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REVIEW OF JANUARY NO. OF THE AGRI¬ 
CULTURIST. 
stock, it would he far better to provide wells wher¬ 
ever practicable with good pumps, which is by far 
more economical than cutting as in “ shallow 
pools,” as I myself witnessed in the loss of four 
sheep the present winter, “drowned in the water- 
hole”—very injurious to them surely. The great 
injury, however, resulting to stock from drinking 
cold water, is, from the fact of it being only given 
at long intervals, which causes them to drink too 
much. The propriety of giving much salt in win¬ 
ter is a mooted point. , Many good farmers believe 
their stock winter better without, and have less oc¬ 
casion for drink. I am constrained to say, that I 
believe I have seen sheep do quite as well in sum¬ 
mer and winter without water as with. And yet I 
cannot bring myself into the practice of not provid¬ 
ing them with it. 
Pumpkins and Apples for Swine may he very 
good, but I honestly believe that Indian corn is 
better. Although stock hogs may live and grow 
on apples or pumpkins, will they grow fat, and if 
they did what would the pork be good for? [Very 
good indeed fresh, but not sufficiently firm for choice 
packing.] I advise farmers not to trust too much to 
such feed ? I should prefer feeding the pumpkins 
to neat cattle, and steaming the apples and mixing 
with meal for the hogs. 
Another Cheap Pudding. —Take two quarts 
coarse corn meal (the white Southern corn is best), 
a pint of dried peaches chopped into pieces not 
bigger than large beans, a pound of chopped suet, 
eight or ten eggs beaten up in milk, and mix all into 
a stiff batter, and put in a bag, and boil three hours. 
Eat the same with any kind of sauce you like, and 
you will eat as good a pudding as ever was made at 
such a trifling cost. If any should be left, warm it 
up next day, and it will he good again. 
To Remove Dust from the Eye. —The same, kind 
of liquid here recommended is also the very best in 
the world to remove dust from the throat, notwith¬ 
standing a very different kind is often used to the 
great detriment of poor humanity; viz., brandy, 
gin, whiskey, and other “ fire waters.” 
To Strengthen Cider or Vinegar by Freezing, will 
only leave the strong spirit, which will be found a 
poor way to make vinegar for family use. A better 
way will be to fill a basket, or a bag will do, with, 
clean shavings, and suspend it in the mouth of a 
one-head cask, and then day after day pour the 
liquid for vinegar on the shavings, and let it slow¬ 
ly strain through. It will soon grow sour. Too 
much of the vinegar sold in our towns is muriatic 
acid, which is a very different article from acetic 
acid. 
Dr. Stevens' New Theory in the Growth of Plants 
(if it is neiv to him it is not to me) contains some 
valuable hints that might prove of great advantage 
if rightly acted on. The capillary attraction of 
burnt bricks is so great, that in a very large portion 
of the United States, they are decidedly the poorest 
material of which a country house can be built. 
And yet they are often used in very damp locations, 
with the inside plastering laid directly upon the 
brick-walls, which creates a damp and unhealthy 
atmosphere in the apartments. And such walls are 
not durable. This is not all; brick-walls are often 
built at an expense so much greater than wood, that 
the sum of the extra cost put at interest, would keep 
the wooden ones for ever in good repair. 
Defective Stables. —There are other defects in 
stables besides open floors; and one of these defects 
is in having any floor at all. I am fully persuaded 
that all stables would he better without floors. Fill 
in and grade the earth so that the liquid would run 
back into a gutter, or he absorbed with litter. A 
composition of clay, lime, sand, and fine coal, is 
gbod to make an earthen floor. Another great de¬ 
fect in stables, though in town more than in coun¬ 
try, is the want of good ventilation. 
Color from St. John's Wort. —Glad to hear that 
this pest can be put to any good use—hope the de¬ 
mand will so far exceed the supply as to use up the 
whole stock on hand. 
Steaming Apparatus. —If the tub was hung so it 
could be easily upset to empty, it would save labor. 
In many situations it would be a great convenience 
to fix the wheels to the tubs, so that they could he 
moved away to the feeding trough, and another tub 
rolled up to the steam pipe. There would he no 
difficulty in fixing the pipe to fit each tub, and he 
easily detached. 
Seidlitz Powders make a very wholesome drink 
in warm weather; and if people would buy the in¬ 
gredients by the pound instead of paying the apo¬ 
thecary for doing them up in small papers and box¬ 
es, they would save a penny; and if they would 
use them freely in summer, they would save a pound 
instead of a penny, in doctors’ bills. 
Improvement of Worn-out Lands. —The article 
from the pen of friend Tomlinson, may be taken as 
a pattern for all your correspondents—short, 
straight-forward, to the point. And the information 
conveyed in this short article, of what vast impor¬ 
tance would it be to thousands if they would go and 
do likewise. How many, like the former owner of 
this little farm, have skinned and scraped “ as long 
as it would produce buck-wheat,” and then given 
up, in despair of its renovation, for some El Dorado 
of the West. And } r et how easily, according to Mr. 
Tomlinson’s account, is this land restored to pro¬ 
ductiveness. But we want more information.- Will 
Mr. T. give us the bill of particulars ? 1st. What was 
the first cost of the land ; 2d. the cost of draining; 
3d. cost of manuring; 4th. credit for crops; and, 
lastly, what is the present value of the land ? There 
are so many farms in this region that ought to be 
served just so, that any facts and figures that will 
tend to encourage their owners to go and do like¬ 
wise, will be of vast public utility. 
A Sketch of West Chester is a most truthful one, 
only it does not say one-half that the place deserves. 
Yes, my friend E. S,” Reviewer has been there 
and rambled over the hills of that lovely county, 
and partaken of the real hospitality of its inhabit¬ 
ants. I have seen that “ water-ram,” and made 
one of the most delightful visits of my life, with 
that most worthy fairiily. For Dr. Darlington, I 
have great respect, for he is a man that goeth about 
doing good. As “ E. S.,” appears well qualified 
for the duty, I hope a further and much more full 
“ Sketch of West Chester” will be forthwith given. 
Such articles are useful, and always read with in¬ 
terest. 
