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MOORE'S RURAL XEW-TORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY XEWSFArER. 



DEC 18. 



pan ihr-a^ more tribulation Id ch»pplog 



c.nl of moot, lb»n c did la 



eeen a •MU'al plowmin m nnch 





show of « 



, vM i Mid • passion with s mi*- 

 I performed. 

 I B.»eertwh»t men of experience will hardly deny, 

 that taking fefio laborers together, tbey looee one- 



■ he\r ilme. sod wiste one-quarter of 

 their «.r C D*«b. // tku u,o.ilU the irw/f frightful 

 , . ,'-/-/ The burning op of one ball of 



! \ iilnges on the globe every ten yew* 

 wonirf he- a smaller calamity. With, perhaps, the 

 ■lo<'e exception of tbe tread mill, there la do ope- 

 ration, however simple, bat requires »kdl lo it* 

 performance:. Take, for Instance, the picking op 

 of a alone, Is It simply a question of back bone? 

 Cm two men of eqnal strength lift the same stone? 

 Not at all. In the first place it la to be put In an 

 eligible position,— turn It op on lu longest horn, if 

 it ha#BD?,and on the highest clod— (the first tbree 

 or four Inches Is tbe hardest to raise) — bo by get- 

 ting tU ceotre of gravity a little np you gain some- 

 thing; then net hold of it where yon will have to 

 exert the mnsoleaof yonr bands sod arms the least 

 !■ • hold -id to it. Don't bead over like a half-circle. 





H hi-.'. 



., by a 



a Id, it I 



Qtisl aid to your spine — expect 

 s— lift it! Emphatically, 

 perforin the wonderB of 



Wo are here In almost the crudest Imaginable 

 condition, with next to no knowledge of oor capa- 

 bilities. I wish Mr. Hoobk would publish some of 

 the wonders performed by tbe deaf, dumb, and 

 blind girl, I.uka Bkji'iiman, and others, who, 

 being furced to cultivate and depend npon some 

 particular faculty, have, In some degree, illustrated 

 what those frn'oltles can do with cultivation. 



empty bl< 

 direction, 



far £ 



swarm* that have been pot into 

 > mace combs in every possible 

 it regard to tbe bars, making 

 loveable frames are concerned, 



3 bct'ertbiDtUe 



L .NIT- 



e A | 





B tor I.. 



the lira 



of a numerous company would band her a pi< 

 of money or an article of clothing, to return 11 

 the owner, though totally blind — by the sa 

 means, probably, that the dog distinguishes the 

 track of his master. 



Wben I Bald that on 

 Btrengtb of farm laborers — employers as well at 

 employed — is actually thrown away and wasted, 1 

 Intended to speak within bounds, and as evidence 

 that I did, I will mention that a man In Moscow, 

 N, V,, baa repeatedly cat an acre of heavy corn in 

 three hours, setting it up and binding it round tbe 

 tops, and ho has out, set up, and bound, from two 

 and a half to three acres In a day. I need not aay 

 that he proceeds on a well-devised plan. One acre 

 1b considered a fair day's work. 



I oall attention to these things from a deep con- 



I !!,.>• 







BEES ADD BEE-HIVES. 



I Din kept bees for twenty-!! 1 

 constantly to make them profitable — looked at 

 every measure that wonld give the best returns 

 for the money and labor expended. I conld not 

 diaoover a elngle advantage, or one new principle 

 that would pay any extra expense over the simple 

 box hive. I had succeeded with thai, and few apiarl- 

 ana had kept more bees, or bcpi thorn longer than 

 myself. Among all the bee-keepers that I could 

 find, those uitlng the simple box were the only ones 

 extensively engaged In their culture. Thousands 

 had failed with the patents. Believing on each 

 authority that the Bimple box was safest, cheapest 

 and best, I wrote tho work "Mysteries of B, Ktm- 







A» all tbe works on bee-coltare in this country, 

 had evideutly been written to puffaomo patent, It 

 created aomo little astonishment in an eminent 

 publisher, who asked if I " could not get up some- 

 thing to mako It go." Uad I beeu less scrupulous 

 I think I might; and very likely would have gained 



ifew 



. by it. 



To test the elncerlty of many patent venders 

 that boasted of such splendid results, I offered a 

 " 1'remlnm for the beBt Bee Hive." That appeared 

 in tho Dollar Newspaper, Pennsylvania, and the 

 American Agriculturist, New York, 1SG1 The fal- 

 lowing were Bome of tho conditions:— That the 

 hive must be furnished, ready made, and myself 

 subjected to no loss if it failed to equal mine, Ac 

 1 was to teal lis menu beside those of my own 

 mako, and not trust to the Interested statements, 

 whoo one swarm was contrasted with another half 

 Its size, or ono la a locality almost barren with 

 another yielding honey lu abuodauce. The swarms 

 were to bo Introduced at ouo time, and of one size, 

 the proceeds faithfully recorded, and at the end of 

 two years report the result. If eald hive exceeded 

 mine In proQfj ouly twenty five cents, annually, I 

 would pay for the privilege, of using, five times 

 the price of right, beBides l vromised to mako the 

 result public— an item worth something. I en 

 dcavored to have tho offer aa favorable for them 

 as pOBsible, but I did not care about suffering loss, 

 for tho sake of trying their notions. No ono offered 

 ft hive. Were they afraid of flaking tho result by 

 tho side of a simple box? 



Two yoars afterwards, (1858,) tbe Rev. L. l. 

 Lawostroth brought to me hla model comb hive, 

 with a request to test it, and report the result, l 

 aaw at once that by controlling the combs, and 

 consequently being enabled to inspect the Interior 

 of the hive at all times, was something not offered 

 by the common hive. He enumerated over fifty 

 advantages that his hive gave over the common 

 one. Although I conld not discover quite ao 

 *«oy. yet I thought I could ace enough to pay me, 



««*r the first of May I traueferred the bees, combs, 

 j»on«y, a c>i of lomo h(df i()tea hWef ^ lnto the 

 "■aow* i olo not especti neither coqJq r discover, 

 taat the heea worked "more vigorously than be- 

 fore, bm thoy worked well> however; aome 

 awarmtd naturally, others I made to swarm artifi- 

 cially, aal see_ 0lld swarms were prevented effectu- 



J* . , a m ' de Bw 'y 10 ° hi «" on this 

 principle, and ,« Ua. into them, which worked 

 quite satisfactory. Tbe pr e« Dt „ mmw . 1^ , 

 ban used a Urge atmibWt But a difficulty has 

 arisen that I WW no\ prepay f or , viz^ crooked 

 combs. Last year, amor* the whole number there 

 was but one hive of them so crooked that they 

 could not be taken out, yet there were a treat 

 many of them not perfectly straight. ThlB year 



I have not been folly able to determine. Lut 

 year tbe bees gathered hooey very slowly, this 

 jear very fast; probably this has eone effect — a 

 little more experience will decide. Lost season 1 

 had a great many combs made with but little or 

 no hooey stored in tbem, this season I have used 

 them for new swarm?, putting two or three la a 

 hive — two or more empty frames between those 

 with combs. Even bere, although tbey have fol 

 lowed tbe frames with their combs, some places 

 are so very thick, and others so thin that it 1b ex- 

 tremely difficult to raise them out I did not ex 

 pect to find these difficulties with this bive. A 

 few weeks ago — before tbe present swarming 

 season — I should bave told the story somewhat 

 differently. Even now, with all the uncertainty 

 of the directions in which the combs are built, 

 there lea class of bee-keepers who may make this 

 bive pay — socb combs as arc not built straight, can 

 be made so by tbe fearless operator. But tbe bee- 

 beeper who has not tbe energy to prepare himself 

 to take off the top of his hive, and open the door 

 for thousands of perhaps angry assailants to attack 

 him; and the Ignorant one, bo totally unacqualutcd 

 wilb tbe nature of the bee, that he could not tell 

 what be wanted to take out tbe combs for, had 

 better adhere to tbe common hive, because without 

 making the frames available bb intended, tbey are 

 worse than useless, also money and labor thrown 

 away. The man who has not much time or patience 

 to bestow on his bees, that pays for a patent, wants 

 it to work right at all times, without depending 

 on the caprice of the bees. And when those inter 

 ested In the moveable frames can improve thii 

 patent with a plan that will make straight combj 



It will do much better for the common bee keeper. 



AN IOWA LETTER. 



Ens. Rural:— Thinking that a few lineB from 

 this part of Iowa will be acceptable, I write for the 

 purpose of giving some information to the many 

 readers of yoar valuable paper. 



This portion of Iowa is rich and fertile, mostly 

 rolling prairie, interspersed with limber along tbe 

 Btreams. The timber consists of white, red, black, 

 and burr oak, red and white elm, linden, hickory, 

 walnut and birch. The prairie soil ia rich, vary iug 

 from one to five feet deep of a black loam— along 

 the stream bottoms, sandy. The prairies are 

 covered with graee, which grows rapidly aa soon 

 as the earth is free from frost in the spring, and 



aerves well as paatnre for the flocks in summer 



when out and harvested, makes good bay for 

 winter use. The soil ia well adapted to the raising 

 of all grain common to the Western States; in corn 



excels, and this Is tbe principal crop with the 



■mors. The farmers here have been much en- 

 gaged in the raisiog of hogs, but since tbe "Hog 



partly reduced, tbe bogB being prohibited from 

 consequently 



sheep from running at large, consequently I 

 came necessary to bnild tight fences, such as 



would keep cattle and horseB from trespassing. 



The manner of bnildlng is three rails, or boards, 

 nailed to posts, tho upper rail four feet and a hall 

 high, and the lower one foot and a half from the 

 ground. These fences are very common in Iowa, 

 Illinois, and Missouri, and are undoubtedly a great 

 benefit to the Prairie States, where timber ie scarce 

 f a scrubby quality, as it takes no more than 

 alf as moch to build a fence, 

 b seotlon is very healthy. On the upland 

 prairies we have, in Bummer, always a nice breeze, 



and in winter a cold, severe, piercing wind on 



the lowland bottoms, near streams aud ponds of 

 ing water, it is unhealthy, especially in the 

 ! tho year, wben people are much subject to 

 s diseases. One great cause of nnbealthi- 

 io tbe West, Ia the drinking of bad water. 

 Many folks here take water for family nse from tbe 

 creeks and ponds. Those who live on upland 

 prairiea, and dtiok good water, are aa healtbyand 

 robust, as the people who live in the New England 

 r Middle States. w E 



PROFITS OF BEE-KEEPING. 



In yonr Issue of the 27th ult, we have an article 

 ithe profits of bee-keeping, from Evubnb Lewis. 

 sods Corners, N. Y, Be says he wintered over 

 sixty nine swarms, and from these he takes the past 

 ,er, 2,635 lbs. of pure box honey, almost 3" Bib. 

 i swarm, an average amounting to $3t;o, 26, 

 and he gets twenty good young swarms, worth $6 

 each, added to the above, gives bun a little over 

 $480. Well, had he made a full atop at this point, 

 he would not have been eo likely to have led any 

 ie Into visionary speculations, especially the in- 

 perienoed. Bat he then says it was a poor season 

 r swarming, and also for making honey. After 

 he has got about tbe interest of $100 on each swarm, 

 the Impression ia Btill left npon tbe mind that a 

 season will do a great deal better, Now, In 

 order to set all right in the matter, Mr. Lawia 

 ta to sot down and give a true statement, thro' 

 Beast, of the past ten years, if be has kept bees 

 that length of time, and give the profits of each 

 year, as near as possible— failures, if any, as well 

 triompbe-ond let the public know how much 

 tterhe has done the former good seasons, than 

 the lost poor one. The public hove a right to this, 

 re hope all will remain passive until the state- 

 appears, and not run into any visionary 

 speculations. There le a difference in localities aa 

 bee pasturage, and Mr. Lawu may be favorably 

 situated. We want him to state whether his bees 

 got anything but what they obtained in nature's 

 garden or bee pasturage the past season, and also 

 ie winters them. A Bmmni w 



A Brkidixo Sow.— Will some of your readers 



i so kind as to inform me what treatment will be 



likely to restore a fine breeding bow that la diss. 



bled by weakness in the loin, thrifty and strong 



otherwlsef— A.T., Millers Totem, \a., L85& 



FARMING IN ILLINOIS. 



Ens. Rcbal:— By favor of a brother, residing in 

 Victor, in yoar State, I have been in weekly re 

 celpt or the Rckil for nearly a year, and I assure 

 yon that I am much pleased with Its perusal; and 

 although its suggestions in regard to firming may 

 be said are more immediately applicable to your 

 own State, yet, by slight variation in some in- 

 stances, tbey prove exceedingly usefal to the farm- 

 ers of oar own Prairie State, It la looked upon 

 here as the leading Agricultural Jonrnal of the 

 country, and I priza it the more as it emanates 

 from the home of my yoath. 



I have resided In thie country for the last twenty- 

 five years, and have foanlfrom my own experience 

 sad observation that thesyetem of farming bas to 

 be varied to meet the change of climate and soil 

 of tbe country, and th* circumstances of those 

 engaged In that pursuit. Our winters here are 

 usually more severe thin they are at the East, as 

 ourcouutryia more open; the wind showing no 

 mercy in many localities. The fall of enow is 

 generally light. Our soil on the Prairies Is mostly 

 black loam, and on such soil we do not always 

 succeed ia raising good crops of wiuter wheat 

 Little snow and much freezing and thawing daring 

 the winter, causes it to heave. On our clay soil 

 (timber lands), we raise good wheat 



For several years after I came to thia State out 

 great product was oats, and as we succeeded ir 

 raising great crops, and found a ready market, wt 

 went on sowing oats after oata, apparently think 

 log that Illinois soil coald not be run. Bat we 

 have seen tbe folly of such a coarse, and bave 

 turned onr attention more to the growing of core 

 and stock, for which we find 

 -dapted. As a stock growing i 



IMil'IRIES AND INMYERS. 



*jf— W. B. 0, Santa Bn. 



Wins Toorn Huksi Ki 

 us through tbe columns ol 

 patent right for fVSrt Spi 

 nla or without wh-els. 





. hi-ns, 



,1851 



-Can you Inform 

 loaai who hat tbe 

 forte Raktt, either 



; learn where they 



to make one.— S»mpiu North s Mills, Pa., 

 Rbmsrks.— Tbe agent of the Rural ia 

 dalgua, N. Y., Jauks 8. Coolbt, manufactures 

 them, and, we believe, is the patentee. 



.try well 

 defy the 

 world. You will see by reference to the Reports 

 f the Cattle Markets of New York that Illi 

 ially takes the lead In numbers and quality, 

 ua quantity 



in addition I 



Of our crops the j 

 very encouraging to 

 proved a failure mor> 

 for the past twenty flvt 

 potatoes poor. The c 

 very maoh lDjai 



eeason I have nothing 



tnplete than in any yea: 



corn and potatoe crops wen 

 i some localities by the white 

 grab. They appeared In great 

 month of July, eating the potatoes badly, and ia 

 some instances killing the corn. They a 

 jared our meadows very much; but they hi 

 disappeared, and some believe that they have 

 " taken to themselves wings and flown away." 



In regard to fruit culture I cau say that there 

 no part of the world where the apple nod peach 

 trees grow more thrifty than here; and 

 succeed in protecting them from the severity of 



a raiBe fruit here us well a 



where. We wait for the good time cc 

 there is anything I miss In this, the ho; 

 adoption, it ia the old Pittaford orchard. The 

 suggestions in the Rural, in regard to the culti< 

 tion of fruit, I think might he carried oat to i 

 vantage here. My better half seya that she c< 

 siderB yonr column of Household Recipes worth 

 the price of the paper. So yon see that the Rural 



EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



Eds. Rural: — I procured a few aweet potato 

 plants last spring and set them out, (by the by they 

 succeeded well and gave a good yield of very fair 

 sweet potatoes,) but, the weather being n 

 ble, eome of them died, and, as a lot of i 

 potatoes had come up aboutthe garden, the 

 occurred to me to try raising them from sprouts, 

 the same as aweet potatoes, I accordingly dug 

 aome of them up, pulled off the Bprouts an 

 one in a place where the others were miBsl: 

 They grew vigorously, making large billa, 

 fair yield of as fine potatoes as I ever 

 ot dig them until the Bweet potatoes 

 ripe, and do not know whether they were ei 

 than potatoes planted at the same time, it 

 nBual method. Who knows that, by slarting them 

 in a hot-bed, this would not be the best 

 early potatoes? Who will try the expe; 



I tll.l L 



t'UH V 



E ,; r 



i thlJ, 



i few 



i the garde 



Potatois.— Of two varie- 

 ties of potatoes, (the Dover and Prince Albert, an 

 equal quantity of each) I planted onlyjuBt suffi- 

 cient for my own table. They were pat ia the 

 ground the 14th May, single eyea, In drills, with a 

 pretty fair allowance of Poudrctte (X. Y. manufac- 

 onty kind then conveniently 



be obtained— an article v 

 d overpaid for. They a 

 October, the result being a 

 eason to expect Of I 



ry mach over praised 

 are gathered early in 

 satisfactory as I had 



n, and this was in a 



fermentation, aa much so aa any 



dongh ever seen in the bread-trough. Indeedjt 



mbled thick yeast than anything else, as 



flowed quite freely, if tbe potato was 



tamed on one aide. The same circumstance I 



e often noticed (with other varieties, the Mer- 



for instance,) in previous years, sa well also in 



Ruta Baga Turnips, where best, usifermented dung 



had been applied. A dozen (or more) of tbe 



stages of decay, bat none 





far as the single Fm 



Ilia 



very limited number (less than a dozen) of the 

 nes prematurely wilted, and aa far as a very cur- 

 sory examination permitted, there was no appear- 

 of any fly. Herewith yen have a small por. 

 >f one of the Povere — tbe only one In the 

 ■ parcel the exterior of which bears any re- 

 drawings in the Rural, furnished 

 ION. You wiU see that this is 

 i rot, as tbe potato is now nearly 

 as, no moisture being visible. If 



by Mr. Hhm 

 rather decay 1 

 dry, spongy 

 his theory is 

 potato out < 



bushels is thus peculiarly 



Farubr's lea Horss.— Please publiah in next 

 number a plan for an ice boose for a farmer. — 

 Bcbsckibib, Huron Co, Ohio, Dtc, 1 - SS, 



RiMAAxs.— See Rvhaj. of Dec i, page 390; also 

 of Nov. IS, page 365. 



g«n, D, 



Rsmabks.— The only reason yoor butter doe 

 " come," is, that you do not have tho cream o 

 right temperature. About 55° Is liitht foi 

 cream when placed 



of churning will raise the temperature from 6 

 ten degrees. For further information see "j 

 About Mdk-; 1 in the RrB AL of Jane 12, page IS 



Crimson Clover.— Will you please inforn 

 the columns of the "RrR*L" what ( 



prooi 



on 'Y... 



ie? Tbes 



b and color. The leaf 1 



tii :<■- « 





for fodder or as a (lowering annual only. I received 

 a package of the seed from toe Patent Office wlrh. 

 ' any directions for sowing or anything pertain- 



a It i 



in. 

 Fluvc 

 RfiMA 





. WaiTTKlIOIlI 



—The only varieties of clover we 

 of that bear any resemblance In name to that 

 Honed by our correspondent, is the Itali. 

 Crimson Clover, and the Late Flowering C, 

 Clover. The former has long been an obj' 

 field coltare in the South of Earope, but though 

 enumerated by early horticultural writers among 

 the most beautiful border plants, it was only intro- 

 duced into Great liritain as an agricultural plant 

 about the year 1624, Since that time it has been 

 pretty extensively cultivated, particularly in tht 

 southern counties of England, where we have seeL 

 it growing in perfection. It is generally sown on 

 btubble, Immediately after the removal of the wheat, 

 and in light land the only preparation Is dragging, 

 jast sufficient to cover the seed. On BtilT, clay soils, 

 Bballow plowing ia sometimes resorted to. The 

 young plants are, however, supposed to stand the 

 winter better without plowing. It is osefully employ 

 ed in "thickening np" blanks In grass and clovei 

 fields. It does not succeed welt in Scotland, noi 

 do we think it would be suited to our climate. We 

 presume this is the Crimson Clover introduced by 

 the managers of the Patent Office. 



The Late Flowering Crimson Clover fa described 

 in the British Cyclopedia, of Agriculture as a P 

 variety, that was flrat brought into notice in 

 and introduced into England in 1857. It < 

 Into flower when the blooming of the other 

 ties ia about over, and the yield per acre is repre- 

 sented as about a third more than of most othE 



imd ffpsnlkraf. 



Tns RrttAL'3 Premium Plans for Farm Bi 

 iNiiS, are, after much difficulty, nearly ready t 

 given to its readers. The Committee appointed 

 to make the awards on Uocses, have finally coi 

 pleted their arduous labors, made their repo 

 and the prize plans are in the hands of our engi 

 ver. The Committee on Barns have agreed to 

 complete their examination tbe present week, bi 

 that we shall probably be able to give a fall r< 

 port, and ono or more of the premium plan?, i 

 the first number of our new volumo. Many of th 

 designs to which premiums have not been awarded 

 possess some creditable features and conslde 

 merit, and all will no doubt receive due ack 



i proper to add, in 

 d renders, that the 



:aminationa and awards, and 

 delay than was anticipated. 

 of our offers will, however. 



edgment in the report 

 explanation to oompeti 

 large number of plans c 

 to make satibf.i'tin y exc 

 has caused a great 

 The original intent l 

 be fully carried oat, and we trust to the entire sat- 

 isfaction of competitors aod others interested.— 

 Tbe plans will prove a valuable feature of our next 

 volume, and no doubt be worth, to many of our 

 readers, far more than the subscription price of 

 the Rural. 



Wsbtbrn Market Reichits— An Illinois cor- 

 respondent suggests that It would add greatly to 

 the interest and value of the Rural, bo far as its 

 nomeroas Western readers are concerned, were we 

 to give reports of tbe Chicago Grain Market Tbe 

 suggestion is a good one; previous to its receipt, 

 however, we had considered the matter and con- 

 cluded to give, In oar next volume, reports of tbe 

 Chicago, Cincinnati and perhaps other principal 

 Western Markets. Special palnB will be taken to 

 keep onr readers advised as to tbe condition of the 

 principal Grain and Provision Markets, both do- 

 mestic and foreign. Our endeavor will be to give 

 as accurate and late reports aa possible. 



> GRAIf 



B <: ■■-. 





in which he states the results 

 of hla own experience as regards the English 

 system of feeding horses with braised oats and 

 barley. It appears from his observations that these 

 kioda of grain ought not, when bruised, to be given 

 alone; tbe horses eat the mixture too greedily 

 they do not chew it sufficiently, and tbe conse- 

 quence ia that is not well digested. But wben the 

 feed of bruised grain is well mixed with that ot 

 chopped hay, the horses are eqoolly fond of It; 

 tbey ihen chew it well, incorporate It In thoaaUva, 

 tbe digestion is therefore perfect But care 

 it be had not to dimioish the ratifnatoo soon; 

 ahoold barley be BobstitnteJ too suddenly for 

 l, tbe former being less easily digested than tbe 

 ;r; otherwise the borsea grow lean, and lose 

 their strength. 



It I. How 



i bi t 



-PruesAu 



MaJ, 



ti.o 



il proprietor ana m 

 TOl KBTcnru's Harvester, list summer off-r< 

 iral handsome premiums to those using 6A 

 bice. Tbe prizes were offered for the be 

 greatest amount of work performed 

 ahoru-st time, atjdat the least expense for ie 

 the ot-j?. t rriog to advi,e and aatis'y tho comma, 

 nity of the capacity and durablllty-uf the KiTaim 

 machine— and the result is highly creditable to 

 both tbe machine and ihe competitors. The first 

 premium, of tiso, w .n awarded to Houci i « 

 THROP.of PiUstteld. Washtenaw Co., Mich, who.nt 

 T3 acres of grots i Q go hours, and GO acr< B of grain 

 in47hours.,,,,Wa ai , (J ;,.,,, f or 

 ■eoond premium, of $100, wos awarded to I. O. 

 1-BLAMi, of XortbSeld, Wash. Co , Mich., for catling 

 50 acres of grass In 60 hoots, and 72 acres of grain 

 in 50 hoars, with an expense of only 80 cen's for 

 repairs. Tbe third prize, of ?100, to Dakikl Cox 

 or Mlddlebary, Wyoming Co., N. Y, who cut 113 

 acres of grass in 6>i hour?, the expenie of repairs 

 being SI 08 Tbe fourth prize, of *50, to C. C 

 Im> in, of Fairfield, Huron Co,, O , for having out 

 CO acres of grass (yielding 2| tons to tbe acre) In 

 40 hours, wlthont any expeuse for repairs, 



— These facts are quite remarkable, and show 

 the great Importance of these machinea to tho 

 farmer. We are informed that many other com- 

 petitors have farniahed proofs of nearly aa astou- 

 ibtng performances. In every cose affidavits were 

 irnisbed to a disinterested person, who carefully 

 ompared and considered them and made tbe 

 awards— which have all been paid. We uuderstand 

 that Maj. Howard Intends to Increase tbe list for 

 ie nextbarvest.ond presume manvof onr roAd*™ 

 ill, in du 



. I 'en; 





■uiupi 



portrait Mr. Editor, la the Rural, aud 1 thick al- 

 moBt all your readers would. Do please os In this 

 way. Cau't you have it ready for the first number 

 in Is50? Do try." 



— This, and similar requests heretofore, touchelh 

 our approbatlvenesB, and, with wool "beaver" In 

 hand, we "make our manners" in acknowledg- 

 ment Bat, really, our friends must " wait a little 



young, our youthful (us will not say green or 

 verdant,) appearance, (und the lock of Bitver-grey- 

 dom.) is bo commonly remarked whenever wo 

 attend Fairs, Ac. 







Wben we 



propriety of going 1 



ihe 100,000 Rural subscribers, and Boffieieutage 

 and dignity, perhaps it may answer. It would not 

 do noio, at all, for (aside from the above and other 

 cogent reasons,) recent illness has made us so 

 much worse looking thBn usual, that a portrait 

 would indeed prove a anmttrfiii preteotment!— 

 Excuse op, friends! 



t Cuttbrs, Aft— (T, 8,, Alfred. N, I' J— We 



think It pays to cat feed. A good cutter cao bo 



d at any of tbe implement stores for from nine 



twenty-eight dollars, the largest sizes being In- 



ided for horee-powera. We think It bcneflcliil to 



But, If the horse la t 

 would be better no 

 stable. For instance 



9 treated badly, perhaps It 

 i use the blanket In the 



vtr,! i, 



h-irfif 1 



e bavingc 



, bi.lr 



o blanket them well in the stable; yet, after 

 Iriving tbem sufficiently to produce pcrcpiration, 

 in a cold day, they would let them Bland aa hour 

 a the street witboot blankels, or put them on so 

 ihlfilessly that they would fall off in a few minutep. 

 What do farmers say to this question? 



Cowb,— At tbe United BtateB Fair at Rloh- 



mond, Va, Cnpt Stanrprt, of Maryland, exhibited 



herd of twenty -one Devons, among which the 



)w "Matilda," waa bo beautiral that the ladiea 



■owned her with a chaplet of (lowers on leaving 



ie grounds. She has given twenty quarts of milk 



per day, after calving, and never dried off without 



licalty. Juseitj Yodno, of Chatham, Mass., has 



ughtered a cow but a few weeks less thao twenty 



irs old, which had not calved slneo '•••■-. .nil 



had given milk regularly ever since that time, 



ilil a few weeks before being killed. 



Rancid Butter. — A recent issue of Ball's 

 timalof Health, gives the following recipe, which, 

 "all right," is certainly very valuable: — "Toa 

 pint of water add about thirty drops, that Is, about 

 half a teaBpoonful, of liquor of chloride of lime; 

 wash In this two and a half pounds of insupport- 

 ably rancid butter; wben every particle of batter 



i, then wash tbe batter well again in 



the butter Is then left with tbe odor, 



a batter. 1 



N. H. Jovbhal op Agriculture— 1b the title of 

 neat looking and well filled folfo paper com- 

 menced last week at Manchester, and designed to 

 id the GtanUe State Farmer, recently disoon- 

 L While we think tbe Jocrnai will deserve 

 ia, we doubt whether the farmers of 5. H. will 

 properly sustain It —judging from the fato of Its 

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