jnbttstrhtl jfopirs. 
SEED GHRMINATION. 
llo" will hciuls Remain in ilio Hoil 
IlncluvcIopcU t 
But comparatively few have observed that 
seeds refuse to germinate if they are entirely 
excluded from the. air. lienee seeds which 
are buried beneath such a depth of soil that 
the atmospheric air cannot reach them, will 
presence of lime. Does the sulphate of lime 
elTcrresee? Does the nitrate? Does the 
oxalate ? Does 1 lie hmnnte ? None of these 
effervesce with muriatic acid, and yet from 
any one of them a wheat plant could get all 
the lime it needed, 
At the panic time it is equally true that, a 
soil may contain no lime and yet effervesce 
copiously on the addition of an arid. Sup¬ 
pose u soil to contain ten per cent, of car¬ 
bonate of magnesia, will the learned Profes¬ 
sor or the Editor of the Hearth and Home 
please inform ns what the result would he 
Krops, 
MIXING WHEAT BEFORE SOWING. 
Wjs do not propose to recommend mixing 
all the wheat to be hereafter sown; on the 
contrary, only t he quantity that will produce, 
when harvested, an amount sufficient for the 
family use, do we recommend to ho mixed 
previous to seeding. 
with sand or loam upon the droppings un¬ 
der the roosts, alternating with plaster, 
thereby keeping down much that would 
be. otherwise offensive and deleterious to the 
health of the fowls. 
“ I remove the manure but once in a year, 
which I do at planting time as follows:—I 
take my shovel and commence pulverizing 
and throwing the manure into a heap in one 
corner of my ben house; then wet with 
water sufficiently to dampen; then I shovel 
on more manure and scatter plaster all over 
Q, 
3, be gfftbsman. 
remain long unchanged, evincing no signs of jp a little muriatic acid were added V 
life ; but when turned up, or brought near 
e I Finally Mr. H., we are told, referred to Rjr. 
the sui face, they immediately begin to sprout ii n . , ,. W , wit . 
„„ , ... . , , . ,? , 1 H. I)a vv s boorC. Mow we have carefully 
and ultimately develop, as well as that re- . , , „ T . , . . 3 
,r 1 v ftvummnr li/wl» I a tnr’a 1 irrmn urn f Mw.in 
moved from the chair but yesterday. 
Thus it is, in drenching the land, or dig¬ 
ging deep ditches and drains, the fanner is 
often surprised to find the earth thrown up 
from the depth of many feet, become cov¬ 
ered with young plants of species entirely 
extirpated from, or but rarely seen in, Jus 
cultivated fields. 
The reason why atmospheric air is neces¬ 
sary for the germination of seeds will appear 
from the following : -'When seeds are made 
to germinate in a limited portion of atmos¬ 
pheric air. die bulk of the air undergoes no 
material alteration; but, on examination, its 
oxygen is found to have diminished, and 
carbonic acid to have taken its place. Tlurre- 
fore, during germination seeds absorb oxy¬ 
gen, and give off carbonic acid. Thus it, is 
scon why seeds refuse to sprout in hydrogen, 
nitrogen, or carbonic ncid gas; they cannot 
sprout unless oxygen be within their reach ; 
and not then unless water lias been largely 
imbibed, and a certain degree of warmth 
attained, all of which are necessary to the 
germination of seed. 
The seeds of the wild mustard, (Sincyris 
a-rwnsi#,) 1 have known to remain in the soil 
from ten to twelve years, and when exposed 
to influence of atmospheric air, a perfect 
plant of that species was produced. The 
common Canada thistle, ( Oirtium amentw,) 
which good authority says first appeared 
along the banks of the Erie canal, 1 am led 
to believe was not introduced as some writers 
state; on the contrary, it had lain dormant 
beneath the surface soil for ages, until the 
hand of civilization brought it to the surface. 
L. D. Snook. 
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HEARTH AND HOME vs. DR. LEE. 
It is not our purpose to take up the cud¬ 
gels in defence of Dr. Luis, as he is tolerably 
well able to take care of himself in regard to 
this or any other matter. We may perhaps, 
examined both Davy’s Agricultural Chem¬ 
istry and his Chemical Philosophy, and have „• ii ,, • 
,. , .... lilC points gained by this process arc:— 
failed to find any such “simple test ’ given, . \ . . ' . , ’ 
t,. ... , r m>t, if the season should be unfavorabe to 
We don t believe it is there. After this, baa ,, n c +, • .. 
01,1 °* t ,)(! varieties sown, the other may 
zmeszt **••• ~.-y ^ 
only had boon sown, the product would have 
Every farmer has undoubtedly observed the heap; thus 1 continue alternately to pul- 
the large heads of beardless wheat that are verize and shovel up, wetting and plastering 
occasionally intermingled in a field that was 11 ntil all is brought into a pile. To the 
I sown to one of the boarded varieties, or vice droppings of thirty or forty fowls, T would 
Again, suppose that the soil contains a been small. Second, the soil of certain fields heap. Thewettingofyourpi'lewilihosuu- 
mi" i hijh iu utage ol sulphate of lime, will not produce a half crop of a certain ilar to throwing water upon a bed of quick- 
u m won I happen when the rain washed variety if sown year after year, while another lime; tlx* entire heap will commence heating 
c ow n («i ioij.Ui o anunoniu into it out ol variety, equally as good for flouring purposes, and the hen manure will slacken, and the 
x ,ii mosp m*i< i" . Harris, il we re- will give a bouotiftil yield when sown upon whole pile will become like a bed of ashes in 
mi m mi ng it y.iinee told us that,sulphate ol the same soil. Third, the flour made from three days, wliefi the ground should be fitted 
ime would drive oil the ammonia from am- mixed wheat is better, at least such is the and the manure heap removed at once. 
h r lic^c , heiifist8mi?^*ih^ l L\nf!tefld 1 n^ 8 lV a ’ >! |i» ° f ***** FoUr,!l ’ bot1 ' Vft * into the hill for corn one handful, 
it oft’ the Hulnhuto of lime tnl'Lstei'i'f' 'it ^ netJe8 lhat ,rm y be sown III the same field and plant as fast as the manure is dropped. 
T ■ ( P^ter) tlje would not likely prove a failure. Thus two Cover the compost before nut.inn ft the. 
add in all of plaster five hundred pounds; 
and loam sufficient so that when all is 
worked up together there will be two small 
cart box loads. 
“ Now he it remembered that a sudden 
change.wil! take place with your compost 
heap. The wetting of your pile will ho sim¬ 
ilar to throwing water upon a bed of quick- 
ammonia, and that sulphate of ammonia and chances of a good crop are evident 
carbonate ol lime would he found in the soil. other reason* could be given, hut, the 
1 'ie, 1 luai, is a .source ol carbonate of lime, above are considered sufficient. This is a 
independent of the existence of anything subject that needs a thorough discussion.—s. 
“T put into the hill for corn one handful, 
and plant as fast as the manure is dropped, 
('over the compost before putting in the 
seed, thereby securing a quick and safe ger¬ 
mination of t he seetl.’’ 
which would “cirervcfiee.'’ 
I\ e have to ask pardon of our renders for 
occupying so miicli space with such a trilling 
matter. Years ago, when the story first ap¬ 
peared, we were surprised that the editor of 
rite Farmer should have ventured to publish 
POTATOES—STRAW COVERING. 
A comtRsroNDiiNT of the Rural World, 
from Madison Co., Ill., Bays covering pota¬ 
toes with straw after planting is very often 
POTATO CULTURE IN OHIO. 
I am a small farmer; have but eighty acres 
of land. 1 give my mode of raising potatoes. 
I select a, piece of ground with a slight 
descent to the south. 1 make it mellow by 
plowing, harrowing and rolling, and furrow 
STONE STABLES. 
Tiif.uk exists, with many farmers, a preju¬ 
dice against stone or brick stables. They 
admit the good qualities of durability ami 
warmth, hut aver that stock housed in them 
is more liable to disease, and will not Ihwve 
as well generally as in stables made of tim¬ 
ber. This, however, is not true if atone or 
brick stables are properly const ructed ; and 
any rotten straw. The ground must be 
high and dry, (wet, flat land will not do,) 
well plowed and harrowed. The furrows 
should he very shallow and near together, 
furrow, miftiug the manure and earth to¬ 
gether, ready for planting. 1 cut my potatoes 
so that there will lie one eye on a piece. 
This I do two days before planting, and 
v\. mu, inn, jvei nun stocK Housed in them he planted in the furrows at the common 
is more liable to disease, and will not Ilium: distance, and covered very lightly with the 
as well generally as in stables made ol tim- hoc or small plow. As soon us the potatoes 
her. I Ids, lioYvever, is not true it stone or make their appearance above ground so that 
brick stables are properly constructed; and they can he seen all along the rows, they 
their almost universal adoption in all farming should be covered with straw to the depth 
countries is sufficient proof that, out assertion shout, sixteen to twenty inches and as 
is correct. A stone stable may he warm, hat evenly as possible. To harrow the potatoes 
dark, close and clamp, in which case it is de- lightly before covering them with straw 
s.iv tw o feet, or less. I lie potatoes may bo spread them on a floor to dry. Now I drop 
on Soil Analysis.” It is tolerably certain 
.that this article is a rehash of an urtieln 
which appeared in the Genesee Farmer for 
1858. AV« say cortewi because ail the points 
alluded to in the article in the Heart h and 
Home are found in the Farmer. Said article 
appeared in the Farmer as an editorial from 
the pen of Joseph Harris, the well known 
correspondent, of the American Agricul¬ 
turist and the Professor of Agriculture in 
the Cornell University. We here reproduce 
that portion of it. which has been specially 
dwelt upon liy the .editor of the Hearth and 
Home: 
“To analyse a soil In order to ascertain 
whether it minimi lime, was a pet theory of 
many oheinteo-agrieu Rural writers some years 
■•wo. An in widen t in the experience Of John 
I tii.nnvn. Esq,, of Stanton, England, which ho 
related a 1V\? yam, ago, when we bad tin* pleas¬ 
ure ol vlsuing Ins lieuir iIni farm, will throw 
light on this subject..- Sir II. DAVY' had recently 
published a simple lest for lime, and suited truly 
tluifc if u null tvuA<ltwt.iMir.eof ifuu*ir would not 
produce yvIm ml . The test wn« oiimIIy applied, tt 
Yvas simply to pour a lltl le muriatic acid on t he 
soil, and if it effervesced the soil eontiiinod car¬ 
bonate of lime, arid would produce Yvhout: but 
if it did nut. oflerve=ee ii did not contain lime, 
mid must bo limed lioforc it could grow wheat. 
“Mr. Ft., who is a gentlemen of great intelli¬ 
gence, as well as an excel I eel termer, amt one 
ever ready to carry out I lie suggestions of sci¬ 
ence. hint three large fluids prepared for wheat 
when he read Sir Humph ri kys book. If 0 imme¬ 
diately took wimples of soil from the three fields 
ami applied theuelcl. Two elf on esecd, but the 
other did not.. ‘ Now,' said he, ' according to wit* 
H. Davy, this soil contains no lime; but it is too 
late l«> lime it. What shall I do?' lie repeated 
the test, hut uhtamed the same result, lie had 
great confluence in Mr Humphrey', but did not 
know what to do. lie al length eomdudud to 
risk the scad, and If the wheat did not grow, to 
sow the held lo Iumips the next spring. The 
three fluids were sown. The Yvbnut eu.tucup well 
on all threpy grew mat combined to grow, limn 
or no lime. To (he sin-prise ol Mr. Ii., and in 
spite of ts’ir HCMPimur. fhe fluid which would 
not effervoneo produced the first nop at 'wheat at 
the three , averaging upwards of fifty bushels per 
acres'’ 
It is a great pity to spoil such a pretty, 
story, and one so well lold; but wc have no 
hesitation in saying that, in our opinion, it is 
a sheer fabrication either on the part, of the •. 
Editor of the Farmer or his informant. Our : 
reasons for holding such an opinion are : 
these:—Sir H. Davy was a good chemist , 
and ft very fair analyst, to say the least. We i 
arc even inclined to believe that Davy could f 
straw has first to be removed. Some plant 
| the basemen's ol I tarns ; usually they are not their potatoes in this way : When I lie ground 
of sufficient height, nor well ventilated and j is ready for planting,‘they walk over the 
lighted, l ioiii one to three side walls arc patch and drop the potatoes as near to- 
laid against, an earth bank, and the floor is gether as they desire, and step on them 
deep enough under the surface oil,he ground lightly with one foot in walking, and then 
to he constantly moist, whenever the latter is haul straw right away to cover t he potatoes. 
fuH of water. Bitch basement stables are n e prefers the first method. New land, the 
indeed unlit to shelter stock, and their limits first, year in cultivation and planted to pota- 
can only be corrected by building them of toes, he would not cover with straw, 
good height, admitting plenty of light and __ 
ah’, nncl guardbig lire floor »n,l »i(io walls HEN MANURE FOR CORN, 
against the intrusion of wet by means of __ 
drains, tight floor* and double walls, with By all means tell your correspondent to 
airspaces between. For the use of horses put the manure hi the hill—manure first 
especially, wc would construct a stone stable and the corn on top—and cover up. I have 
entirely above ground, and, making due pro- had many years’ experience hi (his matter. 
vision for light and air, we should wish no 
better sheltering material to promote their 
health and comfort. 
The temperature of stables is also a sub¬ 
ject of considerable discussion among farm¬ 
ers. We apprehend that no stable is too 
I take, for instance, twelve bushels of hen 
manure, three bushels of leached ashes, and 
three bushels of coal ashes, well silted, and 
mix all toget her on a barn floor. The ashes 
will pulverize the lien manure very line in 
the course of seven or eight days. Great 
warm, when not artificially heated, if it is caro should be taken so as not. to let it get 
Sufficiently roomy, well lighted and veiit.il- heated too much; stir it every few days; 
aled. It is the close, damp, over-crowded apply one handful to three hills. 
stable that, sweats the animals and causes 
them to shiver and shrink when the outer 
air strikes them. It is essential in ventila¬ 
tion to introduce the air in front of (he ani¬ 
mals, and to bar all currents frofti sYvcepilig 
down from any direction to render them un¬ 
comfortable. The air of a stable should be 
constantly changed without its being per¬ 
ceptible to the Reuse of feeling. A good way 
to accomplish this is to introduce it, through 
a tube, running out. underground to some 
distance, and in front of the animals’ heads 
in the stables. Holes in the tube at suitable 
intervals will provide for its distribution. 
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Panning in rnllR.rutn,— The California Far¬ 
mer anya;— **.Never luts a country, now or old, 
scon Fuch activity among the plowmen, nor oven 
suoii furrows turned up to t he sun, as has tioen 
seen in CMli l orn in within the last foYV Yveeks. 
What would the farmers of t he East say to see 
II. K. Mencii. 
William Gat.t.agf.h writes; — “Mix the 
the potatoes two feet apart, four pieces in a 
hill, and cover light, say with two inches of 
; earth, and when 1 think the sprouts about 
to show themselves 1 go between the rows 
Yvilli my shovel plow and let the dirt roll on 
and cover them up; they will come up uga 1 
soon Yvilli a strong, thrifty stalk. By this 
lime they begin to led and get a taste of the 
manure. 1 now leave thorn until I think 
the tops are going to fall down, when I hike 
a big shovel plOYV and plow as close to the 
row as I can and not plow the potatoes out; 
if it raises the side of the hill a little, t will 
not hurl. Potatoes want loose ground. I 
go through three times to the row; the third 
lime I split, the ridge, throwing the dirt both 
ways. This leaves them in such shape that 
the wet will not hurt them, and in which, I 
think, they stand the drouth as well as in 
any other. 
When T give my potatoes the above treat¬ 
ment I never fail of having good ones. 
Hancock Co., Ohio. D. Wardyvell. 
-- 
Covering Corn,— A correspondent of the Gor- 
rnuntown Telegraph sayst— “ From actual ex¬ 
periments Yvit h grains taken fn.m the $t-nw ear 
and the mine part, o) the ear , 1 have arrived at the 
following result:— Corn planted one inch deep 
came up in eight days; (.hut. planted one and a 
half inches deep required nine and a. half days; 
that t wo ipche* deep, ten days; two and three 
quarters luches deep, eleven and a quarter duys; 
throe inches deep, tYvulve days; three and a 
quarter Inches deep, thirteen days; four Inches 
deep, fourteen and a half days: live and « half 
inches deep, eighteen days; six inches deep, 
twenty-one days. The last tot came up amt groYv 
until about threo inches high, when it remained 
stationary for a long time, and finally died. 
-- 
Early Goodrich Potato.— A correspondent asks 
us what wo know of the eating quality of this 
potato. We ha\'o eaten of them as grown in 
DISEASE AMONG CALVES. 
I In the Rural of February (ith I notice an 
r inquiry from a subscriber. The disease pre- 
’ vailed in this part, in 1859, I860 and 1801. 
j Li 1801 T had twenty-nine calves, and lost 
I twelve in less than two weeks. The best 
r calves suffered most. Well, apparently, in 
the evening, dead in the morning. Not 
r knowing the name of the disease, nor a rem- 
; edy, I called it black leg; and taking a calf 
I that I thought could live bill a few minutes,— 
. the legs appeared dead, —I cut through the 
; skin in each leg, in the inside, between the 
I knee and loot, about, two inches in length, 
raised the skin, filled it. with common salt. 
I took equal parts of saltpeter and common 
1 salt, enough to make one handful, dissolved 
' it in a pint of water, and poured if down the 
call’, and it. got hotter immediately. I fed 
fhe, balance all this salt and saltpffer they 
would eat, and have not had any I rouble 
with the calves since, J have never seen 
them have it in midwinter or midsummer, 
but, generally in fall and spring, at the time 
of changing feed from green to dry aud dry 
to green. j. i. 
Cherry Tree, Pa., IRfiO. 
-- 
TO RELIEVE CHOKED CATTLE. 
T rave seen two plans, published in the 
Rural of late, for relieving choked cattle, 
which the Millions say in most cases are sure 
to relieve. I will give you a plan that F 
have practiced for the last thirty years, Yvhich 
is xvre and xafti, if properly performed. I 
make a prohang of good timber, five feet 
long and about tliree-quartera of an inch m 
diameter at the butt, and tapering down to 
one half inch at the tip; put a hall of t.oYV 
over the tip the size of a turkey’s egg, fasten 
firmly by tying a cloth over it and hack into 
the rod. After greasing I conflno the creature 
in astanchiou, raise the head, put it, slowly 
and firmly down into the maw, which is from 
four to five feet. I have been more particu¬ 
lar in describing the prohang, since 1 have 
found it invariably made wrong when peo¬ 
ple have failed to succeed with it. 
West Burlington, 18Ufi, M, Pope. 
—--+-*+- 
I.’OYV niicMmk llcrwtlf. j noticed a coin plaint 
ol a roador of the ItmiAL, .hat fin Imd a coyv 
that sucked herself, aiul wished some one to in- 
1 form him Yvhat would stop it. I think I can toll 
him a sure remedy, as I hud a very iltio cow last 
| season, that pave her forty-five pounds of milk 
daily when she did not suck herself. I adopted 
this plan : Take a smooth, round stick four feet 
lomr, and make two holes, six inches from ouch 
end; llicn take a strapabd put. It. round tbooow, 
just back of the foro hfcot, and put It through 
one end of the Slick; then pass the stick tie- 
tween the now’s foro legs, mid put a strap 
around her neck and the other end of the stick. 
If very bad, put a halter on and fasten it to 
that. But n strap stopped mine, and tt will 
yours if you get the strap on the neck tight - 
enough. Mine yvus so bad that, after she had 
hud it on tYvo months, after I had milked her at 
night, (got tYvonty-five pounds of milk,) I took 
it otr, thinking that she would forgot it; hut the 
next morning she did not give a pint, f put it 
right back, and she lias not sucked tiUrsolf since. 
She can oat and lay down with perfect ease Yvith 
it on.—A. P. B. 
E. W„ Durant, Iowa, writes:— 1 “In answer to 
‘A Subscriber’ in the Rural of March j;}, I 
would say, that slil ting the tongue of a coyv that 
sucks herself is barbarous, aud is only a cure so 
long as the longue remains sore. The cow on 
which I experimented resumed her sucking as 
soon as the tongue got well. A good, light curb, 
smooth at the ends of the rungs, so us not to 
chafe, kept on just long enough to break the 
habit, which, in most eases, yy' 111 tie as soon as the 
vow is put on full grass, (June,) Is the best cure 
for the season. The curb should be put on just 
after the coming in of the coyv, and taken off at 
time indicated.” 
, • . ,, “ten..*,, th0 rilrro , vs0foUl . KmJn plantaw one, two and A - •• ‘Wti/k, Untielct, Mass,, writesI 
aim a very fair analyst, to say the. least. We three miles long, straight as an arrow, and to deem it. important, in order to make poultry 
arc even inclined to believe that. Davy could ton, (Yventy, forty, or one hundred sets of raising profitable that a judicious and m>- 
make quite as good an analysis ns either the P u lowe in ®’ ,r grand valleys ail at work at nomIcal Hfivi|1 , r ’ f the ,* mamm? 
L.liu i tlte. lloarth and Home or the Pro- „ frimff pJows - lW()i fom . or six P | osvs J work first of all he considered. In the place of a 
( -.sot o . ,-p lcuiture in the Cornell Uoiver- ijet. ©ur Kusmi-n farment com® here, and w« will hen house I appropriated a part of niybaru 
sily; aud on one point, at least he probably show them such plowing scenes ns (hoy never cellar; this I partitioned off and laid a floor 
knew a little more titan they did, and that is of before, when our farmers Ore pw- to it witU plank aU(1 1Mag about onc foot 
that the nrodnefion nt cflV.w,v.r.nnr>o tn-, poring the soil (or the seed on farms of three ( . * . T , , V . 
A, Production ol ifluvt.-cc.iee on the hundm) ttiu , Qvo | n)ll(ll . w | acre3 each.. to from tUc g-round. It has been my practice 
i i no muriatic ft cid is not a test tor the 10,000 ucrcs each. This is ■yyhat ivo call plowing.” since the year I860 to sprinkle occasionally 
hen manure with leached ashes in propor- dinvieut latitmtew,—and yvc have found almost 
t.ion of three parts ashes to one of manure ■ a ’ wi,, ° a ran ®° ui ditferonoe in quality Main the 
i o , i-i, , . ,, . ’ latitude in which grown. The host quality Yvas 
npph aioirnd the lull, when the corn is up, a r ,. om ra05t northern latitudes and grown on 
very small 1 j fin«liiil to oueJi lull. I. Jie bewt sandy soil- A Walpole*, N* H., corrospundont of 
Way to put it, on is to make a paddle out of riio Mirror and Farmer, and a Little Prairie, 
a shingle that will hold the amount for each " “rivorth Co., 'Vis., correspondent of the Prai- 
, ,, , . , .. ,, , ,. ., „ , , , no loirmer, yvc notice decry the quality of (Ins 
hill, and use that; for the ashes may make potato- 
the fingers tender.” - - 
I). H. Burton, Erie,Pa., writes; —“I will n»rr«wln* (Vinter Wieat.-Flease allow a 
give my way: Mix with ashes and plaster, th ? c °" 1 ! m,s 
. , ,, 1 ’ of the Ritual for the experience of practical 
about equal quantities of the manure and runnoi* with regard to harrowing Yvinter wheat 
ashes, and a small quantity of piaster, just iu the spring; if adY*isabIe, how and when, cen¬ 
to make it more pleasant to handle. I think fcidr -’ rin «' this latitude, hcary clay, sand and mix- 
the ta, T l,» coma ftom applying ... 
of (he hill when the corn is first peeping ___ 
through. A small hnndtul to each hill, iust c .. , , 
d<u' a lam ui between sIioyy its il possible. bushels of refuse salt and one bushel of piaster 
A. T. Tutti/e, Enfield, Mass., writes:—“ I to an aero is perhaps one of the best, and cheap¬ 
est manures that can be appliod. For vineyards, 
dYvarf pear and quince orehanls, its good effects 
can he plainly gfeoa, if applied in alternate si rips, 
leaving each altonmto without any application. 
1 nouse J appropi UllUl a pai l Ol Ilty bom Peas nnd Bonn* for Field Culture. .1. T, <Jo.v- 
cellar; this i partitioned off, and laid a floor Over, GlnrlcsviJle, Tcnn., askRYvhich is the best, 
to it with plank and lining about one foot variety of pc-a and bran for field culture. \v c 
from the ground. It has been my practice ‘Tf- lh ,T of our wh ° hav ® ^ 
. ... J 1 experience Yvith some ol the newer varieties 
CittnA t h.Y it/,,,,. I 0/11 I. 1.. .... .. • 11 
since the year 1800 to sprinkle occasionally j should tuiftwc? the question, 
Slock in tlte High wny.—G eo. L. Loomis, Jack- 
aon Co., Mich., writes an Indignant protest 
against stock being per ini (toil to run in the 
highway, closing his letter as fellowsWhat is 
more aggravating to a good farmer than to bo 
on a constant guard aud lookout for hogs, 
sheep, cat do aud horses prowling about and 
running in the hlglnvays/ You cannot have a 
gate open, or bars down, next to the road, with 
any kind of safety, no mailer hmv much you 
are hurried; fer, like their oivners, they tniYo 
that freebooter and lawless nature that make 
them k dreud by night, arid day. Crows, cut¬ 
worms and midge are left in the background 
when such stock run in the highway, for they 
arc iibY-ays on the watch for some place to break 
in. A fence that will turn orderly stock Is but a 
slight barrier to these hungry prowlers. Now 
the remedy I suggest is this: Lot ull good farm¬ 
ers and citizens giro each other mutual aid in 
prosecuting each ami every offender in their re¬ 
spective localities, Yvliore there is a Iuyv to pre¬ 
vent. Let them be prompt and net together in 
this matter, and this highway robbery system 
will be broken up, and not till then.'* 
—-- 
Lice on Cattle.—A safe and effectual eradicat¬ 
ing remedy Is to give the animals a thorough 
washing with strong soap suite or the juice of to¬ 
bacco, obtained by boiling a pound or more in a 
quantity of water; apply with a swab or old 
broom. Three thorough applications, at inter¬ 
vals ol' a day or (wo. Will generally rid the busi¬ 
ness. Cattle having access to a sand bank, or 
earth not sodded over, are seldom troubled 
With them. The stock of our best farmers hio 
seldom afflicted Yvith lice; only the old fogy 
farmers’ herds suffer. — L- D. Snook. 
n. W. IL, Crawford Co., Pa., writesTake 
water that potatoes have been boiled in—a suf¬ 
ficient quantity to Yvet the creature yvcII, say 
I've or six quarts for a coyv— and apply It any 
uUldday.” 
