MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
I do not wish to bo tedious, but before I 
closo, allow me to inquire of your readers, 
what has been the result of their expci i~ 
ments in preserving the evergreen corn for 
winter eating. Mine has proved a failure. 
It was packed in a basket, and suspended 
by a cord from tho roof of tho cellar—the 
cellar was too damp, or the corn too closely 
packed, probably, as most of the corn was 
mouldy. Not so with tho sweet potatoes ; 
they are in a good state of preservation. 
West Macedon, N. Y., 1852. I. W. B. 
POULTRY HOUSES, 
A REMEDY FOR LICE ON CATTLE AND MORSES. 
Eds. Rural :—I noticed in Yol. 3d of the 
Rural, a sketch from a correspondent rel¬ 
ative to building hen houses contiguous to 
horse stables, or having hens roost near 
horses; which plan ho disapproved of on 
account of his horse obtaining lice from the 
9 
ga^cd on anv topic, than may now bo found dhis is our finalitt on rats. Let a farm- 
on" the subject of farming, including all its er try it thoroughly, and if it fails, ho may 
various branches. For tho next half ceil- set down tho advice among tho follies of 
tury, at least, it promises to be the popular book farming, and set down tho author as a 
profession ; and as our material salety and humbug. __ 
continumco depends on our being an agri- „f _ t>„4. 
cultural people, producing within ourselves, SPY 
as far as possible, the means of supplying TriE Journal of Agriculture, in an article 
our own wants, wo are glad to see the young on Rots in Horses, written in its usual racy 
and zealous engaging in its healthy and on- g j ves us a biography of this name sake 
nobliiig pursuits. _ 0 f j 0IIN Tyler's bed-fellow. Ho says : 
Improvement of Dairy Stock. T h 0 parents are called bot-flies, and bc- 
Tiie Ohio Cultivator prefixes a statement long to the family (Eeslridre. Tho female, 
of a dozen or so of remarkable cows, with in the latter part ot summer, deposits eggs 
SMEOil 
these words of caution and advice on the 
improvement of the Dairy Stock of tho 
State : 
on the hair of tho horse, usually on the 
sides and fore-legs of tho animal, where they 
may easily he reached by his tongue. Their 
eggs, or nits, appear like little hay seeds, 
■*- < extravagant prices for Durham, Devon, Ay- tongue, and the egg that contains our hero- 
v[ GATES. ■ rshiro or any other particular breed; on ine is then carried into nis mouth, where it 
— the contrary wo believe that as good dairy is hatched by the warmth and moisture al- 
The only difference in passing a cows are to bo found among our native or most immediately into a maggot, and thus 
on horseback is thisIn pulling mixed breeds, as among the finest of the swallowed, reaches tho theatre of opera- 
IMPROVEMENT III FARM GATES. 
YVe have been furnished by Mr. Enoch j again. 
dairy purposes, lias never yet been decided; 
hence wo shall not urge our readers to pay 
extravagant prices for Durham, Devon, Ay- 
hens, and tho difficulty he experienced in WoOLMAN> tho inv0 ntor, wh o resides near j person on horseback is this :_In pulling ^ons You may hatch one of these'‘eggs 
removing them. My experience conv inces j) amasc0T m ej Alahoning county, Ohio, with j the rope to open the gate, caro must bo ta- f; „ enera jL’ must rely on natives as on the palm of your hand, with a little warm 
mo that horses and cattle will become lousy the accompany i n g engraving and descrip- ken not to pull it far enough to allow it to ^ chiel - nieans 0 f improvement, owing to saliva from your mouth. Once in tho stom- 
in this way. In my barn, my fowls roosted tion of h}g improveme nt in farm gates : j fasten itself; but by pulling it about two- the expens0 a nd time it would require to ach, it clings to the cuticle or inner throat, 
whero I stabled mj colts and calves and Tho principal improvement consists in thirds of the way open, the horseman can supply'the country with other.breeds At 
where I stabled my colts and calvos, and 
they soon bocamo lousy, while m another }ts beinfr g0 constructed that a person in a 
barn where I stabled my work horses, not 
a louse could bo found. I searched the 
carriage or on horseback, can pass through again. I ho machinery by 
it without alighting. On approaching from movements are performed, 
easily pass through before it shuts itself the samo time we doubt not that improve- 
ao-ain. Tho machinery by which these ments may; be effected by crossing the> na- 
. J , tivo or mixed cows with animals of pure 
performed, is simple, and breed __ egpecially D ur ham and Ayrshire— 
,t out of repair, and the prov j ded these are selected with special ref- 
by means of hook-like attachments on either 
side of its mouth, and feeds on the mucus, 
so long as thero is any; when it attacks the 
coating of tho stomach as above stated.— 
Usually, it is discharged in the early sum¬ 
mer in tho dung; it buries itself in tho 
Rural for a remedy, and found that the e i t h er way the person takes hold of a rope, not liable to get out of repair, and the prov ided these are selected with special ref- mer in the dung; it buries Use t m the 
correspondent to whom I have referred, af- whioh han ’ g8 ovor the centre of tho road, whole structure is substantial and durable eronce to Mr dairy “maih fo.°“ few wS Sen its 
tor trying various remedies, wasio us and pulls gon tly for a short timo, and tho and will, no doubt, common 1 sc o P fattening or beef qualities." bonds, issues forth in the form of a fly; and, 
i__ ...Itl. c-rr/lc nrul mein nil nrmllftn.- ^ r _ :a„„1V. curl Co imrnKIn nnti/<n lUrtso fnr whose C.onvon- counecieu Willi J i _. .,,.,1 ,1,, 
horse with soap snds, and made an apphea- gatQ comes opon and fastens itself; and favorable notice of those for whose convon- Tho ffreat error of the amateurs of fine if a female, becomes impregnated and de- 
tion of ono gallon of rum. Not being much then in driving a carr iago or wagon thro’, ionco it is intended. A model of this gate catUe a ° d of thc j udges at cattle shows, has posits eggs on the horse; and, in this etcr- 
of a friend to rum, or any of tho family, onQ of the wheels runs over a trigger j was presented for examination at tho been ’ tho adoption of tho beef and tallow nal round, lives, dies, and is born again. 
whether used internally or externally, I 
consulted the hens for a remedy and found 
that nature had furnished ono, and that is 
by wallowing in tho sand—in this way they 
rid themselves of these troublesome vermin. 
I therefore took a quantity of sand (which 
those rats I told you about, dug out from 
ally or externally, I fixed ; n the grounc l, which unfastens it, World’s Fair in London, and received from producing form as the standard ot beauty 
: f r , omed y and f ““ nd When it immediately shuts and fastens itself the committee a very favorable notice.” _ 33’^?towoSS Sy asjms- 
PUMPKIN SEEDS INJURIOUS TO FOWLS. 
THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. 
mg dairy stocK 10 cuuiuim ci& ueauj m jiwc 
si bio to this standard. Whereas, it can be 
shown on physical principles that an animal 
cannot combine in the highest degree both 
The Osier or Basket Willow. 
Watson G. Haynes, at Garreson’s, Put¬ 
nam Co., N. Y., gives in tho A"ew York Ag- 
ricultor, tho following interesting informa- 
On page 385 of Yol. 3d of the Rural, Agricultural Periodicals have become a f atten ingand milking qualities; nor can the tion on the planting, culture, and gatherin 
those rats V told you about dug out from further information is solicited on tho sub- permanent, prominent and prosperous “in- same outward conformation of parts be man- 
under my celler wall,) dried it thoroughly joet of pumpkin seeds poisoning fowls So .titution” among us, and we are happy to 
in a stove oven, then sprinkled it freely in far as my own observation goes, fowls will take by tho hand so many old and new la- Durham herdg; and with a standard modifi- 
among the hair two or three times a week, not commonly cat them, but when they do, borers in tho cause of Rural Improvement. ^ f or tbo purpo so, some of tho very best 
until the lice were removed. What partic- they are attacked with giddiness and stag- Hereafter, ono valuable feature ot our pa- mdkers ma y Uo called handsome. 
ular effect it has upon them, I cannot say, gering, which, if they have eaten plentiful- per will be a condensed “ spirit oi tho con- -- 
but they don’t seem to like having dust ly, ends in death. Why this is tho effect tents of Agricultural exchanges, wherein we A Finality on Rats, 
thrown into their eyes in this way, and they tho writer is unable to say. shall present (with due acknowledgement of Rats are unmitigated scoundrels. Y ora- 
evacuato * When a lad, I remember two or three dif- the source,) what seems to us, fresh, strik- cious, prolific, and omnipresent, they tax 
Bv the above any farmer can see tho ne- ferent seasons, when my father’s hens took i ng and noteworthy, and adapted to the de- every man’s purse and patience. Just think 
Durham herds; and with a standard modifi- 
of tho Basket Willow. IIo says : 
Tho soil should be heavy, well plowed, 
sub-soiled, and smoothly harrowed ; and if 
llurnam nereis; aim w,u. “ “ it can bo overflowed once or twice during 
ed for tho purpose, some o no very t the summer, the location may be considered 
milkers may bo called handsome. 
perfect. 
. - . ... t, . Tho cuttings should be about ton inches 
tents of Agricultural exchanges, wherein wo A Finality on a s. ^ long, planted in rows about one foot apart, 
shall present (with duo acknowledgement of Rats are unmitigated scoundrels. Yora- and four feet between the rows ; set perpen- 
the source,) wliat seems to us. fresh, strik- cious, prolific, and omnipresent, they tax dicular, firmly in tho soil, and not loft moio 
in<r and noteworthy, and adapted to the de- every man’s purso and patience. Just think than two inches above the surface. 
• Y .... „ Me ^ 2 . ,,ei n fh«ir snrmort,—nut- The plants should bo kept clear of grass, 
and weeds the two first years, and all tho 
voung shoots carefully cut off annually. 
As soon as the crop is fit for cutting and 
they will amply compensate tho expense biddios soon lounu tnemseives m ^ tuinK it auvisaoio, iu mdivu uun ino uauuu . ^ 
and trouble in eras, and the guano which legs, and as unable to maintain a straight- original paper. We can impart more of “Cement” in tho Journal of Agriculture, market—which it will be the second year- 
may be made from their droppings. While forward deportment as any unfeathered hi- worth and interest to our columns, by fill- proposes to “ head them off,” as follows : dk !‘’° a nli !iomh,vhl cSdwatcr until 
writing about fowls I will state another fact ped with a stomach too full of rum. I he j ng a p ortion of their amplo space with q> 0 begin at tho bottom of this subject, w ] ien t b 0 s ] 10 ots will begin to sprout, at 
that has come under my observation, viz., cause being suspcctod and removed, the truly valuablo information from other jour- the cellar bottom must bo laid with cement. wb j c b t i m0 the bark will readily peel off.— 
th ‘ fowlq wi n pat numnkin seeds and it fowls recovered with but a death or two.— nals, and especially by tho plan of condens- Water lime, or cement, is now so cheap that xhig is done by drawing each sprout thro’ 
will have a singular effect upon them; they Afterward, using more care wo were not ing long articles into short ones, or selecting sanded water, ^ifhe'fnsld^loh'h aZich 
lose tho use of thoir legs —tumble over troubled with a recurrence. In one or two their gist, and omitting profaces and pero- are aU tho art i c i es needed to make a rock A ^ an and three or four children ought to 
backwards, and some will soon dio, others, other instances I have noticed similar re- rations. __ bottom to your cellar, proof against rats pee [ about four hundred weight in a day. 
with proper care live. This has been the suits. So that for years I have considered Agriculture has a Literature. and all other vermin. The sand should be They are then dried in the sun, but should 
* 12 _ nf nn?«rhIvor’s ducks, the it a fact that pumpkin seeds will cause in- ^ thllg as pure silox as you can find and coa so not bo left out longer than from three to 
backwards, and somo will soon dio, others, other instances I have noticed similar re- 
with proper care live. This has been the suits. So that for years I have considered 
case with one of my neighbor’s ducks, tho it a fact that pumpkin seeds will cause in¬ 
same effect with the geese of another, the jury and death to fowls if eaten by them.— 
experience of “A Subscriber,” to tho con- Whether squash and other like seeds will 
trary notwithstanding. S. Eaton. produce tho same effects I cannot say. 
Little Utica, Onondaga Co., N. Y., 1853. T - • 
Agriculture has a Literature. 
The JYew England Farmer speaks, thus Tho more lree it is from clay, loam and oth- four hours . then we j g hed and bundled, and 
same enect wnu uw JulJ ai.u^-- - , encouragingly and truthfully of the Litera- er im P uritics, other things being equal, the they are ready for the market, and worth 
experience of “ A Subscriber,” to tho con- Whether squash and other like seeds wi turo and tho profession of Agriculture : more solid will bo tho bottom. r iho pro- f rom $120 to $>140 per ton. The season for 
trary notwithstanding. S. Eaton. produce tho same effects I cannot say. Among tho favorable changes which have portion of lime to sand should be about one p j ant j ng i s any time from tho lstofSep- 
Littie Utica, Onondaga Co., n. y., 1853. t. e. w. taken place in the estimation in which part to two. Less sand will make the moi- tem ber until the 1st of May. 
--- ---— farming is held, as an occupation, thero is iar harden quicker, but it will be more ox- - 
OHIO STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE ALPACA IN MAINE. on( , 0 f s muc h importance, and which is cal- pensive. More sand will make your Uooi Economy G f Time and Provender. 
Eds. Rural "notice an avticle in y ouv Solomok savs, “Thoi-n is a time for al, ‘°K“ht fordoing SZSTJ yon «Sav„. is life golden pveccpt never to 
paper of tho 1st inst., giving a review of tho things,” and the Maine Farmer thinks thero di ’ ljn u f 8hed me n. It is. that Agriculture havo tho capital, ami a mason near at laiml bo forgotten says tho f a, me, » Comfamon, 
annual meeting of the Delegates with the is a time coming when the Alpaca will be , l0w L a literature. Some of the pleas- «pUjfhm. to do If . ft e remote and applies ,t to the caro of n Wm- 
OHIO STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
THE ALPACA IN MAINE. 
Eds. Rural :—I notice an article in your Solomon says, “ Thero is a timo for all 
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, held in bred in the mountains of that State. It is antest books that have been issued for a 
this city on the 8th of December lost. The not jot but this is none the less the time 
writer of that article has fallen into an error for talking about it. ilie Farmer minus The | 0 works baVc r0 q U i re d more patient 
in regard to tho constitution of our State the general run of tho climate very much re8earc h and more of tho higher powers of 
organization, which seems to call for correc- alike in Maine and Peru, and that tho Al- the mind to produce them, than almost any 
tion. He savs:—“The Ohio State Board paca would prove a valuable addition to tho other kind of literature. Ihey certom y 
consists of over fifty persons, to which may domestic animals of Northern New Eng- lli'sXy, «n d - tr7nr P Z 
be added the President, or ono delegate land. _ ; n merit and value tho millions of volumes 
from each county society. These constitute This animal has been bred in tho moun- of tbe curr0 nt litoraturo, as tho skilful cul- 
the ‘ State Society.’ ” tainous parts of Ireland with good success, tivation of tho earth is of more importance 
Our State Board of Agriculture consists With the samo faro as their cattle and sheep than tho skilful playing of a game of foot- 
of ten persons— one-half chosen annually— they appear as thrifty and healthy as the Jd ‘ * One class of Agricultural 
holding their offices two years. The An- native sheep of the country. In Beiks, boo ]j S on ters into the great laws and opera- 
nu al Meeting of Delegates, consists of tho England, in 1817, Mr. Bennet received a t j ons 0 f Nature, showing us how to sub- 
Economy of Time and Provender. 
“Saving is the golden precept never to 
bo forgotten,” says the Farmer s Companion, 
and applies it to the caro of animals in Win¬ 
ter. As examples thereof, it gives the fol- 
ided off 
e, sepa- 
e keeps 
the mind to produce them, than almost any * - “ mortar bed and put his cattle and manure the winter through.— 
other kind of literature. They certainly path, ^en picpaie a moiLir he p Thege b()xes as the English term them, are 
stand side by Bidowitb the best bookEson 1 ^.^°f a 1 barrel of the water ii me , and kept well littered, by which a largo amount 
astronomy and geology, and as far surpass 1 ,Mg &S 
in merit and value tho millions of volumes | vvatu^ ^ thoroug hly, put it down, in front of tho mangers enables him to car¬ 
te the best advantage. «P and letting out tho animals ; no timo is 
Tho thickness of tho coating of cement spent as must bo, accoidmg to too c< m- 
President, or one Delegate from each conn- pair of Alpacas. IIo fed them as he did his due the wilderness, gain fertile fields and must deptm 
ty society-now ovor seventy. These dole- sheep, on hey and turnips, and a few cover the hills with floeks; 
gates when so convened are an advising years raised a flock of fifteen. An account w j 5dom of God in t i 10 beautiful arrange- just as good 
council, but have no executive power beyond is given of a few introduced into Scot and, men j. g 0 p jj; s creation. Thoso show the po- is but ono i 
the election of members to fill tho vacancies which did well, and grew to weigh 175 lbs. etn j of the great art ; and to a mind un- dorstandmg 
which occur in the State Board. This latter A largo yearly importation of Alpaca wool tainted by morbid sensibilities, they have rats, oven a 
body decides upon all questions relating to and skms is now made into th 'S country ‘t'cries'inTho grassV"he field, inches deep 
Premium Lists, timo and placo of holding and it would bo well woith while to n ako a ^ ^ trees of tho forest,—in the drop of hir wall on 
State Fairs, finance, &c. Tho momber 3 of trial breeding and rearing them here. wa ter that hangs and trembles on the petal cement mo 
tho State Board are judiciously chosen from ' ~ T o of the flower, or the rugged rock on which it plastic you 
. ,. Sulphur FOR Lice ON Calves, &c.—The j s S00 n to fall. They show that m agncul- geneiousst< 
io vanous sec ions ’ ^ September number of tho Stock Register, tural employments there is room for tho or less nidi 
ovtI 1 tt with q vimv nf rpnrARP.ritiD or thft fifty- 1 . * n .1 1 • u_ j _fnimn H nr 
an inexpressible charm. They unravel a 
thousand mysteries in tho grass of tho field, 
or tho trees of tho forest,—in the drop of 
water that hangs and trembles on the petal 
d inches deep, by three broad, next to thc cel- saving in the amount and value of the ma- 
ni- lar wall on every side, and fill it with thc nuro, requires less trouble m taking cate oi 
al cement mortar/ If, while tho cement is them, and preserves in a superior degree, 
health and life. 
the various sections of tho State, and gen- ' . „ " i T > . , IS S0 . 01 , l ' , ). • vnnin for the or less in diameter, it will make a surer de- 
,, . A , . . a- a! September number of tho Stock Register, tural employments there is room tor tho or Rbb ui uiamow , , • th Pl , llar 
erally with a view of representing tho sev- J from tho Genosee Farmer , recom- exercise of all tho high and noble faculties fei ; c0 R ^Ml 1 'where tho ^rl seek to enter 
eral agricultural interests. ? ucnded sulphur fed to animals as death to of tho mind. If the vocation has become * bring up against tho grav- 
Tho last annual meeting was the largest aR guch vermin . I tried it on somo calves, ™° }g £ a ^ d S’ and not^at tho subject cl stones, it rather blunts tho edge of their 
over held. Additional county societies w ill so covere d with lice that the outer ends of is not endowed with all the inherent quali- voracity. . . 
bo in operation the next season ; and with their hairg wer0 thick with them. Tobacco ties of beauty and grandeur. To tho stu- Think not, follow farmer, that tinsi s a 
quoting from tho Genosee Farmer, recom- exercise of all the high and noble faculties enco. 1 1 f ats se ok to outer, way place, and a trough made of inch and 
mended sulphur fed to animals as death to of tho mind. If the vocation has become » by the against the gray- a half plank, running the whole length ot 
all/cl, vermin. 1 tiled it on somo caW «•'S f I 8 ITS 5?. !Sl3 I'tonesS.r ton J«he edge of thoir tl,o stable, plaeodn oar tho (loot between 
the foot of the cattle and the manger, into 
which ho conveys water from tho well.— 
the spirit which is now aroused among us, and othe r remedies, had but little effect. I dent, this class of literature will possess S 8a l jJfrom the vex 
we bid the Empire State take care that the .„ galt and m6alj giving , 8p „„„f u l to many pleasant *^ n “T ed by fteso pos)” and from tho 
RnuUvn ^ nni 6 frin Rrnf an- . ... ... t a...- nensate for the unpoetic part ot tarm woi k, causeu l_ > _i„i 
possess small matter, unworthy of your attention. Here ho can supply all his cattle m as little 
•m com If it does but savo you from the vexation, timo as would bo required to get them out 
a _ .Lhv thfisn nests, and from tho wear of tho stable, and with far greater comfort. 
Buckeye boys do not strip her of her an¬ 
cient renown in the cause of Industrial 
Progress, Very truly, s. d. h. 
Columbus, O., Jan. 3, 1853, 
Milcii cows, in winter, should be kept in 
each calf about twice a week. In two draw nun 
weeks not a louse could be found. A noigh- pvo f e ssions. This is a 
bor who has often used this samo remedy, couragemont. 
on all kinds of animals with perfect success, We do not 
assures me it should be given in fair weather agriculture h 
and tear of temper, and ftoma^indul^enco A JWJ. aftacM % e »ufe o fe ,he 
professions. This is a feau.ro full of on- m bjri appj, d ^ thcm> ^ { l t llwy 
mean to say that heretofore /lashefporforitod and ruinfd-of potato raiso it with <»«• ”J™ " 
01 'Zt to say that heretofore squashes perforated and rnmed-of potato - ^ ^7. Zy rSy ^rne 
agriculture has had no litorature; for even bins and turnip heaps, turnc 1 ‘ d and a f ter drinking, the lid falls to i 
among the ancients there wore a few who A very cheap, yet tasteful 
dry, moderately warm but well ventilated or the animal housed, else there is a liabili- ^InJd to embrace within their compre- apple barrels gnawed ihrou^h the J eads Sin^^ervos place for 
quarters, be regularly fed and watered three ty of taking cold and injury being done to hrnsive grasp most that is known to us now. ot chickens duickhngs f h em boiling food, for a corn-crib and store-room; 
times a day, salted twico or thrice a week, the animah_-- 
ceivo succulent food, morning and evening, cheaper tool than an ax costing but one cultivation of tho earth. At no period has corn crib, may. | J usually tho case. 
-Exchange. dollar, and with which he cut but 40 cords, thero probaly been more active minds en- general mothod-by cement. j 
