AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



d 



PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 62 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Aqbicoltural WABBHOoaB.)— ALLEN PUTNAM, EDITOR. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1842. 



N. E. FARMER. 



For the New England Fanner. 



S A NEW BOOK FOR FARMERS. 

 There is now in preparation for the press, and to 

 3 published in a few wcelts, a small work upon 

 e following topics, interesting to farmers every 

 here. 



1st. The cause of the slobbers or salivation of 

 e horse during grass feed ; with the means of 

 imediate relief, and a final remedy. 

 2d. The cause of the falling off of the milk of 

 8 dairy or milch cow in early summer, that viti- 

 es the little she gives, spoils the butter, and en- 

 ils diseases ; with a perfect remedy. 

 3d. The origin of the black bunch or rot on the 

 uoi tree ; its fatal conseqaence both to the tree 

 d fruit ; with a mode of getting rid of it, and 

 eserving the tree in health and beauty half a 

 ntury. 



4th. The cause of the premature decay of the 

 aeh tree, and of the imperfection and paucity of 

 ! fruit; with a remedy for both, and a mode of 

 'ing the tree perfect health, and imparting beau- 

 and richness to the fruit for many successive 

 ars. 



5th. A new mode of cultivating the peach tree, 

 i also of grafting, innoculating, pruning, &c., so 

 t every man may be his own successful fruit 

 ser. 



)th. The gross and unpardonable frauds com- 

 ted by some ot our nurserymen upon their con- 

 ng customers. < 



These discoveries are made by a New York far- 

 r and fruiterer, of forty years' experience and 

 eful practice. 



Communications on this matter, post paid, will 

 sive prompt attention, if addressed to M. R. 

 tlett, 33 Pearl street. New York. 



15^\Ve know not how or whence the foregoing 

 ce camo to our table. Neither do we know 

 thing of the competency of the author to exe- 

 i his proposed task. Being thus left in the 

 <, we can only say, that if when the work is 

 lished, a copy of it should come to our hands, 

 will give it such a notice as its merits shall 

 Ti to deserve. 



The above notice is unfortunate in its preten- 

 18. Claiming cerlain knowledge on points which 

 learned and observing have been unable to set- 

 after years and years of attention — and claim- 

 to prescribe perfect remedies for diseases that 

 e often baffled the best skill — claiming somuch, 

 cates a disposition to make a sale for the work 

 •ther it shall be worth any thing or not. As 

 know nothing of the character of those who 

 • be concerned in it, we can have no opinion eitli- 

 'lat they are, or that they are not, willing to at- 

 pt to humbug farmers and gardeners into pur- 

 sing the book. The tone of the notice leads us 

 ear that they put their pretensions too high. 

 Ve, however, are willing to make known their 

 les and purposes, because if the book shall be 



worth the half that is claimed for it, it will be 

 highly valuable in every farmer's library. — Ed. N. 

 E.^F. 



UNCOOKED FOOD FOR SWINE. 



We had supposed the question was nearly if 

 not quite settled that it is best to cook food. Such 

 has been the general opinion of the agricultural 

 press for some years paet, and the practices of 

 most growers of pork in this vicinity have been on 

 the same side. But at a meeting of the Trustees 

 of the Essex Co. Agricultural Society, week be- 

 fore last, we learned some facts, and heard some 

 opinions, which tend to unsettle the settled ques- 

 tion. 



One of the most enterprising and trustworthy 

 farmers of the county, selected five pigs in August 

 — weighed them, and fed three upon scalded meal, 

 — not boiled or made into hasty pudding, but mere- 

 ly scalded, — and the other two were fed upon raw 

 meal. The same quantity of food, viz: 3 quarts of 

 meal with 3 pints of skimmed milk, was given to 

 each pig daily. In fiftyihrec days, the average 

 gain per pig, in live weight, of the three on scald- 

 ed meal, was about 65 lbs. ; while thtt of the two 

 on raw meal, was 69 lbs. Then for forty days, the 

 two pigs that had been fed on raw meal, were fed 

 upon scalded, and gained each about 36 lbs., and 

 the other three upon the raw meal gained an ave- 

 rage of 41 lbs. 



We write these facts from memory, and may not 

 be strictly correct in all the particulars ; but we 

 think we cannot be mistaken in the general result. 

 The account will be published in a few weeks, 

 over the experimentor's own signature. 



The gentleman who made the trial was himself 

 surprised at the result. Before this case can be 

 allowed to weigh heavily against cooking food, we 

 want to know what would be the difference, if any, 

 between feeding on meal fitlli/ cooked and that 

 which is merely scalded, and fed out, as in this 

 case, quite soon after the scalding water was pour- 

 ed upon it. 



The opinion of another observing gentleman — 

 an opinion founded upon some limited experience 

 in feeding, and upon observation of what had been 

 done by others — was, that apples and potatoes do 

 swine more good if given to ihem raw, than if 

 cooked. We may add to this that a mechanic in 

 the vicinity of our own residence, who is very suc- 

 cessful in raising a large hog evert/ year, generally 

 of 500 lbs. or more, feeds upon raw potatoes in the 

 spring and early part of the summer. He has said 

 to us that 'he thinks the potatoes belter after they 

 are wilted than before. 



Such facts and opinions as the above are impor- 

 tant. For if it be true (we must doubt, however,) 

 that uncooked food is quite as good as cooked, for 

 swine, then a vast amount of expense in both fuel 

 and labor may bo saved in the raising of our pork 

 in this vicinity Ed. N. E. F. 



Slanderers are like flies, that leap over a man's 

 good parts to light only upon his eoree. 



THE PLACE FOR HOLDING CATTLE 

 SHOWS. 



We published, two weeks since, a communica- 

 tion from Allen W. Dodgg, Esq., of Hamilton, Es. 

 sex county, relating substantially to the question 

 " whether it is best that the Cnltle Shows of that 

 county should be held always in the same town, or 

 whether it is belter to change the place frequently 

 from one part of the county to another?" 



This is a local question, not of general interest; 

 for in most counties, as was said in Mr D.'s commu- 

 nication, there is some one large town near the 

 geographical centre, where good accommodations 

 can be had, and where the inhabitants of the coun- 

 ty can conveniently assemble. That town will al- 

 ways be the place for holding the Fair. But the 

 large towns of Essex county are upon its borders. 

 The central ones are all too small to furnish such 

 accommodations as are desirable. The Trustees 

 of the Society, therefore, have caused the Cattle 

 Show to be held sometimes near one aide of the 

 county, and then, after two or three years, near 

 another side. 



There are inconveniences attending this course. 

 It oflen happens that comfortable accommodations 

 are difficult to be obtained ; and the different parts 

 of the show are so widely separated, and some of 

 them forced into such contracted and inconvenient 

 rooms, that the exhibition does not show to advan- 

 tage, and its action upon the public mind is less 

 favorable than it otherwise would be, or than it is 

 desirable to make it. We should choose to have 

 some one town fixed upon as the constant place 

 for holding the Fair. But should this not be done, 

 the suggestion of Mr Dodge in respect to a tent, is 

 worthy of regard. It was proposed to purchase the 

 tent recently used in Essex county, by the deluded 

 followers of Miller. Should the suggestion be 

 adopted, some good to agriculture may come out of 

 Miller's fanaticism; — this is better than any thing 

 we hsd ventured to hope from his dreams and fol- 

 lies.— Ed. N. E. F. 



How to Fat a Hen Friend Paine Wingate says 



his experience tells him that the following process 

 is the best mode of fattening hens. Shut them up 

 where they can get no gravel. Keep corn by 

 them all the ti-ne, and also give them dough once 

 a day. For drink, give them skimmed milk. With 

 this feed they will fatten in ten days. If kept over 

 ten days they should have some gravel or they will 

 fall away. — Maine Far. 



Hint to Married Women. — The following anec- 

 dote is "going the round" of all the newspapers 

 that are edited by married men : 



When Livia had attained sucfi ascendancy over 

 her husband Augustus, that he could hardly refuse 

 her any thing, though emperor of the world, many 

 of the married ladies of Rome were anxious to 

 know the secret of her success ; to whom she re- 

 plied, " I rule by obeying." 



It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. 



