MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
DEEP PLOWING-PREPARING SEED WHEAT. 
Eds. Rural :—As deep plowing is now 
deservedly all the rago among most farm- 
DESTRDCTION OF BUSHES. 
Now is the time to dostroy bushes, briars, 
thistles, &c., and all particularly interested, 
ers. permit mo to doscribo how I plow deep or afflicted, should at once commonco a war 
with my ordinary team, and am not obliged of extermination. Both farm and highway 
to use “ three yoke of cattle ” to plow a fur- aro too often desecrated with these nuisan- 
row twelve inches deep. 
ces, and it behooves every cultivator who 
I got my blacksmith to make me a clevis looks to profit and neatness to give the mat- 
much liko an ordinary plow clevis, except- ter seasonable attention. The following 
ing that the forward part (where are the article from the last number of the Boston 
notches for sotting the plow deep or shal- Cultivator, is to the point: 
low.) was made wider on one side. 
In many places there are grounds which 
instead of being put on the plow beam in cannot well be plowed, that afford tolerable 
the usual way, or perpendicularly, was put pasturage it not too much occupiod by 
on flat ways with the ground, or horizon- bushes ' The shrubs which aro inclined to 
, ,, t, t . f. , „ grow in these situations, are aldeis, briers 
tally. By having several holes for the small sovoral kiuds> whortleberry bushes, &c. 
pin, I could set it deep or shallow, as I where these are permitted to grow, they 
pleased. Then, by placing tho chain or prevent the growth of grass to a great ex- 
whiffletrees in tho middlo of the beam, I tent, and make that which docs grow sour 
went once around, plowing a furrow seven arul worthless. 
inches deep in tho usual manner. It was , The mode usually adopted for killing 
, „ . , u bushes in such circumstances is to mow 
then but the work of a moment to alter them The efficiency of thi8 has been 
them to tho outside notches, so that tho found to depend much on tho time of the 
plow would again follow in the same furrow year in which the work is dono. Cutting 
five inches deeper. Some of this furrow in winter seems to have littlo effect towards 
would fall back again, but all tho better, as destroying them; they staid with the re- 
,,, , ° , , ,, .. turn ot spring and grow rapidly, lhe et- 
it would bo loosened and the poor soil not ^ ig ne £ rly * he sal £ 0 if tho ' y a / e cut while 
turned out. I profer this in ordinary cases t h 0 foliage is developing. AH trees and 
to having the whole depth turned out at shrubs make their annual growth in a few 
onco, even if I could raise team enough to ■ weeks from the time of putting out loaves. 
i ,, , i ,, 3 T j i. * Durino- the remainder of the season the 
plow that depth,—and I find that ono team . 0 „ 0 
1 ,, , 1 . , . , . wood hardens, and the buds for next sea- 
will plow a twelve inch furrow in this way, gon > g foliago ar0 set . The juncture when 
as easy as throe teams will when plowed at the leaves have attained their full size and 
once. the growth of tho season is checked, is 
The season for sowing wheat is at hand, sometimes callod the “turn of tho sap.”— 
and most farmers now brine and lime their 
wheat previous to sowing. Those who take 
the old method of preparing brino in a bar¬ 
rel and putting the wheat in, a bushel at a 
o and lime their The vitality of many plants is greatly im- 
Those who take P"F ed * f the y . are cat . afc f this Bat 
. with other species, cutting at another period 
? brino in a bar- —Bie j ag ^ 0 f August—is more fatal. 
in, a bushel at a it has been for a long time tho popular 
time, know that this is “ no fool of a job.” belief that some shrubs, if cut in the old of 
Some of your readers may not know that it tbo moon > n August, when tho sign was in 
, , tho hoart, would “ bleed to death. Whoth- 
doos as well to spread tho wheat on a barn ej . tho m< ; on or tho sign have anything to 
floor and sprinkle salt upon it, at tho rate do with tho matter or not, we boliovo tho 
of about six quarts to every ten bushels of fact has been proved that the effect of cut- 
wheat, and thon wot it with water. The ting many shrubs the last of August, is more 
water quickly dissolves tho salt, when lime destructive to them than if the work is done 
or plaster may be put on in tho usual way. Th ^ black alder usua n y grows J n moist 
To those who are not aware of this, it will rich ground, such as is vory natural to grass, 
be worth one year’s subscription to tho From their rapidity of growth they soon 
Rural New-Yorker. f. w. l. occupy tho ground to tho exclusion of other 
Greece, N. Y., August, 1853. ’ vegetation, and appropriating tho best soil 
----- to their use, they occasion much loss. At- 
NEW INSECTS. tempts aro often made to eradicate them 
which do not succeed, and this produces 
Jsot a year passes over but what we hear d j SCO uragement, which induces tho farmer 
of tho depredations of some now and hero- to allow" them to grow unmolested. Tho 
toforo unknown insect, grub, or worm.— results of trials at cutting alders at various 
Some varieties appear in great force one seasons °f the year, have provc-d that the 
,, , , n . time above mentioned is preferable. We 
year, threatening a goneral sweep of devas- . , , ., , ., . 1 „ 
J . to & i might cite much evidence in support ot this, 
tation; tho next, contrary to all expectation, but pGrbaps what we have already said may 
they are heard of no more. What law of induce some to undertake the work, 
nature governs in such cases it is difficult In killing briers and small bushes, bruis- 
to determine. Tho measuring wheat worm ^ n S sometimes answers better than cutting. 
o . , r.i A tool called a “bush-whacker has been 
of ten years ago, and the appearance of the usoJ for thig purposo . Briers and whortle- 
grasshoppers in countless myriads, and then berry bushes may bo kept down by sheep, 
their disappearance for years, aro familiar after having been closoly cut with a scythe, 
cases in point. Tho cut-worm, curculio, It is nocessary, however, to stock heavily, 
rose bug, melon bugs, orchard caterpillars, j n t ? rc * cr to compel tho sheep to eat the 
, , ’ bushes as soon as they start. If the bushes 
beo mot 1 , weevil, et id omne genus , soem to are c i 0SG ] y kop t down for a yoar or two, the 
multiply and increase with their ability to gr a ss will spread and form so close a sward, 
find sustenance. on good land, that the bushes will have lit- 
What is to bo tho final result, with only tie chance to grow. It is important that 
man to fight against prolific and redundant whon ‘ho work is once begun it be followed 
. ° r up. Once mowing may bo partly effectual, 
nature, is difficult to foresee-for one-half b £ t if tho sprouts “ ro n J ot c * t at J tho proper 
of these marauders, no bird or reptile will time tho next season, the labor is in a great 
touch. And for aught wo know, there will degroe lost. 
come some insect that will pray upon man ; ____ 
CHEESE MAKING FROM A SMALL DAIRY, 
m fact, it is said that such an one prevails _____ 
in some quarters already, ono that not only We have received requests from several 
silently and certainly saps the constitution, of our lady correspondents, to write a short 
but inflicts a dreaded disease known as the art ’ c ^° on cheese making, especially in re- 
, if- j , ■ T . . ference to that large class of farmers who 
dreadful dreamings. It is called in these , „ . . f & T . 1 
J * * keep but few cows. It always gives us 
parts the worm of the still. * pleasure to comply with the reauosts of the 
CHEESE MAKING FROM A SMALL DAIRY. 
xrts tno worm oj Vie still. pleasure to comply with the requests of the 
F^TNnwwTTc ladies, especially of those who are good 
_ housekeepers—know how to milk a cow, 
Mr. A. Dryer, of Brighton, near this make good butter and cheese, and cultivate 
, , ’ --r,, ! a small flower-garden, 
ty, has shown us several stalks of Poland First rat0 cheeS0) can bo mado from afew 
city, has shown us several stalks of Poland 
oats, just harvostod, tho size and general cows, but it is attended with more labor in 
appearance of which aro worthy of notice, proportion to the amount made, than in a 
The stalks are quite large and stout, and dairy, inasmuch as the curd has to bo 
about 51 foot in fongth-ono of thorn moas- madc , oyar y morning and placed aside till 
, . j, rra. , , , you have sufficient to make a good-sized 
unng nearly six feet. Though both the cbe eso. Tho milk is placed in a tub, and 
straw and kernel were very heavy, nono of warmed to tho proper temperature, (95 deg. 
the grain was lodged. Mr. D. grew about Fahr., or about as warm as when taken 
an acre, and is greatly pleased, and withal f 1-om the cow) by adding a portion of hoat- 
, . u , , ., it. ,. i ed milk. Tho x'ennet is then added, the 
astonished, at the result. On counting ho . n ,, .. , , , , , ’, 
„ 6 milk well stirred, and afterwards lot alone 
found that the heads average from 30 till the curd is we n C omo. Tho time this 
to 40 more grains than our common oats, occupies varies fifteen minutes to two 
Ho is quite confident that the acre will yield hours, according to tho amount of rennet, 
from 75 to 80 bushels, notwithstanding tho ^ 10 f Gra perature &c. the hotter it is put 
, r • • xu n i j -ii together, and the more rennet is added, the 
dry season. In h.s opinion the Poland w,II q „1 ckor tbe cheese iviH come. Asageneral 
yield at least ono fourth more than the or- thing, the longer it is coming, tho tenderer 
dinary oats. and sweeter will bo the curd. If it comes 
This result certainly goes to confirm what too quickly, it is owing to an excess of lactic 
has heretofore been said in favor of these ac '*j bG ' n g I 01 mod from the sugar of milk; 
, , , so that tho curd has that hard, tough, white 
oats, yet we should like to hear from others appe aran Ce , that is the case when the curd 
who have experimented with them the is precipitated by vinegar, or any other acid; 
present season. The comparative value and but, if thore is a very slow formation of lac- 
superiority of tho Poland over common va- Im ac 'd, the curd is gradually precipitated 
rioties, can only be arrived at by comparing s, less dense, and very sweet and 
, * - j.*. x & fonder. It is then broken up quite fine, 
the resul ts of different experiments . e i t h e r by hand or a curd-breaker made for 
tw t; ;, ] ~ u 1 c- • , fho purpose, which cuts it into very small 
The United States Agricultural Society piecos . After this, it is allowed to stand 
have employed the artist Lossing to sketch and settle. Tho whey is then drawn off 
a view of Mount Vernon and objects of in- and passed through a sieve, to remove any 
terest there including the celebrated carved curc ^ there may bo in it. Tho curd is then 
mantle, sculptured with agricultural devices. P bic ed in a strong cloth, and well pressed 
to remove tho whey. It is thon placed in 
The society aro intending to ornament a di- a cold pJac0) and th ^ operation repeated dai- 
ploma of membership with the sketches. ly—or every other day, if tho milk will keep 
sweet, as it will in the fall—till there is curd 
enough to make a cheese of the desired 
size. When the right quantity is obtained 
the curd is all broken up vory fine, salted 
and well mixed. In putting tho curd in tho 
vat to be pressed, a cloth sufficiently large 
to cover the whole cheese is placed in the 
vat, and into this cloth the curd is put.— 
When the curd has filled the vat, a “ fillet” 
(usually made of sheet tin. and from three 
to six inches wide, and sufficiently long to 
lap over four or five inches when placed 
round the cheese.) is placed inside the vat 
for an inch or so, and tho cloth drawn up 
straight, so that when being pressed the fil¬ 
let will not cut it. The whole of tho curd 
is thon put in, tho cloth turned ovor the top 
of it, a smooth board placed over this and 
thon it is ready to press. After it has been 
pressed for some time, it is taken from un¬ 
der, and punctured all over with a skewer, 
either of wood or iron. Place it on tho 
press again, until it has becomo sufficiently 
consolidated to take out of tho vat without 
falling to pieces. It must thon be turned, 
or inverted in tho vat, and a clean cloth put 
round it. Place it again under the press, 
occasionally turning it and putting round it 
fresh cloths, till the cheese when pressed 
does not wet them. It is then all right, and 
should be kept in the dairy, or other cool, 
damp place, for a few days, placing a littlo 
salt round it, when it may be taken to an 
upper room, where it will require turning 
very frequently, or the side next to tho floor 
will mould. Let the room bo dark and 
well ventilated.— Western Agriculturist. 
CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS. 
The want of some system of classifying 
soils, has long been felt. The arbitrary 
terms in common use, convey no definite 
idea of the subject. A writer in tho Far¬ 
mer’s Magazine recommends a classification 
based on analysis. Wo aro not prepared to 
say that this mode is at present practicable, 
but it is at least worthy of attention. His 
plan is as follows : 
1. Siliceous soils, containing from 90 to 
95 per cent, of sand. These would be di¬ 
vided, on the same principle, into blowing 
sand, coarse sand, good agricultural sand, 
and calcareous sand. 
2. Loamy soils; 70 to 90 per cent, of sand 
separable by washing, subdivided into coarse 
sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, rich 
loam and calcareous loam. 
Clayey soils, with 40 to 70 per cent, of 
sand ; divided into clay loam, clay, and cal¬ 
careous clay. 
Each of those soils, termed calcareous 
sand, calcareous loam, &c., contains 5 per 
cent, of lime. 
Marly soils constitute a fourth group, in 
which the proportion of lime ranges bo- 
tween five an<( twenty per cent., and aro di¬ 
vided into sandy marls, loamy marls, and 
clayey marls. 
Calcareous soils contain more than 20 per 
cent, of lime. They aro divided into sandy 
calcareous, loamy calcareous, and clayey 
calcareous. While in calcareous sands, 
clays, and loams, tho proportion of loam 
doos not exceod 5 per cent. Tho difference 
of composition denoted by difference of 
name, is similar to the sulphates and sul¬ 
phites of chemical nomenclature, which con¬ 
tain different proportions of sulphuric acid. 
According to the quantity of pebbly frag¬ 
ments yiolded by a square yard, or by a cu¬ 
bic foot of the soil, they may bo denomina¬ 
ted gravels, or gravelly sands, loams, and 
clays. 
Vegetable soils vary from tho common 
garden mould, which contains from 5 to 10 
per cent, of vegetable matter, to tho peaty 
soil, in which tho organic matter is about 60 
to 70 per cent. They will bo vegetable 
sands, loams, clays, marls, &c. 
Considered geologically, soils may bo 
classod in three groups : 
1. Local soils,or those dorivod exclusive¬ 
ly from tho debris of tho rock on which 
they rest, unmixed with tho materials of 
other rocks. 
2. Erratic soils, containing tho unmixod 
materials of several, and in many cases dis¬ 
tinct formations, transported by currents of 
water which, at the close of what is callod 
tho testary period of geology, acted irre¬ 
spectively of tho prosont lines of drainage 
and sea levels. 
3. Alluvial soils, composed of finoly di¬ 
vided matter, transported and deposited by 
rivers and tidal currents, in subordination to 
tho existing levels and lines of drainage. 
IT PAYS TO USE MANURE. 
That it pays to use manure, the success 
of a farmer in Centroville, Md., abundantly 
proves. He purchased a farm in 1844, 
which had previously produced scarcely 
enough to support a family, and in tho nine 
years which have since elapsed, ho has used 
10,998 bushels of ashes, 17,865 bushels of 
stone lime, and 9,700 of shell lime, bosidos 
street manure, in all costing $3,224 68. In 
1844, tbo produce of the farm sold for 
$491 58, and it gradually increased until 
1853, when it sold for $3,504 47. Tho sales 
for the nine years amount to $15,215 20, 
or $12,390 52 over and above tho cost of tho 
manure. At the rate of tho yield of 1844, 
tho aggregate sales of the nine years would 
have amounted to only $4,424 22, so that 
he has a clear gain from increased produce 
of $8,566 30, by tho application of manure 
for nine years. The increase of labor em¬ 
ployed should also be taken into account, 
but oven then a handsome profit is shown 
from tho use of these fertilizing materials. 
These figures speak for themselvos, and 
render comment scarcely necessary. An 
increase of over $3,000 in tho produce of a 
single farm from tho addition of manure, is 
certainly a convincing argument.— Country 
Gentleman. 
TO CLEAN CHESS OUT OF SEED. 
The following seasonable directions and 
observations aro worthy the attention of ev- 
ory wheat grower, and especially of such as 
believe in transmutation. They were com¬ 
municated to the Albany Cultivator by 
John Johnston, of Geneva, ono of tho best 
practical farmers in Western Now York : 
To clean all the chess out, take tho rid¬ 
dles out of the fanning mill, leave the screen 
in—tako off tho rod that shakes the riddles 
and screen; pour tho wheat slowly into tho 
hopper with a basket or a half bushel; turn 
tho mill a littlo quicker than for ordinary 
cleaning, and every grain of choss will be 
blown out, unless where three chess seeds 
stick together, which is sometimes the case 
with top seeds. 
If overy farmer will clean his seed wheat 
in this way, I will warrant that wheat will 
novor turn to choss after tho land is once 
clear of it; but the difficulty will bo to get 
the farmer to try it. It is too simple to be 
believed. I have seen some men who stand 
high as agriculturists, whom I could not 
make believe it, until I wont to their barns 
and showed them that it could bo done, and 
effectually. This fact itself is worth much 
to wheat farmers, if they will only try it.— 
Two men will cloan from 10 to 15 bushels 
per hour. If tho wheat is light say weigh¬ 
ing 50 to 55 lbs. per bushel, considerable 
wheat will blow away with the choss; but 
with such wheat as wo raise hero, woighing 
from 60 to 64 lbs. per bushel, littlo if any of 
the wheat will be blown out. In some 
cases it is better to raise the hind end of the 
fanning mill about two inchos from the 
floor; more wind can be given, and not 
blow away tho wheat. Every man that tries 
this will find it answer, and overy reader of 
your paper should tell his neighbor that 
don’t read. 
I have not raised a wino-glassful of choss 
in more than twenty years. Before that I 
had lots of it, and was sure wheat turned to 
chess. 
A vory extensive wheat raiser has agreed 
to como this fall, and make a part of one of 
my fields grow choss without sowing it, for 
which 1 have agreod to givo him tho remain¬ 
der of my crop. Ho may destroy the wheat, 
but chess he cannot make of it. 
THE ARAB HORSE. 
Layard, tho explorer of Nineveh, who is 
as familiar with Arabs as ho is with antiqui¬ 
ties, gives in his late work on Assyria, some 
curious details respecting the true horse of 
the desert. Contrary to tho popular notion, 
the real Arabian is colobratod loss for unri¬ 
valled swiftness than for extraordinary 
powers of endurance. Its usual paces are 
but two, a quick walk, often averaging four 
or five miles an hour, and a half-running 
cantor; for only when pursued does a Be¬ 
douin put his mare to full speed. It is the 
distance they will travel in emergency, tho 
woight thoy will carry, and the comparative 
trifle of food thoy require, which render the 
Arabian horses so valuable. Layard says 
that ho knew of a celebrated mare, which 
carried two men in chain armor beyond tho 
reach of some Aiiovza pursuers. This mare 
rarely had more than twelve handfuls of 
barley in twenty-four hours, except during 
tho spring, when tho pastures woro green, 
and it is only tho mares of wealthy Bed¬ 
ouins that can get even this allowance. Tho 
consequence is that except in tho spring, the 
Arab horse is lean and unsightly. They aro 
never placed under cover during tho sum¬ 
mer, nor protected from the biting winds of 
tho desert in wintor. The saddle is rarely 
taken from their backs. Cleaning and 
grooming aro strangers to them. They 
sometimes reach fifteen hands in heignt.and 
never fall below fourteen. In disposition 
they aro as docile as lambs, requiring no 
guide but a halter ; yet in tho flight or pur¬ 
suit their nostrils becomo blood red, their 
eyes glitter with fire, the neck is arched and 
tho mano and tail aro raised and spread out 
to the wind; tho whole animal becomes 
transformed. 
The vast plains of Mesopotamia furnish 
tho best broods, and these breeds are divid¬ 
ed into five races, of which tho original stock 
was tho Kohoyleh. Tho most famous be¬ 
long either to the Sham mar, or to the 
Anoyza tribos. Their pedigrees aro kept 
scrupulously, and their value is so great, 
that a thorough-bred mare is generally own¬ 
ed by ton, or oven more persons. It is not 
often that a real Arabian can be purchased. 
Tho reason is that, on account of its fleet¬ 
ness and power of endurance, it is invalua¬ 
ble to tho Bedouin, who, onco on his back, 
can dofy any pursuer except a Shammar or 
Aneyza with a swifter or stronger mare than 
his own. An American racer, or evon an 
English hunter, would break down, in thoso 
pathless deserts, almost before an Arabian 
became warmed up to its work. Where 
thorough-bred mares have beon sold thoy 
havo broughf as high as six thousand dol¬ 
lars; but these, it is understood, aro not tho 
best of the race. Tho Arab who sells his 
maro can do nothing with his gold, and can¬ 
not oven keep it, for tho noxt Bodouin of a 
hostile tribe, who comos across his path, and 
who has retained his maro, will take it from 
him and dofy pursuit. Layard thinks that 
no Arabian of tho best blood has ever been 
seen in England. If this is so, wo can 
scarcely suppose that any havo como to 
America, but must boliovo tho so-called 
Arabians, given to our government at vari¬ 
ous times, to bo of inferior breeds. Rarely, 
indeed aro tho thorough breeds found bo- 
yond the desert. It will bo a subject of ro- 
gret, to thoso who admiro fine horses, to 
loarn that the Arabian is considered to be 
degenerating; tho consequonce of tho sub¬ 
jugation of Arabia, and tho declino of tho 
Bedouin tribes.— Philadelphia■ Bulletin. 
The Ontario County Fair is to bo held at 
Geneva, on the 28th and 29th of September. 
LAWNS AND GRASSES. 
Lawns connected with country houses 
will vary in extent from half an acre to sev¬ 
eral acres, as the case may be, although in 
this country of “ land saving,” thero will bo 
vory littlo danger of getting tho lawn too 
largo, even if it should include twenty, thir¬ 
ty or forty acres in extent. Where the 
houso and farm buildings can stand near 
tho central point of the lawn, it will bo bet¬ 
ter if it has a high and commanding aspect; 
however, that must depend on circumstan¬ 
ces, as the highest point on tho lawn will be 
tho best for tho buildings to stand upon, 
whether that bo upon ono side or central. 
It will bo woll, where the builder is design¬ 
ing a place for a now residence to select a 
point near or in tho midst of a bolt of forest* 
troos. This ho will find to be a great ad¬ 
vantage over building on an open place 
where I 10 has got to wait a short lifetime for 
small trees to grow up to make shade. In 
such cases, however, of barren points, some 
trees of a largo growth should be immedi¬ 
ately transplanted about tho buildings. 
As to tho general management of lawns, 
it must vary according to the size, situation, 
circumstances of tho owner. &c. Of course 
tho genoral design of a lawn is to remain in . 
permanent grass and growing trees. And 
in tho first place, whatever tho size of tho 
lawn, whether it bo ono acre or twonty, wo 
would have but one outside fence or enclo¬ 
sure. All cross sections of fences havo a 
bad look and spoil tho prospect. Wiro or 
iron fences aro tho most substantial, look 
tho best, and aro the cheapest for a lifetime 
that can bo built. 
The laying out and preparing a lawn for 
seeding down to grass, requires a great deal 
of labor and judgment to havo it well done. 
Tho land should bo plowed deep, subsoilod 
and well pulverized ; tho surface should be 
made smooth with a fine tooth harrow and 
rakes. By this, wo do not moan to pull 
down natural hills or conical knolls, to fill 
a natural valley or ravino. Wo should 
much prefer to have the land remain in its 
natural state as to form of surface or posi¬ 
tion. The kinds of grass seed to be sown 
should bo a mixture of Red Top, Kentucky 
Blue Grass, and White Clover, sown with a 
liberal hand, and this to be covered with a 
fine tooth harrow, or hand rake, and tho 
whole surface to bo made smooth by the 
roller. 
Where lawns aro only an aero in extent, 
tho after-cultivation can be dono by shear¬ 
ing. or mowing with a lawn scythe. This 
tool can bo had at any of tho implement 
stores, and in tho hands of a competent 
man, good work can bo done. But mowing 
a swath with tho ordinary scythe is ono 
thing, and cutting or shearing with the lawn 
scytho is another business altogether. Tho 
grass should bo cut onco or twico a month 
through the growing season, and it should 
bo cut even and alike; for it is only in this 
way that a close, tight sward can be obtain¬ 
ed, and that after two or three seasons of 
experiment and growth. Thoy understand 
this business hotter in England than wo do, 
hecauso thoy havo done more at it, still wo 
can by a littlo practice learn enough to an¬ 
swer all useful purposes. 
Whoro the lawns aro sovoral acres in ox- 
tent, tho practico of cutting with a scythe 
would bo laborious, slow, and expensive.— 
In this case, wo think that the grass might 
bo fed down by sheop. This could be dono 
by enclosing the sheep with a cheap wiro 
hurdle fence, to bo movod ovor tho lawn 
as tho grass is foi( down, and so after tho 
ground is all gono over the first plat will be 
ready for tho sheop again. Then tho sheop 
would scatter their droppings, or manure, 
over tho surface, and it being of such fine 
quality, it would bo the best top dressing 
the lawn could havo.— L. Durand, in Hor¬ 
ticulturist. 
DRILLING WHEAT. 
Edward Stabler, in his admirable essay 
on tho advantage of drill seeding, states that 
after examining its results on some 800 or 
1 000 acros, besides largo experience on his 
own land, he finds there is not a single 
instance whoro it has not proved tho most 
profitable, first, in tho saving of seed, and 
secondly in tho increased product of tho 
grain, amounting to from ono to six or soven 
bushels per acre. Ho thinks five pecks of 
seed drilled are equal to two bushels sown 
broadcast. He has known tho increase, in 
one caso, by caroful comparison of tho two 
modos, to amount to nine bushels por aero 
in favor of drilling. Ho rolatos an interest¬ 
ing incidont:—A vonder offered a drill for 
tho increase in a crop of fifty acres ofwhoat 
—to bo determined by sowing a few strips 
broadcast for comparison. But beforo har¬ 
vest the farmer preferred paying tho hun¬ 
dred dollars, tho price of the drill, with 
interest. On carefully ascertaining the in¬ 
crease, he found it to bo one hundred and 
fifty-three bushels. 
Potash as Manure.— Ashes or potash 
renders most of tho humus soluble in water; 
consequently it producos a very marked and 
powerful effect, rendering vogotation for a 
while extremely luxuriant; but tho ovils 
that follow from too free use of this sub- 
stanco are vory groat, for the soil in a few 
years is deprived of vegetable matter and is 
rendered barren. Hence, it is absolutely 
necessary if you mako free use of the ashes 
in tho amondmont of soils, that a constant 
supply of vegetable matter should bo intro¬ 
duced into them, to furnish a suro supply 
of nutrimont to tho plants.— Farm and Gar¬ 
den. _ _ 
Agriculture is tho primeval, and tho 
most noble employment of mankind. With¬ 
out a knowledge of tho principles of the sci¬ 
ence of this art, man would bocomo an un¬ 
civilised barbarian, subsisting liko the brute 
creation on a scanty supply of fruits and 
roots. 
