MOOSE'S RURAL N£W- 



itolWradeouoD. 

 eir appearance lud.cted the bas* of caie, So ab- 

 itely ucocaaory to U>0 Ii«UtMuluc** find profit 



., ^ a f«« fiwl* concerning iho 





m pounds i.. 





M aprwa 





■ 



. 



Bercntl 





by ll 





■ 



. tnrc 







■ 











Iry, ye 



•ci far a* 













■ 





has gii 



. 



ix.iud 



ii/cattis 





: 



■ ' ■ 





obwnn 



■ 







. Lbi ka 





option by 



'"" *• 



rjmaa avoid 



follow! 



.g udvuu- 



"1 A grralei quantity of milk, butler, and 



naumed. it. Qreatcr onl- 



io slock, from 



.. Batter 



■ i. ....'i greater tendency 



■ : " i git mg iniik." 



1 " bill] via owned ud e>- 



blblled i.i ttie If. V Slate Fair by B. I-. pssxnci 



Of Albany, hi I " . ■■ "I " ■ ■■■■-■ ■ I i In' first premium 



in bis class. The oow "Ayr" una ownoi wi * 



• ■'!■• 'I ..!!■■ >■! ll,.' I prill rl Ill ll.uf lll.f kiinl. 



, ■ wo i deHnoab d bj the ud [ravin ■ 



w, doo idi 

 ffertmiil rcpr 



boat 



n of t 



ii ii.;, i, | ,- 1, 



UNDERDRAWING HARD -PAN. 



, tin, 



i.li.e, lin, 



being equal. I J in mm will Ii" to |.inr.,;i r land-. 



■ i it, be I located, mo I fl t tile, umi i n, 

 bohodfoi tbelaasl money. Hut it muni be borne 

 in mind tbal sornparaUrelj (an of us are noma! 

 ELoarij '., moke Mleetloni thai nearly Ibc 



win ilc iiimuI tint i .i In ii cnuntij ■ mi'.', id li, c 

 hnnd.nl iimImiiIii.iI imm rs who, loi unions ir.i- 



■ ■ to rem ivliors tliej an I nl tho 1 



n few inriy Roll out because pf com dorat'ous I kc 



bj ii i i: , ■■■ i . iron llii * mu i iell to 



li d, I it rol , the ■ >l on ii HI itlll rc« 



miiitiioiii'i-dii ■ flmdMrtattdf 



•vt Maa in disconnected knol 



llcbas— hcic ami ibcrr. And if fjt per act 



! bare accouip: | 



iiilcd add iiou«. 1 lure I al ticnty. Curly and 

 in sixty dullar* wort It of itlic.it per acre more 

 ian the land could possibly hate produced with- 

 it the diaios. 



Do you ear this is mainly naur/ton — we waul 

 faaUf What have we toojmbal bul I 



ask! Experiment after experiment ha* been pub- 

 I •lied, all in support of draining. Best, West, 

 N.irlh and South tend up eoncun-eol testimony. 

 Wlui begin* Ui diaio a fum ami gels »ick of it?— 

 Win. la-cior drained judiciously nnd oftcrnnrds 

 condemned the praolieef If there is such a man 

 in the uido un Irene, I beg of him to coma up to 

 tbi support of II. T. II. w. b . r. 



Trallaburgh. N. Y-, ISM. 



"P20FTTABLE FARMTNG." 



Em, Rrn 



il.c cmntiiuniculion of Mr. ClixnoocK, 



of Oonoaee Co., (Bohal, -Inn. B, 18fi0.) criticising 



Mime " Ilitita mi r'arm Improvement," given 



mini paper lost August, Perhaps it may appear 



nut of place fur tin? to do 10, but it seems that my 

 laat ttm the mentis of calling out Ins present 

 nb'o article, by inciting In in to read ngaii 

 "lluita" nboto tneu tinned. 



The bti*i»o( " Form Improvement" n* stated by 

 you, is (ho same aa that of Mr. (J.'e " Profitable 

 Pnrming," rit., "the vuof <wery acaila)>U 

 to Mcvre a larfft amount of manure." II 

 benrtili ngreo Uul Mi would bare the whole 

 inin profltobtD cullivntion. ll 

 lnhU mmnS' mo large enough 



SHEEP for inmoN. 



■ m una to be qnilaaaom. 



I Rwolfestcd in t'>e ia 



, •beep, n irnl vthicli results in the 



ii the minafiwtuter, and 



while to a lar_ i ibc Deecnwill 



be the mo. t i iii the piwcnt 





K-.ll, 





otha 



■ it i 



. thai i 



I bo ' 



HOttiu) qui 

 Tho advocate 



■' I I,,; I 

 ■ 



. , itui nl ob Ini lo ■ 

 ynii tuny I in.' 



„l„ i 



ing toomuob." and tbui injuring thcsucccw 

 onui pi use Bettor, aa you adi iao, under- 



i> grow picfiinble crop* as far na yon grow 



linn Bproad too thinly your labor and manure 



, largo farm, 



i rny make nil tbe manure you enn, then 



diTidotbo (arm (the tillable pmi, I suppose) into 



Balds appropriate lo the amount of the name. Mr. 



, Hn-, ntui ihnih-. 1 1 mmhl bn butter lo 



.in nh th.' main l*u t m niti./ir m air, liekla any way 



Siii.pn.'eoiieliu.tonc h Ji.'il iieu-it tillable land, be 



■I. mini ,1m i,I,, it mill isi.\ lijl.v.i nne lots, allowing 



■ ■ ii ■ Ininl I mi i nl I hi'hls near the barn. 



This will do ii hn mukesovot three hundred load? 

 nf inniium, if hull this in Ims, ni many hundied 

 .i -u' i.niiin,. do, Hie course polstod out ill your 

 ■' Minis" will much sooner improve the farm. 



For tv farm of one hondred Bores, derated to 

 ' me,l hiMh.iu.liy, lenor l«elve held* seven and n 





ml t.i keopii 



ni poaafble; \ it .- m '. .ti ,nn ,i , ,\ ,i -, , ,,i,.-,,i 



i, 1 1 i,,.- mils needs, ini;r n n nr nf e\- 



lermiiiiitinii ; using fur such piirptis"* miy »iu'ii1u- 



mOBUSOnd linn- inn nun hur, ni-l, ml ,,j sijuni!- 



dorlngbntfa In shallow dlnplny.or gl» ns tltomonei 



Into i 1 '■ band t of ont-tlironl i ■ ■■ 



coqioraliims 1,, !„■ ,1, tjlvt d Ini 



The other elms s.-iv, rmy. it umrV pay/ Look 



In ■! ;i l,iiln [.|r , ulm,, ,,,,, r.in 1 i ■, ,■ 



ii- "nil 'In' graves nf kin- 



''■'"'.■i 1 " 1 goWeall .... ii | watkoop fout land, 



dev.ite ,i to grating it mil gron grOMif it i- 



vi i' in anj I'tnit, ba very oaroful I lUatod in 



youTontlay, in, (ini pnrtol thai aartb rou do 



oupyii i ■■ . ,-rtul hiig'she is. 



i " i '" ' - " ro ' ""-I bar I-! a dollar! 



1 " ! ■ ■■' raw, m ii || g | cm. and be 



Aa if owners ,>f hard i tould li a 



1 ■ .: i' ei n.inl 01 



gninl IIiiiim . 



• ■ m ii T D wu dqoq lu 



i i., i:.i 



" '' '■ '■: Im-I,:i. Im- miii-I I, ,-,,)lrl'l, unle-s piissiblv 



We bond i id bii ht arl ll nan in bUyou 



■ i; • bacbolon, u to make him 



■ 



'■-' mill ii terv 



mis, bm lAouMa't like 







But it won't pay lo drain hnrd-pan land, »ays ooi 



Inn,. I In 



loaremaih h, ■■,. . ■ , ,.,,|,., ,,[ ,,,„,<• 



id, nt «ill pai 

 when il hus beet 



PAI I, Ll I bam Up '"' twloo Iheir co»l 



■ 

 t'n- coin ilv sent, and mich adimying .1 



, > iryAam mil nol matnre- 

 yft tKr •iittktt pay .' Th, | ITOuh i .. 



irt^J.' TheTw.il pay lo' aril or to keep— pay in 

 • p. .ia ,.i 



■ yearn. That which 

 ilhanonoc i rrould 



fnr , 



\:„l 





niuar wiin lb. nnj 0B ol N..nhem Steuben, 

 , lata 



,y land he-, lb , 

 ..nt il nil , i,., 



[iitrng ifeUe at ita pTCMBl Op] 



S ' ii 



i para 



rtbeo 





rely ,, 



■ 

 parallel ditchee about U r.-et apart! Is i 



■ 



er baa eapended pcThap* 



of that land would now be reliable for both n it 



IV, II I,,' 



a (and it nil! ii 





» i ho 1 



■ on -uler Lilily 



ory field ou 



mil of mm. 







iticiease, nod soon two fields may bo devoted to ti 

 Fun to ibo great eonroaieneo of the 



farmer. The funti will hecoiiie truly profitable, n* 

 .Mr. C says, only when afithtUtnd iiirougklundm 



■■■ J (hfirfiutjli riil/irotiitii. His system 



ol rotation is a vary goad one, but the tenorcf bis 

 mpting " l'arm Improve- 





■■11,1 



lulatcd lo further tin, 





AGRICDLTUEAL MATTERS IN IOWA, 





-It i 



. bo i 



* .ii'li'i * I" Inn ii snnietliing nl the .luiii-s in 



._-..,, I In n-imiltnie. We lli.ve had, 

 during the week, two Agneulluinl llnorda in scs- 

 siim— the Hoard of Direclors of the Stale Ag 

 Society, and the Board ofTrustcu of the Iowa 

 Stale Ag. College and Farm, The [brraor embrac- 

 ed rcpieaoiiinlives from twenty Cnuiity Societies, 



fiom nil aootiona or the State There wore, how- 

 tea from only ubout one- third of the 

 S eietiM organised In tbe Suto The prooceding!i 

 wore the same that usually occupy the Aiunuil 

 ■ I'-Miiij; i he election of officers, loca- 

 tion ol "'•' Pull , and the IbnnaUouof the Premium 

 List, all of whu-li elicited muoh Interest, both in 

 and out of the In, It The officers elected for the 

 r, nil tOOJ me:— PrttiJtnt— Z. T. Fisutn, ol 



Mahaska Co. I"., Prmdmi VT, \v Uamiltox, 

 of Dubuejue Co, 8«entary .1. H. Wj i 



Co 3>«M*rcr— Rousin SlBTKSJ i 



Uahaakn Co, Oskatuosa, Mnhuska Co., where the 



Pail it us held last season, » as selected a- the point 



for the Pair thla year, Davenport and Iotva Ciit 



1 '. i ,'u rarioua agrieulturol 



■■ ■ ! ■ i ■■ i during the 



eronings, 



The Board nf Trustees of Ihe Agricultural Col- 



. the import- 



■iiof the farm 



aud Ihe election of officers, brought together a 



- ita delibera- 



mron proposah 10 donate lands and 





1st of May next, wore referred I 

 three, who are entrusted with th 



report thereon 

 at an adjourned meeting of the Board on ihe (Hb 

 of June ueii. alien the location will bo made. 

 The election of Hie President of 11 I 

 was postponed lo that meal 



appointed to correspond with parties throughout 



ihe Union in regard to the seleotion of competent 



1 1 hat responsible olfiee, and tbeprofea- 



sorahipa of the College. Tbe Committee are the 



• 

 re», Bsq., nf Mu -cat inc. and Wat. Dcaxi Wilsox, 

 Applicants may address either ol 

 »he aboTe net VU re-elected 



Socretanr. Mc! j;,, 





■ Treasurer. 



class who 

 to their adrantagc lo turn their atie 



ling of sboep fur slaughter, 



I beiiclit V. those "ho wish lo turn 



i to the raising of Ibis kind of sheep. 



II be some well conducted cspen- 



monte, with two or three of Mis best breeds, — as* 



Berts g the amount of fi>od consumed— the 



amount of mutton produced -the adaptation of 

 the brood to our climate — the difference in price 

 of mutton, if nny— the dlflbi ence in price of Hooce, 

 Ae, s.i tln.t ihe most profitable breed (all Ihings 

 considered.) might be selected , I hare, for three 

 years past, kept a small flock of South-Downs 

 which Imvo more than answered my expectations. 

 Such lia* been the call for breeding purposes I 

 have nol been able to mature any fur mutton. I 

 few days since, three ewes, which 

 were awarded the first premium utmir late County 

 Foir. One two year-old, which raised a lamb last 

 Bummer, weighed 137 lbs., one yearling, 131 lbs., 

 Ono 'In tS8 lbs. I think somo of my yearlings 

 gained, on gross, .10 lbs. I could receivo ?7 per 

 hood for my ewes Tor mutton. I sold ono lamb. 

 less than 5 months old, whoso quarters 

 12 lbs. each; 1 buck lamb 4 months old, neighed 

 07 lbs.; sold one yearling wether, weight 

 at 5 els. per pound, or J6,S0. I have non< 



weigh somo iu April, and again 

 maygivoy 



ll Nnvenilier, i 



isoAi cabbages 



Tn : Wore St 



for cattle oseas 



■ ttondera; 1 



.ilrantigi-ously pluekci 

 be fed in fall and early winter. In planting, 



!..■ c«iinparalivc va'ueof 

 not aware Raising a patch of « 

 "»", hinvevcr, would "pay" almost 



A PATtKT has been Bccwrcd by W. Clm 



l.iim I.n. [ ng , says the &-irntij!< .ir-i/r.«n, for the 

 idol i 1 . erring bulter: 



1.1 i- in-i well beaten In the usual m 



Churning, then placed 



nil... I t 



ind ■ 



It i 



r. Hn I'd with elenii nhiH 





. |i-,-|.., 



-. g:a ,1 



1 tall 



ire for removing it hey 

 uijili-ieh- enveloped or 

 ii| er, which is coated on 

 on of the white of eggs, 



I dried, then honied bc- 



II u l-.ijijil,. 



POTATO EXPERIMENT -LIGHT WANTED. 



. Rui 



-In No. 



an article headed the "Caller I'ntnlo" attracted my 

 attention, particularly as itseems that Mr.CAllTBU 1 

 expeiimeii! in raising poliitnei from the seed b; 

 |ii\idueed quite a dilleient result from nuy cxp 

 rienceof my own. The year 184S, as we all knov 

 was the (iist when our potutocs rotted, nnd .1 fc 

 years after everybody felt uneasy at to ihcprospcct 

 of entirely losing this very valuable vegetable. In 

 the spring of 1840 1 sowed some eeed taken from 

 the balls of the "early blue potato" which pro- 

 duced small white potutocs, from the si/e of a pea 

 to Unit of n large white bean. Iu 1R47 I planted 

 i]i"i' in duo season nnd raised n eomjinniliiol-, 

 good crop of white potatoes, seeming perfectly 

 nd, nnd free from disease. In 1848 I planted 

 whole crop, feeling quite sure of having pro- 

 ed n now variety of polaloe*— as the seed was 

 taken from a blue variety and had produced, so far, 

 .1 while one. The year US is, in our neighborhood, 

 of blight and rot, and my now variety, 

 had placed all my hopes, shaied the 

 f the others — thul is, a proportional par t 

 rotted, but to in y great sui prise 1 loiind that every 

 potato, remaining in a somewhat sound slate, hud 

 Changed from a white to Ihe old original blue color. 

 ly (his alteration they incurred my displeasure to 

 ucli a degree Unit 1 mixed them with their prede- 

 o.-sors without pay 1 1, g any more attention to them. 

 Vill Rural renders llnmr some light upon this, lo 

 )o, dark subject? vr, 



Luicrno Co., To., 1869. 



Inquiries nub Answers. 



.. 1 .!.. .Mi,,r„„,l,,r lM,.|r inirlTi-.h- vrilur.. nslseeUiej 



■ .|M.'..i,i gLerprk-ihsn any other In the mar- 



\- K.T., South BH-M, A' }-.,i-,-,0. 



Tue Ow/or Sean grows best in o rich, mellow. 



.!.'.■]! soil, nnd n cull ivalnl like corn. It attains 



he heighi of from four to six feet, and the product 



if beans is from SO to 80 bushels an acre. The oil 



- extruded either by boiling anil skimming, or hv 



musing the hen ies uud suhjerting them lo a great 



iressiire, ttlneli makes the best oil, known as ,-olJ 



ii my nl" our readei'H have had cspcri- 



nr enn give nny iufnriiiiitioii to our corrcs- 



|ioudent, we hope they will do ,-ni. The f:inck-Fije,i 



■' 1 ■■ - . 1 > riineli like Ihe common ifnrminfat, but 



said by soma to be more productive. 



In thi> mutter we will simply make n few sngges- 

 tions. The object of all regol itien 1- ielf>propBga- 

 tion— the perfection of the seeds for future plants. 



If the carrot is sown early, in a warm, quick soil, 



and Ihe root arrives M maturity during the tuiirn. 



growing weather of September, there is aditposi- 

 ,. 1 , the perfection al tbe seed. The 



,' ■.] 1- t.,,,,1, ... hiii. that the root will 

 1 "■ .Inrity until ihe growing "ca-on :• 

 Here the soeil will not mature in one season, 

 wed. nor dowe Hunk it will at any place from 

 wo obtain carrot seed Si 



■ ■ : ■ 



ncl that the same seed undi i' ditlV'i* 





lite diuTerenl resnlBs, 





CnrtstM. !v Wivrtu.— Somo one 



asked in lb 



Rcral bow to chum in cold winter \ 





always beat sweet nfllk bat and put i 



in the chiin 



before pulling in tbe cream, or afier 





rjuarttof milk to three. gaJlooa of cr 



am -W.A 



This prepaiod pa| 

 roio afire, or with a hot 



it round the butter. It is Blutcd that 

 be kept perfectly stveut without auy salt for two 

 months, when thus treated, if placed in a cool, dry 

 cellar. The submit ing of butter to prcssuro, aa 



ileseiihed. is ;i irond plan, and one which ne leoum 

 mend lo all cur farmers. They cau easily prucliee 

 it with a small chDOse-presB, 



At the Annual Meeting of the Vermont Ag. 

 Society, hold al Ulddlebnry on thc5ihult.,a9amplo 



of King Philip corn was presented by Hon. II. S. 

 tfouss, of Shclburne, the yield of trhfoh averaged 

 upwards of 117 bushels per acre. The Ibllowiog 

 Blatemoot to which affidavit was made— will ex- 

 hibit the modo of culture: — " Tenter three aeroa of 

 corn for premium, wine . was raised in the follow- 

 ing m. mi,, t —The land wasa hard, stony soil; had 

 boon in meadow live tears. I covered about tivo- 

 thirds of the ground with rotten manure in tha tall 

 oiis.'.r, and the balance of the pioco with now 

 fresh manure, drawn in the winter, and plowed in 

 about the first of May, from eight to ten inches 

 deep. I harrowed it well, and planted it with King 

 Philip Corn, on the lsth of May, three feet by thteo 

 and 11 half feet apart, and about six kernels in a 

 lull. Il was cultivated nnd hoed ttvico, well; cut 

 up theseentul rl nd I In i,l ue.-k in September; stooked 

 lip in the lot, and |bjod until the latter part of 

 Ociiihev. before husking. I husked from three 





i I),.' 



-s to Ibc 



f pound- 



ion of bono manure, led only.'!) head of 

 feed 40! In Cheshire two-thirds or 

 generally three- four I lis, ofn dairy farm are kept iu 

 perfect pasture, Ihe rnmuitde, in lillage. Its dairy 

 farmers are commonly bound to lay ihe wli 

 their manure, not on the arable, but on tha grass 



hind, purchasing what may be necessary for the 

 arable. The chief improvement, besides drni 

 consists in the application of bono manuri 

 the imlk of each COW, in its urine, in its mi 

 in ths bones of each enlf le.ue.l and sold oil', n fnr in 

 I'uitsWilli as much entlby phosphates of li 

 is contained iu half a hundred weight of bone 

 Hence the advantage found in returning this 



eral inauuie by b Dg graM lands. The quantity 



of bones now commonly git en m Cheshire 

 imperial acre of grass laud is about 12 or 16 

 This du'Ssing on pasture laud will last scv 



ghl years; nnd on mewed find about half that 



period. Ilul the gnir.s land once boned and kept 



■.::,- is never so exhausted as to be ns 



ooi ■ .i b i- before tha application. 



Ix an article on the •■ Cure of Sheep — Mutton," 

 Ac, the Aeit< E»<ibu\d Fanner discusses Ihe pro- 

 priety of slaughtering at ihe cat ly ago common 

 imong Ameiicnos, and lemarks that " iu Ureal 

 liitum, where so much use is made of mutton by 

 ,11 classes, fiom the peer to Ihe laborer, great at- 

 • ii t ion bus been accorded, nol only to the produo- 

 ion of the greatest quantity, but also In ihe best 

 quality of mutton. After so long a Beries of of- 

 and cxpenmcntH. it is but reasotiablo to sup- 

 pose that rory many Important discoveries hate 

 ii. nh' iii this pnrtieiilar branch of rural econ- 

 omy, and that the business of fattening, in all its 



iructiced than in any other country. It appears, 

 udeed, to be iinivcrsuliy conceded by agricultural 

 .nuns o) England, that sheep of great size and 

 rapid growth will not give so fine mutton us 

 imallcr animals, and those which are longer iu 

 taming to maturity. This axiom mar, in fuel, bo 

 regarded a* constituting the genuine secret of the 

 is which so markedly attends the efforts of 

 the British herdsmen and flock-masters u. [.lini- 

 ng their animals for the market. The I 

 -.iiiseijiiriulv, are less valuable — being large nnd of 

 'h.ui tin- " .-...ill. huiTiis,' whielmr..' 



.in more diminutive aire, and much longer in 



coming to maturity. A late writer .m 



its —'A sheep to be in high order for tbe palate 



fan epicure, should not bo killed earlier than 



■ ire old, al which age the mutton will 



"rub uikI succulent, nf u dark color, and full of 



wjj whereas If only two rears old, 



■ 'his country. 



it attains ihe age of four years, aud 



itrticlo known 



by tbal name is generally so pour compared with 



English Bl ■' aise, and ol 



■ ■ ■ 



marketed at ttvo or three years old; but il would 



ba for the breeder's uteres! io keep ll 

 II ihcy were five year* old, aa ho would than be 

 jlc to offer a very superior article, and to secure 

 price accordingly. There ia no meat superior to 



good multoi . ,i poaaessea a 



equal, if not superior, to the beet beef." 



ns -To all and sundry people who 

 have nor extraordinary production' 

 whether fasl lioiscs, bigcnUlo, squash 

 lion millet, bee-hives or rat imps— me 

 gost that the '■ -' 'beir object ia 



to adcrrii-4 and pay therefor. Wo are about 

 r astiM? long articles cracking up 

 .'.i .which tha writs/-* have fur sale, 

 and as to pvUUUHf anoh elongaleil and exlraro- 

 gaut puffs of their 'mil wares, tie ignore the ule> 

 altogether. Waadisira patriotism, and wish to ad- 

 vance improvement, bul prefer lo BOCOaragS ment 

 an. I modesty, rather than brass and sa.l-inlcn-al. 



' N n- 



, held i 



ml Leglslatl 



Sin!,, Hum 



chairman, J- W. Pnocroit, lisq., after annonneltuj 

 the Bubjoct— " Brmit of Cxti* ad.% r ud to J/ieaJ 

 Farming"— named tbe MTCral will known b'eedi 

 Ol imported CBttle, or "blood stu. k,'' and then in- 

 tili. I attention especially to the old "RedStock," 

 or what he formed "Native Stock." A compari- 



uieel Ihe greatest favor, Mr. I*, concluding a» fol- 

 lows:—" Hut it is soid tho pure-blooded animate 

 only can bo confided in t» produee thtie Ul4, nnd 



hero hangs th« bu 



den of Ms so 



■„! 01 ll,,» 1 <]. 



nol profess to bo 





I Mono! .ni.lor- 



■land KU] the emu 



ect.on of a Jin 



K»*M Imll »„h 





s not as likely 





cn(f, as though the 







Inlands of the British Channel, 



1 tlnnk mudiof 



this talk about pur 



ty of blood i 



.,., .,;*" Mr. 



r. was supported i 





Mr. J. C.MOIIJIK, 





, England. Mr. M. favored tho 



idea that the best i 



ativo stuck raised hero would 



bo as well adapted 



lUZJTn 



a* nny imp. .noil 



ti,,- /;-■/ 



i.ruiiAi. Books, Ao.— In copying i 

 s topic from tho Robai.— whet 

 the Inck of good books ouAgrii 



ant nl' proper > 



| '',.',.,.' .:■, :\ I, 





e pleased t 



: folio' 



_.. Wo 

 iittruclcd I 



lemporaries, and should ihe agitation of ihe mat- 

 er result in bringing about a reform, >l will bo 

 hjhly uiaiihuin to ihe truo friends nl Improvo- 

 mil. The making of bunks has been profitable, 

 but with authors and publishers, tho qiiesliun— 

 What will sell? has boon tbe governing idea, 



peoplo to obtain koowtedgo is abused, 



tboit ignorance and arednlitj made usuof ta 



take from thorn their money. Il is a matter of io- 



gret that so largo a portion of ibc agricultural 





In flnmo instances 

 the ground of wai 

 conductors of the 

 creditable cause so 

 tomptible toadyism 

 'That Ibrl 



Honolulu Squash.— Wc are indebted U> Mr. 



I W Unions, nf Mnieduii, N. V., for a specimen of 

 quoit Btowed and dried, without sugar or oilier 



additions, which ts certainly a vast improvement in 

 llntm mid sweetness upon anything m tho tiny of 

 iinailullein'eil squash Uul ue ever beft.ie tasted. — 



Mr. H. says tins is anen vnriotj, and tbi 



all other squashes in theshadc. The seed was from 

 Honolulu, and hence lie calls it Uonolulu squash. 



I I has a russet skin, is nearly globular, aud tho avo- 

 rnge weight in about 1!.*, pounds. 



Tub Potato DUBABI.— The Massachusetts Hoard 

 of Agriculture appointed a committee somo time 

 since to tost n number of tbe tcpuled remedies lor 

 Hi., potato POt, and wc see by tho Huston Cultivator 

 thai a partial report DAS been made. Tiimh pro- 



,. i ,| us hi; re In ml and all liODtfoUtd. Tho (l.- 



ijuu premium, which called forth these sue. died 

 specifics, still remains with tho Hoard, uud tho 

 ■' itching palms" will horo to try again. 



Racks and UaI 

 mado through Ibo 

 and mongers thai 



is.— Somo inquiry has been 

 imns of the Rural for nicka 



ll keep cattle from wasting 

 ll is narrow enough lo keep 



Ihcra from turning around, and shoil i-iumi.I. m 

 keep them from stepping hack, there will bono 

 DOeeasity for anything bettor than old-fashioned 

 mangers. A stall ten feel long, including manger 



Is, it not used for 



the area for middling-sued stock. -A door at the 

 end of each stall, opening under ashed, U a very 

 QOUf orient WSJ f"r keeping the manure under 

 Tbcy need no fastening and hate n 



lo disturb each other. If "FOJ 



lus calves in a stall six hot l"n ; itrid It 



i,, , .,,, reed oorn bidder m bis stable 



ing o moulbful —there will be i 



V shaped place to put Ibo head into t 



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