MOORC’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Jiang  of  a  Jluralist. 
DAILY  RURAL  LIFR 
From  the  Diary  of  a  Gentleman  near  New 
York  City. 
DRIED  GRASSES  FDR  HOUSE  ORNAMENTS. 
Dec.  15. — The  iimny  Hjwcies  of  J'^verlaHtiiigy, 
or  a‘j  the  French  term  thom.  *•  linmortcllos," 
Ber\o  an  admirable  purpOHO  for  boiwchold  dcco- 
rationn  among  thoKC  who  have  not  the  coiivc- 
nienecK  for  cnJtivating  w  inUa-hlooming  plants. 
They  look  rather  kUIT  and  foniud,  i(  ia  trno, 
Htill  it  is  better  to  liave  the  niche  till**!  with  aucli 
than  that  it  ahoiild  remain  nnwen})ied. 
Tlic  addition  of  Hie  phiinea  of  some  of  the 
lately  -  inti'oduccd  ornamental  grasseH  haa  af¬ 
forded  an  o))i>ortunity  of  inuking  the  w  inter 
bouqijot  really  better  th (111  formerlj*.  Of  courwc 
tho  ordinarj-  di'ied  giaHsea  imported  by  dcalera  in 
Huch  articles  are  colored  to  Huit  tire  fancy  of 
pnrchn!R;r8 ;  birt  tho  greater  part  of  this  dyed 
stock  IB  rather  overdone  in  the  way  of  brilUunt 
hues,  and  W'c  would  fain  find  anch  r>Gculiar 
shiidcB  of  green  in  nature.  But  it  was  not  of 
this  well-knowm  commcrciHl  stock  that  1  wislicd 
to  apeak,  but  of  the  growing  demand  for  the 
larger  -  plumed  specie:.,  such  as  tho  Pampas 
Grass,  iriantluis  liowmuv,  and  last,  although 
not  least,  the  common  rkraguiitcs  comnnims  of 
om  salt  water  marshes.  Tlie  latter’,  though  sel¬ 
dom  soon  in  cultivation,  is  a  really  euix'ib  spe¬ 
cies,  tho  stemH  growing  eight  to  teir  fwt  high, 
crowned  in  autumn  with  a  largo,  grayish,  sju'ead- 
iiig  plume,  remindlitg  one  more  of  a.  buncli  of 
ostrich  feathers  than  of  a  spike  of  grass. 
The  Eriattihiif  is  of  a  similar  color,  but  the 
plumes  arc  one  and  a  half  to  two  feet  long  aud 
four  to  five  in  diameter,  forming  u  long,  cylin¬ 
drical,  tapering  spike.  Those  of  tlic  Pampas 
Grass  are  in  size  and  form  like  the  last,  but  of  a  i 
clear,  silvery,  white  color,  fairly  glistoning  in  the  j 
Him  or  in  a  brilliantly-lighted  room.  I'lic  JCri-  I 
anlhnu  and  Phragmilcs  arc  quite  hardy  in  onr 
NortJicrn  States,  or  at  most  require  only  slight 
protecliou :  but  the  Pampas  Grass  is  nrit'  at  home 
ill  our  cool  eliinafo :  tho  roots,  however,  may  be 
preserved  iu  the  cellar  over  winter,  or  by  a  very 
liberal  covering  when  left  iu  tho  ojicn  gionnd. 
But  our  seasons  arc  not  quite  long  enough  at  the 
North  to  inanfe  full  development  of  the  flower 
spikc.s  unless  the  plants  arc  started  under  glass 
in  spring,  and  then  planted  out  as  the  weather 
gets  wanu.  Further  south  this  species  succeeds 
remarkably  well,  giving  plumes  (jf  gri-at  Hizu  and 
brilliancy.  It  also  succeeds  in  California,  and  I 
have  seen  some  plumes  produced  there  which  for 
size  and  purity  of  color  far  exceed  atiylhiiig  of 
the  kmd  ever  produced  iu  our  clinialo  here. 
Now.  tho  suggestion  which  I  wdsh  to  make  is 
this;  -Why  do  not  some  of  om-  Southern  gar¬ 
deners  make  a  specialty  of  cultivating  these  or- 
namoutal  grasses  for  supplj’ing  tho  csjustautly- 
incroasing  denmud  for  such  articles  iu  all  of  our 
Northern  cities?  The  dealers  in  New  Yorli  City 
tell  me  that  they  cannot  obtain  a  supply  of  tlie 
plumes  of  these  oniameutal  grasses  without  im¬ 
porting  from  abroad,  which  necessarily  cnhauces 
the  prices  considerably  above  what  they  might  be. 
produced  for  at  home.  Of  course  there  are  a 
large  number  of  desirable  species  of  ornamental 
grasses  which  one  would  desire  to  cultivate  in 
mailing  a  specialty  of  such  articles ;  but  there  is 
a  good  opportmiity  for  some  one  to  engage  ex¬ 
tensively  in  tho  three  named.  Tlie  bouth  is  the 
spot  to  begin  in  this  kind  of  grass  cultiu’e,  and 
the  bottom  lands  along  the  rivci’s  would  proba¬ 
bly  be  preferable  to  tho  high  and  dry. 
Speaking  of  the  culture  of  ormunental  grasses  i 
at  tho  South  reminds  me  of  tho  fact  that 
SOUTHERN -GROWN  TUBEROSES 
are  likely  to  drive  others  from  the  market.  It  is 
well  known  to  florists  that  to  bring  tuberose 
bulbs  to  perfection  a  long  and  rather  hot  season 
is'roqnu’od.  In  the  more  Northern  State.s  the 
summer  is  scarcely  long  enough  to  matiu’o  the  j 
small  offsets  planted  for  the  pui’pose  of  pro-  i 
ducing  bloondiig  bulbs;  and  even  in  localities 
where  they  do  come  near  enough  to  enable  the 
propagator  to  keep  them  over  without  decay,  it  ! 
requires  two  or  tlirce  seasons  to  produce  a  hu’gc,  ' 
blooming  bulb  from  the  small  offsets  with  which  { 
we  usually  coramcace  as  a  starting  point.  Then  I 
again,  the  bulbs  grown  in  a  cool  climate  are  sel¬ 
dom  as  firm  and  solid  or  bloom  as  freely  as  those 
from  a  warm  one ;  hence  the  oft-repeated  an¬ 
nouncement  iu  florists’  catalogues  of  “  Genuiuo 
Imported  Italian  Tuberoses.”  Tuberoses  of  ‘ex¬ 
cellent  quality  arc,  however,  produced  in  New 
Jersey  and  throughout  the  Middle  States;  but  , 
even  in  those  litatoa  it  generally  requires  two 
years  to  produce  blooniLig  bulbs,  which,  of 
course,  necessitates  a  gi’eat  deal  of  labor  iu 
handling  and  room  for  storing  in  winter.  But  | 
in  the  climate  of  South  Carohna  and  adjacent  | 
regions  it  is  said  that  large,  mature,  blooming  '  ( 
bulbs  are  readily  produced  from  the  small  offsets  < 
in  one  season,  and  judging  from  siiecimens  that  I 
I  have  seen  which  were  grown  in  Georgia,  the  |  I 
:  South  has  a  good  prospect  of  “carrying  tho 
market”  in  the  line  of  tuberoses.  They  can 
certainly  be  produced  nunh  cJieaper  than  in  the 
North,  and  the  quality  of  the  bulbs  would  pinha- 
bly  ho  of  Kiqx.rior  (pjulity.  I  do  not  believe  tliat 
tho  Bontheiii  people  fully  realize  the  advantage 
they  ixiBsess  in  tho  way  of  climate,  at  least  for 
I  producing  many  articles  which  would  find  a  ready 
market  in  the  Northern  Htates  and  Eutoih;. 
I  SUGAR  BEETS  FOR  MILCH  COWS. 
JMc.  IB.— I  have  licen  oxix;rimcnting  in  food- 
'  iiig  sugar  beets  to  a  favorite  milch  cow.  Before 
(lie  end  of  the  lh«t  week  John  reported  that  ho 
was  obtaining  less  milk  than  before  comineneing 
to  give  the  beets,  and  I  advised  giving  a  larger 
fillowancc.  But  all  to  no  good,  for  at  the  end  of 
three  weeks  the  Mhriukugc  .amounted  to  at  least 
50  per  cent.  We  then  ceased  feeiling  the  beet.s 
and  gave  tlie  cow  an  equal  quantity  of  yellow- 
stone  turniiis.  The  flow  of  milk  commenced  to 
increase  tlie  second  day.  and  now  at  the  end  of 
two  Mficks  is  fully  up  to  the  original  standard  j 
when  we  commenced  feeding  beets.  j 
I  confess  to  be  somewhat  puzzled  over  this 
sugar  beet  experiment,  for  1  thought  they  v  ould 
prove  to  bo  superior  to  tiuuips  as  a  milkqiro-  i 
dneer.  j 
I'eihai'H  some  of  the  readers  of  the  Bckal 
have  liad  more  experience  in  this  beet  business 
than  myself  and  can  thi'ow  a  little  light  on  the 
question,  “  Aie  beets  good  feed  for  miicli  cows  ?” 
Ilrountl  tl^  |le|ublic. 
§GmGl(rgifal. 
THE  NORTHERN  SPY  AS  A  “KEEPING" 
APPLE. 
Thk  Nortliern  fSpy  apple  has  not  obtained  that 
jKqmlarity  witli  New  Jingliuid  fruit  growers  to 
wJiicli  it  is  entitled.  Many  wlio  have  c.ssayed  to 
1  raise  it  have  become  disgusted  been  use  tlie  trees 
!  came  into  bearing  so  late,  and  eitlier  ent  tlicm 
down  or  gi’aftisl  them  to  other  varieties.  But 
the  fanners  wlio  have  had  the  patience  to  allow 
tlieir  trees  to  come  into  full  bearing  have  been 
amply  rewaidi  d.  and  few  iiei  sons  who  liave  on<re 
I  bad  a  supply  of  tli<’  Northern  Kjiy  would  willingly 
I  do  without  it.  It  is  equally  popular  as  an  eating 
apple  and  for  cooking,  and  not  tho  least  valuable 
among  its  many  good  points  arc  its  keeping  qiial- 
ities,  in  vbich  it  fairly  rivals  the  Russet,  wbieli, 
it  is  jxipularly  sujiposid,  can  be  kept  longer  than 
any  other  ajiplc.  'Fliis  ywir  the  miter  ol  this  was 
fortiinate  enougli  to  eat.  on  Monday.  .July  10, 
the  last  a]iple  of  sevej-al  laincLjof  Northern  Sjiys 
put  into  the  cellar  of  a  gentleman  of  .South  Deer¬ 
field,  the  product  of  his  orchard,  and  which  have 
had  only  ordinary  care.  It  would  not  be  ti'uo  to 
say  Uiat  this  specimen  was  as  good  as  it  would 
have  liecu  three  or  four  months  ago,  but  it  was 
tho  best  apjdc  by  all  odds  that  we  c\  crate  so 
lato  in  the  season.  It  was  not  preserveil  by 
withering  and  paiUy  drying  up.  as  is  (he  case 
with  Russets  preserved  till  summer,  hut  was 
fresh,  crisp,  juicy,  oinmatic — a  real  apple,  and 
not  an  apologj’  for  one.  With  more  Northern 
3py  trees  in  our  orelnirds.  and  a  little  more  atten¬ 
tion  paid  to  kocjiing  llieiii,  it  would  be  possible 
to  have  apples  in  Now  England  the  entire  j-ear  i 
round.  In  tlie  cellar  above  alluded  to  (here  are  ' 
still  some  PiUii.sets,  hut  they  have  kept,  longer 
than  tlie  Kiiys  only  heeunse  they  arc  not  so  jinl- 
atablc. — l<pn}igfielH  {Maes.)  Unioa. 
KEEPING  APPLES. 
A  KEPOET  in  the  N.  Y.  Times  says:  “  We  have  ' 
tried  many  ways  fer  the  safe  keeping  of  npjiles,  ' 
but  we  find  none  better  than  to  put  into  clean  , 
barrels  and  hoail  tluin  np  tightly,  so  as  to  ex-  1 
elude  all  tho  air  and  light,  po.ssible,  and  store  j 
them  hi  cool.  dark,  dry  cellar.s.  Tho  nearer  I 
apples  can  be  kept  to  the  freezing  i«jint(32  deg. 
Fahrenheit),  tlie  longer  and  better  they  will  keep. 
If  tho  mercury  in  the  wUav  sinks  a  few  degrec.s 
below  this  point  apples  well  headed  up  in  the 
barrels  will  not  suffer,  as  wood  is  a  non-conductor 
of  heat,  and  the  life  of  the  ajiple  aids  iinrcsisting 
cold  just  as  the  life  of  the  tree  resists  tho  rigors 
of  winter.  As  the  .a]iple  is  the  fruit  of  this  coun¬ 
try',  and  is  so  conducive  to  health  and  comfort, 
it  is  worth  wliilc  to  put  up  a  few  ban'els  with  | 
special  refereneo  to  next  siumuer’s  use.  For  tliis 
purjjose  select  the  latc-kccping  I’arieties,  such  as 
Newtown  Pqipiiis.Roxbury  Russcts.or  even  North¬ 
ern  Spv’B,  and  after  the  han’cls  are  filled  shake 
down  among  them  some  plaster 
the  intorstiees  aro  filled.  Tliis  keeps  out  tho  air 
60  effectually  tint  they  ai’o  virtually  canned,  and 
come  out  the  ne.xt  summer  almost  as  fresh  as 
when  picked.  We  have  known  Koxhury  Russets 
keep  perfectly  fresh  for  two  years  packed  in  this 
manner.  i 
j 
As  yon  eat  apples  by  the  winter  fireside  de¬ 
cide  which  varieties  are  be.st,  and  prepare  to 
graft  wilding  trees  in  the  spring.  Now  is  tlie 
time  to  ent  grafts.  Cover  them  with  sand  in 
the  eell.ar  till  spring,  | 
“DOWN  SOUTH/’ 
Diary  and  Notes  of  an  Ex-Editor  Seeking 
Health. 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  Nov.  2(1. — The  fog  and 
dampness  continue.  Ex-Gov.  Rked  asserts  the 
irregularity  of  thin  sort  of  weather,  but  bo  talks 
hoixifnlly  for  Florida.  Noted thstending  tlie 
t  misrule,  tlic  vicious  use  made  of  Federal  courts 
by  the  most  reckless  of  politicians,  and  notw  itli- 
standing  all  that  has  been  said  and  done  to  de- 
inornlize  tlie  colored  population,  lie  regards  the 
lutiire  of  Florida  as  likely  to  Ixi  brilliant  and  .sat¬ 
isfactory.  If  only  those  whose  interests  .are  here 
would  unite,  regardless  of  piirtiHan  objects,  to 
promote  its  materi.al  inteiiests  and  use  its  rc- 
Hcourct's  for  the  common  good  of  the  whole  peo- 
I  pie.  there  is  no  State  in  the  Union  wliich  would 
I  yield  surer  componsalioii, 
I  Tai,kixo  of  the  Eastern  and  Western  counties 
j  of  this  State  and  of  their  comparative  agricultu- 
I  ral  and  hoi  ti cultural  merits,  and  of  tlicii-  resiiec- 
tive  attractions  (o  Northern  men,  1  find  that 
Western  FloriiLa  suffers  in  reputation  from  too 
much  color.  Those  Western  counties  are  rejirc- 
Kcnted  as  being  cxoellent  agricultural  lands,  hut 
the  colored  population  in  some  of  them  is  equal 
to  the  whites  numerically,  and  from  that  to  fom 
times  as  great.  The  system  of  ctliics  which  has 
been  taught  these  colored  citizens  hy  politicians 
reiiilcrs  it  dangerous  for  wJiito  folks  to  have  a 
I  cow,  pig  or  fowl  loose  or  astniy.  They  arc  re¬ 
garded  contraband  and  inieereniouiously  confis- 
’  <’iilcd  by  the  colored  bretliren.  This  Ktate  of 
'  things  lias  led  to  the  settlement  of  the  new  lands 
^  of  the  Eastern  eonnties.  along  the  St.  .Tobns  and 
Tndinii  rivera.  where  there  is  but  little  colored 
I  iMipulation.  Here  is  wbere  Northern  jicople  are 
I  locating,  ])lanting  orange  orchards  and  develop- 
I  iiig  this  land  of  fogs  and  flowers. 
For.  20.— No  sunshine  yet.  Mists  and  rain. 
Atniospliere  so  damj)  as  to  render  clothiug  nn- 
weiirable  in  the  morning  until  it  has  bia  n  diicd 
by  the  fire,  (  ioiildn't  get  my  boots  on  this  moni- 
iiig  until  I  bad  dried  tbeiii,  altliough  they  bad 
I'ccn  in  a  closet  out  of  a  room  in  wliicJi  there 
has  been  a  fire  daily.  'J'be  clotJies  which 
j  cover  the  bed  arc  damp  and  the  air  is  cliill 
I  until  a  jiiteh  pine  (ire  liu.s  dried  tbeni.  Why 
write  these  facts  ?  Bci’iiiisc  they  are  of  imixirt- 
jyi'Ci;  !,o  invalids  and  their  iidviscrs.  This  weather 
may  be  exceptional,  but  those  e.xcoptioiis  deserve 
rccoixl  that  they  maybe  taken  into  account.  Had 
1  supposed  I  should  have  to  cndui'e  a  fortnight 
of  such  discomfort  as  I  have  cxix^ricnced  since 
my  .arrival  hero  I  should  have  stopped  in  North¬ 
ern  Georgia  and  as  inlaml  as  I  could  got.  i 
Weduesdn;/,  Dee.  IsL—  Ckakuell  can  abido 
tliis  damp,  depressing  weather  no  longer,  and. 
by  the  advice  of  a  sonsihlo  iihysidan  bore,  has 
to-day  sailed  for  New  York.  He  ought  never  to 
have  been  advised  to  come  hither.  I  see  no  rea¬ 
son  to  lielicvc  that  this  is  tho  place  for  building 
lip  a  dcjilcted  system.  True,  it  i.s  too  soon  for 
me  to  judge,  but  I  should  go  to  some  other 
country  to  find  “  tonic  in  Hie  air.”  [ 
- -  I 
Col.  Coxcti!i.sioN  IIaiuiee  said  to-day,  “  I  have  I 
lived  licre  30  years,  and  have  seen  no  such  con-  ' 
tinnous  weather  as  this  here  at  this  season  of 
the.  year.” 
Well,  it  is.  pcrhaiis.  compensation  to  have 
made  one's  advent  into  this  land,  coincident  with 
such  atmospherical  phenomena  as  the  “olde.st  - 
inhaljitaut  ”  had  never  before  seen.  | 
Sinidag,  Jjec.  5/k.— Inotc  a  break  in  the  clouds,  i 
and  the  first  appearance  of  the  sun.  Imagine 
the  delight  of  Noah  when  the  crideuce  that  the  < 
flood  was  subsiding  reached  him  !  Imagine  oiu-  | 
doliglil  that  we  arc  no  longer  to  ehew  aud  swal¬ 
low  fog:  for  the  wind  i.s  blowing  from  the  South  ' 
and  West,  and  tins,  the  weather-wise  Floridian  I 
say.s,  is  significant  of  good  w  eather.  | 
Monday,  Dec.  6. — We  begin  to  find  tonic  iu 
the  air.  The  southwest  breeze  and  the  sunlight 
have  dispelled  the  eurtaiiis  of  cloud  and  mist, 
and  lifted  out  of  a  depressed  physical  and  mental 
condition  many  an  invalid  licrc.  It  is  only  just 
to  Florida  to  say  that  from  what  we  lieui-  of 
your  experiences  NurHi  during  om  cloudy  and 
depressing  wcathei’,  we  ought  to  be  content  here. 
It  is  with  no  spirit  of  fault-finding  that  I  have  - 
written  what  I  have,  but  that  your  Nortlitm 
readers  may  learn  that  the  “Land  of  Flowers"  I 
is  not'  eonstaotly  invested  with  a  gqldcn  haze.  ' 
relieved  by  voyal,  evergreen  foliage,  fragrant  j 
with  ever-blooming  tlowcrs  and  vocal  with  the  ; 
songs  of  birds — an  Ai’cadia  which  yields  unal¬ 
loyed  delights.  ' 
.Tiidgiiig  by  letters  received  from  some  of  my 
NoiHiei  n  friends,  such  is  their  di’eain  of  Florida.  [ 
I'nubtless  many  come  bitber  expecting  to  realize 
finch  .a  dream.  If  tliev  do,  thev  mn.st  he  sorelv  I 
I 
'  disaiqxiinted.  Nowhere  is  the  law  of  compensa- 
:  tion  more  rigicUy  administered.  Much  will  be 
.  missed  that  was  enjoyed  at  home,  aud  bomethiug 
will  be  gained  that  was  wanting  there. 
• 
Let  no  young  man  conic  down  hero  without 
'  money  or  a  wiliingness  to  work  at  low  wages, 
and  work  liai’d.  1  speak  of  healtliy  young" 
men,  some  of  whom  have  been  hero  since  uiy 
arrival  and  have  returned  whence  they  came.  A 
company  of  four  to  six  young  mechanics  came 
with  us  part  of  the  way,  bound  inland  to  take  up 
homesteads.  With  cash  enough  to  live  on  until 
they  cun  find  work  at  paying  wages,  or  imt  il  they 
eiui  cleai  [and  impmve  lands  and  render  them 
proilnctive,  there  are  certainly  iiidiiccnients  for 
settlement  licre.  But  let  no  young  man  hope  to 
get  along  here  without  cash  or  its  equivalent, 
labor. 
Let  no  young  man,  in  poor  health,  come  hither 
without  money.  If  his  comiug  is  a  last  resort — 
if  his  case  is  Iiojk-Icss  at  homo,  let  him  stay  Hicre 
and  die  Hioro  with  liis  fiicuds.  If.  lioweicr,  ho 
will  come,  let  liini  not  come  alone- witlioiitsome 
one  to  care  for  him.  It  is  a  “  cold,  cold  woiid 
and  while  the  people  here  are  as  sj-mpathetic  as 
anywhere,  perhaps,  yet  no  stranger’s  (oucii  and 
tenderness  are  hkc  those  of  home  friends. 
Too  many  come  here  too  late.  Every  few  days 
I  liciir  of  the  death  of  (hose  who  would  iiave  lived 
as  long,  or  longer,  jicrhaps.  had  they  staid  at 
homo.  Tljey  come  hero  to  die  among  strangers, 
away  from  home  friends,  and  to  be  carried  home 
in  coffins  or  to  bo  buried  here.  Tnic.  it  is  not 
always  easy  to  tell  what  is  Hic  wisest  thing  to  do ; 
but  it  is  too  frequently  the  case  that  too  much 
is  cxjMictcd  of  the  t Jimato.  This  is  a  misfortime 
to  those  who  cling  to  it  as  a  last  hope,  'l  ime  is 
required  to  work  changes  that  if  successful  must 
!>c  radical :  but  the  patient  and  liis  friends  refuse 
Hie  rcqiiircdlar^c  dose  of  “  the  tiiictiue  of  time,” 
or  Hieyliave  not  tlio*iiicomc  necessary  to  secure 
it.  and  the  work  is  only  partially  accomplished 
ere  it  is  ovcrtlu’owu  by  their  impatience  or  ina¬ 
bility  to  wait.  c.  D.  )!. 
f  Gttltl[2  gaiji 
"WHICH  BREED  OF  POULTRY  EATS  MOST. 
My  text  will  lx:  found  on  page  348  of  tho  Ru- 
iiAL  New-Yohkeu  for  Nov.  27  in  an  article  with 
the  oboi  e  heading,  iu  which  the  writer,  instead 
of  answering  tho  qiic.stiou  he  propoimdfi,  tells 
what  “an  Ohio  poultry  (///nVr’'  did.  And  then 
from  tho  result  of  tliat  gent's  experiment,  goes 
on  to  show  that  Uie  Houdans  are  the  most  profit¬ 
able  fiiwis  and  thcLoghoi'iiK  next. 
Now  this  <  .vpi-riuient  is  of  hut  IjtHo  value,  as 
wo  are  not  told  at.  what  time  of  the  yo.ar  it  took 
place,  or  how  long  it  oonlinutd.  in  fact  all  we  aro 
told  is  Hitf  amount  fod  and  the  amount  of  eggs 
laid,  arid  Hin  weight  of  each  lot  at  the  close. 
This  trial  is  also  iinlaii’ in  sckctioii  of  Brahmas 
and  Cochins,  us  it  is  a  notorious  fact  that  the 
Daik  Bnalmiiis  and  Buff  Cochins  are  the  j'oore.st 
layers  of  their  respective  kinds.  Then  again  the 
Brahmas  lay  much  larger  eggs  (hiiii  either  Hou¬ 
dans  nr  Leghorns. 
Be.sidcti  this,  his  Brahma  pullets  were  altogeth¬ 
er  too  large,  and  fat  for  the  best  results,  seven 
jiounds  apiece  for  pullets!  lleai’y  eiiongh  for 
line  cockerels.  But  the  great  injustice  is  ni  imt- 
tiiig  all  the  eggs  at  the  same  valnafioii.  for  it  is 
well  known  that  tho  Braluuiis  lay  in  the  winter, 
and  the  otliers  do  not.  and,  with  iis  «t  least,  eggs 
bring  two  or  three  fiuies  as  much  in  winter  as 
tiny  do  in  simuner.  Here,  in  the  ruonllm  of 
Dee..  .Tan.,  Feb.  and  Jlarcli.  eggs  range  from  25 
to  .50  cents,  averaging,  iierhaps.  35  cents,  while 
from  Apiil  to  Nov.  they  hardly  average 
cents.  Now  as  I.r-ghorns  and  Houdans  lai  ■tfi^ 
bulk  of  thcii’  eggs  between  these  two  last  named 
moiiths.  if  you  put  their  eggs  fit  15  cents  pjer 
doz.,  it  is  all  they  will  stand ;  on  the  other  bund, 
the  Brahma’s  eggs  come  in  (hick  w  lien  •’  eggs 
urc  eggs."  imd  wiU  earily  average  25  centb  per 
doz.  Saying  uoUiing  of  the  superior  size  of  the 
Brahmas,  we  will  see  how  the  account  stands  : 
Breed. 
ICOSt  of 
1  feed. 
VllI,  of 
om!s. 
viil.  Of  ; 
meat.  ; 
total  total 
value,  pretlt. 
Hriiiimas. 
CdOhiDS. 
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f'l.SO 
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4.;j5 
5.77  ; 
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20.ia  is.Hi 
16.04  IU”.! 
17.35  12  as 
Tins  gives  the  Brahmas  fair  play,  and  all  will  see 
how  it  stands. 
But  to  answer  the  qiiestiou  at  the  head  of  this 
arfieie.  The  breed  wnich  cats  most  is  the  most 
profitable,  us  u  fowl  is  only  a  machino  for  turii- 
mg  gi’iiiii  into  eggs,  and  the  machine  which 
ehange.-i  the  most  makes  tho  most  juotib  A 
forruspondent  of  tho  PoulUy  World  (I  lelieve  1. 
K.  Felch'i  gives  the  foUowing  :  “  One  bushel  of 
corn,  or  its  equivalent  in  oilier  focHl,  will  make 
nine  poiuids  of  live,  or  seven  and  one-tenth 
pounds  of  di  eshcd  jioulti’j’.  or  twch  e  nnd  onc- 
iialf  poiuids  of  eggs."  My  exiicrience  is  in  fa  vor 
of  this  rule,  thaf  it  makes  no  differenee  what 
breed  you  liave,  if  you  keep  them  pro])erly  you 
will  g<H.  so  much,  in  eggs  or  meat,  for  fco’niiich 
coni. 
Litieral  feeding  means  liberal  profits;  scanty 
feeding  sc.anty  profits,  neglect  means  a  loss  of 
what  you  do  feed  them.  As  a  rule,  feed  well  or 
kill  the  flock.  This  should  bo  tho  riUe.  for  the 
results  are  as  sm’e  to  follow,  as  day  is  to  follow 
sunrise,  lu  this  roiuitrv  (North  Wis.)  the  Light 
Brahma  is  Hie  fowl,  though  tlie  White  Cochin  is 
a  f.avorite  witli  many.  A.  M.  Vax  .\rKr.x'. 
I'ort  llowavd,  W  is. 
