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THE ACACIA TREE. 



at any distance from the beaters, according 

 to the kind of corn required to be thrashed. 



It is stated that many farmers and gen- 

 tlemen who have seen the machine and its 

 operations, give it a decic'ed preference to 

 every other thrashing-mill, for the simpli- 

 city of its construction, for the clearness 

 of its thrashing, and for the quantity of 

 corn thrashed by it in proportion to the 

 power applied; and these opinions are 

 confirmed by such certificates as have pro 

 cured for Mr. Lee, the Gold Medal, as a 

 premium from the Society. 



Ohsey^vations . — As far as we can draw 

 our conclusions from the paper, and ac- 

 companying plate, this machine merits all 

 the encouragement it has obtained. Its 

 principal superiority seems to consist in its 

 thrashing all kinds of grain, whereas the 

 common thrashing mills have a grated seg- 

 ment placed below the beating drum, al- 

 low all ears which are introduced side- 

 ways to fall through without being thrash- 

 ed, and those with an edged cylinder over 

 the drum, entirely destroy the straw. It 

 would have been more satisfactory to have 

 learned the state in which the straw is left 



scribed, will always put a stop to the pro- 

 gress of the disease. — Retrospect. 



liemarks. — Caustic (unslaked,) lime 

 pulverized, and spread upon a barn (or 

 other) floor, and the sheep compelled to 

 stand or move upon it for an hour or two, 

 is a course highly recommended for the 

 cure of the above disease. 



Horned cattle with diseased feet, are 

 cured by placing lime on each side of bars, 

 (or other convenient situation,) so that 

 they may tread upon it as they pass to 

 and fro. The lime is afterwards used for 

 manure. — Ed. Obs. 4* JRec. 



ON THE ACACIA TREE, BY THE REV. 



JAMES WILLIS, OF SOPLEY, NEAR RING- 

 WOOD. 



Communications to the Board of Agriculture, vol 7. pi. 1. 



Its rapidity of growth is stated to be 

 equal to the poplar or willow tribes, while 

 at the same time it possesses the durability 

 and closeness of texture of the yew and 

 the box, the beauty of its feathering and 

 closeness of the grain, fitting the better 

 parts for ornamental furniture, while the 



coarser parts are equal to oak for out-door 

 by this machine, but we conceive it is not and farming purposes. The species of 

 more injured than by the flail. Mr. Lee acacia recommended, is called the three- 

 thinks the straw is not so much broken as horned acacia, ( gJeditsia jyolysperma.) 

 by other machines, but he does not say and is common inmost parts of North 

 whether it remains fit for thatching. I America, where it is known by the name 



The variations in the workmanship from I of the Honey-Locust. — lietrospe^t 

 the common machine are so trivial, that liemarks. — In addition to the above, 



any manufacturer who can make the one, 

 may easily make the other. — Retrospect. 



PROCESS RECOMMENDED FOR THE CURE OF 



DISEASED FEET OF SHEEP.-BY RICHARD 



W0RTHIN6T0N, ESQ. -SOUTH END. 



Communications to the Board of Agriculture. 

 Volume 7, Part 1. 



Clean the feet perfectly with soap and 

 water, then scrape with a knife, and oc- 

 casionally cut off the foul and putrid por- 

 tion of the foot, whether of the interior 

 softer part, or of the hoof; after this, the 

 bloody surfaces are scoured with a mixture 

 muriated antimony, tincture of benzoin, 

 and tincture of myrrh, equal parts of each, I FROM REGISTER OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 

 and a little muriated antimony alone, is to -^ 



be applied with a hair-pencil to the more' ^^Icohol in Pyroligneous tdcid. — A 

 ragged and diseased parts. They should | manufacturer of salts at Moscow says that' 

 he kept on dry ground or other substance,! in rectilying wood vinegar, he collected 



the following are some of the uses that 

 may bo made of this tree. Ist-Thatitbe 

 substituted for posts, in making fences; 

 the ends of the rails inserted to the depth 

 of an inch or two in the tree, when it has 

 grown to the size of six or eight inches in 

 diameter. The tops may be cut off at 

 suitable intervals, and converted into rails 

 and fuel. 2nd-That it be used for the 

 construction oi live fences, (or hedges.) 

 The saccharine envelope which surrounds 

 the seed, is said to contain a large quantity 

 of nutritive matter, useful as food for cat- 

 tle.— ^o'. Obs. 4- Rec. 



for an hour or two after each dressing. 

 It is asserted that the practice here de- 



about a third of brandy. 

 Sciences. 



-Reg. »drts anc 



