286 



MOO&E'S fcttftAL HEW-YOKKEK. 



SEPT. 3. 



lb* i« to r**t ofvoo, toil piled it op in the centre, 

 leading a apace all arooad of WUen <" aUteeo 

 inches btt*MD tbe iee end aMao «* «>« bin, natil 

 we bad six two-ho™. laa* to. »»« we fiUed ii 

 the tide* with »aw-do»( and ehnvinga from th< 

 plaoingmfll, tranaped » *>*» »»liij, covered th« 

 Up with aame anal* rial, ud Lad ootn 

 inr more to do with ii until we wanted to get it foi 

 ■ae, which f« • wrj *T matter, having of 

 course l«A a ooor or opening from the wagon 

 bouse into fbl I 



JaEDlTEBRAjrEAH WHEAT. 



Em. Bobal;— An it ia generally believed thai 

 wheal can again be »own with a prospect of suc- 

 ccn e at least some varieties — in location! where 

 Ibl luitcaoomberof yeara, it baa been 

 destroyed or greatly injured by tba wheat i 

 and aa an unusual quantity of land (for the 



D In wheat tlin aeaion, It ia important 

 that we sow a kind or variety tba*. ia the leasl 

 liable to be Injured by the midge -for the reason 

 that it may so happen that by another season the 

 midge will ""( be counted " among the missing." 



In the ilruai., 'I think in 1561,) in no Editorial 

 article relative to the appearance and beat course 



farmers were ad mod to sow the Mediterranean or 

 some earlj variety. Hut aa the Mediterranean 

 could not be called wbite wheat, and as the heads 



alter spring crops the same season, and on land 

 unfavorable to the growth of wheat, it general)/ 

 made a poor appearance, both in Ibo Held and in 

 the granary, and of course farmers were not 

 anxioun to adopt it for cultivation. However, as 

 it ia (bond to bo so early as not to bo materially 

 Jnjurwby the midge, and the success attending 

 its boiler ooltiratioD for Hie last few years, which 

 has resulted in the production of forty bushels to 

 tbo acre, {sufficient to satisfy a very ambitious 

 wheat grower,) would seem to suggest the propri- 

 ety of wailing a little longer before sowing the 

 Honks', or any other late or untried variety on a 

 " largo scale." It ia believed to be the best policy 

 to "lii mcII enough alone," and do as David 

 Cbociitt eald, " Do aura you're right, then go 

 ahead." Moreover, Mediterranean wheat 

 tn bi hardf, and improving in many respects by 

 cultivation in this climate. The head of 

 Tnriety, which is lliinly set, is observed to bo long 

 in proportion. 



Two years ago ono of my neighbors sowed early 

 on whtat land, (well prepared by plowing four 

 limes and manuring,) seed of the Soulea" variety, 

 which made a good growth, but tbo midge shared 



his bees did i 

 that 



tm - 



r dying, though i 



o largely that ho <jath*r«<l only about 

 be sowed. Another farmer in this town, who 

 raises several hundred bushels of wheal onnually, 

 has not grown leas than 23 bushels of Mediterra- 

 nean to the acre in many years, For tlio lasl two 

 years wo havo grown about the somo amount of 

 to tbo aero of Mediterranean ns of other varieties 

 in former times. . j 



BbatB 



. K. ■ 



, Au«oil 16, V 



TENNESSEE KAY WHEAT. 



Ens. Kttsui.: — I notice your call for further 

 reports of the success of the early varieties of wheat. 

 I delayed mine, wailing to thresh, and now find a 

 yield of 2.5 bushels per acre, which, considering 

 thai it wu sowed afler corn, (23d Sept ,) without 

 manure, I regard ta a sotisfoctory i [old. 



Tbo proper name for it (sample inclosed) is 

 Tcnntt'M May FFAettf. I havo compared samples 

 with Jon?* Jomnroir, of Sonoca, near Geneva, 

 who calls bis Missouri wheat, ilo says they ore 

 identical. The berry is small, color amber, or be- 

 .1 white, straw stiff and short. This 

 variety will boar to bo sown upon stronger land 

 than the Mediterranean. When sown, the S 



Baptadw, it mi rndj toeal atb July, r 



inolined lo bead out very early, (aome of min 

 infullheadontholOtborMay,) whi.li 1 tblnl "ill 

 Ipal ndvantogo over the Mediterranean 

 in escaping tho midgo, I suppose that there is 

 not a question about its flouring qualities, 

 is well understood that tbo fancy brands of early 

 Southern flour ore modo from wheal of this variety. 

 I -l" qoI ih,nk it will be likoly to yield quite as 

 heavy as tho Mediterranean, or other coarse kinds, 

 but should it prove earlier upon further trmi, will 

 be valuable, as tbo midgo, oven this season, were 

 very abundant in all Labi spota in fields of the dif- 

 ferent kinds of wheat grown about here, but came 

 o late to do much damage. Jaiim Wihtb. 



directly, mad that they di 



midst of plenty. (A verd 



terioua import, I conieaa.) 



in which R. S- loat bis beea. wu thai loagto-be- 



remembered-wiaier of lsJ.'-«, (at leoat it wi 



to many apiarians,) which, for ita long-coi 



intense eold, proved the most disastrous 



class of animals since IMS. The season of l^t-', 



however, was unfavorable from adifJeren 



I will here give my views of toe eauae of many 



a warms of bees dying in wint«r, nearly in 



quiry in the ,V. E. Fanner, a nombcrof years i 

 Evidence that cold is the cans* of swarm 

 beea dying in winter while plenty of boney 

 mains in the bive, and where there is no other ap- 

 parent cause, u found in Ibe foci 

 frequently the case that small swarms (those of 

 few in numbcri die in Winter, than large swarms, 

 the consequence of there not being sulhcient ani- 

 mal beat produced in the hive to keep out the frost, 

 or tho boney sufficiently warm. And as the ani- 

 mal heat produced, (sometimes called the breath 

 of bees,) ascends to the top of Ibe bifo, Bilking 

 that part of the bive warmest, the bees also ascend 

 or cluster close in tho upper portion of the brood 

 comb and among the comb (capped or otherwise) 

 directly above the main cluster; but after tbey 

 have eaten all the boney in that part of tbo bive 

 which tbey occupy, tbey make a move for more; 

 and by tbe latter part of winter tbey must pass or 

 But if the 

 weather continues cold, and as the honey which 

 distant from the beea, the comb is 

 found so cold that it cannot be uncapped bj them, 

 and so corered with fro.-l that a portion of tbe bees 

 about the bive as though to find some new way 

 el at the honey, when they become dulled, and 

 to the bottom of tho hive, where a greater de- 

 gree of cold prevents their making another move 

 xcept b few, being attracted by the light at the 

 r, make their way out and fall joto tho Bnow ; 

 thus they daily decrease in number, until tbey 

 become so much reduced that tbe remaining few 

 are found chilled or frozen ia tbe cells. I have no- 

 ticed that where bees die in this predicament, tho 

 culls in a portion of the comb, instead of being un- 

 capped, ore cut through at the sides, as a last re- 

 ;th young 



TRADiTSG OXEN 



i an 









slbc.: 



and softest. But bees seldom live when brought 

 to this great strait. To prevent them from dying 

 from this cause, is (of course) to protect them bet- 

 ter from cold. Bees sometimes die from this 

 cause during tbe first few weeks of freezing 

 weather, if tbey are very few in number and much 

 eiposed to cold. j. j, 



Orleans Co., N. Y., 1859. 





THE DAYTON WHEAT, 



nqnlr] 



Ma. Moobi :— I saw in the last Rm 

 concerning the new varieties of whei 

 Iteb] to tot) what little experience I have had for 

 ' voseaaonj in growing tho Daytoi 



in Ohio, and sowed it the lost days of 



r; the result was, it was fit to harvest as 



I Mediterranean. The last season I 







««d the 1st and 2d days of September— I harvest. 

 «™J loth. Tho yield the present 

 been good-f rom 30lMJ busnc la peracrf . WbUr 

 the Mediterranean was all down, the Dayton stood 

 »P and was nice harvestmg; thai I think U One 



i» T r, irortaiit ,im r ° r * rcr r urmtr > « d •»•*»«■ 



«*» bu. e rr ° n '" d I ,rori(,us, y P^ted to cor- 

 -that .1. *bcat,and rather light land 



?^ W,el,t0tbe "«^ 13 acres. 

 "**« KttLKD 



iube«.keepiBg,aays--r I T^ gU ""P* ncTl " 

 live awarnL of be£ J fc sT ' R ° ' ^ f ^ 

 d^Jeavingplentyofbon^. '"C^ ^ * 

 ■«** the miller kdl th7m. ojl* »'r 



J^t rr.iera tell the ca w r ^ or ^ of 



CauslT^ "* "^ * hh ° u S h *«• « larioua 

 * boney remmaa ia the hiv c ; and oliou^ 



MORE ABOUT D0G8. 



Soiie sensible man in the Buckeye Slate, avows 

 his purpose to carry dogs into politics. Ho says 

 tbo question with farmers is, "Sheep or Dogs— it 

 can't be both," and doclnrcs his determination to 

 support no man for the Legislature who is not 

 sound on dogs. And why not make it a test ques- 

 tion elsewbero? Many a farmer ia deterred from 

 keeping sheep at all ; and many who do keep them, 

 spend wakeful hours becauso of tbe multitude of 

 ineaking, thieving curs that roam at large in quest 

 f tho needful food which their doggish owners 

 ail to provide for them. If there is u meaiue mnu 

 n the community than the actual Ihief, it is be 

 rho sleeps complacently while his dog is unken- 

 elled, and liable to sally forth, sculler terror and 

 ieatb among his neighbor's flocks, and rob them 

 of what is justly theirs. The man will not insult 

 ith s plea of innocence and pretended regret, 

 but says to himself " catch me if you can ;" but the 

 creature who suffers bis dog to steal for him, " is 

 sorry, bol don't believe afler all that it was Aw dog, 

 that particular hound having always borne an un- 

 questionable character." There is scarcely a dog 

 in the country, however odorous in scent, lank in 

 form, or surly, or stealthy in visage, that ia not 

 a pink of innocence in the estimation of the owner - 

 and it is theso guilcle&s whelps that are ann 

 slaughtering two-hundred thousand sheep : 

 single State mentioned, and perhaps in the 

 ratio throughout all that portion of the land which 

 is devoted to sheep husbandry I 



What is to he done I It is by no means ci 

 that our political parties can be induced to make 

 the question a " plank." Tbey are loo busy with 

 "Squatter Sovereignty," each watching to 

 which side the other will occupy on the "great 

 question," in order to take the opposite position, 

 and thus get up an issue wbereby to bring about 

 that periodical "crisis," in the din anddu^tol 

 which " tbe dear people " shall decide which par- 

 ticular act of " patriots " shall hove a yen's lease 

 of "apoils!" But we am act iu.liii<lually. W c 

 c;vn nfOM to vote for any candidate who, ho*evcr 

 "sound on tbe goose," is not equally sound on 

 .legs. And we can exercise the foam u 

 petition " the Uod. the Legislature of tb* State" 



1st. That any man, finding a dog prowling ;it 

 large on bis premises without on owner, u>»y ahnol 

 kill it, If ho Can while u is on his Maid 

 - 

 the AascsJors of each town, under pains and peoul- 

 ■ dollars per annum who 

 keeps or harbors, or who can be proved to tuive 

 keptorborboredodog, anytime dorl 

 lost past ; sod for each additional dog, whelp, puppy 

 or poodle, twice that sum. „- ,, „ 



of Aagnat 13th, I soticed 

 under the bead of "Training Oxen,** extracted 

 from ao essay read by Csai. A- Htraaxan. before 

 Ibe Farmers Club of Concord, Mass., that seemed 

 to convey the idea of training oxen under the old 

 sy*tem, which I think can be bettered. Tbi 

 jority of farmers do not know how lo break steers 

 correctly; therefore I will suggest a few things 

 that will be very useful if rightly performed. 



It is tbe Custom with many farmers to yoke op 

 their steers before a hand-sled, with a rope aronm 

 their horns, and if ibey cannot hold them, to jum] 

 on the sled and let them run. This is not right 

 by so doing they form a habit of running awe; 

 and it takes a long time to break them of it. Mj 

 take ayoke of steers of aDy age, and put 

 t bam floor, or, in case this is not handy, 

 to budd a small yard with a very high fence, so 

 that they cannot look or get out. Let this be the 

 first thing done with the steers ; then, with a very 

 good whip, begin to tap the nigh steer gently on 

 the right ear — this will make him walk dose to 

 you,— and then serve tbe other in the samo man- 

 ner. By this tune they will be subdued enough to 

 pul on the yoke very carefully, which should take 

 at least half an hour. Be sure to learn them not 

 to fear the noise of the rings. A/tertbey are yoked 

 and gently patted— thua assuring them that yon 

 are not going to bnrl them— begin to drive them 

 yoked as yon would separately, and in a short time 

 ill start and atop at tho word. After they 

 ghly learn this, then learn them to back.— 

 e to yoke and unyoke until they will do it 

 see; after that yon will have no trooble 

 about yoking them. After training them about 

 ys in the barn, take them into an open field, 

 tnmence drawing small loads, gradually in- 

 ig them. After tbe third day, rightly man- 

 aged, you can drive your steers with ease. The 

 ■aaon for putting them in a barn, instead of bi 

 g them out of doors, is that, they can not get 

 id at once yield and Bre under yonr control 

 By strictly following these instructions I think 

 any farmer can break a yoke ol steers, and ha' 

 them ready for very light work in three dovs. 



tbem mildly, as this is a great part in breaking 

 le very carefnl also nol to exc 

 iat commences to pound and 

 break steers well, and ought no 1 



1'ort Bvrc 



Ibos Warti rrrx-/-«;v.>y._Toor r »j><-r being i 

 - — "-pio medium for mf.wmauoB 



aruaee, and especially pan 



o Inquire aa te tbe probabli 

 iron for aa nndcrgroowd water pipe tor stock, *f tu« 

 T aboot ihrce-fenrths tneh. 1 bair . 

 tieiee In jour paper In regard lo woad and ccmtni; 

 it wood I am afraid of, cement Bakes qaite a }Jb ol 

 tui lead I do not tike. Any Information from loor- 



Hu.i 



a ?j-e. i 



POTATOES MIXING IN THE HILL. 



Messes. Eds:— I have read with moch inte 

 tho discussion in your paper relative to the q 

 lion of the Mixing Putalou in the Sill. I see 

 take very decided ground against Ihe idea, and 

 pronounce the thing impossible. Without qucs 

 tioning the correctness of yonr conclusions, I will, 

 with your permission, rclato a fact which has 

 recently come under my own observation, while 

 d'ggiug potatoes fromia field in which tw 

 rietics are grown side! by side, to nit, — Pink 

 B]/U, and a variety hJivn here by tho name 

 of Da<Ti Best Sort. PWmit me here to digress a 

 moment to explain a Utile in relation to this lust 

 named variety. Tradition says it was first pro- 

 duced by a respectable pioneer of this section, by 

 tbo name of Coolet, and that the name, Dad'i 

 Bat Sort, wan given to it by his sons. It is here 

 thought to be n very excellent variety, and is ex- 

 tensively cultivated. It produces well, is hardy id 

 ture, and not liable to be affected by the rot. 

 Its shape is round and of a reddish color, the eyes 

 o moderately few and but little indented. As to 

 e truth of its origin I do not vouch. It may be 

 well known variety and extensively cultivated, 

 it I have not seen it else-where. But to my story. 

 lug from the last row of this kind adjoining the 

 Pink Eyet a potato distinctly and plainly marked, 

 follows :— The eyeB were the color of the Ptnk 

 £;/'.>, with a distinct and well defined circle around 

 each of tbe eyes, of abont a quarter of an inch in 

 iter, of the exact color of the Pink Eye potato, 

 istof the potato resembled in shape and color 

 her variety. I thought the circuma'ancc so 

 is that I carefully preserved tho potato, and 

 have now two very thrifty hills growing from this 

 potato. ' it. l. n. 



Wtacoy, Alleganv Co., N. T , Aug., 1559. 



Unquirics ano 3nsu)crs. 



THE BAEET SYSTEM OF HOESE TAMDre. 

 Tnn following notice of Prof. R x », r ' 



lectore on Horse Taming is from the Ct 

 Adrrrtis-r dairy jonrna! of this city ; 



The free lectore on Barey's celebrated 

 Home Taming, given at Corinthian Hall last 

 ing, wan attended by a very respectable audience, 

 in both numbers aodcharacter. Among the many 

 admirers of the horse present, we noticed gentle- 

 men of most of tbe teamed profc 

 officers, and many of our most enterprising bnai- 

 nesa men. A stranger first introduced Prof. W. 

 H. Barer, (senior brother of tbe celebrated JobD 

 S. Barey, now in Enrope.) who, after making a 

 few remarks, stated that aa bis daily labors sn 

 teaching and speaking were arduous, he begged to 

 introduce bis associate, Dr. Seotoo, of Kentucky, 

 who would first address the audience on the sys- 

 tem tbey proposed to discuss. 



In taking tbe floor. Dr. Sealon, after introducing 

 the general subject, proceeded lo speak of the dif- 

 ference between instinct and intelligence.clamiing 

 for the hone the possession of mind— an "organ 

 of mind" for above instinct After speaking of 

 tbe brain of man, the Doctor assumed that the 

 horse possessed like mental powers. He stated 

 tbat the organ of mind, or brain, was located in the 

 same place in tbe horse as in man, though inferior 

 in amount, and not ao fully developed or culti- 

 vated. Infinitely above those of man were the 



i horse — such as smelling, hci 

 Ac. In proceeding to claim that the Rarey s 



a science, the Doctor alluded to tbe great dis- 

 ry of Harvey, (circulation of the blood,) 

 its author was at first derided — intimating 

 that Barey's system had at first met a like recep- 

 on. Thespeakerrelatedthocareerof J. 8. Rarey 

 i Europe, frankly avowing that he went there 

 ale monty and promulgate his science yiro bo 

 ubltio. Do spoke of the taming of tho celebrated 

 wild horae Cruiser, atid also of Rarey' 

 Pans— subduing Napoleon's balky and ugly coach 

 horses, and the horse " Stafford, " which bad been 



) people— a thonaand ata 



ihow boJldln^a-BaJlrondj from the fleaboard~l 



.f the MtMtMippt carrying at balf fa^, and ow 

 Aa. The aptnts 





i killed for bis 



gentlen 

 if "Cn 



in the 



bad 



l asked the Doctor 



V D.'il .pi[.|T 



adapted to poor sandy 

 i lao fall and dragged In wjih 





s._i Town Fix***, t 



■■ 



'lies TbocblTso notsm--Wlll jon,or soma oTanar 

 ata laf'-rrn nie ihrataanj 



I BraaL If there can be any preparation made U nan 



bortea which will have a leniency in le«p ifce lie* 

 from litmbling them?— 9.H.. Se*pt«, -V I 



M. Da Ssxan, the famous French A gricnltnriat, 

 writing to the Jfomtettr I/A$ri. --itvrt, saya that 



•,/lJ 



to horses and other animals i 





found a complete protection against tbe 



Tbe Doctor vehemently denied th 

 the man was only bit in the shoulder, and that the 

 newspapers lied. After this the Doctor devoted 

 considerable time to pitching into editors, and de- 

 claring the Rarey system, or science, as he dubbed 

 it, was not a humbug, though be frequently quoted 

 or referred to the press as his authority for state- 

 ments. We concluded the animus of his remarks 

 derogatory to newspapers arose from tbe fact tbot 

 Borne journals have pronounced bis system a hum- 

 bug, while others have given it publicity, by de- 

 scribing and illustrating tho secretl 



Prof. Barer then made some remarks of an in- 

 teresting character — speaking of the manner in 

 which horses wero abused by many owners and 

 pretended tamers and horse- breakers, and alluded 

 particularly to his own mode and ita superiority 

 over all other systems. At tbo conclusion of bis 

 remarks be announced when and where lessons in 

 his system would be given, and tbat the price woe 

 $10 per family or firm— also adding that be would 

 then answer any questions that might be asked by 

 gentlemen in the audience. 



Upon this invitalion, Mr. Moore, editor of the 

 Rural A'tw- Yorker, propounded tbe following 

 queries:— 1st, Can the Rarey system or science be 

 imparted to any man of ordinary intelligence — 

 whether as great as a minis tor or small as an editor, 

 (classes to which the Dr. bad especially referred 

 in his remarks,)— in such manner that the pupil 

 can teach it to others? 2d, Whether tbe system 

 could not be taught through the foolishness of 

 pnuting in books, pamphlets, and even newspapers, 

 by descriptions and illustrations? To tbe first of 

 tfaese questions Piof. R. gave an affirmative an- 

 swer ; bul to the second he thought otherwise— bad 

 never tutu the system taught by one who only 

 learned it by reading, and would not admit that it 

 could thus be thoroughly imparted. 



Theso questions and replies attracted consider- 

 able attention, and Mr. Moore was loudly called 

 upon to take the stand, and indeed lifted upon the 

 platform. Premising his further remarks by sta 

 hi bo did nol coosidcr the system itself 

 humbug — that he had never ao characterised i 

 either in speech or print — and that his only object 

 raa to elicit and impart information which 

 would benefit tbe public, Mr. M. expressed the 



lident belief tbat the Rarey system could be a 

 had been imparted in print, by using suitable ill 

 as. He believed bo could produce men wbi 

 only knowledge of tbo system was acquired by 

 reading, who could practice and teach tbe system 

 understanding^— that if this could not be don> 

 the "science," as it was called, must indeed be 

 not only mysterious, but also somewhat su] 

 natural, as a gentleman in tbe audience had 

 marked. The speaker surmised tbot tho reti 

 Dr. Sealon didn't admire newspapers, was on 

 to the fact that tbey bad " stolen his thunder," 



Land, rong 



lore, rrnltC 



rverylblng promtvesan 



■ Fair nl Fnrpurt, where Uiar •: 



eoent latter Join 



ounsvon, Esq., of 



* follows:-" Our 



heat crop la ttenaea la a areal one 



-not large tn acre* 



hot a largo quantity pot acre— I 



int. fc equal lo any 



ao thai baa boen raised horo In 8i 



L- practical, progrcaitvi 



< i"T :< ii' v.i occupant. 



itoi of i a- llaref 

 tailed Rochealor, 

 ally gave leatonj 



, Bl'C>>rr1lllg 1 





I Of t 



■'-"' 



reply, Dr. S. affirmed thai he did not believe 

 the system could be learned from print so thatont 

 oonld ondentand and teach it thoroughly — that 

 ■ ie »f chemistry, it must be taught by 

 demonstration— that much that was given in the 

 Tribune, particularly, as Rarey's secret was not 

 correct, nor a part of tho system— yet admitted. 

 thai Ju had not nad the disclosures of tbe Tribune 

 and other papers on the subject ! He disclaimed 

 ativ unkind feelings towards editors, as had been 

 i, spoke of the 

 — to wbtcb Jfr, M-mr. 

 ■ 

 I the Doctor baj 

 Mr. M. remarked 



,= aiM 

 1 more 



Dding Pr©£ Barry': 



demonatralions, an 

 ild be advantageous fur horsemen 

 ■Bake lbcrcc«aaryinve*ln:tnt to acquire a know 

 edge of it in tbat manner. 



writes to tbe Country 

 I at tbe " Hungarian graM of la,t war, 

 and the booar bljdc gr.., i 



tfiaa what waa known ae mJZrf forte T **r« 

 ago — what was cultivated as bar 

 grass aeventy-flTe years since, i 

 grass of all that growa.' " 



ueeewlly of attending Mr. K.'a luaaoua, and wltn'-aatni 

 hi* d em tm (trail te performance*, la order lo acquire i 

 knowledge or tbe art No doubt that 1* the qnlokoa 

 and eaaleat method of obtaining a thorough knowledge 

 of tbi- system) yl WO beUan it can be readily Icarao 

 from printed dcacrlptlona and tllailrslloDi, to as lo b 

 fully omprflhended ami auccMifully practlc-I by met 

 of Intelligence, Judgment and Ormncaa 





good potato digger, the prlM 



1 Ileal 





ABao-FASTts-BrbasbeenpaltiiUdbj Wu. P. Mix"*, 



Ar.Dmo*ar. Faxlfc-Btnes 



I rtitbat tbo C 



eM SrptSfl-S3,-atH<.mrr, 



o, at Little Yallrv, 8<-pt- 



pi l»-15; v » 



I rawaratra- 



■ 



UVMD—'" 



,„bll«tioanf ourllat 

 . .., , ., Fur i. lo be 

 •miioo; Cattaraogns 

 ■/} ; ChaBiacqie, at 

 t p.aa Tan, Oct. IS, 

 uJ Caatile, alPer- 

 ■•■ ■& Co.) at Adama, 

 iieeCo)Town Fair, 

 Fair takes place at 



