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AMKHTCWN AO-RTCULTTJRTST. 
[August, 
folks I lpon;.'l]t. do not tlirivc as well as the Natives 
is undoiiljteilly owiiv^ to tliuir not Iiavin^j; good 
fred while young. Tlie Natives will stand neglect 
and stai'vation better tlian a well bred pig. But 
feed them well from the start, and the latter will 
thrive tlie best. Tlie reason why so many jieople 
get disijnstetl with thoriiii'j;h-brcd slock is, that 
they 'l'> "ot f^i;'! '''^■''- The remark that "the 
breed jroes in at the month" is partly true. No 
amount of breeding' will enable au animal to make 
flesh oul of air, or fat out of water. All that good 
breedini; can really do is to lessen the amount of 
ort'al, and enalde the animal to extract the largest 
amount of meat and fat from the food consumed. 
The Doctor has been lecturing me fur not sowing 
some corn to cut in August and Sciitember for the 
cows. He thinks there is nothing equal to it for 
keeping up the flow of milk, at a season when the 
}iastures are apt to fail, and I wrote to a gentleman 
ill Connecticut who h.as had much experience in 
raiting different crops for soiling cows. The ob- 
ject was to aseertaiu wlietlier I could sow rye in 
the fall, and cut it in the spring early enough to 
enable me to ]>low up the land and plant corn— and 
thus kill the red root. lie writes: — "I cannot an- 
swer all your enquiries about rye as a soiling crop. 
In my own experience I found it pom- feed — not 
enough on the ground — and that it paid better to 
let it grow for grain." Of course, this would not 
ar.swer the olijeet. If allowed to go to seed, it 
wimUt be no lietter for killing red root than win 
ter wheat, which with us jxays better. He continues : 
— "I /«»,)• of its being used, but 1 nevcr/o«H(Z a 
m.an who used it and liked it. Still I do not doubt 
that something niiglit be done with it. Almost al- 
ways, both rye and barley, are left too long and be- 
come hard — all straw and head — and cattle will not 
cat it. Bai-ley is much better than rye, but as soon 
as it heads and has a beard (and this talces place 
almost immediately after the stalks attain any size) 
it is l)ad — Uie barbed beards stick in the coivs' 
throats. Clover eonics so 
early, or orchard grass, 
or the mixture, that it 
does much better every 
way. The eows eat it bet- 
ter than amjthUi(j else; 
it yields heavily ; con- 
rtiities iu season well (by 
having some more ma- 
nured than other I'ieecs) 
and it makes milk." (I 
have no doubt that clo- 
ver is one of the best 
soiling crops that can be 
grown. By top dressing 
it in the fdl it will pro- 
duce a heavy crop aud 
much earlier than if not 
manured.) '' If I should 
BOW rye," he continiies, 
"I would BOW it very 
thick, B.ay live bushels 
}ier acre." (I su]iposc 
with heavy maniiring 
and thick seeding we 
should get a larger and 
earlier growth, and finer 
in quality. He sows as 
much as six bu>hels pel 
acre of oats and l»arley 
for Foiling. Barley he 
thinks one of the best 
hth crops for soiling, as 
fi*st hurts it but little.) 
" After clover," ho says, 
"I use oats and ])eas, 
sown iu drills — Ij.J bush- 
els of i>cas and 1 bushel 
oals. If they come uj* 
poorly, you may need 
more peas. On rich land 
they do very well in- 
deed, and are relished al- 
most .as well as clover." 
Monuments to Deceased Soldiers. 
S O L D I E K S' M N U M E N T — FLUSHING, QUEENS CO., (L.I.,) N. T, 
Such monuments serve a double purpose. They 
indicate -the gratitude of the iieople to those who 
served their country in its hour of trial, and arc 
gratifying to the surviving soldiers as well as to 
the friends of the deceased. They cultivate in the 
young a spirit of patriotism and love of country. 
Any enterprise enlisting the united efforts of all 
classes is useful in fostering a public spirit. 
Prominent natural or artificial olgects make any 
place more attractive. — Beautiful churches and 
school-houses, and other j'public buildings, well ar- 
ranged lawns or squares and cemeteries, and even a 
fine " liberty pole," all add to the attractiveness of 
a villa;;-e or town, and increase tlic saleable value of 
property. Every dollar raised to improve streets, 
and to build neat public structures of any kind, is 
at an early day returned ten-fold in the incieased 
aggregate value of real estate. Structures like the 
one here described, become fixed in the memory of 
children, and however far they wander, they will 
often turn back iu thought and heart to these ob- 
jects in the home of their childhood. If our sons, 
who will jicoidc the far West, leave behind them 
such revered monuments, or otherlike things, they 
will be far less disposed to secede from the land of 
their nativity. So, from every consideration, we 
think the building of monuments, or other com- 
memorative [Structures, is to be encouraged, and to 
tills end we present this subject and illustration here. 
The riushiug Soldiers' Monument is of Qnincy 
(Mass.) Granite. The b.ase stone is 9 feet square, 
standing on a Bolid stone and cement foundation 
10'^ feet deep. The foundation is raised 3}.r feet 
above the ground, with a grass covered mound 
around it. The top of the shaft is 37 feet above 
the general ground surface. The form and struc- 
ture are shown by the engraving. Tlie general In- 
scription is on the east side of the base, and on the 
other three sides are to be engraved the names of 
about eighty deceased soldiers. It is suggested 
to cut the portrait of 
Pi'esidcnt Lincoln, as the 
Nation's martyr of the 
war, on the side opposite 
to the star. The cost 
complete, including fenc- 
ing, etc., is about ?4,.5CI0. 
The enterprise was 
originated last year, and 
a general eoinmittec ap- 
pointed. A Special sub- 
scription of over ?3000, 
in sums of $.5 to §300, 
was subsequently raised, 
which has since been 
increased by lectures, 
concerts, etc., including 
over $600 from a Straw- 
berry Festival. The bal- 
ance i3 being collected 
in Dollar .Subscriptions, 
each subscriber receiv- 
ing a beautiful tinted 
cnuraving of the monu- 
ment, having on it a cer- 
tificate of membership. 
The Committee are : 
Messrs. J. B. Brewster, 
Orange Jiuld, Fred. A. 
Potts, Leiidal F. I'ratt, 
L.Bradlbrd Prince, Chas. 
A. Koe, Maj. Jacob l!oe- 
mer, Hon. Morris Franlv- 
lin, Chainitan^ Joseph 
T. Jloure, Ticasurcr, and 
Benj. W. Downing, Sivrc- 
/i()v/,whowiU I'nrnish.any 
desire<l particulars. Any 
one sendiiiL' $1 to the 
Treasurer at Flushing 
will receive a cerlilicato 
of memhcrshiii, includ- 
ing also a tinted engrav- 
ing suitable for framiug. 
