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i^EW ENGLAND FARiVIER. 



Dec. 28, 1827 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, DISC. 28, 1827. 



ITVVeJare obliged to defer till m 

 olhc- articles. 



i He had not an opporlnnity to try sheep upon il ; and that too, without vanity ; as it reflects far 



but the probability is, that they would (if possible) , more credit on the artist than on myself. Jo sucii 



I have been fonder of it, and thriven better than a recommendation, moreover, I feel the greater 



week, F. II. P. and some ' 'ho other two. We know that black cattle, sheep, confidence, both because I was requested to pub- 



horses, and indeed every other iinimal. always lish it by many of the first agriculturists in the 



prefer that food, when tliey have it in their pow- kingdom ; and since published, il has met with 



•-, . 1 J • . I , I er to make a choice, that is most agreeable to their highest approbation. Tliis print consists of 



Evffrv farmer viho desires to know correctly to ' , , . j ■ . .i • u uu iir „ r c ■ i , "="="' "' 



, ",.,,, . • I ,, ■, ,, them, and most conducive to their health. We a groupe ol five animals, so arranged as to show 



what profit he docs business, should provide him- 1 , i .,. . , • . u i .u • . . j .. ' 



,„ '■ . t , , ■ ,_ . ,, , . „ ,' know, alBo, that parsley is a most wholesome ve- the just proportion and proper symmetrv of everv 



self with a book, which he may call his General' . li <■ • l • i. • r i .• i \. r,-.. 1 • , " .. . •' 



„, , „ , 1 ■ .1 ■ , , ■ ■ TN getable for the human species. It is a powerful essential part. 1 he portraits were taken from the 



Stock Book — and in this book, some tune in Do- ■ .• ir ' <• . „ . „ ? . i , . 



, , , , , • . ., , ^ , antiseptic If we were to reason from analogy, most perfect animals in my possession ; and the 



cember, ho should register the result of a general l u .l . •. u c i •• l- u ■ • i r • 



I'ARMKRS ACCOtJXTS. 



aurvey of the condition and uorth of his whole 



we should suppose that its beneficial properties engraving, which is in a style far superior to that 



, , •' , ^ ^,- J I. , , should e.\tend to the animal creation in general, in which cattle are generally executed, was finish- 

 stock and property — of his debts and credits. — mrn- ui T^ .■ n i j- ., u i i j ,i. .i . . • j •,. . 

 ,, . ; L I . .•..,■• , WiUich 3 Domestic Encyclopedia, says " Parsley ed vvilh the greatest care. And, if lam correct 

 Having snch a book to refer to at all times, and • . j u j \- I j » m n ' • j • .• r .■. J- 



,," . ,, «• 1 u r ■ IS propagated by seed, which according to Miller, 1 in my description for the proper formation of cat- 

 on all occasions, will afford much satisfaction to .:.,'» j.;ii.j ,..-i.. :_ .u : : :. :„ '.i„ „„.i ,k„ i ;.„ :„ .v,„ A • _-j __:_. 



should be drilled (early in the spring as it remains i tie, and the portraits in the above mentioned print 

 several weeks under ground) in the proportion of i be also good, I think he who carefully compares 

 two bushels per acre; in rows about one foot j the portraits with the description itself, cannot 



, , . asunder, and hand hoed; though Mr. Mills [in his ' long fail of being at least a very tolerable judge. 



,, , 'j , ' ^°", '^^' ';°'"' Practical Husbandry, vol. iii.l is of opinion, that For any one reading the description of a particu- 



his mind. In the first place, he should order in 



ill tradesmen's bills, and in the mfon time he 



may take an exaniinatitm and account cf all his 



household goods 



grain, in straw or threshed, hay or other fodder, ; ., , . ,, a ■ , ,. .. . i i . »• i r .i i, . l i, ., 



= ,' ! i , , , i the plants will flourish better, grow to a larger lar pait, for example, of the breast ;. he will there 



ivood, manure, wagons, carts, plouirhs, and iinole- 1 • j l ■ ,. . r . r- Ti. £ j .i, . •. i . . u i j . ■ . n 



r 1, , • 1 t_ . . !• L ,. ""K"- sjxg a,jd be in all respects, more perfect : if the find, that it ought to be wide, and to project well 



tnents of all kinds — the stale of his fences, gates, ' r ' r ^ - r j 



drains, &c.; and make an estimate of the neces- 



sary repairs. Minutes being made on waste pa- 



distance between the rows be suflicient to admit before the legs ; and on turning to the print he 

 a hoe-plough. He adds, that a smaller quantity will immediately see this projection shewn in the 

 of seed will he required, the culture will thus be side-vic.v of the bull, and the width in the heifer. 



per, the particulars may be afterwards entered ,^,^ expensive; and, he' is confident, the plants which faces him ; and so on with respect to ever>- 



into the Stock Book with such a degree of mi 

 nutcness as may he judged necessary. After this 

 general register, a Dr. ;ind Cr. account may be 

 drawn out, the balance of which will exactly show 

 'he present worth of his estate. The form of the 

 account may be as fo'lows : — 



Slock Dr. Contra Cr. 



On the Dr. side should be en'.c/ed all the farm- 

 er owes, and on the Cr. side all he possesses, and 



will nfford a better food for cattle. ' other part. For as each animal is placed in a dif- 



"This vegetable is eaten with great avidity by ferent position from the rest, there is no important 

 sheep, and it not only renders their flesh more point which is not fully presented to the view." 

 delicious, but is also believed to preserve them A gentleman, who is friendly to our Establish- 

 against the rot. Instances have occurred, where ment, and a well wisher to the trreiit interests Ijj 

 sheep fed in parsley remained sound, vhile those which our paper is devoted, hes p'es?nted us a 

 in the vicinity of the farm were uniformly subject ' copy of the Print above described, which we have 

 to that disease. Mr. Mills, therefore, recom- ; placed in the New Englan.' Fanner offi?e, for the 

 mends these animals to be fed with it, twice in inspection««)f any person whow ill t,.';.^ t!.<> iroublc 

 all that is owing to him. He must rate every the week for two or three hours at e.ach times.— ' to call and look at it. 



thing at what he judges tube the fair present jt m„y likewise be beneficially given to sheep af- ] 



worth, (was it then eold); manure and tillage per- fected with the scab or redirater, and is said to I '^'> f^'Sfrve es^s" sound for the vpact of'K-o years. 

 formed must he valued at the common rate of the be very cfiicaci.ms in recoverin<r surfeited horses, ' ^or 'ho following process for k,-,.p'ing e^-gs per- 

 country. 1 ^^ ^^^^ as are subjeet to the /xnase." ♦"'^''^"■V sound, a patent was granted to .Mr. Jayne, ol 



If a farmer wishes to be very correct in his cal- i Another English writer snys that parsley should ; Sheffield, in England. Put into a tub or vessel, 

 culations of the profit and loss, upon a lot of stall. 'be sown amoirrr oats and fed the following year »"« •"'^hcl, Winchester measure of quick lime— 

 ed oxen, for instance,. on the crop of any particu- ,,.ith sheep. T«-o bushels of seed to the acre is thirty. two ounces of salt, eight ounces of cream 

 lar field, his readiest method is to make an ac- th<^ quantity recommended when no other grass "*" '''f'^'"' «"'' "'"^ '^"^ "^"""^ together, with as 



count for either one or the other in his Ipger of sep,)' js sown; hut, probably, the manaD-emcnt '""«='' '^^'^ ^"^ "'" reduce the composition or 

 Dr. and Cr. On the Dr. side lot him place the „.o„ld be to sow it with clover or some other sue- '■"«'"''"' .'° "'.='' consistence, that it will cause on 



cost, including every minute particular, and on 

 the Cr. side the returns. On the sale of the arti- 

 cles, the account is closed, and the balance de- 

 monstrates the profit and cost. 



rulent (Trap's ' "J^^ f"' '"'" '' '" ^^^''™ *^''h its top just above the 



Loudon'sav^ that parsley '■ is sown along wili, 'iimd ; then put and keep the eggs therein, which 

 clover and grass seeds in some places, and espe- : ^'■"' Preserve them perfectly sound for the space 

 ally in Lini'olnshire. ns a preventive of the rot in 



of two years at the least. This method i.-j not the 



herp, -fcc. In laving down lands to grass, Hoyte ' ''"'''' '"°'- |"^'"? ^''"l''«'' »"<* ,""^. ^."" «'"iP'<='- ""^ 

 This won known ga;den-plant,b,in England, a *" '^o fourth volume of Co.,..ur,ication., to ,,„ of merely keeping eggs in sa.t, is known by many 



rARSLET. (Jipium petrostHnnm.) 



ith 6°°'' housewives to preserve eggs quite sound for 

 a considerable time. 



subject of field cultivation. It is a native of Siri- """'■d of .fi^ricMtire, advises the sowing w 

 ly, but will endure the winter of our climate. Mr. '^'•'''^« f*"""'^'" "^ *l"'e clover, two pounds of red 



Loudon snys, " Parley is sown a!ou- with clover ' '='°'''''"' ''^" '^^"^'^ ^^ O'*' ?"ss, and two pounds ol j, ,,„g been calculated that the manufacture of 

 and grass seeds in sonic places, and especially in P^'l'-y to the acre; as the parsley stands two ^^^j jjj^^,,,,;!^,^ ^j^^, ^^^.^^^^ j^p^,,^,,;^^ ^^^j j^^^^.' 

 Linco!nshire,T;sa preventive of the rot in sheep.", >"'''f^-;"'' 7 "^ diuretic qualities, prevents the ^rs einploved,) in tho New England States sub. 

 A writer for tho Farmer's Magasiue, (Scotland,) 1 ''''!'*P ''"'" ''j''"? °'l'^'' '•-''-^^'•''''"■' ^;'"'''' '°° '""''•! sists about 20.000 f;imilirs, or 1!>0,000 persons- 

 says, "a friend of mine having occasion to oh- j ""»"' ''^"""^^ ''"^ »P' '° produce. 1 he seed re- j ^^j „,^j ^^^^^ ^^.j,, consume the surplus products 

 serve tho partiality of black cattle for the common ! I"""'''' " '""f';'' »""« '" germinate than any other, ^(. 4o,000 families of agricnlturalists ;— together, 

 garden parsley, and their preference of it, when i "P"'^"","^"' P'^i^t, -ind might probably be advan- ^b^,,^ g^jOypO individuals. 



growing, to almost any other green food, look itjt^Soously prepared by steeping. | 



in his head to try how it would succeed iii a field I klega.nt hrint ok cattle. j BUe nf the Ualtle-svake. — An article has been 



that he was going to sow ri..«n for pasture. Il«{ In the New England Farmer, [vol i.] we repuh- published in several journals, giving the account 

 accordingly sowed two or three ridges with par«- i li.shed a pamphlet, entitled. '^Renmrks on the Im- \ "f » remarkable cure of the bile of a ratt!e-.<=nake, 

 ley seed, and the rest of the field with clover /,roif»iC)i< of Cattle, fyc. In n Letter to Sir Mm J by cupping with a coniraou porter or black bottle, 

 and rye grass. '\3 soon as the field was renAy] Saunders Sebright, Bart. M. P. hij Mr. John Ifil- The plan resorted to was, to fill the botlle half 

 for pasture he led his cattle into it, and it was j/.i'n.son, of Lenton, near J^oltin^ham." In the i *■"" of ^P'"' of turpentine, made quite warm, and 

 perfectly evident that tl.ey preferred the part] work, the following passage occurs, (See page ] "fier scarifying the wound made by the snake, to 

 which was sown with the parsley, to any other I 2.52). "Should any difiiculty still remain in form- i apply 'he mouth of the bottle to it, and then pt>ur 

 part of the field, insomuch that they never touch- j ing a clear conception of the points described. I '^^ol'' ^vater on the botlle till perfeolly cooled. It 

 ed the rest, while there was a single blade of piirs- I think in such a case, I may very safely rccoin- ; '^ said, in Uie case above a'luded to, that the pa- 

 ley to be had. Horses were equally fond of it. iiiend a print, which I published a' short "lime ago, I licnt was in ihe most e.xcruciating agony, previous 



