^rnSm 
as much land as with a hoe in a given time. 
Still those who buy haud cultivators, suppos¬ 
ing that it is light, pleasant work to run them, 
will be disappointed. It is just about as hard 
as any work the gardener is called upon to do. 
Jos I Mi Hoopes (first-rate authority), says 
in the N -Y. Tribune, that the pecan nut has 
been highly eulogized and indiscriminately re¬ 
commended for plauting at the North. An 
experience of over JO years with this tree con¬ 
vinces him that it is useless further north than 
Philadelphia, aud of very little use to planters 
even there. In protected situations, excep¬ 
tional cases are met with where the tree grows 
rapidly arid loses perhaps nothing more than 
the extreme tips of the young shoots, but it 
will not fruit.... 
The English walnut, Mr, II. says, is not so 
hardy as the above, anti is useless for 11 s at the 
North excepting in very favored locations. 
In the back yards of cities it attains its full 
size anti produces abundant crops. Protection 
from the severity of the northwest winds dur¬ 
ing winter is what this tree needs, aud high 
brick walls answer the requirement. 
All Professor Arnold’s experience aud ob¬ 
servations have gone to show that blitter gran¬ 
ulated in the churn and freed from buttermilk 
by washing, then soaked in supersaturated 
brine at, fi ) u for half au hour, and then packed 
at once without any working, shows the high¬ 
est, purest and most delicate flavor, keeps the 
longest, and is best suited to the taste of butter 
fnuciers. He would not, he says iu the N.-Y. 
Tribune, advise auy oae to adopt this pluu 
with the expectation that his hot weather but¬ 
ter would keep safely until winter, or be sea¬ 
soned t«t best please the average American 
taste... 
Professor Arnold says that the fact is 
so mauy people have their ta-te blunted by the 
use of alcoholic or malt liquors, tobacco iu its 
various forms, strong und hot tea aud coffee, 
aud by foods strongly seasoned with salt,vine¬ 
gar, pepper, spice, cloves and other aromatics, 
that their tastes become obtuse to the delicious 
but mild flavor of butter, wnich is so agreeable 
to theuupervcrted taste. They waut something 
to rasp their dull palates to a higher excite¬ 
ment, nnd a little extra salt just does it. 
Well conducted experiments at the Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural Station show that medi- 
um-siztd whole potatoes gave larger yields 
than half potatoes obtained from tubers of a 
corresponding size. In the above trials sul¬ 
phate of potash produced better results than 
tho muriate of potash. 
The Guernsey Breeder gives some good ud- 
vice as to the treatment of a cow with her 
first calf. The calf is small; if it runs with 
the heifer it will get a first-rate start und per¬ 
haps make a big cow. It will make just as 
big a cow if brought up by band, and the 
heifer will not lie spoiled. She should never 
see her calf or even know what has happeued. 
Nho should bo carefully nursed for three or 
four day* and then milked, like an old cow, 
and fed for milk, rather for quantity than for 
quality, and milked close to her next calving, 
more aud more considering the importance of 
level culture for the corn plant, says tho Mich¬ 
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and had four and one-half pounds of corn and 
oat meal in two feeds. 
THE LATEST AND BRIEFEST. 
Mr. Rkeoiier had little sympathy for eight- 
hour men with 14 hour wives. 
Hand plows and cultivators are handy, la¬ 
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a cultivator one can got over at least ten times 
cow never gets over being budly handled the 
first year. 
T_- T • .1 _ 1 J 
Illinois. 
Chicago, Cook Co., May 10.—A very radi¬ 
cal change has taken place in the general 
weather conditions in the Northwfst during 
the last three or four days. In this region 
particularly wo seem to have rushed very 
suddenly into July arid August weather. The 
outlook for crops in Dakota is very favorable; 
Reeding all finished: the ground in excel lent 
condition and spring wheat making a good 
stand. Tho acreage of oats, corn, barley and 
wheat has been increased at the expense of 
the flax crop. The opinion is gaining ground 
that the stocks of wheat iu farmers’ hands 
will be loss than for several years by July 1. 
For many years we bave not had a season so 
fine for plowing and preparing the ground for 
corn as the present, and it is very safe to say 
that at this date the great bulk of the entire 
corn crop of the country is planted, and the 
weather at present is extremely propitious for 
the speedy sprouting and coming up of the 
seed. I do not think that in any of the large 
corn States, with the exception of Kansas and 
Nebraska, there has been any increase in the 
acreage this season. In fact, I think that tho 
oat crop has trespassed very largely this year 
upon the land which in former seasons has 
been put into corn. It is quite problematical 
as to how our grass crop is coming out. This 
is a very importaut crop to tho Northwest, 
particularly since hay has become such an 
immease article of commerce. Grass has im¬ 
proved, lint at the same time the weather 
during April was peculiarly hard and trying 
upon it, and like other crops it needs lain 
frequently in the next 30 days. The growing 
season of 1887 is now fairly upon us. Every 
crop which will go into the ground is now in, 
aud taking all things into consideration, put¬ 
ting one sectiou of the country against 
another, the condition of the ground aud the 
excellent manner in which the crops have in 
the main been put in, it seems that the coun¬ 
try can, for the present at least, take no alarm 
nor borrow any trouble for the future, so far 
as the • outcome is concerned, if we can only 
have an averuge rainfall during the next 30 
days particularly. n. w. 
Hannan. 
White City, Morris Co., April 30, 1S87.— 
The condition of the growing crops and fruit 
trees is excellent—all kinds of fruit trees are 
in full bloom. Oats are up and growing finely. 
All of the farmers in this section have finished 
planting corn. The majority of the farmers 
m Central Kansas are laying aside ihe check 
rower, and using the lister or trench-planter, 
as it has been proved by last season's drought 
that listed corn eudures the dry weather bet¬ 
ter than that, planted flat; aud ns dry seasons 
are the rule here, and wet ones the exception, 
we will prepare for the worst. We in the 
West fail to see whereiu we are to be benefit¬ 
ed by the Inter-State Commerce Bill. On 
the contrary, we fear it will result iu an in¬ 
crease of through rates ou our cattle, hogs, 
aud grain, which must necessarily pass to 
Other States to be marketed, as we cannot 
consume ail our products. We have a istgte 
Board of Railroad Com in Lssiouers which regu¬ 
lates the rates within the State, as in almost 
all other States, and if we can procure cheaper 
rates on long hauls. East or West, we are 
benefited thereby, aud it looks us if the pre¬ 
sent law was a blow aimed directly at the 
Western farmer, as he pays the freight on 
everything he uses or sells. J. R. 
COMMCSIC.ITIOXS RlICKlVKD FOB THE WEEK ESDINO 
May 14.1687. 
K. * B.-D. C. H.-F. L. W.-J G.-R D.-M. n.-T. 
H. H.-J. K. H.-W.TI K.-B H. P.-T. B.-C. E. P., 
Thanks. —J. K. H.-R. M M.-O. tl. D.-W. \V. R. C H. 
C. J. II.—L. S.-A O.C.-W. H. P.-C. A. K.-A. R.- 
Wm.L-Tll. K. D W.S. A. G.—C. V. P.-D. M. W. 
8. V. F. K ll.-F. H. B —41. B K M. G. potato rec*d. 
— R M. yes —C. s, ,1 . the Norway or ihe two -IV. H. 
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W. A. F. B. -G. L\ l’ - E. U -L. A. 11. A. A. -C. E. B. 
— 11, N. 1C. .1. H.. thanks.- A. It., thanks. -J. A. S.-A. 
P.-D W B. -J. S— H. 8., thanks -W, A. S.-J. M. S- 
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Pissccllancou.o; §Umti$ing. 
sdt-suekiug. It is that the teats be smeared 
with fresh cow manure and continue so for 
two mouths Tho Dairyman says tho way 
some men keep their cows smeared with filth 
in winter must be a sure preventive of the 
self-suckiug habit. 
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Delaware. 
Dover, Kent Co., April 27.—Spring is 
backward—about 10 days later than last year. 
Wheat and grass are looking splendid. A 
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they are beginning to show nicely. The pros¬ 
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