I^EW ENGI^AMD FARMER. 



I'UIU.ISimD BV Gi:o. (• 



VOL. XIII. 



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BOSTON. WEDN ESDAY EVE NING, OCTOBER 23, 1834. 



COMMUNICATION. 



NO. 16. 



For tile Aew England Fanner. 

 HEMEDT FOR TICKS Iti SHEEP. 



BFr. Fessenbe.v — I nl)S(;i'vpil nil article in tli*' 

 N. E. Fai-iiici-, (No. 1 of (lio [ircscnt Vdliirnu) rec- 

 niiiiiiciidiM'; the decoction of toliacco for the des- 

 ti-nrtion of ti<-ks upon sliccp, liiit instead of tliisap- 

 |ilicutioi\, I slioiild prefer tfie smoke of the tohae- 

 e.o. Tliis can lie used at atiy season wlien sheep 

 are discovered to he infested with these tronlile- 

 sonie veriidn. The operation is easily perf irnied 

 liy means of a simple apparalns, fotuid, prolialily, 

 in the Uitchcn of every farmer, viz: a small skil- 

 let and a hand liellovvs. A few live coals are first 

 [Hit into the skillet, and then a kw leaves of tn- 

 Im-eo, which soon ignite. The chipper side of the 

 liellows is then placed on the skillet, and in this 

 position it is held by one of its handles, tofreih- 

 er with the liandle of the skillet in one hand of 

 the operator. The other hand liciiiir at liherty to 

 fiy the handle of the hellows. While one individ- 

 iml holds the sheep, opens the wocd in difTerenl 

 [daces aiido lose it around the noses of the hellov.'S, 

 tlie smoke drawn into the hellows hy the force 

 {riven it qiiic'kly finds its way to every part of the 

 sm-lace of the animal, ami immedialclj anrl efferlu- 

 alli) destroys every tiidv coming in contact with it. 

 I have practised this method in preference to any 

 that I have seen pnlili.-hed, not only on account (jV 

 the facility of the preparation and operation, hut of 

 the comfort of the animals. If yon shonid deem 

 this article snrticieiitly explicit, or wo'iliy uf « 

 place in the cohinms of your valnidde paper it is 

 It your service. Yours, &c. 



C. Coleman. 

 Mount Pleasant, (near Frederh- Cili/J 

 Frederic County, Mari/lrind. 



mi;;lit wish to introduce this truly valnahle and 

 profitable race of fowls into their collection. So 

 much superior are these fjeese to the ordinary 

 hreeds, that we wonder any person can he found 

 williiifT to continue raising them when such a su- 

 perior race may he so easily obtained. — Ifarren 

 Rhode Island paper. 



GEUMAIV GEESE. 



Every farmer who has bred the native geese 

 tnov.s what pestihnt animals they are. Almost 

 IS li'ilit as ■rulls they are capable of soaring as 

 ligb ; so that fences and walls are mere matters 

 if derision widi them. Wandering into mischief, 

 s their deli;;lit through life, and when killed, fat' 

 n<leed must be the bird which weighs seven 

 ■ounds. All these imtowaril circumstances, ne- 

 essarily connecied uiih keeping the old breed of 

 eese, have discouraged many farmers from hav- 

 ig any thing to do with these animals; and no 

 romler, neither. But as every firmer does or 

 liould delight to see his yaril slocked with as 

 reat a variety of fowls as possible, provided the 

 ■onlile is not too much, we would take the liberty 

 f recommending to notice, Mr. George Sisson's 

 tcellent breed of Gerni;m Geese. This stock was 

 nporied by the late Jmlire Sisson, from Bremen, 

 id has fully answered its very excellent char.ic- 

 r. The geese lu'e of the purest white — beaiild'ol 

 I swans — weigh when fat from 18 to 22 pounds 

 i'sh of an excpiisite c(dor .-ind flavor — fcaiheis 

 mndant and ol the first fjnality. Added to this, 

 id hy no means Ica.st, ihey are perfectly quiet in 

 eir dispositions. None of tlie squalling, creep- 

 g and flying iharacteristics, so odious and coni- 

 on in the native breed, attach to these heaiilifnl 

 rds. Mr. Sisson has a large flock at this lime, 

 d probably would dispose of stock to those who 



From Ihe Farmer and Gardener. 

 MANUFACTURING OF SILK. 



We have just been visited by a gentleman from 

 the laiul of perpetual improvement who has given 

 us the very agreeable intelligence that a machine 

 has been put in operation in Connecticut for nian- 

 unicturing silk, which accomplishes for that arti- 

 licle all that his countryman, Whitney, efiected by 

 his gin for cotton. Every part of the operation, 

 from the cocoon to the production of the most 

 elegant tissue, suited to every kind of wear, such 

 as ribbons, vests, and very superior silk for ladies' 

 dresses, can he nianufHCtnred in this luachine by 

 the common operators in those trades, without the 

 least difficulty. Specimens of which the "eutle- 

 meii presented for onr inspection, had been man- 

 ufactured in this machinery. The inventor, we 

 are informed, is a young man who was broichi 

 up in a cotton factory, and subsequently leaiiit or 

 perhaps we may say he studie<l machine making, 

 in the common shop attached to the factory. 



There was an Englishman in the neighborhood 

 who had been weaving the silk raised in Connec- 

 lii nt, for the last eighieen years, with such an ap- 

 paratus as is used in Europe for that purpose ; but 

 it appears he had caught a little of the Yankee 

 iiolion, and thongbt his machinery might admit of 

 improvement — he accordingly went to the yoiin" 

 mechanic spoken of, and asked him if he could 

 not make him something that would do better 

 than his present locmis. The young man, whose 

 name is Gay, replieil yes, he guessed he could, if 

 he knew what he wanted. An inspection of the 

 loom accordingly look place, and the young man 

 went to work. 



If our readers had been raised even in the cen- 

 tre of Connecticut, we do not believe they could 

 guess how he went to work. He did not go to 

 other sliiqis to see how others worked — he dhl not 

 lake down the Encyclopjedia and count the co^rs 

 imd pinions, anil teeth, represented in the plates 

 of the machines made use of in that cnnntry where 

 the people presume nothing can he done in the 



wmld but by imitating them. No smdi ihiu"- 



when this yimiig mechanic goes to study out any 

 new movement in niacbiuery, he turns his eyes tc 



power to pioduce the desired etleci— thus nrovhi" 

 that ' " 



" The proper study for mankind is man," 

 This machine will cause silk to rival cotton in 

 he list ot our exportations, and that at no distant 

 day. It has been ascertained that the raw mate- 

 rial can he raised much cheaper than cotton and 

 manufactured at half the expense. 



A child of fourteen years old can climb the 

 large white mulberry trees, which are as large as 

 a common sized ajiple tree, and gather 75 lbs. of 

 leaves in a day — this is termed a day's work for a 

 child in Connecticut. At this rate, in six weeks 

 the child will produce 10 lbs. of silk, the reeling 

 will be two weeks work for the satrie child, mak- 

 ing eight weeks work for 10 Ib.s. of silk, which, at 

 84 per Ih. (the market inice,) will he $40. Bii't it 

 will he remembered that this is from the white 

 mnlherry, and those of a large size. If the morus 

 multicavhs he substituted, which is a shrub that 

 may be kept from 7 to 8 feet high, and produces 

 a leaf when at its full size 10 by 10 inches; while 

 ihat of the other kind is but little larger than a 

 dollar; it will not he too much to say, that the 

 child can feed three times the number of worms 

 that has been mentioned in the above calculation ; 

 and experiment has proved that the same weight 

 of leaves will produce one-fifth more silk than the 

 white mulberry. 



Admitting this, which no one acquainted with 

 the tvvo kinds of mulberry tree will be disposed to 

 deny,*,,: the air«oimt will stand thus: 



6 weeks labor of a lad or girl, - eg 



2 weeks of the same for reeling, . g 



8 weeks boarding same at §1 per week, 8 



Allowing the child to gather three times 

 the qiiantily of leaves as of the other 

 kind, which makes 10 lbs. of silk. 



One-fifth to be allowed for the morus 

 multieaitlis, above what would have 

 been produced by the other, 



At $4 per pound, 



$16 



SOlbs 



6" 



36lbs 

 4 



this occasion, instead of proceeding jn the way 

 that machinists gener.-illy would have done, he set 



himself down and began to work his fjiiifers he 



observed how many m<iveuienis he could perfojiu 

 with them, and how the inflections of the muscle 

 operate to produce several motions, their origin 

 and inserliou at the joints, lie then proceeded to 

 the consideration of the wrist, the elbow, and the 

 shoulder, and proceeded to consider all the mo- 

 tions that the several joints are capable of per- 

 tormiiig, until he discovered a motion which cor- 

 responded with the one he desired to apply to his 

 machine, and then he discovered how to apply the 



Total, - . $144 

 Deduct expense of labor and hoard, 16 



Balance, - §1-28 



It gives a balance of §128 for the labor of a 



- ." ••■ - ■■- i:.rcs M.i child at that age for eight weeks. We have left 



the interior inechamstu of his own frame—and on "nt of account the rent of the land as it would be 



hut of small consideration, and cannot be ascer- 

 tained. 



We think we have said enough (if our state- 

 ments are believed) to prove onr declaration, that 

 silk will in a very few years be produced in this 

 country to supply our own consumption, and as 

 an arlirlo of exportation will rival cotton in value, 

 if not in quantity. 



Before our readers pronounce upon us that word 

 of auful import, visionary, we ask them to wait, 

 and weigh the evidence which two years will pro- 

 duce on our side. We will continue to detail to 

 them the interesting facts as they occur to us. 



