VOI<. XIV. NO. 40. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL, 



365 



any human boing ? Wc ask you, calmly, soberly, 

 ■ and (Icliborately, to consider the subject, and then 

 to act ifi such a mannof as reason, conscience, pat- 

 rioti.-iui, and an enlightened regard to your own in- 

 terest, shall dictate. For ourselves, wo entertain 

 not a (lartielo of iloiibt, that were some well con- 

 ducted agricultural paper generally circulateil and 

 read in every neighborhood in the United States, 

 its salutary influence would, in a few years, bo 

 clearly exhibited in the intellectual and moral im- 

 l-Tovcnient of the people, in the increase of the 

 national wealth and resources, and in the increas- 

 ed happiness an<l prosperity of all classes of the 

 community. To the production of such results 

 wo are not otdy willing, but desirous of contribut- 

 ing our utmost exertions, and it is therefore, that 

 we solicit all tliose who have it in their power, by 

 the communication of agricultural knowledge, and 

 by tbcir exertions in promoting its diffusion to the 

 widest practical extent, to afford us tlieir aid and 

 co-operation — on that aid and co-operation, we 

 are fully sensible, nnist tlio success of ours, and 

 of similar efforts, in a great measure depend. — 

 Tenn. Far. 



for this meridian, are followed with such avidity, 

 that still greater mortality, by eonsuinjition, may 

 he api)n;hendcd,as this fashion increases. When 

 our /orofathers were more simple in their habits, 

 and loss acquainted with the potent enginery of 

 the customs to which wc have become the fawn- 

 ing slaves, the young grew to manhood — and 

 were liardy ; but their descendants have deterio- 

 rated — not by reason of a change of climate, on 

 which the burden is cast, but through total neg- 

 lect of themselves. 



Wc designed those remarks for popular reading 

 — hoping that they might fall into hands where 

 no prompter has been. To be well, guard against 

 the inclemency of a northern winter, by warm 

 clothing and continue these till the mild air of 

 summer has succeeded the frosts of winter, and 

 the vicissitudes of spring. — Medical Jour. 



PUl,lttONARY CONSUMPTION. 



This is the season when the foundation is often 

 laid for consumption in this section of the United 

 States. Although thousands arc annually s•^'ept 

 from existence by this disease, the public, never 

 seems to bo alarmed at the fearful mortality, 

 though the fairest, most jiromising and intelligent 

 portion of society, in the day spring of youth are 

 dropping into the tomb, one after another in rapid 

 succession. That imprudence in dress is one of 

 the predisposing causes, is beyond all doubt ; yet 

 with a multitude of evidence, all of which is ir- 

 resistible that in a majority of instances the con- 

 sumptive induces the disease which must necessa- 

 rily be fatal, inasmuch as it destroys the organi- 

 zation of the lungs, little or no attention is given 

 to the fart, and year after year, therefore, victims 

 are multiplied. Physicians have certainly dis- 

 charged their duty; they have warned, entreated, 

 both by lectures and popular essays, but to no 

 purpose. Regardless of all council, phthisis has 

 become the most familiar terms in northern bills 

 of mortality. Great complaints are made against 

 the climate, and travellers from milder regions are 

 •shocked with the destruction that is made of hu- 

 tnan life by what they consider atmosiiheric chan- 

 ges of temperature, so sudden, and so severe as to 

 destroy the functions of the bronchial apparatus. 

 Now it may be true that in some individuals, con- 

 sumption may have had its origin from this causn ; 

 md others, the number of whom, however, is 

 comparatively small, have an hereditary tendency 

 :o that condition in which the lungs are drawn 

 into disease ; but two thirds of all who die of 

 pulmonary affections, it is [.resumed, have direct- 

 y generated the mala<ly by trusting to the physi- 

 cal energies of the system. The idea is absurd, to 

 ("outh, that simply wetting the feet, wearing thin 

 )hoes, dressing in thin clothing, in damp, cold 

 weather, &c. can have an influence upon the func- 

 •.ions of concealed organs of the body. Knowing 

 little of the sympathies existing between the skin 

 iDd the vital machinery within, it is not strange, 

 9erhaps, that little attention is paid to the admo- 

 litions of those qualified to advise. No spot on 

 jartb is probably more favorable to long life than 



I *few England ; but the predominance of transat 

 antic fasliions rt-hich were by no means designed ] economy in grinding and cooking food. The ex 



On tut utility and best method of cook- 

 ing FOOD FOR domestic ANIMALS. — Tliis subject 

 has engaged the attention of the practical men in 

 Europe and in this country for many years, and it 

 is a branch of rural economy at all times worthy 

 the careful investigation of the fanner. The 

 Highland Society of Scotland have, in a manner, 

 directed the public attention to the comparative 

 advantages of farm-stock with prepared or uni)re- 

 I>arcd food, and have, by liberal premiums, induc- 

 ed numerous experiments to be actually made, 

 anil elicited much valuable information. The 

 conclusions which have been drawn from these 

 and other experiments seem to be, — 



1. That a great saving, some say one half or 

 more, is effected by cutting the dry fodder for 

 horses and neat cattle, and feeding it with their 

 provender or grain, in two or three daily messes, 

 in mangers. Not that the food is thereby enhanc- 

 ed in its inherent properties but that given in this 

 way it all tells — is all cons\imed, all digested, all 

 converted into nutriment. There is comparative- 

 ly none wasted, or voided, without having benefit- 

 ed the animal. In the ordinary mode of feeding 

 in racks, yards, and in open fields at stacks, it is 

 well known much is lost, from the difficulty of 

 masticating uncut hay-straw and stalks, and from 

 its being trodden under the feet of animals and 

 spoilt. Much labor is besides saved to the animal, 

 as cut food requires less niHStication, and the ani- 

 mal enjoys a long period of rest. 



2. That grain and pulse, as cattle food, is en- 

 hanced in value by being ground or bruiseil before 

 it is fed out, so much as to warrant the expense 

 of sending it to mill, and the deduction of toil. In- 

 dian corn, oats, rye, and other grain, given to 

 farm animals in a dry, unbroken state, it must 

 have been observed by every one, particularly 

 when the animal is high fed, are often voided in 

 a half or wholly undigested state, and virtually 

 lost. This does not happen when the grain has 

 been ground. 



3. That although roots, as ruta baga, mangel 

 wurtzel and potatoes, are improved as fattening 

 materials for neat cattle, by cooking, the advanta- 

 ges hardly counterbslancc the extra expense of 

 labor and fuel. 



4. That for working horses, cooking the roots 

 we have enumerated, and feeding them with cut 

 hay and straw, is of manifest advantage ; and that 

 thus fed they supersede the necessity of grain. 



5. That in fattening hogs, there is decided 



ponmcnts upon t!,., • d.jcct arc many and conclu- 

 sive. S.)me estimate the saving nt one half the 

 quantity of food.— Taking into account the vari- 

 ous materials on a farm, which may thus bo turn- 

 c.l to account, wc are satisfied that one-half the 

 cost of making pork may in this way be saved, 

 bwme are voracious animals, and will eat more 

 than their stomachs can digest, unless assisted by 

 the cooking process. There are upon the farm 

 many refuse matters, as pum,;kins, squashes, small 

 l.otatoes, early and defective apples and apple 

 pomace, which arc of little value, except as hoc' 

 food, but which if well husbamJed, cooked and 

 mixed with ground provender, contribute essen- 

 tially to cheapen our pork. It has been question- 

 ed whether the articles we have enumerated are 

 nutritive to jigs, when given in their raw state • 

 while a!I admit, who have made the experiment' 

 that they are highly so when cooked. Cooking 

 undoubtedly adds to their nutritive properties, as 

 It does to the nutritive properties of Indian meal 

 — Mbamj Cuitivalor. 



1 HE Corn Crop. — All, or nearly all the ac- 

 counts we have published, of great products of 

 Indian corn, agree in two particulars, viz : in not 

 using the plough in the after culture, and in not 

 earthing, or but slightly, the hills. These results 

 go to demonstrate, that the entire roots are essen- 

 tial to the vigor of the crop ; and that roots to en- 

 able them to perform their functions as nature de- 

 signed, must be near the surface. If the roots 

 are severed with the plough, in dressing the croj), 

 the plants are deprived of a ])orlion of their nour- 

 ishment; and if they are buried deep by billing, 

 the plant is partially exhausted in throwing out a 

 new set near the surface, where alone they can 

 perform nil their ofHces. There is another mate- 

 rial advantage in this mode of cultivating the corn 

 crop — it saves a vast deal of manual labor. 



There is another question of interest to farmers, 

 which relates to the mode of harvesting the crop,' 

 that is, whether it is best to top the stalks, cut the' 

 whole at the ground when the grain is glazed, or 

 cut the whole when the grain has fully ripened. 

 We have stated the experiments of Mr Clark, of 

 Northampton, one of the best practical farmers of 

 cur county, and of other gentlemen, showing 

 that the grain suffers a diminution of six or ei<'ht 

 bushels to the acre, by topping the stalks ; a'nd 

 there seems to be no counterbalancing benefit to 

 the fodder, unless at the expense of carrying the 

 stalks to the borders of the field, that they may be 

 secured before the crop is gathered, and before 

 they become blanched and half ruined. And it 

 is no protection against early autumnal frosts, but 

 rather exposes unripened grain to be more injur- 

 ed. Hence so far as regards these two modes, all 

 who have made a comparison, seem to concur in 

 the opinion, that stripping the corn of its tops and 

 leaves, is a bad yracuce. — Cultivator. 



1 he depth of water in some of the great lakes 

 in the West, is represented by travellers as being 

 very great. There are ports of Lake Superior, as 

 well as Huron and Michigan, where the depth of 

 the water is 150 fathoms. The deepest water in 

 Lake Erie is about thirty five fathoms. In Lake 

 St Clair, the water is quite shoal, rarely exceeding 

 four fathoms. 



Cure for Scratches. — White lead, prepared in oil 

 for painting, well put on with a brush. On appli- 

 cation generally produces a cure. — Pough. Jour. 



