INDIAN COHN. 
9 pounds albuminoids @ 4Ljc per pound.S .39 
68 " carbohydrates & 9-lOc." “ .<>1 
Total value of 100 pounds.$1.00 
Iu those estimates, the value of one jter cent, 
fat is reckoned as equal to 2.4 per cent, of 
carbohydrates. 
These figures make the ton value of each, 
counting corn as worth $20, or one cent per 
pound:—Old-process meal, $88; New-process 
meal, $36.80, These estimates do not take into 
account the value of the manure for use upon 
the farm. This to the good farmer who de¬ 
sires to maintain the fertility of his fields, is a 
matter not to be lightly passed over, so that 
we should take the value of the manure made 
iu the consumption of the various food when 
deciding which is the most profitable to feed. 
We must also consider this when considering at 
what price linseed meal ceases to be profitable. 
Without giving exact figures, it is safe to say 
that the manure resulting from feeding a ton 
of linseed meal is worth at least throe times 
as much as that from a ton of corn, so that if 
we take $8 as the fair value of that from the 
com, then that from the oil-meal would be 
worth $9. and at least $15 should be deducted 
from the price of the meal. 
Let us suppose a case as the basis of a cal¬ 
culation. Suppose corn to be worth, in the 
market, 28 cents per bushel or $10 per ton; 
thru tin new-process meal would be worth 
818,40; to this we should add $6 for the super¬ 
ior value of the manure from It. This would 
make it a profitable food at $94,40 per ton. 
From our experience iu the use of oil meals 
as a stock food and of the manure resulting 
therefrom hi the production of crops, we are 
very sure not one-half as much is used as 
would l>e profitable. 
better. But let us make quality the first con 
sideration. H. h. 
On-the-Hudson. 
it off as long as wanted for the width of the 
window, or a little more. Then let him 
turn up the edges all around at right angles 
with the bottom, making the tray about two 
inches deep and twenty inches wide; and then 
have him solder the corner neatly and strong¬ 
ly. If desired, the upper edge could be wired, 
which would make itstifferand more finished, 
but it, is uot necessary. Such a tray is inex¬ 
pensive, durable. Mine does not rust, and if. 
will be found well adapted to the purpose. 
Some 30 or 40 pots can be placed in it, depend¬ 
ing of course upon size of pots and plants. 
They can be easily watered, even sprinkled 
with a fine rose nozzle, by the exercise of a 
little care, and many plants will thrive under 
these conditions, that are apt to fail or die 
when kept isolated in pots and saucers on a 
shelf by themselves. This tray should stand on 
a table about the bight of the window sill; then 
if desh-ed to get at the front side, the 
whole may be moved out together. A shelf 
on brackets about half way up the window 
will hold another row of pots, the drip from 
winch is caught in the tray. Then if one has 
still a few other plants which cannot well be 
crowded in the tray, the movable iron brack¬ 
ets of the shops maybe screwed on at the sides 
of the window, especially if it be a bay-win¬ 
dow, and some fine flowering specimens may 
thus be conspicuously accommodated and dis¬ 
played. The whole forms a miniature, im¬ 
promptu conservatory, easily arranged by 
anyone and with very little money. 
* * * 
Homes, —I wish everybody- had a home. It’s 
a gi and thing to have, and I say this not for¬ 
getting the thousands of unhappy homes, yes, 
miserable homes that exist in every land. 
preferably first wet with alcohol) will bear 
the addition of 50 gallons of water, and still 
kill the insects which receive the spray; but 
we doubt it. It may be that the imported 
Pyrefchrum powder is just as economical an 
insecticide as the California Buhach. Never 
having tried it, wo speak only of that which 
we have tried, and that, too, with much satis¬ 
faction. Last year, for the first time, the 
Buhach was sprayed upon the spiraeas grow¬ 
ing here, which of all plants the rose bug at¬ 
tacks first. Though the bushes were alive 
with these bugs, iu 10 infinites after the spray¬ 
ing not one was to be found, some baling 
flown off, the others dropped to the ground 
whore they seemed to wriggle either iu agony, 
a sort of I alf paralysis or dnmkeuness—it was 
hard to say which. Dwarf apple trees, grape¬ 
vines and other plants were subsequently 
sprayed with the same effect. 
As is well known, this pyretbrum powder 
is utterly harmless except to insect life. 
Dtotcs from tht Htanti'0 Jam 
LAMB RAISING AND FEEDING LAMBS. 
NEW AND OLD PROCESS MEAL. 
Our old friend, J- D. Stannard, of Wiscon¬ 
sin, asks at what price will oil meal cease to 
be a profitable food for sheep? 
Several others ask what is the difference 
between old and new-process meal, and which 
is the better ns a sheep food? Another in¬ 
quires how should oil meal l»e fed? 
These questions ojien up the whole subject 
of the manufacture of oil meals and their 
comparative value with each other and with 
other feeding stuffs. Oil-cake meal, and oil 
meal (the old-process), and linseed meal (the 
new-process), are all made from flax seed, re¬ 
sulting from the extraction of linseed oil. The 
best brands by either process are made from 
selected seed, such as does not contain over 
five per cent, of ‘‘fouls”—other seeds and 
foreign matter. In both processes the seed is 
first cracked or ground, by the same machin¬ 
ery and in the same way. In the old process 
this ground seed is first heated and then sub¬ 
jected to immense pressure which expresses 
from 88 to 91 per cent, of the oil, and along 
with it, from three to five per cent of the 
albuminous matter. The solid hard cakes left 
by the presses are then ground, making the 
RURAL LIFE NOTES. 
JOTTINGS, 
We recently bought a large lot of 
culled beans (those picked out in hand¬ 
sorting), for which we paid $6.15 per 
ton. We cook them, and after they 
are cooked, add a small proportion 
of corn meal and a little bran, and 
they make the best kind of hog food. 
On this food wc are now feeding 100 
hogs. - 
With such cheap food, and with 
warm, dry quarters, there is not the 
least difficulty in making pork and 
selling it even at the very low price 
of $4.50 per 100 pounds, and making 
a large margin of profit. It is no expe¬ 
riment, as we have done the same thing 
before.- 
We have not the least fear but that 
good, nice, well fattened shoats, weigh¬ 
ing from 200 to 225 pounds, will sell, 
about next Juue. at from $5.50 to $6.00 
per 100 pouuds, and at that price we 
shall double our money. 
But the best of it all is that the 
manure is worth 50 per cent, more than 
the beans cost, so that if we did not 
make a cent in feeding the hogs, we 
should still count the whole trans¬ 
action a very profitable one. 
In buying feeding stuffs we always 
have due regard to the amount and 
value of the manure their consumption 
will leave available for use upon the 
farm. 
EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY. From Nature. Fig. 51. (Sec first page.) 
While we 
more to condition of growth than to 
variety. But the red sorts differ from others 
and are usually 1 letter. 
The plan of packing iu a deep box in a cellar 
for winter use, the roots resting on a few inch¬ 
es of soil, is a good one. 1 shall, however, cov¬ 
er the roots with soil next time, as mine is 
wilting just a trifle now. 
* * * 
Eclipse Beet. —This is a poor acquisition, 
as it comes from my garden eclipsing all pred¬ 
ecessors in lack of flavor. It is no sweeter than 
the Egyptian, and not worth growing except 
for its handsome shape and appearance. If in 
beets for the table fine quality means sweet¬ 
ness, then we have few sorts fit to grow. The 
Early Bassauo seems the best so far, If flavor 
is no object, and only a flabby mass of tissue 
that will cook tender is wanted, then almost any 
of the new early beets are good. But I am al¬ 
ways troubled with the notion that beets ought 
to have a Sweet flavor. Possibly conditions of 
soil and growth are elements to lie considered. 
4= * * 
Window Tray. — For window-plant cul¬ 
ture, after trying various methods, 1 find the 
best plan is to have a tray iu which to set the 
pots; placing them upon about an inch of 
clean sand. The tray catches the drip and 
saves the carpet, while the sand holds the 
moisture longer and keeps a healthful degree; 
of humidity in the atmosphere which is essen¬ 
tial to personal inmates as well as the plants. 
My tray is of heavy galvanized iron. I have 
the tin-man take a sheet of full width and cut 
Take away the influence radiating from the 
homes of any community, and the moral and 
social atmosphere of that place would soon be¬ 
come appalling, How very little It usually 
takes to make home happy, and yet, how 
many either forget or refuse to do even that 
little. A bad temper is nowhere else so virulent 
as in the home; and yet a single ray of genial 
sunshine flung in at the right time—and any 
time is the right time—will shatter the impend¬ 
ing cloud, and avert the storm. Ob, let us be 
cheerful in our homes. Deal gently with the 
weak, the irascible, and the doleful members 
of the family. But never forget to scatter 
smiles and sunshine. Don’t, let the children 
see long faces or hear angry words. If I could 
prevent, just this cue thiug in every family 
that reads the Rural, it would be glory 
enough for me. 
* * * 
Now who wants a chrysanthemum flower 
that measures seven inches in diameter, or a 
plant of the species eight feet in bight ? Such 
were shown at the last exhibition in New 
York. This tendency toward monstrosity anil 
colossal proportions iu the garden is growing 
detrimental in its prevalence. Massive fruits, 
flowers and vegetables usually attain such ab¬ 
normal proportions at the expense of quality 
and flavor. Surely we have nothing to sacri¬ 
fice in these respects. Let us stop all this 
horticultural jugglery to make things hig, and 
go to work honestly to make them better. If 
jn doing this we increase the size, so much the 
meal sold as oil or oil-cake meal. In the new- 
process the cracked seed is placed in large 
tanks holding about 800 bushels, and from 
(his the oil is dissolved and washed out with 
a solvent which fakes from 97 to98.7 per cent, 
of the oil, but has no effect upon the albu¬ 
minoids. The meal is then subjected to the 
action of superheated steam which expels 
the last trace of the solvent. It is then sub¬ 
jected to the action of heated air which 
exjH-ls the moisture, when it is ready for use. 
According to the average of all the American 
analyses, at hand, of the two meals, they 
contain as follows:—Of albuminoids or flesh, 
wool and milk-formers, the old-process has 
30.20 per cent,., the new-process, 35.61 per 
cent.; of carbohydrates, or fat. and heat- 
formers, the old-process contains 88.13 per 
cent., the new-process 80.48 per eeut. Corn 
has an average of nine per cent, of albumin¬ 
oids and 68 per ceut. of carbohydrates. 
Figuring the values of all these by the 
German valuation, which, though much too 
high is as fair for one as another, the com¬ 
parative values of 100 pounds of each would 
be as follows: 
OLD PROCESS MI'-.AI.. 
30.26 pounds nlbumJnoldBi!qc. per pound. 
38.13 “ carbohydrates @ 9-tUc. “ “ 
Total value of 100 pounds. 
SEW-rHOCBSS MEAL. 
35.111 pounds albuminoids <S IVfic. per pound 
80.48 “ carbohydrates (gi 9-10c. “ “ . 
Total value of 100 pounds. 
$1.31 
.34 
$1.65 
•1.S4M 
■ 29(2 
$1.84 
commercial fertilizers and would not 
say aught against their use, we still give the 
palm to such manure as we make on the farm. 
There should be thousands more doing the 
same thing. 
Pain) i) its Item) n). 
CANADIAN DAIRYING. 
A fair attendance; dairying as a specialty; 
progressive dairying; possibilities of the 
dairy; kinds of cheese wanted; dairy 
buildings; practice of a successful dairy- 
wan. _ 
[rural special report.] 
The Dairymen’s Association of Western On¬ 
tario met on .January 18th, and continued 
its sessions until noon of the 16th. As an ad¬ 
mission fee was charged, the attendance 
might be considered large and the interest was 
certainly intense. 
Mr. F. Malcolm favored dairying as a 
specialty, as against mixed husbandry. Even 
in mixed farming, dairying is the most profit¬ 
able branch. But conditions must determine 
the line of fanning. Those who go into dairy¬ 
ing, whore the conditions are against them, 
will make a failure. Farms in the dairy dis¬ 
tricts of Ontario are rated much higher than 
equally good ones in districts where mixed 
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