VOLUME IV. NO. 26. >• 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. - SATURDAY, JUNE 25 , 1853 . 
1 WHOLE NO. 182. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER : 
A QUARTO WEEKLY 
Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
WITH AJT ABLE CORPS OF ASSISTANT EDITORS. 
The Rural New-Yorker is designed to be unique and 
r °° tSOf th ° wh ,f t .P' ant th r ™ wou J d recommend the here, in tho Bummer, than it is in more 
utmost importance to keep tho soil fresh, and the stalks of the other. Assuming five strikingly illustrated as displayed in the south. As in the human body where the 
? the production of all feet as an average height to which it will works of Creation. Yours, &c.. blood may bo vitiated and oorrnntoH Id 
beautiful in appearance, and unsurpassed in Value, Purity rapidly growing vegetables. In the last attain during the “ natural life of 10 or 11 
and Variety Of Contents its conductors earnestly labor place, a mellow soil has a groater capacity months, tho operation might bo conducted 
to make it a Reliable Guide on the important Practical Sub- +l_ „ ,, * s 
jects connected with the business of those whose interests t0 re&iSt drouth than any other. This has as follows If a wheat plant rise in ten 
it advocates, it embraces more Agricultural, Horticul- ^ready been shown, and no one who looks months to the height of five feet, to what 
turai, Scientific, Mechanical, Literary and News Matter- at the subject for a moment, will fail to seo height ought a forest tree to rise in 100 
ing»-than any other paper published in this Country. * n the se and many other respects the wis- years? Answer—000 feet 1 Both conclu- 
„ ~ . _ ora °* 410 injunction to •• stir the soil. - ' sions are orronoous. because both are based 
to make it a Reliable Guide on the important Practical Sub- t0 resisfc drouth than any ofcher . This ha 
jects connected with the business of those whose interests } s ual 
it advocates. It embraces more Agricultural, Horticul- a ' reac 'y been shown, and no One who Iookf 
turai, Scientific, Mechanical, Literary and News Matter— at the subject for a moment, will fail to SCC 
interspersed with many appropriatesand handsome engrav- in these and many Other respects the wis- 
mgs — than any other paper published in this Country. , J 1 u a 
- dom of tho injunction to “stir the soil." 
ifif” For Terms, &c., see last page. _ l _ 
0^5"” ~Y (VV ~ TZ IT PAYS 10 TJSE MANTTEE - 
A’uinu Aicib-iJoriur. That it pays to use manure, the success 
___ ^ _of a farmer in Centrovillo, Md., abundantly 
Progress and Improvement. p ™™\ ?° 1>urcllased a &rm in 1844 , 
- -- which had previously produced scarcely 
CORN CULTURE-STIR THE SOIL. enough to support a family, and in the nine 
- years which have since elapsed, ho has used 
Though corn planting was somewhat do- 10,998 bushels of ashes, 17,865 bushels of 
layed, in many instances, by the long con- stone lime, and 9,700 of shell limo, besides 
tinued May rains, it has sinco sprung up street manure, in all costing $3,224 68. In 
vigorously, and, by its rapid growth seems 1844, the produce of tho farm sold for 
to promise a good crop of this important $491,58, and it was gradually increased un¬ 
cereal. A few suggestions as to its cultiva- til 1852, when it sold for $3,504 47. Tho 
tion are now in order, though tho “first hoe- sales of the nine years amount to $16,215 
°, wn ‘ cn 11 wm works 01 creation. Yours, &c. blood may bo vitiated and corrupted, and 
attain durmg tho ‘ natural life of 10 or 11 N. Davidson Redpath. yetthoperson.naycontinuctolij,^™,, 
months, the operation might bo conducted Michigan, June, 1853. nr ,j „„„„ ,. , , ,, , ’ 
, „ * , ® 7 . J _and even sometimes to outgrow” tho dis- 
o ows . a w ea p ant rise m ten CLIMATE. —NO IV eaesd state of the blood :—So in tho potato, 
months to the height of five feet, to what -^ the sap of the plant is, to a certain degree! 
ho>ght ought a forest tree to rise in 100 It is generally much easier to oxposo an fermented and sourod, by the excoss of heat- 
years ? Answer—600 feet 1 Both conclu- existing evil than to show how to remedy tho top dies, but tho circulation of tho vi¬ 
sions are orronoous, because both are based tho evil, or even how to mitigato its effects, tiated sap from the dying top is sufficient 
on taiso data. And in giving my opinion in rogard to this to swell out the tuber, at tho same time that 
Unit too roots of wheat penetrate to the matter, I shall only attempt an approxima- it predisposes it to rot. If the excess of 
Which ha<l previously produced scarcely’ “°f» *an 20 years j and so late as 1850, I of the various parts of the country are so more deapiy imbedded.' Neil her change 
enough to support a family, and in the nine I° r,r ‘ od “ by actual measurement, when I groat that ,t is impossible to md,cate any of seed, nor reprodution from the balls, can 
. tound roots nnnof-mt.mo- thmiinrh a. Rtift v Sonera Rvstnm whinn wi A.rm1if»nh1n i*n i ^ 
enough to support a family, and in the nine , , . . , , , , ,. . 
years which have since elapsed, ho has used *T d r °° tS P enefcratln S throu g h a stlrt ehiy, S oneral 6 y stem which wdl 
10,998 bushels of ashes, 17,865 bushels of SU ° h &3 13 USod in makin S bricks ’ as dee P as a «y considerable number 
be applicable in have any effect upon a causo which thus 
of locations. 
operates while the plant is growing, and, 
perfecting its fruit. ’Hiel. 
A PLEA FOR FARM LABORERS. 
ing” will probably bo accomplished before 
this reaches our readers. No plant better 
repays constant and thorough cultivation, 0 f 1844, tho aggregate sales of the 9 years 
henco a now reminder to this effect may not would have amounted to only $4,424 22. so 
bo useless. that j ie j ias a c ] ear g a j n f rom increased pro- 
Hilling corn has nearly gone into disro- duce of $8,566 30, by the application of ma- 
uto, but it is still somotimos practiced.— nuro for nino years. Tho increase of labor 
stone lime, and 9,700 of shell limo, besides fe “, ‘ le SUrf, ! Ce ‘ ^ cor - which WOuld P roduce 11,0 perfecting its fruit. ’Hiel 
all costino-$3 224 68 In res P ontlent ’ being, a s ho says, a practical best possible efioct in one case, in all proba- _^_ 
ee of the & farm sold for man andof considerable experience, should bility, would utterly fail in another, ewn a PLEA FOR FARM LABORERS, 
is graduall increased un *S norant ° 4 ' ^bis well established fact, is upon an adjoining farm. A highly recom- - 
sold for $3 SoT47’° Th~ ^ mattor wonderment to me, as its an- mended (and no doubt a successful,) reme- * PEW ^is evening, a few words in behalf 
c'rs amount to ^'IG 2 ° nouncement was matter of astonishment to dy in one instance, frequently entirely fails a d ass f° r whom thus far agricultural pa- 
over S and 10 abovo 0 th ^t ast °nishment, sir, in in producing tho same result, in any other P ers have said very little. Of the soil and 
At the rate of°th y° ur corr 6sp°ndent ? If farmers, young or instance. A late most ominent chemist, an imals, tho sons, daughters, and wife of the 
a >-ito sales^f^th » 9 ^ 1C( wou ^ °nly take tho advice of tho poet 3ays :—“ In devoting the different parts of ^ arm er, wo hear much—much to improve, 
nteiTto^n^ °$4 4^4 22 aiS and an estate to the necessary crops, it is per- benefit, cheer and encourage—yot, of his 
r e a ; n f r °m‘ ’ , S ° “Study Naturk; nature is a friend to truth,” fectly evident, from what has been said, hired man w0 bear nothing. Nothing has 
^ , ° inc yease pio and avoid all guesses and surmises, wonder that no general principle can be laid down been said to cheer his toil—nothing to en- 
. DV tho arm i on firm nt ma_ _i x . , . . ° r r > i . , . , . „ r 
20, or $12,390 52 over and above the cost 
of tho manuro. At tho rate of tho yield 
puto, but it is still somotimos practiced. 
' , ca,lon o J® a - would givo placo to devout admiration of oxcept when all the circumstances of the courage him on, and point him aright. No, 
The increase of labor *u n n:™ , ..... ..... ... r a„,i .._a. 
fully planted in rows each way, and nearl v 'pu ... /* it .t , - - % —.. mtu - — -— i-— ■ ■ 
tho whole dressing maj bo given with tho * i ° ' “fZZ , tluiInsolvra " a “ d aM » de P th > “> d > a » nourishment will bo excellent in one case, may be de- ^ nc l u * re ^ nto the early biography of tho 
horse cultivator. & It should bo passed be- ™ n( e1 ’ comment ^™f necessary. An in a season of drouth—when “the earth structivo in another.” If he is correct, wealthy farmers surrounding us, wo find 
practice which 
horse cultivator. It should bo passed be- ; nr . r „ a , 0 i » 
tween the rows as near the h.lls as posstble, singlo farm , from the adJition manur0 _ is 
crossing both ways, and tho field will bo left cortainl » con , incin „ gument . 
levol and mellow. A man following with a _ __ _ _ 
hoe can rapidly straighten or uncover tho Mil. REDPATH ON DRAINING.— THE C0R- 
stalks which are disturbed, and an acre can RECTOR CORRECTED! 
bo thoroughly wooded sooner in this way, , „ lc „,„ Joa 
tlian in any othoi. Mr. Editou:— Your correspondent 'Hiel, 
In fiat culturo but ono sot of roots is pro- whilst ho roads a pretty homily on the 
ducod and these grow long and largo, so “correction of mistake. " boil, i„ ,L„„ 
RECTOR CORRECTED! 
111 teach you (liirerencea.— Shalcspcare. 
becomes as iron, and tho heavens as brass/ (and I know, from more than forty years that many of them wero once farm labor- 
But why this astonishment, as if I had experience, that he is,) how absurb to sup- ers by tho month. Go into our legislative 
propounded some new disclosure ? Thore pose that a “ pattern farm,” in any part of balls—inquire of our most successful mor- 
is no novelty in the matter; it is as old as tho State would be of the least possible ser- chants—of our D. D.’s—our LL. D.’s—and 
Adam. If your correspondent will ex- vice in indicating tho proper course of farm- a ^ others in honorablo stations in society, 
amino the Gonosee Farmer, page 302, Vol. ing in other parts of tho country, not one bow they commenced their career in life, 
XII, and an article in tho Rural, Sopt. 9th. of which would probably be in consonance anc ^ the answer will come from a respect- 
r. lditor:— Your correspondent ’Hiel, of last year’s issue, by Linus Cone, Esq., he with the “pattern,” to climate, aspect, or abl ° majority,— 1 “ as laborers by the month, 
w i st 10 reads a pretty homily on the will seo how his ideas and Mr. Cone’s agree “ composition of soil, or subsoil ?” in shops, and on farms, 
collection ot mistakes, both in theory and with regard to deop tillage. &c. In the _:_i_ a.- _i_... , In view of these circumstances, is the rm 
the stalks are as well or better supported nra ctico finelv illnc f au , *1 , ^ s f in the Having previously mentioned peach orch- 
• , ,, ~ . ,. . j , . , . . P iaG “co, finely illustrates tho truth of the Farmor, it is stated that “tho denth to i c t mi • p „ 
against tho ofiects of wind than by raising old adaun tb-u ii ^ U4 l i ■ i au , , uoptn to ards, &c., I will give the results of my ob- 
» few inches of earth about the roots. Thf to torrect’ errors Th f , T l" ^ * ° ^^ ^ I might also say, my in¬ 
growth is more steady also, as tho vigor of diffuse letter is to prove th-u*! • ” * pen ® Ta . e 6 rt un er Givorable circum- e «ce,) in regard to them and a few other 
the plant does not nood to be expended in j n 8tatin2 . th t th V , 1 .“ error S anct ‘ B ’ J s greater than is generally products of the farm. In planting an orch- 
producing new roots, at a time when all its "T r ^ T* ° f ^ ap d, since the face of the country and the 
energies should be givon to oxtending those surface His own oninin * th ?-V* ° un “ op mai y cutlvat i° n , t hat were up- climate have become so materially changed, 
first produced, which are amply sufficient be utterly in no s bhf h V"’ i T*' 7 > S *, “ d U iS su PP osed I have observed that a “ ridge” was a be!ter ar0 thoir su P eriors ? And I answer-none, 
for tho support and growth of the plant.- in „ a ^ , a weak plant hav- hat clover roots descend lower than wheat, site for it in general, than a fat, the fruit but thoso who have made superior attain- 
It seems reasonable also, that a fiat, mellow could strike, t- °* m ® nt 1S > ioug i on w at evidence we know not. being much less liable to bo injured by monts none merely from station in life.— 
surface will onablo it hotter to withstand fourth md miwi \ 100 3 more t au a 10 straw erry, according to tho testi- f r0 sts. The trees are more certain to grow And yet, some pretend to look down upon 
drouth than one ridged and hard, and less ££^ ^ ^ 7^ ° ^ D0TO ’ (I ^ 0te well, and to remain in bearing much longer, tbera * 
absorbent. ’ ° F 80>01,1,1 part ° f 81X 0r SOven ±eot - Pirates downwards no if tho 6ecd s are planted where the trees are ” .. 
It is sometimes desirable to seed acorn ^ our « orrGS P ondeilfc8 deliberate opinion less than 10 feet. And even the Canada to remain, without transplanting. The north 
field immediately to grass, for meadow or 1S ’, ^ Wh ° at P antS ca “ not P ossib ly tln stle (whose monthly decapitations afford s id 0 of a wall, or fence, is a hotter location 
In view of these circumstances, is the po¬ 
sition of the farm-laborer an honorable one? 
Many such aro in the employ of men who 
ougn on wnat evidence we know not.” be i ng much less liable to bo injured by 
io strawberry, according to tho testi- frosts. The trees aro more certain to grow 
rvrvcr AT.. TA_ n O 
ctfi or seventh part of six or seven feet.” from memory,) penetrates downwards no if tho seeds are planted where the trees are 
\our correspondents deliberate opinion loss than 10 feet. And even the Canada to remain, without transplanting. Tho north 
How is it, brother ? Do you and your 
family treat your hired man with proper 
T • ,1 , 1 1 - - . - / . fe* l ILUI III * II- 
tnen is, that wheat plants cannot possibly thistle (whose monthly docapitations afford B id 0 of a wall, or fence, is a better location courtes y> or do you leave him to gain the 
pasture. In flat culture this may lie done stri , ko dl> '™ that, one foot from the so much employment to your correspond- than the malt side, because the buds 
J RlirbLPrt finn t.hia lHaa A* nnf \ rnnfa tataaa^ iU. -1_il . r 
readily,—sowing tiie grass sood after culti- 
surface, and this idea (for it is not a fact*) ent,) roots penetrate to tho depth of from not s0 apt to be brought forward so early 
he endeavors to bolster up from analogies 14 t0 18 f eet; hence its “tenacity of life.” as to bo destroyed by winter or spring frosts. 
civilities his right, as best ho may, wonder¬ 
ing meanwhile that his manner is awkward 
and unpolished ? Remember that aside 
rating the last time, in July, and cutting tho T m up iroin analogies - - xo ; mnme us tenacity ot nte. as to bo destroyed by winter or spring frosts. ana enpousnen r nemomber that aside 
stalks as near tho ground as may bo when X™ t01 '° St treeB and tbe Canada This is a fact from actual measurement.— A high and steep hill, on the north side, from our boast ed freedom, there aro few 
stalks as near tho ground as may bo when thistle Tho 
gathering tho crop. A good growth will . 
r ,1 ai a , .. an d tho cone 
follow tho next year, as thrifty as when A t lU for t t 
seeded upon any other grain. Thus it will and a 8lcI , Jel . 
bo seen that Hat culture is preforablo for , , . 
facility of soeding down ; for steady, vigor- \^ rg0 __t, 111 
things in tho social condition of our coun¬ 
try, upon which wo may look with moro 
pride, as having advanced beyond the moth- 
bo seen that Hat culturo is preferable for and a bonder wheat plant, are made to un- pests. When the top was cut off, about a more onergetic practice in cultivating and er country, than the elevation of tho labor- 
facility of soeding down ; for steady vigor- der ^° a . killd ot ' arithmetical operation, ta bie spoolul ot salt was dropt on the root, manuring the ground should bo adopted er in tho scale of respectability. Shall we 
ou8, and productive growth ; for security 1 ” US ' 11 ^ ^ 0re8t tre0 100 y ear s eld only which generally causes it to rot and die. It than was formerly necessary. seek again to depress him ? Shall wo havo 
ai ainsfc high winds ; for resisting tho effects stnkes down it8 root8 tb o half of six or sov- 13 not expensive, and might be tried on a It may seem to be an act of presumption caste ? Are wo, in republican America, to 
of drouth; and abovo all, for economy of on . leet ’ bow doe P should a wheat plant sma11 scal °, as an experiment. in a “clod-hopper” to diffor with learned fall back upon tho “time-honored,” “long- 
labor. ’ " strike down its roots in 10 or 11 months ?— conclusion, your correspondent says: “savans” upon the subject of tho “ Potato hated usages” of tho old world ? Is tho 
Our heading contains an injunction to Answer, according to ’Hiel’s arithmetic, 12 “ 4 believe it is generally understood that, Rot.” Having, however, some practical possession of wealth to constitute a supori- 
“stir the soil.” This should bo done often incbes ‘ Such a demonstration is worthy 111 the ordinary soils of the Genesee coun- knowledge, which few (if any,) I conclude, ority ? Let me, then, fix the boundaries : 
and thoroughly in the first stagos of the * b ° attention of Vegetable Physiologists.— tr D neither root nor seed ever die, or who have promulgated their crude hypothe- All who produce for their fellows, aro co¬ 
growth of tho corn crop. In tho first placo * ^ ‘ b aiU ° g ^ °^ woon *bo roots ot the tor- p , ° a t, 10 ''’ 1 uric to the depth ot 6 or 7 ses have had, “ I, also, will show mine opin- workers with tho Almighty, and are aiding 
clean culturo is particularly indispensable! *Your correspondent either does not know, or at least 00t b0 0W tho . surfa00 ’ ’ &c * Yes > indeed, ion.” From many and laborious investiga- in carrying out His plans for the general 
Weeds and grass should not bo allowed to u,K! . a/af, ■ Af ’ 7' ma >' bcllGv f , tbat ’ n et only in the tions in my own potato grounds, I am per- weal. They are therefore tho highest class, 
waste tho elements of fertility, which the ing vegetation, he sums up brwjdnr“Th« £ iX^ e ” a <fet G “ 0SG0 eountiy, u many ot er country, fectly satisfied that the cause of the “Rot” or number one. Those who do not labor 
corn plant would so roadily appropriate_ The least consideration will convince any one, that whilst 10U ° yeis * aiI11D g 18 credulity. Did is an unusal degree ot heat (during the time to produce any article for their own or 
When tho soil is well prepared and kept *771 r \ >latement ' ev , er? etatem * ni ia necessarily your correspondent never hear of what may of the growth of the plant, thereby making others sustenance, or use, are tho drones of 
mellow, tho root, road, far and wide for K hTT ^ f ^ “ d therefore much “» re . th ° taman of worthl*, 
food—tho plant being a rapidly growing and En »?iand, °f detested memorj, that on one occasion he ex- W . ^ 11 soe < s ’ &c -> ai ° placed, thoy easily destroyed than when the plant is ot fungi; eating the produce of tho workers 
hungry ono. Secondly, frequent culture den J “ ie / actr Now, Mr. Editor, i den, WIl l neither germinate nor grow. This more slow growth,) and more particularly, and acting contrary to the will of God, His 
promotes the growth of tho plant by in- neons'fnches'hfn^nh ^ C0nsidt ; red t0 be about 18 at the time when the plant is elaborating designs and commands,—these, if of moral 
creasing the power of tho soil to absorb fir8t P riuc 'P l0 of Vegetable Physcoiogy. To him, we Ti o sur ace. the sap, and forming the tubers. Tho ob- character, belong to class number second, 
moisture, and othor needed stimulants from wou14 reco ®“° nd (although, “to teach « teacher, ill bo- us> 1 bave wntt en in justification of the jection that “ in northern climates, such as There is another class composed of de¬ 
creasing the power of tho 80il to absorb fir8t P riuci P l0 of Vegetable Physcoiogy. To him, we 
moisture, and othor needed stimulants from woulJ recommend (although, “to teach a teacher, iU bo- 
moisturo, and othor needed stimulants from t u (“‘tnougu, to teach a teacher, m bo- ’ u„ u „n lTOU mjusmiwuuuoiifle jection tfiat in northern climates, such as 1 hero is another class composed of dissi- 
the air. The aid derived from this source doctrines propounded incidentally, in my that of Russia, &e„ the “Rot” prevails as pated idlers who live without work, and al- 
call scarcoly bo overrated. In the hoaviest other aTaiJ '‘ l>Iu works on Agricultural chemistry and ijS8ay on Vr ^ mu S- 4 bave no wish to go well as m this country, “ is of no force ; for most invariably mimic, hiss and sneer at 
dew a hard dry path will remain drv whiln Vegetable p h ysio j 0 ® r ’ M instructors in these important astra y niyselt, tar loss to lead others, espo- it is well known that, in those northern young men who work by the mouth. Thk 
y> branches of Rural Economy. cially the young or the inexuerionced. To fifilin t.TU'S t.hft In nffnnf?mna rnfirn da. ia iVitx Inwnof 
cially the young or the inexperienced. To J countries, the heat is, oftentimes, more se- is the lowost class, or number third. 
