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OQQ MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEC. 13. 
tatoes, and chopped fodder, with slops of nutri- Lands in the interior, many of them, are very feet and two inches in circumference at the top, 
tious grains, generously supplied, will induce a inferior, but are greatly improved by subsoil- and twenty inches in circumference two feet 
generous supply of milk of good quality. Feed ing and the use of fertilizing properties. Corn, and a half from the top ; weight not known.- 
after milking instead of before if there is fear Hemp and Tobacco are the favorite crops, and These grew in the Fountain Garden at San Jose, 
of the milk taking the flavor of turnips, etc.- do well when pioperly cultivated. Farms can There were many smaller beets that anywhere 
after milking instead of before if there is fear Hemp and iobacco are 
of the milk taking the flavor of turnips, die.— do well when pioperly c 
Frequent salting and pure water always at be bought here for from 
command, add much to the health and produc- Un the line of the Han 
tiveness of the cow and should not be neglected. Railroad, which by the 
A warm, clean, and properly ventilated stable, gi'e3s from Hannibal, on 
will of course be understood as a necessity. Joseph, on the Missouri, 
|lur;t! ftotes ;t«ti Items. 
The American Poulterer’s Companion. A Practical 
Death of “ Black Hawk.” —This celebrated 
Morgan Stallion has made his last heat—hav¬ 
ing died at the stable of his owner, Daniel Hill, 
in Bridport, Vt., of rheumatism of the heart, 
, , ■ * " . _ i ui 4 .A. 4 .J _ 1 . a • „ mem or various species oi rouury. muKtrateQ wun 
be bought here for from $6 to $10 per acre.— else would have attracted unusual attention, Portraits of Fowls, mostly taken irom life; Poultry- 
On the line of the Hannibal and St. Joseph but beside these monstrous roots they were but Houses, Coops, Nests, Feeding-Hoppers, &c., &c., &c.— 
umBB uue oi iQb . T- V By C. N. Bement. With 120 illustrations on wood and Wop . 
Railroad, which by the way is a R. R. in pro- pigmies. Some of the largest Lima beans we gt £ ne Ne wYork: Harper & Brothers. noise. 
gress from Hannibal, on the Mississippi, to St. have ever seen, were from the same garden.— This long-expected work by our friend and correspon- “Black Hawk was begotten by Sherman 
Joseph on the Missouri, there are some of the By their side were two bunches of very large dent, is at last received, and a hasty examination indicates Morgan; was foaled the property of Ezekiel 
. ~ i • i that. it. will r»rnvA- in both c.nntp.nts and execution, every r\_i_ tt a _n inno 
Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing and General Manage- OH the 1st inst. SANFORD Howard, Escj., of 
Portraits TFowlsfmo^tly takenTr'om'ufe ^PounrJ- B ° Ston ’ furnisheS US the following facts relative 
Houses, Coops, Nests, Feeding-Hoppers, &c., &c., &c.— to the pedigree, ownership, <fcc., of this famous 
By C. N. Bement. With 120 illustrations on wood and , 
stone. New York : Harper & Brothers. 
This long- expected work by our friend and correspon- 
Wlll 01 course pe understood as a necessity. I ’ . . . . m. that it will prove, in both contents and execution, every Tworwhlv at Durham 1ST H Ann! i ooq 
The management of the milk must be different finest lands in the State, compnsing most en- paismps. n ® way worthy the reputation of author and publishers. It p> , ’ ,, . -, ’ , ^ ’ ' 
from that of summer. In a cool place the milk chanting prairies, dotted with beautiful groves they were taken we could not learn, nor of the comprises over 300 wide, double column pages, interspersed ^ e ea 0 l. Twom y, he passed into 
will grow bitter before the cream rises Where or oak openings. enormous cabbages, could we find the owner’s with numerous finely engraved and lithographed portraits the hands of his nephew, by whonnhe was sold, 
it freezes, the cream will rise at once, but the As regards internal improvements, Missouri n«ne. There were several of these cabbages ^ J 
butter will be very white which is made from is very backward—having but one railroad of that were very large, one weighing fifty pounds, fowlB painted « to the nre,”) are very beautiful, and wiU be 
it. It is difficult to get the proper warmth to any length in operation — the Pacific, which measuring foui feet and eig^t inches in circum- a p prec j a t e d by fowl fanciers. This work is a new, enlarged 3 * muio™, 
raise the cream as it should be in winter. Hence runs from St. Louis to Jefferson City—distance ference ; and two others a trifle smaller. The and much improved edition of one of similar title, issued °^f y , 80 e 0WD ® r > 
some butter-makers scald their milk by placing 125 miles. The road, for the distance, has been P™mium sample of oats averaged 134 bushels by the same author and publishers, some ten years ago, and m 1844 sold him to Mr. Hill, by whom he 
i , to the acre Six samnles of silk were on exhi- and, as no expense has been spared in its preparation, we has since been kept till the time of his death, 
the pans over boiling water or on the stove, a very costly one, following, as it does, the south to tne acre, bix samples oi siiKwere on exm ^ u w}n be foun(1 the most attractive and re , ia bie These facts are mentioned at this time more 
when first strained, others use double pans and bank of the Missouri river, having had to cut bition. No. 1. Sample of spun silk fiom native Poult b 00 ^ ever published in this country. Sold by . anp .i a ii T an • , , ... 
„ , £11 , . ., . . ° ~ , enenen ¥n 2 Floretti silk from nativpcocoon r. especially to conect some misstatements which 
after the milk has stood twelve hours, fill . the its way under precipitous banks or bluffs, and cocoon, in o. a. jioretti silk irom native: cocoon. Dewey. 
with Brnlino- water and suffer it, to ti,n n »li«rr'i n il,o anli/l mot No. 3. Native COCOOD. N O. 4. Two native wild [ We will furnish the above work, by mail or otherwise, 
outer one with boiling water, and suffer it to tunneling in many placesthrough the solid rock. o. ative cocoon. ino. 4. i wo native wild 
stand twelve hours longer, when the cream will On the opening of this road, one year ago last cocoons. No. 5. Cocoons raised in the house, 
be found to be perfectly separated, and of sucb month, it will be remembered by many of your •^°- Cocoons raised on a lose bush. This 
consistence that the whole may be lifted at readers that a most direful calamity befel the ultimately become one of the besi silk- 
once with the ladle. Much more and better passengers of the first train. As the train near- growing countries in the world, 
butter can be made in this way, than with ordi- ed the bridge crossing the Gasconade river, it 
nary treatment. gave way precipitating the whole train to the queries for farmers to answer. 
[ We will furnish the above work, by mail or otherwise, hare been published in r^gaid, to the varied 
_ _ _ _ to any of our readers; and also give it as premium to ownership of the animal. As the sire of fast 
No. T Woons” raised on a rose'bush. This I RuRAL ^ ents ’ Price ?1 ’ 25 ; colored edition > * 2 ’ 50 ’ We Cotters and valuable roadsters, Black Hawk has 
1 will prepay postage on copies ordered by mail.J - • .... —. 
The cream should not stand too long before bottom of the river; several were killed and 
queries for farmers to answer. 
Eds. Rural :— I am not a farmer, hut if you 
for years been widely known. His progeny are 
' _ _ _ spread over the land from the Canadas and the 
TRANSACTmN-s of the N Y. State Ao.SocrE- Atlantic States> to California and Oregon.- 
TY, for 18p5, just received from Mr Secretary Agaiast much ition> be has made b t mself 
Johnsox, is a handsome volume of G73 pages. a Dame and fame which will last while d 
A glance at its contents indicates that the vol- Ws are held ia esteem . But we sball Eot 
ehurnhig Sour, that is very sour, bitter cream all (GO in number) more or less injured. The tMnk J he followi ques tions will do any good, ume is ™ of ^^iderable interest-compris- B0W into ticulars in regard to what he 
will not produce good butter. Let the cream- common roads are but little improved, and at n „ hlish . if not . lav fah i a mg Addiesses, Essays, Ac.,of value, and which , dnnp A SIimmnr ^ 
", 7 j • 6 . Tu r wm ' uuu . ,u ‘ iu5 uut 1 , piuvcu> publish them; if not, lay them under the table. vaiue ’ aQU has done. A summary may hereafter be placed 
pot stand in a warm room, near the fire, stirring certain times of the year are almost impassa- WiUl]0 t 0 ld meadows be renewed by coating wlU be likel y to secure more than ordi ™J on record. As his historv is a matter of public 
it occasimially, for a few hours cliurnmg.— ble-dilapidated dwellings, ruinous fences and ^ manure ? _ andj if maQUred a8 ml1cll as fention. Mr Sanford Howard's essay on Merest, it has been suggested that his skin be 
Or it may beset m a vessel of warm water, until bad management m farming are obseivant on , , ,,, , , . Grasses and Herbage, Dr. Fitch s Second Re- j, ... . 
+1 „ , f-.i _ QV1V , . . b ^ other land ought to be, grow good crops of grass preserved by some skillful taxidermist, m such 
the cream begins to feel warm-just a little every side. E. E. Ottway. , . . \ £ * s port on Noxious Insects, Mr. F. B. Hough’s P j 
warm—when it is fit for churning. Never heat Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo.. 1858. ^ > Michigan Farmer” thorouahlv essa y on the Climate of the State, Prof. John- 
cream so as to melt it,—or the butter it contains --- Has a Young Michigan Farmer thoroughly > Watson’s urize l na ™™ UL * ---J' iu ongmauy 
-for melted butter or cream, can never be made “ BIG” FABMING IN ILLINOIS. ^ed ra.siug roots for sheep, and experimented c ^ H usb a ndrv are paHicuk ’lv covered ,’ th flesh and bones be decently 
into butter again. Willi the cream properly — IoD g to kaow that ha ^ braa aad short8 We shall reS to the volume *“ d that a monumenfc ' suitab] y ia ' 
warmed—about 55°—the butter will come in Eds. Rural There' is a certain mode of » re the best ? ^ again and perhaps give extracts from its pages scnbed ’ be erected on the s P ofc - It is further 
* /• <•, j i _i_• ... t/. •. • T,,, rmpralinns nmnno- onnVnlfi.fBio Would if, not. nnv tvpII for fitt-mors to raise S > 1 § * s pages, suwo'ested that, as manv of the owners of Blaok 
Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo., 1856. 
“BIG” FARMING IN ILLINOIS. 
Eds. Rural:—T here 1 is a certain mode of [ ar ® the best ? 
from fifteen to twenty minutes. If it is a little °P era tions among agriculturists, concerning 
too warm it will come sooner and very sott and wb ich I would like to sav a few words, although 
Would it not pay well for farmers to raise 
white; if too cold, it will froth up and the 
which I would like to say a few words, although good crops of millet, and mow a less number of 
I have seen more than one valuable editorial acres of grass ?—and if they did, could they 
suggested that, as many of the owners of Black 
_ _ _ . Hawk stock may wish to contribute, each a 
The Fluke Potato.— Ihis English variety . -a A i , 
, s / trifle, to the latter object, suc i measures be 
has been tested for two or three seasons in, n , „ » j n. „ . 
taken as shall afford them a convenient oppor¬ 
tunity to do so.” 
churning will be a prolonged one. When there iQ y our thri ® e welcome “Rural” upon the not keep more stock? If they kept more Wegtern New York and from what we have • ---- 
is a good deal of froth, it is better to stop and same subject. It is called “ Big” Farming.— stock, could they not raise more grain for mar- heretofore heard and blished conce rning it tUDltj t0 d ° S0 '” _ 
warm the cream by setting it near the fire or in R ow, Messrs. Eds., we who live in this pait of . we w< re inclined to believe it would prove a Death of a Celebrated War-Horse _Black 
a tub of warm water, than to try to warm it by «M> country arc »% farmers. That is, we Will hoeing potatoes after they hate - set Ta ,„ ablo acauisitio . The folloreieir mrLaoh La'l. 
churning. 
can do as much, or a little more than any one else cause them to “ set” again ? Is it as well to 
valuable acquisition. The following paragraph Warrior, a celebrated war-horse, died in New 
from The Homestead, however, shows that the York last week. He was twenty-eight years 
It is said on good authority, that the color and la th e same time, with the same team, and P laut sma11 P ota< f es as lar ^ e ? Is lfc best to cut F1 k j t g0 prora i siDg in ^ew England. If 0 id and it is stated that he served throughout 
_ i _ J l a armeaia n srmrH w it irl D o -nrlioir o them or ulant whole ? Old farmers nlense an.\ . oiu, 3HU n 18 oiaieu iudi UB serveu Lurou^nout 
flavor of winter butter may be improved by this appears to accord with the idea which a tliem or P la nt whole ? Old farmers please an 
putting a few spoonfuls of the juice of an orange gi'eat many farmers have of “ big" farming.— Swer - ^ Ex-Bookseller. 
carrot into the cream before churning. We Hence, the question “how much have you done? Adrian, Mich., Nov., 1856. 
are sure that care iu the feeding of the cow, in —not how well have you performed the labor?” 
setting the milk, churning the cream, and work- Questions of similar import to the arove are Treatment of a Contrary Horse.— When : 
ing the butter, will produce a far better article heard every day. Fast plowing, quick planting borse S ets in a wa y of beiDg contrary, and wil 
a like untavorable result has attended the ex- the Florida war, subsequently was used in the 
periments of any of our friends in this region, chase of wild Indians, horse-tliieves, border- 
they will please report: 
ruffians, and at odd spells, of foxes, deer and 
are sure mat care m me leecling ot the cow, in y ou pe««rmeu me laoorr « We planted a barrel of Fluke Potatoes as buffalo at the various military uosts on the 
setting the milk, churning the cream, and work- Questions of similar import to the a rove are Treatment of a Contrary Horse.— When a • , f the Tatent Office and raiser! •• ’ t r a l r7 - P , , 
„ ’ 1 J J ■ r, . , . 7 . .. horse <^ets in a wav of beino-enntrnrv «nr! urill ieceivecl nom ine talent umce, ana raisea prairies west of Arkansas. Having marched 
ing the butter, will produce a far better article heard every day. Fast plowing, quick planting ™ & It fli V /’ V ^ therefrom four barrels in the season of ’ 54 .- a ll over the country and swam all the principal 
than that, which has made “ Winter” such a or sowing; in short, “hurry boys” is the way aot go forwaid at all, it is common to apply the T]iese T)otatoes were a u smal i and did not ]\ r . P 
wef,™ wiitnui. referenee in tBe L ^hip freely. Solomon says, “ a whip for the ibese P° tat0 ® s . wei ® aJ1 small, and did not rivers between St. Augustine, Fla., and Mexico, 
distasteful prefix to “Butter.” 
Cimmiuundiflits. 
^ f j whin freelv Solomon savs a a whin for Ihp WC]C ttlA aLUcl,1A > o-uu uiu nut rivers ueuwueu ou Aunusnut;, na., ana iriexico, 
, u ny e eience to th e meaner f ’ - promise much in the vav of advantage as a he was in the whole of the Mexican war and 
in which it is done. Here it is not straoge to hors8 ’ but he may not refer to any cases of * j . * he was in the whole ot the Mexican war, and 
see a man plow from thretf to five acres a da thls klnd - At any rate, it is often where thus “ ew P , ° general crop , but samples took an active part m nine general battles, hav- 
He boasts that he has “finished planting and u8ed of aobenefit, only the gratification of the ®°° ked " ere ver F fiae ; and hoped ing been wounded by a musket ball at Molino 
... .... ” _j _ * _ii_ i _, that We had secuied a splendid new table po- HpI and strain bv a nipu.fi r>f shall at. 
sowing before his (more judicious) neighbor, eDra ged driver. A method which we have 
THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE. who is not putting out half so much.” known more successful is to treat the animal 
* „ mi - “ Big ” farming ; « big ” farming, is what ag- kindly i ; ^7 dispositio J 11 is usual ‘ 
Eds. Rural r-There seems to be considerable rica i turig ts think and talk about; but, it is the ly the T TS f bavlD ^ been fretted 111 80me 
vu.itamant, nr interest, manifested in recard tn wav. and kindness mav overcome it. Make 
THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 
enraged driver. A method which we have thafc had secured^ a splendid new table po- del Rey, and again by a piece of shell at 
known more successful is to treat the animal tat °‘ We dlstribated thr . ee and a half barrels Chapultepec. He was ridden by Kossuth, and 
very kindly. His contrary disposition is usual- our crop to applicants, in small parcels; the a i so b y President Pierce, on the occasion 
of our crop to applicants, in small parcels ; the a i so by President Pierce, on the occasion 
result of what we planted this year is nothing 0 f their entries into the city of New York 
—they rotted entirely in the ground — none a few years since, and was never in har- 
excitement or interest manifested in regard to „ i ■ ,Tway, and'kindness may overcome it. Make t *VTiiTi. f w v,T v, TI a ICW yea ‘ S auu was Dever m nar * 
., , . s “big fai miBg descrribed above, The man who t , ... were left to tell the story. We should be glad n£S3> but was unequlled for discipline and 
the new sugar plant, the Chinese sugarcane, „ , , , much of him at all times. Speak gently to , . .. , , , , , , 6 ,, 
° 1 G i\xrL>* »»»« mrtev. in the chnrfocf 1 & J loom it nnxr nf mir friPnnfl hnvp hnH h off or _--- i- 
. ^ Ua». go over the most ground in the shortest 
and I think it is well founded. Few plants! ., .. ... „ , n , 
,, , , , j-. l u ’ period of time, is the “biq farmer. But go 
that have been introduced, into this section have 11 
over his fields 
• J 1 J* VVCJI UlO XUU V.-IV LI DtCULCIV UIU V ^ IU1 
ey, 0 ced more hard,»«*-„j,„ fcrM ! am rtle wce(lg . Look at bfa ban, .»d gra„ari es . They 
h "1° a j opportunity of a trial ot its a p pear j ean and empty. Feel of his purse. 
p ro uc ivenes^ 0 £ g y rup or sugar, I think it j it is full, but creditors’bills are the con- 
. 6 ,. ,, . „ , him, and so often that he will become accus¬ 
es the “biq farmer. But go , , . w , , , , 
“ tomed to your voice. When he stops when at- 
. jlou can scarcely move for . . . . ,, . , , , 
, , . , , . tached to the carnage or load, and will not 
to learn if any of our friends have had better grace of movement under the saddle. 
Lomeu to y UUI vullc. « ubm Biops woen at- -^- HOW TO FATTEN LAMBS FOR MaRKET.-A COT- 
tached to the carriage or load, and will not The Corn Crop.— Recent investigations show respondent of the Maine Farmer says that Mr. 
move, approach him in the same gentle man- that the Indian corn crop of the United States Elisha Soper, of Orland, had for years fed grain 
ner. Stroke the mane, and pat the hand fie- i s 0 f more Ya i ue than any other agricultural to his sheep, for the purpose of forwarding his 
Wlil Undoubtedly prove very valuable for that tents thereof. The foregoing is a true picture, q u ® ntl y on his head Means of this kind will production, not even excepting cotton. The lambs, but received but little benefit therefrom. 
Impose. When I received my seed, I did not g0 far ag it of f avming in Illinois. Much LaVe a P owerful tendeQC 7 to OYercome his stub- culture of corn has wonderfully increased of H e at last thought there might be a better wav, 
attach much importance to it, and planted it in more might be ’ said of the carelessness and bornness, as brutes feel the power of kindness, late years—its ratio of increase being far great- so he tried the experiment of feeding his lambs 
a very unfavorable place ; but notwithstanding mismanagement seen on farms in this section ; Ti e believe, fiom what we have seen, that young er than any other product. From 1839 to 1849, w ith oats, in a trough made by nailing two 
the drouth of the summer it made a fine growth, bu t of this another time. The evil which I horses ® s P eciall 7 in “ia® ® as ® 8 of ten, may a s per census returns, the increase was fifty- boards together, covering the ends, and raising 
and yielded a large quantity of seed, which wish to see remed i e d first, is the habit of be successfully cured of contrary habits in this eight per cent. Wool is the next highest, its it about six inches from the floor. He puts in 
ripened well before frost. The canes were re- ..driving things too fast." How much better wa y, while the application of the whip would increase being fifty per cent; cotton twenty- the oats and leaves them until the lambs learn to 
markably full of a rich, sugary juice. hp fn ril1 , ivat „ nnp acrfl W , 1P ,. P wp only increase the difficulty.— Selected. four ; oats twenty ; and wheat sixteen. The eat which, h 6 savs, they will do when about 
ripened well before frost. 1 he canes weie re- .‘driving things too fast.” How much better 
markably full of a lich, sugary juice. would it be to cultivate one acre where we now 
Mr. Peters account of the caue is no more ^. w0 ^ would save tlie team, the soil, la- 
than I suppose it would produce, and the state- b or, expense, time and anxiety. It would tend 
ment coming from such a source, will elicit the ga j n f or ^be farmer satisfaction, comfort. 
only increase the dimculty. bclcctcd . four ; oats twenty ; and wheat sixteen. The which, h 6 says, they will do when about 
1 * cotton crop of 1851 was 927,000,000 of pounds, three weeks old. He leaves a passage for his 
Animals become Parents too Early.— Vic- valued at $112,000,000, while the corn crop of lambs so small that his sheep cannot trouble 
tor Gilbert never allowed ewes to have lambs 1850 was 592,000,000 of bushels, which, at the them, both in his barn and in a yard made for 
attention that it deserves. By another season b ea l t h, wealth, ease, reputation and a happy until they had passed their third year ; and the lowest passible price, at which it can be esti- the purpose after going to pasture, and contin- 
or two I hope it will be well tested in every home / Hurrah, then, for «little ” but thorough bucks were not used until they bad arrived at mated, is of far greater value than the cotton ^5 to feed until he sells, which is in June.— 
part of the country. It will no doubt succeed f arm } ae> ' D B Walt. ful1 maturity. He, as well as many other sa- crop. , He has lambs ten weeks old that will dress fif- 
many degrees farther north than here, as the Peoria, Ill., Nov. 29th, 1856. ' * gacious stock raisers that we might name, are * ~ " , , ,, teen pounds per quarter. 
past summer, though very short, proved suffi- -- probably conversant with the fact that during Easy abor ‘ e 1)606111 jer number of the -►- 
ciently long for it. AGRICULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. the period of growth and development, up to Ba. Farm JouttioI, an excellent monthly, appro- The best wg- tq break and trpj" vicious 
What has become of the “ Chinese yam?”— - maturity, t b6 re-productive organs are dormant, an able article on “Hereditary I D flu- C0 lt 8 i 8 to handle them with the utmost gentle - 
I have been looking for notices of it for sale by The remarkable fertility of the soil of Cali- w hile at the same time the nutritive function . W * S C °“ Gn ^. , fr ° m the WesU ness. There is nothing that compares with 
the leading horticulturists. Has it failed, or fornia, its genial climate and adaptability to -^as wholly engaged in elaborating chyle and ' >nlim er emeV} 01 pu is md in the Rural kindness in subduing the “metal” of a refractory 
what has become of it ? g. e. fui nish both temperate and tropical fruits, to- blood for the development of bone, muscle, and some time ago—giving it as original, or re-writ- co it. He should be taught to understand and 
Millbrook, Loudoun Co., Va., Nov., 1856. gether with the great advancement of the agri- nerYe , and that by calling into requisition the ten and condensed f or ^ ie J° urnal - ■ Indeed, 0 b e y the voice of his master, rather than stand 
a word" - ABOUT MISSOURI cultural interests during the few past years, ^-productive or generative organs, before the it is given word for word as published in the in the fear of the whip. A horse’s powers of 
or two I hope it will be wen tested in every home> Hurrahj then> for « lMe » but thorough 
part of the country. It will no doubt succeed f arm j Dg> B> Walt. 
many degrees farther north than here, as the Peoria, Ill., Nov. 29th, 1856. 
past summer, though very short, proved suffi- -- 
ciently long for it. AGRICULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 
What has become of the “ Chinese yam ?”— - 
I have been looking for notices of it for sale by The remarkable fertility of the soil of Cali- 
the leading horticulturists. Has it failed, or fornia, its genial climate and adaptability to 
what has become of it ? G. e. furnish both temperate and tropical fruits, to- 
Millbrook, Loudoun Co., Va,, Nov., 1856. gether with the great advancement of the agri- 
-- cultural interests during the few past years 
A WORD ABOUT MISSOURI. l nTO tn that, l-„i_ 
As a State, Missouri presents a great variety attention, u wing to tnese lacts, a single year rily divert the elements of matter, intended for ln an introductory sentence, tnus as me submitted to ill treatment, during coltliood, he 
of surface and soil, and the alluvial bottoms has sufficed to work comph te revolutions in her nu trition, from their legitimate channel, and ai ' tl<de 1S beyond the limifs of the Journal, nev er forgets it, and it almost invariably tends 
along the rivers are of great extent and of un- internal economy. One season looking to the direct them to the re-productive organs. This [Rural,] we re-write and condense it. The to render b im vicious and unmanageable in 
known depth. It sustains a large growth, as Atlantic States tor food the next she assumes j s precisely what takes place. A too early use a PP ro P ria)don 1S _ n0 s P ecia i consequence, yet a f ter b f e . On the other hand, colts appreciate 
well as variety of timber; this growth is cot- the position ot a producer, and sends to New 0 f the purely animal iunction induces weak- we tldnk our Ri eijd b <ad au eas y task in prepa- kindness, which can be engrafted on their 
ton-wood, sycamore, white and sugar maple, T ork the products of her hills and valleys.— ness and stunted growth .—American Veterinary Hng the article. memories so as to render them docile and obe- 
box-elders, slippery and American elm, red So sudderd y and 80 6asd y w as the change Journal. ~ B y Hie way, speaking of appropriations dient .—American Veterinary Journal. 
birch, black, white and blue ash, coffee tree, wrought, that one, speaking of the facility ■with --‘ from the Rural, we observe that many of our -_- 
wild cherry, buckeye, honey locust, several w hich 6r °ps were raised, remarked, “ you had A Wrinkle about the Age of Horses.— A exchanges use a metal pen, in the shape of PrioXlY Ash as a Hedge Plant.—A correS- 
kinds of oak, three kinds of hickory, hack-* but to tickle the earth with a hoe, and it laugh- Jew days ago a gentleman from Alabama, gave scissors only — probably forgetting to use the pondent of the Canadian Agricu turist suggests 
berry, papaw, red bud, black and white walnut ed with a harvest. us a piece of information in regard to ascertain- other kind long enough to give proper credit, the prickly ash ( Xanthoxyllum ) as a hedge 
linden, pecan, and mulberry. The„ trumpet’ We gather tlie following items relative to the ing the age of a horse, after he or she has pass- And others can only afford to credit thus— plant. He says : —* “ It forms a thick, thorny 
creeper, poison ivy, and several species of grape- Agricultural portion hi the State Fair, held at ed the ninth year, which was new to us, and Rural. Now this, considering the number ot bush, very ornamental to the eye, and I should 
vine, almost cover with their 'graceful foliage ® an dose > irom the issues of the California will be we are sure, to most of our readers. It Rurals which have been started of late years, imagine, if closely set, would make a formida- 
many of the largest trees. The soil occupying Farmer for October 24th and 3l6t. j 8 this: After the horse is nine years old, a (or since the Rural New-Yorker was com- ble barrier against man or beast. It is iound 
the bottoms of all the large streams' is alluvial. ^ ^ 6 dl ’ s t mailer which attracted the attention wrinkle comes on the eyelid at the upper cor- menced,j is tantamount to no credit whatever, chiefly in swampy grounds, but I have seen it 
It is not surpassed in fertility by any in tlie °f the editor thereof on entering, was “a pump- ner of the lower lid, and every year thereafter Several literary, and other widely circulated ingardens,cndrysoil,whereitgrewverylux- 
State, and is particularly adapted to Corn and kin of enormous size, weighing 255 pounds, and he has one well-defined wrinkle for each year papers, are in the constant practice of copying uriantly. It is a powerful tonic, the bark being 
Hemp. On receding from the banks of the measuring seven feet eight inches in circumfer- over nine. If, for instance, a horse has three from this Rural, but apparently take special used in ague 1 y the lumbermen. In its wild 
largest streams, the land rises in many places ence - Further on were some enormous cheeses, wrinkles, he is twelve ; if four, he is thirteen, pains to either give no credit at all, or one which state I have never seen it injured by animals.” 
into elevated barrens, rocky clefts, and flinty weighing 346, 10G, and 74 pounds, respectively. Add the number of wrinkles to nine, and you is indefinite. We protest that this course is not Have any of our readers had experience with it? 
ridges. In the south-eastern part of the State They were of fine flavor, and show that we can will always get it. So says the gentleman: only unjust, but altogether discreditable. ——---- 
are large tracts of marshy lands, with numer- make as good cheese here as can be made in and he is confident it will never fail. As a ->♦-*♦- Entomology. — Professor Agassiz saPi that 
ous lakes, the waters' of which often inundate Urn East. Still further along we t oticed some, good many people have horses over nine, it is Care of Colts. —1. Keep colts in good order, more than a lifetime would be necessary to enu- 
d - -uuu quuyv T7Twill always get iu me geiii-iemau . umy unjust, uut ucacrcucbuuic. - -—-- - 
make as good cheese here as can be made in and he is confident it will never fail. As a -- Entomology. — Professor Agassiz say4 that 
the East. Still further along we t oticed some, good many people have horses over nine, it is Care of Colts. —1. Keep colts in good order, more than a lifetime would be necessary to enu- 
the land. enormous sugar beets, that cannot be easily beat; easily tried. If true, the horse dentist must not too fat, with a variety of change of food.— merate the various species of insects and de- 
In this State are foun<TjaItogether the great- one of them weighed 103 pounds, and measured give up his trade .—Southern Planter. Oats, cut feed, or roots, and two or three quarts scribe their appearance. Meiger, a German, 
est amount and variety of minerals of any sec- —well we could not measure it, there were so --of grain—not more—per day. collected and described 600 species of flies 
tlon of North America. In St. Francis county many roots and branches and all so enormously Sir William Temple has observed that the 2. Wean colts before taking up for winter, if which he collected in a distance of ten miles 
is located the celebrated Iron Mountain, said to large, that we were as sorely puzzled as the love of gardens is the only passion which aug- otrong and lively; if not, afterwards, but ac- circumference. There have been collected in 
be of the greatest extent oFany on .the globe. Irishman, when sent to count the pigs ; counted ments with age, and adds that all men eat fruit cording to the time of being foaled. Europe 20,000 species of insects preying on 
The lead mines are rich and inexhaustible.— all but one, a little speckled pig, that kept who can get it; so that the choice is only wheth- 3- The colt should be weaned according to wheat. In Berlin, two Professors are engaged 
Here, also, in more or less abundance, are found frisking about so that he could not count him .— er one will eat good or had ; and all things pro- the strength of it and its dam, but generally at collecting, observing and describing insects and 
zinc, coal, plaster, chalk, jasper, onyx, agate, So with this; so many branches appeared that duced in a garden, whether of salads or fruits, the age cf six months. their habits, and already they have published 
cobalt, antimony, ochre, plumbago, potter’s we'could make no beginning to measure. An- a poor man will eat better who has a garden of 4. It is net advisable to let the colt draw on five large volumes upon the insects which at- 
c lay, marble, die. other beet, three feet and four inches long, two his own, than a rich man who has none. the mare longer than can be helped.— Va. Far. tack forest trees. 
