MOOSE’ 
RBRAL IEW- 
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and it soon perishes if not relieved. Incompar¬ 
ably the best remedy is an immediate injection of 
blood-warm milk, made chocolate color by an 
infusion of molasses. Hold the lamb up by the 
hind legs so that its fore-feet just touch the floor, 
and with a small syringe inject half a teacup¬ 
ful. If this does not soon bring away dung, 
repeat the operation. If the lamb continues 
drooping, a few spoonfuls of strong boneset tea 
aids recovery. If the urinary action is insuffi¬ 
cient, give pumpkin seed tea. 
If a lamb exhibits goitre or swelled neck 
glands, bind a fillet of cloth about the neck and 
keep it wet with camphor. (This is an experi¬ 
ment.) If this fails to reduce the swelling, 
apply tincture of iodine. If the neck is tied 
down, assist the lamb to suck until it recovers. 
When lambs frequently relinquish the teat in 
sucking, as if somctliing hurt their mouths, ex¬ 
amine their gums. If the teeth are not’througb. 
and the gums are inhumed and tender, open 
them over the teeth with a sharp knife. If the 
first yellow excrements adhere between the 
tail and breecli. carefully remove them, and to 
the latter “ this sprint/s lambs ”— both awk¬ 
ward and unnecessary circumlocutions." 
To obviate this difficulty, or. rather to supply 
this want in our language, we propose to adopt 
the English word teg — as we have done in the 
preceding article—to designate a lamb between 
weaning and shearing. It is as easy to say or 
write ram-teg and ewe-teg, as it is ram-lamb and 
ewe-lamb, The word Is in general use in Eng¬ 
land, and is employed by all its best agricultural 
and veterinary writers. We can not discover 
the least objection to its introduction into-the 
United States, and shall hereafter use it in these 
columns. 
Communications, (Etc. 
FARM LABOR. 
HOW HAVE THE SHEEP WINTERED. 
Tins has not been a decidedly bad winter for 
sheep in any region we have heard from — bub 
it has been far from a favorable one in most 
parts of Central New York. It has required 
extra care and feed to keep sheep, and particu¬ 
larly tegs, (last spring’s lambs,) in fair, ordinary 
condition: and tegs generally are rather thin. 
, , • . , This is attributed to the variable weather, and 
prevent subsequent adhesion, rub the parts -v ,„ , ... . , , 
1 . a ’ . ’the usual quality of the hay. The winter has 
With (illuII- r-luv nr in ilnfimlt nf onwtliiiirr ’ ' ' 
with chalk, clay, or in default of anything 
better, dry dirt. 
If a ewe refuses to own her lamb, put both in 
a dark place together, admitting light and hold¬ 
ing the ewe for the lamb to suck several times a 
day. If anything frightens her, as. for example, 
the sight of a strange dog, of a child wearing a 
bright mantle, Ac., it sometimes tends to awaken 
her maternal instincts. If a ewe is required to 
adopt a lamb, the skin of her own dead one 
should be fastened on it—and if she hesitates, 
sprinkle a little gin on her nose and over the 
lamb. Confine them together, and, if need be, 
in a dark place, for two or three days. If a 
lamb be smeared all over with the cleanings 
and “waters” of a lambing ewe, she will 
usually promptly adopt it if her own be re¬ 
moved, particularly if she never sees her own. 
But confinement until the adoption is complete, 
is always safest. When neither of the above 
modes are available, treat the ewe like one 
which disowus her own lamb. If she is violent 
and huts the lamb, confine her head between 
stanchions—and then if she throws her hind 
parts about so the lamb can not suck, fasten 
sticks to the stanchions and to uprights behind 
her so they will confine her on each side and 
prevent her from moving sidewise. Place them 
half way up the side, so they will not be in the 
way of the lamb. But with all these precau¬ 
tions, see that the lamb sucks several times a day. 
Dock the tails of lambs at two weeks old, 
being careful to cut them ofi' square and of uni¬ 
form length, and (by slipping back the skin be¬ 
fore cutting) so that the skin will partly cover 
the amputated stump. Watch them, for lambs 
sometimes—though v ery rarely—bleed to death 
after this operation. If the bleeding continues 
so as to endanger life, tie a ligature around the 
end of the stump. If this fails, sear it with a 
hat iron. Merino lambs are usually docked 
about an inch and a half from the body on the 
under side. The tails of English sheep are left 
louger. 
It is better, if the ewes are let out to grass 
this month, to let them out only for short periods 
each day, at first—gradually lengthening the 
time. But until there is a full bitejof grass and 
the weather is warm and settled, it is better not 
to let them out enough to take their appetite ofi' 
their hay, grain and root feeds; and under all ■ 
circumstances, until lambing is over and the 1 
lambs of some age, they ought not to be allowed 1 
to remain out on the dump ground over night. ' 
Nor should they he exposed to cold rains, or , 
much rain of any temperature, day or night. If , 
they are poor or weak, it is very fatal to them. l 
been a warm, open one with frequent changes, 
and there have been u few spells of remarkably 
cold weather. The weather was dry and the 
meadows were uncommonly backward last 
spring. Then came a period of very wet and 
hot weather which lasted until haying, and 
duriug haying. The grass grew so rapidly that 
it is thought to lack its ordinary substance and 
nutritiousness. Much of it, too, owing to the 
weather, was cut late and over-ripe. The best 
hay is not favorable for sheep when over-ripe— 
and is very unfavorable for tegs. Let us hear 
from other parts of the country on this subject. 
We trust the readers of the Rural in all parts 
of the United States will give us information on 
this subject. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, MINOR 
ITEMS, Ac. 
Staying Ewes.— VV. C. Blackstone, Louisa Co., 
Iowa, writes —“ Spaying can be performed on ewes as 
easilly, and with as much safety as it can on pigs or 
heifers. 
Gbub in the Head.—P. A. V. V., of Coluiubns, O. 
You describe a part of the symptoms which sometimes 
accompany this disease—bnt yon are not foil enough 
on tiie subject to allow ns to form a definite opinion. 
Cotter Plates, Ac.—Nelson Perkins, of Money 
Creek, Houston Co., Minn., is informed that he can 
obtain five or sis hundred of the plates and rings he 
speaks of at $ 2 50 a hundred, and paying expressuga 
The editor of this department will obtain them for him. 
The “ glass he inquires for would be a very powerful 
microscope, the price unknown, but not inconsiderable. 
Swedish turnips and rutabagas are of the same variety. 
Mode of Raising Turnips tor Sheet —John W. 
Kurts, of West Newton, Westmoreland Co, Pa, in¬ 
quires the best mode of cultivating turnips for sheep. 
Wc have received the same Inquiry from two other 
sources, one of thorn extending it to other roots, and 
asking how they should lie stored for winter nse. Wc 
intend to prepare a careful article on this subject and 
publish it belbre the time Tor action in the premises 
arrives.” 
SHEEP TERMS. 
Some of the terms applied to sheep in Great 
Britain are curious and awkward enough. 
You ATT gives the following among the names 
which are in use. A ram lamb, before weaning, 
is called a tup or ram lamb, a heedet; or a pur- 
Surgical Operation tor Goitre.—F. S. Plumlky, 
(as we read the name,) of Middlclrary, Vt, writes us 
that he had a lamb dropped in April, 1868, with enlarged 
thyroid glands. It was Weak, breathed with great diffi¬ 
culty, and could not suck without assistance. At the 
suggestion of a physician, strong liniment was applied 
three Limes a day on pledgets of cotton bound over the 
swollen glands by a doth bandage. It being found, on 
the morning of the fourth day, that Uieglands continued I 
to enlarge so that the lamb was nearly suffocated, the 
owner took it to Dr. Sprague, of Middlebnry, who, 
he had heard, cut out the enlarged glands of a neigh¬ 
bor’s lamb successfully. and had the same operation 
performed. The iamb was placed on its back, a small 
hole made in the skin, the skin loosened over the gland, 
the gland cut around with great caution until the phy¬ 
sician could get his fingers under it, “ the artery which 
runs through the gland tied with silk, and then the 
gland cur. out.” It was a lean, llestiy substance, of the 
size of a bnttcrnnt. But one was taken out, “ as there 
was nothing for the one left to crowd on.’ The lamb 
was very weak from loss of blood. It was given some 
milk, carried for the purpose, and then taken home, five 
miles. On its arrival “it got up and went to sucking 
1 It seems to me that farmers generally are 
1 paying altogether too high for hands this season. 
There is some reason in paying a man having a 
family to support, an increase of wages over 
former years. Almost everything he has to buy 
r bears an enhanced value; but a young man that 
gets his board, certainly should have very little 
more than last year. Almost every young man 
of any spirit or patriotism has gone, to the 
battle-field, and the cowardly “slinks’' that 
have so far eluded the draft and &tuid behind, 
. deserve little more than their board and clothing. 
Paying high prices does not manufacture 
labor. We should get nearly all that we now 
get, if farmers would steadily refuse to pay the 
enhanced prices. But the truth is, farmers 
have no concert of action in this matter, or. in 
fact, in anything else affecting their interests— 
manufacturers and merchants make their own 
prices and get them—on, the contrary, farmers 
generally pay all that is asked for dry goods, gro¬ 
ceries, implements and labor, and when they 
have toiled like slaves for the season through, 
and have produced something which the non¬ 
producing classes must hare to live upon, they 
magnanimously turn right round and let them 
have it at their own price. If this was done 
out of pure benevolence. I shotdd find no fault 
with it; hut it is anything but that. Farmers 
should act together, like other men, read the 
papers and keep up with the times. Manufac¬ 
turers are growing rich out of this war. Almost 
everything they have to sell they have put up 
to about three or four times its usual price, and 
they all get it, too, and what has the farm to 
offset against it ? Corn and oats that most farm¬ 
ers feed out to their stock, are bearing pretty 
good prices; but wheat that they have to sell, is 
worth about one dollar and twenty-five to thirty 
cents. Wool and pork was sold last year for ten 
to twenty per cent, above the average prices, 
and butter and cheese have done a little better— 
but nothing to compare with other manufac¬ 
tures. it. 
Rem auks.—W e do not quite agree with our 
correspondent -concerning his estimate of young 
laboring men. We believe the laborer is worthy 
of his hire. The young unmarried man who is 
struggling to get a start in the world ought to 
receive the full value of his labor just as surely 
as the married man. And wo hope he will 
claim it! Because farmers are stupid enough to 
sell their produce at rates far below what they 
ought to get, and what they might get , it does 
not not follow that laborers should be equally 
stupid. Everything a young man buys costs 
him more than it did a year ago. There should 
be concert of action among farmers—not to pull 
down the wages of the laborer—to put up the 
price of produc^ to its proper relation to the 
prices of every thing else used. We advise com¬ 
bination and concert of action: but we do not 
agree with our correspondent as to the direction 
it should take in order to effect the object sought, 
to wit., the securing to the producer a proper 1 
return for his capital and labor. 
Again, there are doubtless some young men at 
home who are cowards. But the broad terms < 
used by our correspondent should be qualified. | 
Within our own acquaintance there are several 
young men who would gladly go to light in their 
country’s cause; hut there are valid reasons for * 
their staying at home. And, we think, wages ( 
would be higher were all, who are at home, in ’ 
the army. 
feet wide, six feet long, and six inches deep at A MusicalPaper —Some one of onrcorrespondents 
the edges; find with a sag iti the middle an inch (whose inquiry at this writing is mislaid,) asks for the 
or more deeper, so that the fluids would all run na,ne ’ a<3dress > ft,ld price of a Musical Journal. The 
to the center. This pan serves us for 107 trees MmUm1 ir ' T,Vw °’" f Mu,ieal World u P ttW,?hed 8omi * 
thiat.au>. i i , * , ... u monthly by Theodore IIagen, N Y. city. Price $1.50. 
this year. anti has lor 180, or more. lor ten years. . , . ,. , ,, 
J ... There t* also a musical journal—the "Song Messenger,” 
\\ eek before last I tapped the bush. Tuesday, we believe—published monthly by Root & Cady, Chi- 
sap run some; next day more; and the next engo. 111 . 
Sunday night had boiled enough for 500 lbs. of - 
sugar, from 196 trees tanned with -i julneh bit- IIobse Di-tkmtkr.—I have a valuable horso that 
¥ ’ e - r,lp l K . wun ‘ l 4 tnen bit, wag uken wlth the horse. distemper in the Tore part of 
so you can judge what tapping a j-inch bit w ill the winter. He does not seem to get over It lie has 
do A nan of the size abovo ,t^,.,.lhor? ™!ii a discharge bom thelclt nostril; and bis breath smells 
uo. a pun, oi tne size aopve described, will b(Ullv . His riands are not enlarged nor lumpy. I have 
accommodate a larger bush, with a smaller pan tried Horae ofthe medicines thai Dr Dadd recommends, 
of nnv kind to heat the san whil.. rnrmW into but they do not. have the desired effect Perhaps you, 
oi any hinu to neat the sap w bile i Uimlng into ,, r Pom $ of v our subscribers, can tel! me what to do for 
the boiler. With five cords of wood, and not him.—W- M. P , Elkhom, Hbr. 
sound or best wood at that, I have boiled from We should rowel the animal and physic thoroughly, 
oOO to GOO lbs. with one pan. if wc could not get a reliable Veterinarian to see him. 
The sugaring off is done in the house, over a VVc 8 rcntl y di? 1ike to say what we would do in such 
fire-place. After it is settled, it is put in a ket- cns,B ' Most of u,e rfirntHliea « ,ven as cmelellt ftre uu ’ 
K,.„, ,„>,*■ ...... . . reliable. Dr. Dadd is in Chicago, and if your horse is 
. . ? ' " 1 ,m "" ann > riien put a valuable one, vou hud bettor consult or call him 
in whites ot three eggs well beaten to three ' __ 
p.tils of sii up, and about a pint ot milk, (or cold Black Tooth in Pigs.—F or Lite past three or four 
water, not often used,) and gradually bring to tv my pigs have bora troubled with this disease. It 
twiil. n-Uon >.»„«, l.,, .. . ..... . , .f commence* to affect them when only i day or two old, 
it, w hen tlie scum has got Stub take it (the and unless attended to immediately they soon got sore 
scum) oft'; keep boiling moderately till the scum about the mouth and ears, and also about the roots of 
1 , 0 . .,11 Jo™. 1 .:. , ... \ ... ‘ the tail. If allowed to run a lew days they soou get so 
has all nson, then keep botlmg steadily until they cannot suck. If any of the Rural readers can in- 
done to make good sugar; do not allow it to form mo the cause, and what will prevent it, they will 
..... , . " , ... greatly oblige—J. H. Shetherd. 
keep rising up and going down w kettle. „„ \ . . , . ^ , 
tV e remember to have heard an Englishman once tell 
Ur one can sugar oft In a common milk pan, his neighbor that the cause was in the breed of ’ogs— 
set on top of a stove, to a very good advantage, that a real Yorkshire or Berkshire never is troubled 
by putting a little cream in a pan to keep it with the disease Perhaps if our correspondent gets 
from running over when boiling. rid or his breed he will get rid of the disease. If our 
The scum can be made into vinegar by pour- 1>!g * were lrouhled ’ we should P ul1 out or bre:,k off 
ing water on it, diluting it, settling it then, ^he black teeth as soon as discovered As a sanitary 
, . . . .... . measure, we should keep the hogs well supplied with 
scalding and straining it, being sure to have it palt< guiph „ r ond charconl . 
sweet enough; for according to the amount of _ 
saccharine matter in it will be the strength of Clover for Pasture.—I wish to Inquire, through 
your vinegar. Do not put anythin" in it.Tto the Rural. which is the best for pnsture, when mixed 
, c,. . . ", J with timothy, the large or medium clover.—ts. N. 8 till- 
turnit S 0111 . Sirup and vinegar should all be ran, A{fnd Center. 
st rained tlnough a flannel strainer.. For dip- If we were going to sow only clover with timothy for 
ping sirup out ol pan have a dish some like a pasture, we should sow the large kind. We know 
dust-pan, (only not like it exactly.) made deeper some good farmers who prefer the medium. But we 
and not so wide, and the top partly covered by 'bcnld sow the large kind, and sow it thick, because 
a piece of tin soldered on. with the handle put wothhlk ll - vi rids more reed. But we would not seed 
on one side, so as to stand beside the pan and f ‘” with timothy and clover alone Wo would 
ii. j. .. * , useless of these, and introduce with themamixtnre of 
•lip it out. \> tth it vou can dtp so that there .. , , . 
. , r - , 1 iiici e other Torage plant?-such as red top, meadow fescue, 
' "° ,C a f " n eft U1 t ie sweet-scented vernal, meadow foxtail, orchard grass, 
Tins pan has never been oil the arch since It &c., Ac. The greater the variety, the better and more 
was first put on, except to repair the arch. It productive and enduring the pasture. A long chapter 
cost, when new, $20. with four iron handles, might be written with profit on this subject. But our 
like basket handles, riveted on, near the four correspondent's question Is answered, 
corners, to handle with when necessary. It 
will hold a barrel of 40 e dlmis n„i i,mi " Cows Giving Bloody Milk —Can yon, or any of 
noiu nai ret Ol 40 gallons ami boil. yonr readers, inform me what will cure a cow of giving 
Buckets are hung on the side of the tree, on a bloody milk?—J ohn Anderson, Liv. Co., Mich. 
bkil, — tenpenny is large enough. Buckets Men who have tried it, speak highly of the efficiency 
should be cleaned out at the end of the season, of saltpetre os a remedy. Give the cow a piece as large 
so that no sour or slimy sap shall be on to taint. 83 a 8ni!l11 Mckory-mtt once a day for a week. Another 
them through the year. We usuallv wash and rumcdy i3: g,vc tme P°" nd nf 8nl P hur > one fourth lb. 
scald them mil each year. The natural ten- 8 rime, four days in succession, unless the third dose 
. . * effects a cure. Give In bran or meal, or anything the 
i.cnev of sheet iron is to color anything that cow will eat. Another remedy, which we know to be 
comes in contact with it, and it will scorch an eil'ccrua] one, I* to obtain poke root—the root of 
sugar easier or sooner than cast iron, and re- Verutnan Mum (Mlehx t Split a carrot and insert a 
quires a blaze under it, when cast iron will boil Bm -dl piece of the root in it and feed the cow. Do this 
with coals. W. W. HORTOX. dai,y tm,b tbc cure effected. There are two plants 
Allegany. March 20, 1864. ' known as poke. One grows on the bottom lands of 
gnqtitrif$ and gumwrs. 
San Francisco Daily Papers.— (Subscriber, Sara¬ 
toga, N. Y ) The Alta California and Evening BuUtin 
are daily papers published in San Francisco. 
Raisino Turkeys —Will you, or some of subscrib¬ 
ers, give me through the columns of your paper, the 
best, mode of raisins turkeys, takine care of eegs, feed¬ 
ing, Ac—H. S., Union Springs, A". 1'. 
String Halt in Houses —is there anv remedy for 
strinc-hall in horses t 1 have a valuable three yenr old 
colt that has it, and If any reader ofthe Rural can 
prescribe a remedy, it will tie gratefully received by— 
J- D-, Ganscvoort, .V. Y. 
MAPLE 8UGAR MANUFACTURE 
Eds. lint a i. New-Yorker I saw an arti¬ 
cle in No. 740 in relation to maple sugar mak¬ 
ing:—“Will as much sap run from one spout in 
a tree as from two?” I don’t know, but think 
from two, in the same length of time, if both 
tupped at once; hut to get the most, one should 
not he put in till the second or later run, as a 
Onion Culture—W ill some reader of the Rural, 
who has had experience In raising onions in largeqnan- 
tifles give a full description for raising a good crop V 
Is sod land good for onions ? I would also like the best 
method of raising sweet turnips.—F U. F., M ’cedtport. 
Combined Tuiibseer and Cleaner.-(L. E,,Cain 
bridge, Pa.) We do not know which is the best. 
Pitt's machine, manufactured at Buffalo, is an excel¬ 
lent one. Wc do not know t he price. There are doubt¬ 
less others as good 
“Sugar Root.”—(W. V. B., Darien.) We havebe- 
for pasture with timothy and clover alone. We would 
use less of these, and introduce with them a mixture of 
other range plant?—such as red top, meadow fescue, 
sweet-scented vernal, meadow foxtail, orchard grass, 
&c., Ac. The greater the variety, the better and more 
productive and cndnrtng the pasture. A long chapter 
might be written with profit on this subject. But our 
correspondent's question is answered. 
Cows Giving Bloody Milk —Can yon, or any of 
yonr readers, inform me what will cure a cow of giving 
bloody tullk?— John Anderson, Liv. Co., Mich. 
Men who have tried it, speak highly of the efficiency 
of saltpetre its n remedy. Give the cow a piece as large 
us a small hickory-nut once a day for a week. Another 
remedy is: give one pound of sulphur, one-fourth lb. 
at a time, four days in succession, unless the third dose 
effects a cure. Give in bran or meal, or anything the 
cow will eat. Another remedy, which we know to be 
an effectual one, Is to obtain poke root—the root of 
Veratnnn alhi/m (Mtolix I Split a carrot and insert a 
small piece of the root in it aud feed the cow. Do this 
daily until the cure is effected. There are two plants 
known as poke. One grow* on the bottom limits of 
streams —a coarse plant with large leaves, strongly 
veined, and sheathed at. the base, and n large fleshy 
root. It Is the one named above, and io be used ns a 
remedy, The root is poisonous, sickening uml stimu¬ 
lating in its effects. But if used as we have directed, 
there is no danger. 
The other plant known as poke is Phytolacca dr.can- 
dria. It is a very common plant; grows on uplands, 
by the roadsides, and bear* a large purple berry, which 
is sometimes used by school children to make ink and 
color their faces. We do not know that this root is 
of any value for this purpose, though it is often called 
“ Garget,’’ and Jalap 
Rural Notes anil Stems. 
The N. Y. State Fair foe 1864 will be held in 
Rochester. We are not advised that the precise time of 
holding it has been fixed; bnt it will probably be the 
week succeeding the meeting of the American Homo¬ 
logical Society here, which commences the 13th of 
September. 
-- 
The Winter Wheat.— From correspondents, callers 
aud exchanges, we gather that the season thus far has 
not been Tuvurable to the winter wheat The fields 
have been hare, and the alternate freezing and thawing 
has damaged the plant Added, the drying, exhaustive 
lamb; between wcuning and shearing 1 , he ^&ny has done well rince, and is wound will dry up some In the time intervening for<Mi4 two commnnicatlone from men who were bitten J winds which have prevailed In sume localities, have 
called a hog, a hogget, a hoggercl. a lamb-hog, a -sr , ^ r ^ „ between the runs of sap during the season. ’ ,y ,-hl ®„ b " s J" 1 , ye “ r ’ hl ' r, "'c they saw the article on beeu excediugly unfavorable. Let our readers who 
iuv-hoa nr a ten if ensfi-Atort n ordi l M care highly desirous Of receiving from Dr. Spraoub (, -n-ni „ O ; m iot t,tt nt „,| s n tn , _ ! 1!l ? c ^ Rural. These writers inform ns have such field* roll them at once with a good heavy 
Zcr S a more Called and precise account of his mode of per WH a ginlet bi , used n tapping an. vver a* that they got from their “Oriental Sugar Root ” seed a roller. And on dry soils plaster seems to renew thi 
shearing, and when about a jeai and a forming this operation, the number of cases in which S^od a put pose as an uugerr it depends very indifferent crop of carrot*; vitality of the plant, 
hair old, he is called a shearing, a shearling, a he has performed it, and the results of those cases. whether you want a bush to last some time, or -—- 
shear-hog, a diamond, or dinmgnt ram, or tup, - use |t up as soon as possible. In a bush of my Flax Seed mer Acre.— (F. R. G., Mazeppa, Minn.) T . c-n 
and a shearing, dm, wether, when castrated. of Lectures on the D.srases of Sheer, fathel „, ? where gugur bas been made over ;)4 About one bushel of seed per acre is usually sown, a T c "onsUuffiv in raSnt of ffiquirie* «lkinK where 
After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram, a T T ^ ^ f ^^^1 affirm JS - be obtained We have 
oi tup, or wether; after the third shearing he is at Rochester, or elsewhere, and offers his name a? one 3 f,,lU put ln wltb a gol, ^ e: * orne wUh a with the seed product Wc advise you to sow a ImAel pnbllfehc<! 8omc of lhc * c ~ But 8t,U U,, ' y col,u >Ve 
a three-shear ram, etc.—and so on. of “ onr studente.’’ If we relt competent (which we do inch HU £ er ' Wost o{ tk ese trees are dead, have an d n half at least cal1 the at,en,l on of our readers to the fact that we are 
A ewe lamb is called ft ewe or girnmer lamb, not) to undertake eucb a task, our other engagements Mien down, or are dying fast. Since I have - not lathe seed business—and further to the fact that 
until weaned; between wearing and shearing, a would not possibly admit of It. helped manage the bush, some 20 years, we Time to Plant Hops.—W hen te the best time to will be much more likely to obtain the Informa- 
I 11 ? The same writer that n Hannosnna .is ... ..... 1 , , . ; , I'hmthopar Is not the male hop the best to plant f or, tion they seek, tf thoy address some one, or more, of 
gimmer-hog, o: ewe-hog, or sheeder ewe, or teg; ' ” , * * ‘l aURUr ’ a,1,i inSe, ' Ud 8 1 ' oUn,, '* l \ “ ary set b ° th ma * B and -<' J ! the seedsmen who advertise in our columns. We must 
a ei shearing, a shearing ewe, a girnmer, a , 1()od an( j jj B E f 7es the ftfllowine i ase-_" Tt Vhf°n l )bie *" ^Pil 1 in the hole, the “ siiill " not to he " v occupy our space with matters of more general interest 
thmve, a double-toothed ewe or teg ; afterwards, wa s one c.f a sm-rn iio, u whim, i.r n , driven deeper than the bark. The trees will The best time to plant is as soon as the ground i* in than the publication of such Inquiries. 
a threeshea,', or a /«, or ^Td w Tw 1 ^ u " “ ^ lM “ ^ Tl! ” “ “*« >"*»'- P» --- 
ewe or ttieuvc. In some northern districts of had already lambed, and this one wu* expected to every the holes will grow over in the course of five _ Almanacs the best Weather J‘rophkt*—A cor- 
Euglaud, barren ewes, or those that have day. On Wednesday night they were all well, bnt on or six years. Some trees that have been cut Machine for Mixing and Coloring Bu t -I respondent of a Now York paper, reviewing the failure 
weaned their lambs, are called did or yekl ewes. Thursday morning this ewe refused to leave the Stable, have covered the holes with wood two or more no tlce in your paper of lt)th March an inquiry* fur a of tbe weather prophet*, whose prediction* for the 
We are not called upon to adopt the uncouth or ijldeed 10 move hnlesa pushed. Bhe stood with her inches deep. For two years we have used a machine for mixing and coloring butter My mod'V' wlnter wert! based upon the presence and Instinct of 
provinciftlhsms of England—but there is a term bea V P 883 r “ lher 1>ack > "" eyes ailated and totally half-inch bit; the holes trill grow up in two to feed the cow six quarts of orange carrots per day • birds and wild animal* to foretell tho weather, *ay» - 
we very much need, namely, one specially to 25?J^,rm We , alt years in a thrifty bush, and two “spill?" will then the butter will need no artificial coloring. To “ The only good predictor* or weather an- the Almanac- 
ttissrssz's’&'sxzszs 
Befotc weaning, weeall them mm or ewe lambs, it not have been better to bleed from the jugular win’ anJ I think hardly as much. We began, last ' sthL) ' nucln. A .Subscri ber, Greenwich, Ohio , |lbl)||t ^ tlme Mpoct a dl(U1 g e .i They have never 
and these names can not he improved upon. Next morning, not having stooled, an injection wa* year, some experiments, on small trees, which wild Dairymen Answer?—W hntDtl i ..t deceived me, and when I desire to act on a certuiniy I 
After shearing, w'e call them yearling, two-year u#cd, and four tableepoonfttla of castor oil were givra have growu front trees an inch in diameter of warmltii: milk previou* to addingMmiot? by tubee consult the Aimanac.'’ 
old, three-yea?' old rams or ewe,s, and so on. A bc- r • During this day she would cat anything placed since I can remember, by tapping with a 1-inch filled with not water or otherwise? What is the usual __ 
»l,ee„ lour ,«» old, and until lb I0MI, l.oglu to J2j£lu Mti W,U “ * «"■> « hlrel > h ” kl "« "'"d-sh W l™“ktod lb» M»n,, . x»o»lo,l. t . died 
give way, b after that, bro- *5* Lark; and none with » Hud, hit. The U»~h;««!»»-.««• of cwbt>-8. L. OIMm „ Urlu>klvu Uul „ llt6 , v ..tl,« inh ult He .... 
j.„____ juio UL-r IIOSI HI s, ov nrimuciiig u 
henmtndhi tl: whenoldaudfccble.actwie. A ewe „ , . , 
.. . . ’ . . , , . ’ , , discharge, gave temporary relief, hut.in a lew hours she 
t l it has not raised a lam / t* called a dry ewe; if began to stagger and turn round. At night she died, 
incapable of raising a lamb, a barren ewe. All The symptom* seemed to indicate “hydatid on the 
castrated sheep are called Wethers, and merely brain,” but a post-mortem revealed nothing to put inex- 
designated by age as a wether lamb, a yearling peri raced eyes but the loss of two fine iambs.” 
wether, itc. These terms are quite as descriptive We ,Wnk Jl would havu been better to bleed from the 
frWl Wt UiLCbUl. I. . _ 
. r . , _ „ between the runs ot sap during the seuson. 
M care highly desitous of receivin" from Dr. Sprague UTXTn , . , 
a more detailed aud precise account of his mode of peD Will a gimlet bit, used la tapping, answer as 
forming this operation, the number of cases in which S^od a purpose as an auger? It depends 
be has performed it, and the results of those cases. whether you want a bush to last some time, or 
- uselt up as soon as possible. In a bush of my 
A Course of Lectures on the D.seases of Shkep, father’s, where sugar has been made over J4 
*® c *—JJ j of Stan^wlch, Ol, propose# to ua to deliver * v 1 -.t i 
i , .1 r. ” “ ' years, some trees were ltaeked with an axe and 
a conrse ol practical lecture* on tho Diseases of bbeep, .. . . ... 
at Rochester, or elsewhere, and offers his name os one a ^P 1 * n ' V|t J ri some with a 1)- 
of “ onr students.’ 1 If we relt competent (which we do all nCr. Most of these trees are dead, have 
not) to undertake such a task, our other engagements fallen down, or are dying fus-t. Since 1 have 
would not possibly admit of it. helped manage the bush, some 20 years, we 
The same writer state? that a dangerous disease was have used a J-inch augur, and inserted a round 
prevailing (March Tth. i among sheep in his neighbor- pUie U Bp m » ln the holc the .. spiU » not to b( , 
hood, and he gives the following case:—“ The sheen \ ■ \ , 
was one of a small flock which has been stabled everi dr ' Ve ," deeper . thar ' ( Ul f, } mk - 1 he wlU 
night, and well fed on turnips and good hay, Several ,30t L1 - v U I* 80 Ht)0n ’ y lnanlier of tapping; 
had already lambed, arid this one was expected to every rite hole* will grow over in the eouiseof live 
day. On Wednesday night they were all well, but on or six years. Some trees that have been eut 
Thursday morning this ewe refused to leave the stable, have covered the holes with wood two or more 
or indeed to move unless pushed. Bhe stood with her inches deep. For two years we have used a 
head up and rather back, her eye? dilated and totally half-inch bit; the holes trill grow up iu two 
5fSM n hmn 0t | We f ° r H S A he years In tt thrifty bush, and two “spill*” will 
bled in both check vein*, and had given to her nearly a . ■ . , 
pint or melted lard Bhe did net bleed freely. Would ,10t ln - ,Ure a tree any mol '° tban a «* iuuh 1 
it not have been better to bleed from the jugular vein? and I think hardly as much. We began, last 
Next morning, not having stooled, an injection was year, some experiments, on small trees, which 
used, and four tablespoonfuls of castor oil were given have growu front trees an inch ill diameter 
to her. During this day she would eat anything placed since I can remember, by tapping with a 1-inch 
in tier mouth, and also rumlnuteat times. The follow hit; some with a j-inch chisel, hacking tliiou"h 
ing day aha wa* worse, breathing with great difficulty. thc hark and s0]uc with a Huch |, U . T ^ e 
A little smoke blown Into her nostrils, by producing u , , , , , 
discharge, gave temporary relief, hut. in a lew hour* she Dc 1 hole runs a mut as much *np a* the i-iuch, 
began to stagger and turn round. At uiglit she died. anf ^ " ill grow over in a year, lapped two or 
The symptom* seemed to indicate “hydatid on the more holes in some trees with a j-inch bit. 1 
a* the English. But if, as in thc preceding article, 
(“ Sheep Work in April,”, we wish to speak of 
lambs, at any period of the year between this 
time and shearing, how are wc to distinguish 
between the lambs of 1868 and 1864, without 
calling tile former “last spring’s lambs,” and 
We think It would have been better to bleed from the 
jugular vein, and we should have resorted to scOinc pur¬ 
gative*. The treatment in other respects wa* substan 
tiully whut we would have recommended We would, 
however, have bled the second time when the sheep 
begun to *- stagger and turn around,'’ unless she was a! 
ready very much prostrated. Thu effect of the injection 
I* tml stilted. Wo would have continued it. until it 
produced free evacuation. 
think, and know, that a bnsh will last longer 
with small bits; and that a l-inch hole will run 
all a reasonable man will require. 
“ What boilers are best, &c, Y” A cast-iron 
pan is best. 1 made a great many inquiries, 
when I got one, fearing a cast one would break, 
being a large flat surface, and afraid the ex¬ 
pansion of the bottom would break the sides; 
but I resolved to try it. I hud oue made three 
by this bug last year, before they saw the article on 
page 117 last Vol. Rural. These writer* inform ns 
that they got from their “ Oriental Sugar Root ” seed a 
very indifferent crop of carrots 
Flax Seed I’KU Acre. —(F. R. G., Mazeppa, Minn.) 
About one bushel of seed per acre is usually sown, 
where the object is seed simply. But with the present 
demand for the lint, you can ill afford to be content 
with the seed product We advise you to sow a bushel 
and a half at least 
Time to Plant Hops.—W hen is the best time to 
plant hops v Is not the male hop the best to plant ? or, 
I* it necessary to set both male and female.—C. J., 
Dayton, j\. 1'. 
The best time to plant is as soon as the ground i* in 
condition In spring. Ten or fifteen male plant* per 
acre are sufficient. 
Machine for Mixing and Coloring Butter,—I 
notice in your paper of ittth March, Rn inquiry fora 
machine for mixing and coloring butter. My mode is 
to feed the cow six quarts of orange carrots per day; 
then the butter will need no artificial coloring. To 
mix, a good bowl and ladle und plenty of dhow grease 
is the best machine. —A Subscrirkr, Greenwich, Ohio 
Will Dairymen Answer?— Whatisthe best method 
of warming milk previous to adding rennet? by tube* 
tilled with not water or otherwise 1 What Is the usual 
amount of cheese procured from a gallon of milk? 
What kind of grease I* best to use lor rubbing the 
cteeae in the process of curing?— R. L. Smith, Clinton 
Co., Iowa 
It usually requires from Dji or 9 ‘, to 10q pounds of 
milk to make a pound of cheese — that i* thc range. 
Dairies differ in different, localities. 
A Diska“E Among Turkey*.— We have a disease 
among our turkey* which I* quite new to me, and \> hie.h 
destroyed nearly one half of my flock last year. They 
were attacked from the time they were four weeks to 
three months old bv a sudden lameness, sometime* in 
one leg, sometime* in both. The knoc jotnt become* 
inflamed, and so twisted that the bottom of the foot l» 
completely turned upward, and they are utterly nimble 
been excediugly unfavorable. Let our readers M ho 
have such fields roll them at once with a good heavy 
roller. And on dry soils plaster seems, to renew thc 
vitality of the plant. 
Inquiries About Bred Potatoes, Grain, <£c — 
Wc arc constantly in receipt of Inquiries asking where 
this and that kind of eecd can be obtained. Wc have 
published some of these- But still they come! We 
call the attention of onr readers to the fact, that we are 
not iu the eecd business—and further to the fact that 
they M ill be much more likely to obtain the Informa¬ 
tion thc-y seek, if thoy address some one, or more, of 
the seedsmen who advertise in our columns. We must 
occupy our space with matters of more general interest 
than the publication of such Inquiries. 
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Almanacs the best Weather Prophet*.—A cor¬ 
respondent of a Now York paper, reviewing the failure 
of the weather prophets, whose prediction* for the 
winter Mere baaed upon thc presence and instinct, of 
birds and wild animals to foretell the weather, say* — 
“ The Oftly good predictors of weather are the Almanac- 
makers ; they are safe—as they take a space on the page 
Of the Almanac of about 13 days, in which they say 
‘ about this time expect a change.’ They have never 
deceived me, and when I desire to act on a certuiniy I 
consult flu) Aimanac.” 
»■♦«- 
Kben Meriaji, a distinguished Meteorologist, died 
at Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., ou the Ittth ult He was 
boro June 17th, 17 fM, at Concord Mas*. For many 
years, at the place of his death, be had recorded, hourly, 
the changes of temperature, pressure of the atmosphere, 
storms, earthquake* over the world, Ac , so that his 
collection of fact* on the weather generally 1* said to 
bi) immense. He has never published any general re¬ 
sults of hi* thermometric ol^-ervaflon*; never compu¬ 
ted thc mean temperature for even one year. This, it 
is hoped, will yei be done by some one. for the general 
benefit. He wa* somewhat eccentric in some part leu 
tars; but was kind and humane in hi* Bplrit, generous 
5"» I”- «* fwicViu*. 
disease, the cause and remedy ?- Aunt Maouik, Lett- We pay this passing tribute to hi* memory, and hope 
anon, -V. 17 i his cud was ln peace 
