The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-05-08


work falls SO heayily-should be il
agood trim whehdhe Spring opens
in good flesh, good health, and o
I course, as a consequence, IN geod
spirits.--A mef, Agr, @
CARP cUrrUer N CALnonNlA.--A
correspondent of the Pacific Rura
Press gives his experience in the
! cnlturegof the carp, which, ossay the
least is very satisfactory to him, and
encouraging to all who may desire
to grow this kind Of food. lii Janp-
airy, 1876, he bought six carp, one Of
which soon died. ,lThejfirst year he
raised 2,044 and in 1877, 2,672, from
the same five fish. In 1873, he dis
posed of two of the old fish and rear
/ ell 1000 from the remaining three.
The crop for 1879 has not yet been
put into figures. The four fish ponds
cost $50 each; irst cost of fish $50:
food $40: total, 1910. He has sold
.$415 worth of fish, and has from 5000
to 5000 earpsin his ponds, desdes his
family has been eating carp for the
1 past | s nIonths.f The ground devoted
to this industry, that is, the area
covered by the ponds, ETC., is about
ashalf acre; and it is to be remember
ed that it was wet, waste, and other
wise comparatively worthless land at
! that finer. fdgr.
PEACHES FoRaNEw ENGLAND. We
are glad to hear of the planting of
peach orchards IN places where their
culture was long ago abandoned: in
Eastern New York and Northern New
Jersey peach culture has taken-a new
start, and recently several inquiries
came from New England. One OBJ
stacle to peach culture is the COM
sonsnotion that a peach tree should
last an ordinary life time. In some
peach districts they are content if
i they get two good crops in five years.
! Trees are exceedingly cheap, and
when one planting shows signs offail-
ing, set ont another. Our New Eng
land correspondent asks for list of
about six varieties suited for market
for Eastern Massachusetts,. AS to
varieties nearly every place has one
or more local varieties that succeed
better than almost any qthes3 For
early varieties, Hale's Early, in many
places rots 50 badly just at rlpenihg,
as to be useless. Waterloo, Amsden,
and number OF other new very early
kinds are offered, and seem worthy of
trial. One planting for market
should look into the merits of these.
For six established varieties: Early
York, Crawford's Early, Cooledge's
Favorite, Old Nixon Freestone, Craw-
fords Late, Wards Late Free also
Morris White. Amer, Agr. ri
I To RAISE A RooF, -@R. NJ. C., Wash
ington, Pa. 1t is an easy matter TO
raise the roof of building SO as to
build an extra wall under it. Loosen
the plates from the wall aud raise the
roof, one corner at time, resting the
roofs on timbers placed across the
corners oftthe building AS the roo
is raised build up the wall, and as
this is done, raise the roof. If the
building is a frame, one, the roo
must be raised The intended high
first, resting on blocks placed on thu
floor under it; and the studdins
spite ed and mortised into the plate
The raising may be done by levers
a little at a time, or by jackscrews
But it should be secured as it is car
ried up, so that it cannot go owe
sidewise.-1Amer. Agr.
PRESERVING TIuBER-There ar
several compounds used for preserv
ing timber. The process called
Kyanizing, invented byia person
named Ryan, consists in saturatint
the timber With Bichloride of Mercur,
Corrosive Sublimate).l Salts ofGop
per have BEEN largely employed
Creosote is now perhaps the mos
generally used preservative9H Th
principle is the same in all cases; t
change the albuminous matter in th
wood-that part which is the mos
susceptible to decomposition a me,
Agr. !
WHIMs OF FASHION IN BREEDING.
The whims of fashion in regard t
the color of Short7horn and Jerse,
cattle, and thefashionable marking
of swine and poultry, are mos