OORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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THE  PEST  OF  THE  HENERY. 
We  believe  that  most  of  the  ills  with  which 
hens  are  afflicted  are  csnsed  by  lice,  and  that  if 
the  houses  were  periodically  whitewashed  and 
the  nests  sprinkled  with  sulphur,  snuff,  tobacco, 
ashes,  hellebore  or  any  other  substance  distaste¬ 
ful  to  these  vermin  and  harmless  to  the  hens, 
diseases  would  prove  the  rare  exception  and  not 
the  rule.  The  rule  is  for  farmers  to  neglect 
their  hens  until  they  are  stupid  with  lice,  and  go 
about  with  their  feathers  ruffled  up  as  if  it  were, 
as,  inded,  probably  it  is,  misery  to  move,  before 
any  measures  of  relief  are  deemed  necessary. 
The  old  adage  that  prevention  is  better  than 
cure,  or,  a  stitch  in  time,  etc.,  is  bore  especially 
applicable.  It  is  an  easy  matter  to  prevent  lice, 
but  a  very  difficult  matter  to  exterminate  tJiem. 
Even  when  by  tbe  use  of  insecticides  and  other 
applications  the  hens  are  somewliat  relieved,  con¬ 
stant  care  is  afterwards  requisite  to  prevent,  by 
the  rapid  increase  of  the  vermin  that  remain,  the 
return  of  consequent  disorders. 
Poultry  alive  with  vermin  are  pitiful  sights, 
and  reflect  anything  but  credit  upon  those  whose 
duty  it  is  to  look  after  them.  The  chicks  raised 
by  unclean  mothers  suffer  from  the  day  of  their 
birth  till  that  of  their  death.  They  are  never 
sprightly  and  healthy ;  they  are  always  the  first 
to  be  taken  down  with  the  prevailing  endemic  or 
epidemic;  they,  therefore,  need  a  great  deal 
more  care  and,  ‘finally,  are  less  profitable  than 
those  which  live  in  clean  houses  and  lay  and  sit 
in  tidy  nests.  The  question  as  to  whether  hens 
will  thrive  when  shut  up,  and  tbe  subsidiary  one 
as  to  how  many  may  be  confined  in  a  given  space, 
cannot  be  answered  except,  in  the  experiments, 
the  hens  be  kept  pure— for  freedom,  to  infested 
fowls,  is  their  sole  chance  of  life. 
The  writer  confined  from  nine  to  sixteen  hens 
in  a  city  enclosure,  twenty  by  four,  (80  sq.  ft.) 
for  two  years  without  the  loss  of  a  hou  and  with 
very  little  sickness.  The  house  was  six  by  four, 
ventilated  at  the  bottom  only  and  otherwise 
closely  boarded,  securing  warmth  in  winter  and, 
sheltered  from  the  sun  by  a  grape  vine,  compar¬ 
ative  coolness  in  summer.  The  rest  of  the  en¬ 
closure  was  lath.  From  four  to  six  inches  of 
gravelly  sand  was  given  every  two  or  throe  weeks 
and  the  old  removed.  Grass  was  given  as  often 
as  it  could  be  cut  from  a  small  grass-plot.  Haw 
meat  was  given  twice  a  week.  Burnt  clam  shells, 
ashes  and  lime  were  given  as  often  as  convenient, 
though  not  as  often  as  rerpiired.  The  hotjse 
was  often  whitewa  bed— the  material  of  the 
nests  frequently  changed  and  the  nests  dusted 
with  sulphur.  They  were  fed  upon  the  scrap¬ 
ings  of  the  table— wheat,  corn,  oats.  Water  was 
given  daily  and  oftener  during  hot  weather. 
An  account  was  Kept  of  the  cost  of  these  hens 
for  the  first  year  and  the  value  of  their  eggs. 
We  have  lost  this  account,  and  can  only  state.our 
impression  that  It  v>rovo«l  that  hens  can  be  con¬ 
fined  and  remain  healthy  too,  and  that  they  can 
be  made  profitable  even  in  cities. 
We  suggest  to  those  who  have  lousy  hens  and 
chickens  to  part  with  every  one  of  them,  and  to 
thoroughly  cleanse  the  bouses  and  yards  in  erery 
part,  and  begin  with  a  fresh  pure  lot.  Those 
who  have  had  to  do  with  poultry  all  their  lives 
may  deem  this  shallow  advice;  but  we  know 
from  what  we  see  that  these  shiftless,  untidy, 
unkind  modes  of  keeping  fowls  are  handed  down 
from  father  to  son,  and  that  many  farmers  do 
not  ever  give  a  serious  thought  to  persistent 
cleanliness.  Hens  will,  in  a  manner,  “  take  care 
of  themselves,”  and  so  in  a  large  majority  of 
cases  they  are  left  to  do.  But  the  plan,  viewed 
with  an  eye  to  profit,  is  “  a  penny  wise  and  a 
pound  foolish,”  and,  viewed  with  any  other  eye, 
it  is  a  cruelty  to  animals. 
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WHAT  TO  DO  WITH  NON-HEADING 
CABBAGES. 
A  WRITER  in  the  American  Agriculturist  says: 
Last  fall!  was  mourning  over  an  unusual  number 
of  half  developed  cabbages,  which  were  only  fit 
to  be  fed  to  the  cows,  and  mentioned  the  fact  to 
a  Dutchess  Co.  fanner,  who  is  in  business  in 
New  York,  and  has  lately  bought  a  farm  near 
us,  asking  if  his  crop  turned  out  badly.  His 
answer  was,  that  ho  had  no  more  soft  heads  than 
he  wanted,  or  to  effect  that  he  would  fool  disap¬ 
pointed  if  he  had  not  a  considerable  number. 
Now  we,  neither  of  us,  raise  cabbages  for 
market,  but  for  our  own  consumption  mainly, 
and  I  was  utterly  at  a  loss  to  ^ow  what  he 
could  do  with  a  quarter  of  his  crops  that  failed 
to  make  heads. 
He  told  me  that  he  dug  a  wide  trench,  so  deep 
that  after  some  top  aoil  was  thrown  in  he  could 
set  the  cabbages  out  in  the  trench  as  close  as 
they  could  stand,  and  their  heads  would  not 
come  up  level  with  the  top  of  the  ground.  When 
planted,  he  covers  the  board  with  boards  and 
some  brush,  corn-stalks,  salt-hay  and  earth  on 
the  top.  keeping  it  open  at  the  ends  or  elsewhere 
until  cold  weather  and  then  covering  it  in  close, 
He  said  they  would  all  have  firm,  solid  heads  in 
the  spring. 
I  tried  it,  and  at  the  time  I  write  (April)  we 
are  enjoying  the  best  cabbages  wo  ever  ate. 
They  are  rather  small  to  be  marketable,  say  4^ 
to  6  inches  in  diameter,  solid  and  sound,  crisp 
and  tender,  as  delicate  as  caulifiowers,  and  what 
is  more  remarkable,  I  never  know  when  we  are 
going  to  have  cabbage  for  dinner  until  I  see  it 
upon  the  table.  The  great  objection  I  have  to 
this  moat  wholesome  and  delicious  vegetable  is, 
that  it  usually  fills  the  house  with  its  perfectly 
detestable  odor,  so  to  have  cabbage  without  this 
drawback  is  worth  all  the  trouble  it  costs.  If 
these  winter-beaded  cabbages  could  once  become 
known  in  the  market,  I  am  confident  that  their 
merits  would  command  for  them  a  ready  sole  all 
through  the  spriiig.  The  cabbages  in  market  at 
this  season  aro  very  poor.  They  are  very  apt  to 
be  slightly  decayed,  will  keep  but  a  little  while, 
as  they  wilt  at  once,  and  soon  after  rot.  I  wish 
now  that  I  had  enough  to  test  the  market  with, 
but  I  have  not,  and  write  this  partly  in  the  hope, 
that  somebody  will  do  it  next  year. 
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GARDEN  NOTES. 
Pruning  Melon  Fines.— Few  persons  prac¬ 
tice  pruning  cucumber,  melon  and  other  simiUar 
kinds  of  vines,  still  it  is  just  as  beneficial  if 
properly  done  as  tJie  annual  prunings  of  the 
grape  and  other  woody  plants.  The  pruning 
should  bo  confined,  however,  to  the  pinching  off 
of  the  ends  of  shoots  only. 
Parsley-need  that  has  been  kept  several  years 
comes  np  sooner  then  new  seed ;  unless,  indeed, 
the  new  seed  has  been  taken  from  the  plant  be¬ 
fore  it  was  fully  I'ipe,  and  sown  immediately. 
®ljf  Ijonltrg  Warli. 
TRANSPLANTING  VEGETABLES. 
Ddrino  the  month  of  July,  farmers  and  gar¬ 
deners  iu  the  Northern  States  either  sow  the 
seeds  or  transplant  many  kinds  of  late  vegeta¬ 
bles.  The  operation  is  always  more  or  less  pre¬ 
carious,  on  cocount  of  the  great  heat  at  this 
season  and  the  infrequency  of  showers.  Cab¬ 
bages,  beets,  turnips,  celery  and  similar  vegeta¬ 
ble  plants  are  generally  removed  from  seed-beds 
at  this  season,  and  although  not  difficult  to  make 
live,  still  a  certain  amount  of  care  is  required  to 
prevent  severely  checking  their  growth.  Of 
course  everyone  will  try  to  select  a  moist,  eloudy 
day  in  which  to  transplant,  but  this  cannot  al¬ 
ways  be  had,  and  as  the  operation  cannot  be  de¬ 
layed  beyond  a  certain  period,  other  precaution¬ 
ary  measures  must  frequently  be  adopted.  If 
rains  do  not  come,  then  prepare  the  ground  in 
the  best  possible  manner,  ami  by  frequent  stir¬ 
ring  and  deep  culture,  a  moderate  supply  of 
moisture  can  be  secured  even  during  a  severe 
drouth.  Soil  stirred  in  the  evening  will  usually 
absorb  from  the  air  and  retain  considerable  moist¬ 
ure,  while  land  not  moved  will  become  as  dry  as 
powder. 
When  further  delay  in  transplanting  is  likely 
to  endanger  the  crop,  give  tbe  plants  as  they 
stand  in  the  seed-bed  a  thorough  soaking  with 
water.  Then  in  a  pail,  half  barrel  or  other  wa¬ 
ter-tight  vessel,  or  even  a  hole  in  the  ground 
will  answer,  fill  with  water  and  mix  in  a  quantity 
of  rich  unotious  earth  of  a  clayey  nature,  until  it 
is  of  the  consistency  of  thin  mortar.  Now  lift 
the  plants  carefully,  remove  two  or  more  of  the 
larger  leaves  by  pinching  off  with  thumb  and 
finger,  and  when  a  handful  is  thus  prepared,  dip 
the  roots  in  the  mud,  or  puddle,  as  usually 
termed.  If  the  puddle  is  of  proper  consieteney, 
the  roots  will  be  entirely  coat^  over  and  ex¬ 
cluded  from  the  air,  which,  of  course,  prevents 
wilting  for  a  time.  The  removal  of  two  or  three 
of  the  largest  leaves  also  assist  greatly,  as  it 
checks  the  rapid  evaporation  of  the  moisture  of 
the  plants,  and  the  effect  is  the  same  as  remov¬ 
ing  a  portion  of  the  branches  of  trees  when 
transplanted. 
This  preparation  of  the  plants  may  be  dona 
diumg  the  day,  and  even  twenty-four  or  more 
hours  previous  to  setting  out,  if  more  convenient, 
provided  they  are  put  in  boxes  and  set  in  a  shady 
place.  Just  at  night  or  late  in  the  afternoon  is 
the  best  time  to  set  out  plants  in  a  dry  time,  be¬ 
cause,  during  the  few  houx-s  of  shade  which  fol¬ 
lows,  the  roots  will,  in  a  measure,  become  fixed 
in  the  eai'th  and  be  all  the  better  prepared  to 
withstand  the  call  upon  them  for  moisture  by  the 
leaves  during  the  following  day. 
In  transplanting  it  is  always  safe  to  sot  a  little 
deeper  than  when  the  plants  were  growing  in  the 
seed-beds,  and  pack  the  earth  very  firmly  about 
the  roots.  If  cutworms  are  likely  to  trouble  the 
plants,  inclose  each  stem  in  a  small  slip  of  paper, 
passing  an  inch  below  and  to  the  first  leaves 
above  the  ground.  Common  brown  wrapping 
paper  is  beat  for  this  purpose,  but  old  newspaper 
will  answer,  and  if  out  up  into  pieces  of  the  re¬ 
quired  form  and  size,  the  slips  can  be  put  on 
very  rapidly,  and  will  cost  less  than  filling  up  va¬ 
cant  spaces  caused  by  cutworms  or  raplanting  an 
entire  field,  as  is  often  nocossary  where  these 
worms  are  very  abiuidant.  In  sotting  out  cotton 
and  tobacco  plants,  the  paper  protectors  may 
often  be  employed  to  great  advantage,  especially 
where  the  common  surface  cutworms  are  plenti¬ 
ful.  The  climbing  cutworms  will  crawl  over  and 
above  the  paper  bands,  unless  smeared  on  the 
outside  with  some  obuoxious  substanco. 
After  plants  are  sot  out,  tbe  frequent  stirring 
of  the  soil  must  be  continued,  if  the  weather  re¬ 
mains  dry,  and  in  hot  weather  it  will  do  no  harm 
and  much  good.  A  little  cai-e  in  these  matters 
will  usually  prevent  a  failure,  even  during  im- 
propitions  weather. 
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PLUCKING  FOWLS  ALIVE. 
Among  the  '•  Rural  Brevities  ”  m  the  Rural  is 
an  extract  from  “  Our  Dumb  Animals,”  to  which 
is  added  the  wish  thut  the  fine  bad  been  double 
that  imposed. 
Plucking  fowls  alive  is  in  the  opinion  of  every 
right-thinking  man  a  cruel,  unfeeling  act ;  but 
there  aro  many  people  wicked  enough,  notwith¬ 
standing  the  protests  of  those  who  are  more  hu¬ 
mane,  to  porsisl  in  tho  horrid  practice  every 
year.  In  all  the  former  Slave  States  the  custom 
was,  and  still  is,  almost  universal,  tho  negroes 
having  been  taught  by  their  owners  before  their 
freedom  to  do  it  on  their  own  account,  and  the 
planters  have  it  done  as  heretofore,  some  of 
them  as  often  as  three  umes  iu  a  year.  It  makes 
one’s  flesh  crawl  to  see  the  poor,  ragged  animals 
moping  around  after  the  operation! 
I  Tbe  former  slave  owners  are  not  the  only  peo¬ 
ple  in  this  country,  however,  who  practice  this 
outrageous  custom.  There  Is  a  race  who  com¬ 
plain  of  being  trodden  under  foot  and  plucked 
of  every  right  of  freedom  at  home  who  on  oom- 
ing  lo  this  coautry  soon  become  the  ownoi's  of 
poultry  and  pull  the  feathers  from  tho  poor 
creatures  while  alive. 
Putting  aside  the  contemptible  cupidity  of 
those  who  strip  the  feathers  from  fionltry  for  the 
sake  of  the  trifte  they  are  worth,  it  is  a  most 
foolish  practice.  I  never  yet  saw  any  nice  flocks 
of  geese  or  ducks  which  raised  young  and  paid 
well  when  plucked,  whereas  whore  the  geese  are  \ 
not  plucked  there  will  Im)  so  many  goslings  raised  . 
to  geese  that  tbe  feathers  plucked  from  them  , 
after  death  amount  to  many  more  than  could 
have  been  hod  by  plucking  live  ones.  , 
Avarice  in  this  case  overreaches  itself,  and  any  ] 
on©  of  observation  can  see  this  assertion  fuIiy  ] 
verified  in  the  South,  where  there  aro  as  many 
ganders  as  goose  kept,  and  where,  also,  the  poo-  j 
pie  won’t  believe  that  a  gander  will  take  to  and  j 
sire  goslings  from  more  than  one  goose.  j 
This  most  barbarous  custom  was  stopped  in  1 
England  before  I  left  there,  but  here  the  Society  ' 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  con¬ 
fines  its  action  to  cities,  allowing  the  country  to  i 
commit  ten  times  the  cruelty  perpetrated  in  ( 
places  where  so  many  eyes  are  watching. 
On  page  407  you  liave  an  article  in  regard  to  < 
the  '•  Raising  of  Pekin  Ducks.”  Any  other  kind  t 
of  ducks  may  be  raised  by  placing  them  where  ' 
they  can  have  easy  access  to  a  vessel  of  water  i 
let  into  the  ground  and  a  stone  or  stones  put  ' 
in,  so  that  they  may  get  out  whenever  they  wish, 
and  feeding  them  with  a  little  meal,  wett^.  It  i 
IS  also  better  to  allow  them  full  liberty  to  follow  I 
their  mother,  or  placed  so  they  can  land,  Laving 
their  foster  mother  (the  hen)  around  to  piclc  up  I 
worms  and  other  slugs  in  ditches  or  puddles.  i 
Our  ducks,  turkeys  and  chickens  never  did  i 
better  than  this  year.  They  aro  taken  away  i 
from  the  regular  ran  of  the  old  fowls  when 
hatched  and  placed  with  their  mother  on  the 
edge  of  a  belt  of  trees,  tho  coops  being  under 
the  trees  and  the  hen  having  liberty  after  tho 
first  day,  but  being  inside  tho  coop  at  night. 
A  Working  Fabjieb. 
CARE  AND  FEED  OF  FOWLS  IN  SUMMER. 
We  have  at  this  season  to  consider  the  feed  for 
our  fowls.  Com  is  usually  the  standard  with 
farmers  and  amateiu's.  I  like  it  in  cold  weather, 
but  in  warm  weather  I  cannot  get  as  many  eggs 
by  its  use  as  I  can  with  wheal,  wheat  bran,  or 
even  oats. 
Wheat  is  splendid  feed  at  any  season.  X  have 
often  found  that  when  I  had  fed  wheat  for  some 
time  and  began  to  feed*  corn  again  that  tho 
chickems  would,  after  picking  a  few  grains,  atop 
and  come  up  to  mo,  aud  when  I  went  to  the  next 
yard  they  would  follow  to  the  gate,  as  if  they  ' 
wanted  something  elso. 
Oats  make  a  fair  summer  feed,  and  ai-e  worth 
per  bushel,  perhaps,  half  as  much  as  wheat. 
Wheat  screenings,  when  from  a  merchant  mill 
malting  a  crack  oiticle  of  flour,  aro  worth  all 
they  cost,  but  those  from  custom  miliH  are  not 
usually  of  much  value. 
Barley  Is  invaluable  for  fattening  fowls,  those 
fed  on  it  readily  bringing  2  to  5  cents  per  pound 
more  than  those  fattened  on  com.  It  is,  how¬ 
ever,  open  to  the  same  objections  as  com  as  a 
summer  feed. 
Wheat  bran  is  a  fine  summer  feed,  aud  if  one 
can  get  that  from  which  but  one  grade  of  mid¬ 
dlings  has  been  taken,  it  is  tho  mure  valuable. 
Corn  and  oat  meal,  mixed,  takes  the  place  of 
com  meal  as  a  food  for  young  chickens  and  other 
yoimg  fowl. 
But  the  feed  which  we  prefer  to  all  others  is 
as  follows : — Boil  two  bushels  of  potatoes  in  a 
barrel  kettle,  and  when  the  potatoes  aro  done  so 
as  to  crush  easily,  mash  them  well  and  odd  40 
poiuids  of  bran  and  20  of  mixed  com  and  oat 
meal.  Tho  heat  of  the  potatoos  will  cook  the 
meal  and  bran  well,  and  when  cold  it  will  cut 
lilie  mush.  It  is  the  best  fiossible  food  for  young 
fowls,  and  for  old  ones  also. 
Turnips  may  toko  the  place  of  potatoes,  and 
any  medicine  or  stimulant  required  may  be  put 
ui  it.  I  usually  give  red  pepper  once  a  month  in 
winter,  and  oftener  If  they  flag  in  laying. 
A.  M.  VanAuken. 
®lje  ‘naturalist. 
THE  LATEST  IDEA  IN  PETS. 
A  MUO  TURTLE  WAODIES  ROUND  ATTER  A  LITTLE  QIRL, 
A  LADY,  writing  to  the  Arcadian,  relates  the 
following  regarding  one  of  the  oddest  pets  that 
over  existed,  and  which  belonged  to  a  little  girl 
of  her  acquaintance :  A  visitor  met  this  little  girl 
at  tho  gate  last  summer  witli  what  she  supposed 
was  a  lunch  box  under  her  arm.  To  tho  lady’s 
surprise  a,  suako-liko  head  ran  out  a  little  way 
from  tbe  lunch  box,  and  tlio  pet  turned  out  to 
bo  a  common  mud  turtle.  Some  oue  had  brought 
tho  creature  homo  a  year  or  so  before  and  let  it 
loose  in  the  garden. 
When  the  ohildien  began  to  play  there,  out 
from  its  hole  came  the  turtle,  and  singling  out 
this  child  gave  evidence  [of  intelligence  beyond 
belief. 
The  turtle  was  called  Pedro,  and  the  little  girl 
had  hut  to  call  that  name  two  or  throe  times  at 
the  back  door  to  see  the  old  box  waddling  up 
from  tho  bottom  of  tho  garden  directly.  Any 
one  else  approaching  or  attempting  famiiiarities, 
the  clumsy  feet  wore  drawn  promptly  in  and  the 
wise  old  head  retired  within  its  shell,  and  no  sign 
of  life  would  Pedro  give. 
But  let  tho  child  take  it,  the  claws  cloneil  round 
one  of  her  fingers,  aud  the  head,  run  out  to  its 
fullest  extent  of  nook,  would  bo  waggled  against 
her  with  every  token  of  love  a  turtle  could  give. 
There  came  a  time  diu-lng  tho  summei-  when 
the  little  mistress  was  sick.  Tho  mother,  sitting 
in  tho  dusk,  thought  she  saw  a  dark  object  mov¬ 
ing  in  the  room,  and  shortly  after,  hearing  a 
bumping  on  the  stairs,  went  out  and  foimd  out  it 
was  Pedro  returning  to  his  hole  in  the  yard 
Each  day  for  weeks,  with  the  opeuiag  of  the 
outside  door,  In  would  walit  I’odro.  The  giid 
generally  found  him  waiting  on  the  stops. 
He  would  go  to  tho  stairs,  stand  upright  in  a 
corner,  and  setting  his  little  foot  into  tho  stair 
above,  pull  himself  up.  This  operation  he 
would  repeat  nntil  he  roaehod  the  landing.  If 
the  door  Into  the  sick  child’s  room  was  closed  he 
waited  patiently  to  bo  allowed  to  enter. 
When  taken  up  and  laid  beside  its  mistress  it 
made  no  effort  to  move,  but  lay  for  hours  with 
Its  solemn  head  wagging  from  side  to  side. 
At  night  It  waddled  off  to  tho  stairs,  and  then 
the  racket  commenced.  As  it  fell  off  oach  step 
in  clumsy  fashion  it  sounded  like  that  famous 
clock  in  the  Ingolsby  legends  that  went  hopping 
after  IVlr.  Ap.  Jones. 
4  *  » 
THE  CROW-THE  FARMER’S  FRIEND. 
Th5  following  from  Our  Dumb  Animals,  is 
quite  in  accordance  with  our  own  experience 
with  the  every  abused  crow. 
The  poor  crow  find*  every  man's  hand  against 
him,  notwithstanding  the  service  he  does  to  those 
who  till  the  ground.  If  they  do  not  kill  him  on 
eight,  It  Is  only  because  he  is  usually  a  match  f  or 
even  the  most  sharp-sighted  gunner.  He  is  quite 
as  fond  of  bugs  and  worms,  and  little  field  mice 
and  young  snakes,  as  he  is  of  the  fanner’s  corn. 
He  is  a  good  policeman  about  tho  farm-house 
and  drives  away  the  hawk,  who  can  do  twice  the 
amount  of  miacJiief  he  is  guilty  of.  Ho  hunts 
the  grass  fields  aud  pulls  out  the  caterpillars  and 
all  maimer  of  pests,  and  probably  saves  many 
other  crops,  if  ho  is  hard  on  tho  com. 
A  gentlomau  had  a  tame  crow  who  trotted  out 
after  him  as  he  wont  out  to  wage  his  annual  war 
on  tho  squash  bugs.  His  sable  attendant  put 
his  head  on  one  side  and  watched  him  a  few 
minutes,  as  if  to  see  how  ho  did  it.  Compre¬ 
bonding  tho  business  at  last,  ho  went  for  those 
bugs  with  a  will,  and  cleared  the  patch  in  fine 
style.  He  took  It  for  a  business  the  remainder 
of  the  season,  insuring  a  fine  crop. 
-4-^4— 
The  late  wonderful  shower  of  meat  in  Ken¬ 
tucky  was,  it  is  affirmed,  real  meat  after  all. 
