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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Blarch 28, 1833, 



most oomiiion sort, we look upon it as an ncliieve- 

 •iiflit bordering on the wonderful. Not a shell 

 have I seen since I left the St Johns. Alligators, 

 it is true, are fully abundant ; we have tvventyfive 

 or thirty, alive, on board to expcrinjent upon.— 

 How far we shall he able to proceed up this choc- 

 olate colored river, I do not linow; hut I feel ns il 

 to return to its entrance was the best occurrence 

 that could happen. It would take about five 

 years to inspect what I call the Floridas ; and af- 

 ter all, the report wo\ild be, '.Has, poor Yorick T " 



Boston, Wednesday Evening, March 38, 1833. 



BUTTER. 



A writer for the Genesee Fanner observes, that 

 the quality of butter would be much improved if 

 ptn-chasers were willing to make a difference he 

 tween a good and a had article. " If housekeepers 

 would attend more to the purchasing of their but- 

 ter, making more diftcrence in ])ricc according to 

 quality, we tliiuk it would have a very good effect." 



ASHES FOR SHEEP. 



jNIr T. Stanton, in an articJe pid>lished in the 

 Genesee Farmer, says, " In consequence of the 

 long and severe winter, my sheep, especially the 

 last spring lamhs, became diseased, costive, and 

 undoubtedly affected with the worm in the stom- 

 ach, and were rapidly dying off. I then tried, and 

 with complete success, giving them ashes mi.\ed 

 with a small portion of salt, and immediately per- 

 ceived an iniprovemeut in the health of my 

 flock. Within fortyeight hours the alteration was 

 evidently for the better; since which, I have 

 scarcely suffered a single loss. The mixture may 

 be one fourth salt— feed twice a week " 



PINE BOUGHS OR TAR FOR SHEEP. 



Dr Deane observed, that " Wlien sheep have 

 colds and discharge mucus from the nose, good 

 feeding, together with pine boughs given them oc- 

 casionally, will cure them ; or tar spread over a 

 board, over which a little fine salt is strewed, will 

 induce sheep to lick up the tar, and this will cure 

 a cold." 



DEAD ANIMALS. 



Good meat and drink are not more necessary to 

 health and good living, than good air. You may 

 as well take noxious substances into your stomach 

 as into your lungs. You will therefore please to 

 omit a practice of some, who are more properly 

 cumherers than cultivators of the soil, who hang 

 dead lambs, cats, &c, on fruit trees, or expose 

 them about their premises, to generate poisonous 

 and pestilential etHuvia. Rather than suffer such 

 nuisances to annoy and defile your homestead and 

 neighborhood, you should cover all dead animals 

 with five or six tiines their weight of earth, (it 

 mixed with about a sixth part of quick lime the bet- 

 ter,) and the whole mass in process of time, will 

 become excellent manure. 



CLEAKLtNESS AND COMFORT AS REGARDS ANIMALS. 



Cleanliness is favorable to health, by promoting 

 perspiration and circulation. Animals in a wild 

 state, attend to this part of their economy them- 

 selves ; but in pro7)ortion as they are cultivated, or 

 brought under the control of man, this becomes 

 out of their power f and to insure their subservi- 

 ency to his wishes, man must supply by art, this, 

 as well as other parts of culture. Combing and 



brushing stall-fed cattle and cows, is known to 

 contribute materially to their health ; though 

 washing sheep with a view of cleaning the wool, 

 often has a contrary effect from the length of time 

 ihe wool requires to dry. This often brings on 

 cold, ai^d aggravates the liver complaint so inci- 

 dent to those animals. 



COMFORT. 



An animal may be well fed, lodged and cleaned, 

 without being comfortable in every resjiect ; and 

 in brutes as well as men, want of comfort operates 

 on the digestive powers. If the surface of the 

 stall on which an ox or horse stands, deviates 

 much from a level, he will be continually uneasy ; 

 and he will be uneasy during the night, if the sur- 

 face is rough, or if a proper bed of litter is not 

 prepared every evening for him to repose on. — 

 The form of racks and mangers is often less com- 

 modious than it might be. A hay rack which 

 projects forward, is bad ; because the animal in 

 drawing out the hay, is teased with the hay seeds 

 falling into its eyes and ears ; and this form, it 

 may be added, is apt to cause the breath of the 

 anin)al to ascend through its food, which must af- 

 ter a time render it nauseous. 



CllURiN.— INQUIRY. 



]Mr Editor — Having accidentally met with a 

 churn, some years since, which was worked by 

 means of a weight, I am desirous of knowing 

 where they can be obtained ; as, also, the opinion 

 of those of your correspondents who may, by ex- 

 perience, he acquaints d with their merits. From 

 all the [icrsonal inquiries I have hitherto made on 

 this subject, I have not been able to obtain any 

 inforination whatever, respecting them. Probably, 

 to many of your correspondents, these churns may 

 be quite familiar ; and from such, I should be 

 obliged to he favored with a communication rela- 

 tive to them, through the medium of the New Eng- 

 land Farmer. Very respectfully, yours, 



A Subscriber. 

 War Yonkers, .V. 1'. March 17, 1832. 



The gentleman who signs " CuAosily," and ad- 

 verts to certain eminent statesmen, who were at a 

 loss to know the difl'erence between " Betf Cattle " 

 and " Stores," as used in the technical jihrascs of 

 Hrighton market, is informed, that the fi)rmcr term 

 means cattle fatted and fitted for the slaughter 

 house; the latter is synonjmous with cattle to be 

 ko])t a while on hand, or in store for milk, butter 

 beef, &c, as the case may be. 



NEW SCIONS. 

 Mr J. B. Russell,— 



Dear Sir — When I sent the fruit scions to the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, last spring, 1 

 did not doubt but that the three old favorite and 

 celebrated Montreal apples, were in your vicinity, 

 having seen an account in the New England Farm- 

 er, of the exhibition of the Fameuse before your 

 Society ; hut I was informed by Mr Curtis, last 

 summer, that those ajiples were taken from this 

 place by him, and that he was certain the other 

 varieties hai\ never been introduced into that part 

 of the country. I therefore have the satisfaction 

 of forwarding them to you, for the Society, ami 

 hope that they will prove an acquisition. — No. 1, 

 is the Pomme Gris, our best keeping winter ap- 

 ple. No. 2, is the Bourassa, also a winter apple. 

 Yours tridy, HENRY CORSE. 



Montreal, March 15, 1832. 



(JJ=The above scions are deposited at the Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, and will be distributed next Sat- 

 mdav. 



GARDENERS' WORK. 



Lettuce may be sowed in the open ground as 

 soon as frost will permit. It may he sowed be- 

 tween vacant rows, intended for other plants, and 

 pulled out for use before the other plants are large 

 I'lHiugh to he encumbered by it. Early peas can- 

 not be jdantcd too soon after the ground is thawed. 

 Radishes may be sowed as soon as the seeds can 

 be raked in. Low cabbages, cucumbers, iTielons, 

 cauliflowers, squashes, &c, in hot-beds, under 

 glass, &c. Dig up vacant ground, applying ma- 

 nure. Dress borders, and clip edges of box. 

 Clean, relay, or make new gravel walks. Attend 

 to and turn over conqiost beds. Dress asparagus 

 ,beds or make new ones, tlie latter part of this 

 month or the beginning of April. Select from 

 your cellar the best cabbages with heads, and set 

 them in some proper j)lace to stand for seed. Set 

 the different kinds remote from each other,to pre- 

 vent their mixing at the lime of blossoming. Like- 

 wise, set some of your best cabbage stumps for 

 early salad and greens. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At a meeting of the Mast^achusetts Horticultural 

 Society, held at their hall on Saturday, the 24th 

 inst. George Russell, M. D. of Lincoln, and 

 Thomas Willet of Charlestown, Mass. were ad- 

 mitted members of that Institution. 



QUARTERLY REVIEW. 



Lilly & Wait have just republished the 32d No. 

 of this able work, which contains article on the 

 following subjects : Memoirs of Madame Junol 

 — Origin of the Latin Language and Roman Peo- 

 ple — Condition of the Laboring Classes ; Wilt- 

 shire Emigrants to Canada — Results of Machinery 

 — State and Prospects of Ireland ; Irish Poor — 

 Tithes— Works of Berajigcr — History of English 

 Dramatic Poetry — Tour in England, Ireland, and 

 France, by a German Prince — Progress of Mis- 

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 annum. 



Jj' Several communications received. 



LARGE PRODUCT OF A GARDEN. 



Mr Smith — The following is the product of 

 about half an acre of ground. The garden whence 

 the produce was obtained, although comprising an 

 acre of ground, yet the grass walks, slopes, &c. 

 occupy at least half an acre, so that we may fairly 

 estimate the year's crop, as being produced off the 

 quantity of ground above mentioned. 



Exclusive of carrots, radishes, cabbages or 

 greens, lettuce, parsnips, and celery, the quantity 

 of these not being ascertained, I gathered : — cym- 

 lings, 442; cucumbers, 52; potatoes, 1110; ears 

 of corn, 548 ; beets, 108 ; citrons, 7 ; green globe 

 or cardoon artichokes, 12 ; green peas, 3J bushels, 

 being the produce of fifty five circles ; snap beans, 

 &c, 1 bushel and a peck ; tomatoes, 1247 ; pods 

 of fall peas, (green) 1219. 



Having for the first time last year, tried the 

 method of planting peas in circles, I find it to an- 

 swer fully my expectations, the increase being 

 greater than could be obtained in any other way, 

 on the same complement of ground. J. F. B. 

 I Annapolis, Md. March 1, 1832. 



