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VOL. VIlT 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1830. 



No. 30. 



OKIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



lOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



IMPROVED DURHAM SHORT HORNS. 



Mr Fesse.nden — Having been requested by 

 3U tu make a stuteiiienc respecting the Improved 

 lURHAM Short Horned Cow ami Bull, calf, 

 Iso four of the Dishley or New Leicester- 

 hire Sheep, imported by me from Newcastle 

 !;nuland) in October last, I would merely observe 

 ial°two enjinent breeders were employed by my 

 lend to make the selection, who stated ina(ftter 

 ) me that Mr Robert Currv, the breeder of said 

 ovv and calf (or heifer Agatha and calf Brandon) i /^ 

 s per pedigree herewith, " has as good a tribe of j _ ^ 

 iiiproved Durham Short Horns as any man living, ; ]^ 

 nd has for several years carried oft' a great maily j ^^ 

 remiums and sweepstakes at our agricultural | ^^ 

 leetings." I also furnish you with the sale of ^^ 

 le Breeding stock of C. Mason, Esq. that took | *, 

 lace at Chilton in the county of Durham (Eug.) 

 n the 31st of August, 1829, for the purpose of 

 ho wing the estimation and value which the Short ig 4 

 hrned Stock are held in Great Britain, after a ^^ ^ 

 ipse j)f seventy or eighty years' experience. ^ 



Your obedient servant, -^ 



Boston, Jan. 27, 1830. ENOCH SILSBY. ,^1 ^ 



'edigree of a Heifer and Bull Calf bred by Robert 1 23 8 

 Curry, Esq. of Brandon, Jlnunck, .Yorthumber- -* 

 land, (England,) and imported into Boston in j ' 

 October, 1829. 2^ 2 



AGATHA. -^28 2 



The Roan Heifer Agatha, got by Sir Charles, U 9 2 

 .y Baronet, see Herd Book, (Dam by Wellington,! 

 low Rockingham G D by Sir Rowland G G D, I 30 g 

 ,y a son of Phenomenon G G G D, by Middleton 31 " 

 ; G G G D, Irishman, see Herd Book.) Her 

 Dam Duchess, by Wellington G D, by Admiral, 

 :ee Herd Book G G D,by Sir Harry G G G D, by 



Jolonel G G G G, by a grandson of Hubback— 

 JuUed June 6th, 1829, by a son of Hector, by 



uke (about a year old, not named) see Herd 

 Jook — . 



company of agriculturists, from all parts of the 

 country. The following is a list of the stock, 

 with the prices it sold for. 



cows and heifers. 

 jYo.Jgc. Jn Calf to 



I 8 By Cato, dam by Pope, Satellite, 



BRANDON. 



The Roan Bull Calf Brandon was got by a bull 

 f Mr Joblings of Styford, from Mr R. Ceilings' 

 lock. His darn Grace, by Mr Dimmings' bull by 

 Barmpton, dam Caroline, see Herd Book, page 

 555 His G D Duchess by Wellington (now 

 lockingham) see Herd Book G G D, by Admiral, 

 ,ee Herd Book G G G D, by Sir Harry G G G G D, 

 lolonel G G G G G D, by a grandson of Hub- 

 lack— calved March 30, 1829. 



Leicester OR DisHLET Sheep were bred by 

 Wr John Bates of Cock-hill, the breed having 

 )een bred for near half a century from the breeds 

 )f Messrs Cully, Collings, Thompson, Donkin, 

 lobling, Mason, &c, all eminent breeders. The 

 ilam Ogle was got by a sheep of Mr Jobling's of 

 Mewton. 



Sale of Stock at Chilton, in the County of Durham. 



The sale of the Breeding Stock of C. Mason, 



Esq. took place at Chilton, on Monday and Tues- 



iay se'nnight, and was attended by a numerous 



Jupiter, ' 

 Farmer, ' 

 Syntax, 



Jupiter, Slonarch 

 Sir Oliver, ' 



Gs. 



130 



, 70 

 44 

 2.5 



Childers, 24 

 31 



Monarch, 31 

 52 



Cliilders, 



Monarch, 



60 10 months, By Monarch, out of No. 26, 37 



Cl 3 ' ' ' ' ' ' 16, 46 



62 11 ' ' ' dam by Satellite, 40 



63 7 ' ' ' ' ' ' 27 



64 12 ' ' FalstafT, out of No. 21, 38 



62 Cows, &c. 



3,285 



George, 

 Charles, 

 out of Nevvby, 

 ' dam by Charles, 



Achmet, ' ' Jupiter, 

 Boniface, ' ' Farmer, 

 Syntax, out of No. 5, ' 



St Albans, out of No. 2, ' 



' ' ' No. 4, ' 



' dam by Charles, Matchem, 

 ' out of No. 1, Childers, 



' dam by Cato, ' 



' out of No. 5, Monarch, 



i Satellite 

 ' dam by Farmer, ^^_.p,^j,j^^^^ 



' ' ' Cato, Magog, 30 



Satellite, out of No. 2, Monarch, 150 



' dam by Cato, Childers, 72 



' ' ' Farmer, Magog, 35 



' < ' Houghton, Waverley,30 



' ' ' Farmer, Monarch, 21 



Richard, ' 'Jupiter, Childers 36 



« ' Cato, ' 37 



Satellite, out of No. 1, ' 73 



• . ' 'No. 5, Whisker, 60 



I ' ' Newby 



the Younger, Mago 



dam by Houghton, 



BULLS. 



Monarch, 3 yrs. old, by Monarch, out of No. 1, 270 



Syntax, Childer; 



out of No. 8, Monarch 



dam by Syntax, ' 



out of No. 6, ' 



dam by Whitworth, Magog not sold 



Childers 

 Mogog, 2 

 F.iistaff, 3 

 Matchem, 4 

 Driver, 3 

 Volunteer, 3 

 Richard, 5 



by Satellite, out of No. 2, 225 

 ' by Matchem, dam by Farmer, 60 



■ by Satellite, out of No. 3, 36 



by Boniface, dam by Farmer, 110 



by Satellite, dam by Cato, 33 



1)V ' ' ' Fanner, 135 

 by Syntax, ' ' Cato, 



Waverlcy, 2 ' by Satellite, out of No. 19, 

 Herdsman, 2' by ' dam by Cato, 



Worthy, 1 ' by ' ' ' St Albans, 



Whisker, 1 ' by Monarch, out of No. 19, 

 Ploughboy, 1 ' by ' ' ' No. 8, 



Mercury, 1 ' by ' ' ' Matchem's 



dam 120 

 Gammut, 1 ' by ' dam by Whitworth, 52 

 Punch, 1 ' by Falstaff, ' ' Cato, 32 



Merrington 1 yr. by ' ' ' ' 40 



Frederick, 1 ' by Satellite, out of Newby,jr. 44 

 Highflyer, 12 mos. by Monarch, out of No. 12, 



" -^ 210 



Snap, 8 months by 'out of No. 2, 70 



Windfall, 8 'by < < ' No. 22, 54 



Goldfinder, 9 mos. by Falstaft", ' No. 9, 44 



Trimmer, 6 mos. by Monarch, out of No. 24, 32 

 Miracle, 4 liios. by ' out of Matchem's 



dam, 120 

 Windsor, 4 mos. by ' out of No. 19, 42 



Paymaster, 3 mos. by Falstaff, out of No. 6, 22 

 Satellite, 9 yrs. by Sirius, out of Rose by Wel- 

 lington, 75 



' out of No. 1, 

 ' ' ' No. 2, 

 ' ' 'No. 3, 

 ' ' 'No. 4, 

 . ' 'No. 5, 

 ' dam by St Albans, 

 Monarch, out of No. 13, 

 ' dam by Cato, 



' ' ' Houghton, 



I ' ' Farmer, 



' out of No. 11, 



■ ' ' No. 10, 



' dam by Cato, 



Falstaff, out of No. 9, 

 ' ' No. 6, 

 ' dam by Syntax, 

 1 ' ' Farmer, 



nonths. By Monarch, out of No. 20, 

 I i ' ' ' ' 4, 



115 

 78 

 50 

 48 

 40 

 78 

 32 

 78 

 52 

 26 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 78 

 30 

 40 

 not sold. 

 58 



56 10 



57 9 



58 9 



59 8 



' 5, 

 Lot 13, 

 No. 14, 

 • Newby the 

 Younger 19 



27 Bulls, &c. 



2,184 



BORER IN APPLE TREES. 



To the Editor of the New England Farmer. 



Sir I know that your candor will excuse me 



when I express a difference of opinion as to the 

 suggestion of Mr Young, of Chatham,* in the 

 proposed destruction of the apple tree borer, by 

 camphor. You are right, probably, in supposing 

 that the holes through which the excrements of the 

 insect are protruded, are the avenues through 

 which the perfect insect is to make his escape. 

 But it must be equally true that it has a direct 

 communication with the insect, (whatever its state 

 may then be,) and as camphor is the most efficient 

 substance, (I believe) known for the destruction of 

 insects, I must say, as a merely speculative ques- 

 tion, that I have never seen a suggestion so plau- 

 sible as that of Mr Joseph Young, of Chatham. 

 I think so much of it, that I should not be sur- 

 prised if it should lead not only to a more ready 

 mode of destroying the apple tree borer, but to the 

 destruction of many other insects, which infest 

 vegetable productions, and I hope that this power, 



• See New England Farmer, vol. viii. page 206. 



