VOLUME II. NO. 9. I 
ROCHESTER, N. Y.-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1851. 
General Intelligence, the Markets, &c., &c. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
ASSISTED BY 
J. H. B1XBY, L. WETHERKLL, and H. C. WHITE. 
CONTRIBCTORfl AND CORRESPONDENTS: 
THE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE. 
-j WHOLE NO. fit, 
BLEEDING IN THE POCKET, 
It is said “ that bleeding a partially blind 
horse at the nose will restore him to sight, 
—but to open a man’s eyes you must bleed 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER* hares, partridges, ducks, snipe, teal, &c., is lost On account of the scarcity o 1 wood, 8iU-Ult Uf . .f’ uaiuu ^ iuiva ' - 
a wBKKi-Y joornax, devoted to are much cheaper—perhaps cheaper than few wood fires are used; the luel is com- j F we desire to be good, practical, sue- It is said “ that bleeding a partially blind 
Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanic Arte and Sci- in the city of New York. Butter, which, posed of coal, coke, peat and faggots. Coal cessfu } f armer8 we must study Agriculture; horse at the nose will restore him to sight, 
cue©, Education, Rural and l^estic ^ or ^ ay ’ as before said, is generally poor in quality, fires are neither as pleasnn cleanly, nor axi d there are few pursuits in which there —but to open a man’s eyes you must bleed 
General Intellig ence, t e r e , c., . ^ wortb f rom twenty to thirty-eight cents wholesome as wood fires. ; s a w i der fi e ] d open f or inquiry. A farmer him in the pock, t” If this is the case, 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, per pound. Eggs, which it is difficult to rural dwellings — construction, &c. m understand, as his father did, the ev- why do not the farmers awake from their 
H BJXBY , wethSeix! ard h. C. WHITE, obtain fresh, arc worth from fifteen to twen- The dwellings of the rural population in ej , y day pr | nc ip] es 0 f forming operations present somnific state to clearer vision, for 
^r^^r^d^rrhepondentv,: ty-five cents per dozen. Cheese, usually England, are mostly small, being but one ^ enough to make a i iving f or himself; verily of all classes they are bled, or bleed 
j,. b. jlanoworthy, onitfiTER DinvicY, ll. b., good, retails at ten to fifteen cents per lb. story, and from twelve to twenty leet square bu ^ there is much more ahead which may themselves most freely “in the pocket. 
af ! i £cSapmahT IT * w-.^waijjack Shaw, Vegetables differ but little in price from on the ground. Some are built of brick, be reached by a little exertion. He must When I see a former buying tho various 
Myron 1 adamr, samobl iwouiioN, those of tlic New York markets. Potatoes some ol stone, and some of mud and straw note every P rinciple, and watch the effects seeds used on his farm—and giving one 
f. w.^Lay, 0 *’ w" k! w V ychoeV. 0 f fine quality retail at the rate of forty to or wood plastered on the outside; the roo.s every new system and endeavor to follow hundred per cent more than it would cost 
K. m Warren."’ w. i).’ /uu™ L ’ seventy-five cents per bushel, although they are hatched with straw or covered with a p tbe most profitable modes in every de- to raise them himself—I think that man is 
I,. B. Lano worthy, 
WlLLlAM GaRBOTT, 
8. P. Chapman, 
David Bit, 
Myron Adams, 
H. P. Norton, 
F. W. Lay, 
T. E. Wetmorb, 
R. B. Warren, 
Archibald Stone, 
Ohrster Dewey, ll. b., 
J. Clement, 
W. Wallace Shaw, 
R. G. Pardee, 
Sampbl Mouijson, 
Jab. H. Wattb, 
W. K. Wyckoeb, 
W. n. Bribtol, 
W. I). Allis, 
L. D. Whiting. 
o°th^ic^i?8^™and literary are uniformly sold by weight at retail.— tile8 or filate - Man y of the8 ° ,10US<-S have partment of husbandry. As I have before j losing blood “ in the pocket” 
And numerous others—practical, acienunc, and me* - - j „- j o . , f . . 11 ,, t ’ w 
writers— whose names are neceseariiy omitted. Flour, which is usually good, is sold in sacks only a single loom, but, are genei <ui} m a sa j(j ( by following from year to year, the The farmer who lets the manure leach in 
" rnocKESS anp impbovp 1 " 1 ^ of about one hundred pounds each, at near- and possess an air of oheeriulness and com- one mo dus operandi he may make a living b ; s barnyard, one or more years, before 
■ - ■ ■ ~ r ' — ly New York prices. Nearly all the bread * or k * be gardens and jauls are usual!} —be may do well—ne may grow rich; but spre aciing it on his fields—where he turns 
LETTERS OH and pastry of London, as in most European laid out regularly and planted with shrub.- J think it would be more interesting and it or.ly four or five inches under the surface, 
EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE, ETC. j cities, are made by bakers and pastry cooks. I and flowers, with small grass plats and neat more profitable—ii he were to note the ad- and * ben blames the fates that be has no 
uv m. m. rodgers, m. d. Pot vegetables of all kinds are of excellent walks between; the whole being enclosed vantagea 0 f the different modes of applying better cropR _ is unconsciously “ bleeding in 
- quality, and are sold at about New York by a thorn hedge or wicker fence. About manure —the adaptation of certain crops to tbe pocke t.” 
ENGLA ND. prices. tbc doors and windows are tielhses and hit- certa i a so il s —the best method of feeding When a farmer sends his daughters to a 
LONDON MARKETS, &c. Fruits of most kinds, excepting grapes, tice work, overhung with creeping vines and catt l e —the most suitable and advantageous ne jghboring town to learn manners, viz:— 
London, January, lfoi. are inferior to those grown in New York, flowers. In some places these cottages are way8 0 f keeping winter apples, potatoes, buW to kill time and a fond mother on their 
The Houses in and about the metropolis There are now many varieties of apples and in clusters, forming small hamlets, witn nar- ^— tbe best remedies for the diseases of re tum home, by drumming on a piano, read- 
are generally very fine, and command high pears in the markets, some of which are the row streets, and lawns, so reguhu ly ai i ar.g- | ds gtock—and indeed everything pertaining j ng n0V(J | g> and spinning street yarn, while 
prices. The English cart horse, is of stout best the country produces and thought to be ed as to resemble the courts and bufidings tQ tbe ru j vaxi ta.ge, success and profit ol sbe is slaving in the kitchen; he is opening 
buikl and very large—weighing from fifteen very superior, but in N. York and New Jersey of an extensive palace, in miniature. 1 hesc ,« tbe tiller of the soil.” tbe ar te r ies of his pocket, 
to twenty-four hundred pounds each, and they would be used only for making cider, 1‘ttle villages are usiially * n tbe vicinity of i> ut tbey should also look farther than Arr , dn . ^en I see a farmer sending an 
valued at two to six hundred dollars. They or feeding to animals. The apples are most- the parish church, t he cottages are often their own experience in such matters, for on ] y * on ’ t0 a distant town to school, with 
have heavy mane, tail and fetlocks, are ly of small size, tough, fibrous, astringent, leased with a few acres of land, from which, wbo is tbere that knows so much about p ] ent y 0 f pocket money to be used in ob- 
xnostly brown or bay, and usually walk at a and some varieties very sour and ill-flavored; with industry and rigid economy, the ten- agr j cu i ture that there are none wise enough • farg> swee t me ats, and liquors; I 
the arteries of his pocket. 
Again; when I see a farmer sending an 
only son to a distant town to school, with 
plenty of pocket money to be used in ob¬ 
taining cigars, sweetmeats, and liquors;—I 
fast pace, but in a clumsy manner, and draw and the same is true of pears. As this is ants are enabled to obtain a scanty but com- l0 ] ea rn them something. Watch the pro- invo ] untari ] v sav to myse lf “misguided 
r . . _ . • e . __ 1 _T_ • _ \ __1 ci.K.ictorvin i» r _-1.5_ __ J „11 J J J ’ o 
man, you are nursing a leech in your 
pocket.” 
When you see a farmer who thinks it de- 
enormoue loads. I am certain that one of not the season for cherries, peaches and fortable subsistence. i ceedings of your neighbors, and gather all ^ are Qur - a leecb iu your 
thc&e horses K.uolly draws ac many him- plums, I have not. seen any, but am inform- Vhe of the ;?.rge form ra ar.c information likely to advance your » 
dredS/at a load as an ordinary span in ed they are very large and fine; this how- land owners are often very extensive ana system< Don’t be incredulous and supercil- J w hcn you see a farmer who thinks it de- 
America, and thi B , too,' on a wagon or cart ever, one might reasonably doubt, if he elegant. They are builtot the same mate- iouS) or sufficiently wise to despise the , rr;ldin , ; to j abor y0 u may point to a man 
weighing two or three times as much as were to judge from the appearance of the rials as the smaller class, but more rub knowledge and instructions of jour neigh- ^ ^ h ’ aye no blood to j et m ^ 
ours. The gentleman’s coach or hunting trees and the quality of apples and pear/, stantially, and better lighted and ventilated. bors —f or socket 
horse, is a beautifully formed animal, ele- Whether the climate is too wet, and not Someot them are surrounded by elegantly “There are more things in Henvon and Earth, • -^ ben vou see a voung former joined /a 
ed at two to twelve hundred dollars. Many that gr'own in the Middle Stntes, and even ^ ie gate-ways and porticos arc often seen 
donkeys are used by the poorer classes, J Q t b o south of Europe. Grapes here, as pieces of carving and statuary, and in the 
such as small farmers, market-men, porters j n France, aro far superior to any I have gardens and courts small fountains. Some 
Knowledge ana insirucuous 01 uoigu- ^ yf . {l ^ haye nQ blood to let in 
b0rs ~ f ° r x, , pocket. 
Than you dream of in your philosophy.” When you see a young former jouied. 1a 
Therefore, if any new ideas are presented to a life-partnership with a young woman who 
you by otherr, whether practically ortheoret- has not the least knowledge of the manifold 
ically, don’t cast them aside because no such duties of a farmer's wife; one who cannot - 
ideas were handed down from your great- distinguish between common sense and ua- 
grand-father to grand father—from grand- common nonsense, or truth and fiction; 
father to father—and finally from your fa- one who don’t like to make bread as well as 
and draymen; they are small, but very seen in the Status-being large, tender, of these places have a veiy ancient appear ^ ^ But reflect 0 n it and if after to eat sweetmeats; to roast a goose as well 
strong and faithful, and easily kept—weigh geshy, sweet and doliciouly flavored; both anca they are usually some distance sounding tho depths of your own reasoning as to act like one; to set her table as well 
from one hundred and fifty to five hundred ,he seeds and skins are thtnner and more from the street or load and surrounded by g of Ula , ; t may be m to sit for a pietare; aUen d to the calls 
pounds each, and are worth from four to tender than ours, and tho tyhole » nearly terms m a htgh stole of ou ttraUnn. ^ ^ e (s it8elf> make ^ of of her husband and „ bMre „ M well M to 
fifteen dollars. The palfrey » a small and free from any acrid or astrmgent taste. fhe most durable material tor bndd.ng, lhat f ’ r (f be ralional and philo _ those of her fashionable neighbors; to earn 
elegantly formed horse, trained mostly for boil of SURREY and kent codnties. ^ a c }j maU ‘, witl. ^ 1 m ? Leonade. I fine clothes, as well as to wear them, to 
a ladies’ riding and driving horse. Many The ^ from Ii0ndon to Folkatone at the tlie exception, perhaps, ol granite and one --. —- work over butter as well as to thumb over 
ponies are also in use m London, particu- mouth of the Thames, through Surrey and or two varieties ol marble, is brick. Whether THE WHEAT CR OP. SN OW DRAINING. noyels . tQ hear tbe pratt j e 0 f a cbdd as 
iarly as family and children’s horses—being Kent counties, is mostly rather poor-being ^ere is anything w die materials used, or Friend Moore After reading an arti- well as listen to the scream of a fiddle; or 
gentle, easily kept and not high priced. in some places sandy and in others mostly ^ | e manner ® m, ' na ac ure ca c ] e j n tbe Kural, headed “ Deep snow—its to soil her pretty hands by contact with the 
Cattle designed for the shambles arc chalk with little clay or organic matter.— br,ck buildings to en ure onger m one c 1 - ^ „ th thought occurre d to me, that abominable dish cloth, the horrid mop, the 
THE WHEAT CROP.—SNOW—DRAINING. 
iarly as family and children’s horses—being Kent counties, is mostly rather poor-being there 18 aa y thm S m “ e “ a ‘ us ^ ’ 0r Friend Moore After reading an arti- well as listen to the scream of a fiddle; or 
gentle, easily kept and not high priced. in some places sandy and in others mostly ^ | e manner ® ™ <ailu ac ure ca c ] e j n t be Rural, headed “ Deep snow—its to soil her pretty hands by contact with fcho 
Cattle designed for the shambles arc chalk with little clay or organic matter.— bnck buildings to enc ure onger m one <u- the thought occurre d to me, that abominable dish cloth, the horrid mop, the 
generally well fatted and bring high prices. In some other parts, however, there is a mate than another, I am una e o earn- poss i b i y ^me 0 f t h e injury sustained by the stickey dough, or the much dreaded hand- 
Tho best pieces of beef retail in the stalls proper mixture of clay, sand and chalk for bufc that bnck structures withstand t e ray- ^ Jn yQur g ut(?) m ; gbt be prevent- spreading, finger-scorching ironing flats. - I 
for twelve to twenty cento per pound. Beef a good soil; these places are generally very ages of time and the vicissitudes oi weather ^ ^ pay}ng proper atlcnt i on to the culti- repeat when you see a young farmer take 
in England is of superior quality, being well cultivated, and produce good crops of »r centuries longer m some countries han and draiMge of tho j and . such a companion, you can iu truth predict, 
more sweet and tender than most beef grass and grains. The gcneial face of the ia olbers ’ 18 “ ot a aiatter ol T uestlon ' ln HavinK i e f t your State before it wastho’t “that man will have to lose considerable 
found in the United States. This is owing country is rather level than otherwise, with the States, brick buildings seldom y f th farmer to examine into the blood in his pocket.” 
partly to the cattle being mostly young, and a considerable proportion of poor and wet stand more than thirty to one 
partly to the tender, nutritious pasture, land, which requires draining and reclaim- years,—but in Europe, I have s 
,, j Hayino-left vour State before it was tho’t “ that man will have to lose considerable 
s seldom ° J ... ... 
hundred neccssar y ^ or tbe f armer examine into the blood m hia pockc-t.” 
seen b cause of the failure of his crop, I do not When I see a farmer stubbornly refusing 
, know but that, in your climate, the winter to adopt any of the improvements of the 
roots and oil cake on which they arc fatted, ing before it is fit for tillage. Timber is dreds ot structures, suea aa royal palaces, ^ ^ wheat difforenl i y f rom what it does age until driven into it by necessity, I point 
American oil cake is used here extensively rather scarce and of small growth. chhkjsuuu wmu.ui«j, p ‘ v ‘! in this sectiou, But here, after many ex- to him as a man who has had his eyes open- 
for feeding animals, and is thought to be coke ovens. are 111 & P erkct stale °} an< periments and the closest observation, I am ed by “letting blood in the pocket” 
superior to any other kind. Ilogs ioi the At holkestoue, a large business is carried . . , , y , forced to believe that in ninety-nine cases When I hear a man say that he knows 
market are worth from fifteen to seventy- 0 n in the manufacture of coke from bifeu- V ^ ° We '® sne fo in a hundred * what is cbar g ed to tbe win * enough about farming, and that there is no 
live dollars each, and the pork, which is mi nous coal. For this purpose large brick , f . b - k f rn m the^ wills tor, should be charged to the former. I nee d of agricultural books and papers for 
very fine, is retailed at ten to fifteen cents ovens, with chimneys forty to one hundred , ’ 1 l< , ’ , d wish to ask a few questions, to be answered him> l fear be will never get his eyes open- 
per pound. Great numbers of small pigs feet in height, arc erected in the suburbs ’ " are a]so by your observing wheat growers. e d, bleed as much as he may. But there 
are brought to London and sold by the 0 f the town. The coal is brought from the ' n . . , * f d f d Does the wheat plant die when covered ig a cheap and spec ifi c rCDaedy hoth for his 
butchers, for pork pies, jellies and roasting. coa l field in the west of England, down the „ ^ ^ befor ° ^ with snow, for want of air? Would it be- b]indness and f or his depletion, and that is 
Sheep, which are very large and always fat, Thames in flat boats. It is first pulverized on eartb Various ex plana- come suffocated if the snow was removed at _ a good Agricultural Paper. a. c. a 
are worth in market from six to twenty dol- finely and then thrown into the ovens and V 1 1 \ .. j._ anytime before thawing? Would it be- Livonia, N. Y., Feb., issi. 
, . ai f J . a , ... . „ tions are given to account lor this diner- J ° , . .. .. _ . _ 
lars each; the mutton nas the single fault of burnt until the pitch or bitumen is all , ®_ . . , „ , ,, come a rotten mass if the water should pass 
being too fat ' burnt out, and no smolo ariues, from the <=“«’ but b on, { ^ ^ k * M quickly from the surface to a drain of snf- T “ Maaachusctts Ploughman haosome 
Poultkv U very high priced in all parts conduction. The coal is not, converted ° lhers to draw ‘ gg 1 . " 1 — ficient depth-either under or surface, or “ Jee P P 1 ""*- Hc s “f 
JOS x • X tVnc mnono “ ha vrvrvrQ rvl nrvviY tyak rr 
,her scarce and of small growth. abbeys and cathedrals, the walls cl which 
coke ovENa are in a P er ^ ct state perservation, and 
At Folkestone, a large business is carried whicl ' date llu!ir ercction back 
market are worth from fifteen to seventy- on in the manufacture of coke from bitu- ^,°. n ? ^ Vc hundred ycai... In trit 
five dollars each, and the pork, which is minous coal. For this purpose large brick Museum in Don on, saw sp> u 
of the country. A good turkey in the Lon- into ooke, which is drawn out of the oven Supply of Fuel. -The early springtime both if needed ? o r> finally, would it re-1 tbls racan3 ’ “ 5 r0 J 0 cora may , 
don market, is worth from two to twelve in irregular spongy masses, several times is the proper season for preparing fuel for ce i ve any material injury from winter, pro-1 encoura g ed t0 run 80 dee P as to kee P lhe 
dollars, nnd during the holidays often much lighter than the coal It burns with little summer use. The man whom one sees v ided it had a good root in the fall, if the | ears S reen t0 ° lon S- Hot and dry summers 
more. Geese are worth from seventy-five flame and no smoke. In large towns the compelled to leave the fallow or the harvest , and was thoroughly cultivated and drained, ard alwa > s best for th ‘ s cro P:’ , Uat deep 
oents to two dollars and fifty cents each;— bitumen from the coal used to make coke, field to procure a load of wood, impresses unl ^ s thc soii was muc k or contained too i )lowln S has to do Wltu “ akm 8 tlie se; J sonS 
chickens from thirty-eight to seventy-five is manufactured into gas, for ligh.ing—but oue with a poor opin on of h a domestic gre at a proportion of vegetable matter? c ^ ld ““ wet is more than we have been 
cents each. Wild game, such as rabbits, in small towns, it is allowed to escape and management and economy. Oakland Co., Mich., issi. l.c. able to “ diskiver. ’ 
cold and wet is more than we have been 
able to “diskiver.” 
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