1837.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



613 



the only painter in this case. She alone can min- 

 gle arip-ht the delicate shades of the "human iiice 

 divine." 



Besides the unhealthiness of close rooms, it is 

 certainly quite unireriteel to take into our lungs air 

 breathed over and over again by others. VVe 

 think it so to wash in the same water and driidi 

 out ol' the same cup ; but to take into our luiiirs 

 air many times expelled li-oiu our neighbors', 

 seems more so. 



* 

 Another inconvenience of unventilated rooms 



is, the liiiibs of the farmer are so relaxed by sleep- 

 ing in such, that it greatly indisposes him to quit 

 his bed at an early hour to attend to his business. 

 When people lived in more open houses, they 

 were more active, industrious and energetic. 

 When the mornirig light broke in at the cracks, 

 they broke out at their doors. These men rose 

 early to wear out their lands: I wish their sons 

 may fise early enough to restore them. I really 

 believe the amount of energy that one has in any 

 given time, depends more upon the pure fresh air 

 that he inhales in that time than on any thing 

 else — and one's future success in lilij greatly de- 

 pends on the quantity of pure air he breathes in 

 early IWe. The destinies of families and nations 

 are, I think, much influenced by the construction 

 of their houses. It is hard for me to believe 

 that many great or useful men ever came out of 

 air-proof houses. Hardy raising, I think, is in- 

 dispensable to success in agricultural pursuits. 

 Men brought up in a delicate way have not the 

 energy of grasshoppers. After the cock has 

 crowed thrice, they are still soaking in bed. They 

 shrink with horror at the approach of cold air. 

 The room must be warmed by a log fire before 

 they will venture to put on their breeches — and 

 \hey must get two or three cups of strong coffee 

 efore they will venture to see about their stock if 

 Me weather is bad. And this indispensable atten- 

 tion to stock in bad weather is committed to whom? 

 To an overseer who has no more concern tl^r them 

 than for those of the next neighbor. I have heard 

 some of these love-sleep gentry exclaim on get- 

 ting to bed, " blessed is the inan that invented 

 sleep." They might add more: " blessed is the man 

 that invented overseers." For the idea of being 

 relieved from the necessity of attending to busi- 

 ness is far more grateful to their relaxed nerves 

 than even sleep itself. You may talk about plas- 

 ter of Paris, lime, marl, and stable manure, for ex- 

 hausted soil — but all in vain — if there is not energv 

 and industry, perseverance and firmness to apply 

 them. It is physical energy and mental firmness, 

 and they go together, that are wanting. It is not 

 the want of ways and means, but the power of 

 execution. The very name of a rail road, or 

 steam boat, or a plaster mill, throw our men, with 

 overseers and hot rooms, into fits of h^'pochondria. 

 Much labor! too much labor I is the cry; and 

 they shrink back from such mighty projects, say- 

 ing " blessed is the man that invented sleep. " 



I. R. 



CURE OF LOCK JAW. 



Among the horses exhibited at the West Suf- 

 folk afjricultural show, was a fine cart mare, the 

 property of Colonel Rushbrook, which was some 



time since seized with locked jaw, and was per- 

 fectly cured by pouring cold water along the back 

 from a watering ])o\, without intermission for a 

 considerabie time ; the application being recom- 

 mended by an eminent London veterinarian. 

 This affection has been generally cunsidered incu- 

 rable. — English paper. 



THE NECESSITY OF COLD ON^ SILK WORMS' 

 EGGS BEFORE THEIR HATCHING. 



To tlie Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



Jlcksburg, {Mi.) A'ojj. 29, 1836. 



I perceive by an extract from a French author, 

 in your No. 6, that it is considered an important 

 desideratum to hatch the egys of the silk worm 

 the same year they are i)roduced, so as to have a 

 series of generations. Having paid but little at- 

 tention to the business lor several years, I had 

 thought that the difficulty vvas long since over- 

 come. I once raised a few from motives of curi- 

 osity, and wishing to have a second crop, like 

 your French author, I tried animal heat, but to 

 no purpose. In the following spring, the egrrs 

 hatched before the mulberry had put forth its 

 leaves. The circumstance of their hatching at 

 70° in the spring alter, withstanding the great- 

 er heat of the previous sumtner, induced me tore- 

 fleet upon the subject. A little reflection convinced 

 me that in their wild state, a series of generations 

 must be produced in the same year — the last of 

 which remains in the chrysalis state durinof -the 

 winter; that the eggs require to be chilled to a 

 cerlain degree belbre they will hatch ; that the 

 night air, to which they are exposed in their wild 

 state, is sufficient for the purpose. M}' curiosity 

 having been fully gratified, I did not proceed to 

 test the correctness of this idea: but if the night 

 air is not sufficient, an artificial winter might easi- 

 ly be contrived — and the only wonder is, that so 

 obvious a plan should never have been tried. 



From the British Quarterly Journal of Agriculture. 

 SOME ACCOUNT OF FLEMISH HUSBANDRY. 



By Jllexander Thompson, Esq. Banchory House, 

 Aberdeenshire. 



I spent a few weeks, in the summer of 1835, in 

 Belgium, and I then observed several agricultural 

 practices which were new to me, and which ap- 

 pear worthy of consideration, if not of imitation, 

 in our own country. 



In various parts of Brabant, I saw, in all the 

 various steps of its progress, a mode of bringing 

 heath and moorland into cultivation, which, on in- 

 quiry, I found to have been long practised, and to a 

 very- great extent. The ground to be improved, 

 generally not exceeding an acre at one time, and 

 often much less, is planted with one year old 

 seedling oaks, in rows one foot apart, and the 

 same distance from plant to plant in the rows; 

 these make annual shoots of at least twelve or 

 fifteen inches with a proportional side growth. 

 They are allowed to grow up untouched for five or 

 six to eight or ten years, accordiu<r to the progress 

 they make. The annual fill of leaves enriches 

 the soil, while the thick shade completely extir- 

 pates the lieath and other wild plants. When the 



