MOORE’S  RURAL  {4EW-YORKER. 
HAVE  FAITH  IN  YOUR  BUSINESS.  ^  ( 
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The  live  Stock  Journal  thus  discourses  on  a  j 
subjoot  which  l»  appUoable  to  men  in  all  avoca-  i 
tions,  and  specially  to  fanners  who  arc  most  apt  i 
to  booomo  ditfcoiiraged  over  temporary  failures  j 
of  crops  and  low  prices  for  produce  •.  1 
John  Johnson  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  oame  to  this  , 
country  with  little  more  moans  than  to  plant  him 
on  his  American  farm.  Ho  saw  the  needs  of  his 
soil,  and  coramouoed  draining  off  its  surplus 
water,  and  the  jeers  of  his  neighbors  at  his  folly , 
were  soon  turned  to  astonishment  at  the  crops  ^ 
ho  produced.  They  saw  him  reap  a  wheat  crop  j 
donble  the  average  of  the  State,  raise  oatUo,  and  ^ 
feed  sheep  at  a  profit,  while  others  reported  only  ^ 
loss.  He  proceeded,  with  the  calm  confidence  of  ^ 
knowledge,  to  tile  drain  his  300  aores,  at  an  ex¬ 
pense  much  greater  than  ho  paid  for  his  farm ; 
but  for  some  years,  In  relief  of  his  old  ago,  he 
has  been  able  to  rent  portions  or  it  at  $25  [Kir 
acre.  He  had  faith  in  Ills  business. 
There  Is  uo  occupation  of  man  that  requires, 
for  its  successful  prosecution,  more  careful 
study,  more  confidence,  based  upon  knowledge, 
than  agriculture.  We  see  the  want  of  faith,  in 
the  oonduot  of  a  large  class  of  farmers,  who 
never  seem  to  have  hit  upon  the  right  Ihie  of 
business.  Now  they  are  dairying,  having  gone 
into  It  wbeu  dairy  stock  was  high,  ooeting  a 
largo  sura  to  start,  but  the  product  having  been 
deproased  for  a  few  months,  all  coalldenee  is 
gone  in  the  future  of  the  dairy  Industry,  and 
theli'  cows  arc  sold  at  a  heavy  loss.  Next  they 
take  to  sheep,  but  wool  soon  has  its  turn  of  de- 
pres.'dou,  Buid  oonfldencc  is  lost  in  this  Industry, 
and  its  aUmdoument  follows.  Hops  now  becomes 
thoir  bobby.  Fifty  centn  iier  pound  is  quite  too 
allmiug  i  but  when  their  crop  comes,  a  season 
of  plenty  has  reiurnod  and  down  goes  the  price 
to  ton  oouts.  Woe  moots  Uiem  hero— they  turn 
in  disgust  from  their  thrifty  vines,  and  seek  their 
neighbors  to  whom  they  sold  their  cows.  And 
now  begins  the  dairying  again — this  business  of 
battledoor  and  Bhuttlooock,  “everything  by 
tmns  and  nothing  long."  Thesearc  the  farmers 
who  talk  loudest  that  farming  does  not  pay. 
They  do  not  give  It  time  to  pay  in  any  one  dii'oo- 
tlou.  They  are  to  be  pitied.  They  have  no  faith 
in  any  Lhiug— they  float  with  the  current. 
How  btiango  that  they  should  not  see  that 
©vei'y  gro'.a  a^iculturiU  Industry  is  founded  on 
the  wants  of  society,  and  that  these  need.-)  con¬ 
tinue  evoi-  the  same,  the  price  of  the  product 
being  goveinod  entirely  by  demand  and  supply. 
Each  branch  must  have  its  fluctuation  in  price, 
and  the  only  true  way  to  determine  the  profit  i.s 
to  take  the  average  of  ten  years.  This  average 
will  ahow  f<ilr  [udoei  for  dairy  products,  for 
wool,  for  beef  or  mutton,  for  groin,  for  hops, 
for  fruit,  and  for  evei’y  luoduct  of  the  fann. 
The  mole-oyod  man  who  oou  only  see  one  year’s 
retm-ns,  and  Lritw  to  govern  bis  actions  by  that, 
wDl  always  find  himself  in  the  ebb  of  the  tide. 
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AMERICAN  MEAT  IN  ENGLAND. 
The  Loudon  C^ug.)  Fanner  of  Jan.  10,  sj^aks 
in  most  favorable  terms  of  the  American  beef 
sold  iu  tliat  market.  Several  processes  of  pre- 
serNdng  it  has  been  tided,  but  the  only  one  which 
has  BU>needed  is  described  as  follows : 
The  Cattle  are  mostly  obtained  fi'om  the  West¬ 
ern  BUitee  of  the  Amei’ioan  Union  and  ai'o 
slaughtered  at  New  York.  Immediately  after 
killiiig,  the  beef  U  ohilleJ  by  being  placed 
in  a  prepared  cold  room,  aud  Is  sent  on  board 
the  vessel  the  next  day.  In  the  ve.ssel,  between 
docks,  a  bilge  room  or  box  is  fitted;  in  this 
room  a  fan  is  worked  by  the  same  steam  power 
that  iiropels  the  vessel  The  lee  needed  for 
cooling  purpoees  is  placed  in  what  we  may  call 
an  outer  compartment,  and  matters  are  so  ar¬ 
ranged  that  a  ooostant  supply  of  cold,  dry  .air,  at 
a  temjierature  of  fi-om  30  to  40  degrooa,  circulates 
through  the  room,  beiog  again  and  again  drawn 
off,  and  passed  in  again  fresh  over  the  loe  la  the 
outer  oomporUaent.  The  meat  is  oa«ful!y 
stitched  in  c;uivas,  and  Is  hung  on  hooks  from 
the  oeiUng  of  the  room.  In  ten  days  after  being 
BlaughtwtK;!,  the  meat  may  be  expected  at  Liver¬ 
pool,  and  on  the  next  day  it  reaches  London, 
being  ooavoyed  from  Liverjxiol  to  London  in  tlie 
ordioivry  meat  tracks.  When  it  reaches  the 
market  it  is  almost,  if  not  quite,  Impossible  to 
diiUnguish  this  American  meat  from  that  which 
has  oome  down  from  Scotland.  As  the  room  or 
box  in  wliicb  the  meat  is  kept  on  the  voyage 
hoa'e  is  uot  a  flxttiro,  the  space  occupied  by  it  is 
available  for  any  sort  of  cargo  daring  the  roturu 
voyage. 
The  moat  which  has  been  preserved  by  this 
process  has  stood  every  test,  and  not  only  the 
salesmen,  but  oonsumars — ^for  it  has  been  special¬ 
ly  tiled,  both  iu  the  City  and  in  the  West  End — 
Bi>6ak  favorably  of  it  Not  only  is  it  fresh,  but 
it  has  that  quality  which  good  housewives  know 
I  as  “  oid-kilied,"  which  is  so  often  wanted  in  our 
home-killed  meat.  It  is  evident  that  the  Ameri¬ 
cans  who  are  engaged  in  this  uow  moat  trade  are 
working  with  as  much  caution  as  skill  and  energy. 
The  moat  Is  consigned  to  Mr.  J.  D.  Link  of  the 
Central  Moat  market,  and  there  is  constant  cor¬ 
respondence  botwoeu  him  and  the  gentlemen  at 
New  YorH,  They  want  to  know  what  kind  of 
moat  will  best  suit  our  market,  and  at  present  it 
is  hitended  to  scud  carcases  weighing  from  760 
to  850  lbs.  Probably  by  the  time  this  is  in  the 
hands  of  our  readers  the  fifth  cargo  will  be  on 
sale  in  Bmithfield. 
AMERICAN  CORN  ABROAD. 
The  Massachusetts  Ploughman  says  If  our 
com  had  been  a  favorite  food  in  Europe,  or  even 
in  Grout  Britain,  as  our  wheat  is,  it  would  long 
before  this  have  been  exported  in  increasing 
quantities  annually.  But  of  late  the  oonsump- 
tion  of  com  has  rapidly  iuoreased  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  being  not  so  much  list'd  for  human 
foot!  as  for  that  of  cattle  and  stock.  Tlio  latter 
have  been  fatted  hitherto  on  oats,  barjey,  peas, 
turnips,  and  oil-cake  ;  those  cannot  be  produced 
BO  cheaply  now  as  they  have  been  In  the  past, 
and  It  wants  nothing  but  slightly  lower  prices 
for  com  to  oi>en  to  our  immense  crops  of  this 
royal  cereal  a  market  that  wiU  continue  to  bo  a 
marvel  for  gttneratious.  Stall  fi-e<iing  must  be¬ 
come  more  and  more  the  habit  in  a  comparatively 
small  counti’y  like  England,  and  cattle  must  be 
sustained  with  what  will  pay  to  feed  to  them. 
Stall  feeding  also  increases  the  productiveness  of 
Uie  laud  and  thus  iucreascs  the  production  of 
It  is  therefore  estimated  that  by  lowering  the 
price  of  American  corn  ten  cents  a  bushel  on 
la.viug  it  down  at  Liverpool,  the  fifty  milUous  of 
bushels  now  annually  consumed  in  Great  Britain, 
of  which  one-half  is  aupplicsi  direct  from  the 
Uuitetl  States,  will  be  rapidly  increased  until  the 
export  of  this  stiiple  becomes  one  of  Ibo  standard 
elements  iu  our  foreign  trade.  Wo  have  soeu 
the  computation  that  if  American  wheat  could 
be  delivered  in  Liverpool,  at  the  average  price  of 
$1.40,  which  is  Uie  average  price  of  Eussiau 
wheat  in  that  market  from  i860  to  1872,  aud  if 
Aiucrican  com  oould  be  delivered  in  the  same 
market  at  the  avoj'ago  price  of  80  cents  a  bushel, 
tlie  export  trade  in  both  those  staples  from  this 
oouiitry  would  speedily  mouut  up  to  75,000,000 
bushels  annuaDy  of  wheat,  and  200,000,00t) 
bushels  auuualljr-  of  Indian  corn.  This  would 
bilng  up  om’  cereal  exports  to  a  level  with  that 
of  cotton  where  they  should  be.  Wliat  we  need 
first  is  a  sound  currency  and  duties  that  encourage 
an  export  trade.  _ 
Biros  to  know  whether  a  supposed  to  be  new  thing  sheaf  of  this  grain  is  eared  down  to  the  bani 
is  or  is  not  just  what  is  claimed  for  it.  The  straw  is  very  stiff,  and  will  stand  much 
_ _  adverse  weather. 
HOP  GROWING— THE  OTHER  SIDE. 
Eds.  Bubal  New-Yoekeb :  — Your  correspon-  (Lb-C  ^ 
dent  T.  E.  B.  may  mislead  some  in  his  highly-  o  *  “  ^ _ 
colored  picture  of  the  profits  of  hop  growing.  •  •  — 
We  roust  romomber  that  all  expenses  of  cnltivat-  i  THE  HAMBURGS  AS  LAYERS. 
lug,  harvesting  and  curing  are  much  greater  than  - 
formerly,  while,  from  the  prevalence  of  lice,  j,  Q.  McKeos  of  South  Acwoi^,  N.  H.,  writes 
mold  and’  blight,  the  average  crop  is  largely  re-  the  Boston  Cultivator  that  In  his  experience  no 
duoed.  Five  hundred  lbs.  i^er  acre  is  now  thought  variety  of  fowls  equals  the  Haraburgs  as  layers, 
a  fair  crop,  one  year  with  another.  Hop  I  They  are  hardy,  small  eaters  and  wonderfully 
poles  ere  an  expensive  item— so  also  are  the  dry-  prolific;  but,  on  accouixt  of  their  small  size,  are 
ing  house,  Htovc.-»,  kiln,  pipe,  cloth,  hop  boxes,  not  recommended  for  their  flesh.  Nothing  shows 
hop  sacks’and  the  fetching  and  carrying  of  pick-  the  breeder’s  skill  better  than  a  well  marked 
era  often  many  milea  distant.  Golden  or  Silver  Spangled  Hambuig  in  good  con-  ^ 
The  idea  of' one  man  and  horse  attending  to  dition.  It  requires  much  ^  to  breed  them  (^r- 
«ix  or  seven  acres  quite  easily  is  absurd.  It  rect  in  mm-klng,  more  than  s^ost  any  other 
oould  not  be  done  pro^rly  if  he  could  work  day  breed.  The  great  objection  to  Leghorns  Is,  that 
and  night  continuaUv.  Two  men  must  work  very  their  combs  and  wattles  freeze  badly,  they 
hard  to  attend  five  acres.  In  fact  Oiere  is  an  have  very  warm  qna^rs.  Of  course  the  Artatlcs 
endless  amount  of  work  to  be  done  in  a  hop  yard ;  wiU  endure  cold  weather  the  best-hut  Hamburgs 
no  one  can  tell  how  much  until  he  has  to  do  it  are  reasonably  hardy  in  this  rosi>ect.  All  remora- 
himself  Bolton  Grays ;  they  wore  about  Uie 
rL  B.  says  hops  can  be  profitably  grown  for  same  as  the  Silver  PonciUed  Haraburgs,  only  not 
8c.  per  lb.  Here,  in  Otsego  Go.,  N.  Y.,  it  costs  bred  to  such  jierfecUon  of  towjang.  Most  fam- 
lOo.  per  lb.  to  harvest  a  crop  of  hops.  We  pay  ers  will  tell  you  they  txnvcr  had  such  layers  as  the 
40@50c.  tier  box  for  picldng  aud  SI. 60  per  day  old  Bolton  Grays.  It  is  not  unusual  for  bens  of 
for  box  temlliig,  and  we  m.ist  board  the  rdekers  this  breed  to  lay  200  eggs  each  in  a  The 
In  the  best  stvle  or  they  will  go  somewhere  else,  eggs  arc  ndhor  sinaU,  pure  white,  and  usually 
The  cost  of  producing  hops  is  not  loss  than  veryfcrtole.  Tlie  hens  are  gootl  layers  tR  they 
16c.  per  lb  Again,  he  save  a  hop  yard  will  last  are  S  years  old,  whUo  most  broods  are  the  best 
withoxit  replenishing  from  thirty  to  fifty  yoai-s.  tho  first  year.  Of  course  U.c  Ilamburgs  ai-o  not 
What  a  pity  we  could  not  plant  for  the  farmei-s  the  Ixest  for  aU  purposes,  but  for  eggs  they  stand 
here,  so  Uiat  we  shoiUd  not  be  troubled  to  plant  at  the  head.  They  arc  gO(Xl  foragers,  and  some- 
80  often.  A  yai-d  mav  last  four  or  six  years  ;  or  what  inclined  to  ramble,  but  oa  a  farm  where 
the.  vines  may  bo  in  good  condition  in  the  faU,  they  have  room,  this  is  no  ohi<«tion.  Many 
and  all  he  dead  in  the  spring.  From  a  UiU  near  faimors  have  a  horror  of  the  old  sotlin  hen 
nxy  faim  vou  may  stand  la  one  place  aud  ooout  and  do  not  want  to  raise  many  clnckous  -  this 
fifty  hop  Vards.  The  oldest  hop  yiud  In  this  vi-  ‘  breed  is  just  the  thing  for  such  men.  I  think 
cinity  is  twouty  years  old,  and  that  has  been  fancy  mns  too  much  ixow  to  tho  large  breeds, 
planted  over  as  fast  as  a  VxlU  died,  until  it  is  three 
Uesnew.  PO^Y  YARD. 
Hop  growing  is  a  very  ’  Tbe  following  account  of  the  largest  poultry 
somotimos  very  good  aud  sometimes  very  iwor.  Fanciers’  Jour- 
New  beginners  had  bettor  go  slow  until  ihoy  know  Y » 
w^t  they  ai-e  about,  Groeuo,  Chenango  County,  N.  Y.,  and 
Cooperstowu,  N.  i,  ^  ^  uobosQu,  He  has  6,000 
ducks,  4,000  turkeys  and  1,200  hens.  They  con¬ 
sume  daily  sixty  bushels  of  corn,  two  barrels  of 
meal,  two  barrels  of  potatoes,  and  a  quantity  of 
charcoal.  The  meal,  potatoes  and  charcoal  ore 
boiled  together  and  form  a  pudding,  which  is  fed 
waxm.  He  has  commenced  to  kill  thcni  off,  and 
employs  fifteen  hands  to  pick,  two  to  kill,  and 
one  to  carry  away  aud  pack  on  racks  until  frozen, 
then  they  are  ready  to  pack  for  nhipping.  He 
also  employs  two  men  to  cook  the  food  aud  feed 
them.  He  has  twelve  buildings  for  his  fowls, 
from  one  to  two  hundred  foot  long,  fourteen  feet 
wide,  and  seven  feet  under  the  eaves,  with  a  door 
in  each  end  of  them. 
Mr.  Robeson  bought  most  of  his  ducks  in  the 
West,  and  had  them  shipped  In  crates— three 
dozen  in  a  a-ato.  Ho  also  has  an  egg  house,  35 
by  50  feet,  and  four  stories  high.  Tho  outside 
is  eighteen  luches  thick,  and  built  of  cut  stone, 
laid  in  mortal*,  boarded  up  ou  the  inside  aud  filled 
in  between  the  outside  and  iuslde  waU  with  saw¬ 
dust,  it  taking  S.OOO  bushels,  ifr.  Robeson  claims 
that  he  can  keep  eggs  any  length  of  time  in  this 
building.  He  also  keeps  the  poultry  that  he  is 
now  dressing  until  next  May  or  June,  which  he 
sells  for  cightoott  or  twenty-five  cents  per  pound, 
and  it  caunut  be  told  from  fresli-dressod  poultry. 
He  gets  ton  cents  per  pound  for  turkey  feathers, 
twelve  for  hen’s,  aud  sixty-five  for  duck’s.  He 
says  there  is  money  iu  poultry,  and  he  thinks  he 
oau  make  out  of  his  6,000  ducks  euougb  to  pay 
for  bis  egg  house,  which  cost  .tTiOOO.  He  Intonds 
to  keep  a  great  many  raorg  next  season,  and  has 
agents  out  all  over  the  country  buying  up  poultry 
and  eggs.  _ _ 
BRITISH  VARIETIES  OF  WHEAT. 
Crops. 
ANOTHER  NEW  VARIETY  OF  CORN. 
The  Platte  City  Landmark  says “  Mr.  Thos. 
L.  Tubneb  baa  this  week  shoivn  us  a  peouliai* 
kind  of  com,  called  ‘  oow  com,’  which  was  grown 
iu  Harrison  County  in  this  State.  The  earls 
about  four  iuchos  loug  and  has  no  oob.  Each 
grain  or  kernel  is  covered  by  a  separate  husk  ; 
while  tho  whole  ear  Is  inclosed  in  Gie  usual  outer 
husk  or  shuck.  TTio  gi-oins  are  exactly  like  any 
other  well  developed  corn.  It  Is  said  to  be  ex- 
ooilont  for  stock  and  many  persons  have  obtained 
seed  to  experiment  with  it.’’ 
Wonders  of  this  kind  appear  to  have  many 
lives  or,  Rxp  vav  Wixhle  like,  take  long  naps 
oocaaionally.  We  have  been  acquainted  with  the 
above  BUpixosed  to  be  new  variety  ever  since  we 
were  old  enough  to  know  anything  about  corn  or 
its  habit  of  growth.  It  has  however  been  brought 
out  under  various  names,  such  as  the  Rocky 
Mountain  Wild  Corn,  South  American,  Oregon, 
California,  Mexican  and  Indian  Corn,  and  by 
Bome  supposed  to  bo  tho  genuine  "original"  com 
of  this  oontinent. 
The  cob  is  very  small  it  is  true,  but  stiD  there 
ifi  a  central  stem  which  answers  the  purpose  of  a 
cob,  while,  ns  stated  above,  each  kernel  la  inclosed 
in  separ-ate  husk-iUto  envelopes,  varying  in  length 
from  an  inch  or  more  on  the  lowciinost  kernels 
on  the  ear,  gradually  becoming  shoricr  until  the 
upper  ones  scarcely  cover  the  grain.  The  oars 
however  In  the  specimens  refon*edto  in  the  above 
paragraph  aj*e  rather  short,  for  we  have  one  that 
has  been  in  oiu*  cabiuol  many  years  which  la  fully 
twice  "  four  tnohes"  and  twelve-rowed.  This  old 
variety  of  corn  is  frequently  cultivated  as  a  cu¬ 
riosity,  but  is  not  considered  worth  growing  for 
any  other  pmqioso. 
Mr.  Tckneb’b  new  cow  com  is  just  about  as 
much  of  a  novelty  as  "  Hulloas  oats"  or  Tartarian 
Buckwheat,  and  uo  more.  If  the  Editor  of  the 
Platte  City  Landmark  had  roferre<l  to  his  copy 
(supposing  he  had  one)  of  Klippabt's  work  on 
"  The  Wheat  Plant,"  he  might  have  found  this 
“  new  cow  corn"  desciibed  on  page  672,  with  a 
figure  of  a  section  of  an  ear  on  the  preceding 
page.  Books  are  very  handy  sometimes  for  refer¬ 
ence,  if  nothing  more— especially  when  one  de- 
The  Irish  Fwmer’s  Gazette  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing  particulars  about  the  varieties  of  wheat  now 
gro'vn  in  England  and  Scotland : 
The  fine  varieties  of  wheat,  such  as  Chiddam, 
Talavora,  or  Powl,  are  d».‘Uoate  growers,  and 
yield  least  produce,  althwugh  from  their  quality 
the  grain  of  these  wheats  brings  a  high  price.  It 
la  the  farmer's  intorCst  to  rcahze  most  money 
per  acre,  and  he  will  bettor  attain  this  by  grow¬ 
ing  red  wheats.  Of  these  there  are  Kossiugland, 
Hallet's,  Browick’s,  and  the  Prolific  Spalding,  all 
belonging  to  the  same  class,  aud  veiy  largo  crop¬ 
pers  i  but  the  ti-ue  Lammas  rod  and  Niu  sery  red 
are  by  many  considered  preferable,  tho  laltei* 
being  a  particularly  saleable  wheat,  aud  by  a  1 
Judges  considered  equal  to  tho  finest  white  wheat 
for  tho  baker. 
In  the  best  wbeat-growing  districts  of  the 
south  of  England,  a  mixture  of  Lammas  aud 
Nursery  is  much  grown.  The  straws  being  of 
dilfereul  lengthy  the  e.'irs  have  more  room,  and 
give  the  mixtui'o  the  character  of  Fenton  wheat, 
which  is  pei'haps  the  mo.st  prolific  and  profitable 
white  variety  in  culUvatiou.  We  may  here  ob¬ 
serve  in  regard  to  solving  mixtures  of  wheat, 
that  produce  of  the  first  mixture  may  assume 
quite  a  different  character  if  sown  again.  The 
two  varieties  may  hybridize  and  produce  a  new 
variety  in  a  parlial  state  of  development.  If 
mixtures  are  sown,  it  is  safer  to  mix  vaiieties 
which  have  been  growu  separate. 
Wheat  growers  in  East  Lothian  usually  get  a 
change  of  seed  wheat  from  England  every  year. 
The  extra  cost  is  more  than  balanced  by  thinner 
sowing,  to  say  nothing  of  the  superiority  of  ^e 
crop,  which  is  invariably  better  after  English 
seed,  and  it  has  this  further  advantage,  that  the 
crop  from  Euglidi  seed  ripens  at  least  a  week 
earlier,  whicli  Is  of  importance  in  the  case  of 
wheat  sown  late  in  the  w  inter  mouths. 
Before  concluding  these  remarks,  we  shall 
notice  the  special  eharaoteristics  of  two  or  three 
of  the  priucipal  varieties  mentioned  above.  The 
Nurswy  red,  as  we  have  stated,  Is  much  grown 
in  the  south  of  England,  and  its  line  baking 
qualities  make  it  a  favorite  in  1  runoe.  The 
grain  is  sm-all  i  the  straw  very  tall  in  soil  adapted 
for  it,  aud  likewise  stiff.  This  wheat,  from  the 
small  size  of  tlie  groin,  should  l>e  sown  thin. 
Lammas  red  has  long  been  a  favorite  variety 
in  East  Lothian.  It  is  a  taU,  sTiff-strawed 
voiiety,  producing  a  large  weight  of  straw  iier 
awe.  The  grain  produces  fine  flour,  much  os- 
tcemed  by  bakers.  The  Fenton  is  a  white  variety 
of  wheat,  and  has  long  held  a  pre-ouiiuont  posi¬ 
tion  in  tho  opinion  of  East  Lothian  wheat-grow¬ 
ers.  The  peculiarity  of  the  Fenton  wheat  is  the 
great  dissimilarity  in  the  length  of  the  straw.  A 
TONIC  FOR  FOWLS. 
It  is  a  good  plan  to  keep  on  hand  the  prepaia- 
tiou  of  sulphate  of  u*on,  so  often  recommended 
by  experienced  poultrj'meu.  It  Is  frequenUy 
useful  in  tho  poultry  yard,  and  is  thought,  in  a 
measure,  to  wal'd  off  some  of  the  ailments  to 
which  fowls  are  subject.  It  is  a  useful  Ionic 
during  the  moulting  season,  and  a  great  benefit 
to  fowls  in  cold  winter  weather.  During  the  sum¬ 
mer  it  serves  as  a  disinfectant,  keeping  the  drink¬ 
ing  voBBols  from  lX)Coraing  soiu-ed  or  fouL  Its 
constant  use  in  tho  water,  however,  is  not  to  be 
commended,  since,  by  such  a  com^e,  its  efficiency 
in  cases  of  real  need  would  be  less  marked.  Sev¬ 
eral  formulas  have  been  given  for  preparing  the 
Bolutiovi,  so  as  to  hare  it  in  convexueut.  form  at 
all  times.  Some  of  these  malm  tlie  solutioa  too 
weak.  The  following  will  be  found  to  bei-ight, 
and  the  protiortion  l^iug  all  in  “  oues  ’  the  for¬ 
mula  is  easily  reniombered.  Iu  one  gi*^llon  of 
1  wai*m  water  dissolve  one  pound  of  sulphate  of 
iron  (copperas)  and  then  add  one  ounce  of  sul- 
'  phnric  acid.  Put  the  mixture  iuto  a  jug,  from 
which  it  mav  be  used  as  needed.  To  one  qnart  of 
di-iuldug  water  add  one  teaspoonful  of  the  solu¬ 
tion  ft  gives  to  the  water  a  rusty  appearance 
and  a  pungent  t&ste.— Southern  Farmer. 
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