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nomies — about the dressing of cucumbers. I may as well. " He directs 

 the choicest unfaded cucumbers to be sliced thin into very cold water, to 

 remain long enough to extract the dangerous element from the cucumber^ 

 then suit yourself as to salt, pepper, vinegar, &c,, &c. ; lastly, to open 

 the window and throw the whole into the street." 



Tiberius, the tyrant,, while he was cutting off Ro-nian heads by dozens, 

 was raising cucumbers on bis little rock, by having hotbeds on wheels so 

 that he could wheel them into the sun to ripen them in winter. Let us 

 avoid rulers who live on cucumbers. 



CORN SOWED FOR FODDER AND FOR PLOWING UNDER. 



Solon Robinson read a letter from Warren Hutchins, dated Bethel, Vt., 

 which says : 



" I plow evenly, sowing the seed in every third furrow, and roll the 

 ground and harrow lightly in the direction of the furrows. I run a cultiva- 

 tor once or twice between the rows. If the crop is to be plowed in for 

 manure, I commence about September 1st, with a plank fastened on the 

 beam to break down the stalks, so that they will turn under well, making 

 my furrow across the rows. I find this a cheap way to enrich land that 

 lies far from the stables. 



" This day, June 1st, I have sowed an acre for fodder, with the assis- 

 tance of a boy half a day. Last year, a half acre left to ripen had 25 

 bushels of ears, besides a great yield of fodder." 



Solon Robinson said : I have sowed corn as late as July 1st, in Indiana, 

 and got a great crop of good fodder. I sowed broadcast, and would 

 always do so unless I had a large drilling machine to put it in rows, ten 

 inches apart. I certainly would not plow it in, unless the land had been 

 previously deeply plowed, as it would cover the seed too deep. 



COST OF A WISCONSIN WHEAT CROP. 



A correspondent of the Tribune has given us the following estimation 

 of the cost of raising a wheat crop in Wisconsin, which is very fair on 

 paper, and very good in fact, every time it don't fail. 



I take 120 acres, and fence 80 with rails lOJ feet long, got from the 

 land. I used mortised posts, 10 feet apart, making a fence with three 

 rails, the lowest 2^ feet from the ground, making a strong fence against 

 large stock ; stone handily got from a ravine and bluff near, to underpin 

 at leisure. 



"The estimate is for debt and credit as follows : 



WJieaf Crop to Sundries, Dr., viz : 



To 120 acres of raw land at $5, $600 00 



two months of man breaking, at $14 ; board $10, $38 00 



use of team, plow, &c., for same, 75 00 



113 00 



two months of man making and hauling rails, at 



$12, 24 00 



board, $10 ; use of team, $10, 20 00 



44 00 



