growing of cane will reduce the price of that 
article. 
Dehorning cattle seems to be fast approach¬ 
ing a craze in certain parts of the West. It 
seems singular that so few cases are reported 
in which any sort of serious consequences 
have followed. .... 
Yes, the Rural advises all of its readers 
living in climates as cold as this to lay down 
the grape-vine canes It does not advise that 
they be covered with soil or with any other 
material impervious or nearly so to nir. We 
merely want to shelter them from the wind 
and to retard or prevent rapid alternations of 
freezing and thawing... 
The Farmers’ Review expects to see cash 
corn selling in Chicago at 50 cents or more be¬ 
fore December is over. It is. at this writing, 
selling in Chicago at 45 to 40 cents for ship¬ 
ment, and the gap in price between it und 
wheat is likely to be very considerably nar¬ 
rowed so that those having some surplus of 
both with some feeding demaud, may find 
it the better economy to feed the wheat and 
sell the corn... 
Orchards are never safe from mice, yet 
trees are cheaply protected by tying laths, 
staves, or any similar material around the 
trunks. So Dr. Hopkins tells the Country 
Home. He protects over a thousand trees in 
this way every fall, at an annual expense of 
not over one cent a tree, and he has not aver¬ 
aged the loss of one tree a year iu & quarter of 
a century. Press the ends of the strips a little 
into the ground and tie, with one turn of 
white cotton twine, near the top. 
The Alsike clover on CoL Curtis’s Kirby 
Homestead was in full bloom the middle of 
June, a dense mass of stems and foliage. It 
was much admired by the farmers, and it was 
the universal verdict that it was better than 
the red for making hay of an excellent qual¬ 
ity. The beauty of such a field, he says, must 
be seen to tie appreciated. It was a sea of 
glorious bloom..... 
It is said, remarks the Orange Co. Farmer, 
that Loudon has about 1,500 lawyers, and if 
we bad the statistics at baud, doubtless we 
should see that American cities have a much 
larger uumber in proportion to their papula¬ 
tion. If the people had a little more sense aud 
a little more honesty, uiue out of ten of these 
lawyers could lie relegated to some more pro¬ 
ductive branch of industry. They live mainly 
on the misfortunes and bad conduct of their 
fellows........ 
The New York Assistant Dairy Commis¬ 
sioner, having visited all the creameries of 
the State aud most of the farms, has not 
found a single instance where oleomargarine 
has been used to adulterate butter. 
Puck says that it is to be regretted that the 
accomplices of the men lately hanged iu Chi¬ 
cago have so long been permitted to bear un¬ 
challenged the high-sounding names they 
have given to themselves. It is l'auk nonsense 
to call these pests of society “Anarchists,” 
“Socialists,” “Communists” or “Nihilists.” 
Tde Chicago rioteis are not theorists or re¬ 
formers; they have no grievances under our 
laws—they do not even kuow what our laws 
are. They have no comprehensible complaint 
to make against our system of government. 
They have no definite change to propose; no 
honest desire to better their fellow-men. They 
are, in plain English, a pack of soulless ruf¬ 
fians envious of their neighbors. Why not 
call a thief a thief?..... 
There ore such people as Anarchists and 
Socialists iu the world—but not in this part of 
it. At least there is no place for them here; 
no reason for their existence. The Anarchist 
is the product of a despotism. He is the em¬ 
bodiment of a revolt against tyranny. Iu u 
country where the people make their own 
laws, he is an anomaly—nay, an impossibility. 
There are men here who do what the Anarch¬ 
ists of Europe have done; but the difference 
between their motives and the motives of the 
European Anarchists makes the difference in 
their social status—the difference that there is 
betweeu the murderer and the man who takes 
life in self-defense. In Russia, thousands of 
lamest, men are striving to overthrow the gov¬ 
ernment by violent means; and while the 
means may shock us, we eau uot deny that 
the revolutionists have seemingly uo otliers 
wherewith to gain their end, and they are the 
last resort of sorely-tried men. There is uo 
free speech iu Russia; the people suffer from 
heavy taxation and cruel and unwise laws, 
and they have no remedy whatever. That 
they should seek a violent redress for their 
wrongs is not to be wondered at, though the 
fact may be deplorable... 
But what parallel is there between the polit¬ 
ical conditions of Russia and America? Are 
we taxed beyond our powers of payment? Is 
there any legislation that discriminates be 
tween one social class aud another to the dis¬ 
advantage of the humbler ? Does our system 
t)t goyenmumf. m’pgpi/e tij« existence pf 
classes? Has the highest-born, richest man in 
the country one political right that the lowest 
laborer does not possess? Are not our laws, 
good and bad, made by the people for the 
people ? If they are, in the ultimate judgment 
of those who obey them, unsuitable qr inade¬ 
quate, cau uot those who made, by the same 
power, unmake them? Under such a govern¬ 
ment, the man who preaches resistance to the 
law is a more dangerous enemy to society 
than the criminal who does his work in shame 
and secresy........ 
Sec. Campbell mentions that during the 
winters of IKK-i and 1884 (two years in success¬ 
ion) Moore’s Early grape-vines that were left 
exposed upon trellises, were killed to the 
ground. Others of the same variety which 
were laid down escaped injury entirely..., .. 
In trying climates, Sec. Campbell advises 
that all vines be given protection; for after 
comparatively mild winters the bearing of the 
vines would probably be improved, and in se¬ 
vere ones there would be uo fruit without it... 
He has long been convinced that this win¬ 
ter protection is one of the most important 
operations in grape culture in some sections, 
and one which will if constantly practiced, 
pay better than any other involving equal 
trouble or expense; for it is very often the 
turning-point betweeu complete success and 
entire fa i lure........ 
Prof. S. W. Johnson recommends that to 
increase the stiffness of the stra w of rye or 
wheat an application of oyster-shell screen¬ 
ings or cheap lime of any kiud—20 or JO bush¬ 
els to the acre—may be used. Old plaster or 
common mortar crushed, or leached ashes 
which are mostly carbonate of lime, would do 
as well. An application broadcasted now 
upon the fields of grain would be quite safe... 
T. B. Terry says, in the Albany Cultivator, 
that Timothy sown early iu fall is the best for 
the good of the grass itself. If sown in the 
spring with the clover, the wheat and clover 
are given the best possible chance; but the 
Timothy may be expected to catch, so as to 
till up auy vacancies in the clover, and to 
show itself somewhat all through the field. 
This is just the position he wants Timothy 
to take on bis farm, as he wants wheat and 
clover surely and a little Timothy iu the hay 
if he can get it. Clover hay is good enough, 
and clover sod the best of all. 
Now, when shall we sow the clover seed in 
the spring? Mr. Terry is all in favor of sow¬ 
ing it very early', just after the winter snows 
have about gone, and the ground begins to 
thaw day times and freeze nights. The first 
clear, frosty morning after tnis time he puts 
on the «eed. He wants a clear, frosty morn¬ 
ing, because then it will be still, no wind, and 
good walking. The freezing and thawing 
after that will work the seed into the ground 
just as nearly right as it can be got. This 
right time comes with him usually about the 
first of March. Last year it was the last 
week iu February. 
Hoard’s Dairyman contends that though 
dehorning a cow may not lessen the flow of 
milk, it does lessen the secretion of butter 
fat and the same quantity of milk will give a 
smaller quantity' of butter. 
The Agricultural Editor of the New York 
Times says that the proposed dairy school 
at Mountainville, N. Y., is intended to be a 
primary practical school for instruction in 
dairy work. It is now prepared for operation, 
and pupils only are required. Tbere ought to 
be uo lack of applicants for instruction iu the 
art of dairying at this fortunately-situated 
aud well-equipped farm whose liberal and 
public-spirited proprietor has all along held 
it as devised for the interests of The farmers 
aud as an educational establishment in every 
way..... 
The dairy languishes aud suffers for want 
of skilled work,and skilled work can be learned 
only at a dairy school. There are too many 
teachers of the art, but far too little instruc¬ 
tion, for a large number of those who profess 
to teach need to be taught themselves the 
most fundamental principles of successful 
work in the dairy..... 
ABSTRACTS. 
N. Y. World: “The coal barons had a 
jolly r Thanksgiving."... N. Y. Herald: “They 
practically pick the pocket of every man in 
the country. Who ct.n help denouncing a 
form of society which tolerates it?”....De¬ 
farmers generally wear or carry.”- 
Where do flies hibernate? is a question the 
Herald asks, and in a manner answers: 
“There is good reason to believe that the 
whole North American crop of flies goes to 
Florida health resorts during the winter. 
People who pass their winters down there as¬ 
sert that thev have had ocular proof of that 
fact, and that they have recognized old Sara¬ 
toga dining-room acquaintances dragging 
their weary bodies listlessly over Florida oleo¬ 
margarine.” .. “They go to Hades,” re¬ 
marked one expert, “if they obey voluminous 
and oft-repeated instructions." “ I didn’t 
know that they went anywhere," said another. 
“We have just as many flies in winter as we 
do in summer.” “Flies in winter?” remon¬ 
strated the listener, wbo was looking for an 
absolutely truthful statement of facts. “Cer¬ 
tainly; snow flies all t.be while.”....“Proba¬ 
bly they go to Canada,” suggested a third. 
“Everything that disappears now seems to 
have gone there.”....It was also suggested 
that the flies might have all gone on the stage. 
People generally go there when there 
is no other avenue of escape open.”- 
Edward Burnett: “I have bought stock for 
gentlemen in New Jersey, Mass., and other 
States—over fifty thousand dollars’ worth— 
and I never bought one on an escutcheon 
mark yet. I never understood it. and have 
never seen a man who did.”-Philadelphia 
Press: “We opened our first silo to-day and 
Wish to note an important fact. That part of 
the pit which was most thoroughly tramped 
and to which the greatest weight was applied 
isiu worse condition than that which was al¬ 
lowed to settle of itself. Our cows welcomed 
the sight of the silage with t he utmost eager¬ 
ness. and 1 look for a material improvement 
in the milk yield.”-Husbandman: “On 
most farms, fifty hens will lay more eggs than 
100, considering the way they are kept, but 
100 will always eat twice as much as fifty aud, 
worst of all, they will usually carry a consid¬ 
erable balance to the side of loss.”- 
Weekly Press: “ When breaking-in colts, 
put them beside fast-walking horses. 
The first few lessons will make a 
lasting impression on them.”-N. Y. 
Tribune: “If country people could try 
a winter in town, where an afternoon ride be¬ 
hind one or two horses costs to *5; where 
every pennyworth of vegetables or fruit must 
be paid for in cash at the full value placed 
upon them by the middleman, they would bet¬ 
ter appreciate the appended true saying of 
the N. E. Farmer: ‘The most striking thing 
among farmers to an outsider is the abundance 
of material comforts and common luxuries 
which thev possess and enjoy without seeming 
to be aware of it.’”-Industrialist: “A 
grade steer may not look auy bel ter or weigh 
any more than a scrub wheu bought, but his 
breeding gives him the capacity to put on 
fiesh early, easily and in greater proportion to 
both carcass and offal, which the scrub lacks. 
The feeder knows this perfectly.”-Kan¬ 
sas Live-Stock Indicator: “The horns are still 
going. ”-Kansas Record andFaraier: “There 
is every indication that 1888 will be the most 
prosperous year among farmers and stockmen 
that they have had since 1884. While wild and 
speculative prices are uot looked for or desired, 
a healthy advance is anticipated by all.”- 
Cuticura 
a Positive Cure 
for ^V^ry forrp of 
SKin and Blood 
-^Dis^as^- 
from —^— 
Pimples to Scrofula 
O KIN TORTURES OF A LIFETIME INSTANTLY RE- 
IO llevod by a warm bath with Conceal Soap, a Ten¬ 
sion BouutHU r, and « single application of Ccticcra. 
the great Skin Cure. 
This repeated dally, with two or three doses of CUTt- 
etTRA Resol vbxt, the Sew Blood Furl tier, to Weep the 
blood cool, the perspiration pnre and unlrrltatlng. the 
bowels open, the ID er and kidneys active, will speed¬ 
ily cure 
Eczema, tetter, ringworm, psoriasis, lichen, pruri¬ 
tus seall-head, daudrutf. anil every species of tortur¬ 
ing, disfiguring, Itching, scaly and pimply diseases of 
the skin and scalp, with loss of hair, wheu physicians 
and all known remedies fall. 
P| PLES, black-heads, chapped and oily skin pre- 
r I 111 vented by Cvtklra Mkhicatkd So*r. 
troit Free Frees: “There is one thing that is 
always iu advance of the public demand, and 
that is the price of coal.”-Alluding to 
the late National Farmers’ Congress, held in 
Chicago, some one had the assurauoe to tell 
the Western Rural that the delegates were 
not farmers, but politicians. “Some of the 
most prominent wore vefy much more costly 
gold rings on their fingers and carried much 
handsomer gold watches and gold-beaded 
ru r ti>; than $ve ever remember to baYegewi 
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