£avm (Tonnes. 
CORRESPONDENTS’ VIEWS. 
Arrest the Bees. —In feeding bees for win¬ 
ter the greatest care must be taken to pre¬ 
vent robbing. I was just called into ray bee- 
yard to quell a ease of that kind. About a 
dozen colonies had discovered a weakness in 
their neighbor and would have destroyed the 
colouy in a short time had I been absent. I 
soon had them under control by covering the 
affected hive, and also all which were in mis¬ 
chief, with bone meal sacks. If they had got 
a good start the 175 colonies would have made 
a big rumpus and it would have been hard for 
one man to handle them. 0. i>. HERSHISER. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
Chop the Stai.ks.— What an advantage it 
is to have manure fine when vve come to han¬ 
dle it in the spring. I am satisfied that one- 
fifth of the time is wasted in trying to fork 
over manure that has long corn stalks in it. 
You never can take a good forkful unless you 
clear off the stalks every few minutes. I 
bothered with such manure for a good many 
years until I got tired of handling it. Since 
then I have run all my stalks through the cut¬ 
ter and the gain in the labor of handling the 
manure has well made up the cost. Besides, 
the cattle nave eaten more of the fodder. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. b. f. k. 
Carrots for Horses. —Nothing pays bet¬ 
ter than a small space given up to the raising 
of carrots. Fed to horses through the winter 
they give the very best of results. They are 
better for horses than any other kind of roots. 
Few people seem to know how much horses 
will enjoy a bite of some green food during 
the winter. Those who do know it have dis¬ 
covered one of the great secret^ of keeping a 
horse in health. Give a horse a daily ration 
of chopped carrots during the winter and 
grain will be saved and the horse will feel 
brighter. Most fanners seem to think that 
the carrot cannot be raised except by hand 
culture, and consequently it will not pay to 
meddle with them. The carrot does require 
hand culture to a greater degree than any 
other root crop, but a first-rate crop can be 
got when the roots ar« set one foot apart in 
rows two feet wide. Try a small patch of 
carrots, farmers, and see if they don't pay. 
Hillsdale Co., Mich. s. H. si. 
Fruits in Colorado. —I find in my 15 
years’ experience in this region, the influence 
of “altitude” is more severe on the adaptation 
of trees and plants than “latitude.” The 
peculiar influence of our perpetual sunshine, 
our system of irrigation and cultivation, also 
opens up a new field widely different from 
local conditions east of the Missouri River. 
Then our native plants and trees differ in gen- 
enal appearance from the Eastern relatives. 
Denver, Col. d. s. g. 
Various Suggestions. —I should be pleased 
if the Rural would say that the Lord Palm¬ 
erston Peach is a bad failure in this section. 
It is time that it was killed out. If planters 
would try novelties with caution it would lie 
a great gain to the country. I understand 
there is a party around among the fanners 
selliug a new peach at $1 per tree. If there 
were more papers taken like the Bural, this 
class of tree agents would not flourish so well. 
A very hard year ou fruit. The Doyeuuc, 
Boussock pear cracked so as to be worthless. 
Parsonage also cracked badly. Bartlett and 
Beurre D’Anjou are fair and I am inclined to 
believe all that are profitable to grow for 
market. N. 
Titusville N. Y. 
The English Sparrow's came on in full 
force as soon as my Lady grapes began to ri¬ 
pen, They picked and destroyed Ladies, 
Brightons, Wordens at such a rate, I feared 
for my whole crop. But I mixed some meal 
with Paris-green and hung the pail on my 
trellises and not one grape has since been 
touched. It spoils the flavor of grapes for 
sparrows evidently. E. F. ROWELL. 
Cliuton, N. Y. 
The Rural’s cartoons are very strong. 
These pictures are one of the best features of 
the paper. Wo have the pictures in mind long 
after the papers have been filed away. 
Prince Edwards Co., Va. n. calkins. 
Northwestern Arkansas is noted for its 
fruit, and considering the fact that it has 
only been five or six years since it was opened 
up by railroads, St has made good progress; 
that is, for a Southern State. A good collec¬ 
tion of our fruit was made nud scut to the 
American Horticultural Society at Boston. 
We need experienced growers from the North 
and East to develop the industry properly. 
Fayetteville, Ark. A. w. c. 
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NEWARK MACHINE CO., Columbus, 0. 
Mrs. Halls, 8 State St., 
Leicester, England, says: 
“My little boy, a year and 
a half old, was attended by 
two doctors for mouths, 
and given up as incurable. 
They said he had a Wast¬ 
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on a cushion. I had a book 
from Mr. Woolley, Chem¬ 
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Piso's Cure for Consump¬ 
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HOLSTEIN FREISIAN CATTLE 
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