1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARIVIER 



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evident discomfort with which they submit to 

 soaklug rains, even in the warm days of sum- 

 mer time, shows that it is, to some extent, 

 injurious. The I'allinji; rain is usually cooler 

 than the atmosphere. The evaporation of wa- 

 ter retained by the lle(>ce liberates heat from 

 the body. A chill, a cold, and often a fever is 

 the result. If all of these evils are escaped, 

 the extra consumption of food to sustain the 

 animal heat is a positive and a considerable loss. 

 Do not leave them to seek shelter in the 

 woods. Bring them to the barn in every cold 

 storm. Give them a little hay. The cost ot 

 a few bushels of grain and a few hours' time at 

 this season will "be repaid four-fold in the im- 

 proved condition of the sheep. — N. H. Farmer. 



neighbor's orchard (apple) owing to the worm, 

 will not mature one-sixth of a crop, and that 

 will be knotty. The application hastens the 

 growth of young trees, renders the bark smooth, 

 and arrests the issue of gum. 



AN AamCULTUBAIj YEAST. 

 Some French writer as long ago as 1G74 

 stated his belief that the soil contained the el- 

 ements of fertility in abundance, and that 

 eventually some simple substance would be 

 found to act upon the land as yeast acts on 

 dough. Mr. P. G. Kenny, "Near Rahway, 

 N. J.," informs the Working Farmer that he 

 thinks he has discovered this simple substance 

 which is not only to supersede manure, but to 

 effect such a "progression of the soil," as will 

 cause "weeds to disappear from our fields, and 

 insects, mildew, &c., from our trees, vines, 

 grains and other crops." After reading the 

 following statement of his success in the use of 

 this "great fermenter," our readers will feel 

 disappointed by the announcement that ten years 

 must be devoted to further experiments, before 

 the secret can be divulged. Can't some of our 

 Agricultural Colleges assist IMr. Kenny in the 

 perfection of his "yeast," so that we may set 

 some of our fields "a rising" as soon as may be ? 

 In the spring of 1865, I tested a substance 

 on three trees in an orchard of 40 or 50 (peach) ; 

 the leaves soon began to look darker than the 

 others, fmit more healthy and large. Before 

 trying it on these trees the fi-uit was dropping 

 off — this arrested the dropping of the liaiit on 

 the three trees. They matured ma«cnificent 

 fruit ; there were not 5() good peaches ol)tained 

 from the balance of the trees. Early this 

 spring I applied the remedy to two rows ; re- 

 sult, color of the leaves much darker — later, 

 applied it to all the trees — the leaves soon be- 

 gan to assume a darker hue. One tree was 

 covered with leaves, many on the limbs ^ to | 

 inches long, of a pale light yellow color, (pre- 

 sume this is yellows) . About a month aga, 

 tried experiments on this tree ; in two Aveeks 

 the leaves became darker ; are now threefold in 

 Kize and look healthy. 



There has not been a worm or cob-web on the 

 orchard this year, (this may be chance) . My 



TREATMENT OP CROUP. 



Croup is an intlammationof the; inner surface 

 of the windpipe. Inllammation imjilies heat, 

 and that heat must be sul)dued or the patient 

 will inevitably die. If prompt eiibrts are made 

 to cool the parts in case of an attack of croup, 

 relief will be as prompt as it is suijirisiug and 

 delightful. All know that cold water appl ied to 

 a hot skin cools it, l)ut all do not as well know 

 and understand, that hot water applied to an in- 

 flamed skin will as certainly cool it off. Hence 

 the application of cold water with linen cloths, 

 or of almost boiling water with woolen tlannel, 

 is very efficient m the cure of croup. Take 

 two or three pieces of Avoolen fiannel or two 

 folds, large enough to cover the whole throat 

 and upper part of' the chest ; put these in a pan 

 of water as hot as the hand can bear, and keep 

 it thus hot, by adding water from a boiling tea- 

 kettle at hand ; let two of the flannels he in the 

 hot water all the time, and one on the throat 

 all the time, with a dry fiannel covering the wet 

 one, so as to keep the steam in to some extent ; 

 the fiannels should not be so wet, wlien put on, 

 as to dribble the water, for it is- important to 

 keep the clothing as dry as pos.sil)le, and the 

 body and feet of the child e®mibrtable and 

 warm. As soon as one flannel gets a little 

 cool, put on another hot one, with as little 

 interval of exposure as possible, and keep up 

 this process until the doctor comes, or until the 

 phlegm is loose, the child easier, and begins to 

 fall asleep ; then gently wi-ap a dry fiannel over 

 the wet one which is on. so as to cover it up 

 thoroughly, and the child is saved. When it 

 wakes up, both fiamiels will be dry. — HalVs 

 Journal of Health, 



A Merited Compliment. — Gov. Bullock, 

 in a speech delivered by him at the Norfolk 

 County Agricultural Fair, thus speaks of the 

 labors of President Wilder, who has given for 

 a long life, his wealth, infiuence and energies, 

 to the dissemination of horticultural knowledge 

 and horticultural acquisitions : — 



I meet here to-day the members of this youth- 

 ful and prosperous" society of Norfolk, sitting 

 and rejoicing under the presidency of one. ( the 

 Hon. iVlAR!?HALL P. Wilder,) who has applied 

 the results of well-eanied commercial fortune 

 to* the development of the capacities of the 

 earth, so largely and' so liberally that in every 

 household and at every fireside in America, 

 where the golden ft-uit of summer and autumn 

 gladdens the side-board or the hearth-stone, 

 his name, his generosity, and his labors are 

 known and honored. 



