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any teiiiloiicy to Gangrene, Murrain, Scab, or 

 otlier iiiorliid afl'i-L-tions; and the common silt is 

 added merely to induce tlie sheep to take it. Tliis 

 mixture li.as been used fur the Inst ten or fifteen 

 years witli uniform success. 



Perlinps it woidd be Ijetter to tnke Ijalf an 

 ounce of sulpliateof iron (or copjjeras,) and put it 

 un a sliovel till the water of crystallization is ex- 

 pelled — then reduce to fine powder and mix with 

 the sniiff, to be used as above <lirected — but the 

 icid, though it would act more speedily might 

 [icrhaps be injurious. 



Whether in these cases tliere were any worms 

 II the head or lungs, I am not informed, as no post 

 nortem examination was held as 1 know of, but I 

 conceive that thi; iron would reach every part of 

 he system through the medium of the circulation, 

 uid by constringing the fibre, either expel or pre- 

 I'ent the attacks of w«rms — at any rate I have 

 bund it effectual in preserving the health of my 

 iheep. I believe it to be infallible in the disorders 

 lUuded to. — Genesee Farmer. 



ITEMS. 



Apples eoon tor IIogs. — We have been 

 ately informed by fanners, who liave tried the 

 xperiment, that apples are very good for fatten- 

 ng hogs, and also sheep and cattle. They stated 

 hat the apples were better by being boiled before 

 ising, and that they were fully convinced, if em- 

 ployed in this way, they are nearly if not quite as 

 ood for hogs or sheep, as an equal quantity |ofpota- 

 oes. Sweet apples are the best of any kind, being 

 lost nutritious, but all kinds are good. 



If this is a fact, farmei-s will have no occasion 

 > cut down their apple trees, though tJie total ab- 

 tinence principles generally prevail ; nor will 

 ley suffer any pecuniary loss from the want of a 

 riarket for cider, for, if apples are worth as niucli 

 ir nearly as much, for hogs or sheep, as potatoes, 

 urely it will be more profitable to have them con- 



nicd in this Avay, than to make them into cider, 

 his subject is worthy of consideration. — Hamp- 

 dre Gazette. 



Preservation of Baco.v. — Sir : In the Gen- 

 iee Farmer, of June 30, I noticed an article on 

 le preservation of bacon, by means of charcoal, 

 hich meets my views perfectly. Charcoal is 

 Ttainly one of the best antiseptics that we know 

 ; and I think if run through a tanner's bark 

 ill, would be reduced about fine enough. An 

 ch or two of the coal laid in the bottom of a 

 sk or box, and the hams laid on it in close 

 der, then covered with charcoal, then another 

 yer of bacon covered in like manner, and so 

 oceeding with another layer, covering each with 

 arcoal, I think, it will be perfectly secure 

 :ainst any rancidity, taint or worms. 



Result of Knowledge. — Three farmers in 

 State of New Hampshire, who had attended 

 :ourse of lectures on geology, and therebv he- 

 me familiarly acquainted with the different 

 ids of minerals, afterwards purchased a quanti- 



of laud abounding with the finest granite a 



:t unknown to the owner of the soil for 



000, the price asked for it. They liave since 

 en offered /iJc hundred thousand dollars for the 



id. » Facts are stubborn things." Pittshur«- 



sUer. ° 



In one of his geological lectures at Boston 



borhood of New Haven, there is a vein of beauti- 

 ful green marble, the vtrde antique of the ancients 

 which extended for several miles, some of which 

 has been quarried at great exjiense, and used for 

 tables and architectural ornaments. Mr S. con- 

 sidered that at a future day this immense mass of 

 green marble, probably the only one of the kind 

 in the country, would be nmch prized. 



Dots in Horses. — I have read your articles in 

 the Farmer under this head, and though the senti- 

 ments are quite discordant with common opinions 

 on this subject, still I have no disposition to at- 

 tempt their refutation. I have a remedy which I 

 have seen applied in a number of cases of what 

 arc called Bots, with complete success. The iire- 

 scription is as follows : Mix, in a convenient bot- 

 tle, one pint of good vinegar and half a pint of 

 good ashes. The horse should be previously pre- 

 pared to receive the dose immediately on mixing 

 it, as the eflervescence produced by the acid of 

 the vinegar and the alkali of the ashes will 

 render it difficult to retain the compound 

 many minutes after mixing. From one to three 

 bottles will, I tliiuk, in all cases be found sutficient. 

 I have known this medicine administered to 

 horses ajiparently in the last stage of the disease, 

 and have never known it fail of producing relief 

 in less than ten minutes. The .ashes should be 

 sifted. — Genesee Farmer. 



Coring Butter. — A writer signing himself 

 " Old Dutchess," says, butter should be cured 

 without the aid of water. " The practice I re- 

 commend," he says, " from long experience, is 

 as follows: When the butter comes from the 

 churn, put it in a clean wooden bowl, and with a 

 wooden liutter ladle proceed to work it by break- 

 ing it down at the sides and turning off the whey 

 which is separated in the process ; at the same 

 time strew on the salt by degrees, so that it be- 

 come intimately incorporated. Continue working 

 it thus until the buttermilk is apparently all work- 

 ed out. Put it then by in a cold cellar till the 

 next morning, by which time the salt is dissolved, 

 when the ladle is to be again applied, and continu- 

 ed as long as any buttermilk can be separated. 

 The butter is then fit for use or laying down. 

 For preserving, stoneware jars are jireferable, as 

 they impart no taste to the butter and exclude the 

 air. Pack down the butter without any salt be- 

 tween the layers, and cover with two inches of 

 strong brine, previously boiled, skimmed and suf- 

 fered to become cold. If a scum should after- 

 wards appear on the brine which will sometimes 

 happen in damp cellars, renew the pickle. The 

 impurities which rise to the surface while boiling, 

 or are found in the residium at the bottom, are far 

 greater than anyone would suppose who is not in 

 the habit of boiling his brine for meat, butter, &c. 

 Butter thus manufactured and cured will keep a 

 twelvemonth or more, perfectly sweet ; and the 

 rich delicacy of flavor imparted to that made in 

 May or June, by the young herbage, will be in a 

 great measure preserved. It is compact, without 

 being too adhesive, cuts with a smooth surface, and 

 shows neither lumps of salt, buttermilk, nor eruin- 

 bles."_X F. Farmer. 



Flour of Slippery Elm. We have, says a 

 correspondent of the United States Gazette, but 

 to learn and obtain knowledge. Bein" in the 

 country, a few days since, to visit a sick friend, I 

 was shown an article entirely new to me, which 



p J,.-". .v,t,Luic-a *it iiuHiou, "tio Biiuwii ail aiiicie eiuireiy new to me wnicn 



ijfessor Silliman mentioned that in the neigh- is said to be remarkably nutritious and palatable 



for debilitated and sick persona. It was flour pre- 

 pared by the shakers from .slippery elm, and used 

 the same as arrow root. One table spoonfiil of 

 this flour, boiled in a pint of new milk, is excel- 

 lent to feed infants weaned from the breast ; they 

 will not only fatten upon it, hut it will prevent 

 bowel complaint. It makes an easy and nutritious 

 diet for consumptive and dyspeptic persons. 

 From the character I received of it I presume 

 that it only need be known to become of general 

 use. It is sold by Isaac Thompson, druggist, 

 corner of Market and Second streets, Philadel- 

 phia. — ff'eslern Farmer. 



" On the subject of harrowing in Clover Seed 

 in the spring, on winter wheat, I have for seve/al 

 years been in the practice of sowing my seed af- 

 ter the groimd gets so hard as not to be cut up bv 

 the tread of the team,.^say the fore jiart of April 

 in common years, — and then put on a common 

 two horse harrow, and go once over. When the 

 clover is in its first leaf from the seed leaf, I sow 

 on one bushel of plaster to the acre ; and I have 

 never lost a crop of clover since adopting this 

 practice. Last spring I sowed about four bushels 

 of seed ; and in consequence of very windy 

 weather, could sow but a little while in the morning. 

 I did not finish until the first week in May, yet at 

 harvest my clover covered the ground. If sowed 

 and harrowed as above too earl}', and the season 

 favorable for clover, it sometimes gets so large be- 

 fore harvesting, that it is in the way of the scythe, 

 or rather it cuts in with the wheat, which is a 

 damage. 



" As to the advantage or disadvantage to the 

 wheat crop, I think it almost as beneficial as the 

 first dressing of Indian corn." — Tennessee Farmer. 



Maple Sugar. — There is a great deal of this 

 article, manufactured in this State, and not a little 

 in this country. The weather for the last week 

 has been just the thing for our farmers, who are 

 expecting to have a good supply of sugar and mo- 

 la.sscs — that is to say, we have had freezing nights 

 and thawing days. A considerable quantity of 

 this article is carried to Boston, where it finds a 

 ready market ; some of it being as white and as 

 valuable, as the best loaf sugar. It is used quite 

 extensively by families who are so fortunate as to 

 own a fine sugar lot. The molasses is of the first 

 quality — a touch or two above the common. We 

 are told by one farmer that he shall make about a 

 thousand weight of sugar this season, and a barrel 

 or two of molasses. There are some luxuries in 

 the country that are not known in the city — or if 

 so, they are only to be had for love, or if purchas- 

 ed at all, cannot be done " without money and 

 « ithout price." Among these are good apples, 

 good cider, and maple sugar. If some of our 

 metropolitan friends could see the streams running 

 into the sugar buckets from the spouts that are let 

 into tlie maple trees, we, as a Yankee, lose our 

 guess, if their mouths would not water a little, 

 that's all. — C'laremonl Eagle. 



Early Lettuce. — At the rooms of the Horti- 

 cultural Society on Saturday March 7, and March 

 14, we observed some heads of lettuce of very 

 superior qualit}'. They were from the garden of 

 Col. B. C. Howard, and are highly creditable to 

 the skill and industry of the gardener ; they were 

 equal to any produced In the summer season, not- 

 withstanding the e.xtreme cold of the past winter. 

 — Baltimore Farmer. 



