[November, 
520 
AMEEIOAE' AGEIOULTUEIST. 
Forest Leaves. — 'I’lieir Falae,— 
“ The sere and yellow leaf ” is here once more, strown 
in profusion under the shade trees, and in the forests 
and wood-lots. Leaves are rich in plant food, and will 
pay well for gathering. They are always a valuable ad¬ 
dition to the compost heap, almost indispensable in the 
hot-bed, and a convenient bedding for pigs and in the 
stables. If raked up in large heaps before the snow 
falls, they can be taken in at leisure intervals during 
the winter as they are wanted. But it is better to have 
them stored under a shed or out-building, or near the 
stables. With a suitable box-cart, and large wooden 
forks made tor the purpose, leaves can be gathered quite 
rapidly. They make a soft, warm bed, promote the com¬ 
fort and thrift of cattle, and in this way save food. The 
leaves left in the street, or by the roadside, have an un¬ 
tidy air and go to waste. 
TJie Ives and otlaei* ISrapes. —In 
mentioning in July last that the Ives had uniformily 
failed with us, we suggested that the experience of one’s 
own locality was the only safe guide in the selection of 
varieties to plant. Apropos of this, Horace Lloyd, Ches¬ 
ter County, Pa., writes us that with him the Ives is a 
strong grower, an abundant bearer, though he regards it 
of poor quality, except for wine. Ho is especially pleased 
with the Brighton as a vigorous and prolific vine, and he 
considers the quality as best. We regard the Brighton 
as destined to be a most popular grape when it is better 
known. Tlie Hartford Prolific, Mr. Lloyd thinks well of 
as an early variety. Its chief fault is the dropping of the 
fruit when ilpe. Close pruning and training remedy this, 
but it is inferior to the Adirondack and Creveling, both 
of which do well with us in the same vineyard where the 
Ives persistently fails. 
CvestitM I'liB’iiiBiS' IBltac. —J. H. Hartman, 
Berks, Pa., asks us: “Why does the cream turn blue 
on top in arch-cellars ? ’’—Your arch-cellars are not well 
ventilated. To cure the trouble, there must be afreo, 
though not necessarily strong current of air over the 
cream and milk, even though the cellar should be several 
degrees warmer than now. The blue color is from 
minute mould plants, which are not only on the surface, 
but penetrate all the upper part of the cream with fine 
threads. The blue particles are, we may say, only tlie 
blossom and fruit of the mould field. The first thing 
for you to do is to secure ventilation; then dry off the 
cellar, sweeping the walls, and scraping and sweeping 
the floor. Scatter dry-slaked lime over the floor, and 
sweep it about until the floor is white with it ; then 
whitewash the walls and top of the arch-way of the 
cellar, shelves, supports, racks, etc. This will kill the 
mould. Then whenever you add fresh cream stir 
thoroughly all the rest, whether in the same pot or in 
others, and you will h.ave no more blue-topped cream. 
Fearless Two*horse Power, positively un6CfUal6Ci ease of 
team and amount of power, and Standard Feed-cutter lEat gives the 
most unbounded satisfaction. Cutting feed saves money. 
Economy says try Ita Fearless Threshers and Cleaners, Clover- 
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Prof, Duncan Campbell, M. D., LL.D., 
r. R. S., President Royal College of Physicians and Sur¬ 
geons, Member General Council University of Edinburgh, 
&c., &c., says: 
“Liebig Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic has more than 
realized my expectations.” 
PROF. JOHN M. CARNOCHAN, M. D., Surgeon-in-Chief, 
New York State Hospital, Professor Surgery New York 
Medical College, ex-Health Officer, Port of New York, &c., 
says: 
“ My patients derive marked and decided benefit from the 
Liebig Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic.’’ 
PROF. C. H. tVILKINSON, Editor Medical and Surgical 
Journal, says: 
“ The Coca Beef Tonic of the Liebig Company, com¬ 
bined as it Is with Coca, quinine and iron, forms a most 
valuable adjunct to the practice of medicine. From the 
experience we have had with it, we are forced to speak in 
its favor and to recommend its use. Beef, iron and quinine 
cannot be surpassed by any other three ingredients in or 
out of the dyspensatory for invigorating an enfeebled sys¬ 
tem, and when such remedies can be obtained combined 
from so reliable a house as Liebig’s, it behooves the profes¬ 
sion to patronize the same to the fullest extent.” 
“You have succeeded in placing in our hands one of the 
most effective of tonics. I cannot conceive of a better 
combination than tlie nutritive essence of sound, healthy 
Beef and Coca, dissolved in a reliable sherry,” says: 
PROF. F. W. HUNT, M. D., New York, formerly Profes¬ 
sor of Materia Medica and Medical Botany, Honorary Mem¬ 
ber Imperial Medical Society of St. Petersburg, Russia, 
&c., &c. 
Coca Beef Tonic embodies the nutritive eJements of the 
muscular fibre, blood, bone, and brain of carefully selected 
healthy bullocks. It also embodies the tonic virtues of the 
Coca or Sacred Life-Plant of the ancient Incas, the two 
(the Beef and the Coca) being dissolved in a choice quality 
of sherry wine. It is the most •perfect nutritive reconstruc¬ 
tive tonic ever offered to the medical profession and public. 
“ A very strengthening tonic,” says 
PROF. COLPAERT.—Bulletin Generale de Therapeu- 
tique. 
Coca Beef Tonic is a purely natural and easily digested 
tonic for invalids, dyspeptics and all who are run down and 
debilitated. It is a valuable aid to convalescents. It is in 
every sense of the word a revitalizer, reconstructer and force 
generator. It is a boon and a blessing to brain-workers icho 
need a tonic devoid of unpleasant reaction. 
The Journal of the Royal Society of Vienna says: 
“ It is remarkable that the Indians never suffer with con¬ 
sumption, and the cause of it is the use of Coca. They reach 
a very old age, and frequently pass their full century.” 
Dedham, Me. 
To THE Liebig- Compaht: 
Gentlemen.—Your agent left me a bottle of your Coca 
Beef Tonic for me to try. I took it myself, as I had been 
sick for a number of months with a lung affection and was 
not able to practice. It helped me very much—so much 
so that I am now about as well as usual. I have since given 
it to a number of patients, and it has benefited every case. 
I am indeed most thankful tliat it came to my hands. Ihad 
tried different preparations of Coca before, but had no 
effects from them. H. S. PHENIX,M. D. 
Be sure to ask for Liebig Co.’s Coca Beef Tonic. 
Refuse artfully named, inferior preparations. Price One 
Dollar. N. Y. Depot, 38 Murray street. 
farin instills 
and Corn Shellers. 
Over 30«000 Nowin Use* 
Every Macliine is fully 
\Va i-rniitecl. Price of Mills, 
$15 to $40. Shellers, $5. Don’t 
buy a Mill or SUeller until 
you have seen our terms and Illus¬ 
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Iron Founders, Pittsburgh, Pa, 
lELLEiI 
CWood’s Patent.) 
kVill siiell one bushel of 
Corn in 4 minutes. 
Write for circulars and fuU. 
particulars to 
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LBHIGHTON, BA. 
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U^NO FARMER SHOULD BE WITHOUT 
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FURROWERanI 
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. (Burlington County), N. j’ 
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With the triumph 
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It will save ^ to 54 of your 
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quicker. Send for illustrat¬ 
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The boys are taking hold of this matter, and I 
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Mofeton Farm. Rochester, N. Y. 
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