rheumatism for me, in my arm, from which 
I had been a sufferer for twenty years. 
Pawing Horses .—To break a horse of paw¬ 
ing in the stable, a correspondent of the 
Farmer’s Union saysTake a piece of 
trace-chain two feet long, fasten it to the 
leg that he paws with, just above the knee 
with a liame strap and let the chain hang at 
the side of the leg, he will soon be glad to 
keep it still. 
As foaling time approaches, she particu¬ 
larly needs the practised eye of the careful 
and experienced breeder. For she should 
be watched both day and night, as many a 
valuable colt has been lost that two minutes’ 
labor, at the particular time, would have 
saved. As soon as the colt is dropped, the 
attendant should see that its head is free 
from the blanket, as it will otherwise soon 
smother or drown. The next thing is to 
range of adjustment. No lever for throwing 
out of gear while working, would be used by 
the operator in his seat, if there was one. 
lit-fore mounting, the machine is instantly 
thrown into gear, and on dismounting, in¬ 
stantly out, If wished. By reason of its pawls 
and ratchets, it may be backed safely at any 
time, as the reel is not then revolved.” 
The Remington Agricultural Company also 
manufacture Crawford’s Improved Mow- 
REM1NGT0N AG’L COMPANY, 
MOHAWK VALLEY CLIPPEft STEEL PLOW 
At Ilion, N. Y., in famed Mohawk Valley, 
there has been for many years an extensive 
manufacturing establishment known as the 
Remington Agricultural Company, which 
has sent out machines and implements of 
Among the best 
superior merit and value, 
and most popular of the products of these 
celebrated works is the Mohawk Valley Pa¬ 
tent Clipper Steel Plow, that, has been in use 
gome fifteen or twenty years and is highly 
approved — the demand for it being so great 
that the number manufactured is annually in¬ 
creasing. The accompanying engraving gives 
a good representation of “Mohawk Valley 
Clipper No. 1.” This is a two-horse Sod 
Plow, adapted for general use. “ It turns a 
14-inch furrow; laps its furrows to an angle 
of about 45 or more degrees ; is adapted to 
clay soil. Can be used with or witl lout Joint¬ 
er, and with or without Subsoil Attachment.” 
The “ Mohawk Valley Clipper” is claimed 
to be the pioneer among steel plows in this 
country, and it has certainly attained great 
popularity. A circular issued by the R. A 
Co. as long ago os 1303, says:- “From a 
single size especially adapted to the soil aud 
smooth surface of the Mohawk Valley, we 
now mailufac 1 ure several thousands of the 
Clipper Plow manually, and in sufficient va¬ 
riety for every kind of soil, from that found 
on the rugged farms of New England, or the 
hill-sides of Pennsylvania, to the alluvial or 
bottom lauds of the far West. Our plows 
are made of superior at cel, manufactured 
expressly lor the purpose. They are thor¬ 
ough! u hardened and ground upon wet atones, 
wlveh prevents the drawing of the . e in per 
and ensure-, their durability, as well as pro- 
STARTING IN KANSAS 
I notice “A Young Californian ” wishes 
information from Kansas. I am a resi¬ 
dent of Kansas — came into the State in the 
1859. I have seen a good many Immigrants 
come to our State to settle, and the first 
thing many of them do is to reach out and 
get all the land they can see, invest all their 
means in real estate, thinking it will take a 
rise soon, then the golden egg is laid, in 
their estimation ; but soon fate begins to 
knock at the door and large expenses begin 
to come in sight before their land can 
be put in shape to be salable or useful. Then, 
and not until then, do they find themselves 
“land poor.” 
Now, suppose a young man comes to Kan¬ 
sas with three thousand dollars at his com¬ 
mand, my advice is this:—When you first 
Tlbi-*** 
eu, which is a veiy compact machine, 
being all iron, with sido-cut, gears encased, 
and of light draft. By a fine mechanical ar¬ 
rangement of a tilting lever (in addition to 
lifting lcvcri the driver is enabled to raise 
or lower the finger guards at will, so as to 
cut high or low. The It. A. Co. likewise 
manufacture a full line of Cultivators; also 
Road Scrapers, Elevators, Iron Bridges, &t\ 
with a string, to prevent bleeding ; tins, u 
possible, should be done before the dam 
rises, as many a foal has been ruptured at 
the navel by the dam rising before the string 
was severed. After the above has been 
promptly attended to, leave the dam alone 
with the foal for half an hour. If, at the 
end of that time, through weakness or any 
other cause, the young foal has been unable 
to secure its natural nourishment from its 
dam, the attendant with whom the dam is 
most familiar should lose no time in render¬ 
ing the necessary assistance by holoiug the 
colt at the side, aud putting the nose to the 
teats of the dam. 
After the colt Is able to draw its nourish¬ 
ment from the dam without the aid of its 
attendant, little uced be done but furnish a 
shed, if the weather be inclement, and a 
good, liberal supply of hay or stalks, and a 
peck of ground oats and bran per day until 
there is a full bite of green spring grass. 
Agricultural Works will fully answer all the 
questions of J. K. D., as to the profits of 
keeping a threshing machine : 
Bandy Creek, K. Y., March SO. 19XL 
Messrs. Wiieiu.kr & Murick Co .:—Cents 
The two horse-power Thresher and Cleaner 
that I RouRht from you lam August has proved 
all that you claimed for It. and more. I com¬ 
menced threshing the D5th day of August, and 
closed ut» the Bill of November, and the ma¬ 
chine earned $786.8<), and threshing was very 
poor at that. This amount was nearly double 
whnt the machine cost me. 1 threshen 100 
bushels of oats in BO minutes by the watch. I 
have laid out but twelve and a hair cents for 
repairs, and the machine is now all In trim for 
earning $800 or $1,000 this fall, if nothing hap¬ 
pens. I think I can sell some machines for you 
this summer, and I want you to send me your 
price-list. Yours Truly, 
1 II. N. Trumbull. 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN 
Wolf Teeth in Horses.—A. correspondent 
of the Rural World says William Horne, 
a veterinary surgeon of Janesville, Wis., has 
recently made an examination of one thou¬ 
sand horses, with a view to settling the 
question as to whether the so-called w olf 
teeth are injurious to the eye. Out. of 1,073 
animals examined, he found 13 blind in both 
eyes ; 7 blind in one eye only ; 37 having 
affection of one or both eyes ; C of tl lat num¬ 
ber being nearly blind. The whole number 
f fnnnd was 21(J : oiilv one ot the 
BROOD MARES FOR SPRING. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Michigan Farmer 
gives the following sensible directions. The 
best food for the brood mare is corn stalks, 
or good timothy hay, with four quarts of 
ground oats and wheat bran, equal parts, 
daily. The ground oats and bran not only 
feet 2 inches in diameter can, and do, carry 
driving gears 3 feet. 10 inches in diameter, 
and these admit t he reel to be placed so far 
in the rear, that its end tines, which are only 
about 4 inches off from the wheel, pick up 
the grass lying in and outside of their track 
after they have passed over. It has a 
through iron axle 1W inches in diame er, 
strengthened by a wood backing, which 
keeps its gears and other mechanism always 
true. Its reel is simple and strong, having 
two light tine shafts of tubular iron, supplied 
with 33 coiled spring tines only 4# inches 
apart, fastened by bolts that pass directly 
through the lines, each bolt holding two 
tines. Each tine shaft is rocked, but not 
while the tinea are entering or raising the 
grass, but at the proper time, by a short 
crank-arm rigidly attached to one of its ends. 
Two strong crank pins form the bearings of 
two small rollers, which control the rocking 
movements of the tine shafts by running in 
a cam way peculiarly shaped and placed. 
The special mechanism for operating the 
reel and tines includes but ten bearings. 
“Not the novel method of rocking the line 
shafts only, prevents clogging or winding, 
but tna peculiar arrangement, of the reel 
with large spaces between the two lines ol 
forks for easy clearance, and small spaces 
between the tines on the siiue line for pre¬ 
venting long grass and clover from hanging 
through and around them, tends also in the 
same direction, by causing more complete 
separations aud disentanglements of the 
successive portions of grass acted upon, and 
by presenting each of these portions iu a 
more disconnected body for the centrifugal 
force to scatter. The reel is readily and 
accurately adjusted to the ground surface by 
a lever handled by the operator in his seat, 
and when once adjusted requires no watch¬ 
ing or raising in ordinary rough places, *>i 
dead furrows. If an unusual obstruction 
should be met. the reel cjlu be raised high 
enough, in all probability, to pass over it 
without stopping the machine, so great is its 
^ )l idi , li!i*uu,,iy ll 
Inquiries About Virginia Lands. — i 
wish some Southern correspondents in dif¬ 
ferent parts of Virginia to answer this On 
what condition could a man purchase a farm 
there and how much would it cost an acre to 
get good farming land with good buildings 
on it, with orchard ? I own no farm here, but 
wish to purchase, and would like to go south 
because the winters are so long aud cold. 
What could a man rent a good farm for and 
stock it himself ( Would like one with Ii otn 
100 to ”00 acres in it. Auy one seeing this 
will much oblige me by answering these in¬ 
quiries. "Will some one please send me ft 
real estate record ? as I do not know where 
to send for one. Will be pleased to hear 
from any one wishing to sell or rent. W m. 
•,*£* - - * a 
YORK HAY TEDDER. 
ep- toms of disease of the eye. Dr. Horne re- 
iur- gards this as settling the question positively 
cep that these teeth do not do any injury wliat- 
‘ to ever to the. eyes, and this conclusion is eer¬ 
iest taiuly justified by his statement of facts. 
^ate Sweeny Remedy—A correspondent of the 
1 Cincinnat i Gazette says Take equal parts 
