lomoIogRitl. 
England. The Massachusetts Ploughman of 
April 3d, says of it:—“Among the apples that 
keep late into the spring and are nowin splendid 
condition, the Hunt's Russet is the best. It 
keeps splendidly, and holds its flavor longer than 
THE GOODALE PEAR. . othe r apples. " ^ 
. . — q AT . Raspberry to Plant._A Reader at Bradford, 
This pear originated in Saco, Maine, by asks what kinds of black raspberry he should 
Enoch Goodale from seed of the McLaugh- plant in his locality —wants them to bo both 
lin; and. from various records we have re- hardy and prolific—and how many plants to the 
ccivcd of its value in the neighborhood of 
its origiu, combined with the 
honor and good character of 
the reporters, we are strongly m%/ 
impressed with a belief that Ijjjf 
it is a pear which should be rjjf 
more generally known and /jw 
tested. In size and keeping / A |//f 
qualities at its period of ripe- / Mj!f 
ning it has few or no superi- / !(// \ 
ors; and the tree is very hardy, j W \ 
a vigorous, thrifty, upright, J iff \ 
spreading grower, and uni- / If \ 
formly productive. From its / // \ 
first year of bearing it is said / | V 
to have never failed of a crop, / if \ 
while nearly every other va- / If \ 
riety has been more or less / /is. \ 
injured. / s' | \ 
The fruit is large in size; in / s' |jl \ 
shape oblong, obovate, obtuse, / / s' /i,\ \ \ 
pyriform; color light yellow, / //Ail \ \ 
shaded with crimson and fawn / / f Jm A 1 ■ \ 
in the sun, slightly netted / ] / iAff 11 I I \ 
and patched with russet and 1 \ H >1 / \ 
thickly sprinkled with small \ \ \\ / 
russet brown dots; stalk rath- \ \ V W \ / I 
er short and set in an inclined \ / J 
cavity of considerable depth; \ i. / 
sometimes a projection or lip \ n.k' / 
one side; calyx small, closed, N, JjSL / 
segments thick; basin deep /T\ / 
and uneven; flesh whitish, x. s' 
juicy, melting sweet, slightly N - ^ 
vinous, with a brisk, refreshing, musky per- litMo's and the Thornless, planting four by five 
lume; in quality very good. Ripe in October. feet a P&rt, which will require 2,1 vs plants per 
___ acre> 
THE MIAMI RASPBERRY. “ Scotch Creiun Cap” Raspberry.—J. C. C., Na- 
lHE MIAMI RASPBERRY. “ Scotch Cream Cap” Raspberry.—J. C. C., Na- 
—- poll, N. Y., writes us;—“The boat raspberry r 
Mr. W. 8. Combs, Collinsville, Ill. fur- know ol'wo call the 1 Scotch Cream Cap>' The 
nishes 31. L. Dunlap with the folio win "• ^ otew, ; ro broitght, from Scotland. The tops of 
etntomnnt „ « , . ~ „ 0 tlio Ixisli tuko root- < % jxsl!y, Thov HI’O IftrCPl' 
“thI "TT* n " 1! —* proauotivetha/jy™^; 
ronntr V^^'^PberryorigiMatod in Clermont from the nurseries.” We should be glad to 
McCormick t.went^flve 'toThiV-tv yoara y aw W i kwm . th * s n ' uil bt ’ ttor ' ' ViU not our Ccnrre- 
bronght the first plants to this Slate in 185!) and 8 P on dent send ns a sample when ripe ? 
have been planting nearly every year since r -*-*-*- 
««• ““ r ''“ k ..- TU. apple is willed 
berries are larger than the Doolittle, more juicy 0110 of thc bp8t sweot a PP loa *>y H- F- Orotjan, 
thA ‘ ,1 „“'•."if and the lust berries of Dalton, Mo., who describes It as of medium size; 
rt53a^t%%TiaS^i 1 . , tev' „° r . r, “r; lw,t ,M 
tie. T&> average yield is thirty-L? to forty ' ^ k " cp tlU flr8t of M,lrch ' 
bushels pot aero, though I have had as high as *-♦»»-• 
CulUvmioiK ’ ft Cr ° P d ° PeDd3 VCry rauch 0,1 th0 Vl *« *•» Pennsylvania.—The Editor of the Oer- 
3Ir. Dunlap adds:—“ The plants are pro¬ 
duced by laying down the tip of the 
new cane and covering it. with earth in 
August. Those who grow the fruit cut the 
canes back at two feet, in the summer, and 
do not grow the plants as a general thing. I 
have found two by eight feet the best dis¬ 
tance to set the plants. I have, not as yet 
fruited thc true Miami, but have ordered a 
lot that I suppose will prove true. The 
family of Black Cap Raspberries have been 
sadly mixed up, sold and resold under new 
names. It is now a grave question with 
many if the new 3tammoth Cluster is any¬ 
thing more than the Doolittle or 3Iiami.” 
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The Lawrence Pear .-The Editor of the Ger¬ 
man town, Pa., Telegraph, Says:—“This pear 
does not receive as much attention by general 
growers as it deserves. Wo have few superior in 
point of quality or for keeping late, and none in 
its early fruiting and steadiness of bearing, or in 
the hardiness of the tree. It is very accommo¬ 
dating too in ripening. It commences to mature 
in the latter part of October and goes on, os It. is 
exposed to a warm atmosphere or kept in a 
dark, cool placo of even temperature, up to 
March 1 We should suppose it would Just be tho 
pear for general cult! val Ion among fanners,who, 
if they would give it the same attention they 
give to other crops of the farm, would be sure to 
get abundance of excellent fruit.” 
Ohio Red Cheek Apple. - This apple Is called 
one of thc best sweet apples by It. F, Grot.tan, 
Dalton, Mo., who describes It as of medium size; 
color bright, yellow; light red check; flavor 
sweet; will keep till first, of March. 
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Figs in Pennsylvania.—The Editor of the Ger¬ 
mantown Telegraph says he has raised larger 
and finer figs in his garden than any Imported. 
The only Double is the trees must be buried in 
winter. 
fbortritlturf. 
Peach Nomenclature. —In mpLy f 0 tho very 
just criticism of “Addi” on niy omissions in 
the article on peaches, I would say that, “ Mixon 
Free" should have read “Old Mixon Free,” tho 
true name. As to “ Moore's Favorite" of which 
I spoke, I can only say that nuiservmeri and 
peach growers in New Jersey, Delaware, and 
Maryland, all know it by that name. Thc variety 
to which I alludo was named a few years since 
by James V. Moore, of Odessa, Del., who pro¬ 
duced it very extensively. Mr. M 00 RB considered 
it his favorite of all the varieties he produced, 
hence the name. I do not think this peach isex- 
tensl vely known, or grown. Tho • 1 Early York " 
named by me, should have read the “ Large 
Early York.”—J. Wilkinson, Baltimore , Md. 
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Training Raspberries and Blackberries.— The 
old custom of tying or twisting the tops of the 
canes from one stool to another along the row, 
in the form of an arch, is one of the most ready, 
economical and satisfactory systems of training 
that wo have ever practiced. With n pair of 
stout, thick gloves, a man will do tho work very 
rapidly and if tho canes are long and strong, 
they will rarely require any tying beyond that 
made by twisting them together. 1 11 this way tho 
truit Is fully exposed to sun and air, ami away 
lnim any interference of the young plants or 
suckers, to be grown for next years' fruiting. 
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Hunt’s Russet.—This apple, which originated 
at ..oncoid, Mass., and is described by Downing 
as a small conical fruit, with flesh juicy, fine 
grained, rather rich, sprightly, sub-acid, is, wo 
think, little known or cultivated out of New 
A “MOHEGAN’S” BLOOD STIRRED. 
What lie lias Done and How lie Did His 
Tree Planting. 
I WAS lately glancing over the pages of 
tho Rural ami met an article signed “ Back¬ 
woodsman," on page 137. I read his remarks 
very quietly till I came to his closing ex¬ 
hortation. He says: — “ Brother tree grow¬ 
ers everywhere ! Plant ire.es, plant trees! 
Set one for each of your children and yourself 
and wife.'’ Then it was that the blood of 
this “ Mohegan” was stirred, and I felt like 
straightening up. I say “ Mohegan,” as I was 
born but one or two doors from an Indian 
wigwam in Chenango county, N. Y., in thc 
year 1790. Cats and dogs sometimes show 
tight. If I and Brother “ Backwoodsman” 
show fight, I think we shall come out good 
friends at last. 
But, to tho subject of “ Tree Planting.” I 
have owned various farms, and have never 
failed on that point. Two springs ago (aged 
seventy-one) I bought two hundred acres of 
squatter land, with old black-snake fences, 
“ to keep me out of mischief.” I went to 
straightening fences preparatory to receiving 
sidewalk maples. Last autumn, including 
two summers, I had planted in the nicest 
style one hundred and twenty maples once 
in twenty-live leet, extending one hundred 
and eighty rods. During the same time I 
have planted more than one hundred apple 
trees (part of them for my daughter ;) have 
also planted cherry, balsams and mountain 
ash. 
Now, brother, or brethren, I am not so 
well posted but that I like counsel. I will 
state how I treat maples and perhaps other 
trees. As soon as the sap has done flowing 
this spring, I bend over the maples I want 
for fall setting and top them back to about 
eight inches from the ground. In the course 
of the summer the stumps or trees cut. back 
will lake on new tops, and live far better 
than setting stumps without top. I also dig 
around or on one side of the free and out a 
ways, cut and weaken I lie roots for next fall 
selling. 
Pines, balsams and cone shaped trees are 
not to be cut back like maples, but trimmed 
up or planted without trimming. I think 
autumn the better time to set trees, having a 
care not to freeze the roots. Transplant 
after the fall of thc leaf, 
With a good team and a large iron hook, 
hooked under the roots of a tree, I take them 
out with one pull just as fast as one can 
hitch on. For a hook I went to a hardware 
store, bought, iron two feet long, of about 
crowbar strength ; the smith drew it out and 
bent over one end like a chain hook; the 
other end was pointed and bent under on 
about t,lie circle of an ox ring, right, to strike 
under the roots of a tree. As the team is 
hitched on and move forward the tree top 
may come over and rest on thc rump of the 
team in order to save the limbs from being 
broken among brush. 
Brother “ Backwoodsman,” what say 
you about my setting a ioug stretch of shades 
next autumn, alternating a 3Iaplo and a 
Pine—a Maple and a Pino, sir ? 
Sweden, Potter Co., Pa. L. Hendrick, 
We hope our irate “ Mohegan” may live a 
century to teach, by example and precept, 
other generations the advantages of planting 
and how to plant trees.—Eds. Rural. 
Plantine; Orchardn.—I have planted a number 
of orchards, and find tho following; rule to be a 
good one. T find spring pluntlng Is tlic best in 
Michigan; in the Southern States fall planting 
may be best. When I receive my t rees, I cover 
the roots with wot matting and keep them out 
of the sun. I dig the holes throe foot in diame¬ 
ter, and deep enough to till fu four inches of 
loose dirt hoforesetting the treo. When digging 
the hole, I keep the top dirt separate and (ill in 
about the roots with it. 1 am careful to fill well 
about the roots and under tho heel of thetreo. 
I plant M 10 siiran dopth tho tree stood in M 10 
nursery. A boy holds the tree,leaning it a littlo 
to tho west, for tho west winds will more than 
bring it upright. If the trees aro tall, I stalco 
them. It pays to mulch trees, to wash them 
with soap suds, and to keep cattle out of tho 
orchard.—J. Wiest, Pontiac, Mich. 
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How One Orchard is Treated.—1 know Of an 
orchard, near by me, which has not failed to 
produce an average crop for tho past ton years, 
It has boon treated as follows: —Early each 
spring it has been well covered with long ma¬ 
nure. About (ho middle of Juno it is passed 
over lightly with a gang plow. Hogs are kept 
in until about tho first or September. Then it 
is liberally dragged with a line-toothed harrow. 
Tho pruning is done mainly in summer by rub¬ 
bing oil’ swell shoots as aro not wanted, thereby 
saving I ho labor of tho saw and the hatchet. 
Each year. In June, tho trees are scraped and 
generously washed with weak lye from wood 
ashes. Tho worms aro promptly destroyed on 
their first appearance. Tho above treatment is 
neither expensivo nor laborious, but it will 
pay.— b. 
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White Willow for Banket Making.—A corre¬ 
spondent writes us that tho willow sold by ped¬ 
dlers as tho White Willow is extensively used for 
basket making iuOhio. 
Another correspondent asks if White Willow 
is used Tor ha.skct making, having learned that it 
is. Tho willow most used for basket making, so 
far as our knowledge extends, is Sctlix viminaltH 
—the Basket Osier. Wo never knew that Sali.e 
allta —the White Willow -was overused lor such 
purposo, or that it is at all adapted thereto. Nor 
do we believe it is. We think the men who aro 
making baskets from flic product of cuttings, 
sold them as White Willow, were deceived and 
swindled liy tho peddlers, and that they have not 
got tho White Willow at all—but something of 
really greater practical value, probably. 
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Tree Roots.— Tho Editor of the Gardener's 
Monthly says ho found, nearly t wenty-five years 
ago, that tho root fibers of trees were only an nu¬ 
rd,— like the leaves, they dio every year. They 
havo the same relation to tho main roots as tho 
leaves have to the branches, except that while 
the leaves aro the preparers of food,— the cooks, 
— the fibers am tho providers,— the husbandmen 
for thc cooks. Toko up very carefully a young 
tree, and wo find that the fibers aro nearly all on 
the surface, and that they deoronso in number 
and importance with every inch of depth. In tho 
largest trees scarcely a fiber will bo found ono 
loot from the top. Large roots, tap roots,— 
you may and will find, but no root that is of the 
slightest benefit to tho nutrition of the tree. 
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Treatment of Tree* in Orehani llonsc*_Tho 
Florist and Pomologist says that orchard house 
trees may bo kept free from insects by a very 
simple moans. As soon as the loaves fail, the 
trees are pruned and well washed with cold 
water thrown on them by a powerful engine. 
This washing is repeated two or three times, and 
it tends to remove dust and probably a portion 
of tho insect, ova, etc., which may have been de¬ 
posited. Tho house is thrown quite open, and 
nothing more is done until the buds begin to 
swell in spring, when theengineisagainhrought 
into action on the morning of every favorable 
day; the practice being, of course, discontinued 
as soon as tho blossoms begin to expand. 
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Curcutio Remedy. — A correspondent of tho 
Prairie Farmer says the following has proved 
efficient“As soon as the blossoms have fallen 
off, I take oat straw and place it on coals, in some 
old pan, and give the Dees a thorough smoking 
by holding it under them, while tho dew is yet 
on. Then, in a week or two, I examine tho trees, 
and if I find the gentlemen there, I give them 
another smoking. Two or three smokings have, 
in every case, proved sufficient to insure a good 
crop of fruit, 
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Manure fur an Orchard. —R. G. C., Crawford 
Co., Pa.—Apply good barn-yard manure, well 
composted with plenty of muck; or apply file 
muck alone to your orchard, if you've not got 
tho manure to mix with it. 
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Transplanting Red Cedar.-Sp B NCER A. Heath 
—T ransplant as soon as tho buds begin to swell. 
Keep the roots from the sun and moist, and 
mulch them after planting, and there is no difli- 
culty. 
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Tell what you plant, how you plant, and 
how you care for what you have planted. 
NEW YORK FARMERS' CLUB. 
We continue our notes upon the doings and 
discussions of this distinguished body of agricul¬ 
turists. 
^ Broom Corn Culture. - n. Field, Chautauqua 
Co., N. Y., advises planting broom corn twenty 
inches apart fu the row, and rows throe feet, 
apart, leaving eight stalks to the hill. By such 
means a greater and bettor product is socurrxl. 
Red Top for Huy,—J ohn Wise of Missouri 
asks about tho quality of rod top bay if it is 
good for stock, and If so, when and where it. 
should bo sown, bow much per aero uud when it 
should be cut. Ho was answered that it makes 
u very superior hay, should bo sown on moist 
lauds and cut when in blossom. One bushel to 
the acre was believed to be a proper quantity to 
80 w. 
Yon*t Cakes.—A Pennsylvanian sends the fol¬ 
lowing recipe for making yeast-cakes :— 
To a quart of cold water take a good handful of 
aops; tut them boll j then strain: set over lire and 
11 P ll *te of flour and water, u pint of tiour at 
kuat, and a handful of wilt; cook ihoroughly ; when 
‘' u .° l * do ago, add some htrmo-nmdo yeast, and let 
rumo till ono perfect foam; then thicken well with 
corn meal, and mil (to out Into cake* immediately; 
dry quickly and thoroughly, no the corn uicnl will ho 
K0Pt i;weet; earo must Be taken, i r dried near a stove, 
Tiifii.ir. in not too hot—ono hundrod (lourtiOK i.s itikrli 
enough, ninety degrees will do nicely. 
Knwoil Cora for Forage. A gentleman asked 
if sowed corn is a profitable crop for feeding 
purposes. Mr. Carpenter said, “ No crop more 
so —especially for feeding milch cows. It is 
sowed in drills; sometimes plowed in and some¬ 
times sown broadcast. On good, clean soils, it 
is os well sown broadcast. Sow it every two 
weeks, from the first of June until tho middle 
of J uly. Mr. Fuller says swoot, corn is tho best 
kind to sow. 
Making Rutter from One Low.— Sidney War- 
hen of Ohio writes:— A lady last summer wroto 
to thc Club, complaining that as she had but one 
cow, and was obliged to keep her cream several 
daysin order to obtain a churning, it would sep¬ 
arate, and become walory, and make but littlo 
butter, and t hat of an Inferior quality,' and asked 
a remedy. My good lady’s practice is to add 
common salt to her cream as it accumulates, way 
about a teaspoon rul to a quart of cream, es¬ 
pecially in hot weather. 
Profit* of Fowl*. Tho Professor of Early Rising 
and Chicken Fixln’s submitted a strong argu¬ 
ment in favor of tho superior productiveness of 
J*Id fowls and knocking nil competitors to 
Hinders. 
Norwoy Oats.—A sample of dirty and inferior 
oats wore exhibited as received from an indig¬ 
nant correspondent who paid tho Now York 
agency at I ho rate of $10 per bushel for them. 11 
was moved by Dr. Trtmui.e that, tho sample bo 
Bent to said agents hero and they given an op¬ 
portunity to explain. It was objected, that. It 
would only bo advertising them. Dr. T. staled 
Unit ho had learned that this agency hud bought 
the names of 300,000 farmers and sent their cir¬ 
culars to them. Tho President said that was 
legitimate, provided they did not swindle tho 
farmers. 
Strawberry Roxew- A patent strawberry box 
was shown, when ono shipper of fruit to market 
said that berries shipped in round boxes brought 
a handsome per cent, larger prico than those 
shipped in square boxes. 
Preparing Bog Lond* far Small Fruit*_ John 
Cowan, While Plains, N. V., has bog land which 
tm wants to prepare to cultivate in smalt fruits, 
and asks how it should bo done. Ho is informed 
by a learned member that ho should drain it, 
clean off tho Burface and apply somo alkali 
ashes or limo —to it to sweeten it; hat if tho 
strawberry is to be planted, no alkali is needed. 
Homo ono asked what variety of strawberry 
should bo planted. The famous Professor of tho 
Art Of Grind i tig named a now strawberry which 
ho employed all his I ranscendeut. powers to ad- 
vorttse, with wonderful self-saeri lice staking his 
great reputation upon its merits. Dr. Ttumble 
emphatically protested against tho use of the 
Club's grindstone at such a time and in such a 
way. The blackberry Prolessor disclaimed any 
intention to grind an ax, but said that a variety 
known as “Berdan’s Seedling” succeeded well 
wbon others failed. Wo think tho disinterested 
gentleman said ho had three-fourths of an aero 
of the plants to give away. 
Engll*h Sparrow*,—An Ohio lady asks If tho 
sparrows in New York,whloh, as she understood, 
wore imported to clear the < roosof worms, pt ovo 
efficient? Would they not also bo useful in 
orchards? Do tho farmers find them trouble¬ 
some? DO they destroy wheat? Will they find 
their own building places In the country? Can 
their Increase bo limited by not furnishing 
houses for thorn ? 
Dr. Tiiimulr of Now Jersey,said (lie sparrows 
hero alluded to aro what are called “ English 
sparrows.” They aro not natives of our coun¬ 
try, but. woro imported a few years ago from 
Europe. They boar our climate well, and have 
become very numerous in many parts of this 
city—still more numerous in Jersey City and 
Hoboken. We have several hundreds also in 
Newark. How they came to tho latter place Is 
not known, but somo suppose, by following 
along tho main thoroughfare, attracted by the 
bountiful supply of food from tho droppings of 
tho horses. They aro littlo scavengers—fairly 
rovoling in dirty streets, and often looking as 
much like mico as birds. 
This is undoubtedly the sparrow of the Bible 
—“ thc sparrow on the houso top"—“two for a 
farthing.” Like our native birds of tho same 
family, tho beak is formed, for hulling seeds— 
and seeds are the chief food —as tho canary, 
finches, &c. But, like almost every other bird, 
they will also iced on insects—and especially will 
they food their young on insocts. 
As to the usefulness of this sparrow, there aro 
two opinions. In cities where trees aro too 
young to harbor the insectivorous birds of sum¬ 
mer, and insects become very numerous and de¬ 
structive, us tho measure worm lias here and in 
Philadelphia, this species of sparrow, from its 
domestic habits, can bo used to advantage. 
There is no limit to the number you can havo to 
do t in.; work, provided you food them when they 
cannot fet.d Lhomsolvos. That, is impossible with 
tho summer birds, such as the orioles, vercos, 
warblers and many Others, which you can have 
in the public squares of cities as the trees be¬ 
come large, but which you cannot feed. 
There is a danger that these little sparrows 
tatty become so numerous us to crowd out bet¬ 
ter birds. They have neither beauty nor song. 
I would not exchange tho few pairs of wood- 
robins (tho most melodious of all birds,) wo 
have ovory year in Newark for “many spur- 
rows.” 
.Mmiy people here suppose the absence of tho 
measure worm nuisance is entirely owiug to tho 
sparrows. That is giving them more credit than 
they deserve, r have recently received a letter 
iron. p ,,, , r . Vkjircll of Yalo College, stating 
that tho dreaded canker worm of New England 
haft been cheeked in many places by a minute 
parasite liy destroying the eggs of the moth of 
this worm. A similar nfinute liy had operated 
on the eggs of t he moth of the measure worm 
in many parks of this city, greatly checking their 
numbers. The coming of the sparrows whs very 
opportune- lo keep them in check. When theso 
worms are small they eat great numbers, but 
when nearly l ull grown they are too large for 
flit'in—they then pick them to pieces, and by 
Mint means consume a few. The moth Ihey liko 
better generally clipping off tho wings before 
attempting to swallow. 
The caterpillars covered with hair they will 
not touch—henoo they would not bn of much 
importance in an orchard. I hardly think they 
would live in an orchard even if provided with 
boxes. 
The Baltimore and orchard orioles, the wrens. 
Die blue birds, the Bobolinks, cedar birds, tho 
woodpeckers, the chickadees, tho creepers and 
the wn riders are all more useful in tho orchards. 
As to tho val 1 10 of these no one who knows 
what they feed upon will over call that in ques¬ 
tion. T certainly should take more earo to pre¬ 
vent such birds from being shot by vagabond 
boys, t han buying sparrows at oven “ two for a 
ft tr thing.” 
Mr. Bruen don’t know as they will destroy in¬ 
sects, but be has the testimony of Englishmen 
of reliability that they will destroy Smalt fruits 
and grain crops- that they aro a nuisance to 
farmers and fruit growers there. They wilt 
build their nests in tho eaves of buildings and 
in every nook and cranny large enough to hold 
tliem. Tie does not.know whether they should 
bo encouraged, but lie is encouraging them. 
Poultry Pronto.—A. F. Hitchcock, Erie Co., 
N. V., writes tho Club as follows: 
"'[I tJ 1 ” kept eight hens one. half of 
Mm time, and half tile Mine I laid nine — average, 
l i^hl, and a hall and ono rooster. J had duriiur 
I lin year I,tf77 eggs, which averaged about two 
* ? cents and one mill each, making 
^,.0.81 Dilal receipts for the your. The tuud ensi 
about $10.03, which, deducted from S 
C»vc« $l/i.B 0 , tho profits. Tins year l am S 
mg eleven hens and ono cock. Jn January wo 
gut one hundred eggs; in February, seventy; 
and in March one hundred and I'orly - making 
three hundred and leu for three months, which 
luivo averaged twenty-seven and a half cents a 
dozen. Mirny ol my neighbors' liens have lust 
begun to lay During the summer and bill I 
Kepi, my hens In an eneiosuroof about one-eighth 
id an acre, to keep them out of my own and my 
neighbors gardens. I have generally fed corn 
meal, ground coarse and made Into a dough, 
wliliout water In cjooI wcathni^and acmmniUk in 
lie summer. I give them mashed boiled potu- 
toe.;i, pounded hones, and occasionally incut in 
the wilder, and Wood ashes to wallow in Mv 
I owls lire Bramah, mixed with other breeds - tho 
Ia ns dressing from three to four and a half 
pounds, ami the cocks from six to eight pounds.” 
Climate for Oy*pnptlca—C harles Clifit, No- 
b I os villa, Ind., asks if East Tennessee is a bettor 
climate for dyspeptics than Minnesota. No re¬ 
ply- 
Cure for Hag Cholera.—L. McDonough, Col¬ 
chester, III., lost in 1881 and Ihbjj one hundred 
hogs from hog cholera. Tho past season his herd 
was again attacked, and tic gavo one pint spirits 
of turpentine In ono week to fifteen head with 
their feed. IIo saved them. Thinks half tho 
amount would have been ns well. 
Product!vencH* uf Nebrri.ka Wait*. —WlU.IAM 
Dunn, Ottoo Co., Neb., writes that. a. steam plow 
wits introduced in Lancaster County last, season, 
which has given good satisfaction. Says the 
wheat crop of that state will average about 
twenty-four bushels per acre; corn on tho up¬ 
land), fifty; and on tho bottoms, eighty to ono 
hundred bushels per aero; potatoes, ono hundred 
And fifty to four hundred bushels; onions, three 
hundred to four hundred bushels. 
Machine for Sowing IM/intor. A Madison Co., 
O., correspondent wants to know where ho can 
get a machine for Howing plaster. He is told by 
Mr. Carpenter that there is no machine that 
can lie substituted profitably for hand sowing. 
Tho amount of plaster used per aero is so Small 
that Mr. C. doubts if any machine for sowing it 
would be a profitable investment. 
One TIiouMand Ilea* to thc Acre.— John A. 
Hickey, Const.am.lao, O., asks if ono thousand 
liens, if well fed on meat and corn, can be kept 
on ono acre of ground. All testimony was 
aguinstit. Mr. Lyman detailed the mode adopted 
by Mr. I, ELAM), who succeeds in growing chick¬ 
ens in large numbers. When Lyman visited 
I.ELAND’S place, the latter laid 3,(XX) young 
chickens doing well. He winters three hundred 
lo Jour hundred liens. One aero of ground is 
required l'or two hundred hens. Mr. Leland 
has seventeen acres. Jle gives the chickens 
their natural freedom, winter and summer, 
plenty of ashes, lime and meat, and has stoves 
in his houses for winter. Tho hens lay all win¬ 
ter. Says he can raise 1,000 pounds of poultry 
meat easier lban 1,000 pounds of beer. Tho Pro¬ 
fessor of Early Rising and Chicken Kixin’s 
delivered his usual speech upon l his Interesting 
topic. Dr. Smith stated lie hud soen chickens 
in large numbers on tho banks of tho Nile, and 
was astonished to learn that they could not bo 
grown in Cuba. 
Pickling Cucumber*.—(?. H. Barber, West- 
field, X. Y., usks how to prepare cucumbers for 
pickling. The witty and graceful President 
suggested that he ask hia next door neighbor’s 
wife, who would doubtless tell him. Prof. 
Lyman said cucumbers for pickles should bo 
picked when small, and of uniform size, packed 
in salt, with but Little if any water added, and 
kept, in tho resulting brine unUl it was desirable 
to pickle them, when take out, freshen them in 
successive waters, and put In vinegar. Somo 
add afam to give the pickles a bright color; if 
too much alum is used it injures their flavor. 
A QuenMon of Privilege. — Tho learned Pro¬ 
fessor of Chemistry rose to a question of privi¬ 
lege, and read ftu elaborate paper to prove the. 
great altitude of tho pedestal upon which he 
stands as a scientist. He was greatly applauded. 
Vx Grinding. A man with a washing machine, 
who was good-looking and modest, took a turn 
at the grindstone; another with a scrubbing 
brush; another with a patent evener or double 
whilflotree, and atili another with a patent 
churn-dash, did the Club tho honor of grinding 
their axes on Us great grindstone. 
