Sho fiimo till tU© 
last nine or ten months, 
way here in a wagon, being eighteen days 
making tho journey, camping out, o’ nights. 
Her sojourn in Texas was an extremely 
dangerous and adventurous one, and her 
numerous friends everywhere will hail her 
return to civilization again. 8ho wields a 
charming peu, as all readers of her “ Lichen 
Tufts” know, and is, in herself, the embodi¬ 
ment of sunshine. £?he is Kansas “ struck,” 
aud will probably settle here. 
Tho general confession women make in 
visiting Kansas, or alter having lived here, is 
that they would be contented to live in Law¬ 
rence, or Topeka, or Leavenworth, or other 
of the large towns, but in the country never ! 
its quantity or quality—at least, to any sen¬ 
sible extent. It is of no benefit to the sheep. 
If kept up year alter year, it must necessarily 
render them less capable of withstanding 
those exposures which all sheep must incur 
in the ordinary mode of treatment, and 
which ought, to be innocuous to them. We 
desire to speak with all kindness on this 
head, for we know that a large proportion 
of the best breeders, and of the best men en¬ 
gaged in breeding sheep, countenance the 
practice. We know, moreover, that it is no 
more artificial and injurious than various 
fitting processes applied to other kinds of 
stock by breeders of character. Being known 
lanh Hcparfiucnt 
nsbanbrn 
THE HOMESTEAD LAW 
II. S. RANDALL, LI,. D., EDITOR, 
Op Cortland Village, Cortland County, New York 
Ax Act to aeouro Ilijiuefiteuds to actual settler? on 
the Public Domnin. 
Hf it enacted t>\i the Senate a mt Uous&of ttepmenfd- 
tivc* of the United Staten of Amor lea in t'oiajrenn As- 
temblta. That any person who I* the head of it family, 
or who has arrived at, tho ko "f twunty-eruu years, 
and Is .» citizen ot the Untied States, or who shall 
have tiled his declaration •>{ intention to become 
until, as required by the noturallwitlon laws of the 
United Stat es, and who lias never borne arms against 
the United Stales Government, or given aid and 
comfort to its enemies, shall, from aud after (lie first 
Of January, lSSIi, bu entitled to cuter one .quarter 
section, or a less quantity of iiDappropnutcd publiu 
lauds, upon Which *itui person may have Hied a pre¬ 
emption claim, or which may, at the tun* the amdl- 
PREPARING FLOCKS FOR WINTER. 
Selection. — The time, has arrived for 
“ drafting ” Hocks of sheep— i. r., picking out 
those which it is not desirable to winter— 
where that process has not been already 
performed. The best time to do this was 
at shearing, when every fleece could he prop- 
tremc. As we have already said, keep the 
sheep plump aud strong. But to accomplish 
this, sheep that have been habitually pam¬ 
pered require more and better feed than 
those, which have been unused to high keep¬ 
ing. Two Arabs accustomed to the short 
fare of their deserts would subsist on an 
amount of nutriment on which a previously 
well fed Englishman would starve. Sheep 
culuted u subscription paper for tiny object—, 
oven a millions one? If not, we advise hint to 
test tho feasibility of Ills plan by trying an ex¬ 
periment In Fayette county, Pa., fin which 
HrownnvlLlf is situated.) If he there raises $1,000 
for the purposes he mentions, H will be a good 
start, and, ns Mr. Patch used to eay, show that 
some things can bo done as well ns others. Seri¬ 
ously, wo apprehend our friend has never tested 
the virtues of a subscription paper! 
circumstances; aud the kind and even the 
amount of nutriment they demand is to a 
considerable extent regulated by habit. 
We have seen healthy and thriving flocks 
of .Merinos which were kept every winter on 
straw of all tho kinds furnished on tho 
farm, and a very moderate amount of grain. 
Sheep that hav© had a full supply of good 
hay with a liberal supply pf grain, or grain 
and roots, would dwindle and run down on 
hay alone, or on straw with an equal amount 
of grain. 
Fine, early cut and greenly cured hay 
ought, so far as sustenance is concerned, to 
support any flock of grown-up Merinos witli- 
PARAGRAPHS FOR THE PIG-STY, 
A Sick Pig.—.Can some t>f the readers of the 
Hu UAL tell me what Is the matter with my pig 'l 
1 first discovered that one of four pigs, now nlno 
weeks old, was sick. When I fed them ho could 
not. cut, but seemed to choke, and ran ngainst 
tho sides of tho pop and acted as though he had 
tho blind staggers. Ills legs were stiff, bis Jaws 
were set, ami are still. His sitin' seems grown to 
the llosh; his eyes uro sot in his bead. 
I tint gave him a dose of sulphur and milk, 
and washed bim thoroughly with strong warm 
dose of gunpowder and milk, and cut his tail off. 
i to bled profusely for four hours. At nqou gave 
Cayenno pepper and nijllc; also a dose of sweet 
oil. Sunday morning ho seemed to oreatlib 
some easier; gave more pepper, and rubbed his 
throat, with kerosene oil; repeated the dose at 1 
P. M. ; stood him on his pins mid told him to 
“ root, hog, or die.” 
Now, what I want, is, to know what the disease 
is, and what the remedy ts, if any. To-day, Mon¬ 
day, ho is the same sick pig; bis bowels, &c., arc 
all regular aud right, seemingly. — S. Daven¬ 
port, Elmira , Chcmunu Co., N.Y. 
Wk print this, though by the dutc of the ac¬ 
companying note, wo see it. was written some 
time ago, in order to ©licit the experience and 
practice of our readers in similar eases. 
is the most prominent and “ strong-minded’’ 
one, which is most generally the case, and a 
very comforting fact to the craft. The sign 
of a lady “ Dentist” baugs out on Massachu¬ 
setts street, and a milk-woman drives her 
morning anti evening round in her cart. 
Our brothers of the quill extended the 
right hand of fellowship, and were as court¬ 
eous and gallant in extending help in tho 
professional line, as they could possibly have 
been in a social way in tho drawing-room. 
In truth, from what wo have seen of Western 
newspaper men, we arc inclined to believe 
they are more given to” hospitable thoughts 
intent” than those in the East. They don’t 
seem ” so hurried to death.” This, too, re¬ 
minds us of a woman editor wo mot here, 
Elizabeth C. Wright, from Paris, Texas, 
Information Wonted. -I would like to inquire, 
through your paper, U .you could givu me the 
address of honest, intelligent men who will give 
disinterested advice concerning tho farming 
lands of tho table-lauds of Tennessee; also fa¬ 
vorable locations for farmers of moderate 
means in Virginia. Is W. W. Powell a land 
speculator ?-II. 11. Park, East Troij , Walworth 
Co., TFto. 
Wu doubt not every man In the South Is Inter¬ 
ested in giving advice which shall induce the 
settling up of Southern lands; but it by no 
means follows that men who give information 
desire to or would mislead tho public. 
nutritive equivalent in some kind of green 
feed, especially in the case of breeding ewes. 
The amount of such buy that a sheep will 
cat up clean we regard as the normal and 
most profitable measure of nutriment to 
supply it with when kept for breeding and 
growing wool. But it docs not necessarily 
follow that it can lie most profitably kept 
on this food exclusively. 
Keeeino Sheep in Show Condition.— 
This includes pampering usually, and hous¬ 
ing from rain and snow in all cases. The 
object of the latter is well understood. It 
preserves the yolk in the wool, thus vastly 
increasing its “unwashed” weight; and it 
gives the dark exterior color to the sheep so 
highly prized by the two extremes—fancy 
breeders and greenhorns. It is of no utility 
Kansas Cheese Farm.—In what county is Mr. 
Lono’s cheese farm, mentioned in “ Mner- 
wqod's” Kansas letter? Where can a large 
farm bo bought for a thousand dollars ? Where 
is it that the Government gives farms to those 
who want them? “Mintwood” will please 
answer t hrough the RCKAL.—LONC1 WOOD, Smith « 
Stork Hogs In the Country*— Tho Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture In his report for August 
says there has boon a reduction both in tho num¬ 
ber and condition of tho stock hogs of the coun¬ 
try—a decrease, apparently, as compared with 
WWW 
MB.ilTlJ i 111 HU 
arm uxcmotmi. 
* - t I * I I ,, ,iv>< r* it ■ iiAntu or up* I* Afru • < i r i> lit 1 11 v . 
Under the present circumstances the selec¬ 
tion Should be rigorous, especially in flocks 
kept on the high-priced hinds. Take oi t 
those ohl enough to be broken mouthed, 
the weakly young, every one known to be 
a poor breeder, every one defective iii form, 
fleece or constitution. With fine wool at 
forty cents a pound, it will not pay to winter 
stick sheep on the good lauds of New York, 
Ohio, &c. It 13 better to sell them at the 
pfico of their pelts than to keep them. 
Coupling.— Let no very old Merino ewes, 
and none younger than three, have lambs 
next spring. The stock rams should he as 
Carefully selected us ever ; for improvement 
is all tho profit that cun now be made on 
sheep in the old sheep growing regions of 
the Union. It costs no more to keep a good 
sheep than a poor one ; the former produces 
more now, and it will be greatly more val¬ 
uable when fine wool husbandry revives. 
(That it will revive, if tho present wool and 
woolen tariff stands, wc anticipate as con¬ 
fidently as wn do that men will continue to 
wear woolen clothing.) It is a good time 
now again to Commence treating stock rams 
more rationally than they have been treated 
for the last few years. Instead of enor¬ 
mously high keep, an enormous amount of 
work and close confinement, let us give 
them moderate keep, moderate work aud 
their liberty. 
Let us give our breeding ewes, too, such 
feed as will keep them hearty, plump and 
strong, but not fat., as a butcher would un¬ 
derstand tho word; aud let us not only give 
them liberty but require them, by some 
means or other, to take daily exercise, alter 
they are brought into winter quarters. We 
do not entertain a shadow of doubt that the 
sound and sensible reason, can ho given lor 
it, and for incurring the trouble aud expense 
of it, (no small items,) unless it is to enable 
one breeder to get the advantage of another 
who docs not fit his sheep but who sells as 
good or better stock in every respect ? 
We, know the “almighty dollar” is an 
almighty argument. We know that, the re¬ 
nowned Bakkwkll resorted to tricks and 
reticences which would disgrace a horse 
jockey. We xnow that many other English 
breeders have not been too sensitive in their 
professional code of morals. We believe our 
better class of American breeders arc as fine 
from “ sharp practice” as any iu the world, 
and that our knaves are no more knavish 
than those of other countries. But we sub¬ 
mit whether it would not he more dignified 
aud whether it would not be better for pur- 
chasers, for our sheep breeders to rely on the 
actual merits of their stock, than to prepare 
them for sale by housing them in summer, 
shearing them before tlvC proper time, and 
other practices, which arc only intended to 
fit them up for show, without conferring any 
real benefit on them or on the purchaser. 
We suspect this “ preachment ’’ will have 
very little effect on those who have found it 
profitable to fit sheep for sale. And ivhat is 
stranger, and more amusing, wo doubt' not 
that many who have never sold sheep at 
extra prices, will continue to shear two 
months before the natural thtoc, and to 
house them from every shower—making ono 
man the slave of one hundred sheep—all on 
account of some undefinable hope of what 
may turn up in tho future. But wc trust 
that the present dreary times iu fine Wool 
husbandry will at least have one good effect 
—that of teaching tho body of American 
constitution, and many of their modern dis¬ 
eases, nro in a great measure duo to the 
pampering and close confinement of their 
sires and dams, the former during coupling 
and other portions of the season, the latter 
more especially during pregnancy. Aud we 
have just as little doubt that if the same 
causes are kept in operation from generation 
to generation, the stock so treated will grad¬ 
ually become permanently depreciated in the 
health and hardiness natural to tho Merino 
race. 
Winter Feed. — While wc strenuously 
protest, as we always havo done, against 
pampering, wc recommend no high feeder 
to rush precipitately into tho opposite ex- 
Aud it fa to be confewd (but many of tho ; 
fa™™' >“"«* uro anything but inviting. 
public lane*, wni after tho sumo shall have boon »ur- They fail to nut out trees, fruit or ornamental, 
vrv.nl; (’nodded, That, nny person owning tmd reslil- * , . 
lag on land may, muier the provision* or this dm. and seem utterly regardless ol fixing up t lieu 
hindSvhi’h shall V^o VriViVi''r,o t ua-iV; l ivi'y , i NvTAmi homes as they ought to do. Money is not 
“g owsd ,u lUe * tgro ? llU> on<i ,,uu<,roa found in fishes’ mouths hero any more than 
sec. 3. And hr it. further enacted, That, the person elsewhere; but clbwnrtglit, earnest labor pays 
filiation to the register o* the land oflioeln which vastly better than in the Last. Ill ten yeats 
i«*. or she L* about, to aiakn such entry, uiuku Hindu- ' .„, m i. i, 
It tiefure tlio »ul<l register Or veolvei that bu or she* Qll enterprising yOUIlg LOUplO call DO MOItli 
* the head of a faintly, or la twenty-one or tnuro ,iw„ lu . lt „l rlnllnra the value of wood 
oars of ufto. or shall have.performed imrvl m In tho US many tuMUHlUiCIClOilUlS, lUO value OI ,v 0 oou 
rmyor navy of tho United Stub**, iiruJ Unit bo hn« f., rm !m ,i w it!i cvorvthimr comfortable wilh- 
icver borne arms against the Government of tho uirui » iulu L vmjami%Luiiiiwiwnie 
Jnliod Stares or Riven aid and comfort to u* one- out and within. 
niuH, and that such applied Lion Is made for Ul» or J 
mr exclusive use uml honvBt. and that mud entry is \vr., snout a few hunt s a few dfivs affO at 
n.vlr. for Uiu purpos'd .u-tunl settlement anil mil- >v ‘ spun, a aw fiouis a few u.ip a t> u 
I ration, and not either directly or indirectly for the M. e residence ofW. E. BARNES, ten miles fl*OUl 
iso or benefit, of any other por?on or pornonH whom- . „ *, ., 
movert and upon oiiiir the said affidavit with the Lawrence. Mr. Barnes came lrom New 
o England at the time Kansas needed volun- 
leers, and in lighting border ruffians, broke 
•or until Uio expiration of uvo years from Mae date i..., nrnirie the first vear Ilis 
>f aueh entry, and tf,ntthwo*pfrHth,,j, of time. ,our acu3 pmuxo me nisi j 1,11 • u,a 
*r at buy tlmu within two yeara fheieulter. the f !iriu UO w blussoms like tin: I'OSC. FloWCl’S, 
porson muklng such entry —or It ho bo duad, his 
iriiimv ; nr in enso of her death, hu in ira or devisee; evcTcreens and deciduous frees and vines and 
Dr Inoiisnof a widow laatdng such entiry. uor heirs ° .. , 
sr devisee, in case of her death sh-di erovithy two acres of grapes make a small paradise; and 
Dredihle wltrio»siia that he, she, or thejrhavo resided Al ..,.,.. r., 
apon or cuUivalnd the same for the term of Uvo there IS 110 leilSOIl M by lltaily c\tiy laimei 
roars Immediately Micoeodltig tho t-huo Jl lilltlK tho . .„ mm i i, n r . r ,,i,illv mu woll wituntod 
.niditvU aforesaid, and hlmil tudko aBlda»li iSuii no in Kansas Cftimot DC equally as \\ ( 11 SUUUUAl 
bss'ss ss «■«»'»<* ume. 
SSfaSaSkteSW 1 ®; 8».f S«tS.'llfll% TU*lMk«fUrol»rl»UcUloqciUonriilcUy. 
rntltlud to a patent, »» in otuor mute* piu' idod fur n ,,, lh i n o, H i nl‘mursi> k a drawback to 
by law ; Antl prouum, further. That in ...ibo of tho ln!lt V P Co P 10 , alUI 01 C0Ulat 1,S V lulwuaLJi w 
death of both[father and motfii r. leavlouan imaut the woilUre of tho State. But the rapidity 
child or children, under twenty-one years of agu, , , 1 
Luo vIrUi. nud fi.c shall enure tp b-toiu.d said with winch trees is row here, and tiie ease 
Infant child or children; nud t ho ojrenicor. ndminu- ,, 
tr.uor, or pmirdiuu may, at. any unm within two with which they may l»e grown, modules the 
v<?*r» aftnr tho doatli ofln© aUrvfvinR pawn and in . . . _ , 
accordance with tho laws of the Htau- in which such objection ill a great ClCgiCC. 
child ran fijr the tthia boinp have ihwr doruidjLdMll _ * u 
satd laud for tbobenciit or said infante, hut for no In Jeflerson county, on t.ho farm ot d. 
othar purpose; aud the purchaser shall acquire thn ^ pf ^ yy(j ^ 
oittoo foes and sunt uf mouev herein apuuUied. hevlgos of maple, grown from the seed, that, 
8®C. 3. And be to further tfiart-eti. That tho rogleter exceeded any growth WC CVC1' before SAW. 
of tliu land offloo Rliall note all tuch applications on r\ vn .., rr . 
tho tract bookt and ptatnd Of his ulllco, ahd a -Mr. SlITJlS piCIClS maple aild Usage OiaugQ 
ro«l»tor of all sumi otdrlus.aml iiuika return theroof *•,. i,,,,!.,;,,.* ,,,ul xvn<* i ho firqf nvm in thn 
to the General Dim! omen. oafeOier with the proof Kn hedging, aim uas me nisi man m mo 
upon whh hMioy have, bocniuuudcd. State to raise maples from the seed. The 
Sac. t, And be it farther enacted, That uo lands , , , , , , , 
acquired under tho provisions of this act shall Iu seed is gathered rtrt Soon OS ripe, which IS 
any avanf huopma Unhl« to tho BUtlsfacthm uf any . . . i sr,,,, 
dam. nr doht.a oontructod prior to lim iseuiug of ties early in the spiuig, and is planted in May. 
patent thereof. ' ’' We measured a peach treo oil Sept. 7th out 
tihuoafter thwtihnR M thoamdiivit, n.M oquin.d in the oi cnriosity, w hich was a pit last spring, and 
of tiiuflve years aforoyuoi, ii .«hnii ho i.roVau, after found the height ot the tree to be six icct two 
weakness of lambs at birth, their want of sheep farmers that it is necessary to grow 
their wool as eboaply ns is consistent with 
fair treatment of the sheep—and Unit, of 
banishing from the mass of American 
growers all tho foolish and expensive 
fashions, practices and modes of treat¬ 
ment which sprung 1 into life amidst the 
heats and rivalries of the great sheep fever. 
--- 
How lo Revive the Sheep Trade.—“G.,” Jirowns- 
ville, Pa., suggests that oontpanim bo fomuxl in 
every shpep growing county iu tho country “ to 
purchase and pelt us many of Uio worst sheep " 
as tho company can raise money liy subscription 
to pay for. Me thinks “some comities would 
raise as much as $1,000 each ” for thn purpose, 
and that “ there would soon be a very great 
scarcity In sheep "—that the best will bo saved - 
that an active trade hi sheep will CtiSuo, An., &o, 
Kir.* ____i.i _i. .... —----i lit t___ 
uni. any anuinuu vi vi *vvw ; uuviu^u 
it would lie better, so fur as health is con- 
. 1 A _ 1 - „ - ! a C.-. .. .. 
vlt before the uuld regtnterdr receiver that hu or aiie 
is the head of a family, or U twenty-one or mure 
yours of age. or shall have performed ncrvl e In thn 
army or navy of the United Hiatus, imd that, he lm« 
never borne arms ngalnst the Government of the 
Unliud Stale? nr Riven aid and comfort to Us ene¬ 
mies, ana that such application Is made for his or 
her exclusive use and henvBt. and that said entry Is 
made for the purponj ut aetiuil settlement and cul¬ 
tivation, and nol either directly or indirectly for the 
use or henetti, of noy other per?on or parsons whom¬ 
soever; and upon Dling the said affidavit with the 
nsKlster or receiver, anil on uayme-nt of fen dollars, 
he or she shall titoMhion lie uurmllfod in enter the 
quantity of land specified; JF*r6i third, luurn er. That 
no certtltcBth MthU po given or patent Isi.e.-q there¬ 
for until tiie 0 xplration of uvo yours from Mae date 
Ot such entry , and !f,nt thooRpmUIvli of si.cli time, 
or at any timu wltmn two years thercufrer. the 
person muklmt such entry —or If he bo duad, Ills 
widow ; nr In case of her dealh, li In l*s‘ I to <>r devisee; 
or In ease of a widow making such entry, her heirs 
or devisee. In ease of her death sh ili iif..v»> py two 
credible witnesses that he, site, or they have resided 
upon or cultivated thn same for the term ol' live 
years Immediately succeeding the t-buo ol 111 I OR the 
..lUditvlt aforesaid, and shall make uUidatU liuit-ao 
part of «atd land lias been alienated, and that ho has 
home true allevlancu to tho Guvoriiimmt of the 
United Stales; then, in mich cnyo, lie, *ho. or they, 
ilf at that time a citizen of the United Statos, f-hall bo 
entitled to a patent, as In other ease* pioMdod fur 
by laiv ; And moulded, further, That in cn»a of ( tie 
death of both father and mother, loa-vlna an infant 
child or children, under twuiuy-qntt years of age, 
liU! rigid, null fee shall enure to doe benefit ..I sahl 
Infant child or children ; aud Mm oqwcueof. adminis¬ 
trator, or Ruardlitii may, at any limu within two 
years after thn dcutli of the surviving rsirum and In 
aeeordaneu with the laws of the Statu In which such 
clilldren for the tthie boInK have their domkrll. roll 
said laud for tho beoollt of wild Infant*, hut for no 
other purposu; aud the purchaser shall acquire thn 
oiiico fees and sum uf money borelti spuclllud. 
SBC. 3. And he It. farther enacted. That (Ho register 
of thn laud office shall note all such applications on 
tho tract books and platoi bf Ilia oHlco, ahd Vu«p a 
register of all mi eh entries, and make return theroof 
t.p the General Land Office, together with, the proof 
Upon which t-hoy have brum loumlnd. 
Sb'c. I, Amt be U further enacted. That uo lands 
acquired under the provisions of this ftet shall In 
any event ttuopuifi liable to the satisfaction of any 
deftt nr debts eoiitnictcd prior to tho Issuing of tho 
valent theroof. 
due notice tu, m* aoUlur. re Mi.j icji-Uiractlon of the 
rCRtsti-r of the land fftr.gr*r*r c li.- person having 
(Had shell Mffl.Luvlt Shall have octunllv rbangod falser 
her residency, <ir abandoned I tie said land for more 
than stx months at any time, then and iq that event 
the land so entered shall revert to tho Government . 
SBC. II. And l>c It farther emit 1 id. That Mu Indi¬ 
vidual whull bu porrnittoi! to acquire title to morn 
than onn-qiiivrlcr sect ion under the provisions nr thin 
an and that the Lon, i,c., crier of the General Land 
Office Is hereby required to prepare nud Issue such 
rules and. rogulatRms, consistent With Uifc act, as 
ahull bo necessary anil proper in oarry Its provisions 
Into effect; and that, the register? and receivers of 
ttio sqtartU land offices shall ho nut.itUd to receive 
the «un« Bom pen nation for any lands entered under 
the provisions of this act that they are n-ev coHfiod 
to reenivu whim the Munuuuaiittty of land is entered 
with money, one- half to hu pulU by Mi* iienon 
making tlfe uppltcatlon at, the t ime of so doing, and 
thn other half on tbo isaoa df tho car till cute l/v tho 
person to whcuij It may he lamied ; but this shall not 
bo construed to nnlorga the maxliaum of compensa¬ 
tion now prescribed by law for any register or re¬ 
ceiver: lomitd/ff, That nothing contained in this 
u/ct WiaU be m construed as tv impair vr luUirbirc tr 
any manner whatever with existing' pre-emption 
rights. Awl proiTtrti further, Tliat all persons who 
jus of this act: Uroeldol., further. That 
no person who ha*, s-rved, or may hereafter snrvn. 
for a period of not less than fourteen day* in the 
army or nary of the United States, either regular, or 
volunteer, under the l*w« thm-cot, during the exlst.- 
eirccuf ah aOtllM war, domestic fir foreign, shall he 
deprived of she benefits of this act on account<jf not 
having attained the age or twenty-une vfcar*. 
8KC. 7. And he it further enacted, That the fifth 
section o£ tho act, entitled “An act Ul addition tq an 
Act more effectually to provide for the punishment, 
of certain crimes against the United Status, and lor 
other pur poses.'’ approved the third of March, In the 
year clghteeq hundred and tlfty .seven, shall extend 
to all oath?, affirmations, and affidavits, required or 
aut horized by this act. 
SEC. B. And Ik U further enacted. That nothing In 
this ita shall he so construed as to prevent unV por- 
U» all privtluRcS Of this 
no person who lias Served 
inches; nnmbof of limbs, thirty; length of 
the longest, four feet nine and a hulf inches, 
aud of the shortest, thirteen and a half inches. 
The tree was not, an exceptional one, and 
had received no cultivation. The circum¬ 
ference of this year’s growth of maple (white,) 
wna not uufrequently from three to four 
inches. Locust trees do not thrive here, on 
account of the borers. 
Osage Orange is usted largely for fencing, 
four years being required to make it reliable. 
These hedges are so ornamental withal that 
in a few years Kansas will look like n vast 
park. Lands are mpldly increasing in value, 
and we havo no hesitation In prophesying 
that a decade of years will give as great value 
to the lhrms here ns is now attached to the 
best farms in Central New York. Of course 
there are some features we don’t like,—the 
high winds for instance; but if your head 
and back hair are well “ growed ” on, Kansas 
is a “ right smart, powerful" State to “ tie 
to.” 1 Mintwood. 
CIDER MAKING. 
The Maine Farmer says it condenses the 
following In regard to ’cider making from a 
reliable source” Pick all the apples, re¬ 
jecting those not sound, wash them clean, 
and afterwards let them lie and get dry. 
Grind and press them, using no water or 
straw, or any substance that will give the 
elder an Unpleasant taste, as on the purity 
aud cleanliness of the apple depends the 
quality of the cider. Strain the juice through 
a woolen or other close hag, put into clean 
barrels, and set in a moderately cool place, 
keeping the barrel full all tiie tune, so that 
the impurities may work off at the bung. 
After it has done fermenting, carefully rack 
it off, let it stand a few days and bung it up. 
As the air tends to sour the cider, it is a 
grtod plan to provide a bent tin tube, one 
end fastened in the hung and the other to 
drop down into a bucket, of water. 1 his 
will let all the gas pass Off, and not let tho 
air get to t he elder. The quicker the pomace 
is pressed after being ground the lighter will 
tho color be, and darker If not pressed lor 
twenty-four hours after being ground. The 
cider from the second and third pressing 
Will b <3 the richest. Any good Sour apple 
makes eider, blit of course tho better tho 
quality of the apple the belle? the juice from 
it. To obtain very strong eider, expose it in 
a tub t6 extreme cold weather. The ice 
•which forms can bo removed, us it is almost 
wholly water. Good cider must be perfectly 
fermented to bo healthy, and therefore all 
substances put into it to arrest fermentation 
are of doubtful value. Make clean aud care¬ 
fully, and boltlo lightly. 
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Hputiiatteott* C,«nnlini>Uoii of Hav*tnck«.— Mr. 
Moo id says; —“A .luuuMitable, but easily pro- 
vogtabic, <le*truction of food and valuable 
property is occurring i" tin’s, and, I tear, many 
other conn ties, by tho partial, or total, sponta¬ 
neous combustion ol - baystneks. About tliroe 
year* uko, a larmur contrived a simple mode uf 
prevention, which whs manufactured by a largo 
Suffolk nrm, and which I nt ontfO purchased at, 
a cost , I thluk of thirty -eight shillings. If; 1ft 
simply an iron pip© ol’two and cUhttif inches in 
diajiiler, lb idled with bolus, and having a point¬ 
ed woodon nozzle. This is driven horizontally 
into tho stack where any undue bent is sus¬ 
pected, tbo pent, up heftted steam finds its way 
into tho pipe, nud passes nt once Along it to the 
outside, whore an elbow pipe Is attached to givo 
it an upward and better draught* When tho 
. weather Is cool, tin- elbow Is occusiounlly re¬ 
moved to get rid of the water resulting from 
, condensed vapor." 
sun who hail availed iilm or herself of t he. hairellta or 
lim first section or this act, front imylnR tho minimum fire 
iirlqv, nr the pr»«n W which the same w#v have ( j cSl , 
Kraduatud, for the quanta y of land »o entered at any 
tlmu imfpre the naplritiou *f tim Live years, ana 11111 
octalolriR a patent therefor from tho Government, {ndu 
i’"'*U m• '’*u f Ul/UUM lvv-is ?v it 14 i* vvo it Gv *• huw iu- 
sides of the foro legs, so as to open tbo skin. 
Saturday morning hosoomod no better; guvcit 
grnautltod, fur Mil* quantity of land so entered at any 
time oefore ttie oApiraSlon >f the Uve years, and 
obtaloiriR a patent therefor from tho Government, 
as in other ciiso* provided by law, on makimi proof 
of settlement and cultivation as provldod by existing 
Ians Knotting pre-emption rights. 
Approved, May 20,1602. 
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FROM LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 
Lawrence, “strong-minded and radical” 
as it undoubtedly is, and should he, is equally 
as beautiful and admirable. Its main street, 
Massachusetts, is a grand avenue. The men 
are money-making, shrewd business fellows, 
and the women are unusually intelligent, and 
what may sewn paradoxical, much given to 
rpi.n Imn,ivomon in tllfi city 
film Oak I*Iaru, Yazoo Itivcr, — There Is 
quite a spirit ot Improvement manifesting itself 
Iu this country In regard to planting, bnvUcul- 
turc, stock breeding, poultry raising, Ac. Wo 
desire to call attention to our beautiful and 
fertile country, in which, perhaps, greater 
inducements tm offered to tho settler and 
speculator than any, other upon tho Conti¬ 
nent. The lauds arc quite cheap and pro¬ 
ductive, yielding annually to tho laborer a not 
profit of from fifty to sovonty-ttvo dollars per 
acre wbep ctiltivHte.d in cotton. It yields from 
onohulf to ono and u hall' bales per acre, worth 
l rom ono hundred dollars to ono hundred and 
thirty dollars (/or bale. An industrious mini can 
cultivate and gather eight to twelve acres of 
cotton, at nn uxpensa not exceeding twenty 
dollars per acre. Should he ra I SO-corn, as iu* can 
without Interfering with Ills cotton crop, his ex¬ 
penses will bo much lighter. Our lands produce 
cereals equal to the best in tbo Northwest.— 
H. H. SOtmiWOHTH. 
Musty Wheat, — I have so mo wheat, that wns 
boated In the bln, and has a musty smell; other¬ 
wise it seems all right, (lie color and taste being 
natural* Ia there any way to get. rid of tho musty 
smell; if so, by what process V—Inquirer. 
Yes; mix with it a small nmountof slaked 
lime. It will swooton it, and will not injure tho 
wheat. 
^trbnrkttlturf. 
ITEMS FOR ARBORICULTURISTS. 
VY’hen I Cut Sw«nq» Willow*.—A. W. G. in- 
quicea when la the best time to cut swamp wil¬ 
lows to prevent them from sprouting. Your 
auswer is, “After the leaves begin to fail in 
autumn.” My answer is, perl them, and let 
thorn stand until next summer. I have never 
known them to sprout, when served In ibis way. 
June is the best time, but peeling can bo dono 
for eoiuo two weeks yet. For large willows, cut 
them, bore three or four holes in tho stump near 
tho bark, fill with salt. It is a sovereign rem¬ 
edy, as it never needs repeating.—0. W., Clarhu- 
bury, W. Fa., A wj. 4. 
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Protecting Orchard Tree*. — D. P. IlAWES Of 
Iowa warns to know liow to protect five hundred 
orchurd trees from winter exposure. First we 
should umlch tbo roots with straw or coftiao 
mauuro and litter, being careful, however, not 
to throw it immediately about tho bodies of the 
trees. No matter how heavily you ntuloh. Then 
to protect the bodies M' tiie trees from sun and 
freut alternately, as well us from rabbits, bind 
them about with corn stalks, stripped of tho 
foliage. No other protection will be needed, 
wc think. 
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Planting Current*,—W. P. 8., Granville, 0. 
You may plant your currant cuttings now. 
Many regard tho fall t ho best Ume to do it. Sc¬ 
lent shoots of tills year's growth for cuttings. 
Prepare a deep, rich, dry bod; plant in rows two 
tq three foot apart, leaving but ono bud above 
the surfaco; cover in winter with litter, which 
romovo in spring. Because of the currant worm 
no man should give up currant culture. Bo 
cheap, easily grown and healthful fruit should 
bo found on every l'anp. 
Uiidding and Grafting.— If D. N. H., Fincastle, 
Brown Co,. O., will Bend the Rural Nkw- 
Yobker $1.50, wo will mall him “Barra's Fruit 
Garden,” which contain* tho Information ho 
asks for in detail. It will pay. 
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Wilts to Trnmplnnl Evergreen*.—T. BENTLEY 
—The moat Buccoecful cultivator of uvorgreens 
prefer to plant about Um timo the buds begin to 
swell in spring, in this country spring planting 
Is decidedly preferable to fail planting. 
lu uic vvoui. if jjiouiuuy ayes not increase | ] a8t year, of five to ten per cent. 
wuere sue mis uvea cuuuiy a paper iui tuu i rung, vimww. 
Bnrherry Hodge.—Will someof your numerous 
readers give their experience in raising and 
using the “ Barberry Hedge ?” A complete his¬ 
tory Is respectfully requested. —J. H. 8., Ger- 
mtuiteum, Pet. 
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