MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
finer and better azotiscd manure, the more 
especially as alumina is a fixer of azoto 
(ammonia,) ■while sand is not. Joseph 
Wright, of this villago has grown a very 
large crop of corn from seven acres of very 
poor sandy land ; tho stooks of husked corn 
as largo as hay stacks, now cover the field 
to the wonderment of every passor by. Tho 
fresh manuro from still fed cattle was ap¬ 
plied to this lot, while under the plow at 
the rate of only ten ox-cart loads to the 
acre. For tho benefit of his tobacco crop, 
Mr. W. has his stable floor descending with 
a trough outside to catch tho urine, which 
is conducted together with tho rain-water 
from tho roof, by pump logs to a large tank, 
or cistern, from whonco it is pumped into a 
cask on wheels and distributed to the grow¬ 
ing tobacco crop in warm, dry weather.— 
He says that tobacco is his only paying crop, 
lie has now a long range of tobacco sheds 
hung full of bright seed leaf tobacco, the 
cxclusivo product of five well drained and 
manured acres. He last year sold the pro¬ 
ducts of four acres for $ 2 , 200 , Mr. W. has 
also two acres of sweet corn sown in drills, 
for soiling and fodder, after soiling his stock 
through the dry days of summer, ho has 
many bushels of small ears and a large stack 
of fine stalks for winter feeding. He is of 
opinion that if high farming will bankrupt a 
poor farmer, low farming will starvo him 
and put all his cattle “ in the lift ” 
Raising Water by Wind Power — As 
noticed in tho Rural, is practised very suc- 
• cossfully hero. The whole cost of wind-mill, 
gearing, pump and frame does not exceed 
$ 20 ; it will pump a small stream of wator 
from a deep well, sufficient for any stock of 
cattle in summer. Every farmer prince who 
lives tcide, as tho Dutch say, from running 
water, pond, or lake, should not dispense 
with so cheap and simple an apparatus. 
Waterloo, N. Y., Nov., 1853. 
MICHIGAN REMINISCENCES. 
Next to our own “Empire State,” we 
have for the last decade felt a deep and 
abiding intorost in tho progress and pros¬ 
perity of Michigan. Having commenced 
our editorial career, and passed several 
years of early manhood within its borders, 
wo have abundant reason to regard with 
pleasure and interest, tho people and history 
of what wo woro wont to call, truthfully, the 
“ beautiful and fertile Peninsular Stato.”— 
And though it is many years since wo bade 
farewell to our Westorn home—in quest of 
better hoalth, rather than more ardent 
friends or greater happiness—our recollec¬ 
tion of the past is so vivid and pleasant, that 
we often find ourselves rejoicing over some 
new indication of tho advancement of a 
commonwealth with whoso history and 
people wo are somewhat familiar. 
These remarks are suggested by read¬ 
ing tho Address delivered at the late Fair 
of tho Jackson Co. (Mich.) Ag. Society, by 
Rev. Chas. Fox, Lecturor on Agricultural 
Chemistry in tho University of Michigan, 
and senior editor of the Farmer’s Compan¬ 
ion. This address recounts so happily tho 
history and progress of Agricultural Im¬ 
provement in a familiar section, and among 
a people with whom we were intimately ac¬ 
quainted, that wo have perused it with ab¬ 
sorbing intorest—and marked several para¬ 
graphs on Agricultural Education, &c., for 
publication in a futuro number of the 
Rural. Though the address is generally 
sound and accurate, Mr. Fox commits a 
slight error in the following paragraph— 
which we quote, and correct, at tho risk of 
being charged with egotism: 
“The agricultural newspapers are most 
valuable aids to self-improvement, and much 
of our present progress may justly bo as¬ 
cribed to them. To this village and coun¬ 
ty belongs tho honor of establishing the 
first papor of the sort in Michigan. You 
cannot have forgotten your old fellow citi¬ 
zen, Mr. Moore —then a very young man— 
who with an enterprise which has since 
raised him to high distinction as a publisher, 
commenced in this villago tho first farming 
paper we had. I havo lately examined the 
early numbers, and I assure you that for 
ability and justness of views, it wore diffi¬ 
cult to surpass thorn, even now. It affords 
me great pleasure to bo ablo to pay this 
tribute of rospoct to a very worthy and tal¬ 
ented man, and though he has long left us 
wo shall not forgot how much we are in¬ 
debted to him. It does not bocome mo, as 
the editor of one of those papers to say more 
on this subject; but allow mo to press upon 
you tho importance of taking and reading 
one or more of these journals.” 
Instead of our being tho pioneer in the 
field, that honor belongs to another. If we 
are correctly advisod, tho first agricultural 
journal published in Michigan, was com¬ 
menced at Dotroit, by Josiaii Snow, Esq., in 
1841. It was soon after transferred to 
other hands, and lingered nearly two years, 
when wo purchased tho “ good will ” and 
very limited subscription list, and com¬ 
menced a new papor at Jackson, entitled 
Michigan Farmer. This wo published gome 
two yoars, during which period its patron¬ 
age continued to augment, and we received and consistently advocato an entiro change SHEEP RACES A ND FE EDING TROUGHS. DESTRUC TION OF MICE, 
the warm oncouragement and support of in our present system of agriculture. We i N answer to recent inquiries from new Tmg ; 8 tho season for tho destruction of 
many of tho most enterprising friends of might say that “ superphosphate of lime is a subscribers, wo republish from our last vol- mice, which will bo congregating in our 
Improvement throughout that and adjacent powerful fertilizer and abundantly remu- u mo tho following illustrations and descrip- gardens and orchards lor food and shelter 
States. Thoguhwo were subsequently far ncrating to tho cultivator of Indian corn,” tions . if any of our rca ders can furnish ^^^f U?5^1 ^ovcnt'iSiTIs U?r than 
more successful while conducting the Gen- and so urge every farmer to purchase it.— now a nd better plans, wo shall be happy to | » 1 d £ all P the numerous traps in- 
States. Thoguh wo were subsequently far ncrating to tho cultivator oi Indian corn, tions. If any of our readers can furnish 
more successful while conducting the Gen- and so urge every farmer to purchaso it.— now and better plans, wo shall be happy to 
esee Farmer, and of late the Rural New- While, from the demonstrated fact that, in rC ceivo and publish tho same : 
Yorker, we have not labored more zealous- ordinary cultivation, pure superphosphate 
ly (but perhaps moro wisely,) nor received of lime has no beneficial effect on tho wheat j 
more gratifying tokens of approval, than plant, it is highly probable that it will beat- j 1 _L_J__ 
during our management of the journal first tended with little benefit on tho coin ciop. 
named. And if, as we believe, our efforts for Wo would say no benefit, were it not that 
tho past eight years have redounded to tho superphosphate contains a large quantity of 
benefit of tho agricultural community, our gypsum, which under certain circumstances 
friends in Michigan are entitled to much of experience shows to bo of much value as a 
tho credit therefor— inasmuch as they most manure for corn. Gypsum in Rochester |B BM1 |j|i : ii j j I j j 1I, J| j| |j 1 .||ll|l| KB 
generously secondod our first attempt, and sells for $2,50.per ton, while superphos- 
thereby induced us to embark subsequently phato soils for $50 per ton. Mr. Eastman 
in similar enterprises. recommends the latter as abundantly remu- ^ 
nerative. while in hUoxporiments No 7 with ^ ^ M 
MA NUR ES. gypsum gives |9$ bushelB, while No. 15 with ^ cove „ al]ll is fastencJ t0 fto bniIding . , 
An experiment on raising Indian Corn, by tbe use of va, BUperphosphato ot lino gives nt ' ■'■} 118 ' lise them altogether now, and consider them SU- 
rious manures, in tho year 1853, by H. H. Eastman, ot els, or 4 j bushols per acre loss. \> 0 cannot pgrior to all others which I have seen. They are 
Marshall, Oneida county, N. Y. 
receive and publish tho same : vented for the purpose,-.there appear none 
1 , equal to tho old-fashioned drip, made of a 
1 square board, turning on two of its oppo¬ 
site corners by pivots made of nails, while an- 
- - other corner drips over a glazed earthen 
ic-— ! »~~r v ’ \ \ P°t or pan, partly filled with water, and 
P* accd 0,1 tho ground, the best bait being a 
N N portion of butter or somo kind of grease 
- _ .g djg&a l beaten up with flour and spread on tho 
overhanging corner; as it affords no foot- 
ispllii INI! i: [Pll if III Pi Wmm m ho,d for tho , y i0u80 as the board descends, 
Pfc^ll liW ;i ! lii I tf Ifm ffiiwWrf III 1,1 the way ot depositing its victim in the 
water at tho bottom of tho pot or pan, and 
is again in proper condition for its rise, to 
sheep-rack. next victim. If such traps aro protected 
This sheep-rack is the same as used in France, R'om the woather and tho depredations of 
under cover, and is fastened to the building. I « ther animals by having a box placed over 
,, u ,, , ■ i ai them with a tut lust sufficient tor tho en- 
use them altogether now, and consider them su- tranc0 of the mic '’ under the bottom, tho 
penor to all others which I have seen. They are trap will rcmain in porfect 0l . dcr so long as 
Manures used and 
how applied. 
1 Weight of 
| cars in'lbs. 
Bushels 
pr acre. 
1. No manure,. 
12.8 
5 .W2 
2. Half shovel full of compost 4 in hill, 
25.12 
U0 l A 
3. do. 
on top of bill 
21.8 
92*2 
4. Table spoonful lime in liillf. 
11.12 
bO l A 
5. do. 
do. on top of hill 
16.8 
71 
6. do. 
KVPsum in hill. . .. 
18.00 
ll’A 
7. do. 
do. on top of hill 
18.8 
79 A 
8. do. 
ashes in hill. 
18.00 
11 A 
9. do. 
do. on top of hill. 
17.8 
75 A 
10. do. 
equal p ts lime, gyp- 
sum, ashes, in hill. . 
19.00 
81% 
11. do. 
do. on top of hill 
17.00 
73 
12. ' do. 
guano in hilif.... 
19.8 
84 
13. do. 
do. on top of hill. 
23.4 
100 
14. Two-tliirds of 
a tahlespoonful su- 
per-phospliate of lime in hill.... 
21.4 
91A 
15. do. 
do. on top of lull. 
17.8 
7.)% 
16. Larc-c tablesp'nful poudrette in hill 
18.12 
80% 
17. do. 
do. on top of hill. 
17.00 
73 
, . . , *1 i Villi HJHiO.Hl HI HVJ1 MJiyD DIWUI OV JVH>; 0)0 
trust such experiments, or wo might say built similar to the common horse-rack and t ho water at tho bottom of tho pot or pan 
that tho valuo of superphosphate for corn manger. The trough in front of the rack is to remains unfrozen, tho only attendance nec- 
depends on tho gypsum which it contains, catch the hay that may drop from the rack, and ossary being to renew tho bait occasionally, 
and that tho reason it did less good in this f° r feeding them their grain. It stands two feet and removo tho drowned mico, which aro 
instance was bocauso each hill got a less hi S b > and is seveu incLes widc 011 the bottom, oftentimes found very numerous, particular- 
’ ° mi.. „i„a„ __ _j lv after no morn food is to be obtained ill 
oftentimes found very numerous, particular- 
... ’ , with thefl.inernhosnbatn Tbe slats, or «png b ts, are of good oak timber ] J ^or no moro food is to be obtained in 
quantity of gypsum with the superphosphate w t Li.f„,,rtl,s of an inch thick, tho open fluids. After frost the box-trap 
than it did whoro gypsum was directly ap 
plied. 
and twenty-six inches long. They stand three 
inches apart in the rack. No hay is wasted in 
with cntranco over inclinod planes at 
tho end, descending with the weight of tho 
mouse and rising again when relieved of it, 
w „ i „ CwNm o fwQv , . * , , , . 4 „ mouse ana rising again wnen roneveu oi n, 
o make those lemaiks from a foai that this manner, and the wool is not worn off the head is perhaps the best, requiring, however, 
tho results might mislead, and not trom any a ud neck of the sheep.— S. W. Jewett. careful and frequent examination. By 
unkind footings towards Mr. Eastman, who, fpp e following rack has been used and is highly these means many mice may bo taken and 
wo think, is entitled to much praise for approved by my fiiend, George Geddes, Esq., of their depredations prevented: after which 
showing tho inaccuracy of such a system of Fairmount, N. Y., to whom I am indebted for the comes tho best mode ot protection to tho 
. , • ii • c , trees hv niacins' strins of old bark around 
18. No manure. 34.00 
19. Tablespoon ful of guano in hill.. . . 27.00 
20. No manure. 34.00 
22. Tablespoonful super-phosphate of 
lime in hill. 46 00 
23. Large tablesp’nful pondrette in hill 40.00 
ICE-HOUSE MANAGEMENT. 
lime in hill .^ . 46 00 107M Tns following article from the Scientific 
23. Large tabicsp’nfM poodrette in hill_ jo.oo_j>3X_ American, is both sensible and seasonable. 
Remarks. — * The “compost” used was composed of It will answer tho inquiry ot a corrospond- 
muck and barn-yard manure in equal parts, well rotted, A _ „„li,oUa nUinm intnroct 
and mixed with half a bushel of gypsum to each load. Gilt, and prove \aluable to OtllOIS mtClCSt- 
+ The row on which the lime was applied in the liillpre- „ d j n t p 0 subject. In former volumos of 
sented a sickly growth for the first few weeks. J w . 
J In the rows where the guano was applied in the hill, tbe RURAL WO have given lull directions for 
about one-third of the seed was killed by it. The ears on , . r T TT __,_ A 
the row were large and heavy. Where the guano wus ap- the construction Ot ICO-IIOUSeS, anu used at 
plied on tlie hill, the seed all came up. o-ront.Ar fonerth some of the arguments brief- 
TiiErows in the first experiment, consist¬ 
ed of 25 hills each; in the second, 40 hills 
each. Planted 12 th of May, on greensward, 
plowed eight inches deep. Soil of a calca¬ 
reous nature. Cultivation as noarly alike 
as possible. Harvested from tho hill, 15th 
October, and weighed when harvested. The 
tbe Rural wo have given full directions for j \ / 
the construction of Ico-IIouses, and used at i ' * 
greater length, somo of tho argumonts brief- L a, > 
Iy stated by tho American. 
This is a matter of no small importance, \ 
yet, how often do wo see it treated, not only /_ 1 
with indifforenco, but upon tho very worst 
principles possiblo to insure its preserva- inn hopper-rack. 
tion ; not one ice-house in fifty is construct- “ The above is intended to represent a section of 
ed upon the correct principles—not one in what I think the best sheep-rack I have seen. A 
drawing and description of the cut It serves >'>' l’ lacin » s . tri P 3 of old bark around 
botJj for a .ack and feeding-trough : oonhnmg them by tying with 
& b tarred twino, seeing that tho covering be so 
«-.—.-. —a carefully placed as to provent tho entranco 
i\ /j of tho mice botween tho joinings; or— 
j \ /j which might by somo be deemed preferable 
• \ /I —common coarse wrapping cloth, carofully 
i \r pi j fixed and well tarred, will bo found to afford 
j \ / 1 perfect sucurity against thoir depredations 
\ / | at tho foot of tho tree, during tbo longest 
\ / 1 and soverest winters. 
» / j This plan may be considered by somo as 
j i too laborious and troublesome, and especially 
■V jf\ if the trees are largo and numerous, yet it 
has boon found that their “ promiso to pay ” 
\ has been duly honored at blossoming and 
•. 4 gathering time, with a rate of interest for¬ 
ty-fold. Treading the snow around tho 
TnE hopper-rack. trees has boon recommended, but has not 
“ The above is intended to represent a section of a l "’ays been found effectual in the presorva- 
result shows : ect upon tne correct principles—not one m wnat I tinnk tne oest sncep-racK i nave seen, a 
1 . That barn-yard manure, composted the sumo number is managed coiicctly.— piece of durable wood about feet long, G or 8 
with muck and gypsum, and appliod in tho Whon we consider that damp and heat are i nc ] ies deep, and 4 inches thick, has two notches, 
hill, is tho most valuable manuro. the two great agents of thawing, it should ^ ^ cu t into it, and two troughs, made of inch 
what I think the best sheep-rack I have seen. A tion sought alter, which, however, ought to 
piece of durable wood about 4^ feet long, G or 8 bo obtained at any cost of time or labor if 
f . , i i . , , , , , wo wish to entov in tho following spring and 
inches deep, and 4 inches thick, has two notches, J J .• , ° r . • 
. 1 ’ . ’ . . , summer the bounties of naturo in their 
«, a, cut into it, and two troughs, made of inch mogfc delicious form, and tho luxury of 
r i ho our endeavor to counteract these bv ev- “no u, ana iwo irougns, maae oi men mogt dclicious f or m, and tho luxury of 
2 . That lime, on a calcareous soil, pro- bo oui endea\or to countuact tneso tiy ev b d h h h b p]aced in these notches and nail- i. nnw i no . wo p.. vn done our best to do- 
dneos no (xood effect erv means in our power. To effect this, , , .. T , tl , . Knowing tnat we nave aone oui oust to ac- 
non^conducring^maroriaU STUlj thl ’“sit^i ... 
ia^h'Tho” oed^“buton^oSlpofTo oroc'Z "of^S w°e ta ) 0 oSorro The eud S of ftc »ck ara made by nailing againat FATTENING HOGS ON WHEAT. 
Sn i 7 a vTaluaX inknuro I applied guano that stone is of all others the worst-timber the side of the sill-boards that reach up as high as 
in the lull on beans and potatoes, and the and brick are the best. Tho usual practice it is desired to have the rack, and nails driven 
effect was tho same_to kill tho seed. of sinking ice-houses to a great depth under through these end-boards into the ends of the 
FATTENING HOGS ON WHEAT. 
On tho 4th of October last, I shut up 
nine small hogs, weighing on an average ICO 
4 . That super-phosphate of lime, applied the surface is bad ; indeed it has only ono side-boards f,f, secure them. The sides may be pounds each. I commenced fn ding them 
in tho hill, is a powerful fertilizer, and redeeming property, which is, tho conven- f ur ther strengthened by pieces of board on the 011 sw ’ d °t "heat meal, and fed 10 bushels, 
abundantly remunerating to tbo cultivator ionco of filling from tho top. Its disadvan- ou tside of them and fitted into the trough. A ground without bolting. I tienhai my 
of Indian corn.-II. II. Eastman, in the tagos aro, tho difficulty of admitting suf- roof in be ut 0V er all if desired. With a roof b ,°J te , d ’, aiK . 1 f ved the h ead of the 
Country Gentleman. the Wrier in kept entirely from the weather, and 
which, build them as we may, is sure to exist 
Remarks.—I ndian corn is pro-eminontly in underground houses, tho conduction of 110 seeds or chaff can S et illto ^ wool.— Ran- bu8 i ie i s . and then fed 20 bushels damaged 
an American crop; of moro national import- heat from tho surrounding soil, and tho dif- doll’s Sheep Hu sbandry. _ wheat, and killed them, and found, after 
anco than that of wheat, and yet, what do ficulty of effecting sufficient drainage ; these . epniT-PTi row v<s A root) onf selling my flour and pork, and deducting 
wo know of its chemical requirements ? Wo very L overbalance tbe advantages offered. A SP0I “ D A 0H£ the value of the hogs when. I commenced 
have a pretty correct knowledge of its wh J ‘Jo majority of ice-houses and Eds. Roral :-In 1830, if 1 remember ?‘® s damUed'whcat al 56 
... i . most cellars during winter so much warmer CO rrectlv, I purchased a cow of John C. time, and tnei aamagou "neat, at oo 
composition, but wo aro yet in midnight tfaan the Bun . 0 unding atmosphere? Is it 1 T __ cents per bushel, that my wheat brought 
not from tbdr \ A “*«**~ me ov'erOO cents per bushet-E. D„fok™, 
composition, hut we are yet in midnight ^ tho surrountiing almost ?Isi n”™" „f Mt Morris „ Anan . „ »onts per’bushel, that my wta* brought 
darkness as to what particular chemical not from the heat conducted through their b)LCA - n > ot '• “ ° 4 , mo over 90 cents per bushel.—1‘. Danforth, 
substances aro most required in the soil for walls from the surrrounding soil ? Earth is September of that year, her milk was tested Olivet, Mich. 
tho production of largo crops. Under such a much better conductor of heat than air; in producing butter. In one instance the There can bo no doubt that damaged 
pimimsfanwR nrAnratplv Anndnrdad GaLI or, in other words, it communicates its heat milk sho gave in 24 hours made 3 lbs. of wheat is good for fatting hogs, but that it 
but, ° r - Aton ° miiki "? 8ho « avo 315 i,,s - °‘ is -p--’ <or ««“•*• «»» 
definite and known composition, would boof t”e necSy of placing between the earth m | lk : “"'J 12 . ho “ r! fr0 "’ P ,cv, " us or barley, wo aro disposed to consider some- 
profound interest; and ho who makes them and tho ice somo slower conductor of heat, milking. Any timo in favorable weather what doubtful. 
will dosorvo tho unonding praise of all and tho slowest conductors we have, appli- ten quarts o ici mi ' weio ciove su i p Market A writnr in thn 
, . p , r . cable to the caso, aro timber, charcoal or ciont to produce 1 lb. of butter. Themilk The I ork Market. —A wntor m the 
American agneu turists. JYJ r. Eastman de- air . both also resist damp, while stone does wag skimmed, and only tho cream churned. Louisville Democrat closes a long article 
American agriculturists. Mr. Eastman de- 
Tiie Fork Market. —A writer in the 
Louisville Democrat closes a long article 
inrow iiHiic on mis sue ecu vvo aro sorry neat, vvcuui in o, lauiu vuimubiui ui ■ - x , . , ., ,. . 
to say however that the experiments are heat, and instances havo been known, where m when only two years old. She was ana- Looking thon at the question m these 
to say, however tna. experiments aie . » ha8 perc olatcd the roof of an ice- tivo, or not known to bo other,-and kept different lights, it would appear most prob- 
anythmg but satisfactory and conclusive, to h()u that t he temperature has been raised on ’- ass 0 nly able that, unless the supply should be very 
our mind. The land occupied by each ox- t0 sixty degrees. Hence tho necessity of Thus mu( l bric «v from Westorn New much larger than it was last year, the range 
periment is much too small. It should never keeping such houses perfectly dry, not only ’ . . of prices will be sufliinontly high to pay the 
bo less, in any experiments of this kind, than at the top. b »t also throughout, by efficient York in answer to the statement relative to farmers a fair profit A h» opinion J. 
an eighth of an acre In the present in- drainage of tho melted ice, and by vontila- tho good cow in Loe, Mass., in a lato strengthened by the fact that,^ a. though 
® . , ’ , ... . ,, tion to correct the dampness in tho atmos- No. of tho Rural. Soloman Williams, there wore in t he season ot u- and 53 
stance, reckoning tho hills at 3 feet apart . o and wallg> Indoed the walls of an portage, N. Y, Nov., 1853. about half a million more hogs packed m 
mu.li nir llio firof Inf r.f ATnnrlmnntu aa J i * _ i. _ f___ 1-1 _- t in West than Ill 51 and 52. Stlllt llS hlriTO 
3 . of tho Rural. Soloman Williams, tnoro wore in tne season oi ana oo 
N y Noy 1853 about halt a million moro hogs packod in 
each way, the first lot of experiments on icehouse, to be in proper condition, should ° r asC ’ - the West than in’51 and’52, still this large 
twenty-five hills each, would occupy tho one bo as dry as thoso of a dwolling. CHLOROFORMING BEES. increased product, will bo consumed at 
f m, i , i i , e . . - . , , pneos which should bo satisfactory to tho 
hundred and ninety-third part of an acre ; Tho cheapest and host w^ay of construct- Rkiend Moore : An article in Yol. 4 No. f armers 
those with 4G hills, the ono hundred and ing an ice-house, is to make its walls double 4g of tho Rural spea k s of chloroforming ---— - 
fifth part. Wo aro not ignorant of the dif- boos to death. Now 1 think the writer 
ficult.es to bo met in conducting accurate charcoa l dust. Where timber is cheapest, quoted used too much chloroform. Seeing P r - ttea a2a i n sTpotatoes as an artide of 
fiold experiments, and know that rosults ob- the house should bo boarded inside, andjwith the article recommonding chloroform in a ^ Qod In Franco tho war has* actually 
tained from such a small plot of land are the charcoal dust between the walls : where formor num ber of the Rural, I triod it with commenced, as tho’Society for tho Encour- 
not to be trusted. When thero are any means bricks aro the cheapest, they should bo used. one 8warm an d succeeded admirably. agement of National Industry in France 
of checking the results, such as having sev- ^oSto^weena d^uble"^!?. *Dry On a ckar, cool morning in September h« offereda ( priseof 
oral lots similarly treated tho inaccuracy of 8aw . dust „ also a good non-conductor, and I fixed my table according to tho directions SomiT^I the potato as 
the method is always manifest. lake, as an it can be easily obtained everywhere in our givon, lotting tho hive romaiu over tho an articlo of food.”_ Boston Transcript. 
instance, Mr. Eastman’s experiments, which country, but it should not bo used unless it c hi 0 roform twonty-fivo minutes. We then_ -------- __ 
have doubtless been conducted with great is peife ctly diy. turned the hire over and cut as much honey Weevil. _Thoso troublesomo posts may 
caro, and hero wo find, on calculating the Animals kept quiet, dry and warm, will as could bo spared from it, and sot it back be kept out of grain by using salt. Sprinkle 
acroage yield, estimating tho oars at 45 lbs. ronu j ro much less food and will do moro in its place, and thon watched tho bees to a little fine salt on tho bottom and around 
por bushel, that the difference between tho work; koep in bettor condition, and yield see whether they would ever revivo again, ®J ) t ’ cs w ^ o ^ h ® u b,n wCiVkl'p^^ofd^alt 
two unmanurod plots, Nos. 1 and 18, is much moro profit than those exposed to the and before 12 o’clock that day they woro ban ? e] P will ncvcr bo destroyed by tho 
twenty-seven bushels per acre, and tho differ- inclemency 0 f t ho weather. Do, kind road- all alive and at work, clearing the wreck weevils. 
TO A in L i. ^ J J 7 . _____ 
War Upon the Potato. —Wo soon ox- 
onco between Nos. 12 and 19, treated with 
the same quantity each of guano in tho hill, 
is twenty-one bushels per acre ,—not to men¬ 
tion tho difference between Nos. 16 and 19, 
and other evident discrepancies. 
or, remember this fact. It is unkind to that wo had made. 
starvo your stock, and, what is a far more 
J . r, i , Euclid, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1853. 
potent argument, \t is unprofitable. _- 
Yours, 
James D. Wicker. 
Great Yield.— Pliny Moody, of South 
Hadloy, Mass., raised in his garden tho 
past season, from one potato, throe bashels, 
non mo amerence p ei ween ivos. iu ana id, * _l --;-- . . The State of Ohio has over seventy Coun- which weighed, when washed, 140 lbs. If 
and other evident discrepancies. Maine has eighteen Agricultural Sociotios ty Agricultural Societies all in full opera- any ono can tell a biggor potato story, >vo 
Could wo trust such experiments wo might and a Stato Board of Agriculture, which tion, besides sovoral othor institutions for the shall be glad to hear of it .—Northampton 
base upon thorn the most brilliant theories, holds a meeting at Augusta annually. promotion of industry and mechanic arts. Courier. 
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