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is greatly ameliorated, the'facilities and conven¬ 
ience of the keepers are greatly improved, the 
animals reach their destination not fevered with 
suffering and torn with the unwilling horns of 
of their neighbors, but comparatively fresh and 
in good condition. 
Wheat Sowing.—The Agricultural Gazette of 
London, says that no crop is planted in a greater 
variety of ways than wheat. It is broadcasted, 
drilled and dibbled, plowed in, pressed, and cart¬ 
wheeled, thick sown and thin sown, wide drilled 
and narrow drilled. The advocates of many of 
these methods have been known to become ex¬ 
citedly attached to their own particular systems 
to an exteut whioh has rendered them somewhat 
troublesome to their friends and neighbors, and 
they have been known to make themselves un¬ 
happy because the rest of the world would not 
look through or could not see through their 
spectacles. 
It is the privilege of w&Ybalanoed, or as they 
might be called, philosophic minds to look at 
questions in a quiet aud importurbed manner, 
and to acknowledge that there is “ much to be 
said upon both sides ” With regard to wheat 
planting, we are certainly inclined to addresB the 
disputauts in the words of the poet, “ You are 
all right and all wrong.” Circumstances alter 
cases, and what is good practice in one locality 
may be bad aud impracticable in another. Above 
all things, let amateurs and gentlemen farmers 
beware of what they read in agricultural jour¬ 
nals and papers. An article is best Witten by 
an enthusiast. If a gentleman becomes promi¬ 
nent as an advocate for thick or thin seeding of 
wheat, prickly comfrey, lucerne, or any other 
hobby, what is more natural aud proper than 
that he should be requested to commit his views 
to writing and publish them to the world. To 
the man whose eyes are opened, such literature 
is interesting and harmless ; bnt to the man who 
ia all agapo for something new, aud but little 
versed In the old ways, it is dangerous. 
Recife fob Curing Meat. — Major Freas 
thinks that if the following recipe be strictly 
followed, it will require but a single trial to 
prove its superiority over the common or most 
ways of " putting down” meat: To one gallon 
of water, take ljtf lbs. of salt; % lb. of sugar ; 
ounce of Baltpeter, and },{ ounce of potash. 
How to Tele. —By six qualities may a fool 
be known, says the Journal of Health : Anger 
without cause, speed without profit, change with¬ 
out motive, inquiry without an object, putting 
trust in a stranger, and wanting capacity to dis¬ 
criminate between a friend and a foe. 
Cube fob Hog Cholera.— Dutch papers say 
that vigorous rubbing in mustard on the first 
appearance of the disease, will cure hog-cholera. 
novice or adept in apiculture could more profit¬ 
ably invest one dollar, than in purchasing this 
handsome, cloth-bound volume. 
neighborhood would supply the sawyer with 
logs, to be sawed on shares, or at a stipulated 
price per thousand feet, and there would there¬ 
fore be no investment required beyond the mere 
mill and power. 
We illustrate a small saw-mill operated by a 
farm-engine, 
Where an engine is owned by a 
neighbor this Mulay mill would be a good in¬ 
vestment to be worked on shares, or if the 
engine is already a part of the farm equipment, 
the mill will prove the means of profitably em¬ 
ploying the engine after the close of the thrash¬ 
ing season. 
The main frame of the mill is made entirely 
of iron, cast in one piece, and is faced off true, 
to form proper bearings for the sides, track and 
other attachments; all the working parts are 
attached to this frame, aud are therefore always 
in proper position for either working or trans¬ 
portation. The head blocks are similar to those 
used upon circular saw-mills, and are provided 
with suitable arrangements holding the log until 
it is all cut up, leaving an iuch board upon the 
knee. The thickness of the plank is regulated 
by moving the pin in the radius iron, each hole 
making a variation of one-sixteenth inch. The 
knees move forward simultaneously by a lever. 
The carriage is made in sections so as to be con¬ 
veniently handled, aud the track is fastened to¬ 
gether with wooden keys, making the whole mill 
complete in itself. 
The capacity of the mill is from one thousand 
eight hundred to four thousand feet per day, 
varying with the size aud quality of logs. 
The mill is made by Chandler <fc Taylor, 
Indianapolis, lad., who will supply further in¬ 
formation. 
A NEW CONVERTIBLE MILL, 
This mill is a novel, complete, inexpensive 
piece of mechanism that is very useful to far¬ 
mers because it grinds equally well cement, 
tobacoo, bone-dust, salt, feed, or re-grinds bran, 
coarse floor or anything of the kind. 
It is convertible because it may be made to 
assume a horizontal or vertioal position in a few 
minutes’ time, at no expense of monev, and 
without requiring mechanical skill on the part 
of the operator. It is operated by steam-, wind-, 
water-, or horse-power. ItB construction is very 
simple. The bnhrs run in a caBt-iron oase, and 
the entire running machinery is supported by a 
strong iron frame, all cast in one piece. It re¬ 
quires no bolts or screws to keep it in position, 
except snch as fasten its frame to a firm founda¬ 
tion. 
Whenever it becomes necessary to pick the 
stones the miller requires no crane, tackle or 
other assistance to put them in perfect position 
for this process. Ho has merely to remove a nut, 
a bolt or two, and the stones turn on their trun- 
ions and open as simply and as easily as a large 
well-bound ledger in the hands of a competent 
bookkeeper. Without any extraneous props or 
machinery the stones are at once thus placed in 
CATALOGUES, &c., RECEIVED. 
Price-list of Franklin Square Nurseries, New 
Lisbon, Ohio. H. Guy, Prop’r. Fruit trees. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society — 
Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Springfield, 
Dec. 10. 
/Aw 
NEW CONVERTIBLE MILL. 
List ano Awards by the New Jersey State 
Agricultural Society at the twentieth annual ex¬ 
hibition at Waverly. 
Handsome Lithograph of Edward L. Coy’s 
Ayrshire Stock Farm and Seed Gardens, West 
Hebron, Washington Co., N. Y. 
How to Destroy Insects on Plants and Flow¬ 
ers in the garden and house. Published by H. 
T. Williams, N. Y. Prioe 30 oeuts. 
Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Ohio 
State Hurt. Society, to be held at Dayton, Dec. 
4th to 6th. M. B. Bateham, Sec’y. Excellent 
topics are selected for discussion. 
Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit Trees aud 
Ornamental Plants grown and for sale at Shinn’s 
Nurseries, Niles California. Bhinn & Co., Pro¬ 
prietors. Colored plate of Japan Persimmou. 
P amfhlet.— Discussion on Horticultural Edu¬ 
cation in Michigan aud Experimental horticul¬ 
ture at the Agricultural College at the Jnue 
meeting of the Michigan Slate Pomological So¬ 
ciety. 
Illustrated Catalogue of Bronze Turkeys 
Pekin Ducks, 
SOAPSTONE AS A LUBRICANT. 
A writer in one of the foreign technical 
journals expresses a dt cided preference for soap¬ 
stone powder,/in the form of dust, as a lubri¬ 
cant for the axles of machines. For this pur¬ 
pose it is first reduced to very fine powder, then 
washed to remove all gritty particles, then 
steeped for a short period in dilute muriatic 
acid, in which ii is stirred until all the particles 
of iron which it contains are dissolved. The 
powder is then washed in pure water to remove 
aU traces of acid, after which it is dried, and is 
the purified steatite powder used for lubri¬ 
cation. It is not used alone, bnt is mixed 
with oils and fats, in the proportion of about 35 
per cent, of the powder added to paraffine, rape, 
or other oil—or, the powder may be mixed with 
any other of the soapy compounds employed in 
the lubrication of heavy machinery.-Imp. 
Meti. lieview. 
ANOTHER PARIS EXHIBITION, 
It is stated with 
some authority that an inter- 
ternational exhibition of machinery will be held 
next year in the Palais de lTndustrie, Paris. 
The space available for this purpose is very con¬ 
siderable, bnt it will, nevertheless, be so cir¬ 
cumscribed that a rigorous selection must be 
made, and it is said that nothing will be admit¬ 
ted whioh is not nearly perfect of its kind. 
and Light Brabmas, owned by 
Chas. H. Mattocks, Riverside Farm, East Bald¬ 
win, Me. Also, Illustrated Catalogue of Berk¬ 
shire Swine and Cotswold Sheep on the same 
farm. 
The Michigan Homestead.— This is the first 
number of a new agricultural pap<* issued at 
Detroit, Michigan, by J. P. Thompson, Ex-Sec- 
retaiy of the State Agricultural Society, and 
also Ex-Secretary of the State Pomological So¬ 
ciety. One number only is to be issued in No¬ 
vember; another in Deoember; and on the 2d 
of January the regular weekly publication com¬ 
mences. From the first number of a journal lit¬ 
tle oan be learnt of its permanent character, ex¬ 
cept its general appearance. This contains 36 
columns, on largo paper, and promises fairly. 
We heartily wish this new venture in agricultu¬ 
ral literature all the success it may deceive. 
The New Bee-Keeper’s Text Book by A. J., 
King, editor of the Bee-keeper’s Magazine. The 
foundation of this is a thorough revision of the 
well-known Text Book by N. H. and H. A. King. 
Much new matter has beeu added, however, as 
shown by the fact that while the old Text Book 
contained only 140 pages, the new one runs up 
to 229. Many handsome illustrations have also 
been added to those in the former work, and all 
discoveries down to to-day in the science and 
practice of bee-keeping, are clearly detailed. 
Nor has the present work been improved by 
merely adding fresh matter, for the old one has 
been carefully pruned, and only that whioh ex¬ 
perience has proved to be good, has been re¬ 
tained. We do not know anv wav in whioh thA 
THE MULAY SAW-MILL 
It has often been a subject of speculation 
with us why farmers do not more generally 
evince that many-eidedness of brain not uncom¬ 
mon among Bnccessfui business men ? That they 
are not strangers to it is demonstrated by the 
fact that they do show it if they change their 
circumstances and oalling. It is only as farmers 
that they have an eye single to agriculture. 
The opportunities for engrafting siqall com¬ 
mercial enterprises on the business proper of 
the farm are plentiful and may be made to sup¬ 
plement gains iu good, or repair losses in bad 
seasons. 
The large sales of farm steam-engines re¬ 
ported by manufacturers of them, seem to point 
The people of Australia have an idea that a 
machine that shall be at once a combined reaper, 
binder, thrasher and oleaner will about meet 
requirements, and the Government of Aus¬ 
tralia offers a bonus of 820,000 for such a ma¬ 
chine. It is to be sanctioned by five judges, 
who will consider strength, durability, draft! 
cost and effectiveness of work. The trials to 
take place iu Deoember, 1879, and the first of 
that month is the limit fixed for notice of inten¬ 
tion to compete. Here is a chance for our in- 
Armington & Sims, of Lawrence, Mass _ 
lately of the late J. C. Hoadly Co.,-have opened 
very extensive and complete machine shops, in 
vfhich their new farm engine, the “Lawrence u 
is being built in numbers, to fill orders already 
received. Their system of direct dealing with 
the consumer at the lowest oash price is meeting 
favor and success. In the near future we may 
have occasion to briefly enumerate the points of 
excellence possessed by this steamer. 
a Btan ior eaon, navmgrope and chain fastening 
instead of stanchions, gentle exercise daily 
when the weather is not stormy, suflloont sweet 
olover hay, cured in the oock, to supply their 
wants, and a uniform supply of finely ground 
corn meal. Whatever method of feeding mav 
be adopted, the question in whioh the progres- 
sive, practical farmer is the most interested is 
“ how oan I produce the most tender, juioy beef 
in the shortest time, at the least possible ex¬ 
pense 1” 
Cider Apples, -The Mass. Ploughman says 
as for cider apples, it pays to take more pains 
with them than used to be the oase. 
The editor well recollects the time 
when It was customary to let all sorts 
of apples go in together, and if half j 
of them were rotten and the other 
half full of worms, it was not 
thought to make any difference. 
Those who aim to make good cider 
now-a-days take far more oaie to 
select good apples, and he thinks it 
Gambling at Fairs.— If agricul- ^SRSB 
turai fairs cannot be conducted on 
a good, healthy, moral basis, it were 
far better that they bo entirely 
abolished, and the youth of our 
rural districts remain in quiet ob¬ 
scurity and away from contamina¬ 
ting inliuouoei^—Indiana farm*-. 
The Russian agriculturists will assemble at 
Odessa, Dec. 5-20. to take part in their fifth 
great general congress. At the same time and 
place the Agricultural 8ooietyof South Russia 
will improve the cocasiou to oele- 
brateits fiftieth anniversary. Here 
is an opportunity for our implement 
dealers to be represented through 
their agents, at the most important 
meeting of its kind held in Russia. 
The Challenge Mill Co., of Bata¬ 
via, Ill., has just tilled a foreign or¬ 
der of import uco, having shipped 
to Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, one 
14 foot, two 12 foot, and one nine 
foot "■ Nichols ” windmills ; also, one 
10-root mill of The same description 
Central Asia should be looked 
after by our implement trade. There 
is to be a grand industrial exhibition 
at.Tashkend, aud agricultural imple¬ 
ments are iu special demand. 
