AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST'. 
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CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET OF 
CALIFORNIA. 
There are now in the market about eight 
thousand head of Spanish cattle, and sales have 
previously been made of sixteen thousand head 
of the same cattle, at an average of $40 for old 
steers. Of American cattle there are now in 
market about four thousand head, consisting o( 
working oxen and cows—mostly working oxen. 
There have been no sales made of American 
stock of any magnitude, except in cows. They 
have sold both in Los Angelos county and here, 
for $100 to $150 per head. Oxen are held at 
$150 to $200 per yoke. The demand for them 
is poor and few sales made. We are in hopes 
that as soon as the warm weather is over, there 
will be more demand for American beef, and 
that will give us better sales of our oxen that 
are fat. 
As for Sheep, there have been in market one 
hundred and thirty thousand Spanish Sheep 
from Sonora and New-Mexico, and of those left 
in market the amount will not exceed seven 
thousand at this time. Our friend Aubrey, of 
Santa Fe, closed out last week the last of thirty - 
eight thousand, in fifty-two days’ sales at $4 to 
$•9 per head. The weight of a Spanish sheep 
is about thirty pounds dressed. 
The number of American sheep now in mar¬ 
ket is but eight thousand. They belong to W. 
W. Hollister and Brother, of Licking county, 
Ohio, and Flint & Biggsby, of Maine. They 
are holding them at $15 per head. No sales 
have been made of American sheep, except fifty 
ewes and lambs, by the Hollisters, at Los An¬ 
gelos, for ranch purposes, at $1,000. 
The number of sheep killed in San Francisco 
is three hundred and thirty per day ; the num¬ 
ber of cattle one hundred and twenty per day 
The number killed in the State is about two 
hundred and fifty cattle and one thousand sheep 
per day. 
Splendid Grain.' —Mr. James Morrison, four 
miles south of Oakland, has sent us a sheaf of 
the finest wheat we have ever seen—about five 
feet high, heads ten inches long, and the fullest, 
cleanest, and best filled grain that has been ex¬ 
hibited yet. Mr. M. approves and practises 
deep plowing, and sub-soil plowing.— California 
Farmer. 
Great Increase of Domestic Fowls. — We 
saw upon the ranch of Jessie Beard, Esq., the 
best proof of the success of this branch of do¬ 
mestic industry. Mr. Beard commenced in Jan¬ 
uary last, upon his fine ranch, with ninety hens. 
Now in less than seven months the stock has 
increased to over fifteen hundred hens and 
chickens on hand, besides about three hundred 
that have been sold. All this has resulted in 
doing things well. Personally and particularly 
has the interest been guarded, and there has 
been no lack of that proper care which is al¬ 
ways needed to insure success.— lb. 
AN ARAB STEED. 
There was one of our rides which I never 
call to mind without a leap of the heart. The 
noble red stallion which I usually mounted had 
not forgotten the plains of Dar-Fur, where he 
was bred, and whenever we came upon the 
boundless level extending southward from the 
town, his wild blood was aroused. He pricked 
up his ears, neighed as grandly as the war-horse 
of Job, champed furiously against the restrain¬ 
ing bit, and ever and anon cast a glance of his 
large brilliant eye backward at me, half in won¬ 
der, half in scorn, that I did not feel the same 
desire. The truth is, I was tingling from head 
to foot with equal excitement, but Dr. Reitz was 
a thorough Englishman in his passion for trot¬ 
ting, and was vexed whenever I rode at any 
other pace. Once, however, the sky was so 
blue, the morning air so cool and fresh, and the 
blood so lively in my veins, that I answered the 
fierce questioning of Sultan’s eye with an in¬ 
voluntary shout, pressed my knees against his 
sides and gave him the rein. O Mercury, what 
a rush followed ! We cut the air like the whiz¬ 
zing shaft from a Saracen crossbow; Sultan 
stretched out until his powerful neck was almost 
on a level with his’ back, and the glorious 
rhythm of his hoofs was accompanied by so lit¬ 
tle sense of effort, that it seemed but the throb¬ 
bing of his heart, keeping time with my own. 
His course was as straight as a sun-beam, 
swerving not a hair’s-breadth to the right or 
left, but forward, forward into the freedom of 
the Desert. Neck and neck with hitn careered 
the Consul’s milk-white stallion, and I was so 
lost in the divine excitement of our speed, that 
an hour had passed before I was cool enough to 
notice where we were going. The Consul fin¬ 
ally called out to me to stop, and I complied, 
sharing the savage resistance of Sultan, who 
neighed and plunged with greater ardor than at 
the start. The minarets of Khartoum had long 
since disappeared; we were in the center of a 
desolate, sandy plain, broken here and there by 
clumps of stunted mimosas—a dreary landscape, 
but glorified by the sunshine and the delicious 
air. We rode several miles on the return track 
before we met the pursuing attendants, who 
had urged their dromedaries into a gallop, and 
were sailing after us like a flock of ostriches.— 
Bayard Taylor. 
Remedy for the Bite of a Mad Dog. —We 
have already published the following remedy 
for the bite of a mad dog. As some excitement 
exists in relation to the alleged prevalence of 
hydrophobia, and exaggerated reports are cir¬ 
culated of persons having been bitten, we 
again give it a place in our columns as worthy 
of trial: 
“ A Saxon forester, named Gastelf, now of 
the venerable age of 82, unwilling to take to the 
gra i, e with him a secret of such import, has 
made public in the Leipsic Journal, the means 
which he had used for fifty years, and where¬ 
with he affirms, he has rescued many human 
beings and cattle from the fearful death of hy¬ 
drophobia. Take immediately, warm vinegar 
or tepid water, wash the wound clean therewith, 
and then dry it; pour then a few drops ol 
muriatic acid, because mineral acids destroy 
the poison of the saliva, by which means the 
evil effect of the latter is neutralized.” 
It would be better, after making these appli¬ 
cations, to heal the wound under a poultice. 
There are some physicians who contend that 
hydrophobia is in reality lock-jaw aggravated 
by the imagination and fear of the patient. 
The latter disease exhibits symptoms of a 
similar character, and is often produced when a 
wound inflicted with a blunt instrument is 
healed too quickly. Suppuration must precede 
granulation, and if the outside of the wound is 
healed, the inner portion, particularly where 
the wound is deep, and a nerve has been lacer¬ 
ated, cannot heal, and lock-jaw often supervenes. 
In all cases when a wound is inflicted by a 
blunt instrument—whether by a* nail, the tine 
of a pitchfork, or the tooth of an animal—it 
should be laid open until it assumes a healthy 
appearance.— Boston Journal. 
Insects. —The Legislature of the State of New- 
York at its last winter session, placed 1000 
dollars in the hands of the State Agricultural 
Society, to make investigations respecting the 
insects that are hurtful to vegetation. The 
work was placed in the hands of Dr. Asa Fitch, 
of Washington county. It is understood that, 
this season, his investigations have been confined 
to the insects that injure the fruit tree. A me¬ 
morial is soon to be expected from him on that 
subject, which will be one of great interest. 
Mice on the Rhine.— It is said that the Ger¬ 
man farmers of the lower Rhine have been so 
troubled with mice, that a deputation from Alsa- 
tia went to Strasbourg and invoked the aid of 
the prefect. At his recommendation a large 
number of new mouse-traps was procured, and 
on a space of three acres in thirty-six days 
there were caught 15,371 of the little creatures, 
an average of near 450 per day. An enterpris¬ 
ing Yankee might turn an honest penny by im¬ 
porting cats into Germany. 
For the American Agriculturist. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
I have begged a copy of a recipe for Drop 
Cakes, for the readers of your valuable paper. 
I think no one who tries it can fail to consider 
it most excellent. They should be baked in 
cups or saucers, in a quick oven, and eaten as 
soon as done: 
4 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 2 
quarts of flour, 1 quart of milk, 4 tea-spoons 
of cream-tartar, 2 tea-spoons of soda, a little 
salt. 
I should like also to recommend to the ladies, 
Sweet-meat Pickles. They are easily prepared, 
and make a fine relish for the tea-table, prefer¬ 
able, on many accounts, to ordinary preserves. 
To Pickle Quinces. —To 7 lbs. of quinces, 
4 lbs. of sugar, 1 quart of vinegar, 1 oz. of 
cinnamon, oz. of cloves. 
Scald the vinegar with the spice, and pour on 
the quinces, having first cut them in thick 
slices, and boiled in clear water until tender. 
Pears and plums may be done in the same 
way, except the fruit should be left whole. 
I have also, to me, a new Recipe for Pickling 
Green Tomatoes, which “ they say" is unusually 
nice. 
1 gal. tomatoes chopped fine, 4 green pep¬ 
pers, 4 onions chopped, a handful of salt 
sprinkled over them. Let them stand 6 hours— 
then drain off the juice — add 1 table-spoonful 
of ground pepper, 1 of all-spice, 1 of cloves, 
3 tea-spoonfuls made mustard, £ pint grated 
horse radish, 4 pint mustard seed, 3 pints cider 
vinegar. 
Cucumbers are good put up in the same way. 
Cucumbers make very good mangoes. 
If boiling water is poured over cucumbers 
when gathered for pickles, and they remain in 
it till it is cold, they will not soften. They may 
then be thrown into cold vinegar till enough are 
collected to pickle with spices. 
Anne Hope. 
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RECIPES. 
Tomato Pie.— After you have lined your 
plate with paste, spread thereon a layer of 
sliced green tomatoes, add a tea-cupfull of mo¬ 
lasses, two small table-spoonfulls of flour, a little 
salt and nutmegs. Cover with paste, and bake 
slowly, and it will make an excellent pie. 
Cream Cake.— One cup sour cream, one of 
sugar, two of flour, and two eggs, and 2 tea- 
spoon-ful salaratus. 
Cup-Cake. —One cup of butter, two of sugar, 
three of flour, four eggs, one cup sour milk, one 
tea-spoonfull salaratus. Bake in small dishes. 
To keep Worms from Dried Fruit.— Place 
your fruit in a steamer, over a pot of boiling 
water covered tightly. When thoroughly 
heated, tie them up immediately in a clean cot¬ 
ton or linen bag, and hang them up. This 
method is pi’eferable to heating in an oven, as 
that is apt to render them hard, even if you are 
so fortunate as to not burn them. 
Libbie. 
