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THE BDBAL NEW-YOHKEB. 
SEPT 43 
the scales; the other con be used as a w agon 
shed. Over both are wires for seed corn Mill, 
shelter unil elevator are run by a small horse¬ 
power ut, the end of the granary. From all 
the bins on the second floor there are spouts 
m 
Corn Sholler, 
• Q.. 
FeedMil 
Scale*. Fan Mill 
Hopper, 4**. 
Ground Floor 
Granary and Corn Crib. Fig. 363. 
opening to the drive-ways and others through 
the floor. The elevator carries grain from the 
fanning mill to all the bins. The cut plainly 
illustrates the arrangement of the building. 
Pocahontas Co., la. R. e. green. 
ANALYSES OF CORN. 
That there is % variation in the analyses of 
corn in samples from the same growing is 
well known, and is indicated by the following 
analyses of two ears of corn from the same 
stalk, the upper and lower ear, which we take 
from the last bulletin of the N. Y. Ex. Sta¬ 
tion. 
UpparW. Lower ear. 
Water.I 10.66 9.87 
Ash. 1-21 114 
Albuminoid (N. X 6. 25). lit.7? 9.7t 
Fiber... I 1.16 1.12 
Nitrogen free extract. 71.02 78.42 
Fill (Ether extract ...> 8.18 f..2i_ 
Between samples of different kiuds of com 
grown on the same soil and under like con¬ 
ditions, there is a greater difference, aud as 
the Director does not know of any analyses 
having been made of the races of corn as 
grown under equal conditions, he presents the 
Station's analyses in full: 
Water 
Ash 
Alb. 
Crude 
fiber. 
Nit. 
Iree 
extract 
Fat 
12.01 
1.45 
8.62 
2.81 
70.67 
4.81 
It. 91 
1.38 
11.12 
1 91 
68 66 
5.02 
7.17 
1.41 
8.82 
1.59 
75.50 
5.51 
10.10 
1,66 
10.10 
2.44 
67.56 
8 14 
9.84 
1.71 
11.72 
2.84 
68.38 
5.98 
Minnesota Dent 12.61 l.4S 8.62 2.31 70.67 4.31 
Waushakuin Fl't 11.91 1.34 11.12 191 68 66 5.02 
Tuscarora Soft.. 7.17 1.41 H.82 1.59 75.50 5.5) 
S rowed Sweet,... 10 .nl 1.66 10.10 2.44 67.56 8.14 
Pearl Pop........ 9.84 11.71 11.73. 2.34 68.38 5.98 
We uote at once the variable amount of 
water. In order to obtain a tme comparison, 
we must calculate upon the same water con¬ 
tent, or as is preferable, perfectly dry, as in 
the following table: 
1.66 
9 87 
2.65 
80.85 
4.97 
1.57 
12.62 
2 17 
77.95 
5.69 
1,52 
9.50 
1.71 
81;33 
5.S1 
1.85 
11 25 
2.72 
75.12 
9.06 
1.93 
18.00 
2.59 
75.34 
6 64 
In these samples taken from plants grown 
in adjoining rows, under like season, like fer¬ 
tilization, and like cultivation, we have the 
Flint corn distinctly richer iu albuminoid 
thau the Dent corn, while the Pop corn ex¬ 
ceeds the rest. In oil, or ether extract, the 
sweet corn stands pre-eminent, while the soft, 
starchy Tuscarora shows hardly more nitro¬ 
gen free extract thau the harder Dent. 
WHEAT TESTS. 
Here are the best of the wheats tested by 
the Ohio Experiment Station the past season: 
Martin's Amber.— Made a rauk fall growth, 
and was but little injured by the Winter. 
Straw tall aud of medium strength. Heads 
nearly white, long and compact. One of the 
varieties to ripen latest. Cut July 3. Kernels 
lartre aud oven. Yield per acre, 45.2 bushels. 
Weight of straw, 4,873 pounds per acre. Weigh ] 
of straw per cwt. of grain, ISO pounds. Weight 
of measured bushel 61.5 pounds. 
Nigger. —Made a fair growth iu the Fall 
and stood the Winter without appreciable in¬ 
jury. Straw tall and strong. Heads fair size. 
Ripe June 30. Kernels large, red, hard and 
very even. Yield, 30.6 bushels per acre. Weight 
of straw, 3,770 pounds per acre. Weight of 
straw per cwt. of grain, 171 pounds. Weight 
of measured bushel, 68 pounds. 
Rice. —Made a good fall growth. From 12 
to 15 per cent, winter-killed. Straw of me¬ 
dium length and strength. Heads of fair size, 
and quite compact, ltipe July 1, Kernels 
large and even. Yield, 30.5 bushels per acre. 
Weight of straw, 4,700 pounds per acre. 
Weight of straw per cwt, of grain, 202 pounds. 
Weight of measured bushel, 00,6 pounds. 
Rocky Mountain— Grew raukly in the Full 
and covered the ground. About 15 |*er cent, 
winter-killed. Straw strong and of medium 
length. Heads large and compact. Ripe June 
27. Kernels medium-sized and even. Yield, 
40.1 bushels per acre. Weight of straw, 4,157 
pounds per acre. Weight of straw per cwt. 
of grain, 173 pounds. Weight of measured 
bushel, 62 pounds. 
Royal Australian— Germinated well and 
made a good growth in Fall, but slightly 
injured by the Winter. Straw strong and of 
medium length. Heuds veryfine. Ripe July 
1. Kernels of good size, very even. Did not 
appear sbruuken, yet one of the lightest 
wheats grown Yield per acie, 40,2 bushels. 
Weight of straw per acre, 3,867 pounds. 
Weightof straw per cwt. of grain, 160 pounds. 
Weight of measured bushel, 57.5 pounds. 
Tasmanian Red— Made a good' growth iu 
the Fall. Passed the Winter without Injury. 
Looked healthy and strong in early Spring. 
Straw short, and only moderately strong. 
Heads of good size. Ripe June 30. Kernels 
large aud even. A red headed wheat resem¬ 
bling Mediterranean and Lancaster. Yield. 
49.6 bushels per acre. Weightof straw. 4,836 
pounds per acre. Weight of straw per cwt. 
of grain, 162 pounds. Weight of measured 
bushel, 62 pounds 
Valley —Grew well in the Fall and passed 
the Winter without material injury. Straw 
medium-sized and strong. Heads of good 
size and compact. Ripe June 30. Kernels 
small but plump aud even. Yield, 38,1 bushels 
per acre. Weight of straw, 3,971 pouuds. 
Weight, of straw per cwt. of grain, 174 pouuds. 
Weight of measured bushel, 61.5 pounds. 
White Rogers made a small growth and 
appeared thin on the ground. Not much in¬ 
jured by the Winter. Straw of average size 
aud strength. Head good. Ripe July 2. Ker¬ 
nels medium-sized and uneven. Yield, 38 5 
bushels per acre. W eight, of straw, 3,084 pounds 
per acre. Weight of straw per cwt. of grain, 
134 pounds. Weight of measured bushel, 61.5 
pounds. 
York White Chaff —Good growth iu Fall 
and but slightly winter-killed. Straw tall and 
strong. Ueud large. Ripe July 3. Kernels 
medium-sized, somewhat uneven and slightly 
shrunken. Yield, 42.3 bushels per acre. Weight 
of straw, 3,612 pounds per acre. Weight of 
straw per cwt. of grain, 142 pounds. Weight 
* of measured bushel, 60.5 pounds. 
All questions relating to the above should 
be sent to the Director, W. R. Lazenby, Co¬ 
lumbus, O. 
Cutting Timber to Last —If trees are cut 
at any time after the leaves are fully devel¬ 
oped and in most active growth, the branches 
and leaves being left on till the leaves com¬ 
pletely wither, and the bark removed from 
the body of the tree, the best results will be 
secured for lasting timber, says Dr. Kedzio, iu 
the N. Y. Tribune. This is the European plan. 
The leaves draw out much of the sap which 
contains the most fermentable substance in 
wood, and that which furnishes food for worms 
which prey on wood. By cutting off the 
branches and leaves as soon as the tree is eut 
down, the pumps are stopped, which would 
nearly pump the tree dry. in removing the 
bark we expose to air aud rain that portion of 
the wood richest in albuminous and putresci- 
ble material, and which serves as the breeding 
place of destructive worms. If this is washed 
and dried by natural agendas the quality of 
the timber will be much improved. 
The Rural New-Yorker.— This Agricul¬ 
tural periodical long ago made something of 
a national reputation. In its issue of July 12, 
its editor has told his readers why and how 
Mr. J. S. Woodward, a farmer of Lockport, 
N. Y., has beeu added to the editorial staff of 
the paper. Mr. Carman Beems to look upon 
the new arrangement as a great accession to 
the Rural, and from what we kuow of Mr. 
Woodward, we think he is correct. We con¬ 
gratulate not only Editor Carman aud the 
readers of the Rural, but the farmers of the 
country. Every move of this kind is iu the 
right direction. Here is a man successful as a 
farmer, who by his communications to the 
press has shown such ability that he is called 
from practical agriculture to instruct his fel¬ 
low farmers iu the broader field of editorial 
work. We are glad to see such men called to 
these, to them, new and important positions, 
and when the farmers of the country better 
understand their o*n interests, such men will 
be oftener called to official positions. The 
above is from the excellent Grange Visitor of 
Schoolcraft, Michigan. 
Bermuda Grass from Seed.— Major Henry 
E. Alvord says, in the Albany Cultivator, that 
he has at present In the experiment garden at 
Houghton Farm, uplatof luxuriant Bermuda, 
four by 10 feet, from seed sown in May. Al¬ 
though sown a month later than the 20 odd 
varieties of grasses about it, this plat shows os 
dense a growth as any. It stands about 10 
inches high, and for the first time there, it is 
flowering, and now promises to perfect seed. 
This is doubtful, however, and from previous 
experience we do not expect it to survive the 
Winter. It is grown merely as a matter of in¬ 
terest, to compare with the other agricultural 
grasses. 
Now it is throe years since we first received 
the seeds of true Bermuda Grass from Thor- 
buru & Co , of this city. It germinated freely 
and grew luxuriantly through the Summer. 
We gave a full account of it in these columns 
at the time, which was doubted by the editors 
of many farm papers, who, too lazy to experi¬ 
ment for themselves, are always ready to 
throw doubt upon any published statements 
which differ startlingly from their own old no¬ 
tions of things. The farm editor of thy N. Y. 
Sun was among the number. We have called 
upon him repeatedly to correct Ills statement, 
but he prefers both to be unjust to the II. N.-Y. 
and to permit Ids readers to remain deceived 
rather than to suffer the mortification of con¬ 
fessing his own obtrusive ignorance. 
We may state that we mulched a small plat 
of this grass with meadow hay one Fall, about 
five years ago, and a portion of it lived 
Latent Power ok Manure. —Sir J. B. 
Lawes says, in the North British Agricultur¬ 
ist, that it does not follow, as a matter of 
course, that although the application of a 
manure has produced no effect upon the grow¬ 
ing crop, It may not prove effective at some 
future time. Years afterwards, when per¬ 
haps all recollection of the application has 
passed away, or possibly when the farm bus 
passed into other hands, some unaccountable 
luxuriance on certain portions of a field may 
indicate the burial-ground of a manure which 
was supposed to have failed. In one of his 
experiments at Rothamsted, iu the year 1844, 
about two-thirds of an acre of laud was 
manured with a considerable amount of potash 
and phosphate of lime. The crop was wheat, 
and the produce was 15}-^ bushels per acre. 
As the land which received no manure what¬ 
ever yielded a crop of 15 bushels per acre, it 
was evident that the manure had practically 
failed. In the following year salts of am¬ 
monia were applied, aud the produce was 31>< 
bushels per acre. 
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FINALLY. 
Mr. J. C. Lemmon has found a sweet- 
scented pentstemou in Arizona this Summer. 
Mr. Meehan says that if people would use 
for their lawns pure Blue Grass, without any 
mixture of other seeds, in most of the North¬ 
ern and Middle States, no other kinds would 
be necessary. 
Pure men being so scarce, we shall have to 
vote for ourselves, says Jones,of Binghamton, 
in the flusbaudman. 
“Let us pray,” says J. B. Olcott, “that the 
Agricultural Press may remain open to con¬ 
viction, and help keep us free from bigotry.”.. 
Agai u he says: ' ‘The vilest news sheet is al way s 
considerably better thau its patrons.- 
The farm press takes no higher plane because 
ifc cjiiKoi-wi Kc.**c nnrit stuTiti 
onir VtiirllUl* 
plaue. Every man, in a sense, makes his own 
newspaper. We can’t lift ourselves by our 
boot-straps.-By your books and news¬ 
papers shall we know you, and know how your 
money goes when you get any.-Why 
do we pay so much for Paris-green when ar¬ 
senic itself costs but cents per pound V' - 
It is narrated by Busch, in his Life of Bis¬ 
marck, that the great German thinks more 
highly of his powers as a grower of turnips 
than as a politician, says the London Ag. Ga¬ 
zette. Your head is eminently level, dear 
Prince!... 
The Mark Lane Express advises that pieces 
of tow, sponge or auy absorbent material, be 
saturated with carbolic acid, an.l suspended iu 
stables, stock-yard9, etc. The odor, which is 
wholesome to human beings, will disgust the 
flies...... 
Over-indulgence in strong food and expo¬ 
sure to the vicissitudes and extremes of the 
weather, are the Scylla and Charybdis of the 
worker in the fields, on which he needs to 
keep a watchful eye of avoidance, says an ob¬ 
servant writer in tho N. Y. Tribune. 
The National Stockman says that the boy 
who has had his appetite for stimulants whet¬ 
ted by cider at bis father’s table, finds it an 
easy thing to drink beer on the fair ground, 
aud thus lias taken a long step in the down¬ 
ward path....*. 
Cucnjiuljne. 
TRANSCONTINENTAL.LETTERS.-VIII. 
MARY WAGER-FISHER. 
After a week’s sojourn in Salt Lake City, 
with excellent facilities for “investigating 
Mormonism,” I have reached two conclusions 
at least—one of which is, that the bulk of the 
Latter Day Saints who enter polygamy are 
sincere in lielieving it their duty so to do, aud 
the other, that the “principle,’’ as the Mor¬ 
mons call it, will uot be very generally ad¬ 
hered to by tho rising generation. But 
among the older people, the pioneers, poly¬ 
gamy, or plural marriage, is practiced aud 
vindicated us one of the most vital principles 
of their religion, and it is necessary for a Mor¬ 
mon, even if ho does not practice it, to believe 
in it. Plural marriage, according to their 
faith, is not necessary for one's future salva¬ 
tion, but he or she can have no “exaltation,” 
no glory, no “principalities or powers” to rule 
over iu the hereafter, unless he raises up the 
people In this world who are to constitute his 
kingdom in the future world. And so sincere¬ 
ly do the women believe this, that they fre¬ 
quently request their husbands to take a sec¬ 
ond, and third wife, in order that he may be 
the father of a large family. 
I suppose that every woman who thinks 
much of the welfare and happiness of her own 
sex, and who believes that she has a fair un¬ 
derstanding of the feelings and opinions of 
women, if set down in the midst of Mormon- 
ism, with the privilege of asking all sorts of 
questions of both Mormon men and Mormon 
women, and Gentiles us well, who have long 
resided among them, would be as fully charged 
with “how's” and “why’s” as I have been iu 
this village like city of 25,000 inhabitants, five 
thousand of whom are Gentiles. It had seemed 
to me, from my stand-point, that no woman 
of intelligence and refinement, of a chaste 
nature, and acting of her own free will, could 
indorse polygamy, live in it, or aid and abet 
it in any way; or, if finding herself iu it, could 
be otherwise than wretched and most un¬ 
happy. 
On the morning following our arrival here, 
we sallied forth to "view the town,” and in 
the street, near Brigham Young’s house, 
we fell into conversation with a Swede, who 
said he had lived bore ten years, had buried 
his first wife and hud married another. I 
asked him if he intended to take ftuother, and 
he laughed and said he, “didn’t know”—but 
added “you Gentiles marry three or four 
times, only you have one at a time; they die 
or are divorced, but I dou’t see how you are 
to arrange so much marrying in the here¬ 
after”—I replied, that I didn't either; that 1 
was a believer in but oue marriage, and that 
if a man didn’t rnauage to keep his first w ife 
alive, he ought uever to expect, or desire an 
other ! But this Swede, Jike every Mormon 
we talked with, from high to low, said he 
liked to live here, that he had perfect freedom, 
and had nothing of which to complain. 
Through the suggestion of a Mormon, we 
called on John Taylor, the President of the 
i Church, who lives iu a handsome villa called 
the “Gardo House.” He answered our ring in 
person, being on the point of going out, but 
s be postponed bis departure for half an hour 
in order to receive us, and led the way into a 
fashionably-furnished drawing-room. He is 
i about 76 years old, received four or five bul- 
I lets into his body at the time “Prophet’ Jo¬ 
seph Smith was shot; but he has the appear- 
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