MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
stock will not, and vice versa. With care, and 
saying the refuse in the mangers, and passing 
it through others, it may all be worked up to 
advantage. So, too, a change of food, from 
straw and coarse foodder to fine and coarse hay 
of different grades, when one happens to have 
them—and feeding the coarser ones when the 
appetites of the animals are sharpest, will make 
a manifest saving, and be of advantage to the 
animal. 
There may be saving made in the summer by 
cutting and curing almost any variety of weeds, 
before their seeds have advanced towards ma¬ 
turity sufficient to germinate, for some portion 
of the farm stock will highly relish them, in 
small quantities, with their other feed. A 
neighbor, the past season, offered me a plat of 
ground covered with a dense growth of large, 
coarse, wild weeds, mingled with a little grass, 
to mow for the fodder. Those who helped me 
mow it, had not a little merriment at my ex¬ 
pense ; but my sheep relished this fodder, and 
consumed it — leaving only the coarse butts of 
the weeds. Another example of my experience : 
Two years ago I had a quantity of wheat straw, 
which I foddered, and the refuse of which I 
again collected and returned to my barn. This 
was done from day to day. When I cut and 
put my clover in the mow—not perfectly cured 
—I mingled this refuse straw with it, thereby 
aiding in the preservation of the clover; and 
when, in the winter, this clover and straw was 
foddered, it was eaten up clean; and with much 
apparent relish. We believe that a large amount 
of fodder is uselessly wasted in the country, and 
just for want of a little care and forethought. 
Cumttutttuatioits. 
[Reported for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
OUR CLUB.—IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Editor :—I have been thinking for some 
time that it would be rendering the cause of 
agriculture a great service, if the doings of our 
club could be more generally known. To that 
end I am moved in taking the pains to send you 
a transcript from our records. 
I will barely say to you that I am the Secre¬ 
tary of our club, for you will observe I sign 
my name in my official capacity, and I hope, 
Mr. Editor, you will do me the justice to be¬ 
lieve that it is from no motives of vanity that I 
thus intrude my humble name upon the gaze of 
the public. No, sir ! I am influenced by no 
such vain or sordid motives. If I thought for 
one moment that these transactions would be 
received as truly authentic without my name, 
I should be but, too happy in remaining under 
the shade of an anonymous signature. But I 
do flatter myself that much of the good pro¬ 
posed to be accomplished by the publication of 
the transactions of our club, would be lost with¬ 
out the authenticity of my own signature. I 
am aware that there are those among your great 
army of readers who will sneer at me, and 
judging by their own feelings, call me vain.— 
For all such people, and their opinions, I have 
the most profound contempt. They .envy my 
position, and not being able to reach it, would 
fain pull me down to their own obscurity.— 
Yet I plead guilty to a feeling of pride when I 
consider the rare opportunity which I possess 
of the freest intercourse with the men of such 
exalted minds as those who form our club—men 
whose talents and energies are consecrated to 
their fellow men, with but one aim, one single 
object ever in view. They irrigate the public 
mind so that it may bear a greater yield of in¬ 
telligence. They spend their days and nights 
in the laboratory, questioning the mysteries of 
science, so that they can make her secrets 
manifest to all who seek for knowledge. And 
how are these immortal patriots sustained ?— 
Look at the black ingratitude of the country. 
Behold how slander lifts up her snaky head 
and hisses at these brave men. Thank heaven, 
she can only hiss, or where would now be the 
vast accumulations of manures which these dis¬ 
interested benefactors have been hoarding up to 
pour out at some future day to enrich those 
whose faith has made them see the glorious 
golden future ? And because they reluctantly 
consent to barter their knowledge for money, 
behold how readily the world ascribes to them 
sordid and mercenary motives. 
At our last meeting the Hon. Soaft Comus 
was called to the chair, it being the rule that 
the chairman, at the time the discussion com¬ 
mences, shall continue until it ends. 
The Hon. Gentleman, on assuming the chair, 
remarked that he lioped the member present 
who proposed to take part in the discussion 
would avoid any personal allusions, as from the 
want of that caution the last meeting had not 
been as pleasant as was desirable. The Hon. 
Chairman then announced the subject before 
the club to be— “ The best method of converting 
moonshine into manure /” 
Prof. Bullis said he arose to express his 
opinion on the subject with a good deal of con¬ 
fidence, because from his experience he was 
satisfied that he must know a good deal more 
about the chemical properties of moonshine 
than any other person present or even in’ the 
country. He had been educated in one of the 
most thorough scientific schools abroad, and 
had served an extended apprenticeship at the 
business of chemical analysis. He was proud 
to say that his former tutor, who had been emi¬ 
nently successful in extracting moonbeams from 
cowcumbers, was about publishing a most'inter- 
esting book, giving the experiments in extenso, 
and would acknowledge his obligations to him 
(Prof. B.) for the great care which he had be¬ 
stowed upon the cowcumbers when growing, 
which was after all the first and most important 
step in the complicated process that followed. 
The Prof, then gave the formula which he 
thought would most nearly represent the sub¬ 
stance which they had beep enabled to extract 
from the cowcumber, and he was the more sat¬ 
isfied of its correctness as he had been enabled 
to verify the formula in his own laboratory in 
this country, though he must say the want of 
adequate implements, which could only be ob¬ 
tained abroad, his experiments had not been as 
accurate as he could desire. He, however, con¬ 
sidered it to be (3 H+U) 2 M (5 B+U G). 
He was satisfied that from this formula it 
would be easy to reduce any amount of moon¬ 
shine to a concentrated manure of great value. 
The only real difficulty would be found in 
overcoming the stupid notions of the farmers. 
Mr. Solomon would like to ask Prof. Bullis 
if he had used any peculiar manure in growing 
his cowcumbers. He, Mr. S., had experimented 
some, and he had been able to get but about 1 
H, though he had considerably exceeded the 5 
B and had gone as high as 10 B + U G. 
Prof. B. had tried all the patent manures 
which had been advertised, and had found them 
very defective. He had no doubt it was owing 
to the use of these manures that the B+U G 
had been so predominant in his, Mr. S.’s, cow¬ 
cumbers. He, Prof. B., had been compelled to 
import his manure until he had perfected his 
patent manure, and since then he had confined 
himself to that, and he was confident any per¬ 
son using his manure would find the H + U + M 
carried quite as high up as the B+U G. Atany 
rate he was now manufacturing: large quantities, 
and any person could try it who wished. 
Prof. Kakes was free to say that he had heard 
the last gentleman with much impatience, as he 
presumed the other members of the club had. 
The learned Prof, had wandered entirely from 
the question, as he would show the club before 
he got through with him. He was willing to 
concede that the formula for the substance 
which Prof. B. had obtained was probably not 
far from right; but it would be found too ex¬ 
pensive for any practical use. He was happy 
to say that he had been exceeding fortunate in 
manufacturing moonshine into manure. He 
had overcome the great difficulty by discovering 
that an important substance bad been omitted, 
the want of which had paralyzed the attempts 
of all chemists up to himself. By introducing 
that substance he had been enabled to make a 
very powerful manure, and his manufactory 
was at least three months behind its orders.— 
The club could judge of the importance of his 
manure when he told them that the formula 
which Prof. B. had given in his manure would 
stand (20 H+U) 15 M (30 B + U G). Prof. B. 
had said that the farmers could not be induced 
to use the manure, and so they could not, but 
since he had made the discovery of the new el¬ 
ement, and how to confine it, he had found no 
difficulty in making unlimited sales. Indeed 
he, Prof. Kakes, believed that without that oth¬ 
er element no patent manure could be sold. 
Sum Punkens, Secy, dc. 
[Concluded next week.] 
ABOUT OAT CULTURE. 
Eds. New-Yorker: —Much has been said 
relative to the best mode of cultivating oats, 
and perhaps a portion of my experience in the 
matter will prove acceptable. I sowed last sea¬ 
son ten acres of oats after corn. The season 
previous the ground was well manured. I 
plowed it in the fall, and in the spring, as soon 
as the snow was off, sowed plaster on at the rate 
of one bushel per acre. The last of April I 
harrowed it thoroughly, put on the seed, less 
than two bushels per acre, and then cross- 
dragged and rolled it. The result was, I had 
seven hundred and eighty bushek of oats, good 
measure. 
What little experience I have had in farming 
tells me that oats will pay as well for manuring 
as any other crop; and contrary to some men’s 
opinion, I say the richer the soil the less seed, 
the poorer the soil the more seed. Every man 
of sense knows, or at least ought to know that, 
as a general rule, the richer the soil is, the 
more grain of any kind will spread. Two 
bushels of oats p* .- acre on a rich and well cul¬ 
tivated soil, is a plenty. In regard to sowing 
oats on green sward, I have had good success, 
and shall sow five or six acres this spring.— 
Green sward wants more seed per acre ttian 
stubble land—say three bushels,—from the fact 
that it cannot be (or is not usually,) dragged 
sufficiently to cover all the seed, and thus in¬ 
sure its germination. Chas. Cass. 
Campbelltown, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
KING PHILIP CORN. 
Eds. Rural : —The corn sent into our town 
from the Patent Office under this name, I think 
is a distinct variety. I have not seen any 
grown here as of large berry as the seed. The 
ears are generally shorter and the yield less 
than other varieties. It is quite early. I had 
some in my garden that was glazed in ten 
weeks from time of planting. I do not consid¬ 
er the King Philip as merchantable as yellow 
corn ; it is harder to grind, must be bolted finer, 
on account of its deep colored coat, and, as com¬ 
pared with the yellow for grinding and sifting, 
is less valuable—say six cents per bushel. I 
would advise farmers to plant the eight and 
twelve rowed yellow corn and no other; the 
yield is as good as the white, and is more sale¬ 
able than either white or brown, as millers 
will not buy these when they can get yellow. 
Customers complain of white meal that it is 
never cooked, and has a different taste from 
other meal. 
I have had many years experience in the 
purchase and grinding of corn for market, and 
I can say that millers and customers are best 
suited with the eight and twelve rowed flat 
yellow corn and the meal therefrom. On an 
average farmers do better raising this kind than 
any other. Wm. Kevill. 
Sterling, April, 1S56. 
HEN MANURE FOR CORN. 
Eds. Rural :—Seeing a number of experi¬ 
ments in the Rural on using hen manure on 
corn, I will give my experience. I think it one 
of the most powerful manures in use. I first 
prepared my ground and dropped a handful of 
manure for each hill; dropped the corn on the 
manure, and covered with dirt. Result— killed 
all the corn. Next year dropped a handful of 
manure, covering it with a hoeful of dirt, same 
as Mr. Harmon intends to do this year. Result 
—in two weeks after planting about one hill in 
ten came up. On examination I found the corn 
in a perfectly dry state, not even swelled. I 
planted over close to the first planting, and got 
a very heavy growth of corn. 
Now my plan for this season is to apply the 
manure to the top of the hills after planting.— 
Then I think the corn will get the full strength 
of the manure without injury. In preparing 
the manure for use, I put four quarts of plaster, 
and one peck unleached ashes, to the bushel, 
and pulverize all together, which makes it fine 
and dry, so it can be handled S well as clear 
plaster. I think I shall use the mixture also, 
instead of plaster, after the first hoeing—a small 
handful to the hill. R. W. Burdick. 
Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
FLOUR CORN. 
Sixty years ago, when 17 years old, I lived 
with my father in the town of Killingworth, 
Conn. My father and several neighbors ob¬ 
tained each a small quantity of corn for seed, 
said to have come from Long Island, and called 
Flour Corn. It was very white, and when 
ground and bolted its appearance resembled 
wheat flour exceedingly, and it made very good 
johnny cake, puddings, Ac. But when they got 
cold it proved to be nothing but Indian after all, 
and the millers scolded about grinding it be¬ 
cause it furred up their bolting cloths so bad. 
The farmers soon found out it was much lighter 
than the yellow corn, and that it did not pay ; 
and after two or three years’ experiments with 
it, it disappeared from that quarter like many 
other humbugs, and I have not seen nor heard 
from it since, till within a year or two. I am 
acquainted with several old men who can attest 
to the above, who laugh at the idea that the old 
flour corn is coming round again.— Simon Pier¬ 
son, Le Roy, 1856. 
KEEPING POTATOES. 
I have always considered the June potato as 
one of those most predisposed to rot, and when 
other varieties were Agund, expected they would 
be somewhat decayed. In my cellar this spring, 
in a heap of 25 bushels which have lain undis¬ 
turbed since last autumn, I find scarcely a decay¬ 
ed potato. I attribute their unusual soundness 
to the following treatment:—They were dug as 
soon as ripe, by the last of August, (last season 
was a very late one,) and then thoroughly dried, 
lying exposed for two days, until they were 
turning greenish, and then put in small heaps 
and covered with straw ; lying out two or three 
days longer, though not allowed to get wet, and 
then stored in the cellar. Mexican and others, 
with an ordinary drying, though secured early, 
before wet weather, have rotted badly.—W. 
Beckwith, West Bloomfield. 
MILLET—INQUIRIES. 
Friend Moore': —Having seen not long since 
an article in the Rural on the cultivation and 
qualities of Millet, as an article of forage for 
horses and cattle, I wish to inquire through 
your pages where seed can be obtained by mail, 
and the price by the small quantity. Also, in¬ 
formation relative to the time of sowing and 
harvesting, soil best adapted, quantity of seed 
per acre, Ac., would be thankfully received.— 
C. G. Smith, Messcna, N. Y. 
Remarks. —We presume H. C. White, of the 
Buffalo Ag. Warehouse, can furnish seed, and 
that he is sufficiently posted to respond to the 
inquirer as to culture, Ac. Will he please an¬ 
swer through the Rural ? E. D. Hallock of 
this city has the seed for sale,—see his adver¬ 
tisement. 
SICKNESS AMONG HOGS. 
A great many farmers at the West have lost 
hogs by a disease which they call the consump¬ 
tion. The hogs are troubled for breath, lose 
their appetite and finally become so poor and 
weak that they cannot get up. Shortness of 
breath and starvation are the only symptoms of 
the disease. None ever recover, although some 
live months after being seized. This disease has 
been confined chiefly to hogs fed principally on 
corn ground with the cob and fed in a dry state, 
leaving the hogs to go to the trough and drink 
water with the cattle when they needed it.— 
What is the experience of farmers further East 
on this subject ?—J. W., Illinois. 
Spring Halt. — A Remedy. —In the Rural of 
April 12th, I observe an inquiry relative to this 
disease. 1 have used the following with suc¬ 
cess :—Take Neat’s foot oil and rub it over the 
cord on the inside of the gambril. Make fre¬ 
quent and thorough application. Warm weath¬ 
er is the best period. If it does not cure, it 
will, at least, afford great relief.—M. H. M., Ml. 
Morris, N. Y. 
Gapes in Chickens—Inquiry. —Having sus¬ 
tained great losses from this disease in chick¬ 
ens, I should be glad to gain some information 
as regards a cure or preventive.—A Subscri¬ 
ber’s Wife. 
ffotes anir |tans. 
Ag’l Progress. —For the past few years Ag¬ 
riculture has received more‘general attention in 
some sections of our country than ever before. 
New York, Maryland, Michigan and Kentucky 
have each extended State aid, and the people 
and press are demanding that legislators in 
States where nothing has yet been done, should 
follow examples thus placed before them. In 
addition, many of our Colleges, and leading 
Seminaries and Schools, are connecting “ Agri¬ 
cultural Departments,” in which the course of 
study will embrace the minutiie of the farm. 
The Scientific School connected with Yale Col¬ 
lege, has adopted a course embracing Agricul¬ 
tural and Anylitical Chemistry with Laborato¬ 
ry practice ; Practical Agriculture, with exper¬ 
iments on a farm ; Geology and Mineralogy ; 
Agricultural Engineering, including common 
Surveying, Draining, Trenching, Leveling, Ac.; 
Entomology ; Botany; Veterinary Medicine 
and Surgery ; Natural Philosophy and Meteor¬ 
ology. Thus move we on. 
Farmers are Good Citizens. —It is universal¬ 
ly admitted that farmers are the back-bone, 
nerve and muscle of our country, and it appears 
very strange that so many smart, industrious 
young men. should hang about cities, and labor 
for others year after year for a mere pittance, 
while the fruitful fields of the West lie open be¬ 
fore them, and with a little exertion they can 
be lords of their own domain, perfectly free 
from the control and dictation of others. Let 
us suggest to them to avoid the danger of going 
alone into a new country, they form companies 
of twenty, forty, or more, select a favorable lo¬ 
cality in some of the Western States and immi¬ 
grate at once, feeling perfectly assured that they 
will bless the day when they became farmers. 
What is said on this subject is said from 
experience, by one who was once a resi¬ 
dent in the city, laboring for his bread, and is 
therefore now free to assure all who are simi¬ 
larly situated, that there is in the country more 
enjoyment of life, more freedom from want and 
care, more truth, religion and morality. 
Cows as Yoke Cattle. —A correspondent of 
the Germantown Telegraph, writing on this sub¬ 
ject from “Illinois Ranch,” California, says :— 
“ I have tried the experiment, and am now 
using a yoke of American cows, here on my 
farm in Tuolumne county, California, and have 
plowed over seventy-five acres with them this 
season. I find them superior to oxen in many 
respects ; they are much faster walkers ; they 
also supply my establishment with abundance 
of milk, thus answering a double purpose. By 
them also is a great saving of hay, which is no 
small item here where it is worth $100 a tun. 
I believe the experiment of yoking and work¬ 
ing cows to have been first successfully tried by 
he California emigrants in crossing the plains, 
who were compelled by the loss of oxen to sub¬ 
stitute cows, which they found to answer every 
purpose and stand fatigue quite as well.” 
Gov. Chase has appointed Col. S. D. Harris, 
editor of the Ohio Cultivator, Adjutant General 
of the Ohio Militia.— Clevc. Herald. 
The Colonel, beg pardon. Adjutant General, 
has our heartiest wishes for success, yet we 
think there is some mistake in the announce¬ 
ment-. Was it not a confirmation instead of an 
appointment to which Gov. C. lent his pen ? Our 
friend always held a high position among the 
agriculturists of his native State. When in his 
presence hereafter, we hope our deportment 
shall be sufficiently a la militaire to meet ap¬ 
proval, and we thus be enabled to “ pass inspec¬ 
tion.” We touch our hat to the General. 
Grain for Sheep. —The best shepherds are 
generally in the habit of giving sheep extra at¬ 
tentions, in the shape of grain or roots at this 
season of the year. If corn is fed, one gill per 
day is about the right quantity ; but just pre¬ 
vious to lambing, oats are recommended as less 
heating. Half a pint will be none too much, 
and if feeding “ mutton” sheep, for the purpose 
of raising lambs for early market, the quantity 
may be increased after a few weeks. Roots are 
an excellent addition or substitute, and of course, 
good hay should be supplied. 
Remedy for Sweeney. —In answer to recent 
inquiry in Rural, Mr. J. H. Shepperd, of Milo 
■ Centre, New York, informs us that he has found 
the following remedy for Sweeney very effect¬ 
ual, and confidently recommends its trial by 
others : —Take equal parts balsam of sulphur 
and spirits of turpentine. Mix, apply, and then 
hold a hot iron near enough to heat but not 
scorch. Apply every other day until a cure is 
effected—usually from ten days to two weeks. 
The animal can be worked “right along” during 
the treatment. 
About Stock. — David Brooks, of Avon, and 
Simon McKenzie, of Caledonia, are examining 
the celebrated herds of Durham cattle in Ohio 
and Kentucky, for the purpose of selecting 
therefrom and introducing the stock in their 
vicinity. The American breeder has now to 
procure his stock from his own or a neighboring 
State, and it is confidently asserted, even by 
leading English dealers, that the superior ani¬ 
mals of any breed are to be found only in 
A merica. 
Coming 19,000 Miles to Mill. —The ship 
Adelaide arrived at New York from San Fran¬ 
cisco, with a cargo of California wheat, barley, 
Ac., which paid a profit to the shipper of nearly 
50 per cent. The same vessel returned to San 
Francisco carrying back a cargo of 1,500 barrels 
of flour.— Hunt's Merchants' Magazine. 
A CHAPTER ON BLOOD STOCK. 
“I stopped at Syracuse. Did see the far- 
famed Consternation, and for the first time.— 
Just let me say a word or two about him. He 
is a remarkable horse. And what a pedigree ! 
It is given complete in Derby A Miller’s edition 
of Youatt. I commend it to your excellent cor¬ 
respondent, ‘ Observer,’ and respectfully ask 
him if it isn’t quite to his mind ? By the way, 
I must stop here a moment and thank your 
aforesaid correspondent for his most entertain¬ 
ing and instructive letters. He is evidently a 
very intelligent gentleman, and, what is a little 
better, a gentleman of the old school. But 
about Consternation, as I was saying, or, rather, 
as Col. Burnet, his owner, said to me in a letter, 
months ago, he is twenty shillings to the pound ; 
will bear looking at over and over again. He 
has size, substance, symmetry, style, even 
grandeur. When he is led out, you cannot 
judge in him in detail, but are forced to view 
him as a ‘whole horse,’ asuperb horse, one that 
might answer Job’s incomparable description of 
a horse-ideal. You wish that he might be 
mounted by Washington. His action is round 
and stately ; by round action, I mean that free 
open step, that bold graceful bending of the 
knee, that confident ready placing of the fore 
feet, and that peculiarly elastic, driving-wheel 
of the hock that mark the trotter ‘ready made.’ 
This, certainly, is the sort of action that dis¬ 
tinguishes Consternation above all the thorough¬ 
bred horses in my circle. It is equally charac¬ 
teristic of the stock, I am jtold. I was shown 
one of his get called Tiptoe or Tiptop, perhaps. 
He is six years old, owned by Col. Burnet, Sen. 
He is soon to seek summer quarters on the sea¬ 
shore, probably on that slim island opposite 
your village, where he will meet some very dis¬ 
tinguished and fashionable company. I want 
you to see him, and note his movement. When 
he comes down the road, square in front of you, 
there is such a subtle suppleness in his legs, 
such a slight-of-hand mixing of the feet, (two of 
them are tipped with white,) such a stealthy 
sudden closing of the gap between you, that you 
think the de’il is in him, or some other super¬ 
natural motive power. 
“ Col. Burnet is strictly an amateur breeder, 
not even living on his farm, and has not the 
slightest design, hope, nor desire, to get rich 
thereby. He informed me that he purchased 
Consternation solely to test a theory to which 
he publicly committed himself years ago, by 
some articles in the Albany Cultivator—a theory 
which he still cherishes, and with zeal defends, 
viz., that the best and most permanent improve¬ 
ment to our breeds of trotting and harness horses 
is to be effected by a resort to properly selected 
thoroughbred stallions. He tells me that he 
saw in England race-horses of illustrious pedi¬ 
grees, that had good trotting action, and that by 
patient training might have made successful 
trotters. By such sires, and from our best trot¬ 
ting mares, he would expect to get horses that 
could ‘go to extremes,’ not only as to time, but 
distance. This is his thedry, and he says he 
can prove it, and will. Let us all hope he may; 
for surely such spirit, such enterprise, ought to 
win. For one, though doubting, I am open to 
conviction, and shall watch the result with 
interest.”— Jugular, in N. Y. Spirit of Times. 
Be Systematic. —Order is a necessary ele¬ 
ment in the success of every man, but in no 
class is its strict observance more requisite than 
with the husbandman. Show us a farmer who 
is orderly in the location, management, con¬ 
struction, preservation of his buildings, in the 
erection and maintenance of his fences, in di¬ 
vision of his farm into lots, in the selection, 
planting, and care of his fruit trees, in the 
preparation and cultivation of his soil, and the 
putting in ot his seed, in the rotation of his 
crops, in the management of his stock, in the 
purchase and care of his farming implements, 
in the curing and marketing of his products, in 
the preparation of his fuel; in short, one who 
is governed by these rules—“ A time for every¬ 
thing, and everything in its time”—“A place 
for everything, and everything in its place”— 
and we will show you an intelligent, successful, 
prosperous and happy man.— Southern Farmer. 
Kentucky State Ag’l Society. —At the last 
session of the Legislature of Kentucky an act 
was passed, to incorporate the State Agriculural 
Society of Kentucky, and to give encouragement 
to all the Arts and Sciences connected there¬ 
with. The State is divided into three districts 
—the Fair to be held, by rotation, in each. An 
annual appropriation of $5,000 for two years is 
made from the State Treasury. The requisite 
subscriptions for its establishment having been 
obtained, a meeting of those friendly to such 
au association is called for 2lst inst., at Frank¬ 
fort, for the purpose of organization. 
Carrots for Horses. —Our horses are now 
feasting on orange carrots. Since we began 
feeding these they will eat no corn—it will re¬ 
main all the day untouched in feeding troughs 
or boxes. Theorize and calculate as we may as 
to the greater expense of roots over Indian corn,* 
and the greater quantity of nutritive value per 
acre of the latter, yet every farmer who has had 
experience with roots, must admit that they are 
indispensable for the preservation of the ani¬ 
mal’s health during the season of dry-feeding. 
Law to Protect Agricultural Fairs. —The 
Ohio Legislature has passed a law to protect 
Agricultural Fairs and Fairgrounds. It pro¬ 
vides for the appointment of special constables 
to attend Fairs, prohibits shops, booths, tents 
Ac., for the sale of liquors within two miles of 
Fair grounds; subjects the persons to a fine of 
from $5 to $50, and his liquor property to 
seizure and removal. Fines to go into the ag¬ 
ricultural treasury.— Ohio Farmer. 
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