1866.] 
AMERICAN AGRIGUI/rURIST. 
311 
The red lish jr piiiplitli c-tlor lUsappeiirs wiieiever the 
skin is presse'l ; aiieruptioii isnptt'> iippear, and ihe skin 
becomes scurfy. Denth occurs in frmn three to six hr»urs. 
Post mortem appearances. — The skin bhicU iind bine ; 
the ciipilliii les, veins of ihe skin, iiiid Piibciit;ineoiis tissue 
are dark-cnloreJ and gorged witii blund. A velluw 
Bertirn is ;tpt to nrciiinnlale wherever there is tlie ritmified 
redness. Thesernus nnd mucous membranes aiestndiled 
with ecehymo-is (patches where hloo 1 seitles), which are 
most developed in the msjms of itie chest. The iiites* 
tine is sliipped <»cc:isirin;iHy with solid maierial. The 
liver and spieen are ftiil of blood, and the lun^salso may 
be much rongested. The bloo J is dark, serus, fluid, and 
coagiilaies very slowly and imperfectly. 
Prevertfion ami Tre.atmeiit. — Wiiolesome vegetiible diet, 
a sparine :tliov\anceof only weil rooked animal food and 
cleanliness, with cle-m and dry bedding, are the best pre- 
ventives. When the tlisease breaks out. send for a 
well educated velerin:»ry surgeon or a physician. If one 
Is not 10 be h:td, an eineiic in Ihe first st.ige of the dis- 
ease rn:iy be given, f<)llc)\ved by a gentle purgiitivc or 
clyster ; well-made giuel should be the only diet. 
Clover. — " P.," Lnconia, N. n.,say^ his clover 
has run out. and he does not wish to break up the swaivl 
If he can get it in again without. We would try .'■owing 
clover seed, then harrow, sow plaster, and roll, or drag 
it all over with a heavy bush hanowif you have no roller, 
^ra$»s <br a Cirove.—" F. J. C." writes 
to j:ow grass see*! in a giove of Cliesliiuls and Bli-ck 
Oaks, 25 to 40 feet apart, and some nearer togetlier.— He 
r;in not do better than to break up ihe old sod and sow 
Blue grass, or Blue gniss and Orchard grass mixed. 
£ns;li!>«ll Seeds. — Seed dealers will not fail 
to notice the advertisement of the house of James Carter, 
Dunnetl & Beale, upon page 333 of this paper. The 
name of Carter as conneried witii the seed trade is famil- 
iar to all who real Englisli Agricultural and Horticul- 
tural papers, and their reference lo ued linowu dealeis 
here shows tiiat they have established a good repuiaiion 
upon this side of the water. Tliey are alive to their own 
interest In selecting a medium through which to become 
■widely known to the Aiuericaa seed trade. 
XltanlcN to Cj-riis ^V, Field,— Augtist 
14ih 3 o'ldork P. M. We are now realing the trans- 
actions in Londfm and Paris, of To-day Noon '. '. '. 
Extra Size. — This number, like all but two 
of the previous nuinbeis of this year, iias several extra 
{lages. It now looks as if we should be obliged to " keep 
doing so all the time." 
Snnilry Il9isn1>iig-s. — The swindlers are 
having a hard time of it. Tlie Agriculturist, and ihe 
talk it has raised, meet tliem in every corner of ihe land. 
Then the N. Y. City Posi-Office shut down on them, and 
after July Ut none of the known or supposed fraternity 
of rascals could get a P. O. Box. Tins of course com- 
pelled the chaps to call in person and prove their identiiy, 
or to have an aciual place of business to receive letlers 
from the carriers— a fatal ihin? to the greater portion of 
tiiem, as they ha I hithe'to dodge I detecijon by having 
only a nominal plare of business, and a P. 0. Cox. We 
aie Riad to learn from the Po>t-office liere. iliat the letter 
bminess of these operators has fallen oH" to less than a 
tenth of what it was a (rw mr)nths ago. We have ample 
proof that in its warnings, and Its exposures of these 
swindlers, ihe Agriculturist has saved to the people the 
preseni year, at least five limes as much as its entire sub- 
scription hns cos'. We shall uy to be faithful iti this 
rcsi'.ect in ihe future, and \\e solicit a copy of every cir- 
cular or scheme tiiat comes out hereafter Not much 
nee I be added about particular cases this month... D, 
Miller, of the '" Depository of the .Mechanics' and Manu- 
facturers' United Siotdt Company"' has been operating 
somewhat. His "$150." '"Siej,"' '• §300." etc., prizes 
have been scattere I around freely. We liave a score or 
two of them on hand. For liie $ J paid for these he sends, 
as piizes. ?nme poorly printed " certificates" of a great 
many shares in the "Saudi/ River Petroleum Prize Com- 
pany.'* What's that, ? and where is it ? We have some 
of these ceitiflcates— one for 300 shares sent to Ross 
County, 0.. as the *' $300 prize" drawn by ,Mr. ; 
another for $16') (iCS shaves i'l tiie S. R P. P. Company) 
sent to a Massachusetts L'-gislator. etc. As we said last 
month, this is " a lig swindle !" We have hits of 
tickets, is'ued by different operat(us. for watches "valued 
at'' $13 toSTSO, and have i)y [>roxy called on all the parlies 
that could be found (not one-fourth of them are where 
their circulars and tickets say they are), and not one of 
the watches was worth the small sum asked for tiie 
tickets. The same of other articles of jewelry, etc., etc. 
The "honey raanufae.tnrer" is a humbug; $5 is 
aftked for r recipe, which we published several years ^ 
ago and condemned Humbug " Mackey & Co.," 
and M. Morphy •& Co. issue precisely the same circulars, 
except the hea iiu'.; and name-:, botli printed froni tlie same 
type! The sewing machines offere 1 by tickets, and 
the '•English Ti:ne Keepeis" aie worthless . The 
Washington '"Giand National Concert," as slated l.ist 
month, was a simou pure " lottery." opeiaiing upon the 
benevolence of people.. .. ..Wesibrook & Co.. of N. V. 
City, send tliiee tlifferent srhemes in one envelope. They 
say tlieir *' .Maimfaclory is not accessible until furilier 
Notice." Will ihey not h'irryup that "notice" and let 
us in to see tlie grand tilings. They offr-r *' Phoi'hs of 50 
voluptuous Femile Beauties I" Parkinson <fc Co., in 
the "ticket" line of business, feel dreadful bad at heing 
refused a Box in the N. Y. P. O., and issue a '"sm-ashing" 
circular against said Office. Paikinson & Co. must be 
splendid fellows, and wonderfully ii( h and generous, 
too, for in one of tlieir circulars we find ISS^OOO ar- 
ticles, valued at dS, 800,000, or $53 each, all nffeye<.i 
for $oeach I or less tliau oiie-lenth of tlieir "value." Why I 
they offer at $5 each, *'500 solid goid hunting watches 
valued at $300 to $750 " a piece, and another "530 watches 
valued at $250 to $500" each ! We found their magni- 
fieient establishment to be a small upper room, and could 
but wonder wheie they keep the 3500 watches, the 1000 
music boxe«, the 1000 silver dining sets, the ISOO silver 
lea sets complete, the 2000 silver urns and salvers, the 
20U0 richly framed oil paintings, the 3000 mammoth pho- 
tographic albums, etc., etc. Thai little upper room of 
theii'smust be a wonderful place. Wishweconld see 
something beyond that " talking hole " in the partition, 
through which i hey do business with callers. We wouhi 
give the priee of several $> tickets to have one h)ok at 
half the things they claim to be distributing ; it would be 
a bigscr sight than all Paris affonls. We strongly en- 
dorse the advice of Parkinson & Co-'s, (alias, Hubbard. 
aliaa Gatighan.) as in their circular they say '• we IP. & 
Co.] beg of you not to make any remittances by mail.'' 
A1>oiit PicUles.— "With pickles for family 
use there is no difficulty, but many who raise cucumbers 
on the large scale for [)rofit, there is a doubt as to how 
they shall dispose of their crops. Many have gone into 
the raising of cucumbers for pickles, from rei)orts of 
the large returns of some few cultivators. Those who 
within our knowledge have made pickle-raisin^; the most 
profitable are those who. living within easy distance of 
the great pickle factories, could find a ready sale for their 
crop. The putting up of pickles and canning tomatoes, 
iiiid the like, is a regular business, and is prosecuted by 
those who have the exi>eiience and capital, on so large a 
scale, that it is not advisable for small operators to at- 
tem|tt to compete with them. Growers of cucuniber.s, 
tomatoes, and the like, who are near these large estab- 
lishment?, meet with a ready sale for the raw material. 
There is another class of growers who live within a few 
days Ity rail, who find a market for their cucumbers by 
slighily salting thetn. Tlie.<;e put up their cucumbers iti 
tight barrels, with a half peck of salt, then fill tlie barrel 
with water and bung it up. In this weak brine the cu- 
cumbers will keep a week or two, but if aUowed lo re- 
main much longer they will get slimy. This is the way 
in whicli growers send the cucumbers to not very far dis- 
tant factories. To put up cucumbers to last for a long 
time, instead of four quarts of salt to the barrel, at least 
a half bushel shoul I be u-ed. A brine of this strength, 
in tight barrels, will, as we are informe I by an old pickle 
maker, keep them for an indefinite time. For family use, 
when small pickings are made daily, it is as well to dry 
salt the cucumbers. They will give out their water to 
make a brine an I will shrivel, but when soaked for put- 
ting in vinegar they will acquire their plumpness. Use a 
plenty of sail, as no more will be dissolved than is needed. 
Arcliitecture. — The book of designs, etc., 
which we noticed in July (p. 245) meets with such general 
favor from practi<!al men (carpenters, etc.) that we call 
attention to it again. It is adverllsed on page 340. 
Hovi' much Hay ^vlU an Ox Eat a 
Daf ? that is, what proportion of his own weight ; sup- 
posing he is in good " store " order from first to last, has 
a good stable in winter, and is required to do no work ? 
Another Report on Peas,—" H. W. B." 
writes from PeeUskill, N. Y. " A correspondent in your 
August Ai(riciiltiirist is indignant over 'Carter's First 
Crop Pea.' and slauchters Carter, and seedsmen general- 
ly. My experience is fir happier. 1 boutiht of Thor- 
burn, in New Voik. the same pea, (which is sid 1 also 
under the name of Sutton's Ringleader.) It came on 
finely, and on June 1 1th we gathered the first mess. The 
vine is early, very producllve. and the pea Ihe best early 
pea that we have yet tried. Another pea tried this year 
for the first lime is * McLean's Little Gem.* It is very 
early, a dwnrf. growing but abimt 14 inches lu'.;h, quite 
productive, and of a flavor nearly equal to tlie Ciiampion 
Fig. 3. 
of England. It is the only wrinkled dwarf pea that I 
have ever seen. The peas on which I shall rely for an- 
other year, are : For very early. Carter's First Crop ; for 
early, McLean's Little Gem ; and fur main crop, Cham- 
pion of England." « 
Cooking: E-g IMaiits.-" L. M. R.," and 
others, ask how to cook the egg plant, or rather egg fruit. 
Slice the fruit half an inch or more thick, peel and place 
for an hour oi* so in salt and water ; then drain and dip 
in thin batter, or preferably in egg, and then in pounded 
cracker and fry brown. They are sometimes fried with- 
out baiter or egg, but then tltey soak u[) fat and become 
too greasy. The rind is sometimes left on to make the 
pieces hold loijether, but w hen they are covered as above 
this is not neces-ary. There may be<uher ways tif cook- 
ing this fruit, but the above is the only one we have tried, 
and is good enough. 
The :\ew Potato «iig— Xlie lO-liucd 
Spearmaii.— Numerous specimens of this fearful pest 
have been sent us this year from Iowa and Illinois. Last 
year we had il from west of the Mis- 
sissippi, and as it seems to be pro- 
gressing easiwaid — aci-ordingto Mr. 
Walsh in the Practical Entomologist 
— at the rale of over 50 miles a year, 
we reproduce imr engraving of Ihe 
beetle and its larvfe, in order that It 
may be recognised and -'.siamned out" 
on its first appearance In any locality. 
P'S- 1' The in.^ect is known to emomologisis 
as Doryphora decemlineata. and is represented in its per- 
fect stale, fig. 1. of twice the natural size. It is yelloi^, 
with 10 black stiipes. It lays its eggs on the leaves tif 
the potato; they are yellow, placed endwise in clusters, 
and hatch in about six days. 
The young larva is nearly 
black, but when full grown, 
fig. 2, (enlarged.) is orange 
colored with black maik- 
iiigs. In seventeen days 
it goes into the earth, 
where it lakes on the pupa state, and in thirteen days 
comes forth as a perfect insect. These dates are from a 
very interesting series of obsetvations communicated to 
the Practical Entomolf>gist by Henry Shirrner, M. D.. <rf 
Motuit Carroll, 111. This destructive insect has some 
natural enemies among insects, but the only practical 
way thus far known of treating them is to hand-pick, or 
knock them ofl" into a pan and destroy them. Mr. J. 
Malony, Jr., Dubuque Co., I«)wa, sent us a particularly 
fine lot which came alive, and wc have taken good care 
that they shall not increase here, except in print.— Since 
the above was in type, we notice a repoit that this 
destructive insect has appeared in Maine. If tlils is true, 
it is greatly to be regretted, and we trust that it will 
prove that some othei' Insect has been mistaken for It. 
A Mine in tlic MnoU Stamps,— 
It is hard to make people believe that in those dark, 
black, alder-growing, musquito-hatching, ague-t-reeding, 
snakey, musk-ratty nuisances of peat bogs, an I muck- 
swamps, which have bfen eye-sores and abominations, 
they are to find their EMoradoes— their gold mines~and 
Anthracite mine?. The material whirh shall warm them 
in winter, and cheer them in summer, which shall carpet 
the landscape with green and gold, make situling harvests 
and heavy purses. Notice the advertisement of Prof. 
Johnson's new work on ^' Peat ayid Its Uses,'' on p. 339. 
S. S. Question ItooUs.— The ec-iea, en- 
titled '' Less ojis /or every Sunday in the Year" embrace 
fiiur numbers, each containing 52 lessons, viz: No» I9 
The period from the Birth of Christ to ihe End of Acts ; 
No, 2, The rest of the New Testament ; No. 3, From 
Adam to Elijah ; No. 4, From Elijah to Christ. The 
plan in each book is : the selection of lessons lo be learned 
of .about T verses each, and connecting them with a histo- 
ry, so that w hile the lessons are land-marks in order of 
time, the connecting histoty gives the pupil a clear idea 
of the events of each period in the order of occurence. 
The questions and answers, direct or by references, aid 
both teachers and scholars to thought, an 1 are especially 
valuable to the great mass of teachers who are not sup- 
plied with abundant commentaries and reference books. 
These books seem to have met a decide i want among 
Sabl>ath School people, as between three and four hum.' 
dred thousand of them have been called for, we believe, 
almo't equally from all denominations of Christian.". 
Editions are issued by several publi'-hers, one of which 
is supplied at the Agriculturist Om^c. Price 15 cents 
each. $1.44 per dozen, or $12 per 100 conies, for any of the 
numbers. If ^ent by mail 4 cents each must be ad.ledfor 
prepaid postage, or 3 cents each in packages of ten or 
mot-e. Four sample copies (Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4) will 
be sent postpaid to any address for 65 cents. 
