when boys begin to shear, the father forgets the old 
but sensible couplet: 
! Neither wise wen nor fools 
Cad work without good tools.’ 
The boy must take the old shears, used for tagging 
three or four years, with the assurance that he must 
use them till he knows how to tak© care of a new 
pair. In seven cases ont of ten, this course so dis¬ 
courages the boy that his desire to learn to shear 
ceases. Another reason for bad shearing is this:— 
When farmers hire their shearing done, they want 
too much done in a day, forgetting that wool is 
money, as well as time. The employer pays the 
shearer §1.50 per day; he wants him to shear from 
forty to fifty sheep. He is pleased at night to know 
that he has got so much done, and that the shearer 
has earned his money. He forgets that he has lost 
enough in wool left on the sheep, to pay for the day’s 
work. Suppose he shears forty sheep, and leaves 
two ounces of wool on each of them, (which is often 
the case,) which taken off would amount to $1.50. 
Much of the work that is laid to rats, might be avoid¬ 
ed if farmers would tell their shearers to do their 
work well, if they did not do so much. 
"1 have sheared from one to five hundred sheep 
each season for ten years, and like the business so 
well that I always long for shearing time to come. I 
will give a few hints needed to make good shearing. 
“ The operator must have a good pair of shears. 
He must know how to keep them in order, for it is 
very certain that a dull tool makes poor work. Good, 
sharp, bright shears, not too sharp pointed, will run 
smooth. The spring should not be so limber as to 
double over the wool, nor so stiff as to make the wrist 
lame. With skill, a steady nerve, and even temper, 
it can be made to do good work. There are various 
opinions in regard to position. Some shear on the 
floor, others use a bench. Good work may he done 
either way, I prefer using a bench. In all cases, the 
one, a drove laying worker will be found! I state 
this confidently, having seen no exceptions through 
almost numberless experiments. The bees seeming 
to realize tbc necessity for drones as well as queens. 
regularly set themselves about supplying both, often 
enlarging and destroying worker cells for their devel¬ 
opment. Hence, when we rear a queen by transfer 
of brood comb from an Italian hive to one of common 
bees, even though no egg from which a queen can be 
reared can possibly get there, it is quite possible 
many drones may emerge in time to impregnate the 
.queen we thus rear. These drones of the black race 
being in t.lie same hive, will be quite likely to take 
flight, at the same time with the queen, and thus pro¬ 
duce a cross in her progeny, when we had supposed 
it hardly possible our hives harbored a single black 
drone. M. Metcalf. 
Grand Rapids, May 20tb, 1861. 
Rural Notes anb Stems 
pressed apart, and the operator may possibly get a 
correct idea respecting the condition of the combs 
for a few inches down, hut the cendition further 
down is mere "guess work,'’ no true account caa be 
given or obtained. 
Now we would advise Mr. R. to get bis bees into 
some kind of a hive that he may have perfect control 
of the contents, so that their actual condition may 
easily, at any and all times, be correctly ascertained. 
We would advise him to procure movable-comb 
hives, as many as will be needed, and put all of his 
swarms into them. I.et the stock in box hives swarm 
once each, only. All after-swarms that may issue, 
should be returned to their parent stocks, that they 
may be strong or populous. This is done by de¬ 
priving them of their queen within a few hours after 
swarming,—! 
the better, 
more queens, 
when they ride out, and prevent that 
iness which is se apparent when a 
In being the attache of a fine horse. Is 
led? — n. t. b. 
J r.vE— Weather, Crops. Work —The first of June was very 
summer-like — the warmest day of the present season A trip 
by rail through portions of Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, and 
Onondaga counties, on that bright and balmy June-opener, 
afforded us much pleasure. Earth, air, and sky abundantly 
testified that the promised seed time had been vouchsafed, 
while there were encouraging indications of a not unprofita¬ 
ble harvest. Backward as was, and is, the season, the crop 
prospects are better than many anticipated. Wheat has 
improved greatly, and an average yield is expected by farmers 
with whom we have recently conversed. Spring crops are 
generally planted and “ up.” Farmer* consequently “ breathe 
freer,” and begin to realise (what most other classes know, 
that theirs is the most safe and independent occupation 
especially in war times. But they have work to do. and it is 
pressing now—the unfavorable weather of spring, and scarcity 
of field hand* in many localities, rendering it necessary to 
l>erform much of the ordinary May labor in June. We 
fear mnch work will he done too hastily — that many, in 
endeavoring to plant and cultivate “ one acre more,” will 
produce less than by confining their efforts to a small area. 
Good culture and the liberal use of manures and fertilizers 
on a few ncres, will pay better than the hap hazard, hasty 
manner in which many spread their tabor over a large sur¬ 
face. Yet perhaps many a farmer can advantageously add an 
acre or two to his ordinary crops. Having made provision 
for the leading crops, if you have space and time, try an acre 
or two of beans; they will pay well this ve&r, though it is 
said some of the soldiers hum- beans too veil- A patch 
devoted to a soiling crop will not be amis* — say corn, millet 
or sorghum. Either can be planted in drills, or sown broad¬ 
cast, any time thi* month — though the earlier the better in 
most localities. Eater, turnips and buckwheat can receive 
Attention The former are grown cheaply, and yield abund¬ 
antly, while the product of a patch of the latter will be 
acceptable in the home “ kitchen cabinet” next winter. Bat 
of these and other items our readers have their own opinions, 
and will act according to their judgment and circumstances. 
INDIAN CORN 
Ena. Rubai. New-Yorker: It iB strange, yet true, 
that we think very little of the greatest blessings we 
enjoy, because they are common, while we make a 
great ado about things that are of much lees value, 
because they are rare or difficult to attain. Indian 
corn is the great American cereal, and it has done 
more for the Improvement and enrichment of the 
land than all other grains. Hardly had the old and 
stately trees fallen before the ax of the hardy pioneer, 
before from among the stumps the corn sprang up, 
bearing its golden grain, furnishing the best of food, 
and in the greatest variety, for man, in .Johnny cake, 
mush, Indian pudding, samp, while it gave all 
that the patient ox, or the horse, required for its 
sustenanoe, and a little amusement for the children 
in the way of "popping." Without this glorious 
American grain, bow could the hardy pioneers have 
sustained themselves, while felling the forest to let 
in upon our eastern shores the rays of the setting 
hud? In 1829 I happened to be in Europe: and this 
was about the time, I think, that Cobbkt first took 
Indian corn to England, und strongly recommended 
its culture there, and especially in Ireland, fts a sub¬ 
stitute for the everlasting potato. At all events, 
there seemed to be nothing that attracted so much 
attention, and so much praise for beauty, as ears of 
our common yellow corn. Ears readily sold at fifty 
cents each, and were used as decorations for the 
parlor mantle-piccc. Rut we sec no beauty in It, 
because it is common, and very little value; while 
we can see wonderful symmetry, and beauty, and 
value in a great coarse, over-grown ruta-baga or 
mangel-wurzel, just because it is foreign, 1 suppose, 
and hard to make grow. I have no objections to 
treating all new advocates for public favor with fair¬ 
ness, but do not let farmers negleet their old and 
long-tried friends. 
The season is so backward, (and in this section, in 
many places, the ground is even now unfit for the 
plow,) that I am afraid many farmers will think it 
so late that they will not plant their usual quantity 
of corn, but wait for buckwheat or turnips, or some 
other late crop. Now, I have never grown better 
crops than when I have been compelled to delay 
planting on account of a late season until the first 
of June, or even later. In such cases it will be well 
to select for seed, varieties that will mature early. 
Farmers, therefore, must not be disconraged, but 
plant corn, at least fts much as usual, for although 
seasons are usually earlier than the present, we sel¬ 
dom have any good corn weather until the early part 
of June, 
I hope not a few this season will try corn sown 
thickly in drills for fodder. For this purpose I like 
the Western white corn, but have used the sweet 
corn, and it may be as good and perhaps better, but 
I have made no experiments to satisfactorily test this 
matter. The only difficulty in raising a large amount 
of fodder in this manner, is in curing. It is apt to 
heat and spoil unless well cared for, but when well 
cured there is nothing better. Old Farmer. 
not later than twenty, and the sooner 
They may be accompanied by two or 
i. If the swarms issue late in the day r 
they may be hived, and early the ensuing morning 
returned to their parent Blocks. There Will generally 
be but one queen to search for, as the extra queens 
have by this time been kilted. It is some trouble to 
return after-swarms, but it will pay. In 21 or 22 days 
after the issue of the first swarms, the old stocks 
should be driven out into the movable-comb hives, 
and all suitable combs transferred to the frames. If 
you prefer not to transfer the combs to the frames 
because they are “black and hard,” you may take 
one or two frames of comb containing brood and 
eggs, out of the hives of the first swarms, and pnt 
them into the hives into which the old stocks arc 
driven or to be driven. This will induce the bees to 
stay, and not forsake the biveB, as they sometimes do 
when managed in the ordinary way. I have trans¬ 
ferred bees at all times during the warm season, but, 
all things considered, 21 days after the issue of the 
first swarm is tho best time. This is the best time, 
by observing the directions above, to remove “black 
and hard” comb, that it may be renewed. Invert 
the hive and blow some tobacco smoke among the 
bees, to cause them to go down ont of the way; then 
with a suitable knife, or instrument, sever the combs 
as far down as may be thought proper. The bees 
will then commence to rebuild the comb. If pre¬ 
ferred, the bees may be driven out till the operation 
of pruning the combs is over, when they may be 
returned. 
Were your bees in the movable-comb hive, yon 
could open the hives the first warm days in the 
spring, lake out the combs separately, and thorough¬ 
ly inspect them. If some have an excess of stores, 
while others are nearly destitute, there could be an 
exchange made, mutually benefiting each other. 
The excess of stores could be given to such as arc 
nearly destitute, and such could spare empty comb 
to he given to those having the excess of stores. 
When the honey season arrived, all combs “ black 
and hard” could be easily taken out, and empty 
frames put in to fill the vacancy. Thun we may keep 
onr combs new if desired, with very little trouble, 
for an indefinite length of time. All combs at the 
Bpring examination found to bo mouldy, or filled 
with matured dead bees, or otherwise unfit for 
breeding purposes, may very easily be cut out, so 
that the defective portions may be renewed. Thus 
wo may care for onr bees in the movable-frame hives, 
as well as the farmer can care for his sheep. 
Placing a New Swarm in an Old Hive. 
Edb. Rubai, New-Yorkkr.—W ill you please to state, 
through your paper, if it will he safe to put a young swarm 
of bees into an pld hive that is full of comb, as I have one in 
which the bees died this spring, and I don’t know what to do 
■with it? Also, please to tell me what office the drones per¬ 
form.—W., Jefferson Co., 1861 
The drones are the male bees. The comb in the 
old hive should be examined to ascertain if it is in 
proper condition. If not, it may destroy the new 
colony. _ 
Robbing Rees. 
E»s. Rural Nkw-Yorkkr:—M y bees trouble me in rob¬ 
bing each other. Please inform me, through your paper, 
bow it may he stopped, or at least all the information within 
your reach upon the subject. I sprinkled flour upon the 
robbers, and found the hive that they came from and broke 
ont a piece of their cotnb, with the hope that it might put 
a stop to their roBbiug, but to no effect.— Bk.nj. P. ALLBN, 
Central Square, Oswego Co., A 1', 1861. 
Tkb Best Maohinks Wasted.—So many field hands have 
volunteered for the War that labor-saving machines are 
apparently In greater demand than usual thia aeaaon. . Many 
are asking about reapers and mowers—as to which patent is 
the best, Ac. The Inquiries concerning combined machines 
are most numerous. We cannot assume the responsibility of 
saying which particular machine of its class is preferable. 
Tho best practical farmers, and most astute judges at fairs 
and trial* of implements, eo frequently disagree on points of 
merit that we may well be excused from passing judgment 
Indeed, in conversing with farmers who use machines, we 
find a gTeat variety of opinions—about as many as there are 
kinds of machines used, for, a* a general thing, each man pre 
fern the machine which he owns and knows how to operate. 
Hence we consider the question, as to which is superior, a 
mooted one. It is about as difficult to decide satisfactorily to 
community as that of the transmutation of grain —whether 
wheat turns to chess for instance. The leading machines 
are now bo perfected that their merits are nearly equal, 
requiring very nice discrimination to decide as to the superi¬ 
ority of this or that patent. Those wishing to purchase 
should rely mainly upon their own judgment and the opinion 
and experience of practical farmers. 
— Several good reapers and mowers—as well as other 
machines and implements of the most improved style and 
manufacture— are (or have recently been) advertised in the 
Rural. As such articles pay judicious farmer* (such as read 
this paper) we direct particular attention to the announce 
ment« of manufacturers and dealer* which appear from time 
to time in our advertising department. 
Storing Rutter in a Cellar. 
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer writes 
that “during several years of our firBt farming in 
Towa, we found it extremely difficult to preserve 
Bweet, for winter use, the butter that wc made during 
the months of June, July and August. We finally 
adopted the following plan, by which we are success 
fill:—We, with a few minutes’ work, settled large stone 
jars Into the cellar bottom -It being sandy and dry— 
by putting nearly the whole jars into the ground, 
and packing the sand close outside, and the butter 
inside, taking especial care to keep it well covered, 
first with a thin cloth, then a thin layer of salt, and 
then a board with a weight on it, to prevent its being 
uncovered by accident. Last season we took an oak 
butter-firkin that would hold one hundred pounds, 
and painted it well outside, and inserted it in the 
ground beside the jars, and filled it with butter, 
which kept as sweet as we could desire. Persons 
who have a dry cellar, I think, will be amply com¬ 
pensated for their trouble by this process.” 
ana ^nmw 
To Destroy Mourn—'Will tome one of yonr patrons tell 
rid how to destroy tbs ground mole? They are taking my 
corn, doing their work under the hills- They are very 
destructive, and tt i* getting too late in the season to replant. 
—M. W. M., South Haul, fnd., 1881. 
Woi.k Tkkth is Horses. — I ham a two-year old colt, and 
come two nr three weeks Bine I noticed that it* right eye 
was considerably inflamed, and lib right impaired L'po n 
examining It* month, I found it hud “wolf teeth.” The 
right tooth I succeeded in extracting with the forceps, bat 
the colt becoming unmanageable, and not having sufficient 
help at band, I did not get lib left tooth ont until a few day* 
ago, the eye steadily growing worse, and 1 fear the colt will 
lose the night of that eye entirely. Thorn appear* to be a 
difference o( opinion among n>y neighbor* In regard to wolf 
teeth affecting the eye*. What are your views; and can you, 
or any of your numerous reader*, inform me how I can cure 
the eye. and *avo tho eight of my ooltf — A New Suiihokiiikr, 
Union, Broome Co., A- 1’., 1881. 
Queries for Dairymen and Stouk Growers. — Having 
received your valuable Hr HA f.. rmd finding it open for one* 
tlons, Is my excuse foraaklngthe following:—It i« stated here 
by dome of our best dairy-men, and those that ore acquainted 
with keeping stock, that dry oats form the best teed for milch 
cows before thev come in I should like to have your opln 
ion. also that Of Mr. John Johnston. os well a* other reader* 
of the KraAL And again, if this is the best feed for cow* 
before coming in, why ie <t hurtful for ewe* that arc with 
iambs? Wo have a flock of ahrrep which we h»vu fed oats 
through the winter until March, then we changed their feed 
to potatoes and meal If oats are best, 1 don’t wish to 
change the feed. If Mr Jouxbtox, yourself, a* well as 
others, will give me voar opinion on this, through the col¬ 
umns of vour paper, vou w-ill oblige PinLn* L. IjAvvrk.vck, 
Spring Mitts. MUg. Co.. A. V. 1W’ 
Tin: Gahokt.— Having s cow with an obstruction at the 
neck of her toot, in the inside, which If about tho size or a 
ride ball, and which prevent* the tree flow of the milk in 
that direction, will you, or *ome or your nnmerous c.orred 
pondeut*. inform me bow to remove -aid obstruction, and 
very much oblige— David Lawsox, Cainsville, 1861. 
Every spring we hare a large number of inquiries like unto 
the foregoiug, and os the period Is now nt band when they 
begin to flow In upon us, we give the modes of treatment at 
some length. 
In the early stages, the most effectual remedy i* to place 
the calf with the mother, that it may suck and knock about 
the udder nt pleasure. Relief, in most cases, soon follows. 
Should the inflammation continue, or the bag be so tender 
that the cow w ill not permit the calf to suck, and, especially, 
should the fever Increase and the cow refuse to eat. or cease 
to ruminate, and the milk become discolored, and mixed with 
matter and blood, then the case rnnst receive immediate 
attention. Youatt recommends bleeding, a dose of physic 
administered, the udder well fomented, the milk drawn 
gently hut. completely off, al least twice In each day, and an 
ointment, composed of the following ingredient*, as thor¬ 
oughly rubbed into tho bag as the cow will permit.—Soft 
*oap, one pound; mercurial ointment, two ounces: camphor, 
rubbed down with a little spirit of wine, one ounce—rub well 
together. Apply after every milking, the udder being well 
fomented with warm water, and the remains of the ointment 
w ashed off before the next milking. If the foregoing fails to 
speedily remove the disease, iodine must he resorted to. The 
mode of aimlloatinn is external, in the form of an ointment, 
moisture from the air, and turn to brine. This deliquescent 
property of some of our common salt, 1* not only an incon 
vcnicnce and loss, but is owing to a substance, chloride of 
seisinm, which U » real impttfltv am' ,.,**< mjury A* tins 
specimen was burned by merely evaporating the water from 
the spring, nothing being added to the brine, tbc spring must 
afford very pure salt It is said that the analysis of the 
water from tho spring, by Dr. Chilton, of New York, testifies 
to its great purity, a greater purity than that from Syracuse. 
Sulphate of lime (gypsum) L a common impurity in common 
salt, being from 6 to 9 per cent, by *olar evaporation, and by 
boiling, from 10 to 20 per cent., and even 14 per cent, in 
Cheshire (English) salt. It is not said whether the sample 
above contain* any gypsum It is to be hoped that abund¬ 
ance of good brine, and fine facilities for the produce of the 
best salt, will be found in this locality. 
queens and drones, ana aiinougu i win uui prepmeu 
lo indorse the position he ttlRi.-s i,. uicuu vv (liCJxi4o, | 
yet think it quite probable that right here are some im¬ 
portant matters to be yet taken from the field of spec 
vlation, and experimentally refuted or demonstrated. 
Since the appearance of a former article of Mr. 
Kirby, to which he refers, bearing in the same direc¬ 
tion, my own attention has been culled to at. least a 
seeming discrepancy between the theory and practice 
of queen-raising by the bees from worker eggs. It 
has keen hitherto stated, by European apiculturiste, 
and accepted in this country, that the drone progeny 
of a queen is purely and wholly of the race from 
which the queen sprung, while the workers and queens 
are not hybrids, (or at least not for the most part) 
hut are either of the one race or the other. My own 
observations do not lead me to wholly accept this, 
but rather that both queens and workers, from a queen 
of our race by drones of the other, arc always a cross 
between the two. The bees, certainly, are all shades 
of color, from the brightest Italian, with three beau¬ 
tiful and well defined yellow hands, to the unmis¬ 
takable black variety, differing only from the gen¬ 
uine, perhaps, in its more slender body and delicate 
form. The queens, also, seem to partake of the same 
peculiarities of color; even those roared of the most 
accepted purity! Is it not probable, then, that none 
are absolutely pure? and is it not also possible, as 
Premium Ciikkhk —How Made —The Winfield Union Ag. 
Society awarded the first premium on chceso to D. & A 
Wood, of Plainfield, Otsego Co., whose statement is sub¬ 
stantially this:—“That they are making cheese from twenty- 
two cows; cows wintered mostly on hay; fed straw once a 
day for about one month: w onld nut feed much straw without 
gruin with it; most or the cows came in in March — balance 
in April. After tho cow* came in, fed them each three 
quarts of oatmeal a day, until the middle of May; since then, 
coarse short*, two lbs- a day. to each cow; think it pay* to 
feed through the summer; have not fed sowed corn this fall; 
think it pays well when feed is short; the best way to sow 
corn is In drills. We use a tin Tat for making cheese; have 
running water round it, but do not let tho water run through 
tho night, unless the weather la very warm; heat our milk 
by steam; set the milk from 86" to 88*; scalded, from 100* to 
110'; salt, in spring, one lb. of salt to 50 lb*, cheese; to keep 
through summer, one lb. of salt to 35 lbs. of cheese; quantity 
made to 1st October, 9,600, ” 
purposes, as it "reduces the size of the bees ' and 
produces what are termed "dwarfs,” is fallacious. 
We have two colonies twelve years old the coming 
without renewal of comb, and we challenge 
any person to detect, even with raicroscoplo aid, 
any difference in the size of the bees in these and 
adjoining yonnger colonies, some of which are 
swarms of the previous season. There are. however, 
good philosophic reasons why combs should he 
Bometimos changed, viz.: 1st. When there is an 
excess of honey, bee-bread, or honey and bee-bread. 
It must be evident to every candid, thinking mind, 
that when a hive is of proper size—about 2,000 cubic 
inches—and contains an excess of the above neces¬ 
sary ingredients, the breeding apartment must he 
too small for the wants of the queen, aud hence 
while in this condition cannot he very prosperous 
and profitable. The breeding apartment of box 
hives,—in fact, of all kinds of hives, unless remedied 
by the bee-keeper,—frequently becomes so reduced 
in size from these causes, that it scarcely contains 
15,000 empty cells and cells of brood. This is only 
about one-third the size it should he. Proof; It 
requires about 21 days to produce workers from the 
time the eggs are deposited. The queen, it is esti¬ 
mated, will deposit, provided she is young ami pro¬ 
lific, and there is room, from 2,000 to 3,000 eggB per 
day, hence she would need at least -15,000 cells for 
breeding purposes. As soon as the maturing bees 
begin to emerge from their cells, the queen will 
return to that part of the breeding apartment, and 
These facts and this 
season ; 
Best Dkptu sob Skttixo Milk.—A correspondent of The 
Homestead relates the following experiment:—“ On the 8th 
of April we set two pans of milk, weighing forty-seven pounds 
ton ounces, in two tin pails ten inches deep. The next day 
we set the same quantity of milk from the same cows two 
IkAu ilooi. in nxnB. These were Dlaced on the same shell 
commence to re-deposit eggs, 
reasoning bring us to this very important conclusion: 
the breeding apartment of every hive in use, whether 
patented or unpatented, should he large enough 1o 
accommodate the laying of the queen for 21 days. 
Besides this, for the hive proper, due allowance 
must he made for necessary stores. These facts will? 
enable any person to construct a hive, as u> size, on 
scientific principles. 2d. finch combs, or portions 
of combs, should he removed as become mouldy or 
filled with matured dead bees. Mouldy comb is unfit 
for rearing bees. Sometimes matured dead bees are 
found occupying portions of comb. They are usually 
found with their heads toward the bases of the cells. 
Their death is almost invariably occasioned by 
starvation, frequently when the hive has sufficient 
stores, though inaccessible by the bees during pro¬ 
tracted spells of cold winter weather. It is plain 
that no bees can bo reared in cells thus filled with 
dend bees, nntil they are removed; the bees them¬ 
selves will not remove them, therefore it is very 
important that the bee-keeper should. 
The question that now arises, is, how can these 
facts he ascertained? In movable-comb hives they 
are very easily ascertained, but in common box-hives, 
sucb as Mr. Ross uses, it is extremely difficult. It 
iB true the hives may be inverted, but what is the 
result? It is simply this: the combs may be gently 
observation on this subject:—'“ If a man wishes to buy a 
dairy of cows for beauty, with a handsome red color, nice 
horns, and of a trim, sprightly appearance, let him go to the 
Devons. If he wants to get those of large size, good con¬ 
sumers, such aa will make the most beef when he has done 
milking them, let him go to the Durhams or Hereford*; but 
if be wishes to buy & profitable cow for the dairy, he will 
quite as likely find it among the Ayrshire*, or among the 
common stock of the country, as anywhere.” 
the same time drawing, in the most gentle manner, a small 
quantity of milk. He then gives an aperient — one pint of 
linseed oil and the yolks of two eggs, or one pint of sweet oil 
and half a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper—and keeps the 
animal on light diet. If there is danger of matter forming, 
rub the bag with equal parts of goose oil and hot drops. If 
the parts are exceedingly painful, a wash of weak lye, or 
wood ashes, or sal soda, is recommended. If necessity com¬ 
pels the use of the lancet, after the matter is evacuated, the 
part is washed clean, and a stimulating liniment applied. 
Horn Distemper.— I saw, in the Rural of May 11th, a 
remedy for hollow horn, and, as the writer says, it seems 
barbarouB. Here is a sure cure, and not at all barbarous. 
Take about a gill of tar, pntin a large tablespoonful of spirits 
of turpentine, lient it hot, then put in a large tablespoonful 
of sulphur. Spread a plaster on some close, thick cloth or 
linen, and bind about the horn, dose to the head, then put 
some of it, hot, in the hollow on top of the head. If, in 24 
hours, it does not help the beast, repeat the operation, but 
once is generally sufficient.—A Surboribkr, Paris. (■ H 7 - 
“ IxqciRRR ’’ can obtain Vetch seed in WeBt Farnham, C. 
E.. from G. R. Marvin, at the rate of 90 cents per minot,— 
equal to one and ODe-fourth bushel*, New York measurement. 
Barrels or bags extra The seed can be forwarded from the 
Southwest. Letters from Southern Illinois complain of its 
ravages; and our Kentucky and Tennessee exchanges say the 
worm is proving very destructive, especially to the wheat 
The best remedy is Baid to be to make trenches, as deep x* A 
is practicable to plow them, as this stops the progress of the 
worm. Many farmers run deep furrows around their grass, 
corn, and wheat crops, the land side toward the Held. It 
best to use a sharp coulter, in order to present a smooth, 
unbroken wall to the enemy. As the worms are unable to 
surmount this, their progress and depredations are measura¬ 
bly checked. _ 
Premiums on Farms. —The Journal of the State Ag. Soci¬ 
ety calls attention to the fact that persons intending to com¬ 
pete on farms, the present year, should have them entered 
by the 1«( of July, that a committee, which will be appointed, 
may have time to visit and examine the farms. M e hope 
Western New York will be well represented in the competi¬ 
tion, and successful in the result. 
