■itlir j£rops. 
CASTOR OIL BEAU. 
Do yon, or any of tho Southern oorreapond- 
cnts of tho Hu it A L New-Yorker. know any¬ 
thing ntrout Castor Oil Mean culture? I should 
like to lcorasomething concerningIt.—F. M. H., 
Northern Mississippi. 
We have had no experience with it, but 
find in a late number of the South Land tho 
following from a correspondent at Bay St. 
Louis, Miss., dated Feb. 24. lie bought a 
sack of these bean* and planted them April 
5th, in a light sandy loam soil, with a sub¬ 
stratum of clay. He add!“ 1 broke up 
the ground well, as for corn, and then laid 
oir the rows six feet apart. (You may check 
vour land if you prefer it, exactly as you 
check for corn.) Between every seventh 
row I left an interval or distance of «ix feet, 
to admit tho passage of a horse and slide 
when the beans are being gathered, as here¬ 
inafter explained. 
“Before planting, put the seed in very 
warm (not boiling) water, and let them soak 
all night. Drop six or seven seed in each 
hill, the hills six feet apart each way. Thin 
out to two plants after the plants have got. 
too large for the cut-worm, which is some¬ 
time# quite destructive. At. this stage, if 
the plants arc vigorous and healthy,! reduce 
to one plant, leaving two only where the 
plants look delicate. I keep the crop clean, 
first with the plow, then with the cultivator, 
and now and then drawing a little dirt 
around with the hoe. When the plants are 
some two feci high no more work need be 
done, unless, after a long spell of rain, you 
may loosen the earth with your cultivator. 
“My beans ripened In July and August, 
Take your horse and slide along the rows 
left for that purpose, and, with a pair of 
shears clip off the pod-bearing spikes as soon 
as tHe pods begin to turn of a brown or 
chocolate color. They must be promptly mf. 
at this stage x or the beaus will pop from the 
pod and be lost, 
“ Have ready a shed with a plank floor, 
or a piece of ground, well cleaned, beaten 
and rolled, like an old-time threshing floor, 
twenty or thirty feet square, well exposed to 
the sun, on which throw your spikes, and 
turn them over occasionally until all the 
beans drop out. Then scrape away the 
husks, gather the beans, and go in the Held 
for a new supply, as they will continue to 
bear aud mature until frost. Do not allow 
tho beans, when drying, to get wet. Hence 
an open shed is best, If you have no shed, 
when the weather is threatening, rake into a 
heap, and cover with a tarpaulin or hoards. 
They should be well fanned and winnowed 
of chaff before being sacked for market. 
“ From fifteen to twenty-five bushels per 
acre is the average yield. My beans turned 
out about i wenty-six and one-quarter bushels 
to the acre, no fertilizers being used. The 
same land would Imre averaged twenty-five 
bushels of corn, and 800 pounds of cotton. 
A bushel of seed will plant (and replant, if 
necessary) ten acres. Your sleigh or slide 
can be made at home, narrow enough to 
pass between Ihe lows, having on it a box 
that will hold some ten bushels of spike#. 
“ Si. Louis is the best, market I know of; 
Stability and iteadiness of purpose is as 
good policy in farming as in any other busi¬ 
ness, and if a mun start* out expecting to 
run his chances one year with another, he 
will make more money by making a special¬ 
ty of one crop than by continually shifting, 
and endeavoring to strike something that 
will give him a fortune in one grand lump. 
We know men who have made fortunes in 
growing potatoes; others with beans, cab¬ 
bages, celery, etc. But these men never 
asked,or appeared to be the least concerned 
in regard to what was likely to be the most 
popular article in market; they confined 
themselves to that which was known to be 
good, and was, consequently, always in 
demand. 
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SOWING OLD WHEAT. 
arm 'ttonomv. 
OANE “SHUCKS” POR MANURE. 
“Larob heaps of ‘cane shucks,’ or old cane 
from which Hie juice has been pressed, accumu¬ 
late about our sugar mills which we in ibis sec¬ 
tion have not yet learned to utilize in any way. 
Will you not Inform us, through the Cultivator, 
of some plan by which we can comport it, or 
cause it to decay, or In some way liccoinc userui 
as it manure? If so, l am sure you will do the 
country ut large a great benefit; tor it lies in 
heaps everywhere, irom year to year, and is of 
no service whatever.—H. A. Leu, Burnt Corn, 
Alar 
If any of our readers can throw light on the 
above, we should be idad to hear from them. 
Cane stalks, from which the juice lias been ex¬ 
pressed. nil veryslowly.it is true, hm hardly 
any vegetable matter will resist the disorganiz¬ 
ing action of lime and ashes. Composted with 
these, we presume the uune might be brought. 
good cord the size of a large clothes line, 
fifty feet or more in length, and lied to the 
upper end of the break-lever, (alter taking 
off the horizontal piece usually connected at 
that, point;) from thence go around the rear 
pulley, thence around the forward pully, 
then go back to your machine. If it is a 
cutting box, place yourself by its side, ready 
Eb* lurtrsman* 
PRICES OP STOCK OATTLE IN OHIO 
The Madison county, Ohio,monthly stock 
sales are an institution of many years’ sland- 
for feeding; make a loop in the cord just j U g ) au <j being in the midst of the largest 
long enough to slip over your head and cattle growing region in til© State, the prices 
down around the back. Then instruct your ikere prevailing are a good index of the con- 
attendant to furnish you with stalks, or dition of the trade. These sales are attended 
whatever it may he, fast enough and suf- by many people from far and near, both sell- 
ficiently steady to keep the machine con- ers and buyers, and this Sales Day is a big 
stantly cutting. But there again practice d ay j n the town of London, which is the 
fails to come up to theory, and no mortal county seat of Madison, twenty-five miles 
man can do it, always; consequently the southwest from Columbus, t.he capital of the 
machine is sometimes too heavily loaded state. 
and sometimes too empty. If you are an ex- At the last sale, which was held on the 7th 
i nto e p ro p cr'eoa cl it. h!n* i^im'iKimble time, if and sometimes too empty. If you are an ex- At the last sale, which was held on the t th 
dried soon after pressing, and stored away, we pert, it is in your power to not overload hut day of March, the attendance was very large. 
&1f"ci?t 0, Slnto froS 1 pSStoroR.wiSf.t not in your power to he ever supplied with More cattle were on the ground than usual; 
Southern CmimUir. material. When such is the case, and the | large lots exchanged hands at good prices. 
Last fall our wheat grew while it was yet if ‘ c.'.t V.p into V.roper pieUei; tor et.oxvirig.- not in your power to he ever supplied With More cattle were on the ground man usual; 
in the field in such, a manner as to render it Southern OuataflW’- material. When such is the case, and the large lots exchanged hands at good prices, 
unfit to use for seed, and hardly fit for food. If lime and ashes are applied to heaps of horses are springing to keep up with the More horses were sold than at any previous 
Ab we could find no good seed wheat in vegetable matter, they will hasten decornpo- motion, just settle back in your breeching, sale, to purchasers from Cincinnati, Colura¬ 
the neighborhood, we concluded to sow sition; hut the ammonia evolved during the and you apply the break as is needed. Only bus, Philadelphia, Buffalo aud New York. 
the neighborhood, we concluded to sow 
some old wheat which had been in tlie 
grainery about one year. The wheat was 
drilled in, and some of it grew, but the 
larger part of It did not. 
Now, as I am not a very parsimonious 
person, and am willing to have others do 
unto me as they would that 1 should do unto 
them, I wish to have all the readers of the 
RuuAb New-Yorker " kno by these arc 
presents ” that not one kernel out of five 
will grow when the seed is old; 
The reason why I cannot tell. 
But wheat that’s old "tis best to sell. 
If any of your intelligent and learned 
readers can inform me why old wheat will 
not grow, 1 wish they would “ help a worn 
and weary farmer,” trying hard to find out 
why it “ am timely,” by informing 
Bo Inn, Esq. 
Jamestown, Chaut, Co., N. Y. 
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FIELD NOTES. 
How I Grew My Burly Rose Potatoes. 
This is how 1 raised fifty bushels of Early 
Rosa potatoes on one-eighth of an acre, with¬ 
out. cultivation: — I manured the ground in 
November with good compost, broadcast; 
then plowed to a good depth, and left it, 
for the winter, well drained. March 1st 
following, I put on five bushels lime, ten 
bushels ashes and one peck of salt; plowed 
again and harrowed thoroughly; run out 
rows two and a-lmlf feet apart, three inches 
deep, dropped the potatoes fifteen inches 
apart; covered with three inches fine earth; 
rolled the ground. As soon as the potatoes 
began coming up, I covered the entire 
ground with straw about one foot deep, ami 
so they remained until they were, taken up. 
The 29th of May we had them on the table; 
they were tlicu a fine size. (A little gas tar 
will keep out all mice, moles, &c.)—J. B. 
McNeal. 
Applying lieu Mnmiri* lo Corn, 
T. L. C., Palmyra, N. Y., is informed 
that leached ashes and lion manure may be 
mixed with safety; but nnleached ashes 
should never he mixed with hen manure 
process, will pass off into the air and be lost, four or five inches movement of the body is 
unless some kind of an absorbent is placed required, and that without any inconvenience 
over the heap. Charcoal, dried peat, or even or hindrance to the hands in feeding. You 
good loam, will answer the purpose, and can thus keep the team iu perfect confidence 
some such material should always he mixed and move along with slow and steady pace, 
with, or spread over, compost heaps, when- without excitement or irritation, 
ever lime or ashes is used to aid decomposi- When sawing wood this cord is passed 
lion. It seems strange that the “shucks” over a pully placed on an upright piece at- 
whieli accumulate around a cane mill should tached to my saw frame just forward of the 
be allowed to go to waste anywhere; for wood carriage. That upright has a row of 
they can be readily transformed into a most. ]jt,tle wooden pegs inclining downward, 
valuable manure, even without the addition under which I bring down a horizontal lever 
of any other material. All that is necessary with the cord tied to it. 
lo produce rapid fermentation and decornpo- When churning, the cord is run through 
sition is, to work over the heaps in warm the side of the milk house and over a pully, 
Weather, admitting air; and it nrtt sufficient- thence down by the side of the churn. * 
ly moist, water should be added, as beat, air Without, that cord 1 would burn my horse 
and moisture will soon produce a change power before using; and it is entirely np- 
upou any such mass of vegetable matter. plicable to all railway horse powers in all 
The first two or three limes working over kinds of business, 
is no child’s play, and it requires patience The man who does not strive to relieve 
and muscle; but when the mass once begins his good horse when irritated, while doing 
to crumble, it will soon become soft, and him service, is no Christian. J. Dunham. 
as readily handled as ordinary barn-yard Etna, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
Corn stalks and cane shucks decompose ECONOMICAL NOTES, 
very slowly if allowed to remain undisturbed Cotton Seed For stock, 
iu large heaps; but we have changed Ihe j fiAW in , lUc RujUL New-Yorker an 
most uninviting heap of corn stalks into a arlicle cop j e d from the Southern Cultivator, 
soft, rich unctuous mass of manure in three &nd M U)e wriler glV , e!i experience which is 
Ten S-rear-old*. for .fW> per head . -weight, J,05fl. Six 
▼e*ir)in»e. for f 17 per bead. weight.475. Ten jear- 
lintB. for $25 per bend ; weight.SoO. Nuie 2-ywir-» ds, 
liir £35.25 per head: welst)?. BUO. 1- II teen fl-> ear-olds, 
for ?to p«r he:id : weight, 000. One yoke ul imen. for 
*12fl; weiplu. 1.000. Twenty 2-yr:ar-ol«1s. inr f(X); 
wend>t. I .am. Kifty-one 3.yeur-oma, withdraw n nt 
* 73.25; weight. lA’OCi. i illy-. 3-yeitr-olds.. for #86; 
weixht, 1 ;<£■>. Twenty :l-> ear-old*, Ml?; weight,800. 
Seven 2-voHr-i Ids. >it #22.50: weight. 600. Mn» tr-i ii 3- 
lii I ■ " •■A..', 1.125. Ol e < on . . ! Di.50 : 
weight, 1,1*10- fill een 2-eur-' Idt, wi ihdm wt, at ,• 10 . 25 ; 
wrlght. HO. Hive 2-vt-,tr-filrls. r.t ft'i; weight, .00. 
Three 3-ieor-dds. ai #71: weight. 1,100. ’» h ri.-eu 3- 
yitur-olds, >v #11.80: weight. aid. Tineo lieltci-, 2- 
year-oM*, V'O.RO: weighi, 1.000. Twenty-five 3-y<uir- 
old-. * • n: weight, tao. one ynkenr oxen. t% . weight. 
l.sOO. Seventeen !l yc-'T-Olar, #I0*.I.WI; weight- 
Twenty-three 3-vwvr-Olfls, #58.25: weight. 1 ltd. Six 
2-year-old*. for f(»; weight. 1,12b. Kiev en - 
for Moigln, SIO Nineteen Hyeur-ol'is. *58.80; 
months at a small cost in labor, only by 
merely turning it over and keeping it suffi¬ 
ciently moist to insure fermentation. We 
would not betler fertilizing materials 
than the can^suucks referred to by Mr. 
Lee, and they can be made available al a 
small cost. We would advise our Southern 
friends to try composting cotton seed and 
cane shucks, or castor pomace and shucks. 
Depending upon concentrated, commercial 
fertilizers, is a great mistake, no matter 
at variance with mine, I will give you mine. 
For more than thirty years I have known 
that cotton seed was good feed for cattle and 
sheep. My father always used it, and he 
had better looking cows and more manure 
for the stock kept than any man in tho 
county. Three years ago I began farming; 
have kept horses and cattle in the barn 
every night., winter and summer; have fed 
the cows on cotton seed, one-half peck to 
each cow every morning, and at night gave 
where practised; for there is not. a county tUem NIy cows looked well all the 
in the United States which does not contain 
within its own boundaries fertilizing mate¬ 
rials enough to make every acre of land 
within the same area rich and fertile. This 
material may be in the form of swamp mud, 
muck marl, phosphates, or in the natural 
fertility of the soil, to produce immense 
One yoke of oxen. *325: wonilil. 3.0U0. Mur 2-y ear- 
olds, jai.1l; vr'fiKhi. t»i0. Twenty year Unas, MO; 
weight,'SO. T'tIieair 2 -yi'iir-ol(i!i. #38; weight,9QQ. 
houses. 
T. II Palmer sold a Black Hawk Morgan stallion 
for *171- 1 AdrtUon of Chioluiiaii. bought lOueu't of 
horsPA, nt sin iivi’rjigoof *100 per II.Ac W Kiun- 
ifiond do unlit 17 lirfult ;t * 1111 of Hto. Cyrus 
Addison nt (inctiiiiiill, bought 18 Lead, at an avoiago 
of #110. J. P.Sboek oil' 1 lumber, bought 0 horses, 
Ht an avrr.igo of #175. Daniel Mitt I ion a OX Columbus, 
bought 3 horses, at mi average of $130 per bead, i retl. 
Broil of New York. lioiiBbl 10 horses,at au average of 
#110 per bend. II. Struu-s of t'lni-mniitl. boup.ht 8 
hors, s, ,t ;in avonteo ol -120 per bond. L. A. Daniels 
of ilntTulo. N Y b. light T h< a "-s, u.t on liverueo ol 
#150 per head. Wru H iflge ..f Ulnikc count}-, sold a 
b„rse rm *125. Other ■ don of eoile and horses were 
made privately, tbot the reporters did not gut. 
-w-w*- 
NOTES FOR HERDSMEN. 
A Cow Losing tsulivn. 
J. S. W., Suspension Bridge, N. Y., writes, 
Full. 21:—“About a month ago one of my 
best cows began to flow from the mouth, in 
such quantities that her manger not unfre- 
quehtlj contained a pailful of Saliva. She is 
gradually running down, although she eats 
well—as well as any cow in ihe stable—all 
food given her. What ails her ?” We refer 
our correspondent to page 142 Rural New- 
Yorker, March 4, to article “A Steer Losing 
Saliva.” __ 
Calves and Pips (Scouring. 
1 find a good way is to give sweet milk, 
with corn meal mush to thicken it a little; 
stir a heapeil-up teaspoonful of calcined 
^ ~ 4 ^ __ v 1 UllALlf, Dial LU Wi at uvivi u uivw 
time. Last winter I kept five cows, fed as 
above; all calved in March and went to ’ -— 
grass in fine condition. To increase the flow Calves nmi Pips ttcourinp. 
of milk I gave corn meal. I never allow I find a good way is to give sweet milk, 
my cows to drink slops. with corn meal mush to thicken it a little ; 
Tins winter 1 am feeding cows as hereto- s ti r a heaped-up leaspoonful of calcined 
fore ; and 1 have a yoke of cattle that are magnesia in the slop once a day for two or 
unless dry muck, charcoal dust, gypsum, or quantities of Ihe coarse or fine grasses; but fc(J dui]y( nig | lt al)(1 morning, on cotton seed three day’s, will get the calf right again. Use 
some other absorbent is composted with we are sure that it is there, and it only re- anc j clover hay, and they are in better con- no sour slop for feed. 
them. Hen manors ought to be mixed with quires skillful labor to develop these mines dd j on to-day than when 1 got them, three For young pigs that have the scours the 
our counties are far more valuable than our ^ car fmg off heavy loads of corn, cotton, saved several for me. For a two-weeks-old 
gold mines, but the mass of farmers have w0od an( j fence rails. I esteem cotton seed pig, a small teaspoon even full of the cal- 
the price varies from $5 to $2 per bushel, ?onie such absorbent in any case before ap- of wealth. The swamps and muck beds of mont hs ago, although 1 have been constant- same treatment is recommended. It has 
according to the quality and supply. The p]y; U g $ 0 crops. Then for corn we would our counties are far more valuable than our car Ung off heavy loads of corn, cotton, saved several for me. For a two-weeks-old 
oil is used not only medicinally, but for a np]yj n the hill as described by a cones- gold mines, but tbe mass of farmers have w0n( j and fence rails. I esteem cotton seed pig, a small teaspoon even full of the cal- 
lubricaling purposes, and is the basis of p ( , n( j en |. on page 187 Rural New-Yorker, not, as yet, learned to use them to advantage. as f 00 J for sheep, cows and oxen superior to cined magnesia is enough, once a day— R. 
most of the oleaginous perfumes. March 25. This will answer one of E. B. -- corn, and believe that if it were hulled it w. Haines, M. D. 
“ The plant is an annual, hoiaulcally; but E ; s q Ues iions. RAILWAY HORSE-POWER GOVERNORS, would j )e f j ne f or borses aud Hogs.—W m. G. - 
with me it is perennial, and perpetuates it- - mvr™ had sev^aTTears exnerienee in Camp, Covington, Oa. WovMnu b..ii* 
self. My lot is now covered with young Rr«i-Toi> See*!. Having I I se 1 - ' • 'J,. ... - A paragraph going the rounds, concem- 
planis. It is said by the shade it gives in A correspondent of the Rural New- the use of raih vay horse-powers, the trials J wive nn.l Pick?-? Fence. j„„ SUCC ess in working bulls, the same as 
the hot months, and the quantity of leaves Yorker, at Rose, N. Y-, asks where lie can and difficulties encountered an<l ovemane, n Fulton writes;-- Have any of the oxcn> remM# me that when a boy there 
it drops materially lo improve the laud.” get Red-Top grass seed, how much should I lublic * ma y be benefici l l t0 ' readers of the Rural, New-A orker had ] im j \ n U1Y native town, a man who kept a 
not, as yet, learned to use them to advantage. 
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RAILWAY HORSE-POWER GOVERNORS. 
DEMAND FOR EARLY ROSE. 
Tnu demand for the Early Rose potato is 
already far in excess of the supply on hand, 
either in our markets or seed stores. We 
presume, however, that there is a good stock 
still in the cellars of our farmers farther 
North, which will come forward as soon as 
the weather will permit; if not, there is 
sure to he a scarcity of seed. Prices have 
already gone up to nearly or quite double 
the fall rales, and the increasing foreign 
demand for this variety will send prices still 
higher, unless the stock held at the North is 
sufficient to fill the orders of our largest 
dealers. Within the past, few days one of 
our New York seedsmen has received orders 
from England for twelve tons of Early Rose, 
and we presume others have been drawn on 
for the same variety. 
A majority of our farmers seem to be 
“ jug-haudled” philosophers, and arc always 
on one side ; they cannot hold on to a good 
thing more than one season. It must be all 
Early Rose or all Peach Blow ; and if there 
happens to he a glut of the market one sea¬ 
son, nobody plaula that variety the next. 
In 1869 ihe markets were filled with choice 
potatoes; consequently, prices were low, 
and many cultivators were so much disap¬ 
pointed that they planted very few potatoes 
in 1870 ; this, with the dry season, caused a 
scarcity, and high prices followed. 
Rr.i-Top Seed. Having had several years experience in -, - -- 
A correspondent of the Rural New- the use of railway horse-powers, the trials! w , ve n...t Pick.-? Fence. 
Yorker, at Rose, N. Y., asks where he can and difficulties encountered and overcome, n Fulton writes: — ” Have any of 
get Red-Top grass seed, how much should miUl6 public, may he beneficial to some readcrs of the Rural New-Yorker 
he sown per acre, and what it is worth. It others it you have space lo spare. practical experience with any kind of f 
can be bought of any seedsman advertising My experience has mostly been with the made w j dl AV j re und pickets? If so, 
in our columns, at about $2 per bushel of Emery Power, purchased in 18ofi, and doing please communicate their opinion 
fourteen pounds. Ten to twenty pounds grand, good service still. I thresh with it, bow t b c contraction and expansion ol 
should tie sown oer acre—depending upon cut hay, straw, opmstalks, sticks, and stones i w j recan he counteracted or overcome, 
as food for sheep, cows and oxen superior to 
corn, and believe that if it were hulled it 
would he fiue for horses and Hogs.— Wm. G. 
Qamp, Covington, Ga. 
fourteen pounds. Ten to twenty pounds 
should lie sown per acre—depending upon 
the soil, and whether it. is mixed with other 
grasses or not. It thrives best on moist 
soils, and makes good pasturage aud hay. 
Bi?r Pumpkin Crop. 
Mr. J. Benedict. Bennington, O., writes 
that a pumpkin vine came up in the barn 
yard, was transplanted to the potato field, 
had no care until fall, when it had seventeen 
full-sized pumpkins on it, fifteen of which 
were fully matured. Average weight, 30 
pounds; total weight of crop, 510 pounds. 
There were eight smaller ones not reckoned 
iu the count. _ 
Why George Graves Would Grow Norway 
Oats. 
George Graves writes the Rural New- 
Yorker :—“ I see but one reason for raising 
them (Norway Oats)—the mice seem to like 
them best,” With him, the past season, they 
yielded thirty-four bushels, while other varie¬ 
ties (he don't name them) yielded fifty bush¬ 
els per acre. 
Bresec’s No. 2 Potnto. 
A Washington, D. C., correspondent in¬ 
forms us that from one of Bresee’s No. 2 
potatoes he produced the past season one 
barrel and three pecks of good potatoes. 
sometimes; saw wood, slit lumber, churn, 
&c., and I can run it with so little elevation 
with a pair of old, hare-foot horses, that the 
bridge appears as though it might last an¬ 
other generation. 
But my greatest trouble has been to regu¬ 
late the speed in such a manner as to make 
it comfortable for the team. In some classes 
of work it fluctuates so suddenly that the 
horses are in constant fear of their walking 
ground leaving them, and in their efforts 
springing to keep up with the motion, an 
unnecessary amount of excitement, sweat 
and lather iB the result, all of which goes to 
condemn railway horse-powers,so useful and 
convenient in many branches of farm labor. 
Some years ago I obtained a patent gov¬ 
ernor, which had to be attached to the side 
of the power near the band wheel, and con¬ 
nected by a baud to anot her small wheel on 
the axle of the main or largo band wheel. 
This arrangement seemed, theoretically, to 
be the thing; but I never was clover enough 
to make it a practical success. 
“ Stupid conutiyman! ” 
I finally attached a couple of side pullies 
on the ribs, or upright frame pieces, of the 
Wive nn<l Picket Fence. 
II. Fulton writes;—“ Have any of the 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker had 
practical experience with any kind of fence 
made with wire und pickets? If so, will 
they please communicate their opinion and 
how the contraction and expansion of the 
wire can he counteracted or overcome, and 
the best method of fastening the pickets to 
the wire, <fcc. If the contraction of wire can 
he obviated in some practical way, a cheap 
fence can be made with pickets, I should 
suppose.” 
No wire fence supported with pickets, 
that we have ever seen, is worth the powder 
to blow it up. In nine cases out of ten the 
wires support the pickets after the first win¬ 
ter, instead of the pickets the wire. Good 
posts should he set solid, eight to twelve 
feet apart, as for a board fence; holes bored 
through the posts to receive the wires; the 
wires drawn through and made taut hut not 
strained, and fastened at the end post by 
winding them two or three times around it; 
then soft wood plugs, which have been 
dipped in oil, should he driven into the 
holes over each wire on each side of each 
post through which the wires pass. There 
is no danger from contraction or expansion. 
. How to Apply Wood Ashes. 
A correspondent at Milton, Wis., asks 
the best method of applying wood ashes to 
laud. Spread broad-cast if for small grain 
crops; if for corn, sorghum, broom-corn or 
cined magnesia is enough, once a day—R. 
W. Haines, M. D. 
Working Bults 
A paragraph going the rounds, concern¬ 
ing success in working bulls, the same as 
oxen, reminds me that when a boy there 
lived in my native town, a man who kept a 
bull for service of cows, and yet had him so 
trained that lie not only plowed with him, 
but drove him regularly before a t wo wheeled 
cart, in the performance of daily labors of 
the farm. lie would also occasionally drive 
him into the village, and it was rare amuse¬ 
ment for the boys to follow alongside, with 
jeers and laughter, all of which were taken 
bv the bull driver stoically and iu good 
b umor.—A ddi. 
Deans for Gnt'Ki't in Cows* 
A CORRESPONDENT of tbe New England 
Farmer says“ Some six or seven years 
ago, I saw beans recommended for garget in 
cows, by a gentleman who had a cow so 
badly affected that she was nearly spoiled, 
but she got to a stack of beans and ate what 
she wanted. The result was, she was cuied. 
Since then I have used nothing else; end it 
has never failed to cure as yet. Beans, we 
all know, will do no harm, and it is a medi¬ 
cine that all farmers have on hand, or ought 
to liavc. At fii'st I soaked a pint t<> a ieed, 
and mixed them with meal to make Ihe cow 
eat them; but now 1 keep ground heaps, i' 3 
1 think the meal is the best. This fall I had 
a very promising two-year-old heifer be¬ 
come so bad in one teat ill at I could scarcely 
milk it, and the milk was very chunky and 
bloody. I gave her one pint of the meal 
mixed with, other meal, lor Jour days, when 
she was as well as ever, and has remained 
so. I think if cows were to be fed with 
ribs, or upright mime pieces, oi me crops; u ioi euiu, -- ~ 1imp( , a V ear they 
outside —one near the forward end potatoes, apply to the hill any time a tei be ^” ld ^ Qt be trou bi e d with garget” 
power outside — one near tue lorwaru enu potatoes, 
and the other at the rear. Then I took a planting. 
