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Qll)c lamux's illontl)ly Visitor. 



food and oliinate. A week coiistitirtioiied cow, 

 wli(;i) liij,'lily (id ;in(l well prot^-clcd. rreqiieiilly 

 gives tnucl] inill<, tli(iiij:Ii it is iipt lo lie ilefieieiu 

 ill ricliiiess, mid iiolwillistjiiidiii^' plie reriiiiies 

 more <iiid hetter food, and more r.-ii'e in siiidler- 

 irip, &(■., iIkiii 11 liiirdy one, she will not liist loii}.', 

 hilt will (iiil at an early aj:e. Her weakness also 

 exposes her more to the attacks ol' various dis- 

 eases, whicli, as she has not llie ciierjiy to resist 

 llieni, are likely to prove laial. Thus, excepting 

 for use in the dairy lor a .-lioi t lime, she is nearly 

 wonliless. Her prof;ciiy usually inherit her 

 feebleness, req II irin<.', if icared, very careful niiis- 

 iii^, and in the end seldom prove profitalile. — 

 Henpe the hreeder of dairy stock should endeav- 

 or to unite in his nnimals all the qualities on 

 which their aj;j.'rej;ate value depends. 



The points of a perlijct niilcli cow are — the 

 head small: ihe muzzle fine; the face i;ither 

 Hished ; and ihc space hetvveen the eyes wide. — 

 A ivedire-slta/icd head should he avoided, as indi- 

 cating \\eakness of coiinstiliilioii. The eye 

 should he large, full, hriglit, and expressive of 

 mildness and intelligence ; the horns slender and 

 of a waxy appea'aiice; ihe ears thin ; the neck 

 small at its jniiciiou with the head, rather thin 

 than fleshy, hut pretty deep and full where it joins 

 the body. The hreast need not he so wide as in 

 cattle designed chielly for latteuing, hut it should 

 not he too narrow; the portion of the chest he- 

 neatli the shoulders deep: the shoulders not 

 coarse and projecting, hut well laid in at the 

 top; the hack straight; the loin and hips wide ; 

 the rump long and ihe pelvis wide. 'J'he 

 rihs not quite so round as Is preferred for 

 grazing stock, hut siill giving to the carcass 

 a harrel-like form. The Hanks should he deep 

 and fiill : the hind quarters long, and heavy 

 in proportion to the lore ones ; the twist wide; 

 the thighs thin ; the tail slender, excepting at 

 its upper end, where it should he large ; it 

 should not rise nincli aiiovethe level of the rniiip; 

 the legs rather short, and small and flat helovv 

 the knee and hock. The skin should he of mid- 

 dling thickness, mellow, and elastic, and of a 

 yellowish color as indicative of richness of milk; 

 the hair thickly set and soft. The udder should 

 he capacious, spreading wide on the body, but 

 not hanging low, without fleshiness, but having 

 plenty of loose skin; the teats of medium size, 

 regularly tapering from the upper end, widely 

 separated from each other, and placed well oil 

 the forward part of the bag. The milk-veins 

 large, springing out near ihe fore legs, and ap- 

 [learing well developed to their junction with 

 the udder. 



The points relative lo the skin, udder. Sec, 

 though mentioned last, we consider most indica- 

 tive of gooil milking tpialiiies. 



Some of the best cows lor the production of 

 butter, have been known lo possess nearly all the 

 above characteristics— Ihey Iherelore approached 

 nearly to perfection, for while they liaii all the 

 requisites of dairy cows, they possessed those 

 also which lilted them for other purposes and 

 greally enhanced their value. 'J'heir progeny if 

 I'emales, were such as were wanted lor cows — 

 if males, and by a bull of the right kind, they 

 made the iTiost valuable slock for work or fat- 

 tening. 



There is not only a great dill'creiice in the 

 amount of cream and butler atfoided by a giicii 

 quantity of milk from dilfireni cov\s but the 

 'lualily of the butter produced by the same pro- 

 cess, is likewi.se very difliiiiii. It is well known 

 that butter of ilie best qiialily cannot be made 

 from some cows, whatever may be ihe quantilv 

 they yield. In our experience, we have general- 

 ly found this to be the case with cows giving a 

 large qnanlily of lliin milk. We have also no- 

 ticed that coarse-boned, hard skinned, uulhriliy 

 cows, generally afford the poorest milk and the 

 poorest butler. 



It hasbeeii laid down as a rule that cattle which 

 fatten readily, usually give richer milk lliaii iIjo.m,- 

 of an opposite chaiacler. A reference lo some 

 breeds we think supports this conclusinu. 'J'hi! 

 old Short Iloriis llir inslaiice, gave poor milk, and 

 they were very lean and unlliril'iy. The improved 

 breed, on the other hand, fiitlcn easily, and 

 tfiougb they give h.'ss milk than the old slock, it 

 is of better quality. The Kyloesaiid (j'alloways, 

 breeds which are niiieli disposed to liilteii, give 

 milk of remarkable richness. Now, although we 

 would by no means encourage an t.rcessive fatten- 



ing lendency in dairy stock, we believe th;it for 

 the purpose of obiaining rich milk and good but- 

 ter, llie iiiUeiiiiig properties should not be tlisre- 

 garded. In coiiueclion, thereliire, with ihe points 

 which indic.ile a disposition to secrete milk, we 

 wcinld unite those denoting constilnlion and a 

 moderate lendency to make l:il,Ju <irder lo con- 

 sUliitc an aiiinud M hose produce should be su- 

 perior ill (jualily as well as quanlily, and which 

 should combine the requisiles that w ould increase 

 lo the giiNiiesI exleiit her idtiiiiate profit and 

 \iiluc.~.llbnny CuUivatoi: 



Suli-HIaiiue Armor. 



A correspondent of the Uallimoie Patriot gives 

 ail amusing descriplion of some experiments 

 which have rccenlly been made at Washinglon 

 with Capt. Taylor's new diving apparalns — per- 

 fectly successful experiments as ihey are said to 

 have been. 



The diving hell is a heavy ohlou:: contrivance, 

 mad(' of copper, and hung about with weii;lits, 

 the size of a lialf bushel. Six or eight persons 

 might stand up ill ii. There is a plalforin near 

 the extremity of the bell, not C'Xlending folly 

 across however, on w liicli the persons stand who 

 w ish to go to the hollom. 



On this occ-.sioii, the Hon. Mr. Yancy, and two 

 oilier genllemen, named Sullivan and Rohiiison, 

 olilained the consent of Capl. Taylor lo go dow n 

 in company with him. .All bn'i Mr. Roliinson 

 encased their nether limbs in India rubber iiie.\- 

 piessihlcs, and the four then got over the side of 

 ihe vessel and up under and into the bell, which 

 was then gently lowered by tackle to the bottom, 

 some two falhoms deep. A lube, about an inch 

 in diameter, is ai'laclied lo the bell, through which 

 li'esh air is constantly pninped or forced for llie 

 benefit of the inmates while under water. 'I'liis 

 lorces a conslant body of air to escape from under 

 the bell, which sends the water and mud bub- 

 bling to llie surfiice furiously. 



The gentleineu remained under water about 

 f;0 minutes, ami while there lit a lamp and wrote 

 a message (which ihey s-ent up in a rnblier satidiel 

 attached lo a cord) that they would like a bottle 

 of cliampaigne. Whereiipon one of the liaiids 

 on hoard put on the srtb marine armor, made of 

 rubber, with copper fiistenings around llie waist, 

 and a heavy copper head willi a glass winilow in 

 tidiit, and was lioisted overboard uilli a holtle of 

 cliampaigne in hand, looking for all the world 

 like a huge teirapin somewhat elongalifd. 



The first senstilion, after being immersed be- 

 neath the surface of the water, was one of ex- 

 treme nne;isiness in the whole region of iIk; 

 lympaniiin, with a sensation of oppression on 

 the chest, which increased coiislanlly iinlll we 

 had reached the bottom of the river. .After this 

 a note was sent ii|) by Capt. Taylor and an an- 

 swer received, with a bottle o\' very passable 

 champait'iie, which was drank below the water. 

 Some ten minutes betbre a lamp had been light- 

 ed, by means of which we were able lo dislin- 

 guisli each others fices. While below and sta- 

 tionary, there Wiis but little dilference between 

 the sensation we experienced and that most of 

 us are familiar with in a close room. 



.\s the bell was laiseil again, the same sense 

 of uneasiness returned which became more in- 

 tense as we reached the surface of the water. 

 Alter the lini of the bell had passed the surface 

 of the waler, and the cold air rushed in, the coii- 

 liast of the atmosphere was so giiNit as lo excite 

 much pain. We remained below probably 20 

 minutes. 



J-'niiu 111.- (;a;:ilti- ol' llii- U. SLu, s, July i:., ITc'll. 

 M'ashingtoii's Furiiiiiig. 

 '•General Wasl.ingtou possesses IO,CCO acres 

 of land in one body where lie lives — coiislautly 

 einploys 'JoO liaiids — keeps 24 ploughs going ail 

 the year, when the weather will permit— sowed 

 in 1787, (100 bushels oats, 700 acres of wheat, and 

 prepared as much fiir corn, barli'y, potatoes, 

 beans, peas, vVc. — has near .'500 acres in grass, 

 and sowed \M with turnips. Stock 110 horses, 

 \Vi cows, 'J;l.i working o\en. heifV-is and steers, 

 ;ind ."jOO sheep. 'I'he lands about his seat an' all 

 laid down in grass— the firms arc; seallered 

 around at the distance of 2, Ii, 4 and 5 miles, 

 which llie d'eneral visits every day, unless the 

 weather is absolulely stormy. He is coiir-lanlly 

 making various and extensive experiments (in- 

 the improvement of agriciillure: he is stimulated I 



with that desire which always actuates him, to 

 do good to his country and benefit tnankind. ]ii 

 1780, he killed l.")0 hogs weighing IS.oliO lbs. liir 

 his hiniily use (exclusive of' proviiions for his 

 negroes,) wliicli was made into bacon." 



•The 



For tlic Fanner's Muatlily Visitor. 

 The Student's Dream. 

 By ."Uiss G. II. ^MciuiviiM:,— aiilliiireiis of 't..1Ieela,' 

 Utirisf," He. etc. 

 The Gtiidcnt rnclin'il 'nralli llic i,Id o,ik tree, 

 V\ liile iiiin^leil Ilioiiclilx came Kisl and free ; 

 tSiiltly Ihi- eveiiiiig zeptiyr si^ilied, 

 .\iid the iiKiiinmiii sh.'iduw.s i:rew long and wide. 

 Slowly sank Sol lo liis iiiglillv liourne. 

 And llie gulden cliinds foi^ liiiii lo niniirn, 

 Cliiinced Iheir bright garb to Iwiliglit grey : 

 And now was the lime for the merry fay 

 Of Tiiania's band to lead the ivay 

 'I'o the scene of their na^hlly glee. 

 Pate laijia now came, with siarrv train. 

 And .shontf iin the scene bcneatli" 

 Willi rnrioiLs inieii, as though she would fain 

 ICnow Ihe cause of the Stud'-nl'^ grief. 

 'J'hr- niu'lil wind tossed his h.ng hrown hair, 

 And liared that brow so pale and lair. 

 While Uie lashes that fring'd his hall-clns'd lid 

 \Veie geninu'd with tears that (lowed iinliid. 

 That haughty lip was rerled in pride. 

 As if Ihc Smdenl his thoughts would liidc, 

 In IJieir wild fuitasy. 

 Oh ! sad it is, and billertn know 

 Whin Iwo, wlio've loved through weal apd wo, 

 Auakin lo treachery and deceit. 

 Ami where Uny once were wont lo meet, 

 In tenderness anrl converse sweet, 

 FtiUe, coUl and citnnisrd ! 



The breeze wailed Ihrongll that mil old oak, 

 Its sighing seemed shiniber lo invoke, 

 Wliile the ripplini; of the muunlain stream, 

 VVhicli relli'cled the ray of l)n- cold moonbeam. 

 Broke the silence of that midnight scene- 

 All else was hushed and still. 



The SliideiiT slept ! the smile that broke 



0*er his pallied lip, in clad ness spoke ; 



His dreams were bright, iiis visions fair : 



Oil : more than his waking bean could bear 



Was the feast of (he dreaming soul. 



He dreamt not of lame, nor wish'd his nanio 



Mishl resound thro' collage aud court. 



Nor llioiighl he of mrdher, sister or brother, 



Ilul thus the dream-god spidie : 



A maiden of fair and graceful form, 



Like fabled Auriua, at early dawn, 



In whose dark eyes such soilness stole ; 



In them seein'd mirrored fnitli her soul, 



Wiih Ihc pale blush ro.se, her cheek might vie ; 



tier lips the damask rose-hud's dye ; 



.■Xnd round her snowy liro^* there" waved 



Her lucks of jelly hue. 



Al her feet a paleyoulh knrll. 



Whose eves evinced the love he fell ; 



In faltering accents forth he sigliM 



His love to her, 'iwere vain to hide 



llisheail's pure Hame. 



The maiden sinilM on the lover's prav'r. 

 And pledging her hand, so pale and fair, 

 (ienlly niuriniir'd in music tones, 

 .So soft, so siveet, like ring-dove's moan.s. 

 Her ardent bne, w Inch, whisp'ring eame 

 t'pon his soul, as lln' faint svveel strain 

 Of Kolian chords, when waiting winds 

 Sweep o'er them, which to awe-struck minds, 

 Seem angel sounds. 



nrighl Sol dispersed the clouds of night. 

 And sent lo their nooks the merry sprites ; 

 JVhile sage owls lazily wiieeled home. 

 To llieir hollow trees, no more lo roam 



rrom them, 'till evenini: shades. 



The Siudeiil ivoke ! The smile of hope 



Slill Imger'd where in dreams it broke ; 



Ills rye grew blight, and his pale cheek I 



.As o'er thai vale, so still and hushed. 



t;ame swelliuL' Ihe chime of village bells, 



.\inl t'otlli from memory's inmost cells, 



llrmhl lliongjils welled of former days. 



When, Willi III:; sun's c.Tpiring rays, 



fame his lovo lo the Irystinglree. 



And now hit'.l been ii'er sea and land. 



To win r:-d uold for that fair hand 



He fain would claim. 



.Vow, from the side of that daik old pond. 



Where whit'' lilies grew 'lu alh the cypress tree. 



Came fair young nymphs willi rose wreaths ciown'd, 



Who challed in iniioicnl giiyely.- 



'I'he Sludcnl spraii;; lo Ihe oil! pond side, 



Ami gar.'d on the niouniain's brow, so wide ; 



'J'liere, windiim ntiiiid Us grassy base, 



AVas a yallant array, lie saw I'iie face 



Of his \\ hilom lovi>. 'twa-* sad and pale 



,\s Ihe sn.iw> bile of her blidal veil . 



And lln- villag" loaub-ns oiiw :rrd came, 



Wini gleeful lanuh in Itie f 'Slive train ; 



.•Viid the chosen loril of this fair young bride, 



He ga/.i'd on Ida with doaling pi id.-. 



.\lt weallby was he, bill haggard and old, 



Willi grim dull e\)iresston, mid heart .as cold 



To emotions of pile, as the darksome poml. 



Win-.- er-t stood llie Siiidenl, with heart so fond ; 



Now lloating on, \vilh muriniirs hoar^se, 



Th" waters bon- Ihe pale youth's corse; 



Sad Iil:i ga/ed Willi [ihrensied meiii — 



Willi III ol'ning yell shi? shrieked his name ; 



And swin. ere her dotard lord could save, 



Her fairy form w.is 'nealh Hie wave. 



Heller, far better, be grim death's bride. 

 Then strive, llirough life, one's feelings In hide ; 

 Heller, far belter, pluck Ihe rose in its perm, 

 Kre it grails in its heart the foul canker-uorni ! 

 PlitladditUiii, 



'I'lie liillow hig excja-riiiiciit iii.ide with I'lasler 

 of I'aris, copied lioui a newspaper printed more 

 lliati fifty yeuib ago, might talisly ii.i of the i'las- 



liish'd. 



