MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
JUNE 21. 
districts should find an immediate market, for 
to those districts are our large towns and cities 
to look for a regular supply during the year.— 
This want should lead to more care and atten¬ 
tion in the preparation of butter for market. As 
few families desire to purchase a large amount 
at any one time, there is much propriety and 
probably profit in putting up packages of mod¬ 
erate size. Tubs or firkins of 30, 50 and 70 lbs. 
are much in demand, particularly the light ones. 
The reason for this is, that the sooner butter is 
used after being opened the better wall be its 
flavor, and the more satisfactory it will prove to 
the pui chaser. Firkins are best made of oak, 
though ash and some lighter woods, particular¬ 
ly spruce, are much in use. Before packing, 
the tub should be thoroughly soaked in salt and 
water, to remove the taste the wood might im¬ 
part. A light coating of salt in the bottom be¬ 
fore putting in butter will be no detriment.— 
Firkins and tubs, large or small, should be 
packed in layers of about four inches in thick¬ 
ness, if convenient, making each layer as per¬ 
fect, distinct and smooth as possible, that the 
housekeeper or retailer may take it out in 
smooth, solid pieces, as it then wastes less and 
comes on the table in better shape. W e should 
prefer the butter put in with a ladle to being 
pounded down, as pounding disturbs the layers, 
breaks the grain of the butter and renders it 
waxy, as before described. If a firkin is left 
part filled cover the butter with a clean cloth 
wet in salt water, and over the cloth sprinkle a 
coating of fine salt. This should be carefully 
removed before putting in more butter. The 
cloth and salt may very properly be placed on 
the top of the firkin when full, before putting 
in the head or fitting on the cover. For small 
firkins a cover is better, or rather more conven¬ 
ient, than a head, but when used should be 
made to fit closely so as to exclude air. If fir¬ 
kins could be painted on the outside before 
use they would the better exclude air and the 
more effectually preserve butter for long periods. 
The great failure in preparing butter for mar¬ 
ket appears to be in not getting it free from the 
particles of milk, and effectually excluding the 
air, when it is packed. Ho amount of salt is 
sufficient to preserve badly worked butter, and 
to this labor more than any other, we desire to 
enlist the attention of all. This may be best 
accomplished by a good stirring and working 
with a hand ladle at intervals of twelve, twenty- 
four and thirty-six hours after churning—care 
being taken to have the butter well cooled, and 
not pressed too violently while working. 
There are different modes of raising the 
cream and preparing butter, but the mass of 
butter makers pursue nearly the same method, 
not rendering new experiments of much value, 
until those at present employed are brought 
nearer to perfection. Leaving butter for the 
present, we purpose some remarks about cheese 
at an early day. h. c. w. 
Buffalo, June, 1856. 
THE RURAL. - REMEDY FOR SWEENY. 
Eds. Rural :—Through the kindness of a 
Hew York friend, I have this year been favored 
with a copy of the Rural, and finding my in¬ 
terest steadily increasing in it, as a useful and 
practical paper for the million, I cannot refrain 
from giving expression to my feelings publicly, 
although not accustomed to speak through the 
press, and may trespass upon room that might 
be more profitably occupied. When the Rural 
first made its appearance on my table, I gave it 
a rapid and superficial examination. But when 
I had leisure to examine it deliberately, and 
take up each article separately, I found my hast¬ 
ily formed opinion receding, and giving place 
to more gratifying emotions. It has become so 
much the custom to fill up our family papers 
with long yarns, and still longer-winded speech¬ 
es of some would-be President, that the thou¬ 
sand and one little things that go to make up 
the sum of family comfort of family happiness, 
are for the most part forgotten, or thrust one side. 
These little things, which our Heavenly Father 
has scattered broadcast all over the land, that 
whosoever will may partake of them freely, are 
hidden from the eyes and the hearts of thou¬ 
sands who would gladly and thankfully partake 
of them, if they were but pointed out. How 
this I understand to be the office work of the 
Rural, to bring home to the hearthstone of ev¬ 
ery family which it visits, (and may its number 
be legion,) those matters which are practical 
and adapted to our every-day wants. And if 
this family, or that farmer, do not find just 
what they want, then permit me to say to such, 
send your inquiries to friend Moore, who (if I 
judge correctly, and I believe I do,) will cheer¬ 
fully himself, or through his numerous corres¬ 
pondents, satisfy you. But I did not sit down 
to write a sermon. If a few lines occasionally 
from one who occupies a different stand-point 
from most of your correspondents, respecting 
country, productions, tillage, <fcc., would be ac¬ 
ceptable to your numerous readers, then I would 
be happy to cast my mite into the great foun¬ 
tain of human happiness and improvement. 
How for the practical. I see that S., Horth 
Ridgeway, H. Y., has not as yet, got just the 
answer he called for in his inquiry for a Swee¬ 
ny cure. If you please I will give him a rem¬ 
edy which I found effectual in treating a very 
bad Sweeny on a valuable horse of my own. 
Take a small sharp-pointed pocket-knife, and 
tap the part affected by a thrust or stab near 
the center. Ho matter if the blade reaches the 
bone, the parts not being very sensitive, the 
animal will hardly wince. Then insert a small 
quill or pipe-stem into the incision, take hold 
of the hair, and raise up the skin as much as 
possible from the bone ; then fill the vacuum 
with air from your lungs until you have com¬ 
pletely restored the natural shape of the dis¬ 
eased part; remove the quill with care, and the 
orifice will close, retaining the air, by holding 
it together with the thumb and finger a mo¬ 
ment. Rub the animal with the hand all 
around the part affected, reaching out at arms’- 
length and drawing in towards those parts. 
Repeat the rubbing often ; if the skin falls, re¬ 
peat the whole operation. Generally two or 
three operations are sufficient to effect a cure. 
It gives new vitality to the diseased parts, 
gradually restoring health and soundness, with¬ 
out scar or the help of the apothecary. 
Galesburg, Knox Co., Ill., May, 1856. C. 
ABOUT CHIPS. 
We copy the following article from the Attica 
Atlas. It is prefaced with the remark that an 
individual chip is diminutive and does not 
weigh much in the great world’s affairs; but 
chips in the aggregate are numerous, valuable 
and every way respectable. Certain it is that 
a dry room to which all chips, splinters and 
fragments of wood can be consigned, might 
prevent the accumulation of unsightly rubbish 
about the wood-house and yards, and greatly 
facilitate the building of fires, and withal save 
a great deal of valuable material: 
“ Chips. —Yes, I mean veritable chips. ‘ Chip, 
a piece of wood.’— Webster. And a very good 
thing it is, too, if it is dry and on hand when 
you want it! Chips make a quick fire in the 
morning : they are better than a ‘ three minute 
horse,' in a February freeze, when you are 
striding about the room at day-break, your hair 
pointing to all parts of the habitable and unin¬ 
habitable universe, your bowels collapsed by 
playing the part of a bellows, and your heart 
sick from ‘ hope deferred.’ 
There is a world of comfort .and of value in 
chips, if you will only save and use them. The 
modern fashion of sawing wood makes fewer 
chips than the old process of chopping; but 
there will, under all systems, be splinters and 
fragments of wood that may be usefully em¬ 
ployed. Every farm, especially if it has a wood 
lot, can furnish a great quantity of these. 
It will never do to throw them down under 
the wood shed. They become damp and mouldy 
in such positions, and soon get covered with 
litter and are lost sight of. 
Ho plan of a house is complete without a regu¬ 
lar Chip Room, accessible, and capacious enough 
for all purposes connected with chips. 
The writer has a ‘ Chip Room,’ a little dis¬ 
tance from the house, but we grossly abuse it by 
filling it full of all imaginable and unimagina¬ 
ble things, besides chips. For want of a better 
place, a room may be constructed in the upper 
part of the wood shed. At any rate, it should 
have a floor above the ground, so as to leave the 
chips dry. 
In the spring of the year, or on any dry day, 
gather up the pieces, and make your ‘deposit.' — 
You can then ‘ draw’ against it in any time of 
need. 
Farmers usually have, in the spring, a large 
accumulation of chips, which, for want of a 
place and a proper system, are spoiled, or in the 
general clearing up, if such a thing should oc¬ 
cur, they are burned up with the rubbish or 
carted off with the ‘ chip machine.’ 
Besides the great convenience of chips in 
kindling fires, they dre particularly useful in 
the summer when a blaze is wanted to boil a 
tea-kettle, and a hot continuous fire is not de¬ 
sired. 
At any rate, the saving of fuel by any and by 
all meaus, becomes a necessity, in view of our 
increasing population and our diminishing for¬ 
ests. H. T. B.” 
CUTTING CLOVER FOR SEED. 
Where clover is well seeded, it is necessary 
that it should be first cut from the 25th to the 
close of the present month, in order to secure a 
good crop of seed. The clover should be coated 
with plaster—about 100 pounds to the acre— 
after the hay is taken off, provided the ground 
did not receive such application in the spring. 
From three to five bushels per acre is the gen¬ 
eral yield, according to the attention the crop 
receives. After mowing, the cattle should not 
be put on the field, as pasturing it will not al¬ 
low the clover to fill. Many farmers seem to 
have imbibed the idea that a wet season is the 
best for the growth of the seed, but we believe 
the reverse to be true, as clover will fill better 
during dry than in wet weather. In case pas¬ 
turing until the 25th June should be followed, 
plaster should be applied as before recommend¬ 
ed, as it will cause the clover to grow rapidly if 
the weather should prove to be dry. 
As this crop is one that pays as well as any 
product, it is of the utmost importance that 
farmers should raise it both for sale and for 
their own use—in the latter case they avoid the 
risk of getting poor seed, or that filled with the 
germs of foul, noxious weeds. What a farmer 
can grow Limself, it is pool' policy to purchase 
from others. 
As the wheat crop is rather uncertain in 
Western Hew York, it would answer for farmers 
to raise seed for the Eastern markets, and it 
will pay better than wheat according to the 
time that the land is occupied by the crop, nine¬ 
ty days being sufficient for maturing this pro¬ 
duct, and no expense is incurred from the time 
of mowing, with the exception of the plaster as 
before stated, and also keeping fences, <fec., in 
order. Any land congenial to this crop, if well 
seeded, will pay the interest upon $100 in ad¬ 
dition to the hay, which is better for being cut 
at the period of full blossom. 
Rush, N. Y., June, 1856. J. C. B. 
Remember that economy and industry are two 
great pillars, the Jachin and Boas of the farmer’s 
prosperity. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
MAKING BOARD PENCE. 
In the Rural of May 3lst, H. gives his expe¬ 
rience and observation in making board fence, 
which I think can be improved upon in several 
respects. First, by sawing off the posts square 
on the bottom end, before setting, by which 
they remain more secure in their right position. 
Second, the earth should not be slightly packed 
down as if planting a tree. If two persons 
pack the earth, (with suitable pounders,) for 
one to fill in, the posts will stand much better. 
Third, nail on the bottom board first, as the 
posts are firmer at the bottom to commence 
with, and by stretching a line on the posts, 
(about as high as required for the top of the 
bottom board,) which can be raised or lowered 
to suit the surface of the ground. By placing a 
nail under it on the posts a more uniform line 
and graceful curves can be secured than if as¬ 
certained by the eye. It will be better, before 
nailing on the courses of boards, to mark and 
saw them all off the requisite length for the 
posts, which can be done quite readily, 
by holding the boards up to the posts, 
and marking them at the center of the 
post. By all means, have battens on the posts, 
as the sun will draw out the nails of the boards 
much quicker without than with them. As to 
rotting the boards, that does not amount to 
much. I re-built a fence last fall that had, (ac¬ 
cording to the recollection of old inhabitants,) 
been built 30 years, and was well battened, and 
the boards were quite as sound under the bat¬ 
tens as elsewhere. In nailing on battens, large 
nails should be used, to go through the boards 
and into the posts, and if they are so used as to 
have one go through each board, at each post, 
they will strengthen the fence the more.—M. 
W. H., Hanford's Landing, N. Y., June G, 1856. 
HERKIMER COUNTY CHEESE. 
Eds. Rural :—In the Rural of April 26th, I 
saw an inquiry in regard to making and curing 
cheese according to the mode practiced in Her¬ 
kimer county, and not seeing it answered by 
any one else, I will answer it by giving my 
manner of manufacture. I heat my milk for 
rennet to 9(1 degrees ; put in rennet enough to 
thicken the milk sufficient to break up in from 
30 to 40 minutes. When thickened enough, 
take a wooden knife, cut the curd into squares 
of three or four inches; let it stand thus cut for 
five minutes; commence breaking the curd 
with the hand ; break the square the first time 
and a little finer the next, until it is sufficiently 
broken. Let it settle, draw off whey, and heat 
to a scald—generally scald twice. The first 
time heat to 90 or 95 degrees, and again to about 
100. It takes from 30 to 40 minutes to perform 
this operation. Let it settle, and drain off the 
whey, keeping it broke fine. If the cheese is 
to be kept until fall, put one pound of fine salt 
to thirty pounds of pressed curd; if sold and 
carried off green, put one poijmd to forty of curd; 
mix the salt and curd thoroughly; stir until 
cool, and put to p:ess until evening ; then turn 
and press until next day’s cheese is ready ; 
bandage and grease it, and the curing process 
commences.— Ira Gould, Lysander, N. Y., June , 
1856. __ 
WAYNE COUNTY HORSE SHOW. 
We spent the 5tb instant at Lyons. It was 
the first day of a grand County Horse Show.— 
The rain the previous day, and the damp look 
of the clouds in the early part of the day, pre¬ 
vented the attendance of many from a distance; 
still the number present was quite large, espe¬ 
cially in the afternoon. There was a good 
number of horses present, but owing to the 
badness of the track, there was no regular show. 
Among the horses were some of Consternation’s 
colts looking very fine. 
The County Society’s grounds are well lo¬ 
cated, and their building is very fine and well 
designed. From the appearance of the people, 
and the enterprise and thrift everywhere man¬ 
ifest, we came to the conclusion that the Rural 
must have a large circulation in that county ; 
and for the curiosity of the thing, we should 
like to know if Lyons Post Office is not largely 
stocked every week with Rurals ? Please let 
your special contributor know, for he has gene¬ 
rally found where the most Rurals are taken, 
the most active and intelligent people, and the 
best cultivated farms, and well kept yards and 
buildings. 
We very much regretted that we could not 
stay out the fair.— p. 
[ Our “ special” friend P. is correct in his surmise — for 
Lyons is well represented on our books. We send 121 
copies of the Rural to the Lyons oflice, and probably suf¬ 
ficient to other post-ofilces in the same town to make the 
number two hundred. Lyons is not, however, the only 
office in Wayne county which is “ largely stocked every 
week with Rurals”— nor is it the banner oflice. Palmyra 
takes 150 copies at one post-office, and many other offices 
in the County are so largely represented on our books that 
we conclude the people of Wayne are generally intelligent, 
with the “ best cultivated farms, and well kept yards and 
buildings.”] 
Ashes on Wheat. —Last season I tried to 
avail myself of the reported good effects of 
ashes upon a piece of land seeded to winter 
wheat, leaving a portion on which no application 
was made. The effect was soon obvious in the 
more luxuriant growth ou the part receiving 
the ashes. The experience has convinced me 
that ashes will compare favorably with ordinary 
manures in speedy and enriching action upon 
the soil.—T. K. W., May, 1856. 
White Daisy. —Will you, or some of your 
correspondents, kindly give some information 
relative to the best method of exterminating 
white daisies in pasture, meadow or plow lands? 
and oblige your subscriber—L. F ., Belfast, N. Y. 
Keep no more stock than you can keep in 
good order, and that of the best kind. 
Ural fluffs anli Items. 
H. Y. State Agricultural College. — A 
meeting of the Trustees of this Institution was 
held at Ovid on the 12th inst. Hon. John A. 
King was re-elected Chairman for the ensuing 
year, and vacancies in the Board—occasioned 
by the death of John Delaeield, the resigna¬ 
tion of H. B. Kidder as Treasurer and Trustee, 
and T. Delafield as Trustee—were supplied by 
the election as Trustees of Hon. J. B. Williams 
of Ithaca, Rev. Amos Brown of Ovid, and Hon. 
Samuel Cheever of Waterford. Joel W. Bacon 
of Waterloo, was elected Treasurer, and Rev. 
Amos Brown, Secretary. Messrs. Bacon, Brown 
and N. P. Ellis of Ovid, were appointed a Com¬ 
mittee to obtain subscriptions—and desired to 
obtain special subscriptions for the endowment 
of the “ Delafield Professorship of Agricultural 
Chemistry.” The Committee on Subscriptions 
reported the amount subscribed as exceeding 
$40,000, which, with the $40,000 appropriated 
by the Legislature for the endowment of the 
College, “ renders its establishment in full and 
successful operation at an early day no longer a 
matter of question.” It is said that the people 
of Seneca county, and especially the citizens of 
Ovid,have subscribed liberally, and it is antici¬ 
pated that the farmers and friends of Ag. Edu¬ 
cation in other sections will aid in endowing 
this State Institution. 
Herkimer Co. Ag. Society.—W e learn from 
the Ilion Independent that this Society have se¬ 
lected and purchased grounds in that village for 
the permanent location of their Fairs. Ar¬ 
rangements have been made for the delivery of 
building material early in July. A spacious 
building is to be erected on the premises, suita¬ 
ble to accommodate the whole county's extra pro¬ 
ducts; and the grounds are to be enclosed by a 
permanent tight board fence eight feet high. 
The piece chosen is located on the Flats within 
a short distance of the railroad, and immediate¬ 
ly bordering on the Canal. Thus it will be 
seen that the facilities for the transport of visit¬ 
ors by either route, cannot be equaled by any 
other point in the county—within five minutes’ 
walk of the former and one of the latter. From 
the increase of premiums offered, the interest 
manifested, and the facilities for accommodation, 
we have all reason to predict a more interesting 
exhibition next autumn than was ever before 
held in this county. 
County Agricultural Societies.—T he fol¬ 
lowing County Societies have fixed the time for 
holding their Annual Exhibitions. As we de¬ 
sire to publish a complete list as soon as possible, 
we hope our friends in the various parts of the 
State will forward the necessary information : 
Albany, Albany.Sept. 23, 24, 25. 
Essex, Elizabethtown.Sept. 18, 19. 
Franklin, Malone....Sept. 24, 2 b, 26 . 
Jefferson, Watertown..Sept. 17, 18. 
Monroe, Rochester.Sept. 24, 25, 26. 
Oneida, Rome...Sept. 23, 24, 25. 
Ontario, Geneva...Sept. 24, 25, 26. 
Oswego,. .Sept. 17,18. 
Rockland, New City.....Oct. 8, 9. 
Schuyler, Watkins.Oct. 8, 9. 
Wayne, Lyons,.Sept. 23, 24, 25. 
Col. Morris’ Sale of Stock.—T hose of our 
readers desirous of purchasing Improved Stock, 
are reminded that this sale takes place next 
week—June 24th and 25th—at Mt. Fordham, 
near Hew York. Since his first announcement, 
Col. Morris has concluded to retain a portion of 
his Short-horn herd, but will dispose of all 
other animals without reserve—including Devon 
Cattle, South-Down Sheep, and Essex and 
Berkshire Swine. The sale is well worthy the 
attention of breeders and others wishing to ob¬ 
tain choice stock. 
Quantity of Turnip Seed per Acre.—A cor¬ 
respondent who professes to be posted in the 
premises, says :—“In the Rural of May 3d, an 
article on Turnips recommends 2 or 3 lbs. of seed 
per acre. This is the great mistake of all efforts. 
To obtain a good crop 1 lb. is sufficient.”- The 
question is one upon which authorities disagree 
widely—some recommending from 4 to 5 lbs. of 
seed per acre. We should be pleased to hear 
from some of our experienced and successful 
turnip culturists on the subject. 
Salt and Guano.— The Mark Lane Express, 
London, says that comi’non salt is a valuable 
addition to all applications of guano to the soil. 
It not only has a tendency to give strength and 
hardness to the straw, (which guano weakens,) 
but prevents the loss of ammonia, which is con¬ 
stantly going on, even in a dry atmosphere.— 
This is worthy of a trial. 
Alderney Cows—Yield of Butter.— The 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, London, of April 12, 
gives an account of four Alderney cows giving 
712 pounds of butter (18 ounces to the lb. equal 
to 801 lbs. at 16 oz. per lb.) per annum, and 60 
lbs. of cheese, and a liberal allowance of milk 
and cream for family uses. 
Wiiat the Farmer Wants.—H ext to good 
crops, the farmer wants a market for them. He 
will sow, he will reap, he will labor in vain, if 
at the end of his toil, he can find no price, no 
market, no vent for his produce. And the 
nearer this market is, the larger will be his 
profits, for whatever distance he has to go to 
market, whether 30 miles or 3,000, he will have 
to bear the expense of freight.— Selected. 
Every farmer should keep a memorandum 
book — enter all notes, whether received or 
given; all moneys received or paid out; all 
expenses ; and all circumstances of importance. 
HONOR TO THE PLOW. 
Though clouds o’ercast our native sky, 
And seem to dim the sun, 
"We will not down in languor lie, 
Or deem the day is done. 
The rural arts we loved before, 
No less we’ll cherish now, 
And crown the banquet as of yore, 
With honor to the Plow. 
In those fair fields, where peaceful spoil 
To faith and hope are given, 
We’ll seek the prize with honest toil, 
And leave the rest to Heaven. 
We’ll gird us to our work like men 
Who own a holy vow, 
And if in joy we meet again, 
Give honor to the Plow. 
Let us arrayed in magic power, 
With labor hand in hand, 
Go forth, and now, in perils hour, 
Sustain a sinking land. 
Let never sloth unnerve the arm, 
Or fear the spirit cow, 
These words alone should work a charm— 
All honor to the Plow. 
The heath redress, the meadows drain, 
The latent swamp explore, 
And o’er the long expecting plain 
Diffuse the quick’ning store. 
Then fearless urge the furrow deep 
Up to the mountain’s brow, 
And when the rich results you reap, 
Give honor to the Plow. 
So beauty still o’er pastures green, 
And nodding fields shall roam, 
And still behind the rustic screen 
Shall virtue find a home ; 
And while their bower the muses build, 
Beneath the neighboring bough, 
Shall many a grateful verse be filled 
With honor to the Plow. 
[Blackwood's Magazine. 
The Wool Grower and Stock Register, for 
June—the closing number of the Hinth Volume 
—contains (in addition to Title Page and In¬ 
dex,) a variety of interesting and valuable 
articles. The lollowing is the table of Contents: 
WOOL GROWERS' DEPARTMENT. 
The Fair of the Wool Growers’ Association. 169 
Value of Sheep ; Sheep Shearing. 171 
Will Sheep Husbandry ever be Abandoned. 172 
Preparing Wool for Market. 173 
How Should Wool be Prepared for Market. 173 
Merinos a Good Mutton Sheep. 174 
Fine Wool vs. Coarse Wool. 175 
Grub in Sheep—Cause and Cure. 175 
The Barbary, or Fat-Tailed Sheep (Illustrated).176 
Counterfeit Sheep—How to to Detect them. 176 
List of Premiums awarded at Wool Growers’ Association. 177 
Wool Clipping. 177 
How to Fatten Lambs for Market... 178 
Tar for Sheep. 178 
Review of the Wool Markets for June, Ac. 178 
THE STOCK GROWERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
This Volume and the Next. 179 
Marketing Farm Products. 180 
Breeding In-and-in ; Sale of Fine Muies. 181 
Amphitheatre for Agricultural Show Grounds ..., .182 
Ground Plan ®f Amphitheatre. 182 
Sectional View of Amphitheatre. 183 
Root Crops—Turnips. 183 
Scours in Cattle. 184 
Morgan Horses and Pedigrees. 184 
The Buffalo as a Cross. 185 
The best Cow Feed. 185 
Wayne Co Horse Show—Premiums. 186 
Shoeing Horses. 186 
Pork from Essex and Neapolitan Pigs.; 187 
Sickness among Hogs—Remedy. 187 
Pork Trade of the West. 187 
To Prevent Swine from Digging in the Soil. 187 
Review of the Cattle, Produce and Provision Markets.194 
THE DAIRY-HOUSE. 
Cheese from One Cow. 187 
Improvement in Making butter. 187 
PWervalinn of Milk. 188 
Cheese-Making—bj' a Farmer’s Wife. 188 
Sore Teats in Cows, Ac. 189 
THE HOUSEWIFE 
Food for the Sick ; Custard Pudding; Soda Crackers; 
White Cup-Cake, Ac. 189 
Oil for Kitchen Lamps ; Stewed Peas ; To Preserve Sweet 
Com ; Apple Bread, Ac. 190 
THE POULTRY-YARD. 
Feed for Fowls—Onions. 190 
Treatment of Hens... 191 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS 
Fistula—Poll Evil ; Remedy for Sweeny; Butter and 
Cheese—Inquiries. 192 
VETERINARY. 
Wash for Wounds on Cattle ; Oil for Wounds ; Hoof Oint¬ 
ment ; Ointment for Swollen Udder of Cows; Mange 
Ointment. 192 
(^p“The thousands of Rural readers who are 
engaged, more or less, in Stock or Wool Hus¬ 
bandry, are referred to Prospectus of Tenth 
Volume of the W. G. & S. R., in our advertising 
department. 
Heaves in Horses.—T he latest remedy for 
this troublesome disease feeding on corn-stalks 
through the winter. The Prairie Farmer says: 
“We have a horse which had the heaves a year 
ago and coughed badly. Last fall we com¬ 
menced feeding on corn-stalks, and continued 
nearly all the past winter. To our great satis¬ 
faction he has exhibited none of the usual symp¬ 
toms of heaves—has not had a cough that would 
be noticed, drives well, and breathes without 
the least difficulty.” Well cured corn-stalks, 
cut before frost-bitten, are good fodder, and 
horses, colts, cows, or sheep, will do about as 
well on them as on hay. Horses at all affected 
with the heaves will do better when fed upon 
them than upon clover hay. A great many 
horse owners have communicated facts to differ¬ 
ent agricultural papers, going to show that 
chopped straw, wet, or good timothy hay, cut 
and wet, would improve the health of a heavey 
horse. Dusty hay, musty oats, exposure to 
changes of weather, always increase the cough 
and difficult breathing which constitutes the 
heaves. In the way of medicines, a great 
many have been proposed, but we have little 
faith in any of them, unless accompanied with 
care in feeding and diet, as well as overwork 
and exposure. 
Agriculture of Massachusetts.—T he Annual 
Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agri¬ 
culture, of which the Legislature has ordered 
the printing of ten thousand copies for general 
distribution, is more than usually replete with 
the statistics of the Agriculture of the Com¬ 
monwealth. From these it appears that there 
are in the State 80,321 horses, valued at $7,284,- 
889; 77,511 oxen and steers, valued at $3,246,- 
341 ; 184,010 milch cows and heifers, valued at 
$4,892,291, yielding 8,116,009 pounds of butter, 
valued at $1,678,557, and 5,762,776 pounds of 
cheese, valued at $464,250.55, and 13,204,665 
quarts of milk, valued at $755,887.90. The 
number of sheep is reported to be 145,215, val¬ 
ued at $309,843, while the value of wool pro¬ 
duced is $155,046. The number of swine is 
51,113, valued at $581,536.71 .—Boston Cultivator . 
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