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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 



strength and speed. Their horns could be re- 

 moved by the same process which would temper 

 t'le fero( ity of the male. On branch railroads a 

 m )ose would draw a car with ease at the rate of 

 fifteen to eighteen miles an hour, and on plank 

 roads they might be driven with ease from twelve 

 to fifteen. Over our Western prairies, they would 

 fly as on the wings of the wind. They have been 

 used in the high latitudes of Europe, and the ac- 

 counts of their fleetness are almost incredible. — 

 Indeed, in one case at least, their use was forbid- 

 den by law, because criminals once mounted upon 

 them, were utterly beyond reach of their pursu- 

 ers. It is believed that even the generation taken 

 wild, can be rendered as docile as other domestic 

 animals. In the more southern latitudes of our 

 country, the elk can be used for similar purposes. 

 The elk is smaller but not less fleet, and though 

 feebler for draft, would be found perfectly fitted 

 to scour the prairies and plains of the southwest. 



The buffalo which is disappearing before the 

 march of civilization, is more profitable for beef 

 than the ox, more powerful for draft, and travels 

 at greater speed. The milk of the female yields 

 a larger proportion of cream. The skin is of equal 

 value, and the hair can be woven into coarse 

 fabrics. The process of introducing this animal 

 into use has already commenced. They are do- 

 mesticated in considerable numbers in Kentucky 

 and Missouri, and can be used in every latitude 

 from our northern to our southern frontier. 



The Rocky Mountain sheep furnishes no wool, 

 but is valuable for its mutton, which is regarded 

 as superior to any other which is known. This 

 animal is very large, the best speciTnens weighing 

 from three hundred to four hundred pounds. Do- 

 mesticated, its size would be increased, and its 

 quality improved. The antelope is much smaller, 

 and would be valuable for the same use — as an ar- 

 ticle of food only. 



The Rocky Mountain goat whose home is in the 

 clouds, furnishes wool of more excellent quality 

 than the finest cashmere — a fact sufficient of itselt 

 to justify every exertion to bring it into use. 



AH these animals (besides varieties of the deer 

 species, which we have not named) belong to the 

 undeveloped resources of our continent and our 

 country. They wait, as blessings of divine Prov- 

 idence, to be appropriated and used by man. That 

 the suggestions of science will in time be reduced 

 to experiment and success, does not admit of 

 doubt. Attention cannot be called to such a sub- 

 ject in vain. We need an Agricultural Bureau at 

 Washington, and appropriations by the general 

 government to enable it to perform just such ser- 

 vices as are here named. Such services are for 

 the common benefit, for the common wealth and 

 comfqrt, and would command common concur- 

 rence. It is time that farmers demanded of the 

 government an interest in their affairs, and that 

 the government should reduce to success experi- 

 ments which are too large for individual enter- 

 prise. — Watchman and Rirflector. 



A Monster Pear.— INIr. Edward Gould has raised 

 in his garden in this city, the present season, some 

 Bartlett pears, wliich in size go a little beyond 

 any fruit of the kind we ever heard of. One of 

 them measured a foot in circumference, lengtli- 

 wise, and ten inches transversely, and weighed 

 11 3-4 ounces. Another weighed 19 1-2 ounces. 

 — Portland Adv. 



For the New England Farmer. 



ON VENTILATION. 



Mr. Editor : — I see in a late number you have 

 made some remarks on ventilation. No one that 

 is sane can for a moment doubt the consequences 

 that follow from having their rooms inclosed near- 

 ly air tight, which must be the case, after blocking 

 up the fire-place, and with no other means made 

 use of for ventilation. We need not wonder that 

 so many die of consumption. Look at the coun- 

 tenances of the people, especially females, and one 

 must be convinced, that a foul atmosphere is the 

 main cause of their debility. 1 have been much 

 about large stores in cities and large towns, and 

 'tis all the same. I find almost all the young men 

 and females have the same sallow and unhealthy 

 countenances. The same evil is in dwelling-houses, 

 whether occupied by rich or poor. I have been in 

 many cooking kitchens at hotels, that are much fre- 

 quented by the wealthy, and they little dream 

 what a place is used; it is called a kitchen, but 

 from want of ventilation, is often a horrible place, 

 and all from want of knowing how to ventilate. 

 Nothing is more easy than to ventilate rooms, large 

 or small ; and nothing is more conducive to health. 

 The present system ruins, without their knowing 

 the cause, the health of thousands of young peo- 

 people. 



Very many of these ill-ventilated rooms, are the 

 dwellings of the poor tailor, and dress-maker, and 

 of other sedentary occupations who make the 

 beautiful dresses for the ladies, and the superfine 

 for the gents ; and we need not wonder if some vir- 

 ulent disease at times makes its appearance ; and 

 when it does take place, we complain, and say it 

 is the will of Providence, forgetting that nature's 

 laws have been violated. Samuel Clark. 



April, 1852. 



MARZHAM'S FAREWELL TO HUSBAN- 

 DRY. 



We continue below two or three extracts from 

 the old book, Mai-Jiham^s Farewell to Hvsbandri/, 

 to which we recently alluded. The part of the work 

 from which we quote now treats of the orchard and 

 garden, and is printed in the old English black let- 

 ter. The first extract we make is of the "distance 

 of trees," and the second, from the poetry of the 

 work, in relation to the honey bee. 



DISTANCE OF TREES. 



I know not to what end you should provide good 

 ground, well fenced, and plant good sets ; and 

 when your trees should come to profit, have all 

 your labours lost, for want of due regard to the 

 distance of placing of your trcQ^. I have scene 

 many trees stand so thicke,.that one could not 

 thrive for the throng of his neighbours. If you 

 doe marke it, you shall see the tops of trees rubd 

 off, their sides galled like a galled horses backe, 

 and many trees have more stumps than boughs, 

 and most trees no well thriving, but short, stump- 

 ish, and evil thriving boughs : like a eorne-field 

 over-feeded, or atowne over-peopled, or a pasture 

 over-laid, which the Gardiner must either let grow, 

 or leave tli£ tree very few boughs to beare fruit. 

 Hence small thrift, galls, wounds, diseases, and 

 short life to the trees : and while they live greene, 

 little, hard, worme-eaten, and evil thriving fruit 

 arise, to the discomfort of the owners. 



