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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Sept. 
Queries for our Correspondents. 
Best Cows for Milk —Which will make the most 
butter, in proportion to the cost of keeping, the <f Ayr- 
shires” or the “ Short-Horns ?’ 5 A. D. Arms. East 
Montpelier, Vt. -— 
Poultry —Will you or some of your correspondents 
publish through the columns of your truly valuable jour¬ 
nal, <£ The Culiitator,” the best mode for the manage¬ 
ment of a small flock of hens on a farm, say 50 or 60— 
and the best plan for building a roost—also which are con¬ 
sidered the best layers. S. W. J. Hyde, N. ¥., July 
20, 1853. —-- 
Multicole Rye. —Can you or any of your corres¬ 
pondents tell me where I can get some of the Multicole 
Rye and at what price? C. C. Huntley Grove, 111. 
Tar and Felt Roofing.—I shall be greatly oblig¬ 
ed if you, Messrs. Editors, or some of your correspon¬ 
dents, will give me a specific receipt for the ingredients 
composing what is termed Tar and Eelt Roofing. F. 
3ST. C. - 
Disease in Chickens. —My chickens have a disease 
which they have never been afflicted with before, and 
which baffles all treatment. They commence to shake 
and stagger, and soon are unable to follow the hen; and 
about the second day they are unable to walk, and lie 
down on one side, and have no power ip their legs at 
all; they eat as readily as when well, but do not drink 
so freely. Would some of your numerous correspon¬ 
dents inform me what the disease is, and what is the 
remedy? A Subscriber. Juniata Co., Penn. 
Artesian Wells. —Will you please to inform me as 
to the implements used, and manner of using, to make 
Artesian Wells? If proper, I would ask for a drawing 
of the implements, or so much that I may understand 
the process. S. Reynolds. Lockport. N. Y., Aug. 
Answers to Inquiries. 
Sowing Clover. —Will you inform me through the 
Country Gentlemen or Cultivator, if it will answer to 
sow red clover seed in the fall? C. C. 
At the north, it fails in consequence of the action of 
cold and the heaving of frost combined, and the young 
plants if of late autumn growth only, do not become 
strong enough to resist both of these influences. If 
sown early in autumn or in summer, the seed or plants 
are apt to fail from hot sun and drouth. We have re¬ 
peatedly sown clover early in spring and covered it with a 
brush or light harrow, without allowing any other crop 
to occupy the ground, and had a fine luxuriant growth 
before mid-summer. - 
Steam Apparatus for Cooking Food for Hogs. 
—In answer to an inquiry of one of your readers, who 
asks information relative to the best mode of erecting a 
steaming apparatus for cooking food for hogs, I beg 
leave to state that I have used a barrel placed on the 
lid of a boiler in which cows’ feed was being prepared. 
The barrel requires to be tight, with five or six auger 
holes bored in the bottom of it, with a similar number 
in the lid on which it is placed, having the holes in the 
barrel and lid opposite each other; then a lid for the 
top of the barrel, with a few auger holes of smaller di¬ 
mensions than those in the barrel and lid, and the ap¬ 
paratus is complete. 
The barrel I used contained three and a half bushels 
potatoes, which were steamed quite to my satisfaction 
without any extra fire over that which the cows’ feed in 
the boiler, over which they were steamed, required. 
It will be necessary to nail a rhind of cloth around 
the bottom edge of the barrel, to prevent the steam from 
escaping; and the water in the boiler must not be so 
high that it will enter the holes in the lid when boiling. 
I have not used it for steaming anything but potatoes. 
J. G. Milwaukie, 18 th July, 1853. 
A Subscriber, Sing-Sing .—The falling of your 
plums is occasioned by the curculio. For directions as 
to a remedy, see any of the numerous articles which 
have appeared in this paper, on the Curculio. 
C. L. R., Fairfield .—I have a very fine thorough¬ 
bred Shepherd dog, good size, and every way desirable, 
which I will dispose of at a reasonable price. Think 
others may be obtained here. E. S. Dana. Middle- 
bury, Vt. - - 
Cranberries on Upland. —So far as my experi¬ 
ence goes, and so far as I am acquainted with that of 
others, the Cranberry will not succeed except on low 
amd wet places, this being its natural situation. A very 
good way to grow them in an artificial way, is to exca¬ 
vate a place, the size of the bed required, one foot deep, 
and fill it up with peat or bog mold, this being the soil 
it does best in. Means should then be insured to sup¬ 
ply them with plenty of water, either by a stream, a 
pipe from a pump, or an hydraulic ram. The supply 
should be liberal. By this means a supply of cranber¬ 
ries may be obtained in any place; and where no oppor¬ 
tunity exists to grow them naturally, it is almost use¬ 
less to attempt to grow them without this preparation. 
Cuttings from the old or young wood will take root, with 
or without heat in a frame, and if planted out two feet 
apart will soon fill the bed. Dung or garden mould is 
peculiarly injurious to this plant, and should on no ac¬ 
count be used. Edgar Sanders. Albany , July 26. 
8, 1853. 
Highland Nurseries, Newburgh, N. Y. 
A SAUL Sc CO., in calling the attention of their patrons 
e and the public in general, to their very extensive stock 
of FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, 
See., <X?S., which they offer for salelhe coming autumn, would 
remark, that owing to the past summer being one of the most 
favorable for the "growth of trees, which they have had 
for many years in this locality, their stock of trees and plants, 
in every department, is larger, more thrifty, and in every 
respect liner than usual. 
To particularize within the limits of an advertisement 
would be impossible, they thefore refer planters and dealers 
of trees to their catalongue, a copy of wdiich will he sent by 
mail to all postpaid applicants for the same, on enclosing a 
post-office stamp. 
They, invite especial attention to their assortment of Stan¬ 
dard and Dwarf Pear and Cherry trees, which are unusu¬ 
ally fine, as well as Pluin, Peach, Apricot and Nectarine; 
also Grape Vines, Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, 
Strawberries, See., Sc c., in any known variety; 
500,000 very strong two year old Osage Orange plants, in 
three sizes, at $10, $8, and $6 per thousand. 
Buckthorn plants, $8 per thousand. 
Newburgh, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1853—m2t 
