NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Published by JOHN B. RUSSELL, at the corner of Cong:ress and Lindall Streets, Boston THOMAS G. FF.SSF.NDEN, FniTOR. 



VOL. IV. 



BOSTOiX, FH5DAY, FEBRUARY 24, JH2U. 



No. :j]. 



ORzexNAii coxvscxwnrsrzGATsoxrs. 



FOn THE NKW ENGLAND FARMER. 



LATE IMPORTATIONS OF SHEEP AND 

 SHORT HORNS. 



Exlracl from a hllcr. dnicd Burley^ Yarlcshire, Glk 

 Seplan. IC25, relating to Mr PoireVs last iinportatinn 

 of sheep, in addition to tliose received from England in 

 May and Avgust. 



" I am desired In' Mr Co,vti;s to s;iy lliit the 

 Leicester ram is of p;nod ^;llllslance. remarkablv 

 lat on his bacli, with a fair qnaiilily of wool, 

 and weighs alioul 4 \lbs. per qintrter, altogether 

 a good one. (I ha\e had good jtidge< to exam- 

 ine him and the\- speak in great |irai?e of him.) 

 The ewe Mr C. >ays is neat in form, and shows 

 much good hreeding; hnt she is poor, having 

 suckled two lamlis. He could have had one o( 

 ;i larger size, hut not so iieal, prcl'triing neat- 

 ness to substance. 



The Soulltdown ram is descended from thi-; 

 BEST FLOCK IN" Su?SEx ; his hrotlier got a premi- 

 um at Doncasler, and no letter sheep than this. 

 Rlr F. would not let him choose an ewe for his 

 flock, without paying an cxorliitant price; hut 

 he says, " I don'l legret it, as I was fortunate to 

 meet with the neatest Soutlidown / ever sais:. — 

 She was clipped in the last week in July, in- 

 tending to show her at Doncaster, hut not being 

 a subscriber, he did not choose to do it." 



Dcscriiition of part of Mr Poteets Improrcd Durliavi 

 Short Hums, recentlij Imported. 



.AL\LCOLM, bred l>y Mr Whilaker, by Enchant- 

 er, ihc; sire o( llie Iniiiroved Short Horn 

 Bull VVharfdalo, which bf,.\t the HEREFor.DS 

 .AND Di.vOiNs, at Sir Charles Morgan's Show, 

 and after beat the field, including shtrt 

 linrns. 



AVeslern Lady, Malcolm's dam, is record- 

 ed in the Rev. flenry Berry's pamphlet, as 



giving SEVEN GALLONS DAILY, (jiagO 4G.) 



YORKSHIRE BELLE, bred by the same, by 

 Frederick, dam \arm, recorded in the same 

 pampiilel as giving •■!\ gallons a day, York- 

 .'hire Belle look the first premium in April 

 last, at the Ollcv Show, Yorkshire. 



DESDEMON \, brcil by the same, by Frederick, 

 dam Delia, g. d. lied Daisy, recorded in 

 the same pamphlet, as giving light gallons 

 PER DAY, (page -16.) 



BETTY, bred by the s.nme, by Alonzn, dam 

 Wildair, recorded in the same pamphlet, as 

 giving eight gallons per day — all wine 

 • measure. 



Enchanter's g. d. was Old Daisy, slated 

 10 have given " sixteen quarts ale measure 



AT A MEAL FOR MONTHS TOGETHER^' 



Aloiizo, the sire ol Belly, was out of Red 

 Daisy, noted above. 

 I>ELh\A, bred by the .sanle, by Barmpton, d:'.rn 

 by Son of Wellinglon. Mr C'oates who is 

 one of the oldest breeders in England, and 

 is the keeper o! the Herd Book, selected 

 "lalcolm and all these heifers, and was not 

 limited a" to their price. He observe* " / 

 /,'«iic niinle particular cinjuxry of the am: keep- 

 er, ti/Vo slates that she(^Belina) now gives i r- 



WARDS OF FOUR GALLONS OF WiLK WINE MEAb- 



URE AT A MEAL, OR EIGHT GALLONS I'ER DAY, 

 WHICH IS A GREAT <tUA.\'TlTY FOR A HEIFI-.H WITH 

 THE FIRST CALF." 



Of the bull he remarks — " I have jusl relurn- 

 " ed out of the cciinlies of Durham and Norlh- 

 '• iimberland, where 1 called n[ion most of llie 

 "principal breeders. Cuiuliilli/ I cnrijcss, I did 

 " not sec any l/iinu; that I slioiiLl like la use in pre- 

 '■'■J'ercnce to Malcolm, his dam Western LaJtf, 

 '' thovgh at this time deep in milk, is- remarkably 

 "•_/(/(, and I think, as useful a cozn as is, for elairy 

 " and breeding.'''' 



"• Yorkshire Belie appe«rs likely to be a great 

 " grazier, and being Irom a very good cow of 

 '• the milking kind, 1 ihink she will also please 

 " you. She would command a very great price, 

 " having already obtained a premium." 



" Desdemona. At present being young, 1 

 "cannot speak so decidedly of her; but fjora 

 " her size and age, rumps, hips, and loins, ribs, 

 " and back, J never saw one that pleased me 

 " belter, as the back is very braad. straight and 

 " strong." 



He continues that "lie considers ?dalcoIin 

 " worth an hundred and twenly guinea'^." 



Mr CoA'iT.s has no connexion wiili the geiille- 

 man by whom these animals were bred. He is 

 noticed in Stricklaml's Survey of the East Rid- 

 ing of Yorkshire, page 223, " as an eminent 

 breeder of catlle and Leicester sheep," and as 

 one of the early improvers, who had sold a bull 

 (Patriot) for 500 guineas. 



I\lr WiiiTAKER refused to make the selections, 

 but 'iicr they were made, declared Ihat some 

 of them, were intended not to have left his farm; 

 and nhjecls lo comiileling another order ; say- 

 ing " 1 should liave great pleasure indeed in 

 "sending you animals. I must confess that, 1 

 " cai'.nol, with due regard lo myself as a breeder, 

 "part with any one at present of my best milk- 

 "ing tribes." A letter from a genlleman in 

 Yorkshire slates, " Western Lady is a superb 

 "cow, and a great milker, conibining pcrfeclion 

 " of both beef and milk, more ihan any cow Ml 

 " Whilaker has ever bad." 



At the last Doncasler meeting, il appears, 

 Ihrough Ibe letter of a gentleman in Yorkshire, 

 I hat Mr Whilaker took the fir- 1 |iiize at llie great 

 Cattle Show healing with his coiv Matilda, Mr 

 Champion's cows and others. 



And it appoarshy a letter dated Herefordshire 

 .riily 10, 1825, in Mr Povvel's possession, Ihat 

 " Mr Whitaker"s cow Millient was the first im- 

 " proved Short Horn w hich beat ihe Herefords 

 on their own ground." 



Mr PowEi. has "no idea that races of cows 

 "can be bred which will in Ibis ci male give 

 " quantities of milk equal to those which are af- 

 " fordeij in the more mild and moisl climate of 

 " England;" and he wishes it lo be iinderslond. 

 that Mr Whilaker canlionsly abstains from prais- 

 ing his animal", and lil>erally firopo'-'os lo Mr 

 PowEL, if he should think tho'^o sent not worth 

 the prices fixed by Mr P.'s agent, lo dcdnct 16 

 per cent. from, the air.nunt. 'J'he slatempnts in 

 regard to milking, are not given by him. hut bv 

 Mr CoATES, and Mr Berry, who says, page 45, 

 that the instances which are given as to milk, 

 were obtained by himself on the spot." 



The foregoing are extracts from j)apers pre- 

 sented at a qiiarlerly meeting of liie PeiuisyUa- 

 nia .Agrlcullural Socielv. 



JOHN P. MILNOR, 



Record. .V(x'7/. 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEVV EN<}I.ANn FAUMEP. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Counhj of Mirfolk, F-b. 20, IfiSG. 

 Sir, — In your pa(ier of the 3d Insl. 1 observe 

 that you had received from Dr Page of Owego, 

 a conHrmnication tinder date of Ihe 21st of Janii- 

 'ary, in answer to your inquiries resppctin"' the 

 propagation of Pear Trees from cuttings, and 

 that the inquiry has led lo the conclusion antici- 

 [)ated by the wriler in your paper under the 

 signature of" Horlicullure." 



It is hut justice lo Dr Page lo say that, nlliio' 

 we have no failh in his inlendeil new experi- 

 ments Ihe rnsuiiig season, we sliall hear llie re- 

 sult of them with I leasure. and ff ei fidl '■onii- 

 dence in his repoil, from the candor he lias e- 

 vinced in his couHnunicalion above referred to. 

 Il .appears that hitherto Dr Page's failh has been 

 grounded on infiumation received from otiiers ; 

 pretty much, we apprehend, in the way tli.-it a- 

 notht-r gentleman (Dr Jcitn G. Coffin) who has 

 .m article in your paper of llie lOlh insl. re- 

 ceived iiis npon Ihe same snhject. 



Neither of fhese gentlemen pretend thai Ihey 

 have raised rooted plants from cnltings of pear 

 trees ; but only. I'aat the scions that were left 

 in Iho ground ,'.,vvt'/ '-ut . — and J)r Coffin sa\s 

 be Ti'os told that lliey continued to grow alter he 

 left the place. 



I am sorry. Sir, lo take up your lime on Itiis 

 subject, nor should 1 do it, but Ihat 1 think it 

 may save the time and labour of others w ho may 

 employ il more eflicariou-ily in other pursuits. 

 If it were true that pear stocks could be rai-ed 

 from cuttings, the gieat labor, expense and lime 

 which is now required to raise this v.ihiahle 

 ~tock, would be principally sai cd. The dlfii- 

 cully which exists in litis and other countries in 

 gelling seedling jiear stalks of proper size for 

 graliing and hearing fruit, induces nursery men 

 In resort lo rooted suckers, taken from the fields, 

 wlii'^h make very bad subjects for gardens or 

 orchard*, as Ihcy always throw out from their 

 roots, ihroiigliDul the furroiveil ground, siirker? 

 in their turn, and Ibereby draw the nourishment 

 from the head of the tree ; or from Ihe grafi, 

 and weaken its growth, as well as that of the 

 Irnil, — In say nothing of the slovenly appearance 

 that il produces wherever they are planted. In 

 France many nursery men, (or want of jiear 

 stocks, graft |ipars iin lo apple slocks, which is 

 decidedly a bad plan. 



If Dr Coffin c.-vn establish Ihis fact of raiding 

 pear storks from cullintrs, the nursery men gen- 

 erally, and the hnrlicnilural genlletnen parl:cn- 

 larly, will feel ihemselves much indebted lo him. 

 L loo, have m'lde scions grow, and shoot forth 

 their buds, and open Iheir leaves ; but I hive 

 never been so fortunate as to make them pro- 

 dure the semblance of n root ; and I doubt es- 

 ceeditigly if eitiier Dr Paige or Dr Cofun will 



