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account of its greater power and concentration. 

 The mixed vapors also act more kindly, on ac- 

 count of the slightly stimulating property of the 

 ether overcoming the deadly sedative effect of the 

 pure chloroform. Dr. Jackson remarks that he 

 has never known a single fatal accident from the 

 administration of the vapor, nor of this mixture, 

 provided air was also admitted into the lungs 

 mingled with the vapor, so as to sustain the functions 

 of life as required for respiration. This remark, 

 we understand, he applies to its effects on the 

 human system, in which his practice has been most 

 extensive. 



Animals that have considerable sensible perspi- 

 ration, will bear large doses without any danger ; 

 such is the bull, horse, &c, while a cat may 

 be readily killed by a full dose of chloroform, and 

 it should be very cautiously administered to the 

 dog. Ether, alone, mixed with air, is considered 

 as perfectly safe. — Country Gentleman. 



SCRATCHES IN HOUSES. 



A correspondent of the Maine Farmer gives the 

 following remedy : 



I noticed in your paper several receipts for the 

 cure of scratches in horses, among them was that 

 of a solution of lime, which, if it had appeared* a 

 little sooner, I should have been tempted to have 

 tried on a three year old colt whose lameness, 

 which appeared about three weeks since, was found 

 to be caused by the scratches. After the repeated 

 application of remedies said to cure the disease, 

 for about a fortnight, with apparently no effect, I 

 applied a coat of zinc paint and oil. By examina- 

 tion the next day after the priming or application 

 of paint, I found signs of amelioration of the con- 

 dition of the sores, and in a day or two decided 

 signs of improvement, and now, although it has 

 been but a few days, the colt is free from lame- 

 ness, and the sores are healed. The remarkable 

 rapidity with which this cure was brought about 

 was evidently owing to this simple and easily 

 applied remedy, and the object of speaking of this 

 remedy, is the good of those horses whose owners 

 are ignorant of its good effects, in this disease. 



CAPACITY OF BOXES. 



A box. 24 inches by 16 inches, square, and 

 28 inches deep, will contain a barrel, (five 

 bushels.) 



A box 24 inches square, and 14 inches deep, 

 will contain half a barrel. 



A box 26 inces by 15.02 inches square, and 

 8 inches deep, will contain one bushel. 



A box 12 inches by 11.02 inches square, and 

 3 inches deep, will contain half a bushel. 



A box 8 inches by 8.04 inches square, and 

 8 inches deep, will contain one peck. 



A box 8 inches by 8 inches square, and 4.02 

 inches deep, will contain one gallon. 



A box 7 inches by 8 inches square, and 4.8 

 inches deep, will contain a half gallon. 



A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and 4.01 

 inches deep, will contain one quart. — Farmers 

 Journal. 



WEIGHTS OF MEASURES. 



The following table of the number of pounds 

 of various articles to a bushel, may be of in- 

 terest to our readers : 



Of wheat, sixty pounds. 



Of shelled corn, fifty-six pounds. 



Of corn on the cob, seventy pounds. 



Of rye, fifty-six pounds. 



Of oats, thirty-six pounds. 



Of barley, forty pounds. 



Of potatoes, sixty pounds. 



Of bran, twenty pounds. 



Of clover seeds, sixty pounds. 



Of timothy seeds, forty-five pounds. 



Of flax seed, forty-five pounds. 



Of hemp seed, forty-four pounds. 



Of buckwheat, fifty-two pounds. 



Of blue grass seed, fourteen pounds. 



Of castor beans, forty-six pounds. 



Of dried peaches, thirty-three pounds. 



Of dried apples, twenty-four pounds. 



Of onions, fifty-seven pounds. 



Of salt, fifty pounds. 



A NEW REMEDY FOR SMUT. 

 Yfe give below a short extract of a letter from 

 a friend on this very important subject, We do 

 not give the name of the writer because he wishes 

 to test the efficacy of his plan before he recom- 

 mends it too confidently. We hope others will re- 

 member it at the proper time and give it a trial. 



" I sowed one hundred bushels of wheat last 

 October, every grain of which was put into 

 boiling-hot water ; it is at this time the best 

 looking wheat in this part of the country. I 

 tried fifty bushels of very smutty wheat in the 

 Fall of 1853, and had not one head of smutty 

 wheat, nor fly, nor anything to injure the crop 

 but rust. I got this hint from Virgil, so that 

 it is not esactly new, and should it turn out 

 well this harvest, I will give you a full account. 

 I am afraid to holler on one experiment ; but 

 knowing that smut proceeds from the puncture 

 of a bug that deposits an egg which turns to 

 a maggot, and then to a fly. I showed the 

 worm in the smut grain to Mr. Newton and 

 to Col. Brown, at my house. Now the boiling 

 water will destroy all things of this sort. Let 

 me refer you to the Agricultural Museum, pub- 

 lished at Georgetown, D. C, in 1811." 



Galls from the Harness or Saddle. — Major 

 Long, in his valuable account of his expedition to 

 the Rocky Mountains, says that his party found 

 white lead moistened with milk to succeed better 

 than anything else in preventing the bad effects of 

 the galls on the horse's back, in their march over 

 the plains that border the mountains. Its effect in 

 smoothing or soothing the irritated and inflamed 

 surface was admirable. 



