The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-13
RIaafks ea Ist Management q ne Cow.
and ne hznufarIur u Ptudnlie.
EY Da. IosEPn {. nrsE.

ny On. JOSEPH 4. MISE.
Red befoe tl.e Fame1s Club. DOrrhes:es, Ma.
The question how long row viii con
time 10 give mix. from The time of csIy.
ing, has ensagedIhe attention of tie Eng,
lish Farmer. and writrr.. a. one Of mucl
interest. In town and country II Is slesi.
rable 10 preserved good mixer NJ lie nail
~ long as possible, without interruption;
and yaFinns means have beenlr:ed Tor Inc
purpose. and have failed.
i'f {. Johnston Of England, who bad
every opportunity Of information on this
SUBJECT, from he best dairy establishments
in that country, celebrated for il. fine cal.
de, saws I" thai in ten months, cows would
becume altogether, or nearly dIy." aud
that IL some feh be fAnf, that do not
90 dry throughout the year. they must he
considered exceptions 10 The general rule.
Now, NV present object is. TO report
an extraordinary exception 10 this rule,
witch has occurred near rs, and is well
auihen icaied BY the owner, az whom
made particular inquiry; and he declares
the faci to have ACQUIRED. and 10 be now
continuing unlcr his personal knowledge.
The ease Is with acow of Sam'l Lecom.
te's, esq. sen'r. and one OF our ordinary
country bre d. which not having had a
call, or been in calf, for the last five wears,
has confused. uninIerrup,clly, 10 give a
good supply of milk throughout, that pc,
riod, and Sd continues NJ the present tine
giving now, BY actual measurement,
made under his own eve, al my request,
eight quarts Of rich milk. daily; and he
believes there has been no abatement, ex
cept shat usually occurs in the winter 8. a.
sol.
This case is worthy Of record, as a sin
galar phenomenon; and il may be, that by
a fair experiment. this useful occurrence
may be produced with other cows-in &c
neTal-prof Johnston 70 the contrary MOI.
wilhs,anding.
will further call your attention 10 a
very important discovery, recently made
by the celebrated Dumas; and reported by
him a, The Royal academy Of Sciences, at
Paris, on an Improvement in the manufac.
iarspf Poulre;ta:--,his repoct. | receiy.
ell and read some months agn, aud have
mislail, or lost ii--though the subject was
$, impressive, tia | have full recoilec.
ton nf it
The purport Of his research was 10 dis
cover some cteap. aud expeditions me-
thod, Of disnlecting the night sill, and
converting i, into the highly valued and
costly manure. called poudre,,p; which.
from the heretofore tedious, and difficult
preparation. has commanded, in the city
Of New York, where il is believe excIu-
sively manufactured. in this country, If
~ cents per bushel besides the expenses
Of freight, AMI barrels, To distan, places.
This new method is simply through tn
agency of sulpha,e Of Iron-a cheap arli.
Gle, that may be bought. | presume, for
aboat dollar and half per hundred
pounds.
BY solution Of this metallic salt, to be
incorporated with the material, to be act-
ed upon, the offensive odour is dispelletl;
the rationale is tbs. The gases esrap-
ing from the offensive body, are amman-
iacal gas, with su'pher, phosphorus, and
hvdrogen,--;he other gas developed
"Cdrborc," does mt contriba,e 10 the
olour. the metallic salt consists Of sui
ph"ric acid and Iron; hence, by the rnfiu-
ence Of their chemical relations, the sui
nla,. Il
renders il ixpl and inodorous, in the form
OF sulphaie of ANN ,nia,--the sulphur
phosphorus--anl hydrogen, the other
sources Of offensive oduur. unite with the
iron Of The salt. making hydro sulphpret
aud phosphure', of iron, which is also in
odorous, and thus, changing cid bodies
into new forms, and aflording an instrac-l
tive example Of the infinitely fegu!ring ric-
cult of all organic nature. II the a!che-
mlsts Of old are not rivalled in their trans
mutation Of The coarser metals into gold;
yet, We have the transmutation Of i nul-
sance, and fatal source OF disease, intoa
Substance inoflensiVe, and capable of pro-
duclng without limits, that precious me-
tai.
1t will be understood, ton. that all de-
composing animal bndies, and indeed all
organic materials, in state ofputrescence.
will be subject To the same chemical laws.
and be disinfected. by fixing for agricul
tural purposes. and not dissipallng their
nutritive gases.
With regard to This discovery. have
made some practical experiments, to in.
form myself of its truth or error-the re-
suits have been highly Favorable.
In New Yo'k, aid elsewhere, the pro