Agriculture is tine most healthful, the most useful, and the most 
noble employment of Man.- - Washington. 
Vol. I. New-York, February, 184*1. Mo. It. 
A. B. Allen, and R. L. Allen, Editors. Saxton & Miles, Publishers, 205 Broadway. 
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CORN COBS FOR CATTLE. 
We cannot too earnestly call the attention 
of our readers, in those portions of the Union 
where labor is cheap and feed dear, and mills 
are found for the purpose, to the importance 
of grinding or crushing their corn cobs for 
horses, cattle, and sheep, and when it can be, 
cooked for swine also. Sufficient experi¬ 
ments have been made to establish the great 
benefits of them when so used in proportion 
to their weight. As we before suggested, 
to soak the cob with the corn unshelled, in 
water with the addition of a little salt, will 
prepare them for one mode of feeding ; but 
some will prefer grinding or crushing, which 
is indispensable for sheep. Boiling or fer¬ 
menting them after crushing, adds to their 
value. -— 
REMEDY FOR THE HESSIAN FLY. 
To the many invaluable advantages of the 
roller, may be added the perfect security it 
affords to the wheat crop from the ravages 
of the fly. Whenever this insect is discover¬ 
ed, whether in the spring or fall, the roller 
should be applied, and the effect of one or 
more applications will be entirely to destroy 
this troublesome enemy. 
CREDIT QUOTATIONS. 
We quoted from Tull, under the head of 
“ Selections,” in 5th No. of our paper, on 
the subject of “Pulverising the soil.” We 
find this same article in a Dec. No. of the N. 
E. Farmer, quoted from the So. Agriculturist, 
which paper credits it to the Southern Plant¬ 
er as original. We protest against thus rob¬ 
bing the dead of its rightful dues. 
Cultivation of hemp.—(concluded.) 
Cutting ,—No after cultivation is neces¬ 
sary, and as soon as the blossoms turn a lit¬ 
tle yellow, and begin to drop their leaves, 
which usually happens 3 to 3|- months af¬ 
ter sowing, it is time to cut the hemp ; if it 
stands, however, a week or ten days longer 
than this, no other detriment will ensue ex¬ 
cept that it will not rot so evenly, and be¬ 
comes more laborious to break. Cutting is 
now almost universally practiced in prefer¬ 
ence to pulling. Not quite so much lint is 
saved by the first as by the last process, but 
on the other hand the labor is pleasanter, and 
all subsequent operations, such as spreading 
out, stacking and rotting, are made easier. 
The lint also is of a better color and finer 
fibre \ and the roots and stubble left in the 
