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Large Hog. — I slaughtered, on the 9th of March, a hog fifteen, months old, that weighed 530 lbs. 



Daniel Dawson. — Beaver Co., Pa. 



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Weight of Merino Lambs. — I have some good sized lambs ; one of them at nine days old weighed 

 Vl\ lbs., and is now (May 29,) two months old and weighs just 50 lbs. They are of the French 

 Merino breed. Isaac M. Gillktt. — Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y. 



Spanish Merino Sheep — Good Shearing. — I haye a flock of 46 sheep, from which I cut 288 lbs. 



of good, clean washed wool, which is an average of 6J- lbs. per fleece. Of these 46 sheep there are 



29 ewes, all of which had lambs this spring ; 9 yearling ewes ; 7 yearling bucks ; and 1 three years 



old buck, which cut 12^ lbs. washed wool. Who can beat this in Genesee county. H. N. Wright. 



Alexander, N. Y. 



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To remove Garlic Taste in Butter. — A friend of mine who keeps a butter dairy says, to destroy 

 the taste of garlic in the butter, when cows are pasturing where garlic grows, put into the pail as 

 much pulverized saltpetre as will lay on a half-dime piece. Put it in before milking, each time the 

 pail is emptied. He says the butter will not taste of garlic in the least. Jacob Howell. — German- 

 town, Pa. 



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Dropped Manure. — I see in your paper many articles respecting agricultural economy, that are 

 interesting to the practical farmer. I thought I would add a little to its columns, if you think this 

 worthy of a place therein. All manure tliat is dropped by cattle in fall and early winter in meadows, 

 <fcc., should be beaten as soon as ripe for that purpose, or when, it becomes thawed in winter by the 

 warm days and rains. Beat it to pieces finely, so that the strength may soak into the ground by the 

 next rain or thaw that may come; this will prevent its drying up. If it is let alone until spring, 

 and then beaten, it will dry up and lose its value in a great degree. J. Potter. — Scituate. R. I. 



Plaster on Wheat in the Fall. — As many farmers in this vicinity are putting plaster on their 

 wheat in the fall instead of the spring, as heretofore, I have taken pains to inquire the reason of the 

 change ; and believing the information obtained important to wheat-groweis generally, I take this 

 method of giving it to the million, if you think proper to place it in your widely circulated journal. 



Wheat, when plastered in the fall, obtains more root, and is thus enabled to stand the frosts better: 

 it has the assistance of the plaster at a season of the year when it is almost impossible to go over the 

 fields, and when it is most needed — namely, the very early spring: it gets its growth and ripens in 

 good time ; whereas, when applied in the spring, the wheat continues to grow late, sometimes to the 

 injury of the crop — a superabundance of straw, falling down, rust, <fec., <tc., oftentimes being the 

 consequence. A Subscriber. — Niagara Co., N. Y. 



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Gapes in Chickens. — I noticed in your June number an article on Gapes in Chichena — cause, cure, 

 (fee. Being a subscriber to your valuable paper, I thought I would give my views and experience 

 on the same subject. The writer stated the cause of gapes in chickens to be exposure to cold, also 

 giving what I do suppose to be a most excellent cure. In the first place I would observe the old 

 aJage — "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." I fully admit that cold, wet 

 wtather, and exposure to cold, are fruitful causes of gapes in young chickens, though in my opinion 

 not the greatest cause. The cause that mainly produces gapes in young chickens, is unnatural food. 

 By noticing the habits of animals in a state of nature, we leara how best to treat them when domes- 

 ticated. Tills I give as a general rule, as I have never seen the fowls alluded to in a state of nature. 

 Fowls of all kinds, when not domesticated, do not hatch their young until their proper food can be 

 obtained ; (worms, bugs, and insects are th« natural food for chickens ;) hence the importance of 

 giving some food of a similar character. 



I will now, as briefly as possible, state how to prevent the gapes. First, spread some wood ashe 



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