The National tribune., 1882-07-29

from ripe to just set. This berry is firm,
very uniform as to shape, which is rOundish
conIcal; it ripens in every part and aver
ages above medium as long as it remains IN
frult The quality when ripe Is good
though like the Wilson it is sour when 1t
first colOrs-a characteristic, it seems, of all
excellent market berries. It ripens with the
Sharpless and after the Bidwell. On the
grounds of the plain, Woodworking farmer,
Nlr. Jesse Beatty, with whom it originated,
1t thrlves in light, dry, sandy soil With
US 1t thrlves in moist soil inclining to clay.
Several years ago, from our own tests, we
spoke highly of the SharpIess, and soon
alter It's introduction of the Cumberland
triumph. We have never had occasion to
regret this, and we have now little fear that
we shall regret commencing the Manchester
TO our readers as the best market berry at
present known-RurdI NcrC Yorker.
PYRETHRU1I POWDER.-There are many
complaints that this powder does not fulfill
the promises made in its behalf It ap-
pears to quickly lose its value when exposed
TO the air; the best method of applying it
for aphis On roses and other plants, is to dust
lightly once or twice day until the insects
are killed. 1t is not at all likely that this
powder will take the place of Paris green for
killing potato beetles, and from all accounts
1t appears that London purple Injuries plants
as well as insects, and therefore it should be
used cautiously, and not in excess of what
is really required to kill insect life.
BROKEN LEGS IN HoRsEs.-Thirty years
ago a horse meeting with such an accident
was considered valueless and was at once
destroyed. When the animal is of little
value such a course would perhaps be the
most profitable, but when the animal is
pound one-that is, when the end of the
broken bone is not forced through the skin,
or lacerates the soft parts surrounding it
the chances are two to one in favor of a sue
cessful termination of the case, if properly
set and properly managed.
To splint fracture properly, after adjust
ing, the part should be wrapped smoothly
with linen Or cotton bandage, then apply
three or four strips of stout leather as splints,
keeping them in place by single bandage.
Then mix a little plaster of paris, with sutfi-
cient water to make a thin paste; apply this
to the bandage already on the leg, filling up
the intermediate spaces between the leather
strips, and while soft apply another bandage;
paste this over with the plaster and apply
another bandage, and so continue until the
leg is cemented in a solid, immOvable case.
Then turn the animal loose where he can
run round; the chances by so doing are ten
to one more favorable than when sings are
used. In the first instance the animal, like
a dog, will take care of the injured leg by
hopping around upon three legs; by the sec
ond, the animal being placed in an unnatural
and uncomfortable position, makes him care
less of the leg, hence injury is often sustained
which interferes with the healing process.
The animal with fracture of the leg which
cannot be successfully treated without slings
cannot be so treated with them; it looks all
very well upon paper, but practically it is a
failure. OF manageable fractures, nine in
ten will recover without slings, while nine
in ten will fail with them.
10 ,>S31.
STIRRING THE SOIL Henry Ives, of
Pennsylvania, says that one test of good
farming brought out by last years excep-
tionaIly severe drouth, was the superior
crops of those who kept right on stirring
the soil, even when all weeds had been
killed, and there seemed to be no more to
conquer, and they were stirring The soil that
was already open and loose. In one field of