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and combinations of color from white to very 
dark red. 1 think they were all diantlius—no 
carnations. E. S. B. 
Lawton, Orange Co., Jan. 17.—My White 
Elephant Potato weighed two ounces and 
made 211 hills. Moles undermined all. 1 lost 
three, and after that worms destroyed one. 
Yield from remainder, 21% pounds; beat bill, 
three pounds; best four, ten pounds. Oats 
fair; asparagus a fuilure; pinks a great vari¬ 
ety; sorghum a success for fodder, but no 
seed. l>. u. N. 
Murk ay, Orleans Co., Jbii. 20. —I planted 
the Washington Oats in common garden soil 
where we had had onions in 1880, They made 
a fine growth; ouly two heads smutted, and 
they were out out as soon as discovered. The 
mice destroyed probably one fourth, but I 
have six quarts left and shall give it a field 
trial this year. 1 have over a peck of nice- 
looking White Elephant Potatoes. Shall plant 
them all. The Rural Branching Sorghum 
was crowded out last year, but 1 intend (o 
give it a trial this year. None of the aspar¬ 
agus seed planted grew. I have about half of 
each kind left for another trial. The flower 
seeds did well. The Beauty of Hebron con¬ 
tinues to give satisfaction. J. B. P. 
Ohio. 
Posters Crossing, Warren Co., Jan. 18.— 
The White Elephant had 11 eyes, nine of 
which grew. They were planted about the 
middle of May—too late for the early rains, 
and too early for the late rains. The vines 
died prematurely; yield two pounds. The outs 
grew spendidly and made a fine yield. Only 
a few heads of smut—less iri proportion than in 
many fields of our ordinary kinds. The sor¬ 
ghum grew regardless of dry weather and was 
eaten by all kinds of stock, even hogs. I saved 
two heads of seed, which i think will grow. 
Of the Dutch Asparagus only a few seeds 
grew, while of the Argeuteuil neatly all grew 
finely. 1 intend filling the excavation of an 
old hot-bed with stones or rotten wood and 
planting on it in the Spring. The flower 
seeds hail the greatest care, but on account of 
the dry weather they wore the least success¬ 
ful. The top soil, consistiug of rotten wood 
and leaf mold, was thrown out of an old hot¬ 
bed; then boards were laid on the bottom, to 
prevent the moles from disturbing the plants; 
then the top soil was thrown back to the 
depth of five or six inches, on which the 
seeds were planted and pressed down. Several 
plants came up, but in spite of all our water¬ 
ing and attention, the excessively hot, dry 
weather dried and withered them away; not 
a single plant remains. Of former distribu¬ 
tions we have three flybisous Syriaous plants, 
quite a number of pentstomons, which re¬ 
mained out last Winter and bloomed this 
Summer; Columbines, etc. The Cuthbert 
Raspberries are doing finely. T have more 
than a bushel of Beauty of Hebron potatoes, 
which I hope to tost the coming year. ,t. i>. 
Gustavuh, Trumbull Co. Jan. 21.—My 
Rural Branching Sorghum came up nicely 
and branched from 10 to 30 stalks to the hill. 
The White Elephant Potato had 11 eyes, seven 
of which grew. I dug 17 pounds; the moleR 
ate up most of the two largest. The aspara¬ 
gus came up very well. I have a. line bed of 
it. My Washington OatR rusted badly. 1 
have a better kind—the White Russian. I 
think the Run at. is the best paper T ever read. 
Could not do without it. n. q. r. 
Pennsylvania 
New Geneva, Fayette Co.—My small 
White Elephant Potato I cut into 13 slips and 
planted one slip in a hill, on April 23, in a row 
in the lot with my other potatoes. On Septem¬ 
ber 2 I dug 3.*% pounds of nice White Flo 
ph nts, n much hotter yield than that of the 
Snowflake in the adjoining row. The Flow 
ers gave good satisfaction. The asparagus 
seed did not come up well, but I ha ve a few 
nice plants. The Branching Sorghum and the 
oats did not come to anything. I had a few 
stalks of sorghum, but only one stalk formed 
a head, and it did not get ripe. R. h. r. 
Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Jan. 23,— The 
Washington Oats did not do as well ns our 
common kinds. The White Elephant Potato 
I cut into 20 pieces, having one eye in each 
piece, and planted them in the garden along 
the edge of a bed, with a little sprinkling of 
hen manure, the pieces 10 inches apart. One 
set was destroyed. The season was extremely 
dry, and about the last of August I dug 18 
pounds of nice tubers. This potato was sent 
early. Later T wrote that T had received no 
seeds. Then the Rim at, sent the Washington 
Oats, Rural Branching Sorghum and flower 
seeds, with another potato. This made 21 
sets, which were planted in the field alongside 
of other potatoes, on May 20 without ma¬ 
nure; yield, 23 pounds. Season too dry to at¬ 
tain their full size. Have not cooked any; am 
keeping all for seed. Of the Rural Branching 
Sorghum I planted bub a part of the seed. It 
did not come up well; neither did it grow 
tall. In our section wo are nob accustomed to 
feed green fodder, so we have nothing in the 
sorghum. I would not like to do without the 
Rural New-Yorker. I like it better tha 
any agricultural paper I have ever taken. 8.0. 
Tennessee. 
Goodlkttsvillk, Davidson Co., Jan. 19.— 
White Elephant Potato was cut into 14 pieces, 
an eye to each; they were planted 15 inches 
apart, in good soil, and cultivated with u hoe 
three times, and after a severe drought 1 har¬ 
vested 10 pounds of wilted tubers. 1 planted 
them for second crop about the middle of July, 
and owing to the continued dry weather only 
. seven came up at tho proper time, though a 
few others cumo up too late to produce. 1 
gathered from second crop fifteen pounds, 
the largest weighing pound. 1 am con¬ 
vinced the White Elephant is u late potato, but 
if we can raise two crops a year as wo do 
from the Early Rose, it will lie quite an ac¬ 
quisition to potato culture in Teunosseo. The 
other seeds did well, considering the drought. 
The Rural is a w elcome visitor, as 1 consider 
it one of the best agricultural paper pub¬ 
lished. J. B. O, 
Knoxville, Knox Co., Jan. 25.—I made 
throe peeks of White Elephants. The Rural 
Branching Sorghum did very well; I cut part 
of it twice; milch cows ate it veiy well; have 
got seed enough to plant a good patch this 
year. The Washington Outs did very well;so 
did the asparagus; but the flower seeds did not 
come up on account of drought, no doubt. All 
would have done much better if we had not 
had such dry weather, but I am very well sat¬ 
isfied as it is. J. L. a. s. 
Roberson Fork, Marshall Co.—I cut my 
White Elephant Potato into ten pieces and 
planted them on April 5—six weeks too late 
for this climate. All the ten eyes came up 
and grew rankly. All bloomed and 1 dug 20 
pounds of tubers. The Rutal Branching 
Sorghum grew' vigorously and made a heavy 
crop. There were from ten to tw enty stalks 
to the seed. It w ill make a splendid fodder 
plant for this climate. 1 planted the Wash¬ 
ington Oats ou April 5—six weeks too late 
for this climate. I made six large " binds”—the 
largest straw and heads I ever saw on oats, 
1 have one of the finest asparagus beds 1 ever 
beheld. The plants grew from two to fivo 
feet. I prepared a bed 18 feet long by three 
feet wide ; sow'ed the seed one foot apart 
across the bed to save the necessity of trans¬ 
planting. The flower seeds came up well; 
we had 15 or 20 different colors. n. n. j. 
Vermont. 
Randolph, Orange Co., Jan. 17. —My 
White Elephant bud 11 eyes, and made four 
hills. I planted them in the garden, hoping 
to hide them from the potato beetle. They 
made a splendid growth, but the bugs found 
them before the Summer was out. Never 
before did 1 see so many blossoms on four 
hills of potatoes. When they were harvested 
there were 48 tubers in all; there were three 
or four that would weigh over a pound; the 
rest were all larger than the original potato, 
w ith tho exception of four a trifle smaller. 
Take it in all respects, I considered it a good 
yield, for all varieties of potatoes last year 
only yielded a small harvest in this section. 
Another thing, the slirfuee of tho potato was 
very smooth and white: no scabs or rough¬ 
ness being visible, such as defaced all other 
potatoes grown in this section. l, u. u. 
Brandon, Rutland Co., Jan., 21.—Although 
tho weather of Spring and early Summer w r as 
not favorable to early planted potatoes, my 
White Elephant yielded 50 large tubers of fine 
appearance and excellent flavor. The vines 
did not yield to the drought as quickly as 
other varieties, but stood up green and flour¬ 
ishing, long after the others had withered in 
the hot sunshine. The asparagus came up 
nicely. I have covered them carefully and 
shall transplant, them in Spring. My pinks 
were a thing of beauty and a joy all Summer, 
rivaling the carnations in all but fragrance. 
The picotees and carnations I lifted and 
placed in the cellar in pleasant expectation of 
coming beauty. n. b 
Wisconsin. 
Seneca, Juneau Co., Jan. 10.—The Wash¬ 
ington Oats did well. There was neither rust 
nor smut; but when cut I hung them up in a 
shed with a rope, and when I went, to thrash 
them the mice had them pretty well thrashed; 
1 got enough, however, to try them again. 
The Ennobled Oats did well. The White Ele- 
plant Potato 1 cut. to single eyes, put two in 
a hill; they had no extra care and after the 
pigs wore big enough so that I could shut them 
out from the potato patch, I found they had left 
me 10 pounds of nice Elephants. From the 
Beauty of Hebron I have about 50 bushels, 
although they met with a mishap the first 
year—nml they are splendid. The sorghum 
did not get, a good chance; but I have a little 
seed left to try it in the Spring. w. n. 
Benton, Lafeyette Co., Jan. 18.—I received 
the Rural seeds very late—after I had every¬ 
thing else planted, but I made room for them. 
The flower seeds and the asparagus did well. 
The oats and sorghnm were of no account; 
both grew, but did not amount to anything. 
I out the Elephant into nine parts, one eye in 
each, and planted them about one foot, apart. 
They grew well but did not have more than 
about three tubers to the stalk—nice pota¬ 
toes. p. w. 
South Hero, Grand Isle Co., Jan. 19.— 
There were 18 eyes on the White Elephant Pota¬ 
to, and 1 planted as many hills. The vines grew' 
very rank and stout and on October 4 (late) I 
dug 70 pounds of nice tubers; quite a number 
had begun to rot; but I think they are keep¬ 
ing well this Winter. Tho Washington Oats 
smutted badly, so I did not save any for seed. 
The asparagus did well and I have a nice bed. 
The pinks were splendid—admired by all who 
saw them. H. D. A. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Every query roust be accompanied by the name 
and address of the writer to Insure attention ! 
BREEDERS AND DEALERS IN POLLED CATTLE. 
A. P. Ji., Yorkville, Ohio, asks where can 
he get Angus polled cattle and whether they 
are the best polled breed for general purposes, 
especially for beef. 
Ans. —Cattle of the Angus- or Aberdeen 
breed are considered the best of the polled 
breeds for beef; but the Suffolk polls are 
bettor for milk. Homo strains of the latter 
are very fair dairy cows, und are also good 
beef makers, though not so highly esteemed 
os the Angus fur that purpose. Having had 
a considerable number of inquiries from va¬ 
rious parts of the country ns to dealers and 
breeders of polled cattle, wo give tho follow¬ 
ing list which is as complete as our present 
information enables us to make it: Frank B. 
Rfldiield, Batavia, N. V.; Robbins Batt-cll, 74 
Wall Ht. and Thomas R. Clark, footof W. One- 
hundredth St., New York City; H. C. Bur¬ 
leigh, Vassalboro, Me,; Joseph B. Ekl rid go, 
Norfolk, Conn.; Anderson & Findlay, Luke 
Forest, III ; J. J. Rodgers, Abingdon, 111.; L. 
F. Ross, Avon, 111 ; W. MoV. Campbell, 
Lemars, Iowa; D. L. Fern Son, Talmndgo, 
Ohio; K. M. Shelton, Manhattan Kan.; Ciius. 
Cudgel!, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Philo Lasher, 
Cofi'eysburg, Mo.; M R. Platt, Kansas City 
Mo.: Lee & Reynolds, Fort Supply, Ind. Ter.; 
Agricultural College, Guelph. Cun.; Cochrane 
«Sr Pope, Hfllhurst, Can. The above are breed¬ 
ers or importers of Angus or Aberdocns. Of 
Galloway dealers we can mention only A. B. 
1 Mathews, Kansas City, Mo.; Isaac 15. Lutz, 
Lafayette, lml.: Peter Davy, Monterey, Wis.; 
and of owners of Norfolk and Suffolk Polls, 
we can only name G. F. Taber, Jamestown, 
N. Y. 
ORCHARD GRASS AND BLUE GRASS. 
P. K. J., Lima, la., asks, 1, whether Or¬ 
chard Grass and Blue Grass are the same: 2; 
will Blue Grass grow in that place; 8, would 
it be advisable to sow Hungarian or millet to 
feed green to cow s; 4, which of the two would 
Poa Compressa—Fig. 40, 
be the better, and how much seed to the acre; 
5, what is a good way of ridding a field of 
mice. 
Ans.— 1. No. they differ as much as any two 
grasses. Both have been figured and described 
in this journal within two years. 2. Yes. 3. 
Hungarian Grass is a millet. There are many 
kinds of millets, and w r e should have to know 
tho uame of the other kind before a compari¬ 
son could be made. Hungarian" is a good 
green feed for cows. 4. About two bushels to 
the aore of Hungarian Grass. 5. We do not 
know. In order to show our inquirer the dif¬ 
ference between Blue Grass, which is botani- 
cally called Poa prutcnsis.and Orchard Grass, 
botanically Daetylis glomerate, w'o present 
Orchard Grass—Fig. 41. 
two reduced engravings : Fig. 41 is the Or 
chard Orasa, with a clover-looking head; the 
other is one of the I’oas (compressa.) 
RA11.HO A DING A MARK IN FOAL. 
N. S., Remington, Ind., asks whether it 
will injure a mare heavy with foal to ship 
her on the cars; and, if not, how should it be 
done so as to prevent injury; should she be 
shod or not. 
Ans. —The mare should be shod before 
moving her in any kind of waiy, whether 
traveling on the road or in cars, and more 
particularly now in Winter weather, when 
the roads are apt to be frozen, with a rough 
surface, or bo icy or snowy, it is dangerous 
to ship either a mare or cow after four 
months'pregnancy, because by lids time the 
fetus is so large that, if the animal should slip, 
fall, be struck hard, bunged against the side 
of the cars, or much frightened or worried in 
any way, it might cast its young premature¬ 
ly, and thus not only lose that, but its own 
life. Injury sometimes conies from want of 
food and drink at the regular hours to which 
a mare has been accustomed, and also from 
tho mere change of those. It would be much 
safer for our correspondent, to ride or drive 
his mare gently to the place to which he 
wishes to take her, unless this happens to lie 
too far away. 
PLETHORA IN A MULE. 
“ SubscriberLarwilt, Ind,. has a mule 
that has been ailing for a couple of months, 
lie had been driven very hard in a heavy 
storm and ten days afterwards, he began to 
“ break out,” first about the mouth ; then on 
the limbs, afterwards on the belly, and finally 
all over tho body. lie now sweats about, the 
neck in the morning and the skin seems 
clammy and tough. He was bled about one- 
and-ono half gallon a week ago and the blood 
soon became thick. He has been dosed with 
antimony, sulphur, cream of tartar, and salt¬ 
peter, und dieted oil flax seed, and our, friend 
asks what nils the brute and how to treat him. 
An 8.—This mule no doubt suffered from a 
plethoric condition of the blood and the dis. 
ease was not duo to exposure to inclement 
weather. The bleeding was good and should 
have been followed by an active cathartic 
(aloes six drachms) and after purgation has 
ceased give, every night, a quarter of a pound 
of Glauber salts in abran mash foreightortm 
days, good grooming and steady work. 
BEST FRUITS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. 
J. R., Wellmntle, Ohio, asks the names of 
several varieties of grapes, peaches and apples 
suitable for Southeastern Ohio. 
Ans.— Grapes: Catawba, Concord,Delaware, 
Ives. Peaches: Early Crawford, Large Early 
York, Old Mixon Cling and < lid Mixon Free, 
Heath Cling. Apples: Carolina Red June, 
Red Astrachan, Malden’s Blush, Grimes’s 
Golden, Rome Beauty, Smith’s Cider, Fink. 
If for market, take the five last named, 
Miscellaneous. 
7.3/., Danburg, Ct., says: "A man has 
been through our town selling large quantities 
of grape-vines, showing sample grapes claim¬ 
ing that, they are little known to the public 
yet, anil extolling their wonderful keeping 
qualities. The samples he showed were very 
fine flavored, onen large, amber colored grape 
called the “Monroe”; the other a medium- 
sized, black grape called t he “ Owuesoe.” He 
also had another o&o ho called the “ Jefferson,” 
which he extolled very highly. Tho claim 
set up was that they would keep good until 
March by simply laying them away on a shelf 
in the cellar without packiug or other care. 
