TWO DOLLARS A YKAB.) 



'PROGRKS? AND LMPROVEMEN'l'." 



[SIXGLK >TO. FOUR CKNT8. 



TOL X. NO. 11.1 



ROCHESTER, N. Y.-FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Al'UIL 2, 1859. 



(WHOLE NO. 482. 



MOORE'S U BA1 NEW-YORKER, 



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rwim \i-:wsr.u'Ki; 



t Ptwt'Olllcvf, if desire 



INaUIKIES AND NOTES. 



i M.c 



Wh 



rill i 



whether broom corn can lit profitably grown on 

 lite Western prairie*, and fortunately we have a 

 commuaicotniii from a Western render, directly to 

 the point— as follows: 



Buoom Cons con be profitably grown cm the prai- 

 ries where ver it ruin k<: t or convenient shipping port 



offers, in Iwo ways— cither, ni & tod or firtt er<zp 



tif/n- hi-iritriti/, or iii rotation with wheat, corn, Ac. 

 id is will adopted to this soil— it makes 

 it Gne growthj and is worthy of attention nt the 

 ii i r ,.i - o) \\ eatern farmers. 



Broom Corn, when grown on the "breaking," 

 should be in the ground hy the first of June, — 

 While breaking it should be planted with a scd- 

 drili or dropped by hand in the furrow, and the 

 next slice turned upon it. The rows should be ns 

 often aa once in every other furrow, when the 

 "big breaker" is used, but with a "two-horse 

 breakei " once in three furrows. The plants will 

 manage to get up through or around the sod, 

 which should be rolled with u heavy roller, but it 

 seldom is done. The yield r brush on sod will av- 

 erage about '100 pounds per ueie.and as it receives 

 no care after planting until harvest, it is quite 



t « iters i 



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"i the (BOru 



Tiii " gl ttb," no called, 



i.i Tins By it led bj instinct to da 



in the natti Hi "i the thai p, n lib b 



. Ij hatched b) tho warmth and moll* 



tnrool tho porta, and the young grubs creep up 



u..- i.i .-.- . (ilmIiikj il,i.irv.;n (..ihe sinuses, where 



Hi' \ n(i. ...Ii lh.'in-i'li.> in I!..- funs tiieinhrittic 



. imtiea. Tha pw tent ■ 

 ilr..'. oi.l .'.nslitnte disease, but it may bo well 



mumgh to dii jab their numbers. One mode of 



objoul is to plow up ■ furrow or two 



in Ihe hi ep p ' lure, Anothei , Eh to ■ r the 



i ii ..I i,. . |. n nil tar, which II it rappoBed, tho 



l!\ i- in.) I'.. ml u|", i ..in]., llin,' ii u. -, ■ 



phlii l<, d< |" ■ "■,,! its ih'siies 



. u, When the grub baa taken poa- 



SC-s t I- dMn.'_'l'd I.i lli|i'> !,ir; lulwi'n .ililllkll 



iii tinMn.>ini.-. the use ol turpentine, &o. Totbo 



uoond q ol out oorrot] Lent we can only 



d two works (eonve iri in form, end 



Ion in ptli ■, i before ihi taiei ion people ■ 



■ i ." and the 



I !■■ Di it m.l. Either, 



or both, of the above will never be out of place in 



a farmer's library. Tin- price ol the I I ii 



' ii latter $1,00, and tuny he procured at 

 -i -I the bookstores through tin ■ 



ll" cultivation on old ijmuud requires labor a 

 are; Plow deep and well, and harrow until I 

 rhole surface is finely pulverized, Plant from I 



nit, whin (bur to «is inches high, to an 

 f 18 atulks to two fee*. Continue to keep 

 can and mellow by cultivation throughout 



The crop should be harvested green to make the 

 best brush,— at least be sure to have it all gathered 

 before the earliest frost. Fair, sunny weather 

 should be chosen for culling oil' the brush, so that 

 it may lie In tha .sun for a couple of days to cure, 

 after which it should be spread on poles in an 

 open shed or loft to dry, and be watched closely to 

 seo that it does not heat. An average yield is from 

 i eight hundred pounds per acre. Like all 

 other crops, Ihe profit is in proportion to the price 

 .rket. It gave last summer (IS's) a elear 

 profit over and above cultivation, of $12 to $16 per 

 and it is the opinion of Mr. J. L. Done 

 as had much experience with it, that it will 

 average from $ IS to $'20 per acre when well culli 

 a ted. The cost of cultivation and preparation In 

 nirkel will average about $10 per acre. 

 Some growers have their crops manufactured, 

 i I <lj-|.,i -e nl it lo the country merchants. 

 Ian can be quite universally adopted by fanners 

 hroughout the West, as labor is abundan 

 cheap in winter, the proper season for nmuuluc- 



tiii fog broomi 



We have -,. i-n several varieties of broom corn, 

 and wish to know the name of the best kind, and 



■ ijli'miii-.l I- tin: Arkansas vurn.-tv the 



-W. IJ. Oabdxbb, Ambojf, &* Co.- JR. 





I Tfj^irl I 



, First. 



toll, and " i the proper Utac lo plant, i 



■ 

 At utini Huge Mioui.i it i„- harvested, and a 



i ■ uriii-. ;i 1 1 ■ t Hlmi U ii •-■mi in- m Yield p t r 



' ' 



Mohawk river. 

 ! i .... i. ji a« il on nnj 

 good com 1 , 



■ Iber in hills, three ai U 



with eight or tan pbmts to the hill, or in row., Lb« 

 ■ 



-i -Hunters think the 

 l ""-'' ! ■ tbtei . '.,i grown in 



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th< ripi nine 



..... 



in this oondil 



head* or brush, leaving about nteo 

 attached. K can then remain Mated for n f iw UBV6 

 •I and spread nut on the bam floor. 

 ' 'nllv provide 

 e often 

 pwdadbj curd 



la el raced of seed by passing it through a 



kind of bti< : . ' tbia purpose is 



. <dl largo growers. The 



hundred pounds of brush 



Above we give a perspective view of the Barn 

 to which the Committee awarded the Kuuu.'s Bee- 



oiul Premium, ns pi. i-uisly announced in their 



of Western New York — a portion of the Genesee 

 Valley which has Ions been famous for its superior 

 cultivation, productive soil, line farm buildings, 



and the general good manage nt ami consequent 



prosperity of the people. 



I . i n ■■■> nu.nt Slum ia built of slone, and is 9 

 feet high, with 10 stalls for cattle, and a place lo 

 throw manure out into the open apartment where 



[I did mil yet ripe.— 



Tuk culture or Canary Seed by the 



■ i.i i year ,.v two, be looked uponin 

 the light of an Mperiment, We have strong failb 

 that it will mature in this latitude, and the com- 

 paratively minute tests lhat have been made in this 

 vicinity, and which have come under our ebserva- 

 ■ infirm the belief. Tins cereal, ibould 

 it be grown successfully, would take its natural 

 position among our tpring crop*— would sow at 

 same time as for barley. It is generally cultivated 

 in drills, in England, whi re considerable depend 

 ence is placed upon tbe boe, (an implement the 

 worth of which is belter appreciated abroad than 

 with ns,) the drill- are lei ten inches apart, and the 



i ■ ■ ... 



in readiness us caily as possible, the surface com- 

 pletely comminuted by Hie barren I 

 of two or three inches, and thus a fine seed bed 

 | n'ii lh 'ii bottom proi idea*. VFe hope O. II. will 

 . . i..|, M ;lii;. . .ui.] report the result. 



D (re «i-li tO CO) 



.''I.'- 



■ r- ...ii, r . iii- eonaldcojtlbe hrstnoan- 



■ ■ 

 h- old be sown alone. From 

 .- required fyr an 



it can be preened under cover. This open apart- 

 ment, or abed ns it is aomtthhea called, is 11 feel 



wide by 30 deep, and is marked <; on thegr id- 



plan. There is a large Root Gtllar opening Into 



the main bailor carriage lloor, fifteen by tweniy- 

 tliii.-eti''l,i-<oivi-'uiont tobollilior^i'iiml cowsialih's. 

 A bhiekhnjivd on w»ll ofean inge door, is very con- 

 venient for writing down amount, of feed, Ac. Tho 

 bors-e stable has conveiiienei- for -i\ boi SOB, « ttb 

 a cistern of water holding some 500 barrels. All 

 stock can be watered without going out of the 

 barn in coldest weather of the season. The cistern 

 is covered with n'd cedar, lo inches thick; sides of 

 cistern are stone, and plastered. There is also a 

 lor ti."t- and implements, large 

 enongH tO house all the 





Sob lluv [''Him, contains u (/mmiry, largo, 

 anerconveui«itly divided and ai i aaged, From it 



,.||,|.. : 1,1 ll.i' I '.I ■ ■ r , ,' 



I inl I ., 



may be eonvouieiil. There aie luo large bays, ft 



large barn lloor, 14 by 45, The £>1<U mp 



plied easily through trap-d I from the nutin 



floor, as shown in the plan. The scaffolds are 



reached by movable ladders, ■< liiel J be i banaf 



.■■I to .in', luc tlitj desired. 



The window, of basement ore, supplied with 

 pulleys, so as easily to be moved, and ventilate the 



Tuk Outsihb Finish is with good matched stuff, 



battened to th< ■ . ■'■"! '!"■ '''i" ■-■■■■ ■ - ■■"■ '-lap 



hoarded. The whole is finished with three couta 

 of white paint. 



The OahRIAOB Way is on the south sidcofthe 

 building, and is made of easy grade, whilst the 

 Door of the barn upon the south side is about 10 

 feet from the ground. This makes it convenient 

 ui stacking straw after threshing, 



Tl.'. i..:. i. i o arranged that all parts are easily 

 .,,-,., --,1, . . nD d kvlieii once hi Hi..- building you can 



net t > pin I »i«ti >■;'-.'.■. Th.'ic is -o much room 



that all the crops can be housed witb OBflC, and (ritb 

 little labur. 



mppUed with w.it, r from a well 

 id. i ■" rods off, by n syphon. 



The builder wus Coumisk Mautin, of Avon.N. 

 Y., and the cost about $1,500. 



j We have an ol I ei premium ;uid ,. vi ;il -up, Tiro 



plans of Uariis- Mich a^ wew commended by tho 

 Committee, and others — for pubUootion in I 



Tue Inquiries and communications wo have 



published on this subject, have induced seviial of 



friends who have rams in use to give US their 



experience. We are thus enabled to lay belorc our 

 readers reliable iuformatum. Tn bring Out and 

 spread before the world knowledge of this charac- 



■e deem to he one of the great iti 

 tbe agricultural press. Facts thus bccoinegenerally 



n which otherwise would luive been coulined 





Ml-shs I'i.itmi- :— In this d.ty's issue of the 

 Ucral, "D. J.," of Ouci<laCo.,sii\she has " .•■.,-,,- 

 thing on liai.d" to SUfll H Water h'<mi, but lacks 

 l..r the enterpiisi:. My sympathy for 

 one whose want of "courage" compels him unuec- 

 etnkVdv ti, I..M' the mU ol fbnda invested in male- 

 rjais, irluebfWbeti properly pin- d w' 

 will pay so abundantly and prompt I 

 ram, prompts me to comply with the i 

 for /acts fouuded upon - ■/ 



In Hi. ipriag of fBB$, at B vendue, I bought a 

 No. 8 glasa air-chamber water nun for $1, which 

 bad done service until the ownertooV i 

 fornae.andpul another in itspbice. Four hundred 

 feet from my ham I bad a valuable 1! 

 which cut off and collected the water from a 

 springy ilopebfland,^ Iri' biei wUft belov theprCJ- 

 ent issue in my cattle sbed, and live feet above the 

 Clyde nver, into which it falls after running 

 feet I quietiy saw my advantage, took - 

 i my $1 

 :■ inch pipe of the weight that proves 



and lo I'.-.'t of inch dine jupe (all of lead. 1 



i used two feel foil (or tha dxiTa pipe, and witb the 



help of my plow, and two men to dig, in one-half 

 day put it in complete running order, and it has 

 been on duty ever since, csceptiug when some 

 freshets have caused the river to overflow the 

 ipnng, and wheu that occurred tbe ram would 

 work unoVf u-aUr until Ihe fall was reduced lo 

 about six inches from the tile to Ihe river. 



Tho water is elevated 16 feet above the ram, and 

 to ascertain il it would rise higher, the pipe, when 

 cut off at the ebedwaspul Infect above tbe present 

 issue, where 1 held it a short tune in my hands and 



aauld perceiTB do diflfirenofl in ihe size of tbe 

 stream from that which runs from tbe pipe into 



the reservoir, although it was then J7 fuel abmf 

 the rim, 



I cannot account for the stream not more than 

 h.i'j tilling the pipe, nnles-s by small size of ram, or 

 friction, or perhaps both— but six cows, six borses, 

 and fifty sin i p o" not n-e ntn- -I'mirth of it. 



Tins p, ! of mine which bus done mo so much 

 ■'. Ij foul ■ with nopercep- 



■ ,..,,-, I„ (.'IN'-, 



leas (ban t-'i. 7 -. 

 Myconclusion from observation i*. 'hat tn p«- 



.■ , BBiplua power sc< ■ 



mn-yinclinati* I dri« pipi ■ " ! 



■id work, will be the length of time 



. ..r-ehuuitK-rwill become filled with 



water and that there should be a proper balance 



between thepropclleraodiljue. This is a problem 



for the "professors' 1 to solve, wlu.thei 



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,,. I. . I, cage rfc, • occur? 

 The water has been let out of my ram """■ "> 



from two to three mofflfca. I havoottrit id this 



filling up to the imperfections ol my old machine, 



but [learn n is do1 at lommon ■ ■ 



would like to know why it is so, and 

 vent it,thal thewaterram 



Mv van. [sail ' '''-ire to soy to 



.. ,, i ■ ■■■ ■■ h'Ti'V uunilj ' id 



1 



one small '■ ' ' ' ■ " ljl feipiired 



to cro out '''■■ ■ ■ |!! ; : ' '. bul '■ 



■" to > '-■■ rnor, undei 



d drink from a e 



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flunk he would he itflte DO 1 r , hut [eke "cur 



■ 



■■',• diately. Already 1>\ M 

 entc-have I saved more ml ■ 

 than the whole cost of my futures, which would 

 have gone into the river had the stock In, ii allowed 

 tocajzyit there, and exchajigs ,t fu the water 

 they brought back, which la the n il 



I 

 water out of the nun two or ibm 



" noi'-wcster " every n 

 ing horses to wuter, ciittitii;li 



Il is hoped that man wlm | r . . r . ■ ■ - 1 ■■ ■ ■ ■'' ''"■' " i'ci 



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