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GENESEE FARMER. 



Nov. 



convexity, the tide would be much higher than 

 at the polls. On the contrary, the reverse is 

 true. Under the equator, where the attractive 

 force of the earth is less, aud the moon'' s gi'eater 

 than in high latitudes, the tides are very low. 

 Towards the poles, where the earth's attraction 

 increases and the moon's diminishes, thus partial- 

 ly counteracting the effects of each other, the 

 tides run very high. 



1 did NOT intimate in my former communi- 

 cation that I had a better theory to offer. At 

 present I have none. The laws of nature are 

 always simple and consistent. Those of our 

 "modern philosophers" often complex and in- 

 consistent. J. W. Dickinson. 



Avon, N. Y., July, 1848. 



How to Dry a Cow. 



"A subscriber" asks, "How may I run a 

 heifer dry that calved last month, as I propose 

 putting her on grass on the 12th of May for fat- 

 tening ? Also, would you recommend bleeding 

 bullocks that have been stall-fed all winter prior 

 to their being put on grass ?" 



We recommend bleeding the bullocks previ- 

 ous to putting them out. Various recipes have 

 been given to dry a cow which had recently 

 calved, and various modes adopted, according to 

 the will and caprice of the individual, but we 

 have found the following recipe answer well : 

 Let the animal be milked dry, and about two, 

 and if in good condition, three or four quarts of 

 blood extracted : then procure a fresh rennet 

 bag ; pour on it two quarts of rain or river wa- 

 ter ; bail them down to one quart, and strain. — 

 When sufficiently cool give it as a drench to the 

 cow, and she will be dry in forty-eight hours. 

 She should, of course, be kept on sheaf oats, or 

 chopped straw and oats, with hay or other dry 

 food, for two or three days previously and subse- 

 quently. 



Another plan is, to milk and bleed her as be- 

 fore, and then give the following : — Roche alum, 

 in powder, 4 oz.; dragon's blood, in powder, 

 half an ounce ; Turmeric, in powder, 1 oz., to 

 be given in a quart of cold skimmed milk, as a 

 drench to each cow, allowing a period of at least 

 two hours to elapse before turning her to feed. 

 It is essential not to allow her to be milked or 

 interfered with afterwards. — Irish Farmer's Gaz. 



Inquiry.— In the September number of the 

 Farmer I noticed an article from S. W., of Wa- 

 terloo, in which he stated that a neighbor of his 

 sold from his farm produce to the amount of 

 $1,400. Now I would ask whether his neighbor 

 raised grain, or cattle, or sheep— and if either, 

 what kinds ? By answering the above your 

 correspondent will confer a favor. S, 



Pompey, N. Y., Oct., 1848. 



Sweet Potatoes. 



If you can spare room in the next number of 

 the Farmer, for an answer to the following in- 

 quiries, you vAW oblige a number of your sub» 

 scribers : Whereas Vve hear that sweet potatoes 

 are raised in Michigan, Wisconsin, &c. — If this 

 be true, why can they not be grown here 1 — 

 and how can they be preserved through the win- 

 ter from rotting, decay, &c ? — and how and 

 when must thev be planted, &c., &c. 

 Le Roy, N. Y, Oct., 1848. S. Pierson. 



Mr. H. N. Langworthy, of Irondequoit, near 

 this city — one of our most intelligent and suc- 

 cessful fruit and vegetable growers — informs us 

 that sweet potatoes can not be properly grown 

 in this section of the country. He has tried the 

 experiment repeatedly, and has invariably found 

 the seasons too short for the tubers to mature — 

 although t.ic [dants were started early, in a hot 

 bed. The best that he ever raised were small 

 and tasteless, compared with those grown at the 

 South. 



We are aware that sweet potatoes are gj-own 

 in southern Ohio, and in some parts of Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, &c., and as the Farmer circulates 

 extensively in those and other sections where 

 they may be cultivated, we shall be pleased to 

 publish definite information relative to culture, 

 keeping, &c. Will some of our correspondents 

 in the localities mentioned, give us the best mode 

 of culture for such sections? 



Value op Agricultural Periodicals. — 

 The Hon. E. Newton, in his address before the 

 Mahoning county (Ohio) Agricultural. Society, 

 says : — 



Agricultural publications are the best and 

 cheapest mode of obtaining information upon all 

 subjects of husbandry. They cost but little, and 

 are within the power of all. One good day's 

 work will pay for one, and all have an abundance 

 of time to read them. They contain the experi- 

 ence and observations of the most scientific far- 

 mers in the country ; the prospect of crops in all 

 countries, and the condition of the market ; facts 

 all important to be known and understood. I 

 have been surprised to see how few are taken, 

 and have oflen been told by farmers that they 

 were not able to pay for them. I can hardly 

 appreciate the remark. Every one is able to 

 pay for that which w^ill immediately return them 

 a hundred fold. I believe that a single number 

 of any of the publications, if thoroughly read, 

 would be found to contain some fact, if adopted, 

 that would more than pay for the full year. By 

 raising an extra bushel of wheat, it would pay 

 for the year. 



In all occupations, success can be expected 

 only from undivided attention. 



