-No. ii. 



iNEW ENGLAND FAllMEU. 



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\\ns mctliod of management, with which he t.iinnry to mul;o clioicc of those which arc judgc.l against the wall of the loom by a nail, until aucl 



complicil. By the account I received from 1 to bo tin; best for secil, whicli c.rc piil aside by j time its the buttorflios come out 



id that the material difteronce betwixt themselves, and Rftorwards from the whole of' '" 



Jnlcnian's management and the general those to pick out in pairs such as are judged best 



consisted in the following particulars. — for the purpose ; tahing care Tii this last choice to 



J me, that bavin; long observed that the | pii Ic out an equal number of males and females, as 



ivhich were first hatched turned out always | iar as one can judge of the different .soxes by tlie 1 



nro hoalthv and vigorous than those which cocoons. In doing this care must be taken to keep 1 _ . , „ <• ., • » . 



uri, in-aiiiij. u .1 , 1 1 f .1 ■ „., Li 1. 7i 11 ,■ 1 ' E.Npcrimcnial Farms for the improvement of A 



iter n coming out, he had for this reason the cocoons ot the .same day s mounting always ' "^ 



(To be continued.) 



AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT. 

 A Correspondent of the Montreal Herald ha.'- 

 directed the attention of the Legislature of Lower 

 Canada to the urgent necessity of establishing 



ons. For the same reason he rejected all 



vorins which linger in getting over their 



;i es, which he said were owing to their weak- 



r to their being infected in some measure 



jme disease, which generally carried them 



1 jre they could make their cocoons ; or if 



id get tlie length to make their cocoons, 



ast h-3 maintained were so light, tiiat they 



iot equal in value to the expense of the leaves 



these worms will eat during their grande 



At getting over their different maladies, 



ed only such as came away the first two 



throwing away all that were not ready at 



nse of the second day. From v;hat ohserva- 



[ had myself made upon the silk-worm, I 



ht this gentleman had a great deal of reason 



his side ; but as, in every thing in relation 



3 culture, I uniformly made it a rule to satis- 



mind fully by experiment, I firmly resolved 



miit his plan to that test. I was, however, 



jointed in fulfilling my intention in that re- 



bv my haTing been obliged to return to 



upon business before the next season of 



ricultuio. The followinjj arc some of the argu- 

 ments which he states in favour of his proposal: — 

 " When we find that the nature of agricultural 

 pursuits in this country is essentially diffeienl 

 from that of Great Britain, w-lion we find that its 

 lands arc not as in that country, owned, and oc- 

 cupied frequently in large tracts by rich proprie 

 tors who have the moans, inclination and intelli- 

 gence required for improvements, that llic landf 

 here are divided in small lots, among a people 

 who have no high rents and taxes, to render the 

 practice of those improvements obligatory upon 

 them, and who are almost totally deprived of the 

 means of acquiring knowledge of those improve- 



„.,,„-. , ., ., ments or diecovcries by tlie great sources of dif- 



many of tlic butterflies, and consequentlv the _ . ... . .,•' " . , , 



^ , ■,! /• 11 I . I- 1 c fusion ot science in other countries, and when we 



quantity of egos or seed will fall short of what ^ , , , ,, ^ , r ., n i » 



•' "*" find that the great number ot these small lots or 



farms is a cause which will perhaps always ren- 

 der the employment of great capital, by more in- 

 telligent proprietors unprofitable, until foreign 

 markets are found : — We think the knowledge 

 the necessity of 

 rescu- 

 its pres- 



Ihe following plan, which he had then I separate by themselves, that the butterfiies may 

 for several years, and to which, in a i pierce the cocoons at the same time. If the good 

 asure, he attributed liis success. cocoons taken from the whole are all first mixed 



intention was to raise a quantity of worms j together, and from this general heap the cocoons 

 J) two ounces of eggs, his practice was to; are afterwards picked out in pairs for breeding, 

 . ounces and a half of oggs to germinate, ! the consequences ivill be, that there will be set 

 ave no more than the production of the [ aside the cocoons of worms that have mounted 

 rst days, throwing away all the rest. He j the brush-wood upon different days, which of 

 c made it a rule, upon their passing through I course will have the effect, that the butterflies 

 ffcrent maladies, to take only the forward j will pierce the cocoons unequally; that is, not 

 throwing away regularly all those which I on the same day, but at times distant from each 

 lonff in izotting over their maladies, and he I other ; so that there will not be an eqi:al num- 

 le following reason for his continuing to | her of males and females produced at the same 

 this plan ; namely, that from many years' I time, which must occasion the loss of a great 

 nee, he said he had found, that those worms 

 are hatched after the third day always 



t to be weakly, and are tedious in all their was intended, which shows the necessity ot pre- 

 cision in keeping the cocoons of each day apart. 



When you happen to have more females than 

 males, you must employ the males of the preced 



- „ ay a second lime, that you may not lose „ , r . , i .i 



° ^ r 1 11 . .1 ■ • 1 . of these facts clearly proves the neces 



your supernumerary females. Uut tins is only to , ... „ A- • . j r 



,, ^ . r^. -iju the adoption of soma emcient system for 



be dons upon urgent cases of tnis kind, because . , ■ ,, c ^ -n ■ i- 



\ r 11 . », 1 ma; the a'rriculture of the Province from 1 



it is greatly preferable to cause the males to serv 

 only once, if you can calculate so as to have al 

 ways an equal number of both sexes for copula 

 tion. 



ent low condition, under which its lands are con- 

 tinually retrograding, and which system in con- 

 junction with the efforts of the Agricultural So- 

 cieties happily established may restore these lands 

 The double cocoons are to be distinguished by ' ^^ j;,^;^ original abundant yield, 

 being much thicker than the otiicrs, generally, " I shall now conclude this part of the subject 



broad, and not quite round 



In taking the cocoons off the brush-wood, pic 

 them offcarefully, especially if there are any dead 

 worms amongst them, which presently corrupt ; 



proposed with saying, that should any member or 

 members of the Legislature, be happily animated 

 with zeal and ability sufficient to bring forward 

 the establishment of" agricultural farms by the 



because such of the cocoons as touch these dead Legislature," I have in possession a system for 



worms are spoiled by them, as they contract by ^1^^;^ management which I trust and hope, will 



that touch gluiness from the dead worms, which ^evvcto excite a proper spirit of emulation in the 



hinders the silk from winding off properly from the Canadian Husbandman, a very desirable event, 



the cocoons. The best manner to know the good ^^iji^jj ^^y possibly beget a zeal among them for 



from the bad cocoons, is to press them at the two j,^g practice of agriculture. They possess an 



ends with your fingers. If they resist well that j^^^jg ^^^ correct mind, which once well directed. 



which' will serve, not only as a happy employment 

 of their genius, but produce a great and important 

 advance in the agricultural wealth, and general 

 prosperity of the province." 



After the cocoons are taken down from th 

 brush-wood, such of them as are intended for seed 

 must, with, the utmost care, be cleaned from all 



FLAX SEED JELLY FOK FEEDIXG A.ND FATTENING 

 CATTLE. 



Loudon gives the following statement of the 

 mode in which fiax seed jelly is prepared in Eng- 



Ik culture came lound. At the same time, | pfg^gy^g^ ^nj appear hard and firm betwi.-ct your ^^ j^g successful master, will produce effects 



itill continue to regard this article as a mat- finders, the cocoons are certainly good. 



f great importance to that culture, I would Though they appear firm upon pressing their 



ly advise, that it should be fully canvassed j gjjg^ ^^.jtl, ^.p,,^ flngers, they may still not be en 



periment. ' tirely good ; tlie pressure at the two ends being 



The cocoons should be allowed to remain i of^ji pjij^rs the best manner of knowing the good 

 the brush-wood for six or seven days after \ (jjjgg_ 

 ast of the worms of that particular parcel are [ 

 ated. 



'ter the cocoons are taken down, they should 

 issorted according to their colours, setting 

 t all the weak cocoons, and such as are double, 

 se of each colour, which have a shine upon 

 r surface, and thence called sattiny, should 



be put by thems' Ives, t.s they form the second 



of silk. The double cocoons form the coars- 

 silk of the whole. 



.11 the floss, or loose silk which is round the 

 side of the cocoons, must be carefully taken off, 

 ause the better the cocoons are cleared from 

 t outer silk the better they play in the basin, 



>f course the better the silk will wind off. 



clearing off the floss silk from the cocoons, 

 en taken down from the branches, it is cus- 



the floss or loose silk v\hich is about them, which,! land. The proportion of water to seed is about ' 

 if allowed to remain, would greatly hinder thejtoL Having been steeped in part of the water 

 butterfly from getting out of his cell ; after which, 4g hours previous to the boiling, the remainder is 

 with a needle and thread, you must thread the added cold, and the whole boiled gently about two 



cocoons by the middle, like a string of beads. But 

 in doing this you must take care not to hurt the 

 insect in the cocoon with the needle. You are 



hours, keeping it in motion during the operation, 

 to prevent its burning to the boiler ; thus reducing 

 the whole to a jelly-like, or rather a gluey or ropy 



only to pierce just as much of the skin of the co- consistence. After being cooled in tubs, it is given 

 coon as is sufficient to attach it to the thread, and i ^jth a mixture of barley-meal, bran, and cut chafT; 

 this is done at the middle of the cocoon, to leave L bullock being allowed about 2 quarts of the jelly 

 the two ends of it free, as you cannot be certain per day, or somewhat more than 1 quart of seed iu 

 at which of the ends the insect will pierce the co- 1 4 days, — that is, about one-sixteenth of the medi- 

 coon. This being done, you hang up the cocoons | um allowance of oil cake. 



