MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
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MORGAN HORSES.—GEN. GIFFORD, AGAIN. —- 
-: . . , Friend 1 
Mr. Moore:— Your paper containing the _ l quest I sen 
communication of Mr. Ingersoll on Mor- ^ \ ,< Veto ” 
gan horses has been forwarded to me here, ^ g u j b d 
and I wish the privilege to correct some er- ■ - \ III one year ol« 
rors of fact, and to make slight comments on \ ed him onc 
the article. . * ~__^ = _~ =a!BgEa::;8s ^ ^s g ^ I 1 /T \ excepting ; 
Mr. Ingersoll says “a pure Morgan 'A September, 
means a genuine Morgan, a dam unques- \ and had v 
tionably descended from a Morgan horse.” that were £ 
By the word pure I understand clean, un- 'm m lit pt^jL YV see him—t 
adulterated. When a man tells me he has ijk i|j | j equalled hi 
a pure Durham cow, I do not understand _ i II 1 IJLidg# 7 I do not 
that he means her sire was nearly half ^fog j t }s tb 
Durham, and her dam a mixture of all ppFAfITTM PR \PF VTYF PR \T)T F because it 
breeds but Durham. I believe this is a PKLMIl.M GKAl L \ 1. B • > ■* others. T 
common sense view of the matter, and in " exception < 
my former article I showed that half blood The accompanying cut is a represcnta- with the common cradle. There lias bee F 
Morgan is the highest possible grade which lion of the Grape vine or Go-ahead Cradle, a constant progress,on toward crookedness ^ 
can now be obtained, and that pure Mor- manufactured by Messrs. Nichols &Boley, in the snath for some j ears, urn uiyarc ^ ^ 
gans exist only in imagination. of Van Bnren Centre, Onondaga Co , N.Y. now nearly allied to the rad from the wind- ^ b ( 
■y,r T „ • • • Kr _. j To one of their cradles of this pattern, the mg tree that could not lay still. 
Mr. Ingersoll says, nr and State Ag. Society awarded their highest Those who have used tile grape vine era- t<J ^ • 
mg is not likely to improve the breed of Ji die most, speak in high terms of their oper- 
anv animal.” Successful breeding requires P remium • , . 1 ... . , m _ii Mr „ feet and tc 
y ; There has been much discussion among ation, and asteadily increasing demand bears 
much skill and judgment, and the history of ^ ,roi„ 0 ninrxnl nnnn tlipm hv feet and t£ 
J ° farmers and manufacturers, as to the rela- testimony to the value placed upon them Dy 
the improved breeds of cattle in England f , T i . „<• n rmwFSnn ot his tail. 
, , . . ,, b - tive value, for practical purposes, of the the farmer. The cradle ot C. Clow <x oon 
shows Ilia!, improvement as the result of ^ ^ £ commo P „. Lie. Dpon 0 f which a cut was given in No. 71 of the Howe. 
in and in breeding introduction, almost every one Rural, is of similar construction, and re- 
In my former article, this Morgan horse „ ith d i,trust, and it must be ceived the highest State premium in 1849. K “ 
MADISON COUNTY PREMIUM CALF. 
SETTING HEN 3 . 
Friend Moore According to your re* Hens should be provided with good nests 
quest I send you an account of my calf, to lay; and set in. Boxes for instance six- 
nVeto” He was sired by a Durham teen inches long and twelve wide placed in 
ve . iii. 16 J situations secure from being disturbed. 
Bull, his dam by a Devonshire, and w as -phrow ashes info old boxes, and scald them 
one year old last February. I have weigh- i ns ide and outside with boiling water. Make 
ed him once in four weeks, up to October, a fine soft nest, 'and keep a nest egg con- 
excepting an omission of three weeks in stantlyin. Addled eggs, two of three years 
September. He run with cow all summer, old ,are the best for nest eggs. Eggs in, 
F , ,, tended to be hatched must be taken care 
and had what milk the cow gave, i on ^ and handled easily; they must be gath- 
tliat were at the State Fair have called to ercd every evening in cold weather; if 
see him—they say there was no calf that t h e y are exposed to intense cold only one 
equalled him on the ground. night they lose their vitality, though do ex- 
I do not send you this statement think- ternal injury can be perceived, impel feet 
* _ . . in cirrn cnarto nr f nir»lrn£»cs nr 
PREMIUM GRAPE VINE CRADLE, 
. . , , A ,, ■ ,, ii i , . egrrs either in size, shape or thickness of \ 
ing it is tne largest calf in the world, but shou]d be r( - ( . ct J From 12 to 16 
because it may be the means of calling out may b(? gj ven t0 a Len, according to her J 
others. This calf is a cherry red, with the s j ze> r ]') ie y should be marked with a circu¬ 
mvention of a w hite face and some white l ar ink line, so that if other eggs should be 
brooding 
the improved breeds of cattle in England lftruiers “ uu ~ 
shows that improvement as the result of live value ’ for P ract,cal P ur P°?f 8 ’ 
... , • „ i ,• grape vine and the common cradle. 
“ in and in” breeding. • b f ... , 
T r .. , i their first introduction, almost ev 
In my former article, this Morgan horse ’ . 
, . . , ii . • view r ed them with distrust, and it 
was characterised as a small, compact am- 
feet and ten inches, and his length is twelve longer than the third evening after they 
„ , . . f i keep the nest. If a snow storm occurs 
feet and ten inches from his nose to the end d J^ the brooding period, hens must be 
of his tail. watched that they do not leave the nest 
He weighed 100 lbs. when born. At f or f 00 d, and neglect to return to their 
the end of one month he had gained 80 nests in time to prevent the eggs from get- 
lbs and weighed in March 180; in April ting cold. Irregularity in setting will addle 
he nained 60—May (H-Ju„el06-Jnly the eggs or stuntthe yonuR brood. A hen 
o J J tlyof Enc failpn r.o hatfih lifAi' errors or raiso 
was charnctensed as a small, compact am- confessed thc i rge „ eral appearance to those The manufacture of grain cradles in the S d f ks that has failed to hatch her eggs or raise 
mal, and admirably adapted for a road £ .Win not very nreoos- State of New York is a very extensive, and her brood onaccount of irregnantyshould 
’ / 1 unaccustomed to them, is not very prepos- State of blew York is a very extensive, anu 
horse. Across with large mares was re- j, oontended , that the extra we hope a productive branch of industry- 
commended as necessary to increase the ^ snath> and gcneral shape of Wilhin tie memory of many of our readers, 
foi - draft horses. the whole cradle is such as to enable the most of the grain crop was gathered with 
Mr. Ingebsoll is mianformed or mistaken crad]er t0 ltand near(ir tlle ^ strike into the sickle, or as among the German popu- 
in the assertion tha(» Judge Blodgett told further, and gather and discharge lation, with the reaping hook, known in Eng- 
Mr. Mason that the Genera is from a Mor- ^ ^ witt more accura . l and as the Flemish scythe. The grain cra- 
ganmare.” I was one of the joint owners cy R J , ess J ;1 b 0 r.— while the close proxim- die in many forms is now in general use. 
in the assertion thafl*' Judge Blodgett told f ra er 0 s an 
Mr. Mason that the General is from a Mor- ^ muc ^ . Ult ier 
„ T c ai • • x the clips into tc 
gan mare. I was one of the joint owners 1 
of the General, w T hen purchased of the an< ^ ess a ' 
Judge, and the bargain was negotiated by ^ t ' le & raln 
Mr. Mason, who at that time informed me t( ^ ^ ie ^ an 0 
that Judge Blodgett said he did not know ao ^ cS 
whether the dam of General Gijford pos- cc | me ^ ie resls ^' 
sessed any Morgan blood or not. As an ^R b cssc cmp 
owndi-, I was anxious to ascertain that fact, Water I 
and employed Mr. Wier to investigate it 
for me. He did so, and much to my sor- According i 
row, found there was no Morgan blood on rated, daily, 1.1 
104—September 80—October 65 lbs. be considered incompetent, and not be per- 
When one year old he weighed 1,040 lbs. mitted to set again. When a hen has 
Yours, C. Britt. feathered her nest and remains on it in 
Perryviiie, n. y., May, 1851 . ' the evening, she should be set with the 
__ _ _ requisite number of eggs. A good way 
A3HES FOR MANURE. to manage a hen that is shy, is to catch 
- her adio'tly, hold her quiet, fix the eggs 
The true value of ashes to the farmer j n tbe nest) p U ^ h er ] ie ad under a wing, 
has long been unknown, and even now is sw j n g h er rapidly in circular motion for 
ity of the grain on the fingers of the cradle though the horse power Reapers, where j ust beginning to be appreciated. The soap ha]f ' a minute, replace her on the nest 
to the hand of the cradler on the nib, en- farmers have a crop to warrant it, are rep- boiler’s agents have long been allowed to q U i e t]y, and with the giddiness produced 
m u;™ * n sustain the weight and over- resented as being a saving in time and ex- carry away the most valuable fertilizer pro- b tbe c j rcu l ar motion her shyness will 
ables him to sustain the weight over b „ weI1 . dneed by the farmer, and leave in return ,jj b id( , and she will be likely to stay rn 
come the resistance of tbe gram m cutting pc , g i J po^r brooms and wor se tea. Many an an- ber nesb 
with less comparative labor than can be done _ ti -book farmer has hauled plaster miles to j n general eggs that are set early in 
— ■■■ ' - ■ ■ his farm, and paid a high price for the same tbe spring,batch well, and early broods 
WATER EXHALED BY PLANTS. fording from its own substance any part of when there was no lack of the element in jf cared for thrive; this season they may 
- the nourishment of the plant. In this way his soil, and he was but “ carrying coal to be expected to thrive unusually on tbe 
i reToxomvm TThIps. a sunflower evaoo- . . NTrawwactlp ” trhilp at. the same time he sold _*_to offVawlnrl Kw tUo 1 rxrv, nc + 
the side of the dam. To show this fact, 10,000 plants tothe oldA ess,an««,tnoy flu = nccs which r8pidly determine the death fiTJwon^r thafhUlands shoufi become 
was my object in writing my former article, would, in 120 days, exhale l, 5 uu,uuu ids. of pIanta> and converts them into humus.- “ worn out,” and himself exceedingly dis- 
and to caution the public against an incor- of water. _ Herein we see the foundation of the varie- satisfied with the seasons and moon. 
YOU MUST. 
and to caution the public against an incor- of water. 1 Herein we see the foundation of 
rect statement which had appeared in this A cabbage exhaled in twelve hours ot ^ ^ tatk)n in different parts of the 
paper, though I carefully avoided impugn- the day 1 lb. 6 oz. of water. The average ^ ^ determining cauge of the 
ing the motive of any one, and with extreme number of plants per acre, would in 120 & yegetation 
regret, I saw that Mr. Ingersoll in his re- days, exhale 1,200,000 lbs. . We have comp i le d the above'f 
pR, allowed what he thought his personal A dwarf pear tree exhaled in ten hours . . , f B 
interest, so far to influence his more candid 0 f the day, 15 lbs. of water. The trees of dtn - 
feelings as to endeavor to impugn my mo- an acre would exhale in 120 days, 3,600,- CARROTS FOR HORSES 
tives by attributing them to disappointment 000 lbs. of water; and one third may be We have received the comm’ 
because bis horse cf mature age, and exten- added for the grass among the trees, ma- W. R, who is mistaken as to oui 
sausneu wnu uie ^ j WISH (says Bill Borrow of LendvUle, in 
Every plant contains inorganic dements Ploughman,) to enforce the above 
which are, as all know, indispensable to its J .» 4e of buying every 
growth; these elements are the ashes of want? It takes a good deal of 
the plants. These resulting from the com- do lf n °i g hb 0r will 5 
Kirxoki/->r. r.f xxrrviH Pnntflln ITIfinV Ol the RlOSt - . . ? S 
ively known, had been noticed in a recent king for the acre nearly 5,000,000 lbs of ^several’"articles inourearly (pearlash.) The abundance of this ingre 
publication to tbe exclusion of my colt, water. . 
which had never been out of my own neigh- An acre of 40,000 square feet planted 
borhood, or cracked into public notice. If with hops, exhaled in 120 days, 4,250,000 we w ifl give a synopsis. _ which as a genetal rule is noiioic inai oi g^ m jjqj was y ws ^ going to use his horse 
the ages of the horses, and the opportuni- lbs. of water through the hops alone. Two bushels of oats and one of carrots is p f st ^ n ia '^ 'Votnnomui of two w ^ en ^ sent and Captain Slocum 
success would have given me no disagree- annua exhaled, according to Schubler, dai > . t f carrots may be increase d. With ter result than either when applied singly ^ gtubb vvas>si g J oing ° to use his chains 
able or envious feeling, for tbe observation on an average during the summer 33.12 guch food horse8 w ju en joy good health and I take a small shovel with which 1 put when j wanted them. Sam Smith was;».‘f 
of most people has long since shown them cubic inches of water. Thus, an acre ot g pi,.j ts , a l oose hide, shining coat, and im- about one gill upon eac i u , carr > 1 g0 ; ng to get his oxen shod when I wanti d 
that the length of the “puff” blown for man meadow land, about 6,000,000 lbs. proved digestion. It may be thus explain- ashes ^to the fiek upon a a ‘ a(nv aa AJ se to borrow them, and Tim Simkins was just 
A^in, to Sc,^ 
of pay received, than the value of the man England upon the acre of ^40,000 squaie _ ^ golutiong conta ined in hills immediately after planting, which pre- tQ o . pt tbem are things for myself and 
or thing which is “puffed.” feet, at the utmost during the 120 days of tbe storaacb 0 f the horse. Carrots contain eludes the possibility ot injuring the young n( j :, m j st b ke ^ nd j got fom, and a tig load 
Mr. Ingersoll’s article seems to pre-sup- summer, 1,600,000 lbs. of water. Accord- pedic ac ^ a single drop of which, when plants, as is sometimes done by applying ig ()ff my gtomach . And somehow a 1 my 
pose that my object in writing the former ing to the researches of Dalton and oth- mixed with the juice ot an orange or other theimi:^ ^ neighbors look cheerful^ and are just as wil- 
F , \ • • / - ., A , • v 41 ;,.4 TMxri of this water flows fruit, immediately turns it into a jelly, and to which tms mixture nas ocen appaeu, d nothing. And on the 
article, was to injure (unjustly) Ins horse, ers, a third part, at !least, of water Bows ^ ^ us0 it for this ripen several days earlier and give a much J rienc = j have reve rse<l 
and recommended my own. In this he is into the rivers. A considerable quantity Soups in which carrots have been greater yield than rows through the same t ° x t, so that you may read it now, “ Buy 
mistaken. A reference to my former arti- evaporates immediately. I bus it appears, bode d are always gelatinous when cold, and field which are not so treated. when you can, and borrow when you must.’” 
cle will show that I forebore to say any at most, there is left on the acre only about are more eas ij y digested when used as food, One half of the earthy matter ot po a- --——- 
thingoi my horse except to give his pedi- 800,000 lbs. of water disposable for plants tlia £ b ““P a r p r0 p ertie s- ^son LTsee°t^ir vaC al a‘fertifaer“for FAESI J TOTEHALS. 
gree, while all was said in favor of Mr. In- and for evaporation. I he evaporation of sli ce P of this plant thrown into a this crop. It is from a lack of potash that These are among the most convenient 
gersoll’s horse, which truth would war- the soil itself is- estimated to amount to ^ water render s it ropy and gelatin- many farmers lose from 50 to 100 bushels inventions of modern farming. No farmer 
rant, and with this ha should have been 2,000,000 lbs. per acre in 120 days. ° us and f or this reason it is a specific for of potatoes per acre every year. If a far- should fail to keep a copious and correct 
content Other gentlemen in this State We may learn from these calculations summer complaint with children. mer has in his soil potash enoug \ to oim Journ.i o a ns* , .UpAq,.— ^ 
, ,, . b , . j . , J . r • V 1 rile „ra thr^ dumr of a horse fed 200 bushels of potatoes per acre, and other count should be opened with the laim, oc- 
have Morgan horses, whom judges have dc- lhat the quantity of ram which falls up- By exam, nng the d “”| °f “ nd 0 ^ e consti tuen(s sufficient for 300, it is evident copying one department, and a diary of 
cided at least equal to Mr. Ingersoll’s, and on a given surface is not a measure oi undigested hay or oats, and there- that the result will be a loss of 100, which labors, experiments, &c., should fill another. 
I did not like to see an editorial in so cele- it s fruitfulness, but the quantity of moist- ^ legg , u - des 0 f tbo se materials are the application of ashes would have pre- Many forms for the Journal have been de- 
brated and useful a paper as Moore’s Ru- ure, the absolute and relative quantity of necessm r than when half the amount swal- vented. Such cases often occur. Yet, in vised, hut every one should iLguate tns 
ral New-Yorker, even as a newspaper vapor which yearly, and especially during lowed is parted with in an undigested state, a ton of potatoes there is but 12 poun so uiatter ui_ ijlr^Uho^r] 1 nn^f^Hhor^he- 
puff, give Mr. Ingeksoll's horse a relative those months which are most important for Fjrtomnj animals ^he carrot is cqm% VAhe production of tog dtaontinued. as there is a pleasure ac- 
standing which does not belong to him. vegetation, is contained in the atmosphere. '«“ u «>ie, 1 Y P the other 100 bushe i s wou ld have been but companying it, which is readily acknowl- 
E. Marks. It is certa i n then, that the soil, in order wi J ter fed on carrots> j 3 equal in fl'avor to trifling. f d g ed and en j°y ed even b y the most indo ' 
La Saiie, Illinois, May 12 ,1851. to nourish plants, must absorb a large quan- that supplied from clover in summer, while Ashes should never be mixed with barn- lent- . 
Remarks.— Our notice of Gen. Gifford was not f fVlA „ fmnt . n v 1 p r p and tLo hutter made from the milk is finelv col- yard manure, as they contain caustic alkili, I therefore advise every one to piocure 
intended as a “newspaper poflf.” A par. of the ‘>‘7 » f from «* atm » s P liere " and ; ‘‘N“7, fla ” d and will neutralise the acid which fixes the a suitable mannscr pt, and commence im- 
language used was not ours, as staled, yet we had consequently must possess the necessary , |s ,” nl ,) in j n , r Droper proportions of ammonia in the manure, setting the latter mediately. An hour, or even an half hour 
no doubt of its correctness. We had no interest properties for that purpose. This property bone du;rsulpl.uric%SrpotLh‘a„,l com- free to the great deprecation of the value each day, will be as much time as w, be 
to subserve in the matter—never received a far- i s only possessed to a great extent among ga j t gqq busbe i s 0 f ] 0 ng orange, or of the manure. I. will conclude by advising necessary to Journalise all the import mt 
thing, directly or indirectly, for the notice-and of the or iai na l constituents of the soil, by clay, i i 0 0 bishels of white Belgian carrots, my readers to save your ashes , not for the transactions in which he is called to engage; 
course what we said was not “graduated by the gQ ^ soil free f r0 m clay is unfruitful- maybe easily raised per acre, while the soap-boiler, but as food for your hungry and if truthfutoe* and 
amount of pay” (such things are not done in this _ . J . . rp , liin j fn nrnduce one-tenth the crops, and lf you find any of your neigh- served as they should be, he will lm\e, at 
particular locality,) but by what we supposed to or in other words is less pro uc iv . ^ f t have sold our crop of bors who prefer 12^ cents to a bushel of the end of the year, a volume werth more 
be the facts in the case. We knew that Gen. Gif- primitive vegetation of ’the earth enriched ^ q stable keep . ashes, you will find it a profitable invest- to him in the regulation and management 
ford had been advertised for years, m the Albany tbg go q by j tg d ea th with a substance (Av- f ’NTrxxx-irrl- ot Kfi c.Pnts nor hiMhel. and ment to make the exchange.—A. G. K. in of his future labors than many of the ag- 
richness of a tropical vegetation. tbe D i an t s These resulting from the com- UUII o j T . ,, - n 
J , X -i- Cl 1 .T • , 1 b money to do so. It your neighbor will 
We have compiled the above from SQhlei- bin ation of wood contain many of the most ^ Qn] some lhe too f s and pa 
d “' S PrinCiplCS .°. f ”l an A_ IXesmid'^“w.clnnd'coreAontan ^ P-*1» a '’ <1 ‘ 1 “’ r f ™ 
CAEEOIS JOE HORSES. » large proportion of potavh, consequently £«■ ^““boreoinng^nce ° Wei? 
We have received the communication of ashes are a most valuable manure for those ^ w doctrine—if not n so many 
W. R., who is mistaken as to our not having crops. Ffty-nme per cent of the ash ot wordg ^ / and in pracl i ce . 
written on the use of carrots as food for hor- corn is composed of the carbonate of potas 1 fiut be fo re j ong j f uund f armer A. was 
ses. There are several articles in our early (pearlash.) lhe abundance of this ingre- readjn tbe pi oug hman just when I wan- 
numbers on this subject, but as many of dient in wood ashes constitutes their great ^ | nd j; m Joneg wanted t0 chop when- 
our subscribers have notour early numbers, value as a fertilizer or 1 a linpor an ciop, ever j wished to borrow his best axe, and 
we will give a synopsis. which as a general rule is double that o wag . tQ uge hig h6rge 
was just going to use his planes and au¬ 
gers when I had anything to mend, and 
Bill Stubb was just going to use his chains 
And on the 
thing of my horse except to give his pedi 
FARM JOURNALS. 
gree, while all was said in favor of Mr. In- and for evaporation Tiie evaporation of ^ ^thto^slice of tois* plant ^brownintoa this crop 
gersoll’s horse, which truth would war- the soil itself is- estimated to amount to ^ of renders it ropy and ge l at i n - many farr 
; original consuiuems ui tue sun, uy j iqu bustieis oi wime Belgian carrois, —v ; v- --, - ^ tu 
that a soil free from clay is unfruitful- maybe easily raised per acre, while the soap-boiler but as food for your hungry and rf touthfdn^ jind ex^tnde ae ob- 
„„rd, is less nrorluctive. The same land will no. produce one-tenth the crops, and if you find any of your neigh- served as they should he wfil have at 
be the facts in the case. We knew that Gen. Gif- primitive vegetation of 'the earth enriched 
ford had been advertised for years, m the Albany tbe go jj by gg d ea th with a substance (Av¬ 
ers of Newark, at 50 cents per bushel, and 
Cultivator and Genesee Farmer, as a pure Mor- v wb ; cb a ] s0 p0S esses this property and ld have sold another thousand bush- Dollar Newspaper. 
rr/vn. f and was he not while Mr. Marks was one ’ . 1 . . . , , _ . T r-r , • 
, ’ x iranooUaneatoiim which in proportion to its abundance els or more at the same price. — Working - 
of his owners?) and never saw any evidence to the A „ r ic pudi tn a farmer 
contrary. _ Ed. produces a luxurious vegetation without af- Farmer. iUlN 13 cash t0 a larmer ’ 
ricultural works, such as “Farrivrs,” “Apia¬ 
rians,” “Diseases of Animals,” and such 
like trash, can be to any one. — Ger. Tel. 
