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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 



^225.60— or ^45.40 in favor of the factory in point 

 of cost of making. In marketing, the factory 

 made clieese had an advantage of from one to two 

 cents per pound. 



— At a sheep shearing festival in Genesee county, 

 N. Y., it was stated that the sheep of tliat section 

 •will shear double the cleansed wool in 1867, that 

 they did in 1830 — a gain unparalleled in any other 

 department of farming. 



— A report that the rinderpest had made its ap- 

 pearance at Coxsacksie, N. Y., has caused great 

 excitement in that section. A careful examina- 

 tion shows that the deaths were caused by pleuro 

 pneumonia. 



— A correspondent of the Country Gentleman 

 thinks posts and other lumber may be better sea- 

 soned by ten or twelve hours fire drying, with 

 proper apparatus, than by two years exposure to 

 the air at ordinary temperatures. 



— The fact that only about one tree in a hundred 

 which are set out, stands the test and becomes 

 useful, is mentioned by the Utica Herald as one 

 reason of the steadily increasing business of the 

 great nurseries of the country. 



— To preserve peas from bugs, a correspondent 

 of the Country Gentleman puts the peas into wide- 

 mouthed bottles or jars, with about half an ounce 

 of gum camphor to each gallon of peas, and corks 

 tight. 



— There is in Randolph, Vt., a Blackhawk stud 

 colt that at one year and seven daj^s old was 16.^ 

 hands (66 inches) high at withers or rump — having 

 grown over a half inch per week ever since he was 

 born. 



— The California Farmer says that oranges much 

 superior in flavor to those grown upon the islands, 

 are being plentifully produced in many sections of 

 that State. The business promises to be a highly 

 remunerative one. 



— The York New Horticulturist says that in July 

 as the lengthening growth of suckers around apple 

 and other fruit trees is closed, nearly all the vital- 

 ity is laid up in the leaves and stems, and they may 

 be removed with little prospect of their ever again 

 sprouting. 



— Fainiy Fern says, to her eye, no statue that 

 the rich man places ostentatiously in his window, 

 is to 1)0 compared to the little expectant face press- 

 ing against the window pane, watching for father, 

 when his day's work is done. 



— The Dutch Government has ordered 7000 head 

 of cattle to be shot and buried in a single week, in 

 Holland, to prevent the spread of the cattle dis- 

 ease. The owners resisted in some ins-tnnces, and 

 two men were killed and two wounded by the sol- 

 diers. 



— At a late fanners' talk in England on steam 

 cultivation, one gentleman spoke of two engines 

 which took prizes where they were respectively 

 exhibited, and yet both proved failures in practice, 



though each was bought by a Lord, who had every 

 facility for their proper use. 



— Glass can be cut without a diamond by taking 

 an old, three-cornered file, break it so as to have 

 sharp corners, and with a straight-edge draw the 

 sharpest corner where you would have the glass 

 cut ; then turn the glass over and do the same on 

 the other side. With a little practice it is said 

 glass can be cut quite well in this way. 



— A contrivance for protecting horses from the 

 effects of heat, was recently exhibited to the New 

 York Farmers' Club, by C. Elveena, of California. 

 It consists of a cloth or pad, on which a cup for 

 holding water is placed between the ears, and is 

 so constructed that a little water passes out at a 

 time and keeps the head moist. Certificates were 

 read from Gens. Meigs and Grant. 



— Boys that ride horses to plow com are ad- 

 vised by the Maine Farmer to remember that a 

 horse does nearly all the stepping when he turns 

 with the fore feet. He makes use of the hind feet 

 chiefly as a pivot. Now just take care of his fore 

 feet and keep them away from the hills and pay 

 no attention to his hind feet and you will succeed 

 nicely, 



— A correspondent of the Rural New Yorker s&ja 

 that he has known a horse that went for twelve 

 months on three legs, from ringbone, made per- 

 fectly sound by the application, once a day, of an 

 ointment composed of half an ounce of red pre- 

 cipitate ; half ounce blue stone ; half a pint of 

 turpentine, thoroughly mixed. Keep the hoof 

 greased. 



— There is an old fanner in Northern Ohio who 

 gets up at daylight, builds a fire, puts on the tea- 

 kettle, dusts the furniture, goes to the stable and 

 feeds the horses, then calls up the folks. Having 

 a taste for reading, he goes to a room where he 

 keeps his books, builds a fire, sweeps out, and 

 reads till l)reakfast time. This is Ben Wade, Vice 

 President of the United States. 



—Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, in a letter dated 

 Paris, May 31, says, last week we had some frost 

 in this vicinity. Much has been f-aid of the in- 

 completeness of the American Dei)artment. For 

 myself I am disposed to speak favorably of it, 

 and although there may not be so much fimcy, 

 and perhaps taste, in the arrangement, I believe 

 the record, when the prizes arc awarded, will re- 

 dound to the honor of the American Republic. 



— The following treatment of a kicking cow is 

 reconnncnded by C. L. Iluhl)s, of Oronoco, Min., 

 in a letter to the New York Farmers' Club. First, 

 tic licr by the head ; then take a rope the size of a 

 clotlics line, and place it around the cow just back 

 of the fore legs and tie loosclj' ; then put in a small 

 stick ; now commence milking, and when the cow 

 kicks twist up the rope, and renew the twisting 

 l)vocess every tinie she kicks. Yon will soon have 

 it tight cnongh so that she caiuiot roise her hind 

 foot more than four inches from the ground ; when 



