Now, sir, as regards myself, I deny in Mo, of 

 lavinsr ever sold any Berkshire pigs to W. S. Tar- 

 icr, or any other person in that town. If Mr Tur- 

 ler purchased them from me, he has some written 

 ividenee of the fact, either in a bill, certificate, or 

 etter. 



I called on Mr Lossing, (not Glanson,) who 

 leremptorily donies ever having sold any pigs to a 

 lerson by that name. 



Jlr Lossing also informed me that late in the 

 pring or early in the summer, a person from the 

 ast called on him for Berkshire pigs; but having 

 lone except those that were engaged, enquired of 

 im if he knew where he could find them, or some 

 hit "I esemhled the Berishircs^' ! ! ! And he "was 

 ot ven/ particular — the runts would answer, if he 

 ould obtain them at a low price." " Dunder un 

 lixum !" a Dutchman would exclaim, " dese tam 

 'anks peats de very tuyval." 



Not long after this, Mr L. was informed' that a 

 erson going east with a lot of pigs and offering 

 !iem for sale, exhibited a certificate with his name 

 ttached, as an inducement to purchase. This Mr 

 i. declares a forgery. 



In another letter lately received from a gentle- 

 lan near you, I am informed that "most of the dro- 

 ers who pass through *******j where 1 keep my 

 wine, have pigs which they call '■pure BerltsMres' 

 t least a few in each drove, and the invariable sto- 

 y is, that the pigs were got by your boar, out of 

 ome sow in your vicinity, by which means they in- 

 ure the true breed." 



Now I am not at all surprised at this, for a man 

 iving near me does not hesitate to sell half breeds 

 or the pure blood Blerkshire ; and, I am sorry to 

 ay it, there are others in this vicinity, who would 

 o the same, should an opportunity ofler. 



Mr T,, for aught I know, may have the pure 

 {erkshire pigs ; and had he not published that he 

 rocured them of me, I should have let it pass un- 

 oticed ; but having used my name without my au- 

 hority, I deem it a duty I owe the public as well 

 s those wlio have purchased of me, to make the 

 bove exposition. 



Respectfully, Yours, 



CALEB N. BEMENT. 



Three Hills Farm, Albany, Oct. nth, 1839. 



For the New England Parmer. 



Mb Bkeck — I noticed in the Farmer a few 

 eeks since, an article upon " Cows holding up their 

 Milk," and having met with difficulty in one of my 

 ;ows, I wish information upon the subject, if any 

 if the readers of the Farmer will give it me. 



1 have a fine, large and stately cow, very gentle, 

 10 fault but this. I let the calf suck till seven 

 veeks old, expecting to kill it; but at that time 



raise her. Hhc is now V.i weeks old, feeds well, 

 eats gross, and at night stands in a stall near thi.' 

 cow. Very frequently the cow refuses to give 

 down her milk without nuicli labor, and often at 

 night she will not give more than half tlie milk in 

 her bag. She does not turl up her back, as is gen- 

 erally the cose, but appears to suck in or draw up 

 her whole bag, leaving the teats dry — and she ap- 

 pears to know what she is about while ' she docs it. 

 Now, Mr Breck, if any of your readers can recom- 

 mend a cure, I should like it, — or perhaps you, sir, 

 have a remedy ; if so, do let me nave it, for I value 

 tlie cow too well to be obliged to sell her. 



October ]5. N. V. 



From the Albany Argus of October >. 



DEATH OF JUDGE BUEL. 



We discharge a melancholy office in announcing 

 the death of another of our most respected and val- 

 uable citizens. Judge JESSE BUEL expired at 

 Danbury, Ct., at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, in 

 the 63d year of his age. In consonance with the 

 general sorrow, and as a tribute to the character of 

 the first proprietor of thi» journal, our columns ap- 

 pear in the habiliments of mourning. 



Having accepted invitations to deliver anniversa- 

 ry addresses before the Horticultural and Agricultu- 

 ral Societies of Norwich and New Haven, Conn., on 

 the 25th and 27th ult, he left home about a fortnight 

 since, with that view. At Danbury, he was seized 

 on Sunday sen'night with bilious colic, of which he 

 was relieved in the course of the twentyfour hours ; 

 but bilious fever supervened, and he sank under it 

 after an illness of more than a week — receiving, 

 during the time, every attention, and unremitted 

 medical attendance from the hands of strangers. It 

 was not until Friday last, however, soon after his 

 son had left him on his return to Albany to request 

 the attendance of his family physician, that the dis- 

 order assumed an alarming aspect. He was ac- 

 companied on his journey by his only daughter, of 

 whom he took an affecting and final leave, in the 

 full possession of his mental faculties, a few mo- 

 ments before he calmly breathed his last. 



Intelligence was brought yesterday morning by 

 express, announcing the expected fatal termination 

 of his illness. It was a melancholy surprise to his 

 anxious family on reaching the steam boat wharf in 

 the afternoon, on their route to his place of illness, 

 to be among the first to learn that his remains had 

 been brought by the Coiumbus, the day boat from 

 New York, which arrived before the departure .of 

 the afternoon boat. The body had been brought 

 from Danbury to Poughkeepsie, and thence to this 

 city. 



For the last thirty years. Judge Buel has occu- 

 pied a wide space in the political and agricultural 

 world. In 1813, he removed to this city from Ul- 

 ster county, and established the Albany Argus. In 

 the following year he was appointed printer to the 

 State, and discharged the duties of that station and 

 of the editorship of the paper, until 1821, when he 

 retired to the farm in the suburbs of the city, since 

 so widely and favorably known as the "Albany 

 Nursery." After his retirement from his editorial 

 labors, he represented the city for successive years 

 in the popular branch of the legislature, and at the 

 period of his death was a Regent of the University. 

 His last appearance in political life was as the gub- 

 ernatorial candidate of the opponents of the national 

 administration in 1836. 



broad sense of the word, practically and scientifi- 

 colly, that he has built h's fame of a public bene- 

 factor. As such, he was known throughout this 

 continent and in the old world ; and no man has 

 cpntributed more, as a writer and in practical life, 

 to elevate, inform aiul improve the agriculture of 

 his ago. Nearly six years ago, as an auxiliary in 

 his plan for the diffusion of knowledge on this sub- 

 ject. Judge B. established "The Cultivator," a 

 monthly publication of the highest value, and of 

 great and varied information, and which has attain- 

 ed a vast circulation throughout the American con- 

 tinent. His labors, however, were not confined to 

 his monthly publication, ample as were its pages. 

 His pen was in constant requisition upon nearly ev- 

 ery subject connected with the cultivation of the 

 soil, and hie correspondence throughout the Union 

 ond abroad was extensive. In example, not less 

 than in precept he may be said to have conferred 

 blessings that will continue to fructify and ripen 

 into fruit, long after his body shall have mingled 

 with his favorite earth. 



As a neighbor and a citizen — and in all the re- 

 lations of domestic life — he was without reproach. 

 He was esteemed not less for his integrity than his 

 intelligence and worth — for the unaffected affabili- 

 ty and simplicity of manner in his intercourse with 

 his fellow men. He may be said to have lived for 

 utility, and to have died in the prosecution of hie 

 favorite employment. His death is a public be- 

 reavement, which all will mourn as irreparable. 



PRESERVING POTATOES. 



Wherever practicable, potatoes should be dug 

 during dry 'weather, as the earth is then less liable 

 to adhere to them, and they soon become dry. — 

 They should be exposed as short a time as possible 

 to the light, as it always injures their quality for 

 whatever use they are intended. Hence a coarse 

 blanket or boards should be employed to cover 

 them in the heap or wagon, during the time that 

 they necessarily remain in the field. Exposure to 

 the light for any length of time, even in a cellar, 

 greatly injures potatoes ; the bins therefore, in 

 which they are kept, should be so constructed ae 

 to exclude it entirely ; in short, they should be 

 kept in a state similar to that before thej^are dug, 

 that is, secure from air and light, with a slight de- 

 gree of moisture to prevent withering, and a tem- 

 perature so low as to keep them from vegetating. 

 The difference in the quality caused by good and 

 bad keeping, is very rarely appreciated. 



When they are buried in the field, a dry piece 

 ef'ground should be selected, which shall be at all 

 times entirely free from surface water. They are 

 to be covoi'ed, first, thickly with stiaw, and after- 

 wards with several inches of compact earth. A 

 secohd thick coat of straw and another of earth is 

 then to be applied. The straw for the other or sec- 

 ond coat, should be long and straight, such as has 

 been thrashed with a flail, and placed in a position 

 so as to throw the moisture and wet from the peah 

 down the side, like the thatching of a roof. This 

 keeps the inner coat of earth dry, and effectually 

 prevents the water from penetrating the heap. The 

 earth for the outer coat should be fine and compact, 

 so as to throw off the rain. If these directions are 

 carefully attended to, there will be no danger of 

 losing potatoes by freezing and rotting, and they 

 will keep in the best condition till spring — Gene- 

 see Farmer. 



