NEW ENGLANB FAIiMER 



Published by JOHN B. RUS?ELL, at the corner of Congrrr 33 and Lindall Streets, Boston THOMAS G. FESSF.XDF-V, FiiiTop,. 



VOL. IV. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1826. 



No. 2?. 



ORX6XNAZ. COMMITNICATlOIfS. 



BREFDS OF CATTLE. 



T. G. Fessendk-s Esq. 



Editor of the jYtw England Farmer. 



Xorlhboro' {Ms.) Jan. 14, 1526. 

 De.vk Sm. — Will llio New Brunswick Ag- 

 riculliu'iil Snciely buy C'iitlle iVnm ;i descriptkOD, 

 or will they senH a persnn to select ' 



We have hiill' bluoded cows lliiit we will Sfll 

 at 35 to 50 dollars. 



Also, three halt' blood heifers which will be 

 three years old next Sjirin^ — all wWa calf. — 

 They are from our best nu/iue cows, which is a 1 

 lean warrant <)t their being good cciws; bit 

 there is a great chance that lliey may be the verv 

 best cows — at 30 to 45 dollars, 



I have a three years old throp-fourtlis hlooi', 

 . — with a calf by her side — that has a good buf 

 and, teats. Her call" will show that her milk i.- 

 good, anil sho is superior to eilher oCthe import- 

 ed cows on my farm, except Mr id iinson's Tube- 

 rose ; that was Mr Powel's opinion. 1 shall asli 

 75 dollars for her. 1 have likewise sevcrnl 

 three-fourlhs yearling heifers for sale. 

 Yours, truly, 



STEPHEN WILLIAMS. 



TO THE EDITOR OF THli NEW ENOLA.ND FARMER. 



Roxburij {Ms) Jan. 16, 1^26, 

 Mr Fessexdf.n — Observing in your paper of 

 30lh ult. an inquiry by the Secretary of the New 

 Brunswick Agricultural Society, — where valua- 

 ble animals for breeding could lie procured, and 

 wishing comtnunications to be OMde through the 

 New England Farmer, as I have a few winch 1 

 can spare, 1 enclose you a li^l of them, w:lh the 

 prices. 



" Daisy," a cow 1 years and 8 months, is a 

 large and beantilul animal, nearly all reil — and 

 is from llie famous JloLlenicss tmll and an im- 

 ported Normandy or Alderney cow — is therefore 

 o) lull imported bb^od — and, with her bull calf 

 ten days old from the " Society's Imported Her- 

 eford bull'' is marked precisely like the sire, red 

 will) wh:te face. Price 150 dollars. 



'• .\ Heifer" 12 mouths old, I'rom the above 

 mentioned cow '-Daisy"' and the well known 

 Imported Dnrliam Shoit Horn bull Admiral — is 

 therefoie lull blood Engfsh, and is a very prom- 

 ising aninial — all red. Price 125 dollars. 



"• Young Admiral," a very line bull calf, 11 

 monlh< old — his dam half blood from Coelebs, a 

 well known Diirh.an Short Horn bull, and hall 

 the well known Gore breed, — and the sire the 

 Durham Short Horn bull Admiral — a roan col- 

 our. Pi ice 100 dollars. 



A " Dull Call," from my own imporled and 

 ■VPi-y fine bull of the true " North Devon" breed, 

 and a su|ierior nalue cow, six months old — eu- 

 tiielv mahogany red, with the true marks of 

 yellow nose and ring round the eye. Price 50 



dollais. 



1 lia\p alsf several very fine half blood heif- 

 ers liom the Durham Short Horn bull Admiral, 



lOK. THE NEIV E.NGLAND FARMER. 



To Samuel Jauues, Esii. 



Connecticut, Jan. 5, 1820. 



Sm, — The readiness wilh which you explain- 

 ed the different points and properties of your 

 slor.k, when 1 had the pleasure of visiting you 

 at Charlestown, leads me to hope you will in- 

 dulge me, by answering some questions, which 

 although Ihey may appear trifling in the eye of 

 an experienced man, are important to the suc- 

 cessful prosecution of the plans which I am a- 

 bout to adopt for (he im[!rovement of my farm 

 stock. 



I have read with great attention, and I am 

 sure wilh profit, the discussions which have 

 lately appeared in the New England Farmer, 

 upon the comparative merits of difi'erent breeds 

 of Neat Cattle. And I have been accustomed 

 to give implicit faith, not merely to the facts, 

 but to most of the opinions which are promul- 

 gated by the accomplished Editors of the Pdas- 

 sachusells Agricultural Journal, and therefore 

 when 1 find their very just plaudits of your suc- 

 cess as a breeder, accompanied by a slatoineiu 

 5f the high prices given for your pure breed, 1 

 iiiTi induced to refer first to the writers upon Ihe 

 I'bubject of breeding, and fir.ally to yoiirsclj' lo de- 

 lermine how a breeil is established, and wlial in 

 the common language of breeders is meant by 

 any man's breed of slock. 1 apprehend ihat a 

 long series of years is necessary either to. do- 

 velope the properties, or to confirm the allri- 

 bules of any race of animals, in character so 

 strong as to entitle them to the appellation of a 

 new bleed. 1 am disposed to believe that the 

 passage to which I refer, was destiupd merely 

 to designate the indiviihials in your possession, 

 as animals o( pure breed. 



■ -1 distinctly recollect Ihe form of your fine hull 

 Ccslehs, which could not fail lo command Ihe 

 adenlion of the most transient observer, and I 

 perfectly recollect, that you and I entirely a- 

 greed, ujion his perfections and slight defects. 

 I have seen his progeny, and have always re 

 gretled, that the females whicli lie had been al- 

 loweil In a[iproacli had not equal claims, cither 

 as lo pedigree or form. 



Will you do me the favour lo state by -.vhom 

 Coelebs was bred, and of whom oougbl ? by 

 whom Flora was bred? as they do not appear in 

 the Herd Boidi, I particularly desire to have ihi 

 pedigree of these animals as well as of any olher 

 <if pure breed of which you are possessed, ci 

 from which any of your stock are derived. 



I have made ?omc purchases of Short Horns, 

 and am disposed to increase my stock, but 1 

 have been convinced that nine-tenths of the 

 cows which have tieen imported, and especial 

 ly those which have been sold at fco hundred 

 dollars are not of pure breed. I observed not 

 long since an advertisement in the Neiv Eng- 

 land Farmer, of a cow railed Lady Liverpool, I 

 think, offered as the immediate offspring of 



and from as tine milk cows as any in Ihe cotin- u QUI Venns." If \,y " Ol.i Venus" was mtant 

 l,y_e)ght to sixteen mouths old. Prices 40 to ., celebraleil cow, bred by Colling, the gentle-. 

 75 dollars. \ours, JOHN P!\INCE. man who ofiered her hadi.een deceived. That 



her dam might have been named Old Venus, 

 cannot be denied. ilidvert lo this paragraph, 

 merely lo show that a lir.e rare of animals may 

 be unjiislly condemned, by frauds (uactised in 

 England, or mistakes which arise in America, 

 among those whose public spirit and honorable 

 conduct, elevate them above suspicion, whilst 

 they are made Ihe dupes of cow dealers in ihe 

 purlieus of English commercial towns, 

 Yours respectfully, 



A Connecticut Farmer. 



[We learn that Ihe Standing Committee of 

 the Society for the Encouragement of Domestic 

 Industry in Rhode Island, iiave appropriated 

 the sum of ^500 fur Ihe purchase of animaUof 

 improved foreign breeds, for ihe use of the far- 

 mers of that Stale. The premiums on neat 

 stock, to be cxhibiled al llie next annual fair, 

 have, :dso, been consideral ly enhanced from 

 those of the last year, and distinct and liberal 

 premiums will be otlered fur Jiative and foreign 

 lireed stock.] 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



COB MILLS. 



Boston, Jan. 7, 1826. 



Mv FrX»BJ::v, — Being satislied of the benefit 

 of using coba ground into meal with the corn as 

 provender for callle, I wish to enquire through 

 the medium of "The Farmer," whether there 

 IS in use, in (he neighborhood of this city any 

 convenient machine for breaking the cobs. — 

 1 have examined and tried a hand machine, suf- 

 ficiently cheap, and simple in its construction; 

 but it works much too hard, and docs not break 

 ihe cobs fine enough for the corn mill, and the 

 millers are unwilling to grmd them. 



i have seen in mills in the country a machine, 

 similar in construction to a common coffee mill, 

 into the hojiper of which Ihe ears ot corn weri;_ 

 cast and very exjieditiously prejiared for the 

 corn mill, by the |)Ower of the water wheel. — 

 But as cob meal has not been much used in this 

 vicinity, I believe there is nothing of the kind 

 to be found in~our corn mills. I should be glad 

 if our farmers would turn their alleiilion to the 

 subject. Very respectfully, C. 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Providence, R.I. Jan. 9, 1826. ' 

 Mr Fessenden — By inserting the following ar- 

 licle on Ligbtuing Rods, from a New York pa- 

 per, you will much oblige your friends, 



BROWN & ROBINSON. 



LIGHTNING RODS. 

 I will mention one alteration in the construc- 

 tion of the lighlniiig rod which I have never 

 yet seen noticed by any writer, viz. not only to 

 have the elevated end of the rod terminate in 

 points, but also that- which is inserted in the 



