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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



[No. 



kers of the benefit. Certainly the rnotlern aboli- 

 tionist teaches oiherwise than Paul taught; and if 

 he cannot be convincpil of his error, the only scrip- 

 tural remedy is to withdraw Ironi such. 



"Another view ol' tlie case which we think im- 

 portant is this. When the General Assendil}- was 

 formed, a large majority, if not all of the churches 

 and presbyteries, out of which it was Harmed, 

 were in slave-hnidingstates. The aitemptto make 

 elav-e-holding a bar to communion, or to fiiir minis- 

 terial standinirnow, is chanijing the consiiiution of 

 our church, and the original terms of communion. 

 This we cannot permit. Theretbre, the ^ynod 

 solemnly affirm that the General Assendily of the 

 Presbyterian Church have no right to declare that 

 relation sinful, which Christ and the Apostles 

 teach to be consistent with the most unquestiona- 

 ble piety — and that any act of the General As- 

 Bembly, which would impeach the christian char- 

 acter of any man, because he is a slave-holder, 

 would be a palpable violation of the just principles 

 on which the union of our church was founded — 

 as well a daring usurpation of authority never 

 granted b_v the Lord Jesus. Lest the .sentiments j 

 just expressed should be misunderstood, Synod 

 would add that the likelihood of the necessity of 

 any geographical division through the operation 

 of this fanaticism, is not so great as it was some 

 time ago. Yet, on this subject, be the danger 

 email or great, a vigilance corresponding to the 

 exigencies of the times is our maniitist duiv.'' 



Forttie [''arijiers'' Register. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE OF APPLKS, TO FEIUD 

 STOCK, AXn FOR SALE, AND THEIR PRO- 

 DUCTS, CIDER AKD BRANDY. 



November 4, 

 During the two last summers and Jails, 



1836. 



my du- 

 ties called me into the apple regions of ihe north. 

 The following fiicls were obtained, in refc'ience to 

 the subject of apple cider and brandy. 



1. Cider drinkers are peculiarly subject to rheu- 

 matism, to inflamed eyelids, to headache, bleeding 

 at the nose, to sores and ulcers, ditficult amj te- 

 dious to cure, to affections of the stomach and 

 bowels, and to premature trembling- of the hand 

 and head. 



2. Cider drunkards are the most brutish and 

 cruel of the unhappy tribe of inebriates. 



3. An olil orchard and a distillery, are almost in- 

 variably indices of widows, orphans, poverty and 

 drunkenness. 



4. There is a great loss of money in making 

 either cider or brandy. Good eating apples are 

 worth on an averaije 25 cents a bushel. Eight 

 bushels of apples make a barrel of cider, and 

 twelve barrels of cider make one barrel of brandy. 

 Brandy at 50 cents per gallon would give about 

 15 cents per bushel lor the apples. 'J'lie loss is 

 ten cents per busliel. This, on an orchard of one 

 hundred trees, in ten years, would be over one 

 thousand dollars 1 No allowance is made for cap- 

 ital and labor connected with distilling. Take 

 these into consideration, and the loss is much 

 greater. 



per bushel, and then the loss is immense, by turn- 

 ing them into brandy. I am told that in Mobile, 

 apples sell now lor ten dollars a barrel ! 



0. Kngrafting and budding will change the 

 character of an orcharti, and more than compen- 

 sate lor the time and amount lost in producing the 

 change, in ten years. 



7. Apples make most excellent food for horses. 

 Several |)hysicians of extensive practice, in Con- 

 necticut ami Massachusetts, feed their horses on 

 apples and hay. I have never seen falter horses — 

 more sleek and spirited. The hair is much more 

 livelv, and requires less grooming than that of 

 horses fed on grain. Mr. Norton of Farmington, 

 Connvctic-ut, has about the finest pair of horses I 

 have seen. They are fed mainly on apples and 

 hav. They travel very fast, and seem to have 

 both wind and bottom. It is proper, however, to 

 remark, that nnt as much grain is given to horses 

 at the north, as is customary at the south. . One 

 thing is worth noticing — horses fed on apples, do 

 not eat as much hay as when they are fed on 

 grain. Very sour raw apples injure the teeth of 

 horses ; but when boiled, they do not. The rule 

 of feeding is to commence with a small quantity 

 and ffraduall}^ mcrease to a bushel a day, for one 

 horse. 



8. Apples are most excellent food for beeves. 

 The fattest beef I have seen, was made so on 

 sweet apples. 



9. Nothing will fatten mutton quicker than ap- 

 ples. It is necessary, or best, to cut up the apples 

 when led to sheep. 



10. Hogs care nothing for corn if tliey can get 

 apples : if sweet, the apples may be given with- 

 out boiling: it" sour, they must be boiled. Mixed 

 with corn meal the flesh is firmer. 



11. Apples increase the quantity and quality ot 

 milk. At first there was a prejudice against giv- 

 ing apples to milch cows ; because it was thought 

 they diminished or dried up the milk. It is true, 

 that a gorge of apples, or any other green food, 

 will cause a fever, and dry up the milk ; but given 

 in proper quantities, the effect is quite different. 



12. Cattle and hogs are purchased and fatten- 

 ed on apples, and sold at a fine profit, when to 

 fatten them on corn would ensure a loss. 



13. Sweet apples and good eating apples are 

 to be preferred aa food for horses, sheep, and 

 cows: also lor hogs ; though some recommend a 

 mixture of sour and sweet for hogs. 



If these remarks shall induce any one to test 

 their correctness, by making a fair experiment, 

 the object of my writing them will be fully an- 

 swered. 



THOBIAS P. HUNT. 



For tlie Farmer's Register. 

 THE MONEY MARKET. 



The illustrious Paul, when persecuted by the 

 Jews,, appealed unto Ciesar ; and, I trust, the 

 landed interest of the United States, headed by the 

 "country gentlemen " of Virginia and Maryland, 

 where, and where only, that invaluable cla.ss is to 

 be found, will, at a period when " the bad com- 



5, It costs no more to raise good apples, suitable bine," associate for the preservation of their rank, 

 for market, than to raise apples only suitable for | and the augmentation of their real consequence in 

 distilling. Very often apples are worth one dollar j the community— for the period has come, when 



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