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VIRTUES OF MILK. 



It is a most perfect diet. Nothing like it — it con- 

 tains curd casein, which is necessary for the develop- 

 ment and formation of muscle — butter for the pro- 

 duction of an adequate supply of fat — sugar to feed 

 the respiration, and thereby add warmth to the 

 body — the phosphates of lime and magnesia, the 

 peroxide of iron, the chlorides of potassium and soda, 

 with the free soda, required to give solidity and 

 strength to the bone — together with the saline 

 particles so essentially necessary for other parts of 

 the body. It contains lactic acid, or the acid of milk, 

 which chemists inform us is the acid of the gastric 

 juice, so requisite for the proper dissolving of our food 

 in the stomach. It is therefore obvious that milk 

 should be chemically correct in all its constituents, 

 and that its beneficial effects on the constitution 

 should not be neutralized by adulteration ; it is. Dr. 

 Prout properly states, " the true type of all food." 

 How necessary, therefore, is it that it should be 

 pure ! otherwise this wonderful and wise provision 

 of Providence will be a curse rather than a blessing. 

 — Bugg's Observations on Milk. 



THE FREJOLE BEAN. 



This is the true name of the Mexican Black Bean, 

 which we have been recommending for several years 

 past, and which we still think is decidedly the best 

 winter bean ever cultivated in this region. There is 

 no other comparable with it — the Lima, for winter 

 use, being entirely thrown in the background. — 

 Thev ought to be planted iirom the first to the middle 

 of May. 



We have a small quantity on hand to give away ; 

 and if any of our friends think this cheap enough, 

 wo shall be happy to supply all with a small package, 

 sufficient to provide seed for another year. We are 

 sure no lover of a good bean, who eats the frcjole 

 (pronounced frehohj) once, but will be desLrous 

 to have another " dig " at them. They are a bunch 

 bean, and are grown with the least possible trouble. 

 — Gerniantown Telegraph, 



Mr. Isaiah Crosby, of Shrewsbury, has a cow, from 

 which has been made, in nine months, 212 pounds of 

 butter, besides selling 245 quarts of new milk. The 

 money produce of the cow was as follows : — 

 212 pounds butter sold at 22 cents,. ... $ 46 64 



245 quarts of milk, at 4 cents, 9 80 



Skim milk sold, 1 02 



Calf fatted and sold 8 00 



Total, $ 65 46 



Besides this, a pig of 300 pounds weight was reared 

 and partially fatted on the skim milk. — American 

 Republic. 



Housing Manure. — It is miserable economy to 

 throw manure out into the open air, and leave it ex- 

 posed to all the variations of the weather till it is 

 wanted for use. Some build sheds over their hovel 

 windows, to protect their manure heaps. This is a 

 good improvement, but a manure cellar is better. 



There has been a great and sudden rise of water 

 on Sandy River, causing much damage to farmers on 

 the intervals. A large quantity of hay left in the 

 fields was swejit away. — Mairie Cultivator. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



The Litekary Readers, for Academies and High 

 Schools ; consisting of Selections in Prose and Yersc, 

 from American, English, and other foreign Litera- 

 ture, chronologicall}' arranged ; including Biograph- 

 ical Sketches, and Remarks on the Art of Reading. 

 By Miss A. Hall, Author of the " Manual of Morals." 

 Boston, published by John P. Jewett & Co., Nos. 

 17 and 19 Cornhill. 



In this work we have a choice compilation from 

 the wide field of literature, admirably adapted to 

 the school, to the family, and the general reader. 

 The talented auth/ir, whose former work has high 

 merit, has evinced great labor, good taste, and nice 

 discrimination, in the preparation of this valuable 

 book. Besides its high merit in other respects, it 

 has a new and important feature, which should give 

 it a decided preference. Preceding the articles of 

 each author is a short and comprehensive sketch of 

 his life : this not only adds great interest to the 

 work, but it communicates important facts in the 

 history of literature, that are easily learned and re- 

 membered. We would commend this as the best 

 work of the kind that has come within our observa- 

 tion ; and wc are pleased to see fair authors coming 

 before the public with superior claims. 



The Farmer's Guide. — This valuable work has 

 reached the seventh number. The sixth number 

 was embellished with a beautiful engraving of Short 

 Horn cows ; the seventh is finely adorned with a 

 Leicester ewe and lamb. The English author, Ste- 

 phens, ranks among the ablest of his countrj-mcn ; and 

 the American author. Prof. Norton, is well known 

 for his valuable contributions to agriculture. Messrs. 

 Fetridge & Co., agents, Boston. 



Mr. Livixgston's Strong Arguments against 

 Capital Punishment reviewed. Messrs. Redding 

 & Co., Boston. Price 10 cents. 



Theatrical Reminiscences. — A Peep behind 

 the Curtain. Messrs. Redding & Co. Price 25 

 cents. 



Boston Female Medical School. — A few pages 

 reviewed, in regard to this institution, show that it is 

 gaining favor in the public mind, as needs it must, as 

 the subject becomes investigated. The object is to 

 educate intelligent women for the important office of 

 physicians. In numerous cases, they ai'c best fitted 

 by nature and their habits to have the management 

 of the sick. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



Of John Washburn, Plymouth, Manomet Sweet- 

 ing apple. This is a new fruit, of great beauty and 

 excellent quality. It promises to be one of the best 

 varieties. It ripens a little later than the Sweet 

 Bough. Also, Sassafras Sweet. This is a large, 

 fair fruit, very tender, and of a fine high flavor, ex- 

 cellent both for baking and for the dessert. Though 

 it is early for this fruit, the specimens of Mr. W. 



