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N K W E N ( >! LA ^ D FA \iyi I] K. 



88 



r raiiic. iiosli I'.ister, ami experk'nccj no in- 

 whatover. 



lie two past years I kept tatting cows and oxen 

 II oriharil, where they coiilJ be full feil vvitli 

 and with obviously good efferts. J have 

 !r known cattle fat faster on grass and pump- 

 er raw potatoes, than niii'e have on apples. 

 » must bo taken not to turn tbem in hungry 

 St, as they will certainly eat to excess and 

 re themselves ; and if they have not a full sup- 

 there may be danger, when tliere is abun 

 c of apples beaten oft' by storms ; but a little 

 will pri'vent such an injury, 

 have never had a creature choked by them, 

 I believe there is very little danger, when the 

 itures have liberty and are accustomed to feed 

 1 them. 



pples are worth nothing at all to make into 

 r, unless it be worth over fifty cents per bar- 

 and if you liave to hire your labor, you may 

 ell let them rot under the tree, as make them 

 cider. I consider my apples under the tree 

 li more for my creatures, than the cider would 

 for, if made up for me for nothing. I make 

 jtimate in this way ; I call potatoes u-orth for 

 e rijL cents per bushel, and apples half price, 

 e bushels of apples, the average quantity for a 

 el, at 6^ cents will be 58 cents, or eight cents 

 e than your cid?r will sell for. And I believe 

 les are worth more than half the price of pota- 

 „ and am confident, that when cattle are full 

 on each, that they would fat faster on apples 

 . on potatoes. 



appears by our agricultural publications that 

 y farmers at the south are making use of ap- 

 as food for farm stock. The number who are 

 or them here as food for hogs, both in the fall 

 winter, is increasirg. I know of several 

 aers, who fed their hogs on apples through the 

 part of last winter, and are fully satisfied of 

 utility of the practice. 



s our fodder this winter will be deficient, I 

 k it important, that those who hi.ve orchards, 

 ead of wasting their time in making a useless 

 ntity of cider, and ciiler brandy, should lay up 

 r late apples to feed their hogs and other stock 

 inter. 



would also recommend to farmers to save their 



ice. A load of pumice is worth as much as a 



of pumpkins. I have given it to young cattle 



to sheep in the fall, and in one instance I 



3d a load for my sheep in winter, which they 



with great greediness and good eflect. 



gentleman informed me that he first discovcr- 



:he ' orth of pumice, as a food for neat cattle, 



the following fact. He owned a cider mill, im- 



^ii.ielv upon the road side, anil the pumice was 



V, n into the street. When he began to make 



r. early in the autumn, there were a number 



pn.n, half-starved cattle running in tlie road, 



t came d;iily and ate his pumice ; and tiioiigh 



re was at that season very little grass in the 



vet these rattle, only by eating pumice, be- 



le. before winter, very good lieef. 



am too V ell acquainted with the fi.ved prejudi- 



of mankind, to suppose tUiit msny will believe 



It I have written. If only one farmer in ■> hun-' 



d slio-ild be induced to make the experiment, 



expectations would be fully answered. 



AGRICOLA. 



preliminary remarks by Dt Adams, President, con- 

 gratulating the Society on its liappy meeting and 

 their progress in promoting tlio important objects 

 of Us institution. S.;K. Livermore.Ksq. of Milford, 

 then delivered the annual addrnss ; after which, 

 the reports of the awarding commiteea were read. 



('.•luiiui of farmers who own large orchards, espe- 

 ciallv tl'is season, when food for cattle is scarce. 

 ^oiii.' practical cultivators, however, huvo sug- 

 j-istcd to ns that sour app'es set their cattle's 

 tccl!^ on edge, and render them less capable of 

 masticating other food. Mr Preston ol" Penn. in- 

 forms u.^. (.see N. K. Farmer, vol. i. page lUl) that j The report of the viewing committeeon Farms and 

 in a visit to a Oerman orchar list, his horse was | Crops was higlily interesting. More than 100 

 supplied with a baiting of iu'fd apples, apparently 1 farms, crops, &c. were entered for competition, 

 as a matter of course, or something to which his j on which 3(> premiums were awarded, 

 entertainer had been accustomed. Sweet apples! Considerable accessions have b:'en made to the 

 are no doubt much more valuable for cattle food | Society, and the following elections were made 

 than sour, as saccharine matter is a substance, for the ensuing year : 



which contains mure uourisliment than pny other. 

 With regard to pomace we are informed that it 

 was made use of tor winter food for cattle, by tlie 

 late CJen. E. H. Dfrby. He probably dried and 

 housed it as he would other forage. But, if it is 

 intended for that purpose, care should be taken to 

 dry and house it before it has been drenched by 

 rains, and not suft'er it to lie in such heaps as to 

 cause fermentation, as it would be thus deprived 

 of most of its value. 



From the J^ew Hanipxhire Statesman. 



S.vMUF.L S.iiiTii, Peterborough, Pce.MW(;n/. 

 Benj. Poole, Hollis, \ Vir.e 



Robert M'Gaw, Merrimack, ] Presidenlt 

 Alfred Foster, Be Ifori, Secretary. 



Aaron F. Sawyer, .t/<. Vernon Treasurer. 

 Daniel Fuller, Francestown 



Stephen Peabody, Milford, 

 Isaac Kimball, Mason, 



Russell Tuhbs, Deering, 

 Joseph Pliiibrick, If'eare, 

 Oliver Whiting, ffilion, 



Executive 

 Committee 



BEES. 



HILLSBOROUGH CATTLE SHOW. ' The cruel system of smothering bees may now be 



The Agricultural Society of this County held ! totally dispensed with by a plan recently adopted 



its eighth anniversary on Wednesday of last week - with complete success : it is called " drivino-," and 



at Wilton ; and at the same time the Cattle Siiow 'is easily accomplished : thus — At dusk, place a 



and Exhibition of Manufactures were attended ' metal pot where the old hive stands ; have a new 



The Ploughing Match, Public Address, and the , '"^e prepared, with cross sticks, and cream and su- 

 awarding of Premiums, was also attended to on j gar smeared inside; invert the old hive into the 

 that and the foUov.ing day. There was a hand- pot, quickly place the new one over it; tie a cloth 

 some display of live stock, among which the young I round the meeting of both hives, so as to prevent 

 cattle especially indicated the continued exertions [any of the bees escaping ; then keep striking the 

 of our farmers to nnprove their breeds. The neat bottom of the metal pot, with an iron instrument. 



stock of Mr Oliver Whiting of Wilton, consistin 

 of til head, excited particular attention, among 

 which were 44 milch cows, kept on one farm, and 

 entirely devoted to the cheese dairy. Of sixty 

 yoke of workmg cattle which were exhibited, ten 

 yoke only were oftered for premiums. Various 

 tri> Is of strength and agility upon the drag, and 

 the plough, were exhibited. Among those who 

 appeared in the command of teams was noticed the 

 venerable Mr Tohie of Wcare, now nearly eighty 



and in less than ten minutes all the bees will be 

 driven by the sound from the old to the new hive ; 

 then untie the cloth, and lift the new hive to the 

 place where the old one stood, at the same time 

 quickly covering the honey hive with a wliite cloth 

 to prevent any of the bees returning to it. In the 

 morning, lift a corner of the cloth so as to make a 

 small aperture to let out any of the bees that 

 should remain, and by striking the "pot as before, 

 they will instantly depart, and join their compan- 



years of age, with all the activity and energy of , ions in the new settlement. It may be necessary 

 the prime of life, and who has never, we under- [ to feed the bees well for a few days with suo-ar, 

 stand, since the institution of the Society, failed of j and they will proceed to work immediately after. 



attending its exhibitions. His example is truly 

 praiseworthy, and merits the imitation of the 

 younger farmers. To his team, driven by himself, 

 v\a3 awarded the first premium in the Ploughing 

 match 



London paper. 



PRODUCTIVE LAND. 



The Philadelphia Democratic Press states, that 

 a gentleman in the vicifiity of that city has this 



The' exhibition of manufactures atid works of ' y'^^' .'^f f""' ^f ','""? ''"'/ ''" """^ """"J"' 

 fancy, althougli not equal in some respects to those ^'^'""^ ^T-' ^'^'° , """ ''' \ ''"'^ "'""^^ ^''"°"' °*" 

 01 tor me r years, was excellent, and manifested 



; wine ; and from the same land has sold twelve 



desire not only to keep up a show, hut what is '"""dred pounds of grapes, besides what have been 

 much better, to enjoy the benefit of substantial fab- "'.^'^ '"J'f ^^'""'y ''"'* "?/''' °" ^^"^ ^'"«^- ^lie 

 . The Ladies are especially entitled to praise i P""'' °^ """ f^^T " "' "■'' *" '^^""'y-"^« 



this part of the exhibition-" to show well, and '^'="/' =' P°""'^- Averaging the grapes at twc:ve 

 well, is alwavs their characteristic." Scv- : f"'' '', ''''','^ ''^"''' '""^ ^^^ "'"*' ^' ''^° """''^'■^ '■" Sei- 



nes 



for thi 

 to d 



eral pieces of Carpeting of superior manufacture '°". tj""^ 'f^s than half an acre of land has pro- 

 „„j 1 .;<•..! ._i _'_ .1 . ___ ,, . , ., duced, at least, SIX hundred and seventy dollars 



this year. — Con. Courant. 



and beautiful colour, were shown; excellent hearth 



rugs, elegantly worked with fanciful figures, fit 



for the parlour of a " republican nabob ;"° dressed ] An Apple has been left at the oftice of this Ga- 



woolen cloths of excell3nt fabric ; beautiful flan- Utte, of fourteen inches in circumference, and 



nels, fine as silk ; fine linen, and a variety of oth- : twenty-one and a half ounces weight. It comes 



er articles. 

 On Thursday the Society formed in procession 

 Remarks hy the Editor of the JV. E. Fanner. — ' 

 le foregoing appears to us highly worthy the at- 1 ers were offered by the Rev. Mr Beede ; a few 



from Evesham, N. J. The abundance and si:>e of 

 the fruit, this year, in that state, Delaware and 



and proceeded to the meeting bouse where pray- Pennsylvania, must strike every traveller. 



[Phil. N. Gaz.] 



