MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ANOTHER HUMBUG, PROBABLY 
Thk following item appears, without 
comment, in a late number of the Roches¬ 
ter American. We copy it simply for the 
purpose of cautioning our agricultural read¬ 
ers against what smacks to us of humbug. 
It seems that jhve cents a grain have been 
offered for samples, and ^20 a bushel. Of 
course the holder won’t sell—not he—but 
means to put in “ a large crop this fall,” in 
order, should he have luck, to do a custom 
house business next year, by supplying “ a 
good many demands.” Just so—but we 
reckon he counts without his host in mak¬ 
ing preparations to trade on the five cent 
and tw'enty dollar figures with farmers as 
is farmers, unless documents are furnished 
proving the decided superiority of this “ re¬ 
markable ” grain. The wheat may be a 
Mn^ank Irta ^ Ititnu. 
k. 
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HERKIMER COUNTY PAIR. 
Mr. Moore : — It seems you are deter¬ 
mined to keep the readers of the Rural. jmijajnio 
advised of the doings of the various Coun- 'ssuep from the united states patent office 
O ._f. _ 7’ _^ 
LIST OF PATENTS 
fhr the week ending October 15, 1850. 
To John L. Allen, of New Haven, Conn., for 
<■ XK... ■ - 
ty Agricultural Societies, and their exhibi- _ 
tions—a very good idea, and one which I To John L. Allen, of New Haven, ( 
will endeavor to help you carry out, by improvement in braces for carriage tops. 
furnishing a note or two, out of tune per- Darnel Bartlett, Jr.,- of Boston, Maaa., for 
. ^ . improvement in fillcniig cocks, 
haps, about our own County Pair. To Amos H. Boyd, of Saco, Me., for improve- 
—-—-- 
CHINESE HOG. 
BREEDS OF SWINE. 
The Fair was held in the village of Her- ment in looms, 
kimer, on Tuesday last, October 15. The Oliver R. Chase, of Boston, Mass-., for im- 
weather was very fine, and the attendance pulverising sugar, (h. 
^ ..11 having assigned his whole right, title and interest 
unusually large. In most respects the show invention to Silas E. Chase, of Charlestown, 
~ was better, more complete, than preceding Mass., & Oliver R. Chase of Boston, aforesaid.) 
ones. The exhibition of stock, and farm To W. B. Coates, of Big Lick, Va., for im- 
' and dairy products, &C., was decidedly SU- Pavement in hemp harvesters. 
- . ■'.* ,1 • To Isaac r. Grant & D. H. Viall, of Schaghti- 
the prominent features Of 
with the more important ones of early ma- the Fair I noticed Emery & Co’s. Improv- To Jacob Jenkins, of Andover, Mass., for im- 
breeds cultivated in this country are and good feeding properties, arc by gd Railroad Horse Power and Thresher, in provement in pegging jacks 
- Professor Low ascribed to a Chinese cross, - -- .... r,, ^ „ 
mcrous articles shown in it I would like to harvesters. 
To G. K. Snow, of Boston, Moss, for improve¬ 
ment in machine for folding paper. 
To Erastus Stebbins, of Chicopee, Mass., for 
improvement in molas-ses gates. 
To Wm. Watson, of Chicago, III., for maize 
very valuable variety, but the cbauceu arc "T™’the which baa added the only characteristic in i-The machine worked finely, 
ten to one that it is not a whit better than bTfZnd lmong*e species. Great “‘S-ucted very universal attention, 
many of those we are now cultivating, if fittention has for many years been paid to Tliey were first introduced and reared as A part of the exhibition was m a large 
indeed it be not one of them. Gen. Har- their improvement in the Eastein States,and ^ distinct breed in this country by Mr. tent provided for the occasion. Of the nu- 
MON, of Wheatland, in this county, is culti- nowhere are there better specimens than in Ri'entnail, of Orang^ mcrous articles shown in it I would like to 
vating some forty varieties-including, we’ll many of theiijards. This spirit has rapid- ^reedts" speak definitely, but forbear, lest I occupy 
wiiger a picayune, the “remarkable” one 'y-'f«"'!?*> end bouth; Slid among l ands, of other ^ 
s- i P f most of the intelligent farmers who make promuigatea. Foir comnrised a Mr. John Taggart, of Charleston, Mass., 
mentioned in this extract them a leading object of attention, on their No other breeds have been so extensively it to say that the whole F air comprisea a made a successful ascent at Lowell 
FLYING MACHINE 
entionea in tnis exiracL them a leading object of attention, on their . , . o • • - . . , . . _ ____ xj^ytuh 
—Let no one infer, from these remarks, rich corn grounds, swine‘have attained a diffused in the United States, within com most brilliant and interesting scene—more Mass., some time since, with a flying ma- 
that we are opposed to improvement by the high degree of excellence. This does not paratively so brief a penod as the Berk- than I have ever before witnessed m this chine of his own invention, is now in New- 
introduction and testing of new varieties not consist in the intmduction and perp^^^^ fSod improvemmd^ county, on a similar occasion. I trust that York,.where he intends to make an ascent 
of DT iin &c Wc arc ever ready to lend i ^ ^ the farmers of Herkimer are now really m the course of two or three weeks, 
or OTtUn, wC. wc arc C uy Kmnrlmfr iin fn u ftiao anrl nntif.iulA 1 HlCr raCCS. . _ . . . 
, who made a successful ascent at Lowell, 
most brilliant and interesting scene-more Mass., some time since, with a flying ma- 
80 than I have ever before witnessed m this chine of his own invention, is now in New- 
X. tuityofany distinct races, so much as the a marked improvement in many oi our lor- of Herkimer are now really in the course of two or 
ot gram, &c. Wc arc ever ready to lend ^ mer races. the farmers of Herkimer are J New-York Rver 
our humble influence in promotion of any for fattening, from such meritorious indi- Thc)- weigh variously, from 250 to 400 ® ® impor an <n Z*’ ^ he has already invited 
object calculated to the farming in- viduals of any breed, or their crosses, as lbs.net, at 10 months, according to their improvement, and predict that their future eminent macl)ini.ste am 
object calculated to benefit the farming in- viduals of any breed, or their crosses, as lbs. net, at 10 months, according to their improvement, and { 
tcrest, but as decidedly and constitutionally come within their reach. food and style of breeding; and some full shows will increase i 
ooDosed to every speculation of the stripe The Byeficld, some 30 years ago, was a grown have dressed to more than 800 lbs. foast, so mote it be. 
, ,^1 • , „ valuable ho^ in the Eastern states, and did 'J’hey particularly excel in their hams, which 
yclept “morusmulticviulis or China tree- good among the people generally, arc round, full, and heavy, and contain a 
corn.” The ti'uth is we have seen so many ^pjjgy j^re white, with fine curly hair, well large proportion of lean, tender and juicy 
“ cracked-up” .samples of wheat, oats har- made and compact, moderate in size and meat, of the best flavor. 
TLdv Wf‘i(rli v-irioiislv from 250 In 400 awakc to the importance and neces.sity of The New-York Amuni/Pos< says that 
Ihcy weigh variously, troni 2o0 to 400 _ i r x xi x xt • x h® already invited some of the most 
lbs.net, at 10 months, according to their improvement, and predict that their future eminent machini.sts and men of science in 
food and style of breeding; and some full shows will increase in interest and size. At New York to examine his invention. The 
grown have dressed to more than 800 lbs. least, so mote it be. machine is described by the Post as con- 
J hey particularly excel in their hams, which premiums, on animals and arti- sisting of a car, to the front of which is at- 
Thc first premiums, on animals and arti- sisting of a car, to the front of which is at- 
cles named, were thus awarded :—Best f^di^d a pair of wings somewhat like the 
bull. Lord burch; bull calf, .James I,arid; 
X X X. a, r. • I 1 • I hallooii lastciied lo the car in the ordinary 
(jucntly not as good, ns our own, 
have come to look with suspicion 
.such statements as the following: 
scent of the machine, are put in motion by 
turning a small axle running through the 
centre of the car. The machine may be 
guided in any direction by means of a 
rudder, the slightest variation in which it 
.such statements as tlie following:— (.he China hog, on some of the best Eng- use from Russia and Northern Europe.— waKcinau, c icc c, jc , guided in any direction by means of a 
The CoADE Wheat.— In the early part lish swine. A pair was sent by the Duke This improvement is raanifest not only in Butter, Thomas Hawks. rudder, the slightest variation in which it 
of the summer, the National Intelligencer to this country, as a present to Gen. Wash- the hair, hut in the skin, which is soft and The annual address was delivered by obeys with wonderful precision, 
published a notice of a field of remarkable ington, but t)iey were dishonestly sold by mellow to the touch; in the finer bones, ^ Graves, the President of the Soci- float or balloon, which is pear-shap- 
wheat then ripenim^ on a farm of Edwin the messenger m Maryland, in which state shorter head, upright cars, .dishing face, ^ Yours Mohawk ed, is thirty-three feet nine inches in height, 
J. Coade, of St. Mary’s county, Maryland. i‘nd Pennsylvania they were productive of delicate muzzle, and mild eye; and in the Oct 21 1850. ’ ^ diameter of some twelve feet, and 
The wheat appears to attract great atten- much good at an early day, by theirexten- short legs, low flanks, deep and wide chest, _ ^^^® "dml® weight of the machine, when 
lion. A'letterfrom Allegany county, from sive distribution through j different states broad back, and early maturity.SUGGESTIONS FOR FARMERS ready for a.sccnsion is three hundred and 
a crentlcman who had received samples of Several other importaUons of thts breed Domestic Animals. . . fifty pounds, m addition to which it will 
it^savs that it is regarded with great favor been made at various times, and es- --- Here are two or three excellent sugges- om-ry with easeovei one thousand pounds. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR FARMERS, 
there, and that he has been offered five pccially by the spirited masters of the Liv- 
oents per grain for the specimen he ha.s.- erpool packet ships, in the neighborhood-of 
X. , 1 _ 1 c. . Now Voi-k. I liev are a laro-e. SDOtted aui- 
OHIO STATE FAIR. 
Here are two or three excellent sugges¬ 
tions by a correspondent of the German- 
ed, is thirty-three feet nine inches in height, 
having a diameter of some twelve feet, and 
the whole weight of the machine, when 
ready for ascension, is three hundred and 
fifty pounds, in addition to which it will 
carry with ease over one thousand pounds. 
Another Coal Locomotive.— Another 
ile bushe/^'^Tlie ^ uS mal, well made, and inclining'to early ma- Cincinnati papers, the following from the able, but just in season: ^Register, has been invented by Wm. Dibble^ 
Mr Coade is makino- preparations to seed Purity and fattening. They arc an exceed- Atlas, is a fair specimen:— if ou bj^ve any bean straw, do not per- something like that of Mr. Dimpfel, which 
a larue cron this fall; and if no disas- ‘“gly valuable hog, but are nearly extinct q'b(. second day of the Great State Fair mit it to be wasted, hut feed it to your described lately, but m our judgment an 
ter befalls the crop he will be able to sup- both in Eiiglapd and this country, as a was most propitious in every respect, for the sheep. These animals are remarkably fond improvement. It is clear enough that all the 
nlv a D-ood many demands. breed. • progress of the exhibition, and the accom- of it, and will partake of it freely when objections hitherto existing will, by either of 
“ _ ^^ . ..._ The Leicesters urc a large, whito hog, plishment of the great purposes connected they refuse the best English hay, or even these engines, be removed; and we now 
SAXON AND MERINO SHEEP —AGAIN. generally coarse in the bone and hair, and with it. The weather was clear and beau- grain. It is sometimes passed through a I’ely upon the general use of our anthracite 
- great caters, and slow in maturing. Some ([fo]—the articles on exhibition were far chafling machine, and fed to them while inland and marine engines, in preference to 
Mr, Mooue: —I have read the cominu- varieties of this breed differ essentially in more numerous than on the preceding day suckling their lambs; hut I consider this all other fuels. We may mention that Col- 
^ A.\ _ n 1 .7 1 • _ j. ii-xx X.® r 1_ _ _X 1_ T.iv'r»rnnnl SifpnmAvi: jir/* (ir\ fni* ^licaufic. 
gle bushel. Tlie Intelligencer says that well made, and me ining to early ma 
xMr. Coade is making preparations to seed f^irity and fattening. They arc an exceed- 
a large crop this fall ; and if no disas- mgly valuable hog, but ai-e nearly extinct 
New York. They arc a large^ spotted aui- j Among the many notices of the hair, in town Telegraph. I hey are not only valu- Locomotive, says the Pottsville Mining 
Register, has been invented by Wm. Dibble, 
something like that of Mr. Dimpfel, which 
we described lately, but in our judgment an 
SAXON AND MERINO SHEEP-AGAIN. 
nication of vQur correspondent C. W. H., tbesc particulars, and mature early on a _.m(i the number in attendance at the superfluous, as I have never yet known hn s Liverpool isteamers arc so far dissatis- 
. , ,x f iVvo Li<;t wDDk bill do not moderate amount of food. The crosses p'jjjj. ground was immense. On all the them to refuse it even wlien they have been ,fled with the Cumberland bituminous coal, 
in the rural or me asr wclr, u with smaller compact breeds, are generally streets of the city leading* to and from the too sick to partake of other food. Mouldy as to use a great proportion of anthracite 
feel culled upon to reply,inasmuch as icon- desiYablc animals. Otlter large Brighton House, and from the Brighton beans, may he cleansed, freed from their now, with a probabitity of using it soon 
sidcr his censures unmerited and unjust. 1 Jy^^eds deserving commendation in this ifouse to Camp Washington, there’ was disagreeable odor, and rendered excellent altogether. _ t_t. _ 
have carefully read over my article of Sept, country, are the large Miami _ White, the continual stream of vehicles of all kinds feed for sheep, simply by pouring hot water ^ Yht —Upon examining the 
]2 to which he alludes, and regret much Yorkshire white, •A\\6.\\\e Kenilworth, eneh foaded with paissengers to or from the Fair, over them. If not very strongly tainted, (be sharpest razor witli a niicro- 
tiuu it slioulcl liave (iisturbeii l.K fraiuenlly ilttoining, when dressed, a weiglil All tlie canal boats and packets that could they may possibly be rendered lit for culi- 
I'lhink your correspondent must have of ““ I?.®®" be found, were very swn pressed into the „ary purposes. 
^ . The CAtwese IS among the binaller van- service, and carried thousands to and from Pkas that h 
Nature and Art. —Upon examining the 
edge of the sharpest razor witli a micro¬ 
scope, it w'ill appear fully as broad as the 
hack of a knife—rough, uneven and full of* 
/it ..Imnuicatioii while aslcci) • for ‘ 1? f r'l' "®‘'"^®®’ ‘‘"‘J Pkas, that are « buggy” make an excel- ^gtebes and furrows. An exceedingly smalU 
peiiii^f'■ cues, and without doubt is the parent stock the point of general attraction. I he farm- font feed for swine. The nutritive matter needle resembKs an iron bar. But thfi 
no waking mail can discover, in the article of the best European and American swine, -ofo citizens from the interior of the contained in the pea is greater, per pound, stfog of a bee seen thrhugh the same iT:» . 
referred to a single suggestion that “judges They necessarily vary in appearance, size, State, and from Indiana, came in, m oppo- than that of any other vegetable, and when gfoument, exhibits everywhere the mw .L 
■mrl fr>ndi>mns the Merino,” either expressly shape, and color, from the diversity m the gitg directions, and helped to swell this ground into meal, or molitied by soaking, it beautiful polish without the least w, 
. • „_nrii t sentence that dero- style of breeding, and the vaiious regions g^and mass of human flesh. Within the becomes one of the best articles for fatten- blemish, or inequality and i.t ends iiv a iio'int 
or y imp 1 •< ' /] ♦n-it pvdd fiein which they are derived. enclosure there must have been at one time fog swine possible to be obtained. Peas (qq Cme to be discovered. Tlic thruaid’s of 
gates from Its claims-not a word tnat even engraving, ^presents the time in the afternoon, as many as 25,000 which have “bug.s” in them are utterly un- tfoe lawn seem coarser than the yana with 
alludes to the “ hairy Merino.” Baton tlic pure China pig, and is a striking likeness ot or 30,000 people, and the number that vis- fit fo^-bmnaii food; and there is no dis- which ropes arcTnade for anchoi’s., Ttut a 
vl) contrary, it concedes to every breed of tine many of the imported and their inaraediatc fogj (be grounds during the day, is various- pogjng of them in the market; so that, all gjfo worm’s web appears perfcciiy s/nooth 
'I; wooled sheep ‘Holidem verbis,” vfhiitever oi descendants that wc have seen in this coun- ly estimated at from 50,000 to V 0 , 000 .— things considered, their appropriation in shining and everywhere equi’iL The 
/ ,, .7 _ rrM.„ trv. Tlicv too yinfill cin tiniititUloi ,aji seemed to eniov tbcrnselves immensely, fuje mn.nner. is the most economiccil thut cinoilAcf ilnf t.l'int. is inarip wit.}'* 5 ».. 
-7 noHSGss Tlic wholc of my They are too small an amrnulfoi gen- ^j^\\ seemed to enjoy themselves immensely, manner, is the most economical that smallest dot that is made with a :pcn an- 
1 - . <i fi • oYt<*nf DO more’’that ®^^^ ’^®®’ require to be mixed wit v -md willing to bear with and accommodate can be devised. pears irregular and uneven. But. the little 
oftending la i I's » > larger breeds to produce the most pro ta- each other as much as possible, in the gen- Yaiujs. —See that all your yards are now specks on the wings or bodie 5 '^ vif insects 
I liavc slightly vindicated the jus c aims ble carcass for the market. Dor the pui- eml crowd. We sa^v no quarreling or j,gpfofogbed with some substance that will arc found to be the most accurate circle.— 
pose of refining the coarse breeds, no am- figiiting, and no drunkenness, and presume .fog(jj.bmid retain the liquid excrement void- How magnificent is the system., oC nature! 
, mal has ever been so successful as this.— there was none. We did see thousands of , , animals during the fall and - . - 
Dm Leader estimates the kotal distance 
the Saxon. . pose ot renning tne coarse oi ecus, nu ai - tigbting, ana no urunKcnncss, anu picsumc .fog^jj.b m^d retain the liquid excrement void- How magnificent is the system., oC nature! 
I have stated, that in my own experience, mal has ever been so successful as this.— there was none. We did see thousands of , j. animals during the fall and - - - 
Gvbich has bv no means been small,) I have They are finc-boned, short, and very com- briglit eyes and s miling face s. winter. It will subserve a double purpose Dm. Leader estimates the kotal distance 
1 a n all resnects in every par- bellies almost touching the - TLp Van- —furnish a good bed for the animals to run by all the locomotives on aie railroads 
found t) I P > ground, light head and ears, fine muzzle, of i he way to Pull . p ' repose on before the snow falls, and during of Great Britain for the twelvo months end- 
ticular that involves excellence, value, and |reat docility and quietness, small feeders, gnisijs the root by ite top and [Kold chilling nights of the later autumn, ing, June 1845, at thirty-two. million three 
profit, to be equal to the Merino. And of producing much meat for the quantity with his hand, an en cu p supply an excellent manure for your hundred and eighty-eight thousand five 
course, 1 could see no reason, wljy to the of food consumed. with a knife, ihe ng is im* n u s field crops in the spring. More attention hundred and eighty-nine irnles. This gives 
Merino, farmers should be called to yield From the rapidity with which genera- ter way. ^J® ^ stroke^'the sliould be accorded to this subject, and I a daily mileage of eighty-eight thousand 
oterDDfc A Farmer. tions of this animal arc multiplied, the va mg along, cuts, y'f g .i, trust farmers will soon awake to fresh ap- seven hundred and thirty-six miles. The 
the prefei^ncc. __A i^ AUME breeds on which they are tops of the turnip; f ®«’ ^‘^h he ame importance, and graduate distance from the earth to the sun is nine- 
p T? Ham At the recent Agricultural crossed, and the treatment to which t iey implement, s ri es un er i ' ... (heir course accordingly. ty-six millions of miles. The locomotives 
Prize Ham-AI the recent ^^bjected, it is not surprising that their (he tap root, and brings f -- of the British railways at their present rate 
hair in Montgomery couutj a descendants should rapidly assume distinct In cutting off the tops he guides hm^^^ Shepherd Dogs.— Among the wonder- of work would pass owr that space in three 
awarded to Nathan White or e features. They furnish not only a strong so as to throw ° ^^i o Lteo it* un ful animals exhibited at the State Fair, says years; or would pasa seven times round Uie 
hams exhibited. His mode of curing is as dash of blood in the best class of large one place, an m ‘Sg‘“g» ^ g^ onritlipr the Albany Journal, was Robert Middle- earth in two days with their present wwks. 
rpu ' cLoiild be nerfcctlv cold before any pretensions to merit, they constitute row. He will dig the roots about four fois performed many Interesting Discovery.—A Mr. Uowes, 
ihe pork iJms should be salted the g,reatcr part of the improvement.-- times as fast as one Yankee with his pulling exploits. Among those which of Boston, has discovered a prooe.ss by 
' ^T/^(ine*saft with a portion of red pepper, Such arc the Neapolitan, ihe Rssex half- and knife.-Pr qine Farmer. _ come strongly^authcnticated, was one where which a daguerreotype of mnuat'are size 
i TiM i a gm of 3^os to eJ Sum. black, the Grass breed, and -- SuccKSSOK'n:^™ Experiment, he had follow^ed up a stray sheep^ and after may he inagnified to the size of life, or 
T p 7 them reLin in salt five weeks, then The Berkshtres are an anc ent English ^ Newbury farmer scenting him for a mile, found him among larger, and reflected upon a canvass, or any 
Let them re ™(,ke them with hick- breed, formerly of large size, slow feeders, • 7 ^^® cio-ht-icres of Ltatoes a flock of forty, picked him out unaided by other flat prepared substanciv, so that an 
';"&;'«vforrweSr About the and late in maturiiig , The. eobr ^a L^perso., aX'dlaftor a ha,d stiuggle, se/- ^tiat .nay seat Idnosclf befoie, it, and paint 
\ fiZ of Aoril take them down and wet them buffer sandy ground, J 7 ^® a„y,„„m”fo the hill, and omitting it on two arated him from the flock and drove him it a.s it appear,. 
tdh cold water and let them be well rub- epota, and the feet lower P”‘ " *e leg^^ have tmned out home. Mr. M. is an old Scotch shepherd, 
) with unleached ashes. Let them re- and tuft on the tail, buff. The hitter color . while the whole two acres and his dog is one of the best from the Let a man do his h*ist, and the world 
1 “ -fb^frlveral days, and then Hi,h,ands.‘ile nttraemd general admiration, may do its worst, 
\ hang them m the lolt again lor use. w r 
The nork should be perfectly cold before any pretensions to merit, they constitute row. He v 
■ J «hrmld be salted the greater part of the improvement.-- times as fast 
Interesting Discovery. —A Mr. Rowes, 
We learn 
Newbury 
The latter color acres. The six 
Let a man do his l^ist, and the world 
