SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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Cohn and Hogs — From carefully conducted experi- 
ments by ditFerent persons, it has been ascertained that 
one bushel of corn will make a little over 10| pounds of j 
pork — gross. Taliing this result as a basis, the following 
deductions are made, which all our farmers would do well 
Id lay by for convenient reference. That 
When corn costs cents per bushel, pork costs 1 
♦ents per pound. 
When corn costs 17c. per bushel, perk costs 2 cents per 
pound. 
When corn costs 25 cents per bushel, pork costs 3 cents 
pound. 
W’hen corn costs 33 cents per bushel, pork costs 4:06015 
per pound. 
When corn costs 50 cents per bushel, pork costs 5 cents 
per pound. 
The following statements show what the* farmer re- 
alizes for his corn when soli in the form of pork: 
W’hen pt^rk sells for 3 cents per pound, it brings 25c 
per bushel in corn. 
When porN sells for 4 cents per pound, it brings 33c. 
per bushel in corn. 
When pork sells for 5 cents per pound, it brings 45c- 
per bushel in corn. j 
Cheap Paint for Holses, &c.— A correspondent of 
Ihe Ohio Farmer ffives an account of his method of mak- 
ing che.ap paint, as follows: 
] make a thin sizing of glue and flour, to give one coat 
This applied 1 next sift through a coarse strainer a quan- 
tity of water lime; this done, I next mix it with oil and 
■white lead. 1 nis mixture I applied as the first coat upon 
the s:zi)sig. When suffiidently dry. a second coat was pur 
on, of oil and lead. My last and flaishing coat was with 
oil and zinc. A purer white, ora better coat of surface 
paint, it would he diflicnlt to find. The main body of ihe 
house is 2.”S by 32 feet; the. back kitchen is about 20 feet 
■square, and one story high The amount of materia! used 
■was 4 lbs. 2 :lue, 80 cents ; 3 lbs. flour, 8 cts.; 75 lbs. wiiite 
lead, $7,50; 125 lbs zinc, S 12,50; 6 1-2 gallons oil, 
$7.31 total amount of material, $28,20. 
I have open thus particular, for the p'urpose of showing 
the economy of using oil. If I iiad not first used the sizing 
ihe oil wou'd have struck into the wood, without serurinij 
Ihe wished for benefit; then the water lime and lead 
when dry, make a bard, solid surfacAi. and becemes acorn 
pete preparation to receive the final finish cf lead or zinc, 
as the choice maybe; and which, in rny opinion, when 
finished as p-iiiiting should be will prove far more dura 
ble than oil and lead applmd direc»ly to the surface. 
Plaster. — This is a siimuiant ta all soils ; it nct.s more 
readily and perceptibly on those lhat have been well man- 
«r*"d than upon those barren of animal mattpr. Its nature 
36 to ahsoro both from the earth and air, and give to th 
grow mg plant The use of plaster on land plowed only 
four inches deep, will oe very apparent the first year, the 
second less so, and the third still le,s.s. The deepening by 
plowing two inches yearly, and spreading animal oi 
other manures, will keep the plaster in action. — Okii> 
Farvier. 
Gardening for CeiLDHf.N. — Cmidren’s gardens are 
now the fashion in Germany, and have bern suc--essfullv 
introduced into London A practical guide, to the Eng- 
lish Kitchen Garden has been issued by ihe -‘Counc 1 of 
E'lucaiion,” ari.l a monthly jourtial was c.om.^nenced m 
>lay hst by Mr. 5'nd Mrs. Ronge, who h.ave estublishe-' 
an institution tor the training of teachers, young ladies and 
.purses Their form of education is intrudneed into iht 
weareby tamiUes in an.stoc aiic qu>:rters Nothing coul: 
promise belter both for yomh and HxjTlicu.\lwTUt, 
Sun- Flower Ci lture. — Lieut. Maury has been recom- 
mending, in the Rural yp.w Yorker, the culture of the 
sunflower, as a preventive of the fever and ague. He 
tninks that the broad, r.ch leaves of this plant might ab- 
sorb from the air or soil, the poisonous elements which 
produce this disease. His recommendation is based on 
an experiment tried in 1856, at the .National Observatory, 
Washington. The spot was a sickly one, fever and ague 
especially, prevailed. Last year he planted with sun- 
flower seed, a belt of soil about forLy-five feet wide, around 
the Observatory, and on the side towards the marsh, and 
about one hundred and fifty, or two hundred yards from 
the building; the plants grew finely'. The ague prevailed 
all around; the people at the President’s house were at- 
tacked, but the Observatory men escaped. This is worth 
thinking of, but as Lieur. M. states, this fact does not es- 
tablish a theory.— Ohio Farmer. 
Fodder or HaY Caps. — There is no time to be lost in 
procuring these indispensable articles. Any man who 
saves hay or fodder should have a lot of these extempora- 
neous shelters. Coarse cotton sheeting, a yard and a 
and fit with loops of short twine at the corners, and four 
[ plugs or sticks a foot long to fasten them on to the hay 
or fodder cocks, in case of a shower or storm. Then 
there is no hurrying or over-exertion to get a load of hay 
or fjdder into the barn before the shower overtakes you. 
What a glorious thing is occupation for the human 
heart Those who are always busy seldom yield them- 
selves up to fencied or real sorrows. When grief sits 
down, folds ils hands, and mournfully feeds upon its own 
tears, weaving the dim shadows that a little exertion might 
sweep aw'ay, into a funeral pall, the strong spirit is shorn 
of its might, and sorrow becomes our master. When 
troubles fall upon you dark and heavy, struggle not with 
the waves — wrestle net with the torrent ; but seek by oc- 
cupation to divert the dark waters that threaten to over- 
whelm you, into a thousand channels which the duties of 
lit'e alwmvs present. Before you dream of it, tho.-e wa- 
ters w'lll fertilize the present, and give birth to fresh flow- 
ers that may brighten the future — flowers that will be- 
come pure and holy in the sunshine which penetrates to 
ihe path of duty, in spite of every obstacle. Griet is no- 
thing but a selfish feeling, and most selfish is the man who 
yields himself to, the indulgence of -.iny passion which 
nrings no joy to his fe'l(>w-r*-f>amrps. 
For the Bite of a Mad Hug. — A subscriber, in Canal 
•1?, for wl'.CoP. personal re.epectrbility '.re car rea" most 
cheerful testimony, sends us the following recipe for the 
bile of a mad dog, of the efficacy of which he speaks in 
strong terms, adding that “the patient will find it ex- 
tremely difficult to eat these cakes without fluid to take 
with them, but under no circumstances should food or 
drink be telten at the time, or within six hours after, how- 
ever thirsty the patient may be.” 
Recipe for ihe Bite of a Mad Dog . — Take oyster shells, 
liurn to a bme, pulverize, and sift through a piece of 
gauze; take two heaped tablespo m, fulls of the silted lime, 
^nd mix with eggs, to the consistency o» batter or cream; 
tiy this in a pan with a piece of fresh butler or some 
sweet oil. 
This cake to be eaten in the morning, and nothing of 
»ood or drink to be taker, for six hours afterwards. 
Thiee such cakes as above to be eaten on three alternate 
mornings, f.>r an adult; lo be diminished for a child ac- 
cording to age. — N, Y Adv. 
