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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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He fjives his notions well confirmed by experience. 

 — Editor. 



Xenia, Ohio, June Uth, 1838. 



Mr. EniTon— x\IIo\v mo, throuirii the " Far- 

 mer," to S!\y a word to rny tbllow (;irm('r.s on, what 

 seems to me, an imiiortant subject. In this coun- 

 try, you will seldom find a curry-comb and liand 

 brush in the cow-stable ; but I consider them indis- 

 pensable in the cow-stable, as in the horse-stable. 

 Why farmers do not curry and brush tlieir cows, I 

 know not, unless it be that they think cleanliness 

 is not so necessary to the cow as to the horse. 



But if we will, for a moment, consider the evils 

 arisini]f from this ne<jlect, the importance of keep- 

 ing cows clean must strike every reflecting mind. 

 It is well known that no animal, neither horse nor 

 cow, can be healthy, unless the insensible perspi- 

 ration goes on regularly, and this can never be go- 

 ing on if cows are kept in a dirty stable, and no 

 pains taken to rub off carefully the dirt or matter 

 which obstructs the vessels or pores of the skin. 



Wherever cows are regularly curried and rub- 

 bed they are invariably stronger and in a healthier 

 condition ; not liable to cutaneous and other dis- 

 eases; and from experience I know they yield more 

 milk, and that too of a better quality — a cleaner 

 milk, richer cream, and sweeter butter, necessarily 

 follow. 



I make it a practice to curry my cows once a 

 day very carellilly — I never suffer any dung to 

 stick to their coats — it looks bad, and injures the 

 cows. This useful animal does not deserve such 

 dirty treatment. Give them litter sufficient, and 

 remove the dung regularly, and this part is accom- 

 plished. 



Many of our farmers seem to think that in or- 

 der to have healthy and good cows, you need only 

 feed them with a sufficiency of (bod ; however, I 

 am fully convinced from experience, that cows may 

 be well supplied with food, still they will not be as 

 profitable as they would be if kept perfectly clean, 

 and free from all kind of dirt and matter obstruct- 

 ing perspiration, as above stated ; besides this, if 

 cows are kept perfectly clean, they will thrive upon 

 a less quantity of food. 



Cows are often subject to have swollen teats and 

 udders, as well as other excrescences. These may 

 be prevented if the parts be occasionally washed 

 with warm water. The udder and teats should be 

 carefully washed immediately before the cow is 

 milked. It has been well said by Loudon : " Go 

 to the cow stall — take with you cold water and a 

 sponge, and wash each cow's udder clean before 

 milking; dowse the udder with cold water, winter 

 -and sunaraer, as it braces, and repels heat." 



David Heymacker. 



Maria, a cow, to Wm. Gray . . - 661 



Melvira, and calf, to same - - - 100.5 

 Marchioness, yenrling heilijr, W. C Goodloc 407 

 iMoss Rose, to W. G. Clay - - - 375 

 Tulip, old, to Thomas Y. Rrent - - 130 



Beauty, to John and Joseph Collier - 476 



88187 

 Relow is a list of some of the fine mixed bloods: 

 Lndv Moriian, yearling heifer, sold to 



W. Scott, fbr - - - - - §550 



Snow drop, a calfj to N. P. Rogers - 325 



l^urilla, yearling, to James Battcrton - 340 



Julia Jackson, to Enoch Kirby - - 195 



Rosetta, a calf, to same - - - - 1.55 



Lily, to John Collier - - - - 190 



Josephina, to Moses Ryan . - - 205 



Red Beauty, to same - - - - .375 



White Lily, to John Desha - . - 105 



Young Nell, to John Graves - - 140 



KENTUCKY CATTLE. 



The following are prices obtained fbr a part of a 

 istock of fine blooded cattle, belonging to the estate 

 4)f the late General James Garrard, as we find it 

 in the Paris (Kentucky) Citizen. The list em- 

 'braces all the thorough-bred cattle offered for sale. 

 Exception, sold to Brutus J. Clay & Co. S1830 

 Eclipse, a calf, George M. Bedford - - 688 

 Cherry, a cow, to Gen. John Pratt - - 1125 

 Matilda, to Brutus J. Clay & Co. - - 920 

 Fanny Kemble, a calfj to Kemus Payne 880 



Amounting in all to 



$10,967 



82580 



From the Silli Grower. 

 SILK-CUr.TURE. 



Having fed a small number of silk-worms the 

 past season, and having, as I suppose, succeeded 

 well, I send you a brief account of my fixtures, 

 feeding, &c. If you think my experience will in 

 the least degree aid the good cause in which we 

 are in common engaged, you are at liberty to pub- 

 lish it. My cocoonery in 36 feet by 18, two sto- 

 ries high, lathed and plastered, with a chimney in 

 each end, and a cellar under the whole. The 

 building is substantial and well finished. It has 

 28 windows and 5 doors, blinds and venitian shut- 

 ters. The building was intended to be converted 

 into a dwelling in the event of its not being used 

 as a cocoonery. Two rows of shelves, the whole 

 length of the building, were put up, each shelf one 

 foot above the other, so that I had large aisles 

 between the rows of shelves and around them, 

 affording ample room fbr feeding the worms and 

 changing the hurdles. My hurdles are three by 

 four feet, made with cotton twine, not knit, but 

 crossed as a bed-cord. I supposed I had accom- 

 modations for feeding 2 or 300,000 worms hatched 

 in succession. I accordingly procured two ounces 

 mammoth white egos, from Mr. Stone, of Bur- 

 linylon, which were understood to come from Ger- 

 mantown Pa., and several ounces of sulphur 

 colored, from Mr. Comstock, of Hartford. These 

 were all put in glass jars, and placed in the ice- 

 house about the 1st of April. The 15th of June, 

 the mammoth white were taken out and exposed 

 for hatching, and in a few days, about 5250 of 

 them hatched, which was all I obtained from the 

 two ounces. I then exposed those I obtained 

 from Hartford, not one of which hatched. Dis- 

 appointed in my eggs, I called on Mr. A. M. Je- 

 rome, of Princeton, who supplied me with a pa- 

 per of effjTs which were in the process of hatch- 

 ing. These I brought home on the 26ih of June, 

 and about 25,000 of them hatched. I had then 

 altogether about 30,250 worms. I placed ihem 

 all on the shelves in the second story ; about 12,000 

 on one side of the room, and the balance on the 



