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quart of warm strong ale, once or twice a day, the 
following medicine:— 
Peruvian bark, K oz. ; powdered gentian, % oz. ; saltpetre, 
IK oz. ; valerian, K oz. 
The regimen of the cow, in this case, should con¬ 
sist of warm water or thin gruel, sweet hay, and 
once or twice a-day, a mash may be given made of 
malt, bran, or Indian meal, which is a very proper 
food during her illness, as it always tends to keep 
her body in a regular state. 
When the disease proceeds from external acci¬ 
dents, such as pokes from other cows, kicks, blows, 
or by lying on the udders, or from the tread of 
another animal, the first method of cure is to bleed 
to the amount of from one to two quarts, according 
to the strength and condition of the cow, and then 
give, at one doze, milk warm, in three pints of water 
gruel, with which half a pint of molasses has been 
added, the following mixture :— 
Epsom salts, from % to \% lbs. ; valerian, % oz. ; cummin 
and anise seeds, each % oz. ; tumeric, % oz.’ 
After the operation of this medicine, the following 
may be administered, at one dose, in three pints of 
water gruel, once a-day, till the inflammation is re¬ 
moved :— 
Saltpetre, 3 oz. ; fenugreek, in powder, IK oz. 
In the mean time, the liniment described above is 
to be applied twice a-day to the swollen parts, and 
the bag rubbed hard as before recommended. If 
these rules are strictly adhered to, the cure will 
soon be complete. 
This malady may also arise from improper milk¬ 
ing, as leaving too great a quantity behind, in con¬ 
sequence of which the bag will swell, and the milk 
therein become ropy, coagulated, or thick; and if 
this practice be continued, it will frequently cause 
the loss of one or more quarters. Therefore, the 
hag should be clearly milked out; otherwise all at¬ 
tempts to cure will be of no use. If this neglect 
has been long continued, the udders become in¬ 
flamed, in which case bleeding and purging will be 
requisite as above directed for pokes and kicks. 
When the operation of the purge has ceased, salt¬ 
petre and fenugreek, as well as the liniment may 
be administered, once a day, as above recommended, 
till the milk returns to its former healthful state. 
The regimen, in each of the latter two cases, 
should be of an emollient kind, such as malt and 
bran mashes, warm water, and gruel made of oat 
or Indian meal. 
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Electro Culture. —Although this article is con¬ 
clusive and satisfactory proof that whoever at¬ 
tempts to raise vegetables by lightning, must make 
up his mind to live on a most “ thundering” light 
crop, as the error, like “ God and Liberty,” having 
once got upon the wires, will continue to make 
the circuit, and we shall for a long time continue to 
see accounts published of “ the experiment.” I 
hope hereafter that the “ battery” will be confined 
to a couple of half pint tumblers, and the vegeta¬ 
ble garden, a small flower pot, and with this appa¬ 
ratus, if experimenting gentlemen are disposed to 
raise a crop of water cresses for breakfast by light¬ 
ning, their thunders will not be likely to shake the 
foundation of any horticultural society. 
Adulteration of Food, No. 6— Sugar. —That the 
frauds in this article have been most shameful, I 
have no doubt. Several other articles besides 
those mentioned, have been used—one of which is 
corn meal. I believe ten per cent, of meal has 
been used by suiting the color of the meal to that 
of the sugar. But about the worst adulteration 
takes place in the sugar house. In many of the su¬ 
gar works of the West Indies, I have often observed, 
(fori was some time engaged in the carrying trade as 
master of a vessel,) no effort is made to keep 
the sugar clean : but on the contrary, with some, 
the vegetable matter and dirt is purposely boiled in 
to make weight. And to give the sugar a nice white 
look, it is washed with a nasty mixture of rum and 
other stuff. Furthermore, I am sorry to say that 
there are some Louisiana plantations where the 
same course is followed; though generally speak¬ 
ing, the Louisiana sugar is far superior to the West- 
India, not only in point of cleanliness, but in 
strength. The planters of that state are beginning 
to make refined sugar direct from the cane juice, 
fully equal in point of quality to any refinery in 
the country. And sugar from those plantations is 
now becoming so cheap, that it is hardly worth 
while to buy the coarse qualities that are usually 
most adulterated. 
-Book Farming—l like the spirit of this article. 
The fact is, it is time this tirade against “ book 
farming,” was treated with the contempt it deserves. 
Call things by their right names, is my motto. And 
therefore I go distinctly for calling those who are 
continually harping about book farming, just what 
they are—either knaves or fools. 
Phosphate of Lime. —Just a fine comment upon 
the spirit of the preceding article. Although the 
former may get a hint from these few lines that 
would be of immense benefit to him, if he follows 
out the hint, yet forsooth, he must not do it, or 
else some ignorant jackass will throw up in his 
teeth that he is “book farming.” 
Approved Varieties of Fruit. —If persons gene¬ 
rally would just take this list and set out an orchard 
of the fruits named, and “ seek-no-further,” they 
would have an assortment that ought to satisfy 
any reasonable human being, and it would be far 
better than this eternal running after every fruit 
they happen to see advertised with a new name. 
Agriculture of the Chinese , No. 12— Tea. —So, 
it seems, that somebody else besides the Yankees 
are up to a “ trick or two,” in the adulterating line. 
Bah ! That is the sort of broth we drink for tea, is 
it? Well, the best remedy that I know of is to 
drink water—pure water. But if we must drink 
tea, why not grow it ourselves. I have no doubt 
that it can be grown in the United States just as 
well as cotton, sugar, rice, and many other things 
that the world once used to go to the Indies for. I 
should like to see some articles in the Agricultu¬ 
rist upon growing the tea plant in America. [Dr. 
Junius Smith is now experimenting with the tea 
plant in South Carolina. See p. 381 of our seventh 
volume.] 
Cultivation of the Common Locust Tree. —I have 
planted the seeds after they had been gathered so 
