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he biirii_viir<l, simmus to rclisli boat. I havo tliou|;lit 

 omclimps tlint it was clicspcr to kocu cows on 

 leoilock boards than on liay, especially if liny was 



'20 a ton. [This supfe«tion is worthy i-oii- 



iduration — for aside from the probable a(lvanln;:e 

 n point of economy, of " kocpinu" cows on ktmlock 

 oards in lic'i of hay, the huHrr from slock thus 

 kept," would doubtless brinp an extra price, from 

 he pteuliarxty of its flavor I — " I'. D."] 

 My cows have done well pvcrsince I have Ircat- 

 thcm in the manner alluded to above. I have 

 d no cows lame for two years past, and fed none 

 "raid of the disorder. 

 Jior6ury, July, 1841. C. G. B. 



From llie Alliany CuUivalor. 



IMPROVE.MK.XT I.V SHINGLING. 



Messrs Gaytord J,- Tucker — It is known to every 

 r»on of observation, that shinsjles composing the 

 lof of a building-, first give way round tho nail, 



ing doubtless to the walor penetrating by the 



I hole. In tlic erection of a barn this summer 

 my farm near this place, it was a matter of 



me consideration with me to remedy this defect, 

 doptrd the following simple, cheap, and I be- 

 ve ejicaiious plan. I have nicnlioncd it to a 

 mber of experienced workmen and gentlemen of 

 dgnient, and they coincide in one opinion of its 

 antages. I have therefore thought it a duty to 

 mmunicato through the medium of your paper, 

 at others may be benefited by its adoption. The 

 10 is this: — The workmen, when shingling, have 

 small tin cup suspended at their breast, by a 

 ing passed around the neck — into the cup is put 

 portion of white lead ground in oil, of the con- 

 tence as taken from the keg of the manufactu- 

 ; — as the workman handles the nail, he dips 

 point into the white load, to which a portion 

 heres ; — when driven, the white lead is forced up 

 the nail passes in, and completely fills np the 

 le, and the head of the nail is imbedded in the 

 nt, thus preventing the penetration of w-ater by 

 cail-hole, and the corrosion of the nail-liead. 

 le progress of the workman is very little retard- 

 by the operation. A keg of 2.) lbs. will do for 

 out ten thousand shingles. The same process 



II do for sideingor weather-boarding, and indeed 

 every instance where the nail is exposed to the 

 ather. JAS. L. BOWMAN. 

 Brownsville, Penn., June U3, 1841. 



This should ho her sole aim. Sho may do as 

 much nt homo towards making a fortune, ns he can 

 do in tho workshop or tho counting room. It is 

 not the mont'V earned that makes a man wealthy — 

 it is what ho saves from his earnings. A good 

 and prudent husband makes a depositu of the fruits 

 of his labor with his best friond ; and if the friend 

 be not true to him, what hos he to hope ? If he 

 dare not place confidence in tho companion of his 

 bosom, whore is ho to place it? A wife acts not 

 for herself only, but she is the agent of tho man 

 she loves, and she i^ bound to act for his good, and 

 Rol for her own gratification. Her husband's pood 

 is the end to which she should aim — his approba- 

 tion is her reward. Self-gratification in dress, or 

 indulgence in appetite, or more company than his 

 pur.se can well entertain, arc equally pernicious: 

 the first adds vanity to extravagance — the second 

 fastens a doctor's bill to a long butcher's account — 

 and the latter brings intemperance, the first of all 

 evils, in its train. — Suiibury ,'lmer. 



AMERICAN WOOL PRODUCT. 



To those who have paid the subject but little 

 attention, the amount of money invested in the pro- 

 duction of wool within the United States, will seem 

 surprising. It is very generolly believed that this 

 is quite a secondary branch of our general interest, 

 instead of one of the most fruitful sources of our 

 wealth, and best deserving tho cherishing protec- 

 tion of our Government. As shown by tho returns 

 of the late census, we have in this country, exclu- 

 sive of North Carolina, Michigan and Kentucky, 

 19,085,903 sheep ; and taking ten dollars as the 

 average value of land necessary to sustain a sheep 

 and make a fair allowance for the price of the ani- 

 mals themselves, for the labor necessary for their 

 proper superintendence with that required to pre- 

 pare their product for its first market, which are as 

 much part of the investment as the land which sus- 

 tained them, the aggregate amount of capital in- 

 vested in this branch of industry will be at least 

 two hundred millions of dollars. This is certainly 

 an immense sum, and well deserves the attention 

 of the General Government. At present, England 

 supplies us annually with some ten millions worth 

 of broadcloths, and after all chooses to import her 

 wool from the continent, to the entire exclusion of 

 our own. In 1839, her entire import of this article 

 was 57,.3f>5,944 pounds, and while we had some 

 40,000,000 pounds of wool remaining at home, 

 nearly two fifths of the whole woollen manufac- 

 tures of Great Hritain came to the U. States. And 

 yet we have only $15,000,000 invested in woollen 

 manufactures. 



Of the aggrngatii amount of wool grown in tho 

 United States in 18.39, New York produced 4,012,- 

 144 pounds; Ohio, 3,i;.i0,970 ; Vermont, 2,2.57,795 ; 

 which, in proportion to her population, is much the 

 largest amount grown in any State; Pennsylvania, 

 3,07ti,783; Virginia, 2,072,044 ; Maine, ],40.5..")ol ; 

 New Hampshire, 1,200,988; Indiana, 1,202,209; 

 Massachusetts, 1,0,55,.")91 ; Tennessee, 1,029,510; 

 and the other States various amounts biitween the 

 89.3,075 pounds of Connecticut, and the 45,524 of 

 Louisiana .V. Y. TViiune. 



SALT AND A.SIIES MI.XED FOR STOCK. 



Last winter (says a correspondent of the Far- 

 mer's Journal,) I saw it recommended in an agri- 

 cultural paper, to mix salt with ashes for itock. — 

 Having tested the utility of the practice, I am now- 

 prepared to speiik favorably of it, and from a firm 

 conviction that slock, of all descriptions, are risen- 

 tially honefiled thereby. My cows, work-horses, 

 and young cattle, as well as sheep, have been reg- 

 ularly supplied with it, as often as once a week, 

 since tho snow went off, and notwithstanding tho 

 feed in tho pastures has been quite short, in conse- 

 quence of drought, for a large part of the season, 

 tho animals are healthy, and generally in better 

 condition than we have known them for years. 



Sheep, especially, are extremc'ly fond of it, pre- 

 ferring it to pure salt, and eating it as eagerly as 

 they do meal or corn. As to the general elTicocy 

 of the practice, and its tendency as respects the 

 health of stock, I will merely say in conclusion, 

 that I am acquainted with several farmers that have 

 made the same trial, and that no instance, with 

 which I am familiar, or which has fallen under my 

 notice, has it be»n attended with other than the 

 best effects. The proportions in which the ingre- 

 dients should be given, are one part salt to seven 

 of ashes. The salt, should be fine, and the ashes 

 dry and free from coals. If thought necessary, tho 

 salt may be increased in quantity to two or even 

 three quarts, instead of one. Try it, farmers, and 

 see if it doth not '' do good like a medicine" 



A Fakmer. 



A horse-rake, to collect leaves, &.c. from the 

 woods, has been invented by Mr Lowncs, and is 

 described in the .Southern Planter. It is formed 

 by boring 8 two-inch holes through a locust or gum 

 log, and putting teeth, made of seasoned locust, 

 drawn to a point, and driven through from the top 

 of the log. The teeth are two feet long, the log 

 eight inches in diameter, and three feet and a half 

 long; the shafts just long enough to balance the 

 log, which falls back con.siderably, from the great 

 loan the teeth arc obliged to have, to collect the 

 trash. With this rake, the inventor has collected 

 fifteen cartloads an hour, and calculates upon ob- 

 taing at the rate of fifteen hundred loads a year. 



Preserving Eggs. A Mr Jaync, of Yorkshire, 

 England, obtained a patent for the following re- 

 ceipt for preserving eggs, which wn think worthy 

 of trial : 



One bushel of quick lime, 32 ounces of salt, 8 

 ounces of cream of tartar. 



Mix the same together with as much water os 

 will reduce the composition to such a consistency 

 Ihatan egg when put into it will swim. 



By this method, it is said, eggs have beeh kept 

 sound two years. 



The best cucumbers for pickles are those not 

 much larger than a man's thumb. If not conve- 

 nient to pickle them all at once, they may be salted 

 down, like pork, and freshened any time of year 

 afterwards, as they may be wanted. 



jyifchanics' Fair. — We are happy to learn that 

 the coming Fair of the .Mass. Charitable Mechan- 

 ic Association, will equal, if not surpass, in splen- 

 dor and variety, any of its former ones. The Su- 

 perintendent is now at Quincy Hall, where con- 

 tributors are requested to call and give notice of 

 their intentions. It is encouraging to know that 

 our New England artisans Icke such an interest in 

 and appreciate this well deserving exhibition, which 

 gives so good an opportunity for the display of 

 works of gen'usand art. — Boston paptr. 



