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THE GEXESEE rAR;ifER. 



the body, leaving tlie bone in the bare part of tlie 

 leg, and one joint above, and take the body out. 

 Put in some cotton or tow, to prevent the skin 

 fr()ni stickin^j; together. Turn tlio neck wrotii^ side 

 out, till you reuoh the skull, and cutaway the neck 

 and enouj^h of tlie skull bone to lay the brain bare, 

 which is to be removed, as well as the eyes, on the 

 inside. Apply tiie arsenic and stutt" the head and 

 neck with tow, as you turn it back. 



By this time the subject will have lost all re- 

 semblance to the bird he was, and it will seem al- 

 most as hopeless to inake a cabinet ornament of 

 liis mortal remains, as to make him fly and sing 

 again; but he will soon improve. 



Take a piece of wire about a third longer than 

 Hhe bird, and bend it so as to form a loop near the 

 middle, and tile each end sharp. Thrust one end 

 through the neck and out through the forehead, 

 and tlie other through the tail. Thrust another 

 down inside of each leg, between tlieskin and bone, 

 through the sole of tlie foot, and twist the upper 

 ends round the loop, and wind a thread or some 

 tow round the leg bone and wire inside the skin. 

 These are to support the bird on his perch, and 

 must be firm. Twist another wire to form a cross 

 with the first, and confine it at the loop, and 

 thrust it under the skin of the wings. This wire, 

 which is to sujiport the wings, may be omitted 

 in very small birds, and perliaps in all except 

 those which it is desired to put into very 7'ampant 

 attitudes, the skin of the wing bemg strong 

 enough, when dry, to keep the wing in place. 

 Open the skin of the wing underneath, and re- 

 move the flesh, and apply arsenic to the bones and 

 skin. 



Finish stuflBng, and sew up the cut in the skin, 

 and any other accidental hides, with a fine needle 

 and thread ; find some S|)rightly posture in an en- 

 graving, or imitate nature if yon can, and having 

 smoothed his dress and arranged him to your fancy, 

 on an artificial stone made of a pasteboard form, 

 sanded, or on a twig or block, you may consider 

 him finislied, except the eyes. These are of glass, 

 and can be procured, of all sorts, in Boston. They 

 may be put in at any time, by moisteningthe eye-lids. 



In arranging birds in a cabinet, of course, one 

 will \)\\t the best side out, just as the ladies put the 

 trimming on the congregation side of their bon- 

 nets; and there are various other little innocent 

 "tricks of tlie trade," such as sujiplying a few 

 feathers from another bird of the same species, or 

 even a wing or leir, if necessary, that will occur to 

 a youth of genius. 



As food for reflection to those who see in such 

 pursuits — pursuits which filled tlie souls of such 

 men as Wilson and NcTTALand ArncBON — noth- 

 ing worthy of the attention of rational men. let 

 me fjuote, in conclusion, a few lines from Bokeu's 

 ''Calanos:'' 



He! why to him the gav arc butterfliea, 



Flitting arciuiiti a list't. "' which they died. 



He loolcH on pleasure as a kind of sin; 



Calls pastime waste-time. Each to liis trade, sny I. 



I heard a man who spent a mortal life 



In hoiirdinji up all kinds of stones and ores, 



Call one, who spitted flies upon a pin, 



A fool, to spend his precious life-time thns. 



What might dclii.'ht yon, lady, may not bim ; 



And yet your plniKurex argue >/ou no fool, 



JSor kU grave hrowg prove apiulompher. 



[H. F. FaB.NCH, in Xew England Farmer. 



CHEESE FACTORIES IN ONEIDA Co., N. 7 



B. P. Johnson, Esq., Secretary of the !■ 

 York State Agricultural ISociety, in the last ni. 

 her of the Journal^ says : 



AVe had an opportunity of examining some of 

 cheese factories in Oneida, which are being erec 

 or already in operation in many neighborlioi 

 The smaller butter dairies are being abandoi 

 and the milk sent to the clieese factories, wl 

 they will receive as nnich for their milk as t 

 have been receiving from butter, and at much 

 labor and toil to the family. Messrs. Ckosb-j 

 Huntington have a factory about two miles fi 

 the village of Rome. This has been in operal 

 two years. They had, when I was there, 

 milk of about 450 cows, and were making se 

 cheese a day, of from 100 to 180 lbs., and ex] 

 to increase the number of cows to 500. Tlie 

 tory was in fine order; everything clean and n 

 and the cheese appeared very uniform and v 

 good. 



Jesse Williams' factory, a mile distant from t 

 has about the same number of cows, and ismak 

 seven cheese a day. His will probably be incren 

 to 500. Mr. "Williams is the originator of 

 factories, I think, in our State, and his has b 

 merged in a stock company, composed of th 

 who furnish the milk, Mr. W^illiams snperinte 

 ing the manufacture of the cheese. He has r 

 buildings nearly completed, and everything re 

 ing to the preparation and manufacture of chf 

 is in the best order. 



The dairy from this ffictory was sold last sea 

 to a London factor at, I believe, 15 cents per 

 here. Mr. Williams' cheese last year were mi 

 larger than he is now making, weighing over i 

 lbs. These are too large for Enjrlish markets, i 

 he is now making them from 100 to 135 lbs. Th 

 were several other cheese diaries in the dist; 

 through which I went, but they were not specis 

 examined. 



In a discussion at a meeting of the Royal A{ 

 cultural Society, in answer to the question as 

 the best time and method of applying lime 

 grass, Prof. Voecklek said that autumn was 

 proper time, and ttiht of all the methods of do 

 it, he liked the Devonshire best, which was to jd. 

 it on the earth in small heaps, covered with dirt 

 ro.ad scrapings, and leave it to get spontaneou 

 slacked. Then in e.arly spring these heaps W' 

 spread over the land, and the lime was washed j 

 by degrees. 



The CoN^EOTictTT Agkicultukal College. 

 The Legislature of Connecticut lias appropriat 

 to the Sheftield Scientific School, New Haven, ti 

 public lands given to the State by Congress und 

 what is known as the Agricultural College bill. 



Bravo I We congratulate Prof. Johnson. Nc 

 for a good experimental farm and the best agrici 

 tural college in America. 



