PICTORIAL CULTIVATOR ALMANAC. 
KENDALL’S CHEESE PRESS. 
The above cut represents an approved cheese press, for 
which the New-York State Agricultural Society award¬ 
ed the first premium in 1848, and is, we learn, generally 
used in the counties of Herkimer, Oneida, &c., in this 
State. Its construction is a combination of levers work¬ 
ing together, and so arranged as to give any desired 
amount of pressure. A suspended weight of twenty 
pounds, being sufficient to give a pressure of teutons. 
They can be had of Emery & Co., of the Albany Agri¬ 
cultural Warehouse. Price, $15. 
HORSE-POWERS. 
The strength of horses is successfully applied in propel- 
ing machinery of various kinds. Stationary powers,, on 
the plan of the horizontal wheel and inclined plane, or 
some of the various applications of the principle of the 
lever, have been used many years; but it is only within 
a few years that much attention has been given to those 
of a portable character. The best of this description 
are constructed on what is called the “ endless chain” 
plan, which possesses the advantage of applying the 
weight and strength of the horse in the smallest prac¬ 
ticable space. They are made for the use of either one 
or two horses at the same time, according to the power 
required. They are used for threshing grain, sawing 
wood, and other purposes; They are manufactured in 
this city, from whence great numbers have been sent to 
all parts of the country. 
SIMPLE REMEDIES. 
The following, with the exception of that for the 1 bite of a mad dog, 
have all been tried in the family of the writer, and found very 
efficacious and valuable. 
Ear-ache. —Laudanum and sweet oil on cottonwool, 
pressed into the ear. 
Corns.-— -Soak the feet in warm water, pare off as 
much as possible the horny part of the corn, then lay 
upon it a moistened wafer, and again upon this a piece 
of buckskin, with a hole cut through it the size of the 
corn. Renew the moist wafer twice a day, and in a very 
few days the corn will work out. This cure is complete. 
Bee Sting. —Apply mud. 
Ringworm.— Apply repeatedly a paste of common 
gunpowder with water. 
Bruises.— If the skin is not broken, camphor in 
spirits will soon remove soreness and inflammationj if 
the skin is broken, apply cold water repeatedly j if large 
and painful, apply warm water. 
Burns.- —Small burns are completely cured hi fifteen 
minutes, by holding on a piece of ice or snow, if applied 
instantly, before inflamed any. 
Stopping Blood from a Cut. —Apply lint, or flour 
with lint. 
Curing a Cut.- —Sewing up a cut, by taking a fine 
stitch into the insensible skin, from each side alternately 
towards the cut, will cure it usually in one-quarter the 
time otherwise required for its healing. 
Sores from Cuts, are rapidly healed by means of 
the substance sold by druggists and known as Coiyle 
Extract. 
Bite of Mad Dog. —-Wash and cleanse the wound at 
once, and apply to every part dry nitrate of silver or 
lunar caustic. Every family should have a stick of it. 
This destroys both the poison and the flesh it touches, 
which comes away. If the wound is deep, sharpen the 
stick, that it may reach every part. William Youatt, 
author of the celebrated treatises on dogs, cattle, &c., 
was repeatedly bitten during his lifetime by mad dogs, 
mad cats, 
way. 
&c., but always cured the wounds in this 
Croup.— Ipecac and nitre has proved immediately 
effectual in all cases, and in a multitude of instances in 
the family of the writer. Let it be prepared by the 
druggist, and the precise size of the doses carefully ob¬ 
served—to he repeated every quarter hour till vomiting 
is produced. 
Mustard Plasters are admirable for any local in¬ 
flammatory disease, as pleurisy , headache , &c. They 
are often prepared wrong. The best way is to mix 
equal portions of ground mustard and Indian meal, and 
then pour on boiling water, so as to make a thick paste. 
Spread it on cotton cloth the intended size, and then lay 
on its face a piece of bookmuslin or laee, which will pre¬ 
vent its sticking. 
Blisters are equally efficacious and incomparably 
less severe, when the plaster is removed before the blis¬ 
ter has become filled, and while large white pimples are 
just making their appearance. Cabbage leaf is then 
applied, and the blister fills in a few hours, and is at¬ 
tended with very little pain. 
Severe Burns, accompanied with blistering or the 
removal of the skin, may be healed by the following 
admirable remedy. Pulverize the soft portion of a slice 
of bread, and boil it with sweet milk till it forms a soft 
paste. Spread .it on a cotton cloth, and lay over the 
surface of this poultice a piece of bookmuslin, and then 
grease it with clean lard, to prevent sticking to the sore. 
Then, before applying, sprinkle thinly and evenly over 
it a little morphine and sugar of lead. This forms a 
very soothing and healing application. 
REMEDIES FOR POISONS. 
Preventive.— See that every vial or paper of medi¬ 
cine in the house is accurately and conspicuously mark¬ 
ed, to prevent mistakes. If not already done, let the 
reader throw down this Almanac at once, and before 
eating another meal, or sleeping another wink, mark 
every thing in the house immediately. If there is any 
uncertainty about any thing, throw it far away. For 
the want of this care, nearly all the deaths that occur 
from poisoning originate. 
