Gleanings

The meeting of the American ( logical Society will be held in ■ ter, N. Y., next September, not in Nashville, Tenn., as formerly nounced. A pudltryman says therts is no better way to "break np a brooding hen than to put her in a box vvith slat-bottom, elevated a foot or so, and placed in the yard where the other fowls are running. She will be cured in thirtysix hours. A portion of the dog tax of Massachusetts, which used to be given lo public libraries, has been diverted to the support of the State Agricultura! College. As there are 110,000 taxable dogs in the 'State, the College expects a considerable addition to its income. The United States produces annually 200,000,000 pounds of wool, and imports lor manufacturing purposes about 50,000,000 pounds. We manufacture f our(ilths of all goods made of wool whic'i enter into the world's consumption, I and use our own wool for four-lifths of that manufacture. Mr. T. M. Hicks, of Battle Grouml, Indiana, writes : I have been well aequainted with tlie Alaike clover for twelve years and can speak f rom practical knowledge. 1 would rrcommend four pounds of seed to a single acre ; it succeeds best on damp land, but wllh me it has succeeded well on upland, sown with wheat or oats. The greatest trouble with it among farmers is, th ey too frequently turn stock on it as soon as it is up, and keep it eaten down too close before it gets a proper start. It yields more honey than any ottev plant I know of. There is no driving of the flock in Spain. When the shepherd wishes to remove his sheep he calis a tame wether, accustomed to feed from his hands, and the favorito, however distant, obeys his calis, while the rest follow. One or more of the dogs, with large collars armed with spikes in order to protect them from the wolves, precede the flock ; others skirt it on either side, and some bring up the rear. If a sheep be ill or lame, or lag behind, unobserved by the shepherds, the dog stays with it and defends it until some one returus in tearch of it.