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Tjoro inlcri'slmij, iiioro univcrsiilly nlt«in.iblc m | h mi\y be oh well lo iilato, that llioro wo« not n new inndo drill, tlint part of it wliicli rccoivci thn 

 very station, limn tlio study of tlip vsrlous brsncli- ilio slightest cliunKO iniiJo in Bi.ussom'h kci-p dn- |8eed is formed of the sun hnkcn pirticlos of soil 

 IS of nnlural history. Offer to the youth a piiro ring the trinl : she run in tho posture with the nth- i from the Hiirfiico forced into the centre from either 

 Tountnin at which he can imbibe s tnstc for those cr cowh, and was fed precisely as she hod been nidi-, which, if ullnwcd to lie for a doy or two, im- 

 lursulLs anil vou ijive hiin fripiid.i, conipanioim, before, and will bo all iho scoson. She hnd her bibea from the surrounding soil the moisture, and 

 which in tho crowded cilv, in lite forest or in iho first calf in .\pril, 1838, and her sixth on the 13th makes u better receptacle for the seed. One road 

 ilder'noss, can never desert him. Let him wander | of last .April, (liavin>j twins twice,) ami durinff that | in the middle of the field was manured from the 



)vcr the universe in commercial pursuits ; let him I time we have never been oble to jrel her dry, oh 

 follow any profession, any mannfacture ; lot him she has alwoys given from 12 lo I(i quarts per day 

 issumo the character of the hardy pioneer in the up to calviii<r 



Imosl unbounded West, ho will carry that in his 

 mind which will keep alive the flame of gratitude 

 :o his beloved Commonweallh. and which will nut 

 suffer him to rest until he shall have communica- 

 :ed to her kindred spirits. In her halls of science, 

 :he natural production' of the countries he vi.-'its 

 Dr explores, or in which he dwells. The warmth 

 itb which the commiiBicatiims from Ohio, recent- 



r published in our journals, hove been received 

 by us, IS a sufficient proof of the feeling with which 



he recept of such productions would be recipro- 

 Mtcd here." 



Very rofpectfullv, 



SAMUEL C.\N BY. 

 h'ootlsitle, June 29, 184L 



lilossom's Yield of Milk for One If'eek. 

 Iflll. Morning N»on. Kvening. Total. 



12 qls. 10 l.'Jqts. m qts. 



12 



121-2 



12 



12 



12 



12 



THE COW " BLOSSOM." 

 We wrote, some days since, and published, an 

 Tlicle on the relative merits of three cows — one ! 

 jwned by Mr Canby, near Wilmington; another! 

 bv Mr Gowcn, near Philadelphia ; and the third j 

 by Mr .Morris, near West Chester; and the repub- j 

 licalion of that article reminds us that we did in- 1 

 justice to Bf.sst, Mr Canby's animal, by oinittin 



Total, 



2'')3.' 



Being on an average over 36 quarts per day. 



AN ACCOUNT 

 Of the mode of CiUlure adopted in raising a Crop 

 of Turnips loith Liijuid Manure. 

 After the separation from the ground of the 

 to slate all the circumstances attending her yield | white crop which generally ptecedes fallow, it is 



of milk and butter. We tried in vain to obtain 

 those particulars which, if needed, would have ad- 

 ded to her fame. But we must wail until the next 



real ; and although one humble cow be the theme 

 of remark, and we no Brahmin to do her reveren(-e, 

 f et do we think a good milch cow and her abun- 

 dant yield of milk, arc more legiliinate themes of 



ommeiidation than a little runt of a horse, whose 

 whole well doing consists in the ability to raise 

 *n extraordinary quantity of dust for about twenty 

 ireds, by a most ungraceful use of his feet, misnam- 

 ed trotting. , 



After the above was written, we received the 

 following polite reply to a note which we addressed 

 to Mr Canby, sen. We thank our friend for his 

 Ikind attention. It will be seen that while the 

 good animal has given an abundance of milk, the 

 " blossom" has not been without fruit. — V. S. Gaz. 



Dear Sir — My father has just shown me your 

 letter, requesting an account of my Durham cow 

 Bi-ossoM, her milking, &c. Below is the state- 

 ment for one week, by which you will perceive she 

 exceeds last year's trial, both in milk and butter, 

 particularly the latter; as during the trial last year, 

 the weather was much warmer than this, and as 

 we have, for want of a spring house, to keep our 

 milk in a cellar, every one conversant wiili the 

 business will know it cannot yield as much in hot 

 weallier. Indeed, I have not a doubt, that with a 

 good spring house, she would have made 1!) or 20 

 pounds of butter this season. 



Last year, one month from calving. Blossom 

 gave for the week 247 1-2 quar s, being over 35 

 quarts per day, which made 13 1-4 pounds of well 



< worked butter. This summer, near two months 

 after calving, she gave, in one week, 2.53 1-2 qts., 

 being over 3t; quarts per day, which yielded 17 1-4 

 pounds of superior butter, which was well worked 

 before weighing : the milk, also, was never meas- 



A ured until after the froth settled. 



the first of the preparatory measures towards nnoth 

 er crop to give this a furrow about the end of au- 

 tumn. This is too commonly done in a careless 

 manner, as being unworthy the care bestowed 

 where the seed has to be sown without any spring 

 |)lowing, and almost always with loo shallow a 

 furrow. This is done under a notion that by leav- 

 ing the roots of those grasses and weeds, with which 

 the field may be infested, near the surface, the win- 

 ter frost will destroy them. This notion is erro- 

 neous, for frost does not destroy these roots; their 

 natural position in the soil is near the surface, and 

 the frost often penetrates much deeper without do- 

 ing them any injury. They can be destroyed in 

 the ground only by burying them out of that con- 

 nexion with the air which is necessary to their ex- 

 istence. This may partly be effected by plowing 

 deep, late in the full, which also deepens the sta- 

 ple of the soil and brings the under soil into i;on- 

 tact with the air and the winter frost, by which it 

 is ameliorated. 



The field in whicli the turnips were raised was, 

 in conformity with the above remarks, plowed deep. 

 It laid in this state throughout the winter, and was 

 harrowed in March, previous to the commencement 

 of applving the urine. The barrel employed con- 

 tained half a ton. Behind the barrel was a box 

 crossways for the equal distribution of the urine, 

 which covered n space six feel broad. Each bar- 

 rel served in leujth fortyeight yards, which, at two 

 broad, made sixty per Scotch acre, or thirty tons 

 per acre of manure. The sources from which the 

 liquid ivas drained afforded only five barrels per 

 day ; consequently considerable time was occupied 

 in going over six and a half acres. During the 

 time, the field received a plowing in the first week 

 of May ; then part of the field was irrigated before 

 plowing, and part after. It was drilled at 30 inch- 

 es, and sown with red-top yellow turnips. A 

 few days elapsed after drilling, for this reason : in 



cuw-housc at the rate of 28 tons per acre, to afford 

 atrial of the value of the urino. Thoy came up 

 with a most beautiful uniformity after the urine, 

 not one inch of the drill weaklier than another; 

 that after the dung was in tufts, arising from the 

 difliculty of each part getting n fair proportion in 

 quantity and quality of dung in the beginning of 

 December. The day before the show, equil por- 

 tions were taken up and weighed, but there wag 

 no difference in weight, whioh was at the rate of 

 3(1 tons per acre. Those from the urino were 

 more uniform in size than those from the dung ; 

 which characteristic they had kept from the time 

 of their coming up to their gathering. 



The result of the trial justifies an opinion, al- 

 ready entertained by the writer of this, that the 

 urine has not as a manure, been held in that esti- 

 mation that it ought to have been. When cattle 

 arc much on green food, it forms one fourth of the 

 whole manure, as in the case above cited, where it 

 was equal to this portion ; the dung otherwise be- 

 ing 7 tons. From the fact ascertained by the above 

 experiment, that its effects are not destroyed by 

 early application, it can be laid regularly on as 

 made ; or should the field on which it is to be laid 

 not be ready it can be stored by having it absorbed 

 in dry earth, and then carted to the field — Louis- 

 ville Journal. 



From ihe British Farmer's Magazine. 



ON DESTROYING RATS. 



Sir — The following is a reply to your corres- 

 pondent's inquiry as to the best mode of destroying 

 rats. Should he find either of these methods suc- 

 cessful, he will oblige by a reply through your pa- 

 per. 



1st — Corks, cut as thin as sixpences, roasted or 



stewed in grease, and placed in their tracks : 



or — Dried sponge in small pieces, fried or dipped 



in honey, with a little oil of rhodium : 

 or — Bird lime, laid in their haunts, will stick to 

 their fur, and cause their departure. 

 If a live rat be caught, and well rubbed or brush- 

 ed over with tar and train oil, and afterwards put 

 to escape in the holes of others, they will disap- 

 pear. 



Poisoning is a very dangerous and objectionable 

 mode. If any of your chemical readers could sug- 

 gest any very pungent smell, procurable from sub- 

 stances resembling garlic or asafcEtida, this might 

 be of great use, as this animal has an extraordina- 

 ry fineness or susceptibility of scent: witness its 

 extreme predilection for oil of rhodium, &.c. 1 

 consider your correspondent's query a very impor- 

 tant one, and it is surprising that the attention of 

 farmers and others concerned in the removal of 

 these vermin, has in this age of discovery been so 

 little drawn to the subject. 



A Constant Sdbscriber. 



None are so seldom found alone, and so soon 

 tired of their own company, as those coxcombs 

 who are on the best terms with themselves. — Lacon. 



