The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-11-15
rrp VS. OF THE CALIFORNIAN.
The Farmer.
mTRITIvE QUALITIES OF CHARCOAL.

MoGn
n Az, generally acknowledged, and its benefits extern
,.r tesed still it has been supposed that it only
81 90 corrective to the acid tendency of the food
n 3nnclitate fattening by improving the health of
n rimal Some experiments are, however, on rec
n =, which would seem to show that charcoal acts n
"a important part in the matter than has been as
Nj coed Oit
N "a 1893, family being driven from New York by
sGyer, were absent six or eight weeks before it
y u, deened prudent to return. A number Of fowls
a rrfned in loft in the workshop of the house were
&gwten at the time of leaving, and as it was known
Hhathere was nothing provided for their sustenance,
Y twas expected on the return that they would be
X hmd starved to death. To the establishment of all,
Ne fowls were fonnd alive and fat, though there was
4 shnr upon which they could have fed, except a
/. rantiy of charcoal and shavings, water being sup
q Died from the grindstone trough.
a These facts coming to the knowledge of gentle
&nn in New York, as we learu from the Recorder,
|hsns,utcd the following experiment. he placed a
$hkcnn box or enclosure, A feet long,2 feet wide,
#sd high, excluded light as much MS could be
: lme, and allowed free circulation of air, and fed
4 be turkey with soft brick, broken fine, pounded
4 ircOa, and Sin grains Of corn per day. The box
Eskcpt locked. At the end of month, the turkey
pa killed in the presence of several gentlemen, it
i shrge and heavy land on being opened was found
Cd with fat Nothing on dissection, was found in
&egH2ard and entrais but charcoal and brick. Last
tho a.,
\ me success
Several years since, in fitting out one of the Liver
1utraders at NewYork, "a pig on board was missing
twas supposed to have been lost. The cargo
|Niaken on boar, slowed, and the vessel sailed -
was now discovered that the pig was alive in the
mhoe, but as he could not be got at readily, was
]rAauled to leave him to his fate. He remained
pNAnreat until the passage was made, when his
#gNt4 vNs found to he not only well, but material
EMNorai in his condition though there was moth
Il! coal excepted he could have swallowed.
When it is remembered that wood sugar, and sew
4 other substances, some of which are most nutri-
are compounded of nearly the same original ele
gEs, it would seem possible, by animal chemistry,
~nvet them TO saving life; though all expert
fHs with wood or charcoal failed. The German
Miss have converted wood into palatabIe
Ead, by roasting and pulverisng; but calcinatiou, it
sheen supposed would destroy whatever power of
triton wood might originally contain. The chemi-
action ofvcgetables seems unable TO produce the
st effect on coal, and not the least particle of it
sever been found in the structure of vegetables,
4 ugh mixed with the earth and water in which
\ ns were growing, in the form Of the most impal-
\ pole powder. Whether animal chemistry is able
DO what vegetable organization cannot, remains to
seen; though if there is no mistake in the state
\ as alluded to, it would seem probable that this
V'aoe substance is, in some way, made subser-
4 10 the nutrition Of animals. Gen. Farmer,
AGRIC U l. Il U RAJ HYMN.
"eat God of Eden twas thy hand
That nrst clad earth in bloom,
"S shed upon the smiling land
4 Natures FIRST rich perfume
FRESH at thy glance the flowers sprang,
Kissed by the SUMS first rays,
WINE plain, and hill, and valley rang,
a "MIiie, and joy, and praise.
"ne clouds thy hands can ope
Inc fountains ofthe sky,
"u on tn expectant thirsty crop
fonr down the rich supply.
'"' ldrner, when the seed times Ger,
NJ. Joys in the mercies given
'""'As oil thy promised harvest's store,
And smiling, looks to heaven.
vi inc sheaf, to Thee alone
III, are due our thanks and praise,
'"'n harvest's grateful abor's done,
IN plenty glad we gaze.
''n snail our thoughts on Heaven rest,
my grace we will adore,
.nank that God, whose mercy's blest
'ur basket and our store.
kn,.; FOR Hoes. Hogs, during the process of
w should be supplied with salt as often
b. "'eN 1t is no less advantageous to them
ssn, ae OK, the cow, or the sheep, and when lib
a.l gwen is preventive of many diseases to
H., "O'h their continual confinement, and the
ku,s hearty food, they are inevitably exposed.
kr,I also, are greatly benefited by it, and will
\ ,O,. VI once or twice week as eagerly, and to
$nsI ''ance' with as good zest as they do of corn
$pe,,., charcoal is also highly salutary in its in