1886 
YPE RURAL HEW-YORKER, 
485 
MAY HftVE 5-ill 
lia and the Variegated Eulalia—Eulalia Ja- 
ponica zebrina and variegata. Both are 
hardy.... 
Sow seeds of chrysanthemums and coleus; 
of pansies and verbenas; of pinks and petu¬ 
nias. .... 
Don’t forget that “scours” in calves can be, 
for the most part, prevented by regular feed¬ 
ing and warm, dry quarters. Don’t forget, 
also, that the disease is oftenest brought on by 
o failure to observe these rules. 
Phil. M. Springer says that a bushel of 
corn, as usually fed to common hogs, will pro¬ 
duce from five to seven pounds of pork. In 
Central Illinois, where the hogs are more or 
less crossed with the Berkshire or other im¬ 
proved breeds, 8 1 * to 10 pounds of pork to the 
bushel of corn is considered a fair estimate. 
This shows what improvement in breeding 
will accomplish. 
The Industrialist says that a dozen eggs 
will bring more in Kausas than a bushel of 
corn. 
E. P. Roe says that a home can be created 
iu rented dwellings, but a home for which we 
have the deed, a cottage surrounded by trees, 
flowers and gardens, is the refuge which best 
satisfies the heart. 
E. D. Curtis says there is too much breed¬ 
ing from unsound mares. Out West the best 
mares are used to breed from and the practice 
pays... 
Every farmer’s wife, says Mrs. A. G. 
Chandler, knows how hard it is to get the 
husband to spade up the garden. The best 
way to overcome this difficulty is to move 
the garden operations out into the potato patch. 
Plant the vegetables there, in rows, where 
they eau he cultivated by horse power. By 
putting the garden out there, cleaner culture 
will be insured. 
At a New Hampshire farmers' meeting one 
speaker said he lost lambs enough in one 
Winter, trying to learn how to feed cotton¬ 
seed meal, to pay his hired help. He thought 
root feeding the most expensive way of water¬ 
ing sheep he had ever trii>d. ... 
Tiik notiou common among funnel's iusome 
sections that all plants which are to grow up¬ 
ward—like corn or wheat—must in order to 
prosper, have their seeds put in when the moon 
is waxing; while all that grow downward- 
like beets and parsnips—must have the seeds 
put down in the waning of the moon, has, ac¬ 
cording to Prof. C, A. Young, never been 
verified by science, though it has tried to do so. 
Friend J. ,T. TI. Gregory estimates the 
value of hen manure at about 1:1 cents a year 
per bird. 
and wind extremely changeable. Farmers 
are holding their grain for higher prices. 
Corn is now worth 28 to 30 cents; oats, 25 to 
27 cents; hogs, 83.50 to 84 per 100 pounds; 
stock hogs about all sold. Cattle wintering 
in good shape. Plcuty of hay and straw to 
last till grass conies. Orchards were killed 
last Winter by the cold. D. e, k. 
Strasbitrgh, Shelby Co., Feb. 24.—Spring 
of 1885 late and unfavorable for Rural seeds, 
hence Stratagem and Prince of Wales Peas 
failed. Flageolet Beans did well, considering 
the chances against them from the weather 
and insects. The tomatoes were nice, espe¬ 
cially the King Humbert. Of the Garden 
Treasures the poppies alone came up well. 
The corn all came up and varied immensely. I 
have saved a few ears for seed. Our general 
crop of corn was, most of it, l ight, and some 
rotted. Hay crop good. Potatoes an average 
yield, but of poor quality. No wheat for sale 
here. Oats, 23 cents; potatoes, 50 cents; 
corn, 25 to 26 cents; hay, 88 per ton. Fall 
sown wheat has been hurt a good deal by 
freezing and thawing. h. r. 
Iowa. 
Glenwood, Mills Co., Feb. 28.—February 
very fine; snow nearly all gone. No frost in 
The Stomach is the 
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