Kura I A rein torture 
prepared for them next year, and asks how- 
lie shall destroy them. He is informed that 
they are probably the larvte of Procrix Ame¬ 
ricana , which are readily destixiyod by dust¬ 
ing the leaves with lime when wet with 
dew; or, if it is the larva «ot' the moth 
inside, close the doors, let your shouts into 
the yard, drive your fat hogs into the store 
hog pen, clean the floor of the pen for fat 
hogs, let them back one at a time, kill them 
in the pen, draw them out through door, 5, 
on to the scalding platform P; scald, dress 
and hang up. If you wish to load into a 
wagon, remove the scalding platform P, 
back your wagon under the hogs; with 
tackle one man can let them into the wagon 
easily. —W. E. Manchester. 
^^cn)Cl•s , Slock Slbticrtisemento 
ISCUS5I0US 
D. W. POWERS’ 
BANKING HOUSE, 
(E*fnblinlieil In 18.50.) 
POWERS' COMMERCIAL FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS, 
BUFFALO ST., CORNER OF STATE, 
ROOKB8TEB, N. Y. 
Deals m Government Securities-, Slate Stocks, City 
and County Bonds , &fc., kr’e. 
HOG PE N AND PLAN. 
I herewith send you a plan of a hog- 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Notes of Discussion, Extracts from Let' 
ters, <fce. 
Slieep Growing In Kansas. 
Jason Yurann of Kansas was introduced 
as having had experience ns a shepherd in 
Kansas. He has never seen a case of foot 
rot in Kansas and but one or two cases of 
scab. But sheep require shelter in winter— 
both from wind and rain. Shelters are made 
with straw, boards and straw, sods and 
straw, limestone and straw, <fcc., &c. In 
making sheep shelters, however, it is more 
important that the roofs should be light than 
that sides should he so. If sheep get wet 
in these sheds the growth of the wool is 
checked and the vitality of sheep affected. 
Shelters are cheaply made. Then the flocks 
should he inclosed in a yard every night to 
prevent the depredations of prairie wolves. 
These wolves will not attack a large body 
of sheep in dense mass; hence an open board 
fence surrounding the flock to confine them 
together is sufficient. 
Curtliiar Prnlrie Grass. 
Mr. Yurann says prairie grass for forage 
should he cut from the loth of July to the 
lolh of August; ami this well cured will 
keep sheep fat through the winter without 
grain. Many farmers wait until late in the 
fall—often until after frosts—before gather¬ 
ing their hay, which is as great a mistake 
as it would he for an Eastern farmer to 
delay culling timothy until the woody fiber 
is fully developed. 
Apples Rotting. 
Samuel. Willson of Dodge Co., Minn., 
wanted to know what made his apples rot. 
He obtained forty barrels from Michigan 
last winter, one-half Spitzenhergs, and al¬ 
though placed in a cool cellar, they rotted 
badly. Mr. Ely thought that it, might he 
owing to bad packing; perhaps they were 
put up before sweating. Apples should be 
packed firmly in the barrel, and then allow¬ 
ed to stand a few days in a dry, cool place 
before the barrels are headed up. No air 
holes are necessary or of any advantage—in 
fact, are never used by our largest dealers in 
apples. 
Folly of Sending Gropes by Moll. 
Thomas Pathicary, Virginia, III., sent 
the Club a box of grapes by mail, and pre¬ 
paid postage with 24 cents. When it ar¬ 
rived here, the added postage amounted to 
$3.18. Of course, the Secretary refused to 
receive it. The Rural New-Yorker has 
refused several packages sent in a similar 
way, for a similar reason. 
Henrlng Clilckeus Without Lice. 
James Gardiner, Palatine, N. Y,, has 
discovered that when chickens are ready to 
leave the shell, if they are taken from the 
nest and reared by hand and kept from 
other poultry, they are free from lice. 
Cnrrots Going to Seed. 
F- D. Weld, Greenfield, Wis., bought 
carrot seed of a reputable seed-house, planted 
it and tilled the crop properly, and at least 
one-fourth of the product has gone to seed. 
He is informed that the probable cause is, 
tlmt the seed sown was produced from car¬ 
rots which had not been taken from Die 
ground during winter, but left to sprout the 
next spring and produce seed which found 
a market with Hie seedsman. Several gentle¬ 
men had had such experience with seed so 
produced. 
Sail For Hornes. 
Jeptiia A. Warner, Iloltsville, III., ex¬ 
presses the opinion that the disease which 
lias proved so fatal to horses in New York 
city the past summer was due to want of 
salt and proper care. 
CuttinK off Sweet Potato Vines. 
A. W. Warren, Olsuthe, Kan., asks if it 
is necessary to cut off the ends of sweet pota- 
toe vines and to tear them loose when they 
root at the joints. He is informed that the 
vines should be lifted so that they will not 
root at the joints ; hut that they need not bo 
cut back wherever the lifting is performed. 
Lift tliem with a long-handled manure fork. 
Profit* From Draining I,mid. 
A. Elmer Cory, Palatine Bridge, N. Y., 
asks if the Club can tell him any way to 
lessen the expense of removing dirt and 
making ditches. All the ditching machines 
he has seen lack something to render them 
profitable. No one could give him any satis¬ 
factory information concerning practicable 
and economical ditching machines. One 
member said a good team, with a surface 
and subsoil plow, would lessen the luborand 
expense on most soils. 
Where to tret Clteemj Hove*. 
Margaret Russell, Harmsonvillc, Mo., 
asks where she can get cheese boxes fifteen 
inches in diameter and six inches deep. 
She is advised to address the nearest agricul¬ 
tural implement dealer for information. 
Caterpillar on Grape Ylnes. 
W. A. Ganston, Phoenixvillc, Pa., writes 
that the caterpillars are infesting his grape 
vines, eating the foliage. He wants to be 
PLAN WANTED. 
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Having determined on building a wing 
to our dwelling house that will contain a 
kitchen, pantry, bedroom and hath, also a 
cellar under it, part of which is intended 
for potatoes, apples, &c., and part for a milk 
room, and having been a reader of your 
valuable paper for a good many long years, 
I consider it the most reliable medium of 
general information that I know of. Hence 
l write you, wishing that you or some 
of your numerous contributors or readers 
would give me suitable dimensions and con- 
vnieul'constniction of such, for an ordinary 
farm house; also, say if the milk room will 
suit as well about, half under, as entirely 
above ground, and the best way of construct¬ 
ing it in either situation, in order to he 
proof against rats, the heat of summer and, 
if possible, the cold of winter; but above 
all, 1 want a way of ventilating both the 
cellar and the kitchen ; the beat and odors 
of the kitchen I want carried up where 
they will no more trouble those who attend 
to the duties of Dint department. I must 
say that in my estimation it. is really heart¬ 
rending to witness what many a poor woman 
lias to endure in small and unventilated 
kitchens.— d. f. 
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tional RKeoiiTKit ho>U grntl* to Teachers in West 
ern New York, on implication to 
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Power’s Block, Rochester, n. y. 
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MUSIC STORE AND PIANO FORTE WAREROOMS, 
64 Buffalo St., Powers' Block, Rochester, N ,Y., 
I>I«vie I’lll>lI».lior*. 
.last pO bit Mi oil Hook. Dreaming at IHidniclit. 
Word* by Henry C. WntBon, H»q. MuhIo hv Signor 
Antonio ISiirlli. Thin i* n Leu nil till n ml very popular 
hour. The title page I* emhelllHhorl with h sflt-mlId 
lithograph lit Christina NIImhou, to whom the nloro jg 
tleilleuieil, together with xoonory at Went Point mi 
thn II ini'll,n. Hont to any milli ons onreeolpr.nl llfty 
cents. 
Silvery Snow Drop*, Mazurka tirllltanle, l.y 
the great author, .His. M. Welill. Thl* piece i* iiIho 
bciMitllullv omhellinhoil with an accurate lilhogrnph 
ol Powers Mark, in color*. Sent to any addiction 
receipt, of one dollar. 
WHEELER <fc WILSON 
MANUFACTURING COMPANY’S 
Sewing- II;i<• hi ncs. 
arbour 
SPINACH FOE. WINTEK, 
In localities where the ground is not cov¬ 
ered loo deeply in winter with snow, fall 
sown spinach may he kept in a condition 
for use nil through the cold weather. The 
gardeners in the vicinity of New York city 
can usually supply orders for spinach at 
almost any time during winter, and when¬ 
ever there is a slight, thaw the markets are 
well supplied. For a winter or early spring 
crop the seed is sown in August or the first 
of September and in very rich soil. The 
crop is carefully cultivated until the ground 
freezes, and then the entire surface of the 
beds is covered with a mulching of low 
meadow hay. This covering protects the 
plants from injury by cold, and Die leaves 
remain fresh and green. At any time during 
winter, when there i3 not a heavy fall of 
snow upon the ground, the mulching can lie 
rolled hack and the spinach heads cut, close 
to the frozen earth. It is not loo late even 
now to stimulate spinach into a vigorous 
growth, for this vegetable grows even in 
quite cool weather, and there are few per¬ 
sons who will refuse a dish of it in winter or 
early in spring. 
Call ami Sec Ihr Iniprovcini'ni* 
JUST OUT. 
S. W. Dibble & Dutton 
mnttfic unit msrful 
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC) ITEMS, 
GENERAIi AGENTS, 
54 BUFFALO ST., IN POWERS’ BUILDING 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
C* 1 " Evrvboilv vinitiiiit Kitrhrnter *!ionI>l 
examine Power*’ lloildinu. nml every Uum- 
• Iv IMuii or Woman *n lining enn conveni¬ 
ently Mtep inln No. 54 ntul nee if mu pur. 
dilute) i lie Model Hewing Machine. 
Hitching Fonts. 
To save trees, fences, &c., as well as for 
safety of team and carriage, there should lie 
hitching posts in front of every man’s door. 
We have seen many ornamental ones made 
of stone, or carved out of wood, made orna¬ 
mental by selecting uncarved and undressed 
trees of unique form from the woods for 
posts—made of sections of large logs, which 
served both for hitching and as a step from 
which to mount a horse or get Into a car¬ 
riage. We give herewith a sketch of a cast- 
iron figure on a stone Foundation, which a 
Correspondent sends us. We have seen sev¬ 
eral of them, find they are especially adapted 
to ami appropriate for ornamental grounds. 
It makes little difference what is used, so 
Dial the hitching post is substantial and in 
the right spot. 
HOG PKN—ELEVATION. 
23 by 22 feet; twelve feet of this goes to the 
ground—two feet lower than the frame, 
nicely underpinned, with large door open to 
the bottom; the rest divided into pens and 
bedrooms, according t.o the draft of ground 
plan. In the plan, 1 is door opening from 
outside yard into pen A for store hogs; 2, 
doorway into bedroom B; 3, door between 
the bedrooms; 4, doorway into pen 0 for 
fattening hogs; 5, door into open shed ; doors 
1, 3 and 5 should he hung with hinges and 
fastenings; P, movable plank reaching from 
sill to sill to dress hogs on ; F, furnace for 
healing water, boiling swill, &e.; T, tub for 
swill; D, feeding-trough; posts, 8 or 9 feet 
long; girts, 6 feet above floor, to lay floor on 
for store room for corn or other feed; beams 
should be placed over the open part high 
,-r, _ 22 FEET 
Any Indy nr In vm lid mule person. wtin would rum a 
living by Iri'llihtry, pan do «io easily by the ns© 
of the above machine than In nnv otliar wav. For 
MsmipbsM ami Hreitliir :vU1igmm. tnClOHin^r atamn, .7. I). 
OH NIB & C-0. t lurid l\ Market Si., ftocliciMtor, N. V. 
FALL PLANTING OF VEGETABLES, 
Some of the most hardy species of vege¬ 
tables will succeed as well, if not better, 
when planted in autumn than in spring. 
Among the number are asparagus, poke- 
weed (Phytolacca decandra), rhubarb, curled 
dock {ItiWiex crispuH), and similar plants 
with large fleshy roots. If such vegetables 
are pi an led in the lull the wounds made on 
the roots in removing become, at least, parti¬ 
ally healed ; new rootlets issue, and the plant 
is not only in a position but condition for 
growth at the approach of spring. Another 
great advantage gained in fall planting is 
time saved ; for in spring there are so many 
plants that must he put out at this season, 
or not at all, we are nil likely to overlook 
some of the most valuable kinds. Not more 
Ilian one farmer’s family In five is supplied 
with the most common kinds of vegetables 
simply because they omit to make proper 
preparations in autumn. Hundreds of those 
persons who will read this have no asparagus 
bed, and we dare say they will promise 
themselves or families to plant one next 
spring, hut when that time comes there will 
he a further delay, just ns it has been for 
many years past. Let this fall see the end 
of such promises in every family that re¬ 
ceives the weekly visits of the Rural New- 
Yorker. 
H O\> AND GIRLS -Tlnme who witni. t,o grow 
up In In- prnrl l(nl, ireful mm unit ,1 rumble, Imi'Vii 
'Women. should rend tin- " Home Doporiinenl " in 
THE MANUFACTURER AND BUILDER." *1.50 
per your. WESTERN A COM FA NY, Publisher*. 
I • O. £889. 37 i’nrk Row, N. V. 
MANNA III) 
This New and Elegant Stylu til the 
T.ittltl I’ll tent Stiffened Gold Wuteli Cose, 
recently invented by us, for American movements. 
Is now in market and lor sale by Jewellers and Watch 
makers generally. Descriptive ' irenhii* sent on ap¬ 
plication. .1. A. llltOWN At < <»., 
11 .Tiniden Lime, New Vni'k. 
Water Fails 
are frequently allowed to go to waste be¬ 
cause one of the hoops has burst. Another 
may easily he supplied. Take a piece of 
hoop iron an inch and a-half longer than the 
distance around Die pail where the missing 
hoop went. Punch two holes in each end 
at such distances that when the rivets are in 
the splice will he an inch and a-1mlf long. If 
rivets are wanting, they may be made from 
common sixpenny nails by cutting them in 
two so that the part left with the head shall 
be about a quarter of an inch long. To 
make the hoop set better, one edge of it 
may be drawn out a little by laying it on an 
anvil or a block of wood and hammering it 
lightly along Lhe edge to be stretched.— 
Geo. Trucker. 
DA II If RIIPT From Auction, u large lot of 
DHUIVnUr | ■ Ijidloa' Solid Gold Hunting 
Cine Watches, with full-jeweled, detached lever 
movement*. *38each, uhuiiI price *l&. More expen¬ 
sive Watches and Chain* from auction. All sent 
C. O. D., privilege to examine. 
F. .1. NASH. 712 Broadway, .V. Y. 
Worthy the fullest eonlldenue.’’— Christian Advo¬ 
cate. -V. Y. • All Unit Mr. NukIi hut.* may be ' riled 
upon.” - Christian at Work. " Reliable.’^- Moore’s 
Rural New-Yorker. "Just what ho l'epresenU them.’’ 
Christian Union. 
Brirk 
5X6 
FOR CHURCHES. DWELLINGS, STORES, ETC., ETC. 
Thirty year&’experience in nmmifucturing these 
(foods have given us a stock superior to any in mar¬ 
ket. Send for circulars. 
Richardson. Boynton a Co.,'-'.'U Water St,.N. Y. 
Railing Water. 
I haver spring some twenty rods from 
my house, eight feet lower than my door 
yard. The water comes out of the hank 
twenty feet above the foot of the hill and 
runs a stream about as large as a man’s 
thumb. Wlmt appliances can be used to 
bring the water to my house and the proba¬ 
ble cost?—G. B. Sherman. 
UK AT WKSTKUN GIN WORKS 
Cans. I’OWder, Shot, Wads, Outlets, Gatin' lines, Bhot 
Belts, Powder Flask*, Gun miiteilal* amt Sporting 
Goods 'if every description ut very low prices. Send 
stamp fora l*rlee-LI*l. 
We send good* bv Kxpi , 0 RR i ( '-O.D., with prlvl’cRG 
to examine before paying rim hill. Army Gun* and 
Revolver* bought or traded (or. 
Address .1. If. JOHNSTON, 
Great Western (lull Works. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The Trophy Tomato. 
Last spring I raised some Trophy plants 
and thought to have nice tomatoes this sea¬ 
son. But ns far as this kind is concerned i 
have been largely disappointed. They tail 
to ripen about the stem, and many ot them 
decay on the under side before the upper is 
nearly ripe. With other kinds I have had 
good success.—G. M., West Jersey. 
HOG PEN—GROUND PLAN. 
enough to admit of tackle or windlass for 
scalding or hanging up hogs. The floor of 
the pens should stoop a little toward the 
back side, with opening to clean out the 
pens. A shed and yard should be attached 
to the back side for making manure, which 
is to be worked over by store hogs. 
I think this the best plan for hog house 
I ha ve ever seen. When killing-time comes, 
whether fair or stormy, hot or cold, you go 
MINTON’S ENCAUSTIC TILES, 
FOR FLOORS. CARKK1RK VAHE8, 
For I.n xvii.h ami On lull'll*, Clilumcv Top*, eic, 
MILLER & COATES. S89 Pearl SI.. New York. 
How Onion* at-o Helling. 
We learn from the New England papers 
that the onion crop is good and is selling at 
about $1 per bushel in the field, 
MI 
111 UUUnil. very popuh.r Kn- 
raving. Address for term*, Ac.. PEIUNK& MOORE, 
’ubltshers, (JO and 03 Reade Sf. N. Y. 
