THE BUBAL MEW-YOBKER. 
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ORNAMENTAL AND TIMBER TREES not na¬ 
tives of the Province of Quebec, 82 pages. By- 
Charles Gibb, Abbotteford. 
F. K. Pit'FNix, Phoenix Nurseries, Dela- 
van, Wis. Circular of apples, pears, small 
fruits, bulbs, etc. 
Galloway Cattle. —The Secretary of the 
Galloway Cattle Society, at the annual meet¬ 
ing held at Dumfries, Scotland, recently, 
said that he had frequently expressed his be¬ 
lief in the future of Galloway cattle. There 
were strong indications that a great demand 
for them would rise up in Canada and the 
United States, as more Galloways had been 
sent out during the last few months thau for 
many years previously, and the American 
people were beginning to appreciate the mer¬ 
its of the breed for all their purposes. 
Breeders of Galloways know that their merits 
for the purposes of the American people were 
very high. The Polled Angus was a mag 
nificent breed for particular circumstances; 
but there w as not a breed possessing so many 
recommendations to American breeders as 
the Galloways. There was no breed of polled 
cattle in Britain so impressive and influen¬ 
tial as the Galloways in crossing with horned 
cattle, with the view of getting quit of the 
horns. He ventured to affirm that, where a 
pure, well bred Galloway bull was put to 
cows of any honied breed, the produce of 
ninety-nine cases out of every hundred would 
be polled, and he would leave those in a posi¬ 
tion to judge to say whether there was any 
other polled breed of which the same could 
be said. Then there was their hardy char¬ 
acter, which was a great point in their favor. 
There was no breed, except perhaps the West 
Highlanders, so peculiarly fitted for exposure 
to extremes of heat and cold experienced in 
many parts of the Western States, where a 
large number of cattle bad to lie out at all 
seasons. The breed was also a capital beef- 
producing one, and he was sorry to observe 
that in recent years breeders had been doing 
so little toward bringing this quality before 
the notice of the public. 
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This Year’s Apple Crop.— The following 
statistics have been furnished the Kansas 
State Horticultural Society from reliable 
sources, and are given to show the per cent of 
an average crop of apples—300 beiug the 
standard—within the States meutioned. These 
States have been accepted ns heretofore fur¬ 
nishing the bulk of apples thrown upon the 
Western arid Southwestern markets, and from 
which the stock competing with that grown 
in Kansas and Missouri has been obtained. 
Prospective apple crop for 1882: 
Kansas.. 76 per cent. 
Michigan .. SO " 
l’llnols. S8 " “ 
Indiana. 20 “ *• 
Iowa. 8(» " “ 
Ohio. 87 “ “ 
Missouri . 75 “ “ 
From the foregoing it can be readily seen 
that Kansas leads all other favored fruit¬ 
growing States. The product of several of 
her competitoi’s is reported of an inferior 
quality, whilst that of Kansas is remarkably 
fair, and ever}' way superior. Mr. G, C. 
Brackett, the Secretary of the Society, says: 
“Our producers should not be in any haste to 
dispose of their crop of Winter-keeping varie¬ 
ties, and much less to accept such very low 
prices as buyers are disposed to offer.” 
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Rats. —A writer in tbe Scientific American 
says: “We clean our premises of these de¬ 
testable vermin by making whitewash yellow 
with copperas and covering the stones and 
rafters in the cellar with it. In every crevice 
in which a rat may go we put the crystals of 
the copperas and scatter in the corners of the 
floor. The result was a perfect stampede of 
rats and mice. Since that time not a footfall of 
either rats or mice has been around the house. 
Every Spring a coat of the yellow wash is 
given to the cellar as a purifier and rat-exter¬ 
minator.” 
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Sir J. B. Lawks, of England, says that live 
stock should be fed with drier food in Winter 
than Summer. He also believes that the 
American farmer claims too much for ensi- 
. lage, when applied to grass or clover, siuee 
they are best fed dry, the silo adding nothing 
to their value and the process of drying in the 
production of hay subtracts nothing but water; 
a pertinent remark by a chemical and practi¬ 
cal observer and experimenter. 
Training Vicious Horses.— A new and 
very simple method of training vicious horses 
was exhibited at West Philadelphia recently, 
and the manner in which some of the wildest 
horses were subdued the Philadelphia Record 
calls astonishing. The first trial was that of a 
kicking or “bucking” mare, which her owner 
said had allowed no rider on her back for a 
period of at least five years. She became 
tame in about as many minutes, and a llowed 
herself to be ridden about without a sign of 
her former wildness. The means by which 
the result was accomplished was by a piece of 
light rope which was passed around the front 
of the jaw of the mare just above the upper 
teeth, crossed in her mouth, thence secured 
back of her neck. It was claimed that no 
horse will kick or jump when thus secured, 
and that a horse, after receiving the treatment 
a few times will abandon his vicious ways 
forever. A very simple method was also 
shown by which a kicking borse could be 
Rliod. It consisted in connecting the animal’s 
head and tail by means of a rope fastened to 
the tail and then to the bit, and then drawn 
tightly enough to incline the animal’s head to 
one side. This, it is claimed, makes it absol¬ 
utely impossible for the horse to kick on the 
side of the rope. At the same exhibition a 
horse which for many years had to be bound 
ou the ground to be shod, suffered the black¬ 
smith to operate on him without attempting 
to kick, while secured in the manner described. 
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Pig-nuts for horses. —Experiments in re¬ 
gard to the effect upon horses of a diet of 
“ pig-nut” have recently been made in 
Germany, For some time it had been 
noticed that horses were very fond of these 
nuts, and would eagerly drink water in which 
some of them had been placed. Horses cared 
for in this way shed their long Winter hair 
very early in Spring, and come out in 
very fine and glossy Summer coats. Two of 
the beasts upon which Dr, Freitag, of Halle, 
experimented in this way were at first very 
shabby looking creatures, but in a few wepks 
their bodies rounded out, and they gained 
from 11 to 14 kilogrammes in weight [about 
80 pounds] in IS days. In the meantime they 
worked more willingly and with greater effect 
than they had ever done before, and did not 
so easily break into a perspiration. One little 
badly-groomed and half starved pony which 
was submitted to this treatment—the nuts 
Vicing mixed with other food—gained 34 kilo¬ 
grammes [about 72 pounds] in 28 days, and, 
though at first he was lazy and sleepy, in a 
short time became sleeJc and spirited. 
A DURABLE AND ECONOMICAL PAINT FOR 
outbuildings that can be used upon dressed 
or undressed lumber and applied by common 
farm hands, is an article of considerable im¬ 
portance to tbe farmer. Various preparations 
of lime and of cement have been used with 
more or less benefit. They lack, however, at 
least one essential of a good paint; they do 
not form an enamel impervious to water t 
Professor Knapp, of Iowa Agricultural Col¬ 
lege, says that experiments upon the college 
farm have decided in favor of the following 
preparation as a very excellent paint for out¬ 
buildings, and as far as tested it seems to 
answer all the conditions of more expensive 
paints: To three parts crude petroleum and 
one part linseed oil add sufficient mineral paint 
to give tbe desired body and apply with a 
brush. For better buildings white lead may 
be added in tbe proportion of one pound of 
lead to five of mineral paint. Crude petro¬ 
leum costs only from six to eight, cents per 
gallon by the barrel, and can be easily ob¬ 
tained through any druggist or dealer in oil 
in any town or village. A barrel would be 
handy to have in the bouse of any farmer, 
who could then do a world of painting at odd 
spells. Not only ought barns, fences, hog pens 
and stables to be painted, but the roofs and 
the floors of these buildings as well. 
Getting Rid of Stumps.— The Scientific 
American indorses the following method of 
getting rid of stumps on a farm. Four years 
ago the same method was described in the 
Rukal: In the Autumn or early Winter bore 
a hole one or two inches in diameter, accord¬ 
ing to the girth of the stump, and about eiglit 
inches deep. Put into it one or two ounces of 
saltpeter, fill the hole with water and plug it 
close. In the ensuing Spring take out the 
plug and pour in a gill of kerosene oil and ig¬ 
nite it, The stump will smolder away with¬ 
out blazing to the very extremity of tbe roots, 
leaving nothing but ashes. 
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A Texas Goat Ranch. —The Uvalde Hes¬ 
perian describes the Angora goat ranch of S. 
J. Arnold & Bro., situated in the famousNue- 
ces canyon. Six years ago last July these 
gentlemen commenced with 875 goats and 
1,400 head of sheep. Now they have 4,000 of 
the former aud 8,000 of the latter. Their 
losses in sheep will amount to about the same 
in money value as their purchases, while on 
the goat question they are $2,00C ahead of 
their losses, besides their increase. During 
this period their losses from disease and other¬ 
wise have not been over two per cent ou their 
goats. They run seven different flocks which 
give steady employment to seven herders, 
besides a viciero (who superintends flocks), as 
well as extra hands to attend to other work 
on the ranch. In the shearing, lambing and 
dipping seasons of course tbe number is great¬ 
ly augmented. On this ranch tbe goats have 
been improved up by tbe best of thoroughbred 
billies until now the grades run from one-half 
to fifteen sixteenthB. Last Spring tbeir goat 
clip amounted to 1,200 pounds, which was sold 
in New York at an average of 40 cents. In 
common goats the profit lies in the hides and 
tallow, which always command a good price, 
and the supply of good meat in a shape that 
will not spoil in warm weather before it can 
be used up. By using Angora siies a flock 
can be graded up so high that the wool 
is more profitable than that of sheep, and the 
animal itself is hardier, more prolific, and less 
expensive. 
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Frozen Meats from Australia. —A good 
deal of comment bas been iudulged in con¬ 
cerning the shipping of frozen meat from 
Au'-t.ralia to England. An English journal 
states that tbe attempts have not been success¬ 
ful from n financial point of view. On the 
first shipment per the Protos there was a profit 
of £810 0s. 8d., and on the first shipment per 
the Europa there was a gain of £2,183 Is. 4d., 
making a total profit of £2,043 2a 6d. The 
second shipment per the Protos, however, 
resulted in a loss of £2.161 8s. 5d,, and the lo?a 
on tbe first Orient shipment was £664 Is, 5d., 
making a total loss of £2,825 0s. 10d., or re¬ 
ducing the profits on previous shipments to 
£117 12s. 21. Amounts written off various 
eccounts reduce this sum to a debit balance 
of £1,963 8s. 9d., and directors anticipate a 
further loss on the third Protos shipment of 
3,140 sheep, and on the Garonne shipment of 
4,154 sheep. 
(L'vcn)wl)m\ 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
UMnoifi. 
University, Champaign, Champaign Co., 
111., Sept. 15,—'The Illinois Industrial Univer¬ 
sity opened its year of work the pres nt week, 
with an increased number of new students— 
about 130 to date. Professor McMurtrie, 
whose appointment as Chemist you have 
noticed, is at work. Professor Jillson, of 
Pittsburg, has been choosen Professor of 
Geology and Zoology. 
The weather is admirable for maturing tbe 
corn crop; but this crop, as likewise broom 
corn, sorghum, etc, is nearly a month later 
than last year; much of it is yet in roasting 
ear stage. On the University Farm, corn of 
a variety which last year was mature at 
September 1, is now only beginning to show 
glazing of the husks. Tbe early-planted corn 
is little more advanced than that of later 
planting, in many cases. We have adjacent 
rows planted each week from May 2, for five 
weeks. Casual observation shows no differ¬ 
ence in maturity. The "suiar factory ” here 
bas only commenced work, instead of two or 
three weeks ago as was expected in Bpring. 
It is too early to say whether it will prove the 
abundant success we all hope it may. If we 
have no severe frosts before October 15, much 
of our corn will be a full average. At the 
best, much of the acreage planted cannot 
give more than half a full average yield. The 
grass is abundant. This is one of the seasons 
in which some pasturing of meadows will do 
no harm—in some cases be of advantage. 
Animals are generally in good condition. I 
think the number of cattle to be fed is much 
smaller than usual, and the hog crop is quite 
short. Given no early frosts, and this is to be 
counted a prosperous year for most Illinois 
farmers. G. e. m. 
Iowa. 
Osage, Mitchell Co., Sept 18.—The frost 
still holds off and the corn crop in Northern 
Iowa it quite safe. It is immensely large for 
this section, and makes the farmers feel cheer¬ 
ful. Its size has stopped the grumblers and 
turned their mourning into joy. L. a. E. 
Louisiana 
Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Sept. 13.— 
The crops of cotton, corn and sugar are very 
good; that of sweet and Irish potatoes simply 
immense. The second crop of Irish potatoes 
are up and growing well. Those who planted 
millet harvested two good crops. The grass 
is very fine, but not much bay is saved in 
this country. Generally the planters do not 
use improved implements. At last a railroad 
will soon be built through this section; and 
then its wonderful capabilities will be devel¬ 
oped. The South is the country for the small 
farmer, where land is cheap and the value of 
the products of an acre great. w. f. k. 
Missouri. 
Savannah, Andrew Co., Sept. 11.—Crops 
of all kinds look exceptionally well, consid¬ 
ering the backwardness of tbe Spring which 
was very cold until June 4, wheo corn was 
but a few inches in hight and rather a poor 
stand, but tbe weather was so favorable after 
that time that it promises 50 bushels to the 
acre. The wheat crop was never better, av¬ 
eraging from 20 to 35 bushels per acre and 
worth 75c. per bushel. Oats a fair crop and 
worth 25c. per bushel. Not much rye sown, 
but very good; worth 40c. per bushel. Po¬ 
tatoes are splendid with few exceptions. 
Grasses of all kind were never better and 
we can beat the world raising red clover 
—our soil heing of a clay loam. To in¬ 
dicate the quantity of fruit I vill give prices; 
Apples 25c. per bushel; peaches of the beat 
quality 50c. Small fruits in abundance; in fact 
farmers never bad a more bountiful supply 
of everything. The weather is a little dry 
but only retards Fall plowing. This is a No. 
1. country. E. J. B. 
Minnesota* 
Jackson, Jackson Co., Miss., September 
14.—No frost yet in this section. No rain to 
amount to anything since July 24. Ground 
very dry. Weather hot. Corn crop not yet 
out of danger, but with two weeks’ exemption 
from frost there will be a full average for 
Southwestern Minnesota and Northwestern 
Iowa—perhaps more. Small grain better 
than average throughout this section and 
stacked without rain. Hay crop immense and 
it is being secured in the best of shape. Much 
more than usual has already been secured and 
still the work goes on. Upland prairie grass 
is now in its host condition for bay, and re¬ 
tains its value until frosted. Potatoes will be 
a light crop, the dry weather having set in 
just at the critical period of their growth. 
Still the increase of ucreage will doubtless give 
sufficient for home consumption. n. v. c. 
Waseca, Waseca Co.. Sept. 11.—Wheat has 
been harvested herein fine condition—no rain 
to speak of since harvest commenced. The 
report from thrashers is that the yield is bet¬ 
ter than expected. Barley, oats and potatoes 
are all good crops. Corn will need ten days 
or two weeks to mature yet. D d. 
Hampshire. 
Pittsfield, Merrimack Co., Sept. 21,—The 
very sharp and protracted drought has been 
brought to an end by several moderate rains. 
Corn will average about three-fourths of a 
crop; potatoes one-half. The crop of apples 
will not be up to the average, and extra No. 1 
fruit will be more scarce than for a long time. 
About one third of the entire crop was shaken 
from the trees by a gale Sept. 17. G. R. D. 
New York. 
Canaan, Columbia Co., Sept. 25.—The crops 
are now' pretty well gathered, excepting pota¬ 
toes and corn; a number of farmers are still 
working in th»se. Corn is a very good crop 
and will all be cut before any very severe 
frosts come, to damage it. My opinion is that 
farmers as a rule do not take sufficient pains 
in putting up their corn os it is cut. My plan 
is to bind each shock when it is first setup or 
soon after with a straw band, as it saves time 
in the end. A shock of corn needs to be 
well set to staud a half day or so without 
being bound in some way. Fall winds are 
no respecters of one's feelings, and I have yet 
to meet the man who really enjoys picking 
up corn stalks that lie in every direction one 
upon another. I always use two good bands 
of rye straw to bind each shock, then when I 
come to husking I divide tbe stalks into two 
about equal parts after they are husked and 
bind them with the hands that were taken 
from the unhusked shock. Thisgive9 me light 
bundles to handle in hauling or in mowing 
away or stacking. After six or eight shocks 
are husked, if in the field, I set up all the 
small bundles in a large stook and bind with 
two bands, tbe lower one of the two being 
spliced and tightly twisted. Stalks put up in 
this way always keep well and are eagerly 
eaten by stock, whereas if they are allowed 
to blow down and get wet they become dis¬ 
colored and are not relished by the cattle. 
Tbe apple crop will be a very light one in this 
vicinity. Rye was a good crop and the Fall 
sowing has been put in good shape. D. 
Nova Scotia. 
Belmont, Sept. 18.—Hay an average crop; 
on well drained and rich soil a heavy crop. 
Wheat mostly a failure. Oats good. Barley, 
fair to good; in some places the weevil has 
eaten it. Potatoes promise a fair return. We 
are looking forward to find a good market in 
New York for all we have to sell; the prioe on 
hoard of cars is $1. per barrel. The potato 
bug made its appearance this season for the 
first time; it did no harm this year, but it will 
likely be on hand for work early next Spring. 
Roots of all kinds are very poor. Onions no 
good—the maggot destroyed them, in some 
places not leaving any. We had a late Spring, 
followed by heavy rains in June, and in July 
we had dry, hot weather; August the same. 
