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,0 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. MARCH 8, 
Cumin imitations. 
WOODS PASTURE.—INQUIRY. 
The sheep are a cross between the Leicester • seed-wheat—machine threshing. Oft 1 
and Merino, and they do not thrive iff well as , , , ~ f <$ lClll5+ t x 01 
I would like, owing; I think, to their feeding a Mjl Editor :-Behev.»g that there may be - J" ° 
. , , , , w . „ 1 fmm 90 much profit as well as pleasure derived from we spc 
ffood clccil on wet ltinci. »» non wool is iiom , TJ S AfrRTPTiTTTTRAL Society — At n recent mivp n 
B nn . , T .,,■ i 4u „ n/ ,i 0 i the interchange of experience and views upon u - »• agricultural society. ai a lecenu nuie u 
r rl <■»»«•« subjects, I to ^ mice as "jeering *«*«« Committee of this So- winter 
ilunl $jfotcs anil Items. 
BARN-YARD MANURE. 
^ w I In one of a series of articles on this subject, 
- we spoke favorably of the plan of keeping ma¬ 
il. S. Agricultural Society.— At a recent nure under the stock, in sheds or stables, during 
eeting oi the Executive Committee of this So- winter. A correspondent of the Evening Post, 
Eds. Rural : — Will some one of your many sheep the most profitable ; and when wool comes ^ wheat’for seed: not that I claim ciety, held in Philadelphia, preliminary ar- commends the plan, having tried it for several 
readers of the Rural inform me of the best up to 35 and .,0 cents the fine wool pays the much from gcience or that j wisb to discredit rangements were made for its next Annual Ex- years. He says : 
manner of making a “woods pasture. lam best. Ihe ' V ° o1 f* f *90 the statements of “ A. G. P.” and others, who kibition, to take place in that city on the 7 th „ The idea was firgt suggested to me , b y 
told that in some o t u; giea ca eiai.n $ . n i/file some were have written upon the subject. But I would of October ensuing. Ihe citizens o 1 hi ac el- wintering some young stock in a small building ; 
counties of your State, that they cut down aU We had 120 hens rank and hie, some we e ^ ^ ^ ^ acc J ounl for their wbeat phia have subscribed $15,000 as a guarantee since which time I have wintered my cows 
the brush end saplings that are under erght roosters.and somei old settlers, say-100 were that its vitality might fund, and it is proposed to conduet.be Exhibi- (thrce in number) in fte following ; 
inolios iii diameter, and sow grass seed in the al)le to do duty on the nest. We sold oo4- dozen _ , , , c ■. 1 Hon <e on a scale of unexamDled liberality and -»-i 1 * i • i lit , . . 
mcnes in uiaiucbi-i, d,u fa J have been destroyed by the process of thresh- tl0n on a scare oi unexampieu uoeramy ana Each animal is placed in a stable about thirteen 
woods, without mining, ant i,i ° e SS s ’ ^sec ,say ’ J,’ ing. Most of our seed is threshed by machinery splendor. It was decided to embrace, as ob- f ee t square, with a manger suited to their wants, 
season it will afford more pasture, len^subject dozen sold $74 ; the ^ e ® and I think to the destruction of much of it.- jects of the Exhibition, Horses and Horned in wh - cU all t he refuse of coarse fodder, corn 
to the drouth, and that cattle will do better than worth $12, total, $86. Charging them with one experience has taughfc me> as it has our Cattle, Swine and Sheep, Agricultural Imple- sla lks, Ac., are thrown for litter. I find that by 
in our open pastures. H this is so wiU some peck of corn at 15 cento, for .1 ,o daj s, $o5 it Q andofchers , that sprouted wheat will mente, Cereal and Vegetable Products, Poultry, pursuing this plan my stock are kept much 
one over liis own. siffn&turc and addicss* inloim leaves $>31 profit. It "Wtis only on big days _ nnd ^T.tivo Fruits and Wines A circiiid bciTiouct i c i i at n 
one,oHr uibUMu^uatui v 1 j , grow; and that the same not run through a ana in auve i runs anu wines, grana uanqueo, c i eaner than formerly, when the stalls were 
me of the fact, and manner in which a wo they got as much as a peck of corn. e ad w]11 gtw bette r than even wheat un- in wbicb ladies wiU participate, was also set- daily cleaned and littered. The manure accu- 
pasture is generally prepared, through }o about a dozen of the Shan e ha bleed, and ey thal has been through our threshing tied as part of the programme, and it was agreed mu lates in the stables to the depth of two and 
valuable paper. _ !aid more than their share of the eggs * . fco appropriate $12,000 or $15,000 in premi- a La lf or three feet during the winter, and is so 
relates to wheat for seed ; not that I claim ciety, held in Philadelphia, preliminary ar- commends the plan, having tried it for several 
much from science or that I wish to discredit rangements were made for its next Annual Ex- years. He says : 
the statements of “ A. G. P.” and others, who hibition, to take place in that city on the 7th „ - dea wag drs t suggested to me, by 
valuable paper. ........... machines. w apprup™^ ? iu,u W m pu,..- a half or three feet during the winter, and is so 
a f venrs since in Sullivan county in this There has been so much written of late about to act „ . . , ’ 
A few yeais since, , tw T itousheto of Last season I selected fifty kernels as it stood uras - Poi .y gentlemen weie appointed to act fi rm ly trodden down by the animals that not the 
«lbelp"^“stu”r“ot catal, by « slaving” ben manure on wheat last spring, and was di 8 - m the field, of the Mediterranean variety, each aa a Committee of Arrangementa. leaat fermentation lake., place. It may be 
laid more than their share of the eggs, 
according to the number of cattle wished to appointed in seeing no good results from it. If grain having at the time a dried sprout about a 
nasture as follows :—In June, July and August, it had been harrowed in with the wheat in the < 3 uart ® r 0 an 111C1111 len g^ caused by near a 
thev cut all the “little stuff,” hard wood, such fall, it might have had a better effect. days sun, and at the same time another 
as beach maple, &c„ the following winter they I got a pig in the spring and fed it the sour g reen germ was plain to be seen caused by sub- 
clo j i i comihnt, rains • I nla/>pH tnnm nnrnfnllv in n 
in the field, of the Mediterranean variety, each as a Committee ot Anangements. least fermentation takes place. It may be 
grain having at the time a dried sprout about a Thus far our announcement, upon informa- thought that the manure kept in this manner, 
quarter of an inch in length, caused by near a tion, as to what is contemplated “on a scale of containing cornstalks, <tc., would be removed in 
full day’s sun, and at ihe same time another unexampled liberality and splendor." Now, the the spring with difficulty. This inconvenience 
green germ was plain to be seen caused by sub- proposed exhibition may prove a very fine is easily overcome by means of an ordinary hay- 
cut tile hemlock and the next season, in a dry milk from three cows, and a lot of soft corn; and se( F ent rains l 1 P laced thera carefully in a thing for its officers, amateur farmers, fancy knife, by which the manure is easily cut into 
time bum it and sow it down to grass. Where it run through more holes, broke down more vacancy m my carrot patch, two grains to a hill, stock men and sportsmen, and statesmen and squares of fifteen or eighteen inches, and may 
the cattle cannot get through, they chop and fendes, and raised more “ rows ” generally than and those about four inches apart. From each politicians who are fond of singing peans to then be handled with the fork with greatest ease, 
turn some of the logs—the next season they can all the rest of the stock. So far as my experi- grain of this wheat in the space of four days, a Agriculture,—but that it will materially benefit «It will be readily seen that one great ad- 
-i i j • i .1 * . t i full Klorlo nnnpnrprl wIiipTi prmHrmpH lnnlr rnocc nf A mpnVan mlH vators. or amnlo.rat.fi vantao*o nf flip nlnn is flip, nrpsprvnt.fnn nf nil flip 
turn on an animal for every two acres of .grass, ence goes, the unclean beast is both trouble 
and the second season about three for every five some and profitless. Straver. 
Ypsilauti, Feb., 1856. 
acres. 1 ’ c _ 
A friend of mine slashed 50 acres some foui THE ONE POTATO CROP. 
a ,years since, and is so well pleased with it that - 
full blade appeared, which continued to look the mass of American cultivators, or accelerate vantage of the plan is the preservation of all the 
thrifty until late in the fall. Thus much has the car of Rural Improvement, we, judging urine which would otherwise be in a great 
been my experience in unthreshed Mediterra- from the display, management and results of measure lost, and which is believed to be worth 
nean seed, during the last year, and this, to- the last exhibition, are slow to believe. And nearly, if not quite as much as the solid excre- 
gethcr with the circumstance of having sown yet, so long as the city people pay for the “ un- ments oi the animal.” 
two bushels per acre taken from the same field exampled liberality and splendor” of such fes- -■*—- 
this season he will have 50 acres more done ; it [Continued from page 70 last No.] Dusliels P er acre laK f nora uie same neKl exampieu uue.au.,y <u.u ^ -- 
<j.o ner acre Some prefer having all the I may not have the correct name for the variety I and variefc 7' and threshed in the usual manner, tivals-made by amateurs m the name of prac- County Agricultural Societies.- 
ton limbs looped off but generally they merely chose for this competition. They are a longish ^ich came up but little more than half thick tical agnculturiste^andinasmuch as it furnish- our record of the officers of the differ® 
olin the tree down ■ the \heory is, that the logs red potato, extensively raised here - some call enough, causes me to think machine threshing es a safe and easy escape pipe for the superflu- Associations, for 18aG, the following : 
„L , nd improve the ground, and that it will them the Philadelphia Reds. Soil sandy loam. lias had vei 7 “ u ch to do in producing a thin ous and often silly gas on the subject of Agn- ^ TT ^ rr 
afford as much pasture and last longer than on Manure, poudrette, one pint in a hill; cut one crop.— Farmer C., Monroe Co., N. Y. culture, perhaps no gieat haim can icsu t torn 
anoru as uiuw . . ovl tilims St-.ill, snealr advisedlv in 
County Agricultural Societies. —We add to 
our record of the officers of the different County 
a clearing logged up. It looks like rough farm- eye on a piece, and two pieces to the hill.— 
ing, yet it answers a good purpose, and tlie hard Planted May 24th, and harvested Sept. 29th. 
wood loo-s will gradually rot away. I had in- Weighed when dry, and free from dirt, 39% lbs. 
tended getting 100 acres cleared in this way —A. N. Langdon, Verona, N. Y. 
the coming summer, but if the “ undei brushing . , T i + a • n i n t 
u e r nrofor The variety I planted is called the Jenny 
alone will answer as well, then I would piefer J J J 
such exhibitions. Still, we speak advisedly in 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
expressing the conviction that many a Town Westfield. 
Chautauque. — President — Hon. Thomas B. 
Campbell, Westfield. Secretary — H. J. Bliss, 
Wes: field. Treasurer —Sextus H. Hungerford, 
_ and County Ag. Society in Western New York 
hen manure for corn. does more, in a single show, at a limited ex- 
In reply to the inquiry in relation to hen ma- pense, toward promoting real improvement 
Cortland. — President — Israel Boice, Homer. 
Secretary —Charles R. Beach, Homer. Corres¬ 
ponding Secretary — Paris Barber, Homer.— 
Treasurer —Morgan L. Webb, Homer. Four 
The variety I planted is called the Jenny nure, I would say that I have used it for corn among Farmers and Horticulturists, than can Directors, and Executive Committee of twelve, 
nd, or YVood Potato. It weighed two pounds, and potatoes, and think it a valuable manure. be accomplished by the U. S. Ag. Society, Clinton. — President — J. W. Bailey, Platls- 
alone w . , d timber of Lind, or Wood Potato. It weighed two pounds, and potatoes, and think it a valuable manure. be accomplished by the U. S. Ag. Society, Clinton. —President — J. W. Bailey, Platts- 
it, as the timbei cou c c ^ a ' e ,an I C ut it into thirty-two pieces, most of them In preparing it for use, I think ashes (leached mainly composed of men who hold themselves burgh. Secretary— John L. .Stetson, Plattsburgh, 
all kinds must be an o ijcc k me many y • p av - p ut one eye on them ; put two pieces in or unleaclied, or both.) should be mixed with it; above the people of the “rural districts,” in the treasurer— Ldwin Benedict, Plattsburgh. 
With us this kinc o v\oo< an ’ ' a b jn abou t s i x inches apart; the hills about the manure alone is too strong, and will injure splendid manner proposed. And, moreover, it . Dutchess.— President— D. B Haight, Wash- 
^pntihlo of beino - made into good grass iai ms, . J, , , . T1 J1 , ' , . nl . mgton. Recordmq Secretary —George Sweet, of 
can be for $2 and $3 per acre. Some of us three and a half feet. The sod, sandy loam ; the L^^FP 11 !! 1 ^ 0 C ® r . n ® lo ” e ^ ma J P 0SSl ^ °^Zr Washington Hollow. CorrespondingSecretary- 
are looking to this kind of land as a summei 
green-sward, plowed up the first day of June, applied it mixed with ashes — say three parts Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky, John W. Abel, Union Vale. Treasurer —Rich¬ 
something at it, and will do a great deal moie. 
Some of us have 30, 40 and 50 head of young 
cattle to take off in this way, and return in the 
fall to winter. In two years from this time I 
hope to he able to winter over 100 head — this 
winter I have 54, without the sheep, horses and 
duct 35>£ ibs-j or 19 quarts. My object was to drop on the hill a half pint, or a good-sized the large cities of the Atlantic seaboard ;—in- 
ascertaiu how much it would produce with ordi- handful.— Niagara. deed, that Cincinnati, St. Louis, or Chicago, is 
nary rather than ca;<m>rdiuary culture.— Joel T „ T the natural center of a “right smart chance” 
Marble , Providence, R. I. - r n T f , , , more of Agricultural territory, productions and 
the large cities of the Atlantic seaboard ;—in- Sc “ tt> Buffal °- . 
i , . r • .. C : T • „„„ ■ Franklin. — New Society. President —Wm. 
deed, that Cincinnati, St. Louis, oi Chicago, is Andrus> Malone . Secretary—D. R. Sperry, Ma- 
the natural center of a “ right sraait chance lone. Treasurer —H. H. Hosford,Malone. Vice- 
PREMIUM CORN CROPS. 
Marble , Providence, R. I. , r r , T ( , r , , , , more of Agricultural territory, productions and President —Christopher Briggs, Fort Covington. 
is ’ Mr. C. Leet, of this county, has an orchard . °. . „ , J , . , r,- . t _-V_ l> w m...,. -a? t 
x • - J men, than either of such commercial points as Directors —James Duane, B. \V. Olaik, M. L. 
winter I have 54, without the sheep, horses and I cut my potato in fifteen pieces; put three w ' uca ■* ie ^ as ueen pasturing with sheep for g 0 gt 0U p b i[ ad elphia or New York. Parlin, H. W. Ketchum, James G. Dickey, and 
colts. At some convenient time, I may give p i eces j n a hill ; planted June 1st; hoed once ; several years. He told me that when he first ’ 1 * John Doty. 
you mv mode of raising calves, and I think I dug the second day of October, one-half bushel, turned the sheep in, there was so little growth Livingston. — Re-organized. President — C. 
have learned something about it from experi- coo d rounding measure. The soil is rather a he could not cut a graft from the orchard.— The Chinese « Rohan.”—I f we could swallow Jones, Leicester. Vice-President — R. Peck, 
•«* i 1 ! ‘ W25 CTer I """t black loam. For Ac last three years I have When I saw it, a year or two ago, the trees were a twentieth part of what is claimed for the Ueme.L iT«to(A“harios 
Muncy, r.ycomingCo., Fa. B. Mobkts Elms. Wonted the plan of marking my potato ground growing from a foot to eighteen inches a year, just now much-puffed Dwscorea batatas, vc ^ ^ Qrge w / Root 
T T n ~ _ with a corn-marker. I drop ray potatoes on the We bare been tr J ln g sbee P on our orcbard fOT should be disposed to recommend fts trial by Mo m TGO mery. —President — Wm. Knox, Cana- 
nun-MiTTM (sHOPb. gr0U nd and cover them. I have had no potato two or three years, and find they make a great at least the “ amateur class of cultivators. But j obarie . Vice-Presidents—William C. Phillips, 
- n rot since I left off furrowin'* with the plow improvement in the fruit.—R. Evans, Erie, Pa. it is too large, even with that reduction. A Florida; Edward YValter, Palatine. Secretary 
■’s tup kind I selected was the Door-Yard Dotato— - plant <vhich will fill the place now occupied in —0. S. Brumley, Canajoharie. Treasurer—J as. 
sf inquiries.—japan pea, &c. . l raerica by bo t b Indi an com and the Irish Lansing, Mohawk. 
The following is a statement of crops of corn rot since I left off furrowing with the plow, 
raised by me in the season of 1853, at Cooper’s The kind I selected was the Door-Yard potato.— 
Plains, and awarded premiums at the Steuben T. B. Stanton, Jamesville, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
°°i. I From £«an“ere of land, I raised 69 bns, 0» tie 24th of May last, I cat a Whit, 
and 12 quarts of shelled corn. It was the eight- Mercer potatato in 47 pieces, and planted the 
rowed white corn. The soil was gravelly plain P«c« » » , 12 , mch<!s a P art ; j «■ 
land The last crop was potatoes. It was t»™d the ground (winch was a sandy loam) 
ENQUIRIES.—JAPAN PEA, &C. 
manured in the spring with about 25 loads of ^ a moderate portion of hog-pen manure, 
barn-yard manure and about 250 lbs. of guano, du S Wltb tbe s P ade ’ after wblcb 1 P ufc a 
and the same plowed in. It was planted in sprinkling of guano along the row before plant- 
rows ab out 3)4 feet apart, and in hills, in the ^ tbe P otato - 0u tbe 26tb of Ma ^ 1 also cut 
’ ---- J " ' ‘ is tbe tirae t0 cut hickory, to prevent and wb ich holds an equally important Niagaua-P resident-J) A Van Valken- 
On the 24lh of May last, I cut a White the worms from eating it ? ;> place in its own country, ought certainly to ^^^Danemorse Lockport. Treasurer— 
Mercer potatato in 47 pieces, and planted the b o llse — a weather-boarded building—had p aye been bearc i 0 f long ere this by travelers o. P. Knapp, Lockport. 
pieces in a row about 12 inches apart. I ma- been painted, but not properly ; the paint, wore and f ore i gn residents in China. But they Rensselaer.— President — Gideon Reynolds, 
nured the ground (which was a sandy loam) od '; aild tbe boards are already too rough to scal . ce jy mention it, and none speak of it as very Hoosick. Secretary —Wm. Hagen,Troy. Trcas- 
with a moderate portion of hog-pen manure, paint to advantage. How shall I make a cheap ya j uab j C- Besides, the latitude where it is nrer —A. Van luyl, troy. Vice-Presidents — 
dug in with the spade, after which I put a and durable wasb for U ? aild what is >' our grown is as far South as the State of Georgia. George Vail J^J Vmle, Hugh Rankin, Daniel 
.. .. Ac vnm choice of color for a farm-house ? dpolino ‘S ht » H ‘ Kmckerbockei. 
11 » cl. Cl. Cl, v- .....c Wight, H. W. Knickerbocker. 
In view of these facte, we respectfully Ylecline ° p . ., . p 
Have any of your subscribers fully tested the ^ we ii_written, yet airy, or at least long- 
rows, about 2 feet apart. At the first hoeing, 
which was uone in the usual manner, about 200 
Saratoga. — President — Chauncey Boughton, 
—x-- -•- -- T v , P r , j , — - - - -• Halfraoon. Corresponding Secretary —Lewis E. 
a common Mercer in 34 pieces and planted the l iea ’ 0 ll ' , . ’ c winded, articles in praise of the Batatas, with Smith, Halfmoon. Recording Secretary —E. J. 
pieces about 15 inches apart on the same kind bi o bl Y ? 1 bave a notlon tbat AVOuld P a ^ which we have recently been favored — to say Hiding, Saratoga Springs. Treasurer —Reuben 
1 J -11 Cat vf l'n„l o tt Cat . . . . O XT„lf„, 
Pi f rurwasputaround thehills and hoed of ground as the other, which was moderately ' wel1 to cultlvate f ? r f ck ’ P^t^uLarly for notbing of our rule again8 t allowing dealers to S. Burtis, Halfmoon. 
°1 S 1I oeinH wa done in the usual manured with hog-pen manure and leached sbee P‘ 11 1S ^xdered exceeding rich and adve rtise their wares in such a manner 1 Prince SEXECA.-Re-oiganizedl under law of 1855. 
,n ' was plated Ae ashes, deg is as lie, with a sprinkling of good as a table vegetah e among ns. I intend ^ „ receiTC equa l privileges, and « £ S "7noV"’Variek 
gaano along .ho row before planring. The to 1 ^Ilf cannot acoord ,o the for,ner what our rules deny 
way, without any manure. It was planted the asnes > au » m as 
23 d of May, and cut about the 16th September, guano along the 
2. From one acre of land, distinct from above, pieces were small, so I planted them shallow, 
I raised 135 bushels of shelled corn—corn same 
as above. The soil was gravelly, common land, 
formerly very poor, greensward. It was ma- 
After the potatoes were up I divided the sprouts 
where there was more than one in a place, and ^ 0 ’’ ^ a ‘ 
made some addition to the length of the row, Dallc 
a trial. I should like to hear from brother 
farmers.—J no. G. R. Kalb, Millbrook, Loudon 
Balloon Frames. —“ A Four Years’ Subscri¬ 
ber” will find all the information we are in 
juiiuv/iM ' j i- > o- , ,, , i v i i l v i i nei Will liliu. dll tm; iuhii luauuu w ^ u, 
nured with about forty loads of barn-yard ma- " t r Led" both kinds of note- possession of on this method of building, in No 
nure. It was plowed in by plowing from 9 to come to maturity. I hoed both kinds of pota 
12 inches deep, and dragged and furrowed out toes several times through the summer with th, 
3% feet apart each way, and planted in the hand-hoe, raising the ground a little about th, 
usual manner on the 17th and 18th of May.- roots, and twice while the plants were small 
to the latter. . Directors —G. V. Sackett, Joseph Wright, John 
-- Johnston, John E. Seeley, Wm. F. Coan, Nelson 
Stock Horses Wanted. —Of late we have Noble. 
ceived several inquiries for stock horses. Two _ TiOGA.-President-Loms P Legg, Speedville 
* - , P. O. Secretary-^-Wm. Smyth, Owego. Trca- 
these came to hand on the same day, and surcr —Thomas T. Chatfield, Owego. 
irhaps we cannot do bettei (for both inquiieis Tompkins. — President —Col. Henry Brewer, 
received several inquiries for stock horses. Two 
of these came to hand on the same day, and 
perhaps we cannot do better (for both inquirers 
come LU AL10.AAAAATJ. ....- - fU vAlnmP nf flip Rttr AT—tllP first TOMPKINS.— President— LlOl. xlENRY BREWER, 
toes several times through the summer with the . 1 " and those who have entire horses for sale) than Enfield. Secretary —Francis M. Finch, Ithaca, 
hand-hoe, raising the ground a little about the ar ^ lc e - ^ to give their substance. One is from J. S. Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer —N. Crit- 
Baoon, of Crossingville, Pa., and says:—“We tenden, Ithaca. 
Information respecting Marl Lime, the pro- 
A?theTrsthoeL about 450^8 of unarm was put a little liquid manure about them. I dug cess of burning it, its uses in an unburnt state- are in wantof a good sto ck horse in this place. Yates -President- Gilbert Sherer Vicc- 
At the hist iioeing aooui aou ius. oi guano was i 1 , , ii j anything new respecting it, would oblige—A , T TJ1 , i President —Wm. T. Remer, Penn Yan. Secreta- 
put around the hills and hoed in. The second the potatoes on the 15th of September, and had S I - A Morgan or Black Hawk would be prefened w . stewart Judd , Penn Yan. Treasurer- 
hoeing was done in the usual manner. It was them weighed the same day,-the White Mer- ’ j-^- -one that would weigh some 1,200 IDs., and Daniei Foster, Penn Yan. Managers —Job L. 
cut upon the I3lh of September. ’ cer yielding 26% lbs., and the Common Mercer Gettixg out Muck.-A correspondent of the trot a mile in the neighborhood of three minutes. Babcock, A. F. Whitaker, W. S. Green, F. Clark, 
cut upon the 13 th of September. cer yieiaing ^ ms., ana t no summon Getting out Muck.-A correspondent of the J J „ ol _ . . T ,. T 
3. From two acres and fourteen rods of land, yielding 27 lbs. of clean potatoes.-NATHAN Fly, K K Farmer thinks tbis can be done to good Can any of your subscribers give the desired Guy Shaw, I« aaa Lain, Jas. 
I raised 239 bushels of shelled corn, averaging LumbcrvUle, Bu cks Co., Pa. advantage in winter. He has tried it too. He inhumation, wit i escnption, price, c. _^ r # _ 
114% bushels to the acre The crop before was The vai . iet y chosen was the Merino, which I Bays :-“At the falling of the snow I hauled up ' wt says--“A few of Iowa Pork Trade.— The number of hogs 
potatoes. Land, stony p am plowed abouUO d in a small spot in the garden without a year s supply of wood, and then coinmenced ’ have ‘ concluded to club together slaughtered in Iowa the past season amounted 
inches deep, furrowed out both ways about 3% m „ tbe gr0 und was already tolerably ba ^g mu f bom tbe Im ck bed » and ehdl , oodhor , e Undecided what breed- to 155,662, against 78,510 for the year previous, 
feet aparb planted the 8th and 9th of May. On ricb . Thcgoilis naturally a yellow team with eont nue i n *e business as tong as the sleigh- From .he city of Burlington there have bedh 
about half an acre of this I put on three loads of a Bllbsoil of sand and gravel. The number of mg lasts. With one hoise, I can aveiage two . *> * - . ..- - - 
poudrette powder. At the first hoeing about on tbe tato was about twenty-five. I cords of muck each day delivered one mile from in su Sl 
600 lbs. of guano was put around the hills and cut tbe tato into twenty-four pieces, and the muck bed. The muck on the bed is eight ms., jo 
hoed in. The second hoeing was done in the lanted four pieces in each hill. The distance to ten feet deep. I remove the snow, and the as rauc 
usual manner. The corn was cut the 12th day between eacb hm waS about twenty inches. I froze n muck to the depth of about a foot, is cut t at spe 
of September. Uri Balcom. planted the potato about the first of June and up and removed from the surface of a pit five able ^ De 
The variety cnosen was me merino, wnicn i —j ■ ° 1 field Crawford Co., Pa., who says :—“A few of Iowa Pork Trade.— Ibe number ol nogs 
planted in a small spot in the garden without a year s supply oi wood, and they ommen^d ^ ^ concluded to dub together slaughtered in Iowa the [last season amounted 
about 3% manure, as the ground was already tolerably hauling muck from the muck bed,. and s la Rndb a goodhorse . Undecided what bi 0 eed— to 155,662, against 78,510 for the year previous. 
; L Vl n rich. The soil is naturally a yellow loam with continue in ue usiness as ong;as: e s eig; - M n most talked of . These conditions only From the city of Burlington there have bedh 
2 oa sof a subsoil of sand and gravel. The number of mg lasts. i i one i » ‘ » in subscription paper—‘ Weight, 1,100 to 1,300 forwarded 60,000 live hogs. Although a large 
ng about on tbe potato was about twenty-five. I cords of m ’ lc k ea j :b da y ^ ^ e \ C ke °^d lbs.'; young, and 1 three minutes the mile, with increase in number, the quality has been infe- 
blllS a ' K cut the potato into twenty-four pieces, and J Remove the snow and as much Inn-horse build as can be got with rior, and an average falling off of 20 lbs. per 
planted four pieces in eacb hill. The distance ri> ten feet deep. I remove the snow, and the • We e„ect 1,in, to cost consider, head is noted. 
of September. 
Uri Balcom. 
frozen muck to the depth of about a foot, is cut t bat speed. We expect him to cost consider- 
up and removed from the surface of a pit five able, because we want about as good a horse as 
L _ _ . i m.i_ PC _1 4-^11 _-_ 
r .” j , .v f feet wide and ten feet long, and then there is no tbe States afford. Please tell us where we may 
lioed them twice. I dug them cibout the iiistoi . , , . . ,, conrl n man or men to huv the verv horse we 
* J . ml . , , . , , qi / m TT difficulty m shoveling the muck into the box on &>ena a man oi men 10 uuy me noise we 
OUR FARM AND STOCK. 
_ October. The total weight was 19% lbs.—U. 
Mr. Editor :—I have been a reader of your T. Holmes, Columbus, N. Y. 
difficulty in shoveling the muck into the box on sena a man or men uimu vwji uww we 
the sled. The muck which I hauled out last want, or give us the address of some of the men 
valuable paper for a number of years, and have 
received a good deal of instruction and enter¬ 
tainment from it; and I propose to send you a 
short account of our farming operations for the 
past year. The extent of the farm is 80 acres. 
winter was used last spring, and my crops were 
highly satisfactory and profitable.” 
J.. xiOLMES, Loiumous, J. Y. J. • . , ovp rinhi iti the business n ifec 
__ winter was used last spring, and my crops were tnat aie rig la in tne uusincss, a,c. 
gravel-wall euildings. highly satisfactory and profitable.” —Well, friends, all the right kind of men 
David Kennedy, oflffiTcity, put up a house ° -—- are bereb y addsei U )f y oU1 ' wants ’ aud .f 11 
last fall of gravel and lime. I examined it Cattle Swallowing Nails— A correspond- please govern themselves accordingly—either 
about one month ago, and found it standing as ent of the Homestead, S. W. Bartlett, of East address you personally, or advertise in the 
no n rock T am verv much nleased Windsor, Conn., tells a case that fell under his Rural. If we were not extremely modest, we 
The cows are the native breed; they are 
j • U twro ra i ves besides supplying our walls. Should like to hear from others that witn nay, me oiu nans nau uueu uolwccm —-“ J -7 7 
rik pemtns'mth milk, tatter mi have more knowledge of this way of building roof boards upon the hay, and bad thus passed j pleasure w.thout affecting the pecumary inter- 
^ eesG ’ ‘ 1 houses than I have.—R. Evans, Erie, Pa into the stomachs of the cattle. ests of the establishment! 
into the stomachs of the cattle. 
ests of the establishment! 
Hogs and Sheep in 1790.—The Connecticut 
Courant, now in its 93d volume, cannot easily 
tell a larger story than it did in its issue of 
April 12th, 1790, to wit:—“ Mr. Ralph Smith, 
of Roxbury, sold at Boston five hogs, weight as 
follows :—516, 543, 544, 551, 565 lbs. A sheep 
was exhibited by the some gentleman—164 lbs. 
meat, 43 lbs. tallow.” 
For Marking Sheep. —This preparation will 
not injure the value of the wool:—To thirty 
spoonfuls of linseed oil, add two ounces of 
itharge and one ounce of lamp black; unite 
them by boiling, and mark the sheep therewith. 
Apples bear in ten or fifteen years from seed, 
usually in about twelve years. 
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