FAMILY, 
my. 24 
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great amount of attention and, every year, many 
vineyards are planted out. The Missouri Valley 
here bccdi* to have such a peculiar climatic influ¬ 
ence, either from its elevated situation or from 
the formation of its soil, that grapes never mil¬ 
dew nor are they here troubled with other draw¬ 
backs to which they aro subject in most other 
places. 
Otinr fruits are cultivated to some extent. 
The Blackberry fields of Holt Co. annually at¬ 
tract hundreds of persons to secure their yearly 
supply of tbo berries 
The market prices of Apples here are : good 
winter fruit GO cents per bn., inferior grades at 
a lower price. 
We aro having splendid fall weather: indeed, 
we could not wi-h for hotter. Wheat and Bye look 
well, the outlook for times aro brightening up 
and all are getting well pleased. Our markets 
are not as good as one could wish. Spring 
wheat 85 cents per bu.; rye, 35 couts per bu ; 
Corn. 20 cents per lm ; oats and barley 15 Cents 
per bu.; hogs, $4 per cwt.; beef cattle 4 25 per 
cwt. Maple. 
Dep t, of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. 
Askf.s.— The chief value of wood ashes as a 
fertilizer depends on the potash which they con¬ 
tain. And when obtained in largo quantities 
they may often be substituted for the Potash 
Salts. The quantity to use per aero varies with 
the character of the soil and the character of tbo 
ashes. ThO more vegetable matter tho land con¬ 
tains the more ashes it will stand. Heavy clay 
soils have more potash, as a general thing, than 
light soils ami consequently need less ashes. 
Tho quantity which should be used varies with 
the above conditions from 1 to 2 pecks of (un¬ 
leached) hard wood ashes per square rod, or 35 
to 50 bushels per acre. Never put ashes into 
the compoBt heap, but scatter thorn broadcast 
over tho field after tho first harrowing and be¬ 
fore tho rest of tho manure is added. 
Notes.— 1. In regard to the quantity of man¬ 
ure to use per acre, there aro bo many elements 
which come into the calculation that no general, 
infallible rules can be given; and those based on 
the production of so many pounds or bushels per 
acre, will often run to wide extrtmes on either 
side of the expected result, owing to tho dilTor- 
enco in soils and atmosphorio conditions. 
2. One bushel of cotton seed (green) weighs 
about 28 lbs. 
3. Warm water should b® used, if possible, in 
making solutions of the potash and ammonia 
salts. 
4. In purchasing chemicals demand a guaran¬ 
tee of the percentage of ammonia in the sul¬ 
phate of ammonia, potash in tho sulphate or 
muriato of potash, and soluble phosphoric acid 
in the dissolved bouo or acid phosphate. 
5. 100 lbs. Sulphate Ammonia should not cost 
over $5.50 ; 100 do. Potash, $4; 100 do. Muriate 
S3 ; 100 do. Dissolved Bouo, SI.84 ; 100 do. Acid 
Phosphate, fl 58; 100 do. Nitrate Soda, $4.25; 
100 do. Agricultural Salt, —. L. L. Polk. 
Johnsons Creek, Niagara Co., N. Y,, Nov. H. 
Turn is the latest season I can remember. 
The first freeze occurred on the night of Nov. 4, 
and the first snow foil on I lie evening of the 5th. 
Grain crops in this locality have been very fine; 
winter wheat the finest ever raised ; or, at least, 
in the past 25 years. Apples, nearly a failure. 
Peaches and Pears, good. Potatoes are a good 
crop, in spile of the bugs, and aro worth from 
35 to 40 cents per bushel. Uu.inoss is improv¬ 
ing and farmers are looking for better times. 
Fort Howard, Wls. Nov. 11,187T. 
Wooden drains, are here used almost exclus¬ 
ively, tiles are not yet made here, and lumber is 
plentiful, so we buy strips t breo and four inches 
wide, and one inch thick, aud thirty feet loDg, 
and nail one three and one four inch one togeth¬ 
er and put them down two aud a-half feet deep. 
So placed, we drain in this very heavy Boil for 
fifteen dollars per acre. There are drains down 
on this place which have been down nineteen 
years and are still sound. Such lumber costs 
ten dollars per thousand. A. m. a. 
Atchison, Kansas, Nov. s. 
Api'Leh, not quite an average crop in quantity ; 
quaJity generally good. Peaches, almost a fail¬ 
ure ; Grapes, not over half crop ; Strawberries, 
poor ; Raspberries, average ; Blackberries, good. 
Tho continued and heavy spring rains doubtless 
injured blossoms. Plants, trees and vines in 
good condition for fruit crop next season. 
El Dorado, Cal., Nov. 5. 
In our flower gardens we have in bloom Tube¬ 
roses, Verbenas, Sweet Alyssum, Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, Petunias, Lautanas, etc. w. c. l. d. 
®|f ijevisnum. 
CATTLE FODDER. 
What shall we fodder the cattle with this 
winter ? The hay crop was good enough gener¬ 
ally; bnt. our meadow was small and but little 
was cut from the pasture; in all not more than 
twenty tons, which will hardly bo sufficient to 
feed the horses moderately daring the winter, 
and to give them all they can oat next spring 
when the hardest work of the year comes on. 
Nor is tho outlook for straw much better ; for 
the wheat and oats were headed and most of the 
straw was left in the field as stubble. Wo 
husked about six acres of the ripened corn early 
in tbo full, and immediately put tho stalks in 
shocks. This makes splendid fodder, especially 
after having been chopped with a hay cutter. 
But a third of this is fed out already and winter 
not yet begun. Tho corn-fields, after husking, 
will afford good pasturage for tho cows and 
colts. But the pigs must follow tho corn-fed 
cattle; which wou d be impossible if the cattle 
have an extensive range. 
One resort only remains—that is to Bave the 
corn husks. This is usually done by jerking, or 
pulling off tho ears from tho stalk. A much 
easier and quicker way is to cut thorn off with a 
knife. The knives we use have a blade about 
ten inches long, and are made by cutting off the 
blade of a common corn-knife. The harvester 
grasps the ear with the left hand, and, with tho 
right severs it from the stalk by a single blow 
of the knife upon the stem of the car; then 
throw into the wagon with the left hand. The 
team is driven to the left of tho man; he work¬ 
ing around the field in tho opposite direction 
from that when husking. By cutting from two 
rows at. a time, a day’s work in fair corn, is to 
crib four wagonfuls, or what would shell sixty 
bushels. 
In folding corn and husk together, cattle are 
apt to waste it, if it bo prepared for them by 
breaking the ear once or twice. They frequently 
throw it from tho troughs or drop a partly 
chewed ear upon the ground. This is prevented 
by passing the ears through a hay-cutter, by no 
means a slow nor laborious work. The corn 
thus prepared is a line-looking feed, and is eaten 
by the cattle with a relish. This is the second 
year wo have practiced Ibis method of gathering 
and feeding, and think it pays. 
In counectiou, we add that poorly ripened corn 
stored with the husks on tho cars, if put up 
w hen dry, is much Igsb apt to spoil, than when 
husked- Ralph Allen. 
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