1826.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



195 



.,, ,, . r^„ r..«rv <?nn to ' Uii? v(?ar to wilncPS ils increase. To the unsiic 



from g:0 to 40, wll f ' 'h*^ e for f om 300 o ^^j^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ,he succes.sful car.did.ios, n.r 



<S450, so lon^ c;in llie liner baxon wool he brougin 

 here and sold ciieaper than ne can raise it, un- 



co^sTuI as well as the succesfsful candidates, j>er 

 mil me. as the prosidin-4- oniccr of the Society, 

 , .„f„^i M^ Iiv Invvinn- ., d.itv Oil '" lender our thanks lor the very splendid exhi- 

 ,ess governmen ijrotec IV; ''.^ '« _ "^ ' J 7, ^' |,i,ion Ihev have rnabled us to make. Nor can 

 foreign wool. 1 he UM ^''"''V J ,' L". i ' forhear "exi-rrssin- my personal gratification, 

 condition ot he w'oo grower as well as 7^«"'', ,^^7 , •, J ,,,, ,-„^. ./J necessarily (he only 

 facturnr. They both may now r;"cee,- and ^ ;'' ,v=nresidencv, this very interesting oh- 

 Invp nrocep( Pi1 w ih contu enre in the faith nl|)ear oi iny pii.ui .y, j t- 



he Vo ernment. New-England and a part olijcct of onr association has heen most success nlly 

 New^YoH wm in a few years, grow the woo! j sustained. Allow me a so to suggest, tha how- 

 LThe l- it 1 Slates, aiulonr snrphis stock will ! ever sqneam.sh a false taste and the quackery ol 

 con ist in sheep e.clsivelv. The larmer .vill , ^.cademic association, may have rendered a tew 

 /row tie raw' material ami the manufacturer HulividuaN, there are no accomplishments in on. 

 will..c 'ec it-possessing a common interest. >odem .system ot educa ion which ought to sup- 

 will pcnet,i 11 ( 3 , • • „„„„.>i nhint tho'e ndiistriou^ habi s, that have made 



fpplinn- a mulua (epeiuencp, and enioying equal , pi''"' '""-'= """""' ' , 



jeeiin^ a »"'! '•' i i ,■'.■,• ^„ i,;, : our motheis both use u and respectable, and our 



nrotect on, wha may not be pxppctpd Iroin thi^ ">" iiiouici- uijn ,..t v, , rri • . ii- 



u-iociation for the promotion of agriculture country independent and glonous. The in el- 

 .nl m ufTtures-' ? But the viudil:ation of gence and moral worth oi the sex are the pledg- 

 " ic" Tal socictiPS is no longer necessary.- I cs,of a nation^s greatness-lor ,t is I'J >e moth- 

 "'About 50 years since the stimulus of shov,snnd,<^r-s gentle ca.e and correct instr iclions, la 

 rewards was first applied to agricultural .nd ihe first impressions are made and the youthiul 

 mchnnic.il efforts." Fifty millions of men in , character is lormed-hut woe to hat country. 

 Eur no nd America have since sanctioned the i -hose women are estranged from the.r natural, 

 experiment by its adoption, i slate on the an- ', 'l-mestic sphere, by a lalse sense of female dig- 

 thority of the President of the Massachusetis mty ! 

 Society, that in France there are as many Socio- j 



tipsasthere are Departments of Government, j From I In 



about ninety, and that every third year a grand, — 



national exhibition takes place at Paris, the lists] cOTi JME.AL. 



nfvL'hosc prcmivms would till an octavo volume of| S^rin-Jalc, Dec. 23, 102.5. 



o50 pages. In England the shows and fairs a re p,^,_From'com'munications in the Far- 



not so numerous but hey are qude a effi .e ^ J^Ydiscover that the republication by you. 

 In 'Vmerica we have about oU bocielies, vvnicii ■ , , . <■ i .. <■ .in it n 



-"' ■^"'^" , . . , . ,, ,• . ■ i„r,( .,,,,1 the "oth u timo, of a e er from the Rpv. IJ. U. 



are earne't y sus ained by the first talent and ' '' , ' ^ ,' ' , , ,, , ,, r. ,,, „ „f 

 .lie c.iin> .ij . . , (' Per °v of New Kow lev, mass, o the Editor ol 



respectability n the country. The Governor ot lerrv, oii^ew m)« n^, i ,_,_,, . ^^ 



our ovn Mate is the President of a county Soci-^ (he New England Farmer, has brought to ex- 

 etv An Ex-President of the United Slates whc position a diversity ot opinion upon a very nn- 

 his'left the first p/7?« in the world, has fell it his portanl and interesting question with (armor, 

 nas leii uiL iM.w_//ni."i viit. , « • i, 1 mean the advantage o coi-HUd/ in keeping and 



dnlit and his Iionnr to preside over an Agricuitu- , '. "i^an mc n ivau ^ i = 



ral Society in Vir<^inia. There is not a state j hittcning caiile. • ,, • „ 



ral .-ocieiy 111 V iih' "■ ■ ^" , Possessing a tie experience in this matter, 



"overnmpntn the Union, he prominent judicial f i os-essin„ .i mut- i .__.,. 



^imericayi Farmer. 



government in the Union, the P,^'^'?'"^"' J'^'l'-'lf ' K ,U eive i1 proper to 'throw my m,t; into thel|,'is worthy of remark 

 and legislative members ol which are no, he 1 J^^^^^^.^ ' » .J ,^,,^, „,,,,,, ,, ,i^,,,, ex- j ,hat while 1 fed with col 



firm supporters ot agricu tural societies. I hey "^^^^l ' f « , ,^J communication of the n 

 are multipliy.ng everywhere, ""J everywhere >nenl,nna^ 



are sustained by the public sentiment, under a ^ ""■ H, ;>» ' ""ntern in the economy of fat- 

 convict.on of their usefulness. i ''^^"^ ■'" important item n the economy ollat 



veil in my mind was, whether the disestive or- 

 gans of animals were sulhcienlly strong to ox- 

 tract from the cob ils iiulrjiivc piopprtie". To 

 ascertain this, I cmmenced Ceed ng my hogs 

 with the meal produced by grinding the cob and 

 corn togethei, instead of the corn cRcIusively, 

 and soon discovered that the cob destroyed with 

 them the good efTects of the meal ; that their 

 stomachs were not sufficiently strong to war 

 with the woody parts of the cob; that they sick- 

 ened and pined under it. I next made the ex- 

 periment wiiii my horses, and was soon driven 

 to the same deduction. I discovered that its dis- 

 tending and nutiitive was counteracted by its in- 

 digestible properties. F.y this lime my opinion 

 began to vacillate ; stubborn lacls presented 

 th'-'mselves to my mind, and my favourite theory 

 stood before me " like the baseless fabric of a 

 vision.'" But there was one more experiment 

 to be made, and upon that depended much; it 

 was the average of my hopes ; it was either to 

 knock in the head altogether my speculations, 

 or to convince me of the utility of feeding the. 

 cob to our horned callle at least. I was in the 

 habit of giving, at the lime the experiment was 

 made, to some beef cMtle then on hand, about 

 five bushels of corn meal per day ; with this 

 quantity I effected my olijcct of keeping them 

 in the state they were received from the grass. 

 They were not fattening at the time. I chang- 

 ed from five bushels fine meal per day, to five 

 bushels of cob and grain meal. There was not 

 the slightest perceptible difference in the keep 

 of the cattle, afler continuing this some time. 

 I then commenced giving them five bushels/jie 

 mcil again, niitigled with the cob, yielded bij that 

 quantiuj. My cattic immediately commenced 

 lattening, and gave me assurances in their slick 

 hair, s[>rigbtly eyes, and frolicking disposition, 

 that wilh them 'there wa'^ perfect digestion, and 

 that they Here in a healthy and thriving state. 

 ■ and particular notice, 



But in aid of our " association for the promo- 



i tenitg cattle, it is time the attention of farmers 

 was directed to it. Having attached to a mill 



tion of agriculture and manufactures,'' vve F\oH j^'"^;^'''^;^;;!;;^, :;'^.;^'i;-,,,^ ^ plaster, 



sess another interest, lor the protection ot wliicti ^^^^- ^^ j ^.^^ 1^^, Ip various experiments with 

 all departments of industry and all classes of| _^ ^.^'^^ ^^. .,g(.griaining, if practicable, the rela- 

 community are equally concerned. Our eflortsi,. , r.i . .„u"^.;.i, tUa ^r^^r, li i,roilnrf>a 



for the encouragement of household manufac- 

 tures are prompted by all the nobler and gentler 

 feelings of our nature, and by every sense of 

 mutual dependency, which the God of nature 

 has established in "the principles of social order. 

 It is by that alliance which Providence has im- 



planted in the bosom ol parent and daughter, — 

 of brother and sister — of husband and wile, and 

 thank God the only holy alliance which is sanc- 

 tioned by the religion of freemen, that our hab- 

 its of household industry are sustained. To the 

 incitements of filial piety, fraternal affection and 

 parental love, we have added the stimulus of the 

 love of fame ; and it is matter of proud exulta- 

 tion, that in these latter days of effeminate lux- 

 ury the stimulus is still ("elt, and that our fair sis- 

 ters, like the matrons of the first republic, do 

 pot disdain the honors of the distaff and loom. 



It was to have been expected that the diver- 

 sion of female labor, from our household to our 

 national manufactures, would have curtailed onr 

 (Exhibitions. But to our surprise we are enabled 



live value of the cob with the corn it produces. 

 1 was well aware of the difficulty of making any 

 experiment, connected wilh our profession, that 

 would not slill leave an opening lor scepticism; 

 and therefore determined to vary and repeat, 

 until at least my own mind was perfectly satisfi- 

 ed. Knowing that distillation generally afford- 

 ed the surest means of ascertaining that any 

 matter contains nutritive, or saccharine proper- 

 ties, I had ground, and taken to my distillery, 

 several bushels of cobs. They were scalded 

 (as we do the meal of the grain,) with boiling 

 water; then mingled with cold water and yeast. 

 From the rapid fermentation which soon suc- 

 ceeded, I was fuUv satisfied that there was pres- 

 ent, saccharine m'atter. The next morninor the 

 vinous fermentation ceased, and the acetous com- 

 menced, which confirmed and fixed all my im- 

 pressions. The valuable properties being so 

 quickly destroyed by the second fermentation, 1 

 thought it impolitic to risk the burning of my 

 stills^ and the beer was thrown out. 



The only questien now remaining to be sol- 



that while I fed with cob and corn meal, I never 

 discovered one of them cloyed for a moment. — 

 They ate wilh the greatest avidity, at all times, 

 what was given them. 



These experiments, thus carefully made, and 

 their effects investigated by myself, have forced 

 upon me this conclusion : that cob and corn meal 

 is too heating and indigestible for hogs or horses — 

 but is -Jiorthy of the highest consideration as a food 

 for horned cattle. 



Very respectfully, yours, j 



WM. M. BARTON. | 



SmtUins Iron wilh SchvylkiU Coal.—V, c sluUi a. 

 short time since, that the Messrs Potta had erc-ctcd a 

 blast furnace for smelting iron ore at Ihis place. I hose 

 o-entlemen have for some time been making . xpermients 

 tiron pi' iron and iron ore, with Aothracile Coal. It 

 affords .13 much pleasure to slate, that Ih. y """"y suc- 

 ceeded in smelting the pig 'r"n. entirely With Anthra- 

 racite, and that they could procure an increase ol iron, 

 of from ten to fifteen per cent, in weight, they have 

 now discovered, that by adding one bushel of stone coal 

 to sev.n of charco.Hl, a furnace will carry twice the 

 weight of ore that it would without the stone coal. Or 

 in o«ier words, that one bushel of stone coal will save, 

 in every charge, seven bushels of charcoal. And m ad- 

 dition that the gail of the furnace is thereby so much 

 checked, as to require from four to six charges less in 

 every twenty four hours, or that the fire is nearly one 

 third more durable. 'Ih. y add, that the n.ore pure the 

 iron ore, the more succesbtul will be the process. 



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