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C0RRESP0NDP:NCE— IMPROVED SHORT-HORNS, &c. 



Timothy and white Olover seem almost indigenous, 

 and the large red Clover thrives well wherever it has 

 been sown ; but the majority of our farmers have 

 been crippled by debts coming into the county when 

 it was new, knowing little or nothing of the true prin 

 ciples of farming, and their farms even now not paid 

 for ; they have become discouraged and do nothing 

 that is not necessary for an immediate return. Fruit 

 trees of course were not planted, and there are now 

 but few orchards in the county, those few have pros- 

 pered finely. We have not therefore tried the New 

 York market, for we have a market now in the south- 

 ern and western part of the county, for more than all 

 the produce rai.sed in the county — prices here are as 

 high and in some instances higher than in New York 

 eity — though this would not be so, if our farmers 

 were systematic and thorough in their operationa 



Respectfully yours, Jno. M. Hamiltox. 



CcyiEiFfrcKT, F» , J'ekIi, ]itl . 



PEA BUG. 



Mr. Editor : — Seeing an inquiry in the Farmer, 

 like this — What can be done to get rid of the pea 

 bug? I send by mail two packages of pea.«, sown the 

 first of June last, not too late, as you see, for the 

 peas to ripen, but too late for the fly to affect them 

 injuriou.^ly. If farmers and gardeners would feed 

 out all the early peas as soon as they get too hard 

 for the table, and sow the first of June for seed, the 

 pea bug, in my opinion, would soon become extinct. 

 Yours, truly, G. W. II. 



Spencer, March 1st, 18,55. 



Remarks. — The packages alluded to above, came 

 safely to hand, and a close examination failed to re- 

 veal any trace of the insect. We ha^e noticed di- 

 rections to escape tbe ravages of the pea bug by late 

 sowing, and are happy to learn that our correspon- 

 dent finds it an effectual preventive. 



CASE OF GAEGET CURED. 



Mr. Editor : — I am under great obligations to 

 your paper, as it has preserved for me a valuable cow 

 that had the garget. In the January number of the 

 Farmer I found an article on the treatment of thi.^i 

 disease, and followed the prescription as to the medi- 

 cine used, but having read and practicedmedicine as a 

 profession until forbidden by my own health, I de- 

 termined to make an impression on the system at 

 once, and so gave about one dram at a dose, once a 

 day, in common shorts; — it having been dissolved iu 

 a teacupful of water and thrown into the shorts — 



adding water sufficient to form a paste. I followed 

 this course a week, when the cow refused to take it; 

 after two days I again commenced with scruple doses, 

 and still continue to give it. The disease retreated 

 speedily to one teat, where it seemed to make a final 

 stand, in the shape of a hard tumor, as large as a 

 hen's egg. At the present time it has diminished to 

 one fourth the original size, being flat, and apparently 

 not thicker than a cent. Yours, J. D., M. D. 

 Gates, N. Y. 



IMPROVED SHOET-HOSNS. 



Just so fast as the soiling and stall-fetding of neat 

 cattle extends in this country, will the breeding of 

 Short-horns find substantial favor with the public. 

 No other breed comes forward quite so rapidly, and 

 reaches maturity at so young an age. This is an im- 

 important advantage in the manufacture of good 

 beef, for time is money in all operations where capi- 

 tal and labor are to be turned over for an expected 

 profit. But these thorough-bred cattle having been 

 pushed and pampered for many generations, need to 

 be in rich, nutritious feed up to their eyes, or smaller 

 and hardier animals will yield a better return for the 

 food consumed than mammoth Short-horns ever can. 

 Placed in a box, stable, or yard, with cut feed in abun- 

 dance before them, it is generally conceded that the 

 race, of which our paper gives a fair illustration, has 

 no equals. If this were not so, it is inconceivable 

 how the improved Short-horns could maintain their 

 almost fabulous jirices both in England and America, 

 in spite of all competition. It is not our purpose to 

 disparage in the least, either the Herefords or Devons, 

 or any other improved and valable race. In many 

 district.", the Devons are wisely preferred, because 

 being smaller and more hardy, they will flourish on 

 pastures and under privations that would render pure 

 blood Short-horns utterly valueless for the elevation 

 of the native stock of the country. Being ourselves 

 in favor of soiling and sheltering cattle, as far as 

 practicable, that the maximum of unleached manure 

 may be obtained from them, we hope to see the best 

 Short-horn blood extended and cullirated on this 

 continent. 



Usefulness of Mowing Weeds. — In the month 

 of June weeds are in their roost succnlint state; and 

 in this state, especially after they have lain a lew 

 hours to wither, hungry cattle will eat greedily al- 

 cnost every species. Tliere is scarcely a hedge, bor- 

 der or nook, but at this season is valualjle, and it 

 must certainly be good management to embrace this 

 opportunity, for shortly they will become auisancea. 



