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AGRICULTURAL 1 TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Preparing Trees for Planting. Profe.-8or Maynard, of the Massachusetts Agiicultural College, advises that trees be prepared for planting by cutting the top back in proportion to the amount of injury done to the roots, which is generally from one hilf to two-thirds of the entire top. On this pruning all sh ots should be entirely cut away that are not needed for the formation of a perfect i head, and the others cut bick one-half j to two-thirds of their length. If the head is not formed high enough upon the trunk it may often be carried higher | by cutting off all lateral shoots, lea\ ing the moat central one for a leader upon j which will be formed the new he.td several inches higher than the first. All ! injured roots should have the ends cut, smooth with a sharp knife, and with ! small fruits, like the grape, currant, and strawberry, it is ofteu desirable to cut back some of the larger ones. The Feet of Sheep. "If the "hoof of the sheep is golden,'' that is, will bring money to the farm, it behooves every shepherd to look well to onr.on.'1'iffu nf liie l!nr?L' TllAV constant care aud watching to prevent j their growing out too long and otherwise disabling, l'retty much all foot ailments may be traced to want of care in this di- : rection. For instance, a distorted hoof will gather dirt, hold moisture, and sooner or later contract disease. At the time of shearing, every sheep in a flock should be carefully examined, ' not only for surface diseases but especially as te the state of the hoof. A stout pair oi nippers ana asnoer s Kmic suouiu De in the possession of every Uockmastcr. I All overgrowth should be taken oil, and J also all dead and useless matter removed. If the toes arc turned up cut them oH as near as may be, so you do not touch the auick. Then brinj; the corners into j Bnape, ex tmine the cleft, and if there is ienderne>s there, swab it with a soiuaf norl\a! ir* find flinn rrivo if o ! UUU VI vai WHO ??V.V4j UUVA vuv. u ? V AW * coat of tar as hot as can be borne. In the autumn, before the sheep are folded for the winter, they should again be carefully examined and operated on for whatever difficulty may be found either iu the body, limbs or hoofs. In this way, with ? watchful eye during the intervening periods, there is no reason why sheep -may not be keDt as healthy as any other farm stock, ana yet how many are so?? Badger Fanner. Shabby Potatoes. This year in many places potatoes are more scabby than ever before, while in the 6ame neighborhoods other farmers in rrrrv tx*i nor rrnn^ r>rnnfl nf ! *WTV W-VVVVMVX* W"I'W v* I fair tubers. It would 6cem that the prob- [ iem as to what causes scabbiness nrght ; be solved under these conditions. Many j farmers feel quite certain that worms ! cause the injury, as they are usually, if not always, found connected with it. | But this may be rather un effect than a i cause. Too much fresh manure, coupled ' with dry weather, will aways produce j Bcabbincss. Manure drying in the soil . breeds fungus growths. These attack j the potato and destroy the skin. The i worms come after when the interior of the potato is exposed to them. Of them- j elves ihey cannot penetrate the skin. If | worms caused the scab we should find : potatoes sometimes in which they were, just beginning work. We do in dry ! weather sometimes tind notatoes slifrhtlv mouldy. If these are dug and put in j close heaps the mould soon develops into Tot. If it is mould that causes the scab on potatoes some preparation of sulphur ought to be a cure. This is corroborated by the experience of some fanners, who have found a teaspoonful of superphos- i phate of lime planted with the potatoes prevented scabbine?s. In this case it was probably the excess of sulphuric acid in ' dissolving the bone that destroyed the luugus. me ijucmiuu ib wuuuiur land plaster, which is the sulphate of i lime planted in the hill with potatoes, j will have the same effect. Who has tried 1 this? If land plaster will do the busi- i nessitis certainly cheaper than super-' phosphates. ?American L'ultirutor. Feeding Younj? Calves. Perhaps 90 per cent, of the young men that are in the employ of farmers, and j probably 50 per cent, of the farmers themselves, do not know how to feed calves properly, says J. N. Muncey j in the Farmer and, Feeder. I think I have always instructed my men how to ' feed. The practice is in this vicinity, 1 as I have observed, to give young calvcs, ! weighing 10i) or 120 pounds, about one- t half a wooden pail full of skim milk morning and even:ng. Seldom have I seen any hay or grain in the calf pens. The practice is a positive loss to the farmer. He cannot allord to feed young calves in this way, unless ho is rich and is trying as an experiment something new to him. Young calves weigh usually an average of eighty pounds at birth. Probably not more than two per c?nt weigh ninety pounds at birth, and proDaoiy oniy one-quarter per cent, weigh 100 pounds at birth. I allow young calvcs to suck the cow for about three days. Usually the milk is good enough for use at this time. I then put the calf as far away from the cow as pos sible and teach it to drink new milk. I sometimes feed the fresh milk a week, sometimes fifty days. In one day or less the calf is taught to drink, About 15 pounds of average new milk per day in three feeds is enough to make the calf grow If to 2 pounds per day while young. .Before discontinuing the lrcsh milk the calf should be laught to eat uufround oats. Take some in a twoushel basket, which is large enough so that when he throws his head mound he will waste none, and put the oats in his mouth. He will suck your hand some after giving skim milk. Repeat giving oats several times and you have the calf soon taught to eat them alone. Keep plenty of oats in a box before them all the time. About seven quarts per day in three feeds of skim milk is enough for calvcs weighing 80 to 100 pounds. If calves refuse j i lnlr nr rlA r?nt onmn lin i/\ 1 V?o cfnnr?V>- . ions quirk, the inference is that they j have the scours. In such case give an j egg and cut down on the quantity of skitn milk for two or three time*. More calves ares|>oi!e i on feeding skira inilk than in any other way. 1 presume then, too, if you overfeed you fail to realize the real value of skim milk. If the skim milk is worth 25 ceuts per 100 pounds, you probably do not realize one fifth of that amount when your calves are out of condition a id h:ive the scour-. I am thoroughly convinced from analysis of oil meal that you cannot afford, at present prices for young stock and $ .'5 per ton for the meal, to feed it. If a calf on skim milk and unground oats will , gain fifty pounds per month, you cannot expect much better by adding a reasonable amount of oil meal to the ration. j Brief and Diiect. Farm animals :t?e hurt more by medi- : cine than by the lack of it. WLen an animal ueeds medicine, it needs n competent physician. Pure water aud a variety of wholesome food regularly given, with comfortable shelter and kind treatment, are the best preventives of disease. "We are yet [Dec., 1887] in search of the man who at harvest blamed himself for cultivating the crop too well, or who | in his old age regretted that he had not | endorsed for a friend oftencr. I A niortirnire on the home makes the ! fireside gloomy, for it shuts out the sunj shine of prosperity and freeheartedness. Some men look at the sky only to forecast the weather, see more beauty in a dollar thnn in a bed of flowers, and will hear the crow in a cornfield quicker than the lark in the air. Say to your work as Christ said to Satan: "Get thee behind me." Work travels fast when once it gets in the lead. It is easier to destroy the weed in April than in July; and a weed allowed to seed the land will plague you like a Banquo's I ghost. Rotfor ?c t.i Jinrimnfl imir of trousers I "? 1? . with money in pockets, than two pairs with empty pockets. The man with clean stables and fields, well-housed cattle and implements, and who has dollars for books but not a cent for rum, is a desirable debtor. But he does not borrow often. Three fourths of us unknowingly reduce our capital each year. For the fertility of our laud is our capital, and this we lessen. The horse knows all that the colt learned, and boys tormenting the colt are not teaching it what it should know. Men do not gather roses from thistles, nor plump, bright gooseberries from the b.ish that grows in the sod, and is pruned only by nature. It is better and cheaper to mend the fines in midwinter than to build a new house in spring, though the insurance company contributes to the new building. The more often the currycomb rub3 against the horses's sides, the more days his sides will rub against the harness. The man who buries his wealth in the earth is blamed; yet the farmer who 1 ? ??1*1. !*** nf rl^aina uunt;t? WCUllU, *U UlC 1U1 XJLl vi >11? is wise. Two many forget that only from the best milk can the best butter be made; and that only from the best cows can the best milk be obtained. System worked ten hours a day, and was done. Haphazard got up at four in the morning, hurried all day, and was doing chores at half-past nine at night. There are men who compel their wives to milk cows, sitting in the snow on the lee side of a rail fence, yet who declare themselves to be Christians. The Jack of all trades is master of none, yet a good farmer may with profit become a fair carpenter. A workshop is a better stormy day retreat than is a corner grocery. Job had much patience; yet it was fortunate for him that he did not join fences with a neighbor who had breachy stock. The man who fills his icchouse provides himself with a conservator of health, and a servant of pleasure. What is said about keeping animals warm during the winter, docs not apply to m nure. Smoking is more injurious to the compost heap than to boys. It is cheaper to keep a pound of flesli on the animal in February and March than to regain it in May or June. Depending upon novelties for your principal crops is breakfasting on elation, dining on hope, and supping on sorrow.?.4m; rican Agriculturist. No Care for Leprosy. Some thirty years ago a well-known English physician said that he could cure this loathsome disease, and he went out to Jerusalem, where it is so prevalent, to put his theory into practice. For six nirttifV>a Via camp inl-n rlnsn pnntaet with the lepers, taking no precutions while trying to cure thcin. He caught the disease and was reported to have committed suicide, preferring immedinte death to dy'ng by inches. Since then it has been conceded by alL physijians that leprosy is incurable. Iu Jaffa, Jerusalem, Ramleh and other cities ic Palestine the traveler has to pass lepers d lily, begging in the streets, and they will often pluck people by the sleeve or coat-tail with their stubby fingers to obtain a "sahtont" (fifth part of a cent). Leprosy is not as catching now as it ueed to be. A person is only liable to catch it if he touches or comes into close contact with a leper. It could easily be exterminated if the Turkish Government would prevent lepers from intermarrying. The children look robust and healthy until tiicy arc about twelve years old, then the di?ea?e first appears. The fin<rors.toes and no e are first eaten up by the disease, thjn the arms and legs, until there is nothing but the hulk of a body. Finally it commences to cat round the internal organs, and the person is delivered from his living death. Last winter a fellah (peasant) near Uatnleh caught the disease and shot himself. There are occasionally similar cases.?New York Wurld. The Lips of Wind-instrument Flayers. The manner in which players of wind instruments keep their lip muscles hardened often excites curiosity. This is only attained by constant practice, and the more perfectly a performer plays the more nractice is needed to keen him un I - 1 # "I to the mark. Many performers on wind instruments, and especially coruetis's, frequently lose control over the muscles of their mouths and' are aflectcd by what is known as the "frozen lips." In this case the lip sometimes swells to an enormous size, and in many instances the performer is obliged to take temporary rest from playing. Too much smoking is also bad for the lips, as it makes thein dry and feverish. While the use of too much liquor wo:ild, of course, be bad for any performer, yet when used in moderation it sometimes ha-; a beneficial effect upon the i>layin<r. This is espe cially true when a very heavy programme is rendered.?Ncto Y r!, Journal. The Longevity of Birds. The huamn race is not the only one that has the privilege of furnishing centenarians. There are several birds that have the pretension to easily reach tho age that 31. Chevrcul, the French chcmist, has attained?101 years. Among the candidates for the prize of longevity, says the Prls Elcceur, must be cited the eagle, the swan, and the raven, 1 !?L 1! AifAK o nnntnp.T WI11CU I1VW 1U1 VITlil c? VtlKUlJ, J nu parroquet, as well as the heron, is eonlent to become a sexagenarian. The sparrow-hawk lives to the age of forty, which is the age likewise reached by the duck and pelican. The pea fowl lives to be twenty-five, the goldfinch fifteen, tiie lark thirteen, the black-headed war bier fif een, the b'a';kbird twelve, the canary bird twenty-four, the p'iea<ant fifteen, the rush ten, the domestic cock ton. the red throat twelve, and th< wrea three. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. Skating is of great antiquity. It ifl first mentioned in a work entitled the "Edda," written 800 years ago. The speed of the crow is 25 mile9 an hour, the cider duck 90 miles an hour and the fiawk 120 miles per hour. A young society man, of Keokuk, Iowa, won a wager, made in jest, by eating thirty-six bananas at a sitting. A black, bas9, it is said, will kill from mere love of killing, and thousands of pickerel are so destroyed every year by it. The average time of homing pigeons is 1,000 miles in one day. On short distances pigeons have made 100 miles in one hour. The earliest coinage for America was made in l(il2 for the Virginia Company. Massachusetts made the first colonial ro'ns in 1652. Fire ships were first used in the sixteenth century. They were first employed by the English navy in the engagement with the Spanish Armada, July, 1588. A hen in Woodford County. Illinois, chased a cat away from two kittens and *V>nn oilnntDrl tVlPm TllO liprl (MlrfdlftS them, and when she clucks the kittens have learned to hover under her wings for protection. Not one of the govern ers of the original thirteen States in 1787 had middle names. This year the governors of the same States have middle names, with the exception of Oliver Ames, of Massachusetts, Henry Lloyd, of Maryland, and Fitzhugh l.ee, of Virginia. A mule died from fright at Sumter, Ga., the other day. While be.'ug driven through the streets the wind caught up a large piece of blue paper and whirled it directly before the animal's face. The mule started back in terror, trembled r?u ,laaA VKUCUiij auu iui vrvw uv.uv*. The statistics of the ascents of Mount Blanc show that sixty-one women in all have made the ascent: Englishwomen, thirty-two; French women, fifteen; Prussian women, lour; American women, three; Swiss women, two, and ltussian, Danish, Hungarian, Italian and Austrian, or.e each. A large fish, apparently in great trouble. was seen by A. D. Winfield swim ming on the surface of Lake Hopatcong, N. J. He passed a net under it, and brought a black bass, weighing 3$ pounds, with' a sunfish fast in its jaws. The sunfish could not move, neither could the bass eject it. Paper bedclothes are made at a factory in New Jersey. They are doubled sheets of manilla paper, strengthened witn twine, and valuable by reason of peculiar properties of paper as a nonconductor of heat. They have a warmthpreserving power far out of proportion to their thickness and weight. i 1?ai?4 /^IISI/I PrAO AMUUV VKI1UAV.U 9 JUJ The keenness of the sailor's organs of sight, says Francis W. Johnson in Good Uou<tknejring, is almost proverbial. This effect has two cause1?. The cold, salt spray, dashing into the seamen's eyes strengthens and hardens them. Also, the mariner's practice of constantly piercing the atmosphere to see something, often absolutely uudiscernible, greatly trains the organ in clever acuteness. A thought is immediately suggested; would it not be beneficial to teach children to test their ability to see distaut objects? The hands of the court house clock, an in-rominrr vessel, a faintlv annearinir train, the rapidly fading forms of birds ' in flights, and many other objects that the little ones would be eager to notice if so directed, would aid to expand and perfect the various delicate and minutely beautiful parts which compose tfte eye. Infants are frequently born with eves bo weak that they "water" upon exposure to wind or light, even when judiciously advanced to these. This weakness may be cured by frequent bathing with water of the saltness and temperature of tears, or, as in niy experience has been of more value, dashing cold water over the eyes each time before taking out and never bathing the baby's face, especially about the eves, with warm water. L'oici tea is also recommended, and may do the work for some and fail in other cases. Incipient and even sometimes either acute or chronic inflammation of the eyes may be soothed by laying over them a cloth saturated with extract of hamamelis. There are few people who are not occasionally annoyed by an aggravating twitching of the mnsclc9 of the eye. This is caused by abuse of the organs or general weariness of the whole system, and the remedy of course, is rest. Students, and others compelled to use the brain a great deal, often complain of a deathly sleepiness, an utter inability to hold the eyes open. This is not at all a disease of the eyes, but merely nature's demand for her just dues. A physician of my acquaintance, in such a case, recommended a week's sleep, and it sufficed. Where the eves are fo afflicted that rest and simple remedies fail to restore them, no time should be lost before consulting an oculist and submitting these valuable organs to skilful professional treatment. One important thought ia almost forgotten. It is very injudicious for the sick, sitting or recumbent, to read or use the eyes closely; the eyes, probably, from their intimate relation with tho brain, are sympathetically affected by every ill that may attack any other part of the body. Novel Way of Hnntins Birds. The natives of the Queen Charlotte Islands, off British Columbia, have a novel way of hunting birds, using, instead of a bow and arrows, a peculiarly shaped hurpoon. This instrument is about five feet long, the point being made of a piece of walrus tusk ten inches long. The stick is of Cyprus, and about half way up three fish bones are arranged around the stick, these points extending outward in order to stick the bird in case the point on the end should miss. This harpoon when used is held in the left hand. In the right is a paddle of hard wood eighteen inches long, on the face of which is a groove extending almost to the end. The tip of the hurpoon is titled into this groove and then the weapon is thrown with double force. The native can sirike a fowl in water fully one hundred feet distant. A hunter usually carries with him a number 01 lliese uarpuuuB ui vuriuus bi/.ua. A Descendftnt of Washington. ' Speaking of Washington, writes F. G. Carpenter from the National Capital, we have, I understand.one of his descendants in this Congress in the person of Joseph E. Washington, who succeeds Representative Caldwell, of Nashville. Washington is a young man not over thirty,small, stout and light-haired. He does not show much evidence of the Washington features in his countenance, but he is, I understand, worth a million dollars, and the most of his property comes by inheritance. It is a curious thing that a descendant of Washington t-houla repre cnt the district of Andrew Jackson. buffalo hill abroad i A Little Lave Affair?What the Cawbsyi 'i'Lluk of it. The success of "our own" Buffalo Bill?W. F. Cody?in England is -very gratifying to his thousands of admirers on this side. There was mora truth than many imagined in his reply to the inquiry: "What are you doing in England?" "Chiefly playing poker with Duchesses." The Engli-h nobility quickly "cottoned to" Buffalo Bill, because they recognized that he belonged to a higher order than their own ?Nature's nobility. Despite his wild life he early managed to awmire an education and the polish which makes him easy even in royal society. His polish is the bitter fruit, it is said, of young love experience. When a young man on the plains, wild, woolly and unkempt in appearance and character, ha fell in love with a dashing little school teacher. Fall of pluck and faith in himself, he proposed to L? fL. , 1?J i_: 1 u_ uur. duo icuiguuu uuu aiiu no? After a time he braced up, bought some books, and began to study. Hi* defeat proved his victory. The girl was his mascot, and his successes are due to her. Magnificent specimens of manhood though they be "Bill's boys" are not perfection. Under date: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Co., London, Sept 19, 1887," D. W. Shoemaker of the Cowboy Band, writes: "Some weeks ago I was suffering from great disorder of tho liver and kidneys and general prostration. I was forced to quit work and take my bed. I called in a physician, who only afforded temporary relief. A friend induced me to take Warner's safe cure, which afforded almost instant relief, and after taking three bottles, I find myself in as gool health as at any time in my life." Two other members of the Wild West how, Mawe BeardMey, pony express rider, and Jim Mitchell, a cowboy, add to this statement of Shoemaker's, that in tlioir long experience on tho plains, from change of water, climate and mode of life, and severe riaing, tney oecame suojecc to iiver onu kidney diseases, and tliey have found a sure remedy for these troubles in Warner's sife cure. Mawe Beardsley says: "I constantly recommend it to my friends." Buffalo Bill has pluck and courage and hard sense, and not only controls all the wild elements that make up the Wild West show, but controls himself. His experience as a scout makes him wax7, discreet and shrewd. He quickly learns the best way to secure results, and, like a true man, has no prejudice against anything that proves its merits. Buffalo Bill is so popular in England he may come horn? a ''Sir William." But if not he will probably enjoy himself quite as well, having secured a fortune ample enough for ; all his wants, title or no title. A BLOOD-RED owl was caught in the woods j near Jac ksonville, 111., the other day.^U is the j oniy une ui me r.mu ever bccu m iuc >nuiv> I A PR0M1XENTMEIkYhANT WRITES, j 1 Was Bound to Keep Trying an l,one as ' Life Lasted. WORTHVILLC, N. Y., Sept. 19,1887. Dr. Kilmer, Dear flir? I wrote you some time ago about my < ase, without the 1 ast faith that you could do anyihi g for mo, ns I had six different phjsicia b and got no relief.and was repeatedly told that I cou d not bj cur d, but I was b)und to keep trying as long as 1 felaste!. I was urged by my wife to write you about my ca?e, as I did In th; spring. You wrote me to try your Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver and I ladder cure. I used it as direct d and the result was, before I had tak n the third bottle I was entirely cured, and have be- n gaining ever sine. My cas; was a Hemorrhage of the Bladder, wh ch had been draining my li:e for two years, and I can say to-day that I c n eat, sleep and work better than I have before in twenty years, isayuoa oiess >ou, anu uiuy uie uiflicteddoas I have done. Us; Swamp-Rood and be healed. You s truly, GEO. D. MACOMB ER. Don't neglect early symptoms. At druggists $1.00 per bottle, 0 bottles 8 .00, or by express, Dr. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y. American Pearls. Only one pearl of any kind i9 found in a hundred shells, and usuully one in a thousand of any value, so that it is not a very profitable pursuit. The ind scriminate killing oil of the musclcs in fishing and by poisonous sewage will eventually lead to their extermination. The greatest destroyers, however, are the hogs, which kill off whole banks in a single low tide. Pearls are also secreted by the common hardshell clam, these are usually white, tinged with purple, or almost black. The latter colors are preferred, although they have little value. They sell at from $1 to $100 each, and ate found as large as a hazlenut. The common conch, fished extensively on the Florida coast for bait, often contains the so-called pink pearls. Although they are not true nearls. thev have sold at SI.000 each. Our oyster pearls have neither value uor ! beauty. ?liarper''s Magazine. In a Hnrry. A landlord met a tenant wag And said: "Without a doubt, sir, Unless you pay up, Mr. Bragg, You surely must get out, sir." Then, promptly, did the other say, His tone his hurry proving: "Excuse me, sir, I'm rushed to-day, And really must be moving." ?Boston, Budget. "The play's the thing, Wherein I'll rear h the coneclenceof he It ins." An I equally true is it that Dr. Pierce's "Peasant Purgativ- Pe lets" itlie origi al Little Liver Pills are the most effectual me ns th t can be used to reach the seat of disease, cleansing the bowels ami system, and assisting nature in her recuperative work. By druggists. In Michigan two bucks that had th ir horns locked so that they could not get apart were killed by hunters recently. Any Sinnll Boy, with a Stick, can kill a tige-.if the tiger happ -ns to be found when only a little cub. o consumpti n, that dea liest a id mostfearei of disease , in i hi-t country, can assuredly b" conquered and destroyed if Dr. Pierce's "Go den Medical Discovery" be employed early. A California tramp set fire to a lot of railroad ties in order that he might be sent to btate prison and learn a trade. The "Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierc * cures " emale weakness" and kindred affection8. By druggists. A COOHDINO to President Willis, more than .'0 per cent of the graduate i of Michigan College have become farmers The Lending Fenturei of the Youth's Companion Announcement for 1888 just published are its six illustrated Serial Stories, Dy Trowbridge. Stephens, and others, ita two hundred Short Stories and Tales of Adventure, its articles by eminent writers, including the Right Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone, Prof. TyndalLGen. Lord Wolscloy, Louisa M. Alcott, Gen. George Crook, and one hundred other popular authors. The Companion has two Million Readers a week. Every family should take it. By sendinc your subscription now, with 81-75, you will receive it free to Jan. 1,1888, and a full year's subscription from that date. Consumption Surol* Cured. To the Editor:?Please inform your readers that 1 have a positive remedy for the above nameddisease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be pi ad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who hajre consumption if they will send me their Express and P 0. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. M.C.. 181 Ponr1 St. N. Y. "Taylor's Hospital Cure" if, a positive, pleasant arid painless remedy for Catarrh, bent on ten day's trial. 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