the  -weight.  Each  tooth  is  euureiy  inaepeu- 
Jent,  held  firmly,  and  can  be  taken  out  and  re¬ 
placed  by  a  now  one,  in  case  of  accident,  by  any 
fanner.  These  rakeH  have  competed  successfully 
with  all  others  in  the  country,  and  the  number 
sold  is  e\-idcucc  that  they  aro  liked.  W e  learn  that 
Mr.  TavLon  has  orders  for  and  ifl  shipping  a  large 
number  of  raltes  abroad  this  year.  It  seems  a 
pity  when  a  boy  and  horse  will  rake  over  fifteen 
or  twenty  acres  per  day  with  one  of  these  rakes 
that  the  work  ahould  anywhere  be  left  undone 
or  done  by  hand. 
The  No".  1  Bake  is  the  style  genei-ally  in  use  m 
all  parts  of  the  country  for  hea\7  work  in  giain 
or  hay,  com  stubble  or  brush,  or  newly  cleared 
ground.  No.  2  is  with  high  wheels,  and  longer 
and  heavier  teeth,  adapted  to  the  heavier 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  No.  3  is  a  “drop  tooth/’ 
the  teeth  sliding  and  dropping  into  depressions. 
This  is  adapted  to  very  uneven  ground,  though 
other  styles  will  work  well  vith  any  ordinary  de¬ 
pressions.  No.  4  is  a  self-dumping  rake,  dis¬ 
charged  by  the  horse,  and  is  so  arranged  as  to  bo 
operated  by  hand  or  foot  at  option  of  driver.  No 
5  has  less  machinery  about  it  than  any  other,  and 
is  gotten  up  in  the  simplest  and  most  Inexpen¬ 
sive  manner.  Farmers  who  have  not  a  good  rake 
will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  send  to  B.  C.  TaV- 
noB,  228  West  5tli  Bt.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  receive 
circulai-  with  full  descrlpUon  of  each  style  and 
price.  If  there  has  been  no  agent  in  their  neigh¬ 
borhood,  probably  several  of  these  rakes  could 
THE  HOLBEOOK  SEED  UKILL, 
Ah  the  season  for  ouUloor  garden  operations 
approaches,  farmers  and  gardeners  begin  to  pre¬ 
pare  for  seeding  and  weeding.  At  the  outset  a 
good  garden  drill  is  found  to  bo  iudispeusahle. 
The  GermautowTi  Telegrapb  aays : — The  dia- 
00 very  that  dry  clayey  earth  was  a  thorough 
deodorizer,  an  article  utterly  destroying  all  bad 
odors,  would,  It  was  hoped,  work  a  great  revo¬ 
lution  lu  tbs  closet  system  of  cities ;  and,  while 
aiding  in  promoting  public  bealtli,  would  pro¬ 
vide  farmers  with  one  of  the  heat  and  cheapest 
of  fertilizora.  lu  this  way  the  csxth-closet  was 
Invented,  and  it  was  hoped  that  Its  use  would  be 
almost  general. 
It  Is  clear,  however,  that  these  institutions 
have  not  become  as  general  as  was  hoiied  and 
expected,  and  fanners  have  derived  no  benefit 
in  the  -way  of  oheap  fertilizers  from  their  intro¬ 
duction.  A  few  years  ago  a  company  was  organ¬ 
ized  in  connection  with  this  idea,  from  which 
great  things  were  expected.  It  was  called  the 
Fertilizing  and  Sanitary  Company.  They  furn¬ 
ished  the  closets,  supplied  the  dry  earthy  ma¬ 
terial,  and  cleared  away  the  whole  contents  oiioo 
a  week  for  the  sum  of  twenty- five  cents.  They 
manufactured  from  tJiis  material  an  excellent 
fertilizer,  which  they  sold  in  barrels  at  »60  per 
ton,  and  which  was  found  to  bo  superior  to 
guano  at  the  same  figures.  But  we  have  heard 
nothing  of  this  company  for  some  time.  Certatu- 
jv  the  idea  has  not  been  oontaglous.  There  has 
been  no  attempt  to  oompeto  with  it  in  the  profits ; 
and  we  rather  lldnk  the  whole  thing  Is  dead. 
The  closets  themselves  we  in  use  occasionally, 
but  not  near  to  the  extent  that  was  hoped  for  on 
THK  H01-.I3K-00I-il 
each  end  this  apparatus  is  slowly  dragged  over 
the  ground  occupied  by  the  Insects.  Every 
grasshopper  touched  by  the  oil  is  instantly 
killed.  The  cloth  is  soaked  from  time  to  time,  as 
one’s  judgment  dictates.  Mr.  Ricmann  says  the 
first  soaking  consumes  a  good  deal  of  oil,  hut 
afterwaids  much  leas  is  requirwl,  and  he  esti- 
malcs  tliat  one  and  a-hslf  or  two  gallons  Is  all 
that  is  necosscu-y  to  kill  the  gmsahopiicrs  on 
eighty  acres.  The  process  is  to  he  applied  as 
soon  after  hatching  as  possible,  when  the  grain 
is  small.  Where  it  touches  the  grass  or  weeds 
more  or  less  oil  adheres,  and  this  kills  such 
nw  come  in  csmtact  wltli  it.  Mr.  Riemanu 
bution  saves  a  great  amount  or  vexauou  nuu 
labor,  and  often  the  total  or  partial  loss  of  a  crop. 
This  is  especiaUy  tme  of  onions,  which,  with 
many  farmers,  have  become  an  important  and 
staple  mop,  Holbrook’s  new  Regulator  Seed 
Drill,  an  engraving  of  which  is  herewith  given, 
it  is  said  fills  all  the  requirements  ui  a  driU  for 
garden  or  fann  use.  It  can  be  easily  and  quickly 
adapted  to  seeds  of  different  sizes  and  w«‘iglits, 
and  by  means  of  the  open  seed  conductor  the 
Boeds  may  he*  jdainly  seen  against  a  -white  sm- 
facc  while  it  Is  in  operation.  'This  is  a  ptcuUarity 
of  the  Holbrook  Drill,  and  enables  the  operator 
to  he  sure  at  aU  times  that  his  machine  is  work¬ 
ing  triilv.  A  great  number  of  f annex s  and  goi 
denors  In  all  poits  of  the  country  have  these 
diiUs,  and  aU  speiik  favorably  of  it  Those 
wishing  a  drill  should  write  to  the  manufactur¬ 
ers  before  deciding  which  to  boy. 
The  price  is  only  ®T2,  und  it  will  save  that  sum 
in  one  day  where  onions,  or  other  small  seeds  are 
to  be  sown,  doing  the  work  promptly  before 
weeds  start,  and  distributing  tlie  seeds  more 
evenly  than  they  could  be  by  hand.  It  is  manu¬ 
factured  by  E.  E.  Lujuids  &  Co.,  32  South  Moi- 
kot  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 
HEAVY  DRAFT  HORSES. 
'The  pnee  of  these  animals  has  risen  in  En¬ 
gland,  and  there  is  a  demand  for  them  in  the 
United  States  so  tliul  it  is  safe  to  breed  them  for 
a  regular  source  of  income.  Having  ralsod  a 
great  many  in  England,  and  lived  in  a  part  of 
that  island  where  sorao  of  the  finest  were  sold  to 
supply  the  London  demand,  I  can  say  withconfl- 
deuce  that  in  the  course  of  yeai-s  more  might  bo 
made  than  from  tiottiiig  strains  or  thorough¬ 
breds,  because  in  breeding  fast  horses  there  is 
only  one  now  and  then  in  twenty  or  thiiiy  which 
come  to  make  the  large  sums  so  coveted,  and 
lliose  which  fail  in  Bix'ed  sell  low,  whereas,  if 
di-aiiglit  horses  are  bred  there  arc  comparatively 
no  failures,  every  colt  at  four  years  old  being 
sure  to  sell  for  from  $400  to  $600.  'Ihus,  as  said 
in  Virginia  or  anyw'hore  further  South,  the  colts 
would,  up  to  that  age,  cost  nothing  but  their 
grazing,  excepting  a  little  feed  the  first  winter, 
from  which  any  one  can  see  much  more  could  be 
gttintsl  than  by  breeding  aniiuals  of  uncertain 
results,  for  the  fasluoiiable  cattle  of  the  picsent 
<iay,  witlx  theii-  unnatural  Lreatinont,  cannot  he 
depended  on  to  breed  or  live. 
There  is  no  uMake  in  saying  there  Is  no  exti  a 
1  cxix-nse  at  all  required  with  these  brood  xuarcs 
!  and  colts,  two  tuen  would  do  everytliing  nocee- 
sary  for  a  breedlug  eatubbshment,  which  would 
bring  out  aiftiually  fiOhortfea  wortli  $500  each.  In 
short  they  would  cost  no  more  than  the  mxxles  in 
Kentucky  and  would  make  double  the  money. 
As  the  price  of  oats,  corn  and  other  produce  runs, 
fvei-ybody  must  be  aware  that  breeding  horses 
must  bo  fur  more  profitable  tlxan  plowing  and 
sowing  so  much,  and  especially  where  as  in  so 
many  distiicta  the  natural  grasses  make  such 
fatteulug  pastures  and  would  also  cut  good  hay 
the  same  as  Enghah  old  meadows  and  old  upland 
UUESTIONS  ANS\WERED 
Ei>s.  Ruhai.:— 1  would  like  to  have  you,  or 
some  of  your  leaders,  answer  a  few-  quesUons 
for  mv  benefit :  First — Is  it  advisable  to  have 
the  posts  in  a  barn  more  than  16  f<mt  high, 
wliero  there  are  to  he  bays  ou  either  side  of  tne 
lloor?  Sceood-Is  tl.cie  any  roofing  better 
t.h.m  pine  shmglcs.  or  more  ecouomiciU  Ihiid- 
Whnl  arothe  beat  fastenings  for  cattle  that  arc  to 
be  kept  in  the  sUblo  winter  or  summer?— w. 
JamvistfAvn,  A',  Y. 
One  of  the  gn^atest  expeuscs  m  building  is 
roofing.  The  higher  the  posts  the  less  cost  for 
room  gained.  Eighteen  feet  posts  with  base¬ 
ment  make  an  excellent  hain.  3.  R.  Gakbetsee 
of  Rochestor,  N.  Y.,  has  ft  now  style  of  roofing 
which  promises  to  bo  Hiiperior  to  shingles,  also 
cheaper.  It  is  made  of  grooved  boards,  tightly 
battened  and  clasped. 
Gifford’s  patent  stanohiona,  made  in  our  cor- 
reapoudent’s  own  town,  by  W.  C.  Giffokd  are 
the  best  we  know  of.  Is  ft  prophet  not  without 
honor  in  his  own  town  that  Mr.  Giefoud  s  neigh¬ 
bors  send  to  us  to  recommend  his  stanchions  ? 
THE  TAYLOR  SDJLEY  RARE 
Rexu,  tlie  gleaner,  is  not  a  prominent  char¬ 
acter  in  modern  society.  Tliere  may  he  ohiirao- 
ters  like  Roth  ;  hut  im  gleaning  is  left  for  them 
to  do,  and  so  they  all  begin  their  story  as  the 
original  Ruth  end's!  hers — by  getting  married. 
Thrifty  American  farmers  have  learned  that  it 
pays  well  to  glean  tlieir  harvest  fields,  and  im¬ 
provements  in  machinery  have  made  this  work 
oompoiatively  cheap  and  easy.  Among  those 
who  have  taken  the  lead  in  Uiis  is  our  genial 
friend  B.  C.  TAYLOh  of  DuyLou,  Ohio,  who  haa 
for  t  wolve  yeai  s  been  manufftclmiug  sulky  rakes 
of  vaiious  styles  aud  pul  terns,  has  made  and  sold 
45,000  of  them,  taken  over  1,200  first  premiums 
at  Agricultural  aud  World’s  Fairs,  and  is  now 
preparing  to  supply  loi-ger  orders  for  1876,  than 
NOTES  ON  THE  RURAL  FOB  MARCH  4tfi 
Potatoes  as  a  Food  for  Stock.— The  article  on 
page  160,  from  the  Now  York  Sun,  takes  the 
ground  that  potatoes  »ro  ft  good  food  for  most 
farm  stock.  I  can  go  into  no  chemical  discussion 
of  the  matter  but  I  consider  that  if  you  take  po¬ 
tatoes  and  byil  them  and  when  woU  cooked,  and 
while  yet  warm  mash  them,  mix  with  them  corn 
and  ouU  ground  together  and  bran,  In  proiJortioas 
of  4  parts  of  potatoes,  1  of  corn  aud  oats  and  3 
of  wheat  bi-an,  you  vlll  have  a  splendid  food  for 
young  pigs  aud  growing  ohickeus,  and  in  fact 
the  bast  kind  of  a  Bummer  food  for  laying  hens  | 
the  trouble  is  the  amount  eaten.  I  had  100 
chickens  and  fowls  and  one  small  pig  last  fall, 
and  they  would  eat  a  barrel  fuR  of  the  mixture  in 
two  days. 
A  Wen-kshopon  a  Farm.— The  more  the  better. 
It  is  ft  capital  place  to  bring  out  cue’s  talents. 
A  friend  of  ours,  who  market  gordeus  SO  acres, 
oousiders  that  his  shop  brings  him,  or  saves  him 
S150  per  year. 
Peerless  Potato.— 1  endorse  all  that  is  said  of 
this  variety,  it  is  the  staudavd  late  potato  here  ; 
many  C4ill  it  as  good  as  the  peacLblow,  but  we 
do  not  think  ao,  we  ooiuider  the  Compton's  Sur¬ 
prise  the  best  late  potato,  and  the  Peerless 
second.  As  we  have  to  fight  bugs,  we  want  pota¬ 
toes  that  yield  well.  A.  M.  Van  Auken. 
Fori  Howard,  Wls. 
CHICAGO  GRAIN  TRADE. 
:aoo,  the  largest  gi-ain  market  in  the 
handles  about  90,000,000  bushels  annually 
HEW  WAY  TO  KILL  GRASSHOPPERS. 
Feaeb  are  entertained  that  the  Western  grass¬ 
hopper  or  locust  will  prove  destructive  the  coming 
season  in  some  localities.  The  following  method 
of  destroying  grasshoppers  devised  by  Fekdi- 
NAND  lliEMANN  of  Montana  we  take  from  the 
Rocky  Mountain  Hushaudmau  i 
It  is  well  known  that  the  ordinary  coal  oil  is 
one  of  the  surest  lueaus  of  killing  gi-usshoppers, 
and  dming  the  payment  of  the  bouuty  in  this 
county  it  was  used  quite  extensively  to  kill  the 
insects  before  uiarketiug  them.  Aud  coal  oil  is 
the  chief  of  Mr.  Riemann’s  plan  for  killiug  the 
grasshoppers.  He  says  tiiat  the  smallest  particle 
thau  its  value  in  gram  per  year  the  gain  to  farm¬ 
ers  must  be  immense.  With  a  moderate  crop 
the  wastage  on  unrakud  stubble  is  often  equal  to 
a  tenth,  sometunea  an  eighth  of  the  whole  amount. 
Of  these  approved  rakes,  Mr.  Taylob  makes 
six  different  styles,  adapted  to  different  parts  of 
the  country  and  different  kinds  of  work.  .All 
have  cast  steel  teeth,  tempered  in  oil,  and  oval  in 
shape,  giving  the  greatest  possible  strength  for 
and  has  now  in  operation  eigliieen  sienm  tiev«- 
tors,  with  a  capacity  of  15,350,000  bushels,  or 
more  than  the  average  product  of  1,000,000  acres 
of  the  fei-tile  wheat-prrMiucing  lands  of  the  con- 
tineut.  llieir  capacity  vaiies  from  200,000  bush¬ 
els  to  1,500,000.  The  entire  cost  of  the  eighteen 
elevators  now  in  operation  -was  about  five  million 
dollai‘8,  exclusive  of  the  cost  of  the  grounds  on 
which  they  stand. 
