stated, the excrement is the chief agent in 
diffusing the virus of the disease, and it is on 
public road3 -where the greatest danger from 
this source lies. If any animals in a herd are 
affected with the disease, they should be at 
once separated from the rest. Their excre¬ 
ments, as fast as voided, should be sprinkled 
over wit h Carbolic acid from the nozzle of a 
common gardener’s watering pot. A box 
should he placed at the gate of the yard 
where they are confined, which should be 
filled with* plaster which has been saturated 
with Carbolic acid, and all who go in to the 
sick cattle should rub their shoes carefully 
in this on going out of the yard ; and if any 
port ion of their clothes have been contami¬ 
nated with any of the droppings of the sick 
animals, such spots should be thoroughly 
rubbed with the mixture. If the healthy 
cows on the farm are milked by any one who 
has been in attendance on the sick cattle, let. 
such an one wash his hands thoroughly with 
cresylic soap before milking. The unaffected 
cattle should be well watched, and eared for 
with unabating vigilance. Every animal 
should be examined each morning, and any 
of the symptoms mentioned in tins article 
under the head of external symptoms should 
be carefully looked for. The Commissioner 
or Assistant Commissioner nearest to the dis¬ 
eased animals should be notified at the ear¬ 
liest, possible moment of the appearance of 
the disease. It is for tin; interest of the 
clu flnbcnfrons, §cc 
MIXING MORTAR—NEW METHOD. 
- » 
A correspondent from Syracuse, N. Y., 
sends us an account of an invention perfected 
in that city for mixing mortar, which is sim¬ 
ply this;—The lime is first slaked In a vat 
with water enough to make it to a paste, and 
allowed to retain its heat, for about tweuty- 
four hours—it. is next run off into a second 
vat, from which it is pumped by a chain 
pump to a revolving cylinder that has a large 
quantity of spikes on the inside. As it flows 
from the cylinder, it passes through a sieve 
of ten meshes to the inch, and every particle 
that is used has to go through these very- 
line hides no larger than a pin’s head. From 
this machine it falls into a large vat, from 
which it is pumped ns required to a similar 
revolving machine called the mixing ma¬ 
chine, into which it flows in a continuous 
stream, and sand, previously silled, is added 
at the rate of about eighty bushels pel* hour. 
The mortar made, in this way is said to be of 
a very superior quality.— Scientific. American. 
THE CREVE-CCEUR FOWLS, 
Above wc give a likeness of these now 
favorite fowls. The cut was photographed 
from life expressly for the Rural. 1 he name 
is derived from the toten of CrcooOccur in 
Normandy, near which the breed originated, 
and not as many suppose IVom the supposed 
resemblance of the comb to a broken heart 
of the French word “ crcre- 
No fowls, excepting perhaps the 
” have met with more universal 
Quiet, domestic, great 
large eggs, hardy, prolific; 
the meaning 
ecBtir 
“ Iloudan*, 
favor than these, 
layers of very 
eggs hatching uncommonly well — large- 
bodied, and of the very first quality for the 
table, they seem to combine all but one of 
the requisites of the fowl for the people, 
and that is, they arc non-sitters. As to their 
beauty, there is groat diversity of opinion, 
pome considering t hem very handsome, oillers 
very ugly. 31. Jacques, a French writer, de¬ 
scribes them concisely thus;—“Comb va¬ 
rious, but always forming two boras, some¬ 
times parallel, straight and fleshy, sometimes 
joined at t he base, slightly notched, pointed, 
and separating at their extremities, antter- 
like. The comb, being shaped like horns, 
gives the cock the appearance of a deril. The 
legs should be black, or very dark slate-blue. 
Plumage entirely black with metallic luster. 
Madame Mjt.ukt Robinet, in her work, 
“Oiseau.x do Basse Ganir,” says: “ I he 
hens arc low on tin; logs, with large fleshy 
thighs, the wings large, and the body square; 
the abdomen is voluminous and pendant, es¬ 
pecially in those which arc more than a year 
old; they walk slowly, scratch but little, and 
rarely fly. They arc very tame, ramble but 
little, and prefer seeking their food on the 
dung lull to wandering far off.” 
We again quote frothM. Jacques “ This 
breed produces some, of the best, fowls that 
appear in the French market.. Its bones arc 
even, lighter than those of the lloudaus; its 
flesh is finer, shorter, whiter, and more readi¬ 
ly takes on fat. The pullets arc of extraor¬ 
dinary precocity, since they may be put up 
to fatten at the age of three months, and t hey 
are ready for the table In fifteen days after. 
The Oivvs-Cceur Is the first race lu France 
for delicacy of flesh, ease of fattening and 
precocity; and wc believe that it is the first 
in the world in these respects.” 
Tills is how they are regarded in France. 
In England they are hardly as popular. Tts«- 
etmeier, in his splendid work, says: 
“ Crcvo-Coeurs are lively in their tempera¬ 
ment, but in t his climate by no moans prolific, 
and I find it almost useless to set. their eggs 
before April. They arc delicate in eonstitu- 
CHEESE PRESERVING SAFE, 
yv T»A.m 
and keeping all the different species of 
Fowls. «■ b- «• 
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Fresh Eggs.—A little raw meat, cut up into 
small bits. rolliH in black pepper, and fort to the 
liens about three t imes a week will soon make ft 
very sensible addition to the egg deposit. Give 
them Home green food at least onen a week cab¬ 
bage or lettuce chopped up Hue. They will 
more than repay you for Hits attention. Water 
them with warm or tepid water, not, as Pauhv 
said, “to make thorn lay boiled ogBs.” but to In¬ 
crease the inward warmth and not chill it. 
Mr. S. also says: —“The top-knot, as in 
Polish, will become partly white alter moult¬ 
ing two or three times.” 
We have a Creve lien certainly four years 
old which has never had a speck of white on 
her since we have owned her; and the cock, 
which we imported at tin; same time and 
probably fully as old, was, when wo saw him 
last, just as black as the lieu. We have not 
yet had a chick from that stock that showed 
the least, white merest, or straw-color on neck 
or body. 
Excepting perhaps the TIoudans, wc do not 
think i Imre is any breed of fowls destined to 
become more papular in this country. They 
are an ornament to the poultry yard or lawn, 
and their great utility places them among 
the first of the desirable varieties. 
manner. The face of the platform is divided 
into concentric circles, numbered to show 
their relations, or the relative weight of the 
cheeses the platform receives. The cheese, 
placed on the platform concentric with one 
of t in; circular lines, is cut by a knife worked 
by a lever. The ehnesc is held in position 
while being cut by a thumb screw with a 
flat revolving head. There i9 also a contri¬ 
vance which enables the operator to desig¬ 
nate and regulate the proportionate weight 
or amount of the cheese to be cut. 
Guinea Fowls—Wo are not going to write 
about Guinea fowls, hut about soup. Reader, 
do you like “turtle SOUP?" Never tasted It? 
Well, get ft nice young- Guinea fowl and make 
some. Eos, make turtle soup out or Guinea 
fowl, and ask some A merman to come aud dine 
with you; and if he cun tell It from genuine 
turtle he has got a more depraved taste than we 
liave. Try it aud see tf wo are not right. 
Carbolic acid tlirough the nozzle of a com¬ 
mon watering pot; the wood work should 
be washed over with Carbolic acid, by means 
of a whitewash brush, as high as the cattle 
can reach with their noses. 
The kind of Carbolic acid known as 
“heavy oil,” which contains fifteen per cent, 
of acid, is generally used as a disinfectant. 
It may he procured of the Warren Chemical 
Manufactory, No. 4., Cedar Street, New 
York, at eight cents 
PARAGRAPHS J)N_NEW THINGS. 
An Illinois inventor has improved a scythe 
snath by applying a weight to its outer end 
so as to serve as a counterpoise to the weight 
of the scythe. 
A Vermonter has invented anew method 
of washing potatoes and other articles by 
agitating them in a vessel by revolving a 
horizontal bar or agitator w ith inclmvd sides 
or blades on the bottom of the vessel. 
A Massachusetts inventor has devised a 
screw or notched peg for attaching soles to 
the uppers of boote and shoes. It can by 
means of a hammer he forced through the 
leather instead of being turned into it. 
An Indianapolis inventor has patented a 
process for manufacturing from clay a roof¬ 
ing material, so shaped in sections as to be 
readily joined by lapped joints so as to form 
a water-proof roof mainly of one thickness 
of material. 
A correspondent of the Scientific Ameri¬ 
can says that by applying, by double chemi¬ 
cal affinity, the silicate of soda and lime 
water in the following manner he converts 
woody fiber into a mineral substance, and 
prevents decay. TTe steams the timber a id 
then injects a solution of silicate of soda for 
eight hours, and soaks the wood the same 
period in lime water. 
An Illinoisan has patented an invention 
which connects two rotating harrows to a 
supporting beam or frame by adjustable con¬ 
nections, whereby they may he changed in 
reference to the distance from curb other, 
and provides * a spring or springs in connec¬ 
tion with the shads ef the harrows, designed 
to govern the inclination of the harrows to 
the ground. 
A New-Yorker has invented a new pro¬ 
cess for producing on paper or other mate¬ 
rial a beautiful imitation of grained woods, 
and in so treating the planed surface of a 
piece of grained wood that it can itself be 
used as a block for copying its grain with 
groat accuracy upon paper. Imitation ot 
wood naner-humrmjrs and veneers are thus 
VALUE OF POULTRY BREEDING, 
erhsnum 
The great importance of breeding poultry, 
as a branch of productive industry , never 
has been sufficiently understood in this broad 
country. Attention has recently been di¬ 
rected to the superior breeds of poultry — to 
those which will best reward the care and 
attention of the breeder. Of late there lias 
been a great deal of inquiry in various parte 
of the country, and birds have been imported 
from the most remote regions at a very heavy 
expense, and breeders have spared neither 
expense nor pains to make their stock perfect. 
Europe and other countries across tin waters 
have contributed largely toward the adorn¬ 
ment of our Poultry Houses in the Eastern 
and Middle States. While all these exertions 
are being made on nil our seaboard towns it 
is of the utmost Importance that the same 
spirit should spread throughout the whole of 
our agricultural districts, East, West, North 
and South; and jto accomplish thin desirable 
Object Information on the subject should be 
diffused as largely ns possible. Wc urge the 
Import ance of this easy, cheap and lucrative 
branch of industry. 
Street, New 
York, at eight cents a gallon. There may be 
other manufactories of this article, but we 
have never heard of any Other. Liquid Car¬ 
bolic acid, containing ninety-seven per cent, 
of acid, is made by the same company, but 
is of course sold at, a higher price. When 
it is given as a drink, this kind is much bet¬ 
ter than the other. In eases where Catholic 
acid cannot be obtained, two pounds of Sul¬ 
phate of Iron (green copperas) may be dis 
solved in a gallon of w T ater and used as di¬ 
rected for the heavy oil. 
The New York Commissioners, at the 
outbreak of the disease, appointed Assistant 
Commissioners who were required to watch 
every avenue through which cattle are intro¬ 
duced Into the State ; and It is owing to their 
vigilance that our cattle have been protected 
from the ravages of the disease. 
The scientific facts stated in this paper, 
have chiefly been brought to light by the 
New York Board of Health through their 
medical officers. On the first appearance 
nf tim disease. Dr. Emsha Harris, the 
THE TEXAN CATTLE DISEASE.* 
BY .Y. STANTON GODUD. 
Curative Measures. 
We know of no remedy that can as yet be 
considered perfectly reliable. Green corn 
lias been found very serviceable; in Illinois, 
Indiana and Ohio, many have recovered from 
the use of it, but many also have, died with¬ 
out receiving any benefit. Twelve diseased 
cattle were brought to Providence, R. 1 , hist 
August. They could not walk and were 
Carried to a quarantine pasture, nine miles 
south of the city, xvbicb was skirted on one 
side by a salt marsh. Most of them laid 
down at once without attempting to walk. 
After laying for some time, it was observed 
that their heads were nil pointed towards the 
salt marsh, and they seemed to be eagerly 
snuffing Hie odor fr®m it. At length some 
of the strongest animals began to move to¬ 
wards it, and before t ivclve hours bad ex¬ 
pired they had all worked tlu-ir way to the 
marsh and were cropping the salt herbage 
with evident satisfaction. Borne of the 
weakest animals were unable to get, out, and 
were drawn out with a tackle. All the ani¬ 
mals that had access to this salt marsh recov¬ 
ered and are now fattened and in excellent 
condition; some of them have been killed 
and were found to be excellent beef. Sev- 
, and especially among 
farmers, and all persons who wish to invest 
a small capital and obtain a liberal remuner¬ 
ation for their trouble. 
Poultry is steadily on the increase. And 
the present, supply of good fresh poultry is 
not near equal to the demand. Our markets, 
at present, arc, to all appearances, full of 
poultry; but they are such as Jive# around on 
farms and obtain a living as best they can. 
If Poultry Breeding were made a specialty, 
our markets would, in a short time, show the 
difference, 
marsh, have also fully recovered; Indeed, wo 
t hink we may say that wc have not yet heard 
of a single case whore a sick animal having 
access to a salt marsh, has died. 
Six cows, sick with the disease, were 
treated by Dm. Harris and Morris in New 
York, with Carbolic acid, and they all recov¬ 
ered. The acid was mixed with soda in 
order to make it mixable with water. 
Enough of the mixture was put into water 
to give it a slight, taste of the acid. The 
cattle drank it with avidity. 
Mr, James Hardness of St Louis, treated 
a large herd of sick cattle with Glauber salt, 
Sulphur, aud Sulphate Of iron; all of them re¬ 
covered and, after they were fattened, a spe¬ 
cial messenger was sent with them to New 
York, who reported that they got there in 
excellent condition. Many sick cattle have 
recovered without any treatment whatever, 
except rest, good food, and plenty of sold 
water. These conditions are essential for the 
success of any remedies that may he given. 
Prevfuilon. 
Whenever the Texas cattle disease is rife, 
Ike proprietors of unaffected fiords should he 
careful to isolate them in the most efficient 
manner. They should be rigidly excluded 
from the public roads. As we have already 
The importance of obtaining 
correct information in regard to the different 
species of domestic fowls and the modes of 
rearing them is well known at present, to all 
practical farmers; and it may be of greater 
interest to the general reader when it instated 
that the value of t.h« stock in the United 
States is estimated at. over $20,000,000. 
The old notion that Ibwls arc an unprofit¬ 
able stock is fast crumbling away. It is esti¬ 
mated that the city of Philadelphia alone 
expends nearly a million and a half of dol¬ 
lars per annum for poultry. If this be so, 
what must the city of New York expend in 
a year V 
In France and England Ike value of eggs 
is immense. One of the late journals says: 
“ The quantity of eggs used annually in 
France exceeds 7,250,000,000, of which enor¬ 
mous number, Paris uses about 120,000,000. 
In one year upwards of 70,000,000 eggs were 
imported in England from Ireland, more than 
that, number from France. From all this 
you will see that tbe value of stock is an 
important item of national wealth; and when 
the value of the sales of poultry itself is con¬ 
sidered, it will be seen that the agriculturist 
cannot give too much attention to acquiring 
a knowledge of the best modes of rearing 
fuv w — ■ - - — 
Ho prescribed purgurives for the cure ot the 
livimr, and thought that with proper and timely 
euro there would bo little difficulty lu saving 
the lives of cattle which are attacked. His pro¬ 
scription is a pound of Epsom salts, an ounce of 
aloes or five ounces of sulphur, and two ounces 
of ginger, the whole mixed in water and pouxed 
down the throat of the sick animal. 
---- 
Ringing Rails.—A correspondent of the Coun¬ 
try Gentleman tc-lls how to do thisSecure tbe 
patient firmly by the boras to a beam or cross¬ 
bar. Take a small line aud make two balf- 
hitebes and a round turn on his lower .law; then 
make fast, and all is ready. Take a long, nur- 
row-bladcd knife, ground on both sides at the 
point,; feel with your left hand till you come to 
the end of the bone, and then give a prod with 
the knife with the right hand, and you have a 
place for the ring. In putting in the ring it is 
well to tie a piece of fine thread to the screw, so 
as to easily find it if it should be dropped. 
