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prices, while buyers say they are paying too 
much. L. e. M. 
Springfield. Linn Co., Feb. 14. —No frosts 
sufficient to kill tomato vines till January 5. 
On Christmas Day “volunteer* new potatoes 
were gathered. The volunteer crop of beans 
was a foot high, and tobacco still in bloom. 
We have had not more than lb, inch of suow 
and that only for a couple of days. Now 
peaches are just beginning to show color of 
bloom. Early gardens are being planted, 
aud fruit trees set out. Of prunes we are 
planting the Silver, Italian, German and 
Petite; of plums, Columbia; of peaches, 
Bradshaw and Washingon. J. s. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
Hope ChurOH, Allegany Co.—Some of the 
50 crosses of corn ripened as early as Septem¬ 
ber If); some wasn’t ripe when frost came. 
The Rural Union Corn of ’84 was very good. 
The Diehl-Mediterranean Wheal is the best 
and most prolific kind I have. White Ele¬ 
phant Potato au enormous yielder. Rural’s 
Blush good; but straggles too much in the MU. 
Thousand-fold Rye excellent. Prince of 
Wales and Stratagem Peas the largest and 
most productive T. ever saw. Garden Treas¬ 
ures splendid. Prices; wheat, §1; oats, 40 
cents; corn, 60 cents; potatoes, 70 cents; 
apples, 60 cents; hay, $20; butter, 35 cents. 
Long life to the Rural! a. s. i. 
Vermont. 
Bakersfield, Franklin Co., Feb. 23.— 
Winter very cold. January 13 mercury SO* 
below zero. Not much snow. Farmers busy 
getting ready to make maple sugar—all ex¬ 
pect a larger yield. Old sugar plentiful at 
six to seven cents; eggs, 13; new butter, 25 
cents; coni meal, $23 per ton. w. o. s, 
Virginia. 
Big Spring, Montgomery Co.—White Ele¬ 
phant Potato very fine; Blush, a No. 1 grower 
aud yielder; both these Rural presents have 
paid well. Corn no good. Wheat nearly all 
winter-killed. Garden Treasures fine. 
G. w. B. 
West Virginia. 
Look-out, Fayette Co.—We are having a 
very severe Wintea*. The Diehl-Mediterranean 
Wheat was so badly winter-killed that I got 
ouly about a quert. Sowed in Fall, it is look¬ 
ing well. The Thousand-fold Rye yielded 
excellently. Beans very productive. Toma¬ 
toes did well: but were much inferior to those 
sent out in 1884. Prices; corn, 75 cents; 
wheat, $1; oats, 50 cents; potatoes, 60 cents; 
butter, 20 cents; eggs, 20 cents; green apples, 
from 50 cents to $1. J. c. 8 . 
Wisconsin. 
Wild Rose, Waushara Co.—Of the mixed 
corn some yellow flint and yellow dent 
ripened nicely, but the white kind was all too 
late. The peas are the earliest we have. 
Flageolet Beaus early and very prolific—qual¬ 
ity middling. Hens didn’t give the Diehl- 
Mediterraneau Wheat a fair show. The 
Marlboro Raspberries that survived did 
splendidly. Stratagem Peas did well. Prince 
of Wales not so well—hens again. L. a. l. 
Wyoming Territory. 
Fairbank, Larimie Co,—Cross-bred corn 
tall, but too late. Stratagem aud Prince of 
Wales Peas the best yieklers I know. Toma¬ 
toes didn’t get ripe. Beans not adapted to 
this climate. AJ1 sorts of gardeu truck and 
small grains do well here. Watermelons do 
extra well ; I sold $90 worth from a quarter 
of an acre. Com is worth 3# cents per 
pound; oats, 3 1 a cents; jiotatoes, 2b; cents; 
white beaus, five cents; flour, $3.75 per 100 
pounds: hay, $8 per ton; butter, 50 cents per 
pounds; eggs, 50 per dozen. Fort Laramie is 
our only market, though I live 20 miles west 
of it. w - B* 
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AN AILING HORSE. 
F. M. S., Fredonia, N. Y.— 1. A six-year- 
old high-spirited horse, broken when four 
years old, fretted and sweated excessively 
when at work the first yea* - , aud though re¬ 
ceiving better feed aud care than the other 
horses, he ran down considerably before Win¬ 
ter. On his back, shoulders and rump there 
appeared small pimples and in wet or cold 
weather he took cold very easUy, and some¬ 
times ran at the nose, the discharge being 
sometimes clear and sometimes of a milky 
color, and occasionally there was a slight 
rattling in his throat. At times his urine 
was quite thick aud yellow. Nearly all the 
pimples disappeared last Spring, though he 
did not gain much iu flesh. Occasionally 
during the Winter I gave him doses of condi¬ 
tion powder made of equal parts of ginger, 
sulphur, black antimony and saltpeter. Last 
year the symptoms and condition were the 
same, but uot so bad. 1. Were the powders 
good for him? 2. What ails him? 3. What 
is a remedy ? 4. What causes him to take his 
weight of one foot as he walks along the road, 
as though he had stepped on something that 
had caused him pain? 
ANSWERED BY F. L. KILBORNE, B. V. S. 
I. Quite likely the animal might have de¬ 
rived some benefit from the powders if you 
had given them regularly fora length of time. 
But little or no benefit could be expected from 
an occasional powder. The black antimony 
might well have been omitted. Its action is 
so injurious and oftentimes so violent that we 
cannot recommend its use. 2. The symptoms 
would indicate disorder of some internal or¬ 
gans, as the liver, bowels, or both. A micro¬ 
scopic examination of the scales sent show's 
them to be nothing more than an excessive 
collection of dandruff, largely due to a want 
of thoroughness in grooming, 3. Give five or 
six drams of Bartaadoes aloes to unload the 
bowels, and then, twice daily, as powders, 
one-half ounce each of powdered gentian, 
ginger, and sodium bi-carbonate, and two 
ounces of Glauber salts. Continue the powder 
for several w'eeks, omitting the salts if at any 
time the bowels become too laxative. The 
skin must be kept clean and free from the 
dandruff pimples by thorough daily grooming 
with a new curry-comb or wire-card, if neces¬ 
sary. A daily allowance <>f beets or potatoes 
with linseed-cake or oil-meal w ill be benefi¬ 
cial. Whenever the discharge appears at the 
nose, give a hot bran mash every evening un¬ 
til it ceases. The stable should be kept dry 
and clean aud be well ventilated, aud the 
animal allowed daily exercise, either moder¬ 
ate work or a run in a small yard. 4. If it 
occurs only when walking, it is probably due 
to carelessness on the part of the animal, and 
can sometimes be stopped by calling his atten¬ 
tion to it with a slight stroke of the whip, 
w'hieh will tend to make him more careful. 
SCALE OF POINTS OF SHORT-HORNS. 
J. A. R., Pleasant Hill, Mo.—The “scale of 
points” of Short-horns is as follows: 
Rump—level, with (food length ami breadth. 0 
Thigh and twist—full aud well down. 5 
Hips—broad, level, and well covered. 5 
Flanks—well lei down nn<l full. . 3 
Loin- broad, level anil meaty —... 8 
Riba—fleshy and broadly sprung. 7 
Crops and Chine—wr 11 tilled, mealy, and no depres¬ 
sion. 7 
Heart girth—lull and large. . . 7 
Shoulder* smooth and well covered. 5 
Brisket—well let down and forward, with little or 
no dewlap; broad between fore legs. 8 
Neck—clean and tapering. 2 
Horns—medium size. clean, tapering and well 
formed.. 1 
Ears—medium size, tine aud lively. 1 
Eyes—mild, but full and bright. 2 
Head—clean and tine: masculine In hull. 2 
Bones and legs—fine and shapely; medium length.. 6 
Tall—well set on, tapering and Hue. 2 
Hair—abundant and moss.v. 3 
Handllng-mellOW, neither soft nor unyielding... H 
Skin—-flue, elastic, loose and medium thickness... 2 
Upper line—level and straight. 4 
Lower Hue—low dowu and even from brisket to 
twist.. .. 8 
Weight for age of bull, on basts of LOW pound* at 
12 months, 1,400 pounds at 34 months, i.HtX) 
poitndsnt Wi months,2,100 pouudsal42 mouths, 
of female, on a basis of 85fl pounds at 12 
months, 1.10U pounds at.24 months. 1,‘100pounds 
3fi months, l.ww pounds at 42 months. 5 
Symmetry, smoothness, style aud general attrac¬ 
tiveness. .. 5 
Total. 
100 
A CONFIRMED HALTER-PULLER. 
IF. ()., Frovton ille , Afo.—While breaking 
my nine-year-old horse, seven years ago, she 
contracted a habit of breaking her halter, 
and ever since she has been a persistent halter- 
puller. She shows great nervousness on the 
approach of anybody with a bridle, and firm¬ 
ly resists hitching her to any vehicle, trembling 
as she plants her feet out and leans back; 
hut as soon as she is hitched she starts and 
works well, flow should she he treated? 
ANSWERED BY F. L. KILBORNE, B. V. 8. 
The difficulty is evidently nothing more 
than an acquired habit, the result of faulty 
management of an animal that is probably 
naturally quite nervous. Asa “halter-breaker” 
the animal should have been dealt with while 
the habit was being formed, when it would 
have been a very simple matter to have broken 
her. If the horse is nervous, the first requis¬ 
ite is that at all times he lie treated with 
kindness ami firmness. To correct the habit 
of pulling, procure a strong strip, 1L or V4 
inch wide and 12 or 15 feet loug according 
to size of the animal (the exact length can be 
easily ascertained by a piece of twine), sur¬ 
cingle-webbing will answer the same purpose if 
strong. The strip is to be placed on the ani¬ 
mal as follow; Put the middle of the strap 
under the tail and cross the ends immediately 
above the tail upon his hips; carry the ends 
forward, one on each side, ami buckle iu front 
of the ehest. Place a common surcingle around 
the body, just back of the shoulders, but out¬ 
side of the strap on each side to hold iu posi¬ 
tion. Now, when you wish to bitch the hoi*se, 
pass the tie strap of the halter through the 
ring in the manger or post and carry it back 
and fasten to the strap in front of check, aud 
then let the animal pull. He will soon find 
that he is pulling to no purpose aud a few 
lessons usually succeed in affecting a cure. 
An excellent tie for a horse in the harness is a 
strong rope that passes around the animal’s 
neck, the free end through the ring in the bit 
and then carried to the post. Except in ex¬ 
treme cases, there is no danger of the animal 
injuring himself by choking when tied by 
this method. 
CONDITION POWDER FOR A HORSE. 
H. C. M ., Fitchville , Ohio. —The best general 
recipe for condition powders for a horse 
that we can give is the following; 1. A 
good, clean, comfortable, well-ventilated 
stable. 2. Suitable food in abundance, but. 
not in excess. 3. Thorough daily grooming. 
4. Work moderately or even hard when neces¬ 
sary if properly caved for. When not at woi'k 
allow a little exercise if possible. Further 
thau this we cannot recommend auy condition 
powder without knowing the Special case to 
be treated. It is too much like many of our 
patent nostrums that are specifics—for ev¬ 
erything good,'and good for nothing. A re¬ 
cipe that would be suitable for one animal 
might be entirely unsuited to the needs of an¬ 
other. In order to recommend a condition 
powder that will meet the requirements of 
the case, it is necessary that one should have 
a careful description of the present condition 
of the animal; appearance of skin ami hair, 
condition of bowels, kidneys, etc., together 
with the probable cause of the difficulty. 
CUBIC FEET IN A TON OF HAY. 
H. G. IF., Richmond , Ital .—No oue can tell 
how many cubic feet in a ton of buy in a mow 
without seeing the hay autl Knowing some¬ 
thing as to how much it has been pressed. 
Fine Blue Grass (Poa compressa) cut ripe and 
well pressed in the mow, will make a tou for 300 
feet; while coarse clover out when nearly ripe, 
would take as much as 750 feet. Timothy and 
other grasses mixed, cut moderately green, so 
as to pack closely, and well pressed in the mow, 
will make a ton of 875 to 450 feet; but if 
coarser, aud allowed to get ripe with the same 
amount of pressure, from 525 to 650 feet would 
be required. 
REMEDY FOR INSECTS IN STORED GRAIN. 
W. L. A., Flushing, L. I .—What is the in¬ 
sect on the inclosed samples of corn, aud how 
can it be destroyed ? 
Ans. —It is the very common and wide¬ 
spread 8il vauus surinameusis. This beetle is 
found all over the world and everywhere has 
the habit of feeding on stored grain, and other 
stored products. The best way to destroy it 
will be, when it occurs in numbers, to place 
the grain en masse iu a tight biu, and place an 
open saucer of bisulphide of carbon on top of 
it. The bisulphide volatilizes readily ami the 
vapor, being heavier thau air, will sink down 
through the mass of grain and kill every in¬ 
sect. This remedy has been very satisfactor¬ 
ily tried for all sorts of insects injurious to 
stored grain, ami is the most thorough one 
known. 
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Miscellaneous. 
S. S. C., Norfolk, Neb .—1 cau get livery 
stable manure for hauling the distance of one 
mile; can get bones for from nothing to one- 
quarter ceut per pound. Which would be 
the cheaper for small fruit and market gar¬ 
dening. Would have to get a mill to grind 
the bones. Whut is hen manure worth per 
barrel under these circumstances? Would 
lime be a good addition to the compost heap? 
Ans.— Use the stable manure by all meaus. 
Lime should never be used itt a compost heap 
unless the latter contains an abundance of 
vegetable matter or it is covered with loam or 
muck to absorb the ammonia. Into the com¬ 
post heap put plenty of the bones, first broken 
quite fine with au old ax or sledge. They will 
decay rapidly and lie a valuable addition. 
Hen manure is worth about 30 cents per bar¬ 
rel when stable 111811111*0 has to be hauled the 
above distance. 
J. E. O., Fort Jefferson, L. N. Y. —1. 
Will beet seeds germinate when two or three 
years old? 2. Which is the better tool in )k>- 
tato cultivation—a one-horse walking or a 
two-horse riding cultivator? 3. Which is pre¬ 
ferable in a riding cultivator, four or six 
teeth? 
Ans.— 1. If well kept, yes, even when six 
years old. It should be kept in a cool, dry 
place. 3. Much depends ujion the size of the 
field. The riding does its work rapidly; but 
it requires much room at the margins of the 
field for turning. Whichever is used it should 
not run deep. 3. We prefer the three teeth, 
L. C., Aurora Spring, Mo .—In 1865 I pur¬ 
chased a truss in New York made of malle¬ 
able iron with a spring to hold tbfe pads in 
place; is there such a company now in New 
York or is there a better truss made ? 
Ans.— Trasses made in this way are barbar¬ 
ous. The elastic trusses have sujterseded 
them. The New York Elastic Truss Co., 744 
Broadway, N. Y., make a trass worth a thous¬ 
ands of such as you describe. 
E. W. R., Erie, State not given,— Is the Im¬ 
perial Barley the same as the Manshury or 
if different; does it yield more? 
Ans.— It is uot at all like the Manshury; 
nor in our experience has it yielded nearly as 
well. 
W. /)., Wayne, Mich. —There are several 
“good onions.” The Queen is a white onion 
of small size, but very early. For a main 
crop onion the Large Red Globe, Yellow 
Danvers and White Globe are as good as any. 
For a market red, the Red 'Wethersfield is 
about the best. The pi-ice is about one dollar 
a pound, except for the Queen, which is about, 
three dollars, being somewhat new. The seed 
needed for an acre is about five pounds. 
./, F, S., Satiersonville, Ja.— Most large seed 
dealers sell the Manshury Barley. If there 
is any doubt as to the genuineness of the seed, 
the real sort can be obtained from A. L. 
Jaques, Wright’s Corners, N. Y. 
G. /. L., West Fla ins. Mo .—The small 
Canada June field pea is usually sown for 
early autl the Black-eyed Marrow-fat for late. 
The seed can be obtained of any large seed 
house. 
J. M., Leavenworth, Kans.— Root-grafting 
of apple trees is certainly no new thing, aud 
the trees are no stronger or more borer-proof 
than others. 
E. B. T., Newport, Vt .—Both the Aspin- 
wall and True’s Potato Planters are recom¬ 
mended by users. We have personally never 
tried either. 
R. R. U., Maeedonea, O .—A good hand 
corn-planter, which also sows fertilizers, is 
made by the Spangler M'f’g C'o., York, Pa. 
J. W. T., Topeka, Kans .—Scotch collie dogs 
can be lnul of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. 
DISCUSSION. 
A. D. C., Ticonderoga, N. Y.—The F. C. 
in a late Rural, spoke as if it didn’t believe 
in the existence of wolf-teeth in a young 
liorse, or in the good effect of removing them. 
Now, my experience supports both poiuts de¬ 
nied. The wolf-teeth are small tusk-shaped 
teeth, oue on each side of the upper jaw immedi¬ 
ately forward of the molars. They have two 
roots—one about three-eighths of an inch 
long, taken from a four-year-old mare last 
Spring, was the largest I have seen. 1 am 
opposed to the barbarity of roughly knock¬ 
ing them out; but I keep an old pair of for¬ 
ceps for that, purpose, autl whenever I ob¬ 
serve a slight discharge from the eyes or a 
felon started, I examine the teeth, and ex¬ 
tract the wolf-teeth if I find any, and after 
this has been done and hair oil has been 
applied to the eyes, a cure is effected in a 
short time. I have never known a single 
instance where this treatment hasn’t given 
instant relief, and ray experience is the same 
as that of many others in this neighborhood. 
R. N.-Y.—So far from denying the exist¬ 
ence of what are known as wolf-teeth in 
horses, we acknowledge that they are natural 
to all horses, the germs existing at, birth, and 
the teeth generally making their appearance 
from the first to the fiflh year and falling 
out naturally soon afterwards—generally be¬ 
fore the eighth year. We do say, however, 
(aud in this opinion we are supported by the 
veterinary profession) that they have very 
little influence on the condition of the eyes. 
The worst thatcan bo said of these superfluous 
teeth is that they sometimes lacerate the 
tongue, aud therefore there is no harm in 
removing them, provided this is done in a 
humane way. When the eye becomes iu- 
flammed from other causes, ami these teeth 
are removed roughly, the gums are bruised, 
causing considerable local inflammation, 
which, acting as a counter-irritant, attracts 
the inflammation from the eye, just as a blis¬ 
ter might have done if applied at some other 
place, and straightway the belief is confirmed 
that, “wolf-teeth” were the cause of the 
trouble. 
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are raised In the some Held,—E. C*. P.. thanks.—C. H. 
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