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Water as a Plant Nourisher.

AnexEerimentof considerable import
auce in botany has recently been con-
Quoted in England. Some plants of the
watermelon, after their first germina-
ton from the seed, have been sustained
wholly upon water, in which their roots
were immersed, and have, IN this condi-
ton, produced fruit of tho finest quail
ity. Very few plants can obtain sniff
cjenE nuurishment from water alone to
enable them to carry on the complete
processes of blossomiI and fTuitiug.
The hyaciuth, which Is made to flower
In water, has been first brought to ma5U-
rity by a growth of several years in the
soil, and has stored in its bulb suffi-
cient food for the maintenance of It's
foliage and flowers for an entire season.
The water in which it apparently thtives
seems to act only as a solvent of this
food, for it fails to furnish the material
with which the hyacinth can stock in
bulb for succeeding years subsistence.
Hence, after the plant has once bios
somed in water, it is exhausted, and is
neither thrown away, or set in The
ground and allowed several years to re-
cover it's spent forces. In the case Of
the watermelon cited above, there was,
however, no previous preparation OF
food, and its entire nOurishment
throughout vegetation was derived from
the water.
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1t is quite generally the custom to take
strong liver stimulants for the cure of liver
complaint, and both the mineral and vege-
table kingdoms have been diligently searched
to procure the most drastic and poisonous pur-
gatives, in order to produce powerful effect
upon the liver, and arouse the tagging and en-
feebled organ. This system of treatment is
on the same principle 81 that of giving weak
and debiitated man large portions of brandy
to enable him to do a certain amount Of work.
When the stimulaut is withheld, the organ,
Ike the system, gradually relspses into a more
torpid or sluggish and weakened condition
than before. What, them is wanted ? Medi-
cines, which, while they Cause the bile TO flow
freely from the liver, as that organ is toned
into action. will not overwork aud thus dcbili-
tate it, but will when their use is discon;in-
ued, leave the liver strengthened and healthy.
Such remedies are found in DR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets.
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Agricultural Brevities.

Agricultural Brevities.
A Louisiana planter has produced
three and one-half hogsheads of sugar
per acre-a result of superior culture.
Chickens cannot be raised proftabIy
alone, but in connection with other
farm operations nothing pays better.
Feed only meal to fatteniDg fowls for
at least two days before killing, and
feed nothing for few hours before
killing.
A Florida planter has raised on fifty
acres of land a crop of sorghum which
will yield him five hundred barrels OF
syrup, which, at fifty cents gallon, q
low figure, gives ten thousand dollars
for the crop.
If a poor soil is TO be brought ur, the
manure shonId be buried until the soil
is sufficiently enriched to the depth it
is TO be worked. Afterward, il it and
the climate are naturally moist, top
dressing is best.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman keeps cider by racking Off when
feruented just right, and adding q
pound Of white sugar to each gallon.
It is q good drink Ia hayiug and har-
vesting the year following.
The successful operation of three or
four wind mills on the Vineian6 tract,
used for drawing water for locomotive
and manufacturing purposes, has IN
duced number of farmers and fruit
| growers to construct them for irrigating
purposes.
A good Iubricator for wooden axles is
made of six parts Of clean tallow and
two parts of fine smooth pIumbago.
Another is made of five parts Of talIow,
| five parts of sOapst0ne, one part Of
| plumbago and nine parts Of resin oil !;
| the tallow and the oil are heated and
| mixed, after which the soapsb0ne and
| plumba9O are added.
You can save feed and trouble By
getting rid Of your poorest stock now.
This is particularly true of sheep. Get
rid of the miserable, scrawny ones that
you know will not winter over, or if
they do, will be worth nothing when
| spring opens. Better knock them il
the head and sell them for pelts than to
feed them all the winter for nothing.
1t pays to keep good stock, but poor
| stock never.
A correspondent Of the Country Gen
tleman, who has had experience in hog
raising, says: 81 am satisfied that,
other things being equal. z cross be
tween a good Chester White SOW and
Berkshire boar will make more pork
from the same amount Of food than any
other breed they may not be as large
at the same age as the full Chesters, but
they viii consume less food and keep IN
better condition"
In putting away winter apples, give
them the coldest part OF the cellar.
Every cellar ought to have a partition
IN it, cutting off a space large enough
to store apples, and then keep this room
at much lower temperature than that
for other vegetables. Instead of stuffing
straw in the cellar windows or banking
dirt over them, put in an extra sash
outside of the one that is in, giving four
to six inches epace between them. If
the outer sash is fitted close with
weather strips, there is DO danger Of
freezing, and your cellar is light enough
to go into without a candle or lantern.
A cellar perfectly dark is a nuisance.
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Feed Rack.

Here is a description Of feed rack
which will economic food, keep it clean,
and give the weak and strong an equal
chance:
Take plank six inches wide, and of
any desired length nail on straps of
inch boards so as to form trough two
inches deep. Two inches apart in this,
place perpendicular sticks or wires one
foot high. and put on a railing, making
it somewhat resemble a hay rack.
Hinge a board cover on top, and the
machine is complete. Put it in some
convenient place in the hennery, or
fowl-house, and pour in the feed. The
fowls soon learn its use, and get the
hang of it. They can feed from all
sides by putting their heads between
the wires.
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asparagus-berries foated IS days, and
proved to be unhurt. Peas are quickly
destroyed by salt water, but some taken
from the crop of a dead pigeon that had
fioated 80 DAYS were uninjured. The
crops of birds do not harm seeds, and
the harder sorts will pass safely through
the digestive organs of even a turkey.
DIR. Darwin raised two beet-plants from
seeds that had been in the stomach of a
bird of prey for two days and fourteen
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YE PRoPRYTrEs OF YE HORSE. -Julina
Berners, in tract on, hunting printed
BY WyDkyu de Worde in 1896 gives as
Eve propryties of a good horse :" The
propryties of a good horse: A good
horse sl1olde have fifteen good propry-
ties and condyciours !; that Is, to WYE,
three of a man, three of a woman,
three of 6 foxe, three of a hare, and
three of an ssse. OF a man, boiled,
provide and hardy of woman, fayre
breasted, fayre of heere, and easy to
move; of 9 foxe, fayTe taylle, short
ceres, with a good trotte; of g hare,
CRETE eye, dry heed, and we'll redny-
ing an asse, a bygge chynn, fat legge,
and Q good hOof.
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A CURE OF LIVER DISEASE.
Dir r Y p1rncr Rnlfaio N " " -l."' ~, 90

NUSh- IoAas, MAY 10, 100.
Dir. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Dear Si'-My wife last year at this time was
confined to her bed with Chronic Liver DIE
ease. I had one OF the best doctors to see
her, and he gave her M to die, whom 1 came
upon some Of your medicine. l bought one
bottle and commenced giving it. She then
weighed 80 bs.; now she weighs 40 ibs., and
is robust and hearty. She has taken eight bot
ties in all. so you see l am an advocate for
your medicines. WILLIAM AIEAZEL.
FROM THE NOTED SCOUT . BUFFALO BILL"
HOLLAND HOUSE, Rockford. Ill, April 90.
1874.-Dr. r. v PIERCE. Buffalo, N. Y: Sir
I have now taken four bottles Of your Golden
Medical Discovery in connection with your
Pellets, and must cay that nothing have ever
taken for my liver has done me as much good.
feel like new man. Thanks to your won
derful medicine.
WE. CODY. o. Euffalo Bnl.N
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We were pleased to see, not long
since, il one of our exchanges, some pretty
severe remarks addressed to several persons
who, during an interesting lecture by Rev.
Jno. S. C. ABBOTT, kept a Continuous cough
ing, which prevented many from hearing.
People who cannot refrain from coughing,
had better stay away from such places, or else
take bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
with them
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In 100 parts nv WEIGHT

It seems curious that the variety
which is at the head of the first table
should be at the bottom of the second.
Oats from an extreme northern latitude
are always well protected by thick
husk. The Ssrdy oat ripene early, pro-
duces largely per acre, and weighs
heavily per bushel.- Western RuraL.
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There Is no better way OF saving
money than in purchasing good article. This
Is especially the case in so conspicuous an
article OF dress as gentlemau's collar. Those
who have worn either the Elmwood or War
wick Collar have discovered this, and advise
their friends to try these irst-class goods.
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Experiments with Oats.

A few years ago farmer in Scotland.
Wishing to ascertain the best variety of
oats for feeding purposes, procured n ne
of the most popular varieties. The
weight per bushel of each variety hay
ing been ascertained, the following table
was constructed according to the re-
sults:
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81 ChIafas for SancIr.,y

A correspondent in the Southern
Farmer asks through your October
number for information in regard to the
chufas as stock food, and seems to
question the correctness Of certain
statements made by a correspondent of
the Southern Cultivator in the August
number of 1878, in regard to this won
derful plant.
Fifteen years knowledge of it enables
us to say that those stat ments are By
no means evtravagant, and that even far
greater results have been known as
average yield. L. T. S. seems to think
the assertion that ''one acre of chufas
fattens more hogs than ten acres Of
corn" a clincher. Yes, one acre Of
land that would not make on an average
three bushels CT corn, planted in chufas
will fatten more hogs than forty acres
of the same land in corn. One hun
dred and fifty bushels per acre is about
the average yield of sandy land that
will not grow peas. There is no food
in the world that fattens hogs so rapidly
and thoroughly, and that gives such
sweetness to the flesh; being very sac
charlne, they seek il with great avidity.
1t Is fine food for poultry, and attracts
all the birds IN q neighbOrhOod when
thrown to the surface by hogs, yet is
not deprecated upon by COWS like the
ground pea The crop is never failing,
where at all cultivated, and keeps we'll
throughout the year in the ground,
which renders il only necessary to
fence off sections or patch or field, as
needed, for hogs, and you are thus en-
abled to have healthy and fat swine at
all seasons of the year without one
grain OF corn or othe- food, even to
harden the lard, as is necessary when
fattened on other tuberous crops.
1t is boon indeed to the south, and,
unfortunately, is comparatively little
known. We would advise every planter
to plant it, and to buy the seed at any
price they can be had and be certain
TO leave some TO their children as an
inheritance, unless they promise TO be
tape-measurers or lawyers, who it is not
important should know whether swine
thrive best in salt water or fresh.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-15

The importance of giving Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders to horses that
have been out in the cold rain, stood in cold
wind, or drank too much cold water. cannot
be overestimated; no man should be without
them who owns good horse.
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new beginner? How much more had a
person ought to pay for sheep in the
spring than in June, after shearing-
time, so as to make it pay him?
The best time to buy sheep is when
you can buy them cheapest, all things
considered-that is, when and where
you can find a fock-master who wants
TO sell, not his culls, but such as the
buyer selects. If you buy.before shear
ing, the difference in price should be
simply the difference in value of the
sheep before and after shearing, or the
value of the fleece. For ourselves, we
should prefer to buy just after shear
ing. since there is a chance for more
critical examination, as to the points of
excellence in the flock, and at this time
of the year, if there is disease in the
flock, it will be apt to show.
Buy sheep from one to three years
old, not older-yearlings and two year.
olds being profitable. One of the best
and most complete works on the care of
sheep is the "Practical Shepherd, by
DIR. Randall. Randall's "Sheep Hus-
bandry," and Randall's "Fine Sheep
Husbandry," are also good.
The lamb at the birth has two central
ineisor teeth in the lower jaw or just
coming through. At from one year to
eighteen months, these are shed and
are replaced by the permanent teeth.
Thereafter, two other OF the incisors
are shed yearly until, at four years old
the sheep has q full mouth of perma-
nent teeth. At six years of age, the in
cisors of Merino sheep will be found
narrowed and they will lose their fan
shaped appearance. At seven they be-
come long and narrow stand perpen-
dicular with respect to each other and
they will have lost their rounded cut
ting edges. At eight years of age they
will be found to be still narrower and
their outer edges will have converged
to a considerable extent toward the
middle. At nine this process will have
become intensified; and, at ten years of
age, the teeth will have become loose
and some may have dropped out, al
though they may be returned until
twelve. 1t will not pay to buy sheep
after their mouths have become fully
grown Western Rural
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"A Georgia psper knows man who
went all the way from Oassville TO At
lanta. On his return he looked solemn
with the weight OF garnered wisdom,
and said eff the world is as big
t'other way as it is that, It's whopper. "
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ING OaLs WtF6 LleE sl0IItu, mat
is, deprived OF the husk in the usual
way praoticed in oatmeal mills, and the
husks and kernels were carefully sep
arated. The following table shows the
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-15

AppZe Custard. three pints of
apples, mash, and add four eggs, we'll
beaten, one quarter Of a pound of but
ter, sugar to taste, 0nd nutmeg bake
on a crust,
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Glossy black HVhIskers are admired by
every lady. You eau have them by using DR.. Tutt's
Improved Hair Dive Sold everywhere
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TRY YOUR LUCK !.

To every person sending u ~ cts. will send
regularly, for OEF YEAR THE SOUVENIR "a
large, e. ht page, literary and fRcEi'y p@per aud
- q premium we will send the Eel IPSE STA
TIONEkY PACKAGE, containing 10 sheets
good writing paper 10 good Envelopes ! lead
Pencil I Penh0lder, = Pens, / Photograph ana u
GIT Of Lady or Genu JeWelry The Prize Of
JeWclry IS uftPn worth move than we charge for
both paper an package, Remember al the above
articles in elegant package. Don't let this pass
yOu, try your luck; You are certain TO get more
goods than you ever boug Shit hOfO. for the money.
and may get q priz Of Jewetry wgr IL double On"
price charged. Tine Paper a wEule year and the
PacKaEe for only - Cts 8 Idrpss
". IA. BOikROW' Publisher.
bristol. Tenn.
R55-A GENTS wanted 10 sell our line Engraving.
From e 20 go dag easily made,
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FosEER's first Texas drawing Of Gold,
Lands, and Houses came off 22d of October
as advertised. The second drawing takes
See advertisement
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Co to Riverside Water Cure. Hamilton, I'll
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Forty girls will run sster g snoh
with q gold-headed cane where one VIII
shy up to a fellow with sound horse
sense.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
The Correct Way to Feed Straw, and
Rnnfm.

The North British Agriculturist, in
reply TO correspondent, thus describes
the proper method of feeding straw and
roots together The straw should be
cut one and one-half inches long, and
heaped teaspoonful of salt mixed to
each beast per day. The mixing pro-
cess should be accomplished the day
before the stuff is TO be used, and we
ter must be within the animals reach.
Hay for horses should be cut about
three-quarters of an inch long, and put
into deep boxes before the animals
We prefer giving the bruised oats and
good, fresh Swiss turnip or two daily,
separate from the cut hay. Rather less
than an ounce of salt daily is plenty for
horse. They should get an ounce of
inter every Saturday night. As to the
question of pulping and straw-cutting
paying, a good deal will depend on the
lNOwer available. If water-power can
be obtained. so much the better but if
an Imal or steam power is employed, the
expense of the system will be increased.
We should be surprised to find that
our correspondent can keep nearly one
fourth more of cattle on his farm by
means of pulping and strsw-cutting.
Ii the animals get what they can eat
they viii consume more turnips pulped
with safety, than in any other way.
The great advantages of pulping are
that there is no choking or blowing
that feeders are enabled to have tur-
nips, though in a mixed state, continu-
ally before cattle, and that cattle viii
consume more roots and, we think, take
On fat and flesh rather quicker than
with any other system of feeding.
Deeper troughs will be required with
pulped roots and cut straw than for the
ordinary system practiced in the dis
trict In which our correspondents farms.
We would not advise the addition of
cake to the mixture, as it is, we think,
too costly TO be mixed in such heap
and is more satisfactory given by itself
It is a decided improvement, as pre-,
venting waste, to cut the hay given to
horses and yet m IRE desirable is it to
bruise the oats, but we would give the
haV and oats SeDarakeTy
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EHrHNI A. lsfnntIuu they
have given, as wei az the gre~E number ~ radical
cures thev have effected, bss dsoHsfrgfsd the fact
taaL rupture can be sEsy JGI'd w,snont sua.fn
spinal dissase o., PgrGyisl5 often caused ~ The
II Is the only sure cure for Hernia as V IA The only
Truss in use that viii hold the rupture securely ~
wifi perform radical cures when all others tail. 70
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Of the body or accident can dtsplace II. Thee in
strumentE have the unqudtged dppron5L 81 the
From The numerous testimonials IN our pcsres
fteT the ex ,e9ce Of months, patients testify
strongly 70 It's efficacy as well ~ 20 the clSe ana
freedom from neon yenieuce with which th- IN.
struneHt is worn, with superior advantages, M
E9stte truss pqss9,esses ~ nlRh aegree ~ reg
tons. I have no hesitation IN regarding u rs an
]. " CARNOCHAN, NJ D.,
" FV-Health officer Of the port Of New York, sur
GEO V. House NJ D. Superintendent Elastic
Truss Co.-Dsdr Sir: After suffering for thirty
form Of Metallic Truss procurabIe in this country
end 10 Europe; l. Two years ago ago applied yonr
enced comfort and satisfaction, and been taught
the truth. that the Elastic Truss IL the only In
strument that should be used for the relief and
cure OF Hernia; and now after more than thirty
s98e Of sse ana hsYsf a sassd
ty months yours exclusively gratefully declare
75s is ne only one entitled 70 the SS, , of
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adapted 10 the requirements OF Tiuss or Snp
porter, and am COW need that your Elastic TTitss
actually cures q large proportion Of ali
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in numerous cases within my own KNOWLEDGE OF
patients from 50 10 70 years of age.
II. BURNHAM, M. D..
Prof. OF Anatomy and Surgery, N. Y. +. Medical
College
z Beware Of cheap and worthless imitation Plastic
ITusses, which some parties advertise and sell.
fraudulently representing that they arc mAnufac-
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These Trusses sent by mail 10 all parts Of the
country. Satisfaction guaranteed In ali cases
feiore purchasing any other, write for Descriptive
Circular ffree) TO the
ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY,
683 Broadway, New York.
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Beginning a FIock-TO Tell the Age OF

sheep.
When is the best time to buy sheep,
in the spring or after sheaSing- time
Also, h0w is the age OF sheep told !?
What age should they be to have good
young and healthy stock to begin with
What is the best book on sheep for a
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nnNII use French Elirir or Mustache promoter
UUN | unless you want your friends not To Know
YOU, for a sin gle case will force heavy mustacfe
10 grow upon your face In % DAYS, without injury
or you money returned, Price y cts. order Only
OF the General A gent, l.. a. SMITH, Paletine' III
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mAuTrn AGENTS for the sELIfe and Ex-
WAN ~ PIOTatiOns of DR.. LIV -
InGa1ONE.S Complete, authentic; a fresh
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&. n RIIS-EIL. PubI-her. BOstOn. Mass.
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MARRIAGE GUIDE ss'''': :ss,sp S
valuable Information for those who are married or
contemplate marriage. Price my cents by mail.
Address DIR. BUTTS DISPENSARY, Il North
Ell nth street, ~. Louis, $40.
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EAT PLENTY OF APPLES.

The frequent use Of apples, either
before or after meals, has a most health
ful effect upon digestion. Better eat
French physician thinks that the de-
crease Of dyspepsia and bilious affec-
tioDs in Paris is owing to the increased
consumption of apples which fruit he
maintains, is an neutrality-suspicious.
and tonic. as well as a very nourishing
and easily digested article.
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Grateful Thousands proclaim

EGAR BITTERs the most wonderful II
vigorant that ever sustained tho sinkil
SUSTAIN
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according TO directions, antrcmain long
unwell, provided their bones are not DO
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
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PLUOKING FOWLS FOR MARKET.

There are some who objtct to scalding
fowls preparatory TO removing the
feathers, Prof. Blot among the number,
on the ground that 1t INJURIES the quail
ity of the flesh. With all respect for
the renowned professor, we do not
believe the difference is worth minding
a5 all. Plucking fowls IS tedious
eT,ougb at heat
New-York tribune., 1875-09-02
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