, 1875-05-22
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
Feeding Soft Coal to Swinc---
Something About Noxtotls
insects.
Planting Nuts and Cuttings--'How q
Illinois Professor Didn't Make
Them Grow.
An Illinois Farmer Instructs Shoulder
Straps In pastnrage---Sun,mer.
nircnlng Seeds Of Trees.
Garden cropa---Planting for succes-
sion.

rrtrart5 fsr The CAies7o 7tfouns.
ElrrMixors coAL run noaa.
T1nn COUNTY, ILL.,. May 1l.-fHrm and Eard'n:
~ us are very fond of esn3 t;tsclay coat Is tere
att n";rment n ~ h7, aoas It Pay to let ten hs'e
It erne III 4 wGflo7 FtHMEh.
There ID uo nuizmeut In coal. properly speak
Ing, a1.a SEX sc tave found 1t most valuable
rasnnct 10 the ordinary food givsu, especially
when hogs arc closc1y confined. Tho carbon
ro,,tninel In tn. vcgetsbas orghntnmn Of which
tLe coal is composed. and tho bitu.ninooa matter
slso together with the sulphur, lime. and other
,nin.ra, matter composing this coa1. furnish sub
a.anccs which swIuo aeam to mood.
Va for several yeara kcpt 600 hogs on the TO-
fu.e al city hotols, aud had DO cho.era Of othtE
ferloun diuc.ss among them. They were al!o"-
cd all tho soft coal and rotten wood they wouli
consume. Sometinos they won1d cat largely Of
H. and shon agau It would bs loft untouched for
daya at n ttmo. Wa should not lleatato to allow
hogs all tia soft coal tl,eY wantot.
sL1our ,t1sTAkE.
Soma TINA since, no ntased tina. Prof. Rster,
State Entomo1oEist Of Missouri. had giveu up
his Cifopeau trip. We we1s mltfnformcd. A
letter tust received feon llm sa!s he expects to
sail Juuo 2 from Now York. Tho tip Ia ta1son
,.n, ~ ~ ,.,,i, .sI.;.,, H.. 49,, .er,,.s,.
,,.n. ,.oa ,,'son., H.. ,.s.;,tort 49,, r,,,;eo,1
iabors; also. 70 visit friends, and, At The aamo
lfu1e, enlarge Tue scono Of liz scientific knoNl-
edge. Ua will hayo Tho best wishes Of 4 host OF
friends On this sida tho Atlautlc, wlao fully ap.
preciato nbat ho ban done, not only for the Stats
If Missouri but, indeed, tho wlIuio West. In
tie measime, Tho duties Of lis ofGce Are left IL
the hands Of ilis con-; csonk assistant, atr. Otto
Suseet. Dy tho uav, tho Seventh chronological
nanort Of a[r. 1,iIoy IL uor out. II In fu}iy nm
~ H.. o..r;ar. ~, T., vatuo n .hort5 ~ IT,,
H. 1uo % ~ - ..',,- a''.,.... ~ ~" !"
the Aahae oi every one VINO 'snsy ee'lMa1es Lug
yearly damage by inseets 10 crops in the Woss.
Arnofos OF INSECTS.
7bo ,nr,oc hroo,l, of rra.s,,onr.r, f1ocnst.,
-. s.-.f.. - sy,.as',.,t l.. ~. ..a..
aisa*fassa1'hs PORTIONS u a1'sso"f' III sae inpHs
serious manner mn tlsy croas tue MissAsslpil
thls yca1, for the first t,n,c? It ia 10 be hoped
not and vet. nby not, Tic Colorado boettcs
I,vsb md h,ea sod "a .nd ;,t., in ttr;, r.t,vo
.''"' -. " AsS' -. ~. - 49, ~
homo. Until Advancing CIVILIZATION. enabled shem
70 pass ttoin oho potnso-2a:ch to auothcr on
their way to tho Atlantic and, perhaps,
oyor ths ciy;,izna pIaho. Tho f.nlo,ato neh.
!eeas onH oo GUS 'a"a,s ~ p'a"'s' soatn'n"'
out not 10 tneso tocos'a naso15 any g'ecn lung
seems ana!ss to them. They will. for want of
better food, cat up any arsiclo Of clothing tlat
,,ay bs loft arcuuil aud will eyep rpag and nm,
f.,L =, h,,. h.,,t.. ~ ,thnr ,,n11,,,.i,.. nv,
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ttolh u.s. hAfo 'n4p1peo tue Pe1ep'faA4pa o. oen
OF Ahlma's, ,. ,,,--,
,n Uas sAats1uuA! ~ s'ss9u1a i1poHs hathE
klusu, " "spnlnk ~ ossGIos n ~ pushSs ~
tnese leIts' aao ne ~ astti natu " Hoe9, ~
tloaett ~ aumlis. lhtaol aesl'A<Hl8ly. htF1
away, bravo heaftt u eVosy 1nan W. ~ fo.a
euo t1e no soutso.!, sas'o "'e'o w Wv hs'4e "
fh4r t5om insect-peata;
suo 1u!olnuo ueosi% n.a pstu q y a'osh*t'e
A'f Hot*ea "0en aoJ nsss aihoe tnult AFneae'
shse - tun Mlasonsa .A1ae. has Molke4 lno
locustA, there would havo psen little to have
hesn @ iearea from them /" SeaFs psst' AZ tneIe Is
uttls now. -....
And Why not NOM II may pofhaps. DO III
qutred, ........ ,...
=. Tne eus"er -, -: 20" every one ueos ma msans
tAat has0 peeh perfected lVr fAeIf AestrIlctt3n
tue employment Or ratta sfeen' by tue yAsaota
plans for It's distroutloh. aud. ayaln,
Apkoros or PARIS onEsst
we think cieYcr young man Of Jefferson.
near ChicaKo, b1r. usar. uAn bit upon tia plan
Of distributing Pasis sroeu NTH "atas. aud nhIcI'
loasss but ltslo uoro to be wished tor III ths d.
reotion. It IL simply tin eau carried upon tho
back 1iko ons u tho portable tlre~e1tinguishors,
aud supplied NTH hoas on each sl1o, aud with
pntsDkieFB, QUE Tor each hand Z III perfectly
nnder control. One 81 tha great dsa1eu1tics here
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