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XEW EN'GLAXD F.\RMER. 



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cheaply by nailmg boards to tlie floor timben 

 above; tbe bottom of the bicaboaUbednee fe^ 

 above the lower flow, ao that a coaaaann oaeal bag 

 may be hxiated on, auDer faahion, and filed by 

 opening a dide far that porpoae. To keep the 

 mke oat, I naikd tin <m the poata, and «ae alepa 

 that sring dovn vhen not m nae. 



Let me eBoaaetate aooie of the a diaatag ea of 

 the above bafldii^ By layii^ down a large, flat 

 stone, with a aaiaU granite block for the aid of 

 the poet to reat on, tbe post is kept dry ; the eor- 

 nar poets nmnii^ don it vill alvaya stead plumb ; 

 the extra data allov a vida apace tor air, and 

 BMke it tight in the winter. Tbe fains are dieap- 

 er, more eoovenient, and take np leas rooaa tftaa 

 any others ; the only otgeetioa is caxxying giain 

 up stairs, whicli ia OTobalaneed t^ the entve- 

 nienee of taking out, — and last, but not least, it 

 keeps the rats and nuee oat. A. x. F. 



Calais, FL, JprB ^ 1863. 



RE3CA2KS. — ^Very little has been said in the ag- 

 lieoltnial papers on the sol^eet of Com Bama. 

 The deacz^tian above varies, caosidexahty, from 

 that given by our Boddi^haa e u M e^wm d ent . 

 We are iappy to lay it before the leadexa of die 

 Tanma: 



•y^ASH FOB BABSS. 



Tnere n bd fhpap sabstitnte ior oO f"«*- AH , 

 die £SErenit kinds of wiatewading are ineapaUe : 

 of dmttii^ oat miwMnre. The aides of bnildings 

 especuSy exposed to rains, will lose aportioB of 

 any kind of wash by the combined action of froaS , 

 and moistare. Oil paint obviates thoa diSealty. 



There are many difierent kinds of wadi xeeoaa- ' 

 ■endrd ; bat whh a da^ exeeption we have ; 

 never fiiand anytfaang betto' dmt a anxtnxe of 

 good fime with water. This exception w« have . 

 made a thoroogh trial widi. Aroaghbam, whidi 

 received a ^^^t'—g four yean s@o^ now rrtaiiw 

 most of it, ahhoi^ a eoosiderable purtiua is 

 acakd off on the most exposed sde. Tlnswashi 

 is made aabetanttaUy as foBows : One pedk of |^ 

 fiae beadi sand, three pecb of water fime, and 

 foor qnarts of salt. These proportiotts mc^ht wy 

 «id)oat detriment — there shonld be as ma^ sand 

 as can be eonvcniendy a^iGed with a brush. A f 

 £um laborer applied this mixtnre eaiiy last si^' 

 mer to two rough bams, one about 30 by 53 feet, 

 tibe otha 20 by 90, in three and a half davs, con- 

 anmiiig two fanwhcli of water fime, whicfa was ' 

 nearly the whole cost of material Tins mating, > 

 now nearly one yearns standing, amiears to be as | 

 good as the day it was put on. It wiQ be per- ' 

 ceived that the C Ap e na e is only about ooe-tentb ' 

 tbe cc«t of a coat of paint. — Comtrj G^ariiemoM. 



Sr33ciRixE Telegraph Cabues. — ^Tbe firm of' 

 Glass. Elliott ^ C<x, London, has kid aanee 1853 

 no less xhjXi 3i> subaaarine td^raph cables, vary- , 

 insr in lei^th from tikiee to 1533 milea each. 

 Eight of dm a aml ifi were more Aan 100 wks 

 mlength. The kmgestwas thatpatdowa from 

 Maha to Akscandria. It has been ia operation 

 one vcar. Tbe aggi^a te ndkage of diese cables 

 is39S9 maes,and on the 20th of October last, 

 with die exception of one that had been taken 

 a^ they were all in pedeet aad aneeesafal wotk- 

 ing order. The loMHt is aaaily as long as tibe 



FzzDDfG Hoc-5. — A correspandest of die Boa- 

 Xao. Otl&atar, who inssts that the fiood for hogs 

 should always be cooked, and, in cold weather, fed 

 to diem warm, and in a warm place, gives defol- 

 l ouii^ stall M"!* of kas aaaaner of pRpaaaagtihe 

 d«3y food, and die cost dcreoC for km swine ; kas 

 boaneaa being ctiefly to raiae p^ andahoCcsfor 

 aale: 



Take ax pounds of beef aciaps, tf a cost of Hue 

 cents, bofl in two paOs of water, aedd in tvo 

 faaita of con eob aacal at a coat of thnei 

 add dx paib of water, and yon have good 

 enoi^ to feed six store hogs and e^jht smaB 

 sbotes once, tf an i nw^aar of twenty-fonr centk 

 Tkis done twice ea^ day ia iwBiimt to keep 

 laeedi!^ sows or ainre p^ in good canAian. 

 ^the exact qaaatity I am fee£ag to ds 

 of hogs ff«— AipJ- I jJb a ghM l u d too 

 fet hogs kst fefl, fed ia dm way nadl ^e tiam to 

 fetten them anrred, after wkaeh they had their 

 nanal feed dackened to a doa^ wi& eora and eah 

 meal only, and at the age of aiileen mi lh i the 

 two weired over 1000 po anda 



H^tvoKiKnoiS OF THE Sexis. — The great 

 e xceaa of aaales in new temnxms uinatratea the 



the aexes. The Mks of Cbfiferaaa aatmamber 

 the feaaales near sixty - mien thonand, or ahont 

 one-fifth of the popuhtinn. In EEnoss tihe ex- 

 cess of mdes aaaonnts to about aiaety-two t hou 

 sand, or o i t a ili h of Ae entne p o p nl at aanb h 



soaae tkmty-arven thoaraad aix hundred. Coa- 

 oecticnt, aeven thn a awwL Hiekigna shows near 

 forty thonaand exeesa of am fea; Texas, aart y-atx 

 Tbffwfand ; Wncomma, fiarty-^Re thousand. In 

 Colorado the malea are as 'twenty to f 

 la Utah ^e a— ab as are neaiiy cifBal : 

 in Xew Yak there is a aaaall arenandenmee of 

 the fcmaka. the mak 



