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CULTIVATION OF BASKET WILLOW. 
The Philadelphia North American calls 
attention to the subject of raising Basket 
Willow in this country, to meet the de¬ 
mands of manufacture. The annual impor¬ 
tation of this article is said to reach five mill¬ 
ions of dollars in value, and still the demand 
is not fully supplied. It is brought here 
chieliy from France and Germany, at a cost 
ot' from $100 to $180 per ton. The soil 
and climate of this country are suited to the 
growth ot"this article, and experiments mado 
in this State and elsewhere, have proved it 
to be a profitable crop, yielding the produ¬ 
cers about fifty dollars per ton. Laid not 
now under cultivation, and deemed unfft for 
the raising of grain or other crops, might bo 
occupied by the o/.ier and become very pro¬ 
ductive. A gentleman who has practical 
knowledge of the subject, states that poor 
meadow land, that will not yield a ton of 
hay to the aero, will yield at leas?a ton and 
a half of willow, which can be prepared for 
market at a cost of $40 per ton, and sold 
for $120. Ilay brings not over $12 and 
generally less than that in this region.— 
Mr. W. G. Haynes of New York, says that 
ho has grown as good quality of willow as 
can bo found in the w6rld, and the yield of 
two acres last year brought him $333,75.— 
Over one million dollars per year are paid 
for willow baskets in New York city, and 
probably two millions of dollars worth are 
sent to the West Indies annually. 
It will be seen, from these facts, that the 
cultivation of this article is worthy the at¬ 
tention of our farmers. The only person 
who pays attention to raising basket willow 
iti this section, is Gen. Harmon, of Wheat- 
lan 1. who last year ] r -stnted at the State 
Fair a beautiful assortment of baskets, man¬ 
ufactured by Germans whom he employs, 
from the oziers grown upon a wet spot of 
ground on his farm. We have no doubt that 
he finds his profits in this crop and manu¬ 
facture to bo oncouraging. 
The various kinds of willow adapted to 
use in manufactures and becoming articles 
of commerce, are described by our Philadel¬ 
phia contemporary as follows : 
There are three varieties of the plant re¬ 
garded as best suited for basket making, far¬ 
ming, tanningandfencing. Of these, the »S'a- 
lix Viminalis is most used in the manufacture 
of baskets, and, under favorable circumstan¬ 
ces of soil and culture, an acre of ground will 
yield at least two tons weight per year, cost¬ 
ing, when prepared for market, about $35 
per ton. The next species is the Salix Ca¬ 
pua. or Huntingdon willow, adapted for bas¬ 
ket m iking, is more extensively employed by 
English farmers lor loop poles and fencing. 
When used for the latter purposo, the man¬ 
ner of planting is described to bo “by pla¬ 
cing the ends of the cuttings in the ground, 
and then working them into a kind of trel¬ 
lis work, and passing a willow withe around 
the tops, so as to keep them in shape for the 
first two years. The tops are afterwards 
cut off yearly, and sold to basket makers, 
thus obtaining a fence and crop from the 
same ground.” The hurdle fences of Eng¬ 
land, removable at the pleasure of the pro¬ 
prietors. are also mado from the Salix Ca¬ 
pua. The third kind of willow to which we 
nave reference, is the Salic Alba, or Bedford 
willow, which is held in high esteem as a 
shade tree, and very generally cultivated for 
this use in England. It is remarkable for 
its beauty and rapid growth — affording a 
good shade, it is said, in two years after plant¬ 
ing. The bark is. also, much prized for supe¬ 
rior tanning properties, while its wood, from 
its fine grain and susceptibility of a polish 
as fine as that made upon rosewood or ma¬ 
hogany, is in extensive requisition for shoe¬ 
makers’lasts, boot trees, cutting boards, gun 
and pistol locks, and house timber. This, 
too is the willow that is chiefly used in Eng¬ 
land in the manufacture of gunpowder.— 
An acre of the wood, after ten years from 
planting has sold for £155.— Rochester Don. 
BEET SUGAR IN UIAH. 
The Mormon “ land of promise” is looking 
up. agriculturally and otherwise, if the pa¬ 
pers are to bo believed. It is already known 
as a great country for spiritual wives,—and 
here is another extensive project in the 
“ sweetening” line. Vide the subjoined par¬ 
agraph from a lato number of the Scientific 
American: 
We learn that Messrs. J. W. Coward, W. 
Collinson and Russell, who have recently 
emigrated from England to Utah, have ta¬ 
ken with them machinery for the manufac¬ 
ture of Beet-Root Sugar on the largest scale. 
They are wealthy men, and have invested 
$250 000 in this enterprise alone. Their 
machinery was made in England, and will 
turn out two hundred and sixty tons of sugar 
in a year. Fifty wagons were ordered at 
Kanesviile, to carry the machinery to Salt 
Lake City. The boot-teed was sent out last 
year. Tfiero is no better country in the 
world for the production of beets, or other 
roots, than Utah. It will bo a great advan¬ 
tage to the people to have an article so in¬ 
dispensable as sugar, suplied from a manu¬ 
factory among themselves. 
Agjtcultur.vl Jokes. —Bunch in the fol¬ 
lowing, wants to put the new reaping ma¬ 
chine to a novel use : 
Mr. Punch presents his compliments to 
Mr. Hussey, and hearing that his reaping 
machine is the best for corn cutting, will 
feel obliged by one being sent immediately, 
as ho wishes to cut his own corns. Mi - . 
Punch would not havo troubled the celebra¬ 
ted American Ilussoy, but his own wife 
Judy, is such a lazy lmssoy, that she will 
not perform the operation required. 
An enlightened agriculturist out wes'q 
think tl a the best way to make farmers 
grow Madder, is to poke ’em with sharp 
sticks. 
Take tune by tbo forelock. 
€\)t (Dnljiitii anb dkrbra. 
A HINT IN SEASON. 
The Orchard now requires attention 
from the lovers of the beautiful and boun¬ 
tiful productions of Pomona! The eye 
and palate can both be served here, and it 
behooves all interested to “ work while the 
sun shines,” and before it acquires much 
power. Grafting is now in order. Those 
who have it to do, or be dono, should be on 
the alert, and attend to it early,—seeing that 
it is properly performed. 
There are hundreds, aye, thousands, in 
Western New York alone, who could profit¬ 
ably expend time and money in grafting 
upon their now almost worthless trees, such 
varieties of fruit as aro both eatable and 
marketable—thus rendering their fruiteries 
sources of pleasure and profit. Tho scarci¬ 
ty and high prices of fruit, in a district so 
well adapted to its perfect and abundant 
production, is a powerful argument against 
tho sagacity and enterprise of ruralists 
throughout this region. Peoplo who havo 
old apple trees, or whole orchards which 
produce only native sorts, would do well to 
consult Daboll and figure the difference in 
the price of such fruit (?) and that of the 
Spy, Spitzenburg, Swaar, Talman Sweeting, 
&c.,—remembering that it costs no more, 
after starting fairly, to grow the latter kinds 
than it does to produce tho face-aching, pig- 
squealing varieties. 
Those of our readers who have land well 
adapted to fruit growing, and not a troo 
planted, should make a straight wake to 
some good nursery, and secure the best va¬ 
rieties. “ Delays are dangerous,” and now is 
tho time to act upon the suggestion, if it is 
worth acting upon at all. 
To persons who have limited grounds, yet 
want a succession of choice apples, an ex¬ 
perienced fruit grower at our elbow re¬ 
commends tho following varieties. Early 
and late Summer: —Early Harvest, Early 
Strawberry, Early Joo, Red Astrachan, 
Hawley, St. Lawrenco and Largo Sweet 
Bough. IVinter varieties : —Famcuso, Nor¬ 
ton s Melon, Red Canada, Herefordshire 
Pearmain, Rambo, Poinrno Grise, and 
Northern Spy. We should add tho Talman 
Sweeting to this list, by all means. 
A FRUIT ROOM. 
Hon. M. P. Wilder, of Boston, Mass., has 
built a Fruit Room for the ripening of cnoice 
fruits. Its structure and peculiarities will bo 
inferreed from his desepription in the Hor¬ 
ticulturist, as follows: 
The walls are filled in with charcoal and 
sawdust. 
The Beurro Diel, Vicar of Winkfiold, Ex- 
cellentissima, and other autumn pears are 
now in as perfect condition as when gather- 
eredfrom the trees, and so they will remain 
till the warm weather of spring approaches. 
I shall then try some of them in the non¬ 
conducting boxes, where I think they may bo 
kept till summer. 1 have by a similar pro¬ 
cess. preserved some varieties till July. All 
that is necessary, is to obtain a low temper¬ 
ature during the warm weather of autumn 
and to preserve this equilibrium. This be¬ 
ing obtained there is no dilliculty whatever 
When the severe weather of last month oc¬ 
curred my fruits were removed from the 
shelves and packed in' boxes, with a thin 
layer of clean straw between each tier, the 
tubes of the straw containing air enough to 
correct mildew and damp. The boxes are 
now piled on one side of the room, and 
covered with hay about three feet in depth. 
My experiments wero suggested by the 
bad effects of moisture and warmth in my 
old fruit cellars, under my dwelling house, 
and the same difficulty exists with rooms on 
the ground floor of buildings. I therefore 
resorted to the other extreme—a cool and 
dry chamber on the north end of my barn, 
the location of which is over the carriage 
room. I am now quite satisfied tiiat we 
have at last ascertained tho proper location 
for a fruit room;* namely, a cool, upper 
apartment, lined with non-conducting walls. 
PROFITS OF PEARS. 
Why. don’t all tho farmers raise pears ? 
A half dozen prime Vergalieus, says tho 
N. Y. Journal of Commerce, bring nearly 
as much in this market as a bushel of corn. 
Six and eight cents each was no uncommon 
price for them last fall. The best Seckel 
pears, small as they were, sold at three or 
four cents apiece. 
“ Six and eight cents each !” That is 
certainly cheap. There were Dutchess d’ 
Angouleines exhibited at our Horticultu¬ 
ral Rooms last fall priced at $4 the dozen, 
and other lots a little inferior at $3—32 
and 25 cents each! Tho Messrs. Palmer, 
School street, sold many dozens of the 
Dutchess, at the above prices, weighing 1(5 
ounces each. Seckels. Glout Morceau, Dix 
and Van Mons Leon Clerc were sold daily 
at equally high rates with quick sales. Our 
Horticulturists set out annually, thousands 
and tens of thousands of pear trees, yet 
there is no overstocking the market; tho 
demand at high prices is eqeal to tho supply. 
A dozen of the Dutchess d'Angoulome pears 
in tho Boston market will nearly purchase 
a barrel of flour, and a brace of them a 
pretty fair surloin of beef. This is cer¬ 
tainly a great and growing country.— Boston 
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PRUNING THE ROSE. 
In pruning roses at tho time of trans¬ 
planting, the principal object to be attained | 
is relief to tho plant by taking away all tho 
wood and branches which the diminished 
root may not be able to support. The mode ! 
of pruning depends very much upon the j 
condition of the plant. If it is very bushy | 
all the weaker branches should be cut away, 
leaving not more than three or four of the I 
strongest shoots, and shortening even those 
down to a few eyes. If it is desired that 
tho plant should continue dwarf and bushy, 
the new wood should bo cut down to tho 
last two eyes, and every half grown or slen¬ 
der shoot cut out. These two eyes will each 
throw out a branch; then cut these branches 
down to the two eyes, and again their pro¬ 
duce, until a symmetrical habit is formed 
with closo, thick foliage. There should not 
be sufficient wood allowed to remain to 
make it crowded; and if there should be 
jj&fijuiiic Slits & Icttntt. 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE> 
For the week ending April 20, 1852. 
Norman Blake of Ira, N. Y, for improvements 
in submarine augers. 
Thos. (1. Cliulon, of Cincinnati, O., for improve¬ 
ments in mattrasses. 
Thos. J. Doyle, of Winchester, Va., for im¬ 
provement in winnowers. 
Charles C. Felton, of Dedham, Mass., for sash 
stopper and fastener. 
A. L. Finch, of New Britain, Conn., for im¬ 
provement in protecting wheels and axles by in¬ 
casing them. 
Wm. F. Furgang, of Albany, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in the keys of piano-fortes, organs, etc. 
Charles T. Grilley, of New Haven, Conn., for 
danger of this, some of tho branches instead j improved capping of screws 
of boing cut down to two eyes, should bo 
cut out altogether. 
Climbing roses, when planted, should bo 
cut down almost to tho ground, and also 
carefully thinned out. Only a few of tho 
strongest branches should bo preserved, and 
the new wood of those cut down to two eyes 
each. 
The preceding remarks aro applicable to 
roses at the tiTno of planting : uiey should 
also be pruned every year—the hardy vari¬ 
eties in the autumn or winter, and the more 
tender in the spring. For all roses that are j 
not liable to have part of their wood killed : 
by the cold, tho autumn is decidedly the ; 
best time tor pruning; tbo root having then ! 
but little top to support, is left at liberty to ; 
store up nutriment for a strong growth tho 
following season. The principal objects in 
pruning are the removal of tlio old wood, 
because it is generally only tho young wood 
Daniel Hale, of Hinsdale, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in machines for drawing spikes. 
A. H. Lebby, of Charleston, S. C., for improve¬ 
ment in apparatus for raising water. 
Andrew Maish, of Cincinnati, O., for improve¬ 
ment in refrigerators. 
Jesse Samuels, of Allentown, Fa., for improve¬ 
ment in brick machines. 
Henry C. Spaulding <fc Gage Stickney, of Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., for improvement in rotary pumps. 
Wm. C. Van Hoeseu, of Leeds, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in balance gales. 
Wm. T. Wells, of Shelbyvillo, Tenn., for im¬ 
provement in tailors measures. 
R. B. Whipple, of Cleveland, O., for improve¬ 
ment in hume tugs. 
Francis Wilbur, of Roxbury, Mass., for improv¬ 
ed reflecting spirit level and square. 
Nathan Matthews, of Pittsburgh, Fa., (assignor 
that produces large and tine flowers; tlie j to Richard Edwards, Daniel A. Morris and Nathan 
shortening and thinning out of the youn, 
wood, that tho root, having much less wood 
to support, may devote alt its nutriment to 
tho size and beauty of the flower, and the 
formation of a symmetrical shape. 
If an abundant bloom is desired without 
regard to tho size of tho flower, only tho 
weak shoots should bo cut out, and tlio 
strong wood should bo shortened very little; 
each bud will then produce a flower. By 
this mode, the flowers will be small, and the 
growth of new wood very short, but there 
will be an abundant and very showy bloom. 
If, however, the flowers aro desired as large 
and as perfect as possible, all the weak wood 
should be cut out entirely, and all the strong- 
wood of the last seasons formation should 
be cut'down to tw r o eyes. The knife should 
Matthews, of same place,) for improved devices 
for casting circie plates, roses, etc., with dovetail¬ 
ed grooves. 
Benj. Craft, of Reading, Fa, for improvement 
in railroad ear brakes. 
DESIGNS. 
Anthouy J. Gallagher & Johu J-. Bake . of 
Philadelphia, Pa., for desigu for cooking stoves. 
Patented April 20, 1852. Ante-dated Jan. 17, 
IMPROVED GRAIN SEPARATOR. 
J. Hindman, of Philipsburg, Ohio, has ta¬ 
ken measures to secure a patent tor an im¬ 
proved grain separator. It nugnt be sup- 
poseu tnat improvements on gram separa¬ 
tors wero at an end, nut still tney come.' 
a ways bo applied duectly above a bud and qq ns improvement consists in having a verti- 
Moping upwind iioni it. ^ I lie preceding CiU truiJ ^ utvided by a partition winch ex¬ 
tends all across lrbin tlio bottom nearly to 
observations apply principally to rose bushes 
or dwarf roses ; with pillar, climbing and | 
tree roses, the practice should be somewhat 
different. Tho two former require com- j 
lul thinning out, but s should seldom bo 
shortened. The very young side shoots can j 
sometimes be shortened in, to prevent the 
foliage from becoming too thick and crowd¬ 
ed.— Parsons. 
THE ECONOMY OF EVERGREENS. 
tlie top, so tnat a 
drawn turuugn it 
smg over it and then down 
current ot au - may be 
up one side and pas- 
w the other side, 
• i .... . r Uu-i.ir i trod lifted bv a 
ian beneath one siue, which lorniS a partial 
vacuum in tlie trunK. in tUo descending 
side ot the trunk over the tan, there is a 
small passage through which a small stream 
o:. an - is admitted upwards trom tho outside 
of tho trunk; tins passage is iurmshod witii 
a valve to control tue width ot the opening. 
We have long held the opinion that tho j 1 hu gram is admitted near tlie bottom ot 
character and morals of a rural community j tll ° ascending side ot the trunk, and tlio 
are necessarily improved by that most in- uiiute down winch it passes enters a little 
foresting of all kinds of rural embellishment, Wii y ulto tuu trunk ana rises, so as to give 
ornamental planting. But for those who j grain a tendency to nso when it nrst 
cannot appreciate these advantages, we shall 1 elltcl8 before it tails to tlie bottom, lhe 
present another view of tho subject,—tbo : uliess and light wheat, fogetlier with the 
saving in dollars and cents. This the wri- ! uliatt and dual, are carried up the ascending 
ter has had an opportunity of witnessing tho i s ‘do ottllc Ll ' uu ^ alKl ovor tuo partition into 
present winter in liis own case. Nine years i ^ 1C descending side and they have a tonden- 
ago, finding a serious inconvenience from ! c y? lrom the Direction of their flight, to pass 
tlie sweep of winter tempests, to which his I out ^ 1(J smu ^ au ' passage spoK.cn ot, but 
residence was much exposed, a large portion ! that tendency ot tho cliait, &c., is overcome 
of evergreens wore mingled with the trees I by the small stream ot air which does not 
and shrubbery, then newly set out. About | aifoct the light wheat and chess, but keeps 
a dozen white pines, as many American Ar- j the chaff and light dust on tlio opposite side 
borvitoe, anil a tew balsams, white spruce, | of the passage, and causes it to take the di 
Norway flrs, and hemlocks, were placed, so 
far as practicable, on those sides of the 
house the most exposed, regard being had 
at the same time to tlio exclusion ot unin¬ 
teresting points of view. 
One rule was adopted in removing the 
young evergreens, which were chiefly pro¬ 
cured from the borders 01 woods, and which 
in some instances were brought 20 miles.— 
This was, to take up enough earth on the 
roots, to preserve the tree upright against 
strong winds, after setting out. By this 
means, not one, out of some 30 or 40, was 
lost by removal. A wh 
three feet high and an 
NEW CARPET. 
ruction of tlie larger current and pass down 
through the fan and out of a windspout.— 
The improvement is for separating in a 
superior manner.— Sci. American. 
A correspondent of the Commonwealth 
describes tho manufacture of a new carpet 
thus : 
The process of making the carpet referred 
to consists, first, in filling up with plaster, or 
covering with stout paper all tho cracks or 
ite pine, then about crevices in the floor proposed to be carpet 
inch in diameter, is i ed. Then a cement is put on with a coarse 
now eighteen feet high, and six inches in di¬ 
ameter, and several others havo mado near¬ 
ly an equal growth. 
Now, for the economy of this plantation, 
which some of the neighbors thought was 
entirely useless labor. It lias saved, tho 
present winter, by tho protection it affords 
against storms and wind, at least ten dollars j pile wears off, as in time it must, the process 
put 
brush similar to such as paperers use; and, 
while the cement is moist, finely cut wood is 
dusted or laid upon it. A roller is passed 
over to make the wood adhere; and a ma¬ 
chine somewhat like a card to raise the pile. 
The carpeting may be of one uniform col¬ 
or, raised by stentals, stripes, &c. When the 
in firo-wood, and this amount saved is in¬ 
creasing every year as tho trees advance in 
growth. The cost of procuring and setting 
out the evergreens, is about three dollars .— 
What farmer, who goes only for “ utility,” 
can show as large a per centage of profit in 
wheat raising or making pork? Whoso 
children would be most likely to seek the 
tavern, grog-shop, and theatre,—those who 
enjoy a home made attractive and beautiful 
—or those whoso home is bald, bleak, and 
repulsive, from a total want of this cheapest 
and most natural of all means for its em¬ 
bellishment.— Albany Cultivator. 
Clover Seeds in one Cubic Inch. —A cor¬ 
respondent says that tho number of clover 
seeds contained in ono cubic inch is 9 053. 
In that ratio ono bushel contains 19,407,571 
seeds. Allowing a man to count ono hun¬ 
dred per minute, and to work ten hours per 
day, it would require 324 days, 4 hours, 35 
minutes, and 42 3-5 seconds, to enumerate 
them ! 
can be repeated ; and each repetition will 
improve tho carpeting by filling more thor¬ 
oughly all the interstices. The advantage 
of such a carpet in excluding dust, cold, ver¬ 
min, &o., must be obvious to every one. 
Testing the Strength of Ropes, &c.— 
The Philadelphia North American mentions 
an important invention for determining the 
tension of a rod, rope or chain, and thereby 
ascertaining the pressure and weight upon 
it. The apparatus is described as construct¬ 
ed of two iron levers about ten feet long, 
with a spring balance connected at the low¬ 
er end. These levers are attached above to 
tho tie-rod, and affected by the weight or 
pressure upon them respectively, being ar¬ 
ranged with a leverage of one pound to 80 
pounds, relatively to tho two extremes of the 
lever, the weight or pressure is indicated 
upon a scale of measurement on the outside 
of the spring balance, to a mathematical 
certainty. It will determine a pressure up 
to 40,000 pounds. 
Machine for wetting fafer. 
The Cincmhati Commercial says, that 
William Overend, of tlie firm of Morgan & 
Overend, of that city, has invented and ap¬ 
plied for a patent for a machine for wetting 
paper—that is, to prepare paper from tho 
bundles for the press. This machine wets 
tho paper evenly, without wrinkles, and no 
slopping of the edges, which is almost una¬ 
voidable when done by hand. Fifty tokens 
of white paper have been wet with this ma¬ 
chine in ono hour, and so evenly done that 
the turning is accomplished in one-third tho 
time required for turning paper wet by 
hand; and what is important, beside tho 
vast saving of time and expense by its use, 
the paper wet by this machine is m better 
order for printing, than can possibly bo pre¬ 
pared by hand. This machine will be of 
great value in all establishments where 
large quantities of paper aro used. It can 
be worked by any kind of power—by water, 
by steam, or by hand, and can bo attended 
by one boy. 
Iron Steamers Useless. —Some interest¬ 
ing experiments wero recently made at tlio 
Navy Yard, Washington, in presence of the 
President. Secretaries of tlio Navy and War, 
distinguished naval officers and a large con¬ 
course ot ladies and gentlemen, as to tbo ef¬ 
fects of shells upon iron and coal. The iron 
steamer Water Witch was moored out in tl o 
stream, her bunkers filled with coal, and sev¬ 
eral nine inch shc'ls fired into her. It re¬ 
sulted in showing that iron vessels afford no 
resistance to shot it going down the sides as 
if they were paper, leaving great ragged 
openings ; and that the coal bu-nkersof largo 
vessels are a protection from shot to tiio 
machinery which is placed between them; 
and that the explosion of shells will not set 
fire to the coal. Tho range was six hun¬ 
dred and fifty yards. Iron is wholly un- 
suited for war vessels—the fragments of the 
iron, when struck, alone being more danger¬ 
ous than even the shot itself 
Trunks are now manufactured in such a 
shape as to be small or large at tlio pleasure 
of rhe traveler, and tlie character of tlio ar- 
t cles lie may wish to carry with him. Tho 
principle is very simple. The trunk is of 
two independent parts without hinges; ono 
sliding over the other, and fastened with 
straps and padlocks. Of course its size will 
depend entirely on the quantity it contains. 
B 
BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING HAIR. 
Tun Scientific American gives tho follow¬ 
ing directions for making a beautiful hair 
oil. which may bo of use to some of our 
leaders:— 
Take a pint of olive oil and bring it up to 
200 degrees of heat in a clean pan, (not iron) 
well Tor doll 5 tid £ £ UL 
to cool; when cold, a sediment will be found 
at the bottom. Pour off tho clear through 
a cotton cloth, and put it up in a bottle for 
use. Tho pearlash combines with the inar- 
gerin acid in the oil, leaving tho olein; 
this will bo free from odor. It can be col¬ 
ored red with garancin, (a preparation of 
madder.) but hair oils should never be col¬ 
ored. All the hair oils of the perfumers aro 
either of a red or yellow color. This is to 
please the eyo of the buyer, who mistakes 
an adulterated for a superior articlo. Hair 
oils should be clear and nearly colorless.— 
By exposing tho olive oil, refined as describ¬ 
ed, to tho sun, in well corked bottles, it will 
soon become colorless, limpid as water, and 
exceedingly beautiful. Any person can thus 
prepare his .own hair oil. 
An article in tho “ Philosophical Transac¬ 
tions,” says that if the ashes of vine branches 
are boiled in red whin and this (the liquid) 
applied milk-warm, $5 the hair every eve¬ 
ning it will prevent the hair from falling 
out. A mixture of good brandy and olive 
oil is good to prevent tho hair from falling 
out, by applying it with a sponge before go¬ 
ing to bed, and brushing the head well.— 
Tho head must be well brushed when these 
lotions are applied. By washing tho head 
with a solution of borax, say twico per week, 
those predisposed to dandruff) will find a 
perfect euro for it. 
Oxford Pudding. —Half a pint of bread 
crumbs, one pint of milk, six eggs, two 
ounces of butter, half a pint of cream, a 
quarter of a pound of dried currants, sugar 
and nutmeg to the taste. After tho bread, 
is soaked in the milk, which should bo warm, 
mash it very smooth and add the butter 
while it is hot. Beat the eggs very light, 
the yolks first, and stir them into tho bread 
and milk, then add the cream, sugar nut¬ 
meg and fruit. Lastly have the whites 
whisked to a dry froth ; stir them gently in¬ 
to tlie mixture; butter your cups, half fill 
them with tbo batter, and bake thorn in a 
tolerably hot oven. Serve with pudding 
sauce.— National Cook Book. 
To Preserve Eggs. —Spring is tho time 
to do it, and there are about a thousand 
ways in which it may be dono. This is 
about the best and easiest we ever tried.— 
Mix one bushel of lime into whitewash; add 
two pounds of salt, half a pound of cream 
of tartar, and drop in your egg9 gently day 
by day, until you have as many as the liquid 
will cover.— Plow. 
It is very common to mako mush by boil¬ 
ing only a few minutes. This is all wrong. 
It should be boiled one or two hours, at least. 
It will be necessary to occasionally add some 
water, to keep the mass thin and prevent 
burning. 
Vegetable Oysters, like the parsnip, re¬ 
quire a deep, rich soil, and may bo grown 
precisely in the same way. 
