^l)c im-mcv'p iiUnitljlij bi?itov. 



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eilliHi- ill lioxtsor l),i.->Ui!ts, not loi> d. -01111111 i-.oiniiy, 

 gome silii^iltil liigli, t'Oiiie loiv, iiihI iis iiii|t-|M'ii'il- 

 eiil of eiicli olIiiT as possilili; ; ci.cli sii|i|ilieil uiili 

 sweet, slioii, ;iii(l :^ofi sliaw, anil a suiall iie.sl-r'<;<r 

 or two III' i-liiiUi, thiv sizH of a |ii;.'eoii's ej^^. It 

 till! IH--HS be loo ilee|i, lliny liii-ak tli" t'-ri^^ i" 

 jiiii|Mii^ ill aiifl out, ami iltin' iiit.sis •••ri' not louiny, 

 wiiliii;; lii'iisliave no room in nirtMM>ilv» iiini. roii- 

 !iMi|iii"iill\ l.iv^.U v;;ii< liy noi Inio^ i|lik: Jo ;;.'i 10 

 tlit-ni sii'l'ilu 'I'liix llii n (Ml iin; liro^-ii t>';f, 

 iM nil i;in's rjii-ni lln; lialiil ol' iloin:i so ai oilirr. 

 tiinrs. Tlii^y. .slioold roost wiirm at iu;ilil, ll>e 

 perclit's liiyli rroinlliH :;ionn<l iiikI ot'easy iici-ess, 

 hv niHaiis of lowi-r one* or lailrlm's. I tie inon." 

 li;;lilsoni.' tlie lioiisi', lli« lietli-r for |j|-oniotiii!i liry 

 uir and lV«« .ciiciiliilion ; liesiili^, lo«l.s cannot 

 see 111 ail, lii'lnj; quiii! stii|)il)fd and licl|)leK.s in 

 ibe darl\, ronjii)n<'nlly llie CeallKM- li iliB iiKv,i>s 

 lelice to roost lieloro ll.i; son i,'oes down. Sliiit- 

 ter.s to tin; ;;lazed windows are uiinei'essaiy, ex- 

 ce|i( lor lietter secnriiy, or to prevent lowls le.iv- 

 iiifl l.lieir roosrs ti>a eiu ly in tlie inoniiu^, in dis- 

 tiirl) licklisli iifii^'lfbors, oilierwise tlie^j nonie onl 

 almost as soon as ilay-liuht In^L-iiis to a|)|iear. — 

 Tlie feeding [ilaees, il' niiiler cover, so niiicli the 

 lielier, as a |irecaiilion (or wet v. eallier, and as 

 (iir as possilile removed Iroin tin; nests, lliat tlie 

 Ik'Iis wliicli liappen to lie layinj" at the time, or 

 wliieli may lie sillinjf, may not lie tUsliirlied and 

 einiced oil' llieir nest and e;.'irs at improper liinec. 

 BhIii!; evidenily natives of' a warm cDnnlry, lliey 

 are scarcely yet iierlecily aecliiiialed 10 our vari- 

 able and colder reirinns; altlioiijli sa wiilely dit- 

 fjised.li-om lime iiiKtiemorial. over tlievviiole face 

 of tl:e uloli:;, tliey. have retailied a peculiar siis- 

 ceptiliiliiy of damp and cliillnes,s, most of tiieir. 

 iliscases arjsiiij; from rlieiim, or catarrh— calcli- 

 in;> colds. 'J'lie Inn^'slnr lowls ure particularly 

 • lender;' the finer llie species, the less is il hardy. 



Cleanliness. — Fowls lieiiig cleanly by nature, 

 llnive wlien reunLuly allendeil, but de^encrale 

 and sicken if neuilecleil. In an arliliciai stale of 

 e.\i.-lcnce, liiey retpiiie to be supplied by art with 

 wbal In iiainre lliiry would tibi.iiufor lliem.se'lves. 

 For Ibis purpose they sbonid have a re<;nlar sup- 

 ply, in so.nie convenient part of tjie shed, of sift- 

 ed einilers daily to loll in and cleaikse Ibem.selves, 

 and wbic.ji sbonid be often changed. This pre- 

 caniion will keep ibeui entiiejy free trom vermili 

 of any de.-H'ription. ■ 



Grkkn Fuon. — This hein<i riinle as neces.'^ary- 

 for. health as corn, to supply this requirement of 

 iiainre, lliey shoidd have daily a •jooil supply of 

 sweet and lii'sJi sn>eu vej;iHables. Cabb,'i:>e .iiid 

 lettuce are the l>esl — Inrm^i-tops and watcr-ciess- 

 cs — but ou^ no account any sonr plants, which 

 scour them as do .spiiina.'h, the ciitlin'.'s from 

 fiiiiss plals, and most sons of garden seeds, n.s 

 their iiistinri does <iot i^er^i^ iheiii to (^liouse the 

 wholesome iVom the noxious vveed.^, more than 

 il di>es animals that happen to siray into a clover 

 tield, or ha^ipen to receive too lurfje a ipiantily 

 in:o their slables. I have known lliem to bnrsl. 

 Green fonil with fowls, is an astrin^eiil, the very 

 .reverse of wbal. vpfjelables are w-illi us. This liicl 

 will not appear so surprising, when il is recol- 

 lecied that one takes them raw, unit the oilier 

 cookeil. 



A pleiuiful supply of clean water, in ilaily well- 

 cleansed ve.ssi l.s, and whohisome food are neces- 

 sary. Frerpient clianges and mi,\tures of corn 

 iinprnve the aipeiite. IJirley is decidedly Iheir 

 staph: I. mil ill this country ; Indi.in corn, orsoine- 

 rim-.s rice, iiiixiMl, lor a change. Oals occasion- 

 ally, but in loo l:u;;e (jualilily are apt 10 >coiir.— 

 <Jc.-asioiinlly buckwheat and hein|) seed, as a 

 sli iiol. ml, mixed with llie barley b'l a chaiigje, are 

 very lieweficial. particularly whil.^i iiioiiiiihg. Oie- 

 nieal may beoo'nposed of boihd m sieameil po- 

 tatoes, well inaslied 1141 whilst hot, Willi a poriion 

 of barleyineal oroatmeal for a change, but which 

 mn>l be allowed toiemaiii till cold. Bonks copy- 

 ing' i-rrois I'riiin one anolber, make a greal mis- 

 take ill a(lvi>iiiir (iiod to be sjiveii hot. Ii is nn- 

 naliiral— iIm^v have no good cooks amougst them 

 in their own .-l.ile; and it is ilecidediv injurious 

 to their digestive organs, exireiii ivlien f.itieniii;.', 

 when they are dooineil .-oon to be killed for the 

 tab!.'. Feed twice a d.iy at least, or ibiec linns 

 if not loo fattening; moriiin^' early, before Ibe 

 usual bonr for layiiii'-, if possible ; at noon, the 

 iniontiile meal m.iy be the potatoes, as above di- 

 rected, and belbre sunset — not later than four 

 o'clock — that they may go to roost by daylight, or 

 Ibey will go wilbont their food. Kegularily great- 



Iv tends 10 health, and disturbance of any sort is 

 v'eiy bnrlfnl. Kii-e occasionally boil««lin a (doth, 

 greailv increases iis bulk, and ibey are very foiiil 

 of il. Iteanmnr says. Ibiit great ecoiioiny is de- 

 rived from slei pliii; or boiling the barley, to in- 

 i:iea,s.e its hulk, when they will be satisfied with 

 O'le-lhiid less qianlily. But I caiinoi speak of 

 Ibis lio.n in.v o.Mi exp'rience, nor can I .say that 

 beiieli.M.il .-ft'-cis are produced by givm_' Ihem 

 inncli H -b, r.iw or boiled. Ibil fal, as advis.il 

 in book?^, .produces seiiij. ings ; spiced or sail 

 meats, and kiicben sliitl's, are ceriainly penurious 

 to their stomachs. In faiteiiiiii.' liir the table, w ben 

 Ibey are not requireil to live Jong, or show fine 

 te.iiber. Ibis may not be of any coiisenuence. — 

 Will some of your practical correspondents en- 

 lighten ns y Tbey.rei|niiv in pens, or small yards 

 ill i.invns, to be well supplied with grit, sand, and 

 ,sinall gravel ; sl.iked lime, and old mortar pomnl- 

 ed, is Vi:;ry beneficial, and serviceable in assisting 

 to make the pen or yard dry. I will add to the 

 above, ili.it there is no economy in keeping' poul- 

 try in towns, 111 small (piautilies. which isi always 

 exceedingly expensive, if well li)i\ and taken care 

 of; which, however, is conipetisaftld for, to those 

 who wish to make ceriain that tbe eggs arc ipiite 

 li-esli and iicvly laid. All calciilatious-of expense 

 must be erroneous, ibere being so many contin- 

 gent expenses. A.s a source of trade, much de- 

 pends iipni\. rearing the best breeds, to be early 

 111 the se.i-on, laying in a stock and store at pro- 

 per times, having a ready sale- for produce, and 

 to •' buy cheap, and sell dear." 



For the F.irnier':j .Monllily Visitor. 

 More than 121 S Bushels of tarrots to the Acre I 



Ala. Editor : — When you was at onreslablish- 

 nicnl, a few days ago, to look at the sw ine that 

 obl.'iiH-'d two prenniinis at the late F.iir in Bos- 

 caweii. yon meiitloneil several instances of large 

 crops oi' carrots raised the present .season, and 

 you spoke ofonrsas looking well. This induces 

 me to send yoii this statemenl of our success^ 



We had jnst a qn.nior of an acre sowed, on n 

 piece of groiuiil, a part of which twoyears ago 

 last spring was covered with laurel and white 

 TiiriMies. The soil is a light loam on a sandy siib- 

 slralum. Il was plougbe^l deep and highly ma- 

 nnreil anil dressed over with leached ashes. The 

 .seeds were sown in drills one liiot apart, with a 

 seed sower cojistrucled by one of our [lalientsf 

 and, when lbi> weeds were hoed out. it was de- 

 siuHfd to leave the carrots standing about four 

 inches apart in ilie drill.-. 



Tbe carrots gaibcred from this qnurter of an 

 acre measured 1104.^ biisliel.s. besides what had 

 been gathered previously for (;ooking. Most of 

 the carrots were Ion-;, smooth and large'. 'J'lie 

 heaviest weighed 3', lbs. This is at the rate 

 of twelve bniidred eii;!ileen and a li.df bushels 

 to tbe acre. 



WliMlcro|( is there more profitable ? The six 

 or eight palienis who assisted tbe farmer in ilig- 

 -iugthem, were highly deli:;liiei) wiili such a 

 large relnrn for their summer's labor. 

 Very respecilmlv, 



«F,0. CHANDLF.R. 



N. H. Asvlnm for the Insane, ) 

 Concoid, Nov. 7lli, 1845^ ^ 



monlh.s. They are considered by till lovers of ; 

 good eating a great luxury whether fresh or salt- j 

 ed. I am often presented with them by my frienils 

 al ibe Xorth, biil never have received one weigh- 1 

 ing more ilinii lilleen and sixteen pounds. I be- i 

 lieve lliey are unknown in F.iiiope, .\sia and Af- ' 

 ric.'i,iiiid are oiiIn liiiiud in om- mhIiIc chain ofhikes 

 ' Hloosecioiuiaiiantee to iMicbin.ui, Superior anil I 

 Wiiiiiepeck: bow much liuilier to the iiOrlb 1« 

 know not." - I 



T»E ?.i.isciiLUNJi. — A valued correspondent 

 of the Visitor fin- iioilli in the United Slates, who 

 ill his time has been an angler umoug the eiiemics 

 of bis coniilvv as' well as on the clear and iiide- 

 pi'iiHent waters of the NoVlb, writes us in.rela- 

 jiion to.ibe splendid lisli recently sent Iroin L.ike 

 Meinpbreniii'io:;, w-eighin« niiieleen and a half 

 pounds, and c.-ilh-il Mnsog Lunge, as follows: — 



"There is a fish similar to the one vou have 

 <!escribed, Nvbi.-b is never fiuiul in r.ipid water, 

 bin always iiihabils lakes : they abound in the 

 three lakes formiui; the head waters of Coiinec- 

 ticMt river. In Alemphremagog, rbainplain, .-mil 

 many o-f »nr lakes at the west, they are finind 

 from twototwentv-live poniidsin weight. Their 

 proper name is Mascnlniiii, which is probably a 

 corruption id' the l<iilian name by the lirst set- 

 tlers in Canada. Tbey ace never taken in salt 

 water: tbev are remarkable for llieir peculiar del- 

 icacy and tine Havoron the table.- Tbey lake the 

 book at ceriain se;isoiis of' the year, bin are more 

 readily taken wiih lire seine. I nsnally purchase 

 tiom fifty to sixty pounds liir the use of my small 

 lamilv. We use what we wish during the cold 

 season, and salt ibe remainder for the warm 



From the Geirfi'see Fiiriner. 

 Rapid Progress of .4mericaii Horticulfnre. 



The Report of the Sei'enleinlk ,'lnttual Kxliihi- 

 tion of the Massaclnis.tvs Ifoi licultural Society, 

 which we liiid occupying nearly thirty pages of 

 llovey's .Magazine, shows ibenKirchof lloiiicul- 

 turc in this country. Tln^ display of Fruits semns 

 to have been unusually rich. Upwards of $60 

 vva« aw.'iriled in premiums (or Jlornl (iesig-u.9 alone. 

 The " Festival " was grand. A large number of 

 the most (listingnisbeii men of the day were pres- 

 ent. The occasion w.is enlivened with Oratory, 

 Song uiid Sentiment, such as it does one's heart 

 good to read even, here in a lonely room, and at 

 ibis distance of time and [ilace. 



During the evening, tbe I'resident of the So- 

 ciety received u letter from S.iinuel Appletoii, 

 Esq., of vvhicb the tbllowing is an extracl: 



'• It would aft'ord nie gre.it pleasure to meet 

 with a Society that bas.done so much, within a 

 few yehrs, lor the improvement of Horticulture 

 within the vicinity of Bostoti — .Vgricullnre, the 

 most useful, and Horticulture, the most pleasing, 

 of all Arts, have fully kepi pace with the rapid 

 progress of the age, in olbcr departments of ac- 

 tivity, for which the comuiunily are largely in- 

 debted to the Massaclitisetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



"With the view of giving further aid to the 

 Society, in their very laiidnble eXerlipns, I send 

 you one thousand dollars, to be invested as a 

 permanent fund, the interest accruing therefrom, 

 to bo appropriated, annually, in premiums, for 

 improvements in the arts to which the Society 

 are devoted, in such manner as it shall direct, 

 for protlneing trees good for fond, and flowers 

 pleasant to the sight." 



There is a noble example tor all men of wealth. 

 A society with such patrons must succeed. 



We look upon the bi,story of tliis noble insti- 

 tiilion as embodying, to a ereat extent, the history 

 of '•American Hollicnlture " — and we should 

 teel as great an interest 111 its permanency and 

 success as though we were citizens of iMassa- 

 chnselts. Its influence has been, and will con- 

 tinue to be fell, advantageously, from one extrem- 

 ity of our country to the other. 



"Tl>e tbllowing scrap, fror.i the Address of the 

 President, [Marshall P. Wililer, Esq., a native of 

 New Hampshire,] affords iiiiicii salistaclion and 

 enconragement, and woiihl be almost startling, 

 were it not for the extraoidinary progress we 

 make to every department of industrial science : 



" Sixteen years ago this day, its first exhibition 

 was held in the Exchange CoHee House in this 

 city, and as an illustration of the great success 

 anil prosperity that has attended the eftbrts of 

 its member.s, I quote from the published Report 

 of the Society. 



" Tbe nnmber of contributors on^thut occasion 

 was thirlv-lwo. 



"The baskets and dishes of Fruits less than 

 one hnndred, ami the amount of premiums of- 

 fereil less than §200. 



" During the present anniversary, there have 

 been placed on our tables more than fourteen 

 hundred dishes of Frnils, and tbe premimiis of- 

 fered by ihe So(-iety this year exceed $i:JOO. 



"And as u further illustration. 1 notice by this 

 Report, that tbe contribution of Robert iManniiig, 

 ihe great P.imologist of America, consisted of 

 lint one basket of peaches, while al the present 

 exhibition, tbe liimily of that lamented man have 

 sent ns 240 varieiies'of the pear. And in a note 

 that 1 received from" him but a short time pre- 

 vious to his decease, be slated that be had gath- 

 ered into his own collection, from a point of 

 lime but a few years anteceileht to the fiirmalion 

 of this institution, nearly 2,000 varieties of fruits. 



"Similar advances have been made by other 

 members, and those whose names were not then 

 borne on its roll, and some who had not even 

 commenced the good work, are now among its 

 large.st contribulois, presenting forty, fifty, and a 



