My neighbors nil amiind me, lliat planteH their 

 |)ouitocs [he iismil way, have met wiih serious 

 loss hy ihe rot, l.olli helore llicy dug iheiu, anil 

 a/ler they were put into Ihe cellar. 



It is not owing to the cellar tliat they roltr.] 

 alter they were put in, hecanse three of my 

 nei-idiliors put ti.err jiolatnes inlo my cellar, an<l 

 liicMs have rotted, more or less, since they were 

 pnl there. •' 



Now, it is nry opinion, that it was the wet and 

 heat that caused the potatoes lo rot. The rea- 

 son 1 gJTe why my potatoes did not rot, is' be- 

 cau.se the groun.l w.-is so shaded hy the corn m„l 

 pnmpkMi vines, that the heat could not have that 

 niHuence on the groimd that it otherwise would 

 nave had. 



r'^:J}- ''"^ ^'''*' named |,iece of sround was 

 ol different kinds of soil, from dry, frravelly 

 ndge, (canting south,) to a flat alluvial soil. 



r , n ,, ■ ^, NATH.4N SAUVER. 

 J^fisl Baldwin, Feb. 161 h, 184(j. 



^I)e iTarmcr illontl)lir]bisitor^ 



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have learned the value of this article, both for 

 man s consumption and for feed for cattle, there 

 "111 he a radical chan-c in their views of its 

 nscs and imporlance, and the result will he an 

 e.ilire ah.dition of duty, instead of an increase 



A National FAiR.—The manufacturers have 

 pioposed to get lip a National Fair at VVashiii". 

 ton. IheSUthof May is the day named, a.rd 

 "nangemenls accordingly are aliea.lv makiii". 

 il the object Ts not rendered merely p'aitisan to 

 iiiHiicMce action on the existing tariff; it may be 

 rendered truly a noble occasion for the exhibi- 

 tion o( the varied (iroducis of American indus- 

 try- Heretolore we have had Slate Fairs, and at 

 lliese, occasional contributions from other Stales 

 but none where the maimliicturers of every State 

 m tde Union were represented. 



If the proposed Fair can be conducted on 



ti-tily national grounds, it may be the gern, of an 



annual fair at the great metropolis of the nation, 



he recurrence of which will be an era in our 



An e.Yhibition of this l<ind may teach some 

 desirable truths in political economy. Perhaps 

 " nniy prove that the advance in improvement 

 .a-s been the greatest and the most remarkable, 

 1" those branches ol industry which have been 

 in-otected least, by partial legislation. 



VVe hope also the day is not far distant, when 

 we shall have a National Agricultural Fair at 

 Washington, where the cotton growers and su- 

 gar p anters of the Houth will "jearlv meet the 

 »v heat growers ol the North and "West, and 



each'o, '•' ''"'""■'' "■^■'"'•i'^'i""^^- ■I'-.V will find o,it 

 each others wants, stimulate each other's ambi- 

 lon, and strengthen each other's love fov that 

 linly l.ond ol ■mion which embraces so many ' 

 vaned and at times conHicting interests, and 

 which thus far, has been productive toourwide- 

 spi-ead com.try of a degree of happiness, power 

 and pro.^penty, unknown in other climes.-,^/ia- 



The Cost of Intemi'era.nce.— VVe have al- 

 .•ea.ly shown that three-hunths of the crime and 

 taxes and one half the county expenses of the 

 coutities of Cortland and Niagara (br the last 

 year-und that year is but the history of all other 

 years-were caused by rum drinking. Oswe-o 

 J^mn.ty tells the same story. The county ta.x IV.r 

 le 3ear ending October, J845, is SII,<);i5 (iO. Of 

 this amount the criminal tax is .*lj 1,035. Of l'>4 



wTtTdn'tr"""''""' '" "" J"'' "'■ ""^ ^°""'v 

 ,h -^'T'' «"'e'"rs..v-tbree-,p,arters oV 



lie u hole numb,..r-,m-e bnughl to crime direcll,, 

 I''/ mUmperance ! Thus the amount of mone^ 

 drawn Iroin the pockets of the tax-payers of that 

 county-the great majority of whom are doubt- 

 less temperate and temperance men opposed to 



>0./(j4 0>-more than one-lialf of the entire 

 (.•iinuual lax of the county. 



. Orange county, too, tells the same story. Dur- 

 ing the last year 173 persons were ndmille,! to 



>n,,^f lie''" '^"'"">'- W "his number one 



n I ed and hity were intemperate, .seven donht- 



"II, and hut SLxteen temperate !!-^/6a„^ Mas. 



t we Iv "' "'^ .""''' '^'"■'°"« inventions 



IM we lave ever seen, is a machine intended to 



t, I , I e place ol a nurse at the bedside of the 



sick, or over the cradle of the sleeniu- infuir ., 



that season of the year when fli s ^'e a est^an 



n>os intolerable annoyance. We ha"; seen 



m-ichtei V wl I '"""!"" " ''"'« ^""I'le '^'■"«s 

 macliineiy, which may be wound up like a clock 

 ..nd . bat udlj. ,,,>-„,,„, Frou.Vhe lid ^fure' 



'- tl i.ist (h,r inslance) a pea-cock's feather. The 

 nniclim.-ry being wound up a motion is prod,! 

 ced precisely like the heat of a clock, whici g°ive. 

 o the feitber the slow and steady o'scillations of 

 ■> pendu ntn. This may be so placed as to over- 

 spread the hice of the patient or the sleeper and 

 will most effectually cause the ffies to cease 

 troubling.-.ma«2/ Citizen. 



vil V if LiBERALiTv.-Recent papers from 

 New l:ork chronicle the facts that John Jacob 

 Astor has given a donation of ,§.3,50,000 for a 

 jhi-ary.nNew\ork, very judiciously Hmiiing 

 le expense on the construction of an edifice for 

 the purpose to $00,000. 



Ct/RE FOR Scab in SnEEp.-This troublesome 

 <hsease was quite prevalent in our vicinity last 

 .year, but has been pretty much subdued. We 

 have seen but one or two during the winter that 

 were inlected with i,. Many of the poorer kinds 

 slieep that had it, were killed off' in the fall 

 and the remainder were treated in various ways. 

 A flock htdoiiging to Mr. George King, and a^ii- 

 bv'tVr I '■• ^ "•'^''-"."'■Mom^outb, Tvere cur d 

 hy the following process. In November the dis- 

 eased sheep were collected together. A wa^li 

 was made ,n the Ibllowing manner. Thine; 

 pounds of tobacco and a bushel and a half of 

 poke root (verairwn viride of botanists) were boil- 

 ed u(> together, and water enoULrhanoliedo 

 nearly fill half a hogshead. The .U^ "ere each 

 "soused" into this lic,uor and thoroughly wash 

 el, and alterwards lai.l upon an inclined board 

 Ol gu ler, and the superabundant liquor squeezed 



h<.tob. This completely cured them, and not 

 . sheep m ,h,ir flocks has been troubled with 

 Hie disease snioe.-.lhine Fanner. 



Mutton.- We mean to repeat at least a thous- 

 and times, or till what we say has some effect 

 npon our countrymen, that a pound of lean, ten- 

 'ler, jnicy niuttou can be raised for half the cost 

 ol lie .same quantity of fa pork; that it is inti- 



ely healthier fbo.l, especially in the summer 

 .-tason ; is more agreeable to the palate when 

 one gets accustomed to it; and tha! those who 



wn,'i! , ■','r""' """"" """*'^"l'»i-. '""< can do more 

 vvoik with greater ease to themselves tlian those 

 who eat fat pork. We know nothing more deli- 

 cate than smoked mutton hams of Southdown 

 b eed ol sheep-venison itself is not superior.- 

 bheep can be kept in fine growing order, where 

 other domestic animals will scarcely e.xisf, and 

 housan, Is of acres in the State, under a.t en- 

 lightened system of sheep husbandry, may be 



Z.,V°> ^"^' " ^°"'^ '""^'■'="~'' ^^'"^'•'^ "ow they are 

 neaily dead property m the hands of their nre- 

 sent owners.~./lmerica7i .figrieuUurisl. 



The New English Tariff reduces the duty 

 on Indian corn to 2} cents per bushel. Fom 



80o"ooonnoi^'r'f 'f ', •-^^="- ''™'"<^'^'J "-ariy 



JOO 000,000 bushels of this article! and that, too, 



T I eEi ;;'l''^ "r""'"' '" •^'^^'^ "^ ^'■'■'^' P'o.luc'tion 



in hi 11 ^'^^'■™""=t", have lieretofore put 



*o high dunes on our Corn, as almost lo proh bit 



exportation to that country-hut it is aire, ly 



h re , f'fe it i" m'7"" ""' ^ ■'"''"'^ """ P™^'- "-■ 

 be,e.,he, ,t ,s to become an unportant part of our 



If the United States could produce a surplus 

 of only fiflj millions bushels of corn, .n; con , 

 find a .narket lor that surplus in England ,1 e 

 return to the producers, wouM be i lense 

 Btit they can pioiluce n,uch more than tba, 



Judi.jn corn has never been used as an article 

 of lood m Great Britain. She has never u.e, lh 

 hn- Ihe purpose of feeding or lattening catt e - 

 • he hasyiot even use,i it in her distilleries '(o- 

 lie p.oduc.,on of spirits. She annually mal e. 



erca'tr'^Tr' °'' '"'"' •■'•'"" ^^">"'' "> '«-' 

 nei cattle. The same money would produce 



nneh more value in fbe.l for cattle, expen.le. in 

 ■he puichase of In.lian corn. Uy J ,e ,.,,1 JZ 

 •lity on Indian corn, the money" that 'has ,o,e 



eretolore to Egypt, will henceVorlh be se,a o 

 •he United State.=. When the English peop e 



Bread Stcffs.-Ii is altogether unexampled 

 that such itiimense shipments of bread s ufts 

 shotild have been tnade fion, this country .luring 



i' itiv ';-i "'"""'v;'",' •^"' ""^ "'■'- "ft-'^i - 



h n except on the confl.lence which the dealers 

 and growers have in the capacity of the country 

 to increase its supply from the t/ext crop, fo 1 1 e 

 ^ tocksare much lower than usual at this season 

 t the year, and Ihe demand much greater, tlio' 

 I.e price is low. From New York idoiie for e 

 hist SIX months, there has been exported to for- 

 eign coui^tries, 40-0,101 bbl.s Flour; 380,432 bn 



993J4 bn. Barley, and 17,203 tierces llice. Be- 

 .sides this, great qnaiuities have been shipped 

 Pl'i'il-'id Tl ■' u''^'""I- «•■'">"-'-. Richulo'ncJ 

 5S";'Zwr'°""'""'^ "^^" shipped.-Ae,.6.-' 



LtCE o>- CATTLE.-lf you are in the practice 

 ol buying your cattle you will often fin, I ihem 

 Innsy tlionghjou may have been particularly 



them will kill the v,.rndu; so will sand, ibou-di 

 many larniers object to sa„,l on account of Its 

 nntating the skill too niu, h. Loam scattere.l 

 over cattle sbi-.cks has a teiHlancy to drive ver- 

 min away; and We believe that scattering this 

 over them a few times will be effectual. To- 

 bacco juice will kill them aii,l all other animals 

 but tobacco chewers. These will hold it i,, their 

 mouths, for a long time, thon^rb j, js ,,,„ ,„ „.ic. 

 kle down the corners.— j;„ss. Plousrhman. 



I.nvention.— This is the age of inventions - 

 iankee ingenuity is .-onstantly bringing oiii 

 something new, wonderful and useful. Anions 



Sap HEATER.-J. T. Rich, of Sborebam, Vt., 

 has invented a method of advancing the process 

 ot sugar making without any extra cost of fuel 

 by siinply suspending over, or inserting in the 

 f^ne of a sugar ruaking arch, a tin or coifper cyl- 

 inder about six inches in diameter, and twenty 

 01 more inches long, and closed at both ends 

 with a tunnel inserted on the top, at one end and 

 a discharging pipe at the otiier, the n,,per part 

 of which ,s lower than, the tunnel. By passing 

 he -P throngh this, it will he discharge'd tod | 

 hot into the boiler, and consequently liasten the 

 T.T^^ vTT'"-' '" « ^'"•^ considerable de- 



wn'^'r^^.t"'" ^^''■^'^ '"■'' '"'^' ''"'"' by opening the 

 wool and puffing in tobacco smoke. Tobacco is 

 pnt in a lube that is large enough to hold a mess 



tobacco ami a few coals of fire. The tube is 

 n. de just h.rge enough to fit on the nose of a 



bellows. One man must blow wliile another 

 holds the sheep and opens the wool. This is 

 said to be certain destruction to ticks.-Aiuss. 



1 Loughman. 



This is the season— and we trust the sfeneralilv 

 ol fariners ,lo not need to be reminded'of it-to 

 provide or a plenteous supply of yeoetables. 

 I hey make cheap living, as well as wholesome 

 ami good, and greatly add to the luxuries of diet 

 home farmers are apt to think labor spent in Ihe 

 vegetable garden almost thrown auay. The very 

 contrary, we think is the (act. Plant plentifully, 

 nurse carefully, and the whole season, enjoy rich- 

 ly.— i'a)me)-'« Cabinet. 



Soiling Cattle in Summer. — Edwin M 

 Stone, 111 his Essex Addiess, says, that an Essex 

 county farmer, by giving his cows freshly cut 

 leed, during a severe drouth ami hot weather the 

 past .summer kept the milk of his cows undi- 

 'nmisbed, and found ample remuneration for the 

 trouble in ihe extra n ceipts of his dairy.— ..Ma- 

 ny Cultivator. 



Pies of Sugar Beets, may be made by gratinir 

 the beets, and then using them as pumpkin,*, ad- 

 dmg rather more salt and sjiice. VVe have eaten 

 pics, which we could not have distini;nished fiorn 

 go(jd squash pies, n,ade in ibis way fioni carrots. 

 I umpkm pies niaile by grating instead of stew- 

 ing, are quickly made, baking them a little long- 

 er, anil have more flavor than um!x\.—Mbanu 

 ttiltivator. " 



