1860. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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effect. In my case it has been so slow, that not- 

 withstanding my fears, and notwithstanding all 

 that has been said in the Farmer of its deleterious 

 effects, (and I have been a constant reader of it 

 since its first publication,) and notwithstanding 

 my health has been gradually failing for several 

 years, yet I, nor the physicions whom I consulted, 

 were aware of the cause, until paralysis seized 

 my organs of speech. 



Now I intend, should I be permitted to live till 

 spring, to use wood, and I wish for information, 

 through the colums of your valuable paper. 



1. What kind of wood is best ? 



2. What size is best ? 



3. What size of bore is suitable for a common 

 house pump, and 



4. If it is best to peel or let the bark remain on ? 

 Any other information upon the subject will be 

 gi-atefully received. 



To return to the lead pipe. It is being exten- 

 sively used, and the public needs more scientific 

 information upon the subject, and I hope some of 

 your correspondents, who have the information 

 and ability to express it, will give it, for the good 

 of the public. A Reader of tub Farmer. 



Dayton, Me., Feb., 1860. 



Remarks. — We have no sufRciently accurate 

 facts to communicate to our correspondent, but 

 earnestly hope some of our friends who have the 

 requsite information will give it, as it is a subject 

 of much importance. 



EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



PRESER'STING BEAN POLES — CHINESE SUGAR CANE 

 SEED — TRANSPLANTING CURRANT BUSHES. 



I wish to know if you can give a cheap and con- 

 venient method of preparing bean poles, so as not 

 to rot in the ground ? 



Where, and what price, can Chinese sugar cane 

 seed be obtained ? 



What is the best time for transplanting currant 

 bushes ? Inquirer. 



Coventry, Vt., 1860. 



Remarks. — In the Montldy Farmer for Febru- 

 ary, 1860, we gave a recipe for preserving posts, 

 stakes, bean-poles, &c., from Mr. R. G. Pardee, 

 as follows : 



"One pound of blue vitriol (sulphuric acid and 

 copper) to twenty quarts of water. Dissolve the 

 vitriol with boiling water, and then add the re- 

 mainder. 



"The end of the stick is then dipped into the 

 solution, and left to stand four or five days ; for 

 shingles three or four days will answer, and for 

 posts six inches square, ten days. Care is to be 

 taken that the saturation takes place in a metal 

 vessel or keyed box, for the reason that any bar- 

 rel will be shrunk by the operation so as to leak. 

 Instead of expanding an old cask, as other liquids 

 do, this shrinks them." 



Chinese sugar cane seed may be found at the 

 seed stores. 



Transplant currant bushes in the spring, as 

 soon as the frost is out, and the ground becomes 

 warm. 



FOOT AIL, OR FOUL IN CATTLE. 



When the foot begins to discharge, apply a lit- 

 tle red precipitate to the part affected, once or 

 twice a day, which will very soon produce a cure. 



TO CURE MILK FEVER. 



If a cow at the time of coming in is attacked 

 with this complaint, or is very weak, give her 

 half a pailful or more of cider, with some wheat or 

 rye bran stirred into it. If she will not drink it 

 readily, force it down. Give it twice a day, or 

 more. 



REMEDY FOR BLACK LEG. 



Give to a cow 4 oz. of gunpowder, to a calf less, 

 in warm milk. Repeat the dose as circumstances 

 may require. 



Another. — Give half an ounce of saltpetre in 

 extreme cases, otherwise one-fourth. Give it dis- 

 solved in a mess, or in water, t^vice a day. When 

 the disease has advanced, so as to have the blood 

 settle in the legs, make an incision in the legs, 

 put in a little pulverized saltpetre, and bandage 

 over it. 



TO CURE GARGET. 



Give in a mess, one teaspoonful, or one-fourth 

 of an ounce of saltpetre pulverized, once or twice 

 a day, for two days, or a piece of garget root, 

 green, one" inch square, chopped fine, and given 

 as directed above. If no better, repeat the dose. 



New Haven, Ct., 1860. c. A. 



Remarks. — We give the above recipes, more 

 because they come from a highly respectable 

 source, than because we have any great confidence 

 in them. The well-read physician or chemist can 

 only tell whether they are not absolutely danger- 

 ous. We believe ten sick animals are cured by 

 kind care where one is by medicine. If medicine 

 is necessary, the advice of some person Avho un- 

 derstands its nature and effects, becomes neces- 

 sary with it. 



CORN FOR FODDER. 



Can you, or any of your subscribers, tell me the 

 best time to sow corn for fodder, and also the 

 quantity per acre ? A Young Farmer. 



Remarks. — Put in some as soon as the gi-ound 

 is suitable in the spring. In two weeks a little 

 more, and so on until the middle of June. It re- 

 quires about four bushels of seed for an acre to 

 sow in drills. 



work on sheep. 



Will you inform me of a small work on the 

 raising of sheep and cattle, or on sheep alone ; 

 something adapted to the South, (Texas,) if there 

 is such a one published ? J. H. B. 



Boston, 1860. 



Re:marks. — "The American Shepherd," by 

 Morrell, is the title of a good work on Sheep, 

 and it is sold at the book-stores in Boston. 



BLACK SPANISH AND LEGHORN FOWLS. 



Will some one infoi-m me where I can get 

 Black Spanish and Leghorn fowls ? 



Monlpelicr, Vt., 1860. B. TowN. 



