University of South Carolina Libraries
I 1. " VOLUME I. tiwrii i j r"i.i?MViiTriw>fcvtr'TW7Br^ ?? > I1DIT () R A XD P R 0 P R I E TOR T IS R M S: It"pi: 1 within throe months, . ?3 00 Ii plid ivithi i throe months after the close ofthe your, - 3 50 If piii within t-.v dve months after the close of the year - 4 00 If not paid within th it time, ... 5 UO Two new subscribers will be entitled to th< papei the first yetr for five dollars, paid at tin lime of subscribing ; and five new subscriber! lot ten dollars piid at the lime of subscribing No piper to be disco.itiuaed but it the optioi of the editor till arrearages are paid. Advertisements not exceeding sixteen lines inserted for one dollar the first time, and fifu cents, each subsequent ins ;rtion. Persons sending in advertisements are reqn^s t ;u Lo specify the number of times they arc to hi iuse-ted; otherwise they will be continued til f ordered out, and charged accordingly. CTThe Postage must bo uaid on all comiiiu ideations. I jww?iwa?utiiii? m I BREAKING A COLT. Some good people who ruse co'ts nri not aware lint they ore thinkmanimali and have fuel ngs, pis-ions and ?iK-ctsons verv much Jrke human Ih-uus. Taov can not talk?that's all. People who do no appreciute?the character of horses, ar< apt to treat them hk*4 bru'cs, without lovt or me rev, and withou: any apptal to theii 9^ glorious intelligence. " The i o so know. elh his owner;"?and .he knows much more ?ho knows when he is ire .t<aJ as a Chrs tian's horse should be?and in respect o treatment the Turk and Ar.?h have mud the advantage of us in ci\ ihz <tion. Thos? pagans make friends of their horses?the) love each o'her, arid in the sandy desert 01 the w;rie plain they he down side by sdt an J each is equally r- a 'y to resist the approach of an enemy. It is not oft-m so with us. The Colt is 1 .ft to grow up to manhood wild in the pas tare, with very h.tle acquaintance or sociability with his m.ts" r. As soon as lie is thought strong enough to work, l.o has a saddle or a harness sl ipped upon him. s<; hard as to make uim tin?|.? strain H i u put into some strong cart or wagon wit ou understanding what is wanted, and hem; beivil Jered in his 'gnoranccyind ex <spcra?et at such rough hand.in/, it is gem r > 11y tl?* case that lie r.vr:s his s re: gih to get ou of the scrape and avoi I a is enemies, In, plunging,kickuig.?hrowtng hunselfdown anc sundry other such vile tricks, (as they art called) as would n aurally occur to a pnoi beast who thought hims -If most vtii mousi) abus"d. \Vm!e t!ii\ is ti e operation in tht mind of the uc.sopliisrnt'-il the horse brt iker, is sneering af his vicious ohstma laying on lh?- l.eks with the string or til butt of the the whip li indle, and d ung hi> best 10 draw blood at every strok". Hiintention is to sub lue fue Least to obedience. fid may succoeJ, but i: will only br by d sToying his noble spint, and rend ringhim a fam", passive beast of bjrihen, working only as he is force I, hut without ambition or good wiil. T\e man is the most ignorant brut t< f the two. II is d s titute of ail proper knowledge of the unionl who 44 kno'.vet i his owner," and should be & beaten with many stripes buns If. The far?, is, th? rob s' oulJ be tf'a'ed with unvary km Jness, except when lie is manifestly vicious, contrary to his own knowledge, arjer havu-g b -< n Ihirly t.i ig .. When he is taken up f?r breaking he shoulJ be k?*pt hungry and be fed fr???n th?' hand of his master ; whluull theii jc t??k ens of pra'se, fon In ss unJ appro!) ?ii<>n. which arc as gratifying to a horse as 'o a woman, shou'd b liberally bestowed upon lnrn. No act of rudeness or unkin iness should inspire him with fear;?and in a short time he will come lo his id 's'er as to his best friend, fhe liini fuel th.v he is safe in the hands and cure of m in, and ii w ii place confidence in that .rtmifion which bestowed, and wifb a hg; t Ii -o" wll < x? r hitnst li to pleas * his ri>]'*r. I> sow upon iiim the whip, and jerk In u ab.ur w th lie halter and bridle, a:v* his temper win rouse iv/ iv7?i3.a-i\.c, yji aiiiu tu v.iijMnu y. A horse may be t night. like a tluM. h\ those who have woo h s alle lions ; !?ij: t .e method of leading is by sio \ ng il sti icily what you want hur to do, no: hv bi'.onj fmn b cause hedo'S no* understand an i perform atthoou'sef. Jjiinous nvinng**inenf is required in the coins'? of in>tpj'- ion, for these creatures, like men, h ive v- rv difF.rt nt intellectual capacities and einpers but uli may be mastered by kindness, wml-' the best, the most high-spirited, liie inos* generous, will he ruined t?y bea'ing. To illustrate this which we moan to enlarge upon hereafter, we will relate a little circumstance that occured during a tour to to the White Hills. Having a h<?rse?a fine light grny saddle policy, we undertook, with a fiiend, to riJe to the summit of one of the mountains. Federal?that was his name?and he belonged to Niles?would have done anything for me, fir be and 1 had become well acquainted, and he was a most noble-hoartcdl fellow. Federal Ik clambered up according to any directions. I thought I could see ih?? lest way, and guided him accordingly. We got at last upon the penk, where w;is a level ot - ? ? I oniihmi mw! I1 ^iforul vuhn riiio/ir some ynrus in^, ???.? ?. v,u>...... , Iih'I been up so high in the world before, as wo slacked the rein, turned three times round to look at the prosjyet, and then set u;?a sctcnm ofiJrl ght. (i w.is not a neigh nor a whinner, nornny common n?<#de of talking fcr a horse, but it was a regular hurrah, as much as to say " O ! thunder and lightning ! Aint this glorious ?" After n while we turned to descend, and gave Federal his own way. It seemed at Jl .V D C CHER AW, rit^Tit'-iwiTrn KaggaamiiBE^aiiMa^^aLa i limes rather a ticklish job ; but he managed it well. The lit he rascal stopped now arid then and made a surv* y as carefisllv as could i bt: done by a civil engineer. II-' turned ; and ta died, and worked ship, like nn old ! sailor among the breakers; and being care, fui and surefooted, lie came down as safe as a tortoise. Hut wo brought up at list ag ! ainst a f-nre?Having taken a ditfcr-'ni dir2 ect on from thai by winch we ascended. [ * j We rode al tiie f-ive fairly, but Federal: . j stopped short. " You fool," said I, can't I i you jump V' Tr.cd it "fain?no g<?. I! I stopped a moment, and tht ks I to mys lfl f' j this horse has never leaped a f nce in h's j r j life. I lei; sure lie would have tried his best j .1 !or me at any time, and would hive broken i I his rier*k sooner than have refused?if lie had known exactly what "o do. I *alk 'I j kindly to h rn?coaxed him?(Kitted h.s j neck?in J as soon as i saw his head raised j aboil two or three inches, and l is ears, pricked U(i brightly, and felt the muscles ot I his sales s *?-ll ? .d r the saddle, I k'c-iv he ' had caught ill * ilea--:ha was ail ii? wan J -#.(J?] give hiiri he hi.it io 'ry i'. and over j J he wen:, I k" a sw dlow, at le.ist two fie; j I ingle r than was necessary. T:te |it*|?- j j s< u lip mean o nv-ke a sure job of t. lie | was no sooner lowu. than be vv ee|e i ah. it i looked at the fence, and snorted, as mueli ' us to say,44 what do yo:i think of t ut ?" and trotted off. liver aferwards during j our journey. Federal was on the look our j ! 'or some excuse for leaping. A log. a run J j of water across the roi l, even a stunt? j i bridge, h'* uniformly tucked up his e rs a* I ! & leaped across?giving a snoit each t m I J to announce his joy at having perfumed a new feat. The moral of themaMcr has b'on stated j - ? rv ? i a i ... .... i <11 ; II*: OU Sfl, X" tJ'JITHI UIII> lli'l'U U HI Ull j 'Ifrs'iiii I wlm we wan e l, o do all in his | ? po?? r for i s acromphshrn- nr. lie was only a hired horse, b:it we understood an I '] loved each other ll> was li lie, hut high! 1 spirited, nob! \ gen reus?no whipping on1 arth would have managed that horse so > read ly as kindness and enronragi nunf.? } Pulling, jerking, whipping and spu ring, 1 ; in ah: have been tried in vain to make liim I - leap the f< nce?with a moment to think j I: about if,and a nice <lo-?e of lldt ering ap. ' j?!au<e, lie fltnv ovi r it i ke an experienced 1J hunter. More about this hereafter. 'I Poston Tunes. IJ From the Frank'in Farmer. [ TRF.ATMEN f OF BK KEN LIMBS op HORSES. To (he F, it (or of (he Franklin Farmer : Dear R>ir. ? Peng a gnutlovt rof-??ook, . i an I d rivilli* more oleasure l?v c*o .tri'ui'i ?: P I o dial part of animated nature that canno ; m ike its wants known *o nun, ban from | i any oPer souiC', and learning through y ur j paper tin; M doc hasm *f with a tnisfor tine j lliaf may prove f'tnl, I have thought fi to I give you the resnit of idv cxp- ramee in a ; , parallel cast; that occurred lo a J irk last j spring. I feel much h sihrion in doing this, j h ing w< II apprized that M -doc is in lie* neighborhood of as good sin gioal ai I, as can be procured in t!io w. >t ; hu' as cures are i Ip-qo'-niiy t ie result of nceidentt as well ns the rjfcct of rn iture thought and rxperi* nre. .1 tyro in ihe prof- ssiuti, may ho paidon*'d for sugg'-sting h s opinions, even o the s ig ?nut to my case. Tie-leit lore arm was I'r n'tured traiisvfrsly.aLou' fivmiehes ahov i he knee jo n\ Ik; barf kclwutth>s fracture | and thi knee, was spl t down la t!r joint so | taut, in realty i; ere were nv? frur ur-s, eominunic hi g w ith each oth .r. Toe first I .... I li.u* Ion -, was to suspen 1 bun, for tt?c rea- j s"!i lint i hail been the practice heretofore, j < hut clos- a't< Mtiou ? -oil Satisfied in-; taut my an mal was v i v uncomfortable and M rest! ss. Although 1 knew, the frac ur?d ! parts co-?'<l he kept b-tt<rfrmd to each other, ! hv k ?j) u* ien susjvn than ili-?v could : j l)*\ I1 he .. P' r I ? d to tO'i il :1-' r, .I'll);i- ! I i<fill ii' d t" m ' ke '1 m* ?'Xj). rim !,* tor it:- i jf Mown.* reasons. Tno pi smip* open liis|< jluM .s ill* his breV i.igvnv rnuon, at) I j op ?u h s l?o \ rls produced1 gre t co??tivcicss. 1 UoWeVoT, -*ft. r I HI | soon : Jo ii; i h?? I > >'> s v ui<? n* aliout. a hi'M-vcr It ; I m VI? I, in i ?j li e i-ron!,. I wunn he ouched I I iio ground. It i n lodi-itety oc ?nr d o j 1 mi-, that soinetn n* more tli hi ordai.iry b.m. j .1 tgi's must be applied. I made a bandage of strong rotten domesie, about two incites :< ! wide, Ion* ri:ou* i o reach frorti the auelo ' i I ? r* r\ to the bodv, and b tck to die ancle io ti ? ! I spread i; irmn nd to end Willi t<ii?*k tar? ; j I :p;died it carefully, ko mat every tim-, it j I went round the limb, it would lap halt | | the w:d:h upon the previous turn of ' i the bandage : I the. had some cotton ! i nicely carded ut.d hit betwixt two I j pi-C 'd of the same do estie, wide enough .< to rap round the limb, extend.n* from tl?-? i , knee joint to the elbow, so as toeneampass I the. wh ile oftlie fractured Inn'wjuilted care- i i fully?running the rows of stivhes about an < incli from earli o her, for the purpose of! i keeping tho cotton permanent, tliis was j i also spread wi ll tar and laid over the firs1 i bandage. I lie n made some white oak i o '... it nn inr*liwirli*. Inn* t-rinneli to i j ^|VIII|1 au'iui | - ? . ? extend from the knee to the elbow, quitted i j tli'-m botwixt two layers of doncstic, wrjde | 'I enough lo go round the whole of the previ i 1 ous dressing ; his was likewise spread with tar and laid on, and the whole secured with ; strong tape, sewed to tin* d >m stic. This j j i dressing was continued for eght weeks, ; without being touched except to tighten the | tapes as t .e swelling receded, end my pari- i cnt recovered with very little deformity, j Af orthe whole is applied, be certain to ex- | amine and see that the cushion betwixt the1 | first bandage and the splits, is with* enough to prevent the ends of the splints from coin- ( * // E R ?1 W t ml f * '* .. UiJ.'igg ?'IS9I9 mi SOUTH-CAROLINA, FR in? in contact with the limb, otherwise they will iirltre the skin had keep h in resti"ss. In MmJoc's cas" ill" dressing should ex'end otilv from the knee to the ankle. If you think the above suggestion ? ould be of a iv service to this splendid h"rs \ or to any ot "*r unfortanate quadruped, you rn ?y give th an'a pi ice in your valuable p'per, ifno\ lav 'lie n h\ vvi h o her <uc? stuiT, 'hat I have i.o doub. you are frequently pi ?gu<\l with. Teneesee Farmer. II.', I It oF THE 11 R>E. From the lion con lu * i'?g qual ties of li ir4 its almost universal tJ'tfiisio i over the j hud es of animals th" ch u whi-h it "iic? (J'Tjix-s <!nr!::_T si'*k?i??ss, and the etter? \vli:cli '! reis^s on the p'Tsptrationof he mum !, i' m ?y safely b?* inferr d ill il i per. i frjrnis an import nt p ?rt in toe man d ec- J ooo nv. Nature arran ;es tu* revering to t!i>* w uitv ?f t?!' nonal, or the rlmute 'l mbab-ts. Un le 'li'* equator, the har ??? *mirni! is sM'tering, and i few exrep ions roars,* ; -N we re re le fr-uri t!i:r point. th" !?:*:r beroni".s tiijfk'T an 1 fni'T, untn in iil'i nor ner-i l.i! tj 'ps, hiro! !l" fllli"'"Ss <)t S! k. eons! t s almost t n'ire <*ov rum. Ton horse is suhj'-'t'o th'* s.uri''laws tha govern o'her atiini *Is in li s '*sp?Tt. as m iy l>" s?* n bv eompiriug the Arabian imrs , or other sou'Ihth horse# a11li h?* northern, ni >st hr< eds, the Shetland tn?rsp. for in stance. In me first, t ie hair is short and srnoo'h diiri :g "=e whole year ; while in the lalt i\ n is lo:ig at ail ine s, an l during ii?f* wiut'-r, *.:is t::a thickness and closeness, al. I1IOS of a ool. Aniin ds shed, or moid; their hair, tw re a V'*ar *, in til'* spr'tlg* lo prepim them for lv sum ner heats ; and In ihe fall, 10 m ?kr way 'or i n *w t-iiek?*r, a ?d finer rovering. These eh irises ?>fiiur, or moulting are always pro luctive of more or ! ss ronsti ut'on il dis uriiaiire to'he an.m il. aff-rting li's health, .* iiJ frequently requiring rhe at'ontion of Its O'-Vi.f r. While me horse sshed. liu; gins hair eff-rt* to h is en he process,-re improper; nnd the old h.i.r should not bo removed until the young is prepared to take its p'are. flubbing down, to remove the loo en"il co it. and g ve a slight friction of he sk n. is udimss'hle. hilt at this 'iirte, the cur y. com >, or ru?d, should be banished from the stable. At ihis period 'here is al ways more or less fever, and any treatmen that can add to the irritation of the skin inns' be carefully avoided. Farmers in . em r d pay little attent on ?o their animals at ties s-MSoti an I tlcir horses not unfr?quentlv sntT-r hi c..ihcq.i-nee of this negl ct in he way of colJs, distemper, loss of flesh, &e. Horses that are kept in warm tables at all times of the year, do not have hat varia'ion in tiie 'hi' kness of coat during the winter or sunnri'-r, hit occurs to those exposed to the vicis-tudes of our climate. They n>si'uit)|o in 'his respect, '!? aniiri ils of a w arm dim ite ; hut experience shows, that smcIi wann housing, is unfavorable to th"ir general health, and that w hen exposed o the cold of o n lati'udes, they suffer far more than those animals do, that have been inur< d ?o Exposure, and ill- irhair has be;, co ne ad ip ed to its exigencies. Horses that are suffered to he in pastures after cold weather comes on, instead of having their h iir short and smoo'h, have i longer and thicker, and of course, standing out more m tue manner of fur-producing uiiim lis during the season. Such animals, when a'ierwiids put in tin; stable, though ihe a 'pe i ranee of the coat may be improv. ed, c.)!)iio: he made ro look like thos" taken up lufore the thickening of the coat for win [er begins. Farmers, and others, therefore - - _ ?r.t _ who arc n;ec annul in" appearance oi uivir horses, m ist take them from tlie pasture to he st lb! -, as soon ns the fall moulting comthose who r gard his comfort more loan t as appe nice, will i-nml auffici"nt exposure to thi 'ken *>is coat and prepare 111in to meet the blasts of wir.t"*\ wihojt i! jury. (}"!) Farui?r. PI! 'PAGATIMG t-itc l' rKEES FR*?M SCIONS A so'i?. rberin Vermont lately requesed i I.row wiv-rlvr nppl- :re. s coiiM not be propaga'ed Irom scions or railings ; the best season for cutting the shoots ; the m *thad of preserving hem till wan'ed ; the mode r>l* s???t ing or planting tlfirt ; and whedier I he tr?" s when grown would be like the original s'oek ? dec. Tin* following extract from the F.irnvr's C tbine' is the host real v we are able to give, having never tried his particular mode ourselves, at)J having sever to our know ledge seen nn apple tree growing lrom a cutting, though we liav" seen t em produced from the roo's. We iliould have much more confidence in seed ing trees, grafted or inoculated to insure the 'gh' ki:)'1 of fruit than we should have in ruttings. Il'this mode of growing apple rees could be mad; to succeed, however, t would certainly bo a decided improveiieni on all o her methods, ax there cotil l he to doubt bdt that the tree would p'semble. A'lvn grown, tha'from whieh tho cu'tinz, was tak<n. Will si?me or many of our friends give the plan a trial, nnd report the result?? Gen. Farmer. " The method of preparing the plant is is follows :?Take the scions ns for grafting. at any time after the first ofFebruary, ind until Mr buds begin to grow considerably and* put each end of the shoot in melted pitch, wax or tallow, (grafting wax would he Ejood.) and burv it in the ground, buds uppermost, while the body lies in a hor zontal position, at the depth of two three inches. We are informed dint trees chained in this way will bear in three or four years from Jl D f91EM I ! IDAY EVENING, DEiE.1 thr time of planting. We have no doub* of lhM pr.tcti'*abili y of his method c?f raisin i fru t. A sj^ntlem in in this vicini v 'he i.ist season planted about twenty 'Jiff rout kmds of pears, winch appear o flourish. T'u; composi o.i w li.'h be used was shoe., maker's wax." To Destroy Weevils in Granaries ? Sir??>"e:iig m your piper inquiry r'spoct. me lie destruction of \ve"vi!s. I si nd a eop of a p imgr ,?h whi h his been out ou of some puh:i-ation. ft ;s as t' |j.?ws : " Ac-mi n has disrov fed to i Fr u.ch firm r a very si npl" in id of destroying i wccviis ia com war-diousps, happening to J lav in t comer of a ep mil v in whciiMire I w is i qua itv of corn, soni s icep skuis ' with tui fl ere .-on. h ' was no a lit sirpr s 'd *o flu 1 i|)?4M?,a f*w d ?vs af?w, cover* I wch dead weevls. il-repei ed in exper. iincnt^J si veral lim ?, and always with th sime success A I .st he oid'TtNl his corn to ee st its 1 up, and not . single wvevd r ma.nod ui it." 1 ramie s r. *. owe, London Farmers' Magazine ] A Co.NS FAN r KExDEll. From the Frsnklin Farmer. CoI.'iR 'F H li'.sES. D "p ,,r dark nays an i in owns, for us-and exposure U? w* a tier, are to b *p (erred. F iare more fixed or s* n S b *. rr. C ? snuts. il .rk, are p e tv "nod. an ! 1 gV s also a good racing color, but grow rusiy. when expoScJ. Gr -ys, when well rimbed and i.i fi ie condition, look well, nay splmid'd in sup-, rb rapping. Ciesiiut roans a.id i>?x roans, wlien well kept, are -dsn goo I an ! handsom-'. D irk red sorrels are good lie ihe saddle, bur are not fiVnatesill Itrtlll ss. c?.. ... I I... i i l i ....... .... i i...- . . Oil III* HHW <UIIM, 111> I I : l<l > C ^'1*11 ^OiJ I Jl'I^ > of h.s shade. T'?e y How mir?* i?y Ta.id hi, was a good orv. Some like blacks Iml. perhaps :f mi', he. prfjmJif- in me, I never s: w a 'no i hhvk horse, Sorcerer an ' < his sire Trim pator a re called blanks. I rc*kon ?hev were dark browns, and that s'Tj jiiilois ex'mi'i i?n of the muzzles an' fl inks would lnve shown lie c'e-snut 01 h iy. Pale colors arc to be rejected as in darativc of wasting cons i utions. CROFTS. From the Mississippi Farmer. CULTIVATION OF MILLET. Th" following communication will doubt, less be read wi h mo res'. It is from the pen of a gen Ionian who i^ well know* firoHghout lee S ate, anJ whoso minis wi;l at oneo rccoui riend his suggestions to tlie I attention ol our readers. MILLET. Near Jackson Oct. 1830. D'ar Sir;?Your favor relative ,o the cultivation of Millet in this S ate, is received ; and I wi:I with oleasure furnish you ; with the result of rm experience; In the fall of 1333, I procured from a frien t in Alabama, 0110 peek of seed, an ! which I sowed lis. sprint: as direc ed b;. him. I had previously learnt, m n trip through Kentucky and Tennessee, 'lieesti. m ition in which it was held by stock raisers in those Stales. Many of diem assured m** that it yielded from eight :o twelve thousand pounds of hay to the acre And though the food is coarse and rough, yet its as onishing product seemed to raid r itscu tivation e\p dient for our mules and oxen an I - / V ca lk jjen rally. i! lor uoi'uni- more. Uur \vu) er rui.e being pretty well exlinused, it is in bspensable bat vv ? provide rough forage fur our stock, from culnvation. I sowed the above peck of seed, on about three acres of grounJ, after breaking it with the plough bo li ways, and harrowed ii in. One fourth of a peck to t: e acre is probably sufficient; anJ the first of M?reh 'he proper time for sowing. I' should be cut wacu j fairly headed out and in milk, for hay, j which, iu ordinary sea or.s, will be in July. S.ieh as is kept for see I, must remain until if tuti v m iiiKi s. From those three acre-*, I ii-'vo cu upwards of fi'feen thousand weigh'of ha\, and find ?ha: horses, mules and c til?' ar very food of it. I am much p eased with its Cultivation. I and shall enlarge my crop. It seems to m? J preferable to o Us ; bee use it \ ields inor ' and is bei er winter loo 1. From the JSame. pood For hogs. Until the grasses are 'n?roIuerd, and meadow* or fi'-IJs established, we must look to melons, pumpkins, cymluigs, squashes, &c for food for hogs, in tli" spring,summer and fall; and to the various roots beers, carrots, turnips, and po'aroes, &<\ Tf lose who feed with corn only, wiil [ find their hogs half fed and li ill*starved, or w.ll incur an expense nearly equal to tlm value of'he hog. An ncre of cyinlings will supply two or three bushels a day for as many months; and at a season when green food is most needed. There is scarcely any planter who may not, with ordinary caro, prepare turnips, pumpkins and po:ato<'s in ahum .in,I tficmrp Wfiv then should w<_* U<iu? llil<4 |?/ uir ?>v? -- - -J ... ? .. neglect them ? An In&lmrer. From tiie Boston Cultivator. making cutter. Many rules for making butter have been given to tlio public, and sonic of them are good if we could persuade dairy women to follow them. It is quite an object to make butter of the first quality, if wo make nny, since the purchasers have begun to bid up hand, somely foi the best; and the difference in the labor, of making the best and the poorest T S Z E R. ilBER iO, 1839. is so trifl m? lint no e should think of m ik? ing any ??l inferior qn.di r. It s'mtil ! bo renemh red bv all who in *Ict? buffer lor sal h it .of several years |) ist t!ie b st rnnde?the premium butter? iias brought at .auction mure than 40 cents a poind?some of it 4o?while ordinary batter has no", in firkin, commanded half | ton! price. To lose one half <t the pro, i cee Is of lie d .irv merely for want of skill I and 'arc is rattier mor tain w can aff .rd to-In. and i is :ime oV solve not o submit 'o t i*. loss wli' ii we can avo d it. VI . oj the baft' r 1.1 t is m i le for s'd? u summer is sent oT <> market iinm"diatp* | iy, and before the ranc d matter, slur up in the lam s it s be^un to ferment and sen I I forth ns i III iv! i ; a d as inn.! I'fs'i I u! cr Ail!, f *r a le v 'lavs, tast swe<? , tin; purc <aser m ik"s bu iif'lo diif-rence in price, and t'us s the orn'ipal caise way so "rent a proportion of nur butter is enrol'Sidy in ) le. | ;s our ted oir to market and is n<>: sutr r?I t'? re?e lone enough to rot on or bands. T e* o'd mie of. "Robin's a.iveM is sum: ?MIf t d ?-s in my hands you Ml . . . " in \ s V. h ?o in**. To m Ix-* batter that may be kept sweet hroujb t ic winter we need not say the :? i!s a I ''it! uasis must !> perfectly clean. If cr am is o he i^ept more th in hree d.?vs j before chummy it inns be salted arid d i.lv stirred. \vii?n c buit<T is formed and : tt ?'T"?1 t ih l?'it!?*r n Ik should bp n't turned t' om th" htiferand j^noi quant fy of pun* col I water suouhl be put in lie churn, an I t ic who!'* s ma! I he ."'git ifed for some in n i 's th .t no butt* rmilk may lodge in the caviM- s of the bu^er. We .ire w|| aware that sotne have fancied 'hv" wash away the pood ;'ss," when o! chum t ie hut er in wat* r ; hut we arc i <ppv to s"e be ter notions 1i tor'y prevail nig, a id 11 ?t tin* celebrated highland Scotch '?u er is made as our own experience has provd to b- best. Tti* re is no mistake ibou it. Tie; tinti'-rmilk left in th" but er i in t :e principal cause of its rancid taste a li Mi long krjjt. Tt?e liii ter must now- lie tak n out with a small woo !e.? shnv-1?maple wood is good?:iri'J th i dairy woman's hind?ch'an D? nnel an mus' not touch the hutter, for it must not be melted. This shovel should be used to work over the butter and let out t e water contained in it; and the next day " mU"h he shovelled over a^a n and worked is w *11 as a neat in ison works his mortar, no: touching his liai.d to it, , Salting down Buttek.?On the first work ng sonic salt k oul ' he intermixed, and one ounce of salt to 10 of butter scornmonly siidicien*, but as much of this salt will be washed away on the second working it will be necessary to adJ more as taste m iy require. And now on the s'coml working a little saltpetre and a little puK f rizeil loaf sugar must be well mixed *i li the s i I' I ist added. We have found one teusponnful of salt pe re and two of sugar qui c sufficient for twelve pounds of butter. It must l?e thoroughly mixed so that ' vry part of 'he butter mav have a share. Tn:s should ho p icked in hard-wood firki ?s. as elos as possible, to exclude the air. No brine need be poured on for the salt will form a sufficiency wih moisture of the i butter; and when a new layer is to be adi d'-d this brine must be poured on to let the two churning* come close together, j We b ive often had butter pui up in this j manner in Sep.ember and io October that j proved perfect it sweet in the following June. People who ate of it could hardly be made j to le lieve it had been made eight or nine i months. This delicious article,?this indispensable ! in cookery?is more often spoiled for want j j of care than any thini that is brought to f | market. When pure it is one of the most j whol-'some nnick's of diet, and no pens; | should bo spared to prcservo it in perfec-! tion. | From the Franklin Farmer. REMARKS ON FRUIT TREES. The following are equally appropriate to i apple and pear trees. Those trees, in or-1 drrtolust long and bear well, should be f dug a ho if one foot deep and two feet around towards (he end of Octolirr. The dry and dead limbs and the bad ones cot off?the j outward rough and creviced bark carefully scraped, cither with a rasp or any instru- ' ment for the purpose. This may be done ! in February, taking care not to hurt or dam- ( age the inner bark ; if the live bark be j touched the wound should bo covered with I an ointment made of cow dung and clay j mixer! together with urine. Tiiis will do well also to apply upon those parts of any ' .roe that have been pruned. The hole ! around the trees must be filled up early in j March with n<-w earth. The peach tree ; must be pruned at the end of f e winter, and the wound be covered with the above composition. Nature has designated the most proper time to plant the best peach ! stones; as those which fail on the ground when the fruit is ripe, and are buried by hog-? or any thing?Isc, mo<t certainly grow ! i.wter than if we plant the dry seed, which we generally plant wnltout success. As ; soon as you see and eat such peaches as i are worth having, put the kernels in the j ground, in a trench of six or seven inches deep, cover them well, and they *i 1 all, or nearly all, come up the following spring.? ' To ruh a pear or apple tree with fish oil after scraping, is, I think advisable, as a J pear tr?T 5.J feet circumference, thus treat. , ed has revived tli s \ei?r, nnd instead of an almost de ?d condit on, was covered with superb fohage nnd bore fine fruit which it h id not done for the Inst three years. W. MENTELLE. NUMBER 6. CULTIVATION OF CORN. In a roport of the "Cattle Show and Fair" at Easton MJ. in October, which wo | find in the American Farmer, is the follow! ing. I Crop of Corn.?Raised by Cul. JC. | OohUborough, of Tulbc.t county. The i subscriber regrets that it was wholly out of | his power to procure a Surveyor to meas! ore his ground. The ground was measured tn th?* first instance with a 20 foot pole, and was 220 feet long and 200 feet wide?making 44000 square feet; 43000 square feet make an arm. But it appears by tho annexed crMieato, that the ground actually j covered by corn was 42984 square feet.? j Toe product 123 bushels?clear of tho sample, an evn half bushel of ears, which j was reserved to show more particularly tho j variety, called Rirnefs corn. Cui.H"ation.?It was covered with long ! nrinure, pi goad dressing) winch was well j turned under with the plough?repeatedly j rolled and harrowed till fine?furrows | opened dj feet .apart?and planted atdistan! ces of eight inches in the row. leaving two I sla Its in a hilt?ci i:ivat*d well with Bench's Cultivator?but perceiving] isl before barves', that the corn had not sufficient hold en the ground, i' was ploughed. After hr.r. vest an ok] culiiv-.tor was passed over very It t.flt* mrjfo'rf ?n Krf.r tl?r> cruel litr | . fttvi ? t I I IV. k Vm . J .v/ 'I Mil/ VI UOt iWl IMVVJ ? ?J? j t!i** nin?. Soil?i-cp black mould, in cio? v*t the preceding yvnr. Another acre, J same preparation, cultivation, &e., bet planj U*d thro*- I'.Mit s(]uhp', produced 93 3-4 bushj H:*. The cars were much larger, and the j corn looked bepor than on the preceding i acre, but there were not so many plants to :be acru, arid n portion of the ground not so good. I have sent no sample of this. N. GuLD.-BonocG::. i j ritOH TUB FLUSH UN'S SILK JOUSXAX.. Great Cocooneries.?William R. Gro| cie, Esq. of Jamie*, Cong Island, one of j the most-opulent Jm<l proprietors in New ! York, Commenced forming extensive mulj berry plantations f?>r sale about two years ! ago, but m?s become so thoroughly convio ced of t.he imm-T.se and certain profits to | be derived from tlic growing of raw silk for | export, that he now refuses to sell any of i his trees, but is erecting an immense coJ cooner, replete with every convenience for j feeding Torn one and a half to two mii| lions of worms. Dr. Bioodgood, of FlushI ing, w! o made experiments the past season ! with a cocoonery on a limited seal-*, has so j fully satisfied his mind as to the safety and i certainly of the business, that lie proposes to devote himself almost exclusively to the | erection and management of extensive coc. j cooneries on his prna? rty near the village. i iVSirri ciw?h mi n fhn h-nd. ; mirror* i ? - ??~', everv success to the cause. I * , KENTUCKY" BLUE GRA83 ? COEN CATTlE, &C. | To the EJitor of the Lexington Reporter. A more extendi as well as a more par; ticular viojv of the natural growih and agri* j cultural products and advantages of your I s'ate, leads me now to ask a small space in j your journal, in explanation of some remarks I which >ou had the g odness to publish in : respect to the imp rove J Durham or Shorti horns. I am now satisfied that this is em. piratically the state fur that race of cattle ; Wi h a rlima'e w- I! suited, it enjoys two other great and fiu fi'ii resources?i:s heavy crops of Indian Cora, nni rich blue grass pastures ; the latter to be sol down as ittva1uable in themselves und peculiar to the State ! I have often heard of your verdant woods pas'ures of Kentucky 4,b!ue grass buf never bad formed a just conception of their beauty and luxuriance. Tha* resource alone must forever give to Kentucky indisputable preeminence over all other countries < r sta'e as a stock-growing region ! Here, the broad straight barked short.horn, whose characteristic is early maturity and propensity to fa', are in the range exactly adapted to their nature ; and it is not risking much to say that with American maize und Kentucky blue grass, adelbitimthe imported English progenitors will soon be beaten by th -ir na'ive progeny. Lot me repeat thai while our Indian corn of itself, may bo reckoned, as it lias b< en admitted by English fanners una grnjrers, to give us one decided advantage over the mother country. in fattening stork, your woods every where afford a a fuller on I a richer bite, than ifl to De found in the p irks of English fiob'K men. To judge of tl.i' results of these edvan'ages, I um pesuaded you have only to see ns ! have, some of the young stork, in vour imiildediite n' ighborhood?Capt. lIJ. Warfield's, par excellence?his prize heifer, Caroline, is nn animal tlmt an English Farmer would put aside for himself, as above all price. H> uce there is no hesilation in admitting that this state is suited to this race of cattle. I: is in fact a commodi. tv, whi?h may be said to have been manufacturod for the Kemucky market; and for K'-nuuky alone of nli the slave holding Ktnt?-s. Some doubts are entertained, w hether they will do n? perfectly well in Oh'o, lt? linois, or Indiana ; because I doubt, or rattier I do not know that they have, but am under the impression that they have not, your ncv? r to he too much admired, nor too highly valued blue grass pastures. Were the views of the Kentucky farmer and grazier, confined to the do.nes'ic mar., k' ts of Lexington, Louisville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Maysville, and other towns within the State; and to barrelling their beef for exportation, then it is corccteJed that their interest might dictate cxcoLivo