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RURAL SPECIAL REPORTS. 
Delaware. 
Dover, Kent Co., Dec. 9.—The Fall was 
warm; apples and cherries were in bloom No¬ 
vember 10, and strawberries and roses at 
Thanksgiving. Corn not more than half a 
crop. Wheat looking well. Peach trees made 
a line growth; the wood was well matured, 
and they went into winter-quarters in good 
shape. On November 25 the weather became 
colder. A great many hogs have died this 
season with what they call “colery,” A large 
number of farms have changed hands the past 
year. Land is constantly advancing in price, 
as Northern and Western men are looking for 
something to suit them. Market about as fol¬ 
lows: wheat, 80 to 85 cents; corn, 40 cents; 
oats, 2(1 cents; rye, 50 cents; Irish potatoes, 50 
to 55 cents; sweet, the same; apples none, ex¬ 
cept a few from the North. Timothy buy. $15; 
clover $10 per ton; pork, $0 per 100 pounds; 
turkeys, to to 11 cents, dressed; chickens, 8 to 
9 cents; ducks, 9 cents per pound; coal, $0 
per ton; wood, $8 per cord; horses, $30 to 
$150; cows, $20 to $60. s. T. S. 
Illinois. 
Chicago, Cook Co., December 15.—No rain 
and little snow so far, and so there is consid¬ 
erable scarcity of water over the Northwest; 
tilts extends to Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and to 
nearly every county in Illinois. Owing to the 
dry weather there is a talliug off in the re¬ 
ceipts of bogs for the last 10 days, In August 
and September an unusually large supply of 
hogs came to market owing to the terribly dry 
weather, the prospect of a short corn crop, and 
the ravages of bog cholera; this also accounts 
for the shortage of receipts of late. Hog rais¬ 
ing has now become a very risky business, and 
those who have been the largest producers are 
now the very men who have the least nerve to 
go iuto it, after having experienced heavy 
losses. I think by the 1st of January the great 
bulk of the hog product of 18811 will have been 
marketed. Another reason for this is the 
fact that the scarcity of corn uud its high price 
is a sufficient reason in itself to send in the 
hogs at once. The interstate demand for corn 
still continues good, and With an average 
freight of 20 cents per hundred in Nebraska 
to Chicago, the majority of dealers at present 
are payiug higher prices for com for local 
consumption than they can afford to pay 
and ship east. The indications now are 
that an unusual number of cattle will be fed 
in the stall this winter. Along the line of the 
Union Pacific road iu Nebraska 1/50,000 head 
of cattle have been recently brought iuto the 
State from the mountains. The railroad com¬ 
pany gave the privilege of feeding them for 
six mouths on corn, and it is estimated that 
from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels w’ill be 
consumed by this bunch of cattle alone; and a 
very reliable correspondent from Lincoln, Ne¬ 
braska, writes me that the home demand for 
corn is something unprecedented. Winter 
wheat has as yet encountered very little try¬ 
ing weather except from dry conditions, Iu 
the central portion of the winter wheat belt 
there is no snow upon the ground, but in the 
southern a light covering. There Is no change 
to note in the spring wheat situation. The 
movements still continue quite fair, weather 
favorable to free deliveries. As farmers have 
sold very freely at a low price, they will be 
likely to hold now w’ben they see w r beat ad¬ 
vancing. x. w. 
Maryland. 
Westover, Somerset Co., December 11.— 
We had a splendid fall fordoing work,and mild 
weather continued until December 3d, when a 
cold wave struck us, followed by snow and 
sleet to the depth of several iuehes. This cold 
spell came unusually early and found some 
farmers unprepared for it. There is still some 
corn iu the fields, not husked. Most of the 
coru crop, however, is gathered and housed uud 
it is exceptionally good. As a rule, we have 
no snow in this section until after Christmas, 
and oue winter a few years ago uo snow fell 
at all in our county. Those of our farmers 
who combine oyster planting with farming 
have since the freeze up turned their attention 
to oyster shipping. s. c. s. 
New York. 
Sandy Hill, Washington Co.’December6. 
—Crops good and secured in good condition. 
Prices are as follows: Hay, $10 to $12.50 per 
ton; oat straw, $0 per ton; oats, 38 cents per 
bushel; corn, f»0 cents; buckwheat, 65 cents; 
potatoes, 40 cents; apples, $1.50 per barrel; 
butter, 25 cents; eggs, 25 cents per dozen. 
M. T. w. 
TTtica, Oneida Co., Dec. 15.—With the lost 
Board of Trade closed the cheese market in 
this vicinity,and there has been no sale of any 
great amount during the past week. The fac¬ 
tories which are not closed are making skims, 
which they will save for a month or more, 
and cure for the market. Prices are even with 
the quotations of the last Board, selling by 
the jobbers at from 12 to 13 cents for full 
cream. The Utica sales were for the year 
825,962 boxes, or 19,557,720 pounds, at a value 
of $1,773,885, and ranged from 6 V, to 12 V 
cents, as highest and lowest. This production 
was over 5,1X10 boxes greater than iu 1885. 
The Little Falls production was 209,185 boxes 
at a valuation of $1,189,867: the two markets 
aggregating 2,908.252, which is a very credit¬ 
able showiug for the industry. The output of 
sVims this mouth may not exceed 2, (XX) boxes. 
The market promises to be steady. The but- 
ter market is a little dull, but the same prices 
bold and will probably continue. Good but¬ 
ter is iu fair demand, and 20 to 22 cents for 
dairy and 23 to 35 cents for creamery are paid 
in the country. About 175 packages were 
bought here last weak. Good dairy still 
brings 23 and 24 cents here. There are few 
sales of hops reported. Some Otsegos have 
sold at 26 U cents, about 25 bales. The sale of 
90 bales to a New York brewer a short time 
ago at 40 cents was considered quite a break 
in the monotony of the marked, but they were 
A1 hops. No sales were made here this week; 
but a few iu the vicinity at from 10 to 20 cents 
according to condition. R. i. 
Pennsylvania. 
Andover. Alleghany Co.—We have nothing 
to complain of; for although the weather was 
very dry, still there were light showers enough 
to give us good fair crops all around. Oats a full 
average; not much wheat or corn is raised 
here. Buckwheat aud barley crops fair. Po¬ 
tatoes about two-thirds of a crop, selling for 
30 cents per bushel; butter from 20 to 22 cents 
per pound. This is mostly a dairy section. 
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FEED FOR MILKING COW. 
M. E. M.. Maplewood, N. J. —My four-yoar- 
old Jersey cow doesn’t give more than six 
quarts of milk a day. She will come in about 
Juue 1; what, would be the best way to feed 
her for butter aud milk for family use? A 
late Rural tells howto feed a farrow cow in 
Winter; do cows giving milk require different 
treatment? 
Ans. —The milking cow should bo fed more 
liberally than a farrow cow, in proportion to 
the milk she Ls giving nr expected to give. A 
common ration for a cow iu milk and which is 
not. to come in for six months is 15 pounds of 
hay of good quality aud six or eight pounds of 
good mixed meal—one-half corn and one-hall' 
bran. The hay may be cut and .wetted and 
mixed with the meal; five pounds of bay and 
four pounds of meal, morning and evening, 
and five pounds of long bay at noon. Water 
with the chill tukeu off should be given ad 
libitum, aud a small handful of salt daily. It 
is quite possible that even better feeding than 
this might be given profitably. This is to be 
tested by gradually increasing the ration os 
long as the cow responds profitably to it. It 
is not so much the quantity of the milk given 
by a Jersey cow as the cream it contains 
which is the object of feeding. Some cows 
will give little milk but half of itisoream,and 
if more feed mukes more butter, the feed may 
be increased until the maximum product is 
reached. 
COAL ASHES WITHOUT POTASH AND PHOS¬ 
PHORIC ACID. 
E. R. M., Nichols, Conn. —As coal is formed 
of wood, what becomes of tbe potash aud 
phosphoric acid that should lie in the ashes 
after it has been burned? 
Ans. —It is supposed that mineral eoal is 
meant. Mineral coal is supposed to be the re¬ 
mains of « dense growth of mosses, ferns and 
soft wood plants aud trees whieli have grown 
in swamps and have dieil and fallen uutil the 
mass has accumulated iu beds of vast depth 
covered with water. It is well known that 
the potash and woody fiber are SOOU dissolved 
out from it, and this fact accounts for the pov¬ 
erty of swamp muck iu these soluble mineral 
elements. Tanners 1 bark is rich in both these 
elements, but after it has been leached the 
ashes contain very little of them. Hence the 
exposure for thousands of years to the influ 
ence of water easily accounts for the absence 
of these elements in mineral coal. 
FEED FOR PREGNANT COWS. 
W. H. H. C., Brooklyn, N. Y— Can new- 
process linseed meal be safely fed to a cow 
with calf? The general impression here is that 
it is liable to produce abortion. 
Ans.—A bortion is caused by disease, acci¬ 
dental injury, worrying by the male, scanty 
diet, cold water drauk in immoderate quan¬ 
tity, exposure to severe cold and it may be pro¬ 
duced by poisons and probably by such foods 
as cause excessive purging or laxativeness. 
While cotton-seed meal, or even old-process 
oil meal contains such a large proportion of 
free oils that if either were fed in large quan¬ 
tity, it might produce scouring and by it 
weakness and possibly abortion, the new- 
process meal contains less free oil than corn 
meal, or even wheat or rye, anil cannot on this 
account act upon the bowels injuriously. On 
the contrary, it contains a large amount of the 
flesh-forming elements as well as those needed 
for the bony structure of the calf, and a gen¬ 
erous proportion should be included m the ra¬ 
tion of every pregnant animal. Wheat bran 
is also a capital food for such animals. 
SORE TEATS IN A COW. 
J. T. Effingham . Ill —For the last two 
years the teats of a young cow became blis¬ 
tered and she gets feverish, The sores run wa 
ter and v* hen the skiu comes off they bleed. 
What should be done? 
Ans.—T ouch tbe sores with a stick of lunar 
caustic ami apnlv an ointment of spermaceti 
and almond oil w tted together. The milk must 
be drawn very carefully and the teats kept 
dry. Twice daily give iu the feed one ounce 
each powdered eertian and sodium bicarbon¬ 
ate. Continue several weeks if necessary. 
UMBILICAL HERNIA IN A COI.T. 
£>’. .4. B ., North Stanford, Mass. —What 
should be the treatment for umbilical hernia 
in a colt, first noticed when it was about four 
mouths old? 
Ans.—I f tbe hernia is slight, apply a soft 
pad to the navel aud retain in position by uu 
clastic bandage arouud the body. This must 
be fastened to a collar and crupjter so as to be 
kept in place, and the bandage must be elas¬ 
tic otherwise it is liable to prove in jurious. A 
slight hernia is also frequently removed by 
repeatedly blistering the sac. If there is a 
considerable fold ou tbe sac, place tbe colt on 
his back to return the viscera. Then apply 
clamps over the skin close to the belly, as in 
ordinary castration, aud allow the colt to 
wear them uutil they drop off of their own 
accord. This should close the sac perfectly, 
and is really the most effectual method of 
treatment. The colt must be kept quiet 
where he cannot run or struiu himself, until 
cured. 
NAIL IN HORSE’S FOOT. 
,/. Troy, Pa. —One of my horses stepped 
ou a 10-penny nail, and it ran into his forefoot 
just inside the shoe aud broke off. With a 
pair of pinchers I pulled the nail out 2>£ in¬ 
ches, and treated the foot iu various ways; 
but it is still sore and tender, and the horse 
has been lying down about a month. He bites 
bis sides, L>ack-bone and hips, and sometimes 
he nibs his rump; pin-worms passed front him 
last spring; but I have noticed none of late. 
A year ago he bad “scratches, ’ and it was a 
bard job to cure him. What should be done 
for him ? 
Ans.—M ake and keep a free opening where 
the nail entered the foot to allow free exit for 
the discharge. Wash out daily as long as the 
discharge continues, muking sure to reach all 
parts of the diseased surface, with some as 
triugent artisceptie solution, as one dram of 
sulphate of copper or one-half dram of chloride 
of ziuc in a quart of water. Then dress with 
the best pine tar and apply a bandage to keep 
free from dirt'. Follow the treatment given 
iu the F. C. of Nov,6for “Worms in a Horse.” 
Miscellaneous 
J. W. W., South Cameron, N. Y. —Is the 
Brazilian Flour Corn worth $1 a quart, and 
where can it be obtained? 
Ans.-'Y ou cau buy it of Samuel Wil¬ 
son, Mechaniesvilles, Bucks Co., Fa., and, no 
doubt of others. The price should not be over 
four dollars the bushel. It will not begin to 
ripen with you aud will prove therefore, a 
costly experiment. It may ripen in Southern 
Pennsylvania in favorable seasons. The R. 
N.-Y. of December 11 gives a full account of 
the trial of this corn made at the Rural Ex¬ 
periment Grounds last season 
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When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she hud Children, she gave them Caslorlu. 
