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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



APKIL 29, 194 P. 



ANn HOBTICDLTOHiL lEGISTER. 



Boston, WEDNEstAy, April 29, 1840. 



ralure of from Tf) to 80 dfg. Far., and at night always would have found ninnies enough lo have bought llicni 

 about 80 deg. This last may be obtained after the chick- at fifty cents or seventyfive cents a tree — Our growers 

 ens are over a week old, by a light box, with a hole in and sellers here do not understand matters. If they 



POULTRY. 



We have much pleasure in presenting to our readers 

 the reply of our friend Hunt to the queries put to him a 

 few weeks since in the IN. E. Farmer They are full and 

 satisfactory. V\c should be glad to hear again from our 

 correspondent at Ro.xbury, who can, no doubt, if lie will, 

 give us some valuable suggestions from his experience. 

 We published in our last the auioiint of eggs exporled 

 from Westport to New York nuuUet. The number of 

 eggs and the amount received for l^em were enormous, 

 and show that " many lillles make a mickle." 



" The capital invested in poultry and rabbits in Great 

 Britain is estimated at £10,000,000 sterling." -'When 

 we look," says McQueen, " at the imjsiehse number of 

 eggs brought from Ireland, (50 tons of eggs and JO tons 

 of live and dead poultry having been shipped from Dub- 

 lin alone in one day,) and ()0.000,000 -eggs imported 

 from France for London alone ;and this immense num- 

 ber a trifle certainly to what are produced in this country, 

 we shall cease to wonder at the large capital Ivere stated 

 lo be invested in pwuliry ofall kinds The quantity of 

 eggs imported into Liverpool from IreUnd in ISiVJ, was 

 4097 crates, vahie .£81,940 sterling; which at fid. per 

 doz. gives 3,277,600 dozens, and the number 39,331,^00. 

 In 1833, the import bnd increased to 7,851 (rates, or up- 

 wards of 70.000,000. The number imported into Glas- 

 gow from Ireland in 1835, by the custom house entries, 

 was 19,321 crates, which at nine eggs to a pound, gives 

 the number, 17 45P,50i8 



The production and consumption of poultry, game, &c. 

 in Great Britain and Ireland, niay be judged of by the 

 consmnplion of Paris, in 1822, of the following articles 

 and animals, according to Count Chalsol— 931,000 pig- 

 eons, 1 ,289,000 chickens, 549,000 turkeys, 328,000 geese, 

 131,000 partidges, 177,000 rabbits, 174,000 ducks." 



This shows the magnitude of an interest which is 

 deemed by most farmers of too trifling consideration to 

 be worth making any calculation about. It is, without 

 doubt, a proporlionately great interest in this country ; 

 yet who \a this aspect deems it worth uttejiding lo. 



As to our good friend Hunt's pertinacity about his per- 

 sonal beauty, it will be seen lh.it be struts about and 

 crows as loud as any old rooster. Now we shall not dis- 

 pute tb* point any farther with him, but quit the yard ; 

 and, as most people do who hear him, we agree to ' sign,' 



H. C. 



WvoMiNo, Peun., April 20, 1840. 

 To the Editor df the New England Farmer : 



Dear Sib — In reply to the inquiries in your paper of 

 the 8th inst., I answer — 



1. There is but one way to keep your roosters separate, 

 and that is lo have sepaiale yards for them A yard five 

 feet by ten is large enough for a rooster and twelve hens. 



2. I give my hens flesh raw or cooked, just as is con- 

 venient. When I could obtain it, I gave the liverj &c. 

 of any animal, cut up into small pieces. One sheep 

 pluck I found sufficient lor nineteen hens and two roos- 

 ters for seven days. Fat pork, boiled or raw, always sets 

 the hen a singing — a sure precursor of laying 



3. A temperature of about tempcrnte is best. This is 

 generally obtained by a tight room with glass windows. 

 I am satisfied, however, that a small stove in severe 

 weather, would be of great service, I am preparing a 

 house thus furnished. 



4. Young chickens for the firsi week require a tompe- 



one end, at the bottom. The heat of the, bodies of the 

 chickens will .soon raise the temperature to the right de- 

 gree, I observe here, that I found my opinion as to the 

 degree of heat requisite for young chickens, on actual 

 experiment with the thermometer and the old hen, fol- 

 lowing nature as niy guide : she is generally right, 



5, I raised one hundred and fifty 

 twcntyfive feet long and seven feel 

 in front, and four feet high in rear. The roof was cov 



would put them into Toyal hands in New York or under 

 medical care in Pennsylvania, with a tew hampers of 

 champaigne, just to nioisten the throats of the bidders, so 

 thai Ihey could speak loud enough for the auctioneer to 

 hear them, they would be likely to go olV better. But it is 

 ralher dry woik here. Two thousiind of the Alpine like- 



hicket:s in a room wise, were oflTercd last week for seven dollars and a half. 



ide ; two feet high , Towards the many honest and industrious persons 

 who iiave been beguiled into the mulberry tree spec- 



ered tight for the space of four feet ; the remaining three | ujalion by fictilious sales, and gro.ss impositions of va- 



feet and the front of the room was covered with slats 

 just far enough apart to keep the chickens from getting 

 out. The chickens were put into this, having a southern 

 exposure, after they were about two weeks old, and kept 

 there until they were well fledged The tight box of 

 course placed in the oven for them to sleep in. The 

 three-feetslat covering I had made so that I could re- 

 move it, to get 

 water and for I 



rious kinds, in many cases to their utter ruin, we feel 

 a sincere commiseration ; but with respect lo many oth- 

 eis, whose sole purpose was to enrich themselves at the 

 expense of the unwary — who hesilated at no means to 

 wcomplish their unworthy ends, and who, emboldened 

 and inflated by their early successes, ventured ail their 

 gains with a view to larger acquisitions, no one need la- 

 nto the room if necessary. A pan for | ,„enl that they have swamped their boat and gone to the 

 bottom. It is only a just retribution. 

 . Providence, however, will bring good out of evil. The 

 introduction of the inoius niullicaulis must prove in the 

 end an eminent blessing to the country. It is one of the 

 most valu.ible plants that was ever grown ; and if it 

 should become acclimated, of which there are strong 

 to let dopes, will be one of the main springs of a most valuable 

 branch of domestic industry. 



d, with the sleeping box, furnishes Ihe 

 llthechick 



6 If you put one old hen in, she will kill 

 ens except her own. 



7. Answered in 5. 



8. You may take the young chickens as soon 

 are a day (dd from the hen. It is best, liowev 

 them remain a dav or two. 



they 



arrols. They would not 



So far as the N. E. Farmer is concerned , we feel a pe- 

 culiar satisfaction in that it cannot be charged upon us 



9. Answered in 5. 



10. 1 gave my hens 

 eat them. They are fond of raw turnips cut up ; also of j ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ j^^^j j^ encouraging this most cxlraor- 

 ruta baga. I suppose that any food they will eat is good ■ ^^^^^^ speculation, the multicaulis bubble, which has ex- 



foK them. . | ploded, not sooner than we anlicipatid, and brought ruin 



11. The moulting varies. Hens in good condition ^^j ^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ,,^,_^,,^^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ 



moult in a shorter time than llwso which are V°'"-^^ | c.ellent people. Nor can it be said that we did not dis- 



12. I have not been able lo ascertain "the habitat" ofjj„y^jjgj, ■^^_ jj,,,^.!, ,o ,|,g ,.,nnoya„ce of some of our good 

 the Creole. They are white with black spols all over, , friends, when we expressed our opinion that it was quite 

 except the neck, which is perfectly white. Their tails | ^^ ^^j^^. ^^ ^j^.g f^j-^^ ^^^^^ apiece for cabbage plants as for 

 are more fan-like or displayed during laying lime, and j mu|t,cau]js plants ; and in various other forms attempted 

 their rumps present a fuller or more elevated appearance ! ,o ^\\^y ,||g popular fever. But what is the use of stand- 

 tJian other chickens. The ends of the tail feaihers are j ;„„ ^p before a hurricane ,' and what does a man gain, 

 generally blackish. They can be obtained about Pliila- as Dr Franklin remadis, who spits against th"e wind, but 

 delphia. The purest kind can be obtained in Bucking- I ,o ^pit ;„ |,ig (,„,„ (ace ? These trees are now almost as 

 ham, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, My good friend, Win. I much below their actual value as ihey have been above 

 H. Johnston, of ihat p'ace, will cheerfully direct to such 

 persons as have iheiii. They are 

 setters. 



13. Judge Burr, of Vincent Town, New Jersey, I 

 the Booby hen, and the finest 



seen any where — The long Bucks county hens weighing 

 so much, are the Malays. They are not good layer.-i, and 

 llieir eggs arc very apt to have two yolks : of course 

 do not hatch well 



With re.'spect, 



THOS. P. HUNT. 



They aie fully worth all it costs to raise ihem. The 



pital layers — poor ; sjlk culture must go on in the country, and conducted in 



a domestic way, will yield all reasonable profits. With 



these we ought to be satisfied. To this object the morus 



llection of poultry 1 have | multicaulis will lend a most essential and valuable aid. 



I H, C. 



j OPPORTUNITY FOR EMIGRANTS 



I Mb Colman — I have received a letter from a highly 

 ' respectable gentlemen in Fayette county, Virginia, mak- 

 "ng certain inquiries, wliich, as Ihey may be interesting 



N. B. — You were wrongly iiifiirnied as to my teaching I to some of our enterprising young farmers, who are dis- 

 mv children to believe me to be ' the handsomest man," I posed to emigrate, I know of no mode in which both they 

 &c. I was not under that necessity. They believed it i andthe writer can be so well subserved, as by ihe publica- 



by jn(»j((on— andl insist upon it that that which is intui- 

 tively true, cannot be demonstratively false. Of course, 

 I am not content lo admit then, that your judgment is in- 

 fallibly correct. All that I can admit is, yoor judgment 

 is sincere ; but my children say they have never seen a 

 man as handsome as I am, nor do they believe llial yii 

 have 



REVERSES IN TUADE. 

 At a sale of moms multicaulis on Saturday last in Bos- 

 Ion, 1000 superior plants with good roots, were sold for 

 ten dollars— one cent apiece. On Monday, a lot 5 ft. 

 high brought two cents apiece, and a lot of 3 ft high, 

 half a cent each. Two years ago and these same trees 



lion of the following extract in the Farmer, if you should 

 think that it may possibly be beneficial to any portion of 

 our fellow citizens. 



Yours, trulv, 



H AS, DEARBORN, 



^* 1 have a large tiat t of western Virginia land, on to 

 which 1 removed wilh my family a few years since, and 

 am trying to establith a firm. I have neverowned slaves 

 and do not wish to do so, if I can get on with white la- 

 bor ; I therefore should bi; glad to obtain the services of 

 two moral, industrious young men, sons of farmers, and 

 brought up to-practical agriculture, from a term of not 

 less than two years, on Ihe terms of taking lands at the 



