MOOHS'S Ktf&j&L EEW-YORKER. 



u'd mtko another sogget 



GKAS3 LAND ON LONG ISLAND. 



thai probably receives as little or less attention 

 Ihuo any other production of the earth. I simply 

 propose >o suite a fact aa to the grass-producing 

 quuiiiy or power of Long Island "barren land," 



place, Not 



I ago 



of the "barrens and buthm," and laid dow 

 grftSB— clear timothy. The land received a dt cas- 

 ing of about ufty bushels of leached ashes per 

 ace. wiili very Little it any other fertilizer. I am 







has been 



side by side, and re 

 bay and stalks, foul 

 <h morning, and two 

 ich evening, througb 



3 catile shed, by it>clf. 

 etied in the same sUble, 

 I received only hoy acd 



unking all n 







-,,.<'* 



Jbserving this differ 

 sity prompted me ii 

 ivo heaps of mannr 





to be imitated, but to show the grass-prod 

 qualty of the land; for, during the five 

 past, it baa not bad a particle of any kind of 

 manure or fertilizer applied to it in any w 

 foim, except the droppings of the stock whi 

 it f<>r postine in the full. The yield of tbi3 piece 

 of laud Li-* been at least two and a half tuc 

 acre, fur fire 3 ears, besides the pasture. 



DISEASE OF CATTLE.-HJQUIRY. 



nne bead, principally cows, belong- 

 ■ J. Kksaoa, my neighbor, has been 

 off by a strange, and to us unknown 



Mr.! 





1 the 1 



s follow 





nrf-Dischargeof whitish matter 

 ane to two days. Third— OhlUs, 

 with eic-s s ive shivering or trembling. Fvurth- 

 Iligh fever until the animal dies, tbe matter run- 

 Ding profusely from the nose. On dissection tbe 

 m&lter is f.iuod in great quantity io the throat; 

 and the gall is found to bo enlarged to two or three 

 times tbe natural size. Nocuieof similar sickness 

 ha* occurred 10 this neighborhood, although thick- 

 ly settled. Any information on this subject, given 

 through yoor piper, will be appreciated by numer- 



B rtm 



nity. 



tluval Spirit of tljt press. 



who bo- 



BtfHUTs- from many sections speak of an un- 

 ,1'y light bay crop. In some counties in the 

 em part of New York, and north-eastern Ohio, 

 en, are disposing of their stock at reduced 

 ■j. An intelligent friend just returned from a 

 io 1 U.i' neighburboud, expresses the opinion 

 there is not enough hay tbore to winter half 

 I'ock. Fortunately there has been grown this 

 an uduauaIIj Urge breudth of gram, uud 

 w and alalka trill be plenty. If these are prop- 

 secured, uud fed out judiciously, they will do 

 (1 la make up for the toiaty of bay. Straw 

 e. (notelj piled up iu the yard without protec- 

 f.oui iije weather, and left for the cattle 10 run 

 eep them in good condi- 

 u>ked,&nd led 

 addition of roots, bran, 

 II ho eaten readily, nud 

 - The experience of all 





l!,. I 1 



repaid <>■ 



iw, btulks, and even bay, is amply 

 living effected, aud the grealeat 

 r&lue given to the feed. Uy cutting and ateuimng, 

 the very coarsest purls of stalks nuy be prepared 

 for mistuie with ground stuff, and become pnlat- 

 ftble, nutritious food. Let those who think of sell- 

 ing tbeir cuttle at a sacrifice, lirst see that all re- 

 sources of tins kind ore counted upon; tln-y mm 

 find the present necessity a real benelit in teach- 

 ing them how to winter atock cheaply and well, 

 almost without tbe use of hey. So says the 



confirmation to the remark of 

 lot Leicester:— "That tbe value 



'iHNllle , s j n p r0 j, or[ | | _, n lQ Klljit 



aw aiooo, iu u e ate slrow, ibe farm is 

 , and the fsrner is straw— they ore all straw 

 her." 



01 long Igo I had foixr cows come up io the 

 I in the fall, which I thought might 5 idd a 

 good supply of milk through the winter, if W( _,ii 

 fed. I also bad four Other aounols, cows and 

 heifer,, which were not expected to gire much 

 nilfe till the following- grass season. The first 



-glVA I>"B1 I 





A\ £. Anw 





farmer. H 



.. 





El 



of lhe1urw-j 



i.rt 



it in made of. 



If 



The heap made by 



hay and stalks, showed no * 



and was sowewbat frozen. 



ihe spring to apply these i 

 separately, but 10 equal quantities, hide by side, 

 on a piece of corn ground. The superiority of the 

 com crop where the manure from the messed 

 cattle was applied, over that where the other heap 

 was spread, was quite apparent and striking; and 

 called my attention more particularly than it was 

 ever before directed, to tbe importance of feeding 

 out or best our richest products, if wo would have 

 the best kind of manure for our lands, and large 

 crops from them." 



Tub last received issue of the Kansas City 

 Journal of Coinm, vce remarks :— Yesterday morn- 

 ing we were slauding on the steps of the Union 

 Bote', when tbe wool train of twenty wagons be- 

 longing to C. G. Parker, entered tbe city. There 



ire several guests of tbe hotel from New York 



lis was a feature— a spectacle of western country 

 commerce entirely new to them, and naturally 

 elicited many inquiries of a business character, all 

 of which we believe wtie satistiictonly answered. 

 Tbe train yesterday of Sir. Parker brought in 

 27,500 pounds of wool, belonging to John Dold &, 

 Bro , of Los Vegas, consigned to W. A. Chick 

 & Co., of this city, and by them to be forwarded 

 to Glasgow A. Bro, of St. Louis. These wagons 

 were thirty-one days from Las Vegas, 



Another, — A M. \icau train of twenty wagons, 

 belonging to Mr. John J. Carr, came in yesterday 

 morning, bringing SB,000 pounds of wool; 2,000 

 mountain goat skins aud seven bales of buffalo 

 robes. Tbe wagons were exactly forty days com- 

 ing in. There were three hundred and twenty-nine 

 head of cattle belonging to the train. 



Agricultural itTiscellanrj. 



bjr Wu C11M.MAM of Palmjri 

 there wa» qnlte a display, sevi 



1 by I. 



1 Manufactures, 



whole exhibition 



-Includj 



liiryi'xl ninl II 111 M liruiloJ Paris (/unlit),)* 

 . Mr. B also had One specimens of the Honolulu 

 e-Applu and Snow-ball Squashes— the Mamumtb 

 "ii mid Apple I'm Midon— aud last Lin n,,i |,. :i „( ,,,, 

 " l " 1 " 1 Hi" '-urlonft) a hill of Ihe celebrated /',„.. 

 M BataHi, A g.m.l display of Stoves, Ac,, was 

 le by BowiiiB ± Wai.kiu and L. M Cui&r. of Pal. 



— •' *n decorating the ball with many 



T specimen* of bandlwors 



In fact, Ihe Fuir 



ilea, and especially to Casltoh B. It 

 Mpltailty we enjoyed. Palmyra hoi 

 > ui it b beautiful village, but w 



J Bocloly, LuritEB 8 

 e Messrs. Eqgi 



HMIIillS HTUDB ,11 THE MW TOM SIMJ FAIR, 





I. WAITt, Of Spring w 



>ta, list fulf.ln my pocket > 



Iho beet eh 



w of cattle owned by ooe persoD. And It 



is this olu 



of stock be propo." io off,r at auction 



by all men 



is attend this sale, as It Is eoldoni Hint an 



la Lasd 



Iiu-ovBBiaiit-D nr Woon CsorprsoT-In a 



private le 







e suggestive remarfee on a subject Utile 







Inlcresllng 





lions of Isl 



?*i^w.--wEi"r^ 



dneS-" 



™gferta. d oiy l eSalo^J 













' Club of ibe American Institute, but there 









It, or really (0 comprehend It, I submitted 



It chiefly to 



call out hiforrooilon on tbe subject. Mori 





said anything about It seemed to tbinb 





ol be Injured or Impoverished by growing 



wood on It, 



.ut I believe It can he, aud by taking off ai 





val*. or period), all Iho woody product. 





Ing on the land to decay. Wby will land 





eihanated by produolng a succession of 





d as well as by crops of corn and wheat- 



only eonlinn 



e the process long enough r I contend that 



ertahed.'w 



endcred barren, by depriving 11 of Its woody 



produ^co 



llnually carrying on* all that grows on It 









