dark crimson, sweet-scented, rose-like flowers, 
what is its botanical name, and how should it 
be treated 2 2, Is there not some mistake 
about begonias doing well at a temperature 
of 30 to 35 degrees, as mentioned in the Rural 
of October 7, page 089? 
Axs.—1. We do not recognize the plant from 
your description. Cau you send us a speci¬ 
men? The plant generally knowu under the 
uameof Raspberry Rose—Rubus rosae-folius— 
has large white flowers, while you describe 
yours as having dark crimson. The Rubus 
possesses little or no fragrance. We think, 
however, that your plant is the Rubus, and 
that you are mistaken so far as regards the 
color of the flower. If so, take the plant up 
carefully and pot it about the first of Sep¬ 
tember, drain the pot well and use ordinary 
potting soil. It can be placed in the flower 
border about May 1. Propagation is eft'ected 
by division of the plant. This operation is 
best performed liefore the plants are placed 
in the flower border—the plant can be placed 
in the cellar after flowering. Winter the 
same us tender roses. 2. Yes, they require 
ancl must have a winter temperature of from 
50 to 55 degrees. 
miscellaneous. 
H. It., Floyd Co., hid ,—What variety of 
potato should 1 plant here instead of the Peach- 
blow which is running out ? 
Ans. —Our friend will have to experiment 
with different biuds. Make a plot next year 
say, for easy reckoning, 33 feet square—1-40 
of an acre. Make the drills three feet apart, 
which will give 11 drills. Then plant the 
eyes or seed pieces one foot apart and try 
one potato each of the best kiuds which the 
RURAL is reporting upon. The yield may be 
estimated with sullicient accuracy by weigh¬ 
ing the crop of each and counting each hill as 
1-14520th of an acre. The keeping qualities 
of a potato iu a given locality can only be as¬ 
certained by trial. The Blush with us is the 
best of keepers. 
IP. S, T.. Corn wall, Canada. —1. Where can 
I get back numbers of the Rural; I have 
lost some which I want to replace, to get the 
complete volume hound up i 2. Where can 1 
get the Golden Ovoid Mangel and the Rural 
Perfection CAery seed ? 4. What is the Ru 
hal's opinion of the Cheshire breed of swine 7 
Axs.—1. We do not know. Our subscrip 
tion list has increased so rapidly that our own 
supply of backAumbers is exhausted, as many 
new subscribers have asked for back numbers. 
If our friend will tell us what back numbers 
he wants, however, we will try to procure 
them for him. 2. Prom Thorburu & Co., 15 
John Bt., N. Y. 3. We have had no personal 
experience with Cheshires, but trustworthy 
accounts say the breed is an excellent one. 
a, Norwich. Ont. —1. What is the size of 
the conservatory shown in the Fair Number 
for 1879, and how is it heated ? 2. If I get 
the Rural through Vick of Rochester, shall 
I get the Rural seeds without further uotice ? 
3. How should I winter some hardy grape 
vines I have .fust obtained ? 
Axs.—1. It is about 12 feet long, 10 feet high 
and five wide. It connects with the dining 
room of the house by glass doors and is heated 
by a heater iu the Are place of that room. The 
roof is glass. The sashes are about three feet 
and a half wide. 2. Yes, as you will see by 
reading the advertisement. 3. Cover the 
roots with moist earth and keep it merely 
moist, not wet. 
An Old Subscriber, Staten Island, N. T.— 
Where can 1 get a thoroughbred Ayrshire 
bull, some Suffolk and Berkshire hogs and 
collie pups? 
ANS.—Ayrshire, E. H. Barney, Milford, N. 
Y.; Stryker & Jones, Rome, N. Y.; Suffolks 
and collie pups, W. Atlee Burpee, Philadel¬ 
phia, l’a.; Berkshire, see advertisement in 
Rural. 
J. S. , New Berlin, N. I’.—I have been 
told that if the after-math is allowed to rot 
unpastured on meadows, the land will “ keep 
up” for a term of years, is this true? 
, Ans. —Yes, it will keep up for a term of 
years—that is louger than if cut, but it can¬ 
not wholly make up for the first mowing. 
\V. IP. 7'., Oil Oily, Pa .—Where can I get 
Niagara grape-vines and a young tig tree ? 
Ans.—T he Niagara is not for sale. Ell- 
wanger A Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., can 
furnish tig trees. 
judgment, on account of their dryness and the 
great quantity of water they will absorb. The 
analysis of them, given in the German tables, 
is as follows—that of corn meal being given 
for comparison: 
Malt. Sprouts. Cora Meal. 
Water. 10 1 14.4 
Ash . ”2 1.03 
Albuminoids. 24.3 1U.U 
Curbo-liydradea.42.1 (>2.l 
Fiber... 14.S 5.5 
Fat,. 2.1 6.5 
Digestible—Albuminoids. .19.4 8.4 
Carbo hydrates aud ttb, r. 4-\u 60 .K 
Fat... 1.7 4.8 
Honey value per 100 lbs.$1.32 .$1.11 
Prom these figures it may be see that malt 
sprouts are exceedingly rich in nitrogenous 
matter, and are therefore a rich food; too 
much so, in fact, to be fed alone or iu large 
quantities. When fed with wheat bran aud 
com meal in proper proportions they are very 
valuable food for dairy cows and for sheep, 
especially for ewes that are nursing lambs. 
The following mixture would be safe, viz.; 
Four pounds corn meal; two pounds bran and 
two pounds of the sprouts for a cow, and one- 
fourth this quantity for a sheep daily. They 
should not be given to horses or pigs, unless 
to the latter made into a slop. 
LARV.E OF THE FLY IX WHEAT. 
H. B., New Alban y, bid .—A field sowed 
with wheat on Sept 27 was badly infested by 
the fly; for several weeks the blades stopped 
growing and looked ready to die out; now, 
however, new shoots are being thrown out 
and the growth looks much finer; but the old 
stems are literally full of browu eggs. Can 
anything be done this Fall to prevent the in¬ 
sects developed from these eggs from destroy¬ 
ing the wheat next Spring ? 
ANS.—The insect is now iu its pupa or 
" flax-seed ” stage and will do uo harm uutil 
Spring, when the Spring brood will appear 
and lav its eggs on an upper joint which will 
cause the stems to become weak aud bend 
over. The only remedy now is to wait uutil 
Spring and then sow six bushels of salt to the 
acre, or dust the wheat well with lime slaked 
with water in which salt has been dissolved, 
so as to reduce the lime to a flue, dry powder. 
The wheat should then be well rolled. Had 
you sown the wheat two weeks later it might 
have escaped the fly which would have laid 
its eggs elsewhere where the young grubs 
would have starved. Pasturing will do no 
good now, as the insects are too low down to 
be reached. Some good has been done by 
driving sheep over the wheat by which many 
of the insects have been crushed by the 
sharp hoofs. 
ENLARGEMENT OF PAROTID GLAND IN HORSE. 
R. C ., Shawano, IFi's,—My four-year-old 
horse has what appears to be au enlargement 
of the upper part of the lower jaw bone—it 
is between the angle of the jaw and the ear 
He chews and swallows with great difficulty. 
What should be the proper treatment? 
Ans.—T his may be au enlargement of the 
parotid gland, the largest of the salivary 
glands. It is situated in the locality men¬ 
tioned and in young horses is subject to in¬ 
flammation and swelling, both from cold and 
from the common disease knowu as “ dis¬ 
temper.” The gland and adjacent muscles 
become swollen, hard and very painful and 
eating and swallowing are difficult. The 
treatment consists in giving a dose of cooling 
medicine, as 12 ounces of Glauber salts; ap¬ 
plying a bran poultice put in a bag and bound 
on the part and covered with something to 
keep in the heat, aud after this warm fo¬ 
mentations followed by the rubbing in of io¬ 
dine ointment or tincture of iodine. Give 
soft mashes and linseed gruel anti nurse the 
horse well. It will probably run its course 
in two weeks. 
FEED OF A HORSE. 
W. R., N. Y, City .—How much hay will 
a medium-sized horse weighing less than 950 
pounds, eat per diem iu addition to eight 
quarts of grain ? The animal is 12 years old 
and used iu the country to a buggy, but he is 
not driven every day. aud does no other work. 
Axs.—Eight quarts of grain is light feed¬ 
ing, and a much larger quantity of hay will 
be consumed tba » if the grain was increased. 
The regular ullowattee is three pounds of hay 
per 100 pounds of live weight without grain, 
to sustain life without work. W 1th such light 
work, as that above nientioued, a small quan¬ 
tity of graiu only would be required. But 
this again depends very much upon the char¬ 
acter of the horse aud its thrift and good 
digestion. U nder the roost favorable ciroum 
stances a hoi se of the size above mentioned 
would be very well fed ou 20 pounds of hay 
paily in addition to the eight quarts of oats. 
If corn is fed aud not oats, 15 pounds of hay 
would be sufficient and all that a thrifty horse 
would consume. 
THE RASPBERRY ROSE. 
L. S., Davenport, Iowa .—I receutly had a 
small plant given me, called Raspberry Rose, 
the leaf has the shape of a rose, but the lines 
and markings resemble those of a raspberry. 
It has also thorns like the latter. It is said 
to produce about Christinas large, double 
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Nos. 1 and 2 designed for hand use. 
No. 8 is the Power Cutter and will cut 100 bushels 
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