Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, December 20, 1839, Image 1
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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
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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
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<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
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- 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.
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From the Frank'in Farmer.
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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
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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- (
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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