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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



milk or uhey is, the better it ivill be for this 

 purpose ; it ought therefore to he long kept.* 

 Tor want of this vincarar wil! produce the same 

 effect, or very stale urine will he of use — but 

 the milk or ivhey is the cheapest ami best rem- 

 edy', and ought alwnys to be in readiness. 



Aiuhrsoii's Essays, 



* Not too lonj Irst it undcr|ro the piitrlJ fermenta- 

 tion wlii.-h will <l( -itroy its acidily, anil ronder it less 

 lit to ntulr.iliar Mic llriic, on which its usefulness de- 

 ficn'l.-. — Ell. .V. E. I'aimfT. 



FlRtl rC.\TIO.V OK FISTI OIL AXn VFr.FTABI.r. OILS. 



If any of these oils be boiled with tan, the 

 fnn will combine with tlie substance that occa- 

 sions their color and smell, and the offensive 

 matter beinjj thus rendered insoluble will pre- 

 cipitate. 



SALTING JIEAT. 



Muriatic acid [spirit of sea salt] is said by 

 some authors to be a pleasant and >vholesome 

 I'ondiment for food. Sir William Fordyce ^ives 

 an account of a victualler who acquired a large 

 fortune from possessing a secret that had ena- 

 bled him to send out to the Indies provisions in 

 a better state of preservation than any others 

 of the trade. His whole secret was that of put- 

 ting a smnll quantity of n:jriatic acid into each 

 cask. — I'arkcs^s Chemical Calcchisrn. 



A steel instrument may be distinguished from 

 an iron one thus : — If a drop of nitric acid be 

 let fall upon it, it will occasion a black spot if 

 it be steel, but »¥i!l not have this effect 11 it be 

 Wrought iron. 



The following directions ai'e recommended 

 in cases of the burning of iemaies, by their 

 clothes having caught fire. If no person is 

 present to assist her, she may relieve hersell 

 by throwing her clothes over her head, and lay- 

 ing down and rolling upon them. She tnust by 

 no means run away, and flame always tending 

 upwards, much of the mischief will be prevent- 

 ed if a person in that unfortunate situation will 

 throw herself on the ground, and if possible roll 

 about her a carpet, hearth rug, &c. If another 

 person be present, then, without any regard to 

 delicacy, such person should instantly pass the 

 hand under all the clothes to the lowest gar- 

 ment, and raise the whole togetlver, and close 

 them over the hedd, by which, in an instant 

 almost, the flame will be indubitably extinguish- 

 ed. This is the most expeditious and etlectual 

 method of preventing the dire effects of a terri- 

 ble accident which is perpetually occurring. 



[Or, roll the person in the carpet. This is 

 one of the many accidents owing to the prepos- 

 terous customs of open fire places, and muslin 

 dresses in winter. — T. C] 



Domestic Encyclopediti. 



have fruit before they run half (hat distance, 1 

 concluded there was a natural reason for its be- 

 ing so. And in 1819 I took a cucumber and 

 split it lengthwise and sub-divided it into three 

 equal parts across the fruit, and kept the seeds 

 carefully apart, tho.«e in the end near the vine, 

 I m:irked But seeds, and those from the centre. 

 Middle seeds, and tho,-e from the end on which 

 the bloom grew. Top seeds, and I planted them 

 separately, in new ground, well manured for 

 the e.tpcriroent in (he spring of 1820; I care- 

 fully attended to three hills from seeds of each 

 part of the fruit, divided as stated above, the 

 hills being about twelve feet apart. All of the 

 plants were alike tiourishing ; the vines from 

 the But seeds ran from eight to ten feet before 

 any fruit appeared, and these were small, with 

 a neck ; the vines from the Middle seeds ran 

 from four to six feet before fVuit appeared ; the 

 fruit was better and without a neck and four 

 fold; the vines from the Top seeds prod\iced 

 fruit large, fine and in abundance, and the tirst 

 fruit Was on the third joiut of the vine from the 

 surface of the ground. 



1 have continued to save seeds from the top 

 or bloom end, and now have cucumbers on the 

 tirst and second joint, kc, 1 have been endeav- 

 ouring to make the experiment on all kinds of 

 vine fruit; corn and peas likewise, but the cut 

 worms have in a great measure, disappointed 

 me ; notwithstanding this 1 have succeeded so 

 far as to satisfy myself that real ndvantages may 

 be gained by making such selections of seeds. 

 1 would have given the above account last year, 

 but 1 wished to carry the ex[)Criment complete- 

 ly through a variety of kinds, kc. If it is new, 

 or you consider it worthy attention, you are at 

 liberty to give it an insertion in your paper. 

 I am your's with esteem, 



.SAMUEL GAKRLSON. 



THE FARMER. 



rts little of the anatomy of a horse, or the symptoi 

 character, or correct mode of treating his diseases, J 

 (hey iinow about the soil, climate, and productions f 

 one of Herschell's planets. The Veterinary art, u . 

 withstanding its acknowledged importance, seems) 

 he considired as an art for which no apprenticesh 

 and a science for which no study is requisite. Th 

 who profess any knowledge of the diseases of don:, 

 animals, for the most part, either pretend to ki, 

 what they do not know, and are therefore a dangerr 

 .species of impostors, or their knowledge must have • 

 bom utik Ihem, (since they have had no chance t- 

 quire it) Mr. Locke's notions relative to innate id', 

 the contrary notwithstanding. Indeed it cannot b- 

 pt cted that the profcf'ors of any ;rt will make :•. ■ 

 great acquisitions in the science appropriate to lli 

 vocation if the art itself is held lu disrepute, and 

 professors are ranked, by virtue of their calling, ia t 

 low'st caste of the human species. People who r 

 not respected are not apt to make themselves resp. < ' 

 bir , and as long as a horje-dcctoT and a tow-doclor 

 considered as terms at reproach, and an acquaint;,i 

 with the diseases of domestic animals, as degrading 

 the character of a biped, who aspires to be one of 1' 

 " lords of creation," we must expect that ignor.inr 

 temerity and cruelty will predominate ia one of t: 

 most important departments of Domestic .ind Rur 

 l.conomy. Physicians, till within a (<tvr years, appe 

 to have thought that a knowledge of the diseases 

 horses and cattle was an attribute, which dcgrad. 

 its possessor ', and as Pope says in substance, 

 " Not to knoT/ such trifles is a praise." 

 The two-legged " creatures'''' to whom the man; 



BOSTO.rf :—SATUtiOAY\ NOV. 30, lfi2'2. 



From the American Farmer. 



Hints and Rxpcriinrnts on thr selection of Seeds., 



2>articulxtrly nf lines. 



Allen Coiuily, Kentucky, Aug. 30. 

 J. S. Suixtr.n, Ksq. , 



Dear Sir — I will now give you a short ac- 

 count of an oxpcriment 1 made with vine fruit. 

 Having for many years observed, that some 

 pumpkins, water melons, cucunibors, and cym- 

 blin vines run ten, twelve, and even tifteen ifeet 

 Iwforo an}- fruit app'^arod, and that others would 



NEW SYSTEM QF SHOEING HORSES. 



We have lately perused with much satisfaction a 

 treatise, entitled " jVtio Si/slem of Shoeing Horses, 

 abridged from the Works of Joseph Goodtvin, i'eleri- 

 narif Surgeon to His Majcst;/ George IV. and .Member 

 nf the Rot/iil College nf Surgeons, Containing a Com- 

 piri.ion between the English rtiid Frtnch methods, and 

 Observations on the Diseases nf the Peet, connected 

 letth Shoeing. To irhich arc added Observations 07i 

 Bleeding and the Pulir ; a concise I'ieW of the Anatn- 

 m,y of the f'oot^ A'otes, Rentarks, ic. lii/ John R. 

 Brown, M. D. M. M. S. S." Ornamented with cuts. 

 lioston : Wells & Lilly ; 12 mo. pp. 140. 



We do not pretend to be *reatly \-ersed in the sci- 

 ence which is the subject of this little Treatise. We 

 are, however, strongly impressed with the importance 

 of the topics which it discusses, and know that it was 

 originally compiled and abridged by gentlemen who 

 are eminently competent to the tasks they have under- 

 taken. 



In Finnco and in England public Schools or Colleges 

 have been founded, patronized by the respective gov- 

 ernments, rind eu'lowed with ample fund? for the pur- 

 pose of teaching the useful art of Farriery, which in 

 this country is left, wo fear, almost exclusively in the 

 hands of men, v.ho are as ignorant of the most impor- 

 tant principles of the art, which they pretend to prac- 

 tice, as the inifortunatc animals they practice upon. 

 V'itU them every thing i: '■'■guess trar/r," and they kuoiv 



ment, in sickness or health, of four-legged creat 

 was exclusively committed, never appeared to be it 

 pressed with the truth of another assertion of the san 

 pott, 



" Act well your part, there all the honor lies ;" 



but, on the contrary, they viewed their part as a me: 

 one, and of course it ^a? no matter how badly it w 

 acted. 



In France and Great Britain, more correct ideas i 

 this subject have been for some time prevalent. Grt 

 men in those covintries are not ashamed to be usefu 

 and useful men in the Veterinary art, as well as othi 

 arts, are considered as great men. In France the knoi 

 ledge of the diseases of domestic animals has long bee 

 taught in public schools, patronized and supported I 

 government. In England, near the close of the la 

 century, a Veterinary College was founded under th 

 auspices of some of the most distinguished and publi 

 spirited characters. In this institution the whole r.i 

 of medicine and surgery, so far as they relate to horse 

 &c. together with the true principles of shoeing and < 

 treating horses, while in a state fi' disease and of healt 

 was, and we believe is still, publicly taught by a sui 

 geon, who had made them his study, and who has tb 

 designation of Professor of the Veterinary Art. Th 

 Duke of Northumberland was President of this Col 

 lege, and among the Vice Presidents were the Farls ( 

 Grosvenor, Morton, Oxford and Rivers ; Sir Gcorg 

 Baker, Sir T. C. Bunbury, Sir William Fordyce, an< 

 the celebrated John Hunter, Esq. Pancras was fixei 

 upon as the scite of this College, on account of its vici 

 nitv to London. A handsome sum was allowed li; 

 Parliament, annually, for the support of this Instiln 

 tion. Mr. Coleman, who has been highly celebrate 

 for his skill and veterinary science, was one of its Pro 

 fcsEors ; and rf we mistake not, the author of the boo! 

 from which the subject of this notice is abridged, i; 

 npw one of the Professors of this College. The advan- 

 tages, therefore, of tlie author of the English edition ol 



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