Vol. G.—No. 33. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



261 



RAISING HOR8B8. 



There is, perhaps, no country where less atten- 

 tion is paid to the raising of good horses, than 

 in New England. This is somewhat surprising, 

 when it is considered that fine horses meet with a 

 ready sale, and command a large price ; and also, 

 when it is considered that the country is peculiar- 

 ly adapted for the raising of stock, rather than 

 Train. The farmers well know that it costs no 

 more to raise a handsome, spirited colt, than it 

 does a homely, stupid beast. Still they go on in 

 the old beaten track, raising inferior ho'ses, which 

 have neither beauty nor animation; and the young- 

 Miss 13 carried in a gig by a lineal descendant oF 

 the same dobbin that used to carry her grand- 

 mother on a pillion, jogging along at the rate of 

 three miles an h'»ar. This is chiefly owing to the 

 want of care in seleiting the breed of hor.ses, 

 though soinetliinir is due to the manner of tniin- 

 ing them. The farmer who would make the rais- 

 ing of horses profitable, should pr^viile himself 

 with first rate bloo'J inaros ; he should likewise 

 see that the sire is of good lineage, and that he 

 Joes not disgrace his ancestry. By paying atten- 

 tion to this first requisite, as well as by judicious 

 feeding and traimntr, the fanner might obtain 

 from one to two hundred dollars a piece for his 

 colts, at four yenrs old, us readily as he now does 

 filly. We lately road an account in the American 

 Farmer, of the mode pursued by Wm. K. Rodnoxe 

 of Virginia, in raisinj bluod horses. He weans 

 his colts, the 1st of Ortober, in a stable rather 

 than a lot, bee a'lse if left out, they ate apt to run 

 themselves poor, before they are weaned. He 

 feeds them well the first winter, and forces their 

 growth as much as possible ; after which, being 

 stout and vigorous, inferior keeping will answer 

 the purpose. In order to elevate the neck an I 

 withers of a colt, he stables them wiih^ his r&ftk 

 and manger so hii;h, as to strain him a little, to 

 get food, as also with the windows very high, be- 

 cause he will be looking oJit at them ; thus his 

 shoulders will be thrown back and his neck and 

 head elevated. There arc three kinds of horses 

 which it would be fo' the interest of the farmer 

 to raise, namely, the elegant horse, &c. — spirited 

 horse, fit for the saddle or the carriage — and, the 

 stout strong horse, adapted to the draft of hea'.y 

 loads. Horses of either of these characters, are 

 constantly in good demand, and bring a generous 

 price. The fine grazing soil of our mountain 

 sides, and vallies, is well calculated for the rais- 

 ing of horses ; and while neat cattle are cheap, 

 and the price of wool is depressed, the farmer 

 would be certain of making money by the produc- 

 lion of good horses. — Berkshire Amcr. 



A desperate drunkard. — It it stated in the Ports- 

 mouth Times, (Ohio,) that a man came to that 

 town, whose thirst for liquor was so insatiable, 

 that he suffered a dentist to pull a sound tooth, 

 and sold it to him for sixty cents — with which he 

 bought rum, and got drunk. Such a slave to his 

 appetite would cut his throat for a gallon of whis- 

 key, provided he could get it on twelve months' 

 credit. 



It is stated that the oyster-beds in Delaware 

 Bay, Cumberland county, (New Jersey) yield an- 

 nually I50,0"0 bu-shels of oysters. 



f'alue of lime. — In selecting this theme, it is not 

 our intention to write a moral essay. We use it, 

 merely to call the -ttention of the reader to a 

 motto, which was adopted by an industrious man, 

 who had been frequently robbed of some of his 

 most valuable momt''ntB, by the interruption of 

 fashionable visitors, who often broke in upon him, 

 for the purpose of informing him, hnw extremely 

 cold the weather was without. He had a label 

 hung on his door, with this inscription: 



"Time is ray estate — if I lose an hour, I shall 

 incur a debt which I can never pay." 



This hint had its effect ; may it be profitable to 

 all who read it. 



We have on our table, [says the Harisburg Ar- 

 gus] a slip of paper, manufactured from straw, at 

 the mill of Colonel Magaw, near Meadville. The 

 specimen before us, though without sizimr, may 

 be written upon without the ink spreading in the 

 least ; it is somewhat roirgh, but being the first 

 that was made, great improvement may be e.'ipect- 

 ed to be made upon it. 



A patent has been taken out in England, for 

 making roofs of thin sheet iron. It is said to be 

 of less weight than slating, and to be less liable 

 to damage by wind. [We believe the plan has 

 hern tried in this city, if we are right, upon filr. 

 Richards' house, in Third-street — which was so 

 much injured by fire last winter.] — U. S, Ga:. 



A great excitement has been produced in Mex- 

 ico against masonic societies ; and Mr. Poinsett, 

 (the American minister), has rendered imself 

 odious to many of the bigoted Mexicans, by favor- 

 ing masons and masonry. They threaten to ex- 

 pel him from the country. 



The man who boasted that he could wade the 

 Mississippi, whip his weight in wild-cats, &c. is 

 said to be a member of Congress, from Tennessee. 

 He says he can whip any man in the House of 

 Representatives. What an excellent Legislator. 



From Cobbetl's American Gardener. 

 FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL, GARD- 

 ENING IN GENERAL,. 



Jonquil. — An elegant and sweet smelling bulb- 

 ous rooted plant ; propagated, and cultivated in 

 all respects, like the hy.icinth. 



Kalmia. — .\n evergreen shrub of great beauty, 

 and of several varieties ; great quantities of which 

 are seen in most of the rocky woodlands of this 

 country. 



Kill-calf. — This is a dwarf shrab, and may 

 be raised from seed, or from suckers ; it is very 

 pretty. When in bloom, it resembles a largo 

 clump of sweet williams. It is so pretty, that it 

 is worth having in tne green-house, where it will 

 blow in April. 



Laburnum. — A tall and beautiful shrub, load- 

 ed when in bloom, with yellow blossoms, in chains; 

 whence it is sometimes called the golden chain. — 

 It will grow and thrive in this country. It is rais- 

 ed from the seed as easily as Indian corn. 



Larkspur. — An annual, of no smell, but flf 

 great variety as to colors ; and, when in a clump, 

 or bed, presents n great mass of bloom. There is 

 a dwarf and a tall kind ; the dwarf is the best.^ — 

 There is another sort which branches, that is good 

 for nothing. 



Lilac — Desirable for its great masses of fine 

 large bunches of bloom. There is a white, a blue, 

 and a red. Is propagated from suckers, of which 

 it sends out too many, and from which it should 

 be kept as clear as possible. It is an ugly shrub 

 when out of blossom. The leaves soon become 



brown ; therefore, there should be but few in a 

 shrubbery. 



Li LI OF THE VALLEY It is a pretty little 



dwarf plant, that thrives best in the shade, where 

 it produces beautiful blossoms of exquisite sweet- 

 ness. Is a bulbous root, and propagated from 

 offsets. 



Lupin — A species of pea or tare, and frequent- 

 ly cultivated in the fields, and eaten in soup and 

 otherwise, by the Italians, and in the South of 

 France. It trrows, Ijowever upon a stiff stem, and 

 is upright, and branches out, like a tree in minia- 

 ture. There is a great variety of sorts, as to col- 

 our of flower as well as to size of plant. The yel- 

 low dwarf is the best, and it smells very sweet. — 

 This plant is, of course, an annual. 



Magnoiia — One of the finest of the laurel 

 tribe. It can be raised from seed, or from layers. 

 A very fine shrub indeed. There are several va- 

 rieties of it. 



Mignonette. — An annual that bears abun- 

 dance of seed. The plant and the flower do not 

 surpass those of the most contemptible weed ; but 

 the flower has a very sweet smell. It may, if you 

 have a ffreen-house, be had at any time of the 

 year. The plants may stand at four or five inches 

 asunder ;' but, if they stand thicker, the bloom is 

 inferior, and does not last so long. 



Myrtle. — The Myrtle is a native of climates 

 where it is never cold. It will not endure even 



November all out, in Long Island To have it,, 



therefore, it must be housed in winter. It may 

 be raised from seed, cuttings, slips, or layers. — 

 The leaf of the Myrtle has a fine smell ; and, 

 when the tree is in bloom it is pretty. But, it is 

 a gloomy looking shrub. One Geranium is worth 

 a thousand Myrtles. The broad-leaved myrtle is- 

 the best in every respect, and especially because 

 it-is easily brought to blow. 



Narcissus. — A bulbous-rooted plant, managed 

 precisely like the hyacinth, which see. It blows 

 early, is very beautiful, and has a delightful smell. 

 Nothing is easier, than the propagation and man- 

 agement of flowers of this tribe, and few ate more 

 pleasing. The narcissus is a very fine thing for 

 a parlor, or a green-house. 



Passion Flower. — So called because the flow^- 

 er has a cross in the middle, and rays, resembling 

 a glory, round the edges of it. It is a singularly 

 beautiful flower. The plant is also beautiful. It 

 is a climber, like the honey-suckle ; and, like that, 

 has a succession of blossoms that keep it in bloom, 

 a long while. It is raised from cuttings, which, 

 treated as other cuttings arc, easily t:ke root. 



PfEONY A perennial, that may be raised from 



seed or offsets. A grand flower for shrubberies ; 

 each flower is usually as big as a tea-cup, and one 

 plant will sometimes produce twenty or thirty. 



Pea (Sweet). — There are a great variety in the 

 annual sorts, as to color of blossom ; and there 

 is a perennial sort, called everlasting pea. This 

 stands, year after year. The others are sown and 

 cultivated like the common garden pea. They 

 should have some stii'ks to keep them up. This 

 is a very showy flower, and remains in blossom a 

 long while. 



Pi^K. — This flower is too well known to need 

 describing. There are a great variety of sorts, as 

 to the flower ; but ull are cultivated in the same- 

 way. The pink root will last a great many yeafs,^ 

 but the flower is seldom so fine as the first year 

 of the plant's blowing, 



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