34 _ THE CULTIVATOR. Jan. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
BOOK FARMING. 
A correspondent with the signature of “Viator,” 
and who dates at Coxsackie, states, that being not long 
since, on a visit at a friend’s house, he partook of some 
excellent cheese-^as good, he says, as he ever tasted. 
On inquiring into the process of its manufacture, he 
ascertained, that the person who made it had not much 
practical knowledge of the business, but had obtained 
through the medium of “ the Encyclopedia,” the only 
information she had received on the subject. He ob¬ 
serves-—“ Cheese making is admitted to be one of those 
complicated processes, the success of which depends on 
a series of operations, partly chemical and partly me¬ 
chanical, which must succeed each other in a certain 
order, very easily understood when seen, but somewhat 
difficult to be described in words. Still Mrs. C. learnt 
it in “ the Encyclopedia.” She had never seen cheese 
made when she first undertook to make it herself; and 
that her cheese is first rate, appears from the fact, that 
it has taken the first premium of the Greene county 
Agricultural Society, for two years. Now if this intri¬ 
cate business can be learnt in “ the Encyclopedia,” why 
cannot any of the other and more simple operations of 
the farm be so described in books as to enable any man 
of common sense to understand and practice them ?” 
PHRENOLOGY as APPLICABLE to the HORSE. 
Mr. Thomas J. Lewis, observes, that, while reading 
Hr. Combe’s celebrated work on Phrenology, his atten¬ 
tion was particularly drawn to the article on page 205, 
in relation to the horse. “It is there shown,” it is 
said, “that the shape of the brain, even in the lower 
animals, indicates their good or bad disposition. Al¬ 
most every one,” he continues, “is aware, that the 
value of the horse is very much enhanced by his being 
docile and tractable. According to the article alluded 
to, when the organ of benevolence is largely developed, 
the animal is mild and docile; when it is small they 
are vicious, ill-natured, and intractable. In the horse, 
the organ is placed in the middle of the forehead, a little 
above the eyes. When this region is hollow, a horse 
is invariably vicious and inclined to bite and kick. In 
mild and good natured horses, on the contrary, this part 
extends as far out as the eyes, or even farther. 
“ The driver of a cabriolet of Neuilly, says Dr. Gall, 
bought at a low price, a horse which nobody could use 
on account of its extremely bad temper ; but it was an 
excellent runner. In the first week it bit off two of 
the driver’s fingers and one of his ears. He attempted 
to correct the evil by redoubled blows, but these only 
rendered the animal more vicious. He then resolved to 
try the effects of gentle treatment, and this succeeded 
to a certain extent. The organ in question was very 
small in this animal; and the same conformation will 
be found in all horses which require to be muzzled to 
prevent them from biting.” 
CULTIVATION OF THE CRANBERRY. 
[We have been furnished by the Rev. H. B. Holmes, 
of Auburn, Worcester county, Mass., with the following 
extracts from a letter received by him from a friend, in 
regard to the culture of the cranberry.— Eds.] 
“ 1st. You must not think of sowing the seed—but 
set out the roots. 
“2d. You wish to know how to prepare the ground. 
It is important that you contrive some way to prevent 
and destroy the growth of the grass and bushes, if there 
are any. This can be done either by plowing, burning, 
paring, or covering with gravel. 
“ 3d. How to set out the roots* After the land is 
prepared, procure your roots in bunches about as large 
as it is convenient to take up with a common shovel. 
It is important to be careful in taking up the roots. 
Have a sharp shovel or spade, so as to disturb them as 
little as possible, and turn aside the vines, so as not to 
cut them off. Dig a place in your prepared ground 
about the size of your bunches of roots and set them in. 
You can have them about as near as hills of Indian 
corn usually are, or nearer if you please. The nearer 
they are the sooner they will cover the ground. They 
are not difficult to make live, but the better you pre- 
pare the ground, and the more carefully you set them 
out, the better they will flourish. 
“ 4th. As to the time of setting them out. This may 
be done in the autumn or spring ; but I should prefer 
the spring ; because when set out in the autumn, the 
frost is apt to throw them out of their place. This 
however can be prevented by a little flowing. I should 
set them out as early as possible in the spring. 
“ 5th. As to flowing. It is regarded as very impor¬ 
tant to be able to flow at pleasure. Supposing you set 
out your roots next spring ; if you can flow them a 
little in the coming fall and winter, just so they may 
not be troubled by the frost and consequent heaving of 
the ground, they will come out bright and healthy in 
the spring. 
“ 6th. During the summer when the vines are grow¬ 
ing, and the fruit is upon them, it is important to look 
out for the weather, and if there is danger of frost, 
flush the water over the ground, so as to prevent the 
bad effects upon the vines and the crop. When you can 
flow at pleasure in this way, you are almost sure of a 
crop annually.” 
CLEANING SEED WHEAT. 
Eds. Cutivator — I do not recollect having seen 
published the method of cleaning seed Wheat, that is 
practiced by careful farmers in this county, and knowing 
that by this method Wheat can be made perfectly clean 
of chess, or cheat, as it is called here, together with all 
light grains of Wheat, or any other grain, the weight of 
which is less in proportion to its bulk, than o-ood 
Wheat. 
After the Wheat has been run through the fan or 
windmill, as we term it, prepare the mill by taking out 
the sieve and placing a shingle about eight inches wide 
it its place ; next, detach the shaker (the technical 
term for which I do not know) and place a hand in its 
place, who is instructed to give gentle motion to the 
hopper, and to regulate the quantity of Wheat running 
through it. An able hand should turn the fan and pro¬ 
duce a current of air strong enough to blow out every 
thing except the heaviest Wheat. The skreen should 
be open to remove sand or cockle, or any small grain 
that might run down ; the process should be continued 
as long as there remains one grain of chess to a hand- 
full of wheat. Farmers who have been cheated into 
a belief of the transmutation of Wheat, and suffer by it, 
are invited to try this method to clean their seed, and 
in connection with sowing clean seed, to take care that 
no cheat is carted on the land with the mannure, or 
