^*t?t,mxt* AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
which he offers to sell thorn We g ^ 
any of Koh'scred'torH 'eleue • • ^^ 
£=S2£s£££5£ 
™ vnr. ohio has sent this concern money, has 
^rrtt-rhaano^y^jrUes^ 
to know "what course to pursue, ^ »dv«c 
friend to buy last year's ^^^T^a this 
tead over the , Hnmbng ; artidcs. where ^^ 
dollar for a dime. 
LOTTERIES AND GIFT CONCERTS. 
^nder various names aud^plaus^leohjec^seve™. 
* *hnf the- rlriwinc is to take pitux """ 
ment that tne uww»»fc n,ja i* thi 1 case 
ifllgis 
e^ery lot ST.^U. or worse. They need some 
funds for the Nebraska Orphan Asylum. What if the 
funds tor ' Jn a.*es, Marshals, and other emi- 
^ ml "attached to 'it, So much the ^eatcr 
shame If a missionary is sent to Omaha we hope 
tickets arc to be issued at $1 each, and $86,780 »r ( . to oe 
Lffi^KSLta are sleeping in ignorance 
tells us that c . rcttlar we are deposed 
and vice, and after ^ ^ ind ication 
S^-Aof^oranc," We would suggest 
,L this Rev Mr. Clarke is in a business in which no 
the end does no sancti y t ^ jn 
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wealthy city of Brooklyn. 
FOREIGN LEGACIES. 
The foreign legacy humbug has started up again A 
The foreign »P*» uame d Benedict, has circulars 
cha P inG.asgow ^co land name ^ ^^ 
"eeTn advance. We don't advise taking much stock. 
in foreign legacies. 
QUACK DOCTORS AND MEDICINES. 
The melancholy thing about this department of hum- 
bu ? g n"t the tL that victims are so read, y found^no 
IS? among ^- aM ignc^ ^ mong ^se 
diamonds upon ^Mrt.bo^^ne ,u . short time 
ST TwT^ed ^he C con,d get his remedy in 
coS but lie intimated that he knew too much o try 
that He told us that last year his profits were $75,000 
, .!,«.« ia thp " Oxvaenizea Air. uxygi-u 
C '??! has been used more or less since the days 
^Sr^'^onlialwayBVu^-inne^ 
Vinirioia, w nere are Moore's African 
£T- £~ "^ No, we than, you. 
£X y has heen e.nghfor the preset ; t£s African 
ST^VSS " E-lsior Ointment of 
C and his te«o*» JWte stuff. He gives his pre- 
eedpuon for making his medicine, hut as Cannab s 
E* not grown in this country, he informs people 
whe we regular thing can be had in Philadelphia 
Ms is very old and very thin We must repeat 
■ n,„t no New York University or Dis- 
again and again that no new x "/"..„ 
their cures. Let all such alone. 
nO-ROPEB BOOKS AND APPLIANCES, ETC. 
Tor those who send for books and prints advertised in 
nVht Don't come w-hining to us_ because you d.d not 
ngnt. jjuu h no S j. m p a thy 
with'tco "wh -d mone°y for improper things and 
gt cheated, but we have great «**» ™ 
person who receives a vile circular, asking ; i™ fc .buy 
, i.. r,iet,,res and applances which he had ne-ser 
New Jersey. The two outer pages are filled with unex 
^epUonab e matter-even that of a religious tone-while 
the Se is filled with advertisements of the most oh- 
jectlonable kind. 
QUICK WATS OF MAKING MONEY. 
Howisitpossible for a person to fall into a trap like 
that of Dennis Wells, who offers to show how to make 
* 000 a di? Why does not Dennis make the money 
htnelP If people would apply this test to these rapid 
nimseii. u p v sge ^ follyo fthem. 
r c ~ A H g g'eat 4 inducements with Notebook 
Tea and Coffee, is not to be found in the N.T Directory. 
SuspiciousWing chromo advertisements appear in 
the Boston papers. 
DEAlEnS IN THE " QUEER." 
Our Humbug article would not be complete without a 
refc "nc to those who apparently offer to send counter- 
feit money. We described last month the manner o 
onera in, A printed or lithographed circular is sen 
Z anta name and address is inclosed, on moose *p£ 
™£pv Wo rive the following names: At 34 Amity 
SS^sScSto Dr. G.B. Ernes, P. L. Hawkes, T. 
Hodman, C. Large, Dr. Geo. Frefole, OnM ««-. B 
M Welle , Egbert Warton, H. Hinds. At 74 Bleeckcr s, .-J. 
Bishop, OlBur»,0. Bedell, Geo. Bower, W Barney 
A "b Beesey, W. Craut (or Crant), Wm. C hides te , L. 
SDow, in" W. C. Dutton, J. W. Ensign, E. Goodrich, L. 
M S Geo.M. Green, A.E.Kelly, B. Laniphere, 
HB M eeh, C. Melvin, G. L. Masher, Col. L. Putnam, | 
Geo Kichey L. D. Skelton, Col. J. Townsend L. Wal- 
dronCB Miles J.WardEmerson. At 609Broadway-A. 
M Bond Wen Ballard, M. T. Ferrier, J. Travis, D. An- 
tho! Ail of theaddresseshere given, save.wo, are wnt- 
eZpon precisely the same paper and in the same ban 
Isn't it a pretty set of aliases? J. W. ^mga,M 4 
Bleecker street, says: "Remember I Co not dare to 
calt any letter, and if you write me by mail I w, 
neverget your letter." What a green person roust rt 
be who will trust money to a man who does ' not dare 
o call for a letter ? From S3 Broadway, circulars are sent 
bvReidDelafleld&Co.,who entreat their correspond- 
entfto send by express, "never by mail, positive a 
never," to which we add-nor in any other way. It .s 
Xlan holy to think that there are fools -ons -n he 
country to make profitable such a ^»™^! 
this pretended counterfeit-money business 3t» ^ 
solation to know that those who send for the queel 
Tevl getany ; they lose their money and are ashamed 
[o squeak.". . .Since the above was written we not, e 
hat some of these dealers have been arrested, and the 
M yor of New York promises to do all tluit the , prese,, 
laws will allow him to do in suppressing this Tile 
swindle. 
plow a better furrow, and check out his cornfield more 
equally, if he can saw a straight cut through a board, or 
inane a straight edge on it. Besides, every farmer ought 
to know how to make his gates, or build his sheds and 
stables o pig-pens, in such a shape that he will not be 
Istmed oMhem. In this way he sav.s money ; which 
is money twice earned. 
Good AdTicc.-"S. W." writes: "I see 
• Walks and Talks' is in doubt whether mangel-wurzels 
are or are not more profitable than corn. I would say, al- 
ZlZ^e oo<A."-We think this hits the nail right on the 
h3 Thf wo fed together are more profitable than 
either alone-and our friend W. and T. would be the last 
man to say otherwise. 
The Practical Ittaffazine.-Tbis is an 
elegant monthly of eighty large quarto pages, devoted to 
" Industrial News, Inventions, and Improvements. I 
number, or $10 a year. 
Tools for Boys.-" J- A. B.," Peoria, 111., 
asks a it will help a boy to be a farmer to learn how to 
use carpenters' tools.-Decidedly ; every farmer shou d 
taw now to use carpenters' tools, and he will be apt to 
Oats for Batter.-" J- 3.," Warren Co., 
Ohio has five hundred bushels of oats, which are worth 
only thirty cents a bushel. He asks if it won Id .pay bettei 
tofeed them to milch cows, makingbutter at twenty-toe 
cen s a pound, than to sell them.-If they arc ground 
into meal and four to six quarts a day are fed to good 
,- average cows, the extra yield of butter ought to pay for 
the ofts, and the better quality of the manure made and 
Se gain in the calves wffl yield a fair profit besides. 
Scratches.-" G. P.," Buffalo.wants aremedy 
for the scratches.-Scratches or grease may very of ten be 
cured by washing the legs with warm water and soap, 
nd, after drying 5 thoroughly with a soft cloth, applying 
glycerine or lard perfectly free from salt If this does 
not avail, a pound of "concentrated lye" or carbonate 
of polash may be dissolved in two quarts of water and 
So. bottle. A quarter of a pint of th.-o'u'mn 
should be put into a pailful of cold water and the horse s 
heels bathed with it night and morning. The legs should 
^e dried immediately after the bathing, but considerable 
moisture will exude from the skin afterwards. The 
rtablemustbekeptclean,andno snow or ice allowed to 
remain on the legs. 
Scoars la Sheep.- K. 6." wants areme- 
dv to" ' dysentery " in sheep. He probably means diar- 
Sea which is a far more common and less dangerous 
disease than dysentery. For ordinary cases of diarrhea 
n sheep change the food and give the sheep all they will 
eat o a m xture of equal parts of Glauber's-salt (sulphate 
f . la) and common salt. This may apparently increase 
the difficulty at first, but will usually effect acure. Where 
there are only one or two sheep affected, and it is probab y 
caased by weakness, give a pint of fresh milk made into 
Ho- ridge with a table-spoonful of -heat flour once a 
dav frum ta» ™* effect a cure, give two ounces ot 
Gl-uiber or Epsom salts and 20 drops of laudanum and in 
fie hours give tenmore drops of laudanum. If the .sheep 
is TCr y weak, give half a pint of warm ale with a little 
ginger or gentian. 
Weight of a Barrel of Potash.— 
"Reader" is informed that a barrel of potash we.gh. 
about 500 pounds. 
Spria* Wheat.- G. H. W " Gallatin 
Tenn wants information as to the cultivation and yield 
of spring wheat-Spring wheat Is a good crop in the 
more Northern States and Canada; it is sown as early a.l 
possible in spring on fall-plowed land, and succeed, peat 
or root*, or on new rich land is made to follow fall whert. 
tot the latter only in exceptional case,. A pood jieW - » 
25 bushel, per acre. This crop is not suitable for Tea, 
neseee, nor for south of the center of Lake Brie. 
Feeding Breeding Sows.-T. K. Loi 
« of Texas" sks: " Is there any feed that can he give 
without stint to a young sow that she may grow to h 
fullest capacity, and not get too fat ? "-We know of nou. 
You must use more than one kind of food, and feed wi 
bid" me.it, sometimes making the food richer and souj 
time"more bulky, in proportion to nutriment Our own 
plan which wc have not space to give a detail is to 
feed Voun- sows intended for breeding all the rich food 
hey can cat and digest until they are four or five mon^s 
rfd y ,mt sometimes until they arc seven or eight montri 
o dldepending on the season and on the deposition tf 
f ten. When they appear to be getting too fa (not j 
compared with common pigs, but as compared with other! 
ofThe salne breed), we give all the food they will eatj 
clean but make it less nutritions. Turnips, cabbaf 
mangels, green clover, and bran are good to weaken J 
food' and corn-meal, oatmeal, or barley mea good to ea 
rich i P)»nty of exercise, food, and water., our moti 
L„n R .Ueeping Apples.-In NovembJ 
,a,7 Mr. Otis Chiekering left with ns an apple which* 
hen in he third year of its age. This apple is a loj 
ariety at Enfield, Mass., of medium size, and swei 
Thy were always known as keeping uutU apples « 
TaTn, and late in the spring of 1S71 a barrel be.ng fod 
to excellent order, their keeping qnal.t.e, were <# 
further tested, and though harvested in 1870, they weri 
good order after the harvest of 1872. 
See page 119 and Third Cover-pag*j 
