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most cows, I think, will not flinch, if the knife be sharp. 
All that is cut is a thin skin, and the pain is trifling-. If 
the cut is not too large, the cow will not leak its milk, 
but if it is made to milk as easy as those do that leak, the 
effect will be similar. 
Cotton Shirts, it is said, when half worn, will last as 
well in hot weather as new ones. I suppose the asser¬ 
tion is not far from the truth, and am full as sure that 
new ones are the most comfortable in cold weather, and 
thin ones in warm weather. Accordingly, when warm 
weather comes on, I want enough half worn shirts on 
hand to last me through it, and when cold weather comes 
on a plenty of thick ones; I should not care if they wei-e 
twice as thick as I can commonly get. The cloth I am 
sure, need not cost much more per yard, nor the making, 
buttons, or thread, much more, while I am certain they 
would be as warm and last as long. Cephas. 
Hannibal, N. Y., 1843. 
TO COLOR RED AND YELLOW. 
To color red and yellow, we give the following re¬ 
ceipts, which we are assured by those most competent 
to judge, will produce superior colors. The receipt is 
for dyeing wool or woolen cloth. 
To dye one pound of yarn or flannel requires the fol¬ 
lowing articles: 
3 ounces of alum, 
1 “ cream of tartar, 
8 “ of madder, 
i “ of stone lime. 
1. Prepare a brass or copper kettle with about five 
gallons of water, bring it to a scalding heat, then add 
three ounces of alum pounded line, and one ounce cream 
of tartar; then bring the liquor to a boil, and put in the 
woolen and boil it for two hours. It is then to be taken 
out, aired and rinsed, and the liquor thrown away. 
2. Prepare the kettle with as much water as before, 
and add to it eight ounces of good madder pounded fine, 
and well mixed in the water before you put in the wool¬ 
en. When the dye is as hot as you can bear your hand 
in, then put in the woolen, and let it remain in the dye 
for one hour, during which time the dye must not boil, 
but only remain at a scalding heat, observing to stir 
about the woolen constantly when in the dye. 
3. When the woolen has been in one hour, it is to be 
taken out, aired and rinsed. 
4. Add to the dye one half pint of clear lime water, 
which is made by slaking half an ounce of lime to pow¬ 
der, then add water to it, and when settled, pour the 
clear part into the dye, and mix it well. Now put 
in your woolen, and stir it about for ten minutes, the 
dye being only at a scalding heat. It is then to be taken 
out and rinsed immediately. 
N. B. If you wish the red very bright, add quarter of 
an ounce, or nearly half a table spoonful of what dyers 
call aquafortis composition, at the time of putting in the 
madder. 
For yellow dye the same proportions as for red, ex¬ 
cepting that for the eight ounces of madder, one pound 
of fustic is to be substituted. The woolen must be boil¬ 
ed in the alum and tartar water an hour and a half, then 
taken out, cooled and rinsed slightly. 
In a new liquor put in your fustic, secured in a thin 
coarse bag, and boil it for two hours; then take out the 
fustic and put in the woolen, and stir it while boiling 
for one hour. Then to be taken out, cooled and rinsed. 
in print; but now and then I meet with something that 
will not go down, no way I can fix it. In the N. G. 
Farmer, for May, I met with the following stumper, 
copied from the Conn. Farm. Gaz. “ Valuable cows. 
Mr. Samuel Baldwin, of Washington, Ct., made, be¬ 
tween March 4th and December 8th, 1842, from two 
cows, besides supporting a family of two persons, four 
hundred and thirty-nine pounds of butter, and twelve 
hundred and fifty-four pounds of cheese.” 
I rubbed mj' eyes and read it over again to see there 
was no mistake. Two hundred and nineteen and a half 
pounds of butter to a cow! said I to myself. Well that 
might possibly be, though the best butter dairies in the 
country rarely average one hundred and eighty pounds 
to a cow; and when Deacon Green’s old red made in 
the whole year 200 pounds, it was thought most marvel¬ 
lous. But in addition to this, here was six hundred and 
twenty-seven pounds of cheese to each cow; more than 
was ever before made from any cow in this country, 
when the whole milk, cream, butter and all went in, 
and full double the yield of ordinary dairies! But my 
good genius whispered that it was not best to whistle 
yet, and suggested that the cheese might be white oak 
cheese, that is cheese made from milk from which all the 
oily matter has been skilfully extracted, and that in this 
way all the butter and all the cheese might be separately 
obtained. The answer to this was, that in all the butter 
and cheese making I had ever seen, there would be but¬ 
ter-milk and whey, a little at least, and here was scarcely 
any provision for either. Thus you see that like many 
other folks, the more I studied the worse off I was, and 
finally, after every effort to go it, and even pinning back 
its ears and greasing it, a la Crockett, am unable to 
swallow the ‘ crittur.’ Still the fault may be in my faith, 
and not in the story: if so, let the good old land of 
steady habits have the glory of possessing two cows, 
“unrivalled and unequalled.” So says one who boasts 
of being a Connecticut Boy. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
Mouthy Notices,. 89 
Subsoil PI-iwing—Feeding Horses—Letter from Florida—> 
Sir John Sinclair’s opinion on Cattle,.5 
Death of Hon. James M. Garnett—Prospects of the coming ) 
Wheat Crop, &c.—Consumption of Food in Cities— i 
Things to be remembered—Cattle and Sheep of Great ) 91 
Britain—Corn Sugar, &c.—South Down Sheep—Best > 
Guide to Farming—Small Stones on Land,. ) 
Foreign Notices—Dairy Cows—Converting Feat into Mea- ) 
dows—Cost of Fencing, &o.. S 
N. Y. S. Ag. Society—Letter from Mississippi—State Fair ) 
at Rochester—Convention of Breeders—Wood’s Culti-> 93 
vator—France before the Revolution,.) 
Dr. Cloud’s Improved Culture of Cotton—Harris’ Treatise ) 
on Insects-Agriculture of Yucatan,. S 
Dictionary of Agricultural Terms, &c.. 95 
Flans of Farm Buildings . 96 
The Enemies and Diseases of Wheat,. 97 
Ice Houses and their Construction,. 98 
Breeding of Animals, Pedigree, &c.. 99 
Salt for Stock—Meadows, &c.—Washing Sheep, &c.—Cul- ) 
ture of Wheat, Peas, &c.—Badger’s Horse Power—Let- > 100 
ter from Nova Scotia,.••• ) 
Warren’s Horse Power—The Silk Business—Rearing ) jgj 
Short and Long Plows—Dairy Cows—To Stock Breeders— 1 
Boramer’s Manure—Lice on Poultry—Diseases of Hogs > 102 
—Breaking Colls,.) 
The Peach Tree—Inquiry about FTnit Trees—To Destroy > 
Caterpillars—Butter Making—Lard for Lamps, &c.-J 
Domestic Economy—Valuable Cows, &c.. 104 
lELUSTBATIONS. 
PiiESERVATioN OF ISABELLA Grapes —At the Hor¬ 
ticultural rooms on Saturday, we saw a bunch or two of 
Isabella grapes of last year’s growth, in a very tolerable 
state of preservation. They were exhibited by Mr. J. 
L. L. F. Warren. He had packed them in cotton last au¬ 
tumn, and placed them in a closet, where they had been 
left forgotten, until the time of spring house cleaning.— 
IV. F. Farmer of May 24. 
To Make French Rolls. —Take a spoonful of lard 
or butter. 3 pints of flour, a cup of yeast, and as much 
milk as vvill work it up to the stiffness of bread; just be¬ 
fore you take them from the oven, take a clean towel 
and wipe them over with m ilk.— Na,shviUe Ag. _ 
“VALUABLE COWS,” AND TOUGH STORIES. 
Messrs. Editors— There was a clergyman “ down 
east,” who had among his parishioners a young man 
who was more remarkable for plainness of speech than 
courtesy, and who sometimes got himself into difficulty 
by calling things by their right names. To prevent this, 
the minister one day hinted to him, that when a man as¬ 
serted what he believed to be false, it was impolite to 
tell him he lied, but that dissent might be expressed by 
a whew! or whistle, proportioned in intensity to the 
enormity of the offence. The clergyman was one of 
those who explain as the result of natui'al causes, all the 
miracles recorded in the bible. The very next sabbath 
his text related to the loaves and fishes that fed the mul¬ 
titude in the wilderness. The loaves he contended were 
Fig. 44—Wood’s Patent Plow Cultivator,.. 93 
Fig. 45—Ground Plan of Farm Buildings,. 98 
Fig. 46—View of Barn, Out-buildings, &o.. 93 
Fig. 47—View ol Farm House,. 96 
Fig. 48—Plan of Buildings and Grounds,. 96 
Fig. 49—Badger’s One Horse Power Threshing^ jgg 
Machine,.> 
Fig. 50—Warren's Horse Power and Threshing ) jgj 
Machine,.5 
S4LE OF DURHAM SHORT HORN CATTLE AND 
SOUTH DOWN SHEEP. 
T he subscriber, desirous of reducing his stock, will offer for 
sale, at auction, on Wednesday, the 15th of September next, 
at 10 o’clock, A. M. at Three Hills Farm, miles west of the 
city of Albany, on the Cherry Valley road, 26head of cattle, con¬ 
sisting of bulls, cows, heifers and calves, and between 70 and 
80 head of South Down sheep, consisting of bucks, breeding 
ewes, yearlings and lambs, bred from the stock imported by 
Mr. Hawes in 1832, and from bucks imported since. 
Messrs. Corning & Sotham, will ahso offer at the same time 
and place, some of their celebrated HEREFORD BDLLS.ofdif- 
ferent ages. 
C. N. BEMENT. 
Three Hills JTarm, Albany, June 1, 18*13.41. 
WARREN’S HORSE POWER AND THRESHING 
MACHINE. 
T he subscribers, the venders and sole agents for these ma¬ 
chines, as now made, otler them with the fullest confidence 
to the farmers as being those which may be relied on for effi¬ 
ciency, &c. in accordance with recommendation, and as there¬ 
fore suited to their wants, and being at the low price of $76, for 
a two horse power and threshing machine, must necessarily 
cause them to be generally used. ^ pOSTWICK, 
J. PLANT, 
Few-York, May, 1843. 2t. 53 Water st. 
not ordinary loaves, but of the size of Mount Tom, re¬ 
ferring' to a well known conical hill in the vicinity. At 
this point of the discourse, the clergyman and the audi¬ 
ence were electrified by a whistle so shrill and prolong¬ 
ed that many sprung to their feet. “What!” said the 
clergyman, turning to Jonathan, “you disbelieve me do 
you?” “ Oh no;” was the prompt reply; “I was only 
thinking what an oven they were baked in!” 
Now I sometimes read the papers, and I am so easy of 
faith, that I am able to swallow nearly every thing I find 
BADGER’S HORSE POWER, &c. 
IDGER’S Horse Power, of which a cut and description is 
Tiven in another part of this paper, is manufactured at Au- 
it N. Y., by the subscribers. The price for 
Horse Power and Thresher,. $115-00 
Horse Power alone,.-i 
so manufactured and for sale by the subscribers, Hussey’s 
PING MACHINE and CORN CRUSHER, which took the 
'premiums at the State Fair held at Albany, in 1842. All 
:rs punctually attended to. ^ BURGESS. 
ihurn, N. Y. May 16, 1843. 2t. 
POUDRETTE, 
O F a superior quality, may be had immediately, on applies 
tion to the New-Y’ork Poudrette Company, 23 Chambers st 
New-York. Price, three bbls. for $5—or ten bbls. for $15, de 
liyered on board vessel. Orders with cash, may be addresseif 
to the subscriber, 23 Chambers st., New-York. 
May 23, 1343. D. K. MINOR. 
PLOWS, PLOWS. 
T he subscriber has just received an extensive assoftment of 
Center Draft Self-Sharpening Plows, made from the best 
materials, and are warranted to work well. Also Subsoil Plows 
of three sizes', suitable for one, two or three horses, for sale at 
the following prices, viz :—No. 1, $8; No. 2, $10;. No. 3, $12, 
with an extra point to each. Also Straw Cutlers, Corn Shel- 
lers. Corn Planters, Fanning Mills, Hoes, Spades, Shovels, &c. 
Garden, Grass, and Flower Seeds, for sale at wholesale and re¬ 
tail, on liberal terms, by D. O. PROUTY, 
Ma.y 15, 1843. 2t. _ No. 176 Market st., Philadelphia . 
CUMMINGTON SCYTHE STONES. 
ePHE attention of farmers and all who use whetstones* 
-L throughout the United States, is respectfully invited to an 
article now manufactured from the celebrated “ Robbin’s 
Ledge,” by J. S. Stafibrd & Co., Cnmmington, Mass. The de¬ 
cided superiority of these stones is acknowledged hy all who* 
have given them a trial, and the eager demand for them from 
those sections of the country into whicli they have been intro¬ 
duced, is the best recommendation that can be given them. 
The public are requested to satisfy themselves in regard to the 
merits of the above article, by giving it a trial. For sale at 
the manufactory; also by Wood ^ Folger, 219 Pearl-street; 
William H. H ight ^ Co., 100 John-street, nad Clark ^ Wilson, 
7 Platt-street, Kew-Y'ork —Humjihrey ^ Lansing, and Van Al- 
styne 4 Son, Albany —Kelloggs 4" Co-j Warren. Lesly Hart, 
Troy, N. Y., and will be furnished at the principal villages 
throughout the country. 
Orders addressed to FRANCIS BATES, Agent, Cnmmington, 
Mass., will be punctually attended to. April 11, 1843.—3t 
REPRINT OF CHAMBERS’ EDINBURGH JOURNAL. 
To be published at the Albion office, 3 Ear clay-street, New-York^ 
E xtract from the prospectus-:— it has long been a 
matter of surprise, that amidst the almost countless num¬ 
ber of reprints of British works daily issuing from the Ameri¬ 
can press, the above has not formed a part of them. 
Chambers’ Journal is conducted by William and Robert 
Chambers. It is extensively circulated throughout the British 
isles, and commands commendation and respect wherever it is 
known. 
In order to put this work within the reach of all classes of 
the public, w-e have determined to issue it at the very low 
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The publioationis weekly, contains eight pages, and is printed 
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edition will be an exact transcript of the Edinburgh copy. 
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without any deviation whatever. 
Agents will please to send their orders forward as early as 
possible. We shall reprint from the first number of the present 
year, so as to make the volume complete. 
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“THE FARMER’S LIBRARY.” 
rriHE CUI,TIVATOR was cpmmenced by Judge Iuel, In 
jL 1834; its motto and its object, “To improve the Soil and 
the Mirid.’' Faithful to this great end, the Cultivator from the 
first took a high rank among the periodicals of the time; and 
rapidly extending its influence and securing the aid of able co¬ 
laborers, while it numbered among its contributors the most 
distinguished and intelligent of American agriculturists, its po¬ 
sition, as an organ of the farmingiiiterests of this country, soon 
became second to no other journal of its kind, in circulation and 
usefulness. Fii^n the first it has been the depository of a mass 
of facts in relation to agriculture, rarely found in any.series of 
volumes; and the favor with which ithps been viewed, and the 
ample support accorded to it, may be in'% great measure attri¬ 
buted to the practical nature and value of the papers with which 
it has been filled. The first six volumes contain the rich fruits 
of the labors, experiments, and matured experience of Judge 
Buel. At the time of his lamented decease, the Cultivator pass¬ 
ed in'to the hands of the Proprietor and Editors of the Genesee 
Farmer, with which publication it was united, and by whom it 
has since been conducted. Of the four volumes that have been 
published since it passed into the hands of the present conduc¬ 
tors, it does not become them to speak; hut if the large, not to 
say unprecedented support they have received, and the nume¬ 
rous testimonials of approval freely given them, may be taken 
as evidence of the manner in which their labors have been 
viewed by the public, they have abundant reasoi: to be satisfied. 
This high standing of the Cultivator, no pains oi expense will 
be spared to maintain. In matter, in execution, in Us illustra- 
trations, it is intended it shall be without an equal or rival:— 
that it shall be eminently worthy of the name which has been 
given it, of “ The Farmer’s Library.” Embodying as it does, 
the practice of numbers of the ablest agriculturists of the coun¬ 
try, it is believed no work can be found, from which the informa¬ 
tion, in all its details, so necessary for the American farmer, 
can be obtained so perfectly or at so little cost, as from the Cnl 
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the most comprehensive kind. As the work is stereotyped, the 
whole series can be furnished to those who wish it, and the con¬ 
stant dem-and for the back volumes proves that it is in the light 
of a library for the farmer the whole work is viewmd by the 
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remainder at $1,00 each. Annual subscription, $1,00. Thevols 
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