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NEW ENGLA,'^1> FARMER. 



Dec. 15, ir^t;. 



CASHMElli: GOATS I V I'RA.NfE. 



M. Tliaer lias lately published an article in a 



German journal, relative to the Cashmere Goats, 



""■ , , ,1 so called, which have been naturulued in France. 



The Bulletin for July last gives from the Journal \ ,^^ „,.„„,„ ,,,„, „„,„. 



iilged Translalinns from the Bulletin das Sci- 

 ences, — -for the Hampshire Gaziik. 



SWISS CATTLE SHOW. 



de Gcnei/-e an account of the fourth annual cattle 



He asserts that, notwithstanding all the pompous 

 Mticles that have filled the pases of the French 



produced happy effects upon the breeds of animal; 

 increased the agricultural products of the country 

 and elevated the character of the Swiss farmers 



gives the following history of the introduction of 

 these animals into France. A few years since M 

 Jaubei-t set out for Tibet for the purpose of obtain 



At these exhibitions, says the Journal, '■ the ag- . .^^ ^ certain number of goats, but having arrived 

 iculturists see each other, converse to;^ctaer,^and | ^j^c^j^.tantinople, he was convinced that he should 



form connexions ; the premiums are given publicly 

 10 those to whom they have been awiiraed, they 

 are conducted to a feast where they are seated next 



expose himself to many dangers in attempting to 

 reach Tibet, and he loarnt that- he could easily 

 base goats among the Kirghis and Tartars.- 



WOOL. 



At a meeting in Northampton of persons int.er-i 

 ested in woollen manufactures and the production 

 of wool, at which Mark Doolittle, Esq. presided, 

 committee of persons from fifteen towns in that v{| 

 cinity was appointed to report as to the proprietj 

 of establishing a Society in the county of Harapl 

 shir^ forjthe production of the growing of woolj 

 and to propose a plan for its regulation. Tha 

 meeting was addre-^sed by Col. Shepherd, Mr Tap 

 pan, xMr Lyman, Mr Mack, Mr Strong and Ml 

 Wells, on the importance of sustaining and proj 

 tectiug ouif manufacturing establishments 

 their effect in advancing not only th.e interest ofthl 

 wool grower and farmer, but also the general proa 

 perily of the country. The meeting stands a 

 journed to Friday, 15th December; at 10 A. M. 



pure 



to the magistrates, and their healths are toaste,L"l ^.y^'j^the Information he obtained, he was induced 

 The Journal remarks that nothing is more diffi- j ^^ ^^^j.^^.'^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^j. t^g Kirghis and Tar- 



° i tars were of the same species as those of Tibet,, 

 i not considering that there is a distance of 000 



cult tlian to change the habits of the cultiv.itors 

 the soil, and, in proof of this, says thit in a groat 

 portion of the country the peasants still make "sc 

 of the Roman plough, constructed as it was IBOOj 

 years ago. In the canton of Geneva, \iowevcr, the 

 Belgic plough has been generally adopted, through 

 the exertions of the agricultural .society. 



TIME OF HAKVF.STING RYE AND WHEAT. 



Professor Schoen, of Wurtemburg, says rye and 

 wheat should attain to perfect maturity, if they are 

 intended for seed ; but if they are to be converted 

 into flour, it is advantageous to gather the crop 8 

 or 9 days before it is completely ripe. The proper 

 time to harvest it is when the grains, pressed be- 

 tween the fingers, offer a gluey mass. The flour 

 obtained from this grain is whiter and more abun- 

 dant than that which comes from grain fully ripe. 

 In Germany and Bohemia tiie flour from grain that 

 is gathered some days before it is ripe, is much 

 sought after, and always sells higher tlma any 

 other. 



IMOCUL ATI.NG SHEEl". 



M. Camile Cambon of Montpelier in France, had 

 two flocks of sheep, one of 4.51 and the other of 

 311 animals. In November 18'23, the scab (or the 

 small pox of sheep) appeared in both flocks, and of 

 80 which were attacked by the disease, 50 died in 

 a few daj^s. All those remaining, 682, were sub- 

 mitted to the operation of inoculation, and only 

 one perished. Some time after, the distemper was 

 discovered among his lambs ; 12 died in a short 

 time, and all the others, 2K) in number, were inoc- 

 ulated. Of these 43 died of the natural scab hc- 



A PROFITABLE WIFE. 

 We are informed that tliere is a farmer in th' 



town B , in Hampden county, who keeps twent; 



four cows, and makes great quantities of bulti 

 — - u , , and cheese, with no hel]) in his dairy but his wifi 



leagues between these countries. He purchasec al jj^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^,^.|j^.^^^^ and hires no labor except ii 

 great number of these Kirghis =i'd -1 artar goats,! j^^ ^.^^^^ ^j. . ^,^^j_ during that busy seasa! 

 put them on board of vessels, and they arrived in( ^^.^ ^^,.^.^ ^_.j^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^, - 

 France, under the name of Cashmere goals. M.I 

 Habrieder, a gentleman who resided some years 

 at Astrachan °on the Caspian Sea, wrote to M. 

 Thaer, that he >vas astonished to see M. Jaubert 

 sending to Franco the miserable Kirghis goats, 

 which cost in the country less than 25 cents per 

 head. The Kirghis and Tartars comb their goats 

 and get some very fine down which they make into 

 cloth, but "it is probable,'' says M. Thaer, " that 

 our goats would offer the same advantages." It is 

 d°that the English East India Company have 



from the pasture 

 milks them all herself, makes the cheese, takel 

 care of one or two tons of cheese, on the shelvea 

 and does the cooking, washing, and other v;;or| 

 of the family. . [Hanin. Gaz.] 



several times attempted to introduce the goats of 

 Tibet into their possessions adjoining that country 



I HISTORY OF SILK. 



iWc learn from Alexander's History of womell 

 that silk worms were introduced into Constantino 

 pic from Cerinda, in the East-Indies, in the yea 

 555, by two monks, by whose judicious manage 

 input, they soon multiplied to such a degree thd 

 nianufactures of Silk were erected at Constanti 

 nople, at Athens, at Thebes, and at Corinth. 



but have never been able to obtain them from the Lj-,e year n:!U, Roger, King of Sicily, broug: 

 grand Lama. ! manufacturers of silk from Greece, and s(^ttl 



■riEET. 



The Bulletin -notices a description of Tibet by 

 a Chinese Geographer ; also the journal of Miri/- 



them at Palermo, where they taught the Sicilian 

 the a^tof propagating the silk-worms, and 

 spinning and weaving the silk. From Sicily, the 



zet Ullah, a Mahometan, who had travelled in that irt extended over all Italy — and from thoniC to 

 country. Mirizzet confirms the accounts of form- Spain, and from thence to the south of Frniii i 

 er travellers, in respect to a very singular cus- In the~ year 1280, the ladies of some noMr . 

 torn which prevails in some parts of Tibet. Ho lirst appeared in silk mantles, at a splendid bail 



says that several brothers have hut one wife a- 

 mong them, and that the children are all maintain- 

 ed by the eldest brother. The lands all belong 

 to the eldest, and he can even dispossess his own 

 father. This practice is attributed to the barren- 

 ness of the soil. The wool or down of which the 



fore the inoculated virus tool; effect : all the otii- ' Cashmere Shawls are made is produced in Tibet, 

 ers were saved. The virus was inserted on the ' and 800 horse loads are annually exported to 

 inside of the thigh of the wethers, and the inside \ Cashmere. The cows of Tibet have long, thick 



of the fore leg of the ewes. 



Q,uere — Is the disease noticed above (called by 

 the French clavean or clavelec) the same as the 

 scab which attacks our flocks in New England ? 

 wool,. 

 It appears that for some years past more atten- 

 tion has been paid to the form and sii'.o of the ani- 

 mals than to the fineness of the wool of the cele- 

 brated Rambonillet flock in France, and the con- 

 sequence is that the wool is worth only 2i francs 

 the killogram (about 21 cents per pound.) In- 

 deed the price of wool in Prance is generally 40 

 or 50 per cent, lower than it was in 1825. Many 

 Frenclx proprietors have the wool of 1825 on hand, 

 which they would be glad to sell for (iboijt hall 

 the price they refused last year. 



tails similar to those of horses. In the province of 

 Lassa there are full grown hogs which weigh 

 only one poand and a half ; The Tibetians are a 

 mild people, and there arc but few robberies or 

 murders among them. They are very tolerate, 

 and intermarry with the Mahometans without any 

 difficulty. They generally burn their dead, but 

 at Lassa, the seat of the grand lama, they bury 

 them. Tibet contains a vast number ef temples, 

 and the state supports more than 84,000 lamas or 

 priests, who are not allowed to marry. In the 

 first month of the year all the lamas assemble in 

 tho city of Lassa for the service of the great tem- 

 ple. The people give themselves up blindly to the 

 direction of the lamas, and reverence the grand la- 

 ma as a god and sovereign. 



England. The same year that New-England was 

 settled by the Pilgrims, the art of weaving silk 

 was introduced info England ; and in I71!i, l.om- 

 be's machine for throwing silk, was erected at 

 Derby — a piece of mechanism which contained 

 28,586 wheels, the whole put in motion by one 

 wheel turned by water. The first pair of silk 

 stockings seen in England, as history repui' .;. 

 was presented to Edward VI. about the mir! ■ t 

 the 10th century. [N. Hamp. Statcsinuii 



YEAST AS A MANURE. 



It is not generally known that this is one oi the 

 most powerful manures in existence. From expe- 

 riments tried with grass plots, and different culi- 

 nary vegetables, it appears that a very small quan- 

 tity of yeast, after it has become putrid and usC' 

 less to the brewer or baker, will effect wonders 

 when mixed with water and applied to plants as 

 liquid manure : the only danger seems to be in 

 making it too rich. It is recommended to be tried 

 on pines, vines, Brassica family, especially cauli- 

 flowers, and the potatoe, as a pickle for wheat and 

 other seeds, and for watering new sown turnips 

 and similar oleaginous seeds. — U. S. Gazette. 



