SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
A Chkap FKNGt;. — Being short of rail timber, and 
Jiedges require so much labor and patience, I have tried 
the following method of economizing, with perfect sue - 1 
cess. Plow and shovel up a ridge six feet wide and two | 
feet high ; then lay stones or blocks for the end of the j 
rails to rest on, 1 ft. thick or more ; this makes it 3 ft. liigh | 
to the rail. Four rails high with poles along the middle j 
well locked or staked, make it as high as eigtit or nine in j 
the ordinary way. It should be well banked up to the i 
bottom rail, and seeded down to gra.ss. ITogs cannot get i 
a foothold to creep through, neither can cattle knock it ! 
down or jump over, as the shoveling leaves a deep furrow j 
on each side. — Gcne^iee Farimr. { 
Extraordinary Pka. — We have in our office the long- 
est specimen of a pea that we ever saw. The pods mea- 
sure 221 inches, and contain 20 peas in each. They 
were grown by Mr. Austin Babb, in the upper part of 
this district. Mr. B. informs us it is very prolific both in 
vine and fruit, and he thinks it will be found a most ex- j 
eellent renovator of the soil, as well as food for animals, j 
The pea is larger than the common cow pea, but we think ! 
it is of the same species, — Lo.urensvillc Herald. | 
Innitstic ©ranniii^ khIi : 
Cure for Cholera Ln’fantfm. — The following is said | 
to be a most efficacious remedy for tlie cure of this fatal | 
and distressing disease among children, which pa.rents i 
would do well to cut out for reference : 
Take a pound of wheat flour, wrap it tightly in a cloth, 
and boil it for three hours. When cold, cut off the muci- i 
lage and a ball is left resembling chalk. This is to be ■ 
given to the patient in boiled milk, mixed with a small; 
quantity of good port wine. The milk must be pure, , 
and not from swill fed cows. The remedy is simple and ■ 
within the reach of all. i 
To Bleach MLLsr.iNs and White Clotii.es Beautiful- ! 
LY. — Take one pound of Chloride of Lime, and pour on to \ 
it in a jar one gallon of water ; stir it well with a stick for i 
i fifteen minutes ; then let it settle and pour off the clear j 
1 liquor into clean bottles, and cork up for use. A tumbler- j 
: ful added to a tubful of water, in which the clotlies are 
rinsed, will add very much to their whiteness. This : 
I must be made in a stone vessel. 
To Make Leather Tarnish. — To 1 quart of strong j 
; alcohol add one-half pound of gum shellac, 1 oz. rosin, : 
I and one-fourth oz. camphor. Set in a warm place, with i 
|i frequent stirrings for several days, or until all is dissolved ; | 
! then add 2 oz. lamp black with a little alcohol — and it is | 
; ready for use, and as good as the best. If too thick, thin i 
■ with alcohol. : 
Vinegar. — Vinegar may be made from cider mucli i 
I quicker and better by diluting it one-fourth with soft water j 
and exposing a large surface to the air, by filling the cask j 
about two-thirds full and exposing it to a temperature of ! 
about 77°. ^ I 
It may be made much quicker and cheaper by the fol- 
lowing : — Molasses and whiskey, each one gallon ; water, 
thirty gallons ; cider, five gallons; brewer’s yeast, one- 
half gallons ; expose as above. | 
To Clean Kives avith Expedition and Ease. — Make : 
a’strong solution of the common washing soda and water; ; 
after wiping them, dip the blades of the knives in the | 
solution, then polish on knifeboard. The same would of j 
course be effectual for forks. This simple method will no j 
doubt greatly diminish the dislike which some servants ^ 
have of this part of domestic labor. . 
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Convulsions in Children. — Dr. H. G Davis says : “In 
a few cases of convulsions in children, wheel have ar- 
rived so late as to find the little paiient, to appearance, 
in uriiculo mortis, and feeling that whatever was done 
must be done instantly, I have applied to the chest a nap- 
kin wet in quite boililing hot water. It was applied for 
a second, perhaps then after being raised, for two or three 
seconds the application repeated, thus jus; failing short of 
injuring tiie skin. The effect wms in every instance to 
cause tliC child to take a full inspiration soir.ewhat like a 
sigh, the pulse immediately returning ■vvl-.ei: :c had been 
entirely lost at the wrist.” 
To Clarify Cider. — Mix together oi.e ■ o/jart each of 
lime and clean dry ashes, and two quarts of new milk. 
Pour tliese into a hogshead of cider just Lorn the press. 
In ten hours it will be fit to rack. 
Simtitistinriits. 
ITE W YORK STATE AGRICVTLTTIRAL 
Works, by Wheeler, Melick <3^ Co. 
Doable Poi'cr, and Combined Thresher and Vi'^nroicer in opera- 
tion. 
"TT rE arc Manufactnrer.s of Endless Chain Uall'vaY ^lorse Poat- 
T T er.s, and Farmers’ and Planters’ Machinery for Horse PoAver 
nse, and are owners of the Patents on, and principal makers of the 
followiuff caJ.nable MACHINES : — Wheeler’s Patent Single Horse 
Power, and Overshot Thresher with Vibrating Separator. This is 
a One Horse IMachine, adapted to the wants of modimn and .smalt 
grain growers. It separates grain and chaff from rhe straAv, and 
tlireslies about IdO bushels of wheat or twice as many oat.s j^er day. 
without changing hor.ses — b}' a change nearly double the quantity 
may be threshed. Price 8128. 
Wheeler’s Patent Double Horse Power, and Overshot Thresher 
with Vibrating Separator. This Machine islike ‘he preceding, but 
larger, and for two hprses. It does doidilc the ■■'. :>; k of the Single 
Machines, and is adrtfsted to the wants of iai u-' and meoinm grain 
growers, and persons aaTio make a bu.s in (■>.', oi .’■-- oshing. I’rice 
-8160. 
Wheeler's Patent Double Horse Power, ami Vo ; -,od Thre.-rher 
and Winnower. [.ShoAvn in the cmt.] Tliis N ;o o a Two Horse 
Machine ; it threshes, separatc.s the grain fr<m> U.e straw. an<l'.viii- 
uows it at one operation, at the average rat<- of inb bashei- ofwlicar 
and 300 bushels of oats per day. In out-door vto; k, and for (ler.-^onv 
Avho irake a bu.sincss of threshing, it h .an l um^uallod 3lachine. 
Price -8245. 
Also Clover Ilullers, Peed Cutters and 8;>-.vkig Machines. 
Our Horse Powers are adapted in a 1 re.^-pet ts to driving every 
kind of Agricultural and other Maclnne.-, li admit of beirg'- 
driven by Horse Fewer, and our Thoshers may be driven by any 
of the ordinary kind.s of Horse Powers m use — eit'.e-^ are sold separ- 
ately. 
'|2^'^To 2 )er.sous Avishing more information and applying Iw m.ail, 
we will foiward a circular containing such details as purchaser .i 
mostly want — and can refer to gentlemen having our machines, in 
every .State and Territorj'. 
*AOnv tirm have been engaged in maiuifaotin icg this cla.ss of 
Agricultural Machinery, 22 year.*, and have had longer, larger and 
more extended and .sucees.sful experience than any other House . 
All our Machines are waivantedto give entire satisfaction or m.ay 
be returned at the expiration of a reasonable time for trial. 
tli Orders from any part of the United States and Territories, or- 
Caiiada, accompanied with satisfactory references, will be filled 
with i)romptness and fidelity. And iJIachine.s securely packed, 
will be forwarded according to in.«trucf ion.«, or ))y cheapest and bc.sc 
routes. WIIEELEP, MELICK dc CO., 
April.57— It Albany, N, Y. 
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