The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-13
American Institute Farmers
Club.
NEW YORK. MAY IL.

NEW YORK, May IL.
The regular session of the American
Institute Farmers Club was held this
afternoon at the Cooper Institute, Mr..
N. c. Ely in the chair.
RHEUM RHAPoNTICUM BAD FOR
PoRKERs.
| VIM. P. Passmore, of FairvilIe P. o.,
| Chester county, Pa, wrote as follows:
ION last Sixthday, the 23d, we prepar-
ed, among other marketing, twenty
| five punches of common rhubarb as
pie-planI, by stripping the Leaf from
the peliole, which, being refuse rub.
bish, we threw into the hog-pen, where
we had nine Chester shoats that would
dress about 100 pounds each. The re-
suit this morning is that of the nine
five are dead, three apparently conva-
lescent, and one doubtful. The hogs
died with every symptoms of poison
from eating rhubarb."
sCAB ON SHEEP.
Asher 81. Chapman OF Pendleton Hill,
New London county, Conn, gave as a,
in warm water a few hours, then press
the juice out oft then add three pounds
of lard, then simmer the water out OF
it over slow FIRE and rub the affected
parts of the sheep with the ointment
thus secured. He had known one APP
two weeks.
RAT AND NICE PROOF HOUSES.
Jas. NJ. Hartwell, OF Colesbrook, N.
proved fully successful. After the
frame OF the building is up and boarded
and the partitions for the rooms are
ready, take some mortar and bricks and
lay one or two thickn of bricks
between the lower and upper floors.
Than lott nd I'll ~ hn nd
put on narrow mop or washboard not
so high as to have the upper edge come
upon the bricks, as the rats and mice
gnaw in just over or just under the
dashboard.
EXPERIENCE WITH POULTRY.
Isaac Fitz, of Reeds Ferry, N. H.,
gave some account of his fowl ven
lures. His fealhered friends were a
cross between Bolton Grays aud Com
and like fat oxen, make them eat it
clean. Give also fat meat, pounded
oyster shells, and water in abundance.
They are allowed to run at large with
the exception of two months in the
ye0r, when they are con hngd, only be-
ing let out an hour or two in the after
noon. Statistics for the year showed
that 20 hens yielded 164 dozen eggs;
average price 29c, equaling SAT Sc; cost
of feed Sl4 40; leaving net profit OF
1913 IL, or 81 IS each, not to speak of 60
chickens produced from them.
APPLE BLOSSOMS.
DIR. Trimble showed some apple bios
SONS, also some blossoms from peach
and plum trees and currant bushes,
showing that the violent storms of the
last few days have not mi ured them.
1t is not the Southeasters that do harm
to buds and blossoms, but the long
warm rains, which rot them and do
the mischief.
CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.
c. E. Perry, of New Sherey, r. L,
says he has cured this disease by using
the following recipe, which he has
never seen in print. Birthstone and
rosin, equal quantities., with One>half
the bulk of shItpetre.
VIRGINIA LANDS.
J. C. Owens, of Lebanon Valley, Pa,
has been on visit to the Mother OF
Presidents and volunteered some gra-
tuitOus notice of the State. BE did not
speak very flatteringly of Warren
county; said no northern man should
go there unless in colonies. Fairfax
aud Loudon counties were more Kindly
mentioned. Several settlements are
already there, made up of i'm migrants
from Pennsylvania and New York.
KICKING COWS.
Robert Chauncey of Rhode Island,
said that the best way he knew OF to
manage kicking cows was to put
chain around the animals body Just
back OF the forelegs, joining the ends
With stick and giving it twist
whenever the beast showed Il DISPOSE
ton to raise a foot. She will soon stand
easy and in a brief space will be per-
fectly cured of the vicious trick.
GRINDING HAY.
JOS. s. Kerr, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
thought that hay ought to be ground
like grain. He knew by experience
that it Is better, particularly for old
stock and he thinks it might be done
for one dollar per ton.
SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH THE
CORN.
Levi II. Albertson, of Drill Station,
Warren county, New Jersey, gave an
account of the corn crop In his vicinity, |
some of which has failed.
A. G. Fuller said it was probably the |
corn worm, a new insect which eats |
into the kernel and consumes the heart.
DR.. Trimble, who is familiar with the
rock found in the neighborhood indi-
Gated, expressed the opinion that lib |
erRl application OF well rotted barn |
yard manure might tend to remedy the
evil complained of. Adjourned.