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ply it in a dry time, before the strawberries begin 

 to get ripe ; when the slugs have sought shelter in 

 less exposed situations ; after which it forms so bad 

 a path for them to slide along, that they cannot 

 overcome the difficulty. If any should remain, a 

 watering with lime-water, or urine (as Mr. Gorrie 

 recommends), will extirpate them. The above 

 may not be new to some gardeners ; but, as 1 have 

 nevet 1 beard it suggested, nor Seen it done, it may 

 he to a few, if not to many. — George Thomson. 

 High Kims, July 1, 1333. 



GREAT TURNIP. 



A Norfolk Tankard Turnip grown in Ireland l» 

 the Weight of Thirty-Six Potuuls Avoirdupois. — Sir, 

 As a matter of curiosity, and to show you that we 

 have both a fine climate, and a productive soil (in- 

 deed I do not remember ever seeing an old abbey 

 or cathedral situated otherwise), I may mention 

 that a Turnip of the Norfolk tankard variety was 

 pulled in this demesne, which weighed no less than 

 3Ulbs. avoirdupois. T. Elles. Palaee Gardens, Ar- 

 magh, Dec. 1832. — Gardener's Magazine. 



HINTS AND RECEIPTS. 



If von have a greater quantity of cheeses in the 

 house than is likely to be soon used, cover them 

 carefully with paper, fastened on with flour paste, 

 so as to exclude the air. In this way they may be 

 kept from insects for years. They should be kept 

 in a dry cool place. 



Woollens should be washed in very hot suds and 

 hot rinsed. Lukewarm water shrinks them. 



Suet and lard keep better in tin than in earthern 

 vessels. 



Suet keeps good all the year round if chopped 

 and packed down in a stone jar, covered with mo- 

 lasses. 



To cook Salsify or Vegetable Oysters. — Cut the 

 roots transversely into thin pieces, boil them in a 

 little water — when boiled soft, mash them, and 

 thicken the whole with flour; and then fry them 

 in flit of salt pork, or in butter. They, are a lux- 

 urv. — .V. Y. Farmer. 



HORSES. 



Sore Tongue. This distressing disease, we learn, 

 prevails extensively among horses in this vicinity. 

 We have banded us for publication the following 

 Recipe, with the assurance that it is an effectual 

 remedy for this sore disorder. — Amh. Cah. 



Cure for Horses sick with the Sore Tongut . Take 

 •2 oz. alum, 1 oz. borax, half oz. blue vitriol, J oz. 

 copperas, i lb. honey, and one quart of vinegar, 

 with a little sage — steep, and make a wash, with 

 which cleanse the mouth of the horse three times 

 a day, taking care to keep him from taking cold. 



From the Poztglikeepsie Journal. 

 INTERESTING ITEMS. 



We gather the following items from a variety of 

 sources. 



French cake. — Take five common sized tumblers 

 full of silted flower, three tumblers ol powdered 

 white sugar, half a tumbler of butter, one tumbler 

 of rich milk or cream, and a tensponnful of pearl- 

 ash, dissolved in as much lukewarm water as will 

 cover it. Mix them all well together in a pan. 

 Heat three eggs till very light, and add them to the 

 mixture. Throw in a teaspoonful of powdered 

 cinnamon or nutmeg, and beat the whole very 

 hard about ten minutes, butter a deep pan, put in 

 the mixture, and bake it in a moderate oven. 



To cure Hams. — A friend recommends the fol- 

 lowing receipt. He ate hams preserved in this 

 way in May last, and found them superior to any 

 he had ever before eaten. Take one pound of 

 salt, one ounce of saltpetre, well pulverized and 

 mixed, with about two quarts of molasses, rub the 

 bams thoroughly with this mixture, lay them flesh 

 side up, and let them remain for 18 or 20 days. 



To improve. Candles. Steep the candlewick in 

 a strong solution of saltpetre and water, and dry 

 it well before dipping them. Try it once aud you 

 will find the advantage gained. 



To take Ink Spots out of Cloth or Linen 

 immediately the place with lemon or sorre 

 or with white soap diluted with vinegar. 



To prevent Snow- Water from penetrating Boots 

 and Shoes. Take equal quantities of beeswax and 

 mutton suet, aud melt them together in an earthen 

 pipkin, over a slow fire. Lay the mixture while 

 hot on the boots and shoes, which ought to be 

 made warm also, let them stand before the fire a 

 short time for it to soak in, and then put them 

 away till quite cold : when they are so, rub them 

 dry with a piece of flannel, in order that you may 

 not grease your blacking brushes. If you black 

 them well before you put the mixture on, you will 

 find them take the blacking much better after- 

 wards. 



Cure for Oxen strained by overdrawing. About 

 half a pint of common soap stirred up y itb a 

 quart of milk, poured down the throat of the crea- 

 ture, will, we are told speedily effect a cure. 



From GoodseWs Genesee Farmer. 



Black Tongue. — Preventive. Take one ounce 

 of assafentida, divide it into two parts, wrap them 

 in clean linen rags, and nail one part in the bot- 

 tom of the manger where the horse is fed, the other 

 in the bottom of the bucket in which it is watered. 

 These will last for three months. A small piece 

 confined to the br'ulle bit when the horse goes 

 from home will act as a preventive. 



Cure when the disease has commenced. Take one 

 pint of Castor Oil, two ounces Balsam Copaiva, 

 two ounces Sweet Spirits of Nitre, let these ingre- 

 dients be well mixed in a bottle and given. 



Symptoms of the disease, are soreness in the 

 mouth, tongue red, raw in spots, slavering. 



Wet 

 juice, 



Another and better method is the Horizontal lev- 

 er, one end of which is fastened to a root of the 

 stump and to its trunk, (others say to a neighbor- 

 ing stump where there are many in a field) the 

 power is then applied to the remote end of the lev- 

 er, -and the stump at the opposite end, or the stump 

 which is used as a fulcrum, must give way, more 

 commonly the former. A small wheel is advanta- 

 geously placed under the end where the power is 

 applied ; causing it to run over the ground more 

 easily than otherwise. By this method two yoke 

 of oxen and three men may easily remove about 40 

 stumps in a day, if they are of hard wood, and 

 somewhat old, (in which case little or no digging 

 will be necessary,) or perhaps 20 green stumps ol" 

 hemlock, pines, &c. 



Tha last and best stump machine I have seen 

 or heard of consists in a wheel and axle. A large 

 but simple frame is supported by two upright posts 

 within the frame, and upon the uprights an axle is 

 made to revolve by a wooden wheel of some ten or 

 twelve feet circumference, with a strong chain pas- 

 sing around its periphery. Two yoke of oxen will 

 turn the wheel, and thus another chain fastened to 

 the axle and to the stump under the machine is 

 wound around the axle until the stump is torn from 

 the earth. The machine though light is somewhat 

 unwieldy ; but the difficulty of transporting it from 

 one stump to another might be removed by affix- 

 ing wheels to it, and this would in no wise inter- 

 fere with the operation of the machine. It is diffi- 

 cult to say how many stumps might be pulled in 

 a day in this manner, for such computation would 

 be influenced by aj?ariety of circumstances, such as 

 the character and size of the stumps, the nature of 

 the soil, &c. ; but many hundred acres of the New 

 England territory have been cleared by this ma- 

 chine at the rate of ten dollars the acre ; and in 

 some instances large tracts of land which were 

 once thickly wooded have been rendered stump- 

 less for the small sum of eight dollars the acre, 

 every stump exceeding six inches in diameter, be- 

 ing removed." 



From the Northampton Courier. 

 STUMP EXTRACTORS. 



The Cenesee Farmer, a few weeks since, made 

 inquiries about the operation of Stump Extractors, 

 and wished for information respecting them. A 

 correspondent who has seen them in operation, 

 furnishes us with the following particulars : — 



" The common method and that with which I 

 have been longest acquainted, consists in a perpen- 

 dicular lever from 18 to 24 feet long, (according to 

 the size of the stump to be removed). One end of 

 the lever is made fast to a large root of the'stump 

 as near as possible to the trunk ; the highest part 

 of the stump is next fastened to the lever at a 

 point which becomes the fulcrum. The power is 

 then applied by a long and heavy chain to the end 

 which is in the air, and thus the stump is easily 

 torn from the earth. Two yoke of oxen will re- 

 move a stump of the common or midling size with- 

 out difficulty ; but the earth must be previously re- 

 moved from around the stump, and some or all of 

 the roots must be cut away with the axe. 



From the New-York Farmer. 

 GRASS CLOTH, &c. 

 I o iserve in the advertisements of the New- 

 York Courier and Enquirer, of August 16th, un- 

 der public sales, the following: 66 cases assorted 

 bleached and brown grass cloth, and fine and extra 

 fine grass cloth, handkerchiefs; 850 bales and ca- 

 ses Chinchu, Bamboo, and other fancy baskets ; 40 

 cases Suchan Pongees, 20 do. Cochineal and white 

 Pongee handkerchief; 60 dozen fancy cane seat 

 chairs. Cannot you enlighten us in your next 

 number relative to the vegetables which furnish 

 these materials ? 



II. Perri.ne. 



FLORIDA PRODUCTIONS. 



I presume you have observed that the Charles- 

 ton Mercury remarks that "no doubt can longer 

 exist that the productions of the West Indies may- 

 be profitably cultivated in the peninsula of Flori- 

 da. The sloop Capital, arrived yesterday from 

 near Cape Florida with a quantity of bananas, 

 plantains, and limes, as a part of her cargo, being 

 the first shipment for commercial purposes, of 

 fruit, produced at that place. A bunch of ba- 

 nanas, and of the plantains, and a few of the 

 limes, may be seen at this office, all remarkably 

 fine." H. P— ib. 



