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The swelling is then to be rubbed once a-day 
with the following stimulant oils :— 
Linseed oil, 8 oz. ; oil of turpentine, 2 oz.; oil 
of vitriol, 1 oz. 
The last-named article is to be gradually mixed 
with the other two. The application of this will 
prevent any tendency to mortification, and also 
produce a quick suppuration, or running of the 
sore. These dressings may be repeated every 
twenty-four hours. If the parts are much swollen 
and inflamed, a dose of Epsom salts may be given, 
and the following fomentation used once a-day:— 
Camomile flowers, i lb.; wormwood, a large 
handful; bayberries (Lauris nobilis), and juniper 
berries, each 4 oz.; beer, or ale grounds, 6 quarts; 
vinegar, 1 qt. 
The whole to be boiled for a quarter of an hour, 
and then to be applied, while quite hot, by dipping 
in it a large piece of flannel, and fomenting the 
inflamed parts. When this operation is finished, 
the flannel should be allowed to remain, and the 
animal covered up so as to avoid catching cold. 
HOE & CO’S HYDRAULIC PRESSES. 
Hydraulic Press.—Fig. 4. 
These machines are constructed of various sizes, 
with solid wrought-iron cylinders, and may be 
made to work by steam power, with one or more 
pumps. The uses to which they may be applied 
are numerous, among which we would particularly 
mention the pressing of hay, wool, cotton bales, 
separating the oil from lard, flaxseed, castor beans, 
and other oleaginous seeds. They may also be 
employed with advantage in many instances in 
raising or moving buildings and other great weights. 
Price with 8-inch ram, a single pump, and pla- 
tine (follower), 38 by 26 inches, $800; 10-inch 
ram, pump, and platine 40 by 28 inches, $1,000 ; 
12-inch ram, pump, and platine 46 by 32 inches, 
$1,250. Separate cisterns, $50 extra. Larger and 
smaller sizes made to order. 
REVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER NUMBER OF THE 
AGRICULTURIST. 
Preservation of Cabbages. —I was strongly tempt¬ 
ed to drop one b in that word, as I often am dis 
posed to do in all superfluous letters in all words 
If printers would set the example, it would soon 
become a law. But about preserving cabbages. 
You know, or rather you don’t know, I am a 
Dutchman. For the last fifty years I have always 
wintered my cabbages upon the same ground where 
they grew. I pull them up, and set them bottom 
up in a row on the ground ; and then ridge up 
the earth on each side, leaving the roots sticking 
out, and whenever the ground is not frozen, I can go 
and pull out a few and take into the cellar for imme¬ 
diate use. This is the easiest and best way I ever 
saw cabbages kept. 
The Cow—Her Diseases and Management .—I 
was much amused the other day with a lit¬ 
tle matter connected with these articles. A 
neighbor of mine, whom I had tried to in¬ 
duce to subscribe for the Agriculturist, 
had a cow taken sick, and, while in that 
condition, a pedlar happened along with “ a 
new and valuable work,” for which my 
friend paid a dollar, and got a recipe to cure 
his cow. But it did not answer. He then 
came to me for further advice. On re- 
fering to one of your back numbers, I 
easily found a description of the disease, 
and a remedy, which proved effectual. At 
this he seemed very much surprised, and im¬ 
mediately ordered the paper, declaring it 
worth a dozen of his “ new bookand 
that he had no idea that it contained any¬ 
thing of any use to him. 
Improved Rotary Cylinder Straw Cut¬ 
ters. —It actually seems as though there was 
no limit to the improvement of agricultural 
implements. The invention of any ma¬ 
chine is only the beginning. Some in¬ 
genious Yankee immediately takes up the 
idea, and adds an improvement, which has 
hardly got well out of his hands, before 
some one else seizes it and adds another. 
So it has been with the straw-cutting 
machine for the last twenty years. Al¬ 
though this last improvement seems to be 
the ne plus ultra , it is impossible for 
one to say but what it may be stili further 
improved —I can’t tell how. 
Improved Refrigerators— A friend of mine, at 
the south, where he can grow rice , but not fee, 
writes me that he has carefully examined into the 
philosophy of this plan and is well pleased with 
it * but deprecatingly asks how he can be benefited 
by it. Wait a bit. Never despair while there is 
anything left that Yankee ingenuity has not done. 
Be assured, in due time it will be done. The 
“ ice-making machine,” is already invented. Ice 
made here at all seasons , will soon be seen upon 
sign boards in every town. “Tom, run to the 
