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CTTho Postage o* jst be uafci^udftcomraunications. , From Young's Annal9 of Agriculture. expebimexts on carrots. By the Rev. Mr. Carter, of Flemplon, Suffolk. .;i T lie soil ort which the f Ho wing trials j were made is sand; fetourfS^tfnbcs d-cp, upon an imperfect clay bofotr.. W 1771.?March I6.h, sowed om> acre with carrot.seed ; April 5th another; April; 5ih another; and Hie jjud the of month a thirJ : four pound df seed per girre. Be- j gan to 1>0H May ncr? ar at lis. 15/but tho w<> plcints so very small and full of w<?ed$i tbat they could not goon by tb?.acre, which oblig-d me to get thorn hood by the day at Is. 5d. u man. Carrots gen> rally cometo tho hot? in seven weeks from sowing. The-reason of mine being longer, i*. apprehend lo be partly from a cold backward spriqg, and partly from the seed being oM. New send is a very material article in order to succeed in j? carrot crop. It will come up a week sooner than {he old seed, and conscquon ly the crop wiff get greek's advantage of the weeds, mach to the benefit of honing, upon , which operation the whole diffi-'Ulty of m succeeding is placed, N. B. it is b< t:cr to sow five puuttds insteucNnf four of seed p< r acre, in order to guard against a bad season or bad sc-d ; and the hoers, from the smullness of ll??? plants, ore more apt to leave too few than too many. As ?: is very difficult to be sure ofg fling now seed from gardeners, it would answer very well to any ooe who intends cultivating cm ro s 10 grow his own seed; this I attempted afterward?, but the hares eating the roois tip. I go it from WethersfiekJ in Essex, where I have always been supplied with good'sond, the the price varying from 6d. to '2s. Gd. a pound. -Hoeing two notes and a half by workmen at I# 4d. a day, cost iwc 3/. 1.4s. or 1 / 2*. per acre. Run thcin over a thirl time by harve si-mcn, worth about 2s. jw ^?ere. * October 10th, began to take ?p the femii Which I dt t our to tlie workmen at three farthings n bushel, toppin r, lading, and measuring included. Mitn. One iJsal/'peBney is good pay for it. and- has "tie * always been token at that price since by the workmen. Product ot the two acres and half. 851 bushels, sold nt 8c/. jv-r bush*el. Ail expenses paid t cleared 201. 1774.?Sowoel one acre and a quarter, March 24th, six pounds seed p r acre; April 10th, three acres'marc 4 12 pound*per acre; bognn to. hoe /nop 1st, nt 30*. per acre, twice hoeing* Afsw- ^Joed about 10 rod per man per day, Juno lit!), loir, rowed one acre afler being ho&Ta week, bat tore up many ^young carrots, arid did considerable damage August 1st, bcgnti to tjpnd.weed by women at Is. per acre.? October 27 b, began to take them up at one halfpenny a bushel/loppiog. &c. inclu led ; finished November _14<h. Total produce 1040 bushels, or 250 |H*r acre. Expenses. . Hoeing ns above, ,?6 7 6 Weeding, * 0 4 3 Taking up, ^ 2 3 4 24 pounds of seed at 2s. 2 8 0, s ' 11 3 1 1000 Bushels sold at 9d. 37 10 0 Reserved 40 bushels, J 1 10 0 m ?? ' 39 0 0 Expenses, 11 3 4 'jW ""*"* Profit, ?W 27 16 M . 0r, per.aere, 6 11 5 Men. My man thinks that six bushels ? of carrots do not more than equal one o1 oats for horses ; in which case the value of carrots is id. a bushel, oats being 2s. 1773-?February* 2nd, so wed,one acre and 20 rod with 10 pounds seed ; bctrnn to hoe May 14th, tho weather turned out very rainy, so thai they could not finish till L tho 29th. Part of it let out at 2d. per rod ^ the first hoeing , the rest by the day, at Is. 4d. a man, cost rather more thun 1 - '* 1 An - I ? ?J" i_ l-Zd. per rou. ? junwj^t; W gun ro noo a second time, at Is. 44. a day; cost 18a. or nol quite I 1-44 per rod, or per acre 16s. 8d First hoeing 1/. Began to take up October 25th, at 1-24. per bushel. Produce 455 bushels, sold at 6d. a bushel. 1779?Began to sow one acre April 22nd. Began to hoe Jue 1st, and continued it occasionally till August. Produce, besides many stolen, 368 bushels : sold to Lord Grosvonor at Newmarket, Tor 84. bushe', paid 24. for carriage, 64. there# foro .nett. * ' 0 The carrots werq given !a hogs moro i ' ' > # 4BMJ JIJVD C, r ^ V v mmmm?mmmmmmammemmnmKmamb?e?at CHER ir 4 . ' . jagaiMMBMgiiMB than once; some seemed to thrive tolerably j u for a time; with otters they were pnjudi- a rial. Upon tho whole, I can value carrots n for, hogs at not more than 3d and riot to be si depended on at any price. They are better s< for horses than for hogs especially for such n as are broken* winded ; but not to be relied it on as a food instead of oats being ehieflly ai to bo considered as a luxury or physic. si In respect to their ?ffoct for succeeding tl crops, the soil is light and sandy, and con- a< sequently very subject to spear grass ir (trilicum repens) *hich hoetng rather in- fc creases than destroys; und I could never I find that the land was in order for barley to lay down with clover, so that f have gener. ally sowed thwn Qjter wheat, in order for 01 the turnips to follow-; aod thve fountj much si labor necessare^t? free the land from the tG spear a word, they can never be introduced in courses, as turnips are ; to sell, they ore highly advantageous, but the ^ demand ts nothing; the culture should, therefore, be confined to a small space of land for the particular uses I have just mentioned.* * Observations. By the Editor. My own experience in the culture of this 8. root is rather diff-rent from my friends, in f1 several particulars 'r but this by no means * impeaches either his practice of mine,-for ni ouf.Soils arc equally different. I have fou(kJ^carrots to clean the hind be t?ar, 1 11 think, than any other crop I cultivate and ! 01 had (he pleasure, two years ago, of showing * h crep-of barley to Mr. Carter after them, ri Irit was absolutely clean. But I am very ,ni little troubled with speat grass, which' cer- n tainlv muf'iples in sand vastly more than 01 in other soils, and "ccounts for the different ^ results of our trials. The gr??nr ohjeef is s' the -vtolUe nfthe root consumed at hom.'.?1 !r Mr.'Carter's expenses may be thusTalculotivJ. " * " ' * Se'-d, five pounds at Is. and sowing)'- *?0 5 6 " I1..n Inff nor nrro. ^ I a, ?'"* l"*t ? * "? I - 1771, ?1 14 0 Ci 1772, 1 11 0 1 14 0 * 1773, 1 16 8 / ;{? Ave rage of the three, J ? bl 1 19 6 b Taking up. a' }<* per bush. crop ot 1771, per acre 283 ' 1772, 250 * 1773, 404 1779, 308 " Average 328 bush, which at P' 1-2/ are, 0 13 7 F Suppose rcut, (See &c. to be 0 10 0 Ci P< ?3 8 1 > I>< The rrop at 326 bushe's, the prime cost P ofthecnriots is something better thnn 2 I1 l-4d. per bushel. Suppose thetn consumed ,r at home, to pay 4d. per bushel, the profit b wouldJhe 1 3-4d? or per "ncre (a? 326 bushejs) 2/ 7s. 04. which woull answer ? perf'-ctly weH. Are thry worth id. ? Fiat - cxpcrimemuvu If ever Mr. Carer makes nny trials lo ^ ascertain this po;n\ 1 hive no doubt of their * b*'ing very Valuable, since no man is more *' accurate or more attentive. A. Y, Jj *1 should observe that Mr. Carter did not Cl draw up this account with any intention of a printing jb but merely for his own pnvato use; w I parsuaded him to let me copy, it for this _ work ; it is accordingly transcribed verbation ,j from the journafebook of his farm. From the Sporting Magazine. if ALLOWANCE or WATER TO HORDES. w It is by no means on uncommon notion ? thai if hors> s nre to be go: into condition for ^ work, they should be allowed to drink but >? a very small quantity "of wa'er. Chi what p physiological basis this opinion is founded, w 1 confers npppnrs to mc a perfect my? ery. t* Nevertheless, as many persons adopt this c treatment, it is fi.ting to notice it. For my * own part, 1 have ever found that it is an o extremely bad plan to stint a horse in his c water, and have consequently always made ? a practice of leaving plenty of it at all tim-t within reach of every horse I have had.? d Of course 1 do not intend to say that when n a horse comet in heated from exercise ho should be suffered to drink, or should ri have a belly full of water ju>t prior S to btting ridden ^ hut if a horae be jra- n tered ad libitum in the morning, he will fi not require to drink again for some hours, c and should never be allowed to do su o then, unle s perfectly cool. Those horses R that are only supplied with a limited quarm- f ly OI WaitT HI a limr, auu an, (iev ? pi nun* ted to slake their lhirst fully, will bu much,} ? more hable to be griped, if at any chance q they should drink th?'ir fill, than those w that are always^suffered to take as much a as nature - dictates ,to thptn: but shou'd " a horse have been hard worked and ti come into his Stable very hot, I would, a afier having seen him welt dried, only b give him a small quantity, for two h reasons ; first, because his eagerness for e, water may lead him to drink more at a time n than is good far him ; and, secondly, be. cause n large quari'ity of water wiH probably g cause him to break out into n cold sweat, ir in which he may remain all night if not ti looked to. After having taken a third, or le less, of a stable pailful of water, he should 2 be kept without any for some time, and then c be allowed to take what ho pleases. YV hen, however, you intend to stint your horses in a this way, do not suffer your groom to offer F him a pailful of water, and to take it from v him when ho has drunk a small portion of k it, but let just tho quantity you wish him to have, and no more, be given to him; he will * then feel to a certain degree satisfied with g what he gets; whereas by taking from him t! ERS' . ~ . ; * , V HE R P W , . .V g- .. .- *? " ** J ' ' V' ? * -*' AW, SQUTH-C AROLIN .. hat lie expects to have, he becomes fretful ud discontented, : In the first instance he lakes u{) his ihmd to slake his thirst with, n tort allowance of whter : whereas in the eond his just expectations are balked in >id career, and his imagination cheated as were in the height bf his employment? ml there is much more in this thnn may be Apposed. Physiologists life well awar?*of ?e connexion existing between the stomal) and the brain ; and those who have not quired into this fact must either do so be* >re they attempt to refute it, or take what have sa d as proved. . : -J- vr [A horse when heated and very thirsty light not to be d? ni?d water altogethor. A nail quantity without doing injury, will nd rocool him, and prepare him the earlier ir a full draught, whilst it adds greatly to ia kn. fraz.l I# ^VIIIJUI I* . . jmmmmw ?.... J From the .Mississippi Farmer. Log hall, January 25,1840. Messrs Editors.?The plan I have fol. iwed of rearing, managing, and fattening wine has been 100 mu<h like inv fellow i.izens, to be able to givn much practical nowIe!g?* on th s subject?a subject of luch greater import to Mississippi than who will be our next*President"?and one inrti neglected. ' I bold that the planters nd fanners, of Mississippi, are better able > Jake care of-'o^k than more northern >unrie*; because our winters are shorter r?d rti'lder, food as easily proritred, and one of us scarcely but has a hand too old r too young, that coul J b<> ecnjdoye.i in idkiug the "pot boil." Much of what I wd]J iy wtl! be nji't at the start, with "too much dubK" i4lime lost," &c., but all the IrouWe and time" U but gain to a sys. imatie farmer. Your bogs should be of some good breed wit w HI mature eatly, arrive nt a fair size, nd firit' i) kindly* This done, provide no.1 Rssary fixtures for boiling for, nnd housing ock. "There are no ummuls which delight tore in. a dean, and comfortable place to c down in, and none that cleanliness lias a ttcr effect upon with respect o their thriv. !g and feeding,"?N. E. ^Farmer of '31. 'lie atiention of an aged or infirm negro ill do the balance, if food be provided. I know of no befer plan of rearing an<! mnaging swine than that of Col. V. C. H. ut)lwln*d in ihe 3d No. of ih" Mississippi ' miner, so far up it goes. Very few sows in ra ae pri fitably alfthe pigs, more es. j nefally young sows. I hd?e for several is rs been an advocate for des'royng a artol'everv Inter when there were too many gs. Don't let tows breed under twelve wnths: to prevent this, if you keep hogs i an enclosure, keep the boar in a lot to mself, and turn sows in to htm. In w inter feed hogs on boiled corn soured, r on hasty pudding, or gruel; in summer ivo them 'he run of n grass pasture, well d on >quus':es, cucumbers. and general rcjso of the gurdon : ho?8 will fatten on quashes winter or summer?rotten cotton pod is a good food if Otherwise attended to ; eep salt where hogs can get it Qny time, 'he usual -moJo of fee ling hogs on dry nrn is the worst and most extravagant of I plans ; it would be be.tor to soak it in aiter several days until soft, and' soured -and keep a suppl) ahead of at least three a>s*s.).tk. But the best plan is to boil all food, and slightly acidulated, still better. Hogs ill fit-It'*r faster on parsnips or millet, than n co n ; the first will not make the best aeon bu? eah soon be made equal, by feed f C II ig on corn or m*<ai. II every niriner wiii reparo for stock, the cost and trouble ill not be felt. Hogs will, after ti litil \iuhl , eat ground nrtiehok'-, pnrsn ps, ?rrots, b< ots, urntps squashes ^lri^<h nd sweet po aloes, null't, 8>?me f hem wi hoot any pr pnration, These an all he'raised here cheaper than any rhere I huve ever been. An old negro enn boil enough in half a ay to feed a stock for a week, and is with o more trouble than giving them corn. i John D. G'llmrd in. an article to the Agicultural Society of Pondlcton District, louth Carolina, says that, he tri? d the usual iode of feeding Ijol's, and found it! waste j| ; h" then tried for three years boiled orn and peas : ho then commenced the use f corn meal, "and although the weather had ot much more severe, they fuaened much tsier and|*vat still less." Ho fed 'ight quirts of corn per day? J&gs "fell away fastthen ook "four uurts of corn meal boiled in ten quir.s of rut'r unul reduced to eight quarts," salt dde J?remained in a vessel one day? and in one week from this day this pracce was adopted,they locked much better: nd from that time increased in flesh." Ho elicved if he had continued the corn, one ulf would huve died. Many of your road rs well know the standing of this gentle, inn. B tnjamin Colmin of Spottsylvanin, Virinia, in 1821, used millet boiled, or in mool, t fattening hogs ; their increase was aswishing on a triul between corn and milit, the one fed on the latter in^p'as'd as 8 2 3 to 122-3 in fifteen duys. See Amerian Farmer, Vol 3. Tite Rev. Benjamin Colman in an rticlo published in the New York firmer of October 1834, makes n ariety of statements in regard to different in#!., r\f fXrvft tlln nria numiriinunl PACpnl. I IIIU'l Wl IWWVJ, til UIIVJ VA|H IIIIIUIII |vyvii?r made of*giving swine raw meal mixed ritii water, I have found a fulling off*in their ain of nearly Ifalf compared with g'ving leir food cooked, as boiled potatoes. ?f * * * Cr A. 2 r ? jj * A, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, carrots, mixed with m^al while hot; tfio results being in a stye con'nininga number of swine, us 239 ro 500*" TIk* Hon. John Lowell says ; "I have taken two pigs of one hundred pounds each, age six months, and never was able between May and November, to ge? them above one hundred and eighty, rarely above one hundred and seventf. 1 have taken three pigs of about thirty pounds each, und on the same food which 1 gave to the two, th?*y would wigli one hundred and eighty pounds each in thesame period thereby advising that m be put up to fat en at an early age. The Rev. Mr. Colman sums up with, *'I believe in all cases cooked food will have a decided advantage over thai which is given in a raw st ue; an advantage more than equivalent to die labor und expense of its. preparation." A writer in (he New York Farmer of *31, w ho signs himself a "Scientific Farmer," mentions a fact conclusive. A neighbor had Tied two seasons o fatten a hog with a large frame, but had each time, after feeding the worth of the hog, b?? n compelled to give it up. "A Scientific Farmer" bought him, nnd r>v the use of corn meal aud potatoes boiled, and occasionally pumpkins , ..I ! J * louse n:s worus, "no tateica asiumsning\y? Jesse Burl of Albany, Now York, one of the beS' formers of any age, estimates "the actual expense of fattening hogs thus, upon tu'c refuse of die farm crop, is fifiy to sever: ty.fi vcp'-r cent, icss than feeding with dry corn." fie, feeds with small refuse potaloci and meal briih-d?says he eon boil" thirty gallons completely in eighteen minutes." Richard Peters of Pennsylvania, a gen tieman of no less reputation as a judge, than as a tanner, says, in December i23? sour food is the most grftcftil .nnd alimentary to swine, one gallon of sour wash, goes fartltcr than *wo of sw?<t." Vide Mrmoirs of the Philadelphia Society for prompting agriculfurr, Vol. 1, page$2& I have now given you the facts from several S a es, from practical men, and from riusi oi reputation?gentlemen wl\pse edu. cation, and in ellept placed them far above their Mows?and' all agree feeding iu^ an open pen on corn and water to be wasteful : ti;ev furtiirrmore ngrue that hogs will fatten luster in u clean, warm, dry stye, fed on slops, whether cooked or not. Nearly every writr from any potion of our land, wi?h a I irg number (whose writings I have sC'-ri) 11 oiii Europe, speak of cooked lead as cheapest in the end. I have tried the boiled, soun d, and the plan my father fofc lowed, r give preference to the first?the s> cond fur bo lore the lust, and the road my fatlter travelled is sup", bir like the road to. m il?Micro is out: by the sije of it shorter and much better. The length of this article w ill lire many of your readers ; so lot it be ; but I trust it will excite the attention of a few whose energy and enterprise wdl inducn th??ir? to try; Hogs are tidily f?tten<-d. Let every l-irmopplant more potatoes than he will ex pect to ca. ; lay aside the inferior for bis hogs,cattle and horses; plant a large gar. d'*n, have it well filled wiih parsnips, currots ? * - . i UCfqr, caoongp anu squnsrw s, or pumpivos, i squash* s, pimfers and peas, in hiscnno [or eorn] 6-Id; and 1 venture :ho asser ion that next y- ar be will read with pleasure an article even longer tlv?n this. Yours, M. VV. PHILIPS. From the Mississippi Parmer.. . Log Hull February 11,1840. . Messrs. Editors :?Having ilrs day received a letter from an extensive importer of blooded stock, and belitving that the contents will prove accep able to many of your readers, 1 subjoin as much thereof as is though: necessary : '* The prise of sto. k, especially catlle and strep. depends so much upon their va~ rious qualifier tions, that it is difficult to give you a smisfar-ory reply on this head. Good ' Herd Book" pedigrees constitute a great part of the value of short horns. I attended two large sales, in Yorkshire, (Eng.) viz t J. Coiling, nnd the Eirl of Carlisle at Castle Howard. The entire herds, including bulls, cows heifers, and calves averaged about ?75 each?8360 dollars. One cow, nme years old, was sold for 3*^0 guineas?$1600 dollars. YVe however engaged to pu> down hen1, (New lli inuiK f.:i V hcif.Tu in rnlf nt S?filch 1 cows at "bout $650 to 700; young bulls $400 to 600. All will) full M Herd Book" {) digrtes. In *h?'ep, too, there ig a great difference in price; some of tin* celebrated ram breeders, hire out rams at $200 to 350 p"r season.* Tli -y tfen-rnlly average at ?20, in lots of 60 .>ti'i 100 ; scarcely any are let for less thm J&8 to 10. Those rams that we have imported, have been sold for $100 to 150 each. Kwes $50 to 60,?all Soil.h Down breed." Berksh re pigs we sell at $50 per pair. ^ . Cannot some of < ur fellow citizens he induerd to become importers, some who have the money, ?rid wish to do gOod fof their S ate ? Even :f interest must stir tnem up, they cannot make a better investmoot; good stork inbst be procured in Mississippi; they will he her*, and will be the great lever ;o raisesus from our wretchod state. Tne writer of lie above letter re" turns direct to England, and will fill nnv or ders; will ei hor lake co ton and purchase with pruce&ds on commission, or will deliver in Now Orleans ar stateifyrices. A Idler vviH roach him in a few days in Nasbvill*, Tenn., he scon fetwis to New j!fe * M, r wprii Vv id JCi Jt Jr T I ZE ?. 1840. 1 " * "* * " -^ * Orleans on his way. Mr. S-. Wait is the I gentleman?he will give referrences sat'S-*. \ factory in the w ?st, or elsewhere. I feel J very anxious to mre some of the pure stock 1 in this country.. -I want the people at farge to see the immense difference, and could I v control the means, i would risk ail loss*-* in y?it and rejoice at the opportunity.' $ +8utkccss attend your effort^ is the wish- l< ?f>.ywurs, &cl r M. W. PHILIPS. t N. B.?J. Colling is the celebrated bree.. 1 d? r who sold "-Comet" some years since k: lor f0OO guineas. ? SILK CULTURE.^ ^ I . -s *r ? # * ' - ' a TBB DOMgjtTtC COCOOIfERY. > S It is expected that during tho season of 1 184(1, great numbers of persons will desire 1 to try experiments in feedmg silk worm*, s ' i . &i t? anu to enaDie tn?*m ro ao so upon inn hkwj economical plan, we have prepared the loU 1 lowing directions for fitting up and conduct- ^ ing a domestic coconery. Entire confidence ' may bo placed in ail the estimates and cuL 1 culat.ons, as ifrey oru founded upon the re- 4 suits of tictoal and JodicioOs praciice, boih ' of European nnrfAmerican culttfrlsts 1 The j EJnor of this Journal lias been able to'" es- 1 tabfisn a set of simple principles or elements, ( deduced from the'practice above alluded to, ' of numerous individuals, which will enable ^ any person to make bis calculations without ' difficulty, viz; . ! 1st. Tlie average Weight of lenVes that ' oaclvmorus multic.ntfiis tree will afford dur- 1 ing ltd first season's growth, on land orfair qu a I ity^ and the trues planted four feet by one apart, is One pound. * . 1 21. The average quantity of leaves con; 1 sumed by each worm during Us life, is one 1 ounce. - ', ' 3d. The space of shelf occupied by the .) worm* is ns folh>\vs: ^ , 1 Dur'g. tho Isfag?, 1,000 w's. oc*y. | of-a sq. ft' , ** 2d age, i* " ' 3-4 ** i% " 3d i?g<S u "' ** 2 sq. ft. 4 ** - -4th ago, ** "** ? ** 6 * * y ? 1ih age, M " # 18 * M ' 4th. Tluee thousan 1 worms will make One bushel of cocoons 5. One bushel of cocoons will mnke one ! pound of raw silk, ready for market. 6 th. One pound of cocoons will produce one ounce of eegs. ij - Ti us, 1,000, worms the first yean these ' will require 288 squaro feet of shelf, or 8 j shelves, 12 feet long and 3 feet-wide. They wiH produce bushels of cocoons, or the snnto number of pounds of merchantable" "raw silk. l T.;cse simple elements, and nil calcula. j -Imnr. rni,n,Lul nn ihoin if miltl linrfW* in 1 Hujia (uunvi' u vu ??.! .?, ^ w -v. .? ... Untiid, refer exclusively to \hc ?uifura I system; that wt ic h all persons yill practise in a do. raesiic cocoonery. Any common room may be jlled for the * cocoonery. It.oughrj however, to have one or more windows on finch side, nod if it i have n fireplace, it will bo all the better lor I it. Tlio second story of tho house will be better for the worfns than the first, though it ts not so convenient for the attendants. ? Jf it be d< sired to fit it up temporarily for the cocoonery*the following plan will answer every purpose, without the least injury to the watis, or any thing else ; and after the cocoons ore gathered, the shelves can bo removed, and the lumber used for o her purposes. Suppose the room to be 20 feet long, and 16 feer wide. Make three trestles, such as Ciirocntcrx use. out ofscunthnfr. 3 feet Ions, 1 foot high, with 4 logs. Set one in the middle, and one near each end of one aide of the room, and Jay upon them 3 pkwk, j 1G feet loop, and 1 foot wide; thus making a temporary table, 16 feet long and 3 1eet wide. A tin pnn car* be phced under eich foot of ihe trestles, to be kept full of water to prevent nnta and other vermin from geti ting upon iheahelves They can bo obtain, ed 'very cheaply at every tin shop, and are effectual preventives of such evils.' A socond shelf may be placed upon the first, by fixing the trestles directly over those below, and a third, fourth, fifli und sixth in the same way. The trestles should be made to stand firmty^pnd level, witb the ksgs expanded, that they may act as braces to s:eady tho range of shelves. Thd |)larxk need not be nailed down, if it be an object not to injure them; but the shelves would he more steady and firm if this were done. ' In setting up these shrives, a space ought to be Kt between them and tho wall, to prevent ants, &c getting upon them from that " quarter; a few inches will bo sufficient* In j a room of the above dimensions then, we sj.all have throe ranges of shelves, 16 feet long, 3 feet wide, with an alley of 3 feet be' twecn each range, &c. and a space at each end.to pass freely. If we put 6 shelves in each range, we shall have 10 shelves, 10 by 3 f? ot .each, and these will contain 48,000 worms. The j plank fclHves should be covered with old newspapers or any other waste paper. The management of the silk worms on . this plan, may be hs follows':.?Expose tire e%2* 'o hatch in the usual manner. Pay no a'ten'ton to those that hqtch the first day.'? Phase that hatch on the second day, should be placed on the first Wh#o of sbr.htes; those that hatch on the third dny, on {Ire second range ^ and those that hatch on the fourth cloy, on* the third range. Pay do attention to tho few that hatch after the fourth day, they aro too dilatory to bo pro*! fraiiIn the yqung worms are very easily re-1 rnoys(? fVom the batching table, by laying j swmH muItHTry leaves upon thcmf'and whwf j ; they cltiob to take c?-zb '17* ? f ^ ~J? ~ k S%&* 4- .'. ~4.>V ^.. -- ' i . ^ . V * * ? ' * 'y ..: . NUMBEitlS; eaf by the stem, and lay it on tho .shelf vhere you want the warms. Feed tbtf roung worms.by laying on them a few fres'r eaves four or five times a day, or oftener, f they consume them, or lite leaves become rilted.. During Ihe first age; if the leaves ,re large, they cnay.dw torn, or cut ,jpto mall pieces, ;: but if you have plen'y of? eaves, It is not necessary, Afterthey havo nouhed the first time, lay on leaves, And vhen the worms hieeome attached to them,) ift them by the stems and lay them on a :!pan place on the, shelf, allowing then? i bout three times as much space as they oc* :upied before. .You m&jrjriteu clear off the . !ndf previously, occupied by them. The tame operation may lie performed after lite econd, third and fourth moultiogs; catena ~ * ag the spice they qocupv #ch ttmVas in ha first, afid clearing onthe fitter in the tame way. In feeding the wprmiVifBm the beginning o the end, it is of importance, (hot they be ed often and in smalt quantities. It you ay on too much fond, a considerable perion will be wasted; but thai is the least cop. ijderation?the shelves will become loaded villi rubbish, which will render it necessary o clear thf,m oftenr We fiavp always found t. to be a gQod plan to keep the attendant aniiinualjy feeding?always passing.along be shelves \vi h a basket of leaves, and whenever any of the worms life found with* lut food, or nearly so* lay on a few leaves, ar.'Fthus keeping thrfLypfrrenunl'v eating fresh leaves, We kmfiRSlft the practice, ?!?,?. iinino.i?illl> (X r.iA.I ?f? dtl'fl'l tinlln. AiliiUol lamtji iu ui Oiu VH ?ihrueiirr^s a day, or fb.ur.or-five, and to Weigh the Wave*, giving at each fiieding, a certain quantity; but ail our experience ?oes to prove i:s inrproprfcjv. Late at night it full i*>|!}?JyOT leaves, according fo tf5**ir age, ougttt to he given thorrv, tlijf they rtl^v teivo'plenty .duriiigihe night. S; range us it may npfr*ar, xn.any persons suppose tho. worms do not eat mueiv at night; the truth " $ is, they eat rather more aj rvghtihun in tho 3fty.*i?x\ as do nH,c;4crpi1Jj/? J and they ought either-t<? he lid occasionally during the/light orjtavc a supply given ihcm <$fat night sufficient to last them riU morningv - Wet leaves should not be given to silk worms, nor those having sand or dirt ou them, If rt cannot be qvoided during lonjJ ruins, neoesStfy of course will compel the feeding.\Viih wet leaves; and generally,this may do no harm ; but I have seen very !arge quantities of. worms destroyed by it. ft should always be avoided, if possible. The moulting oCthe worms will occur Tour time*, but-unless clos }y observed, and the several day's bUtcbmgs have not boon kept carefully separate, these changes vviiI bo ssittcely.ri'ottecd. The times of moulting v&fyi jmc??r?ifpg to the treatment the worths receive'. If fully fed, -and a pro pes tempemuirelte kept-in. the room, thoy will moult nboui every 5 or 6 days'; if u contrary prac. tiot; be pursued, (hoy may dp so every 7, 8, or 0 days. If each day's lurching have bdeu k?pt by themselves, mi-1 :hey have all been properly fed, all dip worms of one hatching will generally moult about tho samo time,"(aid, they should not bo fpd while thry are lp the moulting state. Thayer per. alfy, remain in this state Iro.m'fS to^M hours. An soon as rhcy rn\ iv* they shntrm. be fed, 03 a?3jve directed. wiih large leavc^ o^pven branches, ns soon ni they nttacfy themselves to the loaves, t^ey should ho re. mowed to a c!eart slick' li is frenuenilr tfte C'i^P thai only a par: of h-m iflo'ull ore day, and the balance tho cm*jp, la this c<*fc, the two wouJjings shoufa tie^cirrkjj'to separate shelve s, and thu&'fce'kcpt separate in future, ns tlicy will otherwise n it ?p.:o cocoons regularly. As the apace occupivd hy the WqVots must necessary be expended as the worms grow, the most convenient iinio for doing it ts after each moulting.-^. And if tlvis .be properly done, all the worms on each shelf can be made to spin at the seme time, and thus save the attendsot mueh inconvenience, To eflect if, ?li jfrot is necessary, is to separate the severe! d$V hatchings, and at each moulting to cirtlcct all that revive at one time, nod place them by themselves. Jtho observe thr.s precaution trill bo pni>i hr their atrcg. fion. *x; ' * ."** After tho fourth moukfogj iT rgu* have * # plenty of trees!, nfftd ;4<Kf!pt care dbout <tV? waste ofcutting?j:>Yo^ig^| cut off smsA * branches wiih the letjjyofjcm, anffloy them on the slielv^a. 4ii fedojng in this way, you can save much t:mo, the leaves beep from willing longer, and more worms ctm be accommodated on tho game space. Tho branches shoul f be laid first across fh j shelf, say six inches apart; nt the next fend, ing they would be laid tengtliwiso of tho shelf; and the next, crosswise ngnin, and -a ft?irtwnn/ii-APCtv*ico on, I Linrttkiiiivt, SU UiJ OUCiilu?VJ^ tiUMWiwv uuu r?u^r||?v>ou at each feeding, so that the pile; may form a mass of crib* work, affording n fret; passage fojr the air, and accommodation for the worms, ?Bto which foey.^l descend, 'o form ccouw TtefSjections to this plan on; tint in dimp wwllfcr the ninss of rubbrsji and dung of the worms, is apt to fr>r. meM, and thus prodiicc disease; ard ufso tiie lupfo tow of iho cocoons is lost, as ?t hr-. comes so filled ui;h dirt and fragments of leaves, that it is not worth saving, ft is beiiored, however, thai t!to value of this tow is lcssth.tn the trouble of the ordinary ffv. turesfir the worms to spin 911 is worth.? The wr/ter bflfiesc rrnarkvniiscd his siik worms one season on this p?nn,and tfic ta> * coons produced wore erpitd to ant he ever iaked, Qnrc jriiptjld be observed in feeding in thU wtt*\ not to lay on so many lrapeh*-a as r?rsa the pile toohigh; as if it approach r ?-a: tho leftdm oftho sheIf above, tx-foro ?'-? "-j-n)* r.re real? to spin, ii * *!? be v:r7 ' * - j?k