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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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in subjertion to man, enjoined that he should ex- 

 tend towards them his l<indcst iirotention and care. 

 We frequently hear gentlemen complaiuin"; of the 

 <liffirulty of jiVocuring such cows as will make 

 profitable returns, and of the impossibility of keep- 

 ing them to their milk during the winter. The 

 reason is obvious. No cow, and we care not what 

 her breed may be, wheiher she be of improved 

 Durham Short Morn, the Devon the Alderny, the 

 common 'low of the country, or any other — we 

 say no cow can be kept in the |)ail, unless you give 

 her something which will bnth nourish her sys- 

 tem and replenish her udder, 'i'o make a tow 

 yield a liberal supply of milk through the winter, 

 she should hav« in addition to fidl sufiplies of 

 food, wholesome hay or foddei-, at least half n 

 bushel of roots »f som<! kind, or an equivalent of 

 cabbages or kale per day. And if the hay shoulil 

 be fed long, each cow should have, at least two 

 days in the week, messes of chopped rye and cut 

 straw, to be either steamed or mixed u|)vvith boil- 

 ing water, and permitted to remain until it be fer- 

 mented before feeding. The ambition of procur- 

 ing fine breeds of animals of all kinds, is one wor- 

 thy of every praise; but that of taking good care 

 of what we have, is equally if not more laudable. 

 Besides these considerations, the interest of every 

 farmer is always promoted by feeding his cows 

 well. If fed in the niggard manner we have de- 

 serihed, their kee|)ing, such as it is, is a dead loss 

 to their owners; they make no manure worth 

 s]ieaking about, and the animals themselves are 

 comi'aratively valueless; and if kept generously 

 through the winter, and sheltered from the weath- 

 er, each cow wiil give her two gallons of milk per 

 day, and make from four to seven pounds of but- 

 ter per week, which latter should be set down as 

 the profit, as the milk and cream consumed by 

 the family will more than compensate for the feed, 

 in addition to this, animals thus fed make three 

 times the quantity of manure, anil are always in 

 a condition to eojrmand good prices. We have 

 engaged in no speculative theories in what we 

 have s;ili!, but have addressed ourselves to the 

 conunon sense of the agricultural conmiunity in 

 the hope that they will ste the propiiety of adopt- 

 ing some phn by whivh our object can be obtain- 

 ed. — ffestern Adv. 



knew of the ailment, which for want of a known 

 name, I called the Stretches, m\x\\ the introduction 

 of the Merino Shee|) ; since introducing them in- 

 to my flock, 1 have had more or less sheep every 

 winter troubled with that comjilaint. The sheep 

 so attacked, stretch themselves to the utmost, lie 

 down and rise up often, refuse all food, and gen- 

 erally die in from four to eight days. The com- 

 |)laint is most frequent in banl winters, when they 

 are kept long iVom the ground, but never (to my 

 knowledge) occurs in the season of vrass — hence 

 I was led to think it was caused by the bowels 

 not being sufliciently open — if so the remedy was 

 at hand. The last winter, being long and severe, 

 I had a number attacked with the complaint. In 

 every case I turned down them a table-spoonful 

 of Castor Oil, and in every instance they were 

 well and eating their fodder in a few hours, and 

 I lost not a single sheep. This winter I have had 

 one attacked and ai)|ilied the remedy with the like 

 efl!"ect. Should others have sheep so attacked, I 

 advise them to try the remedy, and I doubt not 

 they will find the like benefit. 



Animal Instinct. — Cows arc fond of dande- 

 lions, and are ke|it in health by frequent shampoo- 

 ing. Rats will go any where where the oil of 

 rhodium is dropped. Rooks leave trees the mo- 

 ment they are marked felling, and a dog that has 

 ne^ei* been in London before, will find his way to 

 his master's residence in any part of the metrop- 

 olis, in three hours, after having been thrown into 

 the Thames from the centre of any one of the 

 bridges. — John Bull. 



Egyptian Wheat. — W'e learn by a letter from 

 Mr John Calkin of Elizidjctlitown, Essex county, 

 N. Y., that he has a new variety of Wheat, which 

 he believes to be true Egyptian. It was original- 

 ly taken from a wild goose, lias a number of small 

 beads growing on each side of the principle head 

 and making a head an inch and a half in diame- 

 ter, and containing in some instances 150 kernel.- 

 of grain. It is nrore productive than common 

 wheat, and is not liable to smut or the weevil. It 

 is a spring grain, and requires early sowing. Mr 

 C. being desirous to contribute his mite towards 

 the improvements of the present age, requests us 

 to say to such farmers as wish to procure seed 

 that he will furnish them on making their appli- 

 cations to him, post paid. We are inclined to the 

 opinion that it is a valuable variety, and worthy 

 the attention of wheat growers. — Silk Cult. 



Thk Market. — Butter can now be bought in 

 this place, a good article for 14 to 16 cents per lb., 

 and is daily growing more plenty. Those who 

 wore struck with panic a few weeks since, whon 

 this article brought 18 and 20 cents, have been 

 met by way of caution. Wood has followed the 

 example, and come down from $2,25 and $2,50 

 per cord to §1,50, and is very plenty and growing 

 more so. Hay is down from $" per ton, to $.5,50 

 and $6. Provisions are rapiilly declining in price, 

 and the cry of hard times, (money except) is be- 

 ginning to be hushed. — Erit Obs. 



Wheat. — The importation of Wheat into the 

 United States, in large quantities, continues. — 

 There is every ]!rospect that by spring the market 

 will be glutted and the jiriccs as far in thetextreme 

 below, as they now are above, what might be con- 

 sidered a medium, to place the jiroducer on a par 

 with other branches of industry. — lb. 



PUNCHINU FlUE. 



It is surprising that among the vast variety of 

 discoveries which Phrenologists have made on 

 the territory of the Imman skull, they have not 

 found the organ of ignitiveness. They may de- 

 pend upon it, that such an organ is there, and we 

 shall not be surprised if we ourselves hit ujion it 

 some of these days, in om- explorations through 

 the boundless field of our own, Or more modestly 

 speaking, of some of our friend's intellects, and 

 thereby disappoint every body, and immortalize 

 ourselves after all. According to our ])hilosophy, 

 felicity in making fires depends upon organiza- 

 tion — and, therefore, a man nuist be born with a 

 genius for it, or remain a nundiskull, so far as its 

 maniti^station is concerned. Any blunderer can 

 put a good fire out, but it takes a genius to build 

 up one. 



Ladies have been remarkable, from time out of 

 mind, for the dexterity which they often manifest 

 in punching fires. Did you ever see a lady blush- 

 ing with cold, enter the room without marching 

 straight up to the fire i)!ace, picking up the tongs 

 and banging away at the fore-stick ? If you have 

 seen such a thing, you have seen a female prod- 

 igy. The desire of torturing their lovers, is not 

 more natural to the sex, than is the propensity to 

 punch the fire. Sometimes the gratification of 

 this innocent ptopensity is attended with sad dis- 

 comforts. For instance — when you have by the 

 aid of constructiveness, succeeded in building up 

 a first rate frame work for the flames to wreath 

 themselves about, and are just congratulating your- 

 self on your architectural skill, in pops your wife, 

 or sister, or some other lovely being, and picking 

 up the tongs, with one fell blow will effectually 

 level the result of your labors. The fire is knock- 

 ed into a cocked hat, as our friend would 



say, and sets up a smoke like a miniature Strom- 

 b(di. If you are like ourselves, a man of gentle 

 temper, and your amiability being unruflBed, you 

 in turn grapple the tongs and rebuild your fire 

 castle ; by the time the flames are beginning to 

 make a meal of it, in rushes another lady of the 

 family, and before you can say Jack Robinson, 

 her pretty foot twinkles, and away she kicks the 

 whole affair into a heap of smouldering ruins. — 

 The thing is done in so graceful a manner, that 

 for your life you can't get angry. You can re- 

 sume your labor again and so go on ad infinituvi, 

 as the philosophers say. 



Sheep. — Samuel Dawane of Woodstock, com- 

 municates to the Editor of the Courier the fol- 

 lowing information, which we copy for the benefit 

 of those concerned. 



I have kept Sheep for fifty years, and never 



Choick of Geese. — In choosing your Geese 

 for the table, care should be taken that the feet 

 and legs be yellow, which is an indication of the 

 bird being young ; the legs of old geese are red. 

 If recently killed, the legs will be pliable, but if 

 stale they will generally be found dry and stiff.- 

 Yankee Far. 



To THE Ladies. — If is said if you fill flower- 

 pots about half full of quick litne, and cover over 

 this a good mould, the flowere may thus be ob- 

 tained in a very short time, and at all seasons. — 

 The earth should be kept slightly moisteued, and 

 pressed down whenever it rises by the swsUing of 

 the lime. 



A little eweet oil with nutmeg grated over it, 

 given twice a day to children with the whooping 

 cough, is said to be a sovereign remedy. 



Tobacco. — Facts show th.tt pernicious influ- 

 ences may be exerted upon the secret springs of 

 life, while we are wholly unconscious of their op- 

 eration. Such is the effect of the habitual use of 

 tobacco and other narcotics, and of all stimulants 

 which, like them, make an impression on the 

 whole nervous system, without affording the ma- 

 terials of supply or nutrition. — Mussey's Essay on 

 Tobacco. 



AndovePv Theological Seminary. — The an- 

 nual catalogue gives the names of 132 members 

 of this Institution, viz : Resident Licentiates, 8 ; 

 Senior Class, 40 ; Middle Class, 47 ; Junior Class, 

 37. Rev. Justin Edwards, President ; and the 

 Rev. Messrs Wood, Stuart, Emerson and Park, 

 Professors. 



The director of a white lead manufactory in 

 France, has got rid of the disease known as pain- 

 ter's cholic, by allowing his workmen the free use 

 of sulphurated lemonade. 



