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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
symptoms of intoxication, and if I mistake ing the time of holding the annual meeting Amboyna, Japan, &c.; flower small, interior 
not in one or two instances, terminating in to the last Wednesday of February, was yellow, vexillum purple, erect shrub, pubes- 
death. But I recollect no effect on any other adopted. ' cen 5’ noarest a,liaIlc0 to Lupinus. The 
species of poultry—T. Peirce, Spring- Mr. Wheeler (Mass.) subm.tted a pro- very delica f 0 . On soaking the round seeds 
species of poultry.— T. Peirce, Spring- 
ville, Erie Co.. A*. Y., Jan., 1S53. position to reduce the terms of admission fo/an hour in moderately hot water,They 
- and the annual subscription of members, take exactly the form and appearance of the 
Chess. — Abortion in Cows and Sheep, which was debated andlost. common white bean, become quito tender, 
Ens. Rural: — I wish to make a few in- Thefollowingwereclectedhonorarvmem- a !j d „ aY ° a ^, ro and devious nutty and 
quiries in regard to chess. While convers- bors • President Fillmore, General Pierce, £ J xr ^Z 
ing with a neighbor, a few days since, ho Samuel Appleton, Thomas H. Perkins, There is one other species, Cajanus flavus. 
Chess. — Abortion in Cows and Sheep. 
Ens. Rural : — I wish to make a few in- 
ing with a neighbor, a few days since, ho Samuel Appleton, Thomas H. P 
stated that a fine heifer of his had slipped Robert G. Siiaw, Edmund Ruffin. 
her calf, and he should probably lose her The S r>o C ial order, a resolution to 
There is one other species, Cajanus flavus, 
common in South America and the West 
Indies, where it is sometimes used for a fenco 
to sugar plantations. In Jamaica this spe¬ 
ller call, anu ne snouiu prooaoiy lose nor The special order a resolution to memo- AUUIUS » w,,Gro n- is sometimes used ior a ienco 
in consequence of it. The abortion he at- Congress to establish a TWartmoni Sl l& ar plantations. In Jamaica this spe- 
tributes to her bu,„ g oaten . of ’££%£££££ ‘SS S&SX 
chess which ho had ted out a few day pro supported it. It was due that this great ique tho seed is much esteemed for the ta- 
vious. I think ho said it was ground. Ho interest, embracing four-fifths of our popu- ^ e- 
also said that his brother lost nearh all his i a tion, should be represented in the Cabinet Being a tropical plant, it would hardly 
lambs one spring, which he attributed to councils . Messrs. French and Mapes brief- Itf” 1 th i 
the same cause. Now I would like to know ly advocated the resolution, when it was our climate might admit of an annual har- 
if you or any of your numerous correspond- adopted unanimously. vest of tho seed, which seems to bo so abun- 
onts over heard of the like before, if so, The Society then proceeded to ballot 
every farmer ought to know it, so as to be officers, and the following were elected: 
more careful in the future.-D. D. S., President — Marshall P. Wilder. 
Clarkson, JY. Y., Feb., IS.)3. p -j. tiai™ 
opted unanimously. vest of the seed, which seems to be so abun- 
Tho Society then proceeded to ballot for dantly produced as to make an experiment 
icors. and the following were rdpnfnH • highly inteicsting. 
County Agricultural Societies. 
The Erie Co. Agricultural Society has tho 
following board of officers for 1853: 
President— Warren Granger. 
Vice Presidents—John W. Hamlin, Auro- 
L. F. Allen, Black Rock; Orin Lockwood, 
Boston; Jona. Ilascall, Brandt; B. YV. Pratt, 
Collins; B. F. Maltby, Colden; Mr. Cook, 
Concord; Alonzo Raynor, Clarence ; Amos 
1 p ^ i§~3 5 President —Marshall P. Wilder. County Agricultural Societies. 
at i^ on, « ■ ^ Vice Presidents —Maine, Ezekiel Holmes; The Erie Co. Agricultural Society has tho 
AGRICULTURAL ^INTELLIGENCE. Holbrook f 'b'"' V. ^ »««« for 1853: 
_ . , . . , __ .. French; Rhode Island, Josiah Chapin- President— Warren Granger. 
U. S. Ag. Society.-lst Annual Meeting. ConD<> s> D Hubbard; New York, Henry Vico Presidents—JohnW. Hamlin, Auro- 
Tiie first Annual Meeting of tho United Wager; New Jersoy, James J. Mapes'; Penn- ra; O. Fields, Alden; V. Rogers. Amherst; 
States Agricultural Society, convened at the sylvania, Frederick Watts ; Delaware, C. P. F. Allen, Black Rock ; Orin Lockwood, 
Smithsonian Institute in Washington Feb Holcombe ; Md., W. D. Bowie ; Va., G. W. Boston; Jona. Ilascall, Brandt; B. YV. Pratt, 
Smithsonian Institute in Washington, Feb. p Cu8 tis; N. C., H. K. Bergwin S. C.. Collins; B. F. Maltby, Colden; Mr. Cook, 
2d. Marshall 1. YY ilder, the I resident, John Witherspoon ; Ga., P. M. Nightingale; Concord ; Alonzo Raynor, Clarence; Amos 
called the meeting to order. YV. S. King, Ala., Richard Jones; Miss., A. II. Beques: Chilcott, East Hamburg; Horace Parker, 
of Rhode Island, the Secretary, appeared. La., A. B. Romar; Ohio, Samuel Medarv; Hamburg; P. D. Riley, Holland; E. Burn- 
The States wero called, and delegations Ky., Robert Malloy; Tenn., Morideth P. ham. Nowstead; David Stickney, Sardinia; 
from mostofthemcame forward. TheChair Gentry ; Ind., Joseph A. Wright; Ill., Ste- M. Failing, Tonawanda; Jas. YVood, YVales. 
requested reperts o, the State Board, to bo 
handed to tho Conespom ing r cere ary. Simmons Baker; Texas, Thomas J. Rusk; The County Ag. Society of Schoharie, 
President Wilder then delivered an appro- Iowa, M. F. Colbaugh; Wis., A. C.-Ingham: , . , J . ’ 
priate address of which the following is a California. M. Horner; Dist. Columbfa, Jos. elect ? d tho follow,n S officers at tho,r rccent 
brief abstract: H. Bradley; New Mexico, J. M. Baird; meetin g : 
. ,. , ,, , ,. . „ Minnesota, II. H. Sibley; Oregon, Joseph President— John P. Griggs, Schoharie. 
Beforo proceeding to the election of offi- Lane; Utah, Joseph S. Hayes. Vico Presidents—Joseph J. Brown, Car- 
President Wilder then delivered an appro- Iowa, M. F. Colbaugh ; YVis., A. C. Ingham; 
priate address of which the following is a California, M. Horner; Dist. Columbia,Jos. 
brief abstract: 
Bradley; New Mexico, J. M. Baird; 
- . ,. , ., i ,. ~ ~ Minnesota, II. II. Sibley; Oregon, Joseph 
Beforo proceeding to the election of offi- L ane ; Utah, Joseph S. Hayes, 
cers he desired to submit, for the considera- „ .. >, ... ~ , , T , 
tion of the Society, various subjects Bug- , Executive Committee C. B. Calvert John 
gested by its brief history. Tho Executive £ l?- £•' u Tn V 6 1 
Committee held a meeting in Philadelphia, thur Watts > R,chard Peters - 
in September, and concluded to defer the Corresponding Secretary —J. C 
appointment of State and Territorial Boards nec ty- 
of Agriculture, at least, until the present Recording Secretary —YV. S. King. 
session. Some of the States had appointed Treasurer YVilliam Seldon. 
their quota of the National Board, and it m A , .. , ,, 
was hoped its full organization would soon P ie Treasurer reported that th 
be completed. "" the Society had been augment* 
The first number of tho Society’s journal, $2,000 since his arrival yesterday 
an octavo of 144 pages, had been published Dr. Elwin presented a paper i 
Corresponding Secretary -J. C. G. Ken- SU "“ 1 ‘ i Fred ' k ' Stofer ’ N<,rth 
Secretary—Wm. II. Davis, Schoharie. 
Treasurer—J. A. Lintner, do. 
Executive Committee — Jacob Y r roman, 
The Treasurer reported that the funds of Schoharie; M. L. Shafer, do.; YVm YVin- 
, , . ters, do.; J. S. YVaterburv. do.; S. Maham. 
the Society had been augmented nearly do 5 
an octavo ot 144 pages, nau Deen puDiisnea Dr. Elwln presented a paper written by 
and distributed, arid it was hoped soon to t, t>„ tm,m a i i • • ^ \ 
.v \ a i i j Prof. Booth ot Philadelphia, arguing that 
issue tho second. A correspondence had . . 1 ’ ° ° 
been opened with distinguished agricultur- ^ 1(3 ana fy sis of soils m the present state of 
been opened with distinguished agricultur- tno anai Y s;s 01 s0Hs m t110 present state ot 
alists and many local associations, relative chemistry is of no immediate practical value 
to the progress and condition of agriculture to tho farmer. 
in the United States, and the objects of this p ro f. Mapes said ho stood ready to rofuto 
in the United States, and tho objects of this p ro f. Mapes said ho stood ready to rofuto 
Society. Ho suggested the appointment of ... , . .. 
a Committee to confer will! the general every pot,t,on assumed ,n the paper, and 
Government respecting the facilities for s f a t e< i interesting facts against it. 
irAUUl) since nis arrival yesterday. YY T Efind but a portion of the officers of the 
Dr. Elwin presented a paper written by Chenango Co. Ag. Society reported : 
Prof. BooTn of Philadelphia, arguing that President— Geo. Julian, Greene, 
the analysis of soils in the present state of Cor. Sec.—Jonathan YVclls, Norwich; 
chemistry is of no immediate practical value and a Manager in each Town in tho Co. 
to tho farmer. The following have been elected by tho 
Prof. Mapes said ho stood ready to rofuto Queens Co. Ag. Society : 
conducting this correspondence through its After an animated discussion, the paper 
functionaries in foreign countries, and for was withdrawn. 
tho interchange of information, seed, speci- Q n m0 t; 0 n of Mr. Poore, circulars were 
mens, products, &c. He recommended tho . , , , ,, , , , , . 
adoption of measures to secure the coopera- dirc . cted to addressed to home and foreign 
tion of kindred State associations, and to Agricultural Societies, proposing tho inter- 
obtain their reports, from which compila- change of publications. 
tions might annually bo made, and a full Major Wheeler suggested tho propriety 
history of American Agriculture be ultimate- of memorialising Congress 
ly secured at tho seat ot Government. Ho XT .. , , . 5 , , 
also suggested an alliance with the American ^ at ‘onal Agricultural School 
Pomological Society. Tho courtesy of tho I he subject was deferred 
Smithsonian Institute is acknowledged, and annual meeting, 
a closer connection between the two bodies, evening sessio* 
and permanent accommodations for this Tho Agricultural Society i 
Society in the Smithsonian building suggest- „ ,, 
ed. A permanent secretary located in this 7 o clock P. M. Pro Mape 
city is required. interesting lecture on fertiliz, 
Pecuniary assistance from Government is A resolution eomplimontan 
ery position assumed in tho paper, and President—JonN A. King. Jamaica, 
ited interesting facts against it. Vice Presidents—David YV. Jones, Oyster 
After an animated discussion, the paper Pa, yj V m. L. Laing, Hempstead ; Robert 
. ’ii M. Bell. Flushing; Joseph lompkins, Rew- 
18 Wlthdnmn - . town; George II Ilorsefield, North Hemp- 
On motion of Mr. Poore, circulars were stead; Bonj. I. Doughty, Jamaca. 
rected to bo addressed to home and foreign Cor. Sec. and Treasurer—John Harold, 
jricultural Societies, proposing tho inter- Hempstead. 
ange of publications. Jr ec ’ ‘^ ec ‘ ™. onda J ^ raR ’ Blushing. 
, . . . Managers—limolhy Carman, Oyster Bay; 
Major Wheeler suggested tho propriety Micajah M. Pettit, Hempstead ; Edward A. 
of memorialising Congress to establish a Lawrence, Flushing; George Ilulst, New- 
National Agricultural School. town ; YVilliam J. Mott, North Hempstead ; 
The subject was deferred until tho next Bernardus Hendrickson, Hempstead, 
annual meeting. The officers of Sullivan Co. Ag. Socioty, 
evening session. are Lotan Smith, Pres.; one Yuce President 
Tho Agricultural Society reassembled at from each town; Richard Oakley, Treas.; 
7 o’clock P. M. Pro Mapes delivered an James L. Stewart, Ilec. Sec.; and James E. 
interesting lecture on fertilizers. 
A resolution complimentary to the officers 
proposed, either as a grant, on the principel and reporters was passed, and the Society 
of State grants to their respective societies, adjourned to the last Wednesday ir. Febuary, 
At- ua a. AAnsiflArji firm tnr thn np.rtnrman!>fl J J ., 
or as a consideration for the performance 
by this Society of the duties of the agricul¬ 
tural department of the Patent Office. An ipLg j apan p ea . "7 ° a --- — - 
increase of income is proposed by member- _ .... than in Oregon, and certainly none in 
ship and donations. A local agent has in _ Mention or horticulturists has been which a greater yield per acre is obtained, 
six weeks secured one hundred members in directed to a new pea, which, on account of 0 r a more lucrative or desirable market for 
Rhode Isiand. Hon. Samuel Appleton, ot tho source from which it was received, is rewarding tho producer, with as little labor. 
as fSiSr a.2 ffSL z r"::, r s *T\f H th ? 0,10 ^ thor °“® h - *•>« 
others, have subscribed liberally. An ex- hav0 bee " sent to tho Massachusetts llorti- fi rs t instance, will produce two and three 
liibition of this Society in connection with cultural Society, by Mr. A. H. Ernst, who “volunteer” successors, yielding at least, 
the World’s Fair next summer, or Crystal has grown them in his garden, near Cincin- annually, two-thirds of the original produc- 
Palace, New York, is suggested to represent nati, Ohio, the past season. tion. Oats, rye, buckwheat."barley, and 
Quinland, Cor. Sec. 
Oregon Wheat Crops. 
The Columbian, an Oregon paper, says, 
thereis no country in the world in which 
wheat arrives at a greater degree of perfection 
than in Oregon, and certainly none in 
which a greater yield per acre is obtained,- 
or a more lucrative or desirable market for 
i.a ace,^ew xoik, » buggwwu w naw, umo, tne past season. tion. Oats, rye, buckwheat, barley, and 
t[culture, Pomology 1 " 1 a *nV kffidred ' arts°— . Th ® ™™unt of their transmission into even corn, although but slightly cared for 
Courses of lectures at the time of the annual Amencan hands is, that a Japan vessel in —all have been successfully produced, and 
meeting arc proposed. Amendments to tho distress was encountered by an American have given ovidence by the most substantial 
Constitution are desired. In conclusion, vessel, which took ofi tho crow and some of assurance, that their cultivation is not atton- 
Constitution are desired. In conclusion, 
assurance, that their cultivation is not atten- 
oloquont allusion is made to the loss which the stores, landing thorn at San Francisco, dod to without an adoquato toward, 
agr,culture m this country has sustained m California. Among other things wore somo —U 
garfener and ru™ ophite, of AmS; »f these peas, which falling into the hands Pnor. NoitTot.-s LuCTUUES.-Tho Country 
Norton, the distinguished professor and of Dr. Edwards, of Alton, Illinois, he hand- gentleman says . Phe Executive Commit- 
author, and the farmers of Ashland and ed them over to J. H. Sadd, a distinguished *- ee our ^ ta * :o Society, made applica- 
Marshfield. horticulturist, by whom they were placed at tion t0 Prof - Norton’s family, for the course 
On motion, 2,000 copies of the President’s the disposal of the Horticultural Society at Ret 111 ' 03 delivered by him in this city last 
Address wore ordered to be printed and Cincinnati. Mr. Ernst, who has success- w ' n t er j f° r publication; but we regret to 
distributed. fully cultivated them, speaks of their being R arn > as we do, by a letter from Prof. N.’s 
The several subjects mentioned in the a peculiar plant, of an upright, stiff form fother, that they * aro not in such a form as 
President’ address wore appropriately re- branching much,—tho leaves largo, light to a< ^ m R of their publication. They were 
ferred. After somo debate it was declared greon and downy beneath. Tho flower is never fully written out, having been deliver- 
inexpedient for tho Society, in its infancy, small, lilac-colored, tho seed pods numerous ed at Alban y an( i New Haven, from brie 
to enter into the proposed exhibition of the small, and wooly, grow in clusters, and are not es.’”_ _ _ 
Crystal Palace, at New York very productive. Its bearing propensities B oxs in Houses. — A correspondent of the 
Mr. Calvert offered a resolution to me- are largo, the plant attaining good size, Southern Planter gives the following, as a simple 
moiializo CongiCt.s to establish a Depart- which it is believed will adapt it for field and excellent remedy for bots in horses :—drench 
mont of Agriculture—tho head to be a Cabi- culture. They mature fully on tho Ohio freely with sweet milk and molasses, well shaken 
net officer—which was made the special river, and it is believed they may be intro- together ; continue it, a bottle full every fifteen or 
order for to-morrow. Adjourned. duced into general cultivation. twenty minutes, according to the severity of the 
6EC0ND DAY. Mr. J. E. TESOHEMACtEB, tho botaoist of attocIt ' "'f a'Aml becomes c» 7 ; then give 
The Society mot at 9 A. M. About one the Mass. Hort Socioty furnishes the fol- f botUe Tull of Btrong oilt tmd water, fol- 
hundred members representing nineuien lowing information which will bo found in- he ^ if administered in time, always cures, 
tates, wuo piesen . teresting : The difficulty is, with many not well experienced. 
The various Committees reported. The plant alluded to by Mr. Ernst, is Ca- to distinguish attacks of tho beta from some other 
An amendment to the Constitution e chang- janus bicolor, a native of tho East Indio 5 , diseases. 
THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. 
Breeds of Swine. 
YY r E continue the publication of Mr. IIow r - 
ard’s valuable articles on the Breeds of 
Swine, by giving below a portion of No. 2. 
Tho remainder, with portraits of tho Chinese 
and Suffolk breeds, will be given next week: 
It is to be regretted that the differences in the 
various breeds of swine, have not been demon¬ 
strated by exact experiments. YY r e are, however, 
in possession of certain general facts of great im¬ 
portance in the case. For instance, many farmers 
have found that on the same amount and kind of 
food, some hogs will gain much faster than others ; 
that some will become fat on uncooked vegetable 
food, or raw apples, while others require grain or 
meal to bring them to a slaughtering condition ; 
that some will keep in good order and will thrive 
on clover or grass only, while others will scarcely 
live on such fare; that in some the tendency to 
fatten is so great, that it is necessary to keep them 
on very low diet to insure their breeding. 
There is not only a difference in the amount of 
meat which different swine are capable of acquir¬ 
ing from an equal amount of food, but there is a 
great difference in the quality of the meat. Some, 
doubting this, may say “pork is pork.” So beef 
is beef; but is there not a great difference in the 
texture and flavor of beef from cattle of different 
breeds ? This difference is so well understood in 
England, that the prices of beef are to a consid¬ 
erable extent regulated by the breed—the YYest- 
Highlanders and Galloways taking the first rank, 
then the Herefords and Devons, and last the Short¬ 
horns. Breeds of swine exhibit similar and not 
less striking differences. Some have a thick skin, 
with flesh of an open, coarse texture, and unpleas¬ 
ant flavor; others a thin skin, with fine grained, 
well-flavored flesh. Some convert their food al¬ 
most wholly into fat, while ia others it enters 
chiefly into the composition of muscle. In some 
the fat is accumulated chiefly on the belly, and is 
of a soft, oily nature ; on oth-irs it is laid more (n 
the back, and is comparatively firm and hard. 
Of course the breed should be chosen with ref¬ 
erence to the puiposes in view. If “ lard oil ” is 
the principal object, the animal which will give the 
greatest quantity of soft fat for the food consumed 
will be most profitable. For barreling, “ clear 
pork” is the main object, and the animal which 
will give the greatest quantity of solid fat on the 
back and sides is preferable. This is the descrip¬ 
tion of pork wliich is chiefly consumed in the 
eastern states, and in the fisheries. In the south¬ 
ern and western states, pork is used in the form of 
“ bacon ”—the whole of the meat is “'dry cured” 
and smoked. YYkere this is the object, the clear 
fat which is so much prized in other cases is not 
desirable, but a carcass which gives a “ streak ’o 
fat and a streak o’ lean,” like the Irishman’s pig, 
is more suitable. 
The swiue of the Uuited States have been deri¬ 
ved chiefly from Great Britain, though occasional 
importations have been made from other countries. 
The British stock of the present day consists of 
various mixtures of the aboriginal race of that 
country with various Asiatic stocks—chiefly Chi¬ 
nese and Siamese. Not one of the present es¬ 
teemed breeds, can be said to be of unmixed 
origin. YYmatt, in his treatise published in 184G, 
observed that the old breeds were “ rapidly losing 
all traces of individuality under the various systems 
of crossing to which they are subjected.” The 
old stock, which “ with trifling degrees of differ¬ 
ence,” it is said, “ was spread over the greater part 
of England,” is described by Martin as “large, 
coarse, unthrifty, with a long, broad snout, large 
flapping ears, low in the shoulders, long in the 
back, flat-sided, long in the limbs, and large boned, 
with a thick hide covered witli coarse bristles.— 
They were enormous feeders but slow fatteners, 
consuming more food than was repaid by their 
flesh.” But he observes that the “ general system 
of crossing now pursued tends to the establish¬ 
ment of a uniform race throughout every county, 
that is a race presenting the same outstanding 
| characteristics.” 
Much Labor on Little Land. 
1 
The Farmer s Companion in an articlo on 
Small Farms, marks out the following course 
for tho farmer of small capital to pursue: 
You have 100 acres clear, 50 of which you 
keep as pasture, and for meadow. Make 
up your mind to work only 25 acres; the 
other 25 being put down to clover, or clover 
and timothy, as you best can. You have 
manure enough in and about your farm for 
six acres. This year, haul that on to your 
land, plow it and put in corn ; with a little 
ashes, and, if you can got it, slaked lime or 
plaster to every hill. Plow twice as deep as 
usual ; and drag twice as long, with a long 
toothed drag, till tho land is like a garden 
If you have got 35 bushels of corn to the 
acre bofore, wo can warrant you now 70 or 
80; for you cultivate and hoe tho corn twice 
as much likewise. You double your crop 
at a very little increased cost. Having no 
more manure, you must depend on deeper 
plowing, and better dragging for the other 
10 acres, for this year; not forgetting to sow 
a little more seed than usual, if it is oats or 
barloy. In the fall, sow wheat where tlio 
corn was, with the same care ; and next 
spring, manure the next 6 acres for corn.— 
Yes, but you may manure 10 or 12 acres ; 
for you have had 25 more acres for hay, or 
oat straw cut green for fodder, and can keep 
25 more cows through the winter; and know¬ 
ing the value of the manure—that it is as 
important to you as the very soil itself—you 
will take much better care of it. 
Thus, every two or throe years, all your 
land will get a dressing of manuro, and every 
year you will have a different crop on it.— 
Every year it will improve, and you grow 
rich, with about half your work. But after 
a while, sow a few acros of this land with 
clover and timothy; and break up as much I 
of your old grass. You will get double tho I 
crop of hay on the new piece 3 and a good 
crop of grain on the old piece. In one 
word, of all men in the world, a small farmor 
should work a small pieco of laud 5 work it 
thoroughly well; keep all the stock ho can 
to make manure; keep the manure dry, and 
ho will not be a small farmer long. Y\ r o 
have tried it and we know it. For the rest, 
take and read a good farmer’s newspaper. 
Fatting Sheep.—Quiet and Salt. 
YVe find the following statements in the 
Genesee Farmer for Febuary : 
In fatting animals, the less exercise per¬ 
mitted the bettor. Exorcise is doubtless 
necessary to insure the health of all animals; 
but wo must recollect that fatting is, in it¬ 
self, an abnormal condition, that all animals, 
rapidly accumulating fat, aro more or less 
diseased. Tho celebrated breeder, Bake- 
well, understood this fact, and was in tho 
habit ot turning his sheep into marshy 
meadows for the purpose of getting them 
disoased. In such a condition they matured 
earlier and laid on fat with surpassing 
rapidity. 
Salt is good for all animals, and probably 
is, in somo form or other, necessary to health ; 
but wo know that salt is not good for fat¬ 
ting animals, and should never be given if 
the object be tho accumulation of fat — 
Experiment agrees with theory on this point. 
YY T o recollect when conducting somo exten¬ 
sive experiments on sheep, a practical friend 
urged us to give them salt, assuring us that 
his sheep did much hotter with than without 
salt. The sheep on which we were experi¬ 
menting wore doing well at the time, average- 
ing about 2 lbs. increase each per week.— 
To please our friend, we gave tho sheep salt, 
of which they partook freely, but in the 
fortnight during which they wore allowed 
salt, every sheep lost weight. YVe would 
give them as much water as they would 
drink; if fed roots, they will require, and 
will drink less. 
New Premiums.— A good Tdra. 
YVe find the following in tho Boston Jour¬ 
nal. It is a capital suggestion, and worthy 
of adoption by Agricultural Societies: 
In the report of tho Committee of Needle¬ 
work, at the late fair of tho Now Hampshire 
State Agricultural Society, the suggestion 
was made that “largequant ties ofembroid- 
ory and expensive work were offered for pre¬ 
miums, and but little needlework which was 
of practical utility.” Acting upon this sug¬ 
gestion, Mr. YVhiton sent the $20 to the of¬ 
ficers of tho society, with the request that 
it might be offered in premiums for the best 
specimens of patching and darning. This 
is truly practical, and tho New Hampshire 
girls will now have an opportunity of show¬ 
ing their skill in a description of needlewrok 
of far more importance and interest to tho 
hard fisted yeomanry of their native Stato, 
than fancy quilts, embroidered ottomans, 
tapestry, &c. YY^o imagine that thoso ex¬ 
celling in this new department will be in 
great demand to grace tho homes of the 
young farmers of New Hampshire. YVe are 
glad to notice this provision for tho award 
of premiums for excellence in those acquire¬ 
ments which will fit the daughters of our 
farmers for tho practical du ies of life.— 
Many who can tastily embroider an ot 0 - 
man, it is to be feared, would be completely 
at a loss to know how to neatly darn the 
heel of their father’s stockings, or sew a 
patch upon his homespun pantaloons. 
Take Care of your Cows. 
The Coudersport People's Journal has 
tho following item of advice, which should 
be heeded by all who intend profitable 
dairying next summer : 
As a general thing, our peoplo do not 
winter their cows with care enough. They 
should make their stables warmer; and 
build more sheds around tho yard. It is 
too late now to build the sheds for this win¬ 
ter, but much may be done to tighten up 
the stables. Cows well taken care of for 
the balance of this winter, in warm stables, 
well cleaned and littered — with plenty of 
salt—will he worth at least a quarter moro 
next summer for milk, than thoso that are 
poorly housed and carelessly fed. 
This is a pressing need to be attended to 
at once, and if neglected, will bo felt all 
next season. YVith a few good cows, well 
taken care of, every farmer can coin money 
as certainly as tho gold-diggers of Califor¬ 
nia, and much moro pleasantly. 
Cutting Corn Fodder. 
YVe extract tho following experiment in 
keeping cows from tho Pa. Farm Journal: 
Enos Smedley of this county, and of 
many years experience as a dairyman, in¬ 
forms us of his great success tho present 
winter in keeping his cows on corn-fodder, 
cut and crushed by a horse-power and ma¬ 
chine. His plan is to cut off a foot or eight¬ 
een inches of the butts beforo putting it 
through the machine. This is worked on 
tho barn floor, with a one horse power, and 
tho cut fodder discharged through a funnel 
into the entry below, contiguous to the cow 
stables. Hero it is emptied into a large box 
made for tho purposo, and holding about 34 
bushel baskets full. This is well mixed up 
with an equal number of quarts of meal, 
and the whole slightly moistened. He has 
34 cows fastened up in separate stalls, and 
one bushel, heaped up, is found sufficient 
for a cow at a feed, and they aro fed twice 
a day, eating it up clean. Under this man¬ 
agement they aro improving finely, and 
wintering as well as they usually do on tho 
best hay. 
One sheaf of fodder cut up, making two 
good feeds, is worth hero, about throe cents, 
making 21 cents per week. Sixteen quarts 
of meal por week for each cow is worth 32 
cents. Total for keep of cows each, por 
week, 53 cents. This is choap wintering. 
