1861. 



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The fourth was the blue and thin appearance 

 of the butter-milk, thereby indicating that nearly 

 all the buttei-y matter had been extracted from 

 the cream. We have, therefore, no doubt but 

 this churn will bring more butter from a given 

 quantity of cream than any other we have used. 



The fifth recommendation, is the perfect ease 

 with which the churn can be cleaned. It is formed 

 like a keg, with one head out, having no holes, 

 crevices, cranks or dashers in the way. The in- 

 side of the keg, or churn, is nearly as smooth as 

 glass, so that with anything like a careful wash- 

 ing, it is scarcely possible for cream or butter- 

 milk to remain attached to it. These two points 

 — the fourth and fifth — we suppose, are gained by 

 the compression of air into the churn, but whether 

 by an increase of temperature, by the introduc- 

 tion of oxygen, or by more effectually breaking 

 the globules which contain the particles of cream, 

 we are not able to say. 



The inventor of this churn, is Dr. R. P. Wil- 

 son, of New York. He called our attention to it, 

 more than a year ago, and churned with it while 

 we were present at three or four different times 

 — but we saw nothing in those exhibitions that 

 seemed to entitle it to merits not possessed by 

 some other churns. Under this impression, we 

 declined to receive, and test it at that time, — but 

 after seeing the testimony of others in relation 

 to it, and recalling an old maxim, to "prove all 

 things, and hold fast to that which is good," we 

 put it in operation, and have given the results 

 above. 



Since having made trial of it, we have con- 

 versed with Allen Putnam, Esq., who, tAventy 

 years ago, was Editor of the N. E. Farmer, and 

 who states that he became so thoroughly convinced 

 of its superior merits, that he has been willing to 

 risk his means and reputation in placing it before 

 the public, and in calling their attention to its su- 

 perior advantages. 



We do not recommend an immediate and in- 

 discriminate abandonment of all other churns for 

 this — and this is our rule with regard to all labor- 

 saving machines not fully tested — but that those 

 needing a churn may try this, or that those large- 

 ly engaged in buttei'-making shall ascertain its 

 merits, even though they have other good churns 

 in use. 



Address at the Sagadahoc (Maine) Fair. 

 — This address, published in the Brunswick Teh- 

 graph, was delivered before the association, at 

 Topsham, Oct. 10, 1860, by N. T. True, M. D., 

 and is one of the best that we have read for a 

 long time. To most of our readers, the initials, 

 "N. T. T.," are probably more familiar than the 

 Dr.'s name in full. We have marked for future 

 publication one or two of the common sense sug- 



gestions which make up this address. The doc- 

 tor, who is also editor of the Bethel, Me., Cou- 

 rier, is evidently a man of no small observation. 

 "I have yet to see," he says, "the man in Maine 

 who has enjoyed fair health, who has had a fair 

 chance to make a farm, and who has exhibit- 

 ed a tolerable share of prudence in his affairs, 

 that has not acquired a competency, with which 

 to pass the mellow autumn of life in comparative 

 comfort, surrounded by all the endearments of a 

 quiet home." 



CONV2!RTIISrQ BONES INTO SUPEE- 

 PHOSPHATES. 



If you have not a bone-mill, you must break 

 the bones with sledge hammers, and after with 

 smaller ones, to reduce the bones to as small a 

 size as possible ; provide tubs or a brick tank of 

 sufEcient capacity, put in the bones, saturate them 

 with hot water — pour in as much as they will ab- 

 sorb, but no more. Pour in sulphuric acid in the 

 proportion of 56 lbs. of the acid to 112 lbs. of 

 dry bones, stir the mass frequently, and in about 

 a week it will be fit for use ; first absorbing the 

 mass to a sufficiently dry state for distribution, 

 by mixing with it rich dry earth, bog mould, ash- 

 es or peat charcoal in sufficient quantity. As the 

 dissolved bones lose by evaporation, it would be- 

 better to put off the process of dissolving until' 

 February, or March next ; it will then be per- 

 fectly disintegrated or decomposed in time for- 

 use. If tanks or tubs are not convenient, the- 

 process may be effected by saturating the bones- 

 on a dry floor under cover, and mixing them up 

 with the acid, as mortar is tempered, and imme- 

 diately covering up the heap with the drying ma- 

 terials, and leaving to digest for a week or ten days, 

 when it is turned over and thoroughly mixed with 

 the drying materials. — Irish Farmer's Gazette. 



SWEENEY IN HORSES. 



Will you tell what you believe to be the best 

 remedy for curing the sweeney in horses, as it is 

 very troublesome to cure when it once gets fairly 

 seated, and is very painful to the horses ? A. 



Answer. — The sweeney is a shrinking of the 

 muscles of the shoulder, usually caused by a sud- 

 den strain in drawing, or by alighting hard upon 

 the fore feet after a jump. We have had consid- 

 erable personal experience with this difficulty in 

 horses. If taken fresh, it is best to bleed the horse 

 in the leg from the vein on the inside of the 

 arm, called the plate vein, which will allay the in- 

 flammation ; but for an old case, this is nearly use- 

 less. Also physic the horse, and apply fomenta- 

 tions upon the shoulder blade, and the inside of 

 the arm. In all cases, take off the shoes, and 

 give the animal rest in a pasture, or on a dirt bot- 

 tom in a large stall. If the case is not of too long 

 standing, it is well to rub the shoulders with pen- 

 etrating oils, like oil of spike. Our practice was 

 to rub with a corn-cob, and hemp crash cloth. 

 When once seated, be careful of over-driving and 

 cooling off, as you would for a case of founder. 

 A long rest in the pasture is the best remedy we 

 ever tried. — Ohio Cultivator. 



