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MOORE’S RURAL KEW-YORKERI AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
FAKMING LANDS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—As much 
is being said and written upon the subject 
of Virginia lands at the present time, it may 
not prove unacceptable to some of your 
readers to see a short and imperfect descrip¬ 
tion of Eastern Virginia by a Northener, 
who has visited that section of country. 
To begin, then—the soil, as a general 
thing, is what may be termed sandy, with 
a slight mixture of clay, resting upon a sub¬ 
soil of gravel, but of sufficient tenacity to 
prevent leaching. The timber is mostly a 
kind of yellow or Norway pine, and oak— 
the pine predominating. On the low 
grounds elm, ash and gum are found. In 
the original, or virgin growth of timber, is 
found rhuch valuable 2 )ine and oak—enough, 
if carefully j^rcserved, for the use of the 
country for many years. A large propor¬ 
tion of the country that is now unimproved 
has been cultivated, but is now covered by a 
thick and thrifty growth of pine, and in some 
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A CHAPTER ON POTATOES. of an inch in length. This is followed by 
- three or four others of similar form, the 
Thinking the following article contains fifth being about an inch long, at which 
that which may be of much value to many time the jilant will be about four inches 
readers of the Rural, who perhaps have but no one not previously knowing 
1 V c the fact, would ever suspect Us being a 
never seen it, I have “scissored it from 
an old No. of the Niagara Democrat: begins to resume its characteristic 
T. E. w. appearance. Thousands and millions of 
About the year 1090, a scientific gentle- these plants are every year destroyed in 
man of Ireland, visiting the New World, gardens and fields, where potatoes had been 
discovered in South America a new plant, previously planted, and stigmatized as name- 
an old No. of the Niagara Democrat: 
T. E. w. 
About the year 1090, a scientific gentle¬ 
man of Ireland, visiting the New World, 
discovered in South America a new plant. 
SHORT-HORN BULL BUENA ISSTA. tubers much increascVl in size, and that they annual depreda- 
- ■ ...-j: -_ __i_ .r had in 3 gTcat measure lost then hard and jfig choice jiroducts of the field and 
T.,,-nnrtrait is intended to renre- CHARCOAL PEAT. fibrous character. Thinking that they might ^ Much loss is occasioned • by the 
4 . Qi f TT ' II 11 “Ripm Vista” i ’ ii M /r \ s; t iR-oi Possibly be profier for food, he caused some summer visits of the.se small samjilcs of the 
sent the Short-Horn Bull Buena Msta, [irom the lunners Herald, (Lng.) bept. I 8 a 0 .]^ of them to be prepared m various ways, as Creation and Providence, and 
though we are assured that it does not do * jg ^g he recollected that “ deodoriza- boiling, roasting, and baking. The result seems to be no patent mode provided 
him justice. It was taken in 1849, when tion,” so called, by any other means than was that they became the food of the nation, exterminate or to avoid these fellow crea- 
the animal was owned by S. P. Chapman, peat charcoal, is effccteil through the action In process of time, they were introduced into 
17 ru^A-vlllr. Alndi^nn Co Durimi of different compounds upon feculent mat- other countries, and are now an important But the Bug that does us more harm than 
Lsq., ot block , c . . ^ g liberation of certain gases, to agricultural product m the temperate zones Hum Bug. This little fellow is 
the past summer iNlr. C. sold Buena Vista jg hoped, neutralize or de- of both hemisiiheres. They were mtroducod hatched out of nothing, and Noah felt 
to A. Morse, Esq., of Eaton, Madison Co., gti-gy, the original noxiousness. Hence two into this country in the year 1719, by a col- under no more oblif-ation to take him into 
for $ 200 . That “Buena Vista” is of good odorous matters arc placed in combination; ony of Irish immigrants, who located them- fig],-^ gr any of the 
blood will be seen by his jiedigree, as and although the eflluvium becomes ch.ang.- selves in and gave the name to the town of amiihibious animals that needed no jirotec- 
follows* destroyed or absorbed, llie Londonderry, in the state of !Ne\\ liainp- ao'ainst a forty-day flood. 
-U 1 I , doubt then naturally comes, is such (/eo(/or- shire. ' Like other innovations in that age The Hum Bug often springs up, like Jo- 
-Whffc—bied b) ^ disinfection ? I believe it is not.— of the world they exiierienccd a bitter per- hi a single night, and in a 
° M r’ To? what is the action of peat charcoal? secution; but by slow advances they ulti- he vanishes to the no small wonder- 
1840 bot by , It is to be recollected that it is perfectly mately overcame all opposition to their cul- gf ^hose who were ignorant of his or- 
\ ail, from an imported pwre aneZ or^orfess, possessing the jiower of ture, and now scarcely a farm or garden ^,^ 1 . The space he occupied was large and 
by I honuis Bate.s, Bsq., ot Y oiksmie, ^ - absorbing above 80 per cent, of aqueous can be found in our land, some portion of brilliant, and consequently his sudden dis- 
M !vi 1 matter, and at least 90 volumes (I believe which is not set apart for the culture of this appearance occasions the greater void. 
“ g-d deal more) of those gases which invaluable plant. _ 
having a delicate blueish flower. Thinking less weeds. 
, V ^ • 1 . 1 • _J 1___ ^..1 ThA AHlf 
The object of the writer, in these remarks 
has been to call the attention of the farmer 
and gardener to the mode of reproducing 
this excellent, and now most popular escu¬ 
lent, and thus, if possible, obtain a new and 
healthy stock. Agricola. 
SHORT-HORN BULL “BUENA I*STA.” 
HUMBUGS AMONG FARSIERS, 
Our most skillful farmers are often an¬ 
noyed with Bugs of various, kinds. The 
Squash Bug, the Striped Bug, and the Rose 
has been cultivated, but is now covered by a portrait is intended to repre¬ 
thick and thrifty growth of pine, and in some Short-Horn Bull “Buena Vista,” 
places a sprinkling of red cedar. This sec- jg^g j^g^ jg 
CHARCOAL PEAT. 
[F’roin the I'lirmer’s Herald, (I'hig.) Sept. 1850.], 
ber, but it contains too much sap to be 
durable for fencing. 
The principal crop is corn, although con¬ 
siderable quantities of wheat, oats, tobacco, 
Irish and sweet potatoes are raised. From 
the best information I was able to obtain, I 
think that twenty-live bushels of corn per 
acre is about an average croji, and half that 
quantity of wheat. But very little grass is 
On the whole, the country, or rather the 
cultivation of the country, presents to the 
time to examine the Proboscis, Feelers, and 
raised of any kind, although clover and [bred bv Mr. Halhl-Youna Princess, by T W ^ ' Hum Bugs are of various orders and 
herds ^n-ass thrive well, where properly cul- Reo-ent^rimnorted by Mr IlTill in 18211— mimical to animal existence. It h. s design, however, was not so much to daggeg as some know who are not versed 
heids-^iass tiiiive wen, wnere piopei 3 , cui Regent, [impoited b} -ftii. nai m also some peculiar power, independently of p-ive a history of the potato, as to set forth • Botanv But the most destructive are 
tivated But very little stock IS raised aside the well-known property of carbon to dnuv some facts with regard to the culture of the those tlmt come up in a night and give no 
lromtheiiecessaryteam.s, and that little, of Vo P^^ atmosphere ammonia and seedling. Much, that might be interesting time to examine the Proboscis, Feelers, and 
the poorest quality. Lw F-,vn^ e 2 T 2 sulphuretted hydrogen. Most greedily it to the culturist, must of necessity be omit- Antenme. Their first appearance is capti- 
On the whole the country or rather the ^ ^ ‘ , absorbs those gases, treasuring and holding ted in a newspaper communication. Only y^ting, and as they appear in their best 
1 In this connection we may mention that them up m the countless cells winch the a few leading facts and directions will there- firess they are often purchased at a hfoh 
cultivation of the country, presents to t ic Chapman has recently., sold his Short- extreme porosity of its nature provides in fgj.g be stated. price with an expectation, and a promise*of 
norihener quite a forbidding appearance. ,, Fortune” to Geo. Vail, Esq., ; and almost the moment contact gggq balls, when fully ripe, should their exhibitors, that so far from proving 
There are but few roads and those few but „ r,Vnv_and hired of the latter his nremi- ® ® perceptible. planted in the fall, one in a drill, in a nuisances in their gardens and store rooms 
poorly worked—the iilanters paying but lit- u ^1 «AT 4 :.+nr,r » Rr nne vear Air C is ^ which yielded t e bed set apart for that purpose, each drill they will soon become the most useful la- 
Soor nore^ardtotheprorimity of roadsin >■"> bull “Meteor fo. one ,ear. Mr. G is altl.oug . the being distinguished by a small .stake. The borL on the farm. . 
fbe loration°of their buildimrs but nlacinir ' attention to the improvem nt pound is odorlesss, the gas is there unde- jjjould bo covered only deep enough We need not a thorough Antiquarian to 
the location Ot the 1 bu g, p g of both cattle and sheep, and we are glad stroyed, yet, I believe, rendered powerless of insure their not being removed during recall to mind the various kinds of Hum 
them where they will most conveniently ac- efforts are being crowned evil to mankind. _ , the fall and spring, while the ground is soft Bug's which have proved troublesome and 
commodate the plantation and they, to- yy^j^b commensurate success. The fact of the purity, &c., of peat char- To guard against this accident, a flat stone costly to many farmers. Not to all farmers, 
gether with the negro huts or houses, fre- -- ^—» coal will not be questioned; the latter state- ^^j„bt be laid upon each drill, till it is about —for we have many who turn their Taces 
a uently occupy a large field, without yard S HORT-H ORNS. ment, however, naturally w»ll; but 1 10 toh-t tjjfio for the seeds to yegetate. This will be against all change, and who are neyer 
^ , • .1 . „u_^ _ 1 -c A_:_ A 1 is within tlic reach 01 everyone. about the 25th of May. As there are many cauo-ht in the sillv scrane of attemotim? to 
commodate the plantation and they, to- yyjth commensurate success, 
gether with the negro huts or houses, fre- -- 
^ , 1 c n A 1 the SHORT-HORNS, 
quently occupy a large held, without yard - 
or shrub in the vicinity. Taken altogether Ifis « Compend of Am 
the country contrasts strangely with North, Mr. Allen says:— 
or shrub in the vicinity. Taken altogether his “ Compend of American Agricul- given ^ n ''iT '''T 
p. cH-ar.rrnlAr wiib ^nrtb ^ Cliargcpcat ciiarcoai wiui diiy given seefig 111 each ball, each one will produce a improve upon old practices. No, the mis- 
le conn ly & } • ture,” Mr. Allen says. ^ quantity of those gases, so that the com- ehister of plants. All but about eight or chief is that the most generous and liberal 
The price of land varies from three to The Short-horns or Durhams al’e deci- pound be odorless. Place it then, oi at most vigorous plants should be —the go-a-head farmers—are the ones who 
thirty dollars per acre. I liave been speak- dedly the most showy and taking among any time after, on a red hot plate; and as sq to give the remaining ones suffer most from Hum Bugs, 
ing of the country as it is, but I believe it the cattle species. They are of all colors, the grains become destroyed by fire, the more room to grow. When the plants are Patent hee hives make their appearance 
In bn diracpniible of vast imurovement. Na- ^ ^ creamy white; gases loill he restored to the atmosphere in fhree or four inches high, they should be every few years, and the honey is to be ta- 
, ., f. -i G 1 1 - 1 f 1 v.i; but generally have both intermixed in lar- their own original state. transplanted and set in rows two feet apart, ken away without loss to the bees. They 
ture has given i a air soi, a e i u patches, or intimately blend- In this rests one of the great advantages about ten inches apart in rows. The are to live through the winter by sucking, 
mate, and so far as access and the means of ^ beautiful roan. Black, brown, or of the compound as a manure, for no transplanting will be to pass a their fingers. 
transportation arc concerned, an unrivalled brindle are not recognized among pure chemical action talces place to change the under them, so as neither to break or Chambers also have been extolled where 
location. The beautiful rivers, Potomac, bred short-horns. Their form is well spread, nature of those ^ases, which we all know gut the roots, and then to place the lumji bees will never want to swarm, and where 
Ynrk-md Tamos with their symmetrical and imposing, and capable of arc essential as the food of plants. In the earth containing the plants into a pan of the owner has nothing to do but to cut off 
Rappahannock, York ana James, wiui urn sustaining a large weight of valuable car- compound they exist until, by the action of The earth about the roots will thus the comb full of honey, 
tributaries peneia e oamos v y^ g The horn was originally branching, the soil and the atmosjAiere, gradual dc- ^e softened, and the plants may be separa- cw/iwre has flourished greatly, in the 
borhood, furnishing unobstructed navigation ^nd turned upward, but now Irequently has composition of the whole takes jilace, when ted without injury. They are Then ready books, and we have been told that we can 
at all times, and a ready and good market a downward tendency, with the tips point- carbonic acid gas is also yielded to the plant, foj. ggtting as above, and their growth will save twenty millions each year by making 
for the products of the country. ing towards each other. They are light and Gradually and slowly this action jiroceeds ; fig jy^aterially checked by the operation, our own silk, rather than to import—but 
rr,, .1 AviilUn Hip Comparatively short, clear, highly polished and, as rain comes, the peat charcoal (which plants increase in size, the earth then it is to coSt sixty millionsworthofla- 
Theearth contains within itsel the neces- The head is finely formed with will usually last in the land for three, four gfiguld be drawn up around them some- bortodoit. 
sary means of improving t lo soi, eing un- jQ^ggi- face, but not so fine a muzzle as or five years) receives from it a renewed gQ g^g £q promote their growth and But the Morus Midticaulis is to come to 
derlaid by a bed of calearrous, or shell marl, ^le Devon. The neck is delicately formed supply of ammonia salts, thus unceas- ppg^gg^ ^le tubers. The soil should be ivell our aid. This tree will grow so fast that it 
together with proper culture, will render the without any dewlap; the brisket projecting, ingly storing itself with increased fertilizing fgj.fi]j 2 gfi with fine but not rotted manure, maybe taken up every fall, put into thecel- 
mport—but 
worth of la- 
But the Morus Midticaulis is to come to 
produced 
not larger than our corn plows, and con- ggj strong at the roots and ta- j^erfectly jiure it seeks for and draws from rppg yg^r’s growth is not a sure indica- us a thousand bu.shols per acre, and 
structed without much regard to scientific pering. They have a thick covering of soft the atmosphere around all impurities. It future growth, for on exiieriment, seed potatoes can be purchased for twe 
_ . « ^ ^ • 1 __11_ I __ nAYinncinARS ^ -n i /» i a. i_ _:_l . t • . ji _ __a 
^ The first year’s growth is not a sure indica- us a thousand bu.shcls per acre, and the 
^ tion of the future growth, for on exjieriment, seed potatoes can be purchased for twenty- 
^ some plants will b^e found to have arrived five cents each, in case there are not two 
at full maturity, the first year, while others bidders for the same article. 
^ require a second, and some even a third Tree corn comes next, and for a few shil- 
year, to bring them to maturity; therefore lings farmers are told that they need be at 
,, jLa HnT^Hi Af TMArA iLon tlivpp eany uuu lapiuij' lui ua-.. un, ainA niii .iw.; -e,- - require a secoiiu, aiiu nuiuv; uveu a uuiiu. /x-e tor/t uumen nc-A-i, auu iui a nxiii- 
the ear 1 p , +i + i? + consumed, yielding largely of good beef destroyed. ^ _ ygar, to bring them to maturity; therefore lings farmers are told that they need beat 
or four inches, mid not always that Jlut p^jg As a breed, they are ex- If infection exist, where there is no per- ^p^ second year’s planting is necessary to no more expense in growing tree corn than 
little manure is made, (and that sometimes ggPgnt milkers, though some families of ceptible odor, peat charcoal may not^ be a ^p^ pj.Qjagt of each plant. Each seed in growing forest trees, 
in the woods, where it is left to decay,) and short-horns surpass others in this quality.— disinfectant On the other hand, if we ^^^p p^^p .^^pj pj-gduce a new and distinct Chinese poultry must be treated kindly 
I can not close. 
., . ++1 A 1 1 ‘Ji oAuiiicAiii Ai.u .ILWX..OW..V., .-- i all sorts of potatoes; this is a mistake. E.v- can be kept at as little cost as one of three. 
short, my astonishment is not that the lanu ^P^.^ ^p^^g^ gf p^^pp^ j j^^^y perhaps assume that so ^^jp gPow that the product of the Farming-hy-the-Book should be named 
produces no bettor, but that it jiroduces as ^leir almost exclusive breeding.” far, at least,yiea^ charcoal is a disinfectant pi^nt will be alike; but the product in this connexion; and why should not this 
well as it does. - as well as a deodorizer. g£ ^^ey plants will differ. In short the subject be written upon as well as other 
I did intend to speak of the causes of the The Peach Trade.— The piist season has Jasper W. Rogers. potato is a hybridous iilant. Hum Bugs of the daj'. Farmers are be¬ 
low state of agriculture in Virginia, but as I ^^^en the most prosperous one for the peach The simnle annlica- If seeds were taken from the balls in ginning to make a distinction betwi^i the 
^ rAVY,Yn.YY..Anr« rho.fiumer.s Rn-KA.^.nv._Ihe siranle annlica ^p^ £^p^ p,.jgp .^pp the view of planting writings of practical men and mere theorists 
fUn or^HnA■ HiAAr sliAiild bo Tilanted who have no nractical knowledcfe of the 
low state ot agriculture m Virginia, out as i —“ -^ ^ ‘ avc o TLa cimnlA nnnlira- it the seeas were laaen irom uiu uaus m a...... 
1 1 H iLi'c nvHnlA Y-miAL trade knowu foi'many yeurs. The faimers Simple Remedy. I he simp ‘PP the fall and dried with the view of plajiting writings of practical men and mere theorists 
have already extende ths aitcl orchard-keepers of New Jersey have tion for a horse’s feet which arc bnttle or ,p ^p • should be^planted who have no practical knowledge of the 
longer than its interest would warrant, I reaped a golden harvest_ from the sales of hoof bound, I_ learned from an English ';^g\pg ^ g ^^Pg Lsiderable time to subject on whiih they write, 
will desist. I can not close,however, with- this most delicious_ fruit m the New York shoer, and havmg tried it with good effect, ' ^.g. ^4^ ^ 2 PgP tfig youmr plants Yet still there are thousands who doubt 
out giving my testimony in favor of the market. If our citizens had. cause to re- and never having seen it laii, sen 1 0 ^pg^qj ^.gggjyg ^pg g^^g^g Peatment as speci- whether the dirty business of farming ought 
out giving my testimony in favor of the market. It our citizens iiaa. cause 10 re- and never Having seen lau, should receive the same treatment as speci- whether the dirty business of farming ought 
kindness and hospitality of the inhabitants in ihe fruitful store which you to be used fg^P p lied above. The seeds are almost as tena- ever to be put on clean white paper. They 
r T7ociAvn Vlvmnin Dr pourcd HI upon US, Jcrsey lias no Icss rca- Mix equal parte of tar and some sott • . pf ^pggg gf ^pg pgj.s]ain (pusley,) imagine that he who can write with facility 
of Eastein Viiginia. . v. p^ ^p^^ ^p^ has found m us grease, having the foot clean and dry, apply ^^.pgj ig.^gd ggder uall retain their vi- musT have been bred a clerk, a lawyer, or a 
Orleans Coun ty, N. Y, Not., I 80 . most fruitful customers. So both parties it hot, but not boiling, to al parts, letting it ‘ p, fgj. jP g^^s and will germinate clergyman, and therefore cannot understand 
FOWLS.-A friend of ours, in this city, has two re^onably be satisfied one with the run the shoe as much when brought to the sm-face again When much about practical farming, 
or three pairs, each, of forkings and Polands, Other hor our own sake, and for that of I^ bad cascs the application shou^ appears, it is very minute. Farmers are often led astray by stray 
which he will furnish at $1.50 per pair-or boxed our New Jersey friends, we trust Ave may every day, for a week and thmi two or ( . ^^^g g^. gggj igg^^gg, in writers—but we live in a free country and 
for transportation at $2. Tliey are fine, young bc blessed With many such prosperous and three times a week, till the. foot becomes ^ ^g sgpp,.ggs gggp publica- 
fowls. We will hand over to him any orders from fi'uitful seasons. i h ^b'ong and smo oth. _ _ • o-radually eiilai'o'e, till they become nearly tions, as do the riders ot Ae^wWicaJi I ranee. 
abroad—and tho.se who have inquired of us about , The number of b^kets of peac ies 10 is known bv its fruit.” The a quarter of aif inch in length, when the farmers should not fear to hear both sides 
such “ stock” (for whose benefit, as well as our ihto this city from ISew ^ , unfinn to this the (foe-wood first primordifil letif, similar itt form, bursts and then they can judge for themselves.^ 
frie„d’s.tlfi.par.gr«ph Is writloo,) willploasogov- 12th of August to the 12th of October, only tekcoption to hts ts the dog wood, lust jt (3 about one-third Mam. Ploughman. 
cm ihemscives accordingly. was 1,338,509. N Y. oun. wluci ^ 
