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MY FOULTRY STATEMENT 
less rubbish 'to be disposed of, and I have 
noticed that certain persons are in the habit 
of pitching it into the highway, right in 
front of their own dwellings. If the flower 
beds are. trimmed and the roses and lilacs 
pruned, the refuse sods and brush goes in 
the road, to frighten passing teams, and per¬ 
haps inform the traveling public that some¬ 
body has been at work in their garden. It 
is only slovenly folks who do this ; but this 
class is a numerous one, judging from the 
rubbish cast into the roads every spring. 
Now, there is my neighbor Zavt. wlioBcfarm 
is as near worn out as it is possible to make 
it; still he persists in throwing the rich sods 
and heaps of brush into the road instead of 
burning them up and scattering the ashes 
over the barren places on his farm. If I 
could get sods and brush enough to cover my 
entire place and burn them to ashes, i should 
have little need of purchasing manure of any 
kind ; and even a little heap, here and there 
every year, adds much to the products of my 
garden ; and if there WB8 no benefit to he 
derived from such a use of waste materials, 
I am not insulting good taste, as many do, 
by throwing them into the corners of the 
fence or highway. 
EARLY PASTURING. 
A pril 5.—Not a blade of grass has appeared 
in the pastures yet, but I notice, that farmers 
are already turning out their stock, with the 
hope, 1 suppose, that some stray mouthful 
overlooked last fall may be picked up. Now 
this tramping of meadows and pastures by 
stock in early spring, while the ground is 
wet and soft, appears to me to be poor econ¬ 
omy. It is no wander that Mother Earth 
refuses to yield a good living to people who 
abuse her in this manner, and it is as true as 
preaching, that the men who practice these 
skinning systems, calling them economical, 
are always unlucky, their cattle taking every 
disease that comes along, and their erops 
usually a little too meager to pay a good 
profit. If a pasture is expected to hold out 
during die hot, dry weather, the grass must 
not be pruned too early in the season. A 
good growth of top means a corresponding 
extension of root, and without t his no plant 
can survive for any considerable length of 
time. 
Mr. Tuisco Grimer says, in Rural New- 
Yorker, March 29, he would like to ask me 
the reason why my 61 chicks sold for the ex¬ 
orbitant price of *123,15, or about *3 each. 
I thought I made my statement plainly, but 
will .be more explicit. The 61 chicks were 
pure White Leghorns, and were sold by pairs 
and trios, for breeding ; and I do not believe 
there is another mau in the State that, has as 
good a stock of Leghorns who will sell them 
at an average of £3 each ; but I do not ex¬ 
pect to get exorbitant prices; quick sales 
and small profits is my motto. The same 
number of chicks, dressed in market, would 
not have sold for more than £50 to $60. 
About 42 turkeys sold for $121.36, or about $3 
each. My Turkeys averaged about 10 lbs. 
and5ozs. each. The 42 dressed 433 3-7 lbs., 
which 1 sold for 28 cts. per lb. They were 
well fatted, and nicely dressed ; they were 
the large Bronze breed. I would not think 
my turkeys had very good care if they did 
not average at least 10 lbs. each. 
E. J. Crawford. 
ABSTRACT OF GAME LAWS. 
DAILY RURAL LIFE, 
Our readers should cut out and preserve 
the following article, which was compiled for 
the New York Bulletin and tells when game 
may be token and sold. It is believed to be 
a complete and accurate summary of exist¬ 
ing laws: 
New York. —Deer, moose, elk, caribou and 
wild deer may be killed and exposed for sale 
from September 1, to Nov. 10. except in the 
counties of Suffolk, Kings and Queens, in 
which counties the kilting of the above ani¬ 
mals is prohibited by law for live vears from 
1871. All descriptions of wild duck and wild 
geese are in season from September 1, till 
May 1 : woodcock from July 3, until January 
1 ; ruffed grouse or partridge, pinnated 
grouse or prairie chicken from September 1, 
until January 1; robins, brown thrashers, 
meadow lark or starling from August 1, to 
January 1, 
In regard to the -ale of venison, etc,, the 
law states that ' ‘ any person offending against 
any of the preceding provisions of the section 
shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for 
each moose, elk, deer, caribou or fawn skin 
in his possession, and may be proceeded 
against in any county of t he State ; provided, 
however, that any person may sell or have in 
his possession the moose, elk, caribou or deer 
aforesaid, between the first dav of .January 
and the first day of March, without liability 
to the penalties’ herein provided, in case he 
shall prove that such game was killed outside 
the limits of this State and at. some pl.ic6 
where the law did not prohibit such killing. 
Rhode Island. —Gray duck, black duck, 
wood duck, larks, robins from September i 
to February 1. Snipe, September 2t) to May 1. 
Grass plover from August 1 to February 1. 
Woodcock, quail and partridge, Se.pt 20 to 
March 1. Hares and rabbits, September 1 to 
February 1. 
Connecticut. —Woodcock from July 4 to 
February 1. Pheasant, partridge, Septem¬ 
ber 1 to February 1. Quail, October 1 to 
February 1. 
Minnesota. —Woodcock from July 4 to De¬ 
cember 1. Prairie chicken, August 1 to 
December 1. Quail and partridge, September 
I to December 1. Elk and deer, buck, doc, 
&c,, August 1 to January 1, 
Michigan.- Elk and deer, from September 
1 to January I. Wild turkeys, September 1 
1 11 January L Wo< >doock, July 6 to February 
1. Prairie chicken, ruffed grouse or partridge 
and wild duck from August 5 to Founiury 1. 
Quail, October 1 to Jnuuarv 1. 
New Jersey .—Wild deer from August 31 to 
Januarv 2. Partridge, moor fowl, grouse, 
quail and rabbits, November l to January 10 ; 
Woodcock, July 5 to January 1. 
Indinhriu .—Wild deer from October 1 to 
.January 1. Quail or pheasants, October 1 to 
February 1. Prairie chicken, August 15 to 
February 1. 
Ohio. —Quail, ruffed grouse and wild tur¬ 
key from October 15 to February 1 ; prairie 
chicken. August 15 to February 1 ; rabbits, 
hares und doves from November 1 to Febru 
ary 1; woodcock, July 4 to February 1 : wild 
geese, September 1 to April 15 ; wild ducks, 
September 1 to March 1. 
yerinojit .—Wild deer, July 1 to January 10. 
Kentucky.— Quail, partridge or pheasant, 
from October 1 to March 1. Wild geese and 
wild ducks from September 15 to May 1. 
Woodcock, June 1 to January 1. Female 
deer, from August 1 to March 1. 
Massachusetts.— Woodcock, August 15 to 
January 1. Partridge, October 1 to January 
1. Quail, October 15 to December 15. Wild 
duck. September 1 to March 1. Snipe, July 
15 to April 1. Wild deer, from October 1 to 
December 1. 
Kansas. —Grouse, prairie chicken, wood¬ 
cock, snipe, wild turkey, deer and elk, Au¬ 
gust l to March 1. Quail or pheasants, Octo¬ 
ber 1 to March 1. 
VEest irginia- Wild deer from August 15 
to January i. 
Pennsylvania .—Rail or reed birds from 
September 1 to June 1 ; partridge or pheas- 
ant, August 1 to December 20 ; woodcock, 
July 4 to November 15 • rabbits, October 1 to 
January 1 ; wild deer, September to Decem¬ 
ber 31 ; quail, October 1 to December 20 ; 
wild turkey, October 1 to January 4. 
California.— Quail, partridge, grouse and 
wild ducks, September 15 to March 15 ; deer, 
July 1 to January 1. 
Virginia.—Peer, July 15 to January 15. 
Wisconsin.— Woodcock July 4 to Decern- 
Ftom the Diary of a Gentleman near New 
York City. 
SIX HUNDRED ON A TEASPOON. 
April 1.—I have just received six hundred 
beetles from a correspondent in Texas, and 
the entire lot could readily be placed on an 
ordinary teaspoon. They consist, of about 
one hundred and sixty species, and the gen¬ 
tleman who sends them to me desires the 
name of each. Every one of these minute 
little beetles will be mounted separately upon 
a small triangular-shaped pallet, cut from 
cardboard, and this again mounted upon a 
pin. To do this nicely will require at least 
one week’s work, which, of course, Clakis- 
kima will do for me ; then my part of the 
task commences. Each species must be se¬ 
lected and placed together, and the sped- 
mens being so very small that a lens of high 
power will have to he used in this work, 
therefore, every beetle must be examined 
under this glass and the difference between 
each carefully noted. When the entire six 
hundred have been examined and each spe¬ 
cies placed by itself, then the names, if any 
have ever been given them, must be deter¬ 
mined either by comparison with typical 
specimens in mv cabinet, or with descriptions 
given in entomological works. Now the 
names of the different species in this one lot 
would more than fill an entire column of the 
Rural New-Yorker ; but if a brief history 
of eacli should be added, it would require a 
volume of two or three hundred pages. But 
the true history of all these beetles is not 
known, und to learn it would be labor enough 
for the entire life of any one person. But 
who would ask for a greater or more lasting 
monument than a book containing t he true 
life-history of these one hundred and sixty 
species of beetles < Such a work would last 
as long as science and cultivation existed, 
and the fame-of the author pass oa untar¬ 
nished to future ages. That such histories 
will be written, there can be but little doubt; 
for in the past few years science and nature 
has begun to walk hand in hand, and 1 do 
not believe they will ever again be divorced. 
SOWING PEAS IN THE FAll. 
April 2.—It is to be supposed that every¬ 
body knows that the pea will grow in very 
cool weather, and the seed sprout at a very 
low temperature ; consequently, market gar¬ 
deners sow, for an early crop, as soon as the 
seed can be got into the ground in spring. 
This plan has always been the extent of my 
efforts towards securing an early crop ; but 
I have to own up that for once I am beaten ; 
for two of my neighbors informed mo to day 
that they had peas up and growing finely, 
just as I was getting ready to plant. Upon 
inquiring how it was done. I learned that the 
seed was sown last fall, and remained in the 
ground uninjured during the winter. I have 
sown tomatoes, lettuce, spinach and a few 
other a egetable seeds in the fall in order to 
gain time, but never tried peas ; still, as I 
am not too old nor too bigoted to learn any¬ 
thing useful, i will try not to be outdone on 
the pea question next year. 
THOSE TRANSPLANTED TULIP TREES. 
April 3.—One year ago I transplanted a 
quantity of Tulip trees from the woods, cut¬ 
ting them back severely at tiie time, as I 
supposed, to insure life and growth. They 
lived, and made a fair growth, a fact which 
I mentioned in ray “ Diary” last summer ; 
but the Industrial Agent of the Kansas Pa¬ 
cific Railroad kindly informed me through 
one of the Western papers, that, my success 
was only prospective, because the trees would 
probably die the next winter. But the next 
winter is past, and my tulip trees are alive, 
and I have not found a dead one among 
those which made ever so feeble a growth 
last summer. Let those who desire forest 
trees from the woods adopt this plan of 
transplanting early and pruning severely, 
with confidence of success ; for when it is 
Avail done, it is a cheap way of obtaining 
trees. Even from the nurseries, the earlier 
in the season trees are removed the butter. 
Waiting until the ground is dry and warm 
before planting hardy trees, is a great, mis¬ 
take, which costs the people of this country 
about as much as those Avhich they succeed 
in making live. This planting trees that per¬ 
sist. in dying may be good for trade, but it is 
very discouraging to those who only have a 
shallow purse. 
BURNING UP THE RUBBISH. 
April 5.—In clearing up the garden and 
orchard in spring, there is always more or 
ROUP-CARBOLIC ACID 
A Huodan hen, the only one of the breed 
that I have had sick during the past two 
years, had the roup badly about four weeks 
since. Being but a tyro among chickens, 
and having loaned my A'olumc of wisdom on 
chickens, known as the “People’s Practi¬ 
cal Poultry Book." I was somewhat at a loss 
for a treatment; but something had to be 
done quickly. I had in the house, for modi 
cal purpose, a solution of carbolic acid, 35 
grains to 4 ounces of water, and determined 
to apply it. I did so by wetting a cloth in 
the solution and carefully washing the hen’s 
bill, eyes and nostrils with it. In half an 
hour she was much better, when, hoping that 
she might possibly live, I gave her six drops 
of the solution in a teaspoonful of water. 
Two hours after she began to eat, Avhen she 
was taken in and received a good washing, 
face and eyes, with warm water and milk, 
and a dose of castor oil. The next morning 
she wag perfectly well, and lias been laying 
ever since. 
Paducah, Ky., April 3, 1873. s. 
POULTRY NOTES, 
Frozen Combs .—The following treatment 
of a frozen comb is given by a recent writer: 
About three weeks ago a Spanish cockerel 
iu my possession had Ids comb and wattles 
severely frozen. I immediately treated him 
as follows: Every morning 1 rubbed the 
afflicted parts with a preparation consisting 
of two parts of distilled glycerine and one 
part of turpent ine. At, noon 1 applied sweet 
oil and rose water (three parts of former and 
one of latter), and in the evening the glycerine 
and terpentine. At t he present writing the 
bird is entirely cured, the comb and Avattles 
presenting almost the same appearance as if 
they had never been “nipped." 
To tell Pullet# from Hen #.—In ansAver to a 
correspondent the Cottage Gardener says: 
It. is easy to distinguish between a pullet 
and a hen, but a fowl twelve months old is 
not a pullet. She him, if of a sitting breed, 
laid, sat and reared her chickens. This much 
is certain—no pullet has large, coarse scales 
on her legs, unless she is suffering from ele¬ 
phantiasis. We have never had a spurred 
Cochin hen; the breed is not subject to such 
an appendage. Dorkings, Game,s Houdans 
all have it at times, even Avhen young, but 
we have not met with it in Cochins. We 
should not like to buy such. 
While Leghorns and Red Ear Lobes .—In 
answer to W. P. A., about White Leghorns 
with red ear lobes:—I would not have such a 
cock run Avith my hens this season for $50. as 
I could not sell the chicks only for what they 
were worth dressed. Leghorn breeders and 
dealers about here are very sure to select 
those that have the A\-hitest ear lobes aud 
yellow legs.—E. J. Crawford. 
Big Eggs in Mich igan .—I think Michigan 
is entitled to the broom. I have a hen tAvo 
years old, by a Brahma cock and Spanish 
hen, Avhich has this AA-eek laid free eggs, single 
yolk, measuring respectively, 7 % by G%, 8 by 
6%, by 6% PA by &A and 7 by 6 inches. 
How’s this '( A little more pepper in your 
feed, Oregon! and try again!—P. McmfuRD. 
Wh ite Leghorn Cocks, E. B. S. is informed, 
have large, single combs, which stand per¬ 
fectly erect. The hens, also, have large (sin¬ 
gle) eornhs, Avhich frequently lap over. 
Buckwheat is not good food for fowls laying 
eggs. It don’t contain egg-making material. 
Barley, ground oats and Indian meal are bet¬ 
ter. 
BREEDING HEAVY TURKEYS 
Wm. Clift wrote the Poultry Bulletin in 
January—“In theory most people believe 
that weight in the parents tells in the off¬ 
spring. In practice they are quite content to 
breed from light av eights, because they are 
more easily found. In turkey breeding, 
where weight is the mam thing in deciding 
profit at the close of the year, nine farmers 
out of ten will breed from a second litter 
cock, weighing 16 lbs. or leas, if they happen 
to have him, rather than iireest. a free or ten 
dollar bill iu a stout, well-built early bird, 
weighing a third more, or in a yearling 
weighing double. Very few breeders huA'e 
faith enough in heavy birds, to keep a cock 
over the second or third year. They want 
the extra flesh on him sold at the market 
price. I have tried breeding from both young 
and old birds, and have no doubt that it. is 
much better economy to breed from the 
largest and best birds, even at high prices. 
In the spring of 1871 I purchased a fine 
young cock, weighing S5 lbs., the offspring 
of a pair that weighed 62lbs., premium birds 
of the New York State Poultry Society. I 
mated him with a flock of young turkeys, 
with one or two exceptions. The chicks Avere 
strong and healthy, and I thought made birds 
good enough. In the spring of 1872 I kept 
the same cock, weighing then 31 lbs. Avillithe 
same hens, adding t wo or three young birds. 
I raised 101 turkeys against 70 the previous 
season ; they matured earlier, and both the 
cocks and hens that I have sold during the 
lull and winter have run larger. 
I have no doubt that much is gained in the 
Aveiglit of the flock by breeding from two 
and three year old birds of the flut-st form 
aud heaviest Avoight. If only two pounds to 
the bird is gained, it makes quite a difference 
in a flock of one huudred. The 200 lbs. of 
poultry is worth $46 at the present market 
price, and that is an item worth looking after 
in the returns of a poultry yard. It. is some- 
Avhat dilficult to get hold of yearling toms 
that will weigh 80 lbs. and up wards. It costs 
something to feed a big turkey a year, and 
the breeder avIio has possession of the bird 
generally has a use for him. Turkeys do not 
attain their full size imtil the third year, and 
it is safe to breed from them four or five 
years.” 
