, 1879-04-07
THE OFFICIAL nrrn1Evr-onpgn,
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

Of4A tGltANGF-9GiEEtAUE
Canno nf Ahnrtton-C Cnttle Gat-Fly-
Now Rond Lnw-Tl,o Drainage Law-Ths
"Dog Lnv'-Denr Uuttcr.
From Our 0vn Correspondent.
CHAMPA10H, ILL.,, April 5-Contrary to cx-
Vcctation, the spring is cold and backward. The
thermometer yesterday morning aiood al 20
deg. below f1ecz!ng an the ground with two
inches Of frost In it,-somcthiny rcry unusual
for thIs tinlo OF tho year IN this locality There
Is no doubt but TINT n largo portion ot the oats
sown during the month Of sareh will be lost,
except those that nn,l not yet sproutod. Other
smali grain will probably not sustuin any DAM
ngc. Early-plnnted potatucs aro doubtless
spoiled, ull thu ground will have to bu re-
planted.
SELECTING sEEp.
It's custom among most farmers to discard
The kcrnels fram thu butt nui tip-cn1s Of m
car Of corn, md TO favor tic "scct1end" Of u
potato. III direct opposition to this practice,
We clip the following from tho Nsao England
| Farmer:
Aeeo9s e an % made !tn pe:9.os.
William it, Yep,nans. tho bntt.cl,as oi pota.oes, @
cars. each produced crops that materially het-
Ter tllan where the opposite cnnrec wns pateneh.
at liza Irst hue!nt Ihe incresse in fht corn ,ya.
.oms 20 pcr cent n fnvor OF rho tuts-cnd kerno's.
Or cour.e. repeated c1perlMohs are needed to set
tlc o question Of This character.
Onu experiment docs not 20 fur toward PROV
Ing ANYTHING, but we taye read accounts recent
" Of number OF Just such experiments. NIL Of
which corrohorate that above. There is reason
III u, LOU. H' outt-ch" e1alos Arc ilFst formed,
ind are fully muturel sooner than the t!p.cnds;
why, then, should tlicy.uot produce moro aud
cariIeri
LATE MILEINn 4 CAUSE or ABORTION.
| Il medical gentleman, writing 10 tho Hural
tXeu- Yorker, thinks tint hc has discovered QUO
causo Of abortion in cows. lie says:
Tho last number of tho Rurai was received by
tnsa nolhnas 1. l1' ma y pctaslhg y ,,na az
nnnrtSneo 10 s,eE anil "irvnss ~ sseh, ~
thip .r1,Irc, rrnid liza ~ T,x" m nn,yinn g" ~
cyrr iittfo Il ,nny he worth. Several vcnrs n"n /
wus In 1irrkimcr County, New fork, whun dairy.
mon we[s suffering @ res!9us ql J. loas by thu tronnte
reeay ye a i' csanea ~ nuosr ess 81
opnon. AID tol.i tic dairylnan ow bslaycd ' II Il
C ssIssa aa Sesp we'll ee md were in good
condition. Tho wntcr furnished them ,vns tic bast
ony RI
weii. and sionoy :in basns iiat iosnd 't thni n
T9Is a.ea 9te sisFs @ sy sayox
to nuusleh the ftctus mud furnish llk at thp sa1y
tnu. Acting IN this hint Tho truublp wny stu pucti
Willis tho statements n,atlu by tho Nurdls core.
suoulcnt may hayp weight nnii ,uny be trt1e n0nr
! Of thu conditions he mentions wero found IN I'M
| rtrlon refer to.
| Wo rroeumc thot th,. a,,,,tcct In. ham f,,,,~
w p'ssa"'o H'u' '...D e"p1ses aa' poch .u''s
discussed heiore ny uasryIncH's Associations
lult We huyu never hOfors ecen tl,e en An trrscl,
...'a ' 'o " ~
ssaIca'
! CATTLE dAn'FLY.
Ono OF the pests OF neat-cattlc csnectalty
| whor, thex. orn r,t wall ror,1 II. +. tht n .
W.s.a W. ,.s asu "u. muts I,a ' .asu W." 49, .as ~
III It caused By this tnsect. Thu hide WAS almost
worthcss; but Mfnt must llayD been tho iniserJ
endured by the puor, tortured animal TINT own
I'd lin hI1ci w INV, acIi,om fon,a t,,o t,r,,,,.
s. ..,. ~. 49,. .o'.I NV st"us
~ .as ea:r,e, Ill.,, oas asy o1upseSs east 10 sotnt
Gxteht' ~ pfsssh,ge p,,St, VI tna GfuD may ht
Sno"n w sRnt ss a"Si..nss alan: tlo oacK OF thf
"n,al'n'. tno w" i"sh 1"'es safs'
thsss cnntaln each ono a5nb, which is tao !arva
m Eslfas nosis, tMo ca!tia sat'M Ihls ny J!
., ~ ; s.M!tas III ~ 1pu E :" pce, na worles
o1" y fhn lrn 9s ma n"nstiny ~ ss ~ tnS sl
'rs "a III, have m tnstnetyn rrn,f ~ iii. ~ M
vnueNyt.r 10 nyuiI il hy Ilort,na hitnpr nnJ thoI
furluusly YEun atlnckca hy IT, Th!s unwo,,tcti *.
eteise ls great Injury t0 milking. cows and in man,
cases - undoubtedly the cause Of !nysterioul
shEankihGs q milk. Hcvtdas, this ln1lt',
t,r,, ~ co,s. a4It % ssasM s,as,c, 1 ~ ~ ~
| rrrfn nndrf Tim skin: nnI when thrsr