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A PERFECT STORE HOUSE, ETC. 
steam. (A laugh, in which all but the Melon 
joined.) I cannot boast of a long line of ances¬ 
tors. I did not, like some of you, come in with 
the conqueror, but I came in the train of civilisa¬ 
tion, amidst the memorable luggage of Sir Walter 
Raleigh, in company with my Right Honorable 
friend the Tobacco, who is not now present, but 
who often helps the philosopher to take a bird’s 
eye view of some of the finest subjects for reflec¬ 
tion. (Immense cheering, and a nod of assent 
from the Turnip Top.) Though I may be a 
foreigner, I may justly say, that I have taken 
root in the soil, and though I may not have the 
grace of the Cucumber, who seems to have come 
here in no enviable frame. (Loud cheering.) I 
believe I have done as much good as any living 
vegetable; for, though almost always at the rich 
man’s table, I am seldom absent from the poor 
man’s humble board.” (Tremendous applause.) 
“But,” continued the Potato, “let me not get 
flowery, or mealy-mouthed, for there is some¬ 
thing objectionable in each extreme. I have 
undergone many vicissitudes in the course of my 
existance. I have been served up, aye, and 
served out, (a smile,) in all sorts of ways. I 
have been roasted by some; I have been basted 
by others; and I have had my jacket rudely torn 
off my back by many who knew not the treat¬ 
ment I deserved. But this meeting, my friends, 
repays me for all. Excuse me if my eyes are 
watery. (Sensation.) I am not very thin skin¬ 
ned ; but I feel deeply penetrated by your kind¬ 
ness this day.” 
The Potato resumed his seat amid the most 
tumultuous cheering, which lasted for a consider¬ 
able time.— Punch. 
A PERFECT STORE HOUSE. 
I consider agricultural periodicals a perfect 
store house of information for the mind. Every 
farmer ought to possess one. His mind then will 
be filled with invaluable information as well as 
his barns with valuable products. Thus he can 
keep up with the times, and save many a dollar 
which he now loses from ignorance. Your 
paper is filled with articles detailing the practice 
of farmers themselves; hence its great value to 
them. 
I herewith send you a few ears of my “ King- 
Phillip corn.” I think it exceeds any other kind 
I have yet seen for this climate. The grain is 
large, the cob small, and it produces largely. 
I can raise 100 bushels of this kind easier than 60 
of any other kind I know of. It is the best kind 
to sow for fodder of great growth. D. A. B. 
Williamstown , Mass., Jan. \lth, 1850. 
The corn of our correspondent has come to 
hand, and we shall distribute it among our 
friends for trial. If it proves suitable for this 
climate, he shall hear from us again on the 
subject. 
Training Cattle and Horses.— Working ani¬ 
mals, when well trained, are capable of doing 
much more work, and doing it easier, than when 
imperfectly broken. Knowledge is power to 
them, though in a different sense, and in a less 
degree, than with reasoning man. Yet, if they 
are taught how to draw, to back, and come round; 
when to lay out their strength, and when to hus¬ 
band it, they have the same advantage that a 
skillful woodman has in the use of his axe, the 
mower his scythe, the reaper his cradle, and the 
ditcher his spade. 
First procure animais of a good breed, natu¬ 
rally intelligent, and of good general physical 
organisation ; adapt their food to their constitu¬ 
tion and work; train and manage them properly, 
and you will find your account in it, as you do 
in sending your children to school, or teaching 
them to handle their tools skillfully. 
GARDEN SYRINGES. 
These are very simple and economical imple¬ 
ments, constructed on the principle of a force 
pump; and are well 
calculated for water-"' 
ing gardens or wash¬ 
ing windows. They 
may also be used for 
expelling insects from 
shrubbery and plants, 
by means of an infu¬ 
sion of tobacco or 
sulphur water. They 
are of various sizes, 
throwing from a pint 
to a gallon at each ifj 
stroke. Ill 
Fig. 27. 
Fig. 28. 
stroke. 
SCOURS. 
One day last Octo¬ 
ber, two of my cows 
eat too many apples, 
in consequence of 
which, the next morn¬ 
ing, they were scarce¬ 
ly able to rise or walk 
about, and were suffer¬ 
ing severely from a 
violent attack of the 
scours. The follow¬ 
ing evening, the disorder appeared to be un¬ 
abated, and they continued to refuse food. 
As I had previously cured many severe cases 
of the same disorder, when affecting sheep and 
lambs, by administering to them one or two 
doses of black pepper and scalded milk, I thought 
best to give the cows a dose of the same. 
Accordingly, I thoroughly scalded one largo 
teacupful of finely-ground black pepper in two 
quarts of skimmed milk, and gave the mixture to 
the two cows. In twenty-four hours, they were 
quite cured of the disorder; their appetite began 
to return, and with no further attention they soon 
began again to thrive. S. R. Gray. 
Salem, Dec. 31^, 1849. 
TO CURE DEEP CUTS IN A HORSE. 
Last fall, my horse, while grazing, put his 
neck under a scythe, which had been carelessly 
left hanging on a fence, and in endeavoring to 
disengage it, received two severe wounds, one 
of which was about three inches long, and super- 
