VOI« X\l. NO. IT. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



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, to kill an animal ; biit to kill for amusement — 

 Ixreak a bird's winrf, to slioot off its legs, to tear 

 ay a portion of its beak — in sport! Anil then 

 • the poor creaturn to starve to death, pine away, 

 ing by inclies — -Sport ! A man wit|j a renson- 

 j mind, a conscience, fine fcelioiT — doini; that 

 lich a cat does — torturing to death some poor 

 serable little victim I 



A sportsman — now a sportsman no more — told 

 I that he was cured of iiis folly by shooting a 

 lutil'ul bird and breaking its wing. " The poor 

 ly tiling," said he, ," could not escape tne and I 

 ked it up whilst it screamed out in pain — its lit- 

 heart I felt beating in agony, and its eyes look- 

 at me so beseechingly, — I had not the nerve to 

 I it ; yefl dared not let it go to starve to death, 

 after mustering courage, I shut my eyes and 

 in crushed its head: — it made me sick of this 

 id of sport." 



There was another story told me by a clergyman 

 . far distant. " When I was a boy," said he, 

 ke other boys I went a gunning: after a long 

 nble, 1 found nothing to shoot at but one poor 

 le jay. This was my only trophy of the day's 

 irt. Feeling thirsty, I called at a house hard 

 where I had shot the bird, with viy game in my 

 id. When I got up to the door, I saw a poor 

 Jt boy tied to a chair sitting in the door-way ; 

 soon as he saw me, he began to scream, and 

 sc and swear: it was shocking ; he appeared to 

 in great rage ; all I could understand was, ' bir- 

 ,' ' birdie,' ' my birdie.' I asked for water — it 

 s given me in silence by his mother. I then 

 ed what troubled the boy. She answered, ' you 

 e shot his little bird, one that had been lamed, 

 I that he had fed at the door every day.' . This 

 ed me of the sport." 

 rileader, don't shoot the " pet birds." It is not 

 I nly, nor humane, nor respectable. — Portsmouth 



PROTECTION OP COWS. 



3ows at this season should be well tended and 

 j tected from cold and wet. Exposure to chilling 

 I rms and privation of feed are, at this period, oft- 

 I the causes of disease and even death. No far- 

 ;r w.'io values his reputation as such, or who has 

 I' regard for his own interest, will ever be negli- 

 j it or remiss in his duties to so valuable and 

 l.hful a servant as the cow. But still there are 

 ! iiers who sometimes neglect the performance 

 i important duties through ignorance, and who, 

 I h the best intentions, may therefore need occa- 

 I tially, a '' gentle jog" to set them right 

 t Formerly it was iho case in most districts of 



Iw England to ^^ yard cuttle," ai it was technically 

 led, and especially oows and young heifers, from 



j time they were turned from the tie-up in the 

 ing until October, without any shelter whatever, 

 t or dry. Such a system could not but be pro- 

 :tive of other than the worst results, and, as 

 ^bt be expected, the result was frequent sickness 

 1 loss of stock. 



In an excursion recently through a portion of 

 issachusetts, we noticed that on many farms the 

 >vs were provided with coverings to protect them 

 ; only from the inclemencies of the weather, but 

 shield them also from the annoyance of flies. 

 hen the weather was wet and damp, an oiled 



litli was used ; if dry, and favorable for the ope- 

 ion of their insectivorous enemies, the oiled 

 ith garment was laid by and one of a lighter and 

 oler texture substituted in its stead. 



Such a system of protection un.l defence, cannot 

 we are persuaded, be otherwise than favorable in 

 its effects. As the expense of these coverings is 

 comparatively trifling, they ought to be in the pos- 

 session of every one who is the owner of a cow. 

 With those who are disposed to adopt them, there 

 will be no necessity, we apprehend, of referring to 

 a tailor, or even to a " plate of fashions," to deter- 

 mine the " cut" or effect a "tit;" the good sense 

 of the owner will at once determine the style, and 

 enable him to give to her cowships' robe the sha|)e 

 best calculated t,o subserve the end designed. We 

 have no doubt that should this plan be gencrnlly 

 adopted, an immense saving would be the result. 

 Every farmer and dairyman knows that after expo- 

 sure to cold and drenching rains, even in early au- 

 tumn, cows " shrink their milk ;" and particularly 

 is this the fact with regard to those animals in 

 whose systems, though to all outward appearance 

 apparently healthy, there is a predisposition tosome 

 disease, not yet visible by obvious and definite 

 signs. To animals in this condition, an exposure 

 to cold and wet is frequently the cause of serious 

 evils, and which, to say nothing of the inhumanity 

 of the thing, will oftentimes involve the merited 

 penalty of personal discomfort and expense. For 

 ourselves, we hold to the truth of the old maxim 

 which declares "an ounce of prevention is better 

 than a pound of cure ;" in other words, that it is 

 belter and more consonant with the rules of econo- 

 my, to preserve the animal's health by expending a 

 few shillings, than to restore it at an expense of as 

 many pounds. — Maine Cult. 



TRIAL OF PLOWS AT HARTFORD. 



The following test of plows is handed to us by 

 one of the Hartford County Committee* 

 Test of Plows hy a Committee of the Hartford Coun- 

 ty Jigricultural Society, Sept. 6lh, 184^. 



Samuel H. Huntington, Chairman ; William Big- 

 elow, Benj. Lyman, Horace Goodwin, Samuel T. 

 Wolcott — Committee. 



The plows were divided into two classes, largo 

 and small. 



Depth furrow. Width, do. Poioer 

 Large Howard plow, (5 3-4 I.') 1-4 4fi8 



Small do. do. 6 14 7-8 444 



Large Bergen do. 7 1.5 3-4 575 



Small do. do. 5 3-4 13 438 



Worcester B. do. 6 14 1-4 594 



Large Demiiig do. (i 7-8 15 3-4 594 



Small do. do. C 1-4 15 3-4 518 



Barnaby & Mooers' C 1-2 13 3-4 500 



The Committee were of opinion that the large 

 Bergen plow was decidedly the best turf plow, and 

 awarded the premium accordingly; and that the 

 small Howard plow was the best for general use, 



and awarded the premium accordingly tBrooklyn 



(L. l.J Strr. 



ROBBING AN EDITOR! 



The editor of the Portland Argus, Mr Case, 

 gives the foHowing account of the loss of his pock- 

 et book in New York, which may serve to put oth- 

 ers on their guard against a like mishap : — 



" I artived here this morning at 7 o'clock. Just 

 as I was stepping off the steamboat Cleopatra, I 

 had my pocket-book cut out of my inside coat 

 pocket. It had about .f 100 in it, together with 

 some papers, of no use to any one but the owner. 

 I have carried this book, 1 presume, more than 



100,0(10 miles in all, during the last twenty years. 

 I saw the rascal that look it, on board the boat, as 

 ho came on from Boston. .^s usual, when sur- 

 roimded by a crowd, I kept a cautious look out. 

 My hand was not off my pocket two seconds ; and 

 yet the scoundrel escaped without any one being 

 able to identify him. I felt somewhat mortified at 

 being thus outwitted; but it was necessary that it 

 should be so, or I must have been without experi- 

 ence in such matters. It was his business to get 

 it if he could ; and it was my business to see that 

 he did not succeed in the attempt. I am, there- 

 fore, much more provoked with myself, for my stu- 

 pidity, much more than I am with him. I went to 

 the Police, where I was informed that it was done 

 by an Englishman ; and that the English pickpock- 

 ets are the most accomplished villains in the world. 

 They cut open the pockets with a little blade, fixed, 

 in a ring, worn upon the finger. The blade is 

 thrown out by a fine spring. 



A poor fellow-sufferer who had been robbed of 

 .'§2,600 near Albany, came into the Police Office, 

 after ine, to complain of his hard lot. 



No man should carry money in his outside pock- 

 et — if he does, he almost deserves to be robbed. 

 The fellow doubtless took me to be a lawyer or a 

 merchant, and concluded that my pockets would 

 "open rich." He did not know me to be a poor 

 editor, ile must have been sadly disappointed that 

 he got so little." 



Coal Fires. — People who wish for good coal 

 fires, should select their coal as carefully as if it 

 were wood they were purchasing. The size of 

 the coal should be in accordance with the furnace 

 or cylinder in which it is to be burned : aa these 

 are large or small, so should the coal be. As to 

 kinds, if the draught be is strong, use the hard Le- 

 high coal ; if a middling draught, use the white or 

 grey ash Schuylkill ; and if a poor draught, use the 

 red ash, which is a softer kind. An attention to 

 these rules will be of service to those who study 

 economy and comfort in warming their rooms. — 

 Selected. 



Fire-proof CemeiU. — Take a quantity of water, 

 proportioned to the surface of wood you may wish 

 to cover, and add to it as much potash as can be 

 dissolved therein. When the water will dissolve 

 no more potash, stir into the solution, 1st, a quanti- 

 ty of flour paste of the consistence of common 

 painters' size; 2d, a sufficient quantity of pure clay 

 to render it of the consistence of cream. When 

 the clay is Avell mixed, apply the preparatiim as 

 before directed to the wood : it will secure it from 

 the action of both fire and rain. Subjected to vio- 

 lent heat, the wood thus saturated may be carbona- 

 ted, but will never blaze. — Selected. 



To make Indian Meal Cake. — One quart sifted 

 meal, two great spoonfulls of salt, a' bit of short- 

 ning half as big as a hen's egg, stirred together; 

 make it pretty moist with scalding water; put it 

 into a well greased pan ; smooth over the surface, 

 and bake it brown on both sides. A little stewed 

 pumpkin scalded with the meal, much improves the 

 meal. — Selected. 



" Father," said a eport-Ioving youth, " they say 

 trout 'II bite now." " Well, well, mind your work, 

 and you'll be sure they won't bile you," was the 

 consoling reply. 



