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A FEW NATIVE GRASSES. 
Wk give this week illustrations of six grasses, 
which, though not among the most valuable 
of our native sorts, can sometimes be used, 
where they grow abundantly, as substitutes 
for better varieties. At Fig. 206 are shown 
Fig. 206. 
spikelets of Double-headed Panic Grass—Pan- 
icum anceps. This grows on poor land from 
New Jersey southward, and is often found in 
sufficient quantity to afford considerable pas¬ 
turage late in the season, though it is not 
much relished by stock, being rather harsh 
and dry. Another Panic Grass, shown at 
Fig. 207, somewhat resembles the former, but 
Fig. 207. 
is found only in Florida and the Gulf States 
near the coast. It is called Cane-like Panic 
Grass—Panicuin divaricatum. The culms 
become woody with age, and only the youug 
shoots aud leaves are relished by cattle. The 
stems grow to the size of a goose quill The 
leaves ar« from two to three mohes long and 
about one-third of an inch in width, gradually 
narrowing to a point. At Fig. 208 we 6how 
Fig. 208. 
spikelets of Andropogon macrourus, Heavy- 
topped Broom Grass. It is found on low 
sandy ground near the cost from New Jersey 
to Florida and westward to Texas. It grows 
from three to five feet high, and is covered 
with numerous spikes forming thick, leafy 
clusters. This grass, however, is of little value 
as food for cattle. At Fig. 209 are showu spike- 
Fig. 200. 
lets of Glyceria nervata, Nerved Meadow 
Grass. It usually grows along the wet mar¬ 
gins of streams, aud is found extending west¬ 
ward to the Rocky Mountains and northward 
to Alaska. The panicle is from four to eight 
inches long, the leaves are narrow, and from 
Fig. 210. 
eight to 12 inches long. At Fig. 210 are shown 
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spikelets of Spartina cynosuroides—Fresh¬ 
water Cord Grass. It is a tall-growing per¬ 
ennial, reaching a hight of five feet, and hav¬ 
ing leaves two or three feet long. It is fre¬ 
quently cut for bay, but is coarse and inferior, 
unless cut when young. It grows abundantly 
in the bottom lands of the Mississippi, and is 
used to some extent in the manufacture of 
paper. Fig. 211 shows a spikelet of Aristida 
purpurea—Purple Awned Grass. This species 
grows west of the Mississippi It is an annual 
one-aDd-a-half to three feet bigb, and is much 
branched from the base. Where it is abun¬ 
dant it furnishes an inferior quality of feed. 
Ocr respected friend, Benedict, of the Agri¬ 
cultural Dapartment of the N. Y. World, 
quotes two sides to the artificial incubator 
question: About four years ago Mr. Rankeu 
gave up the hen entirely. If he had to go 
back to the old hen he would give up the busi¬ 
ness. His patience has not increased with age. 
One incubator will do the work of 50 hens. 
You need only to spend about 10 minutes a 
day on one to get a 25 per cent, better hatch 
than by any other way. You can keep your 
hens and set them to work laying, instead of 
hatching chickens He thinks that is much 
more profitable. He can bring forward as 
proof of his position numbers of men who are 
breeding poultry by artificial means, and suc¬ 
cessfully, who would not go back to the old 
method on any account. 
Mr. Hawkins, in the Spring of 1SS2, put 
500 eggs into an incubator and 500 uuder hens 
at the same time. Four hundred and twenty 
chicks were hatched by the hens, and 315 by 
the incubator. All were placed with hens 
out-of-doors and fed alike and at the same 
times. At the end of three weeks 95 per cent, 
of those batched by bens were growing thrift¬ 
ily, and over 90 per cent, of the artificial 
chickens were dead. He confesses this may 
be an extreme case. 
WORTH NOTING. 
Mr. Grattan, in the Breeders’ Gazette, 
says great mares have more than once given 
lubberly stallions a good reputation; that 
while he wants both a good horse and a good 
mare to breed from, if be could have but one, 
be would much prefer the good mare; with 
her the chances are extra-good to produce 
something of value.. 
Thtc Philadelphia Press says a tile factory 
iu every county would build up the country 
much better than a war in Europe; the one 
drains the laud of surplus water, the other 
draius it of its fertility. That editor has a 
level head, with something in it.. 
Anotuer of his truthful observations is that 
a tree hole should differ from a post hole as 
much as the root system of the tree differs 
from the butt end of a post. Yes, as the 
square of the difference, for it should be not 
only that much larger but the soil should be 
that much better. 
Speaking of the marvelous record of Prin¬ 
cess 2d, the Tribune say9: Suppose a cow did 
make 46 pounds ounces of butter a week, 
by consuming daily <40 quarts of meal, besides 
carrots, beets, and clover hoy; and suppose a 
cow can eat this enormous quantity of food 
in 24 hours—what of itf There have been 
monstrosities—Siamese twins, gluttons, giants, 
dwarfs, bearded women, dog-headed boys, 
and other freaks among the human race: and 
may there not be monstrosities among cuttle f 
South and West advises its readers not 
to depend on wars or rumors of wars, ou luck 
or on Providence, to make this year prosper¬ 
ous. God helps him who helps himself, every 
time; but he never helps those who sit with 
fold ed hands. Plo w and harrow and plant ana 
cultivate, don’t get blue, aud the harvest will 
come by and by; and better times with it, sure. 
It is to be hoped that the ice-water remedy 
of Prof. Riley, will prove to be effective in 
killing the cabbage worm. 
F. D. Cobubn says, in Our Country Home, 
that the quantity of pig feed artichokes will 
yield depends much on the soil and cultiva¬ 
tion given them, but a Kansas farmer has 
found by actual measurement, his yield to be 
700 bushels per acre. He says he often won¬ 
ders why farmers who feed so many hogs do 
not raise some artichokes to keep their hogs 
healthy and save their corn.. 
Mr Wells, in his excellent book on Fly 
Rods and Fly Tackle, defines an angler as 
follows: The term is to me a title of nobility, 
an order of knighthood open to personal 
merit alone. Not to everyone who casts a 8y 
is given to belong to this brotherhood. He 
who would claim admission must be gentle, 
kindly, courteous, temperate, unselfish, a lover 
of nature, a pleasant companion and a true 
friend—and let us be thankful there are many 
such. 
It will be time well spent to look over the 
grape-vines and to rub off shoots where too 
many grow together. 
Finger pruning of young fruit trees brings 
them easily into symmetry, aud saves heavy 
work with the saw iu subsequent years. Cur¬ 
rants are greatly improved by summer-prun¬ 
ing, by preventing the dense mass of shoots 
so often seen when the bushes are neglected. 
The work should be done early, or when the 
needless shoots are green and soft. To make 
newly set fruit trees grow well, keep the soil 
mellow and clean about them, aud prevent 
the formation of a hard crust. 
Mr. Thomas also reminds us that white 
hellebore is an effectual remedy for the goose¬ 
berry and currant worm, when thinly dusted 
over the leaves; a better way, however, is to 
mix it with water at the rate of a tablespoon¬ 
ful to two or three gtllons of water.and apply 
with a fine rose or spraying syringe. 
Cleric US says, in the Philadelphia Press, 
that some dealers in fancy poultry destroy the 
vitality of those eggs which they sell at the 
stores, by “shocking” them—giviug them sud¬ 
den and quick jars. Too many sold for 
batching are served in the same way, we 
should judge, by our success sometimes. 
Mr, I. K. Fklch says, in Our Country 
Home, that there is no reason w hy 50 fowls to 
the acre could not range with the cattle in our 
pasture lands, and both land and cattle be 
benefited thereby. When thus colonized, it 
is noticeable that certain fowls adhere to cer¬ 
tain cattle, busy in catching the flies that 
pester them, and consuming the worms and in¬ 
sects disturbed by grazing.. 
Prof. Knapp, of Iowa, mentious, in our es¬ 
teemed contemporary, the Iowa Homestead, 
that Red Clover has a composition quite sim¬ 
ilar to cow’s milk, containing more drv 
matter and more ash, less fat, and nearly the 
same albuminoids. An acre of good clover 
will produce, in one season. 12 tons or more of 
green food, containing two-and-two-fifths 
tons of dry matter, equal to 90 bushels of corn 
aud more than its equivalent for food. Clover 
is a wonderful feeder. It greedily devours 
barn-yard manure and ashes, and has a special 
liking for gypsum . 
He alsosuggests that often where clover dies 
out, it is because not permitted to go to seed, 
being practically a biennial. 
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