THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
$ntmstral fmplcrafnts, 
A CORRECTION, 
In our issue of July 14, the article on the Anti- 
Friction Hay Carrier was supplemented by au 
apparatus for staekiug iu the field. It waH a 
good device and has met all requirements, wher¬ 
ever used ; but by some unaccountable ujjheaval 
in the composition room, 
for which the average ed¬ 
itor is no more responsi¬ 
ble than he is for an 
earthquake, the admira¬ 
ble device of Messrs. A. J. 
Nellis <fc Co., Pittsburgh, 
Pa., was substituted for 
the illustration here given. 
It will be observed that 
there is a marked differ¬ 
ence between the two 
plans. This one is special¬ 
ly designed for u«e in con¬ 
nection with the Anti-Fric¬ 
tion Hay Carrier, which is 
the exclusive property of 
the U. 8. Wind Engine & 
Pump Co., Batavia, Ill. 
The construction is sim¬ 
ple and convenient, and is 
strong enough to more 
than withstand the sever¬ 
est usage to which St would 
be subjected. 
The Company will fur¬ 
nish plans and specifica¬ 
tions to those desiring to 
erect the frame. A well- 
made hay stuck has advan¬ 
tages that are obvious to 
those having Jess barn- 
room than they could de¬ 
sire, and no better, cheap¬ 
er or more convenient 
construction can be used 
than the one which is the 
subject of this notice. 
This stacker being new, 
we should like to hear 
from those who may have 
occasiou to use it the present season, as w-e are 
anxious that the entire community should enjoy 
the results of any new labor-saving machinery. 
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THE ZINC COLLAR PAD. 
About two years ago one of these pads was 
sent to this office by the makers, the Zinc Collar 
Pad Co., Buchanan, Mich,, to be tested, it has 
been in use quite steadily siuce lhat time, and 
we think it has proved itself to be a very nice 
appliance. 
It is adjusted to the collar at the upper end, 
where a pad would naturally be placed, and stays 
in position, when properly strapped, without 
extra attention. The zme is used because of its 
curative properties, but aside from this very de¬ 
sirable result, it was found to be a great con¬ 
venience as a simple collar pad. 
When used in the sun, it should he covered on 
top by cloth, the zinc having a tendency to heat, 
which is, of course, not pleasant iu its effects on 
the auimal. This applies more particularly to 
work iu the summer. Then, if the under side of 
the pad is kept free from impurities by an occa¬ 
sional thorough scouring, you have an almost 
infallible cure for galled necks, and a very effi¬ 
cient preventive of challiuga. 
The ziuc acts medicinally on the sore. There 
Beems to be a chemical combination between 
ziuc and t he acid aud saline constituents of moist 
Bores. The action is mildly astringent, acting 
first on the edges of the wound, causiug it to 
heal quickly. The smooth, cooling surface of 
the pad greatly aids iu the general result. 
It has long been kuown that zinc was a capital 
appliance to sore surfaces, aud no later than the 
Franco-Prussian War, the surgeons Ubud ziue- 
foii iu the hospitals with more than satisfactory 
results. 
The pad has been in use five years, and recent¬ 
ly has been improved in some of itb details, so 
that it is well adapted for all its legitimate uses. 
They are very popular wherever tried, and have 
had a sort of international approval by securing 
a diploma aud grand medal at the Centennial. 
From our personal experience we can commend 
them. 
tTIjf ^linnt-ljiri), 
RHEUMATISM IN HOGS. 
Did you ever know a hog to have the rheuma¬ 
tism ? I have a flue young sow, about eight 
months old, which was very healthy all the win¬ 
ter, although the weather was very severe here. 
She would got into the manure pile, and while 
very hot come out to’ be fed. During the past 
spring Bhe began to show signs of weakness in 
the legs, and gradually grew worse, till she could 
not walk at all, and so continued as long as the 
weather was cold. As soon as it got hot, how¬ 
ever, she was able to get up and walk about, 
but every time we have a cool or damp spell she 
gets down again, and so stays till it gets warm. 
Then she is able to walk; in doing which she 
chicking and scudding about, and seems agitatod, 
as if possessed. The father of the fiock has also 
a considerable vocabulary. If be finds food, he 
calls a favorite concubine to partake; and if a 
bird of prey passes over, with a warning voice 
he bids his family beware. The gallant chanti¬ 
cleer has. at command, his amorous phrases and 
his terms of defiance. But the sound by which 
he is best known is hiB crowing; by this he has 
been distinguished in all ages as the country- 
ANTl-KmOTlON HAY CAIiltlKIt. 
Beems to be very nervous, trembling in each 
limb aud making a great ileal of fuss, as if in 
great pain. 1 have had her legs and body well 
washed and greased, but nothing seems to do 
any good. She has a ravenous appetite, eats 
any and everything, and seems to be growing, 
but cannot walk except as above stated. Can 
you or some of your readers, through the Rural, 
tell what can be the matter, and the remedy ? 
People around me say it is rheumatism, but 1 
never before heard of hogs having it- Is there 
a cure, and what? f. o. m. 
lienrlco Co., Va. 
Rheumatism in pigs is caused by damp, ill- 
veutilatod sties, exposure to storms, and irregu¬ 
lar feeding. To cure, feed liberally and give at 
the rate of 1 oz. or lloohelle-salts per dav to 100- 
lb. pig, for two or three days; then omit treat¬ 
ment for a few days.—E ds. 
Cjjt |)oultrj) gari). 
POULTRY NOTES. 
Chickens in an orchard will soon rid it of 
noxious insects of all kinds. They are also in¬ 
dustrious manuro-spreuders, and while searching 
for food iu the pasture, will scatter about tire 
droppings of the animals with excellent effect. 
With adult fowls, tho molting season has just 
begun, while it is alro&dy over with this year’s 
brood. This is a critical period with the semi- 
nude younglings, should the nights turn chilly 
or the weather stormy. Iu such a case, they 
should have a warm shelter, where they may es¬ 
cape. from the cold and wet. To a close observer 
of the peculiarities of poultry, there is a great 
deal of amusement and interest in their variety 
of expression aud the copiousness of their lan¬ 
guage. 
Take a chicken of four or five days old, and 
hold it up to a window where there are flies, and 
it will immediately seize its prey with little twit¬ 
terings of complacency ; but if you tender it a 
wasp or a bee, at once its note becomes harsh, 
and expressive of disapprobation and a sense of 
danger. When a pullet is ready to lay, she inti¬ 
mates the event by a joyous and easy soft note ; 
of all the occurrences of their lire, that of laving 
seems to bo the most important; for, no sooner 
lias a hen disburdened berself, than she rusheB 
forth with a clamorous kind of joy, which the 
cock aud the rest of his mistresses immediately 
adopt. The tumult is not confined to the family 
concerned, but catches from yard to yard, aud 
spreads to every homestead within hearing, till 
at length the whole village is in an uproar. 
As soon as a hon becomes a mother, her now 
reiation demands a new language ; she then runs 
man’s clock or larum—as the watchman that pro¬ 
claims the divisions of tho night. 
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POULTRY AND POTATO BEETLES. 
Mb. Editob In regal’d to the question which 
has lately been discussed iu the Rural, as to 
whether poultry will eat potato beetles, 1 wish 
to say that my fowls have for some time been 
fed once a day with potato beetles, which they 
devour readily and witli evident relish. 
Owing to the depredations which my hens per¬ 
petrated in the garden, they have been shut up 
for several iveeka. The potato beetles are gath¬ 
ered and carried to the hen-house alive. I see 
no reason why they are not as wholesome as 
grasshoppers and insects in general. At any 
rate, the hens are doing finely, and lay as well 
as they usually do at this season of the your. 
OtberB, in this vicinity, are disposing of beetles 
in the same manner, and with similar results. 
WlllUmsvLUe, Vt. S. Morse. 
fnhstrial (Topics, 
CONCERNING HIRED MEN. 
A oood understanding between employes and 
employed is of great advantage to both parties 
iu every avocation in life; but perhaps there is 
no situation where it is more essential to com¬ 
fort and success than ou a farm. There the 
“ boss " and the “ help ” are brought into such 
close relationship that any disagreement between 
them is not only a source of irritation, bickering 
and discontent, but is sure to result injuriously, 
certainly to the former. Yet wo agree with the 
Chicago Times, that many of these are so short¬ 
sighted with regard to the evil consequence of 
their conduct, that abusing hired men is often 
one of their favorite petty vices. 
If there is no boy about the premises to blame 
for whatever goes wrong, the fault is placed ou 
the hired man. One of the many offices of a 
hired man on many farms consists iu playing 
scapegoat. If an accident happens the hired 
man is blamed for it. If the weather is unfav¬ 
orable for haying or harvesting, or if the farmer 
feels crosB about anything, the hired man is 
blamed on general principles. That seems to be 
one of the things he is hired for. If there is 
but one hired man on the place, and several 
grown-up hoys, he has a goodly number of per¬ 
sons to boss him, aud as a rule they all improve 
the opportunity when occasion requires. On 
very many farms the hired man is placed in an 
uncomfortable position the larger portion of the 
time, and it is no great marvel that a large pro¬ 
portion of young men prefer working in a village 
or city to working on a farm. 
In driving a stage or horse-car, in working in 
any manufactory, or at any kind of contract 
work, the day’s work closes as it begins, at a 
definite hour, and the workman has the remain¬ 
der of the day to himself. The legal holidays 
are allowed employes in almost overy branch of 
labor except farming. So, too, pay-day comes 
regularly at the close of every week, or at least 
_ every month, and tho 
wages are. paid in cash. 
In a large proportion of 
cases there is the reverse 
of all tbiH in tho manago- 
m e n t of farm laborers. 
There is no hour at which 
the hired man can leave 
and have some time to de¬ 
vote to pleasure and profit 
to himself, llo is expected 
to be at all time within 
call, in case something is 
wanted of him. The clock 
strikes or tho bell rings 
and men engaged in other 
employments are off duty, 
but he is supposed to bo 
always on duty. Other 
men get their pay Satur¬ 
day night, but lie gets his 
when it is convenient to 
his employer—after hay¬ 
ing, after harvest, after 
slaughtering—any time it 
is convenient. In many 
eases he must trade one 
part of his wages at the 
store where the farmer 
does business. 
In Great Britain farm 
laborers have a particular 
kind of work to attend to, 
aud are not expected to 
engage in other kinds of 
occupation. A plowman 
does not milk,trim hedges, 
nor take care of sheep. 
Farm laborers there are 
employed by tile year, and 
are ordinarily furnished a 
cottage to live in. A man accordingly becomes an 
expert in the branch of business he learna, and 
to which ho expects to devote himself during 
life, lie often works on the same estate many 
years in succession, living with his family iu a 
cottage which he regards as home. Yearly en¬ 
gagements are the rule, and only ou special oc¬ 
casions are men employed for a short period. 
The tendency of this method is to make them 
reliable, steady, skilful, and contented. A man 
learns how to become an expert plowman, ditch¬ 
er, herdsman, or shepherd, as a mechanic masters 
a trade, aud looks to the occupation as a menus 
of support during life. 
In this country, contracts for farm labor aro 
ordinarily made for only five or Bix mouths dur¬ 
ing the season of field operations. Within this 
period the hired man is expected to engage in all 
kinds of work, aud at the expiration of it lie must 
find some other occupation till tho coming spring. 
It is no wonder that young men do not engage 
as farm laborers with a view of being farm la¬ 
borers for aDy great length of time. The custom 
of farmers is such as to encourago hired men to 
look upon their occupation only as a means to 
procure money to enable them to rent a place or 
to purchase one of their own. For several years 
the farm laborers iu the West have been chiefly 
foreigners. Now that immigration has uearly 
stopped, the prospect is that the supply of farm 
hands will he diminished unless farmers offer 
better inducements for laborers. These induce¬ 
ments need not necessarily *be in the form of 
money. Anything that will attach young men 
to the business, as a regular pay.dity employment 
by the year, or a cottage in which they can keep 
house, will answer the purpose. 
®jjc Naturalist. 
THAT GROUND MOLE. 
That “ moles live iu the ground and owls fly in 
the dark,” as stated in the old juvouile School 
Reader, I presume all will admit to be time j 
but whether the former is gramnivorous, insec¬ 
tivorous, or omnivorous, is not so well settled j 
and judging by the charges against, aud the vir¬ 
tues credited to him, we can hardly avoid the 
conclusion that the Btatemeut in tho old Reader 
is about all that is known positively about him. 
One man claims to have with great care investi¬ 
gated his manner of Living, and found that he 
would take no notice of any of the various vege¬ 
table products offered him, but ate voraciously 
of all tho iusecta put within his reach. 
And still this beautiful aud innocent-appearing 
quadruped is persecuted by farmers, the very 
