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CHERAW GAZETTE AND PEE DEE FARMER. - vni ,ir\ii.* IV. CHERAW, S0UT1MJAR0I.INA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 17, IS3!>. NUMBER XXVII. " ' \ ?? ? ~=?i?-ir~?it-mi 'nil mm j "Hi in rr?T mEDITOR AN D PROPRIETOR. 1 TERMS: [ If paiJ within three months. . . 3 00 c 11 paid within three months after the close b of the year, . 3 50 I If paid within twelve months after tho p oloso of the year - 4 00 a If not paid within that time, . 5 00 s A company of teu persons taking the paper at p the same Post O.Iice, shall be entitled to it at ?:25 a provided the names bo forwarded together, and c accompanied by the money. p No paper to bo discontinued but at the option 1 of tho editor till arrearages are paid. 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A few copies of this pungent satire and \ ovverful remanstrance are for sale at "the Bookstore." I Bagging. Rope & Twine. \ Ik piec.s Bagging, 50 Coi's Rope on ! QW 200 pounds Twine fer sale by JOHN MALLOY & ('o. v November 33th, 1833. * 2 t( v Cigars. [ M. Spanish Cigars, just received and for sale v ^ JNO. MALLOY, & Co. ! NoveaiDer 29th, 1S39. _ 2 tf 1 Molasses. , H hds New Orleans Molasses for sale { JL /^r vorv cheap by the llhd or Retail. D. MALLOY. " Mrach 12th,1839. | [ Rowand's Tonic Mixture, i THE Agency for this valuable medicines t is at the 4< Bookstore" of Mr. frince where i it may at any time be had by the single bottle or by the dozen. J. A. IXGLIS Agr. I I r Cheraw April, b, 153U. i 21 jt No ice. |q THE Subscriber having taken on the26th c ult. the entire stock of gooJa of Mossrs. . Johu Evans <fc Co on his own individual 1 account will continnoto keep on hand, one door c south of A. B!ue, a large supply of Groceries, ti Dry Goo s, H irdware and Cutlcrry, all of which will bo sold low for cash or eountiv produce. R. T. POWELL. May 3, 1S39. 23 if ^ Irish Potatoes. (jj^ A BARRELS Irish Potatoes, yellow, for /W IF planting, just received per Steamer ? Oscola, and for sale by D. MALLOV. ! April 2d. 1833. 1 BOOK BINDING. 0 THE subscribers have established themselvos j in the above line of business in Cheraw and offer their services to its citizens. c u. BAZENCOURT, Si CO. a Cheraw. S. C.. Jan. 26. h Porter and Cider. j11 LONDON PORTER, Newark Cider, Lime I [ Juice, Leinon Svrup and Cordials, for sale " DUNLAP MARSHALL. e April 20, 1839. 24 if <J THE Subscribers aro agents for Mr. John Ritter of New Haven who will at short h notico furnish all kind of marble slabs and 0 monumonts of the best Stockbridge marble.? c This marble cannot be surpassed in beauty and durability and will be furnished at as low a price as it can be had in New York or Philadelphia c or any other place. Wo solicit the business of' rr our friends with ' e promise that they shall be i e fairly dealt by; would order them either for ^ cash payments, or payable the next winter. All Commissions aro paid by the manfacturcr. All marble shipped will be neatly boxed and ,c delivered in New York ..t the prices; a list of w which w i have to exhibit. jc BROWN BRYAN & BROTHER. Cheraw, May 3, 1839. 25?2m ? Fresh Goods. 3j THE Subscriber has received a fresh stock of Dry goods and Grocries which ho will sell vory low. U D. S HARLLEE. o May 3, 1539. 25 3t nr i. Town Taxes. t" THE Town Taxes for the prcsont year aro js required to be paid in by the 13th May, iast. after which time no indulgonco will be j n given. I will attend at my office, two doors )' below Moore's Hotoi, evow day from nine to tl one clock, for the purpose of receiving returns ^ and taxes. Street or commutation taxes must . be paid in at once, or delinquents will be sum- S raoned forthwith to work on tho streets. ? By order of the Council. p W.STROTHER, Marshal. ti May 3,1839. 25 2t I Philadelphia Boots & Shoes. " JUST received, G doz. pair super Morocco , and Calf Skin Pump and thici sole Boots. Also Gentlemen's Wj 'king Pumps and Shoes. " DUN LAP & MARSHALL. r nay loth, 1839. 26 tf Jt Ten Dollars Reward, jc POR A RUNAWAY who went off some e time in February last, a yellow man by the v iame of J O H N , about five feet ton or eleven L nchoe high, about twenty-five years old; has lost me of his front teeth, and several of his toes have e een taken off from having been frost bitten, lad on when he lefl ho.ne, a grey frock coat, and r antaloons of tho same, lie will attempt to pass j C s a free man, as ho has doue on a former occa- j q ion. Tho above reward will bo paid to any j j( erson who will secure hiin so I get him, with ! .n addition of forty dollars, if sufficient proof j 1 i n be made that he is harbored by any white * erson. WILLIS RAMSEY. v Manchester, Sumter District, S. C., ) t May 7th, 1839. j j may lotii, 1639, 26 ?? Fire Buckets. ' A LL porsona deficient in firo buckets agree. . rm. able to the report of the Fire Masters are ' ereb\ notified, that they will be called on soon t fterthe first of Juno next to show cause why hey may not be fined according to Law.?Ordi" f tanco No. 3, Dy order of the Council. W. STROTIISR. Marsha!. * May 3,1939. 25 2t 1 From the Farmers' Cabinet. ? i GOOD COW, GOOD BUTTER, A.\D A GOOD S DEAL OF IT. * Mr. Ed/tor,?As a good deal has been \ laid relative to t e quantity of butter oxhibi.. ' ed some short time since, by Mr. Ken- 1 vorthy, made from one week's milking of a 1 ;ing!e cow, I was curious to ascertain the ' ? acts, as well with regard to her beep as the >roduce. I accordingly inquired in the r >roper quarter, and was inform'd that the ' :ow Filton, now about s-ven years old, was 1 mrchased of John Zane, of this county, ( vith her dam. both for tnirty-eignt dollars. * Hilton, at the time of ht r purchase, was four nonihs old. Tins is all the information f ( >ave been able to obtain. Mr. Kenworthy 1 nformed me that her keep was as follows: J i smntl nuantitv of huv iu the morning, then ; "" * "I? J " i mess of bran, while eating which she 1 vas milked, then about half a peck of grains, veil mixed with a 'suitable portion of cut 1 u(T, with the addition of a little salt. She J vas then well curried, then watered, and es. 1 )ee.al care taken that she did not drink too ^ nuch. If the weather was favorable, she 1 vas permitted to run in the barn yard, if ' sot, she was stabled anain, and fed wi.h J I jay only. At noon and night she was 1 reated in the same way, as above descri- t >?d, in every particular, except that ihe ' trains were omitted at noon. Milked morn- ' ng and evening, the quantity of nulk vary- } rig from twenty two to twenty eight quarts , >er day. Tne following is the produce of 1 utter Irom the two weeks' milking : t F.rst week's butter 18 lbs. ( Second week's 16* 5 - 1 34J 1 Three pans of milk, belonging to the sc- : oud week's milking, were frozen, and 1 hereby lost. The butter was v*?ry beauti* 1 ul in appearance, and of a very superior 1 unlit}', and we hope that many of our fair r ountry-womcn will follow the example of 1 Irs. Ken wot thy, who deserves no little j redit for her care and attention lo tlie du. j * ies of her dairv. J. M E. 1 _ c From Anderson's Essays. i )n the management of the Dairy, purlieu. | J arty with respect to the nuking and cu ring of Butler. Dy Dr. James Anderson. 6 a When a dairy is established, ihe under, j >ker may sometimes think it his interest to c i )tain the greatest possible quantity of pro- J luce ; sometimes it may be more benefi. a tal for him to have it of the finest qualityt g nd at other times it may be necessary to a ive both these objects in view, the one or * he oilier in greater or less proportion ; it is J terefore of importance that he should know c ow he may accomplish the one or the oth- c r of these purposes, in the easiest and most 1 irect manner. a To be able to convert his milk to the I ighest possible profit in every case, he c ught to be fully acquainted with every e.ir- b umstance respecting the manufacture both 0 f butter and of cheese ; as it may in some J.1 ascs happen that a certain portion of thut a lilk may be more advantageously convert, a J into butter than into cheese, while ano. 0 icr portion of it would return more profit if lade into cheese. It is no*, however, in~ |j inded in the present essay to enter in this c ide discussion. Here, it is only proposed a > treat of the manufacture ofbutter, leaving 11 le subject of cheese-making to some other ?' crson to treat of, who is more conver- w mt in that department than the author of tl lis essay. si The first thing to be adverted to in an 0 ndertaking of this nature is, to choose cows ^ fa proper sort. Among this class of ani- ^ ia!s. it is found by experience, that some inds give milk of a much thicker consis- h mce, and richer qu ditv, than others ; nor . l . c ?;i1,1 , tr.lS rtennt'SS UI ijuuiuy nctrssuuiT v?vu? ected wiih| the smal'ness of the quantity n ielded by cows of nearly an equal size; a w ?erefore behoves the owner of a dairy to *' u particularly attentive to this cireum ^ ancc. In judging of the value of a cow, it n upht rather to be the quantity of the cream a reduced from the milk of a cow in a given o me, than the quantity of the milk itself.? t( .''his is u circumstance th.it will be shown ! 1 the future to bo of more importance than j g : pen-rally imagined. The small cows of u iv A!d"rney br> ed afford the rich-st mi k if ithcrto known; but individual cows in eve- ^ V country may be found, by a careful se- j ction, that afford much thicker milk than 1 ^ ithers; these, therefor?, ought to be search- , im d for wiih care, and their breed reared j wl villi attention, as being peculiarly valua. j ile. ^ in{ Few persons who have had any experL : ve nee at all in the dairy way, can bo igno- j ari ant, however, that in comparing the milk j he if twe> cows, to judge of their respective ! so jualities, particular attention must be paid , tb o the time that has elapsed since their colv. I ha ng ; for the rmik of the same cow is always tb liinner soon after calving, than it is after., tin vards : as it gradually becomes thicker, ea hough generally less in quantity, in propor. ion to the time the cow has calved. Fhe ; q :oloi of the milk, however, soOfl after calv-1 ng, is richer than it aftenvard^^ecomA ' s a faulty ed. Tn mnlrA thft r. ?ws pive abundance of nilk, and of a good qualify, they must at all imes have plenty of food. Grass is the j >est food yet known for this purpose; and ^ hat kind of grass which springs up sponaneously on rich dry soils is the best of I , ill.* If the temperature of the climate be 7 ;uch ns to permit the cows to graze at ease 1 hroughout the day, they should be sufT-red 1 o range on such pastures at freedom ; but f the cows are so much incommoded by cc lie heat as to be prevented from eating re hrough the day, they ought, in that case, to j*1 )e taken into-the cool shades for protection, vhere, after allowing them a proper time to ni uminatc, they should bo supplied widi ibundance of green food, fresli cut for the v juipose, and given to them by hand fre- te juently, in small quantities, fresh and clean, cc so as to induce them to eat it with pleasu-e.f j,c IVhen the h *at of the day is over, and they \ . l- .1 .i i VVi ;uu remain rturoau wuri ea.se, utey may uc ?g;?in turned into the p.ts'ure, where they * >hou.d be allowed to range with freedom P1 ill night during the mil J weather of sum. ,ri Tier. (ll Cows, if abundantly feJ, should be milked ^ hree timi-s a day during the whole of the . f ti lunimer s-ason in the morning early, a: 1 toon, a.id in the evening, just before ni ?ht- ei "all. In the choice of persons for milking nc ho cows, great caution should be employed; or if that operation be not carefully and iroperly performed, not only ihe quan:.ty of the produce of the dairy will be l'i jreatly diminished, but its quality also will Q1 je very much debased; lor if ah the *j' niik be not thoroughly drawn from a cow tr vhen she is milked, that portion of milk 01 .vhich is left in the udder, so cms o he grad- ^ .tally absorbed into the svs em, and nature 'enera'es no more than to supply tne was e 1 )f what has been tali? n aw.iy. If this lessened quantity be not again thoroughly c< Jrawn off, it occasions a yet farther dimi tu tution of the quuntitty of milk generated, ind so on it may be made to proceed in 01 - a?.i ? !? r i!a i^ ?? l.t^A till CI jurptuuui progression irom in ic iu icjb, i>n | . ione at all is produced. In short, this is ln he practice in all cases followed, when it is w neant to allow a cow's milk to dry up en- ,w irely without doing her hurt. In litis man- 10 >er, therefore, the profits of a dairy migir n )e wonderfully diminished ; so that it much >ehoves the owner of it to be extremely atentive to this circumstunce, if he wishes to tvoid ruin. It ought to be a rule withou: m in exception, never to allow this important P' lepartment to be entrusted, without control, 0J o the management of hired servants. 6 Its ?' w * So hltie attention I as hitherto been be. v< towed on this subject, that 1 do not know of in iny regular set of experiments that have ever Cl ret been made with a view to ascertain the effects C{ >f any of the natural grasses that spontaneously pring up in abundance on our fields, either on )( he quantity or the quality of the milk of cows, nd lew that have been a\tempted even with re- p( [ard to those plants tint have been cultivated by ()f rt,as green forage for them; though it be well . mown that some particular kinds of plants^ trongly effect the ta6tc, and alter the quality o w ?-? ? _ r. :_j 1 larucuiar prouucis 01 inu&. n is, u-uccu, m u.i u> ases, confidently asserted, that old pastures alone tli an ever be made to affor 1 rich butter or cheese af This, however, I know From my own repeated xperirnce to be a popu'ar error, as I have fie. u* uently seen much richer butter made by ono per- w on from cows that wero fed in tho house, chiefly rn lover and rye-grass, than that which was made qjj y othors, where the cows wero fed on very rich Id pasture*. Mankind are, in goncral. disposed a throw the blame of every failure upon some Jf ircumstanco that docs not reflocl on themselves j s bad managers. Henco it is, that the grass of i fann is often blamed for the want of richness 1 the butler produced upon it ; when, if tho cirumetances were fully investigated, it would be ! jund to be occasioned by the unskilfulness of le dairy maid, or the want of attention in the lioice of proper cows. j,t In very warm climates, where the heat it> cx emcly oppressive to cow*, and tho flics are ex. ecding'y troublesome, sheds open on one 6ide, to roof being only suoportod there by pillars, 'ould not afford thein such eff'dual shelter as icy would require In these cases, the sheds lould be walled up on both sides, and be left pen only at tho two ends, which, if properly laced, would produce a continued stream of air ) iroughoutthe whole building, that would prove 1 ighly sal at iry to tho cattle. I rai t If cows bo milked only twice in the day, (24 | lor ours) while they havo abundance of succulent J juj )od, th -y will yield a much smaller quantity of iilk in the samo tiino than if they be milked ' ireo times. Somo attontive observors I have "u let with, think a cow in these circumstances to 'ill giv nearly as much at each tine, if milked ft i iree times, as if she were milked only twice.? jm 'his fact, however, has not, that I know of. , eeu ascertained by experiment. There can bo o dmbt but they giro more, how much, is not <7?' scertained; nor whether it would be advantage ot> as in any case to milk them four times, or of. a ;ncr ; or what effect frequent milking produces n the quality of the milk. . . 6 Cows should alwiys be treated with great entleness, and soothed by mild usage, especially ? 'hen young and ticklish, or when the paps are tail nder; in which last case, the udder ought to ! do\ e fomented with warm water before milking, dre nd touched with the greatest gentleness, other- alw use the cow will bo in dangor of contracting bad ing .t>s?o becoming stubborn and unctih*. md rc? ^ wa portancc will be still more manifest from ' lat follows: ' In the management ofa dairy, the follow. 5 peculiarities respecting milk ought to be < ry particularly adverted to; some of them j e, no doubt, known in part to attentive' lusewives, but they i.ever yet, I have rca-; n to believe, have been advjrted to as cir importance deserves; and by many ve never been thought of at all. I put Dm down in the form of aphorisms, that Dy may be more adverted to, and the sier retained. Aphorism I. , f the milk that is drawn from any cow a? one time, tnat wmcn comes on at me nrsi is always thinner, and of a much worse quality, 4km that which comes afterwards, and the r'chness goes on continually increasing to the very last drop that can be drawn from the udder at that time. Few persons are ignorant that milk* Hich is taken from the cow last of all a1 ilking, which in this country is called stro' ngs, is richer than the rest of the milk? u fewer still are aware of the greatness of e dispropor; ion between the quality of the st and the last drawn milk from the same >w at one milking. The following facts spccting tnis circumstance were ascerined bv me many years ago, and have ;en confirmed by many subsequent expewent and observations. Have taken several large teacups, exact- L of the same size and shape, one of these I a-cups was filled it the beginning of the ! >w milking, and the others at regular in- j rvals till the last, which was filled with the ! egs of the strokings. These were each eighed, the weight of each cup being setid so as to ascertain that the quantity of ilk in each was precisely the same; and um a great number of experiments, frejently repeated, with many different cows, e result was in all cases thus: 1. The quantity of cream obtained from e first cup was, in every case, much small than from that which was last drawn ; id those between afforded less or more, as ey were nearer the beginning or the end. is unnecessary here to specify these inrmediato proportions; but it is proper at the reader should be informed that the j jantity of cream obtained from the last I ;awn cup. from some cows, exceeded that| om the first in the proportion of s'xtcen to le. In other cows, however, and in par:ular circumstances, the disproportion us not quite so great; but in no case did I ad it fall short of the rale of eight to one. robably, upon an average of a great many jws, it might be found to run at ten or vtlve to one. 3. The difference in the quality of the earn, however, obtained from these two jps, was mucli greater ihan the difference i the quantity. In the first cup the cream as a thin tough film, thinner, and perhaps hiter, than the paper on which I write; i the last, the cream was of a thick luty >us consistence, and of a glowing richness f color, that no other kind of cream is evt r Uild to [Mjssess. 3. The difference in the quality of the ilk that rcmamed after the cream was se? irated, was perhaps still greater than cith in respect to the quantity or the quality 'the cream. The milk in the first cup as a thin bluish liquid, like as if a ?rv largn proportion of water hud bepn lixed with ordinary milk ; that in the last ip was of n thick consistence and yellow )!or, more resembling cream than milk. )th in taste and appearance. From tin's important experiment it ap?ars, that the person who, by bad milking 'his cows, loses but half a pint of his milk, se9, in fact, about as much cream a9 ould be afforded by six or eight pints at the ginning, and loses besides, that part of e cream which alone can give richness id high flavor to his butter. Many other eful corrolaries may be drawn from it, bich I do no' at present stop to enume. te. Some of them will occur in the se* tel. Aphorism II. milk bo put it) a dish and allowed to i stand till it throws up cream, that portio i 1 of cream which rises first to the surface I is richer in quality, and greater in quan- ? tiry. than what rises in t second equa; i portion of time ; and the cream that rises f in the second interval of time is greater J in quantity .and richer in quality than that i which rises in a third equal space of of time; and that of the third than 'he * fourth, and so on, the cream that ri-es ' decreases in quantity, and declines in ! quality continually as long as any rises o ' the surface. J My experiments not having been in t' is 1 se made with so much accuracy as in the mer, I have not been enabled to usee - * n the difference in the proportion that J t-'s place in equal proportions of time; t It t they have been so often repeateu as noi j leave any room to doubt the fact ; and j[ vill be aliowed to be a fact of no small! * por;ance in the management ofthe dui y. r is n t certain, however, but that a grca'er c 'uiiily of cream may upon the whole b 4' fined from die milk by taking it u 1 different times; but the process is >o ? ubl'-some as not to be counter-h dan e 1 j! the increased quantity obtained, if in eeJ aing her milk ever arter. A cow never lets j ^ vn her milk pleasintly to the person she | ads or dislikes. The udder and paps should rays be washod with clean water before milk;; but care sn? uld be taken that none of .hat icr bo admitted m:o therr.ilkinjf paiJ i an additional quantity ba thus obtained, th< which is not as yet fully certain. oa Aphorism III. ho Thick milk always throws up a smaller pro- , portion of the croarn it netually contains 1 ( to the surface, than milk that is thinner, l',( but that creum is of a richer quality ; and if water be added to that thick milk Wt it will afford a considerably greater quan. tity of cream than it would have done if allowed to remain pure; but its quality ha is at the same time greatly debased. Bi This is a fact that every person attentive utl to a dairy must have remarked ; but I have J never heard of any experiment that could ascertain either the precise amount of the ?' increased quantity of cream that might thus * be obtained, or of the ratio in the decrease ne of its quality ; but it ascertains the effects Pc ar least ofmixinsr water with the milk in a ar dairy; and the knowledge of this fact will enable attentive persons to follow that prac- dd tice which they think will best promote their sti own interest. Aphorism IV, ^ Milk which is put into a bucket, or other ar proper vessel, and carried in it to any bc considerable distance, so as to be much gr agitated, and in part cooled, before it p|, be put into the milk.pans to settle for cream, never throws up so much or as f rich cream, as if the same milk had been re put into the milk-pans directly after it was w] milked. jei In this case it is believed the loss of cream cc will be nearly in proportion to the lime that pr has elapsed,and the agitation it hassustained re after being drawn from the cow. But I am m not as yet in possession of any experiments ar that sufficiently ascertain how much is to be hi ascribed to the time, and the agitation, taken fo separately. On every branch of agriculture w we hnd experiments wanting at each step in we advance in our inquiries. The labor of no one man can complete the whole ; but it d< is the duty of every inquirer to point, out, as fe he goes a:ong, where they are wanted. th . w TIIE CAEROTS. S( The soil best adapted to the growth of the ^ carrot is a deep sand loam. The prepara. sa tion of the ground consists in ploughing to (jl the dep h of a foot, the application of a rotten manure, to 'oe well incorporated with 0f the soil?except long manure has been ap. p, plied to the previous crop?and complete a, pulverization. Ploughing the fall previous ^ for the crop is recommended. * w The kind or carrot best adapted to field culture is the long red. The seed should' be of the preceding year's growth. The mode of culture is best in drills, though in jn Suffolk, England, sowing broadcast is pre. tj( fvrred. We have modern drill-barrows m adapted to the sowing of this seed, though t.? i... : r. i i ? . _ i! me sowing u oy uanu is not a teuious pro- sj cess?as a man may go ahead in sowing in w ;his way as fust as another drives a barrow. re The difference consists in making the drill jj, with the hoe and covering the seed. As 0I the seed is of peculiar lightness it is apt not el o vegetate well if the surface is light; and fi; the practice lias obtained, with large grow- C( ers, of preparing it before hand, by mixing five pounds of seed with a bushel of sand j,, or fine mould, a week or two before hand, h, and of moistening and tur^ngthe muss fre w quently ; by this means not only do all the ja seeds grow, but the plants come up quickly. ej, and get the start of weeds. Two pounds jej of seed is enough for an acre when sown in ftC drills, though five pounds are often sown on an acre broadcast. Von Thaer uses pou- hii drelte, instead of mould, in the preparation w| of his seed. The dr lis should be eighteen m .nches apart, and the plants thinned to six or ac eight inches. The seed should be sown {0 early in or by tne middle oi May. jjj< . The afterculture of carrots consists in 3n keeping them free from wee s, and thesur- th, face of (he soil open ; and as the rows ore f0! too near to adm t of the plough or cul tva. tor, the hand hoe must be depended on. er Tne best mode of harvesting the crop iet is that adopted by Col. Meacham?turning aj( the earth from the row with the plough, and ra< then drawing ihem with he hand. I,}, The ordinary yield of the carrots is less pr than that of ruta baga or mangold wurze!? 0f he average may be stated at 400 to 500 bushels the acre, though the product has {jjc xceedcd 1000. They are so hardy, tha" wj in the south of England they arc permitted t0 to stand out in the winter ; but with us they jal( ihould be gathered and secured like other wo roots, in October. 80I The carrot is eaten by all sorts of farm dock, bu. i par icularly useful for horses ind milch cows, serving a subs'itute for ?rain wnh he former, and increasing and rjj mproving.m lk when fed to the latter : Mr. ^ 3urrows, one of the greatest growers of his roo, has fed ten cart horses with them, luring the winter months, and up to June, set vim hay, and witljout the addition of grain. taj. >uch does lie consider their economy in ^ lorse feeding, that he states, as domonstra- S(J. ed by his experience, that witli the assts- ca, ance cf lucerne for soiling in summer, a t^a york-horse may be kept the entire year pj0 ound upon the produce of only one acre p0( fland. Mr. Burrowsfo? dsseventy pounds i day to a horse, cut or whole, and mixed \yj viih chopped hay?reducing the quantity omew hat in the short days cf winter, a id str< ncreasing it a little in the spring months.? sjb )iher growers feed only forty or fiftv pounds ot^ l day. An acre of carrots yield ng 600 ms .els, fed fifty-six pounds u day, would 5^ is I A month or biz weeks earner :n this climate. VQ. Ed. Gazette. ? tin this climate tiicy may b? suffered to remain "a n th** .!! "'"ir.tcr yp- Gi'frrf. Sai 4P jrefore be equivalent to 300 bushels of , ut fed hulf a busnel a day, to a working rse. To save seed, save select roots, and keep in sund in the cellar till spring, plant im out early, and the seed will be ripe in jgust. Preserve it on the seed stalks till uUed.f . * NEW SPECIES OP SILK WORMS. In the province of Assam* in Asia, whidt , s recently fallen under the jurisdictioiKtof istish power, pmooga variety of hitherto, iknown productions, there has been fouod dozen species of silk-worms, which pro. ice m.itpriaU fr?i? col.takla CaltM-. ' .... .WI Xiiauvnv luuiivaa VIM) 4 these is the muga worm, which feeds oa o foliage of a variety of trees, and is fver reared iuthe hpuse. Thefeauile.dk: : isites its eggs on wisps 6f grass, whic^f e collected, and when wanted to be hatched, e wisps are exposed to the sun aboutlen ivs, when the worms begin to show them* Ives. They are thm hung up in a tree tiich has been selected for the purpose, id the worms find their way-to the foliage. t a tree is stripped of its leaves, the worms *Z e removed to another, by means of bam-. 10 dishes, fastened to long poles. They?. e prevented coming to the ground by> x antain leaves being tied round the body of e tree, over which they cannot crawl.? hey feed about thirty days, and when ady to wind, descend to the plantain leaves^ here they are gathered, placed among dry aves, where they form cocoons. The^ >coons are about two inches long, and of oportionable thickness. They are not' eled in one continuous thread, like comon silk, but spun, like cotton or worsted, id of course the product is a thicker and irsh< r thread. The silk is wove into cloth, r scarfs, turbans, sashes, &c. In that arm climate, the insect produces five crops a vear. ? J The arihda worm is reared entirely un?r cover. It has beeo known to have percted twelve broods in a year. The silk* ough coarse, is warm aud durable* and is orn by the common classes. More than ),000 lbs. of arinda, and 50,000 lbs. of o muga silk, are annually, produced in Asu m. Tlie cloth is said to be of incredible irability ; the iife of one person being seL )m sufficient to wear out a garment made * it. One other sort of those siik worms -oduces a beautiful thread of great lustre ; id a fourth sort is of very large size, the loths measuring ten inches from wing 16 ing.?Cultivator. - f *0XE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WON'T SEE." That man who won't profit in his farmg operations, by the palpably better prac:e of Ins neighbor, is branded, by comen consent, an idler or a dunce ; and' hid tse may be considered one of hopeless obinacy. He virtually scouts at the m< ans Inch Providence has placed wrhin hs ach for the great purpose of his being? e improving his condition and benefitting hers. He is like the noxious plant, which icumbers tho earth, to benefit 110 one? xccpt to exhibit, in strong colours, the ontrast which exists between the useless nd the useful?between industry and indonee?between the good and the bad, in jman affairs. He who aids, in any honest ay, to multiply the comforts of life, to enrge the sphere of useful knowledge, and to evate the character of society?has at ast the consolation?and it can only be quired from prac ice?that he has used ose faculties, which Providence has given m alx)ve the brute, for the purposes for tiich they were intended?the. good of ankind. While he who will not improve id employ the high faculties of his nature advance hutran happiness, may be ;ened to the turtle, which delights in mud id water, and cares only lor rseif, ji a life-blood of the bru:c inhabitants of the rest. We have been led into this train of rathserious reflections by the perusal of a ter before us, from Mr. W. Bucbc, which, hough stating nothing hut uhat is cornon in every district, g.ves the objections of 3 neighbors ;igain>t endeavoring to imove in their business through the example .1 . I mose wno exc?*i uiuin in practice. 4,Ifyou will publish a work on law, phy. or divinity," says our correspondent, "I 11 undertake to get farmers to subscribe it, because those are subjects well calcu* ad to be treated on in books, and farmers iuld think they might learn fro a them Tietliing which they did not know before; t to instruct them in the art of farming, 10 never learnt any thing else from their aney, nor their fathers before them, bow iculous ! There are others, however, it offer reasons rather more plausible.? iese improvements, say they, are very c, to be sure; and if I lived in* an old tied country, I should be very fond of ;ing such papers; but what pood will they us ? They are not calculated for a new ]?rl ?A,inipv \Vp lutt'p in farm as ws I it'll ivuwi.; ?? w ? .w -?... i. We already know a great deal more n v a can practice. Tiieir improved ughs and cultivator* would make but )r work among our stumps. It would'nt very easy draining 1 ?nd through rco s.? hy tan alize us with the wondertul effects bone dust and lime ? Our ground is jwed over with the one, without any posility of getting them ground, and of the er there is none within fifty miles, and o can afford to put lime on land, every ibel of which will cost him fif y cents. 11 rue, I see some things in that Cultivator/ n lent me, that if I had the money 1 wo dm ve, or do; but we an'; the capital nei^' -v m ih??re things, and m%?i ** tjj| .Hti* 4 k ..*> '