MOOHE'S &TO&L NEW-YORKER. 



BFOY. 12. 



calculation the most ciacL We have no margm- 

 110 room for waste. Nuibiug abort or tbe whole 

 will suffice. Uolil U<elj I have been iueliued to 

 think «e should have ample store* of cheap grain 

 to fail book opon; but iho frosts that whitened our 

 corn fodder, rendering it aiming worthless in many 





left i 



os'fl, the drou'li, 

 .ously impaired 

 of the Uuion. 



nopperi 



uld i 



i-iitl ,,r t 



, thei 



i last [in.- years which did not 

 ■astly exceed nil previous ones." "My bred'- 

 3," said tbe negro preacher, " blessed he deoi 

 lai don't 'spec t notbin', for they ami agoiu 1 to be 

 isppointed." Some, I fear, will be disappointed 



rbe remedy for abort fodder generally resorted 

 in these parts, is to eell off tbe stock. Do thi 



Tl.o 



nn K s 



I Of 



drill,.. 



that, like some other public-spirited citizens an 

 traveling the road " towards Auburn," will b< 

 missed from tbo dairies of Western New Yoik 

 those calves, yearlings, and two year olds, that on 

 sent prema'urely adrift like a poor, poverty 

 stricken child seeking a home, will leave tb< 

 herbage uncropped in many a fertile vale aoc 

 ci'y of stock tht 



amgs 



:,] I 



„*ddil 



'ng and cropping, will be seriously felt for long 



Winter all the stock you can, by every profitable 



ind available meann, but do not trust to any "good 

 ime coming" in which to buy cheap hay or cheap 

 ;ran. A hard winter ia among tbe contingencies 



Un 





e apples 



make the supply su 

 cs have been fnm 





be ft 



nothing of " some pumpkins." These 

 promptly to tbe stock to avoid further loss. Ev< 

 Cibbago leaf, turnip, beet and kohl rabi top will 

 carefully picked up, kept clean aud fed by tbi 

 wbo wish to make the most of evorytbing. Co 

 can be kept in milk by such means, and oil 

 stock put in good condition for wider. Keep 

 even hand in feeding, especially roots, apples, & 

 a large mess today, and none (o-morrotv, may 

 little better than none at all. 



My friends, the millers, will endorso the sen 

 ment (hat grain should be ground before feedi 

 it, and I am cleaily of opinion that coarse gn 

 should be used od such hay and straw as would r. 

 be eaten up clean without being sprinkled wi 



Id soi 





rindir 



I may remark that si 

 that animals can be " 

 beef barrels" cheaper 



little grain fed to steers and heifers may make 

 them passable beef, and so of other cattle. I will 

 oDly add that care and economy is a duty binding 

 on tbose who have plenty, as much as upon those 

 wboareshort.-n, t. n. 



"80EGHUM, WHERE IS IT!" 



; Rvu 



of yo. 



ispondents, 

 i ooserve, nave some doubts about the success of 

 tbe Sorghum. They should come to Iowa just 

 now, and tbey would speedily have tbose doubts 

 dispelled. I am quite well satisfied, from my 

 own observation, that tbe new Sugar Cane is des- 

 tined to be an institution in the North- West. Our 

 farmers here in Henry county have very generally 

 planted some,— say from a half anjere to four or 

 six acre3,— and are now busily engaged in making 

 sirup. Sugar Mills,— wood and iron,— have been 

 erected in every neighborhood of three or four 

 farms, and are succeeding beyond expectation in 

 making a very fair article of simp, taking into 

 account the imperfect machinery and want of 

 experience. I consider the experiment or Sor- 

 indantly satisfactory— and so it is 

 eoplo, so far as I have heard any 

 expression of opinion. You can set Iowa down 

 as one of the sugar-growing Stales of the Union. 

 There will be thousands of ^u'lous of sirup made 

 in this county this fall, and next year the quantity 

 will be multiplied many times. It is selling here 

 at about forty cents per gallon, mid is considered 

 a valuable crop at half that price. 

 To. 



or phased into a reg- 



hive and box will me 



t. If tbe hives have n 



■tdent of Eddjviile, 



holes through tbe lop, L 



aretwoor more inch hole 



h of W. B. P'b lat<- 



through the top so iln 



l ibey will come near th 



n Ne» York, I I 



ig or crushing I 

 i W. B. P. i D qu 

 ly smelled, full 



"WHAT KILLED THE BEES1" 



-Tbe i 



YmRKI-I 



us iimi.ini- 



mder of the 11 



e-kcepers. As u humble reader of your pa- 

 id one that baa had some experience in bee- 

 g, I would also give my opinion, although 



n my experience aud observation I consider 



- be li 



able stench, and if. 



i i.f iV.i 



iake i 



; forth a very 



wintered safely and free from tbe abo' 

 influences. And here, let me say, I ha' 

 j grind, and no particular kind of hive 

 end, whereby myself or others are to ret 



i both breath i 



e that beat rises, aud as there 





upper part of th ( 

 nive and almost a solid mass of ice will be the re 

 suit in long-continued cold weather. Now, this 

 may be entirely obvia'ed by having suitable venl 

 at tbe top of the hive for said vapor to pass off.— 

 In order to fully illustrate my idea, I will give tbe 

 dimensions of tbe hives that I have used for the 



there was honey enough to feed tbem through the 

 .tity of bees to keep up 



The i 



• oft 



eleven inches ; from side to side six 

 and thirteen inches high. Eotranci 

 n, by cutting from the longest sidi 

 to admit the bees to enter for somi 

 Tbe top of the hive has two squaii 



:aps, of such size as raay be desire 

 iiled, are removed and tbeir place 

 itbers. Their being empty duriu 

 irople vent for all the vapor that n 



list this shape, yet I consider a tall 



I vapor arising from the b 



pass off freely i 

 for winter passage, make r 

 summer passage, by boring t 

 inch from the bottom, Citing 

 bottom board. Take long si 

 right and close to the boitoi 

 lhatcb at least four inches t 

 with large wool twine. Bei 

 top of the hive or box, and 



i all filth early i 





the Spring, loosen the straw from the top so as to 

 get at the boxe*, and give the bees the neccessary 

 food. Then tie as be'ore. If you have a healthy 

 Block in tbe fall, if well cared for in keeping them 

 warm and dry in the open air, you will have one 

 in the Spring tbat will be able to defend them- 

 selves against tbe bee miller, and give largo per- 

 centage of profit to tbe owner. LANOsmoTn's 

 hive is admirably well calculated in the form of 

 tbe-cbamber to carry off the surplus vapor in the 



BUT..T II., I 



s of inch b 



not affected by tbe si 



live made with I 

 nth enough voca: 



RURAL NOTES FROM MISSOURI. 



Deaf: Rn 



i printing, 



lar rn, 



— Tf you find my correspondenc 

 its value fron 



Will T 



prominent fe 



cultural ; bu 



formily of etyle or sub 

 of jour paper is, I k 



i ImI room, I see, for a deal of 

 literary and miscellaneous matier besides. Liking 

 the plan, I shall conform to it, and give you an 

 assortment, from which yourself nod readers may 

 select as each may find agreeable. Corn, frost, 

 tobacco, apples, and next year's wheat, shall be 



Miri-ouri will probably have more corn this year 

 than ever before, nnd at Irntt as much pork. Indi- 

 cations of frost in early October gave rise to some 



a large share of this year's crop,) should be injured. 

 looped, 



«ded i 



irk. Most of tbem do, t 



ern and West 

 II of them mil 



able, on tbo ground that bees usually collet 

 tbe bottom, and vapor arising from tbem 

 become frost if it had to travel far before ii 

 chance to escape. Again, bees are less Iti 

 fill caps with honey when put upon a tall hi 

 least, such has been my experience. 



I consider it of importance, in two parfii 

 to have tbe passages from the main hive 

 capB near the front of the hive. First, it ii 

 convenient for the bees as they enter the 1 

 pass up; and, secondly, it will more read 

 the vapor escape, beiog directly over tbe n 

 the bee3. I have, like the reader, who ask 

 question at the head of this article, lost 



ritfa ail i 



would recomme 

 their hives ami 



arpiog, Ac , would winter 

 d die by their sides. I 

 ose that keep bees to give 



WINTERING BEES. 



size and height of tbe cane? 

 itly astonish your correspondent, who notic 

 % seen, as a thing cxlraordinary, a cane t 

 gh. I saw one a few days ago which mei 

 eventcen feet, and have heard of some at 

 I know I have seen acres growing whi 



average fourteen or fifteen feet higb. Wi 



•M 



Again some are for a special deposit, while olh 

 >r leaving them in tbe open air without p 

 in. After trying many experiments I c 







xpe- 



i, two hundred ga'lons per acre is considered, 

 ual experiment, but a moderate yield. 

 t night we had our first frost, which, in 

 nee of tbe dryness of our atmospbet 



ir.juiy I 





bountiful cro[ 

 that he this yc 

 which would 

 and his, I knoi 



yet fully ripened, of which there 

 The Corn having very gener 



». in this part or Iowa, a mos 

 A neighbor told mo yesterday 



r cultivated eighty uc 



verago 8 j xty bushtla 



'. >s uot, by any means 



tilation. These i 



eopen 



- ii!,;. 



ML Pleasant, Hem 



. Biai 



Ens. RrjKAL New-York™ :- QoiDg not Q 

 lubscriber to your paper, but a reader, I ni 

 n No. 38, present volume, the inquir. 

 •W. B. P.," "Sorgbum-u:, 

 :annot be answered by your York SlaU Af«, 

 former resident of Old Monroe, and s furuie 



and boxes light with 

 nt the escape of their natural v 

 t bees yon must give them that assii 

 requires, which in wiute 

 nd dryness. 1 think tbe following pi 

 est that baa come to my knowledge fu 





3 bees to make 

 e glue, to pre- 

 lalb. To win- 

 ter ia warmth 



save a tittle old corn, with which to begin feeding 

 in September, or even in August, instead of put- 

 ting it off till October. I did not intend to say in 

 the preceding sentence that most of them begin 

 feeding in August or September with old corn, but 

 tbat most of tbem save a little old corn with which 

 they might feed them. It« advantages would be 

 manifold. First— a porker weighing 300 pounds, 

 not only brings more money, but more in propor- 

 tion, than one of 200 or less. Packers will give 



the large than for the small hogs. Second— the 



skin, wit 



ghtly observes, 



thick, m 



hair, a bright, full eye, broad loin and hips, deep 

 body, and straight back. '• Cheese dairymen [and 

 city milkmen] usually select cows that yield the 

 largest amountor milk, because they depend more 

 upon the quantity of cheese than its quality, and 

 md yield 



would make but little bu 



ter, and p 



or at that — 



But I am not in favor of t 



be rule of s 



lectingcows 



that yield the most milk 







riving at a proper stand 



rd of exce 



lence for the 



beat. * * - The qua 



ity of mil 



: a cow will 



give, is indicated bv ba 





and ayellow 



color of tbe ekio inside of 







not thickly covered with b 



air. I have 



never known 



a cow, with soft, fur-like 







appealing yellow and gu 



mmy at tb 



roots of the 









good butter cow, and wl 



en fattene 



, would mi s 



by age or otherwise, for many years, and beiog o 

 tbo lookout for causes of known results, I bav 

 observed that those known lo give good mill 

 made most thrift in lailow when fed to fatten.- 



nolui 



, 11..!' I, 



ofnei 



a the 



latter part of November or December. At least 

 25 per cent, more of food is required to maintain 

 tbe animal beat in cold weather, and that must be 

 supplied before any increise of flesh can be gene- 

 rated. Third— a hog win plenty of fat under bis 

 bide, feels the cold weather less when it comes, 

 and will continue to gan flesh and weight on an 

 allowance tbat would lit t e more than keep a poor 

 or average stock hog ic growing order. These 

 conclusions are based both on experience nnd 

 Physiology, and the scientific trutba of Physiology 

 govern the growth of hogs us well as other /oiks! 

 But, bless my soul ! I hare wandered all the way 

 from corn and frost to Physiology I 



The tobacco is a good ;rop — is gathered, and 

 generally cured or curing. Apples have yielded 

 fairly, at least in this part of the State, and are 

 bringing the snug little p'ice of $;i per barrel for 

 good winter varieties. Iowa and Minnesota fur- 

 nish the demand. Tbe people up there have been 

 peculating in " i romiaing city locations" 



i plant apple 





' the 



light to buy the trees. Tlat snmc slate of things 

 has kept farm improvemeits back far too much all 

 over the West; but men htve learned a leason that 

 will last them— o/ leet.it till \ime*<jet better. People 

 are finding out that the >'d fogy farmers, wbo 

 kept out of debt and specublion, and put the cash 

 they got for crops into implements on tbeir land, 

 instead of buying more, stood tbe crisis unhurt, 

 while tbo operalors in "tewn pi Ota" aud swamp 



, have been on the listof " lame ducks" ever 

 The West will ne\er be independent of 



utions till more of h<r young men take to 



latora and speculations to 

 labor there is profit," said t 

 er of produce there is 



' In nil 



Bj 



the first of November, if not before, 

 apty surplus honey boxes over coloni 

 that have a chamber, so that tbo bole u 



:t year's wheat promises well now. More 

 has been sown this fall thun for four years past, 

 and with a good winter, we cau bread the world from 

 next July till Christmas, aoy bow. Winter killing 



herc.-more owing to brood-caat Bowing than any 

 other human cause. Those who drill their wheat 

 lose least of all from climate, those who plow it in 



in nhat the butchers ca'l tallow joints, may b« 

 judged to give rich milk, the quantity to be judgec 

 by a plainly marked design of nature in her phys- 

 ical structure. Instead of heavy head, horos, 

 neck, and shoulders, and comparatively light bind 

 quarters, which is characteristic of the opposite 

 sex, she should show an opposite design, by a fem- 

 inine countenance, 1'gbt bead, neck, and shoulders, 

 widening backward from her cbest to tbe Ion 

 and hind-quarters, where the most strength is 



A correspondent of the Michigan Farmer, 

 writing upon this subject, says:— "I have bten 

 laboring and studying for very many years lo p-o- 



; idea to fat up colts for 

 i the bobit of doing.— 

 ike good, durable l, r.-. t 

 e put on tbem till they 

 i a yard by themselves 

 ty toeat^nddr.nk, al 



(In ■• i he in htiht loads 'o be^io will 

 want balky horses. Heavy loadin 

 too far up hill before slopping, let- 

 hality horse, and the whip will not 



iiredi I think this 

 Op all the land 





ana by furoishliiR - -. i, , . | . - 1 



cipal support. If dry and sandy, spread on muck 



about 40 bu 



and leached ashes, and old, half rotten straw, late 





n the tall. Tbe suow will prevent ita evaporating, 









1'arry out all the manure lhat baa been made du- 

 ring tbe summer and fall, and spread it so that it 



aiMenttyla. 



vill become incorporated with the surface earth 





during the winter. Apply bone dust, and all other 





substances that can form bone earth. If the pas- 







prtSBlog co 



vute with plaster, thus res tori n£ the sulphur which 





lad been drawn from tbe earth; for in every one 





hundred pounds of wool there are five pound of 



It'uT'" " 



lhat any part of your farm is "an old 

 out pasture." That is equivalent to ac 

 ing tbat you are a laiy, shiftless fello* 

 of appreciating tbe blessings of beavet 



God for 



IIm 



A wniTta in the Cotton Planter and Soil, g 



a following recipe for the cure of founder in 



rse :— " Clean out the frog of the foot ; let it be 



well cleansed by scraping off the dirt. Raise tbe 



so as to be level — pour spirits of turpentine, 



flioient quantity, so as not to run over tbe 



; then set the turpentine on fire, and let it be 



entirely consumed. If the above does not cure a 



your readers may doubt all further recipes 



of the i 



uihtrn Cultivator 

 ,o black tongue: — 

 sloth mudo and attached to 

 ; dip this in spirits of tur- 

 Ihe mouth of tbe animal so 

 mes, if necessary, and they 

 will be over it in a Tew days. This I know to be a 

 fact, for I tried it on my cattle lust year, and did 

 not lose one, when others had been trying aul', 

 copperas, and other things recommended, and lost 



ib (be loog-buw b 

 f trashy ptpeta, 



:i=fi^gi 



