THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



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SPIRIT OF THE AGSICIJLTirRAL PEESS. 



To Destroy the Pea-Beetle oe Bug. — A cor- 

 respondent of the Country Gentleman says that 

 putting the peas in a tight vessel, and mixing two 

 ounces of pulverized camphor, or a table-spoonful 

 of sulphuric ether, to each bushel of peas, will effec- 

 tually kill all the bugs in them in a few days. This 

 is a remedy often published before, but worth re- 

 peating, if true. 



Open vs. Covered Drains. — Mr. Meohi thus 

 explains the 'cause why covered drains are more 

 effectual than open ones: "A deep, open ditch 

 wiU not drain the adjoining soil; because, when 

 the sides are dry, the water rises to the surface 

 by capilary attraction, and thus heads back the 

 water behind it. Lay pipes at the bottom of this 

 ditch, and fill it up, and it will then effectually 

 drain the* adjoining soil." 



Tying up Cattle. — "Tamworth," in the StocTc 

 Journal.^ condemns the practice of tying up cat- 

 tle, and says animals that are much confined, be- 

 sides tlieir poor health for want of exercise, have 

 loose, porous, coarse flesh, with comparatively re- 

 laxed, and therefore light-weighing, muscular fibre ; 

 and much of the space which should be filled with 

 muscle, or lean meat, is supplied with loose, light- 

 weighing fat. Size in excess is not a sure index of 

 proportionate extra weight; for many middle-sized 

 animals of compact form and hardy constitution 

 are really much heavier, bulk for bulk, than larger 

 animals. 



Soiling Cows. — Hon. Josiah Quincy says, one 

 of the advantages gained by soiling is the saving of 

 land. One acre will support three cows during the 

 soiling season. The cows are turned out but two 

 hours, morning and evening, and the balance of the 

 time they are kept in the stables. They keep 

 healthy, and yield more milk annually, than cows 

 usually do. One man will take care of, feed, water, 

 clean, and milk twenty cows. They are fed four 

 or five times a day. 



How to get up a Farmers' Club. — The N. E. 

 Journal of Agriculture says: — Get up a meeting 

 among those interested in the improvement of their 

 minds, and make it as sociable as possible. Adopt 

 no rules at first. Decide upon a subject for dis- 

 cussion at the next meeting ; invite others in ; and 

 let it be the especial aim to keep everything cosy 

 and familiar. Keep the text steadily in view, of 

 improving ourselves and each other. "Well con- 

 ducted farmers' clubs have increased the average 

 yield of crops in some townships, 25 per cent. 



How to know a Horse's Age. — The Wool- 

 Grower says, after the horse is nine years of age, 

 a wrinkle comes on the eyelids, at the upper cor- 

 ner of the lower lid ; and every year thereafter he 

 has one defined wrinkle for each year over nine. 

 Add the number of wrinkles to nine, and you will 

 then know the age of the animal. Will some one 

 ascertain the truth of this statement ? 



Black Tongue. — A correspondent of the South- 

 ern Cultivator gives the following as a remedy for 

 this disease : Have a swab of soft cloth made and 

 attached to a handle two feet long; dip this in 

 spirits of turpentine, and wipe out themouth of the 

 animal affected, two or three times a day, if neces- 

 sary, and it will get over it in a few days. 



Founder. — A writer in the Cotton Planter says : 

 Clean out the frog of the foot ; let all the dirt be 

 well scraped off. Raise the foot so as to be level ; 

 pour spirits of turpentine on the sole, just enough 

 to fill the hoof without running over; then set 

 the turpentine on fire, and let it be entirely 

 consumed. 



Shoeing Hens. — A writer in the New England 

 Farmer recommends the encasing of the feet of 

 fowls in woollen bags or socks, for the purpose of 

 preventing them from scratching in the garden. 

 Would it not be well to do the same thing in win- 

 ter to keep their feet warm? It is well known 

 how frequently they get their feet badly frozen. 



Spare the Birds. — H. W. Beecher says : The 

 man that would shoot a robin, except in the fall, 

 and then really and conscientiously for food, has in 

 him the blood of a cannibal, and would, if born ib 

 Otaheite, have eaten ministers and digested there 

 too. ' 



Horn Ail, or Hollow Horn. — The New Eng- 

 land Farmer says there is no such thing; it is 

 merely an incorrect name for some ailment which 

 has nothing to do with the horns. Standard writers 

 on veterinary practice also hold the same opinion. 

 Dadd ascribes the symptoms which attend horn 

 ail, to a general derangement of the health of the 

 animal, and recommends the use of purgatives, and 

 to stimulate the digestive organs and the circula- 

 tion by aperients and stimulating liniments. 



Italian Bees. — The Ohio Cultivator gives an 

 account of some bees recently imported from 

 Europe by Mr. Colvin, of Ohio. They are said 

 to be superior, in many respects, to the common 

 bee. They are more industrious and lay lap a 

 larger store of honey. The queen is more prolific ; 

 consequently, more swaxms are raised each year. 



