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takes from it all stringy and tough qualities, renders it 
brittle, adds much to its flavor, and is the safest method I 
ever practiced. Shoreham, Vt. S. N. H. 
The method of curing pork above described is new 
to us, and we should therefore be unwilling to ensure its 
success. If others have practiced it we should like to 
be informed of the results.— Ed, 
REMEDY FOR RINGBONE. 
Take half a pint of the best whale oil, and half a pound 
of best box raisins. Cut the raisins open and put them 
in the oil. Simmer both together (do not boil) till the 
raisins are hard and crispy. Apply the preparation to 
the ringbone once a day, rubbing it in well. It will 
last about two weeks, and one preparation will generally 
effect a cure. I tried this on a horse three years ago, 
that was quite lame; the bunch is still on his foot, but 
he has not been lame in the least degree since. 
Eaton. 
East Wears, Hillsboro county, N. H. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Carriage for manure, &c. —“ B. H.” New Lisbon, 
describes a new vehicle for hauling manure, which he 
thinks of considerable importance, as follows:—“All 
that is required is three cross pieces, 6| or 7 feet long, 
pinned to the side scantling of a stone-boat, and planed 
bass or pine boards, 8 or 9 feet long should be nailed 
to them. They should be seasoned and matched, or 
made tight. The cross-pieces should be hollowing in 
the middle, from 6 to 10 inches; the one at the hind end 
of the stone-boat should be settled as low as possible; 
The forward piece should be raised from four to six 
inches. This gives a smooth surface of about sixty feet, 
and being hollowing in the middle, more can be placed 
upon it, and in unloading, the shovel more naturally tends 
towards the centre. For drawing and spreading any 
kind of manure, or old ashes, where the distance is not 
great, two men will do more with greater ease than 
three men can with any other kind of carriage.” 
Westchester County, N. Y_Mr. Wells, of Cro¬ 
ton, will receive our thanks for his good wishes and 
efforts to extend the circulation of the Cultivator in that 
county. Though he regrets the general want of enter¬ 
prise and information among the farmers of that section, 
he says—“ There are some who seem to manage upon 
principles, and appear ready to avail themselves of every 
suggestion, and to profit by the light which science is 
pouring on rural affairs. When you go over the county, 
you can readily tell which are the farms that have such 
owners. We might mention their names, anil you would 
recognize them as standard subscribers to the Cultivator. 
But there is a population of 48,000 in the county, three- 
fourths of which, or more, are directly employed in ag¬ 
riculture, yet the mansions are few indeed where you can 
find an agricultural paper. This should not be.” In 
reply to Mr. Wells's inquiry, we state that the number 
of our subscribers in Westchester county is 151. 
Advantages of Agricultural Papers. —Mr. John 
S. Yeomans, of Columbia, Ct., says—“I have been a 
constant reader of the Cultivator from its commence¬ 
ment—took it for six years in company with a neighbor, 
working at that time as a mechanic and owning but a few 
acres of land. For the four years past have taken it 
myself—have purchased some more land, and am dabbling 
some at farming. I have always been prepossessed in 
favor of agricultural interests, and have often expressed 
the opinion that the intrinsic value of the real estate in 
our small town has been enhanced considerably in conse¬ 
quence of improvements in making manure and cultiva¬ 
ting lands, which never would have been adopted but 
for the suggestions in the Cultivator.” 
Prevention of Smut. —I have been soaking my seed 
wheat in bluestone (sulphate of copper,)—1 lb. to 5 
bushels, water enough to cover, leaving it in soak for about 
24 hours and then rolling it in ashes, and have found this 
method a full preventive against smut. With the same 
effect I have tried for 5 bushels seed wheat, 1 lb. salt¬ 
petre, (nitrate potass,) 2 lbs. sulphate soda in crystals, 
(glauber salts,) 2 lbs. of copperas, (sulphate of iron,) 
and I never had smut in wheat when I used either of 
these preparations. Laurens Hist., S. C . W. B. 
Large Fleece. —We have received an article signed 
“ Tityrus, giving, in an extract from the Hartford Times 
of 28th June last, an account of the fleece of a Merino 
buck fifteen months old, belonging to Daniel Pinney, 
Esq., of East Windsor, Ct., from which was sheared on 
the 9th of June, thirteen pounds and eight ounces of wool 
“ in good merchantable condition.” “ Tityrus” informs 
. us that this remarkable animal was the produce of what 
is called close breediug—that is, breeding from near re¬ 
lations. The ewe which brought him is said to have 
been a full blood Merino, though it is unknown whether 
she was a “ Pauler, Escurial, Nigretti, or Rambouillet.” 
“ Tityrus” informs us that—“ This ewe was put to a ram 
that had carried his fleece two years without shedding 
his wool, and his fleece was about eight pounds. The 
produce of this union was a ram lamb, which at fourteen 
months old sheared nine pounds of wool. She was next 
put to this son of her’s when he was only about seven 
months old, and her produce by him was two ram lambs, 
one of which is the famous buck that produced this enor¬ 
mous fleece of thirteen pounds and eight ounces of wool 
at his first shearing /” The weight of fleece, we think, 
exceeds by several pounds that of any other Merino buck 
of the same age that we have heard of. 
Items. —We give the following items from a letter 
from G. M. Eichelberger, Frederick, Md. 
“ [ am pleased to see that you suggest to Mr. Towns¬ 
end the expediency of not extending the controversy re¬ 
lating to the transmutation of grain. Those who still 
adhere to the opinion that transmutation takes place, if 
they have read half what has been said in the Cultivator, 
and tried to think rationally on the subject, must be 
“ bound to their idols,” and “ would not believe, though 
one rose from the dead” to assure them of its impossi¬ 
bility. 
Mr. Eichelberger informs us that he planted .last spring 
some Mercer potatoes which were procured from Balti¬ 
more, and were much affected with the dry rot or gan¬ 
grene. He cut off most of the affected parts, but planted 
some a good deal rotted. “ They were,” he says, “a long 
time vegetating, and some few did not grow at all, but 
the rest grew finely, and if the drouth had not interfered 
I should have had a fine crop. I have dug them, and the 
quality is very fine. So far as I have discovered there 
is not a single particle of rot.” 
“In the spring of 1843 I made inquiry through your 
paper relative to damp -walls of dwellings. In Septem¬ 
ber or October following, I lined the walls with zinc, and 
covered it first with a pretty stiff wrapping paper, such 
as hardware merchants use for wrapping, and had the 
walls papered; up to this time no dampness has shown 
itself.” 
The fourth flowering of the Paulownia Im¬ 
perials. —The Revue Horticole thus describes this tree. 
“ The parent of the splendid family of the Paulownia, 
which has been disseminated to every part of Europe, 
and also to America, has just flowered for the fourth 
time in the Garden of Plants, at Paris. Two hundred 
and twenty terminal clusters, each 15 to 16 inches in 
length, and comprising 20 to 30 flowers to each cluster, 
impart to the tree the appearance of a single magnificent 
bouquet of a light blue hue, and most charming effect. 
The tree is now 25 feet in height, and attains in Japan 
the height of 40 to 50 feet.” The most attractive object 
in the nurseries of Wm. R. Prince & Co., at Flushing, 
is a plot containing 500 trees of this species, which have 
attained 8 feet in height since the middle of May, with 
entire circular leaves, 20 inches in diameter. It was 
introduced by them in 1843, and has proved perfectly 
hardy; indeed more so than the Ailanthus and Catalpa. 
Self-acting Pump. —A correspondent at Washington 
city, D. C., writes—“Avery deep interest is felt here 
in relation to the Self-acting Pump, a communication 
upon the subject of which appeared in your last number. 
If it will perform what its inventor promises there will 
scarcely be any calculating its convenience in this south¬ 
ern country, where wells and cisterns are principally 
