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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



April 



Remarks. — The first column, under the head of 

 barometer and thermometer attached, contains the 

 first line for the barometer, and immediately under 

 for the thermometer attached to the barometer ; 

 both attached to each day of the month. The first' 

 observation at sunrise, or a little before ; the sec-l 

 end at 1, r. M. ; the third at 9, P. M. The column! 

 under the head of out-door thermometer in shade, j 

 is also taken for sunrise, 1, P. il., and 9, P. M. 

 Yours, (fcc, \i,kxc Stearns. 



^S^ The attention of the reader is particularly 

 called to an article on "Small Matters worth Know- 

 ing," by Professor Nash, in another column. 



EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



TT"H.\T .A^rLS MY COTV ? 



On page 107 of the monthly for ]March, I find 

 the inquiry, "what ails my cow," unsatisfactorily an- 

 swered. Having been myself a keeper of cows, and 

 having often observed precisely the same signs or 

 symptoms of disease, I am confident I have discov- 

 ered the cause ; and, as an act of humanity to the 

 dumb animals, I wish to reveal the secret. At one 

 end of my stable is my hen roost ; those cows stand- 

 ing near it were the ones affected most ; this cir- 

 cumstance suggested that it might be the effect of 

 lice ; which, on examination, I found invariably 

 true. Many are the remedies for lice. Tobacco is 



