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     THE FARMERS DEPARTMENT. 
     
    
   
   
    
     AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR AUGUST. 
     
    
   
   
    
     London. Sept. I--This has been, as it general- 
     
     Iy is, amontb dedicated to the labors of the 
     
     harvest. Little was done before the beginning 
     
     ofthe month, but then the reapers went to 
     
     work with the wheat in earnest, and in a short 
     
     time the greater part of it in the Southern 
     
     districts of Great Britain was cut and carried. 
     
     The barley and oats followed, and for about 
     
     three weeks all went on as prosperous as 
     
     heart could wish. It was dry, sunny, and 
     
     warm;without mists, without rain, and fresh. 
     
     ened by gentle breezes. But an entire change 
     
     has at length come upon us. For these ten 
     
     days past the weather has been threatening, 
     
     and partial showers have one about in some 
     
     quarters heavy,in others ight, and the pro. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ".mgress of the harvest has been considerably 
     
    
   
   
    
     impeded; but on Sunday night downright se- 
     
     rious heavy rain commenced, which has 
     
     continued, with some anxious intervals, up to 
     
     the present time, with a continuel heavy 
     
     wate. charged atmosphere. Every descrip- 
     
     tion of corn that is abroad is drenched and 
     
     soaked; straw and grain to the very core. 
     
     Unfortunately, even in the Sourthern parts of 
     
     England, there is too much in the field cut, 
     
     and not carried. 0f wheat perhaps, not a very 
     
     considerable quantity; some of the backward 
     
     turnip wheat, some the produce of cold soils, 
     
     and some the property of laggards. But 
     
     oats and barley, particularly the latter, are 
     
     very generally caught. A change of wea- 
     
     ther has been indicated for some days, the 
     
     alteration had been foreseen and expected, 
     
     and consequently every one has been hastening 
     
     ' )cut and carry as fast as he could; but in 
     
     ) ' latter operation most have been baflled by 
     
     xteasing flying showers that came drizzling 
     
     over the crops,j ust as they were ready to be fork- 
     
     ed or carted. Some few, the fortunate cultiva- 
     
     tors ofwarrn, forward soils—some lucky ones 
     
     whom the showers, in their caprice, passed by, 
     
     with none or only a few drops from their skirts 
     
     have men able tosecure their spring corn in 
     
     time, but;  general, farmers have been toiling 
     
     and bustling cal- to nostrate their crops before 
     
     this soaking rain. There they lie without re- 
     
     medy, some in cock, some in swath, the barley, 
     
     aoddening, staining, sprouting; the pulse, of 
     
     which the late sorts are still abroad, blackening. 
     
     bursting. wasting; the cats resisting the wet 
     
     best, but with little chance of being preserved 
     
     from growing, should this weather con. 
     
     tinue; and from the loo period of drought 
     
     that has occurred. there isiut too much reason 
     
     to apprehend that it may he succeeded by hea- 
     
     vy and protracted rain. We pray that our tears 
     
     maybe groundless, and that an interval at 
     
     least ofdry weather, for the securing of our 
     
     crops, may be vouchsafed by Him who has 
     
     promised that “Seed time and harvest shall 
     
     not cease.” In the North, of course, the busi- 
     
     ness ofagriculture is not so forward, and the 
     
     wheat harvest not so far advanced: It is how- 
     
     ever, a matter of consolation that through Eng- 
     
     land, in general, a larger portion of wheat than 
     
     usual has been secured in excellent condition. 
     
     The produce of the harvest, according to 
     
     appearances, and accounts from various quar- 
     
     ters, must be large. The quality of the wheat 
     
     is generally good, as is likewise the case with 
     
     cats. 
     
    

    
     When a really plentiful harvest is in pro. 
     
     tress, with rumours of abundance far beyond 
     
     the reality. with favourable accounts of the 
     
     crops on the continents, and more than a mil- 
     
     lion of quarters of bonded grain in our ware- 
     
     houses, it is not surprising that prices should 
     
     fall. Accordingly it appears that wheat has 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     very considerably declined, with the expecta- 
     
     tion of a farther depresion, which, however 
     
     the continuance of rainy weather may have a 
     
     tendency to elevate. But then comes the serious 
     
     question, what is to be done with the millions of 
     
     quartet: of corn in our warehouses! The importers 
     
     have got a wolf by the car, which they know 
     
     not whether to hold or to letloose. Whenever 
     
     he is liberated it is probable that both mer- 
     
     chants and farmers may be pretty severely bit- 
     
     ten. If this large stock be now thrown into 
     
     the market, in conjunction with the supply of 
     
     a plentiful harvest, it will probably lower pri- 
     
     ces toa degree that will bear hard both on 
     
     the importer and British farmer, that will 
     
     achieve the ruin ofman now struggling with 
     
     a long succession of di culties, and will con- 
     
     vert that plenty, which ought to prove a bles- 
     
     sing, into afruitful source of misery and dis- 
     
     aster. 
     
    

    
     lfthe importer will not consent to pay the 
     
     present high duty, he must make up his mind to 
     
     keep a large capital unproductively locked up 
     
     foraconsiderable time; or he may be com- 
     
     pelled by and bye to submit to the payment of 
     
     a still higher duty and to dispose of his com- 
     
     modity even on worse terms than at present. 
     
     In the mean time it is a fearful thing for the 
     
     farmer to have this enormous mass of grain 
     
     hanging overthe market, and ready to over- 
     
     whelm it whenever it may chance to be let 
     
     upon it. The Revenue would certainly receive 
     
     a considerable addition by the payment of the 
     
     presentduty on so large a stock of grain, but 
     
     it would be more than counterbalanced by the 
     
     ruin of numerous individuals. On the whole 
     
     the present crisis seems to demonstrate that 
     
     our symemofcorn laws possesses too much ofa 
     
     speculative and gambling character to be sa- 
     
     lutary for the merchant and that it also tends 
     
     to produce too great an accumulation of grain 
     
     in warehouses to be safe for the British grower. 
     
     Present circumstances lead to the conclusion 
     
     that a permanent fixed duty would be better 
     
     for all parties in the community. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ITEMS IN RURAL ECONO MY. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Remedies against Rats and Mice— “ Take one 
     
     quart of oat meal, four drops ofOIl of rhodium, 
     
     one grain of musk, two nuts of nux vomica 
     
     powdered ; mix the whole together, and place 
     
     it where the rats frequent; continue to do so, 
     
     while they eat it, and it will soon destroy them. 
     
     Or, take equal quantities of unslacked lime, 
     
     and powdered oat-meal; mix them by stirring, 
     
     without adding any liquid, and placeasmall 
     
     quantity in any place frequented by rats. They 
     
     will eagerly swallow the preparation become 
     
     thirsty, and the water which they drink will 
     
     cause the lime to swell and thus destroy them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Remediufor musty grain.—Wheat or other 
     
     grain, if musty, may be cleansed by the follow- 
     
     ing process. The wheat [rve or Indian corn] 
     
     must be put into any convenient vessel,capa- 
     
     ble of containing at least three times the 
     
     guantity, and the vessel must be subsequently 
     
    

    
     lled with boiling water; the grain should 
     
     then be occasionally stirred, and the hollow 
     
     and decayed grains, (which willfioat) may be 
     
     removed; when the water has become cold, 
     
     orin general, when about half an hour has 
     
     elapsed, it is to be drawn off. It will be pro- 
     
     perthen to rinse the corn with water, which 
     
     may have taken up the must; after which the 
     
     corn being completely drained, is without loss 
     
     oftime, to be thinly spread on the floor of a 
     
     kiln. and thorough y ried. care being taken 
     
     to stir, and turn it frequently during this part of 
     
     the process. 
     
    

    
     By this simple operation, it is said that grain, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     its. 16 
     
    
   
   
    
     however musty, may be completely purified 
     
     with very little ex ease, and without requiring 
     
     chemical knowle ge or a chemical apparatus. 
     
    

    
     For the Scab in Sheen—Sir Joseph Banks 
     
     gives the following remedy. Take one pound of 
     
     quicksilver; halfa pound of Venice turpentine, 
     
     halfa pint of oil of turpentine; four pounds of 
     
     hog‘s lard : Let them be rubbed in a mortar till 
     
     the quicksilver is thoroughly incorporated with 
     
     the other ingredients. To be applied along 
     
     the back on the skin, in two lines on each sid‘. 
     
     in one down the shoulders, and between the 
     
     legs. The operation not to be later than the 
     
     middle of October. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Another remedy for the same Disorder.-Dr. 
     
     Deane says the sheep infected is first to be ta- 
     
     ken from the flock, and put by itself; and then 
     
     the part affected is to have the wool taken oil, 
     
     as far as the skin feels hard to the finger, 
     
     washed with soap suds, and rubbed hard witha 
     
     shoe brush, so as to cleanse and break the 
     
     scab. Then annoint it with a decoction of to- 
     
     bacco water, mixed with a third of lie of 
     
     wood ashes, as much grease as this lie will dil- 
     
     sclve. asinall quantity of tar, and about an 
     
     eight of the whole mass of the spirits of turpen- 
     
     tine. This ointment is to be rubbed on the part 
     
     affected, and for some little distance around it, 
     
     at three different times, with an interval of 
     
     three days after each washing. With timely 
     
     precautions this will always prove sufficient. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Rat in Sheep.—Auther Young says that 
     
     feeding sheep in dew is found to rot them 
     
     more than anything else; on which account 
     
     they do not let them out of the fold till the 
     
     sun has exhaled the dew from the pastures. 
     
     The same writer gives the following receipt 
     
     for this disorder. “ Give to each sheep one' 
     
     spoonful of the spirits of turpentine,mixed with 
     
     twoof water; after fasting twelve hours let 
     
     them have three doses; staying six days be- 
     
     tween each dose; this is said to have been 
     
     used with success, even in cases were the 
     
     fleece has been nearly gone, and the throat 
     
     terribly swelled.” ‘. \ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Remedy for Lice and Tick: 9-.‘n Sheep. Mr. 
     
     Coke’s receipt fordressing all his flocks re- 
     
     vious to winter was as follows: two poun sof 
     
     tobacco, two paunds and aha'f of soft soap; 
     
     one pound of white mercuryrin powder; boil 
     
     in eightgallons of water one‘ hour; part the 
     
     wool once down each shoulder and the breast, 
     
     and twice along each side ; into which pour it: 
     
     this quantity is enough for forty sheep.—Young's 
     
     «innate, sol. xix. p. 448. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dairy Scum—Have ready two ans in 
     
     boiling water; and on the new mi k’s co- 
     
     ming to the dairy, take the hot pans out of the 
     
     water, put the milk into one of them, and co- 
     
     ver it with the other. This will occasion great 
     
     augmentation in the thickness and quality of 
     
     the cream. 
     
    
   
   
    
     For Rheumatic Pain: or Lumbago.-—The fol- 
     
     lowing is by Authur Young, an English agricul- 
     
     tural writer ofmuch celebrity. . 
     
    

    
     Dissolve as much salt in water as will make It 
     
     swim an egg, rub it with your hand on the part 
     
     affected before a fire, for fifteen or twenty 
     
     minutes,just before going to bed. It is uncon- 
     
     monly efl'ective. 
     
    
   
   
    
     From the Family Directory—By J. and R. Bronson. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MADDER RED ON WOOLLEN. 
     
     To dye one pound of yarn or flannel, it will 
     
     require the following articles: 
     
     Three ounces of alum, 1 ounce cream of tar- 
     
     tar, 8 es. of madder, 1-2 an ounce of stonelimo