VOL. XV. NO.?. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



53 



till!.', the sta!ks are succulent, ami abound in elab- 

 orate sap, on its descent from the leaves to the 

 grain and that this supply of food to the grain 

 continues to flow probably for some days alter 

 l!;o corn is in the shook, and if so the grain itseif 

 rontimies to iiriprove, though we ihiuk it likely 

 that the crop undergoes some trifling diminution. 

 But if frost is likely to intervene liefore the com- 

 plete maturity of the crop, there is no doubt but 

 the CI rii will suflVrless in shook than it will stand- 

 ing, whiUi the fodiler will be materially injured by 

 frost. Admitting that there is a smaJI loss in grain 

 by early cutting, though it is up.doubtcdiy less 

 than when it is topped, the difl^srence in the value 

 of the fodder, under the two modes of fnanage- 

 ment, is vastly in favor of early harvesting. We 

 do not preteinl to calculate to a nicety the difl^er- 

 ence in nutritious properties, of cornstalks cut in 

 a succulent sta e, early in September, well euretl, 

 and well housed, and those left standing till Octo- 

 ber or November in the field, hut we should think 

 it fifty per cent. Well cured cornstalks aflbrd an 

 excellent winter food for neat cattle ; and whei; 

 fodder is likely to be in demand, they may be 

 made to contribute largely to the profits of the 

 farm. — Several of our acquaintance have kept 

 their neat stoi-k almost entirely upon thi,i fodder 

 during the past winter, and we have done the like, 

 having first cut ours in a rutting machine : and 

 so far as we can learn, the cattle kept upon them 

 are in excellent condition. — Cultivator. 



thrive. This I should not advise uidess it be in 

 an orchard, or on land soon to be ploughed, be- 

 cause there would be some waste of uiauure. By 

 keeping many swine is not meant to keep more 

 than the fiuiner can keep without their suffering 

 with himgrr, ar.d then they will be of fair size. 

 When put up to lat let their food he cooked or 

 soaki'd. Oats and peas will fatten them last. I 

 would not recommend giving them much Indian 

 corn, or ileal, rnaile of it, but a little toward the 

 close of the fattening, produces the hardest, and 

 most palatable Pork. Clear pork is now from 25 

 to 30 dollars the barrel, in Boston, and generally 

 in Maine. A farmer cannot go into a more profit- 

 able mode of making money, ami certainly he may 

 enrich his farm by it. 



I would suggest, that it is never profitable to 

 winter early pigs — they should bo such as are 

 farrowed in September, or the early part of Octo- 

 ber, <;ept warm in winter. Such will need but 

 little expense in wintering, and they will make 

 fine hogs the next fall ; whereas early ones, cost 

 very considerable the first sutiuncr, more in win- 

 ter, and will be very little better the subsequent 

 fill when slaughtered. Early pigs should always 

 be killed the fall, or early part of the first win er, 

 after they are farrowed ; by some, they are thought 

 to produce pork, at as little expense as any ; 1 

 think otherwise, as they cost nearly as much in 

 fattening, and large swine always bring most in 

 the tnarket. — Maine Far. 



CiiiCKENs. — A disease called the gapes, so de- 

 structive among chickens, may be prevented, and 

 if not too far advanced, cured by a sliglt mi.xture 

 of assafoetida in their food. Four ounces costing 

 six and a quarter cents |ier ounce, dissolved in 

 water and mixed once a day in food, is enough 

 for four hundred chickens. If people have no 

 sympathy fi)r the sufferings of those beamiful lit- 

 tle birds, they can't fail to have some for them- 

 selves, if beacon gets much higher. 



PORK. 



Mr Editcr : — 



I consider the ideas brought to view by your 

 correspondents in No. 17, 18, and 23, of your first 

 volume, at pages 131. 130, anil 180, respecting the 

 propriety of Farmers keeping more Swine, than 

 is generally kept, so important to the agricultural 

 interest, that I hope we Farmers shall look over 

 their reasoning and remarks once more, al least. 

 That they may be easily, turned to, by those who 

 have not the bound volume, I have named the 

 numbers of the papers, and for these who have 

 the volume I have noted the pages, where the 

 several writers' ideas may be found ; they urge 

 the propriety of Farmers keeping more swine, 

 first, because that any given quanti.y of pounds of 

 pork can be raised at less expense than the same 

 number of pounds of good beef, vvliich I have no 

 doubt of; secondly, because swine's manure is 

 preferable to that of other animals, and that by 

 placing in their reach thistles, mud, and oats, they 

 make more, &.c. &e. 



But the writers seem to make their calculations 

 on potatoes as much of the ii)od of store swine. 

 Experience has since sliown that other equally 

 valuable as potatoes, can be furnished them at 

 less expense. Apples, and Ruta Bag.i, have been 

 found as valuable,and double the number of bush- 

 els of the latter vegetable can generally be raised 

 on a given quantity of land compared with pota- 

 toes, and no doubt they are worth as much bushel 

 for bushel, for store swine, as potatoes, and a giv- 

 en quantity cfland can be tilled, and the roots ta- 

 ken care of, at about the same expense, reckon- 

 ing the cost of seed, &c. Again, if swine are kept 

 in pens, or yards, clover grass mowed and thrown 

 in green is good food for them, and if a farmer has 

 a iiiece of land contiguous to his hog pen, this 

 will be found a great saving of roots — but he 

 may turn them out in a clover pasture several i There was a slight earthquake in St. Johns, on 

 months in sumtner, and they will there grow, and j the 21st ult. 



To CURE THK SWELLI^'te OF THE THROAT IN 



Hogs. — In order to contribute to the usefulness 

 of your valuable periodical, and to inlorm the 

 public what I find from experience to be an infal- 

 lible cure for a certain disease in hogs, viz. the 

 swelling of the throat, I herewith send you a re- 

 ceipt for the disease with a desire that you pub- 

 lish the same in your work if you deem it of any 

 import and the same meets your approbation. 



Take of molasses one half pint and a table 

 spoon full of hogs' lard — to this add of brimstone 

 a piece an inch in length. Melt it over the fire, 

 and when cold or in a liquid state, drench the hog 

 with it ; and nine times out often it will be found 

 to have the desired effect. My hogs were aflVct- 

 ed with this disease during the past year, and I 

 found the above to be effective when all things 

 else failed. — Far. Reg. 



. Note. — We have no doubt as to the efficacy of 

 the above prescription, but the trouble of melting 

 the brimstone can just as well he avoided, by sub- 

 stituting flower of sulphur for the rol/ brimstone, 

 and we have no question that if a tea-spoonful of 

 cayenne or black pepper were added, the prescrip- 

 tion would prove mucli more prompt in its cura- 

 tive effects. I'he compound of molasses, hogs' 

 lard and brimstone, can only act in their combin- 

 ed form as aperient and cooling; but if the cay- 

 enne should be added, a ilecided improvement so 

 far as the swelling of the throat may be concern- 

 ed, would be effected, it woulil then act as a stim- 

 ulant upon the indurated glandsof the throat, thus 

 giving them resolution and enabling them to re- 

 sume their wonted action, and take up the super- 

 abundant secretions, and thus restore a healthful 

 condition to the affectcil parts. — Editor of the 

 Maine Farmer. 



RossiE Lead Mines. — The Ogdensburg Times 

 remarks in relation to this newly discovered mine, 

 that the vein, which ijad been but partially oj cn- 

 ed, increases largely in width as well as in jmri- 

 ty, the farther it goes down. There is every rea- 

 son to suppose that it is absolutely inexhaustible. 

 The specimens of the latest excavations, it is said, 

 will yield ninety per cent. — jY. Y Com. Adv. 



Ckops in India.na. — We are glad fo learn from 

 the Madison (Indiana) Banner, of the -^Ttli ult. that 

 the favorable accounts heretofore had of that region 

 are fully confirmed. The Banner states upon the 

 strength of late iiiforniation from all parts of that 

 State, that the prosuect for the crops was highly 

 favorable, and the promise certain of an abundant 

 reward for the toil and labor of the farmer. The 

 Richmond (Indiana,) Palladium of the 16lh ult. 

 thus confirms what is said by the Banner: — "We 

 are now in the midst of harvest, and seldom has 

 nature yielded a more bounteous return for the 

 labor of the husbandman in this country." — Lan- 

 caster Herald. 



Hay. — The crop of hay comes in quite abun- 

 dant this year. On account of the weather the 

 liirmers have not been able to get their hay as 

 early as usual, and much of it has remained until 

 it is considerably dead ; consequently the crop of 

 rowen will not be so large. It is estimated, by a 

 shrewd farmer, that the price of good hay here 



will range, this yea- from ten to fifteen dollars 



Hampshire Gazette. 



Great Corn Crop. — Mr Calvin Wells of 

 Whntely, accidently planted one kernel of Indian 

 Corn among his broom seed, this year, and reader, 

 how many ears do you think are now to be 

 counted en this solitary corn stalk. Why, thirteen 

 exactly, yes, thirteen ears of Corn from one seed, 

 reader. Now, what yankee, either here or in the 

 "far west " can beat that. — JVurthampton Cow. 



.\ Mammoth IIorsk. — There in now at the 

 stable of Capt. Thomas, <.f the Burlington Hotel, 

 a horse, recently imported from England, 5 years 

 old and well made that weighs 1750 lbs. — Bur- 

 linsion Sentinel. 



'I'he Treasury Building and Pate.\'t Office. 

 — An act was passed at the recent session of the 

 N. Legislature provi<lihg for the buildings for the 

 accomiiiorlation of the Treasury Department and 

 Patent Office. " Both llieje buildings," says the 

 Globe, " have been commenced with great spirit, 

 and the jirogress already made u|)onthem reflects 

 great creilit upon those under whose general di- 

 rection they have been placed by the President, as 

 well as upon the several individuals employed to 

 carry into execution the plans which were so 

 promptly and energetically adopted. 



