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JERSEY COW TINY. 
The animal shown at Fig. 153 won the gold 
medal at the show of the British Dairy Farm¬ 
ers’ Association in 1885. She is a dark gray, 
and was calved in February, 1S78. She yn'o- 
dueed a calf on June 5th, 18S4, and was in 
milk for 14 weeks three days, when she gave 
8,957 pounds of milk <10 pounds to the gallon). 
She calved again on May 30th, 1885, and was 
in milk 44 weeks five days, yielding 8,173 
pounds of milk. During this latter period, 
she made three journeys—to Southampton, to 
the Royal Counties Show, where she was 
highly commended: to Tunbridge Wells Show, 
where she was also highly commended; and in 
October to the London Dairy Show, where 
she took the gold medal of the English Jersey 
Herd Society and second prize of the Dairy 
Farmers’ Association, the first going to an 
Island-bred cow. She was in equal milking 
form when she hail this her sixth calf, and it 
is believed she would have equaled or exceed¬ 
ed her former yield then, but her three jour¬ 
neys from home were much against her. She 
fell off uearly two quarts in her daily milking 
at Southampton, about a quart at 'Tunbridge 
Wells, and at the London Dairy Show nearly 
two quarts. 
AYRSHIRE CATTLE. 
I am often asked why I keep Ayrshire 
cows, when other breeds are more fashionable. 
Now lam located in that region in Michigan 
where every inch of ground not under tillage, 
soon becomes thickly sodded 
with Kentucky Blue Grass. 
Even the wood lots will ulti¬ 
mately become sodded with it. 
All who know its habits have 
learned that it affords an 
abundance of excellent pas¬ 
ture, but is "short-biting.” 
My cattle run in the wood mid 
fallow pasture till after hay¬ 
ing, and find good eating. 
One acre of clean sod will 
furnish pasture for one cow 
during the Spring and early 
Summer, if she has the ability 
to cat every bit of it. To this 
work the Ayrshire is well 
adapted. I have oidy grades, 
but find them hardy, healthy, 
and profitable. They will, like 
a mule, eat any thing that ever 
bore a green leaf. They re¬ 
spond liberally to good care 
aud feed; and, if not fashion¬ 
able, they possess many ster¬ 
ling qualities for which they 
are appreciated. I know of no 
breed that will graze over so 
large a range and do so well 
on the short grass that here 
springs "unbidden” 1'rom the 
ground. All breeds have their 
good points, Ayrshires with 
the rest. They cannot be 
turned off for beef at so 
early an age as enu the 
beef breeds; but they are fairly profit¬ 
able for that, purpose. Their fat, like that 
of all other dairy broods, is laid on in the 
inside, and they dress better than their looks 
indicate. Ill health and accidents are seldom 
heard of amoug Ayrshires. At this season 
my little herd, two-thinis of which are heif¬ 
ers or farrow cows, are making a pound of 
butter apiece daily on pasture alone. They 
are one-half aud three-fourths grades, and 
make uearly double w hat natives did under 
like conditions. The herd has not yet been 
improved by selection. Ayrshires may be set 
down as being among cattle what mules are to 
horses—born into the world without their 
knowledge or consent, and determined to stay 
here till old age takes them off. Let each one 
study his own circumstances and choose ac¬ 
cordingly from amoug the many broods, not 
to please some pet theorist who has pedigrees 
to sell. EUGENE DAVENPORT. 
Barry Co., Mich. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Kalamazoo Celery.— A pamphlet of 30 
pages from G. Bochove & Bro., Kalamazoo, 
Michigan, price 50 cents.—Kalamazoo celery 
is famous, not perhaps as is stated in this 
pamphlet, " through the inhabited portion of 
the earth,” but throughout a large portion of 
our own country. The object of this pamph¬ 
let is to give, in a few words, the methods of 
cultivation and care that have led to this re¬ 
putation. The work is well done. There is 
not a superfluous word in the pamphlet, and yet 
the facts are all given, from the selection of 
the soil, to the marketing of the crop. A 
mucky soil is preferred. Around Kalamazoo 
the muck has a depth of from one to ten feet. 
The people engaged in the cultivation of the 
plant at Kalamazoo are mostly Hollanders. As 
a rale each family works from two to three 
acres. The laud is drained by open ditches 
two or three feet deep, one foot wide at bot¬ 
tom aud three feet wide at top. With this 
slope, the freezing and thawing of Winter 
will not break down the sides. Celery is of no 
better quality for deep drainage. On some of 
the best celery land the crop grows within 
18 inches of standing water. If the plant 
itself is covered with water for two days, 
however, it will be destroyed. The ditches 
are placed from three to five rods apart. They 
are dug in the Fall with spado or plow. On 
very soft laud wooden shoes six or eight 
inches in diameter are placed on the horses’ 
feet. Well rotted stable manure is used, a 
layer about two inches thick being plowed or 
harrowed in. One ounce of seed will give 
from 5,000 to 10,000 plants. For the early 
crop the seeds arc sown in the hot-bed in 
March and transplanted in late May or early 
June. This crop is sold during July and 
August. Too early sowing is said to cause the 
plants to run to seed, making them tough. 
For the main crop the seed is sown at intervals 
of every few days from April 30 to May 20. 
The seeds are sown broadcast iu small beds in 
the mellowest and best pulverized spot to be 
found. When the plants are about two inches 
high, transplanting begins. This must, be 
done on a <*loudy day or late in the afternoon. 
The plants are set five inches apart The leaves 
and points of the roots are cut off. When the 
sun shines, no watering is done liefore 4 p. m. 
Rows are placed from three to four feet apart 
according to the time desired for marketing. 
If for winter use the rows are close together. 
The dwarf varieties are mostly raised. Some 
lands are able to produce three crops iu one 
season. Blanching is done with muck or with 
boards. In the first instance the soil is drawn 
towards, but not against, the celery. The 
leaves are then lifted aud straigthened aud 
the ground pressed to the celery with the 
hands. No dirt should fall into the heart of 
the plant. About five days after the first cut¬ 
ting, more muck is drawn towards the plant— 
almost to the leaves. Two men are required 
to blanch with boards. The boards are from 
10 to 13 inches wide, one inch thick, 15 to IS 
feet loug, and free from holes. These boards 
are placed on both sides of the rows, close.up 
to the plants. Earth is drawn up to the bot¬ 
tom of the boards, while at the top they are 
fastened with wire or notched pieces of wood. 
The boards are left about two-and-a-half 
inches apart. Blanching requires from 10 to 
30 day. The celery is stored iu “ coops ” or 
iu trenches. 
Farming Implements.— Catalogue from the 
Ames Plow Company, Quincy Hall, Boston, 
Mass.—Our readers ueed no introduction to 
this company. Any man who has ever handled 
a hoe or a shovel has read their advertisement 
on his implement. It is useless to say that the 
company is one of the most reliable in the 
world, and that its implements are in every 
respect first-class. Almost every known agri¬ 
cultural implement is manufactured by this 
company. All arc well described iu the cata¬ 
logue. We call particular attention to the 
“American” Hay Tedder. The practice of 
“tedding” or turning hay by machinery is be¬ 
coming more general, even upon the smaller 
farms. Where a large amount of hay is to be 
secured, the tedder is considered an indis¬ 
pensable piece of machi nery. The great object 
in hay making is to shorten the time between 
cutting and stacking as much as possible. 
A drying wind is almost as effective an 
agent in curing hay as is the sun itself. Toss¬ 
ing or lightening the swaths admits the air 
and sunshine more freely. By the aid of a 
tedder, a horse can do the work that formerly 
required half a dozen men and boys. The 
American Tedder has been thoroughly tested, 
and has given universal satisfaction. It is 
simple and easy of draft. It has won many 
first premiums, and is highly recommended 
by hundreds of practical farmers. Send for 
the catalogue. 
Union Wind-Mill and Manufacturing 
Co. T. H. Loomis, General Eastern Agent, 11 
Caledonia Avenue, Rochester, N. Y., or 
Uniou Wind-Mill Co., Albion, Michigan.—An 
illustrated catalogue of Wolcott’s Wind-Mill, 
Feed Mills, Corn Shelters, Stalk Cutters. Wood 
Saws, Pumps, Tanks, and fixtures for farms, 
railway, village and ornamental purposes. 
Our friends must send for this catalogue if 
they would learu the particulars of the goods 
manufactured by this firm. The Wolcott 
Wind Mill is known to do goml work in all 
kinds of weather. It is one of the best self¬ 
regulating mills made; Its construction is of 
the simplest and it is therefore durable. It is 
claimed, also, that this wind-null presents a 
greater surface to the wind than any other. 
It is designed to work at the same rate of 
speed in light as well as in strong winds. The 
Company agrees to furnish, free of charge, 
any part or parts necessary to make good any 
defect in workmanship or material used for 
one year. The company's Geared Power 
Mills for grinding feed, shelling corn, sawing 
wood, churning, elevating grain, etc., are 
highly praised. 
Field Force and Lift Pumps. —Catalogue 
from the Field Force Pump Co., Lockport, 
N. Y.—It pays to spray orchards with a pois¬ 
onous mixture of Paris-green or London, pur¬ 
ple. That poiut has been fully decided. Few 
fruit growers would think of raising a fair 
crop without the aid of these poisons. As 
stated by us last year, we do not know of auv 
force pump of equal price, that will do better 
work than the Field. It is particularly well 
adapted to orchard work, being strong, sim¬ 
ple and easily handled. We advise till who 
are desirous of obtaining a pump of this char¬ 
acter to send for this catalogue and study it. 
The information contained in it regarding the 
destruction of insect pests will far more than 
repay the writer’s trouhle. 
Sixth An ml al Report of the New Jersey 
State Ag. Ex. Station, New Brunswick, New 
Jersey, Prof. Geo. H. Cook, Director.—The 
Stat ion has analyzed 339 samples of fertilizers, 
the list, with the manufacturers’ names and 
guarantees appearing iu full. There is a fund 
of information in this work for all who choose 
to study chemical fertilizers. Field experi¬ 
ments of many different kinds,feediug systems, 
feeds and fodders, reports on vineyards, sweet 
jKitatoes, sorghum, peach trees, etc., etc., are 
presented iu an instructive way. Wo shall 
endeavor to quote from this Report at an early 
day, for the benefit of those readers who may 
not procure the entire Report. 
TOBACCO SMOKE FOR GAPES. 
A sure cure for gapes in poultry I have found 
in tobacco smoke. After having spent hours 
each day fishing worms from the throats of 
hundreds of chickens with home hairs, Timo¬ 
thy heads, aud feathers, I found tobacco smoke 
much more effectual and infinitely less trouble¬ 
some. Place the affected chicks in a box with 
the lid on top and an open space on one side 
for the entire length of the box for ven tilation 
and feed and water. Fill a large pipe with 
tobacco, light it, place a piece of muslin over 
the bowl, and blow the smoke into the box 
until the chicks begin to settle down. Be sure 
they do not smother. Repeat the operation 
two or three times; then cover them with a 
cloth. Three such performance^ in 24 hours 
will almost always effect a cure. Keep them 
the entire time in the box, feeding and water¬ 
ing them from the outside. The entire litter 
should be smoked as soon as one is noticed 
scratching its noze or sneezing. A small-sized 
bee smoker is useful for those who cannot 
stand tobacco smoke themselves. w. h. b. 
Dover, N. J. 
[This is essentially Col. Curtis’s method gi ven 
in these columns several years ago.— Eds.] 
TWO NEW GRAPES. 
Mr. Wm. E. Green, of Vermont, originator 
of the Vergeimes Grape, has originated a new 
variety called Early Delmonico. It resembles 
tlie’Brighton. He says it is the earliest grape 
he knows of, and that it is superior to the Ver¬ 
geimes or Brighton. He also has a new black 
grape, called Montreal, that is superior to the 
Concord. o. h. Alexander. 
A VOICE FROM TEXAS. 
The strikes ought to teach 
us lessons in political economy. 
It is high time we began to 
study the labor question. The 
distribution of labor lies at the 
vex-y root of the matter. We 
can only wonder why so many 
people of moderate means per¬ 
sist in living in the cities when 
Nature has so lavishly pro¬ 
vided for their maintenance 
and independence in the coun¬ 
try. Sober and industrious 
persons could easily make 
homes here. Our large ranch 
owners are ready to help par- 
lies with small means to invest, 
l-y giving then an interest in 
their herds and helping them 
to a home. Tho trouble is that 
people want too much. They 
expect to come here with noth¬ 
ing, and in a few vears to go 
back to their old homes and 
buy and sell all their old neigh¬ 
bors. This cannot be done in 
this age, and. consequently, 
many become discouraged and 
will not half try. The only suc¬ 
cessful immigrant is he who 
goes “for good," determined to 
cut away from the old home 
entirely and to build a new 
one. Would that thousands of 
the poor city people could be 
induced to settle here: I do not 
suppose they ever will. Coun¬ 
try people move to the city far 
oftener than city people move 
to the country ’ t. h. 
Comfort, Texas. 
Woman s Work, 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY L. TAPLIN. 
OUR BABY. 
What is most like her. our baby sweet? 
Strayed from the skies on vester-even. 
So newly come that her dimpled feet 
Still are missed In the gate of Heaven. 
Where the angeU kissed them and bade mem go. 
What is most Use her? Don't you know? 
The bnd of a rose, of n moss rose fair. 
Flushed and dainty, a folded flower. 
The blossom a womau is fain to wear 
Over the heart. May suit aud shower 
Brim her cup to the overflow 
With dewy perfumes, if this be so! 
Or call her rather a nestling dove. 
That fluttered down through the moonlight amber. 
To be brooded under the wings of love. 
Here iu a hushed and hapuv chamber. 
May never a stain of our earth below 
Dim her plumage, If this be so! 
Or else I deem her a spellbound lute. 
Unconscious vet of her songful mission. 
The sliver melodies sealed and mute. 
Waiting the breath of the sweet musician. 
Even of Life. May grief and woe 
Melt In her music, If this be so! 
I liken her unto a pearl—a rear! 
1'rom seas of trouble. Hut whist, my numbers 
What strains are these for our baby-girl. 
Shut like a star in a mist of slumbers? 
They vex her dreams wlih rhetr tuneless flow; 
She heard the angels a night ago. 
—Katharine Let Bates, in Suntiau World. 
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. 
A NOVELTY is the Mikado handkerchief of 
fine linen with hair-line plaid of many colors. 
It has a hemstitched border edged with lace, 
i Miss Catherine L. Wolf, of New York, who 
| spends much of her immense wealth in unos- 
I tentatious charity, has recently presented^ 
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