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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
2-45 
Soiliaag’ Cows.— Few formers get into the 
way of soiling cows, except tliose lo whom it is a very 
important thing to keep up the supply of milk, as wlien 
it is furnished to city customers, wlio wiil be lost for the 
season if they cannot have their regular quantity every 
day, or when the milk is taken to a clicese factory, and 
the farmer’s income bears direct relation to the number of 
pounds of milk he furnishes. It will pay to cut the best 
grass on the farm to feed green, rather than to liave the 
milk fall off so much as not to regain its full flow when 
the dry spell is past. Corn, oats, sorghum, and millet may 
be sowed any time, and will make either pasturage or 
green fodder. Turnips, sowed thick, rape seed also, or 
seed of any of the cabbage or turnip f.imily, will make 
green forage in a very short time. When cut and fed, 
green fodder should always be suffered to wilt consider¬ 
ably, as it loses water rapidly, saves weight in carting 
from the field, and is better masticated and digested. 
Wlaeai to Coat TiaaiotSsy.—“J. A.,” Mc¬ 
Kean Co., Pa., writes soundly : “ One says ‘ cut timothy 
hay early,’and another says ‘cut it late,’ I have tried 
both ways with working cattle and milch cows, and I 
value one ton of early hay above two tons of late cut 
hay. The stock eat the early cut hay clean, waste none, 
and thrive much better, and do a vast deal more work, 
than on late cut hay. If the season is favorable, I am 
generally nearly through haying wlien others commence. 
Late cut hay may last longer, and bass-wood chips would 
last longer still. This question would be settled forever, 
if men would try the experiment fairly.” 
'ffliie SBaecp —The great distress 
which sheep suffer from the attacks of this insect (the 
Oestrus Ovis) can hardly be imagined by one who has 
not seen it. It iays its eggs in July and .-Vugust, chiefly in 
the nostrils.. That death is occasioned by the grub in the 
liead is not probable, but when great numbers exist in the 
liead of a sheep, the irritation they produce, especially 
w hen they take their departure in ilay and June, is great, 
but little or nothing can be done for the poor slieep. Tar 
upon the nose is quite an efficient preventive. It should 
be applied repeatedly during the summer, and even when 
smeared above the nostrils lias the desired effect, and does 
not rub off so softn. Hence it is, that, as no passage can 
be discovered for the grubs to get into or out of the 
frontal sinuses, (cavities in the bone between the eyes,) 
many suppose the tar prevents the fly laying its eggs in 
the bones of the forehead. The eggs are laid in the 
nostrils, as above stated, the worms whicli hatch, work 
tlieir way up ijito the head, passing through the very thin 
bones. It is said, too, that the merinos with their woolly 
foreheads are not troubled with them, but this we cannot 
believe without further evidence, as it is a matter not 
covered by our own experience. Very few sheep are free 
from these grubs, and from one to more than twenty are 
found.—-Capt. Sliaff, of White Co., Ind., thinks his sheep 
are killed by them. He reports taking 21 from one sheep. 
R. H. Cook also attributes the death of iiis sheep to the 
same cause, but his Spanish Merinos are never troubled. 
tSae Ifi’og'.—“ W. H. B.,” Danbury, 
Conn., asks : “ Should a horse be shod so that the frog 
will touch the ground ?” In a state of nature the hoofs 
of liorses wear quite flat and even. We shoe liorses 
only to protect the hoofs against injury on our hard 
roads, and to prevent too much wear, and the shoe 
should never be made so as to contract the hoof; neither 
should the frog be pared away, except when it is torn 
and ragged. Let it touch the ground if it will. Ho not 
have any nails driven more than half-way from the toe 
to the lieel of tlie shoe. 
'S'ilae 'Frial of Mowears aBi«l BSeajaea’s 
by the N. Y. Stale Agricultural Society, for which great 
preparation has been made, will take place at Auburn, 
commencing July 10th. Entrees must be made at least 
one week previously at the Secretary’s office in Albany. 
Schedules of duties of committees, requirements, etc., 
will be furnished by Col. B. P. Johnson, the Secretary. 
'JTUe Trial of Implements, Horse Powers, 
etc., conducted under the auspices of the same society, 
takes place at the same lime and place, and subject to 
the same conditions. Schedules are prepared for Horse- 
rakes, TeddersvHay-presses, Thrashing JIachines, Horse¬ 
powers, Fan-mills, Hay and Stalk-cutlers, Arrangements 
fur Loading Hay, Unloading, Sheaf-binders, and Portable 
Engines. This meeting will be an exceedingly important 
and Interesting one. Every machine will be put to severe 
pr.actical tests of every part, under the eye of numerous 
committees of I'raclical farmers and mechanical experts. 
Kid.Biey Woriai. isi Bffog's.—8. P. Rogers, 
Uniontown, Knox Co., Ill. Swine are subject to a vari¬ 
ety of parasites, such as Cysticercus cillulosse, Asearis 
suilla, Spiroptera strongylina. Trichina spiralis, Disto- 
mum hmpaticum, etc., etc. Without seeing the parasytes 
to which you refer, or having a more full description, 
it would be impossible for us to classify them. 
Not 'I’oo ILate to IPlasit asid. Sow.— 
If there be any land in the garden from which early 
crops have been removed, it should not lie idle, for it is 
not too late to get another crop than weeds, from it. If 
a crop has failed from bad seeds, late frost, insects, or 
“bad luck,” which is usually another name for neglect, 
it is not too late to put in another. There are yet three 
months at least of “growing w-eather,” and it is not too 
late to do a good amount of gardening. The whole 
class of salad stuffs can be kept going—cress, radishes, 
lettuce, and endive, the best of all late salads. Pickles 
are to be looked out for, and cucumbers, the staple pickle, 
may be planted now with good results; melons will 
make fruit large enough for mangoes, gherkins, the little 
prickly West Indian fellows, may be grown if one likes 
them, and Nasturtiums will grow famously in the hot 
months. Bush beans, for snaps and pickles, and a patch 
of Early Sweet Corn maybe put in for a late supply. 
Young beets and carrots may be had for the sowing, as 
may Kohl-rabi and spinach. Now is as good a time as any 
other for sow ing rula-baga and French turnips. There 
are probably other things which may yet be sown. Bet¬ 
ter plant every spare space and get only a partial return, 
than to allow it to run to weeds, or to keep it clean and 
get nothing. 
A New Way of ISaisiit"- Forest 
Trees.—The N. Y. Times, in matters relating to agri¬ 
culture and horticulture, manages to print more .absurdi¬ 
ties and crude things, than any other daily paper, and 
that is saying a good deal. Here is something from its 
issue of May 27th. which, while it may mislead a few, 
can only be amusing to those who have but the most 
general notions about propagating plants.—We quote: 
“ A correspondent, writing to us on this subject, Raising 
F' rest Trees, says h knows of a case in which the ex¬ 
periment of sowing the pollen of the elm, maple and oth¬ 
er hard-wood trees has been made with perfect success. 
That of the English and American varieties of elm, and 
the maples, never fails to grow in moderately good soil. 
Our corr rspoudent is satisfied from his own observation 
that if no p'llen could be scattered over any good soil, 
even i, in no other way than by the high winds which 
prevail on those plains, it would in many cases, particu¬ 
larly if the soil is at all loose, produce young trees. 
Whether they would stand the heat and want of shade 
of the region referred to, is, however, a question for de 
cision. Bushels of the pollen of the elm and maple 
trees can be gathered at this season at any place where 
those trees .abound, and that of some others can be had 
later.”-How could a paper print such nonsense ? When 
this writer has raised his trees from pollen, we recom¬ 
mend him to keep a flock of cocks for their eggs, and a 
herd of bulls for dairying purposes. 
Early IPeaclacs. — Early in May we bad 
from the orchard house of Isaac Pullen & Son, Hights- 
town, N. J., some very fine specimens of peaches. The 
variety was Hale’s Early, beautiful to look at and as good 
as they looked. This variety besides being very early 
and good, is also a very knowing peach, for one of the 
specimens, instead of taking on the usual red cheek, 
blushed into the name of the senior Publisher. This 
irroducing names on fruit is a very pretty trick. It is 
done by cutting out the letters from a piece of paper and 
binding the paper on the fruit just before it colors. The 
light passes through the openings in the paper and pro¬ 
duces the color, while the rest of the fruit remains green. 
Sweet ]IIsirtl*slaelle«l Almosi*!. — “L. 
H. C.,” New Madison, O.—This almond is usually bud¬ 
ded on the plum. The tree is hardy in N. Y. State, and 
will probably do well with you. It is worth cultivating 
for its beauty while in blossom, even if it yielded no fruit. 
NVias-elee’s E'''a’niits.—We are able to an¬ 
nounce, as we go to press, that we have in hand a book on 
Americiin Fruits, to be fully illustrated and brought down 
to the present season, by that distinguished pomologist Dr. 
JoHS A. Warder, whose name alone will place it among 
the standard literature of itiis subject 
Cwladiolais froim Seed.—“Subscriber ” has 
often tried to raise Gl.adiolus from seed. “ They come up 
well and grow finely during the spring and summer, and 
that is the last of them.” As soon as the leaves begin to 
turn yellow, water should be withheld and the pots kept 
until spring in a dry place where they will not freeze. 
Fi-eascli Floitti* in New 'S'eadi.—Two or 
i three small invoices of French flour (equal in quality to 
! the highest grade of Southern Ohio Family Extras) have 
been received and sold in Ihe market within the past 
month at $14.50(S$15 per 196 lbs. 
’’FJtc !§tfaiw?>cri-y Crop.—We have made 
several incursions upon the strawberry growers, but as 
we go to press before our observations are completed, we 
must defer our notes until another month. Suffice it to 
say that near New York the crop is small, though from 
the increased number of growers there is plenty of fruit 
in market. Last winter was very hard on the plants, and 
our notions of hardiness have to be considerably modified. 
Wilson’s Albany, which h.as heretofore been most reli¬ 
able, does not, in New Jersey, give more than half a crop, 
and in some cases none at all. This season we shall 
know more about the merits of the newer varieties. In 
Southern New Jersey the “ Agriculturist” has done splen¬ 
didly, in other places not so well. We get the first report 
from the West from the Terre Haute, Ind., Express:— 
“ Yesterday morning Jlr. G. W. Shaffer of the Elmwood 
Nursery ‘dumped’ on our table several baskets of the 
finest strawberries ever placed on said table. The varie¬ 
ties embraced the great Triomphe de Gand, the Austin 
Shaker, excellent for table use, the plump swees Hooker, 
the prolific Wilson’s Albany, and the much talked of 
Agriculturist. We saw nothing at the late exhibition that 
equalled the “ Agriculturist.” Among the Wilson’s Albany 
was one berry that measured six inches in circumference. 
These berries were grown at the Elmwood Nursery of 
Messrs. Shaffer & Co., and exhibit rare culture.” 
Spatlei’im"’ CittairBis.—I. J. Powell, of 
Ontario Co., N. Y., stops the spattering of his wife’s churn 
by passing the handle of the dasher through a block 5 
inches long, with a hole through it a little larger than 
the handle; the block resting on the churn top. A 
leathern washer on the handle,''made of a circular piece 
with a cut from the center outward, and the edges lapped 
so as to give the washer the shape of an inverted funnel, 
is often used, to good advantage. 
TTBie 4Hi'’0’4VaBs.s' Ea’ops—is tloeir 
Condition and Prosi>ects? —As a matter of gen¬ 
eral information, we solicit frequent and continued reli¬ 
able information in regard to the condition and prospects 
of the staple grain, grass, and fruit crops in all pa-rts of 
the country. Let every one writing a business letter, and 
a multitude of others who have nothing else to write 
about, send us brief but careful notes upon the crops, 
extending over as wide a section as possible, within their 
personal observation. We cannot publish many of such 
reports, but a multitude of them concentrated here will 
enable us to form a correct general estimate for the 
whole country, highly valuable to all our readers. 
A '^Aec —Mr. Bidwcll, of Bidwell 
Brothers, writes : “ Our little girl wishes me to send the 
following message : ‘ My wee, small swarm of bees, is 
little smaller than Master Judd’s little hen’s egg. It’s 
only my two little hands full ; and such beauties '—while 
papa’s swarms are two big hats full!’ I will add, that 
the day being windy. Only a few came out, with a young 
queeen. On the next morning the old queen swarmed 
with 8X lbs. of bees, while the wee swarm only weighed 
with the little bush on.which it lit a quarter of a pound 1” 
SulBSoilinsr (To “J. B.”) is of greater benefit 
upon thorough-drained land than on that not drained. 
Aii’Cl»itectBii*e.—A now book of “ Designs, 
etc., for street fronts, Suburban Houses and Cottages, etc., 
by M. F. Cummings, Troy, N. Y., and C. C. Miller, 
Toledo, 0. —Just as we took up the book before us with 
the view of writing a notice of it, the following question 
from “ VV. S. W.,” Kokomo, (State not given), was Laid 
upon our table.— “ Mons. Ed.: Where can carpenters 
get an ‘ Architect’(book on architecture) that will give 
the most extensive details, together with plans and eleva¬ 
tions of both city and country buildings, etc. Please an¬ 
swer, giving price, etc.’’—Except that there are fewer 
no plans, and these anybody can make, (no one is suited 
with ready-made plans), this, it strikes us, is just the 
work called for. The book is a folio, and consists of 52 
elaborate plates, in which the designs are drawm rather 
small, and enlarged in detail on a scale X inches to the 
foot. The details, etc., are both simple and elaborate, 
and in the enlarged portions every board and moulding : 
may be directly seen and measured. It is published by ■ 
the authors. For sale at the Office of the American 
Agriculturist, or sent post-paid for $10.00. 
TBac Coi'poi’al deserves promotiori 
among the little folks. It has made a good year’s cam¬ 
paign, “ Fighting for the good, the true, and the beauti¬ 
ful.” and now takes the field again with 35,000 troops to 
back it. Volunteers are still called for in our advertising 
columns, and good rations are promised to all who enlist. 
