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editorial in the London Morning Post with 
some garbled passages. I believe it is very 
generally being copied and credited to Bell’s 
Messenger, so that the error referred to is not 
yours. The editor of the Post was kind 
enough to give some credit, for the work 
done, to my co-laborers, Prof. Cheesman, and 
Mr. Charles Richard Dodge, and to myself as 
having had charge of the exhibit and as rep¬ 
resentative of the Secretary of Agriculture. 
The Editor of Bell’s Messenger can doubt¬ 
less explain the matter. c. v. riley. 
The following is the article in the R. N.-Y. 
of July 13, alluded to: 
“Prof. C. V. Riley makes the following 
remarkable statement in the American Agri¬ 
culturist: 
‘ The rose-bug is a hard insect to fight, and 
we have had no practical occasion to practice 
with it in the work of the Botanical Division 
of tbe United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. The old method was to knock the in¬ 
sects from the foliage or fruit into a pan of 
kerosene and water. This, however, is very 
slow work and not practicable on a large 
scale. 
At River Edge, N. J., they found last sea¬ 
son that a mixture of pyrethrum and water 
made a very excellent liquid to spray upon 
the vines. It destroyed all of the insects 
which it touched and seemed also to have a 
preventive action. The proper proportion 
can only be obtained by further experiment. 
Col. Pearson, of New Jersey, has also found 
that tbe original fungicide mixture of sul¬ 
phide of copper and lime and water, sprayed 
upon grapevines, has both a poisoning and 
deterring effect upon the rose-bug. This in¬ 
sect is one which I hope to have a good series 
of experiments made upon with a view of de¬ 
termining just what is best to be done.’ ” 
PROF. C. V. RILEY. 
Hardy Roses.—O f the newer varieties of 
Hybrid Perpetual Roses, says J. N. May in 
Garden and Forest, tbe best, so far in the 
locality ot Summit, N. J., has been Mrs John 
Laing. Though not of a very hardy consti¬ 
tution, its pale-pink color, fine form and de¬ 
lightful fragrance make it a very desirable 
variety, and it is a splendid autumn bloomer. 
Earl of Dutferin is a grand rose of a deep 
bright crimson, very fragrant and of a good 
constitution. Lady Helen Stewart is another 
first class rose, with a good, vigorous consti¬ 
tution. Ulrich Brunner, though not particu¬ 
larly new, nor yet generally planted, is pleas¬ 
ing in shape and color. Queen of Queens has 
again proved one of tbe best bedding roses, of 
a pale shaded-pink color and very attractive 
in ever way. To Mr. May’s mind, however, 
the best rose of this class introduced to this 
country this year is Gloire de Margottin. It 
is the clearest bright red yet introduced, very 
fragrant, a strong grower and a rose that 
pleases every one who sees it. Last of all is 
that grand rose, Madame Gabriel Luizet. 
With its satin-pink color and unsurpassed fra¬ 
grance it has few equals, and it should be in 
every garden, no matter how small. If it 
were Mr. May’s fate to be deprived of every 
rose but one for growing in the open air, he 
would choose this one above all others. It is 
still producing some good flowers, and will 
continue to do so all summer at intervals. 
A Chute for the Silo.— Professor E. M. 
Shelton, in Bulletin No. 6 , of the Kansas Ex¬ 
periment Station, gives a description of a 
chute for emptying the silo. We give tbe 
picture at Fig. 206. We quote Prof. S.’s des¬ 
cription as follows: 
“ The operation of feeding from the silo is 
usually performed from the door, as shown in 
the cut. In feeding, it is well to remember 
that if a silage surface is left exposed to the 
atmosphere for a number of days, It molds 
quite rapidly and not unfrequently a consid¬ 
erable loss results. On this account I prefer 
to feed from the top of the silage, so that 
more or less of the entire surface can be fed 
every day. To accomplish this purpose I 
have planned in the new silo, the chute, 
shown in the cut, over the door of the silo. 
This consists simply of a 2x 10-inch plank 
spiked on edge securely to the silo, 20 inches 
from the corner. Twenty-inch pieces of ship- 
lap lightly tacked to this projecting plauk con¬ 
nect it with the adjacent wall, thus forming 
a 10 x 20 inch chute which passes through the 
inner door of the silo. We expect to shovel 
the silage constantly from the top, emptying 
the silo through this chute. As the silo emp 
ties, tbe pieces of shiplap may be removed, 
thus saving the lifting of silage to the top of 
the chute.” 
SHORT AND FRESH. 
Our friend (and every one else’s friend as 
well) Dr. F. M. Hexamer, objects to I he use of 
powdered pyrethrum or “Buhuch” for des¬ 
troying rose-bugs because “it disfigures the 
roses nearly as much as the beetles do.” But 
why use the powder ? It must be blown upon 
the beetles through a pair of bellows and this 
is hard, tedious work unless merely a few 
bushes are to be dusted. Why not spray the 
bushes with pyrethrum water ? In this way 
a hundred roses may be sprayed with scarcely 
any laborious effort in the same time that 
would be required to dust a dozen, while one- 
tenth of the amount of pyrethrum would serve. 
As this powder is worth at least 75 cents a 
pound, the difference in cost might, also, well 
be taken into the account. Two table-spoonfuls 
added to two gallons of water will suffice for 
about 100 rose-bushes, while neither the 
foliage nor the flowers are harmed in any way. 
The New York Agricultural Experiment 
Station concludes that for the greatest 
amount of nutriment, considered from a chem¬ 
ical standpoint, corn should not be cut for tho 
silo before it has reached the milk stage of 
the kernel. That it remains for future inves¬ 
tigation to determine whether it is better to 
be cut at the milky stage or at a later period 
for the greatest amount of digestible and 
available nutriment. 
Experiments made during the past seven 
years by the above station with Alfalfa lead 
to the following opinions or conclusions: 
1. That Lucerne or Alfalfa may be suc¬ 
cessfully grown in New York State. 
2. That when once established it thrives 
well upon clay land, but will probably do 
better upon good light loam. 
3. That seed two years old loses its vitality, 
and fails to germinate. Undoubtedly many 
of tbe failures to secure a stand of plants may 
be traced to poor seed. 
4. That the seed-bsd must be well prepared, 
and, in this latitude, it seems best to plant 
out the seed in the spring, and with no other 
crop. The seed should be but lightly covered 
by rofiing the ground. 
5. That for seven successive years at the 
station three and four cuttings per 3 ear have 
been taken from the plats. 
6 . That last year, the sixth in succession, 
the plats yielded more than 15 tons per acre 
of green forage, equal to 5.6 tons of Alfalfa 
hay. 
7. That Alfalfa should be cut in early 
bloom, before the plants become woody. 
8 . That it should be cured largely in the 
cock to produce the best quality of hay. 
9. That by chemical analysis the hay was 
found to be more nitrogenous than good Red 
Clover. 
10. That cattle, sheep and horses all relish 
the hay and seem to do well. 
11. That it is found to be more digestible 
than Red Clover hay. 
12. That if farmers would try this crop we 
advise them to begin with a small piece of 
well-prepared land, in order to see whether 
Alfalfa does as well with them as it has at 
tho station.*. 
The most casual reader cannot have failed 
to notice tho extensive and increasing invest¬ 
ment of English capital in American enter¬ 
prises and securities. Many fear that this 
bodes ill to this country, but the American 
Economist takes a different view of the mat¬ 
ter. It says that the fact that it would be 
within the power and the right of the United 
States to confiscate the property in this coun¬ 
try of any citizen of a State at war with the 
nation will prove an irresistible argument 
for peace. A thousand millions of English 
money invested in the United States would go 
far toward paying our part of the cost of a 
war with England . 
The discarding of all early varieties of peach¬ 
es for commercial purposes is urged by Col- 
man’s Rural World. If the Hale’s Early and 
all other varieties preceding it were rooted 
out and destroyed and no more of such plant¬ 
ed, it would prove a wise step, and beneficial 
results would follow. These early varieties 
are too perishable to ship any distance. They 
are wholly unfit for either drying or evapor¬ 
ating, and have not, in fact, a redeeming 
feature. They come into every market when 
there is no room for them, during the small- 
fruit season, aud depreciate the value of other 
fruits, while the peach shipper never realizes 
anything for his shipments. A few trees for 
family or local use are admissible, but none 
should be cultivated for shipment. Each year 
demonstrates more forcibly the folly of raising 
aud shipping such fruit, aud the results of the 
present season show, as usual, that only the ex¬ 
press companies profit by shipments of these 
early varieties. More late varieties and fewer 
early sorts should be the motto of every man 
who expects to realize anything from peach 
growing. 
Prof. Maynard of the Massachusetts Ex¬ 
periment Station, concludes from his investi¬ 
gations that as between cloth aud glass as 
covering for cold-frames, etc., there is 
less danger of injury from sun-burning, aud 
of a too great accumulation of heat with the 
cloth than with glass, and consequently less 
care is needed in using beds covered with this 
material during the day. At night, however, 
more protection is needed to keep out the cold. 
In his experience the cloth sash is especially 
valuable for beds of recently transplanted 
plants, as the light is less intense and the 
evaporation less than with glass. 
The cloth frame may be made at a cost of 
about one-sixth that of glass. 
To discover some means of hastening the 
fruiting of tardy-bearing trees or those that 
have grown largely to wood, a row of crab- 
apple trees was girdled. Three trees were 
girdled by cutting out a ring of bark one- 
eighth, one-quarter and one-half inch wide at 
the ground , July 12th, 21st and 29th. 
Three trees were girdled just below the 
main branches with the three widths of girdle 
as in the first, July 12 th, 21st and 29tb. 
The same as above was made on one or 
more main branches with the three widths of 
girdle, July 12 th, 21st and 29th. 
The results were that all the girdles made 
near the ground healed over readily and com¬ 
pletely. 
Those on the main trunk healed less com¬ 
pletely, but sufficiently to ensure a good 
growth of tree and tbe covering of the injured 
part in another year. 
The girdles made in the branches healed 
less completely than the last, and in two in¬ 
stances the new growth failed to meet and 
consequently the branches died soon after start¬ 
ing growth in the spring. 
All showed a marked increase in fruitful¬ 
ness over those not girdled. 
Little difference was observed in the effect 
of the girdling made at different times or in 
the various widths of the ring of bark taken 
out. 
As regards the poisonous effects of White 
Hellebore so commonly used to kill currant- 
worms, etc.. Prof. Maynard quotes Blyth as 
follows : “ 20 grains of.powdered root have 
caused death, and, on the other hand, ten 
times that quantity has been taken with im¬ 
punity, so that at present it is quite an open 
question just how much may prove fatal.” 
It is probable that the powdered root loses its 
active principle with age, and becomes not 
only less poisonous, but also less valuable as 
an insecticide. 
Blyth in his “ Poisons, their Effects and 
Detection,” states that the following doses of 
arsenic may be considered as dangerous: two 
grains for an adult, thirty grains for a horse, 
ten grains for a cow, one-half of a grain to 
one grain for a dog. 
There are numerous cases on record of re¬ 
covery after enormous doses. In nearly all 
these cases, however, two conditions are 
recorded: first, that the poison was taken 
after a full meal, and secondly, that very 
early and free vomiting occurred. This, 
indeed, is doubtless the explanation of many 
cases which otherwise appear inexplicable.... 
Woodman and Tidy, in their work on For¬ 
ensic Medicine and Toxicology, advise the ad¬ 
ministering of hot milk and water, and 
“emetics of sulphate of zinc or mustard; at 
the same time the throat should be tickled 
with a feather, but in no case should antimo¬ 
ny be given. After free vomiting, give milk 
and eggs. Sugar and magnesia in milk is a 
good mixture, an insoluble compound with 
arsenious acid being in this way formed.”. 
Prof. Maynard finds the Lawson Pear 
very much like a variety called Early Har¬ 
vest from Kentucky. This has fruited at the 
Massachusetts Station and answers the de¬ 
scription of the Lawson (or Comet). 
Prof. Maynard finds the vine and foliage 
of the Eldorado Grape vigorous and good, but 
it is too late in ripening. The Eldorado is a 
very early grape—earlier at the Rural 
Grounds than Lady. Possibly he has not the 
true Eldorado. It is such a splendid grape 
where it succeeds that it should be thorough¬ 
ly tested everywhere. 
has been found wanting, and demand a pledge 
from all new candidates.” 
-Farmers’Review: “Any work, how¬ 
ever humble, is better than to be a deadhead 
and a deadbeat, which is the usual fate of 
those who feel too good for their business.” 
-Breeder’s Gazette: “ In all his work 
Prof. Shelton has met with a large degree of 
success and has won for himself a high stand¬ 
ing among educators of the country. By the 
way, it is a little odd—but none the less grati¬ 
fying—that a dependency of Her Majesty 
should appeal to the American Government 
for an instructor in agriculture. Evidently 
‘Yankee’ methods of farming and stock- 
breeding are appreciated abroad.” 
-Husbandman: “ When farmers estab¬ 
lish a trust and stay by it, other people will 
starve.” 
-N. Y. Times: “It is a matter of history 
that inventions which have eased labor, have 
increased wages and have greatly benefited the 
so-called “poor” people, the working people in 
fact. But this word is a rank misnomer. The in¬ 
dustrious workers of America are not poor; the 
poor people are the idle, vicious, dissolute, care¬ 
less, and wasteful, and these always will be 
poor; but even these are greatly benefited by- 
improved machinery.” 
-Gates Ajar: “Winifred, if I only sup¬ 
posed I could have some flowers In Heaven I 
should not be half so afraid to go.” 
“ A happy home is the happiest thmg in the 
world. 1 do not see why it should not be in 
any world.” 
—Puck : “The summer boarder can take 
care of himself; if he can't, a great many 
landlords are laboring under a big mistake.” 
-“Man charges tbe debit of his profit and 
loss account to Fate; but the credit he takes 
to himself. This is true in the moral as well 
as the material world.” 
-“Chicago lives in an atmosphere of 
meat. It is a part of the Ills, that flesh is air 
to.” 
A Fair Trial of Hood’s Sarsaparilla will con¬ 
vince any reasonable person that It does possess 
great medicinal merit. For all diseases of the blood , 
for dyspepsia, headache ahd nervousness, for that 
tired feeling or loss of appetite, it it, reasonably 
certain to be of positive benefit. 
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate 
Makes Delicious I.eniounde. 
A ten-spoon In I added to a glass of hot or 
cold water, and sweetenetl to the taste, will 
be found refreshing and invigorating.— Adr. 
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-Vermont Watchman: “Unlike his 
ratber too high-toned predecessor. Dr. Collier 
has sought not to take his own way, or follow 
his own preferences, but he asks what it is 
that the farmers of the State want him to do, 
aud tries to do it. He is a man of the people, 
bred up on a New York farm, ami educated 
ir science as a pupil, and a favorite one, of 
America’s first and greatest agricultural 
chemist, Frofessor Johnson of the Sheffield 
Scientific School at New Haven, Conn.” 
-Orange County Farmer: “ Party lines 
should have no influence on the farmer’s vote. 
No matter on what ticket his name appears, 
support the man who has been ;found ( true 7 .to 
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