Kill Lice on Cattle, &c.—-Copying Articles without giving Crcdito—Orchard Grass* 
By the generous encouragement of the 
State Government, the liberality of a few of 
our citizens, and the efficient services of its 
able and indefatigable officers, the Agricul¬ 
tural Society is in a fair state of prosperity. 
Its show, last September, at Albany, was, 
upon the whole, quite gratifying; perhaps 
live times as great in- animals and products 
as at the preceding autumnal show, at Syra¬ 
cuse. The concourse of people also was 
thrice as large, showing an abiding and in¬ 
creasing interest in these things. We have 
no doubt but all these matters will be greatly 
increased at Rochester next year; and to 
make it more certain, we hope the meeting 
will be appointed as early as the first week 
in September. It must be recollected, by 
going two degrees north, we get into a colder 
climate. Animals also appear better at this 
season of the year, and are more cheaply 
provided with food. Southern gentlemen, 
and all persons from abroad, are also more 
likely to visit the show than if held later ; 
and these are becoming important customers 
to us as stock purchasers. 
We think the Secretaries and Treasurer 
of the Society ought to be salaried officers ; 
their duties are really too onerous to be ex¬ 
pected to be performed voluntarily for any 
length of time, and we ought to be grateful 
for the indefatigable exertions so long freely 
offered; but to expect a continuation of 
them gratis, is, in our humble judgment, ask¬ 
ing too much, although we believe the pre¬ 
sent incumbents would never think of accept¬ 
ing a reward. By giving these officers 
salaries, they could devote more of their 
time to the Society, and therefore, perhaps, 
become more efficient. It has been thought, 
also, that to have a Treasurer or Secretary to 
go round among the people, and personally 
solicit subscriptions, would add greatly to 
the number of members and the funds of the 
Society. In these last the Society finds 
itself sadly crippled, and could greatly in¬ 
crease its usefulness and premiums by an 
addition to them. Let all then who possibly 
can, attend the coming annual meeting, or 
at least, add their names to its members and 
subscription list. 
To Kill Lice on Cattle, &c. 
Lice on cattle or hogs, are immediately 
killed, by rubbing the animals with lard, 
whale or indeed fish oil of any cheap kind. 
Rancid lard answers the same purpose as if 
sweet. We have found these applications 
quite as effectual as mercurial ointment; and 
unlike that, it is not attended with the slight¬ 
est danger. We once lost a valuable Short¬ 
horn cow, by applying mercurial ointment, 
she turning her head round and licking her¬ 
self, the mercury gathered by the tongue 
badly salivated and killed her in three days. 
The only objection to the use of lard, is, that 
it causes cattle to shed their hair rather too 
early in the Spring in cold climates. 
Another remedy has lately been suggested 
to us, which we have no doubt is equally ef¬ 
fectual, but never having tried it, we cannot 
speak so positively about it. This is simply 
buttermilk, strongly salted, and applied to 
the coat of the animal with a brush. When 
nits are on the hair, the above applications 
should be made at the end of every three 
weeks, so as to destroy the lice as fast as 
hatched out. 
Copying Articles without giving Credit. 
We frequently find in exchange papers, 
articles copied from our publication without 
giving us credit. We would particularly in¬ 
stance the one on Locust Trees, furnished us 
by Judge Beatty, and Reports to the Ameri¬ 
can Institute, and Synopsis of Agricultural 
Society proceedings. Although these last 
were not written expressly for us, we were 
at considerable trouble and expense in ob¬ 
taining and printing them, and we deem it 
no more than right and just, that credit 
should be given to the source from whence 
they were taken. It affords us great plea¬ 
sure to be quoted from, but we certainly like 
to have a knowledge of the fact stated at the 
same time. 
ORCHARD GRASS. 
Our attention has been called to the culti¬ 
vation of this valuable grass, by a communi¬ 
cation of Mr. White of New-Jersey. We 
have had but little experience ourselves in 
growing it, in consequence of our land not 
being properly adapted to it. One experi¬ 
ment in an orchard succeeded well, the oth¬ 
ers not so well, which we easily accounted 
for in two ways : the seed we used was not 
properly cleaned, and it came up in tufts ; 
the soil also was too wet and heavy. We 
recollect that the late Judge Bradley, of 
Marcellus, in this state, one of the most 
practical and enlightened farmers of his day, 
was a strong advocate for the cultivation of 
orchard grass. We found it quite a favorite 
in our travels through Ohio, and the reasons 
which farmers then gave us for its culti¬ 
vation were, that it afforded them the earliest 
spring food of any of the cultivated grasses, 
and yielded the largest quantity per acre j 
