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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



For the Neio England Farmer, 

 A KULE 

 FOR REDUCING CHAINS, RODS AND LINKS TO FEET. 



Mr. Brown : — I have been occasionally re- 

 quested to give a table, for the purpose indicated 

 above ; and therefore send the following, for the 

 benefit of your readers : — 



Chains. Feet. Mods. Feet. Links. Feet. 



1 66. 1 16.5 1 .66 



2 132. 2 33. 2 1.32 



3 198. 3 49.5 3 1.98 



4 264. 4 66. 4 2.e4 



5 330. 5 82.5 5 3.30 



6 396. 6 99. 6 3.96 



7 462. 7 115.5 7 4.62 



8 528. 8 139. 8 5.28 



9 594. 9 148.5 9 5.04 

 10 660. 10 165. 10 6.60 



To find the number of feet in 10 chains requires 

 only the addition of a cypher to the right of the 

 number of feet in one chain ; or, in other words, 

 moving the decimal point one place to the right, 

 and so on. Now, for example, let us find the 

 number of feet in 86 chains, 3 rods and 24 links : 



FROM THE TABLE. 

 8 chains, equal to 528 feet — 80 chains therefore. . .5280. feet. 

 6 " " 396. " 



3 rods 49.5 " 



2 links, equal to 1.32 feet— 20 links tJierefore 13.2 " 



4 " " 2.64 " 



86 chains, 3 rods and 24 links 5741.34 feet. 



There are 5280 feet in one mile. J. H. s. 



Boston, Jan. 3, 1863. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 THAT PIG, AND CATTLE. 



Mr. Editor: — Since I wrote the article in 

 relation to a diseased pig, I will add further re- 

 specting the post mortem of that patient. I kept 

 the body a few days after it was slaughtered, to 

 note progress. The third day after it was killed, 

 the fat part of the body had a bluish tinge, though 

 you would have to look closely to see the appear- 

 ance, except on the leaves, as they are called ; on 

 these the color was bluish green, and more dis- 

 tinctly marked, as though incipient putrefaction 

 had commenced, and the whole body had a faint, 

 unpleasant smell. The second day after the gut 

 fat was removed, it had the look of mouldy cheese, 

 and bad at that, some parts of it being much 

 more affected than others. The butcher's Mife — 

 who removed the gut fat while yet warm — says 

 the guts had a peculiar smell ; " never smelt any- 

 thing like it before," though in all other respects, 

 she could not have told it from others which she 

 had removed the same day. I had three other 

 hogs killed the same day, by the same man, and 

 from the same pen, this patient being the first 

 sick one of the kind I ever had, and I have kept 

 swine for twenty-two years. The muscular parts 

 were pale and softer than natural. The body was 

 removed to Dorchester to advance the interests of 

 soap. Please give us the diagiwsis of this case ? 

 The prognosis is certain death within four weeks. 



Mr. Fitts wishes for information in regard to a 

 disorder which has attacked his cattle. I will add 

 to the editor's remarks relating to his cases. 



Eatiny hoards. — I have no doubt in this case of 

 the nature, or rather the cure of the patients. The 

 cattle may need absorbents. Will Mr. Fitts 

 please try them. Give, in the first place, pui'e 

 wood ashes — sprinkled sparingly on wet hay — or 



made into a mash with shorts or a small quantity 

 of meal, should they refuse the hay ; repeat this 

 every third day, for two weeks, and feed regularly 

 good sweet hay, and allow plenty of pure, soft 

 water. Should this fail, try burnt bones, pounded 

 fine, in the same way ; and should these fail, I 

 would dissolve a tablespoonful of carbonate of 

 soda in a pail full of water, and give to each pa- 

 tient daily, for one week, and then stop it for 

 another week, and resume again. So on, for a 

 month, during the time allowing plenty of good, 

 sweet hay. Cattle will never eat boards, unless 

 diseased, if they can get plenty of good food and 

 water, and such they should always have. 



King Oak Hill, Jan., 1863. N. Q. T. 



For the Neio England Farmer. 

 THE YELLOW LOCUST. 



Many years ago, I transplanted two small trees 

 of the yellow locust. At that time, it was thought 

 almost impossible to raise them, on account of the 

 depredations of a borer, which almost invariably 

 attacked them, in the early stages of their growth, 

 and wherever an attack was commenced, the 

 young tree was sure to be bored off. My trees 

 were besieged by this foe, like those of others, 

 but a resolution to kill or cure, enabled me to 

 save them. The course I pursued with the rebels 

 against my fine young trees, was to give them a 

 warm ablution, by pouring boiling water from the 

 spout of a tea-kettle into their holes, and all over 

 the trunk of the trees. The remedy was ample ; 

 I have never seen any of the borers work upon 

 them since, except in a few instances a twig from 

 an outside branch was taken off. 



It forms a beautiful shade tree. Its form is 

 symmetrical, its foliage rich and delicate, and its 

 profusion of white blossoms in contrast with its 

 rich, green leaves gives it a beautiful appearance 

 in their season, and at the same time, they agreea- 

 bly perfume the air with their fragrance. The 

 only objection to its introduction in the park, or 

 by the way-side, is its tendency to throw up suck- 

 ers from the roots. 



As a timber tree, its qualities are not sufficiently 

 generally known to be appreciated. It is said to 

 possess strength, more nearly allied to that of 

 iron than any other wood. Ship-builders acknowl- 

 edge its worth, and use all they can obtain of it, 

 even to its branches, which are useful for pin- 

 timber. For fence posts its durability is placed 

 beside that of cedar. It is one of the best, if not 

 the very best material to manufacture into the 

 handles of tools, such as awl hafts, auger handles, 

 &c., is easily turned into the desired shapes, and 

 is not liable to split by use. Indeed, if its value 

 was fully known in the arts, we know not when it 

 would become valueless. 



The tree possesses great constitutional hardi- 

 ness, and will adapt itself to almost any soil. For 

 the steep hill-sides and rocky places in the coun- 

 try, it is admirably adapted. Where a few trees 

 are set in these places, from the sprouts shooting 

 up from the roots, they will, in a h\f years, sliow 

 a young forest. In setting for the hill-side, how- 

 ever, the plantation should commence on the low- 

 er part, as the tendency of the roots is to turn up 

 hill. The grass that grows under these trees is 

 sweet, and eagerly sought after by cattle, and the 

 quantity of it is often increased under the shade 

 of the tree. The small branches are armed with 



