No. 10. 



Dead Animals. — Anecdote of a Rose. 



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then triturated until it becomes quite smooth, 

 when it is pressed through a sieve, and forms 

 a homogeneous varnish, which is applied by 

 a flat edge of metal or wood to the clotli or 

 fabric, properly stretched to receive it. Se 

 veral successive coats are applied, and when 

 the last is partially dry, the surfaces are 

 brought evenly together, and passed between 

 rollers, by which process they are made to 

 adhere firmly together. The prepared cloth 

 is then dried in a stove room. Next to ether 

 naptha is the best solvent of caoutchouc. 

 Oil of turpentine dissolves it very readily, 

 or at least forms a sort of jelly therewith, 

 but it dries with difficulty: the solutions 

 made with the fixed oils always remain glu- 

 tinous. Indian rubber melts at a heat of 

 about 248 degrees, and does not again solid 

 ify. — Farmer and Mechanic. 



Dead Animals. 



At all seasons of the year dead animals 

 are to be seen hung up on fences and on 

 trees; and especially is this the case in 

 spring. On every farm where sheep are 

 kept, dead lambs are suspended in the beau- 

 tiful, blooming, and fruit-bearing orchards — 

 how shocking ! — to annoy the sight and smell, 

 and waste the farmer's means. Dogs and 

 cats too are frequently hoisted into view in 

 the same annoying and disgusting manner. 

 If horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs die, they are 

 drawn out of sight, but not out of smell, and 

 are still sources of disgust. Why is all 

 this] If the farmer be so unfortunate or so 

 negligent as to lose an animal, should he be 

 so wasteful as to permit the carcase to de- 

 cay uselessly in the open air, to the great 

 annoyance of his family and every passer 

 by ■? Does he not knew that animal matter 

 is the best and richest of manure ? Animal 

 matter contains every clement that is neces- 

 sary to grow every plant known. In it are 

 phosphate and carbonate of lime, ammonia, 

 carbon, in short, in the best form, all the 

 essentials of vegetable growth. Its putri- 

 tive power is great, and if added to the com- 

 post heap hastens fermentation, and adds 

 greatly to its richness. Whenever a fowl, 

 cat, dog, sheep, pig, horse, or cow dies, let 

 the carcase be cut up and the bones broken, 

 and the whole added to the manure heap. 

 The carcase of a single horse will turn 

 loads of useless muck or peat into manure, 

 richer than any ordinary barn-yard dung. 

 Why then suffer it to decay uselessly and 

 annoyingly? It is true it is not lost, for the 

 gases that taint the air are appropriated by 

 plants; but the farmer who owned the ani- 

 mal gets but a small portion of what should 

 be all his own. Why, then, will he waste 



the dead energies of the horse, when lie has 

 lost the living ones? If our readors will 

 heed what we say, ihcy will not suffer dead 

 anunals to annoy the eye and disgust the 

 nose hereafter. Bury them in thc^manurc 

 heap, add some lime to quicken decay, and 

 charcoal dut^t or plaster to absorb the gasee, 

 and much will be gained to the good appear- 

 ance of the farm, the quality of the manure, 

 and the quantity of tiie crops grown ; and 

 much to the purse of the farmer. If your 

 neighbour be so improvident aa to waste a 

 dead animal, beg it of him, that it may not 

 be detrimental to health and useless to ve- 

 getation. Laws should be passed to compel 

 the saving and use of this most powerful of 

 fertilizers, when common sense and decency 

 fail to do it. 



Whenever it is desirable to hasten decay, 

 and rapidly turn animal matter into manure, 

 sulphuric acid may be used. This would be 

 too expensive — although the acid is cheap — 

 for farm purposes, but may be employed tor 

 the garden, where expense is not so imports 

 ant. It is frequently desirable to have a 

 rich manure in the garden, and it is not at 

 hand. Animal matter put into sulphuric 

 acid will in a few hours furnish it. Every 

 house will supply much refuse animal mat- 

 ter. To this rats, mice, moles, feathers, 

 hair, bones, horns, &c., may be added. If 

 the garbage of a slaughter-house can be got, 

 it should be. All these will soon be reduced 

 to an available state, be inoffensive, and will 

 add great fertility to the soil where used. 

 The requisite quantity of acid may be ascer- 

 tained by experiment — about 10 or 15 lbs. 

 are usually allowed for 100 lbs. of animal 

 matter. — American Agriculturist. 



Anecdote of a Rose. — Lee's Crimson 

 Perpetual, or Rose du Rot, was one of the 

 many splendid Roses introduced by Mr. Cal- 

 vert, the nurseryman of Rouen, who haa 

 before now made sales to the Hammersmith 

 Nursery of £1200 worth in a single jour- 

 ney. Lelieur, the gardener at St. Cloud, 

 was the raiser, and wished to name the 

 Rose after himself, Lelieur. The then min- 

 ister of the Maison du Roi, desired to name 

 it Rose du Roi, for the perfection of the 

 Rose was in those days a matter of noto- 

 riety. The gardener and the minister were 

 alike obstinate, and the matter was actually 

 referred to Louis XVIII., who decided that 

 the minister was right. Lelieur instantly 

 threw up his situation. 



The farms of Belgium rarely CAceed five 

 acres, and they support a family comfort- 

 ably. 



