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BLINDNESS AMONG HORSES. FORCING FOR FLOWERS. Helpful Hints to Amatenn Gleand from Popular Gardening. Inexperienced persons presume that plants may be taken out of the open irronnd at any "time that frost permits and placed in strong heat at once. To succeed with most hard wooded plant? they should be placed in a cool apart ment to enjoy a season- of rest before forcing. The roots must form first, which will sustain the new growth of Reaves and young branches. Many ehrub8 bloom very early in spring, and these, as a rule, are preferable for forc ing operations As their flowering sea son is of short duration it is advisable to keep a stock on hand to draw from, as a number have ceased forming flowers. All bulbous, tuberous and fibrous footed herbaceous plants are governed by the same laws, and after potting inust be preserved in a cold pit or cellar nntil needed for forcing. Having such a stock to draw from every fortnight or so, succession of bloom may be kept up in our greenhouses or living rooms all winter long. Roses are especially sensi tive regarding strong' heat soon after re moval from open air: they must be per mitted to form roots first. Its Causes and Something About Preten tion and Proper Treatment. It has been stated that blindness is more prevalent among horses in America than among those of other countries. If this is the case the causes of the evil should be investigated and removed if possible without delay. It is the fact that blindness is more prevalent among horses in Ohio than those of any other section of the country. The cases of blindness are attributed in a great meas ure to overfeeding, the Ohio horses be ing notoriously tat. It is a common practice to force the fat upon horses in tended for sale by stuffing them pnnci RDEN The Blue Ridge Wire Fence Company. GRASS AS A FARM CROP. Its Importance in the Farm Rotation Tally Set Forth. The value of grass as a farm crop ought not to be wholly estimated from its use as a fodder plant for grazing or haying, says the agricultural editor of the New York World. Primarilv it is pally with Indian corn, and keeping them cniefly valued as furnishing animal food, witnout service in warm, ciose stauies. and from the ease with Wbich it mav be This method of feeding soon fattens a vvith a minimnkn amount of cul- horse, but at the same time its digestive tivation it is1 well worthy of all the at- A Promising Seedling Apple. Apple growing has not heretofore re ceived much attention among the varied . fruit industries of California. Gradu ally, however, it is coming forward, and it is claimed for the foothill regions of ome of the mountainous counties that they produce a considerable quantity of apples of the best size, color and flavor California'Fruit Grower, from which our cut is taken, names as the most trust worthy of the older varieties Red Astra khan, Benoni, Alexander, Gravenstein, Fall Pippin, Yellow Bellflower, King of Tompkins County, Roxbury Russet, Smith's Cider, Winesap, Rhode Island Greening, Rawles' Janet, Ben Davis and Yellow Newton Pippin, and of thenewei varieties which have proved good keepers. Arkansas Black, Delaware Red Winter Lankford, Shacklef ord, Huntsman, Clag ton and Mammoth Black Twig. y MARSHALL'S RED APPLE. Among the California seedlings Marsh all's Red, Skinner's Pippin, Cook's Seed ling and Sexton's Golden Seedling receive special mention. Of these, Marshall's Red is pronounced the best by the author fty quoted; which says of it:1 "It is a seed ling, a supposed cross between a Yellow Bellflower and Red June, having the size and shape of the former and deep crim son color of the latter. The quality is fine and the tree is a prolific bearer. The original tree was first fruited in 1877 and the variety named and introduced to the public in 1884. It has siuce proved adaptable to a widely diversified terri tory." " Winter1 Protection. Winter protection is necessary in many sections, but the plants do not require smothering. Hardy shrubs can stand the cold if - planted in proper locatibns. and half hardy ones require only little protection. Many of the half hardy ones require protection more from wind than cold, and all that is required is to tie a few branches of spruce or ot her evergreen boughs loosely around them. Perennial plants :will sometimes be thrown out by the frost if not protected, and the object of the cov ering is not to keep the plants from freezing, but to keep the heavy frosts out of the ground bed. Another object of winter protection is tof keep the sun off. The alternate freez ing and thawing is very injurious to the vitality of the plants, and it must be avoided. Some plants can be bent ovei in trenches and pegged down, which will protect them from the . cold and sun The Everblooming roses must be treated in this way or be taken up in the fall The covering of the soil around the roots of the plants should be done be fore cold weather is here, but the other kind of protection may be postponed un til late in the season functions are injured by the treatment. It is now believed that blindness can be traced to a sympathetic relation between disorder of the digestive organs and the brain, and that through the latter the optic nerve becomes diseased and ends in destroying the vision. Blindness" is also frequently transmitted to offspring, and thus an evil, first originating in dis ease, almost becomes a natural defect by hereditary descent. Errors in feeding horses, as is well known, also produce blind staggers and organic disease of the brain, therefore the greatest care should be exercised in feeding them. In order to prevent the spread of horse bliudnass it is recommended that when ever the animal shows the least symp toms of the disease it sliould be kept on a light diet of hay and oats. A horse may be maintained in good condition on twelve pounds of hay and five pounds of oats for daily feed. In breeding horses it is also recommended that all animals showing the least symptoms of organic disease be rejected. One of the first symptoms incident to blindness, which any person may readily notice, is the disposition of the animal to raise his' forelegs ' unnecessarily high, while, at the same time; the; ears " are drawn back and torth m quick succes sion, and thus giving sure evidence that the sagacious animal is sounding the srround over which he travels. These w I are the principal ideas advanced by most veternarians respecting the cause of prev alent horse blindness in our country and a mode of arresting the spread of the evil. There are some ' other causes of this disease which appear more evident, any of which are perfectly capable of removal. Blind horses are more com mon in cities than in the rural districts. This is principally caused by bad sta bles. Many of them are underground cellars, and with few exceptions all stables are too small. They do not ad mit a sufficient quantity of fresh air for ventilation and respiration, and this al ways tends to injure the health of the animals. Light is as essential to the health of horses as that of men, and yei most 3tables are nearly as dark as dun geons. It would be far better for most of the horses in our cities to be kept in open sheds than in the stables commonly provided for them 1 am also positive that eyeblinds on the harness tend to injure the eyes of horses, and as they are totally useless and unsightly appendages they should be abandoned entirely. The Open bridle has become more common, but it should be universal. Tight, close collars, which squeeze' the- eyes of horses in putting them on, are also very injurious to the eyes of the animals. I have known one case of permanent injury to the eyes of t art excellent hbrse from this cause. Car nage and draft horses should be' pre tention and care that can be bestowed upon it in the selection of varieties and study of their adaptability to the. dif ferent climates and varying soils. One of the advantages of a grass crop is the large proportion always gathered by animals themselves, without the inter vention of harvesting labor and harvest ing machinery. Another is that the harvesting and storing away of a portion as hay is a process that insures its pres ervation in the best form at a small cost and with the least amount of loss. Pasture and hay grasses and clovers should therefore not only be" leading farm crops, but special care should be taken to grow them on land where, from 1 O U CD - eg o rH O V ' , ,,,,,. ,i i i S-a. 1 ppi V Li. IE- i . .1 yawn, k r c THE LAWFUL FENCE! ft- W4, Hi S ' G r x be Bfo the rj cnth ex xp rcre'uM Ctfiite' v p rer sn K-crbrs o! -iure tit Cg that f Tb 1: i" Cpo' stt.tl; "HORSE HIGH, PIG TIGHT, BULL STRONG." OV JfiK3Ufquo3llJ.hSIX 1uj THe above cut represents the ner combined Hedge and Wire Fence now beinjj introduced Srcnd v, Pino T?ifio- TTHo-ft nrH Wir Fence ComDanv. We claim for it: 1st. It is practicm othn the peculiar nature of the soil, they can indistnictable. 2nd. It gives thorough protection against all stock both largo and small. Crd7rUl be made the most profitable crops such i"" . , , i i iiu n T-i,nnnnet in oTictpnrn t f.t - soils can produce, it will readily occur is highly ornamental. 4th. It is the cheapest fence in tence. , to any farmer that rough and hilly lands In the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, ArkansasLouisianna, Alabama, Geor?rLt of small acreage value are to be pre- Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Pensylvania, .New Jersey, Delaware Lth ferred for pasturage to rich, arable soils; Maryland there are over 30,000 miles in use by farmers. For ornamental purposes, such as la- jn, not because tne latter jwouia not yieia ppmptfirvs. -narks. &c. it is Deintr crenerailV aaoptea. 3i-htlv bfecause the grass Tfto oil Vi fifotoa roforrp tr orivpn nnnn nnnlicatitin. CorreSDOndenCG v;l all questions cheerfully answered by Mr. Sam Johnson, manager, at his office Street KaihaUe. t ?er acr nth a the most grass, but the former may be made to yield will be almost clear gain, and the richer land can also be put to a more Drofitable use than pasturage. Notwith- standing all that has been said in favor of feeding soiling crops raised on rich lands, in lieu of pasturage, the fact still remains ,that our animals are chiefly raised and brought to maturity on pas turage, and that most farms, whether large or small, have portions better adapted to grass than to grains and veg etables. Again, grass is an improver and not an impoverisher of soils, and for this reason, in connection with its intrinsic value as animal food, should enter into farm cul tivation far more extensively than it Building, Asheville, N. C. WORTH CAHOLI1TA HXTDOHSBIOITCS. can have personally examined this fence In the State of Pcnnaylrtnia, where thousand of miles are In t:c, tri endorse all that is claimed for it. 1 J. G. MAItTIN, Asheville, N. C. Wilmington, N. C, June 12th, m This is to certify that we have visited Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other States, and have examined many tr.ic.c! Hedge fence built under the system of the above company, and after thorough investigation, made by requoi in behalf of farmers and others of our section, we frankly and conscientiously state that it Is the most perfect fence we have ever seen. It is in all respects exactly true to representations, proof againit stock, dos and men, &cd universally popular, as we learned from those to whom we talked; and we saw hundreds of miles of it. Wc e amined them in all styles and conditions, from the last spring plantine to those completed twelve or fourteta years age and found every detail just as described. D. S. COWAN, of Columbus county, N. C. LEWIS BELDEN, New Hanovrcountv, N.C. S ;-!. t rrkft 4 rkt 4 (ckj t lck 0 peckt t9peU '11 yields not fn ,cf the Over twenty -five miles of this fence have been ordered by citizens of Asheville. U nas on!5LS! I- - - . - m n mm . . .AilXiJU does. If the wornout lands of the be seen to be appreciated as the BEST AND CHEAPEST r ENCE IN tXISTENCE. uaii at the tioWf0 country, wherever they may be, are ever pany's office in the Street Railway Building, South Main St., Asheville, for particulars, or ij a f: properly accredited agents. F STIKELE ATHE E.St, Soc'y, Treas. and Manager, Asheville, N. (Jfa y again to be classed as Having any con siderable value, the renovating agent must be grass. A few years of intelli gent and systematic cultivation of the grasses best adapted to them, along with the raising of sheep, it is believed Would again restore to usefulness and make salable many farms now looked upon as having little or no value. augl3 Experiments In Pig Feeding. It is well known that corn is the chief fattening food for pigs in a large part of the United States. ' Experiments which were made during three years are report ed in full by the Illinois station, showing the feeding value for pigs of corn, of corn and grass, of grass alone, the compara tive value of soaked ' and dry corn, the value "Of droppings from cattle " and of apple pbmace in feeding pigs. ; In eigh't' trials in which corn alone was fed, aside from salt and coal slack, pigs varying in weight from 65 to 290 pounds, kept in pens or small lots without grass, gained at the rate of from 10.46 ' nonnds to' 14.73 vided with divided: collars, secured either j oounds' tier bushel, the averaire Win hd. at the top or bottom, so that they are not ing 2.q pounds per bushel of shelled required to be forced over the heads of : com. The rate of gain for food eaten the animals. New York World. I .ni) t.h fi aton in nmfrinn fr.TOaif decreased after four or sir weeks' feeding with corn only. There seemed to be no constant relation between the wei JAMES H. LOUGH RAWS w HUE MAN'S ft V hm LJr Has Removed to 58 SOUTH MAIN STREET, How to Tell Iron from Steel. iA writer in the Glasgow Engineer, in pointing out some of the most practica-1 the t or the season of the ar and the "lo uaw .1U uuu uu mjra food eaten or the gains made uuwu tt Biiupioruio to suti t wiiu name- j ly. that in any case where a fracture of t : i 1 1 c u i . . j . urou gives luug, BUM.jr uueis 01 leaueu tnrf, .liT1H(i ftt thf rt nf 10 nA per t recti tpeckt Ipecli Int r ! Cai coral; (oFi Ut4i reme dim tlra fraxn all t thin 4&ti tot 616: 8 of Opposite the Reliable Firm of Bearden, Rankin & Or2. hue, the fibers cohering and twisting to gether "before breaking, it may be con sidered a tough, soft iron. Further, a In four trials, pigs fed all they would eat oi sneneu corn, witn ome grass pas- pounds per bushel of corn. Pigs under like con dition, except that they were fed but half as mni'h mm. fr;iinwl at tho rata tf medium even gram, mixed with fibers, ;. vzm pmnd3 bushel pj in d is a good sign, while a short and black-' ,()ty fed Bhei1(,d coru j,;lined at the rate ish fiber indicates badly refined iron, a of it)-, j,ounda .t lmshel ln nQ very fine grain also denoting a hard and did J iMake satisfact nrv gains after six steely iron, which is apt to be cold short ; or w fewli on corn alone; and hard to work with tne file. Again In ty! trials fed S()akeJ cQrn &tQ coarse giuin witu a miinain crystamzeu ; ..... ,rainwl thjin thf4att ri nn . 0 " " " vx dry corn, but the difference was not great. Two pigs in a two acre pasture lot with three yearling steers were fed and gained in twenty-four weeks 191 pounds. In a second trial under like conditions t wo pigs g;iined 2') pouuds in thirty-one weeks: the gain in neither case being large. A trial f a;:p!t pomace as food for pigs resulted uhsaiisfactorily; tlie pomace kept well, but the pirs ate but little of it. A short exerimeut made it so evident that it is unproliiable to confine pigs to a grass uit solely that further trials in that direction were not made fracture and yellow or brown spots, de notes a brittle iron, cold f hoit, working easil3T when heated and welding well. Mitrir- nciil will ! n- :.!;:.: : ii!:iolr aitr-kt .... .... . . j coru on steel tue darker, tnf. 1 ' harder the stCLi while iron, o t'-- o.ntrury. remains bright if touched with Uu;tncid. Good steel i.i its soft ttnte has ;i curved SMMHERS : SPRING? HOTEL I A EES0ET : 0E PLEASUEE AND HEALTH SEEKEES. Turnpike, N. 0. SPLENDID CHALYBEATE : FREE STONE WATERS. AND fracture iind in its hard s-t white; White he;;1 will cn.!; i ! bright . , may t a fine p nm a !iti'i"ii 'to a dr.il i ... v noiit i.istre, v , nv.i : iii i.v' but n -THE- I East Tennessee, Virginia k Georgia Railway Ii the Onlr 8hort and Direct Line TO TUB NORTH, SOUTH, BAST AND WEST. Pullman's Finest Vestibule Sleepers BETWIEW f; jee lei I Mi; a t.ivt hum r and i at a ... ;. heat it Li. miner to Uiifriiitfulness of Trees. There are many reasons for the lack of fruitfulness in plants. A tree may faii 'to produce flowers, and therefore no fruit can subsequently follow. The plant may be laden with bloom and still no fruit result.! In such a case it is nos- eible that one of several circumstances may bring about the result. The pollen if defective will uot fertilize the seed vessels. This is well illustrated in some varieties of strawberries that are called pistillate, because the stamens are abor tive. There may be a lack of insects foi the transfer of pollen from one flower t.; another, and the pistils fail to enlarge and develop seeds. When heavy rains come at the time the flowers are in full bloom there are many reasons why the fruit fails. The insects are not so active, but most of the pollen grows before it reaches the proper place, just as the wh-at may germinate in' the sheaf or win standing in the field during the wet weather. If the pollen grows, that is. sends out' its tube while in the stamen, 1 1 must fail to serve ft purpose. American Agriculturist. : iii'Vi' : !'! ;!,' i W ! ,!, e Growth. son tires rful power lit the cornmis- up with the Tho Yv asl-" give li'i. of tree sioner (-f good idea of 't. :':ung the t rees. It was shown i.i.a t) rowtu'f tue trees would I either force t ae'lab-.ds from their staples j or else cause tu-it) to st-md out in a hori- j zontal Hue. Tiie commissioner at once had the staples drawn, hut for all this in some cases the label- have been torn from their hinges, while others stand out from the trunks as if they were in tended as platforms for birds to rest on. The soft cells, as soft and tender as a mushroom when growing, have yet power enough with ease to lift these metallic plates by the edge and force them into a horizontal position. Any one could lift one of these to such a posi tion if the finger could be gotten for a half inch under the plate, but imagine the force which a sort of yeast like sub stance must' possess, which, getting un der but perhaps the sixteenth or eighth of an inch, can yet elevate the plate to a perfectly horizontal linel Thomas nan Ln Philadelphia Ledger. 7 ir-'ii I'one for Poultry. subject much discu-sed among poultryinen at present is whether it is profitable to feed given t.ne A Massa chusetts poultryiuaii writing in Farm Ponirry expresses inuisi-lf very emphat ically that it is He says '1 selected a peu of 100 Brahma hens, procured a bone cutter and went to work There suit was. my uumber of eggs was in creased more than half, the 100 hens laying only a few short of .Wi eggs dur ing the month of February. 1831, thus proving that the boneasan egg producer alone was invaluable. But in order to find whether the only advantage was in the increase of eggs 1 concluded to test the matter still further, and placed some of the eggs meutioned in an incubator directly beside others where no bone had been fed. The result there was equally as favorable. Many of the eggs where no bone had been fed pro veil infertile, while others. Btarted and died at all stages. Bnt not so where the bone bad done its work. Ninety per cent, of the eggs brought out strong chicks. 1 have tried green Done to my entire satisfac tion, and feel that I can recommend it U. oLifirs, A DeU'jhtful Ilome in Vie Heart of the Adeghanie8, uheie lleallh Cornea Btck to the TiVir and Rent is Siceet. This beautiful summer resort, situated im mediately on the Murphy Division of tho Western North Carolina Kailroad. half way between Asheville and Waynesville, fifteen miles from each place. Is open for the recep tion of truests lor the winter. The hotel is surrounded by the Pismh ranje of mountains, and is conceded by all to le one of the most delightful and health-giving re sorts in Western North Carolina. A cool breeze is continually passing through the val ley, giving life and freshness to all things, and in consequence of which no log or vaior is to be found in the valley at any time. The building is new and well furnished. Large and well ventilated. Telegraph and Postotfice in the house. Smathers Springs Hotel 28,000 feet; Smath ers' View 42,0UU . ' Now comes the most attractive feat '- of all the excellent and delicious fare tc a al ways found on the table, which at all tiiuca is supplied with all the commodities to to found in this section, served in the very best style. resh mutton, milk and butter supplied from j This place is especially recommended by j physicians for all kinds of lung troubles, on 1 aS?fn1t ?f th.e dr' and tracing atmosphere. ; which is free from dust and poisonous germs 1 rruit in abundance on the place. 8iecial i attention is called to the tine variotvof ffranca. rt JiVIN C.KMATHEKS, IropJn .1 artieS laWn well-rooted Niagara and other Grape Vines can be supplied at the Hot Borings, Knoxville and Cincinnati. Xnoxville and Louisville. Philadelhpia & Hew Orleans. Memphis & New York. Washington & Memphis Tarties going West via thU line have choice of 2 Through Routes, OnoVIa the cent c G. H. MAYER. 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