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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



" MILKING." 



From tlie Cullirator. 



Mesirs. Gaylord if Tucker' — In answer to Mr. 

 Freeman, j'our Indiana correspondent, who asks, 

 "Is there any remedy to keep a cow (rotn holding 

 up her niilkl" I l)e<r leave to say, 1 think there 

 is a very simple and sure remedy. I have for 

 many years occasionally used it, and have in no 

 instance known it to tail. When a child, I no- 

 ticed, with surprise, that a calli when beginning to 

 PUck, would Crequenily change li'om one teat to 

 anoiher, and hutt with considerable force the ud- 

 der o'l' its dam ; and 1 inquired of a person near 

 me, why the call" did this? The answer I re- 

 ceived was, "to m&ke the cow give down Iter 

 milk." Tliis answer was undoubtedly correct. 

 Since then, when iriiking, and the cow retained 

 her milk, by imitiating wiih my hand, this action 

 of the callj she would immediately cease to with- 

 hold it, and the milk would flow lieely. 



In every instance that has fallen under my ob- 

 pervation of a cow's retaining her milk, I have no- 

 ticed circumstances that convinced me that it was 

 not wholly an involuntary act ; as for instance, the 

 Birong contiaciion of the abdominaf-le muscle?, 

 and her ceasing to chew the cud. Under these 

 circums^ances, by imitating wiih the hand the 

 butting of the calf, the careful observer will not 

 fail to notice an immediate relaxation of these 

 muscles; and whcii the milk is permitted by the 

 cow to flow unrestrained, she will rarely fail to 

 immediately recommence the chewing her cud. 



These hints are inte-nded merely as a supple- 

 ment to the directions you have appended to Mr. 

 Freeman's conjmunicaiion, which should never 

 be neuleeled ; and siiould any one (ail to treat 

 with deserved gentleness and kindness, that most 

 usclijl animal the cow, the belter purl of your 

 readers would not, be anxious to kvisli iheirpym- 

 paihy upon him, siiould he, in return, (ail to re- 

 ceive the rich reward due only to the deserving. 

 I am respectiblly yours, 



N. IVKS. 



Wallingford, Jl., Sept. 10, 1840. 



nULES FOn EREKDIXG. 



I'rom tlie Farmer"!; Gazette. 

 What follows may appear to be dreaminess, to 

 unprolbund intellects, who have not studied phy- 

 siology. It is an epitome, niambj, of Mr. Walker's 

 new views of organization. Yet mankind had 

 discovered, previous to Mr. Walker's |,ublication, 

 lliat they | osseesed the power of amelioration, 

 and that ol' deterioration, of their own organiza- 

 tion, in their offspring. They knew that organic 

 laws like their own existed in domestic animals. 

 What all these laws were, in either case as re- 

 gards generation, Avas imUnown, previous to Mr. 

 Walker's publicaiion. This book gives a much 

 more nice rule, or rules, for breeding oflspririij, 

 than has hi'.herio existed ; and will, without doubt, 

 be soon apiilied to breeding profitably domestic 

 Rtiimals, if not to breeding men. Profitableness, 

 frjm the last act alluded to, may be too remote 

 to excite attention. The newly di.^covered law 

 can be applied to use, by unphilosophical persons, 

 hlte the mariner's compass, or tlie thersnomeler. 



The organic law, or laws, to regulate our conduct 

 are as lollows : 



1. Anin;al organization grows, from tv.'O parents 

 in two, somewhat, unsymmeirical halves; and each 

 part has mostly the properties of the parent from 

 which it is deiived, notwithstanding the nutritioua 

 blood, which circulates through both halves. Ata- 

 vism and lieaks of organization ma}' change this 

 tendency of growth, somewhat, in some (ew cases. 

 Organization is indestructible, save by the death 

 of the whole, or a part of it, and is continued in 

 posierily. its growth, however, is so modified, as 

 to occasion an amalgamation, or suitable joining 

 of the two halves during lite. Aiid tlie blooii 

 moving through both halves makes children of the 

 same parents resemble each other, 



2. The most excitable parent, for the time be- 

 ing, always gives, for future growth, Ike vital vis- 

 cera within the ivhoie trunk, and likewise the intel- 

 lectual part i>f the brain, which grows within the 



forehead. The less ardent parent, on the other 

 hand, gives matter for the growth of the bones, 

 the locomotive organization, the back head, limbs 

 and moveable parts of the face. Parental seed 

 grows, during the li(e of ollspring, into the like- 

 ness of the parent, from wliich it came. And so 

 on, ad infinitum. 



3. The (emale is generally, yet not always, the 

 most ardent, for anatomical reasons. The pas- 

 sionateness in either eex may be increased by pre- 

 vious nnindulgence. Hence if good intellects and 

 sound viscera are wanted, in most men, in many 

 cattle, in hogs, in some sheep, females should be 

 the best, and in vigorous health ; while in horses, 

 camels, elephants and in some men, where speed 

 and muscular stiengih is mostly wanted, the male 

 should be the best ; unless the conclusion be that 

 both male and Cemnle be equally good, or the best 

 of their kind, and of nearly equal and suitable 

 age ; in which case there can be little chance for 

 dis3[!pointment, un'ess there be quasi identity oi 

 organization, as that of pernicious "in and in 

 breeding." 



4. Tlie above nrc golden rules or problems ; 

 yet some unlikeness is wanted. Hence the utility 

 of properly crossing of breeds in the same race. 

 Amativeness cannot exist without dissimilarity of 

 organization. The faculiy of propagation liiils, 

 li'oni too much likeness, as it does from too much 

 age. 



5. Let it always be borne in mind, that it is the 

 resemtilance, as regards the configuration of any 

 orgatiization, much mare than that of its size, or 

 siruciure, wh.ich enables anyone to perceive which 

 parts have been derived lioni a given parent. Pro- 



' minent cases may be needed (or beginners, in this 

 science under review. The size and structure of 

 a part varies with the age of its growth, more 

 than is the case as regards form. Besides, to 

 know structure dissection is needed. It is a gene- 

 ral menial law to i.ientify, on the one hand, the 

 species of organization by its shape, and on the 

 other hand, its age by its size. 



6. Walker's science was much wanted to finish 

 that of Dr. Gall, or what may be viewed as per- 

 taining to ]4\renology. The pen is stopped, be- 

 cause it is presumed, that no one will act upon 

 Mr. Walker's plan without studying his book at- 

 lentivelj'. It has some errors without doubt ; and 

 it may too often attempt to explain what is beyond 

 the ken o!" useful philosophy. We have not 



