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MOORE'S RURAL HEW-YOR&&&. 



sing a pail sufficiently largo to hold •H, wi 

 _je necessity of changing. Cowa are very I 

 live, and the pail cannot be change*! nor ct 

 milker atop or riac during tbe process of mi 

 without leading the cow more or less to withhold 

 her milk. The utmost cure should be token 

 strip to too laat drop, and to do it rapidli, and i 

 in a slo* aod negligent manner, which is anre 

 have tu effeclon the yield of the cow. If soy milk 

 is left it i* re-absorbed iuto the system, or ell 

 becomes caked, and diminishes the tendency i 

 eecroteofull quantity afterwards, If gentle at 

 mild treatment is observed and persevered in, tl 

 operation of milking appears to ho one of ploasui 

 to the aoimul, aa it undoubtedly is, but if an oppi 

 site course ib purBued— it, at every restless mo** 

 meat, caused, perhaps, by pressing a sore tea 

 Ihe animal is harshly spoken to— she will bo likely 

 to learn to kick as a balm, and it will be dillicul 

 to overcome it afterwards. To induce quiet am 

 readiuess to give down the milk freely, it is belte 

 thai the cows should be fed at milking-liino will 

 cut food, or roots, placed within Iheir easy reach 

 The same person should milk the same cow regu 

 laxly, and not change from one to another, unless 

 there are special reasons for it. 



To I'ttEvasr Cats Killing Chickens, Ac— In the 

 near London paper Once a Week, Miss Harriet 

 Mabtinui', is publishing a very interesting series 

 of sketches, entitled, "Our Farm of Two Acres," 

 in one of which sketches she gives the following 

 as a sure pre veu tive agama t the killing of chickens 

 or birds by the cats —When a cat is eeen to cotch 

 a chicken, tie it around her neck, and muke her 

 wear it two or three days. Fasten it securely, for 

 she will make incredible efforts to get rid of iL — 

 Be firm for that time, and the cat is cured— Bhe 

 will never again desire to touch a bird. This is 

 what we do with our own cats, and what we recom- 

 mend to our neighbors-, and when they try the 

 experiment, they and their pets are secure from 

 reproach and danger henceforth. Wild, homeless, 

 hungry, ragged, savage cats, are more difficult to 

 catch; but they are outlaws, and may be shot 

 with the certainty that all ihe neighbors will be 

 thankful. 



HUNGARIAN GBASS. 



Eds. Rvrai. New-Yorker:— Some weeks sinct 

 I read a short article in your journal from the pen 

 Of my friend, the Hon. A. B. Dickinson, on lh( 

 subject of Ilunyorian grass. He is a man to whom 

 I am indebted for many valuable hints on agricul- 

 ture, and I hare ever considered him a strong 

 practical man on such subjects. I confess I was 



mr tittle e 



> tbej r 



and observation 

 1 would like to know how he comes to tbe conclu- 

 sion that it is nothing but the old-fashioned mil- 

 let, and that it is do better than barnyard grass 

 for stock. I aver, withoutthe fearorcontradiction 

 from any practical cultivator of the two kinds, that 

 it has no more similarity than has barley and 

 spring wheat, and that yon can no more amalga- 

 mate the two kinds by sowing tbe mixed seed of 

 them together in the same field then you cau of 

 other grain; nor is the kernel of the two kinds 

 any mere similar in appearance than that of barley 

 and spring wheat. 

 As to barnyard grass I yield to him the palm, 



forslock. My ambition as a fanner has always 

 been to wage a war of extermination against its 

 growth. Its good qualities for stock I will not 

 therefore speak of, but I may perhaps venture a 

 reason why I prefer the Hungarian grass as a crop 

 to the barnyard variety. 



Early in tbe season of 1858, having seen favora- 

 ble notice of it in several journals, I ordered & 

 bushel of the seed from a seed store in New York 

 and paid the humbug price of $". per bushel oT 50 

 lbs., (reminding one of the days of China tree corn 

 and Rohan potatoes.) The grass seed I divided 

 with my neighbors, retaining only six quarts for 

 myself, which I sowed on one side of my barley 

 field, it being on wheat stubble ground, and no 

 manure. I cut from two-thirds of an acre over 

 two tuns and put it iDto my bam and fed my lambs 

 (some eighty in number) a foddering of it every 

 noon. At first they did not seem to relish it, but 

 within a week they ate it with avidity, always pick- 

 ing Tor the heads first. I also fed otherstockwitb 

 it with the same success. My lambs improved ap- 

 parently as well as thoy would had I given them 

 the same quantity of oats in the sheaf. 



Last spring I sowed on oat stubble ground with 

 a slight dressing of manure, one acre und two- 

 thirds. It came up nicely before the disastrous 

 frost and by Unit was entirely killed. I re-aowed 

 and harrowed in the second time, which has pro- 

 duced me over six Iuds, that is housed in good 

 order, for which I would not take less than $12 per 

 tun, while I will sell good hay for ten. 



I bare said I had no experience in barnyard 

 grass as food for stock but some in its destruction. 

 One fact must be obvious of the superiority of the 

 Hungarian to the barnyard as feed. Tbe bead of 

 the Hungarian is very tenacious in holding on to 

 its seed, not shelling in the process of cutting and 

 •eouring. It is very bard to thresh, the most so 

 of any grain I have ever attempted to thresh, thus 

 bringing with it to the feed rack all that it has 

 produced, while the barnyard variety caDnot be 

 cut and cured without the loss, almost entirely, 

 of its seed, thereby greatly reducing its value as 

 food. Again, the superiority of tbe Hungarian 

 over Us competitor, is the fact that you are in no 

 danger of its becoming a noxious weed to curse 

 your grounds and damage your future crops — no 

 more bo lliao oats or wheat. To raise it you must 

 sow it every season as it will not lie io the ground 

 overwioter ftn ,i propagate the next season, but 

 leaves tbe E rnusd cleau for a future crop. I hare 

 i un nrnuein the New \ ork Observer 



from a western writer .«—-., .i . ■> * i 



, , .«, '"-paying .bat It foundered 

 bora*, and ».dfc« d Ik, ,i„ b , of b0 „ ed lltoi 

 Such coses I presume are isolated m d i 



overfed to stock for a long time, i would^not 

 advise the entire feeding of sheep or t|, or ,4,,,.^ 

 on it no more than I would of oats or other gram 

 in tbe sheaf, but feed it U you do other grain in 



PLOWTNG.-MY MODE. 



Eds.; — As 1 believe in progress and 

 as well as the rest of the boys, 

 i the late numbers of the Rural i 

 ure and benefit, I would beg 

 L-r a few suggestions about plowi 

 great many ways of plowing, as tl 

 doiog almost all agricultural work, but 



la 



unatverj colli uai&stic about nungaria 

 top, and do not advise its culture to 

 >n of olbora, (barnyard excepted,) 

 i place it with otlier crops for food for 



For 



a small farmer, wbo bus bdl little 



Li,J 

 ralo 



lo.p.re,.u.cr.ort..o will pn> re o 

 ■ and to largo f.nnere I «ou!d say. tr 

 *lvee. Amigbborot mine ba. «o»c 



You will pardon tbo length of this article as i 

 is the first I hove ever offered to tbe public on Ag 

 rieulture, and feel desirous that Hungarian grasi 

 should not be smoiber L -d in its infancy io ihii 

 conotry before its merits are folly tested, 

 Yoors trnly, 



Pittsburgh, N. Y..1SW. 





HEN STATISTICS.-PROFTTABLE POULTBY. 



Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— A relative of mine 



Black Polands. They were botched Juno 1st, 1858, 

 and commenced laying ihe 25th day of December 

 following. Up to the first day of September inst., 

 there had been layed seventy-six dozen eggs, 



whole amount of feed purchased for them during 



corn, at an expense of three dollars. Besides this 

 they have had crumbs and other refuse from the 

 table of a small family. Most of the time they 

 have been confined to a small yard and barn. 



It will bo eeen that these hens have averaged an 

 egg each every forty hours since they first com- 

 menced laying, and that the nelt income from 

 these equals the legal interest on one hundred dol- 

 lars. Of course tbo bens have not been permitted 

 to lose aDy time raising chickens, a pleasure which 

 they are more wiling to forego than any other breed 

 I know of. The laying season is nearly over, but 

 my friend expects to realize eighty dozen from 

 them before the year comes round. She says she 

 gave the heos a stint on the start to lay sixty 

 dozen, but thoy accomplished 



isedi 



Bfgbty 





accomplish all that is required of them. 



If any of the readers of tbe Rural can beat tbe 

 foregoing hen ttatittics, let them send on their 

 facts and figures. c. C, n. 



Syracuse, N. Y , Sept., ISM. 





Thrl 



litre 



i followed. Yo 





.how 



all the work is 

 rther than tbe 

 a field of forty 



have rules in performing their business, but this 

 rule; be starts from one side at no 

 particular place, for tbe other side, and by dint of 

 many crooked strides and a much crookedcr fur- 



b arrives at tbe opposite side, without tres- 



g, it may be, on his neighbor's land, liut I 



;ve my way and have done. 



b off an equal distance utboth ends— say ton 

 paces, for the first land, so that it will not be too 

 wide for back-furrowing. Set a stake at the oppo- 

 nother about six rods from it. 

 Make a mark with the foot at the place you start 



fruiu, l,ef..r 





WLNTEB FALLOWLNG-LNQITIBY. 



Messrs. Eds .—I saw in the Rural of Sept. 17th 

 i article on winter fallows, and as I am young in 

 ;ientific farming, and decidedly opposed (o doinj; 



thing half way, 1 thought I would consult you 

 nd-your many correspondents in regard to it. I 

 ave an orchard just in its prime, that has been 

 rather badly dealt with. The soil has beeD badly 





i with i 





ade sad havoc amorg tbe trees. Two years 

 was sowed to clover and timothy, and has given 

 aod crops. The soil is loam with a mixture of 

 gravel. Now, will winter fallowing work on this 

 i? My plan would be to plow about tho 

 of October, and leave in furrows until 

 spring ; then, as soon as the ground would work 

 n the spring, go and harrow and plow just before 

 Wanting ; giving it a dressing of barn yard ma- 

 jure to be plowed under, and then, after it is 

 plowed, give it a dressing of swamp muck, or de- 

 posit from water, mixed with lime, to be harrow- 



the grass will not be troublesome in the corn, and 

 lime and muck will work well together, and 

 -w much unslaked lime is best to be applied per 

 re on land that is not used to such treatment, 

 d if there is any manure within reach of ordi- 

 iry farmers that would be better. 

 Yates Co., 185H. Young Fabitbb. 



SORGHUM "STILL LIVES." 



In the Rural of Sept. 17th, is an article upon 

 "Sorghum— where is it?" The writer thinks he 

 has got Sorghum and Sorghum men in a tight 

 place. He says— "Dow is Sorghum?" but more 

 particularly," where is it the current year ¥' 



To these questions I can say that Sorghum is 

 growing, that I have some over ten feet high, and 

 if W. B. P. will wait till November next, for a 

 small consideration I will send him a barrel ot 

 Sorghum Syrup, grown in lr>r>:\ on tbe 4.245 par- 

 allel. Then he can taste, see, smell, and handle, 

 and believe that it is n« humbug, and that it will 

 be a standard crop as loDg as corn is. 



Let anti-sorghum men who ore short for sweet- 

 ening, send on their orders for syrup. That will 

 be facts, and Sorghum men won't dodge, 



Rural Spirit of tlje Press. Agricultural illisccllann, 



Is some of your subscribers are troubled 

 eir horses buacing the reins, I will give you my 

 -thod of breaking colts. Firs', I put on a high 

 rt mouih bit,— i bridle with no blind;) p 

 b harness one hour in tho forenoon, and one in 

 o afternoon, witb breecben strnpB hanging about 

 e logs — cruppet-pad six inches round. Do tbil 

 week, tjing Irnn on boLh sides of the stall, 

 iDge tbe bit to f 



neither pull too much nor full back— the old 

 horses having control over bim by tbe b-eechen 

 and reins, K-ep him in daily, till he learns all 

 that is necessary when be is Spoken to, seldom 

 driving off of a walk. Never hitch a voung borso 



ougbly at command in the wsgon— which will take 

 often six months. Drive with blinds if the colt ie 

 timid or lazy. 



If disposed to kick in handling, tie np bis head 

 as high as possible alongside of tbo barn, and then 

 give him a white birch bush till be can be bandied 

 quietly. One good dressing will do the business. 

 Bitting a oolt as somo do, and allowing bim to 

 walk about the yard, I hnvo found to spoil him. 

 Standing quietly afterwards, when my colts are 

 broken they need no bitching, however wild when 

 taken in hand, bat are trusty in all respects. 

 Never give a colt in Ihe hands of a brute of a man 

 to break, if you ever expect him to be docile, for 

 like gets like-o, mulish man turns, out a mulish 



If you wish a eerviceable horse, four years is as 

 young as he should be deemed a horse ; be can be 

 well broken before that by my method, with little 

 hindrance about a farm, and is worth three horses 

 that are put to draft at two past. 



P. S — You will perceive the pad of the crupper 

 being made large, not only breaks the colt of that 

 hugging practice in putting on the crupper, but 

 he carries a better tail, and has never the power 

 to bug the reins, and if disposed to bolt, a few 

 rods with tbe reins with a chain-bit, will quiet him 

 for that. Never check a young horse too much 

 when walking in harness, for it is apt to spoil bis 

 reach and give him a hitching gait." 



We have noticed several communications and 

 editorial discussions in that valuable Agricultural 

 paper, the A'ew Englnnd Farmer, remarks tbe 

 editor of the Boston Commercial bulletin, upon 

 tbo properties of coal ashes as a fertilizer. To 

 tbe question olhrmaiively would be of great 

 tance to fanners and gardeners, especially 







aity of 



re cool is used for fueL Without any pretei 



tempted to give our experience in a small wa 

 in a half acre of land, partly in grass an 



purtly cultivated, we hove tried the experiment . 



follows, with great sueceas: 





ord yellow pine wood used in kind 

 dded equal parts of horse manur 

 lixed together. A part of Ibis 

 me npon a piece of grass grc 





ihorongh dl^lplioanan i 



i Ritual FesTrvALS-FAipji-of (be present Ao- 



rgely attended aod richly enjoyed 



thai 







■eatber. The 



thick as a top-dressing, which has 

 produced two crops of tine grass, in place of white 

 ; nuisances, and tho ground has 

 s of being affected by the dry 

 balance lay in a heap till spring, 

 id was used on the cultivated ground, both for 

 ireadiog and in tbe hill. 



Results. — While in former years tbe early pola- 



es planted from the same kind of seed have 



variably rotted before tbe time for diggiDg, this 



year there has been the most productive crop of 



largest and best quality. The sweet corn aver- 



s Dine feet in the stalk, the leaves of a clear 



an, and tho ears perfectly filled, and so with all 



other vegetables in the garden. We believe 



coal ashes have been rejected without a fair test. 



The great hue and cry made about their destruc- 



rees on our Common, instead of 



leading to careful investigation, resulted in a sum- 



■y condemnation. The same result mi^ht have 



followed, if linie, plaster, or even wood ashes had 



been used, as the coal ashes were,— to the depth of 



> feet or more, Unmixed with loam or sand. 



i hope the experiment will bo fairly tested, as 



rything which helps build up the farmer's mi- 



■e heap is beneficial not only to him, but to 



se wbo depend on linn for their vegetables. 



The X E. Fanner makes some excellent sug- 

 tions upon this subject — " Any person whose 

 ;ntion has been culled to the subject, aud who 

 I |>ei si si h in the use of a ligbl cheek rein, nuighi 

 i; iv. * his bead placed in a similar position to Hint 

 ich he has cruelly subjected the horse. If I 

 re the Grand Sultan, every man who torments 

 horse with a check rein, should hold bis arm at 

 right angles with his body for an hour tit a time, 

 ty-four hours, as long as be continued 

 the use of tbe check rein The practice of draw- 

 in the heads of team horses, by means of this 

 ■"""is strap, is especially cruel. The horse, 

 ndeavoring to expend bis strength, needs the 

 free and natural use of his head and neck. The 



denied to the Publisher, D. Ateb, ol 

 well printed octavo volume of 2 

 "Eisuya and Discussions on Agrl< 



I and encouraging 



belrt at Albinism weak. Tna bJw aHOHa! '" "* 

 Ihe Alb.oj and Troy Moid-D, „«,, ^J™. *" °' 



C«i| l |« e ie«* D i , h t>r ' / '" * m,u ' 1 u > u "> ■ 1i "Ik>'* "-fif'Tnr 

 tBd^Sn^' g^'-Bxbibltloni continued : Plowk. 

 and LUif-t am,; PatotinBi.'Lngr^^NK^'.v' ■'..'.''.'■"■Tot 

 f'ri.i.,,/, Oct T— Prljr- Anlrno'i niii hn ni.li 1 1 



mil, l .,|u-ri 1 tiij C apnm|». woited admirably and atlraoiod 



vo anilcl 











of General Apathy -must be assigned 



apparon 



lack or Interest toanlfeewd. 



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ktt Fa, B .-H was oar good forluno to 













Sk, The weather being uor.r.ipiitous 





b days (elected far the exhibition, it 





irough Friday. On visiting tbe Fair 













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. Hknsy (one ill lud of 15,) bod on admirably trained 

 ake of three year old steers, {grade Devon*) Mr. 



:n, of Blogbampton, 



lerlSg the uupropllloii* weatbo/ the Fair w. 



kably successful, In b-tb <)i-play an. I mitmdauc 



ng Uio right spirit and actiou on tbe part or U 



people of Hip couuiy. B«ib Thursday ud Friday II 



oi In year* and experience, (and dellnvi -i under 

 gratifying. 



e pleasant Villages or Homer and Cortland end the 



Hlful valley in which tbcynr. mI« ■•'<-'■ '"" llm ' ■ n,l 



space Torbid details. A drive llironirb "" vill»i[,'», and 



-J-. Pabis Bakiikb— a zealous and influent a promoter 

 or Rural Iroproveiiienl-lmpr. >- ■! "" ' ' ''•"■'''■'r 



adjacent con n- 

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