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THE ILLmOIS FAEMEli. 



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IIoV.' TO TAKE >[i;i)!ClNG WITIIOT.T TaSTING IT. 



Titko a firm hoUl of your nose, sp ibat it would 

 be inipos-ilile for you to breath through it; take 

 joiir uiO'iicir.e and Sumo Tvater, cr 'whatever you 

 like, to clear your mouth, ajd after a little time 

 looso ;. oiiv noso. It is not a very aracefui atti- 

 tude in which to be seen, but we can assure you 

 it is a vay easy way of taking disagreeable med- 

 icine. 



Another way: IToM some vinegar or leraon 

 juice in your mouth for a moment or two, or liose 

 the mouth with strong alum water. 



A fiiend at our elbow says, take homoepathic 

 medicine and you will not be required to hold 

 your nose or take vinegar. Or, if thi^ does not 

 suit yon, use an abundance of ripe fruit and 

 vegetables, and nine times out of ten you will 

 need no medieine. 



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Pr.KSE- viNf; C:t>i:u. — .7. C. S.. cf Canada West, 

 asks if any of your readers used the sulphite of 

 lime for priSfiving cider? In an^-wer, I would 

 say, I f.repaicl two barrels willi suiphi'e of lime, 

 according to printed directions accotnpjinying 

 each h ttie, and ;;m s;tistied it is ab it is recom- 

 mended to lit-; and for furtlier proof, I have the 

 pleasure to refer- to the editor of the Genesee 

 I'driner. ;;s he Lad a taste dining the latter part 

 of tile Fobi uMry following of the cider, thus pre- 

 pared by me. — D., Gates. 



The cider rcferrcl to by our correspondent 

 wns r?G»;ient. 'there can be no doubt about 

 the cffii-iicy of strpliito of lime in preserv ng 

 cider. — (icnc^cc Farmer. 



Faf.mei^.'s Advocate, Cnic\Go. — Tiiis journal 

 is now edited by Messrs. Bonham ii Bodley, and 

 contains a large amount of va^iaMe reading. It 

 is now in its fourth year. Its early history, to- 

 wards one of its cotemporaries. was not the most 

 genial, but having changed bands and punfied 

 j itse'f of the evil, has become a well condi'cted 

 I journal, and as such, we welcome it into the.field 

 j of agricultriral progress. Vre would prefer to 

 I see one agricultural journal published in the coni- 

 i mercial emporium of the West, but if . ur fiicnds 

 I choose to keep house separate, v;c must e'en 

 j be content. 



i The Advocate is a weekly, and besides its agri- 

 j cultural department, gives a large amou' t of 

 family reading, embracing the current news of 

 the day. This West of ours is a large country, 

 and half a dozen •iirriculMir • journals oi:gbt to 

 be well patronized. For our part, we c'.uiiii no 

 special monopoly — there is romi enough in our 

 pool of Siloam for all to wade in. 



5If..at FOi? Hens. — It should be kept in mind 

 thatiiidti'al fo( d, at all times of the yearisastim- 

 ulus to heiis to lay. \\'hen they have abundant 

 range thty gjitinr insects of vaiious kii ds; but 

 even tlien, aiid especially when cut off by con- 

 finement, or by cold weather, from this source of 

 animal fiud. it is well to give ihem w..ste offal 

 iroui a kiichcn, bits of fre.^h me;,t, &c. Scrsip 

 cake fr. tn tlie bog hiding and oil pressing estab- 

 lishments, is a che.-ip source of supply. Fresh 

 bones broken into small pieces are greedily de- 

 voured, iiud much relished by hens at all limes, 

 and {i'sn promote their laying. Tsese furnish 

 the m^^tcr!als of which egg shells are madf^, and 

 witiioiit supplying something of the kind, it is as 

 unreasonable to expect the h^ns to furni.sh their 

 manufac ures, as it was in old time to demaiid 

 bricks to be made without straw. — American Ag- 

 riculturist. 



— A fellow having imbibed rather freely, took 

 it into his head that he could fly, and to get a 

 good position, ascended a sign post and started. 

 He wa*; qiiesliom d the next day as to how he 



liked flviug. " Oh !" said he, " it's nothing to 

 fly, the lighting is the hardest part of the opera- 

 tion.'' 



The Tea Tree of Okegcx. — Wo are in receipt 

 of a package of seeds of the above tree from 

 Simeon Francis, Esq., editor of the Oregon Far- 

 mer, published at Pcrtland, Oregon. Mr. F. ssys, 

 " la an excursion into the cjantrj a fcw days 

 since, I found a very fine Ceonatlius, (;he tea 

 tree of this country) from which I gathered a few 

 see.!, which I send to you. The Cconatkan belongs 

 to the class of small trees, grows about as Ugh as 

 the Rhus Cotcnus ; it is an evergreen, its leaves 

 are thick and of the size of small magiKiiia leaves 

 — giving out a strong and pleasant balsamic odor 

 in winter; in spring, the tree is covered with 

 long racemes of white flowers, in shape ike the 

 liUac. I supi^ose, following nature, the teed 

 should be planted in the fall. I do not recollect 

 having seeu the tree in any c-,liection East." 



We shall endeavor to grow trees from these 

 seeds, but we li.vo ii;a'i\ doubts of its proving 

 hardy with us on the prairie. 



Gtpsum or Plaster. — The Grand Rapids Plas- 

 ter Company, of Michigan, had ou exhibition 

 samples of their plaster at the State Fair. But 

 little, as yet, is known of the value of this plas- 

 ter on our prairie soils, but we think it well worth 

 a trial. Wm. Hovey, of Grand Fk.apids, Mich., 

 is the general agent for its sale. We are not 

 aware that it is for sale in Chicago i\ any quan- 

 tity. We intend giving it a trial next season. 

 On clover and wheat it ought to be valuable. 



