the tree with the mixture. Then replace the 
dirt. The use of the whitewash is to hold the 
Paris-green, which poisons the worms as soon 
as they hatch. To the above mixture the 
Rural would add enough lampblack: to make* 
the wash a gray color resembling the bark, 
and also a small quantity of soap, which will 
help to retain the wash during rains..'.. 
Onk good sign of the times, says the Live 
Stock Indicator, is that a more intelligent 
class of men and women are taking an inter¬ 
est in farms—men who read the papers and 
women who are not averse to soiling their 
hands in dish-water, ladies by birth and edu¬ 
cation though they be. 
President Chamberlain, of the Iowa 
Agricultural College (Ames), remarks, iuthe 
Ohio Farmer, that wheu he lays down a heavy 
w'oolen coat, he doesn’t like to have to lay a Lug 
stone ou it to keep it from blowing across a 
40-acre field and lodging in a barbed wire 
fence! lie says the gravel blows away from 
the road; that a rail fence stands no chance. 
A mason left some two bushels of sand in a 
heap near his house, after a job of plastering, 
and it “has nearly all blown away.”. 
Yotr can hardly keep your feet, in walking, 
sometimes, President Chamberlain continues. 
“I have been out for about six hours a day r for 
three weeks, replatting fields, systematizing 
and enlarging, moving fences, making lanes, 
etc., and I find actually that the wind tires 
me more than the work, and I work bard too.” 
Mr. Felch says that the Black Java is 
simply a Black Plymouth Rock, and the 
White Java a White Pljuuouth Rock. We 
may be able to express some sort of an opin¬ 
ion after we raise our eight chicks. But sup¬ 
pose they are merely sports of the Plymouth 
Rocks, does that make them, per se, less or 
more valuable l.......... . 
Take the Rural’s advice of two years ago 
and often repeated, and do not buy costly ni¬ 
trate of soda or sulphate of ammonia to use on 
land that is uot already rich. 
A correspondent of the New York Tri- 
buue says: 
•‘The rosebugs appear here annually about 
May IS and remain three weeks, devouring 
grape bloom, foliage and young shoots, rasp¬ 
berry bloom, yonng apples, pic' plant, straw¬ 
berry leaves, etc, I nave killed gallons of 
them iu u half-acre garden, so that 1 had to 
bury t hem for sanitary reasons. There is no 
known remedy but piekiug or jarring them 
into a cup of kerosene. They have been here 
for twenty years, steadily increasing, and, I 
think, spreading, 1 think I have seen one 
bushel of these beetles on one apple tree de¬ 
vouring the apples, and I often get ten to 
thirty of! a grape leaf.” 
It is a pity this person has not heal’d of the 
Rural’s remedy of spraying the infested 
plants with Buhach or Pyrethrum water. 
We should like to have the question an- 
swered by those who cau answer it from ex¬ 
perience. In what respects are the Plymouth 
Rocks superior to the old Dominiques?. 
The Poultry Keeper says: 
“We wish to say here that the Dorking and 
the Dominick fowls are goiug to the front. 
The Dorking is the ‘Short-horn’ of poultry. 
It is compact, close-bodied, full ot breast 
meat, ami iu England is the first of all. For 
the table, for market, and for broilers, it has 
no superior. It is also above the average as a 
layer. Crossed ou the Brahma the produce 
cannot be surpassed. The Dominick, which 
is iu color like a Plymouth Rock, has a rose- 
comb, is more active than the Plymouth Rock, 
amj is one of the old-time, hardy, reliable 
fowls. They are going to have a solid boom." 
And thus we progress. 
The last paper which the late Jean Baptiste 
Boussiugault communicated to the French 
Academy of Sciences, of which he was the 
senior member next to the centenarian 
Chevreul, was considered of the highest scien¬ 
tific’ importance. He took a quantity of sand 
from Fontainebleau, and l>y successive wash¬ 
ings reduced it to a state of pure silica, in 
which he sowed some seed, which he sheltered 
from all contact with the air. When the plant 
had sprung up he removed it carefully aud 
again washed the sand; the water was found 
to contain a leaven capable of swarming with 
living germs in favorable surroundings. This 
was an important experiment, for it. demon¬ 
strated the existence of germs in any soil in 
which living vegetation has been developed. 
It also furnishes a decided factor in the prob¬ 
lem relating to telluric, and paludoan miasma, 
and proves thut water which has passed 
through any soil is capable of provoking fer¬ 
mentations and the swarming of bacteria in a 
given organism. .. 
A PROMINENT Ontario farmer claims that 
he has not made any money in four years. 
The American cattle ranches prevent lnm from 
making a profit off his stock, and the wheat 
region of Manitoba can undersell him. There 
is a small margin on horses, barley, cheese aud 
butter. But the Ontario farmers are having 
a hard time of It, and the Toronto Mail recom¬ 
mends t hem to combine and make an impres¬ 
sion upon the law makers who seem bent upon 
fostering railroads aud great corporations 
just at present.. 
Ptellanfaujs 
tion with monopolies. Again its plans show that 
immense profits to the originators of the 
scheme rather than protection to the eattle 
industry Ls the object. The projectors are al¬ 
lowed to sell their herds, ranches, buildiugs 
and other “plant 1 ’ to the Trust, at their own 
liberal valuation, for certificates of the Trust 
at one-fourth of their par value. Thus, when 
the certificates sell at par, the originators will 
receive .■?) for every 25 cents worth of property 
they invested at agenerous valuation! Another 
objection is that if it benefits any stockmen, 
if must be the ranchmen only, and it looks as 
if it would squarely militate against individ¬ 
ual producers everywhere, aud especially 
against those of the older States. Even such 
illustrious cattle names as Routt, Head, Stur¬ 
gis, Lvtle, Morris and others can hardly sugar- 
coat the pill to the satisfaction of the cattle- 
grovviug public, which is expected to swallow 
it without a grimace. 
Fine Stock at The Show.— The color of 
the Guernsey’s milk and butter is of the rich¬ 
est yellow, and the Weekly Press thinks that 
no one with an eye to dairy points c-ould look 
over the entire lot as exhibited at the late N. 
Y. Dairy Show without feeling that th? finest 
herd of any considerable number of any 
breed was the Guernseys exhibited by Mr. 
Francis Shaw, of Massachusetts It is diffi¬ 
cult to praise natives or “scrubs” iu the pres¬ 
ence of these finely bred animals, but every 
one has seen native cows that closely approach 
the best dairy form. Every cow of this kind 
is n treasure, anil her heifer calves, especially 
if sired by a full-blooded bull ofoueof the milk 
breeds, should always be saved. The veteran 
Lewis F. Allen, whose $7 .veal’s did uot pre¬ 
vent him from going to the show from his 
home near Buffalo, has been lireeding a herd 
from grade Short-horn cows and Guernsey 
bulls until some of his animals are seven- 
eighths Guernsey blood. He considers them 
the bast dairy cows he has ever known. The 
Press considers that the most interesting spec¬ 
tacle in the show was that presented by the M3 
Jersey cows from the finest strains iu the 
world when they gathered iu the show ring to 
compete for the blue ribbon that was to deco¬ 
rate the “best Jersey cow over three years 
old.” - 
Norway Spruce: Scotch and White 
Pines. —The veteran Robt. Douglas says, in the 
above Journal, that the Norway Spruce isono 
of the most valuable trees for ornamental 
planters. If it is planted uuderstaudingly, it 
will answer all the purposes for which it is in¬ 
tended, and can bo cut out iu the future to 
make room for the native trees that were 
planted in company with it aud are then in 
their prime, after the Norway has outlived its 
usefulness, Mr. Douglas has grown more 
Norway Spruces than any other man in 
America, and more than all other men in 
America. Therefore, a great responsibility 
rests on him, and—much as he dislikes to ap¬ 
pear in print—he cannot remain silent when 
he hears if recommended as a long-lived forest 
tree. In regard to the Scotch Pine, it will 
not outgrow the White Piue. True, it will 
outgrow it while quite young. So will Bank- 
siuna and almost every one of the scrub pines, 
so called; but the White Piue soon overshad¬ 
ows them all. At five years old the Scotch is 
far ahead of the White: at 10 the White is 
about even, at 15 the Whitt' is ahead and at tin 
the Scotch is out of the race, and yet the 
Scotch is invaluable iu the West. No other 
tree will make a wind break iu so short a 
time. Neither the Norway Spruce nor the 
White Pine will stand such exposure while 
young; therefore Mr.Douglas always advises 
the Scotch Pine for the outside row on the 
north and west sides ou an open prairie. Yet 
as a long-lived timber tree it is an abject fail¬ 
ure in any part of the country. 
PITHS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
Pres. Chamberlain, now of Iowa, shows 
in the Ohio Farmer that the statement that 
the last fanner has gone from the Board of 
Trustees of the Ohio State University is 
untrue..... 
Prop. Cook says that a solution of one tea- 
spoonful of Paris-green to two pails of water 
will kill the striped cucumber beetle. Spray 
the plants and bugs—if you can. Dou’t make 
it stronger...... 
V writer in the Press says that when a man 
insists that either level culture or ridged cul¬ 
ture for corn is right under all conditions, you 
may be sure that his prejudices will reduce 
his corn crop. 
Eli Minch states, iu the Farm and Garden, 
that to keep borers out of apple and peach 
trees ho takes a bucket of common whitewash 
aud sifts in it three or four quarts of wood 
ashes. Add a tablespoouful or two of Paris- 
green, or three of four of London-purple, 
enough fo color the mixture. Stir all the 
materials thoroughly, aud keep stirring while 
using. Then remove the earth from the butt 
of the tree and whitewash the whole body of 
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Delaware. 
Dover, Kent Co., May 23.—"Weather very 
warm and dry. Have bad but little rain for 
three weeks. Crops need rain and if we do 
not have it soon, hay will be a light crop, al¬ 
though a splendid stand. Wheat is beaded 
out and there is a splendid prospect for a full 
crop. Clover in blossom. Cora came up 
nicely aud is mostly harrowed, and replanted 
where needed, and growing very fast. I jlicked 
a few ripe strawberries to-day, the first I have 
seen. Manchester and Wilson are rusting 
badly in some sections. We have had very 
heavy fogs from off the Bay for nearly a week 
every morning and night. This is supposed 
to cause the rust. The peach question, as us¬ 
ual at this season, is the main topic among the 
growers, i. e., the prospect of a crop. Some 
claim that the}* will have but few, while many 
others say there are one-third too many on the 
trees. From personal observation I think we 
will have about an average crop. Sweet po¬ 
tato plauts are being set out by the thousands. 
Everyone has a patch averaging about a quar¬ 
ter of an acre. Early potatoes look thrifty. 
So does the omnipresent potato-bug: hut we 
have only the hard-shelled ones to deal with 
yet. We have had one or two late frosts, but 
they did but little harm. Times begin to 
brighten up and prices are better and every 
one that wants to work can find it if he tries. 
A majority of the farm hands are happy 
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The average farm hand will do a hard day’s 
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from three to ten miles to a frolic, or to see 
his girl, aud at what time he gets back one 
never knows, but a good loud ring of the farm 
bell brings him up smiling and fresh in the 
morning as if he had had the full alloted time 
for sleep; theu he works hard all day and is 
ready for the same joiification at night. How 
they stand it is a mystery to us. On May 12 a 
convention of the fruit growers met at Dover. 
N. J. and Maryland were also represented by 
many large growers. Commission-men from 
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore aud other 
cities were in attendance. The leadiug ques¬ 
tion for discussion was if the liasket or other 
package should go free with the fruit when 
sold. Many able speeches were made on both 
sides, but no satisfactory conclusion was ar¬ 
rived at. 
May 25.—The weather changed yesterday. 
We had a splendid rain which will be of much 
benefit to growing crops. We have berries 
enough for table use. This section seems to L>e 
full of strangers looking for farms, and our 
three real estate agents are doing their best to 
suit them in locations. Fresh fish are plenty. 
Trout sell at 33 Lj cents per bushel on the shore. 
Eggs, 14c.; chickens, old, 10c.; young, 15c.; 
butter, 20c. to 25c.; corn, 50c.: wheat. 80c. 
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