SOUTHERN CULTIVATOl 
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I. EVE T, I X INSTRUMENT . 
Editors -Soutiikrv Cultivator — The annexed sketch 
of a Level which I have for many years made use of in 
taking levels on my hillsides, will, perhaps, from its sim- 
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pliclty, eheapness and accuracy, be of some use to our 
farmers in laying off vineyards, orchards or roads, etc. 
A, A, are two glass tubes ; phials from which the bot- j 
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toms have been filed off arc as good eis any, so that the 
glass be clear and white, 
B.cB, B. B, is a tin tube, which any tinner wdll make 
for 25 cts.; its inner diameter should be a little larger than 
the diameter of the glass tubes : it should be water tight 
at the joints. 
D, is a socket, intended for the stick (E), which latter 
can be of any length. Now pour water (slightly colored) 
in one of the phials; it will, of course pass into B, fill k 
and rise into the other phial, and, of course, the two sur- 
faces (C, C,) of the water will be on a perfect level with 
each other, whatever be the quantity of water poured in, 
and whether the stick (E) be planted in the earth perpen- 
dicularly or not. 
The second sketch will show its use without requiring 
further explanation. The line A, B, being the line of 
level and the uprights (?•!, N, 0, P,) being sticks put up at 
suitable distances. 
A single inspection of these plates will show at once 
that nothing can surpass the accuracy of this instrument, 
however coarsely it may be made, while the truthfulness of 
most other levels depends on the mathematical cor- 
rectness of the make. 
We cannot too e^irnestly urge the imjxirtance of the use 
of the level to the farmer. The present method 
^ of plowing hill sides any and all ways is ruinous 
to bottoms and hill-sides. 
I could point out a dozen fields, once fertile and 
watered by fine springs, which are now convert 
ed into arid sand-banks, while deep gullies on the 
hill sides attest whence the sand came from ; and 
the springs, and indeed in many instances fine 
runs of water, have completely disappeared. 
A. C. 
Soitiil Laroli ,u/ . iMarch. 1851 
TlIE.iTi’CtiNT 
S-'OR DOGS, 
Slieor. 
IIORSE.S, AND 
6V/ — A.'vsw me to nfTer to your correspondent ‘'Wid- 
geon,'' me folio .ving Minple cures. 
I'.l.^rKMPF.R IN DOGS. 
DIARRllOIA IN SHEEP. 
I have found rock salt to be an efiectual corrective. For 
field stock, lumps of it must be put into “box troughs,” 
with only one side open, v/hich must always be turned 
away from the wind, on account of the rain. 
I have fu;-!j:l from experience that a large tablespoonful 
of common s vlt elfeets a cure, if given at the commence- 
ment of the dis .Mse. If the first dose be not sufficient, it 
nsav be repeated alter the lapse of one day. 
.1 A UNDICE IN DOGS. 
Some time since a large thorough-bred retriever, belong- 
ing to a friend, hid the misfortune to be poisoned, but 
fatal effecls \v.<-r i prevented by nature compelling him to 
vomit very i.'ee'y. d'hree full days afeewards, being in- 
formed that hail not purged since vomiting, I was 
induced to apply <i railier severe remedy, in the shape of 
two drops oi croioii oil on the tongue, at the same time 
giving directions !br liis diet to be plain, and of a liquid 
nature, (^n the se -ond day after administering the cro- 
ton oil, the aiiinjai iiad peificiiy recovered his usual 
I'.eakhy state. 
As ratv eggs -irn said to be an alleviation, if not a cure 
for this disease in t'lr- human .subject. 1 h.ave no doubt they 
VTOuld be eqac.lly effectual with dogs, 
WORMS IN ItORSE.S. 
One plrtofcold drawn lin.seed oil will be found an ef- 
fectual cure: but remember that perfect rest must be given 
while it rern.ain.s in the stomach. The worms will surfeit 
themselves wifi! the oil, and so die, when they will be dis- 
charged ia the .:ou . .se of nature. 
SUBSTITUTE FOR CLASS IN CUCUMBER FRAMES, tC. 
The following is in answer to one of your correspon- 
dent.s ; — Procure some strong canvass, and brush it over 
with boiled linseed oil while in a hot state, allowing it to 
dry thoroughly previous to the next application. Three 
coats will be sufficient. It being presumed that the 
wooden frame is already made, stretch the canvass, and 
nail it on carefully. D. C., 
[Li jMortoni’ Practical AgricuUure. 
Wood A.she.s saturated with chamber lye, forms 
an exceedingly valuable manure. .By attention to the 
saving and mixing of these two materials, a quantity of 
rich manure may be annually obtained at the homestead 
of every farm, equal in quantity and high fertilizing pro- 
perties to a ton of Peruv ian Guano, costing fifty or sixty, 
dollars . — Ohio Valley Varuier. 
£h^A correspondent of the Boston TranscripL says 
the Chinese linden, or lime in addition to its being the 
very best and most beautiful shade tree, i.s of great impor- 
tance as a destroyer of the common house fly. In the 
season of house flies he had found that almost innumerable 
quantities of dead house flies were, in the morning, under 
the branches of linden, amounting to thousands upon 
thousands, the surface around being literally covered vridt 
them. 
