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THE OLD RELIABLE HALLADAY 
STANDARD WIND MILL. 
E7” TEA35S 1ST TjrsjZ. ' 
CW2ANTEED 
Superior to any other make 
17 Sisos -1 to 10 H. ?owa: 
Adopted by U.S. gov¬ 
ernment at forts and 
garrisons and by all 
leading railroad com¬ 
panies' Of tills Stud 
other countries. 
Also the Celebrated 
IXL TEED MILE, 
which can be run by any p<iW*r anti U clump, Affective and durable. 
Will prfli'l nr\y Vir.d of *m»ll gmltt luto fuctlai the ratu of 6 to 1?5 
bushel*. Per hour, xccontinp toquality and *liu of mill used. Send 
for C&t/doguv and Price^LUl. AiMrcw £ 
U. S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., Batavia, III. 
THE PERKINS WIND MILL 
Comes the nearest perfection 
of any wind Mill manufac¬ 
tured. For 
Beauty, 
Strength 
AND 
Durabilit 
% 
tt has no equal. Perfectly 
self regulatiiiK- Full instruc¬ 
tions for erecting accompa¬ 
ny the Mill. Good, reliable 
_ Agents Wanted. For partic¬ 
ulars send for circulars and catalogue “A." 
PERKINS WIND MICE & AX CO., Mishawaka, Ind 
THE 
Watertow n 
W11DM1LL 
the- Beat in Use. 
Write for De¬ 
scriptive Cata¬ 
logue. 
it. II. Babcock 
& Sons, 
Watertown, 
N. Y. 
IMPROVED CALIFORNIA 
WIND MILL. 
Simple, Strong, Durable. Rosette Wheel 
and perfectly Heir-regulating, avoiding 
too wearing Joint*. Also. Steven's Pony 
Feed Grinder and u perfect Rotary Mo¬ 
tion attachment, without gearing, the 
power being communicated by the lilt 
or up stroke of Pump Rod. Oan be used 
for cutting feed, churning, Ac. The 
best, cheapest and most useful power in 
the market. Fhill particulars, circulars, 
&o., sent free. Address tho Matiurao- 
fiT.A RK ft GO.. SOMAHAOK. ILU 
turers. 
>ave it 
ant on 
c*. ho. 
CHALLENGE WIND MILLS 
Victorious at all fairs. Uvrr ?'00 in 
ictual use In every State and Terri¬ 
tory of the V. s. It is a section whocl— 
hae been mode by the present Co. for 
ten years -, in all that time not one has 
blown down without tower breaking- 
w a record no other mill con show. We 
to the public to determine tbelr merit*- Mills 
80 days* trial. Beet Feed Mills. Corn Shell 3rd. 
Oatalotme f*■«*«. _ „ . 
CHALLENGE MILL no.. Batavia. 111. 
CJOOLEY OREAMEES. 
Greatly IMPROVED. 
In dally use in over 15,000 fac¬ 
tories and dairies. For securing 
Ct-KANUSKSS, PURITY and I1RKAT- 
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HAVE NO KV10AL. 
Made In FOUR STYLES. 
TEN SIZES each. Durable and 
- ornamental. Skim automatic¬ 
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CREAM-GATHERIN' a plan. Four GOLD tllBpAbS 
and Six SILVER UlrdnlH For SHJPKKtOlU t’Y. 
Also Davis Swing Churns, Butter Workers, Prints, 
&c., &c. Send postal for circulars. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CD. Bellows Falla, Vermont 
0. $ * * 8< ****** .p ****** A 
D O NOT SEND YOUK MILK to the factory, 
or buy any cans or puns until you have written 
for circulars, and full information of 
THE FERGUSON BUREAU 
CREAMERY 
It surpasses all other systems In quantity an 1 quality 
of bniter. in ease end cleanliness of working; Is 
endorsed by the best dairy authorities. For circu¬ 
lars, price lists, ana valuable information address 
The FERGUSON Mt'g. Co., Burlington, VC. 
* * * * ************* * v 
“I1UY TI1K IIFeT.” 
THE STODDARD CHURN. 
The moat popular churn 
on the market. No floats 
or dashers Inside. The 
cover removed in an In¬ 
stant, and replaced as 
uutckly. Cork parking, 
that never leaks. Hlgli- 
est award, a 
SILVER MEDAL. 
at Philadelphia, 1880 at 
the largest exhibition 
of dairy apparatus ever 
made In this country, 
after an actual test with 
the leading churns man¬ 
ufactured. SIX SIZES 
made Pulley* furnished 
for power if desired. 
Aokntk Wanted. 
Send Tor circulars to 
manufacturers— 
MOSELEY ifc STODDARD MM ’G OO,, 
Poultney, Verm out. 
ROBERT C. REEVES. 188, ISC. Water St,, New York. 
General Agent for New York City and vicinity. 
8IOOO REWARD 
for any machine hulling as much clover sped in 1 day as (he 
VICTOR 
Double Ilullcr Clover hulled 
Machine 
can. 
All 
Victors 
sold In 1881 and 
the demand could 
not bo supplied. 
Circular confirming this mailed free. Send for It. 
NEWARK MACHINE COMPANY, Newark, Ohio. 
Owners of I'meuw aud Ike imly Manufacturers iu ttao world 
(Tl)f (Querist, 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
To inquiring Fbiends.— In this issue we 
have attempted to “catch up” in the matter 
of answers to inquiries sent to us, but answers 
to a few of these received will have to be de¬ 
layed for next issue, either because the queries 
were referred to gentlemen specially acquaint¬ 
ed with the subjects asked about and their re¬ 
plies have not yet reached ns, or because in a 
few cases we ourselves have not yet bad time 
to shape the answers. It frequently happens 
that the same inquiry is made by two or more 
persons, and in that case, to save time and 
avoid repetition, an answer is given to one 
only. Several instances of this kind occur in 
our Querist Department this week. For the 
thing to prevent disease. We take it for 
granted the mare has a heaping teaspoonful 
of salt in her feed once per day. If a lump of 
the Liverpool Rock Salt could be placed in her 
feed box to tick at pleasure, this would be still 
better, as she would take then simply what she 
craved, and no mere than good for her. If 
the mare is costive, feed a pint to a quart of 
oil meal morning and night, or half the quan¬ 
tity of flax seed. More active medicine would 
be linseed oil or aloes. Any good druggist can 
tell about how much for a dose, and how often 
to take till a slight purgative effect is shown. 
INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE TO CORN, ETC. 
P. B. L., Fair Haven, III .—What is the 
cause of, and a remedy for, the half-grown 
caterpillar that has made sad havoc, among 
my corn fields, and last year destroyed many 
fields of oats ? 
ANSWER BY G, H. FRENCH, CARBONDALE, ILL. 
From the scantiness of the information, it 
The Maxixe. From Nature. (See Page 216.)— Fig. 105.| 
same reason, when several inquiries are made 
answers are given under the inquirer’s initials 
only to those which are not answered in other 
parts of the Querist columns, or in the body of 
the paper. It also happens not seldom that 
matters inquired about are fully explained in 
articles in other Departments of the paper, in 
which case answers here are held to be need¬ 
less. We would strongly urge our friends to 
keep the paper on file. If they do so there 
will be few, very few, questions connected 
with agriculture, horticulture and stock-keep¬ 
ing which they will not find discussed in its 
pages in the course of twelve months, and at 
the close of the year our complete index will 
enable them to use the volume ns a handy 
reference book in after-life. 
TAIL-8WITCHING HABIT IN A HORSE. 
Af. M. IF,, Belvernon, Pa. How can I break 
a valuable mare of the very inconvenient 
habit of constantly switching her tail when¬ 
ever anybody is working about her ? 
Ans. —We think this habit of switching the 
tail arises from itching either under or above 
it. If so, bathe the parts freely with warm 
soap suds, several times during the day, from 
the earliest hour in tho inoruiug, when you 
visit the stable, to the latest in the evening. 
Carbolic soap is the best to use for making the 
suds, as it is the most cleansing of all. It is 
possible there may be minute worms just in¬ 
side of the anus; if so, they must be cleaned 
out and the parts then well washed. It might 
be well to give the mare au even tablespoon¬ 
ful of sulphur in her meal or bran three or 
four times per week for a month or two and 
a heaping tablespoonful of pure wood ashes. 
Both are healthy for horses, and the ashes may 
be given beneficially once a week the year 
round. We dose our horses thus with ashes, 
although perfectly healthy. Ashes are a good 
is impossible to tell just what worm referred 
to above is. It is probable that the insect de¬ 
stroying the oats was the Army-worm, as it 
destroyed many fields of oats throughout the 
State of Illinois last year. The Army-worm 
also ate the leaves of corn after it was more 
than a foot high, nestling in the center of the 
opening leaves and eating holes through them. 
The regular Corn-worm, another caterpillar, 
worked in the ears of corn last year in many 
places. Another small worm worked in the 
roots of corn through the most of the central 
and northern portions of Illinois last year. 
This is not over a third of an inch long, and 
is the larva of a beetle. Was it either of 
these? If the inquirer will write me, at Car- 
bondale, more of the particulars of the ap¬ 
pearance of the worm and the part of the 
plant fed upon, I can perhaps tell what the 
insect was and give him remedies through 
the Rural. I do not think Army-worms 
or Corn-worms will be so numerous this year 
as they were last. 
MENDING RUBBER BOOTS, ETC. 
G. S., Eberle , III., asks, 1, howto mend rub¬ 
ber boots; 2, are there any tuberoses that 
never bloom; 8, will they keep in the ground 
during Winter if not too cold; 4, why do not 
all heliotropes bloom, and how can they be 
wintered. 
Ans.— 1. Get a piece of rubber such as a 
part of an old shoe—vulcanized rubber won’t 
do—cut it into little bits; put them in a 
bottle and cover twice the depth with spirits 
of turpeutiue or refined coal- tar naphtha—not 
petroleum naphtha. Stop the bottle and set it 
on one side; shake it frequently. The rubber 
will soon dissolve. Then take the shoe and 
press the ripped, cut or torn parts close to¬ 
gether and apply the rubber solution with a 
camel’s-hair brush. Continue to apply as fas 
as it dries until a thorough coat is formed. 
Spirits of turpentine dissolve the rubber slower 
than refined coal-tar Dapbtha, but form more 
elastic cement. 2. No. The offsets or little 
tubers which grow about the main tuber will 
not bloom the first season. They should be 
planted for flowering the second year. 8. 
They will not keep in the ground in a cold 
climate, being very tender. They should be 
preserved during the Winter in a warm, dry 
place. 4. Because they grow too vigorously. 
Transplant or root-prune. They can be win 
tered in a warm cellar. 
THUMPS IN HORSES. 
IF. S., Coats' Grove, Mich., What are the 
cause, symptoms and remedy for thumps in 
horses ? 
Ans. —Causes : indigestion ; some blood 
diseases; excitement or sudden fright in 
nervous, highly fed or irregularly worked 
horses; often it arises from functional dis¬ 
order of the heart. Symptoms: Violent 
beatings or palpitations of the heart, with 
abrupt jarring thumps, and a jerking motion 
of the abdomen ; excited eyes ; rapid breath¬ 
ing. If there is a heavy, prolonged, unequal 
belting, with red mucus membrane an 
swelling of the limbs the symptons gener¬ 
ally indicate structural heart disease. Treat¬ 
ment : Keep the animal quiet for some time, 
during which a regular course of sedatives 
and tonics should be administered. These con¬ 
sist of 15-grain doses of digitalis given three 
times a day for a week, and then half a drachm 
of iodide of iro i with four drachms of pow- 
derel gentian root given daily. The feeding 
should be of the most nutritious and digesti¬ 
ble kind ; for instance, ground or crushed 
oats, sound hay, and, once a day, two quarts 
of linseed steeped in hot water for 12 hours 
alternately with two quarts of wheat bran. 
PASTURE PER COW. 
C. H. C„ Harnett, Pa .—On thirteen acres 
of fair pasture (five of them wood pasture 
can I keep 25 cows all Summer in good milk 
by feeding some grain ? 
Ans. —Thirteen acres of pasture would not 
be sufficient for 25 cows even with the usual 
ration of grain feed,, viz: four or five pounds 
of corn meal and two pounds of linseed meal 
daily. The pasture would last much better if 
it were divided into three portions and one fed 
down while the others were recovering. But 
the best thing to do would be‘to help out the 
pasture by two or three acres of green fodder 
crops, such as oats to be cut in July, and corn 
to be cut in August. With two acres of each, 
sown thickly, the pasture would bavea chance 
to grow up and recover itself. It would also 
be improved by clearing it of the droppings 
and scattering a handful of mixed lime and 
salt over each fouled spot. As a rule, one 
acre of good pasture does very well if it keeps 
one cow, being also helped out with the above 
ration of grain food. 
CORN EXPERIMENTS. 
C. R., address mislaid. —1. The great inter¬ 
est which your remarkable results of corn cul¬ 
ture for 1880 has awakened, makes it desirable 
to have an account of your “corn experi¬ 
ments” during the less favorable season of 
18SI. 2. What are the results of your experi¬ 
ments with rt ferenee to the width corn should 
be planted apart in drills, 
Ans.— 1. See Rural of February 25, for 
full account. 2. Corn that grows to the 
hight of 10 feet without branching or suck- 
ering much fhould be planted four feet apart 
and from 14 to 16 inches apart in the drill. 
POTATO BALLS FOR SEED. 
Af. P. B., Peoria, Kans. What is the best 
time to gather potato balls for seed; how 
should they be preserved through the Winter 
and when should they be planted in Spring? 
Ans. —When they ripen or begin to lose the 
green color—just before the stems and leaves 
die. Wash the pulp from the seeds and pre¬ 
serve them the same as any other seed. Plant 
them iu flat boxes, pots or in a cold-frame and 
transplant as soon as the weather is warm. 
Tubers will form by Fall as large as peas or 
larger. 
GERMAN MILLET AS STOCK FEED. 
E. G. S., Athens, Ohio .—What is the value 
of German millet for sheep, cattle and horses ? 
Ans. —Such samples as have been analyzed 
in this country show it to be slightly richer in 
protein and slightly less rich in carbohydrates 
than Timothy hay. Its theoretical value is 
substantially the same as that of Timothy 
hay. Judidous farmers who have grown and 
fed it liberully have said that they esteem it 
as valuable as good hay. Most prefer to feed 
it os a part of a daily ration. 
Miscellaneous. 
A. D. C., Hubbardston, Mass. —1. Which is 
the best horse corn planter ? 2. Which is the 
better plan to "build a silo, of wood or stone ? 
Should it be above ground or below ? 
Ans. —1. It is not fair that we should say 
which is the best anything. If we knew, we 
should speak it out without.reserve; but with 
