MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Cro|is. 
TOBACCO  CULTUEE. 
Dear  Rttrai.  It  is  in  the  Valloy  of  tho  Con¬ 
necticut  lUvcr,  through  both  Connoclicut  mkJ 
MassachuHetts.  that  most  of  tiio  tobacco  known 
as  Connecticut  Sc'odloaf  is  grown,  noreahouts 
that  raised  on  tlic  eastern  side  of  the  river  is,  as 
a  rule,  of  finer  leaf  and  lighter  color  tlmn  that 
which  is  grown  on  tho  western  side,  varying  as 
does  tho  soil ;  for  it  is  a  maxim  with  tobacco 
growers  tliat  as  is  tlio  color  of  tho  soil  so  is  the 
color  of  the  crop,  and  a  quite  light,  sandy  soil, 
well  enriched,  gives  the  Ix-st  results. 
There  are  probably  150  acres  of  tobacco, 
rather  more  tiian  loss,  grown  in  this  town,  in 
lots  varying  in  shco  from  a  few  square  rods  to 
six  or  seven  acTos.  The  plants  are  raiswl  from 
Hee<l  sown  early  in  the  spriug  in  beds  properly 
I)reparod  for  the  pnrijoso,  and  from  which  they 
are  transplanted  tei  the  Hold. 
If  the  place  sclectod  for  t.ohncco  cnltnro  ho  in 
grass,  it  is  nsnally,  but  not  necossarily,  plowed 
in  tho  fall,  and  rejilowed  and  tlioronglily  har¬ 
rowed  in  the  spring.  For  the  host  resnfts  tho 
soil  should  ho  plowed  ileo)),  well  pulverized  and 
properly  prepared  with  bai  n-yard  msonin^,  the 
quantity  Umihal  only  hy  the  sni)ply,  tlioronglily 
mixed  tiierewith  by  plow  and  harrow,  When 
tho  land  is  nuslerately  rich  and  manure  is  scarce, 
it  is  sometimes  tho  practice  to  apply  it  in  fur¬ 
rows,  Avhich,  being  covered,  establish  tho  jilaces 
for  row's.  <iuano  and  prcijared  fertilizers  are 
BomotimoH  used  to  advantage,  but  barn-yard 
manure  is  prefeiTcd. 
When  tho  plants  have  leaves  about  as  largo  as 
a  silver  dollar  they  arc  fit  for  setting,  and  usually 
between  tho  lOtb  and  20tliof  .Tune  rows  are  pre¬ 
pared  in  the  field  by  ttmowing  np  light  fniTows 
tliree  feot  aud  a  half  apart,  on  wliicli  tho  plants 
are  set  two  or  two  and  a  half  feet  apai’t  in  tho 
rows,  giving  five  or  six-thonsand  plants  to  an 
acre.  Tho  plants  should  not  bo  allowed  to  dry 
at  all  after  taking  from  tho  seed  bed,  and  some 
think  it  host  to  keep  tliem  iu  water  until  they  are 
sot  in  tho  ground.  All  jirofer  to  set  them  when 
tho  ground  is  moist,  and  unless  immediate  and 
frequent  showers  occur,  it  is  necessary  to  water 
them  occasionally  until  root  growth  is  estab¬ 
lished.  Bnch  plants  ns  fail  to  grow,  or,  after 
starting,  nro  oaten  by  the  cut-worm,  wliich  is  tho 
first  enemy  to  attack  them,  are  rc-sot.  Weeds 
must  be  kept  down,  and  more  Lihor  is  expended 
in  keeping  tho  ground  clean  aud  hwso  than  for 
any  other  crop. 
Tho  tobacco  worm  commonces  Ids  ravages 
when  tho  [ilant  is  about  half  grown,  and  roijuircs 
direct  and  persoual  attention.  IIo  seems  jiroof 
against  all  poisonous  or  olfeiisivo  apiilications, 
aud  no  wonder.  If  ho  can  thrive  on  tuh.'icco,’ 
the  nastiest  of  all  growing  things,  how  can  it  be 
exiicctod  that  ho  will  succumb  to  anything  else? 
Tiio  only  efToetual  treatmout  iu  Ids  case  is  with 
the  fingers  and  foot.  A  sudden  and  violent 
death  is  his  fate.  And  wo  can  hut  mourn  for 
him  wlien  %ve  remember  that,  repulsive  as  he  is 
in  form  and  feature,  if  left  to  carry  out  his 
natural  instincts,  ho  ndght  rid  tlio  world  of  an 
abomination.  It  is  said  tliat  this  worm  and  man 
ai  o  tliG  only  creatiuea  that  will  eat  hibaeco.  We 
can  forgive  the  worm,  for  it  is  his  nature.  Jlau 
with  much  dillieulty  acquires  what  King  James 
very  properly  called  ‘'the  damidng,  wicked  prac¬ 
tice,”  and  ought  to  bo  asliamod  of  himself. 
In  six  or  eight  weeks  after  setting,  with  a  fa¬ 
vorable  season,  tho  fiower  buds  appear,  tho 
stalks  having  attained  a  growtli  of  six  or  seven 
foot.  Tho  plants  are  then  “  topped"  by  break¬ 
ing  thorn  off  at  about  half  their  bight,  lly  this 
tho  whole  strength  of  Ibo  plants,  much  of  which,  ' 
witliout  topping,  wonld  go  to  perfect  tlio  seed,  is 
thrown  into  tho  portion  that  is  left.  The  le.aves  I 
rapidly  increaso  in  size,  and  from  tlieir  axils  * 
Bide  branehos,  called  suckers,  inuuocliately  start.  ' 
Those  are  not  allowed  to  grow,  however,  uo  mat-  I 
tor  how  iiersistcntly  they  atteuii>t  it.  < 
Iu  about  ten  wooks  from  setting  tho  tobacco  1 
will  begin  to  ripen.  Ex|)eriouco  and  judgment  1 
are  required  to  detormmo  just  when  to  cut  it.  ( 
This  is  best  done  with  a  saw  jirepurcd  for  tho  i 
purpo.so,  and  with  which  tho  stalk,  often  more 
than  two  inclios  in  diameter,  is  sovored  close  to  r 
the  ground  at  one  stroke.  Tho  plant  is  allowed  t 
to  fall  on  tlio  ground  to  wilt,  which  seems  to  u 
toughen  tlio  leaves  so  that  they  can  bo  handloil  t 
without  breaking.  If  cut  at  midday  a  hot  sun  c 
will  burn  and  oomplctely  spoil  thorn  before  they  p 
can  wilt.  After  wilting  they  are  taken  to  the  a 
barn  or  shed  and  suspended  by  the  buts,  at  such  t 
distances  as  will  admit  of  a  proper  circulation  of  f 
air,  imtil  cured.  a 
Several  methods  of  banging  are  practiced,  b 
Some  place  the  plants  alternately  on  either  side  w 
of  a  polo,  holding  tliem  in,  their  places  by  tying  p 
twine  aroimd  the  buts  and  over  the  pole ;  others  tl 
sU  ing  them  on  thin  hoard  or  lath,  which  is  passed  tc 
through  tho  buts,  or  have  hooks  inserted  iu  lath  cr 
ou  which  to  hang  tho  plants.  When  latli  are  o! 
use<l,  it  is  sometimes  tho  practice  to  hang  the  A 
plants  in  tho  field  on  temporary  frames  for  sev¬ 
eral  hours,  or  if  tho  weather  penults,  for  a  day 
or  two,  that  they  may  wilt  as  much  as  possible 
before  taken  to  tho  shed. 
After  several  weeks  tho  evaporation  of  the 
water  will  Lave  left  the  leaf  thin  and  silky  and 
the  leaf  stem  hard.  Then,  when  the  .atmosphere 
i«  in  such  a  state  of  humidity  as  to  give  the  leaf 
Htifficient  dampness  and  consequent  pliability, 
tliat  it  may  bo  Iiaudlcd  without  breaking,  the 
plants  are  taken  down  and  laid  in  j»ilen,  luits 
outward  and  tips  overlapping,  to  await  a  oonve- 
nient  time  for  “stripping."  This  Is  done  by 
taking  the  jilant  by  the  hut  in  one  hand  and 
picking  off  tho  leaves  with  the  other.  Wlien  a 
handful  or  a  “hand"  is  gathered,  tl>o  leaves 
are  fastened  togotlier  by  winding  one  about  the 
buts  of  the  rest.  Either  when  stripping  or  af¬ 
terward,  and  before  putting  into  hands,  tho 
leaves  are  sorted  into  wrajipers,  seconds  and 
fillers,  ami  are  valuable  in  tho  succession  as 
namoij. 
'I’lic  haiide  are  packed  In  lioxos  of  convenient 
size  to  liaiidJc,  in  which  tliey  go  through  a  pro¬ 
cess  known  as  “sweating,"  during  which  tho 
hands  seem  to  approach  putrefaction,  but  finally 
dry  out  again,  and  arc  thinner  and  more  silky 
than  before,  lliey  arc  tbou  reaily  for  Uie  mauu- 
factm'or. 
Most  of  the  crop  raised  here  is  sold  after 
stripping  to  packers,  but  some  iirefor  to  sweat 
their  own  crop. 
Probably  there  is  no  olbor  crop  that  increases 
iu  weight  so  much  in  so  sliort  a  time  as  tobacco. 
Plants  whose  entire  growth  ocinipios  only  about 
ton  weeks  after  setting  often  weigh  eight  or  ton 
pounds,  with  leaves  measuring  from  3G  to  40 
inches  in  length  and  20  to  24  in  width,  and  ex¬ 
ceptional  loaves  are  often  found  very  much 
larger.  It  is  evident,  therefore,  that  it  must  be 
very  oxlianstivo  to  tho  soil,  and  perhaps  if  its 
culture  shonld  be  long  continued  on  the  same 
ground  it  would  impoverish  it.  But  tho  oxpori- 
oiico  of  the  last  forty  years  in  this  vicinity  shows 
no  such  result,  hut  rather  that,  with  proper  ro¬ 
tation,  it  is  not  injurious.  The  ahsoluto  uecos- 
sity  of  manm-o  for  its  production  is  an  iiieentivo 
to  the  farmer,  and  hundreds  of  tons  more  are 
miulo  each  year  than  would  ho  but  for  this  ne¬ 
cessity.  Many  ditches  are  cleaned  out,  hmn- 
mocks  cut  off,  wcfsls  and  coarse  gi'asses  gathered, 
all  of  which  go  to  increase  the  manure  heap,  and 
more  stock  is  fed  than  would  bo  if  no  tobacco 
was  raised.  No  manure,  uo  tobacco ;  uo  tobac¬ 
co,  uo  money  crop,  are  hero  well  understood 
facts,  That  tobacco  draws  largely  on  the  j^tash 
iu  tlio  soil  cannot  bo  denied,  but  there  are  otlior 
constituents  of  which  it  uses  sparingly.  ‘  It 
scarcely  touches  lime. 
This  is  not  a  wheat-growing  region,  but  in 
instances  where  wheat  has  succeeded  tobacco 
nearly  or  quite  as  good  a  crop  is  made  as  would 
be  expected  from  the  s.amo  soil  and  preparation 
had  no  tobacco  been  first  raieud.  arass  is  ©ften 
sown  after  toliacco,  and  a  strong  sotl  with  good 
crops  for  years  tlioreafter  attest  that  tobacco 
does  not  take  all  the  virtue  from  the  soil,  al¬ 
though  tho  grass  thus  grown  is  not  at  fii-st  as 
good  as  that  from  a  woU-kept  meadow  that  the 
plow  has  not  desecrated  for  many  years. 
T’he  cost  of  raising  an  acre  of  tobacco,  it  is 
estimated,  is  as  follows  : 
Plowinir  and  linri’owiiitf . $8  oo 
Maimro........ .  lOo  (w 
I'lantfi  am!  HOtUnir .  ij  00 
Ciiltiyutinif .  10  oO 
'1  uiipuiK-.  worniinp,  and  auckeriuE . .  lo  00 
l  uttiuff  and  liauiriliMr .  20  00 
Striiiimiif  and  j>RckiiiK . 20  00 
From  the  sowing  of  the  seed  bed  tiU  the  crop 
is  sold  and  the  money  pocketed  there  is  oontiuual 
risk  and  anxiety.  Dror^ht  may  interfere  with 
the  sotting  of  Uio  plants  or  with  their  immediate 
growth ;  the  ent-xvorm  may  render  it  necessary 
to  re-sot  many  after  tho  rest  are  well  started, 
which,  if  they  grow,  render  the  field  spotted  and 
unequal  in  time  of  ripening ;  tobacco  worms  and 
BometiinoB  grasshoppers  may  cat  holes  in  tho 
leaves,  rendering  the  best  only  fit  for  seconds ;  a 
heavy  wind  may  break  many  leaves ;  a  hail  storm 
may  in  15  minutes  ehtirely  ruin  the  whole  crop; 
a  protracted  rain  may  droivn  it,  as  the  roots  can¬ 
not  be  submerged  more  ilian  12  hours  without 
utter  ruin.  When  safely  housed  it  may  not  cure 
well — it  may  rot  on  tho  isilcs,  and  when  finally 
packed  it  may  not  sweat  out  good.  But  hero,  as 
in  all  other  business,  there  seems  to  be  a  definite 
relation  between  risks  and  profits,  and  ho  who 
clioi'isos  to  ride  on  the  fast  train  of  travel  or 
money  making,  must  take  tlio  chances  of  a 
sraash-np.  i,.  a.  k. 
Bloomfield,  Conn. 
^arnr  (ijroiioniir. 
Total . .  00 
I  make  no  account  of  tho  use  of  tiio  land, 
which  is  more  than  paid  for  by  its  increased 
fertility. 
A  ton  of  cured  leaf  is  not  an  extraordinary 
crop,  but  l,5U(i  pounds  may  bo  a  full  average. 
ITices  vary  with  tho  state  of  the  market,,  the 
best  wrappers  somotimos  selUi.g  as  high  as  60 
cents  a  pound,  and  at  others  for  not  more  than 
26  cents,  while  seconds  are  much  less,  and  fillers 
but  nominal  iu  price.  The  average  of  all  tho 
crops  for  tho  past  ten  years  would  not  be  more 
than  28  cents  per  pound.  Tliis  gives  for  1,500 
pounds  !i<420,  which  leaves,  after  deducting  the 
cost  of  producing  as  before  given,  .*237  for  the 
net  profit  of  au  acre. 
I  But  it  is  still  questioned  by  some  if  tobacco 
raising  is  not  emiching  the  farmer*  of  to-day  at 
the  expense  of  those  who  come  after  him ;  if  in 
a  succession  of  year's  more  value  camiot  bo  ob¬ 
tained  by  ignoring  tobacco  aud  raising  other 
crops  ;  or  in  other  words,  if  more  Ufo-sustaining 
products  cannot  bo  raised  by  increasing  as  much 
as  possible  with  the  manure  made,  the  fertility  of 
the  whole  farm,  and  using  its  results  in  still 
further  emiching  tho  soil.  Wo  have,  as  stated 
above,  a  profit  of  .f<237  from  an  acre  of  tobacco, 
beside  leaving  the  acre  richer  than  before.  If 
witli  this  money  fertilizers  are  bought  aud  ap¬ 
plied  to  tho  rest  of  the  farm,  will  it  be  richer 
than  if  tho  labor  and  manure  expended  ou  the 
tobacco  had  been  given  to  o  grass  and  other 
crops?  Tho  farmers  hero  think  yes,  and  thei 
experience  of  many  year's  seems  to  prove  it. 
Are  they  mistaken  ? 
WESTERN  FARMING. 
It  occurs  to  me  that  a  few  thoughts  concern¬ 
ing  farming  in  tlie  West  may  serve  a  good  tuni 
to  many  readers  of  tho  Buuax  who  are  coming 
from  tho  East — at  least  I  am  positive  that  my 
accumulated  experieuoe  would  have  benefited 
me  materially  could  I  have  had  it  carUor. 
A  large  proportion  of  those  wlio  come  to  open 
up  farms  ai-e  men  who  have  had  liltlo  or  no 
experience  in  fanning  previously,  and  they  gen¬ 
erally  succeed  the  best,  for  they  have  uo  theories 
— adapted  only  to  some  other  latitude  that 
must  bo  tlirow'ii  overboard. 
Tho  groat  mlatako  is  to  suppose  that  the  road 
to  Buceess  can  best  ho  traversed  with  a  plow.  If 
one  dosii'os  to  make  grain  raising  the  business  of 
bis  life,  be  can  scarcely  do  worse  thnn  come 
here.  Wo  cannot  coinjicto  witli  somo  other 
States  in  producing  wheat,  or  oven  corn,  and  yet 
very  fair  mixed  enqw  are  raised.  It  does  not 
pay  lo  raise  grain  to  ship.  \Mieat  should  bo 
raiHcd  simply  for  homo  consumption.  Com 
should  ouly  be  sent  to  market  changed  into  hogs, 
cattle  aud  wool.  Whero  tho  deer  and  antelope 
lovo  to  dwell,  sheep  are  raised  with  litlle  care. 
Whore  vast  herds  of  bisons  have  fied,  our  native 
•attlo  tluive. 
The  greatest  curse  to  the  Nebraska  faimer  to- 
‘  day  is  a  superabundance  of  first-class  farm  ma- 
cbiiiery  purchased  “  on  tune.”  If  the  capital 
locked  uji  in  headers,  harvesters,  grain  drills, 
etc.,  were  in  sheep,  we  could  soon  Laugh  at  the 
locusts.  It  w'ill  pay  li>  ship  wool,  it  will  pay 
doubly  well  not  to  ship  it,  but  mauufactm-o  goods 
at  homo.  Streams  of  water  are  waiting  to  set  a 
million  spindles  humming,  aud  the  operatives 
will  help  to  consume  our  surplus  grains. 
It  is  a  fact  that  I  cannot  account  fur  that  cat¬ 
tle,  other  tliau  Texas,  command  a  jirico  almost 
equal  to  that  price  in  Michigan,  while  the  cost  of 
production  is  comparatively  nothing.  Look  at 
this  ?  A  good  quality  of  hay  can  bo  bad  for  the 
cutting.  During  tho  six  months  that  crops  are 
iu  tho  way,  vis.,  from  May  to  October  inclusivo, 
stock  is  herded  for  one  dollar  per  head,  thoowuier 
being  relieved  of  all  care  of  them,  even  to  the 
giving  of  salt.  R.  H.  Crane. 
Jiarlan  Co.,  Neb. 
This  mill  pumps  all  the  water  needed  for  my 
live  stock  and  to  irrigate  an  aero  of  land  used  as 
a  garden,  and  furuishes  enough,  besides,  for  a 
foniitAin  in  my  front  yard.  In  addition  to  this, 
I  cut  feed  for  my  cattle  in  winter.  It  has  a  12- 
foot  wheel,  and  coat  mo  about  §126,  and  in  one 
year  I  thiuk  tho  mill  has  paid  for  itself  ton  times 
over. 
I  am  going  to  got  a  larger  mill,  one  that  is 
geared,  to  use  to  grind  feed.  I  think  it  will  pay. 
I  am  not  interested  in  the  sale  of  this  mill  or  any 
otlier,  and  I  presume  that  there  are  many  others 
as  good  as  this  one,  but  I  give  niy  cxiieriencc, 
and  if  it  is  worlJi  anything  to  brother  fanners,  I 
shall  be  glad  of  it. 
I  find  it  very  profitable  to  cut  my  fodder  in  the 
winter.  My  stock  seein  to  do  better  j  eat  what  is 
given  them  without  wasting.  I  would  like  to 
ask  if  a  milk  and  cheese  house  shonld  bo  shaded. 
1  have  one,  and,  for  some  reason,  milk  docs  not 
kefip  good  in  it.  It  stands  whero  the  sun  shines 
on  it  all  day.  Would  it  be  a  benefit  to  set  trees 
around  it  ?  James  Knapp. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
[It  will  certainly  benefit  the  milk  room  to  give 
it  shade.  Plant  the  trees  this  fall,  aud  use  those 
of  good  size.— Eu.  Rural.] 
KEEPING  POULTRY.-No.  3. 
POTATO  BEETLES. 
We  have  been  troubled  with  potato  beetles  in 
oiur  section  for  six  years,  and  have  learned  to  so 
manage  that  wo  get  plenty  of  potalots  in  spite  of 
them.  Hand-picking  is  of  uo  accoimt  when  the 
beetles  are  plentiful,  though  we  tried  it  at  first. 
Wo  find  the  best  motbod  is  to  taka  Paris  green  in 
the  proportion  of  a  tcaspoouful  to  a  gallon  of 
water,  and  let  the  most  careful  hand  on  the 
premises  have  the  job  of  sprinkling  tho  ■vines 
with  a  watoriug-iKit.  In  the  middle  of  tho  day, 
after  the  dew  is  gone,  the  beetles  are  most  hun- 
[  gry.  If  it  is  showery,  so  that  tho  poison  wifi  be 
likely  to  be  washed  off  directly,  we  wait  for  a 
more  fitting  time.  For  late  potatoes,  like  peach 
blows,  it  is  sometimes  necessary  to  go  over  the 
vines  three  times— the  early  ones  not  as  often. 
Wait  until  the  young  larvai  are  hatched  out,  and 
go  to  woi'k,  before  applying  the  poison.  For  a 
largo  field  it  saves  time  and  labor  to  draw  a  bar¬ 
rel  of  water  out  on  a  stone  boat. 
Farmer’s  Wife. 
- »♦» 
WIND  MILLS  ON  FARMS. 
Eds.  Rural  :  I  notice  that  you  speak  verv 
highly  of  wind  mills.  As  a  working  farmer  I, 
too,  tliink  that  a  wind  mill  is  a  very  profitable 
Ihing  for  a  farmer  to  own  and  very  convenient — 
at  least  it  has  proved  so  to  me.  I  have  worn  out 
oue  mill  of  the  old-fashioned  kind,  and  a  year 
ago  bought  an  Althouse  &  Raymond  mill,  made 
by  the  Curtis  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Albion,  N.  Y. 
After  a  novice  has  decided  what  breed  ho  will 
^  keep,  the  next  thing  to  be  taken  into  considera- 
^  tion  is,  of  whom  or  whero  they  can  he  obtained. 
On  this  point  I  will  offer  some  advice  that  will, 
j  if  followed,  save  the  bogiunor  time  and  many  a 
failure. 
Do  not  buy  a  trio  or  more  of  fowls  that  are  of 
I  one  brood,  or  even  related,  as  most  fowls  are  in 
one  yard,  Jfany  persons  start  in  this  way  and 
go  through  one  year  of  mortification  at  not  rais¬ 
ing  but  few  if  any  chicks.  Having  paid  a  high 
price  for  first-clasH  birds,  and  perhaps  Imilt  a 
now  house  for  them,  it  is  but  natural  that  the 
imrchaser  should  consider  himself  entitled  to 
some  return,  and  if  it  does  not  come,  he  is  in¬ 
clined  to  blame  t  he  one  from  whom  he  purchased 
his  stock.  All  liis  tlreams  of  fine  broods  of  chicks 
riuming  about  to  delight  his  eye  vanish,  and  this 
dampening  process  often  causes  the  novice  to 
throw  up  breeding  of  foivls  with  disgust,  except 
ho  is  one  of  those  iiorsistout  follows  who  will 
pocket  Ids  losses  and  begin  again. 
Why  not  begin  aright  and  save  yourself  trou¬ 
ble  ?  First,  find  responsible  dealers  in  breeds 
that  you  desire  and  procure  tho  hens  or  pullets 
of  one,  and  tho  cocks  or  cockerels  of  another,  and 
even  then  it  is  well  to  ascertain  whether  tho 
fowls  of  both  parties  are  related.  If  they  uro 
only  remotely  related,  there  is  not  much  to 
risk.  But  look  out  to  get  all  clean-feathered, 
lively  birds.  Boo  that  the  cock  is  full  of  life  and 
vigor.  To  run  with  pullets,  a  cock  is  best ;  if 
with  hens,  a  fine  youug  cockerel  is  considered 
best. 
This  is  the  best  time  of  the  whole  year  to  buy 
stock  cheap ;  many  breeders  have  now  ceased 
breeding  for  tho  season  and  desire  to  dispose  of 
their  old  stock  to  make  room  for  the  new  and, 
as  ho  hopes,  improved  young  ones.  An. 
Another  brooder  is,  perhaps,  for  want  of  more 
room,  overrun  with  young  cockelmls,  aud  will 
often  sell  them  for  half  tho  jirico  ho  would  iu 
October,  or  later,  and  yet  pick  out  good  bii-ds. 
Most  breeds  will  now  show  what  degree  of  per¬ 
fection  they  will  most  likely  attain,  except  tho 
.Asiatics,  in  ■which  size  is  the  great  desideratum. 
[  If  the  purchaser  intend  starting  for  prize  bii'ds, 
he  must  have  weight  iu  Asiatics ;  if  he  have  not 
prizes  iu  view,  then  he  can  buy  half-grown  stock 
at  a  -very  moderate  sura  aud  from  exceUont 
strains ;  care  will  bring  the  rest. 
Many  an  old  breeder  will  fall  into  this  mistake 
of  breeding  a  trio  of  relations,  finding  it  difticult 
to  obtain  fresh  blood  of  as  good  points,  taking 
the  chances  with  them ;  the  results  are  so  infe¬ 
rior  that  tliey  determine  to  do  so  no  more,  but 
continue  for  the  reasons  named.  Some  writers 
go  BO  far  as  to  advocate  inbreeding,  but  it  must 
be  under  peculiar  circumstances,  which  do  not 
usually  present  tJiemsolves,  that  success  can  bo 
obtained  by  such  a  course ;  but  the  inexperienced 
had  better  not  tiy  inbreeding,  for  if  they  do,  it 
will  cost  them  many  a  disastrous  and  perplexing 
failure.  H.  Hales. 
Cure  fob  Chicken  Cholera. — ^We  are  indebt¬ 
ed  to  a  subscriber’s  wife,  says  tho  Gadsdeu 
Times,  for  the  following  cure  for  this  disease : 
Mrs.  Moore  says “  Last  year  I  lost  upwai'd  of 
100  chickens.  I  tried  every  remedy  I  could  hear 
of  without  success.  This  year  I  gave  my  chick¬ 
ens  a  feed  or  two  every  week  of  onion  tops, 
boiled  and  mixed  with  meal,  and  kept  a  little 
sack  of  tar  in  the  trough,  and  fouud  it  successful 
— have  not  lost  a  chicken.  My  neighbors  and  the 
tenants  on  our  place  have  lost  nearly  all  they 
had  by  this  disease. 
