THE BUBAL ISEW-YOBKER 
tivee for cattle and sheep. Doses: ox, 12 to 16 
ounces, dissolved in a wine bottle of hot water. 
A tablespoon ful of ginger may be added. 
Sheep, four to six ounces. 
Salicylic Acid.—A valuable antiseptic, effec¬ 
tive in the treatment of foot-and-mouth dis¬ 
ease. Dose: four tablespoonfuls of the acid 
are to bo put in an earthen vessel and dissolved 
in a quart of boiling water; hot water is then 
to be added to make a gallon. This solution 
is to be used to syringe the feet and lave the 
mouth and nostrils, and also to wash the udder, 
and finally to sprinkle over the litter; half a 
pint of the solution may be added to the gallon 
of drinking water every day. The dry acid 
(powder) may be sprinkled on the feet after 
they have been syringed with the solution. 
Santonin, used to expel worms, one of the 
most effective agents for this purpose. Dose: 
horse, 15 grains, with three drachms of aloes, 
to be given in the morning before feeding, and 
repeated after two days. 
Turpentine, Oil of.—Stimulant to the skin. 
Internally used to expel worms ; useful in 
“husk in calves.” Doses: atahlespoouful daily 
in half a pint of a mixture of milk and eggs, 
lambs, ono quarter of the quantity. 
Vaseline.—Emollient to the skin; effective 
in irritation of the surface, chapped heels, 
mud fever, especially If mixed with au eighth 
part of trisnitrato of bismuth or carbonate of 
lead (white lead), or oxide of zinc. 
Care of Grass Lands.— Our old-time 
friend Major brooks, in a plea for the bettor 
treatment of g mss lauds, says, i u the American 
Rural Homo, grass Is treated with greater 
neglect and abuse than anyth lug ou the farm; 
it is trodden under foot, it gets no fertilization; 
and yet we expect abundant pasture and a 
bountiful hay crop. We should promptly rid 
ourselves of the delusion that we can have 
good, permanent pastures or meadows without 
fertilization and cultivation. Grass is as much 
entitled to culti vatiou as corn. Too much grass 
to tho square foot is just as bad as weeds in a 
corn hill, so when grass becomes too 
densely sodded, a good harrowing with a 
sharp-toothed harrow is a necessity. Grass 
constantly cropped by stock or mowed for 
meadow, takes from the/?oil manurial elements 
that must be restored, would we continue to 
raise paying crops. Barnyard manure, lime, 
asbos aud bone dust are among tho absolute 
needs of successful grass growing. When land 
can be overflowed from higher ground and 
cultivated fields, it should never bo neglected, 
as this irrigation carries very much plant 
food with it, aud this alone will sustain the 
fertility of permanent grass lunds. In sued’ 
ing lauds it is vastly important that the soil 
be fine and the vegetable mold be near the 
surface. We don’t realize the importance of 
improving the grass lauds. 
Experiments in Hoo Feeding. — Prof. 
Sanborn, in a recent report on swine feeding 
at tho Missouri Agricultural College Farm, 
gives facts that should be carefully studied by 
all farmers. He shows that the cost of muin- 
taiuance alone, (simply running the machine) 
isfrorn two to throo-and-oue-hnlf percent., tho 
latter while tho pigs are roughing it in the 
cold aud storms of Winter. Of two lots of 
pigs, equal in numbers aud weight and fed 
equal quantities of grain, the lot confined in 
pens with no green food, gained 78 pounds, 
while lot number two, huving the ruu of a 
Blue Grass pasture, gained 174 pounds. The 
same lots during another period, fed alike and 
both on grass, showed a gain of 24 pounds in 
favor of lot one, showing there was no deli 
cieney as to health or thrift. During 
another period, lot oue, fed grain and running 
to grass, gained 103 pounds; while lot two, to 
grass alone, gained 20 pounds. These experi¬ 
ments show that pigs fed grain alone hardly 
make a profitable gain; that fed tho same 
grain aud running to pasture, they make the 
most gain, and that on pasture alone they 
gain too slowly to be profitable; that while 
running in good pasture aud fed grain, the 
grass furnishes the nutriment for maintaining 
existence, and the grain is all used to increase 
the growth, thus giving the greatest measure 
of profit. He further shows tbatiu crowding 
pigs forward from the time of tneir birth so 
they will be fattened ready for slaughter when 
seven mouths old, there is twice as much profit 
as in wintering and feeding two Summers. 
What hog raisers need everywhere is a quick¬ 
growing, early-maturing hog that need not be 
kept over Winter. There is really no profit in 
those large hogs that cannot well be marketed 
before two years old. 
A Cure for Diphtheria,— We hope some 
of the physician readers of the R. N.-Y., will 
try the following treatment and report to us. 
The N. Y. Sun states that Ruth Lockwood, 
a nine-year old child, became violently ill 
with diphtheria a few weeks ago. She was so 
weak that it was deemed dangerous to try 
tracheotomy, or cutting open the windpipe. 
On Thursday Dr. Nichols, who was attending 
her, received a copy of the Paris Figaro, 
tious which choke up the throat in croup and 
diphtheria. Dr. Delthil’s process was de¬ 
scribed. He pours equal parts of turpentine 
and liquid tar into a tin pan or cup and sots 
fire to the mixture. A dense resinous smoke 
arises, which obscures the air of the room. 
“The patient,” Dr. Delthil says, “immediately 
seems to experience relief; the choking and 
rattle stop; the patient falls Into a slumber 
and seems to inhale the smoke with pleasure. 
The fibrinous membrane soon becomes de¬ 
tached, and tho patient coughs up microhi- 
cides. Those, when caught in a glass, may be 
seou to dissolve iu the smoke. In the course 
of three days the patient entirely recovers.” 
Dr. Nichols tried this treatment with little 
Ruth Lockwood. She was lying gasping for 
breath when he visited her. First pouring 
about two lublespooufuls of liquefied tar on an 
iron pau, ho poured as much turpentine over 
will need a winter mulching in Ontario, but 
after two or three years, the “roots” like 
those of I. pandurata, bury themselves so 
deep in the ground as to get beyond the in¬ 
jurious influence of Winter. 
“Neither is the peach ever grafted.” Yes, 
it is. I have grafted thousands of them! 
grown them into nice young trees, aud sold 
them among the budded stock. Although 
seldom practiced in Northern nurseries, the 
practice is uot uucommon in the South. 
We budded our seedlings iu the rows. As 
soon as tho “packing season was over, we 
dug up our “peach buds,” saving the whole 
length of tap-root if possible. We cut off the 
stock just above the inserted bud, and kept 
about six to seven inches of the root. The 
detached root ends were then brought home 
to the work sheds, and there whip-grafted as 
one would treat apple roots. But grafting 
peaches is unsatisfactory. 
william falconer. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
lbe “low lands for orchards” cry, is becom¬ 
ing a craze in Illinois. I can only say that we 
have been orcharding iu Illinois for 28 years, 
aud we would rather have one acre in orchard 
on high land than three on low land. The 
water carries the fertility from the ridges to 
low lauds. Ridges become poor while low laud 
remains rich, 
grain. 
it should be. 
starved, 
Orchard trees eat as well as 
Not, one orchard in 10 is manured as 
The orchards on high lands are 
Manure the orchard as you should, 
aud you will flud high land yet the best. 
If there was any music about me, I would 
play secoml fiddle to that tune of Prof. 8 au- 
born on the period for cutting Timothy, al¬ 
though tarn not certain bub that the Profes¬ 
sor is just a very little late. Cutting half-way 
between the time of bloom and seed ripening, 
bas been our practice. Set me down for an 
old fogy, if you want to. 
“Stock Seeds for the Farmer," is worth think¬ 
ing about. Wouldu’tit bo well to let improved 
machinery have a rest, and give improved 
(not new) varieties more attention! The ex¬ 
periments in England have shown that seeds 
can tie bred as well and profitably as animals. 
But I am afraid we American farmers will 
say, “Oh, it is too much trouble.” 8 . 
St. Louis, Mo. 
burr grinding apparatus; also hand aud power 
corn shellors, portable aud stationary steam 
engines, horse powers, cottonseed hulling and 
separating machinery, giving u full descrip¬ 
tion of each machine and full directions for 
operating it. 
The Imperial Straw Stacker, manufac¬ 
tured by C. E. Merriflold & Co., 57 West 
Washington St,., Indianapolis, rod. This es¬ 
tablishment offers two styles of machines to 
the public, viz : a mounted slacker, with der¬ 
rick support for carrier; and the imperial 
Straw Stacker, without derrick. The firm 
asserts that the latter is tho simplest, strongest 
and safest stacker to operate, of any now iu 
the market. 
The Red River Vallev. The laud of the 
Golden Grain. Published by the land depart¬ 
ment of tho St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Mani¬ 
toba R. R. Jus. B. Powers, Com. This pa- 
per gives a description of the lauds of the Red 
River Valley, also views of its beautiful lakes 
and late scenery in the celebrated park region. 
It also gives a brief history of this wonderful¬ 
ly rich valley, and shows the many advantages 
claimed for it to those settlers of moderate 
means and abundant energy seeking Western 
homes. Copies gladly sent free to all who 
According to a bulletin of tho Mass. A^, 
Ex. Station just received, the cabbage flea is 
exterminated by dusting the plants with Paris- 
green and plaster—one part to one hundred. 
It, states that, the striped squash bug is best 
kept in check by dusting the plunks with the 
above preparation.. 
1 he bulletin also recommends pyrefclirum 
powder mixed with Live times its bulk of plas¬ 
ter aud blown through bellows ascertain de¬ 
struction to the cabbage worm. The Rural 
tests of last year were to the same effect. 
Prof. W. J. Heal agrees with the R. N.-Y. 
in pronouncing the Phoenix Fruit Tree Invig- 
orator a humbug.... 
The Mark Lane Express concludes that at 
present the financial aspects of ensilage are 
very much in a fog. 
E. W. Davis gives to tho Ohio Farmer an 
account of the yield of 44 different varieties 
of potatoes which received the same care and 
cultivation as did his regular crop. At the 
bead stands the Rural Blush, which yielded 
at the rate of 355 bushels to the acre. He re¬ 
marks that it decayed the least of any of the 
late varieties... 
Col. Hoffman confesses that he does not 
know how to exterminate Live forever. Pres. 
McCann thinks that if every leaf, stem and 
root could be kept under the ground through 
an entire season, that would end the matter. 
Plow deep and give frequent cultivation. Col. 
Hoilmau thinks that life is not long enough to 
succeed by the above plan. Tho Husbandman 
roporte the discussion... 
Three pecks of buckwheat are used by Pres. 
McCann as the right amount to seed an acre. 
Less seeding will do under most favorable con¬ 
ditions; but, iu the general run, thin seeding 
is likely to cause low branching, so the buck¬ 
wheat lops over aud it is difficult to harvest. 
We are told that every farmer should own 
a roller, if bis land is light. This may be 
good advice. Rollers are very handy, aud in 
certain eases serviceable. Still we have owned 
an excellent iron roller for years, and the 
longer we have it the less it is used. 
THE MEDICINE CHE8T FOR THE FARM. 
Tho following list of remedies for the do¬ 
mestic veterinary treatment of farm stock, 
arranged in alphabetical order, with the doses 
for different animals, by Professor Brown, we 
copy from the current Journal of the Royal 
Agricultural Society:— 
Aconite.—Tincture (Fleming’s); action seda¬ 
tive, allays fever, and externally relieves irri¬ 
tation. Doses; horse aud ox, 10 to 30 drops; 
sheep, five drops; add water in proportion of 
a tablospoonful to each drop of tincture. For 
a lotion, use one tablespoonful of the tincture 
to a pint of water. 
Aloes.—A purgative for horse or ox. The 
ordinary aloetic mass and the solution should 
be kept at hand; both preparations must be 
obtained from a druggist. Doses: horses, four 
to six drains of the aloetic mass as an ordinary 
purgative; ox, half a pint of the solution, 
usually given in combination with Jiuseed oil, 
in cases of continued constipation. 
Areca Nut.—A useful worm-medicine. The 
nuts should be kept in a stoppered bottle in a 
dry place. When required for use, the quan¬ 
tity should be grated by means cf a nutmeg- 
grater. Doses: horse or ox, half au ounce to 
an ounce of the grated nut, mixed with the 
food, com, and bran; sheep, 2 drams; dog, 
half to one dram. 
Carbolic Acid.—A powerful caustic and an¬ 
tiseptic, ordinarily used in combination with 
50 to 100 parts of water, as an antiseptic 
lotion to unhealthy wounds, and for disinfec¬ 
ting purposes. 
Castor Oil, also Linseed Oil.—Purgative; 
doses: horse or ox, one to two pints; sheep, 
lying lands, no poultry should be kept except 
ducks aud geese. He notes that duck-breeding 
is one of the most profitable branches of poul¬ 
try raising, and cites, as an instance, that 
$ 100,000 are paid annually to cottagers in the 
vicinity of Aylesbury, England, for duck¬ 
lings. Mr, Beale thiuks it nut advisable to 
raise Dorkings, Spauish, Polish, Crfeves or La 
Flbcho on clayey soil; Miuoreas, Leghorns 
Houdans, Brahmas, Langshans, Game, Anda¬ 
lusians, 1 lymouth Rocks, Scotch Grays and 
Cochius being better aide to stand such a loca¬ 
tion. The book is well printed on good, heavy 
paper, and is illustrated with original draw¬ 
ings. Published by George Routledge & Sons, 
9 Lafayette Place, New York City. 
Report of the Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion of Ontario, Canada, for the year 
1883; D. W. Beadle, Secretary, St. Catharine’s, 
Out. With this is included and bound the 14th 
Annual Report of the Entomological Society 
of Ontario. It is a well-printed and bound 
book of 415 pages, containing the proceedings 
of the annual, the winter, and the summer 
meetings of the fruit growers’ society, giving, 
Arkansas. 
Poteau, Scott Co., May 21.—Farmers have 
about finished planting their crops. Some few 
had to plant a second time on accouut of the 
high water. Wheat, oats and other small 
grains look well so far. Wheat is beginning 
to head. There is an abundance of fruit of all 
kinds. Prices&re: corn, $1; wheat, $1; flour, 
$3; bacon 12%c. ; butter, 12j^c. n. c. b. 
