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Show l'AUM, FIELD, GAHDEN. TOPICS O? PnAOTICAl. INTtnE3T TO AMCrtlCAM AOniCULTUniSTS. 1'rur.sM.r frier f oilier, II riling from the lntk llnrtlmrnl SI. lion. Olrrs IIUlr en Hi. llrUUrr n,jH.. or While and lrllon Lara. 1'rofrasor Collier In A letter to Country Oentleman aiyai There appears to bo an error pretty generally rntertalnril as to Hid trhtlro romfiosltlon of irldto and jellow corn, It being annpivKxl that Uin latter cmtalna more of fata than tho former, and that therefore It la the more valnaUo for food. Tho following lab!, giving tho nvprago Analyses of grain of seven varieties of tho aweet or sngar corn, eight of yellow seven of whlto and six of otlu r mixed larletlea, nnAlyreit by mr, ivill correct this error nnd jrhflii be of Intenet to your review, lu the analysr-i tho v. aler average.1 about 1 ier cent , lnt they nre All rnlcnhlo-1 to water free grain for more ready comparison i Bui.r Yrlloa-. 1iH. Ulint. rstsorolls ell S.H all iui fonsr au IJS US S.M Sulabls aloaia- luolJ... ., au l 111 S.II lasolable al. bnralixnMs. Itl IS tUD TI7 Fuluulr.leroh sn.lran. ...rill tra ill t.n '"r tii m in u; A.b. cm im ui Hi buecu. urn tier till Uttt imm low! iiiin vuli Trom these nn1ysea it will Iw seen that, ao far from containing morv, tho yrllow coma on iho nrerago contalneil the least fut of all. It will Also lo ob-sernsl ob-sernsl that tho so called sweet corns contained con-tained mi an Arcrago nearly three time as ranch sugar as tho other ronm hut thero eaa prrarnt nlmnt 21 r ctnt. of n rnhstanco talletl aolnblo starch, which glvea tho pttullar physical and physiological physio-logical proNrtlf to these corns, but which anlMtance A not apjiear to have rvceliod tho attention which It merits. Cull Irnrr In llrrtrrpln(. Moit iiersojis who nn lert jko btH-lroep lug tnttr iiii tli work with some lull-Hiving. lull-Hiving. Whllo thoy do not exactly faar tho bees, yet thro la nt first au Involuntary Involun-tary lancing liack, A reluctance to lian-die lian-die beoa mnro than is absolottly necessary. necessa-ry. Ih'glnuera should wear not only a vill, but also glovesi msny novices wh see old beekw-pera handlo with lure hin la try tn Imitato them litis to ai-ar ai-ar professional to gil among the les-a wltharrtklrMalr. rVinio of tho most sncnsufullakeeera hare mid that l-fnro l-fnro the tint year had pisse-l tltcy hal almoatdi'cl hvl that there was something about them th it antagonlzcl tho Imx-s, and tliit thy conld do mthliig with them An acqualnuuioi declared In tho fall of tho first )rnri 'Tlo hal enough (iflsx-s. They will not accrptine It Is njelcM to tell mo that beoa do not sting. They don't d. anything iho with ine" Ihtt lie doddl to strugglo thMugh another an-other year, for, In spite of many stings, ho It-vl a good crop of honey. IMoM Ihe aooon 1 year chnol ho remarked that la-ca wero as luirmlcss as HU-s. What haI brought alont this change? Ho hi) reacheil Iho "confl lenco point." aud tho liei'a know it And recognitcd him ai inn-h inn-h r. He hal Imcomo a familiar with the work, so mu-h Inten sb.l In It, that he forgot slf, forgot tn Jamp, to Jerk hti haulaway when a bee started to explore tho back of his hauL Tin rt fore let every beginner faint not, hut krtn up courage and keep at tho boca. Without knowing whou tho change take place, ho may reach the stage of pirfoct confidence, confi-dence, and will tnako light of tho stings Implanted earlier In his own filtering hand. American Agriculturist. (lend flripes for Market. One of tho best I nfonaud romnibuilon mm In New York city says that the Conconl serma to lsi tho liopular faniy. Most persona like a blvk grupo. The sale (f white grapea U limited. He aays that Moore'a Karly la n gooil early grape, and tliat more should bo pUnti-d. It cornea early, when thero IsAgoodsalo for graies, is t( goral quality nud lino appearance, and nils reudlly at goo,) pricoa. Tlie Wonlen 1 n good grapo for lm-raedlato lm-raedlato shipment eud sale, but will not licir holding. Tho Itural New Yorker suppltincnti this Information by a can tlon not to plant the Niagara for market. It la n ixxir shipper and keeper, although tho fruit la of Uno nppuaranco uud ipuallty, and It seems a hanly graw. Tho Authority quoted placai tho Catawba, Ca-tawba, of coarse, At the head of tho Hit of red gTAiri. While It cannot be grown except In favored locations, It II tlie best keeper on tho market and It carries wolt. Tho Duliwaro has qulto n sale, but tho price for which It usiully nil would seem to bo ton llttlo nboie othirvarictlMtomako It prontablo to grow' to aiiv exttut. As)ot thirola no grape tn take the place of tho Catawba fur long Lei plug. The IsaUlla la sold to n limited extent, but thl roiiulre con-dittons con-dittons similar to tho Citawbu to brlnj It to perfection. Ill llralLr. for Jl.ik.l. A ijiil(r)Tnii of Hamnioiiton, K. J., tells lu the Urnuantown Tilegraph how he fords cldcks to get big broilers for the arly market, lie lay u I hare found tho following ln thnd ol feeling chicks for broilers tho lic.ti Tho llct week I gho crackwl wliiut, then afttrtliut I glio n tulxturo of ground oata and com, cquil parts, nlwut a fourth part of inldlllligs, nnd u hindful ol ground meat. Iho whole inlxtnro la seal led strrral hours before filling, and then fed only inolit. AUa choped up cabbage, boiled or raw potatoes and oilier I egi table, feeding elthi r searately orin with tho rami. Whole w heat or crucked corn Is alio fed Utween meals. The tua is fwl morning, noon and night, an 1 tho aame continued until ready for market, the supply of iniut, homier, being gradually Increased the older they Ii'Couhv Cuul usln-s, charccul aud ground oystir shillsuro constantly uitldu rcudi. Tltr I'm 4r 8urtio.i,t. Many furmrra who liaie loon illsiip-lolntid illsiip-lolntid In the cso of siqierihobphiite may lay It to tho presence of llrae In tho noil by which Iho fr ucld of tho fortll-Jar fortll-Jar l taken up nud tho super hosphato Is made luxduble. Tho wholo buuitlt of this fertiliser li deriied from tho soluhlo jihoiphorlo add lu It, and as thl Kcoiue lusulublo by lu combination with nny llino that may l lu Iho soil, ft, of course, erts no luiiuediau ( ff t niwu thecrop. il'ffl wl" ? lan ' bocnllinM In th.i fall It Is nseloaa to apply suirihopluto In the sprlr. l,U should bli rciatiu-Ured rciatiu-Ured by fsnnors. |