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1 ^ FAR31 AND GARDEN. I.ow-ITc.iiIert Orchards. The whole tendency of modem treeplanters is to have tree?, especially for fruit, hearled low. The tree '<s less exposed to the winds, its fruit is more easily gathered, much of it being iow enough for a man to pick wlrlc standing on the ground or mounted on a shore Step-ladder. The fear that the trees ?may be in the way of cultivation should not mnke it necessary to prune high. After the trees get to the bearing si e, mulcting, to keep the grass down, 13 tette- than cultivation,?Boston Cultizator. A Itemedv for Scabby What is called "scabby legs" in poultry is due to* the presence of a small mite * - s? ? Rfi somewnat simuiar 10 uie species wuivu cau.-es scab in sbeep. If a scab is rejH moved from the leg of a fowl and placed under a microscope of high power, the ^ mites and pup.e may be seen in large numbers. An ointment made of equal parts of lard and kerosene, and then j slightly thickened with owers of sulphur, will destroy the mites and cause the fungus-like growths to drop o:r, leaving :he legs and feet clean and smooth. Two or three applications of this ointment will usually be suiiicient to effect a cure.?New York Sun. Viciousness Descends. i Viciousness is inherited, as much as the virtues are. Breeders should, therefore, be on guard against using vicious , animals for breeding, and as far as pos 8ible train and manage their stock to se- , cure the most docile disposition. This j ^ is not only a great convenience, duc is ( -v economical and profitable. That noted ( horse Messenger was exceedingly savage, and transmitted this quality to aome of his most valued descendants;;. Royal George, in particular, was so vicious that his owner kept him in a , stable four years idle, for fear of him, j and he killed one groom and severely , injured others. This quality of docility ( is invaluable in the dairy, for many valuable lives are yearly sacrificed by the ill-nature of bulls. It is equally valuable in beef cattle, for a quiet animal is fed much easier and quicker than an unruly ana fretful one.?New Yo k Tribune. , Cleanliness in Drying Apples. One of the great apple regions of this t country is in the counties of Wayne, Monroe. Urieans and Niagarain Western . 2\ew York. Apples are largely trans- ' ported to ttic Atlantic city marKets, ana ? thence exported to foreign lands, but in ^ receut years the evaporating business has { grown to large dimensions, and the pro- { auction and export of the dried fruit has greatly increased. Within a part of the * area of the counties above-named are j some 1G00 evaporating establishments, j some of them disposing of 1000 bushels j of apples each day. Sot less than 30,-1. 000 hands are employed and the value of ; the product runs into the millious. As ^ 100 pounds of the fruit yield about t twelve pounds of the dried product,some j idea of the drain upon the orchards may , be formed. There is, of course, a great ? saving in the freight charges upon the ( dried fruit. A case of fifty pounds from Kew York to Liverpool would cost thirty j cents, while the equivalent in apples ( ould cost $2.2*. There is also the loss ( ? from deterioration in the fresh fruit from a whir:h the evaporated is free. One point \ ^ is of the greatest importance in the pro- !. duct:on of dried fruit in evaporating j j establ shments, and that is the element t cf scrupulous cleanliness. We have seen ? carelessness and neglect in some concerns { which if -witnessed by a consumer would ( turn him forever against this product. ; t They should make cleanliness anabit.? , American. Agriculturist. Hints for the Swine Herd. Keep large and small separate and not more than ten in a lot. Feed regularly . and liberally of wholesome food, always some bulky food, and let each feed be * taken up clean before more is given. 1 Give wallowing places, ashes, charcoal ( and salt, and plenty of exercise in timber pastures yielding shade, roofs, nuts. ( acorns, etc. But no do ibly soured slops. Provide ventilated shelters from wind, . rain and snow, but no litter, Hogs with litter get too warm. If you wish disease, put your hogs to the straw pile. Main- ' taiu cleanliness iu all things. Breed ctilv 1 mature animals and never from a show herd. The offspring of immature or } pampared animals is predisposed to d:s- \ ease. Give pure water, from deep wells , protected from surface water. Well ] water is not freezing cold in winter nor ] lukewarm iu summer. "Water from creeks (unless fed by springs), ponds or ( pools is disease breeding. Pigs should ' be farrowed in early spring and kept only ' a on growing foods?milk, bran slop?, oats, green rye, grasses, clover and sweet 1 corn?until late fall; then fatten rapidly, on corn mostly, but also green rye, blue 1 grass, pumpkins, boiled potatoes and turnips, with bran, steamed clover, hay, ' \ etc. !! Kindness will do much more toward i controling an ill natured sow with a j young litter than a club or heavy boot. | j By rough treatment the farmer can get1 ( all the fight out of an old sow he wants, ! and more. In handling an unruly sow 1 it is well not to get scared before \ getting hurt; oftentimes there is more noise than fight. If necessary to handle young pigs and the sow objects to your presence, when she is lying down quietly ' spread a blanket or large sack over her head so she cannot see you; then hold your tonguo and quietly do the work.? j New York Herald. Benefits of Land Drainage. Drainage of land is bencScial in more ways than the mere removal of water from the land. The winter with its ' frosts brings to mind one very import- ! ant advantage gained in respect of the absence of excessive cold from the land, j Wet land freezes very deeply, because it is not only compact and filled with water, but the cold penetrates more easily any lp.nd that contains no air in its interstices, and the freezing expands it so that the roots are torn and the plant I suffers serious in iury. Light frosts thus lift the surface soil and cause what is known as heaving, which results in the disastrous winter killing of fall grain, | grass an l clover. The warmth of drained | land, securcd by the removal of the water and the existence of air spaces all I through the soil, i3 of very considerable i benefit at all seasons, but most especially , in the winter, and should not be ignored by those farmers whose land is water -1 soaked at any time. ! Vndrained land is alway? wet in the sprincrand can never be worked as early as drained land can. This delay sometimes s a serious obstacle to farm work and often reduces the crop one-half or more. And any land in whivh water appears in the furrow or wlvch is so wet as to smear the: mold board in the spring needs draining. Water is doubtless indispensable to plant growth, as it is to the life and prnwth of animals, but as an animal perishes when it is submerged in the water so plants will perish when the roots are submerged. Stagnant water is deadly to plants, not only because it destroys their life, but because the excess of water so dilutes the dissolved food as to starve the plants by depriving them of nutriment. These are sut'ricient reasons of themselves why wet land should be drained, and some land that is not always wet needs drainage as well as the wettest, for smothering iu water or the temporary withholding of nutriment for even a short time is quite as fatal as if these obstacle? to life were permanent;. ?New T rk Times. Sod Houses. Those who have never seen or been in a sod house are apt to feel great pity for those whom they consider so unfortunate as to have to dwell in such a domicile. A mere mud hut is their idea, and they cannot imagine how one can be content in so mean a home. .Just there they are greatly in error, for while the sod house is not very beautiful to gaze upon outwardly. yet it can, when built by a master hand, be made to look very neat, and with a coating of cement over it, and a little penciling, could not, at a short distance, be distinguished from a stone house, while, even without these, it is * t-l - 1 .V?4. sne ot tne most oomionauie uuuscs wai :an be made for a moderate sum of noney. It far exceeds a common frame :>ne for warmth in winter and coolness in summer, and is stronger and more iurable, withstanding winds and storms that would demolish the former. It can be neatly plastered inside on the walls, which, unlike stone and brick, are not lamp after once drying out. in this locality we are very fortunate in having naterial from which good mortar is nade, without having to purchase lime )r hair. The magnesia and sand are j?ed, and make a hard, durable plaster. They can be had free of expense by all. \:f course, a shingled roof can be used is on any other house, but in this coun;ry those made with boards, with tarred 1 laper placed between the two layers, htm a layer of sod, and lastly a coating )f alkali dirt, are considered preferable, is they keep out both summer's heat and winter's cold better, ana seldom ieaic at ill when rightly made. These houses ire not plastered overhead, and when jood dressed lumber is used, fastened to imoothly-peelcd pitch-piue ridge logs, iave a very neat appearance and are nore airy and roomy than if a low ceil- ' ng were placed overhead, and much nore healthful. The great point for commiseration is hat most of those persons who have hem for their abiding places do not iave large enough ones. They are generally limited to one or two rooms, tnd so, of course, are often much :rowded. A house 18x20 feet, with '2-feet walls, | eaving a room 14xl(i feet in the clear, ;au?ut; uiiisiieu cuuu^icwvAjv v* ??? ** :oat of plasteing?which is all that hould be put on at first, as the walls vill settle some and thus crack the Mastering, and a second coat be needed ifter after a few months- -for $100 if j he work is hired done. But if one has , i team and can do the work himself the rnly expense will be the lumber for roof '. >r lloor. base-boards, sash and door, the : ;arred paper and a few nails. In this n&j a little money will go a good way.? Fanning World. Farm and Garden Notes. Chicks only are subject to gapes. i Cholera is always known by intense ;hirst. Gapes 13 the result of suffocation :aused by a small, slender worm. fiemember that the horse need3 daily jxercise and likes a variety of food. It is claimed that sheep take readily ;o good, sweet ensilage and do well on it. Carelessness with hot ashes from the louse fires may result in serious loss by ire. Small potatoes will often prove more profitable if fed to pigs and poultry than i marketed. The pro.'it in raising capons is much j arger than that of keeping hens, with less than half the trouble. Roads and road making is now the subject of general interest and discussion xmong farming communities. Avoid the mistake of Sowing seed too thickly in hot beds, as crowded plants spoil quickly if not transplanted at just the right time. Whenever old hot beds are replanted with asecond crop, give them a thorough jmoking to kill the lice with which they 1 ire apt to be infested. Professor Ilenry is reported as affirming that uncut cornstalks make ensilage of the best quality, but the labor of getting them out of the silo is too great. tlAelrina eorro in C+/lV*fli>ri /ITi/7 Forest, if there is a best apple we surely have it in Hunt's russet, sometimes called the golden russet of Massachusetts. Among new breeds of poultry whose j future popularity appears to be well set- 1 tied, P. H. Jacobs includes the White Wyanndottes and White Plymouth Rocks. Testing the vitality of oats designed | for seed should be a common practice, i With ordinary methods of field culture, ' probably less than one-halt the kernels sown produce mature plants. i The way to have good neighbors is to ! be a good neighbor yourself. But nci^h- j borliness does not cover the borrowing ' or lending of the small, every day farm ' tools that every farm should have. One farmer reports that apple pomace proved disastrous as a fertilizer, but was a "squclcner" 011 i;anacia unsues ana obnoxious weeds. The pomace was that made by the old style of pressing and contained much acid. One of the best preventives against lice in the poultry house, or in the nests | of sitting liens, is tobacco refuse, such I as the sweeping* of cigar factories. By the use of it, with kerosene on the roots, | there need bo no fear of lice. A deep cut made by a sharp calk ou j the shoe should be dressed by injecting a little turpentine or liniment, and then . putting a plug of lint dipped in this into the opening so as to prevent the surface closing before the bottom is healed. The shorter the line of communication between the producer and consumer the larger is the proportion of what the latter pays when he rcahes the pockets of the former. Why not plan to reach directly into the consumer's pocketbook? Soft feed for chicks is undoubtedly the cause of a great deal of mortality among them. A mixture of cornmeal, old bread, bran and modelling, with just enough milk to moisten it, is a good feed, and broken rice may be given for a change. Many a dairyman who is glad to get twenty-five cents a pound for his butter might have forty or fifty cents if he would employ his best talent to find appreciative customers and keep them supplied regularly with product up to the standard. Feather pulling is due to idleness, and ? '??Lr nf onmpt.hinor in the food UUb KU a lava vi ^ -? ? as many suppose. Active birds, if con- I fined and not exercising, will pull feathers, but the habit is easily acquired from any one of the flock by the other members thereof. Four pounds of cornmeal should make an increase of one pound live weight in good young pigs, and fourteen pounds skimmed m;lk should also make a pound of increased weight Then seven pounds of milk and two pounds of meal ought to make the same weight of pork. If readers who are troubled with cowa milking themselves wi.l take one-fourth of a puund of cayenne pepper and mix it with one pound ot' lard, applying the mixture to the cow's teats after milking (wipe the teat3 before milking) and continue its use about two weeks, it will cure the habit, says one who has tried the plan with satisfactory results. The City Doctor and the Lame Little Country lioy. Dr. George P.. Shradv, of JTew York city, during one of his frequent "runs" to Ulster County, says the Kingston (X. Y.) Freeman, related a patnetic little incident that came under his knowledge a ye.ir or sj ago. The doctor was in the country enjoying a rest. During a ramble oueday ho noticed a sicklylooking boy of about eight years of age resting by the roadside. .Near the child and "aziug tenderiy at him was a sweetfaced old lady, whom he called .-.ranny." The child touched his cap politely to the doctor, and the little wan face lit up at a lew kindly remarks that were made by the stranger. A day or two afterward the doctor was told that an old lady and little boy wished to see him. "I could do nothing to stop his comirx* " evnlained thfi woman. "He savs I over and over, ever since the day he saw you, that you can make him well an* like other boys. He gives me no peace night or day, an' so I have taken the liberty of bringing him to you to cure." "The faith of the old lady and her little grandchild wa3 so touching," said the doctor, "that I resolved to do my very best to effect a care, and in time the youngster was running about, strong and well as his companions." Last Thanksgiving U&y a home-made box was delivered by express at Dr. Shrady'a home in New York city. The box contained a turkey and a little note, written in a boyish hand, which said: "dear doctor this is from the boy what you made well i know the turkey is young and tender for I raised It from the egg myself." "I have often received munificent fees from grateful patients that my skill has helped relieve," said the doctor, "Kiit. T npi-fip more touched bv a gift in ail piofe3?ional experience than when that little country chap's turkey in the rough little box with the words expresses all pade' written on every side, was delivered me." The illninture Kerry Cows. Of late years the Kerry cow, which received its distinctive name from the county of that name in Ireland, ha3 acquired its celebrity for quantity and quality of milk given. Tiie Kerrys are miniiiture cattle,the specimen bull being only three J'ect, six and a half inches in height at the shoulder, the girth at the same place being five feet, seven inches. It will be seen that it has bulk, though somewhat cat-hamed?not unusual in males of great milking breeds. Six to sevan hundred-weieht. English, is the weight as given of these cattle. Mr. Mahony, an Irish breeder, says of his herd, mostly heifers with first calf, that many of tiiem are giving eight to ten quarts of milk a day each, and that the test shows ten to fifteen per cent, of cream. Professor Baldwin, another wellknown Irish farmer and breeder, is recorded as saying: "The Kerry is small in size, exceedingly hardy, and can subsist on poor and exposed pasture. It often bears a close resemblance in size, shape and color to the native cattle of Wales and Brittany. The color preferred is black, with a ridge of white along the spine,and a white streak along the belly. Cattle of true Kerry descent are met with of other colors. Thus, I have seen them brown, black and white, and black and brown. The horns are fine, v/ith a tendency to turn upward at the points. The skin is soft, unctuous and of a fine orange tone, which is visible about tne eyes, tue ears ana ine mu/.zie. The milk is peculiarly rich and well ilavored, and the quantity of it yielded, even on hard fare, is so great that the Kerry has been styled the poor man's cow."?Prairie Farmer. The Height of Meanness. The height of meanness has been often defined. J have heard, for instance, that it has been reached by a man who, having been rescued from a watery grave in the Serpentine during the skating season, and duly brought round, after much trouble, in the Royal Humane Society's receiving house, promptly stole the grappling irons as ne leit tne place and sold them for old metal on his way home! Another definition asserts that the height of meanness consists in giving a blind man a shilling and taking full change for it out of his hat. But the Woodbridge Gazette now claims for that town the credit of possessing the meanest man in the person of a miserly yeoman who refused to allow his daughter to receive a sealskin jacket from her uncle as a present because, forsooth, he could not allord to pay for the camphor which would be needed to keep the moths out of it during the summer 1? London Figaro. - iHE PAYS THE FREIGHT" Scales of all Sizes. 5 Ton Wagon Scale with Brass Tare Beam and Beam Box, $60. For free Price List of all kinds, addrcst JONES OP BINCHAMTON. BINGHHJMITON. N. V. American From thoRural Homa. We do not know of ?ny one -whose biographical sketch would be more welcome to our readers than that of General Edward F. Jones, the present Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New York, but known in a business way all over the world cZ 'Jones of Binghampton." The oddity of the appellation at once strikes every one, attracting attention and arousing curiosity. It was adopted for advertising purposes, and has accomplished its ob'ect. Jones of Blngbampton has secured both fame and fortnne by liberal advertising- He was ^orn In Utica, N. Y., Jnne 3d, 1828, brought lpin Massachusetts, his early youth spent > a a farm, where he acqnired such tastes that .ae smell of the sol 1 and the society of farmers ?r still very agreeable to him. He finds refutation from active business and public life in attendance at farmers' gatherings, fairs, Sicnics and Granges, which he often adresses. This has given him a wider acquaintance, and his "every-day manners" have probably secured him more personal lrlends than any other public or private citizen in the State. He is one of the early members in New York and has been for ten years an officer in the State Grange. His boyhood passed without distinguishing ATrnn^o Ua TT-r.n f IntA nntlva 1T ff\ OnH has always been known as a hard working, diligent business man- When the war of rebellion broke out, he was among the earliest volunteers, and was Colonel commanding the old Sixth Massachusetts regiment, Tn its famous march through Baltimore, the flrst regiment to arrive at Washington and to whieh was accorded the credit of saving the capitol. After the close of the war he left Massachusetts and establlsed the Jones Scale Works at Blnghampton, N. Y.. where, byenergy and perseverance, he has built up a large and prosperous business, and by a Bystemaf fair dealing has gained theconfldance nd respect of all who know him. 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