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H. might be 'attributable'to his location; for 
example, the flow might be slow. Mr. Hutch¬ 
inson said he knew that he and some others 
succeeded, and he had given all the reasons he 
could think of why he succeeded, but he was 
aware that there might be other reasons, aud 
the one mentioned by Mr. P. was a fair one 
for consideration. 
The following officers were elected: Presi¬ 
dent, C. C. Miller, Marengo, HI.; Secretary, 
W. Z. Hutchinson, RogersviUe, Mich.; Treas¬ 
urer, Chns. P. Muth, Cincinnati, O. 
The next annual meeting will be held in 
Chicago, Ill., in the Pall of 1887. 
Genesee Co., Mich. w . z. Hutchinson. 
Pome Logical 
THE IDAHO PEAR. 
On October 26, we received from Mr. John 
H. Evans, Lewiston, Idaho, some specimens 
of the pear illustrated at Fig. 436, with a cross 
section at Pig. 437. Mr. Evans writes us that 
the tree grows in the orchard of Mrs. Mulkey, 
of the above town, Avbich is in the same lati¬ 
tude as Quebec, though the climate there is 
warmer, About 18 to 19 years ago four seeds 
were saved from a fine, large, oblong pear le- 
sembling the Bartlett. All were planted, but 
only one germinated, makiug a growth of 
about two feet the first year. It grew so 
thriftily, with such fine foliage, that it was re¬ 
solved not to bud it. Next. Spring it was 
transplanted, ami four years from the seed 
bore some Hue fruit, and has coutiuued bear¬ 
ing ever since. It is about a month later aud 
keeps better thaw the Harrietts aud is thought 
by all who know both to be fully its equal iu 
all other respects. When received here, the 
fruit was iu color a bright golden-yellow, with 
a red cheek covered with dots a little darker 
in hue. Others were more oblong but all 
were about ns large at the apex or stem end 
as at the base or calyx end. There is uo pear 
of this shape that we kuow of. It more near¬ 
ly resembles an oblong apple in shape than 
any pear. It is a most remarkable, beautiful 
distinct pear, which must have a future. It 
has never been our fortune to have a new 
fruit sent to us which strikes us so favorably 
as this. 
^vscfUrtncous. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Empire City Mill,— Catalogue from A. 
Richard, 110 John Street, New York City. It 
is claimed that this mill requires less atten¬ 
tion aud less power, and will do more and bet¬ 
ter work than any other iron mill in the mar¬ 
ket. We have seen the mill in operation, run 
by a 16 foot Dana wind-mill, and with a fair 
wind it will grind from 12 to 15 bushels of corn 
per hour. The perfection of the feed-mill so 
that it can be run by wind-power aud grind 
all the feed required by the average farmer is 
a matter of great importance, and will go far 
toward solving the problem of feeding farm 
produce in the most economical way. If, with 
no greater power than a 16-foot windmill or a 
2-horse trend-power, a -mail-sized, low-priced 
iron feed-mill will grind in an hour feed 
enough to last a good-sized herd several da vs, 
there is no excuse for a fanner if he does not 
grind such grain as can bo best utilized as 
ground feed. The Empire City Mill would 
seem to combine all the good qualities of the 
older mills, with several iinportaut. improve¬ 
ments. Parties having power would do well to 
make a trial of these mills. 
Imperial Egg Food Circular from P. C. 
Sturtevant, Hartford, Conn.—The trade mark 
of this food represents a hen standing beside a 
pile of eggs, several times larger than she is. 
This pile of eggs is supposed to lie her work— 
the result of the Imperial Egg Food. This 
picture well shows what is claimed for the 
food. We have never used anything of the 
kind ourselves, and cannot state from actual 
experiment a ay tiling as to its merits. Messrs. 
Felch, Knapp. Hawkins, and others promi¬ 
nent in the poultry business, praise this food 
without reserve. Knapp Bros,, who ought to 
be good authority, say they would uot go 
through the moulting season or fall aud win¬ 
ter mouths without it. 
Magic Feed Mill. Circular from the 
Whitman Agricultural Co., 8t. Louis, Mo. It 
is claimed that the “magic” of this mill con¬ 
sists iu its ability to do a large amount of 
work with a small amount of power. It is 
guaranteed to grind 30 bushels of feed in an 
hour with a two-horse railway power. Each 
mill is provided with two sets of steel grind¬ 
ers. One is for grinding feed for stock and 
the other for fine family flour. These grind¬ 
ers can be quickly changed. One sot will 
grind 2,000 bushels or more. It is claimed 
that the uieai comes from this mill cool, 
hence no danger from souring or heating. A 
Junior Magic mill is made fora family grist 
mill. 
Scroll Saws, Lathes, Fancy Woods, 
etc. Catalogue from A. H. Pomeroy, 216-220 
Asylum Street, Hartford, Conn.—This is a 
well-printed pamphlet of 35 pages in which 
the various articles manufactured by this firm 
are well described. We know that these scroll 
saws are excellent. We have offered them as 
premiums with great satisfaction to our agents. 
Nothing could he finer for a present to a boy 
with a mechanical turn of mind than one of 
these saws. The catalogue i3 filled with pic¬ 
tures of knives, drills and other useful tools. 
Those who need good, well-mado tools will do 
well to send to headquarters for them. Send 
for the catalogue and look it over. 
Knahe Pianos. Catalogue of Grand, Cab¬ 
inet aud Square Pianos, manufactured by 
Win. Kuabc& Co., Baltimore, Md.—This cat¬ 
alogue contains fine illustrations of the cele¬ 
brated pianos made by this firm, aud also a 
brief statement of the origin of the firm and 
the success it has attained during the 50 years 
of its existence. It is claimed for the Knabe 
pianos that they unite every advantage of the 
best piauos manufactured. The high charac¬ 
ter and responsibility of the firm make it de¬ 
sirable for any oue wishihg to purchase an 
instrument to write for prices ami terms. 
Farmers' Poultry Raising Guide. I. 8. 
Johnson & Co., Boston.—In noticing this pam¬ 
phlet a few weeks since, a mistake was made. 
The pamphlet is not intended for free circula 
atiou. It costs 25 cents. 
A New Disinfectant.— The stalls at the 
recent Horse Show in this city, were exceed¬ 
ingly clean. There was no offensive odor per¬ 
ceptible. This result was largely due to the 
care exercised by those in charge, but the new 
disinfectant, “Sanitos,” is attracting consid¬ 
erable attention just now, and bills fair to lie- 
come popular. It was brought out by Mr. 
Kingaett, an English chemist. He remarked 
the peculiar healthfulness of pine forests, and 
sought to discover the cause. He satisfied 
himself that the healthy atmosphere of a pine 
wood is due to the presence of peroxide of hy¬ 
drogen and camphoraceous substances pro¬ 
duced by the atmospheric oxidation of the 
essential o’ls secreted by those trees, and that 
these valuable natural purifiers can be pro¬ 
duced from common turpentine. The study 
then was to reduce this “forest balm” to such 
a condition that it can be brought into practi¬ 
cal use in neutralizing the foul odors in unclean 
places. A large quantity of turpentine, float¬ 
ing on water, is exposed to a hot blast of air— 
much the same as molten iron is in the Bes¬ 
semer “converter"—with the effect of produc¬ 
ing a watery solution, composed of peroxide 
of hydrogen, camphoric acid, camphor, thy¬ 
mol. etc., and an oxidized oil, containing a 
great quantity of camphoric peroxide. In the 
crude form, these products, known as “Sani¬ 
tas” make a cheap disinfectant. The oil is 
volatile at a low temperature and is an excel¬ 
lent air purifier, producing an atmosphere 
much like that in the pine forest. It is also 
said to form an excellent insecticide and liquid 
soap or sheep dip. 
Improvement in Poultry Shows.—W e 
find the following in the Poultry Keeper: 
“Recently the following item appeared in the 
Rural New-Yorker, which in our judgment 
is very interesting to the rank and file, and 
which is a move long advocated by us. It 
said: 
The time has arrived when the poultry shows aud 
agricultural associations should recognize true merit. 
A scale of points should bo arranged for judging uot 
only the living mark*!, fowls,but the dressed carcasses 
and encouragement should.with those objects in view, 
be given to the crossing of the different breeds. 
To which Mr. Harker in the Poultry Bulletin 
replied as follows: 
This is an old cry, but the fact is no one takes any in. 
terest iu cross bred mongrels and dressed dead poul¬ 
try, Time and again have special and regular prizes 
been offered to call out such displays at poultry shows, 
with absolutely no competition resulting therefrom. 
If comparatively few people will come to see a grand 
Show of beautiful blooded fowls, how many would 
visit a collect loll of cross-bred market poultry? It 
strikes us that it Is Just as easy to improve our pure 
bred poultry as It is to mnke better mongrels, aud a 
deal more sensible. 
If Brother Harker will stop and consider he 
will recall the fact that those great millions of 
figures he sometimes displays are due to the 
business ill “cross-bred mongrels aud dressed 
dead poultry.” What does he meau by im¬ 
proving the thorough-bred poultry. It is to 
give one-third the points to head, feet, ear¬ 
lobes, and wattles—useless parts. Yes, we 
want better mougrels, aud they may be com¬ 
peted for at the shows if given a chance. The 
present standard does not improve anything. 
It is not even plain English.” 
The Chief of the Internal Revenue 
Bureau on Oleo.— In closing his report the 
other day Commissioner Miller of the Internal 
Revenue Bureau reviews the aetiou taken by 
him for the enforcement of the Oleomargarine 
Bill, and says: 
It is impossible at this time to'estimate the amount 
of Internal revenue which will be der'ved from oleo¬ 
margarine. If. however, the operation of the law 
should prove unsatisfactory in its present form.which 
is construed to levy a tax only upon the article manu¬ 
factured and sold or removed for consumption nr sale 
as supposititious butter, the law can be so amended as, 
while iniposlr<ra tax upoD oleomargarine—oil, neutral 
oil. and such like substances, without which the sup¬ 
posititious hutter cannot hp extensively manufactured 
—to provide also for the use of such substances by 
subsequent compounders without the payment of a 
second tax. as rectifiers are allowed to compound dis¬ 
tilled spirits on which the rax Is paid without paying 
an additional gallon tnx, simplv by delivering up the 
original tax paid stamps and receiving In "xchange 
other stamps representing the same quantify- ?1so for 
refunding the tax on so much as is used for hibr'eat- 
ing purposes or otherwise in the arts and sciences. 
In my opinion the advantage in securing the tax 
from the manufacturer, who derives hismaterl -' from 
the slaughtered animals, cannot be overestimated. 
These manufacturers are co-nparnflv-'-l v few r num¬ 
ber. Bv requiring them to -tamp and brand nl' their 
productions and to keep such books as will indicate 
the destination of their products, such products can 
be followed to the dealers and through the dealers to 
the consumers. 
At the same time, by the use of a system of ex¬ 
changing stainns similar ro that now In operation as 
to distilled spirits, the article may be readily identified 
by the consumer without necessitating the imposition 
of a second tax. 
Sunflower Raising Unprofitable.— 
There is a manifest tendency in manv quart¬ 
ers to boom the sunflower as profitable for 
poultry feeding. Mr. O. 8. Bliss savs, in the 
N. Y. Tribune, that it is a gross feeder, each 
plant requiring as much room as a hill of 
com. producing nothing of value but a few 
seeds. Tt is like raising a hog for its bristles. 
He would not underrate the value of the seeds. 
He always wants a few old ones for bis old 
bens at- moulting time, and a few for any ail¬ 
ing fowl in "Winter. He thinks they are 
ahuost a speeific for sundry ailments and 
weaknesses. It is the most difficult of all crops 
to save and cure. Long before they are ripe 
enough to harvest, the hirds begin to get the 
seeds. When harvested the heads are so full 
of water that if they touch one another they 
are sure to rot. Mr. Bliss further states that 
the stalks are a nuisance all Winter and have 
to be gathered up and burned in the Spring. 
Tbev raav in some places be worth something 
for fuel, but if a man can earn 50 cents a day 
he can better afford to buy wood at a cord 
than spend time fitting them for the stove. 
There is no profit in raising- the sunflower. 
Scalding Feed.— The London Live Stock 
Journal tells of the practice of a feeder who 
objects to turnips and yet wants to take some¬ 
thing of the “dryness” out of bis feed. A 
water-tight trough, or box. 12x2x2’-feet, is 
filled with chopped hay and straw, which are 
mixed with grain and meal. It is then well 
scalded with boiling water. The lid is then shut 
down and the mixture is allowed to ferment 
for about 10 hours, a new mess being put in as 
soon as the old oue is taken out. Such food is 
both succulent and digestible, and the results 
were uot belied in the pail. There is nothing 
new about this plan, but there is much good 
in it. 
Grain Grading at Buffalo.— The open¬ 
ing of two new elevators at Buffalo, connect¬ 
ing with all the railways centering there, in 
which 820,000 bushels of grain raav lie stored 
iu bulk and graded, opens no some possibili¬ 
ties in the way of speculation at the Buffalo 
Merchants’ Exchange, which have not hitherto 
been enjoved. The railway grain busine s at 
Buffalo is declared bv the Commercial to 
have been neglected heretofore. It is also 
pointed out that “the issuance of negotiable 
warehouse receipts will greatly facilitate 
option trading; in short, it will place Buffalo 
on an equality with Chicago, Milwaukee and 
New York as regards the speculative features 
of the grain business.” 
Washington Territory Development.— 
In the report made by the Governor of Wash¬ 
ington Territory to the Interior Department 
at Washington the writer refers honefullv to 
the growiug products of the Territory. There 
are now iu operation 450 miles of rail¬ 
way, and this leads him to call atten¬ 
tion to the fact that a number of 
the roads have not earned the lauds 
which have been granted to them, and he re¬ 
commends that the same be forfeited. He is 
anxious that Washington Territory be ad¬ 
mitted to the Uuion. a privilege which he 
claims for her increased population aud im¬ 
portance as a commonwealth. 
Wind as a Seed Carrier.— Prof. Alfred 
Russell Wallace speaks of the fact that some 
species of plants which have a wide distribu- 
tion'in the Southern Hemisphere are also com¬ 
mon plants of the North. There are from 50 
to 60 sjieoics iu New Zealand and the same 
number iu Australia and Patagonia, which 
are identified with those of northern latitudes. 
Five causes of distribution of seeds are promi¬ 
nent: 1. sea currents; 2, birds eating fruits 
the seeds of which, after digestion, are found 
to be widely distributed; 3. seeds of marsh 
plants, being in the|mud which*adheres.to i the 
/?. -aot' 
IDAHO PEAR. From Nature. Fig. 436. 
