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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



paratively trifling Bacrifice of time and money. 

 And I take the opportunity of introducing to tiie 

 notice of those who, having tried t!ie Albany 

 Berlishires, and lound iheni wanting, a breed of 

 hogs now in the hands of iVlr. WiUiam Reybold, 

 Delaware state, which, or I am much misialven, 

 will not be Ibund at all iulierior lo the imported 

 Kenilworths, if ihey be not much superior, as 1 

 strongly sut^pcct they will prove. They are per- 

 fectly vvhile, loo, and eoli-haired, vviih the deep 

 eide of the old tawny Beikeihire, cutting up nearly 

 as thick in the side and belly as on the back, 

 which is, I guess, about as much oC an aniipode 

 to the black Albany, as the color of the breed. 

 Mr. W. Reybold is the son of Major Philip Rey- 

 bold, the breeder and feeder of those superlative 

 Leicester sheep which were slaughtered at Ralii- 

 luore the last seaton, several of which weighed 

 over 40 lbs. a quarter, dead weight, at the age of 

 ivvo years; and Mr. Allen would find thai ihe 

 major's present stock of fat wethers would vie 

 with any of the thoroughbred varieties in Eng- 

 land, of any name or county. And I cannot but 

 suspect, from the perusal of Mr. Allen's letter, 

 thai the time /ias come when we may take cur 

 stand and breed from our own stock, without be- 

 ing beholden for any more help from abroad ; for 

 indeed it is curious to observe how very small have 

 been the importations by this first of breeders and 

 judges of Slock, which, as far as I can learn from 

 his letter, amount to five pigs of the Kenilvvorth 

 breed, " tliree of them from a smaller and coarser 

 boar, and from sows still less!" But what our 

 Iriend means by stating that " he was informed 

 this was always ilie case with this breed," lam 

 at a loss to conjecture. It might disclose my igno- 

 rance, perhaps, were I to ask, if this admission be 

 meant as a recommendation or otherwise, of this 

 particular breed 1 To these are to be added the 

 number of Berkshiree brought, which is not stated 

 iu his letter ; the sheep lor Mr. Rolch, Mr. Ste- 

 venson, and Bishop Mead ; one dog, o( a sort 

 which requires no instruction to break into the 

 management and care of a flock — which no one 

 will believe who knows any thing about the mat- 

 ter' — a Itivv Dorking Ibwis, wilh extra toes lo their 

 heels, sometimes attaining to the great weight, 

 when fatted, of 8 pounds — and a liew pheasants ! 

 Of ehort-horns he brought none, and confesses 

 that it pains him lo see so many Durhams of 

 ordinary quality imported ; and as for horses, 

 •' England ought lo come lo us!" What, for 

 carriage horses, the present racii}g blood, and the 

 high-bred hunters 1 Try again, friend Allen. 



On I he subject of the Dorking fowls, I would 

 just say, if Mr. Allen had come on lo Jersey stale, 

 lie would have (bund thai Mr. Wood, of Haddon- 

 field house, could " beat that hollow," not some- 

 times, but always, many ol his chickens weighing 

 more by a couple of pounds than the great weight 

 he mentions. He is in error in the statement that 

 the game cock of England is from across with the 

 pheasant ; if he had seen any of that particu- 

 hir cross, he would have known better. If I could 

 say what I wish on the subject of the travels of 

 our eastern friends, without fear of oflence, I 

 vyould just hint the probability of their being more 

 gratified, and of reaping more wisdom as well as 

 profit, by going abroad in their own country, rather 

 than by visiting foreign lands in the expectation of 

 speculating in stock, a very precarious business at 



besi. Mr. Allen complains of the enormous 

 expense of shipping animals from England. I 

 fear if his expenses of travel were to be spread 

 over thi'Jew animals which he has brought over, 

 the account would deter many from making the 

 experiment in future. 1 wish that we could /or 

 once come doivn lo the improvement of our breeda 

 of catile without the vile sf)irit of speculating for 

 money ; but that has been our easily-besetting 

 sin, from Ihe lime of the Merino-mania to that of 

 the muliicaulis and the black Albany Berkshire 

 fever. " All wrong, depend upon it." 



I have heard thai when John Lossing found 

 that A. B. Allen had gone to England to import 

 big Berkshires, he had the precaution to sell out 

 his Albany Berkshires, making a profitable specu- 

 lation of it. That was wise ; (or he may now ei- 

 ther go back lo the breed by which he has made 

 thousands of dollars, or/orujar(i, into the Kenil- 

 worth ; and as he knows so well how to "strike 

 the iron while 'tis hot," lie may make capital 

 slock by commencinii; with such hogs as those de- 

 scribed by Homer Eachus, at p. 329 of the Cabi- 

 net, vol. v., wliich might be denominated the 

 improved-improved Kenilworth white Berk- 

 shires ; he will not be at a loss for individual 

 names, for there may as well be ^300 white Maxi- 

 mas, as black ones ; but he had best be quick 

 about it, for in this part of the country, where 

 that breed has long been known and properly 

 appreciated, persons may be found who will " hit 

 the right nail upon the head," and go into the 

 business at once. G. H. D. 



Chester county. 



From the Halifax Colonial Farmer, 



The Low Dutch inhabitants of Long Island 

 were accustomed to churn their milk instead of 

 the cream, as habit had taught them to prefer 

 buttermilk to sweet skimmed milk. They conse- 

 quently churned every day ; the morning and 

 evening's milk was put into a very large and very 

 clean churn which was placed near the fire, and 

 securely covered, always putting to it a small 

 quantity of coagulated milk. As soon as the 

 milk was all coagulated, which it generally was 

 by nine o'clock the next morning, it was carried 

 lo the milk-room and emptied into the churning 

 churn, adding one third the quantity of warm wa- 

 ter. The woman churned with her foot, as she 

 was accustomed lo turn her flax-wheel, the dash- 

 er being lilied by a spring-pole, such as is affixed 

 to the most simple kind of turning lalhe. While 

 churning, she was always knitting, for a Dutch 

 woman will never lose any of her time. The 

 churning was generallj' conjpleted in half an hour, 

 ihc buttermilk was then strained off, and the but- 

 ter turned into a tray ; then taking a large wood- 

 en ladle with a handle about half a yard long in 

 each hand, she took up in ihe ladle in her right 

 hand about a pound of butler, which she tossed up 

 five orsix feet high, catching it wilh her ladle as 

 it fell, ivvo or three times ; and then with a smart 

 stroke at arms' length, struck it into the ladle in 

 her lefi hand, when after changing hands, and 

 lossing and catching it again, she deposited it in a 

 tray previously rubbed with fine salt, and com- 



