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MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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mente  accord  with  Liu  aims  and  dcBircH  at  their 
commencement.  For  inHtancc,  should  lio  wish 
to  produce  a  ci'oss  between  a  white  and  a  red 
apjdo,  choosing  the  latUsr  for  the  female  parent, 
and  then  proceed  witli  fertilizing  tlio  pistils  in 
the  usual  manner,  afterward  sowing  and  jilanting 
the  seed  of  the  fruit,  the  result  being  a  white  or 
hght-colorcd  sort  frojii  a  dark  one,  he  might  be 
led  to  suppose  his  object  had  been  attained. 
But  there  would  really  ho  no  certainty  that  the 
effect  of  cross  -  fertilization  had  caustsl  tiie 
change  in  color  or  in  any  otJior  characteristic, 
for  the  simple  reason  that  nearly  all  of  our  cul* 
tivatod  fruits  arc  the  re¬ 
sults  of  many  hundreds  of 
crosses  in  the  past  genera¬ 
tions,  and  the  seedlings 
therefiom  are  liable  to 
vary  natiu'ally  in  all  direc¬ 
tions  withr)ut  artillcial  im¬ 
pregnation. 
We  obtain  liglit-colorcd 
strawberries  from  dark- 
red  ones,  white  apples 
from  red,  white  grajs^s 
from  black,  and  so  on 
the  entl  of  the  chapter — 
all  from  seed  gathered  in¬ 
discriminately  unit  without 
previous  cross  fr.rlili/.ii- 
tlon  of  the  flow*:rs. 
It  is  (piite  iirutmble  that 
a  man  who  ]iro<!e(M]s  in  a 
scicntillc  manner  toohtitiii 
a  cross  between  two  vaii- 
oties  would  be  more  likely 
to  accoinplisli  it  than  one 
who  runs  the  chances  of 
insect  aid  in  eross-fertihz- 
ation,  still  it  lequlrijs  very  great  care  in  order  to 
l>fc  certain  as  to  ruHult.s. 
Cro|)s. 
POTATOES  FEOM  SEED. 
In  a  recent  pamphlet  entitled  “  a  Treatise  on 
the  Cultivation  of  the  l^utato,"  by  Jamks  Toiini  rr 
of  Belfast,  IreUmd,  the  author  qucitp.s  tlie  essays 
of  the  kite  Aiitlrcw  Knight,  in  the  Transactions 
of  tho  llortienllnral  tJociety,  which  ho  was 
the  l^residunt,  in  which  he  deserihes  Ujc  experi¬ 
ments  leading  him  to  the conchisioii  lliitl  “every 
cutting  will  be  aft'eotcd  by  the  sUte  of  the  j)arent 
stock,"  none  vegetating  with  vigor  miKli,  if  at 
all,  beyond  tlie  life  of  tlio  parent  stix;k,  provideil 
that  dii.sl  from  old  figc.’’  Tho  mode  of  propa¬ 
gating  ))otatoes  by  tubers  or  socuons  of  a  tuber 
is  equivalent  t*>  tlie  propagation  of  a  plant  by 
cuttings.  The  {Mjtivki  has  attained  its  full  dura¬ 
tion  of  life,  and  it,  with  all  parts  cut  from  it,  is 
old,  worn  out,  and  moribund :  liable,  therefore, 
to  tho  attacks  of  para.sitcs,  disease,  evil  inlluemuiS 
of  all  kinds.  New  life  must  begin  for  it  before 
we  c.au  expect  its  original  vigor  to  rotmar.  Lei 
us  propagate  new  sorts  from  seed,  and  we  shall 
probably  alight  on  sorts  vigorous  enough,  as  of 
old,  to  resist  the  attack  to  which  tlio  potato  has 
since  sucemubed. 
That  is  tho  tlieory.  “  At  the  meeting  of  the 
British  Association  at  Beifiwt,  hi  the  summer  of 
1874,”  says  JL.  Torhitl,  “1  stated  my  opinion, 
that  tho  sexual  eombination  resulting  in  tho 
birth  of  tho  seed,  furmcil  the  true  and  only 
starting  point  of  the  life  <d'  the  indiiidual ;  that 
plants  propagated  by  tJieir  bud.-i  were  yearly 
growing  older,  and  that  tho  process  of  cutting 
them  to  pieee.s  and  iilauting  iLem  in  the  eaj'Ui 
could  not,  tlierefoic,  bo  carried  out  for  ever. 
And  1  ilJiistielcd  my  statcuieut  liy  the  following 
expeviment:  la  the  spring  of  1878,  1  plantcii 
the  cutting  of  a  vine;  in  the  H]uiiig  of  1874  it 
had  put  forth  its  adventitious  i\h*<ji  and  loaves. 
I  then  took  it  up,  divided  it  longitudinally  into 
two  equal  parts,  cutting  down  exactly  through 
the  center  of  the  pith,  and  leaving  to  each  lialf 
an  equal  qmintity  of  roots  and  leaves.  I  planted 
it  in  Hcpaiate  pots,  and  exhibited  it  growing 
healthily  to  the  Biological  Section  of  tho  Associ¬ 
ation. 
I  ai'gued  tJiat  it  was  only  one  individual,  ns 
regards  the  deration  of  life;  that  neither  half 
had  received  any  accession  to  its  original  stocli  of 
life— oblaiiied  a  new  bii  tli  or  now  hUirling  iwiint 
of  life— and  that  if  culUrig  a  plant  into  two 
equal  parts  did  not  ofloet  a  new  birth,  neither 
could  euttiug  it  iuto  two  nneiiual  parts,  ami 
calling  one  the  stem  mid  tho  other  the  cion,  do 
BO.  I  jMiinted  out  that  the  potato,  when  jiropa- 
gated  by  tho  *  set '  for  a  series  of  years,  under¬ 
goes  a  change;  that  in  the  season  of  its  hloom, 
here  and  there  a  pedicel  brooks  at  its  junction 
with  the  calyx,  tho  llower  drops  oft,  and  a  Leny, 
which  should  have  contained  from  75  to  IDO 
seeds,  is  wanting  in  that  cluster ;  that  when  so 
propagated  for  a  farther  season  of  years,  all  the 
pedicels  break,  and  the  plant  becomes  utterly 
sterile,  the  condition  to  which  the  Skerry  Blue  is 
now  reduced;  that  when  so  propagated  for  an¬ 
other  series  of  years,  it  becomes  unable  to  re- 
l<roduce  its  organs  of  reproduction,  and  the 
fields  become  completely  flowerless,  tho  state  to 
which  the  Cruffle  and  others  are  now  reduced ; 
and  I  i»rodictcd  that  in  a  few  ycai  H  more  the 
‘sets’  of  these*  old,  llowtrloss  plants  would  fail 
to  germinate,  they  would  rot  In  the  earth,  and 
that  this  death  from  old  age  would  be  supposed 
to  ho  a  disease,  and  he  eallod,  as  lieretofore,  the 
‘  miss.’ 
“  I  further  infeiTed  that  as  the  potato  became 
aged  it  becatne  h<’>  w  eak  as  to  he  unable  to  resist 
the  attack  of  the  parasite  whose  growth  in  the 
body  of  the  plant  foms  the  disease,  and  that  in 
THE  RIJlRTON  TirPlN. 
order  to  extiipato  the  parasite  it  would  he  neces- 
saiy  to  grow  young,  vigorous  plants  from  the 
seed.” 
QUANTITY  OF  SEED  PER  ACRE. 
There  are  various  opinions  held  by  farmers 
and  gardeners  in  regard  to  tbe  quantity  of  seed 
required  for  an  aci'e  of  our  common  field  crops, 
still  tlio  nummous  tables  published  differ  but 
slightly.  Tbe  Maryland  Farmer  gives  the  fol¬ 
lowing,  which  wo  thinlr  is  not  far  out  of  the  way 
and  will  doubtless  ho  useful  to  our  readers. 
Some  of  tho  estimates  are  not  in  accordance 
with  oiu  ideas,  as,  for  Instance,  potatoes,  but  it 
will  serve  as  a  general  guide  : 
(iften  a  farmer  or  gardener  will  he  in  doubt  as 
to  how  much  Kced  should  he  ]>lmited  to  tlie  acre. 
Of  I'onr.se  eircniuHlunccs  somewhat  vary  this 
matter.  One  thing  is  eei  taiii  everywhere— that 
is,  that  poor  land  requires  more  seed  of  evi*ry 
kind  than  rich  land. 
'I'ho  following  table  gives  the  quantity  of  tho 
loading  articles  sown  to  the  aci-i*.  Of  course,  it 
is  jiiqiorUint  to  get  good  seed.*.  Some  few  seeds¬ 
men  mix  hu<l  seed  with  (he  giKal,  excusing  them¬ 
selves  on  tlie  ground  that  people  always  sow  too 
thick.  None  of  good  choraoter  do  this  of  course. 
It  is  always  best,  however,  to  examine  seeds 
carefully  liefore  sowing.  The  tables  are  intended 
for  good,  new  seed: 
Ardcliokea . 4  to  6  bush. 
Aspuriires,  in  Oiills......  . . . (iioSlbs. 
IteuDS,  in  Uillls... . . 1  to  114  bull. 
Btiuns,  |>iile,  in  hills . 10  to  tjis. 
K«ets,  m  itrills . atuOlbs. 
Kiicliwlieut . 1  til  t  SJ  busth. 
Uiirley . . . I>4  to  2  bush. 
I'ublmse  In  beds  to  lrans|>laiit . 14  ID. 
( 'ill  ruts,  in  Urdls . aio4  lbs. 
diii  n,  in  hills,  3x1 . 8  to  10  qis. 
r.orn.for  siilbni.',  in  di  ills . :i  t<i  8>4  bush. 
t'ncionbers.  In  hills . 2  Ib.s. 
Miislurd.bruiidcust . . . . . nvck  to  >4  bush. 
Mtdon,  unisk,  in  hills . 2  lbs. 
Melon,  Wiiter,  in  lolls . 3  to  4  lbs. 
.Millet . . . . . H  till  bush. 
1  In  Ions,  in  ili  ills, . . 4  lbs. 
Unions  lor  netls.  in  drills . t!  lo8  bush. 
I‘ur.salp,  in  drills . : . 3  to  G  lbs. 
I’eusm  drills . IS  I'usli. 
I'eiis  broiiilo.ist . . . .,T  bu»b.  ’ 
Potato  lout  lubcrs).  .  . . G  to  10  bush. 
I’uiniikiu.  ill  hills. . . 4  to  Gibs. 
U:idisb  in  drills . .8  to  10  lbs. 
Hiikc  ill  drills . 8  to  10  lbs.] 
Siilsiry  lo  drills  .,  . . 9  to  10  lbs. 
Splinich  in  drills..., . . . ,..10  to  12  lbs.| 
SijuKsh  irunniiiK  varieties)  insbll  l...:<  Iba.  , 
.Sqiiiisli  ihusli  varieties)  in  hills, . 4  lbs. 
'I'lirn  |is  in  drills . I  to  2  lbs. 
I'UiuliiH  broadcast . .  . 2  to  3  lbs. 
T"iiiaLo,  III  trunsidiint.  ..  . H  lb. 
lirootii  corn  In  hills . S  to  10  qts. 
fliivcr,  rod  alone . 10  to  15  lbs. 
Clover,  AlBike  nione . ...8  lbs. 
Clover,  white  alone . . . 8  to  10  lbs. 
Clover,  lucerne  alone . HI  lbs. 
Orcliiird  Kr.iss . 12  to  2lUb3. 
niuo  griiss . ,......,,.12  to  20lbs. 
tirass,  inixod  Uinu . . . 2  bushels. 
ltedto|/ . 12  10  lU  qts. 
tlnls  broadcjist . . .  2  to  3  bush. 
Itye  broiidoi.'st . . 1>4  t<>  2  bush. 
Veicbes  brondciist . 2  to  3  bush. 
Wheat  bi'uadcaat . 1  to  1*4  bush. 
'I'iniuthy  alone . K  bush. 
.Millet . H  to  1  bush. 
Fbixse'ed . . . 1  to  I>4Uush. 
For  a  good  lawn  sod,  different  gardeners  rec¬ 
ommend  diffeient  combinations  of  grasses ; 
among  them,  the  following  is  a  good  mixtme, 
for  an  acre  of  lawn ; 
5  quarts  Kentucky  blue  erass, 
G  quarts  redtop  Rniss, 
5  quarts  Khode  island  kentgrass, 
2  quarts  creeping  bent  gruas. 
2  quirts  wh'ie  clover. 
The  ground  should  be  weR  underdrained,  deep¬ 
ly’-  plo-wed  and  made  thorouglily  fine  and  mellow, 
and  rich  with  well  rotted  and  mixed  composts ; 
(hen  the  grass  will  grow  thick,  fine,  soft  and 
even. 
Ail  the  gi’aius,  and  most  vegetable  seeds,  germ¬ 
inate  and  come  up  ovener  and  quicker,  and  grow 
more  thriftily  and  lipen  better,  if  tho  seed  bo 
soakorl  in  salt  brine  or  copjieras  water  a  few 
hours  and  then  rolled  in  plaster,  lime  or  ashes  to 
diy  it  fit  for  planting ;  Ijcsidcs,  another  benefit 
is  derived  from  this  brining  grains  and  utlior 
seeds— it  does  much  to  prevent  destruction  by 
birds,  vermin  and  insects. 
HOG  CHOLERA.  • 
Last  week  we  gave  a  list  of  some  forty  ques¬ 
tions  sent  out  by  the  Illinois  State  Board  of 
Agriculture  to  tbe  farmers  of  tlie  Stete. 
IteplicB  to  tlieso  questions  have  been  returned 
to  tbe  Board  in  large  numbers,  muny  of  winch 
a|>|siarcd  in  the  Inter-Ocean  of  April  27.  We 
copy  a  few  to  show  tho  general  condition  of 
swine,  and  the  treatment  they  receive  in  the  in¬ 
fected  disti'icts,  as  well  as  the  opinion  of  farm¬ 
ers  in  regard  to  cause  and  cure : 
KANKAKEE  OOl/NTY. 
Lemuel  Milk,  Kankakee. — Averages  1, OIK)  head 
of  Pulaud-Cliinas  ;  nut  conimed  in  pens ;  run  in 
lots  of  75  to  100  ;  feeds  corn;  lost  none  of  own 
raising;  lost  a  iiiiuibcr  of  lot  pnreliased;  sows 
in  j)ig  suft'erisl  alike  with  others;  fat  hogs 
most  liable ;  breeds  at  I  year  old ;  does  not 
breed  “  in-and-in  ;”  believes  idiolera  is  contagious 
or  infectious ;  lias  jmru  w-ater ;  ueed  as  pro 
venlive,  5  lbs  sulphur,  and  5  lbs  feuigrcck  seed, 
and,  ns  remedy  during  disenso,  carbolic  acid  in 
slop  and  spiinldetl  on  bedding  with  goixi  result; 
stomach  of  dead  hogs  generally  full  of  w  orms. 
STEPnENSON  COUNTV. 
James  Flausburg,  Elroy. — Average  25  or  fit) 
Berkshires  of  own  hreeding  except  lioars;  part 
in  pens  and  small  lots,  in  winter  large  range  and 
all  ran  together;  feed  mostly  corn,  soinetirues 
boiled  i>otatues  and  corn ;  never  had  a  ease  of 
hog  cholera ;  know  of  none  in  this  section  of 
country. 
UKWITT  COUNTY. 
E.  B.  Harroldck  Bro.,  Wapello. — Mixed  breeds; 
keep  aliout  100,  pai'tly  of  owti  breeding,  in  large 
hoi-d  in  pasture,  and  follow  feeding  cattle,  with 
’dcyiX'm  on  ground  ;  lost  none  last  year ;  nsual- 
ly  pigs  are  first  at  tacked  ;  stoi'k  I'e.d  in  feed  lots 
of  diseased  stock  sprc.-iils  the  disease,  but  it 
sometime.^  oi-igiuntus  H|MintaneousIy ;  best  pro- 
veutive  is  remedy  of  A.  O.  Moore,  (.'.anion,  IIJ. ; 
the  main  cause  seems  to  he  bto]ipage  of  the  gall ; 
the  passage  from  gall  bladder  to  intestine  seems 
to  close  up;  kill  the  animal  at  this  period  and 
the  stomach  contains  only  a  watery  jelly ;  think 
it  is  a  sort  of  fever,  which  appi-ars  in  just  six¬ 
teen  days  after  exposure  although  sometimes 
spontaneous ;  think  wild  indigo  and  resin  weed 
ai'c  natural  preventives  when  accessible  to  hogs. 
VI  ATT  COUNTY. 
B.  Cole,  Bement. — Poland-China ;  own  raising ; 
keep  iu  largo  yard,  lots  of  fifteen  or  twenty ;  fee<i 
corn  and  oats  alternately ;  lost  twenty-five  by 
cholera  during  year :  think  mixture  of  soda,  salt¬ 
peter,  black  antimony,  and  wood  ashes  is  sure 
preventive ;  disease  rarely  cm'cd,  and  hogs  of  little 
value  if  they  survive  ;  give  pure  well  water. 
DEKALB  COUNTY. 
D.  C.  Joslyn,  Portland.-  Keep  twenty  to  fifty 
Berkshires  of  my  own  breethng ;  mostly  in  snudl 
yards  and  feed  on  dry  corn.  Never  had  cholera 
among  my  hogs  iu  forty  years'  experience; 
some  neighbors  have  had  it :  think  crossbreeds 
more  apt  to  take  it ;  my  only  preventives  were 
ch  y  corn  and  sour  drinks  once  or  twice  a  week  ; 
have  good  well  water ;  land  dry  mid  black  sandy 
with  clay  subsoil. 
FORD  t'OUNl’Y. 
Asa  Cauterbury,  Gibsou. — Be.rkslm-es ;  76  of 
owTi  raising ;  keep  in  laigo  pens  or  pastme  all 
together;  feed  corn  in  winter  and  grass  iu 
summer ;  lost  ten  head  past  yeiu-  by  cholera ; 
took  both  large  and  small:  eight  yoais  ago 
cholera  att  icked  and  took  all ;  think  sleeping  in 
dry  dust  aud  mud  around  old  sUieks  causes 
disease,  ''probably  a  lung  fever ;  have  running 
watei ;  gave  diseased  hogs  copperas,  with  a  little 
arsenic  scattered  In  trough ;  don’t  know  what 
cured  them,  but  they  have  been  healthy  since. 
mc'hesrv  county. 
W.  W.  Ellsworth,  Woodstock. — klagie  or 
Poland-Chiua ;  twenty  brood  sows,  and  raise  100 
to  125  annually ;  keep  in  small  lots ;  dry  corn  in 
cold  weather,  and  meal,  sliorts,  and  bran  other 
times;  no  cholera  past  year ;  breed  sows  young, 
I  andehaiigo  boars  yearly;  give  well  water,  aud 
!  bed  with  dry  straw  ;  charcoal,  wood  ashes,  aud 
salt  used  as  proventives. 
IklACOUPIN  COUNTY. 
George  Hunter,  Carlinville. — Breed  only  pm'e 
Berkshii-es ;  about  seventy-five  an  average ;  , 
raise  our  own  sows,  and  purchase  fresh  hoars 
from  other  families  of  this  breed:  feed  and 
sleep  in  small  pens ;  pasture  in  large  lots  on 
good  grass  beets,  tnniips  and  potatoes,  cooked, 
and  a  little  com.  Exclusive  corn  diet  is  avoid¬ 
ed.  Lost  none  last  year,  and  rejxirt  following 
from  previous  exjK*riencc :  Liability  to  attnek 
dejionds  on  eondiUons,  feed,  I'lin!,  etc..,  and 
Uio.se  unfavorably  situated  are  the  fir.st  taken  ; 
age,  sex,  or  size,  of  tliemselves  are  of  no 
couHeqnGn«!;  disease  more  severe  iu  pigs  froin 
immainro  stock  than  from  oldei-,  vigorous 
parentage.  Tho  weak  ai’o  sooner  attacked  than 
the  thriving,  hut  fatness  does  not  always 
indicate  thrift;  Giiuk  tlio  Berkshiie  less  haLlo 
than  other  breeds  to  cholera ;  breed  my  bows  at 
one  year,  and  use  boar.s  at  eight  months  and  iq)- 
ward ;  experience  shows  that  sows  bred  once  a 
year  produce  more  vigorous  progeny  than  tJioso 
bred  twiC3. 
AU-AMS  COUNTY. 
T.  J.  Bates,  Camp  Point.— Polaiid-Cliina,  nmst- 
ly ;  keeps  in  large  lots  together ;  b  ed  coni ; 
sometimes  fullovr  cattle ;  lo.-it  25  front  cholera 
past  year,  all  under  1  year  old  of  fill  to  12,5  poniids, 
and  G  or  8  young  pigs  ;  all  were  iu  gorsl  condi¬ 
tion;  bleed  young  boars  and  sows,  and  change 
boars  aimually;  it  originated  spontaneously  in 
my  yards ;  is  not  contagious ;  tliosu  attacked  liad 
run  with  fattening  eatUc  :  had  plenty  of  water ; 
first  appearance  of  the  disease  with  uic  for  8 
years  ;  used  no  preventive  ;  hogs  had  access  to 
salt  once  a  week ;  Ij-eated  some  sick  ones  wit  li  a 
medicine  pnrchaseil,  and  ulxml  one-half  re- 
eovered,  hut  were  never  us  thrifty  again ;  in 
some  dead  bogs  in  vicinity  found  lungs  tilled  with 
fine  worms.  My  opinion  i.s  (hat  the  main  trouble 
is  caused  by  worms ;  slulosl  lime  isiised  by  some 
with  good  results. 
FULTON  COUNTY. 
John  W.  Carey,  Canton. — Poland-China  100  of 
own  breeding ;  keep  in  largo  yard  lots  iu  small 
bunches ;  general  food  is  bran,  shorts,  oats  aud 
corn;  lost  none  last  year;  think  Berkshires 
most  liable  to  diset  .so ;  breed  ouco  a  year ;  sows 
at  12  months,  boars  at  8  months ;  never  “  iu-and- 
iu;”  don't  think  cholera  contagious:  use  pine 
floor :  straw  bed  in  cold  weaUicr,  change  twice  a 
week,  and  clean  out  manure  daily ;  yards  w’ell 
drained;  used  ashes,  salt,  saltpeter  aud  coi> 
peras  once  a  week  as  preventive ;  farm  is  dry 
soil,  with  water  easily  obtsuiublo. 
CLINTON  COUNTY. 
O.  B,  Nichols,  Carlyle.- -Keeps  Chester  whites ; 
keep  Ihem  III  Biiiall  lots ;  fc*-it  a  little  corn  and 
slops,  and  occasionally  siiap-suds  and  salt;  do 
not  eat  one  kind  of  feed  exclusively;  never  hml 
cholera  among  them  ;  many  neighbors  have  lost 
largcdy,  say  idl  Ihi-ir  pigs  and  half  their  older 
hogs,  since  August  1875 ;  it  attacked  old  and 
young ;  think  (he  lowest -bred  and  commonest 
stock  buffered  most ;  never  breed  mine  under  a 
year  old,  and  never  in-and-in  ;  think  cholera  is 
contagions. 
CUATiIl-AlUN  COUNTY. 
Joseph  ALaxwell,  Mahomet. — Keep  159  Poland- 
China  of  own  breeding ;  iu  large  yards ;  iu  largo 
hunches ;  feed  exclusively  ear  corn  ;  lost  about 
190  head  from  cholera,  of  all  ages  and  both  sex¬ 
es,  as  well  the  fat,  thriving  ones  as  loan,  weak 
)ng8 :  they  liad  range  of  field  aud  woods  ;  think 
all  breeds  alike  subject  to  it ;  breed  at  one  year 
with  fresh  boars,  not  iu-aud-iu ;  wet  weather 
preceded  the  disease ;  hav  e  free  access  to  jAiud 
aud  luuuing  water;  no  contact  with  hogs  of 
ottier  places  whwe  I'holeia  existed  ;  used  as  pre¬ 
ventive  black  antimony,  siilphui-,  copiKTa.i, 
ashes,  stone  coal,  etc.,  without  effect;  out  of 
240  treated  only  saved  about  20  i>er  cent. ;  a  few 
of  those  became  healthy  again  in  a  sliort  time  ; 
laud  is  a  dry  aud  sandy  loam. 
COLES  COUNTY. 
James  M.  Bnice,  Charleston. — Keep  mixed 
stock  in  large  lots,  in  hunches  of  100  to  200 ; 
feed  regularly,  twice  daily,  with  oats  and  corn 
(mostly  corn ),  and  grass ;  lost  past  year  30  hogs 
aud  200  pigs ;  cholera  attacks  all  without  ilis- 
tinctiou,  althougli  hoars  in  service  take  it  first ; 
when  disease  attacks  a  liord  nearly  all  suffer 
more  or  less  ;  uttuek  ljcgiu.s  iu  wet  weather,  and 
ii  more  fatal  as  weather  hccomos  dry ;  have 
access  to  pond  and  runuiug  water;  remove 
dead  hogs  at  once ;  have  generally  snceeded  in 
stopping  disease  witlx  1  oz.  arsenic,  1  Ih  .sal  soda, 
and  2  oz.  assabotida,  mixed  with  ilrj’  meal  for 
forty  hogs  ;  last  year  all  were  treated,  and  about 
83  per  cent,  recovered  and  became  healthy  in  six 
or  eight  weeks ;  soil,  well  drained  prairie ;  black 
loam. 
SANGAMON  COUNTY. 
Geo.  M.  C'aldw’cll,  Williams vllle. — Berkshires  ; 
lOO  to  200,  kept  iu  small  lots  in  pons  without 
floors ;  feed  corn  au<l  shipstufl',  and  free  access 
to  gi’asH ;  lost  no  Berkfiiires,  except  nineteen 
pigs  shown  at  fail's  and  came  homo  sickj  as  a 
rule,  best  hogs  are  attacked  and  poor  ones  left ; 
Berkshires  suffer  least  of  any  breed. 
KANE  COUNTY. 
F.  W.  Belden,  Kaucville  — Keep  75  to  100  pure 
Berksliires ;  run  in  blue  gl  ass  pasture  ;  feed  corn 
to  hogs  and  oats  and  corn  ground  to  pigs ;  never 
lost  any  from  cholera.  Laud  loose,  diy  aud 
loamy.  Soft  coal,  wood  ashes  and  salt  fed. 
