MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
believe the advice to grow rye instead of 
clover as food for stock, if acted upon, would 
bo most injurious to the interests of the 
farmer. The system recommended has 
been fully tried in England, and we know 
from personal observation that it is now 
abandoned there by the greater part of all 
intelligent agriculturists. Rye, during its 
growth, exhausts tho soil of that substance 
most required by tho wheat plant, and so 
for from tho soil being made richer in the 
elements needed by the wheat plant, by the 
growth and consumption on tho soil of a 
crop of rye, wo have not tho slightest 
doubt, from experiments and practical ex¬ 
perience, that the soil would be far richor 
if allowed to remain fallow. Would you, 
then, recommend fallow ? Not at all. W o 
would say, grow clover, the more tho better, 
so that it is all retained on the form; grow 
peas, beans, lentils, lupins, turnips, and keep 
a large stock on the form to eat them ; but 
grow as little rye, barley, oats, timothy, 01 
other cereal crops as possible, inasmuch ks 
they exhaust the soil precisely of the same 
elements as does a crop of wheat the sub¬ 
stance, in fact, of which our wheat soils are 
most deficient. 
THE NATIONAL HORSE EXHIBITION. 
As we anticipated the National Horse Show 
or Convention as some term it—held at Spring- 
field List week, proved, in most respects, eminently 
successful. Such at least is our impression from 
the reports already published, the only means we 
have of judging—for we were unexpectedly de¬ 
prived the pleasure of attending. 
The exhibition opened on Wednesday and con¬ 
tinued until Saturday—closing with a sale oi 
celebrated homes at auction. From the compara¬ 
tively indefinite character of the accounts so fai 
published, we will not attempt to give even the 
prominent features of the exhibition. 1 hough 
perhaps some accounts are exaggerrated, all agree 
that the show was highly creditable, the attend¬ 
ance large, and the arrangements and order 
observed admirable. The show was attended by 
a large number of distinguished men, as well as 
horses, from various sections of the Union—and 
the exercises embraced a display of some of the 
good points of the former. At the Agricultural 
Banquet, on Friday, tables were laid for eighteen 
hundred people. The President of the U. fe. Ag. 
Society, Hon. M. F. Wilder, presided and speech¬ 
es were made by Gov.. Horatio Seymour, of this 
State, Hon. Abbott Lawrence, of Mass., J. M. 
Botts and Gov. Floyd, of Va.,- Mr. Holcomb, of 
Del., and Gov. Colby, of N. H. Several other 
distinguished men were trotted out, and responded. 
At the conclusion of the banquet, the list of 
Premiums was read, and a national salute fired 
at sunset. As the banquet closed the exhibition 
proper, most of the horses and visitors left 
Springfield on Friday evening. We annex the 
list of 
Premiums Awarded. 
Stallions seven years old and over. 1st premium of 
£200 to “ Cassius M. Clay,” owned by Mr. Goodwin, of 
New York; 2d, §100, to horse owned by F. Morgan, Dan¬ 
ville, Conn.; 3d, £50, to horse owned by Hiram Breed, of 
Maine; 4th, £25, to horse owned by F. Twitchem, of Mass. 
Stallions op 4 to 7 years.— 1 st premium of §100 to Paul 
Clifford, owned by Hudson & Willcox, Vermont; 2d, 550, 
to Flying Morgan, owned by John Chamberlain and Hiram 
Gibbs, of Mass.; 3d, £25, to Young Black Hawk, owned by 
S. Hooper, Mass. A gratuity of £15 to Flying Cloud, 
owned by Timothy T. Jackson, Flushing, L. I.; do of ©10 
to Canadian Leopard, owned by Ira Griffin, Mass.; do of 
£10 to Raven, owned by Robbins Battell, Norwalk, Conn. 
Diplomas to North Star, Flying Cloud, Raven, Cub, Black 
Hawk and Young Eclipse. 
Thorough - breds. — “ Bob Logic,” entered by J. R. 
Hutchins, of Montreal, Canada, took the first prize of £100. 
The others we did not learn. 
Fancy Matched Horses. — 1st premium of £100 to D. 
Sanderson, Somerville, N. J.; 2d, ©50, to Doty & Hub¬ 
bard, Montpelier, Vt.; 3d, $25, to Francis T. Cordis, Long- 
meadow, Mass.; 4th, £25, to Jas. Reed, Palmer, Mass.; 5th, 
§20, to Jos.iah Crosby, of North Andover, Mass. Diploma 
to J. Wilcox, 2d, of Meriden, Ct. ________ 
Matched Horses. —1st premium of £100 to Lewis Gale, 
of Bai-re, Vt; 2d, £50, to L. B. Chapman, of Windsor 
Locks, Ct.; 3d, £25, to M. H. Griffin, Middletown, Ct., for 
his Now Jersey bred horses ; 4tli, £20, to S. C. Hall, Man¬ 
chester, N. H.'; 5th, (extra) £20, to T. J. Shepard, Spring- 
field, Mass., for his Genesee Co. horses. Diplomas to L. 
A. Pliillips, Providence, R. I.; N. Basset, Columbia Co., N. 
y. ; j. h. Tuttle, Ct.; Lathrop & Shepard, of Mass.; David 
P. Foot, Conn.; G. Twitehell, Boston. 
Farm or Draught Horses. — Pairs of Horses — 1st pre¬ 
mium of £5, to C. Fonda, of Clifcon Park, N. Y.; 2d, £25, 
to II. J. Chapin, Springfield; 3d, §20, to E. Trask, Spring- 
field. 
Single Horses — 1st premium of ©25 not awarded; 2d, 
§20, to E. & E. A. Rice, West Meriden, Ct., the only entry. 
Breeding Mares —1st prmium §100 to C. W. Sherman, 
of Vergennes, Vt.; 2d, §50, to J. T. De Wolf, Bristol, R. 
I.; 3d, §25, to Geo. A- Kibbie, of Springfield; 4th, §20, to 
A. Felcli, of Limerick, Me. Diplomas were awarded to 
Otis Learned, of Oxford, Mass.; Francis Wilson, Hinch- 
burgli; Wm. Beardsley Albany ; On-in Howe, Hardwick, 
Mass.; S French, Keene, N. IL; H. Alexander, Jr., Spring- 
field; P. Bacon, Simsbury, Ct.; Geo. M. Atwater, Spring- 
field; Benj. Pease, Warehouse Point, Ct.; F. Stiles, Jr., 
Clapville, Mass. 
Breeding Mares with Foal by their side. —1st premium 
of §100 to E. P. Walton, of Montpelier, Vt.; 2d, $50, to 
Judson Nichols, Flushing, N. Y.; 3d, §20, to R. Pomeroy, 
Pittsfield, Mass. Diplomas were awarded to G. Swetland, 
Springfield, Mass.; B. W. Hamilton, West Hartford, Ct., 
R. Tucker, of Ware. 
It is said that the entire receipts will exceed 
$10,000, while the expenses of the exhibition 
will not reach over $8,000. The N. Y.. Times 
thus concludes its account of the show ;—“ Thus 
ended the First National Horse Exhibition, which 
for more reasons than one, may be regarded with 
pride. Never have we known so many people 
collected on any occasion, where there was such 
an absence of rowdyism and vi«e. Much of this 
was doubtless due to the presence of that conserv¬ 
ative element—the ladies;—more to the prohibi¬ 
tion of liquor traffic.” 
_We shall probably he able to give some in¬ 
teresting details of tho show, in our next number. 
SENECA COUNTY FAIR. 
Our three days Fair, 12th, 13th and 14th 
of Octobor, was tho cap sheaf of all tho 1 
Fairs heretofore hold in this little all arable ' 
Seneca. On the second day thei*e were not 1 
less than 5.000 persons present ;* such a rush 
has not been seen in our village since tho i 
day that the man was hung; and it was ob- 1 
served that tho proportion of women and t 
children, and nursing babes wore in an in- ' 
creased ratio,—a living proof of the flourish- < 
ing condition of the animated nature of this ’ 
nature’s choicest domain ! ( 
Thanks to our very efficient Committee, ! 
tho Fair ground was well fenced, dry and 
spacious, the arrangements all complete, 
from tho groat mammoth tent, with its neat ; 
laid dancing floor, to tho othor large tents, 
and the smaller Bungalow; and tho side 1 
offices at the entrance gates! And that 
which gavo the appearance of quiet security 
to tho whole, was the number of the police 1 
force distributed hero and there, each wear- i 
ing tho broad hat ribbon, on which his title 
was printed in large capitals. 
Outside of tho Fair grounds was also that 
by-exhibition, which gives variety to tho 
show, the Scotch giant, wild horse, &c., to¬ 
gether with restaurants, shanties, and pod- 
lars carts ad libitum. 
Tho entries of horses wero 137 ; cattle of 
all kinds, 101 ; sheep, 44; swine, 29 ; poul¬ 
try, 72 ; fruit, flowers, and vegetables, 16G ; 
household products, butter, cheese, &c., G3; 
for articles of discretionary premiums, 233. 
The entire number of entries exceeded those 
of last year by one-third, reaching nearly 
I, 000. The show of horses was good, be- . 
yond any former occasion, embracing some 
fine animals. The cattle were more numer¬ 
ous than last year, but not as fat,— prima. 
facia■ evidence that the other stock of the 
farm woro not cheated of their rations, for 
tho bonofit of the prize animals. In swine 
there was a marked improvement over last 
year’s show, both in number and quality. 
The expose of feathered bipeds was in full 
keeping with the spirit of this fowl age; 
hero was tho meretricious peacock, tho 
noisy parrot, the big Shanghai, Bramah 
Pootra, and the tiny Bantam, with ducks of 
all sorts, and geese, tamo and wild. 
The entries for fruits, flowers and veget¬ 
ables, nearly trebled last year ; but for the 
lateness of the season, the display would 
have boon much greater and more varied. 
But there was a paucity of form tools, and 
the committee, in thoir report, regret that 
amid the rare display of agricultural pro¬ 
ducts, there should bo such a poor display 
of the implements of husbandry ; yet there 
were domestic oil paintings of much merit, 
pictures and pencilings, and embroideries ; 
specimens of nice leather, well made cloth¬ 
ing, &c., &c. 
But the young ones say that the dance in 
the big tent on the second night of the Fair, 
crowned all; nearly 600 tickets wore sold 
at tho low price of $1 each. Cobleigh’s 
band was there in full tuno, tho floor at one 
time was shaken by 200 animated couples, 
and the side gallories were well filled with 
the staid “ lookers on in Vienna.” 
The receipts of the Fair, including tho 
profits on the ball tickets, was $1,51G — this, 
added to tho Watorloo villago subscription 
and the amount from the State, made the 
entire receipts $2,200. Metliinks few of tho 
larger counties can beat this. Mr. Johnson, 
Secretary of the State Ag. Society, was ex¬ 
pected here to address the multitude, but 
much to their disappointment ho failed to 
appear. Tho spirit of this unflagging man 
was undoubtedly willing, but tho flesh can¬ 
not always endure. 
If great credit is duo to our efficient and 
truly enterprising Committee, and to the 
liberal spirit of our villagers, in their pecu¬ 
niary contribution to this fair, more than 
germane to it was tho outside interest, and 
inside presence and exertions of such mag¬ 
nates of the plow as President Delafielii, 
J. Johnston, J. W. Bacon, Judges Sackett 
and Coe, and others,—men in whose minds 
the spirit of rural reform has grown out of 
tho crying' necessity there is of lifting up 
the traditionary farmer to a lovel of tho im¬ 
provements of this progressive age; to arouse 
him alike from his egotism, his prejudices, 
and his unintellectual roposo, that he may 
begin to “read, learn, mark, and inwardly 
digest,” the great truths which nature 
teaches in all her combinations for the in¬ 
crease of her vegetable and animal king¬ 
doms. s. w. 
Waterloo, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1853. 
•It is the general opinion that nearly 20,000 persons 
visited the Fair grounds during the three days; the 5,000 
referred to, came in wagons and carriages from the sur¬ 
rounding country and the south towns. Hundreds came 
and departed in Railroad trains every day. 
Milk is the most natural food. It is 
identical in composition with blood. The 
three great classes of nutritious matter— 
oleagenous, albuminous and saccharine— 
are in milk blended in the most perfect pro¬ 
portions. 
CHENANGO CO. AGRICULTURAL FAIR. smaller at the sides, so as to give tho track lie has, of course, little money and when 
- a convex form. Such a road as this, with he must raise some to pay his taxes. &c., he 
Our Fair, which came off in Norwich on moderate repairs, will last for ages. raises it at a great sacrifice, in some way or 
the 12th and 13th inst., was—as Gorrit “ In many parts of the country, tho road- other, either paying a great shave, or by 
Smith said of the lati Jerry Rescue cele- makers would be unwilling to incur the ex- selling his scanty crops when prices are 
, . J pense of such a one as this, however excel- low. 
bration — “ an elegant occasion, elegant . j enfc ^ ma y ^. and w h oro tho ordinary He is a year behind, instead of being a 
Tho lateness of the time assigned seemed material would remain in good condition, if year ahead of his business, and always will 
rather a temptation to Dame Naturo to it could be only kept free from surplus be. 
frown upon the festival and wo feared that wator - Hence tho various attempts at side- When ho pays a debt, it is at tho end of 
tho enthusiasm which woall fed when this, d . itchin S; turnpikiug Stc. A greatly supe- an execution ; consequent], ins cred.t is at 
nor, and quite as cheap a road is made by low ebb. 
our rural holiday, approaches, might evap- p] ac j n g a i arg0 tile-drain longthwise with He buys entirely upon credit, and mer- 
orate in a snow storm; but the freaky mat- the road, and directly under tho wagon chants or others with whom he deals, charge 
ron smiled propitiously.—indeed her tint- track ; or if the soil does not drain readily, him twice or thrice tho profit they charge 
ed brown cheek was dimpled by real sun- or the road is much traveled, two such drains prompt payers, and unwilling to sell him 
, They may be filled with small stones till goods at that. Ho has to beg and promise, 
shiny Laughs. within a few inches of the top, especially if and promise and beg, to got thorn on any 
The show of horsos, cattle and sheep was the so il j s c } ay ey or retentive. Such a road terms. The merchant dreads to seo his 
very fine, and our diaries wero not wanting as this can scarcely ever become muddy, and wife come into his store, and the woman 
in representatives. The display of vegota- in perhaps tho majority of instances, is the feels depressed and degraded. 
in representatives. The display of vegeta¬ 
bles’far exceeded that of previous years; best and'cheapest way to secure comforta- The smoko begins to come out of his 
. . , ,, ble traveling, superadded, ot course, where chimney late ot a winters morning, while 
and tho variety and oxcollenco of t e rui s, p rac ti ca ble, to tho other modos wo have his poor cattlo are suffering for their morn- 
though perhaps not equalling those of your recommended. ing’s food. 
more favored county, were by no means “ Tho form of the ridge should bo such, Manure lies in heaps in his stablo; his 
despicable. The pears. peaches, apples and that the water which falls upon tho surface horses are rough and uncurried, and their 
inrwvinfr nml may run off oach wa Y from the centre by a harness trod under their feet. 
‘ ^ f & ‘ ' gradual slope to the ditch. This slopo His bars and gates are broken, his build- 
watoring mouths for tho coming-up iarmeis s i lou u no t exceed one foot in twenty. The ings unpainted, and tho boards and shin- 
and dairy-women of Chenango. The natu- form.as usually made, is very defective, be- glos falling off—be has no time to replace 
ope His bars and gates are broken, his build- 
The ings unpainted, and tho boards and shin- 
be- glos falling off—be has no time to replace 
ral fruit was rivalled in beauty and natural- ing quite steep near tho ditches, and almost them—tho glass is out of tho windows, and 
ness by some exquisite imitations in wax, level towards tho centre. The steepness tho holes stopped with rags and old hats 
v.• l r • j. j . x i ■f near the ditches, where tho road is best He is a great borrower ot his thrifty 
which elicited gioat acimira ion. . drained, exposes carriages to tho danger of neighbor’s implements, but never returns 
Tho nicely finishol pianos, cabinet work, upsetting, or to the strain and friction of the borrowed articles; and when they are 
hammers, &c., were just claimants of much side-preisuro. Thov are consequently com- sent for, cannot be found, 
attention. pelled to take tho centre, where the water His children are late at school—this is, if 
Tho ladies hardly did themselves justice cannot escape, and whore-it becomes thor- they go to school—their faces unwashed,- 
. , „ j, , . oughly worked up into mortar bypassing their clothes ragged, their hair uncombed, 
in tho lino of needlework we mean in Tfao cen [ re cone of a wo n f armed an d their books torn and dirty. 
quantity and variety. Much that was r i dg o has a tondency to work down flat—a He is, in person, a great sloven, and never 
shown was beautifully done, but I think tendency which must bo corrected whenev- attends public worship—or if he occasional- 
that scarcely half the towns in the county or repairs aro made. On a steep hill-side, ly does so, ho comes sneaking in, when ser- 
i • fVl ; c p„ r the whole slope should be towards the bank, vice is half over. 
. a ,, where a ditch should be formed. We know not to whom the above excel- 
, A _• xi • p„„ tno wnoie slope snouiu oe iuwiuub uio uaiiE, vice is nan over. 
, P , .. ' , . , Knnnlied wher0 a ditch should be formed - Wo know not to whom the above excel- 
laps le c 11 “AH these requisites, it is true, cost font article belongs, or we would give the 
by tho fine buttei and cheese. thought and labor; but one of the very best _ 
Tho address, by A. Johnson, Esq., of things for the country at large, would be * * ___ 
Greene, was briof, humorous and practical the expenditure of four times the prosent FLAX CULTURE. 
—and tho music was in tho best style of amount of labor, and four hundred times - 
Sutherland’s Brass Band. “ In short,” as * be presont amount of thought; an expen- Prof. Wilson, in his late lecture deliver- 
-»- .j a rrrtmiifnrqi diture which would retuin a hea\ler piofit e d before tho New York State Agricultural 
Mr. Micawber would say, our Agricultural on tho outlay, than the presont meagre and Society, adopted the following conclusions 
Fair was a delightful one—and you, Mr. paltry amount. For, throwing aside the j n relation to flax culture: 
Editor, by tho influence you exert through countless conveniences meroly, that aro>,f- Firstly. That flax is not an exhausting 
the columns of your excellent paper con- forded by good and easy traveling, and the cr0 p . that its peculiar suitability to diffor- 
x ; h x ri rmt a little to its nleasuro and saving of timo, team, harness, and wagons; en t soils and climates, tho short period it 
tnbuted not a little to its pleasme and throwing a u these out of the estimate, the occupies in the soil and tho market re- 
ut‘ i y. • difference in the value of real estate in a turns of an average crop, render it a 
Bherlnirne, Oct 18 , IS..3. _single township, between tho best and the valuable addition to tho ordinary rotations. 
“Twn -Ran -Rrwvntj worst public roads, would often amount to Secondly. That tho recent improvo- 
_ ‘ a quarter of a million of dollars. I or who ments in the process of treating flax, whore- 
Ttt* rw™ Kentleman has an admirable w ? uld _ d . ol, i a " “ *5® by the fibre is prepared af an immense suv- 
trihnted net a little to its nleasuro and saving of timo, team, harness, and wagons; en t soils and climates, tho short period it 
tributed not a little to its pleasme and throwing a u these out of the estimate, the occup5es in the soil and tho market re- 
U G 1 y* • difference in the value of real estate in a turns of an average crop, render it a 
Sherburne, Oct. 18 , is.i3. _single towmship, between tho best and the valuable addition to tho ordinary rotations. 
cnmT iiin -Dft-n -RnanQ worst public roads, would often amount to Secondly. That tho recent improvo- 
_ _ ‘ a quarter of a million of dollars. I or who ments in the process of treating flax, where- 
rr.-rr. /~i 4 . c Loc „ oJmh-oLR would not rather give fifty dollars an acre t>y t ho fibre is prepared af an immense sav- 
i ^ oun >y cn n . ‘ where the roads aro all fino r than forty, ing both in lime and labor, all nuisance 
article on this important subject, in which where sloughs wero only connected by ruts, avoided , and the waste products beneficially 
tho advantages of good roads, and the p t ar- and ruts by puddles, the one a thriving, the utilized, offer great inducements for'the es- 
alyzing effect of bad ones, are lucidly set other a slip-shod population ? Now, a tablishment of small factories in suitable 
forth. It asks why it is that tho great township of six miles square would bo districts; thus directly encouraging an in- 
" . , twenty-three thousand acres; ten dollais of cr eased cultivation by insuring to the grow- 
mass of our farninig community bestow so increa sed value on each of these would be er a roa d y and constant market for the pro- 
little thought on the construction of roads ? two hundred and thirty thousand*—a sum d uce. 
and then mentions some of the mistakes too that would pay for a large amount of road- Thirdly. That a largo broad th of flax is 
frequently made by men of undoubted in- making, and the thought of which ought to ann ually sown in the United States of which 
telligenco in other matters. Tho first mis- st . imulate every mortar-bod builder to a the se( : d only is rendered available as a 
. . . , . . ,, , , . , , wiser consideration of the subject, and in mar ket produce, tho straw being only used 
take is laying out tho road over high hills every sense of tho word to “mendhis ways.” to a vcry limited extent for tho preparation 
and thr0 «g h swamps, simply to avoid — in a state Uke New . York , to some two of fibre, the rest remaining on tho field or 
cutting atew ot Squire Bumpkin s lots diag- hundred millions. being carted homo for rough litter. 
onally. But wo will let the Country Gentle- --—~~~ Fourthly. • That a very large sum. about 
man spoak for himself; his remarks are THRIFTLESS FARMER. $14,000,000 to $lu,000,000 is annually ex- 
1 r. r. , .. - pended by the United States in the pur¬ 
worthy of careful attention : The thriftless former provides no shelter chase of linen goods from Great Britain, 
“Another very common evil in road-mak- for his cattle, during the inclemency of the which country is obliged to procure tho raw 
ing, is the use of bad materials. Nothing is winter, but permits them to stand shivering material for their manufacture from othor 
more common than to scrape a fine, rich, by the fence, or to lio in tho low snow as countries with which tho United States has 
mucky top-soil, into a high ridge called a best suits them.. no commercial relations. 
“turnpike,” and on which wagons are ex- Ho throws their fodder on tho ground or Fifthly. That it would appear expedient 
pected to travel. The material thus scraped in the mud, and not unfroquontly in tho that tho United States should utilize tho 
into a deep and mellow bed, would be very highways, by which a large portion of it, i arge quantity of flax straw already grown, 
fine for the growth of corn, potatoes, or and all the manure, is wasted. and increase her production sufficiently at 
white turnips, but it makes the most intol- lie grazes his meadows in the fall and a q events, to supply tho quantity in a num¬ 
erable roads. When tho rains soften it, tho spring by which they are gradually exhaust- ufoctured state which she requires for tho 
wheels cut into it to a depth of one or two ed, and finally ruined. consumption of her own population. 
feet, according to circumstances; and if the His fences are old and poor—just such as ---- 
horses are able to get through it safely with to let his neighbor’s cattlo break into his SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE, 
an empty wagon at the rate of one mile an fields, and teach his own to be unruly. _ 
hour, it is not unfrequently quite as much He neglects to keep tho manure from The different branchos of science we bo¬ 
as they can perform. around the sills of his barn—if ho has one lievo will yet furnish much aid to the prac- 
“ Sometimes an improvement is made by —by which they aro prematurely rotted and tlcal farmer. Chemistry treats of the elo- 
scraping over the top of this soft bed a layor destroyed. ments out ot which bodies aro iormod, their 
of the harder sub-soil from the bottom of He tills, or skims over tho surface of the sources, and the laws which govern them in 
tho ditches. This does much better, until land, until it is exhausted ; but never thinks their change from ono body to another, and 
heavy wheels cut through, when tho whole it worth while to manure or clover it. For we think this branch of science has already 
process of traveling becomes similar to that the first ho has no time; for the last, “ ho is dono much, and promises vastly more in 
of passing through a deep snow, with a crust not able.” tli© future, to advance agriculture, by point- 
just insufficient to bear. 
He has more stock than he has means to ing out the true relation between the culti- 
“ Infinitely better than all these ingeni- keep well. _ __ 
ous contrivances for creating mud, is to He has a place for nothing, and nothing and by showing what operations will pro¬ 
scrape off at once the whole of the soft top- in its place. Ho, consequently, wants a hoe duco the most rapid and profitable trans¬ 
soil, and cart it on the adjacont fields, or or a rako, a hammer or an auger, but knows formation of one into the other. But of 
into the farmer’s barn-yard for the manu- not where to find it. He and his wholo positive, certain practical knowledge yet de- 
facturo of compost, leaving tho firm, sub- household are in search of it, and much timo rived from chemistry, wo aro less sanguino 
soil foundation, for the carriage track.— is lost. _ than many who have, porhaps, spent much 
Ditches may then be cut on each side, with He loiters away stormy days and ovonings loss time in the careful study ot this subject, 
the road rising towards tho centre. Asa when he should be repairing utensils or im- Wo have of late.boon less amused than 
proof of tho advantage of this method, we proving his mind by reading tho nowspa- pained, at the positive conclusions and dicta 
may cite a case wo once witnessed, where pers. °t men of high scientific pretensions, who 
tho surface-muck across a rich river-flat, He spends much timo in town, at the cor- have set themselves up as teachers of agn- 
had been heaped up into a “ turnpike,” leav- nor of the street, or in tho “snake-holes,’ cultural chomistry, and by their plausible 
ing tho bottom of tho broad ditch at tho and goes homo in tho evening, “ pretty well statements are inculcating wide-spread 01 - 
side, a denuded sub-soil. When the rainy tore.” rors in the community ; errors calculated 
season came, the high ridge of muck was Ho plants a few fruit trees, and his cattle by their future detection, to lead the un- 
nearly impassable, and every teamster care- forthwith destroy them, lie has “no luck skillful to doubt tho utility of all scieuco.—- 
fully sought tho bottom of tho ditch, where in raising fruit.” Wo have moro than once called to mind 
ho found a hard bottom and comparatively Ono half of tho little ho raises, is destroy- Pope’s saying, that “ a little learning is a 
good road. ed by his own or his neighbors cattle. dangerous thing,” as wo have seen such 
“ Where tho sub-soil is not of such a He has no shed for his firo-wood—conse- men apparently dazzled by a few illumina- 
character as to foiin hard roads, it frequent- quently his wife is out of humor and his tod poaks that have shot up above the sur¬ 
ly happens that harder materials may be meals out of season. rounding darkness, and supposing them- 
had within a reasonable distance. Whore Ilis plow, drag, and other implements, he selves ail-wise, have at once oiiored them- 
roundod stones ate abundant, tho plan of leaves all winter whore last used, and just selves as guides toothers through the wide, 
Tolford may bo adopted. The stones being as he is getting in a hurry the next season, dark, hidden valleys that yet lie between 
usually somewhat oblong in shape, are his plow breaks because it was not properly those few and widely-separated hill-tops, 
placed on end, witjh the smaller points up- housed and cared for. _ Their superficiality and scientific blunder- 
wards. The intervals aro thon filled with Somebody’s hogs break in and destroy his ings too plainly indicate that they 'will 
we think this branch of science has already- 
done much, and promises vastly more in 
the future, to advance agriculture, by point- 
vated plant, the soil, and the atmosphere ; 
3 plow breaks because it was not properly those few and widely-separated hill-tops, 
'used and cared for. Their superficiality and scientific blunder- 
Somebody’s hogs break in and destroy his ings too plainly indicate that they will 
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firmly between tlio stones, and forming a Ho is often in a great hurry, but will stop and act upon these suggestions; but first 
hard and solid bed. The larger stones are and talk as long as he can find any ono to prove all things, then hold fast that what 
placed at the centre of tho road and the talk with. is good .—American Agriculturist. 
