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rows, get upon it with your boots ami tramp 
tight, and if you have brush enough, you will 
have a fence that nothing can get through. 
The plants should be regularly pruned ou the 
outside of each row, so as to let in sun and 
light, and continue to pile your .brush be¬ 
tween the rows. It will take no more room 
than a single row would. 
high, on the sales nQxt the ear ; if [low, the 
opposite temperament. If you want a horse 
with a good disposition select one with a full 
or convex head, wide between the eyes, and 
you can depend upon it he will not balk with 
proper treatment. 
H'ornis in Humes .—If H. S. N., Lake Co,, 
Ohio (page 171), will feed bis horses buck¬ 
wheat straw, or if they will not eat the. straw, 
grind the buckwheat and feed (hem ; or if he 
can Obtain buckwheat bran, and gel them to 
eat freely, by mixing some shorts or meal 
with it, he will probably have the pleasure of 
throwing the worms into the dung heap. 
Fine cut smoking tobacco, sifted, using the 
tine dust, passing through the sieve, say one 
teaspoonful, mixed with meal or ground feed, 
twice ft day, for a few days, will usually ac¬ 
complish the same result,—F. D, Pabmejlee. 
Corns on Horses are healed by a practical 
horse shoer as follows :—I treat them with 
(he best success by taking a furrier's knife, 
and cutting them out, as deep as possible, 
without cutting to the quick ; then, holding 
the foot upside down, I put in a few drops of 
turpentine, holding it a few minutes to soak 
in. Then I take oakum soaked in tar and fill 
the hole, to keep out dirt and gravel. Fit the 
shoe with a Still heel, bo that, it will not bear 
on the heel of the foot. Corns seldom trouble 
afor being treated in lids manner, and soon 
disappear entirely. 
STRAWBERRIES FOR EVERYBODY 
A MEDICAL BRIDLE BIT 
Speculations in new varieties of straw¬ 
berries have so nearly died out that we pre¬ 
sume we can speak of the truly standard 
sorts without hurting anybody’s feelings. 
Experience has nearly, or quite, settled the 
many questions so vigorously discussed a few 
yearn since in regard to the. best varieties in 
cultivation. One party always talked “ qual¬ 
ity,” while the other “‘quantity although 
it must be confessed that we never had very 
many bad-flavored strawberries. We have 
heard persons say that they never saw a poor 
strawberry, or one not positively delicious ; 
but we cannot quite agree- to that standard ; 
for the Hautbois are. to our taste, simply dis¬ 
gusting, although some persons do learn to 
like them. But no one attempts to introduce 
any of the varieties of this species into our 
markets; consequently, there is no call to 
discuss their merits. Amateurs will still con¬ 
tinue to produce fancy fruit, no matter how 
mueh it costs, and wo are pleased to have 
them do so, for their experiments always 
produce a good effect on the community in 
which they live. 
The great progress made in strawberry 
culture during the past twenty years is due 
mainly to those men who cultivated only a 
few hundred strawberry plants, instead of 
acres, and the extra care bestowed produced 
ext raordinary results, which had thoir effect 
upon the public, at large. New varieties were 
produced by the hundred and thousand, and 
out of this great number it would be strange 
if there were not a few that, will meet the 
wants of the masses, and flourish in almost 
all soils and climates. 
Perfection, even in a strawberry, it would 
lie difficult to find ; at least what the general 
fault-finder sets up as his standard as a per¬ 
fect berry; but we believe we have many 
perfect strawberries and varieties good 
enough for anybody. The following are 
sorts which we consider varieties suited to 
the masses, or everybody who is willing to 
plant and cultivate for the sake of having 
plants of this delicious fruit Charles Down¬ 
ing, Green Prolific, Wilson’s Albany. For a 
late variety add Kentucky. For a luind- 
some, large berry, on rich, heavy soils, Tri 
oinphe de Gaud, But if you wish to astonish 
your neighbors, and are willing to spend the 
time in cultivating, watering, manuring, and 
all these little extras known as high culture, 
take the Seth Boyden. But we must stop 
l ight at this point, for there are a hundred 
other sorts that will come into this class. 
A bridle bit. which is said to have been 
the means of aiding in the cure of various 
diseases to which the throats and mouths of 
horses are liable is herewith illustrated. The 
hit. is made hollow, with minute perforations 
along the side. Into the hollow bit Is poured, 
while melted, a medicament prepared with 
some bland substance, like, lard, oil of tlieo- 
She Oinetjanl 
MANURES FOR GRAPE VINES 
Prof. Bachi, in Rural World, says Her¬ 
baceous plants and vegetables furnish numer¬ 
ous instances of the influence of peculiar ma¬ 
nures on the quality of the products. The 
cheese and milk of certain Localities a re high¬ 
ly prized on account of the peculiar aroma of 
the grass in those localities. 
Besides this bail influence of odorous nitro¬ 
genous manures on wine, we must bear in 
mind that, this process restores to t he soil only 
a small portion of the potash consumed by 
the cancs, the leaves and the fruit, and that 
it also tends to exhaustion, since it, returns 
to the soil but one-ftfth or one-sixth of the 
amount of potash taken from it. Moreover, 
nitrogenous substances exclusively used has¬ 
ten the decay of vineyards and the exhaus¬ 
tion of the soiL We have a report from Baron 
Von Liebig of the exhaustion of a vineyard 
at Bingen, on the Rhine, through the exclu¬ 
sive use of 1 torn scrapings. The resu 11 at fu st 
seemed good, but after a few years the 
growth and production decreased rapidly. 
The extra growth induced by the horn scrap¬ 
ings had divested the soil of all its potash 
without returning any. 
Nitrogenous manures also increase in the 
grape the proportion of albuminous and mu¬ 
cilaginous matters, and correspondingly di¬ 
minish tin- saccharine ; the wine contains less 
WORMS IN GRAPES 
MEDICAL BIT. HORSE STOCKING. 
broma, or other substance which molts at, a 
low temperature, simply as a vehicle, or 
which may bo itself of service as an emol¬ 
lient. The warmth of the horse’s mouth, 
when the bit is applied, melts the medica¬ 
ment, which t hen exudes and mingles with 
the saliva which flows to and over the dis 
eased ports, which are thus reached for treat¬ 
ment, even when the animal is at work, 
If a correspondent who signs himself “Many 
Subscribers ” will send us specimens of grapes 
containing the maggots or worms referred to 
in his communication we will bo pleased to 
answer liis questions. There are at least two 
distinct insects that infest the harry, and 
scores that attack the leaves and stems. We 
might guess that the worms were the larva' 
of the Grape Curculio, GnMadt-s inuat/milis, 
Hat, or the Grape Codling (Pent,him vilivo- 
vtmu ■, Packard) ; but it would bo only guess 
work at most, and wo do not like to hazard 
an opinion without having the insect before 
us. Those who desire Information ou such 
subjects can scarcely do less than send speci¬ 
mens for identification. 
A LARGE SPRING 8EETLE. 
A correspondent in Westchester Co., N. Y., 
sends us a sketch of the large spring beetle 
Alans nculatUH , Linn, and desires a name, 
which we give. This beetle is quite variable 
in size, specimens being found scarcely more 
than an inch long, while others are nearly two 
inches. It is of a, dull black color, the thorax 
and elytra being mottled with white. On 
each side of the thorax there ia a large, oval, 
velvet-black spot,'which children and some 
other persons think are the creature’s eyes, 
but. they are not. These two eye like spots, 
* however, gave rise to 
the insect’s name, oc- 
ulatus, which means, 
eyed. The larva of 
this handsome beetle 
lives in old logs and 
stumps, and we pre¬ 
sume every boy resid¬ 
ing in the country, at 
least in our Northern 
HORSE STOCKING 
A writer in the Farmer contributes the 
accompanying sketch, and says this stocking 
is iutendeil to contribute to the comfort of 
the horse and, in one sense, to its support. It 
consists in a snug-fitting elastic anklet of 
indiarrubber, molded to fit the horse’s leg, 
and ribbed and reinforced to prevent sagging 
and slipping down at the top. It is also per¬ 
forated to allow free exit for perspiration, 
and is laced in front as shown. The object 
of the invention is to provide a support, not 
always of the length shown, but longer or 
shorter as may bo necessary for sustaining 
and protecting the tendons, ankles, knee- 
joints, &c., of trotting and racing horses, and 
horses in general, so as to prevent, injuries 
from over-bending or straining in stepping 
upon stones or rut holes, &e. 
MONOGRAM. 
alcohol, and is consequently more subject to 
alteration. In fact sugar-producing plants 
never want, strongly nitrogenous manures ; 
and sugar-makers are aware that beets ma¬ 
nured with highly nitrogenous compounds— 
although more bulky — contain less sugar 
and more organic matter, to the detriment 
of the manufacturer. 
PROPAGATING ENGLISH WALNUTS 
C. A. Proctor, Westport, Mo., recently 
asked the sapient N. Y. Farmers’ Club if 
the English Walnut had been successfully 
grown in any part of the United States. This 
was answered in the aftimative; and Prof. 
H. E. Colton said :—“ The tree can be raised 
from seed, but is not likely to fruit under ten 
or twelve years. The shortest mode would 
be to raise a few and graft on the American 
Black or White Walnut.'’ This is a fair sam¬ 
ple of the wisdom of those who talk at tills 
Club. Our friend Colton is a good fellow, 
but not much of a horticulturist, or he would 
know that the English and White Walnut do 
not belong to the same genus—the first being 
Jnglana and the White Walnut, or Hickory, 
being a Cornu, If ever any attempt was 
made to unite them by grafting, it propably 
ended in a failure, just as 99 out of 100 at- 
eiopts to graft the English Walnut upon our 
Black Walnut would end, although they do 
belong to the same genus. We doubt if 
there is, or ever has been, an English Walnut 
growing upon a Black Walnut stock in 
America ; and we know that there isn’t one 
growing upon a White Walnut stock. No 
one outside the New York Farmers’ Club 
would ever think of suggesting such a tiling, 
much less of attempting it, probably. 
SURE CURE FOR SCRATCHES 
THE SCUPPERNONG GRAPE 
C. W. C., in Rural New-Yorker, March 
22 , asks for a sure cure for scratches on hors¬ 
es ; he should have said in the blood of houses, 
for there is the disease. Feed a horse one- 
tliird of a large spoonful of saltpeter a day, 
for three days ; then withhold for three days 
and repeat in the name way until nine doses 
have been fed. Feed in oats and do not ex¬ 
pose the animal to wet and cold. It is a sure 
cure. d. r. 
Hamilton, N. Y. 
Sam Miller, Bluffton, Mo., is evidently a 
very sensible man ; Cor lie says of this grape: 
North of the upper line of North Carolina it 
is of but little value ; and in latitude 35 of no 
earthly value. I state, this to keep some 
northern enthusiasts from jumping at conclu¬ 
sions, and going into the cultivation of the 
Seuppcmung here, which WOuld oidy end in 
disappointment and loss. 
Were I in the South I should grow it exten¬ 
sively. To my taste, it is an excellent fruit. 
recognize 
\ this great lazy fellow 
WvStflfe# \ from the accompany- 
t ing illustration. In 
Texas there is another 
species known as A. gorgops, Leu., which is 
even larger than the A. ucmIuLux, and the 
markings of white are very similar. The 
A. mgops, Escu, is a species about interme¬ 
diate between the two named. The color is 
a dull gray, the larger specimens showing 
more black markings than the smaller ones. 
It is found in Virginia and further South. 
California has at least one species of Alans , 
for we have received quite a number of the 
A. mdanups from a correspondent residing in 
the northern part of the State. It will aver¬ 
age a little less in size than the A . oi'Ulatus, 
and is much darker in color, the white spots 
being small and indistinct. These beetles be¬ 
long to a very large family, known among 
entomologists as the “ Elatkrida:.” Three 
or four hundred species have been named 
and described in the various genera into 
which tliis family are divided. The larvae of 
some of the specie* are injurious to vegeta¬ 
tion, and arc known us wire worms, which 
feed upon the roots and stems of plants. 
Some of the species are very minute, being 
scarcely an eighth of an inch long; but all 
possess the same faculty of throwing them¬ 
selves upward with a sudden spring when 
laid upon their backs. 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN 
To Cure a Balky Horse.—A man was driv¬ 
ing a four-horse team to a loaded wagon 
when a mare on the pole balked, and could 
not be made to start. An old teamster who 
was present unhitched the marc from the 
wagon, took off the leaders, turned the marc’s 
tail to the leaders’ tails, and hitched them to¬ 
gether by the double-trees. When lie gave 
the word to start, the mare commenced 
dancing, but the other horses walked off with 
her, dragging her backward a couple of bun 
dred yards. He then put her to the wagon 
again, and she out-pulled auy other horse he 
had. She never was known to balk after¬ 
wards. 
To Select a Horse with a Good Disposition, 
a correspondent of the Westeni Rural gives 
the following directions :—A horse that is 
full between the eyes will be true and kind 
unless lie lias been badly fooled, for a balky 
driver will spoil any horse. A horse that is 
concave between the eyes, or flat and narrow 
between the eyes lias a fret ful, impat k rit dis¬ 
position. A bump between the cars on top 
of tlio head denotes life, if it rise abrubt and 
MONOGRAM. 
The white is my favorite. As to wine, I have 
drank the still wine of it here, and pronounce 
it most excellent tipple, i use this phrase 
because it was extremely heavy, and would 
fuddle a fellow before he was aware of it. 
Among the best sparkling wines that it has 
been my fortune to drink, Bcuppernong was 
one of them. Col. Ashford, near Courtland, 
Alabama, made it, and it was not. more tinm 
four months Old. At his hospitable board I 
also tasted a number of other wines, which 
were proof of what they can do there, Seup- 
pernong is tlio basis for a spurkling wine m 
the south. The must, is light, which is prefer¬ 
able to :: heavy one. 
PIG-PROOF HEDGES 
An Illinoisan suggests, in the Prairie Farm¬ 
er, the following method of making a pig- 
proof hedge •—Set two rows of plants, rows 
three feet apart, and from 12 to 15 inches 
apart in row ; cultivate and let stand until 
three years old, and then trim up close to the 
main stem on the outside of each row, and 
top them at right hight, say four feet, then 
place your brush snugly between the two 
