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"We cannot therefore too earnestly recommend to dairymen to examine 

 and adopt an apparatus by which this result is accomplished so per- 

 fectly. 



JOSEPH B. LYMAlSr, 



JAMES A. WHITNEY, 

 "WM. S. CAHPENTER, 



Committee. 



Horace Greeley. — "Will the patentee state the price at which this 

 invention can be aftbrded ? 



Answer. — At from six to fifteen dollars, according to size and finish. 



Peopagating Boxes. 

 Mr. C. F. Pcarce, Assonet, Mass., sent a package of boxes for 

 gardeners to set out plants, which open at the side, and the plants are 

 removed without disturbing the roots. 



Metallic Sack Fastener. 



Mr. L. H. Gano exhiljited this article, which is made of wire, and 

 is attached to the sack by means of a small iron lever. 



Milk Shelves. 



Mr. E. B. Slocura, Grass Lake, Mich. — Erect a post, say four inches 

 square, in your milk room. About two feet from the floor, nail one 

 lath on the post in a horizontal direction ; then, on the opposite side, 

 nail another lath the same way, letting the lath extend far enough 

 from the post to set a milk pan upon each end. Immediately above 

 and close to these laths nail two more laths in a similar manner, but 

 in opposite directions. You will then have a tier which will hold 

 four pans. Eight inches above this, then eight inches still farther, 

 and so on. One post can hold twenty-four pans. 



Vinegar. 



Mr. E. Mnnson, Sennett, X. Y. — Will you inform me the speediest 

 metliod of making vinegar out of new cider? Would a new pine 

 cask aftect the taste ? 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — If cider is made from early apples in August, 

 or the first days of September, and put in a warm place, it will turn to 

 vinegar in a few weeks. If made after the nights get cool, it will 

 take several montlis, or, if placed in the cellar, years, but when it 

 comes it will be good. A pine cask, unless strong with pitch, ought 



