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



DEC. 11. 



by which the fork, 

 [j llfUd by the 

 without the barn 

 of the rope, b, nut 



3 the hoy, 



If Ik kept level by meana 

 >rk is high enough to nn 

 laokened, and the hay de- 

 pMHa^dTThi'oi'u on the mow can give any direc- 

 tion to the hay he pleases while it remains sua 

 ponded. The horse is backed, and the operation 

 repeated. The arrangement ia cheap, And with it 

 six tons have been pitched twenty feet high in an 



Prairie No-Patent Fence. 



A cheap fence for the prairie districts, one 

 that is simple in construction, sulo and durable, 

 and without any patent restriction*, so that any 

 farmer can build it, is a great desideratum. We 

 have already given several, and now a correspond- 

 ent in Minnesota eenda ua the following: 



Messrs Eds :— An odd number of the Rural, 

 containing a out of Watson's no gatett fence, hav- 

 ing fallen into my hands, reminds me to send you 

 a design which I have had on hand some time. I 

 have not seen one like it, but its prototype exists 

 on our prairies, in the shape of two BlakeB fastened 

 together by a strong nail, like a saw-buok; two 

 rails are nailed on instead of boards, a rider laid 

 in the " buck," and the stakeB driven slightly into 

 the ground, 



Fio. 2. 

 My drawing exp! 

 icantling, with a pie 

 i ti it to keep them f 



Fio. 1, 

 Ins itself; a pieoi 

 a 2 by i notched into it. and 

 im spreading, formB a "bent," 



od substitute for a post As there 

 no poBt in the ground, it has abroad base, and the 

 boards present the edge to the wind. (Fig. 1.) 



These " bents " can be framed in the winter (for 

 level ground* within doors. They may be used 

 combination with Mr. Watson's portable fent 

 (Fig. 2,) by mortising the large piece to receive t 

 ends of the r jib, and slipping in a key by the side 



SOBGHTJM SUCCESSFUL. 



two years. 



Last jear (1857,) from one-fourth 

 got no syrup worthy of the name. I had about 

 eighty gallons of juice pressed out, and tried to 

 boil it into syrup, but from some cauBe, (either 

 premature freezing before cutting, or want cf 

 knowledge and skill in the process of manufac- 



from the Universal Yankee Nation, ebe might ex 

 to have Borne sweetening from the States 

 bordering upon her own provinces, aa well as th> 

 Gulf of Mexico. Willard Hodobs. 



Tub sample of molasses accompan>ing above i 

 very superior— fully sustaining the recommends 

 tlou, and lending to prove Sorghum a success.— Ei 



BEES AND BEE-HIVES. 



Tiikiib are only two classes of beekeepers who 

 ight to use the non-swarming hives, vu , those 

 ho are so situated that they cannot possibly take 

 charge of their swarms, and those who have so 

 .any that all cannot be kept in one place. The 

 object of such hives is to obtain the surplus honey 

 and have but little trouble with the bees. Colton, 

 and some others, pretend they have given us a 

 non Bwarmer, merely by giving room in an extra 

 number of boxes; bat experience proves that they 

 are not to be depended on as such In all oases. It 

 is said also, that bees " never Bwarm until the bive 

 1b full," which is a great mistake. After much ex- 

 perimenting, it appears that the only way to pre- 

 vent swarming and be safe, is to give the colony 

 room to extend their combs freely In several direc- 

 tions where it is perfectly dark. But all the snr 

 plus obtained In this way, is not in the best order 

 for market, as it is necessary to take it 

 Any practical plan that would prevent 

 and induce the bees to store all their 

 neat glues boxes, auch aa I now send 

 would be worlh to me ten times the c 

 patent. On this point I have found not 

 factory. 



Any person that can possibly take cai 

 b warms, before they decide on keeping bees wit 

 out swarming, should contrast the profits with t 

 other method. Suppose you start with one at 

 non-swarmer, and call it worth five dollars at t 

 beginning, at the end of ten years it is worth : 

 more — very likely not aa much. The chances 

 failing abort of that time we will not take into t 

 account. We might get annually, BBy live dollars 

 worth of surplus — in ten years fifty dollars, N< 



f their 



: bn-. 



t will 



f.iiiu 





symp was concerned. I fed out the remainder to 

 my stock, and waa satisfied from the result that it 

 would pay to raise it for feeding cattle, horsss end 



Last Spring I procured one-fourth pound of seed 

 of E. D. Hallock, and planted it on one-eighth of 

 an acre, same time, (May 25th,) as corn, and same 

 distance apart (four feet— I think four feet one way 

 and two the other would be as well) As I plant- 

 ed it for feeding alone, without expecting to get 

 any eyrop, I did not strip oil the leaves or take 

 out the suckers, but let all stand throngh several 

 hard frosts, until the 17th of this month (Novem- 

 ber,) when I cot it op, stripped off the leaves, and 

 selected 4,300 of the largest canes, from which Mr. 

 Bikam Bobbins, of Peelield, manufactured forty- 

 three gallons of symp as per sample sent here- 

 with, which iB thought to be equal to maple molas- 

 " V cooking, every way superior. 



cast a swarm annually, and make one dollar's worth 

 of surplus and the swarm do the same; (about one- 

 third of the average in good Eeasons,)— tie second 

 year there are two to do this, the next year four- 

 take this rate for ten years, and we have 512 colo- 

 nies, either of them worth as much as the non- 

 swarm — these colonies with the surplus amounts 

 to some thirty-five hundred dollars, to contrast 

 with the non-swarmer'B product of fifty five ! I do 

 not offer this as an actual result, but as an illustra- 

 tion. Persons supposing that the bee is along- 

 lived insect, cannot undersiand how a colony of 

 beea is no better at the end of ten years, than at 

 the end of one; but such is the fact Bees never 

 increase after the first year ' that is, tbey are a full 

 swarm then. Although they may rear thousands! 

 as many die off as are matured by the end of the 

 year, and they have gained nothing. This is too 

 easily tested and proved, to be disputed. 



M. QpINEY, 



After tho melted butler has become cold, have 

 another clean wet cloth ready, and lay it on, make 

 lent brine to oo?er (tmlh good « ft)— let it 

 stand a few minutes until the Bcum has all arisen, 

 lightly blow it off, then pour it on the hotter, and 

 n a cool place, where it will not come In con- 

 with fish, flesh, or vegetables of any kind. 

 When yon commence niiing, the cloth Is easily re- 

 id by pulling it up on one side, to give room 

 nttlng out After removing what Is needed, 

 lay it on again, tightly as possible, until more Is 

 wanted. Don't let that "careless girl" leave it 

 open/mr^.and don'tdoit yourself, Afterueingthe 

 butter, fill the vessel with hot water, and put In the 

 cloth that Is saturated with the butter, rinse and 

 jot— letting the vessel stand until cold, then 

 skim off the butter, and all is saved for orullera, 

 beefateak, or ginger-snaps, then wash and clean 

 your clothe for another wiDter, ob economy and 

 care 1b the mother of riches. E, n. 



INQMRIES AND ANSWERS. 



Back and Fbeoino 



ease describe, ami, it 

 combined Itark and Fee< 



ng Trtiugh for sheep, in 



Wuite Guinba Fowls— Sbeep Racks— Canyon, 

 or eome of yoor numerous correspondent inform 

 me through the Rural, who naB White Guinea 

 Fowls for sale? A description of a good raok tor 

 foddering sheep in, would also oblige at least one 

 of yoor subscribers.- W. S. G., Fab-field, Muh., 1868. 



Remarks, — In the next number we will give 

 some plans for Sheep Racks. 





FAST HUSKERS, AGAIN. 



D. Die 



This git 



. 814 gallo: 



acre. If the smaller canes 

 had the cane been planted 

 yield per acre would, of course, have 



greater. Probably 400 galloi 



land, with good culture. Some of the seed was 

 apparently well matured. 



The cost of cultivation is no greater than that 

 of corn, and the leaves and suckerp, if removed in 

 Benson, will nearly pay in fodder the whole coBt of 

 cultivation. The principal expense just now is the 

 manufacture into syrup. But, if it costa one-half 

 the syrup, as in my case, it pays well enough. To 

 speak within bounds, an acre will produce 300 

 gallons, which, at four bhilllDgs, (although now 

 worth six,) is one hundred Bnd fifty dollars. The 

 expense of converting into syrup may be $50, or 

 one third now, (it will be lees hereafter,) and $100 

 per acre may be assumed as 

 ly all profit, too, of an acre, with leBs labor than 

 almost any other crop. 



Please bear in mind that I am reasoning 

 the main one of which, viz., the twenty gallon keg 

 in my cellar, is put to a daily test which has done 

 away with all previous skepticism on my part, and 

 with my own experience as a basis, I believe it 

 will soon become an article of general cultivation, 

 and that every one, who has so much land as is 

 covered by the shade of a good sized maple tree, 

 can, if the soil is adapted to it, raise syrup suf- 

 ficient for the supply of an ordinary 6ized family. 

 Hlsaatrong argument also agalnat the cultiva- 

 tion of tobacco, that the eanic land will produce 

 an article of general necessity and agreeable flavor 

 with leas labor and equal or greater profit 



As a matter of public or political economy, its 

 advantages ate too evident to need mention now. 

 It might be well enough to suggest, however, to 

 those orators who made such powerful pleas for 

 the prospective benefits ol tbe "Great Cable » that 

 thiB Is a matte* of immediate, practical, peamian 

 benefit to all. North and Bonth, don and poor, the 

 farmer and mtchanie an well as the merchant; and 

 should the orator atonal* take the stump and 

 labor for it as for tbe 8 u cce6B of the flB , d cable 

 and should all interested take hold of tho matter 

 In earnest if there were no processions or cele- 

 brations in its honor, we might be able, by tho 

 time Lt. Maury hears the ticking or the clock 

 Greenwich Observatory, to telegraph to "y Q een 

 Vic " that hereafter, among her contributions 



<sou, of Rose, husked oat of the stook 

 iventv live bnshels in ten hoars, being seven and 

 half bushels per hour. 



The Sherman boys (alluded to in a late Rural) 

 usked at the rate B| bushels per hour on the hill. 

 They will try next season and you may expect 150 

 bushels to be a day's work. 



armer husked, out of the stook, 40 bnshels 

 n wagon and offered his neighbor all he 

 could busk more than that. Bis neighbor called 

 and huBked SO buBhels on shares to the 

 J. B. R. has good corn, 165 buBhels to the 

 men husked 60, 53 and 41 bushels per day 

 re Btook, Other farmers claim 26, 30 and 

 35 bushels to be a day's work. There seems to be 

 a wide margin in the opinion of farmers as to 

 what is a day's work in busking. As corn is the 

 great crop of this country, the actual cost of its 

 cultivation should be better understood. My opin- 

 ion is that 33j bushels out of tho stook and put in 

 a wagon, etalks well bound and set up, la a day's 

 work, and that tbree'eents a bushel is a fair price 

 for husking— man board himBclf. 



Slow Htskbrs, Also — Fearing you may think 

 that all the people down this way ore fast, I muat 

 give yon the answers to some inquiries made while 

 the excitement was up. One farmer had 25 day's 

 work's done husking, and had hnsked less than 200 

 bushels ears; another farmer relates that he found 

 two of his men seated at one stook "yarning fine- 

 ly," one carrying a bundle of stalks, the other a 

 pumpkin from Btook to stook for seats, supposed 

 they busked 15 bushels each. The Rural, coming 

 In with the fast husking just in time, gave quite an 

 increase in speed— -seata were entirely laid aside, 

 and only one man to a Btook— it helped out 



Next fall keep one column open for the kuskers, 

 as the most corn per acre and the fastest buek- 

 era are to take the prizes. E. N. TnouAS, 



BREAKING STEERS. 



Edb. Rural: — W, R, A., of Wampsville, asks 

 three questions which I will endeavor to answer. 

 Though I have broke Bteers, I have never attempted 

 to break my pen for the type*, therefore you will 

 please " fix It " if worth publishing. 



To break Bteers, gentleness and patience must 

 have "their perfect work." Take one at a time, 

 on a barn floor or small yard, and tame them by 

 great gentleness, feeding from the hand, dec Then 

 commence driving, very gently, an hour each day, 

 till they obey perfectly. Drive singly and other- 

 wise till they go well Before yoking, hang the 

 bows on their necks till they are familiar with them. 

 Then put on the yoke and take it off, learning them 

 to stand perfectly qnlet during the operation. The 

 too common practice of yoking steers when com- 

 mencing to break them, and whipping and yelling 

 at them,— they rnnning and being run after alter- 

 nately,— ought to be dispensed with. BteersBhould 

 be learned to obey by speaking to them. Thi 

 be done only by constant drilling, always making 

 them do as told. Cattle, to become handy at i 

 kinds of work, must have experience. Do not e 

 pect Bteers to become oxen at once. Like " Tra 

 ers," they may perform their evolutions well, b 

 for field fighting they must learn the " tug of war." 

 To make a yoke is a very simple thing. I Bhould 

 take basswood, season under cover, and make by 

 well Bhaped yoke to look at The patent yokes 

 e highly recommended for ease to cattle. 

 The best way to fasten cattle la to have the Btalls 

 partitioned separately, with bars, (gates are the 

 )at convenient) allowing them sufficient liberty 

 lie down with ease. Make their racks bo they 

 nnot waste their fodder, and bed them with dry 

 aw, leaveB or sawdust Feed well and your cat- 

 will show their keeping, and your amount of 

 inure will be largely increased. J. Lyiian. 



SACCHARINE MARKET REPORTS 



Ens. Rubal:— A good many of your friends have 

 fallen into the habit— a very natural one I admit— 

 saying pretty things of tbe Rcbai . and it is in 

 captious spirit that 1, on the other hand, venture 

 diffidently to suggest one improvement for the corn- 

 Now that "hundreds of acres" of 

 ! been harvested, and almost endless 

 quantities of delicious Byrup manufactured, and 

 bese products must of course soon be 

 i the market; and tbe suggestion is 

 that you so enlarge the range of your " Price Cnr- 

 for the future, as to include both of these de- 

 lectable articles. Should M. R B,, of Pretty Prairie, 

 Ind.,keep on squeezing through "a cloth strainer" 

 ill winter, he may by spring squeeze down the price 

 iT both ninteiially, and we desire a "corrected 

 narket report'' each week, that we may hail the 

 lrst omens of this auspicious result These neces- 

 rary articles of domestic nse are a heavy tax upon 

 the housekeeper, and we beg of our friend to keep 

 in Bqueezlng, and never give it up! Whether the 

 gentle 

 pressure" afterward 



POUDRETTE— (£J. //. A., South Sodus, 

 not afford to boy Poudrette and use 

 land. We have known several nse I 

 found it to pay. If you cannot make your land 

 rich enough with Btable manure, and clover, and 

 purchase a concentrated article, tbe obenpeBt 



thing you can get is theft 



i Gut 



Colleges. — (L. &., Clterrytree, 

 Pa.)— We don't know, at present, of any Agricul 

 tural College that we can recommend a young mac 

 to attend. Improve every moment in studying 

 the natural sciences, particularly ChemlBtry and 

 Geology. Engage for a few year'B with the best 

 practical farmer you can find, watch olo6ely how 

 he does things, and why; trace the effect to its 

 cause; keep your eyes open and your thinking 

 apparatus in constant exercise; read the best books 

 and papers you can get on practical and scientific 

 agriculture; try experiments to prove or disprove 

 the theories yon read, and yon will make a farmer, 

 jr enter an agricultural college. 



Drain Tile.— I wonld like to make the inquiry 

 through the Rural, what the coBt of draining tile 

 is in Western New York? We have commenced 

 draining in this section, and have 

 tile from Albany, at from S15 to ! 

 thousand, including freight, which 



»ape 



< procure 

 5 dolla 



(il!arn per 



Toe Wool Grower a>d Stock Rkgisteu. for- 

 merly published by us, was merged in the Rcfiai. 

 Nbw- Yorker some two years ago. We repeat this 

 for the information of all Interested, and the e*pe- 

 eason that we are yet In frequent receipt of 

 subscription money, end requests for specimens of 

 eald journal. Though tolerably well sustained, the 

 W. G. and 8. R. was discontinued because many of 

 its subscribers preferred (he Rural, on sight and 

 examination. Perhaps we made a mistake in 

 sending specimens of the Rub at. to its readers, but 

 if bo it is too late to repent, and we are satisfied 

 with the result Tbe W. G. and S. R is not the 

 only monthly that has bad to succumb to the more 

 varied, interesting and progressive weeklies. 



1,'HhIK 



-V, ■.-■ ;i 



Hie I-. 



i tbe 



jy can be pur- 

 chased for at the Western factories?— and what 

 tbey would cost delivered at Rexfords Flata? I 

 commenced laying tile some five years Bincf 

 have prosecuted the business as fast as my r 

 would allow, and would like to procure the tllea 

 somewhat cheaper if I could, although I ai 

 convinced that lt is profitable to drain, even at tt 

 prices we have to pay at Albany. I might git 

 you some of my experience in draining, but pe 

 haps it would not be Interesting to many of yoi 

 readers, aa more able and experienced men have 

 given your readers and the public a more correct 

 account of the cost and profits than I could do.— 

 A Subscriber, Burnt Hill*, 1859. 



Rehabes— We know of no subject of more Im- 

 portance to American farmers, at present, than 

 that of draining. We have had plenty of theory 

 and now we want the facts — the experience of 

 farmers who have drained their land. On this 

 subject we cannot have too much light, and we 

 hope our correspondent will give ns his experi- 

 ence, Those who have tile-drained can apeak with 

 authority, and no fears or doubts cBn withstand 

 tbe Btubborn facte. We believe two-inch tile pipes 

 can be had at the factories in Western New p Tojk 



ufacturers advertise their tile, and give prices?— 

 or is the demand greater than the supply? We 

 have several inquiries similar to the above, and 

 have no means of ascertaining the facts but by 

 writing to the proprietors of the different tile 

 works. 



CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 



Lemons im Rennet.— Cut the lemons in sliceB, 

 taking out the seeds. The jaice does not affect 

 tbe curd.— AM8LIA, Cayuga, N. Y., 1858. 



To : 



: Sf.ts.— Noticing the in- 

 f November Gtb, how to 

 md you one method which 

 nupy years with entire sue- 



cd to, was simple band 



r friend doeB not say; if it was, let me 



dm as better for tho purpose, a simple 



used by the "good lady" in finishing 



d tallow scraps— to wit, a couple of 



ich board three feet long and three 



inches wide, fastened together at one end by a strip 



leather, tho other ends whittled round to hold on 



by; then place a sack of the contrary stuff between, 



apply the strength of an ordinary sorghum grower, 



and "thick, gummy substauees" will find they are 



ght place," and will be glad 



implemen 

 her lard i 

 strips i 



nderstood that t 



thUbiot 



.1.,,,-;!, 



To Cua 



Of the Re 



charge far 



i late n 



PACKING BUTTER FOR WIRIER USE. 



Messrs Ens ;— In reading the Rural, I observe 

 that a subscriber wishes to know 



icklng batter tor winter, bo 1 will give my 

 mode, which I have practiced for fifteen years 



), and I never have strong butter when thus 

 packed, although I will not Bay It la the 1 



The first requiattee are, good healthy 

 good feed and water for them, plenty of salt,— milk 

 vessels often and thoroughly cleaned, and 

 milk strained, skimmed, and churned at the right 

 time and temperature. Uao good salt, and 

 oughly work your batter, but nut too much, 

 then pack in clean atone vessels. If they have 

 been UBCd for packing the previous winter, cleans 

 by throwing on three- or four handful* of 

 ashes, then filling with hot water, and letting it 

 stand two or three days; rinse, wash, and scald 

 again with clean water, and let stand until you 

 think all the ley ia removed, then rinBe once more, 

 rub with good salt, and pack the butter &3 solid as 

 possible. After it is pocked, wet a clean white 

 linen or cotton cloth, cover closely, end melt 

 sufficient butter to saturate and cover it the thick- 

 ness of a heavy sheet of paper— more If you like. 



Poll Evil.— I perce: 



il, a temporary care for Poll Evil— 1 

 permanent one, which has been tried 



sea, of every stage, and if judiconaly at- 

 tended to a short time, is universally successful:— 

 One oz of spirits hartshorn; 1 oz. spirits camphor; 

 1 ok. spirits turpentine; 1 oz. laudanum; 1 oz. 

 aweet oil— or in ibis proportion. The whole put 

 in a bottle, the oil and hartshorn first, and It mat- 

 ters not which of the others succeed. Shake be- 

 fore uaing. If applied previous to breaking rob 

 well with the hand, if after, pour a portion on the 

 affected part once a day. I cured one of my own 

 (the moat revolting case I ever saw,) which remain- 

 ed nonnd some 12 or 15 years, or during the life of 

 the animal.— A. G. C, Sparta, Canada IVcst. 



PmrxiN Meal for Hogs.— We clip the folio' 

 ingfrom an exchange:— "Pumpkin meal, formed 

 of dried pumpkin by grinding, is one of the 

 valuable articles known for feeding awine. 

 Tho pumpkin i-bould be cut in thin blloea, nnc 

 roughly dried by exposure in clear weather ti 

 rayB of tbe sun. The more thoroughly tho process 

 of drying iB effooted, the more valuable will be the 

 article for thia purpose. When thoroughly dried, 

 pumpkin 1b ground as easily as Indian corn or any 

 other grain. The proper method of using it is tc 

 mix it Into a thin batter, or mnsb, seasoned with s 

 email quantity of salt and fed warm. Swine are 

 very fond of it. Squashes may be need In the 

 eame way, as may also carrots and parsnips, both 

 of wbioh, when sliced and dried, may be easily 

 converted into moaL" 



preserve onion sets, I 

 we have practiced fo: 



cess. We gather the sets as soon as they are ripe, 

 and spread them in the chamber, letting them 

 i there until the approach of freezing weather, 

 when we remove them to the cellar and stow them 

 in kegs or boxes. — Salisbury, Platen, Erie 

 Pain., 1658. 



PBBIUIKT with Potatoes.— Asl seeanumber 

 ■tides on potato raising, I thought I would 

 my experience. Last spring I was short of 

 seed potatoes. I cot the seed end of the large po- 

 plant, and paved the large onea to eat In 

 flniahlng my patch I got out of tseed, and to make 

 my patch full, I took the butt ends and planted two 

 When I came to dig, the two rows planted 

 ie butt ends yielded twice as many to the 

 those planted with the eeed end. I planted 

 tbe pieces of each kind whole in the hill, without 

 cutting. Borne men Bay cut the potato in one or 

 o the piece, but I think that too small to 

 support the vine In dry weather. The large po- 

 the eeed end cut off gives few Btalks, 

 while the large potato gives plenty of Bap to sup- 

 port the crop through a drouth. The seed end 

 senda up too many stalks in a clump. Will others 

 try tbo experiment?— Wsi. P., Welisbore, Pa , II 



Tor Time i on Paying Sfed Potatoes, — Every 

 observing man knows when digging potatoes (if 

 he digs his own,) that he frequently finds 

 nice tnberB, all good size, rnd no small ones among 

 Such potatoes are the best for seed. Take 

 them and ley them ash 

 or three bushels. The next spring plant them 

 whole, one in a bill, and the ensuing fall pursuethe 

 same course again. Repeat the process for fom 

 years and you will (hen have a superior quality ol 

 potatoes. I have pursued this course for three 

 yenis, and am well Batisfied of the result If every 



iTfltOr would do this, we ehould 

 cease to hear them complaining of small potatoei. 

 I am In favor of planting whole pota 

 lievo culling has degenerated the plant — 6. M. 

 Johnson, Mo 



first page of the same number of the Rural 

 headed "Experiments with Wheat" is scissored 

 from the Country Gentleman, — Country Gentleman 

 of Dec. 2d. 



Tbe article referred to is lesB than twenty lines, 

 and was found by us in n country exchange, and aa 

 it contained the results cf Important experiments, 

 and just filled the column, we used it for this pur- 

 pofle, without knowing that it had appeared in our 

 Albany cotemporary. But, really, the claim to 

 proprietorship In this article is very small, and iB 

 simply that tho Country Gentleman was the first to 

 copy it from an English Journal. Now, if our over- 

 particular friend was in the habit of seeing as we 

 are, colomn after column of original articles — 

 the children of his brain — sent forth every week 

 by a score of journals, as their offspring, he would 

 never think of claiming the rights of paternity for 

 this little stranger, which he only introduced from a 

 foreign land. In the "eame number" of the Coun- 

 try Gentleman, in which we find this complaint, wo 

 also find an item of our own withont credit — or 

 rnther, we would say one to which we have as much 

 right as that paper has to the one claimed, and it 

 was probably obtained in the eame way as we 

 obtained ours — but really, this is too small business 

 to talk about. 



Buckwbsat as Foon. — M. Isidore Pieerb has 

 recently been making eome investigations on buck- 

 wheat, from which ia condensed the following inter- 

 esting results: — Buckwheat cakes are equal to pure 

 white bread as regards the phosphates or bone- 

 making material, and nitrogenous principles which 

 they contain, and are superior to bread in fatty 

 matters. The general yield of buckwheat when 

 cooked is about three times the weight of the flour 

 used, BhowiDg that such flour will retain forty to 

 forty-one per cent of water. Between different 

 batches of ground buckwheat is a great dissimi- 

 larity of composition— one batch containing nearly 

 en timeBas much nitrogen, twenty-five times 

 >unt of phoBphates, and a hundred and 

 imes as much fatty matter, aa another. The 

 the richest portion of the buckwheat, but 

 be digested by weak Btomachs. The finest 

 qualities of buckwheat flour, and tbe white mill 

 table for children and 

 rhile the coarser varie- 

 ties require a strong stomach and much exercise 

 for their perfect digestion. 



" Fast Cohn Huskinu."— In reference to tbe 



aragraph in tbe Rural of Nov, 6, on this Bubject, 



correspondent at Spring Prairie, Wis., writes: — 



We think the • Ih>y' who hnsked one hundred and 



three-fourths bushels between 6 A. M. and (I P. U., 



i.' P. W. Chase, of this town, 



husked, on the 10th of October last one hundred 



ten and a half bushels of ears of corn. Stalks 



the hills and topped: corn from two rows 



jwn into one. He hnsked the corn in 10 hours 



15 minutes; the balance of the 12 hourB was 



nt in getting his mesls, which he took about 30 



rods from bis work. The corn was measured up 



the day after it was busked." 



Premium Steam Plow,— Thejodgesappointed to 



decide as to the merits of tbe steam plow iried at 



the Royal Agricultural Show at Chester. England, 



rded the prize of £500 to 



Mr. Fowler. It is beyond question, they say, that 



Fowler's machine is able to turn over the soil 



in efficient manner at a saving, as compared 



with horse labor, of, on light land, 31 to 25 per 



nt; on heavy land 25 to 30 per 



inching, 80 





„M't i 



afar 

 ;ed for fll 



while the soil in all 

 lore desirable condition, aud 

 tho purposes of husbandry. 



CnrNEsa Sugar Canb —The Chicago Journal of 

 Agriculture and Prairie Farmer, says:— "Weaee it 

 estimated that Iowa alone has Eaved herself a mil- 

 lion of dollars, that would have gone abroad to boy 

 sngar ami molusses, but for the cultivation of this 

 year. Illinois will have saved nearly as much.— 

 Wisconsin and Indiana something. tf«t *«'. 

 moBt of tbe Western States will export, and we may 

 look for improved quality in these staples, for they 

 are to become such." 



A New Cattlb Disease ik California—Too 

 Los Angelos Vineyard, of Oct. 28th, SBys that a dis- 

 ease has made its appearance among the cattle of 

 El Monte, in that county, called the "mad itob."— 

 lis first appearance ia flu eruption about the Upe, 

 which causes so Intense an itching that the animal 

 rubs the effected parts until the skin is destroyed. 

 The rupture epreada rapidly over the head and 

 neck, killing the animal In a few days. 



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Corn Crop of Kani 

 Herald any a that the 01 

 is very abundant. It li 

 City for twenty five 00 



—The Leavenworth City 

 crop of Kansas thiB year 

 wselllnginLeavetrwoi 



a, bushel, and declining; I 

 : is a perfect drug in the 



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Assessor's returns from all the counties In tbe 

 State, tbo number of acreB planted, and tbe num- 

 ber of bushels gathered, of wheat and corn, In 

 1857, was as followBr-Wbent 1,823,117 acres, and 

 36,897,814 buahela. Corn 2,264 4M acres, and 83,- 

 555,18r. bushels. 

 »vcb«a8B of Wool in~Obio.- The Cleveland 

 ol Grower for the present month, says:— " We 

 b at some expense obtained a tabular statement 

 he number of ahe<p In ^ la stA &, Bhowlng 

 B.603 head, which at three pounds per head, Is 

 0,400 pounds, f 



