13, 



MOOIiE'S &UEAL IJ3EW-TORS 



rid laod. The 



reason we Mould not ion earlier UeW 



>u*c ihc wheat gc»» '* 



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DAISES' DRAJrT-TILE TACTOEY, 



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r jiticr dark colored, and 

 I up! fill u well m the Favorite. A 

 . [| docs not mature quid 



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S pr, f,, 



,-ndl 



cdon 



: is formerly, 

 range* If 



w & spring ■ i 



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o get i 



[ ■ I I I r ■■ , , ■ 



poofolly on grarcl or clay loom soil. 



• ri liei than the 



101b of May, and not later than tlio Utb of the 



■i D Ufll Lflt III 



hare your ■■■ j ■ .,,1. other. 



J. bmmub 

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ABOUT SHEEP, AND THKm CABE. 



I dofi mj hal to 



and 1. 1 ■ i . :i r n i ox i, ni, beat [ ai 

 to know there an- other farmers than I 



i i :■ | erceJTfi that my 



'!■ 0] I tl "inuiiin, when con 



!i those of the above- mentioned gentli 



men. Theroli otnetrnll , laying, "the mo 



"'■' , Wllth" '" ■ ■■ oa no i honi ■ 



h Mj it. -■, i reports will soon bceclipsed 

 by other account*, far exceeding cither yet made. 

 Mr. TABOO really must hare a fine flock of ewes, 

 and > ' i bl feeds no grain or root". Thin is some- 

 thine Hint certainly needs explanation. What kind 

 of iheep nrc they » Ilnw are they fed? — perhaps, 

 like Hie Dutchman's horses, " the; In n 

 straw and that poorly threshed." 

 Now, gentlemen, you might as well try to eon- 



''""■ ■'' toga m i httwi on raw potatoes 



Ami dish-water, as that iheep will pay well witlionl 

 Rood earo and feed in our changeable climate.— 



Perhaps In lonu d Southern latitudes they will 



'"■' " ...nil. tin shelter and extra feed that 



la] need here, I have been uoni inci i .... .... 



Lime thai my Qoek of sheep ooald be im] ran d.and 

 that il ia a duty we owe to ourselves and llic form- 

 ing community genorolly, to make all the improvo- 



noonl thai li within oui reach, li costs do i ■. if 



as much, to keep a Hock ..( 'sheep in good coudition 

 ioi and half-starred. When thriving, 



■ '"■' p ;i "- i ei ■■ ■■'.'■Mi. ■•■■ .... ad, inii when i r 



il. j ore oldoin bi allhy 1 bore i ■ i :h i oi I to a 



■ mid ih ing h-'i wunl "l p '.■]■. -i run . 



Nothing can !>•■ more harrowing to a farmer'B (bol- 



" r "l "' to in 1. 1 In ■ -tuck and sheep decreasing in 

 faltie forwnnt Of a Htllo corn or oats. Every sen- 

 '■'■ i ■■■■■! ■TruviT will find it for his in (crest to have 

 In fl... l. i hi for (he butcher or eastern market at nil 

 1 mo . (bi it is o i. ii I i :■ arlj i srlnblisned, thai there 

 . n certain season in each year when fat sheep 

 brlngau enormous price in New Tori andotfaoi 

 rkots, and the cost and trouble of get. 

 ting iiiv.ii there is hoi a Erffle on our railroads 



I hope lln- BUbjCCl Will in ,1 drop here, Iml Hint 



wo may boar Ironi re e tten ive ■■■■ 



tolargorOocla paying, the most p 



"' ■ beep i" be i ... ed, I iking both wool and 



"» mil n S fl 



lin-Tilc Manufactory of Mr. 



U 

 "tilth, 1 think would be inti 

 nitrous Michigan subscribers and perhaps otb 

 At considerable expense and labor Mr. l>\. 

 has been experimenting Tor wvfr,il years, to ] 

 duce a machine for making ule tbat should be 5 

 pie in eiwH'ii tlj worked- lie 



has been eminently successful in the production o 

 nr tome month: 

 had one in opi bj thelaborof 



one man and two boys, he can make i . 

 dred to two hundred and fifty rods of tile per day, 

 to nxc, in u most perfect manner. The 

 ■ 

 ■ 



n'l-.-r for holding clay. He 



bouse one hundred feel lung and fif- 

 teen fuel wide, with a good roof, and open on both 



sides and ends to admit a Free circulation of air. 



Through the center of this house there is laid a 



railroad track made of scantling. From the end 



of the drying house a track is extended into the 



through the door- way, and another track to 



■ug Mill where the clay is ground by the labor 



e horse. The machine is placed upon the 



..■ house, and is supplied by 



■ilheiny, being propelled by the labor 



with one boy to supply clay from the 



mother to remove the tile from the ma- 



ine to the shelves on both sides of the house.— 



- moved forward on the track as fast 



one tier of shelves are filled. The tile, as soon 



Hi. y dry, ore placed upon a car and run into the 



kiln and packed for burning; the kdn holds tile 



enough for seven hundred rods or assorted 



There are dies for making three, four, and si: 



cs for pipo tile which may bo 

 nd changed at pleasure. 

 pie in all its parts and perfeci 

 man lis operations and the tile manufactured o 

 the first quality. Mr, Daihm is having manufac- 

 tured under his supervision, machines which be 

 furnishes to any pari of the United States. The 

 Tug Mill for grinding clay can be made by any good 

 mechanic. Farmers have thus placed within 

 reach a portable tile machine which can b 



may combine for the purpose— and furnishing 

 themselves and ethers with tilo at less cost, inclu- 

 ding the machine, than they could by transporting 

 tile any considerable distance, and those having 

 suitable cloy will find their interest promoted by 



Mr. Dabjbs deserves much praise for the perse- 

 rernnoa manifested La bringing his machine to 



-■"■■I ['.■ii'.-.'iM.ii, ,-.,]. I n,-, ;l( ,. ,,, their manufac- 

 re, as well as tile to supply all demands, and I 

 nlideufly hope be will be amply remunerated for 



duly appreciated by llu> 





lender, i 



lior.-c-sb... 



The nuielnne 



bertl 



s labor, and hise 



OLD HAY vs. NEW, AND OTHER THINGS, 



| ■ ■ '•'■ ■■ u .i W K. inquires nl i the wbj ■■ 



'"i n '. i ■ I : tlii difference bel nrei a old hoy 



and aofl . oi rather irhj old bay, or that which has 



id qtw, '■■ !'in. i than that foddered 



the irintai immediattly after cutting. A shrewd 



'■" ' "i my aoquaistance n docea • d i n 



rorrid old bay, hi oauso, as ho averred, it was bet- 

 o interest of the money at the price the 

 I'". i»0«ld I'm. . il sold, and would not sell any 

 ■ 



dered better, .. 



ll1 "' ,,|M "■l'" , " i| i'liili'T k,r lo„- kcepioc. The 



. brondfta- the 

 Lb< thing, oldei 



h ■ 



in qch wheat, 

 'lo to the taste. 

 Did . .ii.ii. ... iidtol 

 dipt or moulded. In ilo- . 

 . ' 

 that old eharcoal was a better tnTcatlneni thai 



. !,,.» 





. .1 pal var 

 i. kept sometime, was better than the 

 i I made my own varnish years 

 id mrrtcr 

 ■ loantitT inffiMi ibeappe- 

 :i oldMW. 

 i, lull these arc 



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the score of good 



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on that belief c 



I I think there 



The reason why is rather 'more 

 ^ « K»od Yankee, Iwill 



cannot demoiwM 



s the atmnsphere by t 

 ■ring or mauuft 



iubstanees for 



gases are erolTed, th w 



°«ygen as ,l ow i, 



and surely asjqatn 



r that throe-fourths of this globe and 

 i oxygw; if SO, myhypothi 

 plansible SJU at lea*t. If any one can fura 

 better, I for one shall be willing to hear 



ABOUT DOTATION OF CHOPS. 



Says II T. It,, in a late Ritual, "Plow less 

 seed down more." Now let me say, plow more 

 also. That is, change from ".rai 

 rersa, more frequently. That 

 would be more profitable than the n-ual wa 

 seeding down a part of the laud, and having 

 remainder continually under Ullage, lei me try and 



Most farmers must have observed that, as 

 cra]riile 1 the/e,.'er..] ) ..| "l;i;l..,,i ■ grain is always the 

 best, each succeeding one growing poorer; i* 

 we cannot always remedy this by applying mi 

 I think il would be a sale rule for us never tr 

 . ■ ■ rasa i ropa in sui cession ■■ r. 

 planted, in which i ts< ■• 



tie kept in much better i 



""-: '' 





ting that the subjecl is regard d 



te. Wild i n the past few week- iiebave received 



i the subject, but as our space is limited, and the 



l of April 'id, (and previous 



as one of no little importai 

 several practical articles o 

 matter was pretty fully discussed in the Bo: 

 i..-.i:. ■- v.. defer their publication, for the r 

 . 'her. Meantime, we give the ai 

 by GowiSG & Co., of Seneca Falls. N. V.. who i 

 Hydraulic Ham. It is intended to illustrate ll 

 representing one operated by the water froi 



located, and forcing the water through suitable leading or discharge pipe, 

 to a considerable elevation, (either pcrpendiculorly, or upon an inclined 

 plane,) to a trough, which may be placed in any convenient locality for 

 i Stock of every description, affording u constant supply of 



mpanyjng cut ftii ni.-lied u • 



inufacture an Improved 



e of the Hydralic Ram— 



i spring r 



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i cat I re failure. 



e in.-h e 



r the v 



As there is con 



iderablc inquiry 



■r Rams, i 



e would add that Cowing & 



Co., manufacture 



six different Bize 



adapted 



■ -[ji-ui"- nr brooks furnish- 



ishingfrom 3 qua 



tsto SO gallons 







be found in our 



advertising depa 



tment. 





Groiiiicnscft tHorrcs pon tic; 



am sorry that the Ruhal and some of its co: 



icspoiidenls have so poor an opinion of the ai 



furnished them by the General Governmenl.- 



Iv-peeially am I grieved that Ihey so underrate 



ecious volumes that annually emanate froi 



itent Office, I have been so fortunate as t 



a plai 



- igrfcult, 



bough I did h 



where 



Thus the land 

 Hon, and freer fi on 

 clover would be tin 

 ofwhloh would be 

 smaU kind will pi ■ 

 also. I find ii will 

 the sore »i n •■ i 



Ml. I | 



likely lo give fifteen 



"total rtj of oats. Its failure of seeding w. 



is mainly owing to the first crop not Ijemg e 



Should always be oft' the laud bv 

 the first of July, to insure the rtjieiiing of 

 When clover Beod is sown, toiusure ils 

 SOW plaster also; [( n-,|| be of the same 

 Ihc crop the next season. This is not bs 

 many, bul is nevertheless a. /act. I woui 



add. in hehall ot the clover crop, that the saving of 



plowing, and its uses as a i for the succ 



"ill compensate a great ways for 



ither fanners, please considei the s 

 I vou in, satisfied m n il 

 nrlt 1. for one, practice what Ipn , ! 

 p I *'■ -■ i used this lost season more clovei 

 thangrain- m : ., ,|, ( . ., VII , , iQij 



grain nut badly woe-ril eaten uther. 



whereby we 

 can save a year'- use of the laud, and accomplish 

 ol>]eei. They have only been partial It 



ried 





in 1 1 Would loliOl liirllM-r 



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Canada Thistles— Plow t 









a-sun. after a crop of barlev 



. . 







. natc and plow 



... 







nagood ditching plow b L 



had* 



WWongl.m ColMfe 



ii glass plpejoatu wel 



r. Tka culture 



■flTho can complain of 

 resolution of the Ilo. 

 there be printed for t 

 extra copies, and for t 

 closes with a disserta 

 moon, accompani 



ehan-es I 



ii i;;.; i 



(heir era/t was in danger, joined together as 



■■!'■ In d. lend it. Printers seem to be less wi 

 ibis generation. Talk about these volumes b 

 ot no value. Why, not many years since, I att 



lion of Pateui 

 Mechanical as 1 

 illustrated, am 



tlural Spirit of tlje ])ycs5. 



RUPCS Brown, of Chelsea, Orange Co., 

 says that in an experiment tried by him, the 

 in a crop ol" potatoes by the use of ashes at 

 rate of a teaenpful to the hill, was about a bu 

 and a ball of potatoes for each bushel of ashes u 

 the English pink eye, 



■Id 2 



ably conducted and Intel 

 oretar$—0, D. Beeman; 



,,1,-N 



The - 



l M:ii r, with 



per them. It was plowed and hoed June 18, the 



>ws being four feet apart and hills three feet. The 



•lie.- en -I I :." . els a biishcl, and putatoessold at '::< 

 •nts, returning full ,"(i cents a bushel for the ashes 



"aj>k writes that paper as follows :—" I mam 

 piece of sod for this crop, plowed it in; after 

 ng, sowed about 'JOO pounds guano to the a 

 M-rowed it well, ridged slightly, then drilled in 

 led. They did not come up well on account of 

 ucb wet at that time. One-half or the seed 

 of the yellow variety ; the- other was white. 

 ow harvesting them. The white ones 



rags. Surely, i 

 turo] i-iiov,i..,i v 

 lico, >Fay»< G 



one need complain that ngricul 



i' 

 , X T., 18&tl. 



inquiry appears in a laic number of the 

 From i'. K. B , n bo wish 

 ■alivg value of hemlock and white ced 





i tl..:- i 



kind. 



lil.d. I l.i, ,.;..-,;,,.. 



to his .pie.-lu.ni, would I, .j Imve In s.u ||,;i 



waota posts I,., building, hemlock is betti 

 codor >^! are il c m be kepi dry, as it .i ill hold 

 1 much heiier than cedar. Onthi 

 nrishes the limber for fence posts, to put in 

 round, the cedar will last much the longest, 

 e removed hemlock posts from the ground 

 ivere rotted off at i lie sin face within five or six 

 Bron the time of setting, and have known 

 i cedar to last well twenty years or more. The 

 drawback ou the white cedar is thai ltdoes 

 iohl a nail quite as well; bul this may be 

 obviated in part by putting up llic fence with 



heavier n..,;. 



, 1858. 



would like to raise good e*l ri 

 so, One of latter part of 



February, and as my winter stock of butter was 

 ig low, I wanted to mate butter, and I also 

 raiso the calf, as it was of good stock.— 

 dilemma, for. if I raisrd the calf I wonted 

 net So I tried an experiment. I had 

 ts boiled and mashed, and pi 

 and the calf soon becernii _ 

 the quantity of onrrots. and decreaied 



Herewtu 





■epu 



skim-milk, or sour-milk, tha 

 n feed being carrots, and the calf grows finely, 

 isfaL— B. C, Wat4rfor.i, A> 



; the second, where lour quarts of sifted coal 

 were applied, the produce was titty pounds ; on the 



third perch, onequartof piaater. was sown, and the 



crop neighed lifiy-IVmr younds. It will be seen 

 that the ashes increased llic clover nearly one- 

 quarter above that on which no manure was ap- 

 plied, which goes to prove that this substance is a 

 rnlu&bli fertiliser." We never could find much 

 Ij.'ii.Jii from ci ..il allies, In ls-'n we tried them in 

 i. i'!.n,s, nod I tie more ashes the smaller 

 the pumpkins. One vine grown on a heap of 

 ashes nboul two feet thick, was a miniature pis 

 growing but about four reel in length, and prod 

 ing pumpkins about tlie size of applet. 



Por a number of years I h.-.ve had ..bout aim 

 coarse bones, ami after trying various ways of r 

 plyins thein as manure, ! ieilled down upon the 

 following unscientific way for composting them 

 I first soften the bones with heated ley, until they 

 can be crushed with a wooden beetle. After they 

 '. I mil well together one part bones 

 and three parts wood ashes, slightly dampen the 

 whole— then pile it up in a heap. The heap should 

 be trod together very bard. After two days the 

 heap should be mixed with ten or t 

 bulk of peat or pond mud. I usually compost it in 

 October, shovel once in November, and use to top- 

 dress my corn-field the next spring. I be»C used 



■ |ilau» being 



■ ;■ n ■ tli the on i ol 



■ li .'- '.Iiey oll'.-r ,i 



i expressed by Mr. E, ■ 





ting ti 



J iln: be.it 



r will condemn this way of 



....■ Mmt tl,e waited aniinonia 

 c than compensated for in i 

 f what there is left. Rones and ashes pre- 

 j this way, cause a pile of mud sixteen times 

 !■• will nearly ,]] 

 - l '-' 1 " WlCr before the Ot il 

 ■ ■ . 



ount Lo* been 

 P 

 nils of an attempt lo keep ul- 



tIs Laving , 



I. Costs has aucei-ssmlly carried 



nro.prred > 



irlidclal prod a.. 



grammes weight ..fsnlrin-n »■'" «BghI !>J OB0 haul of a { ^f 



net. This result is r«TT SBrpTUtae, Imt 11- OoSfl "laWa . H 



that he was far more asi-nulnd V, Dud It.al Ihc female tl 



■>■- P"int of Jjjl 



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