-Dr. McCosh : “The trouble is now 
that the enthusiasm of the student is in 
football, instead of in his Greek and 
philosophy, as it should be. Colleges 
are not created and maintained for the 
purpose of giving instruction in football 
or in rowing. The physical development 
which may come from these is a valuable 
incident, no doubt, to the college train¬ 
ing, but it should be only an incident. 
The studies should be first, and the en¬ 
thusiasm of t}ie student should be in 
them.” 
R ft ^ ^ orrow ’ we have the following 
fcyg/ Area-acres. 2^000,000 37* 000.000 
Yield—bushels. .312,000,000 450,000,000 
Multum in Parvo. Value—dollars.327,000,000 372,000.000 
Value per bushel—dollars.... 1.05 0.83 
Hem is Mr. frank B. Lamb’s (West- 11:5 loll 
flew. N. Y.) potato experience (or 1892 : The durI th , s decadei it ap . 
“ I planted five varieties on the same day . , ., , . 
^ : pears, increased 44 per cent over that of 
—May 11—and gave them the same culti- ,, . , , , , ,, 
J 6 , the previous decade. The value of the 
vat'on. The New Queen gave the best . , . , ™ 
„ & . , , , crop increased only 14 per cent. The 
results, being early, of uniformly good , , , , , ... 
fo . ,, ^ rate per bushel was 22 cents less during 
size and it matured before the rust came ,, . , , ,, , ,, 
this decade than during the previous one, 
on. The Puritan was perhaps a few , ,, . ,, , 
r and the value per acre was three dollars 
days earlier, but yielded very few mar- . 
J less. The yield per acre is a little less, 
ketable potatoes in a hill, a great many 
being small. The Charles Downing was It ^hooves every farmer to consider 
a complete failure, scarcely any being in what wa Y and to what extent the 
of marketable size. The Summit turned World’s Fair may create an increased de- 
out very fairly and but for the blight mand for the Products of the soil, 
would have made a large crop. The All business men take note of the con- 
Rural No. 2 gave a good crop, seeming to stant changes in the taste of their cus- 
stand the blight better than any late tomers and in the demand for certain 
potato. Of the five only the Queen and kinds of goods; and as changes in the 
the Rural No. 2 gave entire satisfac- demands for food products are more fre- 
tion. quent than in any others, those who sup- 
What does it prove that the progress P 1 ? these must necessarily meet these 
of wheat culture is steadily westward ? changes. At the present time the de¬ 
mand for butter made from sweet cretin 
It was found by Richardson, as noted is increasing, and this is not cause for 
in “Soils and Crops,” page 110, as the surprise. That excellent dairy authority, 
result of about 400 determinations, that Henry Stewart, reminds the readers of 
there are 12,000 kernels in a pound of the New York Times, of which he is the 
wheat, taking the average. Rut in some agricultural editor, that butter is liable 
samples there were only 8,000, while in to rapid changes in quality, and these are 
others there were 24,000 kernels to the due very much to the condition of the 
pound. It is plain that one bushel of milk and cream before churning. By 
seed in the one case would be equivalent keeping the cream too long, certain in¬ 
to three in the other. How then are we jurious changes occur in it that affect 
to lay down a rule as to the right number the flavor of the butter seriously and re- 
of bushels to sow to the acre ? duce its value. The largest proportion 
Taking 12,000 grains to the pound, of the butter made is thus spoiled, and 
The R. N.-Y. plants at the rate of less the best of butter soon deteriorates by 
than four pounds to the acre, and yet the keeping. Oversour cream will not make 
growth fully covers the land. £ ood butter ’ however it may be managed, 
because of chemical changes in it that 
We learn through H. W. Stringfellow cannot be neutralized or hidden. It is 
of Hitchcock, Texas, that he has a chance very plain, then, that by churning the 
seedling of Concord that seems to give cream while it is sweet all these risks 
promise of high value. He describes the of spoiling the butter are avoided, and 
bunch as medium, berry smaller than as it is impossible to avoid the necessity 
Concord, bangs long to the bunch and is for keeping the butter some time before 
quite free from pulp. “It is dead ripe it can be used, the inevitable deteriora- 
before the Concord shows a trace of color tion of quality by this keeping is pre- 
and much earlier than Moore’s Early.” vented by using only that made from 
Its exceeding earliness and freedom sweet cream. Such butter improves dur- 
from pulp are its striking merits. ing the short time that elapses between 
We have had the Ruby (Moore) for the making of it and its appearance on 
about seven years and our notes from ^he fable. Hence the demand for it is 
season to season show that it ripens with only reasonable. This being so, butter 
the Red Dutch ; that the racemes are makers should take note of this drift of 
longer, the berry scarcely so large ; the tbe P ublic desire and S uide themselves 
quality not so good. The Mayflower for accordingly. Dj reC f 
J anuary presents a full-page colored plate 
of “ The Ruby Currant ” and describes it Harper’s Weekly: “ Ihe better- 
as follows : “ It is certainly the largest, ment of the great highways of interior 
finest, hardiest and most productive cur- communication is a matter of general 
rant that has yet been introduced. The concern and should be accomplished 
fruit is borne in enormous clusters, through a general or State tax. Ihe 
About 25 berries grow in a raceme. In r °ads that are purely local should be left 
quality it is superior to any other variety, to the local authorities, who, once having 
being a mild acid of exceptionally high seen the advantages of good roads, and 
flavor. It is a greater and surer bearer learned how to make and maintain them, 
than any currant known.” may be depended on to reform the pres¬ 
ent inefficient and costly methods.” 
Our own experience with the Ruby is 
not given to disparage the variety in any “ A farmer who has not advanced dur- 
way, but merely to show that our esti- in S the last 20 ^ars in his methods of 
mate of its value and the Mayflower's work mi £ bt as wel1 tr y to run his farm 
are widely different. Let us hear from wa ^ on on the railroad as to keep up with 
those of our readers who have tried the those wbo bave ke P fc in line witb tbe 
Ruby general improvement.” 
_ „ .. ,, , -Vermont Watchman : “ We don’t 
Pres. Campbell (Ohio Horticultural , 
. , , , ,, „ , . , care how much we pay a man, if we can 
Society) says that the Eaton is a large, , , J , 
, ... , , . ... get the money back and a reasonable 
showy grape, but not so good in quality , , , ... „ 
, profit from his labor.” 
as the Concord or Worden. Although ^ 
considered a new variety, he has had it -T. B. Terry in Practical Farmer : 
(or its counterpart) growing in his garden “Some few men are more interested in 
for the past 20 years, but he has never feeding their pigs and milking their cows 
considered it quite worthy of introduc- and growing their crops and taking care 
tion. It is our impression that, at the of their stock, than they are in taking 
Rural Grounds, the Eaton ripens fully as the best possible care of their wives and 
early as the Concord or Worden if not a children.” 
trifle before. There is no difference that - Times : “ A man’s life is too short to 
we can discover in the time of ripening learn by his own practice all that needs 
between the Concord and the Worden, to be known.” 
thoughothers reportthe latter aweek or - Boot’s Glf.axingb: “Those who make 
more earlier than the former. . ., , , o ..... -- 
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