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or of my paper, and got good pleasant syrup, school their chil4xea the year
round. And
only it was of a darker color than if nothing yet these are the men who complain
of the
had been added. Afterwards, I tried, in the scarcity of money, of the high
price of calico
same manner, common ley and potash, (these and the low price of wheat.
being cheaper according to strength), with  There are many ways in which
our farmers
equally good results,                        might save money.     I will
not particularize
  There is a difference in the acidity of differ- the many ways, but wiU
only name a few, and
ent juices, but it usually requires about one- leave it to the general good
sense of my read-
fourth of a pound of potash to ten gallons of ers to add whatever may suit
each particular
juice. In this manner I get good pleasant syr- case. First, I would name
the Insufficiency of
up, that is universally preferred to that with our barns, a lot of rough
slabs or logs covered
nothing'put in to neutralize the acid, and Is with straw enough to keep the
snow out while
but one bad effect that I know of, viz.: dark- it is all open on one side,
and the other three
ening the color. I have used Cook's and other sides about the same.  This
is all the shelter
evaporators, and the effect is equally good with that the cattle get through
the winter, and is
them all.                                    it to be wondered at that stock
kept in this way,
  Now, some contend that alkalies destroy the unsheltered and uncared for,
present the ap-
sweet, as well as sour, and a little of many pearance that they do in the
spring?-poor,
things arc used to purify and to take the acid stunted, gaunt, near sighted,
weak jawed, hol-
from the juice, all of which I have found in low bellied, flat sided, and
their hair growing
practice utterly insufficient. I am not able to up their backs instead of
down, and alive with
explain the chemical operations involved in lice. I was informed that I had
two calves
this matter, but I state simple facts and leave Ithat strayed off, and late
in the fall, when I
it to others to enlarge upon; hoping that they found them, they were almost
devoured by the
will do so, I leave the subject for the present. vermin. I tried several
remedies that I heard



                           THouAs SEARS.

  A Brief Chapter on Economy in Farming.
  Mu. EDITOR:-WVhen times are as hard as
they now are, when everything that the farmer
raises is down, and groceries and most of the
necessaries of life (whiskey, the root of all
evil, included) are up, it behooves every think-
ing man, and the farmer especially, to look to
his income and expenditure,-to see that noth-
ing is wasted.
  The old proverb, a penny saved is a penny
gained, will commend itself to every one, in
times like these, when our country is in dan-
ger and its rights trodden into the dust, and it
would be well if our farmers would only put
it into practice a little more than they do.
Prosperity oftentimes induces slackness and
waste, and 'there is hardly a farm in the State,
belonging to what we would call a wealthy
farmer, that this rule will not apply to. There
is enough wasted and lost every year on some



were a sure cure, but they all proved a failure.
  Secondly, I would name the grinding of feed
of all descriptions, whether for horses, cattle,
or fattening hogs. Corn, ground cob and all,
is better for working cattle than the clear meal;
if ground and used with cut straw for stock,
it will save from twenty to fifty per cent. above
the same amount fed unground and uncut.
  One of my neighbors had a heifer die with
the blackleg, I should judge. I found, on ex-
amination, that the disease was wholly confin-
ed to the hind quarter, and it seemed as though
all the blood had settled and stagnated there.
The body swelled up a little before she died,
and there was some froth and blood running
out of her nose: these were the symptoms
when I saw it. Please state your opinion, and
what is the best preventive, and further state
whether it is contagious or not.
                            Tnos. LtAvT.
 Lo"r, April 8, I65.
 Have had no experience with this disease.



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