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THE CJENESEE FARMER 



September 3, 183; 



Novel Mode of Thrashing in Spain. — 

 Their mode of thrashing is perfectly primi- 

 tive Several pieces of ground in the neigh- 

 borhood of the town, are allotted for this 

 purpose, to which all the produce of the ad- 

 jaeent country is brought. A thick board, 

 six feet in length and four in width, is perfo- 

 rated with holes, in which are placed large 

 flint stones, projecting about half an inch. 

 On the front of this board a man takes his 

 place, on a seat provided for that purpose, 

 and a number of oxen or mules are fastened 

 to it with cords. The corn in the straw is 

 then strewn on the ground, in a circle form- 

 ed of stones, and this extraordinary imple- 

 ment of husbandry is then dragged over it, 

 a man standing in the centre of the circle 

 assisting the driver to flog the beasts to their 

 utmost speed. A drove of loose cattle are 

 also driven over it, so that the sharp flint 

 and the hoofs of the mules and oxen do the 

 work of thrashing very completely. The 

 straw is by these means, torn into such 

 small particles, which is packed in nets and 

 sent to Madrid as provender for horses and 

 mules. Their method of winnowing is by 

 throwing the undressed corn against the 

 wind, which separates it from the chaff. I 

 was told of an American, who taking com- 

 passion on the unlightened nati es, and see- 

 ing the prospect of a good profit, introduced 

 one of our thrashing machines, and under- 

 took to thrash the farmers' corn at a trifling 

 expense per bushel. On the first day he 

 succeeded admirably, but on the next, when 

 the speculator went to resume his labors, to 

 his utter consternation he found the engine 

 which was to work him wealth, broken into' 

 utoms, and dispersed in every possible di- 

 rection. On inquiry, he found the country 

 people had consulted on its efficiency, and 

 came to a resolution, in which they were as- 

 sisted by the parish priest, that the devil was 

 inside the engine, and they were determined 

 as good Christians, to have nothing to do 

 with him, but in the fair way of trade ! — 

 Spanish Highways and Byways. 



your houses, cellars and enclosures, eve- 

 ry morning before 10 o'clock,and depos- 

 it the same with the sweepings of the 

 street before your door in the middle of 

 the street, 



5. There are holes and corners about 

 every house, which in close, sultry, damp 

 weather (like that we have just now) are 

 liable to emit disagreable odors— spri- 

 kle them with a very little of your chlo- 

 ride of lime, and they will become sweet. 



Salt. — There was inspected by the in- 

 spector, and the duties received on the 

 same by the superintendent, upwards of 

 12,380 bushels of salt on Friday last, ma- 

 nufactured in this village — being 2,477 

 barrels.and the duties amounting to near- 

 ly $1550. Nearly the same amount, we 

 understand, was inspected and received 

 the day following. We shall take some 

 occasion and give a statement of the re- 

 ceipts per day of this domestic manufac- 

 ture of our village. This village con- 

 tains, we believe, nearly 80 different 

 buildings for the manufacture of this ar- 

 ticle. — Salina Courier. 



The salutary advice given in the sub- 

 joined paragraph, by the editor of the 

 Norfolk Herald, is deserving of more 

 than ordinary attention, as the sickly fall 

 season approaches. 



Chloride of Lime — The following 

 hints, if piactised upon by families in the 

 thickly inhabited parts of the town, will 

 infallibly preserve their health and com- 

 fort. 



1. Always keep a supply of the chlo- 

 ride of lime on hand, 



2. Burn all your kitchen offal of fish, 

 flesh, fowl and vegetables, instead of 

 throwing them into the street, or treasur- 

 them up to feed the pig of some favorite 

 acquaintance of the cook. 



3. Throw a portion of the chloride of 

 lime into your kitchen slops and dirty 

 water; it will immediately remove any 

 bad smell arising from them, and you 

 may then empty them into the street 

 without offending the olfactory organs 

 of the passing citizens. A table spoon- 

 ful of the chloride will suffice to purify 

 five of six gallons of the most nauseous 

 fluid, and will cost but one cent — a cheap 

 corrective of many Scents. 



4. Sweep out all the dirt and litter from 



Elephants. — Elephants are now used 

 in Ceylon for ploughing the rice fields 

 and in preparing new grounds for the cul- 

 tivation of coffee, pepper, &c. An ele- 

 phant will perform the work in one day 

 which twenty bullocks were in the habit 

 of performing before. In a country like 

 Ceylon, which is *o very thinly popula- 

 ted, by this system of employing ele- 

 phants, much time is saved, and a great 

 deal of agricultural work performed. — 

 An elephant may be purchased in Cey- 

 lon at any time for ten or fifteen pounds 



From Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. 

 Curious Structure of the Eye of the 

 Horse. — A singular provision is made 

 for keeping the eye of the horse clean by 

 an eyelid called the haw. It is moisten- 

 ed by a pulpy substance, or mucilage, to 

 take hold of the dust on the eye-ball and 

 wipe it clear off, so that the eye is hard- 

 ly ever seen with any thing on it, though 

 greatly exposed from its size and pos- 

 ture. The swift motion of the haw is 

 given to it by a gristly elastic substance, 

 placed between the eye-ball and the soc- 

 ket, and striking obliquely, so as to drive 

 out the haw with great velocity over the 

 eye and then let it come back as quickly. 



Ignorant persons, when this haw is 

 inflamed from cold, and swelled so as to 

 appear, which it never does in a healthy 

 state, often mistake it for an imperfection 

 (calling it the " hooks in the eyes") and 

 cut it off! so near do ignorance and cru- 

 elty produce the same effect. 



The Shakers in Harvard are building a 

 barn, says the Charleston Aurora, supposed 

 the largest on the Continent, 150 feet long, 

 45 wide, 4 stories high, and estimated to 

 cost #8000. It is calculated to drive in 

 from the hill side, on the upper floors and 

 pitch the hay down, making the labor 

 light. 



A few days since a " travelling mer- 

 chant" from the land of steady habits, 

 arrived in this place with a load of "no- 

 tions," which, with the accustomed tact 

 of 'as profession, he offered for sale in 

 lots to suit pure! asers. Among divers 

 other commodities which he disposed of, 

 was some Court Plaster of a very superi- 

 or quality, which he succeeded in selling 

 to a dealer in curls and colonge at a fair 

 price for a good article. Upon subse- 

 quent examination, however, it proved 

 to be nothing else than black paper hand- 

 somely glazed. Verilv this is a new in- 

 vention, and the genius deserves a pat- 

 ent for a (iiscovery which puts in the 

 back ground wooden nutmegs, horn 

 flints, bass-wood pumpkin seeds, and 

 plaster cucumbers. What next? — Cats- 

 kill Messenger. 



ROCHESTER SEED STORE. 



ROSSITER & KNOX, having engaged ex- 

 tensively in the Seed, Nursery and Green 

 House business. They will be constantly suppli 

 ed with a great variety of Agricultural, Horticu! 

 tural, Flower, and Forest Tree Seeds. They 

 will also- soon be able to furnish an extensive vari- 

 ety of Green House Plants, from the New- York 

 Nurseries, and of their own cultivation. 



fjf Orders will be received by them for Tree* 

 Shrubs, Plants, <f - c- <f -c - from trie following estab- 

 lishments : W. Prince & Sons', and Parmentier's 

 Long Island — Floy's, Wilson's, Thorburn's, and 

 A. Smith &Co's, New- York— J. Buel, Albany— 

 Landreth's, Philadelphia — Russell's, Boston. 



A Nursery under the control of N. Goodsell. 

 Editor of the Genesee Farmer, with whom they 

 are connected, is now in progress, and from which 

 can be supplied an extensive variety of most of thr 

 different articles found in Nurseries. 



R. & K. will also keep a general assortment ol 

 Garden Tools, Flower Pots, Garden Glasses, &c. 



§£V All orders to be executed this fall, should 

 be sent in previous to the 1st Oct. 



Rochester, aug. 19 ar 



ROSES, DAHLIAS, STRAWBERRIES, 



and Quicks. 



THE proprietors of the Albany Nursery have 

 printed a classification of 140 of their finest 

 Roses, according to color, to enable purchasers to 

 select a variety with certainty and economy, with 

 characters indicating the size of the flower and 

 habit, and the prices annexed. This may be seen 

 at the office of the Genesee Farmer. 



They have imported and propagated many var 

 ieties of the finest double Dahbas, which may be 

 si lected by the flowers, at the Nursery, until the 

 frosts of Autumn. 



They will have for sale from this time forward 

 plants of the Methven Strawberry, at $2 50 per 

 hundred. Forty-seven of these berries have weigh 

 ed a pound. They are good bearers and of fine 

 flavor. Also, most of the other esteemed varieties 

 See catalogue. 



They have likewise for sale, 50,000 plants ol 

 the three thorned Locust, (Olcditschia triacantli 

 us) two years old, and of good size to be planted 

 for hedges, at $5. per 1000. 



Orders tor any articles from the Nurrery, may 

 be sent by mail, or addressed to the care of L 

 Tucker, Rochester. BUEL& WILSON. 



Albany Nursery, July 16 f4t 



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ESSAYS <iN AMERICAN SILK, 



WITH Directions to fanners for raising Silk 

 Worms — by J. D. Homergue and Peter B 

 Duponceau. Also, 



The American Gardener. 



Deane's Sew-England Farmer, and 



Butler's Farmers Manual, for sale by 



HOYT, PORTER & CO. 

 Prince en the Vim; a few copies for sale a>- 

 above. July 23 



