JFiriij (fulhire. 
v 'S* _ 
: C.:T r "R? GROUND. 
the balance and finer should be thoroughly troubles were the potato bug and a severe 
incorporated with the surface alter plowing, spell of dry weather. 1 had seen the bugs in 
Even in clayey soils I do not believe it is 18f>0 and 1807, but they were few, and did 
ever good economy to bury the sod and mu- little damage except to the mangolds. Last 
nure a foot or more beneath the surface, as Season they came in such numbers as to 
is done by the. Michigan plow. Letter plow I cover the potato vines. A few Neshaunoeks, 
SVI / ;/m 
lx the rotation of crops, practiced by many ,1VC or pix incheH <lc( ff’» and let the sub-soil ripe by the 4th of July, escaped; but Early 
armers, the phm.iug of’com on recently l>tow, or some other similar implement, fol Goodrich, Hanson, Peach Blow, and late 
urn t ho I ‘ oi're.j v* :iisr in ihe ordei low close behmd thesurlact? plow, loosening Neshannocks were stripped bare of leaves, 
fill i. s c , bnly , c*ry well ami a practice to t,K? llunl l )stu lo t,1<J <Jt l’ tl1 m l'dred. Carrots, beets, mangolds, tomatoes, cabbage 
.••li i 1 bv .;, ',KU IS Wish to be understood 11 ' 1iay bo a » ked lf 1 condumu tLe Michl and corn were all attached, and it was hard 
v, -m; . * iVMvcrv I'.iri. , now., gan plow altogether? I answer,no. It has and constant work to destroy the striped 
, hQ v Lnnis— I think some one mentioned at 
(Lift tiffu ? ne ot our former meetings that lie never 
bX -j 0*5 * kept a male hog or a. fowl oh the place more 
_ _ C 1_ than one year, and since adopting this plan 
has not been troubled with diseases of any 
HOG CHOLERA —REMEDIES. kind, 
- I Ik nick — I would like to have the sense 
Robert McClure, V. S., writes the Prac- 4 'liib expressed in the form of a reso- 
tical Farmer: —“ There is a disease or dix- lll . tlon ’ directing what is to be done m cases 
,tr lhta rr ks : ,k nw *—*■ ,u 
that animal alone, but to cattle, sheep, pigs, submitted: 
HOG CHOLERA —REMEDIES. 
Robert McClure, V. S., writes the Prac¬ 
tical Farmer: — “There is a disease or d«- 
turnecl sol i often h* 1 first in the order. 
Tub is c< 'inly . cry well, and a practice to 
Wn; ' i 1 by m met is wish to be understood 
1 ' 'i : !'i.' • ; for every firmer knows 
wit i how m ;ch l**s-, trouble and expense a 
field of con on ion is kept five from weeds. 
M: r i ;p )•-,» j anl man'.re their farms by 
p tt»iv; i-Viruriv made during tlie win¬ 
ter ; .»the re 1 to b-.* t ied under for corn, 
t.iat ' j , d jv/i'd the gee./iid year by 
wheat, w A. j limy man are and plant a new' 
piece 0 . I or i rf ground, and so on until 
nil tifir plow;’bio lam’s have bet’ll thus 
treated, when they begin again, renew the 
opera;in raid, proceed as before. To this 
plan, l i e, I do not now wish to lie under¬ 
stood in objecting. It is only to what I 
cons' I t a vuy was teful method of using the 
manure Hint I now wish to rail attention. 1 
can, per! 1 -ps, best illustrate my meaning by 
ref iriag more in detail to the practice to 
which 1 object t have observed it. 
1 spent th? first thirty years of my life in 
Ohio* clore to the shores of lake Erie. Tlie 
largest, an 1 so-called best, farmers then 
and to poultry, manifesting itself by symp¬ 
toms in accordance with the functions and 
its uses. But to give my views in regard to pests. To field corn they did little harm; general characteristics of each animal. 
its proper place and uses, is not the purpose but sweet corn and pop com were all but 
of t his article. used up, the bugs, like grasshoppers, eating 
It is a prevalent opinion that corn will the silks as soon as they appeared, and dig- 
bear a large amount of course and ferment- ging down into the ear for them, 
in* manure. This is quite true; but it is a The Early Goodrich potatoes died out- 
great waste of manure to apply it, us in the right. 1 had fourteen bushels from 1,300 
plan under criticism, besides a very great hills, and nearly all small, quite worthless 
Waste of labor for both men and teams, to but for hogs. When rain came in August, 
haul out such n large amount of unfertilized and the bugs disappeared, the Poach Blow, 
water, with a view of burying it so deep. Hudson, Garnet Chili and Ncshannock po- 
but sweet corn and pop corn were all but, « j n the horse it is shown by the throat, 
used up, the bugs, like grasshoppers, eating being sore, and with a swelling in between 
the silks as soon as they appeared, and dig- the bones of the lower jaw ; and in pigs by 
ging down into the ear for them. the manifestation of choleraic symptoms 
lie Early Goodrich potatoes died out- which lead persons to believe the disease to 
! lmc * lourt f on bushed* from 1,300 be true cholera, forgetting that diarrhea is 
lulls, and nearly all small, quite worthless but the effect of a cause — i, e the arrest of 
the functions of digestion from disease simi¬ 
lar to influenza in men and the lower animals. 
By restoring the functions of digestion, diar- 
water, with a view of burying it so deep Hudson, Garnet Chili and Ncshannock po- B y restoring the functions of digestion diar- 
Indian corn needs a rich and light surface tatocs aU put out new leaves; uni the first rhea w5 il thus be not only prevented but the 
soil for its roots delight in beat and light; named soon covered the ground; but it was disease will also be cured. For this purpose 
and near the surface it should find the pabu- late before they formed tubers, and frost cut WP w ill recommend the following- 
lnm f / • *»»■* o i i‘lir uml if o irconfol inv mrtli f liom nr, 1 i/.fr,,,.. T .... P. rt .. 1... i. i 
sting itself by symp- Ivisolad, That as a preventive of hog 
th the (unctions and 'dioleru, the hogs be fed salt, ashes and sui 
of each ininvil phur; in the first stages of hog cholera feed 
, slop made very strong of soup or soap-suds, 
shown by the throat, mixed with bran, meal or shorts. Tlie. sick 
swelling in between hog should be drenched w ith soft soap, sub 
jaw, and in pigs by phur and antimony, or m lieu of Ibis the 
choleraic symptoms ordinary" Condition Stock or Cattle Pow 
jclieve the disease to ,' V, i t n the . ho K dics 5t should be im 
o . ! , mediately burned, and salt and sulphur 
m 0 that diarrhea ih added to the ashes for the Ollier hogs to eat, 
c — ». e,, the arrest of The resolution was adopted. 
>n from disease simi- Mr. Renter recommended the same, reme¬ 
nd the lower animals. dies to ,l( ’ applied in cases of chicken cholera. 
lum for an early and its greatest growth. them up before ripe. [ took up fifty bushels, 
“Tincture of fu uiiiii. i<nii.twi-ni>-Uiur ilmiis • - 
In a luture article 1 may have somethmg fifteen quite small, thirty-live fair; but they tincture Ol capsicum, one and a half drachms: tcetn, will ell tony be found by examining the 
to say upon the subject of preparing barn- do not cook well. The Uarison and Garnet T liai S5 rt 7. *™ lns - Mix, divide mouth; amt if from this cm use, the black teeth 
, Tt 1 , , T ’ , , viamei into six equal parts, amt give one part morning-, should be drawn out with a mlr of • nr 
yard manure for use. Understand me, I am did much better, becoming quite ripe and of noon and night. in slop. second, from iv«iit£bran to “ £pL wim”m?te 
not ho egotistical as to prelend to instruct good size, and next to the Ncshannock, arc “ This mixture will last for two days, to be young, or to the mother while suckling the same, 
your older readers. It is only those, few or Hie best I have known. The Mercer, Gil- followed for a few days, morning and night, Kithcr will produce the same effect, and In most 
many, w ho read little, and, perhaps, think key, or Ncshannock is, in my estimation, the with five grains of the sulphate of iron and n ’ s " lt death in a few days Our expo- 
fin/! wm«lf litr m rrtii f inn u'itlmni uf/itirtimr Irina* nf vutluf/uiu fni* tuhlo. 1-o.t ton mttnL.o 1 ,( ,t( 1 US tll.it It. Hill riot, ilo to tc*Oi] 
Alioui the Pla*. in reply to a subscriber from 
Greece, N. F., who asks, “What Alls the Pigs,” 
in UtniAi. of January liOih, I will say the difficul¬ 
ty of which he speaks may arise from two 
causes: — First, from wjml are termed black 
to say upon the subject of preparing barn- do not cook well. Tlie Uarison and Garnet r V liail , 1 '’’ tobty grains. Mix, divide mouth; ami if from this clause, 
/ 1 , 1T , .. . , v.ai iiei mto six egual parts, amt give one part morning-, should he drawn mil with n onir , 
yard manure for use. Understand me, I am did much better, becoming quite ripe and of noon and night in slop. from foodingbl-anloThe 
not ho cgolistical as to pretend to instruct good size, and next to I lie Ncshannock, arc “ This mixture will last for two days, to he younger to the mother while sue 
] !U .,ri ,. ,-r- ,11-d best farmr-i** then la:iny . who read little, and, perhaps, think key, or Neshanuoek is,in my estimation, the with five grains of the sulphate of iron and c f M ’ s T" 1 ! ,n 1 dea,, ‘" fcw da- Vfl ( >urexpe- 
(mm- twelve j ars since) pursue 1 the plan WMrk ’>>'a routine, without stopping king of potatoes, for the table; but they are ten grains of powdered gentian root. The So wCSi'th^w ^ to w 
of rnixcl farm h*'s!)an<lry. They raised to consider the reasons why, that I hope to shy bearers, and in wet seasons rot badly; cheeks or neck to be rubbed with (lie tine- quantity. -J. p.gooke, JumwOk, Wts. 
grain and <t.t i rpiite largely which mo- bcn ‘- d, » d ^ um 80 fortunate as to benefit and I agree with the man at ihe Farmers’ turo of cayenne pepper till tlie skin is red •* —- — . *■ " ; . . . 
ol nu.x< d fan i Ir sbandry. They raised 
grain and * ;r-n quilc largely, which pro¬ 
duels *\ve"c movily I 'd out upon the place, 
the profile rt'S'ih.inv;' mainly from the sale of 
fat- cattle. .Stork of whatever kind or age 
tvas mostly s-fahh I nights, and kept in tight 
and hi i board-ienceil yards during tlie 
any. O. C. Gibbs, M. D. 
Fi ewsburg - , Chautauqua Co., X. Y. 
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DRAINING AND DEEP PLOWING. 
7“ " 1 l ' u *' i , H men yarns uui mg me As you have invited all who arc subseri- 
day. All corn-stalks, as well as straw, were |, ors lbr| aU() m ,ders of, the Rural Nkw- 
most.y ted in the yards, while the hay and y onK icn to send in their contrihutious to its 
grain w re fed in tlie stables. The couse- 
uence, of course, was a very great amount of 
manure, some of it nccessurily' very course in 
quality. Tins, In tlie spring, was very iih- 
eraliy c.nied upon the turf, to lie turned 
under preparatory to the planting of corn. 
The sod was oiV.noHt, turned under with the 
double Michigan plow, thus burying the 
manure from ten inches to a loot deep. 
When it is remembered that this soil is 
very light, and that, too, to groat depth, 1 
think it will he conceded that this manure 
wan used in no very economical way. On 
heavy and clayey soils it may be well to 
turn under stteli coarse manure as corn- 
stakes and straw may mate; but on light 
soils I think it far hotter to compost, for 
six months and apply upon the surface for 
wheat; or, even for a year, and apply in the 
same way for corn. 
columns, T will try my hand. I am an old 
man and have followed the plow for more 
than fifty years. I have helped lo remove 
the forest from four farms, and have seen 
them impoverished by unskillful treatment. 
Ip the latter part, of my life 1 have endeav¬ 
ored to improve a piece of exhausted land 
— a labor in which, 1 think, 1 have been 
quite successful. 
Here permit me to say that our country, 
in all its wooded portions, is largely indebted 
to decayed leaves for its native fertility. 
When new timbered land was first, put under 
crop iis yield was most abundant. When 
over-cropped, the vegetable mold was ex- 
Club who said be would not grow them for 
six dollars a bushel. I shall this season de¬ 
pend on the Uarison and Garnet Chili for 
a crop, planting a few Neshannoeks for 
home use. 
Like your Wisconsin correspondent, 1 
want a remedy for tlie potato bug. we have 
two kinds—black and brown, both striped 
and slightly made rough. The aconite to q n 
allay fiver, and the capsicum and quinine to L p if* frh(v1intY 
keep up and produce an appetite and main- 
tain the strength. The Iron arid gentian is _ _ _ _ 
for like purpose, but would not be proper in .... ,, .. . _ , r , " 
,, , , ... ,. * ' 1 he Trouble wifli Calves. - In the Rural of 
the early stages ot the affection. 'I he (loses F( . b . , S!lwan aitu ., ( . frail ,., gul«cribcr on a 
u.un a lemeoy jor me potato Dug. we liavc arc merely proximate, and should he guided now disease imiena valves. I will kIvo you my 
two kinds—black and brown, both striped by the size and age of tlie pig. The dose we 1 ,m ‘- Mmd two calves running together In <»o 
with white, the black much the largest, have given is for a full-grown animal; lor Btub, °- of them was taken in pi-ec^ly the 
Last season they,,,me in the night, on the smaller ones one-third to one-half will be 
wing, liymg m at our windows, attracted by enough of the dose here stated. ing, and not knowing what to term the diseaso, 
the light. This may suggest a remedy, “ To prerent the disease, as well as to secure I then invented a remedy of my own. I took 
which I intend to try if they appear this a successful lmilmeht, the medicine should 0,10 o( "U'ahcomnud uata ground together, 
with white, the black much the largest, have given is for a full grown animal; lin¬ 
ing, and not knowing what to term the disease, 
the light. This may suggest a remedy, “ To prevent the disease, as well as to secure I then invented u romo^y of ray own. I took 
which I intend to try if they appear this a successful treatment, the medicine should 0, ie pint of incal,corn muloatagrouml together, 
season. Ihe unshed bug is as good as be obtained in quant.ty.graduated mto doses, two teaspoonsful of good gt.i£.r; threw them 
Npanish files to raise a blister, as we have and fed night and morning to nil the pigs on into a null and scalded the whole together with 
found to our great inconvenience. One Uy- the place, when one or more have died— water enough to make quite thin, and as soon as 
mg in a lady's neck while she was tra veling, which is a sure sign the disease is about.” • poured it down the call’s 
big in a lady’s neck while she was tra veling, 
was crushed under the dress, and blistered 
the neck and shoulder badly. 
Our last year’s wheat and oats were good ; 
coma light crop; winter wheat looks well. 
We are having delightful weather. The en¬ 
larged Rural is a graftal paper—all we can 
wish; every number v. u'.h the year’s snb- 
e place, when one or more have died— water enough to make quite thin, and as soon as 
I licit is a sure sign the disease is about.” 7* ,,etiUa, ‘ ' ,,omv<1 n (lowu ,h,; ™ lr *» 
rp, ,• ,, ... , throat. nml by doing so Ihivo times, I had the 
I ho following report ol a discussion by ol soring the calf come outof the 
hansft-d, ttnd people began to complain, wish; every number worth the year’s si 
'l hey still complain, but in an improper scriptioh to a farmer. T. B. Ficeton 
manner, Akron, Summit Co., O., Jan., 1S00. 
It is seen that even newly cleared land- +++ --- 
will not now yield such crops as were Potatoes in Kansas.- In a paper recently rc 
There are but few fanners, I thiulc, who obtained when the country was new. Why? 
have practiced as above, or observed it, in is what all do not vein to know. The 
others, but what have noticed the sickly ap- “ wily” is plainly litis: — When any wooded 
pearance of' the corn, oil lands thus treated, country is more than half of H cleared, and 
for the first four or six' weeks, and often for Rut cleared part over-cropped, there is not a 
the first two months after it comes up. Late supply of gas in the atmosphere t* nourish 
in tlie season, when the roots reach the rot¬ 
ting t iff and immure low down, the corn, it 
is true, takes on a greener color and greater 
the vegetation — w hether il he grab; or grass. 
But another difficulty attends. All over- 
Potatoes in Kansas, in a paper recently read 
by W. Marl.vtto!' Kansas we find the following 
potato experience as reported in Hie Kansas 
Farmer. Tlie past year lie planted eleven varie¬ 
ties. lie planted In March, early in April, and 
lute* in May—all doing wwll. From seven pounds 
of Hurley Goodrich he got I wo hundred pounds. 
Idiil not like them ; were watery and poor. Kai ly 
Von, gave a greater yield, and was a better 
Potato. The I (argon was equal to (he lit! ter in 
yield, ami better than the Goodrich. The Ouseo 
the Fraiiklin Co. (Ohio) Farmers' Club, is 
from the Ohio Statesman: 
Mr. Ppaxolku— We dissolved copperas in 
water, and then soaked corn in copperas 
water and l'ed it ; we also mixed pod pepper 
in emu meat and led that; both these reme¬ 
dies were successful with us. For kidney 
worm in hogs, I dissolve ;j spoonful ot cop¬ 
peras in hot water, and put the solution into 
sw eet milk and feed every two days. 
Mr. Heorr of Hamilton county—We feed 
antimony,copperas and sulphur us a preven¬ 
tive of hog eliolcra. 
J. O’B, Remuk—I am decidedly of the 
opinion that, the hogs should be burned and 
sulphur and salt added to the fishes and 
stable free ami go to eating straw in the yard; 
ami it lias done well ever since. 1 gave the med¬ 
icine morning, noon and night.—J. Watson 
SlTvoAM, Flviiiiiin, Feb, 13, 1800. 
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Cuttle in Texas. A Texas correspondent says: 
“The number of ealfle in Texas, according to 
the as*i ssmeiil, is about f>,0iKi,(K«), and In tlie 
whole t idled States only about. k,(hio,(i<IO. The 
natural increase of fi.nan.noo Is about one and a 
quarter millions per annum a rate of increase 
that in a very ton- years would exhaust, the pas- 
turage on these t>eaulilul pnsiries were there 
not some < xtniordinary depletion aside from 
sales, which tirnmim to about ;ir>(l,0(i0 head per 
annum. M ind becomes of the other 750,000 has 
puzzled me to ascertain. Among the causes 
greasi* eaused by tlie burning, and tlie hog's maybe mentioned large numbers desimyed by 
drain (hoi'oiighlij, and then sub-soil deeply. 
As a very large part of the coiiinutnily seern 
at a loss to know what is meant by “ sub- 
soiling,” i will here explain. All deep plow¬ 
ing, with the furrow plow, operates injuri- 
vigor of growflt. But every farmer knows, plow. It also hccontcs excessively wd, and 
or .should know, that great vigor of growth, cannot he restored to its native fcrtilily 
on the start, is of the first importance with w ithout great care, it, will greatly improve 
the com crop. if left to grasp, and the grass left to decay on 
In turaiug under a clover sod, or any other lbl ' » round - *' u *' slU:b 18 11<d R |t; course 
vvell sodded inri", tlio decaying sod furnishes •’uhipted. 
no small amount of vegetable matter, and it L btn ' h’ 1 ' 1 ' * L),llld d highly beneficial to 
so/ 'tiscertainly far more important that ])l:mt, dia ' n '"HP//, and then sub-soil deeply, 
foo l ami plant stimulus should he furnished :1 vor - v l )url ° r lh, ‘ cotnimmity seem 
the corn plant in its earlier growth. Besides, )U . i . 1 lo ; s ( ' toku ' nv wl,ul is llR ’ !in < •'>'“«»'>- 
every firmer should know that. the. virtues of sod ' n h * " ld *‘- x l>L*tin. All deep plow - 
m .nmre are waslied downwards by rains, in- Avilh ,!lt ‘ r ' ,n ' ow P 1,w - °I K ' rat(,s 
stead of working upwards, except, perhaps, 0llsl -' r exct ‘l H "l Mm ttee P ‘L-po.sUs of muck, 
the e.moniuc 1 gases ; and manur -. are most W,l0CV01 ' w< ' u1 ' 1 lv:,11 - v '"'prove land after 
profitably applied when these «:.■ fixed and ,ll,ohin - n « wl I' low nof ovtT sK 
r.Maiusd by proper abvrbem In li dp deep with the furrow plow, and then use a 
soils, as above, 1 believe tlmi the .-* ,1 should 'veU-oonsmicted $ub-*oilcr, drawn by sulfi. 
not be turn--.l under o.,-r five or he in,-ho ci( ' ht " ’" n t0 ' vork without raising 
deep; th *.i h.ili’th * weight of well rotted, or ll " ! sul, - s ' ,,il so as ,() mix will » ,l "' lo P «>U. 
co.ao ; id m mure, applied to the sunaeo Land thus treated, and top-dressed, ]troves 
and !a >r.eiglily iu irpi rated, maidm- a rich v( ‘ ry l"" du ctive- though not quite equal to 
and nwllow *k\ bed, will vieidhy far better ' vhut it VViUS wlltni 1,10 ''""""'.V was new. 
returns th.ui in the method to which i am 15y ll ' is 1 luoro <hil " 'touhled 
objectin'*’. the conunop yield of every kind of crop 
In ty * formal’ method in plowing for LIuit. I liavt’ trii-vl.^ 1 lie fertility ol land thus 
whoa it was not th A- « istora to pi . ‘ ■' ’ “ <>u ‘‘ sob-soiling 
deep ; A before; consequently their lavish out- bus 1,111 ’’’' 1! ’ N e 0!ll ’ s * 
lqyof n . • ■ d vvn, a****-*-”* RufusPeet. 
cropped land Itecoiiies hardened *l)y the wave the heal return throe hundred pimmls 
plow’. It also becomes excessively wet, and 5!,^" °! J **'‘L ^ n, !5 ht tl,oy 
. . ’ ,, ... W’Ollld ) 10 a good lllte potato. The Htlekcve gave 
cannot be restored to its native (crlilily (V j„m>i* yield of la.vfe i>..i aloes. Quality good, 
without greatcare. It will greatly improve The* Peach Plow ami Shaker Kusset were poor 
crops. The <‘ullfornlft grew large and line, lie 
thought them the best, and put them ai the head 
of the list, so far lie was satisfied that good 
soil, deeply plowed and well pub erized^the seed 
given tree access to tlie mixture; they will animals, such as wo 
eat t he asbes and grease very readijy, and it tigers, &e., which ar< 
is the best prophylactic that I know of. tigers, or Mexican li 
Mr. Edwards- Have used Oondition Pow- a,0 . < ’ 1 ;l, -eii 
ders think they lire good for cattle, horses u "! "' i, ‘V 1 *'* V' 
or swine; think t hey may act- a* a preventive. °k'' "’ r 11,1,1 
l generally j'ecd the swine will, and ashes once tt ,,,UI ' 1 " ’* 1,11 L ' 
H week in any event. 
(3. S, Innis—L ast w inter T put up about Feeding liny m ki* 
one hundred bogs, and in January I lost to st °ck immediately 
some sixty by eliolc ra. My chickens took shed v. iiulmv, it is eus 
animals, such as wolves, jmnthers, Mexican 
tigers, &c>., which are very numerous. These 
ligers, or Mexican lions a< they are called, 
are of immense slreugtli, and there is a well 
uutheutjeated case id Oil** killing two ponies 
yoked together and dragging their I mm lies nearly 
a quarter of a mile." 
Feeding liny to block. When feeding hay 
to stock immediately from the stack barn, or 
shed v.'iiulnw, it is customary to throw down a 
Then I ha ve I’outul it highly beneficial to planted 1'out Indies in the ground, and covered 
the cholera Ins! mid died,‘the hogs ate the sufficient qantlty to List them a half day, and 
with a heavy mulch of straw or half rotted 
manure, would make a sure crop of potatoes. 
He had received a larger net return for a half 
aero thus cultivated than from fifty acres of 
Other crops. 
- »-♦♦♦-- 
Coal Aslics «» a Fertilizer. -A series of ex- 
, . i i * oai Ashes as a Fertilizer. -A series ot ex- 
ously except upon deep deposits ol nuiCK. perimenis conducted at Ihe Museum of Natural 
U Itocvcr would really improve hind after History, Paris, during the past, year, by Prof, 
ditching, must plow not over six inches Nauiun, on the value of coal ashes as a fertili- 
dead chickens, and soon after the Jtogaliad 
the cholera. Air. A. L. Pcrrill told me to feed 
soapsuds to the sick hogs, that it would cure 
them. Air. N. J. Turney fed soil soap to his 
and sated them. 
Remck- Soil soap and soap suds is after 
all simply .getting back to the ashes mid 
grease; soap is nothing lmt ashes and grease, 
Spangler—A Missouri gentleman who 
lost five hogs by cholera, stopped il with the 
deep with the furrow plow, and then use a 
well-constructed sub-soiler, drawn by Kiifti- 
zer, has resulied iu tlie conclusion that they are 
ne ■ flier a manure norevon earth of the most in¬ 
fertile quality. An opinion to this effect has 
that too, where they may trample and run over 
the suite before unit while it is being distributed 
to racks or other receptacles. Thi lsnot only 
vexatious, tail, the lo* »d ha.s or oilier fodder in 
considerable In cunseqiionee of a portion of it 
being trampled in the tilth about a barn-yard. 
Tins may tie avoided by planing near the barn 
shed or stack a box similar to (lie cattle rack 
illustrated on pagotj, of this volume of lltmAL, 
Fig. 1,'the sides being boarded up lo the top, 
throe and a half feet, In this hay is (brown 
, Til *1 •• . • j i iiu < ium * hi *1/ min 
eidit team to work di'epl) , w llltont iaismg prevailed iniliis eojintry pretty generally ; but 
the sub-soil so as to mix w ith tlie top soil, il ts certain that upon heavy clays, they netoes a 
Land tints t rest ted, and top-dl’csscd, proves 'Usintt^witor if nothing else. This effect Is not, 
very productive-though not quite equal to »;* mv convinced, merely meehauical. as a up 
, J 1 . , ® ' 1 sniidl amoiini ol dull ashes is sufficient to dc- 
wnat it was When Hie country was new. .«imy the adhesiveness of a large amount of 
By this process I have more than doubled clay. Ai least flits was the ease In a recent ex¬ 
ilic common yield of every kind of crop perinient of our own, t ried in accordance with 
following reinedv, Wliieh lie gate me, OKI directly from tho stack or barn, tt may then be 
w hich I bnve no hesitation in recommending distributed nl leisure, without tear of the loss 
as being an Clllcient preventive, i I not acme, common by tho method first noticed, 
viz.:— One spoonful of sulphur, one spoon- __ _ 
fill of gunpowder, and out: spoonful of tur- „ .... , 
• ' i • i llcdilma tor Aniiiutl**.—A eori'esnoiH cn wr l(*s • 
petilme, mixed in corn meal. t * , ' ’ i' . ' 
1 ., ... i .... ,* .,i ..it .. i ,i Long ryo or wheat straw is considered far pro- 
hi'.MiK— 1 alv\ aw h*chI . 11 x 1 fl-slics. r .,. 1 , 4 , , , . .. . ,.. 
- J • . fcrablet-o ofttsi or barley straw for bedding 1 for 
.mall amount of coal ashes is sufficient to de- | have no idea that, when a hog is fairly ” ’ , \ 7 
•troy the adhesiveness of a large amount of t |own with hog cholera, that he can he '' 
•lay At huisl . his was the ease in a recent ex- cured ; the most WC can hope to do is to pro- timL"lts\lwl h andcrislSs mxiads'iUTm 
that I have tried. The fertility of laud thus £ :’. ,K \ °* J 1 ’ 0 ’ a ^, acconi 1 ! >, ^ cd 
florinta In Now V ork htatft. \ly t-he application 
treated i’enu: ms tor yeais. One sub-,soiling of si fled coal ashes witli a very small proportion 
has an \v« red tor live years. 
Cusiih*, N, V., 1660. 
Rufus Feet. 
and was, in great measure, forever lost ip 
them. In the metliodl have suggested m -.-.xwla LXI ELILN CES. 
p’ow'.’.ig for wheat tlie plow should go an 
inch or two deeper than at first, am! before 
sowing, anotter dressing of well-rotted or 
You ask for some of our last year’s expe¬ 
rience. I semi you a little of mine. The 
Spring of 186EI was all that a farmer or gar- 
of well rotted horse manure, we were able to 
make a thrifty (lower garden the first season, 
upon one of the stillest soils it has ever been 
our lot to own. 
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Norway Oats. Oet'Aii II Aider, Empire. \Yis„ 
writes that these oats hold, their heads, out 
there, high above any of the oat family, and his 
experience goes to prove that they are what 
they are represented to be. From ouo bushel of 
vent it. 
Scott of Hamilton county—The first hog 
cholera in the Stale broke out in my neigh¬ 
borhood, near Gineinimti. Wo have tried 
almost every!! ling; we used turpentine with 
partial success, hut could not rely on it; we 
then bill-nod the hogs, and let Ihe olllers cat. 
times. Its length and crispness prevents it from 
mailing or packing, consequently, by laying 
loose, the absorbed moisture is sooner evapor¬ 
ated* Where the object is im increase of fer¬ 
tilizer, use* forest leaves, barley or out straw, 
saw dost, or finely cut straw or hay. In villages 
where but, litUe value is placed upon fertilizers, 
add the great object sought, for i - ihe oleanli- 
compoy o i manure r >uld lie nUntied mil 1 ,, , e ... . , . ° they are represented to be. From onobushel of IU1 t ru \ u *m-,N uut wi, JKlvt - > 1 louiic 
thoro-lff-'ili I -*>■ "OK,.™.,,.... .promrfy .ho^or^tagpg. 
the graese and ashes; that did not succeed ; ness of the beast and cheapness of material, hay, 
then We found a recipe in flic report of tin* rye and wheat straw should be obtained, ami is 
Department of Agriculture at Washington, as cheap as barley or oat straw, so highly prized 
which prescribed sulphur, antimony, cop- by many farmers for feeding purposes.” 
perns, Ac. This w'as found the most effective --- 
for grown llOgS, but vo have as \el louud Abortion in Cows. — I believe that abortion in 
thoroughly incorporated with the new sur¬ 
face, m’:kin : a rich and finely pulverised 
and all started W'cll, Our first trouble yvas this variety, while from the same quantity of 
the cut worm. Many had to plant corn a common oats he got only ten bushels in the 
A friend of mine and myself w ent to Indiana 
and purchased a lot o’f pigs; \ve> brought 
Abortion In Cow*. — I believe that abortion in 
cows is produced in two ways:— First, by stand¬ 
ing in stalls with their hind feet considerably 
lower than their fore feet; and, secondly, by 
M,r > 
C j ..-• Uka 1 
/1’ 
In stiff’ and clayey soil the very coarsest 
manure may, with benefit be turned under* 
but then, even, it is probable its c five Is are 
more mechanical th »n m»unu’ial. And even 
•where this is done, only one-haft' oi the 
amount o. lnamux: pronosvd to be used, and 
that tire very coarsest,should be thus applied; 
only beftrd or s:nv one, and that was on the 
kh of .July. 1 planted quite a j>ict*u to Huh- 
burd squash, and was wondering why they 
did mtt come up, as the seed came from 
“ Vick.” On turning up the ground I found 
they had germinated, and that the cut. worm 
duster or ashes, and in what proportion? Shall five, out of six tv-five. I logs will eat after 
arc* Interested can give their conlirm- 
put li in tin* bill below* pluming or around Hi© attacked with cholera but Avill nut atlon or rejection to those causes, which will be 
fti"-w'' ® ***' Khal « mUtily t0 th ° as they will -tisme.ory to the moss of reudem than 
.,'•1 (lA^eSgcxperiunootowor. «at some of the remedies can he udminis- ‘ ***’*“*' 
I /it those having experiunoo answer. eat some ot me remedies can ue minim is- T. V/7 *v/, -- —- 
_ , , t __ tered. I feed all the soap suds that accumu- lown ’ * W( ” 1 1 
We desire (be experience of Western farmers late about the house; and since I lmvc 
especially, in the cultivation of field crops. They followed this practice I have not lost any Let our renders ask for and give information 
. : ' . may benefit 1 liem.se! \ es mid the! r respective lo- 
nuu eaten off the shoot. Lift our great ealitlia by giving us practical information. 
hogs, or hud any affected With the kidney appropriate to this department. We want it to be 
worm. * the medium for the interchange of experience. 
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