough, if it is placed at one side of the ice-house, so 
that the ice may remain in one solid mass. The wall of 
the cool-room against the ice being simply of matched 
inch boards, will become cold, and lower the tempera¬ 
ture of the room sufficiently for keeping fruits and meats. 
Tarring Fence Posts, — ‘ R. S. N.,” Kenosha, 
Wis.—The posts should be thoroughly dry and seasoned, 
the gas tar should be applied hot, and all sprinkled thickly 
with dry sand, so as to form a uniform coating. The 
posts should be left out of the ground until the 
coating has thoroughly stiffened, or, indeed, hardened. 
Thus treated, they will last for a much longer time. 
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It has just been refitted, and the prices 
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M. L. HOLBROOK, Proprietor. 
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and Stereopticons of all kinds and prices.—Views illus¬ 
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Send a 3c. stamp for the 
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Spectacles and Eye Glasses, 
with the use of which specta¬ 
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Dr.DAVID H.COOVER, Oculist, 
21 S.Third St. .Harrisburg, Pa. 
For Infants & Invalids, 
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Presses and outfits from $3 to $500. Over 2,000 styles of 
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Hardy Perennial Plants 
Are increasing in popularity because they are 
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WOODSON & CO., Box 180, Passaic, IV. J. 
CRANDALL’S TREASURE BOX. 
This is one of Crandall’s latest and best inven¬ 
tions. It is not one toy alone, but a dozen in one, 
comprising a Wagon, Top, Bedstead, two Chairs, 
Wheelbarrow, Mallet, Bench, Table, Puzzle, Set of 
ABC Blocks, a group of nine Domestic Animals, 
and a pretty Suburban Village. A most delightful 
combination for the little folks. 
Price, $1.00. Expressage to be paid by the recipient. 
WHISTLING 
Price, $1.00 
CRANDALL’S 
LOCOMOTIVE. 
This new Toy 
is a marvel as to 
its simplicity. At 
every revolution 
of the “ driving 
wheels ” there is 
producedagood, 
strong whistle, 
which adds 
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liveliness and in¬ 
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and gives much 
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boy or girl—the 
young engineer 
who runs it. It 
is finely painted, 
and it can be 
easily seen, from 
the dimension* 
as given, that 
there is a great 
deal in it for a 
$1.00 Mechanical 
Toy. 
Expressage to be paid by the recipient. 
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DISTRICT 
Every child, and man and woman too, will laugh 
over this group of teacher and scholars in the 
“ district school,” and thousands of parents will 
recall with great delight their own experiences in 
childhood. The grave “master,” seated by the 
desk, with his “whisking stick”; the boys and 
girls with their hooks ; the “ little lamb ” that has 
followed his young owner into the school; the 
“ dunce ” and his cap, and the altogether comical 
appearance of the whole company, make this one 
of the most attractive toys of Crandall’s invention. 
Price $1.00; by mail, prepaid, $1.20. 
T7?~ Send for a Price List of all our Gaines and 
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