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^l)c jTavmcr's illnntljiy ilisitor. 



SlIKEP A.ND WllOL. III aroilllllllllilVIIKIIl fVotii 



D.iiiit-I S. Curtis III ilic Siiiip AiiririilliMiil Sdrielv, 

 lin iiiriilliiiis lli^it lie li::<l nil lii.s I'miiii ill Ciili.'inii, 

 Col. c-oiiiuy, ;i IliicU of sliecp whicli lio i oiii- 

 inciiccd 8evi;Mlrcii jeiirs iiL'o, iVoTii " );on(l liscil- 

 ri.il iiccriim" i-nc^ — n.-iiij: iln; lii'st Siixmi liiirks 

 III- roiilil pel siiici; llicii. Tlic flnck Ikis iiii|irove(l 

 iiiiii'li in (iii;ilit_v iiikI fiuniilitv — the flefct.'H iiver- 

 ;if;irif:, liif llie l;i.-i tuo jfiir;', lliiee |ioiiiiils six 

 (iiiiKTK : iiihI .Mr. C. lliinkfi liie clip tliis yvur will 

 ••xr.eeil tliiit iiveinjie :i cdiiple of oiiiii'es. His 

 flock c(iii.''i<I.s iiin^lly of henritif; ewes iiiul yearl- 

 ings, und lie keeps no welliriH. — jV. Y. paper. 



Pi-A.vTiNo Trefs. — A l\ir. Kelcliiiiii, of Con- 

 lieiliiMil, li.uv int' lieeii very .'siiccessliil in |ihiiuiii^ 

 Iiee.", I iec]iic.=li il liini to uive me lii.s |)riicp>!- in 

 (li'tMil, «liii:li lie iliil very willini;ly. Pieviiuis In 

 fjellinj; the trees, said Mr. K., Iiolcs slioiilil lie (Iiip 

 two feel anil .1 lialf deep and alioiil four fiet in 

 diameter. One earl load of jioml sin liiee soil, 

 taken from the road side, or iiny other conveni- 

 ent place, and one wlieellianow full of compost 

 laid liy each hide. When llie trees are ready to 

 .'Ct, fill lip witli good soil and compost, well mix- 

 id, as liij.di a.s it is desired to set the liotlom of 

 the trees ; then place the tree anil silt in the tine 

 soil, HOI k MIL' the tree liack«arils and forwards 11 1 

 the same lime, after which the soil is poniiiled 

 down hard uiih a lar}_'e iikiII, such as is used for 

 paviiijr. Tire siihsoil taken from the hole is re- 

 moved and some coarse nuiMiiie laid over the 

 hare soil. i\!i-. K. thinks it as essential to manure 

 Iri'cs for llie lii>t year or l\\o, as it is to iiKinnre 

 corn or any other crop : ih.at it not only caused a 

 iiiiicli more rapid and >i;.'oroiis •.'lowili, hiil the 

 foliai'e is larjier and of a niiiidi deeper color. — 

 .\". Y. Farmer. 



Uheljiatism i.v Sheep. — 'I'here an; a tlions- 

 ,ind proo's of the existence of this coiiipl.iiiit ill 

 sheep. It i^^ p.irtlciii.irly prevaleiil in low marsliy 

 countries, in exposed siiiiaiioiis. It priiiiipally 

 .•ittacks cdd shee)iand yoniiL' ones. It .soiiietimes 

 appears as an innaiiimatory compl.iiiit, and fe- 

 \er accoinpanics it; and .at other times, it has all 

 the characteristics of a cliionic disease, the walk 

 of the sheep 01 lamhs liein^ stifl' and eaillloti.s, 

 marking the rheiiinaiic patient, llavinj; once 

 seri aisly attacked the animal, the malady will 

 teldoiii he completely eradicated — so kill at 

 once. — .\'is'i!iitle Jlgricnllwalisf. 



I.NDULGE THE C'URIOSITY OF Clllt.DRE.V. — Slip- 



)iress not ihi'lr cmio>iiy or inqni^ili•.•cncss. It 

 i-i no lailiiij; in .■mil of itself. It is rather one of 

 the slron^'est incenlives, and the most prominent 

 means 10 hecome learned anil wise. It is i;pn- 

 erally from i^inorance, indilTerencp, or a peevi.-li 

 (lisposilioii, that a man comiiiands his children to 

 he silent, nr reproaches tiiem tor an im proper and 

 reprbheiiMhle cmiosiiy, when they inquire aliont 

 somelhin;;, and are not. satisfied »illi the tirst 

 answer i;lven ihtui. 'J'lii'y iiiii,=l indeed learn 

 and use prudence and discretion in the company 

 of straii^'ers. But parents and teachers would 

 neclecl ilieliesi opportiiiiitv of their iiistmciioii, 

 if they eoiitiiiiially ri ipiiie of ilieiii to he oiil\' 

 mnle hearers. No — it is their duty, and if they 

 love tliiir chddien or pupils, it will Ilea pleasure 

 to ansvver their ipieslioiis, not with a (hy jes or 

 no, liiit in such a manner as will convey the in- 

 lormalion ihev desire. — Srlecled. 



We helievi! tlii^ {jeiieral dyinjr of the lilittoii- 

 vvood trees is tho most singular pliiMinmi'iion 

 which has ever h.appened in the vegeialile king- 

 dom. On lii.uli lands and in low, in the woods 

 and ill the open Helds, they present the same 

 shorn, lili'less appe.iranee. Did not the hot dry 

 siiminer of l&SS injure the roots? We 1 1 link their 

 death must he some afieclion of ll (• roots. Ex- 

 cessive dryness and excessive colds are the two 

 causi!S which most afl^ect the loots cd' tree.". — 

 Trees in low lands are affected and injured hy 

 great and long continued droiii;lit. — Pi ovitlcnce 

 Trans. 



.^".lERicv.N llEMr.— Nearly .5000 hales, or 1,- 

 ]-o,.lUO Ihs. of American Hemp were received 

 111 IJosion from \ew Orleans during the six 

 iiioiiths ending on the Ist iiisumt. 



Even after all other remedies have tailed, a cer- 

 Utin cure for diarrliiBa will be foiiiitl in rice water. 



Boil tile lice, take the watir. make it p.alatabhj 

 with salt, drink it copiously while warm. 



Pitching Hay by Horse Power. 



A '-orrespondeiit of the liostoii IMedical and 

 Surgical Jomiial, Dr. Z. Il<l^^e,of liilleiii-a, com- 

 innnicates the follovNing ailicle, which is very 

 interesling to farmers: 



W'hen oil my way to the White Mountains, in 

 the Slimmer ol if'S7, I spent a day or two at the 

 Shakers' Village, in Caiiierliiiry, i\. II. This is 

 iinqiicslionalily one of the most (lelighlfiil loca- 

 tions in New Kugland ; and although the me- 

 rlianic arts are cidiivated here to some extent, 

 the general aspect of the pl.ice is decideilly ag- 

 ricultural. Such a succes>ioii of widely extend- 

 ed and hisildy cultivated tields, with correspond- 

 ing heids of domestic animals, 1 had never helor*; 

 seen. Every operation in this hrancli of indiis- 

 Iry, SKPiiied to move on with the regularity of 

 clock work. Here was also exhihited a grand 

 display of iu:ricnlliiral improvements, in success- 

 ful ciperatiou ; hut as 1 ahhor long preaiiihles, I 

 will give yon a single speciiiieii. 1 fiiimd the 

 lirethren not only r.iking, hot [litcliing their hay 

 hy horse power. Their carts were conslrncled 

 in such a manlier as to lucilitate the operation of 

 pitching, and at the same time, to save a great 

 part of the lahor of raking after. 



\\ hile standing in one of their long ban is, with 

 watch in hand, and curiosity on tiptop, to witness 

 a speciiiien of the horse fork pitching, a ton of 

 hay was taken from the cart at live liirklids, and 

 snugly ll posited on the top of a lii:;li mow, in 

 the .-lioii ?pace of six minutes. What was hli 

 ill the cai t would not have furnisheil a hailing 

 for tin; horse that performed the Labor. This 

 seemed to he a men.- cominon business transac- 

 tion : 1 was 'inable to discover, in their iiiove- 

 ments, the least a|ipearaiice of striviiii; against 

 time. One of the hreihren coolly remarkial that 

 the hay w.is rather tooshoit to pitch well. Three 

 other loads cume in hy differciit teams, while i 

 remained in the harn, and were disposed of in 

 the same summary manner. 



1 find in my journal, kept at the time, the fol- 

 lowing scrap relating to this mode of pitching : 

 " Every thing hein;: prepared, the horse at work 

 in the yard, and the fork concealed in the hay, 

 all at once, as if by magic, magnetic .ittiaction, 

 or soirie other hidden power, the whole lop ol 

 the load begins to rise; then, as the executioner, 

 at the critical moment, sle|is from ll e settling 

 platloriii, that he may not he pitched down, so 

 also the mall t.n the cart stejis from the rising 

 h.iy, that he may nol he pitched up. The opera- 

 tion taken as a w lude, seemed more like Sampson 

 pulling up the |)Osts, and luaiching off with the 

 gales of Gaza, b.-^r and all, than any thing I had 

 yet seen. It was not mdy worth seeing, hut was 

 worth going to .<=ee." 



Ili.>TS WORTH KNowiNt;. — Fraclund Or dxs'.oca- 

 Itii Itg. — Lei the snfti.'rer he kept on the ground 

 until a couch, door, or gate, can he procured ; 

 for in raising him up lie iiniy die ti'oni faintness 

 or loss of blood. \VIipii a gate, linrdle, or board 

 is procured, place it almigsiile him; cover it with 

 a bed of straw, and pillows, and let men convey 

 him home or 10 a iieighhoriiig house. Send :i 

 discreet person to his surgeon and to his iionie, 

 who call st.ite the nature of the accident. On 

 no account pm him into a vehicle ; let him lie 

 borne home by mm, lor the motion of a carriago 

 might cause splintered bones to IlilHlly wound 

 blood vessels in contact with tlu'm. 



Fits. — If a person falls in a til, let liiin remain 

 on the :.'roiind, proviihd his face be pale; should 

 it be li.inting, or teiiijioiary suspension of the 

 heart's action, yon may cause death by raising liiiii 

 upright, or bleeding, hut it' the liico be red or 

 dark-colored, raise him on his seat, throw cold 

 water on bis head i 1 11 iiifi! lately, send lor a surgeon 

 and get a vein opened, or fatal pressure on tlio 

 brain may ensue. 



Havi^'in^ or Droicnnnr. — hixpose the chest as 

 quickly as possibh', and throw the coldest water 

 UMi can procure plenlifully over it, uhilstlhe 

 body is kept in a silling position. 



Children in Convulsions. — Deluge the head with 

 cold Hater, and put the lift into warni water, 

 till medical assistance can he procured. 



iJy a proper application of these simple rules 

 life might olien be saved, whilst it is well known 

 to medical gentleiiien that what is kindly thoiigli 

 injiidicioiislv done hastens dealh. 



TnisTi.E Harvest. — The time for killing llic.-e 

 iinprofiiahle [danls, weeds, pesls, or whativer 

 other e|iitliet yon please to give llieiii, is at hand. 

 Be sure ihatyon mow them down — cut them ofl" 

 litteily from the (■.■irth, and Iheii sow salt upon 

 their .~iuoips. Wherevi r they have got linn hold, 

 the ill ighliors .ihonld unite in a war of extermi- 

 III. lion. Ji is House for one individual to cut iii.d 

 lake every means to ileslroy ilipiii, and his very 

 next neighbor, who may have a greater crop, do 

 noihing at all. The .seeds which the negligent 

 man riiisps, will stock half a tow 11, for they fly 

 before the geuilest breeze III til heal dov\ 11 by 

 raiiLi^, or stopped by obstructions to their course. 

 — .Maine Farmer. 



New Plough. — The farmers in gome parts of 

 ■Michigan, have gol a new plough into use for 

 sward lands. It is, in (tict, a double plough, or 

 rather two ploughs on one beam, one lieliire the 

 other. The forward one cms the sward, say 

 three inches dee|i, and turns it over — the rear 

 plough goes into the soil six or more inches fiir- 

 tlipr, and buries the .sod conipleiely under. After 

 being hariowed, it appears like an old field, and 

 is well calculated for planting or sowing ujioii. — 

 .Maine Farmer. 



The liny linkers. 



Whfit n Invely ?rene of country life, 



;\t riocn in the sldning open tielils. 

 When itie blooniins crnund is licli iuid rile 



\\ illi the gift lliat ylurious aalurc yields — 



Whfn the Iinimy liny .in»l wiivintj grjiii, 



Hc[)nung ihe llirilly rariner's care, 

 IJr,s peopled the t-road -Tnd spreading phin, 



A'.id filUjd ivilh fr.lgraace the passing air — 



Tlu'ii in the nnon of n trunouor's day, 



'fo wander over the hudding ground. 

 Where the mowers toss the yellow hay, 

 .'\ud ^catIer the [crlumed hiajis around. 



Whrre tlie cnur.try maid, with ruslic grace, 

 tier glowing f iieek, .ind In r tiniiii eyes 



Tl'.iirs gemming her upUtrn'd artless Ihce, 

 .^nd tiluc as the over-hanging skies — 



The vill.ige swiiin, with an earnest gaze, 



Is whispering in the lii-tening ear, 

 The rlierished hopes of his future d.iys, 



Willi a lover's smile of anxious fear. 



O:! ! happy pair, in their walks of life. 



Ibiw all unknown is the brow nt" care, 

 ')"he hnniing heart, ni.d llie spirit's strife, 



Which the seeming happy often wear. 



And thus i turn from the woild away, 



Tti winder over the hudding grcmml, 

 Wi-.ere ii.e ni overs toss the yellow ha\ . 



And scatter the pcrfiuiied heaps arnurd. 



Moral Suasion a-MORq Mo.nkeys. — These an- 

 imal.-, which .ire surpassed by none other in the 

 philuprogcnilive feeling, are observed to go 

 throuL'li someihing hke .1 process of education 

 with iheiryuimg. 'i'liey keep them under proper 

 obedience and restraint, much alier the fashion 

 of human mothers. A set of female monkeys has 

 been observed 10 siicKle, caress and cleanse 

 their young ones, ami then sit down to see them 

 play with each other. If, in the course of their 

 sports, any showed a tincture of malice, the dams 

 would spring upon ihem, and seizing lliein witli 

 one paw hy the tail, correct them severely wilii 

 the other. — Chambers' Journal. 



Sl'bstitlte kok Cream i.n Coffee. — Beat 

 the w hile of an egg to a Irolh — put to it a small 

 Imnp of huiter, anil 1 11 in the cofii-e to it gradually 

 so tli.it it may nol curdle. It is difficult lo dis- 

 tituigtsli the taste I'roin fresh cream. 



Ti.MBER IN Western New York. — .\ corres- 

 pondent of the N. Y. CoinmeicinI, writing from 

 Jiulfalo, .Filly 11, says: 



"A few \ears ago, the Boston Timber Compa- 

 ny, v\ith Hon. Daniel Webster at lis head, saw 

 the advantages that were to he obtained from the 

 innuuierablc forests of sturdy oak which extend 

 along the w hole line of our lake region to the 

 limits of Ohio. Even before reaching the west- 

 ern teriiiinns of the Erie Canal, the choicest 

 kinds of ship timber hecome abundant, and fur- 

 nish full supplies as long as desired. Eaither 

 on, and up the Ohio, the very best of cabinet 

 stiift' is now cut and forwarded to Boston. Huge 

 logs of black walnut and cheny, sonic of whtcii 



