The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . the farm, a much greater quantity of grainwill result from it, even when a less quantityof land is sown with grain, and a greater pro-portion to green crops. Morton. A Horse-Rake, to collect leaves, &c., fromthe woods, has been invented by Mr. Lownes,and is described in the Southern Planter. Itis formed by boring 8 two-inch holes througha locust or gum log, and putting teeth, madeof seasoned locust, drawn to a point, anddriven through from the top of the log. Theteeth are two feet long, the log eight inchesin diameter, and three feet and a half lo
The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . the farm, a much greater quantity of grainwill result from it, even when a less quantityof land is sown with grain, and a greater pro-portion to green crops. Morton. A Horse-Rake, to collect leaves, &c., fromthe woods, has been invented by Mr. Lownes,and is described in the Southern Planter. Itis formed by boring 8 two-inch holes througha locust or gum log, and putting teeth, madeof seasoned locust, drawn to a point, anddriven through from the top of the log. Theteeth are two feet long, the log eight inchesin diameter, and three feet and a half long;the shafts just long enough to balance thelog, which ffills back considerably, from thegreat lean the teeth are obliged to have, tocollect the trash. With this rake, the in-ventor has collected fifteen cart-loads anhour, and calculates upon obtaining at therate of fifteen hundred loads a year. We have no sympathy with those who woulddesecrate and pare down the loveliness ofearth to the grade of mere utility. No. 1. Queen of Chester. 25. QUEEN OF property of Algernon Sidney Roberts, Esq. Light red and white, calved the 27th May, 1836, got by J. Thurlows full-blooded Dur-ham bull; dam a red cow, from a Holstein and Devon, (owned by Thomas Retch, Esq.) byA. Ashtons Durham bull; this bull was by Colonel Powells full-blooded bull Clinton, and hehy Col. Powells Malcolm, from imported Belle—dam of Ashtons bull, Mr, Rotchs superiorHolstein cow. The dam and sire of Thurlows bull were thorough-bred, of the stock of Newman Cash,Esq., near Leeds, England. The Queen of Chester, is five-eighths Durham and three-eighths Devon and Holstein,probably the most valuable cross that can be made for the milk-man and the grazier, in thiscountry. This cow evinces in a remarkable degree, the advantage of improved blood. Sheis always in prime condition, even fit for the shambles, whilst the ordinary stock on the samekind of food are invariably lean and slab-sided during the milking seaso
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