THE above engraving represents an improvement in rice-hullers, which has been highly recommended by all who have tested its merits. Three screws, A, regulate the stones for hulling, which should be about one fourth of an inch apart. Three other screws, B, regulate the polisher, the teeth of which should nearly touch each other, as represented by D. C is the spout. The machine will bear a speed of from three hundred to one thousand revolutions per minute, and will clean from four to ten bushels per hour, according to the quality of the rice. Once through the machine completely finishes it, and all that is requisite after, is to blow off the hulls and dust from the rice. No screens or brush are required for home use. The weight of the machine is about four hundred pounds; it measures three by four and a half feet, and all the strength that can be put into so small a compass is given, to make it durable. We have had frequent inquiries for an effective rice-machine; and from what we have seen of the operation of the above, we think it fully realizes what is claimed for it by the inventor, and will meet the wants of our Southern friends. The machine is boxed and delivered here at one hundred dollars. Mr. S. Dunn, 197 Water street, New-York, is the general agent for this city. THE WHEAT CROPS.-We are informed, says the last Abbeville (South Carolina) Banner, by many of our farmers, that the late freezing weather we have passed through has materially damaged the young wheat, and fears are entertained of a short crop. If this proves so, it will be a calamity our district is illy prepared for, and must necessarily increase the price of provisions, already too high. HOW THE TARIFF OF 1846 PROTECTS AGRICULTURE. UNDER the tariff of 1842, we raised our own linseed, and made our own oil. Under that of 1846, we have closed a large portion of the oil-mills, and most of those that remain are supplied with raw material from abroad, as will be seen by the following statement of the amount of linseed imported into the United States during the last five years:— THIS is a busy month for the farmer and gardener in the Middle States, especially for those who prefer being ahead of their work. Manure, if not already got out, should be placed in small heaps, at convenient distances, and slightly covered with charcoal or plaster; when these cannot readily be obtained, some soil thrown over it will prevent the escape of the ammonia. As soon as the frost is quite out of the ground, use the roller on winter grain; but, if winter-killed, use the harrow, and sow with clover or spring grain. Prepare hot-beds for tomatoes, cauliflower, lettuce, &c.; cover them at night with mats. Towards the middle of the month, if the weather prove mild, the plants that have stood in cold frames during the winter may be set out. Prune grape-vines; plant cuttings of the grape, gooseberry, and currant as early as possible; all the buds of the gooseberry and currant should be removed, except three or four at the top. Grape-cuttings should be planted at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and the upper bud level with the surface; if about half an inch below, it is as well; keep the soil loose about them, and as soon as the weather becomes very hot, place a little straw or litter about them. Strawberry-beds should be cleaned and forked up; and raspberries that have been laid down may be uncovered, and cut back to three or four feet, according to the strength of the cane. Loosen the soil about the grape-vines, and fork in some good compost. Sow seeds of thyme, sage, savory, &c. NEW BOOKS. HARMONY OF INTERESTS, AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING, AND COMMERCIAL. THIS great work on political economy, from the able pen of HENRY C. CAREY, ESQ., and originally published in numbers in The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, has passed through a very large American edition, many copies of which have found their way into several countries of Europe. In the "HARMONY OF INTERESTS," the author devotes himself to a full examination of the laws which govern production and consumption, and the effect of protection in increasing capital, production, exchanges, and the reward of labor. He enters into a commercial history of our country for thirty years past, and under the various tariffs and changes which the tariff has undergone, he presents a mass of facts which demonstrate clearly the necessity and beneficent results of a protective policy. If we may attempt a brief statement of the author's views, they may be thus expressed: A protective tariff increases production and consumption, the demands for and the means of transportation, both internal and external, and accelerates the immigration of laborers. from abroad; shipping grows with protection, because protection causes demand for labor; the laborer must be imported; and men being, so to speak, the most valuable commodity, the cost of sending the less valuable to market is diminished; in other words, the producer and consumer being placed side by side, each has a better reward for his labor, because the cost of transportation to market becomes greatly reduced. Or, as the author himself observes: "Between the interests of the treasury and the people; the farmer, planter, manufacturer, and merchant; the great and little trader and the ship owner; the slave and his master; the land-owners and laborers of the Union and the world; the free trader and the advocate of protection, there is perfect harmony of interests; and the way to the establishment of universal peace and universal free trade is to be found in the adoption of measures tending to the destruction of the monopoly of machinery, and the location of the loom and the anvil in the vicinity of the plough and the harrow." A new edition of the Harmony of Interests, with a steel engraving of the author, has just been issued by the Publisher of The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, who is now ready to receive orders for the work. It forms a book of nearly two hundred and forty pages, and is offered at the following low rates: Bound in cloth, with a steel engraving of the author, 66 66 paper, plain, without engraving, $0 75 50 A liberal discount from the above rates will be made to the book trade, and others who purchase by the quantity. Persons ordering single copies by mail can enclose the price in a letter for double rates of postage only. They should also enclose ten cents additional in money or stamps, to prepay the postage on the book, which must be paid at the office when mailed. All orders should be post-paid, and addressed to MYRON FINCH, New-York. The Fruit Garden: a treatise on the Propagation, Transplanting, Pruning, and Training of Orchard and Garden Trees, as Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Espaliers, &c., the laying out and arranging different kinds of Orchards and Gardens, &c., &c. Illustrated with upwards of 150 figures. By P. BARRY, of the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. New-York: Chas. Scribner. Price $1.25. We do not recollect ever to have perused a work on the above subject, that has given us so much satisfaction; every thing connected with the raising and pruning of fruit trees is treated in that practical manner which those who know the position Mr. Barry occupies in his profession, were prepared to expect. The raising of dwarf apple and pear trees, which is now causing so much attention, is very fully treated of, and we would strongly recommend our readers who have only a few trees, to avail themselves of the valuable information contained in its pages. To those who are more immediately engaged in fruit culture we should deem it indispensable. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Profs. B. Silliman, B. Silliman, jr., and J. D. Dana, aided, in the departments of Chemistry and Physics, by Dr. WALCOTT GIBBS. Second series; No. 37. January, 1852. This truly valuable scientific journal stands foremost on the list of the most distinguished publications in this country. The ability of its talented editors and numerous correspondents is conspicuous in all its various departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mineralogy, Geology, Zoölogy, and Astronomy; and the mass of deeply interesting and purely scientific information with which its pages abound, renders it one of the most ample and valuable sources of scientific knowledge and discovery now published. The fact that British and continental publications of the highest reputation copy freely from this journal, is one indication of its true merit. Its distinguished conductors have been long and favorably known to the public, and their reputation has been well earned. The present number commences the thirteenth volume of the new series, the first twelve of which may be obtained (unbound) of the publishers, also a very few sets of the first series of fifty volumes complete. We allude to this as a fact of much interest to many who, we doubt not, will be glad to avail themselves of the opportunity to procure a complete set of the whole publication; the value of which, if not at the present time, will a few years hence be properly appreciated. The work is published at New-Haven, by the editors, at $5 per annum. The back volumes by the full set, either of the first or second series, will be furnished for $2 each. EDITORS' JOTTINGS. TREATMENT OF LONG MANURE.-Professor Mapes, in referring to this subject, recommends, if any unfermented organic matter is at hand, such as peat, muck, swamp-mud, river-deposits, woods-earth, or even headlands, to compost the long manures with these, and thus benefit by the fermentation to decompose the more inert portions, while the valuable gases that are disengaged will be absorbed by the inert portions. At the lowest point of the heap, sink a hogshead or cistern in the ground to receive the drainage, which may be thrown back on the top of the heap once or more each week, to prevent fire-fanging. Should you ever find the cistern empty, fill it with water, and throw that on the heap, renewing the quantity until the drainage becomes sufficient to fill the cistern in three or four days after returning its contents to the top of the heap. If you have not a shed, cover the top of the heap with organic matter of some kind, or with charcoal dust, to absorb the rising gases. Those who will continue to ferment long manures alone, should at least put them under cover, and never permit them to become dry. Long manures may be ploughed in during the fall, provided the ploughing be sufficiently deep, and they will keep better than in an open barn-yard, for then they have the absorbent powers of the superincumbent soil to receive their gases during their de composition. Nor can the escape of gases be material during winter, for the low tem perature is not favorable to such loss. The spring ploughing will find the manure tender, if not fully short, and more land will be rendered fertile than if the same amount of manure had been exposed for the same time in the barn-yard, and ploughed in during spring. Soils overlying long manures will be found ready for early tillage. METHOD OF ICING CAKE.-After the cake is well baked and removed from the pan, dredge that portion which came in contact with the tin with wheaten flour, and carefully wipe it off. This will remove any grease that may adhere to the cake, and secure the adhesion of the icing. Let this be prepared by beating the whites of eggs until reduced to a foam; then add powdered loaf-sugar until the mass is of the consistence of thick paste, beating the whole well together. With this preparation spread the cake evenly over the top and sides of the same, (reversed,) of the thickness required, occasionally dipping your knife blade used in spreading it, into cold water during the operation. Place again the cake in a warm oven, and let it remain until the icing hardens, but not long enough to discolor it. When ornamented icing is required after the groundwork is completed, take an additional quantity of the same preparation, and color with any coloring ingredient (not poisonous) that you choose; then, using a small tin or paper funnel, trail the colored icing in such ornamental forms or figures as your fancy may dictate, and place, as before directed, the loaf in a warm oven to harden the frosting. If carefully and skilfully performed, the effect is very agreeable. SINGULAR DEATH OF A DOG.-A dog belonging to Edward W. Lyon, Esq., of Morrisania, N. Y., came to his death a few nights since, in a singular manner. He wore a brass collar on his neck, and in attempting to jump over a picket fence, the collar caught on one of the pickets, and in that position he was found in the morning, suspended by the neck, cold and stiff. He was a large, noble animal, of the Newfoundland species, and a great favorite with the family, who sincerely regret his loss. REMEDY FOR SCARLET FEVER.-The following cure for this malignant disease has been communicated by a physician (Dr. William Fields, of Wilmington, Del.) to the editor of the Delaware Republican. As the disease is fearfully prevalent in some portions of the country, we cannot better serve our readers than to give the recipe. The writer states that it is applicable in all stages of the disease, and will not fail to cure nineteen cases out of twenty, if strictly attended to. Although apparently simple, it is said to be a sovereign remedy, and may save many of our little ones from a premature grave, which is almost sure to follow the use of calomel, which universally tends to increase the disease instead of curing it. Treatment as follows: Give a mild cathartic, such as castor-oil or some gentle pills, every two or three days, and when there is fever present, sponge the body with weak ley, and give some simple tea to promote a perspiration, such as catnip, sage, balm, &c.; and for the putrid symptoms give good brewer's yeast, mixed with cold water; one tablespoonful of the former to two tablespoonfuls of the latter, for children ten or twelve years old, and younger ones according to age; to be repeated from three to five times a day and use as a gargle yeast and cream or milk, equal parts, sweetened with honey, and gargle the throat and mouth frequently with it; and if the throat is much swollen, poultice with yeast and pulverized slippery elm; continue the above treatment until well. I know, by many years' experience, says Dr. Fields, that this is the best and most effectual cure for the scarlet fever. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM.-P. T. Barnum, manager and proprietor; John Greenwood, jun., assistant-manager. Admission to the entire Museum and performance, 25 cents; children under ten years, 12 cents. The curious attractions of the Museum, in the way of wonders in art and nature, are truly unequaled in numbers, value, variety, and interest, by those of any collection in America. There are seven spacious saloons, filled with costly and novel objects of curiosity in natural history, statuary, painting, &c., located on the corner of Broadway and Ann streets, NewYork. We can confidently recommend the attractions of the American Museum to those who would enjoy rational amusement combined with instruction. The perforinances are always entertaining, and devoid of any immoral tendency. improvement in it, dispensing with the gearing, and applying the steam directly to the operation of the drill. It is altogether a most ingenious and effective machine. It can be operated at a very small expense, and will do at least the work of twenty men. It will be invaluable, says the Boston Post, in railroad construction, or in any heavy rock-cutting; and so sure and economical is its operation, that the Hoosac tunnel itself would almost fade into insignificance before it. A model of this improved machine, we understand, has been examined and highly approved by some of the most skilful engineers and scientific men in the country. ANNUAL CATTLE SALE.-Lewis G. Morris, Esq., of Mount Fordham, New-York, is making preparations for his annual Cattle Sale, which is expected to take place in June. Mr. Morris will not have another sale in two years, as he expects to be absent in Europe, making selections to add to his already excellent stock. Mr. Morris has done much to improve the breed of farming stock, and, if spared to carry out his present arrangements, our country will be still further indebted to his efforts for one of the most important improvements in farming. INCREASE OF THE IRON TRADE IN ENGLAND. In the year 1750, the entire quantity of pig-iron manufactured in Great Britain was only 30,000 tons per annum. It has now attained the enormous amount |