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other all branches of business. There
are two productions fol- which fowls are
always in demand-laying eggs and tor
poultry, SO it is well to keep the breed
in the best condition possible, for one or
both of these branches of business.
And if YOU can at the same time have
them please the fancy of the fancier, SO
much the better, as they make better
customers usually for surplus stock than
the butcher. In some localities eggs
are worth more than poultry, and 1t IS
desirable to have them at a particular
time of the year. For egg production
the non-sitters should be chosen, ana
.bey will produce eggs when wanted,
and in quantities to suit II properly 1ea
and otherwise cared for. If early poul,
try is wanted, the non-sitters OF good
size are the best to breed from, but II
Won want to raise poultry to ship IN late
fall or winter, choose the short legged
Asiatics. prefer short, stout leg on
anv fowl. The bodies of such fowls
NAV not be so stylish, but they mean
business. and I keep fowls for profit.
There are several biddies of my &C
ouaintance well up to ten years of age
Of various breeds, and cocks five years
and more, vigorous as ever. Invariably
such are low and broad, compared with
what would be called fancy chickens OF
same breeds, by fanciers.
Orchard and Nursery.
Newly planted trees should be mulch
ed with hay, straw or other litter, to
enable them to recover from the effects
of moving.
June is considered by many the best
month for removing large limbs from old
trees, but unless one has an abundance
of help it is difficult to spare the time at
this busy season. Cover all cuts with
shellac varnish, paint or melted grating
wax.
Crafts will need looking after, and if
any shoots have started below the graft,
rub them off, to prevent their robbing
ths cion.
Slugs on the foliage of pear, cherry,
and other tree8 may be destroyed by
lime or wood ashes, busted upon the
leaves.
Borers may be prevented by applying
strip of heavy paper, foot or more
wide, around the lower part of the trunk,
so that the lower edge is an inch or so
below the surface of the soil. Where
they have entered the tree, a wire or
whalebone may be used to probe for and
kill them.
Weeds must not be allowed to grow
either among the trees in the orchard,
or the young seedlings in the nursery,
but the horse and cultivator must be
kept in motion where they can be used
without danger to the trees. A hoe will
be needed, where the cultivator cannot
go.-Agriculturist.
For Horses Backs.
Some one gives, in the Cure, the fol-
lowing directions for treating horse
with sore back: Let the sore place be
bathed with warm water, not very hot; /;
nor must the place be rubbed in the
least by the cloth, but it must be
dabbed, and this must be continued for
an hour or two, till white film comes
over the wound, when it must be well
wet with strong solution of chloride OF
lime and water, and left so that it can
not be rubbed either by clothing or
roller. It will get well almost immedi-
ately. There is no cure like this. It is
also an excellent plan, when the. place is
only small, to have very thick saddle
cloth with hole punched in exactly
where the sore would press against the
saddle. have just tried this plan with
great success.