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THE CULTIVATOR. Mat 
I>I§ea§€!§ o£ Aaiimals, &c< 
Agricultural Institute.”" Mr. B. is Chairman of the 
Committee on Agriculture in the Legislature, and in 
submitting the bill referred to, he made an able report 
on the subject of agricultural schools in connexion with 
experimental farms. The same subject was also dis¬ 
cussed at the weekly agricultural meetings held in 
Boston during the past winter. The general impres¬ 
sion there seems to be that such institutions should be 
entirely disconnected with our present colleges and 
other literary seminaries. The Committee in the re¬ 
port observe: 
“ The project of establishing an agricultural school 
has, for many years engaged much of the public atten¬ 
tion, and the committee believe that the time approach¬ 
es, if it have not actually arrived, when the legislature 
may, with propriety, look upon it with favor, as a sub¬ 
ject in which the honor and prosperity of the Common¬ 
wealth are involved. They have, therefore, found no 
difficulty in coming to the conclusion, that an institu¬ 
tion should be founded forthwith, where agriculture 
may be taught as a science and practiced as an art; 
where new theories may be investigated and subjected 
to the test of experiment; and where principles, which 
have already received the sanction of successful prac¬ 
tice, may be further inculcated and confirmed.” 
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(< We know that the mass of those who, from choice 
or otherwise, follow the calling of the husbandman, are 
anxious to be supplied with all practicable facilities for 
obtaining the knowledge which will enable them to 
develop the resources of the earth, and to enjoy all the 
fruits which intelligent and scientific labor is capable 
of producing. And they appeal to the wisdom and 
liberality of the legislature to aid them in their efforts 
to institute a school, where agriculture, in its most ex¬ 
tended sense, with all its kindred arts and sciences, 
may be taught* pi*actically and experimentally, on a 
farm devoted entirely to that purpose, and without any 
connection with any existing academy or college in 
which a classical education is the prominent purpose 
of instruction.” 
The bill proposes to incorporate Edward Hitchcock, 
Wm. B.Calhoun, Samff L. Hinckley and their associates, 
as a body politic, for the purpose of establishing “in 
some one of the towns lying on the banks of the Con¬ 
necticut river, or in a town immediately adjoining such 
towns, an agricultural school and experimental farm, 
with the above title, the object of which shall be in¬ 
struction in agricultural science, and improvements in 
all the arts connected with the practice of farming.” 
A resolution is appended to the bill, which provides 
that, when the officers of the said Institute have ob¬ 
tained subscriptions in cash or real estate to the amount 
of $15,000, they shall receive from the State $5,000; 
and at the end of one year another sum of $5000 ; and 
at the end of two years from the date of the first pay¬ 
ment, another sum of $5,000— “said sum to be used 
only for the purpose of carrying on experimental farm¬ 
ing and instruction in the arts and sciences connected 
therewith.” 
Agricultural Papers.- — A correspondent of the 
Ohio Cultivator, states the case of a farmer who lost 
$150 by neglecting to take that paper. He had taken 
it formerly, but concluded that he could do without it. 
After he had discontinued it, certain practitioners of 
Neurotomy on horses were traversing that State, and 
the paper cautioned the farming public repeatedly 
against the practice. But this farmer did not see these 
cautionary remarks, and suffered two fine horses to be 
operated upon, paying him ten dollars, which resulted 
in the entire ruin of his two horses. Farmers must 
not expect to be guarded against impositions, unless 
they inform themselves. 
Roup in Poultry. 
This disease, frequently called in this country 
“swelled head,” attacks both common barn-yard fowls 
and turkeys. The first symptoms are a watery fluid 
being discharged from the eye. The eyelids soon be¬ 
come inflamed and swell; and the swelling extends 
more or less over the head. A fetid discharge proceeds 
from the nostrils, wdiich so obstructs respiration that 
the fowl is constantly sneezing and gasping. In bad 
eases one or both eyes are frequently destroyed. The 
disease is believed to be contagious, and as soon as a 
fowl is affected, it should be removed to some dry and 
comfortable place where there will be no liability of the 
malady being communicated to others. If many fowls 
are affected, it will be advisable to remove the whole 
of them, and wash their apartments with a strong wash 
of hot-lime. A writer in the English Agricultural 
Gazette, recommends as the best remedy, bathing the 
head with warm fomentations in which poppy-heads 
have been infused, and giving a preparation of goose- 
greese, (lard probably would do as well,) and chopped 
rue, mixed together—two tea-spoonsful for a fowl 
twice a day. For drink, the fowls are allowed water 
which has iron, or iron-rust and sulphur in it. 
Medicines for Cattle, Horses, &c. 
Mr. R. S. Ransom, of Perryville, N. Y., writes that 
he had found much benefit from the use of the cattle- 
medicines prepai-edby Dr. C. S. Toms. His “ Russian 
liniment” for bruises and sprains, is' said to be not only 
valuable for horses and cattle, but for the cure of rheu¬ 
matism, &c., in the human race. His “ condition pow¬ 
ders” are highly spoken of. Mr. S. observes—“The 
above medicines, coming as they do from a good far¬ 
rier, I much prefer to trusting animals in the hands of 
ignorant and conceited quacks.” Mr. R. states that 
he is no way interested in the sale of the medicines, 
but from having known them used for a long time in 
the vicinity where he resides, is induced to recommend 
them for the benefit of the public. 
To kill Lice on Cattle. 
A correspondent of the Mass . Plowman states that 
the easiest mode of destroying lice on cattle, is to card 
the cattle till the card is filled with hair, then pour 
spirits of turpentine on the card, and card the cattle 
again—placing the card first on those places where 
the lice are most numerous. He says by following this 
course once in 3 or 4 days, the lice will disappear. 
Leprosy. 
The same writer as above mentioned, gives the fol¬ 
lowing receipe for the cure of a disease in cattle called 
leprosy: 
Put a piece of lime the size of a goose egg, into a 
tight vessel-—pour in four quarts of hot water, and cover 
the vessel with a cloth—I do not vouch for the truth of 
it, but it is said to be better than when the vessel is 
left uncovered. When it has become cool, turn off the 
clear water, and wash the disordered spots two or 
three times with it, which is all I have found necessary 
to work a cure. 
Heaves in Horses. —It is said that horses may b© 
greatly relieved, if not cured, by the use of chopped 
straw instead of hay. 
Sale of Hereford Cattle.-— At a late sale of the 
herd of T. Cooke, Hereford, (Eng.,) one bull sold for 
£142, ($710,) another for £88, ($440,) a yearling 
bull £56, ($280,) and another for £52, ($260)-—oa@ 
cow for £70, ($350.) 
