MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 30. 
Comnuuucations. 
the exceeding superiority of foreign see*d.—1st. 
Because, in the rapid settlement of our country, 
and the broadcast ways of American agricul¬ 
ture, no attention was paid to small seeds, and 
importation was necessary, and importers there¬ 
fore benefactors. The matter thus being in 
GOOD CLOVER HULLEE. 
plural fjtotfs aid Items. 
THE GUANO TRADE. 
Canada Thistles, and other “evil weeds,” 
An intelligent gentleman, who has been em¬ 
ployed in loading a ship with guano at the 
Chincha Islands, on the coast of Peru, has com- 
U __ and the broadcast ways of American agricul- In a late aumber of the Ruiial we stated thafc _ _ _ , A * diligent gentleman, who has been em- 
-“- ture, no attention was paid to small seeds, and machines for gathering and hulling Clover were — --—-—-— Pj>yed “loading a ship with guano at the 
A CHAPER ON MURRAIN: . was necessary and importers there- request, as we had received several inqui- Canada Thistles, and other ‘evil weeds, Chincha Islands, on the coast of Peru, has com- 
with remedies for bloody and dry murrain, impoia ion matter thus beiu"’ in ries on the subject. We could then give noth- are spreading and increasing annually—in con- municated to us some interesting information 
? rG . \ PBe ^ C y,„ 0/ j ; n pr 00 »i nff iffnnranpp nf tto ing definite relative to Cloverfullers, but can sequence of the negligence of farmers, and the with respect to the trade. He has been at the 
-Yorker. Dining 1VC ® ir an ’ . f now impart the desired information. Mr. J. V. violation of law on the part of the rail and plank islands at three different times, and nearly six 
•ey hairs in Central Ohio, subject and utter neglect among the mass of _ , n . . ~ w v „ road corporations. It is too late to head the months in all Tlia last. time, lio wna tVic.-o tttoo 
Eds. Rural Hew - Yorker :—Having lived 
from my youth to grey hairs in Central Ohio, 
Blackwell, of Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., is the 10 corporations. It is too late to head the months in all. The last time he was there was 
—j j o ^ 19 1 TVir* pnniditv nnd avnrirp tliat ui vviu, ociicua . x ., ao tuc -- 1 - ~~ — —~ ~ ‘uvutuo xu. hujc julc >v<x» buere was 
where the Murrain has always until wit m a peop e. . patentee and manufacturer of a superior Clover seeding of these pests this season, yet the fol- in the fall and summer of 1855. He says that 
few years been very prevalent among cattle, I promp s e ga mnng anc o enng oi sa e Hulling Machine, which has been thoroughly lowing, which The Homestead gives under the he found at times five hundred sail of vessels 
have seen a great many cases and lost a good many ^ i es P Y , » , f tested and is highly approved. The following bead of “Finality on Canada Thistles and together, loading with guano, generally large 
many cattle by this disease. My observation rave a e 0 er 0 un rec s o p urn . o letter from Mr> B descr ibes the nature and ad- White Daisies,” is apparently worth trying, and ships. One ship was 1,500 tons burden. Not 
and experience have finally lead me to adopt turnip see , grown rom icmnan s o e as yaat of big j nvention . may prevent farther damage from a truly grow- less than three hundred sail of vessels are now 
the conclusion, that two things must be accom- year s crop w ic is genera y suppose o c R New-Yorker •- In answer to % evil A friend informs us on the author- at the islands, loading for the United States, 
p‘is!ied to cure a case of bloody torn to Jj^**"* do ZllZtiZr^Z it, of Milled D a y , E Sq „ of that Usese Portia,. Pta.ce, and E„g.is„ a.d Gcnaas’ 
wit., the bleeding must be stoppcc, ^ . . explanation” when they sell such seed 1 have to say, that in form it resembles a com- nuisaaces TOa Y be destroyed by once mowing, if ports. Some cargoes are sent to Constantinople 
animal must be physiced thoroughly. loac- J^lame those that gathe^ and offe^ it for mon fanning mill, having a cylinder and concave done during a warmram. Air. Day has satisfied and some to Russian ports in the Black Sea.- 
but I do blame those that gather and offei ^ ^ .J* ^ wMch teeth are himself of this by repeated successful expert- This was before the war in the Crimea. The 
“ And here let me add a word of caution about cut like the teeth of a rasp. The teeth are ments. The principle of its action, no doubt, Russian trade will now open again, both from 
hardened by a chemical process, so hard that lies m the decay of the roots consequent upon the Black Sea and the Baltic. Freights are 
animal must be physiced thoroughly. I o ac¬ 
complish this is sometimes difficult, if not im¬ 
possible. If the animal has commenced bleed¬ 
ing before medicine is given, the safest treat- 
And here let me 
me oeiore meuiciue is -—- - , , , , . . , „ „ 
ment is to stop the bleeding first. This must other seed. Onion seed is frequently gathered hardened by a chemical process, so 
i i • t i_i _1_ „ i_ i- i-l_ fVwav will filf» irrm wViiaVi rP.nHp.VR t,l 
be done by a stringent medicine—the best that in the same way., I plowed under, about the 
I know of is Alum. Dissolve 1 lb. (for an ox middle of June, such a bed which would have 
they will file iron, which renders them dnra- 
the filling of the hollow stems with water.” 
or cow'i and Dour it down the animal’s throat, produced $20 or $3(1 worth of seed, and for 
middle of June, such a bed which would have b ^ e - The concave is in the form of a half-circle, 
produced $20 or $30 worth of seed, and for this a * d ma Y be readily raised or lowered, as the 
r ^ ^ _ 1 -J- r At i rc _:_ min 
high; £6 10s. are often paid per ton for Liver- 
ble. The concave is in the form ot a trail-circle, ~ P ocd and Hampton Roads. Generally ten shil- 
and may be readily raised or lowered, as the Broadcast Seed-Sowers.— In answer to in- Begs more a ton for freight is paid to Europe, 
condition of the chaff may require. The chaff, quiries, we would state that there are at least At tbe rate at wh ich guano is now shipped from 
resold f 0 ; sid aff be set morV diiy than when dry. The ma- J^ed to be well adapted to the purposes of to eight years-not a ton will be left Twenty 
Irench Sto the dose every ter eating and marketing all the earlier and chine hulls the seed when the chaff is damp beir mvention-to wit., the sowing of various thousand tons are sometimes removed from the 
Bix hours natR 1 thephy si^operates. If you can perfect ones. Gardeners near a large market equally as well as when it is dry, but damp kinds of grain and fine fertilizers. The one ^nds m a single day. These islands are 
Z the phy!Sic to operate before the animal sell all that is salable, and then reserve the chaff is apt to clog the selves more than dry, which has been longest before the public, and J*o*t one hundred miles north from Callao.- 
bleeds to death you will cure him. One other seeds of the culls and unripe for sale. I greatly yet the difference in the amount of work which introduced in various sections of the country, is The longest of the group is two miles in length 
: in cases of Mur- fear this is the case with winter squashes, in a machine performs in a given time, is but invention of F. Seymour, of East Bloom- and a quarter of a mile wide but contains on y 
rai7tfe"orns will ^ found cold and should and about your city of seeds-at least I know slight, whether the chaff is dry or wet. ***. N. Y ; the other is the “American Seed l T°f 
there is great complaint undei this head from 
1 YTund S and ZJylZ city of needAatYeast l Sw is ij or wet. JR Y-; “ American Seed a ^ of guano. The n,„st nor,her,y 
m tne noin , J , , . , mv • Tri „„v,ir,o TO „„; wa m i T y,„if ty, P motinn Sower,” patented by E. M. Stevens in 1855 island is the smallest, being about a mile in 
be bored with a common nail gimblet, or med- there is great complaint undei this head from this machine lequires only halt the motion > F J 7, , n . • n , • , , , , 
icine will not operate. all parts of the country ; but few seeds germin- and half the power of a common machine for and advertised in the Rural of the oth ultimo e dt Guano on this island is two hundred 
Now for the reasons. Whoever will take the ate and these produce, not one kind of good threshing grain, and in this respect possesses a b y Mr. L. H- ^ aters An examination of the ^ rlolt ^ a 
>uble to ouen and examine a creature that has sauash, but every variety of sauashy thine.— decided advantage over all other clover ma- last-named Machine has impressed us favorably C mese settlement of Coolies, about a thousand 
trouble to open and examine a creature that has squash, but every variety of squashy thing.- decided advantage over all other clover ma- last-named Machine has impressed us favorably ^ e “ ent ° f f* th ° USand 
died with the bloody Murrain will find his gall Now, these things may sometimes be done ig- chines now in use. I will warrant the machine iu legald to its merits. It is simple, light, sub- , , y n "gg ln g g uaQ0 
bladder distended to an unnatural size, and norantly, or without thought of consequences, to hu U> d ean aad silt from two to five bushels stantial, and distributes seed with regularity S • ^ 4 \ t ’ ' ° S ' 
not un frequently it has overflowed its contents but I believe oftener through a controlling ava- ot seed an hour, when the chaff is ordinarily and ln an F desired quantity. It is so con- Th£ Mines qf the FARM ._ They are not ld 
—and will also find the manifold dry and fevered, rice. Whatever the motive, it furnishes too well seeded, yielding from two to five bushels structed as to sow either broadcast or in drills, 
I am no son of Galen, but by this I infer that much ground for the wholesale condemnation an acre > which is about the range of yield in 
the redundancy of bile has created an internal of native seeds, 
this region of country. The machine is porta- ea sily and readily attached to the machine. 
as preferred-the drilling apparatus being ™nes, but infinitely better for enriching the 
easily and readilv atlarbod to tha solL The T are not scattered at long intervals. 
fever which uncaps the blood vessels; hence But the question is, with the proper knowl- ble > weighing from seven to eight hundred The Seymour machine has been heretofore de- ^tldn^hfof UrnZ^ls" 1 t7t^Ted^Imm’Uch 
the internal bleeding. Open the passages of the edge and experience, coupled with care and pounds. The whole machinery for hulling and scnped an d commended in the Rura l. deposits. Out with your teams and tools, and 
bowels and cleanse the stomach with physic diligence, can not as perfect seed be raised here cleaning is contained in a single frame. It can ~ '*!*'*' —while the water is low or dried up in your 
and the beast is saved. My remedy is perfect- as in England, both as to quality and quantity? be attached to and operated by any horse-pow- c°*™y ix Gattle * ™d»s.-I he.time will gwam make them bl k with h he of 
ly safe, and within the reach of every one-is Eor the honor of our country I answer, Yes.- er used for threshing grain. In the Patent Of- the , 5 7 P mold and peat. 
the most active of any thing in my knowledge Does our climate or soil present any insupera- bee Report for 1851, the contributors for this ° r ™ slovenly farmi ng, even Providence hasvery kindly placed abundant 
that is safe, and is cheap withal. The turpen- ble obstacle to a yearly crop of turnip seed that county say, “ Of the machines for hulling clo- J e nay may oe' put in racks or teed- depogitg Qf ycgetable matter witbin reach of 
tine gives greater efficiency to the salts, and is, it does not to other seeds and grain? I answer, ver seed, the rasp machine is decidedly the ,J y ‘ n oug 0 almost every cultivator ; and these well-filled 
in itself, a good medicine for horse distemper from my own experience, No. Three years ago best - It cleans faster, and with less motion, 7 b 7™,, ® U ?° n ' e storehouses, so conveniently located, are as 
and other ailments among cattle. I have last April, having determined to test this mat- however, than any other.” My price at the g 1 I ’ ’ & c eep m strikiDg indica ti ons of de8ign a s the coa! m ea - 
that is safe, and is cheap withal. The turpen- ble obstacle to a yearly crop of turnip seed that coun ty say, “Of the machines for hulling clo- 
tine gives greater efficiency to the salts, and is, it does not to other seeds and grain? I answer, ver seed , the rasp machine is decidedly the 
in itself, a good medicine for horse distemper from my own experience, No. Three years ago bes t- It cleans faster, and with less motion, 
and other ailments among cattle. I have last April, having determined to test this mat- however, than any other.” My price at the 
known a pint of raw turpentine turned into an ter of seeds, I visited your city of Seedsmen, shop is $110. 
ox without injury, except to give him a short but could get no instruction or advice, for all Should you desire any further information on 
deposits. Out with your teams and tools, and 
—while the water is low or dried up—in your 
swamps, make them black with huge heaps of 
mud. The time will come, though slowly, 
when no one but a slovenly farmer will think 
sures, or the metallic mines of the earth. 
J. Y. Blackwell. 
ox without injury, except to give him a short but could get no instruction or advice, for all onoum you aesire any luruner miormauon on J our farms, with scarce an exception, need large 
hacking cough for a few days. had the same story of soil and climate learned the subject I will cheerfully furnish it. ee mg ay or s raw un i i as passe addition8 of organic materiah Iflongcrop- 
v , , tt ,v r r • „ through a cutting machine; and the time will , ,, f , „ , , 6 ^ 
Cattle are sometimes lost by Dry Murrain. b y heart. Home therefore I came, as wise as Yours, <fcc., J. \. Blackwell. come when all good farmers will grind their P 1D S has robbed the soil of potash, phosphoric 
... ^ ‘ ‘ hay into meal, just as good farmers “do now acid> and lime ’ haS als ° stripped ofcarbon - 
v - mi . , . - -If X H ii , xj f . -| _ | their corn, because they will discover that hay ^mg hay ancl gram crops from our farms, 
by them. This disorder is, I believe, called °f ^eds pronounced really good. But as turnip ^ ^ ^ meal ia just ag much more valuable lhan coat ./ e robs them of immense quantities of vegetable 
lrino* rtf mom 'A . -Jr, SGCCl ra.lSGQ OH A.TH6rica,ll SOll Was UDailimOUslv 5=5 9 \ m . . _ mnt.fpr. that, flip nanal Hvpqqi o*fi nf atahln -mo- 
hacking cough for a few days. had the same story of soil and climate learned 
Cattle are sometimes lost by Dry Murrain. b N bearfc - Some therefore I came, as wise as 
This is mostly confined to the fall of the year, wh en I left and a great deal more determined, 
when dry leaves and other tough food is eaten 1 returned to the city in the fall with $50 worth 
FABMEE’S LIFE. 
the dose and the animal is cured-remember- -It and neighbors which produced the fa rest P a ^7 he is to be held at New Haven in October, 
mg in all cases to bore the horns if they are lal Y est aad most bountiful crop of roots that I Passion o a sentiment last incieasing m the attractions than anv 
hollow, and if theyare not hollow they will bo ™ S drove the nail clear to the of the^revione eahihitlons of the See, tv No 
d UUSB wlve 1 10 ■ :-.- \ 7 “ ’ ennobling influences which surround him • mix ed, then, and not till then, shall we learn “ ca 1U ,UCAMU5UUie 
of salts, with a little turpentine to facilitate its 1S ver y light, sandy and quick—the weather ennohim & miiuences which sumouna mm . nf pofflo - quantities, there can be but little doubt of the 
action, and it will generally operate within 12 ^ extremely hot and dry. The result was, “ Tbe hl g best gratifiq^on which we found economy ot cattle feeding. economy of replenishing the fields exhausted 
hours ; but if the case is very stubborn repeat an abundance of the most perfect seed for my- “Sbto ZlYntheZ Connecticut State* F^air. —The State Fair by tilIage from this source ’ Digout tbese ^8“ 
the dose and the animal is cured-remember- self and neighbors, which produced the fairest, * ln e,pigs, poultry oi vegetaoies, out in tne ex- etable ores, put them into the crucible of the 
ing in all cases to bore the horns if they are la B? est aad most bountiful crop of roots that I P re f™ * a -^iment increasing in the 6 varied attritions than anv 8table ’ 01 ' the com P ost hea P’ and wbea tbis ^g- 
hollow, and if they are not hollow they will be ever raised - Tbis drove tbe aail clear to the ™ ral popnlation. A great many people have P n exhibitions of the Socie v 2 stable wealth is well molten, pour the decom- 
warm at the base. 7 7 head in a sure place. Last year being wet my d -afd the belief that labor is an evil, and posed mass into the molds made by the plow- 
As to the preventives of Bloody Murrain, crop was good of course, they will say-at least «”* “ "» c»J»yment iu the occupation P“'“ ““^pert worthy «" Z7Stl “aA of share - y»" r ret “™ wil1 ^ y ou 
they are, like the curses of the disease, mostly dr Baoruaa prouou.ced one variety of 60 a.at earns the bread we eat, and the dehghtful “•«/ P *J .™ “f” patterns of corn stalks, golden ears and wheat 
imaginary. My opinion is that it is caused by pounds as plump and perfect as they ever saw— home we occupy. farmers and artisans. A view of the grounds sheaves, such as the molds of the foundry never 
too groat an accumulation of bile in tbo st.om- but the smaller kinds were not as plump as the I After looking at all the departments of the moJXm-esoue sZin »«• ™e acres of blooming orchards, 
ach, and any treatment that will prevent that year before, or as they are this year. My yield exhibition, we were so fortunate as to he mtro- of Elms with East ***** f™its, holds 
difficulty will be efficient against the disease. 3** * «* than 500 lbs. to the acre, d “« d ^ of the women of Hampsh.re » n 1 * nrandlr o„ toe ***** with golden grain, lie dead in these 
warm at the base. 
As to the preventives of Bloody Mur 
aimcuuy win oc emcient against me disease. J . ‘ ’ co + v . an d in their exnressions of attacbmpnt Rock towering in its shaggy grandeur on the 
-Soot or ashes mixed with salt are either very a " d » «*«*• <*°P «/ V*m » >•» loft, in front the thriving and beautiful town of 
good, if you can get the creature to take enough. I gi wing on t e ground. As to quality, I chal- 0cclroa 'ti 0 „, „„„„ themselves and theto Fair Haven, and far around the broad harbor 
have supposed that I have saved my cows and ‘“f °°7 ^ ^3 *«- ™ Mren we Zd of ™ smdded with while sails and busy with life, 
oven for several vears when Murrain was r>rp- eign seed. H. H. Doolittle. enuaren, we louna a source oi gratmcation tar . J > 
. . .. y f ,, , , P Oaks Corners, Ont. Co., N. Y., August, 1856. exceeding that which any other matter afforded, the whole toiming a fitting flame work to the 
oxen for several years when Murrain was pre¬ 
valent in this part of the country, by drenching 
them monthly with a strong decoction of soot 
from the chimney—but this is sometimes diffi¬ 
cult to obtain in sufficient quantities, and trou- 
waving with golden grain, lie dead in these 
^ swamps as iu a sepulchre. Let human skill 
breathe upon these reeking graves of dead 
plants, and they shall wake again to life, beauty 
and fruitfulness.— H. Y. Observer. 
-- They feel that in the calm and rational pursuits crowded and active scene of the Fair Ground, Stirring the Soil.—A writer in the New 
FENCES. — ANOTHER SUGGESTION, of agriculture and its kindred branches, horti- wbere bn § bt e N es aud surfaces mingle in a y ork Observer, discussing the philosophy of till- 
“““ u “ v ——— - culture and arboriculture, there is less excite- ba IW throng, and where white tents, filled tbat w i, en the soil is stirred by any 
cult to obtain in sufficient quantities, and trou- Eds . Rueal ._ So much has been gaid aad f , Dassions less temptation to lure wit h all the beautiful and useful in art, and g ’, ^ ! f tTCo Li ”f ZI 7 
Q rlmini«tpv rnido tw ovn Koriiw . „ meni oi me passions, less temptation to lure . ’ implement of tillage, every particle of the mass 
, , ’ , , . , y written upon fencing, that one would suppose from the paths of virtue, and a constantly enno- waving flags and prancing horses, and all en- moved j 8 pu t i n a new relative position, and has 
wintered and very pool and weak in the spring, the subject well nigh exhausted. Farms here- bling influence that lifts the soul through na- circled b T the loDg array of catfcle shedSd aod fresh contact with air and water. Both organic 
if put into nch pastuie and get fleshy sudden- abo uts are already fenced, which is the reason ture to nature’s God. tbe S reat m0Tlug ’ actlve -course, form a pic- and inorganic constituents of the soil undergo a 
ly, are more likely to die with Murrain than w hy our farmers are so slow to adopt improve- That God is daguerreotyped, as it were, be- ture whlch ma - v wel1 dell gbt the eye, while the chaa . slight , it may be, in the case of each 
those that are well wintered. 1< in ally the best merits or substitutes. The annual expense of fore us all; and we see his wisdom and love, in great panorama is accompanied by all the music iEdiyidual part i c le, vast iu the aggregate, 
prevention that I know of for Murrain, or hoi- repairs and replacing, is small in comparison the bending grass, the trembling leaf, the of lowing cattle and neighing steeds and happy amountiDg to a great quantity of plant food, 
low horn, which invariably accompanies Mur- to the cost of f euc ing anew throughout. If all sparkling dew, and in a thousand wonderful voices ‘ Wl11 aot thls annual fete be a g alad ay and determining the difference between a me- 
ram, is to shelter your cattle from the cold fences were destroyed, at once, farmers would operations constantly carried on by his super- indeed ! To tbls exblbltl0n of tbe lad ustry dium and a maxiraum crop. But the stirring 
storms of winter, and always give them food tax their ingenuity for a cheaper and better intending care, and which are ever present to and enterprise of our citizens, all, both of our of the goil Inakes the earth more easily 
enough to keep them in good thnvmg condition, method of enclosing land. But as this is not him who cultivates the soil. That there are own State aad the stranger Wlthln 0111 ‘ S ates > penetrated by the roots of plants, as well as 
U °’ ° f LUvM E ,AEMER " likely to happen, all reforms in fencing will lessons of trust, of confidence, of submission, are raost cordiall y invited. We hope to see furnishes a larger amount of available food.— 
AMERICAN vs. FOREIGN TUKNIF SEED b e slow to develop themselves. Admitting the to be found in the garden and field in many “old men and maidens, young men and chil- TMg ig a matter of Tery great importance. 
- necessity of fences, is there not as many rods different forms ; that wisdom may be found in dren -” not forgetting the middle-aged of both Where a planl fillds a )oose aDd mellow soil, 
Eds. Rural :—Had not Briggs & Brother, in as there need be feet ? Farms are not divided every flower that blooms, or insect that lives; sexes > that as in the preparations made, and in we u furnished with its appropriate substance, 
your issue of July 26, made such wholesale de- ia the most advantageous manner, and every that there are the products exhibited, so in the attendance it - t pushes out i t8 roots rapidly in all directions, 
-a -™ 5 . J T villager has a fence around his little lot, as ‘-Sermons in stones, shall call out, this Fair of 1856 in Connecticut and prese nts to the soil a much larger number 
though his neighbors were classed among the Books in the running brooks, may be the banner Fair of all that will be held of spongio i eSj or little mouths, to receive its ali- 
four-footed beasts of earth. And good in everything.’ in the land.— Homestead. t The laws of the growth of a plant are 
W rr a 1 „„ „__ , Such sentiments are gaining ground, and as - . 1 
ture which may well delight the eye, while the 
change ; slight, it may be, in the case of each 
great panorama is accompanied by all the music ]udlvlchial particle , vast iu the aggregate, 
of lowing cattle and neighing steeds aud happy amounti to a eat quantity of plant food, 
voices. Will not this annual fete be a gala day and determiniBg the difference between a me- 
nunciation of American grown turnip seed, I villager has a fence around his little lot, as 
should not leave my work to answer. They though his neighbors were classed among the 
say—“ The crop is always inferior in quality and four-footed beasts ol earth, 
quantity to the imported —none coming to a W. T. S. has sufficiently shown us the abuses 
. , they are received, will the farm-house become , aMtooan u , UU a.-^..». --—. , , . „ , 
healthy and vigorous maturity. They also of fences. His plan, if adopted, would save the em ^ llished with bookS) with shade trees, with sold two four year old colts, a horse aud a mare, ap P etlte gl ' ows b ^ wbat 11 feeds l,p0n ‘ , Tlllage 
say, and say truly that imported seed wil pro- farmer a great amount of time and labor. But, climbi lant8 and flowerg , and contented for $1,000 cash. They are to go to New Or- greatly enlarges the pasture ground of the plant, 
duce better crops of turnips than the small and I would ask, why fence at all ? On our prai- he and the home of the farmer become the leans. He also sold, last week, a two year old aud every rootlet bringS int ° lts 0rganlSm a SUp ‘ 
lioditr TYl otlivorl A r-n DVIDCU ennd ' ’bio io T Vk/Ni.orvci r, A n f 1-1 n n vn coaiiva/I Ktt 7 I ** C _: ,,Ia F 
well lUIUlbllCU \V x I’JLl ALO ctppiuj.il Jctte OUUSlctlJCe, 
the products exhibited, so in the attendance it it pushes out it8 roots rapid i y in a n directions, 
shall call out, this Fair of 1856 in Connecticut aud eDts to tbe soil a much larger numb er 
may be the banner Fair of all that will he held of spongioles> or litt l e mouths, to receive its ali- 
in the land. Homestead. * _ ment. The laws of the growth of a plant are 
Valuable Stock.— MrTj. B. Burnet has just much . like ^ose of the animal economy The 
badly matured American seed. 1’his is true, I ries, horses and cattle are secured by driving 
say, of such seed as they describe, but they in- into the ground a stake, to which is fastened a 
tend by this to include all American raised halter of sufficient length to let the animal 
happiest of the land.” 
AGAINST WASHING BUTTEB. 
Editors Rural :—I have read an article in 
filly for $20(>. The farmers of Vermont have l dy nourishment, 
enriched their whole State by cherishing two ])fath from ha 
or three valuable breeds of horses. Let the named gilas Gravel 
farmers of Onondaga take the hint, and by p , , • 
seed. feed. It is obvious tbe stake cannot be easily - . , , . , , . 
Now, to all this I honestly demur. I have pulled out iu a horizontal direction. Why is Editors Rural :—I have read an article in aimeis 0 non a n a a-e le in 
no ill will to “importers, for I have among not this method equally applicable here on your paper on Butter Making with much inter- . , - , t ^ ... 
, , , . ,, „ ° „ x, . , . , , j , •. , .. rich and permanent source of wealth, 
them warm personal friends, and all, as far as I our farms ? It is so manifestly cheap, simple est, but do not agree with the writer relative v _ _ # . # _ 
know, are friendly to free discussion, and will and convenient, it should have, at least, a thor- to washing butter. I have had charge of a Columbia Co. Ag. Society. A com 
not be offended by plain, honest dealing. From ough trial. By having a whole lot to roam dairy for thirty years, have tried many experi- s t a t e8 that this Society has purchasi 
childhood I have read on packages of seeds, over, cattle tread out of existence as much as ments, and have always found water to be in- 0 f ] and a t Chatham Four Come) 
Death from handling Guano. —A farmer 
named Silas Gravel died iu Montgomery Co., 
Pa., a few days since, in consequence of hand- 
timely enterprise secure to themselves another u guaB0 wilh bis hands, when there were 
rich and p ermanent somce of wealth . some slight sore upon them. The guano pene- 
Columbia Co. Ag. Soc«ty.-A correspondent tiat<id the sores and in a day or ' wo after he ex ‘ 
statesthat this Society has purchased fifteen perienced a sharp pain in one of his arms, which 
childhood I have read on packages of seeds, over, cattle tread out of existence as much as ments, and have always found water to be in- acre8 0 f ] aild a t Chatham Four Corners, and are extended rapidly to the shoulder, and from 
“ Imported Seed”—“Imported seed, best,” <fcc. they eat out. A trial of this plan will incur no jurious to butter. Washed butter gets strong prepar j B g the permanent grounds for the ap- tbeDCe to b* 8 bod y> growing more acute, and 
At the same time I learned from my geography expense beyond the trifling one of procuring very soon. Gather the cream cool as possi- proacb i D g Fa i r _to be held Sept. 24th, 25th and causing his whole system to become swollen.— 
that our count) y was of vast extent—embracing baiters. If it can be reduced to practice sue- ble—keep it in the cellar or well till you are 26th—when a larger attendance is expected Ia Dus state he lingered in great agony for 
every variety of climate and soil, and capable cessfully, and I see no reason why it cannot, a ready to churn—stir two or three times a day— tbaQ at any prev i ous exhibition in the county. about a ^’cek, when death relieved lnm ot his 
of producing all kinds of grain, fruits, vegeta- very large portion of our fences can be dis- add two or three spoonfuls of salt to the cream A-- sufferings. This case, and others similar to it, 
bles, <fcc., needful for man ; to be sure it did not pensed with. n. k. —and you will have no difficulty in making Agricultural Fair in Minnesota. —An Agri- which have been recorded, should warn farmers 
sav turnip seed, but I supposed it meant so.— Fairport, N. Y., August, 1856. good butter.—A Yankee, South Salem, N. Y. cultural Fair for the Territory is to be held at and others not to handle guano if they have 
bles, <fcc., needful for man ; to be sure it did not pensed with. n. k. —and you will have no difficulty in making 
sav turnip seed, but I supposed it meant so. — Fairport, N. Y., August, 1856. good butter. —A Yankee, South Salem, N. Y. 
Geography, therefore, is against such assertions; Remarks. —We hardly think the above sug- -- 
the general facts of agriculture also contradict gestion will impress our readers favorably,— An experienced farmer says be has found 
them, for we certainly raise in perfection all but be considered as a change in which there from experience that a heavy crop of buck- 
varieties of grain, yet all seeds must come un- is no improvement. We have received an able wheat, followed by a crop of oats seeded with 
der tbe same general laws. review of, and answer to, tbe article of W. T. S., clover, will almost completely eradicate the j grass on his farm 1^2 b >g b - 
How, then, have importers come to believe in which will be given in a week or two.— Eds. Canada thistle. the rate of six tuns the acre. 
an at any previous exhibition in the county. aboat a ™ ek > wheu dealh relieved llim of his 
__ sufferings. This case, and others similar to it. 
Agricultural Fair in Minnesota. —An Agri- which have been recorded, should warn farmers 
cultural Fair for the Territory is to be held at and others not to handle guano if they have 
Minneapolis, on Wednesday, Thursday, and even a scratch upon their hands.— Exchange. 
An experienced farmer says he has found Fllda y, the 8tli, 9th, and l()th of October next. 
__ The “Trial of Reapers and Mowers,” given 
Lucius Spooner, of Barre, has blue-jointed in the Ag. Department of our last number, was 
It yields at intended for the advertising page, as a special 
notice, but misplaced by the printer. 
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