rT— 5s^^- 



270 



f York or Beaton for ' 



cial fen 



village 01 



slaugl 



that be meets at every vis 

 ity. The blood and buries 

 -boused, the night soil from I 

 ;d, compounded with meadow mu 



per pound, wbih 

 ■ materials id his own district i 



"The 



nch oft 

 y." From J. 

 be has been It 









i for tbe 



cords i>l 



rill,,' I- 



. hut 



out my trees I head tin m in mtrtfoJ' Oar over- 

 anxiety lo get beautiful trees leads us to grow 

 wood ut a loss of fruit. When fruit trees stop 

 growing, they " bear abundantly." Some 



Rural Spirit of tljc Jprcss. KMTONAt ' stat e mi i , 



between the horses, and fix 

 wide apart, or not, that I c 



e of ' 



should bo a little hasty, I c 





o the *am« furr 

 laving it open. In this way tbe Geld will 

 ttraighl, and one rig not one inch wider than 

 other. Six times about will finish tbe rig. ' 

 firtt time about I lay very light. Tbe next I 

 imes very deep, tlien B, little shallower untd I m 

 o the furrow. Tbis will make a round rig. With 

 ;e land, I do the same, laying tbe farrows at 

 ngle of forty-fivo degrees, so that the seed 

 end down their roots to tho whole depth of 



Inevt 



r before 

 or New 



:r of u prematui 



1 the blood 

 viih all the guano of 



cion and sickly stock 



t of tho i 



irrepealable — unalterable By these law! 

 variety is an abundant bearer, another i 



:ally speaking, : 





bases. Tbis explanation rev 

 the alkalies in wood ashes are 

 eods. So says Dr. Lee. He 

 tho question, is tbis "solub 

 from flint sand by decompos 

 with two powerful alkalies, ll 

 found in wheat and other atrai 

 enables it to hold up the full t 



formed 





i the 



iliuty solution which gi 



■/'/■i'i/r, mid lniii.-re.riiK.".] f rom tbe volatile 

 and liquid elements poured into the plant, by 

 capillery attraction anil atmospheric pressure, by 

 crystallization * Crude minerals, drawn into grow- 

 ing plants are just as poisonous to the vital fluids, 



ash and pnospboi 



) the s 



enter into these fluids, and when purely refined by 

 tbe laws governing these elements, are sure to 

 produce the best results in both cases The car- 

 penter upon the frame, well understands a want 

 of Ibis fluid upon Ihe brain when his head begins 

 to " swim." Tho drooping plant betrays tbe sann 

 deficiency. The fact is well established, that yoi 

 shall place a growing plant in a pot or box fillec 

 with sand and mould, and when the plant has ob 

 taincd tho weight of several pounds, remove it 

 and tbe pot or box will weigh the same as at first 

 Tbe " great secret " why wood asbos are so valu 

 able upon sandy soils, lies in its own native pow. 

 er, and not in its power lo reduce minerals to veg- 

 etable fluids. 



Clay, sand, vegetable mould, wood ashes and 

 animal manures are the "five great powers" ol 

 the regetebl* kidgdom. All these elements are al 

 the larmer's door, and he who looks to the city and 

 drugstore for fertilizers to restore Mb exhausted 

 fields to a state of fertility, is doomed to disappoint- 

 ment. In those five elements tbo farmer hi 



n in my IIP 



* pretty gruff t 



•ante of the Ti 



thai I 

 4 c A pat- 



WORN OUT LANDS OF VIRGINIA. -INQUIRY. 





of no better way lo obtain i 

 quiries and soliciting ucswci 

 posted correspondents. I bo 



these lands; they are not satisfactory, uod I wish 

 more light. I am interested, because I contem- 

 plate going there tbe coming lull with the view to 

 purchase some of said land, provided the induce- 

 ment is good ; and I am not alone interested, as 

 several families in this vicinity are anxious to go. 

 Would it be advisable to go there with a small 

 capital only? Are these cheap lands overgrown 

 ih weeds or grass, or are they barren? And can 

 they be " brought to " by raising clover to enrich 

 n? If not— that is, if clover will not grow on 

 n in their present poor state— how can they be 

 iched? Will it not cost too much to purchase 

 mre, Ac? In which counties are these lands 

 icipally located? And what are the facilities 

 markets, schools, Ac? Is the white laborer 

 espected there, or are there in some localities 

 eties of northern men who work as they did at 

 north, and acknowledge the dignity of labor? 



In theRoRALof the 13th inst, we gare an ex- 

 tract from an "Essay upon Working Oxen," read 

 before the Concord (Mass,) Farmers' Club, by 

 Cuables A. IlnnijABo, the subject of Training be- 

 ing then presented. We again dip into the good 

 things contained in his remarks, ns follows:—" Till 

 oxen are four years old, they are usually called 

 steers, afterwards oxen. Tbe signs of a good ox 

 for work, according to my experience and observa- 

 tion, are these: long bead, broad and level between 

 tbe eyes, and tbeeye foil, keen and pleasant. Such 

 marks indicate ability to receive instructions, and 



near the head, is apt to he lazy, and he will not 

 enduro heat well; forward legs straight, toes 

 straight forward, hoofs brnnd, not peaked, and the 

 distance short between the ankle and tbo knee; 

 these properties enable an ox to travel on a pave- 

 ment or bard roads. If the ox toes out, the strain 

 comes on tho inside claw, and when traveling on 

 bard ground, he wilt be lame at the joint between 



tbe hoofs and the 1 

 is apt to become lam 



signs of strength ai 

 best colors are brown 



:,! .nil. | 



when 



mil ..■ 



:ed I 





as the hip bones; these are 

 a good constitution. The 

 lark red and brindle. When 

 hia eighth or ninth year he 



B drench, slap 



I tin: If, 1. Ill: 



enlphui 





table and animal physiology, than 

 oil. His book is the book of natur 

 >r. The great problem to be sol 

 e best method of making the elei 



CLEANSING WOOL-FOOT AIL LN SHEEP. 



Ens. RrraiL:— In your paper of JnlySOth, a sub- 

 scriber from Michigan wishes to know how to 

 cleanse wool. Aa my wife has been cleaning a 

 little for her own use, I send you her method. The 

 wool should be first assorted, the best or cleanest 

 first, and put in a tub or barrel loose, not packed. 

 Take 1 pail r chamber lye to 3 pails of rain-water 

 and pour on, boiling hoi, enough to cover the 



through s 

 The wool 



uldL 





(not washed,) which v 



forthemiM. The first wi 

 the poor wool. 



While my hand is in It 

 Ail in Sheep, which I hai 

 who has over Si.in sheep, u 



willc 



:■ the v 



a large handfuls, 

 bor in picking it 

 do to heat up for 



» that two applica- 

 The recipe ought 



. tpiril.s 



to be in print, therefore I pro 

 to your paper for publication : 



Verdigris, ground, 4 ounces; tar, 2 

 turpentine, 2 oz.; lard, 1 pound. Wan 

 Scrape the affected part between tbe toe with a 

 knife clean (no matter if it does bleed;) pare tbe 

 end of the toes a very little, and scrape it out clean, 

 or all tho black in it, and put on the salve with a 

 little puddle. The fever in tho foot will cause the 



PLOWING,- A SCOTCH MODE. 



plowing, an ,i i 



a '"g fault with 



L> t.U | 



r, I find the boys are quite nr- 



of improving their bands in 



pleased with the idea. Now, 



», {as I know the 





'*ery i, 



last fifty years, A^'Tnd^n 

 Tweed." 



If the field is fallow, t rig 

 four polls 7 feet long, with ih, 

 them at f, J ; feet, us I wish to 

 wide, (that being the staudari 

 lay soil.) Beyond that, you 

 I then take a square and lay i 

 ield, to mark the dire: 



rig with my polls to a 



v.ii, either through t 

 by letter. 



:, AC, Will 



speitaioit 



>e gladly r 



A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CURING HAY. 



Mr friend Winks a i; says the true way to roafc 

 hay is, when the sun shines. That is somethin 



"Litkdy Keli-kb" writes thus to the Ken- 

 'tjj Farmer .-—When you find your horse com- 

 ning, and looking around at his side, and lies 

 'n pretty often, and is not swollen, yoi 

 very readily come to the conclusion that he h 

 otts. Lose no time in giving him a quart of 

 lilk and molasses, and just as soou as you I 

 head down, after he: 



al times on the side of which he 

 , with a paddle about two feet long, 

 and one inch thick, striking him pretty hard ; 

 process jars tbe botts loose from him, and 

 tbey take hold of, and feed on the milk and molas- 

 In ten or fifmen minutes after striking him 

 tbo paddle, give him a quart or half gallon 

 drench of strong sage tea; this accomplishes the 

 object by killing the botts, and the horse is 







L- CL-I II 



tion of ever hi 

 I think by the 



orses nearly fifty 



me. I have no recollec- 

 ; but two get the heaves ; one 1 

 caused by bad usage, the other 



ir as to curiDg clover bay ii 



for I think it 

 that a horse v 



rould then often be in a oiidiiino 

 mid hardly eat enough to keep him 

 giving him tbe heaves. I do not 

 ing clover hay all together in the 



:, thenifyouc 



a be burnt up by t 



Spring Port, N. Y., 



Jnquirbfl nnu ^iismcrs. 



really obliged by h 

 Tue disease of y 



In the Robal of December 4th, 1858, the query 



of "Agricola" received tpecfol attention to the 



ent of two column*. We have mailed said copy 



your address. Hiram H. Allin, Kent Co., 



Mich., gives the folto»i og prescription for Drl 



Murrain .— " On the first discovery of it give from 



ding to the ago and size of 



tbe deal 

 fail. la 



:. of salts, u 



ciltle d.,. 



In 

 t, but a far 





sMir 





s.— As I 

 he Rural New-Yorker, I noticed 

 mules at reasonable rates. I have not seen an 

 wer, therefore I take it upon myself to give such 

 irmation as I can. The coal regions are now 

 r-stocked with mules and tbey can be bought 

 ap at Scranton, Carbondale, or Montrose.— 

 ;re are several pairs in this place for sale.— W. 



_ A cobbespqhdbht of the P>-airie (III.) farmer 

 writes :— Last spring for the first time wc used the 

 roller, and as little as we know of its utility we 

 would as soon dispense with the harrow as with 

 the roller. To say nothing of rolling wheat or oats 



it will amply pay to bay 

 to roll corn ground. 

 made such a difference 

 Whether it makes any o 

 the corn or not I cann 



or make one on purpose 

 e would hardly believe it 

 n the land till they saw it. 

 inference in tho growth of 

 tsay. But this I know, 



several time's burrowing 



fer it crushes all the large 



boe, the ground is level, 

 the way. 



and there are no lumps in 



An Illinois correspondent of the AnuHi'<in 

 AgrieaUwria, incited by a statement of the advan- 

 tages of early cutting, tried the experiment on a 

 field of 50 acres last season. The bulk of the crop 

 first cut, weighed 62J^ lbs. to the measured bushel. 

 The part of the field left until fully ripe before cut- 

 ting, gave wheat weighing but 58 lbs. per bushel 

 of nearly one hundred busb- 

 ly cutting 





i days before full n 



trity. 



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