JOS 
FES. M 
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JAMES’ PROLIFIC MARROW PEA. 
Tms is a very handsome, white, wrinkled 
variety; grows about three feet high ; bears 
fine, large pods, of a light green color, contain¬ 
ing from six to nine large peas of the finest 
flavor. It is reported by those who have 
grown it to be a grand pea, ripening off its 
crop pretty much at one time. It bears a 
mid-season crop, 
STORING BEETS IN WINTER. 
We have heard many a housewife com¬ 
plain of the pool 1 quality of the beets stored 
for winter use, admitting that they were ex¬ 
cellent when first gathered. Of course 
strong, overgrown, stringy beets will not 
improve by keeping, but the very best may 
become worthless for the table in a few 
weeks after gathering if stored in a very 
dry. warm collar, where t hey shrivel and lose 
their natural moisture. If the cellar is cool, 
they may be kept stored iu bins or barrels 
without danger of losing any of their good 
qualities ; but few cellars tire of just the 
right temperature for preserving all kiuds of 
vegetables equally well, consequently differ¬ 
ent methods must be adopted for the differ¬ 
ent kinds. 
With beets we have never found a better 
way than to store in barrels, filling up all 
interstices between with pure, dry sand. 
This keeps the air from the roots and the 
natural juices are retained, while nothing I 
is added or lost. As the top layers are ta 
ken out the sand merely sinks dowil more 
firmly upon the next, thereby keeping the j 
lower layers almost hermetically sealed, pre¬ 
venting growth or decay. If those who 
have found it difficult to prevent their win¬ 
ter beets shriveling and becoming tough and 
stringy, will try this plan, we feel assured 
that they will find it to work well. 
GARDENER’S NOTES. 
Fecundation of 1 'eyetablen. — M. Beer 
announces that he has put Hooibreuk’s pro¬ 
cess for the fecundation of vegetables in suc¬ 
cessful practice iu the Botanic Garden of Vi¬ 
enna. Tills process, which, it would seem, 
achieves important results, consists simply 
in touching Lho extremity of the pistil (the 
stigma) of the flower, just before it blooms, 
with a pencil dipped in honey, or, better 
still, with honey mingled with the pollen 
of the same, plant on which the operation 
takes place. The process has succeeded ad¬ 
mirably, it is stated, ou fruit trees, and even 
on certain particular branches of trees which 
had never borne, On the portions thus 
treated fruit formed in natural course, while 
other parts remained in their normal con¬ 
dition. 
(Jloriculttqal 
THE INFLUENCE OF FLOWERS. 
If the penchants of men could be turned 1 
from billiards, dinners, club-houses, theaters, 
riches, excessive business application and the 
vulgar mania for cheap, vapid distinction ; 
and the penchants of ladies from the enslave¬ 
ments of arbitrary forms and fashions and 
the trivial occupations which these impose, 
to a real, practical fondness for flowers—a 
physical, moral and intellectual benefit to 
them and to their children woidd prove the 
happy result. 
Every part of flower culture, from the 
preparation of the soil to the gathering of 
the seed, requires a gentle, skillful, patient 
hand—hence its wholesome a nd disciplining 
influence in these directions. As inhaling, 
noisome odors, living among unsightly sur¬ 
roundings, associating with foul-mouthed, 
untidy people tend to stifle every aesthetic | 
sense and beg. t a kindred taste and spirit, so 
living among the flowers and, as it were, | 
talking their chaste language, breathing 
their fragrance, watching and caring for the i 
plant from the seed to maturity, cannot fail 
to purify, or to create—to strengthen every 
refining impulse of the soul. 
In some of the vilest districts of New York, 
we occasionally see in windows geraniums, 
morning glories, ivies or other vigorous 
plants. It may be from the fifth story of a 
building—the home of perhaps twenty fami¬ 
lies. Call in at this room having the flowers 
in its window and see if in its scanty furni¬ 
ture there is not a tidiness and precision not 
noticeable in the other apartments. See if 
the woman and her husband and her chil¬ 
dren are not more kindly spoken, more man¬ 
nerly, more decent than the occupants of 
the other sections. Still further—inquire if 
this family of the flowers has not “ seen bet¬ 
ter days” than those which condemned it to 
a fifth story room in a neighborhood of filth 
and wickedness. 
Horseman. 
PRICKS AND BINDS IN SHOEING, 
GATHERED NAILS, &c. 
The natural love of flowers guarantees a 
superior natural intelligence. It guarantees 
a kind heart and affectionate impulses. Pick 
TRtATMEHT. 
JAMES’ I'KOUl'IC I > IU A . 
out, then, this fifth story- room if y r ou are in 
search of a servant. The little girl will not 
choke your bttby to keep it from crying ; the 
man will not. kick and bruise your horse ; 
the woman will do your house-work diligent¬ 
ly and thank you sincerely for every act of 
benevolence. 
The general diffusion—or a more general 
diffusion—of a love of flowers is what, above 
all other things, wo sordid, plodding Ameri¬ 
can people need. Ye heads of large houses, 
ye brokers, ya merchant princes, alas ! woidd 
that ye merited such high sounding names,— 
listen ! Out down your expenses for just, 
one year a thousand dollars or so, and invest, 
this sa ving irwi flower-garden—aye, a flower¬ 
bed. Start for your offices a little later and 
return a little earlier each day. Devote- an 
hour to the companionship of flowers. It 
will invest home with a new, potent and en¬ 
during charm ; it will open a path to higher 
thoughts ; it will unite you more closely to. 
your wife and children ; it will reveal the 
grinding selirilmcss of your business rela¬ 
tions ; it will induce a more liberal course 
towards those in your employ and it will 
have its effect to raise the disreputable 
standard of most, mercantile jmrsuitsas they 
are at this day conduct ed. 
The question is often asked among new 
acquaintances. “Are you fond of flowers ?” 
Rarely, we guess, is the reply in the negative 
—for those who are not l’ohd of flowers ore 
ashamed to make it known : and full well 
they may be. Arc not the most captivating 
scenes in nature but vast flower-gardens ? 
A natural park from which we cull the 
choicest gems to adorn the epitome grounds 
about our homes. They lack, indeed, but 
the grandeur of an ext ended view. The cul¬ 
tivated grassy lawn is not to be found upon 
the untouched hillside. The tricolor Gera- 
niurns, the Roses, Camellias, Gladioli and 
Carnations of to-dav—glorious results of the 
florists patient skill—we can scarcely believe 
arc the sisters id' the modest, simple plants 
which we meet in t he fields. Alas, then, for 
her or for him who loves not the flower- 
garden—for, with t he same eye and senti¬ 
ments. must be viewed the hill and the val¬ 
ley, the woods and the fields and all of 
earth’s growing things with which God has 
beaut ified the world. 
E. S. Carman. 
The measures usually adopted for the re¬ 
storation of normal conditions after wounds 
have been inflicted by nails upon the. sensi¬ 
tive structures of the feet, are of a 
simple kind, and, in ordinary cases, they 
are ulso speedily effective. When, how¬ 
ever, those in charge fail to discover the 
exact state of affairs, and delay is oo- , 
casloned, the animal suffers from much 
constitutional disturbance, — possibly 
congestion or inflammation of the lungs 
follows, and in not a few instances such 
terminate fatally. Much, then, depends 
upon the case being properly understood 
at an eai;ly period, for the animal is 
saved much acute suffering and the 
owner considerable anxiety and incon- 
i venience. Indeed, so well known are 
k these facts to earnest and observing 
H veterinarians that they; in all cases of 
lameness, prefer to deal with simple 
punctures, or even binds, as the cause, 
for the reason that, practically, they are 
i j as nothing compared with sprains of 
joints and diseases which involve ultora- 
jjjjfc" tion of structure in important parts. 
J'\ The mode of procedure is varied in 
accordance with the stage and progress 
I y of the malady. When the smith finds 
I A he has wounded by a nail, lie merely 
withdraws it, and avoids driving it in 
1 the same locality. The hoof being somo- 
1 wliat elastic, and pierced only by the 
1 finest part of the nail, immedidialely 
■ closes, and seldom more than a few 
Up drops of blood escape, After this, the 
M operation of shoeing being concluded, 
Mb the animal go to work and nothing is 
heard of the occurrence. But we have 
1M to carry our minds somewhat further, 
HM and suppose the nail has been driven 
Mias several times and withdrawn, or that in 
■HD wet weather sand, etc., has become in- 
EISb sinuated within the enlarged opening in 
t he hoof while the animal lias been at 
fly work ; we may also imagine that in a - 
W other instance a nail after it has been 
driven causing a puncture, is with¬ 
drawn, but is immediately again 
driven, taking a more superficial hold, yet 
giving 
The above is the way in which an enthusi- | 
astie and successful New York business man 
talks. He evidently speaks from experience 
and such testimony has a practical value 
which commands tor it space in these col¬ 
umns. We wish there were more such busi¬ 
ness men—that is, men who comprehend the 
blessings which flow to the family from con¬ 
tact with and a study of Nature. 
pressure, 
lameness 
results, and the attention of the smith is 
called to the fact. The shoe should bo re¬ 
moved at once in each case, and pressure 
exerted over every nail hole with the pincers, 
in order to discover where the painful spot 
is. A plan, upon which we have always 
placed great dependence, is that of tapping 
with a hammer the outside or wall of the 
hoof, immediately over the clenches, of the 
affected foot while it is planted upon the 
ground, and the opposite is held up by an 
assistant. Slight percussion iu this way at 
once detects the part where search is to be 
made, and the first proceeding is to remove 
the shoe, jvhicli should be done very care¬ 
fully, because severe pain may be inflicted 
by roughly cutting off the clenches and 
drawing the nails. 
The next point to determine, is whether 
matter has formed within the foot at the 
part injured. In recent cases, during dry 
weather, and when lameness has uot been 
very severe or sudden, the probability is that 
pus has not formed, and all we need to do is 
to apply hot water as a fomentation for one 
or two hours, and afterwards a hot poultice, 
a day’s rest being allowed. Next morning 
the shoe may be put on, nails being left out 
where the injury has been inflicted, and in 
all probability the animal may be free from, 
lameness. 
When, however, by delay and other causes, 
we have no hesitation in believing that mat¬ 
ter has formed ; the shoe being removed, we 
proceed to give exit, to it by making a de¬ 
pendent opening in the hoof through the 
course of the offending nail. In doing this, 
we must observe cure in avoiding an unnec¬ 
essary cutting of the hoof ; large holes are 
not required as a rule, unless matter has 
burrowed beneath the sole ; therefore, acting 
ou tins principle, the hoof us a defense is not 
reduced either iu value or office. The proper 
instrument is a knife known as a searcher—in 
form a facsimile of the usual drawing knife, 
but smaller and narrower at the point, by 
which the course of the nail may be followed 
to the seat of injury, and the pus discharged. 
Succeeding this, hot fomentations and poul¬ 
tices will be required until pain, tenderness 
and lameness are [overcome. Subsequently 
a few drops of the tincture of myrrh, or car¬ 
bolic acid mixture* ’may be passed into the 
wound; and when the animal goes to work, 
a 87nall quantity of dry low may be laid 
evenly over the opening, which is to be kept 
in place by a half or whole leather sole, 
placed under the shoe without nails, so as to 
admit of removal. We do not advocate the 
use of tar and such compounds with tow, as 
much dirt is accumulated, and by pressure, 
becomes hardened into an unyielding mass, 
which sometimes produces secondary pres¬ 
sure, and a recurrence of all the previous 
lameness, &c. 
When the knife has reached the bottom of 
the wound it will know whether matter has 
burrowed ; if it has done so, then so much 
sole as is thereby disconnected from the sen¬ 
sible parts must be removed, as union will 
not again take place, and the space existing 
will but form a receptacle for irritating 
agents. Subsequent treatment will consist 
of fomentations and poultices until the form¬ 
ation of matter has ceased, when the tinc¬ 
ture of myrrh may bo used daily. The shoe 
should bo put ou us soon as the animal can 
bear concussion, which will provide more 
comfort than standing barefoot; soft tow, 
saturated with the dressing may bo laid over 
the exposed surfaces, and the whole lightly 
covered by a leather sole, sprung in between 
the branches of the shoes. Occasionally the 
sensitive parts appear to bulge or sprout, and 
shoot forth abundantly, which appearance is 
known “ proud flesh.” This is frequently 
observed when the opening in the sole is not 
more than half an inch, in which case ordin¬ 
ary pressure doubtless lias something to do 
with it. To this some persons use caustics 
rather liberally, and we have seen instances 
wherein the lameness has been considerably 
prolonged by the practice. The great secret 
consists in setting aside the poultice and hot 
fomentations as soon as the parts are some¬ 
what relieved and are less red and angry- 
looking, after which exposure to the air and 
occasional dressings of the tincture already 
named will accomplish all that is required. 
When nails have been “gathered,” having 
entered merely into the parts contiguous to 
the hoof, simple exploration as described will 
be sufficient, but in case of “ binds,” removal 
of the nail only may be required; if, however, 
matter has formed, the searcher must be 
called into service. 
We must not omitto mention that, in severe 
cases, where constitutional disturbance is 
present, a purgative or the usual fever medi¬ 
cine may bo given, by which pain and suffer¬ 
ing will be mitigat ed, and progress towards 
recovery considerably facilitated.— The Far¬ 
mer. 
i»hccj) liusbiindrt). 
TRAINING SHEER DOGS. 
Rev. 0. E. Babb, in one of his letters from 
California, tells us of what an old shepherd 
told him about the way they train the famous 
shepherd doge in Southern California. He 
says you may go over the plains and hills 
there for miles, and see thousands of sheep 
but not a man to watch them. Around each 
flock or band of say a thousand sheep, are 
half a dozen dogs of a peculiar breed—dogs 
whose progenitors were imported from the 
sheep pastures of the old world. These dogs 
take the entire care of t he sheep, drive them 
out to pasture in the morning, keep them 
from straying during the day, and bring 
them home at night. These dogs have inher¬ 
ited a talent for keeping- sheep, but the shep¬ 
herds do not depend wholly on that. They 
cultivate? it in this way—so at least the old 
shepherd says: 
“ When a lamb is bora it is taken away 
from the mother sheep before she has seen 
it, and a puppy put in its place. The sheup 
suckles the puppy and learns to love it. 
When the puppy grows old enough to eat 
meet it is fed in the morning and sent out 
with the sheep. It stays with them because 
it ri accustomed to be with its mother, but it 
cannot food with them. As they get full the 
dog gets hungry. At length, impatient to 
return where it can get another piece of 
meat, it begin * to tease and worry its mother 
and finally starts her home, the other sheep 
follow, and thus the whole flock is brought 
in. If the dog brings the sheep in too soon, 
or comes home without them, he gets no 
supper or is punished iu some way. Hence 
he soon learns when to come, and to see to it 
that none of liis charge are left behind. 
These animals are trained by taking adtaa- 
tage of their instincts and appetites.” 
How to Prevent a “ Row” in the Family. 
—I like the Rural New-Yorker very much 
and do not know as I could stop it now with¬ 
out a “row” in the family; and it might be 
better for me to pay for the Rural than to 
better for me to pay for the Rural t nan to 
pay a fine in a police court for a family 
“ row” in case I should stop it. Seriously, 1 
like your puper; ditto wife and babies.— 
Charles Wilder. 
