FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
By the steam ship Acadia, we have our European 
Journals up to the 4th December. 
Markets. — Ashes , both pot and pearl, were slow of 
sale. Cotton , we regret to say, way much depressed, 
And the fall on the whole during the past month, had 
been full \d. to § d. per lb. It is lower now than ever 
Defore known. Stock on hand at Liverpool on the 1st 
November, 808,000 bales, against 656,000, same period, 
last season. Flour was dull without change. Provisions. 
—Beef and Pork in good request. Lard , brisk, and has 
advanced. Butter and Cheese the same. All American 
provisions are pronounced decidedly superior in their 
packing to those of last year; the sales were conse¬ 
quently largely on the increase. Tallow, quiet. Tur¬ 
pentine has improved with considerable sales. Tobacco 
in good request. Wool, firm. 
Money is decidedly easy. The Bank of England has 
reduced the interest to 2£ per cent. 
American Stocks. —No transactions worthy of record. 
Trade was pretty good, though not so brisk as per 
our last advices. 
The Weather. —As an evidence of its mildness, apples 
and pear trees were in bloom, and with a second crop 
of fruit growing upon them. Strawberries and rasp¬ 
berries also were producing a second crop of fruit. 
The Potato Crop in Ireland has proved the most 
abundant of any on record. 
The Crops in Egypt are said to be quite deficient the 
past season. 
American Candles recently shipped to England, have 
paid a nett profit of 4 cents per lb. The consumption 
of this article of our manufacture is largely on the 
increase. 
Broom Corn. —Large quantities of the brush of broom 
tarn, raised in the valley of the Ohio and elsewhere, 
have been shipped to England within three months 
past, together with broom handles, for the purpose of 
manufacturing the brooms there. By managing in this 
way, we understand that brooms can be afforded cheap¬ 
er in Great Britain, than if made here and then ex¬ 
ported. 
Oats changing to Rye. —Dr. Weissenborn, and several 
other Germans assert, that they have repeatedly tried 
the experiment, in the most careful manner, of sowing 
oats the latter part of June, then cut them twice as 
green fodder, before shooting into ear, and that thus 
treated, a considerable number of the oat plants will 
live through the next winter, and in the following 
spring change into perfect winter rye. The Garden¬ 
er’s Chronicle of November 23d, copies these state¬ 
ments and others at full length, and seems to half be¬ 
lieve them. We shall credit such changes when we 
see them with our own eyes, and probably not till 
then. We merely give a synopsis of the report, as so 
much news. 
Large Potatoes.— The English papers seem to be 
vying with each other in recording the largest potatoes 
grown the past season. Single tubers have been found 
weighing, respectively, 31bs. 15oz., 41bs. 8oz., 51bs., and 
51bs. 6oz. The last was a red kidney, and grown by 
Mr. Charles Knapton, of Foggathorp, in the East Ri¬ 
ding of Yorkshire. A single haulm produced 100 pota¬ 
toes, weighing 181bs. 
Extraordinary Pears. —Mr. Blackford, of Blockley, 
Worcestershire, gathered a few days since, from a 
small tree, 55 pears, weighing 361bs.; two alone 
weighed 41bs. 
Gas Coal Tar for Iron Hurdles. —In using this, add a 
double handful of slaked lime to every gallon of gas 
tar—it will give a polish to them, and prolong greatly 
their durability. 
To sweeten rancid Butter. —An agriculturist in the 
neighborhood of Brussels having succeeded in remov¬ 
ing the bad smell and disagreeable taste of some butter 
by beating, or mixing it with chloride of lime, he was 
encouraged by this happy result to continue his expe¬ 
riments by trying them upon butter so rancid as to be 
past use; and he has restored to butter, whose odor 
and taste were insupportable, all the sweetness of 
fresh. This operation is extremely simple and practi¬ 
cable for all; it consists in beating the butter in a suf¬ 
ficient quantity of water, in which put 25 or 30 drops 
of chloride of lime to two pounds of butter. After hav 
ing mixed it till all its parts are in contact with the 
water, it may be left in for an hour or two, afterwards 
withdrawn, and washed anew in fresh water. The 
chloride of lime having nothing injurious in it, can 
with safety be augmented ; but after having verified 
the experiment, it was found that 25 or 30 drops to two 
and a half pounds of butter were sufficient. 
A Short-Horn Controversy has commenced in the 
London New Farmers’ Journal, that promises to reveal 
some things which we fancy certain personages who 
figured so largely formerly, in purchasing and sending 
out cattle for the American market, will not care to 
hear. The veteran breeder, Mr. Bates of Yorkshire, 
is one of the principals in this affair, and the way he 
shows up certain pretty long green horns is a caution 
to all beholders. There is scarce another man in 
England who possesses a tithe of the knowledge which 
he does on this subject, and we would give more foi 
his single judgment in cattle breeding, than for all 
that the flippant talkers, writers, and jobbers, who have 
hitherto monopolized the public ear ever knew, or can 
know, or concoct together. 
India Rubber for Stockings. —The French have intro 
duccd a new manufacture, by making stockings wholly 
of India-rubber thread ; they are made by machines, 
and are said to be excellent in preventing rheumatic 
pains. 
Miami Hams. —Whatever various opinions traveller* 
may have expressed of America, in relation to it 
manners, customs, or political institutions, all haw 
agreed in highly commending the numerous good 
things which it produces, for the gratification of the 
palate and the nourishment of the body. Amongst 
the many luxuries which they have recently trans¬ 
mitted to us, there is none that will prove more ac¬ 
ceptable than their far-famed Miami hams, which 
possess a delicacy and perfection of flavor that would 
provoke even the gustative organs of Mussulmen or 
Brahmins, and force them to love the animal which 
they have been taught to abhor. 
Waterproof Composition for Horticultural Purposes .— 
A very ingenious improvement has been recently in¬ 
troduced, by which calico or linen, the result of a che¬ 
mical process, is rendered not only impervious to rain, 
but likewise transparent. As adapted to hot houses, 
and the other purposes of horticulture, this is a great 
saving on the score of expense and labor. 
Extraordinary Crop of Wheat. —One of the finest 
crops of wheat we ever heard of, was the produce of 
two acres and one rood of ground, belonging to Mr. J. 
Attenborough, of Brampton, near Market Harborough. 
The wheat was cut and stored by itself, and when 
thrashed yielded nineteen quarters and one bushel (153 
bushels) of the finest quality. 
Remedy for Worms and Insects in the Stomach of 
Calves. —Take 1 pint of spirits of turpentine, 1 do. 
train oil, 2 oz. spitits of vitriol, 2 do. asafcetida, 2 do. 
hartshorn. Mix the whole together in a bottle, and 
shake it well before it is used. Pour a table-spoonful 
of the mixture down each nostril of every calf, for 
three successive mornings; the calves must be kept 
fasting the night previous to giving the dose. Should 
the first trial not succeed, repeat the dose in the course 
I of a week or ten davs. 
