vol.. XX. NO. 44. 



AND HORTIC U LTII II A I. KL J IS 'I ER. 



Fur Ilia N. E. Farmer. 



sp.\RE THE nmns. 



Mr ALLrN Pltnam — Doar Sir — I noliceil with 

 icli ploasuru several coiiunuiiicatidn!) iii your pn- 

 r Ihe last lioiisoii, rclalivo to the proleclion <■!" 

 ■is. Il 18 quite time tliac lliit subject sliouUI ro- 

 ive inuro ■ttcntion, althuuj;!) tiio laws of llii.i 

 ite Tor tlio protccti'in of jjaino and oilirr bin).-", 

 B luflicienlly ample, provided it was anyone's 

 iy to attend to tlie enforcement of tlieni. A low 

 Wecutions would soon put a stop to llic wliole- 

 e destruction of birds at thia season of the year, 

 3m a careful estimnte I should think thai the 

 e of birds and "xanie in this market amounted to 

 )ut $1.'),000 yearly ; but during the last season, I 

 las fallen oft materially. | 



believe that it is not known generally that | 

 re is a fiiio of $2 for every marsh bird killed or i 

 loscd for sale between the months of .March and 

 Hcmber. 'J'lie two or three last years, in the 

 nth of May, (at which time the birds stop a few j 

 oks on their way to Ihcir breeding places in the ] 

 th,) there have been more rod-breasts, plovers 

 other marsh birds sold in the Quincy market I 

 ine week than there liavc been shot during the 

 lie fall season: iho consequence is, that they 

 nearly exterminated, and in a few years will 

 entirely so. The same will apply to the wood- 

 ■c, and other game birds, that were formerly shot 

 his vicinity : — these birds are not only shot at 

 time that they make their appearance in the 

 ng, but through all the hatching season, as they 

 e off their nests and before the young are fully 

 jed ; at which time they are easily killed ; and 

 he fourth of July, up to which time trie law al- 

 i them for breeding, (which is too short,) thera 

 t any left for the sportsmen and others who 

 ot wish to violate the law. 

 I the month of May last year, there were shot 

 le day in the vicinity of Maiden, fifty dozen 

 •, and they were sold in the market at '2^ els. 

 dozen. Now, the dealers in the market would 

 fly dare to expose them for sale, if they thought 

 o was a chance of their being prosecuted. At 

 istable, (where most of these birds come from 

 e spring,) the marshes are entirely deserted 

 aem in the fall ■ — so much so, that the sports- 

 and others who generally resort to them in 

 all, to recruit their health after a summer's 

 in town, did not the last year kill enough to 

 — (five years since a hundred birds a day was 

 r allowance.) If no one else will attend to 

 Tosecution of these poachers, I hope the sports- 

 will — and follow the good examplo of i^r. 

 F^r, of Edgar'.own, who rode one niglit last 

 er, thirty miles, after dark, to catch and con- 

 -he poachers who went to the Vineyard to 

 11 grouse for fbnie of the eating houses in this 

 Their names are generally known: I shall 

 epeat them, as I have heard that they are so 

 ned of their being caught poaching, that they 

 not poach again in a hurry. That prosecu- 

 t :<ino doubt saved the lives of more than one 

 and grouse the last winter. 



Yours, SNIPE. 



^The days of miracles seem not to be past, 

 ys of yore, the aes spoke to Balaam ; and now 

 >nipe" sends us a communication. We are 

 bly less disturbed by the wonder than wastho 

 of the beast in ancient writ; fur we are not 

 ience-smilten at the words of the bird. We 



hope, however, that Bfuiie whose eyes muy Hee theoo glad to lenrii lliat (me who liaa been so hiicci ssful 

 lines, will hear iho voice of conscience reproaching ' in making good butter, is yet dosiron* to make 

 them for their sins. Let us alone, say the birds — noiiiu Iliot Khnll be bettor than hi^ own beat. — Ed. 

 lot tho birds live, say« the biw — let Ihcm live, says i 



humanity let them live, says a bitter Inslr iban \ I'lom ihe Farnin'i CJi zultc. 



the Epicurean appi?tile of the glutton. N'en, sports- j ^ _ — 



men, fancy that ihe voice of " .Snipe" iw the voice | R E A R I N (J C A I. V E S . 



of Hiiii who made the birds, and cruse from your! Ma Editor — As the time for rearing' calvci is 



deadly work. — Ei>. iippruacliing, I wish to invite the attention of the 



i farmers to tli h impnrtant braiirhof h',:-bnndry. 



I And firfl ; raise none hut good i.nes. By this 

 I I do Hot moan iImI a calf must bj ii Durlnni, n Dc- 

 ' \on, or any other nclected breed, in order to be 



-, _, , • . J u . 1-..1 r i woilh raising. But how shall I determine, one in- 



Mii Editor — 1 am purposing to do what little I i .,• i i- • .i • ;.,„ s 



- . , . n . . M '. -.1 .1 1 quires, when a call a week ol<. is worth rnising .' 



can to furnish yoo "Boston folks ' with the good ' ' i.- i . ii r.iiii;,Vi. 



- , . ,r- 1 •. n ■ . • • 11 • 1 wil tell you. II he has u g<io.l loin, a full thigh, 



things of this ife, and It will consist principally in , ■' , ■ .■ 7i . . „„ i „„t 



, '^ , . , , ... . r r and is cut up well under the throat, you need not 



what I have oiig been in the practice of sending , ... r i i- i 



.1 ...1 T...„„ ...i.„ !,„..„ .,.„.i ;. i,„..„i, " f'-a'-- And then commence ^our feed no higher 



For the N. E. Farmer. 

 CHURNING MILK 



and what those who have used il have been 

 pleased to call goo;/ butler. And iis snnie of you 

 iiave made up your minds ihnt there is a considera- 

 hlo diflTorence in the value of the two kinds of but- 

 ter, one of which, when put on bread, makes il 

 decidedly less palatnble, and the other makes it 



than yoo can ever after maintuin it with profit. 

 Some, when they wish lo make an extra fine; am- 

 iiial, give the calf the use of a good cow tliroiigli 

 the summer. This, in my opinion, is a very mis- 

 taken policy. To say nothing of the expense be- 

 yond the return of profit, 1 consider it highly detri- 



something considerably belter, I have by careful:-' , . .i ■ . •■ u- ■ i ,„;„„ k.,o „.>ni. 

 ." , , , ^ , . ' . nicntal to the animal Itself, in producing fine quail- 

 observation, been able to make some improvement . , . I .i r i, c . fi.„ 



, . ' . , , . ties, by causing a too rapid growth of bone lor tlic 



in my dairy a most every year since I began to ' / , . . .i - ii ,^ ,„i,i„,i 



,.,•',.■', Ilk- . A i muscle ; so that when the animal bocomos settled, 



think that there could be any improvements made ; , c i . . i i . „ r i,,r,o 



, , ... , ,..., ■' , ' ... you will find n too extended proportion of bone, 



niul I wish to make a little advance this year ini-' , ,.. '. , .,_ „:„„i ■. «• 



, . p ,. 11.. II „ .1 .producing coarse qualities. And the mischul 



the art of making good butter, and I presume that, ' = .^..' ... •„,„„j„i r,, „ i,,„-,i 



.,, . -I,- '. .L stops not here. If the calf is intended tor a Ureeil- 



vou wi be very willing to assist me or any others, . ' , ,, ^ ■■ l- i i ■■■„,„ i .. 



:. . ■' ■? ,. , .11 ing animal, you will find It highly injurious to his 



ifyoucan, by communicating to us through vour = , _,,'.■' ,. *" . .. ^ ,„„ , ;„:„,„ 



' r -■ u .1 ■ I, stock. This you may discover in their lonu' joints, 



paper, any information you may hove on the sub- , , i , ■ „ i. i,„. 



' ' ' ' •' ■' I coarse long hair and larce consimimtr It has 



lect. I contemn ale keeping a considerable number I, " ,, . , .. . i :. i ,i,:,„ 



J . , . ' J I L 1 I been repeatedly tested, that calves raised on skirn- 



of cows this season, and as I have a horse-power, I I ,-,,,. i .. .„ i ,i ,„ , „»»,o „i.< 



. , -II. ] I ■ ,] , ■, ;ii i' 1 med milk, hay tea, &c., at two and three years old. 



intend to churn my tnilk — believing that it will he 

 more sure to make good butter by having the milk 

 churned when it is perfectly swcot. In warm 

 weather, the milk frequently sours before the cream 

 has had time lo rise, and destroys the fine flavor of 

 the butter. Churning milk is practiced in many 

 parts of the country, but I have not been able to 

 learn what I wish to know on the subject, and 

 which I now ask you to give mo. 



And first — How long ought the milk to stand 



will quite out-do those raised by the cow and put 

 upon the same keep afterwards. Il requires no ar- 

 gument to prove that il will not do for farmers to 

 incur an expense that produces no adequate return. 

 BENONI. 

 Uoodbury, (Conn..) April 1st, 1842. 



MANURE FOR GARDENS. 

 We have tried a variety of kinds fiir a garden. 



before il is churned ? Will it do to churn it as I g„j these iu a variety of forms, and so far an our 

 soon as it is cool enough — or does it need to stand ! experience warrants an assertion in favor of any 

 till the cream has principally separated from the ! p^^ij^yiaf i^inJ^ we must give a decided preference 

 milk? I lo simmp mud, or miir*. One iirgumenl in its fa- 



Second — Must the milk be put in pans, or may ! y^^ j^^ t||^( \^ seldom produces weeds. Anotiier, 

 it be put ill larger vessels, and put into an ice ccl- 1 ^^^^^ jj contains so muOh vcsctable matter in a. de- 

 lar, well, or some otlior cool place, and stand till it I gomposible state, lh^t ifl easily brought to operate 

 has sufficient age, without giving the cream an op- I ^^ ji^g fj.oj of plants. It also, from the slowness 

 portiinity to rise .' ; of its decay, continues its efTcct longer than most 



Third — What kind of churn is best — a dash other manures. Its cheapness also commends it, 

 churn, to be worked by horsepower — a barrel j (or all its cost is the mere gelling of il from the 

 churn, one that stands still and has floats that turn j pon,i j,ole, which will be sure to fill its treasury 

 in it — or some other kind ? ; before a new draft, is necessary. In order lo liavu 



Fourth — Can the buttermilk be made into cheese , jj prime, it should be placed in a pile for a (cw 

 to good advantage, or is it as good as skimmed j^..^^ ^pd asjies or lime mixed with it, and subject- 

 milk that has not been churned ? ,.j ^q workings until the lumps are all reduced, and 



If you or some of the readers of the Farmer 

 will answer these questions, you will much oblige 

 your friend the butter maker, residing on the '• old 

 temperiincc farm." 



SAM'L CHAMBERLAIN. 



H'estboro',.1pril23, 18-12. 



[C/'We hope that our corrcspondeiits who are 

 accustomed to churn milk, will answer the inqui- 

 ries of Mr Chamberlain. It is not usual in this vi- 

 cinity lo make butter in the way concerning 

 which Mr C. inquires, and wc have no experience 

 to guide us in a reply to his questions. Wc are 



the two simpiea thoroughly compounded. It may 

 then be put, (half a shovelful will answer,) in the 

 hill for melons, cucumbers, anil squashes. For 

 radishes and the like; we use il as a top-dressing. 

 — Genesee Farmer. 



If there is any man who may eat his bread at 

 peace with man and God, it is the man who has 

 brought that bread out of the earth by his own 

 honest industry : — it is cankered by no fraud, it m 

 wet with no tears, it is stained with no blood. — 

 C'olman. 



