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for these complaints in a very strong tea made of the 

 bark of the Sweet Gum, the scientific name of which is 

 "Liquid Amber." It grows a large tree, is a native of 

 southern latitudes, grows very abundantly on the high 

 table lands of Ohio and Indiana, has a leaf like maple, 

 and a ball somewhat like "Button Ball," or Sycamore, 

 exuding a very aromatic white gum. I know the medi- 

 cine to be almost invaluable. 



BOILING RICE. 



I venture to say not one in ten of the readers of the 

 Cultivator, has ever heard of a receipt for so simple a 

 piece of cookery. There is none more important. Try 

 it. If it is an improvement, recommend it. Put three 

 cups of rice into two cups of cold water, set it over a 

 brisk fire, and after it commences boiling, let it stand 

 eight minutes only — 'tis then ready for the table. In- 

 stead of being a mass of unwholesome salve, it will have 

 completely absorbed the water, leaving the grains sepa- 

 rate, soft and excellent. 



LONG MANURE. 



I have tried the experiment this season on my garden, 

 with most convincing success. Having a very retentive 

 subsoil, I tried the plan of burying coarse dry straw 

 under my beds of beets, carrots, parsnips, peas, beans, 

 vines, and almost every kind of vegetable that I planted, 

 to serve as an underdrain as well as manure. The effect 

 has fully convinced one sceptic. I hope others will try it. 

 This is the first time I ever saw straw used for manur- 

 ing any crop, except potatoes. I have toiled many a day 

 to rot it, so as to make it "fit to use for the next crop." 

 How much knowledge to be gained for 50 cents a year! 

 As a means of extending such valuable knowledge I ask 

 a consideration of 



