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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[June., 
own precious bodies, the very "Temple"?.. . .Have 
not we given our opinion of advertising- doctors often 
enough to be spared inquiries about this or that one ? 
Let those who have written these inquiries look In the 
*• Humbug" column anytime these many years for their 
answer .. . The same will apply to afl '• Universities," 
" Medical and Electrical Institutes," "Wonderful Medi 
cal Discoveries, "'• Indian Blood Syrups," and the like. 
. Here is a goou sout who sends us a pamphlet called 
the "Good Samaritan," with several passages marked, 
and asks what we think of them. His marking the pas- 
sages shows that he thought they were inexpressibly 
vile, and he had little need to appeal to us Wonder- 
ful indeed must be the ** Parisian Flesh-Producer, ' upon 
which patients have grown fleshy without taking a par- 
ticle of food It is singular that this "Flesh Producer,'" 
which was discovered at a conference of the " leading 
physicians of France," anil "has been ordered by the 
Government to be used in hospitals," should first bo 
made known to us through a small circular. 
BURNING FLUIDS. 
It is again necessary to caution all as they value their 
lives to have nothing to do with those oils of which ben- 
zine, gasoline, or similar liquids form a part. It is pre- 
tended that by the addition of various substances the ex- 
plosive quality is removed. This is false, and no matter 
how much salt, potatoes, and other stuff ? be directed by 
the recipes, the liquid remains dangerous. Particu- 
larly unsafe are those affairs in which the liquid is con- 
verted into a vapor in the lamp, and then burn d after 
the manner of gas. The Vesta Gas-bnrner is of this 
kind, and seems to be industriously pushed. Our advice 
is to let all such things alone and, if need be. burn tallow 
dips rather than run the risk of them It is 
SO EAST TO GET RICH, 
that we wonder that any one remains poor. If we be- 
lieve the circulars that we have before us, one is sure of 
a handsome income. L. C. Kennedy & Co. show plainly 
how a post-master can get $2,000 a year without inves>t- 
in™ anything, by acting as agent for the "Seven Seals, 
or Golden Wonder." Young ladies can make $50 a week 
by selling recipes to make "Crystal Iloney ; " or 
a yearly income $1,001.50 — there is nothing like being 
exact— by selling certain snbscription-books, and so 
on The recipes that are Bold are usually either old 
and well-known ones, or are thoroughly worthless. Here 
is one that will serve as a sample of those sold verbatim 
it literatim : 
"A receipt to prevent mice, insects, bugs, or worms 
touching either fruit trees, current bnshes. tobacco 
Idants, or earden stuffs. Also for keeping either flies, 
ice or flees out of houses and from stock.— One quart of 
turpentine; one peek of lime ; one peck of ashes; one 
B'Ck of walnut, leaves; six onions; one quart of tar. 
irections.— Mix the above well together in one barrel 
of water, using the tar onlv to put around the trees to 
keep the worms from crawling i*p into the branches in 
the spring, and omitting the tar. lime, and ashes. When 
used for the house and stock, use the above as a wash, 
or to sprinkle over the above-named. And we warrant 
the same to work effectualy at all times and in all cases." 
If any one can find out what to do from these direc- 
tions, we hope he will do it We have letters asking 
about a Shirt-Pattern Company in New York. We know 
nothing abont this particular case, but it is always safe 
to avoid dealing wirh any person who does not give his 
place of business, bat only the number of a box at the 
post-office. 
Galvanized Iron I*ipe. — We learn that 
the American Submerged Pump Co. have abandoned the 
nse of ealvanlzed iron pipe, and substituted those cov- 
ered with enamel, which they claim perfectly protects the 
contact of the water and iron. 
■took Wanted. — "R. H.," Reading Pa. 
There is no one book that we know of from which you 
can get all the information necessary to carry on a farm. 
" Waring's Draining for Profit," etc., is a useful book on 
that subject, and *' Allen's New American Farm Book " is 
probably as good a one as there is on general farming. 
Agricultural College Funds.— In 
•ne State after another we find the land grant to establish 
Agricultural Colleges a source of trouble. Now New York 
has its turn, and the Legislature is asked to investigate 
the disposition made of these lands by Mr. Cornell. It 
is a new thing to find the name of Mr. Cornell associated 
with dishonesty, and he repudiates the charges in toto, and 
asks for an investigation. It would be more pertinent if 
Congress should Inquire how this grant came into the 
hands of Mr. Cornell a, all; for whatever else Cornell 
TTnivcr ity may be, Jt is not an Agricultural College. 
"What a motldle, with, a few exceptions, this whole Agri- 
cultural College ousiness had l)?^n from the beginning; 
and we nave abundant cause of congratulation that the 
additional grant lobbied for last year 30 thoroughly failed. 
M'risil T'rip.— We invite all parties not ac- 
quainted with our valuable paper to try it for six months, 
from July to December. Subscriptions will be received 
for that time at seventy-five cents each. Almost daily we 
hear the remark that some item in the American Agricul- 
turist is worih far more than a year's subscription ($1.50.) 
Please understand, we will send it for six months begin- 
ning July '73, for 75c. Of course this does not include 
the beautiful chromo "Mischief Brewing," which is of- 
fered to all yearly subscribers free when taken at 245 
Broadway, twenty-five cents extra when sent prepaid. 
Try it six months or a year. 
Jersey Herd. Kegrister. — The Second 
Vol. of the Herd Register of the American Jersey Cattle 
Club is out, and is in form and general style much like its 
elegant predecessor. This volume contains Bulls, 540 to 
917, and Cows 1,433 to 2,447. Besides these there is a 
lisUof owners, changes of ownership, and list of mem- 
bers. There are twelve fine photographic portraits of 
celebrated animals, and the whole is in keeping with the 
character of the choice animals to which the work is de- 
voted. To be had of the Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Club, Col. Geo. E. Waring, Jr., Newport, R. I. Price $5. 
Trusses and Rupture. — As trusses 
are mere mechanical appliances for a mechanical derange- 
ment of the body, we advertise them, as they do not 
come under the rule that excludes medical nostrums. 
The number of inventions for trusses almost equals 
those of washing machines and cooking stoves. The 
tendency of inventors of trusses is properly towards 
simplicity. Those who recollect the formidable combina- 
tions of springs, buckles, and pads formerly offered as 
trusses, will be surprised at the simplicity of the new 
Elastic Truss. This appliance is so light, and the pres- 
sure is so equal and gentle, that it may be worn night 
and day without inconvenience, while it is sufficiently 
firm to hold the rupture during the most violent exercise. 
Where practicable, it is advisable to have a truss fitted 
by a skilled person, and those who live in and near the 
city can find such at the elegant rooms of the Elastic 
Truss Co., GS3 Broadway, near Ara'ty street. The truss 
is cheap, and being so light that it can be sent by 
mail, it is brought within ihe reach of all who need one. 
A Good Thing- in a Good Place. — 
Mr. It. C. Browning, President of the Metropolitan 
Washing Machine Co., who has been a very large adver 
tiser, informs us that for some time past he has adver- 
tised only in this paper. He finds it to be his best paying 
medium. Other parties who have as good articles as the 
Universal Wringer and Doty Washer, which are made by 
the above-named company, will find the American Agri- 
culturist uncqualed for bringing good, paying customers. 
Flax Seed for Iff ares. — "Lankford." A 
small quantity of flax-seed meal occasionally will do no 
injury, but rather good to a mare in foal. One or two 
ponnds in the feed thrice a week would have a laxative 
and cooling effect. 
Manuring Salt Meadows.— U F. G.," 
Mapes Landing, N. J. It is doubtful if any mauurial ap- 
plication would improve the product of a salt meadow, 
unless it could be drained and freed from the overflow. 
In that case lime would be the best application in com- 
paratively lar^e quantities, say 75 to 100 bushels per acre. 
Marl would be the next best application. 
A Screw Stump-Puller.— "D. T. J).," 
Seattle, Washington Territory. A stump-puller that rests 
upon framed timbers as the one referred to, may he used 
without trouble on uneven land by blocking up beneath 
the sills. For this purpose a few spare wooden blocks 
should accompany the machine. 
Hay or Corn.— "L M. C," NorWifield, 
Ohio. Corn can not be substituted for hay altogether, and 
although corn may be only $15 per ton and hay $30, yet 
corn can not be used alone. It is too stimulating and too 
nutritious, and not sufficiently bulky to be fed alone. 
But if a ton of corn at $15 is fed with one ton of cut corn 
fodder at $5 a ton it will be equal to two tons of hay at 
$30 a ton, and in such a substitution there would be a great 
gain, equal to one half the cost of the hay. 
Grass for Wood Land.- "R. II.," 
Reading, Pa. Orchard grass i - the best to sow in s.haded 
pastures or in open woodland cleared for pasture. 
Crushing- Bones for Poultry.—" Mrs. 
S. D. G»V There is no hand machine for crushing bones 
for poultry. Bones are too hard for auy hand machine. 
Our plan is to have a large stone in the poultry yard, and 
break the softer bones with a common hammer, allowing 
the pieces to fly where they happen to go. The fowls 
generally attend very closely on the operation, and pick 
up the fragments as fast as they fall. The larger pieces 
are broken aaain until they are fine enough. The very 
hard bones are burned and given to the fowls with the 
ashes, from which they select the fragments. 
Keeping; Butter in Hot Weather. 
— " J.is. F C," Orange Co., N. C. There is little doubt 
that the soiling system will prove successful in your sec- 
tion where with rich soil and mild climate green crops 
maybe secured throughout most of the y< ar, if only a 
proper selection is made. Then with proper care in 
keeping the milk and packing the butter, there would be 
no reason why success could not be assured. With an 
ice-house and an underground dairy built somewhat on 
the plan of that figured in the Agriculturist of November, 
1871, pages 417, 41S, the milk and butter might be kept 
cool. In packing the butter care should Xm taken to pro- 
cure new white oak firkins or pails holding 50 to 100 
pnmids, which should be soaked in brine before being 
used. The butter should be packed closely in layers of 
six inches or thereabout with a handful of the best dairy 
salt sprinkled on each layer before the next is put down. 
When full the bnttcr is to be covered with a piece of 
muslin neatly fitted, this is covered with a layer of salt, 
and the firkin headed up tightly and kept in a cool place. 
Turnips Every Year. — "R. E. H.," 
White Creek, N. Y. It is not advisable to sow turnips on 
the same ground every year in succession. 
ISed Pepper for Stretches.— " L. N. 
C.,' 1 St. Croix Co., Wis., writes that he gave a teaspoon- 
full of red pepper in water to one of his she p which was 
suffering from stretches, and it soon recovered and com- 
menced eating. — As stretches is simply the remit of in- 
digestion, anything that promotes digestion is both a pre- 
ventive and a cure. Salt and sulphur regularly given to 
sheep is considered a remedy for this complaint. 
Using: Bones-'R. E. H ," Washington 
Co., N. Y. The easiest method of disposing of a wagon- 
load of bones is to burn them in a heap with waste wood, 
and then pound them into dust on the barn floor with a 
wooden pounder. They may then be sown in the drill 
with turnips, for which they are very useful, or may be 
spread on grass land or pastures. 
Cruelty to Animals. — " W. G. G ," 
Spencer Co., Iud., writes : " My cow was sick a few days 
after calving. I split her tail, put in sail and black pepper, 
and tied it up ; poured turpentine in tin- hollow back of 
her horns, and bored a hol« wit i a gimlet in each hum 
about two inches above the hair. Did 1 do right f" — 
Now this poor cow had recently calved, her appetite be- 
came poor, and she was continually lifting up her hind 
feet and setting them down in another place, showing by 
this action, as plainly as a dumb animal could, that she 
was in pain and stiff' rod from weakness consequent on 
her condition. It was simply a case of frequently oceur 
riug nervous debility, and should have been met with 
warm blankets over the loins kept wet with warm water 
if the cow's extremities were cold, and warm drinks of 
bran or oatmeal gruel, with soft bedding, and generally 
kind treatment and careful nursing, instead of the above 
cruelties, which make one shudder to think of. 
Mjinjrels.-'S. A. H.," Cherryvale, Kan. 
Mangels may be sown early in June. They are sown in 
drills the same as rutabagas, and need exacth the same 
treatment. In another place will be found a description 
of the method followed in Canada which is a good one. 
rump for Well 35 Feet I>eep.— U H. 
31. H.," Orange Co., N. Y. For a well 25 feet deep any 
common suction pump will answer. The best wooden 
pump is one of cucumber wood, the best metal pump is 
the American Submerged Pump. 
How to Raise Manjjels. — F. Malcolm, 
Innerkip, Ontario, writes as follows: I had about half an 
acre of mangels last year from which I took about 600 
bushels, part was Long Red and part Yellow Globe. The 
Long Red would have yielded the largest bulk, but I 
think most highly of the Yellow Globe, it being more solid 
and not liable to break in throwing into the cellar. My 
plan of sowing is first to make drills abont two feet apart, 
open the top with the end of a stick and sow immediately. 
if> pounds per acre is the usual quantity of seed.— En.) 
Then walk on the seed heel to toe, which will make 
quite a hollow in the center of the drill. Then with a 
garden-rake level the drill which will cover the seed 
about half an inch. Carrots I treat the same way. and 
have been very successful in getting a good catch. A 
little extra trouble inputting in the seed will perhaps 
give two or three hundred bushels more per acr*. 
