Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, January 23, 1839, Image 1
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PEE DEE FARMER.
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M. MacLean, Editor and Proprietor. C1IERAW S. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1839. Vol. IV. No._l? '
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ications . . I <
Notice. J
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber are [
requested to make immediate payment. t
Boots and Shoes will continue to be made o
tho best Northern leather that can be procured <
by experienced workmen and sold for cash.? I <
Persons who may make accounts will consider ?
them payable and due on sight.
DANIEL JOHNSON. , r
Cheraw, Jan. 1, 1839.
7 tf ]
Fresh Garden Seed, j ?
A Fresh supply, of 1838. just received and L
for 6a le bv
A._P. LACOSTE. s
Jan. 17, 1939. s
9 if t
For Sale. {;
THE Subscriber offers for sale iter former 11
residence in Marlborough District situated ^
? ? i. ?j__., d
near EasterKngs's Mills. There are one uunareu
acres of prime land, seventy acres of which aro
cleared and under fence. On the premises are
a comfortable dwelliug and suitable out build,
ings. This property will be so' 1 low on a credit
of one and two years. Whoever wishes to j
purchase may be assured that a good title will be a
given. For farther information apply to myself j
or to Mr. Brown Brvan.
ANN BURN.
Jan. 16, 1839. 9 if
Wines, p
JUST received and for Cliampaigne, j
Madeira, Teneriff, Sic:!;.', Port, Muscat.
Hoc ajid Malaga Wines, and tor sale by
/ JOHN MALI.OY & Co j
November 2Sth, 163s5.
2 lf_ A
Hats& Caps.
|T^/k Cases fashionable lints & Caps,tju j y
received and for sale low by
J. MALLOY & CO.
November iJSth, 133?. u
2 tf_ __
Carpenters Tools.
AN additional snpplyjust reev'd. which makes i
ray assortment verv good,
D. MALLOY.
March 5'h, 1333. 17?tfgj
Broad Cloths Cassimerse and
<Satinettes.
WILL 6e sold very cheap. Persons wanting
bargains will please call and examine my _
Stock. D, MALLOY. f
52tr. c
Apples. a
60 bushels Limber Twig mountainApples, K ?
25 ? Sifted Meal,
For sale by
A. P. LACOSTE.
October 24th, 1833.
49
Notice.
WILL be received in a few days a hand
6ome extension top Barouche with seati
for six grown persons 4 inside and 2 out, an
excellent article for a family and well adapted to 8
Southern Roads being light built. Also a neat
Family Carriage, light and in complete order
Also a second hand 2 horse Barouche, all or
either ot wh.ch will be sold on good tonus.
Apply to
BROWN BRYAN. p
Nov. 7th, 1838. *
51 tt v
i { 0
N. B. Persons who may wisti to purcua:v?m
groes may hear of a few on application to |an?
Bacon and Lard
JUST reoeived, and for 6aIo Jow for cash
6000 lbs. well cured Baltimore bacon, consisting
of Hains, Shoulders, and Sides; also 500
Iba. leaf lard in 50 lb Kegs.
D. MALLOY. 1
July 20th, 1838. f
37 tf f
l ish.
MACKEREL, Codfish and Salmou.
Tor Sale by '
D. MALLOY. (
Nov. 8,1837. 25 tf. 1
South Carolina. 1
|?Alexander May Applicant vs. James C. Mas.
eey Sarah his wife, Pleasant II. May, James D.
Cash and Mary B. his wife, the children of 1
Wm. B. May Deceased, Hampton B. Hammond i
and Rosa E. bis wife defendants. I
( It appearing to my satisfaction that all the (
above named Defendants reside without the
limits of this State, it is therefore ordered that
the said Defendants do appear bofore me in the
Court of Ordinary to be held for Chesterfield
District, on monday the 17th day of February
neat to object to the sale or division of tho Real
Estate of Peter May Esq. Deceased, or their
consent will be entered of record.
TURNER BRYAN, Ord'v.
c: D.
Dec. 16, 1838.
6 6t
Assigned Estate.
A.M.nflinil UTT/>IIJ?I T |
Jill VlliiJJU uttuaccu, \ti a m
his in lifetime make an assignment to me
of all bit estato both real and personal of every
description for the benefit cf his creditors as set
forth in the assignment. This is therefore to request
all persons who are indebted to the snid
Shadrach Mitchell to come forward and make
payment without delay and ,all persons having
demands against him will bring tbtm properly
attested within the time prescribed by law or
they will not be attended to.
D. S. HARLLEE, Assignee.
December 12th, 1839.
4 ?t
?<a?I'M inwwaManBMwwwgan11
Molasses. *
U 1,11 DS. Prime Trincdad Do Cuba Mo.
-H- ^-^lasscs, just received, and for sale by
I). MALLOY
tl?. 1838.
Marlborough Academy.
THE exercises of this flourishing; Insiitution
will recoimncnco on the second Monday
in January next, under the direction of
Mr. Charles M. T. McCauley as Principal in the
Male, and the Miss Simpsons in the Female dcpartment.
In the Male department a general course of
studies will be embraced, calculated to prepare
young men for admission into any of tho most
respectable Colleges.
In the female department a thorough course
af English studies, embracing a variety of Orna..
nental branches will ha pursued, together wun ;
.he French, and perhaps other languages if ne- ,
sessary. and music.
The scholastic year will embrace two sessions
>f 22 weeks each. The tuition for each of which
vill be required in advance ; nor will allowance
>e made for any other thau unavoidable with.
Irawals.
The rates of tuition are various according to;
jrade, but perhaps more reasonable than at any
>tbcr Institut ion of equal respectability in the j
;tate. Whilst Board may be attained in the best ,
louses, Public or Private at from $7 to ?10
irr month. j
These literary facilities presented in tho Vil.
age of Benncttsville, distinguished for health, [
norulity, sociability and refinement, the Board
fTrustces confidently deem sufficient to induce
xtensive patronage.
To the surrounding country, to whose liber- !
lity and patronage each department of the Intitution
is already indebted for its commodious
truclure and eminent respectability tho Board
liink it unnecessary to make an appeal, as icadi.
y might they suppose that a luxury when oblined
would not be enjoyed : but to those who I
i absence of such facilities have to seek them
broad, this advertisement is more particulorly
irected. ( 1
JAMES C, THOMAS, ; |
Secretary Board Trustees, i <
Benncttsville, S. C. Dec. 20, 1838. i
Tho Fayettcville Observer will please insert (
le above until next February and prescut its
ccount to B. D. Towuscnd, Treusurec.
0 Gt 1
Wanted.
A good draught and saddle horse. En-1
uire at this office. ,?
Blacksmiths Tools. \
4 good supply on hand, of every tiling in the 1
line, for sale at a small advance above oc j |
D. MALLO Y. i
larch 5th 1838. 17?tf .
A House and Lot for Sale: j1
JjJ \ IIE Subscriber offers"for sale his residence, i (
ii together with a tract 50 acres of land, < '
pon which ?t is located. !
Society Hill, Dec. 10, 1838.
T. P. LIDE. !
4r.
Corn Meal.
A supply of fresh ground corn meal, confjfiL
stantiy on hand, and for sale by j
D. MALLOY.
A-Til 18th, 1838.
23 tf j
Sale by Auction.
rHE Subscriber will 63 1 by public Auc- !
tion, at Mr. McKenzie'e Auction Room in j
Jheraw, on Tuesday the 15th inst., various I
rticles of Dry Goods of direct importation from
Ianchester, consisting of
80 Pr Blankets,
20 Ps Welsh Flannel,
300 P Fancy Prin
a handsome assortment or casnmere,
Toilnet, Swansdown and Marseilles Vest. '
?ff.
A lot of large and elegant Shawls,
Muslin and Lace collars.
The salo will continue, until all is sold.
Terms. Note at six months with approved
ecuritv.
DOXALD MATHESON.
January 2, 1839.
8 It |
ID"* Owing to reasons not heretofore antici. |
atcd the above sale will he postponed until tho ;
3J inst. when a general assortment of Hard- j
far-', just roceircd from Birminghum will be j
fibred.
D. M. !
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Pigs a.\b Piggertes. i
The improvements which ure annually
aking place in Agriculture, are seen and
eh as much in the attention that is now
>aid to the rearing and fattening of good
arm slock, as any thing.
We are pleased to see that the Flog
:omes in for a share of the attention, and
:hat there seems to be at this moment a pe:uliar
enquiry throughout the whole Union,
what breed is the best, and how can they
30 best and most profitably managed ?
The increased culture of roots, enables
those who raise large quantities of them to
multiply tne tenants 01 ine stye, inaamucn i
as 1hcy are enabled to feed them and keep |
them in a healthy growing state at a cheap
er rate in many regions, by feeding them i
with these, than they can by grain. The
hog seems to be a sort of omnivorous ani.
mal, that is like his friend, protector, mur.
derer and devourer, man, he can eat almost
any thing ; but the food which appears to
be most congenial to him, is roots, nuts and !
seeds or grains.
That roots were designed to enter large, i
ly into his diet, is plainly indicated by the
formation of his snout and his habits of
using it. Give him a chance and nc will;
soon demonstrate to you that he not only
knows where to 6nd them, hut how to dispose
of them.
Th^trtirn nftf. ?n well calculated to fatten
* U4 V wv- ?
him as they ai4 to give him health and
strength?to keep him alive and active;
but they are a very useful ingredient in the
fattening process, and when combined with
grain, may enter largely into his diet while
prepariug him for slaughter
Fruits also, are vfery grateful to his pa.
late, and apples are now coming very gen.
\ crally into use, as an article of food for the
i swine of the farm. Cooking his food, whatever
it may be, has been found by expcri.
? nee to be a great improvement. Hence
| any one who may be desirous of rearing
and fattening pork to the best advantage,
should prepare a piggery or building, devoted
exclusively for t;iis business. The
sty'c an i fashion of this build.ng need not
be verv snlendid. though cverv one mav
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consult his own taste and means, in regard
to it. Three requisites, however, should
be attended to, viz :?It should be convenient?it
should be warm?it should be tight
and dry. The size should be according'to
the number that you wish to keep. As a
general rule in building or enclosing, a circle
will take the least stuff, and a square48c
next less quantity, and a paralleHograin
more than either. For instance, a circle
twenty leet in diameter, will require nearly j
sixty three feet of fence or boards to enclose
it. A square twenty feet cnch way, !
wilt require eighty feet, this will contain a
little more area than the circle ; but a para!-1
lellogram which shall contain as much
area as the square (400 feet) say forty feet!
wide, will require one hundred fuel to en- i
close it.
A circle is somewhat difficult to con- j
struct, but a square is very easy. Suppose I
you erect a building twenty feet square and
have your pens on the outside?three of
the sides wiil give you space enough to accommodate
and feed 30 swine. You can i
have your wood, steamers, boilers and va's,
in the twenty feet room and feed them all
without going out of the room by having a
lid or trap door to lift up and give you a
chance to die thoughts. Jf you can have it
placed on the side of the bill where water i
can be obtained easily, and have a cellar
dug into the hill, the floor of which shall be
on a level with the floor of your boiling
room, it will be very convenient, but if not,;
a cellar below may be made in the usual
manner and a granary in the chamber j
above.
come years ago there was a crmmunt- ;
cation published in the American Farmer,
from Air. Ingersoll of Roxburv, and subse- j
cjucntly in the Farmeranci Gardner, respecting
the management of a piggery, which
gives the most systematic and methodical
manner of managing swine that we have
anywhere seen, and we shall publish it soon !
for the benefit of some of our readers, who s
wo know are seeking information on this
subject.?Maine Farmer.
From the Maine Faimer.
every family should keep a pig.
Mr. Editor,?I am not much of a farm,- I
er.but have done something at it, and will, !
ivhh your leave, through the columns of |
your valuable paper, givo your readers a ;
statement of my success in . aising pigs.
I believe the business of pork raising, is ,
not sufficien ly attended to by most of our ,
farmers, an* the principal cause is, they do 1
not reckonjtk profi's or calculate the difference,
between raising pork anJ the J
difference, between raising pork and ,
Deel. i'ork is notonty raised in less man .
half the time lliat is required to raise beef, J
but i' yields a niucli larger profit.
In July of 1836, I purchased a sow pig, j
for which I pnid 82, which I still keep. She 1
has been principally fed on wheat slops and ;
swill that has been made about the house, :
and has had n thing else, except while she i
had a litter of pigs upon her. She run in
the pasture three or four months in the
summer. The whole expense of keeping
her including taxes, interest, &c., has not
exceeded 25 dollars to the present time,
and the first litter of pigs she brought, all
ditd. The second litter of nine, were sold
in August, at 82 00 each. 818 00
The 3d litter of nine?(2 died)
T sold in February, 1833, at 83 21 00
The 4;h litter of eleven sold in
August, 1833, at S2, 22 00
The sow is now worth 30 00
The interest on the money receivcd
for pigs, would bo about 3 00
894 00 I
^ ? + 1 I 9
Lied net for cos: and Keeping 01
sow &c. 25 00
. i
Profit, 809 00 I
It should also be observed, that the last 1
litter of pigs might have been sold for 83
each, but as that is a very high price and I
was fortunate in losing none of them, I let
my neighbors have them at two.
This, .Mr. Edror, I think is a fair state- !
r.ient of the facts, and the expense of keep,
ing is as h'ghly rated as it should be, for I *
do not thmk that five dollars worth of food :
has been given her, except swill from the
house, that would have been otherwise ;
thrown away.
Now Mr. Editor, should not every f.imi- !
ly keep one pig at least, to eat up the ofTal j
that is so frequently thrown out of doors,;
especially by persons who reside in villa- ;
gesaud large towns ?
The only way to relieve nara umc^, i3
by production or by enconomising what is
already produced. M. M.
j Bangor Bee. 1838.
I
! From the Yankee Farmer.
| SWAMP >IUD FOE MANURE.
Swamp mud applied on an upland loam,
| gravel, or sandy soil, will pay the expense
j of labor in removing it, two for one the first
j year, as the statement of facts hereafter an.
! nexed fully proves.
Last fall a farmer carried several loads
j of muck on to a knoll of 1 oam, and put it in
' one heap. In the spring, prior to planting
; corn, the muck was spread and ploughed ;
under. The crop of corn, where the muck |
J was spread, was large ; I thought larger j i
! than where barn yard manure was put. A j <
; neighboring farmer has made use of muck j j
for several years. The first year he thought >
| it equ d to barn yard manure, and its effects i i
j were perceptible a much longer time. The | I
i soil on which the muck was used by anoth- t
| cr neighboring farmer, for manuring corn ; i
( in the hill, which was used in the following 5
manner: A row of each alternately, one J i
i of muck, one of barn yard manure, and one ; j
j of hog manure, fie assured me the corn <
manured with the muck was much the best. \ s
The soil, a sandy loam. . l
A farmer in New York had four acres of c
gravelly loam, of equal quality, which he *
! planted with corn. Prior to planting the <
! corn, he applied fifty loads of muck pert t
j acre, on two acres ; these two acies pro- j ^
duced Jnm one hundred and hccnty bushels; I '
the other two yielded liini only sixty bush, j *
els. The next spring these four aeres were a
sowed with oats and grass seed. Ti.e oats s
were more than twice as large on the two r
acres dressed with muck, as they were on ! v
the other two. The grass for the four sue. P
ceeding years produced in much the same j s
ratio. Many other similar improvements j n
might be related. It is presumed that every ' d
intelligent and industrious farmer will he j e
satisfied of the utility of muck as manure. ;
Th :se farms which are interspersed with j ^
swampsof muck, and uplands either of loam,: e
sand or gravel, may he made at an expense J ''
offrom live to ten dollars per acre, capable c
of paying an interest, annually, of one bun- j *"
dred dollars per acre. It is thought that j a
ten dollars, expended with economy, will in 1 n
most circumstances, be sufficient to cart and ti
spread one hundred loads of swamp manure j''
on an acre. ?
Those who own forms, situated as just j f'
stated, now valued at S'25 per acre, have j ft
only to say the word, and go forward, for la
one or two years, to convince themselves , h
and their neighbors that they have farms j ci
intrinsically worth one hundred dollars per
acre. : tj
Why so ? it may be asked. Because iliey , b
u ill pay a nett prolit over and above all ex ; o
pcnses, amounting to the interest of one si
hundred dollars. j ti
Look for a moment at the statement of i b
the New York farmer above, lie tells you j p
he applied fifty loads of muck per acre, in , d
the spring, (though the fa1! is a better time, r<
and the muck is better 10 be laid on lands f p
in the fall,) which cost him five dollars. On o
ihis acre he had an excess of corn thirty ! I
bushels; at 50 cents per bushel, which ( a
would leave $10, nearly enough to pay the p
interest ol $150, ut 7 per cent., and this | s
only the first year. It is worthy of consid- ! r
eration that bv taking the muck from the j a
lowlands, ditches maybe made or improved, I c
so that low lands will produce a bountiful ti
crop of timothy and red top, &c. It is de- ?
siruble that farmers in different parts would J ti
try live utility of the muck on the different
summer crops, and inform the public of the '
reiults of their labor, all of which are highly :
useful to die farmer.
I
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SUGAR BEET FOR MILCH COWS. j j
Antntelligent gentleman from the east ward, 1 a
assured us a few days ago, that by giving | ?
his cows a peck of sugar beet twice a day, j v
cut up with their hay, he was enabled to I ii
get just as rich milk and butter during the ! p
winter, as in summer, svhon the pusture n
was at its best. Now as an acre of ground n
> ^.'1 mnrtnmr I nl nnli'd in this runt, nnH i i.
WO* I IX'UIIUI UU| -- ? u
well attended, would yield beets enough to j
keep ten cows, from the 1st of November | p
till the 1st of May, should not every farmer c
make his arrangements for planting beets J
next spring. From our own experience, '
we have no doubt, that this addition of beets j b
to the ordinary feed of the rows, would ' s<
make a weekly difference of 2 lbs. each in i ti
th? ir product of butter. From the 1st of j i?
November to the 1st of May, there are 26 j
weeks. This number of weeks at 2 lbs. h
additional butter, would give 52 lbs. for ; i|
each cow during ihe period named, or 520 0
lbs. for the 10 rows, and if we set down j o
the butter us being worth 25 cents per lb., j u
it will give us $130 as the value of nddi- j 1
lional yield brought by the feeding with the ! o
product of an acre in beets. But this is \ a
not nil,?tho proprietor of the cows, in the j
spring, would have the gratification to ' i\
know that he had treated his animals well, ; s
and ilie satisfaction of seeing thorn in good ! p
condition.?Farmer & Gardener. i d
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SILK CULTURE. t!
It is surprising tiiat more of our people
do not engage in the Silk Culture, and it j F
can only be accounted for on the ground tl
that they are already profitably engaged ' t
in some other business, or else will not take j c
pains to inform themselves of the simple , ?J
profitable manner in which this new busi- j b
ness may be conducted. We saw on Wed- | li
nesday, at the house of Mr. Jashua Toppan, a
I in Marlborough street several thousand I r
, silk worms, who have been busily emp'oy- , s
| ed all this week in spinning their cccoons. j i
1 A considerable quantity of the silk, reeled , t
last season, was also shown us by the lady ! {
; of Mr. Toppan, on which a premium was ' |
j obtained at the exhibition of manufactures' i
last year, and it was a truly beautiful article. |'
This s:lk was all the produce of the white ! i
mulberry, except a small portion, which : i
was easily distinguished by a wire feeling, i
and which was the produce of the common '<
; black mulberrry. This last is no doubt i
! quite as good for sowing silk as any other,
but probably could not to so good advan- i
i tago be applied to any other purpose. ;1
The process of rearing and feeding the
ence; ami invited his fellow.citizens and
others to call upon him for any satisfaction
which they might desire upon that point.
Among other items of information delated,
we remember tbc following as luted by
some of the individuals above referred to,
viz. that the amount of silk manufactures
annually imported into our country is about
?25,000,001); the annual amount of sewing
silk consumed about 6700,000; the profit
of raising trees, at present pi ices, threo or
four hundred per cent, at the least; that
American silk commands 25 per cent, moru
than any other, &c.
Th e obove proceedinrrs look Dlace unon
worms, and even that of reeling the cocoons,
is so simple and easy, and would form such
a desirable and pleasing employment for
children and females,that we cannot but ro
peat our surprise, that the Yankees, who !
are ever on the alert to turn a honest pen- j
ny do not make greater progress in the j
business.
The value of American silk exceeds the I
mporied raw silk, not only in luntre. but,
strength of fibre, and the smatl comparative
vaste in manufacture ; and is probably 20
>er cent in value over the imported article ;
lad yet it has been satisfactorily demon, j
itrnted in Connecticut and other parts of
he country,that rawsilk can be produced
it a cost of SI 00 per pound, which readily ;
rell sit from 84 :o $7 pt-r pound. The j
quality and value of tho sjlk dojwndiag on >
he skill and perfection in reeling.
Some cultivators assert that an acre of J
and planted witli the Morus Multicaulis,
vill give sufficient fond the second year for
i million ofsiik worms, and as three thouand
cocoons make one pound ofsiik, one
nillion will make 333J pounds of s:Ik. Ii f
vill be seen at once from this, that the !
rofit must he very handsome, even if we j
uppose those commencing business should
ot be able produce the silk so chcop'y as is (
one in Connecticut, where they have more '
xperience in the matter.
An individual of high respectability, in j
lew York, is stated, at the reques" of the \
ditor of the Cultivator, to have made ;
lorough experiments for the purpose ofasertaining
the ccr ain profits of an ncre.
le made 100 pounds of the raw silk from
n acre the first vear of setting out the Chi- {
ese mulberry, and by strict economy of .
me, labor and expense, although he gave i
iree dollars per week and board to two i
xperienced female teachers in gathering 1
>Iiai;e, feeding worms aud reeling silk, he
>und that his silk, cost hiai only two dolirs
the pound, and estimates his silk at
:ast six to seven dollars the pound, on acaunt
of thef excellency of the reeling. 1
C
We ate firm believers in the success of
ic silk culture in the United States, and be. ;
eve it entirely unnecessary t-hat twelve
r fifteen millions dollars per annum
houid be naid for this article to foreign na- ;
oils. As to what may be said against it;
y theorists, we have stubborn facts to op- :
ose, and if those who are disposed to bo .
iscouragcd by imagin. ry difficulties, would ;
nc..? ...... ...... ?i
ck;i i\j uiv uc>y3|ia|jui.i auu |juih|;iik;i9 \
ublished at the time when tho cultivation
f the cotton plant was commenced in the \
Jnited Stales, to see how much was said
nd written to prove the views of the cotton !
lanters a mere chimera. The result h?s
hown who was correct ; and if the silk ,
aiscrs proceed as steadily and resolutely :
s did the planters of cotton, a similar sue- ,
ess will crown their efforts. Their exer- j
ons will be rewarded by fortunes to them- <
elves, and a lasting benefit to their coun y.?Silk
Grower.
\
Fiom the National Intelligencer.
MEETING OF T1IE SILK GROWERS, &C. j
A meeting of the silk growers and others [
rieudly to the culture #f that article took
ilace on the evenings of the 14:h and 17th
f December, at the vestry room of the
Jew Baptist Church in this city. T.'ie j
readier was inhospitable, but notwi.hstand.
ig, a large audience was in attendance.?
lumbers of the Delegates from the Bulti- ;
lore Convention were present; also, many j
lumbers of Congress and citizens of stand- :
igDr.
T. P. Jones, being called upor. 10
reside, took the chair, responding to ihe
?ii ? r..? ?. 1_' t
an wiiii u icw jseiuueiu remurKS. Mr.
olin F. Callan was appointed secretary.
The Rev. Mr. McLean, ofNesv Jersey, I
eing requested to address the meeting, did |
0 very promptly, imparting much infortraon
in h manner highly interesting and sat- ;
1 factory.
Mr. Olmstea <, from Connecticut, ex- i
ibited a great vriotyof cocoons, silk in !
le thread and in the fabric. Amongst
llier fabrics, silk, velvet vesting, and riband,
f which three hundred yards per day were ;
mven by a little girl about eight years old. ;
1; entertain* d the company with a variety j
f topics connected with the subject, and in
sule which elicited frequent applause.
The company tvercalso much indebted to j
lr. Ellis, from New Jersey,and to Mr. Par- i
ons, from Pennsylvania, for the abundant i
racticul knowledge (as regards the raising
ifj trees, the worms, tho price of the silk, j
nd comparative cost of production) which j
iicy imparted.
Mr. Potter, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. j
Randolph, of New Jersey, also addressed ;
lie meeting. The commissioner of the Pa. i
ent Office, Mr. Ellsworth, expressed hisde- i
ided conviction that tho silk culture was
lestined to become a great and important j
iranch of national industry, and presented ,
lis views in an argument of great force j
ind earnestness, proving himself to be inti- ,
nately acquainted wiih the details of the
iubject. He also inade some .interesting
emarks on the new method of manufacuriug
sugar from the sugar beet, and on the
Jreat improvement recently made in the
Preparation of ffax for manufacture : justly
skftU'inir I hnnhese three imnortant nroducts,
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which were peculiarly adapted to domestic ,
inJustry, were calculated to produce the
most beneficial results, in a moral as well
as pecuniary point of view, to the citizens
of the United States, as well as to the Indians
who were advancing in civilization.
Mr. Nourse, of this city, informed the
meeting that he could testify to the fitness
of our soil and location for this business,
having tested it, he observed, bv expertr
a - ?- r r
a motion offered by Mr Flodoardo Howard,
as follows:
* Resolved., That tUc climate and soil of
our country arc well adaptedtip tUc-productiou
of suK, and that it w.fl be greatly tu thv
i merest of our people that they early eagago
in its culture."
The motion was carried ncm. con.
The following resolution was then offered
by Mr. Jamts Hobari :
"Resolved, Tiia: the thanks of this meeting
arc due to the gentlemen from abroad
who have favored tuern with their views
anJ experience upon the inleres:iiig subject
of silk culture."
I3etore offering the resolution', Mr. H.
addressed die meeting for a few moments,
in a most imnrp??iv<? ocln ul- ?
- |..XWV..V -JlVi lllillllg liP> ?\Jmarks,
and a? their close, he was warmly
checreJ bv the meeting. .He adverted,
among oilier tilings, to the comparative progress
oi the growth and mantifaciure of cotion
witn that ofsilk, and of the comparative
effects Lively to result, fie also paid a
hadsome compliment to the citizens of the
United Slates for their ingenuity and skill,
and for their precocious achievements in
arms, literature, and the arts.
Tins resolution was seconded by Dr.
Buck, who took occasion to commend the
gentlemen embraced in the resolution for
the valuable services which they had rendered
the Bu timore Convention by the information
which they had imparted. He
remarked that the citizens of Washington,
especially the Silk Society, were under great
obligations to some of these gentlemen for
having ably advocated a motion to adjourn
to tins city, where the advantages of the*
public libraries, the patent office, ond the
presence of members of Congress offered
facilities for obtaining and disseminating inlormation
relative to their deliberations
which no other place could afford. He concluded
by moving that the thanks of the
meeting be also accorded to Mr. J. floban
for the appropriate, eloquent, and patriotic
address which he had just delivered.; which,
by drawing public attention to this important
tsubjuct, will tend to give it an irresistible
impetus.
Tiio resolution, as seconded, was carried
by acclamation.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
BUTTER.
Butler as ell know is produced from milk,
and milk from cows, and most formers
make butter enough for family use , but few,
however, in our vicinity do much more.
But a large number keep a sufficient number
of cows, if they were properly managed,
and the milk and cream properly attended
to, to furnish a considerable quantity to
spare, and at a small additional expense;
and this sumlus would honn t\r% omnl I
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amount to their yearly income. The first
error that we conceive needs correcting, is,
thomannerofkeepingcows. Forths want
of proper food and shelter during winter,
spring tooofien finds them in a poor condition
to subsist themselves, much less to give
proper nourishm nt and support to thei
calves and supply the family with milk with
the scanty food allotted them.?The second
error is the common custom ofrearing their
calves, by keeping thorn shut up at at house
to suck a portion ot the milk when tho rows
return from their range, unthhey arefroni
three to six months old. Tho third error
is the mauner of milking' and jaefficicnt
accomodations fur keeping the milk and butter.
As a remedy for tho first error, we would
recommend that cows be provided with betterand
more appropriate food, and have
warm sheds to shield them from the cold
and storms of winter and spring. To bo
in a situation to remedy the second, let
every farmer resolve that the range for his
cows at least, shall not extend beyond his
own premises : he will then be relieved
from the necessity of letting his calves suck
the cows during the summer, in order to
toll them home at night. Different modes
!;ave been practiced Wi ll success in raising
calves, but the one we have found to answer
well is to take them from tho cows when
two or three days old, aud feed them with
milk. By letting them suck the finger
and lowering the hind to the milk tbey
will soon learn to drink as freely as a pig.
and all difficulty is at an end. Give thera
the milk from the cow for a week or so, but
in moderate quantity at first, as it is impfop.
cr to feed them what they will drink while
young, as it distends their stomachs so as to
require an undue quantity afterwards) to
keep them In a thriving condition. After
the first week a quantity of skimmed milk
may be added, heated to a temperature of
new milk, which m?v Ka ^nilw inrpMiwI.
and the pew milk, winch may be daily increased,
and the new milk gradually diminished
until its place is entirely supplied
with skimmed milk,?the quantity may be
graduallly increased as tho wants of the
calf may require. A small quantity of
corn mca! may b^added asi the calves grow
older, a Jot for them to feed hj, and some