THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



Ill 



A NEW CULTIVATOR. 



A correspondent of the Farmer's Compa- 

 nion brings forward a good idea in relation to 

 cultivators. 



" As these implements are generally made, 

 there is one pair of teeth standing side by side, 

 and very close together, near the front end. 

 These teeth, from their shape and position, 

 are constantly picking up sods, stones, &c, 

 making it necessary to lift the cultivator and 

 shake it clear, or even to stop the horse for 

 the same purpose. I made some alterations 

 in mine to remedy this evil, two or three years 

 ago, and it has worked ever since to my entire 

 satisfaction. 



" The remedy is this : to alter the position 

 of these two teeth, placing one further forward 

 and the other further back, so that any ob- 

 stacle, instead of striking both at once, will 

 Btrike first one, and then slide off to the other. 

 It is obvious that the distance of these two 

 teeth from the centre line of the machine 

 must be kept the same, which there is no diffi- 

 culty in doing, if the side pieces are made of 

 tolerably wide stuff, say four inches. — Prairie 

 Farmer. 



An exchange says : " Farms occupy two- 

 thirds of the land of England. The number 

 of the farms is 224,318 ; the average size 1 1 1 

 acres. Two-thirds of the farms are under 

 that size, but there are 771 of above 1,000 

 acres. The large holdings abound in small 

 farms in the north. There are 2000 English 

 farmers holding nearly two million acres ; and 

 there are 27,000 others who altogether do not 

 hold more. There are 40,650 farmers who 

 employ five laborers each; 16,801 have ten 

 or more, and employ together 311,703 laborers ; 

 170 farmers have sixty laborers each, and to- 

 gether employ 77,000." 



A GOOD SOAP RECEIPT. 



Have the ley of sufficient strength to float an 

 egg; measure it into barrels as obtained, and to 

 each gallon add 1 lb. of grease. Stir every day 

 until it becomes thick, then to 10 gallons of this 

 soft soap put 4 gallons of ley as strong as that 

 above. Boil 1 hour or more, until the grease en- 

 tirely disappears. Then dissolve qts. of salt in 

 4 gallons of water. Stir it in, and boil the whole 

 15 minutes longer. Pour it out into tubs to har- 

 den, cut it out in bars, and dry in the shade. 



A GOOD COMMON CAKE. 



One large tea-cup of sugar, three eggs, six oz. 

 butter, one pint milk, two cups raisins, one cup of 

 yeast, three pints of flour ; cinnamon and nutmeg. 

 Bake in a pan after it has risen. 



From the Boston Cultivator. 



LICE ON CATTLE. 



Messrs. Editors: — Having seen in the 

 Cultivator many articles on the subject of lice 

 on cattle, and one in particular from B. N. 

 Andrews, Watersbury, Connecticut, I beg to 

 reply thereto. I am accustomed to purchase 

 cattle from droves in the fall for wintering, 

 and have been greatly troubled in this 

 way ; and having tried tobacco, oils of various 

 kinds, skimmings of the pot where pork had 

 been boiled, &c, and finding all very objec- 

 tionable, rendering the hair of the creatures 

 rough and filthy, I resorted to other means, 

 and found them better. Having purchased 

 a pair of cattle with sore necks all covered 

 with lice, some one told me to bathe them 

 with N. E. rum ; I did so, and it killed all the 

 vermin that it came in contact with, and 

 healed their sores at the same time. It may 

 be applied conveniently with a sponge ; I have 

 used it for three years, and find it not only 

 effectual but cheaper than any other dressing; 

 half a pint, the cost of four cents, being suffi- 

 cient to kill the vermin of any ox or cow ; and 

 I think that tobacco, unguentum or grease 

 need not be cheaper ; besides which, it leaves 

 the hair clean and smooth. It may require to 

 be used twice, as some nits of the vermin may 

 hatch after the first application. It is also an 

 excellent remedy for the sore shoulders or 

 back of galled horses, as well as lameness 

 or hurts in all kinds of cattle, as also, the 

 sore or creaked teats of milk cows. It should 

 be disguised with camphor or other harmless 

 article and be kept in every barn, or under 

 lock and key, as it may possibly evaporate 

 under some latitudes. George I). Gate?. 



Corn Fodder. — My cows have eaten this 

 winter without 20 lbs. waste, what came from 

 an acre and one fourth, except what was cut 

 and fed out green before November. I have 

 bright clover, and English hay, red-top, &c, 

 but nothing that is liked as well by cows 

 giving milk, as cow-corn. They eat it " all up 

 clean," and give more and better milk than 

 when fed on hay. My cow-corn when sowed 

 is the best white fiat I can get, and from as far 

 South as Delaware, the farther South the 

 better. Rows, 3^ feet apart, from 40 to 60 

 kernels to a foot in the drill, sowed with a 

 machine of my own construction. The fodder 

 from one rod square, weighed 225 lbs. when 

 taken to the barn — a more perfect drying of 

 the stalks would have reduced the number of 

 poun Is some, how much I know not. 



[Cor. Granite Farmer. 



