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u ^etdii if;(viiis Ills |)Mpil wliiie. Tin' oiliti- li:'- 

 coiiii! ijin.uiii'd, covoit'i! vv'uli a hliiisli liliii, nllil ii 

 lliicli wli'iK; (ijiol ii.'iil risen over iio;irly liiilt' tlii! 

 ilii' rye. ulifii, ill llii" .SM^'go.-'ti'in of jiti oxpi'ii- 

 I'Mccd .-iiilj|c'-l(i''|it'r. wc !)!«(! her in llif tio.-c liy 

 tlirii.slMrf.' :i iiciiKiiifi! Iiilo llic t^of't f1i>li jii.-l iiljovc 

 iliO Mdslill TliP rosiill \v;is imiiK.'dinli' i-ciliii'liMii 

 d!' llii; iiitlaiiiriiiillnii, .-inil I'csloriitioii dl" .■=i;;lil 

 .•liter ;i .sc'coiiri incision. The same f;ctilkMn:iii 

 lias rccnvi'i'i'd tlx; oycs uf [wo liorr^cs in (iic .same 

 way, vvliicli seunic'd ('niiri'ly I'linc— oru! of llii'in 

 liavin;,' aclnally .siiiil; in tli« head. \\'(; cnnsidor 

 llrr ii'iiirily an I'M'i.'llcnt <ini', and llic mallrr ol 

 .siillliiiMK innit'.st In yivo publicity. Tlio Unil'i; 

 sliniiltl lie cmployii'd I'very luo or llirco days 

 niitil a rnri! is cffeciod, wliicli will ainin...! i:.'T- 

 laiiily lal<i: |ila(.'C'. At loa.st we liave full r.inli- 

 diMici; in llie remedy. Many very viilualjlu linrsBS 

 may lie saved in tliis .siMi|il.i way iVom liecDininj; 

 einirely lilind, — Rich. IStar, 



^- 'I'll', lullnwinc bpniitifiil .linrs aH^^rcf:^•(^d li> llr- llivor 

 uail.ilniiivcr, rol'..r tii llii. |>i riral wlirn llie Mnciri-li invii.liTs 

 IV rrr iiMstyrs of Sp.iin. 'I'ran ilator unkiiuwii, \, 



To the Gurtdalquiver. 



ci;-iil!:; river, fjentlv riv._r, 



Lol lliy i^lreanis arc stuincd with cnrv ; 

 Many a Iiravt. ami nnltl'. captain 



Fluals along thy willovvod sliorc. 



All tii'sidc thy linip'jil waters, 



AU bcsidt. thy sands so brij.'ht, 

 Mnurish chiefs and Christian warriucii 



Juined in fierce aiuUinortal fight, 



Jjurds and Dukes !Lm} noble Frinee.T 



On thy fatal banl\s were slain ; 

 Fatal baiil;s that Jiave to slaimliler. 



All the piidt: lind ilower of .Spain. 



^ There, the hero, brave Abin/.o, 



Full of* wound'; and plurv died : 

 Theie, Ih'. fearleus iTdales 

 Fell a victim by bis side. 



Lo I u'ltert yonder Don Savadra 

 Thrnii.jb the sqtip.drons sl.nv retires , 



IVolld Sevilb- his native city, — 

 Proud Seville his worth adnlirrE. 



(■lose behind a renecado 



Loiiflly shoiils v^•illl taiiiitiii!! en ,— 



'• Yield thee, 5 icld thee, IJoii Savadra : 

 Dost thou from ths battle lly .'" 



"Well I iiiiow tliee l:au?ility christian : 

 I.on5 I've lived bencalh thy roof— 



IHt I've ill the lisLs of glory, 

 .■■ecii Ih.-e will th.' prize of proof. 



" Well I know thy aged parents. 



Well thy lilooniinB bride r know- 

 Seven > ears r was thy captive, 



Seven years of pain and woe. 



*' May onr [inipliel ;;rTint my wishes — 

 llair..bly chief, thnii shall b-' mine: 



Tboii sh lit drink Ih.. eiip of sorrow. 

 Which I ilraiik when I was Ihiin ," 



J. ike a I. ion, turned the v.:.arrior j 



Hack he sent an aiisry glare : 

 Whiazinu' eanu- tlie Moorish ja\eliii, 



Vainly whiz:'.iii;: llirougii tlie air. 



Back the llcro full of fury 



iSeni a deep and ni'.rl.'.l wound— 

 Instant sunk Ih • reii'-^ado 



Jiule and lifeless to tin; ground. 



With a thousand .Moors siirronniLd, 



iimve .'^avadra stands at.bav :— 

 V,"e;iried out. but ncv.^^r daunted 



Cold at leiijth, the w.irlior laj . 



Kuar liiin fijliting, irrcat Alonzo 



Stout resists lli. paynini binds : 

 From his slaiiglitered steed dismounted, 



Finn emronched behind him stands. 



Furious pr.-'.is- the hostile squadrons : 



Fiirir.iis, lii. repels their rage ; 

 Loss of Idood at length enfeebles— 



Who ran war v.ith thousands wage .' 



Where yon r.e-k 111 ■ plain o'crshadows. 



Close beneath its foot retired. 

 Fainting sunk the bleeding hero, 



.\nd without n groan e.\pired. 



Bo\'s 1'louuiiiiNg ."Match.— At llio Newcastle 

 Ciiuniy (Dehnv.ire) .'..::rienltiiial exhiliilion, last 

 nionlli, lliere was a .spiriied plon;^liin;; maleli for 

 iiiiys niider si.Mcen years (iC aye. It is tlins de- 

 Kcrilied ! Now liilj-jwed the seeo.'id iiialrh, Iniin^' 

 p.ntries for hoys miiler si.iiteen years ofage ; (M^'jil 

 of whom entered. Their perluiinance was in- 

 deed snrprisiiiL'. The lirst premium wiis won 

 hy a lad iiy ihe niimo of Janvier; the son, as 1 

 imderslood, of .-i poor widow woman; and when 

 iisked whether he wonhl have a piece of plate or 

 its Vitlne in money, replied he would take the 

 money ; " lie wanted it lor his mother." The 

 second was won liy master Geor^rg Jaekson, a 

 hoy ten years old, (a son of ftlr. IJryan .l.aeUsoii, 

 a large farmer,) and ihonislit siii.ill of his afie. 

 The cleiiiing up furrow of this lad exceeded any 

 effort I ever saw of the kind hy a hoy. In ad- 

 dition to the second premium, Mr. Podder pre- 



senled lo him, tlioiiirh a niemher of the eom- 

 niitlee, lis coming from the Messrs I'roiily, wliosn 

 plonilh he held, a lieainifnl little watch, witli 

 I'haiii, key, Sc<-., and tin- possession of it seemed 

 m ar.iiily llr' litll'! fellow -tiin-h, nor Wiis it 

 .scarcely li;ss oraiifvin^', .-ipparenlly, lo the numer- 

 ous spectators, who idl voted him Ihe (Jeneral 

 Turn Timmli ol' the ploughing ground. 



M'iiiteriii^ Stock. 



Tlirun^honi a considerahle portion of the 

 conntry, there is a scarcity of materi.ils on which 

 to i'vi'i] slock the coming winter. 'I'he general 

 warmth and moisture of Ihe alniosphere, how- 

 ever, since the occnrreiice of rains in the hegin- 

 iiing of aiitnnin, have ninch promoted lliegiyiwih 

 of grass; ihns liirtnnati'ly affi)rding an opporln- 

 iiily for grazing up to n late [leriod of the season. 

 .And « here (ields of r\o have heen sown for the 

 pinpose of giving l;ite fall tiiid early spring pas- 

 turage, the liivoi'ahleiiess of the seas'-'n has proh- 

 ahly indnced a growth uliicli will fmnish sup- 

 port in a gre.-it degree, lo light cattle and slieep. 

 Ve.arlii.gs, c-ilvcjs, ami sheep, may therefore he 

 grazeil on such field.-, caie heing taken that the 

 hite is not loo shiirt, till snmv covers the ground ; 

 anil the spring growth may be availed of fur the 

 s;une. purpose, to ;t longer or shortei' period, ac- 

 conling to the iiecessnties of the farmer, or the 

 wants of his stock. If, while the slock is feeding 

 on rye, loo lax a slate of the howels occjnrs, as is 

 symetin.i'.i the case, owing to the succulence of 

 the I'VP, llin animais should ho led wilh some 

 dry hay, and a little .salt as a condimenr, which 

 will cheek the lendency to piirgf. 



Will under all circnmslaliees, (.he most econom- 

 ical appropriation of the winters sinck of fodder, 

 liecomes an impoitant desiiJeratum. The great 

 aim should he ihe maiiilainence of ihe slock in 

 proper condition witli the least expense. 'I'he 

 iMatcritils at ihe dispo.sal of ftrmers for this pin- 

 pose, consist usually of hay. straw of various 

 grains, fodder ol' Indian coi n, diltiirenl vegetables 

 in greater or less ipianliiies, wilh occasionally 

 some meal or "mill stuffs." A general saving of 

 till rough fijihler may be made by cutting with a 

 iiiacliine. This saving results in various ways, 

 some of which we will specily. 1. Coarse fod- 

 der, such as rank hay, slitsw, or corn-stalks, are 

 thus wrought into ti more convenient form for 

 masiic.ition, hy wliicli animals are often iiukiced 

 to eat ihat which would otherwise be rejected, 

 or only ii.-irlially consumed. This is |);irlicularly 

 Ihe ease wish clover hay, more or le.«s of wliicli 

 is almost always wasted if lt;d in the long st.ite, 

 bill which when passed' tlirungh a culler, if il has 

 ln;en properly cured, is readily eaien peifeclly 

 clean. The same remark is n|iplicable, hut in a 

 less (legree, lo straw mid corn fodder. '2. Hy 

 ciillin;', fodiler of inlinior ijualily may be e.i.-ily 

 . mi.'^ed in any dewireii propoiiions wiilj thaluliicii 

 is iielter or more p.d.itahh;, and the poorer kind 

 thus he made to conduce to ihe animal's snppcut. 

 Cntling also .affords a convenienl mode of mix- 

 ing meal, shorls, or hrai', wilh fodder, hy which 

 may be guilie.d the double advantage of inducing 

 siock m eat less palatable articles, and of so dif- 

 fusing the meal that ail its nutrimoni is appropri- 

 ated liy the aniin.d. 3. B,;sides the advant.-iges 

 above mentionid, another and not less imporlant 

 benefit is knoun lo he derived by laboring aiii- 

 inal.« in the additional lime it iitfords them for 

 rest — Ihe cnlting performing in a great degree 

 rhs work of chewing and preparation for diges- 

 lion. This benefit is regardecl as so important 

 by those Jiccnstonmed to feeding work iHirsesi 

 and oxen on cul food, thai nothing wonlil induce 

 them to disconlimie the practice. 



There are cases however, in which the advan- 

 tages of cnllinu may not re(iay the expenses. If 

 Ihe I'uod to 'oe used is wholly hay of very tine 

 ipiality, and the stock consuming it is not re- 

 ipiired to hilior, it might be .-jo (hd that no waste 

 would accru!;, or nollnn;( he gained hy cutting. 

 I!nl wherever a mixture of fodder would be ex- 

 peilient, or meal, >.V,c., is lo he used, or working 

 aniiinds ;hr to lie provided fijr, the advanlages 

 of cutting vi ill he found to repay tlie expenses 

 ten fold. 



In times p.isl, the writer has had some exiieri- 

 enco in f'eeiling slock, iind has practiced various 

 mode;; wilh a view to economizing food and cost. 

 During season.s of scarcity of hay, a course like 

 the following vvjis adopted wilh advantage, (iood 

 hay and .straw, (oat and barley straw are prefer- 1 



able, but wheal and rye slravv Were often used,) 

 were cut togellierin erinal part.s. t'ii.-ilf of u heal 

 or o.its was sometimes used instead irf siraw. 

 This fodder was mixed wilh corn mciiT, at the 

 rate of two (piarls of meal lo Ihe hundred of 

 fodder, ['"irsl a layer of six or seven inches of 

 the slraw and hay was thrown into a larger liox, 

 spread over the bolloui, ;ind moistened wirh hot 

 water — then the meal w;is scattered over it, and 

 afterwards well mixed wilh forks. Olher layers 

 were prepared in Ihe same way, initil enough 

 was reiidy for twenty head of caltle for tweiny- 

 fonr liour.s. It was made tin,' object to give each 

 grown animal, (row or ox.) twenty-fi7e pnmnls of 

 cut straw and buy every twenty I'lnir liotn's — that 

 is, each was allowed twelve iind a half pounds 

 of bay, the same qnarility of slraw, and a piin of 

 meal per day. Younger an<^ siinilfer stock was 

 fed ill proporlinn. (.'osvs giving milk, and oxen 

 when working, had the meal increased — giving 

 in smdi instances, two or three ipiarls per day. 

 Sometimes rye meal, shorts, and* occasionally oil- 

 cake were used, either by themselves or in con- 

 nection with the corn-meal ; endeavoring to use 

 about tlie relative ipiantitii's of each which would 

 alford the same amount of nutriment; but as we 

 had no definite standard, wc gave a.s nearly as 

 practicable ec|ii;il Weights. 



Not the least waste allcnded ihis course of 

 feeding, and we found .slock lo do well on it. 

 Though not fat, llicy were in good trim, ami 

 their coats got into fine order early in spring, so 

 that lliey went lo grass in excellent condition. 



In feeding potatoes or other vegetables lo store 

 stoi^k, where the iiuantity does not exceed half is 

 bushel per day lo each grown cow or ox, we 

 have usually given them at one feed in the morn- 

 ing, after the first liidderiiig of hay. 



Col. J.itjues, of ,^fasc^achusetts, wlio is known 

 as an economical feeder of stock, adojits the lid- 

 lowing plan, which we copied sometime since 

 from notes furnishei!' by him: 



'• For ;?0 cows, cut wit'i a machine 30 iiualiefs 

 fur one feed; one-third common or English hay, 

 one-lhird salt hay, and' one-third rye or barley 

 straw; add 30 ipiarts of wheat-bran or shorts, 

 and ten cpiarts of oat and corn meal moistened 

 with water. One bushel of this inixlOrc is given 

 to each cow in the morning, anil the same qii.-iii'- 

 lity at noon and in the evening. In addiiion lo 

 this, a peck of mangel wiirlzel is given lo cacfi 

 cow per day. This mode of feeding has been 

 found to (irodnce nearly as much milk as the 

 best grass (i;<:i\ in si"iimer." 



tjtock must not hi loo iiincli .siinled in their 

 food in the fore part of winter, nor should an 

 attempt be made tn keep them at once on the 

 poorer kinds of fbdiier. In the coldest weather 

 of January and Feb 'uary their apjiclites will bo 

 sharpest, and then tl:u poor fooder will be eaten 

 lo best adv;iiilage. We .said their food shoidd 

 not be stinted in tin: beginning; the re.ison is, 

 Ihat if they are brou; hi low in tieuli in the first 

 of the winter, they cannot stand the iiK-lemeiicy 

 of the we.ither so well, and tliey fitil rapidly 

 towards spring. Hence if any pinching must be 

 done, it h;id better be deferred to the last end of 

 the season of fiiediii^', as relief may then be 

 shortly expected frohi the growth of grass. The 

 greatest regnlaiity should be observed in feed- 

 ing — always giving tire food as near as pniclicii- 

 ble at certain fi.-;ed limes. liut no food should 

 at any time be given lo be left — al! sliould he 

 eaten to the last straw which is eatable. Slill, 

 substances which are really innntricious — such 

 as the l.irge, sour butts of corn-stalks and the 

 woody stem.s of large weeds and coarse herbage 

 — olionid not be given lo slock with llii^ oxpecla- 

 lioii that they will be eaten and benefit be ile- 

 rivtrl from them. 



The importance of shelter to slock must not 

 be overlooked — it liaving been fully demonstrated 

 that warmth is eijiiivalent lo fooil. The heat of 

 the animal system is kepi up in the same niim- 

 ner as flame is supported — ihal i.s, hy an union 

 of carbon .•ind oxygen. 'I'he anim.d derives iis 

 carbon from the food, which, having undergone 

 digestion, is taken up by the blood and llienco 

 conveyed lo the lungs, where by the act of res- 

 piration, it is united with a portion of the oxygen 

 of the atmosphere, tind heat is produced. Ex- 

 posure to a low lemperatin-; dissipates the ani- 

 mal huat, just as In.'al is driven off from any olher 

 body similarly situated. It is obvious ihat the 

 natural temperainrc of the body must be susj 



