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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Feb. 3, 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1826. 



* * Several valuable conimuni^itiioiis are ou tile, and * 

 will soon apjicar. 



Making Butler in Winter.— The following is 

 a mod" ormikin? buttpr, which hne been prjic- 

 tispH by E. Hf.rsf.y Derby. E«q. nt'S;ilem, Mrf?s. 

 AHlni>?h we line already [iiiMisbeil ^n arllcle. 

 containing a desrrijilion I'f this melhnil ot lacil- 

 ilalin? the ronrer^inn nl crearti into liniler, in the 

 New Enffliind K'armer, vol. 3. page 253, it may 

 h;ive escapeil the notice of some who may de- 

 rive benefil Horn ii liml in season. We give 

 the reripe in Mr Dnihy's won!*. " Tlie milk, 

 when laiipn from ihe cow, is iinmedialely strain- 

 ed into earthen pans and set in (he coldest (inrt 

 of the house ; as soon as the IVosl begins to op- 

 perate, a separation (akes place ; the cream 

 rises in a thick paste to the lop, and leaves the 

 milk withoni a particle of cream, frozen in the 

 pan. The cream i* not so hard fmt that it can 



alias vine f niters. The excrements of these last 

 mentioned insects are sweet, and comjiosc one 

 kind of honey dew, or what scientific writers call 

 ^iiffusio melita. Anis ramble over trees which 

 are inlesied with aphides, for the purpose of 

 feedincc on this sweet substance, and are often 

 mistaken for the cause of lioney dew, ancj the 

 disease of the tree of which honey dew is a 

 symptom. The aphides too are often hut erro- 

 neously supposed to be the young progeny ol 

 the anls, when in fact there is no affinity exist- 

 ing between these two species of insects. 



The Domestic Encyclopedia says, — "• These 

 insects cohabit in nnmerons parlies, and main- 

 lain a sort of republic, not unlike that o( the bees. 

 Tlieir nests are in Ihe form of an oblong square, 



for i(', at that season, the places be left open, the 

 trost and succeeding rains will destroy those 

 ants which are in the lower part of their habi- 

 tation, fn Hertfordshire and Somersetshire, a 

 particular kind of spade is used for this (lurpose; 

 its blade is very sharp, and so formed that Ihe 

 IV hole edge describes about three-fourths of a 

 circle."' — Domestic Encyclopedia. 



Snffitid's Sirara Culler. — This inr)(dempnf, of 

 ivhxh notice is given in Ihe tirst page of this 

 ilay's paper, will be left for Sale at the Asricul- 

 tui-al F.stabli-hrnent, No. 108, Stale Street in- 

 stead ol Davis ii Jones, as slated in said notice. 



CongrrsstcnfU iSroccr^fng.s. 



and contain (laths which lead to difterent mag- I 



azines. Their melhod of conslrucling these SE N ATS. .I.-VN- 2-3 Among the memnials 

 , 1 ,■ I r- r ti 'PffS' 'U^fl ami reit-ited were one (or a modincation ot 



habitations is truly wonderiul. ^'>me of the |^^ ^.^j,,,.^,.^^,;^^ ^^^^,^. ^^^,j,^,. ^^^ _^ ^.^^^.^ ^^,1 at 

 anls are employed in making the ground hrm by g,, jjar^/'s ; and a third for the prohihilion of the im- 

 inixiiigit with a kind of glue, to prevent its porlalion ot all ardent -piiits. Kelerred to the Com- 

 crurnbliiig, and falling up^.n them: others may i»i|'f^ or. AjijcuUure. 

 be seen ofatherins several Iwig-', which they use , 



JAi\. 24 — Mr Holmes sul mitted certain resolutlors 



be easily scraped nflFwilh a spoon, d<iwn to the i "^ ■"^-." b----- o- ■• o^ ......... -y. „,„ 1 relative to providing Medicine Chests for Merchant 



(figigiit I lor ratters, by placing them over the paths to ^g^,,,^ ^ " 



jj.; support the covering: they lay others acro.'S, 



"i ■ . „ ...k - in ii..,.., .k^ ^,.o .n. c.r «ud upon these, rushes, weeds, and dried grass, 

 warmed just so much as lo tliaw the cie am sui- i . . ' . . ' ' . . 



solid ice; it is then set aside enlil a so 



quantity is collecled lor a churning, when il is 

 iich as 10 tliaw 

 ito the churn 



have never ■ *^hich ihey form into a double declivity, and thus 



ficienllv lo put ....-■ .." V, , ~ .. , . ., . . .. 



1 .. ■ ,1, „ i; ,„,.;. ,1 ,. (r, /.^r, . com net be waer rom heir magazine, 



known It reciuire more than hve niii.nles to con- " .i u- u 



. I ,. _ r, „ ii,, ,' .>.,.,„o. 1, .,1 "Tor luovisions hey secure every thing which, 

 vert cream into butter alter the ciiurning nad t j .' =• i 



commenced. 



to them, IS eatable, and we may often observe 



and olher corn : and, for fear it should sprout 

 tioiii Ihe moisture ol their subterraneous cells, 

 I tliey giiaiv oti Ihe end which wioiM jiroiliice Ihe 

 Butler mode from S'nlded CVfo//-.— Another ! ,,,.,-,j^ ,, .^ remarkable, that it one ant meets 

 mode for making butler ri'Coinmeiided in some 



was mixeil with other inariedients, the least agi- 

 tation brought it lo buiter."' 



English publications is as |ollo»vs 



" As soon as the milk is taken iVom the cow 

 let il be placed on a steady weed lire, free as 

 possible from smoke, and scalded for thirty 

 minutes — particular care mii't be taken not to 

 allow it to boil. It mu-t then be placed in a 

 cool situation, and on the following day a thick 

 i-ich cream will appe;'r on the surfaop, ot ih 



milk (which IS excellent for .lessen purpoM-^) _,^ ^ ^-^^^ converted into the most perlccl 



this may be taken off and made into bolter in ,[jj.iy;„„ 



the common way." It is s,,ul ihal a greater .. 'ihe most simple method of destrov ing this 

 quantity of butler, and of a heller quality '•■m „„„,^^^,„^ ^^^ ,s to pour bo.l.iig water inlo 



be made by this than bv-the couimoi. modes. i ,,,^ ^,,^.,,„„,g, „, (,,^,,, h, Hocks. Hy mixing soot 



with cold water, and ponnng it at the roots ol 



.'A.V. Co — Mr Chandbr from the Cominitlee on Ihe 

 Militia reported a Hill to authori.«e the printing and 

 di-lribulion of Ihe Infantry 'I -arlic?. kv. 



JAN. 26 — The bill upon the snbject of discriminat- 

 ing duties on tonnage and import, ifter discussion was 

 enjriisspd. — The bill to senirp Ihe acrounlahility of 

 pulilic officers was debated, and an amendment prcii?os- 

 ed, uhicb was not acceded to. 



HOUSE. J \^'- 20. Mr Storrs, from the Naval 

 rViU'iiiittee i>];or(ed a I'ill for Ihe tstabllsbn^ nt of a 

 Navtil ?cbi)ol.— A motion was laid on the table lor a 

 return of ilic nanus of revolutionary oflicers and sol- 

 diiTs, whose applications lor pensions have bepn reject- 

 ed. fi'«;i Ihtr with the causes of reji ction, kc. — The 

 conimiltee on Naval Affairs were inslrncted lo intjuire 

 vbat-^Htrlher Ugislalion, if any, is necessary lor the 

 ruort elTt rtual i^reservation of ibe live oak and red ce- 

 dar tinibtr on the public lands of Ibe i'riled Plates. 



•IAN. 21 A ri solutinn was offered rtlaiive to the 

 utility of '"of ton for t-oida»e or sail (lo!b, ice. 



J A ^!. '2.1 — A bill t» provide for the apprehension and 



as one of them will frequently dr.ig a burden I delivery of ties: rters from Frtnch ships in the ports of 



many times heavier than itself! the I'nili d J-lales. was reported and read twice. — A re- 



'•6n .lenriviiig- a mouse or olher little animal i «"'«"'"" !'»=" <! relative lo the expediency of incr. asinj 



(• ., ,1 1 , . . u 11 • „ J.I 1 'he Corps of Cadelsal V\ est Point. — A me-sa"e was 



ol Us skin, and p. ictns I on an ant hill, in a III- „,. ,if .u n -j . • i - , . . .- 



' I = ' . recfived Irom the t resident inclosiny » statement ol 



"Alllhe'butter consumed in my fimily the ""« '';^"'*-'V"''h "'l-^-d fly sometimes several 



c| winter, (18-3 4) has been made in this-way. I '"g'^""^^ »'lh the carcass ol a may-bug, or other 



1 1 .L II II !■„„.. I «.,„bi i/> .= i..io I '•"■!?e insect; and, it they cannot lianspnrt it, 



id I think 1 never bad tmer. 1 onglH to slate i d i i j . , 



. I .1. I .1 ■ .u 1 ; ■.,„;.,.,, 1 iko ,...a.,„. they c- nsiinie part ol it uiion the spot, at least 



at I think this method iniurious to the cream -' , ' , . ' . ,, i . . 



, . „ „!,■ (■.,.;„ ,,,.„^„ ..,,., I,,,, I so much as may reduce 1 to H hulk adequate to 



r certain purposes such tor instance, as whip J i ?■ u . 



,, , , 1 , „. (■ I .,(i„.. ii,„ ....^....^ Iheir strenarlh. Ihoy ay up hoards ot wheat 



abuhs, as inv domestics tound alter the cream => .•',•,■, u 



j .mother vvliich is loaded, it always gives way, 



i or will help it, if it be over buidoiied. Indeed, 



the stieiiglli of this litile animal is astonisliiiig. 



tie box, perlorated in several parts, so as to ad 

 niit a liee passage lor the ants, it will be loiiml. 



JJiil.i. — These insects are sometimes the por- 



trees inlested by theui, tiiey will speedily be 



ppirators of mischief in husbandry, by making .destroyed 



their hiMs and impairing the grass upon pasture i.^^,,, jjji,^ „^^ ^.^^^ injurious to dry pastures. 



not only liy wasting the extent of soil which 



land. But they are unjiislly accused of damag 

 ing fruit trees. In Switzerland, ants are made 

 subservient to the destruction of caterpillars, by 

 hantjiiig a pouch liled with ants upon a tree, 

 whence they are sulleied lo make their escajie, 

 through an aperture, and overrun all ils bram li- 

 es, without lieins: able to reach the ground, as 

 the ttur:k has been previously ■smeared with wet 

 clav, or soft pilch, in conscqiience of vvb cb. 



they cover, but by impeding the scythe at ihe 

 lime ol mowing, and yielding a pour food [lerni- 

 cious to cattle. 'I'he manner ot reducing them, 

 simply cmisists in cutting them i.ito four (arts 

 Irom the top, and then digging deep enough to 

 lake Odi itie core below, so Ihat when the tun 

 IS replaced, it may be Somewhat lower than Ihe 

 level of the rest of the laud : thus the place 



impelled hy huno:er, they fall upon Ihe caterpil- ,, |,^ ^^^^^ ^^,^ ^^_^^, ,^^ ^_^,^ p.evenlcd l.o 

 lars and devour ihem lieturuing to their former situation. The eailh 



I taken out sliuuld be scattered, or removed to a 



Hut thouirh anls do not injure fruit Irees, they 



somotimes deyonr fruit, especially ihe l'P^"-h'M c„„„.,^,,l,,e d„„nce, lest they might Collect it, 

 Wi.en ripo; arvd are incoreclly supposed to bei.^_^, ^^__^ ^^^_.^^^ ,^_^^^,^^^. ,.^„ ^.,^^^ _,^^,^, ,^^,^^, 



* ' , , 7 ,- oi work ou^nt to be ijeilortuea in Ibe ivioler • 



HODS oi ajfhiiies, alias y^/u/il tice, ixita^ j/auions^^ ° • 



money? paid to Mr Monroe, as a compros^atioti for bis 

 scrvici-s il) Viiritxis (iflircji'r. f-xr usive of Ihal ol Pri?i- 

 den<. which mnrify? amounteii to ^Inll/^S-l H'-2. — 'Ihe 

 House took up the Jiit^ifiary hill, and Mr Burg' S3 of 

 R. I. delivfred h long- and t Inquent spfcch. 



Jan. 24 — This day uas principally ocrupjed lu 

 priraff ami local business, and a long" debate on the 

 Judiftary hill, 



JAN. 25— Mr Aliner of Pcnn. offered resolutlnns re- 

 lative to the appointmtnt of ministus to tht- ( niij^r<'«s 

 at Pannma, which were laid on the tahh . — Th<* Ju- 

 diceaiy bi'l, after mnrh dt'-atp was eng-rosstd for a 

 third rtadi.io^ Ytas K'2, Nays .^9, 



JAN. 2fl — \ bill was r porttd relative to a monu- 

 ment for AVashlnoton. — On motion ot Mr Bradh y the 

 <'on»mitte** on Military Pensions was instructed loin- 

 quire into the (xp) ditiicy of providing for the payment 

 of arr( ara;^i'S o( p« usions to the willows or ehildr<n of 

 l^enpioiier!*. — 'i'be Judiciary bill was read a lliird time 

 and passed. 



5^11 r ris.iriius: tts Urgf.tJlnttivr. 



SENATE. .'AN. 05. The rninmiltee on the 

 .ludieiai}' \v;is iii-tinc1e<t to inquire into Ihe exjiedii ti- 

 ry of maUiiif any alleration in Ihe law in lelaiion to 

 \lerchaiits anil lartt.rsj — A resolve pis^f-d for »xtend- 

 iiij (he time in whith the snrv Ivors of (he Hiinki r Hill 

 atUeiuay receive the allowance to thein maje iu Juno 

 last. 1^ 



