APRIL 2* 
99 PULVERIZING HARROW, 
CLOD CRUSHER & LEVELER 
THE OLD RELIABLE HALLADAY 
^STANDARD WIND MILL 
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meshes? 2. What, ails my sheep and lambs? 
Before the death of the lambs a bunch about 
an inch long and of a purple color, appears on 
each side of the windpipe, and after death the 
lungs are of the same color as the liver. The 
“inwards" of my dead sheep were covered 
with “bunches" full of stuff like lime, only it 
was of a bluish color ? 
Ans.— 1. Send for a circular of wire fencing 
to the Sedgwick Bros. Manufacturing Co., 
Richmond. Inch, and choose what you require. 
It is cheap and good. 2. You’ flock seems to 
be suffering from constitutional disorder of a 
scrofulous or tuberculous character. The symp¬ 
toms of both the sheep and lambs indicate this. 
It would be advisable to get, rid of the whole 
flock and get some healthier stock. 
G. L. .V., Mount Holly, N. J .—How can rose- 
bugs be prevented from eating the blossoms on 
my grape-vines? 
Ans. —We are sorry that we cannot tell. As 
the metamorphoses of the pests all occur under 
ground, we cannot attack them in the egg, the 
grub or the pupa state. The fully developed 
insects alone can be attacked, and these must bo 
crushed or scalded or bunted, for t hey are not 
affected by any of the applications usually 
found destructive to the insect life. Hand¬ 
picking, or shaking them or brushing them 
from the plants into a tin vessel containing 
water, is the ouly remedy but one tlia t we km >w 
of. The other way is to plaut hardy shrubs 
near the grapes, the leaves of wliieh they pre¬ 
fer to the grape buds. Such shrubs are roses, 
Spiraea sorbifolia, etc. 
H. C. Shrewsbury, VI ,—When is the 
best season to sow plaster on grass laud, aud 
how much par acre; also best season for broad¬ 
casting manure on meadow lands? 
Ans. —The best season to sow both plaster 
and manure on grass land, according to many, 
is as soon as it can be conveniently done after 
cutting the rowan. The earlier the better. 
Sow from LUO to25o pounds of plaster. Others 
prefer early Spring, 
C. H. B,, Gains, N. F.—1. When corn 
is planted in drills which way should the 
rows run? 2. If the rows are feet apart 
how far apart should the corn lie planted in 
the drills—a dent variety g rowing seven or eight 
feet high? 5i. When should ashes be applied 
before or after the coni is out of the ground, 
Ans.— 1. We prefer to have them run north 
and south. 2. Sixteen inches, o. Before. 
G. Z>., Grand Marais, Mirk .— I. Will the 
Black-bearded Centennial Wheat succeed as a 
Spring wheat as far north ns Michigan? 2. To 
raise the la rgest amount of potatoes should they 
be planted in hills or drills, and if in drills 
should the manure lie applied in the drill? 
Ans. —t. We should try it in your climate 
as a Spring wheat. But it is merely a guess. 
2. In drills, as we confidently Iielieve. The 
question us to manuring is answered elsewhere. 
A. M. Ehlridye, la ,—Where cau I get an 
incubator? 
Ans. —At present we do not care to adver¬ 
tise incubators or to advise our patrons to 
invest in them. This is the conclusion arrived 
at from our own investigations. No doubt 
machines will soon be invented that are worth 
more than they cost. We gave the addresses 
of the makers of several incubators in the 
Rural of March Hi. 
II. S., Doris Co,, Kanx,—My full-blooded 
Jersey Red sow, one year old, has just farrowed 
11 pigs for her first litter; isn’t- that a pro¬ 
lific hog? 
Ass,—The Jersey Red as well as the Duroc 
hogs are among the best breeds and noted for 
being prolific. These two breeds are similar 
in blood and characteristics. 
IF. IF. 7’., Oil City —How cau 1 save cuttings 
from Honey Locust, and when is the best time 
to cut and plant them ? 
Ans. This is best raised from seeds, which 
give strong plants easily aud cheaply. The 
best time to prune is during the Winter. 
./. N. 6'., Oskash , IF/.s-.—How are plants kept 
dormant through Winter? 
Ans. -A good plan is to heel them in in a cool 
but frost-proof cellar. Hardy plants may be 
heeled in in trenches out-of-doors. 
R. S. .1., Goochland ('o., 17r.—What is the 
price of Black-headed Centennial Wheat per 
bushel ? 
Ans.—I t is not for sale that we know of. 
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which rnn ha run by any [tower an* 1 1 e cheap, efTWllve ami durable. 
WM1 it rim! any kind of •mall gf|JuInto feed *1 the rate of 5 to *25 
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