are Riven. E. W. Dwight, of Brooklyn, 
Wis., informs ns he has practiced this plan 
for several years, with satisfactory results. 
In strong, rich land he mixes the seed in 
equal parts; in poorer land he uses one part 
oats to two parts wheat. With good fan- 
nlng-mills the grains can be thoroughly sep¬ 
arated.” _ 
Barley and Bye for Winter Forage.— 
Nathan W. P. of Pennsylvania is informed 
that it is too late now to sow either barley 
or rye with the hope that it will make suffi¬ 
cient growth this Fall to afford Winter for¬ 
age. It should have been sowed in August 
or early September. But seeded now it 
will start early in Spring, and afford early 
Spring pasturage, or an early Summer soil¬ 
ing crop. 
Winter Varietles'of Oats in the South. 
-1 have found that if I sow what are known 
here as Winter oats, in the Fall, I get a far 
better crop than if I sow the best Spring 
varieties from the North. 1 cannot grow' 
good oats here—at least 1 have not yet— 
from Northern Seed. I should like others' 
experience.—A Northerner in Virginia. 
an ounce; mix, and apply by means of a 
hair brush.” 
with the shoulder next the tongue ou the 
outside shaved off, and on a bevel to one- 
half the width of the celling used. This 
style of clapboarding does away with the 
necessity of sheathing, and makes a warm 
house. 
The trimming of windows should be of 
2-iuch stuff; also all water-table and belt 
courses; rebating the upper edge with bev¬ 
el makes them w ater-tight. The ornamen¬ 
tal scrolls are formed by incising the casings 
Ji" inch In depth, and filling them with 
bright vermilion paint. The inside finish 
is a style invented by the architect, with 
cut casings finished with incised work and 
carved ornaments, which correspond with 
the external finish used, and now used with 
great satisfaction to the owner in many 
buildings. There are few moldings used— 
but very few—and the wood may be pol¬ 
ished and finished to groat elegance, aud 
also be kept dean without the constant use 
of the duster, etc., as is common w r ith the 
enriched molded architraves in common 
use. The doors, glass and other finish may 
be as faucy dictates. 
The cost of the house complete, w ith wa¬ 
ter, heating, gas, bath, and all parts com¬ 
pleted, is *7,000; with the addition of hard 
woods, *500 extra. The difference of loca¬ 
tions does not materially alter the cost, as 
the work is so simple aud easy that it is 
readily comprehended. 
To Cure Curb.—I have cured curb on a 
young liorse by giving complete rest. If 
the animal must be worked, a high-heeled 
shoe should be used. If there is inflamma¬ 
tion, it should be reduced by frequent 
fomentations and the application of cooling 
lotions. The enlargement can bo reduced 
by a blister of biuiodide of mercury oint¬ 
ment.—Y oung Vet. 
SEEDLING POTATOES, 
I WISH to give you my experiments on 
raising seedling potatoes. From seedB ta¬ 
ken from the Prince Albert variety last 
fall, I raised this season eleven varieties, 
one of which greatly resembles the origi¬ 
nal. A few' of the varieties are of a reddish 
cast, while the rest are white. The largest 
of the different varieties, wfith one excre¬ 
tion, weigh from three to four ounoes each. 
One plant was four feet eight inches high 
and yielded thirty-four potatoes, varying 
in size from that of a pea to one weighing 
six ounces. This variety has somewhat of 
a deep, pink eye, a hardy appearance, and 
much resembles the variety we Imre call the 
Western Pinkeye. This seems the most, 
promising, and predicates a very prolific 
variety; therefore 1 will at onco christen it 
the Philippi Prolific. There are two other 
very fine varieties that are also very prom¬ 
ising. They have a smooth, white skin, 
with eyes quite full or flush. 
This Is my first effort in this line, and not 
being able to compare it with the experi¬ 
ments of any other, 1 can not say what my 
success is. I should like to hear of the ex¬ 
periments of others.—J ohn D. Philippi, 
Jeff Co., Pa. 
It is too soon to determine whether the 
seedlings will prove of any value, as com¬ 
pared with other well-known varieties, or 
not. They (the best) should be carefully 
cultivated, on a variety of soils and situa¬ 
tions, three to live years, or until their 
characteristics—quality, size, hardiness and 
productiveness — become well established. 
Then they may be worth talking about. No 
one knows now whether they are or not. 
WATER-WITCHINO 
THE HORSE EPIDEMIC IN CANADA 
LOCATION OF HOUSES 
The Toronto Globe, Oct. 10., has the fol¬ 
lowing:—At the present time three-fourths 
of the horses in this section of the country 
have been attacked to a greater or less ex¬ 
tent. The disease appears to be a catarrhal 
fever, of an epizootic nature, the result 
of some atmospheric influence, as is show'u 
by its sudden appearance over a large ex- 
tent of country, attacking all kinds of 
horses, old and youug, in good condition or 
in poor. The premonitory symptoms are 
dullness, a staring coat, a w'atery discharge 
from the uose, speedily followed by a severe 
hacking cough; the pulse is quickened, aud 
the mouth hot; the nasal membranes are 
injected, and the ears and legs are unnat¬ 
urally cold; th© discharge from the nose 
increases, and becomes of a greenish-yellow 
color; the breathing is increased, and in 
some cases becomes labored and severe. 
When an affected animal Is exposed to 
vitiating influences of any kind, as impure 
air, sudden ohllia, or overwork, the lungs 
and t heir coverings become affected, there¬ 
by producing alarming and more dangerous 
symptoms. Although this disease must 
necessarily prove a great loss and annoy¬ 
ance to the community generally, we do 
not think it is likely to b? of a fatal charac¬ 
ter, where ordinary care and rational 
treatment are adopted. We have had an 
opportunity of Reeing hundreds of cases 
since the outbreak, without any fatal 
result. 
Science of Health has some sensible sug¬ 
gestions on this topic, which are appropri¬ 
ate here: 
Houses should be built on upland ground, 
with exposure to sunlight on every aide. 
During epidemios, it has been noted by 
physioians that deaths occur mure frequent¬ 
ly on the shaded side of the street, than on 
the sunny side; and in hospitals physicians 
have testified to the readiness with which 
diseases hare yielded to treatment in sunny 
rooms, while In shaded rooms they have 
proved intractable. 
Let there be no bogs, no marshes, no 
stagnant water in the neighborhood. Then 
let the cellars be thoroughly drained. In¬ 
attention to this subject has caused the 
death of mauy u person. No father or 
mother should rest one moment in peace 
while tbelr Innocent, babes are sleeping in 
rooms over damp and moldy collars. Cel¬ 
lars should not only be drained, but thor¬ 
oughly ventilated, otherwise the house 
must be unwholesome. 
Let the drains also bo constructed for 
the conduction of slops and sewage of all 
kinds to a common reservoir, at a distance 
from the dwelling, to be used for fertilizing 
purposes. 
Door yards should be kept clean and dry, 
composed largely of green sward, on which 
ohildren may romp and play. This should 
be their play ground, rather than the car¬ 
peted room. They are entitled to it, that 
the breath of Nature, and of Nat ure’s God, 
as it filters down through the blue sky, 
may fan their rosy cheeks, and fill their 
souls with joy and their bodies with health. 
RE-SEEDING OLD PASTURES 
Would you advise harrowing an old pas- 
tun?, su*- this month (October), and sowing 
grass seed upon It? Or would you wait un¬ 
til Spring?— 1 \ v. it. 
Were it a month earlier, you being in a 
region where deep snows abound, we should 
recommend seeding this Fall; but there Is 
no gain, that we know of, and some liability 
to loss, if the seed is sowed thus lute. The 
only gain is that the work is done in the 
Fall, when there is possibly less pressure. 
But wo should certainly treat run-out and 
moss-bound pastures to the burrowing, 
seediug, rolling and a top dressing of line 
manure as early as we could get on to it in 
t he Spring—unless it is desirable to turn it 
under and cultivate it. But there is always 
a loss in turning under old pastures. There 
Is a loss of variety in the forage grasses it 
will produce, and which years are often re¬ 
quired to replace. 
FIELD NOTES AND QUERIES, 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN 
Curing Sowed Corn,— G. W. Owens, 
Sullivan Co.. N. Y., writes the Farmers’ 
Club of New York City:—” The farm I oc¬ 
cupy borders the Delaware River, at Nur- 
rowside, Sullivan County, and Is a sandy 
loam. I sowed half an acre to corn, in drills, 
three feet apart, and harvested two tons of 
well-cured stalks. My mode of curing was 
to shock immediately after the sickle and 
let stand from three to four days, then 
leave open to the sun one day, shocked again 
at night. This was repeated three times. 
When the stalks were found to be well 
cured they were placed under a shed stand¬ 
ing, to be fed in Winter. To test their con¬ 
dition, I fed some to working oxen; the}' 
seemed to appreciate them as a treat.” We 
believe some of our readers can give a 
cheaper and better mode of curing sowed 
corn than the above. 
Horse Stable Floors.— When I first 
read J. Wilkinson’s article on “Horse 
Stable Floors ” 1 felt inclined to answer it, 
but on a second reading of the article the 
errors appeared so gross and palpable (er¬ 
rors which it is singular that a man of bis 
apparent experience, uninfluenced by a 
patent, could make), that l gave up the idea. 
It seemed impertinent to point out the 
errors to an intelligent man. My best suc¬ 
cess witli horses lias been ou a floor of 
pounded earth or coal ashes, kept level and 
dry by the semi-daily attention of the 
hostler; and I have never seen a horse so 
fat that a good, fresh bed did not add to 
bis comfort.—A. It. K., Charleston , Va. 
GARDENERS’ NOTES 
Garlic Culture. — 1 desire to learn how 
garlic is raised, whether from seed or sets; 
also how cultivated and prepared for mar¬ 
ket.—J. E. N., Princess Anne Co., Va. 
Garlic is a vegetable but little used in 
this country, except by foreigners. It is 
propagated by divisions, or what is techni¬ 
cally called sets; these ure planted early in 
Spring, in rows afoot apart, and the sets 
five or six inohes apart in the rows. Any 
soil that will produce good onions will suit 
the garlic. During the Summer the soil 
should be frequently cultivated and kept 
clear of weeds. The bulbs mature much 
earlier in the Summer than onions, raised 
from seed; and, as soon as ripe, they should 
be gathered and dried. In our Northern 
markets they are usually sold in small 
bunches of about fifty bulbs, these being 
fastened together by braiding the dried 
tops or fastening with a string. The price 
is variable aud the demand quite limited. 
To Make Hair Grow Where Calloused. 
—I cured a valuable horse of lameness from 
ring boue; but it took the hair off and 
left a callous. Can 1 remove the ring and 
cause the hair to grow ?—11. G. W., Hain- 
mondsvllle, 0. 
In 1800, P. E. W., Denmark, N. Y., wrote 
the Rural New-Yorker as follows: “I 
herewith send a receipe which will cause 
the hair to start right away on bare spots 
caused by blistering, harness, gall, or other¬ 
wise. Take an old boot or shoe, place it on 
a lire, burn to a coal, pulverize and mix 
with hog’s lard to a thin paste. A few ap¬ 
plications of this paste to the bare places 
will do the work.” 
Would wo Drill Wheat?—Yes! Aud 
we’ve said so repeatedly in these columns. 
If the ground is so thoroughly prepared 
that a drill can be used, our own experi¬ 
ence and observation, together with that 
of all who have used drills, is that it is eco¬ 
nomical aud profitable to drill in wheat. 
If we are asked which is the best drill, we 
cannot answer because we don’t know. 
There are dozens of good ones. We prefer 
one (other things being equal) how'ever, 
which has rollers following in the drill fur¬ 
rows to press the soil close about the seeds. 
This answers a half-dozen inquiries so fur 
as w r e can answer them. 
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL NOTES 
Numismatics.—When was the first one 
of our large copper cents made and when 
the last ? I have one made in 1800; but 1 think 
that there are older ones. I would like to 
have you give illustrations of any old coin 
you may soe. I think it would please a great 
many of your readers.— C’HAS. II. Wilson. 
We are not in any sense a uumismaticiau; 
nor have we any work on Amerioau numis¬ 
matics at hand to consult. If, among our 
readers, there is any one who can answer 
our correspondent let them do so. Editors, 
as a rule, see very little coin; but if wo 
come across any that is rarer (in our hands) 
than our moderu coins, we will give illus¬ 
trations. 
Keeping Onions.—The New England 
Homestead says:—“Onions will withstand 
far more cold than is usually supposed. If 
packed dry in tight barrels, and all inter¬ 
stices filled with chuff, they may be kept in 
a burn, or where they will Jjfreeze quite 
hard, and not be injured, provided the bar¬ 
rels are closed tight and not opened until 
the onions ure again thawed. Oiiions 
stored in a warm cellar are very likely to 
sprout in Winter, and then decay, emit¬ 
ting anything but an agreeable odor. 
Mange on a Horse.—Will someone 
give me a remedy for mange? I have an 
animal greatly afflicted.—T urf. 
We have recently seen it asserted that it 
may always be got rid of by friction with 
the following mixture: — “Take of whale 
oil, eight ounces; oil of tar, four ounces; 
lac sulphur, two ounces; carbolic acid, half 
Sowing Spring Wheat and Oats To¬ 
gether.—The Western Farmer has the fol¬ 
lowing:— “The practice of sowing Spring 
wheat and oats together seems to grow 
more common. Good reports of the results 
