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Show FARM AXD HOrSEIIOLD. Tlte Clover Cancer Ccre Pr. Needbam, in the Journal of Materia Medica, advices the use of the fluid extract of clover in cancer, and from the testimony of other medical journals it would appear that it has a far better bet-ter claim than cunduranco to be considered con-sidered a specific in that disease. Pclse of Various Animals. -The pulse of our domestic animals, as given by Vatel, in his Veterinary l'atholopy, is as follows: Horse, from 32 to 3S pul sations per minute; ox or cow, 25 to 42; ass 4S to 54; sheep, 70 to 79: dop, 90 to 100; cat, 110 to 120; rabbit, 120; guinea pig, 140; duck, 13j; hen, 140. A Word About Cider. Alexander Alexan-der Frear, in the Independent, says : For many bilious complaints, sour cider is a specific, and in such cases is one of the good things to be received with thanksgiving. Cider guzzlers are an abomination, but, if dyspeptics will take a little with their dinner, they wili find digestion greatly aided. We go in for the manufacture of a ood, pure article, and, in the uso of it, let our moderation be known to all men. Fruit Trees. To make fruit trees bear largely for many years in succession, succes-sion, the soil under them should be cultivated, should be plowed summer and fall and manured every year. It is said that the best manuro for bushes and trees is their own leaves and twigs; these should be gathered in a heap j every autumn, mixing therewith some barnyard manure, to be damped occa-i sionally to keep the leaves from getting i dry and being blown away; then spread out in the early spring. In addition, a bushel of lime mixed well with two or three bushels of wood ashes, spread under each tree once a year, would add greatly to their fruiifulncsa. The reason fruit trees die in a few years, or begin to bear less fruit and of an in fcrior quality, is because the trees not being manured exhaust the quality ol the soil about them necessary lor their sustenance. Fecundity of Ducks and Hens. Somo interesting experiments have been made upon the comparative 1 fecundity fe-cundity of ducks and hens, sj a$ to determine from which of tho two the larger number of eggs can be obtained in the same time. For this purpose three hens and three ducks were select-, ed, all hatched in February, and nourished nour-ished with suitable food. In the following fol-lowing autumn the ducks had laid 225 eggs, while the hens in this case laid none. In the following February the laying season began again with the ducks and continued uninterruptedly till August. They showed no inclination inclina-tion to set, and became very thin, but subsequently fattening up somewhat In the meantime the hens had not been idle. The total number of eggs laid by the hens amounted to 257, or S6 eggs each; and the ducks produced 392, or 131 each. Although the eggs of the ducks were rather smaller than those of the hcns,yet they r roved to be decidedly supcriorin nutritive material, so the superiority of productiveness appears to bo altogether on the side of tho ducks. |