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thu3 obtaining a double profit to the loss of 
the farmers. Can the Rural give the ad¬ 
dress of any parties who would be willing to 
sell direct to the farmer for cash t 
Alts.— It is annoying, but it is the way of 
trade, and it does not seem possible to avoid 
t. No single person can buy a car load of 
manure in any large city stable. It is all 
sold in a lump to an agent or contractor who 
sells it again to other agents, and these per¬ 
sons get a portion of the price paid for their 
services in distributing it. Jf the business 
was done as you suggest, the stables would 
require a man to attend to it, and he would 
have to be paid for his time and work. Now 
the farmer pays for all. We don't see how it 
can be helped; nor do we kno.w any one 
willing to try an improvement. 
COUGH IN KHKEP. 
J. W., Painesville, Via,—My sheep have 
the run. of the wheat lots, clover fields and 
piney woods, with a small ration of corn or 
bran mornings and nights together with 
some good fodder and oats. They are quite 
fat and seom to be (u good health, but they 
cough badly at times. What ails them and 
how should they be treated ? 
A ns— The sheep cough because of colds. 
Sheep are subject to catarrh—sometimes 
called snuftlas—and also to colds on the lungs, 
and often have regular consumption of the 
lungs. These troubles are brought on by ex¬ 
posure to cold storms and getting wet. 
Housing during storms is a preventive, and 
inhaling the fumes or steam of vinegar, or 
carbolic acid thrown on to hot coals, is a 
simple remedy and will afford some relief. 
Prevention is the best. 
MAKING VINEGAR IN A CISTERN. 
-4. N. It ., Branchville, N. J .—Can cider 
vinegar be successfully made in cistern of 
stone or brick, coated on the inside with 
cement and sand, as water cisterns gener¬ 
ally are? 
Ans. —Cider vinegar cannot be well made 
in the manner mentioned, because the cement 
consists largely of lime which would neutral¬ 
ize the acid as it was formed, to a considera¬ 
ble extent. Afterwards the vinegar could bo 
made in such a cistern if it did not leak in 
consequence of the solution of the lime from 
the cement. The matter is not of sufficient 
importance to be made a subject for a book. 
The best and cheapest way to store vinegar 
is in oak casks. 
Miscellaneous. 
Dorset, Dorchester Co, Md 1, What is 
the Rural’s opinion of the many contrivances 
for running cross cut saws in getting out lum¬ 
ber. 2. Why should a young horse eat dry 
sedge and dry corn stalks in the Spring of the 
year in preference to good feed in his manger. 
3. On the inside of one of the hind logs of my 
horse, just below the knee, there Is what at first 
seemed to be a wart, but now it often bleeds 
and becomes crusted over. It is gradually 
enlarging, how should it be treated! 
Ans. —1. None of those contrivances for 
running saws make tbe sawing any easier; on 
the contrary, the more machinery there is at¬ 
tached to a saw, the more labor there is in 
working it. The saw requires so much force 
—elbow grease—to work it, and whatever 
manner it may be applied does not lessen the 
amount of it. 2. An animal whose digestion is 
imperfect always craves coarse food aud this 
craving is an indication that something is 
wrong, which if not remedied will soon appear 
as a disease. It is well to give such an animal 
a dose of phj’sic— in this case a pint of linseed 
oil, once or twice—to remove the irregularity; 
and at the same time to reduce the feed some¬ 
what aud give only as much as will be con 
sumed with appetite. An occasional fast is 
good for man or beast: 3. HI rod mg warts 
should be treated with caustics; a strong solu¬ 
tion of nitrate of silver or of sulphate of cop¬ 
per, may be applied to it and it should be pro¬ 
tected from injury until it heals. 
F, b\ *0 , Alla, Where can Wall’s 
Orange Potato be obtained? 2. Is its fruit¬ 
bearing characteristic a sign of unusual 
healthf 3. Waat causes scab in potatoes? 4. 
Are hickories more difficult to raise from seed 
than other nut bearing trees? 1 have raised 
pecans ami black walnuts easily, but failed 
with hickory nuts, 5. Can sea kale be grown 
in Illinois? •'<. Is the Russian M ulberry monos 
cious or dios sious? 
Ans. —1. Probably leadiug seedsmen will 
oder it. We know that G. W. Dorr, of Des 
Moines, Iowa, bought some of the seed. 2. 
No. Perhaps It would not fruit in other 
places or seasons as it did with us. Fruit¬ 
bearing is no evidence of vigor. 3. The wire- 
worm causes it with us. 4. Probably the 
hickory nuts had dried out more than the oth¬ 
ers. 5. Yes—but its cultivation is attended 
with a good deal of trouble and expense. *>. 
It is monuiciouK, we believe, the fertile and 
sterile flowers being in separate catkins on 
the same plant. But some of the mulberries 
are dioecious, as is the case with some varie¬ 
ties of Morns rubra. Other questions will be 
answered later on. 
M. McC., Module, la .—How can I make an 
incubator that will hold 150 eggs ? 
Ans.—I t lakes a good incubator to hatch 
chicks, aud some of the best now on the mar¬ 
ket often fail, hence we would not advise any 
one to try to rnuke what at best would be but 
a third rate incubator. If you have decided 
to go into the incubating business, get the ad¬ 
vice of those who have had experience in it; 
their opinions both as to the best incubator 
now before the public, and its management, 
would be valuable. Quite a number of arti¬ 
cles on the Bubject have appeared in the Ru¬ 
ral, and we shall treat of the matter again, 
so soon as anything new appears iu that con 
nection. _ ~ 
J. A. M., llalcottmlle, N. T*, Is it true that 
feeding cotton seed to u milch cow injures the 
quality of her butter? 
Ans, —It has been so stated by some persons; 
but it is not always best to believe all that one 
bears. Cotton seed is a very concentrated and 
rich food and must be used with caution and 
iu moderate quantities. Wbeu fed a quart at 
a time with twice as much wheat bran twice 
a day, it increases the yield of milk and but¬ 
ter and produces a solid, Arm aui well flavor¬ 
ed butter. This iH the experience of the writer 
who has beeu using it in his dairy for about 
five years. 
W. M. N., Darien, Conn ,—As I could not 
plow my ground for gardening purposes last 
kail, would it be better as regards next sea¬ 
son’s crop to spread on a liberal coating of 
stable manure now, so that the rains aud 
snows of Winter may carry the nutriment 
into the frozen ground as best they can, or 
wait until Spring plowing to apply manure? 
Ans.—B y all means we should prefer to 
wait until the frost is out of the ground. We 
have tried Winter manuring aud unless the 
ground is a dead level, which rarely occurs, 
much valuable nutriment is washed away. 
C. P., (Jueens, L I —How can I obtain the 
^'^toblc an/I Flow 
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J. A. V. l> s. a. M.w. -K T. Avpry, you should 
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F.B.—M.fkB .i n tic we are behind with 
our answers to questions Our friends must tie 
lenient durltiu this monthSt’d next Received, a ha* 
ol dried fruit and u potnto without iinj lutvlve. 
JTHORBURN & TITUS 
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- Seeds tor (warden and Farm 
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