Delaware journal., 1827-11-20
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tented with the assurance that the ANIMALS we pos
sess of that breed, spring from the celebrated Oui
Comet sold for Que thousand guneas at MI, Coi-
ling's sale in 1910, and who was bought by Mf.
WetherilI, from whose stock you procured your
lately imported and very beautiful heller. ,,
Leaving aside the celebrity OF THIS Dreea' wi'c'i
has been the inducement for its importation INTO
this country. the proper inquiry for us is, 'hoa0
zoe ought TO treat ii here: IN order 10 gel tne ".oSs
money out Of ii, IN the shortest period cf ainle.
THIS breed is said to afford greater quantlty OIL
beef taow and milk, than any other. IN tpe same
time. and is remarkable for its early maturity
Sone Of the cows are very deep mixers, and all fair
ones They are entitled to the reputation OF sooo
mixers but it is only now and then that cow glv-
lng from 80 to 40 quarts day is 10 DC uie' w,e'
This propensity to convert all the food into mix IS
sometimes met with in individuals OF other breeds.
The property of being very deep mixers. therefore,
is to be considered accidental, rather than enc
| which can be continued with any certainty IN me
breed.--Take one short-h0rn with another no pfeeu
is more valuable for its milk. or keeps IN peter con-
dition, under the same circumstance, OF Soes 10
beef at less expence, or furnishes more money ana
manure in given time. In order to keep up these
great Qualities we must remember, that IN their iia-
tive country, it is considered indispensable to Keep
them extremely well, aud in very different manner
from the general custom prevailing here; wnlch ls.
in summer, to leave cattle to help themselves 10
what they can find even in the most severe drought.
and in winter; to give them moderate quantity OF
hay and straw. In England, where they are less
/ troubled with dry weather than we are. tney nave
always green crops and roots to give 10 the'' anu
they Give them in abundance. 1t is there consider
ed the higher this sort of keep the better the health
of the COW. the richer her milk. the stronger her
calf, and the greater the quantity aud value OF the
dung. If all this provldent attention be necessary
/ in that moist climate. it is certain that the breed
will degenerate with u.s. if it is not Kept III high con-
diton. Hot climates produce shallow mixers;
and where exceptions occur they yet poor very fase
when indifferenty kept and II becomes more eXPen-
sive to recover their condition than to keep up,
The wear and tear Of condition III deep mixers, IS
very great. and is only to be checked by abundance
of succulent food and roots where they are not
to be had bv occasional feeds Of meal with their hay
A writer in the n. L. Farmer recommends the
substitution of Mulberry Hedges in the places of the
: walls and fences commonly used in this country Tor
the division of fields. he tree is well calculates,
for the purpose being easily cultivated, OF thick
growth and Of such nature as to bear clipping and
cutting without injury. The leaves of course might
be proiitably applied to the feeding OF silk worms,
the raising of which on an extensive scale asHbeen
auain recommended to the attention OF farmers.
The plants should be set into the ground about one
foot apart and they should be clipped SO as not to
exceed five feet in height. and IL inches IN thick
ness Let a farmer compare the annual expense or
taking care Of such hedge, with that OF keeping in
repair wooden fence, and he can easily ascertain
, whether change would be profitable.
A gentleman of Lauderda'e county, Alabama.
i made, the last season, considerable quantity OF
! Wine from the Muscadue, or Muscadne Grape,
which he saws resembles. in flavor and in coor the
best Madeira wine. and which, lie believes, only
. wants aye to reuderit as fine as any wine he ever
drank Muscadines grow ndlgenoasiy, pretty pleii-
teousy and near the banks OF most OF the rivers
!. and creeks. of Nurth Carolina aud it might be
g worth the while of some Of our enterprisng citizens,
# to make an experiment in manufacturing a wine
# from, them such vast quantities OF which are lmpor.
: ted fro,n abroad, and consumed among US. II we
o pretend to render ourselves independents OF tpresn
i. nations let us not stop half way-but manufacture
). our drink. as well as our food and raiment.
: From The Harrisburg Chronicle.
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