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!      To Prevent Buoks from Fighting! ** ai;
. ■,.;.!.• .('.*- ('.;..».i ,n ■!', *■■p.*lo*»'ii fe'i Jj-j'/volit-l
f Fobmbely I iann*-a%nosi'8ffiteral:T<da'
labia. bucktV by fighting some -killed immedi-J
ately.by: tlieir necks b«n-^brok**D,-«ndbtliiBr-i
j would become fly-blown, ot poisoned by rub-*
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ideathVr- was cmnpeBicd- to',•*j£au*i*&> .them
'often, and use quite-an amount of oil of. spike
'and tUTpentinei'~-:I-*-»w fcut^piw
leatlfbriand,cuttwoh6lMintBo*-"l|eifi8ide6f "popr<.farn,er."Siinia-iu-*e"i before   scientific
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!: 1 ^-"-©UDiaif ahy little girlVbo' rattyitiir}<' 1
thisev-rt tbo^lft'h^'ffiaiijr pecrpltf ari; all1 "
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each piece, andtieita! eacb hdm, -*rbicli iwitl
effectually prevent them from fighting;' for
they cannot see each other'when by their
Side. '.The expense is triflin-f, ind-Will save
the>' lives ■ of many 'animals, and "'allow., tbe
ownet to .rest contented that hia bucks will*
Bot barm each other. * I feel indfaced td make
this known, not only to lend a helping hand
;in the -hour of.trouble, but to serire a* an
ansver tri'tbemany letters of inquiry,' writ:
'ten .t6 me in regard to the above trouble.1^
J. S.GoBE, BrowntwUe,Pa.,;in Atiamy Qdt.
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I    "A disoo»ery ha« ■ been lately made by a
j distinguished! agriculturist i in i this. country;
; whioh; if not already known in England; .will
intMtstyouf scientifie waders-   M. Orange,
a Iandtd proprietor near Air; haa discovered
!.that tha water which flows from gMmanufi-o-
tories,' being'highlychargedwithammonia,
jmaybefiffieaeiouslyiused as * manure! on
i wheat lands.'   M. Onag» employed this^^ waiter on a field of five acres, • which -produced
three successive ordps'of wheat- without the
jassisUnee ofany'otberinanurdi.;ii*J"hia w*ter
'on being analyzed t was found^moreovery to
i contain a*bte and hydrogen. 'A report of this
experiment has besnladdressed to the President of tbe Agricultural Society at(Aix.   M.
Orange bad previously- obtained!twtt• gblo
netWr for aeryidfes rendered ttf agribuUurt.".
iiia t. ■ : a Mfua^-'J. i_l :.-■ ."'"j-m   .*■'' ri'UliitM'
m^mw   Penntylvania1 daiififl' Ae^haaSi'bf
\ originating _th& first Agricnlturid,; SdicUsty^Ui;
: tbi*| "country after .tiik, Revolution. *' It l~jks
!fouiitlidin 1785;aid Judge.Bichard.Petera
was its President, and active1 promoter .ano
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analysis .had showu tbat it contained a larger
per .centage of ammonia than rain.., Tbe
snow; serves as a protecting mantle^ to, ib'e
tender herbage and the - roofs of all jplants
a'gain^t the fierce blasts and cold 'of "winter.
An examination'of; siniow in^Sibeiia, showed
thatwben the ^ingeratureoF.'.tbe]mrrwas
sevienty-two"degrees, below zero 'the temperature of the snow a, little below, tbe 'sut*
fatb'was twenty-nine degrees'above,zero,
oyer'one hundred Hegrees different-e^ The
snow keeps the earth just below, its surface
in a condition to take on' chemical' changes
■^hich-irouldinotjbappeii-if tbe earth we^
bare'arid^r62*in to a greit depth:   The snoVj-
prevents ixbalatioris from  the earth, is at
powerful ahsbrbentv^^retaining and'feturnihg
to tbe earth'gases arising from vegetable and
animal decomposition.   The stiow, though ii
falls heavily at the door of the poor, and
brings death and starvation to the 'fowls of
the air and beasts'of the field, • is, yet of W
calculable benefit lira climate like o>*rs, and
e'specially at this time, when the deep spring
of the earth were failipg, and the mill streams
Were refusingtheirmotive powers to the craving appetites of man.; If daring, the 'last
month; the clouds had-dropped rain instead
of snow, we might have pumped and bored
the earth in vain for water; but, with a foot
of snow upon the earth and many feet upon
the mountains, the hum 6f the mill-stones
and the harsh notes of the raw will soon and
long testify to its1 beneficence. Bridges^ earthworks, and ■*ba'Mits,.of/enpnesering skill
and toil may, Be, jiwept away,; butjman will
still rejoice in .the general good, and adore
the: benevolence of Him who orders all things
aright.   Th» «nbw kk great purifier of the
atmosphere: J-The absorbent power of capillary action of snow is like tbat of a sponge
or charcoal.; Immeaiatelyiafter'', snow, has
alien; melt it in a clean vessel and taste it,
fnd you will find immediately evidences of
ita impurity. , Try some a day or two old,'
audit becomes nauseous, especially in cities.
Snow water makes the moutb htuub and dry.
, and upon]
j-*-,**!; .\J*^>*W*»4w:e<- tbojnainful mala i
iyjti. cVfV^ms-T "'befollowing easy experiment illust-ates beautifully the absorbent
property of snow;: Take a lump of snow
(a piece of snow crust answers well) of three
or; four inches in length, and hold it in tbe
flame of a lamp; not a drop of water will
fall from the snow,.;, bnt the water as fast as
formed, will penetrate or be drawn up into
the mass of. snow by capillary attraction. It
is by virtue of this attraction that the snow
purifies thek atmosphere' by absorbing and
retaining its noxious and noisome gases and
ddors.-^iVew England Farmer,
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^Phe; Coining Hog; Crop: Injured;  •
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"£ iWi'se i it ste^d'tiat'numy' of the fenners
in tlie no thernportion.of'Kentucky have suffered sev irely|by the Joss of young hogs from
theseyei! winter weather, tt.is thecustpm
in that ci ctibn to drive most of the hogs' to
the iuoui tains that they may feed upon .the
mast,,., 1 be,recent heavy snow-storm, whieh
covered be,tops and sides of the mountains
to tbe de ith of ten or twelve inohes , drifted
to a mu* greater depth In the hollows; where
ihe'hogs naturally congregated in search. of
the mast bat had rolled down..'. That hav-
ing cone :aled their food from them, their
whole ai i was to keep warm, and that by
Huddling together in heaps or piles, the largest
and fatte t beneath the. smaller pigs on top.
By this i eahs, immense numbers were oyer
bud or so Jthered to death-—and those always
ibefattef and most valuable.—Lou. Jour. ;'.
[■■' Coeni --The best cure fo* these troublesome thi igs that we hare ever tried, says
the Seie lific American; is to soak the feet
in hot wi ter for a quarter of an hour, so that
this, corn becomes; soft, and then trim it off
as; close as possible, and 'not cause pain.
TWtsl 'the tincture1 of the Arbor Vitfe,
on alittle cotton, and apply to the
after -a- few applications will not
only uis ppear entirely, but will not be
likelyto rttntn^agMixP ;'■"-" * --■';:"--'■• ;'-"*
may Uiinlc moi* simpl
needle?   ¥et ifyou- do not know-it,' I cam   >
tell yokt that it fakes a- great many- persou**to* * *
make * needle; and it taked a'great "deal 'of '
time; too.   Let us take» peep'into arneedli)'r '
factory.   In going' over the 'premises," we11'
must pass hither and tbhUe^'-and'walk" Into
the next street ahd back -»gain,''and takfe a *'
drive to a mill in,-*rder to 'see the whole' pro-    '
cesu.  'We find 6ne chamber Of the Abops is - •"
hungtoiintl with coils of bright wire,'of1 all  '-
thicknesses, from the stbut kinds Used for cod-    \
fish hook's, to tbat fdr tbe finest eambrife nee-   ■'
dies.   In'a room belo**-, bits'of wire,' the "-
length of two Needles, are cut by'a .vast pair-' '
of shiirs fixed in the wall.- A bundle has*1 !
been cut off; the bit' neea straightening, forJ "
tbey dome' off from i6oils.   The bundle is
thrown into a red-bot furnace 'then'taken out
aM-rolled backaars-LaiuiituwanLnp a tabla-..'.
^al!*.d'*-tub»ing 8traight."~   W« t^®*%Tt&**'
mill for .grinding need!**.   We gottown into
the basement, and frad a needle poi Iter seated    -
ou hu benoh.   \He takes vp lwo-dA**n 'or to '
of the wires, and rolls them bet wee i\ is thumb
and fingers, with their ends on the grindstone, .""*'
first one end and .then the Mother.'' We haveC  •
now the wires straight and  pointed on both  '
ends.   Next-.is a maehine that flattens and'
gutters the hea4s of ten thousand needles an > ' '•■
hour. • Obs.nve.the little gutter - at tbe head '
of your needle, i- Next comes the punchin*; of *.:
the eyes, ■ and the boy that does it punches ■'•
eight thousand in an hour, and be does it: so■>;
fast that you can hardly keep pace with .hinU^
The splitting follows, which is running a fine '••-'
wire tbrougb.a dozeni iperhapsi of these twin' - -:
needles.  . A woman with a littk anvil before- ;
her filea .between,, the*- beads and 'separator "-
them.! They are now completed needles, but "'•'
rough/and ritsty; and iwhat is worse, -thejr   i
easily bend: ■ A poor needle, you Would say.! „'
But the hardening comes next. , They are',
heated in batches in a furnace, and when red-
hot, are thrown into a pan; of cold water.-^- • >
Next they must be tempered, and tbis is done ^
by rolling them backwards <and forwards on '
a metal plate, < The polishing still remains to
be done. -,- 'On a* very coarse cloth, needles are
spread to the amount of forty or^fifty thon'   '
sand.   Emery dust is strewed over them, oil
is sprinkled, and soU soap daubed by spoonfuls over the cloth; the cloth is then rolled up
hard, and, with several others of the same
kind, thrown into a sort of wash pot, to roll
tb and fro for twelve hours or more.   They;;
come out dirty enough; bbt after »; rinsing in , >
clean hot water, and a tossing in saw dust,,-.
they look as bright; aa can. ,be, and are reiidy , ;
to be assorted and put up fok- sale, which is.;
quite a work by iUelf.—kouttholdtWwrdt., >
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A burial society recently: commenced;
in Lancaster county; Pa., the first printed ar* *
tide of, which Tuns thus: h> i! *f<t.-i)t ,h ":
<- " That whereas, many persona find it diffi- ,
cult to bury tA-m-rfv-x." ;   -,,,  .fh'^ib-'m :*:
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■. "W The' population - of Indianapolis is
20,000., Nine years ago, it, was only 4,000.
! ;I^*The population withinlthe corporate
limit*of • Cincmnati is stated to be170,000^: .•
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