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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Dec. 4, 18-2y. 



From ihe CiarJencr'» Magazine. 



THE GOAT FOR MILK, .^ 

 A clever papc 

 recommends 

 cottagers, an 



I most purls of Britain, goats must be kept m such . xtrnct from tlie CoKiitry Mercury, July 3: 

 enclosures an wc have Jescribeil. That they •• Amongst the sirawberriei. exiiibiied at Hereft 

 wouKl achl much to the comforta of a jroor family j Horticultural .Show, on Friday, was a plate of W 



"ler hv a Lancashire iorrospondent, kve can easily conceive, and wc therefore hope , mot's Superb, one of which measured 7 inc 

 the 'co-It 13 a milk-givin- animal for that some liberal and enlightened proprietor will circumferpncc, and weighed IJ ounces av 

 1 even for farmers. •• Not a farmer Lecond the views of this benevolent writer. In pois.;'— CoriJ. 



inches 

 oin 



We have seen an outline of a Wilmot's Su|»e (> 



"r ° 1 „i i„,i would fmd very niaiiv advantages inany cases, the goat-yard might be so joined to 



.„ England, but would •"'d vcrj n .^^ ^^^^^^ ^c^^ | ^^^^ ^^^^^^^'^^ ^^^^^ ^J^^^^ ^^.g,^^ ^„,^„ ^^^^^-^ ...vhibited at the llri.Mol llort.cul.u.al :^c.et, (,» 



on the roof, and this roof might he trellised and ] 022,) which meaMired 2 inchcb across, and 

 covered with a rapid growing creeper beiween the , looking over the article Provincial riocieties, so 



in keeping a little herd, yet we do not meet 

 it from the Tees to the Thames ; not a cotta; 



ittagcr in 

 Li3 cmi.loy who would not have reason to be 

 thankful to Heaven for a cleanly, d.i.ile nnmial, 

 that would supply him with milk, iIk' finest in na- 

 ture, at morn, at eve, and in the summer, at noon- 

 day'; that would bring him two, ami sometimes 

 three, young ones yearly ; reiiuiring less at his 

 hands than can well be conceived ; and yet we sec 

 him consorting with dirt, and laboring in slops, to 

 fatten a filthy and voracious animal, of quintuple 

 the cost, for any return from which, he must waii 

 Jong and risk a less, which, if he escape, only com- 

 pels him and his family to feed a great portion of 

 the year on a salty unsaliitiferous diet, and entails 

 on his oftspring a scorbutic constiliitimi ; wc see 

 a day laborer starving a family to fatten an animal, 

 which, in the end, perhaps, helps to fatten no one 

 but the doctor, and losing sight, altogether, of an- 

 other, which would feci his children daily with 

 wholesome food, and gtt fat itself on what a pig 

 toaslea. 



" May I hope that some of that bright galaxy, 

 who arc an.xious to see every cotta;.'er in Britain 

 keeping his own cow, ami arc ready to every good 

 work, may kindly step forward in favor of the low- 

 est grade of our English cottars, and enable those 

 who cannot keep a milch cow, to keep at least it 

 milch goat. It is undeniable that i!!ga','einc 

 this kind among the poor, restrain many from 

 habits, whose leisure would lead them thereto ; 

 who, instead of being the poachers of the next 

 generation, or the snnntoring lipplciu of tbo vd- 

 lage, may become industrious breeders and owners 

 ol"tlie lialc herds browsing on the common, or 

 feeding on the village green, and in its grassy 

 lanes." 



We would Hlronglv recommend this subject to 

 the attention of married gardeners, who might 

 oat with the iirunings of trees, clippings of 



trellis and the -slates or tiles, in such a way as to other large ones will be found noticed — CoiiJ. 

 siiKplv the goat with a good deal of food, without .■~7^, ^ ^r i 



" I ' y . r. ," , ., „•.., ci,,„,„„r Domettic Sitk. — Some very successful expi 



nerm It ng him to cat through the mam shoots ol . • m ■ . i i ■ • 



I. ' " „ n- . .1 • -. 11 ,„iv l.o .,» ' mcnts have been made in Rhode Island during 



the creeper. To effect this, it would on!) lie ne- » 



'"^ ^ ' > ,1,. „n,i..- „ iiast season, in rearing silk-worniB. A Cominii 



cessarv to train each main shoot exactly under n , i , . , T. , i . . .i r 



,, ^ ,. i> f^i 1 . lu ..„ il.ni in „„,„„ on this subject submitteil a long report at the C 



ire s raller. Hr Clarke tells us, that in some , i, • ■ ■■ - i. . . .i i 



'"-" , , .1 . 1 „,„... t e Show and lair, he d in i awluxet on the 1 



nans of Sweden, sheep are pastured on the tops ' , ■ , , ■ . , . r 



|i.iiiHui o>T..u»-. , , ' • .1 . •.,..„,;„„ Nov., in which they estimate the amount oft 



of the houses; pasturing a goam »'';'_^ «""■««'" goods imported into the United States during 

 «ould be n o d.liicult matter in this cou ntry. g^^^ ^_^^_^1^^ nearly $14,000,000 in value, of whi 



The Cultivation of Maizt is likely to become 1 ll'ey presume, not more than $3,000,000 w 

 .reneral in France. At the sitting of the Academy , exported, leaving $11,000,000 for our own r 

 of Sciences in Paris, on the 31st iilt., it was pro- . sumption. They think there is no serious ob 

 nosed to give a prize of 1.500 francs value to the cle to the growing of silk in this countiy to 

 auihorof the best essay on the cultivation of In- extent which may be required ; and in iUustra 

 dian corn in the four departments surrounding Pa- of this position, they quote the cxainp e of M< 

 ris with a view to render this grain useful for fieW, Conn, which, though not well adapted to 

 the nourishment of the human species. Hitherto | ricultural pursuits, "realizes an income of e2..,( 

 it has been grown chiefly in the south of France, I [P" annum] from the manufacture of sdk, ch, 

 as food for cattle an.l fowls. It is a singular fact, ; =^ewing silk, riie labor performed, too, is ah. 

 thatfowls fed exclusively upon this food, hare a j en'i'-ely pe rformed by females. 



Lit. Gat., ApriU 1, 1829. | ^^^^ ^^^ IndepenJem Courier. [JIai«.] 



BEES. 



Mr EniTOR — Noticing with pleasure an 



yellow appearance.- 



Superior Saluhrily of high and drij Situations. — ! 

 In the French t^JiinuoiVc, or Almanack, for 1829, | 



„;3 „f various statements respecting population are giv'en : ._^ ^ .^ ^^ ^,,^ j_,„_ 



„p^,il Among 835,6.58deaths in 1826, lo8 had reached] j^ •• J i i- 



or exceeded their hundredth year ; and what is re- i 

 markable, and shows the superior salubrity of high 

 and dry countries, by fur the greatest proportion 

 of these centenarians was in the two departments 

 of the Upper aiid Lower Pyrenees. — Scotsman, 

 March, 1829. 



From Ihe Gardener's Magazine. 



WILMOT'S SIPERB STRAWBERRY. 



Sir — I have had several strawberries from two 



licd"«s, and other articles" that a pig would not 1 or three plants of Wilmot's Superb, of great size 



eat •''but wc woiilil not <lo away witif the pig, nor and weight ; 1, at least, have never met with any 



witii poultry, for the sake of the goat. The grand, to equal them. The smallest of those which I 



and we fear, insuperable difriculty attending in- have particularly noticed, measured 4^ inches in 



irod'ucin" gnats on farms, is, the expense of herd- circumference, and weighed upwards of half an 



in" thein ; they can never be left to themselves ounce, troy weight; another measured 6 inches 



ariiong he'd"es or bushes of any kind, and there- round, and 4 inches across, and weighed 5 dr. 1 



fore before a gardener or cottager can attei 

 keep one, he must enclose a piece of ground, 30 

 or 40 feet square, with a wall or pales at least 6 

 feet high, and he may build a hut of any rude 

 materials in the centre, on which the animal may 

 climb up, and thus amuse itself, and take exercise. 

 A great many goats are kept in Italy and Swit- 

 r.crlund for the sake of their milk, hut they arc 

 carefully tended in herds. At Epinol, in I'lance, 

 a good niany arc also kept, without being always 

 tended, and the consequence is, the hedges of the 

 numerous litllo gardens that surround the tov\ii 

 are cropped by them to such a degree that they 

 look like low lurf inoundH. On inquiring in Oc- 

 tober last, into the cause of this ap|)carance, the 

 garilener of M. Doublat informed UB, that after 

 the vinlage, and at certain oiher times, the goals 

 were left at liberty, and cropped OTerything thai 

 came in their way. It is clear, ihoreforc, that in 



sc. 6 gr. ; and the one which I have gathered to- 

 day weighs 7 dr. l.'i gr. It is, indeed, a beautiful 

 specimen, and I only wish I could preserve it to 

 look as it docs now. Pray arc these beautiful, 

 though almost monstrous, productions common ■ 

 or arc ihey the result of something favorable in 

 the season, which though not dry, 1ms certainly 

 not been inimical either to (lowers or fruit here ■ 

 and I must mention in particular, that I have had 

 several perfectly beautifuland well opening yclloTv 

 roses, an indulgence I never had until this year; 

 for though former seasons have held out abundant 

 promises, they have never until now been fuUilled. 

 — J. .If. If'hite Leaf, near Hishorough, Juli/0, 1S29. 

 Wilmot's Superb, in common with most other 

 strawberries, has attained a larger sizo this sriason 

 than usual, for the reasons asrigneil by our corres- 

 pondent. Wo have heard of none larger than his 

 largest, unless it be that alluded to in the following 



bought some remarks in reply might be ap| 

 priate. 



It informs us, that " the cruel system of sm i 

 ering bees may now be totally dispensed wii 

 This is an important truth ; and the plan it rec i 

 mends for this purpose, called " driving," is i 

 tainly practicable, but 1 must doubt its being 

 best method. The article does not instruct u i 

 what season it should be done. The bees i:i 

 as well be smothered, as left to starve; as i 

 must, if driven into an empty hive too late. II 

 early, wo shall find in the old hive but very 1 

 compensation for our trouble. I performed 

 operation on a large swarm of bees, a year 

 last summer, with great facility, by invertin;.' 

 old hive onto the ground, quickly placing the 

 one over it, stopping the holes at the ineclin 

 both hives, and then rapping gently the sidt 

 the olil one with a stick. The use of a lu 

 pot is unnecessary. After rapping a few mini 

 I placed the new hive, containing ihc bees, wl 

 the olil one stood, and found myself in full 

 session of their former premises, with all the 

 vilcges, appurtenances, &:c. This wasdoneaV 

 midsummer, in imitaiion, as I supposed ofFrr 

 Apiarians, that the bees might have just lini 

 lay in sullicicnt store for winter. Hut my triui 

 was short. My hive, though full of comb, 

 little honey ; and two or iiioro distinct brood 

 young bees, in difterent stales of progress 

 though it hod .-lent out three fine swarms the « 

 season. The next day I restored my bees to i 

 old habitation, with its contents, in tbo same i 

 ner that I had driven them out of it. They vl 

 busily to work ; and, on smothering them In 

 fall, I found it entirely filled with fine ho { 

 Though I intend not to kill any more, I iha! 



