Year: 1871

Said one day


Ill como when thefeTl be big reckonin,-


say, sir.


Down yonder's my pal he's bsckonin;


Good day, sir.


". y. Citizen and Round Table.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


The Essex Banner asserts that small
quantities of sunflower seed, mixed
with the food of horse, will impart a
fine gloss 10 his hair, while it is also O
cure for founder if given Immediately
after the ailment is discovered In the
latter case about a pint of the seed
should be mingled with the oats or
chopped feed, when q cure will be eff
fected.


PLACE a bone in the earth near the
root of the grape, and the vine will send
out leading root tn the bone. In it's
passage IL will throw out no fibres-but
when it reaches the bone, the root will
entirely cover it with the most delicate
fibres, like lace, each one seeking q
pore of the bone. On this bone the
vine will continue to feed as long as
nutrlment remains to be extracted.


SHoRT-HoRN cattle are valuable for
their remarkable aptitude TO fatten.
the perfection of their form and the
smallness of their bony structure Civ
ing them advantages over all others as
beef cattle. No animal of any other
breed can SO rapidly transform the
stock of any section around him as
these of the improved short horn spe,
cies. One of the characteristics of this
breed is also their remarkable docility.
and their indisposition to break through
confinement.


The Cause Of Rust In Wheat.


The Germantown Telegraph says that
it is getting to be a pretty general
opinion among farmers that the sowing
of grass-seed-clover or timothy-with
the wheat in the fall, as has been COM
mon in nearly every wheat growing dis
trict here, as well as north and east of
us, is the cause of the rust on wheat,
by reason of the moisture which the
grass retains affecting the grain stalks
when maturing. These grass seeds,
sown after the wheat crop has been
harvested, will produce, it is claimed,
as good crops the following year as if
sown at the time of the wheat. nine
months previously. We should like to
hear from INV fa-...o.v tbis snhject
as there is apparently two sides to it,
and especially as it is one of decided
Importance.


Preservation OF Beet Leaves for Fodder.


It is well known that in France the
beet is cultivated on large scale,
mainly for the preparation of beet SUI
gar, and that the leaves are used very
largely for food for cattle. A difficulty
has hitherto existed in reference to this
latter application, on account of the
readiness with which the leaves become
decomposed and the impossibility of
keeping them fresh for any considera-
BILE length of time. We are now in
formed that this has been overcome by
M. Mehay, who subjects the leaves TO
the action of dilute hydrochloric acid,
by means of which, after undergoing a
special treatment, they can be stacked
away in large quantities and kept in
definitely for future use. The applica-
ton of the acid employed, so far from
injuring these leaves as food, seems to
impart to them special alimentary Pc
culiarlties, seen in the production of
an improved quality of butter Sever
al veterinary surgeons have certified, as
the result of critical examination of
the experiments. that the food gave
rise to no disturbance of the digestive
system, and that in every respect the
new preparation was to be considered
@ success.


Dwarf Frees.


The following description of the
manner in which the Chinese make
dwarf trees is an intimation of their
painstaking in horticulture owe have
known from childhood how the Chinese
cramp their women's feet, and so man.
age to make them keepers at home:
but how they contrive to grow minia-
ture pines and oaks in flower-pots for
half century has always been much of
a secret. 1t is the product chiefly of
skillful, long continued root pruning.
They begin at the beginning. Taking
a young plant (say seeding or a cut
ting of CEDAR when only two or three
inches high, they cut off its tap-root as
soon as it has other rootlets enough to
live upon, and replant in n shallow pot
or pan. The end of the tap-root is gen.
orally made to rest upon the bottom of
the pan, or on fiat stone within it.
Alluvial clay j. then put into the pot,
much of it in bits the size of beans, and
just enough in kind and quantity to
furnish scanty nourishment to the
plant. Water enough is given to keep
it in growth, but not enough is given
to excite q vigorous habit. SO likewise
in the application of light and heat.
Then, too, the top and roots,
being within easy reach of the
gardener, are shortened by his
pruning knife, or scared with his hot
iron. So the little tree, finding itself
headed on every side, gives up the idea
of strong growth, asking only for life,
and just growth enough to live and look
well. Accordingly, each new set Of
leaves becomes more and more stunted,
the buds and rootlets are diminished in
proportion, and at length balance il
established between every part of the
tree, making it dwarf in all respects
In some kinds of trees this end is reach
ed in three or four years; in others ter
or fifteen years are necessary.


SOME fifteen years ago steamboa
loaded with 800 barrels of whisky ant
500 barrels of highwines was sunk il
the Mississippi river, near Parkville
Mo. The wreck was recently found
| huriad some fifteen feet in the sand