NEW ENGLAND FARMER^ 



%====^= T r^'^'^T'^^thpm °-oo(l till after Midsummer, and have found 



To ik. FAltor oftk. C^-"'^-) ^r'^^; VtTeL tteS u efu for stock in a dry season, when the 



ON STORING MANGEL WURTZEL. ttiem ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ,j^^^ , 



S.K,-Lest your correspondent's letter mth.sg ^^^^. ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ,„ b ploughed 



week's Journal on Mangel Wurtzel ^houW m. - '« ^ y ^».^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^.^^ ^ I 



Tead the growers of that root, by fating that it ^"'^je^ „(■ barley where the tops 



lill stand" the frost, I would beg leave to '^auM^'Je been ploughed in, but I prefer g.v.ng 

 tionthem against trying 'h« "P^^" 'JfeJ them to theLck^ as t 



they should meet with a s"ious lo=s II tl ey ^^^ ^^^^ reapmg wheat that was 



are^a good crop and well covered ^'^^a/;', Loin^her the mangel wurtzels were ta^cen off 

 believe they will stand the trost as "^l' "^ °^M i.^t November; it is laid at twelve .coomb= per 

 common white turnips. Some ge^J'^^^^^^J acre. Your S.rr^ CorrcspondcnU >" ^.^^^"^ 

 thispartofNorfolk, about seren or eight years („ your Journal, is very much mistaken 



since, grew a fine crop; they were valued by « ^ , fattening qualities of the mangel 



:Tur;eyor at £12 per acre and 'he -nips n -p^-'' = , ,^^^j , -^P\^*^''^% ^^"TntUv of 



the same farms at three or four pounds. They ^^^ ^^^^ be made a quantity ot 



were advised to take them ^-''^f^^f ,Tl beasts^t this last spring with these roots ,nt^^^^^ 



for spring feed : their mode of doing it was, all .^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 'f ! K I! 



the tops were taken off, the roots were then ^^^^ f^,e„,,s who have 



aken from the ground, and left in -^ ' ^^ ^egularfy Lted beasts for the London market 



to be carted home when a convenient opportu- J^^^^^ J^^^^^ ^^^ ^„ ,, 'hr/l^l^P ^h 



(I 



several years, who all concur m the same op n- 

 M 1 feed my cows, horses, and p.gs wUh 

 them, and find them very nutritious. 1 am, bir, 

 your's respectfully. 1"os. Hf.rod. 



to be carteo nomt; ""<=•■ » ^"■■- , • ;, ■■ ,,, 



nity offered ; a sharp frost caught them m hat 



situation in the end of November, and destroy- 

 ed their whole crop to the amount of several 



acres: this made them so angry that I beheve 



not one of them have grown any smce. Many 



acres have since that time been grown near 



them and much approved of 1 have some roots 



now by -e very sound and good,that were plant- 



ed in July, 1822, after my hay was taken o\\. ^^^^^^^^^ p^,^^,^^ 



the rows, three feet apart, were covere^d up by ^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^ .^ ^be last Farmer, a proposal to 



the plough in autumn, and remained there »' I g„^ , by subscribers one half sheet with adver- 



lint'er. ^1 had also ^ome that were "9'^ -«';^', Usemen'ts, and an almanack in the all ; which I 



ed up, but had a heavy -p o tops at s ood ^^^^^^ ,^ -[f in saying wi be a grat- 



From the American Farmer. 



glandersTn horses. 



Downington, 12mo. 19(/i, 1823. 



ed up, nui iisiu ■> '"-"'j ^--r -■ ■ 

 till the spring, although the winter was very se- 

 vere, but these were eaten off by my cows as 

 soon as the frost broke up, or 1 believe they 

 would have rotted very soon. If our common 

 white turnips were topped and taken from the 

 ground, a sJigbt frost would destroy them a 

 ?oon as it would the mangel wurtzel; for that 



think I may be safe in saying, will be a gratui- 

 tous addition to all those who estimate the pro 

 sent value of thy paper properly. 



I have also noticed a request made by Robert 

 Lowry, in the last Farmer, for information re- 

 specti^ng the glanders ; to whom I feel willing o 

 g'ive my small experience or do any hmg n 



that day, next morning take the same quan 

 of blood as before, give a mash as before, v 

 the addition of half an ounce of salt petre 

 solved in it, let his food be wet, and of a w 

 kind-a run at grass after the first two d 

 would be of service. 



If thee thinks this prevention better tha 

 cure, thee may give it a place in thy paper. 

 Respectfully thine, 



Joseph Kersei 



From the Newburyport Herald. 

 Good Cider.— Year before last, I made an 

 periment on two barrels of new Cider ;-in 

 of which 1 put a gallon 4th proof Cognac Bi 

 dy, which cost $1,75 per gall ; a peck of en 

 ed Shagbarks, with 3 lbs. of box Raisins, 

 the other barrel, I put 1 gallon Cider Brai 

 which cost 50 cts. These two barrels 1 

 in mv cellar, alongside of each other bun 

 perfecllv tight, and free from air, and let tl 

 remain one year. When I tapped the first 

 rel with the Cognac Brandy, &c. in it, I k 

 to my surprise and mortification, it was n 

 shade better than common flat Cider, wit 

 tart, disagreeble taste, approaching nearei 

 common vinegar than any thing else. Ihe 

 er barrel wiih the Cider Brandy m it, 1 f( 

 to be of the first rate quality resemb.ng 

 nith of frozen cider. I showed some ol llu 

 der to a friend, and he pronounced it ot the 

 nualitv without doubt ; and to corroborate 

 Opinion of it, offered me $6 for the barr 



*^' l7our tavern keepers, and others, would a 

 this method, I am confident it would do s 

 the impression which too many travellers I 

 entertained, that no good Cider can be foul 

 the best part of New England. Experien< 



soon as it would the mangel wurtzel ; for that » ^ ^^^ ^j^^ preservation of so useful an 



part of the root that grows in the ground is very ^V^^ 



fender and susceptible to the frost. I store the ^^^^ .^ ^„ ^^^ ^^^^^ Ibat have come within 



greater part of mine. We take no more tops oft knowledge, uniformly traced them back to 

 Than we cart roots to the heap in the day, com-1 ^3^_^^ .^ here termed the distemper, and by some 



mencing as early in November as we ^an. ^^^^^ | 



Two carts, three horses, six or eight women or j^^^^ ^,^^ ^^^^^^ t^ be a neglected or , 



youths to load, and a man to drive them to tlve ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^^ distemper: from a repeated 



heap, will remove a great many in a day. 1- h^ 1 b.charge from the nose, and constant mllamma- 



driver shoots them out ol the end «' jhel .^^^ the -lands become ulcerated, and finally 



cart, or tumbril, in a promiscuous way, on as high \^.^^^^^ bones of the nose become carious, 



a heap as he can, about two loads deep, on the • ^^^^^^ incurable, as they are not so sUuat- 



level ground in some sheltered situation : he .,^ ,o ,,(,mit of an operation being perform- 



;ontinues to add to that heap in the s.ame way , ._^ ^j^.^ jbe horse has been 



coniinues lu n^n' >" ""•' r , - 



he be-an, till he has got as long a ridge as he 

 wants" the scattered ones are then thrown upon 

 the top of the heap to as sharp a point as they 

 can conveniently be laid ; as much straw must 

 then be scattered over them as will prevent the 

 mould from mixing with them. The ground 

 round the heap, with the carts, and treading o 

 the horses, is pressed so close as to be dithcui 

 .. . 'i__-.i , ^oo.» furrows round 



edonthem;in this stage the horse has been 

 inoculated, mercury has been tried, and both 

 without success. . 



But take the distemper, or strangles, in time 

 cure it ellectually and you prevent the glander 



SYMPTOMS. 



The first thing discovered is a rattling in the 

 throat, with dulness of countenance, apparent 



,„c uv..es,is pressed so close as to be 'hthcul I ^_^^^^j_^^ _^^l ^^^^ ^^^^.^^.^ jben a swelling in 

 to dig. I plough as many deep iurrows round l^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ between the jaws, a discharge 

 the heap as 1 want mould to cover it about six or ^^ ^^^^ ^_^j sometimes cough ; if the horse 



he heap as 1 want mould to cover it -'boot six or ^^''^,^^'^;^ '^,,j sometimes cough ; if the horse 

 even inches; it is then harrowed and rolled till I ^^^^^ _^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ gwelling at his throat, it be- 



seven ungues, IV i^T M.1^^' .»■»• 



fine, then ploughed a second time, beginning 

 each time next the heap; by this means the 

 mould is brought to it, and in its fine state is 

 easily cast over them with a shovel, tor the 

 lio-hter and finer the H>ould is the better it will 

 resist the frost. 1 prefer this method to putting 

 I hem into a hole, as the practice is with some, 

 tiecause the waters are carried from the heap 

 into the trench; in ihe latter case they fall into 

 the ireocb amongst the roots : I have preserved 



does not die by the gwelling at his throat, it be 

 comes what is called glanders. 



CURE. 



Dis-<olve one pound of glauber salts in warm 

 water, set it in a bucket in his manger, and he 

 will drink it; take half a gallon of blood trom 

 his neck vein; give a mash of two quarts ot 

 wheat bran scalded with sassatrass tea alter 

 which offer him lukewarm water to driuk, and 

 do not suffer him to drink any other kind tor 



POWER OF MACHINERY. 

 The Philadelphia papers notice the invei 

 of a machine, with double heads and three 

 of rollers, by which the inventor proposf 

 perform the operation of drawing cotton 

 more perfect manner, with less labor, an 

 simplified and less expensive machmery 

 by the present mode. The rapidity of the 

 provements in the art of cotton spinning has 

 deed, within a few years been a matter of 

 pri=e Mr. Owen, Ihe proprietor ot the e; 

 ' sive works at Lanark, in Scotland, calcu 

 I that two hu.idred arms with machines now 

 nufacture as much cotton as IwenUj milho 

 ; hands were able to manufacture wuhoul 

 chines, forty years ago ; and that cotton novi 

 nufactured in the course of one year m ( 

 ' Britain, would require without machines, 

 teen millions of workmen, with simple wl 

 He calculates farther that the quantity ol n 

 fictures of all sorts, at present produced bl 

 tish workmen, with the aid of machmes, 

 .rreat that it would require, without the i 

 ance of machinery, the labor ot four hu 

 mUlions of workmen. At some of the c 

 mills in Manchester, yarn has been spun si 

 ■IS to require 350 hands to weigh one ] 

 avoirdupois. The perimeter of the coi 

 reel being one yard and a half, 80 thre: 

 revolutions would measure 120 yards an 

 hank seven times as much ; or 840 yards 

 plied by 350 gives 294,000 yards, or 167 

 and a fraction. Connected with this subj< 

 may here introduce the following historj 

 pound weight of manufactured cotton as sh 



