THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



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The Corn Planter. 



(F.g. 18.) 



This macliim-, recently invented by W. Buck- 

 minster, Esq. of Boston, it; said to be an entirely 

 new article in this conntry ; has hern fuUy proved^ 

 and found to ansiccr comptr.tcbj^ for the j>lantin<r of 

 corn and turnips. On any land tolerably well pre- 

 pared, one man with a horse will furrow out, drop, 

 cover and press down the corn on an acre of ground 

 in one hour — or ten acres in a day; this is the 

 work of twenty men. A double machine that 

 plants two rows at one time, can be used in large 

 iields, where a man and a horse are warranted to 

 plant three acres in one hour — rows four feet apart 

 — 30 acres in one day ! The corn in this macliinr 

 is covered by the falling into the furrow of the soil 

 that is finely pulverized by a row of cultivator 

 teeth — no sods or weeds therefore can intrude as 

 in case of a drag tliut his beun used to haul dirt on 

 to the seed, neither is the seed ever disturbed by 

 Buch drag, but remains scattered along about five 

 inches in the furrow. The machine will bury the 

 seed three inches deep if you desire it — one incli 

 is the rule for corn — one-fourth of an inch for tur- 

 nips — by simply turning a screw you sink the corn 

 deep, by turning it back you bury more sliallow. 

 Ij?st summer ITO square rods were sown with ruta 

 bap-a, in 18,000 hills, in 55 minutes — here were 48 

 hours' work performed in one — 1 1-4 lb, seed only 

 was used, the seed came up very uniformly well, and 

 was covered more evenly than it could be by hand. 

 Cotton seed, beans and onions, may be equally well 

 planted with this machine. The whole machine is 

 cast iron except tlie handles. 



The machine is exceedingly simple, and not like- 

 ly to get out of repair, and its performance as a- 

 bove staled will be warranted.— /V/rmcr's Cabinet. 



\^yThc machines are for sale at most of the ag- 

 ricultural ware houses in tiie cities. We wish some 

 of our enterprising farmers in this vicinity would 

 try one. — Cheshire Farmer. 



Fmiu llie Kentucky Franklin Farmer. 

 DISKASES OF HORSES, 



The Ilots. 



Among the worms tliat lodge in the intestines of 

 all animals tlie hots are found, particularly in the 

 stomach of the horse, and arc produced by a kind 

 of nit, the egg of a fly ; it may be observed in a- 

 bundance upon the legs and shoulders of a horse, 

 and is easily seen by its yellow color, and might 

 «;asily be curried off in time. Jt is at all times a 

 bad practice t > curry a horse in the stable ; worse 

 in time of these nits, mixing with the food in clerin- 

 ing the curry combs on the trough, instead of which 

 either from irritation of the skin, or from instmct, 

 the horpe bites or licks his hairs, and swallows the 

 greatest part of those nits which soon hatch in his 

 stomach, grow into hots, and fastening upon the in- 

 ner coat often perforate the stomach through. The 

 bots once formed in larger or smaller quantities, sub- 

 ject the animal to pains, tlie symptoms of which 

 differ very little from those of the colic. He looks 

 at his side, lies down, rolls in ngon)' from side to 

 side, and soon dies in most cases, if a prompt rem- 

 edy is not applied. The most eJVicacious that I 

 have found is very simple, and easily found every 

 where. Take two ounces soot, as clean a;? you can 

 get it, that is free from eitlier gravel, lime or plas- 

 ter, if you sweep it out of the chimney, mix it well 

 in n quart of new milk, if possible, but at least 

 niilk-warm, and drench the horse with it through 

 a horn; this drench will immediately relieve him, 

 (if it is bots,) and he must be fed as soon as possi- 

 ble ; the bota are detached from the stomach ou 



which they were preying, and mixing with thff food 

 will pass with it, and twenty-four hours after 

 will be found in the voidings of tlie horse, either 

 ground by the natural process of digestion or en- 

 tire, and even alive. This simple remedy is also 

 good for all other intestinal worms, although its 

 cftects arc not so iiuniediate, having a Icnglli of 

 intestines to traverse. A liorse is more liable to 

 suffer from tlie bots when he is luingry, for in that 

 case, they fasten on the coat of the empty stomach 

 for want of any other food. \i^^ however, the horse 

 has been over fed or surfeited with clover, green 

 or dry, ill-cured liny, Ac. the structure of the stom- 

 ach is not made to throw up like man ; he only 

 does it, when his stomach bursts, and dies instant- 

 ly : sometimes the main artery bursts and tlie 

 consequence is the same. 1 opened a horse in such 

 a case. 



The StfiFF.iT ia likewise manifested by colics, 

 the cause of which is generally easily known;, in 

 that case the introduction of any tiling more in the 

 stomach is a pernicious prnctice, and as a horse 

 cannot vomit, emetics would be very useless, to 

 say the least of it. Injections of flaxseed boiled in 

 water, and strained, or mullen water, are eflica- 

 cious. A glister pipe for a horse may be made of 

 strong tin, and must hold a gallon; tiie pipe itself 

 should be long and crooked, for evident reasons 



TiiK STRA^GURv isauotlier very dangerous and 

 painful disease of horses. Tlie symptoms of this 

 disease are the stretching of his body and the vio- 

 lent efforts of the horse to accomplish the purposes 

 of nature. Injections must be resorted to in order 

 to distend the neck of the bladder and reduce the 

 inflammation; diluting drinks, such as bran and wa- 

 ter, must be given, and his food be ver}'^ light for 

 some days until he is cured ; l>ran, rye meal, chops 

 being the most proper articles of tbod. 



1 will mention only two more diseases, easy to 

 cure in the beginning, but very obstinate if they 

 are suffered to go on unattended to; such are the 

 PoLi.-EviL and the Fistula ; both originate often 

 in brutJil blows on the head, and saddles or collars 

 liurting the shoulders. Sometimes the Poll-Evil 

 proceeds from too low a stable door. The parts 

 thus affected must often be rubbed with salt and 

 water only, as soon as the swelling is discovered, 

 until it is perfectly reduced, which will happen in 

 a sliort time, if tlie horse is not used. As to acci- 

 dental breaks of the skin, they must be washed 

 witli soap suds of the juice of Jamestowji weeds, 

 (datura stramonium ;) care being taken that noth- 

 ing rubs the alllicted part, in which case it would 

 be longer to cure. 



The Rich Man's Daughter. 



It is often said that the times are strangely alter- 

 ed ; and certain it is the people are. It was once 

 thougiit to be honorable t© be engaged in some 

 honorable and useful avocation — but now-a-days 

 it is thought honorable to be idle. There is com- 

 plaint of the iiigh priees of all necessaries of hu- 

 man existence, and with much truth. But if the 

 amount of idleness could be calculated with math- 

 ematical accuracy throughout our extended Re- 

 public, and allow the drones only half price for ser- 

 vices they might perform, which others arc now 

 paid for, it might not be an unsafe calculation to put 

 down the whole amount now paid for provision and 

 marketing in the United States. Jt is not a little 

 inconsistent to hear parents whine about the price 

 of provisions, while tliey bring up their daughters 

 to walk the streets and expend money. 



In one of the great commercial cities, there re 

 sides a gentleman worth from two to three millions 

 of dollars. He had three daughters, and he requir- 

 ed them alternately to go into the kitchen and su- 

 perintend its domestic concerns. Health and hap- 

 piness, he said, were thus promoted ; besides, in 

 the vicissitudes of f(jrtune they might, ere they 

 should close their earthly career, be compelled to 

 relv upon their hands for a livelihood ; and he 

 would say thntthey would never hecome wives and 

 proper heads of families, until tliey knew by prac- 

 tical experience, all the economy of houseliold af- 

 f.iirs. One of the daughters is now the wife of a 

 Governor of one of the States (and none the bet- 

 ter for that) — all at tiie head of very respectable 

 families- — and they carry out the principles implan- 

 ted l>y their worthy j)iirent — winning and securinix 

 the esteem of all around them. 



Let the fair daughters of our country draw les- 

 sons from the industrious of the past. The com- 

 panions of men who fought in the revolution, were 

 inured to hardshijjs and accustomed to unceasing 

 toil — and so did they educate their daughters. 

 Health, contentment, happiness and plenty, sinded 

 round the fannly altnr. I'he damsel who under- 

 stood moat thoroughly and economically the man- 

 agement of domestic matters, and who was not a- 



frnid to put her hnnds into a wash-tnb, for fear of 

 destroying their elastinity and dimming their snowy 

 whiteness, was s()nglit for by the young men of 

 Ihofie days as a fit companion for life — but now-a- 

 days to learn the mysteries of the household, would 

 nrnke our fair ones faint away, and to labor, comes 

 not into the code of modern gvni'yhty.-.'inonymous. 



The liushandiiian's ^on^^ 



Written by CrKORcr, Kf.nt, Esq. of Concord, for 

 the Merrimack County C'attle Show and Agricul- 

 tural Exhibition, at Hopkinton, October J8, 1838. 

 Tune — '■'■AuJd Lang S/jtir." 

 Our bounteous God, v/ho makes his sun 



On flower.i and fruits to shine, 

 Hascrown'd the year with blessings raro, 

 Like auld lang sync. 



,For auld lang syne be sure, 



For auld lang sj'ue — 

 Well lak' a cup o' kindness yet, 

 For auld 1 mg syne. 



From nature's purest fount, unmix'd 



With brandy, gni or wine, 

 (Save "Old October,'") we will quatT, 



In spite of auld lang syne. 



The auld man h;id the. blues^ you know — 



"Blue ruin" — shade or shine — 

 We've nothing "blue" but "noses ' true, 



And products of the vine. 



Our Farmers reap a rich reward, 



And pluck the fruitage fine, 

 With merry hearts, from better cause 



Than auld l^.ng syne. 



Our cattle range a thousand kills, 

 Witli "bulls of Bashan" kine — 



Our sheep turn olT more "golden fleece" 

 Than auld lang syne. 



The Arts mechanic claim our praise, 



With manufactures fine — 

 We're proud to make compare with best 



Of auld lang syne. 



About our duties we have been 

 "From morning sun till dine'" — 



And sure it's right we now should sing 

 In "auld lang syne." 



For auld lang syne, be sure, 



For auld lang syne — 

 We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, 



For auld lang syiie. 



Sheep. — From a work on the subject of "Wool 

 Growing and Manufacturing," compiled by C. 

 Benton and S. T. Barry, and published something 

 more than a year since, we are ennbled toknow the 

 number of sheep in fourteen of the States, and are 

 distributed as follows : 



Maine, (i2«,G10 New York, 4,200,873 



New Hampshire, 4t>5,17i) Pennsylvania,! ,714,640 

 Vermont, 1,000,011 Delaware, 150,000 



Massachusetts, o73,322 Maryland, !:i75,000 



Rhode Island, 81,6r2 Virginia, 1,000,000 



Connecticut, 255, IGO Ohio, 1,711,200 



New Jersey, 250,000 Kentucky, 600,000 



Making a total of 12,807,633 

 It is estimated tiiat the avernge yield of wool per 

 head if) 3 I -2 pounds — although 1 think it too liigh 

 — which would make an aggregate product of near- 

 ly forty-two millions of pounds. The average 

 price paid ^or wool from 1<^27 to 1836 inclusive, 

 was 5t) cents ; this probably is correct, as one of the 

 compilers of the above work was a purchaser of the 

 article. — Cm. Farmer. 



Trees by the road-piUe. 



We are often asked "shall we set apple trees by 

 the road-sidf .-*" We answer yes, if you will set 

 tlie right kind of trees. Tlie greening apple treo 

 should never be set here. Its limbs run out horU 

 zontally and soon become a nuisance in the high- 

 way. The Baldwin and some otliers have more 

 upright limbs, and they should always be preferred 

 for such places. 



We have many reasons for wishing to see rows 

 of trees by tlie road-side. In the first place they 

 are highly ornamental — then they make a pleasant 

 shade for the traveller — they grow twice as fast by 

 a wall near the road-side as in midheld auiong the 

 jrrass — they do not sh;idehalf so much of your field 

 — they kill all the bushes by the wall-side, and tiicy 

 bear more constantly than in an orchard. 



If your road runs nearly east and west, an ap- 

 ple tree planted close to the wall on the south sido 



