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append a recipe, which I Euppose Is as good ae any 

 kln-ii. 



fike one pound of antimony, one fourth pound of 

 r<ii, one half pound of sulphur, and one half pound 



ilre; powder them fine and mix thoroughly. — 

 G ! the horse half a table-spoonful, twice a week, 

 ija cure is said to be almost certain. 



Yours, &c., J. M. W. 



ockport, June 18, 1840. 



Cure for Fistula on Horses. 



Tessrs. Editors — Many of your readers, I doubt 

 know from experience, that a fistula on a horse 

 sore evil, and ono which is very difTicult to re- 

 !. The following method of cure was made 

 'n to me some years since by a German Farrier, 

 Ofisured me that it would prove eifectual; and one 

 y horses having a fistula, I was induced to try it, 

 ugh rather incredulous at the time. The exper- 

 |it was perfectly successful, however, and I have 

 tried it on several horses with like results. Be- 

 lully satisfied therefore that the remedy is effectual 

 [highly valuable, I send it for publication, for the 

 fit of other men and horses, 

 ocure a large warty toad, and having a thick glove 

 ittcn on the hand, take up the toad and hold his 

 on to the fistula for one or two minutes; take it 

 short time, then put it on again, and rub its back 

 tly over the affected part, and continue to rub it 

 for about an hour, by which time the toad will be 

 and should be buried. The horse will be rather 

 gy at first, but after a few minutes he will stand 

 ly. Care should be taken not to hold your head 

 ear or over the place of application, as the fumes 

 somewhat sickening. A milky fluid, said to be 

 nous, exudes from the warts on the back of tne 

 which is supposed to give efficacy to the reme- 

 The sore will discharge freely for three or four 

 8 after the operation, when the pipe will come 

 ad the place speedily heal. Very bad fistulas of 

 standing, may require a second application, but 

 ordinary cases one will prove sufficient. 



Yours, &c., R. HARMON, Jr. 

 ihealland, Monroe Co., N. Y. 



Hoof Ail and Foot Rot. 



T con'cspondent, in another column, appears to 

 confounded the diseases " Hoof Ail" and " Foot 

 ' which appear to be quite distinct. The "Foot 

 ' or the " Foul in the Foot," of most English 

 re, is generally seated between the two claws of 

 oof, and the remedy furnished by our correspon- 

 is undoubtedly a good one. . An experienced far- 

 of our acquaintance sears between the hoofs 

 B hot iron immersed in tar. The "Hoof Ail," 

 1 does not appear to be described by English au- 

 , is a more formidable disease, and is chiefly vis- 

 t the crown of the hoof. Various remedies are 

 •Bed for it, but none that we know of have given 

 y or effectual relief. Sawing off the ends of the 

 at the outset, we have however found much 

 •est remedy. * 



Excrescences on Cherry Trees, &c. 

 e cDpy the fjllowing from Prince's Pomological 

 -lal : and we indulge the hope that iiorticulturistilk 

 iving "fine upon line" will bestir themselves, and 

 ve what the author so reasonably proposes. 

 ]The common morello] is more subject than any 

 ■cherry to the attacks of the same insect which so 

 .ently stings certain varieties of the plum, and 

 h so often perforates the branches of this tree tu such 

 stent that they arc covered with numerous knots 

 excrescences. The only remedy is to prune oft' 

 .6 branches thus attacked at the period when the 

 :t or its eggs are concealed therein, and to bam 

 W immcdiuteli/. fur if they are left to increase annu- 

 ill they present a most disagreeable appearance, and 



in time entirely destroy the tree. The same course 

 may be adopted with success for all other trees attacked 

 in a similar manner ; and if it was adopted generally 

 throii^houi our country, it would in a few years nearly 

 or quite annihilate this formidable depredator on our 

 gardens and orchards." 



Suljihtir Showers. 



Messrs. Editors — A writer in one of the New 

 York papers, calls the attei>tion of the curious to a re- 

 cent shower of rain in that city; it being, what is 

 sometimes called a sulphur shower, similar, I presume, 

 to what we have all seen, when the water, caught in 

 cisterns or tubs under the eave of buildings, is cover- 

 ed with a greenish yellow substance, closely resem- 

 bling sulphur, and very generally mistaken for that 

 mineral. The writer asks " Where could sulphur in 

 such abundance come from 1" Some years since, 

 while waiting for a summer shower to clear up, obser- 

 ving the water caught in a barrel under the eaves of 

 my house, covered with this same yellow substance, I 

 took occasion to test its character. Accordingly, afier 

 collecting a quantity from the surface of the water, I 

 examined it. It had no particular smell, and I could 

 not discover the slightest appearance of chiystalliza- 

 tion, which can almost invariably be seen in sulphur 

 in all its combinations. When submitted to the heat, 

 it burned up, leaving a trifling reseduum of a charac- 

 ter which satisfied me of its vegetable origin; and fur- 

 ther investigation led me to the belief that it was noth- 

 ing more than the blossom or farina, washed by the 

 rain from the moss growing on the roof of the house, 

 a conclusion which subsequent observation has con- 

 firmed. I have itever found this substance on water 

 remote from buildings, or very early in the spring, or 

 after the frosts of autumn, or on water caught from 

 slate, tyle, or tin roofs, or in any situation to negative 

 the origin above assigned to it. H. M. W, 



Rochester, May 27, 18-10. 



For the Tfea Genesee Farmer. 

 Mis-Education of Farmers' Daughters. 



Mr. Editor — It cannot be denied that females 

 of the present day generally possess better opportuni- 

 ties for high mental attainments than they ever did b-?- 

 fore. Men now admit that the spirit of the age, and 

 the genius o( our free Government absolutely require 

 that both sexeo cf the rising generation should be well 

 educated; and consequently we see female seminaries 

 and schools of a high order established in every city 

 and almost every village. Nor is it the daughters of 

 the rich and fashionable alone, who enjoy the benefit of 

 (hese institutions ; but many of the cultivators of the 

 soil, the true Nobility of our country, begin to see the 

 necessity of giving their daughters something more 

 than a common school education ; and theref >re send 

 them to what are considered the best institutions in the 

 land : — where tliey receive an education which in 

 many instances produces the most happy results. But 

 at the same time, any pel son who has been observant 

 on this subject, must have noticed, that the fash- 

 ionable education of females at the present day, is often, 

 and I think I may say generallij, far from producing 

 a good effect upon the agriciiltuial community. — 

 Many farmers give their daughters a liberal education, 

 with the natural expectation that it will have a tenden- 

 cy to increase their own happiness and the happiness 

 oi" those around them; but after spending several years, 

 and several hundred dollars at school, they return 

 home, refined and accomplished it is true, but totally 

 unfitted fir their situation in life, and soon become dis- 

 contented and miserable. Indeed I have seldom 

 known a lib-.rally and fashionably educated farmers' 

 daughter who has not soon become tired of n country 

 iife, and sought connexions and a residence in a city 

 or village. In many cases I have known them reject 

 the addresses of a worthy young farmer, and accepi 



the hand of some heartless city fop, who was both des- 

 titute of the adequate means of support, and of those 

 personal qualifications which render domestic life hap- 

 py or agreeable. 



So commonly do these evils result from a liberal 

 education, that many honest farmers refuse to educate 

 their children, because, as they assert, it will make 

 them proud, idle and discontented ; and if any one at- 

 tempts to reason with them, they immediately point to 

 the daughters of their neighbors, A. B. and C. who 

 unfortunately aft'ord, to their minds, conclusive proof 

 of the evil of " loo much education." Thu." the mis- 

 conduct of a few, prevents many from receiving even 

 a tolerable degree of education, who otherwise would 

 enjoy that blessing. 



Now it must be obvious to every intelligent mind, 

 that these evils are not the necessary consequence of a 

 good education, but of a perversion of the mind, or jni's- 

 education. The truth is, the whole system of popular 

 female education is conducted with reference to display 

 rather than utiUtij, and is exactly calciila'ed to create a 

 taste for the empty ehow, and false pleasures of a city; 

 while comparatively nothing is done to impart correct 

 views of happiness, or excite that love of nature, which, 

 to a properly cultivated mind, renders rural life so de- 

 lightful. It is tiue, they pretend to teach many of the 

 natural sciences ; but they are taught in such a super- 

 ficial, uninteresting manner, that they fail of producing 

 their proper influence on the mind. A mere smatter- 

 ing of these sciences is deemed sufticiem ; while the 

 utmost attention must be paid to those studies which 

 enable them to make a display. Indeed much of our 

 popular reading and fashionable literature is of the same 

 evil tendency — calculated to excite a love of fashion- 

 able life and amusements, and a distaste for the more 

 quiet, but real pleasures of a country life. 



Farmers who rightly estimate their profession, and 

 have a sincere regard for the welfare of their families, 

 should educate their daughters with more special re- 

 ference to the situations which they wish and expect 

 them to occupy in alter life. True hnoirlcdgc, when 

 rightly imparted, to theviind, willalwtiys producebcnc- 

 Jicial results ; and farmers need have no fear that a 

 liberal education will make their daughters idle or dis- 

 contented, if it is only of the right kind. An ordinary 

 fashionable education is well enough for the daughters 

 of Merchants and Lawyers in our cities, who are ur- 

 willing to he useful, and therefore ought to be orna- 

 mental ; but for the daughters of American farmers, I 

 verily believe that an education in most of our popular 

 seminaries is decidedly injurious. I would not on any 

 account discourage female education, or condemn fe- 

 male seminaries ; but judging from my own observa- 

 tion of the effects which are produced, I do think that 

 great reformation is demanded on this subject. Noi 

 would I ijretend to point out a proper course of instruc- 

 tion for farmers' daughters; for I am conscious of my 

 unfitness for the task. Unfortunately for me, I too 

 have been mis-educated, or rather I should say, am un- 

 educated ; and therefore will leave this subject, with 

 the hope that what I have said may induce some abler 

 pen to enlist in the cause ; if so, my chief object will 

 have been accompliched. 



Very respectfully, &c. 



Muple Grove, 1840. ANNETTE. 



Remarlis. We believe Annette has, in the main, 

 taken a very just view of fashionable female education, 

 and we agree with her in the belief that it is not gen- 

 erally well calculated ibr farmers' daughters. But at 

 the same time we think the evil is not quite as com- 

 mon as she supposes, and we believe that some (emale 

 seminaries do impart such instruction as is calculated 

 to elevate and improve the minds of farmei'B' daughters, 

 without producing those evils which Annette so much 

 deplores. We unite with her in the hope that some 

 person of experience on the subject, will enlist in this 

 cause ; in the mean time we hope still to hear occa- 

 sionally from our unknown friend, ANNtTTK. — Kils 



