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still as the country is quite rough, our crops 
were not drowned out as they were in the flat, 
low parts of la, and Ill. But, lots of low-lying 
meadows were overflowed hy two of the big¬ 
gest floods ever known here, raining hay and 
making it high-priced now. Cattle looking 
well; but times have been hard on calves, as 
scours appear to be epizootic around here. 
Potatoes rotted badly last season; worth now 
75 cents to 81. Acreage of both muter and 
spring wheat uncommonly light. Tobacco 
raisers rather discouraged by low pricas—six 
to seven cents per pound. w. s. 
Ranau. 
Parsons, Labette Co., April 5. —The world 
has heard from Parsons in the last few days, 
and nothing to its credit. The State Guards— 
eight companies—arrived here simultaneously 
on two branches of the Gulf Road, and are 
now quartered in the machine shops of the 
M. P. R. R. A year ago when the railroad 
company thought of making a second reduc¬ 
tion of wages, farmers, merchants and profes¬ 
sional men were in uuisou against the measure 
as there seemed no justice iu it. To-day they 
are so much against the strikers that the writer 
has not heard a single justification of the 
strike, except from the strikers. On Saturday 
the first freight train, in just a month, moved 
southward and was followed by numerous 
trains during the day and night. The tracks 
in the city were lined on both sides by the 
Guards, and each moving engine had four to 
six Guards sitting on the caboose. The day 
was sleety and windy, nud all the Knights one 
could sec were waiting their turn to get at the 
paymaster. The company owed them for 
February, and also for five days in March. 
At noon 20t> had been paid, but the company 
out of this number paid 5*5 in full, and “let 
them out,” the remainder were paid as usual, 
for February, with the option of returning to 
work. Thus the company will rid itself of 
the leaders, and will probably resume opera¬ 
tions in the shops ere long. The merchants 
hailed the arrival of the pay car, but on Sat¬ 
urday evening they were very blue. The pay¬ 
ments made them for current supplies by the 
operatives were not more than one-tenth the 
usual amount. It was noticed, too, that the 
checks given by the company were l>eing 
cashed by the banks, indicating, as the mer¬ 
chants say, a disposition to evade them. The 
outlook now is that the leaders will slide aud 
that the military will bo quartered upon us 
till complete order shall again take possession 
of our beautiful town. All the company has to 
fear are the guerilla attacks that may he made 
upon their tracks and bridges. ' Farmers 
have heeu interrupted by not being able to 
get seeds, but the weather has been too raw 
for the past two weeks to make much progress 
in planting. Three-fourths of the plowing 
is done. Oats are sown and some corn is 
planted. The web-worm's ravages resulted 
so badly last year on the corn crop that we had 
to bring corn on from the central portion of 
the State. s. b. 
Ohio. 
Bloomviule, Seneca Co., April 7.—Wheat 
looks well on bottom lands; but on the clay 
uplands it is badly killed. Feed plentiful and 
stock of all kinds in good condition. Success 
to the Rural! g. m. m. 
Wisconsin. 
La Faroe, Vernon Co.—From the small 
Blush Potato I got. three years ago, I have 
now enough for a full crop. Where other 
sorts rot, the Blush escapes injury. We can¬ 
not ask for a better variety, and I shall make 
it my standard crop. The mixed corn was cut 
in June by a hail-storm, which left only enough 
for trial next year. Flageolet Bean yielded 
well and ripened 11 ret of all I had. Last Fall 
I sowed two acres of Fultzo-Clawson Wheat— 
the beat of all I have tested. The Garden 
Treasures were highly prized by the “fair” 
part of the family. j. w. a. 
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URUB-IN-THE-HEAD IN SHEEP. 
O. W. //., Rochester , Mass. —1. What are 
the symptoms of grub-in-the-bead in sheep? 
2. What is the remedy? 2. At what season 
is the trouble greatest? 4. Is there any pre¬ 
ventive? 
ANSWERED BY F. L. KILBORNE, B. V. S. 
1. Grub-in-the-head of sheep is due to the 
presence, in the nasal sinuses, of the larval 
form of a small hot or gad-fly—CEstrus ovis. 
The. fly, which is rarely seen, is considerably 
smaller than the well known horse bot-fly— 
CEstrus equi—is of an ashen or grayish color, 
with the abdomen more or less marbled with 
yellow and white. There are no very marked 
symptoms except when there are quite a num¬ 
ber of the grabs or larva*, present. They then 
cause much irritation with redness of the 
nasal mucous membrane, more or less white 
mucopurulent discharges from the nose, a 
falling away in flesh, dullness, giddiness or 
staggers, aud rolling of the eyes. The larvae 
are rarely present in sufficient numbers to 
cause death; but the loss in flesh and wool is 
often very considerable. 2. By trephining 
the bones of the face, on each side between 
the front of the eye and the median line of the 
face, so as to enter the sinus of each side (the 
head of a dead sheep can he easily examined 
to determine the exact locality for the trephin¬ 
ing), the larva? may be washed out with a 
gentle stream of tepid water, and the opening 
allowed to heal, like an ordinary wound. Dim¬ 
ing the later part of Winter or early Spring 
the larvae may sometimes he removed without 
a surgical operation, hy confining the sheep 
in a warm building to entice the larvae into 
the nose, and then introducing snuff or solu¬ 
tions of salt or tobacco into the nose to kill 
the larvae or cause their expulsion by sneez¬ 
ing. 3. During the Winter and Spring, The em¬ 
bryos that are to become the larvae are depos¬ 
ited by the bot-fly about the margin of the 
nostrils of the sheep in late Summer. The 
embryos then crawl up into the sinuses where 
they attach themselves, and remain during 
the following Winter and Spring until the 
larval development is completed. In early 
Summer the now fully developed larva? make 
their way out through the nose, drop to the 
ground and crawl into the soil where they 
pass into the pupa state, and in a few weeks 
emerge as perfect flies to torment the sheep 
while depositing the embryos of that sea¬ 
son. 4. An excellent method for preventing 
the attacks of the flies is to feed the sheep salt 
from two to three-inch augur holes in logs or 
timbers, the borders of the holes being kept 
smeared with tar so that the noses of the sheep 
get a dressing of tar whenever they eat the 
salt. Another method is to turn a deep-fur¬ 
row across the sheep pasture in various direc¬ 
tions, in which the sheep may stand with their 
uoses at the bottom of the furrow when at¬ 
tacked. By watching the sheet) during late 
Summer and Autumn, they may be seen run¬ 
ning wildly about, trying to bury their nos¬ 
trils in the dust, or collecting in groups with 
their heads to the ground to avoid the attack 
of the flies. Then is the time to take meas¬ 
ures to aid the sheep in preventing the attack 
and deposition of the embryos by the flies. 
ROOTS WITH OTHER FEED FOR MILCH COWS. 
C. dt L. G., Waynesboro, Pa. —From each 
of 15 cows we are making an average of 4‘ > 
pounds of butter per week. Their feed daily 
is 6‘ i quarts of half wheat bran and half corn 
chop. Timothy, clover hay and corn fodder 
are fed dry all they will eat without any 
waste. Average price of butter 25 cents per 
pound. We have favorable conditions, viz., 
strong bottom soil (alluvial), and can irrigate 
at pleasure for growing beets. In preparing 
for next Winter, will it pay us to grow beets 
or mangels to provide additional daily rations? 
Why will it pay ! 
ANSWERED BY HENRY STEWART. 
The results derived from the use of mixed 
foods are relative and reflex; that is, one acts 
upon another and so produces better effects 
than either alone. The use of lieets or mangels 
in the Winter, with hay and mixed corn meal 
and luan, increases the effect of the latter 
upon the milk product, and thus every dairy¬ 
man should test mixtures of food to learn by 
experience the gain that may lie made. No 
precise law can Ik- laid down, because animals 
differ very considerably; but it is a fact that 
mangels or sugar beets, or even apples in the 
season, fed with the meal, increase the product 
of butter by adding to the quantity of the 
milk. This is the most important thing to 
know, as a food that is apparently deficient 
in fat, aud supposed to have no direct, influ¬ 
ence upon the product of butter, may yet-, by 
increasing the flow of milk, actually stimulate 
tlu> secretion of fat aud so produce more butter 
than the fix'd given with it, would have done 
without it. This is one of the surprising re¬ 
flex results of mixed foods, which are ascer¬ 
tained only by direct experiments, and cannot 
be predicated by a mere knowledge of chemical 
analyses of food substances. A great number 
of experiments made for some years past 
have, however, made this very clear, and 
hence the use of mangels or sugar beets have 
beeu found exceedingly valuable and profits 
able. One peck per day, fed at noon, cut flue 
and mixed with two quarts of mixed feed, as 
(Continued on page 270.) 
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