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alyzed by Mr. L. C. Ball, gives the following 
results: 
Water. 
Starch. 
Albumen__ 
Dextrin. 
Casein. 
Sugar and extract 
Gluten and fat... 
Fibre. 
Per cent, of Ash 
71 63 
9 2$ 
0.91 
0.40 
0.20 
3 44 
0 40 
11 39 
98.88 
, 1.12 
iuterestof the shows, and I had got my mouth 
to advise him to substitute “snap aud 
catch ’em,” or some such thing, where the la¬ 
dies would not fall off, as one did at a Pair two 
years since. I have exceeded my limit, and 
must stop, but I hope not for aye. Yours, 
Gorham, N. Y., Sept. 12,1856. H. 
CROPS IN NIAGARA CO. 
99.98 
23 to 25 pounds 
32 to 38 
32 to 40 
The « Scotch Gray,” it must be observed, is 
an excellent potato, being heavy, firm, and not 
much inclined to decay. It will be observed 
also, that it contains less water than the Mercer, 
and that it is rich in the valuable or nutritive 
elements. 
The quantity of farina which potatoes pro¬ 
duce varies not only according to the species, 
but according to the period when the extract 
takes place. The variations produced by this 
last cause are nearly as follows : 1 wo hundied 
and forty pounds of potatoes produce of farina 
or potato flour, in 
August. 
September... 
October. 
November. 38 to 45 
March. 38 to 45 
April . 28 t0 38 
May. 20 to 28 
The extraction of the farina should be dis¬ 
continued at the period when the potatoes be¬ 
gin to grow, the farina being destroyed by 
germination. Red potatoes produce a smallei 
quantity of farina. Those which are blue .on 
the outside give little, but it is of good quality 
the white, which is often tinged with red in the 
interior, is the least calculated for this extrac 
tion. The best of all is that which has a yel 
low tint, as its farina is abundant and of very 
good quality. 
Uses.— The ordinary economical applications 
or uses of the potato, next to those of the culi 
nary and baking arts, are in starch making and 
the distillery. The manufacture of potato flour 
is carried on to a considerable extent in France 
and is sold at a price considerably higher than 
that of wheat, for the use of confectioners and 
for bakers who prepare the finer sorts of bread 
Tapioca is also manufactured from potatoes. 
Wine, of a good quality, may be made from 
frosted potatoes. Potash may be extracted 
from potato leaves and stalks. Among extra 
ordinary applications of the potato, may be 
mentioned cleaning woolens and making wine 
and alcohol. The water decanted from the 
starch powder is excellent for cleaning silks 
without the smallest injury to the color. 
IgRocheBter, September, 1856. N. C. Bement. 
EQ.UE STRI AN SHIP.—THE OLD STYLE 
UNION AO. SOCIETY. 
Eds. Rural:— Having a few moments of spare 
time, I will just give you a short description of 
the crops, Ac., in this section. 
Our farmers have all their grain secured, and 
many have received the reward of theii labors, 
but the general result has not been entiiely 
satisfactory. The barley crop has yielded fine¬ 
ly, and the greater part has been disposed of at 
prices wholly unlooked for. Those who have 
not yet disposed of their crop are now offered 
$1,25 per bushel. Rye, of which there was 
quite an amount sown, has suffered severely 
from the ravages of the midge—nearly, if not 
quite as much, in many instances, as wheat. 
This fact, which many attribute to late sowing, 
has somewhat checked the sowing of rye this 
fall. Wheat is almost an entire failure, on ac¬ 
count of the midge. We seldom have a finer 
growth of straw than we had this year, and but 
for this insect, many fields that now yield but 
from five to seven bushels per acre, would un¬ 
doubtedly have yielded thirty or forty. There 
is scarcely a field sown or in preparation for 
sowing here this fall. The great cry is, barley, 
and thousands of acres in Niagara Co., which 
would otherwise have been put into wheat, will 
be turned over this fall for barley in the spring. 
Some of our farmers are introducing winter 
barley, a grain with which we have had no ex¬ 
perience, and I should be gratified to see an 
article upon its culture, Ac., in the Rural, by 
some one familiar with it. Corn and potatoes 
in this section, owing to the dry season, will be 
comparatively nothing. I do not think there 
can be over one-fourth of a crop of potatoes 
throughout the country, and not much more of 
corn. Potatoes will also be inferior in size, as 
well as deficient in quantity. I see no other 
way for those who are involved, (as many are,) 
during these times, but to adopt a more thorough 
course of farming or “go by the board.” Sure¬ 
ly there is a “new programme wanted” in farm¬ 
ing R. D. Knowles. 
East Porter, September, 1856. 
The tract for the location of the State Ag’l 
College has been selected and bargained for by 
the Committee. It is a strip of land compris¬ 
ing 670 acres, extending from the west line of 
Ovid village down the descending slope to the 
Seneca Lake, a distance of over 2j^ miles. A 
wooded ravine runs through it to the lake ; on 
this precipitous stream is an old saw mill, aud 
a grist mill with a run of stones. It is also said, 
but with more rhyme ihan reason, that the wa¬ 
ters of this ravine can be made to irrigate the 
whole plantation. If this was so, it would be a 
cheap farm indeed at $65 the acre, and a match¬ 
less experimental farm might be made of it un¬ 
der con amore management; but the prosy fact 
that the waters of this highland stream dry up 
in early summer, or sink into its bed of drab 
and olive shale, sadly mars the project of irri¬ 
gating the thirsty fields and dry terraces.— 
Nevertheless, the Committee made a wise 
choice ; the soil is all arable, barring the sides 
of the ravine, now covered with beautiful trees, 
which should never be exterminated. The large 
oaks denote an enduring, calcareous soil, which 
holds nitrogen well, and ever responds to good 
husbandry with rich crops. 
A strong effort was made, and much money 
subscribed in Cayuga and Tompkins, particu 
larly at Aurora, to have this college located on 
the Cayuga shore, near that picturesque point 
and fine harbor yclept Sheldrake ; here the Ca¬ 
yuga is narrower, and the view of land and wa 
ter better defined and more nearly msthetical, 
than on the broader expanse of the Seneca 
Lake. But the Ovid influence prevailed, as 
it ought, for the Ovidians not only set their 
heart upon this College, but their money also. 
Great credit is due to Dr. Brown, Principal of 
the Ovid Academy, for his exertions at home, 
and then at Albany last winter, in procuring 
Legislative aid to this great and unique enter¬ 
prise. 8 - w. 
GIRLS ON HORSEBACK—HARVESTING CLOVER. 
BEANS IN SAND. 
Friend Moore :—Allow me a corner in your 
paper for self-defence, and I will promise not 
to be as saucy as your “Salt, Plaster and Ashes 
correspondents. My article on “lemale EqueS' 
triauship at Fairs," is assailed from Cayuga Co, 
by “The O. S.” This nom dc plume l under 
stand to indicate a defense of the old style, and 
the expression, “without the gentlemen to ac¬ 
company us ,” indicates that the wiitei is a fe¬ 
male, (no counterfeiting now,) and by her bold, 
independent style (which I admire,) I conclude 
she is not in any kind of bondage ; therefore I 
shall call her Miss O. S. 
And now, my dear Miss O. S., I. am an old 
man, and know a little about the old style. I 
have ridden horseback many a time with a lass 
behind me on a pillion, and have attended 
church for years with “lots and lots” of folks 
who came and went the same way. Such was 
old style. And in my boyhood, my favorite 
horse has often been loaned to carry “a couple” 
to a dance or an apple-paring bee. Such was 
old style. And I have seen a woman ride on 
horseback (because she could not carry her 
luggage on foot,) on a man’s saddle, (because 
she had no other,) with a pair of twin babies, 
(because she could not leave them at home,) 
and a pail of butter, (because she had nothing 
else to pay with,) two miles to a store to trade. 
Such was old style, and although the horse and 
its burden made rather a ludicrous appearance 
I could not help classing the woman with the 
old heroes. I have seen a woman who perform¬ 
ed a jouiney of 500 miles and back through the 
wilderness on horseback, andjf I knew where 
she was buried, I would raise a monument to 
her memory. Such is the tribute I would pay 
to genuine o'd style. 
You ask, “ Why had the women of those days 
more strength of muscle ?” Aye, why ? My 
dear Miss, I go all lengths with you for vigorous 
out-door exercise for your sex—taking in whole 
mouthfuls of good, pure, wholesome country 
air—letting the sun’s bright rays„kiss your rosy 
cheeks, and not minding a few drops of rain 
from heaven. Why, I preach daily to my “wo¬ 
men folks” this doctrine — they call me a mo¬ 
nomaniac, a man of one idea, an old fogy. I like 
vour ideas about exercise—you and I will be 
friends, anyway. But you say “ H. goes on to 
eay that why ladies should not ride on horse¬ 
back, is because they don’t.’’af'Aye, that’s it— 
because they don't; in old style times they did. 
Friend Moore will not give us much space at 
a time, and I cannot say all I would in defence 
of your and my notions about out-door exercise; 
but you and I will have another .con fab yet, if 
you say so. But is it fair that you should have 
waited till I couldn’t reply before the Fairs? 
Never mind, you show me partiality in not no¬ 
ticing our friend “ D.," of Rochester, in the Ru¬ 
ral of Aug. 16, who did undertake to give some 
“good reasons.” I expected,opposition from 
anoiher quarter. A President ofjan Agricul¬ 
tural Society threatened to “come out” against 
me, because my piece would detract.from the 
Much of the soil of this western country is 
unsuited for raising beans, on account of its 
great richness. The beans run too much to 
vines. Hence the best beans are raised on those 
portions which have a thin surface soil, (as on 
the elevations,) as the plow here turns up a por¬ 
tion of the subsoil, which generally consists of 
a mixture of clay, sand, gravel, Ac. Whenever 
this can be mixed wilh the surface soil, not on¬ 
ly the best beans, but the best corn, wheat, Ac., 
(though not the largest growth,) are raised.— 
On account of the great depth and richness of 
the soil of this country, generally, it can never 
become exhausted. It is only necessary occa 
sionally to increase the depth of the tillage 
which may be done in different places to the 
depth of two or three to twenty feet or more. 
But I have stiayed from my subject. Last 
year I planted several hills of beans in the edge 
of a pile of sand that had been left after build¬ 
ing. I dug through the sand, placed the beans 
on the ground beneath, and covered them with 
the sand. They grew and produced. The 
pods were the longest and largest of any of the 
kind that I raised last year. This year I am 
doing the same thing on a larger scale, and 
with a fair prospect of success. J. l. h 
Out West, Sept., 1856. 
SHOCKING CORN. 
Friend Moore:— The Union Agricultural 
Society,” composed of eight towns, and being 
parts of Cayuga, Oswego and Onondaga coun¬ 
ties, held its 2d Annual Fair on the 11th and 
12th iust. There was a fine exhibition of stock, 
comprising a large number of Durham and 
Devon cattle, Oxfordshire and Licestershire 
sheep, some fine Berkshire hogs, and a fine dis¬ 
play of horses, both single and matched. The 
stallions on the ground excited much admira¬ 
tion. There was one half-blood Black Hawk 
colt, two years old last May, which is claimed 
to have no equal in the State, 15 hands high 
and weighing 900 pounds. On the second day 
fourteen ladies entered the Fair Grounds on 
horse-back to contest for the prizes offered—ex¬ 
hibiting much skill and grace. After this dis¬ 
play, Hon. William I. Cornwell, of Weedsport, 
gave a very able and chaste Address before the 
Society. The premiums were then awarded, 
and the Fair closed to the satisfaction of all. 
The Society’s Grounds are enclosed with a 
high fence, and have a track of half a mile for 
the trial of horses. A spirit of emulation has 
been aroused among the farmers, which we 
trust will result in great improvement in the 
sever 0 ! departments of Husbandry. The weath¬ 
er was delightful during the Fair—several thou 
sands were in attendance—and a fine brass band 
added interest to the occasion. Col. N. Hart, 
ot J ' r sander, Onondaga Co., is Fresident of the 
Society, and J. Sprague Morley, of Meridian, 
the Secretary. 
Truly yours, R. B. Smith. 
Meridian, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1856. 
Sale of Improved Stock. —We gather from 
the Louisville Courier the following relative to 
the sale of Short-horn cattle owned by R. A. 
Alexander, of “Woodburn Farm,” Kentucky. 
The sale came off on the 3d inst. The Courier 
says ; _There were a large number of persons 
in attendance from Ohio, Missouri and the sur¬ 
rounding counties in Kentucky, estimated at 
from 500 to 800. Mr. Alexander had killed 
and prepared for the occasion a thorough-bred 
Short-horn weighing 1800 pounds, with a sup¬ 
ply of Southdown sheep, such as are seldom 
served up on any similar occasion, and after 
fully proving their quality in this respect, pre¬ 
cisely at 12 o’clock the sale commenced. Ow¬ 
ing to the short crops of the present season, 
the prices paid for stock so fine as that sold 
did not reach our expectations. Some of the 
animals of the best pedigrees sold at fair 
prices, but others were bid off much below 
their real value. The entire amount of sales 
was $10,095. Twenty young bulls, from eight 
to twenty months old, were sold for $5,605, 
ranging from $125 to $805 each. Thirteen 
heifers, from eight months to two years old, 
sold for $3,665, ranging from $125 to $600 each. 
About thirty Cotswold and Southdown bucks 
and ewes brought $825, ranging from $10 to 
$80 each. Mr. Charles Gemple, of Missouri, 
bought a number of very fine animals, which 
he will take to that State. 
Eds. Rural :—I was induced, from having 
seen a little girl ride at several Fairs, to bring 
a gentle horse to the door one bright morning 
in May, and to spend a few hours in teaching 
my daughters, and the pupils in my school, to 
ide,—since which time any of my spare horses 
have been at their command. Some one or all 
and there are ten, ride daily. They ride with 
fearlessness, with or without a saddle. It is a 
healthful and delightful pastime, and my ex¬ 
cellent friend Dr. Smith, of the Water Cure, 
says I am robbing him. This is one of the great 
gains to me that may be credited to the Agri¬ 
cultural Fairs. 
My neighbor, Mr. Heines, fixed a sheet-iron 
apron upon Manny’s Mower and Reaper, and 
cut about 60 acres of clover seed very nicely.— 
Profiting by his experience, I put a sheet-iron 
side-raker on Ivetchum’s Mower—made of 2)^ 
sheets of iron fastened between the guards and 
iron finger-bar, on the top. I have cut and 
raked off, with a barley-fork, to-day, in bunches, 
eight acres of clover seed, and have done it 
perfectly clean. It is a great gain. Some one 
else may wish to profit by Mr. Heines’ idea. 
Samuel L. Fuller. 
Oaklands Farm, Rose Hill, Seneca Co., Sept. 17. 
A New Era in Ag’l Fairs.— The year 1856 
is, we think, destined to be m fact a new era in 
Ag’l Exhibitions. Judging from the reports 
reaching us by letter and through the Pi ess, 
there has been at no period since the formation 
of Agricultural Societies so much interest felt 
in the affairs of Ruraldom, such general out¬ 
pourings of the people on the Farmers Holi¬ 
days, as we note at the present time. The 
“ thousands are in Council," viewing all note¬ 
worthy productions, whether from the field, the 
dairy, or the circle where busy fingers ply the 
industrious needle ; from the factory, the forge, 
from every department of human ingenuity and 
skill—lending cheerful countenance and the 
“ready shilling” to the “harvest home” of the 
tillers of the soil. This is the spirit that has 
long been sought for, and now, when thus gra¬ 
ciously given, may we not add that we have 
had at least a foretaste of the “ good time" 
which has been so long “ coming ?” 
TO EXPEL RATS 
Neighbor Moore:— Among the various modes 
which were recommended in the Rural last 
fall for shocking corn, none, I think, are equal 
to the method practiced in this vicinity, 
consists in first twisting together the tops of 
four adjacent hills in the form of the letter X 
and then cutting and setting up the corn in the 
angles so formed. No other support is needed 
for the corn until the shock is finished, and 
when properly tied it will weather any storm 
The four hills left standing at the outskirts o 
the shock act like the stays to a mast, and be¬ 
ing well rooted in terra firma will support it 
most efficiently. By this form there is a cavity 
left in the centre of the shock which facilitates 
the drying of the corn, and is much better in 
this respect than the compact form with a hill 
of green corn in the centre. Taking six rows, 
with 36 hills to the shock, is most convenient. 
By the way, the corn crop is light over a 
large part of the north-west. The failure of 
seed, the dry season, the cool August, and final¬ 
ly an early frost, all combine to render the crop 
a decidedly light one. J- M - D - 
Cambria Mills, Mich., Sept., 1856. 
If they have taken possession of the house, 
as they frequently do, from cellar to garret, 
they may be expelled in the following man- 
ner; _Take of common salt, two parts— black 
manganese, pulverized, (obtained of the drug¬ 
gist,) one part. Dry and rub well together.— 
Wet with sulphuric acid, (oil of vitriol,) mixed 
with an equal quantity of water. Put the mix¬ 
ture in a glass, or earthern vessel, and set it in 
the garret, or rather between the garret floor 
and the ceiling. The gas generated, (Chlorine,) 
will penetrate every crevice,and being heavier 
thau atmospheric air, will find its way through 
every opening, to the cellar; and the long- 
tailed gentry, having a particular aversion to 
its odor, will retire without ceremony. 
Some think the gas above mentioned poison¬ 
ous. It is doubtless so in large quantities. It 
is the same gas that is obtained from Chloride 
of lime, and is used in sickrooms to purify the 
air. I have never known any evil to result 
from its use. The small quantity produced in 
this case, (say, salt 2 or 3 oz. mang. 1 or 1 % 
oz.,) could hardly prove injurious; Mhile 
would remove all unpleasant odors from garret 
to cellar. n ' 
BUBAL NOTES AND QUEBIES. 
Kentucky Ag'l and Meoh. Fair. —The exhi¬ 
bition of this Association was held from 9th 
to 12th inst., at Lexington, Ky. In every de¬ 
partment the show was superior. Of Short¬ 
horns 101 animals were exhibited, many of 
which it is thought would contend favorably 
with any of their class at home or abroad.— 
Blooded Stallions and mares 93 entries ; Cows 
Sheep 51 ; Hogs 46 ; Jacks and mules 59. 
To the breeding of this latter class much atten¬ 
tion is paid. Many of these animals rated 
from 14 to 15 hands in height. In the opin¬ 
ion of those calculated to judge in the prem¬ 
ises this Fair, as a whole, was the best ever 
had by the Association. Everything went 
off in a spirit to give not only satisfaction to 
those present, but to warrant an increased in¬ 
terest in the exhibitions of this Society heie- 
after. 
A HINT ON BUTTER MAKING. 
Some people may not know, perhaps, that the 
cream should be stirred daily after it is put 
into the cream-pot, so that it may we well 
mixed and all soured alike. There will be 
much poorer buttermilk, and of course, more 
butter where this is attended to. It is better, 
too, not to churn cream the same day it is taken 
from the milk. It should stand awhile with 
the rest, and be thoroughly mixed together. 
It takes us 40 minutes to churn, and the butter 
comes hard and yellow. We put no water in 
the churn or butter, and think good judges will 
call the latter first rate. A dash churn is the 
best churning machine yet invented—so at least 
we believe.—B., Sept., 1856. 
Garden Engine—Hoo-Sung — Ice-House. 
I want to know a few things pertaining to farm¬ 
ing, and your paper being the only source of 
universal information in such things I seek it 
through its columns : 1st, Where can I get the 
best engine for watering a garden, capable of 
being used by one man, and what is the cost ? 
2d, In what manner is “ Hoo-Sung” prepared 
for use ? 3d, What is the best plan for an Ice¬ 
house for private use ?—L., Clyde, N. Y. 
Stump Puller Wanted. —I wish to know 
what is the best kind of stump puller, and 
where and by whom made. I have been look 
ing in the Rural for some time past, thinking 
I might find the desired information, but as yet 
I have not found it. An answer in the Rural, 
or by letter will be gratefully received. G. I 
Fuller, Seneca, Lenawee Co., Mich. 
[Wu have several inquiries similar to above, 
Will some one who can, answer definitely ?] 
Horn-A.il. —A Remedy. — Take one table 
spoonful of linseed oil, and pour in each ear. I 
have uever known the remedy to fail in a sin 
gle instance.—S. Whitney. 
The Vermont State Fair.— We have receiv¬ 
ed a very complete report of this Exhibition 
held at Burlington from the 9th to the 12th 
inst,., which lack of space precludes us from 
publishing. The Fair is represented as very 
creditable, though inferior in some departments 
to former exhibitions. The show of Horses, and 
especially Morgans, was large, and of course the 
great attraction. The weather was favorable, 
the attendance large, and the occasion altogether 
gratifying to the friends of improvement. 
Donation of Foreign Seeds —B. P. Johnson, 
Esq., Secretary of the N. Y. State Agricultural 
Society, has received from Alexander Vatte 
mare, a list of seeds, grains, &c., collected du 
ring the Universal Agricultural Exhibition at 
Paris, in 1856—from England,France, Ireland 
Denmark, Bavaria, Prussia ; from Guill Sen- 
ning, Superintendent of the Botanical Garden 
Bonn, on the Rhine ; Holland, Belgium, Switz¬ 
erland, Spain, the Roman States, the 1 wo 
Sicilies—comprising 266 packages, and con 
taining the most valuable varieties of Grain 
Seeds, Vegetables, die., in those countries. 
The Fairs. —We have reports of several State, 
County and' Town Fairs, recently held, which 
we are unable to give at present. Those who 
favor us with reports of exhibitions, will oblige 
us by stating the most prominent and notewor¬ 
thy features and proceedings in as few words 
as convenient. Brevity is indispensable. 
Important to Farmers. —Many barns have 
recently been burned, supposed by incendiaries, 
but a little scientific knowledge would throw 
light on this point. These fires generally 
occur at harvest time, and the cause is attributed 
to the harvest being hurried in too quickly— 
the process of curing is often imperfectly per¬ 
formed. A cotemporary says :—“ Take, if you 
will, a few armfuls of clover, just cut, and care¬ 
fully throw it in aheap. In a few hours, thrust 
in your hand, and you will jerk it out as if 
scalded. Iudeed, this heat of fermentation is 
often intense, and without doubt, many a time, 
it may be found in stacks of new hay, or even 
of grain. Thus it is that spontaneous combus¬ 
tion ensues, and bursts into sudden flames, and 
this, let it be remembered, so frequently in the 
harvest season, resulting irom the fact, that the 
hay or grain was but imperfectly cured. It is 
worthy of remark, that when the half cured 
hay escapes this combustion, it is apt to become 
soured from this fermentive process.” Farmers 
should be careful that their harvest is well done, 
and not too hastily, else they may lose it all. 
Charcoal and Salt for Hogs. —One of the 
best articles that can be given to swine, while 
confined, is charcoal, pulverized, and common 
salt. Salt and sulphur are also very good arti¬ 
cles, and should be constantly supplied. We 
would not however, be understood as urging 
the necessity of keeping these articles continu¬ 
ally by them, or introducing them daily into 
their food. The first is necessary to obviate 
the bad tendency of certain kinds of aliment, 
and should be supplied in quantities varying 
from one pint to two quarts, as often as once or 
twicea week. Salt should always be introduced 
as a seasoning in food. When it is not so used, 
it should be given twice a week, or it may bo 
placed in a box in the sty to which the animals 
can have access whenever they wish to partake. 
Selected. 
California Crops— The San Francisco Price 
Current of the 4th ult., says “ The harvest 
has now fairly commenced in many parts of the 
leading grain growing districts of the State, 
and in the course of another fortnight, every 
farmer in California will be busy gathering in 
his crops. The nearer we get, too, to the 
harvest, the larger the yield of the more im¬ 
portant cereals promises to be; and the prog¬ 
nostications of a failure, which were so common 
a short time ago, have yielded to an impression 
that the crop will be a very full one—equaling, 
if not surpassing in extent, that of last year. 
It is, however, almost impossible to form any 
accurate judgment of the yield at present.” 
Importation of Leicester Sheep. —We learn 
from the Boston Cultivator that Messrs. Hun- 
gerford & Brodie of Jeff. Co., received, a few 
days since, their importation of Sheep in that 
city. The Cultivator says :—“ They were from 
the flock of Mr. Robson of North Allerton, 
Yorkshire. They are a good lot—a large size 
for their age (yearlings.) and some of them of 
beautiful symmetry. Messrs. H. <fc B. have 
made several importations of this breed of 
sheep, and have one of the best flocks in the 
country.” 
Clover to Enrich Land.—I have sowed clover 
seed some fifteen or twenty years, and find it a 
very cheap mode of enriching land. Some 
land on my farm that would not produce over 
twenty-five or thirty bushels of corn per acre 
when I bought it, will now produce seventy- 
five or eighty bushels per acre—and with a 
good coat of manure, I have no doubt it could 
be made to produce in a good season, over 100 
bushels per acre.—T. Gardner, in Ohio Culti¬ 
vator. 
Millet for Sheep.— Several farmers 
Washington county have tried raising millet 
for sheep feeding, and are pleased with it. They 
sow it thickly, which produces more and finer 
stalks, but less 6eed. The loss in seed is more 
than made up in the increased value of the 
stalks. Sown thinly, the stalks will be coarse. 
Sheep are fond of it, and thrive well on it.— 
Pittsburg Agriculturist. 
Spain has at last attempted a reform in her 
agriculture, and in place of her old bull-fights 
has had a cattle show, which is to be triennial. 
A prize was awarded to an English Durham 
bull. With great capabilities, Spain remains 
in the rear in the march of improvement, though 
symptoms of her awakening are becoming ap¬ 
parent in railroads and manufactories, and at 
last the cattle show for the bull-fight. 
Young stock should be moderately fed with 
grain in winter, and receive generous supplies 
of long provender, it being essential to keep 
them in a fair condition, in order that the for¬ 
mation of muscle, bones, <fcc., may be encour¬ 
aged and continuously carried on. 
