174 



this arlicle, without saying thai the cullivalion 

 o{ Hemp nnrf Flux is nearly as much negleclccl 

 Hi thai -of PolRtoes. If these thing* «ere at- 

 tended to and our Iron Ore and Coal hrotighl 

 together hy skilliil arlist?, onr Slatr (vniild, in 

 ten years be tlie innst wealthy and the most 

 populous in the Union. 



JVera arlichs rf Commtrr.e. — On Friday even- 

 ing last, the canal hoat Farmer's Danghlcr, of 

 Skenealeles, arrived at Albany, from Jordan, 

 190 miles in the interior, with a cargo of or.e 

 thousand live ti'rkirs., geese and durks. They 

 were immediately taken on t)oard a vessel 

 hound to New-York, for their Hltiniate destina- 

 tion, the West Indies. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Dec. 23, 



of the mode by which this specific produced ils|p:,(ing hay. To pslahlish the fart, I fed allr-r- 

 sudden impres'ion ; for long before it could j n.itely with liay of the la»t, and of the preced- 



NEW E!\'<iL.\i\J> FA IJlVlER. 



FRID.W, DJ-CKMt'.F.R 23, \i>'2',. 



Encouragement of Hie ManvJ'acturiiig and .Me- 

 chanic Arls. — A liieeling ol the friend; to an es- 

 tablishment ill this oily for the encouragement 

 of the manufacturing and mechanic arls was held 

 on the evening of the Sl.'^l insl. at the New 

 Court Iiou>e, al which the lion. Isk.^f.i. Thorn- 

 prKE was chosen Chairman, and Jolm A. Lowell, 

 Esq. Secretary. A coniiniliee of 17 jicrsons was 

 appointed lo solicit subscriptions to liie associa- 

 tion in all the New Eug! md slates, nd provis- 

 ions made for adding loil-.e r.;:m'>cr ofsaid com- 

 mittee at a fnluie ineelivig. Tliis c^xnmittee 

 was authorized lo apply li. the Leg>l ilure for 

 an act of incorporation. It was also voied that 

 the association should extend to every branch 

 of the manufacturing and inf-chanic arls, which 

 • oulrihute lo the comfort, convenience, enjoy- 

 m?nt and prosperity of the ^oiinlrv. No favor 

 vvhslcver shall be given lo one liranrh over an- 

 •'Iher, except in projitiriion in whalever may be 

 d-=emcd by the refire-entalives of all, their rela- 

 tive importance to society. Every person siib- 

 s;ribing two dolLifs per annum lo be entitled to 

 the privilege.^ of ;> irjember,nrid i;ll persons [-.ay- 

 ing twenly-l;»e dollars lo be mcmbiMS for lite, 

 subject to no annual subsciiption. Afler pa=siii<r 

 >jlii.i other votes to promote the impoilani ob- 

 ject.-! of the association, the meeting adjourned 

 to meet again at ihe same place on Tucsdav. 

 the 27lh inst. at 7 o'clock, i' M. 



P-ii'mnvaru Comphiinis. — A writer in the E\-e- 

 f^r <;,!Zcllp (an English paper) sa\'!. — "It may 

 I'e 111 ii'rvire lo tiie numerous class of our com- 

 fjDi.ity labouring under [lulnionarv afflictions, 

 aJ jTell ax those who are called iipon for the 

 (.rofe.ssional treatment of them, to know that in 

 ..«ses of hajinopiysis. or where mo atTti'ion of 

 liood lakes place from the- lungs, from a morbid 

 disorganization of their structure, that a pronipt 

 and infallible resource might be easily provided, 

 so a.s to meet the occasion with a safe and de- 

 eded^ elTect. From 20 to ilb dr.ips of ihe spirits 

 ot 'l'ur(>enline (as the age or ihe strength r f 

 the patient might indicate) in a glass of walei. 

 v/ili occasion an instanlatiHous collapse of the 

 riJoiMh ol Ihe vessel prodocinfr this disiresein" 

 and daoijerous atilictioii. The ?rertt Dr. Bail- 

 lio, when lechiring on Ihe -ulijcrt of the Inng--, 

 in«de It a rule lo slop sbi.'rt and deviate tV;m 

 hii inalomlcal discussions, in i<rder lo arrest Ihe 

 a emioi, 0,' his pupiU (,ai,- of whom I was) to 

 'hii M>p;,naiil fact. He confessed his ignorance 



have acted through the medium of circulation, 

 the object was generally elTected ; and I may 

 add, from the es[ierience of thirty years in the 

 profession, this treatment has obtained such 

 practical con(irn)ation, that I have never failed 

 to instruct such patients to provide themselves 

 with a phial of the above medicine, so a« at all 

 times to he armed with immediate relirl, for 

 want of which life is rendered daily precarious, 

 and not tmt'requenlly lost, through the miseries 

 of suffocation in the deplh of the night, a recent 

 example of which has induced mc to give pub- 

 licity lo the above stalement.'' 



Clm'cr .Sfca'— In a preceding column, page 

 173. we have given an account of Mr .lohn P. i "as rapid and rank, for mys 

 Carter on raising clover seed. It seem? Mr Car i'" believe that the slaver was in consequence of 

 Icr experienced some diffirully in ealhcrin? his|" moM upon ihe grass at the time of cutting, 

 seed, which, perhaps, might have been ohviat-i • '"n i""' foddering wilh hay, the product el 

 ed by the u=e of some machine or machines in-]''"' pn!=enl year from the same field, but there 

 vented for Ihe purpose of collecting that valu- i' "« nppcarance oJ"thc cnmidaint. 



ir.g year, of which I had wintered a stack, the 

 growth of the same field. Whenever we return- 

 ed to the hay of the last year rnv horse was se- 

 verely nfiiicled with Ihe complaint. 1 repeated- 

 ly gave the hay to horses belonging to my neigh- 

 bors, the result wa«, that in every instance the 

 slaver followed the feeding in the course of 

 I'rnm one to two hours time. My callle were 

 occasionally subject to a similar complaint. The 

 li.iy was a mixture of P^ed Clover.English Grass 

 or Spear Grass, and Timothy. I ascertained 

 however, that the Timothy hay was harmless in 

 its efTecls. The wealher, lor five or six weeks 

 previous to the culling and curing of ihe hay, 

 bad been very wet, and the growth of the grass 

 For mvseir I am inclined 



able product. Two sorts of machines are des- 

 cribed in the " Trnnsndions of the .Vca,- York 

 Jis'icnlhiral Socictif for gathering clover seed. 

 They were invented in Brookbaren, Suffolk 

 County, New York, by Mr L. Hommidien. — 

 One of these machines ronsisis of an open box. 1 

 about four feel square at the bottom, and about " ^'"■'•" '^ horses h« frqenently be.-n Ircaferl of m 



1 am, Dear Sir, 



Very resjiectfully. 



Your obd't. serv't. 



SHELDON NORTON. 



R'TT.r.rks by Ihe Editor. — Th<- sn'ijrct of salivation 



three feet in height on three sides; to Ihe fore 



part, which is o[ien, fingers are fixed similar to 



Ihose of a cradle, about three feet in length, and 



^ri near as In break off the heads from the 



clover slocks between thpm, which are thrown 



bark into tiie box as the horse advances. The 



box is fixed on an axle-tree, supported by two 



small wheels, two fert in diameter ; t»vo handles 



:iie fixed to ihf hinder part, by means of which 



the driver, nhile he manages the horse, raises 



or lowers the fingers of the machine, so as to 



take off all the heads of the grass ; and a« often 



as the bo* is filled wilh tliem, they are thrown 



out. and the horse goes on as before. 



I The other machine is called a cradle, and is 



I made of an oak board about 18 inches in lenglh 



I and 10 in breadth. The fore part of i| to Ihe 



i leufflh of 9 inches, is sawed into finders ; a han- 



' die is insertetl behind, inclined towards them. 



this paper and :n the American Farn^t'. Mr Abel Sey- 

 mour, of Moorficld, Va.-in a communication rtatert July 

 1,1823. says "The supposition that appears to me 

 most probable, is, that it is produced by tlic mould of 

 the grass, to which it is extremely ?ul'jcol," Szc. ['i-e 

 N. r,. Farmer vol. II. p. 19.] Mr I.ovett Teters, of 

 Westborrug-b, Mass. is "convinced that the s!av< rs of 

 horses is caused by thf ir eating; a kind of ^rass ot the 

 second growth, making its appearance in the fore part 

 of July, ranch resemhlin^ oats, whicti came up the fall 

 after the crop is taken off the ground. Whi-n chewid 

 i' causes a flow of water in Ihe mouth more than any 

 other vrjf-taHb: I have ever seen.^' [see N. K. Farmer 

 vol. U. p. 50.] Several other cultivators, whose com- 

 munications are quoted or referred Ic in the N. K. F^ir- 

 mer. vol. II. pa|f^s 70 and 78 attribute this disease to 

 Ppottcd Spurge, {Euphnrinn .^Inculntn). Ur Parti-n, of 

 riiiladelphia, was of oj-.inion that several veg-etat^l- s 



: and a cloth put round Ihe bar k part of the hoard, [ '''"^ " "'""'•"■ ''^'"^ *'*^ "'^ ''^"'''' '" pro-locins the 

 i which cloth is rut somewhat circular, and rais- 1 •''«''"'■' '■ »nd that he had known this disagreeable diV 



ed on Ihe handle ; this collects the heads or tops ! '■»« ><> '"" produced by dry clover, which he supposed 



of the grass, and prevents ih.-m fiom acallerino- ' 'i^ '^<' '" ^ ''''^'ased slate. 



as ihev are struck off by the cradle, which may 't is probable that several causes produce this disor- 



be made of different sizes ; being jmaller in pro- der, and perhaps Ihe moulJiuess of g^r.-sss »lone, wilh- 

 j portion for women and children, who by means out its being mixed with any poisonous plant, or for- 

 ' ot it may likewise cidlecl large quantities. <;ign material, may bring on the disease. .\ description 



I We cannot say hut the iron toothed rakes ' of the plant tn which it has been usually attributed, 

 I used by |\Ir Carter might answer as good a pur- j may be found in the N. K. Farmer, vol. II. p. 78. The 

 I pose as either of the above machines, though J subject is important, and we hope our correspondent, 

 I -. e think they would he less eflective. We sub- j and others who have the means, will turn their atten- 



mit the subject to the consideration of those who tion toils investigation, and favor us wilh the result 



may feel an interest in attending to it. of their discoveries. 



Proccedwos of Conirres.i. 



SFN.\TK— Ivr.c. 9. .VIr Flayne submitted a resolu- 

 tion, that uuilorm laws throughout the United Stale* on 

 the sulijecl of liaukiuptcy ought to be estaliiisbed. 

 X rcsolitlion for tlie appointment of a standing cc.m- 

 , . , , . . mittce on Roads and ("anals was negatived 19 lo 14. — 



ling last winter. 1 observed that my horse was a committee on .^grirullurc was appointed.— The cm- 

 troubled wilh copious emissions of «o/ira. The [ sideration of Iho resolution of Mr Jnlmson ol Ky. for the 

 case was unusual to me, and at first I could not appointment of n committee to inquire into the cxpedi- 

 believe that the salivu was in consequence of i """^y "'' »*^"''-bin2r Imprisonment for Debt, wa*. after 



debate, postponed to the 13lh iust. 



TO THK EDITOR OF THE NEW ESCI.ANn FARMEJl. 



SLAVER IN HOKSES. 



MitunI Republic, Wc.yne Co. Pa. Dec. fi, 1855. 

 Dear Sir, — Soon after I commenced fodder- 



