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containing a great variety of Hems, including many 
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Continued from p. 412. 
Remedy for Barrenness.— “S. H., n 
Otie Creek, N. M., wants a remedy for barrenness in his 
hens and sow. He has tried balsam of copaiba, rosin, 
copperas, Colombo, Peruvian bark, Cayenne pepper, and 
many other remedies for the sow, and lias subsisted his 
hens upon grasshoppers, and all without avail. We can 
suggest nothing, unless it he the kuife, or to feed these 
animals on some food with more nutriment in it than the 
above articles contain. 
tse of Giutno in ll»e West.—“ L. S.,” 
Springfield, Mo. The use of guano can hardly he made 
profitable in ordinary farming in the western states. 
Much less can it he profitably used on good fresh land. 
The land may be kept in good order without this costly 
fertilizer, by a proper rotation of crops, and by growing 
clover, and by the use of what stable manure is made 
upon the farm. Ordinary prairie land ought to be kept 
profitably fertile in this way for a lifetime. 
Wlint to do with it Poor Cow.—“ J. 
H. W.,” Jefferson Co., Ky. Some Ayrshire cows are 
poor butter cows. There are two classes of this breed of 
cows, viz., butter makers and cheese makers. If you 
have one of the latter, it would be best to get rid of her 
if butter is expected. Her ca'.f will probably inherit her 
character, and would hardly be worth raising. The tests 
of a butter yielding Ayrshire cow are. yellow colored, 
loose, mellow, soft, fine haired skin ; a fine clear horn ; 
very yellow color of the inside of the ears, and of the ear 
secretions ; a fine head, face, and neck, a large milk vein, 
and a smooth, large, well made udder and teats. If the 
cow lias a white hard skin, a hairy, coarse udder, coarse 
horns and head, although she may give much milk, she 
will rarely, if ever, lie a good butter cow. 
Feeding’ and Fodder.—“S. E, K.,” 
Eastham. If meal is fed to cows with roots or other 
coarse fodder, it is well to feed it twice a day. There is 
not only the question of the nutriment in the food in¬ 
volved, but that of the completeness of the process of 
masticatiou and digestion. The cow's appetite is kept 
in good order if her feed is given regularly and without 
any change. Besides more coarse fodder is eaten when 
meal is mixed with it. An acre of corn-fodder may be 
made to yield 10 tons or more of dry feed, which is worth 
more than can he obtained from an acre of corn. The 
closer planting and heavier growth of the fodder, makes 
the difference in value. 
As to Several Matters. —“J. E. De 
M.," St. Johns, N. B. Crude petroleum, when it is thor¬ 
oughly absorbed by shingles, does not make them any 
more liable to take lire than they previously were. The 
volatile and most inflammable portion of the oil soon 
evaporates, leaving the paraffine and tarry residue only in 
fhe shingles... .Spruce and pine timber yield about 2>£ 
per cent of ash, which is only half that of oak and beech, 
and from one-sixth to one-tenth of that of walnut v hick- 
ory, and elm. The ash of pine and spruce is also very- 
inferior in potash and phosphoric acid, containing but 
a tenth to a thirtieth as much as is found in the hard 
woods. Pine ashes are never used for soap-making, on 
account of their poverty in potash. Still where they can 
be secured very cheaply, they are worth their proportion¬ 
ate value, probably 5 cents a bushel.... One reason why 
spruce trees which have been reserved from woods which 
have been cut down, wither and die, is the want of shade 
to which they have been accustomed. In some localities 
they are infested by a parasitical growth, which robs 
them of their sap, and gradually destroys them. 
Keeping- Manure in California.— 
“ s. W. K..” Mendocino Co., Cal. The difficulty experi¬ 
enced in preventing manure from heating injuriously i:t 
a dry, rainless climate, may be avoided by carefully sav¬ 
ing the liquids from the stable and drawing the fresh ma¬ 
nure to a heap where it may be composted with waste 
matters and earth, using two or three parts of earth to 
one of manure. Or another and less troublesome plan, 
would bo to keep the manure in a cellar or pit made with 
cemented walls as is described in the American Agricul¬ 
turist of January, 1875. This method is used in Italy, 
and succeeds well in that.dry climate. When the manure 
is too dry, water might be thrown upon it. Of course 
the liquids from the stable should flow into this pit. 
