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' , lonj fiiiiiilinr wllli tho fiitliiij of sheep, 

 wclhors tocHCs; prefers Mcnnm lo oilier 

 buys lliem nt difTerenl ngcs, no th«l they 

 1 the jinll in succession ; thinks five yonrs 

 best s^e for f;illcninij ; r.nd chooses to feoil 

 uulemlely tinlil a short tmio before he in- 

 I nisrkct them, as, in his exponencc, they 

 : piiy the cost of Iniili fi-cding durinj; a long 

 Ho often bui^ins in March to feed sheep 

 'mi desi);ns to send to market after slicarin;;. 

 i-cnsloincd to keep liis store- wetlicrs in the 

 ilh his cattle, upon the orts and husks that 

 c thrown (iUt to them. He is careful not lo suf- 

 :r his fattinjr "etliors ever to be disturbed. When 

 a begins to feed with corn, ho never permits his 

 leep to bo hungry. Do keeps iiis sheep upon 

 i«en llie first p.irt of the seuson ; thinks merino 

 icc|> arc kept nt less expense than native : and 

 ceins the fattening of sheep profitable. lie men- 

 ons a case in which he bought si.vty merino wctli. 

 •3 in June, for 133 cents each ; and sold fifty of 

 icin in the ensuing March for (WO dollars. His 

 ether sliecp, which arc not sent lo market until 

 flcr shearing, often give four pounds of wool at a 

 lip. — Colman's Fourth Rtyorl. 



ForlbeN. E. Karmer. 



POT LIQUOR— PRODUCTIVK FARMS— 

 BERKSHIRE HOCS, &c. 



Mr Put:«am — Dear Sir — .\a you e.xpress a de- 

 re lo hear from your (arming friends that are silu- 

 tcd around you, I take the liberty of addres-iing 

 nother letter to you. I wish lo write a few lines 

 I a hasty manner on various things, for I ablior 

 'riling: I had rather hold the plow all day than 

 rile one letter. 



Pot Liquor. — .\nd first about "pot liquor." You 

 ish to know if any of us have any hogs that lose 

 heir appetites after being fed with pot lifjnor. ] 

 are a large quantity twice a week, which is given 



my hogs, and \ have never found that iheir appe- 

 tes suffered in the least afterward; bat potatoes 

 re not boiled in the same liquor with the meat; 



If I hold that the witer in which potatoes are 

 oiled, is one of the worst things that can bo given 

 hogs. If your "swine feeder" did not srffer his 

 magination lo run away will) him on account of 

 lie hints given him by the wouian, and if he is 

 gill in saying that his hogs lost their appetites, I 

 lionid (if potatoes were boiled with the nicul,) as- 

 ribe it to them ; if not, why perhaps his hogs 

 vere seldom regaled with such a savory mess, ond 

 s l)Se food which followed was less tempting, they 

 ^ishci^ tosetllieir appetites on edge by abstaining.* 



Pri.^du tlivt FnrniS. — Secondly, regarding pro- 

 ictjve fai ""*' pfcat crops, &c. We are told by 

 ov. IJjij i„ lis " Visitor," and quoted in the N. 

 Farmer i" * f^'^n which cost $2.1,000, from 

 ich the profit- ' '" '"'" '^^'' ""'' J'"''' "'''''-' *'"^''0. 

 f«' rate int ercst ''""^ ' ^''^ ''°"''' ""' ^"^• 

 ". '1 Uie , lamc b '^'"''' ■"'^'^ ">''' "* '"'"' '' """ 

 1 fur one shou '''' '''=e '" '""'«'• '" " •'»'''' 

 nber of U le N E I "«''mcr we have an account 

 en from « paper in Nt'"' York, of a man in Gen- 

 e county . hat raised 12.'' bushels of corn on on 

 e. andJiia land " for the i ■"<>«' P"t """''■" ' 

 ''=. sir. it must have been re.'narkably ffoorf snnd, 



1 siiould like a few acres of oiicli Hand here. 



The 



„j feeder's" hogs w«ie well led and tended 



We have all the best stories — we have \v> poor ( 

 ones : let us liiive accounts both of prnlits and loss, 

 and in both in^>tance^ liow the land was niannged : 

 and when a person sends an account of a great 

 crop, let him tell how he did it. 'I'ho mnn who 

 can raise ho iniirli corn on snnd, if he would show 

 others how, would bo .i public bencfoclor. 



Next, Me lUrkshirc Ifu/r You may romombcr 



that I was formerly an ndvocots for tliein, bill I 

 have departed from the fuitli. I did not find them 

 immaculate (pardon the pun) as I expected. Not 

 only did Ihey not cut up so well as they look, but I 

 cannot get so much per pound as I can for a white 

 skinned hog. I hope to show you some in the 

 spring, across of the Wobiirn and iMackay, supe- 

 rior in all points lo the Yorkshires. 



The .'hnerican Swine Bretder. — En passant, 1 

 should like lo record my humble opinion against 

 the .\merican Swine Breeder, notwith.-<landiiig the 

 decision of a gentleman of nuicli experience on 

 the subject in favor of it. It is not practical enough 

 for us hurd-working farmers. It will do well 

 enoiigU for men lluit can afford to make their pork 

 for 12 1-2 cents per lb. and sell it fur 6 1-4 or give 

 it away. 



Yon had a few words to say, Mr Editor, about 

 Col. Jaqucs' stock. You thought that they were 

 not held in so high estimation by iho public as it 

 was generally thought. I believe you are right, 

 f attended the whoUrsale, and hoard various re- 

 iiinrks which made me arrive ut the same opinion. 

 I have a heifer which was raiseil in Vermont, a 

 pure native, that will equal some of the Colonel's, 

 and with due regard for his slock, I think that had 

 she been called Bttly Cream-Pot, or some other 

 Cream Pot, and put wiih the Colonel's on the day 

 of sale, that she would have brought $100. Her 

 milk is so rich that 1 have taken the cream off wiih 

 a fork. But I must close, wishing you health and 

 better crops llie coming year. 



Yours truly in the cause, 



Camhriilge, Jan. 22rf, 1842. W. A. J. 



(][/='Our correspondent alludes to the "Ameri- 

 can Swine Breeder." This work, it will be re- 

 menihercd, was highly comnfEnded in our columns 

 a few weeks since, by E. PmN.NEy, Esq. His ex- 

 perience and discretion render an opinion from 

 him highly valuable. We have mncli confidence 

 in the soundness of his judgment in the present in- 

 stance. But if " VV. A J." has come to a different 



ciinclusion, we most willingly give it publicity 



The work may not contain nil the minute and sim- 

 ple directions which are desired by some breeders 

 or growers of s»vine ; but if found wanting in these, 

 we remember thinking, when we read the book,! 

 that its principles are cenerally sound, and its di- 

 roclions judicious. We have never read it with a 

 view to giving an opinion of its merits to our read- 

 ers. I 



Many have "fallen from the faill? in regard to j 

 Berksiures. There is no doubt that the most, ifl 

 not all, of them are found wanting when the knife 

 comes to be used. They arc thin on the sides and 

 bcllv, and there is too much lean meat. But yet 

 they may be valuable lo many people. One has 

 called lliem "the poor man's hog," because of the 

 clieapnc.-is with which they can be kept. Can they 

 be ki-pt very considerably clicapc.-, than others? 

 This question is not fully settled. Until it is, the 

 Bcrksliires should not be utterly discarded, even 

 though ihey do not make as good meat as some 

 other breeds — Ed. 



Fur llin New Kn;;liind Kiirmir 



WORKINU COWS. 



Much as ( hiivc hoard of tho practice of working 

 cows, I am ni't awaru that I linvo ever liad a prac- 

 tical ond salisfiictory doinunstralioii uf its fooai- 

 hilily before ycnterduy. 



It has been frequently protcsled by writers in 

 various papers, that the cow, if Irnined early and 

 systematically to the yoke, will dcinoustralc llie po- 

 sition that she is abundonlly able l>i perform ai 

 much labor and with as lillle inconvenience, gen- 

 erally speaking, as tho ox. I'liis, however, is rath- 

 er problematical, as tho advantages uf sizu and 

 muscular ttreiiglh iniisl be admitled lo be greatly 

 in favor of the latter, allhoiigli there can bo nu 

 question, I think, that the cow can work, and per- 

 form much uf the lighter labor on the farm, without 

 cssenlially injuring her fur liic pnrpoiica either of 

 breeding or for milk. 



The gentleman who had the management of tho 

 cows to which I allude as being the first animals 

 of that description I have ever had an opportunity 

 of seeing yoked in team, has worked them for years, 

 and is of opinion that the performance of constant, 

 but light labor is no detriment ti) them whatever. 

 He has made it a constant practice, he says, to 

 work his cows more or less every day for many 

 years, and has even driven them twenty miles with 

 a heavy load, and at .-casons when with calf, Tho 

 animals under his management, were perfectly do- 

 cile, and to all appearance extremely well trained. 



nintiham. Me., Jan. 22d, 1642. II. D. W. 



■ Cement for Floors, — Tho manner of making 

 earthen floors for country houses is as follows : 

 Take two thirds lime and one of coal nshes, well 

 sifled, with a small quantity of loam clay ; mix the 

 whole together, temper it well with »vaier, and 

 make it up into a heap, letting it lie a week or ten 

 days, and then temper it well over again. After 

 this, let it lie for three or four days longer, ond 

 temper again, until it becomes smooth, yielding, 

 tough and gluey. The floor being then levellnd, 

 lay the plaster abont two and a half or tliree inches 

 thick, making it smooth with a trowel. The hot- 

 ter the season is, the better; and wInn it is tho- 

 roughly dry, nothing can make a belter floor. If 

 any one would wish their floors to look vtijf hand- 

 some, let him take lime of rag-stones, well temper- 

 ed with whites of eggs, covering liie floor about 

 half an inch thick with this mixture, before the 

 under flooring is too dry. If this be well done and 

 llioroiighly dried, it will look, when rubbed with a 

 liUle linseed oil, nearly as Imnsparcnt as iiielal or 

 gliss, and endure for iiinny years withnul crack or 

 blemish. — Farmers' Cab. 



EXTRACTS. 

 Infrrntitude. — Ingratitude is a crime so shameful 

 that there never was yet one found who would ac- 

 knowlcilge himself guilty of iU 



True Xobility. — There is no nobility like that of 

 a great heart, f 'r it never stoops to artifice, nor is 

 wanting in good oflices where they are seasonable. 

 — Gracian. 



Honest Jirtions. — Tho memory of good and wor- 

 thy actions gives o quicker relish to the soul than 

 il could ever possibly take in the highest enjoy- 

 ments of youth Addison. 



