Farmers' Gazette, and Cheraw Advertiser, 1839-12-20

t-v..ly xuffW in consequence of this negl.-rt in the way of colds, distemper, loss of flesh, 6tc. Horses that arc kept in warm tables nt ull times of the year, do not have that variation in the thickness of coat during the winter or sumirv-r, that occurs to those exposed to the vicisstudes of our climate. They resemble in this respect, the animals of a warm climate ; but experience shows, that such warm housing, is unfavorable to their general health, and that when exposed to the cold of out latitudes, they suffer far more than those animals do, that hove been inur< d to ^exposure, and their hair has bo. come adapted to its exigencies. Horses that are suffered to lie in pastures after cold weather cornea on. instead of having their hair short and smooth, have i' longer and thicker, and ofcourse, standing out more in the manner of fur-producing animals during the season. Such animals, when afterwards put in the stable, though the appearance of the coat may be iinprov. ed. cannot be made to look like those taken up before the thickeuing of the coat for win ter begins. Farmers, and others, therefore who are nice shout the nppenranco of their horses, must take them from the pasture to the stable, as soon ns the fall moulting commences; those who r-gard his comfort more Ihnnthis appearance, will permit sufficient exposure to thicken his coat and prepare him to meet the blasts of winter, without injury. Geo. Farmer. PROPAGATING FRUIT TREKS FROM SCIONS A subscriber iri Vermont lately requested to know whether apple trees could not be1 propagated from scions or cuttings ; tho Imst season for cutting the shoots ; the m-thr>d of preserving them till wanted ; the mode of setting or planting them ; and whether tho trees when grown would be like tho original stock ? dec. The following extract from the Farmer's Cabinet is the best re. ply WO are able to give, hnvinrr n?v..r irio/t

- - ? ?? ? ?wr 8(119 in summer is sent oflT to market immediately, and ueforo the rancid dinner, shut up in the lum,>s has begun to ferment und send j forth its eflliivn ; id us most fresh butter will, fir a few dnys, taste swee', tho purchaser makes hu: llr.le difference in price, and this is tltc prhiHpat cause whysu great :i proportion of our butter is carelessly made. !? is nurricd off* to market and is not sufF r.'d to rest long enough to rot on our liniuls. Toe old tuno of, "Robin's alive" is sung?4,If it dies in my hands you may saddle-buck me." To make butter that may '00 kept sweet hrough the winter we need not say the pails and the pans must be perfectly clean. It cr am is 10 be kept moro than three days before churning it mnst be salted and da.ly stirred. When the butter is formed and gathered tho buttermilk should be all turned from the bu teriuid good quantity of puro I cold water should bu put in the churn, and tho whole should be agitated for somo min. u'os that no buttermilk may lodge in the caviti"S of the butter. Wo are well awnro that somo have fancied "we wash away the goodness," when we churn tho butter in water; but w e are happy to see better notions latterly prevailing, und that the colebratcd highland Scotch butter is made as our own experience lias proved to bu best. There is no mistake i about it. The buttermilk left in tho butter! is the principal cause of its rancid taste ' when long kept. Tho butter must now betaken out with a small wooden shovel?maple wood is good?and the dairy woman's hand?clean or unclean must not touch the butter, for it must not bo molted. This shovel should bu used to work over tho butter and let out t .e water pnnioimwl >?? ' *'?

" AccicJ.?n him discovered to a Fn'i.eh firmer a very simple mod'.* of destroying weevils in corn warehouses, happening to lay in too corner of a granary in \v|?:ch there was a quanty of corn, soma sheep skins with clip f| nee on, he was no' n little surprised th find (hum, a f-w d ays nfor, covered ri'h'dfiiii! woev.ls. He rc|ie?t?N| ih" rxperbnetitj sovornl tioi's, and always wilh tho sauio success. At l ist ho ordered his corn to he stirrsd up, and not a single weevil remained in it." C remain sir, vours, London Farmers' Magazine.] A CONSTANT RE\DER. From the Franklin Farmer. COLOR OF HnKKCS. D-'cp or dark hays ana browns, for use and exposure to woa hor, ore to be preferred. They arc more fixed or stand b"<:er. Chesnuts, dark, are pretty good, and I'ght is also a good racing color, but gro-v rusty, when exposed. Greys, when woll rubbed and ia fine condition, look well, nay splendid *111 superb trapping. Chevnut roans nod bay roans, when well kept, are also good and handsome. Dark red sorrels are good for the saddle, but arc not favorites in harness. Some like duns, and I have seen good hors s of this shade. The yellow mare by Tandem, was a good one. /Somo like blacks, hut. perhaps it in iv be prejudice in me, I never saw a good black horse. Sorcerer and his sire Trurr pator are called blacks. I reckon they were dark browns, and that aerii. pulotis examination of the muzzles and flanks would have shown 1I10 chesnut or bay. Pale colors are to be rejected as in dicalive of wasting constitutions. CROFTS. From the Mississippi Fanner. CULTIVATION OF MILLET. Tho following communication will doubt, less be read with interest, it is from the

? ?" the wants of the nimal, or thoclimute it inhabits. Undor the eauator, the hair of animal is scattering, and with few excop'ions coarse ; as we recede from that point, the hair becomes thicker and finer, until in high northern latitudes, fur of tho finoncss of silk, constitutes almost the entire covering. Tho horse is subject to the same laws, that govern other anim ils in this nmpccl, ns may be Rrn-n by comparing the Arabian horse, or other southern horses with the northernmost bn-eds, the Shetland horse, for in stance. In the first, the hair is short and smooth during the whole year ; while in the latter, it is long ntall times, and during the winter, has tho thickness and closeness, al. most of wool. Animals shed, or moult thoir hair, twice a year ; in the spring, to prepare them for ih?* summer heats ; and in the fall, to nvtke way for a now thicker, and finer covering. These changes of hair, or moulting are al- j ways productive of more or hnts constitutional disturbance to the animal, affecting his health, and frequently requiring the attcn-1 lion of bin owner. While tho horse s shielding his hair efforts to hasten the process," re improper ; and the old hair should not be removed until the young is prepared to take its place. Rubbing down, to remove the loo.ened coat, and give a slight friction of the sk n, is admissible, but at this time, the curry_comb,or card, should be banished from the stable. At this period there is always more or less fever, and any treatment that can add to the irritation of the skin must bo carefully avoided. Farmers in L'enerul pay liitle attention to their animals nt this season and their horses not imfVen.

i lining, j<tkiii?, wtupping and spirting, might have beun tried in vain to make him leap tho fence?with a moment to think about it(nnd a nice dose of flattering applause, he flew over it like an experienced hunter. More ubout this hereafter. Boston Times. From the Pranklin Farmer. treatment of brokbn limbs of horses. To the Editor of the Pranklin Farmer s Dear Sir.?Be ng a great lover of stock, and deriving more pleasure by contributing to that part of animnted nature that cannot make its wanta known to man, than from any other sourc* ,and learning through your paper that M-doc has mot with a misfortune that may prove fatal, ! have thought fit to give you the reault of my experience in n parallel casu that occurred to a Jack lost spring. I feel mucli hesitation in doing this, being wi ll apprized that Modoc is in the neighborhood of as good surgical aiJ, as can be procured in the west; but oa cures are frequently the result of accidentt as well as the effect of mature thought and experience, a tyro in the profession, may be pardoned for sugg?eting his opinions, even o the sage ?but to my case. The left fore arm was fractured trtnsversly, about five inches above the knee joint, the bone betwixt this fracture and the knee, was split down to the joint, so that, in renluy there were two fractures, communicating with euch othor. The first tiling done, was to suspend him, tor tho reason that it had been tho practice heretofore, ' but close attention soon satisfied me that my animal was v? ry uncomfortable and restl ss. Although I knew, the fracturod nai*le o/ihM !??? L.-S4? * '

_ _B... vuuiu wuini HO nns a sudJIoor a harness shipped upon him. so hnrd as to make nim tmglii again. Ho is put into soma strong cart or wagon witi.oul understanding what is wanted, and being bewi) tared in his ignorancc.nnd exasperated at such rough handling, it is generality the case that ho exerts his s'.rongih to get out of the scrape and avoid his enemies, by plunging,kicking.throwing himself down and sundry ottior such vile tricks, (as they are called) as wotttd naturally occur to a poor beast who thought himself most viliunousty abused. While this is tho operation in the mind ePtho unvopliisratcd colt, the horsebreaker, issweuritig at his vicious obstinacy, laying on the licks with the string or the butl of the the whip handle, and doing his beat to draw blood at every stroke. His intention is to subdue the beast to ohedience. He may succoed, but it will only be by destroying tils noble spirit, and rendering him a tamo, pussivo beast of burthen, working only as hu is forced, but without ambition or good wilt. The man is the most ignorant brute cf the two. H<? is d .-stitute of all proper knowledge of the animal who * knowetn his owner," and should be bcatou with many stripes himself. Tho fact, is, the colt should bo treated with unvarying kindness, except when he is manifestly vicious, contrary to his own knowledge, after having been fuirly taugti'. When be is luken up C>r breaking he should bo kept hungry and bo fed from the hand of his master ; while all the little tok cos of pra'se, fondness and approbation, HIKimI. ? ? * *

iiv pruuuci iw) Dusneia?clear of tba ssmplf, nn even half bushel ofears, which was reserved to slwwr mors partkjilllljt Jho, .. variety, callod Barrier's com. Cultivation.? It was covered with long manure, (a pood dressing) which web well turned under with the plough?rcpeeuodly " rolled nnd harrowed till fine?furrowsopetiod 4 J foot apart?and planted at distal*. . ccs of eight inches in the Vow, leaving two * sta'ks in a hill?cultivated well with Beach's Cultivator?but perceiving just before bar. vest, that the corn had not sufficient hold on the groun/i, it was ploughed. After har- vest an old cultivator was passed over very liphtly, merely to break dm crusl formed by the rains. Soil?deep btack mould, in do* ' vcr tho proceeding year. Another acre* same preparation, cultivation, &c., but plan*? tod three font square, produced 93 3-4 bush, els. The ears were much larger, nnd the corn looked belter than on the preceding acre, but there were not so many plants to the acre, and a portion of the ground not so good. 1 have sent no sample of this. N. Goldsbobougs* t v FROM 1 Jin FLUSHING $2?>X JOUENAt. Grf.at Cocooneries.?William R. Gra. * cie, Esq. ofJamifn. Long Island, on? of ^ tho most opulent hind proprietors in New ' York, commenced forming extensive mulberry plantations for sale abcut two yearsago, tint mis become so thoroughly convinced of the immense and certain profits to r . > { be derived from the growing of raw sil!t fof, **

. At>ui it nun no now ret uses to Mil tllj Of his trees, but is erecting an immestpe co- { coon or, replete with every convenience Rit feeding fiom one and a half to two miW lions of worms. Dr. Bioodgood, of Ftuste _ ing, who made experimctnts the past season . with it cocoonery on a limitod scale, has s<T- ^ fully sntisfled his mind as to the safety sad ^ ceriuimjr of the bushM*?*, that he propose* to devote himself almost exclusively to th? s . ? erection and management of extensive coo. cooneries on his proaerty near &e yillngo. v ^ Whrn such men tnko tho lead, it augers every success to the cause. ^ KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS?- CORN CATTLE, dlCJ . . To the Editor of tho Lexington Re pert at. ,, A more extended as well as a more por? u ticular view of the natural growth and agrf* cultural products and advantages of your sistc, leads me now to ask a smalt spuce fo your journal, in explanation of aorao remarks ? which you had the g odness to pphUsh in . , respect to the improved Durham or Short, r horns. I nm now satiafiodthht this if ?m, . phmicnlly the state for that race of cattle ' VVi h a climate well suited, it enjoys two ,rother great and fruitful resources?its heavy crops of Indian Com, and riehNuc grass pastures; the latter to be set down as iovah uahle in themselves and peculiar to tho j State | I have often heard of your verdant woods pastures of Kentucky 4,blue grass ;M hut never had formed a iust concentlon