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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



[No. 6 



frequently known to attack the largest cats, and to 

 tear their hair off by the mouth full. The only 

 proper way of hoidisig them is by their ears. 



16. Diseases. — With due care and regular at- 

 tention, the rabbit is not liable to disease or sick- 

 ness, but should any disorder attack them, it is 

 best to kill them. If they become pot-bellied from 

 being fed on watery Ibod, cure : by giving good 

 ■iiry hay and corn, ground malt or peas, or any 

 substantial or absorbent food. Their liver com- 

 plaints are incurable, and such, il put up to fattenj 

 must not be kept alier they have attained a mode- 

 rate deijree of fatness, as they are liable to die 

 suddenly. If dry substantial food is always with- 

 in their reach, they will seldom require medicinal 

 care. 



From the Fanners' Cabinet. 

 RAISE MORE POULTRY. 



Since the time that Esop wrote the history of 

 the country maid and the milk-pail, poultry and 

 eggs have not sold lor a better price, or at a greater 

 profit, than they have within these i'ew years. 

 This is believed to have (jrown out of the immense 

 amount of travelling, which has been increased 

 and promoted by the fleetness and cheapness of 

 railroad cars and steamboats. But whatever may 

 be the cause of it, it is our interest to sell an abun- 

 dance of eggs and poultry, so long as we can get a 

 good profit by it. I was pleased with the sugges- 

 tion made by your correspondent Q., in the last 

 number of the Cabinet, for feeding poultry with 

 boiled potatoes, inasmuch as it is a cheap food, 

 and may he always at hand. A farmer near Li- 

 verpool, England, keeps a large stock of poultry 

 of various kinds in the same enclosure, with sin- 

 gular success. He has nearly an acre of land en- 

 closed, with a close fiance, about seven feet high. 

 Within this enclosure are put up sheds for the dif- 

 ferent kinds of poultry, to secure them well from 

 the rain, which is of great importance. There is 

 a small stream of water which passes through the 

 lot, to which they all have access, and they are re- 

 gularly fed, three times a-day, with boiled pota- 

 toes, which is their only Ibod, excepting what 

 grass, insects, and worms, they pick up in their 

 movements through the lot. 



All young poultry require to be kept dry, and 

 most old ones are the better for it, and it "is said 

 that young turkeys, during their tender ajre, are 

 tiie better for having a small quantity of red pep- 

 per occasionally mixed with their food, to stimulate 

 their digestive organs to greater activity when 

 thev cTormandize too much. 



The practice of cutting up chives, garlic, or 

 onion-tops, and mixing them occasionally with 

 the food of young poultry, is well known to most 

 good housewives, and is thought to be very ser- 

 viceable in promoting their health. K. 



Pequea, Lancaster Co. Pa. June 25, 1S3S. 



ADVICE TO FARMERS. 



Judge Buel says, " It has been found that the 

 best and most butter is obtained when the cream 

 is about the temperature of 55 degrees — and if 

 the temperature is over 60 degrees The quality is 

 inferior and quantity diminished. Hence every 

 dairy should have a thermometer." 



From the Western Carolinian. 

 THE FARMER. 



Happiness seems to have fixed her seat in ru- 

 ral scenes. The spacious hall, the splendid equi- 

 page, and pomp of courts, do not soothe and enter- 

 tain the miml of man in any degree, like the ver- 

 dant plain, the enamelled mead, the fragrant grove, 

 melodious birds, the sports of beasts, the azure 

 sky, and the starry heavens. 



It is undoubtedly a fact, that in proportion to 

 our population too many leave the occupation of 

 agriculture for other employment. If this arises 

 from its being considered that the employments 

 of the farmer are not respectable, it is a great mis- 

 take. Every thing is honorable which is useful 

 and virtuous. This is an employment instituted by 

 God himself, and by him particularly owned and 

 blest. It is that on which every thing depends. 

 True it is laborious ; but then labor brings health, 

 is the foundation of the farmer, is the condition of 

 independence; his little dominion is his own, his 

 comforts are his own, and he is not at the mercy 

 of the public whim and caprice. It is not necessa- 

 rily the case, in this happy country especially, that 

 the farmer must be a stupid, ignorant man. He 

 is taught in his youth the first rudiment of educa- 

 tion, and has many spare hours to read. In the 

 heat of the summer's noon, and by the long winter 

 evening's fire, he has much time for his books, and 

 in thiscountry they are placed within the reach of 

 all. 



From the Watertown (N. Y.) Standard. 

 IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT IN PLANTING CORN. 



A i'ew weeks since we published a communica- 

 tion from a correspondent, giving the results of 

 an experiment in planting corn, by Hart Massey, 

 esq. of this village. Mr. Massey called upon us 

 on Saturday last to correct an important error in 

 said communication, and invited us personally to 

 examine said field, which we accordingly did, and 

 now give the results of our observation. 



Mr. Massey took of the seed corn with which 

 he planted the field, a small quantity, and soaked 

 it in a solution of sal nitre, commonly called salt- 

 petre, and planted five rows with the seeds thus 

 prepared. The reniainder of the field, we believe, 

 was planted by the same individual. Now for 

 the result. The five rows planted with corn pre- 

 pared with saltpetre, will yield more than twenty- 

 five rows planted without the preparation. The 

 five rows were untouched by the worms, while 

 the remainder of the field suffered severely by 

 their depredations. We should judge that not 

 one kernel saturated by saltpetre was touched, 

 while almost every hill in the adjoining rows suf- 

 fered severely. No one who will examine the field 

 can doubt the eflicacy of the preparation. He will 

 he astonished at the striking difference between 

 the five rows and the remainder of the field. 



Here is a simple fact, which if seasonably and 

 generally known would have saved many thou- 

 sands of dollars to the farmers of this county alone 

 in the article of corn. It is a fact, which should 

 be universally known, and is, in all probability, 

 one of the greatest discoveries of modern times in 

 the neglected science of agriculture. At all events, 

 the experiment should be extensively tested, as 



