1862. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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a number of large milch cows in excellent condi- 

 tion tlu-ough the -winter, on an average of nine 

 cents per day. He also stated that with more 

 economical arrangements — which liis experience 

 had suggested, but which he had not put into 

 practice — he thought he could keep them well for 

 even less than that sum. 



In looking at the great variety of agricultural 

 implements and machinery', recently, in the rooms 

 of Messrs. Parker, Gannett & Osgood, on 

 Blackstone Street, our attention was attracted to 

 a cauldron, or steamer, for cooking food for stock, 

 and in which we became considerably interested. 

 While looking at it, the Hon. Josiah Quincy, of 

 Quincy, came in, who stated that he had been 

 using one of them for several months, and had or- 

 dered a second one of larger size. lie is winter- 

 ing some eighty cows, and in using this boiler in 

 direct connection with them, we thought his opin- 

 ion of their value would enable us to judge pretty 

 correctly of its merits. It is as follows ; 



Sosfon, Nov. 28, 1861. 

 Dear Sir : — "Prindle's Patent Agricultural 

 Boiler and Steamer," has been used on my farm, 

 daily, for at least six months, and has given entire 

 satisfaction. As a cheap generator of steam, it 

 appears to me to merit the high eulogiums that 

 ai'e contained in the printed certificates appended 

 to the advertisements. 



I am- very truly, 



Josiah Quincy, Jr. 



Since the receipt of that letter, we have seen this 

 steamer in operation, and it seemed to possess 

 many points of value over any other cheap arrange- 

 ment that we have seen. It had cooked a barrel 

 of pumpkins into "squash," and was then steaming 

 a lot of cut hay. Dr. Eben. Wight, of Dedham, 

 on whose form we saw it in operation, states that 

 it operates efficiently and cheaply ; that it is easily 

 managed, and requires little fuel, compared with 

 the common stove cauldrons. 



It seems to us that its merits must be full as 

 prominent in the house of the former, as connected 

 with the barn. Where there are cans to be washed, 

 or milk-pans, or hot water wanted for feeding 

 swine or slaughtering them, it must be exceeding- 

 ly convenient. So in washing clothes, warming 

 baths, or cooking vegetables in large quantities as 

 they are obliged to in hotels. It is unHke the ket- 

 tle, as it can be made to cook at any desired point, 

 in any convenient wooden vessel at hand, which is 

 steam tight, by the use of a flexible tube or pipe. 

 It is impossible to burn the substance being cooked 

 or heated. It dispenses with all cleaning of ket- 

 tles for every separate job, unless the top is re- 

 moved, and it is used as a common kettle for try- 

 ing out lard, making soap, boiling clothes, or any 

 of the usual purposes of a kettle. 



We think those needing an article of this nature, 



will do well to call at the warehouse we have men- 

 tioned, and look at one for themselves. As Mr. 

 Quincy states in liis note, it is called "Prindle's 

 Patent Agricultural Boiler and Steamer," and 

 consists of two or three sizes. 



"WEALTH OF OLD EOMANS. 



According to Cicero, the debts of A. Milo 

 amounted to above $28,000,000, federal currency ; 

 Julius Ca;sar, when setting out for Spain, is re- 

 ported to have said to himself, he was $10,000,- 

 000 worse than nothing. When he first entered 

 Rome, after crossing the Paibicon, he took from 

 the public treasury $5,.500,000, but at the end of 

 the civil war put over $24,000,000 in it. He pur- 

 chased the friendship of Curio with a bribe of over 

 $2,o00,000, and of the Consul L. Paulus, with 

 half that sum. 



Croesus was worth in real estate over $8,000,- 

 000, and about as much in money, furniture and 

 slaves. Seneca was worth over $20,000,000. 

 Lentulus, the augur, over $16,000,000. Augustus 

 raised by the testaments of his friends over $161,- 

 000,000." Tiberius left at liis death nearly $100,- 

 000,000, which Caligula spent in less than one 

 year ; and Vespasian, at his succession, said that 

 he required for the support of the State over 

 $1,014,000,000. Nevertheless, though greatly en- 

 riched by his conquests, imperial Rome never 

 came into the full inheritance of the chief wealth 

 of the East, and the larger quantity of the pre- 

 cious metals must have remained excluded from 

 the calculations of ancient historians. — Life Il- 

 lustrated. 



Bots — Prevention Better than Cure, — ^In 

 the Avinter of 18o0, I was passing through Ver- 

 mont, and stopped for the night at an old former's 

 by the name of David Ruggles. The next morn- 

 ing one of my horses was suffering severely from 

 an attack of the bots. A large dose of sage tea, 

 made very strong, and sweetened with molasses, 

 caused them to relax their hold, and I was soon 

 enabled to pursue my journey. Before doing so 

 my host informed me that he kept salt and ashes 

 constantly before his horses, and said he thought 

 it was a sure preventive. 



Thinking it worthy of trial, upon my arrival 

 home I rigged a box in each of my stalls, and put 

 salt and ashes in equal proportion in them. Since 

 then I have had a great many different horses, but 

 have not had occasion to doctor for bots. Of 

 course, I am not certain that the above prevented 

 the bots, but I have no doubts on the subject. 



It is harmless and cheap, and is worthy a trial 

 by every one that keep horses. — Country Gentle- 



Grafting the Tomato on the Potato. — 

 "Horticola," in the Ilorticidiurist, states that he 

 succeeded, perfectly, in grafting a scion of the to- 

 mato upon the potato vine. He cut about one- 

 third of the potato shoot off, just above a leaf, tak- 

 ing care not to injure the bud at its base. The 

 scion, being shielded from the sun, was every day 

 sprinkled with a little water, and it took readily. 

 In the fall the tomato was loaded with ripe and 

 unripe fruit, and had grown to a large size. 



