NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Dec. 30. 



18-2 



NEW ENCH^TNO "FAllT>lERr 'l«''C'''e tasi7, and J^bilious of r,in>ishing his i ly, in New En-lan.l, r.alle.l Pip. For ihU we 



FRIDAY, D.ECEMBKK 30, 1825. 



n! with the choicest and most sahihrions | have been tnld the following rpmedy lias I'ern 

 vinnils, will declare for the natural mode of ferd- j foiin.l infallilde. Take as much kitchen soap as 



in<r; and in thai view a feeding yard, gravelled | will cover the thumU nail, and havinpf mixed it 



OfJ THE Management of Poultry.— Mr Wake- 1 .,jjj'j,^„,j, „.|,j, ^^.^^^^ ,jie mom "heing open all j up with some meal dough, give it to your chick- 

 field, a spirited farmer near Liverpool, say the ; j,y ,-^^ ,)^g |-,^„l^ l^ retire at pleasure, will have ! ens at any stage of the disease. One applica- 

 compilers of ^- Tkc Complete Grade,'" keeps a „ j^cided preference, as the nearest approach j tion is generally sufficient, and a second has 

 large stock of poultry in the same enclosure I (^ ,lip I,., P^,]^^^,,. system." j never been known to fail. 



witli singular succe>^s, f(e has nearly an acre In Mr Cohliell'.s " Collage Economy'' are di- j liens, which do not lay in winter should have 

 enclosed with a close slab-fence, about seven feet rpctjons relative to the management of Fowls, j access to slacked lime, pounded bones or oyster 

 high: The lop of the lence is every where [j^ s,;iys " they are ke[)t for two objects their ■ shells, as srmrthing of the kind is said to be 

 sharp-pniuted, like pickets, though pcih.ips 'his 1 /j^,;j".ij,j ,|,j.j,. f„„, As to layivg lievf, there 1 necessary to form their shells, which are coni- 

 js not necessary. V/ithin tills enclosure ate put '.^^.p 5„„,g means ^o be used to secure the u^e ofl posed of the pho^'phate of lime, 

 up slight suiall sheds, well secured from rain, ' ji^^^rn in T.'((i(fr. They ought no! to be o/J /leni. It has been said that a proportion of (rni'jno!- 

 however, for the dillerent kinds of jioullry, and J, ijiig, J ,li,i, j^ birds "hatc?ied in the foregoing l/oo(i mixed uilh ^egetable food for |>oultry 

 it is supplied with a small stream of »\'aler.— ^ j. ji^^ '.irp perhaps, the best. At auv rate let j causes them to thrive much faster than they 

 The poultry are regularly fed three tiujes a day '^i,en/not be more than tiso years ulJ- They would otherwise. An article published in the 

 ■■ ■ ■' ■ • ' • - ■' - - I- '-J ,.|^p,j|^i i,g i^pp, j„ a ...„rmpbice; andnot let out,||irpsent volume rf the New England Farmer, 



even in the day time, in wef -weather; for one ! page, 3.5, taken from the European Magazine 

 sound wetting will keep them back for a fort- stales the advantage ot allowing poullry "a 

 ni"-lit. The dry cold, even (he severest cold, small orchard to range in, where, in the course 

 ifa'/i/, i* less inpirious than even a little wcl in^of the d.iy, they occasionally picked up worms 

 ivinter lime. ' ' """^ other insects;" and the ivriter says 1 h.u e 



" The Fienrh, who are great e2:g-ealers,lake j observed that poultry of all kinds eagerly seek 



iving hens, in win- j for animal food, even after they have satiated 

 ler. 'J'hev let them out very little, even in ! thsm^elv es with corn : indeed I conceive a por- • 

 their fine climate, and give them very stimulat- 1 tion of animal food essentially reiiuisilc to pre- 

 iugfood: barley boiled'and given them warm;:scive them in a healthy stale." 

 cunU. Bud: xduat (which, I believe is the best ' = 



|lhingof all, exrei-t curd<); parsley and other j Reports of the V,' ore est er Aoricdtvral Society. 

 herbs chop'-ed very fine ; oats and wheat; and; We ha\e omitted to publish lhes2 valuable 

 soniolimcs they give them hemp-seed, and (be pf,|ioVls, in consequence of an expectation that 

 seed of nettles; or dried nellies harvested in (|,(>y vvould appear in a pamphlet-form, and we 

 'ummer, and boiled in the winter. Some give , j.|,nuld be able to reprint them Irom a pam[d)lel 

 ihem ordinary food, and, once a day, toasted ^ jn h niore regular and less interrupted series 

 bread sopped in wine. White cabbages chop-;|[,^,P ,)■ )|,py Here collated from iicw-|iapers. 

 ped up are very good in winter lor all sorls ol , \Ve still hojie to receive such a pamphlet, and, 

 poullry. Ijf we should be so fortunate, will immrdiately 



"■ Many a ben, when sitting, i' compelled to j commence publication of the reports and pro- 

 rpiil ber nest lo gel rid of the lice. They ior>i!l oeedmgs alluded to. 

 inent the young chickens. And, in short, are a{ . 



great n'jury. The fov\ l-lioii'e should, tlierefore j y\ Gentleman of Roxbury has deposited at (he 

 lie very often cleaned out ; and sand, or tresh nftire of the New England Farmer, a sample of 

 earth should be thrown on the floor. The nest< j excellent I'ol.iioes. .\ny person may satisfy hini- 

 ■•hould not be on shelves, or on any thing fixed ;' sell of ilieir (pialitv, as ihey are letl with us for 

 The Farmcrh .Jssistdnl says " when well kept j but little flat baskets should be placed again.^1 i graluilou' diSlribulion. — We have niade trial of 

 a good hen will generally b'.y Irom one bundled lihe sides of the b.otl'e upon pieces ol wood nail-' them, and can bear testimony lo their good lla- 

 and fifty to two bundled eggs in a season, vvliich , ed u)i for the purpose. \iy this means the nests ; vour and dryness. — Any orders left at this oll'ice 

 may be at least considered worth a cent each |;)re kept perlectly clean, becimse the biiekcl* i can be an>;»e(ed in one week. 

 If her egi;9 are not taken from her ?lie will' nre, when necessary taken down, the hay thrown! 

 bring forth three biood-s in a )ear, if well kept, out, and the baskets w.l^hell ; which rannol be J 



one if the nest be made in anything foiniing a 



with boiled potatoes, wb.ich is their only lood, 

 except what grass may grow within the enclos- 

 ure. 



" The dung of the poultry, which is exceed- 

 ingly rich, is carefully saved lor use; and the 

 turf of the enclosure is occasionally juired ofl lor 

 mixing it with comiiosls." 



Ill the vicinity of huge towns the keeping a!id 2:reat jiains as to the food of 

 management of poultry might be made a jirolil- 

 ablc employnienl. Dr Peane, however, observ- 

 ed that the keep ng ol' great numbers of dung- 

 hill fowls will not lui'ii to ibe husbandman's ad- 

 \iinlage ; as it is certain (hey will never indem- 

 nify bim for tiie corn and grain thai are requi- 

 site for their suppoit. Bui, [lerhaps Dr Deane 

 did not know, or did n^l advert lo the circum- 

 stance that poultry niiglit be fed on food so 

 cheap as boiled potatoes. Besides, ailhough 

 poullry, (particularly hens) are as full of mis- 

 chief as '• an egg with meat," yet if they are 

 kept in an enclosure, according to the practice 

 of Mr Wakelield, Ihey will do no injury. They 

 might, moreover, at certain seasons, be jier- 

 initted to range over ihe field* and barn yards, 

 to |)ick up what would otherwise be lost, and it 

 they had suitable accommodations in Iheir yard 

 or enclosure would, generally, return lo their 

 domicile or homestead lo roo'l. 



s.iy ci 



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and each brood may be estiin.it 

 grown chickens." 



It i« said th>it poultry are most easily I'lllened 

 when kept in a dark place. But I)i iJeane oli- 

 servcs " if coiiiined Ibey will not prosper,lliougb 

 they have a yard of some e xtcol ; and if i.ol con- 

 lined Ibev will be mischievous lo the garden 

 and field.'"' 



Mr iMowbray, an lCn;;lisli writer says '■ It low 

 always been a favourite maxim among teeders, 

 that the privation of iiglit, by inclining fowls lo a 

 tonslanl state of repose, excepting w hen moved 

 by the appetite for lood, promotes and accele- 

 rales obesity, [fjiliies*] ll m.iy probably be so, 

 ailhough not promotive ot health ; but ax It is no 



W'e understand that the machine fur drilling 

 rocks invented by Cvri'S Ai.o; k, Esq. of lloxbu- 

 parl of tlie buibhng. Besides tbi- Ibe roosts' py, is so f.ir coniplet.'d, with Ibe necessary un- 

 tight to be cleaned every week, and the- hay provements, (wbi< b have occasioned delay) ibat 



it ivill be ready for deiuery lo applicanis on or 



changed in the nosts of laying bens. ll is good 



tofiiiiiigule the bouse fipipiently by burning dry : before the first of .Ma\ next. 



beibs, juniper wood, ced :r wood, or with brim- 

 stone ; tor nolhiiig stands so much in need of 



cle.ndiness as a ("owl house, in order to li.ive fine 



fowls and plenty of eggs. 



'■• The ailineiils ol fowls are numerous, but 



Ihey would seldom be seen, if Ihe jiroper care 



were taken, ll is useless to talk ol remedies in 



a case where von have complete power to pre- j 



vent the evil. II' well led and kept perfectly, 



clean, fowls Kill seldom be sick; and as to old 

 question that a stale of obesity obtained in this (age, they never o igbt lo be kept more than a 

 way cannot be a siale of healtb, a real question ' couple or three yeais: for they gel to be good 

 arises — « hetber the ftesli of .inimrds so fed, can ' fiir little as lay ers, and no teeth can face them as 

 equal in llavoui, nutriment and salubrity. Ibat of food." 



iUf Slid.- flpe< ies led in a rnorp natural way ?' I'owls, however, with ordinary management, 

 Becnuoirs nixl niarkei interest inav, perhaps, be will somelimes be tioobled with diseases, among canals, wias laid ou ibe lalik- — Mr \\oodburj's rusolu-* 

 be-t answered by the pl.in of ilarUness and close the inojt latal of nbicb is Ibe disorder called Ition n laluc to Uouiilj Lands, was referred to a rom- 

 <•onlineiM.nl, bm a (eedir for bis eivn table, of (iaoes, wdiich we believe istbe dise.ise, generab laiittefl — 'I'fiat j'att o."" the IVp^idrnt's Mojtajv wfucb 



Proceediitgs of Congrcsf. 



SF.NATi;— Uf.c. 19. .\]r \\ oo.lbuiy siibniitled a res- 

 olution for a detailed statement of Ibe names, lankaud 

 line ill tin: coutinriilal army of such pirsons as have 

 not appiii-il lor Ihe rtvolulioiiaiy laad war, ants i.s^^ucd 

 and rciiiaiioiig lor Ihcni in the l( uuly Land ('ffict, and 

 of such otbir pi'is.;>n> as appear on the reior.b of said 

 ofiice now entitled to liave such vvairmts issoed to Ihem. 

 — A resobiliuu foreretlinga uiouumc-nt tu W ajhi:.glon 

 was a^ie<d lo. 



', Dkc. 'M — Two retolulions ofl'ertd by Mr \ an Uiiren 

 nlative to the power of (,'ongress to m.ake ro'ads and 



