voi,. XVI. NO. a. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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(From the Vermont Telegraph.) 

 TO FARMERS. 



Mb Editor: — As I bflieve ranncis in general 

 inteiiil, ill riitiire, to puisne tlie good old way of 

 increasing tlieir wealtli liy raising and keeping 

 more of those valnaMe aiiiinal.s calli'd horned cat- 

 tle,* 1 will name, as I helievc, an iiifaililile rciiic- 

 dy for siioli as may he in the distressed situation 

 of being ehoked witli an apple, (lotato, or other 

 liarJ suhstanee. Tlie remedy is simple and safe, 

 when given without Loco-focos, Liicilers, or any 

 other forms of fire. Don't laugh! Take gun pow- 

 der — the most convenient way is to put it np in a 

 paper in the form of a (common cartridge, say 3 

 inches in length — and introduce the cartridge in- 

 to the throat of the animal with the hand, (all far- 

 mers know how this is done liy holding out the 

 tongue) let the head of the creature be held up 

 for a moment, to prevent Sfiitting out the powder, 

 and the choking substance will be immediately 

 ejected. Remember it and try it. Very many 

 of the human species have been relieved by taking 

 I)owder in desperate cases. This simple remedy 

 ought to be more generally knovvii — as thereby 

 many valuable lives may be saved. 



John Conant. 

 Brandon, June 20, 1837. 



* Would it not, especially at this time, be for 

 the best interest of the cattle growers to improve 

 their breeds .' Much depends on raising tlie fi- 

 nest animals. Were I more of a farmer, I would 



class — those hatched the second d-iy to be consid- 

 ered the second class, and so on from day to day. 

 When the worms are iiiouhing or changing 

 their skin, give them only a fi^w leave.';, for the 

 feed of siicli worms as may be a little later in 

 moulting, and for some that are in ailvance and 

 forwarder. ]t tnay so happen that when the class 

 in general is moulting, there will he some that 

 have got through, and others thuthave not begun, 

 ami both will want feed. 



In this climate, they moult the first time at 8 

 days' old, then sick again in four days. In five 

 days more are sick the third time, and in five 

 days afterwards, are sick the fourth time. They 

 then eat voraciously five or six days more, till 

 they wind up. Tlie continuance of sickness is 

 uncertain, generally one or two days. 



When they begin to wind up, they ought to bo 

 followed up close with a great [denty of leaves, 

 till they have all left the shelves. 



They ought to travel as little as possible from 

 the shelves or tables where they are fed, to the 

 place where they are winding up. 



Ill gathering leaves, instead of picking them 

 when free from moisture, I have found it best to 

 pick them when the dew is on, or even wet with 

 rain, and given to the worms in that state, and to 

 sprinkle with water, if they have been kept so as 

 to wilt or dry. In gathering leaves this season, 

 I have plucked off the sprouts or twigs of this 

 year's growth, with the leaves on, and given in 

 that state to my worm.s, and have found this ad 



purchase your fine Durham bull calf for the above vantage from it— -that the worms wasted no leaves 



purpose. 



By the Editor .\s our correspondent has 



brought us before the public as a cattle grower, 

 this may be a favorable op[iortunity for saying 

 that the calf of ours which he alludes to, is of the 

 breed of the Durham Short Horns, is seven v/eeks 

 old, and has been |)ronounced by good judges, to 

 be a very fine animal. One gentleman, from a 

 neighboring town, who called to see him, inform- 

 ed us that he was acquainted with the breed ; — 

 and he thinks this develops the points indicating 

 the pure blood, more than any other he has seen 

 in this region. 



The calf may be had for $2.5, or the cow and 

 calf for $5.5, if called for soon. " Were we more 

 of a farmer," asour correspotidentsays, we should 

 ask at least twice this sum for him. But in our 

 present situation, it is inconvenient to keep him. 



One of the principal excellencies of the breed, 

 consists in the goodness o( the cows for milk. — 

 They are preferred to any others, by the English 

 dairymen. 



Since the above was written, the calf has been 

 weighed. He is now two months old, and weighs 

 230 pounds: he has been kept in the barn, has 

 had only the milk of one cow, and is not remark- 

 ably fat. Notwithstanding his great size, he is 

 every way justly proportioned, and is as lively 

 and vigorous as those of smaller size. 



Mr Clarke's directions for the manage- 

 ment of Silkworms, bQ years since. — When the 

 worms are hatching, save all you can of those 

 which come out the first day, and consider them 

 your best worm.s, and you will not be disappoint- 

 ed. 



Let your worms be divided into classes — those 

 hatched the first day, be taken from the papers, 

 put on aboard by themselves, and called the first 



as they commonly do when leaves only are strew- 

 ed over them, and pressing them down so close 

 that they never can eat them. But when the 

 leaves are given them on the twigs, forming hol- 

 low places, so that the worm can crawl both un- 

 der and over, they eat with less waste than when 

 leaves alone are given them. Besides, they eat a 

 considerable part of the twigs, which afl^ord as 

 much noiuishment as the leaves. Another ad- 

 vantage is, that the worms are not incommoded 

 by the offal which falls down below the twigs 

 upon the table or shelres ; and many worms are 

 inclined to wind n|) when they are fed ; the op- 

 portunity is improved by winding the cocoons be- 

 tween the twigs, affording convenient and clean 

 places for the worms to form their cocoons with- 

 out waste of silk or floss. Examiner. 

 — JVorthamp. Cou. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the 

 Esse.\ Agr. Society, at the hotel in Topsfield, June 

 29th, 1837— 



Voted, To approve of Topsfield, as the place 

 for the next Exhibition, (to be on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 27) in conformity with the report of the 

 Coniniiltee. 



Pursuant to the recommendation of Capt. Hec- 

 tor Coffin — now of Philadelphia, 



Voted, That Augustus L. Forrestier, Esq. of 

 Batavia, be admitted an hoiioiary tnemher of this 

 Society. 



Voted, That Rev. Nathaniel Gage of Haverhill 

 be invited to deliver an address at the exhibition. 



Voted, That the Sec. be instructed to commu- 

 nicate with such persons in each town in the 

 county, as be may think proper, soliciting their 

 aid to Mr Column, in the Survey he has commen- 

 ced ; and particularly that the trustees and officers 

 ot the society, be requested to lend him all the as- 

 sistance in their power. J. W. Proctor, Sec. 



East method of Hivi.ng Bees Mr Moses 



Winslow of Westbruok, has described to us hi.s 

 method of hiving bees, which he has practised 

 with complete success, for 15 years, and has nev- 

 er known his bees to pitch on any other place 

 than that preparc<l for tliciii. 



Drive down two slakes, about four feet apart, 

 fifteen feet in front of the bee house ; tie a pole 

 across these stakes, about three feet from the 

 ground ; then take a board about one foot wide 

 and twenty feet long, and lay one end on the 

 ground at the front of the bee house, and lay the 

 other part on the pole between the stakes. Pin 

 up this board in the beginning, and let it remain 

 till the close of the swarming season. The bees 

 will pitch on the under part of this board, and 

 then that end which hiys on the ground shoiihJ 

 be raised to a level with the other, and put on a 

 barrel, box, or something else. I'hen turn the 

 board upside down, and place the hive over the 

 bees, and fiisten it with props, to prevent the wind 

 blowing it down. I!y having a board not more 

 than a foot wide, the hive will extend over the 

 board, and be less likely to kill the bees when it 

 is placed over them, and it will leave room for 

 the bees that may he outside the hi\e to pass into 

 it. Mr Winslow observes that he has sometimes 

 found three swarms at once pitched on one board 

 in different places. When he first puts up the 

 board, he usually rubs on it some honey or salt 

 water, herbs or the like, but this may not be nec- 

 es.^ary. 



We think that this method of hiving bees is a 

 great im[irovement, as it saves time and trouble, 

 and danger of being stung, ami injury of trees 

 frequently occasioneil by cutting them in hiving 

 bees. Another great advantage, the timorous can 

 be saved the misery of being frightened half to 

 death, lest they should be stung while on a ladder 

 or tree, without the privilege of running from the 

 enemy. — Yanliee Far. 



Sentrt Cats. — Robert Brooks, Esq. of Melton, 

 Lodge, near Woodbridge, has four or five cats, 

 each with a collar, and light chain, and swivel, 

 about a yard long, with a large iron ring at the 

 end. As SO0&- as gooseberries, currants and rasp. 

 berries beg^ii to ripen, a small stake is driven in* 

 to the groiind, or bed, near the trees to be protec- 

 ted, leavirig about a yard and a half of the stake 

 above ground ; the ring is slipped over the head 

 of the stake, and the cat thus tethered in sight of 

 the trees, no bird will approach them. Cherry 

 trees and wall-fruit trees are protected in the same 

 manner, as they successively ripen. Each cat, 

 by way of a shed, has one of the largest sized 

 flower-pots laid on its side, within reach of its 

 chain, with a little hay or straw in bad weather, 

 and her food and water placed near her. In con- 

 firmation of the above statement, it may be added 

 that a wall of vines, between two hundred and 

 three liundred yards long, in the Nursery of Mr 

 Cirke, at Brom|)lon, the fruit of which, in all pre- 

 vious seasons, had been very much injured by 

 birds, was, in 1831, completely protected in con- 

 sequence of a cat having voluntarily posted him- 

 self sentry upon it. — English pa. 



A New Haven City Ordinance, requires dogs 

 not only to wear a collar, but a muzzle over the 

 nose, m.ide of brass or leather. Penalty, seven 

 dollars, one half to the complainant — or any one 

 may kill the dog. 



