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meaning from this, we rnay suppose, that it world 
have contained so much folly as to have surely 
been the intellectual death of him—and ah, what 
a death! 
Ip my last I asked, “ Was not one of the most 
influential Judges in this decision (meaning that 
of the Syracuse Trial,) an agent for the machine 
at Columbus, Ohio, to which the first prize, the 
Gold Medal, was awarded 1” A s I have received 
no reply from hun to this question, I beg to say 
that I am informed from other good and reliable 
sources that he was ! Now, I have a few more 
questions to ask. 
1 . Previous to the commencement of this Trial 
did not the Honorable Chairman of the Judges 
ask him, in common with all the other Judges, if 
he was in any way interested in any machine en¬ 
tered to be tiled at Syracuse 1 
2 . Did he not to this question give an emphatic 
“ No" ! 
3. After the Ball, Auliman & Co., or the Miller 
& Aultman, (for the two are so mixed up in the 
Report I cannot tell which is which), machine 
broke down on the first day’s trial, did he not 
report the following morning to the Judges, or one 
of them, that he had gone the preceeding evening 
with another Judge and cut one of the alloted 
pieces of clover with the same machine which 
had broken down, or had not worked that day, 
and in consequence of this Report was allowed 
to go on with the remaining trials ; and thus un¬ 
fairly and unjustly, mainly through his influence, 
obtained the first prize ! 
4. When subsequently asked for the proof of 
all this before the Judges in full session, did he 
not back out of the assertion, and say that he 
might have been mistaken in the machine—he 
thought it had been tried, &cJ 
5 . Was it not proved during all this time he 
said it was at work that the machine was lying 
in some shop to be repaired 1 
1 do not assert these three last questions to be 
facts, I only ask if they are not! And if they 
are, how could the Judges allow such an enor¬ 
mous wrong, if wrong it were, to go unpun¬ 
ished ! I think it behooves each one of them to 
clear his escutcheon in this matter, and the sooner 
he does it the better the public will think of him. 
I did propose going on further with this Re¬ 
port, but what is the use! Rs praise or its 
blame—its sins of omission or commission—are 
alike unworthy the notice of any just or honora¬ 
ble man ; and had I known when I began these 
articles what I now do of its demerits, I should 
never have troubled myself by writing a word on 
the subject. Silent contempt should have been 
its treatment on my part. 
I intend hereafter to make some comments on 
the famous Massachusetts Trial, in 1856, as well 
as that of Ohio, in 1857, when I get the Report of 
it, for I have attended them all. I have a sort of 
passion for such things ; not because I am inter¬ 
ested pecuniarily in any mowing or reaping ma¬ 
chine living, but merely as an amateur. I have 
my own notions as to which are the best machines 
for reaping and mowing, and how they can be 
still further improved and made more available ; 
yet, for the present, lest I should be accused of 
partiality, I choose to keep these ideas to myself. 
H. L. 
Syracuse, N. Y., March 17, 1858. 
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251 lbs. ok Butter to the Cow. —The Mont¬ 
pelier (Vt.) Watchman, states that Herman Pow¬ 
ers, of East Montpelier, kept 17 cows the past 
season from which he made 4,020 lbs. of butter. 
Allowing one cow out of the number to support 
the family, will leave a fraction over 251 lbs. to 
each cow. We should be better pleased to know 
further the breed of cows, kind of pasture, length 
of time occupied in making the above amount, 
&c. 
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Gargety Cows. 
To the Editor of the American Agriculturist. 
I have a cow which for about two months has 
been giving bloody milk from one teat, while the 
milk from other teats, is, to all appearance, pure. 
If I omit milking once or twice, the blood becomes 
clotted and difficult to draw. Will you please to 
explain the cause of it, and also the cure for it, 
if there is any. J. & K. 
Mason Co., Ill. 
REMARKS. 
The cow probably has the garget. The causes 
of it are various—ill usage of the bag, oftentimes: 
accident, at others. A careful milking out of all 
the matter that will flow from the diseased teat; 
bleeding of the cow, if in good condition; or a 
dose of purifying physic, like salts, milk and mo¬ 
lasses, or other mild medicines are what we should 
use. W'e have had cows occasionally so affected, 
and have given moderate doses of the root “ poke ■ 
weed,” called garget-root in some places. This, 
or one of the remedies above will usually effect a 
cure, but not always. If the disorder prove ob¬ 
stinate, so as to injuriously affect the cow, we 
would d-ry, and subsequently fat her for beef, un¬ 
less she were of more than ordinary value. The 
disease being confined to the teat would disappear 
when the cow is dried, and she would not be in¬ 
jured for beef.—E d.] 
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To prevent and cure swelled Udders in 
Cows. 
To the Editor of the American Agriculturist: 
For sometime before and after the cow calves 
keep her in a warm dry place, and do not let the 
cold winds blow upon her from some window or 
crevice. Give her exercise in the open air, but 
do not let her lie down on the cold, wet ground. 
Clean out and change the litter twice a day. If 
the udder swells and becomes hard rub it faith¬ 
fully, several times a day with the following oint¬ 
ment : 
Heat one quart of hog’s lard in an iron kettle 
until it smokes pretty well, and # is somewhat 
blackened or burned; then let it become nearly 
cold and stir in $ pint of spirits of turpentine. Be 
careful and not add the turpentine when it is hot. 
The above recipe I believe saved a cow of mine, 
and I have known of its curing other cases. As 
the complaint is common, I hope it will do good 
by being generally known. ^Oren 0. Stewart. 
Union, Maine. 
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Feeding Poultry. 
Rev. A. DuBois, of Richmond Co., 0., sends for 
the Agriculturist , the following items from his ex¬ 
perience in feeding poultry : I have 28 chickens 
large and small, several of them Fall chickens. I 
obtained but a few eggs the fore-part of Winter— 
not more than one or two a day. The feed was 
corn and oats. In January I tried the experiment 
of hot feed once a day, in the morning. As soon 
as the fire was started in the cook-stove, I put a 
quart or so of small potatoes in an old dripping 
pan and set them in the oven. After breakfast I 
took a quart or more of wheat and buck-wheat 
bran, mixed, putin the swill-pail, and mixed into 
a thin mush with boiling water, Chen added about 
I quart of live coals from the stove and putin the 
potatoes hot from the even, adding all the egg 
shells on hand, and some times a little salt, and 
some times a little sulphur. These masned to¬ 
gether are fed immediately in a trough prepared 
for the purpose, made about 10 feet long, of 2 
boards C inches wide, nailed together, and two 
short pieces nailed on the ends, with a narrow 
strip nailed lengthwise on the top, and two bear¬ 
ers under. The object of this was to keep the 
hens out of the trough, and leave room to eat each 
side of the narrow strip. At noon I fed 6 ears ot 
corn cut up in pieces an inch long ; and in the 
evening oats and wheat screenings about 1 quart. 
Now for the result. In about a week the number 
of eggs increased six fold and in about two weeks, 
and since, they have ranged from 12 to 20 eggs 
per day. The coldest weather made no difference. 
When it was cold and stormy I kep4 them in the 
hen-house all day, and generally until 10 or 12 
o’clock. Such singing over the corn at noon I 
never heard from hens before—a concert of vocal 
music that would have done any lover of eggs 
good to hear. 
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Poultry Raising is Profitable. 
To the Editor of the American Agriculturist: 
Seeing a piece headed, “ Will Poultry Pay!” 
leads me to give my experience. One year ago, 
I wintered 22 hens and three roosters. I com¬ 
menced to keep an account of their proceeds in 
March, and up to the beginning of this year they 
had brought me $50.63, with a stock of 74 hens 
and 150 eggs on hand, besides supplying a family 
of four persons with eggs and chickens. I sold 
the eggs for about 14 cents per dozen, and the 
chickens at 8 cents per lb. I kept no account of 
their feed, as they run at large, and picked up 
much of it. Sour milk is very good for hens. 
They will drink till it runs out of their mouths, 
and then they do not have much inclination to 
scratch. I find they do little injury when their 
crops are kept full. They will not do near as well 
when shut up, and if they are not well kept 
there is little profit. Grain is so cheap here that 
it is better to feed it out than sell it. 
Mary Kelly. 
North Lamartine, Wis., Jan. 16, 1858. 
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Grubs and Wire Worms in Corn Fields. 
Sward land, plowed in the Spring for Corn, is 
often found filled with worms which are sure to 
make great havoc with the seed unless they are 
exterminated. The following is an excellent 
remedy: After turning under the sod, sow 
broadcast a bushel and a half of fine salt to the 
acre, and harrow it in, following with the roller. 
Soak the seed in tepid water about eighteen hours. 
Dissolve two ounces of sal ammoniac and add it 
to the water. This amount will answer for a bush¬ 
el of seed. Plant the corn soon after sowing the 
salt. The seed will germinate quickly and the 
plants will come forward at once. Between the 
salt and the ammonia, the corn will suffer little 
from the worms. Who will try this, and send us 
a report of his success, in the Autumn ! * 
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Vermont Agricultural Exhibition Located.— 
The State Society has decided to try the experi¬ 
ment of holding the Annual Exhibitions in one 
place, to save the expense of erecting new build¬ 
ings every year. The next three Fairs at least 
are to be at Burlington, that of the present year 
(1858) to open on Tuesday, September 14 and 
continue four days. 
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A lad asked a physician whether snuff was in¬ 
jurious to the brain. “ No,” said he, “for nobody 
who has any brains ever takes snuff.” 
