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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



July 



FEOM A DAGUERREOTYPE OF THE SHERMAH MORGAN. 



Sire, 



Old Sherman, ^ 



Gr. Sire, I 



Justin Morgan, i 



Color, 



Chestnut. 



Weight, 

 1050. 



KEPT BY A. J. CONGDEN, AT LANCASTER, N. H. 



This horse, of known pedigree, as above, was 

 19 years old in August last. He was raised in 

 Campton, N. H., and has been kept in New 

 Hampshire, Vermont and New York. He now 

 stands at the stable where the celebrated "Old 

 Sherman" died, in 1835. Of hi7n he is almost 

 an exact pattern, on an enlarged scale. He is 

 considered, by judges who have known both, a 

 worthy successor to so distinguished a sire. 



Of great docility, spirit, energy, speed and en- 

 durance ; of beautiful color ; of elegant form 

 and action, he possesses an unusual combination 

 of desirable qualities, and his well known stock 

 is fully proved to be of the highest excellence. 



Very few studs sired by the "Old Sherman," 

 the most famous of the Morgans, still live — the 

 "original Vermont Black Hawk' ' being one. The 

 Sherman, some years younger than any other, is 

 believed to be the onli/ one east of the Connecticut. 



At the same place stands also the "Kent Mor- 

 gan, 11 years old, bay, very elegant, a grandson 

 of Old Sherman and of old Woodbury. Pedigree 

 correct. He possesses a remarkable combination 

 of the peculiar excellences of both these best 

 original branches of the Morgan race. Colts of 

 this horse command good prices — from $200 to 

 §600. 



Beef at Oxe Year Old. — We copied in an 

 early number, an account of the success of Mr. 

 Crowell, in rearing calves so as to fit them for the 

 butcher at one year old. When a few days old 

 he commenced feeding them on sour milk, keep- 

 ing them on the same kind of food during the 

 summer, taking good care to feed tliem uniform- 

 ly, but not very abundantly, so as to keep them 



growing thriftily without forcing them too rap- 

 idly. In the fall they were put in the stables, 

 and fed on hay, and a little meal, increasing the 

 quantity of the latter gradually, with a view of 

 fitting them for "beef" in the spring at one year 

 old or a little under. These calves at eleven 

 months old, look like young oxen, and are esti- 

 mated to weigh about GOO pounds each alive. A 

 correspondent at Cazenovia writes us that he has 

 tried the same plan with equal success. — Rural 

 New- Yorker. 



For the Neiv England Farmer. 



CHEMISTRY.-Ho. 1. 

 what may we learn from it ? 



Mr. Editor : — With your permission, I propose 

 to give your readers some facts in relation to this 

 much-neglected branch of natural science ; not, 

 however, because I feel myself competent to the 

 task, for I am a mere tyro in this important sub- 

 ject, and it is only to awaken an interest in it, 

 and to call forth light from abler pens, that 1 at- 

 tempt to say anything about it. 



It is the province of chemistry to teach us of 

 what all substances are made, the kind and pro- 

 portion of matter in each, their relation to each 

 other, and the changes that take place, and what 

 it is that produces these changes. Everything 

 of which we have any knowledge, from our own 

 bodies down to the most insignificant plant that 

 ever attracted the attention of man, is made 

 up of proper substances in due proportions, and 

 with the same species under the same circumstan- 

 ces, they are always alike. 



Does the cultivator of the soil wish to aid na- 

 ture in producing any vegetable? Chemistry tells 

 him of what that vegetable is composed, thus 

 telling him what to use as a stimulus to his grow- 

 ing crops. 



Certain substances or chemical elements when 

 brought together destroy (disorganize) each oth- 



