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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



of spring rye for bread; and on examining the rye, 

 befoi'e ground, found a large portion of ergot, or 

 spurred rye, in it, and on inquiry found ihey ha9 ta- 

 ken no pains to separate it before grinding. They 

 afterwards separated the ergot, and all recovered, al- 

 though they continued to use the rye for bread. 



I ouce raised' a fine crop of spring rye, which had 

 much ergot upon it. I had it drawn to the barn in 

 dry v/eather, when much of it shelled ofl' and dropped 

 apon the barn floor. After the rye was all in the 

 barn, the floor was cleaned up, and the rye and ergot 

 which dropped upon the floor wag cleaned from dust 

 and put into the swill barrel, without my knowledge. 

 The next morning ray hogs were fed from the barrel; 

 towards evening I noticed the hogs were all lying 

 down, and seemed to have nearly lost the use of their 

 limbs. On inquiring into the cause, I found the er- 

 got in the barrel from which they were fed. 



If Mr. F'oRD would avoid the disease in cattle that 

 he complains of, let him pay proper attention to his 

 rotation of crops; and should ho find any piece o( 

 speargrass with ergot upon it in his mowing grounds, 

 he had better allow it to remain upon the land for 

 manure than put it in his barn to feed to stock. 



JVew Haven. G. . 



A DOZEN RECEI PTS W OETH SAVING. 



An esteemed correspondent sends us the following 

 receipts. They cannot be allowed to compete for 

 our Premium for the Best Dozen Domestic Receipts, 

 and we accordingly publish them aa an ordinary 

 oommunication: 



Scratches on Uoeses. — Rub the part affected 

 with plaster of Paris, once a day, until a cure is ef- 

 fected ; or, v/ash the part effected clean with castile 

 soap suds, and oil it well with curriers' gurry every 

 other day. In either case, keep the horse out of the 

 mud. 



Grafting Wax. — One part beeswax, two parts 

 tallow, four parts rosin. Mix together, and work it 

 like shoe-maker's wax. 



Cure for the Sting of a Bee. — Saleratus, wet 

 with water; or fine salt applied in the same way. 



To Curb Horse Distemper. — Tar, fed with a 

 paddle. 



For Bots or Bellyache in Horses. — Half pint 

 new milk, half pint molasses, one table-spoonful sale- 

 ratus; or the following may be used: half pint vine- 

 gar, half pint soft soap, half pint gin, half pint mo- 

 msses. Put ihem together and shake them well, and 

 pour down while foaming. 



Fob Curing Hams. — -Half pint molasses, quarter 

 ' pound sugar, three ounces saltpetre, two ounces sale- 

 ratus, one quart salt, to each pail of water. Make 

 enough to cover the meat. 



Liniment for Wounds or Bruises on Horses or 

 Cj^tle.— Half pint alcohol, one ounce oil spikenard, 

 one ounce British oil, one ounce oil gannum, one 

 ounce spirits turpentine, one ounce camphor gum, 

 one ounce soap, made fine. Put all in a bottle, and 

 cork tight. 



For Colic in Horses — Tie a small piece of to- 

 bacco on his bit, and exercise him moderately. 



To Make Yellow Butter in Winter. — Feed 

 carrots; or grate two ounces for each quart of cream 

 — ^put it ia water, and strain it in the cream. 



To Keep Bugs foom Vinks.-^"ix a table-spoon- 

 ful of spirits of turpentine with a quart of plaster; 

 put it in the hiil every other day, as long as necessa- 

 ry. Or what is better, coop a hen with young chick- 

 ens; the chickens will soon destroy the destroyers. 



To Make an Excellent Salve. — Take alum, cas- 

 tile soap, and camphor gum, of each a lump as large 

 as a walnut; pulverize them well, and mi^s with a 

 gill of honey, cold; then melt a lump of beeswax and 

 a lump of rosin, the size of a hen's H'-^g, together, add 

 them to the first, and stir until cold. 



ANOTHEE I'SGIFITABLE FLOCK CF SHEEP. 



Messrs Editors : — I am decidedly opposed to 

 large stories about crops, stock or any thing else ; 

 but seeing an article in your January Number, head- 

 ed a " Profitable Flock of Sheep," 1 thought perhaps 

 it might interest many o! your readers to see the ad- 

 vantage of good markets, and also whether "anj 

 good thing could come out of Jersey," I give at pre- 

 sent the following example. In the fall of 1854, Mr, 

 Garret Leming, of Monmouth Co. N. J., purchased 

 sixteen ewes from a drove of western or native sheep, 

 for ^2 50 a head; he put a pure blooded South Down 

 buck Vv'ith them; in the spring of 1855 they produced 

 twelve lambs, which were sold for $105 in June; the 

 sixteen ewes averaged a little over one dollar per 

 head tor wool; in September these ewes were worth 

 S4:.50 -per head. 



Lambs sold for $105 00 



"Wool, ■_. 16 00 



Septembsr ewea worth 7'2 OQf 



$193 00 

 First C0it:ewes, 40 00 



Profit, $153 00 



Gain per head, 9 56 



Gain per head $9.56 against a little over $4 ia 

 Mr. Smith's flock. 



To show that this was not an extreme case, he last 

 spring had 



20 lambs from 16 ewes which sold for $100 00 



Wool, - 18 00 



Ewes Bold for 72 00 



$1S8 00 

 First coat 40 00 



Profit, - $148 00 



Gain per hoad, 9 25 



Now this gain was in eleven months, whereas Mr. 

 Smith's were kept sixteen months. They ran to a 

 stack of second crop clover hay through the winter, 

 besides which they were fed about one pint of meal 

 apiece for about three months. 



I may send you other examples, but this must 

 answer for the present. 



P. S. — These lambs were sold to butchers,- not for 

 stock, but meat. J. C. Taylob. 



Holnidel, A". J. 



PLOWING AND HASEOWING LLHH. 



Editors of Genesess Farmer: — Have any of yam 

 numerous correspondents tested the virtue of harow- 

 ing land that has been plowed in the early part of 

 October, with a view to be plowed in the spring 

 again ? 



In plowing laud there are two objects to be gained 

 — -to destroy weeds, ond to turn "p row portions cf 

 soil, and it is a question whether the soil thus turned 

 up in a rough or lumpy state, would be better if left 



