Vol. IV. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMEK. 



ancient song. This too is the time for displaying 

 the ingenious works of able artisans. Hither 

 probably will be gathered from various quarters, 

 some of the elegant labours of the loom — with 

 polished productions of the sau', the plane and tlie 

 chisel, from the work-sliops of industry. Some- 

 times credit is given, unawares, by Europeans to 

 x\raerican ingenuity. " A patent," says an En- 

 glish writer, " has been lately taken out for a ma- 

 chine which cuts and bends the wires, [for cards] 

 pricks the leathers, and puts them all in at ore op- 

 eration, and with such rapidity, that it completes 

 four per second. It is one of the most ingenious ! 

 and perfect machines wo ever met with, and it will i 

 prick and stick any sort or si.-.e of teeth, by alter- j 

 ing adjustments introduced for that purpose. — 

 Drawings, and a full description of this curiou.s 

 machine, are lodged in the patent otHco by the ' 

 patentee, who brought over the invention from A- I 

 merica, where it has been some time in constant 

 use." Wonderful, indeed, is the machinery used 

 in some manufacturing operations. " Many," says 

 a late writer, " may have viewed a cotton mill 

 with wonder, but not with intelligence, nor with 

 leisure to trace the steps by wliich the wool from 

 the bag ultimately assumes the form of a very fine 

 thread : [and, we may add, of a useful web.] Be- 

 wildered by such a complication of machinery, all 

 in motion, very few are able to recollect, with dis- 

 tinctness and intelligence, the essential part of 

 the processes by which the form of the cotton is so 

 wonderfully changed. Indeed, the mechanical in- 

 genuity called forth in the whole manufacture of 

 cotton, is beyond the conception of those who have 

 not visited the places where it is carried on." 



The manufactures of silk,fla.x and cotton in their 

 present advance toward perfection, may be held, 

 says Lord Kairaes, as inferior branches of tiie line 

 arts ; because their productions in dress and in 

 furniture are beautiful like those of the line arts, 

 and inspire gay and kindly emotions favourable to 

 morality, similar to what are inspired by a garden 

 or other production of the fine arts. 



It is right that we should encourage Domestic 

 Manufactures ; for they tend to establish and per- 

 petuate the Independence of our country. And, if 

 I regard Agriculture still more highly — I have 

 reason ; — for, with Xenophon, I consider it the 

 Mother and J\/'urse of all the arts. 



" Whatever finish'd .\j;riculliire knows. 

 Fair queen of Arts ! from heav'n itself who came, 

 When Eden flourishM in unspoded fame : 

 And still with hei swert iiiiio.'-ence we fiud, 

 And tenrier peace, and joys without a name, 

 That, while they ravish, tranqiiilize the mind : 

 Nature and Art at once, deh'^ht and use conibin''d." 



COKE DEVON BULL HOLKAM. 



Facilily of Internal Inkrcoutse in England. — 

 Some common, yet curious calculations evince the 

 singular facility and frequency of this intercourse. 

 The mail coaches of England run over l'?,000 miles 

 in a single night, half the circumference of the 

 globe ! A newspaper, published in the morning, in 

 London, is, on the same night, read 120 miles off! 

 Tlie tv.-o-penny post revenue of London is said to 

 be equal to the whole post office revenue of 

 France ; The traveller going at night from Lon- 

 don, sleeps, on the second night, 400 miles oft"! — 

 The length of the canal navigation in the vicinage 

 of London is computed to equal the whole canal 

 navigation of Prance ! 



It rained very heavily most of last week. — 

 Though it did not "rain pitchforks," we trust it has 

 rained business for them. [Palladium, June 27.] 



The above is a correct drawing of Mess. Hurl- 

 but & Co.'s celebrated Coke Devon bull Wo?A7inm. 

 The following account is taken from the third vol- 

 ume of the Memoirs of the New York Board of 

 Agriculture, recently published. 



Holkham was purchased when seven months 

 old, in the fall of 1819, of William Patterson, Esq. 

 of Baltimore. He was sired by Torrence, and out 

 of a cow (name not recollected,) both imported by 

 Messrs. Patterson &. Caton, in June, 1817 ; which 

 were sent with four other heifers, as a present 

 from that celebrated agriculturist, the Hon. Mr 

 Coke, Member of Parliament, Norfolk, England. 



The first year we contracted for the calves of" 

 Ilolkham, deliverable at a certain ago. He had 

 about 70 cows. Since that, after seeing his stock, 

 and people becoming better acquainted with the 

 breed, he has had from 1.50 to 300 cows annually. 

 His progeny may be calculated at 900, the oldest 

 of which are four years old past. His stock par- 

 take strongly of the blood. He was si.\- years old 

 last spring,and is estimated to weigh about 17001bs. 

 The superiority of this breed of cattle does not 

 consist in largeness of size, (as that is not desira- ] 

 hie with the usual quatlities attached to it ;) for in j 

 that respect they will about average with the na- ' 

 five breeds of New England. Their properties | 

 for making beef are, smallness of bone ; a great | 

 inclination to fatten: the fine quality of their beef, 

 and its unusual proportion in the most desirable 

 parts ; and their great weight compared to the 

 si'.c of their frame. 



Owing to the great demand for bulls of this stock 

 with us. few have been altered for o.xen. Six or 

 seven pair only have been trained to the yoke, the 

 oldest of which were four years old last spring ; 

 three pair of which we now improve. They ap- 

 pear to possess all of the requisite qualities desir- 

 able in the labouring ox, being remarkable for do- 

 cility, activity, and to endure heat and fatigue. — 

 Their colour, a beautiful mahogany red, has al- 

 ways been a favourite one in tlxe nortliern slates, 

 especially for working oxen. A pair of^ u7ispotted^ 

 bright red oxen would always, in consequence of 

 their colour, sell from six to ten dollars higher 

 than any other description, of colour of equal size 

 and shape. The heifers are remarkable for the 

 richness of thoir milk : and as to quantity, we 



think them fully equal to any breed we have ever 

 been acquainted with ; indeed we have never 

 owned cows at the same age, and with equal feed, 

 that have given as much milk. - 



Tlip mixed bloods are almost universally rod, 

 and possess fine points ; which, with their beauti- 

 ful symmetry of shape, which the full bloods are 

 celebrated for, united with their other qualities, 

 render them a superior breed of cattle for the 

 pastures of the northern and middle states. Only 

 a few of this breed of cattle with us have been 

 slaughtered. We will give you the weight of 

 three bulls, the only ones of the kind we know of 

 bcin^ killed. 



1. A bull of H. Cowles, Esq. of New-Hartford, 

 Conn. He run with the cows through the sum- 

 mer, was fed two months, and killed when two 

 years and nine months old. Quarters and hide 

 912 lbs. ; tallow 100: making a total of 1012 lbs. 



2. A bull of Joseph Spencer's, of East-Hartford : 

 went to cows through the season ; put into the 

 stable in October, and fed principally on potatoes 

 for three months ; was killed when three years 

 and nine months old. Tallow 150 lbs. ; hide and 

 quarters ]13!_) lbs. : making a total of 1289 lbs. 



The other bull belonged to Elias Lewis, of Farm- 

 ington ; was fed about three months, and was 

 killed when three years and two months old. — 

 Quarters and hide weighed 1210 lbs. ; tallow 124 

 lbs. : making a total of 1334 lbs. 



Neither of these had any extra feed until the' 

 times mentioned. They were all sired by Holk- 

 ham. FroHi ti.eir age and feed, with the unusual 

 quantity of tallow for animals of this description, 

 those acquainted with matters of this kind will be 

 enabled to judge of their propensity to fatten. 

 We remain, sir, 



Most respectfully, 

 Your ob't. serv'ts, 

 SAMUEL HURLBUT & CO. 

 P. S. Wo have on hand about ,50 head of the 

 stock, ail of one colour ; among them a pair of two 

 year old steers, that are judged to weigh 1700 lbs. 

 if slaughtered. They have had no grain. 



Extract from a letter from Mr Coke, of England, to 

 Messrs. Patterson Sf Caton, on the subject of the 

 J^orth Devon Cattle. 

 ■•I venture to give it as my opinion, that we 



