1871. 



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by taking off the wane edge, and the contents 

 reckoned up for every log, so that it is mathemat- 

 ically certain that the true contents is there given. 



T. C. DiiiOGS. 

 Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 23, 1871. 



A log sixteen feet long and two feet in diameter, 

 will make but 50.21 cubic feet or 39.50 solid feet of 

 lumber. j. o. d. 



Fayette, Vt., Jan., 1871. 



EPIZOOTIC APHTHA. 



The Commission appointed by the English Gov- 

 ernment to investigate this disease, which was so 

 destructive in England, in 1867 and 8, have pub- 

 lished their Report in a quarto volume of some 

 400 pages. It gives a history of all the known facts 

 connected with the disease, and contains a large 

 number of colored plates representing the disease 

 in its various stages, as seen on the lips, tongue, 

 roof of theinouth, throat, oesophagus, the coats of 

 the several stomachs, the small intestines, ti;e large 

 intestines, the bag and feet. The ulcerations or 

 aphthous sores an^ chiefly confined to the mucous 

 nicmlirancs lining the mouth and internal cavities, 

 and arc .sunictimes very extensive and severe, and 

 accomjianicd with a fever of the typhus type. 



There are also plates representini^ disease of the 

 mucous membrane of the human intestines, in some 

 forms of tj^ihoid fever, much resciuhling this dis- 

 ease in cattle. The Kcport is an exhaustive treatise 

 on the disease. The epideniic prevailing on this 

 side of the Atlantic at the present time seems to 

 be a milder form of the same disease. The volume, 

 which I have had the privilege of seeing was sent 

 by an English gentleman to his brother-in-law in 

 this State. j. r. 



Concord, Mass., Feb., 1871. 



DR. NICHOLS' RECEIPT FOR RAISING CORN. 



If you would inform me where I could procure 

 Dr. Nichols' receipt for raising corn you would 

 gratify me. e. f. 



Rhode Island, 1871. 



Remarks. — We find among o\x notes of Dr. 

 Nichols' Lecture at Manchester, recently, that he 

 said "four cords of good manure, per acre, and 

 a handful of tine bone and pure ashes in each hill 

 would produce a good field of corn, other things 

 being favorable." 



Whether the above is what our correspondent 

 alludes to or not, we cannot say. 



HOUSING WHEELS. 



I have a wagon that has been in use since 1830, 

 and is a strong wagon now. All the repairs on the 

 wood work that have l^ecn required are two spokes 

 and one neb. The tire has been set twice on the 

 hind wheels, and once on the fore ones. It has 

 Ijeen housed when not in use. If any one has an 

 older wagon I should like to hear of it. 



HORN ail. 

 For the horn ail, or when an animal breathes 

 hard or runs at the nose, I take soft soap and fine 

 salt mix them together and rub it on between the 

 horns, once in two days, three tunes. 



E. Rollins. 

 Groveland, Mass., Jan. 24, 1871. 



SICK AND DYING GEESE. 



Can any one tell me what to do for my geese ? 

 The first symptom I notice is an unsteadiness when 

 on their legs, which continues two or three days, 



when they die. They eat well at the time, and 

 have a warm, comfortable place. >v. 



Westbrvok, Mass., Jan. 29, 1871. 



Remarks.— Will some of our poultry friifnds re- 

 ply to the foregoing inquiry. 



picklock. 

 What am I to understand by the term picklock, 

 in the reports of the wool market ? e. l. b. 



East Calais, Vt., 1871. 



Remarks. — The best fleeces of the best lots ; the 

 "pick" of fleeces, not the pick of parts of fleeces, 

 as the word pick-?oci might be considered to imply. 



AGRICULTUHAIi ITEMS. 



— New York, which used to be the great wheat- 

 growing State of the "Union, now produces four- 

 teen million bushels less than her people consume. 



— Mr. Albert Berry of North Andover, has a horse 

 affected with the cattle disease which is developing 

 itself in the horse's feet, but not in the mouth. 



—David Hinton, of Attleboro', Mass., had thirty- 

 four chickens from four hens hatched this year 

 previous to Febraary 5. 



—A citizen of West Fairlee, Vt., has surmounted 

 his elegant new barn with a five hundred dollar 

 model of a ship. 



—The Southern States furnished their quota of 

 pea-nuts last season as follows : Virginia, 400,000 

 bushels ; Tennessee, 300,000 bushels, and Georgia 

 and the Carolinas, from 153,000 to 2,000,000 bushels. 



—Greenfield, Mass., has the reputation of doing 

 as extensive a butter business as any town in 

 New England, except St. Albans, Vt. She re- 

 cently shipped to Boston in one day 38,500 pounds, 

 and 400 pounds more anived just a little too late 

 to be sent in that lot. 



— The strongest vegetable fibre known is the New 

 Zealand flax. It has long, sword-like leaves, ten 

 or twelve feet in length. It is used by the settlers 

 for binding their sheaves, fastening their gates, ty- 

 ing up their horses, and m almost every possible 

 way. 



—Mr. C. G. Prindle, of Chittenden County, Vt., 

 communicates to the Country Gentleman the re- 

 sults of experiments made to test the protection 

 afforded to the ground by snow. A trial was made 

 during the cold snap of January 23, 24, 25 and 26, 

 when there was about foAr inches of snow on the 

 ground, with old drifts by sides of fences, &c. 

 The average temperature of the air above the sur- 

 face of the gi-ound was 13° below zero ; four inches 

 under the snow 19° above ; and two feet under the 

 drifts of 27° above. 



The Farmer's Friend. — The Boston Journal 

 of Chemistry is doing service to the farmers of 

 New England by showing what special substances 

 will act as fertilizers of crops, and about what they 

 are worth when pure. We wish the Journal suc- 

 cess in its beneficent efforts. 



