Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, November 22, 1839, Image 2
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VOLUME V. C1IKRAW, SOUTII-CAEOLINA, FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER *2, 1839. NUMBER 2._
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K I) l T O U A N l) P R.U P R 1 K T O R .
T 15 11 M s :
If paid within throe mouths, . . Of)
It pti.2 within thrcu mouth* after tro
. close of tho yoar, 3 50
If paid within twelve months aflor the
vtow of tlia yoar, ...... u 00
If not paid within that time, ... 5 )3
Two new subscribers will l>c nntifl 'tl to Jw
piper tha first year for Jive dollars, pinl .if tin
tiuio of suhicribing ; and live now Hiibarub.m
for ten dollars |><id at the time of subscribing
No p ip sr to '?> discontinued but .it the oplioi
of tho editor till arrearages ;Uo paid.
A Ivortisomonts not exceeding sixteen li*r?s
inserted for* one dollar tho first loue, and lit'tj
emits, cicli subsequent insertion.
Persons sending in idv rtisjtnen'.s are reqti
t a. ?o specify the number of limes they are to l>
*t .so teJ ; otherwise they will be continued til
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
li if"Tho Postage irusl ho uaid on all commit
n'.catioas.
KNOWLEDGE IN AGRICULTURE? AOKICCl.
Tl'K A I. IMWiKS.
Tins following is part of an article on th
subject iit tlie New Fngland Farmer.
What are the causes w'lieb iiavu com
b . cfl to prevent agneul ore from ndvmiemt
with the other arts ami sciences? 'I'll >
are to be Ihund in the prejudice of firmer!
^ for ancient customs; in their (seeming
uiibeli'.djii tlie progress of iiini'l and come
quent aversion to improvements ; in th n
hoslilily lo what iliey term 'ItOitk l'armin<r,
wliicu nny bn d<'line>l the practi .nig ol vi
it.lie trusts an I the recommend.it on> o
tlie intelligent, promulg ited through i .?
press. Ttiosit an: .|be pnncip I e.i,s?;which
limrc.op rule,! to ret ?r<l the proxies*
ol unprovi iii< lit in die rut;.! art. Tiunln
to agricultural newspapers, they do no
i'w i? \ .?io? (\/?ur VAC Ilk II' > ' W ?l i* l"l I J
since, but i'k ir pr?*v.?! -ii* is s;;!! x'n.s v<
?by fir loo much ho fur o i na i<m 'I m l?
ji 'iidondi'iiee,* lor tin' p coneiry i:it<r s! o
t.V: bush.uidiu m mi ! cm ry iti'cresl 01 l!n
roinniunity. Now shall i b? ! >Si ii< d
l>y the dissemination of k note', edge < >/* tin
yearn in ry.?'Know I<h1^u is powi r'?il coo
b is die power which the f.eui r u-e' ?.?
t!ic power of inak no rv ry inch r.;' lani
productive, and to pro lu e tc* tit i \tri^:?
ils cipalii'i: v,?t 10 po a * r ? ! o\?i?* ioi.i'.j
l?y nit the ob-ciuc: oiis of ii.itj.'<\ Tic
knowledge wlticb will give lo j povv? r, n
' most cas.ly found and conveyed m noiicul
tura! papers. I'll sc arc witlnn the rrnrl
. \t.t*every cultivator, and should be peron%tcd
by i? 11 - ? :u? ? oil bv il?? iii^H'.n'
; lor icir tomb a '\ i- cot to in
the rich richer al 1 !??i ??v|> I s? of i; pom
but l > in- k<* tne [ ?. ?r happ't in -m i?? r ;c?i
tlx " crops, an ? sh ..v i tin t o\\ > !> conic
in! j> i "ir of tl-o r Ii. I' ?
nol a vvliit i.l cco.io.iiv 1:1 'it- *?4? ii ?;
come a subscriber lo one ol i:.? p ih km
lions. II ew o 'nis but .tic hi ;' -I b>
learttcJ t r.ni^ii i tit .nc.ii.i ii a torch vnt.
thai so t.s to. lr? i>l his iisv.iI pni'Iu Ms, a.iki
with hull ot his Iniii'ir- ] .? !? > : n: i.u. rueither
Cou'J Ilut he bete li unl liy n y
readme ot a pa it, to our-- than treae t .#
amount oi the snbscr>pti-n price. T itproved
in lie case ot fi.os.; who are ti .
scribcrs. It is a l?ot worth iTuim". tin: \t>.
ae!Join (I ililijht, |)iobii l\, s . \ hen i.) in a
11* ' with a subscribe r to an ii-trieuhuml j;*oi
who does no' s"t a hi,?;i \aluu uj.mii t, ?i
who is hi the least d sm ^ii'J w; h pay. {.
a ibillnr or two a year for perusal Suet
it!) investment of money ism tiietr opimoi
the b'-s: they coul I po*siby make,?.s nout
other to them y ieldi so gmt nn interest. 1
w:i - told by afunnoi?a jj'.is rioei to Ju*tg?
IJoi l's Cultivator?that a plan winch Ik
1 uitiiJ 'ii tint paper for seaming apples. p'i<
t .'.oes, Ate. lor his swic\ hail been ?>1 u
vast (Jeil more cous'sjiejice' to liiui than ?
duz -n years' subsoi pton monc v. Suel
instances are common,?in fact it is abso.
luiely imposs.ble, in oir v ew, that sonn
tiM'ln! inlormation or i::!uublo?liint slioul
.'i'i! be aripi.reil in the course c?t a year's
rc ultiig, which iv I! no: repay many lol l tin.
price pai.l for the pupj,*. Farmi rs nceil t?;
, tie made aware ofta.se facts and to bi
shown through ilieeonvincii o means ol e\?
o t n
prriinctil, bow fa'sely fo aided is tie ir no
ion of economy in rcfusine to take a papt i
devoti 1 cxclusivi !y to their inter sis.
These \i bid s ol knowledge are pio
Juclive ol ^i'O J mi inutli't respect ; ? they
lake with tli** Voting?w 1111 lliosu wliosi
minds aru not 3?i warped l?y prejudice fioi
billy imbue J wi h ful*c notions.? w 11! i ?v!iow
tiny tiling iiovrl nitJ plans bio in theory
begets a passion for eXjjeriinont. I wil
slate an itislai re tin: better to ilKis'rato my
tuentimg. A iniitier ol my nequainlniia
m New-IJainpJiiff, was briefly prejudiccc
agaost all other modes of fainiing lb ill ilia
praetis1 cl by his ancestors bom theeaibe*
gen'ration, and Uinsmi.tid uminp erei
{and unii'ijnovc I) to ban. Ilo was l.?a<
i'i liis t.bosa an 1 ridicule ol 'book farming,
aboal which ho '.allied as learnedly in. In
"ould ol o her matters whoso discusMot
r. n Icrs sotn ahinjj more than a /:. oiolc<lgt
>J th>' n'p'vibct and /;." ) i.lr.is it vi smr\- ?
(Jocluiag. at his wisdom, that it w as'niton
d?;J for :'i? wnaithy tm I College A/r/t/,' an
tbtit 'he a..s\it tool on tilo11 yet to plant lie
iand vt.t!i ir.ufoc'rii/ Irci'n ! and buy com i<
li.a: on.* iVj. i'nis man ba I a soil?a la<
ol Siiai! nineteen years ? who was mn-'l
inclined to rending, und \vl,o bad ol on en
deuvored to :ndti<v Irs father to subscribe
tor an ngr.cullur il paper, but w iilio.it < licet
"In i . i > be umierstoo 1 t! .?t llio f>? v . an i.f.
i ou' lry \;;ri jtilt ir.dly great, is mora secure iliai
tint <e a .'uliltry gtr1(. 'O^hnu r a i
**m t* 1
I
A \ .
ft
Tlii* lather hud the misfortune 10 lie s'ric.ken ,
wiifi n dangerous sickness, and I'm mmngemcnt
of lilts larin devolved upon tin: soli, i
\vlii? hud obtained the parent's consent lo |
conduct it as he pleased, with tlit: provision
tliut he should plant no mulberry trees. As
a prelnniiiury s op to the reform lion eonlemplatcd,
tlio son subscribed for an ugrtcul
turu! paper and followed 'book farming* to
, die extent of his means ; the 3 vamp wn*
i reset ted to for mu'criul* for compost, (an,
idea which never entered the head of the l
fither.) limo was purchased for manure ;
the sw me were increased to increase tli I
t means of fertilising t!io sod ; root culture |
r was adopted?alternating crops?munurng j
by turning in green crops?(for which lust
k act, in particular, lie incurred the censure
ll' o ins nei jlibors, who wer* unanimous in
Vronoiinciiig him a 'fool,' 'notiony,' *erucki
i brained hoy,' A:c.)?and such other im
|> iivemeuts made as ho found suggest! d in
| 'tis p iper.
1 tin Ih ii)Tieid change which had been '
I wrought hi t e order of things on the firm,
i was so p.iipaitle an I ntnnitest as to excite ,
s j the wonder of tlto father at Ins son's unex- !
peeled success, and lie could not help nek- '
. now lodging thut his prejudices against 'book j
; lurming'mid agricultural papers were i I- ;
, liuiii led and supreme !y foolish. This farm, j
, under the lath- r\s exhausting eulture rum
) paratively a desert, and yi Idmg hut it ; nor
return for toil, has by the scientific and .sk.l- [
r j (ul man igcmcnt of the son, been in tdo l<?
' I toein w i ll p'eiry mi I well ruwuij for the .
. j sweat of h- cuhiva.or's brow. I hav * hoard
f iliis fanner deel.tro diat Ins yearly profits,
dftf not exceed 8100, and grumble ut Ins j
, j 'htru lot.' UnJ, i n<s son's adnt ms'i'at on i
, I of ulIYns treble tins amount is annuall)
s ' 'cleared.'
i i Puis case is n<? fiction?an 1 if it wi re, i;
, j would I),* a (ailbful represent:) ion of many J
. unwrit en ins.uncus ot like f suits.
. ( l! Rgrnu;! oral pip? rs, fe n, aic proioc.
|J i.e ol s?? inueii goo 2?d tifir t ndewcv is to '
. : 'make two spir. s ot grass 'jrow where hut i
I I ?:? gre v before,' tto in ans should he
j ! spar* J to extend their circuit'mti : I t tue j
. 1 i iner w ho is a subset 'bar induce bis neigh ;
_ j I? i* wao is no', to eeonte one siUo ;?let
j 'grind ural societies!' nd al possible aid in
I : tlie onus-'. 1 can ron,,"ttu of au<> her
I ni'-b t I f,,r advancing inv i ? -?l-i !
ev'i \ village tVpu ar* generally two per.
, ' sons upon wltoin Uu el ns hestuw extra- '
. ndiii iry respect, ?r a s.,r; of volntintrv I
i j reverence, oil uecou.t of their (supposed)
. | superior inteM gence?I mean the mitt ster j
'. 'I ... J.l.y - e> S*,,|,OC. Iltocu ... i
. .lit | t i soua'g' s : ion! I .\i'irse th. a f! i ceil
t y are i cm lo t * ei d et itn .ri\ i: g I
| ne agrieu; ?. i , ; a it top-, l \ ipdn. in> |
.j't* r fellow : a ns w to to,low tn , oug ?. I
, . el ? to m'T'U' uu d n or ! rot [
I orove the so.I <>tll nut t.,i> yeotn* j
. I .r t' "t' baiideii, hoie st-ii.air i ' ye 1
J oio .ni \ ? a t,i a d by such a prai j
j worthy movi in?n ?
j li 's. c'.e H ., t'i?' uifl icnce of surlt pa- '
, I eis as tue \ w iy ,_I .ul J-' ruier, ile> A'
, , u a.'. I* 11 iv atn. ( <",ii('S"" Farmer, .on:
. | o Iters o .a I>!,i* c'ni.a-itT. 'li it mil' improve
, I nj'ui rui 11 coyuuiy are o be nset d? d :
' ?that loflueitn- ip-m's eneoui.ig'-mnei Irani
i | S:a i's ;?s v\ell as in'Jw idu lis,?it me Is to
t ' he more w ih !y d lFu?e I tor, in proper! on J
l | is I' .S e\t- li i' I. ill IV :?rlv 111 ,1 snnm i?n?.
r ' |iorl <>n will ill prof sjirm ,f anrieul'iiri* I)"
\ In .1 id the* |?ubi.c (Munition, us !>{? r i '
: ui'ili ate J, and us products mere is?-d. !
J. II. 1>. |
Boston, October. 1^19.
From l!io American Farmer.
SWINE.
I As much attention is now b"in? pi id to ;
j improving ihc breed ol Swine, the expeu. j
! cii'*e of men of c.s'ablished reputation in ill j
I business, will be received with atlent on ; j
Old ill iirdi r that our read r* mriv !? mli iu. .1
| ! of the modes pursued by such, in the r? ur |
n?ir of the v?!u ?ble niiiuitil, we w ill from time j
! pros* ut llioui wit i the advice and prao ice
( l jujr.sii <i h\ breeders in dillereiit p ?r?s of the
, | Country. In nuoh.er pa^c will lie leuntl a
[ I |M|n r on she subject from Mr. K. I'nittney,
I m whom and of his farm, the editor of ilie (
i Mew Kn"l:iml Farmer, in a notice of the ,
* I , . I
I farms visited in n recent tour, ilms speaks ;
" Kvery part of Ins farm shows, tliat l>\
! science, industry "ltd skill, it hns been renI
dered worthy ol Uhiiijj ranked miiuii,' the j
. i Itrsi of well cu'livated fi.rms in N vv Knehnd,
nn I its proprietor worthy ol all prose
t |??r the I hi I ible example lie lias set for li s
j j a^i icu'.nir d brethren."
i'lie editor of the Teiinescn Farmer, in
| upon tlio farmers of the west to nil
I 1 prove their breeds makes some judicious
. remarks showni" the advantages thereof,
I ?
I ! and ver\ justly ohseives, that die |ioss soon
I of a ?ooJ s ock o( sw inc, generally involves
lie udddiou il advantages ol befer attention
? 1 an I In-i p tiian the scrub animal is apt to re.
'lb i' .1 ?
: (. < v. i lie; i.irinor uiki's n prim* an ) pe-a(
stiii* in Ins earn of a good pig, whcli u is
, not < \tr:ioiil ir?ry should be ultogi-ttn.-r iinti1
tni^r hi tin; r? :?rintr ()| nil inferior our,
flu also alludes to a fart whioh it is
I [ Strang >,! otilu lio in existence, yet iit-vcrdio.
' 1 -ss is too fnii*. thai
( j " The .sou li<;rn st-clion.s of the coautrv
i i pay out mini' ns<- sums of money, and sub
i?cr. tin in n- vt s Id ninth itiCnnx etiienei* anil
! ,
, jiorliot'.s ot llit-ir population soni" tini'-s even
, j 'o tin; |i:*o |i' el ol starvation, by a total r
j?-c;ioi? o( lb : in i\iiii, " that no fanner should
tuarlmso wliat he can raise himself; great
part, at Uas'f of wliicl) expenditure aiitj ill1
1 -ouveniehee might lie advania?;"otis!y nr.
J rested b\ tin* culture of grain utid the rear'
ing of domestic auiiuals."
This should not co tame :o h- li?* ct-c
and wo runt thai tho stnri now iilnu.it) in '
some of thos" ninths# for tins >m|iroveni<-iit
of their agricultural resotirees, wi I t av i
this blanch in\i?*w, a t ht can he iio <hiou
reason wh\ they should li. tr h.iarv '?> other
Mcctions for ih?-|i Minjilii'S a those tcN-ssar
of life ; an I It :.s an ) in?f to learn at j
I\; .1) ssce has ?aket? her stand .a < mate'ip i.
till;; her ? If from th s d? pe.. Such has
bei u ill-: fij^e lor Co o i platcia^ i i a; I
so.ith iimiI son'h * est, tl u ii.o.sT oi .i r ?r teles
of culture li .ve l? n n 1* ete.l, many 'I
which ii"Ci| iiDt in fn* to i.i r?" :e with 'heir 1
ore i* staple. T e svs'ein now ,t<lo> te.l in
the Middle ami I'his ? rn S ii< s. ol in'| ;e m;
root cro.is for tarn) -t rk, > >u' '?> an*>r
jjem?ru|l\ I iliowerf ill the Hon i'< rn ; .old we
learn from t >o nh -v |?.?|> i, t in Mi 'dl?* j
and Wes Tenncsei . ^r .to a'. 1 jjrass, t ? I
hi^h-hlooded horse* through br d in at cat- |
tie, and the iinjiroieh hog, ato 111 ;ilt |in,;
with a most urit'fviiij rapid tv.
" Wo are eonviiiceil, (says i'. <1 <?r,) ;
that this s the system brut ad..p.- . "o our
state, and we ihere'ote rejoic* Mist it in
course 1 .1 Joptiuti tmuughoul its length and |
brcadtu."
I
From tiie N. Is. Farmer.
K PIIINNKY, ciN SWINC.
In rnmpliani n with your reijues' I cheer- 1
f.il'y devote a few moments to giving \<?U 1
an account of in\ Ihirgerv. I have oil' 11
? aim tii.I now rt p-'.it, iti .t the manure
from my boo [ions Will pay lor ali tin- to<>>!
wtiSfli I purchase'or them tin? res due of
rlifir liu' i. I?y fir tin- j?n?;it''r pa't, btrinj; '.Im '
I: !in:-. ol my ti?n farm.
\! \ breeds are p. mentally ?>f the It"ik? .
s?nro lull Inn I, an I a rmss ol ties I*t?"
tho M i ko> Im i (I. T.n? r.-ss I !i?\?
loiinil tlocitl* !y preferable to t ie ltd. blond*
of ( illi'T. I have an 11)11 <>r11 il sotv ol 11?? |
" I'l^sox !)iil' li':ioh?i," beinj* u '( si'ciiil.int ol
ll)'1 I ?t'rksl?ir?', and Iiio'i'\n;io?\i'ii ?ifl)\ r.n?lisn
bro' il rs, Tii!' M.n ko\ p os w ? !? on ]
por oil 10 this fouirry limn Kiial.in I *mne
fift' i'n or l*entv y? ftrs ;ij;ot liy ("apt. Ma?:koy.oi
Boston, and till \vi bin a f w years
*v.to d< cmI lv ' e li* si s ock i:: V-w Kni?- j
land, and perhaps in \ tiera's. When fir*t
mported, (' '[if. Ma-'k y, on lis lain) a I |
'A is'iiii, not uufrinjui'iillv lir.nr'li' t'neui up
7'K) ibs. at th-i a?' ol IS mo le*. I.i
nil t n* essenli il |m i. *. surti lis inaMiii'ioj
ir!y, liolinn ss ofolF*. . joe iter weight in ,
ill inorc profitable |> ii's, tdmi' ss of skin,;
Ale., tiey ona'lv excei .1 I tan ll- iksiiir I
bri oil, but by lm.i ding in ond in, as il is I
termed, they bad imratly di'jtrni'rii'ril. bad j
I) *i'i 'iiimv -ek and fin*hit- in on titutnio.small
i'> s./i>, in s |i ?l, and ni soiiv i;i*iaiices
! t io|. il \V i li t x ' jit' ?n ot til" hu
mail *pei'us, 'i?> an m .i degir > e* no rap- |
i l> li. i .is pr o'tato ol nrc ?! in? in and in j
a* I'll' ling. Ju I.Cuius fiossai;' ist (' otil,
\\ i bv .?11 cb a if. u. 1 i d ul v .u "an b
ki'jit up ami pri s-'rv d. ily proper mien j
r > l! ? priu i; a1' ?') > and .In Me
'l'? li'i* s ot a tired .ii.) |'i "i'i vi'U inn? |
hr> b;td roji'i'ti' i ; ? without i ilea t?. ? i
iiU'i ds w I soon l|. coin'' uir \\ nb j
a i;ni ii i s or nii soiii ol lie ??> d pmp- |
cries ol tin'.Mi k"\, I tried ross iijj mem I
sv rii \ -ri.-us nri'i'ils, ninl a i h none have |
suivicilod so a ell is vvi'ii ili" lierk-.lure. j
1 b I o oil i ll*i i ait I! 11 s i ?o*s Hum im s i? I . '
j ?!;iU!?l?!er',<J.
Tlio o)<l> r class ??f |i f?; for the first 10 or
I J months, lire U?'j? pii.ci|iilly upon brew..
' ns's grain*. v\ i;n a small <| l tlllilV of I l I it! I
or Ijiii iey iriual or rior. ruin I) sn^ar bo -',
j &o ,;i!i J in ili *'.is n ?>f olovi'r, (H as, o i;n
I cmn-slalks, w< i ils, tl.ov i?r? t'Jl gr?eii
ati J thrown mm I:i? p ns ; i i< n< \t four or
live mouths Inform kiil n^ 'li< y Ii.ivcj as
: iiui 11 I ml. hi inn 11, harlot m I o: rice, \%i?h
' mi <|il >1 (j i.iiiMy of pot itoes. s or
|in.it)>k ii? us they will < at, |lio whole luring
Hi ll cook* (I (Oi(l sal.* *1. i |J given tlicin
rib nit hloiul w iriii. Our 114 slur season ol
fattening. ;i 1 ra sa o ol hard <-on 1 is every
?]ny given to noil pig. This sin .I1 qn tot ty
they will digest well, uiut of eoursO ;hero is
no waste. .Shelled com soa'.' d ;:i water
( iKii! and \ nlna'-lc points of the M.ukev
id tic- lie.?lt i, \ .jor ami s/.e, ? tii
out any ol the coarse11? *s ? ! licrUsinre. .
T <(' !> st pigs, however. lii.it I have ever
s* en, W'-re |>ri? I ic*e-ii I?y putting n lull lilun I j
15 lUsh re hour ton sow wli eh was a cross j
ol ltie M ickey Willi the " .Mono.' a New j
York breed, the progeny being half Berk- !
shir-', n ij'iurter M acbey, and a ju u ter Mneo.
My block of lutt' iiuiit swuie ii.s.i illy consists
n| iiliont one liumlie hesi It's about
Any stores. My t in<' lor >1 iiighiepng s in '
I'fbrtriry mid March, wh-n li.ol my p'gf>
are lit iIiij ugc c>t 1 5 and lli in >1.l!is, be ng
ihe lull iiiiiJ winter Inters of I previous
year, the other halt being the jugs ol the
spring next pr viuiis to killing, anil are at
the ago of 9 and 10 months. The forni'T I
in years past h ive weighed from 350 to
i00 lbs., air! hi soino inst mci s as high us
500 lbs. The Idlt-T front 250 to 350.
An inc|n ry is often m ele as to the best
t.in'.* of killing, or what age .t is most proli. i
tahlo to slaughter til-m. On a large firm
where much green IctIi ?ge is j r<> Ineed and
whi re the v.ilue of the in mure isli.ken mto
a<'('nun', I consider ili?- pigs ki'i>*?l a! the age j
(it I 5 vV I (l lllllll lis <IS g Vlllg III ge||i'|"il tllOst
Wnon it is i il ii J'il ok It t'i? ri >l
tinsage they iim\ he kept on niiiii' iihIhi try
land cheaper tool lor l: n 10 or I'd uioutii.s >
i or till within 1 or .r? months of tin; t inc ol
j hilling. Tne manure lli< v make nu t the I
extra weghl of poll; more than pay thecx
|? use incurred ill lit oping them toe longer
, tune ; ha the spring pigs which are to tic '
I.died the ensuing winter and spr ng, must
he Uept upon h li' st ?! food fioin the tunc
they arc taken lioin the sua untl lliev are
made Hi sail as the wn*rr of the occohii, for
13 i ours with quart of woo I nslieg sold <1
?o iieli h and g'veri to tlieui occasioni?It\
in small quantities, greatlv promotes
?!? -r col li an.I growth. Tli ir li<*al'li and
nppcMO is <ils fre.tly promoted l?y 'browing
a hail ilul of ch ircoal oner or t ai e a
w-ek "n each nf their pens. T a ir principal
food should, liowov r, ho cook* I as
l orou^nlv an I as t.ic* |y as if intended tor
I ; ?!?!? o-?*. From long j r.i too mid repeati**l
r\{H*ri*n? n s, | jm ronviii'ed thi two
dollars v >r li of nateiial well conked wi'l
oi ik as natch pork as t ret: doll t? worth
ofth 'Si i c m i|i rial given in * raw s'.il *.
I' _ ? w'e*n fir-t taken Ir.un tic s>iw shouM
h treated wrli '(1*1 care to pr vent seouri
ig oi ' Ir in h romhig minted .viicii ettlu r
ot tiiese Snippet, u w ll 'equi'O many days
and -Oiliet.iu h ?e< ks o pu tho'a a\? on ni'o
i helatiiv, grnwhig cotr'i ion W ji f?r~r
d piived of tilt, material fond, a I n 'tt
or kic:tn m Ik, boil -J ui d sli hdy salted
an I given to them o'.ten aii*l in s.mdl ?p? nfi.
ties, will prCv* n s -ouring and gr?i >y pro.
m? ttj i|i< ir ?n wth. Ir '0toii*hM| for k.llng
at li * ng" or 9 or 10 months, they should
lie full ic 1 ll the time and kept as fat is
possible. If on (he other hand they tire; intended
lor killing at trie age of 15 or 18
months, they should no be full fed, nor b<*
Hind** vi ry fr for the firs 9 or !0 mondis.
To sa'*sfy myself of die b'*iv ti til ties
course I took s x o<* trtv tie.st pigs eigh'
w?:? k*i o'd, nil oi tin* same htt* r, and shut
loeni ui two pens, three in each. Tnreeol
torse | fed v tv h _fh a.id kent them as fit .ill
the .i iji* as tin y could h<* mude. Theollti'r
!?:? * ?cri! led sp rmc y upon coarse food,
ii* k? , i i a healthy, growing condition, i II
w:111i11 lour o' five itiun li*? of the tunc o'
udling v\ *|, ii-|iivi re I' d as high us the
ther.s. ritt*y Wi r<* all slaughtered at the
I same* liiui! Ik*itig the n 10 moo'its o'd. At
the age nl'{) months lli?*iu'l i J p-^.s ?i* '
imifli In- henvi'-st, Litt a: the kone lime ol
kii'mg, the pigs Iuil sp.trieglv lor tin* fir*
10 or 1M mo. i'ii weighed, u, on a <
avi'ijw, fifty pounds each more than
lite others.? lb-sides tlas uJdilion >1 wei^h
of pork, ili?* three " lean kino" ndifeu
much HH.ro than the others to my in i.
mire || an. These results would se*tn very
ohv nus to aiiv lie who b ?s no ic< d the
hah* s of the ntnin 11. io consequence ol
short feeding they were much in?r* ar v
mid Indus* rums in th ; ntuntil icture of compost,
and this activity at 'lie same time can
sod the outvies to enlarge and th frame
to spread, wnile the very fat p>gs became
inactive, ?od I ke indol -nt bipeds, tie y neither
worked for the r ow tt benefit nor for that
?others,
I'or 'e-noriios" of increasing mv manure
h ' ?p? in\ > ' < .tie kept constantly .supplied
wn i p. it ur swamp mud, attoil three bundled
I ai 's of wh en iirennnunlly throw n in o
mv ?cv<i. This, u i h th" manure fiotn mv
l?o sr.- vaule, which i< daily t rowti in ami
lie weeds and coarse hrrbagc, when are
* O If-iibnu'
; t i!?! ? spoonful to a hiil. 1 have put
it on mv corn tins season noil have fouil<i it
.J.m'iiI illy ti-niTi"i I. so much so Unit I have
mic of th<* best fields ofVorit in this vicinity.
Ti v >1 r tnler. tv*l voir, tin* co^t is no'liioj*,
mill lito application gives but I: it to troublt'.
W. K"
Gennrsec Farmer.
OvKnsr.r.u* <>R Manaucrs.?the difficulty
of fief inn goad ones.? It would Iki itilficul'
to J snjn n mi v subject, 111 reft roneo to
w luc'i I inJnol'ltTM of Maryland, anl proha.
lily in V ruii.i \ --n<l oilier s wr* sou h of it,
sutler so much inconvenience nil 1 deirinie.it
1 ?!!* reg's'rj to which they a-*e JiuWt
ga it r ! iiom lie firm giv n nljutfiOO
art loads ol iiiaomin ii \i-ur.
t> i regular i) stemutio feeding and clean
and (In li-'l ling, Ifio hijiT'-'S ?>l raising iiii'l
fattening swiir very mu'ih depen Is. A
'aiMil.il I'r d r, also, who h is somi! skill
mid iij liul a lit I** j?ri?!? of vocation, is
iidispensaMc. II iiii?*r informs us tier
in n*|i ol .! ? .sU'H'nss o' I'lyss' s m roaring
is fii ?ogs, was to !)- iiliiihiifoil to h s I nthtill
I' n us, whom the old so.J.er ;?t> kd goJI
I;e ?w incico lt*r.
K. Phinnev.
SOILING CATTLE.
Soiling is lit Iced ng nfcat'le either in
tin* h irn or yard, through the summer, wi h
new mown gr iss or roots.
The following are some of thea lvintages
ol soiling e t lie over disp'istiiruig them :
' I A spot ol* ground which, when pasta:
(I upon, will ahutidun lv mairftnin live
he.i I ol rat ;le m one stablu, il the vegetables
he mowed in proper time, and g ven to
.he raitle in pioper order.
J. The s'.il! feeding yields at least three
tines tin; q'lan i y of manure from the same
number of ca' le ; lor tho La st and most
etlic iciotis manure "s produced in <he stable,
and carred to the fields at the most proper
rio I of its ferni'Mii'ttion ; whereas, wnen
sure id upon m-a lows or ploughed fields,
UK it idlnii Coiniiwin 111.1 ..vliui.oi...! I.I.
air rni'l sun, its power is entirely wasted.
' 3. Tor rani- imsl lo s ail lee.lino will
\ i-M a nniHi j?r *a:er <] tin ill it v of rn'IU, and
i i 'pMsi'ij las r in Wi-i^lr, wln n lareniii-,
i'MM vv lull lliey nolo ll li-M.
" 1. 'hey ?irr |rss siihji'CI f<? accident?
lo no! suffer so much from heal, fl rs and
insects?on 'lie contrary if every tiiina inl>ro|iei
ly man lyod, th?'v will remain in a
sta c of runs ant health and vi-for."
Von Ttiucr.
COMPOSITION FOR CORN.
4,'P.il|i? one bus'a'l of plas'er, !i ilf a b'isli.
i I of Inne. and half a bushel of ashes, und
mix ili'-in 1'iorou.hlv lonelier. AodIv
??? ?
' to so mnrli imposition as in the qu thflr
tiuti and chancer of tli- T ui!in ?|>M.
we|| hehovi*!) them to consider the cam
of what may be ? *' down an one of the gr'i
i osi evils under which tliey labor, and t
| inrnns. if any, which may a|)|il'f<i to i
iiiov<* it. A'I admit tlui exaiettce of t
grievance, nil lament it?but hoar far *
that go towards curing i; 7 In pursuit
tin* inquiry, with u view to any practical
i nin<-n 'tii at of the present s\?<-m of ci
ploy mt; overseers, it amendmcui be pr ic
cable. me true rourw- is to aarcrt on in w|i
i'? d fee a COII-1st?Suppose Dr. Must.
!> . 'iklin, or any othtfr skilful phvsicii
> ? ailed in to n patient pros'rate a
S|M:? e-.|ess ; does he pint ge ill itie lancet
! pour in the caloiii'-l, without first cnd-H
J ourmg to asi'Ri am hv the s\ iniroms ni
I t?v ioiprrv. Hie. *rnf an'l the cuuae of t
disorder 1 No. eeituinly not ; Some the
ire. it is s mJ, wtin whoin these two rernedi
| eonsti* ite pinncrn of universal efficac
like I)r Sailer iJo's hot w rer, and so tin
hl?s d firs', nn I itiquiro afterward ! F
ours- Ives, uunk lied in tl?o divine art, i
1 con teas to s-mi f.u'h in the pulso and t
tongue \Voat then are tlie causes th
in teasers arc, in so mauv cases, lazy, i
nor.nit, ineompctent, drunken and disho
I est ? i'his inquiry wo arc aware opens
hroad held of investigation ? So far fro
pretending 'o be prepared to solve die pr
im-in, wij reuiiiiv admit our ui tbihts to do
On thio, as on a thou* mid subjects whii
*" kIio'iM rejoicu to undcrs and and illu
1 Tito. w> ti cl bui loo s ns.bly that like So
' ratos ul nM, *\tM dial I know is that 1 knc
' no'j'iinn !" Are overseers too poorly pui<
Is 'hi* occupa'inn degrading 1 lias tin- sy
j t< m of discipline ov??r slaves been so inu'
j rel ixod by their owners, as to prevent t
: ovi rsi-er ? oni ilom? Inms' If justice 1?*J
d.'tennir.e t'-ese questions. u variety of tai
i are in-o ssnry? U;i the point of comprtu
i non, we nun* consider the nature of his s<
vices iitnl t!ie degree of Ins responsibility
and compute these with the services a
responsibility of Men ol equal grade of c
p.ie tv in o.jr r callings. At first view t
tia I adopted ttic opinion that, with a ft
j inceptions, the pay is too lit le?hat high
compensation m aimost every oilier einplo
i mem at "-acted all young ni-n of mdust
' and chnrac rr?That is to say, trial the d
gree of int< Ihgencc, industry and integri
necessary to mako a good overseer, won
1 command higher wage , at almost any ot
j er hU'iness. whether on land or wat'-r ; li
on r< (I etion, we douht the truth of th
impress-on. Suppose the manager to be
. married man, he usually gets a house,
| garden, h s tire-wood, and a certain allot
| mice of tn?-nt and corn, with the privilege
Ins wife of raising poukry, keeping or usti
; u cuw, and sonietonrs the right ot u hi
' ->r two front the otlal kitchen milk and g:
ten stuff?such olfid being sufficient i
, on.' Ii<vt it ast. How does that compa
i with t'i?' bes* journeyman*-: wages at a,
iiM-eh in m| husini'Hs, or with a great nut
j l>.-r ol'gco I eh-iks ? Suppose a juurne
' man's vv. g' s to be 81,50 per day, (or. s
tliieo hundred d iys, though in many cast
such na plasterers, bricklayers, painte
A:e. :iu-y are without employment I
j -i\ wi-.'ks or two months in winter?h
w" will -ay t'ireehundred days ? tliat wol
in.' four htin ip-d and fifty dollars?Xowsu
pose tiun to b" a married man, what a
i (us expenses y With nn opportunity to i
| quire, we inigii'spi-.ik withinore accuracy
j !>ul we will ?iy, fir
llou.su runt, ?4h
W ooJ, lia
m.
01 -at, as much ns tho overseer
gets U!'^ raises, 5;)
M ik, 10
M irkuunj* vegetables fur the
\ear, si v, 75
' '
M iking 200
Deduct lhis from his four hundred and I
tv, and lie lias in money two hundred oi
' fifty against thu overseer's two hundred.
Bu' suppose him to be sick for n day, or
week, or a month?hit pay is stopped
I the hour, whilu tho overseer's goo* onAnd
then he is not stinted in the use of fir
! woo I ; gets, or ought to get, from one co
; which every married man, in common h
inanity, ought to he allowed to keep,
I much milk as will go far towards t'eodi
Ins children ; and his wife, if a thrify w
m m, will raise poultry enough to pay I
their groceries, except liquors , and wt
! it possible, there st mil J be a stipulat!
IM ust i'ih use uf them in or out of I
.( use Il.it in li s, tin* Boss should set t
example, ns does our fiiend?mid we a
|)io:J 10 c.ill linn 'rii-tid J.'Cob Woolf,
; .it istcr mason in If dii.nore?a most acti*
oaily rising, i"diishions, thriving, rie
- growing mechanic?one with wnoin '
have often stole sway before daylight,
: ?M?joy u dc'ightful hunt, killed ^i;r fox, a
I got buck almost in tun" to escape the ir
j lignant observations ofsonio envious bur
i biting drones, who looking out yet but h
awake, through their chamber winuo
i would say. "Ah, there goes the fox-huoti
! | lost in aster?liet'i r ho in his oflico : net
imn f ? we'll fix his flitv for lum?we'll |
, op h secret in- mnrinl for h s rrnjoval
liu' awav wi ll such verm n?it would i
tic luir to connect thein by any sort of a*
Icntiou, nib Woolf's Leader of Dido. h
j the-bye, m nil our exhilarations?after
r ?!? fatigues of the chase, W. could net
' be tempted to drink any thing hut water,
i Oie c nt I In re wood, I remember me.
?iis prevuiled on to l?-t down n glass or I
, of -ji k injj champaign?, but there wng
t s i:.m uk Ins reluctance to go it?fc>*?oi
i, ryulu he Savq gone n *\vo.birred put"
MBBBBBBfifiHBHHIiK? f 'yi
r?. much by way of a hy-blow, at aa tfcoaab - / jj
It worthy, bigh-apiri'ed bricklayer, whose poli- ;
kw tie*, like his trade, lead bim to build up,and
not to pull down. VH
tie I would seem that tlie wages of thQtwer- ^
re. seer are equal to, and his condition proba* ^
tm My in some respects better than that of tbe ^
ill ix-?t journeyman mechswic ; for ootmarricd *
iia m?*n is worthy of the cnFiloyment at a man*
?fr, who would not be worthy of tbe com.
11. peiisttiion end privileges here designated,
n* Can it be that young men eschew the * V .
>?t employment because it is not, or is esteamed
or t'? tie n rrtpe. table occupation ? Thoso
m who consider it otherwme, must surely have
nd s'roriguly perverted notions of rcspectabilior
ty?Is Hie foreman of any manufuctary or
v. iiutchatiical business respectable ? Well is
nd h? not an overseer \ Is a chief clerkship in .
!us ? store or and office not respectable/ and
rr is not that man who holds it an overseer 7 Is
cs not the birth of a first, or a second, or a third
v, Lieutenant, or mate in man-of-war or
e\ merchant vessel, respectable ? and nro not
or they ull overseers, all of them, moreover,
vc bring themselves overseen Docs the over.
|,n seer on a farin watch over those under him
ml more closely, or enforce discipline so strict*
sj. ly, or punish '.hose under him with so much
n. cerliiinty or sover.ty, ns docs the Lieutcn.,
a snt of a man.of-war, for neglect or diaobc.
na dience, or desertion 1?No, by no means,
o- while he is himself held to a much stricter
it. account by his commanding officer?So is
sh the male of a merchant?so is the foreman
is- of a manufactory, or the chief clerk of a
c- public office, held to a much stricter account
iw by their superior, than most overseers are.
1 i oy tsic-ir employers. The owner of land
s- who w ould wantonly treat his manager with
eh disrespect. <?r without ample occasion, moko
he him (eel his subordinate sanation, only
r?? shews us ail foo's w.ll sometimes do, that
Ms "want of decency is want of sense." On
in. (hat J* 'iut every gentleman (a distinctivo
r. tppelluiion for winch we moat still insis")
/ ; will be guarded not to forget that
nd
,a> j "Honor anu worth from no condition rise?
^,e 1 Act well your part?there all the honor lies. \
w I Who shull say such men as Crawford, mantr
ager for Dr. Stewart, and Tucker, for Mr.
^ I Maxey, are i.ot as good and as respectable
r- men, aye, and a thousand times more so
e* i ihan many a large landholder or merchant,
'y | being men of uprightness, of sobriety, of
' | courage and of industry?men who havo
I iho t <l?*n's uiid the energy !o set an examplo
11,1 of the best practice, and the greatest suenI
ces? in tho most useful, and lut n? *J<1, otte
0 of the most difficult arts of I ft;. Would to
a . heaven our country abounded nioro in such
v~ ! men. lie must nave an ohtose intellect,
lo i wuh very little of the spirit o! inquiry or
^ j thirst for knowledge, whs dots not gain ad.
:>e* i vantage and gratification by associat rig
,r" j with such men. If they would cor.sein,
"r i and these who wonlJ employ thern would
rc a.'ow them to take apprentices, or p ipils if
- I you will, (for it seems that v\ ith some a res#
:1" hy any oteer namu will not smell us sweet
)" ?hence manager Is thought to be mom
ay
courteous ilia n overseer ! what nonsense!)
?s' II wo say men of any class, high or lovr,
would bind themselves to work under such ?
or men ns Crnw ford and Tucker, whora suclv.
can bo found, it would constitute a much
j more useful school than many which have
,r>* | heeti endowed hy Legislatures and pious
rc ' Testators. Young men brought up under
!'" them, leaving with their certificate, would
* I p.iri't/ iv fit flt?'in i? iliuli.rtv" ' '
. j -- ... ?... ... ? W|'IW|||'? MKU WIMIIU IMU
j f- to procure (Item honorable employment
1 and ad'-cjuate pay.?Am. I'armrr.
Bl'CB wheat. (FoFygonum.)
In light lands tl.is crop may bo
raised to ndvan age. In tins climate*
it s o ild not he sown till after the
nu Idle ol May. One bushel is seed enough
for un acre, it'sown broad-cast, as is usual ;
but if sown in drills, less than half ihat
q iHMity is sufficient. In the State of New
,u' York, fanners sow it in August with winter
wheat. It affords iht m u rip? crop in
11 the fall, without injuring the crop of wheat,
to wli ch grows wi:h and succeeds it.
Buckw heat is harvested by mowing, in
the manner of barley. After it is mown it
w' should be. several duys before it is housed.
H" I1 is in no donger of the seeds fulling, nor
does it suffer much by wc\ From its gieat
"8 ! succulency it is liable to heut in a mow, on
? | which account it is better to put it into small
ur i stacks of tivo or *il Inida Mfli ih.n mlluo
Tc u large out*, or in u barn.
011 Mr. London observes, "that the uso of
>ls (he grain of buckwheat in Great Bri'ain is
',tJ almost entirely for feeding poultry, pigeons,
r" und swine. It nv.iv uLo be given to horses,
R wutc't htr sind to ;hrive sv ell upon it; but
'** the author ot "The New Farmer's Cab n_
h* dar," s.iy* be thinks In- ha* seen it produce
t*' a a u|H'fv ing t (ToCt. Young says, tlmt
10 hush* I ot bu<*k wheal goes far her than twe
bushels of oats, and mixed with nt least
IM- four tsntes as much bran, will be found sufk*
icicnt for a horse a wtck. E'ght bushels
*" 1 of buekwheat meal will go as far us twelve
| bushels of barloy moal."
; Toe meal of buckwheat is made into thin
rer cak'-s, called crumpets, in Italy, and in
*<M some parts of England. Buckwhcut pan.
rnkas art* likewise common, and thought to%
lot be wholesome .?s well as palatubUi, in many
s?* parts of tho United States. Buckwheat
*y- LI. >ssoms afford r?< h food for beea, nnJ aro
a ' useful as well from tho quantity of honey
'V winch they ensbio th'- bees to make, as tho
long time they continue without fading or
h? ceasing to be fragrant. On this account
wo die buckwheat plant is highly prized in
no Fmn *e and Ge rmany ; and Iht llanul ad,
fter . __?.
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