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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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FREE.—The very Best Table Cut¬ 
lery—Silver-platetl Table Articles 
-Gold Pens - Children’s Toys — 
Flower and Garden Seeds—Nursery 
Stock—Sewing- aud Washing- Ma¬ 
chines and Wring-ers—Melodeons— 
Pianos—American Watches— Shoot¬ 
ing Irons—Tool Chests—Drawing 
Instruments — Barometers — Astral 
Oil — Hay Mowers — Morse-Forks 
and Moes—Pumps—Family Weigh¬ 
ing Scales—Cyclopedias—diction¬ 
aries — Books — Grape - Fines —Toy 
Steam - Engines— etc., etc., etc., 
are among the things that we are distributing very largely 
all over the counti'y to our friends who send in clubs of 
Subscribers. Some report as getting as many as fifty sub¬ 
scribers a day. Others get one, two, three, or more, as 
opportunity serves. Some make this their sole business, 
and sell their premiums received, and thus get large 
wages. There is no humbug or claptrap about this. At 
least Thirteen, Thousand persons have received these pre¬ 
miums with great pleasure, and still, not one in ten of 
those who ought to read the American Agriculturist and 
Hearth and Home for their own pleasure and jmofit, is 
yet supplied with it. So there is abundant room for 
thousands of others to obtain these valuable premiums. 
This work can go on all winter. Full particulars will be 
found in the Advertising Columns, pages 37 and 38. 
The Hoosier School-Master.— This 
intensely interesting story, which has appeared as a 
serial in the columns of Hea.rtii and Home, is now 
issued in elegant book form, printed on fine paper, with 
twelve full-page engravings on tinted paper, and seven¬ 
teen other illustrations, and hound in extra cloth. It is 
a truly American Story, and will be read with delight 
by all. Price, post-paid, $1.23. 
Cundurango. —We have no doubt that a 
drug bearing this name is brought from South America. 
As to its being a cure for cancer, we must quote the 
Scotch verdict, “ Not proven.” One of the best medical 
journals in the country does not hesitate to denounce it- 
as a humbug. The thing has been known too short a 
time, to allow a proper opinion to be formed. We shall 
look for our information in regard to its alleged virtues 
to the medical journals, aud not to advertisements by in¬ 
terested parties, in the daily papers. Those who wish to 
pay $100 (one hundred dollars) a pound for this South 
American bitter wood, will illustrate an old proverb 
which we need not quote. 
Peerless Potatoes. — We receive 60 many 
reports of the yield of the Peerless, that we can not pub¬ 
lish all. Geo. Gilliford, Delphi, Ind., bought four pounds 
of B. K. Bliss & Son, and harvested 14(4 bushels. 
Pigs of the First Fitter. —“ J. V.” 
asks “ if the first pigs from a sow are as good as those 
from one older ? ” Asa rule, no. But it depends a great 
deal on the breed aud age of the young sow. If the sow 
is not allowed to breed until she has attained her full 
growth, her first litter will be as good as her second, and 
probably better than her third or fourth. We have now 
as good pigs from a year-old Essex sow (which mature 
early) as we ever raised. At the New York State Fair 
we showed two pens of five pigs each, one pen from a 
three-year-old sow, and one from a sow only a year old,, 
and the judges awarded the first prize to the latter and 
the second to the former. And we think they decided 
justly. This breed of pigs at eight months old are as 
mature as some of the large breeds would be at Bixteen 
months. If the latter were bred at eight months old, we 
should expect the first litter to be far inferior to the 
second litter. If not bred until 16 or 18 months old, 
the first litter would probably be as good as the second. 
As a rule farmers breed their sows too young, and con¬ 
sequently the first litters are often weak and inferior. 
“Best ami Largest of any Other 
Variety.»— Fiddalgo Whatcom, W. T.—When a fair 
list offers premiums for designated varieties, and in ad¬ 
dition offers a prize for “ the best and largest of any 
other variety,” we understand it to refer to only one 
other sample, the best and largest of its kind. 
Sowing Plaster ami Salt on Oats 
and Clover.—“ W.,” Covington, Ky., asks if plaster 
or salt sown on oats would not help the clover seeded 
with them. Plaster is of great benefit to young clover, 
as is also salt. It has been a practice with us to sow a 
bushel of each per acre in spring on winter grain or oats, 
when seeded to clover, and we have found it beneficial. 
Bell’s- History of ^lioi-litoms.— 
Messrs. L. Tucker & Son, Albany, New York, inform us 
that they have received a few copies of this work, which is 
held in esteem by English breeders. They will send it, 
post-paid, on receipt of $2.75. 
School-ISoeises.— By Janies Johonnot. Ar¬ 
chitectural designs by S. E. Hewes. Published by J. W. 
Schemerhorn&Co.,NewYork, who append an extended 
catalogue of their school furniture. This handsome work 
seems to he very complete and must prove a great aid to 
all concerned in schools and school-houses. 
BrieFIfiistory of tlie United States. 
—A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. The name of the au¬ 
thor is not given. The work presents an attractive ap¬ 
pearance, and is illustrated by well-executed engravings 
and neat maps. $1.50. 
I.at la Grainmar tor Beginners.— 
By Wm. nenry Waddell, New York. Harper & Brothers. 
Tlie Seymours. —A temperance story, 
published by the National Temperance Society and Pub¬ 
lication House, New York. 
“ The IJ.S. Banking-Association.” 
—What is this concern which publishes the “ U. S. Credit 
Record of Business Men ” ? The highly respectable Lon¬ 
don publishing house of Triibner & Co. write us that 
their name is attached to this Record, and they wish it t* 
be distinctly understood that they know nothing of the 
concern, and never heard of the “ Association ” nor its 
“ Record ” until their attention was called to the unau¬ 
thorized use of their name. Is this some bogus thing ? 
Perkins & Mouse’s 5.a nip. —The fa¬ 
vorable opinion we expressed of this lamp when it was 
first introduced has been confirmed by long use. Our ad¬ 
vertising columns set forth its merits, which some of our 
associates say are not overstated. 
The American. Entomologist.— A 
note from Mr. C. V. Riley, the editor, informs us that 
the publication of this 'journal will not he resumed this 
month, as was announced a year ago. Mr. Riley has pur¬ 
chased the illustrations and all interest in tlie magazine, 
and hopes to recommence it at no very distant day. 
AGood Ten Cents’ Worth. —The pub¬ 
lishers would be very glad to have everybody see a single 
copy of Hearth and Home as it is now. Probably a better 
ten cents’ worth was never furnished anywhere, or in any¬ 
thing. than in the number of Hearth and Home now before 
us. It is full of good things that will please everybody. 
Get it for yourselves, and for the children for the holi¬ 
days. It can be bought of most newsdealers for 8 cents 
a copy, or tlie publishers will send it, postpaid, to any ad¬ 
dress, for 10 cents. Send a dime and get a single copy to 
look at, to read, and to enjoy. 
A Mystery. —When some thousands of peo¬ 
ple every year collect and send on clubs of subscribers 
and receive valuable premiums from this office without 
outlay of money, and when the offer is equally open to all 
others, it is a mystery to us that tens of thousands of 
others do not rush into it and do the same tiling. Hu¬ 
man nature and human wants arc the same everywhere; 
and it is just as easy for 20,000 or 30,000 other people— 
one or more at every post-office—to get these good arti¬ 
cles, as it is for the few thousands who do obtain them. 
Please turn to pages 37 and 38, and see what is offered. 
About “ Criibs.” —Geo. Pittman, Fulton 
Co., Pa., has discovered that springs which generally dry 
up in summer, may be made to run all the time by turning 
in some crabs. We suppose he means craw-fish, or fresh¬ 
water crabs. He says these animals followup the streams 
beneath the ground and make an outlet for the water. 
Thus cveii crabs or craw-fish have their uses. 
Cure for Mange. —“Belleville” sends his 
cure for mange, which we think well of, as follows: 
Equal parts of sulphur and cream of tartar, made into a 
ball with syrup or honey, and administer daily for three 
or four days. Wasii tlie parts affected with carbolic soap, 
and anoint with a paste of lard, sulphur, and powdered 
charcoal ground together. 
To Prevent an Iron Mettle from 
Rusting-.— Miss Hattie B., Alleghany, N. Y., is trou¬ 
bled to find a remedy fontlie rusting of lier cauldron. We 
know of no remedy but to apply the practice by which 
housekeepers preserve them,stove-pots from rusting, viz., 
to wipe them while still' hot, after being used, with a 
greasy cloth. Iron, when heated, will absorb consider¬ 
able grease, and perseverance in the above will soon 
completely fill the pores of the iron- and prevent rust. 
Grncssing.—B. A. IIowcll, Dutchess Co., N. 
Y., lives among farmers who “ guess,” and can never tell 
exactly what they raise nor what they expect to. He 
asks information about large crops of corn. Is 100 bush¬ 
els to the acre ever raised', ifndldoes itmean shelled corn, 
or ears ? Guess farmers are as “ plenty as blackberries ” 
everywhere. When the number of bushels in a crop of 
corn is mentioned, shelled corn is understood. One hun¬ 
dred bushels are often attained, hut only by the host 
farmers. “ Guess” farmers raise about 10 bushels to the 
acre. Seventy to eighty bushels are common in New 
Jersey aud parts of Pennsylvania. 
To Weld Iron. —“A.” is a farmer, and 
wants to do his own mending and has difficulty in getting 
a good weld. There is some little sleight of hand, or 
quickness of eye and precision of motion, needed, which 
will come with practice. We learned to make a weld by 
practicing with waste pieces at odd intervals until we 
were not afraid of it, and then succeeded when the ner¬ 
vousness akin to the “ buck fever ” wore off. Iron can be 
welded at a low heat by using borax melted with one 
tenth part of sal ammoniac, cooled on an iron plate, pul¬ 
verized, and mixed with an equal weight of quick-lime, 
powdered. The powder is sprinkled on the iron when 
red-hot, the iron returned'to the fire, and need not he 
brought to the usual heat to get a good weld. 
Precocious Meifer.— S. II. Mattson, of 
Delaware Co., Pa., says lie has a Jersey heifer which pro¬ 
duced six and a half pounds of butter in seven days, when 
hut sixteen months old. Jersey stock is precocious, but 
this is getting to a point which can hardly he beaten. 
Sexes at Will. — An “ Inquirer,” Guernsey 
Co., O., asks if there is any known means of producing 
cither sex at will, and if a white color in Jersey cattle 
bred in-and-in for three generations is a sign of impure 
blood. To each question we answer No. The writer has 
seen cattle on tlie Island of Jersey altogether white, hut 
they arc not common. 
Tke Unpin. —“G. D. S.,” Troy, Ind., asks 
what is the value of this plant for soiling. The white 
Lupin is largely grown in France and Belgium for soiling 
p»rposes. A light, dry eoifcis needed for it, and the light 
soils of some parts of Indiana would be excellently 
adapted to it. The seeds are very nutritious and the 
plant makes excellent hayf' 
The Best Field-Pea For Stock.— 
“ S.,” Perry Co., Ind., wants the bc'st-field-pea for stock. 
The black-eyed marrow-fat makc6 a heavy crop of stalks, 
and the gray pea, called in our markets the “Canada 
pea,” is also a hardy and useful pea, and will thrive on 
poorer soil than the marrow-fat. It does not yield so 
heavy a crop, the stalks being shorter. Peas for fodder 
should be cut while the upper part is in blossom. 
Remedy For Hoove.—“ W. W. B.,” Clark 
Co., Ind., finds ft remedy for hoove in the administration 
of alum. This may lu4ve had an accidental effect in some 
isolated case, but can not he relied on. Powdered char¬ 
coal, which absorbs large quantities of carbonic acid gas, 
has been given with goo d^reenlts. 
Ashes oF Hemlock Bark, etc.—“ I. 
G. Q.,” Tioga Center, N. Y., has the ashes of 2,500 cords 
of hemlock hark, 300 bushels of leache'd heu-dung, and 
800 bushels o.f lime from the vats of a tannery. How shall 
lie use them on sandy land, and a meadow ? As the hen 
manure is spent, no harm can occur from mixing the ma¬ 
terials together and sowing them on the grass or the 
land after plowing and'liarrowing them in. Do not plow 
them under. Apply stable manure by itself. 
Profitable Farming-. —Darius Rice & 
Son, of Worcester, Mass.,,send a statement of the value 
of produce sold from 20 acrcs of mowing land and five 
acres of market garden. The items are too numerous to 
mention in detail, hut the total foots up to $6,829.53. La¬ 
bor cost $1,045.9S, grain purchased and fed to hogs 
(which made the mannretused and gave a profit besides) 
$1,314.67, butchers’ offal $100. There is evidently good 
management here. 
