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Those pagans make friends of their horses?they love each other, and in the sandy desert or tho wide plain they tie down side by side and onch is equally ready to resist the ap. proach of an enemy. It is not often so with us. The Colt is left to grow up to manhood wild in tho pas. ture, with very little acquaintance or sociability with his master. As soon as he is thniinhl IfAnn annnnh I- ? - ' - I - _ _B... vuuiu wuini HO nns a sudJIoor a harness shipped upon him. so hnrd as to make nim tmglii again. Ho is put into soma strong cart or wagon witi.oul understanding what is wanted, and being bewi) tared in his ignorancc.nnd exasperated at such rough handling, it is generality the case that ho exerts his s'.rongih to get out of the scrape and avoid his enemies, by plunging,kicking.throwing himself down and sundry ottior such vile tricks, (as they are called) as wotttd naturally occur to a poor beast who thought himself most viliunousty abused. While this is tho operation in the mind ePtho unvopliisratcd colt, the horsebreaker, issweuritig at his vicious obstinacy, laying on the licks with the string or the butl of the the whip handle, and doing his beat to draw blood at every stroke. His intention is to subdue the beast to ohedience. He may succoed, but it will only be by destroying tils noble spirit, and rendering him a tamo, pussivo beast of burthen, working only as hu is forced, but without ambition or good wilt. The man is the most ignorant brute cf the two. H<? is d .-stitute of all proper knowledge of the animal who * knowetn his owner," and should be bcatou with many stripes himself. Tho fact, is, the colt should bo treated with unvarying kindness, except when he is manifestly vicious, contrary to his own knowledge, after having been fuirly taugti'. When be is luken up C>r breaking he should bo kept hungry and bo fed from the hand of his master ; while all the little tok cos of pra'se, fondness and approbation, HIKimI. ? ? * * winwi <>iu Rraiuying to a horse as to a woman* should be liberally bestowed upon him. No act of rudeness or unkindnesa should inspire him with fear ;? and in a short time lie will coiue to his master as to his host friend. Let him feel that he is safe in thn hands and caro of man* and he will place confidence in that attention which is b stowed, and with a light h?*art will ?*x?r' hinia< If to please his rider. Bestow upon him tlio whip, and jerk him about with the halter and bridle, and his temper will rouse to resistance, or sink to stupidity. A horse may be taught, like a child, by those who hove won his affections; but the method of teaching is by allowing distinctly what you want him to do, not by beating him because he does not understand and perform nt the ou'aet. Judicious mnnage. I inem is required in the course of instruction, for these creatures, liko men, have very different intellectual capacities and tempers; but ull may be mastered by kindness, while the best, the most high-spirited, the most generous, will be ruined by beating. To illustrate this which wo mean to enlarge upon horeaAer, we will relate a little circumstanoo that secured during a tour to to the White Hills. Having a horse?a fine light grny saddle poney, we undertook, with a ft iond, to ride to tlm summit of ono of tlte mountains. Federal?that was his name?and he belonged to Niles?-would have done anything for me, for hs and I had become well acquainted* and be Vas a roost noble-HeartedI fellow* Federal chtfAbond up according U* any directioeeX^l thought I ceuld see lh? best way, sod guided him accordingly. We got at last upon^be peak, where was s level or some yards snuora. and u . i im w??i? iwjver had been up so high in thaVjrorld bofore, as we slacked the ?*?*: turned three time* round to look at the prfcapect, end thee set up a asieam of <Hight. iMtsa not a neigh nur a whinner, nor any common made of talking for a horse, but it was a regular hurrah, as much as to say M O ! 1 *" thunder and lightning I Aint this glorious f After n whtfs ws turned to descend, aadj gave Federal his own way. It seenwIH c'<t * * & u * v*' *' ' .! '' -?. '1 *"*V , il well. Tbo little rascal stopped now and ilien and msdo a surv? y as carefully as could bo done by a civil engineer. He turned and tacked, and worked ship, like on old sailor among the breakers; and being careful and surefooted, he came down as wife as a tortoise. But wo brought up et last against a fence?having taken a different direction from that by which wo ascended. We rode at tbe_f**nco fairly, but Federal stopped short. " You fool," said (, can't you jump 1" Tried H again?no go. I sropped a moment, and Ihii.ks I to mywlf this horse has never leaped1 a fence in his life. I felt sure tie would have tried his best for me nr any time, and would have broken his neck sonner than huvo refused?if h? had known exactly what to do. I talk d kindly to him?coaxed him?patted bis neck ?and as soon a* K aa?r his head raised about two or three inches, and his ears pricked up brightly, and felt tho muscles of his aided swell und<*r the saddle, I knew he had caught the idea?that was all he wantod?I gave him the hint to try it, and over he wont, like a swallow, at least two feet higher than was necessary. The little scamp meant to make a sure job of it. tie 1 was no sooner down, than he wheeled about looked at the fence, and snorted, ns much 1 as to say,44 what do yon think of that 7" 1 and trotted off*. Ever afterwards during ' our juurney. Federal was on the look out tor some excuse for leaping. A log, n run 1 of water ucros9 the road, even a stone 1 bridge, he uniformly picked up his ears at da leaped across?giving a snort each tim v to announce his joy at having performed a 1 new feut. The moral of themnttor has been stated 1 at the ou sru Federal only need"d to un. derstand what we warned, to do el! in his pow er for its accomplishment. He was only a hired horse, but wo understood and loved each other* lie was li:ilo, but high 1 spirited, noblo, gem-rous?no whipping on arth would havo managed that horao so 1 readily as kindnefts and encouragement.? i lining, j<tkiii?, wtupping and spirting, might have beun tried in vain to make him leap tho fence?with a moment to think about it(nnd a nice dose of flattering applause, he flew over it like an experienced hunter. More ubout this hereafter. Boston Times. From the Pranklin Farmer. treatment of brokbn limbs of horses. To the Editor of the Pranklin Farmer s Dear Sir.?Be ng a great lover of stock, and deriving more pleasure by contributing to that part of animnted nature that cannot make its wanta known to man, than from any other sourc* ,and learning through your paper that M-doc has mot with a misfortune that may prove fatal, ! have thought fit to give you the reault of my experience in n parallel casu that occurred to a Jack lost spring. I feel mucli hesitation in doing this, being wi ll apprized that Modoc is in the neighborhood of as good surgical aiJ, as can be procured in the west; but oa cures are frequently the result of accidentt as well as the effect of mature thought and experience, a tyro in the profession, may be pardoned for sugg?eting his opinions, even o the sage ?but to my case. The left fore arm was fractured trtnsversly, about five inches above the knee joint, the bone betwixt this fracture and the knee, was split down to the joint, so that, in renluy there were two fractures, communicating with euch othor. The first tiling done, was to suspend him, tor tho reason that it had been tho practice heretofore, ' but close attention soon satisfied me that my animal was v? ry uncomfortable and restl ss. Although I knew, the fracturod nai*le o/ihM !??? L.-S4? * ' i. vvuiu w ivtrpi imu-r icitxi 10 eacn oiner, by keeping him suspended, than they could be, if he were permitted to touch the ground; I determined to make the experiment for the 1 f Mowing reasons. Tlio pressure upon his < lungs ufleeted his breathing very much, and upon his bowels produced great rostiveness. However, after turning him loese, I soon fouud tho lunb swinging about, whenever lie m ved, und quite crooked wlton he touched the ground. It immediutety occurred to .1 me, that something more than ordinnry ban. dogcie must tx* applied. I made a bandage of stroii? cotton domesiic^about two inches < wide, long enough to reach from the ancle i to tho body, and back to the ancle joint? spruad it from end to end with thick tar? applied it curefully, so that every time, it went round the limb, it would lap half the width upon the previous turn of tho bandage: I then Imd soino cotton nicely carded and laid betwixt two pieces of the ssmo do-restic, wide enough to rap round the limb, extending from th<* i knoo joint to tho elbow, so as to encompass the whale of the fractured limb-quilted carefully?running the rows of stiches about an inuli from each other, for the purposn of keeping the cotton permanent, tins was also spread with tar and laid over the first bondngo. I then made some white oak * pilot* about on inchwide, long enough 10 oxtiwfftwTi the knee to the elbow, quitted them betwixt two layers of dom'tttic^.widH eoough to go round the whole of the previous dressing ; this was likewise spread with tar and laid on, und thn whole secured with strong tape, sewed to the d imnic. Thi* dressing was continued for eight weeks, without heiq^ touched except to lighten th<> tapes ss t.ie iwlhng receded, nnd my patient fecoTered with very little deformity. After the whole is applied, be certain to ex. amine and seothat the cushion betwixt the Jkrst bandage and the splits, is wide enough TO prevent tho ends of the splints from com ?i| hi uguuiui wun uiu nniMf oinurwite inej will iirlia'o the skin bud keep h m restless, la Medoc's case the dr using siould extend only faun the kneo 10 the ankle. If you think the above suggestion rould bo of auv service to this splendid how, or to nny other unfortunate quadruped, you may jjive them a place in your viiluablo paper, ifuot, lay them by with other such stuff*, that I havo ,.o doubt you are frequently plagued with. Tonnexeo Farmer. HAIR oP TUB II RUB. From the non. conducting qualities of h >ir# its almost universal diffusion over the bodies of animals, the change which it tin* dergoes during sickness, and the effect which it exe rcises on the p"r*pirationof the nnim 1. It may safely be inferred th >t it performs un important pirt in tiio -mim il ecOnomV. Nature nrrnnjen #t?i? ? ?" the wants of the nimal, or thoclimute it inhabits. Undor the eauator, the hair of animal is scattering, and with few excop'ions coarse ; as we recede from that point, the hair becomes thicker and finer, until in high northern latitudes, fur of tho finoncss of silk, constitutes almost the entire covering. Tho horse is subject to the same laws, that govern other anim ils in this nmpccl, ns may be Rrn-n by comparing the Arabian horse, or other southern horses with the northernmost bn-eds, the Shetland horse, for in stance. In the first, the hair is short and smooth during the whole year ; while in the latter, it is long ntall times, and during the winter, has tho thickness and closeness, al. most of wool. Animals shed, or moult thoir hair, twice a year ; in the spring, to prepare them for ih?* summer heats ; and in the fall, to nvtke way for a now thicker, and finer covering. These changes of hair, or moulting are al- j ways productive of more or hnts constitutional disturbance to the animal, affecting his health, and frequently requiring the attcn-1 lion of bin owner. While tho horse s shielding his hair efforts to hasten the process," re improper ; and the old hair should not be removed until the young is prepared to take its place. Rubbing down, to remove the loo.ened coat, and give a slight friction of the sk n, is admissible, but at this time, the curry_comb,or card, should be banished from the stable. At this period there is always more or less fever, and any treatment that can add to the irritation of the skin must bo carefully avoided. Farmers in L'enerul pay liitle attention to their animals nt this season and their horses not imfVen. t-v..ly xuffW in consequence of this negl.-rt in the way of colds, distemper, loss of flesh, 6tc. Horses that arc kept in warm tables nt ull times of the year, do not have that variation in the thickness of coat during the winter or sumirv-r, that occurs to those exposed to the vicisstudes of our climate. They resemble in this respect, the animals of a warm climate ; but experience shows, that such warm housing, is unfavorable to their general health, and that when exposed to the cold of out latitudes, they suffer far more than those animals do, that hove been inur< d to ^exposure, and their hair has bo. come adapted to its exigencies. Horses that are suffered to lie in pastures after cold weather cornea on. instead of having their hair short and smooth, have i' longer and thicker, and ofcourse, standing out more in the manner of fur-producing animals during the season. Such animals, when afterwards put in the stable, though the appearance of the coat may be iinprov. ed. cannot be made to look like those taken up before the thickeuing of the coat for win ter begins. Farmers, and others, therefore who are nice shout the nppenranco of their horses, must take them from the pasture to the stable, as soon ns the fall moulting commences; those who r-gard his comfort more Ihnnthis appearance, will permit sufficient exposure to thicken his coat and prepare him to meet the blasts of winter, without injury. Geo. Farmer. PROPAGATING FRUIT TREKS FROM SCIONS A subscriber iri Vermont lately requested to know whether apple trees could not be1 propagated from scions or cuttings ; tho Imst season for cutting the shoots ; the m-thr>d of preserving them till wanted ; the mode of setting or planting them ; and whether tho trees when grown would be like tho original stock ? dec. The following extract from the Farmer's Cabinet is the best re. ply WO are able to give, hnvinrr n?v..r irio/t this particular mode ourselves, nnJ having never to our knowledge seen on apple tree growing ffom a cutting, though we have Been t em produced from the roo's. We hould have much more confidence in seed ling trees, grafted or inoculated to insure the right kind of fruit thnn we should have in cuttings. If this mode of growing apple troes could be mad-- to succeed, however, it would certainly bo n decided improvement on all other methods,as there could lie no doubt but that the tree would when grown, thai from which the cit'ting, was taken. Will some or many of our; friends give the plun a trial, nnd report the result?? (3??n. Farmer Th?- method of preparing th plant i* us foliows -Take the scions nw for grafting. at any time after the first of February, and until iho buds begin to grow considerably and put each end of the shoot id melted pitch, wax or tallow, (grafting wax would he good.) nod bury it in the ground, buds ip. pernios!, while the body lies in n horizontal position, at the depth of two three inches. We are informed thnt trees ob lined in this way will bear in threo or four years from ' me time or pinn'ing. We have no doub* , of the practicability of his method of rais! inn frut. A gentleman in iliis vieiniy tlic last soiiuon planted about twenty did*-root kinds of pears. which appear to flourish. Tun composition which he used was shoe., maker's wax." To Destroy Weevils in Granaries.? Sir?S eein?( in your piper inquiry respecting the destruction ofwcvils, I send a cop\ of n paragraph which has bcoi) cut out of some publication, ft is us i* 11uw? " AccicJ.?n him discovered to a Fn'i.eh firmer a very simple mod'.* of destroying weevils in corn warehouses, happening to lay in too corner of a granary in \v|?:ch there was a quanty of corn, soma sheep skins with clip f| nee on, he was no' n little surprised th find (hum, a f-w d ays nfor, covered ri'h'dfiiii! woev.ls. He rc|ie?t?N| ih" rxperbnetitj sovornl tioi's, and always wilh tho sauio success. At l ist ho ordered his corn to he stirrsd up, and not a single weevil remained in it." C remain sir, vours, London Farmers' Magazine.] A CONSTANT RE\DER. From the Franklin Farmer. COLOR OF HnKKCS. D-'cp or dark hays ana browns, for use and exposure to woa hor, ore to be preferred. They arc more fixed or stand b"<:er. Chesnuts, dark, are pretty good, and I'ght is also a good racing color, but gro-v rusty, when exposed. Greys, when woll rubbed and ia fine condition, look well, nay splendid *111 superb trapping. Chevnut roans nod bay roans, when well kept, are also good and handsome. Dark red sorrels are good for the saddle, but arc not favorites in harness. Some like duns, and I have seen good hors s of this shade. The yellow mare by Tandem, was a good one. /Somo like blacks, hut. perhaps it in iv be prejudice in me, I never saw a good black horse. Sorcerer and his sire Trurr pator are called blacks. I reckon they were dark browns, and that aerii. pulotis examination of the muzzles and flanks would have shown 1I10 chesnut or bay. Pale colors are to be rejected as in dicalive of wasting constitutions. CROFTS. From the Mississippi Fanner. CULTIVATION OF MILLET. Tho following communication will doubt, less be read with interest, it is from the ptn of a gen leman who is well known throHghout (lie Slate, and whose initials will at once recommend his suggestions to the attention of our reiulor*. MILLET. Near Jackson, Oct. 1839. Dear Sir :?Your favor relative to the cultivation of Millet in this Slate, is received ; and I will with nleasurc furnish you with the result of mv experience.* In the fall of 1938, I procured from a friend in Alabama, one peck of seed, and which I sowed lust spring as directed by Itjta. I Imd previously learnt, in a trip through Kentucky and Tenncsseo, the estimat ion in which it was held by stock-raisers it those States. Many of them assured me that it yielded from eight to twelve thousand L i - < * - pou'ios oi nay to lite aero. And lliougli the Tood is coarse arid rough, yot its as onish'ng product socmed to render its cultivation expedient for our mules and oxon and cat'.le generally, if for nothing more. Our winter range being pretty well exhaused, it is indispensable that we provide rough (brag* fur our stock, fron^cultivution. I sowed the above peck of seed, on about three acres of ground, after breaking it with the plough both ways, and harrowed it in. One fourth of a peck to the acre is probably sufficient; und the first of March 'h^ proper time for Sowing. It should be cut when ftiirly headed out and in milk, for hay, which, in ordinary seasons, will be in July. Such ns is kept for seed, must remain until it fully matures. From those three acres I have cut upwards of fifteen thousand weight of hay, und find iha' horses, mules and cuttle are very fond of it. I am much p'eased with its cultivation, nod shall enlarge my crop. It seems to m>' preferable to oats ; because it yields more, and is holier winter food. From the Same. I food f'ir hoos. Until tho grasses nro 'Wroduced, and i^eudnw* op fed Is established, must l#i>k to melons, pumpkins, rymhngs, squashes, &c for food for hogs, in the sbring,summer and fill ; and to the various r|?ot-<, boots, carrots, turnips, and puintnes, 4ce, Thoso who feed with corn only, will tlnd their hogs half feil and h dl'a'arved, or will incur nn expense nearly equal to the value of the hog. An ncre of eyinlings will supply two or three bushels a day for as many months; and nt a season when green food is .inost needed. There is scarcely unv planter who may not, with ordinary caro, prepare turnips, pumpkins and potato1** in ahum dance and to spare. Why then should we neglect th 111? An In&uiubr. From the Boston Cultivator. MAKING BUTTRR. Many ru'es for making butter have I>o?*n given to tliepublir,nndsornuofthem are good if we could persuade dairy women to follow them, it is quite an object to make butler of the first quality, if wo make any, since thn purchasers have begun to bid up hand. Homely fot the her ; and the dilF-n-nco in the tabor, of making thu bust and the poorest is so trifling that no te should think of making any of inferior quiliy. It should be remembered by all who innko butter for sale ih it lor several} years prist the b' st inndo?-the premium butter? tins brou.'.lit ut auction more than 40 centa u pound?some of it 45? while ordinary butter has no', in firkin, commanded h*lf mat prico. To loso cue Imlf of the pro* coeds ofihe dairy merely for want of skill and earn is rather more than we can afford to do, und a is time oVesolve not to submit to this loss when wo can avoid it. Much of the hotter ilnti ? r~~ ?1 - - ? ?? ? ?wr 8(119 in summer is sent oflT to market immediately, and ueforo the rancid dinner, shut up in the lum,>s has begun to ferment und send j forth its eflliivn ; id us most fresh butter will, fir a few dnys, taste swee', tho purchaser makes hu: llr.le difference in price, and this is tltc prhiHpat cause whysu great :i proportion of our butter is carelessly made. !? is nurricd off* to market and is not sufF r.'d to rest long enough to rot on our liniuls. Toe old tuno of, "Robin's alive" is sung?4,If it dies in my hands you may saddle-buck me." To make butter that may '00 kept sweet hrough the winter we need not say the pails and the pans must be perfectly clean. It cr am is 10 be kept moro than three days before churning it mnst be salted and da.ly stirred. When the butter is formed and gathered tho buttermilk should be all turned from the bu teriuid good quantity of puro I cold water should bu put in the churn, and tho whole should be agitated for somo min. u'os that no buttermilk may lodge in the caviti"S of the butter. Wo are well awnro that somo have fancied "we wash away the goodness," when we churn tho butter in water; but w e are happy to see better notions latterly prevailing, und that the colebratcd highland Scotch butter is made as our own experience lias proved to bu best. There is no mistake i about it. The buttermilk left in tho butter! is the principal cause of its rancid taste ' when long kept. Tho butter must now betaken out with a small wooden shovel?maple wood is good?and the dairy woman's hand?clean or unclean must not touch the butter, for it must not bo molted. This shovel should bu used to work over tho butter and let out t .e water pnnioimwl >?? ' *'? ?it , aim me next any it must bo shovelled over again and worked us well as a neat mason works bis mortar, not touching his hand to it. Salting down Butter.?On the first working some salt should bo intermixed, und ooo ounce of sail to 10 of butter s com. monty SUflleit'lli, tlUl no iniiv.ii Kjf this oitU will be washed awny on tho second working it will bo necessary to add more as taito may require. And now on the second working a little saltpetre and a little pulverized loaf sugar must bo well mixed with tho salt lust udded. We huve found one teaspoonful of salt pcre and two of sugar quite sufficient for twelve pounds of but. ter. it must he thoroughly mixed so that every part of the butter may havo a share. This should bo pucksd in hard-wood firkins, as clos ! ns possible, to exclude the nir. No brine need bo poured on for the stilt will form a sufficiency wi-h moisture of the butter; and when a new luyer is to bo ad. dod this brine must be poured on to let tho two cliurnings come close toge.hor. We have often had butter put up in this manner in September and in October that proved perfectly sweet in the following June. People who nte of it could hardly be made to believe it had been made eight or nine months. ' This delicious article,?this indispensable in cookery?is more often spoiled for want , of care than any thins, that is brought to market. When pure it is one of tho most wholesome articles of die;, and no ptins should bo spared to preserve il in perfec. tion. From the Franklin Farmer. REMAKES ON FRUIT TREES. The following arc equally appropriate to apple and pear trees. Those trees, in order to last long and benr w"ll, should bo j dug about one foot deep and two feet around , towards the end of October. The dry ai.d dead limbs and the bad ones cut off?the outward rough and creviced bark carefully scraped, either wiih a rasp or any instrument for the purpose. This may done in Februarv. 'uL-mo num nm i?..-? ? ago the inner bark ; if the live bark be j touched tin- wound should V covered with I hii ointment made of cow dung nnd clay mixed to^-tber with urine, T-ds will do well iilao to apply upon those p-irtn of any true tint liavo been pruned. The hole around the trees muni be fill d up early in March with new earth. The peach tree must b" pruned at die end oft <* winter, and tbn wound be covered with the above composition. Nature has designated the iiiOs: proper time to plant the bent pencil stones; us those wlii<*li lull oil the gmund when the fruit is npe, and are buried by hogs or any diing Uc, most eertainly grow 'teller tlmn if w? pi ml the dry seed, whieh ..... n.. _ ? VT>- U' |||-HIII V |JI1III WIIIIOUI HUCCI'SS. As soon us you see uud ?at such peaches ns am worili having, put the kernels in tlio ground, in a trench of six or seven inches deep,cover thorn well, ami Umy *?? ! all, or nearlv all, come up tin* following spring.?? To ruh h pear or app|?? tree *iih finh oil after scraping, is, i punk advisable, as a pear tp-e 5J feet circuniferenec, thus trosU | eii has revived tli h year, and instead of an almost do id condition, was covered with j superh fohuge and bore fitio fruit which it h. d not done lor tlie last three years, I W. MENTISLLE. CULTIVATION ON COtN, . v In a ropert of the Cottle Show '.JUad '*> Fair" at E?:on Md. m October, whit*;U? v, ^ And in the American Farmer, b the Bfc?? Chop op Cokn.?Rawed by Col. Ni Ooldabo rough, of Talbot eeooiy. The % 1 subscriber regrets that it wee wholly out of bis power to procure a Surveyor to meae>, ure his grqond. -The ground was massured in the first instance with a SO foot pole, and was 220 foot long and 200 feorwidn fpsking 44000 square feet; 43500 equate bet v. make an ner?\ But it appoere by the annoxod certificate, that the ground actually covered by'corn was 48084 square bet.? iiv pruuuci iw) Dusneia?clear of tba ssmplf, nn even half bushel ofears, which was reserved to slwwr mors partkjilllljt Jho, .. variety, callod Barrier's com. Cultivation.? It was covered with long manure, (a pood dressing) which web well turned under with the plough?rcpeeuodly " rolled nnd harrowed till fine?furrowsopetiod 4 J foot apart?and planted at distal*. . ccs of eight inches in the Vow, leaving two * sta'ks in a hill?cultivated well with Beach's Cultivator?but perceiving just before bar. vest, that the corn had not sufficient hold on the groun/i, it was ploughed. After har- vest an old cultivator was passed over very liphtly, merely to break dm crusl formed by the rains. Soil?deep btack mould, in do* ' vcr tho proceeding year. Another acre* same preparation, cultivation, &c., but plan*? tod three font square, produced 93 3-4 bush, els. The ears were much larger, nnd the corn looked belter than on the preceding acre, but there were not so many plants to the acre, and a portion of the ground not so good. 1 have sent no sample of this. N. Goldsbobougs* t v FROM 1 Jin FLUSHING $2?>X JOUENAt. Grf.at Cocooneries.?William R. Gra. * cie, Esq. ofJamifn. Long Island, on? of ^ tho most opulent hind proprietors in New ' York, commenced forming extensive mulberry plantations for sale abcut two yearsago, tint mis become so thoroughly convinced of the immense and certain profits to r . > { be derived from the growing of raw sil!t fof, ** . At>ui it nun no now ret uses to Mil tllj Of his trees, but is erecting an immestpe co- { coon or, replete with every convenience Rit feeding fiom one and a half to two miW lions of worms. Dr. Bioodgood, of Ftuste _ ing, who made experimctnts the past season . with it cocoonery on a limitod scale, has s<T- ^ fully sntisfled his mind as to the safety sad ^ ceriuimjr of the bushM*?*, that he propose* to devote himself almost exclusively to th? s . ? erection and management of extensive coo. cooneries on his proaerty near &e yillngo. v ^ Whrn such men tnko tho lead, it augers every success to the cause. ^ KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS?- CORN CATTLE, dlCJ . . To the Editor of tho Lexington Re pert at. ,, A more extended as well as a more por? u ticular view of the natural growth and agrf* cultural products and advantages of your sistc, leads me now to ask a smalt spuce fo your journal, in explanation of aorao remarks ? which you had the g odness to pphUsh in . , respect to the improved Durham or Short, r horns. I nm now satiafiodthht this if ?m, . phmicnlly the state for that race of cattle ' VVi h a climate well suited, it enjoys two ,rother great and fruitful resources?its heavy crops of Indian Com, and riehNuc grass pastures; the latter to be set down as iovah uahle in themselves and peculiar to tho j State | I have often heard of your verdant woods pastures of Kentucky 4,blue grass ;M hut never had formed a iust concentlon their beauty and luxuriance. That resource alone must forever give to Kentucky indie* potable preeminence over all other countriesv * or state as a stock.growing regie*! Here, the broad straight basked short-horn, show characteristic is early maturity and propensity to fat, are in the range exactly adapted to their nuture ; nnd it ta not risking much tossy thut with American inaize and fin- , tuehf blue grass, adclibitum, the imjKjrted English progenitors will soon he bested by th?-tr native progeny. Let me repeat that while our Indian corn of itself, may bo reckoned, as it has been admitted by Englis)) farmers and graziers, to give us ono decided advantage over the motlier country, in fattening stock, your woods nvsry whsrer afford a a fuller and a richer bite, tlian it to be found in the parks of English nobk?, men. To judge of the results of these ad_ vun apes, I am posueded you have only to see as I have, some of tiio young stock, in voiir immdedi >to neighborhood?Capt. ?B? Wnrfield's, par excellence?hit prize heiferj Caroline, is an. animal that an English Farmer would put aside for himself, as . above all price. Ihnce there is no besitation in admitting that litis state is suited to this raco of cattle. It is in fact a commodity, which may be said to have been manufactured for the Kenucky market] and for Kentucky alone of nil the slave holding a states. Some doubts nre entertained, ? both- * cr they will do aa perfectly vjftll in Ohio-, Illinois, or Indiana; because I noubt, or rather I do not know that thevhavo, but am under the impression thai they have not, your never to be tpo much admired, nor too 'vm| highly valued blue grnsn pastures. It. * ; Were the view* of tho Kentucky former. ' and grazier, confined to the domestic marI,..? ..< * ??- ? - . ? ? ?*< is ui ucxmuion, Ltoutavillc, FraokibrH 4. Georgetown, Maysville, and other lO^no- ' within the State; and to barrelling their beef for exportation, then it it conoeodod ilia*. their interest nvght potato raeuUloeir *r* ' & . M ~ wImthm