MOOSE’S RURAL IIEW-YORKEB. 
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joint. The neck is long and thin, increas¬ 
ing towards the Bhoulder, which is tapered 
off to meet it. The ribs project at right- 
angles to the back, with wide, liat loins, and 
long rumps well filled out, thus enabling 
them to be loaded with more beef in the 
most valuable parts than almost any other 
breed. 
“ As converters of vegetable into animal 
food, breed against breed, they return as 
much per acre, or for weight of food con¬ 
sumed, as any. Animals possess no magi¬ 
cal power of producing beef, except from 
the food which they consume; it is there¬ 
fore contended that, if the herbage of any 
given number of acres were to be consumed 
by Devons, they would produco in the ag¬ 
gregate as much beef as any other breed, a 
greater number being required to consume 
it; at the. same time there would be a 
greater weight of the most valuable beef, 
and less of the coarse joints and offal. This 
is the reason why Devons and Scotch cattle 
sell first in the morning, and command the 
best prioes, in the London and other mar¬ 
kets. 
Mr. Wainwright, a Devon breeder in the 
S tate of New York, says:—“ Their beef is of 
a fine quality, and brings a high price in the 
markets. They withstand extremes of tem¬ 
perature, On a poor pasture, from their 
peculiar build, they are enabled to travel 
rapidly over the ground without fatigue, and 
get sufficient nourishment where a heavy 
Short-Horn or Hereford would starve. The 
very best Of this breed are the best in the 
world.” Mr. Slcinmitz of Pennsylvania, 
writes to Captain Davy, the editor of the 
“ Herd Book“ I find North Devon cattle 
the most profitable breed in A merica; 1 can 
raise more valuable beef on them with the 
same amount of food than any other breed.” 
We give portraits of what maybe regard¬ 
ed typical animals of this breed. 
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NOTES FOR HERDSMEN. 
How a Bloat of over Two Weeks was 
Cured,—As our cattle were turned to pas¬ 
ture last spring, a nice yearling heifer was 
affected with bloat, which did not abate, 
but increased for more than two weeks. 
We did not sec her chew her cud, although 
6he was not within observation except at 
milking time. We gave her a slice of salt, 
fat pork, sprinkled on both sides with 
ground, black popper. She ate it readily, 
and soon made a spasmodic effort, as if to 
raise something into her mouth. Another 
slice of pork, well peppered, was given her, 
and she went to pasture with the other cat- 
tie as usual. When she was next observed, 
she was chewing her cud as leisurely as the 
other cattle, but. t he bloat laid not all gone 
down. A teacup full of salt was moistened 
and rubbed npon her bloated side, and the 
next day the bloat was all gone, and did not 
appear again. She grew nicely through the 
season, and was lively and well.—K. 
“What will Kill Lice on Cattle?” 
asks 8. A. 1\ We have given scores of rem¬ 
edies in the Rural New-Yorker. Good 
food, cleanliness and care are preventives. 
Wo have disturbed the insects by .sprink¬ 
ling gypsum along the lino of the back and 
carding it in. Water lime, nibbed on dry, 
is also recommended; but the animal must 
not be allowed to get wot while the lime re¬ 
mains. Spirits of turpentine and soft soap, 
well mixed and diluted with water, is rec¬ 
ommended as a wash. Feeding the animals 
sulphur occasionally is an excellent pre¬ 
ventive, and a remedy also. Grease calves 
with lard, whey-butter, linseed oil, or any 
soft grease, and the lice will go. 
Swelling on a Steer’s Jaw.—I wish to 
know how to remove a swelling from a 
steer's jaw. It ia about two inches in di¬ 
ameter, in the center, on t he side of tho 
jaw—a fleshy swelling, very sore and hard, 
but with no inflammation, no form of a 
head. Tho skin and hair are natural and 
smooth, tho steer is well, oats mid chews as 
natural as ever. I think it must be a bruise, 
or it is what we call a wen in an early stage. 
If any of your readers can give me any in¬ 
formation or remedy they would confer a 
favor.— e. B. 
A Large Short-Horn Calf.—Wo have 
a Short-Iforn calf, bred by Geo. Blibu, 
Lake Co.. O., whoso weight at three months 
old was 130 pounds; at five mont hs old, G50 
pounds. It had all the milk from tile dam, 
but nothing else.—W. & A. Dillk, Cuya¬ 
hoga Co., O. 
How to Cure a Jumping Heifer.—S. 
W. Crook asks how to cure a year old heifer 
from jumping. We answer, by having fen¬ 
ces she cannot 9cale. 
GRASS ON SANDY LAND. 
A correspondent of the Rurae New- 
Yorker at Palestine, Ill., asks what kind 
of grass is best to sow on sandy land. That 
must depend upon condition. If sandy 
land has been properly enriched with veg¬ 
etable matter—with leaf mold, muck or 
coarse manure.—a luixture of Orchard 
Grass. Red-tops, June grass, Red clover 
and White clover, equal parts, makes a good 
sod and yields a good crop for both pas¬ 
ture and mowing. But- if the soil is not 
rich in humus, we should (us wc have ) seed 
more heavily with rod clover. The red 
clover roots and the foliage which will.fall 
will help to enrich the soil and render it 
productive. If red clover alone were sown 
first nud plowed under in June or July, 
about t he time it is in blossom or just be¬ 
fore, and then a mixture such as we huve 
sown, a better permanent grass land would, 
in our judgement , be secured. 
Since writing tho forgoing, we find that 
Flint in his “grasses and forage Plants” 
recommends the following mixture for 
mowing on light lands: Orchard grass, 4 
lbs; Juno grass, 3 lbs; Hard fescue, 3 lbs; 
Fall Oat grass, 3 lbs; Meadow Soft grass, 3 
lbs; Red-tops, 3 lbs; Italian Rye grass, 4 
lbs;»Red f*souc, 2 lbs; Perennial Rye grass, 
3 lbs; English bent, 2 lbs; Perennial Red 
clover, 3 lbs; Bluck medic, 2 lbs; White 
clover, 4 lbs; Sainfoin, 2 lbs. 
There is nothing to be said against this 
mixture. The greater the variety of nutri¬ 
tious grasses iljc farmer can get established 
in his soil the better and the more enduring 
and productive w ill the pasture or meadow 
be, if it is properly fed and taken care of. 
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IOWA AG. COLLEGE FARM CROPS, 
Tite Report of the Superintendent of the 
Agricultural College Farm of Iowa shows 
the products of tho farm to have been as 
follows: — Wheat, 18 acres; average, 17 
bushels; total, ? 153.99; cost, 61>£ cents per 
bushel. Oats, 15 acres; yield per acre, 52 2-5 
bushels; total, 786 bushels; cost, 16% cents 
per bushel. Rye. 10 acres; 22 3-10 bushels per 
acre; total, 225 bushels; cost, 65 cents per 
bushel. Considerable expense was incurred 
on the rye field to prepare if for the future 
ornamental grounds. Corn, 115acres; num¬ 
ber of binhels raised, 6,059; yield per acre, 
60}$' busheds; cost, 15 cents per bushel. T hin 
crop included 63acres of sod corn, estimated 
to yield 50 bushels per acre ; of this land 21 
acres were broken last fall, the balance last 
spring, seven inches deep, and well har¬ 
rowed, and most of it planted with a corn 
planter and afterwards well cultivated ; the 
yield was good, as was shown above, and the 
ground is now all rotted and in good order 
for another year. Twelve hundred and five 
bushels mangel wurtzel, 412 bushels turnips, 
398 bushels potatoes, 890 bushels carrots, 
were also produced. 
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FIELD NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Culture of Seed-Leaf Tobacco.— W. B. 
G. 8., Warren Co., N. C., writes:—" J have 
been trying for some time to find the mode 
of cultivai ing and curing seed-leaf tobacoo, 
with tho view of trying tin experiment here, 
but thus far without avail, and have con¬ 
cluded to try through your valuable paper. 
Would t here bo any sale t'or tobacoo grown 
here from Cuba seed? Wbat probable price 
would it command in New York? ” 
There would certainly be a market for 
such tobacco, but its price would depend 
so much upon its quality, the manner in 
which it is grown and cured, ami the sup¬ 
ply and demand, thut it is not safe to pre¬ 
dict for next season. Our correspondent 
will have seen an article in the Rural of 
Feb. 10, that gives some information. On 
receipt of twenty-five cents we will send 
you a Manual of Tobacco Culture, which 
gives, in detail, tho practice of sonic of the 
best cultivators. 
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes. — A 
correspondent of the Georgia Plantation 
says: — “Subsoil the land in November, 
January and March; then let the weeds 
and grass grow until your slips are ready to 
set out, then take a turning plow ami turn 
them under ; make your hills or ridges, 
whichever you prefer, set out slips; then 
fill in between the hills or ridges, and about 
two or throe inches above the level of the 
hills or ridges, with straw or leaves, (the 
older the better,) ami then your work is 
done. The straw or leaves will preveut tho 
grotvth of weeds or grass, and keep the 
ground moist, and the vines will soon spread 
over the straw or leaves, and will not be 
taking root at the joints, as they do when 
they run ou the ground, consequently all 
the strength goes to the potatoes in the 
hill.” 
Cotton Production for 1872. — From 
our correspondents South, we learn that t he 
high price of cotton is stimulating extensive 
preparations among planters to extend the 
area of cotton the present year. We hope 
the lessons of the past will not be forgotten, 
and that the corn crop will not be negleot- 
ed. The practice of rushing headlong 
into any one specialty, ignoring other 
needs, is too much like rushing all of one’s 
money on a single throw of dice—It is un¬ 
wise and likely to prove disastrous. A 
large and exclusive cotton crop usually re¬ 
sults in low cotton and high corn. This 
should be remembered. 
The Beet Roots for Milch Cows.—“ A 
Rural Reader” asks our correspondents, 
having experience, to name the best roots 
to cultivate for food for milch cows, and 
detail mode of culture, and soil best adopt¬ 
ed therefor. 
2fte j&cine-glqtt. 
CURTIS VS. BABBITT. 
In reply to L. W. Babbitt's argument 
that the Chester White is a thorough-bred-, 
because in a cross of t his hog with the China 
Poland, and in a subsequent cross of a half- 
bred Chester White and China Poland, 
more of the pigs were white than spotted, 
I argue as ho docs, that the white blood was 
the “ strongest,” but differ from him that 
this fact proves that the Chester White is 
any more thorough-bred- A “breed" that 
does not always breed alike cannot be 
proved thorough-bred when they happen, 
in a oross with other pigs, to have more of 
the offspring marked after themselves. It 
is a proof of a stronger constitution and 
physical vigor. As, tor Distance, a case of 
my own. I have now a litter of pigs from 
a Chester White sow, two iTnd a-half years 
old, atid a Berkshire hoar, less than one 
year old, the pigs being nearly all white. Is 
the Chester White more thorough - bred 
than the Berkshire? Mr. Babbitt further 
says:—“ When a man shows me a pig with 
straight or erect ears, and calls it a Chester 
White, T either conclude he thinks me a fool, 
or” (to abbreviate his language) “he is n fool 
himself. ” Paschal Morris, who is author¬ 
ity on this question, says there were two 
families of hogs started in Chester county, 
one with lopped, aud one with straight or 
erect cars. I have seen and observed speci¬ 
mens of both families. Our friend Bab¬ 
bitt may rank himself in either of the 
classes he has mentioned, according to his 
oomprehension of the above facts. From 
Mr. Babbitt's description of his Chester 
Whites they must bo well bred, but in 
breeding off the wrinkles and folds ho is 
effacing one of the peculiar characteristics 
of the breed which, if I was a breeder of 
Chester Whites, I should be careful to pre¬ 
serve; as they are a certain sign of purity, 
aud have no objectionable- features. J have 
never had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Bab¬ 
bitt’s articles proposing a Swine Herd- 
book, but I am glad to know he is alive to 
the importance of having an authoritative 
standard of characteristics, and I extend 
to him the hand of co-operation. 
Kirby Homestead, N. Y. F. D. Curtis. 
PIG-PEN PAPERS. 
To Prevent a Sow from Eating her 
Pigs.—“A New Subscriber," Park, Nebras¬ 
ka, asks what will prevent a sow from eat¬ 
ing her pigs, his neighbors having been seri¬ 
ously troubled. It- is the opinion of some 
excellent breeders that the cause of a sow 
eating her offspring, is costive ness, and that 
proper food is the preventive and cure. The 
proper food in winter is roots of some kind 
—sugar beets, carrots, parsnips, mangel 
wurzel, turnips or potatoes. Give a little 
charcoal occasionally, with sulphur once or 
twice a week, if you have no roots. Don’t 
feed heating food, such as corn meal. It will 
make her costive, feverish and oross, and 
she will attack and destroy her pigs when 
in the frenzy this induces. 
Measles in Hwine.—What shall I give 
my hogs to prevent them having the 
measles? Some of my neighbor’s hogs are 
afflicted, and I want to avoid the disease if 
I can. So asks John Porter of the Rural 
New-Yorker, which answers, feed them 
sulphur once or twice a week in their slops 
—a tablespoonful to each animal. It will 
generally prove a preventive, provided the 
pigs are kept clean and warm, as they 
ought always to be. 
2ft? f)mt!tr]j-f|ant. 
SURE CURE FOR ROUP. 
I have twenty fowls of Dark and Light 
Brahma that caught this most dreaded dis¬ 
ease of the poultry yard from a Dark 
Brahma cook that I purchased of a fancier, 
who had him on exhibition at the Cleveland 
Poultry Fair. I took him home, and in two 
days he could hardly crow. The third day 
one of the hens was very bad. I began 
doctoring them, and cured them both ; but 
in five days I noticed my whole flock was 
infected; ten of the hens were blind and 
could not see to eat; their heads swelled 
nearly round. I had to put food in their 
mouths to keep them alive, and water them 
with a teaspoon. Yet all my fowls are 
living now, and I routed the disease in a 
few days. I should have isolated those 
showing sj*mptoms of the disease from the 
rest, and I probably would not have had the 
whole flock to attend. Those that were the 
worst with swelled heads I began at by 
squeezing tho discharge out of the head 
through the nostrils, as clean as I could. I 
then washed their heads and mouth with a 
bath made of a pint of warm water and two 
tablespooufuis of good vinegar, using my 
finger aud bathing tbeir head and roof of 
the mouth well. I then applied a liniment to 
their heads and mouths, made in the follow¬ 
ing manner:—Four ounces camphorated 
sweet oil and twenty-eight drops of car¬ 
bolic acid— in other word l, seven drops of 
carbolic acid to the ounce of camphorated 
oil. It will take longer to cure those that 
havo beoomc* very bad. but I will warrant 
that if the fowl gets feed enough put in its 
mouth to keep it from starving, that by 
using the above remedies, it will come out 
all right in a few days, no matter how bad 
they may be. 
Preventive of Gapes.—I would also say 
that by putting a few drops of carbolic acid 
in some water, and then mixing iu coarse 
meal twice a week, for young chicks, that 1 
had no trouble with gapes, in the spring, 
while my neighbors lost several with tho 
disease. I also saved chickens for olhers by 
dipping a feather, or a timothy head, in a 
solution of carbolic acid and water (ten 
drops to the ounce), and running it down 
the wind-pipe, giving it a twist and with¬ 
drawing it; but an ounce of prevention is 
worth a pound of cure, and a little admin¬ 
istered in the food occasionally will be sure 
to keep off this troublesome complaint. 
Regarding the roup, 1 would like to have 
some person try the remedy aud see how 
miraculously it works. w. T. a. 
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POULTRY N0TE8 AND QUERIES. 
Experience with the Light Brahmas.— 
My chicks were hatched between April 1st 
and July. The eldest made splendid broil¬ 
ers in June, and equally good for the table 
up to the present. 1 reserved twenty-five 
pullets to keep over, which commenced lay¬ 
ing the latter part of October, und have ever 
since furnished me from eight to ten eggs 
per day. They have had no extra feed nor 
access to grain, for we raise none; they run 
at large. I have fed them only the crumbs 
from the table, and once a day boiled pota¬ 
toes, sprinkled with a little corn meal. 
They are excellent mothers, and seldom lose 
a chick, although left to roam at large w ith 
their brood. When sitting, they can be 
changed from one nest to another, and they 
will remain quietly.— Mrs. D. L. Wortii- 
inuton, Genexce Co., X. Y. 
Are Pigeons Quarrelsome? — In the 
Rural New-Yorker I discovered a state¬ 
ment that I think ought to be corrected. 
It is said “ Pigeons are as quarrelsome as 
owls, and they will fight to the death rath¬ 
er luiu have two nests built in one tree.'’ 
I certainly know that, in the year 1825, the 
pigeons nested iu the town of Pittsfield, 
Otsego Co., and they had very many nests 
on the same tree. Myself and three other 
persons spent a day in the woods among 
the pigeons, I saw no quarreling among 
them. Their nests were regularly visited 
by the pareut birds; all seemed to vie with 
each other in loving attentions to their 
young! Other varieties of pigeons may act 
as represented by “ 0.but of them 1 have 
no knowledge— Rufus Feet, Caxtilc, N. Y. 
Does it Pay to Keep Geese? asks a cor¬ 
respondent at Seville, O. Yes, it pays some 
people, but it does not others. If any of our 
correspondents have found it profitable, we 
should like to see their figures. 
The Sex of Eggs.—Long, slim eggs are 
males; short, round eggs are females. 
