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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
To Measure Corn in the Crih.— 
W. P. Mallow, New Holland, Ohio, wants a rule for 
measuring corn in the crib. Add the width of the bot¬ 
tom of the crib in inches to the width across the corn in 
the upper part, also in inches; divide the sum by two, 
and multiply it by the hight and length of the corn in the 
crib, also in inches, and divide the product by 2,750. The 
result will give the heaped bushels of ears, two of which 
will make a bushel of shelled corn. By multiplying the 
average width, hight. and length, in inches, together, the 
cubic contents in inches is found, and 2,750 cubic inches 
make a heaped bushel. 
Cfrcemt Crops for Manure.—John Ise- 
man, Armstrong Co., Pa., wants to grow two green crops 
to plow under for manure before nest September—what 
shall he sow ? Probably peas would make the best crop 
for this purpose. First plow and spread some lime—as 
peas need lime—and harrow; then sow three bushels of 
peas (an early sort) in April, plow them in with a light 
furrow with one horse; in June they may be plowed 
under and another crop sown, which will be ready to 
turn under by 1st September. 
Canada Thistles.— “0. K.,” East Smith- 
field, is in trouble. His tenant harvested a large patch 
of Canada thistles, drew them to the barn with the grain 
crop, and thrashed all together, so that the seed is mixed 
through the manure. What shall he do ?—This oversight 
will cost years of annoyance, without doubt. There is 
no remedy but to watch for the thistles, and pull them 
while young. As a warning, good may however result. 
Analyzing Soils. —A reader sends us an 
advertisement of a man who offers to analyze for a cer¬ 
tain sum the “ soil of a farm,” and asks what we think 
of it. We think it a fraud; and even though a correct 
analysis of a soil be made, it is good only for that parti¬ 
cular sample, and no criterion to judge accurately of a 
farm. Money had better be spent in adding manure to 
tbe land, rather than in paying for a chemical analysis, 
however perfect it might be. 
Tonzelle Wileat.— D. B. Alexander, Cul¬ 
pepper, Vn., sends ns a sample of Tonzelle white wheat, 
which he says last year yielded with him 50 bushels per 
acre, weighing 66 pounds per bushel. Sowed 27 th 
September, it was ripe on the 1st June. It stands the 
winter well, is stiff in the straw, and stools thickly. He 
has no seed for sale. He would like to hear the expe¬ 
rience of others with this variety. 
Blow to Churn,—A “raw hand at the 
business” asks how to churn, how rapid a motion of 
the dasher is needed, should the dasher bo lifted out of 
the cream, and the proper temperature of the cream. 
The cream should be sour, but not bitter; temperature 
about sixty degrees; the dasher should be lifted out of the 
cream at each Btroke, and make about 100 strokes per 
minute. The rotary churns, such as the Blanchard, are 
quicker in operation than the upright dash. 
Manure for Grass on Brained 
Swanip-I,anAs.—“A Header,” Potsdam Junction, 
N. Y., has raised a crop of oats on newly cleared and 
drained swamp-land, and has it now well stocked with 
timothy and red-top. What manure would keep the 
grass in good condition ? A dressing of 25 or 30 bushels 
per acre of finely-slaked fresh lime would no doubt be 
of good service for a few years, and would bring in 
clover. An occasional dressing of three or four bushels 
of salt or 200 pounds of bone-flour or Peruvian guano per 
acre would keep the meadow in good heart, but timothy 
has a tendency to run out on such land, and fresh seed 
would be needed when this occurs. 
i Western Interests.—“ H. M. M.” wants 
“ more practical hints on Western farming, and not so 
much about peat, bone-dust, etc.” We do not lose sight 
of our Western friends ; in a few years peat, bone-dust, 
etc., will he as interesting to them as to anybody. 
H«lIow.Horn. — “M. T. P.,» Abingdon, 
Va., has an ailing cow, which his neighbors say has 
hollow-horn. What is this disease, and the remedy ’—The 
symptoms of what is called hollow-horn, are, eyes dull 
and sunken, horns cold, eyes and head swollen, the ani¬ 
mal standing with the head low down against the barn or 
fence, staring coat, and sometimes bloody urine. It is 
the result of exposure to cold and low condition, and 
affects the sinuses of the head at the base of the horns. 
Turpentine rubbed on the top of the head and around the 
horns, and warm fomentations, with hot wet cloths 
wrapped aronnd the horns, are useful. Carbonate of am¬ 
monia, with warm, stimulating drinks, should be given, 
and nourishing food, and the patient should be kept warm. 
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The Proposed Cattle Show at 
Boston.—The trustees of the Massachusetts Society 
for promoting Agriculture propose to hold in Boston, in 
September next, a four-days exhibition of thorough-bred 
stock and dairy produce, with prizes amounting to 
$14,000. Prom the circular received they evidently mean 
what they say. Their intention is clearly to work for 
the “promotion of agriculture,” for of the very large 
amount appropriated for premiums only $925 in all is ap¬ 
plied to other horses than stallions and mares for strictly 
agricultural purposes. When wc remember that it is to 
these trustees, or their predecessors, that we owe the in¬ 
troduction of the Percheron horse, and very largely that 
of Jersey cattle as well, wc arc justified in expecting a 
really thorough and honest effort to organize the most ex¬ 
tensive and the most useful exhibition of live-stock ever 
held in this country. The trustees ask the cordial co¬ 
operation of all breeders in the United States and in 
Canada; and we are glad of an opportunity of saying, 
from our own knowledge of the men, that the personal 
character of the committee charged with the management 
of this exhibition is such as to insure thorough fairness in 
the awards, and the most impartial treatment of all ex¬ 
hibitors. It is a case in which, if ever, the best man will 
win. Circulars, giving full information, will be sent to 
any address, on application to Mr. Charles S. Sargent, 
Brookline, Mass. 
Woolly Taste in Mutton. — Rev. D. 
Mills, nammonton, N. J., says this flavor called woolly 
is owing to the absorption of gases from the stomach 
and intestines, consequent on the cooling of the carcass. 
If the sheep is cleaned rapidly, it is prevented. But 
he further says, if the sheep is not killed at all, it 
would be better, for animal food is improper. He does 
not say what we should do with the old sheep, when they 
accumulate on our hands. 
Beaclses and Frost.—“East Tennessee 
Farmer.” Fires in the orchards are not expected to keep 
off the frost by the heat they give out, hut by means of 
the smoke, which prevents radiation, just as a cloud does. 
The fires should he made of material that will produce 
the heaviest smudge, and in such places as the direction 
of the wind may require. To both the other questions— 
Probably not. 
Apple-Tree Borers. — A correspondent 
in Pa. writes : “ Dig the sod away from the tree, and put 
sulphate of iron or dust from anvils about it. This will 
save the tree every time.”—We give this as one o£ the 
singular remedies proposed for borers ; such absurd no¬ 
tions conld not prevail, if the habits of the borer were 
understood. Let our friend go through his orchard and 
repeat the multiplication table backwards. It will not 
be half the trouble and quite as efficacious as his remedy. 
I - S'S-Pla nts. —“Aunt Aggie,” Latrobe, Pa., 
raises egg plants in the following manner: " We raise 
the plants in a box in the house. Plant out in the garden 
in May, as soon as the ground is warm enough. If there 
be danger of frost, cover ■with boards, supported at the 
ends with bricks; let the air pass nnder the boards. As 
soon as the plants begin to grow, or get the least start, we 
wet the ground aronnd them with liquid manure, keep¬ 
ing a vessel with it in the garden, by putting manure in 
the vessel and filling it with water. We water with it 
every evening until the plants arc large. By this treat¬ 
ment we have raised as fine egg-plants here in Western 
Pennsylvania, as I ever saw in an Eastern market. The 
Long Purple is most productive, bnt the Improved New 
York Purple is decidedly the best.” 
What Beets to liaise.—J. P. Landen, 
Harrison Co., Xnd., wishes to know what beets to raise 
for cattle. His soil is a shallow upland, in which no beet 
will do its best. It must be deepened and enriched as 
much as practicable. On snch soil the best beet for com¬ 
mon cultivation is the Long Red Mangel. The Orange 
Globe is very good bnt does not yield quite so largely; it 
grows mainly above ground, bnt there must be a good 
range for feeding roots, whatever sort is grown. Lane’s 
Sugar Beet is better than any Mangel, hut the seed is not 
yet in the general market. 
Norway Oats.—A correspondent in Minn, 
thinks he has a good - joke on our friend Gregory, the 
eminent seedsman of Marblehead, Mass. “ Speaking of 
Ramsdell’s Norway Oats, Gregory, in his catalogue for 
1S71, p. $7, says : 1 These oats in some localities have 
yielded over one hnnded varieties to the acre.’ This state¬ 
ment, so much nearer the truth than seedsmen usually 
get, entitles him to credit. Send James to the head ; let 
it be recorded.” Having “ recorded ” this typographical 
error, we add that one of the best farmers in N. Y. 
State informs us that he prefers the Norway Oats to 
all others, provided the grain is ground before feeding. 
