86 



^[}t laxnm's iHontl)lp faigtlor- 



iici.l of »l'.out 170 11.^. each, and 3C Srntili \>m\^ 

 18 in.nfri^il !;»ll<'iii^) of Ijoiliiig Wilier jijio fcin-li 

 l.iiler. Jl lioiU iiwiiy "t a g'*^"' liite lor miiiic 

 liii,e, 111.(1 ill II (Inv or iwo %\f tiLpiy llie IioiIi-ik 

 into l«o cuiLi ol litlil ii.iuiUl, Mul 111111 llie m'-''- 

 liMP over. Ai lliis M!ii:c, ili*-' lioi.isiue only l>iii- 

 liiilly (lii^sulvcd, liul lliey lifiil uH'l <l^•l•onl|lo^e in 

 llic lit-;.]., iilui- liL-iii'; liiili«'<l over lliiee or lour 

 limes; iimi in iheeoiiise ol !-eveii or eijilit ueeks 

 llie coiii|"iM lieeoii.es .liy,iiii<l Ineaks <lo«ii Willi 

 II i-l.ovel ill a fil siau- lor .-lue.Klins wuli "le l'''"' 

 ill iliediill/'-Mr. Tlioi..|i^on siale.l lli.-it lie lim 

 liiiiiseir laM ^ear foiiii.l 4 l.iisliels ol difsolvei 

 Ikiik'S iii.i.lieii ill llie lortii oreoinlio.-l Inliy eqiiiil 

 lu "^O loiuls of liiriii-\:iid niiiiime, lliere lieiiij; no 

 licireplible difleieiice in the cro|) linousliout llie 



' IV. Cost of Acid— The Earl of Dneie railed 

 llie alleniion of ihe Ccnneil lo ihe price of llie 

 aeid cnililovfd for llie solution of llie hones, lie 

 iiiKlerstooirihal siil|iliiiric and niurialie aeiil iiiif;lil 

 b,^oMained for lliieu farililiijis per |i(>iiiid. It »iis 

 desirahle, iiol only llial the pi iee ol the aeid should 

 lie asreiuiiiiid, hut that its purity and stieii;;lli 

 should also he iiiiifonii. 



Dig Deep and tou'll find Treasure.— We 

 coiniiiciid the lljllowiii^' aiieedole lo the parlleii- 

 Uir c-onsideiaiioii of those who are yet addirud 

 to the praeiice of shallosv ploiifihiiijr, and « ho 

 think thai no !;ood eoiiies from deep stirriiii; ot 

 the soil. 15y :idopiiiif; the piaclice of deep ploiii>h- 

 iiif:, a iievv'souree of weallli would ho o|iL'iu;d on 

 many farms, which the •' i-kiiiivng" cnhiiieofa 

 ceiilnry or two had never developed. lint to the 

 ni,e,.,|,;te— which, llioii;;li old, is just as good as 

 if it were " hraii new":— 



"An old fanner, on his death-hed, told his sons, 

 who were not very industrious lads, that he had 

 deeply liinied his money in a particular held, 

 vvhicli was the most barren land on his liiliii. In 

 consequence of this inliiriiiation, soon aiier the 

 old man's (h atli, the sons he^an to di^' (and they 

 dii" deeply too) all over the field— and this lliey 

 diifa^'ain and ai;ain, for it was Ion;,' heioie they 

 qiiiie'despaiiedof lindiiiff the money. At length, 

 liovvever, thev «ave up the search, and the land 

 was planted wiili corn ; wliKii, from the deep dig- 

 I'ing, pulverization and ■ .'e.-riiii; whicli it hud re- 

 ceived ill tiie search for the money, it produced 

 a crop which was indeed a treasure. ' 



Beks.— Dr. Waterman iiives, in the Cleveland 

 Herald, his mode of catching llie hee-miller or 

 moth, lie says, "I took two white dishes, (I 

 think white attracts their attention in the iiiiihl,) 

 or deep plales.and placed them on the top of the 

 hives, and filled lliem about full of sweetened 

 viuetrar. The next moniin!,' I had about liliy 

 millers cau<;lit; the second niiilit 1 caui;lit tiliy 

 more ; the third nii:lit heiiij.' cold, I did not f;et 

 imy ; the fonrlli iiiidit being very warm, I caught 

 nbout four huinlred." 



ry at Walerbiiry, one at 'i'roy, and one at Poiigli- 

 kcepsie, we b(tlievc. 



The manufacture of tacks and brads is carried 

 on lo the exlent of 150 lo 2C0 Ions per year.— 

 The niachiiierv used is very .-iinpleand luriisonl 

 from '2liO lo 8C0 and even lOCO lacks per miiiinc 

 The '• Blaiichard luacliine," invented by our for- 

 mer town.-inan, Thomas I'danchard, and which 

 was the (ir.-t e\er invented lor the purpose, is 

 used in the establishiiiciil, although it has beeii 

 ill a measure snpeiseiled by the " Keed mi.chiiie," 

 combining more .simpliciiy wilh greater celeriiy 

 nf operation. Girls are employed in packing the 

 tacks, and so dexteidiis has experience rendered 

 them that a smart girl will put np 15C0 packages 

 of ICCO each per day, the number (lUL(l) being ile- 

 leniiined by weight. 



IJetwcen one and two hiilidred tons ol hooks 

 and eyes are amitially made in Birmiugham by 

 Vaiiki'e machinery. The process of maniifac- 

 tining copper is well worth looking at. The ore 

 is broii};lit in its crude slate from the mines ol 

 Mexico and Sonlli Ameiica. It is smelted in a 

 huge furnacp, and cast in oblong blocks of per- 

 haps 75 or KiO Ihs. From this it is heated, roll- 

 ed and cut inlo all the variety of shapes desired, 

 bv simple but ponderous machinery. A sheet ol 

 clipper two or three inches thick was cut aseasi- 

 ly and as (piick as a piece of paper, and yielded 

 to the pressure of the rollers as readily as wax. 

 It snbseqiieutlv goes into a variety of shapes and 

 uses. The floors of the workshops consist ol 

 lariic plates of solid iron ; and as an indication 

 of nie intense beat necessary to mell the ore, it 

 was staled that when the furnace full of molten 

 metal hurst a vear or two since, these solid iron 

 plates were thoroughly crisiied by the boiling 

 copjicr. 



top comes to maturity later, and he diij not think 

 ihere was much dili'eieiice whether cut in blos- 

 som or soon after. He believed Timothy cm in 

 lilossoiii would, pound for pound, produce more 

 milk when ltd to cows or sheep, than it would 

 cut afterwaids; bin for horses and other i-tuck, 

 bethought it more nnlriiioits to stand a little loii- 

 .•;er. Jt certainly improved in weight. 



[Ill ground lying more than two years to grass 

 — (tlic herdsgiiiss or timothy seldom comes up to 

 perfection until the second year)— we are ileci- 

 dedlv lavorahle to ripening I'lilly the limothy and 

 ihe clover seed befiai' making the hay as nfn-ii 

 as every second jeai, even llionvh the hay he 

 somewhat less valuable. A porlioii of the seed 

 lalliii!.', ihe ;;inmiil is prepared lor a fntiire crop 

 w hicii w ill be much incieascd. Tiie •irealer por- 

 tion of the clover the first year, and of liiiioihy 

 Ihe second year will he killeil out when the land 

 is mowed before the gni'^s is ripe. If the hay 

 is cut for ihe m;uket, the jonijyer crop m.ny he 

 more saleable— if it be cut i'or home consump- 

 tion when so ripe that llie icsinoiis qiialiiy shall 

 be upon the stalk, we ai-e of opinion that both 

 herd;;iass (lin.oihv) and ied-tO|i will be quite 

 as valuable liir healthy stock.— AV. VisiUr.] 



Manufacture of Pius, &c. 



The editor (d' ihe Springfield Gazette, in Notes 

 of a recent Ramble, inenlioiis the iiiauiiOiCtnie 

 of |iiiis, lacks, &c., in a village in Derby, Conn., 

 called " 15irmini;liani." 



Among the important branches ol maiiuiac- 

 tiwe carried on are pins, hooks and eyes, tticks, 

 aiii;ers, broaiUdoihs, rolling cop|ier, and machin- 

 ery. The estahlishment in the two first named 

 branidies are not open to visiters. We saw how- 

 ever, specimens of the work produced ihal would 

 compare liivoiably with similar articles of lor- 

 cigii maiinliiclure. 'J'lie machinery lor making 

 ifms has been brought to perfection by Dr. Howe, 

 the agent of the estnblishment, to whom, in a 

 brief paia;;iapli on this subject, several weeks 

 ogo, we nninieiilionally did injustice in this par- 

 ticular, liy assigning the honor of invention lo 

 i\lr. Waters, lorineily of this town. 



Mr. Waters is engaged in the same cstablisli- 

 ment, suid is the inventor of a curious machine 

 for sticking the pins oii papers, which accmn- 

 jilishes ihc labor that formerly reipiiied Idly 

 girls. The pins and paper are put into^ ihe 

 '•,hopper'' and come out "ready ground." This 

 onuses a great diinimition of ex|ieii.-e and of 

 course gives an advautufie over the foreign inaii- 

 ufactiirer, who enjoys no such (acilily. About 

 two and a half tons of pins are made and put up 

 in this establishment per week, and the amouiit 

 ia ficton lo be incieascd. There is another faclo- 



Cutling Grass lor Hay. 

 We find in the .Mhauy C^uliivalor some notes 

 of an iniereslinu conversaiion had at ihe tfevenih 

 Agricnluiial .Meeiing held in that cii\, from which 

 we extract such part as relates to the cutting ol 

 •jrass for hay. 



We can do no less than commenil to read- 

 ers the remarks of brother Howard of the Cuhi- 

 vu;oi— the same being sound, bolh praclically 

 and scientifically cunsiilcred. [?J. Y. Farmer. 



Mr. Benient said he had formerly been m the 

 habit of cnlling tiniolhy i:ra.-s i|iiite late. It wa.< 

 easier cmcd after it got luetiy ripe. But be lemid 

 in using hay thus cut, that it wanted snhstance, 

 and he had ascertained that the best time for cul- 

 tiii'i- was while the grass was in hiossom. 



Mr. Howard was aware that there were difter- 

 eiit opinions as to the proper .stage for cutting 

 ■irass; but jje tlioui;lit the observance of cerlaiii 

 principles niii;hl aH'oid a guide in the case. For 

 example, the stems of grasses were filled just he- 

 fnre the formation of the see.l, with a starchy or 

 saccharine snl»lunce. In perfecting the seed the 

 stems were exhaiisled of this suhslanee, it U'llig 

 consumed in forming seed. Now if the herbage 

 is the object, the plant should be cut belorc the 

 imlriment has passed fVoiii the steins. 11 seed is 

 llie object, the plant must of course be allowed lo 

 attain a good degree of maturity. Hay made Irom 

 ripe L'l-ass may " go liirlher," or "spend heller, as 

 the aigiiiiieut"is; r.iul it is admitted tliiit this may 

 be iriie, for animals are less inclined to eat it ; hut 

 this is no proof that it is more nulrilive. 



Mr. Garretson, of the Assembly, from Dutch- 

 ess county, said he generally cm fioin 150 lo 'iOO 

 ions of h.-iy per vear— chiefly timothy and red- 

 top. He genciaUy begun when the grass was m 

 the hiossom. 



Mr. Sotham said that he would as soon have 

 "ood bright straw for cows or .-^lieep, as limolhj 

 hay after it bad gone to seed. He cuts clover 

 when a part of it is in blossom and part in the 

 bead. Cuts all his grass early. It takes longer 

 to make hay cut thus early, but for cows and 

 sheep, especially, il is n great deal better. 



Jud;;e Cheever said he would cut his clover in 

 hiossom, not sooner. 



He would not eiit timolhy mild H had passed 

 nut of the blossom. I'lofessor Davy, in his Ag- 

 ricultural Chcmislry, says that (U parts ol clover 

 bay cm in blossom, produced 10 parts ul inilri- 



livo matter I the -same taken in seed. Tmio- 



ihv, 10 parts in blossom, and 23 in seed. I Ins 

 iirihe liinolhv is probably loo much; hut that 

 Ibo uiilrilive inatler in limolhy improved aller 

 the lUll of the blossom, he liud no doubt. Ked- 



Rfceipt FOR CaoiP.— Dr. Goodman lies rec- 

 ,,mmendi d the following as a ceilain as will lis 

 a simple remedy for this common, and often lalnl 

 disease among children. He says: 



" Whenever ihey are ihrealened with an attack 

 of Croup. 1 direct a plaster covered with (by 

 r-^coicb siuiir, var\ iiig in size accordiiu: to the size 

 of the patient, to" be" ai>plied directly across llie 

 throat, and ivt iiied ihere lill all llie sympioms 

 disappear. The remedy is found lo he always 

 el^"eciiial, when applied in the first or second sta- 

 "es id' the disease " _ 



The plaster is made by fireasinga piece ol lin- 

 en cloth, and then covering itoierwilh the snutt. 

 — Saturday Counri: 



""iB creat essential in the art of sdl'mg" _uia- 



iiure,iswell and laconically expressed by Haii- 

 nam in his prize essay— "Nothing' mti.st be al- 

 lowed to run awav in ihe form xif a fluid, or lo 

 fly away in the dis;:iiise of a s.i.ell." Whoever 

 ai'lopts'lhis precaiiiion, dois his inmost to pre- 

 serve bis manure— and his ma -e thus prp.serv- 



ed, will do its inmost lo benefit his crops, if judi- 

 c'lous application follows judicious saving. 



T1.11EER.— At the du-^ciussion of the Farmers' 

 Club, atNew A'ork. iuteresling as well as impor- 

 laiit facts are iVeiinently evolved. Al a late meet- 

 in", a member stated" that timber slmuld he cut 

 dinvii ill May or .Iiinc, when the sap is active, 

 lie instanced several facts from a paper by Hon. 

 Timolhy Pickeriia', laid before the .Mass. Agn- 

 ciiltmar Society in 1821, which stales that oaks 



fell in May, lasi'ed 22 year 



<; those cut in Februa- 



ry, lasted' but 12 year.', tlionj;li exposed niidef 

 tlie same, eircumslances. A liirmer in iMassaclm- 

 «ctls cut a birch for a well-sweep in May, and 

 peeled the bark ott". It lasted 17 years; whereas 

 Ijiich cut in the winter, wiili the baik led on, 

 does not last more than one ye.u-. ftlany other 



similar cases were en erated IVom the paper. 



He said ihal timber cm in Jnne.siiould he sawed 

 immediately alter it is cut, as it then works cu- 



'^"^'rimber will decay under lliice conditions:— 

 fir-l by beinii moisl under a lice circiihdion of 

 air ;'sJcoiid, when suhjected lo the aetioii of gas- 

 e« and shut out from the air; third, in water, 

 when in contact with vegi'table putrilymg matter. 

 'I'imlxM- kept dry in a free ciicnliition of uir, 

 would never decay. 



Corn Folder.— Green corn makes excellent 

 foildcr for cows and olher ciiiile, and when well 

 cured, is equal to the best Knglish Imy. Ihe 

 proilnce of this crop exceeds every other crop 111 

 umoiint of food, excepting mots. We I'ave ac- 

 counts of 40 ions of green lood ami 12 of dry 

 food to the acre. 



There is lime to rais^e n good crop ol corn lori- 

 der, after Ihe farmer can determine pretty accu- 

 ratelv whether the crop of crass will be good. A 

 libeial supply of Ibis lo.hhr and Inrmps answers 

 ;m ixcellenrpiirpose to make up a deficiency in 

 the crop of bay, when il is likely lo fall short by 

 r,.,-,soii of droufiht. In this way Hie farmer call 

 provi.le a-ainst a scarcity, and a\oid the loss ot 

 selliug oft' his slock at icduceJ iirices. 



