NEW ENOLAND FARRIER. 



I*uhli5hed by John B. Kusseli. at No. 52 JNorth Alyrkut dtreet. (over the A>irictilturiil VViirehoiisc.) Thomas G. rEssEWDEN, Editor. 



VOL. V. 



FOR THE NEW ENGI.A.ND EAKMER. 



IMPROVED SHORT HORNS 

 versus 

 ' A'ATIVi;" CATTLE. . 



WIU'CT OF .'iX IMPROVED DURHAM', 

 WORT noRX coir, EqU.lL TO acVi 

 ^OU.VDS OF BUTTER, .^XD .} nARREL\ 

 ■IXD A lULF OF MILK PER WERE. [ 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1827. 



No. 47. 



ORIGIAAL PAPERS. 



which wore not dry, lisd been, ani are yet upon 

 disttmt mrado'.vs, cxcoptiog Bcliaa and anotlior, 

 whose niillc supplied her calf, a mont'i old, run- 

 ning; at her side, and the family, during; the time 

 mentioned ; which milk was always sent immedi- 

 atclv intoto;vn from the field. 



THOMAS MORRISON, his O mark. 



Afrirmed before m? this first d.iy of June, 

 ill the }"oar of o- r l.orJ one thousand eifht 

 hundred anJuvor.lv seven. 



GEOllCK C.LENTNER. 



lATlIA.N RoBEHTS, Esq 



sident of Ike Penn. ^O-^ric. Socicl^, 



Philadtlphia County, Junt 1, 1837. 

 !)f.ar Sir — My residence, as you know, joins 

 wclton. My intimacy with Mr Powcl, and the 

 ercst I take in his agricultural pursuits, partic- 



rly in the breeding of Hvc-stock, have made 

 ■ fau.iliar v.iih the details of his farm, and the 



Philaddfl.ui Cotii;'^ ss. - 



Personally appear-' ^cfore me the subscriber, 

 one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the 

 county aforesaid, Sarah Sterlinn-, who being duly 

 afiirmed according to Law deposeth and saith : — 



That slie received from Thomas Morrison, Be- 

 lina's milk from Thursday mnrnins; the ttventy- 

 fourlh inst. until Saturday evening following ; thai 



na^ement of his cattle. I enclose certificates, it was merely strained, and put into common milk 



hcnticated by Geor.'e C. Lentner, Esquiie, 

 jwing that an improved Durham Short Ilbru 

 w, called Belina, but four years old, produced 

 Ik between Thursday morning the 24th May, 

 il Saturday evening the. 26th, i. e. in three ddys, 

 an which eight pounds A^•D thiiitee.v duncks 



BUTTER WERE OETAIKED BT THE USUAL pko- 

 iS, EQt'AI. TO TWENTY AKD AN HALF POOIIDS 

 R IVr.EK. \ 



This cov.- has had no other food than slop ofin.* 

 n meal, clover and orchard grass ; has yieldecT 

 icaledly by measuremest, (and so far as can 



ascertained by the appearance of the bucket 

 nlinues to yield.) twentv-six quarts within 

 E TWENTY -FOUR HOURS. I Carefully superin- 

 idcd the trial recorded, and sufficiently kr.ow the 

 ■ties employed in the operation, to believe their 

 temeiits, independently of the ocular dcmon- 

 ation which I have had. 



am dear sir, 



Most faithfully yours, 



JOHN P. MILNOR. 



Recording Secretary. 

 tVidih between Belina's fore teats 12 inches, 



th of fore teats - - 4Jl " 



'5,0-jnd the udder lengthwise 30 " 



Xound do. breadthwise - 37^ " 



AVidth of udder at the bottom ]3-?j " 



Heij-ht of Belina only 4 feet 5 " 



Belina is not red, her offspring and her family 

 ? (Tcnerally white. 

 PhUiuIelphia County, ss. 



Personally appeared before me the subscriijf r. 

 e of the Justices of the Peace in and for the 



nty aforesaid. Thomas Morrison, who toiui: 

 ly afSrmed according to law, deposeth and 

 th : — 



That he has been employed as foldman at Pow- 

 on for nearly nine years; that he has itiilkei! 

 e cow called Belina since she was imported in 

 25 ; that ho has never seen nor heard of any 

 traordinary manao^enient, either of this or of 

 y other co\y, nor of tlie milk upon the Pou • 

 ton farm, that all the Uvilk iriven by Belina from 

 hirsday morning the 'iith insl. until Sitturdn;i 

 tningfoUotein::. was dra^vn and kept aepariitely: 

 at no mistake could be made, as all the cows 



pans in tlie Spring House, fro;;i which every drop 

 of milk had been previously removed ; that there 

 could be no mistake, as the key of the spring 

 house door was kept by her, and no person was 

 allowed to enter, excepting with her ; that sever- 

 al persons on the farm daily counted the milk 

 pans, and noticed all that was done. 



SARAH STERLING, her -]- mark. 



Affirmed before me this thirty-first day of May, 

 3ifYhe Year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and twenty-seven. 



GEORGE C. LENTNER. 



P1<Uaddphia County, ss. 



Personally appeared before nic the Subscriber, 

 one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the 

 County aforesaid, Maria Sturgis, who being duly 

 affirmed aceording to Law, deposeth and saith : — 



That on Monday night the 28th inst. she skim- 

 med the milk, which Sarah Sterling had received 

 between Thursday morning and SATunoiiT 

 EVENING immediately preceding from Thomas 

 Morrison ; that she churned it the next day 

 (Tuesday) and obtained eight pounds and thir- 

 teen OUNCES OF BUTTER, which was Weighed by 

 Mr Milnor in her presence. She further saith, 

 that she measured on Wednesday the ^JOth inst. a 

 quart of cream taken from Belina's milk ; that she 

 churned it, and obtained one pound five ounces 

 and a quarter of an ounce of butter which was 

 also weighed by Mr Milnor in her presence. 



MARIA STURGIS, her -]- mark. 



Affirmed before me this thirty first day of May 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 

 dred and twenty-seven. 



GEORGE C. LENTNER. 



Mr Reuben Hainei' Report 

 in favor of an improved Short Horned cow, whose 

 creem was convened into butter in three seconds. 



Extract from the Minutes of the Pltilndetphia So- 

 eiel'ifur promoting Agriculture, held May 15, 1H27. 

 " fohn Hare Powe! having presented some cream, 

 acctompaiiieil by the following statement, R. Haines 

 vraii appointed by the Chairman to ascertain by ji 

 stopfwatch the time necessary to convert it into 



butter. Wherpupon he reported, thct it required 

 three seconds, which was received unanimously, 

 as the members witnessed the fact. R. Haines 

 stated that ho had questioned the servants, and 

 was satisfied that no preparation had been rcquir 

 cd." 



The cream was produced from an Improved 

 Durliam Short Horned Cow, bred by J. Whitaker, 

 Esq. of Burley, Eng., and now in the possession ol 

 John Hare Powel, Esq. 



" This cream was skimmed by me on Sund:iy 

 morning, from tha milk which was taken from the 

 cow on Saturday evening. It had stood from eight 

 o'clock until seven tlie ne.xt morning — nothing was 

 done to it, but as common I strained it with the 

 'mil!: used for the family, and placed it in a com- 

 mon milk pan in the vault." ELIZA TAUS." 



" Tuesday, May 15. 



Philadelphia, [May] 5th mo. 31, 1827. 



VV. S. WARUER, Secretary 



FRUIT AT MEALS. 

 The more general use of fruit at meals, (ac 

 cording to Loudon) is a requisite wanting for thf 

 improvement of horticulture. If fruit, physiologi- 

 cally considered, is less wholesome after dinner 

 than before it, [which is questinnahle,] it is at 

 least more so than ,vhere drinking is substituted - 

 in its place. To prolong the period of eating and 

 the conversation of female society, are n5t only 

 ohjects_ which afford immediate satisfaction ; bu^ 

 by mo;!fcrati;ig the use of stimulating liquors, tend 

 to ensure future health. But even in England, 

 where a dessert is universal among the independ- 

 ent class, there is a great want of nicety of taste : 

 fruit is valued by many only as a symptom of the 

 presence of wine : others contentedly use pears 

 and plums that would be rejected at the most 

 common French dejeune ; and many rest satisfied 

 with melons and grapes, who, at almost no addi 

 tional e.-spense, might have pine apples. 



IMPORTANCE OF COOKING: 

 The ignorance of the proper mode of cooking 

 vegetables, and especially of dressing salads, 

 which exists among the middling class, retards 

 improvements in gardening. Loudon says " A 

 French laborer, out of a few leaves of dandelion 

 and wild sorrel, which may be gathered by the 

 hedge-sides any where, and almost at any time, 

 will produce merely by the aid of the common 

 condiments, what the wives of the greater part of 

 respectable British tradesmen have no idea of. — 

 There can be no great demand for a thing of which 

 the use is not thoroughly understood; and there- 

 fore an improvement in the knowledge and prac- 

 tice of cooking must take place .nmong a certain 

 ilass before much can be e.vpccted in the quantity, 

 kind, or quality of the gardening articles v.-hich 

 they commonly consume. 



ROSE WATER. 



Dr Wiilich gives the follow insr as the bestmode 

 of making Roue Water. Gather roses on a dry 

 ay, when they are full blown, pick off the leaves, 

 and to a peck put a quart of water, then put them 

 into a cold still, make a slow fire under it, — the 

 slower you distil it, the better it will be — then 

 bottle it, and in two or three days you may cork it 



