MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
DO NOT COME. 
CUEIOUS FACTS IN NATURAL HISTORY. 
PEAS—THEIR VALUE AS 
LARGE vs. SMALL CHEESES. 
LIVINGSTON COUNTY CATTLE. 
This is said in all sincerity to a large class 
of aspiiing and ambitio - ^ . River westwardly. They, with the Fox, the It is valuable in many respects. It not an it large size of the cheeses, head of cattle, fatted by himself, several of > 
think, when arrive ^ ac Hen Hawk, Swallow, and many other birds absolute fertilizer, it is one of the greatest « R is stated by one of our most intelli- which were remarkably fine. Among them J 
their fortunes are made whene\er } g , . ^ jj civiHzation. ameliorizers of the soil, and one of the light- gent and cautious merchants, that his ex- we noticed a pair of Joan oxen, five years 
located in a city, either in a store, law office and insects, seem to loiiow civuizai o ame „„t.itive nrincinles perience of New York prices of cheese, ac- old this spring, half blood shorthorns, bred 
or other place which shall relieve them from The Locust Borer {Editm Pictm) is of finders on ite nu p p ^ purchases by Mr. R., weighing 4,820 pounds. They 
the burden the disgrace even, of manual not more than thirty years introduction into As a preparation , ^ it settled in his mind, conclusively, the form received one of the premiums on fat cattle ^ 
LL oi a &l Snc impulse whk the Mnitcd States, and has not yet reached ed: and on stiff clays and cla^^ey loams, it rPeese intended for export or at the Slate Fair at Syracii*. A pair of 
Jabor on a larm. iiisa ^ , r- r i .,4 <.++v.ru rarclv fails of remunerating the laboi be- „it.,y He found on inauirv at the Devon oxen, five years old, bied by F. r. ^ 
prompts the desire to mount upward, --but the native groves of the locu ^ Beck, of Sheldon, Wyoming county, weigh- ^ 
those who conceive themselves actuated by south and A\est It comn^nced its ravage condition for wheat, with one plowing, cents was the top price for our large sized ing 3,/02 pounds. -^^^7 received the first ; 
this inward throe sliould be careful to know on the east side of the Genesee River m twen- premium for grassfed cattle at Syracuse < 
It is but a little more than forty years. There is, as a general thing, not sufficient 
ice the first Crow crossed the Genesee attention paid by farmei-s to the Pea Crop. 
The Ashtabula Telegraph, speaking of MR.RoBERTRoMB,ofMountMorris, Liv- 
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It is valuable in many respects. If no an large size of the cheeses, 
absolute fertilizer, it is one of the greatest « jg g^^ted by one of our most intelli- 
ameliorizers of the soil, and one of the light- ggnt and cautious merchants, that his ex- 
the great decline in the price of cheese in ingston county, Iv. \ ., passed through Alba- 
the northern part of Ohio, the last season, ny, on the 16th of March, with nineteen 
attributes it to the large size of the cheeses, head of cattle, fatted by himself, several of 
“ It is stated by one of our most intelli- which vyere remarkably fine. Among them 
crent and cautious merchants, that his ex- we noticed a pair of roan oxen, five years 
1 to follow civThzation. amelionzers oi me son, anu uuu gent auu eauuuuo - --- ^ i ir ui j i A A a 
1 U) lonow civiuzaiiun. duienuii^i.io v of NTow York nricps of cheese ac- old this spring, half blood shorthorns, bred 
lorer {Editus Fictus) is of ZUlt iti nneouai- quired during his fall visft to make purchases by Mr. R., weighing 4,820 pounds. They 
,-Tv4vovi„v>t;om'nto As a OTeparation for wheat, it IS uiiequai H , j_+v,« frvi’tvi OTIP. of tlie premiums on fat cattle 
this inward throe should be careful to know on the east side of the Genesee River in er ‘ cheese, the small sizes, say from ten to twen- premium fov grass-fed cattle at Syracuse 
-should be well assured that what they re- this city, in 1830, and it was seven years ^Rer fall ty pounds, were quick of sale at 9 and H A r^ Short-homed cow five years old, bred 
-ai dTriJng is actually of that character before it crossed to the west side. They yield best sown /Js. This, he declared, was a fact worth by Halsteab, of Castile, weighing 2 075 
gaid as rising IS aciua ^ plowed stubble, corn ground or clover sward, B„acountrv merchant in the habit pounds. A roan cow, in part of Short-horn 
-else they may chance to wake up to a The Gram Worm, {Cecydomyia tntica) ^ buying ^cheese, Tnd it is a fact worth blood, bred by A. Ayrault, of Geneseo, 
painful conviction of the truth that, instead pr Weevil, as improperly called, began its piaster has a decided- knowino-by those who make cheese. Large weighing 1,900. She received one of the 
nf risinp-. thev have fallen much below the course of destruction in Vermont about the ^ ^ , .ir-.x „„ ,-4 nnH pLopqpo® Wp.ver skiUfullv and carefully premiums on fat cows at Syracuse. A heit- 
painful conviction ot me trum mai, msLoau or Weevil, as improperly caiieu, oegau iis piaster has a decided- knowino-by those who make cheese. Large weighing 1,900. aiie received one oi me 
of rising, they have fallen much below the course of destruction in Vermont about the , ^ _ff„4 as it has upon clover, and cheeses? however skiUfully and carefully premiums on fat cows at Syracuse A heif- 
point from which they commenced their sup- year 1828, and it progresses m the course 7 plants and other light made and kept, are bad travelers. The er> ^kre® years old, in part of Short-horn 
U-M.>woMfh.distMoti„„a„dpo. LaLe. .om .. .o Mtoen .llcsayea. fg-Torti: M tlL 
cr. That such an opinion should prevail it has not j^t reached Western ^ew York atmosphere. bit in larg^ Liries this degree of similar blood, weighing. 1.700-1.670-1.- 
among the young, even, k strange, consid- m any great amount; but the destroyer is g M is a serious dryness is difficult of attainment,-is seldom 610 lbs. A pair of oxen, of the common 
41,., rwido+nrl vnliimo nf human Uc mnmh and dpsolation will follow in „ r _ 1 _n.,j 7._slnn.k. wnicrhinoi-. 4.420 nounds. Oneotthe 
L , , , ,1 X - ° , a 1 leci no 111 luy bu luo laiixc --^ f,- xi.v,„<, nnop nnrurred The were aiimiaib ui a. bvimucuiy anu. 
in the field is less honorable than that per- ^le Eastern States, that on the sea shore and they will heretofore sustained by foreio-n seldomequaUed. These cattle were design- 
formed by a clerk in a store, or m a law or k^ve floated in wiurows on the sands, ^ke bug-the insect Merchants-purchasers of large cheese, have ed for New York, andhvill afford the epi- 
other office. having been driven into the sea by winds exhausted its procreating ability, and n^ade them shy of the article, and their loss cures of that city such beef as they do not 
This is an irrational opinion and ought to and drowned. They have only made their .^kablv followed the destiny of most of the of character has led to their fall in value.” often got—Cultivator. 
be discarded by all thinking pei-sons. The appearance in this region, in any quantities, died. It does not NORTHERN FARMERS IN VIRGINIA. 
necessities of life require varied pursuits, all within two or three years. generally produce as heav}' a crop, when Remarks. — Although the above facts - 
essential to human happiness, and ahke hon- phe Cedar or Cherry Bird {Bomhycyllus ^kus late. It is said that if, at the time may be true commercially, which we can We have received a coinmunication from 
orable to those employed in them. It is the Carolinensis) was first noticed west of the sowing, peas are put into a basket and hardly believe, yet we can never subscribe a gentleman formerly a citizen of the tate 
man dignifies the calling, not the calling the Genesee River in 1828, and now it is dipped into boiling water one it does to the doctrine, that small cheeses are bet- 
man. That there should be a choice of vo- great a pest as to induce many persons destroy their germinating qualities, but ter, and worth more than large ones. lere acres, purchased by him a few years 
cation is not surprising, where genius gives gRe up the cultivation of cherries, espe- effectually destroys the bug. never was nor ever will he a good cheese relation to the advantages which 
the impulse - an impulse which is rarely dis- pially if near wood land. rpke gre-it value of the pea, is for early made, of only 10 or 12 lbs. weight-^ posi- fkat section possesses for northern farmers, 
obeyed with impunity-)-et,tliesc instances t|,<. Weevil, or Cweniio. which is fecdinif to hora intended for killing. A tion that every connoisseur and real judge of he appearetohaveexperiencedsome di^p- 
are not the rule, but the exceptions to It, and to America, being unknown in imshel of peas are worth as much as a a good article, will at once endorse. C^thriiivostmTOrM'money'in” Virginia 
have nothing to do "with the lesson intended .yyas ff^gf discovered by Mr. N. kushel of corn for fattening purposes, and It cannot in fact be otherwise, foi it is self- gengj-ally prove profitable, un¬ 
to be inculcated. Our aim is to dissuade Goodsell, fii'st editor of the Genesee Far- does not cost half as much to produce it; evident, that the entire value of cheese de- g^j^y management that can be adopted, 
young men of the country, particularly, from described by the learned Dr. Sam- besides it is ready to feed before potatoes, pends upon a secondary fermentation, a stage “compared with the same expenditure of la- 
looking with aversion on the calling of a far- Mitchell- since which time it has com, or any other crop, except those of the approaching to putrefaction—a ripening and bor and money m the State of New York.” 
mer from an impression that it is less hon- pigseminated itself over the whole continent, last year’s produce. In fact it is preferable thorough convei-sion, from the tasteless pulp Jkat threxpensS 
orable to till the soil than to measure and Gopher, a species of ground squir- to corn for early feeding, as it possesses the of the first curdy matter, to that peculiai .^kich the farmer must necessarily incur 
vend silks, or expound the coc?e to courts and pouches on the outside of its cheeks qualities that produce fibrin, or muscle, state that causes cheese to be cheese. there, are much greater, in proportion to his 
juries. to cany the dirt from its hole, is very plen- rather than fat, and the hogs are more thrifty The small cheeses dry, and never reach income, than at the north. Among the h^- 
Thereis not, in the whole range of hu- ty on the west side of the Mississippi, in Mis- early in the season, than when fed by any the stage of proper ripening; while large vy 
man effort and of toil, an occupation which jo^yg, but has never yet crossed other process. • ones possess the bulk, moisture and heat ^ pitoer^hire a^tea^f e'rVor his family, or 
ones possess the bulk, moistuie and heat either hire a teacher for his family, or 
consequent on fermentation, to carrj out the charges for sending them to 
chemical decomposition necessary to perfect gckools, often at a great distance. Expenses 
the true article. of transporting produce to market are rep- 
It may be true that small cheeses sell resented as much greater than at the north, 
best, and are the safer arUcles to transport, and though what the Wr has to sell does 
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loratHfit (Etononn]. 
affords freer scope to the mind — which ^ke river into Illinois or Wisconsin. It only - —^~with OATS fermentation, to carry out the charges for sending them to 
promises ampler results to a mind imbued yyQj.ks at night, burrowing holes and run PLASTER ON COR N. — WH EA • gkemical decomposition necessary to perfect g^kools, often at a great distance. Expenses 
with a love of the calling—than that of farm- y^rgyg under ground—subsisting on the roots j. Rural New-Yorker; — Having the true article. of transporting produce to market are rep¬ 
ing. There is brought in requisition a ^yges, grasses and vegetables. There in No. 1 i of the «Rural ” an account It may be true that small cheeses sell ^ ^ ^ 
knowledge of the various sciences which go gre persons who have suffered by their dep- extraordinary effects of plaster on best, and are the safer articles to transport, .?°^^|py kommand^^ 
to make up the sum of human learning— yp^gtions for twenty years, who have nev- inducod to give a statement of and more convenient and within the means ^ Yofk, everything he has to pur- 
especially so much of them as have refer- keen able to catch, or even to see one of experiment I tried in the spring of 1847. of the majority of purchasers; but that ever ^kase is considerably dearer.-- Cultivator. 
ence to the cartli, its composition and the ^kese nocturnal depredators. Wishing to see if I could discover any a small cheese was as good as a large one, 
laws by which the several elements and the The Cut ovm {Phaloena noctua de- j:ffej.ence by applying any mineral matters say those of 40 lbs. and within the ability of (BtOnOIHU 
combined whole are governed Thus the is recent origin; the first it was j ntixe^about equal parts of plas- Fopev handling m the making, must be set ____ 
farmer who feels the dignity of his calling— g^kced as doing much damage, ivas during 4... gsk’es and lime together-putting a small down as utterly heterodox. - 
who appreciates. ^ he should, the great isjo and 17, noted asthe cold ycate. when ,,ith the mass I applied The only possible exc,« for forming such Boiliko Bicn 
volume spread out more especially foi his ^^kole northern country approached the ^ke rate of a single handful to a hill, an opinion, must be predicated on the fact „iuey^or clammy, sticking together 
perusal who regards with chastened won- krink of famine. They are now uni- ^ ^elfl of two acres of com—first apply- that we use our large cheeses at least one paste. Rice may be well cooked, and 
der, the swelling of the bud in spring, and ygj.ggi ^ kien omitting two.— year too soon; they are not ripe, and passed ^ke grains remain entire, so that the same 
the expanded leaf of a more mature growth rpke Hessian YXy (Cecidomyia destructor, a Saveliy one—a clover through the fermenting stages, and arrived or any liquid will run through them; and 
—can never be brought to regret that his ^ j Naturalists,) was introduced, it is , 4 „mcd under^^il manure. I careful- at the age of perfectibn-while the small thus cewked, it is fm-superior to that wluch 
lot was not cast in the ohy. and his atten- ..^^gn mercena..ies in "ItMs season and at ones belme as good as they ever can be, Z 
tion confined to the simple matters ot the Bong Island, from their baggage, karvestinm and could discover no difference m a few months. • gkinfuf in preparing this article. The foi- 
r*.mi'nt.P.r or tllG stlldv. • ii j*_ 'U/%-**orte' T+ lioc •_ l I -j*_fVm off/an-firMi rkf 
tion confined to the simple matters of the 
counter or the study. kie forage for their horses. It has 7”^ j .^^^gs con\dnced that it Was lon^ITY OF THE HORsi lowing directions are worthy the attention of ' 
It is an agreeable fact that each succeed- proved the greatest pest on this continent, of no brnofit to the crop whatever. On ‘ - those not skilled in this piece of culinary ;! 
ing year finds increased attention drawn to perhaps the e.xcoption of the Weevil. •, ..j some seasons, plaster is It has long been an impression that the art:- . . , . „ , ;. ! 
iht cnldvationof the soil and with it die y^^he recent appLance ofdepreda- 7;^ ; and on others it makes no ^^“frnht toStS^^^ in It ^ lonT Ta^r^d/two ! 
cultivation of man also—that the first has attributed to a new perceptible difference in the product Fm- J niortality fs the result of careless- quarts of boiling water, with a little salt in j 
LOKOEVITY of the horse, lowing directions are worthy the attention of 
_ those not skilled m this piece of culinary 
It has long been an impression that the art:— , • j • 
ordinary duration of a horse’s life is much Take one pint of rice, wash it, and put it 
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of mortality is the result of careless- quarts of boiling water, with a little salt in 
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dition of the farm and the farmer, the press ^ens. They may have existed as rare speci 
in tne same .ummu a o.vx «44 ------ k^ng; whereas they are precisely tlie same out stirring it, and let it bou ten minutes; 
sowing wheat with oats, to prevent its win important respects. Disease arising then strain the liqmd from the rice. Re- 
vi/vft fn t.Lp st.ftw nan. and let it 
plishmentof a work so desirable, this journal ^g^gg 
is allowed to have even a moderate influence . ^„ 4 x. ervviTvmnfc nn wim mt-wnettu —- ■ -4 , , _____ 
i vheumbltiouofitecouductomwlllhe satU- ™ WOO^OWERS. It rm^^ar Kiex cr 4 KU.-Take uiue ouuceeof fio., 
• fled-the more so, if any thing it can pro- intention to attend the great In- leg^ened-the oats growing so much fas- t," ot^taining a high degrle of health diy it well; nine ounces of ground nee, 
. sent shall have a tendency to make the g„,trial Fair at London, in the summer ot wheat that thelatter is crowd- ^nd vigor, the skin of each is an infallible 
young satisfied with a i-uralhfe thereby re- jgji. i wish to contnbuto on my part so that it does not get sufficient depth index of the fact It has been often re- ““ 7,11 togetherfthen add the flSir 
1 pressing a somewhat prevalent disposition to samples of American wool, and shall do so r ^ consequently it is peculiarly liable marked in England, that t e s ? and the rice, a spoonful at a time, until all is 
escape from the toil of the field for the pro- ,heLr I go or not I should like a few ^JHlown 1 b/tho fr»ta of spring.- Td beating at L same time, and for three 
; carious and not less vexaUous life of a city pieces from some of the best flocks in the Most farmers now adopt the practice of plow- »■ ^ p P e of beauty and quarters of an hour. Before the oakegves 
> -where compeationisever tooachvetobe Union, to that I can make up about 100 ““^iee before sowing the wheat giving f^Sg “^ 77^0 n^Hr^rS aTd 
; healthful-imlessthecompetitorpossessthe ifas. of each sample. The fine wool I want ^.Mtering oats a chance to germinate ti„n as w°ell as the wonder of the spectator “ff^to J^ovl Forty minutes’will 
) advantage of a good trade, which is equiva- .^Yashed as clean as possible on the sheep, ke turned under at the last plowing. I So with the horse; his skin is the clearest 
: lent to a competence to all who are willing gg^ ^ up in the best manner. It must , yvUI trv the nlan of sowing wheat evidence of the general state ot his tiealtii. ---- 
; to labor in order to share its results. Lot be of this clip as the nert will be too late. “S. oats, unless they wish to have a sickly *^rmTe tobut Tmerol^ a 77^7^™“i^plfols "of Tom! 
, theyoungmanuiuiedtolaborandpossessed it will be sorted at the Depot, and duph- th of wheat, pecularly liable to be win- jgggJilar affection, to which many men, who Season with nutmeg or cin- 
of a farm, beware how he alienates it for the ^ates of the sorts kept, so that a proper esti- billed or cut off by rust. f. w. l. kave overstrained themselves at any penod, ^kd salt to your liking. The 
) experimentof a city hfe with all Its conceded mate can be formed, after we have received Greece, March 15,1850. are subject. In fact, the medical treatment jgjik should be placed over a quick fire, and 
attractions, lest old age find him destitute of g fj-om the committee who may ex- -’----■ . of the horse and his rider ought to be the ^ken at the boiling point, the flour should 
^ that which alone can make it secure and gggge it there It will afford an excellent The safest and most reliable business gggjg; and we confidently believe that if k^ g^ded, being previously stirred up in 
! comfortable ' to enmnaro our wool with Gcr- f^tat a young man can enter, is agriculture, this principle were acted upon with a mod- As soon as thoroughly scalded, 
> opportunit} to . P , / a fnrin. woll attended, is an inexhaus- ..vafp share of attention and resolution, the ,, + 1 >« oiiofar snioe and salt This is an 
TO WOOL GROWERS. 
k fo'lTriSr that the crop Rice CfAKE.-Take nine ounces of flour, 
It is my intention to attend the great In- 
bake it 
Custards without Eggs.—O ne quart 
ter killed or cut off by rust r. w. l. kave overstrained themselves at any penod, gg^^^g^ ggd add salt to your liking. The ,> 
Greece, March 15, 1850. are subject In fact the medical treatment should be placed over a quick fire, and 
-----■ of the horse and his rider ought to be tlie ^ken at the boiling point, the flour should 
The safest and most reliable business gggjg; and we confidently believe that if k^ gdded, being previously stirred up in ^ 
that a A^oung man can enter, is agriculture, this principle Avcrc acted upon Avith a mod- As soon as thoroughly scalded, j 
A trood farm, well attended, is an inexhaus- gj.ate share of attention and resolution, the ^ke suuar, spice and salt This is an 
The Provincial Affricultural Association other foreign wools, and cannot ^kf^ gtore—an endless mine of wealth, gverage age of this useful animal would be excellent dish, and deservedly prized by ev- 
Ihe ^rovii^^cial Agricultoal ^^soc kut be favorable to the growers. trom Avbieh the riches of the earth can be g^g^h longer, and the profat derived from ^ ^ko has tried it. 
of Canada will hold its next Annual bho Editors of Agricultui-al and other pa- profieely drawn—if the oivner will remem- kis labors proportionably gi-eater .—Norfolk --—- 
at Niagara, the thiid week m September ej.g gj.e respectfully requested to copy this her that this can only be done by the ^g^on.__ The fashions wears out more apparel 
next,—two weeks after the exhibition of our ^ C. Peters. "sweat of his brow,” by honest, diligent ^ke living, than the man. 
State Society. Buffalo Wool Depot, April, 1850. iabor. 
