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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JULY 26, 18 jr. 



of sliecp, with the same i)ro|>ortion of yeailiiigs, 

 viz: 470, .iml llie quality of wool, of w liicli sdiim- 

 jiiilfrinciit can be fmnied froiti the price it has 

 coiiiitiaiulecl in the hosloii niarl^et for cash, and 

 Btatf^d ill a former communication — I challenf;c 

 any word grower, cither in tlie State, or out olii, 

 to f,'o l)eyond it. 



Hot, a few words here, as regards the weight 

 of Heece of Saxony sliee|i,in genera', may he con- 

 sid('red in connection, as a|)|'nsile. 



1 have heen informed liy Major Grant of VVal- 

 poU', N. II., who has as fine, if not the very fines! 

 flock of Saxons in the United States, that the aver- 

 ge weight of his dips is hut 2 1-2 Ihs., and some 

 years is scarcely lieyond 2 1-4 Ihs. jter heail. As 

 regards the flock of Mr Grove, of Hoosack, which 

 is cx<|nisitely fine, it appears !rom a statement of 

 his, that the average of his sheep is nearly, or lull 

 3 Ihs. Considering the quality of, his wool, it is 

 a most extraordinary product. Hut the system of 

 nianagemenf, of those gentlemen, is perfect — 

 Their sheep are closely liouscd during winter, 

 and if 1 mistake not, are not exposed at all. In 

 this particular, 1 differ from them: — a s):ace of 

 Foinc 8 or 10 feet wide is always op(M) to adndt 

 of mine going in or out, at pleasure. I now call 

 upon till! douhtlid and sceptical, to appeal to these 

 genlleinen, and all others, whose system of man- 

 agement are similar, and ascertain what would 

 now l)e the condition of their flocks, if they had 

 not heen adequately protecteil, and also, to decide 

 the point ! have endeavored to maintain, viz: — 

 whether protecting sheep will, or will not,increasK 

 the weight of fleece. I will pledge myself to say 

 a unanimous atlirinative will he the answer. 



lint the allusion to the ahove gentlemen, and 

 tile remarks connected^ is only for the purfiose of 

 setting the inexperienced right in regard to the 

 {general weight of fleece of fined woolled sheep : 

 what has heen written will answer as a refer- 

 ence, ahhonjh rallici- a digrcssitn from my sub- 

 ject,. 



In order to save your readers any trouble, I 

 will get at the cream of the advantage of shelter- 

 ing shee]>, so far as increase of fleece is concern- 

 ed, by figuring out my own gains, and most sin. 

 cerely do 1 hope the tinre will not be distant, 

 wlien theirs will be likewise. With the same 

 nianagenient of their flocks thronghnlit the year, 

 I will guarantee the result will be tt(e same. 



I have already staled that wheK tny sheep were 

 exposed, the highest avenge yield was 2 lbs. 9 

 oz., — the winter of 183t, my sheep were shelter- 

 ed, and the yield per iiead of that year, was two 

 lbs. 10 1-2 oz. ^ere then v\'as a gain in the ag- 

 gregate of 141 Ihs., producing the snug little sum, 

 at the prii.'e sold, of $104. Hut the present clip 

 conies up to the pur/iose exactly; the average as 

 stated, is 2 His. 14 oz., therefore giving an aggre- 

 gate gain of 547 lbs., and peradvenlnre my wool 

 Beds at prices of last year, woidd produce the sum 

 of $400. 



.'Vndnow Messrs Editors, 1 havedone with this 

 braucli (d' sheep husbandry. 1 have developed 

 niy jirivate aiVairs not a little, in order to furnish 

 proofs of the great advantages to be derived from 

 affording adequate protection to sheep during the 

 winter season. I have not only urged the impor. 

 tancB of attending to the subject on the score of 

 liuiniinity, but have it, scattering dollars and cents 

 in the path 1 have marked out, which only needs 

 to he follovV(!d, to find anil gather up. 



1 shall endeavor in my next, to expose some of 

 the sins of omission ami commission in washing tl 



and shearing of sheep. 



Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 



M. 



CORN BRKAD. 



The South has been long cilehrated for its 

 irratcfnl corn bread, cakes, muffins and homininy. 

 In consequence of an invitation in the Albany 

 Cultivator, a young lady in Tennessee, has kindly 

 sent the following directions for making these do- 

 mestic ilelicacies of I he table. 



l>I,AiN COR.N BREAD. 



&ix pints of meal, one lahle-spoonfiil salt, four 

 pints water; thoroughly mixed with the hand, 

 ,-ind baked in oblong roils, about two inches thick. 

 Use as much dough for each roll as can be con- 

 veniently shaped in the hand. Many persons use 

 hot water; iiT winter it is ciM-tainly best. The 

 bread is better to be made half an hour or more 

 before it is baked. The oven must he tolerably 

 hot when the dough is put in. All kinds of corn 

 bread require a hotter oven and to be baked quick- 

 er than flour. 



LIGHT COP.N BKFAD. 



Stir four pints meal into three jiiuts tepid wa- 

 ter ; add one large tea-spoonful salt; let it rise 

 five or six hours ; then stir it up with the hand, 

 and bake in a brisk oven. Another method is to 

 make mush, and fiefore it grows cold, stir in half 

 a pint of meal. Let it rise and hake as the first. 



COlt.N CAKES. 



Six eggs v/ell beaten, one pint milk, one tea- 

 spoonful salt, two pints miish almost cold, two 

 pints meal, and three table-spoonfuls melted lard. 

 Grease the oven, put one large siioonful of bat- 

 ter in each cake. Do not let them touch in bak- 

 ing. 



CORN MUFFINS. 



Made in the same way as corn cakes ; grease 

 the iniifTin hoops, and heat the oven slightly, be- 

 fore putting in either corn cakes er muffins. A 

 better muffin is nia<le by substituting two jiints of 

 flour instead of meal. 



BATTER OR MUStI CAKES. 



Reat the yolk of eggs very iight, add one pint 

 milk, two pints mush almost cold, one and a half 

 pints flour, one tea-spoonful salt, three tahle- 

 spooufnls midtcil butter — to be well beaten to- 

 gether. Just before frying them, whip the whiles 

 to a slong froth, and stir it lightly into the hatter. 

 For frying all kinds of halter cakes, use no more 

 lard than is necessary to make tlun turn well. 



IHUSH. 



Put two pints of water into a pol lo boil ; th"n 

 take one pint cold water and ndx smoothly into 

 it one pint meal. When the water in the pot 

 boils, stir this well into it, and let it boil ten or 

 fifteen minutes, or until it looks cle.ir. 



COMMO.N BATTER CAKF.S. 



Six eggs well beaten, two and a half pints miik, 

 one tca-s()oouful salt, stir in three pints of meal 

 that has been thrice silled throu'.;h a common sif- 

 ter. Keep the batter well stirred while frying, 

 otherwise the meal will settle at the lioltom. 



'• To no native American, is more lienor due 



:in to Dr Franklin. His science, patriotism, 

 industry mid morality, as well ns his poliiical sa- 

 gacity, have been and are the subjects of general 

 a]iprobation ; and, as common property, it is not 

 nectssary to dilate upon them. It is his investi- 

 gating spirit of inquiry, as to whatever new his 

 mind rested U|on,and the beneficial results of Ids 

 observations, that are now brought to view. 



" Broom corn, now cultivated to so profitable 

 an extent in this country, owes its cultivation tu 

 Franklin's acute mind. .\ lady in Philadelphia 

 held an imported clothes whisk in her hand, and 

 whilst examining it as a novelty, he found a sin- 

 gle grain still attached to the stalk ; this he plant- 

 ed, and a large and increasing article of useful 

 ness has been thus per|)eluiited in the U. States 

 A paragraph fioii'. a northern news[iaper of 1835 

 has a corroborating proof of the value of this dis- 

 covery : 'The broom straw speculation bids fail 

 o rut! as high this year as it did last. A weel< 

 ago, speculators were ofl'cring -$50 an acre forth( 

 growing brush.' 



" The yellow or golden w illow, which novi 

 flourishes in most parts of the Union, was intro 

 ilnced by the same friend lo his country and man 

 kind. In a wicker work importert basket ofterei 

 lo his view, Dr Franklin fbund some of the twig 

 were sprouting, lie then took them out, am 

 presented them to Mr Norris, of Philadelphiai 

 who succeeded in raising them ^el•y successfully 

 and to a great height." 



The Nashua Telegraph says: 



" Notwiihstanding there has been a good dej 

 of grumbling the present season, the promise ( 

 an abundant crop of almost every thing whic 

 grows, comes in from every quarter. From nort 

 to south, and from cast to west, throughout th 

 whole extent of our country, the prospect is re\ 

 resented as good. In our vicinity, there are n 

 symptoms of famine this year — grass, it is trm 

 is at present light, and considerably winter-killei 

 hut for the last week, it has come forward wit 

 astonishing rapidity, and though hay-time will 1 

 very late, there will no doubt be a medium croj 

 Winter grain is not very promising, but sprin 

 grain is making up the deficiency — corn loot 

 well — cats never looked better — and the [lea-vim 

 which are every where to be seen, are enough 

 make one's mouth water, in anticipation of the 

 rich fruit. 



Frankmnian Economy Aside from Dr Frank- 

 lin's discoveries in Electricity and Philosophy, a 

 correspondent in lln^ VVashinglon Snii lliusspeaxs 

 of Dr Franklin's tliscoveries in matter of domestic 

 economy : 



The New York Herald says : 



" Agriculture is again coming into vogue. - 

 Banking, specnlalinn, shaving, and the terrib 

 mania of overtrading .are passiug away like tl 

 clouds of heaven before the northwest wind.- 

 Eveii in Wall street, people now begin lo talk 

 farming and short horns, ,iiid in the drawii 

 rooms, the fiirnilure of whiidi has just been knoc 

 ed down by the auctioneer, fine ladies want 

 study dairy matters, and wonder if they can ma 

 o-ood butter in Indiana. The whole fabric 

 banking, credit, towns on jiapcr, and lithograph' 

 cities, are going to perdition. Real farming 

 ploughing.^raising wheat — planting corn — ; 

 time — harvest — are broached by many of o 

 fashionable people." 



The Yankee Farmer suggests that putting l; 

 tier's waste around vines, will protect them fri, 

 the ravages of insects. 



