mjm 
few trees which Mr. Carle had outside of 
his regular orchard in turf ground, or where 
the surface could not well be stirred, were 
supplied with n. heap of ashes or sand from 
which to load the cups. 
Mr. Cable told me he sold his fruit at 
from eight, to ten dollars a bushel and found 
this method of securing the crop more 
economical than any other. 
In connection with all this perhaps it may 
be of interest to some, when I state that in 
early August each year the plow was again 
run lightly through the orchard and the 
common white flat turnip was sown. In 
November the largest and best of the crop 
were harvested, the tops cut. off and left on 
the ground, and then the whole was turned 
under lightly by the plow. The roots of the 
trees were never broken. Frank Amok. 
the same on with an old broom from the limbs 
down to the ground. Nothing will eat or rub 
near their own manure. I saved a number of 
young trees after resorting to it. The eat Me 
would rub them hither and thither until I 
adopted this plan. 
large root and strong grower—not penetrating 
the ground so deeply as (he Long Red, or Orange, 
though we think the latter are somewhat more 
nutritious for feeding purposes. Two pounds 
of clean seed per acre is usually sufficient when 
drilled. On newly cleared land the White Hol¬ 
guin carrot, which docs not require so much 
root-hold of the soil as other kinds, can he sow* 
broadcast on the surface, and covered in with a 
light harrow' or hand rake, and will then pro- 
dji'V fair crops, though the roots will not per¬ 
haps be so fine as on well cultivated soils. Four 
to live poundsof seed per acre wouldhe required 
when sown in this way, as much of it will not 
got covered enough to germinate. 
( °b Mo, shy, who is constantly feeding the 
resentments of the people at. the results of the 
war, and fanning the flame of (heir passions. 
Me says a Northern man is only endnrod Micro 
from force of circumstances -and when circum¬ 
stances change, if a Northern man's life is not. 
absolutely unsafe there it will be made Intolera¬ 
ble. He says a different spirit prevails in Fairfax 
and Loudon counties especially the latter, and 
Northern men arc warmly welcomed. 
Itiii;* on Vines. A correspondent asked how 
lie should keep Striped bugs hit cucumber and 
squash vines. The President keeps them by 
cooping a hen with young chickens in the 
garden and allowing the latter to run among the 
vines. He encourages toads also. And he has 
purchased cheese boxes (at three centsoach) and 
set them (with tops off and bottom out) over t he 
vines. l)r. Trimble says the box method is 
effectual. Another gentleman has found that 
bone dust scattered upon the plants Is a pre¬ 
ventive. 
To Pure n Kicking I 
Honey Locust.—A correspondent in Wisconsin 
asks if we know anything of the adaptability of 
this shrub for hedges. We do. It makes a 
superior hedge if taken care of. The plants 
should ho set ono foot apart in the row, and one- 
third to one-half of each season’s vert leal growth 
cut off leaving the lateral growth untouched. 
In four years it will turn almost any kind of 
stock, so treated, and may then be shaped to suit 
the fancy of the owner. 
Itrrmtlhtrr 
Alice-Gnawed Trees.—Oit page 2153 current vol. 
Rural we gave an illustration showing howto 
recover mice-gnawed trees. DAVID Landon 
says the work should be dune in the new of the 
nnxm in May, for then the bark will pull. Ho 
adds;—“The N. Y. Tribune Club will say of 
this,—‘ Exploded moon theory!’ But I would 
like to see a boy make bark whistles in the 
spring for the first time only at the new of the 
moon." 
ANNUAL FLOWERS 
'ow—R obert Kennicott, 
«>! Rhode Island, putaa sum)] chain about a cow’s 
body Just back of the fore legs, thrusts a stick 
through and gives it a twist, every time the cow 
kicks or attempts to kick. He says this soon 
breaks the animal of any desire to kick. 
Apple Borers mat Tutwy. t,. \y. Hurt, Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, asks if tansy planted at the roots 
el apple trees will prevent the ravages of the 
borer. Dr. TRimble said it was Just as good a 
preventive as u> drive a nail in the tree. Mr. 
Burt had seen trees with tansy beds about them 
exempt from the borer, while other ireosin the 
same orchard were injured by Hint, insect. 
Grinding liny. .Ioskuii S. Kirk, Pittsburgh, 
T’a., tlnnks hay should lie ground as oats and 
corn are ground. Sends a sample of ground 
nay. He .suys it can bo thua prepared by ma- 
ehinory at a cost of *1 per ton. A bushel of 
ground hay will weigh thirty-two to thirty-four 
pounds. 
Ilay and Oats.—Mr. Kirk asks as to the com¬ 
parative value of good hay and oats of the same 
weight. A member of the Club replied that, 
three pounds of good hay is equal to one pound 
of outs. 
A t orn Worm.— Lbvx ft. Albertson of New 
Jersey described the work of a grub on corn 
after it, was planted, and asked for information. 
Air. Fuller called attention to a description and 
engravings of this now worm in Rural New- 
Yorker of January 2, 186',i, page 10. 
How to keep .Milk for Butter.—L. Buecken- 
iiilx]is asks the best way to keep milk sons to 
gel. the most and best butter from it, Di-.Trim- 
iilk said that in the famous butter regions of 
Chester <'o., Pa., milk is kept, in spring houses 
and in vaults. As good butter is made from 
milk kept in the vaults as from that kept in (.lie 
spring houses. The vaults are so const meted as 
to keep tla* milk at a temperature of fifty-five 
degrees and secure ventilation. The spring 
houses, some of which are very fine indeed, nre¬ 
constructed mi the surface of the ground, and 
have nth an luge over the vaults of convenience in 
tlie hand ling of the milk. Hut, where springs are 
nut at. hand, vaults may he constructed and but¬ 
ter made profitably. Ono man whom we visited, 
wilti tweuty acres of land, u family of six and 
four cows, sold- besides tbo milk, cream and 
butter used In his family live hundred dollars’ 
worth of butter and calves from these lour cows, 
lie kept. Ills milk Inn, vault. But the secret of 
his success was largely due to his manner or 
reeding. Ills cows were turned inlo a lino clover 
Meld in the morning, where thoy tilled them¬ 
selves; t hence, they were turned into a pasture 
with an entirely different kind of grass, whore 
they fed with renewed appetites; and thence 
into another pasture with n different, feed tho 
aim being to Induce the animals to eat, all they 
would, since the dairyman had found that the 
more the cow will cat the more milk she fur¬ 
nishes. In the fall, as the food in t he pastures he- 
gins to diminish, a little -at first— Indian meal 
Is led daily, gradually Increasing the quantity to 
suit circumstances. 
To Keep Maple Sugar. O. K. Eduarton, 
Wheatland, Mieh., says in order to keep maple 
sugar well, cars should bo taken riot to overdo 
it in sugaring off not to boil it down too much. 
Had better let it drain more, ft should be 
drained, spread out until it, dries, and then pack 
iiwuy from smoke and bud air, and Micro will bo 
no difficulty in keeping it. 
Potato seed to Plant.- J. w. James bought a 
peck of imported potatoes twenty yoars ago. 
They were small. He lias persistently planted 
the largest and finest specimens until the tubers 
produced now are uniformly two or three times 
the size of the original seed. Ifo advises, there¬ 
fore, planting the finest and best tubers always 
unless it is desirable that varieties should depre¬ 
ciate In size. 
Ked Spider Remedy —Miss E. A. Drake, 
Hamilton Corners, 0„ exterminates the red 
spider as follows: 
" After ten yeanj’ experience we find our simple 
locUmrl a very wood one. VVe take lukewarm water 
and make a indit suits with Castile snap, and with il 
THREE THORNED ACACIA HEDGE 
Osage Orange Hedge.— A Missouri correspond¬ 
ent, complains that Osage hedges become thin at 
the bottom and will not. stop swine. They 
should be “idaahed”—that Is, plant each half 
out off and laid over horizontally. We do not 
know of any hedge plant that amounts to any¬ 
thing as a fence that does not require care and 
attention in order that, it make n good hedge. 
flower, because they were not properly 
watched anti cared for. 
Those plants which will hear transplant¬ 
ing 1 prefer to sow in boxes in the house. 
Asters are much finer when started in this 
way, and if W. I I. II. Pearson will try it 
he will find that he can have those lovely 
flowers for weeks before hard frost; the 
Peony Flowered Globe is (he earliest aster, 
and is a most elegant flower. 
When yojt sow seeds in boxes see that the 
soil is properly moistened, press it snugly 
over the seeds and cover with a thick flannel 
cloth or newspaper to keep the surface from 
becoming dry ; set in a warm place and you 
will be surprised to see how quickly they 
will come up; watch them or they will grow 
into the cloth and break off when you re¬ 
move it ; when your plants are up, the nicest 
thing l,o water the. delicate shoots with is an 
old hairbrush ; clip it in water,shako it over 
them and it descends in so line a. shower 
that the soil Is never packed nor the young 
plant injured by it; try it and see if it be 
not so. 
I have In this way 
Killing Locust Trees.— a. Morris, La Grange, 
Wis., says that a. neighbor of his had a thicket of 
locust, trees, which he cut down during thoold 
moon in August, 1867, and h« has not been 
troubled by their sprouting since. He plowed 
the land the next spring, and the roots had all 
decayed. 
)c ffKtrirnwr 
The Cineraria. English reports say that the 
Ci norarla, as aflorist's flower is retrograding. No 
now ones have been raised superior lo the old 
ones. They are seldom now named and sold us 
distinct kinds. In this country named kinds 
have never been very popular, owing to the 
difficulty of keeping them over our hot sum¬ 
mers. Still they arc indispensable ornaments to 
our spring windows and green-houses. They are 
mostly raised from seed sown in August and 
September.— Garde tiers ’ Monthly. 
CARROT CULTURE, 
tsntssimts 
raised Aster, Snap¬ 
dragon, Ilelichrysum, Stock and many other 
kinds of flowers, and had them much earlier 
than Iiy sowing thorn in. the ground; hut the. 
Stock must lie transplanted when quite 
small, to do well, two-tlilrda of the plants 
from good imported seed will produce 
double flowers; and hi a very rich, deep soil 
will make magnificent plants, full of fra¬ 
grance and beauty. 
If you choose to sow your seeds ia the bed 
where they are to blossom, see that your 
ground is rich, and, above all, very fine. 
Sowing delicate flower seeds amongst hard 
lumps is labor lost; do not cover them too 
deeply, but press the earth snugly upon 
them; then, to make sure, cover them with 
bits of board, which will serve the double 
purpose of keeping the ground moist and 
also keeping the hens from wallowing them 
up. Of course, the hoards must be removed 
as soon as the seeds begin to come up—and 
then kill your hens and eat them, or shut 
thorn up. The idea of having them in your 
garden all summer, scratching up your flow¬ 
ers, eating up your cucumbers and tomatoes, 
is not to be endured. 
Bvit. it is time to get supper. If this “ hit 
or miss” response to your call upon the 
ladies who love flowers suits, I may write 
again. e. b. t. 
Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB 
ORCHARD MANAGEMENT. 
A MicniGAN correspondent of the Country 
Gentleman, talking of the treatment of an 
orchard of young trees says;—“Cultivate 
the ground constantly with root crops until 
they shall have attained a considerable size, 
during which the fertility of the soil should 
not only be kept up but increased, by a 
liberal application of manure. Where this 
cannot be done, the next best method will be 
to seed down the ground exclusively with 
clover. This will not make a stiff, compact 
sward, like line grasses, so detrimental to 
the growth of young trees, bur. will keep the 
land open and porous, as well as serve to 
enrich it. 
“ When the clover shows indications of 
‘running out,’ put in the plow and turn 
under the sward. The ground, for one sea¬ 
son at least, should then be cultivated with 
some kind of root crop, to be followed again 
by clovc-r. But if this is not practicable, 
then after being thoroughly ploughed and 
worked over, clover should again be sown 
upon it — clover following clover. 
“ In the mean time the ground immedi¬ 
ately about the trees, should be kept con¬ 
stantly shaded and manured to a distance 
equal, at least, to the diameter of the head 
of the tree — and the further the better.” 
Remedy for Scab In Sheep.—A. H. CHAPMAN, 
Sullivan Co., Mo., cures scab in tho use of olnt- 
roout. made by soaking one pound of tobacco in 
warm water; then pour out the juice, add three 
pounds of lard to it, and simmer it over a tiro. 
Tho sheep arc then annotated with tho resulting 
ointment. He prefers this method to dipping 
the sheep in tobacco water. 
Rat and Mice Proof House*. — A profound 
physician somewhere in Now Hampshire advises 
bricking- up houses between the studs alter the 
clap-boards are on, and before lathing and plast¬ 
ering, us a means of making a house rat-proof, 
[If a man wants a, house with damp walls-u 
greaterOyil than rats—lot him brick it. up in this 
way; otherwise choose the leaser of two evils, 
the rats. -Eds. Rural.] 
Pruit Bud*.—Dr. Trtmrle exhibited fruit blos¬ 
soms of various fruits, which he said were un¬ 
injured, notwithstanding tho terrible Northeast 
storm to Which they had been exposed. It was 
a theory with many that these Northeast, storms 
destroyed the fruit crop, but i t was not t he wind 
that did it at all. The President said the late 
storm was too cold. If it had been a longer and 
a warmer storm, he should have feared the re¬ 
sult. Dr. Trimble says the danger comes after 
the storm, in hot, still, damp weather. 
Remedy for Hog Cholera.- C, E. Perry recom¬ 
mends, as a remedy for this disease, equal parts 
of brimstone and rosin, and half the bulk of 
these of saltpeter. 
What to do.—A Club correspondent at New 
Shoreharn. R. T., is not very well, can't work 
hard, is worth about * 7 , 000 , and wants to in ignite; 
could engage In mercantile business, and wants 
to know where to go. A gentleman, remarkable 
for his good sense, advised him to buy a store on 
Broadway, New York, and move his family into 
New Jersey. 
Planting Gooseberry Seeds.—,T. OsGOOP, Cass 
county, Mo., asks when to plant gooseberry 
Reeds. A Professor who believes in answering 
all questions promptly replied, “ When he gets 
ready.” Mr. Fuller said he could plant now, 
but the seeds would not germinate before next 
spring. Another gentleman said that it was as 
well to plant in the fall. 
Where Not to Go In Virginia.— J. C. Owens, 
Lebanon Valley, Pa., has been traveling in Vir¬ 
ginia, and sends the Club an account thereof ia 
which lie advises ttiosc who propose to emigrate 
to Virginia to keep away from tho vicinity of 
Warrentou unless they go in such numbers as to 
be able to make a successful fight. He says the 
hero and patron saint of that neighborhood is 
BORDER PINKS 
Edgati Sanders, a Chicago Florist, gives 
the following in the Prairie Farmer:—A cor¬ 
respondent lias asked how she shall set her 
border pinks. Lti reply, we will give a few 
directions. It may he of use to others, al¬ 
though the professionals may think it a 
rather small affair to write about. 
The old-fa&hioned border, or grass pink, is 
almost hardy; that is, will keep perfectly 
green in this latitude with just a covering of 
old, loose litter. 
The time to make new borders is in the 
spring, as soon as the frost gets out of the 
ground, and before the pinks begin to grow 
too much — say, in tills latitude, from the 
first of April until the middle of May. Furth¬ 
er south, of course, earlier. 
The first thing to do is to dig evenly along 
the space where the edging is wanted. 
Then tread down gently to settle the soil 
somewhat; rake and level Lo make smooth. 
Now stretch a line exactly where wanted; 
if a curve, circle, or other figure, define it by 
small sticks to keep the line in its place; pat 
gently with the spade, then cut out a niche, 
say three or four inches deep, true by the 
line. 
Now take your old plants up, and divide 
them into as many pieces as convenient, 
(if plants are scarce) no matter how small 
the pieces; if plenty, leave so much as to 
sqrbigi’ irlv.' tin* in :i very thorough washing, bring 
imi Urnlartn wash tin? undor side <>f tho leur (us thin 
It? tin; hUlltlg-plaiM’ <if tin? spider,; and tlu-n with 
Clean water rjlisa the Must tender plants, but the 
more hardy will seem to thrive well alter u thorough 
siidstng. without rttudnu; but do not (‘tODhll Ml Mill 
Apple Tree Boren* — Remedy.— An Iowa cor¬ 
respondent of the Germantown Telegraph says: 
Among all the numerous remedies that I have 
noticed, aside from the knife, I should recom¬ 
mend as one of the best and safest to mutch the 
ground around the trunk of the tree with buck¬ 
wheat chaff or straw. This is cheap and simple, 
besides its good effects upon the tree by keeping 
the soil in proper condition. In my fruit garden 
I have about one hundred apple trees which hu v<j 
been set three, fourand five years, and wiJI com¬ 
pare in thriftiness with any trees I ever saw. 
Whilst the little pests have been quietly doing 
their work of death upon tho trees and orchards 
all around me in the neighborhood, I never 
found a borer in my orchard until last fall. Now 
for the cause:—Until last spring I never had a 
forest tree about my trees. At that time I sur¬ 
rounded my orchard on several sides with soft 
maple. The borers worked in a number of them 
and found then* way into two of my apple trees. 
J hey are natives of the forest uud people plant¬ 
ing trees out from timber on the prairies I think 
ii'-ed not lear the borers if they will plant noth¬ 
ing but perfectly healthy fruit trees. 
MidBlug, without. rUmlrm ; but do not, expose mem t,o 
the hot Min in less than twelve hours. Three or four 
washings will Keep tho plants free of nil Inpceta for 
the your. II any one. Ims a bettor wav of keeping 
plants Wi* Would he glad to hour from [horn. Uesot- 
tlug plants should he done In A pnl or early In Ylav 
ns the [Sants are just waking from their winter's 
nap, and when they begin to stretch tlu*m«elves and 
laugh, they should not tie disturbed, as it w ill stunt 
them lor tlm rest of tho season.*' 
Poultry Profits.—Homo one having sent a 
statement of poultry profits to prove that fowls 
are profitable stock, tho eloquent Professor of 
Chicken Fixin’s and Early Rising repeated his 
professional speech for the Club’s edification 
and encouragement. 
Food for Bees. H. M. Watson asks if there is 
any better forage plant for bees titan buck¬ 
wheat. Mr. Fuller replies, Yes- Raspberry, 
Linden and White Clover blossoms. 
Pork Phenomenon. -B. B. Hm itu, Ash Ridge, 
0., writes that he butchered a nice fat hog, in 
apparent health, the other day, and after dress¬ 
ing the animal, while tho skin looked white and 
natural, tho meat, internally and Intestines were 
aa yellow as saffron. He knows no cause, and 
asks the learned theoristot the Club fora theory 
and whether the. pork is fit to eat. One of the 
distinguished professors said he had known of a 
Similar case, arid the yellow flesh latd been at¬ 
tributed to the fact that the animal hud been 
fattened on pumpkins! Another equally dis¬ 
tinguished professor suggested that, like some 
of the Jersey poach orchards, tho Img had “the 
Yellows!” This exhausted the subject and the 
Club adjourned. 
How to Grow Hubbard Squahes.—As it is get¬ 
ting almost time to plant I want to have some 
one raise some good Hubbard squashes, r raised 
good ones last year. They took the shine off 
any T ever raised before. This is how I did it: 
I purchased some genuine and rresh seed which 
I then planted in this way:—I dug as many holes 
as I wanted hijls, about a I'oot.and ono half deep, 
which I filled with good hog manure to within 
five or six inches of the top; then t tilled op 
even wit h fine earth, and 1 covered tho seeds as 
near u.s I could guess with ono inch of earth 
rrotectmg Voung Trees. — Israel Lam horn, 
< hestcr Co., Pa., gives tho following cheap way 
to protect young trees from cattle, where they 
cannot be fenced conveniently without too 
much expense. Take fresh cow manure and 
dilute it a little with water or barn yard soak- 
ings, so as to have it in a pasty condition ; mop 
Carrots—Varieties.—A correspondent of tl 
Country Gentleman says . The White Belgii 
is the favorite sort for field culture, being 
