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different ktndB, and find they 
we have now In use our third Creamer. 
St. Albans, .Vt., Jan. IS, 1882. 
In the Cooley Creamer only 44 1-2 pounds of Milk to make one ponnd of Batter. 
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Leicester Junction, Vt,., February 11,1882. 
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RURAL SPECIAL SEED REPORTS. 
Arkansas, 
Strong City, Chase Co.—Hard season for 
seeds, the last. Rural flowers beautiful. W. 
Oats rusted and smutted somewhat, but still 
they were very nice. j. s. 
Kansas. 
Larned, Pawnee Co.—The R. B. Sorghum 
alone was a success. In 95 days from plant¬ 
ing the product of five seeds weighed 59 
pouuds. In ilX) days it began to form heads; 
in 115 days it blossomed; aud seed was ready 
to gather in 135 days. Its average hight was 
eight feet, and there were from 10 to 30 
stalks to a seed, of which I have saved over a 
*>eck. I- 3. D. 
Michigan; 
Coat’s Grove, Barry Co., Feb. 17. —We 
live three miles south and 33 miles west of 
Lansing. I was at Lansing la*t June, and 
found most of the land between here and there 
of the same nature as ours, which is mostly 
clay land with some suud. Iu the vicinity of 
the Agricultural Farm it is a sandy loam oak 
laud. Land around here ranges from $20 to 
$50, according to improvement; occasionally 
it brings $75. 1 should judge from the looks 
of the farms between here and Lansing that 
land would be about the same price. Our 
Beauty of Hebron did better this year than 
last. We got three premiums on potatoes this 
year, including the Beauty of Hebron. We 
have taken the Rural a great many years; 
would hardly know how to get along without 
it. Success to the Rurax.! C. e. s. 
Lansing, Ingham Co.—My little W. Ele¬ 
phant was cut iato 11 pieces, and planted In 
11 hills, well manured aud mulched in dry 
weather; yield, 34 small tubers. Early Rose 
and other sorts grown alongside yielded 
double as much without any mulching. My 
W. Elephants do not correspond with the des¬ 
criptions in the Rural. You must have ‘‘run 
out” of Elephants before my turn came. 
[Every potato sent out was an Elephant.— 
Eds.] s. a r. 
Mallawan, Van Buren Co. — My Elephant 
Potato weighed 1 X ounce, and yielded 86 
pounds. I took one peck to our County Fair 
and received the first premium. Rural Branch¬ 
ing Sorghum did finely, considering the 
drought; had NO hi 11a I cured some, which 
the cattle now eat with the greatest relish. A 
hail-storm iu July destroyed nearly all the 
oats. The other seeds gave satisfaction. G. a. c. 
Minnesota. 
Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co.—The R. B. 
Sorghum didn’t do very well; but 1 got a 
pec k of splendid W. Oats. The W. E. Potato, 
cut into six pieces and planted in six hills on 
new soil, yielded 60 tubers, many of them 
large. The asparagus grew well. Flowers 
line and much admired. w. R, d. 
Howard Lake, Howard Co,—Laat Summer 
our pentstemons and aquilegias were very 
much admired. Flowers very beautiful. As¬ 
paragus very nice—think every seed gertoin 
ated. Cuthbert Raspberries grew finely, and 
from what fruit we had we think we shall like 
them well. s. a. m. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
[Every query mast be accompanied by the name 
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FERTILIZER AND TIEUAGE QUERIES. 
W. F. C., Bluff Co., S. 0., asks questions 
which are sufficiently shown in the following 
answers. Other questions will need some in¬ 
vestigation before we can answer them: The 
ash (4.0) of cotton seed contains about 27 per 
cent of potash, 13 of magnesia, 10 of lime, 37 
of phosphoric acid. The seed itself is rich in 
nitrogen. In the ash (3.1) of the stalks there 
is about 30 per cent, of potash, 5 of magnesia, 
25 of lime, 20 of phos. acid. The hulls of cot¬ 
ton seed do contain all the food that plants re¬ 
quire. The same may ..»e said of the seed, 
stems and leaves. 2, Our plan of cultivating 
corn, briefly told, is to prepare the land 
thoroughly so that the surface is mellow and 
even. On inverted sod we use from three to 
five hundred pounds of chemical fertilizer only. 
Our seed is drilled in so that the plants stand 
from 12 to IS inches apart in the drills—the 
drills four feet apart. We cultivate flat— 
utterly so. We areespecially carefuliterer to 
plow deep after the corn is up. Our cultiva¬ 
tion is confined to within au inch or so of the 
surface, aud upon this we lay great stress. 
The roots of even young corn extend from 
row to row and should not be severed or dis¬ 
turbed. Fifty bushels of cotton seed and 300 
pouuds of kainit should be enough. The great 
drawback to corn raising in the South, as we 
have seen it, is a lack of thorough preparation 
and cultivation. The distance apart, 4x4 or 
5xSX or 6x3 feet, one stalk in a hill, is too 
great. If the plant does hot grow over 10 feet 
high 1x2, one plant is far enough Hpart. 3. For 
cabbage culture we roust refer you to current 
articles. 4. The composition of the ash of oat 
straw (5.2 of ash) is of potash, 20 per cent; 
soda, 5; magnesia, 4; lime, 7.4; phos. acid, 5. 
Of the kernel (3.5 of ash), potash, 16; soda, 
2.5; magnesia, 8; lime, 3.5; phos. acid, 22. 
5. The best works on agricultural chemistry 
are, we think, Johnson’s “How Crops Grow” 
and “How Crops Feed.” If you propose to 
use chemical fertilizers, it would be best for 
you to order those specially prepared for oats, 
corn, etc. Until by experiment you get an 
inkling of what your land specially needs, the 
use of potash, phosphoric or nitrogenous fer¬ 
tilizers may not bring you satisfactory re¬ 
turns. 
HORSE AILMENTS. 
J. F, W., Tettord, Pa,, 1, says some of the 
horses thereabouts are mysteriously going 
blind; their eyes get weak and “water” a lit¬ 
tle, and a few weeks thereafter the animals 
become stone blind; others become blind be¬ 
fore any symptoms are noticeable, and he 
asks what ails them; 2, one of his horses has a 
knot on the pastern joint on the front of one of 
the hind legs—it is neither hard nor soft—and 
he asks how to treat it; 3, how can he make a 
cheap movable fence. 
Ans. —1. This is a common trouble at this 
season, and often arises from exposure to the 
pungent fumes which arise from the manure- 
soaked stable floors. When these fumes are 
sufficient to injure harness that may be kept 
in the stable, aud destroy the varnish on bug¬ 
gies—which is a frequent complaint—there is 
small wonder that such a tender organ as the 
eye should become inflamed and suffer. Wash 
the eyes with a solution of four grains of snl 
phate of zinc in one tablespoonful of water, 
aud see that the stables are kept well cleaned 
and ventilated. Scatter plaster on the floor 
freely, or water in which copperas has been 
dissolved. 2. We cannot tell you how to cure 
this swelling. It has probably been caused by 
a bruise. Procuro some iodine ointment and 
rub it on the swelling twice a day; this may 
do it good if anything will; but we ought to 
know more about it before we can say it will 
erne it. 3. A cheap movable fence was de¬ 
scribed in the Rural of February 11. 
DORSET SHEEP, ETC. 
H, .4. D„ Camden, N. Y., referring to 
“ Stockman's ” remarks about Dorset sheep, 
in a late Rural, says bis attention was par¬ 
ticularly attracted by the statement that they 
breed twice a year—a desirable characteristic 
where lambs are wanted, and he asks the ad¬ 
dress of some ono who has Dorset sheep for 
salein this count ry; 2, also where in the South, 
besides N. C. and W. Tenn., is there cheap 
land suitable for sheep husbandry. 
Ans. —1, There are no Dorset sheep in this 
country. They would probably be unfashion¬ 
able because they have horns and know how 
to use them on dogs. But they are a most 
excellent and valuable breed of sheep, never¬ 
theless, for lambs and mutton, and some per- 
