NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



July 20, 1S31. 



ister, coniplaiiits were made to liim that tlie sliee|> 

 of Castile liail deteiioiated. To remedy the evil, 

 this minister detenniiied to import a great miiiiher 

 from Barbary ; but as lie cordd not obiain tliein by 

 means of negoiiation, he kindled a war, and invad- 

 ed Morocco. The Spanish soliliers had orders to 

 bring away as many sheep as they conid ; they 

 pillaged the country, and returned to Spain with 

 the precious plunder. 



The princi|ial breeds of Spain are iliose which 

 the monks of the Escurial possess ; those of the 

 convent of Gua/laloupe, an<l of Paular ; those of 

 the duke d'Infanlado, and of the counts of Ne- 

 grelti and Monlaro. The sheep of the Escurial 

 have the most beainiful wool ; those of Gatnlaloupe 

 are celebrated for their form and fleece ; those of 

 Panlar have their head covered with wool, and 

 their neck full of wriidiles ; those of InfantaJo are 

 born with coarse wool, which afterwards becomes 

 very fine, and those of Negretti have a strong and 

 robust body, with fine wool. All these races are 

 called merinos, and were formerly the travelling 

 flocks of Spain ; since the late wars, they have be- 

 come stationary. All the fine races of sheep now 

 in Europe were derived from the merino of 

 Spain. 



In the Crimea, and soine countries near the 

 Caspian seas, they have sheep that bear when young 

 short curled hair of a blue, brown, or black color, 

 which is an object of commerce. That the wool 

 may remain in small curls, the Tartars cover the 

 lambs with a linen cloth sowed close around them, 

 which is not taken ofi" until the animal is killed. — 

 [These himhskins are celebrated, being damasked, 

 as it were, by clothing the little animal.] In some 

 of the vast forests of Russia, there are sheep which 

 live in a wild slate ; these animals arc so much af- 

 fected by the sounds nf drums and triimpets, that 

 they be^iu to leap and dance, as soon as they hear 

 them ; and they continue these motions until over- 

 come by excitement and fatigue, they are no longer 

 able to flee from their enemies. 



[The largest breed of sheep in the world is the 

 fat-tailed variety ; it is raised in central Asia,Chi- 

 na, Persia, Africa,' &c. The tail is a mass of 

 fat, and often weighs 30 pounds. Another variety 

 of Asia is the long-tailed breed, with coarse wool ; 

 its tail sometimes drags on the ground. 



Europe did not possess any fine woolled sheep 

 un'il the twelfth century. The Roman writers 

 mention that fine wools and stuffs were imported 

 from Spain, but this only proves that the Spanish 

 sheep were better than those of the rest of Europe. 

 In the twelfth century some African merchants 

 sent to Cadiz a few sheep, the wool of which was 

 remarkable for its fineness and whiteness. They 

 were purchased by a Cadiz merchant, and placed 

 on his country estate, where they succeeded, but 

 he found no imitators. 



Foim the Portsnioulli Journal, 



CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. 



The following article was written at our re- 

 quest — as we conceive it to be the duty of every 

 one who has in his possession a valuable secret, to 

 let the world have the benefit of it in some way or 

 other. 



Nortli Hampton, July 14, 1631, 



Agreeably to your request, I have looked for 

 the minutes I took several years ago of informa- 

 tion given me by Dr Benaiah Sanborn, an aged 

 and respectable physician, cf Sanbornton, in this 



State respecting his treatment of Ilydrophobiaj they had tasted, .that all were agreeably surprised 

 and his success, . | a^j delighted. 



The principal remedy was a strong decoction ofj 

 Lobelia, given in frequent doses, til 



as an emetic, and continued, but less frequently, 

 afterward. 



When first called to the patient, he administer- 

 ed immediately, while the lobelia was preparing, 

 a powder composed, for an adult, of one grain of 

 camphor, 1 of opium, 2 of digitalis, finely pulver- 

 ized, and given in molasses. Half that quantity 

 he would give to the smallest child. 



In a case in which the disease was consiiierably 

 advanced, he gave the powder once in thirty 

 minutes, three times, and afterward, once in four 

 hours. 



If I recollect rightly, Dr Sanborn made tiie ex- 

 periment with lobelia, first on swine. The 

 swine of four families, in the borders of San- 

 borton and Meredith, were bitten by a mad dog. 

 Tlie lobelia was given soon to the swine of three 

 of the families, and not of the other. The ani- 

 mals to whom it was given all lived, and the oth- 

 ers all died of hydrophobia, 



Dr Sanborn was called to visit a son of Esq, 

 Mooney, of Canterbury, about nine years old, who 

 had been bitten by a mad dog. It was the elev- 

 enth day of his disease. He had become very 

 wild, and could not drink. It was necessary to 

 confine him, and, if I remember correctly, to pry 

 open his mouth, in order to give the medicine. — 

 What was first forced into his mouth was thrown 

 out at bis inoutli and nose. Continual eftbiis were 

 made with success. In about three hours he was 

 able to sit at the table, and take tea with the family 

 comfortably. 



Dr Sanborn was called to visit Mr Noah New- 

 ell, of Reading, Mass, who was cured of hydrct, 

 phobia, by the same method of treatment. 



It is perhaps generally known, that lobelia is 

 the plant which causes horses to slaver so freely 

 in the summer and autumn. It is very common 

 in our pastures, and often found by the sides of 

 our roads. 



Yours, respectfully, 



JONA. FRENCH. 



We cannot too highly commend examples like 

 it operated ! these of a patriotic desire to improve the natural re- 



sources and wealth of the State;and the present oire 

 evincesina striking degree, the great advantages to 

 be derived from the culture of the Vine. Many 

 have been discouraged by the belief that a first 

 rate article could not be produced here — a belief 

 proved by Col. Williams' Madeira, to be altogether 

 erroneous, A great moral inducement to the cul- 

 tmc of the Vine, is the fict that in all wine-mnking 

 countries, where wine is the connnoii drink, tho 

 ]>eople are uniformly temperate, as generally, 

 healthy ; and with the knowledge of these facts, 

 the advocates of temperance may well wish success 

 to the culture of the Vine as an excellent aid to 

 the temperance Societies, — .lugmta Courier, 



Canada Thistle. — We caution our good far- 

 mers against treating this noxious weed with neg- 

 lect. Attention to it during the months of July 

 and August, will prevent their spreading at least, 

 and will do much towards eradicating them where 

 the ground is not under tillage. We have no- 

 ticed several instances where they have sprung up 

 in the highway, which have proved of serious 

 consequence to the neighborhood in a few years 

 after. In consequence of the highway's being 

 considered every body'.s jn-operty, and not under 

 the immciliate superintendence of any one, only 

 as regards the road, they have in such cases been 

 allowed to spread themselves into tho neighbor- 

 ing fields, to the great annoyance of the occupant, 

 when II little time spent in cutting them cacli 

 season would have prevented their increase ; 

 therefore, let every farmer make it his rule to see 

 all the Canada thistles in his neighborhood cut 

 at least three times in each season, whether they 

 are in his fields or in the highway. You woidd 

 not hesitate to shoot a wolf on your neighbor's 

 premises ; then do not to cut a thistle, for be assu- 

 red that thistles do more injury to agriculture in 

 this state than panthers, wolves and wild-cats to- 

 gether. — Ge)i«ee Farmer. 



HAMPTON COURT VINE. 

 (jEORGI.'V wine. There is at present growing in the Garden at 



At the (lolite invitation of Col. Zachariah Wil- Hampton Comt, a grape vine of very large size, 

 liams, of Columbia county, we attended at the sii[)posed to be nearly two hundred years old, and 

 Globe Hotel, last evening, with some fifteen or produces nearly one ton of grapes yearly. It is 

 twenty of his friends, of this and other counties of| one of the largest in England, and is of that va- 

 the State, to take some domestic wine, made by; riety called the Black Hamburgh, and the branch- 

 hiniself It was of two kinds — made from tbCj es extend about 75 feet. It is inclosed in a grape 

 Madeira Grape and the Warren Grape — and with house, as these grapes seldom ripen well in that 

 it, on the table was a bottle of wine, made from the climate, — Pi. 



Burgundy Grape, by Mr Adhim, of Georgetown, D, 



C. n gentleman distinguished for many able essays, Preservation of Cabbages. — The London Month- 

 laid before the public, on the culture of the Vine— ly Magazine gives the following method by which 

 and another of imported old Madeira, furnished the Portuguese preserve cabbages on board their 

 by one of the first judges anil importers in the ships. The cabbage is cut so as to leave about 

 city, and recommended as a first rate article. The two inches or more of the stem attached to it ; 

 general opinion of the company, who were nearly after which the pith is scooped out to about the 

 alt good judges, was that the domestic wine made depth of an inch, care being taken not wound or 

 by Col. Williams, w.as very far superior to any bruise the rind by this operation. The cabbages 

 domestic wine they had ever drank — either Mi, then are suspended by means of a cord, tied round 

 Aldum's or Mr M'Call's of this State, which seve , that portion of the "stem next the cabbage, and 

 ral of them had drank, or any other — the Madeir fastened at regular intervals to a rope across the 

 particular, which was considered with suitable al | decks. That portion of the stem from which the 

 lowance for the difference of age, it being of la; pith is taken, being uppermost, is regularly filled 

 year's vintage, nearly equal, in body, flavor an | with water during very long voyages. The same 

 color, to the iinported, and by several, quite si i method might be advantageously adopted in private 

 Indeed, it was so far superior to any domestic win i houses. 



