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"AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST REL ATIVE
lO FARM AND GARDEN.
Saving Seed.
Seed to be used next season should be
saved early, says the Ploughman. To be
of any advantage to the saver it should
be saved carefully. In the first place
attention should be paid to the growth
of several plants, that the best may be
invariably selected for perpetuation. As
soon as the seeds are gathered, no matter
how pressing the needs of the hour may
be, they should be put into packages
that shall contain the names of the seeds
) and any memoranda that it may be essential
or desirable to know when the sowing
time comes.
I Increasing K?jsr Production.
t Professor A. J. Cook argues, in the
American Cultivator, from the wonderful
fecundity of tbe queen bee, which often
lays three thousand eggs in a day, that
the egg production of hens may yet be
greatly increased. The qneen bee has all
her food brought to her and partly digested.
She has nothing to do but eat
and lay. The fact that the common hen
has not yet been persuaded to lay more
than one egg per day is discreditable to
hen fanciers. They evidently don't take
such good care of their hens as the bees
do of their queen, else they might coax
biddy up to a performance of several
i pou?ds of eggs per day. But per contra it
is to be noted that a queen bee after such
performances becomes worn out and
useless when a year old. So that if the
hen will pretty regularly lay her egg a
day, with occasional resting spells for
recuperating her health, most poultry
keepers will be entirely satisfied that
she is paying her way and giving a fair
profit beside. It does not pay to kill
the goose that lays golden eggs, or even
to encourage her to kill herself by excessive
laying.
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Spanish Itch.
The source or cause of skin diseases in
horses is frequently difficult to determine.
Sometimes they are the result i
of simple local irritation due to the
presence of parasites among the htrir or
buried in the skin, while in other in- 1
stances they are due to some disorder of
the internal organs. A change of food
in spring, as from dry hair and grain to
freen and fresh grasses, is often followed
y highly inflamed skin with vesicles or j
conical pimples, and these being itchy ,
and painful, the animal rubs himself to j
obtain relief. What is called "Spanish
itch" in the South is merely one of the ]
several forms of congestion, with sm ill
pimples, which will usually yield to mild \
remedies applied in the form of a wash
to tne skin. A drachm of carbonate of [
soda dissolved in a pint of water is a
common remedy. Another remedy is a
quarter of a pound of borax dissolved in
two quarts of rain water. These solu- i
tions should be applied two or three
t.im#?? R Hnv until thp in ''ommatinn nnrl
the itching subsides. Com or corn meal
should not be given to horses troubled
with sk'n diseases, especially in warm
weather, as such food is of too heating
a nature. Oats, with an occasional feed ;
of sweet potatoes or carrots, will be
found very beneficial. The bowels
should be kept slightly relaxed, either j
by giving 90ft food or by addiDg a little
podophyllin in soaked oats or bran
mashes. ?New York JSnn.
Fences.
In the new order of things fences are I
jajfldly disappearing from the land. This 1
much improves the appearance of city ;
and town streets, and is a change in the j
right direction, and should be regarded [
as such.
Fences cannot be dispensed with upon ,
'arms, however.* They are needed as a !
natter of protection against animuls that
ire allowed to feed along the wayside
without proper oversight on the part of :
owners, and they are needed to keep
animals in one field without allowing
hem to run into another. j
It is important that a fence should be
sontinuous, and that when it is varied
>y a gate or pair of bars that this device
>e in perfect order, and serve the same
mrpose as the fence itself.
In some parts of the farm, 9wamj>y or j
woody sections, a brush fence answers !
he requirements. Occasionally stones
nay be utilized, but the fence best
idapted for general use is that made of
ails. The wire fcnce is often cheap and
iieful, but this can apply chiefly to thnt
irhich lacks the barbs. Of all instru- j
nents<of torture there can be nothing to
jxceed the barbed lence. It is a decided j
ence, uuu serves to Keep cauie ia ana
roublesome creatures out, and is a safe- j
juard avainst all human intruders,but it
8 alsQ the means 1 y which many inno;ent
creatures sutler. If it were only a j
>rotection against thieves and meddle- I
ome persons, it might be regarded as an >
xce'.lent system of fenciug, but care-1
ully considered it seems impossible to
egard it else than a barbarity. It is a .
ommon occur ence for an animal to go 1
K> to the fence to scratch his back, and |
us lacerate the flesh terribly. More
nnocent cieatures are hurt ignorantly
>y coming in contact with these "bar- ,
>arous fences" than human marauders !
re injured. Fences are still needed in !
he country, but simply as effective bar- !
iers, never as an instrument of torture.
-Massachusetts Ploughman.
I Harvesting the Corn Crop.
While the products of the corn plant ;
re of more importance to the country at
irge than those of wheat, nothing like
he same anxiety is felt about it in ad- !
ance as the time of harvesting draws ;
ear. Corn, which is native to this ;
ountry, has so many excellencies that
a enumerating them some are liable to
e overlooked. Among them, and- not
he least, is the fact that the gathering
f the grain may be delayed or greatly
fpglected without very serious loss, while
iih the other ccreals, especially with '
peat, no delay can be to'erated and, j
pen threatened with rust, neglect for a
puple of days may cause the loss of the
[ The plant also acommodate itself to
afferent so:ls and climates, growing
kpidly in the shorter reasons of the ;
lorthern States and lengthening its time j
r crrnwth as well as the lenmh of it.* !
Ialks" in the longer summers of the West !
id South. It does not succumb easily .
> unfavorable seasons, and with any- j
xing like proper culture rarely fails-of j
aking at least a moderate crop. Be- j
des this, it is but seldom seriously aficted
by disease or insect pests. Of
te maladies that affect other cereals
lere is one that occasionally appears in
lis and deserve-? to be guarded again3t
)fore it becomes more generally prev- j
ent. This i9 a fungus growth, or ;
ind of puffy excre ence attached to the
alk that seems akin to the smut in
heat and other grains, and if left {o
;velop and mature is quite certain to
crease from year to year. To prevent j
lis these puffy balls should be removed
id completely destroyed a? soon as th y j
^pear, and seed from infected fields
ould no; be used. Wheie vtie seed is !
all suspected, it should be washed in
solution of lime and salt, or salt and j
copperas, strong enough to destroy the
smut germ without injuring the vitality
of the grain.
The chief insects affecting the corn
plant, especially in the Prairie States, is
the chinch bug, and from the July report
of the Ohio Experiment Station it is
I learned that it is now injuriously abundant
in certain counties of that State. It
is also reported as destructive in Illinois
and other States. This is essentially a
dry-weather insect. The spring brood is
i largely developed in the wheat fields, and
when the wheat harvest is over and the
supply of food in that quarter is exhausted
the bugs, usually only partly grown
and without wings, migrate to adjacent
corn fields on foot. Among the various
summer remedies suggested are plough;
ing the stubble, killing with kerosene
emulsion, trapping in furrows, etc.
j Probably the most effectual way of pro'
tecting a corn field from invasion is to
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i cm nve or six rows 01 corn irora ixie siuc
exposed and plough half a dozen furrows,
leaving one deep in the centre,
j with the perpendicular side of the furrow
next the corn. Into this the migrating
insects will fall, where they can be covered
lightly with straw or any inflammable
material and cremated.
! The manner in which corn is harvested
varies greatly in different parts of the
country. In a few sections the leaves
below the ears are first stripped off
while green, and tucked in small handfuls
between the stalks of a hill to dry,
when they arc gathered and bound into
larger bunches and stored away, making
a small amount of the best possible
corn fodder. Afterward the tops are
cut o.T just above the ears and cured in
small shocks, lcaviug the bare stalks
standing to support and ripen the ears.
Where this topping is done before the
ear is well out of the milk and the grain
has hardened it must to some extent rob
the latter of nourishment, of which at
this period a large proportion comes from
the san in the toD.
The most general and the better plan
is to cut the stalks later on a little above
the ground, and stand them up in shocks
to cure. In this way the whole of the
fodder is secured, and the grain gets the
benefit of the sap already in the stalk,
besides absorbing additional matter from
the atmosphere. From eighty to one
hundred hills may be put in a shock,
which should be tied around with coarse
twine two-thirds of the way from the
ground to prevent the loose stalks from
being blown about by the wind. Threshing
the stalks to gather the grain has
been advocated in some quarters, but as
yet has not become at all common.?New
York World.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Dou't. raise a poor calf.
Drain land and cultivate for moisture.
T>~ iV.i iV. ~ il,/t
JDU J5UIC lliaif LUC watw ?Uj/pijr in tiio
pasture holds out.
The weeds must be kept down, or the
farm can not be successfully run.
If the farmer i9 to save his own seed,
he must save the earliest, largest and
best.
A go^d tomato should not only be
souud and solid, but also plump and
juicy.
A farmer should supply himself with
the best, farm tools and implements he
cau obtain.
Ducks and geese should never have
access to a lawn. They pull the grass
up by the roots.
Corn endures drouth remarkably well,
but to do so, it is absolutely essential j
that it be kept clean.
Pork made on clover is not only cheap |
mear, out very delicious, if finished oli
with grain in autumn.
Carrots should be thinned and weeded,
and left to stand two inches apart for the
stump rooted varieties.
It pays to plow deep, harrow thoroughly,
sow carefully, till diligently, and
harvest in the right time.
You can't get good milk unless the
cows get plenty of clean, fresh water to
drink whenever they want it.
Warm water bathing is the best remedy
for capped udder in a cow; after application
it should be wiped dry.
jp'rom recent rests at tne Hinglisn dairy
show, the evening milk is proven to contain
more solids than the morning milk.
If turned into meat, butter and cheese,
the grain and grass crops will sell to
better advantage than in any other
way.
lie certain that there is plenty of
water where the cows are turned out to
pasture. Clean, pure water is indispensable
to a milch cow.
Never wait for rain when you have a
crop under cultivation; keep right ou
cultivating and you will be surprised to
lind how your crop will withstand the
drought.
Successful farmers, whether dairymen,
fruit growers or stock raisers, are
iiiusc wuu tuusuii, iu? requirements 01
the markets rather thau their own inclinations
in the matter.
The farmer who thinks that to make
money he must go where land is cheaper,
should consider well if he would not
make more money by makiug the land
he has deeper and richer.
The elements of the fundamental principles
of farming are: Soil, heat, moisture,
muscle and brain power. The commingling
of these five elements produce
the key to successful farming.
Cultiva:e to keep the weeds from using
the plant food needed for the crop of
graiu; cultivate that the air may penetrate
the soil, thereby carrying the gases
among the roots and developing more
plant food.
, Healthy fowls pick up their food
quickly und relish it. When they go at
it la/.ily, pick up agrainor two and tnen
stop, there is something wrong. At this
season it is well to examine closely for
lice, and if they are found get rid of
them.
Roses in pots are particularly benefited
by judicious feeding. Soot water, which
is" prepared by allowing a b ig of soot to
soak in a tub of water, is an excellent j
manure, xaKing < are not u> use it strong
enough to leave a sediment on the surface
of the soil of the pots.
Banquet to the Deaf and Duml>.
A banquet to 200 deaf aud dumb men
and womeBfc-took place at St. JMande,
near Paris, recently. Several speeches
were made, which weree.igcrly followed,
if i.ot listened to, and very much applauded
. Perhaps this needs an explanation.
The term deaf and dumb has
become a misnomer. Children born deaf
are now no longer dumb, as they were
necessarily of old. They are now taught
by ingenious methods to understand and
imitate the motions of the lips in ordinary
speech. The Abbe de l'Kpee is said to
have originated the system whe eby
those born deaf and dumb aie put into
communion with the rest of mankind, j
His school was placed under the patronage
of the nation by an act of July 28, J
17h1, and it was to celebrate this
anniversary that the members of the
Friendly Society of the Deaf and Dumb
met yesterday at the Salon des Families.
?London News.
| TREE LORE.
I LEGENDS CONCERNING THEM IN \
MYTHOLOGICAL/ STOItY.
J Worshiping the Forest Monarch as
a Deity ? Venerated by the
Ojib way's?The Famous
Soma Tree Myth.
The tree figures in the earliest cosmogonies.
In the Garden of Eden stood
I the tree of life, whose fruit would have
testowed perpetual youth upon the first
pair, and near it was the tree of knowledge,
fatal to them and to the destiny oi
man. A Scotch tradition assigns to the
apple tree the honor of being the tree oJ
knowledge.
In Norse cosmogony the tree plays ?
still more important part. It is hcrethf
world tree? l'ggdrasil?whose foliage if
the clouds, the stars its fruit and the set
its bed. At its foot bubbles the fountain
of life, and from its branches fire wa>
brought to man. Under it sit the thre*
Norpes who weave the events of man's
life. Its roots extend into the highesl
heaven and into the deepest hell. This
tree was an ash, and auother legend says
Odin created Adam from the ash aud
Eve from the el:u.
Like this is the famous soma tree,
which stands o;i an island in the middle
j of the lake, guarded by fish. Fiom it is
, distilled the soma or amita, the d ink ol
immortality. Near it stands another tree,
j called the inviolate, bearing the seeds of
! all plants and flowers. In i:s branches
I are perched the eagle9. When one rises :
| a thousand branches break off, scatter- I
ing the seed over the earth.
Like the Norse world tret?, the intelligent
oak of Dodona had its roots in deep- |
est purgatory, aud a fountain at its foot J
I gave forth the oracular sayings ot Jupij
ter. This evergreen oak spoke its
thoughts, even when cut down, for of
! it was the intelligent prow of the Argos
[ made.
The "tree of life" was not merely a
figure of speech in ancient bilief. Many
Greek and Persian families claimed descent
from treas. Cadmus sprang from
a tree, the Achameoid c claimed a similar
descent, and even Mars, according to
one legend, was the offspring of a tree.
Pliny says there stood before the temple
of Ctuirinu8, at Rome, two myrtle treesone
the patrician, the other.the plejbeian?
and that as these orders of society grew
or diminished in importance, its treo
flourished or pined.
A i._M _ X !
Among savage iriDes ine tree is unca
a god. The Ojibways thought certai.i
trees were deities, and made offerings t>>
them. The Dacotahs worshiped many
trees, especially medicine wood. Carolina
Indians venerated the youpon, or
wild fig tree; the Mayas recognizrd a
divinity in trees; the Tepanecs worshiped
them, and Darwin saw a tribe which
venerated a tree, the home of a deity
called Wailechu. They poured libations
through a hole bored in it, and around it
were the bones of horses that had bee i
sacrificed. Indian tribes generally
worshiped trees, and some thought tlia; ,
they sprang from them. Parien triiics .
descended from trce9, and some of t in
Axtecs claimed their oiigin from two
trees in a wooded gorge.
As the tree was the origin of life, it
was also thought the home of souls after 11
life ended. Empedocle says sen's of the |
highest virt.e passed'into trees. The
old tale of Philemon and Baucis assigned '
them a final home in trees ns a reward 1
r?V?o* if tt eK.Mirn f a Vftin A I
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tradition says the penitent Myrrha became
a tree, and the drop3 which fall
from the bark (mvrrh) aie In r tiars
Dante traversed a leafless wood, in t ie !
bark of every tree of which wa< im- I
prisoned a suicide, and he spjkj to Pie- 11
trodelle Vigne. The Greek JJryads wero i'
fabled to have their abodes in r era. j1
Ojibway Indians thought trees pos ess d
aouls, and never cut them, some fearing
to pain them. In many places in v. ermauy
trees are thought to be the first
abodes of infants.
The tree of knowledge also occur9 in ,
popular lore. In North Germany, when
the master dies, some one must go into
the garden and stand under a tree and say:
"Master is dead," for if the tree is not
informed there will be anothei death. I !
An Ojibway tale represents a tree in
whispering a tale of love to a ccrti 11 1
maiden who dedicates herself to it, die-*, j1
and is often seen waudering in the lor- |
est. According to a Maori myth,heaven '
and earth were once oincd in an cmlmice '
so close that their children had no place 1
to dwell. But Tinemahuta, father of j (
trees, pushed them asunder with his j
branches. These ideas concerning the '
diviuity of trees led to their worship ia <
primitive times. '
In the deepest groves abide the gods.
Primitive nations inhabited the forest, i
and the tree was their first shelter. The i
centre of the early Greek as well as of \
the Teutonic dwelling was a tree, around i
which spread the house. Grovei were |
the first temples, and the Gothic church <
is but a grove turned into stone. In old I
German dialects temple and grove are i
the same word. Tree worship was the
foundation of Germanic and Celtic re- j
ligion. Down to the introduction uf ,
Christianity iu the North, the deities ,
were worshiped in sacred groves, and on |
the boughs of the trees hung the heads ,
uf saciiriced tinimals. As late as the .
eleventh century trees were worshiped J
in many places. The Druids, as is well ; i
known, worshiped and sacrificed in
pro es, and the ouk was a sacred tree to
them.?S\ LouU Globe-Democrat.
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Children of the World. ]
Te populat'on of the -world ia esti- | j
mated in round numbers at 1,^00,000,-1
000. Of this aggregate only about one- ! J
tenth belong to the African and Baotu ! s
raccs. The family named Bantu occupy |
fullv one-third of the African continent
on the south?from the Gulf of Guinea,
the Congo and the Great Nile lakes
southward to Gape Colony. The Bantu
can hardly be ranked with the African |
family, as they speak a very different j i
tongue. But if we count the African ;
and Bantu families as one, and add to j
them the Hottentots and Bushmen, and ! i
the Papuans, or Negritos, of portions 11
of Xew Guinea and the Sunda Islands ,
and Australia, the total would prolj^bly \
not exceed 100,000,0^)0. The Caucasian, 11
or white race proper, numbers about :
050,000,000 and the Mongolian race
0?5,0il0, (.100. i
A Prortiyions Hospital Dietary.
The patients' bill of fare at the London
Hospital lorone day is as follows: Two ;
hundred and one sounds of mutton. 20 I
chops, 17 steaks, 112 pints of beef tea, \
2^2 pounds of potatoes, 119 portions of
greens, Ml puddings, 1318 pints of
milk and 707 e<rgs. In addition to the
patients there are some 30!) servants and
nurses. The weekly wa3Uing bill includes
4000 sheets, 3000 blue- hecked
upper sheets, 100 counterpanes, and 400
blankets. Twenty-three women and a
laundryman are en ployed daily in the
laundry. 'I he medical stores included i
last year 110 tons of ice, live tons of ; 1
linseed oil, and six milejof plaster.? j
New York Pott. J1
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Newspapers in the Kitchen.
Any properly conducted householc
has an abundance of old newspapers
Many uses can be found for them, bu
none more important than in the kitchen
Nothing i3 better for cleaning lam[
chimneys. Instead of blacking the stov<
every day, take a newspaper and rub of
the covers and top of the stove while stil
\tarm. If grease is spilled on a cover
turn it over and let it burn off befori
attempting to clean. Brighten up th<
tea kettle and coffee pot by the sami
means. . If you have a greasy skillet o
pan, wipe out with a piece of news
paper before washiug. The paper wili
abiorb most of the grease, and hot watei
with a little sal soda or washing sod>
will complete the cleaning with les:
detriment to me nanus man usuanj ei
pe.ienced.?Farm, Field an I Stockman,
Gloss for ColIar3.
To starch and iron collars so as to hav<
a go^d gloss requires the skill that come1
from practice. Add a little cold wate
to two tablespoonfuls of good starch ant
rub to a smooth paste with a spoon
pour boiliDg water slowly upon th<
starch, stirring briskly to prevent lump
ing. When mixed smooth add a littl<
salt and a pieje of mutton tallow 01
white wax the size of a hazel nut. Manj
good laundresses add also, tablespoonful
gum arabic solution (made by pouring
water upon white gum arabic and letting
it stand till clear). Boil the start!
twenty minutes and strain through three
minutes. Use starch scalding hot anc
rub it thoroughly through the linen s<
that no lumps arc left on the surface.
After drying the collurs, dip them, ar
hour or so before ironing, into cold
starch made by dissolving a tablespoon
ful of starch in a pint of water, warm,
but not hot enough to scald the starch.
"Roll thprn nn in a rlfl.m towel and beforf
ironing ruboverw/th a fine damp cloth.
Iron quickly aud polish with a polishing
iron on a bosom board.?N-.w York
World.
Why Uncooked Meat Spoils.
For some hours after an animal is
killed the muscular fibers are soft, and
consequently tender; it is only after all
vital heat has passed away that the flesh
Jjecomes hard from the gradual stiffen
ing of its muscular portions. Once thai
tense condition of the tissue is estabJ'slicd
it remains until'the relaxation sets
in which p ecciles tlejomposition; with
1 his rehwiitim the flesh softens; and it
b coni'js tenderer as it progresses until
t it* meat U upon ti.e verge of putrefact
on I ntii th; m .-at taints it is suitable
for food. When meat is upon the vergt
of putrefaction tins color becomes verj
d irk, the odor gradually olfensive, and
lac i.b;r? in ?;s u id -oft; as putrefaction
sidvan en a pec il ar greenish, damp mould
forma upon the exposed surfaces, and
t.ie nd >r grow-! intolerable. Me.it
a ?d moisture favor this destructan
of a iimd tissue, which is
com nonly called tainting. In damp
suimn-r wtathor meat which has been
I noser ve I l>y the agency of ice spoils
quickly after it is exposed to normal
biim.-uer iem|ie.ature, probably becausc
tnis generally combines heat and moisture.
When freshly killed meat is subjected
toad y summer heat it is rapidly
co:kc te.l int > the well-known "jerked
beef" of the plains; this method of
preS Tvatijn is a? widely known as it is
primitive Meat dried by the action of
sun and uir, aflcr being cut in strips, is
Rnt)s>e je!itly powdered and mixed with
fa: in th j form of pemmican. Hunters
an I explo e,s prefer this preservation
of in;it to any other because it yields
I be uroatost umouat of nourishment in
re at i n to bulk. The preparation of
|>emmicvi is quite within po;sibil ties
fur ho i h (Irters who arc removed from
trade oente s when they do not wish to
salt moat.?Ujuseioij'e.
Recipes.
Frtrr.n T ixprc.?Boil till tender; dip
n beaten egg, sprinkle ^Jth bread or
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TlXCKtr CrUiLlUS, oca^wu uuumij u ngut
b.OWii.
S kwri Carrots.?Wash or scrape
len or twelve carrots and put in cold
water. with salt, to boil till tender.
|:rain and pot in a pan with pepper and
popped parsley, or with the juice o 1
jiic lonun and sprinkle with sugar.
L -.mon- Pudding.?Half pound ol
read crumbs, six ounces of tlour, two
?iinc(is nnd a half of sugar, one ounce of
butter, half pint of milk, a lemon. Shred
;he peel li*e, mix with the crumbs and
juice, add the flour and the butter tubbed
;ugether, and sugar. Mix with the milk
;o a soft paste. Boil two hours and a
half.
Lady Fixoerp.?Take the weight of
line eggs in powdered sugar and the
weight of eight eggs in flour. Beat the
folks of the eggs and add the sugar
uelted in a half pint of water. Stir in
;he beaten white * and then the flour,
lifted; t'avor with lemon. Drop onto
juttered tins, sift sugar over them, and,
when baked, stick together while warm.
Canned Vegetables.?Peas, string
oeaas an*' com can be put up in this
way: Put the raw vegetable in clean
lans and cover well with water; close
the cans air ti.^ht, cover with boiling
water and let boil about an hour; then
prick a hole in the top of the can to let
;he gas escape, after which solder up, let
soil'again and set aside to caol and use.
Brown Betty.?Cut several large apples
into thin slices; have ready a buttered
dish; into this put a layer of grated
bread crumbs, then a layer of sliced apples,
and over this sprinkle sugar, and
so on alternately, bread, apples, and
lugar. until the dish is full, letting the
top layer be of bread crumbs; place
three largo lumps of butter on top, put
in oven and bake brown. Serve hot with
butter and sugar sauce.
Removal of Lirge Palm Trees.
The huge palm trees on the Saunders
?-xl a aw Uatt Darl ! /? o+nonf Viut'A lnnrr Koon
UiatC wu uau 1 cuiv onww uw v wwvu
a source of admiration to thousands of
people. They were there long before the
present occupant took possession, and
are estimated to be from sixty-five to
Beventy- five years old. The diameter of
the largest is fully four feet and the
height over sivty feet, while the bodies
of all rise like well-rounded pillars symmetrically
formed for forty feet or more
to the well-proportioned but not widespreading
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