MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL, 
..piACIBS-UE^B^'-PEOSPEdlHG.'. ™ F^MICHIGAN. .GAKDENS A^GAEDOTO. 
BEEAKI __ _ ta rr A/r TTar^ r)/.«r ^Vr • T have ^ ____ Most people who do not till the soil for a 
The advice in the “Rural” of last week The throucdi your politeness, a constant sCALD BLIGHT OF FETIIT TREES, &C. living, feel something of the “ v^e youi-self 
on the subject of breaking in heifers, mdu- continent for wealth while so many unworR oeen inro y p aori- - a farm ” spirit jn spring-time. They like to 
ces me also to give my opinion. Itishigh- ed wait only for around an H should rec^ard its dis- Very little notice has ever been taken of go out and stir the fresh earth, and plant 
Iv desirable that the cow, especially if she him. Enough of the elements of fertility cultural weekly, an ^ notwith- exercises on fruit trees, g^^ubs, and scatter seeds and re- 
be a ffood one, should have good habits. - are wasted upon every farm almost, m every continuance as a grea os , _ exposed to the mid-day themselves, in imagination, on fruit and 
She is so useful, and so entirely indispensa- county of our State at large, to pay t e m- stan mg amregu arym naners sun—particularly those that stand in a lean- flower, and perfume, that w ^>e. 
bfe in ftc cirofc of domesUc cLforts. that terest upon the asseasod value of ..a landed very " i„g poLlon, and unprotected by the shade 
it is .of the highest importance that she property for agricultural purposes. Labor, I hope you are Tece S P .1 of their own limbs and leaves. Plums and ^ transitory passion. The seeds they have 
^e and Ld. S-Ool by Fact-l science, and apphed wdh nrent . your ..w en^rpnr,e. Min ;,redt^i„7„p. but ah! that prinraLurse 
low I suppose that the disposition to true economy, would incr^e our ag icul- gent ^ * oneanL- "““d it is not very uncom- ^^^le with them if not be- 
kickwhen being nrilked. may have its ori- turalproductsone.th,rdw.thm thenextthree ‘*bo“U confer weeUy^^^^^^^ mon with the apple, which, from its super.- the « sweat of the brow ” neces- 
ginin two caui-onc, sheer badness of years, .and the many neg ected manures -‘brougUh J»s_up^ overcomes the bhght S„„o 
Lper-and the other, the principle of would p.ove a m.ne of gold better worth ,*0.’and recovers. goloy them o..ce,but that avails butlittle 
self-preservation. If sore, or swollen so that our working than any ever yet discovered wedth andt ? The prevaiUng winds of this region cause g,o„ „p again and again, and it re- 
she is hurt or pained in the process of milk- in California or Ophir. -i tE t fAfl\o'indmate tint science could throw trees to lean to the north-east, exposing i^^s constant vigilance to get rid of them, 
ing,she kicks on the ground of resisting Not one-tenth of our farmers avail them- the bodies to mid-day and afternoon sun- p^^tially. You must be as perseve- 
the evil—of protecting herself. It is the selves of one-half the means of ma mg any ig P - . . ^ A A scorching the bark and destroying cirmila- ^bg as or pigeon-grass, and stick to 
only remedy she know^s. It is entirely con- manure-of increasing the ^ ^ion. Large trees that cannot be upright- iube a burr! if you%xpect to enjoy any 
sistent with good temper, and will cease consequently the produc o rounlv of Tompkins there was a\ook far- ed, should have the old and decayed bark ^^^1 fruit^f your lab ors. ;gv You must behead 
when the ailment that induces it shall cease, might be done. What many o le y , ^ -v ^ attention nicely shaved off, and covered with some the bugs, crush'the~cut-worms, curl u p the 
I have had A perfectly kind and gentle cow LZ!"ZIZrZ-Z r^ks and too litfle attention to enlight- P^t ot curcuUos, and let caferpillam smell turpen- 
letiee fbom michigas. (li)rcl;ath aiA (lariim. 
D. D. T. Moore, Esq. — Bear Sir: I have _ ■■ _ ;:rrr=zzi: 
}cn, through your politeness, a constant SCALD BLIGHT OF FRDIT TREES, &C. 
id delighted reader of your valuable a^i- y,otirIh^ ever been taken of 
Iv desirable that the cow, especially i* -- . , o twp nntwit.h- me eawi- ‘'ne outi —, t^^ees ana snruos, aim seautm occu.ociuu.ia.- 
be a ffood one, should have good habits. - are wasted upon every farm almost, m every continuance as a grea os , _ exposed to the mid-dcay themselves, in imeagination, on fruit cand 
O _ . , . T __ Gf«af/a nf lovrvr* lyfiv t.hft in- Kt.andino-1 am rcffularlyin thereceiptoi two __ j ° , . , . . . , 
self-preservation. If sore, or swollen so that our wc 
she is hurt or pained in the process of milk- in Cali 
ing, she kicks on the ground of resisting Not 
the evil—of protecting herself. It is the selves 
MAwhen neighboring villages and ened experience. ™ reT 
sGn,u..derthesameoircumstances,andeven manufactories, dead animals, bones, horn a scholar. , 
on the same day. In the 6mt case the pres- wool, and hair, wKch might be apphed with son was m eve^ one s mouth - ^ 
sure of the hand of an unskillful or carLss the most astonishing beneficial results, are book farmer. 
and evaporation, and the muck ponds—the to books and too 
. and bandages, or narrow boards tacked on to gunpowder, if you wish to cool your- 
( sure of the hand of an unskilltul or careless tne mosi asioin^umg ucucuwca acvocuoc., — 
< milker hurt the animal, no doubti and she totally neglected and wasted. 
5 kicked by way of resisting it—in the other, The lectures of Prof Johnston, which 
protect them from the sun. 
Apple trees are liable to a blight analo¬ 
gous to the fire blight of the pear, though 
it seldom destroys more than the ends of 
self with cucumbers, make merry with mel¬ 
ons, or smell sour-krout—or delight your¬ 
self with delicious cherries, plums, or peach¬ 
es. Your flowers too must have your daily 
the pressure was such as to cause no unea- we are publishing, explain the rationale of sis of .xx. ...x _-e the body, or on the large iimos, spots as 
sneL It is almost indispensable to the fu- the matter-show how these substances large as the palm of the hand, and some- 
turegenrieueasof .he_cow.that the heifer are ,«ful -i-ce^, an - <10 :lf2SterLltC:e^:tlc; 
. . /» .T • Aw OCJ1U.V/U.A --- Y oilr nowers lUU iiiuouiic*v^ yvwAi 
able tormina ion o my ri n ^ ' limbs, and young shoots. On trees thus if you expect the fashionable commu- 
the body, or on the large limbs, spots as ^ attend your parties, and patronize your 
ture gentleness of the cow, that the heifer are useful and nece^ary. and we do not bes adaptea to it, or aeieriaiu« - 
should be handled and tamed the firat win- scruple to declare that could the who e tioular fer i izer w . ^ ^ ^ clings to the wood, while it is alive and fresh n will not be labor without profit, for 
tor, when she is less than twelvemonths farming community be awakend to the im- five qualifies f” - above and below. The same appearance ^ „Hh quaint An- 
old. But when continued kicking isthe re- portance of the ^subject, and instructed _.n to_<^aw_out^fc unfailing U the precursor of the blight on the pear; 
Old. JKUt wnen coniuiueu Kiumug JO biAA. IV.- -- j . 1 J xvf Knnlr farm- la lllC pxcv./U.iov.7x vrx nxxv. xxxx^— - j-- , 
suit of bad temper, no consideration except the practical science of manures-of tho- “Oh, we have had a ^amp induced some observers to term 
V. • _J x_ _ xli— »./MirwL rlrtiinaty/J and rotation of crons— ine in our neighborhood; we cant be in- _ 17:^7.* All crvjxfv.nlaf.ion 
i Z1 ^r^'to ;:n-;/;:;i.^th7pear blign; from in- 
; keep L frL speedy consignment to the ing the wealth and prosperity of our coun- Time ^ sects to plethora, anfount to nothing. The T.w 
' biitohor’s stall try, than m any other acquisition which has doubtless dissapatod, b » cause is as inscrutable as the origin and Stumbling on melons, m I pass 
pX fte night once, at the public been or can be accomplished. f„l ignorance ” m the particular locaU^ to .^er epidemic.- E„.™rcdwi.h«<.wo» ItalUa gr... 
> ^ +r.v,ocfr.i- Prof Norton is giving a series of arti- which I have alluded. The schoolmaster Lannon-? to all varieties of the All this, and more. When we have rear 
eles on -Neglected Manures,” in the Al- has been abroad. The youth of New York ^„ery Li of season, and on all ed a plant from the seed, we may feel as 
MwLten in number which they were then l>any Cirititiator, which can be consulted have been matunng under most favorab e ^ j j; fe,„entation of though wc had exercised something of the 
mMnr Per:it:r" witi profit by eveiy farmer awake to the circumstances. ■^''>7-“the sap produL a virus that will propa- creative power,-so much woldd not have 
rior annearance inLating high character spirit of our motto— “ Progress and Im- mg with agricultural saence the enlight inoculation when introduced been but for our labor—seed, sun an 
of EnXh blood attracted my Lice, he re- provement” Uhro and now, we would but ened lecturer ha, been mciJcating the dem^ f„to the healthiest seedUng. It is one of showers, and space of eaA thrown m by a 
markci-“That cow I recently bought of briefly call the attention of our readers to onstrations of Agricultural Chemistry, and mysteries of nature that physi- beneficent Providence We are pardonable 
tie Hon Mr I whose country resLnco this subject — stiring them up to examine discerning, truth-seeking farmers have sub- ,.i3,j g^ve Med to satisfactorily account for taking some of the glo^ to ourselves, 
he Hon. Ml J;;It. forthLselves-tosearchandseewheth- jected to the test of experiment, every dis- . though like Jock’s trees,-they have been 
!:wtorherd“^^^ " covery. Although agricultural science be- growing while we were sleepi^.” 
COW in ms nera, ana u gcuiij., wuitu o ___ _rve tt+cV. n n panh succeedmi? vear. - t .x __o fioU r^f onm f hp 
it the frozen sap blight. All speculation 
What wondrous life is this I lead. 
Ripe apples drop about my head, 
The luscious clusters of the vine 
Upon my mouth do crush their wine,— 
The nectarine and curious peach. 
Into my hand themselves do reach, 
Stumbling on melons, as I pass 
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. 
All this, and more. When we have rea 
cow in ms nera, ana ii genue wuPb. ... uxx.x.._^xx^^x^x^^_^- each succeeding year, 7 TTfl 7 • ’ Let a man plant a field of com if he 
t llg 'r^cL^ntt whfehtrpXs. wishes a speedy specimen of what he can 
c urofl T poiild cure her he proposed that We are at a loss to Avhat cause to attri- more and more fascinating, yet let no o e existence. It springs up small 
^suredlcould ’fliLratmv bute the change of color and depreciation imagine that its foundations are not being st^uction in fruit trees than all other disea- and tender -yet by mid-summer it is a mm- 
I should give him 7'!^^®j7rowbe of Mr RooT’s^wheat, described in his com- laid in immutable truth, h armers are fairly ges together, is kept from a most hterallp he can fill himself with rou-.t 
ow.ir.sk number. Weshould embarked in the establUhment of Ihclr call- -Mug «.e sap, a, it does _ tbyrefrom, and se.rve. up boiled, ’‘pi- 
..— 1 r -A- rxvvv locf Tviimhev We should emoarKea in me e-swAUiioiiiAAciJu A/A XXXX..X V.CX.. „vx.xvx.xx^ ...... ~~~~ thereirnm, ana serve up uuucu, px- 
fore us that I milk with more ease and safe- munication m our last numbei. wesnou „ ha^i<A Thev should and trunks and limbs. The limbs and leaves of . t ^x „ r,,,. i,:., fljnner and the in 
r Now I always break in my heifers with at once set it down to the effect of worms or mg upon a rock basis. a tree should always effectually shade the pmg hot, for hs dinner-and the m6 m 
ty. N ow I alM ays break m my neue^ particular lo- very many do I trust, appreciate its dignity only, autumn shows that he has done something 
hopples. I treat them gently but hopp > and their own responsibility. I shall look have plenty of sun and light; they toward providing food for “ the million.” 
them when 1 learn them to be milked. rph. soil should be examined as it may upon my native State with more pride, when can bear and profit by it If trees were Senator Sam Houston after the battle of 
So I hoppled this great cow, and although •+ fc xlnLurPt of iron! she shall have richly endowed Agricultural suffered to branch out low, say within one T„cinto said “ Let the people go home 
she struggled and fell once or twice, she contain iron pyrites, (sulphmet of iron,) sbe snail nave r y of or two feet of the ground, we should hear San Jacinto, said Le tne people go nome 
«ooo foimd the hopple was the master, and which is constantly decomposing and form- Colleges and when tiie P P 1,33 «fire-blight,”-“ frozen and plant corn; and I say with Haw- 
she struggled and fell once or twice, she contain iron pyrims, ^^uxpxxi^cb *xxxx.,, 
soon found the hopple was the master, and which is constantly decomposing and form^ 
^ _ • . _ _ /_1 iti Ttrnif'r 
o7io„^ m wMoh «.balIbe.augbtifibovdistricea„d let eveiT man plant soreethlng.- 
hei submissio < Lak in oL thLressinns of lime and ashes sbould union schools. ground is always looser, moister, and cooler if be has “no rood of ground,” let lum 
I have never had oed^ion t^reak m o^e the aress crop,andthe blanching tree than under a „ fl„wer-pot-a green box, or even a 
heifers in this way myself, but in the course act asacorr . heavy drafts of California adventurers upon high one. Grass and weeds do not grow h flowering 
ofmyoxperienool.avo been ohhged to rc- t ™ “ ntot to L sun’niest window. Hewillbe! 
I 
it pulled up the other—she could spring, he should desire a quamuauve aucx 
and in so doing, fell, and speedily gave up will pro cure it done at a sma ll cost 
the contest From my own experiment I WEIGHT OF LIVE BEEF ( 
could recommend this fixture in cases of vx- - 
gent necessity. Arkwright. May be ascertained by the follov 
o •' __ T'.sir.r. +V.Q rviviVt nf tlip. finimal mst b( 
iking limbs. The trees jj, not only the first garden- 
oltsLe pretected frem er but the first and best man of his time, 
too often made to tear Some have thought him too much under 
the influence of his wife—^but more have 
---“ lost than gained by not listening to the 
THE CURCDLIO. counsel of their better-halves. Others have 
PnrrPPtiVP OUtXX miv-uux v^x -- r' UUUtll a lUV* IXXClxv/xxxxxg vxx.x. - - „gj. ^ nowcr-pub-a HICCXX UU-v, v.x vx,u.xx XX 1 
heifers in this way myself, but m the course heavy drafts of California adventurers upon high one. Grass and weeds do not grovv 3,nie flowering 
of my experience have been obliged to re- On examining ^ ^ ' what little money there was in our county, a hundreth part so rank and readily, and „x Lx, sunniest window He will be a \ 
sort to it twice, when the quality of the cow mg the symptoms described by Mr. Root, formers and others very much mulching becomes unnecessary. The wind plant The women need no ^ 
reconciled me to the effort, in order to re- of the two first sets pulled up, m the centre business. The prospect of relief, has not half the power to rack and twist, better man for iL ilie women ne q 
f- hpr in the dairv Her hoDple was of the coil of the last leaf, we found a small however, is verv flattering. The immense and break the tree, and shake off the fruit; such advice. The desire to surround them- 
tam ner m uic ^ quantity of wheat now on the ground looks a matter of no inconsiderable consequence. ggi^,,s ^ith flowers is in harmony with the ^ 
made of a short rope of hair, as being soft- had destroyed the tex- Lmarklbly fine. Indeed it is conceded on The trees will be much longer hved and b^^uty and purUy of their gentle natures 
er than one made of hemp. On one end tl p7af onlv and not tliLtem and ail hands, that a super-abundant crop will more prolific, beautiful and profitable The _^bey seei/at Imme among them, as much 
was a loop-on the other end a wooden pm, ture of the leaf only, ^ very surely be the reward of the tiller’s toil, trees are more easily rid of destructive m- J Paradise 
about one quarter of an inch in diameter, could hardly have exerted the effect on the } been in full sects, the fruit is much less damaged by so as they can be this side of Paradise 
nnd about fLr inches long forming a T.— whole plant it exhibited. On the two next bfoom, and unless we should have an un- foiling, xund the facilities for gathering it are Speaking of Paradise reminds me of the 
p H- w rnnp around her lerr we twist- setts examined, they were not discovered, commonly late frost, we shall have for the much greater; there is less danger m climb- fl^st garden, and gardener-of Eden and of ) 
Pu mg this rope around her^^^^^ uor were the roots affected by the wire-worm, fimt time7 this county a good supply of fog, and less of breaking limbs. The trees ^ He was not only the first garden¬ 
ed It over and over between the legs till ^ will send us a pound or twoof fruit of our own raising. A short crop o require less pruning and scraping and 
room only was left to encircle the other It Mr. K. will sena P the staple grain in a new and solely rural washing ; and the roots are protected fiom ^ mupR unHpr 5 
leg with the two ends, and allow the pin the soil, taken a few inches below the sur- disheartening. But where the plow, which is too often made to tear Some have thought him too ^nder 
in throuoh the loop, which secured face, (small portions being taken at a half jg^ „bope on, hope ever,” tl^ and mutilate them. the influence of his wife but more have | 
it better than if it had been tied. She could dozen difterent places,) we will make a gen- ghock is manfully withstood and ultimately -Tm eXTR^a lost than gained by not listening to the 
11 T V. nHpmnted tn raise one leff eral examination of it free of expense; or, if overcome. Though we are cast down, yet - counsel of their better-halves. Others have < 
not walk—if she attempted to raise one g quantitative analysis, we we are not twice dead, nor plucked up by Mr. L. Young, of Kentucky has written have remained 
it pulled up the other—she could spring, he should de T u the roots. We shall give a good account of a letter to the Massachusetts Horticultural ^x.prl W sin muld thev have been that i 
and in so doing, fell, and speedily gave up will procure It done at a small cost . beautiful and fertile region in September. Society, in which he recommends hme- uncm But thF^ » 
the conteat Lm my own experiment I _ y^^GHl’lTS^EEF cAIILE. The eounty is filling up constantly with p„i,e,Ld lime-sprinkled over the feline gard« occupants. But te is more ttou. 
could recommend this fixture in cases of ui- —- hardy and industrious farmers,and our wild 'of the plum trees, occasionally during the dovhiful. . J. n. b. < 
„x _A Tttx-AVPTfiH'r May be ascertained by the following rule, foods are being subdued and brought under season for the attacks of the curculio, as an Royalton, N. Y., 18a0. j 
gent neces sity._ • rp^^e the girth of the animal just behind the cultivation. In a few years, we shall stand effectual remedy against the depredations 
To Drive away Rats—T his may be shoulder-blade, and the length from a point side by side with Seneca, Ontario, or Mon- of that destructive insect He says: Chickweed {Stellena media,) is one ot 
done bv stuffing their holes after the fol- on the tail-hone, whence a perpendicular line roe, in all the requisites of a good, prosper- «The experiment of 77®" the most common plants of gardens and 
lowing manner; which will banish them will just clear the thigh, thence along the ous, and beautiful farming country. Priva- has tended to confirm my beliei m the pr Aefos. It flowers from February 
away so that they will not return while the back-bone to the foreside of the top of the tions ^fo^iffo a^d accessible arti- to December. During mild and open win- 
statJof smell remains: Take one pound of shoulder-blade. Reduce the girth and lengb endured by all who broke the virmn s^ 7^7ters it not unfrequently blossoms in Decern- 
tor half an ounce of oearlash, and to inches Multiply the square of the girth this region, but there is no exception to the gfo^ of easy application,) appiiea ouore tersiinoiui Y 
as much ^ of vitriol as will ferLient a hand- by the length, and ^that product by the de- remark, that every one who smooth-skinned or short-napped fruite ber and January. It is not a native of t 
fulof common salt: mix them all together, cfmal .002, which will give the weight, m dustrious, frugal and confined himself to a received the stmg of the curc^^^^ continent: it was brought here from Europe 
spread the mixture thick on brown paper, pounds and decimal parts. legitimate business, h^ done What tinned until the ten weeks and is now spread throughout the United 
Td kvTwece in the bottom of tlAoles Suppose an ox to measure 1 feet or 84 ^^ean by this is, in other w^s, hetUr tbai, * have passed away-say fou weeks 
Cthlm to walk on; then stuff some into inchel in girth, and 6* feet or 06 inches ... he could have done upon the same capital _,s a more efficacious 7““r--T— .. . 
lue hots and fill them UP with lime. Oran- length then, in any of the Eastern States. Reckless attack of the curculio than any nostrum planting is always to be avoided, 
other way get a pape?bag full of human The^girth 84, multiplied by itself or squared, 6056 3 eculators have signally failed here, and now m general use, and consideiing its ^c have an illustration of this error m our 
b • from a barber’sLiop and stuff the rat Multiplied by the length, 66 ^ happy will it be for the country when the cheapness and easy applicability, is deserv- garden—two trees side by side, which were 
’ holes with it—they will never appear there product, and solid contents of the ox, last one shall have evaporated. mg of further trial. to.^rllimoin planted five years ago, and were then of 
ChronicU Multiplied by the decimal, your surplus farmers in any quantity, and a gentleman m this vicinity tried hme m ^ g-^^ was planted as deep as it 
aga.n.-gnrfete,-ii^C/ireurel^- Give. 931 pound,, the wight of the ox, SLSi ^urc tliL in behalf of their fellow far- the way recommended above on his young p7i„„g,y stood, and is now twice as large 
Set out a Tree.— Let no one who has a .^^g weio-ht of the mers in Michigan, that they shall here find cherry trees last season, to check tiie aep- ^g was planted a foot deep- 
spot on which to place it, neglect to set out ., , tallow of oxen having from a home whicli time and labor will certainly redations of the rose bugs, which threatened Yihs produced no fruit, while the for- 
) at least one tree this spring. nounds of rouo-h tallow, cows from render delightful and remunerative. to destroy all the fruit and toliage. ihe yielded abundantly for the last two 
> T, -L-60 oLundsxand 2 year olds having from Yours truly, O. C. Comstock, Jr. experiment proved completely successful. - Qraniie Farmer. 
. Be sure to sow good seed, 7 so^ .n Mui, Muy 28, 1850. Jc.,.n,u. 
llCLLly AIVAIJ --J-? 
holes with it— they will neyer appear there Product, and solid contents of the cx, 
again.- Gard^mrl Chromcle. Multipliod by the d.c..«.l, 
^ —-- Gives 931 pounds, the weight of the o 
Set out a Tree.—L et no one who has a , • j 
Be sure to sow good seed, and sow it m 
season, “for as ye sow, so also shall ye reap.’ 
15 to 30 pounds.— New England Farmer. 
Granite Farmer. 
