THE RURAL NEW-/ORKER. 
Miscellaneous. 
A. D. M., Detroit, Mich., intends to plant 
1,000 Grat>e-vines ; 1,000 Currants; 800 Goose¬ 
berries; GOO Raspberries and 500 dwarf Pears, 
planting two rows of the small fruit between 
the rows of Pears; the land is good, htack 
garden soil manured every year and this fall 
and productive of a good yield of any garden 
ci op, and he asks 1, what should be the nearest 
distance iu the row; 2, whether wood ashes 
mixed with limo, would be a good application; 
3, which would be the better time to apply it 
spring— ; and which would be 
-barnyard manure or wood ashes; 
manure 6hould be put with every 
He said they had gathered from all the differ¬ 
ent States of the Union with one mind and 
one purpose iu view, and that purpose was the 
elevation of the producing people to a higher 
and nobler manhood and womanhood to a 
purer and better social standing. They had 
come with fraternal feelings extended to all 
the different classes scattered 
country, looking, 
forward to the fulur 
pose iu view of creatine 
of sentiment and feelim? 
Dowell, New York ; Secretary, W. M. Ireland, 
District of Columbia; Gatekeeper, O. H. Din- 
widdie, Indiana; Ceres, Mrs. J. J. Woodman; 
Pomona, Mrs. Put. Darden; Flora, Mrs. J. W. 
Nicholson; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. W. 
Sims. W. R. La zen nr. 
in perfect condition, and as well flavored as if 
just fresh-iaid. Autumn-laid eggs thus treated 
should keep good for a much longer time, as 
they would have all the advantage of colder 
weather in their favor.—London Farmer. 
Cabbage Worm. —We (Country Gentleman) 
havo seen a statement in some of the papers 
that cabbages had been kept entirely clear of 
the Insect by' the aid of chickens, in a planta¬ 
tion of some Ihousands of plants. Screenings 
were first scattered to attract the fowls among 
the cabbages, and then discovering theworms, 
they kept the patch clear. We have found 
this method to answer well, provided the 
chickens are not full-grown ; when older, they 
cat the cabbages. Young turkeys are still bet¬ 
ter; their keen eyes and quick motions allow 
nothing to escape. A member of the Elmira 
Farmers’ Club kept bis cabbages entirely free 
by cayenne pepper. 
over our whole 
uot back to the past, but 
c, with (lie further pur- 
; a more perfect union 
i S towards a government 
thatshouid protect all its citizens alike, whether 
rich or poor, without regard to location or 
other surrounding circumstances. Our work 
as representatives of the great industrial pro¬ 
ductive interests, will be for the better protec¬ 
tion and advancement of these interests, which 
aie the foundation upon whicii our prosperity 
as a nation rests. ‘’Our government was de¬ 
signed.” said Master Wayne,-“for the express 
purpose of dealing out simple justice to all its 
citizens alike, aud should not be diverted from 
that purpose. It would not be but for the 
spirit of party which now prevails to such au 
alarmiDg extent as to crush out justice and 
equity. Powerful moneyed corporations now 
control our State and National governments, 
and unless a change is effectually made, and 
that speedily, we shall all go down under the 
enormous burdens that are now being imposed 
upon us. We have come to counsel together 
and to poiut out a remedy for the evils that 
ulllict us. We have come with honest pur¬ 
poses, aud shall use our best efforts iu awaken- 
iug our people to their true interests, and in- 
—^ our government, respect- 
anoits 
—now or on in 
the better- 
4, whether 
tree when planted, or whether’the land is al¬ 
ready rich enough without any additional 
application. 
Ans. 1. We should not plant Currants, 
Gooseberries and Raspberries—much less 
Grapes—between Pears—but that is not an¬ 
swering the question. Ordinarily dwarf Pears 
(on Quince stock) should be at least ten feet 
apart,. Gooseberries and Currants and Rasp¬ 
berries should be four feet apart. Grape-vines 
should bo set not less than ten feet apart. Now 
our friend can answer the question for him¬ 
self. If, for instance, between two rows of 
Pears, two rows, one each of Currants and 
Gooseberries, are to be set. then let the dis¬ 
tance between the Pears be 18 feet. (2. and 3.) 
The land needs no manure whatever. Do not 
appl> lime at all the ashes will furnish enough 
of that. We should defer applying the ashes 
until the second spring after the trees arc set. 
3 If only one. or the other, manure is better 
than ashes unless the land is rich iu everything 
hut potash. 4. Wc would not advise you to 
put any manure with the trees or vines. It 
will he bettor to apply mauure not until the 
second year after planting as we have stated, 
and then, if the s.iil is as rich as you suppose, 
little benefit will be derived. 
A Subscriber, Baden, Pa., picked bis apples 
in good condition, and put them on shelves iu 
the cellar, in layers about 15 iuehes deep, and 
finding them showing signs of rotting, he asks 
whether if they were “picked over,” the sound 
ones would be likely to keep all tbe better for 
it; whether 10 or 15 per cent, of rotten apples 
will injure the rest by coming in contact with 
them; whether “picking them over” in the 
cellar would injure the apples, as some people 
say. 
Ans.— There is uo doubt that rot in oue 
apple coming iu contact with a sound appie 
will hasten decay iu the latter. If haudlcd 
very carefully, no harm will be done. Ii is 
the bruising of apples by careless or hasty 
handling which induces rot. Covering the 
sound apples with pure saud would help to | 
preserve them. Otherwise we cau only advise 
A New Manure.— At a recent sitting the 
Academy of Science (France) received a com¬ 
munication from M. de Molon relative to the 
production of a new maunre suitable for the 
use of farmers. Manures of any sort, M. de 
Molon points out, can only serve for the nour¬ 
ishment of plants under (he condition that they 
dissolve iu the soil, and that such dissolution 
is produced under the influence of atmospheric 
agents, and more particularly of the carbonic 
acid accumulated in tbc soil by the decompo¬ 
sition of the organic matters it contains. In 
the special case of phosphates, this carbonic 
acid, dissolving in the water of the soil, plays 
the part of the acids employed in the manufac¬ 
ture of superphosphates, and gradually dis¬ 
solves the phosphates. If, therefore, we could 
contrive to submit phosphate of lime, previ¬ 
ous to its employment in agricultural opera- 
PAMPHLETS AND CATALOGUES 
The Shepderd s Manuai. ; by Henry Stew¬ 
art. At the present time there is no more 
promising branch of rural indnstry than sheep 
keeping. The increasing development of 
woolen manufacture offers an almost unlim¬ 
ited market for wools, both as regards quan¬ 
tity and kind, and the growing arpetite for 
good mutton at home and the constantly en¬ 
larging export trade in live sheep and dressed 
carcasses, furnish an outlet for all the mutton 
that, wc can produce. The works upon sheep 
that are now extant, with a sicgle exception, 
relate to past and gone facts aud experiences, 
and are out of date and obsolete. The excep¬ 
tion is the work now under notice, and which 
we have examined with much interest. It de¬ 
scribes many breeds which have only been 
brought into existence by skillful and success¬ 
ful crossing during the past few years, aud 
aUo points out the various districts iu which 
the cultme of these differeut breeds may be 
made successful in America, It is an Ameri¬ 
can book, written by an American shepherd, 
who lias made (he rearing of sheep an especial 
business for years, und who writes of what he 
knows from experience. It is plainly and 
simply written, and is a manual for the man 
or boy who would keep a few sheep, as well 
as lor those who are extensively engaged in 
sheep husbandry. A large portion of the book 
ducingthem to ask ( 
fully but earnestly, to deal out equal and ex¬ 
act justice to all its citizens." 
The Hon. J. M. Lipscomb, of .South Carolina, 
was appointed to respond to Ihis address of 
welcome. This he did in a very earnest, elo¬ 
quent and hearty manner. He referred to the 
plan of the Order, which was well and wisely 
conceived, its foundations beiug deeply and 
firmly laid aud its superstructure being appro¬ 
priately aud ornamentally built. He hoped 
that the labors of this meeting might advance 
the Order some steps onward towards that 
perfection we so confidently believe aud hope 
it will finally attain. 
After this respouse to the address of welcome, 
the annual address was made by the Worthy 
Master, lion. 8. E. Adams, of Minnesota. This 
was listened to with both pleasure and profit. 
The next business of public interest was a 
Public address by the Ruv. T. K. Beecher, of 
Elmira. He selected for his subject, •• Men 
anil Women—the Best and Costliest Products of 
the Farm." It was a theme upon which he was 
well qualified to speak, aud the address, which 
occupied nearly one and one-half hour, was 
replete with good thoughts aud practical sug¬ 
gestions. 
A considerable amount of time was devoted 
to hearing reports as to the membership, work¬ 
ing condition, efficiency, etc., of the subordi¬ 
nate Granges iu the various States. Although 
the reports, as made by the different States, 
showed some deeliue iu memberohip, there had 
been no decline iu real efficiency, aud the Or¬ 
der, as a whole, was pronounced stronger than 
it had ever been before. 
Mortimer Whitehead, from New Jersey, the 
Worthy Lecturer, presented an able ami inter- 
esting report. He dwelt at length upon the 
educational features of the Order, the relation 
of the Grauge to railroads and other powerful 
moneyed corporations, the Imperfections of 
our patent laws and the Nation a 1 Department 
of Agriculture. The report was a suggestive 
one, and was listened to with great attention 
and evideut satisfaction. 
Saturday was occupied mainly with the elec¬ 
tion of officers. The term of office is two years, 
and certainly uo organization ever selected its 
standard-bearers with less unseemly strife or 
more deliberation. The Worthy Master an¬ 
nounced the places to be filled aud bade the 
members prepare their ballots. The Secretary 
tuen called the roll of States; the representa¬ 
tives advanced to the table of the tellers, depos¬ 
iting their ballots simultaneously with the call 
until the roll was finished; then the count was 
made and the result anuouueed. 
I append the full list of officers:—Master, J. 
J. Woodman, Michigan; Overseer, Put. Dar¬ 
den, Mississippi; Lecturer, H. Effibaugh, Mis¬ 
souri; Steward, A. J. Vaughn. Tennessee; 
Assistant Steward, W. Sims, Kansas; Chap¬ 
lain, S. H. Ellis, Ohio; Treasurer, F. M. Me- 
ciuUiUou irom ilic culf w&s ou there. 
The room was full of mothers, with their in* 
fauts ready to be vaccinated direct from the 
calf, which reclined comfortably on the table, 
while the physician performed the little opera¬ 
tion of transferring lymph from the animal 
direct to the arm of each infant. I was in¬ 
formed that three-fourths of all the vaccina¬ 
tions in Amsterdam are now performed direct 
from the calf iu this way.” He thiuks that the 
authorities ought to take up this matter. 1 . 
Because iu times when small-pox is epidemic, 
a quite unlimited supply of calf lymph can be 
obtained in about five days, while human 
lymph at such times is ofien quite insufficient. 
2. Because when wc—as he believes we have the 
right to do—force parents to vaccinate their 
children, we ought to give them the choice be¬ 
tween human and animal vaccine. Vaccina¬ 
tion, beiug the greatest triumph of hygienic 
science, should be made as popular as possible. 
Communications keceived fok ti 
SATUUDAY, NOV. ‘Aid. 
B. F. R.—M. W.—S. B—G. A. C 
thanks—“Eva"—G. G.—N. 8. G.- 
—W. H. M.—W. W. M.—T. J. E,- 
—N. R.—A. J. R.—H. H.—E- A- R. 
E. N.—W. I. C.—T. E. W.—J. G. C. 
-S. P.-B. C. D.-A. L. J.-C. M.- 
S. T.—J. K. M.—A. J. B —W. II. I 
H.-W. J. B.—II. C. U.—R. R. 
Preserving Eggs.— The Backcr-und Condi- 
tor-Zeituog has put to a practical test a sys¬ 
tem of preserving eggs which has been lately 
recommended, and finds it to answer ex¬ 
ceedingly well. Ou March 27, of the present 
year, the eggs were placed for an hour in a so¬ 
lution of 50 grammes of salicylic acid and a 
little spirits of wine, dilated with oue litre of 
water, and afterwards packed away in bran in 
the cellar. At theend of June they were found 
THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE 
TIONAL GRANGE. 
The National Grange commenced its thir- 
leenth annual session at Canandaigua, N. Y., 
on Wednesday, November 11). Never before 
has there been so largo an attendance at the 
opening of the session. Thirty-one States 
were represented, besides the Dominion of 
Canada. 
After roll-call and the transaction of other uu- 
important preliminary business, N. G. Wayne. 
Master of the New York State Grange, deliv¬ 
ered a brief but eloquent address of welcome. 
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