planted, | 
ensod nntmn!* I*olntft<1. It can bo cored when at¬ 
tended to properly, ltoniedyMake six or eight 
Incisions from one to two inches Ioiik, according to 
the size of the hoe, lengthwise of the neck, through 
the skin, in the cellular Harare where the swelling Is 
greatest. Then place In thesu Incisions aa much cor¬ 
rosive sublimate as yon mu hold on Hie point of a 
non-knife, spreading It on both shies of the cuts. 
This outside application copntaraci* the Inside In- 
flatimmtlon, An Improvement Is pcrcutiiiiblc m afew 
minutes. The animal should ho supplied with plenty 
of frwsli water to drink. Hogs are. seldom at lacked 
the second time or have a relapse, *et, « hen it. does 
occur, thn sumo process should bo repeated." 
Cure for Kidney Worms. -Mr. G wr/ionv know 
a herd of lings Attacked with kidney worms. 
They got to anil ate castor beans and recovered. 
And ho stated it wits a notorious fact that no liog 
In a healthy condition will touch a castor heart. 
A Woman's Letter.— The following spicy letter 
front Lizzie ,f, N. Treat, Hannibal, Mo.,was rend 
with appropriate and witty interpolations by tho 
graceful, gracious and benevolent-faced Presi¬ 
dent : 
Please make known to the gentleman who Inquires 
how maple -niKHr is best kept Unit Its Mover Is best 
preserved hy canning while hot. same an other fruit. 
Till* must be clearly evident. If the air he perfectly 
excluded It cannot undergo any change. 1 don’t 
think much of the plan of keeping It by exposure to 
heated air, as advised by another correspondent of 
thn <.l|ib. Once when visiting some yuiiker friends 1 
saw maple molasses which had hren hermetically 
sealed, and found to have retained Its lluvnr unim¬ 
paired through the summer months. Hope Mr. 
Somebody will try this plan, anil although I hiivo for¬ 
gotten his name and address lie need not. Torget mine 
nr his prondae, 1 learn so many useful fuels hearing 
on domestic economy from the Karmers' I'luh, that 1 
feel It to he u duty, as It- Is a pleasure, to impart any 
useful tdt. of information that I have tested, W 11 
not somo Indy tell mo how to can corn '! I can can It, 
but It won’t stay canned! I prepared and sealed It 
Seven different, ways, last, summer, and thought each 
successive one was according to “ philosophical prin¬ 
ciples," and sureto succeed, hut" king corn ret used 
to consider himself a prisoner, burst his bonds with a 
terrllle bang and senttered confusion and corn all 
amnnd. Will some one advlso me what to op t ■ 
hate to be defeated by a vegetable Your letters 
from pioneer women lire full of interest to me as the 
records of self.helpful and self siierltielng lives. 1 
honor them so highly, the worthy mothers ot a 
notilffr coming generation, Much heroic and intelli¬ 
gent women shnuldn't envy the President, and pro¬ 
bably don't. Let the /(evolution revolve ADd Its 
editresses continue tn srehl ; hut one snoli letter 
does more to elevate and Its women's position and 
Influence In society than a Trriln-full of empty 
speeches, petitions, resolutions. An-. The record or 
woman's farming operations further.. me 
that, however persistently our sex is elbowed f rom 
the counter, stared nut of the pfllplt or rostrum, and 
lUmiuntrd away from tho hivltnfc-box, there Is always 
ear Held open tn her enterprise, “Where where t 
I bear a million voices asking. Tho cornfield, my 
alskdrs! Kveo so, Niu.aii. 
Mrs. Hallook sahl Instead of eniinlng corn, it 
Is hotter to parboil if, five or six minutes and dry 
it in tho sun, or, In lltni of that, a moderately 
heated oven. After drying It, before wo oat It, 
wo soak it for an hour or two In cold water and 
boil It In tho water in which it. Is soaked. It 
should always be cut from the cob to dry. 
israsstons 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB, 
HINTS FOR VINEYARDISTS 
We continue our notes upon the doings and 
discussions of this body of scientific agricul¬ 
turists. 
Castor Oil Mean.— J. W. Kihk. Brooklyn, 
N. Y., asks, In behalf of a correspondent in 
Texas, about the culture of tho Castor Oil bean. 
Mr. GimiuOHY responded that tboJand should be 
prepared as for eorn, checked out, if rich bottom 
land, four foot by six, if upland six feet by 
six, and two beans planted in a hill. In about 
four weeks the plants will l>e one foot high. He 
should thin olit, leaving only one plant In a hill, 
and pinch that baok two or three times during 
tho season. He has seen plants in Texas thirty 
feet high. Ordinarily they grow fifteen to eight¬ 
een feet high. In culture they should ho pinch¬ 
ed back so ns not to grow more than seven 
or eight feet high. Pinching back Increases 
the product. They will yield t wo and one quar¬ 
ter pounds per plant. If 1,800 plants are grown 
to the aero the yield ought to bo 2,700 Lbs. 
The plant, Is perennial, and ho has known otic 
plant to bear good crops eight years 
In succession. Tho size of the loaf 
is about that of a largo parasol. 
,, When Hie And, spiko begins to turn 
brown it should be cut. and carried 
V; to shelter. They should not he al- 
^ C '.lowed to got wot; wetting affects 
\ tho quality. Exposed to the sun the 
.^V pods burst open, and no .shelling or 
V thrashing is required. The seed has 
sold tho past, season at about live 
cents per pound on the const. It is 
■egarded as a fertilizing crop, be¬ 
cause of the mass of foliage It sheds 
mpon tho ground annually. The 
pomace of the bean Is regarded a 
valuable fertilizer — by some quite 
equal to guano- The plant. Is offen¬ 
sive to Insects, find is often planted 
with the cotton crop to aid In keep¬ 
ing them off the latter. It grows ns 
far North as Philadelphia anil .South¬ 
ern Illinois, but Mr. (I. doubts if It 
will be pro (liable to eultlvato it 
north of thirty degrees. Mr. Car- 
penteu says the pomace Is not equal 
to guano in valuo as a fertilizer — 
thn ,' its value is about $25 per ton, 
when Peruvian guano is worth $00. 
Another gentleman says It will not 
Hi si vc and pay a profit on poor soil — 
it requires the richest soil that can be found. 
Ramie or New Textile Plant,—Mr. OitEflonT 
exhibited samples of the fiber of this new plant, 
whioh he had Just brought North from tho Lou¬ 
isiana State Fair. He says the plant somewhat 
W'HOtnblcs flax, but, grows more like a willow 
shoot or enne, shooting up after cutting much 
like tho willow. If is more grown for propaga¬ 
tion In the South Just now than for the? fiber. It 
is easily propagated by a division of its roots, by 
layers and by cuttings. The plant resembles, in 
habit, the Hydrangea. The lllier is obtained 
from the wood, not, tho bark. To obtain It, as 
soon as the green canes begin to turn h Httle 
whitish they urc out Just below the surface, like 
asparagus. It shoots up again very quickly. It. 
ordinarily grows, if allowed to, ten feet high. 
The fiber la obtained by mush the same process 
as that used in homp and flax manufacture. Tho 
waste is said to bo about ono-fourth or ono- 
thlrdof its weight. 11 is bleached white by the 
use of an alkaline solution. It is a good thing, 
silk manufacturers say, to mix with silk, and 
they want it for tho adulteration of silk fabrics. 
Governor Donga n Apple. — Pierre C. VAN 
WYCK, King King, N. Y., sent grafts of this fruit 
which worn distributed, and of which he says: 
" This apple. 1 don’t hesitate to declare, Is the finest 
sweet apple l nave ever mot, certainly touch superior 
in delicacy and other qnalttlDS to Ihu ‘ 1.allies' Aweet- 
in«.' or other sweet applosdcavrllicU In Mr. Downing’s 
work on trees. 'The apple In a little Inferior In size to 
the largest Newtown Pippin. It keeps about as Well, 
perhaps belter. Have had them at graft,ink time - Is 
a very great bearer. The original tree was brought 
to this country ay Governor liongan and planrttd at 
Canton, In the .\funnr of Van Courtlundt. The tree 
I'roiu which the gt.sfts wore cut. stand* on the place 
of Philip ti. Van Wyck. K»q„ at Sing thng, and Is a 
grafting from a graft from Mia original tree. 
Look to the trellises or stakes, and see 
that they are permanent and able to sustain 
the crop of fruit, during the whole season. 
Secure the fruit canes strongly and thor¬ 
oughly to the supports by strong twine, or 
something hotter. Remember while tying 
them that the strings will probably be re¬ 
quired to support several pounds of fruit. 
Where stakes are used for supports, an ex¬ 
cellent method is to use strips of light leather, 
passed around the cane, and then nailed with 
a small nail or large tack. This method for 
perpendicular supports is better than tying 
with twine, as the weight of fruit is apt, to 
slide the cane down the stake. Tie sure and 
tie up all the canes before the buds start, 
otherwise a great many will be broken out 
by handling them. 
If pruning has been neglected until this 
time, do not, by any means, make it an 
excuse for letting them go another year, but 
prune them now; or I would rather recom¬ 
mend to prune neglected vines just before 
the buds start. 
Reasoning from analogy, (but not from 
experience, as I prune all my vines in No¬ 
vember.) we find the sugar maple bleeds more 
effectually when wc have freezing nights and 
warm days; and after the warm nights come 
and the buds start, there is no more bleeding. 
May we not suppose that tho analogy may 
hold good with the grape vine, and the ten¬ 
dency of the vine to bleed from pruning be 
lessened by a judicious selection of the time? 
Cultivate the surface of the ground thor¬ 
oughly, but not too deep, nor too early, as J'. 
is not well to stimulate the too early push¬ 
ings of the buds, for late frosts may cut 
them off. 
When the buds have pushed so that they 
are from three to six inches long then pas.s 
through the vineyard, and rub off all suckers, 
leaving only the well developed fruit buds. 
In this latitude this should be done about 
the middle of June, for the first time, and 
should be repeated every ten days or two 
weeks, as circumstances require, until about 
the first, of August. 
When t he new fruit canes are about twelve 
to eighteen inches long, tie them to the trel¬ 
lis, and continue to tie them as they grow 
and it is found necessary. If you follow my 
advice let them grow, (if they are properly 
limited in number to the strength of the 
vine,) without pinching a leaf or lateral, 
reserving all your pinching for those suckers 
and weak fruit canes which should not be 
permitted to grow at all. 
Keep the ground well cultivated on the 
surface till say about the first of August. 
Then the policy should be, no more stim¬ 
ulus, but seek to mature the canes and fruit. 
Ridgeway, April, 1609. o. L. p. 
Figure 5. 
shown in Figure 5, where the vine at its an¬ 
nual pruning was cut to three strong eyes, 
each of which is permitted to grow, and all 
the laterals lor four, five or six eyes on these 
canes arc rubbed entirely out, while the lat¬ 
erals above are allowed to grow, and the 
leading stems are on no account stopped back 
during the season. 
POMOLOGICAL MEMORANDA 
Plum Lint*.— Dr. lluu, Alton, III., an experi¬ 
enced fruit culturlst, says: —“For a single 
variety, for family and for market, wo place tho 
Jefferson at the head of the lint. For thiru best 
for family, to ripen in succession, add Washing¬ 
ton and Coe's Golden Drop; for our best, add 
Smith's Orleans; five best, add Impel a! ,; ago. 
Columbia is a desirable sort to plant ir _,q i j, 
pear and peach orchards, on which to catch 
curculioB. Tho curculloa would bo attracted to 
these trecfl, when In fruit, when they might bo 
caught. Tho Columbia pi mu generally dis¬ 
charge* on much juice into the passage made hy 
lurvBB of the plum cureullo as to drown thorn. 
On this account It Is that wo recommend it ns a 
protection to our orchards,” 
I)r. WAanr.R, of Cincinnati, O., recommends 
tho following varieties:—Early Orleans, Lom¬ 
bard, Green Gage, Prince Imperial, Koine Claude 
do Itnvay, Yellow Gage, Washington, Coe’s Gold¬ 
en Drop, Smith’s Orleans, Damson. 
GRAPE GROWING, 
Anger* ftnincr.—J. H. Creiohton, Iron ton, 
0., says in the Gardeners' Monthly:—“Twelve 
yours ago I tried, in vain, to find out the fruiting 
quality of the Angers, but nobody in this coun¬ 
try could toll. I then wrote to M. Le Roy ol' 
Angers, Franco, who sent me a drawing a copy 
of which is enclosed -and tho following as to 
the fruit,: 
“ * Wo consider this kind as tho best one, as to 
the productive quality and size of fruit.. This 
is cultivated on a large scale til our country ns 
being the most advantageous for the market 
fruit.’ 
“ f will flirt her state that wo have a good many 
bearing trees that were grafted with pear, but 
failed. These are now about fifteen .vein's old. 
They weiti from Ellwanoeh a Barky. They 
beams well as Orange, but vary much in sizo 
and quality and curliness. Somo of thorn are 
much superior In quality to Orange, and nbout 
equal in size. Wo see no difference in the hardi¬ 
ness of tree." 
BY F. K. ELLIOTT. 
Titf, season of grape planting, training, 
etc., is now near at hand, and as the subject 
is one of great interest, perhaps a line 
thereon from each of your practical readers 
may assist tho beginner, and possibly con¬ 
vey some new ideas to old hands at the 
business. 1 do not, feel competent to act as 
teacher ; for, after twenty-five, years and 
more of practice, 1 find myself yet learning. 
Nevertheless, if 1 want others to write, I 
must show myself willing. 
Presuming that the soil is already pre¬ 
pared, 1 will commence with marking out 
the rows. 
The plan of marking out the ground for 
planting the vines now considered most 
economical was first published in the. Ameri¬ 
can Philosophical Transactions, and is sub¬ 
stantially as follows-.—Procure a line long 
enough to reach across tho entire plot. 
Stretch it on the lino intended for the first 
row; then mark off your distances on the 
line, and tie tags of leather or doth at each 
distance or place designated for a plant; next 
take small stakes and slick one down just 
under where every tag is lied to the lino; 
move the line to the next row, and stake as 
before, and so on throughout the plot. 
Figure 3. 
Where good, strong roots cannot be had, 
if tho ground for planting has been pre¬ 
viously well worked, so as to he in a pliable 
condition, it is better to use cuttings of three 
eyes than inferior, puny-rooted plants, or 
those grown in forcing houses and from 
unripe wood. 
Pruning Before Planting. 
m Cut the ends of all the large 
Jm roots smooth, with a cut slop- 
SjJ ing from the under side of 
y J the root. If the roots are very 
long, shorten them back to 
about eighteen inches; cut 
away all the small fibers, for 
they almost uniformly get 
Jjfl dried or chilled in handling 
Bjjr when planting, and so die; 
but if cut away close to the 
main roots, new libers form 
from the wound with great 
Fig. 4. rapidity. Figure 1 shows a 
plant grown from a three-eyed cutting last 
year, pruned and set in the ground. 
Pin tiling. 
The ground being prepared and roots 
ready, take one at a time, either from a wet 
cloth in which they may be wrapped, or 
from the earth in which the roots arc heeled, 
in order that they may not dry, and proceed 
to plant, taking care to spread the roots 
well, aa scon in Figure 1, and put rich, 
loamy soil on and among them, using the 
hand, and not the foot, for placing it. Be 
careful to leave the surface light and loose, 
so that it will not pack, bake and crack. 
Plant just so deep as to leave but one or 
two eyes above the surface. 
First Season. 
During this summer no pruning is required, 
except to rub off all buds that may start be¬ 
low the two eyes left at planting. The fall 
of the first, season will show the vine as in 
Figure 2. 
It should now have the upper cane cut en¬ 
tirely away and the lower cane cut back to 
two eyes, when it will again present much 
„____ This 
apple Is as #rl*p a* tlui Newtown Pippin, nr tlm Little 
i.Kims'apple I •omm/uid the varluty as worthy of 
culture hy all lovers of Iflra apple*.“ 
New Potato Seedling. — “Thn Frida of Duch¬ 
ess County’’ Is the ostentatious nanus given tou 
seedling potato, specimen* Of which were sent to 
the Club for distribution arid trial by Kurus 
Potter, Oswego Village, Duchess county, N. Y. 
Tills potato is n large, long, white, smooth tuber 
for winter eating, said to bo of good quality, 
uniform In size, grows close to tho stalk, has 
never boon known to have been diseased. Such 
Is the statement. 
Grinding Axe*. A butter powder man sought 
to wind Ids a.x, but he bad not made proper pre¬ 
liminary arrangements with Iho Professor of tho 
Art of Grinding, who iueonliuently squelched 
A Washing Machlno report was road, 
Grldlcy Cherry. Mr. E. S. Hull, Alton, Ill., 
writes tho Journal of Agriculture that of tho 
Heart and Btgarreau cherries he has found 
none more worthy of especial mention thin tho 
Oridley. He says;—“The tree Is tirapid, upright 
grower. It maintains a main or vertical stein, 
from which lln; branches incline upward at an 
angle of about three degrees. Thus unaided it 
forma a broad, open head. In this respect it is not 
excelled by any other variety. Trees, when an¬ 
nually or once in two years subjected to our sys¬ 
tem of disbudding, produce fruit which (for 
size) is equaled only by one or two other sorts. 
Fruit, obtuse, heart, shaped; skin deep black; 
flesh firm, and when fully ripe very sweet, losing 
tho piquant bitter which characterizes f ills cher¬ 
ry when tlrst colored. Ripens5th to 15th of June, 
or about eight days after Black Tartarian.” 
the chap, 
which will bo Inserted in tho Rural at $3 per 
lino. A verbal report, was made on W hiffletrecs, 
which will bo published in this paper at our regu¬ 
lar advertising rates. Another sliarp-nosed gen¬ 
tleman had a new roofing material. Henderson & 
Jones, Geneva, N. Y., advertised So pay $1.35 to 
$1.50 per day and board for day laborers. A good 
deal of valuable time was expended In this de¬ 
light ful business of ax-grlndlng. 
Another SUe of the Picture—S. P. Williams, 
Mechaniesburg, Ill., presented his experience 
in contrast to Uiatqr tho young Kansas farmer 
of wham V ixcbnt Collyer wrote. 
Figure 5. 
Figure fi shows yet, another practice which, 
with strong vines, 1 have fourm successful for 
second summer’s growth. The cane in au¬ 
tumn was cut to two buds instead of one, 
as shown in Figure 8, and both allowed to 
grow with nil the laterals and foliage un¬ 
touched. It is certainly a'practicc of no care, 
and, of course, no expenditure of labor, but 
I question its adaptation to the mass of vinca 
in any ordinary vineyard. The second sum¬ 
mer’s growing, as shown in Figures 3 and 0, 
are those best suited to most vines, while 
Figure 5 is one T should hesitate to adopt in 
any case.—[Tohe continued. 
ilia was a 
single yenr'a experifenoo on a farm without stock 
to eat grain, and with grain ata low price tn 
tho market, and his income for tho year was 
$12.75 greater than his expenses. His advice Is, 
“ Place no dependence upon what you hoar 
about big doings, for io nine cases out of ten 
you will be disappointed nil of which is good 
advice, uplcss you comprehend kou>“ big doings" 
aro accomplished in detail. 
Uulnsy In Hogs. — Lours Brandt writes tho 
Club concerning this disease: 
“ In the bngtnnlngof »h la (llsrnsn the animal leaves 
off eating and droops his cars, the eyes become in¬ 
flamed. In' vrosHs and lies flat on the ground or 
creeps Into lln* straw. When Hie disease increases, 
yon perceive red brown spots on tile holly and neck : 
the latter swell up very thick, m, that the cellular 
tissue between the skin and muscle* blows tin from 
one to two inches. The fever-heftt Increase*, tie- 
swelling grows darker, and If there Is not Immediate 
help, the animal die* In one to lour days, according 
to the degree of the sickness. A* there has not as 
yet a remedy been published, arid professional aid 
generally Comes too late. It would he a great ben¬ 
efit to the agriculturists to have a remedy at hand. 
It is contagious, often proving fatal to entire herds. 
Medical aid should be given In good time and dla- 
Pcnch List Recommended,—Tho Editor Of tho 
St. Louis Journal of Agriculture recommends 
tho following list of peaches in answer to an 
inquiry fromn subscriber White Flunked, Early 
Tlllotson, Large Early York, Old Mixon, Presi¬ 
dent., Red Rareripe, Stump the World, Ward’s 
Lme ; Yellow VlueJud ,Yellow Rnreripo, Columbia, 
Smock, or thcclingstomw we should plant very 
few, perhaps only tho Heath. Old Mixon cling, 
Grand Admirable, Washington and Lemon cling, 
an; good of the class. 
Mexican Ever-bearing Strawberry.” Mr. ,T. 
O. BlOSS writes us that he ha* seen the plants of 
this much advertised strawberry growing, and 
the plants are unlike tho vines of any Alpino 
berry he over saw. He has procured a plant, or 
The Adlroiulae Grape. The editor of the Ger¬ 
mantown Telegraph says:—"The Adirnndac, 
which came with a flourish upon about the 
same time ns the Iona, seems not to have main¬ 
tained the character claimed for ft. We planted 
one side Lv side with the Iona fivo years this 
spring, and all we Imvoto say about it is that 
the vine is there, what there is of it. It grows 
about six indies at a time, and then stops and 
blows until next year.” 
Figure 1. 
For varieties of moderately strong growth, 
as the Catawba, Isabella, &c., eight by eight 
feet may be regarded as the best distance 
apart; for extra vigorous growers, as the 
