1825. J 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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ties. In one perhaps I lie moat 



sppct, great nulkiiijf, they iire superior, and even 



Without rivals." t 



Mr Towel, in quoting; the above passaoje from 

 Lawrence, leaves out tht? words or Alilernaj 

 This was a convenient otnission, after the damnn- 

 torj' senltnce he had jtisl helore pronounced on 

 the Alderneys — "that nnllirillv, dwarlish, sav- 

 a"'e, wretched race." — Lawrence and Culley 

 here eviilontly consider the JVorinan and Alder- 

 ticy cattle as the same race or hreod. The Al- 

 derncy, from some circumstance peculiar to the 

 Island, — perhaps an inl'eriority of pasliiraje — 

 mav he somewhat less in size than the Norman 

 en the ncia;hl)ormg richer lands of jNormandy. 



La»v'rmcc proceeds in his quotation from Ciil- 

 ley, di'srriliing the superiority of this improv- 

 ed hretd to the f)ld Short llortisin milk, in flesh, 

 in tallowing within the fust drgroe. They have 

 both speed and strength (he supposes) for la- 

 bour: "that from their superior quantity ot 

 milk, they rival, in his o|iii)ion, the best long- 

 horns in the cheese and butter dairies, and tor 

 suckling they are unrivalled."' Here Mr Poivel 

 *tops : but Lawrence proceeds in his quotalinn 

 fr'>m Culley, who says — " It may be presumed j 

 they are at least equal to (he Herefonls in ihej 

 stall, at alk points, and there .seems hut one les- 

 pect in which they are, in (iny consiilcrable de- 1 

 grcc, inftrior to any breed that cun be nameil^ 

 which h fineness ofjlrsh : in (hat particular il is 

 obvious they can never equal certain other 

 breeds, without the entire overthrow of th<'ir 

 Dutch basis, by a repetition of the Norm«n or 

 some other cross, which would go to destroy the 

 present .superior breed." 



My next letter will commence with scuift re- 

 mark.s on Mr Powefs extract troin Parkinson 

 «n live stock. T. PICKERING. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



CANADA THISTLE. 



Sutton, August 22, 1 02.^. 



Mr Fessendeh, — In your paper of August 5lh 

 were come remarks from the Thomaston Regis- 

 er, upon the C maili Th stie. Th: writer's o- 

 pinion \» different from that which 1 had al- 

 ways entertained, as well as from my experi- 

 ence. 



They took root in several placesi in my p.is- 

 ture, and spread with astonishing rapidity, and 

 all exertions with the scythe or hoe seemed 

 rather to increase than to retard their progress. 

 They were not, according to the opinion oi' 

 NolaB, conli-nted with the waste places of Na- 

 ture, but rather took possession of rich and well 

 swarded land, to the entire exclusion of nil more 

 profitable herbage. No means of extermination 

 were found eflectual till I tried salt, in the man- 

 ner that has since been recommended with suc- 

 cess. With respect to the observations of No- 

 tae, upon the "direct advantage*" of the thistle, 

 as (oi)d for swine and (odder (or horses, I am un- 

 able to speak from experience, but rather than 

 welcome a visitor again, who is like to slick by 

 me like so faitht'ul a friend, I had rather trust 

 the iatting of my swine to corn. This, I am sure 

 would prove a nutriment cheaper than iligging 

 three feet for thistle roots, and will falten them 

 siitTicienily at least for home consumption. My 

 horses fed upon clover and herds grass, with, oc- 



casionally, a litllo corn or oat.', will be suflicicnt 

 to cany my wife atid me to church, on Sunday, 

 besides s<imetinies going to mil! ; and my dairy 

 is tolerably productive, by (ceding my cows up- 

 on oiiod grass and hay, uilh a little meal just 

 afltr calving. 1 am an unlettered f.iimer and 

 more accustomed to ilourish the (lail than the 

 pen; and should not have intruded myself u|i 



(■iiOLi.UA ".;<ii;i;i s. 



At this poa^nn of the year, when so inimv \al- 

 uable lives iuo either lo>t or pot in jeoparuv ! v 

 the influence of this tiMTilic disease a knowled"e 

 of a simple rcniody. ivliich lias never yet been 

 known to fail of com|ilele success in any stage 

 (if the ilisra'^e, cannot with justice be wilheld 

 iVom the piildic. 



'J'ake a half tjrown chicken, strip him of his 

 iU. as quick as possiL)lc after 



on your attention had 1 not been desirous of fur 



llier inlormation upon this subject trom yourself, I I'^plliPP, ;„„1 pul,., 



Mr Lditor, or some of your learned correspon- Ui|ii„„ |,|^^ ..,,„i ^-bi'le he is vet warm, put liim 

 dents. My opinion, I think coincides with that | j^io a gallon of boiling waler half an hour, take, 

 ol farmers in general, who are acquainted with.| ^fl- ,|,e i|,|„(,r and give to the patient half a tuo)- 

 the subject. If it is wrong I wish to have it cor- (,|cr full, and repeal it as often as he can bear 



recti d; if light and the only advantage dei ivcd 

 trom this ciimberer is furnishing food for the 

 feathered songslers, and materials for their nests 

 1 think the prudent fanner had better extermin- 

 ate them from his lands, and show his gratitude 

 to the birds of heaven for their delightful car- 

 ols in some other manner. RUSTICUS. 



il — nn almost immediate efiect will be produc- 

 ed. This has been known to produce a com- 

 plete cure, after the patient has become so much 

 exhausted that articulation had ceased. — A'aii- 

 tuckel Kntjuircr. 



Singular incident in Omilhologi/—.\ gentleiman d' 

 — j this town of the first ics]ieclal:ility has given us an ac- 



Remarks on the above by the Editor. — We a- 1 count of tbi; lollowiii^ singular circumstance : wliich 



gree with our correspondent that it is highly pm- ''""°""'''!". " *" ":'',»' alatlVrtim of liirh foi their 

 '- . . ' o . ' young', aii'l tile ?aga<ity VI Uli wliKh many ol the finallrf 



Jiedienl (or every cultivator, whose lands are on- j animals of our country seize upon their prey. The 

 cumbered with thistles, to use the most speedy K'ntUman, wlule |.a-.siMfr throu-h an or. hard was at- 

 j ,.. , , , , „-.■.. . I Iracted f'V tin loxtioirtiiiary units Hnd fluttering ol birds; 



and effectual methods to effect their destruction. , „„,, „„ ,„oki„„ „p i,.t,, „ tree for the purpose of ascer- 



We have no doubt hut the means, pointed out j tainiug the cause ol the strange noise, di.covcrtd lw.> 

 by Rnsticus, are efficient, hut would recommend j "''''''"^ '." 5"""'.',"''^:;'' '^''^'^I^ ''*''''' '"i"?*^™.- 



/ ^ ly att.'»cl<ed hy the "feathen d" enemy, soon let nu 



(or consideration and experiment the lollowing [ prey fall to thc^ ground : when it was discovered that 

 which we have extracted from Hunter's Geor- 'he squirrel had aclually made hold to attack and iol» 



the UFSt of the robins . f one of their young, with which 

 he would have made his escape had il not teen for Ihc 

 ^^drnldiing^Mie rf c( ived from the parent Lirde. '(lie 

 squirrel was soon after shot — the uninjured bird rc- 

 tiu'urd to the nest, where two nestlings had been Itft, 

 and the ^*notes of Ibe songsters" soon denoted the re- 

 turn of tranquility. Biatllthoro Messenger. 



gical Essays, vol. VI. page 232. 



TO DESTROY TFIlSTl.rS. 



The best way to destroy thistles in highwavB, 

 and on grass lands, is to let them aloiie till they 

 are in (ull bloom, and then to mow them down 

 with a scythe j ("or if they are cut when youn^:. 

 they produce fresh shoots from the side of each 



The Kc'.-.tnrVy Gazette mentions, (hat the rrfnin^ 



plant; but when mown in full bloom, the stem i "'"""/.'"•'^ "'' J''? election four or fiw hundred per- 

 ' . ,1 , t ■ 1 .1, . 11 , sons, nil nds of Mr. Wicklifli's went to hi? bouse, to 



IS hollow by which the rain-water an.l dews de ,,3,,,,,, „f ,,.(>, shment,. provided for the occa.nion.- 

 scend into the heart of the plant, and it soon S„nie person previously to the assembling of the cnm- 

 dlCS. C'^'iy bad been mischitvoos or wicked ( nough, to con- 



If you have neglected culling down thistles I vey, a brg'e quantity of Tartar Kmelic into the liquor 

 till the seed is fully formed, vou may. even then. I which hnd been prepared for the company. 'I he emet- 



... I "i ' .1 ' I , . , I !c (litj lis nuty on al' ■who partook ol the liquor, nnd 



cut them down and as soon as they have dried . „,,,^ ,,;,,„„,/ „,^. eonseqnences wer., thi.t the house 

 a little in the sun, rake (hem in(o heaps and 1 .„„| the nut houses ; the Karn and the Barn yard ; Ihe 

 burn them. We are not certain whether this Highways and the Byways, exhilnted pictures for the 

 will prove so itTectual as the following prcscrip- 1 Pfiioil ol liogarlh or Ihi- pin of Swift. No person is 

 lion, which wa^ copied into the .\ew L'i.i;foii(/ i '''""'> '" ''" '"aterially injured. One person suspect- 



r. I- „ ,L„ /. ,-, . «}■ / ivi I' 1 ed o( the crime of puling in Ihe emetic, was anesUd, 



tanner trom the Lonnccliciit AUrror («eo JN. L.. 1, . .,. ; .." . . u j . ,■ 



,, , ,, ,, , , . ,. ,/ lout there was not evidence to warrant his dcteutiOB. 

 tanner, vol. 11. |). Ill) and is as lollows; ^ 



" The Canada Thistle. — It has been thought ' Oliio Rirer. — A gentleman just arrived from Pitts- 

 next to impossilile to destroy this most trouble- [burgh, states tliat the Ohio had risen h e feet. And 



some weed. but exiierience has proved the f'om the constant rain on (he mountain.., he thinks ihc 



r II : ,11.1 rr 1 1 . n- river must be in excellent boating order, 



follovving method to be etlectual, viz.: — cut ofl , ^___ ° 



each thi«tle aboul half an inch hph)W the sur ' 



* Memoirs of the I'cnn. Agric. Society, page 66. 67, 



I'ourteen arks arrived at I*'air IVToiint, yesterday eve- 

 ning, loaded with real !rom Mount Carbon. 



(he whole of this coal was the property of individu- 

 als, and it was iininediately sold at 7 dollars a toi . lic- 

 liverable at the houses of the purchasers. — Phi. Gm. 



("are of (ho ground, and then put on it it gill of 

 coarse salt. Fish brine may be u-^eil instead of 

 ■ialt, and will answer the same puipo'^e. If in 

 a bed of these thistles a lew should escape the 

 fiist year, the above operation should be care- 

 fully performed on them (he year followiui;-. — 

 The summer season ivhen ihe thi-^tle< aie in full 

 crowlh, is the proper lime (or doing this busi- 

 ness." 



This is probably (he mode, adapdd by I\us(i- 

 cus in des(roying his thistles. The recijie \\ Inch 

 we have copied from Hunter's Essays is cheap- 

 est, and mos( easily carried into effect ; hut w 

 Cannot say whether it is soelTeclual. We tvish 

 some of our pairiotic agricnlturims would trv 



both ways, and let us know which thev like the territories of the United states and the (Vlexicaiii 

 •^ • •' ' " Republic, lo the city of Mexico," 



The weather in Euroi'e has been as hot and as dry 

 as in the United States — I'or nearly a period of twelve 

 weeks not a drop of rain fell in I'aris ; nT'd in many 

 parts of that city, the thermometer, in the -hade indica- 

 ted the lieat of PK'' and 100°. The London Courier' 

 says, ^Mhe heat of Ihe Summer appears to have l)een as 

 excessive in the United states as in this country, and 

 an abundant harvest is coniidently exfeeted thoughout 

 the Uni(»n. Amongst the many gigantic projects oa 

 which the Americans are emplnytd, is the grand «tat^ 

 road, which, wl.en execu1<d, will torm a continuous 

 UTiiiiterrupled highway o( r^300 miles ii- extent, tluougb 



