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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MARCH 16, 1836. 



rye, which yielded tliirtytwo bushels of the for- 

 mer, anil only fifteen of the latter. Eight or tep 

 quarts of timothy and teh pounds of clover only 

 v^ere sown, because, he says, he thought more 

 would bind his land out, as he calls it, but he 

 assigns no reason for not adding red top, unless it 

 may be supposed the same is applicable. Mr B. 

 says, that he has sometime sowed grass seed alone, 

 but 1)0 never i)erceived that the grass was any 

 better than when he sowed it with grain. His 

 erops of hay appear rather small, 40 tons upon 36 

 acres of upland, and 22 tons of indifferent hay, 

 upon 1^ acres of meadow. He says he has usually 

 ke|)t from 12 lo 16 cows, and one or two yoUe of 

 oxen and a hoise in summer, and from 25 to 30 

 head of cattle in the winter. The last year he 

 kept only four cows, and has omitted to give any 

 aceoimt of his manner of making butter or cheese, 

 or of the quantiiy. He kej t four swine, sows to 

 biiiig him pigs, which he says he fatted on apples 

 and milk, and killed in September, and that they 

 weighed 900 lbs., further proof that ap|iles may be 

 profitably used to fatten hogs. In raising calves, 

 liis jjractice has been to put two to a cow, and let 

 them suck five weeks, and then turn theiri into a 

 good pasture, with other young cattle, by whose 

 example they sooner learn to eat grass. Mr B. 

 also has adopted the comujendable practice of 

 using no ardent spirits in carrying on his farm. 



Your committee have noticed the articles they 

 think most deserving attention in Mr Benuet's 

 .statement ; and although many exhibit evidence 

 of good and successful husbandry, they are not 

 ab'e to discover anything in his manner of culti- 

 vating and managing his farm, so diflerent and 

 superior to the common practice of good farmers, 

 as to entitle him to the premium for the best cul- 

 tivated farm. 



(From the Farmer and Gardener. 

 CHINESE aiULBERRY, 



Linntean Botanir, Garden, ) 

 Feb. 29, 1836. ) 



Mr E. P. Roberts : — Noticing an article in 

 "vour paper of the 23d inst. on the Morus Multi- 

 caulis, we will hastily pen a few lines, stating our 

 "views in a summary iiianner. First, we consider 

 the Morus i\!ulticaulis as an entirely distinct 

 ..species from Bloriis Alba, and consequently we 

 ".feel well assured that it will produce precisely its 

 like from the seed — this being the character of a 

 ^species, and even being the case in many instances 

 "with strongly marke<l varieties. 



The Chinese seed sown last season did not pro- 

 •<Iuce plants of the Morus Multicaulis, and there- 

 Sore it has been asserted that its seed would not 

 ~()roduce the identical tree. We should supjiose 

 lhe first point to be decided would be, was the 

 <^hinese seed the n-ent«ne Morus Multicaulis? It 

 3S of course well known that Morus .^Iba is a 

 Tiativc of China, and far more common there than 

 :iny other species, and is it not, therefore, most 

 ])robable that they sent that which was most 

 readily procurable .' Th j error appears to have 

 arisen from a supposition that because the seeil 

 came from China, it must of coursi; [iroduce that 

 variety which xve designate as Chinese, whereas 

 there are several species ami innumerable varieties 

 in China. For our part, what surprises us most 

 is that the seed ]iroduce(l Mulberry trees of any 

 variety, for had it prodncetl some noxious weed, 

 Hke the tea seed announced some time ago as so 

 flourishing in North Carolina, it would have been 



more in character with the vile trash which they 

 have hitherto sent as valuable seeds. We will 

 mention an instance that occurred with ourselves. 

 After making trial of numerous importatioHS of 

 Chinese seeds, and finding them worthless, a friend 

 presented lis with sixty gilt China jars, eacli con- 

 taining a difl^erent species of seed, which had 

 been obtained expressly for him by his agent at 

 Canton. We expressed doubts, but tlisse were 

 silenced, and the beautiful gilded jars aided to put 

 them to rest, as we conceived none but the most 

 valuable seeds would be put up in so careful and 

 expensive a manner. We planted them with 

 great care, but lo 1 onlyjhreo or four kinds ever 

 vegetated, and these were the common red Cocks- 

 comb, an Acacia, and some noxious weeds. — 

 Please excuse this digression. The original Mo- 

 rus Multicaulis tree introduced to America, is still 

 growing in our nursery, and it and others have 

 produced fruit, which was dark red, or black, and 

 if we recollect right, the flavor was not unpleasant. 

 We have now in our i)ossession seeds of the Morns 

 Multicaulis, and also seeds hybridized between it 

 and another very superior large leaved variety, of 

 much hardier character. The quantity of each 

 is so small that we shall retain it for our own 

 sowing. Ap|)licants for seed will not, however, 

 have to wait many years before the supply will be 

 abundant. VVe have heard it even intimated that 

 the tree did not produce seed, whereas the reason 

 why seed -is not already plentiful is sufficiently 

 obvious. So great has been the demand for the 

 trees, and such is the ease of propagation from 

 cuttings, that scarcely any trees have been allowed 

 to retain branches for fruit bearing, the new wood 

 which shotild produce fruit having been converted 

 into scions. This explan.ation alone will account 

 for the present deficiency of seed, which will be- 

 come plentiful enough as soon as a portion of the 

 trees are allowed to attain amp-le dimensions. 

 Your.";, most respectfully, 



Wm. Prince & Sons. 



Improved China Hog. — Friend Tucker: — 

 While perusing your useful jiaper, I have observed 

 some interesting remarks on the management of 

 hogs, inijiroved breeds, raising, feeding, fattening, 

 &c., but have not as yet found a parallel to a small 

 boned, and short legged pig, of the improved Chi- 

 na breed, which we butchered last month, being 

 eight months and six days old, and weighed (after 

 being dressed) 345 lbs. and sold to David Carson, 

 Dalton, ?tlass., for 7 1-2 cents ))er lb., amounting 

 to .f 25- 87 1-2. 



This pig had the same fare as our cominon 

 store ])igs, until October, then he was taken into 

 the pen, and shared with our fatting hogs about 

 two months, fed three limes a day, on boiled po- 

 tatoes, inashed with a little corn meal, and some 

 kitchen or dairj' slop sufiicient to give a good 

 relish, and permitted to ferment a little before 

 feeding. Then fed on corn meal, with a little 

 wash from tbo kitchen for about four weeks, ma- 

 king about three months time of fatting; we then 

 found his legs incapable of sustaining the weight 

 of his boily, with any degree of safety ; for-a sure 

 and speedy reniedy for this, the knife was found 

 eflx^ctual. — " C. F. C." in Gen. Far. 



Wdftus ON Cacbages. — Haviugfor many years 

 been troubled more or less, every year, with the 

 worms on my cabbage, and having, after many 

 experiments, at length found a perfect remedy and 



certain cure, I communicate it to you for the ben- 

 efit of the public. These voracious reptiles are 

 most niiinerons and most destructive to the cab- 

 bage, about the time it begins to head — at which 

 time, take'of green Elder leaves, (in quantity pro- 

 portioned to the number of cabbages on which 

 there are worms,) put them in a tub or mortar, 

 and beat them well, after which pour in cold water 

 until jierfectly covered, let them stand in this 

 situation about twentyfour hours, after which, take 

 as many as you can well hold in your two hands, 

 and sprinkle it on each one of the heads attacked ; 

 and if, perchance, there should be down in the 

 leaves, below the head, some hidden vermin, 

 which do not get any of the above described 

 medicine, repeat it, once will be sufficient ; and 

 after this has been carefully done, they will very 

 soon all drop off and expire. — Cor. of Ten. Far. 



Modes of preparing Food for Cattlf,, &c. — 

 1. Mix coarse straw and similar coarse materials 

 with about one third the quantity of hay, sprin- 

 kle over it a small quantity of brine, pass the 

 whole through a cutting machine, and feed it out 

 in large deep troughs, and none of it will be 

 wasted by being trodden under foot. A very 

 large quantity may be prepared at a time, if found 

 convenient to do so. 



2. Fill a large light box with any desired quan- 

 tity of chopped cornstalks, with about one twenty 

 fifth part their bulk of coarsely ground meal mixed 

 equally through them. Let steam pass into them 

 from a boiler for an hour, and they will then form 

 a most nutritious and palatable food for cattle, 

 especially for milk cows. Or the meal may be 

 boiled with a large quantity of water, and then 

 poured, while boiling hot, upon the chopped food, 

 without steaming. In both cases a small quantity 

 of salt should besprinkled over them. 



Every means of saving hay is of vital importance 

 to the farmer, for it is far more pleasant to be able 

 to sell hay at ten or fifteen doliaf's a ton, than to 

 purchase it at that price to keep alive a herd of 

 starving cattle. — Gen. Far. 



To CORE THE Swelling of the Throat in 

 Hogs. — In order to contribute to the usefulness 

 of your valuable periodical, and to inform the 

 public of what I find from experience to be an 

 infallible cnre for a certain disease with hogs, viz. 

 the swelling of the throat, I herewith send you a 

 recipe for this disease, with a desire that you pub- 

 lish the same in your work, if you deem it of any 

 import, and the same meets your approbation. 



Take of molasses one half a |.int and a table 

 spoon full of hogs' lord, to this add of brimstone 

 a |)iece an inch in length. Melt it over the fire, 

 and when cold, or in a liquid state, drench the 

 hog with it, and nine times out of ten it will be 

 (build to have the desired elTect. 



My hogs were affected with this disease during 

 the past year, and I found the above to be effec- 

 tive when all things else failed. — Cor. of Far. Reg. 



How TO JUDGE CusToiMERs. — A merchant who 

 has acquired considerable of this world's gain by 

 his attention to business, lately informed us how 

 to decide whether a man was fit to be trusted or 

 not. He said, whenever he saw a farmer come 

 in, riding or driving a good fat hor.«e, he knew he 

 could be relied upon. If his horse was poor, he 

 knew him careless and inattentive to bis contracts. 

 — Maine Far. 



