VOLUME I. J- 
ROCJIESTEli, N. Y.-THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 
MOOItE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
SON, the gentlemanly clerk of the Auburn 
PUHLISHEI) WKEKEY. 
Office in Burns’ Block, corner of Biiffiilo and State 
streets, (entrance on Suite,) Jlochcstcr. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
( Late Publisher and Associate Editor (leu. Farmer.) 
) L. B. LANGWORTIIY, Associate Editor. 
( Corresponding Editors: 
) EliON COMSTOtHv, (former Ed. (;;entral N. Y. 
/ Fanner,) of Oneida Oounty. 
^ r. PP, I ERS, (Editor of tiie Wool Grower,) 
) of Genesee County. 
j Educahonal Department by L. WETIIEREIJ.. 
PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENT. 
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. 
hniEND Moore; —I ought to have writ¬ 
ten you much earlier, but the pressure of 
business has prevented me. I shall make 
no excuses, nor seek a formal introduction. 
You have been pleased to jilace my name 
among your Coiresponding Editors, and so 
far as is possible I will assist you. Still 
neitlier you nor your readers must expect 
much from me. My own bantling will chiim 
some of my time, and care, and a somewhat 
extended business will leave me not tis much 
time as I could wish, for properly discharg¬ 
ing the duties of the post you have assign¬ 
ed me. I consider the enterprise an im¬ 
portant one. We have a great abundance 
of politicid newspapers; we have entirely 
to many trashy ones. But we have very 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.-THEIR PHYSIOLOGY, 
CARE AND MANAGEMENT. 
liiAT man is an animal, is universally ad¬ 
mitted, but it is not so generally conceded 
that a knowdedge of the human species is 
essentially necessary in the rearing of domes¬ 
tic imimals. It is true, Hunum Anatomy 
is taught and illustrated by the anatomy of 
the loiver animals, or Comparative Anato¬ 
my, hut Obstetrics, Idiysiology, Mental and 
Mond Philosopln-, and Phrenology are only 
indh'ectly brought to bear upon inferior an¬ 
imals; and consequently the ignorance and 
barbarity exliibited in their training, subse- 
([uent management and apology for a J£u- 
teria Mecica, ai-e not surprising. And yet 
them full value will not nor can* not, be 
known till these sciences are simnlified to tlie 
EARL SPENCER’S PRIZE SIIORT-HORN OX; 
WITH REFERENCES ILLUSTRATING THE TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING CaTTLE. 
P Nock Vein. G—ShonWer Point. H—Ann. 1—Shank, 
-Crops. O—Loin. P—Hip. Q—Rump. R—Pin Bone. 
—Plates. X—Back, or Chine. Y—Throat. Z—Chest. 
to, or rather crowded in siyTtTcotos, obliged 
to lie on their own deposits retained by 
straw, hay, or haulm, and compelled to con¬ 
stantly inhale the noxious efHuvia emitted. 
Swine are retained in pens just large enough 
to eat and lie down; horses and cattle are 
confined, most of the winter season, and 
sometimes in the summoi*, to semi-air tight 
stables with wretchedly naiTow stalls, dark 
as midnight, compelled frequently to lie in 
their own excrements, inhale the morbid 
gases generated by retained ordure; often 
the roosting of fowls in the stable add.s to 
the list of grievances, or that abomination 
of abomination.s, under ground stables, are 
The mutual system Avould be preferable 
on som(! accounts, if there are no difhcul- 
. ties in the details; in fact, any system would 
, require some experience, before all the ben- 
ifits attainable could be realized. Such a 
company should also assure agiiinst the 
^ stealing of animals, which is one of the 
dreaded evils among farmers. 
'I'his project is, in our opinion, entitled to 
the countenance and favorable reception of 
the public; and, if a stock company, would 
be a good investment and beneficial to the 
community. 
A VALUABLE FERTILIZER. 
In his second lecture before the Stiitc; Ag- 
ricidtural Society, on the relations of Geol¬ 
ogy and Mineralogy to Practical Agriculture, 
Prof Johnston made the following state¬ 
ment relative to an extensive deposit of a 
great fertilizing iigent in the northern fU'c- ’ 
tion of this Shite: 
“ I he phosphate of lime is an impeirtant 
luLicle in farming. In England it is pur¬ 
chased at a high price. This article Is the 
same with bone ash, and Is found in the earth 
of late, in certain kinds of rock. In Nor¬ 
folk, it has been the means of enriching a 
manufacturer, who, discovering the bed in 
the rock there, dug it out and sold it to the 
fanning community of England. Now, 
wherever this ‘Craig rock’ exists, there 
will it be found; and you have it, gentlemen, 
in your own State. Tons of it are every 
day separated from the iron ore in Clinton 
county, (so Prof Emmons tells me,) and in 
parts of St Lawrence, from l-20th to 1- 
I 10th of the whole rock is of tliis material, 
so that a hundred weight might be extract¬ 
ed in a day. He hoped that this fact would 
be taken advanhige of by the farmers of N. 
York. If English farmers, who love their 
pockets lull as well ;is Americans, can afford 
to buy this material at n high price, surely 
you can afhird to hike itfrom your own land, 
when in abundance, and distribute it on 
soils needing it” 
rics, Feetation, and Super-Fcehition, Preg¬ 
nancy, mid Accouchment, are important de- 
sideratiirns in the rearing of Stock. If it 
is a moral obligation to avoid a union of pa¬ 
rentage that will entail inferiority and mis¬ 
ery upon children, the interest of the Agri¬ 
culturist will induce him to avoid the same 
result in the increase of his miimals; and 
if so, he will not allow liis female animals to 
cohabit with every male of their species, ca¬ 
pable of procreation. Where can be his 
interest in generating stupidity and consii- 
tutionid disabilities ? If the mother while 
enciente shoidd be treated ivith aft'ection and 
her many wishes kindly met, ought not the 
dam, that is incapable of pleading her cause 
during her gestation, be carefully attended 
to, and her happiness consultinl Avhere pos¬ 
sible ? The interesting period of accouch- 
ment is anticipated by the intelligent moth¬ 
er with mixed feelings of hope and fear. 
INSURANCE UPON LIVE STOCK. 
We obseiwe that Col. Sherwood, of 
Auburn, proposes the formation of a com¬ 
pany to insure the lives of Domestic Ani¬ 
mals, against accidents affecting their use¬ 
fulness. It is a commendable proposition, 
and one that the exigency of the public in¬ 
terest loudly Ccdls for, and cannot fail of be¬ 
ing properly appreciated and sustained. 
Graziers and Breeders’ Insurance Com¬ 
panies are common in Englmid, where indi- 
\'idual.s have frequently large sums invested 
in horses and other animals, and require se¬ 
curity against death or injury of limbs by 
accident They are as legitimate objects of 
protection as ships, houses, or any other 
pi-operty. Tliere are Insurance Companies 
against hail and Aviud, both in France and 
England; and \ve have Insurance Compa¬ 
nies for man’s life, and even against sick¬ 
ness, and it is commendable for every one, 
who cannot aff()rd the loss of any property, 
to provide agiunst any and all contingencies. 
Valuable and high fed horsi's, are piulic- 
ularly subject to diseases. Large ffocks of 
sheep, and herds of dairy animal.s, jire lia- 
occasion. I think these siunmer meetings 
will prove viustly beneficial to the Society, 
by continuing the interest 
Before we get to the city, (Albany,) I 
must beg leave to tender to *Mr. Bobert- 
