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VOL X. NO. «.J 



ROCHESTER, N. I. -FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1859. 



{WHOLE NO. 509. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 



URAL, LITERARY AND MHILY KBWBPAPKR 



CONDUCTED BV D. D. T. MOORE, 

 With an Able Corp* of Assistants and Contributor*. 



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■ II ipaIoikJj advocatc".- 

 illurul, Sclent 

 t&UtfPHMd I 



■ 

 RnU. Horticultural, "dentine. 





After alltbec 



corn -fodder— if sel f- prcserva- 



will furnish eaeotti] fetd La 



a of those interested. 

 e dug and boused the present 



mdh 



rdev. 



nlbl! 



Crop during the mouths of development, it is to 



:' in the last duties connected tbere- 



tli, a laxity of watchfulness will not be permitted 



creep in. If the "rot" does not make its np 



pearancc, and opportunity is offered for gathering 



favorable circumstances, all things over 



which tbe furmer has control should be property 



prepared. Every openiug likely to admit frost 



be closed. Jack is well known lobeti "great 



ih'.-d, 



tuple proof 



rear the caution against standing 

 ittr upon the wheat fields is issued by tbe Agri- 

 llurul Press. " Hope deferred maketh the heart 



:U ;" but we earnestly desire to see tbe day when 

 B thousands of miles of tile and other draios will 







>r<J of counsel, 



JOTTINGS FOB THE SEASON. 



Wm-.s the labors appropriate to the pn 

 month arc concluded, it nun lie Mud that tbe a 

 portion of the farmer's year has puied 

 i.i' run u..\s enjoy ii brief period ol leisure. Then 

 is to be no "folding of Imnds," certainly; but, tin 



comparatirc ease and quilt These latter condi 

 lions of both mind and body, however, will very 

 much depend upon the proper accomplishment of 

 the tasks yet on baud, and though we may not 

 add anything to the genera] stock "I knowledge by 

 our present writing, we purpose giving » faw 

 hint*, just jogging the mentalities of our readers 

 to the merits and necessity of completeness. The 

 sluggard, and he who procrastinates, will be 

 caught, not only napping, hut badly frost-bitten, 

 should tbe former indulge "to » 1 1 it I «- more sleep," 

 and the latter put off for n "more convenient 

 season" the duties of to- day, "Jl 

 slant syllable ticking upon tbe clock of Time," we 

 are told, and ho who marks these conditions, and 

 fulfills tbe requirements of the moment, will 

 always be found among the M< n of the age. 



The Corn Crop, judging from the quotations 

 now obtainable, and the recent ndvance taken in 

 rales, is to he one of our paying insliltilions, for 

 several months, at least. The early part of tbe 

 year was very unfavorable,— in fat, 

 enU» rummer we bare had bat Utile "old-fash- 

 ioned corn weather,"— and the development of the 

 crop has been a succession of ilillicultics. I'roha- 

 bilitica seem to favor the idea that considerable 

 rjaaatitiei will not he well matured, and tbe 

 aggregate value considerably diminished thereby. 

 Every advantage which c»u be taken, ought to be 

 spiicd with promptitude by the cultivator, so tbat 

 DUelf but the country at large may be 

 benefited. "Topping" and "culling up," are 

 the two rcccgnixcd modes of securing, and the 

 tivorites of each hare pressed their claims upon 

 the public ear through the column 

 in days past. The main arguments for the former 

 course were, that it cures the better pot 

 stalk before it is injured by frost— allows free 

 access of sun and air to the crop. 1 1 



i Our fodder 

 is very short, however, ID I 

 reason for adopting th. pi 



this, under the circumstance*, would be deemed 

 saOicient by a goo dly number of cultivators.— 

 When corn is fairly glased it is tit to ci 

 root, and this mode will materially assist in keep- 

 ing up the condition of fodder-rack and cattle. 

 If not burned b.v fear of treat, w, Miould allow 

 a to Stand until the busk* begin to loosen, 



mg the crops.— 



good follows the practice, 



But . 



i il. it ! 



will be oeeded to satisfy my 

 than the dogmatic declaration of any 

 -, however distinguished. I hav< 

 suppond tbet it was a prevent! 

 horn-ail ; and as a remedy for the di 

 tl ready seated, it b&e se 

 arked. But according t 



Dadi 



UlllIM 



i their 

 Alter cutting and binding, 

 place in stock* of from six. to ten bundle*, 

 stand in this condition for a considerable < 

 without injury, AJlftff bunking place the bi 

 in larger stooks until tbe corn is entirely beyond 

 the reach of damage. On a dry day draw and 

 stack near tbe barn-yard, in small stacks— of not 

 more than two loads each— and il is well to place 

 a pole in the centre of each alack, wilh two others 

 leaning against it, so as to furnish an air passage, 

 ahould there be any tendency to heating. Stalks 

 had better remain we( [ .looked in the Arid, until 

 wanted for feeding out, than to be stored In large 

 Stacks or close mows, where they are certain to 

 suffer from heating or mould, or both combined. 

 a useless to urge uvca farmer, the importance 



our own Stale, at least. A special attention to 

 this matter will pay large dividends, and winter 

 killed wheat would become almost a myth if drain- 

 ing received a tithe of what the system merits. 



Amid all the calls that are made upon your time 

 and exertions, don't let us hear any emanating 

 from tbe domicil of the porker.-*. There is neither 

 music nor poetry in such sounds, and, viewed in n 



Core practical light, very little profit. Quiet is 

 i esseutlal to fatness, and who ever noted a sin- 

 gle instance of passivity in a half-starved speci- 

 men of the genus under consideration '• We have 

 heard aDd read of "educated hogs"— and we have 

 seen a few — but not one was so thoroughly im- 

 bued with a disciplinary spirit as to resist the 

 clamorings of an empty stomach. 



When all the peculiar demands of the season are 

 attended to and completed,— when the "painted 

 muntb," is numbered with the past,— when the 

 "bright colors in which everything green lov 

 have disappeared,— when a new year 

 hidden along the boughs, and another summer 

 nestled amid the falling leaves and faded flowei 

 what a glorious lield of observation is opened 

 e gaze of the ardent cultivator. Wail not f 

 e "days of great things,"— the least of Natut e's 

 il Jr<- n are deserving notice from the moat tower* 

 g intellect, and worthy Hie inten-eat study. 'Tis 

 e " vaulting ambition that o'er leaps itself," and 

 i who waits for brilliant opportunities is the 

 one in the great hive of humanity. The folloiv- 

 j-, which we extract from the London (VirnA u-r'c- 

 ii. ibe point;— " Mr. Nockolds, at tbe 

 lule meeting of the Farmers' Club, said that the 

 power of observing and recording facta and phe- 

 os a most valuable portion of u farmer's 

 education. He remembered that when be quitted 

 school, and was placed to learn his business, bis 

 would, as opportunities occurred, point out 

 particular trees, explain their distinctive charac- 

 teristics, the purposes to which the timber might 

 be applied, and make other observations, relative 

 to familiar objects, which be could not fail to 

 treasure up in his mind ; and he believed that he 

 bad acquired more information by these practical 



mere theoretical teaching, lie bad two sisters, 

 who exerted a sort of double Queen Victoria power 

 m it him, The/wen very clever, and were well 

 versed iu chronology, from tbe days of Adam down 

 1 liinc In abort, they knew every- 

 thing. On ono occasion, the conversation happen- 

 ing to turn upon Henry tbe Eighth's, n 

 forgotten ivhii iu thtti number, tad. could only 



recollect that be was brute enough to cut off the 

 beads of one or two of them. 'Don't you know 

 huw many wives he had}' was tbe question. ' No, 

 : ■( do you see Ibat little 

 ' Uo you know what ii i- ' 

 young ladies confessed they did not. 'That, 

 triumph, * that is a hen cbatlincb ; i 

 I think, my dears, you had better make the 

 qusinUnceof liT-eommon things by which 

 are surrounded, thx'-a trouble yourselves at 

 Henry the Eighth and IS" 



CBUELTT TO A3CMA1S. 



I bave seen cattle in neighbor 

 ith a hard, round roll or twist ol 

 ic centre of the brush,— their taili 



the knife, so sure was I tbat it woul 



o the outer coat of the animals 

 hat it probably 



i pair of oxen in the month of August- 

 It the first glance, I saw that they were 

 lot thriving very well, though they were 

 in good pasture. Tbe eye was a little 

 heavy, and tbe hair was rough and dull, 

 and lacked that gloss and appearance of 



thought I did, 



s cattle were delivered, Iho knife was 

 used without stint, si-' the cattle turned 

 out. A few hours after, word 

 one of them was "bleeding to death," 

 whereat tbe writer was not particu- 

 larly alarmed. It proved to be the one 

 that most needed the operation, and there 



Spilled. Nothing, however, was done to stop tbe 

 How. In a few days there was a second shedding 

 of coat, the eye brightened, Ihey grew nnd thrived 

 exceedingly, and in a few weeks the lively, well- 

 laid hair fairly glistened, and there was, and con- 

 tinued to be, all the evidences of perfect, vigorous, 

 abounding health. Nothing else was done for 

 them, no other sufficient cause could be assigned 

 for the change, 







■ you quote fi 

 j, among other 



in the case of horned cattlO, If 

 ired opinions of very 



I of 1 



ne.l • 



Ifor 



i .id. i 



CORN SYHUP. 



Ens. Ritual:— The agricultural publications ol 

 \. i. -wee l and welcome visitors, containing 

 a much larger proportion of saccharine substance 

 than is ordinarily afforded in tea and coffee. Tbe 

 syrup-loving boys and girls fluttered themselves 

 there would be no more famine in the bread nnd 

 molattef department; and the good damtt Ol lbs 

 north were jubilant with gratulotions, expecting 

 to see no more wry faces in response 

 bint ibat so often accompanies the morning cup 

 of coffee, "Xjfdear, •'■< on nearly out of tuoar." 

 Sorghum was the hobby, and its riders promised 

 us an abundant supply through this novel agency. 



Hut, alas! in ls5y wc have to take our papers 

 without sweetening. Still they relish very well, 

 being full of the "sftf/ of •"'/>." with which we 

 are so amply supplied the present season. But 



ml u little molasses with tl i 

 the good wife scrapes the sugar-bowl, hoping to 

 give n hint without a word, and avoid having the 

 cream curdle in Ibe coffee beneath the vinegar 

 scowl of the embarrassed husband. Under this 



P.UfCK'S niPRO\'ED HOISTING CRANK. 



Tue above eDgraving represents nu improved 

 Hoisting Crnne recently patented by Mr. J. H. 

 Parce, of this county. Messrs, 1) It. DlLurn &. 

 Co., proprietors of tbe Falrport Chemical Works, 

 have one of these cranes in use in their cx'eDsive 

 establishment ; it operates on any place inside of 

 a circle of forty feet in diameter, by which two 

 men can raise or lower and place in any position 

 required any weight not exceeding 4,000 lbs., and 

 by tbe addition of anolher man or two, (or with 

 steam power,) five tuns can be handled in liko 

 manner. It will pass a post or any obstruct! 



; oft 







i W. B. P. asks, "Sorghtm 

 III] 





farmers need to be reconsidered and revised, 

 practice uniformly is l0 start the blood from tbe 

 Up of tbe tails of all my cattle every spring, and 

 ortener during the summer with such as show 

 ngb hair, or other evidences of a want of thrift. 



This 



. the t 



. iqe 



I dock. 



l,v I 



I do not propose to answer this inquiry, 

 not one of tbe persons to whom it is addressed. 

 I can only say of my Sorghum, it has gone to tb-: 

 worms, tbe frost, and the drouth. 



Tdis failure revived in my mind tbe memory of 

 tbe "Corn Molasses" e-.citeri.ent of 1 -; , which 

 constituted the sweetniog of all the country papers 

 of that year, and then took its leave, without 

 imparting an item of its deliciousnesa to the buck- 

 wheat cakes. Hence, in the absence of Sorghum, 

 I dttontoed to test the value of corn as a substi- 

 tute. I give your readers the result of my experi- 

 ments, which have been much more satisfactory 

 than I had anticipated. 



My com is about three-fourths the usual growth, 

 having been much retarded by drouth. When my 

 first experiment was made, one-half of the corn 

 ough for the crib. I then obtained, of 

 Wrap, in tbe proportion of eighteen gallons per 

 »tW, and of corn eighty bushels of tu, 



A Tbe leaves, huski 

 tops w*re carefully saved for fodder. I continued 



through a doorway or window for tbe purpose of 

 loading or unloading freight from a cart, Ac. The 

 gentlemen above alluded to assure us Unit it nm 

 perform more labor than eight men by any other 

 means knowu to them; and they consider it iu- 

 viiluable for iron foundries, ship yorde, docks, 

 rourble works, stone quarries, railroad freight 

 houses, etc. 

 The Crane is thus noticed by thi 



'The device for bracing the arm 

 against tbe t»ist, or torsion strain, will attract 

 the attention of sucb of our readers as lake an 

 Luton -i in mechanical contrivances. To the poBt, 

 A, which turns on pivots, tbe main arm, E, is 

 firmly fastened. By means of a hinged joint, the 

 outer arm, F, is connected wilh tbe main arm, E ; 

 the pin of this binge is oval iu form, and is firmly 

 i.i tbe main arm, E, so tbat il cannot 

 with its largest axis perpendicular to the 

 f the arm. Tbe jointed arm, F, turns about 

 un ; tbe holes in F, through which the pir 

 ini~-.i'-i, being round, and lilting tbe pin loosely. 

 Tbe object of this arrangement is to hold the ent! 

 of the arm, F, up horizontally when it is turned 

 right angles to the main arm, E. The rope, 



passes between friction rollers, m, tbe axles of 

 which are vertical," 



The specifications describe the bracing device 

 as followa:— "The main arm, E, is strengthened 

 by means of double diagonal braces, I, which are 

 united by a May, /, which passes freely through 

 nu aperture, S, in the arm, E, without touching 

 any part of tbe sumo, and the several arms, t and 

 (', are attached to tbe arm by means of bolts or 

 rivets, u u' u" and a"', us clearly represented in 

 Fig. 1 ; and all the arms, t (', are secured in the 

 OOntre to tbe stay, '', by means of nuts, r, as rep- 

 resented m Fig. 2." 



• * "If the weight be brought into a position, 

 as represented in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the strain 

 exerted by the same on the main arm, E, has a 

 tendency to twist the outer end of the same, so as 

 to lurn the boll, «", out (Fig. 1,) and the bolt,*, 

 in j but any strain which has a tendency to twist 

 the outer end of the main arm, E, in U 

 is brought to bear on tbe bolts v."' and u", by 

 means of tbe arms, / and (', of the brace, I ; and, 

 puses freely through the aperture, 

 S, in the main arm, E, any little motion in iho 

 braces, ( and t', has no effect on the central part 

 of tbe arm." The object of this brociog is to 

 allow the arm to be swung with less power than 

 would be required if it was allowed to Iwist ; and 

 " that the strain exerted by tbe weight on tbe arm 

 may be brought to bear on that part of tbo same 

 where it joins tbe post." If the bent urui twists 

 with a heavyweight at the end, in swinging tbe 

 arm nut straight, we arc obliged to raise the 

 weight, Willi a useless expenditure of pOWW. 



Messrs. Datum & Pahcm, of Falrport, N. Y., 

 are the proprietors of this apparently very valua- 

 ble patent, and will cheerfully respond to any 

 inquiries in relation thereto. 



■ 

 My last experiment wi 

 fully ripe, and tbe yiel 



portion of eight gallo 



ised as the corn ripened. 

 I made after the corn was 

 ; of syrup was in the pro- 

 s per acre. The mode of 



cleansing, evopori 

 of tbe Sorghum, and those who have eaten of tbe 

 corn syrup pronounce it superior to the former. 

 The balance of my corn is now cut and in the 

 stook, and upon this I shall experiment still fur- 

 ther, in order to learn bow long it may stand in 

 this situation without spoiling it for ajrap. The 

 yield will, of course, be le3s than before. To grow 

 corn exclusively for sugar, the sets should bo re- 

 moved when they appear. But it is a question 

 whether it will not poy better to connect the grain 

 and syrup product together. 



These experiments prove thai every rural dis- 

 trict can supply itself with sugar from the corn- 

 stalk, which is next to wortble»s for fodder, and U 

 usually trodden under foot. The expense of con- 

 ,, syrup is but a trifle more than that 

 of fitting it for feed, by cutting, Ac. True, the 

 yield per acre is not large, but sure. 



The Editor of the Ritral, three or four years 



since, recommended his readers, in substance, 

 "never to employ others to do that which could 

 us well he done by their own hands." To many 

 this suggestion has been worth, annually, three 

 . | of that excellent paper. Would 

 not the adoption of tbe motto of HUM of oar 

 worthy fathers be equally happy U ' 

 "Never import or buy that which can as well be 

 produced or manufactured at home." 

 Sorghum and corn, side by side, for a series of 

 years,— develop the merits of each, and mooufac- 

 Mr.- our own sugar, from one, the oil 



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