vol.. XV. NO. .11. 



AND H R T 1 C U L T U K A L R E G 1 S T E R 



24S* 



(tavin<; hlatod lo yon my rxporii'iici' in fecilini; 



f\e» ('I c>in'i<, 1 will ntid Uiat of lociliii); tlicin to 



^. My lirst c.xpaniiiont was only » pnrliul one, 



sn I rmicil my liojrn uii appios ami cum. My 



ond, "Bs live yi-ars uf^, «jid more to tlio point. 



1(1 llicii a lar;;c i|uanlily ufapplci); iho price in 



■ket »va-> loo low lu pjy transportation. 1 nc- 



in^ly turnttd my hcjps into llio orchard, about 



lOlli !*oplembcr, to hrip llieiDSclvcs, and tliey 



the slop of tlio kitclii'ii be.'suleM. When dre«3- 



lliey averaged a trifle over 300 lbs. — »<;c SBven- 



nionlh.s. Three years »<rn, h.»viiig a^ain a 



e quantity ot°apple<i, my ho<;ii were served aa 



ire; when dressed, they avcraeud «i"i.'> lbs — 



sixteen oinl n hall" months. W'antinij to keep 



a couple of weeks longer after my apples 



gone, (I only tVed thcin windfulis,) I fed iheni 



but they cviilenlly I'ell away. The reason of 



probably was, that tiieir teeth had bocoinc ten- 



inJ the corn was too hard for them. One 



ago my liojis were nnniii fatted on apples, 



n dressed averaged a trilie less than 300 lbs., 



pliiig one liog, which would not take ou any 



tall. 



s to the quality of the park, it is equal to any 

 don corn, or other substances. If any one 

 ts it, let him coinu and dine with me, and -he 

 be convinced. Many fanners in this section 

 got in the right way, and feed all they ean- 

 ell, to Uioir hogs, and it gives nie great plea- 

 in slatmg, from nuinero<is inquiries I have 

 , that they are hinhly gnilified with tin piac- 

 If boiled, it improves them materialJy, and 

 'ho have experience in this matter, agree in 

 on that a bushel of apples are worth as tn'jcli 

 Itening hogs, as a bushel of potatoes. 

 do not mean, however, to be undcrstoo<l that 

 ise every farmer to feed his apples. Loca- 

 price in market facilities to it, and cost of 

 portation, ought to be taken into account; but 

 r than sell them at a very low price, and catt 

 a day's drive besides, or make elder of them, 

 ell that at a dollar a barrel, I would feed them, 

 n that manoer convert I hem into cash. 

 Yours, very respectfully, 



H. D. GROVE. 

 inhVJfc'* Bridge, JST.Y., Dec. 1841. 



DWELLINGS OF THE POOR IN ENG- 



L.\ND. 



he London Morning Chronicle observes very 



' Iq all large towns, how wretched arc the 



itacles of the poor, their miserable liabita- 



! Property has been left to work its own 



and make the most of every square inch of 



. " The same room," says the Statistical lie- 



of the Leeds Town Council, " containing 



000 feet of atmo.?pheric air, sometimes serves 



t diy and sleeping apartment of a whole 



V. There is no provision for ventilation ; and 



Id and the young, the sick and the healthy, 



iridled together, three, fo;ir, or even six pcr- 



in a bed. Amidst such inJiscriiiiinate as- 



ages of persons of either sex, the decencies 



; must be lost sight of, the obligations of 



ity forgotten, and contagious diseases dlffus- 



th fearful celerity." Manchester, Liverpool 



ondon abound in these pestilential rookeries. 



pay the proprietors better than decent dwell- 



Old buildings in close courts arc bought 



song, when they ought to be pulled down, 



!t in small portions, every avenue being built 



up, that It may yield its rent. nrninago, »owcr- 

 nj;L', or any provision whatever tor clcanlini'S!! or 

 wliolosomenesH, it never dreamed of by this clasM 

 of landlords, nor ever will until they are compell- 

 ed hy Itw. Ill the motriipolis, a corporation im- 

 provement occasionally clears away eoiiiu of llicsc 

 ih'iis of disease uiid dcmorali/.Hiioii ; but the in- 

 ha'bitants arc only driven a little fiirlher out of 

 iii^'ht, to some similar nest of nastinciw ; perhaps 

 lifter having, iis lately happened, to take .shelter lor 

 a few nights under the arches of n railway. In 

 ' laying out a brood, new street, it is never planned 

 to raise any other than lof^y and spacious dwell 

 ' lugs. The poor ore driven back by street im- 

 pnivemcnts, like beasts into a jungle. The build- 

 I uig and drainage bill of Lord Normanby, intro. 

 j duced last spring, however imperfect in some of 

 I its details, was a noble attempt to grapple with tliis 

 I wide-spread nuisance. It has been pushed asnlc 

 ; by the monopolist conflict. The cxciteinont of 

 j changing a government, in order to ^iphold a bread 

 I tax, loaves no leisure Ibr considering whether liu- 

 j man beings may not be lodged with a. little more 

 I of the comfort enjoyed by dogs and horses — 

 I '^ My tiger spring most crush thee in its path, 



'Butcannut ainy to pity thoe." 



By the Leeds report just quoted, it appears that 

 in that town alone there are upwards of 13,000 

 children who do not go to school at all, besides al- 

 lowing 10,000 for such as are too young, or are un- 

 iivoidably prevented. The fact is a frightful one. 

 It could not happen were the poor properly cared 

 for by a legislature. It is a horrible disgrace on a 

 country possessing millions per annum for educa- 

 tional purposes. Nor would it be the case, were 

 the parents themselves in a thriving condition. 

 Amongst the city poor, at least, there is no con- 

 tempt for education, nor disregard of its advanta. 

 gcs. But they need their children's work. Or 

 they, and rightfully, po.>tponc the purchase of 

 learning to the purchase of bread. It must wait 

 its turn ; and the turn never comes. 



The following is better : — 



The Liverpool Mechanic's Institution cost no 

 more than £15,000 ; contains up>vards of 3,-'i00 

 members ; 850 pupils in three day schools ; COO 

 pupils in 15 or Iti evening classes ; has 50 leach- 

 ers regularly employed, whose salaries amount to 

 £5,000 a year ; -a library of 7,000 volumes, with 

 1,300 readers, and a daily distribution of '.JOO vol- 

 umes ; and public lectures twice a week, attended 

 by audiences varying from 600 to 1300. 



BOILED CABBAGES FOR SWiNE. 

 To the Editor of ihe Farmer's Cabinet : 



Sir — I notice that one of your correspondents.,, 

 in the November number of the ('abinet, recom- 

 mends boiled cabbages as a whiilesome and eco- 

 nomical food for swine. My experience, which, 

 in regard to these animals, is not inconsiderable, 

 does not confirm that opinion. ' I have never been 

 able to induce my hogs to eat boiled cabbages with 

 avidity ; on the contrary, they have generally slioiwi 

 a marked aversion to them, unless they were com- 

 bined with a pretty strong proportion of grain of 

 some kind; anil even then, I havodouhtcd whether 

 the cooking process made the cabbages more con- 

 ducive to the health and nourishment of the ani- 

 mals, than agreeable to their palates. If, as it has 

 been said, brutes, particularly swine, have an in- 

 stinctive partiality for both such sorts and sueh 

 preparations of food as arc most congenial to tiietr 



ciiimtitutions ; and it°, an I have heard, the intei-- 

 liiies of a hog arc m^ro like those of a man, tli»B 

 orf the intestines nf any other domritie onimal, 

 the preference of nwino for raw rathrr than boiled 

 cabbages, may be accounted for. Vou have prolra- 

 bly seen llio work of Dr. Beaumont, dcrenhinj the 

 cxperinicnls made by him in rclolion to the com- 

 parative digestibility of food in the Homach of the 

 soldier, wliose side, having been pierccil by a mus- 

 ket ball, loft a hole when the wound healed, big 

 vnough to carry on such experiments with accuracy. 

 The doctor puts down raw cabbage as having bcc» 

 about as ciisy again for Ins ))alieiit to digest, as 

 boiled. So, 1 have no doubt, hogs find it, oncl 

 therefore prefer it. My experience too, has con> 

 vinoed me that hogs not only prefer raw cabbage 

 to boiled, but to any other vegetable, whether 

 conked or raw, If given alone ; and that they will 

 cat raw cabbage first, when given to them at the 

 sumo time with other vegetables, whether cooked 

 or not. I have never succeeded in attempts to 

 make rtiy hogs cat raw carrots, parsneps, or white 

 turnips. Yellow turnips they will devour as if they 

 liked them ; but Miave often thought that, even of 

 these they prcferied the lops to the root,'. BeeU, 

 of which they relish both the tops and roots, I nm 

 inclined to think, make, with shorts or bran, and a 

 due proportion of salt, and ashes, the best and 

 cheapest winter food for store swine. 



As to the coinparatrvc economy of cooked or 

 raw food for swine in general, I have no doubt 

 that, with the exception of cabbages, all vegeta- 

 bles, and all grain without exception, will go much 

 further if thoroughly boiled than when raw; but 

 the cost of the boilrng apparatus, of fuel, and of the 

 labor necessary for the purpose, must be wkcn into 

 consideration; und if they bo, it will be found that 

 for a email number of hogs — say less than twenty 

 or thirty — raw food will bo cheaper than cookcA 

 BRAWN. 



Haertem, iiear If'nshington, D. C. 



In this vicinity, we believe it will pay well to 

 cook food for a much smaller number of hogs than 

 that above suggested. — Ed. N. E. F. 



T+ie following is ridiculous. May we never 

 fear the people or love ourseWos so much, on thfs 

 side of the Atlantic, as to attempt to monopolize 

 the salt water or any other of the great Creator's 

 gifts. 



•' It is contrary to law in France to take even a 

 pitcher -of water from the sea, lest it shoald he 

 evaporated, for the sake of gaining an ounce oT 

 salt, and avoiding the payment of duty. The 

 Sentinel -des Pyrenees informs us, that a servant 

 who was taking a pail of water from the sea, at 

 Briarrits, a few days ago, for a bath for a child who 

 wos ill, was perceived by a custom-house officer, 

 who instantly compelled her to throw it iiack, and 

 return with the en\pty pail. — Ca/ignam. 



Rich MUk. — A Lancashire farmer in the London 

 Farmers' Magazine says: — "I have a cow in my 

 stock which has had five calves, two of which she 

 has dropped since she came into my possession. 

 She is now giving not less than 2(1 quarts of milk 

 diily, ond this anrearing of superior richness, in- 

 duced me to try wlint weight of butter her milk for 

 se\-cn days would give; Ihe trial was completed, 

 yesterday, and the butter weighed 22 lbs. 3 1-2 oa,-' 

 I had a cow ten years ago, which gave 20 lbs. (J" 

 oz. in a week." 



