1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMEK. 



191 



Spirit of tl)c Agricultural flrcss. 



New Modi of Building. — A amnll house may be built in I 

 the following manner, with a saving of expense, wherever 

 t is iis plenty and as ch sap as in this city, and wher o 

 planing <-:m be done by machinery: Take two inch plonk, 

 plane them on our side, and tongue and groove them. Pro- 

 vide good sills— and erect the building by setting the plank 

 upright, and battening the joints with strips of half-inch 

 stuff— the strips two inches wide. This forms the outside 

 wall. Furr out on the inside, with half-inch stuff, and lath 

 to that. The half-inch furring gives sufficient room for 

 the plastering to clinch, yet leaves the space too narrow for 

 mire. For small one siory houses, this is a very pretty 

 mode of building; cheaper than by studs and clapboards, and 

 in many respects better. Several such houses have bi en 

 built in this city, and give good satisfaction. — Prairie Farmer. 



Smoking Potatoes for the Rot. — A correspondent of 

 the Cultivator, writing from Green Hay, Wis., says: 



"I have been informed by a gentleman of my acquain- 

 that he stopped his potators from rotting by smoking 

 thi m. After the potatoes were dug and placed in the cellar, 

 (an out door cellar.) he built a smoke and continued it eight 

 or ten days, when affected part dried up, and the rest of the 

 potatoe remained sound and good through the winter. The 

 remedy was discovered by placing fire in an unfinished cel- 

 lar, to prevent the vegetables from freezing — immediately 

 after which it was found that the potatoes had stopped rot- 

 ting. He says he has tried the experiment for two or three 

 years past and has never known it to fail of arresting tho dis- 

 ease immediately." 



Fowls. — It is a common error to feed young fowls imme- 

 diately after being hatched. Any person who has examined 

 eggs in the various stages of incubation, sees at once the fol- 

 ly of this practice; for the last process, before leaving the 

 shell, is the absorption of a good portion of matter, by the 

 I perfect fowl, which serves as nutriment; so that the 

 young fowls, like bees which leave the hive in swarming. 

 have full stomachs to sustain them a day or two; hence, in 

 both cases, that quietness and good humor that generally 

 prevail. 



From this wise provision of nature, the chick that first 

 hatches is supported until the last of the brood is ready to 

 leave the shell, which is frequently twenty-four hours later. 

 — A'. K. Farmer. 



To Have Fink Mutton. — The sheep, as soon as killed, 

 should be disemboweled. It is the neglect to remove the 

 entrails at once, and not the meat being touched by the wool, 

 which imparts to it that strong mutton taste. The reason 

 of this is. that the warmth of the body, carried off by the 

 loss of blood, is for a time supplied from the warmth of the 

 bowels, and thus the objectionable taste is created. — lb. 



Arabian Cattle Introduced. — Lieut. Lynch, of the 

 late Dead,Sea Exploring Expedition, brought home a bull and 

 calf of the Khaisis breed of Arabian cattle, and presented 

 them to the State of Virginia. By a resolution of the Le- 

 gislature they arc transferred to Col. James Castleman, of 

 Clark county, with a view to the propagation of the breed. 

 They are said to be very beautiful animals, with limbs as 

 delicate as those of the gazelle, yet strong and well set. — 

 When full grown they stand T feet high, and the cows are 

 said to yield milk abundantly. The pair wero exhibited in 

 Washington a few days, and much admired. 



Suspension OF Land Sales. — The Commissioner of the 

 Land Office gives notice that the sales directed by the Presi- 

 dent of the States, dated 27th February, 18'li), to be held at 

 the Land Office at Saulte St. Marie, on the fourth and eight- 

 enth day of June, and third day of September next, will be 

 suspended, until the United States Geologists shall have ful- 

 ly closed up their operations and surveys, and designated the 

 mineral from the agricultural lands, of which due notice will 

 be given. 



New- Cure for Bots. — Give the horse some molasses 

 and milk, then put about a half a pound of tea in one quart 

 of water, and draw it as you would for the table, and when 

 partly cool, give it to him, and it will soon relieve him. — 

 Prairie Farmer. 



New Gate. — A Patent has been issued at Washington for 



an improvement in the way of opening gates, by which the 



inventor proposes to " turn thorn up vertically by a parallel 



of ili" rails, instead of swinging each way, as in 



■ n -.i.i ry manner." 



I'ov. BR OF THI Son TO ABSORB OOOBS. — It is well known 

 thai onions, if buried in the earth for a few days previous to 

 ••\ng ((..l ...I, will have lost much of their rank flavor. — 



' l " i . w hich arc ..a. ii too i.-hy m flavor to be | 

 may p< rendered much more palatable by being wrapped in 

 ntuorbent paper and buried in the ground for a few hours. — 

 Dried codfish loses much of its austerity oi flavor (if we may 

 cm a term) by similar treatment. During the plague in 

 ie, clothing was often buried for a time, to disinfect it 

 This absorbent property of the soil is due to the presence of 

 carbonacoas matters; for clean Bea beach sand will produce 



no such results, while pulverized charcoal will act with much 

 greater energy than common soil. On thi.. principle, ani- 

 mal matter coated with unleached ashes, and then buried in 

 pulverulent peat or muck, will not only decompose without 

 ! - , i\ ii ff offensive odors, but the muck will also, by absorb- 

 in.': the resulting gasses arising from decomposition", be ren- 

 dered highly valuable as a fertilizer. I !r. Dana says that a 

 dead horse, if cut in pieces and treated as above, will render 

 twenty loads of muck equal in quality to the best stable ma- 

 nure. 



A Nut for the Curious. — Lord Lindsay, in his travels, 

 writes, that while wandering amid the pyramids of Egypt, 

 he stumbled on a mummy, proved by its hyi roglyphics, to 

 be at least two thousand years of age. In examining the 

 mummy, after it was unwrapped, he found in one of its en- 

 closed hands hands a tuberous or bulhus root. He was in- 

 terested in the question how long vegetable life could last, 

 and he. therefore, took that tuberous root from the mummy's 

 hand, planted it in a sunny soil, allowed the rains and dews 

 of heaven to descend upon it, and in the course of a few 

 weeks, to his astonishment and joy, the root burst forth, and 

 bloomed into a beautiful dahlia. » 



American Oranges. — The Mobile Herald says lhatsinco 

 the destructive hurricane in Cuba a few years auo. the Mo- 

 bile fruit market had been supplied chiefly with Creole or- 

 anges now raised in that neighborhood, Pascagoula, and on 

 the coast, near New Orleans. These oranges are generally 

 larger than those raised in the neighborhood of Havana, and 

 much superior in flavor. The Herald contends that a num- 

 ber of locations might be selected on the bay and neighbor- 

 ing islands, where the orange would thrive admirably, and 

 scarcely ever be injured by frost. It iastances the ease of a 

 person who realizes from 890 to $1,000 annually, from about 

 30 orange trees cultivated in a garden near that city. 



Advice for Summer.— Major Noah says: '• Don't gorman- 

 dize. We hate a glutton at all times, but especially in sum- 

 mer. It is monstrous to see men. when the mercury is up to 

 90, cram a pound of fat meat down their throats. Don't you 

 know that animal food increases the bile? Eat sparingly, 

 and be sure and masticate well what you eat. Don't bolt 

 your ib-ul like an anaconda. Take exercise in early morning. 

 Ah! what fools we are to sweat in bed. when the cool breez- 

 es of the morning invite us forth, and the birds, and the dew, 

 and the streams are murmuring, in their own quiet way, 

 pleasant music, which arouses a kindred melody in the soul. 



" Be good natured. Don't get into an angry discussion on 

 politics or religion. There will be time enough to talk the 

 former over when the weather becomes cooler, and as for 

 the latter, the less you quarrel about it the better. Religion 

 is a good thing; but when you fight in its name, you show 

 yourself ignorant of its principles, and unswayed by its in- 

 fluence. Bathe often, three times a week, every day. The ex- 

 pense is nothing to the benefits derived. If you would en- 

 joy good health, have a clear, a sweet stomach, a cheerful 

 disposition, put your carcasses under the water every day, 

 and when you emerge use the brush vigorously for five 

 minutes. There is nothing like the pure bracing water. — 

 We never dip beneath its surface without thanking God for 

 having placed such a health-promoting element within our 

 reach." 



How to Prevent the Cholera. — A corrcsp< indent of 

 the Journal of Commerce says that a town in Tennessee 

 has entirely escaped the scourge of the cholera the past win- 

 ter, not a ease of it having occurred there, notwithstanding 

 every town in the vicinity suffered from it severely. This 

 has been attributed, and no doubt correctly, to the free use 

 of quick lime, fresh from the kilns, which was scattered 

 through the gutters, cellars, privies, and yards. Its disin- 

 fecting properties seizing with avidity on all impure and de- 

 leterious gasses arc well known, and where plentifully jsed 

 will, no doubt, under ordinary circumstances of prudence 

 and cleanliness, preserve the health of any cities and villa- 

 I ges in the United States. 



