which it whs laid. And here may be a sugges¬ 
tion to new experimentalists; they should not 
mark on the shell with iuk, especially if test¬ 
ing the relative values of different solutions; 
for ink is dissolved and the lead is not. 
COLD AIR. 
The average temperature in the cellar from 
June 10th to July Kith, was about 70®; but one 
observation of temperature was made a day. 
On July 1'lth the eggs were taken to a cream¬ 
ery refrigerator and put on shelves The av¬ 
erage temperature in the refrigerator, from 
July 27t.h to August loth, was 54°F. Two ob¬ 
servations were made each day. 
On November 8th two eggs laid July 7th 
and 8th, were examined and found perfectly 
fresh and sweet; hence the conclusion that 
unaided cold air is a good egg preservative. 
PARAFFINE. 
DATE DATE 
LAID, EXAMINED. REMARKS. 
June 11.12.. July io....hoth bad. 
Juneia ...July 17 .. musty. 
June 12....Nov. S ...very bud 
June —Sept. 3—rotten. This egr was paralllned 
fi days alter It was laid. 
Jane IS ...Sept. 3 ...roiteu. 
June IS... .Nov s ...spotted yelk aiui inusty. 
June'll ...Nov. 9 ...very sour. 
June iS—Nov. 90 ..'or/s, and all very bad. 
June aii .. Sept. 9_good. 
Paraffine is a solid at ordinary tempera¬ 
tures, It is white, odorless, tasteless, and 
melts at about 11.7° F, The drug stores charge 
about 40 cents per pound for it. French au¬ 
thorities claim that eggs have been preserved 
two years with it, and that one kilogram or 
.37 pound avoirdupois will coat 3,000 eggs. 
I weighed six eggs on the gram smiles in the 
chemical laboratory before and after they 
were dipped, to determine approximately the 
amount of paraffine used. The average 
weight of the six eggs before dipping was 
55.020 grams. The amount of paraffine used 
for the six eggs was 3.171 grams. The paraf¬ 
fine was heated to about 230° F., as I remem¬ 
ber, and the cold eggs were dipped in this hot 
liquid and taken out immediately. The paraf- 
fiue cools ou the surface of the shell, forming 
an air-tight covering. The few eggs used were 
or may lie, of some value in aiding or di¬ 
recting future investigation. 
If there is any improvement to be made in 
preserving eggs, I think it is to be fouud by 
investigating the effect of different packing 
materials in connection with unpatented cold 
a i r - j. x. miincy. 
Agricultural College. Ames, la. 
pulled out. The. plants are then carefully 
hoed. This process of culling and hoeing is 
repeated about five times during the first sea- 
son s growth. As the plants develop, new 
characters of leaf and vine unfold. 
The most remarkable and vigorous plants 
are noted with a label wired to them late in 
the season before the leaves drop, and in the 
following November these are planted in a 
vineyard to fruit, while those of less marked 
characteristics are planted two feet apart in 
rows to remain for further development before 
being put into the test vineyard The vines 
put in the test vineyard are intended to re¬ 
main there during their life-time, that their 
behavior may lie fully observed ami recorded. 
If any promise very good results they will be 
propagated from, and well tested in, other lo¬ 
calities before dissemination. I aim to allow 
VINEYARD EXPERIMENTS IN THE 
SOUTH. 
BY T. V. MUNSON 
NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
Tho principles of a Turbine applied to a wind motor. 
The HERCULES WIND ENGINE. 
e desire to call attention of the farmers to this 
Kncine, which can be placed Inside their barn 
cupolas. 
we are permitted to make the following extracts 
from a private letter : 
•< Lorain Co., Ohio. Feb 25. 
HLRI CLES operates In u very light 
wind. It drives a 12-Inch hurr mill, elevates all my 
groin to the third story, runs a power corn-sheller. 
besides pumping all water for my stock. All pro- 
ncmiiec? It tht* nicest tiling they ever saw 
# 4A *iES H.\SRTANDER.” 
Fnr the only windmill thoroughly adapted to the 
farmer’s use. Address 
HERCUifS WIND ENGINE CO., 
UORCEST- K, **..«• 
Catalogues mailed to all who Inclose stamp, 
hention this paper. 
I am making quite an extensive trial n pro¬ 
ducing seedling grapes, with the hope that by 
_ north. w _ 
r^Doubl. door. [ i&.'ji •■<>} ' ■ ~T Door 
.2 * \ Catll« or sheep. 
,15.16 feet. 
horse iUblcs, 16.32 feet 
Racks and ♦roughs^ 
iStairway to 
FEED ROOM. 16x32. 
WITH CRIB. 
| barn floor, 
4 feet above 
FEED ROOM. 
16 x 16 feel. 
Racks and troughs. 
CROWELL MFG CO 
Greencastle, Penn. 
16x16 feet. 
horse stables. 16x32 feet. 
manufacturers of 
GRAIN’ and PEKTIl.lZl R PH II.L<. com¬ 
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A! TOMA ' li ClT-OFF saving FERTILIZ¬ 
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other Farm Implements. 
STEAM ENGINES THRESHERS 
AND SAAV MILLS 
A SPECIALTY. 
Agents wanted in territory not occupied. 
Descriptive circulars ou application. State where 
you saw this. 
SOUTH 
PUN OF GROUND FLOOR, STABLES AND FEED ROOMS. 
V. Ventilators. 
W Window*. 
Butment vjDf.T- - - oroject'on- 
utilizing the best blood of natives, especially 
of the Post Oak,—which is frequently found 
wild, as large as the Concord in bunch and 
berry, and nearly equal as a table grape, and 
much better for wiue-noaktug—and the River- 
Side (Riparia) Grape, to which species belong, 
as hybrids with the Eastern Fox Grape t Vitis 
Labrusea) the Taylor, Elvira, Noah, etc.—we 
may eventually secure varieties far more de¬ 
sirable for the South than can possibly be pro¬ 
duced in the North. L believe no variety of 
fruit or vegetable can be produced which will 
be equally successful in widely different lati¬ 
tudes, and hence, that though the North is 
producing numerous very excellent varieties 
for itself, yet they will never do so well in the 
South as those “to the manor born.” 
In growing seedling grapes the finest ber¬ 
ries growing ou the tips of the branehlets in 
the finest clusters on the finest vines of the 
variety are selected when fully ripe, carefully 
wrapped and labeled and preserved till No¬ 
vember. Our grapes ripen here at Deuison, 
Texas, in July and August, except the 9cnp- 
uone to be disseminated unless they are really 
valuable. I grow so many of pure aud hybrid 
seedlings, and of such varied blood, that there 
will be no dearth in making selections. The 
final selections shall be made by persons of 
known critical powers, free from any bias in 
judging. This is a life experiment, and I hope 
to make it of value to the country. 
Over 15.000 seedlings have already been 
thus grown; some three, some two, some one 
year old. A few have fruited once. There 
are many fine-looking plants among the 600 
now remaining on my grounds out of the 
15,000 which came up in the seed beds. Had 
we those am mg us in the South, who are cap 
able, rich enough, aud willing to experiment 
for years for valuable results, we could make 
astonishing progress, as so little, comparative- 
ly, has been doue of this kind of work iu any 
direction. 
Denison, Texas. T. v. munson. 
ULLARD’S 
HAY- 
Does better and more 
work, draws easier, costa 
less for p-.-i 'airs. Is better 
made, lasts Inniror, does 
not run on the snread 
grass, is the only Tedder 
provjwr eat. 
> factory 
/\ I \ be - 
/ \ I A lnyyeais 
K W.AA muse. 
LAID. EXAMINED. REMARKS. 
June 27, ...Nov 20.2 eggs, ami both vrood. 
June iS ,.,.Seot. ,i eicsr.and verv swoei. 
July 3 . Nov, 2H ..,.2 eggs ami both fresh and nice. 
Nov. h. e<K«. not, July 9 , all good. 
These eggs were taken to the refrigerator 
ahout 19days after they were laid. The ‘’Rex 
Magnus” is dissolved in water, and while the 
water is boiling the eggs are dipped in it for 
about five seconds. I treated five eggs in a 
similar way, using clear, hot water. The eggs 
were laid J uue 30th and examined November 
20th; three were good and two bad. All the 
other conditions being the same, I should re¬ 
gard the Humiston Egg Preservative as supe¬ 
rior to the hot water process. 
mine’s ec;g compound. 
One egg laid June 18th, was examined 
July 17th aud at that time wus found sweet and 
good. Another, laid June 13th, was examined 
July 28th, and found fresh and uninjured. The 
remaining dozen were frozen iu the solution 
in the Winter and hence no valuable conclu¬ 
sion can be drawn. The solution is largely 
lime and water, with probably a small per 
cent of salicylic acid. The eggs are put iu this 
liquid, and the directions are to set them away 
iu a cold place. 
CHARCOAL. 
June 35, four eggs were laid, and packed in 
dry and finely pulverized charcoal. They 
were examined November 20, and all were 
bad. 
GYPSUM. 
Eggs packed in finely pulverized gypsum 
were, on December 19, just as bright ami ap¬ 
peared just exactly as good as fresh eggs, 
lliey were laid June 13, 14, 15 and lfi, and six 
of the 14 tested were purchased in j\.mes on 
July!). Rut one of the M was bad. It seems 
to me this process of packing is worthy of 
another careful trial, even though the eggs 
are put iu cold storage. What the gypsum 
would cost extensive purchasers, I cannot say. 
1 Jo not know either whether it is superior to 
Hue cut straw in which some egg dealers pack. 
Combinations of the various processes men¬ 
tioned wore tried, but all proved to be fail¬ 
ures. It was the intention of the writer to 
make these experiments more extensive and 
more scientific. The results, however, are, 
FAITH IN THE NIAGARA GRAPE. 
Replyiug to a communication in the Rural 
Grain Threshers, Horse Powers, 
aud Engines. 
Highest prize awarded (hese machines at the New 
tork state Agricultural Society’s latest trial, over a 
large number competing. 
Ample warranty and opportunity for trial given, 
ror full particulars address 
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to basement 
JUNIOR AND SENIOR 
Woik-bench and tools. 
PUN OF BARN FLOOR 48x48 FEET ON WEST 
AND 32*46 FEET MOW FLOOR ON EAST 
SOUTH 
pernougs, which come a month, or more, 
later. 
A loamy, mellow soil, as free from weed 
seeds as possible, is selected for the seed bed. 
It is thoroughly and deeply pulverized and 
“fined” down level. Drills one iueh deep and 
two feet apart are made, in which the seeds 
are sown quite thickly, and covered not over 
one inch deep. Seeds of each variety planted 
arc 1 ublod with a substantial, painted Bois d’ 
Arc stake. The freezing ami thawing during 
the Winter cause every vital seed to germi¬ 
nate the next Spring. As soon as the plants 
are well up, culling aud cultivation begin. 
Every plant which shows a weakly or sickly 
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