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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
JULY 19. 
J. G. S.—and for aught he knows, he may be 
running a tilt of pens with a “ myth,” or with I 
the redoubtable “ Professor Comstock” himself, 
lighting “sub rosa ." 
Now I hope the Rural will not adjudge me 
too ill-mannered, or these criticisms too irrele¬ 
vant to be admitted, (a little spice you know 
serves as a relish,) and I will endeavor hence¬ 
forth to avoid personalities, and confine myself 
to the merits of the subject in discussion. Is 
common salt valuable as a manure for corn ? 
That your “ esteemed correspondent relies 
somewhat upon memory for the accuracy of his 
assertions,”* is conclusively proven in his arti¬ 
cle of June 14th ; for after quoting in full the 
report of an experiment, made by J. B. S., he 
states that “the application of the compost, as 
stated above, was made in precisely the same 
manner as I made it last year.” Does J. G. S. 
state in his first article that he applied a small 
handful to each hill about the roots of the corn, 
after he had completed the first hoeing ? Nay, 
verily ; but he put it ok the corn as it first made 
its appearance,—doing just the very thing that 
he had been cautioned against, by both the ed¬ 
itor of the Rural and your present correspon¬ 
dent. The mode of performing his experiment 
is proof that he had read both my article, and 
that of J. B. S., and that in forgetfulness of the 
directions of either, he was endeavoring to fol¬ 
low both, and found himself in the situation of 
the man and his son in the fable, who tried to 
please everybody, when taking the ass to market. 
It is well said, “ experience is a severe teacher, 
but fools will learn of no other.” 
I concur in the opinion of W. Garbutt —whose 
name I see “in full” in the next column to the 
article of J. G. S., (and of course, in his opinion, 
is a “scribbler who wishes to make himself 
conspicuous,”) that “every farmer ought to be 
an experimenter, and every farm an experimen¬ 
tal one ; for all agricultural facts must be settled 
by experience.” It was because I was of this 
opinion that I communicated the result of my 
experience with salt, <fcc., to the Rural, that 
others beyond my immediate acquaintance 
might try and profit by the use of the mixture. 
Experience only can determine its effects in 
different localities and on different kinds of soil. 
I am taken to task for “ inaccuracy of propo¬ 
sitions.” I will state more definitely. Last fall, 
in proceeding to husk my corn, I carefully 
measured with a surveyor’s chain, one acre 
across the entire width of the field, represent¬ 
ing as near as I could judge a fair average of the 
field of about seven acres, and let it out to a 
neighbor to be husked for a share. The product 
was 123 baskets full of ears; the basket held 
over a bushel, and when filled was well shaken 
down and heaped up, and yielded when shelled 
18 quarts of shelled corn. This would be G9 
bushels and 6 quarts, and enough was un¬ 
doubtedly overlooked in husking to bring the 
amount up to 70 bushels. I ought to state that 
in sorting and cribbing, about one basket full 
from each wagon load (say 1 in 25) was sorted 
out to feed to my fattening hogs, three-fourths 
of which, if cribbed to dry, would have been 
“good, sound, merchantable corn.” In saying 
in my first article that I received 70 bushels 
per acre, I spoke in “round numbers,” and be- 
iing exact, the amount might vary one or two 
bushels either way. 
Now as to “terra culture." The field on 
which the corn grew is a sandy loam, had lain in 
pasture only one year, and was plowed for corn 
because the clover sown with the previous crop 
(wheat) had failed to take. On this sod I 
spread about forty loads per acre of long ma¬ 
nure, had it raked into the furrow before the 
plow, and buried about 8 inches deep. The sod 
thus inverted was rolled with a heavy roller, 
thoroughly dragged, and planted by hand, in 
rows 3 feet 4 inches apart each way. This is 
my mode of “terra (culture” for corn; what 
Prof. Comstock’s may be I know not—possibly 
he may inform us in his next article. As fast 
as the corn was planted it was dressed with the 
mixture—salt, plaster and ashes ; no other fer¬ 
tilizers were used. Owing to the “weeping 
skies” of last summer, the corn was only culti¬ 
vated both ways, and hoed once. About lialfof 
the field was cultivated one way the second 
time, when we were obliged to desist by the 
excessive wet, and no opportunity afterwards 
occurred to complete the operation. 
Because of the “backward spring,” wet sum¬ 
mer and early fall frost, throughout this portion 
of the State, a large proportion of the corn crop 
was unsound or soft, and only fit to be fed to 
swine. Your correspondent called the result 
above described “extraordinary.” Can he refer 
to an instance in which an Agricultural Society 
has awarded a premium within the last ten 
years, for a crop of corn which did not exceed 
70 bushels per acre ? Numerous instances are 
upon record in which more than 100 bushels pet 
acre have been obtained, and in the town in 
which I reside, a few years since 421 bushels of 
corn were raised upon four acres of ground. 
I have not claimed the result obtained by me 
as anything very extraordinary, but simply as 
a good yield without the use of extraordinary 
means, other than the use of the dressing, the 
fcicrits of which are in discussion. I he philos¬ 
ophy of its operation is correctly stated to be, 
that “ the chemical action of the compost would 
so far neutralize the caustic nature of the small 
proportion of salt, as to render it harmless, 
while the gasses generated would promote the 
rapid growth of the plantor in the language 
of the editorial note to the first article of 
J. G. S., it “assists the young corn to get a bet¬ 
ter start—so that it can forage for itself through 
a greater breadth and depth of soil. Especially 
where corn is planted on sod ground, it is usu¬ 
ally feeble when young, and needs something 
to stimulate its growth till it can send its roots 
down to draw nourishment from the sod below.” 
Again, “it might be interesting to know how 
much more than twenty bushels of sound corn 
to the acre Wm. D. Cook places to the credit ex¬ 
clusively of one-half bushel of salt.” The an¬ 
swer is obvious. I have not attributed the pro¬ 
duction of one bushel exclusively to the salt, but 
to the combination and resultant chemical action, 
and the merest tyro in chemistry needs not to 
be informed that combination essentially alters 
the effects of simples or compounds. As your 
correspondent, from his pompous declaration 
“ upon the honor of a gentleman” of ignorance 
upon only one subject, (i. e. the existence of your 
humble servant,) may be taken for granted to 
be acquainted, by instinct or intuition, with 
every other, he can probably inform us what 
other gases besides chlorine, are “ generated,” 
and what is the exact order of chemical affini¬ 
ties, among the ingredients of the mixture.” 
But your correspondent has abandoned the 
position taken in his first article, wherein he 
says : “ This lesson taught me hereafter to use 
salt for preserving meats, and seasoning food, 
and to rely upon other fertilizers for raising 
corn or any other product,” and comes over to 
the ground of your present correspondent, by 
stating in his article of June 14, that “the ob¬ 
ject of my communication of the 17th of May 
last” was “ to caution others against following 
that mode of applying it to corn.” Now your 
correspondent is not fair to himself in thus 
“stealing my thunder,” to aid in demolishing 
his own argument. But the article of J. G. S. 
is so full of incongruities, and, as was said of the 
N. Y. Legislature last winter, “lies about so 
loose,” that I have not the time, neither have I 
reason to suppose that the Rural would accord 
me the space to notice it all in detail. I will 
close for the present with only one more correc¬ 
tion. 
In the last paragraph, the most of which is as 
“ clear as Tipperary mud,” he speaks of a “ class 
of fertilizers which contain some of the elements 
of vegetable life,” and in the next sentence but 
one he declares that “ without contributing a7iy 
support to the growing plant, they serve rapid¬ 
ly to exhaust and impoverish the soil.” How is 
it, that they contain elements of vegetable life, 
and yet contribute no support to the growing 
plant ? That they serve rapidly to exhaust and 
impoverish the soil, is all assumption not yet 
established by experience in any quarter, much 
less by the one experiment of J. G. S. Certain¬ 
ly, whatever may be said of gypsum and ashes, 
common salt cannot be classed with those fer¬ 
tilizers which hasten the decomposition of veg¬ 
etable matter in the soil; for J. G. S. prefers to 
confine it to one or two uses on account of its 
antiseptic qualities. Suppose an experimenting 
farmer should draw out his long manure from 
his barn-yard, and apply it as J. G. S. did the 
mixture, a good stout fork full on top of his corn 
just as it was coming up, would he not just as 
reasonably conclude from one such experiment, 
that long manure was not a rnoppr fertilizer for 
corn, and that the only disposition to make of 
it would be to suffer it to lie in the barn-yard 
until it had all wasted away, or if it accumu¬ 
lated too much, remove his barns to get rid of 
it ? But I fear I have already exceeded the 
limits to which I can justly lay claim, and will 
therefore close by subscribing myself “ in full,” 
Yours, in behalf of Salt, Plaster and Ashes. 
Sodus, N. Y., July 7, 1856. Wm. D. Cook. 
DAVIDSON’S WHEEL HOUSE BAKE. 
I OWE the readers of the Rural an apology 
for not having called their attention to this very 
useful instrument before. The teeth act inde¬ 
pendently of each other and therefore adapt 
themselves to all irregularities of surface, it is 
therefore much preferable to the common re¬ 
volving rake for uneven ground and for rakmg 
after the cart or where grass is thin ; but its 
chief value is as a stubble rake, for gleaning grain 
fields. Here its merits are transcendant—noth¬ 
ing compares with it at all, unless it is some 
modifications of the same principle. 
No one who raises grain in these days of 
“Weevil and Hessian Fly" is at liberty to so 
far neglect the best interests of our country and 
“ the rest of mankind,” as to leave any grain 
ungathered which diligence and attention can 
save 1 The wheel horse rake, if promptly used, 
will save, by an expense of fifteen cents per 
acre, from one to five dollars worth of wheat.— 
Two or three farmers can unite and buy a rake: 
it is for sale by A. G. & J. J. Davidson, War¬ 
saw, and by N. Miller, Pearl Creek, and others 
in Wyoming Co., and I presume it is manufac¬ 
tured by others in different sections. If so let 
them advertise it at once in the Rural, for far¬ 
mers cannot afford to be without it. Price $12. 
“FARMS AND FARMING”—AGAIN. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker. —Permit me to 
offer a few thoughts in addition to the remarks 
of E. B. W. about farms and farming. H. T. B., 
I should judge to be a man of ample fortune, 
who has only to discover a thing to be conven¬ 
ient in order to have it. Such farmers in our 
region are like “ angels’ visits.’ Commencing 
with small means and being obliged to pay 
high rates of interest if we resort to loans, 
when a thing suggests itself as convenient, the 
question arises “Will it pay ?” 
But it was another branch of his communi¬ 
cation that I designed to notice at this time, 
viz., that farmers should take one branch of 
farming and stick to that. We have tried this 
portion of his doctrine pretty thoroughly, and 
to our sorrow, in giving almost our undivided 
attention to wheat growing in past years.— 
Experience has taught us to raise a variety of 
crops, and then raise and keep all the stock we 
can keep well, to eat up the coarse grains and 
consume and work over straw, corn stalks, <fcc. } 
into manure to be returned to the land. I 
think that no experienced farmer will deny that 
he who raises a variety of crops, and also keeps 
a variety of stock, will turn it to more profit 
than he who raises grain alone, or who keeps 
sheep, or cattle, or horses, or hogs, only. “ Too 
many irons in the fire” has long been “a Lion 
in the way” to frighten the nervous, but it 
takes a “ live Yankee” to keep them all moving. 
H. T. B. seems to think that it requires a 
lifetime to become a good judge of ahorse, and 
I infer that he thinks the same of the other 
branches. Now one of the best judges of stock 
of any kind we ever had in this State, was a 
professor in a college, and one of the best judges 
of a horse, or of swine, in the place where I 
lived some years ago in your State, was a 
tailor by trade. The fact is one man may al¬ 
ways live where he has the best advantages for 
becoming a judge, and yet be a novice ; while 
another, who has a discriminating eye and a 
fine taste, may soon become skilled in such 
matters. Many of our best practical farmers 
here are from the store, bench, or the work¬ 
shop. e. s. c. 
Wisconsin, 1856. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, 
BLOODY MURRAIN.-- INQUIRIES. 
Eds. Rural :—Do you or any of your corres¬ 
pondents know anything that is good for the 
bloody murrain in cattle, or of a preventive ? 
A number of cattle have died with it in this 
neighborhood, and we wish a remedy if it can 
be obtained.—H. Hensaw, Ashland, Wayne Go., 
Pennsylvania. 
Remarks. —This disease has the form of an 
epidemic, and where it exists the owners of 
stock should pay them particular attention, in 
order to note the first appearance of any of the 
peculiar symptoms preceding an attack. There 
are few diseases, however, to which animals are 
subject, that assume in their earlier or later 
stages a greater variety of forms than this. It 
is generally preceded by a cough, frequent and 
painful, and this frequently is its only exhibi¬ 
tion for a week or more; then heaving of the 
flanks will be added to the cough ; the pulse 
small, hard and quick; month hot; root of 
horns cold; the faeces hard and black, at times 
liquid and black and very fetid—afterwards 
extreme tenderness along the spine. Youatt 
recommends bleeding and physic, such as will 
produce purging, in the early stage of the 
cough. The physic, however, must only be 
given when the bowels are costive. If a diar¬ 
rhoea exist, astringent medicines must be given 
mingled with vegetable tonics. As a tonic 
drink take Colombo root, and canella bark, each 
two drachms; ginger, one drachm; sweet spir¬ 
its of nitre, half an ounce. Rub well together, 
and give in a pint of thick gruel. Another 
drink is compounded as follows :—Sweet spirit 
of nitre, half - rv,, *’oo; laudanum, same Quan¬ 
tity ; chloride of lime, powdered, two ounces ; 
prepared chalk, one ounce. Rub well together, 
and give in a pint of warm gruel. This latter 
may be given every six hours until the purging 
has considerably abated, and then give the tonic 
before mentioned. If the animal be ulcerated, 
and the parts are fetid, wash them with a dilu¬ 
ted solution of the chloride of lime. The walls, 
ceiling, and every part of the stables where 
they stand should also be washed with it. We 
would be pleased to hear from those of our 
correspondents who have had experience in the 
treatment of this disease.— Eds. 
HOW TO KILL RATS. 
Eds. Rural :—As a writer for the Rural 
wishes to have the subject of rats taken up 
again, I have concluded to give him my expe¬ 
rience in that department. My plan is not a 
new one ; it is simply this :—Take a barrel and 
fill it two-thirds full of earth, chaff, or any¬ 
thing that comes most convenient, spread corn 
or Indian meal on the top, and set it in the 
place most frequented by the vermin. It should 
stand three or four nights, fresh feed being put 
in 'every day; then fill it with water to the 
same depth, spread two or three inches of chaff 
(clover chaff will answer) with the feed on top 
as before. The vermin, made bold by their 
success, will not hesitate to jump in head-first 
and get a ducking, none escaping to tell the 
rest of their misfortune. A board should be 
placed so that they can reach the top of the 
barrel easily. If your rats are very plenty, 
you will find this a good mode of thinning out. 
C. C. T., East Smithfield, Pa. 
Another. —Fill your swill-barrel full of good 
swill; learn the rats to “ come and eat.” After 
a few days, dip out about six or eight inches of 
the swill, and they will find their way into the 
barrel, but not out. In this way a neighbor of 
mine averaged sixteen a night.— C. G. L., No. 
Bloomfield, N. Y. 
HOW TO DESTROY MILK WEED. 
Noticing in a recent number of the Rural, 
an article with the above caption, I came to the 
conclusion that if your readers were aware of a 
process I have of destroying milk weed, the 
method given in the number alluded to would 
be but little practiced, especially in the spring 
before string beans and peas become fit for use. 
My method is to take a knife and cut the tops 
off, when they are from four to six inches high; 
cut a large milkpan or pailful at a time ; take 
them into the house, have the leaves pulled off, 
then treat them as you would cook asparagus. 
If any one has a better mode let us hear from 
him.—J. F. A., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
A significant motto for an ardent young far¬ 
mer would be :— Good implements for the field 
and good books for the leisure hours. 
Ihral fjlote ait& Items. 
The Wheat Harvest has been commenced 
in this region, and much grain will be cut du¬ 
ring the present week. Some fields, in this 
county, were entered by the harvesters last 
week. So far as we can ascertain, the ravages 
of the midge, in this immediate vicinity, have 
been very slight—far less than we had antici¬ 
pated. We visited several fields in Brighton 
and Henrietta, on Monday, and found the grain 
usually plump and fine, and quite free from the 
insect. Though we continue to hear complaints 
of injury to the crop in various localities, we 
believe the extent of the damage has been 
greatly exaggerated. We very much doubt 
whether the aggregate loss will be one-fiftli of 
the crop in Western New York, and as at pre¬ 
sent advised, consider that a liberal estimate 
for the injury supposed to be sustained. With 
favorable weather for harvesting during the 
present and ensuing week, we think the farm¬ 
ers of this region will generally secure a fair 
crop of good wheat, and that Genesee wheat and 
flour will again assume their former high 
reputation. 
Croi>s in Canada. —A late letter from Col. 
G. W. Goodhue, of Brantford, C. W., (formerly 
of Wheatland, in this county,) says:—“We 
have a fair prospect for large crops of wheat, 
barley and oats. Corn is light—peas good— 
grass heavy. I have 150 acres of wheat od the 
ground, and it has as large a growth as I ever 
saw in old Monroe. Shall have 300 acres turn¬ 
ed over in ten days, for wheat this fall, so if the 
season is fair and it comes to maturity, I won’t 
let you go hungry. Will send you a barrel of 
Canadian ‘Extra Family Genesee,’ for I see by 
the papers that the weevil is likely to destroy 
the wheat crop this season in your section.— 
Send us all the laborers you don’t want in the 
Work House, or elsewhere, for we want them 
here. The Brantford Railroad has advertised 
for 2,000 laborers, and 200 track layers.” 
— Thanks, in advance, Colonel, for the bbl. 
of “ Extra Genesee.” We believe Canada can, 
and does, produce extra wheat and flour, but 
the reception will make “assurance doubly 
sure.” Meantime we congratulate our Canada 
friends upon their prospects of a good harvest. 
Clover Gathering and Hulling Machines 
are in request. We have several inquiries as to 
price and where obtainable—with the usual 
query, “ Which is the best ?” as to machine for 
each process. Among those for gathering are, 
“Wagener’s Clover and Timothy Seed Har¬ 
vester,” price about $100 ; and Steadman’s, 
which costs some $50 to $60. Sharp’s ma¬ 
chine, made at Romulus, Seneca Co., and which 
costs some $80, is said to be highly approved. 
Many farmers in tLlo vogirm gather their clover 
n ia mowing and reaping machines. As to 
machines for hulling, we can give no very defi¬ 
nite information ; but learn that J. Rapalje & 
Co., of this city, can furnish a machine for the 
purpose—price $33. 
There is apparently quite a demand for both 
Harvesters and Hullers, and manufacturers and 
others interested in their sale would do well to 
make known the capacity, price, &c., of the 
machines they are prepared to furnish. 
The Ontario Co. Ag. Society will hold its 
next Annual Fair, on the Society’s Grounds, in 
Canandaigua, (and not at Geneva, as erroneous¬ 
ly stated last week,) on the 24th, 25th and 26tli 
of September next. The Society have offered 
very liberal Premiums, and extensive arrange¬ 
ments are making for a superior exhibition. A 
spacious Amphitheatre (the plan of which has 
been given in the Rural) is in the course of 
construction, and when completed, as it is de¬ 
signed to be in time for the Fair, will place the 
Ontario Society in advance of any other in the 
State in the matter of permanent fixtures and 
conveniences. 
Stump Machimes. —We have two inquiries, of 
late, relative to Stump Machines. Both wish 
to know where the best can be obtained, the 
price, <fcc. As we are unable to answer defi¬ 
nitely, we ask correspondents or manufacturers 
to respond,by communication or advertisement. 
— R. H. Hall states, in the last number of 
the Country Gentleman, in reply to an inquiry, 
that “ a regular Stump Machine manufactory is 
established at Owego, Tioga Co., where ma¬ 
chines of different kinds are kept on hand.” 
Jonas Webb, a wealthy English farmer, and 
renowned improver of South Downs, attended 
the recent show of Domestic Animal in Paris, 
with specimens of his sheep He was dressed 
in a peasant’s blouse, under which he wore a 
magnificent chain, reaching to his girdle. Each 
link of the chain consisted of a gold medal 
received by the owner at some Agricultural 
Fair or other, as a prize for the excellence of 
his South Downs. 
New Wheat. —The Dansville (N. Y .) Herald 
states that on the 4th day of July, Mr. Lester 
Bradner, of that village, brought up a sheaf of 
new wheat, ripe enough for the cradle, and 
raised on his farm in West Sparta. The heads 
are good sized and well filled, and the kernels 
are full and round. It is believed by the 
Herald to be the earliest wheat ever raised in 
Livingston county. 
The Greece Town Ag. Society will hold its 
first Annual Fair near Falls Tavern, on the 
Ridge Road, (six miles from this city,) on the 
19th and 20th days of September next. The 
first day will be devoted to the exhibition, and 
the second to sale of stock, articles, <fcc. 
Feed for Cows and Pigs. —The cheapest 
food for pigs through the season, that we know 
of, is tender young clover, refuse or sour milk, 
and in autumn, the dropping fruit of an apple 
orchard. Practical farmers differ as to the pro¬ 
priety of cutting clover and soil. One of the 
most skillful farmers in Western New York 
thinks it decidedly best to shut up his pigs, 
and cut and feed the clover to them, alleging, 
from his own experience, that running about a 
pasture wastes more value of flesh than the cost 
of soiling. Others have given a different opin¬ 
ion, but these may not have fed their pigs reg¬ 
ularly, nor provided them with the necessary 
comforts of a close pen. Certain breeds may 
also be better adapted to confinement than 
others. We should like the results of accurate 
experiments on this subject. A crop of peas 
may be found advantageous as food for hogs.— 
Selected. 
The Farmers’ Position. —Let us not forget 
that our profession is the foundation of all 
others ; that we are not only to support our¬ 
selves and our families, but the whole non¬ 
producing portion of the community is dependent 
on us for the means of subsistence. Our mission 
is one of benevolence and usefulness. Nearly 
the whole animal creation is looking to us for 
the means of life. Do we realize the importance 
of our position ? Let us resolve to be, not only 
farmers, but men, thinking, acting men ; men of 
knowledge, men of usefulness, men of influence. 
Away with your drones in this business. Let 
us press onward till the objects of our wishes 
are consummated; and the voice of honest in¬ 
dustry, and the song of contentment and 
happiness, shall be heard, ascending, in harmo¬ 
nious notes, from every valley, every hill top 
and every hamlet in our beloved State.— Hon. 
N. A. Davis. 
Hay for Cows in Summer. —An observing, in¬ 
telligent and successful farmer informs us that 
he is in the practice of feeding his cows with 
hay in summer, particularly if the season is 
such as to afford flush pastures. His reason is 
that a full, rapid and vigorous growth of grass 
gives to cattle that feed upon it a desire for 
something to absorb the excess of the juice of 
their food. Dry hay they devour greedily, and 
though in ever so small quantities, evidently 
with the most beneficial effects. Every farmer 
must have observed that in dry seasons, horses, 
cattle and sheep keep in good condition upon 
herbage parched and apparently scant, while 
in wet seasons, in all pastures, though always 
full, the process of fattening with them was slow. 
Dry fodder in such cases is required to give 
substance and tenacity to the green, and can be 
profitably used by feeding it to cattle.— New- 
burg Telegraph. 
Root Crops. —Farmers, cultivate more roots. 
Do not delay preparations for this important 
crop. You can soon increase your ability to 
feed double the amount of stock you now feed; 
this will double the manure, and the manure 
will double your future crops. An acre, with 
twenty leads of manure, and well cultivated, 
will give two tons of hay as an average. Call 
it worth $40 ; it will cost $2 to harvest it.— 
Another acre, with the same amount of manure, 
will give 800 bushels of carrots, as an average. 
Cost of cultivation, $40. They are worth 25 
cents a bushel for stock, making $200. Deduct 
cost of cultivation, $40, and-we have $160 to 
offset against $35, value of the hay. This is 
one way, and a sure one, to increase the profits 
of the farm ; let us try it.— Selected. 
Cough in Horses. —We once had a horse that 
had caught a bad cold, and coughed so severely 
that he could be heard half a mile. All sorts 
of remedies were all rejected, although some 
might have proved useful, and the following 
course pursued. The horse was in the first 
place very carefully and moderately used so to 
never produce perspiration. He was carefully 
blanketed when the weather was cold, (it was 
about mid-autumn,) or when he was in the 
least degree heated—he was kept constantly on 
green and succulent food, clover, roots, <kc., and 
was supplied with plenty of the best water at 
all times. In a few weeks he was perfectly 
well. It is an old saying that more depends on 
the nurse than on the physician, which was 
verified in this instance.— Exchange. 
Manuring. —Never stint your crops. Plant 
no more land than you can manure well. It is 
better to have one-half an acre of soil well 
managed, than ten acres imperfectly worked 
and manured. It requires no more labor to 
manage one acre of land that will produce fifty 
bushels of shelled corn, than it does to manage 
one that will yield but twenty-five. It is ac¬ 
knowledged to be poor policy to half feed our 
domestic animals, and why should it not be 
considered equally as absurd and injudicious to 
half starve our corn and other crops which we 
rely upon mainly to feed us. 
Sheer. —Keep in a trough, under cover, ac¬ 
cessible to your sheep, from now until fall, tar 
and salt. Every few days tar should be strewn 
over the bottom of the trough, and salt over the 
tar. The sheep in eating the salt will smear 
their noses with the tar, and thus will they be 
armed with a repellant against the fly that de¬ 
posits eggs in their nostrils that cause worms in 
the head. 
Cows that kick, or run, while they are milked, 
should be milked apart from the herd ; for 
sometimes one cow, kicking or running, will 
provoke a number of others to the same tricks. 
Cows that hook, should be yarded ; and, if they 
cannot be broken of the vice, should be sold or 
killed. 
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