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MISCELLANEOUS. 
Manufacture of Bagging. —The Louisville 
Journal states that 14,000 tons of hemp were pro¬ 
duced in Kentucky the past year. From this it 
required 8,500 tons to supply her factories, which 
manufactured 6,500,000 yards of bagging, and 
7,000,000 lbs, of bale-rope; sufficient to rope and 
cover 1,100,000 bales of cotton. This leaves Ken¬ 
tucky 5,500 tons of hemp for exportation, which, 
if properly water-rotted and transported to this 
city, would bring $200 per ton. 
' Great Weight of Swine.-— The same paper 
gives an account of rather an extraordinary gain in 
a lot of seven pigs in Union county, Kentucky. 
The oldest, when slaughtered, was 1 year, 23 days 
old, the youngest, only 11 months; and they had 
gained respectively, in 320 days, 467,4141-2,4151-2, 
400 1-2, 405 1-2, 396, and 357 1-2 lbs. One of the 
pigs weighed 98 1-2 lbs. at 3 months old. 
We understand that they were crosses of the 
Irish Grazier and Berkshire with the common hog 
of the country. We wish we could have seen 
added the quantity of food consumed by these pigs, 
its value on the farm, and the value of the pork it 
made. 
Itch in Swine. —The -Farmers’ Journal states 
that this may be immediately cured by rubbing 
the animals affected with a mixture in equal parts 
of brimstone and lard. 
Angora Pear. —Mr. Kenrick, in the Magazine 
of Horticulture, says that he has no doubt of the 
great weight of this pear in France as stated there, 
nearly five pounds. It is originally from the vicini¬ 
ty of Constantinople and is an excellent winter va¬ 
riety. 
Bologna Hemp. —The Dollar Farmer informs us 
that this hemp is cultivated to considerable extent 
in Kentucky. It possesses the advantage of being 
more easily [broken than common hemp, is of a 
white color, and finer, and stronger. 
Manure from Shell-Fish. —A writer in the Bos¬ 
ton Cultivator recommends muscles, which are to 
be found in large quantities on our coast, to be used 
as manure. He says some years’ practise confirms 
him in their use as valuable fertilizers. No doubt 
of it. Clams, oysters, fish, or any marine produc¬ 
tion are equally valuable. The proper way for 
using is to throw in the heap in the fall, and cover 
with a light layer of peat or turf, so as to absorb 
the decaying fish, but not so thick as to prevent 
the action of frost. The whole mass will be found 
finely pulverized in spring, and can be mixed with 
compost, or spread like ashes. The shells afford 
lime, and the fish a valuable gelatinous substance 
of great efficiency in vegetation. 
Increasing the Milk of Cows.—Gentle treat¬ 
ment and rapid and close milking, will tend to the 
greatest development of the milk in cows, and the 
contrary practises will have the effect of materially 
reducing the quantity. 
Cure for Cut-Worm. —Mr. Newton of Pennsyl¬ 
vania says a mixture of one part of salt to four of 
plaster, applied on the hill, not in contact with the 
corn , will kill the cut-worm. The most effectual 
remedy, however, is to dig them up whenever their 
ravages are apparent, and kill them. 
The Southern Cultivator gives another remedy 
Take of China berries, boil them until a strong de¬ 
coction is made; pour one gill at the root of each 
plant, and the worm will leave immediately. I 
have tried the remedy many years. It has never 
failed. 
Improvement in Early Vegetation. —It has 
been suggested that early gathered seed produce 
early maturity in successive crops; that potatoes, 
com, and some other products will mature in suc¬ 
cessive years at the same time the seed was har¬ 
vested, although they may not, when gathered, 
have been fully ripened. Can any of our readers 
confirm the proof of this principle ? 
To Remove the Flavor of Turneps, Wili> 
Onions, and Leeks. —Put into a pail nearly full of 
new milk, one or two pints of boiling water 
New Variety of Wheat.— C. Kloss of Union, 
Pennsylvania, has raised a superior kind of wheat 
from “ the blue stem.” Last year 1,000 bushels 
were raised in that county, and although all other 
wheat was affected with rust and smut, this en¬ 
tirely escaped. It weighs 65 lbs. per bushel. 
Directory for Shows and Fairs. —We shall 
give next month under this head, a complete Di¬ 
rectory for all the Shows and Fairs to be held the 
ensuing year in the United States and Canada, and 
shall be obliged to our friends if they will forward 
us papers containing the time of meeting of the 
different societies. The Hampshire, Franklin, and 
Hampden Agricultural Society holds its meeting at 
Northampton, Massachusetts, on the 18th and 19th 
of October. The Philadelphia Agricultural Socie¬ 
ty will be held at Philadelphia on the 4th and 5th 
of October. These societies are to Massachusetts 
and Pennsylvania nearly what our State Show and 
Fair are to New York. The premiums are nu¬ 
merous and liberal, and the meetings will be par¬ 
ticularly well worth attending. 
OC/ 3 We are again compelled to defer several 
editorials which have been written out some time. 
We especially regret being obliged to do so of ex¬ 
cursions made in New Jersey, on Staten Island, 
Long Island, up the Hudson, and in Connecticut. 
W e shall commence these next month to a cer¬ 
tainty. 
[£7* We can only say to any who have not re¬ 
ceived their paper, that the fault is not with this 
office. Our Nos. are carefully and promptly mail¬ 
ed as fast as issued. We however like to hear of 
all deficiencies, and will make them good. 
