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MOOKE'S J-rUIiJU, EFEW-TOHKEE, 



JjSlH. 15. 



V 



Mtid thai every person, in bis lifetime, eeU a peck 

 of <lirt— if bo, the cider-drinker gcla ft half bushel. 

 If the juice of good, sound and clean apples, 

 free fmm all impurities, could bo obtained, and by 

 the means of the addition of sugar be brought to 

 ii.. .;. ,i .,..,,.,!. . ; i ., mikingwmcstic wine, and 

 filtered faefrom pi mac*, 11 >"" 11 '' produce a cordial 

 in no reaped inft-rior t« 'hat article, and be a cuier 



The proceas now mostly in vogue of making by 

 ;i, ,,,;,,, ..limJer, or grating process, is a most 

 wasteful operation, as it taken from 10 to 12 bush- 

 els of apple* to make a barrel — one-third of the 

 pomace is left of the site of kernels of corn, from 

 which no juice can be expressed by the means 

 used, and is lost. There is no doubt but there are 

 ol inice in six bushels of sound apples, 

 and if a contrivance could be invented to express, 



hi 01 pcration, Ihc juices f ree ar »d tne pomace 



dry— at in the working the sugarcane — it would 

 be the i /./- ultra of cider-making, and I hare 

 no doubt but some ingenious Yankee will yet 

 effect il arid make u fortune. I.. U. Maklt. 



M'mr«et:.>. 



Tt'JZ 



i -ul|>liiir...i. Si 



OUB PLANK BOAD. 



luxury li 



- , pr 



s on the 



ooaily along wb 

 common mail- wr. wailing in mini! ' ■ 1'tognss 

 and Improvement" Beamed to be the motto, und 

 "Bxcolaiw* the wateb-word of the day. The few 

 hard-fisted fogies who growled, at the exactions 



II III' I' HI i"- I |"l .-l ■• at Hi!' ("Il-L'lll'-'. WIT'' luted 



behind "the age." Alas, and ulus! Hardly two 

 yean passed ere stockholders, who bud fondly 



dreamed of ample dividends, he^ao to shake their 

 beadsj ami a little later to "give signs of woe i 

 all was lost!" The patronizing public bore 

 jiilting from sharp hemlock knots reasonably ' 



AX .U.DKKXl'A 



the B i 



the progress of the Tenth Volume of the diimnittl 

 l, we purpose to present our readers 

 with illustration* of the various breeds of Cattle, 

 Horse*. Sheep, etc, tngcthei with briel desorip- 



tions of their peculiar rhiiruclcnslics. To this 

 end »r cur mi engraving of an Alderucy Hull. Hie 

 representative <if a breed of small euttle found in 

 Prance and the islands along the French ooaat. 



Tn ttii eye they exhibit but little ivmmi I 



form , color light red, yellow, dun or fawn , short, 

 horned, deer-nicked, thin, .mil small boned. 



Yooatt soys of tbem : - » They are bum il; 



i gentlemen's parks and pleasure grounds, and 



csizuof the animals. Their nglinei 



for i i 



■, but, a 



All I 



regard (lie Hung as a great waste of excelled 

 timber, that fur other purposes would be exceed 

 ingly vnluable They leurneil that there is no 

 ictar enough in a hemlock plank, if extending 



through a term ot" years, to pay original cost 1 



provide means tu replace with new when the iOi i- 

 worn out. The sixteen thousand dollar outlay is a 

 total loss! And this is not all. We hud a tolera- 

 ble road Inline the Compiinv took possession, hni 

 Ben ui Muis! what have we now? Was a more 

 • jigged thine, ever dignilied with the name high- 

 wuy? Holes and pi I -1'ult.i, — plank lying length n i-e 

 »tf (be road Or floated off" to the region of tides,- 

 br.iki'n sluie.-wav-, ami hrid<re.s eureening l;..:i. 



i king' 



0U,1 i iuently risking bis Spinal column. What 



it i,, i,. done! The roud must be Bxed ! 1 

 Should plunk (what there ore left) and 

 buried under, or hauled out of the way? Which. 

 in the Imig cun, i> found to bo the cheaper and 

 better plan? A Sunscwnnti. 



COWS HOLDING THEIR MILK. 



WORN-ODT LANDS - SEEDING TO GRASS. 



Ens, Ri-ral:— Wishing to give you some of tn 

 cTpcricuce in a long course of agricultural open 

 ■:. ■!■.-. I send the following: 



Some years ago I owned a farm in New Hump 

 shire, comprising u variety ol soil, anion.' ulucl 

 was u piece of "old N. K." pine plain land, so ex 

 hau-led by continued cropping thai it wh- ennsid 



wasteland. It would not swunl our. except ii 

 small patches, und it had the appearance of beinf 

 entirely exhausted. I drained n small maple swum] 

 udjmiiing, where the muck was from o to lu fee 

 deep, then I dug out the muck and cat ted it upoi 

 a ■■! the 'and. to trv an experiment. Seven 

 ■ OT eighty ox-cart loads were dumped down 

 load in a pile — which lay until the ue\ 

 spring, when it was spread and plowed under, thei 



i the hill «iili twelve iu.nU u| roiien manure. - 

 low for the result:— I harvested fiftj I •■- h Is o 

 good shelled corn from that acre, and the ensuini 

 ipring Bowed to rye and grass. The rye was fun 



■ears. Some years I ihmk we cut more than urn 





milk. Hi.- »■■;. vr we imitate the cull the mole ee 



Lain will wt be to obtain the milk, Now,tbiami 



not prove effectual in all eases . hut u baanevi 



failed with my cow- ■whereas, previous to tb 



■ ii ...ill induce Uei io give down her mjj 



but the calf. In this hiealily. where butler >.ll- . 

 . pound, ami milk al 10 cents U ipuirt, n 



■ i ■ ■ ■ M- Lei this subject beneath o 



: future 



iith - 



s relative to the 



. .. ... ui 1 1.,,- .,1 il.,.- in w hind— for exciting as has 



■,i ii„. i-.mtcst here, the fitiiet und peaceful c-.dn 



cation of the soil is now lb xnpatiou of a great 



iii'i'i !■■. ..I the settlers of Kuti-u-.. Uready I'mui 

 ived from the Rochester nurse- 

 ihe time not be distant when the 

 ■ a i tiga oircula here 



ui' 1,1 I . ■ I, 



■■ ' I 1 "!'' 1 '- t.n-,,,,,, ,, (li | rubbingthe 



' " '" ' 1m ' " ''■ ■'■,■,■.,: ■ .., ;,, mieillh m 



'""" "" ' ' '" l "'- °" wuB all ,.:i and pei 



fectly clean thi I IgilWiU, ..,,.;, .„, ^ 



oil ll..' I..ll,,„,i,g -..lie ■ - iiil.km,.. ,, Wi . h ||||U i( 



l>ul ii few greasings until U . 

 i, ■ ik. cured I bare iui d this rm 

 for 80 year*, and havi nevei know u 



outside of the iron poU used for 



cooking, the soot, or black thai is on liu m, ^.n, , 

 caw knife, and then mix tallow with ii until n 



■ being elcansod, thret m I 



■.'luvementwill 

 a imuiediutely. The horse -k 

 iblcor out of the mud until be i nr , 



■ 



WOODEN DRAINS, 

 is.: — Wooden pipe, I percoivt 



-Inquiries nuu vlnsiucrs. 



Wnrrs Gnsw^ K n /. .; . /:,,>././. 



i ■- inn Ottrox, of Dedham, Mima will 

 gtvo urn id I the infoEuiBlion von require. 



Mural Spirit of tlje Ipvcss. 



Is the December issue of the Ann rit 

 Mr. M. li. SuBPHanD, of Fluvanna Co , Virginia, 

 writes thus relative to the value of the Sorghum as 

 food for stock : — " I have now grown the second 

 L-rop of the Chinese Sugar Cane; I have fed it 

 freely I o horses, cattle and hogs— to the I wo firmer 

 in both a green and cured state; I have found that 

 thcytl^irciinelyon it From the great drouth we 

 have bud, the corn crop is a short, one — bonce, I 

 have given my fattening hogs but little so far ex- 

 cept sugar cane, and they arc now fat. The seed I 

 have ground with or without corn for my horses ; 1 

 consider it ouc of the safest and most profitable 



sliced hy an ordinary root cutter, and fed at the 

 time the animal gets bis regular feed. If the 

 horse has been fed with four quarts of oats al a 

 time, give him two quarts of oats and two quarts 

 of sliced carrots; by such a practice Ihe nitroge- 

 part of the oats has no chance to pass off in a 



(I Old ■ 





but combines with the pectin 

 forms a gelatinous substnuce 

 supply the wants of the body, a 



^gvtcultnvnl iHisccllanri. 



! Qpo 



1859 with renewed * igor, and better prospects aud 



promise- of aiiirmenti'il Mire,,, rll „| ,, . ,| u | ,,, . ^ 



than for many years preceding. Many of our ex- 



changes nppaietitly commence the year hopefully, 

 evincing an earnest and progressive spirit, aud we 

 mis! i],.ii ,-ttu, i, ■,-, HI l,i.~ el-owned with abundant 

 success — that those who lubor in the cause will 

 be amply remunerated, and their readers and the 

 public generally greatly benefited. Among other 

 improvements, we observe that the Michigan F<ir- 

 nwhas been changed from a montlilv Io a weekly, 

 and is now a handsome quarto of s pages— another 

 evidence that farmers are progressing. We wish 



it success. The ]:■>■■(, ,; t fnUn.ih.r has also made 



nn improvement — for it not nnly appears iu new 

 and bcuutiml tvpc, hut has changed its general 



also appears in a new dress and fusty vignette 



heading, with Praiw Forma- as the main title. 



The last No. of the Maine Farmer announces the 

 retirement of Mr. It, Eaton, who has been its suc- 

 cessfnl publisher for the past fifteen years, and that 

 Messrs. Homas & Stanlbv, former publishers of 

 the Gotpil Banner, are his successors. We hope 

 Mr. E. retires with a competency. The Former 

 will probably continue under the supervision of 

 Dr. E. Holmes, its lung-time capable editor. 



s a recent number of the A'nr England Far/n- 

 question "Can corn fed to hogs be made 

 i west of Ohio?" is raised, and Mr. Stbatws 4 

 of Kelchville, Vt., gives his views as follows:— 

 Corn fed to swine can be made to pay almost 

 uywho.ro by proper maim cement. However fer- 

 lc land may be, I do not believe von can farm it 



I.: : 



Wool Oiiower aKD Stock Iteais 



c almost daily receiving inquiries i 

 this journal, formerly published by US, we tlgail 

 state that it was merged in the Rutml Nbw 

 YoKKeit some two years ago — and thai Wi caasK 

 x'.pph/ romph-tt srUof lh< work. Though tolcrabl; 

 well sustained, the W. O. and S. It. was discon 

 tinned because many of its subscr 

 the Ili.ii!.. on sight and examination. I'eihap 



for 



red 





0. undS It is ,,ui 

 to succumb to the 

 progressive wceklii 



isfied with the resn 

 the only monthly t 



E. Pbhovsox, of t 



'I ,:- I 



e of 



any nther native wine we .■■.., ,usi ,| \\ \\ \\ 

 Bauton, and Dbwbv & Mrxitos, of Rochester, ex- 

 cellent samples of Isabella grape wine. Mr. Ban- 

 awarded lirst premium on Isabella wine 

 i of this 



Oporto 





at our last Co. fair. Ukxky SyiniKs, uls 

















grape The two vearsobl is especiallv fi 





ahnnlrl like to receive n e iiiiuin mu. iji i 





\). relative to his manner of cultWH 



st of only il few Bhll 



Opoito grape, aud also bis success. 









Tin: A-. COKOBESS it WA8Br»0TOll T 



with a hole iu the 



haul gathering is beginning to reflect a pc 





it- lighl A ray. by some unaccouodfia 





fell upou the floor of the II ■ ..f itepresei 







■' ' " ■ ■ incl i 



report of "Congressional Proceedings," 



fiB composed of equal parts 

 i". gall, Bpii its gf tni-pcnliue, 

 .e well before using) and up- 



I M Wbatubh bus at Iu.st become decidedly 

 hue. m The present week opened in a very frigid 



iug pumps out of pii 

 relsid -eveini old 1 



,. how Iui-.- It. i h 

 lly from eight to f 



soil they wcro iu — in a coarse ei.i ■ Hi -... 

 they decayed fast, but iu clayey ground tbut was 

 iimiMor wet, thei wmihl l.isi much longer. I once 

 ■I a line of logs that led a pint ol (he waj thro' 

 onip, where there was mud and water all the 

 — Ihe other part was dry laud of a cl,'\ nature 

 The> told mo thai the Log&had been laid twenty - 

 eight years— those oo tho dry laud were decayed, 

 tho-e in the swamp were app.ui nlK u- sound a, 

 ever, except at the joints. I look I hem up, re- 

 moved the joints, an.l laid I hem down again. We 

 cauace from this that it depends wholly on the 

 ground they are laid in. When I discovered the 

 joints (ailed fust, I adoDted a remedy, by takinga 

 cloth about three inehea wide, covered 

 with tar, and wound round the little end 

 Of the log, then j.nt tin- |. M iii- i-ceiher, and tbev 

 lasted much longer 



[coxae to HarceUus, N. Y., iu 1825, and -hut 

 then hate laid a few lines, but mostly with tama- 

 ruc logs, thev make prctt) aqueduct, but 



[bid as pine. Iu dry 



rable. Ame 





tried with good i-u'cct. Feeding has iiiueb iiillu- 

 enceupon a chronic congh. Too much dry feed 

 ineieii-u- ii iiii.|m]i-,i| the hesl things Dial eun be 



oscdasaporl il tho MumaVa doily fodder ore 



carrots. The amhuuu helme quoted says "for 

 ,m ul.l i. In ■-iriic eonoli Hint -r.tii. likr-U Iu wai the 



animal out, and also the patience of it- oimo. 

 depending perhaps no some organic change, or 

 irritable state of the respirator] surfaces, usi 

 counter ircilalton, and givoa dose of the follow- 

 ing^ night and morning — Kqual pin- "i 'km,-, 

 i"'ii, Ii. ..i ... ■■:..:. ■-. and blood- 



root— all powdered. Dose, one ounce, night and 

 ■ in ui i| [wo days ; then omit the 

 morning dose. To be mixed with ihe food." 



have neglected iii>oi'.u interest, and thu 

 family and posterity. I du ibis work in 

 unl !.,ll the most iu the fall, being the mot 

 .mi I one to wuik in wet land. I have sit 



have made of these drains upwards of three and 



one-half mile-. My mode of constructing tbem i- 

 to sink the trench about two feet deep at the low- 

 e-t place to he drained, from there to some suita- 

 ble outlet, then tako stone 8 or lu inches broad, 

 stand them on the bottom, \ or S inches apart, 

 lean tops together, cover the tops close!} with 

 straw or litter aud till up— when you have a main 

 drain completed, you can branch as many arms on 

 either side as you please. 1 have long since de- 

 clared war againsl the crawfish liibia on my farm, 

 and I consider every drain I mo'ic an effective 

 piece of artillery added to mi buttery, wlm-l, phn - 

 ,la> and night against the strongholds of the ene- 

 my li ■_■.: 1 1 ■ - - nn- L'n/ai satisfaction to say several 



-i gbolds ol the enenrj have been taken, and 



i I bed, and other tribes are 



in council considering the propriety of heating a 

 ■ ■ 



7. II Purdy, of Ithaca. The meeting was woU 

 (tended, and much interest was manifested in 

 io promotion of Rural affairs. The lihaca Pur- 

 lers' Club is a new institution, now lc- than two 



mm, where w.-.J. m !,,,_•-. .,:,• held. The 

 .„li ,.... I.- 1. 1 lie i '.,- .1,1. ul em/ens. 



,.-■., 



Mm 



were elected for 1950: Preti, I i: i: 



He iw*t'»— C, .1, Prosser and J », li Pr 

 8afy— H. N. Beach. Tr^v ■>,-., - Tho I '- 

 Ih'raiort — J.fi. Warren, Clarkson ; J. 0, 

 tengill, Ogden ; Abner Wood, parmn ; H 

 Murdutl', Union; S, V. w. Requa, Kendall 

 H. Davis, Sweden | Nicholu- I'un^w. I'luren 

 Thus. Jewell, Murray, 



Scaocitj or PonnBii- — The Wyoming M 



says:— "The scar.-in "i fbddei in the Soul 



■ ii accessary t 



i- ui i An yje- 



Vlth one ul" our uiiliels 



be is delivering al the 

 Km at ihe rate of about three tuns 



io. demand lur torn has already in- 

 pnce ol thai article, aud it will no v 



doubl l "- still further increased before hay a 



counties of this Si.' 

 port feed for stock 



