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Editor’s Table* 
The New England Farmer. —We are greatly in¬ 
debted to the editor of this valuable work, for the spon¬ 
taneous greeting offered us in his last number, which 
he may be assured we cordially reciprocate. Twenty- 
one volumes of this well sustained paper, are a sufficient 
guarantee of its value and usefulness. 
White Carrots, as a field crop. —We have else¬ 
where than in our paper, had frequent occasion to call 
attention to this valuable variety of roots, and we are 
glad to find in the N. E. Farmer, a notice which in¬ 
duces us again to speak on this subject. 
It states that B. V. French, Esq., near Boston, 
Mass., raised this year over 22 tons per acre, on ground 
not particularly well prepared for roots. He attributes 
his success principally to sub-soil plowing this land, in 
the spring of 1841. In addition to its being prover¬ 
bially a great yielder, it possesses another important 
advantage in deriving a great portion of its nutriment 
from the atmosphere, and the beet-like protrusion of its 
roots above the,surface, render it much easier to gather 
than the ordinary carrot. We have cultivated them 
for years, and speak advisedly on the subject. 
Mediterranean Wheat. —We see this variety of 
wheat is very much lauded of late, as being proof against 
the fiy, mildew , and rust. Some who have raised it, 
however, inform us that they have not realized in its 
cultivation, all the advantages claimed for it, and that 
in these respects it is not better than many other kinds 
raised. We advise all who can try the experiment 
fairly and impartially, and at not too great expense for 
seed, to do so. “ Prove all things, and hold fast that 
which is good,” should be the motto of every intelligent 
farmer. 
Prices of Long Wool.— We are told by wool deal¬ 
ers in this city, that the long wool from the Cotswold, 
Leicester, and Lincolnshire Sheep, is now worth in 
this market, 23 cents per pound. Attempts are about 
being made in the United States, for the manufacture 
of worsted stuffs from this wool. The large quantity 
now produced in this country, the requisite skill in 
manufacturing, and a protective tariff combined, will, 
it is hoped, make the experiment entirely successful. 
Salt and other Condiments for Animals. —All 
domestic animals should be abundantly furnished with 
salt. A supply kept within their reach at all times is 
best. Their comfort, thrift, and health is essentially 
dependant on this. Horses and pigs should have ashes 
occasionally given them in their food, in addition, and 
the latter ought at all times, when confined in pens, to 
be supplied with charcoal, as, besides being a medicine, 
it is a cheap and valuable food. Lime , or chalk , which 
is another form of lime, may, with great advantage, be 
given to horses and cattle, or placed within their reach, 
so that they can use it as nature dictates. Clay is fre¬ 
quently sought for by horses and eaten with avidity, 
and we believe with decided benefit to their health. 
A fine stud we kept for some years, always ate it 
when within reach, and a heartier, healthier, or more 
easily kept horse we never saw. 
Warm Shelter for Animals. —If our farmers knew 
the saving of food, which resulted from supplying their 
dumb beasts with warm, dry shelter during the winter, 
they would find their interest dictated a policy, which 
their principle urges in vain. If humanity fails to 
move them to a reform in this matter, we hope the love 
of the all-engrossing dollar may. 
Soaking Corn for Horses.— There is a great sav¬ 
ing in feeding horses with soaked com. When fed dry. 
they do not masticate it well, and when it enters the 
stomach, the nutriment is not thoroughly extracted. 
After feeding on dry corn for some days, we have found 
that horses refuse it altogether, or take it only in very 
small quantities, owing to soreness in their teeth and 
gums, and when compelled by hunger to eat it, it is 
swallowed almost entirely whole, and of course with 
little or no benefit to them. By soaking it ih the ear 
in two casks, to be fed out alternately, they will eat it 
freely, cob and all. Two bushels soaked, are worth 
three dry. If they refuse to eat at first, they should be 
starved to it, and when once accustomed to the soaked, 
they prefer it to the dry. 
Comparative cost of Pork and Cotton.— The S. W. 
Farmer, in a long and careful calculation, estimates 
the cost of producing pork at rather less than one-half 
the cost of producing cotton, pound for pound. We 
like to see these estimates with the data on which they 
are founded; but we opine the calculation for pork 
raising, will be very much affected by the kind of animal 
fed; as the improved breeds might lessen the cost ma¬ 
terially, while some of the shovel noses, would increase 
it to several times the cost of the cotton. 
Eclipse. —The celebrated American Horse Eclipse, 
twenty-eight and a half years old the 24th of Novem¬ 
ber, is now in full health and vigor, and for sale by Mr. 
Wm. Dodd, Georgetown, Ky. We are not aware of any 
well authenticated horse, that can boast as much at his 
age, and after undergoing so much service. 
New Disease in Swine. —We have received an in¬ 
teresting and important letter from Dr. A. Campbell, 
of Middletown, Ohio, describing a disease which has 
lately been prevalent among swine in his neighbor¬ 
hood, and the treatment of a few cases, and are promi¬ 
sed a more full detail hereafter. Dr. C. need not fear 
that the dignity or laurels of his profession will suffer 
in this or any other quarter, by attending to, and 
describing the disease of any of the animal creation, 
however humble. When the late distressing epidemic 
broke out in England among cattle, sheep and swine, 
the Royal Ag. Soc. thought it a subject worthy of ap¬ 
pointing a special commission of the ablest and most 
experienced Veterinary Surgeons, to investigate and re¬ 
port upon it. Members also of the medical profession, 
and those too who stood high in it, volunteered much 
time and attention to the same subject in their respect¬ 
ive neighborhoods. 
After speaking of several losses sustained by Mr. 
Hendrickson, of Middletown, one of which was Royal 
Charlie, a fine boar pig by Windsor Castle, the very 
picture of his sire, and for which Mr. H. had repeat¬ 
edly refused $50, being of enormous size and very fine 
in all his parts, he says , <c When first attacked, they 
lose the use of their limbs, become as cold as a mass of 
ice, the tongue and mouth turn purple, and they die in 
from six to ten hours. They resemble precisely the 
cases of cholera that I often witnessed here in 1833 and 
4, in the collapsed stage, and in the congestion of all the 
internal viscera, with an almost suspended circulation. 
When Kenilworth was attacked, Mr. Hendrickson 
sent for me, and I went up immediately. I hope you 
will consider it no descent from professional dignity for 
an M. D., backed by some half dozen diplomas from 
distinguished Medical Societies, to doctor a pig. I 
was disposed to laugh at Mr. H. about his lamentations 
over the death of Royal Charlie, but when I came to 
see Kenilworth prostrated—a fallen giant—a Samson 
shorn of his locks, I could scarcely refrain from mani¬ 
festing the same childish feeling. He was unable to 
rise, and I bled him under the tongue, rubbed with hot 
