110 



ari)c Iaxmtx5 inoutblpj^isitor 



„„ ..,,,,1, < M, Will, vegetable lifr.aml yi.-M "-' 



•„l.. 1., II.; ...H,,„> ..1 .■ve-n laiiMur nl omIii a > 



"'^!:, '!:;:;::';•!„•,. M,.,„i,i 1,^1 -e^on.i,e.,mi, 



,i.l stone ui>ll., m- rl..^. l.o:,n t.nce. «l.m,l. h. 



tent,.. n.ulofVo,,. c.,1.1 vvM..l.:m.l .to,.ns;t he ..ze 



/mv.io tl.e f.-.il.-.5 i.. a .;.i.i.-«ve r.Hin |.la< n.jl He 



^ -^.M!,,- I...nl..'. ten ..r twelve feet Lm... , ol a 

 h^nU.tal le^.l, to tee.l ti.e stock ,.,..„ ;....! fjo,.. 

 two to five l-eet l.i.l.Pf •l-al" ll'" <-'^""'^- ^ '"" 

 av l°e ri.H.e "..I- a ,I.h.,1. an.l «cn,|,er,o,- .1,.. - 

 el Jn.l l;an.l-l...n..vv, all.T the gmnn.l ts I..' .U.'t> 

 n :;;,1, -he ,.l..,.ul,. l.....l.l.e.bn,.e.-,a>.clw^a. 

 e i„.l.ne<l a i;.V a.,.l a l,:.lt "Hh l«o l.an.ls an; 

 :; J ,i,tM,,,,..-.toM.yn,,n.l. VVl,,.,, the «o.l 



.,..,. r,.,fr..-..-n.lv n, -l to hol.l wale,-, the l-t- 



,„,„ ^h.a.l.l l.e I.le.l will, .IX or ei, 



•„.,.i,e. ..!• clay, uell l.eat.hnvn, an. c..v.;ie.l wttl. 

 ' ,...•! or san.l. Thi. la.t lal.or ts seldo.t. -e- 

 .,„i,e.l,.^x.-e).. wl,e.e the «n..in.l •« v-i.V I""';";-'- 

 Mv ^a as are .-on^trtirle.! on a s.na 1 loam, te^l- 

 ,:'ona<-laV.oh-.,il. Here .hnnl.l he annnally 

 .l,",.,.ite<l,a"s th.'N ea.i l)e .•onveniently .•..Uecte.l, 

 ;,„; vvee.ls. .-..a.-se ,M-a.s, an.l hrakes ol .he iam, , 

 no.l aUo tl,.- ,.n.,.l.ki.. vines and potato to,,s. I he 

 M ,„,ti.v ..f I lese n|...na tarn, is very great and 

 ;!;;\.ori..cl.-.l an,l l,,on,l..to,heya,d utth.Ule 

 irooi.le l.v tl... I.an.s r.inrnini.' Mon, the i'^-M^-- 

 An.i here also sl,..nl.l he Cefi out,or .Irewe.las lit- 

 ter, .he hav, stalks, an.l hnsks ..rh.dian rortM.ea 



an.l bean i;a..l.n,aii.l the st,aw..l gratn t.ot wanted 

 insn.hlHs. To siill larth.r an;-.nent the mass, 



l,.arhed ashes 1 swam,, .a.lh mt.y he ad. ed to 



M.lvanta.'e. These M.ate.-ials will ahsorh li.e It- 



q.n.l ot'the yanl, an.l, he.-o g '';'''l'"';''«;' 



vlith the e.e,-e,.,e.,titio„. matter, .l..nl> e or tte le 

 the or.lie.a.v q.tan.i.y of ma,nM;e. D..nu2 1 l.e 

 rontinnanre ..f rr..st the e.xrava-.on t^'.^*--^ 'i" ' " 



cnventenee ; an.l wi.e e w-.-.th.-a- ts s. , I e 



,,o.-.lersafihv,l a.nple r< 'V,""' '"" !" „ ' . . ^ 



wav, the nrine is save,!, an.l the waste n.c.. it 

 n Vins,&e..|.ievented. The cattle .h....hl >e 

 kl,leo„stan;lv.vai-Udi,iwi,.,e,-,exce,.twhenle 



on f wat...-,an.l the yar.l IVeqnendy re,.le.iish. < 

 vvith <lry liner. l'|,on this plan. Iron, ten .. 

 U^elve 1.U of nn!e,-r.ei,te.lnian,,re may he ob- 

 tained every spring tor ca.d. animal ; ami d 1 '■ 

 ^ hie niant^re is sp^^n^ over the yard the.,. lay 

 of the dm,:: will he impr.,v.-.l, ao.l the . na . y 

 p,op«rtio„ably inneas.-d. Any excess o h., ml 

 hat inay re.nain alter the d.mg IS removed m the 



spri.iL', ^-at. he pr..litably applie.l to «rass, jii-am, 

 or -anlen crops. It is n-e,l extensively .n Flan- 

 ders, and in other |iarts ol han>p.'. 



.l.vingexplaine.ln.y.m/1 1 ot pn,.-.ir.n.' am 



p,-P«ervn^g.l'e loo.l ol' ve.etabl..s, I .wll pr.-e.-e 

 lo state mv practice h. li.e.ln,.' or appUmi' i . 

 is -iven, eVery spring, tos.,.-l. h.>e.l .-...ps a.< wil 

 do well upon .-oarse foo.l, (my vegetal, e hogs and 

 coats.) These .are c,.rn,p.>lal.ies, riiia l.a-a,..eans, 

 „„,1 cahba.M.s. Thes.. c.nsnme the '•""■>'••; l;"';- 

 licles ofth.. manure, which wo.d.l hav.- h.'.-n lost 

 dmin.' tl,.'. summer in the yani: while the ph.ii;;!., 

 l,arr..vv, ami hoe era.licaie the weeds wl.i.-h 

 sp.in ' IV...., th.. see.ls it s.alt.is. 1 he hner parts 



oVtl.; ,laiv pivs..rv.-.rin the sod to tmnrish 



,|.e H.nall L'lains winch lollovv. 1 he .l.ing is 



M„-a 1 the land as .-v.nly as pos..|hh-, ..n.l 



i „,„..,liHt.lv Iiiri.ed '.mler with the pl..,.:ih. 



1, islherel,; hetl.r.list,il.nte.ir.,r.l.e.i.-xtc,..p 



„.„ll,..,-o,.i;-s intimM.'lv miv.al ami i.,.;"rpoi-ale.l 



with thes.,il hv snhse.pieiii tillage. 1 1, ns, upon 



the .ta.a W... 1. 1 i>v\ warranted in assiinm.g, n 



larmer who ke.-ps twenty hor.s.'S an.l neat calile 



will .ihtam r,-o.„ his yar.ls nn.l stahles every 



spriii", two Imn.ln.l h.ads ol' mannr.', he.sii es 



what is tna.le in summer, and the prodnct ol his 



hoiistv. With this he may mainn-e aiimially ten 



or twidve aces of coiai, potatoes, &o,.iin.I ma- 



nineil well. An.l if a piopcr roiati.m of crops 



i, adopte.l, he will he able lo keep in :;oa.l htart, 



„„d pr..gie.>ively to i...|.r..v.-, sixty acres ol tillage 



),„„l sotl.at .■ach (i.d.l shall h.; manured once 



cv.'iy fonr or liv,' years,..,, the return ol the corn 



and potato cr.ip. 



fcixtensive Peach Orchard. 



'• The l.uK^ls r.i.l. .hat ..rl,U|>nh.s h"- vai'h" 

 The most .s.iperh peach ,ncha,;.l pr..!Ml.ly i.i 

 ,,„ connirv. if m.t it. the vw.,_l.l, is d.al h.lon.- 



i L ,o M,s;,>. Isaac Kare IJ.ioh Ralgeway ol 



Pidla.lclphia. Itsh.c.ti.m is aOon t..rty-flve mtles 

 Ud.,w that city, o,, the river a, Deh.wa,. city 

 an.l contains npwards of two hundred a.ies 

 I'e Near leait, were gathere.l lr.>m tins orchaid 

 f,V/,/cfn thou.^and bMhels of nudtire fnut, ■nu\ Net 

 „nlv ahonl one humlre.d and sevnU,/ acres w.-re iti 

 hearing, ami twenty live acres of these hail not 

 then reached maturity. 



err' English Mutton has been sold in Qnincy 

 M;utet, hrooght hv the English steamers, at (ion. 

 ^l' , lo ^tc.^,;/?!-^ cen,s per po.ii.d. C^--'-- 

 Anier,..aii larmers take the iint? T''^?. ■" 

 ,,oo.l reason whx A.oeiican M.moi; ^l'-"'!'! ''- •"- 

 ferior t., that of the -..other land. Our sheep 

 „«7heas^'oo,l-om- f.cililies for pasturage are 

 S -and we n.e.f o-ily care and miormatton tt, 

 , ,e iKisiness of r-aring and fatlenmg, to enable 

 topnalnee an article in e^'eiy ;vay /q.""^ "f 

 ot su'peri..,-, to that of England. O'lr ru, , o 

 cheese, a.i.l many other farm prodncts ot oin 

 con.i.r ., co.npete s„cce...tnlly wtth the bes of 

 theirs ; an.l why may not our Mutton. Let la, in- 

 ers try ami see what they can do. 



(r?= We notice in one of the English agricul- 

 tnial pa|.ers that a gardner of that country has 

 e.enlly'.liscovere,l, by acci.len. a "«^v ine hod 

 of destroying caterpilleis, which is eftect-ial.- 

 On lookini: over his grounds, one morning, he 

 no ic^.l a piece of woolen .-ag, a.ihenng to sonte 

 I t nshes, ami on removing it, found ,t to he tu 1 ot 

 these nonl>le.s.m.e vermin. He .mine.imtely 

 nbced pieces of the same .-.iihstance in his cni- 

 Haml other hushes, and found, the next inorn- 

 i,,,; that the insects bal taken to ihetn, miivei- 

 sally, i;.r shelter. On re.noving them the vermin 

 V e,^ easily .hs-royed. This hint is worthy the 

 .erions att-emion of iVuit raisers, as .1 supplies a 

 verv ..asN a...l etfc'lnal remedy agatnsl om ofth. 

 ,„o"st fatil evils with winch they are ca.led t.. 

 contend. 



A man in N..rtl.boro' inlorms the e.lilor o the 

 I'lnn^'hman that his hov's have Ireqoenily been 

 .ick. lie men-ions the .-ase of a sow that was 

 i.nwell, s,nne .d' her progeny died, and in conse- 

 ,,„ence he thinks, of the ba.l .l-al.tV .>! tl-Mi-.-th- 



J,.'.. ,nilk. Some ..fthe pigs also danl, -""'J '"f. 

 lo which the disease .li.l no. r.;^-i ' '"■;;">,',' ':;'l 

 down their hea.ls and staggered abo,... He says 

 .be sow had been confined in a close pen, and 

 |,,„l no liberty during the season ol partoriti..m, 

 havimi- been denie.l access to .lirt and loam. As 

 a i-eme.lv, he administered cnARCOVL, an.l .1 a 

 :e,-v sliort\iine, lo.ind, ,n,,ch ... his sm-prise a^^^^^ 



.Ma.,fi.-ation, (hat tin- " p'^","''''-'^ 1 ,helV,e 



finally go. welkan.l he wisely a..r,lni tes .1 e.r ,e- 

 CO veiy n, the amelh.raln.g effect o the chaix-oal 

 ^?. lie na,.he,'.s milk. We wo.d.l say .o ..ur 

 f, e, Is ,ha, l....hii.g IS -noie .leci.le. ly latal tosows 

 nr,,.- the criti.-al feriod of gesta.i.m than rigi. 

 ..o, fi,7en,eM.. If the weather is netther too ho 

 ,„„, ,„„ eohl-for a.,.,..spheric temperature ts b.y 

 „„ ,„ean.s t.. be .lisreua.-.le.l tn this n,alter-we 



lo.'ld advise that the ani I he s.ilU-.e.l to roa-n 



„, large. If a pie.'- "'■ l-as""- ^;""' :••"' ''^^ '.' " 



,a Jahoim.ling i. b-akes, Ih.-lles, len.s, .V 



lelherhaNethe iV.e.l of M. Eia'ct a ties, in 



..„„e c.nv.micit coro.-r or onl-..t-ll..-way place, 

 „ndth.,.,elee,ll,.r--ifs,e,v.,,iir..s,l,o,th.-sea- 



s ■.•n,h-isit n.c,..s,ary, w „i. ...... I .• w h. I. ■ 



s.nne ali.i.ent ; hut b> all .m.a.is i;,ve her ih. 

 ,„ivile.'.. of a /;•«■ m»,rf, ami bberty ot c U 



:.;,dg.,in...si-pl— , >">'--'>->7 "l^ 

 sec.iretheheal.h..f -he d amU. g'>-»i !'»<-' 



of vigorous and lively pi-J''. 



Tmpohtant -See that vour barn.snre nv.-H ven- 



,ih.d while V • Lay IS t-v. The. -.;- 



destriil-i.m of-b,.ihlii..s..ftl,is ''-^''1";'' '' , 

 electrical contact, is, m mne .Nises out of te.i, I 

 n.s,ilt of candessness in the non-observa.ice ot 

 this important duty. 



|l.'r.).ii tlm (.''i..ipl'l<' I'^inner. 

 Uisrascs of C.ittle. 

 Cattle are apt to be hooen or swollen it) con.«e- 

 qitenceof haNin-'.aien too mucli gi'.-en sno'^"- 



''' Thc':«d volume -.f Young's Antiuls of Agri- 



culture prescribes the C.lh.wiu!: recipe for hoveii 

 .•al.le, which it .states will effect a .mr.^ in the 

 most ,le:<p-,ate cas.^s in half a- hoi,,-. T.Aii- thn-J 

 qnarlers of a pint of ..live oil, one pint ol melle.l 

 nmter or ho.'s laid; '.'ive this n.ixtme by means 



ol a h.ir ■ bollle, a,.d if i. .loes not pr...lm:e, a 



fav..rable cban^-e in a q '.er of an hour, rep.-at 



the same q.taii-U V, ami walk the animaU.enty 

 ab..iit. F..r sh.'.p attacke.l witli this ...alailv the 

 ,l.:.se i* Irmn a wine-glass an.l a half to. «o wtiie 



^'TTlbllowin- reme.lv for this complaint lias 

 aLso been ,ecou,men.le<i. Make alm.-t a pmt ot 

 lye. either with hot embers thrown into a sutti- 

 Jient quantity of water, or by dissolving therein 

 about an ounce of pot or pearl-ash, -ni.l turn it 

 down tin: lln-oat of the ox or cow affec.e.l. .^ 

 ,„.„,„„.,i....ablv h-ss .pian.ity will answer lor a 

 sheep This IS sai.l n. give im.nedi.ite r.d.et, by 

 neutralizing the carbonic aci.l uas in the .s.o.i.a.d. 

 of the animal, which c.nses the swellniL' and oth- 

 er sympl.m.s ..f ihe .-o.nplaint .o snbsi.le 



Hoofivl or Hoof DSslemper. A writer or the 

 Massachnsells .i^rk-ullnral Heposdor;,, v..l. iv- p. 

 339, uives some account ..t tins disonler, tioii. 

 whi'.-h we extract the f..llowiM- : 



" Symvloms. When an annmd is at all ^■^"^^^^ 

 foot should be carefully ti-lt. The firs, indi.-at.o. 

 isu..iually an nn,-o„„no„ degree of warmth, am a 

 soft an.rpnfJe.l feel of the parts ■""""■;."''!'^,'>;''"' 

 nec.cd with the sli, between the l7;"-.'^" "^ ''?' 

 fo,e or bi'lnnd li.e lo..i, ami generally jnst ahoyc 

 •„. If in ,he hind f....i, and not easil.v handled a 

 tblnoss may uein'rally be perceive.l, by stand g 



behind the an d. an.l ca.eliilly compaimg . m 



appetnance ..! the ."o feet between the dew- 

 cla\vs and the h....(s, (li.r it vry rarely com- 

 mences i.s attack on .no,-e than one loot.) In the 

 fore h,o, it .eneiatly swells torwata ; and in tak- 



in tlielo..! the slit between the leads will 



generalU have the appearance of drym «, east y 

 di.s.inunisiial.le to a person nse.l ... .-aitle • . n.l 

 the animal fi.ap.ently licks the Iron. I'-'' "* "•- 

 foot. Instances ireqn.M.tly occur ot sn.lden aiei 

 extreme lameness, without any ap.p.'araiice ot 

 heat or sweliinu m the fo...; au.l ihese ;"•';," 'Y' 

 Ihe W01-. cases; hii. one sy,ni.loin rarely tads to 

 a,.con,panv tl... di-.'ase, w bid, is exlre.ne resl- 



lessn.-ss and appeara.i d' anguish, alten.le.l 



Nviih loss of appeiii.. an.l fli'sh, but without in the 

 least airecling .b.- briuhtness of .he .'ye, and, per- 

 haps so.netimes nnnat.nally in.-vensmg .1 ; but 

 the eve has a pec.iliar .-ast. As a general rule tl 

 issalhst to attribute all lameness ol the lo..l which 

 cannot be trace.l lo a sntficient c-.nse ...the hool- 

 .,il I.am.'l.ess of the lix.t can gei.erall.N be .lis- 

 lin.'uished fro... that of the le;:, hilS or sl.o.ild..r, 

 hy'naking the animal step over a stick ..nail, 

 aild carefully watching its motions. 



^■Remedies. The f..ot sh-.tild be oarelnlly 

 washed an.l .leanse.l an.l thoroughly examine.l. 



to be sure that .he 1 eiiess does n... aris.; from 



a nail casually rim into .he tVioI, or a prick m 

 shoeiii", liom" a vvonii.l from a stump or oilie.- 

 snb-lam-e between the hoofs, (a case In-qiienlly 

 occiiniuL'.) If 1.0 appearance occurs ot any 

 laeak in Ihe skin, while the foot is stdl wet apply 

 •,s near as .nav Ih^ to the .•ei.I.e ot .he sltt be- 

 Hveen th« l,o.."t:s f.vm one to tlnee giailis ot .■...- 

 ,-os,ve slihli.nat..,(re.!nce,l lo a fine p.,w.ler.) the 

 dose t.. be p,-..p..,'li.>iie.l to the size of the animal 

 ;„,d .he viol..,..-e of the attack. Car., mnst be 

 use.l tha. thepow.ler is pul ..ompl.'ley n. this 

 slii, h.r it is a y.,y .M.-..,,..- po,.<on,,.m the an.o.al_ 

 as so.,n as a. lib..rt\ will begin to lick the loot .1 

 „s,neo.ie. Tl,.' moi-Uire left by the washing; 

 ,„„kes the pow.|..r a.lber.., an.l the cH ct is p.;..- 

 dn.-,..l in a V'^'V -.^hort ti i*- I'-'hr mix- 

 in,, tl,.. po'^ il.-t" will, hog's lar.l, w hich answe.s ; l 

 b.r. is.hon.J.t l.ss p..werl.ll: it has ..„e .,.|yan- 

 tage, l...w,.N,..-, as b.ing less ,lans.'e....ns I., k.ep ni 

 a h.;..s..,(f..r,n..n,e takes salve n.wa,.llN.) W he.-.; 



c..iT..s)v.. snblimal.. r: ot !..• ..btai I. an.\ oliu-r 



violent s.ii.a.lant may !..■ a,,plie.l. C...„n..m salt 

 is ..lieu ifl^.-lnal in very slight attacks; hn. it is 

 of the .'r..ales. in.porianc.. lo lose no tune. ! be 

 ,,o,,|„.aiiou is to be i.-peated every twenty four 

 ,,oinstillacnreisetf..cl.-.l,..rtilllh.-lo'.>t--*l.ows 

 „n..q..iv....al .signs of a gail.crnig which will 



'"'7lV 0/- rtc Crf. Mr. Lawrence, an Endish 

 wril. .-. si.v.s. h. loss of c.i.l, " Le. the an.ina las 



some..,..;...! ^iv a "a"- "'ran or pollar.l 



„msh, with ro...l ha.N an.l warn, waiei- with .-alt. 

 This tiea.nient alom y succee.l with patience, 



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