, 1864-01-09

very scrnpnIou>ly kept 1t is innocent to
weak eyes, and its slight turpentlne od"r Is
rather a swcetener than otherwise. II makes
(whrn converted into mannrc) the best
nuSsihe foundation for hOtbedS, and unlike
other stable manure, forms no harhor of
refuge for vermin. Pine sawdust is the
best, and oak the worst, rs the latter turns
black the second day.
Why DO ASiMALs NEED SALT PROT.
JAS. f. Johnston, Of Scotland, say $: up
wards Of half the saline matter of the
blood Isl per cent? consists Of connn
salt aud As this is partly discharged every
day through the skin and the kidneys, the
necessity Of continued supplies Of it I" the
healthy body bec"nes sufficiently obvious.
The bile alsn contains soda tome Of the in.
gradients ut SALTY as special and ind;spen.
sable constituent, and :" do all the cartilagrs
"f the body. Stint the supply Of salt,
therefore, and neither will the bile be able
rrnpcrly To assist dIgest;on, nor the cartil.
ages to he built up again as fast as they
naturally waste"
It is b tier To place salt where stock can
have free access To it, than to give it occa.
.imlally in large quantities. They will help
themselves to what they need IT allowed tn
10 80 at pleasure; otherwise when they
heconne d" salt hungry" they may take more
than is wholesome.
The FARMER THE TRUE ARIsrocRAr.-
N. p. Willis, Of the Home Journal, saws
The star Of the farmer is on the rise.
To be Distinguished man nowadays,
there is no ssfer or mors substantial way
han to be au 'eminent agriculturist,' sue
cessiul hurticulturist,' or the lke-a Long
worth, Wilder, Grant, a johnson.
There is no way for man to be 'loOked
N to- for the next half century, like being
an enterplisiug and successful farmer, and
here Is certainly no way to pass lie So
pleasantly, and no vocation which is SC
,ure to keep him company till he dies"
SAaAcIrY OF HUMBLE BEEs.-A writer
in foreign Journal communicates the fact,
that during season Of sea- city Of out
loor flowers, the humble bees entered the
green and out houses, in search Of food
Coming upon flowers, the long tubes o
which prevented their extracting the honey
in the usual manner, they cut through the
cnrolla, JUS above the honey, and thus Sc
ured the treasure. This looks like some
thing mJre than instinct; twas an entirely
new way Of wor ing, exactly fitted to ex
otic plants upon which they had never fed
and which presented new difficulties to taS
their ingenuity.
Cur PoTAroEs EoR SEED.-A. G. Hazel
tine gives in IN Eastern paper th- result
nf trial If cut aud whole potatoes planted
,iae by side. The whole potatoes planted
were Of large size; yield less than the
hers Of Inferior quality, and kuotty ap
pearance. The !. ieId from the cut potatoes
With one eye to the hill, was the largest in
every case, aud Of uniform size and fine
shape.
A correspondent of tho Country Gen
tiemda recommends that sheep be fed on
grain ut noon, giving as his reasons that
hey will eat coarse fiddler better in the
inorning; that with appetites artialIy
satisfied, the stronger sh cp are less likely
to crowd the weaker; and that the grain
fed at n.on is better masticated and digest.
d. Good reasoning.
To remove rust from steel, rub well
with sweet oil, and after standing about
43 hours, rub with leather sprinkled with
uaslacked lime, finely powdered, until all
the rust disappears. ~