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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
When the sucker tassels and flowers at a 
later period, the design is no doubt to im- 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURE. 
Tl7 , , i. i H a*- o EXTRACTS EROM PATENT OFFICE REPORT, creasing, The average price for the year NATIONAL AGRICULTURE. 
NOTES FOR THE MONTH. When the sucker tassels and flowers at a 1852 h f 8 been about 94 cents per bushel. , , —— , , 
„ , later period, the design is no doubt to im- Mules. —I have been in tho business of We are not troubled with the “ Hessian fly” TnE total value of the annual products of 
November, the melancholy month ot 10 p regna £ e the silks on the tucker ,—and rear j ng and marketing mules for many or “weevil.” In seeding down, red clover tho soil ot the united States is now about 
year with Europeans, and oven with us, * n <( we p billed” fields whore the soil is years; which I have marketed principally usually follows wheat. Sow tho last of on e thousand millions ot dollars; and no 
when not enlivened by our glorious Indian t d these suckers will produce in New Haven, Connecticut, and in the March or first of April, at tho rate of ten one who knows what science has done tor 
Summer is again on our borders with his n° fc o^r taxed these suckois >, States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; quarts per acre. And I would here remark, agriculture will doubt that the same amount 
Summei, is again on om , good and sound eais of corn That tho which ^ in tho ]attor two States, is that we invariably have the best success ot labor which is now employed m producing 
wailing dirge ot winds and tiendisn nowi, gucker faag anything t0 do with impregna- much in uso l sold midog there twenty- when wo sow tho seed in tho chaff. The this aggregate might bo so applied as to so- 
sweeping along with its trophies of conquest tin" the silks of the main or centre stalk, e ight years ago last fall, which were two covering of tho seed seems to afford pro- cure a total product tniity poi cent, great- 
tho leaves of summer—tho funeral hearso caI ^ not b e admitted. If the suckers are years old ; and I saw some of them two years tection during the late frosts of the spring er, or one thousand three hundred millions, 
of the year. The trees shudder and creak d d to ma ke out tho crop, I say retain ago, which were fat; and the owners said months. It must be sown early to do well. 
„i Kiinri ti-m Tbo rain heats and , ,_, they were as good as ever. Sow on tho snow if possiblo, as you can then always employs moio man rno snuutss, 
and bend to tho blast. The rain beats . thcm . on tho other hand it thoio are cen- convcrsod with man y aged gentle- distribute tho seed more evenly. “Guano” slouching sort too generally prevalent; and 
the windows rattle, and tho driving mists tre sta Iks enough, say 3 to a hill, use the meri) who have used mules for fifty years, is not used with us for anything.—J ohn it| is certainly within bounds to estimate 
render gloom and sadness palpable. Ihe suc ]cers for soiling your cows if pasture is and with some who then had mules in their Hurlbut, Arkport, Steuben co., JY. Y. that our agriculture might be so improved 
gorgeous boauty of Summor^is gone, the gcarco f or i n the end they go for “corn possession which they represented to bo -~— -— as, by the help of additional labor now un- 
r4« cheeks faded to the sombre fodder > 
A ■, make out thocron I say retain ago, which were fat; and the owners said months. It must be sown early to do well. But scientific, skillful, thorough agiiculturo 
needed to make out the crop, 1 say retain g . erer . Sow on tho snow if possible, as too can then a ways employs more than the sh.ttless 
them ; on the other hand it thoio are cen- ^ haye conv 6 ersed with many age d gentle- distribute the seed more evenly. “Guano” slouching sort too generally prevalent; and 
tre stalks enough, say 3 to a hiil, use tie mcn? who have used mules for fifty years, is not used with us for anything.—J ohn h| is certainly within bounds to estimate 
suckers for soiling your cows if pasture is an( j with some who then had mules in their IIurlbut, Arkport , Steuben co «/Y. Y. *kat ou y agriculture might be so improved 
scarce for in tho end they go for “corn possession which they represented to bo -^—--— as, by the help of additional labor now un- 
gorgeous boauty ot teummor^is gone, tne gcarCG> f or j n trie end they go tor “ corn possession wmen tney representeu iu oo 
rouge of her cheeks faded to tho sombre fodder ’.» forty-two years of age. I have been also 
brown of tho falling loaf. Tho drowsy This is a subject worthy the attention of g^ty-threo veara old. Tam fully*satisfied! 
i__ 1 cml/n* C1VQ in fheu- r __1 _L Jf cl,n„l,l mol-r. J - . .. ' 
TRAINING STEERS. 
employed and unproductive, to give an ad¬ 
ditional product of fifty per cent, or fivo 
hundred millions per annum—an achieve- 
Di-own Oi urn a ms is a suojecr wunuy u.u ^ sixt y-three years old. I am fully satisfied, A writer over the signature of L. M. in riunarea millions-per annum—an acnieve- 
boctlo and the chirping cricket are m their f armers> and each for himself should make from my ow * n observation, that mules live to the January number of tho Cultivator, re- mcnt wh,ch wou . ld double tho wealth of tho 
graves. The music of tho winged songsters an experiment—probably many have done doublo tho age of horses ; that it costs but quests information as to tho mode of break- country every eight or ten yenis. Y\ hoso- 
now enliven tho sunny groves of tropical s0 • the result of thoir experience would be about one-half as much to keep them, and ing steers. Having had some experience in ever will carefully review the agriculture ot 
climes, far away. All isdreary, sal.h tho frosting and profitable Lot us have it. ttoy arc not one-half so subject to disease ; thing I am induced to throw in my 
. ’ J o i consequently, tho saving would begreat; and mite, but it the views should prove of no in any pari oi me union, anu estimate now 
P reachor - , , X7 v L W ‘ Bkiggs * I think they ought to be used for draught uso lot them pass as worthless. I will much its product might be enhanced by lr- 
t* * i *i t .c - Arwxrt ^• West Maccdon, N. Y., Oct. 18o3. ^ - °- ’ 1 - - --- — — —... -i-— -- M 
climes, far away. All is dreary, saith tho interesting and profitable. Let us havo it. 
preacher. I. W. Briggs. 
But, child of mortality, bo not cast down; West Macedon, N. Y ., Oct. 1853. 
inquiries and answers. 
it and blessings will follow. Never despair, Cranberry Plants— Can you or some of your 
never say die, for there is much yet to bo roa( ] ers inform me where cranberry plauts can be 
done, and duties to bo performed to meet procifred and how many are required to plant an 
" esi ) x ^ : __ in all countries, instead of horses. 
a MCmriDC Such complaints as heaves, spavin, &c., I 
INQUIRIES AND ANSRLR . have never yet seen or heard of about a 
~ - mule; and I havo raised hundreds and seen 
Cranberry Plants.— Can you or some o your thousands w hi C h complaints are very pre¬ 
fers inform me where cranberry plants can be yalenj . amoug horses . 
speak of steers that havo not been gentled rigation, manuring deep plowing, draining, 
by handling. Take a strong rope, such as &p., will perceive that our calculation is tar 
is used for digging wells, to one end of within tho truth. 
which make a noose and knot to go over t0 s pPP os p that only half of it or an 
tho horns; tho knot is to prevent tho noose addition oi two hundred and fitry millions 
from closing too tight, thereby causing pain P er annum to our annual agricultural 
done, and duties to bo performed to meet procifred and how many are required to piant an I give it as my opinion, that tho average unnecessarily to the animals, as they are product,isattainable,whatanimmensoad- 
the lot in which thy destiny is cast. Let us acre, and whether it is best to plant them now or a ge of mules is thirty-fivo or forty years.— very sensitive about tho root of the horn ; dition to our national wealth would there- 
seo what is most pressing. in the snjine ?—W. A., Ulysses, N. Y. They are much easier broken than horses, boro a two inch auger hole in tho side of by bo insured ! Four-fifths ot this uould 
, a. 4 , - , r , . . - if treated with kindness. a planked house, through which draw the probably^ be permanently added to the 
Dig and secure that stajj oj lije, junior Chickory. —I wish to inquire of you, or who- It is true, there seems to bo a general rope, until there is enough to give tho ani- wealth of the country that is, the farmer 
the potato,—for, from present prospects, eyflr c£m te jp die use 0 f chickoree, (seed from prejudice existing with people against this ma j r0 om to lie down ; tho second one in whose^annual product should ho^svveued 
in the spuing ?—W. A., Ulysses, N. Y. 
Chickory— I wish to inquire of you, or who- It is true, there seems to bo a general 
ever can tell, the use of cliickoree, (seed from prejudice existing with people against this 
Paddy’s “ roast beef without bone,” will be F e i as t soring. I I have some magnificent animal; audit is oxpected that they will like manner, just so close that they cannot t™ 1 ™./' 1 ’ 00 ', 1 , to f 1 ’ 2 . 00, or / rom ! ~V J 00 to 
a scarce article before another crop. If ^ large^2 pflips, but do not W how kick or kill everybody who has much to do poke each other. Let them stand in that ^ ^°^ToulI invS o?it 
A,-xr oml vmt , i i w u/ t Tor* j ir y with thcm; and when poople undertake to position tor lour or five days, or until they plus, but would invest tno greatoi paitont 
they show any tendency to rot, dry and put to use tkem.-I. . B^West Macedon, A. Y. break them> it is thought to bo the first re- aro satisfied by handling that they can not in buildings, fences barns, implements, 
Chickory root is extensively grown in quisite to tie them up and give them a sound pull away; then put a Napoleon halter on furniture &c., &c., giving pi ofitable employ- 
lrono for tho purpose of adulterating drubbing, not for anything the innocent t hem separately and lead them about in ment to mechanics and laborers and largely 
. . , , . . _creatures have done, but for something they company of each other, say round afield, increasing tho business ot merchants and 
them in the cellar ; those sound and well chickory root is extensively grown in quisite to tie them up and give them a sound pull away; then put a Napoleon halter on lurniture &c., &c., giving profitable employ- 
ripened may be put in small pits. it iirfinA fm- the nurnoso of adulterating drubbing, not for anything the innocent them separately and lead them about in ment to mechanics and laborers and largely 
Corn should be immediately finished 1* rV • to he exten creatures have done, but for something they company of each other, say round a field, increasing the business ot merchants and 
. . ,, , 00 ° e ' 1S J u - S are expected to do; and being animals that and they will soon lead like dogs; then tie tho incomes ot professional men. >. uch an 
husking, and tho stalks wtiicti aie moio sive]y cultivated in somo parts of this aro intelligent, they rightly become dissatis- them to the original ropes, put the yoke on, addition to th 0> annual product of our agn- 
valuablo than hay, it woll cuied, may be country and Canada, for tho same knavish f ie d with such treatment, and, of course, tie their tails together with a leather strap culture would increase tho consumption of 
put in bulk under cover. Stalks are bet- p Ur p OS0> Wo believo tho cultivation is will show resentment. While engaged in i n the long hair at ond of tails, to prev 
tor, generally, well stooked in the field, hie hly remunerative, and profit “covers a selling, I have helped harness up a great them sidling off and turning the yoke.. 
a _ • nuf.iinnv uticlr? .4 , f • » many taken from the drove, without any it should possibly occur that they get i 
b ’ 1 multitude ot sins. _ previous training, and have driven them in difficulty the strap C3n bo cut. Walk th 
, , , - - previous trair__„ _ _ r —- - . _ 
Carrots may now be dug and housed, or . . .. r> ...... nnlnimi a wagon containing several persons besides about till they get a little jaded, without homo uso, affording no business or profit to 
buried. A furrow turned on the rows pro- ill >ou g;v ‘ • myself, and 1 never saw one contrary or re- hitching to any thing the first time. When 7'Y one else, leaving only the surplus to 
tects thorn well in locations where frost of sta j!l "g or > arf in L r soct ’ an e 1 g g fuse to go off immediately. They are much you want to tako the yoke off, tie up to tho form the staple of trade; and an addition 
i ni rWn White turnins fodder tliro ’ tlie summei • . more intelligent and tractable than horses, original ropes, and a few times repeated, twenty-five per cent, to tho ^mual 
does not penetiate deep, vvnite turnips Wher e, and of whom, and at what price, can I and their attachment is much stronger, if they will want nothing but to be shown how product ot each farm would probably doublo 
and cabbage may bo allowed to stand, as obtain implements with which I can subsoil twen- well treated. The foal is carried easier by to work, which I prefer doing by cutting a the annual exchanges and general tiado ot 
they will improve in all this month. ty-six inches deep ?—A. L., Spring Arbor, Mich, tho mare, and reduces her less, both before small sapling or polo about 15 feet long; tho country A. Y. Iribune. 
Fattening hogs should now bo pushed Tho subsoil plow of Rugglos Nourse & and after birth. put one end in tho ring of tho yoke and - 
ich treatment, and, of course, tie their tails together with a leather strap culture would increase tho consumption of 
ssentment. While engaged in ; n the long hair at ond of tails, to prevent manufactures, domestic and imported, m 
ve helped harness up a great them sidling off and turning tho yoko. If ^ ar greater ratio, sinco fiom tho annual 
from the drove, without any it should possibly occur that they get into product of every farm the food ot tlioso 
ining, and have driven them in difficulty tho strap C 3 n bo cut. Walk them making a living on it must first be taken tor 
itainmg several persons besides about till they get a little jaded, without homo uso, affording no business or profit to 
1 never saw one co’ntrary or re- hitching to any thing the first time. When any ono elso, leaving only the surplus to 
F immediately. They are much you want to tako the yoko off, tie up to the form the staple ot trade; and an addition 
^ent and tractable than horses, original ropes, and a few times repeated, twenty-fivo per cent to tho .yinmil 
;tachment is much stronger, it they will want nothing but to be shown how product of each farm would probably double 
Fattening hogs should now bo pushed Tho subsoil plow of Rugglos Nourse & 
with ground, cooked or soured feed, and an Mason is tho best wo are acquainted with. 
They can always bo sold for ready cash tho other resting on tho ground. When 
CURE FOR THE POTATO ROT. 
wun grouuu, oookou oi i■«««, — ““ Mason is uio oesL we a.o acquau.„ou m u. at the g outh . and} taking them on an ave- they aro put to work , I prefer, as tho best 
occasional feed of charcoal. Rotten i\ooc You could probably obtain it at some of tho rage, and at any ago, will bring more money place, botweon tho harrow and a gentle 
and sulphur keep them in good heart, and seed stores in Detroit, or from II. C. White here at the North than horses, 
assist tho digestive and assimilating process- & Co. Buffalo. Tho price ranges from $7 Therefore, I invite my fellow farmers to one s by a ropo or Napoleon halter and joct of tho potato disoaso. ho informed us 
es. Warm and dry beds are as important to $14, according to size and fixings. examine, this subject and take a greater guiding the leaders by tbe whip. They fol- that ho had not been troubled with tho rot 
, , , . ’ 6 b . interest in rearing mules, they aro a cash low their kind better than horses, and on tor somo yoars, and there was an easy remo- 
alinost as tood, m assisting nature to put on Wo g av0 an ar ticlo on soiling recently in ar ti c le, and a very useful and profitable ani- plowed ground they soon tiro and got gen- dy for it, which all might apply with very 
fat and muscle. Fattening beeves should the Rural, but will resumo tho subject in a mal; and it would save the North millions tie; and further, there is rib necessity of be- little trouble or expense. On inquiring tor 
bo stabled, and with their dry food have a £ ow we(dcs j n t i 10 meantime wo should of dollars wore they in as common uso here ing as particular where the harrow goes, as this simplo remedy, wo expected to have 
feed of roots and Indian meal. That makes ];k h ‘ f who have prac ticed it. as at tho South if it was a plow, and a wheel vehicle might been told that it was a secret, to bo revealed 
i UK0 t0 nedl 110 d y P Tho mule is adapted to labor at a young- sometimes move too fast. In tho fore part only to those who wero willing to contribute 
- 1 , T T , , .» er ago than the horse; and experience is all I allude to a planked house, becauso there a handsome reward to the discoverer. But 
Fall plowing is better performed now I he 1>ee Miller.— i would iiKe to Kno nyou, tbat ; s want | ng to convince tho peoplo of would bo no place for a fractious steer to Mr. B. freely gave us his experience, which 
than at an earlier period ; as vegetation has or any of your subscribers know of a remecy or North of the great advantages that get his horns fast. I have been in the hab- we as freely impart to our readers, loaving 
ceased to progress and consequently lies t1ie worm > or miller ’ that iufest8 bce hives ; They would accrue from bringing those animals it 0 f tying them by ropes, to tho yoko until it to them to make tho experiment, if they 
, \ . ’ .. i;. 1 are from one-half to three-fourths of an inch in j n to general use at homo, and from rearing they becamo sufficiently gontlo to dispense think proper. 
dormant anu losing vitality. length, and are getting to be very troublesome in them more abundantly for tho Southern with it.— Cultivator. ' Mr. Barrett stated that a fow years sinco, 
R'Anoii* Iiaiico Lfirn firm mif-hnilftAR ! _ » . n n_ i'irrix ... . 1 . ^ _II _U.of 
place, botweon tho harrow and a gentle In a recent conversation with Mr. John 
pair of oxen, tho driver holding the young Barrett, Jr., of Cayuga Bridge, on tho sub- 
Rapair house and barn and out-housos ; 
look to loaking roofs and exposed cellars.— 
Stop tho holes, cracks and fissures that Jack 
this section. Some of my neighbors have lost all Markets.—S. Smith, Wilton, Maine. 
their hives. Shall not our agricultural journals, • 
and especially the Rural, say a word in behalf Rotation OP CROPS.— Mr. John A 
1 J D: ^ L1^ ,1 ^ ^ 4-»» /I ni a /inenvir 
Frost enters by, for ho is an ugly customer 0 f these industrious creatures ? If there is a 
in collar or kitchen. 
remedy within your reach, keep us no longer ig- 
them more abundantly for tho Southern w ith it.— Cultivator. ' Mr. Barrett stated that a fow years sinco, 
Markets.— S. Smith, Wilton, Maine. -—- he, as well as most of his neighbors, lost 
.- FORMING COMPOSTS. their entiro crop of potatoes by tho l'ot— 
Rotation of Crops. —Mr. John Young, —;— # that tho next spring ho was compelled to go 
of Richland county, Ohio, thus describes his Independent of the rough materials used to another town for seed, whero he procured 
system of rotation of crops :—“My system on the cattle-yards, it should bo the object a supply for himself and an adjoining neigh- 
of rotation of crops is to plow down as heavy of every notablo farmer to form similar sub- bor, anil whore ho was told how to prevent 
Feed stalks and roots to milch cows, moro norantofit. Let not the bee suffer through the a cr0 p 0 f^l over and sow wheat; then plant stances into compost heaps. Such heaps tho disease. Ho said ho and his neighbor 
r less, as tho pasture fails. Better to keep ignorance of their keepers.— Asa C. Bkxnet, corn ! t b en sow oats, and with them four should bo formed in tho proportion of 1 planted the seed he procured on adjoining 
up to the chalk than pull behind it; it is an 
uphill business to catch up. 
Victor, N. Y 
There are innumerable remedies publish- 
Pick up all odds and ends,—house all ed for the destruction of tho miller. Will 
implements at all times and particularly somo of our correspondents give us an ac- 
quarts of clover seed, mixed with two of load of barn-yard or stable manure, 2 loads fields—the soil and treatment similar—only 
Timothy. The field is in pasture or meadow of rough materials, 1 bushel of ashes and that Mr. B. applied tho remedy recom- 
till tho third year, whon a crop of clover is half a gallon of plaster, layer and layer mended to him—which consisted in sowing 
again turned in by the plow, to be followed about. Tho compost hoap should bo form- „ s ] ies 0 ver tho field onco a week for G weeks, 
against fall rains. 
m. , , . ,_ OTW ! ful Eds. aeo. The best preventive of the llessian tho materials to fie used, it matters due m- bushels of ashes per acre, wdicn is sufficient 
Ihe best way to keep 1 bo , - ^ fly and yellow midge is, to sow early ; late tie whether it be peat, marsh-mud, creek- to givo tho potato top a good dusting. Tho 
empty barrels out of tho wood-shed is to fill Nitrate of Soda.— In the Rural of Aug. 7th, I seed j ng makes the plants feeble and in- mud, river-mud, woods’ mould and leaves, result was that his field was entirely free 
it with good, dry wood, prepared for the noticed an artcle from Mr. Redpath, of Mich., rec- crease s tho injury of insects.” pine shatters, ditch-scrapings, road-scrap from tho diseaso, while tho potatoes on tho 
stove—when on somo snowy, sleety, rainy ommending theuse of Nitrateof Soda, mixed with Mr. Youn" sows turnip seed among corn or oarth from head-lands and fence adjoining field, without this application of 
day, you don’t take a pew in tho Prompter’s common salt, as a powerful fertilizer. Will you, a t the last plowing, and obtains a remunor- corners; they are all possessed of large por- ashes, rotted badly. Since then, Mr. B. as 
church and believe his doctrine you are in- or your correspondent, give the information as ating crop. Tho white flat turnip is the tions of vegetable remains, and will, on be- well as most ot his neighbors had applied 
church and believe his doctrine, you are m y F wheatC rbp, variltv preferred for culture with corn.- mg decomposed form excellent fertilizing ashes, and had been entirely free from tho 
C °™ glble - i , whether in he fall or sprL ?-H G Baker He properly remarks that the best fertilizer manure by next spring, and as a conso- disease. - Country Gentleman. 
Have a place for everything and every- 1 1 e ° f Meadows is to flood them whero it is quenco vastly increase your corn crop next H f roader8 tried ashes on 
, hcoltsouran. i>. 1. _ c,,,. +l,r,ar .ill n^nt-nn thfico ol«montQ J 
count of such as they havo found success¬ 
ful ?—Eds. 
corrigible. 
Have a place for everything and every¬ 
thing in its place. " ' practicable. Irrigation Dy small streams J YY* /V* , "V, .7-F'“ notatoes in tho manner of the abovo ex- 
Drivo your work and not let your work On loamy soil, we prefer to apply Guano, P nd catches is worthy of far more attention ot food in which that plant delights - be- P^ atoes in ° hoarfrom 
di'ivA V on sulphate of ammonia, nitrate of soda, or any than it receives. The meadows of Mr. Y. sides which, they all possess the power of penment: We should bo gl ad to hear trom 
Work first md then nlav other manure in tho fall. The alumina of the yield from two to three tons of hay per acre, drawing food from tho air, as carbonic acid, those who have. _ fee simple a remedy for 
\\ ork first ana tfien play. , , . , , . . Well-rotted barn-yard manure and plaster ammonia, &e. so groat and universal an evil, should bo 
Bo honest, charitable and just, and burn soil prevents leaching, and t o pla got areuged ag top . d y ressing for meadows, and In tho spring previous to hauling out enerally known, if reliable— Eds. 
the bars and put up gates, and you will be the benefit ol tho manuio from trie com- t; mo th y makes the most saleable hay. Clover such compost manure, havo your heaps b __. 
in a position (if you havo got a good fat monccmont, and stand tho winter bcttei. properly cured is regarded as moro nutri- shoveled over, so as to mix tho various sub- Yiie Ricnr.ST Mine. —Tho manure appli- 
turkey,) to bo thankful and keep Thanks- Pave many experiments that show that tjous for farm stock. By crossing a French stances thoroughly together and produce od tQ tho Boil of Eng l and amounts to three 
o-ivino- like a rational human hein" and ho fall manuring is best on heavy soils. On Merino ram with largo native ewes, Mr. an equality oi strength. Wine lu s en- hu ndred millions of dollars; being moro 
g vmg hko a rational human hemg and ho perhaps-for we do not know Young has obtained half bloods of good size, gaged in shoveling over your compos , if ^ valuo of its whole foreign Deni¬ 
able to defy the foul fiend, November, and sandy lana, poi naps, e o o and valuable f or mutton; while the fleeces you were to add to every twenty loads 2 d vet the grateful soil yields back 
all his concomitants. Prompter. fPat such is tho case, spi mg manuring are grea tly improved in quality and increas- bushels of salt and 1 bushel of plaster, you w i t b interest all that is thus lavished upon 
- would be best. There are many experi- e d in weight and value. He rears pigs in a would much enhance its value, both as ro- ^ml so it would bo hero, if wo would 
SUCKERING CORN. ments which, apparently, show that nitrate way that gives a pound of meat for every gards its present, and lasting properties. Qnl trugt tbe sod w j t fi any portion of our 
- of soda is a powerful fertilizer for wheat.— day they live—killing them when from 300 American banner _ _ capital. But this wo rarely do. A farmer 
Eds. Rural. —With your opposition to the Wo havo, however, seen it used without the t0 400 days olcL | Tho ashos Avould material, Y assist docom- who ha8 mado any money spends it not in 
hilling system, I perfectly coincide. Suck- h«n«fit . - - position, but they would at tho same time his businoss but in some other occupation, 
ering is practiced by some good farmers, _ __ Wheat. Much more attention is being f* ac ilit a to tho oscapo of ammonia, and for He buys moro land when ho ought to Lny 
whether in the fall or spring ?— H. G. Baker, Ho properly remarks trial uio Dost iertuizei 
a r v for moadows is to flood thorn whero it is „ - . .. . . ua-i, «... 
9 ' ' ' practicable. Irrigation by small streams year— ior they all contain tlioso olements oes in tin 
On loamy soil, we prefer to apply Guano, ^ nd catc hes is worthy of far more attention °I f° od ij 1 which that plant delights be- P° a c 11 ' 
sulphate of ammonia, nitrate of soda, or any than it receives. The meadows of Mr. Y. sides which, they al l possess the power oi penment. 
other manure in tho fall. Tho alumina of the yield from two to three tons ot hay per acre. 
Bo honest, charitable and just, and burn soil prevents leaching, and the plants got uscd^sV'to]! 1 dilsing d for‘mclldllvs‘!and 
all his concomitants. 
SUCKERING CORN. 
VJ l DUUa 13 til AVI T niowi. 
Eds. Rural. With your opposition to the ^y- 0 b av o, howover, seen it used without tho 
hilling system, I perfectly coincide. Suck- glightogt benefit. 
ering is practiced by some good farmers, 
but as it adds much to tho labor of cultiva¬ 
ting largo fields, it is not extensively prac¬ 
ticed. Let me givo you an experiment in 
paid to the production of this staple crop . ^ moro manure or ho puts out his money in 
Extraordinary Crop of Wheat— Capt. than formerly, and farmers are beginning to this reason 8 i ° ukl prefcr not to usc SO mo ioint stock company to convert sun- 
ting largo fields, it is not extensively prac- J. C. Bagland, of Salude township, in this find out that it can bo raised successfully on them in compost heaps. shine‘into moonshine.' Rely upon it, our 
ticed. Let mo givo you an experiment in county, raised during tho last soason, on something elso besides “new land,” and that, -- “ richest mine is the barn-yard, and whatever 
suckering on a small scale In 1852 I 12 acres of land, 296 bushels of wheat weigh- by proper tillage, the soil is actually grow- Largest Cabbage in the World—W e temptation stock or shares may offer, tho 
1 f .1 Milo nf mplnnc cfwnn ovei ' 03 P ounds P er bushel. What is j ng better, instead of poorer, in its culture, received recently says the Alta, a San Fran- best investment, for a farmer is live stock 
planted corn between bills of melons, seven stiU more remarkable> the gr0 und was not T g e usual course pursued hero, is to “sum- cisco paper, from tho garden of Mr. John and low share ’._ E x. 
feet apart each way, and 3 grams in a hill. gown last fall, but the grain sprang from mer fallow” in Juno, turning under a good Aldersey, on the mission road, tho largest _ _ __ 
Tho crop was doing’finely, and I took out the crop on the ground the previous year, coat of clover; plow about 7 inches deep ; cabbage that, probably, the earth ever pro- tho rocont oifi 0 stato Fair, a raro 
all but one corn plant in a hill, and subse- The ground the previous year having been harrow thoroughly, and cross-plow just be- duced—certainly tho largest ot which there *. j ook )n t j J0 g j 10w ground a hand 
quently, (for tho benefit of the melons,) Prepared with a sub-soil plow, was pt course fore sowing. Wo usually sow in tho last is any account. This remarkable plant, f d j illipr0 ved kind, together 
ta , „ .. , „ . ,.4 tar more mellow and moist than if it had days of August or first of September, at tho standing in its natural position, measures ^. , . tv of cider-aim!es anti easen- 
I took away all tho suckers; here, the.,, bc0I1 ekinne(1 otcr in (ho lnanner t00 com . ^ o( , w 8 0 bushe|s por Th ’ 0 soed thrG0 f “ ot and ono inch in diameter, includ- S‘,? v ^ith o«e stoue. Ilo 
was a single stalk in every 7 feet square— mon among many of our farmers— Mad- should ho previously soaked for 12 hours in ing tho loose leaves surrouning the head— ‘ d y hig cjdor; g()ld ; fc ag fast as ma d e at 
These stalks produced, without the suckers, ison(Ind) Banner. strong brine, and then coated with unslacked Tho head.itself, which is very solid and per- . , glass- and at the same time 
quently, (for tho benefit of the melons,) ,, j • * -V 1 n Iore sowin S- we usuauy suw mu .s j 1 . > cider-mill of tho improved kind, togotner 
Ti 1 7 , 1 c wn *l’ tar more mellow and moist than if it had days of August or first of September, at tho standing in its natural position, measures ^ , L j d e89on . 
I took away all the suckers; here, then, boon 6kinned ovcr in tho , mnner t00 com . J* o( tw * bushels per ae V 0 , T h„ seed three foot and ono inch in diameter, includ- Ho 
was a single stalk in every 7 feet square— mon among many of our farmers— Mad- should ho previously soaked for 12 hours in ing tho loose leaves surrouning tho head— ^ ^ ^ oid gold ; t a9 fast as m ade at 
These stalks produced, without the suckers, ison (Ind) Banner. strong brine, and then coated with unslacked The head.itself, which is very solid and per- ^ cents a glass: and at tho same time 
from 3 to 7 perfect ears of corn. If 24| bushels of wheat per acre is an “ox- lime. We use the “Soule” wheat, thinking fectly white, measures thirteen inches in jwed his machine to tho best advantage. 
.. . .. „ it. will vinld five bushels oer acre moro than diameter, and the wholo weighs tlnrty-tour _ _ 
Accord,ng to my obsorvat.cn, tho flower traord,nary crop m Indiana, what must the J her wiet with us The pounds. _ r,- 'LY ..h« oil from .ho out 
and silks are simultaneous on each individ- ordinary yield by the skinning process be ? a J rage product is about 25 bushels por ---—-nfhXim-its wHUuro 
ual stalk, and before that tassel is dry, it Will the Banner please enlighten us on tho acre . The quantity of land sown, and tho Winter is coming. Prepare to givo Old sulo sriefi ot va nu a 
has accomplished all the designs of nature, subject? average nroduct uer acre, aro steadily in- Boroas a warm roception. wai 8 ^ a CW * 
average product per acre, aro steadily 
