If he can succeed, and the farmers wish them, I 
presume a good many sets of irons for other 
mills will be wanted. 
Some of the Armenians at the Tillage where 
the mill is at, work wish me to get them a 
thrashing machine, bnt I feel some doubt about 
trying to get them so heavy a piece of machinery. 
coal, made by Prof. Norton of Tale College, 
will, to some extent, answer these: 
White A»h. Bed Ash. 
Matter insoluble In acids.88.68 85 65 
Soluble Bllicla.CM* 1.24 
Alumina. 8.36 4.24 
Iron. 4 08 5.88 
Lime...2.11 0.16 
Pule* of the Rural New-Yorker,— A Subscriber 
In Western Penn, writes tts asking if wo cannot 
afford the Rural to clubs «t the ante-war rate, $1.50. 
No. Sir. not at present prices of paper, labor, provie- 
NATIONAL WOOL GROWERS' 
A meeting of the National Wool Growers’ Associ¬ 
ation wilt be held at Cleveland, Ohio, November 14tb, 
1866, at 1 o’clock P. 1L, for the election of officers, 
to take into consideration the Wool Tariff, and to 
transact each other business as may be deemed 
necessary. Delegates are Invited to attend from all 
the States, and It is hoped the wool growing Interest 
of every part of the country will be fully represented. 
IlENliY 8. RANDALL, President. 
W. F. Greer, Secretary. 
TAKE CARE OF THE TEGS. 
Nvoember Is a trying month for tegs. Its 
etormB and rapid alternations of temperature do 
not favorably affect the strongest of them, ii 
exposed to their effects, and they fall with de¬ 
structive severity on those which lack strength 
and condition, especially If dropped late in the 
season. The annual destruction of tegs by a 
wasting winter decline is enormous. A large 
portion of this la due to exposure and want of 
proper feed In the fall. They should be housed 
from all cold or prolonged storms and in damp 
chilly nights. 
The great secret of rearing tegs is to keep 
them growing from the time they arc weaned 
until they are sheared. Pampering—high, grain 
feed in the fall and winter—is apt to lead to 
destructive effects. But alter the grass has 
been withered aud deprived of its nutritious- 
<dcss by frost, a small allowance of grain, pump¬ 
kins, Ac., Is highly beneficial to them. One of 
the best, feeds in the world for tegs Is wheat 
bran. In the Eastern States oats arc considered 
a bet ter aud safer feed for them than corn; In 
the West corn is the favorite feed for sheep of 
every description. Wc think the teg as much 
as the breeding ewe is better for having some 
winter “ range,” and it is unnecessary to say 
that It requires good winter shelter. No farmer 
now, not deplorably ‘‘behind the times,” win¬ 
ters tegs In the same flock with older sheep. 
The quality aud kind of its hay feed is also a 
matter of the first importance. Hay of any 
kind blanched by rains while curing is unfit lor 
it. It cannot be made to winter well on coarse, 
over-ripe timothy or clover. Grain will not 
supply the deficiency. The teg thrives best on 
early cut hfty. It should be of fine quality. 11 
should he cured bright aud green. If it consists 
of say half clover, so much the better. None 
need be told that the be6t feed requires to be 
given with regularity—that sheep of all ages 
should get -water in the winter-that stables 
should he spacious, well ventilated, and occa¬ 
sionally cleared of festering accumulations of 
manure. With a due attention to all the above 
circumstances the loss of tegs in onr country 
would be materially diminished, 
»■« — 
OHIO TOUCHES THE KEY NOTE. 
The following proceedings of the Ohio Wool- 
Growers’ Association escaped attention during 
our illness. The number of the Oilio Farmer 
•containing the official proceedings is mislaid, 
but we publish an abstaet of them cut from the 
Western Rural: 
Onto WooL-GaowEus’ Association. — The Ohio 
Wool-Growers' Association held a meeting at. Dayton 
on Wednesday eveulDg, Oct. 17. On calling the 
meeting 1o order, the President, Ron. It. 31. Mont¬ 
gomery of Yonuestown stated the object of the meet¬ 
ing to he Lho dlscuEsiou of the tariff question, lie 
then gave a review of the action of the Joint Com¬ 
mittee of Wool Growers and Manufacturers, giving 
stba reasons inducing each action. He thought the 
wool growers generally would have been well satis¬ 
fied bad the bill, as framed by the committee, and us 
it passed tie House, become a law, und the commlt- 
C-eecC 'Manufacturers and t he association tt represent • 
v.od-'inceiely desired the pasrage ol the bill and would 
'*be In favor of its passage next winter. One danger 
was in (inferences between those who wanted a tanff. 
tTno frec-trudem could be out-voted if there were no 
divisions. The action of the Wisconsin aud Illinois 
Associations was alluded to, and a letter read 
from the President of the Wisconsin Association in 
iavorof the passage of the bill as it ]>tm»ed the House. 
Tlin greatest Obstacle to the paeeagoof the bill was 
the expressed opinion of Secretary McCulloch that 
the present tariff was sufficient. In concluding his 
remarks President Montgomery stated that he be¬ 
lieved the beet thing to do was to endeavor to get 
tLo bill passed as it now elands. 
The speaker showed a thorough understanding of 
the subject and his positions seemed to incut with 
the approval of Thu association in to marked a degree 
that lurlher discussion waaCOusiderd unnecessary. 
CoL 8. D. Harris, Secretary of the Association, 
offered the following resolutions: 
BaolMd, That the experience and developments of 
the corient season conurm us in the views heretofore 
expressed, to wit: that the measures set ou loot by 
the convention at Syracuse were well chosen, and, if 
fairly carried out, will be most likely to lead to satis¬ 
factory results, 
JtSSO'red, Thai the present aud prospective bur¬ 
thens upon American labor and production, entitle 
as to such Icgielactou as shall secure to American 
products the ocnoilt of the American markets, ns 
against, foreign labor aud foreign production. 
Be solved. That the terms agreed upon in the 
.adjustment of the yroul tariff, by the Joint Commis¬ 
sion ot Wool Growers aud Wool Monalactucars, are 
just andjKMuc to both parties, aud we desire to have 
the same embodied in the general tariff laws of the 
country. 
These resolutions were considered separately, and 
each was unanimously paesed. President Montgom¬ 
ery, Col. Harris, J Park Alexander of Akron and 
W in, F. Greer, of Paincevillo, expressed themselves 
in iheir favor. The President read a letter, written 
by him to Mr. Caldwell ol the Revenue Commission, 
in which ills views were sot torf.h at length. 
Ohio is the largest wool growing State in the 
Union, and in none is there more zeal aud spirit 
evinced in all matters which pertain to this 
branch of agriculture. Its Wool Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation is, we believe, the oldest State organiza¬ 
tion of the kind in the Unitod States. It has had 
mostly the same officers from the outset.--. Pres¬ 
ident Montgomery is now serving his third or 
fourth annual term of office, and so also is the 
Secretary, CoL Hareis, the able editor of the 
Ohio Farmer. All its oliicers are experienced 
and sound men, thoroughly familiar with the 
wants and wishes of the wool growers of Ohio. 
Views advocated by such men and sustained by 
the unanimous vote of the State Meeting, called 
A VETERINARY SCHOOL. 
Evert year brings ns hundreds of inquiries 
for remedies for the diseases of sheep. Gener¬ 
ally more or less have died before such appli¬ 
cation is made. One man writes that he has 
lost five, another ten, another twenty, and 60 
on, and that the malady Is still unabated. The 
symptoms are usually so imperfectly described 
that no opinion can be based on them and no 
advice given. The sheep which thus perish are 
frequently very valuable, and in the aggregate 
the annual loss throughout the country is enor¬ 
mous. The s^me is true, to some extent, 
among horses, cattle and other stock. We 
have, Indeed, local “horse doctors” and “cow 
doctors,” while there are none for Bheep,—hut 
we are disposed to believe the Bbeep have the 
advantage in this particular. 
The country stands strongly In need of a well 
educated class of veterinary physicians and Bur¬ 
geons, familiar with the diseases of all our 
domestic animals, and their proper medical 
treatment. We cannot obtain these in suf¬ 
ficient numbers from other countries. There 
come occasional stragglers from Canada or Eng¬ 
land, claiming to be graduates of an English 
veterinary school; but their pretensions are 
usually very doubtful. We need 6uch schools 
of our own. New York, alone, would support 
such a Bchool. If properly organized and taught, 
they wonld furnish a very considerable body of 
yonng men with a respectable, lucrative and 
highly usefal profession. 
To establish such an institution in New York 
on a sound basis, and to give it at once the con¬ 
fidence of the country, no mode would be so 
effectual as to have it organized nnder the auspi¬ 
ces of the New York State Agricultural Society. 
This Society, through its officers, could obtain 
thoroughly reliable instructors from Europe, 
and, should it be necessary, could, without in¬ 
convenience, make a slight benefaction to a-seist 
the undertaking at starting. We would not 
urge a large aud expensive institution at the 
outset. A couple of instructors would perhaps 
be enough to begin with, and then let the school 
grow iu proportion to its merits and practical 
success. 
Wo trust the State Agricaltural Society will 
take this subject into grave consideration. Wc 
believe that it can, in the mode proposed, con¬ 
fer a vast benefit on the conntry—a benefit not 
likely to accrue for years, and then, probably, 
not so perfectly without its interposition. 
1 NOTES FROM THE FARM. 
THE STORE CLUB—POTATOES. 
As I live in a section of country where a great 
many potatoes are grown, it is easy to hear, at 
this time of year, a great deal of talk about the 
crop. As it comes mostly from practical men, 
some of it is worth treasuring up. In the vil¬ 
lage store I heard some suggestions, a short 
time since, that may be of interest to other 
potato growers. 
Mr. U., an extensive grower of and dealer in 
this farm product, said ho had tried several 
potato diggers—all he knew of—but had to dis¬ 
card the whole of them for the hook. He con¬ 
sidered the hook a better implement for digging 
than the fork, and had tested the merits of both 
by setting several men to work with each In the 
same field. The men with forkB would throw 
out the most potatoee in a given time, but this 
advantage was lost in picking up. After the 
hooks they would he gathered much faster. 
Mr. P. said many farmers were adopting the 
bad practice ot hauling their potatoes on to a 
barn floor, or storing them under sheds as soon 
as dog, instead of pitting them. 8o much hand¬ 
ling when the skins were tender made the pota¬ 
toes look rough, and tended to rot them. Be¬ 
sides, they were exposed to the light, which 
was injurious, ne preferred to dig in the fore¬ 
noon, pick up iu the afternoon, and store in 
pits, in the field, until marketing. 
31 r. H. preferred to draw the potatoes to 
market as fast as they were dug. To do this 
expeditiously, and without injary to the crop, 
he provided a quantity of buBhel baskets. Each 
man dug two rows at once, and every two men 
carried a basket between them and picked up 
the potatoes as fast as they dug them. When 
a basket was full it was left and an empty one 
taken up. When enough for a load was dug, 
the wagon, with the hay rack on it, was driven 
round, the baskets set on, and thus taken to 
market. This is a very easy and expeditious 
method, saving much handling. 
DURABILITY OF FENCE POSTS. 
In sandy or gravelly soils posts decay much 
quicker than in clays. On some fields of the 
same farm I think it may frequently be found 
that posts will outlast those set on others by 
eight or ten years. Perhaps there is some acid 
in the loose soils which acts on the wood to a 
greater degree than in the clays, hut probably 
the main reason of the quicker decay is the freer 
admission of air into the soil. If one has ready 
access to a clay bank, it will pay, in setting 
posts in these loose soils, to fill aronnd them 
with clay. Tramp it down solid, and fill up 
until it rises three or four inches above the sur¬ 
rounding soil. 
COAL ASHES. 
There is frequently an inquiry about the value 
of coal ashes as a fertilizing material. Perhaps 
the following analysis of the ash of anthracite 
Soda. 0.22 0.16 
Potash. 0.16 0.11 
Phosphoric acid. 0.20 0.27 
Sulphuric acid . 0.86 0.43 
Chlorine. 0.0# 00.1 
Total.98.00 100.11 
This does not show, certainly, a large amount 
of available fertilizing matter, not enough to 
warrant much expense in procuring it. Proba¬ 
bly as good a use as can be made of them ii to 
top dress grass lands or scatter under fruit 
trees. Chiel. 
FARMING IN ASIA MINOR. 
Hundreds of years ago — as far back as the 
time of Abraham— the husbandmen of Asia 
Minor and Syria used the rudest kind of imple¬ 
ments to till the ground, sow, reap and thrash 
their crops; and, strange as It may seem, they 
have made no progress whatever. It occurred 
to one of the missionaries stationed at Kbar- 
poot, abont 000 miles east of Constantinople, 
that the introduction of some of our American 
implements would be the best means of satisfy¬ 
ing the Turkish and Armenian farmers that it 
was time for them to abandon 6ome of their 
“old fogy” habits, and adopt the progressive 
ideas of other people and countries. The mis¬ 
sionary referred to Is Rev. Orson P. Allen, 
formerly of Mt. Morris, who sent a request some 
months since to his brother, Mr. 8. P. Alien, 
of this city, for the shipment of a fanning mill. 
It was sent in pieces, with directions to enable 
any one to put it together. It reached its des¬ 
tination In due time and we have from 31 r. 
Allen a description of the effect upon the 
Turkish farmers. The following is an extract 
from his letter, (to 31 r. John Gilbert, the 
maker of the fanning mill,) dated Kharpoot, 
Sept. 15, 1806: 
“A few days after the machine was in work¬ 
ing order we had a call from fifteen or twenty 
of the chief Turks of the city and this region. 
After showing them the sewing machine, the 
telescope and other apparatus of the theologi¬ 
cal school, last of all we brought out the fanning 
mill into the front yard, where we cleaned a lot 
of barley, mixed with straw, just to show them 
how the machine works. Nothing pleased them 
so highly as this, and nothing else was so well 
appreciated. Borne of these TurkB own large 
farms and they saw at once the great advantage 
of such a machine for their workmen. They 
have no way of separating straw from grain 
except the old one, whlch^has been practiced iu 
this land 6lnce the days of Abraham, namely, 
winnowing. They have a rude wooden fork with 
which they use a variety of hand-sieves to sep¬ 
arate the grain from the stones and dirt. I have 
seen very little smut and no chess In wheat here. 
The other agricultural methods of Turkey are 
as rude aud primitive as the cleaning of grain. 
For instance, the plowing is done in the old 
way; the plow is nothing bnt a stick which 
scratches the soil three or four inches deep, but 
mother earth yields them pretty good crops, 
notwithstanding the plowing. 
Thcaccompanylng cut (from Sir Chas. Fellows’ ] 
work on Asia Minor,) shows the parts of a light plow 
used in Asia Minor and Syria, with but a single 
handle, and with different shares according to the 
work it has to execute. As shown in the cut a is 
the pole to which the cross beam with yokes, b, is 
attached; c, the share; d, the handle; e represents 
three modes of arming the share, and / is a goad 
with a scraper at the other end, probably for clean¬ 
ing the share. 
They reap their grain not exactly with a 31c- 
Cormick reaper, hut with the old fashioned 
sickle. Much of it is done by the women, who 
do all sorts of work in the fields with the men. 
A plenty of trouble they have too in conse¬ 
quence of doing such hard work. 
The farmors of each village have a thrashing 
floor—ono to three acres, according to the size 
of the village. There ail the grains collected, 
and as much as a machine would thrash in ten 
minutes is Bpread down in a circular place and 
two oxen are driven about on it, drawing a 
couple of boards fastened together, in the bot¬ 
tom of which are driven eighty to one hundred 
flint stones. These cut the straw up fine and of 
course the wheat is shelled out in the procese, 
which is a very slow one. With the wheat and 
straw arc a gTeat many stones and much dirt 
not from the thrashing floor, but gathered with 
the grain in harvesting. 
I have sent the mill to a village six miles 
away where it is now at work. It is highly ap¬ 
preciated by the villagers, especially on such a 
day as this when hardly wind enough is stirriDg 
to raise the thistle-down from the long piles of 
wheat. I went down one day last week to see 
how it was working and experimented with it 
for two or three hours to see how it would best 
serve the purpose. I iptend to 6Cnd the mill to 
several villages this fall that its usefulness may 
be seen by the villagers, so that they will be 
anxious to get one when they are to be had. 
The farmers among whom the mill goes are all 
Armenians, many of them Protestants. The 
Armenians are much more forward than the 
Turks in receiving any new improvements. 
There is among our church members a very 
good carpenter who by taking this for a model 
can easily make all the wood work. 1 shall have 
1 him try his hand on the extra set of irons sent. 
it tnoy advance me money, nowever, x wiu try. 
The two heavy pieces of plank or Umber might 
be left out as they oould be supplied here.” 
Should any of our enterprising mechanics 
think of sending over to the AslaUc Turks and 
Armenians the first thrashing machine, It may 
he well to say that it should be packed in boxes 
■weighing not over 160 lbs. each, as everything, 
after leaving the ship, is transported upon the 
hacks of mules. Cradles would also be a great 
improvement for these people, and in the val¬ 
leys reapers could be used to great advantage.—A. 
Jjmit tfo go**. 
A Live Stock “ Ring ” at Chicago. 
The Chicago Tribnne says a number of per¬ 
sons, calling themselves the Board of Live Stock 
Commission 3Icn, have formed a “ ring ” at the 
Union Stock Yard, to suppress the reports ot 
sales of cattle, which have heretofore been pub¬ 
lished in the daily newspapers. The farmers 
will observe ( and we desire to address onr re- I 
marks to them,) that the avowed purpose of the 
“ring” is to prevent the stock grower from 
knowing what prices his cattle bring when they 
reach this market, and thus render it compara¬ 
tively easy to cheat him the next. time. Thus: J 
Farmer A. tells one hundred head of cattle to 
ixiddle-man B., who forwards them to commis¬ 
sion-man C., who setts them to butcher £)., or 
Eeastern shipper E., or what not. 
By watching the. market reports A. can see 
without much tiability'to error, just what prices 
his particular drove sold for at the stock yard. 
This he ought to know for his own guidance 
and protection in future transactions. And 
this U what the “ring” wish to prevent him 
from knowing. They wish to keep him in 
ignorance of the market, while they and the 
middle-men know all about it. In nine transac¬ 
tion!) out of ten, conducted on this basis, the 
stock grower would receive less; for his cattle 
than they were worth. In commercial parlance 
this is called “scalping.” 
We understand that the “ ring ” are preparing 
a circular or pamphlet in defence of their 
policy, and they intend to persevere in it. They 
probably know their own business host, but we 
can assure them that the course they are pursu¬ 
ing, if vigorously followed up, will make the 
Union Stock Yard one of the quietest resorts in 
the suburbs of Chicago. The Legislature can¬ 
not pass a law stringent enough to send a two- 
year-old bullock this way, after it becomes well 
understood through the State that the Chicago 
cattle market is not to be fully and truthfully 
reported. The “ring” need not be at the 
trouble to print their circular. L 
What is wanted is a prompt reversal of their 
policy, and unless this is forthcoming we""sholl 
advise all the stock growers in the Northwest, 
whom we can reach or influence, to avoid the 
Union Stock Yard as they would the rinder¬ 
pest Wc are surprised that the proprietors of 
the yard should tolerate such proceedings, the 
mere suspicion ol' which would ten d to d rive 
away their business and impair'the valutTof 
their property. 
The cattle trade which centers at this point is 
immense. It Is couuted by millions of dollars, 
and is yearly increasing in magnitudeand value. 
That this mammoth trade should be at the 
mercy of a set of unprincipled scalpers, is at 
once astonishing and alarming. 
The Potato Rot—Underdr&ining. 
The North-Western Farmer, commenting 
on the prevalence of the potato disease, says 
that it results from the great quantity of rain 
which fell during portions of August aud Sep¬ 
tember. For days and weeks the low, grounds 
were saturated with water — oftentimes sub¬ 
merged—and it is in precisely such;localities 
where the greatest damage has occurred. The 
tubers thus became chilled through and chemi¬ 
cal decomposition was the result. The editor 
adds, as a notable and convincing fact, that in 
all cases where low lands had been^under- 
drained no traces of the rot are perceptible, 
while on that not so prepared the rot is very 
general and severe. We have no doubt of the 
correctness of this assumption, and the fact 
should he heeded by farmers in preparing their 
potato ground for a crop the ensuing season. 
Improved Faming Implements, 
The Mobile Register publishes a letter from 
the editor, who is making a tour through the 
Southern States. He says that the advantage 
the Northern farmer has over the Southern 
one is found in the perfection, of the farming 
implements used by the former. By this means 
a large portion of the hand labor, customary on 
a farm in former times, is dispensed with, while 
the business of planting, sowing, cultivating 
and harvesting crops is made a pastime rather 
thau a labor. With these improved methods 
of farm culture introduced into the Southern 
States, the writer is of opinion that but a few 
years will be necessary to place that section of 
the U nion in the van of the agricultural business 
of the country. 
Beet Sugar. 
The New England Farmer, alluding to a 
company organized iu Chatsworth (lib) the 
cultivation of the beet and the manufacture o 
sugar therefrom, infers that this will Boon be¬ 
come a leading feature in fanning operations in 
the West. The company at Chatsworth have 
Bix hundred acres of beets growiEg, estimated 
1 to yield ten tons to the acre. 
Ions, &c. The Rural is cheaper at tts present rates 
than tt was before the war, compared with the prices 
of other articles then and now. Referring to our 
Issue of Nov. 5, 1859 —when the Rural was $2 per 
single copy—wa And that Flour was selling at $4 75 
to $5.25 per bbl.; Wheat, $1 25 to $1.80; Butter, 17c. 
to 19c.: Pork, cwt., $6.50 to $7 j Beef, $4 to $5; Pota¬ 
toes, 31 to 37.5fe.; Egga. 16 cts per dozen, &c , Ac. 
To-day our quotations are aa follows:—Fleur, $14 to 
$17; Wheat. $2.80 to $3.15; Butter, 35 to 37c.; Pork, 
cwt, $11 to $12; Beef, $11 to $12; Potatoee, 50 to 
62>fc.; Eggs, 31 to 31c.. Ac. 7 hen such printing paper 
as we use cost from 11 to 12K ct«. per lb.; the eamo 
quality has cost us the past year from 22 to 28 cts. per 
lb. These figures, which don't lie. embrace several 
cogent reasons why we cannot comply with the mod¬ 
est reqnest of onr Pa. friend;—bnt if it will be any 
favor to him, or other* of like mind, we will cheer¬ 
fully furnish tho Bubal at old r.tes and take pay in 
paper or provisions at the prices prevailing before the 
war! Though generally opposed to “dicker” tra¬ 
ding, we think such an exchange will pay us better 
than cash at onr present rates! Who accepts the 
proposition ? 
Tha truth Is that no paper of like size, contents, 
illustrations, Ac., can b« or is furnished at a less 
price than the Rural, without losing money. And 
instead of reducing , there are some good reasons 
why we should advance its subscription rates. Some 
of the best newspapers in the country are losing 
money, and obliged to depend npon advertising pat¬ 
ronage or advance their rates. Only last week the 
N. Y. Examiner and Chronicle (an able Religious and 
Family Newspaper, bnt published ntfar lesaexpensc 
than the Rural,) advanced Its subscription price to 
$3 a year,—remarking that, it had hoped the prices of 
paper and printing would be lower, hut that as the 
high rates seemed to bo fixed or advancing, it was 
under the necessity of making the advance. And one 
of the beet of onr agricultural exchanges last week 
stated that Its club rates wore actually leas than lho 
cost of the papers to the publishers I 
Wheat Sown.—D uring a ride of a few miles into 
the country, last week, wo observed that a larger 
breadth of wheat was sown the present season than 
common. Tho gradual disappearance of the wheat 
insects, ami the high price of the article In market, 
will readily account for theincrcaeod attention which 
Is being paid to tiro caltnre of this cereal. The sea¬ 
son was unpropltiou* for early eowlng, but, on the 
whole, the seeded fields make a fair show. The ear¬ 
lier sown are rather too rank Id growth, if anything, 
though if the winter is propitious they may tnm out 
well the coming season. 
A Reliable Adisertibino Aoknct is that of Mr. S. 
H. Niles, No. 1 Scollay’s Building, Boston, Mass. 
We have hadbustnoss transactions with 31 r. Niles 
for a number of years, and he has uniformly been 
prompt and honorable In meeting his engagements. 
If all advertising agents were as honest as .Mr. N., 
there would be a good many less swindling concerns 
in the Atlantic clues —such concerns as annually 
“swing aronnd the circle” of country,publishers, 
necking whom they may—cheat. 
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PRE&Envmo Farm Implements.— Farmers, before 
putting away their plows and cultivators for the win¬ 
ter, will find it advantageous to give the iron and 
steel portions of them a coating of resin and lard, 
mixed in tho proportions of ono part of tho former 
to three of the latter. Warmed and well commin¬ 
gled the application is easy and will prove highly 
beneficial. For chapped hands, eore teats on cows, 
and the like, the same mixture will be found soothing 
and efficient. 
Food in Montana.— Accounts from Helena, 3Ion- 
tana, state that produce is getting lower. Mexican 
sheep arc arriving there by the thousand and sell on 
an average at three dollars per head. At tho latest 
dates forty thousand head of cattle were on the way 
to tho mining regions from Mexico aud California. 
Twenty-five thousand eacks of flour from Salt Lake 
were iu etore at Helena. 
■•»■ 
Balt and Ashes for Horses.—A n exchange says 
that horses will derive much benefit from a feed, 
twice a week, of salt and a*bes mixed, three parts of 
the former to one of the latter, It is said to be rel¬ 
ished by the animals and tends to promote their 
health. It a Bmall portion of groxnd sulphur is 
occasionally added, the effect will prove beneficial. 
--*-♦»•- 
DreaL Wheat. — W. R. Schuyler or Jiarshall, 
Mich., writes the Western Rural in favor of the Diehl 
wheat as being more productive than most of the 
common varieties. It is regarded as being less sub¬ 
ject to Injury from the rigors of winter; less depre¬ 
dated upon by insects, with the added advantage of 
ripening Rome ten days earlier than the Soules. 
--*- 4 -»- 
Chaff as an Adsorbent.— 1 The chaff which flies 
from a mill In cleaning grain makes a good absorbent 
In a compost heap. It will take up and hold much 
liquid which might otherwise be loBt, while tho chaff 
itself will make manure when decomposed by that 
which it has absorbed. This is the beet use to which 
an annoying product can be put. 
A New Feature at a Fair. -The Louisville 
Courier states that the recent State Fair in Kentucky 
was opened by prayer—a Dovel feature in these exhi¬ 
bitions. In making the request to the clergyman, 
the President said he thought it eminently proper to 
offer thanks to the “ Giver of u’l Good” for the pro¬ 
ducts about to be displayed. 
_ - * 4 » 
Draining Cellars.— The Oxford (Me.) Democrat 
gives these directions for draining damp or wet cel¬ 
lars:— Sink a box two feet square and two feet deep 
in the middle of the cellar, with two V-shaped drains 
loading from the distant parts of tho collar to the 
bos. When filled, pump it. In this way a dry cellar 
is readily secured. 
-**-.- 
The Hof Chop in England.— According to the 
Kentieh (Eng.) Gazette, the hop yield in England 
has been more than ordinarily prolific. The picking 
season was very fine, and the crop was saved in first- 
rate order. The market is represented as quite buoy¬ 
ant, with an upward tendency. 
Cheese Factobt.-^J. II. F., Tioga Co., Pa., wants 
a good plan for a cheese factory for COO cows. Wonld 
like a reliable statement of the probable cost of 
running such an establishment. 
