

MOOHS'S ftUIt&L HSW-YOHSEH. 





l will 





■ hiH.. rr 



tw," jon, to out-do nil other* »' 



.', il Will be in uttering euc b to us 

 " beat hen Greek" phrase* a» "phosphates »nd 

 i iJe» and an ti -chlorides, 

 ammonia," Ac.,— words you hnvo never taught us 

 to u»e, and such as intelligent, practical agricul- 

 ture u ntTBT ntl itj] tbey undcr- 

 neaning baiter than l!i.,se wou!d-ba 

 teachers who»e mouths are always full of them. 



Now. «catlemen Editors, though the doings of 

 the "Advisory Boord" hate not been made pub- 

 lic, ibe Commissioner ha* revealed enough for us 

 to know that you are wrong In nil jour inferences 

 and conjectures, lie also gives us to understand 

 the true nature of the advice given bim. He ears 

 Dg addraM, speaking of tbc results of 

 ' nsof the Board, " Il is our confident 

 expectation that these remits will tell upon the 

 pages of the forthcoming Agricultural Report of 

 this Office, in such a manner as to challenge the 

 respect if not the admiration of the public, and 

 silence the clamors of those who have so ruthlesa- 

 '■ so little understood " 

 Now, from the above language of tbe Commis- 

 sioner, and from tbc known views of the class from 

 which the Board was selected and tbc public gene- 

 rally, we arc prepared to present a true outline ol" (he 

 advice given as it Stands on the concealed record. 

 It no doubt runs nearly thus: 



"Mr. Commissioner— We are deeply sensible of 

 the honor you have conferred upoD us i 

 us u jont advi.sr.r-., bol M Ibe President has truly 

 said in bis address to us, wo are 'farmers, who 

 have heretofore staid ot home to follow the plow 

 and mind our own business/ we arc consequently 

 honest men, uinl inilwiiluitauding wo have inhaled 

 some 'gas' since wo have been bore, wo must cx- 

 pressourhonesl convictions. Wc believe that you 

 and your predecessors have done all that could be 

 done by your department to aid the agriculturists, 

 but such has been tbo incompetency of your assis- 

 tant, thatjpjj have failed in all your efforts. Wo 

 [ied your annual reports, (though tliey 



'Abovb'wc give a very good represent! 



Hall's Rochester Thresher and Separut 

 furnished by Josrph Hall, of Ibis city, who has 

 been engaged in tbe business of manufacturing 

 Tlmthej*, .Separators, Hor.sc Bowers, Ac, for over 

 thirty years, and whose machines are favorably 

 known overa large portion of the TJoion and Cana- 

 da. Those of our readers interested are referred 



3 Mr. H.'sadv, 



n tin: 





PEl'ARATOH. 



Our Canadian readers will observe from Mr. 

 Hall's announcement that he has established a 

 branch in their midst— having leased the extensive 

 works of the Oshawa Manufacturing Co., and al- 

 ready commenced operations. Ho will manufac- 

 ture threshers, separators, powers, Ac., the same 

 as in this city, and, having fifty men already at 

 largo number of bis 



ung i 





Rural Spirit of tlje Press. Agricultural JflfeaUann, 



Lhirty. 



ohmessiob sent by the PvranstD gorem 

 survey tbe Chiocha islands, with tbc vie< 

 tain the quantity or guano deposed there 

 rer eleven million tuus. This, if correct 

 t the present rate of export of about SOO 

 aonually, afford a supply for only abou 

 x or thirty-seven years. 



5 in better order thi 

 ild attribute it to t 

 :— 1st. That they a 

 iced in the shoo as 



seldom fall 

 found so much m 

 or that is above 



i of far 



...and ha 



comprehension, that the vol- 

 umes are of no more value to us than the same 

 number of our rural almanacs. And ns to the 



seeds, plants, Ac, distributed among us, the knowl- 

 edge of our profession is so limited that ho can de- 

 rive but little profit from ony of them. Wo have 

 tried the mixture of wheat, chess, cockle and wild 

 onion seed obtained for us 'from the ruins of an- 

 cient Troy,' but as there is at present no way to 

 '''■'l 1 "-'- " ,: "' '' ■"'•■■'■>i I'M i.i !>,„(!, „■[■< t.. a,! i- ilfl t ■!(,•,.., 



o edge of tbe first 



should cxteud back as 

 step and run forward 

 that the animals will not quarrel wben eating.— 

 The manger, some 3 feet wide, extends all along 

 front of stalls, in which hay is put from above.— 

 There are several advantages derived from this 

 mode. The cattle go up into the stalls to eat, and 

 wben they have done they back out, eleauiug their 

 and drink if they wish, which 

 to bo the case after eating dry 



n stalls, and 

 will be pretty si 

 bay. They can then select 

 down; and when they want 



full strength, not bei 

 early forgotten, : 





:aking 



ae done, (provided 



down the hay 



ter is brought in 



pumped,) is just 



mger and tell tin 



i unacquainted with the above plan it would 



lonable to suppose that tbe cattle would 



(fonbensfb €orrrspon&cTttt. 



Mn. I. W. Needles, of Union Township, Lick 

 ing Co., 0., husked on tbe 12th doy of Nov. last, 

 one hundred and twenty bushclsaod four lbs. of corn 

 r lbs. to the bushel, (the customary weight of rol- 



lot topped. Timeofl 

 Was husked and wei 

 to six men. Mr. Nei 



. L, inquires 



■appiug prairii 



All 



isary u 



along o 





;■ the li 



BOfw 



it of it will 



o prefer 



variety te 

 We have I 





tt>h*at instead, and 

 itot before Uttrd and condemned. 

 raise our own tea from seed 'pro- 



but cannot make the business 



' vegetate, nor always 

 wc prefer to propagate 

 i tbey arc old varieties 

 i orchards! We have, 



it is true, received 

 garden seeds, but as they are not sure to rege- 

 late, nor as true to name ns those raised by our- 

 selves, or as thoso we purchase of seedsmen, wo 

 prefer to raise or purchase our own supply. We 

 ) fairly tested many other seeds and sonic 



pU, 





oofn 



li have proved of 



moderate 



often by dishonest cultivators who "have made a 

 business of growiug seeds for sale from the worth- 

 less ones received from the Patent Oflice, that tho 

 results altogether have not been to our advantage. 



"Now evidently there has been on error some- 

 where. Either you have not known what our necessi- 

 ties required, or we have not 'understood' our profes- 

 sion well enough to avail ourselves of the benefits 

 you have placed within our reach. But, whichever 

 party is responsible for tbe disastrous results thus 

 far, we earnestly protest against burdening the 

 mails any longer with tuns of, to us, use-leas trash, 

 and then taxing us, as isconlemptnted, for the some 

 by raising our letter and other postage. 



"We therefore advise (as wisdom may die with 

 us) that the answers we bave appended to your 

 'fifteen hundred interrogatories' be published in 

 newspaper or pamphlet form, ond distributed 

 among those who are directly interested in the cul- 

 tivation of the soil ; nud then let the Agricultural 

 Deportment of our Government bo abolished, or at 

 least suspended until kuowlodgo has increased to 



i in yourdiiticswho have learned 

 impart instruction to others upon subjects that 





Perhaps I have become tedious in my descrip- 

 in, but have endeavored, in my awkward man- 

 ner, to describe a plan which I think will be of use 

 to those who are not entirely tied down to the old 

 customs and ways of their predecessors. If any 

 one desires any other information in regard to 

 these stables, they can address A. C. Moors of 

 Morris. N . L. Haki 



Rome, Onolda Co., N. Y,, 8d mo,, 92d, ISM. 



ANOTHER, "SUGGESTED PLOW." 



El- Kl |: 



e by the Ki 



I of Mm 



ib 26th, 

 dent from Tru 



kind of plow forsubse 

 rface plowing is done. 



great want for a nc 



method of subsoiling with an 

 objectionable on t 

 another team, which few farme: 

 when all are busy. 

 of April 9th, a correspondent at 

 call, by bringing to tho notice 

 invention of Mr. Biunckei 

 plow of some kind attached 

 following the large one. That Mr. B.'s iuv 

 iilly answer the call is evident, as tl 

 requires one team only to do the work, wh 



I n-.|.;irm.: 



lso, thai 



ban- , 



louple 



tho Rural of the S 

 jest plan for a trap 

 had a little cxporier 

 rill give my plan for 

 :t wide by four or five feet long, with slats 

 the top. Instead of 



lake something similar to a rake head, and 

 o leather hinges so that it will swing 



Milks says:— "If I WC1 

 my horses' legs and feet bei 

 those of my neighbors, 1 sh 

 four following circumstauc 

 all Bhod with few nails, so ] 

 permit tbc foot to expand 



That tbey all liveinboxes instead of stalls, and 

 move whonevnr they please. 8d. That they 

 e two hours' daily walking exercise when tbey 

 not at work. 4th. That I bavo not a head-stall 

 ack-chain in my stable. These four circum- 

 ices comprcbeud the whole mvstery of keeping 

 horses' legs fine, and their feel in sound working 



■ 



..m.1,1 



i ii,. i 





Tub editor of the Homestead says :— " A che 

 way to renew the turf upon land which has beco. 

 'hide-bound,' consists in scarifying the surface 

 the spring as the frost is coming out, with a Br 

 toothed barrow, or with a heavy stone boat, full f 



lji-itl(.>Ml. 



opplle 







without the loss of a 

 practiced where the land is stoneyor rough, but 

 upon old smooth meadows, which are becoming 

 mossy, it auswers a good purpose." Dragging an 

 old meadow with a heavy barrow, then spreading 

 ■lis p using 





Fab: 



i drag, product 



omlerfiil 





irprised to find, 



i groun< 





Tbe rake bead should be mode very light. By 

 scattering grain both in and outside of the box 

 the chickens, in their eagerness to get the grain 

 will crawl under tbe rake, and when in cannot gel 

 out. By this means a large number can be taker 

 and kept any length of time for use.— M. Hgrrick, 

 Hammond, Wis., 1859. 



For the benefit of F. L., who wants to know 

 why his hens don't lay— ulso the best and cheapest 

 food for them during irinter— I take the liberty of 



Ho 









tin-.-. 



I the subsoil u 



objection which I think Mr. B.'i 





I DAT. 



they i 



rvly iL-h.unul of themselves. Foil. 



challenge the respect 



this ;id < 



if not the admiration of the 

 clamors of those who have so ruth 

 what they bare so little understood.' 



From tbe light wo bave upon the 

 can be no doubt that tbc above is in 

 advice given the Commissioner by t 

 practical, honorable, titled Adviso 

 h*n I rest my case with the firm c 

 von will never again "so ruthlessly a 

 have so little understood." 



Seriously yours, 1 



Troj, Mkh., March, ISM. 



MPBOVED STABLES FOB CATTLE. 



o exchange 



menwment, I will give a description of a new 

 *enoT. They have been in op- 



Mooaa and K. | 



others have concluded to follow tUci 

 The first one on this plan hu been ir 

 i, from which others took pat tin 



in Irondcquoit, a plow 

 recently invented and patented by T. S. Scovillb, 

 of IJutliilij, which I think comes nearer the deside- 

 It is called " Scoville's Ro- 

 tary Subsoil Plow." The improvement consists 

 'ary pUis or diapers, which are 

 placed behind the plow and follow closely and in 

 i furrow, completely pulveriziug 

 the subsoil to the depth of four or five inches, and, 

 it is claimed, requires no additional power. 1 have 

 not tested it with a dynamometer, but when plow- 

 ing but little difference is observable in draft of 

 team with or without tbe attachment. I regard 

 this plow as a most valuable improvement, and 

 believe that when generally introduced, it will be 

 a "universal favorite." I have not seen it adver- 

 tised in any paper, and om not sure that the in- 

 bas made- any arrangement to have it gen- 

 I.S. Hobiiib. 





,,-u-.. 



, AprI 



i t 



eofn 



i three differei 





oary plow. We 

 least, of a grei 

 9 perfecting, t 

 say with 



of tbe furrow mode by the o 

 think it comprises tbe germ, 

 improvement, but requires s 

 rather a plow constructed for 

 Short beam, long handles, and "dipped" point to 

 keep the plow in place, and do the work well and 

 easily. Tbe iuventor should at once do this, and 

 give tbe agricultural public au opportunity of test- 

 ing his improvement. Wc shall give some atten- 

 3 this and other suggested improvements in 

 me line, and report the result of observations 

 and experiments.— Ed. 



anghaes and-B 



mery is, Shangh. 



breeds, can be made to pay, unless kept merely 



table. I think that, for laying qualities 



one are superior to tbe Creoles, and by 



those with tbe Black Spanish, or most 



ir beed of medium size, you have a fowl fit 



table and of excellent laying qualities. 



During the past winter I have had thirty hens 



Creoles. I think the number I a n 



>n visiting the Wcstert 

 •ustom is to plow the sod only about two or tl 

 .ncb.es deep, in fact as shallow as possible, and 

 corn is planted in (be thickly matted roots, v 

 hardly soil enough to cover them. The first 

 pression is that this practice is the result of nei 

 sity— the stiffness of tbe prairie sod, an,) the Kl 

 amount of power required to plow even to i 

 depth. This, however, is not the case, but tbe idea 

 is quite general, and has been almost universal, 

 that the turf will not rot as well if plowed deeper. 



deep plowing with tbe Michigan double plow, has 

 began to create doubts as to the correctness of this 

 idea, and the PrairU Farmer says, "Mr. Tan 

 Doren, of Lasalle Co., Illinois, says he gets more 

 corn from one acre of sod planted in deep plowing, 

 than on four acres as ordinarily plowed." 



JoHl 



. Ronir 



of Bel 



o., N. Y., writes to the Country Gentleman that 

 the White Ptach Mow justly ranks among the 

 est. Originating in the adjoining county of Sara- 

 toga, it has worked its way by its own merits into 

 probably every State in. the Union. Its habit of 

 growth is peculiar. In its first stages of growth it 

 presents a slender and sickly appearance, but later 



of eggs which ho 

 exceeded by the same nu 

 around here; they averagi 

 time nearly twenty e^gs.n 

 A change of food for bens 

 lay; what I mean by 



idbytl 





i of g 





eptc 



Is the Rural of March 2Cth is an article on 

 tbe use of hen mnuure, in which the writer gives 

 his method of applying that very valuable article to 

 oorn. Havinghad some experience in that line, and 

 having, as I believe, found a better woy than that 



your readers. I mix plaster with tho manure so 

 as to give about one bushel of plaster to the acre. 

 Wben I plaulmycoru I drop tbe composition in 

 the hill, taking care to scatter it well, for too much 

 of it, in immediate contact with the seed, will pre- 

 vent germination. I bave tried, using this article 

 as a top dressing on corn, with very good results, 

 but my experience leads me to prefer putting it in 

 tho hills— for, in the latter case, the whole strength 

 is retained in tho ground v 

 reach of the young plant, whereas, when i 

 atop dressing, I think a considerable po; 

 lost by evaporation.— JonM F. Ovsxshihe, 





i)8. Rural :— Four years ago I had a cow that 



;illary, which grew to the size of a large goose 



egg. It was of an oblong shape, and lay parallel 



with tbe jaw-bone. It did not appear to be attached 



the bone, but frtjni what I could learn I came to 



tbe conclusio 

 nd became a 



Its 



re. Iu the spring I had it 



rather unskillfully. It healed up, but broke again 

 in the fall, and I then effected a permanent cure by 

 rubbing il with linseed oil. 



I now have a cow coming four this spring (the 

 old cow's calf,) that had two similar tumors — one 



other on tbe under side of the sub- max ill ary. — 

 (Query— are they hereditary t) Treatment.— Rub- 

 bed them every other day with linseed oil, with but 

 little perceptible effect until tbey broke, when the 

 fleshy part of the humor protruded through the 

 orifice. I then put on pulverized blue v 

 or three times a week, and cleansed occasionally 

 with soap suds. This treatment was continued 

 the whole tumor disappeared and the flesh 

 i over perfectly sonnd to all appearance. 

 This I think preferable to cutting out. o. n. p. 





.ute Seedling was brought from ens 

 •tts, and has more than realized tb 

 its friends. Extremely hardy an 

 Id crop it may safely be pronounced 



excelsior.' Under very favorable 

 it will yield from 300 to 500 bushels of potatoes, of 

 uniform size, per acre. Owing to tbe vine being 

 short and stocky, and the compactness of tubers in 

 the hill, they will bear closer planting than the 

 Peach Slow. They appear to succeed best on rich 

 ipen moderately early. For the 



table, i 





lupen 



res, of West Meriden, Conn., in tbe 

 ' the 10th ult., gives the following 

 f adding to the fertility of the soil :— 

 ime so much interested iu the vari- 



'ays 





I wish t 



call the in lent ion of your readers to one way, which 

 I apprehend but few have adopted, viz ; — The build- 

 ing of cisterns for the saviug of tbe soap-suds and 

 chamber-slops of the family. Two years ago I 

 purchased a small farm and look possession of it, 

 for the improvement of my health. I purchased 

 two horses, two cows and a few pigs. Being con- 

 scious that with such a small stock, I should 

 greatly need more manure, I took, therefore, as my 

 motto, " Gather up the fragments that nothing be 

 lost." About the first thing, I built me a cistern 

 that will hold from twenty to thirty barrels, by dig- 

 ging a hole, and cementing into the earth ; fit 

 should have been bricked or stoned, and then 

 cemented.) I then went to tho lumber yard for 

 lumber, consisting of four pieces 6 by 6. which 

 I framed together and placed around the outei 

 edge. This frame was about eight feet square 

 joists \i by 0, 1 Ihen cut in, placing the two mid- 

 ones so near together as to admit of a hopper, 

 which I made, placing about eighteen inches high, 

 ir hung on hinges. I then nailed my 

 s to the joists only, leaving them to pro- 

 ject two inches on the ends over tbe frame, making 

 a place for a firm hold of tbe hands, so that three or 

 four men can at once detach the floor and joists 

 from the main frame and carry it off. And now, 



ing done the work myself, oud will, without doubt, 

 pny me the interest of two hundred dollars. I 

 should not be willing to sell for twelve dollars ft 

 year what I make from it. I draw it ont every two 

 months, and directly put in two lotds of muck, 

 making twelve loads of muck a year well saturated, 

 and it would cot be necessary for your olfactory 

 senses to come in very close proximi 

 you that the muck bad been drenched i 

 bt.-hl'.'" rain-water." 



latisfy 



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