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An Artificial Face.
At reoent meeting of the Medical Bool.tr
of London, inwnbar. Dr. Hutchinson, exhib-Lf-P
h A iW Potion of
"' " j "."" ""u wuom ue denoienov
was roppHed by artificial means in war slmf.
lar to that by which tome of our dentists treat
loan ui paiaie, uuh, eio.
The disease had resulted in the destruction
of the superior maxilla, all the spongy bonei.
and also of the soft parts, including the nose,
some of the cheek, the upper lip. and nearly
all the soft palato. A rhlno-plastie operation
being deemed impracticable, the ease was treated
mechanically. To supply the lost part inter
nally an apparatus was constructed of vulcan
ite, bearing mineral teeth, whioh artlonlated
with those of the lower jaw, and this was held
in position by the Tulcanlte being adapted to
the whole of tho inner surface of the nasal
fossa), thus affording a hold by means of suc
tion. For the sake of lightness the whole of
the apparatus was hollow, while the outer snr
face was ooatod with soft gutta-percha; the
floor of the artificial piece formed the roof of
the mouth. Mr. Hutchinson had also made
an artificial nose of vulcanite. This was fixed
to the men's face by an elaatio band which
passed round the head. The Innettnn .
tially hidden by means of a moustache fixed to
the upper lip, which was also artificial. Mr.
Hutchinson comments on the fact that the man's
occupation (he was a mason) and his position
in life compelled him to treat the case in the
simplest manner possible. Various delicate im
provements in the shade of color, mode of at
tachment, and usefulness of mastication, oould
be made in the case of porsons in a higher
sphere of life, who would appreciate delicacy
of manipulation.
Iodizcd Albdmkx. M. Collas, in the Bulletin
General at inerapeuliqtu, describes a new pro
cess for tho administration of iodine. Alcohollo
solution has been found too Irritant in many
cases, and as the iodine aots on the alcohol,
forming hydriodio ether, the tinoture is
liable to vary in its conposition. Iodide of
starch has been recommended, but this pre
paration is of variable strength, and has be
sides an unpleasant taste. Iodized albumen,
M. Collas oonsiders, obviates all these Incon
veniences, and can, without much difficulty, be
formed into pills. The albumen is prepared
by agitating actively an albuminous solution
with iodine in very fine powder or in solution
in some appropriate vehicle. The mixture is
at first highly colored, blackish-brown, but
this color gradually disappears in several hours
of contact, and the preparation no longer
strikes the violet color with starch. The pro
duct is then dessicated under gentle heat in an
air bath, .when it may be made into pilnlar
mass. Thedosoisso arranged that each pill
shall contain S milligrammes of louino. The
experiments by Professor Dolbeau have shown
that iodine thus prepared has no bad effects
whatever. It msy. be continued for several
weeks without stomach trouble or other in
convenience. Rioovkbt rnoit Wotmn or tub Bbain. Dr.
R. F. Baldwin, in the Richmond and LouhvUh
iltdlcal Journal, adds another to tho list of cases
in which recovery has ooourred after severe
wonnd of the brain. A lad 10 years old was
accidentally wounded by the discharge of a
Slstol in the hands of a companion a few feet
istant. Upon receiving the shot the boy fell
with violence, bnt did not lose consciousness.
The ball, about the size of a buckshot, entered
the right frontal bone an inch above the center
of the eyebrow, and, passing through the brain,
lodged in the occipital bone near the oenter of
the occipital cross. A silver probe passed by
its own weight to the center of tho brain with
out touohing the ball. As a precautionary
measure he was bled, and Epsom salts were ad
ministered. Tbo wound beaied rapidly wltbout
any constitutional disturbance, and in 10 days
he returned to his homo. He is still living in
good health, and has never suffered the slight
est inconvenience from the accident.
Ctrait fob BattijmxaM Brrcs. In view of
the numerous oases of rattlesnake bites being
almost daily reported oy me interior press, tbe
following recipe from the Trinity Journal may
prove of soma benefit: A physician in Texas
was recently bitten by a rattlesnake, and, in
order to test the efficacy of iodine as a remedy,
he waited until the swelling in his leg and the
pain compelled him to lie down about 20 min
utes after being bitten when he took half a
teaspoonful of saturated tinoture of iodine, re
peating the dose In diminished quantities, at
intervals of 15 minutes for an hour. He also
applied the tincture to the wounds and the
whole surface of the swollen leg; and in five
hours tbe pain had so far subsided that he fell
asleep and slept several hours. On waking, be
was entirely free from pain, though his leg was
fearfully swollen and tender to the touch. lie
used no other remedies, and in a few days was
entirely well.
Cots roa Bobns. Gomte de la Tour du Fui
publisbestbe following for the benefit of the
world at large. He says that a pretty strong
solution of ammonia in water is an excellent
remedy for burns in cases where the skin is
not destroyed, and as "much trouble doth en
viron those who meddle with hot iron," our
readers are peculiarly interested in such reme
dies. 'The oount ssys, that having by accident
taken hold of a crucible which was nearly red
hot, he suffered great pain, plunged bis hand
into some ammoniacal water, and kept it some
hours afterwards covered with a piece of linen
soaked in the same: tbe pain was allayed al
most immediately, and no blisters or suppura
tion occurred.
Gumcx on. in Lipbost. Dr. J. Dougall, of
Fort Blair, Andaman island, has publiahtd a
report of his experience with gorjun oil in tbe
treatment of leprosy. Of twenty-four cases
nnder treatment during six months, he says
that all havo been decidedly benefited. The
oil is administered internally in combination
with lime-water, and is also applied externally
to the affected parts. Gurjun oil is on oleo
resinous product of the Dlpttrocarpus la-vlt ad
other allied 'trees. Experiments with the new
remedy are being made at the present time in
London and elsewhere.
'' CEOTOtl-OBLOtUL IN FACIAL NsCTULOIA. In
7?.e British Medical Journal, Dr. F. B. Lee re
parts the ease of a-lady, ict. 33, who bad suf
fered for years from attacks of facial neuralgia,
had bad Mveral teeth extracted, had been biis
tered behind the ears, and had tried numerous
other means without avail. He prescribed cro-ton-chloral
in three-grain doses every four
hours. After the third dose perfect ease waa
experienced, and although three months had
elapsed, there bad been no return of tbe disease.
Tux beneficial effect of Alpine health resorts
haa been attributed to the greater abundance
of ozone in the mounUin air, and the theory is
supported by recent investigations; but Dr.
Holler, of Switzerland, aays thai though it
seemed likely that as one ascended, an increase
of ozone would be met with, yet at the highest
accessible points there was no marked difference.
What Oiwnv it .n w. .. .
! . " wri iuo now lore
m2-"? cwdv-eaters are welcome to the appe
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thlni
a but nlaal
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g"S njphurio acid, aniline, ve&ig,i.
fine oil turpenllne.l'rnasfo add. rotten cheese,
nsel oil, chrome yellow, and other drugs and
oompounds are largely used In the mannfac
rare of cheap candles.
COD-LIVIB OlT. TV (Vinmnn.w XBi in
patient is losing health and strength the oil is
E uvti !'j T& mo,t BrJb' Preparation
to take will do the most good.
Dimorphism in Fruits.
We have frequently met and heard of two
varieties of fruits, apparently quite distinct,
being found on the same tree, and not unfrel
quently we have heard the correctness of state
ments to that effect dUnntAil. Th.-t.........
ces have been attributed to budding or grafting;
i. ?me I noTer 8PPMrd possible that
.,UmB , uuu-Tanauons could possibly
take place. It U not unusual to see variations
oi various kinds on nlnnt. T.a .,..
and flowers "sport" on the same plants, and
why not ? The instance of two distinct apples
- b rj u"j uu mo name tree in
the garden of Mr. Lee, at Olevedon, is now
weUknown. The origin of the Scarlet Golden
Pippin by bud-sports is also well known to
ourselves; and a similar instance of two dis
tinct pears being produced on the same tree
in the garden at Badminton is also a well-as-
ceruunea lace wniob we nave investigated. A
new sample has appeared in France in the col
lection or our mend, ai. Durand, of Bourg-la-Belne.
It Is thus described bv M. ill.l.i-. i
the Remit Horticolt:
"Among the annln tram w aaw vmm ....
Ileal cordon bearing two beautiful fruits of the
same size, but each of different form and color.
One was on a spur above yard from the
ground; Its color is of a beautiful greenish yel
low, golden toward the sun, with numerous
white dots. It was slightly Irregular in shade,
the stalk almost wanting; and it exhaled a
strong, very agreeable perfume. The other,
producod on a spur higher up, was Urger than
the former, conloal and regular in shape,
washed and mottled with lively red, and with a
violet bloom in some parts, a third only re
maining yellow. Unlike the other fruit, this
has no perfume. The variety on whioh this
dimorphism has shown Itself is Menagere, and
the conical colored fruit bears a strong rosem.
blance to Emperor Alexander." London Jour,
ofllorl.
Neglected Culture.
The annual report of the New Jersey State
Agricultural Society gives neglected culture as
having the strongest retarding influoncein that
state on fruit culture and orchard planting.
The old orchards, we are told, "aro sorry
sights to look at," simply for want of proper
culture and manure. Wo know many such,
that, to our knowledge, have not had a ahovel
full of manure in 15 years, removing during
this time not onlv whst aonlea the treaa bora.
but also r cutting of hay onoe a year. This.
too, by excellent grain farmers, men who
would not think of planting crop of com or
potatoes without a full dose of manure for
each. This has been tbe great difficulty every
where; but few of those who plsnt orchards,
whether large or small, being willing to give
them the care they bestow on annual crops.
No good farmer would think for a moment
of planting his corn in a grass sod, and giving
no cultivation a treatment which has been
very common for young fruit-trees. We are
glad, however, to see of late years a great im
provement in the management of newly trans
planted orchards as well as of bearing ones,
and landowners are learning that trees kept in
vigorous and healthy conditions bring finer
and higher fruit, and more of it, than such as
are allowed to become enveloped In weeds,
grass and brush. New England UomtMtad,
Lime For Apple Trees.
A successful! nomologist of New Jorsoy writes
the New York Herald that he once noticed that
a tree standing in tho Immediate vicinity of bis
dwelling hsd all at onco put forth with re
newed energy, and he was at a loss for some
time to define the oauso. On examination be
found that a quantity of lime, which had acci
dentally been spilled, and rendered worthless
by becoming mixed with tbe refnse onitbe sta
ble floor, hsd been thrown at the foot and
around the tree, and to this, as tbe principal
cause, bo immediately accredited the revive
ment and renewed fructification of tho tree.
Taking the hint from the Incident, ho pur
chased twelve casks of lime and applied half a
bushel to each of the treoa in bis orchard, and
found that it produoed immediate beneficial
effects. Not tho health of tbe tree only, but
the quality of the fruit also was greatly im
proved. Tho Iltrald adds thst it has known
some farmers to make it a regular practice for
a succession of years to throw caustio lime
aiound their apple trees in the spring and sum
mer. In our own, on the farm, wo found that
leached ashes worked about the same result as
f;iven twico above. A pear tree closo by a
each grew twice as rapidly as one a few rods
way. OMo Fanner.
Ctrmso Flowkbs. Never cut flowers during
intense sunshino, nor keep them exposed to
tne sun or wind, uo not collect mem in large
bundles, or tie them together, as this hastens
tbeir decay. Do not pull them, but cut thorn
cleanly off the plant with a sharp knifo not
with scissors. When taken in-doors place
tnetn in tne snaae, ami reuueo mem to tbo re
quired length ol stalk with a sharp knife, bj
which the tubes, through which they draw up
tbe water, is permitted to uhccik! freely;
whereas, if the (.tenia are bruised or lacerated,
the pores are closed up. Use pure water to
set tbem in, or puro white sand in a state of
saturation, sticking tbe ends of tbe stalks into
it, but not in a crowded manner. If, in water
alone, it ought to be changed daily, and a thin
slice should be cutoff tho ends of tbe stalks at
every change of water.
Intxckncz or the OiurroN nir Boot. At
the last meeting of the Indiana Stato Horticul
tural Society. Mr. W. II. Ragan said: It is a
fact that no intelligent nurseryman will gain
aay, that varieties of fruit trees change, to a
certain extent, the character of the root upon
which they are grown. Yellow Bellfiower and
Trior's Bed are good examples. A row of
trees of either of these varieties, grafted or
budded on as many different varieties of seed
ing roots as there are trees, each naturally
having its own peculiar habit, will be found to
have the character of root peculiar to tbe tree
to which it belongs, although the roots are en
tirely of the seedling, and naturally differing
widely from each other. Frior's Red root is
uniformly branching and feeble. Yellow Bell
flower as certainly strong, vigorous and fibrous.
Kiw Roar "General von Moltke." This
new hybrid perpetual rose is advertised in
England as the only reel scarlet yet known.
HoiVT.c.Jlti).i.
yVTLLAMEtTE FARMER..
T Djajny.
Cheese Factory Rules.
Dr. L. L. Wight, of Whiteatown. On.M.
county, N. Y sends the following suggestions
for the season of 1874, to all the patrons of his
1. Milch cows should have free access at
all tlmea to good running water.
3. They should never be heated by belne
run, stoned or dogged.
3. The utmost cleanliness shnnM l ,.
served in milking, and by no means wet the
nanus in me miut wnile milking.
4. No can of milk should stand where It will
absorb the barnyard or stable odor, or any other
scent.
5. The milk should be strained and well
aired immediately after having been drawn
from tht cows.
0. Some arrangement for quickly and effect
ually cooling it at all times is va !lr.hiA
snd when the milk is kept at home over night,
it Is indispensable.
7. Scaldlno all raaaata nuit ahnitt nllw .
least onoe a day with boiling water, and rins
ing them in cold water at night, is essential.
8. Keeping the strippings st home is mor
ally and legally aa bad as watering.
D. The milk should be sent to the factory as
soon after milking as possible.
10. No milk to be delivered at the factory
after 0 o'clook p.m., or 8 o'olock . m lu June,
July and August, and 84 a. k in April, May,
September, October and November.
(1. Anv milk whfoh Ham tint li.t.ll.,.11.
keen swat an,l nnt. .mill 1 aMaaV - in
be made into cheese by itself, and the cheese
sum or irseii. me inrniaiiar or fntnithun nr
such milk receiving ouly the actual avails of
his own milk. Such persons' milk will again
be mixed with the good only when the manu
facturer is satisfied that a permanent reform is
being made in the method of taking care of it.
Cream (or Churning.
Julian Dannfelt, of the Academy of Agrlcnl.
ture at Stockholm, writing of a Swedish butter
factory, remarks of the cream: "It should not be
kopt more that two days in the warmer part of
the year, nor more than throe days In colder
weather, before being churned, otherwise it bo
comes bitter and acquires an unpleasant taste,
which is transmitted to the butter mada from
it, whoso value is thereby muoh diminished."
He adds: " It may be acoepted as a positivo rule
that the fresher and sweeter the cream is, so
much the finer is the butter made from it." On
the other hand, two eminent authorities in the
same place Professor Alexsnder Muller and
Dr. Eisendinck a few yeats ago, after a long
period of careful Innuirv and experiment, came
to tbe following conclusion: "The souring of
milk or cream, has, directly, little or nothing
to do with preparing tbem for tbe churn. Its
influenco is, however, otherwlso felt, as it
Cannes tbe casein to pass beyond tbo gelatinous
condition in which the latter Is iuclined to
foam strongly st low temperature, and, by en
veloplng'tbe fat globules, binders them uniting
together. On churning cream that is vory sour,
the casein separates In a fine granular state,
which does not interfere with tbe gathering of
the butter. Cream ehurned when slightly sonr,
as is the custom in the Holestein dairies, yields
buttor of a peculiar and fine aroma, and has
tbe taste which Holsteln .butter haa after keep
ing some time."
To PnxvcNT A OowSooKtNd HinsKLr. Tako
a hard stick hickory or maple about one foot
long, and three-fourths of an ineh in diameter;
put a groove- around tbe center, say five-eighths
of an inch in width, and three-sixteenths of nn
inoh deep; sharpen both ends so that they will
gradually taper from near either sido of the
groove to a point; with a large awl pierce the
cartilage or septum between tbe nostrils, as yon
would to put-in a ring; force tbe stick through
until tho septum rests in the groove, nnd the
cow has in her nose a cootrivanco that will
prevent her sucking herself, and yet pormit
her to eat and drink with freedom. Altera
few months tbe hole may beoome eulnrged so
as to allow tbo stick to drop out, when n little
larger one may be inserted. Thore Is but little
sensation in that cartilage, and there appcarH to
be but little soreness after a ahort time. Uural
Home,
Temperature Required to Hatch Eggs.
A correspondent of tbe Knglith Mtclnnla,
who claims to have bad great experience in ar
tificial incubation, and who states that be has
traveled over the continent of Europo, and In
Egypt, to ascertain practical facta in regard to
the subject, assorts thst the temporature re
linked to hatch eggs should vary aocording to
the tbfokneas of the shells. He says tho high
et success is only to be reaobed by particular
attention to this point. For thick shells he
gives sn average boat of 1 10 degrees, as the prop
er temperature for hatching. For medium shells
100 dosrees. and for thin ahella OS .lforc.u
Experiments of onr own in artificial incubation
show that tbe latter temperature Is several de
grees too low for the eggs of any kind of fowl
reared in this country. Various authorities
give tho temneratnre of the blood of a nlilrkan
as 111 degrees. During the act of incubation,
me temperature of tbe blood or fowls is some
what raised, the animal becoming faverlah.
The temperature of eggs during the natural
process of batching is maintained nrnnuMv
quite up to that of the uormal temperature ol
the blood of the Incubating fowl. Wo hnvo
never succeeded In artificially hatching eggs in
an average temperature below 110 degrvus, and
we believe that au atttmpt to hatch evtu tba
thinest shelled eggs wllh au avorage' tempera
ture of 03 degrees, will IM.tUchaiujt.
Tbaxspobtation or Livk Fowlh. The cruol
ty of confining fowls in low boxes during jour
neys of savers! dajs, calls for the intervention
of Mr. Bergb. An nuiuial cannot bo madu to
aland long in a cramped poaition without gnat
torture. In boxing live fowls tbe most Im
portant tbiug is to havo the box of such IiIkIiI
that tbe birds shall stand perfectly upright.
The boxes used for this purposo are more apt
to be low than narrow. For a cock of medium
size, a box should be VI by 1G inches, and 18
inches In hlghtjfor a pair, 15 by J5 inches,
night tbe same. Hides, ends and bottom of the
box abould not be made air tight, for the air
beeomes impure, even if the top is wholly of
wire or lath; hence some opening should be
msde near the bottom. In cold weather these
boles should be few and small, but in summer
the more open the better. J. Bosrdmun Hmilti
says that be uses "a common cheese box 18 by
23 inches in diameter, with the cover supiorted
18 inches from tbe bottom of the box, by I1,
li1, inch strips nailed through the box atid
oover, and clinched on the Inside. A pieco of
coarse sacking is tacked around the box. The
top of the oover furnishes a good, smooth sur
face for directions. Completed, the weight is
from Oy, to 8 pounds. Where express char
ges are from 25 cents to f 1 per pound, this
saving in weight of tbe box is quite an item."
Live Stock Journal.
PodLTHY YaP'
UAr-as r Oaioxxirs. The editor of the
ijsuicasier .r-urmer says: In a reosnt conversa
tion with au experienced chicken grower, he
Informed us that he had been very successful
in conquering that precarious disease in his
young fowls by the application of air-slaeked
lime. Aa soon as a manifestation of gapea in
bis fowls appears he confines his chickens in a
box, one at a time, sufficiently large to contain
tbe bird, and plsoos a ooarse piece of cotton or
iiuaa cium over toe top. upon ibis ne places
the pulverized lime, and taps the screen suffi
ciently to cause the lime to fall through. This
lime dust the fowl inhales and sauses it to
sneeze, and in a short time the cause of the
gapes is thrown out in the form of a alimy
mass or masses of worms, whleh bait ummn.
lated In the windpipe and smaller air vessels.
This remedy he oonsiders superior to any he
has ever tried, and ho seldom falls to effect a
porfeot cure. He haa abjured all those mechan
ical means by whioh it is attempted 1 1 dislodge
the JZntotOtls with instrnineuU matin nf hl.
bono, hog's bristles, or fine wiro, alleging that
peoplo are quite as cortsln to push the gape
worms farther down the throat of the fowla aa
to draw them out.
alok or U(M8. A curious statement has
been mado and published in a Frenoh paper in
regard to hens. It reckons the number of hens
In France at 40,000.000, valued at $20,000,000.
Of those about one-fifth aro killed annually for
tbe market. Thore is an annual net production
of SO.OOO.OOO.chlckens. whioh in market yield
24,000,000. The extra value to be added for
capons, fattened hens and the like, la put at
92,300,000. The production of eggs Is reck
oned at an average of 100 egs por hen, worth
$48,000,000. Ill all. it la rocVonn.1 that Lha
value of hens, chlokens and eggs sold in the
markots of France is $80,000,000.
Stock Raising a Necessity.
A correspondent writes to tho Towi Vint
Slock OattlU, insisting on the necessity of
farmers giving more attention to raising stock.
We extract:
When our farms were new, aay eight yesra
ago, we could buy land for from $5.00 to $10.00
per aero in this section of Iowa. Forbspa wo
could then afford to coctent ourselves with pro
paring produce onoe year for market, and
let ourselves and capital romaln idle one-balf
the tlmo. But with land representing a value
of $20 to $50 por ncro, nnd a rate of taxation
Imposed upon this basis, we must mako the
farm yield a larger return in order to pay the
lncreasod interest and taxea snd to enable us
to compote in the markets of tho world with
the products of chesp Isnd bore in the West.
Some will say we must farm less land and
farm belier the roinalnder. This may accom
plish something, but not enough. The great
object to bo secured is to make our farms as
productive in tbe winter season as in tho sum
mer, and this can be done by proper attention
to live 'stock. If our barns are filled with hay
and grain which we oan sell in the market at n
price twenty per cont. above the actual cost of
raising, and we can feed this to live stock be
fore another crop and yield return In flesh,
wool, butter and cheese, of tweuty per cent,
more, it Is plain to me that the productive ca
pacity of our farms has been doubled. Such
is tbo case, and formers are manifesting a wsrm
interost in tbe live stock question. And as we
begin to see tbo benefits of feeding our bay and
grain, snd pursue a more aystematlo course of
feeding, we see a marked degree in favor of
thoroughbred over our common scrub stock,
When onr land was cheap and aoll new, we
scarcely realized the fact that the thoroughbreds
wero so much superior to our common stock.
Corn was cheap and stock also. Bat as grain
advances in price, our solf interest compels us
to compare the value of lbs food we give with
the amount we recelvo in roturn. No farmer
can fail to comprehend tho fact that thorough
breds and their grades are so far superior to
our common stock as to render satisfactory re
turns for the same atnouut of food consumed.
The Suffolk Breed ol Hogs.
On this subject Hon. Jobn Wentworth, of
Clilogo, III., ono of the most careful, reliable
and suoeassful breeders of first-class thorough
bred stook In the Northwest, has this to say in
an oxchango :
After trying carefully all tbo other breeds,
wo gave the preference to the Huffolks, and we
think all othors will who try them as long and
as impartially as we have. They make tbe
most pork with tho 'oast food, and with tbe
least bone. Tbey are the quietest bogs. Give
thorn enough to eat and I hey will never leave
the premises. Tbey Ho down and remain so
until they want more food. They make the
least onui ol any bogs, and they root about tbo
least, even when short of food. For crossing
upon other bogs they havo decidedly the pre
ference. Their cross upon the largest white
sows mako tho boat of Cheater whites. Thalr
cross upon tho largest black or speckled sows
luuaeniiit) uemoi jierxsuires, -oiamis, l'oland-
uninas, and ntner dark-colored breeds.
It is a remarkable fact tbat the Cheater.
Ilerkahiros, 1'oUuds, l'olaud-Cblnos, eto,, as
wall as other breeds that buve taken tbo most
prizes, liuvH been manufactured lu Ibis way.
Our Huffolks aro well haired, and run In our
pastures and barn yards with our cattle, sheep,
geose, ducks und chickens. They am as quiet
as any animals wo keep. As the Hutlblk is not
a now breed, nor recently made up from un
known croitHos, but u long eHiubllitbed English
varioty, it is tberoforn a true breeder. In them
there, is no breeding bsok to tbe original com
mou stock. Their litters are not purl good ami
Iiart bud, but thoy aro uniformly good, Thoy
ireed oven; each pig as good us another.
Tho obieot of tbu farmer is to get the ruoHt
meat to the least bone, tho inokt valuable mat
ter lu tho ho upon tbo samo food to the
leant portion of the valueless matter. The
KulfolK may bo hiiiuII compared with the mam
moth broidu, but ho coulaliiH us much that is
eaten us mo-it hogs of double bis weight, and
which cousiiuio four times its food.
The great adruntagu of tho Suffolk hog con
slits in tbo fuct that if you do not liku tho
breed, you can cross it profitably upon the
commou cheap hogs of the country, and make
a bretd to suit yourselves.
Fou some yours, Lord Bouthesk has been
breeding Hereford at Klnualrd, Montrose.
Thoy have been doing very well wllh him,
although it was prophesied by some wbeu io
bought thoso whltefikces, that thoy would not
prosper in a climate so far north, The Here
fords are flesU'Ctrryluu animals, and a crnaa
betwueu tliiui and tho shorthorns Is un admir
able one for the butcher. Mr. John Thornton
sells his lordship's stook in October. Mr.
Thornton, wo lar ay, Is more Interested in
the Ttexlales than the wbitefaces, but he has
a fancy for both breeds. Being a shorthorn
msn, he will be anxious to prove bow an
l.nulUh breed for feedius purposes for fat
stock shows can be made available In Scot
land. The Herefords of Lord Kouthesk have
been exhibited successfully at exhibitions in
England. Aomfort t'urmtr.
SjOCK BfIEDIr8.
Trl H'V".
Measuring the Strength ef Draft Harm.
In the selection of draft horses there seems
to be an entire abseuoa of aocurate toientifla
methods. Judging by mere weight is absurd,
and a person, no matter how much experience
he may have, can no more accurately judge the
power of draft horses bythe eye, than ha oan
the speed of racer. Then again, the farmers
who buy draft horses are not generally first
rata judges, and therefore an accurate state
ment of the actual nowar t a hnraa nn (
abould be given with the animal. Turfmen do
not depend on tbe eye, but test spoed by aocu
rate trials, and stamina by long dlstanoes.
Here Is a chanoe for some live Yankee, hav
ing in mind the principle of moohinea for
measuring the amount of force a man expends
in lifting, to Invest an apparatus tor meaanring
tbe power of horses. They should walk far
enough to throw their full power into the col
lar; thereforo movement In a circle would
probably bo the best method. This would also
furnish a moans of testing stamina; for the ex
ertion oould be krpt up eight or ten minutes,
as In a four-mile race.
Breeders will see thst an animal must sell
mnoh more readily If accompanied by a state
ment that he has oxerUd force enough for a
certain number of minutes to drsw a load of a
definite number of pounds. And by breeding
to (their strongest horses, prices can be ob
tained as profitable aa thoso of pedigreed
Shorthorns or raoers with publio or private
reoord. I trust some inventive genius wilt
turn his attentlou to this point. The venture
should psy well, aa a good apparatus of this
mm is aomeining no lown snould bo wltbout,
and the test of strength would cause aa much
excitement and rivalry in every small village
as the test of speed at our large racing points.
Live Slock Journal.
Fmtola is not HtBiDtTABT. Fistula Is pro
duced by a bruise, the same as poll-ovll, and the
remedy Is the same. Horses frequently bruise
their withers in contact with some hard lump.
The remedy is the samo for both diseases. I
have cured many cases of both. As soon as
yon are satisfied of the faot that it is fistula or
poll-evil, out it open, and in the first stages you
find nothing but bloody water down next to
tho boue. All you have to do is to wssh out
with soap and water, and wipe dry; If suffered
to remain in it wilt form a aack or membrane;
tbo matter becomes thlok and lumpy. Out
open, oloan out, and if it Is not of long stand
ing, fill with aaleratus, and in two days wash
out clean, and wipe out dry. If it is of long
standing, say three or four months, use blue-
stone, woll pulverized, insert to the bottom of
tne sack, and push It out with a atlek made to
fit the quill. If the aaok is not deatroyed, the
matter will bo watery and yellowish, otherwise
it will havo tbe appearanoa of matter from ft
rising in a healthy oondition. You may have
to repeat tbe application of blue-stouo until
the matter changes. All you have to do then
is to wash out occasionally with solution of
blue-stone or lima water. Keep clean and dry.
I propose to euro any case of poll-evil, and
board the horse until he gets well, for Un dol
lars, provided it is not of moro than three
months' standing, snd leave no acar. Always
out lengthwise never, out across tho grain of
tbo flesh. Cor Journal of Agriculture.
Hum Fbicxd Uonaxs. Wo give below list
of high prices paid for horses in America:
Kentucky sold for $40,000; Norfolk, $15,
000; Lexington, $15, 000; Kingfisher. $15,000;
Gleuelg, $10,000; Extra, $10,000; Smuggler,
$35,000; Blaokwood, $30,000; Jay Gouldr$30;
000; Doxter $33,000; Lady Tborne, $30,000;
Jim Irving, $30,000; Goldsmith Maid, $30,000;
Startle, $20,000; Frospero, $20,000; Rosalind
$20,000; Lulu, $20,000; Happy Medium, $25,
000; Clara G $20,000; Pocahontas. $35,000;
Edward Evorett, $20,000; Auburn Horse, $13,
000; Judga Fullerton, $20,000; Mambrino
Bertie, $10,000; Socrates, $20,000; George Pal
mor, $15,000; Mambrino Pilot, $12,000; George
B. Daniels, $8,000; J. O. Brown, 12,000; Flora
Temple sold, when aged, for $8,000, for brood
mare; $25,000 was offered and refused for Tom
Bowling last summor; $30,000 was offered and
refused for Harry Bassott In his three-irar old
form; $25,000 will not to day buy Haywood or
Asteroid; S 10,000 was offerod and refused for
Woodford Mambrino, snd $20,000 for Thorn
dale. Water Nuts.
.
Many of our readers havo probably aeen the
Chiucae nuts, which resemble vory muoh pair
of horns. Tbey aro vory peculiar in appear-
anco, but are not uucommon in this city,
where wo aometlmes see a bushel In aingle
lot. They aro tho fruit or nut of an aquatic
plant whioh grows In lakes and streams and the
speolos Trava Mooroht is cultivated by the
Chinese and has au extensive sals In their
country, being highly estoemed. Hoveral of
those nuts wero presented to the Academy of
Hoienoos at ita last meeting, and Mr. Stearns
remarked that they ouuio from a plant (of
which lher are several species) known to bot
anists as 7'ruxi, bolouglng to tbe uatural order
Onnijractiie.
Tbo specimens shown wero the fruit of the
Trapit bicornlt (or two-horned), tbo propriety
of thuuamu beiug manifest. Tho nut Is some
limes called the water chestnut. Tho Chinese
call them Aomor Links. Another species, frapa
naUtm, grows in middle snd southern Kuropo,
middle Asia, aud iiorthurn and contra! Africa,
aud tho fruit or nut has four spires. 7Vu;i HU
nlnowi Is found in Asia and parts of Africa, and
it Is said also to bo cultivated In Japan. In
somu of these oouutriesthis latter species is au
Important staplo In tho way of food to the pop
ulation. Tho nutH are held in high esteem by
tho Hindoos, and aro sold in all the shops lu
India. Mr. HteaniH thinks it Is quite likely
that somo ono of tho species might thrive well
in this country, and it would bo well for some
of our outorprlslug CallforulatiH to experiment
with the Chinese species, which aro easily ob.
talnable In this city. Tbo nut Is well kuowu
among us from tbo peculiarity in shape. Some
of the nut growers ill tho southorn part of the
Ktato might try tho cultivation of these nutsut
small expense, snd seo what oan lis mada of
tbom. Tlieru would lw u good market for the
nuts in this city und Htutoumoug the Chinese
population,
Tiik custom-houso returns show that the
quantity of opium imported luto the country,
now nosrly 2o0,000 lbs. annually, is ten times
more than it was thirty years ago; aud it is
the opinion of physicians ami druggists that
not moro tuun one third of the quantity is used
for medioal purposes.
In ilio two Frenoh colonies of Msrtininue
and Guians, there are muro than 0,000 acres
nnder culture with aunato. the annual produce
beiug 3,000,000 pound. The production ol
aunato now exceeds the demand, us no fresh
uses have been found for this coloring sub.
etaucel
A BkCKMT writer ou food says that nentle-
man of bis acquaintance, has for the last fifty
years eaten daily two eggs at breakfast, making
730 per annum, or a total for tbe whole period
of 30,500 eggs.
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