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FARMERS' REGISTER— TURKIES— QUERIES. 



TREAT5IENT OF YOUNG TURKEYS. 



Petersburg, Oct. 4th, 1833. 



To tho Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



It affords me pleasure to be able to supply the 

 information required by your correspondent, [in 

 No. 5.] relative to the management of younp; tur- 

 keys ; and the more so, as I can assure it to be the 

 result of successful experiment. 



The principal remedy necessary in the first in- 

 stance, appears to be a stimulant, to counteract the 

 extreme feebleness which attends young turkeys, 

 more than other fowls, in the earliest stages of 

 their existence : hence, a grain of pepper, &c. is 

 usually administered as soon as hatched. But in- 

 stinct, their nnfiillible guide, it appears, has more 

 successfully directed them to the wild onion, which 

 is proved to be a powerful restorative to their na- 

 tures, and in fact, a grand panacea to the race. 

 When they are permitted to ramble, you will see 

 them busily cropping the green blades of the onion, 

 ■with much apparent enjoyment. However, as the 

 rainy season sets in about the time of their hatch- 

 ing, and their rambling habits forbid exposure to 

 the open fields, it becomes necessary to gather and 

 prepare it with their daily food. 



Small homony made wet, with the addition of a 

 portion of the wild onion chopped fine, or any other 

 onion tops that can be procured, affords the best 

 and most wholesome food they can have for seve- 

 ral weeks at least, or so long as they are confined 

 to small enclosures. 



Last spring, I witnessed with astonishment, the 

 wonderful efficacy of this article of food, on a large 

 flock of turkeys, which had been daily and rapidly 

 diminishing during the long rainy season in May. 

 The mortality ceased the first day after their 

 change of food to the above mixture of homony 

 and onions ; and in two or three days, iheir rapid 

 growth and improvement was visible to eVery 

 eye. 



Turkeys are very fond of green food of any kind, 

 particularly lettuce and cabbage, and by the time 

 they have grown off pretty well on the onions, 

 there is plenty of that sort of provision. Cabbage 

 leaves, chopped and prepared in tlie following man- 

 ner, may then be given them twice a day with 

 good effect, morning and evening. 



After the leaves are chopped, put them in tubs 

 of water to remain all night, and early in the 

 morning, spread the meal on boards before Ihem : 

 in the same way, prepare that for the evening, by 

 times in the morning. Continue also to feed them 

 on homony, so long as they may require your care, 

 and I can venture to say, that the good housewife, 

 without uncommon accidents, will have reason 

 to complain of the want of a good dish, whilst tur- 

 key is in season. 



With my best wishes for the prosperity of your 

 valuable exertions, in behalf of the general welfare 

 I remain, yours respectfully, 



HASSINA. 



method of cultivation, in the cotton grow ing parts 

 of Virginia? 



2nd. Will the stems and branches ploughed un- 

 der in time to rot before the succeeding crop is 

 planted, suffice to keep the land up without ma- 

 nure: if not, what kind of manure is best? 



3rd. Has any person who may read this, ever 

 made trial of the everlasting pea for hay ; — if he 

 has, what was his success, and how did he plant or 

 sow the peas ? 



N. B. — This question is asked by one who once 

 witnessed what he thought a striking proof of this 

 pea's excellence for such a purpose ; but he was a 

 boy at the time, and did not pay sufficient atten- 

 tion to all the particulars of the case, to be of any 

 service to him at present. He knows, however, 

 enough to assure him, that the plant is perennial; 

 that its grow til is early and immense on high land 

 of good quality ; and that it makes excellent hay. 



4th. Which is the earliest and most productive 

 of the several varieties of early cimblings, — the 

 globular white or yellow, — the semi-spherical 

 white or yellow, — or the flatfish white or yellow; 

 and what is the best soil and distance for them? 



5th. Is it best to cultivate salsify and mangel 

 wurtzel in ridges or on a flat surface, and what is 

 the best distance for each? 



Any person having the necessary experience, 

 who will answer the foregoing inquiries, will 

 oblige many more probably, than the present 



QUERIST. 



QUERIES. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



The following queries are respectfully submitted 

 in the hope that you or some of your experienced 

 correspondents will answer them. 



1st. What is the best mode and time of plant- 

 ing cotton; — the best distance to give it each 

 way; — the best kind of soil, and most approved 



TO SAVE THE SHOULDERS OF HORSES FROM 

 BEING CHAFED BY THE COLLAR. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



Waynesborough, Va. Oct. 4th, 1833. 



Some of the gentlemen of South Carohna are in 

 the habit of making long journeys by land in their 

 own conveyances, and are obliged to resort to eve- 

 ry method of affording relief to their horses. — 

 From one of these I derived the follow ing simple 

 expedient for preventing the shoulders of harness 

 horses from being chafed by the collar. The shrewd, 

 practical sense of the gentleman referred to, is a 

 strong guarantee of the value of his suggestions. 

 A short trial of my own has fully convinced me of 

 the utility of what is classically denominated the 

 sweater. This simple and effectual contrivance is 

 made of two pieces of leather, which, for an ordi- 

 nary horse may be about 5^ inches wide at top, 6 

 at bottom, and 9 at the greatest protuberance, the 

 front edge benig straight, the posterior curved with 

 a gradual swell adapted to the shape of the collar 

 behind. These pieces must be sewed together at 

 bottom, and connected at top by two small straps 

 and buckles, so as to be let out or taken up at 

 will. The lower part must be so shaped as to fit 

 the throat of the horse. A strap passes from the 

 bottom of the sweater between the legs to the 

 girth, by means of which it is kept in place. The 

 strap should not be too tight, lest it might incline 

 a balking horse to stop, w hen ascending a hill ; 

 and the buckle at the end near the girth, if it 

 chafe, may be covered. The leather should be to- 

 lerably stout upper, rendered pliant by the occa- 

 sional application of tallow to the outside. The 

 inner side should be kept clean and smooth. 



The sweater is in flict a sheath for the shoulders, 

 and the collar rests on it instead of the skin of the 

 animal. •". 



