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 pass the harrow over his fields of small grain. We are confident that it must have a fine effect, in giving it an early start, and enabling it to outgrow most of its enemies — The reasoning is plain and obvious — It acts like a fresh ploughing of maize, just before a good rain — the surface of the ground is softened about the stalk, gives it room to expand, and numerous bugs and insects, are routed, covered over and destroyed.

At all events it is easy to make the trial.

Let a few breadths be harrowed, the same way the grain was plowed in — numerous plants will be torn up, and the operation will, apparently, menace universal destruction; but it will be found, that what remains will spread and thrive much better and more than make up for the little destroyed.

Perhaps, for this operation, the common old wooden tooth harrow, with blunt teeth, would answer as well if not better than any other— and it is well if it can be made to answer any purpose well. At all events this harrowing is strenuously recommended by some of the best Pennsylvania farmers, therefore, we repeat, make the trial on a small scale and you will know in another year.— American Farmer.

MAY be cured or relieved by Alkaline medicines such as pearlash dissolved in water: Soda, Magnesia, Chalk, Castile Soap. Or eat two or three meats of peach stones of any kind of peach, and it will effect at cure immediately. Those which are dry are preferable.