|)mtlfri)-|Wir. 
A WORD FOR FOWLS. 
While so imlcli is being said at the pres¬ 
ent day of the different varieties and breed¬ 
ing of fowls, permit tne to say a word in be¬ 
half of fowls in general —their care and 
keeping. 1 am satisfied that this needs at¬ 
tention, quite us much as, nay, more than, 
purity of breed or superiority of kind. The 
truth is, there exists gross neglect of the poor 
birds generally. Nor is the neglect confined 
to persons who have no fancy for line poultry, 
but extends even to many who have the rep¬ 
utation of being “ fowl fanciers.** Many 
such begin well, but soon losu tlielr Interest 
in their stock. Half the people who keep 
fowls deserve indictment under the statute 
forbidding “ cruelty to animals,’* It is not 
uncommon for them to be kept all winter on 
starving rations; any accommodations — an 
old wood shed, a drygoods box, any miseJ*- 
able shelter whore they can just live and not 
freeze to death is considered good enough 
for them, in many cases where their quar¬ 
ters arc comparatively comfortable they suf¬ 
fer neglect and consequent injury for want 
of care and attention. Some of them do not 
get a drop of water in cold weather ; many 
of them have to breathe the fumes of then- 
own offal half the year; others go all win¬ 
ter without a chance at an ash heap In which 
to cleanse them selves of vermin. 
This picture is not overdrawn; indeed it is 
scarcely possible to do that. It is surprising 
that self-interest does not prompt people to 
more care lor tlmir poultry. 1 f there is any¬ 
thing that will pay a man for his care and 
the cost of keeping, it is a flock of fowls. 
The profit will be in tlut precise ratio of the 
care, with all the pleasure thrown in gratis; 
and i know of few things more gratifying 
than getting a goodly number of fresh eggs 
daily throughout the winter. 
From thirty hens 1 gathered two hundred 
and sixty-four eggs within the month of Jan¬ 
uary, and three hundred and ninety-four, or 
an average of seventeen dally in February. 
Many persons will wonder how tliis can be. 
They keep fowls, and scarcely get. an egg all 
winter. They are like, the tanner who ne¬ 
glects bis land, and, as a consequence, gath¬ 
ers poor crops and grows poorer, and then 
wonders why it is that bis neighbor, who 
takes care of his land, thrives and grows 
rich. Fowls are like land, cows, pigs, etc.— 
take care of than, and they'll take cans of you. 
My fowls have good warm quarters, they 
have plenty to cat, and, paradoxical as it 
may seem, when such is the case they eat 
hut little. They have plenty of clean water 
daily, and they drink it They have an ash 
box, and, 1. tell you they enjoy it. They 
have a constant supply of broken oyster and 
clam shells, and, at least once a week, a 
sheep’s plunk or two, and don’t they enjoy 
them! It does one good to see how lively it 
makes them. Readers, go and treat j'our 
fowls thus, and if they do not “shell out ” 
I'll pay all the cost ol keeping. Mine have 
paid me three dollars for every one dollar 
paid out, aud that is good interest,. 
Schoneotady, N. Y., 1839. o. s. n. 
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‘•PURE BRED FOWLS. 
In our issue of February 27th appeared 
an article bearing the above heading w hich, 
as was then stated, was not submitted to 
the,poultry Editor. J\l. D. L’a ideas are good, 
as regards why there arc so many impure 
fowls sold. He states that one in five breed¬ 
ers (so called) have pure bred fowls. Had he 
said one in twenty-live he would have been 
nearer the mark. That there is a most la¬ 
mentable ignorance manifested in poultry 
matters, is curtain; but we hope that the 
Exhibitions now being held all over the 
country will tend to wake up the poultry in¬ 
terest and diff use a better knowledge as to 
wbat is a pure bred fowl 
A little work entitled the “ Standard of 
Excellence" is a sale guide for any one about 
purchasing fouls; it gives plainly the re¬ 
quired points of excellence In a pure bred 
fowl, and without which the fowl in not in 
every sense perfect. There are compara¬ 
tively l’ew r fowls that come up to the stand¬ 
ard ; and it is not to be expected at first. 
But by setting the standard high we are t he 
more certain in time to arrive at the highest 
perfection. 
The “ Bolton Greys” and “ Creoles’’ or 
“ Creels” are one and the same, but arc not 
the Silver Penciled Hamburg. They were 
perhaps originally bred from the latter; but 
do not now possess the distinctive traits of 
that variety. A very poor Silver Penciled 
cock or hen might possibly be passed oft for a 
Creole, but no matter bow good a Creole you 
may got, it would never be passed for a Ham¬ 
burg with one who was familiar with thorn. 
The feathers of the Hamburg hen are pen¬ 
ciled ; those of the Creole spangled and 
mossed. The eye of the Creole is also en¬ 
tirely different from that ol the Hamburg. 
Tho “ Golden Pheasants ” are not Polish, 
but are a variety, (originally a cross on the 
Polish, no doubt,) common in some parts of 
England. They are hardy, rather handsome, 
and good layers. The “ White Australians,” 
as M I) L. suggests, probably originated 
in the advertiser's barn-yard. 
In Light Brahmas, M, D. L. is much out 
of the way. First, no fowl is recognized as 
a Brahma with clean legs. In describing 
his fowls no person lias the right to set up 
hie ideas as the standard by which others 
are to be governed. If M. D. L., or any one 
else, wishes to breed clean-legged fowls, they 
are at perfect liberty to do so; but they have 
no right to advertise and sell them as pure 
bred Brahmas. 
We do not wish to doubt, any one’s repre¬ 
sentations ; but when we are told that unless 
Bralimas weigh twenty-two to twenty-five 
pounds the pair “ they arc not pure or thor¬ 
ough bred,” we are a little inclined to think 
that the writer himself cannot have pure 
stock. In all our experience—and it is not 
a short one — we have not seen one yard of 
Brahmas that will come up to that weight. 
There may be occasionally a pair or two 
that will reach it; but we venture the asser¬ 
tion that there is not one breeder in the 
United Stales who has a yard of fowls that 
will average that weight. 
Wo are at a loss to know what M. D. L. 
calls “ plume feathers,” unless it is the stickle 
feathers . It is not a technical term, and is 
unknown in Tegetmeier and other standard 
works. 
In dark Brahmas he is wrong as regards 
sickle feathers in the tail of cock, no sickle 
feathers being allowable in any Brahma 
fowl. It would rule Hum out at once. Wo 
append a description: 
DARK Huaiimah. -Head white; nook unit saddle 
I'miMium Hllvury white, striped with hhiolt; Muck. 
Urea,-! , Mat thighs mottled wall wiur.it; Inlet., Shoul¬ 
der tiovcvtr, i Mid bow At I Wilts, t-ilvery While; Willi? 
eovgl'lr- Ulvtallte areoll black pt'lluuiiW mill t.eeon- 
ihuieti Liar:I, wlili niu't'ow edauw ol while on outside 
with: toil him k. logs yellow. well covered uu the 
ilUtsido tothe toe with Muck leiither-i mottled with 
white. The Inai Imti tin- taeiui sn-y; peek : livel y 
while, stflpod with block ; and j'oinuimtor of the 
nluiniiee doll white, minutely and distinct iv panelled 
throughout with dark pi'.iii-lltiig, mo Close •<» almost 
to cover the jWoxind ooioi They have Inrue bodies, 
lira itnod luyt-ra, and we think more hardy titttu tho 
light variety. 
Tlic Cochins and Shanghais arc two dis¬ 
tinct breeds—tin: former very short on the 
leg, the latter very long. Ttie only varieties ■ 
of Cochins recognized among fanciers are 
Buff, Lemon (or light Bull), Cinnamon, 
Grouse or Partridge, White and Black Coch¬ 
ins. All others are local kinds, originating 
by crossing the above varieties. As we 
shall illustrate tin; Partridge Cochins here¬ 
after and give description, we will only al¬ 
lude to them now to say that in our opinion 
they are the most beautiful of all the Cochin 
family, and wc think the largest. 
Without doubt the “ Black Javas," adver¬ 
tised so extensively by some parties, are 
nothing more than Mark LMiins, bred with 
care and from selected stock, in fact wo 
have seen Black Javas from one yard and 
Black Cochins from anothor aide by side in 
the same pen, anil could not tell one from 
the other. 
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Soon for Fowls.- Regarding the question of 
feeding snow to poultry, permit me to say that 
they will eat. very little of it, provided they have 
plenty ot warm well or spring water furnished 
thorn. Know Is not a suitable drink for any anU 
null' and none but siu inconsiderate and hard¬ 
hearted man will compel his animals to eat it as 
a substitute for drink. If snow lsa proper drink 
for poultry, it follows as a oonscquouoo that It is 
also for cattle, horses, and men. But for facts: 
1 keep Ono hundred and lUghty liens. I give 
thorn water twice per clay; they drink six gal¬ 
lons per day, and they do this though they have 
plenty of fresh clean snow. H Is stated that 
snow-fed poultry “ look well enOllgh,” and lay 
“plenty of t-pyx." I low MU oh Is plenty? On 
the contrary. If they have plenty of fresh water 
t hey will look better* aud will lay an excess of ipQs. 
I«ot US have no more pen and ink decisions; let 
the poor hens decide, (live them water and they 
will prove which is host; and if they have all 
the wheal thuy nan eat (not corn, for It Is notso 
good to produce eggs), they will yield it prnllt. i 
speak from experience, having kept, an exact 
book account, and fed from the bln, I cleared on 
each hen last year two dollars and slxty-tfve 
cents. On tho live months .lust ended each hen 
tins itiftllAt-d nu a profit of sixty-seven cents. 
The more water amt the more wheat hons con¬ 
sume, and the greater tlielr bodily warmth, the 
moro eggs will they lay. V. Dr.VTNNY, Denver, 
Col. Ter. 
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Profitable Poultry.—Mr. J. P. Huzzell, Clin¬ 
ton, Maas., writes that he eornmciicod IsotS with 
one cook and twenty-four heps - Bramahs, At. 
the expiration of thu year he footed up accounts 
and finds that they have produced 282;h dozen 
eggs,which at. the prices obtained, (they wore 
sold to grocer* ) averaged 40 X cents per dozen. 
Tho poultry sold and used in family, at market 
value amounted to $57.25. His entire cost of 
feed and keeping was $70.87; and he commenced 
the present year with fear pullets and one cock 
more than a year ago. II is account stands thus: 
282?.; doss, eggs at ■0*'* per doz.$113 45 
Poultry sales and used in family. 67 25 
Kivu fowls more in stock at $2. 10 00 
Total . $180 00 
Deduct expenses aud feed. 70 «7 
Profit. $100 83 
Can any one show a better record than this? 
Who says “ poult ry won't pay V’’ 
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Mow to Uprp Eggs for a tear. - Take per¬ 
fectly fresh and sound eggs aud thou pure water. 
For every threugullons of water put In one pint 
of fresh slacked lime, and of common salt one 
half-pint. Mix well and let the barrel be half 
full Of this liquid; then, With a dish, lot down 
the fresh eggs into it, tipping the dish after It 
fills with water, so t hat they may roll out without 
cracking the shell; for If tho shell should be 
cracked the egg will spoil. 
tjngmtic Information. 
A GRAND DISCOVERY: 
Bcinc on Extract from a Decline on Hy¬ 
giene to the Htudenta ol - College. 
BY ONE OF THE PROFESSORS. 
While on this subject, (Exercise,) 1 
will give you, young gentlemen, the benefit 
of a discovery of my own, which, like all 
discoveries, I think of great importance to 
mankind. There exists, in «on«ideraWe 
abundance, in different parts of the world, 
an Elixir — I am in doubt what euphonious 
name to give it — an ether, or exhalation, or 
fluid — possibly a spirit it should be called. 
At all events, it. is an invisible, impalpable, 
intangible, impomhirable, telluric essence. 
There is much in a name of “ learned length 
and thundering sound.”' If you can secure 
a sufficient quantity of this super-sublimated 
essence, aud inhale it freely fur a while every 
day, it will contribute greatly to keep you in 
line physical condition. It is not exactly a 
“ laughing gas,”—such as your Professor of 
Chemistry can produce, — and yet it puts 
one in a general good humor, and disposes 
him to laugh whenever there is anything 
worth laughing at; makes him feel well and 
comfortable, ready for his rations and his 
studies; tends to keep the digestive organs, 
the circulatory, the respiratory, the cutane¬ 
ous and all the other organs in a healthy 
state, and to make them do their duty regu¬ 
larly and efficiently. It is a wonderful in¬ 
vigoratin', licalth-giver and health-preserver. 
In short, I think it vastly superior to any of 
the patent nostrums now in vogue, though 
some of them may have even longer names. 
You will ask me, where it is to be found, and 
howto be obtained? Strange to say, it is 
not sold in the shops, and yet it may be had. 
You will not need to send to Asia for it, nor 
to Africa, nor Europe, nor even to Hie dis¬ 
tant parts of our own country. I am happy 
to say that our good State (Pennsylvania) is 
rich in this treasure, as well as in coal, iron 
and oil. Aud, wbat is both comfortable and 
convenient, it is not wanting even in our 
own county and vicinity. It is found hero 
in many places and situations. You will 
scarcely need a divining rod to strike a vein 
of it. 1 will tell you where I have been most 
successful in discovering it. It. lies, in a 
latent and even inactive state, but In consider¬ 
able quantities, from ten to twenty inches, 
more or less, beneath the surface of the soil; 
sometimes deeper. But, in order to set it free, 
it is accessary to turn up the soil to thu air anil 
light, and to pulverize it, somewhat. This 
may be done by the plow und barrow, on 
largo fields; on smaller patches it is very 
effectually accomplished with the spade, dig¬ 
ging-fork, hoe, band-rake aud other horticul¬ 
tural implements. There is a most beneficent 
exhalation of this super-sublimated essence, 
that comes up from a newly-made garden 
bed, which One has worked with his own 
hands and feet. I verily believe there is 
enough of this elixir lying latent under t hese 
college grounds to keep the whole body of 
students and professors (other tilings being 
favorable) in pretty good corporeal condition 
all t he year round. 
One remarkable peculiarity of tliis exhala¬ 
tion is to be noticed. It does not diffuse 
itself very widely through the surrounding 
atmosphere, as appears from the fact that a 
man whose bouse adjoins another’s garden 
does not inhale much of it by merely open¬ 
ing’ Ins window and sitting beside it. In¬ 
deed, a person might stand, sit, or lie outside 
of a fence, or even inside, and watch another 
plowing for a whole day, and not be greatly 
benefited. One needs to tread along the 
newly made furrow, just between the han¬ 
dles of the plow, or over the upturned earth 
after the harrow, or dig up the earth with a 
spade, or in some other way to bring himself, 
so to speak, in active contact with the ema¬ 
nation, in order to receive its full influence. 
I think there must be something in the state 
of the system, when warmed up by exercise, 
to make it peculiarly susceptible to impres¬ 
sions from tliis subtle essence. 
This, young gentlemen, is a mere outline 
of my grand discovery. I am happy to say 
t hat, under the blessing of a benign Provi¬ 
dence, I once renovated my own health by 
it; and, as the result of experience, can hon¬ 
estly recommend it as a great health pre¬ 
server and invigovalor. 1 am inclined to 
think that some of my fellow-professors have 
also obtained an inkling of tliis invisible 
agent. I have observed our excellent Pro¬ 
fessor of Mat hematics pipwing, digging, and 
hoeing after it a great deal lately; and our 
accomplished Professor of Greek, likewise, 
has a respectable Delta beyond, which is 
supposed to be especially rich in tliis desira¬ 
ble treasure. He is so intent upon the pur¬ 
suit of it that he has been known to keep up 
his diggings and other telluric operations far 
into the shacks of night, and in very disa¬ 
greeable weather. From some conversa¬ 
tions with him, I suppose, his notion to be 
that the ancient Greek goddess, Hyoeia, the 
iinpersonation of all that is wholesome, has, 
in consequence of the perverseness of men, 
been driven to “the umler-world” that we 
read of; but that her spirit, which, like 
everything Grecian, is, of course, immortal, 
though imprisoned in the bowels of the 
earth, is all the while struggling to get free. 
In pure sympathy, therefore, with the health¬ 
ful spirit of tliis ancient Greek maiden, so 
congenial to bis classic taste, lie is laboring 
assiduously for her disentkralmcnt, believing 
that he will thereby confer an unspeakable 
blessing upon mankind. This, I judge, is 
liis philosophy of the matter, doubtless de¬ 
rived from Pythagoras or some other sage 
of antiquity. 
flf the respectable gentleman who reports the 
proceedings of tho Fanners’ Club for the N. Y. 
Tribune should east his eyo over the above, 
and, in consequence, charge tho writer with pla¬ 
giarism, lot him know that the production of 
Which it is a part was written and rend some 
time before hiB valuable discoveries In Ihc same 
lino. Tho writer does steal a little occasionally, 
but is perfectly innocent In this case, and even 
had thoughts of prosecuting tho gentleman for 
Infringement of his patent. Hut, on reconsid¬ 
eration, will let it pass, us only another illustra¬ 
tion of the well-known fact that great minds 
sometimes unconsciously run In the same chan¬ 
nel; and, without, concert, arrive at the same 
results I) 
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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 
BY A PUYStCIAN^ 
Sprains mill Bruises. 
These are among the most painful acci¬ 
dents which ordinarily occur, aud often bring 
i he most serious consequences. A physician 
is not often called to attend them, though 
some of them merit the most careful consid¬ 
eration. Bruises on the fleshy parts of the 
body cause generally very little trouble; hut 
sprains about the joints arc sometimes very 
annoying. In our hints, therefore, for treat¬ 
ment we shall confine ourselves to the con¬ 
sideration of sprains, merely premising that 
bruises may be advantageously treated in 
the same way. 
The first tiling to be considered in treating 
a sprain, is to prevent the inflammation of 
the joint, if possible. In order to do this it 
is necessary to keep the joint perfectly cool. 
Tills may be accomplished by showering the 
part affected, almost constantly, with cold 
water; but Ibis is not. always practicable. 
In such cur.es there is no better application 
than a solution of common salt in cold water. 
Tliis solution may be made by putting a 
handful of salt into a pitcher of water; the 
water will only dissolve a certain proportion 
of the salt, and so long as some of the salt 
remains on the bottom of the vessel it is a 
nun: indication that the solution is at its full 
strength. A doth thoroughly saturated with 
this solution should be put on the part, and 
changed often enough to keep it cool. 
Whatever you do, do not apply any of the 
stimulating and heating liniments so much 
in vogue. They arc very good, perhaps, for 
old sprains, but applied to fresh ones only 
tend to increase tho danger already existing 
of inflammation in tho joint. In any event 
the joint affected should be kept perfectly 
quiet, and if the injury he at all serious a 
competent surgeon should be at once called 
on to^deeiilc whether or not there be any 
bones broken. 
Although we can assure our readers that 
the bones about the joints most liable to 
sprain — viz., the wrist and ankle — are not 
easily fractured, yet we are bound to say 
that sprains of these joints are nearly as 
painful and as long in healing as apparently 
more serious fractures. 
Vaccination. 
The rumors which reach us from Califor¬ 
nia, and elsewhere, of the prevalence of 
small pox, remind us to say that it. is not 
only unnecessary, but downright wicked, to 
allow a disease so perfectly preventable to 
exist at all. If every parent would do his 
duty in having every child properly vaccin¬ 
ated, in infancy, and again on the approach 
of maturity, there would be no more small¬ 
pox. Even when the second vaccination is 
omitted, if it has been thoroughly done the 
first time, the child is not likely ever to have 
anything more serious than a mild varioloid. 
Do not neglect bur hint! 
Kerosene un a Olcdicine. 
Haying observed a paragraph in a con¬ 
temporary, prescribing kerosene oil as a 
remedy for internal administration Sri cert ain 
cases, we beg leave to enter our emphatic 
protest against the practice. However good 
the substance in question may be as a lini¬ 
ment, it is a poison when taken internally, 
and we can imagine no circumstances under 
which we should feel justified in administer¬ 
ing it. Its action on the system is very sim¬ 
ilar to that of chloroform, and, though it 
may sometimes have failed to produce any 
bad results, we have known it to act as a 
decided and violent poison. Burn it as much' 
an you like, hut don’t give it to the babies. 
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Au Hem for Dynin^tle BaiTerer*. -The kernel 
Of the peach pit has proved. In my ease, a perfect 
remedy for wlmt is termed “heart-burn.” 1 
suffered from it hourly for years; more at some 
times than others. Seeing this remedy recom¬ 
mended in some journal, two or three years ago, 
I often since purposed to try It. but did not, 
until this winter. When the suffering' manifests 
itself, eat one or two of the kernels, and alter a 
lew days the symptoms will disappear. The 
remedy Is simple, cheap and harmless, and, best 
of all, effectual.— j. o. 
fbc .^piartan. 
TRANSFERRING BEES. 
Mr. R. P. R. asks tor the best method to 
remove bees from a box hive, if new comb 
is the object, it will not pay him no more 
than it would to take off the hide from an 
old horse that thereby he might, be profited 
with a new one. For the same reason bees 
do better in old comb than in new. But if 
lie desires to get them in a better kind of 
hive, the last half of June is much the best 
time. 
First, blow under the hive a little spunk- 
wood smoke, and let it (the hive) remain 
down about half a moment; then turn it bot¬ 
tom side up, and place on a hive and frame 
so constructed that no bees can escape. With 
a small stick raj) lightly at the lower end of 
the bottom hive; as soon as the bees begin 
to ascend into the upper hive, increase the 
strength of your blows until you have driven 
nearly all of them up. Place the new hive 
carefully on t he old stand, and the old one a 
few feet one side; confine it until the next 
night, let them out, and all will be right. Let 
them remain in this old hive twenty days 
from the first dividing, and then proceed 
driving in the same manner as at first. Care¬ 
fully take off one side of the hive, ami jmt 
ail worker comb in frames. 
Clock Vine, N. V. N. N. Betsinger. 
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To Hive Bee* from n Bee Tree.—Perhaps some 
of your numerous readers have a bee tree, and 
would tic glad to know how to save or remove 
the bees to n hive to keep. My plan Isas fol¬ 
lows: Chouse a moderately warm day, cut. the 
tree down, cut a place over the bees largo enough 
to take out the comb, or cards, whole; then, if 
yOU use an old-fashioned hive, put the sticks 
through each card, so that tho upper portion 
wilt come in contact, with the top of tho hive, 
putting the brood comb in the middle of the 
hive, leaving a small space between eaeh Inyer, 
ho that the beea can pass between. Then place 
the hive over tho place CO t i n the tree. Tho bees 
will readily go Into tho hive, fasten the comh io 
the hive at tho top, gather all tho honey that 
may remain in the log, and In twenty-tour hours 
will do to remove to the place whore designed to 
be kept. J have saved them in this way, und 
they have done weft.-L. L. Haut, Oakland, Il'<*. 
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Old Comh far Young Bees.—Will some of your 
experienced correspondents toll me if it will lie 
any honeflt to young swarms of boos to put them 
in hives in which Is left the old comb in which 
boos have died V 1 have lost, several swanna, and 
Wish to us’ the hives to put the swarms in tliis 
summer. Shall I make beeswax of tho comb, or 
let it remain in the hives? a. k. h. 
(tin i?tuwr-$jrrb. 
SWINE —ABOUT BREEDS. 
A WHITER in tbe Rural World says lie 
“lias bred and fatted the following breeds of 
hogs, and found some of all sorts good, hut 
not uniform in their fattening tendencies: 
First trial with tho China, then the Woburn 
or Bedford, followed by tbe Berkshire, York¬ 
shire, Chester, and lastly the Essex ; the hit¬ 
ter fully answering all my wishes as a perfect 
animal. Their early maturity, fine form, 
aptitude to take on flesh, quick growth, 
large, well-developed hams, the sows prolific 
and good nurses — these qualities 1 consider 
tbe most desirable in swine. If every farmer 
in Missouri had no swine on their farms but 
‘Essex,’ it would save hundreds of thou¬ 
sands of dollars to the State, by tin; saving 
of corn and other food. One other recom¬ 
mendation, the Essex hog possesses freedom 
from cutaneous diseases, such as mange and 
measles. All black breeds of swine are not 
so subject to skin diseases as the white, and 
are altogether more hardy than white hogs.” 
-- 
Charred Cobs for Hog Cholera.— A corres¬ 
pondent of tbe Pruirle Funner gin s tho follow¬ 
ing cholera preventiveCollect your cobs In a 
pile and burn them unlit they mo thoroughly 
charred .then wet them out. Bprluklo brine or 
salt on tho coals, and Id your hogs cat alt they 
want. Funnels try it, and my word for it, your 
hogs will do well. AVlion fattening.give once in 
two weeks; stock hogs once a month. When 
you want to food them cob coal let them do with¬ 
out salt for a few days over their regular lime, 
so that they will eat more freely of the coal. 
Last winter I neglected giving my hogs cob' coal, 
and the result was, in the spring they took tho 
cholera; ton of them hail it bud. 1 raked up the 
cobs in the lot and charred them well, then suited 
the coal freely. They all a to of tho coal but 
llireo that were too far gone to got up. They 
({ted; the rest got well. 1 was surprised tho next 
morning to see in their discharges a large amount 
of small white worms. My belief is, tire worms 
arc what do the mischief. 
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The l*lgo.— I’. C. Carthecim, Talmadge, O. 
had pigs affected as our O recce, N. Y., subscriber 
describes his to have boon :i Quoted, and became 
sat isfied it was caused by taking them from the 
ground und putting them on u board floor. Ac¬ 
cordingly he turned them to the ground, and he 
had no more trouble. 
-- 
Crossing Berkshire ami Suffolk*.—Tho Canada 
Fanner thinks a cross between the Berkshire 
and Suffolk would probably produce just suob a 
hog as Is wanted. It thinks the Suflolks have 
all desirable qualities except size, while the 
Berkshire*) are rather lacking in earliness of 
maturity. 
