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5. Dry-Rot prevented. — The following method of preventing 

 dry-rot is recommended. This destructive visitant in dwelling- 

 houses generally grows and originates in the cellar. If per- 

 sons white-washing cellars will mix as much copperas with the 

 wash as will give it a c'ear yellow hue, and repeat this every 

 year, they may prevent the dry-rot, or stop its progress, if it 

 has already appeared. 



6. Ancient Seeds. — In the highest point of a field on the farm 

 of Craignarthro', a mile south from Forfar, in Scotland, there 

 was a druid's place of worship, consisting of a circle of large 

 stones, with one, the largest, in the middle. The field was 

 fallowed last year, and this temple trenched, from which a very 

 great quantity of stones were turned up. Notlung particular, 

 however, appeared, except a few bones that went to dust. 

 The field, this year, was sown with barley, and this trenched 

 part with the rest ; now, so far as this space extended, there 

 are considerable quantities of oats of various kinds, sprung up 

 among the barley, the seeds of which, must have remained 

 there more than 1,000 years. Without the trenched ground, 

 there is not a head of oats to be seen. Orders have been 

 given to preserve these oat-plants. — New Monthly Magazine. 



7. Smut in Wheat prevented. — The following process is re- 

 commended in the Bibliothcque Physico-CEconomique, as the 

 only one which experience has proved effectual against the 

 smut in wheat. To destroy the germ of the blight in 4| bushels, 

 or 256 pounds of corn, about six or seven gallons of water 

 must be used, according as the grain is more or less dry, and 

 from 35 to 48 ounces avoirdupois of quick-lime, in proportion 

 as it is more or less caustic, and according to the extent of 

 the blight. Slack the lime in a portion of the water heated, 

 and then add the rest. The heat of the whole quantity of 



