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m)t Immxs inoutl)hj bigitor- 



Plie dr;inU eagerly, nnd then nestled her head as a 

 child would in its iilother's arms. 



"Oh 1 was sinful," inuriiuued the man, " to rebel 

 while my angel was left me— I'll never say a word 

 again if the Lord spares her!— pray for her, good 

 friends." , 



Theiewas not, to nse a homely phrase, "a dry 

 eve" in the circle thiit formed round them; even the 

 ministers of a law as cruel as its enforcers, sympathized 

 with the poor man-s asony. Suddenly the eld won.an, 

 who had been forgotten in the fresh ciciten.ent, push- 

 ing the little croud to the right and left vvuh her long 

 lean ajms, stood liUe a spectre in the midst, her white 

 hair streaming fnni, beneath her black hood and the 

 wrinkles in h?r sharp face thickened by a maniac smile 

 _■' 1 ask yer pardon," she said, conrtesying as deeply 

 as the infirmities of extreme "S"™"''' P""'''.-".' i, ' 

 yer pardon, but 1 don't rightly understand th,s-is it a 

 wedding — or a herring:" , ^ ,. __ _ „ „„„ 



"look' look!" exclaimed Larkins. "Some one 

 look in my IMary's I'ace— I feel as if her breath passed 

 right into 'my heart." 



She was (lead upon his bosom. 



Business for Winter. 



Ill the iioriherii section of the cotintry, not 

 niiicli can be doiip on the lariii iluriiig tlie winter 

 months; hut the cure of stock, the proruiiiifiunif 

 preiiaralion oflnel, will necessarily occupy iiuiclj 



time , . , 



If pastures nnd fields are covered with grass 

 wliich it is deemed advisable to feed ofT, stock 

 may he turned on lor that purpose when tlie 

 ground is not soft, but ihey slionid be kept away 

 when there is a liability of poaching the soil. In 

 general, cattle and bmses had better be fed in the 

 barn, or in suitable fi,\tin es belonging to the barii- 

 vard. Tlie extra cpinntitv and rpiality of the iiia- 

 iiiiie which may be .-avcd lV<ini keeping them in 

 tliis situation, will more than compensate for the 

 trouble of feeling them. Sheep, however, while 

 the iiioniid is bare and dnj., may run (sut, more or 

 les.s^accordina as there should be Ibod lor them 

 on the ground. 



The poorest fodder should bo reserved for the 

 coldest weather, after the stock has become sea- 

 soned to dry food, and when their appetites are 

 sharp. Last spring's calves should be fed on 

 lovven, or second crop hay, as it is less binding 

 ill its ertects on the bowels than hay from the hist 

 crop. A few jiotatoes, carrots, or turneps, given 

 d lily, will be tbund very beneficial. Cattle iii- 

 ti"ude<l for slaughter, should be fed willi strict 

 regularity, in clean mangels; and they should 

 have clean, dry, and comfortably warm places to 

 lie down and sleep. 



Farther south, w here little or no snov/ lalls, a 

 system entirely diflcrent from ours, is pursued 

 v\iili fatting cattle. Instead of being sheltered, 

 thev are kept nsnallv in open fields, and fed priii- 

 cip.allv with Indian corn, slalk, ear, husk and all, 

 \viilio\it any other preparation than to cut and 

 shock it at the proper time, and carry 't to the 

 fiehls from day to day. At first, it would seem 

 that there must be great waste in this mode of 

 feedinii. and there is unquestionably more food 

 u'^ed in making a given rpianlity of meal, than is 

 re(|uired where a well re-nlated s;,stem is adopt- 

 ed. 15ut it should be remembered that a great 

 obii!rt in llio.-ie scclions, is the saving of manual 

 1-ibnr, that heiii'; proportionately a inucli dearer 

 article there, than lieef, <m- the materials from 

 which beef is made. Hence, on the score of 

 economy, it may be lietter to waste some corn, 

 than to expend too much labor in savnig it all. 



Tliree liehU are usually apinopriated to stock- 

 feeding. The fatting cattle are tvi\ m each of 

 these, ni regnl.ar rotation, nnd are followetl in the 

 com-se by store cattle and swine, to (dean up what 

 is fir.-t left. Where care is taken to idiooso dry 

 lainhwithn fiini, cl(;an sod, and close tittention 

 is paid in feeding, there is less wasN'd, when the 

 hogs have cleaned np llie field, than would be 

 supposed by one unaeipiainted with the practice. 

 Blill, with the carelessness which too oljen pro- 



Y;,i|.Ji the cattle being f(^d in too sinidl field.-s, (ir 



such' as become muddy at times, or covered with 

 manure,— there is much waste, and loss, biilli from 

 the food not being eiilen.iind ihe stock being kept 

 in nncomroriable places, where, if they thrive lit 

 all, it is hut slowly. , , •,• 



Wood and tiinlxn' should be cnl and hauled, il 

 iieaclicable, belore deep snows. 'I'lieie is econ- 

 omy in this on several accounts. !\lore fuel is 

 - saviid, and more labor is done in a given time, 

 with less e.\pcns(N and liir more comfort to all 



I engaged in it. Rails for fencing may be worked 

 out to good advantage in mild weather, and in 

 stormy days, if there is a suitable place to work 

 under cover, posts may be mortised and made 

 ready for setting. Stones for walls may be readi- 

 ly moved, when there is just snow enough on the 

 ground to make uood sledding. 



I'eat for manure may be dug in many places. 

 If designed for use next season, and without be- 

 ing made into compost, it will be b<!St to *pivad 

 it on the fields at once, and expose it as much as 

 possible to the action of the air, frost, and rams, 

 by which any acid it contains will be dissipated, 

 aiid it is rendered fine and fitted for vegetable 

 food. While bogs are fiozen hard enough to 

 bear a team, is a good time to carry stff '''« I'^ai 

 which has lieen (\u^. Il not wanted soon, it 

 maybe |>iled iii large piles, in situations where 

 it may be reached at any lime. — JUb. Cult. 



The Population of the World.— Accord- 

 ing to Mr. McGiet'ory, the population of the 

 world is 812,553/313. According to the Bell, this 

 vast multitude is thus divided 



Whites, 



Copper colored, 



Mulattoes, 



Blacks, - - .. , 



Hassel deemed the world's iiopniution to be 

 936,401,000, possessing the followiut' reiigions: 



440,000,000 

 150,000,000 

 230,000,000 

 120.000,000 



quire of the owners hov\' much milU their several 

 cows would give at the height of their flow, and 

 how long they would hold out after being with 

 calf Comparing the owner's account with my 

 own judgment, 1 have been mistaken in only 

 five cases out of more than one hundred e.\- 

 amined. 



I have great confidenee in M. (juenon's method 

 of testing the milking properties of cows, and 

 consider it one of ihe great discoveries of the 

 age. The advantages of this discovery to our 

 dairy farmers, enabling them, as I think it does, 

 111 determine the milking properties of their young 

 stock at an early iine, must be very great, and 

 will be appreciated liy every one who is in the 

 flighiest degree acquainted with the subject. Id 

 my opinion, no dairy liirmer, after acquainting 

 himself with M. Guenon's discovery, need pos- 

 sess himself of a bad milking cow. 



M. Guenon informs ns that his system is ap- 

 plicable to calves three or four months old. 1 

 have traced the escutcheons upon calves as early 

 as two or three weeks old, and I see no reason 

 why their value as future milkers may not be 

 judged of at this age as well as at any other age. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



JOHN BROOKS. 

 To .T. S. Skinner, Esq., Editor of the Farmers' 



Library, New York City. 



Christians, ' 2,52.000,000 



jewv 5.000,000 



Mahometans, 120,10.5,000 



Braminists, 140000,000 



Buddists, 313,597,000 



All others, 134,001,000 

 The Christian vvoikl: 



Catholics, 1.37,000,000 



Protestants, 05,000,000 



Greek Church, &c., 50,020,000 

 The population of Europe is estimated by Mal- 



te Bnin, at 214,000,000 souls. Asia is put down 



by Balbi at 413,844,000. 



Signs for Telling with Certainty the 

 Milking Properties of Cattle.— Quite a stir 

 has been made in the aai ienltiiral world by a 

 French work, translated by Mr.Trist, of the Slate 

 Deparlinent, and published in the Farmers L,i- 

 braiv, disclosing a system lor ascertaining, by 

 visil'de external marks, or "e-scntclieotis,'^ the 

 milking qualities of cows. Committees of sev- 

 eral aifrieullnral socie'tics in France certify that 

 Ihe svstem is "inUillible;" and lately the Editor 

 of thV Farmers' Library has received the follow- 

 ing letter from a highly respectable farmer of 

 Massnofiusetts, in corrolioration of the truth ol 

 the theory. 'J'lie editor .says it is not a whit more 

 slraniie or incredible than was Jenner's discove- 

 ry of the cow-pox as an antidote to the small- 

 pox. This letter, and the w hole subject, will have 

 interest, it may be well presumed, for all our ag- 

 ricultural readers :— 



PrincdoT), Masa., Od. 15, lb4ti. 

 Dear Sir:— I received your favor of the 8tli 

 ins'ani, desiring me to state my opinion of the 

 value of M. Gnenoii's Treatise on Milch Cows, 

 translated from the French and published in the 

 Farmers' Library. On my first meeting with this 

 'I'realise, I was so impressed with its value, from 

 my previous knowledge of some general marks 

 u hereby the milking properties of cows may, in 

 .some nieasnre, be determined, and from the l.aet 

 that I had myself noiiced ihe oval marks above 

 ihe bind teats, menlioned by M. Guenon as indi- 

 calinL' «ood milking qualities, that I immediately 

 eommeiiced the slndy and applicatidii of Ins 

 method to every cow that came under my obscr-- 

 valinn. I have examined more llian one hundred 

 eow.s, and, after carefully marking their rscnlcli- 

 eoiis, ] have become satisfied that M. Giieiion s 

 discovery is one of great merit, and can be relied 

 ni.oii ns'trne. I I ave no doubt that 1 can .pidge 

 very nearly as to the (pianliiy and quality <d the 

 mil'k any (-ow will give at the height of her llnw, 

 and also the lime she will continue in milk alter 



being with caltl ,,. ,■ i i 



The wav taken to convince myself ol the truth 

 of M.Cuenon's method has been tovi>il the cow- 

 yards ofsome of our principal dairy larmerH,aud 

 i-\ainine the (.•scutcheons and marks on their 

 cows, and make up mv judgment as to iheqnan- 

 lily and quality of milk each cow would give at 

 the height of iier flow, and how long she would 

 continue in milk after beinjiwith call; then in- 



ITnbcbnt Brick.— The erection of houses with 

 unburnt bricks, according to the plan recotn- 

 meiided in a recent report issued by the U. b. 

 Commissioner of Patents, has been commenced 

 in this viciniiy. Mr. John Hancock has built a 

 neat cottage of the material, moulded and manu- 

 factured in August last, by Mr. Edward Cox, 

 brickmaker, from clay obtained near the »\ "=*"- 

 int^ton Cotton Factory, at Gloucester Point, N. J. 

 liAhe course of a few weeks they become tho- 

 lomdily bard and dry, through the influence alone 

 „f the sun and wind Each brick is 12 incliea 

 long, G inches broad, and 6 inches deep— contain- 

 ing qnantiiv and substance equal to about 4 coin- 

 mou bricks and one-third. The experiment is 

 completely successful, and if e-\tensively adtjpt- 

 ed will efiect a great saving of expense m build- 

 ings in many parts of the Union.— Aonnc/iAeii'S. 



UsEFDL Recipes.— Hogs are frequently taken 

 sick and sometimes die without exhibiting any 

 sym'ptoms by which the nuinitiated in such mat- 

 ters, can cither infer the nature of the disease or 

 nindy a proper remedy. In such cases, it is fre- 

 (nieillly of benefit to "ihe sufTerer to throw into 

 his trough an ear of corn, dipped in tar and roll- 

 ed ill brimstone. 



g[,KEP.— One of the most troublesome, tinrt 

 certainly the mo.st loathsome diseases with which 

 sheep are aft'ected, is the " foul nose." For this 

 we know of no remedy more speedily and cer- 

 tainly eflectnal than tlKe following :" .Make a 

 smafl mop by wrapping a rag around the end ot 

 a stick : dip iliis in tar, taking up as much as will 

 adhere to il ; roll it in salt, and then thrusliiig it 

 into the sheep's niomli, hold it there till she is 

 forced to withdraw and swallow the tar and salt, 

 and your sheep will soon get good health and 



clean noses." . ^ i- r 



ijows.— Remember that e.xcessive feeding ot 

 sows with swill or ship fm- some days after par- 

 inrition is dangerous. In one or two instances 

 that have recently come under our notice, sows 

 so fed have died.— .Ve. Fanner. 



Wintering Animals.— In wintering stock of 

 all kinds, economy as well as hnninniiy requires 

 that they be provided with warm shelters. 'I Ins 

 fact science demoustrates, and experience has 

 abuudanilv proved. Aside from the saving ol 

 lili> which is often sacrificed by the efiect.s, im- 

 mediate or remote, of exposure to the mclenien- 

 cy of winter, the saving in Ihe quantity oltond 

 r.'ipiired to sustain an animal in good condition, 

 is Milficient to pay in a short time the cost ol 

 cou.-tructing shelter. The diflerence in tlio 

 nmmtitv of'food consumed by an animal well 

 shelici."Ml,alid one whose best protection is the 

 Ice side of a fence or straw stack, is greater than 

 would he supposed by any who have never tiieU 

 III,, evil, riment. Some lininers, who admit the 

 -aviiv of keep above menlioned, prefer to leave 

 iheir^'^loidi uuprotecled in winter, from an nea 

 tl,,,t they are rendered more vigorous and healthy. 

 It is iitie iliut there is a power of adni.talion to 



