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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



nearly a dead level. There is a little fall on the west end 

 of it. There is a ditch around it, four feet wide and three 

 feet deep, which carries off all the surface water, which, 

 before it was dug, used to flood the whole of it in the 

 spring. The soil is a vegetable mould, partlj decomposed, 

 of about four or live feet deep. It is impossible to plow 

 it, on account of the timber, which is buried beneath the 

 mould. The grass which grows upon it is a very tough 

 grass, that the cattle do not like, excepting a little in the 

 spring, when tender. "What crop do you consider it best 

 calculated to grow, or what kind of grass would flourish 

 best upon it ? I would state that though the surface wa- 

 ter is removed, the marsh is still quite wet and soft under- 

 neath, so much so as not to bear up a team if the sod 

 •were removed. I tried to plow it last spring, but wlien 

 tlie plow struck a log t^e cattle sunk right into it. E. T. 

 — Clinton, C. W. 



I WISH to enquire through your widely circulated jour- 

 nal, in reqard to the fermentation of milk by the time it 

 has been twenty-four hours drawn. On taking down the 

 pans the cream presents an uneven, rough looking sur- 

 face ; on removing the cream from the milk there is very 

 much the appearance of yeast, being frothy, and a crack- 

 ing noise accompanies the process. I can give no reason 

 why it is so, and would like to know if any of your butter 

 making readers have observed such effects, and can give 

 the cause ? My cows have been stabled, fed with corn- 

 stalks, with one peck of carrots daily up to 'the first of 

 March, since which, the same treatment, except hay in lieu 

 of stalks. If you or our readers will explain the above 

 phenomenon I shall be thankful. D. — Gates. 



I have a hen that wanted to set about four weeks ago, 

 and I placed under her eleven eggs. A short time after 

 I v/ent to the nest and found a number of new layed eggs 

 in it. Thinking it very curious I watched the hen and 

 found she had intercourse with the rooster. She layed all 

 the time she was setting, and continues to lay at the pre- 

 sent time, the chickens being one week old. Will some of 

 your correspondents who make fowls their study throw a 

 little lighten this subject? B. i. IS. — Corinth, N. Y. 



A FEW days since I set a trap for a woodchuck, and 

 caiight one with two white stripes running parallel with 

 his back ; when, by accident or design, he spilt his perfume 

 while I was in rather close proximity to his manufactory. 

 Now, I wish to " eradicate" the effluvia, as I never was 

 very partial to cologne or other sweet scented essences, 1 

 come to you to tell me what will cure ; the preventive I 

 know. i). — Gates. 



ATKINS' AUTOMATON, 



I WOULD like to know the probable age that sheep ar- 

 rive at, with good treatment ; and if it is a better plan to 

 shear once or twice during a year. By inserting the above 

 in the Farmer, you will much oblige a subscriber in the 

 back woods of Texas. "W. B. C. — Lockhart, Texas. 



Egg Plant. — "Will some of your correspondents describe 

 the manner of cultivating the egg plant, and the usual or 



best way of preparing the same for the table ? D. L 



Caledonia, N. Y. 



Can any of your correspondents tell me what will pre- 

 vent the malady which attacks young pigs when running 

 in clover fields in wet summer weather ? E. F. H. — Ex- 

 eiiarige, Ky. 



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