junda nn 

 veen ibe 



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A N D G A R D E N E R 'S J O U R N A L. 



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tunds nnd one ounce of twenty-five fibre eiik, be- 



,een ibe hours of htilf post 7 A. M. nnd G P. M. 



Hannah Hill commenced learning to reel May 27th, 

 )f this year) nnd obtained from her bnehel of pen-nut 

 >coons, twenty-two ounces. In the course ot the 

 ay she reeled altogether twenty-four ounces ot twen- 

 •-tive fibre silk. 



Cornelia King began learning July Ist, and nbout 

 fortnight al'ierwards, namely, on the llith of July, 

 Dt eighteen ounces of twenty-live fibre silk from one 

 .lehcl of pea-nut cocoons. 



In the silk filatures in Europe, from one to one 

 lund nnd a hnlf is considered the daily task of nn 

 v'ptrioneed rceler. 



Although the silk reeled after such limited experi- 

 ice will sell readily for $5,50 to ,*;IJ per pound, in its 

 w state, we are ready to admit that the reelevs here 

 ferred to have not yet attained perfection in the art. 

 he facts thus furnished, however, show that if the 

 leling of merchantable silk is so difficult as has been 

 [presented, why then must the success just stated 

 |*ove the very superior capacity in the directress of 

 lie model filature to teach, and in her pupils to learn. 



Two doors from ihiscBtablishment in Market street, 

 St above Eleventh, another filature has been com- 

 enced by private enterprise. This has six reels in 

 leration, but as the cocoons roieed this season are 

 nv coming in pretty fast, it will soon have at least a 

 izen reels at work. It is proper to observe that the 



edmontese reel is the only one to be seeit in cither 



'these promising establishments. 



PhUad. V. &•■ Gaz. FRAN KLIN. 



The Durham Cow "B!os.soin." 



Observing in the Pennsylvania Inquirer a short 

 ne since a statement of Mr. J. Gowen's celebrated 

 iW Dairy Maid' s yield of milk for one week which 

 1 states ''is unprecedented, being on an average rather 

 cr 33i quarts per day," I concluded to try my cow 

 lossom, a statement of whose milking for one week 

 >u will find below, and by which you will perceive 

 e averaged for the week over 35 qts. per day, nnd 

 elded 13| lbs. of well worked butter. Not having 

 spring house we are obliged to keep our milk in a 

 liar, which at this season of the year every one nc- 

 lainted with the process of butter making knows 

 oiUd be unfavorable for a large yield. My dairy 

 aid is firm in the belief that at a cooler season, or 

 ith a spring house, the cream she had from Blossom 

 r the week would have yielded 15 or 16 lbs. of bitt- 

 r. 



Uncommon as this produce may be, I do not consi- 

 r it more so than the fact of her having never been 

 y since she had her first calf, more than two years 

 and in the spnce of 25 months hay produced five 

 'ing calves, viz. on the 5th of April, 1838, she had 

 r first calf (Delaware) on the Ith of July, 1839, 

 e had twina (Liberty and Inrlependciicc,J and on 

 e 16th of May, 1840, she had twins again (Romeo 

 ■,d Juliet,) and I think I can safely say that during 

 e whole of that time she has averogcd full "20 quarts 

 r day with her first calf and mnde near 12 lbs. of 

 .tier per week. 



As I consider it an injury both to the cow and calf 

 milk up to calving, we tried both Inst year and this 

 get her dry a few weeks before the time, but found 

 impossible although we kept her off of grass for 

 me days. 



As yon may suppose, such constant milking keeps 

 ir very much reduced : if she could be got dry for a 

 ne so as to gain tlesh, I think her yield would be 

 uch greater, but am satisfied with it for the present, 

 id until I see it beaten ; when that is done I will try 

 again, for the credit of little Delaware. 

 Blossom is a thorough bred short horn Durham, 

 lOn color, calved in 1835, bred by Charles Henry 

 all, Esq. of New York, (of whom 1 purchased her 

 hen two years old) she was giit by Foz s Regent, 

 im the imported cow Leonora, (a great milker) by a 

 \\\oi Layicastcr, S^c. 



Very respectfully. SAMUEL CANBY. 



Woodside, June S9th, 1840. 



Blossom's yield of Milk for one week. 



Total. 

 Morning. Noon. Evening, qts. pt. 



one 13. 12 qts. II J Hi 34 1 



14. 191 llj II 34 1 



15. 12i 11 Hi 35 



16. 12i 12i 11' 36 



17. 12J lU 11 35 

 18- 13 12" 114 36 1 

 19. 13| llj 11 36 



Total, ' 247 1 



leing on nn average over 35 quarta per day. — Dela- 

 <xrc Journal. 

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The following just remarks, prefixed to the article 

 of our correspondent R. S. S. publithed in a previous 

 number of this paper, are from the pen of the Editor 

 of the American Farmer : 



Hollow Horn. 



In the same number of the New Genesee Farmer, 

 we find some observations on the diceaecs of cattle 

 which we read with peculiar snlisfnction : because it 

 appears to be from the pen of a regularly hreil phy- 

 sician; and to ha\c been wiitten purely from motives 

 of benevolence end a desire to ho UEcful. We have 

 often maintained the importance of having in i:ll our 

 medical schools, a depnrtmont in which coir.puraii\e 

 anatomy and the diseases of nnimnls ehoul.l bo tludied 

 nnd taught. The young men who are educated there 

 generally go into the country to estnblish themselves, 

 nnd it often happens that tbeir skill might be employed 

 in saving the lives of valuable animals, tonie of them 

 much more so than some of their bi-ped, bloated whis- 

 key-drinking patients. The legislatures in granting 

 charters to colleges and med'cnl schools should make 

 it incumbent on the corporation to maintain a profcs- 

 stirship of this sort, ond every farmer should make his 

 son attend that course of lectures, whether it 

 were his intention to make medicine n profession or 

 not. For ourselves, when tt favorite animal gets in- 

 jured or sick, v.e call in at once the advice of our fa- 

 mily physician, instead of relying on quacks and old 

 women; we have never found them hesitate to take an 

 honorable and lively interest in the case, as though it 

 were a human being ; and why should they not ? A 

 sick man can point you to the scat of pain and describe 

 the symptoms of his disease — but the poor speechless 

 dog or horse must depend on your humanity, and of- 

 ten loses his life by false conjectures and remedies 

 blindly administered — toe often by their neglect. Last 

 winter, the ground being covered with snow, we dis- 

 covered on rising early in the morning spots and 

 streams of blood about the born yard and fields, and 

 at last found a favorite saddle horse had gotten out of 

 the stable, and had been kicked under the jaw. The 

 heel of the shoe of another horse had cut the artery, 

 and although by the eongulation of the blood on the 

 outside, the hairbeing long, it would sometimes stop, 

 it would soon break out again to bleed with more vio- 

 lence. We sent in haste for Dr. Thomas Franklin, 

 who came with as much alacrity ns if he had been 

 called to a friend, bound up the wound, but distrusted 

 the sufficiency of the remedy and directed that should 

 it break out again he might be sent for. After remain- 

 ing so all that day, it broke out in the night — the Dr. 

 was again sent for — it was found that no bandage 

 would prevent the bleeding as soon as the horse be- 

 gan to masticate, and to save his life it was necessary 

 to east him and have the artery taken up. Here would 

 a most valuable horse have been lost had it not been 

 for the exercise of that knowlepge of anatomy and 

 surgery which ought to be taught to farmers' eons in 

 all incorporated schools. Let us add the fact, that 

 this faithful horse appeared to be aware that he was 

 bleeding to death, for he was traced in his course, 

 first to the dwelling house, where, finding no succor, 

 he traveled across a corn-field, over the snow, to the 

 Only quarter there was on the plantation, to the dis- 

 tance of nearly a mile, for which he could have had no 

 morive or inducement, but to expose his danger and 

 seek relief. But to the ease in the Genesee Farmer 

 described by R. S. S. who we take to be a Right 

 Skilful Surgeon — here it is — It may be used in cases 

 of hollow horn, which in some parts of the country is 

 said to be caused by hollow belly. Yet there will be 

 one difficulty in administering the remedy he suggests 

 — Reader, would you know what that is ? — Not one 

 fanner in twenty lias a jjideme to bleed with ! 



To make Wives Love their Homes. 



A great deal has been said, here and elsewhere, a- 

 houtthestayat home dutyof wives; and the obligation 

 under which they live, to make home pleasant and 

 comfortable, attractive nnd all that. The inference 

 from this one sided preachment and caution is, that 

 men have nothing to do in the matter; and that noth- 

 ing depends upon them in relation to the comforts of 

 what is intended to be the pleosnnt place upon earth. — 

 Women are soundly rated for gadding, as if they bad 

 no right to be seen out of doors; while men may treat 

 their houses as mere cook-shops, and ploces where 

 lodgings are provided for them — coming in only to 

 their food and to their beds, and no body questions ei- 

 ther their right thus to neglect their families, or the 

 propriety and policy of such neglect. 



When a man thus contemptuously treats his home, 

 and evinces in every action his prcfcrcr.ca tor ony 



place except his own fireside, what are we to expect of 

 thercttof "the folks" but that lliey should emulate 

 the father of the tiiiiiily, nnd desjiise home too ? If 

 they make it comfortable, it nuibt be from selfibh con- 

 siderations; for nobody cares niiy thing obout it more 

 than nn hour ut n time. All the efliirls of the wife to 

 cnll attention to improvements and ullcrntioiis in the 

 household being lost, or, ct most, responded to in the 

 Innguage nnd tone of indifi'erence, she becomes dispir- 

 ited; nnd iiniurally Icnrns to put n small estimate upon 

 what rcceivesbuism.nll eonsiderniion from others. Of 

 course she must " gad" or be miserable. 



W.ves and religion ore treated much nlike in this 

 world. Ilolli, to use nn Hibcrnicism, nie conceded the 

 one thing nerdful— ^nnd both are neglected. To both 

 a great deal of lip worship is paid — tmd towards both, 

 to do humnn nnlure justice, there is n great deal of 

 warmth of heart. It is however but nn abstract feeling 

 — a sentiment by fits and etorts, which comes over one 

 when he is melted by adversity, or cheered by extra- 

 ordinary good fortune. It comes out ii]ion prtat oc- 

 casions, but in the daily walks of life, where its influ- 

 ence should be seen nnd felt, it is a hidden thing. If 

 a man is dying himtelf, he calls upon his Maker with 

 ns much fervency as if he had never forgotten Ilim; 

 ond if his wile is at the point of death, he mukce him- 

 self as busy nnd nnxious as if he had ne\er forgotten 

 her. The same feeling, equalized through lus life, 

 would pi event a mnn's terrible anxiety at the hour of 

 death; ond proper and attentive care of his wife, at all 

 times, and under all circumstances, would leave him 

 no necessity to be over anxious to otone for usual re- 

 mifsnese when she is in danger or distrecs. 



Every married man who does not know that his 

 wife's whole soul is in her bouse, ought to karii it. — 

 If such be not her disposition he will stand a fair chance 

 to be unhappy, unices, indeed, be con find some means 

 to alter her tastes, or to conform his houechold and 

 his pursuits to her peculiar mental coni'oimalii n. — 

 Waiving such as extraordinary ccecs, and toking wo- 

 men as we usually find them, the married mon thould 

 consider his house as his wife's empire; nnd if he would 

 obtain and keep a hold upon her sincere afleclions, he 

 must lesrn to feel nn interest in all she does within her 

 proper sphere. The veriest trifle that takes place at 

 home by her direction, is conducted with a view to 

 his comfort and wishes. Mon do not think of this 

 sufficiently. Their cores and intercourse are divided 

 on so many different points and among so many dif- 

 ferent people, that they cannot, without schooling 

 their niiiida to the subject, comprehend a wo- 

 man's single attachment to one person, and care for 

 him. He cannot realize that it is his duty to meet this 

 by a corresponding feeling, to be shown always at 

 home. Engrossed in the weighty cares of business, 

 he forgets that what appear but trifles to him, employ 

 OS much the attention of his wife, as his negociotions 

 upon 'change, or his business tronsoctione or cfibirs oc- 

 cupy him. He would feel sadly annoyed, if what ho 

 chooses to tell his wife of his business, did not inter- 

 est her, or if she made nc inquiries relative to his busi- 

 ness and prospects. 



On the same ground, he ehonld reflect that his w i.^'e 

 has a right to be netded and vexed, and moy naturally 

 become habitually despondent, if he passes the budget 

 of domestic news without the expression of any inter- 

 est. He ought to see the whole cdvontoges of ony re- 

 moval of the furniture, ony change of the carpet, or 

 indeed ony movement within doois which she may 

 have resolved upon in her cabinet councils. He may 

 even assume a right to a voice in these discussions, nnd 

 she will like it all the better, if he do not attempt tco 

 often the exercise of the veto power. She is queen of 

 the realm; he should be, in o mnnner, a Prince Al- 

 bert — a sort of a subject consort; never disputing her 

 authority, but making suggestions, os Prince Albert 

 most certainly will. He may be sure that if he at- 

 tempts to dictation, and merely expresses wishes, and 

 acknowledges gratification, that the bare expreesion 

 of interest in household matters will put him in the 

 attitude of a " power behind the throne, greater than 

 the throne itself." 



This participation of the husband in nfTairs nt home, 

 will necessarily keep him more in the house. He will 

 never find a chance to complain of his wife's gadding, 

 because, having no inducement to seek sympathy ond 

 society abroad, she will become domestic from choice 

 ondhobit. The participont in all her plans ond pur- 

 suits, he will know better than to be in a pet at her 

 trips abroad, because he will understand her motive 

 and her reason for all such excursions. In n word, 

 being a reasonable husband, he can but have n reason- 

 able wife, for there are few, if any, laults of husband 

 and wives, that arc not mutual. — N. Y. Dispatch. 



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