F. FISH LOUSE, found on the coast of Worcester county, FISHERIES, on the value of, by J. Q. Adams, 41. FISTULA of the withers, cure for, 35. FLANDERS, on the agriculture of, 2. FLAX, how steeped in Flanders, 25-on the prepara- tion of, without rotting, by Roumage's machine,404. FLAX-SEED JELLY, to fatten cattle, 260. FLAX and hemp, of American growth, report on, by the Secretary of the Navy, 363, 372, 368. FLORIDA, condensed view of its climate, soil, produc- FLY, troublesome to sheep, how prevented, 35. FOOD, for domestic animals, important experiments to FRANKLIN, Doctor, on the usefulness of mathema- -Institute, notice of, 145--premiums offered by, for FRUIT, culpable inattention of farmers to the cultiva- FRUIT TREES, how propagated in China, 14-on ringing, 111--causes of the premature and sudden APES, in chickens and turkeys, 71-in chickens, cause GARLIC, machine for cleaning, cut of, 222. GARDENING, calendar at Monticello, 72. GATE, common one for farms, 142. GENET, or "Cat of Constantinople," introduction of GIRARDIN, L. H., botanical communication, 69, 86, -On the principal gramina, &c. 98, 157. -Botanical communication on grasses, 125, 132. on the culture of, by J. Adlum, 123, 301-on the GREASE, in the horse's foot, 59. 59. GREENE county Agricultural Society, 69. GUNS, how to clean, 359. GYPSUM, on the use of, by H. V. Somerville, 73. HAMILTON, on the encouragement of domestic indus- -on the promotion of domestic industry, 27. HAMMOND, Nicholas, recommends soft soap for clean- -On the best means of preventing the destruction of HARDIN, M. sends grafts of a valuable apple from Ken- HARPER, Gen. R. G., his address to the Maryland HARROW, form of Mr. Abbot's, 23. HAWS or hooks, in horses, Haslam on, 75. HEALTH, rules for preserving, 77, 84, 94, 101, 109, 126-Doct. Boerhave's rules for preserving, 112. -Rules for preserving in the West Indies, 356. HIVES for bees, plan of improved one at Charlies' HOGS, Hayfield's pen of, 331-Hayfield's pen beaten HOLDICH, B., on rotation of crops, 173. HOLLOW HORN in cattle, Haslam on, 75. HOOF CONTRACTED, disease of in horses, 110. HORSES, blooded, list of Mr. Randolph's, 20—Law- rence on the age of, 28-foot, on the structure of, 35 stud, of one owned by Col. Tayloe, 50-disease of, called "bighead," 99-for the turf, instances of high prices paid for in England, 160-how to cure -foot on the structure of, 35. -And oxen on the comparative value of, 388. ICE HOUSES, on the construction of, 348. ICHTHIOLOGY, curious species of fish-eaters, 129. IMPORTS and exports of each state, 7. 317. IMPROVED Short Horns, their qualities, &c., LA FAYETTE his son and secretary made members LARDERS, on the construction of, 54. 307. culture of Indian corn; qualities of Short Horn LINNÆUS, celebration of his birth day at New York, 267. -On orchard and forrest trees, their duration, &c.391. MACHINES, one for raising stumps described, 303. MANURES, theory of their action and the value of va- rious kinds, 146-on the preparation and applica- -And soils, practical treatise on, 217-treatise on, MARYLAND ACADEMY of science, officers, consti- -AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, scheme of premiums for the Western Shore, October, 1824, 10-Trus- tees of met at Eutaw, 15-meeting of Trustees on the Eastern Shore, 32-meeting of at J. Hollings- worth's, 56-premiums for the Eastern Shore, 65- proceedings of Trustees, 72--proceedings of Trus- tees at Major D. Martin's, 194-extract from the proceedings of the Board of Trustees on the Eas- tern Shore of Maryland, 162-proceedings of, at a special meeting in reference to General Lafayette, 239-act of its incorporation, 241-meeting of Trustees at Hayfield's, 264-editorial remarks on their exhibition in Nov. and presence of General Lafayette, 286-editorial remarks on the last exhi- bition on the E. Shore, 288-official account of the cattle show, 289-election of its officers and other proceedings at Barney's, 12th Dec. 1824, 305-im- portance of its having a room, 312-cattle show at Easton, 322, 330-proceedings of Trustees at Gen. Harper's, 328--proceedings of Trustees at Mr. Jas. Carroll's, 352, 368-list of premiums offered by, for June, 1825, 371-proceedings of Trustees at Mr. Caton's, 384-its list of premiums for 1826, 401— meet at their rooms and elect Gen. Ridgely Presi- MARL, its effects on various soils, by Edmund Ruffin, MARSH LAND, how reclaimed, 82. MARTIN, Major D., meeting of Trustees at his house MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, pro- ceedings of at dinner atBrighton, 254-request Mr. M'CALL, Thomas, his remarks on climate as connect- ed with various fruits, 16-on the culture of the M'DOWELL, John, on making currant wine, 127. -Observations at Washington, P., for 1824, 375— MIDDLETON, John, on the culture the sweet pota- MILLS, to go by horse power, 404. MILLET, Egyptian, experiments with, 3-on the cul- ture of, by John Willis, 27-on the ulture of, 192. MINERAL WATER, analysis of the mst celebrated, MITCHELL, Dr. S. L. on insects that injure plum and cherry trees, 183-on orchards, apples and cider,226 MORTGAGES, how best arranged for the landed in- MOULDEBART, with a drawing and explanation, 1. MILK, on its productions and preservation, 30. POETRY, signs of ruin, 32-more misnomers, 40- POPPY, remarks on new and beautiful varieties, 213. PASCALIS, Doctor, his remarks at the celebration of the birth day of Linnæus at N. York, 150. PATERSON, N. J., growth, population, and manufac- PATRICK, John, on lucerne, 13. PEACHES, how to preserve, 92-how to have them -Trees, to preserve from the worm, 14-on the pre- servation of, by G. Thomas, 37--on the culture and preservation of, 75-to save from frost by retard- ing flowers, by J. F. Brevard and remarks on by L. H. Girardin, 114-best preserved with char- -and drying fruits, by Reuben Haines, 401. -Insect, remarks on by several correspondents, 324. PEARS, on the blasting of, 222. PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, list of premiums for 1824, 49-give notice of their exhi- bitio: and list of premiums for Oct. 1824, 212-edi- torial notice of its Show at Chester, 263-official account of their exhibition at Chester in Oct. 1824, 265-contents of their volume of memoirs, 310- elect officers for the ensuing year, and takes mea- sures for the next Cattle Show, 380. -SOCIETY for INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, con- stitution, officers and proceedings of, 341-consti- tution and proceedings of, 348. PHILADELPHIA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, pro- -Internal improvements projected and prosecuted PICKLING and dry salting meat, 220. PIGEONS, the carrier pigeon, 228. PISE mode of building houses, economy of, 6. PLASTER OF PARIS, see Gypsum. PLOUGHS, remarks on the erroneous manner of test- ing usually practised, by G. Davis, 43-experiments -and ploughing, important experiments made by the PLUM trees, on insects that injure, 183. how best to fatten, 414. POWEL, Col. J. H., communicates the experience of H. A. Carpenter with Short Horn cattle, 20. -on the properties of farm stock, 193. -on the various breeds of sheep, their origin, pecu- liarities and properties, 233. -letter to the editor with memoirs of the Pennsylva- nia Agricultural Society, 310. POWELL, Cuthbert, his Agricultural address. RABBIT, on certain habits of, 17. -WARRENS, how best constructed, 17. -WATER, how the fall of best measured, 25. RATS, on the habits and natural history of some spe- RECIPES, to fatten poultry, 2-to make capons, 2-to 416. ROASTING, on the art of, in cookery, 106. ROTATION of crops, communication on, by B. Hol- RUSTICUS, Junior, remarks of, on rats and cats, 203. RURAL SPORTS, trotting match, 81. RURIS CONSULTUS, against the Tariff, 13. SALT, analysis of N. York and other, 5. -Marsh, value of, as manure, 345. 361. SAXONY SHEEP, sale of, in Massachusetts, 190. SEEDS, on the preservation of, 238. SEED wheat, preparation of, 247-grain and seed for SEEDING grain, remarks on, 141. SESAMUM or bene plant, its uses, 37. SHEEP, extraordinary weight of, at Smithfield, 19- annoyed by flies, how to prevent, 35-on the usc of rams and the rearing of lambs, 105-essay on, 130-from Saxony, 140-broad tail breed of, re- marks on by D. W. Clinton, 159-Saxony, sales of, 190-worms in the head of, 190-on breeding of, by J. H. Powel; 213-worms in the head, how pre- vented, 215-on the various breeds, their origin, peculiarities and properties, by J. H. Powel, 233- on the destruction of, by dogs, how best prevented, 303-merino, weight and fleeces of, 317-letter on, from Tennessee, 345-on the protection of, 346- SIBLEY, on the climate, &c. of Missouri, 30. associations, 5. SMUT in wheat, to prevent, 227. tions for making, by Daniel Kraber, 374-on the SOFT soap, good cleanser of fruit trees, 402. SOILS, how to test their fertility, 379. -and manures, 337, 409-treatise on, 225, 234, 241, 257, 314--practical treatise on, 217. SOMERVILLE, H. V, on gypsum, 78. -AMUSEMENTS, sanctioned by great men, 270. -CALENDAR, shooting match at Waverly, 271. INTELLIGENCE, 205, 247--partridge shootin -OCCURRENCES, trotting match, N. York, -10] various other items, 263-races in Virginia, 278- shooting in Washington county, 295--great shoof ing at Wheatland, 303--great shooting at Wy House (Col. Lloyd's,) 311-trotting match in N SPRINGS, how to make on hill sides, 174. STABLES, comforts of, a highland one, 295. STEAM CARRIAGES, employment of, on rail road -Plough, experiments with, 405. STIMSOM, Earl, his farm management, 97-descrip St. JOHNS' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, their repor STRAW, importance of, in husbandry, S8, 95, 101- TURNIPS, on the culture of, 52-various kinds and STUD, valuable one of a gentleman in the south of TARIFF, Ruris Consultus condemns it, 13-Nicotiana TAYLOE, Col. John, pedigree and performance of TEA, on the culture of in the United States, 24-Ame- -Tree, misapprehensions respecting, 207. THOMAS, Evan, Jr. on the preservation of fruit trees, TIDE TRUNK, and on ploughing, 347. TIMBER, best time for cutting, 159. TOBACCO, a warning voice to the growers of, 4-ex- ports and sales of 4 & 5-allegation of fraudulent packing, with editor's remarks, 7-fine quality and high sales of, a particular crop, 32. -Trade, remarks on the inspection of, 346. VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, of the, elects members, appoints officers, and is addressed by the President, 2-papers read to, 59-paper read from R. K. Meade, 66-papers read to, 78, 84-paper No. 5, read at Oct. 15, 1323, by W. M. Barton, 90- papers No. 6 read to, 97-paper read to, by J. W. Page, 113-proceedings of, Nov. 16, 1824, 353. VEGETABLES, how best cooked, 224. VERITAS answers Agricola, see below. VETERINARY ART, value of, case stated, 360. -COLLEGE, account of the one in London, 332. VINES, on the culture of, 62-culture, profit of, 88-on the culture of, by J. Adlum, 123, 301-on the cul- ture of, with a drawing, 118-valuable native one, 199 on the culture of, by Timothy Matlack, 329- on the culture of, by Thomas M'Call, 369-on the culture of, by Col. W. Potter and J. Adlum, 397. VINEYARDS, progress of, in America, 53. WARREN, H. on the culture of millet, 192. WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIE- WATER, new method recommended for obtaining it, 214-new mode of obtaining by boring, 215-bor- ing for described, 309-on boring for, letter from Lewis Disbrow, 349-on boring for, by J. Mans- field, 375-boring for, by P. T. Tyson, 377-on bor- WATKINS, Doct. T. G. address to E. Tennessee Agri- WATSON, Elkana, on white flint wheat, 235. WATTERTON'S lecture, on preserving objects in na- WEATHER, rules for judging of, 246. WELLS, new method of digging. 174. WEST POINT, Military Academy of, described, 168. Agricultural Society of the Valley, 3-white flint, WHEELS, on the proper construction of, 374-of car- WHIPPOORWILL, letter from on board Steam Boat, 119-visits Rose Hill, 135, 197. WINES, Tokay, where and how made, 148-of France, WILLIAMS, J. T. suggests improvement in post and James, communicates experiments with Stevens' WILLIAMSON, D. Jr. on the white Norfolk turnip, 118-on turnips, 152-on rearing calves, 318 WOOL, various samples of, late and present prices, 230. YOUNG, John, of Nova Scotia, author of letters of ZOLLIKOFFER, W., M. D., remarks on the Armona I congratulate you, upon the display of subtle ta- I have not the slightest objection, that he should to confute, by a newspaper essay, the notions, with It was not contended, "page 74, vol. 5," that "whatever excellence, may be found, in any breed, is to be traced to a certain degree of relation- ship, to the Short Horns." Curwen but said- "among my stock, a Chinese and Devon heifer, a yearling and cow, from an imported Devon, by an English bull, also heifers, and cows, bred upon our meadows and mountains, have been placed to de- cide the questions which have caused, among breed- ers, so much dispute. All my experience has shown, that the extent of excellence, in the animal, whe- ther in points, properties, shape, disposition; early maturity, or tendency to secrete fat, or afford rich milk, is determined by the degree of affinity to the pure race of Improved Short Horns." Here is a direct allusion to the previous passage, referring to the contrast, made with Short Horns, and the animals which had been placed among the stock to determine the question, &c. It is strangely alleged by Agricola, that "a cor- respondent would fain induce the serious belief, that the Teeswaters possess the amazing quality of being able to subsist without food." Here again he imagines, the word Teeswater, which, on reference to the paper, to which his note I would ask whether, even a citizen farmer, may times coerced to find support upon maize stalks, husks and growing rye, when "the barns are without fodder, and the fields are bare of grass, in the Page 122, vol. 4, American Farmer, the report of the Philadelphia Cattle Show, barely mentions, in the following words, the animal which has enabled Agricola to fill two columns of your paper. "The premium for the best steer, not more than five nor less than one year old, $10, to Mr. Lowry for his brindle and white steer of three years, raised by him- He was not exhibited, as of Teeswater blood, nor was he so called, at the Show, nor even since, until a wag, with a view of hoaxing the Dillettanti, stated to a respectable butcher, that a gentleman, whose name has influence in such weighty concerns, thought he showed a little of the old Heaton Teeswater blood Page 74, vol. 5, American Farmer, Curwen states, after having possessed cattle of "families of various degrees of affinity to the pure race of Short Horns, carried to New York by Col. Deveaux and Mr. Heaton, and having given great prices for them, as well as others, yet the best of them all he sold for but sixty dollars a head, about the time he gave THE MOULDERAERT, AN IMPLEMENT IN FLEMISH HUSBANDRY, AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED in 4.6 NUM. 1. front, or edge of the machine, to dip, and catch against the ground, whereby it is at once inverted and emptied of its load. The extremity of the handle, to which a rope is affixed, by this inversion strikes against, and rests upon the swingletree bar, and in this manner the mouldebaert is drawn along towards the accumulated earth, when, by taking up the rope, the driver draws back the handle, collects his load as before, proceeds to the spot which is to receive it, and the horses are never for a moment delayed. The saving of time and labour, in filling, and emptying, gives this implement a decided superiority over the cart; nor is the ground so much injured by this, as by wheels. How well may it be applied in manuring a field with compost from the head ridges; and how valuably, in most cases of levelling, either in the farm or the demesne? Having formed the broad sets as has been Description of the Mouldebaert-and Manner of 2d. Beans and Flax, 3d. Winter barley, with a moderate application of urine, in the spring, It has been recommended to us, by a friend of excellent judgment, to whom we loaned the report of Flemish husbandry, to cause an engraving to be made of the mouldebaert, as it is called; which seems to have served as a model of the scrapers used in the construction of turnpike roads, cattle water ponds, &c. It is obvious, that such an implement, of cheap and simple structure, as it seems to be, would be highly useful on all farms. Whenever it is desirable to gather up and remove the surface of the ground, this machine would aid in the This implement is called the mouldebaert, and operation, with great saving of labour. By resembles a large square malt-shovel; it is strong-4th. Beans, vetches, and turnips, means of it, for example, an old dunghill, the ly prepared with iron on the lower side; and is 5th. Wheat or oats, with clover, ground immediately about kitchens, and farm drawn by a pair of horses with swingle-trees.-6th. Clover, manured with ashes, houses, after being ploughed up, would be It is unnecessary to go more minutely into a de- 7th. Clover cut once, and ploughed under, readily gathered into heaps, for the cart, to scription of the implement, as the annexed en-8th. Potatoes, with farm yard manure. be removed to the compost heap-so with old graving, laid down by a scale, will explain its From this the same succession begins again; head land, the line of old fences, &c.-We form and dimensions. Too much, however, but the land received a second dressing of lime. fully adopt the opinion of our friend, as cannot be said of its efficacy in removing soil The greatest attention was paid to the clearing to the general utility of the mouldebaert, and from one part of the field to another, in the up of all channels, for the water to pass freely; have accordingly caused it to be engraved, and easiest and most expeditious manner, which has great attention also, as is always the case in should suppose that it may also expedite established its general use in Flanders, and ought Flanders, to the removal of weeds, and that the greatly, the formation of rough ditches and to recommend it every where. foregoing operations both of ploughing and sow drains, tad off the superfluous water of low The person who drives with long reins, by ing, should be performed in dry weather. lands; and every observant far ner, knows that pressing moderately on the handle as the horses By these means, this intelligent gentleman such lands, let seasons be as dry as they may, go forward, collects, and transports about 5 cwt. succeeded in producing crops that amply repaid never produce, to their full c pacity, if water of earth to the place where it is to be deposited; him his entire cost, and enabled him eventually be allowed to settle on any part of them. We which is effected in the most summary manner, to let the farm to a good tenant, in the propor however, discharge our duty, in submitting to by his letting go the handle. This causes the tion of seven to three beyond the original rent. VOL, 6.-1. Domestic Economy. EXPERIMENTS IN REARING POULTRY. which increasing in size, as the disease progress-the other two hens and fourteen chickens, I put es, produces suffocation and death. I differ from in another coop, which coop I put in a room, in this opinion, and so far from supposing that the an out building; the chickens would go in and worm produces the disease, I believe that the out the coop as they liked, but were confined to disease produces the worm, if indeed there is a the room-I fed alí, as well those out doors as Worm at all. My reasons follow-some years those in the room, on cracked corn-they all since, I removed from the city of New York, to throve well for about a week, when those in a part of the country, where I had not the con- doors began to droop, and refused their food; this venience of a butchers' stall or cart, and al-I changed to mashed potatoes and Indian meal though I had a good ice house, yet it was not at mixed together, and every two or three days, if all times convenient to kill a calf, sheep, or lamb, the weather was fine, let them out an hour or It has heretofore been the received opinion, and I therefore, after the first year, paid consi- two at mid day to get gravel, and this brought that the disease called the gapes in chickens, is derable attention to the raising of poultry- them too. In about twelve days, those I kept produced by a worm in the throat* or wind pipe, succeeded pretty well with ducks, geese, and tur-out doors, began to show symptoms of the diskeys, but the common barn door fowl baffled all ease, the gapes-they all had it but one, five TO THE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN FARMER. Dear Sir, * Whether worms in the throat, be the cause, my skill and care-I tried every thing I had died, two I saved with great nursing, and the or consequence of the gapes we will not say; but heard or read of, as recommended-nothing an- eighth, a vigorous cock chicken, escaped it enwe incline to think the former-because no lon-swered-die they would, and die they did. I tirely-thus much for those out doors. Out of the ger since than last summer, when passing a few became discouraged, and determined to adopt a fourteen in doors, one died apparently of a deweeks in his native county, the Editor saw a plan of my own, and if I failed, then to give it cline, evidently not the gapes, the others were chicken expire with this disorder, and immedi- up entirely-what that plan was, I had till the healthy-but in order further to test the experiately examined its throat, and found there a following season to mature; summer, autumn, ment; when the sixteen were about four weeks multitude of very small red worms yet living, and winter, each brought their labours and cares old, I took indiscriminately eight of them, and sufficient of themselves, obviously, to cause dif- to a farmer-I thought occasionally of my chick-one hen from the room, and put them out doors ficulty and stoppage of respiration-whether ens, but it was merely a thought-at length, in another coop, distant from the first out door they originate in the stomach, or are picked from about the first week in March last, the boy who hen and her chickens, so that no intercourse the ground, we do not know-but we do know, I deputed to collect the eggs, brought me word, could be had between the broods-in about one because we have assisted when a boy, in apply- that one hen had taken to her nest, in a few days week, four of them took the disease, one howeing the remedy, that the smoke of tobacco, ad- he said two others wanted to set, I put under ver only died-I did not lose one of those I kept ministered as described in vol. 1, page 231 of each, on the same day, eleven eggs-they brought in the room-they were let out when full feaththis journal, is an effectual cure for the disorder. out between them, twenty-five chickens; the ered, and when the weather had become settled Among poultry women, it is an axiom, not to plan I then adopted, was this-I put one hen, and and mild. let young poultry go abroad very early in the eight chickens in a coop, with bars in front, so that The conclusion I have drawn from these exday-it may be that, if the worms are picked the chickens could have free ingress and egress; periments is, that the dampness of the ground. from the earth, the sun drives them below the this coop I put in a dry and healthy situation-the cold winds, and rains of the spring produces surface. That there is something in old dungthe disease-that the gapes is to chickens, what hills, unpropitious to the rearing of barn-door that do not sit constantly, but trust chiefly to the way, by exposure to cold-having the same the hives is to children, brought on the same fowls, is well known, for it is invariably found, heat of the sun, as the crane, heron, ostrich, &c. symptoms-the same difficulty of breathingthat they succeed best, where new establish- &c. the temperature of the eggs is probably be- the same death by suffocation. ments are made on new ground-doubtless, too, low 104 degress. the vermin that infest old poultry houses are deI had last fall a further opportunity of testing structive of the health and life, both of young known to be 21 days. In warmer climaces hens, having stolen their nests, brought out The full period of the hen in this country, is my opinion-about the middle of November, two and old fowls, ploughing up and removing the said to be a day or two less. The following table twelve chickens-I put them all with one hen, in surface of old dung hills-frequent and thorough was compiled by Count Morozzo, in a letter from a room, letting them out occasionally for gravel, cleansing, by white washing and other means, of him to Lacepede, to show the periods of incuba &c.-four were taken off by rats, the other eight the nests, coops, &c. &c. are indispensable pre-tion, compared with those of the life of certain cautions. Millet, we are told, is for poultry,birds. are now living. birds and mice, the most acceptable food that can be put in their way-and they are, it may be presumed, good judges of what is suitable for them. While on this subject, let us add a word on the subject of INCUBATION. NAME OF THE BIRD. Swan, Parrot, Period of menba- Duration of their tion. Lives. about 200 yrs 100 years 80 or more not known 42 days 40 30 30 30 30 13 to 14 18 to 20 It happened the other day, that in company Eagle, with a pair of charming young ladies from the Bustard, country, we volunteered our services, to recom- Duck, mend them to a pair of clever young fellows, who Turkey, had solicited our aid in the same way; but Peacock, we required, as the condition of our good offices, Pheasant, that these fair nymphs should submit, to an ex-Crow, amination on certain points of housewifery-know- Nightingale, ledge, and accordingly amongst other questions, Hen, we catechised them on the time of incubation, Pigeon, and the number of eggs to be committed to differ-Canary, ent fowls. Goldfinch, 100 or more AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The meeting being called to order, the president delivered his annual address. Whereupon, it was resolved unanimously, that the thanks of the meeting be returned to the president for the same, and that a committee of two members do ask a copy for the press, and that it be published in the Winchester papers, and the American Farmer. Upon motion of the vice-president, the follow- They went through the examination passably well, much better than some young lawyers we TO FATTEN POULTRY.-The coops in which have known, but being deficient in some particulars poultry are fattened, should be kept constantly we here submit for the benefit of themselves, and clean, and furnished with gravel, but no waterothers, the following table, which we would corn meal mixed with water, being the best diet. ing have learned by practice, as certainly as they Thirst will prompt them to eat more than they learn their multiplication table, if they would would otherwise do, in order to get the water prepare themselves as they ought, to obey the with which the food is moistened. This should ruling impulse of nature, and the special in-be put on clean boards, which ought to be withjunction of scripture which we need not quote drawn and washed, whenever used. TO CAPON COCKS.-Make an incision with a The proper heat for hatching a hen's egg, is sharp knife, under the lowest rib, lay hold of 104 of Farenheit, to which degree the surface the parts to be extracted, and cutting them away of the body of the hen, will raise the thermome with sharp scissors, put a stich or two in the r when she sits upon her eggs. In those birds, wound,Edit. Am. Far. it. A letter from Dr. Mease, ex-president of the Philadelphia Society, addressed to R. K. Meade, was read, and ordered to lie on the table. An important communication on the improvement of the breed of sheep, embracing several |