THE RURAL MEW-YOR&ER. 
JUNE IS 
of corn and oat. meal, linseed meal and wheat 
bran. This probably will be considered by 
many a rich feed; if so, they can reduce the 
corn and linseed meal, and so make a less fat¬ 
tening food. He prefers the corn and oats 
ground, for young lambs, to whole grain. Al¬ 
ter they become large and for grown sheep, 
whole graiu is preferred for his feeding, as the 
sheep gr ind their grain very effectually them¬ 
selves, thus saving the trouble of getting it 
ground for them.... • • • 
When the eusilage craze has had its day, 
said the late Major Poore, iu a recent Culti¬ 
vator, he firmly believed that the farmers of 
the Northern States, especially those who pro¬ 
duce milk, will turn their attention again to 
turnip culture........ 
The Ruta-baga is superior to other kinds for 
its nutritious finalities and for its hardy, latc- 
keeping qualities. It is greedily devoured, 
cooked or raw, by houses, cows, sheep and hogs, 
and is, withal, an excellent table vegetable, 
especially from January to June. Mr. Poore 
says that when cows are fed on them the tur¬ 
nip taste is not perceptible either in their milk 
or butter, if they have daily access to salt.... 
A Whiter in the good old Western Rural 
takes the view that all bulls are vicious by 
nature. Only fear will make them safe. The 
man who treats them on any other plan is a 
fool and deserves punishment for endanger¬ 
ing the lives of others which he hus no right 
todo.... .. 
The folly and crime of treating bulls, aud 
notably pure-blood bulls, with a tenderness 
which is measured by the dollars involved in 
their price, is plainly shown by the murderous 
aud too often fatal attacks they make on their 
keepers and others. If the parsimonious own¬ 
er were the only victim it would be small 
matter; but he is not. Others are frequently 
killed by the animal, simply because he would 
uot administer the timely and proper chastise¬ 
ment for fear of hurting a dollar or two held 
in his hide....... 
We are inclined to agree with the above 
view. We raised a Jersey bull at the Rural 
Farm with all kiuduess, and proffered on all 
occasions the gentlest treatment. Without 
any provocation he took it into his head to 
throw him down and 
butter the consumer pays for one pound of 
salt with some loss of salt perhaps in working 
the butter. Salting 1 ounce to the pound 
the “adulteration” is still greater. No, there is 
uot any adulteration in salting butter with 
brine, if made as I have shown.” 
weighs 1,000 pounds or over; is she too young 
to breed? 
Ans.— As a rule of almost general applica¬ 
tion, it is not advisable to put a two-year-old 
filly to breeding, as it seriously interferes with 
her proper development. If from auy cause, 
a two-year-old has been served by a stallion 
and becomes pregnant, it is advisable to let 
her pass over her third year without breeding, 
so that she won’t have a second foal till she is 
five years old. A well-developed tbree-year- 
old, however, may be put to the stallion, and 
then be kept breeding right along so long as 
she remains fertile. 
L. M. L., Cortland, N. V'.—What is the 
matter with my gooseberries? The loaves are 
all right, but the berries are covered with a 
whitish, past}' substance, like mould. 
Ans.— The best way to treat varieties of 
gooseberries that mildew is to destroy them 
and plant those that do not mildew. We have 
used sulphur, which serves well enough iu 
mild cases of mildew, but the time aud trouble 
are worth more thau the gooseberries. 
IF. T. T., N. C .—What is the address of a 
firm that, has hay caps or cloth suitable to 
make them for sale? 
Ans.—T he U. S. Water-proof Fibre Co.,.'iG 
South St., New York City, make a water¬ 
proof sheeting, which is just the thing for cov¬ 
ering hay in the field or in stacks. 
“A'.” {no address). —One of the legs of a 
Light Brahma hen is swollen above the kuee 
joint, and looks very yellow. What’s the 
matter? 
Ans.—T he swelling is probably the result of 
au injury, not a symptom of auy disease. 
Rub the affected part with a liniment of 
equal parts of lard and crude petroleum twice 
a day. 
E. O., Maryville, Tenn. —What varieties of 
peare would be likely to succeed in this sec¬ 
tion? 
Ans.—A ngouleme, Anjou, Bartlett, Belle 
Lurcative, Howell, Louise Bonne <le Jersey, 
Seckel, White Doyenne and Winter Nelis. 
W. M ., Wilmington, N. C. —Where can I 
obtain genuine Silver-Laced Bantams? 
Ans.— Messrs. Bell & Gill, Franklin, Ve¬ 
nango Co., Fa , make a specialty of bantams. 
J. W. D., Dixon, HI .—Where can I get a 
calf muzzle or calf wcaner? 
Ans.—O f theR. H. Allen Co., 189 Water St., 
New York City. 
No Glucose in Breach.— In a late Bulle¬ 
tin issued by U. S. Entomologist, C. V. Riley, 
we find the following written by Mr. D. W. 
Coquillett: 
As the Bnbaeh at first merely paralyzes the 
insect, it is necessary that its influence upon 
the latter should continue uut.il death results. 
To accomplish this some viscid substance 
should be combined with the Bubucb aud 
water, in order to cause the solution to adhere 
to the insects for a sufficient leugth of time to 
deprive the latter of their lives. One of the 
best known substances of this kind is glucose, 
a seiui-liquid refuse of sugar refineries. This 
substance combines readily with the Buliach 
solution, and does not appear to have au in¬ 
jurious effect. upon the plants that have been 
spruyed with it. 
The above surprises us a little. The manu¬ 
facturer of Bubach recommended the writer 
of this note to use glucose with the powder 
and water. We followed his directions pre¬ 
cisely aud sprayed 100 rose hushes, using a 
“Cyclone nozzle” as usual. Although the 
quantity of glucose was very small, it sufficed 
to varnish the leaves which withered and died 
within a day or so killing a number of the 
bushes. We advised the Buhach proprietor at 
once and it. would appear that he should have 
made it life business to guard people against 
its use. 
Guarding Against Pleuropneumonia.— 
The Department of Agriculture has issued a 
circular to rail roads and transportation com¬ 
panies regarding the spread of pleuro-pneu. 
mouia. All cars that have carried live-stock 
are to bo thoroughly cleansed on the discharg¬ 
ing of their freight, ami not allowed to leave 
the freight or stock-yard until this is done. 
The disinfection is to bo done as follows: 1. 
Remove all litter aud manure. 2. Wash the 
car with water thoroughly aud until clean. 3. 
Saturate the walls aud floors with a solution 
made by dissolving four ouu .es of chloride of 
lime to each gallon of water. Stock-yards 
and pens should be cleansed and disinfected at 
least once a week. 
plunge at our farmer, 
but for timely help would have killed him.... 
The Journal of Miles City, Montana, says 
that many stockmen have sown Alfalfa and 
say that it is growing well without irrigation. 
Lots of people are praising the Lucretia 
Dewberry. We have read attentively, but 
having plants under our nose, cannot join in.. 
’Tis true, says Professor Roberts, the inky 
streams running from the barnyard down the 
road, into the creek, or on the neighbor’s lot, 
contain the best part of the manure. It is 
money running away. 
Raise two or three guineas for alarms to 
scare the crows and hawks, says the National 
Tribune. They also make good night watch¬ 
men... 
If your ben houses or yards are filthy don’t 
expect to have healthy chicks. Something 
will happen. The chances are too heavy 
against them. It is a matter of time. 
Under favorable circumstances the run of 
Texas cattle to market this year will consist 
of very heavy numbers of good, light cattle... 
The margin between corn and pork is gener¬ 
ally so narrow, says the Breeders’ Gazette, 
that while swine production can be made one 
of the most profitable features of the farm, 
and upon many farms seems almost necessary 
to a profitable management, it takes good 
hogs aud a good system of feeding iu order to 
get the money out of the business; and the 
farmer who neglects either is apt to find his 
profits very narrow.... 
Commenting upon the oil-test churn as a 
means of accurately determining the butter- 
making value of milk uud cream, a writer in 
an English paper, says the Gazette, contends 
that these machines should be In the hands of 
farmers, to bo used at least once a fortnight 
in testing the value of the product of individ¬ 
ual cows. And be goes on to declare that if 
the milk of individual cows wore generally 
subjected to this sort of a test “one-fourth the 
duiry cows in the Kingdom would be for sale 
before winter as not worth their keep.” This 
is a rather startling statement, but probably 
true, and more likely true of cows in this 
country than in England. 
Probably, the Breeders’ Gazette adds, 
there is no source of disappointment iu dairy 
operations so great us the unprofitable cows 
which are maintained in greater or less num¬ 
bers in almost every dairy and upon almost 
every farm. The profits realized from the 
best cows are largely absorbed in the keep of 
those not deserving a place, anti thu labors of 
the dairy are greatly increased to no pur¬ 
pose... 
It is essential to ascertain exactly what dif¬ 
ferent animals are doing, anti what coiupon- 
D1SCUSSION. 
UNLOADING HAY. 
D. J. B,, HARBOURTON, N. J,—Iu his answer 
to R. T. R.’s question, "What is the best way 
to unload hay,” Prof. I. P. Roberts, in a late 
Rural, says, “The Van Syckle hay and graiu 
unloader uses slings anti no forks, and unloads 
very admirably both loose and bound mater¬ 
ial” Thus far he is perfectly plain and cor¬ 
rect. He says, “The entire rig set up cost 
about fSO, aud when set up it retie ires skill to 
operate it.” “Too often quite a per cent, of 
the hay after unloading is found on the floor 
instead of in the mow.” Ho then goes on to 
tell how it happens, etc. Now I have been 
using Van Syckle’s shir slings for five years, 
and the entire rig set up did not cost over $40, 
and when set up it requires no more skill to 
use it than is requires to hook a trace or buckle 
a line iu hooking a team to a wagon. When 
he speaks of a percentage of the hay being 
found on the floor instead of in the mow after 
being unloaded, I think he must mean to say 
that is the case when unloaded with torks, in¬ 
stead of with slings (although he does not 
make the distinction), tvs I can haul hay all 
day aud uot have scatterings enough on the 
floor to feed a horse. There are absolutely no 
scatterings, ns the slings hold all fast. I have 
used different kinds of hay forks, but consider 
the shir slings very much superior to any fork 
in every respect. 
A. L. C., Catonville, Md.—L ast Novem¬ 
ber, page 703, Mr. Henry Stewart was quoted 
as saying: “Butter cannot bo salted with 
brine unless the liquid is actually mixed with 
it, and this mixture of water Would bo an 
adulteration and a fraud upon the consumer.” 
I have been salting my butter in brine for 
some time aud never made such good butter as 
by this plan, and my customers like it, better 
than ever. The churn—a barrel with no dashers 
—is stopped when the globules of butter are 
about the size of millet seed; cold water is put 
in, and after a few revolutions of the churn 
the water and buttermilk are drawn off. 
More water Is now put, in aud this drawn off 
as before. This is repeated until the water 
comes perfectly clear, when strong brine is 
put in aud allowed to stay for two or three 
hours. Then the butter is put on the butter- 
board and pressed- sufficiently to expel all su¬ 
perfluous moisture, and perfect butter is the 
result. I don’t see where the “ adulteration” 
comes in. It seems to me it is just the other 
way; where dry salt is added at the rate of 
one ounce to the pound, in every 10 pounds of 
MULTUM IN PARVO 
A LATE bulletin of the Iowa Agricultural 
College says that the potato (tuber) is an ex¬ 
ogenous (outside) grower, and as long as 
growth goes on, the cambium layer separating 
the skin from the tuber (the same as the mucil¬ 
aginous substance which separates the bark 
from the wood in trees) is soft and allows the 
skin to be easily slipped with the finger. When 
the tuber is ripe, the skin is more dense, and is 
not separated from the solid cellular part of 
the tuber by this cambium layer. 
Mr. Bigolk, of the Farm Journal, would 
give half of his farm if he could quit the use 
of tobacco. It is the worst weed he has to 
contend against iu his farming... 
A writer iu the above paper mentions a 
neighbor who built a nice silo six years ago, 
and for the first few years was enthusiastic. 
For a year he has not heard him mention silo. 
Last seusou he cured his corn iu the old way, 
and this spring he has sold the stone with 
which he has always weighted his silage . 
Another writer who has had 2i> years’ ex¬ 
perience with poultry, considers u large Game 
with a Light Brahma the very best cross. ... 
Children who come before the public in 
speech and song before they have reached 
their teens, and who astonish crowds by their 
bright sayings mid brilliant wuys, seldom ma¬ 
ture into strong and well-balanced characters, 
says Popular Science News. They flash and 
shine for a while, and ure then lost sight of 
before they reach maturity. 
C. V. Mai’E-s says, in Farm anil Home, that 
on laud that has been forced to bring crops 
under the indirect dissolving action ot plaster, 
salt, acid phosphate, potash salte, nitrate of So¬ 
fia, or any fertilizer that fails to supply from 
its own resources a fair share of the plant food 
stock, the recuperation process is very slow; 
its condition is worse thau before. The same 
quantity of stable manure that used to bring 
a crop will fail to do it, now. A long rest, or 
a slow, expensive process of restoration with 
proper manures, judicious rotation, and possi¬ 
bly green nmnuriug is necessary before the 
farmer finds himself again where he started.. 
In the same useful journal J. Talcotv says 
that the best ration for young lambs perhaps 
has uot yet been proved, but one which his 
lambs are fond of is composed of equal parts 
