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WEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



Boiled food, especially in winter, is much more 

 nutritious, if fed :is nearly blood warm as possible. 

 If quite cold, or, al)ove all, if in the least degree 

 frozen, we doubt whether it is so beneBcial as if 

 uncooked — grain and meal we are certain are not ; 

 for animals will eat tho raw, cold, more greedily 

 than they will the cooked. Stock fed upon cooked 

 food will eat more of it than if uncooked, and lie 

 down quicker to rest. Of course all tl.is is better 

 for them, as they will thrive faster, look finer, and 

 do more work. It is particularly Ijenefiuial to give 

 hard-working horses or oxen, just as much whole- 

 some, cooked food as they can eat, soon after com- 

 ing in at night. Tuiling all day in the open air, 

 man appreciates and knows well the benefit of a 

 warm, hearty supper. Let him remember, then, 

 that a warm mess and abundance of it, is equally 

 beneficial to the animals which a kind Providence 

 has given him as efficient aids in his arduous la- 

 bor. 



MILK CONVENTION. 



The milk ^rade has now got to be an important 

 branch of business ; twenty to thirty thousand dol- 

 lars worth being annually carried into Boston from 

 a single town. Like all other business in the out- 

 set, this has been conducted somewhat loosely, 

 and without those wholesome guards and regula- 

 tions which every important business demands. 



Milk is purchased and sold in very large quan- 

 tities by the can, for a stipulated price, under the 

 general supposition that the can contains eight 

 quarts and no more. The can has, therefore, come 

 to be a measure as much as the half bushel or 

 pock. But upon an examination of these cans it 

 is found that they vary considerably in their capa- 

 city, some containing a gill, and others tl^half pint, 

 more than the quantity sold for eight quarts. 



It is partly on this account, and partly on ac- 

 count of the low price at which milk is now sold, 

 that those producing it have resolved to have a 

 uniform standard of measure. In order to efiect 

 this desirable end they met in convention at Brigh- 

 ton, on Thursday, the 30th day of December, to 

 take into consideration what ought to be done in 

 the premises. A large number of highly respecta- 

 ble citizens assembled, and were called to order by 

 Wm. IIobbs, Esq., of Waltham, and the meeting 

 was then organized by choosing IMansur W. Marsh, 

 Esq., of West Cambridge, Chairman, and Benjamin 

 Wellington, Esq., of Waltham, Secretary. 



At this meeting a business committee reported 

 resolutions which were discussed and a portion of 

 them adopted ; and after an animated discussion 

 the convention adjourned to meet at the same place 

 on Thursday, the 6th inst. 



At the adjourned meeting on the Gth, there was 

 a much more numerous gathering^han at the first 

 meeting ; there being delegates from nearly every 

 part of the commonwealth and from New Hamp- 

 shire. All persons present interested in the sub- 

 ject were invited to take seats and a part in the 

 proceedings. The whole subject matter was dis- 



cussed, committees were appointed to prepare busi- 

 ness for another meeting, to petition the Legisla- 

 ture, to attend to the procuring of a hall, to adver- 

 tise, &c. Great harmony of action and unanimity 

 of views prevailed throughout the deliberations, 

 with an earnestness and determination of purpose 

 not surpassed by any political convention in the 

 heat of a campaign. 



Tlie fuUowing resolutions Avere passed with 

 scarcely a dissenting voice. 



Resolved, That wine measure, that being the on- 

 ly legal measure, be adopted as a standard and 

 uniform measure in the purchase and sale of milk, 

 on and after such time as this convention shall de- 

 termine. 



Resolved, That a petition be presented to the 

 legislature now in session for tlie passage of an act 

 requiring that oil milk cans shall he sealed. 



Resolved, That wine measure, as a measure for 

 milk, be adopted on and after the first day of April 

 next. 



A committee was then appointed to arrange, if 

 possible, with the directors of the various railroads 

 to take passengers to and from this convention at 

 half price. 



The convention then adjourned to meet in Bos- 

 ton on Wednesday, the 19th inst., at such hour 

 and place as will be designated in the notice of the 

 committee appointed to attend to that duty. 



OONSEQUENOSS OF COLD FEET. 



"Life is warm ; Dcalh is cold " 



If there be one subject that beyond all others 

 demands the earnest attention of the American 

 mother, that subject is the protection of tlie feet 

 of her daughter from the cold and dampness of 

 the pavement. We give it more than usual prom- 

 inence, because the evil is neither understood nor 

 regarded in any other light than a remote contin- 

 gency not worth a moment's thought, when com- 

 pared to the gratification of making an impression 

 on her admirers, by what she imagines a beauti- 

 ful foot. 



Physiologists have proved by actual experiment 

 with the thermometer, that the central heat of the 

 body, or that of the blood as it issues from its 

 starting point, the left ventricle of the heart, is 

 101 degrees ; and that at the sole of the foot it is 

 not more than 90 degrees. 



The great and unchangeable law of the Creator 

 that developes life, is warmth. The egg of the fowl 

 only possesses latent life, till tlie warmth of the 

 mother expands the germ, and gives the heart its 

 first contractile or active force ; without Avarmthit 

 would never assume its organized form nor contin- 

 ue its action ; this gives conclusive evidence of the 

 truthfulness of our motto. 



Before we speak of tlie influence of cold on the 

 nerves of the feet, and its still more rapid eflect on 

 the circulation of the blood, through the action of 

 the heart, let us consider the value of the great 

 facts we have presented to the reader, viz., the nat- 

 ural decrease of the warmth of the blood in the 

 vessels of the feet, as a probable means of permit- 

 ting the ill effect of cold on these great central 

 organs of life, the lungs, if not prevented by art. 



