1877.! 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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officials do not propose to allow. They should and some 
-way of putting a stopper upon one Albert Friedham, of 
Hamburgh, Germany, who has somehow got hold of the 
names of respectable people in this country, whom he 
annoys with his lottery circulars... And now 
LOTS OP ESTATES IN AUSTRALIA 
are going a-begging, all for the want of heirs. So 
numerous are they, that one chap has a printed circular 
■with a blank which he can fill with the name of “the 
late” so and so. Fortunately all the estates thus left are 
valued at an even “ one-and-a-half millions of dollars,” 
■so this part does not need to be changed. This is the 
thinnest of the kind that we have seen_Well, here is 
•something that smacks of the Middle Ages, for it is 
ALL ABOUT LOVE FOWLERS, 
■which it seems there are fools yet to buy, and rascals 
who will sell. But the story as told in the “Buffalo 
■Courier” is very prosaic. “Prof. Hayden” offered to 
sell “Love Powder” which would work “ wonders upon 
female affections.” We are left by this in very much the 
same state of doubt that the old lady was, about her 
indigo. “If it was good, it would sink or swim, and 
she couldn’t tell which.” Whether the “wonders upon 
female affections” were to he manifested by curing the 
most desperate cases of real old fashioned love—that 
kind we read about, or if it was to start up a glowing 
flame in ice-cold hearts, after the manner of Cupid and 
his “bellowses,” as used to he pictured on the valentines 
—we can’t say. A Mr. Randall received a letter describ¬ 
ing the love powder as above, but instead of getting 
some of it, and experimenting, and telling us what it 
did, he in a very unpoetical way sent the “Professor’s” 
letter to the post office authorities. They nabbed “Prof. 
Hayden,” who turned out to be only Bill Kelly, who, not 
having $100 handy to pay his fine, went to jail, and we 
don’t know any more about “Love Powders” than we 
did before. 
MEDICAL MATTERS, 
as cool weather comes on, are a little livelier. We reply 
to several that Adee’s prescription or recipe, which he 
proposes to send “ free by mail,” is after the old style. 
We sent for it long ago, and found it to be of stuff not 
known in the shops—but he overcomes that slight diffi¬ 
culty by supplying it himself._Morris Co., N. J., has 
recently been invaded by 
TRAVELING EYE DOCTORS. 
who profess to be from the “Eye and Ear Infirmary” in 
13th street, New York. This is sufficient to stamp the 
fellows as frauds, for no proper infirmary, hospital, 
medical college, or “university,” (were there such a 
thing), ever sends out “ agents” to drive through the 
country and look up patients. They came across the 
wrong customer in one of our readers, who does not 
hesitate to designate those who called at his house “a 
couple of impostors,” and says that “ the eldest of these 
scamps is evidently an English subject about 50; the 
younger, less than half that age, probably an American.” 
Our New Jersey friends should be on their guard. These 
chaps offer to effect certain cures for specified sums, and 
whoever does this is not to be trusted to treat a cat. Our 
correspondent is to he commended, he gives his story, 
signs his name, and then tells us to use all or any part of 
it, and does not add: “ On no account publish my name 
or anything which will indicate who wrote this.” Mr. 
Leach, we like people who are in earnest, and you are 
sound on medical matters. 
AMERICA IS A GREAT COUNTRY, 
the United States is only a small portion of it. We often, 
we Yankees, call ourselves “ Americans,” and our coun¬ 
try America, as if there was not., let alone the strip run¬ 
ning far to the ’south of ns, north of the St. Lawrence a 
Dominion reaching all the way to the North Pole. We 
■must, with whatever of reluctance and loss of national 
pride, admit that the Dominion of Canada is quite the 
equal ot “ the land of the free and the home of the brave ” 
—in quacks and quackery. We have before us the “ Her¬ 
ald ot Health,” it is published by W. H. Comstock “is 
his name,” and Brosliville “is his station.” We have 
just a bit—“ a “ smudging ”—of a certain kind of sort of 
respect for W. H„ as there is nothing of the hypocrite 
about him—he is not impelled by “ love to his fellow be¬ 
ings,” or from a “ sense of duty to humanity.” W. H. 
says: “Self-interest is the spring of all human actions, 
and were I capable of acting above that motive, I should 
be more than human.”—We are almost tempted to say 
“Billy, you’re a brick,” but in view of what follows we 
■don’t, but are forced to believe that William, you area 
•very bad plagairist, and have gone and stolen another 
■man’s thunder. Besides, we are not sure that “W.” stands 
ffor William at all. Among other things, W. H. offers 
MOUNTAIN HERB FILLS, 
■which are mane of herbs which are herbs, because they 
have principles. If they would go for “ principles, not 
men,” it would be all the better for the men. The first 
•principle goes for the blood, principle No. 2 gets after 
the skin, the third takes care of the lungs, the fourth 
gives its attention to the kidneys—but it is of no use to 
enumerate; we should say that these pills would be de¬ 
cidedly “ sarching.” Many years ago we knew an old 
darkey who did “doctorin’ ’round” among his people. 
One day, in a ramble, we came across old Henry, who 
had cut a lot of barberry stems, and he was scraping the 
bark from them into two different papers; we asked the 
reason for this, and learned—though he used very differ¬ 
ent terms—that the bark scraped up would act as an 
erne tic, while that scraped down would be a cathartic. 
We asked, “Henry, suppose you should scrape both 
ways, how would it act ? ” the “ Yah ! Yah 11 Yah 111” 
that followed, left us to imagine that the effect would' be 
very “ sarehin”—as much so as these “Herb Pills.” If 
one wants something more radical than Herb Pills, W. 
H. offers Root Pills, and Indian Root Pills at that, or to 
ho more precise 
“DR. morse’s INDIAN ROOT PILLS,” 
and if one don’t believe they have “ vartues,” let him just 
read the pathetic “ Short History of Dr. Morse’s Father, 
Also Showing how this Wonderful Medicine was Brought 
into Use.” Doctor Morse ,lind a father. Dr. Morse’s 
father had a son—that was Doctor Morse. Well, Doctor 
Morse’s father sent liis.sou off among the Indian tribes, 
who show much Indian-ooity in case of sickness, and he, 
the son, was to learn all about it. But Doctor Morse’s 
son’s father was very sick. “He had eight of the most 
celebrated doctors to attend him, night and day,” from 
which we infer that he had a constitution second only to 
that “ which must and shall be preserved.” We pass by 
the really—in its place—wicked qnack-mcdicine lie, 
about prayers “ascending to the Throne,” and much 
more’ shameful talk. But when Doctor Morse’s father 
was in extremis, and “every eye was bathed in tears, a 
rumbling noise was heard in the distance, like a mighty 
chariot-,” thus far, reader, we have quoted from the 
“Herald of Health,” published in Canada, about Doctor 
Morse's father; we now turn to the United States, and 
take up a nice little pamphlet published by A. J. White, 
in New York, where is given “ A Short History of White’s 
Father,” and proceed—“ winding its way nearer, when 
all at once a fine span of horses before a beautiful coach, 
stood before the door, out of which alighted a noble and 
elegant looking man.” This elegant chap was of course 
Doctor Morse, who at once gave Doctor White’s father 
some stuff, and then the fathers of Doctors Whorse and 
Morite both got well. The fact is we are getting things 
mixed—but if any one wants to know how Doct. White’s 
father got well let them read the story of Doctor Morse’s 
father, or if more interested in Doctor Morse’s father, let 
them read the story of Doctor White’s father, for they 
are both alike, and one is just as true as the other. It is 
only those who can swallow such stories, that swallow 
the miserable quack medicines that such fictions are 
used to sweeten. 
Fall Flowing’ for Corn.— Heavy clay 
soils that have a good covering of clover or grass sod, 
may be plowed this month for a crop of corn next season. 
We would not plow the furrows flat, but set them on 
edge. In the spring a good harrowing, lengthwise of the 
furrow, will give a sufficient depth of mellow soil for 
planting, leaving the decomposed sod just where the 
young roots can reach it. A light application of arti¬ 
ficial manure, before the harrowing in the spring, would 
be very beneficial. The planting should immediately 
follow the harrow, while the soil is fresh. Light or 
mucky lands had better be left until spring, as this treat¬ 
ment is not proper for them. 
A IlanBEsts-jamg- Morses—“H. B.,” Kil- 
larney, La. The rupture or separation by cutting of the 
tendon of the heel of a horse, known as the tendon of 
Achilles, is incurable, except under the rarest combina¬ 
tion of favorable circumstances, and then will almost 
surely result in a permanent retraction, which will cause 
the limb to be useless. If an effort is made to preserve 
the horse, the whole limb must be held rigidly motion¬ 
less with bandages, and the wounded part dressed with 
cold water. It is barely possible that the severed tendon 
may unite in course of time, after prolonged rest. 
Emigration to the South. — “B.” 
Under present circumstances there seems to be not the 
slightest objection for a Northern man to go anywhere in 
the Southern States. If he has a desire to procure a farm 
there, there are now very favorable opportunities and 
any inducement to molest a Northern man, which may 
have existed in some localities, from just or unjust causes, 
no longer remains. There is one locality at least, where 
a thrifty colony is in course of formation. This is at 
Highlands, Macon Co., North Carolina, where Mr. T. S. 
Kelsey, formerly of New York,’and some friends have 
settled. Mr. Kelsey writes that that part of the country 
offers many opportunities, such as cheap fertile land, and a 
very healthful, mild climate. There is ample room in 
many parts of the South for colonies of Northern men, who 
can procure homes at a very small expenditure of money. 
Ladies and Children’s Shoes can 
hardly be treated with the ordinary blacking used upon 
men’s shoe-leather; indeed they are usually of a style 
that would be disfigured and injured by the usual “ shine 
’em up ” of the boot blacks. The article called French 
Dressing, made by B. F. Brown & Co., is prepared 
especially for delicate leather boots and shoes, to which 
it gives a fine finish, and it will make traveling bags and 
other articles of leather look as good as new. The 
Dressing is prepared by one of the long established 
Boston houses, and has been in satisfactory use for a 
number of years by several of our associates. 
Wheat for Name.—“ J. B.,” Isabella Co., 
Mich. It is impossible to identify, with any certainty, a 
sample of wheat, unless the whole head is sent, and then 
it can only be a guess in many cases. Different soils and 
vigor of growth quite change the appearance of the same 
variety of wheat, and sometimes even change the color 
considerably. Thus a white wheat, grown on a rich, 
light, sandy or calcareous loam, will be light and bright, 
while on a damp, mucky soil, it may be nearly red. 
White Specks in. Butter.— 1 “ A Sub¬ 
scriber,” Bay Ridge, Long Island. The white specks 
found in butter may be due to several causes. One is an 
acid condilion of the milk, which .causes a deposit of 
small curdy particles that are mixed with the cream, and 
when it is churned these can not be separated from the 
butter. Another is the presence of lime in the salt; this 
forms an insoluble soap with the butter, which exists in 
small nodules wherever there is a particle of lime. An¬ 
other cause is the cow itself. Some cows always yield 
specky butter from some constitutional peculiarity. 
Again, it may be that the air of the milk-room is impure, 
and conveys some germs of decomposition into the milk, 
and produce this effect. A possible remedy, if the cause 
is acidity of the milk, is to put a teaspoonful of carbonate 
of soda in the cream pot, and stir it thoroughly. 
The Best J. H. S.,” Northampton 
Co., Pa. We cannot say which are the best pigs for any 
person, without knowing exactly how he is situated. The 
best, as a family pig, if only one is kept, is probably a 
pure or grade Berkshire ; for what are called market 
pigs, that is, pigs for small pork about 100 to 120 lbs., 
either Essex or Suffolk are best; for heavy pork the 
Berkshire, Poland China, or Yorkshires may be chosen, 
. and one of these is about as good as another. 
Slaniifactnre of Tile for Convey* 
ing Water,— 11 S. W.,” Placer Co., Cal. An article 
descriptive of the manufacture of drain-tile was given in 
the American Agriculturist for June, 1874. There are 
tile-machiues made to be operated by horse or steam 
power. In using tiles for carrying water for irrigating 
purposes, there would be a great waste through the 
joints in consequence of the pressure of the head, unless 
the joints were made close. This could not he done with 
ordinary tiles. Common clay-tiles are also porous. The 
best thing to do, perhaps, would be to make cement pipes, 
as described in the American Agriculturist for Dec., 1872. 
Fronluce of a Grade Jersey Cow. 
— “ W. L. S.,” Jersey Co., Ill., writes that he has a grade 
Jersey Cow, 2 years old, which, in 196 days milking, 
yielded 196% lbs. butter, besides raising a bull calf. The 
product realized ($15 for calf included) $63.68 cents; the 
cost of feed was $19.38, leaving $44.30 for a little more 
than 6 months keeping. The amount of milk was 3,302% 
lbs., an average of 22 lbs., or about 10 quarts daily. 
Steamer for Cooking- Feed.—“A. 
H.,” Buffalo, N. Y. The Anderson steamer, made by 
Whitman & Barrel, Little Falls, N. Y., is a cheap, effec¬ 
tive, portable steamer, and occupies little room. It is 
supplied with water, by a tank, which can be had with it. 
A Sample of Oats has been sent by acor- 
respondent at Quarryville, Pa., who says, from 1 bushel 
sown, 10 were harvested, and from these 10 bushels 105 
were grown. This is such an insignificant yield, that we 
would not advise any more of them to he grown. There 
are plenty of oats’which weigh 45 lbs. to the bushel, and 
on good soil will produce 20 to 25 bushels from one 
bushel of seed. 
Land for Sale in Southern Wis¬ 
consin and Minnesota.—" W. E. B.,” Williams¬ 
port. Southern Wisconsin has been settled for several 
years, and there is no Government land left there. But 
there is plenty of unoccupied land, that can be purchased 
for $10 an acre, upwards. In southern Minnesota there 
is still some land left, and plenty, besides that* can ha 
bought from railroad companies for a low price. The on¬ 
ly proper way is, to go and look out for yourself. 
