MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



NOV. 27. 



o forests and wild beosta, and 

 e owls and the bat*, if wo c( 

 i enough to boy of 



whiob teaches that labor U 



a blessing, and that that man 

 who causes two blades of gn 

 fore there grew but one; Ii 

 folly of being generous 





tin- 



b with mother 

 " from unwilling 



md henceforth eeek 

 ber without " eUted contrit 

 bands. Insbort,letusgowherewecanlive 

 expense and without toil— where nothing that we 

 do will lail to "pay,'' for the simple reason that 

 we'll nothing do. Huzza for the Tropica! Adieu 

 to dltoblngl Everlasting gratitude to bim who 

 from the fullness of bis great heart, has kindly 

 stepped in lo save us individually, and save us as a 

 nation from tumbling "neck and heels" into 

 hopeless and irredeemable bankruptcy ! And yet 

 a higher meed of praise for that disinterested 

 kindness which leads him to instruct us— "up in 

 Steuben and Cattaraugus "— as to the management 

 of bard pan land I vr, a f- 



BEES AND BEE-HIVES. 



The value of the "Changeable Hive 

 upon the following principle. Each ; 

 when it first hatches from the egg, ; 

 more nor leas than a worm. When it r< 

 necessary food from t 



rill then spin f 

 coating of silk less i. 





papc 



; tbid 





evident, therefore, that after a grtat number have 

 been reared in a cell, and each has left its cocoon, 

 that each cell must be somewhat diminished, 

 although the thickness of a dozen could not be 

 measured; and when so reduced as to dwarf the 

 bees, these old cells need removing, that the bees 

 can replace them with new ones. But how this 

 operation shall be performed Is just what the 

 majority of patent-venders are ready to tell you — 

 they have a hive forjtbe express purpose, They 

 could sell a recipe to do the thing scientifically, 

 the benefit of which would be many times, on the 

 principle of a surgeon cutting off your head to 



> cha: 







to system, or show you a round-about way of hsl 

 a dozen miles to accomplish what as many rod 

 would do! But this is supposing the thing to h 

 necessary. I shall discourage the operation as fa 

 as possible. 1 have found it unnecessary, and, fo 

 the last ten years, have not changed comb fo 

 beiDg old. Nat one slock diJSm hundred lasts Ion, 



tthe 



■ ilu,». [M 



lecessary to tell mt that the slock runs down be- 

 se there is not room in the cell to develop the 

 ! The proportion that fail the second year la 



ei-ln j 



are old c 

 a look ov 



e different 



variations in design to accomplish this feat ol 

 compelling the bees to make new comb every two 

 or three years — professedly to prevent rearing 

 dwarfs Instead of full sized bees. This class of 

 patent venders have done more injury to the bee- 

 keeping community than >1 the diminished size of 

 a cell had never been thought ofl They have not 

 only exposed their own ignorance of the first 

 principles of economy in bee-culture, but have 

 induced their customers to adopt a wasteful course 

 of practice. It is plain to some who have had 

 experience, and have no interest to blind their 

 judgment in this matter, and therefore ought to 

 understand it, that every time a colony of beea fill 

 an ordinary sized hive with brood combs, that they 

 would store at least twenty-five pounds 

 plus honey in boxes during the time, if they conld 

 have had their old combs ! I never knew a vender 





this ! 





would answer longer than three years any way- 

 many of them two, and one recommended chang- 

 ing every year. Take the longest term, (three 

 years,; there must be three changes in nine ; 

 which has cost, besides trouble, at least set 

 five pounds of pure surplus honey, without any 

 equivalent, as comb tdat years old it just as 

 for breeding as that but one! I have combs used 

 for brood mnch longer than that, and I challenge 

 the whale paternity of these venders to pic 

 by the size of the bees, those stocks containing old 

 combs! This frequent renewal of combs being 

 proved to be unecessary — for it seems to me 

 person having no interest but the utmost thrift of 

 his bees, must 6ee it — what is gained by so much 

 useless expense? 



As there are still other objections to be urged 

 against changeable hives, I will describe oi 

 two on this principle. It ib a sectional oi 

 course. The aimpleBt form consists generally of 

 about three boxes, one above the other, o 

 somewhat long ones placed side by side, the 

 third one on the top of them. The first is made all 

 of one size and shape, say about one foot squar 

 by live or six inches deep inside. The top of eac 

 one has several email holes or one large on 

 through it, or has cross-bars about one inch wid 

 and half an inch aparl, ao that when the three thi 

 form the hive are put together, the bees will ha\ 

 free passage through the holes or spaces. When 



THE CH1HESE SOGAB CANE. -EXPERIMENTS 



Tut 



a operations with 



s of the past i 



:haiine producer are beginning to find 

 the t/inrtiiiii, and the probabilities are 

 t Mating and rending, the corps edlto- 

 ixeeding danger of being metamor- 

 phosed Into admirable specimens of " linked sweet- 

 we will assume all risks in tble 

 lot longer keep Rural readers 

 from the "feast of good things" given below. 



Messrs. Ens.:— The age of cheap sugar, of which 

 ur friend W. B. P., of Prallsbarg, N. Y., speaks in 

 ie Ritual of Nov. Gth, baa not merely a dawning 

 xlstence, but has already spread its frugal influ- 

 ace upon thouainds, and especially upon your 

 tirrespondent who ha.'' not only made syrup but 



We raised " cain" on one-fourth of an acre every 

 londay morning, with shovel-plow and hoe. — 

 Planted in rows four feet one way and lj feet the 

 :r. Part whs sin keiei. Waving four in iin Pinks 

 hill. The part suakered produced bu g« stalks 

 and, I think, more and richer juices on the same 

 t of land than that which was not suckered. 

 machine we used was wooden, the rollers 

 id with sheet iron. We separated a portion 

 of the stalks at the fifth joint, and used the juice 

 of the buta for the purpose of making sugar. — 

 iveuino's method was followed as closely as iu- 

 pfik'in e, lime, eggs, and a "big ketilu 1 ' would 

 rniit. Not having the proper instruments by 

 lich we could with certainly calculate the point 

 ion to stop boiling, we necessarily resorted to 

 the usual method of getting at each things — that 

 by guessing. Happily the mark was hint, but 

 , in the center. It granulated in a short time, 

 , would not separate. Draining would not do 

 ind after we had exhausted the thousand and 

 I methods prescribed, to no purpose, we con- 

 cluded that if gentle menus would not accomplish 

 end, force would; so putting the mass into a 

 h strainer, a little pressure brought out the 

 thick gummy substances and left dry sugar. 

 I will assure W. B. P., of Sorghum physic no- 

 iriety, that it is a settled fact with us, that this 

 rup, end sugar not excepted, wiil keep north of 

 Mason's and Dixon's line," and I imagine that be- 

 ig taken over to the other side it would not suffer 

 either bj exposure to the atmosphere of that clime 

 ■ by comparison with its best productions. Now 

 onld advise friend W. B. P. to take a short trip 

 West, and enlarge his experience — in doing 

 if he will take the trouble to visit the'domicil 

 Ik soh-criber, he will show hiui as hue-flavored 

 ;ar as ever Bweetened the palate of man, which 

 1 not leave with bim a " pumpkin taste" — as did 

 his " Fidget Specific" — but taste every way worthy 

 an article of this kind. u. b. b. 



Edb. Urn a 



, w i I b s 





.<■■! with 



Sorghum this fall It can be anawcted in a 

 few words. Much better than last year; beyond 

 what we had dared to hope. There have been sevc 

 ral hogsheads of Syrup made iu this vicinity, and 

 of a much better quality than v. 

 last season. 



t the wet weather in Ihe sprit 

 and many who bad intended 

 ;o do so. Then we were fnv< 

 weather, which cut our ca: 

 third, but it is generally thought 



plant were uuable 

 ed with extra dry 

 short at least 



to be much sweeter. Aside from all these di 

 backs considerable seed has matured. I h 

 made no estimate of the expense, per gallon, but 

 I should think about '25 cents. The fodder pro- 

 cured from the suckers and from the leaves strip- 

 ped from the stalks, fully paid oil the coat of plant- 

 ing and hoeing. Cowa thrive upon it exceedingly 

 welL The yield varies from loO to 300 gallons per 

 acre. Of course the richer the ground the greatei 

 the yield. Our syrup is equal to the best sale molas 

 sea. I will venture the price of ten subseiiutionste 

 the Rural, that our much esteemed friend of " roll 

 ing pin" notoriety, with all his erudition and pro 

 found sagacity cannot (ell the ilifference. I am e 

 "Sorghum defender of 18SB," and there are more 

 of the same sort here; aud 1860 will see a great 

 deal more planted in this region than any previoui 

 year. This will prove something. All the "fidgets' 

 and "pumpkins," and stereotyped puffing and cry 

 ing down, don't frighten us In the least. I Bhould 

 have replied to " W. B. P." long ago. but I thought 

 like one of old, " he is joined to his idols let 



t bu,t 



and the modus operandi of the 

 gar aud syrup camp has been practically illus- 

 trated in very many instances, excepting of coarse, 

 The many results go to prove 

 rofitable as well as a very con- 

 venient and sweet occupation In its season. Sngar, 

 syrup, and vinegar, are derived from the augur 

 besides the excellent fodder from its leaves 



what I have learned by experience and 

 observation, I have oome to the coucuhtion that 

 good crops of cane will produce about two hundred 

 •allons of syrup per acre, or fourteen hundred gul 

 ma of juice— it takes about seven gallons of juice 

 o make one of good syrup. 0. p. d. 



full the upper one i 

 mpty one put under the bo 

 :ry year. In this way, 



the 



removed, and . 

 om, to be filled i 

 11 are chaDged an 



easily and quietly done, securing at the same time 

 a large box of anrplus honey. This Is as far as it 

 Is wished to have the subject investigated, and 

 many have never gone beyond this point. The 

 objections to these hives for wintering bees have 

 already been given— viz., the breeding apartment 

 1b too small lo hold sufficient stores for winter, and 

 the bees might have to go to another for food in 

 frosty weather. It u objectionable on another 



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brood. Some of this win remain sealed c 

 the honey to please t| R - ,„,.„,, wilh „ 9 ,' 

 ftuvori How much heir*, t have all surplui 

 Stored in new, white, pnxt combs, and Tre< 

 any foreign substance — as it will be with 

 management. Bat we must postpone our 

 Of the other variety for another article. 



greas in the sweel'ning line, this season, for which 

 I shall doubtless receive several blasts from the 

 able pen of our Prattsbnrg worthy, but if 

 in the least quiet bis nervec, let iiim give fu 

 tohlB volubUity, ns If it will relieve him of that 

 doleful complaint, the "fidgets," we give him the 

 full privilege to "pipe away." 



THE B0EA1.-FALL PLOWING. 



Eds. Robal:— I have been a constant subscriber 



your valuable paper, since its first issue — and 



amid the various publications that come into my 



house, there is none that is looked for with so 



much interest. There is, in my estimation, no 

 periodical published in our State, that creates ao 

 salutary an influence — both morally and intellec- 

 tually — as yoor valuable paper. It treats not alone 

 it agriculture; but has a high tone of moral and 

 intellectual culture, which serves to render it one of 

 the most interesting family papera now published. 

 But my object in writing this article is not bo much 

 to eulogize the Rural, as to give yon my views— 

 the result of practical experience — in reference 

 to fall plowing, deep plowing, and plowing under 



bandry formerly practiced in this section, waa not 

 very generally approved ; but now, in consequence 

 of the ravages of the midge, wheat haB become an 

 nncertain crop, and farmers have to turn their 

 attention toothermoreremonerativecrops. Spring 

 crops have seemed to promise the most remunera- 

 tion; bnt Spting Barley seems to be abont as 

 uncertain, as regards the midge, as the wheat crop. 

 Oats and corn will, I think, he the principal spring 

 crops In thiB section, at least, until the insect wheat 



It is importantthatspring barley should be sown 

 as early in the spring as will answer, in order that 

 it may escape the midge. Oats, also, should be 

 aownvery early to insure a good crop. ItbecomeB 



breadth as most farmers wish, to have the ground 

 plowed in the falL But any farther preparation, 

 instead of being an advantage, woald be an actual 

 detriment. The furrows should not be turned over 

 very flat, as the earth then becomes too firm and 

 compact— much the eame aa if rolled down, or 

 harrowed Bmootb, with a harrow— but should be 

 left partially edgeways, ItlsthuBrenderedmorefri- 

 able,loose and mellow, consequently moreeasilyand 

 better prepared for the seed in the spring than it 

 would be if dragged or cultivated in the fall, 

 action of the frost upon the ground left in the 

 row is found to more completely destroy the t 

 cious qualities it possesses than if left flat and 

 smooth. Although it now seems necessary to 

 in the fall for spring barley or oata, yet I won 



above Btated, it, perliaps, would be better. H the 

 ground on which corn is intended to be planted 

 the coming season, is sward-land, and infested with 

 wire worms, I would not by any meana adv 



the fall, but juBt before planting, giving 

 3 to suitably prepare the soil — even t 

 three weeks difference in the time of plowing niBde 

 more than one-half difference with me in a crop of 

 corn. It would be folly to think of planting the 

 eame ground to corn the ensuing year without 

 plowing deep, and very late in the fall; for the 

 wire-worms would moBt certainly destroy the crop, 

 Fall plowing is a very good woy to eradicate quaok 

 grass, or Canada thistles, and cultivate the surface 

 the ensuing season, without disturbing the roots. 

 Quack-grass, especially, it turned under ten or 

 twelve inches deep in the fall, will be very easily 

 eradicated, by cultivating the surface thoroughly, 

 as the roots of this grass will not grow unless near 

 the surface- 

 Clay land, especially if wet, if intended for a 

 spring crop, should be plowed deep in the fall, for 

 it is more easily pulverized and brought to a fine 

 tilth. Such is not the case with light sandy soil?, 

 but an actual detriment to the productiveness of 

 the soil; for unless protected by the sod, It will be, 

 more or less, blown away. 



ButI see I have extended this branch of my sub- 

 ject to Borne length, therefore, will leave the other 

 topics proposed for another article. w. h. h. 





iral pleasure of living. I hope they are of a more 

 genial torn of mind, and do not allow their heeds 

 be filled with such morbid infatuations as he 

 a set forth in hla article. If he wishes to see 

 farms drained as they ought to be, let him visit 

 Niagara County, and I will show him farms drained 

 a much smaller figure tban $46 per acre. Ten, 

 1 1 will show him men whose knowledge con- 

 ning draining lands, ie fully equally to his, who 

 1 assure bim that land can be drained at a much 

 s cost than what he has placed it. " He wishes 

 point out the circumstances under which it will 

 r" — also says, "mistakes are made in selecting 

 lands." Does he not knov that the best of lands 

 a command the highest prices? Well, then, 

 poor man going to lay out all bis money In 

 acres, when he can buy othersa little poorer, 

 as he begins to cultivate the same, Improve 

 them? No. TheBO ere my opinions. I maybe 

 wrong, and am open to conviction — buthls article 

 does not convince me by a great deal 



I.ockport, NUg. Co., N. V., 1868. O T. B. 



INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 



Dressing Skins.— T saw several recipes 

 Ruhal Nkw-Yohkbh for Dressing Deer Ski 

 I think very good ones, and 1 wish that 

 some of your correspondent 



l iiiiiniiils ivith the hair c 

 d like to dress 

 , HilltboTO, III, 



i Deer Skins and the 



onally.for the Ia9t t 



tacked oocas 



The symptoms are first, violent coughing, loss of 

 .ppetne, and, lastly, difficult breathing. " ' 





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UsrdUui . 



3 Dec. 15th. See advertisement. 



;iv'B Stste« Apflibo to Cattle — The 

 i of the Doke of Portland, James Thompson, 

 after taking a series of lessons under the teaching 

 of Flirey, applied tbe training system to a vicious 

 Alderney bull, and succeeded in making the once 

 terrible brute as "tractable and docile as a child." 



Virginia gentleman proposes to donate 

 $20,000 for the erection of an Agricultural College 

 in the vicinity of tbe University of Virginia, on 



tlon that the farmers of the State wl II render 



tributing ao additional sum of $50,000. 



BnBLTaBiKO Manure.— Stable manure kept ntder 



shelter, and properly mixed with absorbing sub- 



;b, mack, leave?, strawy litter, Ac, is of mnoh 



greater value than when exposed in the open 



An analysts made at the Royal Agricultural 



College of England, shows that it oontains more 



than doable the quantity of nltrogenised matter, 



and the Bame of salts, containing organic and 



rganlc matter, soluble in water; while of 



ash and sods, the unsheltered manure contains 



per cent, and the sheltered 2 per cent 



bject, will receive my 

 thanka— J. B. Wilson, Ridgeway, N. Y. 

 Rbharks —Mr. Wilson is hardly explicit enough 

 in hie detail of the symptoms to enable us to speak 

 with cerlainty as to the disease. It is more than 

 probable, however, that inflammation of the lungs, 

 (Pneumonia,) is the malady. The early symptom 

 ia coughing. A cough in a hog is always a si 

 picious circumstance, and should be early a 

 promptly attended to. The disease is rapid in 

 progress. The animal heavea dreadfully at t 

 flanks; he has a moat distressing cough, wbi 

 sometimes almost enflocates bim, and be refui 

 to eat. The principal guiding symptom will be 

 the cough getting worse and worse, and becoming 

 evidently connected with a great deal of fever, — 

 In many cases congestion takes place in the lungs, 

 and the animal dies in three of four days; in others 

 he appears for awhile to be getting better; but 

 there is a sudden relapse, a frequent, dry, husky 

 cough comes on, there is little appetite, rapid 

 ing, and the hog dies. Tbe first thing that i- 

 done is to bleed, and the most convenient pi: 

 bleed tbe hog Is from the palate. If an imaginary 

 line is drawn from between tbe lirat and second 

 front middle teeth, and extending backward 

 inch along tbe palate, and the palate ia there 

 deeply, with a lancet or fleam, plenty of blood will 

 be obtained. An assistant may easily open the 

 mouth sufficiently for all this by means of a baiter 



ward patient to manage. He will struggle obstin- 

 ately agBinst every attempt to drench him, and the 

 inflammation may be aggravated by the contest — 

 It will, therefore, be necessary in the majority or 

 cases to endeavor to cheat him by mixing his med- 

 icine with his food. The following maybe given: 

 Take digitalis, three grains; antimonial powder, 

 six grains; nitre, half a drachm. Mix, and give in 

 a little warm swill, or iuilk, or mash. 



In the greater number of cases the animal will 

 readily take this: but if he is bo ill that nutriment 

 of every kind ia refuse J, he must be drenched. — 

 Thia should be repeated morning, noon, and night, 

 until the Inflammation Is abated. A purgative 

 ebonld quickly follow, and we have those for the 

 bog which are mild as well as effectual, and from 

 which no danger can result. The Epsom salts may 

 be given in doses of from one to three ounces, and 

 and they will communicate a not unpleasant or nn- 

 oeual flavor to bis broth or swill. 



Moke about tor Ditcq Plow.— I cannot give 

 the definitions as well as others might, in regard 

 to the ditch plow, but fearing "T. " might not get 

 an answer as Boon as he wished, I give my ideas of 

 it in short There is no patent on it. and I do not 

 know as there is any advertisement of It It ia 

 composed of a strong wooden beam, with a gauge- 



3DOU in Selection.— A great deal of skill and 

 sound judgment may be exercised by the farmer in 

 selecting the crop suited to blB soli — in selecting 

 variety and seed — in choosing the right time to 

 plow, plant and harvest There is a call, too, for 

 wisdom in selecting of the knowledge obtained 

 from books and papers, tbat best suited to our soil, 

 climate and circumstances. Unlets a man has 

 sound jndgment in selecting, it would be better for 



. luliOA' 



Dpi- 



, p t >o: 



his neighbor did— 



ops. 





have heard of, whose 

 while his neighbor's, oi 

 good. He resolved to 

 plowing, planting, cultivating 

 and. as near as might be, in the 

 did so, and had equally good c 



The Irish Potato Crop.— Toe Banner of Ulster 

 says:— "We kave had communications from the 

 most intelligent farmers in this provir 

 to tbe potato crop. In some cases it 

 one-third of the whole yield is more or less 

 diseased; in other instances the destroyer has 

 seized about one-sixth, and in more favored lo- 

 calities, the total effects of the disease have not 

 extended to more than one-tenth of the aggregate. 

 It must not be forgotten that evident eigne of the 

 disease being in course of dying oat, are to be 

 seen In the potato lands. The disease is this year 

 much less virulent than it was in the early seasons 

 of its existence, and the sound portions of the 

 crop are of a quality at least equal to the finest 

 grown in the days which preceded the advent of 

 the potato rot. 



Messrs, Eds. ;— Sugar Cane, its cultivation and 

 manufacture into sugar aud syrup, has indeed be- 

 come an Interesting topic of conversation among 

 the farmers of our young and flourishing State, 

 Wisconsin. The success with which labor has been 

 rewarded during the past season, while experi- 

 menting upon a email scale, in the raising and 

 manufacture of the cane Into Bogar and syrup, has 

 already created in the enlisted farmer a renewed 

 energy and faith, that will tell wondera in Sorgho 

 culture. Yes, and even tbe oloBe-flsted ones who 

 are ever found In the back ground of any new en- 





being daily convinced after " seeing the elephant' 1 

 that there Is at least some sweet, if no money, in 

 tbe speculation, and they, t Q0> declare that they 

 will . <«■' <""• another year, 



"Cane sweet"' la evidently bound to become a 

 home production of tbo North and West, — this 

 seems plainly ao, judging from the experience that 

 Borgho oolluriBU have had this season, it has 

 been raised In almost every portion of our State 

 with decided success. Two or three samples of 

 Bogar and some ten or twelve of syrup, manufac- 

 tured from the cane, wore on exhibition at the 

 State Pair, and attracted much attention. Mills 

 have been "got up" for expressing the juice, arches 

 have been built, pans have been made for evapo 



ABOUT UHDEEDRAIMINQ. 



Eds. IttraAL:— In your iasae of the Gth inst, I 

 notice an article signed " H. T. B.," purporting to 

 answer the inquiry, "Does Underdralning Pay?" 

 Now, I have one or two things to say on this aub- 

 jeot In the first place our Uanud friend (judging 

 from bis letter) must have traveled over a consider- 

 able portion of this continent, and perhaps bos 

 done some draining, perhaps a small farm of 10, or, 

 maybe, 60 aores. No, he refers to Cork, and I am 

 led to believe his ancestors came from that place. 

 In some way or other, he has worked into that 

 cranium of bis the idea tbat farmers think they 

 muBt drain alt their land. The idea is preposterous 

 —probably but ten acres on a farm of one hundred 



expense to the 

 must Bay this m 

 decesaora. 

 1 should like 



nd he gots on counting up tbe 

 ane of $45 per aore. Verily! I 

 n of Jigures outstrips all his pre- 



ask the gentleman what be 

 means by "a general system of draining." In his 

 article he says, "he is not opposed to draining/' — 

 No, I Bhould think not! Yet I am under the im- 

 pression that he is not so foolish as to lay out $-15 

 per acre, which he says it will ultimately cost. 

 Better let anon land He, and turn flliibuster, (or 

 correspondent of some periodical,) or follow any 

 business more lucrative than that of farming. 



There is one place, I think, the gentleman never 

 has visited, and that is Cattaraugus County, when 

 he speaks of a man " being a mile from the four- 

 cornera, two from the store," Ac., Ac. I think the 

 inhabitants of that section might Justly feet Indig- 

 nant at such gross insinuations against their gen- 



i the t 



The 1 



are affixed to gauge to the depth of the ditch, 

 bo that the person holdiug can walk with one foot 

 on either Bide of the ditch. The team travels one 



eight feet long. The plow is a Bmall cast-iron one, 

 (with a determined will to go down,) bolted to the 

 lower end of an iron standard, which latter is 

 bolted to the aide of the strong beam. The stand- 

 ard 1b long enough for the depth of the ditoh. It 

 reduces the labor of shoveling, which, I think, is 

 one half, and the hardest part at tbat. The mak- 

 er's name of the one I used 1b IIarvhy Stonf, of 

 Reed's Corners, Ont Co., N. Y.; cost my neighbor 

 $13. He bought it long before the panic. The 

 owner of this plow told me that Mr. Lamtort, of 

 Canandalgua, keeps the iron fixtures for the plows. 

 I have beard today that Dan. Pratt, of Pratts- 

 burgb, keeps a similar kind on hand. — Wu. 1'. S., 

 Seneca, N. Y., 1868. 



Profits of BHE-EisariNr},— One year ago I win- 

 tered over sixty-nine swarms of bees in good con- 

 dition, and from these I took the past summer and 

 fall 2,635 pounds of pure box boney. Of this 

 2,400 pounds wore sold at Csnandaigua for 15 cents 

 per pound to be shipped to New York. Some of 

 my best stocks made six boxes full, weighing 72 

 pounds of honey. I got twenty good young 

 swarms which I value at five dollars each. It was 

 a poor season for swarming, and not so good for 

 making honey as some others have been. Since I 





edbyMr. Qcdjdy — a cot 

 inches square, inside, by U deep, with ten Inch 

 holes in the top, then the boxes and a cap over 

 them as described in his "Mysteries of Bee-Keep- 

 Ing." Aa for millers and worms, the best and only 

 way to get rid of thorn is to pinch their beads.— 



ErflKNE LlWIS, /.■■"<"■■ Comers, AW'., 1858. 



'iuent. — Mr. Tiios. E. Hooker, of 

 gives as the following recipe for a 

 i he regards, from long experience 

 e best known for sprains, bruises, 

 ;c, for man or beast:— One pint of 

 z. of origanum oil; one oz. worm- 





mla. Add, if yon 

 i gall. Mix, and it 



icipe which he 



is immediately ready for t 



— Mr. Hooeks avers that om 

 obtained in tbe Bubal, (tbat of raw linseed ( 

 Garget in cows — to be rubbed on the bag c 

 first appearance of the disease,) has been woi 

 him a lifetime's subscription, aod trusts the above 

 wilt prove equally valuable to many of its readers. 



Origdn of thb Carter Potatoes. — "About 

 30 years ago, more or lees, " remarks the Springfield 

 Republican, "John Carter, a resident of Savoy, 

 in the county of Berkshire, experimented for the 

 purpose of the improvement of potatoes by plant- 

 ing potato balls, and at harvesting the first year he 

 found that he had advanced one step towards 

 bringing ont a new potato. He, therefore, the next 

 year planted the seed raised tbe first, and ao on 

 for several years, till he produced the potato 

 now distinguished as the 'Carter.' Mr. Cahtj 

 died aoon after, and therefore did noteDjoyt 

 fall glory of hia dlsoovery. He waa tbe owner 

 a email farm in Savoy, which he tilled; a portion 

 of his time, however, he devoted to mechanical 

 pursuits; he worked at repairing jewelry. Bome- 

 wbat, also, at repairing tin, brass, and copper ware 

 and was what was termed in those dsya, a ' tinker.' 

 He was an honest, industrious man, bnt lived and 

 died poor. Although Mr. Caktbr's life was bat 

 little knowD, he will be gratefully remembered by 

 millions of potato eaters." 



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Mr. President Bailky 

 had resolved to hav< 

 aleo to pay the premit 

 at the Annual Meetli 



than nsoaL W 

 Ucipatlons hav 

 Meeting, held i 



lie Annual Address, and 

 i awarded at the late Fair, 

 in the belief that there 

 nnd a larger attendance 

 are glad to learn that these an 

 been realized— that the Annual 

 Albion on Mondey week, was 

 inded, and that the address by Hon. T. C. 

 Pbters, on the subject of Drainage, wsa received 

 with evident satisfaction. Tbe Society 1b in a 

 prosperous condition, with harmony among its 

 members, and a disposition to work in the right 

 way. The Society elected the following ofiicers 

 for the ensuing year: 



President— T. C. Bailst, Albion; VurPreii&it— 

 Ezra N.Hill, Holley; notary— Oliver Morehouse, 

 Albion; 7W«™— Arad Thomas, Albion; Dvtc 

 tors — Henry Kerby, Clarendon; John Hadatead, 

 Carlton; Guy Sherwood, Shelby; S. It- Howes, 

 Barre; Clark Hall, Albion; L. Bates. Bidgeway. 

 -The plan of having an address at the annual 

 meetings of Ag. Societies has already been OOIB' 

 mended in Ihe Burau and we are lutbued to think 

 that many Societies would And it advantageous lo 

 pay premiums at the same time, it wool,] a Q ,rd 

 opportunity to correct mistakes, and secure the 

 presence of those who ought to eleot officers. 



