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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRFDAY, MAY 36, 18-28. 



dure the rigour of the first winter. But the cost 

 ! of rearing them is greater. All things consider- 

 ! ed, April may be as suitable a time as any 



48 hours before planting, putting in i.opijtTas as 

 we use I it out. It is not easy to use too 'much 

 copperas. I believe the more the better."' This 



When calves are weaned, they should not be ' preparation the writer says, '• I am confident is a 

 j suffered to be with their dams lill fall. Neither full an! entire remedy against the wire worm, and 

 I should they be pastured within sight or hearing 1 also ngainst birds, who will not eat it after they 

 , of them. It will cause them to neglect their feed- have pulled it up. I am even sanguine in my be- 

 ing ; and they will not forget their habit of suck- lief that it is a preventive against the ravages of 

 ing their dams. ; the cut worm, for I could not otherwise account 



cows. I for thfir not inj'iring my field, when many of u.y 



Pure water, it is stated in the Domestic Ency- 1 neighbors actually lost most of their fields, and 



ITALIAN SILK. 



Qj" Skein samples of Iialiaii Raw .Silk .-ind Organzine, form- 

 ing together an assoriniPiit of liie most esteemed filatures of 

 Italy, and exiitbiling the beauty and the riciiness of that noble 

 product, have been left at the office of the New England Farm- 

 er, No. 52 North Market sired ; with an invitation to all those 

 who feel an interesl in the introduriion of the cultivation ot that 

 precious commodity into our coi'niry, lo call and view the speci- 

 mens alluded to. Tne articles, together wiih ihe case in which clopedia, is an essential article for cows. Dr An- some of them were under the necesiiiy of replant 

 they are inclosed, were furnished by Mr J. M. Gourgas, of rfprson says, he knew a man who acquired great ing." 



Weston, Mass. whose liberal and patriotic efforts manifested on wealth, by attending to IhingR of this nature, and It appears, likewise, that "Mr. Ralph Owen, of 

 this and many other occasions, lo elicit and direct ibe eftbris of „„,-. ^f ijjj, principaf discoveries was the impur- Belchertown, Mass. in Mav last, phjnted three or 

 :^,'".!ir,!?.'Lt,t?'Jl!l^!!!,r^^^^^^ tanceof having a continued supply of the purest four a.- res with corn which had b.en soaked in 



water that could be obtained for hi.s cows, and he copperas water; the seed came up well and not 

 would on no account permit a single animal to set a plant was destroyed by worms. An adjoining 

 a foot into it, nor allow it to be tainted even by field, planted with corn which had not been steep, 

 the breath of animals. ed was "ery much injured." We have likewise 



Inflamed teats should be washed with two been verbally informed by gentlemen, who have 

 drachms of sugar of lead in a quart of water. — experienced or iiitnessed the effects of the above 

 Should tumors appear apply a common warm mush mentioned preparation, that it has in every in- 

 SwviuEL Jaques, Jr. inCh,iilesiown, Mass. Price for each with bran with a little lard. , starre. completely answered the purpose of a 



cow by the season ^5. Further particulars respecting this sn- To prevent cows from sucking their own milk, preservative against insects; and it is supposed, 

 perb animal in our nexi. I wp are informed that rubbing the teats frequently ; greatly to accelerate the growth of the young 



SALTi.NG BUTTER. ' with the most foetid cheese that can be procured ' plants, by its fertilizing properties 



There is no branch of rural economy in which' h^'S proved an effectual remedy ; 

 our good New England housekeepers appear to- remedy for ticks in sheep 



be more deficient than in the manufacture and 1 The following e.xtract is from a communication 

 preservation of butter. With regard to its manu- from a friend, in West Boylston, Mass. " Boil a 

 facture we hai'c, in the preseit volume, repeated- small quantity of tobacco, perhaps what grows on 

 ly, published ample directions. We have likewise one thrifty stalk would be enough for half a dozen 

 given Dr Anderson's famous recipe for preserving sheep, in so much water that when it is boiled 

 butter, page 302. But a friend requests us to pub- there shall be 2 or 3 gallons of liquor; let it 

 lish the fallowing receipt which is substantially become sufficiently cool, then open the wool along 

 the same with that of Ur Anderson, with some ad- the centre of the neck and back of the sht-ep, and 

 ditional directions which he stales are very im- with a bunch of tow or some other spongy auh- 

 portant. - j stance put on the Hecoction until the skin becomes 



thoroughly moistened therewith, and in a short 

 time the ticks will all be destroyed." 



as well as individual pro.sperity, meiit the thanks and 

 of ihe cominunit3'. 



IMPROVED SHORT ISORJfED BULL,. 



[IT' The Bull Hulivak, imfjorted and owned by Col. Pow- 

 ■RL, said by the best judges to be equal to any animal of Ihe kind 

 in Great Rrilain j and' belonging to that branch of the short 

 horn family, which is particularly noted for its excellence as 

 Dairy '^tock, will stand the ensuing season, at the stable of Col 



RECEIPT FOR PRESERVING BUTTKB. 



" Take two parts of salt, one part of salt petre 



and one part of Lunf sugar — pound all fine, and to presehve garden vegetables from being 



then mix them well together. Put one ounce of injured by frost. 



the composition to each pound of butter, taken After a freezing night, sprinkle by day break, 



from the churn, and mix it well in with the butter, ^old water plentifully all over the frozen vegeta- 



as you formerly did the salt. etables from a water-pot. 



"The salt should be well dried before weighing Fresh oak saw dust strewed on gravel walks, 



it. Care must be taken in the first place to work will prevent the growth of weeds on them. — Lon- 



Ibe buttermilk well out." rfon „„. 



This receipt differs from that of Dr Anderson, 



dairy. 

 Pans in which milk is deposited in warm weath- 



which we hare repeatedly published, in directing 



that the sugar should be loaf sugar, and that care er, should, if possible, be placed in shallow troughs 

 should be taken to dry the salt before it is used 

 raising calves. 

 Calves should not he suffered to eat any grass This keeps the milk cool &n\ causes the cream 



and of course the butter to be sweet. Churnin 

 is sometimes difficult in consequence of the thick 



POTATOES. 

 Many farmers are in the habit of giving raw po- 

 tatoes lo all kinds of stock ; but they are of a wat- 

 ery ami gripiu"' nature, and accidents have fre- 

 quently hripptiicd from their use. Defore the cattle 

 have be. ouie a'cus-toined to them. For milch cows 

 they are very bad, purging them and rendering 

 their milk too thin and poor even fur suckling. — 

 If given raw to fatten oxen, good bay and beao 

 meal should be allowed to counteract the watery 

 quality of the roots. There is. however, much 

 difference in the nature of potatoes, and the mealy 

 approach nearest to the nature ol corn ; the yel- 

 low afford the strongest nutriment. — *". Magazine. 



SILK CULTURE. 

 A manual on the culture and manufacture of 

 silk, has just been printed by order of Congress. 

 It was prepared under the direction of Secretary 

 Rush. A gentleman of Baltimore has received 

 from South Carolina, a specimen of silk raised 

 from a quantity of silk worms' eggs, by certain 

 ladies in that state. The ladies, in a letter, writ- 

 ten by them, say that they raised Jlvc hundred 

 worms with so little trouble, that they propose to 

 attempt a million next year. It will be recollect- 

 filled with cold water, supplied at one end from a pj, that it was a ladv of South Carolina, who first 

 spring, and constantly running out at the other, introduced the culture of cotton into the southern 



the fir.'^i year ; and it is cheaper to keep them 

 shut up and feed them, as the land sufficient to 

 pasture one will well produce hay sutficient to 

 keep two calves through the year, and pay the ex- 

 pense of cultivation, and one year's growth will 

 certainly be added to the cattle. 



Moviimer, (an English writer) oays " The best 

 calves for bringing up, arc those calved in April, 

 May and June : because it is seldom that those 

 which come later acquire sufficient vigor to sup- 

 port them during the inclemency of the following 

 winter ; and the colil causes them to droop, and 

 many of them to die." Much oftencr may this be 

 expected to be the case in this country, where the 

 cold in winter is so much more intense. 



Those which come earlier are preferred in this 

 country, being more hardy, and hotter able to en- 



States, about 30 or 40 years ago. — .V. 1'. Enquii: 



Praiseworthy. — A lad fourteen or fifteen years 

 ness of the cream. In such case it is recommend- jold, was saved from drowning in this village, last 

 ed to mix as much or more new milk with the week, by the presence of mind of Joel Bacon, a 

 cream as there is of the cream, which will save | lad somewhat older. The younger boy had fallen 

 much labour in churning. from a boat beneath the bridge, at the west end 



SOAKING SEED CORN IN COPPERAS WATER. of the village, in fifteen feet water. He was un- 

 The imrortance of this cannot be too generally U^'e to swim, and his cries for help drew numbers 

 enjoined on farmers. In the fourth volume of the "PO" ^^^ bridge, who proposed various methods of 



New England Farmer, page 284, we published a 

 communication from a correspondent, dated Glou- 

 cester, March 18, 182G, and signed 'w4 Subscriber,' 

 recommending the use of copperas water to pre- 

 serve Indian corn from the wire worm, from which 

 the foUowingJis extracted ; "I used about one and 

 a half pounds of copperas in three pecks of corn. 

 1 made the water warm, and soaked the corn full 



rendering assistance, by throwing in ropes, planks, 

 &c. But in the confusion of the inoinent, though 

 many things were (bought of, nothing was done, 

 and the lad had sunk to rise no more by his own 

 exertions. At this juncture, young Bacon, who 

 was at work in the tinner's shop of Mr. Damon, 

 ran out, threw of his coat, leaped from the bridge, 

 brought up the drowning lad to the surface, and 



