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JULY 27 THE RURAL HEW-YORKER. 
f the oup, for any grain to shake out or escape 
in any other way than by the action of these 
wheels, the result is a regular, continuous flow 
of seed, making skips an undreaded interruption. 
They do not break the grain, because the spiral 
wheels are provided with a Patent Washer at the 
end of each, revolving with the wheel and 
preventing the grain from being caught and 
crushed. These wheels and washers are very 
durable. 
The quantity to be sown per acre is regu¬ 
lated by oog wheels, and is governed by estab¬ 
lished rules. It can be regulated to sow any de- 
Bired quantity per acre, and can be changed in a 
moment by taking off one wheel and slipping on 
another. The feed sows equally on all kinds of 
land, and exhausts the grain from the hopper 
uniformly. 
The hoes may be ohanged from zigzag to 
straight rows by merely withdrawing bolts and 
removing the bar so as to bring the hoes into 
single or double rank; re-inserting the bolts holds 
the hoes rigid in their new positions. This u 
said to be a very strong and satisfactory hoe- 
Bhifting device, but, where preferred, a lever 
hoe-shifter is furnished at a small extra ooBt. 
The patent lift-bar for raising hoes is strong, 
light and neat. By raising it hoes are with¬ 
drawn from the ground and the grain-flow cut 
off, the grass-seeder stopped, and the land- 
measure prevented from marking measurements. 
The drill is always in gear when the hoes are 
lowered into the ground, and out of gear when 
the hoea are raised. It is thrown in or out of 
gear by raising or lowering the hoes. 
The size, shape and arrangement of the cups, 
illustrated by cuts, and circulars fully descrip¬ 
tive of the drill, may be had by applying to D. 
E. McSherry & Co., Dayton, Ohio. 
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CORNISH & CURTIS’S BUTTER-WORKER. 
The 'Butter-worker sent us for trial by Cor¬ 
nish & Curtis, Fort Atkinson, Wis., has been 
steadily in nse with good results. It is very 
simple ia construction, being a triangular table 
w.th raised sides, resting on a tripod. The table 
inclines gently away from the operator, who 
stands at the base of the triangle. The worker, 
a hexagonal wooden bar, is fastened at one end,* 
and works laterally, or perpendicularly as may 
be wished. It is claimed that cheapness, dura¬ 
a single stem, but sends np many slender radi- 
oled shoots whioh spread out and then ascend, 
giving at length a hemispherical form to the 
plant, the leaves of which well conceal the 
branches beneath. It should stand alone or else 
be placed in the foreground of evergreen groups 
to relieve them during the summer. One rea¬ 
son why this plant is seldom seen in ornamental 
grounds is, that when very young, there is little 
about it to engage the eye. It is a young horse- 
chestnut—that is all. But when placed in rich 
soil, and given plenty of room, it develops in the 
course of four or five years peculiar beauties, 
which secure it a full share of attention. Its 
botanical name is JEsoulns maeroatachya—by 
some A- parvi flora and Pavia maeroatachya. It 
is propagated by layers and seed, though in this 
climate it does not fruit abundantly. We have 
three plants, and have never been able to gather 
over half-a-dozon seeds. 
EXPERIMENT WITH GREEN PEAS. 
Soil rather clayey and moist. Twelve seeds 
planted in each oase. Variety, Tom Thumb. All 
planted June 21. 
Two inohes deep oame up June 27. Nine ger¬ 
minated. Are now (July 16) in bloom and five 
inches high. 
Four inches deep came up June 28. Twelve 
germinated. Are now in bloom and four inches 
high. 
Six inches deep oame up July 4. Three ger¬ 
minated—two died. Two inches high—not in 
bloom. 
Eight inches deep oame up July 6. One ger¬ 
minated and died. 
Ten inches deep—none came up. 
UtisfrUairoits 
JOTTINGS AT KIRBY HOMESTEAD. 
OOL. F. D. CURTIS. 
“ It beats everything ” how hard it is to get a 
girl to help do housework. After riding three 
days we hired the first woman to be had, and 
her husband too, to get her. In three towns 
there are not more than fifteen girls, all told, 
who “go ont" to do housework. Of course 
the flies from destroying the plants when they 
come np. 
We are going to sow turnip seed in the corn¬ 
field to make feed for the store hogs and the 
cows after the corn is drawn ont of the lot. 
What is left will make manure. The turnips 
will not hurt the corn any, as they will make the 
most of their growth after the corn is ripe. We 
sow the oommon flat turnip. The ruta-baga 
seed are all up and growing well; as they were 
soaked a week in water before planting, they 
came right up and this we think to be clear 
gam. It will not do to plant seed after being 
Boaked so long unless they are covered deep. We 
put these down an inoh. Two big loads of 
olover were out from the patch before it was 
plowed. These plants are ahead of the weeds, 
which is one other advantage of soaking the 
seed. We roll the seed in plaster, but dirt will 
do to dry them so that they can be separated. 
Esquire Davidson uses a pair of shears to cut 
the pea pods, and this saves the vines from 
being pulled. The least pull will start the roots 
and cause the vineB to dry up. 
Orchard-grass will do well on hard land. This 
is iu answer to a correspondent. As the seed 
makes a tiny or delicate Btart the land should be 
made fine and mellow on the surface. It is best 
to brush the seed in or to cover with a smoothing 
harrow or one with the teeth wide apart. It 
takeB two years for orchard-grass to get fully 
rooted, and after that it will grow rank and pro¬ 
tect itself. 
Melons will grow much faster if stones are 
placed around the hills. The Btones retain the 
heat at night and also increase it by day, and 
this helps to push the melons on. This advice 
is not of much oonsequence where the climate 
and soil are natural to them, but in our more 
northern latitude and on our hard, stiff soils it 
is a valuable hint, as there will be a scant supply 
of melons unless a bigb degree of heat is kept up. 
Mr. Nathan Smith keeps his pigs in a yard 
and outs olover for them. He calls it “ soiling 
his pigs.’’ As soon as the patch is cut over, it is 
ready with another crop beginning at the oldest 
part. His pigs look fine. They eat the clover 
us that it is the surest, and at the same time 
altogether best for the male. 
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CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERI¬ 
MENT STATION. 
New haven, July 13,1878, 
Bulletin No. 18. Fertilizer Analyses. 
166. Muck. Sent June 11, by J. Hamilton 
Lee, Secretary Killingworth Farmers’ Club. 
167. Bone Meal. Manufactured by Rafferty 
& Williams, N. Y. “Consigned to Boduey Kel¬ 
logg, Hartford. Not offered for sale.” Sam¬ 
pled May 2d, by J. J. Webb, New Haven. 
172. Nova Scotia Plaster. Manufactured by 
G. W. Miller, Middlefield. 
173. E. F. Coe’s Ammoniatbd Superphos¬ 
phate. 
174. Abattoir Guano. E. F. Coe, Long 
Island. 
172, 173 & 174 were Bent June 26, by P. M. 
Augur, Secretary Middlefield Farmers’ Club. 
D—Guaranteed Strictly Pure Paris-Green. 
From stock of J. O. May, Naugatuck. Sampled 
and sent June 10, by J. B. Talles, President 
Naugatuck Fanners’ Club. Price 50 cents per 
pound. 
167 172 173 174 
Nitrogen. 1.55 2.1fi 2.49 
Soluble Phos. Acid.i 8.92 8.56 
Reverted *‘ " .... 1.18 .58 
Insoluble “ “ 15.63 1.42 1.37 
Potash.*. 8.78 
Gypsum . 91.06 
Insoluble Matter... 1.31 
Estimated Value...$27.46 35.05 39.96 
Cost. 25.00 40.00 40.00 
"l66 
Water.$73.54 
Ontario Matter. 21.13 
(Containing Nitrogen .06 per cent.) 
•Ash. 5,34 
$100.00 
* Of this 4.19 per cent, is insoluble In add. 
D—Contains 55.19 per cent. arsenic(arsentous acid) 
and 24.97 per cent, copper. It Is accordingly very 
pure Paris-Green. 
8 . W. Johnson. Director. 
J nhstriai f mjlfmrats. 
THE McSHERRYj DRILL. 
This drill, like many others, has the various 
attachments for sowing grass and fertilizers, 
betog thoroughly equipped in such respects. Its 
there is a great demand for this meager number. 
The wages are from a dollar and a half, to two 
dollars and a half per week, but this is no temp¬ 
tation. A false pride is at the bottom of this 
whole question of labor. A girl will marry and 
be a drudge all of her life, but she will not work 
for wages, however comfortable her home may 
be. What shall bo done ? 
1 HAM.HTKD 
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An old agricultural paper of fifty years ago 
says soaking the turnip seed in fish oil will keep 
greedily and are fed all they want, three times a 
day. It is certainly an economical plan, and a 
little ground is made to go a great ways. More 
manure is made and perhaps this will pay for 
the extra trouble in feeding. The great want of 
all farmers is manure, and as Mr. Cbozirb says, 
" It ia the mother of everything.” 
We are adhering this year Btriotly to the rule 
not to allow but one service for any stock ani¬ 
mal. A dose observation for years has satisfied 
meohauical construction entitles it to rank with 
any implement of the kind made. The excellen¬ 
ces claimed for this drill are comprised in the 
feed arrangement. It is said the grain is not 
shaken out, nor agitated over and suffered to 
drop through openings in the hopper bottom, 
but it is distributed by mean8 of small spiral 
feed-wheels, revolving in cups underneath the 
hopper. These wheels carry the grain to the 
discharge openings, and force it out through 
them. It being impossible, from the formation 
bility and effectiveness are secured by usiug th 
worker. 
We can attest to the justness of the claims. 
It does good work, and is durable. Its prioe, 
#3.50, is not exorbitant. 
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The Wood-Binder is doing excellent work. A 
recent trial on a large grain-field in New Jersey 
where the grain stood up well, the Binder did the 
work of five men, tying the bundles and throw¬ 
ing them at least six feet clear of the harvester, 
