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REVIEW OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 
plements, there will soon be seen an improved state 
of agriculture in the fertile, sunny region of sugar 
cane and cotton. Show me the implements of hus¬ 
bandry of any people, and I will tell you, not only 
of the condition of agricultural improvement among 
them, but of their moral and intellectual condition. 
It has been too true of the south-western portion of 
our Union, that their rude and unimproved imple¬ 
ments have indicated a rude people. 
Cure for the Foot Rot in Sheep. —This recipe may 
answer very well for a farmer who has only a 
dozen or two of sheep. But to catch and anoint the 
feet of a thousand head, every day for a week or 
two, would be no fool of a job. And less than 
that would be “ no cure,” and consequently “ no 
pay” for the labor. As the articles can be applied 
in a liquid state, then for a large flock, put the pre¬ 
paration in a shallow trough, and set where the 
flock, in going to fold, will walk through it, and 
thus it will be applied to the feet without labor. 
September Number — Coffee Mills. —First let 
us take a cup of coffee, ground in one of the mills 
that are so beautifully figured in this number. I 
have just returned from a visit to a family where 
one whole hour was spent in that miserable cold 
back kitchen, grinding coffee for breakfast, upon 
one of those abominable nuisances so abundant 
about the country, that the owners have so long 
been accustomed to call by the name of coffee 
mill , that they are at length led to believe in the 
truth of their assertion. My dictionary says: 
“Mill, an engine to grind ;” but one half of all the 
things called coffee mills in the country are 
good for nothing but to grind away precious time ; 
while here we have the representation of a most 
perfect article, for a couple of dollars ; which if 
owned by a million of families in the United States, 
would save a million dollars 1 worth of time every 
year. So much for coffee. The other mills are 
equally valuable. 
Farm, Fencing. —“The system needs reform.” 
The writer need not have said more. How could 
he? 
Tethering Stock. —But this writer has said more 
—much, very much, in favor of dispensing with 
many cross fences. Mr. Marsh’s system of fasten¬ 
ing animals with poles instead of ropes or chains, 
is something new to me, and so good that I wish to 
commend it to all who would tether stock. 
How to Fry Fish. —True as preaching, only more 
so. And if nut-cake friers would pursue the same 
rule, we should not so often have lumps of dough 
soaked in lard, set before us and called fried cakes. 
Bah ! the nasty things ! 
Value of Hen Manure.^— Truth again. And if 
it were imported from Peru, those who now waste 
it would buy it. 
How to Make Apple Butter. —These are very good 
directions ; but the article itself is by no means so 
good as the old-fashioned, New England apple 
sauce—particularly when it contains about one 
third part quinces . 
The Horse Tamer or Whisperer.— Although I 
am not a believer in the humbug of animal mag¬ 
netism, I have no doubt but it is owing to this 
science that some men are able to tame horses. I 
not wonder that Sullivan never disclosed in 
what his art consisted ; for he did not probably 
know himself. I have often thought that I pos¬ 
sessed a small share of such power, but I cannot 
tell how nor why, unless it is animal magnetism. 
October Number— How to Whiten Linen. — If 
this article should create a demand for chloride of 
lime sufficient to whiten all the “linen that has 
acquired a yellow or dingy color by careless wash¬ 
ing,” I should like to know it in time, as the price 
of the article would advance most enormously. To 
prevent the fluctuation in trade, I beg to add, that 
my grandmother—that was a long time ago—had 
a very excellent way for a farmer’s wife, to whi¬ 
ten her linen, by some kind of process she used to 
put it through, in which soap and water and a nice 
grass plot were the principal ingredients. I pre¬ 
sume that the same process would still answer, if 
the secret is not lost—as I believe that of spin¬ 
ning is! 
Domestic Flora of China , No. 4— Cemeteries .— 
I have before commended these articles. From the 
present one, the “outside barbarians” might learn 
something from the inside ones. Reading this ac¬ 
count of the Chinese manner of disposing of their 
dead, brings up anything but pleasing reflections 
upon the burial places of this country; and almost 
makes me wish that I had been born to die in a 
country where my last resting place would have 
been in a grove of flowers, upon the bank of a gently 
murmuring rill, or on the sunny side of some re¬ 
pose-inviting hill. “ The flowers which the Chi¬ 
nese plant on or among their tombs, are simple and 
beautiful in their kind.” What a contrast between 
those of our own country, covered with mayweed, 
mullen, hoarhound, burdock, and smart weed. And 
often located upon some waste piece of uninclosedi 
I neglected land. 
“ Ye living men come view the ground, 
Where you must shortly lie,” 
and say which are the greatest barbarians , our¬ 
selves or the Chinese ? 
Long Island Lands , No. 1 .— This is a most in¬ 
teresting article, and adds greatly to our stock of 
information concerning a large tract of land lying 
near enough to New York city to be advantage¬ 
ously cultivated as market gardens; taking into 
account water and railroad facilities, and yet it is 
less known and appreciated than are some of the 
actual deserts of the far west. Talk not to me of 
emigrating to Virginia, Illinois, Texas, nor Califor¬ 
nia, while untold acres on Long Island are lying 
waste within three hours’ ride of this city. I sug¬ 
gest the formation of an association similar to one 
formed in France some years since, to furnish cul¬ 
tivators to the extensive mossy moors of Flanders. 
Can you publish an account of it ? [We will see 
hereafter]. It needs but small capital and plenty of 
laborers. New York can furnish the first and emi¬ 
grant ships the latter in great abundance. 
Cost of Light. —C. D. has the thanks of his 
“ quaint and amusing friend,” and will please to give 
us more light. By the by, which of the defini¬ 
tions of “ quaint” did he mean ? Nice^ pretty, 
exact, or odd ? [He doubtless meant the second , 
as Reviewer is well known among his friends as a 
very handsome man—the word pretty, however, 
would be more appropriately applied to his daugh¬ 
ters], He does not know me, that is evident; for 
