NO. 8. 



THE farmers' cabinet. 



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are for this purpose preferable to minerals. 

 Any person can make the soap, by putting 

 into a thin glass phial half a brick of Wind- 

 sor soap cut small, iiiling the phial half full 

 of alcohol, and placing it near the fire till 

 the soap is dissolved. Tiiis mixture put to 

 cool in a mould gives the transparent soap. 



Cure for the Croup. — The Croup, one of the 

 most dangerous and rapid of diseases, may 

 be effectually checked by the external appli- 

 cation to the throat of ctiual parts of Cam- 

 phor, Spirits of Wine and Hartshorn, well 

 mixed toofelher. — Hunterdon Gazette. 



Potatoe Beer. — The Germans will now 

 manufacture their favorite beverage in greater 

 abundance and at a cheaper rate than ever. 

 M. Balling, Professor of Chemistry, at 

 Prague, has succeeded in making an excel- 

 lent IJeer from potatoes. It is the color 

 of wine, is very strong, and very agreeable 

 to the taste. 



in the fall or first of winter, for he would 

 certainly recover to the damage of his owner. 

 If one worth curing is aflecled with bots, 

 and the symptoms are severe, never stop for 

 the milk, but in with the tobacco, — this is 

 the kill (ill. — Maine Farmer. 



A discovery was accidently made by a 

 chemist in Durham, England, a short time 

 since, which is worth recording. He had 

 been stung by a wasp in the hand, and 

 while suffering extreme pain, had occasion 

 in the course of his business, to put his hand 

 into a jar of potash, when the pain instantly 

 left him. — Surprised at this effect, he deter- 

 mined to try an experiment to prove the 

 efficacy of the remedy, and accordingly on 

 the following day, he caught a bee, which 

 he irritated till it stung him. He applied a 

 drop of the liquor potasse to the wound, and 

 the pain he had previously felt was instantly 

 removed. 



Metliod of curing bad Tub Butter. — A quan- 

 tity of tub butter was brought to market in 

 the West Indies, which, on opening, was 

 found to be very bad, and almost stinking. 

 A native of Pennsylvania undertook to cure 

 it, which he did in the following manner : 

 He started the tubs of butter in a large 

 quantity of hot water, which soon melted 

 the butter; he then skimmed it off as clean 

 as possible, and worked it over again in a 

 churn, and with the addition of salt and fine 

 sugar, the butter was made sweet and good. 



Recipe for tlie cure of Hots iu a 

 Horse. 



When a horse has bots, it may often be 

 known by his biting his sides ; when he 

 has many, they often throw him into great 

 pain, and he lays down, rolls, and if not 

 cured soon, dies. When it is believed that 

 a horse has the bots, by the above symptoms, 

 give a pint of sweetened milk; which the 

 bots are fond of, and they will let go their 

 hold on the horse, and feast on the milk. 

 Immediately give the horse a small quantity 

 of oats or other provender, in which put two 

 thirds of a common fig of tobacco pulverized. 

 If he refuses the provender thus mixed, 

 steep the same quantity of tobacco in a pint 

 of boiling or warm water, until the streno-th 

 is out, as we say, then put in enough cold 

 ■water so that the whole will fill a common 

 junk bottle, and turn it into the horse. — 

 When it reaches the bots it kills them, as 

 all will believe, who have ever spit tobacco 

 juice on a worm, or similar insect. The 

 horse in less than twenty hours will void all 

 his bots ; there is no mistake in this, though 

 no patent has been obtained. The writer 

 would not have it tried on an old poor horse 



Harvest Hyiiiii. 



IVritten for a late .Agricultural EAibilion. 



BY MRS. LYDIA H. SIGOURNE'V. 



GoT) of the year ! — with songs of praisi, 



And hearts of love, we come to bless 



Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed 



Thy manna o'er our wilderness ; — 

 In early spring-time thou didst fling 

 O'er earth its robe of blossoming — 

 And its sweet treasures day by day. 

 Hose quick'ning in thy blessed ray. 



And now they whiten hill and vale, 



And hang from every vine and tree. 

 Whose pensile branches bending low 



Seem bowed in thankfulness to Thee,— ^ 

 The earth with all its purple isles. 

 Is answering to thy genial smiles, 

 And gales of perfume breathe along 

 And lift to Thee their voiceless song. 



God of the seasons ! Thou hast blest 



The land with sunlight and with showes. 

 And plenty o'er its bosom smiles 



To crown the sweet autumnal hours ; 

 Praise, praise to Thee ! Our hearts expam; 

 To view these blessings of thy hand, 

 And on the incense — breath of love, 

 Go off to their bright home above. 



To CLEAR IRON FROM RUST. — Pound some 

 glass to a fine powder, and having lailed 

 some strong jlinen or woollen cloth U3on a 

 the jet is continually diminishing. The 

 moving power is renewed once in three 

 months. This application of the expansive 

 force of air, if achieved, is among the most 

 remarkable improvements of the age. 



