Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-04-21
: from the Genessss Farmer.
BREAKING AND MILKING cows

| ..... from me GenesSPe Farmer.
BREAKING AND MILKING cows.
Whenever young COWS show any thing
al EebeiIouS disposition, the first thing
they should be made to feel, is the superb
"r Physlc0! force Of man, in a decided aud
effectual manner. AS soon as this is felt
the animal is overpowered, and prefers SUR
rendering at once to contending further to
manifest desriMent. The best way to eff
feet this, is to shut the animal Up. and inn
mediateIy accustom it to handling on every
| part, speaking to it at,the same time in a
loud Grm voice single word at time, and
at intervals. 1t will thus become familiar
! to US, and become conscious Of superior
power. This consciousness will be more
strongly produced, il the handling be firm,
! and even rough. An animal should never,
/ for the same reason, be spoken to in "a
| cOa1ing voice, though kind and soothing
tone should always bo adopted whenever it
manifests submission. it should show IA
disposition to resist, as by kicking, the act
should be followed inst0ntdneously by a
single stroke Of a whip, or other punish
ment. If this is Invariably adopted, the
animal soon submits, not finding il pleasant
or profitable to resist. But never punish
an animal unless it can be done instantly
after the commission Of the offence, and
! never strike but once; and above all, new
er get in passion, for this will certainly
spoil the whole. If an animal thus finds
that bad behavior is always followed inn
mediately by punishment, and that submits
sion is always attended with kind treat
ment. it soon learns to distinguish one from
the other; and a change in its manners is
wrought in remarkably short space of
time. We have seen cows Of several years
of age, and apparently Of almost incorrigi-
bic ferocity, completely metamorphosed in
this respect, SO as never, for years, to show
the slightest disposition to resist or disobey;
but ON the contrary to become even attach
ed to their master. VS. need not ask how
much more humane to the animal, or pleas
ant to the keeper, this is, than where a diff
ferent course is pursued. ss.,sa ,s.
Influence q ths stock on grated fruits
On recent visit to friend in Hartford,
Conn. we had ocular demonstration of the
influence of the stock upon the fruit. Our
friend had in his garden pear tree bearing
large summer fruit, which ere it was ripe
became rotten at the core. The fruit be-
ing consequently worthless, lie engrafted
the 81. German pear, upon several of the
side shoots, and the Vergalue upon the top.
The effect has been, to enlarge the fruits
last grated, aud tn Uvvoiusat0 tirriE Tipv-
ming at least month. The st. GERMAN,
OF which we took several, are Of double the
size of those grown on the tree from which
the gratis were taken; the Vergalde is
somewhat increased in size, though deter-
GRATED in quality, and one Of the fruits
which we ate showed a partial rottenness
at the core. The effect Of growing butter,
or melting pears, on the ounce, a practice
general-in France, is to impart more solid
ity to the flesh. These facts may become
important, as they seem to suggest new
means of crossing fruits, by which the ma
turty Of those that ripen TOO late for a
northern climate may be accelerated; and
those which ripen too early for winter use
may be retarded in their maturity. The
grape affords good subject for experiment;
aud the Isabella, Catawba and Bland, may
thus be brought to ripen their crops with
more certainty and in greater perfection
among u.s. Cultivator. ........ 81. .....-4
SOwing Clover.-Where it is intended
to sow clover seed on winter grain, il should
be done in the latter part of winter aud be-
fore the thawing Of the ground. 1t is a
common practice to SOW it in the spring af-
ter the frost has left the soil but as the
ground has in this case become in a meas
ure settled and dry, there is less chance OF
the seed negotiating, aud as it falls merely
upon the surface, it is prevented from taxi
ing Sufficient root to Withstand efectually
the coming drought. But when sown ear
lier, the breaking and crumbling of the soil
by the parting frost, mixes the earth with
the seed, and il takes sufficient root before
| the dry season comes on IT,. There need
not be any appralsnsio" that the seeds, by
terminating too carly, will be killed by
frost, as they never start below tempera-
ture Of 60 degrees Fahrenheit which tcm-
perature, it is obvious, cannot exist until
The ground is thawed. 7safH4
A great loss always follows the practice
Of sowing too little seed. Twelve pounds
to the acre is not too much III any instance.
and where the soil is poor a much larger
quantity should be used. Farmers who
wish to save expense by sowing only five
or six pounds to the acre, lose more than
| FIVE times as much by the deficiency Of The
crop; so that it is expensive economy a,
best. Besides, when clover is sown thinly
the growth is thin and coarse; OH the colt
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