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f t?i cat ions.
DURA KING A COLT.
Some good people who raise colts ore
not aware that they are thinking animals
and have foul ngs. p is-dons uinj affections*
very much like liiunan Imnms. Turn can.
1 not tnlk?that's all. People who do not
apprcciute?tho character of horses, are
apt to treat (hornlike bru'ev, without love
or mercy, and without any spp ml to their
glorious intelligence. " The liors<* knowoth
his owner ?and he knows much more,
?ho knows when ho is tro ?tcd as a Chr s.
tian'a horse should be?and in respect of
trcn'mnnt the Turk and Arab havo much
(the advantage of us in civihz ition. Those
pagans make friends of tl??*ir horses?th?y
? lovt? each o'her, and in rho sundy desert or
f ' tho wale pluin they lie down side by side
an 1 each is eqmlly ready to resist the approach
of an enemy.
It is not often so wish us. The Colt is
left to grow up to manhood wild in the pas
tore, with very little acquaintance or sociability
with his master. As soon us hn is
thought strong enough to work, ho has a
sad-He or n harness sl ipped upon him, so
, hard as to make tiim tingle again llo is
? put into some strong curt or wagon wit out
understanding what is wanted, and being
hewil lered m his ignorance,and ex ixpcrntod
at such rough haudiin/, it is gern r dlly license
that he exerts his s rergth to gel out
of the scrape and avoid fiis riicniirs. bv
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plunging,kickiti;i.ihrnwtnp hnnsclfdown and
sundry other such vile trick*, (as tliey nre
called) as would ii'iturally occur to a poor
beast who thought hims -lf ino.it vili.tnou.siy
\ abus'd. While tliis is the operation in tin
' * mind of the unsophUcuted colt, the horse.
breaker, is swenriiis; of his vicious obstinacy,
laying on the licks with the string or the
fi butt of the the whip handle, and doing his
best to draw blood ;it every ??rok'*. His
intention is to subdue tno beast to obedience.
[Id may sueeood, Inst i: w ill only br
by d- s'roying Ins nublu spirit, and rend ritlg
him a tame, passive beast of bullion,
working only as he is force I, hut without
ambition or good will. The man u the
most ignorant brut * ? f lite two. !! is d s titute
of all proper knowledge of the unimal
who 44 knowet.i itis owner," and should bo
^ beaten wi.h many stripes turns 'If.
The fact. i*. tin- coll ahoutd be treated
with onvaryng kindness, except when lit*
is manifestly vicious, contrary to his ?>wn
knowledge, ar|"r having b'-en fairly tuug->.
When ho is taken uj> for breaking he
shoulJ bo kept hungry and bo foil from the
hand of his master ; wh.1?? "II the Si- U? tok
? ens of pra'se, Ion dn-ns itnJ approbation,
wltich aro as gratifying to a horse as to a
woman, shou'd be libciMlly bestowed upon
him. No net of rudeness or unkindness
should inspire hiin with fear and in a
abort time lie will conic to his nniler as to
Ins bust friend. Let liini feel thn' he is safe
in tfwi hands and cure of m m, and lie wdl
place confidence in that ,i'!'?ntion which is
bestowed, and with a ligiu h"art will ? x?t
himself to please his rider. Bsow upon
ilim the whip, and jerk him uboift with ilie
halter and bridle, an 1 Ins temper will rouse
to resistance, or sink to stupidity.
A horse may be t iught, like u child, b> ,
those who have won Irs idle lions ; hi|) tho
method of teaching is by slio v.ug distinctly
wlmt you want bine to do, not by boating
hnn b -cause he do'as no* understand and
perform attheou'sef. Judicious manage,
mont is required in the course of instrue.ion,
for these creatures, like men, h-ivo v<-ry
different intellectual capacities and temper*;
but alt may bo mastered b\ kindness, while
the best, the most high-spirited, tho mos'
generous, will bo ruined by beu'ing.
To illustrate thin which wo mean to en- j
, I'aigt, nwnmr I| WU "ill Iti inr U |i||itf
circumstance that occtired during a tour io
to the White fiiliii. Huving n horse?a
fine light grny saddle policy, we undertook,
with u tiiond, to ride to the summit of one
of tho mountains. Federal?that was his
name?and ho belonged to Niles?would
havo done anything for me, for he and I
liad become well acquainted, and he was
n most noblo-heartcdl fellow. Federal
clnmborod up according to any direction*.
I thought I could see the Ivst
way, and guided him accordingly. We got
ut last upon the peak, where was a level of
some yards square, and Federal who never
had been up so high in tho world before,
as wo slicked the rein, turned
three times round to look at tho prospect,
and then sot up u scicum of delight. It was
not a noigh norn whinner, nutauy common
mod* of talking for a horse, but it was a
regular hurrah, as much ns to say 44 O !
thunder and lightning ! Aint thin glorious ?"
After a while wo turned to descend, and
gave Federal his own way. It seemed at
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limes rath?r u ticklish jub ; but lw managed
it well. Tim lil lo rascal sloppr-l ii?w urn I
then nnd made a surv y us carefully ns roulil
bo done hy a civil englnwr. II" turned
and talked, and worked ship, like on old
sailor nmong the breaker?; and being careful
and Hint-footed, lie ('Him' down as safe as
n tortoise. Lint wo brought up at l ist ng
ninst n fence?huving taken a differ-nt direct
on from thai by which we nircndt-d.
Wo rodo at thefenco fairly, but Federal
stopped abort. " You fool," aaid I, can't
you jump 1" Tr.od it again?no g<?. I
a:op|H*d a moment, nnd tin. ks I to myself
this, horso h.p> never leaped a fi-uco in lux
life. I Irll sure tie would have tried his bent
or mo nt any lime, and would have broken
his neck sooner than have refused?if lie
had known exactly what *o do. 1 talk d
kindly U) hnv?coaxed ltim*-p:?t|ed h.x
nock?and at? soon ax I saw his bund mixed
ubou two or three inches, and Ins ears,
prit-ked up brightly, and fell the muscles ol
It is sides xx ell n.d r the xaddle, I knew he
had caught th * idea?-ilia wax all be wan
led?I gave him die hint to try it, and over
ho went, I k - a x\v allow, -it least two Inet
higher than waa tiecexsarv. Tlie little
scamp mean' to make a s.irc job ot t. lie
whs no sooner down, than he w eclat about
looked at the fence, and snort?f, as much
us to say, * what do yon tlnnk of tti.it?"
nnd trotted ofT. liver afcrwards during
our journey. Federal was on the look out
tor some excuse for leaping. A log, a run
of water across the ro el, even a stone
bridge, he uniformly picked up his e irx a'
& l?'ap? d across??giving a snoit each t m to
atinounco his joy at having performed a
new feat.
Tin* moral of thomntlor has le-cn stated
at tlio au set. Federal only need d to un
deru'and wliwt we wait ed, o do all in his
power for i's nccomplishrn- nt. He was oni..
- if f 1 s
ry (i mrcu none, diii wo miiiersino<l on l
loved each other* II> w as li lie, hut high
spirited, noble, gen-Tout?no whipping *?oartli
would linvo managed that horse ho
read |y as kindness and encouragement.?
Pulling, jerking, whipping and spu ring,
rn gilt lave been tried in vain to make Imn
leap the fence?with a moment to think
about it,and a moo dosu of Hat ering up.
plausc, he flew* over it Ike an experienced
hunter. More about tins hereafter.
UoVton Times.
From the Frank'in Farmer.
treatment of bk' ken limb* of iiorses.
To Ike Iviilor of the Frank lm Farmer :
Dear Sir.? Pe mi a groat lover of .stock,
an I d riving muro pleasure by contributing
o that part of animated nature that canno
make its? wants known to lllan, ban from
?my other nouic*, and learning through y>ur
paper :h n M sloe has met w ith a inisfor une
that may prove t' tail. I have thought ft to
give you the result of my experience in a
it..i ?u... ?a i ...i. i
|?ui UII^I V'OW illUI l|V? UI VI III II IV KIM j
spring. I feel much hesitation in doing this,
b. ing W' II apprized that M doc it in the
neighborhood of us good suigical aid. ? ? con
bo procured in lUo ; but m cures nrc
frequently the result of nc<*idontt as we|| as
the effect of m iture thought mid experience.
<i tyro in (lie profession, may bo pardoned
for suggesting his opinions, even o the s ig-?
?Out to my c.ise. Tlf leit fore arm was
Ir uetured trsnsverslv,nbou1 fiyeincho* above
lie knee joint, be bone betwixt this fracture
and tht knee, was spit down to th- joint ho
tiiut* in real ly H ero were two fntr ur"s,
coinmunic iti'.g with ouch other. Too first
tiling done, was to suspend him, tor the reason
lint i. had been the practice heretofore,
tiut close attention s >011 satisfied me ttint
my annual w is v ?y uncomfortable and
restl ms. Although 1 Knew, the true*ured
parts ci)u!(J he kept b-ttcr filled to each other,
by k< ? p ug iien suspended, than th"V eould
be, il l.o were permitted to tOll dl he ground;
I det'TinWd to in.ike I lie exp run-lit lor tie*
f Mowing reasons. Too pressure upon hi?
luo .* iir- eled Iiim breaming very much, .ni l
upon Ins bo * el* produced gre <t roMiveiii in,
However, nth r turning u in loose, | soon
found iho limh s ungmg about, w believer lie
hi vuJ, mid qni'e eror?!;o I wnon lie touched
ihe ground. It iineiodi.iiety occurred 10
in**, that soinctuing more ill in ordinary ban.
if.iges must bn applied. I made a bandage
of MtroiU' rutloil douies'ie, about two inches
wide, long cnuug'i 'O reach troni the nnele
to tlio body, and b ick to die uncle jo n ?
spread i; irom end to end with thick tar?
ippliod it cahifully, no mat every time, it
went round the limb, it would lap half
the width upon the previous turn of
the bandage : I the. had soma cotton
nicely eitrded and laid betwixt two
piece of the same do esttc, wide enough
? ?.n i:..a. .... i ? r .i .
v a??|# wuii'i ??in iiiiiu, ( Jiiriiu>ii|; inniv in" i
Icneo joint to the elbow, so a* to enenmj.ass
th?* whulo oftli*> fructured lunh-quilled carefully?running
the rows of slit-lies about an
inch from enrli o: her, for the purpose of i
keeping the cotton permanent, this was j
also spread widi tur and laid over the firs'
baridnge. I tli'*n made some white oak
splints, about an itichwide, long enough to
extend from tlio knee to t!io elbow, quilted
tlu'in betwixt two lavora of done-she, wide
enough to go round the whole of the previ
ous dressing ; iliis was likewise spread with
,tar and laid on, und tho whole secured with
strong tape, sewed to the d inv stiu. This
dressing was continued for o ght weeks,
withoui being touched exeept to tighten the
tapes *k t,.e swelling receded, and niy patient
recoverrd with very little deformity.
Af.*?r the who'.o is applied, be ceflain to examine
and see that the cushion betwixt the
first bandage and tho splits, < wide enough
to pruventthe ends of the splints from com- (
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ing in. contact with the limb, otherwise they
will iiriu'o (ho skin hud keep h in re?tc*#?.
I.i Medoc*> case the de-suing should extend
only from the knee to the ankle. If you
llii'ik the above suggestion could lie of any
service to this splendid horse, or to any
ot >?T unfortunate quadruped, you rnay
give tlvrn'n pi use m your valuable paper,
if not, 1 .* v diem b\ wiih o'her <ucn stufT. that
I li ivu ,.o douh. you ure frequently pi igued
with.
Tennesce Farmer.
HAIR OF THE II RsE.
From the iioii conducing qualifies of
h'ir* its almost universal diffusion over the
bodies of animal*. the clt "iige whi"h it nndergoe*
during sickness, ond the e fieri j
which it ex? rris??snn tin* perspirationof ho
Hmm I. i' m ?v safely l^inforr-d th ?i i" performs
mi import mt p?rt in the amm ?l economy.
Nature nrran :es this covering to
t!i?* wants of |I|? noiirtl, or thitrlinMtn it inhabits.
Undo the equator, the hair ofnnimil
is s -uttering, and wu'i few oxer pious
? oarso ; us ive rereJe fr -m tlnr point, th"
limr boro?n<'H thick'-r an'' fiicr, until in high
nor hero lat tu le*. fur ?>: Mi" fiueo'ss ot sik,
eons: t in s almost toe entire eov Ting. Toe
horse is 4uhje?*i to the same laws I lot' govern
oilier auini ils in tins '-spoof, us may h"
?? n hv comparing iho Arabian tmrs., or
other southern tier*"* with he northern,
most breeds, the Stietlnnd horse, for in
st a nee. |u tin* first, (ne hair is short and
smooth duri ig me whole year ; while m the
latt-T, it is long at all int'-t, and during the
winter, tins ths ttuckiiess and closeness, at.
mo* of w ool.
Aniin ds shod, or moul; their hair, tw ee
a year ; in the spring, to pr?p >r? them for
ih'* >uinmer heals ; and in (he fall, to m ?kr
way "or a ii"w I'ik k'T, a ?<1 nnor covering.
These ch uiges fli ur. or moulting sre ulway*
pro ducttvn ot*more or l'-*?constitution
al disturbance lo 'he atemal. afT-ciiug Ins
licaIth. and frequently requiring the aliention
ol'lii* owin r. While the horse sshedding
Ins hair effort* to h is on the process,"re
in?,?rop"r ; nnd the old lia.r should not bo
removed until the young it prepared to take
its p'tiie. Rubbing down, to remove the
loo ened coat, nnd give a.flight friction of
'he sk n. it admissible, hot at thin time, the
furry, rout \ or curd* should be banished
from tlio stable. At this period 'here is al
w ?\s morn or less fever, and any treat men1
that can add to the irrit ition <?f the skin
must be carefully avoided. Farmers in
. em-r d pay lutle uttciit'on to their animals at
tins i".,?itt an ! their horses not unfr?-quunt?
ly siifler in consequence of this neglct in
he way of colds, distemper, loss of flush,
die.
Morses that are kept in warm tables nt
all times of the year, do not h ive that variation
in tint thickness of coat during the
winter or Kumiri'T, ill it occurs to those e?.
posed to the vicis-tndes of our climate.
They ieseo,b|<i in this respect, ih-* animals
of a warm chin itn ; tiut experience shows,
that such warin housing, is unfavorable to
ir??-ir general health, and that when exposed
!o thu cold of O'ti latitudes, they suffer far
more than those nniimli do, that huvo b?H*n
inif- d to Jexpostire, and th- ir hair has be.
come ad iped to its exigencies.
Horses that are suffered to lie in pastures
after cold weather comes on, instead of hav.
ini? their hair short and smooth, have i
longer nnd thicker, and of course, standing
out more in ttie manner of fur-producing
aniin ds during the season. Such animal*,
when u'icrwirds put in the stable, though
11 in appearance of the coat may he improv.
ed, cannot he undo to look like those taken
up before the thickening of the coat for win
tor begins. Farmers, and others, therefore
who are nice about th?* appearance of their
horses, m ist take them from the pasture to
he stable, as soon ns the fall moulting commetiers;
those who regard his comfort more
than this appe ?r n?er, will j.??nnit sufficient
exposure to thi'ken nis coat and prepare
him to meet the blasts of white, wi'hout
injury. G?m. Farmer.
Pit "PAG A TING FRUIT TREKS FR' >M SCIONS
A subscriber in Vermont lately requested
to know whether apple trees could not be
propugu'ed Irom sciona or cuttings ; thu
best season for cutting the shoots ; the m -thud
of preserving : Item nil wanted ; the mode
of set ing or planting them: and whether
the trees wlteii grown would be like the or.
iginal st0r*k ? Ate. Tu?? following extract
from the Farmer's Gabine* is the host reply
wo nre able to give, having never tried
this particular mode ourselves, and having
never to our knowledge ?oen an apple tree
growing from a cutting, though we have
neen t cm produced from the roo's. We
should have much more confidence in aeed
ling trees, grafted or inoculated to insure the
r'gh' kind of fruit tliun we should have in
cuttings. If this mode of growing apple
trees could be m ido to succeed, however,
it would certninly bo 11 derided improve,
mem on nil o her methods, a* then: could lie
no doubt bdt that lh? true would r-si-mhlc,
wh<*n grown, tha'from which the cubing,
was taken. Will some or many of our
friends give the plan a trial, and report the
result?? Gon. Farmer.
" The method of preparing the plant is
as follows 'Take the scions as for grafting,
at any time after the first of February,
and until tic* buds begin to grow considerably
and* put each end of the shoot in melted
pitch, wax or tullow, (grafting wax would he
gpod.) mid bury it in the ground, buds ip.
peruiost, while the body lies in a lior zontal
position, at the depth of two three inches.
W'a are informed ihnt trees ob uincd in this
way wdt bear in threo or four years from
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MB ICR 20. 1839.
f is so triflinj; that no e shpuM think of m iking
any of inferior qu.di .
i It should bo mneiiib r<*d by nil who
innko butter for Kill thit lof several years
pist tli** b wt rpndi*?tlie prmiftum butter
iius brought at auction inoro thdn 40 ?!ooi?
a pound?some of 'I 45?while ordinary
butter has no', in ftrkin, Commanded half
t'i;it price. To lose nil** half of the prono*"Is
of ho d dry niorcljr fur want of sUill
. and mri! is rollter mure than w can afford
to do, nod ii is limn oV.-solve not o submit
to t it lots wlu'ii wo ran nvod it.
M i?* of the butter that is made for sale
m suinin**r is sent ofT to market immediate*
ly, and iu*fore the rancid matter, shut up in
ill*; Inn) a li <s begun to ferment mid send
forth its HI ivi i ; a d as most fresh butter
will, f-rn few dava, last--swe? t the puri"
c -nser m df-s Hu l<t-le dilf-rence in price,
and this is the nm<-i;?itl cause why so L'reaf
nt once rcrom nend his suggestions :o lh?i
attention of our renders.
MILLET.
Near Jackson Oct. 1839.
Dear Sir ;? Your favor relative ;o the
cultivation of Millet in this S at*. ? received
; nnd I will with nleosuru furnish you
with tin? result of mv experience.
In the fall of 1838, I procured from n
frinrrl in AU Iwmu, uiui peck of seed, nnd
wliioli I sowed lis. sprint; us direc ed by
liiin. I had previously learnt, in n trip
through Kentucky und Tennessee, the estimation
in which it wiis held hy stock raisers
in those States. Many of diem assured m??
that it yieldod from eight to twelve thousand
pounds of hay to tho acre. And though
the food is coarse and rough, yet its as on.
ishing proilnct pocmrd to rend-r itscullivstion
exp -dient for our mules and oien an I
ca'tle generally, if for nothing more. Our
win er mime being prctiy well exh'uised, it
is indispensable that we provide rough forage
for our stock, from cultivation,
I sowed tint above peck of seed, on about
three acres of ground, after breaking it with
the plough boh ways, and harrowed it in.
Ono fourth of ? peek 'o the aero in probably
sufficient; and the first of March ?hc proper
tiitvi for sowing. I> should hi* cut when
fairly head-al out and ill milk, for hay,
which, in ordinary seasons, will be in July.
S.ieli mm is kept for seed, must remain until
it lull* matures. From those three nrro*,
I hnvo en; upwards of fi'leen thousand
weight ol bay, and find thai lionet, mules
and c >ltl? ar*- very fond of if.
I Hin much peased with its cultivation,
and shall enlarge my rrop. It seems to in<
preferable to o Us ; bec-'use it j iolds more,
mid is bei er winter food.
From the Same.
>000 For hogs.
Until the grasses ure ntroduced, nnd
meadows or fit-Ms established, we must
|n*?k to melons, pumpkins, rymlmgs.
squashes, <&tc for food for hogs, in tie*
spring, summer and fall; and to th? various
root s be**-*, carrots, turnips, and potatoes,
dee. Those who feed with corn only, will
find their hogs half fed and Inlf starved, or
wdl incur un expense nearly equal to the
value of the hug.
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/*ii acre 01 cy miings win suppiy two or
three bushels a day for at many month# ;
and at a season when green food is inoat
needed. There is scarcely any planter
who may not, with ordinary care, prepare
turnips, pumpkins and potato*** in abundunre
and to spire. Why then should wo
neglect thorn T An iNfcuiBER.
From the Boston Cultivator.
MAKING BUTTER.
Many rules for making butter have been
given to thopubhc,and somoofthem a re good
if wo could persuado dairy women to follow
them. It is quite an objeetto make butter
of the first quality, if wo make any, since
tho purchasers huve begun to bid up hand.
somHy foi the best { and tbe difference in
tho labor, of making the best and the poorest
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IDAY EVENING, DEC'EJ
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the |im?? of W? luiv? no doubi
of lb** pmctienbiKiy of his method of ranin
i fru f. A ?,ntK?rn hi in thi* vicini y the
last gn.tfton nboul twenty <1 iff rout
k'inN ofprar*. winch appear o flourish.
Tun eoinjnwi :! whir!) Iih uhocJ wut *!u?o..
m ik??r'n
To Dkstrot Weevils in (Jranaries ?
Sir?doi'iim ill your |?-q>or inquiry r-'ipw-l.
ina i||?* destruction of wi?vil*. I s? nd u
of n p irn^r .,h whi h his been rut on: of
some pu'?'i 'atton. It is a* l" Mows i
" Aci'itl 'ii Imiw discovered to a Fra.eh
finn r a v'-rv ?i'rt|i|<? in ?d of dfMtroynig
wccviu in corn war-houses, happening to
lav in f?.- cornerof n granary in w Ii ca tle-re
w is i qnaitV of rorn, kont't s'lwp kU'iis
vvi!t? tin* (1 ! { ? Mil, h" was no' a liltl** snrpr.s"<l
.? fin I ilp*n, f *w ijjys nf ??r, covHr.'il
with d' i ! vntfv I*. II. rjtjw:i td th- expert
iinontJJ several tint s, an'l always with the
s nnn Niier.-ss A I ixt he md'Tod his corn
to on st rrs'l up, and not .? single weevil re.
ma.nod ui it."
I r-'imin ours,
London Famvrt' Mng-ixine ]
A CONS PAN P UEVDEII.
From the Franklin Farmer.
C?I.?>R ' F H ?KsEX.
D-"p or dark Onyx an.I browns, for use
ail'J Xposureto wh i?er. are to h" p ferred.
T'ie\ are more fixed or s* >nd h"i'iT. Co* *nuts.
<1 >rk, an* jre'tv good, nn I I >?'?? >* also
a good raeing color, but gro.v rusty, when
exposed. Gey*, when well rubbed and
in It.ie condition, lu'tk well, nay splendid "in
superb rapping. C'tesiiut roans a.id bix
roans, when well kept, are i?ho goo I nnd
handsome. D irk red sorrels nre goo I tin
the saddle, but are not fsvoates ui ham ss.
Some like luns, ami I have M?en goo I liors s
of Ins shade. T'te y -llow mare l?y Tsiid.
em. ?as a good on". Some like blacks
tint. perhaps it m iv h? prep n| ice in me, I
never snv n ^no'i bl?fk horse, Sorcerer nn 1
bi* sire Trim pator are called hl?<ks. I rorknn
they ?r?re dark browns, anil that srruputo'iH
ox imin i ian of tin? muzzles an'
fl inks ivnul.l h ive shown lie ctc'smit 01
b iy. Pole color* art* to be rejected ns in
durativc of wasting; cons i utious.
cu< >fts.
From the Mississippi Firmer.
CULTIVATION OF MILLKT.
Tlv following communication will doubt,
less be read vvi li interest. It is from the
pen of a gen lenvin who i\ well knowr
t'lroNirhotit tiia S'ntc. iin.l >...? ??^ ..; i
it proportion of our butter is card \s*ly
in I is mined nif in market and is
not suir r?I |o rest long enough to rot on
or hands. T i" o'd iiiiih of, "Robin's
alive" is sung ?'"If i d"-s in my bands you
n t\ s .ddliO?iCK ill**,"
To m -k<* butter Mint may bo kept sweet
hrougli t ii? winter we need not say the
lulls a <1 iliu pans must !?< perfectly clean.
If ?*r am is o li?? k?*pt more than ilireo day*
Is fjire churning it nius- he suited and d uly
stirred. VVM e butter is formed and
.fathered the butterin Ik hhould bo all tut nod
f oui th" lip tor and good quant ty of pure
enl I water should put in lite churn, on I
i ie whole % mill I be agitated for some mm
i en th <t no buttermilk nny lod^e iu tlie
eaviii- H of the biiiier.
We a re well aware that some have J~ancieil
,4w<' wash away tho good .ess," when
+ a churn t ?o hut cr in wntrr ; hut wo ere
i ippv m K'b?' ter notions In ter.v nrcvnil
iii?, untl 11at the celebrated highland Scotch
>u er in made as our own experience has
provd to b ' best. There it no mistake
ibou' i>? The tintt'-rmilk left in tie* buuor
U the principal cause of its rancid taste
a h"ii long kept.
The Um?t must now betaken out with
a small woo leu s'iov. 1?maplo wood is
Hood?and th i dairy woman's hand?cl**an
or uncl> uii muc not touch tin* butter, for it
'oust not be melted. This shovel should
be used to work over ll>o butter and lot out
t e witter contained in it; and the next day
it rnuit bo shovelled over ugsm and worked
us W"'ll as a neat in ison works his mortar,
no; touchier his hand to it. .
Salti.no down Buttck.?On the first
working some mil s'ouM be intermixed,
and ono ounce of salt to lOofbulter score*
mniily Mifiici'm , but as much of this sail
will be washed away on the second
working it will be accessary to add more
as taste may require. And now on the
*< cond working a little saltpetre and a lit'.lu
puUmzcd loaf sugar must tie well mixed
wi.h tho salt I ist added. We have found
one tciiNpoeiiful of salt pc re and two of sugar
qui e sufficient for twelve pounds of but*
ter. It must be thoroughly mixed so that
very part of the butler may have a share.
Thisxhould tie p icked in hard*wood firkins.
as clos as possible, to exclude the air,
N<> brine need bo poured on for the salt
will form a sufficiency wih moisture of tho
butter ; and when a new layer is to bo add-d
this brine must be poured on (o let the
two churning* conin close together.
We have often had butter put up in this
IIianniT ill Si-Ii i-mkif ??r?il in n.-?t/?l>n* '?*
| ... ? | WUIWWVI ftHUl
proved perfectK sweet in the following June.
People who ate of it could hnrdly be mado i
to 1h licvu it hud been made eight or nine
months.
Thin delicious article.?this indispensable
in cookery?is moru often spoiled for want
of care than any thing that is brought to
market. When pure it is one of the most
wholesome articles of dic:t ond no pnins
should bo spared to prcsorvo it in perfeetion.
|
Front the Franklin Farmer.
REMAKES ON FRtMT TREES.
The following are equally appropriate to
npple and pear trocs. Those trees, in or.
di-rtohst long and bear well, should be |
dug who it one foot deep and iwo feet around
towards the end of Octolier. The dry and
dead limbs and the bad ones cut off*?the
on ward rough and creviced bark carefully
scrnped, either with n rasp or any instrument
for tho purpose. Tli.s ntuy he done
m February, taking core not to hurt or damage
the inner bark ; if the live bark be
touched tho wound should bo covered with
an ointment made of cow dung and cloy
mixed together with urine. This will do
well also to apply upon those porta of any
,M. Ik.. k?... U - J I'L. L I- I
nw" nidi iiotvi urou |(fuiirru? M (IV IKMH
around the trees must be filled up early in
March with new earth. The poach true
must be pruned at the end of nr wint? r, and
thn wound bo covered with the above
composition. Nututo has designated the
mosi proper time to plant the boat peach
stones; as those which fail on tlM> ground
when the fruit i? ripe, and are buried by
hogs or any thing t lsc, most certainly grow
i.?tier than if wo plant the dry seed, which
we generally plant without succesa. As
soon aa you aec and eat such peaches na
are worth having, put the kernels tn the
grouud, in o trench of six or seven inches
deep. Cover them well, und li?ev wi I all, or
nearly oil, come up the following spring.?
To rub a pear or apple tree with fish oil
after scraping, is, I think advisable, as a
near tree 5} feet circumference, thus treat,
ed hat revived tli a >enr, and instead of an
almost de id condii on, was covered with
superb fohage nnd bom fine fruit which it
had not done for the last three years.
W. MENTELLB.
h JEd * ....
& Sk" ' ' i
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NUMBER 6.
?^bfaggaHBagag^
cultivation op cobn.
In a roport of the "Cottle Show ao4
Fair" at Eaafon M J. in October, which wr
find iu the American Farmer, it (He follow*
in;.
Crop or Cojix.?'Raised by Col. X.
Gold-thorough, of Tulbot county. The
subscriber regrets that it was wholly out of
his power to procure a Surveyor to mess*
tire liis ground. The ground was measured
in the first instance with n 20 foot pole, and
was 220 fcot long nnd 200 feet wide?making
44000 square feet; 43500 square feet
inuke an acre. But it appears by iho an*
nosed certificate, that the ground actuallycovered
by corn was 42064 square feet.?
The product 123 bushels?clear of tbo
sample, an even half bushel of ears, which
was reserved to sliovv more particularly the * ?
variety, called B mot's corn. %
Cultivation.?It was covered with long
| manure, (a good dressing) which was wcdl
turned under with the plough?repeatedly
rolled and harrowed till fine?furrows
opened 4 J fuel apart?and planted at distances
of eight inches in the row, leaving two
Kta ks in a hil!?cultivated well with Batch's v
Cultivator?hut perceiving j.tst. before har*
ve-5', that the corn had not suffirirat hold
on the ground, it was ploughed. After hnr.
vest no oki cultivator was passed over very
tLhtlv, merely to break the cruat formed hy
the ruins. Soil?deep black mould, in clo* .
v?t tho prec eding year. Another acre, i
same preparation, cultivation, &o., but plnni
ted three t'.Mrt squMr*', produre4 03 3-4 bush.
)e|t?. The oar# were much larger, and the
corn looked better than on the preceding
i acre, but thero were not so many plants to
the acre, nnd portion of the ground not so
good. 1 huvo sent no sample of this.
N. Guldjbococch.
1 -y, .
i r?nM nii: fursnr.Na stus joCrxai..
Grkat Cocooxkhip.s.?William R. Gro.
cie, Esq. of Jamiea, Long Island, one of
the muul-npuh nt land proprietors in Now
York, commenced forming extensive inu!- j
berry plantations f<>r sale about two years
ago, but nas b<-route so thoroughly convin.
ced of the immense nnd certain profits to
be derived from tire growing of raw silU tot
export,, that he now refuses to v^U any of 3$^
his trees, but is erecting an immensP cocooncr,
replete with every convenience for
feeding fiom one nod a half to two millions
of worms. Dr. Bloodgood, of Flush,
ing, w! o made experiments the past season
with n cocoonery on a limited acalo, has w
; fully satisfied his mind as to the safety an J
I certainty of the business, that he proposes
I A as* a ...
iu urvoiB mmseii almost exclusively to the
erection and management of extensive coc.
coonerits on his pmaerty near the vitlagn.
| Whru such men t?ko the loud, it auger*
I every success to the cause.
KSNTVCVr ?LCE 0RA8S ? COBX CATTlfi, d<C. ,
To the Editor of tho Lexinfton Baportsr.
A more extended aa well as a mora par*
ticular vioy of the natural growjh and agri*
cultural products and a?lv?ntnfa? of your
s'ate, leads me ntiy to ask a small space in
your journal, in explanation of Some remark*
which you hud tho ft' odness to publish in
respect to the improved Durham or Short*
horns. I am now sutiNfiod that this is em?
phnticnlly the state f<ir that race of cattls
Wi h a clime? ? II suited, it enjoys two
other great and fru-tful resources?its heavy
| crops of Indian Corn, ami rich hhu eras*
| pastures ; the lain r tu bo aal down aa mrnl.
| uahlu in th'-inwlvea and peculiar to the
State t 1 hove often hoard of your verdant
woods pas'iirpH of Kentucky **blue grass ;**
hut never had formed a jutt conception of
their beauty and luxuriance. That resource
ulon? must forever Rive to Kentucky indisputahle
preeminence over all other countries
| <>r state as a stock.growing region I Here,
I the broad straight backed abort.horn, wboee
I ctiaracteriatic i? early maturity and propensity
to fa\aro in the range exactly adapted
to their nature ; nnd it is not risking match r
[ tossy thut with American maki $dJfcn. ^
tacky blue grass, adelibttum, the imported .
Knghsh progenitors will soon be beaten by
th?*ir nari've progeny. Let me repeat that
while our Indian corn of itself* mat ^
reckoned, as it hs9 b? en admitted by I2ng*
lish farmer* and gmx-ers, to give us ont
decided advantage over the mother coawfry.
in fattening stock, yotg wooda every where
afford a a fuller ond a richer bite, Hum b ?
to Do fonnd in the narks of English noble,
man. To judge of the rtwuha ofihese ad.
1 vun'ages, 1 am posuaded you k^tNUbaty to
see as I have, some of ?ho >?
vour iinmdedi>#h neighborhood??Copt. IB.
Warfiel?J*s par excetlmce?hit prise belfrf,
Caroline, in an animtil that an English
Parmer would put aside for himself, as
above all price, II< nco there Is no h???ta?
tion in admitting that this state is suited to
this race of cattle. I: Is in fact a com modi,
tv, which may be said to have been manu.
factored for the Kenucky marketj and for
Kentucky alone of all the slave holding
atntrs. Some doubts are entertained, uheth1
or they sill do aa perfectly well io Ohio, II*
hoots, or Indtaee ; because I doubt* or rather
I do not know t!?at they have, but am under
the impression that they have not, your
' never to be too much admired, nor toe ,
j highly valued blue grass gestures^
I Were the views of the Kentucky At nor r
i unci graimf* <aonnn* d to the doinet'ic mar.
k-u of Lrtintfto*, Louieettle, Fntklki^,
Grorgnown, Maysvilh*, and other town*
| within ttie State ; and 10
tagMlioc their .
I beef for exportation, then it la eocceeded
Wtm; their internet might dictate exeufeire
t, * f ' ' '* ' ' ' * J
W? \ . I ?