THE CULT IF AT Oil. 
FruitGrowing, &c— L. I., New-York. —We are 
unable to advise you as to the best location for fruit¬ 
growing, &c., at the West; but we would advise vou, 
for the purposes you wish to accomplish, instead of 
going west, to locate on Long-Island, or in New-Jer¬ 
sey, or some where near New-York, where you will 
always find a ready market for all the things you pro¬ 
pose to grow. Thomas’ or Barry’s work on Fruits 
will furnish you the information you desire about fruit¬ 
growing. In making out a balance-sheet, the stock 
on hand should be put down at its present value, and 
not at its original cost. 
“Tabling” Broom Corn. —Can you give me any 
information in regard to the manner of breaking over 
and gathering broom corn ? I have never seen any 
thing in the Cultivator in regard to the culture of it. 
I have about three and a half acres, very nice. Also 
can you givo me the address of any broom manufac¬ 
turers?— Wm. H. Tupper. Benton Center , N. Y. 
[We copy the following directions, given by a corres¬ 
pondent in one of our former vols. : 
When the heads are fully grown, and the seed near¬ 
ly ripe, it is usual to “ table ” it,—which operation is 
performed by taking hold of the stalks some four or 
five feet from the ground, and breaking them down so 
that the upper section, with the heads, shall lie in a 
horizontal position. In doing this, begin say with the 
outer row on the right side of the field, and turn the 
heads in, or to the left hand, thus going the whole 
length of the row ; then turn about and go the other 
way, turning the next row also to the left, so that the 
heads will lie on the first. In going thus through the 
whole piece, each pair of rows will be tabled together, 
with a convenient alley or path between, in which to 
pass up and down at the time of harvesting. When 
the seed is fully ripe, (or if a severe frost is apprehend¬ 
ed, it should he done before,) the heads or brush are 
to be severed from the stalks, and laid away to dry. 
This is done with a sharp knife, cutting off just above 
the upper joint. The brush is then carried to the shed 
or barn, and spread in thin layers on poles or rails, so 
that the air may have free circulation through it, and 
left to dry. Care should be taken to spread it as soon 
as possible after cutting, and to have it in thin layers, 
as it is very liable to heat. A small load got in just at 
sunset, and left on the wagon till the next morning, 
has been known to become so much heated as to injure 
it considerably. Having lain on the poles until thor¬ 
oughly dry, the brush may be taken down, and the 
leaves stripped off’, which is very easily done, if care 
has been taken not to cut below the upper joint. 
Bound Yols. of The Cultivator.— W Klassman 
and others. We have Yols. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, First 
Series , for the years 1838, ’39, ’40, ’41, ’42 and ’43. 
We have VjIs. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 of the New Series for 
1844, ’45, ’50, ’51 and ’52. We have the Third Series 
for 1853 to present time complete. The price is $1 per 
Vol. bound and postpaid. Subscribers to the Co. Gent, 
who do not save their numbers for binding, would find 
The Cultivator worth purchasing at the close of the 
year, in this form. 
Barley Beer—Chinese Sugar Cane. —Will you 
or some of your subscribers, please furnish me with a 
receipt for making barley beer—and also a receipt for 
making sugar out of the Chinese Sugar Cane 1 D. It. 
Oliphant. Henderson , Me. 
Works on Horticulture.— C. N. Palmer , Gallia 
Co ., 0. We have Thomas’ American Fruit Culturist, 
price SI—Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees, $1 75— 
Breck’s Flower Garden, $1—Emerson’s Fruit, Flower 
and Vegetable Gardener’s Companion, SI 25—Buist’s 
Family Kitchen Gardener, 75 cts.—any of which will 
be sent postpaid for the price annexed. We have 
mailed The Garden to you as requested. 
Cement Cellars. —Allow me to criticise the obser¬ 
vations on this subject, Aug. 5, p. 80, as I have learn¬ 
ed that water cannot be excluded from a cellar by ce¬ 
ment, unless it is first drained ; for if the cement bot¬ 
tom and sides be water-tight, and the ground saturat¬ 
ed with water to the depth of two feet, there is an in¬ 
ward pressure on the cement, just as strong as there 
would be on a flat bottom boat loaded down two feet 
in the water, which is sufficient to break any cement 
bottom. John Gage. 
I will state in reply to a query in your editorial cor¬ 
respondence from Maryland, in reference to the cause 
of the disappearance of the clover from certain fields 
that I have had two or three fields very beautifully 
set in clover, from which this plant entirely disappear¬ 
ed after the first season. The cause was very mani¬ 
fest. Clover is a biennial plant; though there is this 
peculiarity, that its life is greatly prolonged by being 
mown or cropped in due season. I have had clover 
growing for more than twenty years in a heavy sward 
of bottom land, regularly mown ; whereas, in the above 
cases, having purposely let the grass grow to its full 
growth, I neglected to have them pastured, and in the 
fall found the plants dead, lying like so much dry 
stubble on the surface, g. e. h. * 
Colic in Horses. 
Messrs. Eds. —In the Co Gent, of June 29, is an 
inquiry for a “ remedy for colic in horses.” The pep¬ 
permint and ginger of your receipt I have tried and 
know to be good, and have no doubt the charcoal is 
also. But the best medicine that I ever saw used for 
colic, is, (in slight cases,) a half ounce laudanum and 
one ounce sweet spirits of nitre, given in a pint of warm 
water; repeat the dose- in half an hour if relief is not 
afforded. When the attack is severe an ounce of lauda¬ 
num should be given at first. I procured this receipt 
of a friend in Ohio, who has had a great deal of expe¬ 
rience ; he said he had never known it to fail if given 
in time, and I have often administered it, always with 
entire success. In cases of “wind colic,” it would be 
best to add the essence of ginger and oil of pepper¬ 
mint. 
There is much danger of bringing on inflammation 
of the bowels, by giving any kind of liquor. No doubt 
the treatment should be much the same for man and 
beast, in diseases of this nature, at least. 
Do you, or any of your readers, know of anything 
that will remove wind-galls from the legs of horses ? 
If so, it will greatly oblige many others, (no doubt,) 
beside myself, to have it published in the Country 
Gentleman. J. C. T. New-Jersey. 
Lice on Hens* 
These pests may be removed by greasing the top of 
the head, neck, upper parts of the wings, and al 
places where the lice most congregate with lard, or 
lamp oil. If hens are provided with plenty of fine, 
dry sand, or dust, and ashes, to roll in, and their roosts 
are occasionally white-washed, and new roosts fre¬ 
quently provided, they will never be seriously troubled 
by these vermin. 
