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stroyed by a fumigation of tobacco-smoke, as is described 

 under SHEEP. 



But the easiest method is, to part the wool of the animal 

 on each side of its spine, from its head to its tail, and drop 

 in some Scotch snuff along in each opening, and this will 

 soon free the Sheep of its vermin. Where it requires im- 

 mediate relief, however, recourse should be had to the 

 method first mentioned. 



See PEACHTREE, for an effectual method, practised by 

 Mr. Bayky, for preventing the injuries done by a Worm to 

 that tree, in Virginia. 



For destroying the black Bug, that eats into the pea, see 

 that article. 



J. 



JAUNDICE. See- OVERFLOWING or THE GALL, and 



YELLOWS. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE (Hdianthus Tuberosus.) 

 This is a hardy perennial plant, with a large bulbous root. 

 The stalk grows to a considerable height. It is cultivated 

 by the roots, in the manner of potatoes. The roots are par- 

 ticularly useful for feeding Swine, when boiled, and are 

 said to be very productive. One Cultivator found its pro- 

 duce to be about four hundred and eighty bushels to an 

 acre, without manure. Another raised between seventy 

 and eighty tons from an acre. They will grow well in 

 almost any dry soil, even if it be poor. When cut, and 

 ground in a cidermill, they make good food for Horses, 

 with the addition of a little salt. Mr. Legaux, of Spring- 

 mill, Pennsylvania, raises this root from Dutch seed, and 

 has had them eight and nine inches in diameter. He says 

 they are easily kept through Winter in the ground, nothing 

 being requisite further than to dig a trench round them, to 

 prevent the water injuring them. 



