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win sncreed to yonr entire satisfaction.

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win succeed to your entire satisfaction.
naxs rouR OWN rsArsFoor OIL
i correspondent Of the Germantown 1ae-
eraph tells what they do with becSes legs IN
lis family:
.'sThc 1oofs are chopped off, and the other
portions are cracked and boiled tboFo'gaiJ:
From the surface of this boiled mass. aoans
which Is unsurpassed by any other oleaganou
matter for harness, shoes, etc. Alter Inc oA
Is taken of, the water is strained 10 separate
from It any fatty particles that may remain.
and then it Is boiled again, until upon trying
it Is fund it will settle into ! still jelly. II
when cold cut into suitable sized pieces. It
hardcus In fer days End you will then have
d very fine article Of glue, free from lnpufi-
ties Of every Find, s1fdcieR: for family use Tor
GROWING TOBACCO.
. 81. Grec1ough writes the Jtaine Rszynssr:
,"Totacco requires from the 1st Of Mag to the
Goth Of September to g!ow and ripcn. 4
netghbor Of mine told me he sprouted the
between two cotton rags, and in eight or ten
days they sprou1ed he then put q few in each
.llll and they soon sprung up, grew finely and
healthy. This saves transplanting and lnakcs
the plants come to maturity month earlier.
II sown In open air beds, seeds generally lsy
come up, which makes it late before coming
to maturity.
CHAPTER ON RATS.
The Anrr;eon Agriesiturist says: The hab-
its of ycr1nin nre almost II not quite as i'm
20, tant subjects Of study rs those OF more
valued live stock; and some statements de-
rivt in Iart from professional rat catcher,
who has made life business Of studyiug the
yulnc1ab points Of rats, 80 that he can flank
the enemy, storm and take his stron.holds.
and economically malntain his prisoners
alive, may be OF much practical value to the
readers Of the Agrictafurist. The common
brown rat is the Aas Domest:eus. 1t appeared
in this country about the period Of the revo-
lu,iona1y war, and las increased With great
minated the black nut az. ratsus} which was
common before, aud which is smaller and not
s6 sharp fighter. The brown Is the only
proper lat at the North, but 1T the South two
specimens are not unconmor--the Florida
Of the white beliied mt and the cottonrataud
ing in thatch, &C., and the Mexican or Bush
mt. These all breed very rapidly, but none
more SO than the common rat. they begin
to breed at two OF three months old, and will
have SIX or eight litters d year, of eight
young each on an average, under favorable
circumstances, males and females being about
equally divided. We're there no natural him :
dranees to their multiplication, single pair
would increase to no less than 6.0b0 in a
single year, and this II they breed only once
in two months. There is, however, one way
sale, Tor not only will rats devour the weakly
and sick Of their companions as soon as they
are unable 10 defend themselves, but il very
hardly pressed, and they doubtless often are,
| they will eat their young. The destruction
by cats, dogs and men Is, us general thing,
| inconsiderable. The vcry happy results oflen
attributed to the use OF dogs and cats, are
usually due to the rats having multiplied SO
| as to oVersfock the premises aI the time their
| foes are introduced, when they scatter, emf
grazing, as is their Instinct, In fnmllies to
| other localities.
; The mt is eminently q social animal, and
short commons, or my cause Of especial dis
comfort, or strange noise, Us tho cry Of Gnf-
| nca hens, perhaps the discharge Of firearms,
| or wide awake terrier, will cause sta1l-
| redc. It is this trait which makes the effect
| Of the phosphorous paste so efficient COM
| potatireiy few rats arc poisoned, but their
| uctions alarm the others, and when the poi
soned ones run away 1t brings on d general
flight, so that often not a single rot il LETT.
The least amount OF food which will sustain
| rats may be very accurately estimated but
not so all they will eat If they can. In this
city great numbers of rats are kept for the
purpose Of batting dogs in "pits,n similar to
those used for cock and dog fighting. Those
are fed only Just enough to Keep them from
klluE and eating one another, aud It t8 found
| that ont hundred rats will live on one bushal
Of sound corn d week, ii fed with great care
ut two feelings day. a bushel and half
OF corn, fed once day, will bring them
through, ald wheat or rye will 60 further
] than corn. When rats have their ''full
swing" at corn In the Din or grain in the NOW,
then The quantity they eat is limited BY their
capacity !; yet they will carry away great
deal, besides damaging and guawing much
more.
Suppose there are 1000 rats on a farmland
tlts L no eStrayagant suppoation. During
the time when they can not GET much In the
| field, they will cunsnme ten bushes ofcorn,
OF its cquiyalcnt, per week. Calling this
] period four months, the amount consumed Is
| l70 bushels, which even at rs ccnta per
| bushe1, comes to s125.50. This loss is not up
parent; for it il not all com, but Is hay seed,
bnckwhcat, oats, pig feed, chickens, ETC., and
| thus divided around IL overlooked. The
number Of rats In any single locality Is al
| most always undes-estimated. They live In
families, ind send out scouts and spies, which
are the only rats seen, unless great pains be
taken, and person remain quietly upon the
watch from early IN the evening, 80 that ha
| is neither seen nor heard. Then they are Of
ten seen In scores, and often fierce battles are
| witnessed. The lat does not see very well
by lAy, be1nga nocturnal animal, but his
hearing and sense of smell are very acute A
mt will never jump higher than about thirty
inches, but will climb rough walls, posts,
ETC., easily