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A PROFITABLE PEACH ORCHARD. 
Chine renders attention to it scarcely necessary be¬ 
yond making the fire and oiling the machinery. 
The display of farming implements, plows, &c., 
generally, was good ; but we saw little that was 
new or improved. A tilting wagon, with a sliding 
body placed on four wheels, which is easily run 
back by a small lever, for the purpose of dumping 
a load, is an old invention, which may be advan¬ 
tageously used in many cases. Presses for hay, 
cotton, oil, and cider, were also shown, and each, 
both of Bullock’s and Dick’s patent, well adapted 
to the object. Excellent forcing and lifting 6team 
pumps were exhibited, suited for irrigating rice or 
other lands, supplying manufactories or villages 
with -water, or draining mines. 
The vegetable products, and fruits, were excel¬ 
lent of their kind ; and several lots of seed corn, 
wheat, roots, squashes, &c., were shown, possess¬ 
ing rare merits. The grapes were by far the most 
imposing of the fruits. The choicest of the foreign 
kinds are now extensively grown among us, by 
adopting the conservatory or green house, where 
the vines are simply placed under glass, without 
the addition of heat. By this arrangement, the sun 
is admitted, while frosts and the cold air are ex¬ 
cluded. This gives an additional six or eight 
weeks of the growing season to the grape, both in 
spring and autumn, and is fully equivalent to a pro¬ 
longed season and a higher temperature. We have 
only to adopt this comparatively economical sys¬ 
tem of graperies to multiply this delicious fruit to 
an indefinite extent. 
Cattle Show .—This took place on the 10th and 
11th of October, at Madison Cottage, 25th street. 
The weather, unfortunately, was stormy, and, in 
consequence of this, many animals did not make 
their appearance, which were expected. The show 
of horses was quite indifferent; that of cattle bet¬ 
ter than last year, embracing the usual variety of 
.Durham, Devon, Ayrshire, Alderney, and their 
various crosses. The sheep, though few, were 
uncommonly good. We would mention particu¬ 
larly the large French Merinos of Mr. Collins, and 
the superb Cotswolds of Mr. Hallock. Mr. Stick- 
ney, and some others, made a fine display of the 
beautiful Suffolk pigs. A cross of these on the 
large, white hog of the Hudson River, are just the 
thing for the farmer. Mr. Love exhibited a few 
good Berkshires, which, in their dark, glossy coats, 
were quite attractive. The poultry was not nume¬ 
rous. Dr. Field had some very choice Dorkings. 
We wish the institute could afford to give larger 
and more numerous-premiums at their annual cattle 
shows, as this would greatly increase the number 
and quality of the animals exhibited. There is 
material enough in the country bordering the city, 
to make a good display, if breeders were only bet¬ 
ter encouraged to come out with their stock ; and 
we think this would be the besl - system to pursue 
to promote sales, as the assortment now is so small, 
that few from abroad are tempted to make their 
appearance as purchasers. 
During the weeks the fair was kept open, there 
was a continuous throng of delighted visitors, and 
we are glad to learn the receipts have been propor¬ 
tionate to the zeal and intelligence that has con¬ 
trolled the institute, through its present able board 
of officers and managers. 
FARRIERY. 
' Case 1.—Last spring, [ had a fine new-milch cow 
which was regularly stabled. I had had her stall, 
with others, filled with muck, in which was much 
frost, and then covered with litter. I presume the 
cold, wet muck caused her to have an inflammation 
of the udder. The first intimation I had of it was 
just before bed time and therefore, I could not send 
for a cattle doctor nor for medicine, without much 
inconvenience. I therefore proceeded to my library 
to consult several works I had on farriery, but was 
disappointed in finding that there was not a single 
course pointed out that I could follow; for all the 
remedies used were such as no person could easily 
get in an emergency. I was, therefore., obliged to 
follow my own feeble judgment in such matters. 
I had the cow held firmly by the horns and nos¬ 
trils, which was necessary; for her bag was very 
much swollen, hot, and tender. A person stood 
behind her, and bathed her bag with warm water, 
and then lubricated the parts with warm hog’s 
lard ; then she was partially milked and her bag 
again bathed, and so continued bathing and milk¬ 
ing until she was milked clean, and her bag was 
soft and pliable. The milk, at first, was curdy, and 
much blood was mixed with it. I directed she 
should be well bedded, and have hay and water 
only, and that in small quantities. The next morn¬ 
ing, she was milked without much difficulty, and 
afterwards regularly, and has not since suffered the 
least from the above cause. 
Case 2.—A sow had five pigs, at her first litter. 
I found, that, after pigging, there was a large pro¬ 
trusion which proved to be a part of the vagina, 
and the bladder inverted. I replaced them, and 
took several stitches in the external parts, but the 
after pains were so great that the tumor was forced 
through the smallest opening. I, therefore, con¬ 
cluded to let her alone ; but she seemed to suffer 
so much, and was failing so rapidly, having fre¬ 
quent rigors, and had such a pale, miserable, ap¬ 
pearance, besides, maggots were revelling in the 
parts, that I concluded to make short work of it. I 
enclosed the whole mass in a ligature, and then 
cut it off. I found I had the bladder, uretus, &c., 
and of course, expected my patient must die; but 
she improved, became able to go around, eat well, 
and the color of her snout and ears were as natural 
as ever. She was able, too, to nurse her pigs, but 
I was very sorry to find, one day, that she had died 
during my absence from home. I was told that 
she was injured by a cow, which caused her death, 
which, for my reputation’s sake, as a pig doctor, I 
hope was the case. F. 
Poughkeepsie , September , 1849. 
A Profitable Peach Orchard. —In 1845, Henry 
Cornell, three miles southwest of Newburgh, set 
out 475 peach trees upon four acres of land, having 
a gentle slope to the southeast. The soil is some¬ 
what clayey, well mixed with broken stone. The 
cost of the trees when set out was $46. In 1847, 
he sold 100 baskets of peaches, holding a trifle over 
three pecks each, for $100. In 1848, he sold 200 
baskets for $100. In 1849, he sold 599 baskets, 
which, including the plums from a row of trees 
along two sides of the orchard, brought $650, net¬ 
ting $575 for the crop this year ! 
