No. 4. 



Statistics of Fruit. — Keeping Cattle Warm. 



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Statistics of Fruit. 



As there seems to be at this time a gene- 

 ral awakening on the subject of fruits, their 

 culture, &e., all statistics on that subject 

 will probably have an interest for your read- 

 ers, and I therefore append the following 

 calculation of the value of fruit, ^;/'r indi- 

 vidual, raised in each state. The data upon 

 which this is based, is Mr. Ellworth's report 

 of population and production for 1840. Leav- 

 ing out fractions, the calculations stand thus: 



Per person. 



New Jersey, - - - - $;1 24 



Connecticut, - . . . 96 



New Hampshire, ... 84 



Vermont, ----- 73 



New York, . - - . 70 



Virginia, ----- 57 



Kentucky, - - . - 56 



Massachusetts, - - - - 53 



North Carolina, . - . 51 



Tennessee, - . - - 44 



Pennsylvania, - - - - 36 



Delaware, - . . - 36 



Ohio, 31 



Maine, 29 



Illinois, 27 



Rhode Island, - - - - 26 



Missouri, 24 



Georgia, ----- 23 



Maryland, - . - . 22 



Indiana, --..-- 16 



Arkansas, - - - - - 12 



S. Carolina, - - - - 09 



Alabama, ----- 09 



Michigan, - - - - 08 



Dist. Columbia, . - - 08 



Mississippi, ^ . - . 04 



Louisiana, , . - - 03 



Florida, 02 



Wisconsin and Iowa, each one-tenth of 1 ct. 



Average in all the States, 45 cents each 

 person. 



It might be a curious subject for investi- 

 gation, for some one fond of such inquiries, 

 to see if some connection could not be traced 

 between the quantity of fruit raised in each 

 State, and its general healthfulness. That 

 good fruit is a great promoter of health there 

 is now no question ; the respected opinions 

 of our grand-parents to the contrary notwith- 

 standing. It would seem, from present in- 

 dications, the day is not far distant when we 

 shall have a much more bountiful supply of 

 fine fruits than, at present, and as a conse- 

 quence, purer blond and less feverish brains .' 



In evidence of this increasing interest, on 

 inquiring the other day at one of your large 

 agricultural ware-houses for a tree-scraper, 

 I was informed that an instrument for the 



purpose was formerly made at tbe eastward, 

 but its manufacture had been discontinued, 

 for the best of all reasons, the want of de- 

 mand ; but that there had been more inqui- 

 ries for the article within the last year, than 

 in all the ten years previously. A ship- 

 scraper, with one of the points rounded on 

 the grindstone, so as the better to get into 

 the crotches of the tree, answers every pur- 

 pose.— iSo?///j€rn Agricnltiiri&t. 



For the Fanners' Cabinet. 

 Keeping Cattle Warm* 



If we look abroad at the Imbits or neces- 

 sities of people, we find that as we advance 

 from south to north, the consumption of ani- 

 mal food increases. In hot climates, under 

 the tropics, for instance, the diet is almost 

 exclusively a vegetable one. Under a lati- 

 tude of focty or fifty degrees, we require 

 considerable animal food— if we advance to 

 the frozen regions of the north, whale oil 

 and bears' fat, are found among the luxuries 

 of the board. These gross materials, almost 

 to the exclusion of vegetables, are there 

 found indispensable to keep up the neces- 

 sary supply of nutrition and warmth. It 

 has been long known both to chemists and 

 observing men, that a cold atmosphere re- 

 quires an extra quantity of food to sustain 

 life and health ; and this observation is just 

 as applicable to the cattle and horses whose 

 home is at our barns, as it is to our own 

 species. If they are kept warm — housed 

 from the storm, and shielded from unneces- 

 sary exposure, they will need less food than 

 if left unprotected through the winter in 

 the open yard. In fioint of economy then, 

 as well as from kindliness of feeling, it is 

 our interest to look to the comfort of our 

 stock. The winter profit to be realised 

 fi-om milch cows, is unquestionably much 

 affected by their treatment in this rcc^pcct, 

 and every one who would make the most of 

 his cattle in this latitude, must carefully 

 attend to their comfort. I copy the follow- 

 ing remarks from the fourth part of John- 

 ston's Agricultural Lectures, as particularly 

 in point. These Lectures have been much 

 spoken of and much read, and fault has been 

 found with them on account of their scien- 

 tific character. There is, however, abun- 

 dance of practical matter in them, that may 

 be made available by every intelligent farm- 

 ] er. The extracts now forwarded for the 

 Cabniet, will, I think, do something towards 

 confirming this assertion. N. S. 



Burlington CO., N. J. 



"The degree of warmth in which the 

 animal is kept, or the temperature of the 

 atmosphere in which it lives, affects the 



