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THE FARMERS CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



answered that lime is a constituent principle, 

 it is believed, in all soil, and may be supplied, 

 where from experience a deficiency is found. 

 But when it supcrabounds as in most other 

 things excess may be injurious. In all this 

 more experience is wished for as the only 

 safe and profitable guide. 



Preventing Alilk from becoming Sonr> 



We mention the following fact more for the 

 purpose of calling the attention of our readers 

 to the subject and inducing them to try ex- 

 periments, than with a belief tiiat the single 

 experiment related will be of any great im- 

 portance. Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia, in giv- 

 ing an account in Silliman's Journal of his 

 experiments upon the essential oils, seems to 

 think tliat the more acrid ones will resist pu- 

 trefaction better than the mild ones. Among 

 other experiments, he states that he found 

 " the essential oil of cloves and cinnamon 

 possessed an antiseptic power quite equal to 

 that of Kresote." 



" On the 2d of July he added two drops of 

 oil of cinnamon to an ounce measure of fresh 

 milk, it remained liquid on the 11th, and 

 though it finally coagulated, it continued free 

 from bad taste or smell, till September, al- 

 though other portions of the same milk had 

 become putrid." Now it may be possible 

 two drops to the ounce of milk may render it 

 a little too spicy for common purposes ; but 

 this fact may lead to the discovery of some 

 substance that may be added, and while it 

 does not injure the taste or qualities of the 

 milk, preserve it a long time from becoming 

 sour or from putrefying. Such a thing would 

 be a great convenience to many families, es- 

 pecially those who are in the habit of pur- 

 chasing their milk and do not wish it to be- 

 come sour immediately. — Maine Farmer. 



The Bee Motli. 



Mr. Tucker — If you think the following 

 worthy of a place in the Farmer, please in- 

 sert it. 



The cultivation of the Honey Bee has of 

 late years, in this quarter, been attended with 

 great loss in consequence of the attack of the 

 miller or moth. 1 have noticed that when 

 the wrens' nest immediately in the vicinicy, 

 that they fed upon the moth and frequently 

 upon the miller, and will seek no other food 

 for themselves and their brood so long as they 

 can find sustenance from that quarter; and 

 they will nest near by if there is a small box 

 made for them to nest in, with a door so that 

 they can enter, and raised up some or 10 

 feet high, or tiie carcass of a horse's head 

 raised up the same distance. 



5i/i Month, lb.37. Tri.vngul.vr. 



Soiling wltli Merino Sheep. 



Friend Fessenden— If it is thought that 

 the following would be useful to the wool- 

 growers it may be published. I should like to 

 have some of them at least, try it, and pub- 

 lisli the result of their experiment in the JN'ew 

 England farmer. 



It is two weeks since I commenced keep- 

 ing my Merino sheep twenty hours in the 

 twenty-four, under a vvell ventilated shed, 

 and supplying them plentifully with cut grass 

 three times a day ; allowing them to run out 

 in an adjoining lot about two hours in the 

 morning and two in the evening ; keeping 

 their shed well littered with straw, and the 

 remnant of their fodder. Every i'ew days 

 we put a layer of eartli for the purpose of 

 sweetening the pen and making compost. — 

 So far as I have tried the experiment, the 

 sheep look well, and, I think, are improving. 



Several advantages may be found in this 

 kind of sheep management. 1st. They are 

 kept out of the dew, rains and hot sun, which 

 are said to injure both sheep and wool. 2d. 

 We can keep our sheep from running over 

 the cattle pasture, which we believe lobe in- 

 jurious to feeding cattle. 3d. A large stock 

 of cattle may thus be kept as well as sheep. 

 4th. It adds to our stock of manure. 5th. 

 The sheep are kept from dogs. The manure 

 will fully compensate for the trouble. 



Respectfully, M. P. 



Chester County, Penn. (ith Month 23, 1?35. 

 BUGS — BUGS — " O ! THE BUGS." 



I do not mean bed bugs, but one of a dif- 

 ferent character, with a striped jacket which 

 destroys our vines, squashes, melons, cucum- 

 bers, &c. being like that nondescript animal 

 by some called the Garden Hog, in not wait- 

 ing for them to come to maturity, but seize 

 and devour them as soon as above ground, but 

 very much like them as to their shyness, as 

 they are " off," as the fly said, on the near ap- 

 proach of any one. Sir, I last year planted 

 my cucumbers, &lc. near where grew some 

 tansy at one corner — soon after up, the 

 "striped-jackets" attacked them,except those 

 in the immediate vicinity of the tansy — ob- 

 serving this, 1 put around each hill some 

 sprigs of tansy which caused the bugs to 

 leave them, and by a few applications, so as 

 to keep it somewhat green, were kept off, as 

 the scent is strong and I believe not agreea- 

 ble to them. — Maine Farmer. 



li.vBORERs. — When about to return to their 

 homes, from their occupations, particularly in 

 the evening, or in cool or damp weather, 

 ought always to put on then* coats or jackets, 

 and by no means to return in tlieir shirt 

 sleeves. 



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