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From the Conn. Farm?:* G.izette.
k::es.
Mr. Wood,?At your request, in our
late conversation, I hand you a few remarks
respecting the common honey bee.
This little insect has, of laic years, htirac>
ted more than usual attention, and is become
not only a source of very pleasant
0 amusement, but of much profit, to the
cultivator. So much more than common
interest is devoted to their rearing, and
the study of their nature and habits, that
the bee-fever soon came to he added to the
list of diseases known to medical practitioners.
I have never been inoculated
for it; but I think I have had it naturally,
and powerfully. The care of bees is a
source of much delight to me; and, tho*
n fnrmiikihle and repulsive insect to most
M I W. ?- - - I
persons, I have never yet had occasion to
abate my habits of familiar and intimate
intercourse with them. On entering my
house, next to my children my bees receive
my visit and attention. I a;u among
them as unconcerned as though they were
chirping sparrows ; and my presence never
seems to disturb or annoy them. II'
they fly in my face, I wait till they fly ofl
again ; if, as is often the ease, some heavy
laden individual drops to the ground,
in consequence of fading to make good
his fooinold, oti returning to the hive, I
pick him up, and put trim on the plane;
and somehow, little roundhead seems to
know I intend to do hiin a favor, lor I
have never yet felt the s'ing of ingratitude,
or had any fault to And with their
iee-havior.
The b'dicf so prevalent, lint bees are
ill-natured and dangerou ?, is a mistaken
oie. They seem always suited with judicious
attention, and kind notice bestowe
! upon them ; and I seriously doubt any 1
predisposition in them to use the sting.? |
They are annoyed by the sudden starts
and offensive motions of those who approach
them tea fully, hut remain quiet
i "i i i- . 1
when appioacheu oonjiy ?j( muuciaa-i>.
Almost any thing may he done to and
about them, if rare is taken not to hurt
them, nor otfend them !>v anv quick mo#
tions.
In the swarming season, I have known
twj instances of swarms issuing from two
hives at the same time, ami both uniting
and alighting on the same branch. T.ie
O ~
swarms came from two hives twice in
twelve days, at the same hour of the day,
and in both cases united on the same
branch. Of course there was a queen in
each swarm : and when thus united they
are put into one hive, and the queens decide,
by duo!, which shall have the supremacy.
This is doubted by some; but I
have had demonstration of the fact. On
taking np one ot these hives, [containing
1 "> - in..
the (louwe swarm,j w lumutc r.
apiary, a small cluster ol boos was observed
on the table cloth, adhering closely to
some object. U;i dispersing this cluster,
a dead queen was observed to be the attractive
nucleus. She had been killed
by the one in the hive, and left upon the
table. A fight between two queens, was
observed by an acquaintance of mine,
who in relating it to mc remarked that, the
queens, while in the air, were krpt apart
tor some time by the workers; but finally
got together, and, to use his expression,
" fought iike bull-dogs," until one was
killed. The other went into the hive,
and all was quiet. Doubt is also expressed
as to theexistence, function,and government
of queens. There can, however, bo
no question in the mind of any one who
will observe or inform himself; I .have
seen and observed queens, and carefully
noticed the different size, structure, and
position of their cells, and am satisfied of
their regal pre-eminence. Indeed, a
swarm of bees can hardly be induced to
enter a hive, unless the queen leads the
way ; and if they do go in, or are put in,
they will not remain, unless her Majesty
is there also. I once, to oblige a friend,
and amuse myself, took a swarm of bees
from a very difficult jdace, where they had
had a lodgement, and bred for many years.
It was a matter of doubt whether the queen
could be secured, as the bees had to be
handed out, and carried down a ladder,
and placed on a table at the entrance ol
an empty hive. It was soon ascertained
that the queen was taken, and curious to
see how soon, anil simultaneously, every
bee turned his brad towards the entrance
and moved rapidly into it. The greatest
haste and animation is apparent, and each
little fellow makes a perfectly straight
march?a bee line into tee hive. Here
they soon settle and become romnoccd.?
The queen takes her piano, .and is snr-j
rounded by a guard, who keep constantly
near her, and are regularly relieved; the j
j workers immediately commence making
i com!) ; some are engaged in cleaning \
house, and scaling cracks : and llie whole i
colony are soon organized, and in full acJ
~
tivity and employment during the honeymoon.
I did not expect, when I commenced,
that I should bo seized with the cacoelhes
J scribcndi ; bul I hope (he length of this j
article may not prove a se rious infliction.
Very truly, A. B.
From the Southern Planter.
ON D21VING BEES.
Frequency cf occasion for driving Bres. Its rid.
vantage in inking honey. A successful method
nf doing it.
It sometimes becomes necessary, or it
j may bu desirable to transfer bees from the i
j hive in which they were first established
to another. Several considerations may
make Ibis expedient; the hives may be
come damaged or decayed,as for example,
when barrels are used for the purpose, as
is very usual, exposure to damp and the i
action of the sun, occasions tlie staves to <
! warp and the iioops to burst asunder. It
j is equally necessary when the hives bej
come infested with the bee-moth,, or
! worm. In cither case the honey will he |
lost and the bees perish, unless secured in i
a better habitation.
The barbarous and wasteful practice of j
suffocating or destroying the bees for the ;
purpose of taking the honey, would also j
be abandoned, if it were generally known j
with what facility bees may be driven !
from one hive to another. If this he done I
at a proper season, say about the first of I
j July, all the honey in the old hive may
be saved, and time will be allowed them to |
make ample provision for support through
the winter. 1 laving succeeded in all my |
attempts at driving bees, I now propose to :
| make known, for the benefit of those in- !
J terosled, and with a view to the presarva. j
i lion of this industrious and valuable little j
I insect, the simple and effectual mode of
operation I have pursued, premising that ;
< thconiy difficulty 1 have experienced is not j
in transferring them from one hive to
another, hut in reconciling them to their
I
new habitation. The new hive should, j
j therefore, be scrupulously clean and sweet. !
j Tnis, however, all know to he equally no j
cessary i:i taking a new swarm. Having ;
determined 011 the hive to be driven, place j
on the ground in froat of the stand 011 j
which it is fixed, and within oi"ht or ten '
_ t ~
leet of it, a box, block, or an empty hee j
hive twelve or eighteen inches high. By j
; the side of this, the most remote from tlna
f . . 1
hive, kindle a smiil fire, using scraps of 1
old dry leather, old worn out shces will j
answer, ?v* the principal article of fuel; I
i provide a sufficient quantity of cut grass, j
, damp straw, hay, or green Spanish moss,
1 in order to keep down the blaze and pro
: duceas der.se a volume of smoke as prac- |
j ticuhle. Ttiis done, remove the hive from I
! the stand to the box near the smoke, pla- |
cing the new hive immediately on the I
same sput on which the old otic stood; j
I then remove a part or the whole of the {
top or head of the hive to ho taken and !
nlace it i 1 such a position that one third or i
' 1 ~ ' I
i half of il may project over the pi le of the j
I box on which it is placed, and as nearly
! over the smoke as can be done conveni- 1
' entlv. By placing a short piece of plank !
, on each side of the fire and in connection
! with the box, on which the hive stands,!
j the smoke may be readily driven through j
the hive and with it the bees. These, as !
j they escape from the old hire, direct their j
flight at once to the stand from which
C5
tiicy were removed and take refuge in !
J o
; the new hive placed for their reception.
The whole operation is performed in a few j
i minutes. Tnis is best done on a damp
: drizzly day, or about twilight in the even|
,noIIOW
TO PitsKRVB SWEET POTATOES.
! To I he Editors oj the Tennessee State Aj.
J ricu'lurist.
Gentlemen : I have for some time
! thought I would give to the world, through
I your useful paper, the knowledge of preserving
Sweet Potatoes, which I consider
; a very delightful and healthy vegetable,
and i have seen but few persons who
were not fond of them. But how to prej
serve them through the winter, few perj
sons have yet learned. Yes, sirs, I have
j known old men in .North Carolina, and
(even in Tennessee, who knew nothing
about keeping them, so much so, that
some have been deterred from making
them. But I consider them as easily
kept as a Turnip, if they arc managed
right. The secret is a simple one. A!!
secrets arc simple when revealed, hut it
requires time labor and experiment, frequently
to discover them. Therefore,
we do not meet with many revelations, as
it is much easier to speculate than experiment.
Wei!, sirs, I lay the whole stress in digging,
before the frost, and after they are
dug, put them up with dry dirt, sifting it
from a shovel or spade tipon every layer
of Potatoes, until the ccliar is full, or as
near full us you wish, using the precaution
not to cover them too deep on the top
until the cold weather sets in, and then
make them secure hv putting straw or bay
on, so as to keep the co'd air from Ilium,
and never open your cellar when the wen. 1
tlicr is very cold, until about twelve j i
o'clock, or tiie wannest part of the day, j
and according to tny experience, they 1
never have failed to keep. Potatoes always
spoil in four or rtvc days after they
# -.t n#slln ??A/I i P f lioir oiim I nt fill Mfl.
11 'J liiai ct i ia i i. u, (i o|'wn Ht .... v...
less they should get wet afterwards. In
tlie spring, take off your covering ofi
straw, or as soon as the cold weather has j
subsided, which will keep them from |
sprouting in some degree. i
Respectfully,
JOHN P. SLEDGE.
Davidson Co. Sept. 1912. j
From the Connecticut Farmers' Gazette. <
A NEW METHOD OF GRAFTING APPLE
TREES.
Plant the seed in rows, at a suitable
distance from each other, and the hills
say about five feet apart in each row. But
one tree should he suffered to grow in a j
place. Now when the young tree is sufficiently
grown, in the Spring of the second
or third year, any quality of fruit
may he grafted into it in the following
manner. First, bend the tree over and
obtain for it a firm resting place, either on
a block or a board resting on the knee,
(after it has been divested of its branches,)
and with a stout sharp-pointed knife
pierce holes directly throng!) the center of
the tree, about five inches apart, into
which the scions are to be introduced?
leaving above, two or three buds. A
trench is then to be dug, in a direct line
between the trees, about four inches doftp,
and the whole tree bent down and buried j
?leaving the tops of the scion9 above
O 1_ , {
ground. In this new condition, the
scions become, uniformly, thrifty young '
trees, supported and nourished from the
buried tree, from which issue, in due time,
roots from its entire length. The second |
year from this operation, the whole pa- ,
rent tree may be dug up, the new growth
sawed apart, and transplanted. It will
thus be seen that if the tree is five feet
in height, ten or twelve young trees, oi
whatever quality is chosen, may he ob
laiued in this way, whereas by the ordi
nary method of grafting, there could he
hut one, provided the graft lived. The 1
young scion will bear fruit, thus transplanted,
in the same time it would had 1
it been grafted into a tree fifteen years
<d !.
I know not whether this process is new
among your agricultural community at
the North ; but I have repeatedly witnes- |
sed it in Georgia and Alabama, and I i
have repeatedly been informed by some
of the best horticulturists in those States,
that it is always successful.
Ycur> respectfully,
iiknry lke.
The foregoing communication of Die- ,
tor Lee deserves the attention of every
farmer and gardener. It contains new j
ideas on the art of engrafting which must
n o
greatly facilitate the process, and hasten
I tic production ot trim?two very unpui. ,
tant improvements for the cultivators.
Ed. Gazette.
Fi ji, the Maine Fnrrnrr.
diseases in oxen.
Mu. Holmes :?a short time since, I
was in the county of Somerset, and I heard
of a number of oxen which were spoiled,
by what was there, called the stub com- i
plaint. On inquiring for the symptoms, i
I found it not a new complaint to me.? ,
From some cause or other, a sandy sub. 1
stance collects in the pipe or sheath, I
where the water escapes from the body. '
I had some experience before, and will j
relate one instance, which will give you
an idea of my experience. I had a very j
i "ood am! valuable yoke of largs oxen, one !
! of them was affected in the manner and
j with the disease above mentioned, call it j
; what you will. He appeared to be in pain i
whenever he passed his water, by the sore- [
1 ness of the part affected, i was told bv a !
hand that worked for me, and who pretcri- j
' ded to know, that I must fat him as well !
I
. as I could and kill htm, probably for early
beef and make lite best of hint. I pur- j
chased a small quantity of the sugar cf j
; lead, took the ox down and washed and ,
cleansed the pari a [tec ted, with soap and |
| warm water. Not liking the application in j
! that way, I powdered the sugar of lead j
land faithfully applied it in a powdered :
! slate, taking care to get it as far into the
* o a I
' sheath as it was diseased. The conse- j
i quencc was that the parts became con- |
i traded and healed, and he continued well j
: for that fall and winter and the next sumj
mer, which was as long as I keut him.? I
. *
When I sold him I informed the purcha|
ser of the disease and the remedy also, j
Ho lived two or three years after I sold j
him. I have been told that the remedy j
| had to be used once after I put him away.
E. Wood.
Winthrop, Sept. 27, 1812.
SURE CUBE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
Of all t lie prescriptions for this modern
prevailing disease, wo know of none to |
1 compare with the following, which we are
! not afraid to recommend, both for its j
I agrecubility and infallibility : Go to farm- j
! ing on 25 acres of land, and never use
I alcohol or tobacco.
Con. Far. Gjz.
I
Cicero, in speaking of the different em- j
payments which men adopt in life, says I
?" Rut among nil the methods of enriching
one's self, there is no one more profitable
ami pleasant, ami agreeable, no one
more worthy of a man, and a gentleman,
than thai of manuring anil tilling the
ground."
To Protect Sheet from the Gad
Fly.?In August and September this fly
lays its egg* in the nostrils of sheep, where
j ,.1
IUVV ?irc lit! I C tlfMI, I lie WUi 1113 LKIITI j
into the head. In tiiis way many sheep I
are destroyed. As a protection, smirch
their noses with tar. Lay some tar in a
trough, or on boird, and strew hoc salt on
it : the sheep will finish the operation.?
The tar will protect them, and what they
eat will promote their health.
From the Bridgeport Farmer.
CATTLE RIIOW AND FAIB.
The first Cattle Show and Fair of the
Auxiliary Agricultural Society, took place
in this city on Wednesday last. The exhihilion
more than equalled our expectations.
The number of working entile present
was 3-30 pair; nil from only four towns,
viz: Fairfield, Trumbull, Huntington and
Stratford. The competition among tliese
towns for the premium on trains was animated
and interesting. Old Fairfield
took the first premium ; her train numbering
150 yoke?. Stratford took the sec.
ond ; numbering 101 yokes. The teams
from Trumbull and Huntington numbered
over 100 yokes each. Such a string of
cattle in yokes \vc never saw before.?
Among thorn, were some as fine, well
matched end disciplined, a* can anywhere
be produced. A yoke of twins, four years
aid, belonging to Win. Hulklcy, Fairfield,
attracted great attention. They were
tlie prettiest and best trained pair of cnttlo
we ever saw.
The number of stock rattle was 130
bead, many of which were Durham
bloods.
Extract fro n ;he letter of a correspondent
of the S i.ith Western Fnrmpr, dated
Mississippi City, 8th Oct., 1812.
To DESTROY THE CATERPILUR IN
Fruit Trees. ? Pull a tuft of grass, and
bang it in th ; fork of (lie tree .just below
the worms: they will so on all die or disappear.
I !??'g you wo'nt ask for tho rea*on.4
because 1 could not give you any :
try it.
To cure Yellow Water in Horses.
?Take one table spoonful of burnt cop. j
peras; 2 do. soft soap ; 2 do. common
salts;?mix in a quart bottle with water,
and drench once a week until relieved.
To keep Weevil out of Corn, Peas,
Ate. ? Mix with the corn, Ate., as cribbed,
plenty of china leaves and china berries ;
they will not only keep away those mischievous
insects, hut are an excellent vermifuge
for all kinds of stock, and should
he fed out with the corn in small quantitiei,
and sheep want no other food.
cheap living in ohio.
A gentleman who lately passed through !
-afttne part of Ohio informed us, that the-1
price of Eggs in the interior was 92 cents !
per bushel, or 2 cents per dozen ; Corn
12$ cents per bushel. O.its 10, Chickens I
0 cents a pair, and other poultry iu proportion.
? Con. Far. Gaz.
soiling.
A writer in the "American Farmer,"
comparing the advantages of soiling and
I O O
grazing, makes the following remarks:
"lii grazing, an acre of good gras9 is
considered necessary to each head of
stock ; of ordinary grass one and a half,
or two acres are not more than enough.?
In England, where the soiling system has
been very generally adopted,and carried on
with care, according to .Mr. Curwcn's experience,
thiee acres of grass cut and car
ried, supplied 30 m;Ioh cows, wilh 23 lbs.
encn, daily, during n period of 200 days, j
To have supplied a similar number of cows
with a like quantity f?>r the same period,
would, in the usual way of management,
have required 75 acres of land for its proJuction.
And to have grazed such a num.
her of cows at libo.ty that length of lime,
must, it is obvious, have taken a verv considorablc
number of acres. Again he
says:
44 4 This vast produce from so small a
piece of land, may at first appear very
problematical; but experience and good
management will soon convince the dairyman
that he may realize the advantage
great as it may nppear. To enable the
meadow to support this exhaustion from
I he scythe, it should be cleared at the end
of every autumn, from all kinds of weeds
and rubbish, and fresh grass-seeds of the
best kinds, cast upon the bare places. A
coat of goorl rotten manure, or ashes,
should then be allowed, consisting of all
I?:. fiillffrnrn the household.
vv? ?' "" VV..? % .??- * ? 7
or procured elsewhere, mixed up and augmented
with virgin earth.'
' If we admit that the number of acres
assumed by Mr. Curwen, three and a half
to each cow, he toe great, and take one,
the minimum quantity named by us, as
the proper one, tnen there will still he u
saving of 27 acres of grass by the soiling
over the depasturing system. And if we
reserve this grass to be cut for hay, it will
give a sufficient quantity to carry the cows
through the winter, or foddering season;
so that, to this amount there will he a clear
gain- Then let us add the immense quan-1
p
I lily ot manure which will he accumulated
in the soiling-yard, and we cannot hesit ate
a moment in coming to an opinion as to
the relative moritsofthe two plans of toed,
ing stock ; for all will admit that summer
made manure is very far better than that
made in winter, as also that the most of
the droppings in pastures is hist, by means
of evaporation and rains, to all the available
purpose,* of the farm, an I r?o one will
contend that the cost of the price of half
the labor of one hand, anil that of a horse j
and cart during tiie time, should be consid- i
erod to be of more value than the savings i
we have pointed out. Suppose that, in addition
to the accumulation of manure from
the droppings of the cattle, the yard be
covered some nine 01 twelvo inches deep
with mould or other earth from the woods,
or head lands, to act as ubsorbents of the
cattle's stable?we say, suppose this bo
done, and we w ill venture the assertion,
that every square foot of such mould or
earth would be so saturated with the urine
of the cows as to be equally as valuable
as their dropping*. Thus, then, in whatever
light we may consider tho subject,
the advantages in favor of soiling are apparent
to the judgment.
4'It mav be urged against the soiling
O O o
system that it would not afford the requisite
exercise to the stock. We are free
i to admit that exercise, to a certain extent,
is necessary to the health of the brute j
creaiuro, out ui inc same irtie wt-mo mx
to maintain, that all that is indispensably !
necessary to ensure health nnd comfort,
may he obtained in a yard of n fourth of
an acre in extent, and we doubt much if j
regularly fed and watered therein at sta j
ted hours through (lie day, and salted semi-!
weekly, whether they would n:>t maintain
as much physical vigor thus confined, as
they would roaming at large in a pasture '
of many acres. It is questionable with
us also, whether they would not yield fully
as much if not more milk nnd butter.?
! At all events, the experiment is worthy
I of a trial, and we, therefore, commend it
J to our readers' consideration."
From the S. W. Farmer.
Durable i'cac'a Trees.
Gevti.emex : Would not the discovery of a
| method whereby our finest and most delicate peach
trees could be made three or four times as durable
as thry are, be a desideratum ? It is not often
the cause of the neglect of this delicious and valuable
fruit that the trees arc at the best short-lived
and often parish before they well arrive at maturity
? The causes of this arc found the most part
in the breaking of the trees from too abundant
production, and from the grub which penetrates
the tree at the surface of the ground. Where
these can be prevented, it is probable the peach
tree may live to a good old age, and till many
generations of its descendants may spring up and
multiply and shed forth their honors around it.?
Among the many methods for accomplishing this
purpose, I know of none more certain or valuable
than grafting your poaches upon slocks of the wild
plum tree of our forests. It is certain that the
peach graft or bud readily unites with tiie wood of
the plum and forms a strong and healthy union
with it. The plum is a hardy and durable tree,
enduring changes and treading or accidents with
less injury than most others. Its root is never
invaded by the grub or other noxious animal, and
possesses a strength and firmness equal to sustaming
the top of any peach tree that will grow
upon it.
The best method, peril tps, of securing an orchard
of such trees would be to plant a nursery of
the seeds of the wild plum and cultivate the trees
nearly as we would cultivate cotton. In the sum.
mer of their second year, most of them might be
inoculated with choice poaches, about six or eight
inches from the ground. In two years more they
would become bearing trees and yield abundance
of fruit.
Among other advantages of such an orchard,
we name the following:?1st. The trees will be
exceedingly durable and healthy, iid. They will
be far less liable to break from over bearing. 3d.
Unless the proprietor were very negligent lie would
hive a valuable variety oi kmus ripening at an.
fercnt and desirable times.
ltcrum,
A. B.
N. B. The wild plum forms an admirable
stock for all varieties of plums, apricots an d nectarines.
From th; Cult ioa tor, Sept. 1341.
Vine Sutcdust?Inquiry.?.Mr. White, the
owner of an extensive steam saw mill near Jackson
(Miss.) inquires " whether pine sawdust has ever
bc<m applied as a manure; with what benefit;
and to what description of soils it would be most
serviceable ?" lie says :
" We have large quantities both of sawdust and
ashes; would a mixture be beneficial? There
arc some low grounds on our place of heavy, tenacious
clay, as yet unopened. Could it by ditching
and applying the sawdust alone, or combined
with ashes, be rendered serviceable in a year.?
The ashes we have will prove an invaluable ma.
nure to the most of our land as we get it opened,
which is generally a light sandy loam. Hence a
desire for preserving them for that purpose. The
I sawdust will shortly become a nuisance, unless it
| can be made useful as a manure. Under any cir
cumstanccs, it . iny intention to make some par.
tial trials with it, hut if it has been successfully
employed, he would like to know it, in order to
avail myself of other people's experience. The
point I wish to get at more than any other, is,
would the application of this description of dust,
before rotting, be injurious to the land ?"
Sawdust applied to soils would at first act me.
ehunically, by rendering them less tenacious and
more friable; and when rotted, would be the same
as any decayed vegetable manure. There can be
little doubt t.hat on heavy clay lands, especially
when drained, a dreeing of sawdust would bu
useful, both in lightening tha soil, end eventually
i ad manure- At the north, sawdust of all kind* i?
j highly prized, but its great use, is to put in cattle
j yards or pig pens, to absorb the liquid parts of tha
manures, and have the acid, all woods contain
' more or less, corrected by the alkaline salts existing
in such places, infixed with ar.i.nai manures in
; this way, it forms ond of the best applications that
| can be made to land. A mixture with ashes* a*
alluded to by Mr. W., would correct the acidity,
but it is probable the beneficial effects of the ashes
would be more apparent on tho light than on the
heavy soils. Pine sawdust, as su^h, we have
!iPVt?r L'nnttfn iur* l pvtpnsiir^lo hut ehnittH K?ve rvn
fears of applying it to any land whcro it could bo of
use in rendering it more friable at first, or valu&bl*
as decayed vegetable matter afterwards. Wo
should advise Mr. White to use us much of bi#
sawdust as possible in his cattle anJ hog yards, to
be trampled upon and saturated with auimal mat,
tcr, an J the rest, mixed with ashes, put on such of
his heavy lands as lie can drain and open. The
experiments, however, upon which Mr. W. is entering,
will decide these questions more effectually
than any theory.
Sjwdust.?" A. W. L." of Hempstead, L. f.,
in a communication says:
" My predecessor was in the habit of putting
large quantities of sawdust, straw, &c., in his pig
pen, let it get thoroughly incorporated and rotUO,
and then use it as a manure. On the purchase of
the place I tat spring, I found on it a quantity of
this sawdust manure, horse manuref and long
manure ; which three kinds 1 separately put in
| different parts of my corn field. The result is
i this : the part with long manure i? very poor, (by
the way would not poudrelte help it ?} tho horto
minnrr ornrvl and lhi? niwdnst iirai ivft*.'*
This method of using sawdust has been practu
ecd by the sinkers with great success. Rotted
sawdust of itself would be a good manure, but put
in a pig pen it not only decays, but it absorbs and
retains much of the most valuable part of the manure,
that would otherwise be lost. Of the great
value of hog manure for the corn crop there can
be but one opinion. It is decidedly superior to
any or all of the manures for this crop, and a farmer
should use every exertion by frequently re.
plenishing his pig pen with refuse matter, to ia?
crease the amount, or prevent waste.
Feeding' PoultryProfessor
Gregory, of Aberdeen, in a letter to 4
friend, observes, " as I suppose you keep poultry,
1 may tell you that it has been ascertained, that
| if you mix with their food a sufficient quantity of
egg-shells or chalk, which they eat greedily, tbey
will lay, Cala is paribus, twice or thrice as many
eggs as before. A well fed fowl is disposed to lay ??
a vast number of eggs, but cannot do so without
the materials for the shells, however nourishing in
other respects her food may bo; indeed, a fowl fed
on food and water, free from carbonate of lime, and
not finding any in the soil, or in the shape of mor.
tar, which they often eat off the walls, would lay
no eggs at ail, with the best will in the world."
Recipe to Corn BeefPut
into a cask twelve quarts of salt, twelve
gallons of water, and one pound of saltpetre: stir
it until all is dissolved?salt your meat well in *
separate tu'o, let it stand ten days, then put it in
the brine with a large stone on to keep it under.
The brino will keep three or four moatlis.?i's.
Planter.
MURRAIN IN CATTLB.
To many persons it will no doubt seem strange,
to consider the origin of the two disorders, so very
different in their appearance, symptoms, and
effects, as the bolts and murrain, as arising from
the samo cause?namely, indigestion ; but, as I
conceive that they are engendered by a disordered
state of the stomach, caused by sour and unwholesome
food, and that they might both be cured, or
which is better be prevented,by timely administration
of a medicine, alkaline in its nature, I believe
that reason will bear me out in tho conclusion to
which I am partly led by perusing an article on
this subject in the Cabinet, where it is said, (quoting
from tho American Fanner,) M Some years
since I purcharcd a horse, but I e had the appearj
ancc of laboring under dkcass. I commenced a
course of treatment which 1 had before pursued
in eases similar to appearance, but without effect.
I was therefore induced to try the use of lime, as
I was confident he was filled with botts, for he hid
discharged several. I therefore commenced by
giving him a table-spoonful of slaked lime tiireo
times a week in bran mashes. After pursuing
this course near two weeks, the bolts began to
pass away in quantities, varying from ten to twenty,
which he would expel from his intestines during
the night. In flic mean time his appetite began
to improve, and in six weeks ho was one of tho
finest geldings I ever saw. From that day to this
I have kept up the use of lime among my horses,
with decided benefit; and, as an evidence of its
good effects, I have not lost a horse since I began
to use it. And lime is a certain preventive in
keeping cattle from taking the murrain. As an
evidence of this fact, I havo used it among my cattle
three times a week, mixed with salt, for threo
or four years; and in that time I have not lost a
single animal by this disoase; but, in the mean
time, some of my neighbors have lost nearly all Lbs
cattle they owned. But I will give a stronger
rase than even the one above mentioned. One of
my neighbors who lust bis cattle, bad a friend lirin?
within two hundred yards of hiin, who had
several cattle which ran daily with those that
died, and his cattle all escaped. Ho informed n)o
that lie made it an invariable rjlc to fire his cattle
salt and lime entry morning. I hare, therefore,
no douht but salt and lime are a wr* and
infallible remedy for botts in horses and murrain in
cattle."
I And I am reminded of a circumstance by a
( friend, who ins often before mentioned it He
had two fields of pasture near his houw\ On ono
of these lie s, read lime upon the turf to the amount
of more than 200 bushels per acre ; but, as the
other field lay immediate Iy below his eattle-yarJ,
from whence he h id formed drains to carry tlta
water over its surface in the most corapleto nan.