Vol. ('). — No. 7 



NEW ENGLAND FAilMER. 



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';sc ; bread is .scarcely known to them, and to 

 meat tlicy are altoeother strangers ; yet these 

 people are commonly distinguisheJ by their per- 

 .sonal appearance. It would be absurd, however, 

 to suppose that they do, or can do as hard work 

 as the labourers of Knoland. 



"That well known simple preparation, from 

 iT.ilk, called whey, is a beverage e.Nlrcmely whole- 

 some and agreeable. Though it is the serous or 

 watery part of tho milk, yet, when separated by 

 runnof, and not by its own spontaneous action, it 

 holds a proportion of cream and curd suspended 

 in it, besides a quantity of sugar. It is therefore 

 nutritious, though not so much so as the milk en- 

 tire and slightly diluted.* It is particularly distin- 

 guished by its proportion of sugar, or what has 

 been termed its essential salt. The nourishing 

 quality of sugar is well known and established. 



"The adulteration of milk by its venders in all 

 our towns, [in Great Britain] has long been a sub- 

 ject of very just compiaint; nor until the public 

 shall be awakened to the necessity of putting a 

 stop to this evil, is it probable that it will be in 

 any degree diminished ; the combination among 

 the dealers rendering it nugr.tory on the part of 

 the consumer to attempt to relieve himself by re- 

 moving his custom from one milkman to another.} 



" The degree in which it is adulterated varies 

 with the conscience of the seller. It would be 

 much less objectionable to satisfy tho cupidity of 

 these dealers by a direct augmentation of the 

 price for an unadulterated commodity. The pur- 

 chaser would thus know what he had, and could 

 increase the bulk by dilution, so as to suit his pal- 

 ate, his purse or his object; this, however, would 

 not answer the purpose of the sellers, who are as 

 anxious to conceal from one another as from tho 

 public, the precise sources and amount of their 

 profit. 



" In London, the proportion of water sold with 

 the milk, used to be one pint of water to two of 

 milk; but is now generally four pints of water to 

 ten or eleven of milk, and that mi.xed with aliquid 

 which may be said to ha\ e been previously diluted 

 in the udder of the cow ; for where cows are fed 

 with distiller's wash, grains, raw potatoes, and 

 many other similar substances, which is often the 

 practice through the whole year in London, and 

 in the winter in other large towns, the quantity of 

 milk secreted by tlie animal is greatly increased 

 at the e.\pense of the quality. This species of 

 feeding is sometimes carried to such an e.xtent 

 that no benefit is derived to the consumer by hav- 

 ing the cow brought and milked at his door. Sir 

 Thomas Bernard the late indefatigable and hu- 

 mane treasurer of the Foundling Hospital, and 

 well known to the agricultural world for carrying 

 the Salt Bill successfully through Parliament, pro- 

 nounced the purest London drawn milk to be on 

 a par only in point of nutrition, with the skim 

 milk of a country dairy." 



Carrots require a rich and soft soil; deep plough- 

 ing ought to be given to the ground before the 

 seeds are «ou-n ; and they ought to be drilled and 

 carefully hoed. 



* The lati- lamented ami liiglily talented Dr Beddoes, author 

 of" Hvgeia," and several other interesting works, had so fully 

 satisfied himself respeclinE the saluhrious qualities of whey, that 

 he even went to the len^i of pronouncing it a more invigorat- 

 ing and restorative beverage for the harvest labourer than the 

 best malt liquor. 



t It is well known that in London many of the milkmen have 

 d fferent qualities of milk in their two cans, from which they 

 supply their complainin<; and uncowplcining customers. 



WORMS IN CHILDREN. 



A correspondent has desired us to mention that 

 the apple or knot of the red cedar has proved in 

 many instances, to his knowledge, a thorough 

 remedy for worms in children. We state this 

 with pleasure, as some have expressed doubts of 

 its efficacy. 



(Selected for (he American Farmer.) 



CABBAGES. 



Cabbages have always been a rare article wilii 

 the farmer, and we hope they may be so. Scarce- 

 ly any plant requires more manure: none will 

 scourge the ground more effectually. Not wish- 

 ing to encourage the cultivation of cabbages, ex- 

 cept in gardens, we dismiss the subject. 



Encyc. art. Agric. 



GRAIN. 



All sorts of grain ought to be cut, whenever the 

 straw immediately below the ear is eo dry that 

 on twisting it, no juice can be expressed ; for 

 then the grain cannot improve as the circulation 

 of the juices to the ear is stopped. It matters not 

 that the stalk below is green. Every hour that 

 the grain stands uncut, af1;er passing this stage, is 

 attended with loss. Sinclair. 



USES OF SALT TO CATTLE, WHEN GIVEN SO THAT 

 THEY MAT EAT AS THEY PLEASE. 



1. By allowing sheep to lick it, the rot may be 

 elTectually prevented. 



2. Cattle to whom lumps were given to lick, 

 were thereby preserved from infectious disorders; 

 cows are rendered more healthy, and by being 

 induced to drink more, they give more milk. 



3. A small quantity pounded, was found very 

 beneficial to horses, when new oats wore given 

 them, if the oats were at all moist ; and is useful, 

 with all kinds of moist food. 



4. It is said, that the mixing a little common 

 salt with the seed of oats, when sown, is an effec- 

 tual preventive against the attacks of the grub, 

 so injurious to the crops of oats in some parts of 

 Britain. Mossdman. 



STACKING CORN. 



The practice of stacking corn on the ground, in 

 the yard, even though bottomed with loose straw, 

 is exceptionable, part of the grain being apt to 

 imbibe moisture, and the whole being liable to the 

 depredations of vermin. Corn may be stacked in 

 the open air, on corn stands built with brick or 

 stone, or upon pillars made of cast iron or brick, 

 without receiving the least damage. Where cast 

 iron is accessible, that material is to be preferred, 

 as no vermin can get up so slippery a surface. — 

 Seven or nine pillars of cast iron are sufficient for 

 a common sized stack, with a frame of coarse 

 wood, on which the corn is to be laid. Tho whole 

 amount is often paid by the saving of a year. — 

 The pillars need be but about three feet high. 



Sinclair. 



THE SECOND CROP OF CLOVER. 



It is a good practice to mix a portion of straw, 

 particularly the straw of oats, with the second 

 crop of clover. The straw absorbs the gases 

 and moisture as they exhale from the hay, by 

 which the straw acquires juices, and a flavor 

 which is agreeable to cattle; the hay, which 

 in other circumstances, would be spoiled, is in this 

 manner cured, and the mixture is excellent food 

 for cattle ; while the harvesting of the grass or 

 clover crop is accelerated. Sinclair. 



HARTFORD CATTLE SHOW. 



The season for the annual Cattle Show and Fair 

 of our Agricultural Society ia at hand, and we 

 doubt not the farmers of oui- county are making 

 suitable preparations for doing justice to the oc- 

 casion. With others, wo have derived raucli grat- 

 ification from witnessing the zeal and onterprize 

 which have hitherto so well sustained tho interest 

 of those exhibitions ; and we have regarded the 

 continuance of such a spirit, after the novelty of 

 the occasion had ceased, as furnishing an honour- 

 able comment on the utility of the society, and af- 

 fording the most cheering evidence that tho ob 

 ject contemplated in its institution had to some ex- 

 tent been realized, the attention of agriculturists is 

 aroused to the importance of improvements in their 

 department of industry ; and a spirit of inquiry, 

 enterprize and laudable competition excited, cal- 

 culated to elevate the character of the profession, 

 as well as augment the wealth and resources of 

 the county. Such, as we fully believe, have been 

 some of the benefits which have resulted from this 

 association ; but they have not been produced with- 

 out exertions on tlie part of individual members. 

 Further excrtioas are requisite to insure a contin- 

 uance of these benefits, and keep alive the spirit 

 already excited. The interests of these exhibi- 

 tions must be sustained — they must be made ex- 

 tensive and worthy of the county, or the associa- 

 tion itself will bo of little advantage. We hope 

 therefore the zeal which has been manifested on 

 former anniversaries, will again animate our farm 

 ersat the approaching Fair,and that all will cheer 

 fully subject themselves to the little trouble which 

 must necessarily be incurred in tho contributing 

 something to tho exhibition. Probably there is 

 scarcely ua industrious, enterprizing farmer in the 

 county, who has not something on his farm worthy 

 to be brought forward on such an occasion ; — 

 some animal remarkable forits form,strength,beau- 

 ty or usefulness — some improved implement of 

 husbandry — some rare production of his fields, or 

 honourable specimen of the industry of his family 

 — let it not be withheld ; it will gratify a rational 

 curiosity ; it may diffuse important information ; 

 not unlikely be attended with personal advantage 

 to the owner, and at any'rate will aid in promot- 

 ing the great object for which the society was es- 

 tablished. 



It is much to be desired that the exhibition on 

 the third of October next should correspond with 

 the resources of the county — this it cannot be de- 

 nied has not been the case with former exhibitions 

 though they have been highly creditable. Let 

 every one resohe to contribute something and the 

 thing will be accomplished. — Hartford Courant. 



Cure for Corns — .A gentleman who may be re- 

 lied on, informs us he has found the juice obtain- 

 ed by bruising green bean leaves, a certain anfl 

 effectual cure for corns. I' should be applied to 

 the corn at night, for four or five nights in succes- 

 sion. It is equally efiicacious when applied to 

 warts. — Ibid. 



At Cambridge, last week, a graduate of 175G 

 was present, Henry Hill, Esq., of Boston, in the 

 91 year of his age ; he has been present at almost 

 every Commencement during the last eighty years. 



We learn that over 75 young gentlemen were 

 admitted as Freshmen at the examination of Har- 

 vard University on Monday last. 



