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get no water ; and they have not a supply of fras- 

 trie juice to promote the digestion of the hay in 

 tlie stoiiiacli ; they cannot raise it to chew the 

 cud ; they lose their appetite ; are thrown into a 

 fever ; and cannot bring forth their young, or they 

 bring forth a feeble, starved latnb that falls off 

 and dies on the first exposure to the cold and rain. 

 On the contrary, I take care to provide my sheep 

 with good clear water in summer and winter, i 

 feed them regidarly with hay through the winter, 

 and give them ruta baga and mangel vvurtzel ev- 

 ery day. The ewes produce me one l]undred and 

 twenty per cent, in lambs. You cannot get along 

 witnout ruta baga and mangel wurtzel. — Genesee 

 larmer. 



Canada Corn. — We consider it proper at this 

 time to call the attention of the farmers in gen- 

 eral — and particularly those who have suffered 

 a loss of their crops from the unfavorabieness of 

 the past season, — to the yellow early Canada 

 corn, which has been cultivated here with such 

 success, as to leave little room for doubt as to its 

 superiority in overcoming the difliculrie^ to be 

 encountered in our ever-,varying climate. Five 

 acres of this corn was raised the past season, by 

 Mr Hatch of the Pouglikeepsie Hotel, on his farm 

 two miles below the village. It was planted the 

 first of June last, has yielded sixty bushels to the 

 acre, perfectly sound and in as fine condition as 

 any we have ever seen. VVe understand that it 

 was perfectly ripe by the 10th of Se{)t, and will 

 generally come to maturity in about ninety days. 

 The land on which it was raised was in good con- 

 dition. Mr Hatch has already been apjtlied to by 

 54 of our first farmers, for one hundred and fifty 

 seven bushels of this corn for seed next year. — 

 Poughkeepsie Eagle. 



Life in New Yokk — it is easier, says the N. York 



Amui-ican,to write about living m this city, than to fine 



^hc means of living. Rents have universally gone tip 



rom 3U lo 50 per cent. Flour is at $1.5 per bbl. and iht 



Life in New Yokk — it is easier, says the N.York 

 • ' - '• "■ ■■ " ■ "id 



prices at market are as follows : 



Ceef 12 1-2 to 15 cts per lb Corned Beef 10 rents. 

 Mutton, 17 to 19 cts. Veal, 1-^ cts. Turkey, 28 cents 

 per lb., equal to from $2 to $3 apiece. A Goose, $2. 

 A pair of Chickens, $2. 



[p^The London Magazine gives the following recipe 

 for preventing Ink becommg mouldy. Arid to each pint 

 bottle of writing ink, five drops of Kreosote. It gives 

 tbe ink a slight odor of smoked meat, which is by no 

 means disagreeable, and effectively obviates its tenden- 

 cy to become musty. Kreosote may be purchased at 

 the apothecaries. 



O" A calculating cotempoi;iry says that Rice is al- 

 ways one of the cheapest articles of food, and now it is 

 no higher than usual, notwithstanding flour is nearly 

 double its common price. Nothing is so cheap in the 

 present stale of prices as rice, and nothing is more heal- 

 thy or more palatable. 



Receipt for a Cold.— Take a large tea-spoonful of 

 flaxseed, with two pennyworth of stick liquorice, and 

 one quarter of a pound of new raisins, put them in two 

 quarts of soft water, and let it simmer over a slow fire, 

 until it is reduced to one quart ; then add to it a quarter 

 of a pound of brown sugar candy pounded — a table- 

 spoonful of white wine vinegar, or lemon juice ; the 

 vinegar is best to be added only to the quantity you are 

 going immediately to take. Drink half a pint at going 

 to bed, and take a little when the cougli is trouble- 

 some. 



This receipt generally cures the worst of colds in one, 

 two or three days, and if taken in time, is said to be an 

 infallible remedy. It is a sovereign balsamic cordial for 

 the lungs, without the opening qualities, which engen- 

 der fresh colds on going out. It has been known to 

 cure colds tiiat have almost settled in consumption, in 

 less ilian 3 weeks. — Bost Jour. 



Fruit Trees may be removed and transplanted after 

 the first of October. Most farmers who transplant fruit 

 trees, suffer a great loss by not doing the work well. — r 

 The principal care needed, is, first, to dig the holes 

 large, say six feet across, and fifteen or eighteen inches 

 deep; secondly, to preserve carefully, the roots as en- 

 tire and uninjured as possible, and not to suffer them to 

 become dry out of the ground ; and thireJly, to fill the 

 hole with finely pulverized, rich earth, (not manure,) 

 shaking in small quantities, and packing it closely, but 

 gently, about the roots, so as to leave them in their nat- 

 ural position in the soil. The whole expense of this, 

 would not be more than half the price of the tree, and 

 in five years it would be three times the size, which it 

 would be,if transplanted by the common way of digging 

 small holes, and doing the work hastily and imperfectly 

 — Gen. Far. 



French Blues, is the name of a Potato, a specimen 

 of which has been left at our office, by Mr Moses Wins- 

 ]ow, of Westbrook ; it is said that they were imported a 

 • ew years since. The appearance of these potatoes re- 

 commend them as to productiveness ; they are so large 

 that a man could hardly walk straight with one in a 

 side pocket. They are of a good quality when raised 

 on a dry soil ; are very solid and heavy, of a roundish 

 form : the inside is of a beautiful yellow color. Mr W. 

 inforn-s us that he has raised a peck in a hill after sep- 

 arating the smHll ones ; and that they produce far more 

 than any other potatoes Hiat he has cultivated. We 

 have these potatoes for sale by the bushel, peck, half 

 peck, or single. Those who try them should put them 

 on rich ground, as they may as well think of making a 

 large hog on a stinted substance, as to raise such pota- 

 toes as these on a lean soil. — Yankee Far 



" Uncle John," said a little urchin to an old gentle- 

 man, who was sitting with his head towards the fire, 

 " why are you like an Indian making his house ? D'ye 

 give it up. Because he is making his wiE^ warm." — 

 (wigwam.)— JV, E. Farmer. 



