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ful to the tired beast to have his limbs gently rub¬ 
bed after a hard day’s work ; but if this cannot be 
done properly with water, then remove the dirt 
with the brush, the currycomb, or by the hand. 
The hoofs should also be carefully cleaned; and if 
he has been driven hard over a pavement or 
M‘Adam road, they should be well stuffed for the 
night with fresh cowdung and clay. This will give 
a requisite degree of pliability and elasticity to the 
hoof, and remove any tendency to soreness, fever¬ 
ishness, or foot cracks. 
Frequent injury is done to horses by allowing 
them to stand, after exercising, in a cold air, or ex¬ 
posed to a draught. Consider how the man would 
fare in his shirt sleeves, in the open air of January, 
after having induced a profuse perspiration by ex¬ 
ercise. Just so will it be with the horse. A cold, 
cough, catarrh, and what not, is very likely to fol¬ 
low this wanton exposure. Always have an am¬ 
ple, thick blanket to throw over the horse when 
thus exposed; nor should he, especially, ever be 
lashed into a sweat in cold weather, unless brought 
directly into a stable to cool off. It is better to 
rub him thoroughly till dry; but where this can¬ 
not be done, and the weather is cool, blanket or 
house him till all moisture is removed. Never 
wash the animal, nor drive him through the water, 
unless under such circumstances of weather-, or 
subsequent care, as would secure youself against 
injury. 
SPECIAL MANURES FOR RUTA-BAGA TURNIPS. 
The result of the application of artificial ma¬ 
nures in increasing the average produce of ground, 
cannot but be interesting to the agricultural com¬ 
munity, even though these experiments should not 
have been conducted on American soil; and as 
every successful result leads to the extended use 
of special manures, and in most cases to more 
economical farming, I submit the following in¬ 
stance of what has been accomplished in raising 
turnips by their means. 
1 Having been applied to in the spring of 1844 by 
the steward of Lord Charlemont, to analyze a sam¬ 
ple of soil from the estate lying two miles from 
Dublin, and to point out how the soil might be im¬ 
proved so as to grow Swedish, (ruta-baga,) turnips 
for a prize crop, I found, after examination, that 
the soil was in good condition, having been ma¬ 
nured the summer previous, but that it was to a 
small extent destitute of potash salts and phosphate 
of lime, to the degree that a heavy crop would re¬ 
quire to find readily in the soil. On this account 
the following manure was recommended :— 
• 56 lbs. pearl ashes, 
28 lbs. nitrate of soda, 
14 lbs. coarse Epsom salts, 
56 lbs. bone dust. 
To be mixed in with ditch scourings, road sweep¬ 
ings, some burnt earth, and other refuse off the 
farm, so as to make the compost sufficiently bulky; 
the whole to be laid on a statute acre. 
The object in using nitrate of soda was two¬ 
fold ; first, it supplied the small quantity of soda 
found in turnip ash (10 lbs. in every 20 tons), 
nnd then, the form in which it is added, containing, 
as it does, nitrogen, (nitric acid,) rendered it pecu¬ 
liarly serviceable in pushing on the early growth 
of the turnip. The bone dust and pearl ash were 
supplied because the crop required them ; and the 
Epsom salts,'because it was desired to put in wheat 
immediately after in the soil. 
The result of this manure more than equaled 
expectation; their size was superior to any ex¬ 
hibited, and they received the first prize from the 
Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland, as well on 
that account as for the total yield amounting to 56 
tons the English acre. 1 
The above-named manure cost about $6 per 
acre ; and whether we consider it in the way of 
economy, or of an addition having a wonderful ef¬ 
fect in stimulating vegetation, it recommends itself 
strongly to notice. The wheat crop following 
was one third greater yield than usual, or more 
than a portion of the ground unmanured did yield. 
As this compost was applied to a soil in rather a 
good state, with the object of forcing a great 
growth, there is no reason why the same special 
manure might not be applied to all soils intended 
for Swedes, and where condition is not exhausted 
by neglect of manuring. Thomas Antisell. ^ 
Laboratory of the Amer. Agricultural 
Association, March 7th , 1849. 
NORTH-AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL CONVENTION* 
At the meeting of the Pomological Convention, 
held at Buffalo, September, 1848, the following re¬ 
solutions were adopted :— < 
“ Resolved , That hereafter an annual assemblage, 
or convention, shall be held under the name of the 
‘ North-American Pomological Convention.’ 
“ Resolved , That this convention shall be held in 
the coming year of 1849, in the town or city in 
which the New-York State Agricultural Fair may 
be held—to convene its session the first day suc¬ 
ceeding the closing of the Fair, and that the Re¬ 
cording Secretary of the New-York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society shall be entrusted with the charge, 
and respectfully solicited to give due notice of the 
time of meeting, by means of agricultural journals, 
and cards of invitation to gentlemen pomologists 
and horticultural societies throughout the Union 
and the Canadas, that they may send delegates or 
attend and bring or send specimens of fruits for 
exhibition.” 
The annual show and fair of the New-York 
State Agricultural Society having been fixed for the 
11th, 12th, and 13th of September next, at the city 
of Syracuse, I do, in compliance with the request 
contained in the above resolution, hereby give no¬ 
tice of the meeting of the North -American Pomo¬ 
logical Convention, at the city of Syracuse, on 
Friday, the 14th of September next, the day suc¬ 
ceeding the show of the New-York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society; and on behalf of the said conven¬ 
tion, extend a cordial invitation to yourself to at¬ 
tend, and the society with which you are connect- t 
ed to send delegates to the convention, and to for- < 
ward specimens of fruits for exhibition. 1 f 
Any fruits that may be sent can be directed to j 
the care of P. N. Rust, Esq., Syracuse. 
B. P. Johnson. f 
Sec. N. Y. State Ag. SocJ ( 
Albany , April 6th, 1849. 
The Committee chosen by the above-named con- 
