, 1869-02-26
FARM And GARDEN.

Fhhm ANU dRHuEH.
UIesdE OF Fowls for Tho En
Of n Hand orn ShelIor--robS for
SoaninE Corn f,r kIoEs-Ths
DrzlntuE- nu1Hy Eulsivas0r Suit-A
IIumbuk KnlttluG mnchtnes-Au IN.
tetest1nE Item in the History OF Str
WitIIxm Copbtt-S Seed Catalogues.
CnAxrA1as. Feb. 70, 1863.
THE DEsT pAEKD OF FOWLS.
Will you hive the ktrdnesa 10 tell nc whith Ia
the best Kind of h.ns to keci,-for everything.
hlso. where can nnd come pure h9od'' Whse
Dork'Ies and " Drahmas." b. ". cua1ts.
ronr A7Klsson, Feb. 10. 1863.
spent part Uf day at the poultry show
In Chicago, ut which there werr upwards ur
btU fuw,s aud some 200 entrles. Tho
''NrAh,uAs" were the most nulnprous, and at
trnctcd niost attention from their grent sfzu
md uolnest!c bahits. I he large" Domintqucs"
occupy the next position In tue good opinion
Of chicken amateurs. Tlls breed Is Vi goud
tize, much larger than The common lowl,
eoud layers aud tittcrs Several parties who
llayr the larger breeds prefer. them. Dnc
gentleman, well known fUr his Longitude, re.
mnrkcd tint he preferred them on oas uthrr
accountability could help themselves into
the trees, mud therefore required no lcn-
house; further thau TINT, they rnnla ca.all
Erusshurpcrs and OTHER Insects, mud. thrrc.
fure, would require much less Iced. For tho
p,lrposca Of the taftn l should i'refUr this
breed Us prescutcl by the gentlemen nbosu
nutncd. Their ptst ulllGa address do nut
knnw. Iy advertising, hAyc no doubt,
thry rat, sels oil aav chicks they layo, IL they
utrifc iU do 80.
HAND cottN anELLsH.
hive not scu,, .loilnBon's hund ellul1ur and,
thptripfc, do mol know wllrsilsr H. IL hrltrr
ur wurfu Than tllrra, hut l,ils du know, Tint
IN Inrnrr ran uilnsIi 10 do wi.l,o,ll " Ron1
hand s.rllrr. thrsng tniny days tlr cat.
.Entt tllr eusn tint t,c frsdr. ln II hundred
trlwIa t,t rnr,, lin'rr nrr I'm p0Nnd1 Of cos
| ta t!.a ,l,ahu, making hahn tim ot
| c,lIi. run FnE,,
y ll!rl nfc worth n,nru than hall d tun Ut cnal.
T!lr coat Vi hantt sIulters ransth lr'ltn rghl tu
twelve dulsars, u .nnl lhat Will a"nn ha rasrsl
| III lNrl, tur IL IL lhe coat Ut only two or three
t0us Ut e0al. Tltn, to q ccrtuin cx!cnt, tht
| cobs ure hrttrr tllan the cuAl, especially III
GUNNER. tase know, tatnillc4 WHO use nt
other 1ucl during llie eu1nsner.
When coru Is shelicd BY horse power, the
sscilers they run through whole, whIsl.
ndIs to their value. Ilt sileller shauld
scf aratc tue cobs from the Grnfn, nnd all the
better ii 1t has Il wiauowtr. | hRvc used onc
OF this tatter kind lus the past twelve years,
without any perccptiblc wear. and during
that time have slelled some thousands o
bushels Ut Cora. Some years sluce hid two
or three cur loads OF corn to sAip, ! had j
pnl'y attached, und run 1t by the aid Of .
two horse tread power, shclltns q car load o
day. Que baud >hoyeliinE from thu crib or
to i temp rary form, one feeding, and Que
sacking. Thus during two OF three wet days
the corn was shcllcd, aud more than three
tolls oi first rate Cubs saved for fuel.
In making these hand shelters, it woul
cost but trifle more to have 1t SO arrange!
thata q pulley could be attached. if desired
No ta11n, Should feed corn III the car whe
be can shell It, Tor When snclled you kuos
lust how much yon feed, while in the ca
it Is mere guess work. We should feed
SOAKED corn To HOGS,
mcr. a hog Will tatten much faster on i
than on dry corn. For these several reas On
He alyise d. t., get haud corn shelter a.
the hest, ono that will scparats tho cob:
winnow, If possible, having dasitablc shel
.. ing surface, well.made, aud one that run
eusily. ........
TILE DRAINING.
LUDLOW. Cnampa gn Co, Feb. II.
My hro:her Hi=nes to ask several qussuons
10 a0 roat 81 ions.,t ch tie, out do,s nGt kno /:
c.act ccpsn 10 put them. he THINKS thai # place
noI more laa- txo iccl six inches deep, The wat
: | w1n fl q lts way Tito them mneh better than
70 temIacl that the eurfase water will hardly p,
, e,rr,e Trough It. Is he to.recsr
ARE tbe!e any patlleu!ar iurms Of spades maj
With 1n:ch 10 ihs trenchf Is tncFc any pl
: tcu1ar mode It !s5 lug to prevent them from ev
filing up 9Th dirt which might ahd Its way IL
The jointb} . .....,
: l. ,here ary work ofreal praesic,! value on Il
sutjec, Ct dralu TIL! II you. it yonr ceneros I
= voutu als~ ard give sumo adslce IN thls
:. erivaton, b. would ut uAdsr great .hl!g 4tturs
a Juu. uE IL Cow At work digging tbs tfencn
!. II Is probable that two.iuch tile would
Il nll that is required in the case named.
;. the spring ol lS5s We laid u thousand feet
Q drain lurgc ponu TINT had Its outlet throul
, the garden, and ilud this slz ID tile uldtie
: ior two or three times the area drained.
E our DRIFT clays, the tile Will drain witl
Y space than Is generally supposed, as The wat
Is q good drptl for The most thorough drat
Ing, but two aud u halt feet will do vc
= we'll. There are Two works on tile draintn
It both yalHable-onc by French atd the otn
: hs kl1rlart, The rlan Fur laying dFafns
le the r,a!rtt will necd rome modification,
= ~c can p1acc the tile at greater distance
!, and inst, I'D uf cutting through Ag b I"'in
- follow the tlrrres,tous. There nrc lew sari
h. that i'll need inrty rods uC tirhins to the nt
10 II, daIn tl,rm in the most thorough snaul.'
rs the water will l'crculate through our nlt
III compact elays.
~ draining that nrc figured In tho works na1l
thut will bc ioi,nti useful; besides thcsc
twu ar three tor 'lor.c power tu do IL ]nr
pnrt OF the work. rratt's aitcner was tr!
ns the ~ itca states fair hela 4, 1h'sa
sov " W sSa.a e..e. n,'u =. !, ~ u'u ~
wats, nn' Z" not kho~ taas u ~ 9n snis
ng oils t,at Ia we'll aloken uf, hut llayc no. 81
y Il. aud have nut The a.lt!r"sA OF thr parsl
% .. A guod Wnrhlrr OF thls kind wnuft! lind r.,
~ ~. fnir. Tor Tile draining Ia Que VI thu co'uI
=" NO ihu ln,fu>ltlal Unworthy intrnd to
GoMn l"@3 ~ ~ % ny IT,. ~ =.
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BY Tlc case III !ne Ch,svu STATES s'fcni. t1a 20
III ~ ehlfakn iho1las sayts 49,, y. H"pu. ~,
m. aenna 70, III srSara 10 .sle .'u"nas LIVE. ~.
-. ~. iof stfaaulo ~" cuH'Fstol'. m"s sern ~ my
~; Int not yet decided. It wo'lld bc 'mpf"
''' ns this time to rlve IN op'nlon A. 70 tllr )
ayo dict, hut nGplnst tie practice .! fll'its1lx
yefs, who prowl ato!lnd hunting upolu l'A;e
shIo9s ~sh 10 tlesc' ro,s .s0 TnH. ,r we
as III Il sho sss ea.. oh ,ave ''Ss cc ce~ s;sa n
,os tneln ahu fct tS h'n % en"paa ~ ~. ~
sarGs amount Ut hlackna!i ,, "a y y Anntae a'Ms
rFs' ~ 1h!s an.' tulu - ~ "H!t ~ WI :
.y Inc farmers tnoasanas - uo'a,"' ~ y
m. eoa1eea !hht un.u"" h".u ~ t.u". :,
u n'rsc '9aae 70 oayaes ". ~, ~"
ght no event = tlc Inventor to br bs'lsllteu:
ing cost Of aulky cu'tlyatofs mn:t hc greatly
'fA' dnceat or dnunle suossl po"s W.. onu'as ~!
nuul'@tose VIII t@Ae 'Aeu paw a. sNo
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