nbustrial topics. 
NEW YORK CATTLE LAW. 
From our New York Slate readers we 
have had frequent inquiries as to the char¬ 
acter of the amendments to the cattle law 
made by the last New York Legislature. 
We arc informed by I lie Secretary of State 
of the Slate of New York that the Legi.-la- 
ture of 1871 did not, amend the cattle law. 
And we are also indebted to the same gen¬ 
tleman for a copy of the law as it now 
stands, which, notwithstanding its length wc 
print entire. It is follows: 
8 1. It shall not be lawful forany cnttle, horses, 
sheep, swine or goats to run at large, or to In* j 
herded or pastured in any public street, park, 
plaee or highway in this Hraie; and it shall be 
the duty or every overseer of highways within 
his dist rict, and of every street Commissioner in 
any Incorporated village, to seize and (o lake 
into his possession, and keep. until disposed of 
according tn law, any animat so found running 
at large, nr being herded or pastured, and any 
person suffering or permitting any animal to so 
run at large, or be herded or pastured in viola¬ 
tion of tins section, shall forfeit a penalty of 
five dollars for every !mn»e, swine or cattle, and 
one dollar for every sheep or goat so found, to 
be recovered by civil action by any inhabitant 
of the town, in bis own mono or in the name of 
the overseer of the poor nr the lown, or by the 
proceedings lievoimi I ter provided. 
8 2. It shall be lawful lor any person to seize 
mid take into his custody, and retain I ill dis¬ 
posed of as required bv law, any uni him I which 
may be in any public highway, and opposite lo ' 
land owned nr occupied by him, contrary In tlm 
provisions of the foregoing section; or of any 
animal which may be trespassing Upon premises 
owned or occupied by him, 
8 3, Whenever any such person or any officer 
shall seize and lake iulobis possession any ani¬ 
mal under llm authority of the preceding sec¬ 
tions, it eliall be the duty of such person or 
officer to make Immediate.complaint in writing, 
under oath, slating the facts to n justice of the 
peace of llio town in which such seizure oc¬ 
curred; mid such jusliee shall MienuiiMin have 
jurisdiction to hear and tlolenuine such matter, 
and Him 11 tUorciipon proceed In the name milli¬ 
ner as in eiiil aciioug, except ns specially 
changed in thin net. and shall foi-Lh wit It issue n 
summons, under his bund, staling tin- fact of 
such seizure nml complaint, and requiting the 
owner of such animal, or any parly having an 
interest In the sum**, 10 show cause before such 
justice, nt a time and elin e to lie specified in 
said summons, why said animal should not lie 
sold and the proceeds applied ns directed by this 
net; such llino shall not lie less than ten nor 
more than twenty days from the issuing of uich 
summons. The snhl summons may la* served by 
nnj constable of the said town, or by any elec¬ 
tor thereof authorized so lo do by I ho said jus- 
tieo, in writing tlmreon; such service shall 
bo made by posting tile same in nt. least six 
public and conspicuous planes in said town, and 
one of said places shall he the nearest district 
school house, unless the said seizure shall have 
been made within the bounds of an incorporat¬ 
ed village, having the schools in charge uf a 
board of education, and in such rase one of sueli 
notices Him 11 ho posted In one of the buildings 
in which such schools are taught. 
At the lime and place appointed for the velurn 
of said summons, the complainant aforesaid may 
appear, and any party or person owning or hav¬ 
ing an Interest jn said iiuimnl, or his agent duly 
authorized slinfl be allowed by the said justice 
to appear in said proceeding; and no his filing 
with said .justice an answer under oath, sub¬ 
scribed by him oi* Ins agent aforesaid, denying 
any or all the lactealleged in -aid complaint, an 
issue shall hr- deemed Joined in the said pro¬ 
ceedings, and the subsequent proceedings shall 
be as In civil actions, so tni :ia they can lie, un¬ 
less otherwise provided in this net, If no one 
shall appear to show cause, atid tho said sum¬ 
mons shall bo returned by a constable duly 
served, or by proof showing t hat rant, if served 
by any person other (bun a constable, or if tlie 
jury or the justice shall find, after a trial, [lint 
no sufficient cause is shown why such Bale should 
not he made as directed by thi~ act, then the an id 
justice shall issue bis warrant, under hits lutitd, 
directed to any constable of I hi-said town, com¬ 
manding him to sell the said animal at public 
auction for the best price lie can obtain there¬ 
for, and make return thereof to tlmsaid justice, 
at a lime and place therein specified, not less 
than ten nor more than twenty days lhereafter. 
The said sale shall be made oil the like notice as 
on constabl*-'s sale on civil process; and the said 
constable shall make return as required by the 
said warrant, and pay I lie proceeds of said sale 
to said justice. The said justice shall (hereupon 
adjudge the ensis of said proceedings, the same 
amounts being allowed as In civil actions: and 
in addition bp shall allow to (lie party or officer 
making sin h seizure, fur every horse or colt, 
one dollar; for every cow, calf or other entile, 
each fifty cents; ami for every goat, sheep or 
swine, iwculy-Ovo cents; together with Hit* ac¬ 
tual damages sustained by am-h party by reason 
of the trespass Or breaking of such aniimil Into 
his premises, and a reasonable compciimition to 
suuli person or officer, to ho esiimatcrl bv such 
justice, fur the care and keeping of such ani¬ 
mals from the lime of ilie seizure thereof to the 
Bale; and (lie said justice shall be allowed the 
Burn ot one dollar tor each animal so sold ; and 
the constable the same lees us for service of a 
summons uud execution in civil actions. And 
the iionalty In the foregoing sections proscribed 
shall be paid to the overseers of the poor or the 
officer or board having the support of the poor in 
charge. If after paying the sums aforesaid, 
there shall be any atirplnonf I lie proceeds of said 
sale. Hie said justice shall pay the same to the 
owmir or party esiuldisliiiig before him, on the 
velum of said summons or at such oilier time us 
he shall appoint, the- right to the same, II no 
person shall claim said surplus, within one year 
after sneh seizure, ihe said justice shall pay the 
same lo the overseers of the poor of such town, 
or iin- officer or board aforesaid, for the benefit 
ol the poor thereof. If slich owner or party in¬ 
terested simII not appear and demand sueli sur¬ 
plus within said j ear, lie shall be forever pre¬ 
cluded from recovering any purl of such 
mourns, and the receipt of ihe overseers of the 
Poor of said town, or officer or board aforesaid, 
given at anytime alter llio expiration ot said 
ye.ir, shall be a full discharge to said justioa for 
the same.” 
“8 t. Any owner of any animal which shall 
hai e been seized under and pursuant lo ihe 
ioregoiug provisions, may, at any lime before 
iae justice aforesaid shall proceed to the hearing 
on the return of said summons, deumud. and 
° n 1,1 be entitled to the possession of such animal, 
upon the payment to said justice of ihe several 
sums hereinbefore required to be paid to the 
S ‘L. justice ami constable, and to tin* person or 
officer by whom ihe seizure aforesaid shall have 
necu made, anil tho penalty aforesaid, when such 
seizure Is made by an uffk-cr, together with a 
caso 11 able compensation to the person or officer 
making such seizure for the cure and keeping of 
sm n animal, to lie ascertained and fixed by such 
a “ c 'IP 0 . 0 making lo such justice satis- 
J,'i PJ'ool of ownership; and if such owner 
I’ 1 ', H'd have appeared upon said ret urn clay, 
« m shall excuse such non-appearance to the 
mV,, ,‘, a i lu ", ot s,lil1 justice, and shall make slich 
nobYma if 1 k *nst thn-o days before tlm lime ap- 
mVi, m '?‘, SI,C|1 sa l e - la* shall be entitled to the 
* ll, d I'oS'Cssicm ol such animal upon pny- 
togen.V.’J'^ »!’ r F 1L ‘ r "' verul sums above elated 
com,, V r i" 11 lb® whole amount of penalty, 
lice an ,d damages winch the said jus- 
ucc shall then adjust and award.” 
forcmmVi vh'SO the animal so seized under the 
so rnn.ih, 1 '"“'‘f ”"sof this act shall have been 
1 ,. -i int large or IrespassHitr, ov beiuir 
huded or pastured by the willful act of any 
other person than the owner to effect, tbat object, 
such owner ahull be entitled to the possession of 
such animal,at nn> time before the actual hear¬ 
ing shall he commenced on the return of said 
summons, on making ihe demand therefor and 
iheproot required in the next preceding section, 
and on paying to Such person nr officer making 
such seizure the amount of compensation fixed 
by such Justice, for the eat o and keeping of such 
animal, mid without paying any other charges; 
and the person committing sueli willful act 
shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, to 
be recovered in an action at law, at the suit of 
the owner of sueli nnitnuI,or tlie person or officer 
making such seizure,” 
“86. An appeal may be taken by either parly 
who shall have appeared and contested in said 
proceeding before such justice, to tho county 
court; and all laws relating to appeals from 
Judgments of jusliocs' courts, and the Jurisdic¬ 
tion, poworsnud duties of county court* to hear 
and determine such appeals, mid the proceed¬ 
ings therein shall be applicable to said appeals, 
so fares the same can be applied and tire con¬ 
sistent With this act. Such appeal can only he 
taken from tlie finding or determination that 
cause exists or does not exist for the sale afore¬ 
said, and must be taken within ten days alter 
such linding or determination : mid sneh appeal 
when made by a claimant shall not he effectual 
for nny purpose unless. Hie undertaking re¬ 
quired on appeals to the county court con¬ 
tains a clause that in case the finding or d,.- 
termination shall be affirmed, the claimant will 
pay nil suCli sums ns the said Justice shall de¬ 
termine mid adjudge for the oosls, pcnallies 
aiul allowances so as aforesaid authorized to bo 
made, in case of an affirmance by I he county 
court, said court shall appoint a lime and place 
when said justice shall adjust the same, mid 
such adjustments shall ho made in the manner 
and for the sums hereinbefore specified, in 
case bucIi undertaking is giv en and approved by 
the said justice, ho shall forthwith direct the 
said sale not to he had, and shall order tho Haid 
animal lo be. delivered lo (lie appellant, if if. 
shall appear to him that ho is the owner, or cu- 
titled lo the possession thereof.” 
*• 8 7. In ease any person making such seizure 
shall fail, on said hearing, lo show cause .suf¬ 
ficient to obtain such sale, the said justice shall 
render judgment against him for coats. Aud if 
tlie jury, or said justice, shall find, from tlie 
evidence, that such seizure was malicious, and 
without probable cause, t.lio jury, or tho justice, 
may ussc.-s the amount of damages sustained by 
Ihe owner, by me ms of such seizure, and judg¬ 
ment. shall, in such case, be given furdoiihle llic 
urn on nt. assessed with coals.” 
8 8. Actions for any cause of action arising nut 
of any proceeding laid or taken, or attempted 
to be had or taken, under the provisions of said 
act, entitled “An act to prevent animals from 
running at large in the public highways," passed 
April lit, 18(1.2, can only be commenced within 
one year alter the cause of action shall have 
accrued. 
isrussions. 
The Commander of tlie Club stated that the 
Mercantile I library of New York city clow just 
wluit is suggested by thiacorrespondent sends 
books to other towns. Ho knows that they are 
sent to Norwalk, Conn., at very small expense; 
indeed, tlie Library Association inis an ageuey 
in that city, and may have in oilier towns. 
About Breeds iff Cmv».-J khsk Harrington, 
Medina, Ohio, writes;-” I am an old man, aud 
have had from boyhood some experience in the 
care of and the different breads of cows. T was 
horn and brought, up ii\ West Vermont, where 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ GLUB. 
Notes of Discussion, Lx tracts from Let¬ 
ters, Ac. 
Dugs on Vine*.—B. 08G00D, Kingston, East 
Tennessee, could not. grow watermelons be¬ 
cause of the ravages of tho bugs. He sprinkled 
tho lulls with ashes, soul, sulphur, and other 
substances he laid seen recommended, but with¬ 
out effect,s0 in his extremity ho ciune lo tlie 
Club. The Professor of Foreign Marble used 
old cheese boxes to Inclose bis plants; aud thus 
saved them: so did tho Commander of the Club. 
Dr. Sylvester made boxes ten inches square 
and a foot high, and found them absolute pro¬ 
tection. Dr. Brain used bone flour ou the hills 
lids year, and Ins vinos escaped. Dr. .Smith had 
read somewhere that by placing a zluo wire and 
a copper one, of different diameters, about tho 
plaid, you pro toot it from the bugs, which ex¬ 
perience a shock when t hoy slop from one uietul 
to the other, which destroys them. Dr. Sylves¬ 
ter suggested that it would no! catch those 
which tly upon the vines. 
.Multhig the Farm All rani v«. — Setit Mot¬ 
to si ley, Winnebago City, Minn., wrote;—“TUfi 
farmers of Hillsborough county, N. H-, held 
their last meeting for the season on I ho 22d iusl., 
at Milford, and discussed the Important ques¬ 
tion,'How can we make our farms so attrac¬ 
tive as to retain our young men uud women at 
home?’ It was generally and sensibly agreed 
upon that the farm residence should be made 
pleasanter; and much was said of the probable 
good influence of local libraries, tlie cultivation 
of music, with a fair allowance of time for ro- 
ereation and for escape from daily drudgery. 
Unquestionably the New England farms require 
bard and pretty constant work at certain sea¬ 
sons, but Lite re are several months of compara¬ 
tive leisure, a rational improve meat of which 
would render rural life n good deal more toler¬ 
able to the young. If “tlie occupation of a 
farmer be the noblest of all labor,’ it would be a 
great pity 11 it were necessarily dull." Mr. Bot¬ 
tom i.ey argued that a judicious library system 
would, if introduced, be a great help, aud have 
considerable influence In “ removing the objec¬ 
tion lo country Ufa." “Iain aware," lie con¬ 
tinued, “ that there are a good many country 
people (hat arc not fond of reading; they would 
rather drive lo the nearest town once or twice a 
week uud loiter about stores drinking had 
whisky. Thay might object to being taxed to 
supply other people with reading matter, but I 
think it it Is right lo lax everybody to learn 
children to read, it is right to lax them to furn¬ 
ish Um children with something to read after 
they have learned, 
1 am aware that tlicro are a good many town¬ 
ships owning libraries in the Eastern States; 
but they are too small to answer the purpose, 
aud too poor to purchase the more valuable 
works us they are published. I think that if 
country people bad tlie benefits of a first-class 
library, the days of dime novels and trashy 
literature would be numbered; for Hie people 
who buy such works are mostly those who can¬ 
not afford to buy anything else* This is u read¬ 
ing age, uud if people cannot get good reading 
tlmy will get bud or worthless, which Is always 
the cheapest aud the easiest to get. Another 
objection to country life is, farmers work their 
hired help too many hours a day. A farmer 
ought t o be satisfied with working his hi red help 
the same number of hours that he works bis 
team, uud not want them to chop wood aud do 
oilier jobs that ought to be done in Hie winter 
or when the laud is not fit to work; but most 
formers think Uieyaro noi getting their money's 
worth if their man is not either at work or in 
bed. Another tiling ; 1 think boys ought not to 
work us Jong hours as men; they get tired out 
and disgusted. Boys at School tiug-liL to be en¬ 
couraged to play all kinds of games—it would 
toughen their muscles and prepare them for 
work. If “all work and no piny makes Jack a 
dull boy,’’all study and no play makes him a 
nerveless and languid boy, more fit to sell tape 
nod buttons than to follow the plow. 
effects. You can judge of Ihe amount used. 
When I toll you that ibis firm made and sold last 
week 21,(itM) pounds entirely to tho West. It is 
made from arsenic, potussu and copper, and is 
chemically an nrsenite of copper. The potash is 
used merely to aid the solution of the arsenic. 
II causes sores in llio nostrils, in the armpits, 
aud groin, and, in fact, all the tender parts of 
the body. If a little gets under the nails it gives 
great trouble. 
No child should ever be allowed to go near it, 
and the cloth or sieve used in siflmg it on the 
COMMON EEL—ANGUII.T.A. 
the red cattle of New England and tlie parti¬ 
colored cuttle of the Dutch of the Hudson and 
Hoosic valleys come in contact, mid the dairy¬ 
men sunn found that the Duich cows were fur 
the best; and why should they not bo, as when 
the Knickerbockers aud Van Twlllers brought 
them to New Netherland limy brought them 
from llio best dairy country in Europe, and 
they have since been highly improved, as it 
mattered not whether a cow was brown, white- 
faoed, liniburkod or brimlle, if she gave a good 
mess of good milk and was gentle, she was kept 
and bred from. After trying Hie large, im¬ 
proved breed, f learned some tilings. One was 
tlint two of the improved breed would eat as 
much us three of the natives; mid (hat two of 
the nulivOs would give us much milk as three of 
llio improved. Mr. Willard, in bis remarks 
before the Utica Dairymen’s Convention, in de¬ 
ploring the decrease of Hie dairy products in 
proportion to the number oT cows, says: 
“The improved Mock wo now have on our 
farms requires better trout incut than our unlive 
cows. (A great, recommend for the improved 
breeds to produce less and require more.) And 
a prueiioul dairyman from Herkimer has told 
me that there was no assurance of mure than 
two out, of five heifers making good cows, and 
as it. is generally practiced lo try them two sea¬ 
sons before diseni iling thorn, I think itlsunother 
high recommend for the improved breeds, as 
among llio natives four out of tho five could be 
depended upon. Tlie same state of things exists 
in Ohio with the same effect, alihongh our un¬ 
live cows are not as good its were formerly Hie 
cows of tlie Mohawk Valley- The Devons make 
indifferent cows, but as far us my experience is 
concerned, u dozen of them wintered at a straw 
stuck will givens much milk as an equal num¬ 
ber of Duriiums kept at the highest point. Al¬ 
though rather nervous, the Devons make good, 
hardy oxen, while the Durhams have neither 
nerve,activity nor powers of endurance; and 
if any of their aduiiror* think differently let. 
him turn a Devon or native bull with a* brigade 
of Durhams and see which will rule. lu the 
year ’69 wc broke In six heifers, four natives, 
one Durham from a noble Durham cow and 
sired by a bull that cost $80 when a calf, and one 
Devon. Five of these were good cows, the other 
being full-blooded and just such a milker, and 
having just such im awkward shaped bag us 
most of that bleed have, is uol now on the farm, 
i don’t dispute but. wluit there may he occasion¬ 
ally a first-rate cow among the Durhams. It 
would ho strange if there were not. I have 
never practiced feeding cattle for beef to any 
great extent, but 1 have never had any trouble 
in selling fat beef for tlie first, price per pound. 
I think it folly to discard a tried aud good race 
of cattle for one that is fit for neither COWS nor 
oxen." 
plants should bo destroyed as soon as the season 
for using it is over. In using, tlie mouth and 
nose should be covered with a sponge or cloth, 
the hands with gloves, mid the eyes with glasses 
or goggles. These precautions are necessary, ns 
it is one of Hie finest powders known. It is to 
be regretted that no other material will destroy 
these bugs, bill if earn is used no hurt will result, 
from Paris green. A gentleman in Missouri 
writes that be baa lried everything, and Hint 
Paris green alone does the work. The bugs 
would not touch pure white arsenic or corrosive 
sublimate. I present you iwo samples. One is 
pure Parte green, the other a mixture of lime 
and copper. The first, does the work for (lie 
bug, tho other is worthless. But large quanti¬ 
ties of it have beep sold by parties who have not. 
uonre for tlioir reputation, and much loss Inis 
accrued to Hie farmers, No Paris green is of 
any value unless it will show a test of arsenic. 
Farmers who ex pent Hie bog had best, buy in 
winter, ns it must take u considerable qiiuulUy, 
aud there is at least fifteen cents difference in 
tho price, i am informed that the bug is travel¬ 
ing eastward, at the rate of one hundred uud 
fifty miles u j car. Perhaps some Western muu 
can till us more as to llmt. If ibis lie so, it be¬ 
come.* tlie farmers of New York to find some 
means of proven ting its approach rather Hum 
depend ou killing them when they come. Ono 
word more, and perhaps the most important, 
part; the antidote for Paris green poison is hy¬ 
drated sesqulxolde of iron. Nearly every drug¬ 
gist keeps it always on hand. If it cannot bo 
bought It may be prepared thus:— Dissolve Cop¬ 
peras In hot water, keep warm, and udd nltrlo 
acid until the solution becomes yellow; then 
pour in ammonia water—common hartshorn 
or a solution Of carbonate of ammonia, until it 
brown precipitate fulls. Keep Mils prceipiialo 
moist aud In a tightly corked bottle. A few 
spoonsful taken soon after even a bad case ot’ 
poisoning with Paris green or arsenic is a per¬ 
fect remedy. Every funner who uses Paris 
green for the hugs should keep this medicine 
always in his house. 
posed to this sickness, about two pounds of 
grape seed should he added lo the must, and 
all should he allowed to ferment together. 
These seeds contain the respective tannic 
acid in its purity. But, besides this, it is 
necessary frequently to draw ihe wine from 
the lees, especially when, by (lie approach of 
spring, the temperature of cellars is in¬ 
creased; oilier wise, the gluten already pre¬ 
cipitated, exci ted by this higher temperature, 
will again mix with the wine. 
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(.rape Vine Terminology. 
Tiie Illinois Stale Horticultural Society, 
aud the Missouri Valley Grape Grower’s 
Association have adopted llio following 
terminology of the grape vine: 
Roots —That part of the vine growing be¬ 
low the surface of the ground. 
Stem —The main stock below the branches. 
Ann —A portion of the vine permanently 
trained in a horizontal position. 
Shoots —Green wood. This consists of 
fruit shoots, “ young cancs ” and “ suckers.” 
Lateral— A branch from a shoot. 
Cane —A ripening shoot from the stem, 
arm or spur. 
Spur —The cane cut short. 
Joint of Rode —The enlarged parts whence 
come buds, leaves or tendrils. 
Internode —The part between joints. Ten¬ 
drils, a twining support. 
intuit rib 
ROPINESS OF WINE. 
In a communication to the Rural World 
Dr. Charles Fiiings says; — At the recent 
meeting of the Mississippi Valley Grape 
Growers’ Association, the question was 
asked: — “Wlmt remedy is there to cure 
THE LAMPREY— FETKOMYZON M.UUNUS. 
iporlsman. 
ABOUT EELS. 
I am fond of catching eels. I sometimes 
go bobbing for them, and often catch them 
with a hook. I have caught a great many. 
The other day my friend Joiinny Sands 
paid me a visit, and we got talking of eels, 
lie asked me if I ever caught a lamper-eel. 
I had not, and Johnny could not tell me 
how they differed from the common eel. So 
I write you, Mr. Editor, for the information. 
—Dick, “ the Bobber.” 
That is right, Dick ; always confess 
ignorance and ask for information. We 
have had engravings cut, as you sec, in 
order to answer you. First we give an 
illustration of 
The Common Ed, 
whose generical scientific name is Anguilla, 
and belongs to the order of Apode —fishes 
that have no ventral fins. Every boy who 
lias caught eels will recognize the portrait. 
It is what is called “a bottom fish," and 
winters in (he mud at tlie bottom of eddies 
or shallow, still waters, iu streams where 
ihe fisher poles his boat along with tho 
bundle of an eel spear, and jabs right and 
left in the mud, and thus fills his basket fre¬ 
quently. A good deal might be said about 
eels. Wc hope I)rcK will tell the boys bow 
he “ bobs ” for eels; and let any other boy 
who knows how tell how he does it. We 
also give an illustration of 
Tho Lamprey—Petromyzon Marinas, 
This is the name of the European sea 
lamprey; the American lamprey is called 
P. Amerieunus; the river lamprey is P. 
JU/viatills; it is an eel-like fish, but belongs 
to a different genus than the common eel, 
but to Ihe same order Apode, because they 
have no neutral fin—or fin on the belly— 
either. They have no swimming bladder, 
aud swim near ihe bottom of streams. To 
prevent ihe current carrying them away— 
for they have no pectoral litis (that is, fins 
ou the sides behind the gills) and do not 
swim easily — they attach themselves to 
stones or rocks; hence, tho name Pctromy¬ 
zon, or Stone-suckers. They are good eat¬ 
ing, and wc have frequently hooked them 
in the small streams of this State. 
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SPORTSMAN’S NOTES. 
Colorado Potato Bus and Paris Green.—J. J. 
Tschard, Monroe, Wis., writes that in liis sec¬ 
tion “potatoes are doomed to a total failure. 
The striped bug-covers and destroys tlie vines 
all over the country, and no remedies—of which 
a host are tried—seem to avail against this pest. 
No change of the laud helps any more, and 
where no potatoes were last year for more than 
eighty rods around, there they come now out of 
the ground with the plants in millions. It looks 
dark for tills so much beloved household fruit.” 
In this connection Dr. Scuppernonq presented 
the following paper in regard to Paris green It 
is an unfortunate fact that nothing lias yet been 
discovered which will destroy the Colorado po¬ 
tato hug, except Paris green. I think it unfor¬ 
tunate, as that substauce is one of the most poi¬ 
sonous known to science, and consequently very 
dangerous to haudlo. At the same time it is 
necessary (but fanners who are troubled with 
tills post should get a good article and bo told 
how to use ft; also that they slum Id be shown 
how to get it at the lowest prices. It usually 
sells wholesale at twenty-five cents per pound; 
now it is forty to fifty cents. Tho high price Is 
caused by the demand aud the necessity of ma¬ 
king it in summer, when it is very dangerous. 
I am told by the largest manufacturers in this 
country, (hat they would rather make uud sell it 
at twenty-five cents in winter than to make now 
and sell at forty cents. Men cannot work at it 
continuously more than a week, and everyone 
In the factory, even to the partner who visits 
there, is obliged to take an antidote against its 
ropiuess in wine?” As Ihe simplest and 
surest remedy, I recommend the addition <>f 
tannic acid ; but, because I think the subject 
of sullicient interest, 1 refer lo it again. The 
peculiar cloudy, stringy, oily appearance, 
called by the Germans “ Za.be,” by the 
French “graisse,” and by tlie Americans 
“ ropiuess,” is the result of a slimy fermenta¬ 
tion excited by a superabundance of vege¬ 
table gluten. The sickness affects, in pref¬ 
erence, sueli wines as were grown upon a 
rick clay soil, because these lack the desir¬ 
able quantity of tannic acid. If this tannic 
acid be added in the required proportions, it 
will form a union or combination with the 
evolved gluten and precipitate tlie same. 
Every good druggist has tannic acid for 
sale. A barrel of ropy wine will require at 
first only one ounce, which must be thor¬ 
oughly mixed with the wine by stirring or 
shaking. If Uile does not work to satisfac¬ 
tion, another half ounce may be added, and 
continue tlie work until a saiisfiictory result, 
is attained. Before the tannic acid is added 
to so large a quantity of wine us a barrel, it 
should be dissolved iu about one gallon of 
wine. 
In order to prevent ropiness in a wine dis- 
Deer Stalking. 
Will not some of your sporting readers 
wlio have experience, give the mode of bunt¬ 
ing deer by what is called stalking? I don’t 
know what it means.— A Farmer’s Buy 
Destroying Bird*' Neat*, 
James It. Pitcher. —According to the 
amended game laws of New York, all per¬ 
sons are prohibited from destroying or rob¬ 
bing the nest, of any wild bird whatever, un¬ 
der penally of $25 for each offence. 
Limits of Trout Fishing Season, 
A CORRESPONDENT in Jefi'ersou Co., N. Y., 
asks what are the limits of the trout fishing 
season in New York. We quote from tho 
amended law of 1871: 
No person shall, at any lime, catch any 
speckled trout, with any device save with a 
hook and line, except for the purpose ot 
propagation, as hereinafter provided, or place 
any set lines in waters inhabited by them, 
under a penalty of $50 for each offense. 
No person shall kill or expose for sale, or 
have iu liis or her possession, after the same 
lias been killed, any speckled trout, save only 
from the 15th day of March lo the 15th day 
of September, under a penalty of $25 for each 
fish. But this section shall not prevent any 
person from catching trout with nets iu wa¬ 
ters owned by them to stock other waters. 
