great gormandizers, as claimed by some. 
They are great drinkers ; they do like pure, 
clean water, and a good deal of it; they are 
fond of fresh grass and vegetables, and should 
have plenty of them. In comparison with 
Polands, Spanish, Dorkings, Creve-Cteurs, 
Pheasants, give me the pure Brahma. 
Glen's Falls, N. Y. o. k. h. 
flue set an ordinary salt or flour barrel, and 
the earth is banked up about it. On sticks 
placed horizontally inside the barrel, the 
meat to be smoked is laid. The fire in the 
fire-place is replenished two or three times 
per day. The smoke passes through the fine 
into the barrel, and is sufliciently cooled be¬ 
fore reaching it to prevent injury lo t he meat. 
The top of the barrel is covered with a bit of 
carpet or piece of bed-quilt, and a board laid 
over it. The lower end of the Hue should be 
closed sufficiently close to avoid too great 
draft and prevent the wood or cobs con¬ 
suming too rapidly. 
Rural Architecture 
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THE HOLIDAYS. 
PLEURO PNEUMONIA, 
I’iiI' cliunitig Poultry tor tlie Table. 
As we have given, in a former article, the 
modus operandi lor fattening fowls for mar¬ 
ket, &c., we now have a word of caution to 
ofl’or those who arc about purchasing poul¬ 
try for the holidays, which may not, per¬ 
haps, come amiss. Those who are not good 
judges of poultry, as to their age, may, and 
often do, have old, tough fowls palmed off 
upon them by the unscrupulous dealer. 
Fowls are killed and prepared for market 
with much adroitness and care by some 
dealers, and many devices practiced to catch 
the eye of the unsophisticated purchaser — 
the host side of the poultry being shown to 
the greatest advantage'. Every sort of fowl 
ii killed, plucked and put on the market 
about Thanksgiving time, and if the pur¬ 
chaser buys an inferior article at an exor¬ 
bitant, price, lie has only himself to blame 
Accompanying this article is given an 
elevation of a plain yet unique and conven¬ 
iently arranged piggery, or, as often called, 
hog-pen. The dimensions are thirty by fif¬ 
teen feet, with ten or twelve feet posts. It 
has ample accommodation for eight bogs, 
each of three hundred weight, or a corres¬ 
ponding number of smaller ones. Two 
separate pens are provided for separating 
the fattening from the store hogs, or pigs 
from old hogs. The alley, passing as it 
does through tlx; center of the pen, gives 
easy and immediate access to each apart¬ 
ment for removing compost, or other miscel¬ 
laneous and necessary work. 
On® of the most formidable enemies to 
the successful production of milk and butter 
in this vicinity is pleuro pneumonia, or lung 
disease, among cows. In a discussion had 
before the Philadelphia Society for the Pro¬ 
motion of Agriculture, last winter, much 
valuable information was elicited. Among 
the facts that may be considered as estab¬ 
lished wore, 1 hat it is worse in those herds 
fed exclusively on brewers’ grains and other 
stimulating food, among those kept in very 
close stables, and particularly where tlie 
excrement is kept in cellars immediately 
underneath or near the stable*; that its first 
appearance is Indicated by the hair begin¬ 
ning to raise up and reverse its natural posi¬ 
tion, a dry nose, the head beginning to droop, 
with the nose thrust forward; and, if at lib¬ 
erty, the diseased animal separates itself from 
the rest of the herd. These symptoms are 
unmistakable, and if the owner observes them 
t he sooner be applies to a skillful veterinary 
surgeon, or puls in practice the beat treat¬ 
ment lie is acquainted with, the better. 
The most effectual treatment was that re¬ 
lated by Daniel Woelkeb, an intelligent 
and successful grazier on the Brandywine, 
live miles south of this place. He gave 
aconite and phosphorus, homeopathic prepa¬ 
rations, and when tlie cough came on alter¬ 
nated with bryonia. 
My own treatment, with almost unvary¬ 
ing success, lias been ten drops of aconite 
in a little pure water every fifteen minutes, 
m alternation, us above, out of separate 
clean mineral waiter bottles until the moisture 
begins to appear on the nose ; then omit the 
aconite and repeat the others at longer in¬ 
tervals. Arsenicum is also a useful remedy, 
if the others do not produce the desired 
efTcet. 
It. is essential that the diseased animals 
should be entirely separated from those not 
affected. Cleanse, ventilate and whitewash 
the stables. Use carbolic acid or gas tar 
freely as a disinfectant; card all the animals 
daily and keep from Cold and drafts, and the 
per centnge of deaths from this disease we 
have found to be much less than if neglected. 
West Chester, Pa. W m . I’. TOWNSEND. 
ABOUT FANCY PIGEONS.—III. 
PAINTING OLD BUILDINGS, 
Fou a building twenty by twenty-four 
and wing sixteen by thirty feet, put into 
four pails of water a peek of flax seed. Let 
it stand twenty-four hours. It w ill become 
thick. Then dip oif the 
liquor; add limewatcr 
and it will become simi- 
lar to soap, which mix 
with lead of any color 
and quantify desired, 
and it will fill the pores 
jr. ii in the old clapboards, 
and will wear pretty 
well. Mine has been on 
—. eight years—L. L. Ik, 
3 .jfti Yorkshire. Center Co., 
J. 
gggE^-% In tlie year 1858 I had 
j Bw i-- a house to paint which 
'’:S :J nV { had become very badly 
^ weather-beaten,somueh 
- r . - •" that the siding had 
j] D -=§. fsFrm l,ecomc very rough and 
» n : g M somewhat mossgrown. 
0 A To paint it 1 first had 
V.'. J all of the moss and dirt 
removed from the sid- 
j nf r j then topic two 
quarts of flax seed for 
every one hundred feet 
of surface that there was 
lo paint. For instance, 
I had from eleven to twelve hundred feet of 
surface and pul three pecks of seed in a 
large iron kettle, added soft water enough to 
(took the seed, boiled it, till the seed t racked 
open, then strained while hot, to separate 
the seed from the fluid; had six gallons of 
fluid when strained. To this fluid, when cold, 
add Spanish White or common whiting, 
enough to fill the checks and scams in the 
wood. I made it about the thickness of a 
common priming coat of paint. There should 
be just whiting enough to fill the pores—no 
more, no less. 
Tills sizing, when thus prepared, was ap¬ 
plied with a brush pretty freely, not sufficient 
to daub, but in sufficient quantity to fill the 
pores of the wood. Il dried in very soon, 
ami I then applied a priming coat of raw 
linseed oil and while lend. After this be¬ 
came dry it was finished up with a coat of 
boiled oil and white lead. 
It did not take any more lead than it 
would it it had been a new building, and blit 
a trifle more of oil. The first coat of oil was 
taken up rather freely, which was overcome, 
in a measure, by spreading it as rapidly as 
possible and do it, well. The house was 
painted in June, 1855, and to-day (October, 
18<(t), over eleven years.) there is a fair coat 
of paint on it, (it has not been painted since 
1858,) and it looks as well as a new house 
that was painted with two coats of lead at 
the same time—Dr. O. C. IIali., Cortland 
Co., N. Y. 
The Fan to II. 
This is one of our most beaut iful pigeons 
—one better suited to the house, as a pet, 
than most, kinds. The pure-bred bird should 
be of snowy whiteness, with long and deli¬ 
cately-curved neck, which much resembles 
that of the white swan, both in formation 
and gait. These pigeons are concededly popu¬ 
lar with those who have bred them, as they 
are readily reared and domesticated, and 
soon become pets of the household not easily 
to be dispensed with. 
The Fantail, or Shaker, as it is sometimes 
called, should possess a tapering neck; the 
breast full and prominent ; the tail always 
erect, and never containing less than twenty- 
four or more than thirty-six feathers ; other¬ 
wise the tail will droop, and tlie beauty of 
the bird be considerably marred. 
There is anot her breed of the Fantail than 
that, here mentioned, which is termed the 
“Narrow-tailed Shaker,” but are not to be. 
compared with the pure bred bird, and should 
not he tolerated in the same dove-cot with 
them. 
The dove-cot of the Fan tails should be 
built near the ground, as the birds arc. not 
given to taking high flights; or if the cots 
are attached to the barn or carriage-lmuse, 
the roost should not be more than six to 
eight feet from tlie ground; in fact, the 
nearer tlie ground they are placed the better. 
MILK SICKNESS, 
TO EXTERMINATE LICE, 
Wni lk journey ing recently over the moun¬ 
tains of North Carolina, I learned of a dis¬ 
ease, said to be prevalent 
To exterminate both the common hen 
louse and the minute hen spider, (so I call 
them, the last named being the worse of tlie 
two,) take all the hay from the nest and 
burn it. Drive all the hens out. Get an 
iron pot or vessel of any kind, put, it in the 
center of the house; shut, the house as tight 
as it can lie ; put, in the pot. a pound of roll 
brimstone. Ileat a piece of iron as large as 
a man’s fist red hot and put in the pot with 
the brimstone. Keep the house shut close 
two hours, when open and vent ilate. Sweep 
and dust out the house thoroughly. Dissolve 
one pound of potash in one quart of hot 
water. With an old paint brush paint or 
wash every part of the house, inside and out, 
roosts, nests and every place that can be 
reached with the solution. Get, now, a 
quart of kerosene oil and go through the 
same operation, painting the whole inside 
of the house, saturating the roosts well with 
it. There will not. be a louse left when these 
directions have been followed. It is some 
work to do it, but it will pay. 
Pul fresh liny in the nests and let the hens 
in. When tiiey go on the neats to lay, as 
soon as the nest is warm, if there are any 
lice on them the hitter will leave. They 
will be seen crawling around the front of 
the nest boxes; but their lives are short; 
among cattle, 
1 “ Miik Sick.” 
It is said to be most, serious in its effects. 
Not. only are the cattle most injuriously at’ 
fee ted, but ’tin said that the milk of cows so 
diseased is almost deadly poison. Any per¬ 
son consuming the milk or butter from a 
cow attacked by “ Milk Sick,” will, it is said, 
become affected in a manner bot h distressing 
and alarming,—evincing symptoms such as 
might be expected in a bad case of poison¬ 
ing, and from which, after much suffering, 
death frequently ensues, and complete re¬ 
covery is never known. Neither the milk nor 
butler gives forth any evidence of impurity, 
and their poisonous nature is only known 
after the disease has attacked its victim. 
The buttermilk is said to be harmless, and, 
in fact, is used, by some, as a remedy for the 
disease. Various opinions exist, as to the 
cause. Some contend that it comes solely 
from some vegetable food; others that it 
conies from something inhaled by tlie cattle, 
and others that il is produced by the eating 
of decayed wood. It exists only in isolated 
places, — principally in rich coves of the 
mountains. 
Can any of your contributors throw light 
upon the subject? It is a most important 
question, and but little knowledge, as to a 
remedy, seems to exist in the section of 
which I speak. Please let your readers have 
some useful knowledge of the matter. 
Augusta, Ga. Jab. j. Davies. 
The Trumpeter 
This is a queer looking bird, not much 
seen or bred in this country. It is said that 
it, derives its name from the fact of its 
emit ting a sound like the blowing of a trum¬ 
pet, but this is undoubtedly an exaggeration, 
Mr. Bent says the Trumpeter is regarded by 
naturalists as one of the purest varieties of 
our domestic pigeons, as they possess almost 
every quality desirable in that bird. They 
are hardy, good breeders, have an uncom¬ 
mon and attractive appearance, as our illus¬ 
tration amply testifies. 
The upper half of the beak of the Trum¬ 
peter is adorned with a moustache; his legs 
are thickly feathered to his very toes, and he 
lias a little tuft or bunch of curled leathers 
on the summit of his head. They are a 
queer though beautiful bird to look upon. 
Phjcehy—Ground Plan. 
The. sides of this portion are covered with 
two-incli strips, nailed on vertically three- 
quarters of an inch distant, that corn therein 
deposited may sooner be cured. On warm 
days, or during pleasant weather, the hang¬ 
ing doors, opening in, and four feel, from the 
floor of the pen, may be 0 ]>ened, which may 
be done with string or slick, in the hands of 
a person while standing in the alley. 
L. D. Snook. 
A WORKINGMAN'S HOUSE, 
In Ritual of August 21st appeared an 
article signed “Country Home.” I don’t 
claim to be wliat your correspondent calls 
well posted ; but having seen a house such 
as he mentioned built by a farmer, who did 
not feel able to hire mechanics, I thought 
probably a description of it might benefit 
him. He can build it any style he chooses, 
but will find it will take a great amount of 
lumber; his only advantage'will lay in doing 
the work himself. 
This man built a house forty feet long by 
eighteen feet wide, and one story and a half 
high, with porcli on each side, running the 
whole length of the house, lie divided the 
house into a kitchen, a sitting-room and two 
small bed-roorns on the first floor; the half 
story he left the full size of the house. He 
hoarded up the end of one porch for stove 
room. He had the boards sawed one inch 
thick ; one-half of them four inches and the 
other half three and one-half inches wide; 
he had the sills fastened the same as for a 
frame house, and nailed hia lath on, wide 
and narrow alternately, of course keeping 
the outside of his wall smooth anil even. 
When finished, by reason of the half-ineli 
difference in width of lath, the inside was 
ready for plastering. He was careful to 
break joints something similar to a brick 
wall, and weatlierboarded it the same as a 
frame. The cost of such a house would he 
governed by the price of lumber. Yonr cor¬ 
respondent can easily calculate the number 
of feet of hoards there would be in a house 
of any dimension he might wish to build, 
and ascertain the price he will have to pay 
per foot, and lie Wifi have the cost of lumber; 
the cost of nails will be the small part of it. 
I think this man used common flooring 
nails. xv. 
The Nun, 
As it is called, is an extremely pretty little 
bird. “ The most beautiful specimens of 
Nuns,” says Temminck, “ are those which 
are black, but have the quill-feathers and the 
head white-, they are called Noinwim Man- 
rius." Be mo >n says the Dutch .Shell-Pigeon, 
or Coquitifi Hollandeme, breed are the most 
charming birds, because they have at the 
back of tlveir head reversed feathers, which 
form a sort of shell. They are of short 
stature, having the head, the tail and the end 
of their wings black, while the rest ot the 
body is pure white. There are two species 
of the Nun pigeons on the continent, the 
first of which is called the Bearded Nun, 
and differs only from the variety spoken of 
by Buffon by having white flights, the head 
and tail being the colored parts. The other 
variety, having the tail white and the head 
only black, French amateurs call the “ death- 
head ” pigeon. J. Bka.ce. 
BRAHMA FOWLS 
Vicky much is being said and done towards 
establishing au economical fowl for general 
use,—a« I take this to be the ultimatejibjcet 
of reliable breeders. 1 have kept the Brahmas 
for three years, and each successive year 
have been move and more satisfied with 
them, particularly as egg producers. They 
are objected to as being troublesome sitters. 
Is this objection well grounded, or do we ex¬ 
pect too much from our fowls ? 
My best sitters are my best layers. Wc 
should not abuse our fowls for wanting a 
rest after supplying plenty of eggs, some of 
them exceeding their actual weight. That 
Brahmas do sit, is undeniable; but do not 
let passion run away with our reason, sub¬ 
jecting us to the execution of the law for 
“cruelty to animals” by practicing cold 
water immersions and other impositions; 
rather let us secure mutual benefit by giving 
a little extra care. 1 cannot allow that. 
Brahmas are troublesome sitters. I have 
found them very healthy, excellent layers, 
good sitters and mothers; good to stay 
where you want them. I have never found 
them poor layers, troublesome sitters, neither 
American Cattle is the title of a work on the 
history, breeding, and management ol' In-eeds in 
the country, by Lewis F. Allen, Editor of the 
American Short-Horn Herd Book, and a well 
known writer upon agricultural topics. The 
book is published by Taintoe BuOTH lifts & Co., 
New York City. The avowed object of this work 
is to furnish further knowledge in relation to 
foreign breeds, breeding and reaving them, to¬ 
gether with their beneficial uses in elevating the 
qualities of our old native stock, through their 
adaptability in crossing their blood upon them. 
This volume embraces a large inuss of valuable 
practical Information to breeders and dairymen, 
and ought to win a wide circulation. 
«s 
Wen on u Cow's Jaw,—J. E. Webstek.—T he 
swelling you describe is a won. 8o far as we 
have had experience, (and we have owned sev¬ 
eral animals so afflicted,) it is incurable. 'Vo 
should knock such an animal In tlie head, unless 
it was a working ox. We would not like to con¬ 
sume the milk furnished by, nor eat the meat of, 
such au animal, although many people do both. 
A CHEAP SMOKE-HOUSE. 
Our illustration shows a little fireplace 
made in a lull-side, with a few brick or stone, 
aud a flue, of the same material, covered over 
with a few inches of earth, extending up the 
hill-aide. The line may be, say six inches 
square, inside measurement, and eight to 
twelve feet long. Over the upper end of the 
Cure r.n- •• Bedbugs.”—Tell W. P. to close his 
hen-liouse tight and put some fire into an old 
pan or kettle, and throw on the fire a good lot of 
roll brimstone after breaking it. into small 
pieces I have found it a sure cure.—C. F., 
1 Tot'seheads, N. 3 ". 
Hereford* for Oxen.— Lewis I*’. ALLEN says: 
“Asa working ox the Hereford Is the peer of 
any other and superior to most. Large, strong, 
muscular, well developed in form, noble and 
stately in carriage, he suggests all that need be 
found in an honest, true worker.” 
Catarrh.—A Subscriber asks for an effectual 
cure for catarrh in the head of chickens. 
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