RURAL NEW-YORKER 
congested, especially the lower one; frothy 
mucus almost chokes up the bronchial tubes; 
the heart is soft, flabby, and filled with black, 
semi-fluid blood. The spleen, livor, and lym¬ 
phatic glands are greatly enlarged, and the mu¬ 
cous membranes are often of a dark-red color. 
Tho bodv is only slightly rigid, most so imme¬ 
diately after death, and rapid decomposition 
sets In at once, often commencing indeed before 
tho animal has breathed its last. 
The disease is moBt common among young 
stock and In the fall and spring of the year. It 
is very liable to develop on oertain farms, while 
the neighboring ones are free from it. Low 
wet lands, without drainage, are most condu¬ 
cive to it. As cures of afflicted animals are 
rare, prevention should be mainly looked to. 
To this end wet lands should be drained and 
healthy animals should be promptly removed 
from pastures where the malady has made its 
appearance, and always kept at a diBtanoe from 
diseased ones. Animals dying from tho ailment 
should he at once buried deeply together with 
their litter and manure; the place where they 
have been should be thoroughly disinfeoted; 
care should be taken that dogB and pigs do not 
get to the bodies, otherwise they will spread 
the disease. A« it is contagious to man as well 
as to animals, all raw sores, however small, on 
the hands and faces of those who attend in¬ 
fected animals, should be promptly cau¬ 
terized with lunar caustic, and both before 
well skilled in every phase of the subject 
they here handle, as well as on many other 
subjects of interest to the farming community, 
as our readers already know, since all three of 
them are contributors to the columns of this 
paper. As winter in its full seventy will 
soon be upon us, the subject here treated of is 
a timely one, and we can strongly recommend 
this publication to all whom it may ooncem. 
The Sugar Industry of the United States and 
Feeling that the existing duties 
of lambs and average hardiness, nas neon pnuujr 
compiled in the form of the following table, by 
the National Live Stock Journal, from answers 
to inquiries on the subject sent out to a number 
of prominent breeders in various parts of the 
country. The table possesses interest as setting 
forth the average opinions of gentlemen repre¬ 
senting all parts of the country, and engaged in 
breeding the stock of which they speak: 
THE VICTORY MILL. 
Herewith is given an illustration of the \ ic- 
tory Feed-Mill, made by Thomas Roberts, of 
Sorincfield, Ohio. Its leading features are sim¬ 
plicity, strength, quality and quantity of work 
performed, and its low price. 
the Tariff. 
on imported sugars and the met boas ny wrnuu 
the same are assessed and collected by the gen¬ 
eral government are faulty, unsatisfactory, an 
that while they give rise to injurious suspicions 
agaiust honest importers, they afford to un¬ 
scrupulous men, an opportunity for cheating 
the revenue, some of the chief importers an 
dealers in sugar, on July 8, commissioned D. A- 
Wells, the well known statistician to institute a 
careful examination and inquiry into the en¬ 
tire subject of the assessment and oolleotion of 
duties on imported sugars 
early day t.- 
Ootewold. 
Leicester. .... 
Shropshire Down, 
South Down....... 
Amerioan merino, 
The Angora Goat, according to »r. 
Secretary of the National Association of W ool 
Manufacturers, is the most valuable wool-bear¬ 
ing animal, not even excepting the cashmere 
goat, which produces only two or three otmoeB of 
the pushm used for making Indian shawls. Mo¬ 
hair, the fleece of the Angora, is worth, on an 
average, 75 cents a pound—more than double the 
price of the best Linooln wool. It is used for 
making Utrect velvets, or “ furniture plush, 
the piles of imitation seal-skin, the best carnage 
and lap-robes, braids for binding, black dress 
goods, laces, and for many other purposes, the 
number of which is only limited by the limited 
supply-tbe entire production of the world being 
only about 4,750,000 pounds. The English have 
obtained the highest success in spinning mohair, 
and owing to the stiffness of the fiber it is 
rarely woven alone, either the warp or woof be¬ 
ing usually of cotton, silk or wool. A pure mo¬ 
hair fabric is considered nearly indestructible. 
The Best Breed of Cows under all conditions, 
has UO existence, as so much depends upon the 
* i and to report at an 
■ * ' the result of his investigations. In 
the present pamphlet of 179 pages he treats the 
entire subject exhaustively, and presents many 
powerful reasons for the speedy alteration of 
our present lawB regarding the importation of 
sugar. 
Transaction's of the Indiana Horticul¬ 
tural Society for the years 1876 and 1877. 
T’lie first of these well edited, handsome, cloth- 
hound volumes contains 114, and the second 145 
pages. Besides much other interesting infor¬ 
mation, each gives a full account of the pro¬ 
ceedings ef the Sooiety at the annual sessions 
held in December each year, together with re¬ 
ports from local societies, and essays, addresses 
and discussions on various subjects connected 
with practical and scientific horticulture, lhe 
great benefits derivable from Societies of this kind 
are yearly becoming more apparent, aud among 
the most influential means of spreading these 
benefits abroad are such works as those here re¬ 
ferred to, containing, as they do, in a pithy, at¬ 
tractive form, the opinions and experiences of 
the best horticultural talent in the State. In¬ 
deed, the reputation of some of the members o 
this Sooiety are not confined to State limits, but 
are broadly national, and their well considered 
teachings, as here set forth, are excellent aids 
to improvement in the refinement of agricul¬ 
ture, as horticulture has been justly termed. 
The mill is constructed entirelv of metal, the 
grinding-platen being chilled to an extraordinary 
hardness. The cob and corn are crushed before 
going to the buhr by means of a heavy screw, 
revolving iu a oast-iron chamber- By the oper¬ 
ation of this screw the mass is fed continuously 
to the buhrs whore it is ground coarse or line by 
simply turning the feed-screw shown m front 
of the mill. Shelled corn may be ground fine 
enough for family use. By reversing the mo¬ 
tion of tho mill tho plates become solT-sharpen- 
ing. and will thus remain serviceable until worn 
out. An extra crusher sent with the mill effects 
this change when it 's UBcd. If the corn is dry 
the capacity runs up to twenty bushels pel hour, 
at a speed of from 500 to 700 revolutions. An 
extra perforated plate for grinding apples for 
cider is sent with the mill at a small additional 
expense, if desired. , ._._.. 
Power of anv kind capable of employing a belt 
mav be used to operate the mill. A tour-horse 
power will answer unless it is desired to gnnd 
up to tho full capacity, when an eight-horse 
is sufficient. The firm makes a horso-power that 
is light, strong and durable at a very low price. 
Saw mill owners have found it profitable to em¬ 
ploy their surplus power in grinding feed, and 
the Victory Mili has won golden opinions from 
some of these gentlemen. 
Circulars will be sent to any of our readers 
interested in the subject. 
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The Alexis Revolver. —-Tramps are mainly 
responsible for an active movement in the hre 
arms market, and we venture to Bay that the 
Peace Coimuls-don would feel quite aggrieved if 
it could be made aware of the numbers of right- 
thinking people whose thoughts are not on 
murder intent, but whose homes have become 
magazines of death-dealing weapons. W bile it 
is by no means certain that this large home 
guard army could, in cases of emergency, use 
their garnered destruction effectively, still, the 
possession of a revolver is a great moral sup¬ 
port. and we think any country home is unpro¬ 
tected In the present state of affairs without one. 
It is easy to learn how to use lire arms with 
safety, and a tittle knowledge of tins kmd im¬ 
part*! to tho ladies or the household would 
enable them to hold the fort m the face of an 
army of tramps. Intimidation, to be effective, 
must be exorcised iu a way that foreshadows 
experience. Few are willing or can afford to 
pay ten or twelve dollars for protection of this 
kind We have recently seen a revolver that 
is well-made, effective aud finished iu an orna¬ 
mental manner, that sells at from «2 50 to *4 50, 
according to the ornamentation. A number 
were made OD a large foreign contract, which 
was cancelled, and Messrs. G. W. lamer & 
Ross have bought the entire lot at a price much 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
IBlack-leg in Cattle. 
A M K., McGaheysviUe, Fa., having lost 
several oalves by what he supposes to have been 
black-leg, asks for the symptoms of that malady 
and some remedy for it- 
A.ug.—Black-leg is a common form of Anthrax, 
other phases of which are known by the names 
of quarter-ail, black quarter, black-tongue, puck, 
do., according to the nature of the symptoms 
manifested or part of the animal's body most 
severely attacked. In all oases, however, the 
disease is essentially the same aud the symptoms 
substantially alike. To the veterinarian the prin¬ 
cipal of these is the condition of the blood, 
which has a black, tarry, vieoious aspect, coagu¬ 
lates not at all or only imperfectly, leaves a dark 
stain on tissues it comes in contact with, or, 
passing through the walls of the vessels, causes 
large, black patches of flesh. Moreover, it con¬ 
tains small microscopic bodies known as bacteria, 
which some consider the result and others the 
nf the disease. To the farmer, however, 
A Cheap Ice-House.-A oorrespon 
approving of Mr. Brooks’s plan of an io 
Rural for December 14, thinks some i 
to it on the score of expense ; and tel 
makes a cheap, yet sufficiently effecti 
the form of a rail pen. He lays d 
rails for the bottom, on which he place 
inch layer of sawdust. He then pac 
leaving around the outside a space 
inches, to be packed with sawdust, 
boards can be used to prevent the sai 
escaping through the cracks betwee 
Two or three feet of sawdust shoult 
questions were subatautiaiiy &nts>\ 
poutry number, last week. 
Cl9terns for Vinegar, 
8. E. w. Milton, Ind , asks whet 
made with bydraulio cement are sui 
tacles for viuegar. 
A. NS ._We Bee no reason why thej 
except that the acetic acid in the vi 
combine with some of the ingred 
cement and form acetate of time. Bi 
had no personal experience in th 
Bhall be happy to publish information from 
any one who may have used suoh a devioe. 
The Potato-digger of the Future. 
A subreriber, Milton, Ky., asks whether there 
is a potato digger that takes up an entire row, 
sifts, separates and empties the potatoes into 
sackB, throwing the dirt aud refuse matter to 
the ground. 
Ass. _There is no such machine as yet in ex¬ 
istence. A potato digger is made by a Canada 
manufacturer whioli digs, sifts aud deposits t o 
potatoes free from earth in a row. This is as 
far as we have got; the bagging of them is not 
yet accomplished. 
Miscellaneous. 
L. B. Briggs, Toledo, Benton Go., Oregon, 
asks where can he get half a pound of Persim¬ 
mon seed. 
Ans.—W rite to Chas. H. Shinn, NileB, Ala- 
books received 
Address of F. D. Mo 
national Dairy Fair, oo 
Premium LiBt of the 
State Fair to be held at 
Feb. 20 to 25, 1879. O. 
Place Sec. 
Prize List and 
Exhibition and Fair 
Association, to be 
Parker City, Pa., i- 
Laming, 
Regulations and Premium 
Annual Exhibition 
tion, to be held 
Jan. 14-17, 1879. 
Rules of the Second Annual 
of the Parker City Poultry 
held at. the Opera Houbo, 
from Deo. 20 to 25. J. M. 
Parker City, Pa., Sec. 
- - -•—i list for the Second 
of the N. J. Poultry Associa- 
at Institute Hall, Newark. 
Specimens muBt be delivered 
at the ball before noon on the 14th. Howard 
Valentine, Woodbridge, Cor. Sec. 
t ya on Cooked and Cooking Food 
i Animals on the farm with useful 
farmers and 
_ Prindle, East 
and by Barrows, Savery A 
Pr’ioe 20o. This pam- 
' ! is mainly taken up with three 
on the subject of cooking food for 
l the Essays are E. W- 
and John Wilkinson, all 
thoroughly praotioal men. 
Communications received for the week endins 
Saturday, December 2lst. 
“ Farmer’s Daughter ”-T.N. W.-J. W. B.-J 
A. G.-I. A.-W. M. K.-A. L. J.-G. W> R 7 Jh J 
H.—D. E. 8., mill—T. P. R G. F. T.—A. b. X. 
H. L. K.-G. G. D.-U. H., too late for poultry 
number—W.O.R.-E. H. O.—N. R—J. H. (Ber- 
mlngfiam, England)-- May Maple" will send by 
mall the book referred to—M. G. K.—J. G. MOG. 
c y _u- E- M.-L. E. thanks tor Pea seeds- 
-p A M -A. L. J.—O. N. R., thanks-Dr. E. L. S.— 
£-a, i.-x U.-V- o.-*. w.g.- 
M w F -L. M.-A, B. Culver, we have lost your 
£££*. F. E.-A. c. W.-.W 0.-M. 0. 
many thanks for suggestions—H. S. 
information for stock feeders, 
others. Published by Dr. R. 
Bethany, New York, t 
Oo., Philadelphia, Pa, 
phlet of 64 pages 
prize essays <— 
stock. The authors of 
Stewart, W. H. White, i 
three of whom are C 
