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THE FAUMERS' CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



forwards, and increase the length of the horn, i 

 As the external layers will not stretch, or 

 become elongated, it is necessary, that as 

 new ones form, the old ones should lose their 

 hold in the skin, and be drawn out. Hence, 

 the external layers are shorter than the horn. 

 After a few of the first years, this detachment 

 of the roots of the old horn occurs at annual 

 periods, giving origin to the annuli or wrink- 

 les, which denote the age of the animal. 



A reference to Fig. fiS, will show the man- 

 ner in which the roots of the old layers be- 

 come detached, and pushed out by the new 

 ones, AA — BB represent the roots, or wrink- 

 les of two annual layers. 



In sheep, &c. the layers become detached 

 at shorter intervals, and the annuli are in- 

 creased in number, in the same proportion. 

 Hence, the age of the animal cannot be in- 

 ferred from them, unless it shall be found 

 that a certain number are produced each year. 

 This would be an interesting inquiry for 

 those who are engaged in siieep culture. 



New Garden, 2d mo. 22d, 1837. 



[The above interesting paper was not re- 

 ceived, until our lasc number (16) was in 

 press.] 



Murrain. 



To the Editor of the Fariuers' Cabinet. 



Sir, — If the following remarks, relating to 

 a disease which is considered by a large por- 

 tion of the community as incurable, be viewed 

 by you of sufficient importance to entitle 

 them to a place in your paper, when conve- 

 nient please publish them. 



There are two processes recommended for 

 the cure of tiie Murrain in cattle ; one of 

 them is to give the animal one pint of spirits 

 of turpentine, and in twenty-four hours af- 

 terwards, a pint of olive oil or hog's lard; 

 in fortv-eight hours afterwards half a pint of. 

 turpentine, and in twenty-tour hours after 

 this, half a pint of olive oil or hog's lard. 



The other is to give a pint of flaxseed oil, 

 and in twelve hours afterwards two pounds 

 of glauber sails, Ibllowed immediately by re-j 

 peated doses of warm water, for tenor twelve 

 hours. 



Nole. Perhaps all of these combined would 

 be still better, (the quantity of each ingre-! 

 dient to be such as experience may dictate,) as 

 acting more quickly on ditlerent parts of tiie j 

 system. It seems the symptoms ot this dis- 

 ease are not generally discovered until with- 

 in a short time previous to the death of the 

 animal, which soon ensues, unless arrested 

 by medical aid ; — consequently such sub- 

 stances as tend to restore tiie system to a 

 healthy state the most rapidly, combined 

 with other substances, to prevent injury to J 

 the animal, seems proper. A. ; 



aiesler co. i'a., Feb. 23, 1837. '■ 



\^^ith the following communication we 

 received the names of twenty subscribers, 

 with the amount of the subscription in ad- 

 vance. 



For the Farmers' Cahinot. 



On Pi'iiniug: Fruit Trees. 



Mr. Editor, — Permit me through the me- 

 dium of your excellent paper, to offer a few 

 remarks on this subject. If any of my readers 

 should doubt, let them try the experiment 

 and thereby test its correctness. Aly time 

 for pruning and method of doing it, are as 

 follows : any time between the 25th of May 

 and the 10th of June, is the season which I 

 prefer, as the sap is in motion, and the wound 

 will heal over in one half the time than any 

 other season ; the tree is also less liable to 

 sucker. In amputating large limbs, I use 

 a fine saw, paring the edge of the wound 

 with a sharp knife, but ibr small limbs a 

 hatchet, or pruning hook may be used, en- 

 deavoring by all means to amputate the 

 ]im,bs as near the body of the tree as possible. 

 Where the saw is used it would be better to 

 have the surface smoothed by some sharp in- 

 strument, in order to prevent the water from 

 remaining on the wound long. These re- 

 marks are not intended to introduce me to 

 the Cabinet as a regular essayist, but merely 

 to bring out a more able writer on the sub- 

 ject. 



Washington, Pa., Feb. 27, 1837. 



^V&eat Fly. 



To the Editor ol the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Sir, — The following process is recom- 

 mended to destroy the Wheat Fly. One 

 bushel of imslacked lime, ground fine like 

 Gypsum (Plaster of Paris) to the acre, and 

 sowed in the spring just as the wheat begins 



to grovv. 



A. 



Chester co., Pa., Feb. 25, 1837. 



Culture of Onions. 



The town of Wethersfield has long been 

 famous for the large quantities of onions which 

 are annually raised and exported to the Wcs! 

 Indies and tlie Southern States. It has been 

 superstitiously supposed there is something 

 in the soil of Wethersfield peculiarly adapted 

 to the culture of onions; and this whim iias 

 no doubt discouraged many from attempting 

 tiie cultivation of tiiis valuable root, in othei 

 sections of tiie country, equally favorable tc 

 its growth. It is true the soil of ^^■ethersfield 

 is a rich gravelly and sandy loam, well adapt- 

 ed to horticultural purposes; but the success 

 of its inhabitants in the culture of onions, is 

 attributable in a much greater degree, to a 

 particular virtue in the fingers of its females, 

 than any peculiar properties in its soil. 



