No. 4.2. Remarks on Purchasing a Horse — Emigrants. 



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at least, who are disposed to promote their 

 interests by makinar war on the weeds. 



Germantown, July 4tli, 1838. 



For tiie Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Remarks on Piircliasiug a Horse* 



My neighbor Tyson, having occasion to 

 purcliase a horse for hard and immediate 

 work, I advised him not to buy under five 

 years of age. He yesterday took me to see 

 a horse, for which lie had partly agreed, war- 

 ranted sound, and five yea;-s old. On exam- 

 ining the mouth, 1 inquired of the owner if 

 he would warrant him five years old? He 

 answered, " he is coming five." " Yes," I re- 

 plied, " and will be so, tor nearly two years 

 to come ; the fact is, he is a three year old 

 colt." This common trick reminds me of a 

 butcher I once knew, who, when he had old 

 beef for sale would spread his hand upon it, 

 and declare it was under five, meaning it was 

 \mAer four fingers and a thumb. 



Few persons, even amongst those to whom 

 the knowledge ought to be indispensable, are 

 acquainted with the mode of judging of the 

 age of a horse by the teeth : as the lesson 

 can be committed to memory in five minutes, 

 I copy it from my memorandum book, asking 

 for it an insertion in your valuable Cabinet. 



How to form a judgment of the age of a 

 horse by his teeth. 



At two years old, the horse sheds the two 

 middle teeth of the under jaw. At three 

 years old, he sheds two other teeth, one on 

 each side of those he shed the year before. 

 At four years old, he sheds the two remain- 

 ing, or corner teeth. At five years old, the 

 two middle teeth are full, no longer hollow, 

 as all the others are; and the teeth liave 

 penetrated the gums. At six years old, the 

 four middle teeth are full, the corner teeth 

 only remaining hollow : the tusks are sharp, 

 with the sides fluted. At seven years old, 

 the corner teeth are full, the tusks longer and 

 thicker, and the horse is said to be aged. 



Note. It is not meant that exactly at the 

 periods above mentioned tliese changes take 

 place in the horse ; much depends upon his 

 constitution; whether he be a late or early 

 foal ; also upon the manner in which he has 

 been reared, as to food and shelter, &c. The 

 corner tooth too, might remain a litile hollow 

 after the age of seven, but the appearance 

 is still very unlike the mere shells, which 

 they are, at the age of six. 



An Old Farmer. 



The most common things are the most use- 

 ful; which shows both the wisdom and good- 

 ness of the great Lord of the family of the 

 world. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet, 

 Conversation 'between two E^migrants* 



Sir, — Permit me to narrate a conversation 

 which passed a few days ago, between two 

 emigrants from the old country. Although 

 the subject might not strictly come under the 

 head of either agriculture or horticulture, yet 

 as it embraces that of menticulture (if you 

 will allow me to coin a term) which is near- 

 ly allied to both; perhaps the lesson which it 

 teaches will procure for it a place in your in- 

 teresting pages. 



John D. " Do you know why I left the 

 old country and came to this] I am sure I 

 do not, for 1 was well to do at home, and had 

 plenty of work and all that I wanted; to be 

 sure, at first sight the wages that are given 

 here appear higher than they were with us, 

 but if you put tJiis and that, together, I do not 

 think there is much in favor of this country." 



George W. " I am sure you do not wish 

 me to tell you why you emigrated ; but if you 

 had gone to the English island of Jersey, per- 

 haps you would have had the question put to 

 you, as they sometimes inquire of emigrants, 

 'do you fly from justice or your creditors 1' I 

 think it extremely unwise in persons coming 

 to this country to pretend that they had all 

 they could wish for at home; and have had, 

 sometimes, to remind such of the Quack Doc- 

 tor's address, 'Gentlemen, you must not sup- 

 pose that I came here for want — "*■ * * I 

 had enough of that at home !' But to be seri- 

 ous, you and I came from the same parish in 

 England where we were farming servants, and 

 I wonder you should so soon forget the hard- 

 ships which we were driven to every winter, 

 when our masters used to turn off their out- 

 door servants, who were then compelled to 

 labor upon the roads as paupers, dragging 

 gravel carts like horses, and at wages which 

 were not sufficient to keep body and soui to- 

 gether. 1 happen to have in my possession 

 one of the printed papers issued by the Guar- 

 dians of the Poor to the Surveyor of the roads, 

 which 1 will read to you; it states the rates 

 of wages which he was to pay, and which you 

 will have too much reason to know is correct. 

 The original paper is in the hands of the 

 editor. 



RATE OF WAGES TO BE PAID PER WEEK. 



Pinclf Man, not exceedinj .... 



A married Man, with a Wife, but no cliild living 



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A married Man, wiili a Wife and one Child 



A married Man, with a Wife and two Cliildren 



A miirried Man, with a Wife and three Children 



A VVidnwer, with oi^e Cliild .... 



A Widowi r, wHIi two Children 



A Widower, with three Cliildren 



A married Man or Widower, with more than 



three ChUdien 



The number of children, in all cases, to be 

 understood as of children who can earn no- 



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