MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Dorstmaii. 
TO  CUBE  RINGBONE. 
The  Veterinary  Editor  of  the  Prairie  Farmer 
in  answering  a  correspondent  as  to  howto  cure  a 
ringbone  says : 
Procure  an  ointment  composed  of  one  drachm 
of  bimodide  of  mercury,  mixed  with  six  drachms 
of  simple  cerate.  Shorten  the  hairs  which  cover 
the  enlargement,  and  apply  little  by  little,  one 
half  of  this  omtment,  by  smart  friction. 
This  had  bettor  be  done  in  the  morning,  and  the 
horse  kept  tied  short  until  evening,  that  he  may 
not  interfere  with  it.  Next  morning,  by  aid  of  a 
soft  sponge  and  lukewarm  soap  suds,  wash  all 
off  gently,  and  when  dry,  anoint  the  place  with  a 
little  sweet  oil,  once  a  day  for  two  days,  then 
wipe  clean  with  a  soft  dry  rag.  and  apply  the 
balance  of  the  blister.  Proceed  as  after  the  first 
blistering,  and  thus  repeat  the  blistering  four  or 
five  times.  The  horse  may  then  b«>  turned  out 
to  gi'aas  for  a  month  or  six  weeks.  If  after  that 
time,  laraoiiesM  still  remains,  the  blistering  may 
bo  repeated  as  before.  In  recent  cases,  this 
treatment  will  most  generally  prove  suflicient. 
However,  obstinate  cases  will  certainly  occur, 
where  it  m.ay  become  nocessary  to  use  the  firing 
iron,  as  a  last  resort.  It  should  bo  remensJienxl, 
that  no  mode  of  treatment  will  over  remove  the 
bony  enlargement.  All  that  can  be  accomiilisli  ed 
by  treatment  is,  allay  the  existing  irritation, 
and  stay  the  progress  of  the  disease. 
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CAUSE  OF  MEGRIMS  IN  HORSES. 
A  COKRE8POXDENT  Of  the  Veterinarian  says 
that  he  has  been  in  practice  as  a  veterinary  sur¬ 
geon  for  thirty  years,  and  ho  has  taken  pains  to 
astertain  the  cause  of  megrims.  On  examining 
the  horse’s  eye  immedialely  after  or  during  the 
attack,  ho  has  found  it  exceedingly  convulsed 
and  aclod  upon  by  spasmodic  afToction  of  the 
muscloH,  a  symptom  that  could  not  ho  prosont  if 
the  disease  arose  from  distension  of  tlic  arterial 
vessels  of  the  brain.  He  has  never  aeon  a  saddle 
horse  affeckid  with  this  complaint,  and  all  the 
cases  ho  has  seen  occurred  when  the  sun  was 
shining  brightly,  or  by  moonlight  when  snow 
was  on  the  ground. 
He  had  a  favorite  pony  which  was  subject  to 
megrims.  He  removed  the  winkers  from  the 
bridle  and  the  pony  never  showed  any  symptoms 
of  them  afterward.  It  occured  to  him  then  that 
the  reflecting  of  the  sun  upon  the  winkers  fall¬ 
ing  directly  on  the  optic  nerve,  was  the  cause  of 
this  extraordinary  complaint.  Binco  that  ho  has 
had  many  patients  affocted  with  megrims,  and 
in  every  case  ho  has  ordered  the  winkers  to  bo 
removed,  or  if  tbey  were  not  to  have  the  horse's 
eyes  shaded  with  a  piece  of  leather  three  or  foiu' 
inches  wide,  extending  lu  front  from  one  winker 
to  the  other.  In  every  case  this  treatment 
proved  successful.  He  feel.s  satisflod,  from  the 
symptoms  ho  has  always  observed  in  megrims, 
that  the  brain  is  not  the  seat  of  difiioulty. 
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GALLED  SHOULDERS  AND  RACKS. 
Ddiii>'o  the  hard  work  of  seed  time,  farm 
horses  are,  in  some  seasons  more  than  in  others 
— in  wet  and  warm  seasons— subject  to  galled 
shoulders  and  bivcks,  which  when  not  attended 
to,  are  apt  to  produce  tioublesomo  sores.  The 
skin  is  not  only  abr8<led  by  ttio  collar  and  saddle, 
but  uritated  and  inflamed  ;  and  if  the  hritation 
is  kept  up,  an  ichorous  discharge  takes  place, 
which  is  dillicult  to  heal  without  giving  the  horse 
rest.  When  a  saddlo-gall  is  observed,  the  har¬ 
ness  should  be  looked  to,  and  the  pressing  points 
which  have  caused  tho  sore  should  be  relieved. 
A  lotion  should  then  ho  used  to  anoint  the 
bruised  parts  every  night,  after  they  have  been 
washed  with  warm  soap-suds,  and  dried  with  a 
soft  cloth.  The  following  is  a  useful  applica¬ 
tion  ; — Take  hot  lime  shells  of  tlio  bulk  of  two 
quarts,  and  pour  upon  them  two  iiuarts  of  cold 
water ;  and  after  they  have  intinmtely  combined, 
pour  oft  the  liquid  into  a  dish.  Add  to  this 
liquid  five  wineglassfuls  of  linseed  oil  and  two 
ounces  of  fine  posvdered  sugar  of  lead,  dissolved 
in  a  little  Avater.  Stir  them  together,  and  then 
bottle  and  cork  up  for  use.  After  the  bruises 
have  been  a\  ashed  in  the  evening,  anoint  them 
with  this  liquid  with  a  feather  until  the  wounds 
heal. 
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LINIMENT  FOR  HORSES. 
R.  8.  Steele  writes  to  the  American  Farmer’s 
Club:— “Some  time  ago  I  was  a  good  deal 
worried  with  a  couple  of  horses  which  had  sore 
backs,  f  trictd  various  remedies  without  success, 
and  was  beginning  to  despair  w'hcn  tho  following 
receipt  came  to  my  notice:—-  The  inner  bark  of 
white  oak  bark  boiled  down  in  an  iron  kettle 
(never  use  a  brass  one)  until  it  is  as  black  as 
ink ;  Avliile  boiling  drop  in  a  piece  of  alum  about 
the  size  of  a  hen's  egg.‘  This  liniment  is  to  be 
apphed  with  a  sponge,  and  is  good  for  any  sore 
or  bruise ;  in  fact  it  is  a  safe  thing  to  keep  in 
one’s  barn  ready  to  use  when  occasion  requires. 
As  I  found  this  so  useful,  I  venture  to  send  it 
for  the  benefit  of  others  who  may  not  be  in  the 
possession  of  anything  as  good.  I  thuik  it  is 
also  an  excellent  plan  in  warm  weather  to  clean 
the  collars  often  with  oastile  soap.” 
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To  Kill  Bots  In  Horses.  —A  teaspoonful  each 
of  aliun  and  copperas,  pulverized  fine  and  then 
put  into  one  pint  of  cider  vinegar,  it  is  said,  is  a 
sure  remedy  for  bots.  giving  roUef  to  tho  animal 
in  loss  than  ten  minutes. 
®(je  tliiiciJcti'lr. 
THE  GRAPE  PHYLLOXERA. 
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The  rhulloxei'a,  or  grape  lou.so  as  it  is  gener¬ 
ally  called,  seldom  attacks  the  loaves  of  our  ordi-  ' 
nary  varieties  especially  those  belonging  to  tho 
ripened  crop.  A  fruitful  vineyard  of  choice 
grapes  is  one  of  the  superlative  comforts  of 
home  life.  A  Subsoriber. 
Cliappaqua,  July  1.3,  lSTt>. 
ffj£  ®iirtrcit. 
tjic  II 
Vitifi  Cahrusca  species,  such  as  Isabella,  Con¬ 
cord  and  Catawba,  but  its  favorite  for  leaf-gail 
work  is  the  Clintons,  upon  which  it  is  frequently 
found.  The  galls  produced  arc  very  minute  and 
Hoattered  irregularly  over  tho  surface  as  shoAm 
in  tho  accompanying  jllustraliou.  Those  galls 
contain  the  larvie  or  fnll-grOAvri  lico,  which  are 
supposed  to  pass  from  the  leaves  to  tho  gi-omid 
and  there  attack  the  roots.  Wo  make  this  brief 
note  of  the  Phylloxera  tor  the  piu-poso  of  calling 
tho  attention  of  our  readers  to  the  gail-producing 
form  of  this  post,  tho  present  season,  noting 
upon  wliat  particular  variety  of  grape  it  appears. 
If  galls  are  found  upon  other  sorts  than  the 
Clinton,  we  should  he  pleased  to  receive  speci¬ 
mens  of  the  “arnc.  as  in  our  own  grounds  no 
other  vai'ietio*  are  attacked,  or  at  least  have 
ever  shown  galls  upon  tho  loaves. 
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THE  GRAPE,  AGAIN. 
There  are  so  many  ways  of  cultivating  tho 
grape,  published  indifferent  periodicals,  that  one 
gets  perfectly  bewildered. 
Having  just  read  an  article  in  the  Rural,  cop¬ 
ied  from  an  English  paper,  and  indorsed  as  your 
sentiments,  I  am  constrained  to  enter  my  pro¬ 
test  against  such  a  barbarous  treatment  of  sum¬ 
mer  pruning. 
I  tried  the  plan  fur  several  years,  and,  as  a 
result,  had  a  great  crop  of  half  ripened,  imper¬ 
fect  fruit — whole  bunches  of  which  entirely  de¬ 
cayed  iluring  tho  process.  As  an  experiment,  I 
adopted  the  reverse  plan  of  leaving  tho  entire 
growth  of  the  summer,  after  having,  when  the 
buds  startwl  hi  spring,  rubbed  off  tho  smallest 
twin  bud,  also  any  other  Iiuds  less  than  ti  or  8 
inches  apart.  Tins  does  not  allow  an  ovor-abnn- 
danco  of  vino,  or  any  matting  of  tho  leaves  to 
lunder  the  circulation  of  air  and  light.  Tho 
finest  ripened  fruit  is  always  partially  excluded  ‘ 
from  the  rays  of  tho  sun. 
1  am  well  satisfied,  from  tho  fully-matured  and 
perfect  bunches  and  tho  delicious  swoetuess 
compared  with  close  pruned  vines— that  every 
loaf  and  branch  is  needed  and  I  carefully  save 
every  shoot  that  has  grapes  upon  it.  If  any 
shoots  are  weak  and  unfruitful  I  reraovo  them. 
My  practice  is  to  trim  in  autumn  after  the 
first  hard  frost.  I  remove  the  old  wood  much  as 
jxiHsible  leaving  fi  canes  of  present  summer’s 
growth  which  are  the  largest  and  most  thrifty, 
and  as  near  tlie  base  of  tho  vino  as  can  be  found. 
These  canes  are  shortened  to  a  distance  of  8  or 
10  feet  and  tied  to  the  wire  t.relJis,  right  and  left. 
All  of  tho  other  wood  is  cut  out,  being  probably 
fully  nine-tenths  of  that  which  is  on  the  vine. 
This  comprises  all  of  the  tiiming  needed  for 
the  whole  year,  with  the  exception  of  removing 
the  exti-a  buds  in  spring.  Of  course  we  go 
through  the  vineyard  often  to  see  if  any  thing 
is  amiss,  and  to  ailmire  the  magnificent  bunches 
of  fruit  as  they  aie  growing,  but  \v«  scrupulously 
avoid  handling  them,  as  iSame  Nature  has  pro- 
!  vided  a  deUoate  bloom  for  a  covering,  which  if 
I  rubbed  off  destroys  the  luscious  ripening  pro¬ 
cess. 
We  have  tried  this  way  of  pruning  for  5  years 
and  never  yet  failed  to  have  an  abundant,  well- 
THE  OTHER  SIDE  OF  KANSAS. 
The  legends  of  chivalry  furnish  tho  tale  of  two 
knights,  who  quarreled  and  fought  because  they 
could  not  agree  about  tho  color  of  a  shield  which 
(after  they  had  well  pommeled  each  other)  they 
found  had  its  two  sides  of  different  colors.  Yom- 
correspondent  from  Kansas  sees  life  in  tho  Ar¬ 
kansas  Valley  on  one  side  only.  This  side  he 
holds  up  to  public  gaze  to  tho  exclusion  of  much 
that  ho  can  not  help  but  know,  if  he  has  lived 
hero  three  years,  lie  and  I  are  noiglilioi'H. 
I  have  been  here  over  live  years,  and  if  my 
{lowers  of  observation  are  only  balf  as  good  as 
his,  T  sboiild  know  nearly  as  tnuob  about  this 
country  as  he  does.  It  is  not  because  iio  does 
not  tell  tho  truth  that  1  accuse  him,  but  because 
ho  does  not  toll  the  whole  truth. 
lie  Says  “  Natiiro  has  douo  all  that  man  ooiiiil 
wish,  etc."  and  “That  wo  are  eiiually  distant 
rreiu  th«  Atlantie  au<l  raeilic."  That  Ibis  conii- 
try  is  beautiful  has  never  been  denied  hy  any 
who  have  hoou  it.  It  is  reasouatdy  fertile  ;  but 
.85  biishi  :s  of  Corn  or  oats  jier  acre  is  an  avorago 
crop.  I'Avenly  of  wheat  Is  oonsidorod  very  fair. 
Wo  raise  lino  Irisli  |>otatoe«;  Imt  100  Imshola  is 
tlio  most  an  aero  will  jcold  in  Us  natural  state, 
(larden  vogotablos  com«  early ;  but  vory  few 
grow  as  abundantly  in  the  most  of  tho  East- 
om  States.  For  instance,  in  tlio  East  string 
beans  will  yield  a  Kuceossiou  of  crops  from  tho 
same  stalk ;  liore,  as  soon  as  they  eome  into  hear¬ 
ing,  tliey  begin  to  dwindle,  turn  yellow  and  die. 
I  have  not  found  an  Individual,  tlm»  far,  who 
has  Bucceeded  in  raising  celery  worthy  the  name. 
Anything  that  constant  high  winds  and  liot,  dry 
weather  will  injure  will  not  grow  liore  without 
extra  cai'e.  Oiu’  groat  distance  from  tlie  leading 
markets  hi  tho  East  and  West,  {irovents  us  from 
realizing  paying  prices  for  oui-  produce. 
Of  all  those  whom  1  know  as  citizens  hero  five 
years  ago,  probably  loss  than  two -thirds  re¬ 
main,  and  many  remain  from  compulsion  rather 
than  choice. 
More  farming  implements  are  sold  than  are 
really  uecilod.  Agents  are  selling  on  time,  and 
when  pay-day  comes  and  the  innocent-looking 
papors  which  those  tlirifty  fanners  signeil  are 
enforced  to  the  extent  of  taking  tiio  team  or, 
maybe,  the'voof  that  covers  Ids  fandly,  tlmn  will 
there  lie  much  distross.  Money  is  worth  from 
15  to  24  percent,  per  annum,  secured  hy  iinen- 
oumbered  real  estate. 
His  ostimato  of  wages  is  too  high.  I  have  a 
neighbor  who  hired  himself  and  two  spans  of 
mules  at  $3  per  diem,  to  travel  with  a  thresher. 
There  is  scarcely  a  family  in  the  East  anywhere 
who  work  as  hard  as  pieople  do  here,  tliat  live  on 
faro  as  scanty  and  coarse  as  do  tho  farmers  in 
this  valley.  Philo. 
We  fear  that  an  earthly  Paratliso  is  not  to  be 
found  even  in  tlie  far  West,  however  much  it 
may  be  sought  by  Eastern  people.  It  is  always 
well  to  got  a  glunpso  of  tho  shady  side  of  a  pict¬ 
ure  as  well  as  the  sumiy,  and  we  thank  “  Philo.” 
for  affording  om’  readers  this  opportnmty. — Ed. 
Rural. 
NOTES  FROM  ONONDAGA  CO, 
Eds.  Rural  : — The  aeason  has  been  quite  wet 
80  far.  Grass  is  a  good  crop.  Potatoes  are 
doing  well,  but  the  “beetle"  is  very  trouble¬ 
some.  Apples  set  fall,  but  are  di-0|)|)ing  off 
more  tlian  is  desirable.  In  addition  the  '  ‘  twig 
blight”  is  upon  ns  to  quite  an  extent.  Who 
will  give  us  tlie  cause  and  cure  for  this  malady  ? 
Pears  will  give  a  very  poor  yield.  Many  pear 
trees  were  killwl  last  year  by  blight,  and  those 
left  do  not  seem  inclined  to  bear  fruit.  There 
are  plenty  of  cherries  for  the  birds  and  some  left 
for  those  who  can  afford  the  timo  to  pick  them. 
Strawberries  have  been  very  plenty  and  cheap  ; 
the  main  cro|)  selling  for  7  cents.  Those  who  ex- 
i  pected  to  get  rich  in  one  year  raising  strawber¬ 
ries,  will  fool  somewhat  ilisappointed.  Tho  Wil¬ 
son  still  stands  at  the  head  of  the  list  for  pro- 
duotiveuoHs. 
Rasphorrifts  are  looking  finely  and  at  this  date 
(July  3d),  1  nut  heghmlng  to  ripen.  They  promise 
to  be  olieap  also. 
Grapes  have  set  more  heavily  than  usual  and 
ai'e  ten  day.s  ahead  of  last  year.  So  much  rain 
causes  a  rank  growth  of  vines  and  will  (in  my 
opinion)  retard  the  time  of  ripening.  I  prefer 
hot,  dry,  weather  for  grapes,  especially  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  season. 
Currants  are  not  raised  to  a  very  great  extent, 
and  those  who  do  grow  them  must  deal  heavily 
in  White  Hellebore. 
Looking  over  crops  as  a  whole,  the  year 
promises  to  be  a  vei-y  fruitful  one  and  farmers 
have  much  to  rejoice  over.  Nelson  Ritter. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
CABBAGES  THAT  DO  NOT  HEAD. 
In  your  issue  of  the  15th  inst.  yon  have  an 
extract  from  a  contemporary  on  the  subject  of 
the  proper  treatment  of  nou-hoaduig  cabbages  ; 
my  advice  is,  Do  not  have  any  such. 
I  have  made  sonio  experiments  on  tho  cabliage 
crop  by  tho  ajiplioatiou  of  a  small  quantity  of 
sulphate  of  soilii  (  Glauber’s  saltsl  at  tlio  rate  of 
200  lbs.  to  the  aero,  soinotimos  putting  it  in  with 
tho  other  mamiro  used  in  proparhig  tlio  land, 
and  BomeUrnos  sprinkling  it  around  tho  plant 
before  hoeing,  applying  ouo-half  to  thi-eo-quart- 
ors  of  a  toaspoorifui  to  tho  hill.  Tho  result  lias 
always  been  an  inoroasc  of  more  than  twenty-five 
per  cent,  in  weight  in  good  hard  heads  over  and 
above  the  portions  of  Iho  field  not  so  treated. 
Tho  aulpiiato  of  soda  is  a  cheap  material  oven 
when  {mrebased  in  small  quantity  from  the  local 
apothecary  for  expej  iment— the  wnolosalo  price 
being  only  23^'c.  per  lb. ;  tho  retail  price  siiouid 
not  be  over  5c.  per  lb. 
The  dealers  in  chemicals  and  fertilizers  sell 
it  In  its  crutlo  condition  at  $25  per  ton,  or  l^o. 
per  lb.  when  one  barrel  or  more  is  {Uirebased. 
Tills  is  as  valuable  for  agricultural  purposes  as 
the  crystiilizod  article. 
Tlio  use  of  tliis  chemical  on  tlio  cabbage  was 
suggoslod  by  observing  that  the  ashes  of  that 
plant  sliowod  by  analysis  a  large  percentage  of 
HUl|)hurio  acid  and  of  soda.  The  acid  and  the 
base  combine  in  sulpliate  of  soda  in  proportion 
as  follows: — Nincteim  parts  soda  and  twenty- 
four  parts  sulphuric  acid.  This  is  wiUiont  frac¬ 
tions.  o.  r.  w. 
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CAUSE  OF  INJURY  TO  PLANTS  FROM 
FREEZING. 
Durino  our  late  visit  to  liis  grounds  (a  report 
of  which  was  given  in  the  ItnriAL)  Mr.  Hender¬ 
son  gave  the  following  item  of  ex{)orience  In 
Octoix'r  a  number  of  cabbage-plants — lot  ns  say 
1.000— had  been  planted  In  cold  frames— to  bo 
keiit  over  winter,  .\bont  tho  time  that  they  re¬ 
covered  from  tho  effects  of  transplantation,  an¬ 
other  thousand  plants  were  set  in  an  adjoining 
frame.  Before  Uieso  bitter  had  time  to  recover, 
a  severe  frost  occuiTcd.  Now  it  would  bo  sup¬ 
posed  that  tho  first  thousand — which  ivore  erect 
and  vigorous,  having  started  to  grow — wonld 
suffer  less  than  tlm  second  thousand  which  were 
still  drooping  and  wilted.  Not  so— the  established 
plants  suffered  most.  So  marked,  indeed,  was 
thie  difference  in  the  effocla  of  the  front  upon 
tho  two  lots  of  plants,  tliat  Uio  first  or  vigorous 
lot,  were  mostly  killed,  while  tlic  ivilted  lot  were 
unhnrt.  Hence,  Mr.  Henderson  reasons,  as  the 
injury  wrought  to  plants  by  freezing  is  caused 
by  tho  distension  and  disruption  of  the  tissues, 
tho  less  sap,  tho  loss  injury. 
MACHINERY  FOB  FARMERS. 
The  last  twenty  or  thirty  years  have  wrought 
a  great  change  in  the  outfit  of  a  farm.  Then  the 
plow,  the  hoe,  scythe  and  sickle  were  the  leading 
and  most  important  implements  used.  Now  the 
outfit  of  machinery  for  a  succossful  farmer  |ire- 
sents  a  list  of  machines  that,  ui  tho  olden  time, 
wonld  have  been  considered  visionary.  Tho 
mower,  reaper,  suod-planter,  sulky  rake,  feed 
cutter,  threshing  macliino,  grinding  mill,  steam 
cooking  aiiparatuB  and  steam  engine  are  only  a 
part  of  tlie  modern  appliances  requii-ed.  The 
steam  engine  is  rajiidly  liecoming  one  of  the 
necessary  attachments,  and  no  macliine  used  by 
faruiors  is  by  them  so  little  understood.  To  buy 
a  poor  engine  is  greater  folly  than  to  bny  poor 
horses  for  Oio  {flow,  and  as  we  cannot  e.xpect 
that  every  farmer  can  bo  a  judge  of  tho  steam 
engine,  wo  wonld  advise  him  to  buy  only  of  man¬ 
ufacturers  of  known  reliability  for  good  work, 
exiiorlonco  and  lionest  dealing. 
Btato  to  the  manufacturer  tbo  duty  you  will 
require  of  it,  and  lot  him  select  tho  sizo  best 
adapted  to  that  duty  j  by  so  doing,  yon  will  avail 
yourself  of  the  oiperienco  and  judgment  of  the 
manufacturer  and  make  him  rosponHible  for  the 
fitness  of  tbo  machine  to  the  duty  required. 
Tlie  engines  and  machinery  made  by  Lane  ifc 
Bodlev,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  are  reliable  in  evei^ 
jiarticular,  and  their  fann  machinery  among  the 
host  in  tho  market.  Their  works  are  large,  and 
completely  equipped  to  turn  out  any  of  the  class 
of  work  made  there  in  the  best  and  most  eco¬ 
nomical  manner. 
They  MillHend,  on  application,  their  illustrated 
catalogue  of  steam  engines  and  the  report  of  the 
Board  of  Experts  of  the  Cincinnati  Industrial 
Expoeitiou  or  1875,  showing  the  ooinparative 
meritu  of  different  euginos  tested  at  that  time. 
Messrs.  Lane  &  Bodley  were  awarded  Gold 
Premium.  $2(t0,  and  Gold  Medal  on  their  station¬ 
ary  Bteani  engine  and  $100,  gold,  on  their  porta¬ 
ble  farm  engine. 
