1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



TO CURE WARTS ON COWS. 



In a recent number of the Farmer a "Subscrib- 

 er" wished to know what will cure warts on the 

 teats of a cow. I would recommend a recipe you 

 may find in vol. V. of the Farmer, p. 546. 



"I tried walnut shells on the shoulder of a cow, 

 where the warts covered a place six inches square. 

 I took the walnuts, cut the shells off, and pounded 

 them, (the shells) up so that I could press the juice 

 out, and rubbed the warts with my hand and juice 

 for about ten minutes every day for a week, when 

 the warts began to be quite loose, so that you could 

 pick them off easily. Before applying the juice, I 

 rubbed the warts so as to take off all that I could ; 

 ihe last time I rubbed the warts till the blood 

 came ; now the warts are all gone, and the place 

 looks as if none had ever been there." 



July 27, 1857. Whitinsville. 



now TO stop a jumping horse. 



A gentleman from Goffstown, N. H., made the 

 inquiry if you or any of your readers could inform 

 him of the best method to prevent horses from jump- 

 ing, when fettering would not stop them. I would in- 

 form him of a way which I have never known to fail. 

 Put a strap round the neck, another round the 

 girth, and then one from the neck to the girth, 

 strapping his head down pretty low, then put a 

 strap or rope from the neck-strap to the hind fet- 

 lock, between the fore legs; do not give it too 

 much play. After he has tried it, 1 should be glad 

 to have him reply through your paper how he suc- 

 ceeded. A Subscriber. 



Brentwood, JV. H. 



to keep ants from plants. 



I saw the question asked in the Farmer, if any 

 one could tell how to keep ants from shrubs and 

 plants without injury to them; I have tried tar on 

 plants, by making a ring of it around the body of the 

 plant about six inches from the ground, being care- 

 ful to shake all the ants off first, and not leave a 

 spot in the ring that is not covered with tar, and I 

 have not seen one ant on any of the plants since. 



Providence, 1857. c. A. s. 



to cure scratches on horses. 



Take juniper bark and leaves, with a sufficient 

 quantity of water to cover the same, and boil down 

 strong; after it is cold, wash the part affected two 

 or three times a day, till a cure is effected. 



Brentwood, July 27. A Subscriber. 



young fruit trees — carrots. 

 Mr. Brown : — 1 am very much pleased with one 

 feature of your valuable paper, namely, its "Ex- 

 tracts and Replies." Being somewhat interested in 

 the cultivation of fruit, I want to know if you are 

 practically acquainted with any of the dealers in 

 fruit trees in Boston. Are there any who take up 

 their trees carefully, and who will send what, and 

 only what, their customers order ? I purchased some 

 trees at one time which were easy to set out, but they 

 dii not suit my fancy. The roots of them were so 

 shaped, that I might have taken a crowbar and 

 made holes for them ; but what does one want of 

 such trees ? Now, if you could tell where I could 

 get good, thrifty trees, with good roots on them. 



you would do me, and I doubt not, many of the 

 readers of your paper, a great favor. 



Can you tell me the weight of a bushel of car- 

 rots, and also beets ? If you will please answer 

 these inquiries, you will greatly oblige one of your 

 constant Readers. 



what will kill ants? 



Cannot you suggest something in your paper for 

 the effectual destruction of ants ? 



Springfield, July, 1857. C. L. Covell. 



water lime paint. 



I saw a recipe in the Farmer for making water 

 lime paint. Will some one inform me where the 

 paint can be found, or if it is known by any other 

 name, as no one here knows anything about it ? 



Royalston, Mass, E. s. 



A Little Too Bad. — A Schorahie paper men- 

 tions the novel fact that in consequence of the 

 great want of help among the farmers of that 

 county, able-bodied females are receiving a dollar 

 a day for assisting in harvest. Yet big loafers in 

 this section are complaining that they can find 

 nothing to do. — Albany Transcript. 



BOYS' DEPARTMENT. 



AH EAST INDIAN SCHOOL. 



The inspector enters ; all the boys rise, put their 

 right hand to their forehead, and shout, "Salaam, 

 sahib !" The teacher, an olive complexioned man, 

 with smooth, shining black hair, with a curling 

 moustache, with a bristling beard, with a white 

 robe, buttoned on the left hand side, comes fo 

 ward, and makes the nearest approach to Eistern 

 prostration which his Western superior will allow. 

 The English inspector returns the salute of the 

 boys, and disposes of that of the teacher with an 

 action rather than a word, the action implying 

 partly, "lam much obliged to you for your civility," 

 partly, "Stand up ; I also am a man," The saluta- 

 tions are over ; business commences. Let us adopt 

 the dramatic rotation, and endeavor thus to exhibit 

 what follows : — 



Inspector — Mulvjii, let me see the register of at- 

 tendance. 



Karim Caksh, teacher of the school — Sahib, it 

 is here. 



Inspector — I see you have 100 boys in daily at- 

 tendance ; that is very good. 



Teacher — This number is entirely to be attribut- 

 ed to your good fortune and your personal excel- 

 lence. 



Inspector — I shall now call over the names. No 

 boy is to speak whose name is not called. Let 

 each boy as he is called answer, "Here." 



Omnes — Yes, sir — "Here." 



Inspector — Silence ! no boy to speak whose name 

 is not called. 



Omnes — (each to his neighbor) — You are not to 

 speak till your name is called. 



Inspector — Silence ! 



The first five boys answer to their names; the 

 sixth is absent. 



