PRACTICAL FARMER. 



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tioii to be overcome, but whilst improvements are 

 being m:ide in every branch of business, why 

 should this important o|)eration remain stationary ? 

 Here is a plan proposed by which hibor is to be 

 saved — time to be saved, (and time is money, 

 especially to the man of small capital) — a good 

 article is to be produced — and the experiment is 

 not expensive. It is surely worth an attentive in- 

 vestigation ; and the patentees say they ask no 

 more. If they cannot effect ail that they propose, 

 they ask no man to adoj.t their system. Mr Dan- 

 iel Bell will remam in Zanesvilie a few days, and 

 will give full satisfaction on the subject; and at 

 any time a letter addressed to Dr Edward S. Bell, 

 Middleway, Jefferson county, Va. will receive 

 prompt attention. 



We are requested to say that the patentees hope 

 editors will give such notice of their plan as they 

 think proper. — Zanesvilie Guz. 



The following is the best recipe I have ever 

 seen tried for the bots or gruhs. I think it was 

 once published in either the American Partner or 

 Turf Register. 



Drench with a pint of sweet milk and a pint of 

 molasses; if no relief in 30 minrtes, repeat the 

 dose two hotn-s after with a quart of strong salt 

 and water — two hours after with a pint of lin- 

 seed oil. 



The grubs fill themselves with molasses, their 

 skins then become thin, the salt and water cuts 

 them to pieces, and the oil carries them off, and 

 heals the wound inflicted by the grubs. For com- 

 mon cholic, bleeding in the mouth, and a purge of 

 salt and water. 



From two to three ounces of tincture of assafce- 

 tida, diluted with a pint and a half of water, will 

 nine times out of ten, produce instant relief. — 

 Southern paper. 



Chapped Hands. — There is not a more com- 

 mon or a more troublesome complaint in the win- 

 ter season, especially with females, than chapped 

 hands. It is rather remarkable, tiiat few individ- 

 uals seem to know the true cause of this affection. 

 Most people attribute it to the use of hard water, 

 and insist upon washing, on all occasions, with rain 

 or brook water. Now the truth is, that chajiped 

 hands are invariably occasioned by the injudicious 

 use of soap ; and the soap afiects them more in 

 the winter than in the summer, because in the 

 former season the hands are not moistened with 

 perspiration, which counteracts the alkaline effects 

 of the soap. There is a small portion of alkali in 

 hard water, but not so much as there is in sofk 

 water with the addition of soap. The constant 

 usa of soap in washing, even though the softest 

 water be used, will cause tender hands to be chap- 

 ped, unless some material be afterwards used to 



neutralize its alkaline properties. In summer, the 

 oily property of the perspirable moisture answers 

 this purpose; but in the winter, a very little vin- 

 egar or cream will, by being rubbed on the dried 

 liand.s, after the use of soap, completely neutralize 

 its alkaline properties, and thereby effectually pre- 

 vent the chapping of hands. Any other acid or 

 oily sui)stances will answer the same purpose. 

 There are some very delicate hands which are 

 never chapped. This exemption from the com- 

 plaint arises from the greater abundance of j)erspi- 

 rable matter which anoints and softens the skin. 

 Dry and cold hands are most afflicted with this 

 complaint. — Boat. Post. 



We have seen the following in several newspa- 

 pers, and thougk we cannot vouch for its efficacy, 

 from experience, we would advise its trial in case 

 of need. 



Cure for the Tooth Ache. — It is with great 

 pleasure we announce to our readers, that we are 

 in possession of one of the greatest desiderata 

 in the whole materia medica. The remedy is 

 simple, easily procured, easily applied, and effec- 

 tual. We do not speak unadvisedly, for we have 

 tried it upon our own masticators, and those of 

 our family, and some half a dozen of our friends, 

 and we are therefore enabled to speak with confi- 

 dence and safety. The recipe is as follows : take 

 a lump of unslacked lime aUout the size of a hick- 

 ory mit, and dissolve or slack it in two-thirds, or 

 three quarters of a tumbler of water. Hold the 

 lime water in the mouth contiguous to the aching 

 tooth, and certain relief will ensue. We never 

 knew it to fiiil. If the relief is not permanent, re- 

 peat the application as often as the pain returns. 

 If the pain is stubborn and refuses to yield, the 

 lime water may be made thicker and stronger. 



BucKWHKAT Straw. — A correspondent, who 

 signs himself "A Young Farmer," asks us wheth- 

 er any use can be made of his Buckwheat straw ? 

 Our reply is, that it is better for milch-cows than 

 the best timothy hay — that his cows will eat with 

 equal avidity, — that if it has not been exposed too 

 long to the vicissitudes of the weather it will prove 

 equally nutritious to them — that so far as the se- 

 cretion of milk is concerned it is infinitely prefer- 

 able to any hay or fodder within our knowledge, 

 and that when cut and boiled, or steamed, it makes 

 most acceptable slop for the cows. We will say 

 further, that the "old plan" of throwing this 

 wholesome and nutritious provender upon the 

 dung-heap, or in the barn-yard, to be trampled 

 under foot, should be abandoned, and that hence- 

 forth it should be permitted to assume its proper 

 rank among the choicest hay tor neat cattle. — 

 Baltimore Fanner. 



