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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



day. One not accustomed to it would be eurpi is- 

 ed to see how little luel was necessary. A biilei 

 not larger than a common fence rail was en:ire!y 

 Bufficient 10 cook one mess. When ihe keitle was 

 emptied it was immedialeiy filled as before, ami a 

 small armful of any wood was suffii i»'ni to couk 

 it suiiably by ihe nexi leeding time. In this way 

 it required but six baskets full in the day. Belbre 

 I got the keiile it required nine. Here was a 

 clear saving of thirty-ihree and a third per cent. 

 If one should have a lot of hogs that would ordi- 

 narily consume in luttening one hundred and filiy 

 barrels when led raw, he would save by the pro- 

 cess of boiling, fifty barrels, which wou'd twice 

 over pay ihe price of the kt^itle. Mine, 1 believe, 

 cost tweniy-tive dollars. Had 1 got it when i 

 first put up my hogs, I am certain I would liave 

 saved filiy barrels ol' corn. 



At killing lime the kettle was of great conve- 

 nience. Its oblong form makes it very suitable 

 to scald in. Formerly the preparation lor killing 

 was a great lrout)le. We would make a large 

 heap and put on it many rocks, and alter it had 

 burnt so as to heat them they were put in a hogs- 

 head of water to heat it — and after they were 

 removed the water was ready for scalding. All 

 this took much time, and was a great trouble. 

 Now with the kettle quiie a small fire is sufficient, 

 and when once healed it can be kept in a good 

 scalding condition throughout the whole day; you 

 have nothing to do but make the water boil, and 

 then put in the iiog, and in a lew minutes it can 

 be taken out, and you may put in another, and so 

 on until you are done. There is no necessity lor 

 delay. Keep the fire constantly burning, and as 

 fast as you can kill you can scald. This I Ibund 

 to be a great saving of time and trouble, and a 

 Bufficient reason of itself to juslily the purchase ol 

 a kettle. 



After my hogs were slaughtered (he kettle still 

 continued to be of great use. It is excellent to 

 prepare food in lor milk cows and any other stock 

 that are led on corn. 



I have often heard it said that one fp.c.i is better 

 than many theories. Here then is a fact. I have 

 tried it, and saved precisely one-third of corn — 

 more than enough tiie first winter to pay the cost. 

 If any one should doubt it, I would advise him 

 first to try it, and I am sure, he will then believe. 

 Will. E. Kennedy. 



CHBYSANTHEMUBIS. 



From tlie Western Fanner and Gardener. 

 Messrs Editor : — Through the medium of your 

 paper, 1 would propose to address the votaries ol 

 Flora on behail of a much neglected, though 

 beautiful flower, the chrysanthemum. It may be 

 disputed, and with propriety, that any plant more 

 amply repays the care of its cultivator, even sup- 

 posing that it possessed no other qualification* 

 ihan the splendor, variety of cclorand duration ol 

 its flowers ; — but when we reflect that the Chrv- 

 santhemum delights to reveal its gorgeous beau- 

 lies, when all else of ornament to a garden is 

 gone, its value is incalculatily enhanced. The 

 idea has often suggested itself to me, that Flora, 

 not wishing lo produce satiety, allows her lamily 

 to rest during the latter months of the year ; but 



not being able to dispense with all, she has [)rodu- 

 ced a plant, to tiloom at that dreary lime, possess- 

 ing all her most beauiiful and biilliani colors of the 

 empire ; anil tbrming it so hardy that there is no 

 difficulty in kee|)iiig it, and at ihe same time of 

 easy p opagalion. Yet this l>eautiful gilt of the 

 soddess, is almost universally neijlpcied. One 

 honorable exception I would make — Chandler of 

 London. The intrinsic merit ol' the flower, has 

 led him to become its most enthusiastic admirer, 

 and at the same time, its most succcsslul culiiva- 

 tor. To his exertions we are indebted lor a 1 the 

 finest varieties in cultivation. His rhr^santhe- 

 miim house presents a niore magnificent appear- 

 ance during November and December, than it is 

 possible to conceive — stand rising above stand, 

 covered wiih thousands of blossoms o'' everj' 

 shade and hue. Let me, then, claim lor this 

 lovely flower, that share of attention which its 

 merits entitle it to, and assure your readers, that in 

 its perfection, its place cannot I'e sup|)lied by any 

 other. A word as to its propagation — this may 

 be done by dividing the roots, by cuttings in the 

 spring or by layers in July. They may be grown 

 in large pots, filled with rich earih, adding a por- 

 tion of rotten dung to each — or the plants may 

 be grown in beds until fall, when they should be 

 taken up, with balls of earth, entire, and potted, 

 watered and staked, when they may be placed in 

 a warm room, pit, frame or green-house, until 

 I hey have done flowering, when they may be 

 again turned out. 



Let me hope that these faw remarks, may call 

 attention to this splendid flower — those who give 

 it that share it deserves, will be well repaid. 



Jas. Kennedy. 



A SUCCESSFUL, EXPERIMENT IN REARING 

 SILK-WORMS. 



To tlie Editor of llie Farmers' Register. 



Byco, Matthews, Dec. 9th, 1840. 

 Although personally unknown to you, and not 

 in the habit of writing for the public eye, I deem 

 it the duty of every individual, however humble 

 iheir efl'orts may be, to withhold nothing that can 

 in the least benefit the community, or in ilie small- 

 est degree add to its welfare and prosperity. You 

 have repeated'y requested, in jour valuable pa- 

 per, all who had made any experiments in ihe 

 silk culture, to make known the result ihroiigh the 

 pages of your journal. I have made a small ex- 

 per inenl ihis year in raising worms, and having 

 succeeded in |)roducing very fine cocoons under 

 every disadvantage. I wish to lay before you 

 the result, to publish or not as you think proper; 

 and I would likewise wish to make a few inquiries 

 of you lor my own benefit and the instruction of 

 all others who have been similarly situated. My 

 husband, like many others, raised a great many 

 muliicaulis trees, which he found unsaleable. Ra- 

 ther than grub them up, I requested that he would 

 permit me to make a trial of raising silk, promis- 

 ing to lake the trouble of the superintendence my- 

 sell! My worms (the two-crop white) commenced 

 hatching the 22d of April, about which time we 

 had a lew days of warm weather. The largest 

 multicaulis leaves at that time were not larger 

 Ihan a fourpence. The worms of course hatch- 



