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lerb. 
EARLY MATURING HOGS. 
“Walks anti Talk»»» not “on tlie Fnnn,” 
Sometimes the heading to an article car¬ 
ries with it more force than the article itself, 
turist in favor of the Chester While ami 
Magic hogs as bred by me, claiming that I 
cotikl have them fit for the butcher at all 
times from t wo weeks to two years old, and 
that at nine months, (hot “ twenty months 
old,”) I could make them dress 800 pounds. 
This “ Walks and Talks” lias discovered 
to be a fact, and lie nows plays a new tune 
on ids harp “ on the farm.” Now, in lolk- 
rojps, 
and no matter whitt absurdities the article ing of the farmers of the Eastern Stales, lie 
may contain, if the beading is right, tlie 
article is gulped down ns truth, notwith¬ 
standing its apparent misstatements and un¬ 
accountable absurdities. 1 have thought, 
sometimes, that the facts above staled, are 
particularly applicable to articles appearing 
in tlie American Agriculturist, under the 
caption, “ Walks and talks on the farm.” 
The idea, with some, that these “ walks and 
talks” are made by a man “ on tlie farm ”— 
i. e,, a farmer, gives to them more weight 
and influence Ilian their merit* entitle them 
says: 
“ We, if anybody, want a hog that will 
pick up his own living. We cannot afford 
to stuff our pigs with grain at all limes. Wc 
have to keep them on the slops of the house 
and dairy, and on clover and other cheap 
food, giving only a little grain until they are 
shut up lo fatten. If any one needs a large, 
slow-maturing breed, that will live on cheap 
food, it is tlie farmers of the Eastern and 
Middle States.” 
How does this agree with his “ depend 
BARLEY TOR MALTING. 
Dugai.d Campbell, in Brewers’ Gazette, 
says:—“ Barley belongs to the natural order 
of grasses and (lie genus Jlordeum. There 
are many species of this genus, but the only 
two that are used for malting purposes are 
Jlordeum distichvm, or the two-rowed bar¬ 
ley, and Hovdeum mlgare, or tlie four-rowed 
barley, commonly called berc or bigg. Bore 
is a coarser and less nutritious grain than 
barley, and ils use for malt is confined prin¬ 
cipally to Scotland, besides which only a 
not be more than one season old, as by age, 
barley acquires a great many of what are 
technically termed 'idlers,' which do not 
germinate when the barley is submitted to 
tlie malting process, and consequently are 
comparatively of little value in tlie after 
operation of making beer from such malt.” 
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FIELD NOTES. 
To Dentroy Joint Bi-nss, 
Joint grass is often troublesome in the 
cultivation of corn and tobacco. The strong 
roots send forth new shoots each Bpring, and 
not only exhaust the soil, but overrun the 
crops. On a farm recently purchased which 
was covered with joint grass, I put sheep 
very small quantity is used in the north of c,u,v ]n " IC H<!liaon > ns S 00 " ns Gie S rfl88 
to; hence I have interpolated the word not upon it, in raising animals for the butcher, 
in the caption lo this article. While I am early maturity is the first requisite,” of last 
free lo admit Hint'he articles appearing in December? Now I contend that either East 
the Agriculturist contain many good tilings, or West, nobody wants a slow maturing hog. 
and are certainly worthy the space they oc- In Ihe East, where they have to depend upon 
copy in that valuable paper,yet they some- the “slops of the house and dairy, and clover, 
times contain statements not backed up by giving only a little grain until they are put 
facts—ideas put in prinl and based upon the np to fatten,” they want a hog that will two- 
mere imagination or their author. 
I have said in this article that I thought 
“ Walks and Talks,” last year, was drawing 
largely upon his imagination in relation to 
tlie Chester While and Poland China hogs; 
and in tlie November number of tlie Agri¬ 
culturist, lie admits all that. I claimed in my 
article last year, as well as the fact that lie 
did not know anything about the bogs that 
lie was condemning and trying to prove to 
lie far interior to the Berkshire or Essex 
hogs. In bis talk to the Deacon about the 
“great Swine Show," at Chicago, he says: 
“ What interested me most, and what in 
lure early on that kind of feed, ] have ex¬ 
perimented on raising and fattening hogs 
enough to know that it takes sibuut two- 
thirds of all they eat to keep np the animal 
system, and that the other third Is converted 
into bone, muscle and fat; provided, always, 
that you give the pig as much as be will eat. 
Now take a Chester White or a Poland 
China pig at two mouths old, and feed him 
all the soaked or steamed corn lie will eat, 
and give him plenty of cold water and a 
good, warm place to sleep in, and when lie 
has consumed twenty bushels of corn lie 
will dress 850 pounds. Some pigs will con- 
Irelaml started, after which I plowed the land to 
“ Barley for malting, after being cut down, tl,e depUl of Ll,r,ie or four illd,CB * ns r,ir “ 
should be allowed to remain in the field a rc!icbcd ’ "f 1 »*'>''mgl.ly 
long time before stacking it, it. order to dry dra ff ,hc « rouml 1,11 l,,c h * hl root * 
it thoroughly ; ir it is stacked even slightly eml 1 ie and " gnm " 1<: Bl,ecp were 
green or wet, it is very apt to heat, and if lim, . ed °" 1 ie field9 ' 1,1 a s,lorl ,mie evcry 
this does not cause Uic stacks to ignite, it at V °* U & tl,e ^stroyed, and the 
any rate damages the grain more or less for shaep ,nd cnricI,ed the knd * "wwsmg its 
tlie making of malt. Barley intended for /l ptl C ' 
malting, should, before using, have lain in r ° ui M P°“ a fcw of ,he rools °” ce 
the stack sweating for at least two or three °\\"' Ce ll,e * 1,0 «P do not cal ll,ein al firel * 
monllis; the benefit which it derives from White dftisteB, thistles, artichokes,etc.,are 
this is, that it will imbibe water more equal- c ® M \ U,sllly ‘ k “ 9 "'°y? d by COnslant imd closc 
ii . , .., . grazing, commencing in the e.ariv soring.— 
ly when m steep with the malster, and in ° ‘ ' / 1 ° 
P. CovENitovK.N, Painted Post, N. }. 
consequence, a more equal germination is f _ ’ 
produced. It should exhibit no inequalities The Oneida Potato, 
in color or size, and possess a bright color, Aj.den IT. Ciiksieu forwarded to tl.e 
with a thin, clean and wrinkled husk. In Farmers’ Club, a week or two ago, samples 
selecting barley for malting, great care of potatoes for name. They were referred 
fact, I went on jmrjxisc lo see, was tlie Mngio sume this amount of corn in six months, and 
or Poland China breed. They were there 
by thousands. Judging from tlie few T had 
previously seen, I thought them a great, 
coarse, overgrown, flop-eared, rough-haired, 
big-boned kind of a Common bog, without 
style or comeliness, that, with an unlimited 
amount of food would, at two or three years 
old, attain a great weight.” 
This fact was very apparent in an article 
others will require ten months to consume it, 
should be taken never to mix barleys of dif¬ 
ferent, kinds, for owing to tlie difference of 
soil, and the difference in size of ripeness of 
tlie grains, tlie growth upon tlie floor will 
lie irregular. As an example, barley grown 
on clay or stiff soil does not germinate so 
rapidly as barley grown on light soils, and 
requires different treatment on the floor, and 
should a mixture of barley grown on these 
lo Dr. IlRXA.urcn, who thinks them the Onei¬ 
da—a seedling of Garnet Chill, but not as 
good as the latter. It is o very productive 
fjngintic Jtnforimtfiou. 
A PLEA FOR THE LIVER. 
Pertinent and timely, in view of the 
inquiries and articles which have appeared 
in Ibis department of the Rural New- 
Yorker is the following from tlie pen of 
Frank W. Reilly, M. D., Editor of the 
Pulse of Health, which is published under 
the above head, lie says : 
The best-abused organ in tlie human body 
is, undoubtedly, the Liver. 
Does your mouth taste badly in tlie morn¬ 
ing? Is your stomach “sour?” “ Ob 1 
you're bilious—too much bile in the system, 
you know. Take a blue pill and you’ll soon 
be all right!” 
Docs your head feel dull and ache “ over 
the eyes?” Are you “blue" and gum py— 
or dyspeptic or neuralgic—or troubled with 
dizziness, or “sec specks,” or "don’t feel 
very well yourself?” " Your liver is torpid 
—that’s what’s the matter with you, A blue 
pill will straighten you out in no time!” 
And so this great, big, over-worked gland, 
With a double duty to perform, is blamed for 
what iL does do and for what, it doesn’t do ; 
for doing too much and for doing too little, 
and is punched and spurred, accused and 
abused, in a manner that none but a poor, 
spiritless drudge would submit 1 ,o. 
The fact is, wc set it a harder task than 
making bricks without straw. We ask it to 
make bile without blood, and punish it with 
poisons when it fails to do so. 
The younger Flint* lias laid the liver and 
its owners under obligations to him for all 
variety, ami may be valuable for stock. If time, by teaching us what is the true fiinc- 
it is not the Oneida, and is a new seedling, 
Dr. IIexamer thinks it so near like that 
variety as to be unworthy a distinct name. 
At nil events, bom your twenty bushels of two soils have been laid down, the result 
corn you get 800 pounds of pork, less the net win be Uml part nf l)ie gmin9 wi)I be linlf 
weight ol the pig at two mouths old. malted, while the remainder are thoroughly 
Now, take your slow -growing pig and so> a BO rious damage to tlie malster. Witii- 
tued him yom slops, clover, nnd a little out jl little practice, it is somewhat difficult 
giain; say fom eais ot coin per day on the to distinguish grains of barley from grains of 
average for twenty months, and he will b ere or bigg, but as n rule, the grains of here 
have consumed your slops, clover, and twen- are darker. smaller and less I,caw. and their 
Croton iiii.i (Jiii ii-rrzcfa. 
Can you tell me the name of the inclosed 
will be that part of the grains will be half PUintE? No. 1 grows almost everywhere in 
malted, while the remainder are thoroughly ^' ’! v:llcd k ” d * 1| IS(K ®;™ s v f'' y 8 f ci . l,c(! 
J the beginning of the sell lenient, tint, is now 
so, a serious damage to the malster. With- pi,.,,, jfYil. Jt grows five lo six feet high, with 
out a little practice, it is somewhat difficult woody steins, and divides into many stems, 
to distinguish grains of barley from grains of it is called here “ broom-weed,” ami is used 
published in the Agriculturist lust December, ty bushels of corn, and will weigh about 
in which “ Walks and Talks” undertook to 
establish tlie superiority of the Berkshire and 
Essex over the Chester Wiiite ami Poland 
China or Magic breeds. 1 then thought, lie 
was drawing largely upon his imagination 
200 pounds. Then you put him up lo fat¬ 
ten, and it will take fifteen bushels of corn 
to make him weigh 350 pounds. It must 
lie recollected that these slow-maturing pigs 
never lay on fat as fast as the early-matur- 
relative to the Chester White and Poland f itig pigs', HeitcC it will take ten, bushels of 
far superior to the Berkshire and Essex in 
every particular which tends to make a hog 
valuable; and, as I then supposed Hint tlie 
“prominent Western farmer" and “ Walks 
and Talks” were engaged inbreeding Berk¬ 
shire and Essex pigs to sell lor breeding pur¬ 
poses, and in their “Talks,” in print, were 
merely advertising their stock, I proposed 
to bet them forty pigs Dial I could beat their 
Berkshire and Essex pigs, both in weight and 
form, all tlie time from two weeks lo two 
years old, with my Chester While and Po¬ 
land China pigs. This communication 
brought out the editor of the Agriculturist 
with an editorial denying Unit either “ West¬ 
ern Farmer” or “ Walks and Talks” were 
vice of *’ Walks mid Talks,” he will lose 
all of his slops, clover and fifteen bushels 
of corn in producing a 350 pound hog from 
here or bjgg, but ns n rule, the grains of here 
are darker, smaller, and less heavy, and their 
skin is thicker uml smoother than those of 
barley. A bushel of good barley will weigh, 
on an average, from almut lifiy-lwo lo filly- 
six pounds, while that of here ranges from 
about forty-eight to fifty-one pounds. 
“ In s^JeciTfcg for malting, weight 
per bushel is one of tlie most important 
items to be attended to,for the weight of the 
barley used determines the weight of die 
malt, produced, and consequently the weight 
of tlie extract to be obtained from it. Tlie 
color of the grain is important, especially for 
light colored ales, bul care should be taken, 
A slow-growing pig, and lie will be just iu judging of llic color, to ascertain thatsul- 
t wice as long in accomplishing it as I will 
tie with one of my Chester Whites or Poland 
Chinas. 
In conclusion, I will say that I don’t breed 
those long-nosed, flop-eared, rough-haired, 
big-boned common bogs, such as “ Walks 
ami Talks” imagined the Chester Whiles .and 
Poland Chinns to be; but I breed those that 
are “ far superior to what he expected” to 
sec and fully ns refined ns the Berkshire, 
though not near so long in coining to ma¬ 
turity, and in his own language 1 will add : 
“ Depend upon it, in raising animals for the 
butcher,early maturity is the first jequsite.” 
Lysandkr W. Babbitt. 
breeding Berkshire pigs for sale for breeding _ 
purposes; but. be very wisely said nothing PROFIT FROM FATTENING PORK. 
about the Essex, some of which Ifavo found - 
their way to this Stale, from tlie pens of Being a young farmer, and not haviir 
“ Walks and Talks.” This denial, was, no ,,ai1 "inch ’experience 
doubt, intended to give more force to tlie Jj i 0 , 1 gl''that I would sei 
talks "bom Essex and Berkshire pigs, j purchased my father’s 
and which “Talks” were calculated to in- fine young sow, that we o 
jure tlie business of those engaged in breed- $ 10 ; site and her offs prill j 
ing tlie Chester White and Poland China ' I|C Cheshire mid Chester 
pj. rg Said sow farrowed April f 
1 f.'m. „ „ ,, . , , her six pigs I gave the n 
fucie were a few of tins breed at a u<] the dishwater 
Chicago that nearly answered tlie above 1 measured all of the com 
description—hogs that would weigh 1,000 into a barrel near by the | 
p^nuls, with legs us thick as those of a what they consumed. Ot 
well-bred ox,ami with great, thick ears that. ! ,f ll ‘, C ; h \ v S c *\ oh 
almost icached tue ground. But on tlie potiiuls apiece for luy own 
whole, the breed is far superior to what I will stand as follows, viz: 
expected. Many of tlie specimens shown, are 
nearly as rejined as the Berkshircs. In lact, •• •• to milk from 2 cow 
a casual observer might suppose they were to <b.h bushels con 
Berkshircs.” 
COtfTR 4, 
The words above are those of “Walks May». by i pig Bold.. 
and Talks.” The italics are mine, and show °“ l by m lbs. heavy r pork «‘ 
that last year lie was writing about a breed b> dressut ! that'tiTue°XK) 
of bogs that lie knew comparatively nothing 
about; yet bis writings have had their 
effect, not so much from what he said, as Profit. 
from the fact that lie claimed to be a farmer I think that if I had bet 
and a disinterested parly. Last year lie- tylutt l did, per hundred, s 
r? «■« WM* and 
Poioml China liu»s were slow growing, re j l|livc ]l0Iird farmtre g „ 
qmrmg twenty mo n Ilia to make them weigh ril j sc pol |. f or §5 i, m „| 
300 pounds, and requiring four more months corn was worth $1 per bus 
phurous acid lias not been used to produce it, 
asin such cases germination may be interfered 
with on the malting floor. As regards sound¬ 
ness, that is, the healthy vitality of the grain, 
this can only be determined by experience 
and a careful examination. A grain of bar¬ 
ley, when examined with a pocket lens, is 
found to consist of tlie lmsk inclosing the 
flour or starch, and at one end of the grain, 
imbedded in the Hour, is a point called the 
embryo; ibis embryo is tiie future plant, 
which remains in a dormant condition so 
long as the flour around is kept dry. Tlie 
flour, in fact, is tlie mother’s milk of tlie 
plant; it supplies food for tlie embryo, when 
set growing by moisture and warmth, until 
to make coarse brooms. It also possesses a 
strong turpentine odor. — J. Rkveuciion, 
Dallas, Texas. 
No. 1 is (JutkmeuL microcephala, No. 2 , 
Croton monanthoyynum. You will find both 
mentioned in Mexican Boundary Survey, 
Volume 3. 
unb Department. 
SUNDRY LETTERS. 
From Fnyrlti! fo.. lown. 
I would like to mention some of tlie oppor¬ 
tunities that persons wishing to come West 
and engage in prairie farming might avail 
lion and office of this, the largest gland in 
the body,nnd the one most universally found 
in nil animals. It was through ins studies 
and experiments that it, was first clearly 
shown wliat tlie bile, is ami wluU ils uses are. 
Briefly, the waste matter of the brain and 
nerves is one of the essential materials out of 
which biio, to the extent in health of two 
nnd a half pounds a day, is manufactured. 
This waste nerve-matter, with other refuse, 
is excreted, from (taken out of) the blood by 
the livin', transformed into bile and poured 
into tlie intestines to assist in digestion and 
to prevent constipation and flatulence. 
But the production of this waste goes on 
in the brain, two or three feet from the liver 
nnd in every other part Of the body wliere- 
ever a nerve filament reaches, and the only 
way the liver can use this waste is by hav¬ 
ing it brought by the Idood to its workshop. 
Manifestly, if the circulation of tlie blood is 
imperfect, the manufacture of bile will lie 
limited, and then, usually we pilch into the 
liver—a blue, pill, or a dose of calomel, or of 
podophyllin. 
Nor is the insufficient production of bile, 
and the consequent imperfect digestion, con¬ 
stipation and flatulence, all the evil. This 
waste matter of tlie nerves and brain, if not 
Uiemsclvcs ol. rim, 11,0 soMhcrii pm ol „ loro „ alll „„ d M „,, d „ ir tl , c 
Payc-tto County, Imva-tmvn inuoty-ono circulation, »cls as an in itaal mat .K.isra. lo 
* “"*? 11,0 tissues iu which it remains, and hence 
rollms pnuno deep, ml, so,I, well watt-mi, ll 0 ,,j„ dlcs alul „ c „ rid „ el , hlg „ r „ 1C 
surrounded with timber on two Sides, and wrvvs 
plenty of timber on tlie east and west from -vr.,' !r ,,i 
Inow, it there is any one fact more clearly 
lour to ten miles. Good lands can be , .. , ,, ... . ,, .. ... 
nerves. 
Now, if there is any one fact more clearly 
.being a young tanner, and not having ... . . ,, . . , , 
hail much experience fattening pork, 1 >! has sent out its lootlets and so lias become 
thought that 1 would see for myself wliat 
tlie profit or loss was. The first of last April 
1 purchased my father’s ball interest in a 
fine young sow, that we owned together, for 
§10; she mid her offspring being a cross of 
the Cheshire iuul Chester Co. White breed. 
Said sow farrowed April 8 th, and to her and 
her six pigs I gave the milk of two young 
cows and tlie dishwater from 1 lie kitchen. 
I measured all of the corn that I gave them, 
into a barrel near by the pen, and know just 
wliat they consumed. Oct. 2d I killed three 
of the largest pigs and old sow, ami retained 
two Unit would then dress one hundred 
pounds apiece for my own use. The account 
April 8, 1STI, to 1 sow nnd G pi(fs.}2(i no 
“ “ to milk Irom 2 cows. 10 00 
“ “ to (Sh bushels corn In ear, at 35c... 21 87 
$51 87 
Contba. Cr. 
May 29, by 1 pig sold..S3 50 
Oel, 8. by 305 lbs. pig pork at If?. 25 55 
" " by 330 lbs. heavy pork at SO 60.21 45 
“ “ by 2 pigs Hint I liuve <>» hand that would 
dress at that time XXi lbs uplecc. 11 00 
Profit.$12 63 
able to acquire nourishment for itself. 
"Chevalier barley is the finest kind of 
barley cultivated, and is the best for malting 
purposes; but barley, lip mutter how good 
It may be in quality, if injured in the pro¬ 
cess of threshing or separating it from its 
straw, Will not malt well, the injured grains 
soon becoming moldy, nnd these, by con¬ 
tact, soon communicating their moldiness to 
tlie sound, good grains. Barley should be 
avoided which lias the slightest appearance 
of mold, as beer made from such mall is 
usually bad and becomes sour. Mold is 
propagated by means of spores, and one 
grain of moldy barley may send out thou¬ 
sands of these spores among tlie good grains 
and SO cause the maltster a world of trouble. 
Sometimes barley acquires dampness or 
moisture from the air, and unless it be kiln- 
dried before mailing, the germination will 
be Very unequal; but in kiln-drying it great 
care must be taken not to raise the tempera¬ 
ture too high, for in that case the barley be- 
I think that if I had been sure of gelling comes very hard, and consequently requires 
I . Tl-l I « « - I . n 1 - 5 A ..*... .........1 *1 . 1 n « 
wlmt, l did, per hundred, six weeks later iu 
the season, that the profit would have been 
greater, in proportion, than it was. 
I have heard farmers say that they could 
raise pork for §5 per hundred when shelled 
corn was worth $1 per bushel. It cannot be 
to be steeped a considerably longer period 
than would otherwise be necessary. A mix¬ 
ture of kiln-dried barley and barley not kiln- 
dried should never be malted together, other¬ 
wise germination on the floor will be irregu- 
bought from six to ten dollars per acre. 
The land under cultivation produces almost 
every variety of crop in abundance—wheat, 
corn and oats, being the main crop raised. 
Sorghum grows to perfection, and is manu¬ 
factured hero into very nice molasses, furn¬ 
ishing nearly all the sweetening used in 
cooking and on pan cakes. Borne pieces 
last year yielded two hundred gallons to tlie 
acre, which was readily sold for seventy cents 
per gallon. 
Independence, on the Dubuque, and Luc 
City Railroad, is the principle market, at 
present—distant eighteen miles; but we 
shall soon have a nearer road. Apples, of 
the crab varieties, and grapes, are raised 
here to perfection. Strawberries and vines 
produce iu abundance. Farmers ate plant¬ 
ing, from cuttings, the white willow,cotton¬ 
wood and Lombardy poplars for fences, 
Which grows remarkably fast, and will 
make a fence in five years. Breaking can 
be hired done for §3.5U to §4 per acre. Any 
amount of stock can he kept iu summer, 
and hay qan be cut for winter. A person 
with some capital and a good deal of energy, 
can soon have an improved farm iu virgin 
prairie. What ibis country wants is people 
who can adapt themselves lo circumstances, 
who can make a smoke-house in a snow 
bank if nothing better, although plenty of 
building material is lo be had ul the rail¬ 
road.— G. W. u. 
From Huntsville, Ain. 
IYe need good farmers—men who know 
their business and are not afraid to put their 
own shoulders to tlie wheel. Times are very 
understood and admitted than another, in 
the wonderful and complex operations of the 
living body, it is that there can be n<> vigor¬ 
ous, or even negatively healthy circulation 
of the blood without a vigorous Ionic condi¬ 
tion of the muscles. Ami lids vigorous, 
healthy, tonic.condition of the muscles can 
only be attained by their exercise or use. 
And so it is clear why sedentary persons 
suffer more from their* livers than persons of 
active habits. It is also clear that so long 
as some persons must lend sedentary lives, 
and be debarred from active and diffused ex¬ 
ercise, such persons must suffer, unless some 
substitute for diffused exercise be attainable. 
• 
Ten minutes’ Cumulative Exercise, once a 
day, is not only a substitute for, but is I teller 
than, any form of diffused exercise whatso¬ 
ever—from Dio Lewis’ Free Gymnastics up 
or down through all the range of Indian 
clubs, dumb-bells, trapeze, bare, etc., etc. 
And it will do more to secure an open 
hepatic duct, (and so a freer charity,)—a 
vigorous circulation in the portal system 
(and so a more active love for the neighbor,) 
—and a healthy Liver (and thus a brighter 
hope for the future) than till the anli-billioiis 
pills ever peddled. 
Moral : If you would avoid Billiousncss 
and its attendant imps, let your Liver alone 
and attend to your Muscle. 
-J)r. Austin Flint, Jr., Professor of Physiology in 
tUe Bellevue liospiuil MeUieul College of New York. 
to fit them for the butcher, and wound up the done, it they keep their bogs confined in a | il1. Foreign bailey (Egyptian, for instance,) quiet here now nnd " Yankees” are looked 
paragraph by saying :—“ Depend upon it, in 
raising animals for tlie butcher, early matur¬ 
ity is the first requisite .” 
“Early maturity” was one of the argu¬ 
ments I used in my article for the Agricul- 
pen ns I did, unless their animals are given 
to them to fatten. I, for one, would be 
pleased to see the figures of other pork 
raisers, both East and West, in the columns 
of your valuable paper. 
No. Chili, 1871. Lexington. 
is very apt to absorb moisture in the holds 
of tlie vessels. 
“ Thebcst mail is made from barley which 
is early ripe, and consequently thin in its 
skin and luscious in ils nature, and it should 
upon in a more favorable light than of yore. 
Tlie people begin to see ihat the mode of 
farming and managing help must, change, 
and I expect the next ten years will make a 
great change iu our country.—J as. M. Moss. 
HYGIENIC NOTES. 
Bleeding at tlie Lung*. 
Please tell M. S. of Montgomery Co., 
Kan., that a decoction of common barn or 
high nettles, used freely as a beverage, will 
effectually cure most, cases of bleeding of 
tlie lungs.—G. L. E,, Harmony, N. Y. 
Hygienic Inquiries.— I would like a recipe Hint 
will prevent the hair palling-out, and promote 
its growth.—M rs. E. M. H. 
