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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dec. 



For the New England Fanner. 



THE MORRILL HORSE. 



Mr. Editor : — I noticed in the JV. E. Farmer 

 last August, the following inquiry : "Is there a 

 horse known as the Morrill horse ? If so, where is 

 he, and what is his pedigree ?" 



In reply I will say that the "Morrill horse" was 

 raised by French Morrill, of Danville, Vt., and kept 

 there till sometime last month, when Mr. Morrill 

 started for Illinois with the horse and four of his 

 colts. This horse is thirteen years old last spring, 

 of a very dark, rich brown color, fine proportions, 

 and weighs about 1200 pounds. His pedigree, so 

 far as known, is as follows : Sired by Jennison 

 horse. Jennison horse sired by young Morgan 

 Bulrush. Young Morgan Bulrush, by old Morgan 

 Bulrush. Old Morgan Bulrush, by original Justin 

 Morgan. Dam of Morrill horse, part Messenger, 

 but true pedigree not known. Dam of Jennison 

 horse, English. Dam of young Morgan Bulrush, 

 pedigree not definitely known, but supposed to be 

 Morgan. 



In consequence of a wrong impression upon the 

 minds of some horse-men in relation to the size of 

 the Morrill, I will mention that Mr. Abijah Jenni- 

 son, of Walden, Vt., writes me as follows ; — "I 

 raised the horse known as the Jennison horse. 

 He took the name from me. He was a horse of 

 great power and docility. His color was a bright 

 bay, with black mane and tail, not a white hair on 

 him. He weighed, I should think, when I sold him, 

 some over 1200 lbs. He sired the Morrill horse, 

 when only two years old, and, consequently, if liv- 

 ing, is 16 years old last spring. I sold him in 

 Franklin, N. H., to a man by the name of Heath. 

 His given name I did not learn." 



I will here state that this Jennison horse is re- 

 ported to have been taken to Mass., and gelded. 

 The Morrill horse took the second premium at the 

 National Horse Show at Springfield, Mass., three 

 years ago this fall. He is, I think, with the excep- 

 tion of one of his colts, the most powerful horse 

 that we have any account of in America. He can 

 take a wagon of common size, with two, and even 

 three men in it, and trot his mile in two minutes 

 and fifty seconds, with comparative ease, and in the 

 highest style. He is very kind and docile, being 

 frequently driven by Mrs. ]\I. To have him go 

 West is a great loss to New England breeders ; 

 but he will doubtless be heard from there. There 

 are several of his colts in northern Vermont. One 

 in Barre, known as the young Morrill, owned by 

 Silas Town and Luke Trow, of which I may speak 

 hereafter. Yours truly, Leonard F. Tucker. 



Meredith Bridge, JV. H., Oct. 13, 1856. 



Proper Under-clothing for Winter Weath 

 ER. — Welsh flannel or merino (all wool) shirts, 

 with drawers of the same material. Knitted wors' 

 ted stockings, with a chamois- leather jerkin or 

 waistcoat with sleeves, to be worn over the flannel 

 in the coldest weather, or in bleak windy days. 



For the Ladies. — The same garments of the 

 same materials, except that in the article of drawers 

 they may preferentially use linsey-woolsey, or Caa 

 ton flannel, and these should be made tight at the 

 ankles. No Hoors ! no funnel sleeves for the cold 

 air to rush up to the arm-pits, and chill the chest. 

 The shirt, and other under-clothes, as well as the 



dress, should be made to cover the shoulders and 

 collar-bones, close around the throat. By this 

 means you will be prevented from throwing addi- 

 tional weight upon the shoulders, in the shape of 

 extra shawls and cloaks, and thus diminish the la- 

 bor of breathing. Also cover the top of the head. 

 Beware of catarrh and neuralgia ! — Medical Spec- 

 ialist. 



EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



A NEW FERTILIZER. 



Mr. Brown : — I take the liberty of forwarding 

 you a sample of potatoes by Harding's express. 

 The result of my experiment this year is so as- 

 tonishing, having produced from a piece of land 

 33 by 28 feet, ten bushels, of which the sample I 

 send you is fair a average, I consider it my duty 

 that this should be made known to you, and also 

 to the public, through the medium of your inesti- 

 mable paper ; this year's produce confirming the 

 last ones experience. These potatoes have been 

 produced with no other manure than Lloyd's su- 

 perphosphate of lime ; it surpasses all I have ever 

 used. The efficacy of its results, and the ease of 

 its application, combined with its cheapness, renders 

 it a fertilizing agent indispensable to all agricultu- 

 rists. Its effects are equally good for every de- 

 scription of cultivation. Your kindness in making 

 this known will oblige Robert Fields. 



Providence, Oct., 1856. 



Remarks. — The potatoes cooked were good. 

 We known nothing, personally, of the fertilizer. 



HOG MANURE. 



Formerly, if I had a good warm pen, with the 

 floor perforated, to drain off' the liquid, and kept 

 the solid part well scraped out and thrown into a 

 snug pile on the ground, (perhaps under the eaves,) 

 ready to be removed in the spring, I thought I was 

 doing the thing up in good style ; but since I com- 

 menced reading the Farmer, I use a tight floor, and 

 for the want of a better absorbent, keep it littered 

 with straw, and as fast as it becomes wet, shovel it 

 into another apartment of the pen, intending to 

 use it for corn in the hill if that is advisable, but I 

 fear it will be rather coarse : Now how will it 

 work to compost it with lime ? If you will give 

 me a little advice in this matter, I shall be much 

 obliged. H. Briggs. 



Fairhaven, Vt. 



Remarks. — A floor, with holes and cracks in it, 

 where swine are kept, entails asthmas, rheumatisms 

 colds, coughs and catarrhs, and a whole catalogue 

 of evils, upon the unoS'ending animals. The bed- 

 ding, of course, is soon wet, and then the wind 

 comes up through it, and the pig is not only wet, 

 but always exposed to a draught of cold air. No 

 pig will thrive under such circumstances so as to 

 afford a profit to the owner. If the sleeping apart- 

 ment is in the barn cellar, where the wind is ex- 

 cluded, that will alter the case. 



Now, friend Briggs, it seems to us that if you 

 cut the litter before using it, you will obviate all ob- 

 jections. It is urged that the timecannot be spared 

 for this. We have found by experience that it re- 



