And in the meantime let us give the more 
attention and importance to our county, 
town, and neighborhood sheep Fairs. 
vailing feeling seems to be to quit the business. 
There Is another discouraging circumstance 
connected with this business—that is, sheep are 
wintering badly, uot for want of food or being 
properly cared for, but from causes not under¬ 
stood. Opinions are various. One thing is cer¬ 
tain-sheep arc dying off by the hundreds and 
thousands. The best and most experienced sheep 
meu ore suffering alike with those less expe¬ 
rienced, The mortality seems to bo more pre¬ 
valent among sheep coming two years old this 
spring than any others. 
I do not believe there will bo more than half 
the sheep clipped this year (hat thoro were last. 
1 would not say there would be ft falling off of 
wool in that proportion, as there are thousands 
of pelts from which wool will bo taken, but It Is 
certain the wool crop will bo far short of what 
it was lost year.” 
foot, in length, aud with it, apply the ashes by sift¬ 
ing over tlio animal its entire length. Two to 
three quarts is sufficient for ouo application on 
a largo animal. 
I have found the remedy most active and ef¬ 
ficient where 1 applied it. as soon as the animals 
weru thoroughly dry after d rain, that, the ashes 
may not be washed off by rain for several days 
after It ts applied; but four or flvo dayB after 
an application It is desirable to expose the ani¬ 
mal ton drenching, warm rain. 
As 6oon as tbo hair la dry apply again, and 
treat as before. The third application la gener¬ 
ally sufficient, and I have never known the 
fourth to fail. Four to six days should interveno 
between the applications, as tho nits hatch in 
from five to eight days, occordlngto the position 
on the animal they occupy. The asliea of hard 
woods, those containing most, alkali, aro best 
The ashes of pine wood will not destroy lice. 
David Wtivborn Mexico, N, Y„ writes: 
There is a remedy that I have used on oata, dogs, 
cattle aud horses more or leas for fifty years, 
with good Bucoosa. It is perfectly safe, whether 
applied inwardly or outwardly, Saturate thor¬ 
oughly the parts of the animal whore tho llco 
are with warm buttermilk (sweet, or sour) twice 
a week for three weeks in succession, and tho 
lice will disappear. 1 have never knowuitto 
fall. 
L.ProKERrsro, Central Ohio, writes:—“Toko 
one pint, of flaxseed oil, pour it on the animal, 
commencing at the book of the head and con¬ 
tinuing along tho back bone to tho root of tho 
tail, and tholieo will soon disappour. No dan¬ 
ger In tho above remedy.'* 
.1. C. Crandall says: “ Food onions If you have 
plenty, or wash in tho liquor In which you boil 
moat, ouiona, cabbage and potatoes.’’ 
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H. S. RANDALL, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Op Cortland Vo-lasi, Cobtlaxd County, New York. 
RURAL WOOL REPORTS. 
REMOVING HONEY BOXES 
P. Comstock, Milan, Erie county, Ohio, 
writes“ Having been a careful reader of 
the Rural nearly from its commencbment, I 
in common with my neighbors, have learned 
to place a good degree of coniidence in what¬ 
ever it endorses; and when we dispose of 
our products wc look to Uie Rural as a guide 
in fixing the price. Some of us now have 
our wool on hand and would be glad to sell 
it, but can got but forty cents a pound offered 
for good fleece. When we refer them to the 
market reports of the Rural they tell ns 
that they are not reliable, and that wool is 
not selling at such prices.” * * * 
The editor of this department, has nothing 
to do with making up the weekly wool 
market report!! of tho Rural, as hi3 distance 
from the place of publication would preclude 
him from bringing down such reports to the 
time when the paper goes to press. But 
those reports arc made up by competent and 
accurate porgons, from the same sources of 
information o 11 which all the leading city 
journals depend, and the assertion that the 
Rural quotes wool prices above the New 
York market, or above the reports of other 
journals, is not only grossly untrue, but was 
in all probability known to be so by tho per¬ 
sons who made that assertion. 
Our correspondent speaks of his wool for 
which he can get but 40c., as " good fleece,” 
In Tellk,. vipf and Kitchino Bros. New 
York Monthly Wool Circular, of April 1, 
"common and one-fourth blood” Ohio wool 
is quoted from 47o. to 50c., extra and XX. 
from 50c. U) 57c. 
In Walter Brown and Co’s Monthly 
Wool Circular, New York, April 1, Ohio 
common fleece is quoted at 47c. to 60c.; 
quarter blood fleece at 49c. to 51c.; half 
blood fleece at 50c. to 52c.; three quarter 
and full blood Merino at 50c. to 51c.; Saxony 
fleece at 64c. to 60c,; choice selected Saxony 
fleceo at 63c. to 70c 
Wright, Goodwin & Capex, Boston, in 
report of market for week ending April 3d, 
give sales of 15,000 lbs. X Ohio at 52c.; 
21,000 lbs. No. 1 and X Ohio and Michigan 
at 51 to 55c.; 20,0*30 lbs. medium Ohio and 
Michigan at 51 to 53c.; 15,500 lbs. X Ohio at 
52c.; 1,800 lbs. No. 3 Ohio ut 5U£c.; and 
1.500 lbs. burry Ohio at 15c. per lb. 
The New York Economist, April 9th, re¬ 
ports sales of Ohio wool, for preceding week, 
2.500 lbs. medium Ohio at 52c.; 5,000 lbs. 
scoured at 77c.; 17,800 lbs. X Ohio at 51c.; 
23,000 lbs. Ohio “ at full prices." 
We have selected above reports at random 
from a dozen contemporaneous ones lying 
before us. Mr. Comstock will judge for 
himself the relative place his own wool holds 
among the above named qualities. 
During the last two or three weeks (wo 
write this April 10th) there lias been a dull¬ 
ness in the wool market. Prices have re¬ 
mained firm, but few sales have taken place. 
This last is probably chiefly due to the re¬ 
markable stringency in the money market; 
no one claims that the manufacturers have 
a supply of wool on hand which will last 
them to the next clip. No one, we think, 
apprehends a fall in price in tho meantime ; 
most anticipate some rise. 
Having noticed an article in Rural of 
February 20th, written by Mr. John L. Rice, 
Renssolaervillo, N. Y., in regard to gotting 
bees out of the honey boxen, I wish to cor¬ 
rect him for the benefit of all concerned. 
Removing the surplus honey boxes and 
placing them, as he states, in an empty bar¬ 
rel, is very bad management; indeed it is 
frequently the case when we remove the 
boxes there are many young bees in them 
which have never left the hive previous to 
the removal of the boxes, now arc these 
to find their way back to the parent hivo? 
It is also frequently the case that we remove 
tho queen from the hive with the honey 
boxes. I removed as many as one dozon 
queens fVom my hives in a season taking off 
box honey. Many apiarians tell me they 
never removed a queen from tho hive when 
taking off box honey; if so, they have been 
lucky—more so than 1 have been. It is moro 
probable they never thought about tho queen 
when in the act of removing box honey, and 
thus never discovered tho loss derived there¬ 
from. 
Now, let us take in question what the loss 
would bo should wc remove the queen from 
the hive at this season of the year, and com¬ 
pel the bees to rear another to lake her place. 
The ono lost was n fertile laying queen; on 
the other hand, they must first construct 
queen cells and mature a young queen, which 
will take from eleven to sixteen days, de¬ 
pending upon the selection they mako — 
whether it. be tlio egg or the grub. To mako 
it os short ns possible, say eleven days, aud 
from eight to ten days alter being hatched 
before she becomes a fertile laying queen, 
and from this twenty-one days more to ma¬ 
ture the worker bee—making a cessation in 
the hatching of worker brood from tho 
young queen of forty days, caused by the 
loss of the old queen. Had the old queen 
remained in the liive, there would have been 
enough hatched in these forty days to mako 
a large swarm. 
Queens lost, in this way are oflen passed* 
unnoticed, as there aro brood and eggs In 
the parent hive at this season of the year, 
leaving it in a condition for tho bees to pro¬ 
ceed immediately to rear another queen; 
therefore the lose is uot so deeply felt, nor as 
plainly seen, as would be the case had they 
no means for procuring another; neverthe¬ 
less, the loss is the same, whether noticed or 
passed unnoticed by the apiarian. 
Of late years, 1 have used no glass boxes, 
and take no bees from the hive when I re¬ 
move my surplus honey, consequently, havo 
no such loss to contend with. Those still 
using the glass boxes should take pains to 
mark the boxes and hives when removing 
tho former, iu such a manner as to tell at a 
glance where to replace the queen in case she 
is removed with the surplus boxes. Tho boxes 
should be placed in front of the bive, so as to 
give the bees a chance to crawl from them to 
the entrance of the hive without taking wing; 
lay the boxes on the side entrances, facing 
tho hivo. 
I have always found it tho best time to re¬ 
move the surplus boxes in mid-day. Choose 
a fair day when the beea aro husily engaged 
iu their labors abroad. The bees will leave 
the boxes much sooner this time of the day 
than at any other. The latter part of the 
season should be managed some way so as 
to prevent robbing. I have frequently found 
it a good way to place an empty box on tho 
flill one, allowing the bees to pass up into 
the empty box. Empty them out in the 
front of tho hive a few times, and you will 
soon rid those boxes containing the honey 
of the bees, without danger of being robbed 
of their contents. P. J. Severson. 
KnowersvlUo, N. V. 
STATE SHEEP FAIR, 
In answer to our inquiries, made a few 
weeks since, in respect to the expediency of 
holding a New York State Sheep Fair dur¬ 
ing the present spring, we have received 
numerous replies. The “ Old Guard,” if wo 
may so term them—the veterans who hat e 
stood by this industry through stonu and 
sunshine—are generalty highly in fhvor of 
holding a Fair, providing there is a good 
prospect of its calling forth an exhibition of 
sheep suitable in numbers and quality to 
such an occasion. But most of the breeders 
who so heartily vote aye under the above 
conditions—who promise their own attend¬ 
ance, and in many cases offer a contribution 
towards paying the expenses of the Fair— 
make one unfortunate omission. They omit 
to agree to show their own sheep. The reason 
almost invariably assigned is that their sheep 
“ are not in a condition for exhibition.” 
This means simply that the sheep have 
been treated as ordinary farmers treat their 
flocks—that they were shorn last season in 
the latter part of June instead of the first 
part of May—that they were not summer 
housed—and in some case it doubtless means 
that they have received less feed during tho 
past winter than iu previous ones, So 
cheerless was tho prospect for breeders in 
the spring and summer of 1869, that keeping 
sheep in “show condition” was quite gen¬ 
erally discontinued in this State} and they 
cannot he brought, back to that condition 
without waiting until after the next shearing, 
and commencing 11 fitting” from that period. 
The difference in appearance between 
sheep in or out of “ show condition " is aa 
great as that between Miss Smith doing 
house-work in lirnpsy calico, and Miss Smith 
gorgeous in silks, and milliners' and mantua- 
maker’s appliances, at an evening party. 
Now, if too were interested in Miss Smith — 
if we were single, and had the least idea of 
proposing,—we should want to see her in 
the calico, so wc could give a bit of a guess 
how much mdkiny-up ("fitting”) she re¬ 
quired to blaze forth in “show condition.” 
We fancy a good many honeymoons would 
be longer with this preliminary knowledge. 
We guess a good many fancy sheep would 
have dropped off a cipher at the right hand 
K their prices If sold in tho calico. 
To us it would have been a profound sat¬ 
isfaction to have seen the host sheep of New 
York exhibited under merely good common 
treatment, and in strictly natural condition, 
but so feel not a large majority of our read¬ 
ers. They do not choose to exhibit their 
Miss Smiths in kitchen costume. Therefore, 
while proffering all other aid, they “must 
be excused from bringing their sheep to the 
Fair this year; they will be better prepared 
next.” Well, there is no use of complaining! 
The sheep breeders in this follow but, the 
universal example. A.11 other stock breeders 
(technically so called,) fit their animals for 
show. aB far as the case honestly admits of— 
and now and then one is supposed to go 
even a step further. 
Subtracting, for the above reasons, the 
sheep of a large majority of those of our 
breeders who are accustomed to exhibit them 
at Fairs, there would not probably be left 
enough, whose attendance could be relied on, 
for a creditable State exhibition. It would 
not, in our opinion, be^xpedient to go to 
the trouble and expense of getting up such 
an exhibition, to have a great proportion of 
the prizes or diplomas carried off by second 
or third-rate animals—many of them per¬ 
haps "run in” ft-om the locality because no 
strong competition was anticipated. The 
winning of prizes or honors by inferior or 
middling animals is not only a total loss so 
far a3 the public good is concerned, but a 
positive injury —for It sets up false stand¬ 
ards of excellence before the inexperienced, 
and brings Fairs into contempt with the 
experienced. 
A large proportion of the sheep farmers 
beard from have expressed themselves op¬ 
posed to a Spring Fair, unless there is a 
substantial certainty of success both in re¬ 
spect. to numbers and good quality of the 
sheep exhibited. We are constrained to say 
that wc have not obtained sufficient evidence 
of that certainty to feel willing to assume 
the responsibility of recommending a Fair. 
From the general tenor of our correspond¬ 
ence, however, there is nothing to show that 
the enterprising sheep farmers of the 8tate 
are disposed to give up holding Fairs in the 
future. For the past two years they have 
The Winter and the (sheep In Michigan.—A. 
Collins. Homor, Calhoun Co., Mich., writes us :— 
“The winter here has been an uncommon one. 
It came on earlier than usual (that is, ookl 
weather) giving us sleighing about, tho first of 
Decomber, with about, eiglitoeu luchos of snow, 
which lasted until tJio flrot week In January, 
This mouth was mild and pleasant, about such 
weather as la usual In November. February 
ditto. No snow In either of them. March has 
been u cold, boisterous month with considerable 
snow, blown mostly Into heaps In tho fence 
corners. I conclude sheep havo not. done well 
this winter, as there ai - o large numbers of mur¬ 
rain pelts coming into market. Sheep have ad¬ 
vanced more than ono hundred per cent, here, 
indeed there are none for sale, except mutton 
ones. Farmers aro more hopeful as regards the 
future of sheep husbandry. 
Hollow Horn In ('aide — Preventive.—To pre¬ 
vent, cat Mo from having tho hollow horn uso tho 
following remedy. Viz.:— Commence awhile be¬ 
fore calving aud give ono teaspoonful of pul¬ 
verized copperas in a little slop for throe morn¬ 
ings in succession, and then miss three, and so 
on until you feed about ono half pound to each. 
Wo have found this to bo a sure remedy for 
twenty four years.— L. Pickering. 
East India Wool i'la*slflcatlon. —Wo under¬ 
took to show (April 10) that. Secretary McCul¬ 
loch’s ruling lu regard to tho classification of 
East India Wools (Fobruary 2d) was clearly at 
variance with the provisions of the Act.of March 
2d, 1807. It. did not then occur to us I hattho Act 
of August 30th, 1865, utso fully covered tho ease, 
establishing tlio rule of construction for which 
wo contended. Sec. 80th of said Act provides: 
“That Micro shall bo levied,collected nnd paid 
on each and every non-r numerated artlclo which 
boars a similitude, cither In material, quality, 
texture, or the use to which (t may bo applied, 
to any enumerated article chargeable w|l,li dul y, 
tho same rate of duty which is levied and 
charged on tho enumerated artlclo which It moat 
resembles In any of the particulars before men¬ 
tioned.” 
(’lire for Choked Cattle.— J. B. Thompson, Big 
Tree, N. Y., writes that if Mr. Pope (sco page 214 
current vol. Rural will uso Iho rind of a. piece 
of pork, large enough to cover the end of his 
probang, well fastened to it, flesh id do out, ho 
will find it uu Improvement. If a beast la badly 
choked and there la no probung made, a good 
whalebone whip answers a good purpose. 
Itoncrtpllon of Breeds of Hheop.— O. L. Wil¬ 
liams, MeadvIUc, Pa., asks a description of the 
different broods of shoop In our country, and 
tho particular merits claimed for them by tlio 
breeders Of each ; and ho roinnrks that cuts of 
the breeds would also bo acceptable. We would 
gladly comply with Mr. Williams' request wore 
it reasonably practicable. But. (ho information 
sought by him would occupy this entire depart¬ 
ment for a number of issues of tho paper. Most 
of it, would possess no novelty for tbo mass of 
our readers. It would shut out a great amount 
of Information or discussion on tbo current 
sheep topics of tho duy. Mr. Williamh can ob¬ 
tain what ho asks for, with a full treatise on 
sheep and their diseases, by forwarding $2 to 
D. 1). T. Moore, 4! Park Row, New York City, 
for a copy of the Practical Shepherd. 
SWINE-BREEDS AND TREATMENT, 
'-■mill uuifi iviiM ii is. iv iiiui, arm mo Huge, com -ii 
breeds of Groat. Britain, possessing loss symme¬ 
try and aptitude to fatten, hut min e hardihood* 
fecundity and adaptation to our climate. The 
( hJtm and Parkerson was tho favorite hog of our 
fathers. It was u. good spotted hog— perhaps 
morouklu to the Bedford or Wobuni. The Betts, 
a cross between the Berkshire and Irish Grazier, 
was quite popular about twenty-five ycurs ago, 
butdOfnctiTo in two points; it wiut too simil) in 
the chest, and had too 111 Mo hair for it* protec¬ 
tion la winter. Tho Suffolk* also lack hair, hut 
have symmetrical, delicate, well-balanced forms; 
and tut they pws <ah h large proportion of China 
blood, they Inherit. Mm Fn tuning properties of 
this breed to u wonderful degree. II is stated 
that their live and dressed weights sometimes 
differ loss than one-ninth. The Jkritshires aro 
more lmrdy aud larger than the Suffolk*, and 
rival J hem In bounty and fattening quail ties, 
with perhaps less groft&imAS of flesh. They are 
one of our best breeds, but nor so uniformly 
largo nor HO beautiful in color, being black, as 
two white breeds, one a cross bet ween t he Berk¬ 
shire, Irish.Grazier, and Woburn, and the other 
a cross between Mm KuffoiJk, Irish Grazier aud 
Chester Whites. My results in brooding and fat- 
toning these two crossed have been uiuiost 
equally sat isfactory and uniform. Either can bo 
fattened at auv age, but, for family use, mako 
l he most delight fully tender and delicate pork 
when killed ut. loss than a year old. If pushed 
all tho timo they would make largo hogs at that 
%.th my ordinary treatment In roaring and 
four mouths' fattening, 1 have hud the Funner 
to weigh at ten months old from one hundred 
and «*>vr nty-flvo to two hundred pounds net, 
and at eighteen mouths old, with t wo and n. half 
month's fattening, about three hundred and 
titty pounds net. My Chester Whites, with ordi¬ 
nary treatment In rearing and three months’ 
fattening, weighed, at nine or ten months, about, 
one hundred and Ihlrty to one hundred and forty 
pounds net; at fifteen months two hundred and 
eighty to three hundred net, and when grown, 
say from two t .0 three years old, from four hun¬ 
dred to six hundred pounds net. Five slaught¬ 
ered in November, life, weighed not aB follows: 
Four hundred and one. four hundred and. 
twenty-one, four hundred and eighty-six, five 
hundred and sixty-six and live hundred and <ev- 
Importatfou of Cotswoblii. — John I). Wing of 
Washington, Dutchess Co., N. Y., has recently 
received u choice lot of Cotswold Blioep from 
England. Tho owes are In lamb to tho siro of 
“Cotswold King “—tho oolobrutod rum which 
was sold for two hundred and thirty guineas. 
The sheep bad a remarkably rough passage, nud 
ouo ewo und threo lambs perished. 
ht Ikrbsimw 
WORKING BULLS 
A writer in the Mark-Lane Express ad¬ 
vocates it from considerable experience. 
After describing liis mode of breaking, lie 
says:—“Indeed, it is remarkable how soon 
a surly bull is taught temper and obedience. 
A man of good common sense, Courage and 
firmness, will soon nuke the most surly ras¬ 
cal tractable and obedient, providing he is 
not actually vicious. A surly, ill-tompercd, 
vicious bull is beat fattened to be slaught¬ 
ered; no danger ought to be incurred by 
teaching him bis power for evil. I have eaiil 
wc always work the bull in bridle, collar, 
and cart-saddle. I don’t know a better 
course. The bridle is a common cart-horse 
bridle, made to fit the head of the bull, 
being, of course, larger at every point; the 
frontlet and blinkers rather out of propor¬ 
tion, larger; tho head-strap made to buckle. 
The collar and frames are peculiar in make 
aud form, both being made to match each 
other. The collar is nearly three feet long, 
opening at the throat, where it is fastened by 
a strong strap and buckle; it is very fttll, 
and is well stuffed or padded on tho top 
(which in the horse collar is the bottom, 
being, as it were, worn by the bull the wrong 
way up,) so as to form a good firm cushion, 
by which the chief lift or pull of a bull is 
given. The sides of the collar arc also more 
stuffed or padded titan the ordinary horse 
collar, which, of course, makes the whole 
collar much broader, as well as longer.” 
Samples of tVool.— “ W. N. C.,” Lcatherwood, 
Ohio, sends us various samples of American 
Merino tegs’ wool taken from the sheep in April, 
1663. Some, perhaps nearly ail of them, wo 
should judge to be very good wool of the kind, 
but they are In no condit ion for inspection. Ex¬ 
posure to the air and dust has giveo thorn a din¬ 
gy, dead color, and rendered them wholly luster- 
less ; and of some tho crimp seems to be partially 
effaced by handling or the mode lit which they 
were detached. Fine wool samples Intended for 
examination should novor bo pullod out by the 
end, but cut doge to the skin, (to give them their 
full length,) and without any stretching. They 
should be handled as little os may be, and never 
drawn between tho fingers, which injures both 
the crimp and gloss. They should be secluded 
from air and dual. They retain their luster and 
liveliness far better kept- in oiled silk or some 
other covering which will not absorb their yolk, 
than in ordinary paper. Tho coarser aud spongier 
the paper, the worse it Is. 
Transferring Bees. — In Rural, April 3d, page 
218,1 find “ Mr. U. P. R. asks for tho best method 
to remove bees from box hives. If now comb is 
the object, it will not pay him any more than It 
would to tako off tho hide from an old horso 
that thereby ho might bo profited with a now 
one.” 
Now what did that writer think when ho wrote 
that? Hour him! “For tho sumo reason boos 
do bettor In old comb than in new.” I know 
better. I had In hivo seven-years-old black 
comb. I smoked It with tobacco, shook my bees 
outiu another htvo, and cut out all of the black 
comb and left about five pounds, In two cornora 
of tho hivo, of good oomb and honey, and then 
put back my bees. Some of the comb had brood 
In It; that I put under the hive. When the 
brood left I took out the comb, and now I have 
got a swarm ono yoar old that can’t be bought 
for seven dolJura cash down to-day, April 5th, 
I860.—Subscriber, Pine VaUcy.Chemuna Co., A. Y. 
Wool Markets nnd Loss of Sheep In Ohio.— 
J. MERVIN, Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio, 
under date of April Glh, 1869, writes us:—“This 
county has stood among tho foremost in the 
State as ft sheep breeding and wool growing 
county. Groat pains have been taken tn tho 
improvement of sheep and the quality and con¬ 
dition of wool. Wool growers are often charged 
with'dishonesty in putting up their wool so as to 
deceive the buyer. These charges may be true 
in some instances. For this the buyers are to 
blame, because they encourage it by not dis¬ 
criminating fairly. They send their agents out 
to buy on the averago system. Tho prevailing 
prices on last year's clip were from fTrrfy to 
forty-two cents per pound ; perhaps forty was 
the average, and that they would give without 
regard to quality or condition. The man who 
came into market with his wool, quality and 
condition considered, worth ton cents per pound 
moro to the murniTaoluror than the forty cent 
wool, could get but two cents more per pound 
for It. Is this a fur way of dealing? Is it en¬ 
couraging to follow a business where there is no 
fair competition? I think not. 
For the last two years sheep raising and 
wool growing have been the least remunerating 
business the farmer could follow, and the pre¬ 
To Destroy Lice on CnUle.—A tnblespoonful of 
sulphur given a cow or ox every other day for a 
week, will completely destroy them. Cattle will 
readily eat it when mixed with salt,.—G. E. K., 
Came/, N. 1'. 
Our Baltimore correspondent, J. Wilkinson, 
sends us the following remedy, which he had 
contributed to a South Carolina paper: —Apply 
dry wood ashes to the animal from head to tail. 
The most convenient mode of application is to 
attach a light, wooden hoop sieve about eighteen 
inches in diameter and four inches in depth, with 
a wire cloth bottom with about one-eighvh inch 
meshes, to tho end of a light, tough pole, say ten 
Turnip* for Pig*. — A correspondent of tho 
Country Gentleman planted a few acres of tur¬ 
nips which wore large enough to begin to feed 
the first week In July, when they wore fed to 
pigs, and no other feed given until tho last, week 
In September. No lot of pigs could havo done 
better, growing and keeping In good condition 
all tho while. Ho does not advocate cooking 
white turnips for pigs under any circumstances. 
They aro only fit for them raw in warm weal her. 
Steamed Swedes arc good mixed with plenty of 
meal, but potatoes are so much better that half 
the meal mixed with them would feed as last. 
Straining Honey. —My grandfather has kept 
bees for about forty years, und this is the way 
my’grundmother does: - tJ neap tho comb with a 
sharp knife. Lay some small sticks across the 
pan, or whatever you intend to strain it into. 
Place the comb on tfie sticks, aud place the pan 
noar the stove, or where it is quite warm —not 
warm enough to melt tho comb —and if you 
don’t have clean strained honey by doing this 
way, I don’t know how you will do it. — Friend 
op the Rural. 
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