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,-ienily I't;''' I" opoiQtc. For this purpose n rope IJ 

 i-h'-s ill diameter iaordiiinnly used. Any number 

 f li'irsea niny be nltnehoJ lo this band, to draw in a 

 traiglu line the length of the band and turning short 

 round the pullirs. 

 Attached to ilie thresher is a speed wheel 18 or 20 

 t,jj nehes in diameter, from which a belt is run on the 

 yliuder pulley. A small grooved pnlly connects 

 vith the speed wheel and receives the band from the 

 main wheel at the top of the shaft. 

 The cylinder is liirnei from l.'iOfl to QflOO timeein 

 minute, and with force sullicient to thresh a bushel 

 y )f wheat in lees than three minutes wiili one l;orsc 

 Fhc pylinJcrof the threshers used ig about 2i inches 

 4 diameter, and about two feel long. 



This machine costs from $Xy to $40, and in opera- 

 ■l^ion and construction is very simple. There is no 

 oi.bt but, with good attention, it will with one horee 

 power weighing 1200 pounds, threth 100 bushels of 

 wheat in 10 honra. 



I have attempted to give such a description of the 

 horse power aa thnt yoa may understand it. 1 have 

 no doubt it is ju3t the thing for the wheat growers of 

 the west. 



There is an account of the use of this inachine in 



'f Hill's Monthly Visitor for June, 1 34 1, and from my 



acquaintance with quite a number of the men who 



there certify, I have ihc fullest confidence in their 



Btatomenis. Yours respectfully, 



S. C. LYFORD. 

 Meredith, N. H., April, 1842. 



Manure for Potatoes. 



Woolen rags are an excellent manure for potatoes. 

 The rag5 are cut up in small pieces and put under the 

 sets at planting ; and the effect produced is wonderful. 

 It is a long time since I planted any in this way, nor 

 did I ever at the time make any particular observation 

 as to the quantity produced ; but this I can say, that 

 ihcy far exceeded those that were manured in the 

 usual way. It might heighten the effect if the rags 

 were dipped in, or saturated with ammoniacal gas- 

 liquor; atleaet it might be interesting to moke the 

 trial. — Gitrdener's Chronidtfor April 16(A, 



Culture of Potatoes. — The cultivation of pota- 

 toes being considered of great importance, whether 

 relating to increase of quantity or improvement of 

 quality, I would submit a method of culture, which 

 may be new, ard which I havo for some years found 

 to succeed with a second early kind. Of the potatoes 

 to be planted I destroy all the eyes except one or two 

 with a hot iron. I set them whole, and at the distance 

 between the rows of 2^ feet, and 12 or 14 inches 

 apart. The produce has generally been 60 to 70 well 

 formed potatoe ■, instead of 20 from those planted in 

 the usual manner. Mine had the same management 

 and quantity of manure generally used. E. 



\^Gardener's Ckronide for April I6th. 



We have read the above with some little surprise. 

 We cannot say that it may not be true, nor havo we 

 any objection to onr friends boiling their seed, il tfiey 

 think it w ould do better. 



For the TVeuj Genesee Farmer, 

 Oil Rearing Calves. 



Mr. Cot.MAN — Having seen occasionally a hint in 

 reward to the rearing of calves, and also recently a call 

 (or some remarks on the subject, I offer the following 

 fl' ggesiions as the most economical and convenient, 

 and consequently the best mode that I have adopted. 



As soon as the cow has calved, she is milked clean 

 and suffered to remain with her calf for the space of 

 about 12 hours or to the next milking time, when she 

 is again stripped out clean and shut away from ber 

 call until the next milking time. She is then piir- 

 tially milked, leaving enough for the calf, but not to 



niuc-li as lo satisfy him withiiiu his sucking the cow 

 entirely el an, so aa to bring down the bog and fro 

 vent its caking. The c.nw is then let in to hef'calf, 

 which will greedily take ll c balance left for him 

 The cow is again removed aa soon as she has sup- 

 plied the wants of her calf, and so I continue morning 

 and evening, partially to luilk the cow before she is 

 permitted to go to her calf, leaving him to do the 

 'tripping until he is 3 days old. He is then weaned 

 from the cow entirely and fed with the new milk o( 

 the CO*' by hand, from one of the 'calf's pails,' and 

 so I continue to feed l.iiu until he has learned to drinU 

 freely, probably at about a week old. I then take 

 away a share of the cream from his milk, and give him 

 a mixture of new and Bkimmed milk, say two quarts 

 new and one quart skimmed milk, with a spoonful 

 of oil meal or oil-cake ground, sjirinUIed into his 

 milk, instead of boiled fln.xseed. The oil is worth 

 more for painting than for feeding cattle, I therefore 

 let the painter or druggist have the oil and the call 

 takes the cake. The quantity of new milk is now 

 daily decreased and the quantity of skimmed milk 

 and oil meal in daily increased, until at the expiration 

 of another week, when his allowance becomes 3 lo 4 

 quarts of skimmed milk and a hall pint of oil meal, 

 which will make him look as slick as a mole. The 

 milk is warmed a little and the oil meal sprinkled in, 

 and the whole poured into a 'calf's trough' made for 

 the purpose, which is a stick 3 feet long, 12 or 15 

 inches in diameter, split open, dug out and legs set in 

 ol the right length to bring the trough up to his chin, 

 80 that he may take his allowance standing in an 

 erect and natural posture. I usually feed two in one 

 trough and see that they are well matched n<i to per- 

 formance at least."* 



!\Ty calf's pails are old tin pails whose bottoms 

 have foiled, which I supply with a piece of thin soft 

 hoard cut round, crowded in, and fastened with 5 or 

 6 small tacks. 



I( the above suggestions are worthy a place in your 

 valuable paper, you are ntliheriv to insert them. E. 



The subjoined is a very sensible article and worthy 

 of all consideration -«C!l^. " 



i'roin the New Genesee Farmer. 

 Viix Noxious Weeds. 

 ^Vhcn r,-irk nnd n xiouswccd.! usurp il o soil, 

 They cheat the liuBbamlni.in of half his toil. 



During an excursion of some sixty or seventy miles 

 last summer through a part of this county and as far 

 as the eastern extremity of the county of Wayne, 1 

 was very much struck with the surprising inroads 

 which (dul weeds, of almost every species, are mak- 

 ing in this new country of our?. It ought to be a 

 startling fact to the farming community in general, 

 that here in Western New York, where the track of 

 the savage is scarcely obliterated, the Canada thistle, 

 red root, white daisy, John's won, yellow dock, mul- 

 len, and other kinds of noxious plants are, on some 

 farms, almost entirely usurping the place which ought 

 to be occupied by useful productions. Although my 

 own immediate neighborhood is not so much infested, 

 yet I plead guilty to some degree of negligence in this 

 particular ; and as my own mind, during this excur- 

 sion, became thoroughly impressed with the magni- 

 tude of the evil, I wish to arouse the attention of oth 

 ers to the ruinous consequences of further neglect. 



It is a subject which intimately concerns all land 

 owners. Land infested with these weeds will mosi 

 rapidly depreciate in value. It is evident that when 

 a meadow or grain field is overrun with any of thesf 

 p'ants, it not only requires a great sacrifice of labor tc 

 eradicate them, but in most cases, if you go into an) 

 ihorongh and effectual process, you must entirely de- 



* The ijbove mode, by contiiuiing tlie nev.' milk and ad- 

 ding the oil meal, wi I make a tine piece of veal. I ha\t 

 once adopted it, and U succeede.i admirably. 



range your fanning plans, and probably for a season 

 or so lose the use of the soil, 



I have heard il estimated thai the clearing of the 

 original forest and preparation of the land for wheat 

 cost only from $10 to $[2 per acre. At how much 

 less expense can a field be cleared of Canada ihistlee, 

 red root, or white daisy, when thoroughly besprinkled 

 with them 7 Carefully cMimated, the whole loss and 

 expense, I am bold to say, will not fall (or abort of 

 that when you see the last feeble stalk expire. 



Let these considerations Btir us up — and I would 

 especially remind those who, from the newness of 

 their farms or the careol former owners, have escaped 

 this evil, that " an ounce of pievention is worths 

 pound of cure." Il you chance to perceive, in pas- 

 sing to and fro through your field, a single specimen 

 of (he above named weeds, don't stop to view it as a 

 curiosity, but attack it as you would a bear ; tear it 

 up roo; and branch— go back to the spot again and see 

 that you have canted complete extermination, so that 

 not a living vestige remains. Let me urge those who, 

 by their own or the negligence of former owners, 

 have pretty thrifty patches of some of these plants, 

 not to delay even if il takes a little time and present 

 labor. Y. ur labor will be exceedingly well spent in 

 scaeonal.ly arresting the progress of the evil. As our 

 farms grow older we must expect some drawbacks, 

 and one of these mustconeist in keeping them clean 

 of foul weeds. The produce of our lands will never 

 come to us in abundance, without pains— we cannot 

 always expect lo get along as when 



•' The e;irth is young, and yields kindly 



— licr fruits with little labor." 



But I have spun out these remarks beyond what I 

 intended. I will close by observing that it will be of 

 but transient use for a few isolated farmers to attend 

 to this subject. Unless the general attention of lend 

 proprietors is awakened, little can be permairently 

 done, where land so frequently changes owners. 



There is now an act on our S atute Book making 

 Il lawful for the freeholders of any town in the state, 

 to raise money to defray the e.xpence of destroying the 

 Canada thistle. I wish this enactment might extend 

 to other noxious weeds, and be put into practical opo- 

 rationin the respective towns. 



In the counties ol Albany, Clinton, and some 

 others, special petition was made to the Legislature, 

 in answer to ivhich a law was passed providing for ihe 

 dsstruction of all noxious weeds at the exclusive ex- 

 pence of ibe owner on whose laitd they are found. 

 How far this is put in force I will not pretend to say, 

 but if we were all subject to such an enactment, it 

 would undoubtedly be lor our ultimate inteiest. 



I. B. SMITH. 

 Ogden , Maij^oth, 1842 



Fatal i^lfects of Garget upon a Horse. 



Mr. Editor — I do not think it is sufficiently kntwn 

 that Garget is death to a horse. A neighbor of mine 

 was in the habit of giving his horse small ears of com 

 as he passed his stall. Passing evening before last 

 with some pieces of Garget in his hand, and not hav- 

 ing any corn, hcoffcred the horse a piece of theGarget, 

 which it took, and died within twenty- four hours. 



Comish, Men/ 20, 1842. _W. W. 



"Punctuality. — If you desire to enjoy life, avoid 

 unnunctual people. They impede business and poison 

 pleasure. Make it your own rule not only to be punct- 

 ual, but a little before hand. Such a habit secures a 

 composure which is essential to happiness. For want 

 of it many people live in a constant fever and put all 

 about them in a fever t«o." 



"So\KBEiG>J Remedie.s. — For the gout, toast and 

 water; hooping cough, ipecacuanha; bile, exercise; 

 I'orns, easy s'lioes ; blue devils, employment; rheuiiia- 

 lisni, new flannel and patience ; tootlwche, extraction ; 

 debt, retrenchment; love, matrimony." 



