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Show t'ARM AND GARDEN. C.Tr.porn.onco for the "Farm and Gurden" departuient of the L1kki.d is aolifit. d from nil Darts of tlm tt.'rrit'ry, Utuh fnrraors mut, lo a ;roat extent, oeLablijh n system of agriculturo ndnpfod to her fpeei&l Dece3"itif3 Aur'-cnlUii'iot6 Aur'-cnlUii'iot6 will a.iiUt oach olhur by Bcnd-irif,-i" for publication, information pcr-taifiii'glo pcr-taifiii'glo furming and garder.iLg, and agricultural pursuits generally. rX)N'T SIO.V ANYTHING. We- Bga'n repeat, not only to '.rmern, but to all otber readere, be cart ful bow you sign a paper of any k. ud, and to any traveling aent what-nvwr. what-nvwr. Swindles upOD tbe farm era are bMiiji practiced ail over the country. Wo unnlri nnt v. 'HaVR UOlhiut! to do with any traveling agent," ae that would be unjusl to many honeat uieo who are tngaged in introducing ai tides of real value to tbe f-irmern; but we Wtiuld a.nk every fanner to exorcise proper business shrrwiines, and to distihguiab tbe ewindler Iroru the real seller. We may state it as a Bafe mle il you can not moke a trade without signing anything, you had better let that trade go by. Tbe land is lull of awitidiera, Umt t Here is no safety in i any other course. So we repeat our caution and it would be well if it wtre put up in large letters, where it can be seen daily-"With all strangers, with all traveling agents, farmers be carelul what you sign." Let no "Exclusive Agency," lei no prospective profits, let no palaver ot any ghbtongued salesman no matter what be has to sell, no matter nb.it ne has to Bay, no matter what hopes i if a Biidtlen fortune be may hold out induce you to put your name 'o any Kind ot a puper. Il one comes to you well recommended, it be is honet-t, lie will willingly wail until you can fiud it K, ara tr.io MriAf no snap agreements, jump at no gri at nt-nces. Whoever comes along W!t:i .in honest tiling will be redy and ; willing to have it examined llinmb tnd through. Deal with no oihere; ttnd we i- ;W pay to You Farmers you tor whom we have worked year in : and out in examining "Humbugo" of all Boris, we ffty, with renewed emphasis, be careful what you sign. American Atfriculturtst, WASHING BUTTER InctVi'.T to matte good butter it h 'm-'t""1 """"""" .jwu " tie thoroughly expelled. There are two methods in practice one in ihich water is used in washing out - buttermilk aud tbe other where water ie employed, the butter being .,od frtmi the buttermilk by pressing ir kneading it out during tbe process nf working. Both processes have iiu-ir auvocfitr? among rEiliul b i'.h.t-tr.akere, i'.h.t-tr.akere, but the largest number fi first-class butter -makers use w.ittr, I t.e butier n:akers of U;.iLie count , well ns tbore at nit-sl ol Ibe creameries and butter factoi ies c,f the -ountry, employ w.tter in rinsi'iy tut the buttermilk. W7e are indiueJ to lavor tbe latter practice, because it decs not require eo much labur aa the other metbod, while at the s m time there is less liability of iijuring 'ne grain a very serious delect in butter, and one which reduces butler to the second class, however well made otherwise. It is true that very skilful butter makers may work oji 'he buttermilk without water; bt't where this big skill is waDtiog, it will be mucn s:i!er to use water tor the purpose. 'Ihe argument is jised by tome butter-makera wha are tipp-jet-Li iu nuiuL LFunci muv me water carries away iu the procena of washing gome of tbe flavoring oils, and hence there is a bigher aro na lo unwaauvd butter. We do not regard tlie claims aa of much weight, uuiens the wABUiug be carried to excess. At many of t he butter lactones the bulk .it the wabbiug is done in the ci urn t if fore the butter baa been removed, anil iu the subsequent wotking very little water is required, aud only eo much sb will leave no milky color to the water ae it passes oB. The two leading points ire iu tree it thoroughly from buttermilk and to have tbe texture and grain pertect. Butter that is kneaded over so as to be tolwy e'On turns lo what is known in tue trade of grease. Hence butttr should be worked aud handled as little a possible. Aura Scolia Farmer, WHEAT BRAN NUTRITIOUS. Chemists have long believed that wheat bran contains much m..ierui lor making ammal blood and 11 -eh. Tbe analysis ol wheat 11 mr ami bran, by Dr. Hubbell, a noted piiarma ceulistof Philadelphia, prer-euL-i tuese facts: One hundred pounds ol whett yield 76 poundsof flurand 20 pounds ot brau. Toe fluur holds in it ot ti-oue - making elements gluten, albumen, etc. 1.60; of phoapb i aud other salts, 0.70 total 2.SO per centum. The bran contains of tiaeue-mking elements, 3.10; na! , phosphates, etc., 7 05 total 16.15 per centum. Tbe bran is, therefore, nnr.fnlrl nwfl ntiti ilinwj than H.nr or, being but one fourth as heavy na flour.it has in fact as much real vatue. as a food, as fljur itselt. W eat tlu; from the mill consists i.nDly oi strtrch; the blood flesn and Ikup lorm mg materials or elements of tin graii. are rejected in the bran because ol ihe iDOrant opinions ol other uenerations. According to this high .-. tionty wheat oran constitutes a ;it."dedly important article ot loo.i, v, uetber for man or benat. Il is u well established lact that rran ia more easily digested than flour, but tbic lots not prove that it ia a nei'tiiii:r bread. The tact th-t most ammaia are tonu of wheat brau ie prt-tty good ev'dence ol ita value. Tbe inri'iu.-u nature plants in animals are almHt unerring. Western Ajncullurist. BL7TTEK PACKAGE. A rural correspondent ot tbe National Na-tional Live atodc Journal inquires whether their is any packing belter than a stone crock tor sending butter to private customers in the city. Tue editor answers: "E:triheuware is to great a conductor ot heat to be used lur a butter package in eumrner; be-aide, be-aide, it is liable to breakage, utid bus greator weight in proportion lo size iiiin au oak pail. There is noihiu libeller li-beller in whicu to send buiu-r t private customers than a sweet white oak pail something gimi lar to tbe Orange county return pail. And where you supply cua lomers regularly have the name of each one put on tbe bottom oi two pails, an that while tbe customer in oaiug the butter from one pail you can fill the other. Never allow thy customers' pai!s to be changed. Wood i is comparaiivBiy uuu cunuueior, aud, if the butter does not go more than two or three houra' ride on i h . railroad, it will be delivered in u order. Take especial paiua to 0ua the pail, on ita return, iu hot brine lor a day or two. I' you Bend by x press, deliver only a few minutes be fore it Btarts " MANGELS FOR HOltSKS. On a Wiltshire farm, where I have been ft pupil for the last three years we were m tbe habit uf givmg the cart-borsrB mangels with their cball, and found them most beneliciut, Ixiih ie koepiiiti the bowels open, aud an diminishing frot and colic, and in making the food ' more palatable nod easily digested. Thi-late Thi-late Mr. Torr, of Aylesbury, was, I believe, aocuaUimed to give linseed i gruel for the same purpose; but I consider mangels to be quite as efko-. , live, and ceri inly mori economical, j Where almost all tbe h:ty, etc, is : given in the form of cbi.fl. I think it most important to ubp something to kt-ep the system cool aod bowels free from obstructions. Eiujlish Letter. WEANISO COLT8. Colts may bo weaned ot six montl'8 old. They require oats and got d grass or hay lu make up for tht ir mother's milk. II they are starved at this time, they may never recovir Irom its perniciouB effects in their urure growth. Starvation ol young colts will sometimes cause malforma tioo hy diminishing the growth of some part of tbe frame and leaving the body out of all proportion. American Stack Journal. COLIC MIXTURE F R HORSES AND MULES. Half a fluid ounce ol chloroform; halt' a fluid ounce ol tinoiure of clover; half a fluid unce tincture of usas'ce'.ida; half a pint d whisky , These re to bo inixd and added to one pan of wai-r; thn ftiiake well, and give one ball of the whole mixture mix-ture tor a good di ae. liunthern Farmer. |