1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
5i  i 
What  Others  Say. 
( Continued .) 
But  one  of  the  most  valuable  uses  of 
this  oil  is  for  preventing  and  curing  that 
worst  of  all  diseases  of  the  sheep— the 
scab.  This  is  caused  by  a  parasite,  a 
minute  insect  that  burrows  in  the  skin 
and  causes  small  watery  blisters  that  in 
time  break  and  exude  a  glutinous  lymph 
that  forms  the  well-known  scabs  in  which 
the  wool  is  tangled  and  matted.  There 
is  no  more  wretched  animal  in  the  uni¬ 
verse  than  a  sheep  so  diseased . 
The  various  remedies  and  preventives 
in  common  use  are  troublesome  to  apply, 
and  costly.  But  crude  petroleum  is  easily 
applied  after  the  sheep  is  shorn,  by  simply 
scrubbing  the  animal  with  the  oil,  so  as 
to  reach  the  skin  and  work  the  oil  into 
the  diseased  spots.  It  kills  the  scab 
mites  and  heals  the  sores.  It  is  an  ex¬ 
cellent  remedy  for  that  other  common 
disorder  of  sheep — the  foot  rot.  Its 
penetrating  quality  and  its  rapid  absorp¬ 
tion  by  the  skin,  with  its  active  antisep¬ 
tic  character,  and  its  freedom  from  all 
acridity,  thus  render  it  serviceable  for 
all  these  and  other  related  purposes. 
And,  besides  all  these,  it  is  a  good  lubri¬ 
cator  and  will  not  gum  in  any  kind  of 
farm  machinery . 
German  investigations  have  been  made 
"which  showed  that  the  tannin  in  sumac 
leaves  varies  during  the  season,  rises  to 
a  maximum  and  then  gradually  dimin¬ 
ishes  as  the  season  advances.  Macagno 
is  quoted  as  having  found  that  Virginia 
sumac  which  contained  21  per  cent  of 
tannin  in  the  leaves  in  June  contained 
only  15  per  cent  in  August . 
In  Sicily  the  leaves  are  harvested  in 
three  periods :  The  lower  leaves  are 
gathered  by  the  end  of  May  ;  then,  pro¬ 
ceeding  upwards,  the  leaves  are  removed 
as  fast  as  they  are  fully  developed.  In 
this  way  a  product  is  secured  containing 
as  high  as  26  per  cent  of  tannin.  Amer¬ 
ican  sumac  is  said  to  reach  the  maximum 
content  of  27  per  cent  in  July:  but  as 
most  of  the  gathering  is  not  done  until 
considerably  later,  usually  before  the 
leaves  dry  up  or  frost  comes,  the  product 
in  the  market  is  said  to  be  much  lower 
than  this  in  tannin.  Gathering  at  the 
time  of  the  maximum  tannin  content  has 
the  further  advantage  that  the  product 
can  then  be  used  in  making  white  leathe  r, 
while  the  fully  ripened  or  over-ripe  leave  s 
contain  a  yellowish-brown,  active  color¬ 
ing  matter  which  unfits  them  for  this 
purpose  . 
The  Tricolor-leaved  Beech  is  some¬ 
thing  new  and  not  at  all  plentiful,  and 
there  is  no  large  plant  of  it  in  the  country, 
not  even  a  large  bush.  Mr.  Falconer 
speaks  of  it  in  the  American  Florist  as  a 
Purple-leaved  European  Beech  whose 
leaves  are  also  freely  variegated  with  a 
bright  pink  or  red  color  ;  in  fact  the  two 
colors — dark  purple  and  pink — are  much 
the  same  as  we  find  in  a  well-colored 
Dracaena  terminalis.  The  Tricolored 
Beech  is  perfectly  hardy  and  apparently 
as  free  a  grower  as  is  the  purple  or 
green-leaved  forms,  at  least  it  so  acts  at 
“  Dosoris  ”  on  Long  Island . 
German  experiments  seem  to  prove 
that  superphosphates  are  excellent  ma¬ 
terials  for  the  conservation  of  barnyard 
manure.  When  these  are  used  in  suf¬ 
ficient  amount  by  free  access  of  air 
there  is  no  loss  either  from  the  volatiliza¬ 
tion  of  ammonia  or  escape  of  free  nitro¬ 
gen . 
The  editor  of  the  Canadian  Horticul¬ 
turist  visited  the  veteran  Canadian  straw¬ 
berry  grower  John  Little,  who  fruited 
the  past  season  over  80  kinds.  He  found 
Woolverton  (not  Wolverton  as  incorrectly 
spelled  in  a  recent  R.  N.-Y.),  “along  way 
ahead  of  any  berry  he  has  ever  seen.”. . . 
“Don’t  Tobacco  Spit  Your  Life  Away” 
Is  the  startling,  truthful  title  of  a  little  book  just  re¬ 
ceived,  telling  all  about  Notobac,  the  wonderful,  harm¬ 
less,  eccmomical,  guaranteed  cure  for  the  tobacco  habit 
in  every  form.  Tobacco  users  who  want  to  quit  and 
can  t,  by  mentioning  Tub  Rural  New-Yorker 
can  get  the  book  mailed  free.  Address  THE  STER¬ 
LING  REMEDY  CO.,  Box  179,  Indiana  Mineral 
Springs,  Ind.— Adv. 
Direct. 
- Ex-Gov.  Luce  of  Michigan:  “You 
can  be  just  as  proud  of  tilling  the  soil  as 
in  governing  a  nation.  Indeed,  I  say  to 
you,  verily,  verily,  the  man  who  wrings 
wealth  from  the  soil  and  maintains  the 
fertility  of  that  soil  is  a  benefactor  of 
his  race.  No  man  can  climb  higher  on 
the  ladder  of  usefulness  than  he,  now 
and  hereafter.” 
- T.  H.  Hoskins  in  Vermont  Watch¬ 
man  :  “  Recently  there  has  been  an  effort 
on  the  part  of  the  Department,  under 
Secretary  Rusk,  to  do  better,  but  as  long 
as  this  seed  and  plant  distribution  is  made 
use  of  mainly  as  a  means  of  cheap  elec¬ 
tioneering,  it  will  always  be  a  nuisance 
and  a  fraud.  Nine-tenths  of  the  money 
is  wasted,  so  far  as  contributing  to  the 
progress  of  agriculture,  horticulture  and 
orcharding  goes.  One-quarter  of  the 
money,  rightly  spent,  would  do  a  thou¬ 
sand  times  more  good  to  the  people. 
“Some  time  since  we  made  the  sugges¬ 
tion  that  the  growing,  if  not  the  distri¬ 
bution,  of  novel  varieties  of  plants,  trees 
and  seeds  should  be  allotted  to  the  agri¬ 
cultural  colleges  of  the  respective  States. 
On  the  college  farms,  under  the  super¬ 
vision  of  the  instructors  in  agriculture 
and  horticulture,  this  work  would  be  in¬ 
telligently  performed,  and  the  value  of 
each  novelty  for  that  section  of  the 
country  approximately  tested.  This 
would  save  immense  waste,  by  confining 
the  distribution  in  each  State  to  such 
novelties  as  have  some  probability  of  use¬ 
fulness  there.” 
“  New  weeds  are  being  introduced  all 
over  the  country  by  these  political  seed 
distributions.  Many  of  them  are  of  the 
vilest  character,  impossible  to  extermi¬ 
nate  when  once  they  get  a  foothold,  and 
the  damage  already  done  by  them  far 
exceeds  the  good  derived.” 
- J.  H.  Andre  in  New  York  Tribune: 
“I  have  tried  this  season  fastening  scrap 
tin  to  barbed-wire  fence,  to  enable  stock 
to  see  it  more  readily.  The  pieces  were 
the  trimmings  left  when  cutting  the  bot¬ 
toms  of  butter  pails.  It  takes  little  time 
to  attach  them  to  the  top  wire  of  a  large 
field — one  to  the  yard.  I  believe  the  tin 
will  give  better  satisfaction  than  boards, 
as  the  latter  are  apt  to  warp  loose  or  be 
pushed  off  by  stock  unless  there  is  a 
centre  post  to  each  length.  If  the  scrap 
is  not  handy,  probably  two  or  three 
pieces  to  the  rod  would  suffice.” 
“  The  fact  is,  we  are  instantly  affected 
by  the  first  glance  into  the  face  of  a 
friend  or  stranger.  This  is  largely  the 
case  with  animals,  as  they  are  approached 
in  a  kind,  persuasive,  or  a  rough  and 
forbidding  manner.  It  is  said  that  a  cow 
should  be  regularly  milked  by  the  same 
person,  and  surely  never  by  one  of  un¬ 
kind  or  ungracious  temperament.” 
- Orange  County  Farmer:  “Cud  chew¬ 
ing  is  exercise  enough  for  cows,  is  it  ? 
Well,  well!  And  to  think  that  John 
Gould  would  preach  such  a  theory.  As 
well  say  that  grunting  is  enough  exer¬ 
cise  for  a  hog  or  breathing  enough  for 
the  sheep.” 
[We  are  wondering  if  tobacco  chewing 
is  exercise  enough  for  a  man  ! — Eds.  R. 
N.-Y.] 
- T.  Greiner  in  Practical  Farmer  : 
“  I  hope  to  see  the  day  when  every  live 
farmer  in  the  land  will  have  his  little 
patch  of  potatoes  for  seed,  beside  the 
larger  one  of  potatoes  for  table  and 
market.” 
- Spurgeon  :  “No  man  indulges  an 
error  of  judgment  without  sooner  or 
later  tolerating  an  error  in  practice.  ’ 
- Journal  of  Commerce  :  “  The  great 
fault  with  every  man  is  that  he  does  not 
act  up  to  the  light  which  he  has.” 
- “  All  true  living  is  a  life  of  trust. 
To  do  in  the  present  moment  that  which 
seems  right  and  best  and  to  leave  the  un¬ 
known  future  in  the  Hand  which  alone 
can  direct  and  determine  it,  is  the  sum 
of  all  human  obligation.” 
- “Doubts  are  like  mists  that  are 
deepest  as  the  distance  increases,  but  sel¬ 
dom  if  ever  obscure  the  step  that  awaits 
our  advancing  feet.  Whether  we  are 
climbing  the  mountain  or  going  into  the 
valley  there  is  always  one  step  we  can 
see,  and  that  we  must  take  if  we  would 
make  the  journey.” 
- Ohio  Farmer  ;  “  I  know  that  farm¬ 
ing  the  past  May  and  June  in  northern 
Ohio  has  been  unusually  discouraging, 
but  ‘  the  p’int  that  I’m  defendin’  is  that 
when  clouds  and  rain  make  the  whole 
landscape  dark,  then  is  the  very  time  we 
should  not  wear  blue  or  purple  eye¬ 
glasses,  and  that  farming,  even  in  May 
and  June,  1892,  and  in  northern  Ohio,  is 
not  sufficient  cause  for  suicide.’  ” 
- Breeders’  Gazette  :  “  The  draft  of 
a  wide  tire  is  not  increased  but  dimin¬ 
ished.  When  a  narrow  tire  sinks  into  the 
soft  ground  it  is  equivalent  to  going  up  a 
slope  equal  to  the  depth  the  wheel  sinks 
and  the  small  distance  from  the  lowest 
point  of  the  wheel  to  the  level  of  the  road. 
This  is  more  than  would  be  perceived  at 
first  sight  and  increases  the  draft  fully  a 
fourth  or  more.  Another  thing  should 
be  well  known,  viz,:  that  to  travel  in  a 
rut  is  destructive  to  a  road,  and  every 
driver  should  avoid  following  directly  in 
the  track  of  another  wagon.” 
- Country  Gentleman  :  “  It  is  ear¬ 
nestly  advocated  in  some  parts  of  this 
country  that  those  persons  who  persist 
in  the  use  of  narrow  tires  be  subject  to 
an  extra  tax,  and  there  appears  to  be 
much  justice  in  the  suggestion.” 
“  In  France  it  is  customary  to  use  tires 
for  heavy  teaming  six  inches  wide,  and 
the  forward  axles  of  four-wheeled 
wagons  are  made  shorter  than  the  hind 
When  “old  Sol”  mokes  all  things  sizzle, 
Drink  Hires’  Root  Beer. 
When  dull  care  makes  life  a  fizzle, 
Drink  Hires’  Root  Beer. 
When  you  feel  a  little  dry, 
When  you’re  cross, and  don’t  know  why, 
When  with  thirst  the  children  cry. 
There’s  a  sweet  relief  to  try — 
Drink  Hires’  Root  Beer. 
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