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plenty of hazel brash but none of the many 
trees which stand here now. He first planted 
a grove of locust trees (which he had raised 
from seed) about 40 years ago, but about 15 
year's ago the borer's killed them all. 
He then dug them all up. He next 
tried a soft maple grove, which was also grown 
from seed, a few trees of which we have tap¬ 
ped for the past two Springs. They produced 
very nice sirup, lie also grew a row of hard 
maples, which look beautiful in the Summer, 
besides a grove of nine thousand European 
larches, Scotch til's aud Norway spruces. They 
make a very good nor th wind protection as 
well as a beautiful grove. He also Iras cherry, 
plum, cottonwood, basswood, red cedar, ca- 
talpa, black walnut aud butternut trees. One 
large butternut tree furnishes more nuts than 
we can consume. I did rrot receive any seeds 
from you last Spring. Was I required to send 
postage i The musk-melons you sent some 
years since were very nice the first year, but 
by some means got mixed the next. Thu gem 
squashes were delicious. The hollyhocks grew 
nicely. Yours truly, Bob White. 
SjtUjswUancong 
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POULTRY-RAISING FOR THE YOUNG 
HERE are probably but 
« ,> few of the cousins that do rrot 
\ have the pleasure of caring for 
■j[ a few chickens. When the 
b. cold begins to draw to a close 
^ aud the pleasant Spring wcuth- 
er makes itself felt, the peep 
WO of innumerable chickens i s 
heard over the land, to the delight of the 
young folks, and frequently the i rider ones, es¬ 
pecially those afflicted with the so-called “hen 
fever.” There is nothing on the farm that the 
children can care for- or- enjoy the presence of 
with more pleasure than the hens ami chick¬ 
ens. and if they take anything more than a 
passing Interest in them, they can very easily 
turn them to a source of profit. 
There is no doubt but what there is money 
to be made in the raising of poultry, and con¬ 
sidering the easiness with which they can be 
handled, perlaps many of our young cousins 
could make the poultry on the farm turn to 
more account by giving them a little more care 
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Write, for Illu*trutf<l<‘utaloyxu.\ 
aud attention,liccause,you know,papa is so busy 
lie does uot have much time to spend on lie us 
and chickens. Ask him if you cannot care 
for them a while, and see how well youcau do. 
He surely won’t refuse. Give them the liest of 
care. Feed them regularly. Give them warm 
feed every day. See that their house is nice 
anti clean. Give them pure water. If you 
keep them shut up this Summer give them 
grass aud other green footl. Gi vc them plenty 
of cracked shells arid burnt bones, so that they 
can produce eggs in abundance. If you wish 
to raise chickens and have only common barn¬ 
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sirable qualities. Leghorns are excellent, egg- 
producers and for the market, Brahmas and 
Cochins are of high quality. For pets for the 
children none are prettier, easier tamed, or 
will give more satisfaction than Sen bright 
bautams. Aim to improve the poultry as your 
father does his cattle or horses. It will pay 
and you will enjoy it. Uncle Mark, 
melon seeds but I guess I did uot become a 
member of the “club” long enough before. 
1 hope to have better luck this year. This 
town was named in honor of an Indian chief, 
named Tougauoxie, and there is also a house 
iu tins vicinity, in which the Indians lived, 
called the Tougauoxie House. There is an In¬ 
dian grave-yard on my Uncle’s farm. The 
Carnations which you so kindly sent us the 
year before lost I doomed beautifully last year. 
We had more than 80 different shades of colors 
of Pansies last year. We live on u farm about 
three-quarters of a mile northwest of town. 
We had about 80 colonies of bees iu the 
autumn and have lost, about 15 this Winter. 
Heretofore 1 have taken no part iu the discus¬ 
sions for which I am sincerely sorry, and in¬ 
tend to do better in the future. Pa is a bee¬ 
keeper aud is also engaged in the small fruit 
business. The Rural always finds a hearty 
welcome here, and its pages are perused with 
pleasure aud interest. I should like to ex¬ 
change llower seeds with some uf the cousins, 
if they will send me their address. 
Ever your niece, Mamie Newby. 
Leavenworth Co., Kansas. 
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A. W., Westfield, A 7 . F.—1. What is the 
lawful weight of a quart of raspberries, black¬ 
berries and currants* 8. Will seedlings of the 
rose have the same llower us the parents'* 
Ans. —1. We can only give you the approxi¬ 
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rarely sold by the weight. 8. No. 
O. F. I'. Blttckslone, Mass. —I have separated 
my Plymouth Rocks aud Brown Leghorn hens. 
How long will it be before they will produce 
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ANS.—In ten days or two weeks. 
Dear Uncle Mark. —I write .to tell you 
what I have been doing. 1 raised 10 apple 
trees from seGd aud hope they will come out all 
right in the Spring; four peaches from pits, 
and lots of plums. 1 hope to raise more 
peaches from cuttings. Thanks to the person 
who gave the information. We have secured 
grape vines from cuttings, i planted all the 
cuttings of the gooseberries aud most of them 
grew. Mother and I take charge of the flower 
garden. The hollyhocks came up nicely, but 
only two single ones flowered. 1 hope to have 
some beauties this Summer. The double pinks 
are pretty. I did not get any watermelon 
seed. We raised a good many melons of the 
Cuban Queen variety, but the Spring was so 
cold we planted seed seven times before we 
succeeded in getting any to grow. There are 
no huckleberries here, so I could not try them. 
I like to read the letters from the other cous¬ 
ins. I hope Uuele Mark will remember me 
this time. School has just closed. I go three 
miles aud milk two cows morning and night. 
I remain your neice, 
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which has drifted a great deal. The coldest 
weather here has been 87 deg. below zero, but 
it lias been 87 deg. below in Rockford, and it is 
said to al ways be warmer there than herein 
Summer, but I do not know the cause for these 
extremes. We are situated about seven tail OS 
from Rockford, and do not feel the cold much 
on account of the many trees around us. My 
‘-randfather came here in 1838. aud found 
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