650 



FARMERS' REGISTER— FLOWER SEED— MANURE, &c. 



forciiif;: out every particle of tallow ; the cheese is 

 then thrown to the hogs, of which a oreat quan- 

 tity are kept to be fed on (lie offal. ThesA-(/?,sare 

 then taken off, and havint^ been stripped of the 

 wool, they are sold to morocco manufacturers, &c. 

 the wool being converted into casinets, &c. and 

 the tails sold to the hattci's. The intestines are 

 thrown to the hogs, unless saved for tiddle strings. 

 The blood is saved for the saltmanufiicturers ; and 

 certain hones for handles, &c. The hams are then 

 taken off, and having been proi)erly cured, make 

 first rate venison, being, as Jack Downing would 

 say, " a great deal better by half Ihan rale deer 

 meat." The rest of the carcase is treated just as 

 the head was. Thus, by economy, and carrying 

 on the business largely, they make a handsome 

 profit, where a person acting on a less scale would 

 lose. The whole number slaughtered at their es- 

 tablishment in this neighborhood, last season, was 

 6700. 



Various speculations have been offered, in this 

 neighborhood, as to their object, and many believe 

 ■with the correspondent of the Gazette, that their 

 object is to destroy the sheep of the United States, 

 for the benefit of foreigners. Such is not, how- 

 ever, the opinion of those best informed on the 

 subject. 



" Venison Ham 3Ianv factory. — The manufiic- 

 ture of this article is said to be carried on on a 

 most extensive scale in the neighborhood of Zanes- 

 ville, Ohio. My information of the existence of 

 this establishment was obtained by accident, and 

 in the following manner. Wagon loads of sheep- 

 skins Irom the west, to the number of several per 

 week, have been discharged at this place, and, 

 upon inquiry from whence such immense quanfi- 

 ties of such an unusual article could come, I have 

 been informed that a butchery has been ' in the full 

 tide of successful experiment' since the commence- 

 ment of winter, a few miles from Zanesville. A 

 gentleman of this place who was at Zanesville 

 during the first week of January, informs me that 

 then about 4000 head was supposed lo have been 

 slaughtered. The ihve quarters are thrown away, 

 the hind quarters are sold at thirty seven cents a 

 pair, and all that could not be sold are salted down 

 for venison hams. The skins are sold for twenty 

 five cents a piece, or forwarded to the eastern 

 market. The revenue from the skins, hams, and 

 tallow, was estimated by the manufacturers (mur- 

 derers more properly,) to be about one half of the 

 cost of the stock on foot. They are very particu- 

 lar in their selections. They never piuxhase en- 

 tire flocks, nor yet the best animals of a flock, but 

 the worst,confining themselves exclusively toeu'es. 

 It is to be wished that all editors throughout the 

 wool growing region of our country, would put 

 their readers on their guard in this particular; 

 that if there are any fiirmers, who of necessity, 

 must sell any part of their stock to these agents 

 of foreigners, that the venders may make it a sine 

 qua non that at least a fair proportion of wethers 

 be included in all such transactions of bargain and 

 sale. A. z. 



[The foregoivig statements may be interesting to the 

 connoiseurs of venison hams, whose consumption serves 

 to support tlie new " manufactory" described. But be- 

 sides, the letter of A. Z. is worth notice, as a remarkable 

 instance of the stupid jealousy which converts custom- 

 ers into imaginary enemies, and intended destroyers 



It is strange indeed, that any one who has the ability 

 to write a decent paragraph for a newspaper, can 

 believe that any "foreigners" have combined for the 

 purpose of destroying ourstock of sheep ; and especially 

 by the notable scheme of buying tliem up in great num- 

 bers, and at full prices. The smallest share of reason- 

 ing joower ought to show, that any new demand, and ad- 

 ditional market for sheep, (even if it was to burn brick- 

 kilns with their carcases for fuel, as travellers say has 

 been done in Buenos Ayrcs,) must increase the profit of 

 their breeding, and of course, their numbers. But 

 though this supposition of A. Z. is more manifestly 

 foolish and ridiculous, it is not more imtrue than anoth- 

 er which has been extensively received, and has helped 

 greatly to support our system of protecting duties to 

 force manufactures — viz: that foreign manufacturers 

 would combine to sell their commodities to us at losing 

 prices, for the purpose of underselling and breaking 

 down the factories of this country, if the latter were not 

 thus protected by law. Such combinations may be sup- 

 posed possible, whenever our farmers will " combine" 

 lo sell their wheat at only half the pi-ice which it would 

 command, for the purpose of ruining the cultivators of 

 the high priced lands of Europe, and then monopolizing; 

 the supply of the grain market. 



If any persons have reason to complain of the new 

 venison hams, it can only be they who buy and eat 

 them. But however little the trade may speak in favor 

 of the truth and honesty of the manufacturers, we can- 

 not charge them with having done any injury to those 

 whom they have supplied with a cheap article, which 

 though counterfeit, is not distinguishable from, and has 

 served as well as the best.] 



ISIPROVEMEiVT IN THE BIODE OF RAISIiVG 

 ANNUAL, FLOWER SEEDS. 



From the Gardener's Magazine 

 After sowing the patch of seeds, and covering it 

 with fine moist soil, place a garden pot inversely 

 over it, until the seeds have struck root; then 

 raise the pot up two or three inches, keeping it 

 thus supported for a few days, and then remove it 

 entirely. The pot not only keeps the soil moist, 

 but by the sun heating the pot, the seeds come up 

 much more quickly than otherwise they would do, 

 in consequence of which the seeds need not be 

 sown so early by a fortnight or upwards. The 

 young plants are therefore less exposed to injury 

 from cold or late spring frosts. Hollow tiles, in- 

 stead of pots, answer equally well, except where 

 mice are, they have access to the ends. 



SALT AND LIME FOR MANURE. 



From the Southern Agriculturist. 

 Dr. Cornelius Dupont, of St. George's Parish, 

 made an experiment, a few years ago, with a mix- 

 ture of quicklime and salt, as a manure, which he 

 found highly beneficial. The land to which this 

 mixture was applied, was a silicious soil with an 

 aluminous basis. Vegetable manure was first 

 spread upon the list, and after the land was plant- 

 ed, the mixture was strewn upon the top of the 

 bed in the proportion of one bushel of salt or two 

 bushels of lime lo the acre. The product of cot- 

 ton, residting from this application, was nearly 

 doul)le the usual crop gathered from the same land 

 cultivated in the ordinary way. 



