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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



THE BALDWIN APPLE. 



The persons who met on Monday last to take 

 initiatory steps in relation to placing a monument 

 on the spot where the first Baldwin Apple tree 

 stood, had a general discussion of the subject, and 

 appointed the following gentlemen as a committee 

 to take further steps in the matter, viz : 



Marshall P. Wilder, Dorchester, ' 

 James F. Baldwin, Boston, 

 Asa G. Sheldon, Wilmington, 

 Silas Brown, Wilmington, 

 Joseph Reynolds, Concord, 

 Simon Brown, Concord, 

 Thomas D. Bond, Wilmington, 



Commit- 

 tee. 



The chairman, Col. Wh^der, is requested to call 

 another meeting, at such time and place as he may 

 think proper. Simon Brown, Secretary. 



NEW EXPERIMENTS IN CHURNING 

 CREAM. 



[Our readers are aware that we do not usually 

 attach great importance to "theories," (as the term 

 is commonly understood,) until they are tested by 

 practical trial. We insert the following for the 

 experiments it details in connection with the sug- 

 gestions of theory, and invite attention to the sub- 

 ject] 



I have something amusing to tell you, to set you 

 to thinking of a new theory of churning, and 

 should you approve of the theory perhaps your la- 

 dy readers would be gratified at the prospect of 

 getting the long-looked-for, perfect churn. The 

 thought occurred to me that to rupture the glob- 

 ules of cream perfectly and expeditiously, it should 

 be done by a force-pump, ejecting a stream of 3-16 

 or 1-4 mch with great velocity, against a hard sub- 

 stance, or into itself. Much to the amusement of 

 my family for trying to do that which thousands 

 have failed doing, I procured a pint syringe and a 

 quart of cream, and commenced squirting it into 

 itself; when lo, the butter developed itself shortly. 

 I then borrowed a little force-pump, and again suc- 

 ceeded. I then had a tin pump, 2^ inches diame- 

 ter, 1 1 inches long, made, and gave it a good trial. 

 I found the cream would soon break, but that it re- 

 quired a common churn to finish it by aggregating 

 the butter as a gatherer. I have concluded, my 

 plan is to provide for all churns, a breaker, thus 

 performing much the most important labor, and 

 greater production. My theory is to rupture the 

 globules by sufficient concussion in once passing 

 the cream through, by giving it sufficient force, 

 ejecting the stream of cream against a hard sub- 

 stance, or into itself. I thus get all the butter in a 

 much shorter time. 



I propose to have got up a breaker by itself sep- 

 arately, or to be added to present churns ; if made 

 separately, have a simple force-pump attached to 

 a board or frame, under which place the crock of 

 cream to be broken; pass the cream from the 

 pump into the churn. 



Our present churns are good gatherers, but all 

 churns lo be perfect, must have a breaker to do 

 the main work. The present mode of churning is 

 a good deal like taking a stick to crack a pile of 

 walnuts ; one nut protecting the others from con- 



cussion, renders it tedious and imperfect. The pres- 

 ent dashers produce insufficient concussion to ex- 

 peditiously and perfectly break the globules ; hence 

 less product of butter, and constant disaffection 

 with all churns. Edgar Conklin. 



Country Gentleman. 



For tlie New England Farmer. 



A HINT TO FARMERS. 



Spring, lovely and charming spring, has come 

 again. All nature about us is rajildly throwing off 

 its wintry garb, and putting on its beautiful gar- 

 ments, all fresh and new, of Spring. How apt an 

 illustration of the seasons of life, death and the res- 

 urrection of man ! What more noble employment 

 than that of the thoughtful and intelHgent tiller of 

 the soil ? God's great book of instruction, to all 

 who study its pages — so full of wonder, interest, 

 and all that is ennobling to the soul of man. He in- 

 deed must be a dull scholar who cannot look from 

 nature up to nature's God, and behold in his works 

 an allwise, intelligent, great first cause. Farmer, 

 this great volume of intelligence is constantly open 

 before you ; you behold it every step you take over 

 your broad acres, the wisdom and beneficence of a 

 merciful Creator ; and he who does not see this 

 and let its teachings pervade his soul, and uplift bis 

 heart in gratitude to that Creator, is little better, 

 than the cattle upon his many hills. Dull and stu- 

 pid must be the mind which is brought in con- 

 stant contact with the works of God, and not 

 see in them the beauties and wisdom of an eternal 

 and omnipotent power. This instruction book, the 

 farmer has ever before him. Aside from this, how 

 cheering the promise of his word to you — seed 

 time and harvest shall continue till the end of time. 

 The former and the latter rain, God will give in its 

 season. Thank God, things are not now-a-days as 

 they were wont to be. There is an inquiring intel- 

 ligence among the farmers, such as those tillers of 

 the soil in by-gone days little thought or dreamed 

 of. There is no branch of human industry that 

 has made greater or more rapid improvements 

 than that of farming, in thp broadest acceptation 

 of that term. We have reason to believe that this 

 will continue to be the case. Who cannot see 

 that there is a different class of minds engaged in 

 this business than formerly. To be successful now, 

 the head must work as well as the hands, and the 

 more they go together, I believe, the greater the 

 success. 



Heretofore, the farmers have used the hands too 

 much, and their heads not enough ; but let them 

 work intelligently together, and the result is great- 

 er, and the farm, as well as the farmer, will constantly 

 improve. All past experience proves this to be true. 

 For one, I thank the agricultural jiress for what they 

 have done, and are still doing in this great matter. 

 Farmers, I want you to appreciate these things 

 more, and give them your helping mind and hand. 



.^pril, 1856. Norfolk. 



An Excellent Remedy for Horses that Pull 

 on the Halter. — Put on a strong harness with 

 good breeching, and a long strong halter, and bring 

 that down through the collar ; fasten him to some- 

 thing he cannot move. He will make but few at- 

 tempts before he gives it up, and in this way he can 

 be broke of it. — Country Gentleman. 



