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better by eating that which is my most natural food 

 it will be found that there is exactly this difference 

 in the tastes of different animals, so that it is very 

 important that each should have its own appropri- 

 ate food. Care must be used, also, in watering. 

 Every animal should have plenty of water, and that 

 without going to some distant brook to stand hour 

 after hour because some one has stepped into the 

 pool before her. Dr. Anderson says he knew a 

 man who acquired much wealth by attention to 

 things of this nature; and one of his principle dis- 

 coveries was, the importance of having a continual 

 supply of the purest water, which could be obtained 

 for his cows. Keep no more cows than you can 

 keep well ; one cow well fed will produce as much 

 milk, and more butter, than two indifferently treat- 

 ed ; and if the cow is wintered badly, she will rarely 

 recover during the succeeding summer. Cows 

 should by all means be housed in winter, and par- 

 ticularly those which give milk, or a failure in the 

 quantity of milk will be experienced ; therefore, in- 

 stead of keeping twenty cows poor and but half of 

 them stabled, sell ten and give the remaining ten 

 food in amount equal to what the twenty originally 

 had. Amplificator. 



OECHASD GKASS. 



(DACTXLI3 GLOMEKATA.) 



At the North, this grass is as yet but little known. 

 In almost every case where its cultivation has been 

 attempted, however, it has proved itself a very 

 prolific and valuable product. A gentleman as- 

 sures us that the term "orchard grass" is no mis- 

 nomer. He has grown it for five or six years with 

 great success, in an orchard, the soil of which had 

 foiled to produce any other grass ; a circumstance 

 attributable, as he supposed, to the dense shade cast 

 by the trees, the arrangement of which was so 

 crowded as effectually to exclude the rays of the 



sun, and to create an atmosphere much too pent 

 and suffocating to admit of the healthful develop- 

 ment of the more common kinds of grass. lie is 

 so well satisfied of the superior value and excel- 

 lence of this kind of grass, that he has determined 

 henceforth to cultivate it in preference to all other 

 kinds ; he also speaks of experimenting with it in 

 his pasture grounds, and on light soils, as a suc- 

 cession for clover, timothy and other common 

 grasses. 



We have frequently perused favorable notices of 

 this production in our agricultural journals, and al- 

 though we have had no experience ourself in its 

 cultivation, we are nevertheless strongly inclined to 

 regard it, all things taken into consideration, as a 

 valuable production, and as an acquisition to our 

 husbandry of no insignificant value, especially when 

 considered as a pasture plant. 



On orchard lands, where the soil is of a light, 

 sandy description, it roots with great vigor, and. 

 soon forms a close and dense sward which sends 

 up a succession of strong, succulent spires which 

 may be cut two or three times in a season. Cattle 

 are remarkably fond of it in a green state, and 

 when cut and cured as hay. The yield, reckoning 

 the several cuttings, is greater, probably, than that 

 of any other grass known. 



FoT the New England Farmer. 



OinOIT CULTUBE. 



It is well known to those conversant with the 

 culture of the onion, that a distinct variety in the 

 form of this vegetable has been brought about, 

 within the last twenty years, by care in the selec- 

 tion and growing of these to be used for seed. In- 

 stead of ihe Jlat, thin onion, one round and compact 

 is now grown, and much preferred by those who 

 grow, and those who use them. 



Of late, it has been stated by a horticulturist of 

 high authority, that onions of this class are much 

 more liable to rot and decay than the others, and 

 therefore he would dissuade from growing what is 

 called the improved Danvers onion. 1 have made 

 inquiry of those best experienced in the culture of 

 this vegetable, and learn from them that this gen- 

 tleman's theory of decay is visionary, and fanciful 

 entirely ; and that they have now hundreds of bar- 

 rels of onions on hand, in best possible condition. 

 It is true, there was more of rot the last season 

 than has been common for several years, but this 

 was probably caused by the superabundance of mois- 

 ture, in the months of August and September, and 

 not from any special defect in form. We do not 

 object to theoretic speculations, by those who un- 

 derstand what they are speculating about, but we 

 have much more confidence in the practical fads, 

 drawn from the experience of the cultivators them- 

 selves. P. 



South Danvers, Feb. 25, 1857. 



Remedy for Hog Cholera. — Salt, sulphur, 

 charcoal— equal parts — in their food ; table-spoon- 

 ful of the mixture twice each day. Keep the ani- 

 mal warm. Dr. Dadd. 



