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BREAKING A COLT.
Some good people who raise colli are
not aware (hat they are thinking animals
and huvo fuel ngs, passions and aflections,
very much like liurnnn hpings. They can.
not talk?that*! all. People who do not
appreciate?tho character of horses, am
npt to (rent them like bru'en, without love
or mercy, and without any sppiial to their
glorious intelligence. " The liorso know,
eth his owner?and ho knows iuuch more,
?ho knows when ho is treated ns a Christian's
horse should bo?and in respect of
treatment the Turk and Arab havu much
the advantage of us in civilisation. Those
pagans make friends of their horses?they
love each other, and in the sandy desert or
tho wide plain they tie down side by side
and onch is equally ready to resist the ap.
proach of an enemy.
It is not often so with us. The Colt is
left to grow up to manhood wild in tho pas.
ture, with very little acquaintance or sociability
with his master. As soon as he is
thniinhl IfAnn annnnh I- ? - ' - I -
_ _B... vuuiu wuini HO nns a
sudJIoor a harness shipped upon him. so
hnrd as to make nim tmglii again. Ho is
put into soma strong cart or wagon witi.oul
understanding what is wanted, and being
bewi) tared in his ignorancc.nnd exasperated
at such rough handling, it is generality the
case that ho exerts his s'.rongih to get out
of the scrape and avoid his enemies, by
plunging,kicking.throwing himself down and
sundry ottior such vile tricks, (as they are
called) as wotttd naturally occur to a poor
beast who thought himself most viliunousty
abused. While this is tho operation in the
mind ePtho unvopliisratcd colt, the horsebreaker,
issweuritig at his vicious obstinacy,
laying on the licks with the string or the
butl of the the whip handle, and doing his
beat to draw blood at every stroke. His
intention is to subdue the beast to ohedience.
He may succoed, but it will only be
by destroying tils noble spirit, and rendering
him a tamo, pussivo beast of burthen,
working only as hu is forced, but without
ambition or good wilt. The man is the
most ignorant brute cf the two. H<? is d .-stitute
of all proper knowledge of the animal
who * knowetn his owner," and should be
bcatou with many stripes himself.
Tho fact, is, the colt should bo treated
with unvarying kindness, except when he
is manifestly vicious, contrary to his own
knowledge, after having been fuirly taugti'.
When be is luken up C>r breaking he
should bo kept hungry and bo fed from the
hand of his master ; while all the little tok
cos of pra'se, fondness and approbation,
HIKimI. ? ? * *
winwi <>iu Rraiuying to a horse as to a
woman* should be liberally bestowed upon
him. No act of rudeness or unkindnesa
should inspire him with fear ;? and in a
short time lie will coiue to his master as to
his host friend. Let him feel that he is safe
in thn hands and caro of man* and he will
place confidence in that attention which is
b stowed, and with a light h?*art will ?*x?r'
hinia< If to please his rider. Bestow upon
him tlio whip, and jerk him about with the
halter and bridle, and his temper will rouse
to resistance, or sink to stupidity.
A horse may be taught, like a child, by
those who hove won his affections; but the
method of teaching is by allowing distinctly
what you want him to do, not by beating
him because he does not understand and
perform nt the ou'aet. Judicious mnnage. I
inem is required in the course of instruction,
for these creatures, liko men, have very
different intellectual capacities and tempers;
but ull may be mastered by kindness, while
the best, the most high-spirited, the most
generous, will be ruined by beating.
To illustrate this which wo mean to enlarge
upon horeaAer, we will relate a little
circumstanoo that secured during a tour to
to the White Hills. Having a horse?a
fine light grny saddle poney, we undertook,
with a ft iond, to ride to tlm summit of ono
of tlte mountains. Federal?that was his
name?and he belonged to Niles?-would
have done anything for me, for hs and I
had become well acquainted* and be Vas
a roost noble-HeartedI fellow* Federal
chtfAbond up according U* any directioeeX^l
thought I ceuld see lh? best
way, sod guided him accordingly. We got
at last upon^be peak, where was s level or
some yards snuora. and u
. i im w??i? iwjver
had been up so high in thaVjrorld bofore,
as we slacked the ?*?*: turned
three time* round to look at the prfcapect,
end thee set up a asieam of <Hight. iMtsa
not a neigh nur a whinner, nor any common
made of talking for a horse, but it was a
regular hurrah, as much as to say M O !
1 *" thunder and lightning I Aint this glorious f
After n whtfs ws turned to descend, aadj
gave Federal his own way. It seenwIH
c'<t * * & u * v*' *' '
.! '' -?. '1 *"*V ,
il well. Tbo little rascal stopped now and
ilien and msdo a surv? y as carefully as could
bo done by a civil engineer. He turned
and tacked, and worked ship, like on old
sailor among the breakers; and being careful
and surefooted, he came down as wife as
a tortoise. But wo brought up et last against
a fence?having taken a different direction
from that by which wo ascended.
We rode at tbe_f**nco fairly, but Federal
stopped short. " You fool," said (, can't
you jump 1" Tried H again?no go. I
sropped a moment, and Ihii.ks I to mywlf
this horse has never leaped1 a fence in his
life. I felt sure tie would have tried his best
for me nr any time, and would have broken
his neck sonner than huvo refused?if h?
had known exactly what to do. I talk d
kindly to him?coaxed him?patted bis
neck ?and as soon a* K aa?r his head raised
about two or three inches, and his ears
pricked up brightly, and felt tho muscles of
his aided swell und<*r the saddle, I knew he
had caught the idea?that was all he wantod?I
gave him the hint to try it, and over
he wont, like a swallow, at least two feet
higher than was necessary. The little
scamp meant to make a sure job of it. tie 1
was no sooner down, than he wheeled about
looked at the fence, and snorted, ns much 1
as to say,44 what do yon think of that 7" 1
and trotted off*. Ever afterwards during '
our juurney. Federal was on the look out
tor some excuse for leaping. A log, n run 1
of water ucros9 the road, even a stone 1
bridge, he uniformly picked up his ears at
da leaped across?giving a snort each tim v
to announce his joy at having performed a 1
new feut.
The moral of themnttor has been stated 1
at the ou sru Federal only need"d to un.
derstand what we warned, to do el! in his
pow er for its accomplishment. He was only
a hired horse, but wo understood and
loved each other* lie was li:ilo, but high 1
spirited, noblo, gem-rous?no whipping on
arth would havo managed that horao so 1
readily as kindnefts and encouragement.?
i lining, j<tkiii?, wtupping and spirting,
might have beun tried in vain to make him
leap tho fence?with a moment to think
about it(nnd a nice dose of flattering applause,
he flew over it like an experienced
hunter. More ubout this hereafter.
Boston Times.
From the Pranklin Farmer.
treatment of brokbn limbs of horses.
To the Editor of the Pranklin Farmer s
Dear Sir.?Be ng a great lover of stock,
and deriving more pleasure by contributing
to that part of animnted nature that cannot
make its wanta known to man, than from
any other sourc* ,and learning through your
paper that M-doc has mot with a misfortune
that may prove fatal, ! have thought fit to
give you the reault of my experience in n
parallel casu that occurred to a Jack lost
spring. I feel mucli hesitation in doing this,
being wi ll apprized that Modoc is in the
neighborhood of as good surgical aiJ, as can
be procured in the west; but oa cures are
frequently the result of accidentt as well as
the effect of mature thought and experience,
a tyro in the profession, may be pardoned
for sugg?eting his opinions, even o the sage
?but to my case. The left fore arm was
fractured trtnsversly, about five inches above
the knee joint, the bone betwixt this fracture
and the knee, was split down to the joint, so
that, in renluy there were two fractures,
communicating with euch othor. The first
tiling done, was to suspend him, tor tho reason
that it had been tho practice heretofore, '
but close attention soon satisfied me that
my animal was v? ry uncomfortable and
restl ss. Although I knew, the fracturod
nai*le o/ihM !??? L.-S4? * '
i. vvuiu w ivtrpi imu-r icitxi 10 eacn oiner,
by keeping him suspended, than they could
be, if he were permitted to touch the ground;
I determined to make the experiment for the 1
f Mowing reasons. Tlio pressure upon his <
lungs ufleeted his breathing very much, and
upon his bowels produced great rostiveness.
However, after turning him loese, I soon
fouud tho lunb swinging about, whenever lie
m ved, und quite crooked wlton he touched
the ground. It immediutety occurred to .1
me, that something more than ordinnry ban.
dogcie must tx* applied. I made a bandage
of stroii? cotton domesiic^about two inches <
wide, long enough to reach from the ancle i
to tho body, and back to the ancle joint?
spruad it from end to end with thick tar?
applied it curefully, so that every time, it
went round the limb, it would lap half
the width upon the previous turn of
tho bandage: I then Imd soino cotton
nicely carded and laid betwixt two
pieces of the ssmo do-restic, wide enough
to rap round the limb, extending from th<* i
knoo joint to tho elbow, so as to encompass
the whale of the fractured limb-quilted carefully?running
the rows of stiches about an
inuli from each other, for the purposn of
keeping the cotton permanent, tins was
also spread with tar and laid over the first
bondngo. I then made some white oak
* pilot* about on inchwide, long enough 10
oxtiwfftwTi the knee to the elbow, quitted
them betwixt two layers of dom'tttic^.widH
eoough to go round the whole of the previous
dressing ; this was likewise spread with
tar and laid on, und thn whole secured with
strong tape, sewed to the d imnic. Thi*
dressing was continued for eight weeks,
without heiq^ touched except to lighten th<>
tapes ss t.ie iwlhng receded, nnd my patient
fecoTered with very little deformity.
After the whole is applied, be certain to ex.
amine and seothat the cushion betwixt the
Jkrst bandage and the splits, is wide enough
TO prevent tho ends of the splints from com
?i| hi uguuiui wun uiu nniMf oinurwite inej
will iirlia'o the skin bud keep h m restless,
la Medoc's case the dr using siould extend
only faun the kneo 10 the ankle. If you
think the above suggestion rould bo of auv
service to this splendid how, or to nny
other unfortunate quadruped, you may
jjive them a place in your viiluablo paper,
ifuot, lay them by with other such stuff*, that
I havo ,.o doubt you are frequently plagued
with.
Tonnexeo Farmer.
HAIR oP TUB II RUB.
From the non. conducting qualities of
h >ir# its almost universal diffusion over the
bodies of animals, the change which it tin*
dergoes during sickness, and the effect
which it exe rcises on the p"r*pirationof the
nnim 1. It may safely be inferred th >t it performs
un important pirt in tiio -mim il ecOnomV.
Nature nrrnnjen #t?i?
? ?"
the wants of the nimal, or thoclimute it inhabits.
Undor the eauator, the hair of animal
is scattering, and with few excop'ions
coarse ; as we recede from that point, the
hair becomes thicker and finer, until in high
northern latitudes, fur of tho finoncss of silk,
constitutes almost the entire covering. Tho
horse is subject to the same laws, that govern
other anim ils in this nmpccl, ns may be
Rrn-n by comparing the Arabian horse, or
other southern horses with the northernmost
bn-eds, the Shetland horse, for in
stance. In the first, the hair is short and
smooth during the whole year ; while in the
latter, it is long ntall times, and during the
winter, has tho thickness and closeness, al.
most of wool.
Animals shed, or moult thoir hair, twice
a year ; in the spring, to prepare them for
ih?* summer heats ; and in the fall, to nvtke
way for a now thicker, and finer covering.
These changes of hair, or moulting are al- j
ways productive of more or hnts constitutional
disturbance to the animal, affecting his
health, and frequently requiring the attcn-1
lion of bin owner. While tho horse s shielding
his hair efforts to hasten the process," re
improper ; and the old hair should not be
removed until the young is prepared to take
its place. Rubbing down, to remove the
loo.ened coat, and give a slight friction of
the sk n, is admissible, but at this time, the
curry_comb,or card, should be banished
from the stable. At this period there is always
more or less fever, and any treatment
that can add to the irritation of the skin
must bo carefully avoided. Farmers in
L'enerul pay liitle attention to their animals nt
this season and their horses not imfVen.
t-v..ly
xuffW in consequence of this negl.-rt in
the way of colds, distemper, loss of flesh,
6tc.
Horses that arc kept in warm tables nt
ull times of the year, do not have that variation
in the thickness of coat during the
winter or sumirv-r, that occurs to those exposed
to the vicisstudes of our climate.
They resemble in this respect, the animals
of a warm climate ; but experience shows,
that such warm housing, is unfavorable to
their general health, and that when exposed
to the cold of out latitudes, they suffer far
more than those animals do, that hove been
inur< d to ^exposure, and their hair has bo.
come adapted to its exigencies.
Horses that are suffered to lie in pastures
after cold weather cornea on. instead of having
their hair short and smooth, have i'
longer and thicker, and ofcourse, standing
out more in the manner of fur-producing
animals during the season. Such animals,
when afterwards put in the stable, though
the appearance of the coat may be iinprov.
ed. cannot be made to look like those taken
up before the thickeuing of the coat for win
ter begins. Farmers, and others, therefore
who are nice shout the nppenranco of their
horses, must take them from the pasture to
the stable, as soon ns the fall moulting commences;
those who r-gard his comfort more
Ihnnthis appearance, will permit sufficient
exposure to thicken his coat and prepare
him to meet the blasts of winter, without
injury. Geo. Farmer.
PROPAGATING FRUIT TREKS FROM SCIONS
A subscriber iri Vermont lately requested
to know whether apple trees could not be1
propagated from scions or cuttings ; tho
Imst season for cutting the shoots ; the m-thr>d
of preserving them till wanted ; the mode
of setting or planting them ; and whether
tho trees when grown would be like tho original
stock ? dec. The following extract
from the Farmer's Cabinet is the best re.
ply WO are able to give, hnvinrr n?v..r irio/t
this particular mode ourselves, nnJ having
never to our knowledge seen on apple tree
growing ffom a cutting, though we have
Been t em produced from the roo's. We
hould have much more confidence in seed
ling trees, grafted or inoculated to insure the
right kind of fruit thnn we should have in
cuttings. If this mode of growing apple
troes could be mad-- to succeed, however,
it would certainly bo n decided improvement
on all other methods,as there could lie
no doubt but that the tree would
when grown, thai from which the cit'ting,
was taken. Will some or many of our;
friends give the plun a trial, nnd report the
result?? (3??n. Farmer
Th?- method of preparing th plant i*
us foliows -Take the scions nw for grafting.
at any time after the first of February,
and until iho buds begin to grow considerably
and put each end of the shoot id melted
pitch, wax or tallow, (grafting wax would he
good.) nod bury it in the ground, buds ip.
pernios!, while the body lies in n horizontal
position, at the depth of two three inches.
We are informed thnt trees ob lined in this
way will bear in threo or four years from
' me time or pinn'ing. We have no doub*
, of the practicability of his method of rais!
inn frut. A gentleman in iliis vieiniy tlic
last soiiuon planted about twenty did*-root
kinds of pears. which appear to flourish.
Tun composition which he used was shoe.,
maker's wax."
To Destroy Weevils in Granaries.?
Sir?S eein?( in your piper inquiry respecting
the destruction ofwcvils, I send a cop\
of n paragraph which has bcoi) cut out of
some publication, ft is us i* 11uw?
" AccicJ.?n him discovered to a Fn'i.eh
firmer a very simple mod'.* of destroying
weevils in corn warehouses, happening to
lay in too corner of a granary in \v|?:ch there
was a quanty of corn, soma sheep skins
with clip f| nee on, he was no' n little surprised
th find (hum, a f-w d ays nfor, covered
ri'h'dfiiii! woev.ls. He rc|ie?t?N| ih" rxperbnetitj
sovornl tioi's, and always wilh tho
sauio success. At l ist ho ordered his corn
to he stirrsd up, and not a single weevil remained
in it."
C remain sir, vours,
London Farmers' Magazine.]
A CONSTANT RE\DER.
From the Franklin Farmer.
COLOR OF HnKKCS.
D-'cp or dark hays ana browns, for use
and exposure to woa hor, ore to be preferred.
They arc more fixed or stand b"<:er. Chesnuts,
dark, are pretty good, and I'ght is also
a good racing color, but gro-v rusty, when
exposed. Greys, when woll rubbed and
ia fine condition, look well, nay splendid *111
superb trapping. Chevnut roans nod bay
roans, when well kept, are also good and
handsome. Dark red sorrels are good for
the saddle, but arc not favorites in harness.
Some like duns, and I have seen good hors s
of this shade. The yellow mare by Tandem,
was a good one. /Somo like blacks,
hut. perhaps it in iv be prejudice in me, I
never saw a good black horse. Sorcerer and
his sire Trurr pator are called blacks. I reckon
they were dark browns, and that aerii.
pulotis examination of the muzzles and
flanks would have shown 1I10 chesnut or
bay. Pale colors are to be rejected as in
dicalive of wasting constitutions.
CROFTS.
From the Mississippi Fanner.
CULTIVATION OF MILLET.
Tho following communication will doubt,
less be read with interest, it is from the
ptn of a gen leman who is well known
throHghout (lie Slate, and whose initials will
at once recommend his suggestions to the
attention of our reiulor*.
MILLET.
Near Jackson, Oct. 1839.
Dear Sir :?Your favor relative to the
cultivation of Millet in this Slate, is received
; and I will with nleasurc furnish you
with the result of mv experience.*
In the fall of 1938, I procured from a
friend in Alabama, one peck of seed, and
which I sowed lust spring as directed by
Itjta. I Imd previously learnt, in a trip
through Kentucky and Tenncsseo, the estimat
ion in which it was held by stock-raisers
it those States. Many of them assured me
that it yielded from eight to twelve thousand
L i - < * -
pou'ios oi nay to lite aero. And lliougli
the Tood is coarse arid rough, yot its as onish'ng
product socmed to render its cultivation
expedient for our mules and oxon and
cat'.le generally, if for nothing more. Our
winter range being pretty well exhaused, it
is indispensable that we provide rough (brag*
fur our stock, fron^cultivution.
I sowed the above peck of seed, on about
three acres of ground, after breaking it with
the plough both ways, and harrowed it in.
One fourth of a peck to the acre is probably
sufficient; und the first of March 'h^ proper
time for Sowing. It should be cut when
ftiirly headed out and in milk, for hay,
which, in ordinary seasons, will be in July.
Such ns is kept for seed, must remain until
it fully matures. From those three acres
I have cut upwards of fifteen thousand
weight of hay, und find iha' horses, mules
and cuttle are very fond of it.
I am much p'eased with its cultivation,
nod shall enlarge my crop. It seems to m>'
preferable to oats ; because it yields more,
and is holier winter food.
From the Same.
I
food f'ir hoos.
Until tho grasses nro 'Wroduced, and
i^eudnw* op fed Is established, must
l#i>k to melons, pumpkins, rymhngs,
squashes, &c for food for hogs, in the
sbring,summer and fill ; and to the various
r|?ot-<, boots, carrots, turnips, and puintnes,
4ce, Thoso who feed with corn only, will
tlnd their hogs half feil and h dl'a'arved, or
will incur nn expense nearly equal to the
value of the hog.
An ncre of eyinlings will supply two or
three bushels a day for as many months;
and nt a season when green food is .inost
needed. There is scarcely unv planter
who may not, with ordinary caro, prepare
turnips, pumpkins and potato1** in ahum
dance and to spare. Why then should we
neglect th 111? An In&uiubr.
From the Boston Cultivator.
MAKING BUTTRR.
Many ru'es for making butter have I>o?*n
given to tliepublir,nndsornuofthem are good
if we could persuade dairy women to follow
them, it is quite an object to make butler
of the first quality, if wo make any, since
thn purchasers have begun to bid up hand.
Homely fot the her ; and the dilF-n-nco in
the tabor, of making thu bust and the poorest
is so trifling that no te should think of making
any of inferior quiliy.
It should be remembered by all who
innko butter for sale ih it lor several} years
prist the b' st inndo?-the premium butter?
tins brou.'.lit ut auction more than 40 centa
u pound?some of it 45? while ordinary
butter has no', in firkin, commanded h*lf
mat prico. To loso cue Imlf of the pro*
coeds ofihe dairy merely for want of skill
and earn is rather more than we can afford
to do, und a is time oVesolve not to submit
to this loss when wo can avoid it.
Much of the hotter ilnti ? r~~ ?1
- - ? ?? ? ?wr 8(119
in summer is sent oflT to market immediately,
and ueforo the rancid dinner, shut up in
the lum,>s has begun to ferment und send j
forth its eflliivn ; id us most fresh butter
will, fir a few dnys, taste swee', tho purchaser
makes hu: llr.le difference in price,
and this is tltc prhiHpat cause whysu great
:i proportion of our butter is carelessly
made. !? is nurricd off* to market and is
not sufF r.'d to rest long enough to rot on
our liniuls. Toe old tuno of, "Robin's
alive" is sung?4,If it dies in my hands you
may saddle-buck me."
To make butter that may '00 kept sweet
hrough the winter we need not say the
pails and the pans must be perfectly clean.
It cr am is 10 be kept moro than three days
before churning it mnst be salted and da.ly
stirred. When the butter is formed and
gathered tho buttermilk should be all turned
from the bu teriuid good quantity of puro
I cold water should bu put in the churn, and
tho whole should be agitated for somo min.
u'os that no buttermilk may lodge in the
caviti"S of the butter.
Wo are well awnro that somo have fancied
"we wash away the goodness," when
we churn tho butter in water; but w e are
happy to see better notions latterly prevailing,
und that the colebratcd highland Scotch
butter is made as our own experience lias
proved to bu best. There is no mistake i
about it. The buttermilk left in tho butter!
is the principal cause of its rancid taste '
when long kept.
Tho butter must now betaken out with
a small wooden shovel?maple wood is
good?and the dairy woman's hand?clean
or unclean must not touch the butter, for it
must not bo molted. This shovel should
bu used to work over tho butter and let out
t .e water pnnioimwl >?? ' *'?
?it , aim me next any
it must bo shovelled over again and worked
us well as a neat mason works bis mortar,
not touching his hand to it.
Salting down Butter.?On the first
working some salt should bo intermixed,
und ooo ounce of sail to 10 of butter s com.
monty SUflleit'lli, tlUl no iniiv.ii Kjf this oitU
will be washed awny on tho second
working it will bo necessary to add more
as taito may require. And now on the
second working a little saltpetre and a little
pulverized loaf sugar must bo well mixed
with tho salt lust udded. We huve found
one teaspoonful of salt pcre and two of sugar
quite sufficient for twelve pounds of but.
ter. it must he thoroughly mixed so that
every part of the butter may havo a share.
This should bo pucksd in hard-wood firkins,
as clos ! ns possible, to exclude the nir.
No brine need bo poured on for the stilt
will form a sufficiency wi-h moisture of the
butter; and when a new luyer is to bo ad.
dod this brine must be poured on to let tho
two cliurnings come close toge.hor.
We have often had butter put up in this
manner in September and in October that
proved perfectly sweet in the following June.
People who nte of it could hardly be made
to believe it had been made eight or nine
months. '
This delicious article,?this indispensable
in cookery?is more often spoiled for want ,
of care than any thins, that is brought to
market. When pure it is one of tho most
wholesome articles of die;, and no ptins
should bo spared to preserve il in perfec.
tion.
From the Franklin Farmer.
REMAKES ON FRUIT TREES.
The following arc equally appropriate to
apple and pear trees. Those trees, in order
to last long and benr w"ll, should bo j
dug about one foot deep and two feet around ,
towards the end of October. The dry ai.d
dead limbs and the bad ones cut off?the
outward rough and creviced bark carefully
scraped, either wiih a rasp or any instrument
for the purpose. This may done
in Februarv. 'uL-mo num nm i?..-? ?
ago the inner bark ; if the live bark be j
touched tin- wound should V covered with I
hii ointment made of cow dung nnd clay
mixed to^-tber with urine, T-ds will do
well iilao to apply upon those p-irtn of any
true tint liavo been pruned. The hole
around the trees muni be fill d up early in
March with new earth. The peach tree
must b" pruned at die end oft <* winter, and
tbn wound be covered with the above
composition. Nature has designated the
iiiOs: proper time to plant the bent pencil
stones; us those wlii<*li lull oil the gmund
when the fruit is npe, and are buried by
hogs or any diing Uc, most eertainly grow
'teller tlmn if w? pi ml the dry seed, whieh
..... n.. _ ?
VT>- U' |||-HIII V |JI1III WIIIIOUI HUCCI'SS. As
soon us you see uud ?at such peaches ns
am worili having, put the kernels in tlio
ground, in a trench of six or seven inches
deep,cover thorn well, ami Umy *?? ! all, or
nearlv all, come up tin* following spring.??
To ruh h pear or app|?? tree *iih finh oil
after scraping, is, i punk advisable, as a
pear tp-e 5J feet circuniferenec, thus trosU |
eii has revived tli h year, and instead of an
almost do id condition, was covered with
j superh fohuge and bore fitio fruit which it
h. d not done lor tlie last three years,
I W. MENTISLLE.
CULTIVATION ON COtN, . v
In a ropert of the Cottle Show '.JUad '*>
Fair" at E?:on Md. m October, whit*;U? v, ^
And in the American Farmer, b the Bfc??
Chop op Cokn.?Rawed by Col. Ni
Ooldabo rough, of Talbot eeooiy. The % 1
subscriber regrets that it wee wholly out of
bis power to procure a Surveyor to meae>,
ure his grqond. -The ground was massured
in the first instance with a SO foot pole, and
was 220 foot long and 200 feorwidn fpsking
44000 square feet; 43500 equate bet v.
make an ner?\ But it appoere by the annoxod
certificate, that the ground actually
covered by'corn was 48084 square bet.?
iiv pruuuci iw) Dusneia?clear of tba
ssmplf, nn even half bushel ofears, which
was reserved to slwwr mors partkjilllljt Jho, ..
variety, callod Barrier's com.
Cultivation.? It was covered with long
manure, (a pood dressing) which web well
turned under with the plough?rcpeeuodly "
rolled nnd harrowed till fine?furrowsopetiod
4 J foot apart?and planted at distal*. .
ccs of eight inches in the Vow, leaving two *
sta'ks in a hill?cultivated well with Beach's
Cultivator?but perceiving just before bar.
vest, that the corn had not sufficient hold
on the groun/i, it was ploughed. After har- vest
an old cultivator was passed over very
liphtly, merely to break dm crusl formed by
the rains. Soil?deep btack mould, in do* '
vcr tho proceeding year. Another acre*
same preparation, cultivation, &c., but plan*?
tod three font square, produced 93 3-4 bush,
els. The ears were much larger, nnd the
corn looked belter than on the preceding
acre, but there were not so many plants to
the acre, and a portion of the ground not so
good. 1 have sent no sample of this.
N. Goldsbobougs*
t v
FROM 1 Jin FLUSHING $2?>X JOUENAt.
Grf.at Cocooneries.?William R. Gra. *
cie, Esq. ofJamifn. Long Island, on? of ^
tho most opulent hind proprietors in New '
York, commenced forming extensive mulberry
plantations for sale abcut two yearsago,
tint mis become so thoroughly convinced
of the immense and certain profits to r . > {
be derived from the growing of raw sil!t fof, **
. At>ui it nun no now ret uses to Mil tllj Of
his trees, but is erecting an immestpe co- {
coon or, replete with every convenience Rit
feeding fiom one and a half to two miW
lions of worms. Dr. Bioodgood, of Ftuste _
ing, who made experimctnts the past season .
with it cocoonery on a limitod scale, has s<T- ^
fully sntisfled his mind as to the safety sad ^
ceriuimjr of the bushM*?*, that he propose*
to devote himself almost exclusively to th? s . ?
erection and management of extensive coo.
cooneries on his proaerty near &e yillngo. v ^
Whrn such men tnko tho lead, it augers
every success to the cause. ^
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS?- CORN CATTLE, dlCJ .
.
To the Editor of tho Lexington Re pert at. ,,
A more extended as well as a more por? u
ticular view of the natural growth and agrf*
cultural products and advantages of your
sistc, leads me now to ask a smalt spuce fo
your journal, in explanation of aorao remarks ?
which you had the g odness to pphUsh in . ,
respect to the improved Durham or Short, r
horns. I nm now satiafiodthht this if ?m, .
phmicnlly the state for that race of cattle '
VVi h a climate well suited, it enjoys two ,rother
great and fruitful resources?its heavy
crops of Indian Com, and riehNuc grass
pastures; the latter to be set down as iovah
uahle in themselves and peculiar to tho j
State | I have often heard of your verdant
woods pastures of Kentucky 4,blue grass ;M
hut never had formed a iust concentlon
their beauty and luxuriance. That resource
alone must forever give to Kentucky indie*
potable preeminence over all other countriesv *
or state as a stock.growing regie*! Here,
the broad straight basked short-horn, show
characteristic is early maturity and propensity
to fat, are in the range exactly adapted
to their nuture ; nnd it ta not risking much
tossy thut with American inaize and fin- ,
tuehf blue grass, adclibitum, the imjKjrted
English progenitors will soon he bested by
th?-tr native progeny. Let me repeat that
while our Indian corn of itself, may bo
reckoned, as it has been admitted by Englis))
farmers and graziers, to give us ono
decided advantage over the motlier country,
in fattening stock, your woods nvsry whsrer
afford a a fuller and a richer bite, tlian it
to be found in the parks of English nobk?,
men. To judge of the results of these ad_
vun apes, I am posueded you have only to
see as I have, some of tiio young stock, in
voiir immdedi >to neighborhood?Capt. ?B?
Wnrfield's, par excellence?hit prize heiferj
Caroline, is an. animal that an English
Farmer would put aside for himself, as .
above all price. Ihnce there is no besitation
in admitting that litis state is suited to
this raco of cattle. It is in fact a commodity,
which may be said to have been manufactured
for the Kenucky market] and for
Kentucky alone of nil the slave holding a
states. Some doubts nre entertained, ? both- *
cr they will do aa perfectly vjftll in Ohio-, Illinois,
or Indiana; because I noubt, or rather
I do not know that thevhavo, but am under
the impression thai they have not, your
never to be tpo much admired, nor too 'vm|
highly valued blue grnsn pastures. It. * ;
Were the view* of tho Kentucky former. '
and grazier, confined to the domestic marI,..?
..< * ??- ? - . ? ?
?*< is ui ucxmuion, Ltoutavillc, FraokibrH 4.
Georgetown, Maysville, and other lO^no- '
within the State; and to barrelling their
beef for exportation, then it it conoeodod
ilia*. their interest nvght potato raeuUloeir *r*
' &
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