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German and Brazilian Hens. 



Vol. IX. 



Cheese. — The import of this article to 

 Liverpool during the last twelve moiitht-, 

 was somewhat over 1,400 tons; while the 

 steady and progressive increase in the trade 

 g-ives promise of a much extended import in 

 coming years. The general quality of Ame- 

 rican cheese, shows that the soil of the 

 United States is well suited for its produc- 

 tion, and wiiich makes it the more to be re- 

 gretted that the very obvious defects of 

 make, which have so much operated against 

 its more extensive introduction into England, 

 should not be remedied. This might easily 

 be accomplished by the circulation of proper 

 instructions on the subject, among the ftirm- 

 ers in the cheese-making districts in Ame- 

 rica. Of these defects, the principal arise 

 from a too hurried manuficture, and insuffi- 

 cient pressing, which, by leaving the whey 

 in the cheese, not only injures the flavour, 

 but renders it more liable to decay, while 

 the same cause makes it open and porous, a 

 fault particularly objectionable. The make 

 of English cheese has never been equal to 

 the demand of this counti-y ; and the home 

 supplies have, consequently, been supple- 

 mented by large yearly imports of Dutch. 

 There is now, how^evcr, every prospect of 

 the required supplies being drawn largely, 

 if not principally, from the United States 

 instead of Holland ; the diminishing import 

 from the one, and the rapidly increasing im- 

 port from the other, already indicating sue!) 

 a change. As regards the form of the cheese, 

 it is desirable that they be made of less 

 breadth and greater depth or thickness, 

 which would both conform them nearly to 

 the appearance of Cheshire, with which 

 they have to compete, and would also fit 

 them better for passing througli the ordeal 

 of a long sea voyage. 



Wheat flour. — The result of the harvest 

 is now pretty well ascertained, and it may 

 be said with confidence, with regard to 

 wheat, the great staple of England, there 

 has never been a more abundant harvest 

 reaped, while the excellence of the qualitvl 

 is fully equal to the abundance of the yield. 

 Oats rank next, but are below an avera^-e. 

 Barley and beans, in consequence of tiie 

 drought, were a very short crop. Tiie ahun- 

 dance of the wheat crop will, however, com- 

 pensate for the deficiency in the other, and 

 low rates for that article at least, may be 

 looked for. The reduction in price has al- 

 ready advanced tlie duty to its liighest point, 

 20 shillings per qr., and at which it is likely 

 to remain through tlve winter, so that the 

 stock of United States flour held in England, 

 and which in Liverpool alone amounts to 

 140,000 barrels, must remain in bond till | 



what may be required for export. The re- 

 sult, so far, of this season's importation from 

 Canada, shows that the object contemplated 

 by Peel's corn-bill of last year, has been 

 fully secured, in draioing to the river St. 

 Lawrence a considerable portion of the 

 produce of the Western States of America. 

 A late return shows tliat the exports from 

 Canada, up to August this season, were 

 307,000 barrels of flour, 237,600 bushels of 

 wheat — the exports to the same period of 

 last season, having been 50,000 barrels of 

 flour, and 15,000 bushels of wheat. 



iGerman and Brazilian Hens. 



We were pleased with seeing a pair of 

 German hens the otiier day, which Mr. 

 Eaton obtained from a friend in Massachu- 

 setts this fall. They are a large, stately 

 fowl, of a greenish black colour, having little 

 or no combs. Their heads are furnished 

 witli beaks more hooked than common hens 

 — more of the crow form. They are re- 

 puted to be good layers. The Boston Mer- 

 cantile Journal has the following relative to 

 this breed of hens and their eggs : 



"VV^ehave received from a subscriber, a 

 couple of hen's eggs of immense size — 

 being a specimen of the productions of a 

 breed of hens brought into this country from 

 Guilderland a few years since, by Capt. John 

 Deveraux, of Marblehead. They weigh 

 three ounces and three-quarters a piece, 

 and measure seven and three-quarter inches 

 in circumference one way, and six and a 

 half the other. If any one has any larger 

 hen's eggs, bring them along ! 



"We learn that these Dutch fowls are of 

 a large size, some weighing seven pounds a 

 piece ; may be easily fattened, are delicate 

 food, and first rate layers. Their eggs are 

 usually one-third larger than those of our 

 ordinary fowls. One of the hens which 

 Capt. Deveraux brought home, laid 160 

 eggs in so many successive days !" 



Sir. E. has also a pair of Brazilian hens, 

 which are a large variety, mostly black, 

 with their necks slightly streaked with 

 white. We think these will be quite an 

 acquisition to the hen department of this 

 section of the country, and hope friend 

 Eaton will succeed in raising an abundance 

 of these "high Germans" and Brazilians to 

 supply those of his friends who may wish to 

 obtain the breeds. — Maine Farmer. 



next summer at least, with the exception of" gapes. 



A Fact for Farmer.s. — A writer in the 

 Tennessee Agriculturist states, that chickens 

 and fowls fed with corn ground coarse, as, 

 for instance, hominy, will never have the 



