MOORE’S RURAL NEM’-YORKER! AN AGRICULTURAL AND EAMILY JOURNAL. 
NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 
CARROTS. 
PLANK ROADS. 
Rkadek, lend us your ears. You per- Oreat croj-vneaper 
haps imagine that the Prompler is like a mks-Digging Graves- 
guide-board — a preacher that points the .^la^jing at Home. 
way it does not go. What matters it, “ there liy the report of the State Agricultura 
are sermons in stones, and good in every Society, the iii-st premium on Carrots wai 
thing;” at any rate, we ouglit to liave ac- taken by E. Hisley, Seedsman, of Chatau 
Great Crop — Cheaper than Hay — Baiter Ma- Lv a communication tO onc of the daily 
CISTERNS FOR HOUSES AND CATTLE YARDS. 
When spring or running water cannot 
be brought into the house or cattle yards. 
STEAMING FOOD FOR STOCK. 
A “ practical farmer,” in the Germantown 
d’elegraph, furnishes the followiny informa¬ 
tion upon a sidiject of much importance to 
cattle feeders: ^ 
Much has been siud and written of late 
in favor of steaming food for stock. Those 
are sermons m sLOiiec, c-iiu m oocieiy, me nnsi piuimuiu uu , ,, . across the strino'crs two most eases wneie uus 10 m lavor 01 Sieammg luou lui sioea. xiiose 
thing'” at any rate, we ought to have ac- taken by E. llis ley, Seedsman, of Chatau- / eegewajs . ® .1 „ ply of water can be obtained all the year, adopted the practice, present 
cumulated some little experience, iu tvlml- _ cJ.-lu- having produced the cuor- inches apart-vv.th ptece. between a he . , f ^ domestic pur- many unsunneantatre arguments in its fa¬ 
in,, .,lon„ the iron road of lime, in its elec- 1,„, of o,, bushels on a half acre of ““I*- poses, but for the f™ ndten conhned vor, and m .some eases .t has been reduced 
, ,1 . , f nd 1 r s, o Rolf nf ^ -- poscs, DUX, lor luc uioii siotK ^ hoiuc cascs 11 nas occii rcuuccu 
mg rdong t w non ro.K. 0 ’ ' , mous ciop o . • » < ' space to be filled with clay, firmly rammed to their }'ards during the xvinter months.— to a regular svstcin—the principal rea-sons 
trie locomotive ol vitality. \A care a goo land, equal to 1882 bushels per acre. It and the whole covered with a coat of Any onc who has never practiced this sys- operating upon the minds of those who 
way past the half-way station uf life’s long this amount xvas raised, it is fair to assume ^ ‘ tern, would be surprised at the quantity of iij^ye thus dcN iated from a beaten track be- 
vovagi*. and arc approaching the Avith that in a good year, Avhen all the elements , , , p , xvatcr annually collected from the roofs of ing, firstly, the great saving of food; and 
feiful rapidity. It may be that our ideas ,,e p,opidous, LoO bushelsmaybe grown, f '1;;! even a few buildings of ordinary size; one .eSondly,- the great thrift”of the animals 
me i«ueiaut-it is ,,,od„cil,g the araaziug quantity of sixty tons advantages or disadvantages of tins plan. f friends thus obtanis sufiicicnt or lus „heu so fed. In a late number of the 
^ V . . 1 1 . 't' V. ^ ^ ” ' If must be mere speculation, as xve have Jiouse, stock, and also for irrigating Ins gai- Londi'ii Agricultural Gazette, a Mr. Lath- 
possible very, but age am oquaci } ai * per acre. never seen any thing tried analagous to it. den. His buildings, however, arc numerous hnry, an extensive farmer, publishes the fol-' 
concomitants, .so bear and forbear a\ itli our ]Sow, if four busliels of carrots, or 240 lbs. it Avould be and of considerable extent. loAvnig remarks upon the subject. 
twice told talcs, if it so happen. contain the nutriment of onc hundred i. ‘ tino- than the entire plank roads; Another great advantage of ci.stcrns is, « During the piust winter 1 had 90 head 
mo c c I j, f ■ 1 ‘ > Mw,! If -.-.rnnorlv built, and taken care of, the ,.r .-...a .....i c.a 
wagons and farm implements, and paying 
od' i/otir debts — collecting your demands, 
and seed corn —looking at your horses, es¬ 
pecially if they are fine, and after your 
cattle. 
Speaking of cattle puts us in mind to jog 
domestic farm animals. Horses put on sleek 
coats, are healthy, and Avork avcII on them. 
They fill the milk pail under the coaa', and 
make the richest milk and finest flaA'orcd 
and best colored butter, of all the nutritious 
vegetables. Beeves fatten well on them. 
er than in sand, or common soil. But Ave 
should fear, that being composed of lietereo- 
preparation is necessarA^ for stock purposes, coavs got in low condition, 1 used half 
than to excavate the cistern of a sufficient „ G i ..p- i,,,.. „„,i o-nv„ the milkim>- beasts 
Should tear. tl«t Dvmg c<>n,p„.oa 01 ,.e«.rcc,- and to keep up tho banks 
genous materials, so different m composi- pi^cc tAvo frames of single ^ linseed to 
tion, the Avear Avould not be CA eii and joists around it, near the top and bottom, ^pig diet my cows grcAV 
uniform, causing a rough corduroy road, betAA’^cen AA'liicb and the banks, licaAy boards ij^p^ milk as Svell as I CA'cr rc- 
verv unpleasant to vehicles Avithout spring.s. Gr plank may be set in an upright position, niember them to have done.” Contrasting 
• ^ . U'lvr, fhom in nmcp. on onc sine. i • _,x- i_ xi.;,.-1 
your memories, not to let the animals run better than on any other of the root crops, )ackino’ between 
behind this time of year; for a stern cliase (potatoes, for the present, being out of the ^ >4_tb 
is a long one, and if their hair bristles up at (lucstion.j Store liogs may be Aviiitcred on / " x- x 
. ^ .1 • .» X 1 j • -x \ ^, X-• 1 Avould remove it faster 
you in anger, allay their q)erturbea spirits, them, and kept in good fair order. . ,. 
Avould remove it faster than the planks Avould clay from Avasbiug in, as no appreciable of bay and thirty tons of straAV, AvliicJi siip- 
AA'car. The racking of the planks, by lieaAy quantity of Avater Avill escape from the sides p^cd ^g place, reckoning bay at 14, and 
beds. 'I’lio animal avIiosc mind and body a curious fact, a rotten carrot is dcA'oid of 
is ill at ease, Avill not VonA'crt food avcII, nor smell, giA'ing out no offenswe odor, like the 
thrive — they cannot—sleeping in mud or cabbage, turnip, onion, and other vegetable 
snoAv banks, Avith only their bones A'isiblc; rnattcr, Avhich is probably owing to their 
it is forbidden in the fir.st chapter of the containing no ammonia. 
irnnuitable hiAvs of nature. 
Grape vines, if neglected to this time, may 
now be trimmed. If performed later than j crop of corn; particular directions for per- 
riiis mouth thev Avill bleed badh'- 1 forming Avhicli, Avill be giv'cn to our Headers 
. . . n 11 xT inof vacant space tatal to this project, 
ell, giA ing out no oftenswc odor, like the ° • ! x-i • j • • i 
, ° , ,, Aclieapcrtimber,otkindsiiicvervncigIi- 
)bage, turnip, onion, and other vegetable i • i -x-j i “ ii 
® ’ . , ^, . f ■ borliood, might be used, if dependence could 
ttcr, Avhich IS probably owing to their ® x x'xi i 
^ ' be puton the preserA'atiA'c ettectsot the clay, 
itaimng no ammonia. u, , ^ i x x-x li 
® , , , and it could be kept m its place; but it Avould 
riic crop, under proper management and . , ,, h hi i x- x 
. ^ ^ ^ • j - take double or treble the usual time to 
iireparation, is almost as easily raised as a i ■ x-x -x i i i 
^ ^ ^ , V ,• X- lay doAvn the road after it AA^as graded, and 
ip of corn; particular directions tor per- , ... ^ , 
V , I under all circiim.stanees, IS probably not an 
minq; AA'hicli, Avill be giA'cn to our readers , i , ,• 
®. ® eligible plan to put in practice. 
straAV at ^5, AA'ould amount to ^270; w'liile 
the c.xpenses of cutting and steaming Avas 
less than $20.’ ” ^ 
By steaming avc do not cliangc the nature ( 
of the food submitted to the jiroccss; it ^ 
does not convert pixir fodder into rich; its / 
chief action and design is to render a great- x 
er per centum of the luitritiA'c particles con- \ 
tained in the mass digestible. The grind- ( 
ing of grain is benelicial simply from the ^ 
fact that by its minute division catij parti- ) 
cle of the substance is exposed to the juices ^ 
of the stomach. In hay there is much nu- \ 
BOX-FEEDING” FOR CATTLE. 
„ , , 11 ^ or.,- • 1 ^ eligible plan to put in practice. . -- tritious matter AA'liich escapcsAA'itlioutcon- 
Orchands may also be tj 1 1 • i n> in due t me. For household purposes, onc should be tributing to the bencht of the animal, as its 
k iMire time during tlie Aviiitcr, if all large if this crop could be made to prcA ail, and BOX-FEED ING FOR CATTLE. made AA'itli more care and expense, and so fibrous and bard texture prevents it being 
limbs arc saAved close to the body and the other crops be raised in proportion, Avhicli Tiieke is fihvays .something to keep iq) constructed as to afford pure filtered Avater thoroughly broken up by mastication. 
Avounds coA'cred Avitli a coat of paint, tar or is possible — for 150 buslicls of corn liaA'C agitation in the agricultural Avorld: indeed at all times. These may be formed in va- Could we devise some method, AAdiereby 
o’uher Avatcr proof composition. licen raised upon an acre, and 900 bushels his mind-must be naturally inclined to a rious ways, and of different materials, stone, division of those substances u.sed as 
Do not irimnnhvixi trees, but thin out of potatoes, and in England over VO bushels stupid condition AAdi.K-annot find in the round brick or even Avood; though the two tor- fo,id for animals could be economically and 
. , , , , I rni ,..11 X- 11 of agricultural mquirv sometliing to keep it mer are preterablc. i hey should be per- ofFoctod a A-erv «rcat .savins-Avo’d 
and properly balance tlicir heads. J here of wheat--what thousands of acres cou d OnJ of the questions now manently divided into tAvo apartments, some- secured; but this is not’practicable in all 
IS no excuse for simdingtlic trees up to the be relieved from being kept in meadoAA^— jj^ England is to ho.v-feedox not to box-feed. Avhat similar to the above cut one to re- cutting hay and coarse fodder 
c-ouds; one-half of their produce arc Avind- If all crops AA'cre produced at their ma.vi- Box-Feeding.—’I' he evidence giA'cn in ceiA'c the AA'ater, and another for a reserAreir ^to short leno-’thsf and softening its texture 
falls and ruined, and withal difficult to uium ability, our population in the oldest “ The Agricultural Gazette,” on the subject to contain such as is ready for use. Alter- fiy e-teaming, aa'c bring it to a condition somc- 
.-ather setilcd districts, mioht be doubled and treb- of box-fciMing lias been, with one or tAvo nate layers of graAM, sand, and charcoal at resembling the nature of green fdbd, 
ttI . 1 „..xxi„ .,1..,.1.1 1.I..a .L.i.;„x, cxccptions, entirely in favor of that sy.stem; the bottom of the first, and sand and grav- masticated bv the 
k-isuri' time during the Aviiitcr, if all large If this crop could be made to prcA-ail, and 
kmbs arc saAved close to the body and the 1 other crops be raised in proportion, Avhicli 
Avounds coA'cred Avitli a coat of paint, tar or i is possible — for 150 buslicls of corn liaA'C 
o’uher Avatcr proof composition. been raised upon an acre, and 900 bushels 
Do not trim tip fruit trees, but thin out j of potatoes, and in England over VO bushels 
and properly balance tlicir heads. 'J’liere I of Avheat — Avhat thousands of acres could 
c-ouds; one-half of their produce arc AA'ind- If all crops AA'cre produced at their ma.vi- Box-Feeding.— 
falls and ruined, and withal difficult to uium ability, our population in the oldest “ The Agricultura] 
k:ather. settled districts, might be doubled and treb- box-feicxiing lia 
Horned cattle should uCA Cr be permitted led — enriching the pi'csent proprietors, and 
t j set a foot in an orchard, particularly among adding greatly to the comforts of life—an- yg., 
young trees. nihilating the necessity of flying to far oft, so emphatic that r 
Speaking of young trees reminds us of and sickly regions—encountering the pains to imagine that he 
1 -.x I ^ 1 • I • ’ xi ^ X Rx... e.xceptions, entirely in favor of that sy.stem ; the bottom of the first, and sand and graA'- ..-bicli k casilv crushed or masticated bv t’ 
..ever be le.l - e,..-,chn,g the prc«v., but .Itill the st..te.L„l. .n..de and . eiLatcd cl in the last, are auffieiont; the water be- Sll; 
.paiticulailA among adding gieath to the comtoits ol litc an fiy Mr. Wilkins against it are so decided and ing alloAved to pass through the sCA'cral lay- titles so thoroughly effected by the procc 
uub .sun uic siutciucnu. xiuiuc uuu icuciuicu ^.x ti,,. x«.t,i, .xx,. oLxiixx.xvx.n, x.xv. ..ccuv. ..X- animals, and tlie division ot its nutritiA'c par- 
by Mr. Wilkins against it are so decided and ing allowed to pass through the several lay- thoroughly effected by the process 
so emphatic that many persons may be led ers mentioned,^ Avill be rendered pi'rfectly particle, upon being taken into 
to imagine that he has good grounds for the free from all impurities. Some Avho arc the stomach is made to yield immediately 
ing iroiw falling in. I'liey need considera¬ 
ble trimming, staying and supporting, to 
make them groAv straight, and liaA c a jirop- 
-r head ,— or some obnoxious cast Avind — 
neighborhood. an animal into a loose horse-box that Avas rials Avill at all times keep them sAvect. — 
Mdien our population becomes dense and empty and detached from my stable, and American Agriculturist. 
croAvded, we sliall lun e to learn the philos- keeping it there for a sufficient length of ^oTls ~ 
ophy of manuring and producing, and the Accordinoly, I had it littered down, - • 
" 2 x^^r "i xi Txi 7 ''r;.':' " V'" . xV x2 and turned into it a milch coav. The floor All soils ai*e made from the disintegra- 
some s..T.«ofro.n that place thaUhe tranb- ability of ...other earth to give auA and decomposition of tho rocks into 
gressor fears, may giA'C them an irreclaima- nourishment to her children, it is ti uc ytopf.(| toAvards the door. I gaA-e orders that earth, and tlicn united Avith decayed organic 
ble sinister bend, or unfix their tender roots tliei-e is a great crop of folks about these no dung should be removed, but fresh litter matter. The inorganic portions of soil con- 
some siiToceo from that place that the trans- ability of mother earth to give suck and „f ,,, 1 , b„x .vas flagged and slightly 
/- • - .1 _ .. ;_1. •_ _• 1_X X.. i_ Tx x..,,r. . . ^ ^ ~ . X 
^together, that so much pains liaA'c been days, but a good Providence, and ever pro 
no clung should be removed, but Iresli litter matter. The inorganic portions ot soil con- 
should be lightly .spread OA'er the dung a.s sists of Avhat arc called the primitiA'C earths; 
or juvenile debating clubs; they are only ex- Avilds of new countries. “ But,” the reader through the litter to a certain extent; but it animal matters, the progressive dccomposi- 
cuses for ofding the gals, and kicking up exclaims, “somebody must reclaim them.” did not do so, the litter soaked it all up, there tionofAA'hich,inconjunctionwithiiiGrganic 
(lifir heels,beyond parental authority—often Fools are not all dead yet; let them go was no bad smell, the coaa aauis aliAais clean substances, air, and Avater, furnish chcinieal 
... -11 * I 1-1 1 X „xi..vbe„„u and dry, gaA'e an abundance of milk, and comnounds of luimus, carbon, ammonia, cto., 
™<lmg... .. mle and oarous.^^. .■ea.ler, vvh.lc you and ua stay at home and b 
f he School Libraries of tlus State, are the raise Carrots. _r able signs of good health. This experiment of A'cgctable groAAi.h; sand, clay, and lime, 
most bimeficial proA-ision eycr granted to us , """" completely satisfied me that a box on a are the three principal ingredients of all soils, 
by legislation. They are open to all, and i i ix foundation (cA'cn Avhen sunk tAvo feet and on the proper proportions and intermix- 
there is not a district libiaiy, among the Ih^c.iA.M, of C()in.vall,\ermonbhas brought below the suiTOunding ground) must not be tuic of tlicso, the qualities of all cultivated 
seven millions of books wliich thev number, »'to'Ur<3d head of half-blitod wet, dirty, cold, or uncomfortable, and that lands may be said to be depending. A soil 
„ * . , , Merino sheep, Avliich maybe seen at the it is a system aa-cH calculated to improA’c tlie is said to be sandy aa-Iicti it contains no more 
but AA hat COIlulinS many facts, AAnlCll the „-,r .i^. m ...x. r>ATi<liliAii x.f Li.- L-x.xiriinxv flmin wxn-m XL...-. X/-... r.f rvLiar- o fOTirli' lAnm ic 
but little, even Avhen the stock to be fed is 
large, and as the business is performed in 
Avintcr, Avhen there is little to occupy time, 
the cost of labor, as an item, scarcely de¬ 
serves regard. 
THE FARMER—A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. 
The man Avho stands upon his oaaui soil, 
Avho feels that by the Maa's of the land in 
AA'liich he Ua'cs— by the laAV of civilized na¬ 
tions—he is the rightful and exclusive oavii- 
er of the land Avhich he tills, is, by the con¬ 
stitution of our nature, under a Avholesome 
influence, not easily imbibed from any other 
source, lie feels — other thing's being equal 
— more strongly than another the character 
(if a man as the lord of the inanimate Avorld. 
Of this great and AA'onderful sphere, Avhich, 
fashioned by the hand of God, and upheld 
by his poAver, is rolling through the heavens 
a* portion is his; his from the centre to the 
™ lI.K 0 ..A,v., Of Cornwall, Vermonbhae brought bSo.v the auiUrdLs gimmi) mu»t not be C of S S.o of ftoftnd'fSfe- 
r,fS^eteil:T.irir2mfecL.,,_b;..‘filiSo 
of posseSiSing. Every family has, or ought < , xi ' • x xi i x ux x 
I ® 1-1 Avhich took tlie premium at the last btate 
to have, one or more neAvspaiiers, Avliich arc . . / , . . 
, X Li r • I'x f xi . I I -x Fair IS amono-them, and is Avorth a visit.— 
the portable, living history of the AvorkI, its ° ’ , • i 
, . ' . 1 • X. (' I ^x xi n lie IS noAV tAA'o years old, and Aveighs 200 
doinu's, discoveries and inA'Cntions. Let the , ^ a r 
° i x-ixxix • r pounds. Last sprini*' he yielded a fleece of 
youno- people at night take turns in reading t x- x j 
^ ,°1 fi-x X 1 Ti i l9 pounds, Avashed avooI, of the finest de- 
s-'ood Avorks of histoiy, natural philosophy f , ’ , . . , 
^ . 1,1 J X 1 X xi • ‘ scription of Merino. These animals, except- 
and moral tales adapted to their capacity, ^ i i <• i ^ 
while the others work, and see how enter- "'S ‘'><= 
taining it will prove, a,.d what an emula- '-.derstand they are going to Or- 
uon it will beget Heading and thinking ^ 
; are the materials that make smN of boys, a day or Uvo.smcc;-they aresupenor and 
No one ever ...Tived at distinction .viio tlid sirabie animals. . 
' not read and think. Nothing CA’cr made Fhosph.yte of Jjime.—I t is neA’cr mai/e; 
' the Prompter, the sapient mortal he is, hut our natural supplies are abundant in bones, 
> reading stiect signs-tho house tliat Jack '“'f l'hospl.ate of lime, a,id in 
. , . , L, • • i. I r i . . ii 1 1 rm reX)! WIUGll IIUII >Yci5icaicuuy k>h\j 
pounds. Last spring lie yielded a fleece of expense p ing an extra supply of straw , ib present it is pure agncul ural clay I lie ,,]iom lie owes his being. SomLnto 
10 pounds, washed wool, of tl.c finest de- he qua ity and quantity of immure made by same dipi.ctions are made when lime is tradition is connected wi 
Through 
Remedy for the Poll-Evil.—I n look- exfit^^nts AA'liich they require. TJie.se A’ary 
ing over the interesting pages of your pa- different plants; their nature and quaii- 
])cr, 1 have found some very yaluable reel- determined by minute analysis of 
pcs, for AA'liich 1 return you the following l egetable. The mo.st im- 
one, in exchange, viz; One pint spirits of are: lime, potasli, magnesia, and iron, 
tui'pcntino, one half vial oil of spike, one eombined Avith sulphuric, phosphoric, and 
built, and so on to 
(rcnesee Farmer, 
cofirolites, Avliich give from one-tbird to tAA'o- 
thii'ds pbo.sphatc of lime. I’he bipliosjihate 
tui'pcntino, one halt vial oil ot spike, one (.ombined Avitli sulphuric, phosphoric, and 
ounce Spanish flies, one ounce camphor, onc gifidc acids, and clilorine. These salts, plant 
Moore s Rural N cav- V orker, the Cultivator, made from the jiliosphate by adding one 
ounce sal ammoniac pulv'crized; mix all t<i- 
gethei' in a jug or bottle; let it stand about 
Scientific American, and a hundred other third their AA'ciglit of sulphuric acid to bones, a week, and shake it Avell before using. 
jicriodicals and good Avorks. A rcmarivuble Avbicb are first avcII Avetted, aiul, after the 
irxxiir 1>i-rivii>Ti. v addition of the acid, suffered to lie in a heap 
l.ia-vcrj^____i'l"!" fov a week or two, ami at Icngtli mixed will. 
He who enlarges his heart restricts liLs ashes and soAvn, tliree or four CAvt per acre, 
pjngue. AS a manure for turnips .—PJnglish paper. 
make it almost boiling hot, and pour it on 
the jiart afflicted; then heat in with a hot lioven Avith eating clover. Put two or three 
iron. Repeat this operation once a Aveek fable spoonfuls of tar in the mouth of the 
for three Aveeks, keeping the horses in the animal and it Avill he relieved almost in¬ 
dry. — Selected. stantaneously. 
^ are uciermim-u oy i .nuuo . Ol forefathers to the hou.se of 
1 laihes of each vegetable, llic most im- ^ 
rtont are: lime, potash, inagnosia, and iron ■ ^ uild'wl.ere, wlicn 
wbined with siilphunc jihosplionc, and ^ 
CIO aeids, and chlorine. Lhe.se sa ts, plants -gbese are tlic feelings of the 
hare the power to decompose ami absorb. Words cannot paint tliem 
—Sm uUJw Amertcan. _ _ 
Lxiin or tar will cure cattle that may he (1^ deepest fountainsoi tlie I'cait, they are 
veil with eating clover. Put two or three, hfe-spring of tlie fresh, licallliy, and gen- 
.In Pe fni. ;,i ilixx mniiili xif iLp crous national character. — A. Jixvcrett. 
Inqustry and economy produce AA'calth. 
