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* ^ Jjjp ~ VOLUME VII CHER AW. SOUTH-CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9,1842. NUMBER 17. . " By HI. HI AC LEAH. Tkrsis:?Published woekly at th<ee dollars a year; with an addition, when not paid within throe mouths, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new subscribers may take the paper at five dollars in advance; ami ten at twenty. Four subscribers, not receiving their papers in town, may pay a year's subscription with ten dollars, in advance. A year's subscription always due in advance. P ipers not discontinued to solvent subscribers in arrears, AJoertisement* not oxcoeding 1 filines inserted or one dollar the first time, and fifty cents each ubsequant time. For insertions at interval* of two weeks 7."? cents after the first, and a dollar if the intervals are longer. Payment due in advance for advertisements. When the number 1 ?? iL- I of insertions is not marked on ino copy, me advertisement wiii be inserted, and charged til irdcrod out. j JJ"The postage must be paid orj fetters to tho editor on the business of tho office. 'J ! SHORT HORNS. The following remarks from the pen of Mr. Bites, of fvirk leaving ton, the cole, bra ted breeder of Short Horns "we find in the London Journal of November 15: I " With regard to stock: the Knglis'h i n 7 o | breeders know nothing about the value of Short II >rns, and if foreigners persevere 1 they will take out tho best of them. I t- Id ; ihe breeders i i Tynesi le, above thirty-five ! years ago, that in less than thirty years ; * , " . * not one of them would have an animal fii ! to look at, and before twenty years this j was actually the case. And now those; animals, (being despised as being mine, prove themselves, and they might then - 1.. U..M ,l.of A.A Jl'lVli H.'KI ilCCv'SS lO liliJ Sit.in: oun ?<iai ?nu me so rmiiih good, Ketton First, airJ also i Second H ibbaek; no one could or wool i aee his value, while living. B it unless j they now cr?-t his hiood, they can neither ' have coat or handling, and what ale cattle | without these requisites/' In commenting on .Mr. Bates' le't^r. ] tho editor of the Journal adds: 44 We could have wished, with Mr. Bates, that that invaluable breed of cattle, the Short ! Horns, had received greater attention from graziers and others than it appears ' to have had, fr*?n the.r well known merits, ! while we certainly conceive that our j .transatlantic brethren have procured from j us such blood as will in a few years hence, j K-t.irr rh.^in nejiilv on n level with our- ; * .. selves," The editor thon quotes from a paper l?v a corrr?j>ondeiit in the Cuiliva- ; u?r, a passage relating to tin? propriety, i now we have the means, of rendering ourselves iudepen lent of England so far ' as regards slock, by the improvement off those now in the United Slates, and then , adds:?"Jonathan has here rond us a very ) useful lesson, as it proves to demons} ra- I turn that however much he may admire ; English go'd. he does not 'Valculale" tnat : . ... foreigners have any just elm n to his." Cultivator* } __ ^ ? From the Temperance Advocate. A MANURE STRKWKR. Mr. K'liior:?Sir, I send you a des. [ ^ cription of a Manure Strewer, whicj) I i have used for two years?it does finely ; i -it .L c ' ! for strewing manure in urni, euner tor corn or cotton, there is more regularity. : and the cntton much m ?re uniform in j size than when manure is scattered by j hanJ. A hand ail horse, or mtilc, will go over as much land in a day with this j fixture. as a hand and horse will open with a drill plough for planting, with the exception efthe tune consumed in tilling up the hogshead. If the manure is not! pulverized, 1 mean tolerably fine, the I holes ought to be larger than I have sla ted: if it is fine, the holes may he s nailer, i Tnis could he regulated by a whoop of iron about the breadth of those on large hogsheads, made to go loosely round the ho,rs. o head near the holes, to he slipped over when I he manure is fine. Respectfully yours. . DESCRIPTION. A sugar hogshead, or any large hogs - - - ? ? :. ?:. l _ _ I head, witti reiiows pmnea ?>n u, won hh i n\e! tree t<> pass entirely through, and n shaft attached at each end, to lie drown hy one horse, after the manner of rolling Tobacco to market formerly, with this difference however, that instead of the axle tree revolving it remains stationary; and instead of a tongue, shafts. At the middle or largest diameter of the hogshead, there is U? he, sav another head, which I call the rubber has a square hole morticed in the centre, through which the .axel tree passes, and must like the axel tree, not revolve. The rubber must not come nearer than nn inch of the staves composing the hogshead on Its lower semicircle, and on the upper semicircle it is of no importance, if it should not reach to within four or live inches of the staves. Tne middle or largest circumference of the hogshead is cut in holes about four inches square and about two inches apart. 1 hrough these holes the maniiro drnns: and a door, sawed lnr.ee e. 1" ' r- - | nough to admit to bo emptied a box or basket, which will hold one aod n half| bushels. This floor is hung with iron hinges made expressly. They (thehinu. c*) nn.?w eriog the place of battens, are to be long enough to reach across every slave composing the door with a nail or screw in cach.stave. It will be sufficient it the other eud of the hinge readies across three or four staves. Th> door when bHur, is fastened with one or two buttons of wood, may suit best. Each end of the hogshead should have a true* batten nar*ttd across the heading o ibwh rnwam. ? uijmmimmmimn-rTTT 1?" ""? I to strengthen the head and prevent the i ax!e tree from wearing. The hole at 7 O | each end through which the axle passes, should not be less than three inches in diameter. A hole through the end of | each shaft, with a string running through, i tied to the hames, with a line from the j bridle to the rear of the hogshead whore j the driver stands all the harness is, neces' sary. The driver carries a hoe with a ' short hannl , or a sh >vcl and a basket or I . I box, holding as before stated, to fill up 1 i i ?u. :m,.A , me aogsneau wut'n ir^uiiru. NOT TO KE SNEEZED AT. We ran judge in some measure of a man's nerve and sensibility bv the manner in which he sneezes, lie who has regard to the feelings of those present will i when the titration Sof his nasal organs comes on, cause the spasmodic action I consequent thereon to he as soft as possij hie. Uul one who thinks everv body's ! nerves are made of iron will, without reI straint, explode like the I-.road side of a ! man of war, and make all ring again, to[ tally regardless of the scattering of wini (lows or the destruction of a sensitive per| son's nerves. Loud sneezing in the Or. pliic is rendered, stenterophonic sternut u I tory explosion ! We have often been 1 rufsed from our chair almost by the ! sternutatory peals which have been d:s. j charged from the ol-factories of some i kind ft lend who being present paw us I such a salute, but with which we had on \ particular desire to he complimented. Wo I could almost snv we should prefer to face I the cannon's mouth. The thrill which j runs over one's nerves on such an ccca<. j ion is indeed terrific, and to - a sensitive | person is hardly recovered from for a:i i hour afterwards. The editor of the Washington II inner talks like a sensible man on the subject, and we opine he is a gentleman " not to be sneezed at." IIo J thinks an individual's character is revealed in a sneeze. He has studied the subject from the loud " hoorash-o!" of the stentorlunged vcoman, to a scarcely audihie 44 rsch-i" of the faintest expression of tiulation of the vcy proper Miss of eighteen, including sneezes of every intermediate grade, and therein is abundant matter for speculation to the philosophic mind. We once knew a man whose sneeze, ot a cold frosty morning could he heard at (he distance of a mile. It was a perfect explosion and it woke the echoes of the surrounding hnls, til! from every point of ilie compass seemed to come the sharp, fretful responso, " ash-o! ash-o! N?)w what kind of a man do you suppose that nofa desneezer was ? Imperious as Nero, ainl as amiable as an untamed hyena. His sneeze was a perfect revelation of his character. His nasal organ was thus n trumpet which gave no uncertain sound; ill who would might heed its angry warning. It left nothing for phrenology, nor even after familiarity, to fathom. It mado manifest the entire man, with his impatience, his crabbidness, bis ^unsocial character. Ladies?never marry a man whose sneeze can be heard a mile. You will run it if you do. To your sorrow you will discover that it is no joke. He will grumble over his toast, and scold awfully about his lea.?When the child cries he will snarl fretfully in response, and not- j withstanding ail your eloquence, he'll not ] l.li .. ft.. tn rL- ihp pra.llo A nit f tl n II I I II nil - V I IV/ ? WVU ???W V I UMIW. ??..% o tha1 sneeze!?frightening the children half out of their wits, and sending your lingers wilh an invo'untarv impulse to your oars in a frui!.'<ss effort to shut out the diabolical sound. How would you feel to he awkened at midnight by such an explosion? What sudden recollections of the gunpowder plot, the infernal ma chine, the I'aixhan sliel! and a thousand and one engines of destruction, in addition to these would hurst upon your mind ! i I Think of the paroxyms of fear into which you might be thrown ! (iirls?let loud sneezing gentlemen alone. Let them live and die in single blessedness.?Boston Transcript. LKICBSTKR SHKKP. ILLLtTSTRATIOXS OF T'lK R1KRD? OF THU DOMESTIC AXIAIALS OF TUK HiliTlSH Is LAIS US. By Professor Low. No. XIL London; Longman and Co. The opinion wo gave of the first num. her of this work has applied, in an increasing ratio, to each of its successors. The twelfth is now before .us, and exhibits all that taste, talent, and care could accomplish for 'he matter to which it is devoted. The subject relates to the sheep, of which the following varieties aic very beautifully illustrated, and ahlv described;?the Romney Marsh Breed?the Cots wold Breed?and the New Leicester Breed, two species. With reference to the latter breed, we cannot avoid making the sub joined extract, though wo can ill afford the space:? 4i Tim formation of trie new Leicester I sheep mav ho said to form an era in the | economical history of the domestic amj m ils and rnav well confer distinction on | the individual who had genius to conceive, j and fortitude to perfect, the design. The ! result was not oniv the creation of a breed | by art, bat the establishment of principles, which are of universal application in the production of animals for human food, ft has shown, that there are other properj ties than size,and the kind and abundance I of the wool, which render a race of sheep i profitable tc the breeder; that a disposi > IPJTJ?M? I , tion to assimilate nourishment readily, j , and arrive at early maturity, nro proper- j ties to be essentially regarded; and t'mt j these properties have a constant relation ; to a given form, which can he communi- < cated from the parents to I lie young, and ! j rendered permanent by a mixture of the j blond of the animals to which this form has been transmitted. JJakewcll, doubt j less, carried his principles to me limns m i which they could he carried, with safety J * : and profit to the owner of sheep. Looking to symmetry and usefulness of foim as the esential characters to be cultivated he was too apt to regard the others, not j merely as secondary, but as unimportant. tie is reported to have said, that ho did i not care whether his sheep produced wouJ J at a!!; and he endeavored on all occasions 1 j to show the inutility of size, as I compared with the fattening property, j But a closeand abundant growth i j of wool, it is known, is connected j I with a healthy slate of the system, arid j with the power of the animals to resist cold and atmospheric changes; and a certain size is found, by the experience of ail breeders of sheep, to be an clement in the profit to he derived from them. Every owner of sheep is taught by the result, j j that ar, animal of a size to fatten to 40 J 1!). the quarter, is mo e profitable* than one ' I that is capable of reaching only to 30 lb. | in the same time. Weight of body, I therefore, nnd the nature and productive. i ness of the fleece, are not to be ovei looked in the cultivation of sheep; and, although they may he regarded as secondary prop, erties, they cannot be held to be unimpnrlant ones. But if Bakewcll carried his ! principles of breeding to an extreme, i | there is no reason why his successors j j should not now profit by the knowledge j acquired by observation and experience, j and cultivate a profitable size nnd suita- I i hie fleece, as far as these consist with the ' other properties sought for. Bukewcil was compelled, in a sense, to confine himself to his own stock, and to the blood of ! one family, in order to preserve that standard of form which he had produced. 'From the subject multiplication of the | new L? tester breed, modern breeders j are relieved from ull necessity of this kind. They can obtain individuals of the I J form required from different families of! . the same breed, and need never, by n ; I continued adherence to the blood of one ! family, produce animals too delicate in i I form, deficient in weight of wo.d. and in j that hardiness and soundness of constitui iin? which afi even more necessary than | the perfect n ess of individual form, for the J i safety Mod profit of the breeder. The I ! sacrifice ot" the secondary properties which Bnkewe!! did not hesitate to make, was ! the result of circumstances which do not ! now exist; and the present feeling of ! breeders is to maintain a larger and more robust form of the animals, than seemed good to the earlier improvers. Thus the j Cotswold breed of sheep, though far inj ferior in form to the pure now Leicester, | is maintaining <t successful rivalship w ith it over a large extent extent of country; I o # 7 1 the lowland (Gloucestershire, the Devon' shire, and many of the Lincolnshire, ngric llturists, are propagating a larger race than is approved of by the Leicester ! breeders; and even in the north of Eng. land, where the'L*iccster breed was early ? . i established, a heavier race is preferred to j the purest of the Dish ley stock, " But whatever diversities of opir.">n ! may exist, with respect to the degree of | 1 breeding, as it may he called, which it is ! advisable to communicate to the several j 1 varieties Ot snoop, now comprrut?iim;u umler the common denomination of Lei- : roster, no doubt can bo entertained of the ' vast benefits conferred on the breeders of: the country bv the formation and diffusion | i of tiie beautiful breed of Bakewcll. Its; superiority over all the olde races of the ! long-wooled districts, is attested by the I j degree in which it supplanted them, and the eagerness with which it was every- i whore received. In less than fifty years j from the first establishment of the shows ; t of Dishley, it had either superseded all , the older longwooled sheep of the country, j or heen so mingled with them in blood, I as to have effaced their former distinci tions. Not only did it supplant, or l?eI come mixed, with the older races of heavy sheep, but, after a time, it effected i an important change in a great part of the j lighter sheep of the country. In many: ' cases it has become mixed in blood with ! them, and in many it has caused a sub. j I siitntion of the heavy, wooled for the light, , ! over large tracts of country; so that en- j * " 1 tire districts which, little more than twenty years ago, were stocked with the j i short-woolled breeds, have not now one j j fiock of them remaining. In every way, j i then, the ddfisioa of this breed has added . ! .? (i'.a tS <! ?/"? I ll'o f a/i 1/ aI f lin n/\"in. I i 1*1 1IIV, 1 ?? I l|<l/ lift. *' VIM/ try. It lias causco a superior race ofi ! animals to be reared in former districts j J of tho down and forest breeds, and ex- j j tended over tlie richer country one more j suited for general cultivation than tbe wilder and coarser races and lias been the : means of communicating lo the former ? I varieties of long.woolled sheep a uniformi- I tv of character, eminently favorable to) i fmther improvement, hv multiplying the ! animals of a given breed, which can be j selected for breeding. It has even im-; . _ . .1 i L ? >. r* 11 ( ? #/ x* V t AA /* r?* i m prOYUU VTIVJ i?g? iV^U.. Ul U Ui l.I'J WUJiWjr III an eminent degree, !?}' milling forth a larger production of forage and herbage p ails, lor supplying loou to a super, or race of animals. 4* Objections have been, from time to time, urged against the extension of this breed, founded on its supposed inferiority in size, in growth of woo!, in hardiness and fecundity of the females, to some of the breeds which it supplanted. The inferiority in size has been exaggerated with relation to this breed, and in nil cases it produces a greater weight wth the same hulk of body; and even where it is deficient in weigh', there has been a college nation in that tendency to arrive at Jin earlier in iturity, in which it eminently creels, all the races which have preceded it. I f the wcol shall be iess in quantity, or inferior, in certam properties, to that of some ot the older varieties, it must not be forgotten, that the most esteemed of those varieties, as the old Lincoln and Tees water, were not suited for that extensive diffusion, which has given so great a public imp >rtan<*.e to the breed of j Bakewell, ?nd that the extension ol the new breed has add^d prodigiously to the total quantity and value of the long wool produced iri the coun'ry. With respect to the supposed deficiency of his breed in hardiness, and fecundity of the frinaies, it is to bo observed, that this, wnero it really exists, is the result of that refinement in breeding which would equally alF ct any race fcol sheop subjected ?o tlieaaine trealinen'. 'Flu m ire we remove a race of animal from the natural state, by stimulating the system to an early miturity, th more we nuy expect them to lose that hardiness which is proper to them in a ruder condition. The new Leicester is a breed of artificial formation; and its establishment and maintenance infer a certain advancement an agriculture, the due supply of cultivated food, and that c*re of the animals, which their acquired habits and temperament demand. It is riot denied that the new Leicester breed is mare delicate and less prolific than 8<>ine of t?e coarser races whose place it has taken; but tnese defects exist only in a degree to be injurious, where refinement of breeding is carried on to an excess, which every breeder has now the power to avoid." London Sporting Review, for January, 142. From the N.|R. Farmer. Fifth Agricultural meeting at the State House. Discrsaiox on Silk Culture. Mr. Quincy, President of the Senate, j in ttie Chair. Rev. Mr. Barhour? of Oxford", stated | that in relation to every new branch of agriculture, there are .some imjiortaiit questions at the bottom. Are the climate soil, genius of the peopley ami the market j favorable ? if they are, the business promises well. Is our climate favorable to the silk business? For this business there is wanted a climate warm and dryy but not hot. A temperature of 70 to 60 degrees ih better than a higher. Ti:e worms suffer in very hot weather. Our climate is warm enough to ahswer very well, and it js dry, as are all climates where the prevailing winds are land winds. Silk requires the same climate as com. The good corn climate is favorable to both the tree and the worm. Our climate is better than any other,excepting that of China, and is as good as that, being very much like it. Dr. Parker,a missionary, and a native of the East who is travelling in this country with the Doctor, say that our climate is the same?that the trees now are getting to he the same, and cultivation the same, and cultivation f.hc same;! acre, is ricn enougn. u is nau acres c?i trees, mostly mullicaulis, standing nut in winters past, and lias not lost any. Sometimes the-twigs ar? killed, hut this is of no consequence, as he cuts the trees down in the spring. Hibtis ?Arc tiic haiuts of our country y * ' " > 8* :A .v.AiS* *. at that is, we head down the trees as they do. Some now cut up the hushes or twigs and gather the leaves In that way. The trees need not he taken up in fall, but in spring they must headed down? [cut nt ur the ground, if we understood tho matter?E.I.] We have ted in closed rooms, but it may he better to feed in open sheds, as they do in China. This practice has not vet been adopted here. We have taken all our ideas from Europe, rather than from China ; though we probably ought to learn from the latter country, whose climate is like ours. Efforts were made to grow silk in this country more than a century ago. Mr. Barbour read some interesting extracts from the silk journal of President Styles, showing that the subject here received attention as long ago as 1727, and that then the climate waK favorable- i#ut the colonics had obstacles which do not now obstruct our course. It was and is the j policy of England to make her colonies j produce raw material, while she would do : the manufacturing at home. Attempts were made to transport cocoons, hut they j mildewed, and always will, on the pas. < sane. There was in the colonies but iit. i . 1 lie manufacturing enterprise?>ut now , our country i* full of it. Soil.?Is our so.I suitable? TV're is wanted a light, dry soil ; sandy, gravelly, or a light loam. Such is better than heavy so.I, and gives hotter silk. A prop. er medium is desirable. The trees should grow well, hut not rank. A soil that will give 35 bushels of corn to the :? t- i it i ? ~ r favorable. This pursuit nny be more 1 intellectual than mo^t branches of farming, hut it is not more difficult than others. We have enterprise and industry enough. Comparatively littio has been d'?nc in the manufacture?hut wo are improving in that. If there he difficulties, the manufacturing spirit of the age .if 1 I 1 Diipinnatnt t liont \T f\rn nrflolin 1 I rr (II 9UI IIIWUiH 1IICIII* *va?'?w M knowledge is necdud, but this can soon be gained. Markr.t.?We import silk annually to the amount oi fit) millions. This is the largest item of imports. Why heed it he so? The demands of the home market will he extended. There can ha no fear of glutting the market in one generation. But suppose you have supplied tlie home j market The United States may take (he leed of the world in supplying the markets of the world. Our climate* is as good as any?our skiII and industry are greater than those of any other country. In other manufactures England competes with us: but in this she canuo : her el i mate is too moist. High price of labar.?Labor is worth j not what it coats, but what it produces, j VVe have Iriven India cotton out of the I market. Ha was horn in the back part j ol Vermont, and remeinhers whon he had his first cotton shirt to wear' to meeting, and it cost 42 cents per yard. And yet, notwithstanding the low price of labor in India, no one here now would make up lud^a cottons if given to hirn. And whvit has caused the change/ The ingenuity and skill of our manufacturer* have heen such as to. more than counterbalance the loic tcages of India. Another Staple.?We nerd another A ipJe?another branch of industry. We want something with which to meet our foreign exchanges. Cotton has seen its host days. Rice, tobacco, meat and grain do not meet our wants in full. S;!k can ansrer the purpose. For the last 20 years our importations amount to 247 millions above our exports. If I buy 247 dollars worth more than 1 sell from my farm in a year, I run in debt or draw upon reserved capital. So of the nation. It may sometimes be wise to run into debt Our debt to foreign nations is about 250 millions. The amount ofour silk iin;>orations in 20 years has been about 250 i millions. The inference then is this: we ! have gone into debt for our silk goods.? No wonder that we have hard times. No more doubt exists that we ran grow corn potatoes, AiC. Tucre is no more diftieiil- I ty in feeding the worms than in feeding chickens. Mr. Field, of Charlemonf, stated that most persons who have attended to the subi -ct, will agree with the statements of Mr. Barbour. The business is in its infancy. It is liable to some interruptions ?had seasons for ibis, as for oilier things ?t7il! 'I l\i< nrnmi?i'4;u w??ll >m ;inv .. II. ........ _ j <?ther business in which we have had no more experience. Want of skill in the care of inc worm is probably tlie? greatest difficulty. We have not yet satisfactorily learned the best modes of administer j , tng the food. He thinks a tight room, , so constructed ns to admit of good venti- | lution, is better than open sheds. Does ; not hold up the idea that farmers should i neglect other crops, but that they should J have tnis as a source of employment for I females, ll w well suited to them, ex- ' cepting the collecting of the leaves, and to this they may attend in some ca- 1 ... I SOS. Gen. Holman, of Bolton, thinks that ' the agriculture *f Massachusetts, requires j anewstiple. Rail roads will bring dowu | the prices of our agricultural produce.-- ( We uist compete with New Y<*rk and the West. Our agricultural interests , will suffer, unless we {/(it some new am- i cle. What shalj we take hold of? S;ik i may bo inserted to?and, said Gen. M.I < expect toget^inv living from that branch I of farming. lie has experience?and * the greatest difficulty?that of getting foliage enough?has been overcome ?>v ( the process of cropping the trees. Foilnge can he produced at so low n rale as to make this a first rate business. Me has | reeled, the lasi season, 50 lbs. ; has 2(1 or ( 30 more to reel. Ma intends to prose, cute it for a livelihood in connection with , oilier farming operations;?thinks he has , made if profitable. m Mr. Dodge, of Hamilton, thinks mat- ? ters in relation to this subject look bright- 1 er than two years ago. and is glad of it. j < lint he should toe sorry to think this the! { only bright spot in the fanner's prospects. J? If we need a new staple, will not farmers j choose to take one about which we have ! 1 not so much to learn/ He doubts wheth- j er they will touch it, until it can he prov. ed to he profitable. The rail roads may i cause our farmers to suffer in relation to soino articles; but in hay, also in winter t apples, which are soon to toe called for < for foreign markets, we can do well.? I There saems to toe no want of employment < lor female-.?and should they engage in I the silk business, the men almost \vd! 1 have to become dairywomen. Can lite ' worms be kept hack from hatching noli It* the'lcavcs aro grovro to I cod the.rn /p./o? 1 I Gen. Hnlirianj Mf. Field and Mr. Baf* hour, nil stated that experience proved that they can. ' There was much subsequent conversation, which we have no space for report* Snhj'-ct for discussion at the next oeeti ing?Sheep Husbandry, From the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. #>Vvl| cut FEKD. Mn. Editor:?The scarcity and cnn. sequent high price of good hay render it an objoct of importance witii the farmer to make the b??*t possible disposition of hi* interior hinds of fodder; in this indcaVoflife urf1? ftvfjrWPRW tu t'l?e . use of cut feetJ. Although this kind of feed has been in use some time, there are ?Vt.v that fu'lv appreciate its value. Some, having commenced its use with ?n incomplete apparatus for it* prepare (ion, ha\ ing fed it out irregularly and id too largo quantities, after* few trials have laid it aside as unprofitable if not impractible; other, having a kliowldcg* of the royjU of these ill-conducted e*. peri moots have coioe to like conclusions. The main design ol this arncie is ?o point those causes on winch sneer4* in the use of this kind of food do* ponds. Three things ore essential to success in the lue of cut feed; complete apparatus good preparation and-regularity in the time ofguing, and in the quantity giv* Oil. For a few animals, to have & complete apparatus, is not necessary to have an ex* pensive one:?common knife *i"*w cutter, a tub, a watering pot. a light rrtan* lire fork and a box to receive the fi?od out of w hich the animal is to eat, are nil the Articles requisite to constitute this apparatus. Such has been the simple one! have used the last seven years in feeding one, and sometimes two horses < a* grogate cost of which did not exceed dt dollars. For a large number of anim-il* a more expensive cutter arfd a larger receiver Iv. come necessary. Tubs may be ot>? lifted from the common molasses hogshead by sawing the same in two at the btinglrWe. The apparatus in readiness, the *traw is to be finely cut and evenly placed hi the tub; it is then to l?e siiuhik der to cause an adhesion of the nn-al ? the straw, so as to prevent the former from settling to the bottom of the tub.-? The meal is next to be equally scattered overthe surface; and the process completed by mixing the ingredients with the fo?k, adding at different times as mu< h ?avr as is necessary to render the mixture complete. In cold wratner nor WHirt should bo used. A box three feet in iengib, two in breadth, nine or ten inches in height, and firmly held together bvtyjyp*.' of hoop iron fastened around the corner* and across the bottom, should be placed before and slightlyHnclining towards e?? h. aniinnljinto this the prepared food is turn, ed. The inclination of the box towards the animal is to enable him the more easily ^ to secure the liquid portion of the pre par*. >i tion. * ^ A aim lis should be regularly fed; atten. lion to this rule is essential to their health, and thrift. Horses require feedng hut I brae times each day on short feed, wiiiv in additional foddering of good hay 'nt -jS ^ night three times during each week ? \Teat stock require in addition long feed twice each day, once 111 the mowing and nee at night. 'I1'"* ?.'n.u jo nimnf nA#AMQrli i/.ft A 11C7 pi (uiav vj I'iiiut t ?',vvva?%i ? i**s n ?ach animal ran be assertainr*} only by feeding; it is better to err in not giving 3iiougii than in giving too much. It* au iniinal id overfed he become.-* da nty, eais azily and renders hid mess foul by long irealhing over it; one so kept will wN lainly become unhealthy and grow poor* I ^ Few animals at firsf will o?t cut feed with relish.. An animal unaecustnrn'rl ts u<e should he fed with a small v ; tills should consist of good bay finely -ut, and having a large pi "portion of meal, le should not be again fed until he has. :aten up cleanly his first allowance. The experimentalist must not feel dis. :ou raged if the animal, notwithstanding particular pains he has taken to render us food palatable; should allow it ta re* hJ nain twenty-lour or thirty six hours beforelim untastcd; hunger at lasi comets hsni io eat. When lie gets so ns to cat his mess readily, stra* may be mixed with Ibo hay md its proportion gradually increased. Sail should be added to one of, the mtn?es ns often n? every other day. A few ye?rrs since I kept ono horse on loa^ toed; exclusively during the whuio year; and ilso an account of the hay and grainconiu tued ami the bedding used by 'hii^ du. ing this period. The expense of hi; keep ng amounted toono hundred aod.fifteen ' Joliars. The average price ot'Iraytduring hat year was this thirteen dollars; of ror?> >nc d iilrtr, and of oats lift) cent** The lorse worked every day. ! Since then f kept an account for fix Months of the expenses of a horse kept on ;ut feed, and working every day as fke former; the cost of thus keeping a hone ine year, according to the estimate made r ?m mv account, would be seventy-tiv.e ln|!ar?. Hay, when this experiment wnis. mMu, w:is? one dollar less >n me ion; >rit*es ofcorn ;tado;i!s w?r? ths safp<2. Uwsca fcnpt^a thu Any kad b jf > % ^ i ' t j > -v. '. ~ ' ' ' v. <? \ . 1