Agricultural And Domestic
Oh, fathcr's gone lo market town; he was up bef oro the day, And Jamie's after robins, aud tho man is making hay, And whistling down the hollow goes the boy tbat minds tho mili, Whik' motlicr from tlie kitchen door is calling with a will- " Polly!- Polly ! -The cuws are in tlie corn ! Oh, whfre's Polly?" Froni all the miflly morning air therc comes a suininer sound - A niurmur as of waters from sidos, and trees, and ground. The birda thcy Bing upon tho wlng, tho pigcons bilí and coo, And over hill and hollow rings again the loud halloo - " Polly !- Polly !- The cows are in the corn ! Oh, where'8 Polly?" Abovc tbe treea the honey-bees swarm by with buzz and boom, And in the field and garden a hnndrcd flowers bloom. Within the farmer's meadow a brown-eyed daiey blows. And down at the edge of the hollow a red . and thorny rose. But Polly -Polly !- The cows are in the corn ! Oh, where's Polly ? IIow ntrange at snch a time of day the mili sht uld mop its clatter ! The larmor's wifc is listening now, snd wonilers what's the matter. Oh, wild the bfrds are singing in the wood and on the hill, While whistling up the hollow goes the boy that minds the mili. But Polly !- Polly !- Tho cows are in the corn ! Oh, where'8 Polly ? - R. W. Gilder, in ücribner for August. Arouml the House. Abtjndant rain has made tho hay erop in Eistorn Vermont the best for many years. In the harvest-field exercise all the prudence yon can in drinking largo üraughts of cold water. - Des Moines Jtccister. The seed of sunflowers is the most liealthy feed that can be given to horses in winter and spring ; half a pint a day keeps them in health and spirited, with sleek coats, and more animated than any other feed. It prevenís " heaves " and some other diseases. - Maryland Farmer. Biaje-gbass seed is too often spoiled by being gathered and packed when too damp. ïo keep it mustbe well sun-dried after it is stripped from the sterns. In Kentucky the seed is generally stripped by hand in the field. The seed ia very small, and its vitality cannot be preserved as long as timothy or clover seed. Db. Woboestbb, of Massachusetts, employs carbolate of lime for currant worms, and says he finds it less costly, fully as effleacious, and not as dangeroua as hellebore. He sprinkles it over the bnshes when the worms first appear. Neither tlie foliage nor the fruit is injured, and the worms are soon destroyed. Judoe Davenport, of Bandera, Tex., gives these figures to show the profits of sheep raising there : May 25, '?4, bought 1,449 sheep for $2,898; herding cost $216: salting, $47.50; total expense, $3,161. Have on hand 3,130 sheep worth $6,260; sold wool last year for $1,362 Total profits, $8,342,25; net profits, $5,180,75. It is not too late even now to sow a strip of land to tumips for stock next winter. They make an excellent regulation in the diet of stock, and break np the monotony of winter feeding. The best way is to sow in drills, and leave the turnips at the first hoeing a foot apart in the rows. Swedes or beets soon cover the ground under cultivation and require little hand labor. It is not a bad idea which somebody has suggested, that of introducing sheep upon newly-cleared land to keep down the sprouts and wild weeds until they die out and a better class of f orage plants is introduced. There is scarcely a doubt that sheep rnay be employed for this puipose with protit, provided a í armer has facilities for keeping a flock at other seasons when the new pasture does not furnish the requisite amount of food. One way of fighting the cabbage-biitterñy ia to search for its eggs (on the underside of the blades) at the proper season and destroy them ; another is to employ children with uets to catch the butterflies ; and a third to lay boards, elevated a few inches above the ground, between the cabbage rows, with a view of luring the worms to select such places for their chrysalis locations and thus sccuring their 'deatruction. Being of rather a speculative turn of mind, I tried a little experiment with a few cobs, by pouring over them a small amount of coal oil, and then put them in the cook stove to see what the eflect would be. I was entirely satisfled that I had produced an excellent fuel. They furnish a kindling cheaper than, and equally as good as the patented articles soid in cities. Farmers who have to haul wood long distances, and then prepare it for use in the busy seasons of the year, will find this hint of valué. I think it would be better to let the cobs lay awhile after pouring the oil over them, bef ore using. - Prairie Farmer.
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