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BOSTON, WEDXESnW EVENING, NOV. M, 1831. 



FATTENING SWINE. 

 The corn ffiven to yonr swine should be soaked, 

 bdilcl, or sromA into meal. It i£ an a.lvantarre to 

 let the foo^l for swine ferment a little, but not be- 

 come very sour, before they are fVa )Y"V";^ 

 DouHi made of meal and water mi.'ced with boiled 

 potaroes, is e.xcellent for swine. Their lodgings 

 should be dry, warm, and kept clean, i ■' prevent 

 measles and other disorders, and increase their 

 appetites, a little brimstone now and then, given 

 in llieir dough, is useful. Change ot !ood ,s advisa- 

 ble in every stage of tlieir existence. They shoii d 

 receive their nieals with regularity. Tney should 

 always have as much food as they will eat up clean : 

 but never more than that quantity. If the issues in 

 their forc-leo-s should be stopped, they should be 

 rubbed open^with a cob. ' Rubbing and curry;ng 

 their hides very frequently is of advantage to keep 

 UP perspiration. It is grateful lo the annuals, as well 

 as conducive to their health. Every stye should have 

 a rubbing post.' i i . j 



'Having occasion,' says Marshall, a celebrated 

 Enn-lish writer, ' to shift two hogs out of a stye wilh- 

 oiit^one, into another with a post, accidentally put 

 up to support the roof, he had a full opportunity ot 

 observing its use- The animals, when they went in, 

 were dirly, with broken ragged coats, and with dull, 

 lieavv countenances. In a few days they cleared 

 away their coats, cleaned their skins, and became 

 sleeky haired ; the enjoyments of the post were dis- 

 cernible even in their looks, in their liveliness, and 

 apparent contentment. It is not probable that any 

 animal should thrive while afflicted with pain or un- 

 easiness. Graziers sutler single trees to grow, or 

 put up dead posts in the ground, for their cattle to 

 rub themselves against ; yet it is probable that a rub- 

 bincr post has never been placed intentiomilly in a 

 stve; though perhaps for a two-fold reason rut>b.ng 

 is most requisite for swine.'— Loudon has the lollow- 

 inf observations: . - 



"llocr-stycs for the breeding or fattening ot 

 6\vine,'are mostly built in a simple manner, requiring 

 only warm dry places fur the swine to lie in, with 

 smair areas before, and troughs to hold their food. 

 They are generally constructed with shed-roots, 

 and seldom above si.x or seven feet wide, with heiglit 

 in proportion. In order that they may be convenient, 

 they should be at no great distance from the house ; 

 and the less they are connected with the other tarm- 

 buildin<rs the belter. In some cases, it imsrht 1)6 ol 

 utililv t°) have them connected with the scullery, in 

 such a way. as that all sorts of refuse articles might 

 be readily conveyed to them by pipes or other con- 

 trivances. When at a distance, they should be so 

 placed as that the servant; need not enter the tarin- 

 vard in feeding them. It is a circumstance ot vast 

 advantage in the economy of labor, as we 1 as food, 

 to have themconvenientlv situated and built. I lougn 

 swine are generally, perhaps from a too partial view 

 of their habits, considered as filthy anima s, there 

 are no animals which deli.orht more in a clean and 

 comfortable place to lie down in, and none that 

 cleanliness has a belter effect upon with respect 

 to their thriving and feeding. In order to keep them 

 dry. a sufficient slope must be given, not only to the 

 inside places where they are to lie, but to the out- 

 side areas, with proper drains to carry off all mo'S" 

 ture. Tlie outsides should also be a little elevated, 

 • and have steps up from the areas of at least five or 

 six inches in height. Hog-styes should likewise 

 have several divisions, to keep the different sorts ot 

 swine separate ; nor should a great many ever be al- 

 lowed to go together ; for it is found that they teed 

 better in small numbers, and of equal size, than when 

 many of equal sizes are put together. Proper divi- 

 sions must, therefore, be made ; some for swine 

 when with the boar ; others for brood swine, and for 

 them to farrow in ; for weaning the pigs, for fatten- 



NEW EN^tT.APs D FAimER^ 



I ing, &c. When convenient, the areas should be 

 pretty large. And where it can be had, it is of great 

 use to have water conveyed to them, as it serves 

 many useful purposes.' 



Valpnrnisu Sqiiashes.— Our friend and corres 

 pondent. Mr A. Robinson, of Portsmouth, N. H. has 

 raised 27 of these larse South'American Squashes, 

 from tw^o vines— they'weighed from 15 to 20 lbs. 

 each— the flesh is of a bright gold color, very close 

 solid grain, boils tender, and is pronounced by Mr 

 R. to"be of a superior quality to any he has ever 

 raised. 



CHICKEN GRAPE. 



Exlrid frim n Ifiur frnm Jnliii Arllum, E q. (.Vorselown, D. C' 

 t.> Ihe EHllor ofliie New Englimd Fanner. 

 I have purrhaspd this year for the iinrpns'i of 

 ipaking wine, abonl 200 hnsliels of llie chicken 

 grape from persons that gathered them in the 

 woods. I was surprised at the good quality of 

 most of them. Many of the berries were as large 

 and some larger, than the Meum'er or M'lkr's liur- 

 gunrlt/. A Inishel of clusters we glied from 34 to 

 36 lbs. and many of lliem were of fair quality for 

 the table. A Imsliel of grapes produced nine 

 quarts of pure juice. Some were more shrivelled 

 and produced from five to seven quarts of rich 

 juice to which I was obliged lo-add some wafer 

 to di.^solve the juice that adliered to the skin. 

 From this px()erimeiit I rest quite satisfied that if 

 the best native fall grapes were iiitrodiired intnonr 

 vineyards, we sluuild make a red wine that would 

 hear a comparison with any of the wines nntv im- 

 portPil from Europe, for I have not lasted real 

 •rood c/rtrfMhese iweiilv five years ; neither is the 

 port such ns we ii.=pd to drink 30 to 40 year.s since. 

 ' Some of the best clusters of the grap<'s above 

 mentioned were nearly afoot long, with shoulders, 

 the berries the size of the claret grape ; oilier 

 bunches were from 6 to 8 inches long.' 



KNICKEKBOCKER PICKLE. 



We have several times, since the commence- 

 ment of the New England Fanner, published a 

 receipt for pickling beef and jmrk said lo have 

 heeu first used by Dutch families in the State of 

 New York. It has been tried by many persons 

 in Ihi.s' vicinity, and fully answered expeclalioii. 

 It is as follows. Take 6 gallons of water, 9 

 pounds of .salt, lualf coarse and half fine, 3 pounds 

 coarse Irown sugar, I quart of molassos, 3 ounces 

 salt petre, 1 ounce of pearlash. 



Those ingredients form the pickle, whi<-li 

 must be well boileil and carefully skiinincd, and 

 when quite cold poured over the beef or pork 

 previously placed in the tub or barrel; then rover 

 your barrel cicsely to keep nut nil dust The 

 pickle should be sufficient to cover the beef or 

 pork. The above ingredients will make sufficient 

 pickle for one hundred pounds of pork. 



A respectable and scientific cnliivator directs 

 to deduct three fourths of the violasses used in 

 this pickle. We presume that he approves of 

 the other ingredients. 



. 1S31. 



CHLORIDE OF LIME. 

 The disinfecting power of this salt was proved in 

 a lemaikable manner at the time of the July Revo- 

 lution ai Paris, in 1830. The Joimial des Connoiii- 

 saiices Usuelles for September, contains a letter 

 from M. Cliovalier lo M. D'Aicii, in which the 

 former states that in passing near the .Morgue, (a 

 place where person.* found dead are exposed to 

 view, in order that they may be owned and claim- 

 ed by iheir relatives or friends,) after ihe mem- 

 orable 'Tliree d.y^' he was offended by ihe pu- 

 trid exhalations which rose from ibe corpses of 

 some two hundred persons which bad been de- 

 posited there. Fearing 'the consequences that 

 might ensue, unless some precautions were adojit- 

 ed,'" he sent lo the directors of the Morgue, and 

 off red to supply them gratuitously with as much 

 cblcuide of lime as might be necessary lo arrest 

 [he iufeclion. 



His offer was accepted, ami be jiroceeded to 

 the place where the deud bodi.-s were heaped 

 up, and which they were about removing. He 

 pre'paied a large quaniity of the chloride »nd 

 .spriukled it over them. As the bodies were borne 

 awav they exhaled a most fetid odor, but he per- 

 suaded tiie men who were employed in the work 

 to wash their hands in a solution of the salt, every 

 time ibey handled the bodies, which were also 

 well sprinkled with chloride. The dry powder 

 was scattered in every (dace where it was neces- 

 sary, anil the bodies us they wore jdaced in the 

 boat were covered with straw, ovtr which ihe 

 dry chloride was spread, and then s^priiiklcd with 

 water. 



Noiwitbstauding the mass of putr.'fv ing mailer 

 the exhalations were completely overcome, or 

 neutralized by tlie chloride, of which the qnanliiy 

 ii.sed WMS only thiriyfive pound-s and cost, proba- 

 bly, less thnn two iloPars. — Boston Tran. 



SWEET AUBURN. i 



The sale of lots at auction, yesterday, iu the new j 

 cemetery at Cambridge, fully realized the highest [ 

 expectations of all concerned. The fir^t choice | 

 was sold to Samuel Appleton, Ei-q. for $100; 

 secou'l choice to Benjamin Adams, for $6.5 ; third j 

 to Alibot Lawrence, for $50 ; several were struck 

 off at an advance of ,f 30, besides a large number, ] 

 at from §10 lo $15 each. The number offered 

 ' was 200, each containing 300 square feet. — Trav. 



A':w Haven ngaiiisl JVew'EaglandJor sweet pota- 

 toes.— Ur Henry Daggett of this city, has this sea- 

 son raised from one quarti-r of an acre of ground 

 sixty bushels of sweet potatoes. We challenged 

 New Eniiland, but we say in adilition, let this be 

 beaten iii Carolina ; ya, in the West Indies, if it 

 cm. There are in this lot, the largest and hand- 

 somest potatoes that we ever saw, and we have 

 been where ibey grow wild. There i.-i one of 

 the round kind that measures nineteen inelies in 

 circumference, ami wcighs'five pounds and one 

 ounce. Others are eighteen inches, and two feet 

 long. This is no fish stoiy, ihmigh it is a largo 

 one! Mr Daggett deserves a premium from every 

 agiicultural and horticultural society in the coun- 

 try, —^evi Haven RepuUicari. 



The Portmoiith Journal mentions several in- 

 stances of consequences nearly fatal resulting from 

 persons sleeping in nn unvciUilateil apartment 

 warmed by charcoal. A caution on this subject 

 I needs to be repeated every winter. To sleep in 

 a close room where there is a lighted lamj), not 

 well trinimed, has also an injurious effect. 



3/iem(?oii.— Mr Reynolds has rommnnicaled to 

 the Society of Arts in London a melliod of raising 

 melons without earth, manure or water. He em- 

 ploys tanner's bark, saw-dust, &c, to pnmiote the 

 veeelation of the seeds. 



WALNUT trees! 

 These trees may be raised with trifling ex- 

 pense. Cul. Adoniram Crane of Berkley, in this 



