NEW ENGL.AND FARMER. 



Published by John B. Russeli., at JYo. 5'<i Vortk Market Street, (over the Jlgricxdliiral fVarehouse). — Tkojmas G. Fessendek. iJrfrior. 



VOL. VI. 



BOSTOJN, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1828. 



IVo. 41. 



AGRICULTURE, 



VQR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMlill. 



Salmi, 21s( April, 1828. 

 Mr. Fessenpen, — I send you Ihe pedigree of the improved 

 Ourliain short horned siock, presented, al a very great exjicnse, 

 to tlie Massarhusetls Society for Ihe promotion ol Agriculture. 

 by Sir Isaac (>oflin, for the purpose of" improving the breed oi 

 cattle in his native Stale : also of two of their descendants raised 

 by myself. You have Ihe certificate furnished by Mr. Welherel, 

 al Ihe lime the animals were imported. Also, a very detailed 



Hubback, yellow, rnJ and white, calved in 1777, 

 bred by Mr. John Hunter, of Hiirwor;h — dam bred 

 by Mr. John Hunter, by a bull of Mr. Bank.s. of 

 ll'irworth — pranHain. bought of Mr. Stefihenson, 

 of Ketlon. Hubback was got by Mr. George Sno\v- 

 iion'.« bull — dam lr..ni Iho stock of Sir James Peny 

 man, and tho.-ic from the stock of Sir William St. 

 Qiiintin, of Soampston — Snowdon's bull, by VVm. 

 Ro'oson's bull, hrod by Mr Wastcll, of Great Bur- 

 i:on, near Datlinyton — dam, Mr. Wastell's Roan 

 Cow. Barforth, William Robson's bull by James 

 Mastermtin's bull, bred by Mr. Walker near Ley 



account of them and their ancestors, as extracted by me from 



Coate's Herd Hook, a work devoted exclusively K. this celebrat r'"'"' •'"""'« Mnsterman's bull by the Studly Bull, 



ed slook. 1 have hecn thus particular as I think it may be im- ' ""^f <• ''>' M"". Sharter, of ('hllton. 



poriant to have on record, some account of these valuable ani- '^he followinw arrount of the pedigree of the 



mals. You will perreire they are all very nearly related toi ''^"1' "f Huback. was given to Mr Coates, the au- 



the celebrated Comet, who was sold in London for one thousand | ' hor of the Herd Book, by .Mr. John Hunter : 



guineas, and are traced back to WK/i/iar/f, who is .--eported to ' "Hurnworth, near Darlington, July 6'h, 1822. 



be Ihe foundation of Ihe slock. I have reason to think them a I renaeinber the COW which my father .bred, th:it 



great acquisition to our country. Annabella, Emma, and Yoring 

 Comet, are al my farm in Salem. Admiral is with the Hon. 

 John Welles, at Dorchester. Y'ours, &c. 



E. HERSY DERBY. 



ADMIRAL. 



Pedigree of btill Admiral from Mr. John Welh 

 crell, Kirk by Malbry, 28th May, 1823. Is two 

 years old, a ueauliful roan, got by my A'orth Star, 

 dam by Co/net — grandam by ff'tllington — g. gran- 

 dam by Danbij. JVorlh Star was by Comet, dam 

 by Baronet — grand, m by Cripple — g. grandam by 

 Irishman — g. g. grandam by Hubback. 



JVorth Star, roan, calved in 1815. twin calf with 

 JVorthern Light, bred by and the property "f M . 

 Wetherell, got by Comet — dam. Lady, bred by 

 Mr. Spotirs, by Mr. Mason's Baronet — grandam 

 by Cripple — g. grandam by Irishman — g. g. gran 

 dam by Hubback. 



Comet, red and white roan, calved in 1804, bred 

 by Mr Collinc, got by Favorite — dam. Young Phe- 

 nix, by Favorite — grandam, Phenix, by Foljame — 

 g. grandam. Favorite, bred by Mr. Manard, by JMr 

 R. Alcock's bull — g. g. grandam by Mr. Jacob 

 Smith's bull — g. g. g. grandam by Mr. Jolly's 

 bull. Comet sold for one thousand guineas, and 

 died in 1815. 



Wellington, bred by Mr. Wetberell— got by St. 

 John, dam by Trunnell — grandam by Danby. 



Danby, bred by Mr. Wetherell — got by Mr. 

 J. Brown's Padock bull — dam bv Mr. J. Brown's 

 White Bull. 



Baronet, roan, calved in 1806, bred by Mr. Ma 

 SOD, got by Chilton — dam, Lydia, by Favorite — 

 grandam, A''dl, by Mr. Mason's White Bull — g. 

 grandam. Fortune, bred by Mr. C. Colling, by Bo- 

 linfibroke — g. g. eraudam by Foljambe — g. g. g. 

 grandam by Hubback — g. g. g. g. grandam, bred 

 by Mr. Maynard. 



Cripph. red and white, calved in 1800, bred by 

 Mr. Mason, got by Irishman — dam, Fortune, bred 

 by Mr. C. Colling, by Bolingbroke — granuam by 

 Foljambe — g. grandam by Hubback — g. g. gran- 

 dam bred by Mr. Maynard. 



Irishman, red and white, calved in 1798, bred 

 by Mr. Mason, got by Styford—dam, Fortone, bred 

 by Mr. C. Colling, by Bolingbroke — grandam by 

 Foljambe — g. grandam by Hubback — g. g. gran- 

 dam bred by Mr. Maynard. 



was the dam of Hu'iback ; there was no idea then 

 that she had any mi.xed or Kyloe blood in her. 

 Much has been lately said, that she was descend- 

 ed from a Kyloe : hut I have no reason to believe, 

 nor do I believe, that she had any rai.'iture of 

 Kyloe blood in her." 



ANN'ABELLA. 



The pedigree of the heifer Annabella, from Mr. 

 John WethereP, Kirkhy Malory, '>6 May, 1824.— 

 Red and white, calved in 1820. Was got by Ma- 

 jor, dam Ada, hy Denton, nrandam Aurora, by Co- 

 rjit — g. grandam by Henry — g. g. grandam by 

 I tnby — and in calf by Rockingham. 



Major, red and white, calved in 1813 — bred by 

 Mr R. Colling — got by Wellington — dam by Phe- 

 nomenon — grandam by Favorite — g. grandam by 

 Favorite. 



Ada, roan, calved in 1>1(5 — bred by and the pro- 

 perty of Mr. J Wetherell — got by Denton — dam 

 Aurora, by Comet — grandam by Mr. Mason's Hen- 

 ry — g. grandam by Danby. 



Denton, bred by Mr. Wetherell — got by Comet, 

 dam Young Red Hose, by St. John — grandam by 

 Trunnel — g. grandam by Danby. 



Aurora, roan, calved in 1813 — bred by and the 

 property of Mr. J. Wetherell — got by Comet, dam 

 by Mr. Mason's Henry — grandam by Danby. 



Comet ; see Admiral's pedigree. 



Henry, roan, calved in 1806 — bred by Mr. Ma- 

 son, got by St. John — dam. Dandy, by Favorite — 

 grandam, Lily, by Favorite — g. grandam. Miss 

 Lax — bred by Mr. Manard, by Dallon Duke — g. 

 g. grandam. Lady Manard, by Mr. R. Alcock's 

 Bull. 



Danby ; see Admiral's pedigree. 



Rockingham, formerly called Wellington, bred 

 by Mr. T- Jobling, and property of Mr Wether 

 ell — got by Minor, dam by Phenomenon — grandam 

 by Colonel — g. grandam by a son of Hubback. 



EMMA. 



The pedigree of the heifer Emma, raised by E. 

 H. Derby — dark red and white, beautifully mi.'^ed, 

 calved 28th January, 1825. Was got by Rocking 

 ham, dam Annabella, by Major — grandam, Ada. 

 by Denton — g grandam, Aurora, by Comet — g. g. 

 grandam by Henry — g. g. g. grandam by Danby. 

 Rockingham, formely called Wellington, bred by 

 T. Jobling, and property of Mr. Wetherell, was 



got hy Minor, dain by Phenomenon — j;randiun by 

 Cnlunel — g. grandam by a son of Hubback. 



For the pedigree of all the above, excepting 

 Minor, Phcnon'Cnon, and Colonel, see the pedigr«c 

 o\ Admiral and Annabella. 



Minor, dark red, bred by Mr. R. Colling — got 

 by Favorite — dam. Red Rose, by Favorite — gran- 

 dam by Punch — g. grandam by Foljambe — g. g. 

 grandam by Hnliback. 



Phenomenon, bred by R. Colling- — got by Favor- 

 ite, dam by Ben — grandam by Hubbacl: — g. gran- 

 dam by Snowdon's Bull — g. g. grandam by Sir 

 James Pennymun's Bull. 



Colonel, bred 6y Colonel Simson — got by Mr. C. 

 Ceiling's lame Bull. 



YOUNG COMET. 



The pedigree of the bull Young Cornet, raised by 

 E. H. Derby — dark red, with a fow white spots, 

 calved 5lh March, 1826. Was got by Admiral, 

 dam Annabella, by Major — grandam, Ada, by Den- 

 ton — g. grandam Aurora, by Comet — g. g. gran- 

 dam by Henry — g. g. g. grandam by Danby. Ad- 

 miral, bred by Mr. Wetherell, was got by JVorth 

 Star, dam by Comet — grandam by Wellington — 

 g. grandam by Danby. JVorth Star was by Comet, 

 dam by Baronet — grand dam by Cripple — g. gran- 

 dam by Irishman — g. g. grandam by Hubback. 



FOK THE NEW ENGIAND FARMER. 



BEES. 



An effectual remedy to protect bees from the 

 bee-moth, /bout the first of May, or perhaps ear- 

 lier, when liie byes begin their spring work thoy 

 may be saved from the ravages of that destructive 

 insect the bee-moth, through the season, by a very 

 easy and simple way, viz: scrape a spot on the 

 ground smooth, near the bee house, or wherever 

 it may be convenient, then place the hive on the 

 bare ground and put some kind of covering over it 

 to keep it dry, and when new swarms come off let 

 them be taken care of in the same manner. — 

 Either set them beside of the old hive or in some 

 other convenient place on the bare ground. Bees 

 that are managed in this way will produce as many 

 swarms in a seasdn as they did formerly in a bee- 

 hoi;se before the moth was heard of. 



The reason why a hive of bees is secure on the 

 ground. The millers which are the breeders, when 

 first entering a hive, seem rather timid, not ven- 

 turing at first above the base. They generally 

 deposite their eggs at first around the inward 

 edges of the hive, and if there are any crevices 

 between the hive aad the board or floor that it 

 stands upon, they are sure to secretesome of their 

 eggs there, and it will be but a short time before 

 the cots or in other words the covering that en- 

 closes the eggs may be seen from which the grubs 

 soon escape. The grubs will soon creep up into 

 the hive and begin their depredations upon the 

 honey and young bees. The grubs, or worms, 

 seem to prefer tho young bees that are in the cells 

 to feed upon at first, instead of the honey. A hive 

 of bees that is attacked by the moth, is not always 

 destroyed the first year, but is very sure to be the 

 second. The millers never deposite any of their 

 eggs in a hive set on the ground, because they do 

 not find any convenient place under the hive. Thf. 



