The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-11-07


market are very poor. and a little attention
to this matter fer few weeks will increase
the profits of the farmer and the pleasures Of
the consumer.
II is only when the cold comes. and the
turkeys are about six months Old, that they
should be fed with better and more plentiful
food. in order to increase their size and plump
ness for market. Indian corn, ground bar
lev, wheat. also rice and other articles used
to fatten common fowls. are considered best
for turkeys. Their weight. when we'll fatten-
ell and carried to market. should average II
pounds: their living and dead weight is as
Is to - pounds.
CobDctt says. AS to fattcning turkeys. the
best way is never to let them get poor. Bar
lev meal, mixed with skinned milk and Civ
en- to them fresh. will make them fat in
short time Boiled potatoes mixed with In
dian meal will furnish change Of sweet food
which they relish much. and of which they
should be allowed to eat as much as they can.
AS with others. the food Of this bird must be
kept clean. and the utmost care taken not to
give them on the morrow the mixture OF the
preceding day. because if the weather is
warm, it will sour. which might diSpleasc
Them
Much has been published Of late in our ag-
ricultural journals in relation to the alimer-
tary properties Of charcoal. 1t has been re-
peatcdly asserted that domestic fowls may be
fat.cncd on it without any other food. and
that toe, in Il shorter time than on the most
nutritivc grains. Il have recently made an
experiment.. says writer of a Phila;lel phil
paper. land must say that the result SurpriS-
cd me. as had always been rather skcptical.
Four turkeys were confined in 4 pen and fed
on meal. boiled potatoes and oats. -Four
others, of the same brood were also 1T the
same time confined i'll another pen and fed
on the same articles. but with one pint Of We
ry finely rulvcrizcd charcoal mixed with their
food-mixcd mca! and boiled potatoes. They
had also plentiful supply of broken char
coal in their pen. The eight were killed ON
the same day. and there was Il difference of
one and half pounds each in favor of the
fowls which had been supplied with the char
coal. they being much the fl:lc>t. and the
meat greatly superior in point of tenderness
and flavor. - uyM Yer Iorku.
FEEDING lICGs-AN EXPERIMENT-Mr I.
y. Lyo IS. an entcrpri>ing tanner of Genoa.
CaLyga county,Ncw York having nine shoat>
which he wished to dispose of at six months
old. put them into market at six cents per
pound. and being offered but five concluded
to try the experiment of fattcning. with a
view of obtaining what he considered their
true value. That there might be no guess
work in the matter. each pig was carefully
weighed. and their combined weight was go
pounds.
On the first day Of January they were put
mo a warm pen. and fed >caldcd meal hrcc
quarters corn. and one quarter oats and buck
wheat. until the 18th day of April. at which
time they had consumed '.5l0 pounds of
meal. They were then slaughtered. weighing
after being dressed. l.!3o pounds and IS
-1uldS of r,ndcrcG lard
Allowing the price Mr. Lyons was offered
at the time he commenced feeding. and the
m .rkct price for the meal. which was 81 -
per cwt.. we find the account to stand thus:
Shoats. 630 pounds. at five cents per pound
-S3l 30; meal. 3.5lo pounds at 81 - per
cwt., $l3 S7-total. SO :iS. Pork sold.
when dressed, 400 pounds. at o cents per
pound-Sl2S 1O lard sold, Is pounds. a,
II - cents per pounl. - 81 l-2-total.
$l34 81 ID, leaving profit of S;j> 20. The
pigs were an equal cross of the Berkshire
and the Suffolk. These f.ct> were furnish
ed by correspondent Of the Countlv Grn-
HcmGn.
An I!oUR on TIL. FIRST SUGAR Estate N
MAsSACIvstT!>.-A few days since We ha,,
the pleasure OF visiting tie first <nyrr estate.
as we believe. it HISS ,,LuxeHx and OF wit
Messing the operations Of squeezing the cane
and boiling the juice. and seeing it put into
barrels for market. The pioneer in this
laudablc enterprise is J. +. {. HYDE. Esq of
Newton Centre. Mass. tn" gentleman who
prepared the manual on the cultivation of
the sugar cane which WIS published and cx-
tensivcly circulated last spring.
On reaching the scene of operations we
found MIR. HYDE and four or five othcr per
SOUS, activcl; engaged in the work necessary
TO obtain syrup: ;i,ey were aided by pow
crful pair Of horses. who found the labor
quite severe in turning thr pondcrous cast
iron rollers whlc., were Squeezing the very
life blood out o. the canes. There were so
three boilers. from forty 20 >esemy gallons
in capacity, over all ar,ia, ant s.lrser s;ieni a
roaring fire. With these ,on,isxe artan1.,-
ments. Mr. HYDE will be able to ex.taet ne.r-
ly all the ices r. III ,he canes. and 20 learn
what their product is. AID also what cane
produces tie largest amount of juice is well
As Of saccharinc matter lie had already as
ccrtained thai cane grown on rather low. rich
land, did no, produce juice 50 :.el a.,l .wces
as tina, grown on land rather dry md warm
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