are they also to straying far from cover in 
case of the attacks of hawks, that only 
hunger and an inviting forage ground will 
tempt them out in the middle of a large opeu 
field, lint there is one other use of trees and 
hushes for poultry that has not been enough 
insisted on; we mean shade for young chick¬ 
ens during very iiot weather. When fowls 
are mature or half-grown, they are strong 
and able to resist extremes of temperature. 
But chickens of but a few weeks old are fee¬ 
ble, and lliir resources are severely enough 
tasked to meet the demands of their rapidly 
increasing growth without their being op¬ 
pressed by fierce heat. Many die every sum¬ 
mer for lack of shade. If the coops cannot 
he conveniently placed under trees, then a 
few boards, empty boxes, or something of 
the kind should he propped up in a number 
of places near by, and the chicks will soon 
show bow well they appreciate such provi¬ 
sion for their comfort. 
pieces, and during transportation or handling 
these pieces become displaced, or pass each 
other; then the eggs above drop down on 
the lower ones, and break them. This diffi¬ 
culty, however, can easily be avoided by 
pasting a piece of stiff paper over the joint, 
which will prevent them passing each other. 
water on his back, which relieved him. He 
has never been worked very hard, except for 
a while last summer. He asks for the cause 
and a remedy. It is very difficult to pre¬ 
scribe with this information concerning the 
animal. We should advise consulting a vet¬ 
erinary surgeon if a good one is near. 
orsmmn 
A NEW EDITION OF THE 
PRACTICAL SHEPHERD 
A Complete Practical Treatise on the Breeding, 
Management and Diseases of Sheep. 
Chapin’s Patent Poke. 
The use of a poke for keeping unruly 
horses and cattle within hounds is too obvi¬ 
ous to need explanation. While an ordinary 
fence will keep orderly animals, it would 
cost hundreds of dollars extra to make a 
fence which will keep in a jumping horse or 
an uurnly bull. But Chapin’s Patent Poke 
will do it effectually, and at small expeuse. 
This poke, as will he seen by the cut, has 
a leather strap and pad for a neck-piece, 
which prevents the wearing of the mane or 
chafing the neck, while wood-lop pokes, in 
falling upon the head of the horse cause sore 
head and poll-evil. 
By Hon. HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
A uthor of “ Shetf> Husbandry in the Sout/i," “ Fine 
Wool Sheep Husbandry f M <£rV,, and Editor of 
the Sheep 11 u&latndry Department of the 
r*. _/ a* _ t-_ a ... * 
Remedy for Founder. 
Some fourteen years ago, in a discussion 
by the New York Farmers’ Club, one of the 
members said lie would not make live dollars 
difference in buying a horse, whether it 
was foundered or not, or whether the foun¬ 
der was old or new, because one tablespoon- 
ful of alum would cure it. At all events, if 
the first dose did not cure the second would. 
Tms excellent, work (sold heretofore only by sub- 
aoription) is now placed in the hands of tlie Trade, 
and lrmv ho obtalnod of nil BookaulUin*. It in the 
most complete, critical and reliable book on Ameri¬ 
can Sheep Husbandry ever published in thiscountry, 
and should he in the libnuy of every shepherd in the 
land. Price $2. 
Opinion* of tlic Proas. 
Prom thu Now Eng limit Kfirmor, Boilon, 
Tin* Practical Sukphkkd la n work that biui limp boon needed 
by onr people. It should be lu the bond nnd bend of every paraon 
owning sheep. 
From the Country Gentleman nnd Cultivator. 
As a who!©, thin book In uuquQBtlonnhly in utlvnuce of anything 
of the kind now before the public. 
From the Maine Fanner. 
Tint nntno of thu author, Hon. H. S. Rnmlull, Is a guarantee of Its 
completeness aud reliability. 
From the New York Tribune. 
In this volume the Author has exhausted the subject, and given all 
that is necessary for any fnrmur to know about selecting, breeding 
and general management of ihoop, in health or tick no**. We heartily 
oominoml this work to all whowUhfor a sound and thorough tieutiko 
on Sheep Husbandry, 
From the Ohio Farmer. 
Tim reputation of till# author—who rank* iuthk authority In this 
country upon all that pertains to tliu biucdiug mid management • f 
sheep—will induce a large and continued demand for ** Tho Practical 
Shepherd." 
From the Journal of the N. Y, State Agricultural Society. 
Tim Practical SiUPifKHn Is a most complete work on Sheep 
Husbandry fur the practical wool grower, and gives all the Important 
matter required for the management of sheep, ns well as a description 
of the various breeds adapted to our country. This wook meets tho 
wants of tho wool growers. 
From tho Pralrto Farmer. 
Tun Illustration* of sheep aru by tho best artists of Now York, and 
well done. The letter press And paper arc all that could bo desired 
in a work or this description. It will undoubtedly meet with tho 
A Mule that Chews liis Hurtle**, nnd Don’t 
Like to be Mounted. 
I have a good work mule that has two 
bad faults; one is chewing the harness, and 
the other is trying to keep one from mount¬ 
ing him to ride. When I get on him he is 
all right, but it’s a big thing to get on. If 
you have anything at hand that will reach 
his case, please send it. along.—c, J. 
Fro. 2.—Common Tit a ns pO utatio n Case. 
Should there he loo much space in the top 
of the case, place a paper or t wo over the 
eggs, and till with straw or hay, which will 
keep all tight, and compact, without any fear 
of breakage. Any sized box desired cau he 
used for this style of case, and, with a little 
care on the part of the packer of the eggs, 
can he carried as safely as with any of the 
patent boxes or egg-packing cases now in 
vogue. 
Suspension Ebk Carrier. 
Figure 3 consists of an outside case or 
crate, in which are fitted a number of trays, 
with cords laced through the sides aud ends, 
dividing the space into small squares or 
Rearimr Turkey*. 
To he successful in rearing turkeys, they 
must either he supplied over night with 
their first meal, or tho poulterer must be up 
with the lark. There is no better plan than 
putting the lien and chicks for the first 
month or two in a closely wired aviary at 
night, which is open to the early sun; and 
lettuce and a good supply of soft food can 
he put under a coop, so that the hen cannot 
eat it, hut so that the chicks can get at it, 
and there will he found hut little left an 
hour after daybreak. 
Kentucky Horse Sales. 
TnE Kentucky Statesman notes the pur¬ 
chase, by the proprietors of the Mammoth 
Stable at, Louisville, of E. W. Poweei/s 
pair of hays at $2,150; Capt. Robert Ter¬ 
rill’s brown buggy horse at $1,000; C. D. 
Ciienault’s brown filly, “ Flora Hood,” 
$350. _____ 
Niagara C’o. Horse Hold. 
The Lockport Democrat learns that Wm. 
Gariuty of that place has sold his magnifi¬ 
cent iron grey stallion “ Shamrock,” to 
Samuel Rogers, Jr. Price, $1,000. 
Stoppage of the Egg Passage. 
A hen belonging to Mr. Abkaiiam J. 
Bouden, residing on the Chase road, Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass., was recently noticed to move 
about lazily, and appeared to he very heavy. 
She was killed and was found to contain 
sixteen full-sized eggs, half of them having 
hard shells, and the others partially shelled 
over; four more about half the usual size, and 
many others, as is usual with hens, in all 
stages and sizes. 
It is also adjustable in both the size of the 
neck and lengt h of the arms. It can be ad¬ 
justed to punish the neck if desired, by keep¬ 
ing it near the head, so the horse will feel it 
at once, upon trying to put his head over a 
fence—or hung further back, so as to punish 
the breast. If any part should he broken it 
can be replaced, while if the old fashioned 
poke is broken in any place the whole is 
lost. A poke is much safer for the animal 
to wear than fetters on the legs, by which 
horses may become entangled and suffer 
damage. Chapin's Patent Poke is manu¬ 
factured and sold by Pollock & Weaver, 
Rochester, N. Y.—s. d ir. 
Inquiries Tor Horsemen. M. II., Glovcrsville. 
N. Y\, asks for a recipe for makiujr ft good Con¬ 
dition Powder.—U. F. Townsend asks some one 
to give a recipe for a wash that will keep Hies 
from troubling: horses. 
BINDER FOR PERIODICALS 
>c iloultrii-Harb 
Marks of Difference of Sex in Egg*. 
It is stated Unit the eggs of the common 
hen, as well as those of many other birds, 
present certain external characteristics by 
means of which it is possible to determine 
beforehand the sex to be hatched from them. 
Thus the “male” egg has, at its pointed end, 
small folds and wrinkles, while the “female” 
egg is entirely smooth and well rounded off 
at both ends. 
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PACKING- EGGS FOR MARKET. 
As a matter of public interest we herewith 
give a description and engravings of a few 
late and useful inventions, by which eggs 
may he carried to market any required dis¬ 
tance with perfect safety, at all seasons of 
the year, without loss from breakage or heat¬ 
ing. By these arrangements iiie present 
system of packing eggs in barrels, or other 
packages, hy the use of oats, chaff or other 
material is entirely abandoned as beiug un¬ 
necessary. 
The Can van-Covered Cane. 
Figure 1 represents a substantial carrying 
case, with nine draws, the frames of which 
are of wood, covered with canvas or sack¬ 
ing, with cords or strings underneath, for the 
purpose of keeping the eggs in their places. 
Remedy for Heaven. 
A veterinarian in Kansas Farmer, in 
answer to an inquiry for heave remedy, says: 
“This disease is caused hy debility of the 
parvagum nerves. Any measures you can 
take to improve the condition of your horse 
will relieve his complaint. You must give 
him his food in light bulk, hut little watqr at 
a time, aud feed him bill a small quantity of 
dry hay. Mv treatment is lo give five grain 
doses of arsenic once in twenty-four hours 
for two weeks; then omit the medicine for 
one week, ami repeat, us at first. Tt should 
lie given in chopped feed, and there is no 
danger in its use, as directed. It will often 
cure, and always relieve the horse." 
A CORRESPONDENT of a Cincinnati paper 
recommends tar as a remedy. lie says: 
“Put about halt a teacnpful in the horse’s 
mouth once or twice a day. The best way is 
to use a paddle. First pull out the horse’s 
tongue and put the tar in his mouth as far 
as you can. I knew one of my neighbors to 
try it for heaves, and it effected a permanent 
cure." 
DiMCaaeil Poultry, 
Dr. 8. B. Ludkins, in the Cincinnati Ga¬ 
zette, who had lost a number of fowls, recom¬ 
mends for diseased livers and enlargement, 
of the heart:, the following: “Calomel, thirty 
grains; pulverized resin sixty grains; add 
one gallon corn meal, nnd mix well; give 
twice per week. Since 1 commenced the 
above we have not lost one. Farmers will 
do well to try it.” 
of air is obtained, which prevents heating by 
any possibility. Each tray is provided with 
a protector, which keeps the eggs in the 
pockets even though the carrier he over¬ 
turned. As each tray contains a certain 
number, no errors in count can ever occur, 
and the purchaser can determine at a glance 
both the number and quality of the eggs. 
By using t,lm carrier a child cau pack as well 
as a man, and much faster Ilian by the pres¬ 
ent system. One of these carriers, the size 
shown in the illustration, will hold sixty 
dozen eggs. 
Tim Clininpion Ei six Carrier. 
This carrier consists of a case or box, with 
a tight cover, and trays fitted inside, each 
to contain three dozen eggs. The trays are 
made of strips of straw hoard, folded double, 
and so arranged os to make pyramid pockets, 
smaller at. the bottom than the top. By an 
ingenious invention these pockets are pro¬ 
vided with delicate springs in each corner, 
at half the depth of the pocket, and where 
they are not subject to wear, which causes 
the bottoms of the double strips of paper to 
spring apart, or diverge from each other, so 
that eggs being placed in the pockets on their 
small ends, although of various sizes, are 
held in an upright position, and no jolt or 
jar cau cause one egg to strike the other. 
POULTRY BOOK 
A fV I licit l»N THE 
Breeding, Rearing;, Cure and General 
Management of I’onltry. 
To Keep Elies off Hornes, 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Lycoming (Pa.) 
Gazelle vouches for the efficacy of carbolic 
arid as a u shoo tly:”—■“ Take two or three 
ounces of crude carbolic acid (which can he 
obtained at a drug store for a few pennies), 
put it in a quart bottle and fill lip witli 
Water, then take up about one large spoon¬ 
ful of this liquor lo a half pint of water and 
sponge the horse over lightly before going 
out, and the Hies will part company with him 
very quickly. A small quantity of the same 
liquor sprinkled in the stalls will drive the 
flies from the stable.” 
224 Large Octavo Pages. Price, $1.50 
This is oho of tlie Onost gutten-up works on the 
subject on which it treats, tor its size arnt price, of 
any publication Of the kliul In this country. It is 
FROFUSEI/ST ILLUSTRATED 
with Cuts, many of thorn front Original Designs. 
Printed in tho host style On heavy paper, and ele¬ 
gantly bound. Sent by mall, post-paid, for *1.50. 
Liberal discount to the Trade. 
Address ull orders to 
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Fig. 1,—Canvas Covjskkd Case. 
The sacks, at the top and bottom, have de¬ 
pressions, as shown in the cover of the 
engraving, so that the eggs fit snugly, and 
are not liable to be displaced hy handling or 
transportation. Each alternate layer, coming 
between these depressions in each box or 
drawer, fills up the interstices perfectly. 
With proper care these cases will last for 
years; are always ready for packing, and 
can be filled as the eggs arc laid—thus 
avoiding repeated handlings, which so fre¬ 
quently injure them. The eggs can also be 
kept in them perfectly secure, when the 
owner desires to hold his stock for a better 
market. There are nine layers or draws of 
eggs in this box, each layer containing eight 
dozen, or a total of seventy-two dozen of 
eggs. 
The Common Transportation Case. 
Figure 2 shows a cheaper ease, in every 
respect. It is a common packing box, made 
with paste or binder’s-bourd partitions, and 
each layer of eggs is covered with the same 
material. One point connected with pack¬ 
ing in these boxes the shipper should know 
and guard against, that is, it, is sometimes 
the case that the paste-hoard cover, on which 
the eggs are placed, is composed of two 
POULTRY NOTES. 
AMERICAN FRUIT CULTURIST 
Ky JOHN J. THOMAS, 
Containing Practical Directions for the Propagation 
unit Culture of 
F’ilUIT TI1EES 
in the Nursery, Orchard unit Garden, with descrip¬ 
tion of tho Principal Am erica ii nnd Foreign varie¬ 
ties cultivated in the United Slates. Illustrated 
with Font Hundred ani> Kiuiity actpuatk 
FIGDKEM. For sale at ONLY *3 PBR COPY, by 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
New York City, or Rochester, N. Y. 
A Fowl Mixture, 
Dr. E. H. Rogers of Tuscaloosa, Ala., 
sends us the following statement of a queer 
mixing of domestic poultry. He lias twenty- 
two fowls, which are the result of the inter¬ 
course of a male turkey with commou galli¬ 
naceous liens. At the time of hatching, 
these fowls resembled the mother kind, in 
form and voice, except that they were some¬ 
what larger. After feathering, they assumed 
the color of tho parent turkey, and the tail 
became square and fan-shaped, like that of 
the turkey. The 9liape of the beak is 
a compromise of Unit of both parents. 
Some of the fowls have prominent combs 
like a gallinaceous cock, others have no 
comb, but a small snout like the turkey, 
and their habits are much like the turkey. 
Shade for Chickens. 
The wild jungle fowl, the parent of the 
domesticated races, lives in shady forests and 
thickets; hence our tame fowls inherit a lik¬ 
ing for shrubbery' and hedge-rows. They 
desire a shelter from the winds, which are too 
cold for them at some seasons, and ruffle their 
feathers uncomfortably during all. So averse 
Remedy for Splint. 
A correspondent of Wilkes’ Spirit hav¬ 
ing a horse that has just thrown out a splint, 
asks with what he shall blister it, and is ad¬ 
vised hy “A Professional Veterinarian” to 
“ try the effects of the following;—Take of 
cautharides, two ounces; lard aud resin oint¬ 
ment, of each four ounces; powdered corro¬ 
sive sublimate, four drachms—mix thorough¬ 
ly aud apply with considerable friction.” 
Their History, Breeding and Management. 
BY LEWIS F ALLEN, 
Late President New Vorlc State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety. 'Editor ” American Short-Horn 
Herd Hook” Author *• Rural 
Architecture," etc., etc. 
Tills Work, which Ini* benn highly commended by 
tho Press, should be rnrofnlly studied by every 
breeder or owner or Untile, llisu handsomely illus¬ 
trated and well printed and bound volume of 523 
duodecimo pages. It will be mailed, postage paid, to 
any address in Ihe United Suites or Camilla on re¬ 
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D. II. T. MOORE, New York City. 
HORSE OF AMERICA 
With Full Directions How to Train and Drive 
the Horae; and Reminiscences of the 
Trotting Turf. 
Ry 1IIKAM WOODRUFF. 
This is n valuable work, and should be In tho bunds 
of every horseman In t he country. It cniitlns U2 
pages of Interesting and insn active rend me. "id is 
for side at the office of tho Rukai. Nkw-V omci.it. 
Price *2.25. Address 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
New York C ity, or Uo> hosier. N. Y. 
T HIi CIDER MAKKHS’ MAM At. 
RY J. W. BI/EM,. 
A Practical Hand-Book, which embraces Treatises 
on the Apple: Pons tract Inn ot Cider Mills, < bier 
Presses Seed Washers, anil Ciller Mill Machinery in 
general: Cider Making; Fermentation; Improved 
Process in Undoing Cider, and Its Conversion Into 
Wine and Champagne: \ Inegar Manipulation by tho 
SU>w ami Quick Processes; Imitation Cider*; Vari¬ 
ous kinds »f Surrogate Wines; Summer Beverages; 
Fancy Vinegars, etc., etc. Price, only I* I 
Address D. D. T. MOORE, 
New York City, or Rochester, N. Y. 
Scours iu Colts. 
A correspondent says one quart of 
wheat fed at two feeds, will cure scours 
iu colts if fed to the mare; or two eggs fed 
in cut oats will affect a cure. 
AMERICAN FARM BOOK 
Ry RICHARD L. ALLEN. 
REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED BY 
LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
Allen’s American Farm Book has been onn of tho 
standard farmers’hand-book* for twenty years: it 
is »r.tll a valuable hook, but nut up to the times ; and 
as its author. Mr. H. L. A lion, could not give time to 
Its revision, this was undertaken by ills brother, Hon. 
Lewis F, Allan, the distinguished farmer of ICrle 
County, editor of the American Short-Horn I lord- 
Bnofc. The work Is greatly enlarged, and full of sug¬ 
gestions from lie- rich experience of Its editor and 
reviser, and is culled the New American Farm Book. 
Price, *2.50. Address D. D. T. MOORE, 
New-York City, or Rochester, N. Y. 
A Mick Horae. 
D. L. Ransom writes the Rural New- 
orker, July 21, that last spring he had a 
horse taken ill. The animal would lie down, 
p t up, paw and bite his breast. He had 
Jeen e *ftiug aud drinking very heartily— 
something very unusual. July 21 he was 
“= bn taken suddenly ill in tlie same way, 
and has been ailing since. He put salt aud 
