can estimate for themselves how much better, 
under all the disadvantages exhibited, their balance- 
sheet of the year’s transactions could be made to 
appear. An honorary diploma of the N. Y. Ag. 
Society was awarded Mr. Pkatt for his report. 
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A NEW SORT OF PLOW SUGGESTED. 
Eds. Rural :—On a large proportion of land in our 
State, deep plowing for corn is not advantageous. 
Experience, and the well known fact that the roots 
of corn are always found near the surface, demon¬ 
strate it. The peculiar nature of corn evidently 
requires contact with warm soil, as well as warm 
air. In a -rich, deep-tilled soil, corn will grow very 
well, especially in a very hot, drv summer, but even 
under such circumstances it invariably is backward 
and feeble in all the fore part of the season. The 
reason for this must be apparent to every farmer. 
The turning up a subsoil, which, to say the least, 
has been but partially under the influence of solar 
heat, and consequently being in a cold, sour and 
ungenial state, is quite a sufficient explanation. 
Still, on many accounts, it is desirable, and, in tact, 
indispensable, to till deep. 
These facts have suggested to me, whether a plow 
could not .be constructed so as to invert, say five 
inches in depth of the top soil, and at the same time 
loosen up the subsoil four inches more, without turn¬ 
ing it up ,— (the depth, of course to be varied by 
circumstances.) Such an operation would, in my 
humble opinion, give us all the advantages of deep 
tillage, without its disadvantages. It would con¬ 
duct the s'uperabudant water away from the corn 
roots, and retain it until needed. Furthermore, 
the corn being planted in warm, surface soil, its 
germination and early growth would be much more 
vigorous and healthy than if it had to struggle foa 
its very existence in a cold, hard subsoil. 
It may be said that all these advantages might 
be obtained by the present mode of subsoiling, but 
it should be borne in mind that the great majority 
of farmers have but one team, and even when that 
is not the case, very few, in the spring of the year, 
would consent to spend the time and money in 
subsoiling-their corn ground. 
I cannot see any insuperable difficulty in con¬ 
structing such a plow, and am very confident that 
it would prove a desideratum in the culture of 
corn, and, consequently, have an extensive sale.— 
I, therefore, hope that some good mechanic will 
undertake it. * 
Trumansburg, N. Y., 1859. 
Remarks. —On general principles, our opinion is 
that the soil cannot be broken up and stirred too 
deep—-especially if a hard and retentive kind—both 
for disposing of an excessive fall of water, and to 
allow the roots to penetrate in search of moisture in 
seasons of drouth. That deep plowing, by invert¬ 
ing the furrow and turning up a deep, cold, unma- 
nureiJ subsoil, is detrimental to corn and all surface- 
rooted vegetation the first year, there can be no 
doubt. On a second plowing, the manured portion, 
or rotted s\yard, would be intermixed and brought 
to the surface, and within the reach of the young 
plant, and ever after nrove a beneficial prooos*. 
The old method of subsoiling involves a great 
outlay of power and time, and we see no difficulty 
in constructing a plow on the plan of our corres¬ 
pondent that would perform both operations at 
one process, for which a three-horse team would 
probably be required to reach the depth of twelve 
inches, exdept in case of hard-pans. 
In our climate, we have no time to spare in ma¬ 
turing the corn crop, and it is important that the 
young plant, before it has gained strength, and 
age, and extended roots, to search to distances or 
depths for nutriment, should have a warm, genial 
and rich soil to put it ahead in its early stages,—-or 
it will be a poor and languishing crop,—and a raw, 
unmanured and undecomposed subsoil does not 
contain the required pabulum for that contingency. 
We have no'ticed some extraordinary developments 
of vegetable growth on the raw soils thrown out 
of ditches and swales, but they were alluvial, not 
original pfe-Adamitic drift. 
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BLACK TOOTH IN SWINE. 
Messrs. Eds. : —Perusing the copies of the Ru¬ 
ral received, I observed many little matters highly 
amusing to me as only a young settler on this side 
of the Atlantic. Having had twenty years experi¬ 
ence in farming in England, I pretend to know 
something of farming generally, but from some of 
the articles-in your valuable journal I fear I may 
fairly set myself down as a complete novice as far 
as farming is concerned in Yankee land. I could 
discuss several points I perceive put forward, but 
as the numbers in which they appear are no very 
late date, and being a stranger to America and its 
newspaper’s I think it more prudent for the pres¬ 
ent to say but little furthei^han refer to an inquiry 
signed J. B. Wihson, Ridgeway, N. Y., desiring 
to know “ what’s the matter with his pig.” I beg 
to state for Mr. Wilson’s information, as well as 
for others, whose stock is similarly affected, that his 
pigs have had what is commonly called, or known 
to be “ The Black Tooth." I have been troubled 
with the, same thing but have never lost any.— 
When first,they begin coughing, catch them and 
it will be found their teeth are perfectly black, take 
a pair of tweeeers and break them off—give them 
some sulphur, say one ounce to each pig, twice a 
week for a fortnight. Feed them with food con¬ 
taining the least possible heating properties for a 
short time, and all will be well. This disease sel¬ 
dom appears in pigs in the Old Country, and the 
pnly way I can account fer its being so prevalent 
here, 5s the inferior breed of the animal. I am 
breeding nothing but pure Berkshire’s and in these 
nothing of the kind appears. 
Zorra Lodge, Woodstock, C. W., 1859. G. R. 
Se>. uing to Clover. —In the Rural of Feb. 12th, 
I obser ve that see( h n § 1° clover after wheat, 
you advisi ' t0 sow tb * s mont h, (March.) My expe¬ 
rience for a few years has con firmed me in the 
opinion that h is better t0 defer SOwhlg tm u th ? 
middle of April. Last S P ring > cloTei> sow “ abou 
the first of April, , ' u this muC \f xt 
, „ sing the last of the month. — 
killed by severe fret. 
, . -. ,, . I have ever seen, were sown 
The best seeded piees, _ „ ’ n 
... ,, „S., Fayetteville, Onon. Co., 
in the month of May.—, ’ ' 
N. T., 1859. ' 
PLANS FOR CORN HOUSES. 
CHINESE SUGAR CANE MILLS. 
Rural Spirit of tl)C |3rcaa. Agricultural illisccllani). 
Eds. Rural :—The Midge threatens the entire Messrs. Eds. :—As the cultivation of the Chinese - -. 
destruction of our staple crop—Wheat—and as we Sugar Cane is creating a good deal of interest, we Herl Manure for Con,, 
must raise something instead, the question natu- are naturally inquiring for the best methods of One of the correspondents c 
rally arises, what shall that “something” be? I grinding, boiling and manufacturing. In regard n em a n gives the following accc 
Tvlanare for Corn. • Market Fairs.— Progress.—One of the most cn- 
One of the correspondents of the Country Gen- couraging signs of progress among our farmers, by 
odvps the following account of an exne.ri- organized effort, is the inauguration of 1-airs for the 
rally arises, what shall that “something” be? 1 grinding, boiling ana manuiacuinng. in iegaiu tUman • eg tbe following account of an experi- orgamzeu ~*T- 
answer that, on many farms, Corn can be raised to to mills, undoubtedly an iron mill is the best, but t w j tb bcn mauure as a fertilizer:—“ On clean- ® aIe aa been'in voaue and highly 
advantage ind profit, both to land and pocket, being ,oi,e expensive it in beyond the reach of [ng ou t nrj hen-bouse iast spring I had more than a 
Corn, here, is seldom lower than fifty cents, and many who may desire to haie a mill ot t eir own. wa g 0n i oad 0 f c ] ean ben manure. I drew this into tu ti 0 n” of so much apparent importance should still be 
frequently as high as one dollar per bushel. We Now, if a wooden mill can be constiucted which m y barn intending to drop it on the hills of corn a desideratum in most parts of this country. We are 
have been raising from four to eight hundred bush- will do nearly as good business as the iron mill, as soon as the corn made its appearance. I plant- glad to perceive by their action, however, tffat Amen¬ 
ds of corn in the ear, yearly, and have always and, at the same time, cost but about one-third as ed one acre on the firgt of MaV; but after tbat tbe can f arme rs are becoming convinced that, though new 
thrown it on floors to dry; but have lost more or much, the wooden mill will pay. But there are weather became so unfavorable that it was the end here, Market Fairs are a good thing. Fairs of this kind 
less by so doing; and as it is our intention to raise several objections to the wooden mills, and one ofMay and beginning of June before I got through are to be held the present Spring in various parts of the 
more corn and less wheat, we will require a better is, they do not grind fast enough. Anothei, they p i an ting. Long before this the manure began to c ° untry , Nc " mauuuration and 
arrangement for storing and safekeeping. In view leave too much juice in the cane. Another, still, beat at such a rate that I had to unload it on the barn ^nmaritvwithffi the ensuing twelvemonth, 
thereof I propose the following diagram, in which they wear out too soon. Now, if these objections fl 00r> an< j on going into the barn in a few days . tr , announce in thisconnec- 
there are three things to be considered, a Corn Crib can be obviated, it may still pay to use t ic w ooc en after> tbe effluvia from the escaping ammonia was u ~ that ° t r h g farmers of several sections of Western 
sufficient to hold 2,000 bushels of corn in the ear mill. so powerful that I was glad to escape from the jq- e ^ York arc agitating the subject of Market Fairs, 
a granary, and a room for storing farm implements With your leave, I will give a descrip ion o a barn Having some plaster on band I mixed it and or g an j z ; n g associations. The citizens of North 
and machinery. The size of the building is 30 by a mill I have been building this printer, in which I thoroughly with the manure, spreading the latter Bloomfield (Ontario Co.) and vicinity, (including farm- 
42 feet, with 10 feet posts. A, is the Corn Crib, think the difficulties I have mentioned will be thinly over the floor and bruising and chopping it ers from Mendon, Monroe Co., and Lima, Liv. Co.,) 
overcome. The plan of the mill is pretty much fine It was t h e n thrown into a heap and re- held a meeting on the 12th inst., and organized a Socie- 
r — 1 1 || after the old-fashioned cider-mills, which were in mained QU the floor unti l the corn was ready for ty called “The No. Bloomfield Agricultural and Me- 
vogue in York State thirty years ago, except that . and therc wag nQ further p crcep tible escape of clianicaI Exchange.” The object, as we-;are adv.sci i b y 
| | I have three rollers instead of two, running per- ammon ; a _ With this I top-dressed all my corn, 11 Farmers and Me- 
pendicularly. The planks for the frame are 5 inches eleYen acres , and had a ba/rel left over for other 
thick and 30 inches wide. In ordei to get sufficient purpoges g 0 we n satisfied am I with the result, of their gtockj pro duce, &c., satisfactorily. It proposes 
motion I have one roller, (the driver,) 23 .inches t hat for the future I intend to prepare my hen ma- t0 a(lo p t a regu lar system, by appointing certain times 
| ( diameter, and the other two each 14 inches diame- nure j n { be same way 7 and apply it to the same wben the Farmers, Mechanics, &c., can meet for the 
co* | o’ ter, coupled together by cogs in all the rollers. crop _ j mixed enough plaster with it to make it sa lc and exchange of property, thus saving time and 
> 1 The whole length of the rollers is 21 inches. The dry and quite inoffensive to handle. I can speak expense. For instance, Mr. A. desires a team to com- 
^ I cogs occupy a space of four inches, with two inches of thig from expe rience, as I dropped it over four mence his spring work, but cannot procure one readily, 
space above them to receive an iron band, and 15 mvself. Now here is a manure equal in not knowing where to purchase,— while Mr. B., not two 
O inches below for grinding They arc painted and value> I ' doubt no t, to the average of imported a *J‘ of a "‘purd.aTer^ And soTiTin Tther 
laid away to season till next fall, at which time they guan0) which cvery farmer can manufacture for d tments This gys tem would also facilitate the 
I are to be covered with boiler iron, about one-tenth himself) f or every farmer keeps fowls. But he busines8 0 f buying cattie or horses for market, as the 
of an inch in thickness, which will prevent them mugt bave a su itable building for them, and not drover cou ld make his purchases in one day, instead of 
from being saturated with juice, and also will make a ji ow fh em to roost all about his premises and even spending ten or twelve in accomplishing the object. 
mmam •— ..their surface so hard that nearly all the juice may ^ reeg> -wasting that valuable manure, as is too Laboring men can also meet their employers to hire for 
. be expressed from the cane. 0 f ten tb ’ e C13se . So highly do I esteem this manure the season, accounts can be settled, debts paid, and 
6 by 42, and placed on the south side of the build- To keep the juice away from the journals, the thftt j make it my duty cvery n i g i lt to see that all many other kinds of business done.” The officers of 
ing so as to have the advantage of the sun and wind, lower shoulders of the rollers are turned concave, wit hin their proper house.” the Exchange Association are as follows : Pmitf eri 
J is inclosed with upright slut, two inches wide, three-fourths of a„ inch in depth thou . piece of ^ 
one and a quarter inches apart. B is Storage board three-fourths of “ J® °“ J" The Massachusetts Society for the Promotion D . Albertson, and Martin R. Pierce, of Lima; Curtis 
Room for farm implements, and C is the granary, (nne for each roller) of the same diameter o ^ Agriculture offered a premium of one hundred c. Gates, Alfred Gates, and Jasper C. Peck, of West 
12 by 21 feet, in the sides of which may be placed roller, with a hole through the centre just large » dollars for the best Essay on the Prepara- Bloomfield ; Lewis Johnson and Lyman Waite, of Mpn- 
ventilators, covered over with a wire screen so enough to admit the journal, then shaved oft to an J Annlication of Manures and on competi- don. The first Fair and Exchange is to be held at 
as to prevent rats and mice getting in. D, D, edge, from the centre hole to the outside circum- Finch’s Grove, in the village of No. Bloomfield, on 
passage-way, 12 feet wide. The floor should be ference, so as to make it convex and of the proper ^ The following brief extract, treating Thursday next, April ith. 
tie-lit_the building standing two or three feet shape to fit into the concavity of the rollers. These Vnnlnnd —Would it not be well for our County and Town 
above the ground and at a proper distance from pieces are to be nailed down (convex upward) upon lc l m allu ’. of linuid m-mures Ag. Societies to establish Market or Exchange Fairs on 
UrtSSt „„id in «. Of fire. L upper surface of .„c lower pl.ufi of the frn ra c » 
a communication now before us, is “ to alleviate the 
embarrassments under which the Farmers and Me- 
6 by 42, and placed on the south side of the build- 
passage-way, 12 feet wide. The floor should be ference, so as to make it convex and o the proper ^ The f ol l 0 wing brief extract, treating Thursday next ’ April 7th< n , . _ 
tio-lit_the building standing two or three feet shape to fit into the concavity of the rollers. These —Would it not be well for our County and Town 
above the ground and at a proper distance from pieces are to be nailed down (convex upward) upon °f lc l m allu ’. of limiid nvumres Ag. Societies to establish Market or Exchange Fairs on 
lerb uUdTnffi^ toroid danger in case of lire. L upper surface of the lower plank of the frame Farmer The saving apd use of 1 quid manures ^ n plan? societies having permanent 
Lc fScdle Xu muybeof ucetoTOur arouud the holes which receive the journals, then » deservmg of more attention than .t has yet gron „ a ,, c0 ,„d , r y the experiment lids Spring, 
— if H I of North Rush, M.Y , as a sheet of zinc or boiler iron, with holes cut out to received in tin, countn-. It ,s easy so to arrange without much expense. A small tariff on actual .ale. 
ti n IT nf North Rush N Y as a sheet of zinc or boiler iron, with holes cut out to # ; . . . ® without muen expense. ^ ®i ,ia 1 
correspondent, H. B. H., of INoith liusli, r . h nailed down . ver the stalls of cattle, as to receive their urme into would cover the expense. Think of it, Gentlemen Ofli- 
well as many others. Subscriber s Son. let■ . JI »rnals^ ta under the floor, and to convey it into a cis- cers, and decide whether action in the premises would 
Ontario, C. W., 1S59._ the whole. A channel is to bo cut around ic ou - ^ cel]ar> or outgide of the barn. This may not prove advantageous to members and community. 
n TV 1RK0 the wnoie. A cnannci IS ID DU tui iuuuuu me mu- . _ 
Onl.no, C. W, m- ^ of a , s0 tiat , he j utce may be let off at 'em in the cellar, or outs.de of he barm Tins may _.- 
Eds. Elmar. :-I have a Corn Uousc which I find pdnt dcsil , Ji:1 . he pumped ,nt0 “ 17 “ the A Cm. Hirer.,.no' Coxv.rmoi,- Is proposed lo he 
very convenient—after using it a summer and win- To prevent the journals from wearing out, and 1S a aclc ’ al ™ 1 . . _ , ‘ . “ held at Hartford, Ct., on Tuesday next, April 5th. The 
ter—a plan of which I submit for your North Rush a j so to muke them run easy, they are to be banded s ^ recd;s ' it is pumpe m liougiasrai , call is signed by several prominent breeders of Conncc- 
Inquirer. It is 16 feet in width, 30 in length, and with bands made 0 f an old sawmill-saw with a sprinkler does not become clogge , anc i may e tjcut and MassacUxlsc tts, and says:-“It is a matter 
14 feet in height. The second floor is ten feet from box - of tbe same matcr i a l for them to run on.- ra P idlyr conveyed to the field, and distributed as a Bufficiently patent t0 need no argument, that the breed- 
the bottom of the sills. In one end is a granary, The -J urnals of the stoa ll rollers are to be seven top-dressing, upon grass or gram, with immediate erg of thorough-bred stock labor under manifold d.sad- 
10 by 16 feet; a, a, Cribs, one 20 feet long, the other in ehes Lmcter-tl^pf the large one nine inches effect. When the soil is not deficient m carbonace- vantages for the lack of 
„ , , , ’ , , ,, , sA in etKrxyfox. , , . , „ ous elements there can probably be no better top- with each other, and need to make common siock oi 
two feet shorter at the bottom, and 10 feet o for the lower youn^Jpd eleven inches for the d ig not ag permane nt in its their knowledge and experience in stock-breeding, and 
__ upper. The roIlm-s^P^ be keyed up with a atessing appneu a. J _... 
IV ■be keyed up with a 
b the planks of the frame, 
ioi me lonei - -m... dress i n g applied. It is not as permanent in its their knowledge and experience in siocK-oreeumg, .mu 
upper. The rollers^^ be keyed up with a ^ tho golid excrement, but more immediate, to /adopt some system by which, so f;ir as possible, all 
heavy wedge going the planks oftlie frame, nrmliVrl twice a vear ,mon orass with purchasing animals as thorough-breds, maj be able to 
edge-wise, auu>,u Dressing tbe small and it, m . ‘PP ‘ • ‘ ‘'7 ... rely thoroughly on the purity of their blood and the 
one towards the lower ends ot the c “” ‘ 1 '" n correctness of their pedigrees,—a system which will 
end planks of the frame are to be framed into bed- manurc ; ^he cost of the necessary apparatus for prevent animals of impure blood or suspected pedigrees 
at the top, in consequence of stairs leading to the expense 0 f suck a mill a t about thirty dollars. 
, , _ it.:. TlrvM, tlir. ftriBo ore 1 _____ 
The upper surface of tlie lower plank will be three or during the summer, for pasture lands, it cattle interest, we invite all interested m the breeding 
and a half feet high. The frame will be keyed is P^baps superior to any dressing that can be ap- of thorough-bred or purc-blood ne at cattle, to meet us 
together with wedges, going through the tenons, so P^d. If tbe undiluted urine is thought too strong, m convention, fo r mutual benefit. _ 
as to make it perfectly strong. I estimate the it may be easily diluted in the field, if water is at Ttkprat p remii; m 8.— 1 The Mass. Society for Promo- 
_ e _ .will nl oVxr.,,1- IRtvl-ir (inllimi hand.’ . _ »__ rxf HKfin for the best. 
chamber over this Crib. Both of the Cribs are 
three feet wide; b, Threshing Floor, 10 by 20 feet; 
c c, c, Bins; c, c, Granary, double boarded on the 
outside to make it tight. Cribs boarded on the out¬ 
sides with boards four inches in width, and half an 
inch apart. Tbe second floor is boarded tight all 
Galesburgh, Kal. Co., Mich., 1S59. S. W. Swaddle. Scab or Itelx on Slieep. 
Liberal Premiums.— The Mass. Society for Promot¬ 
ing Agriculture offer a premium of $500 for the best 
conducted farm in that State, of not less than forty acres, 
Inquiries ani) ^Insuicrs. 
Hemlock and White Cedar.—I would like to in- 
Dn. Dadd says upon the management of this taking into consideration cultivation, farm buildings, 
disease in the Am. Veterinary Journal: — Scab, breeding, and selection, and keeping of stock. Farms 
itch, erysipelas, &c., all come under the head of devoted to market gardening will not be admitted to 
cutaneous diseases, and require nearly the same competition. Notice of intention to compete must c 
. . a mi. e n • i Riven to the Secretary on or before the 1st of April, ac- 
gencral treatment. The following compound may g ompanicd with :m entranco foe of $10. A written 
( ' . , rt , • t u„ quire through the Rural the comparative value of Hem- p ' , “ . , , companicd with an entrance fee of $10. A written 
around. There are windows m each end of the and ^ ^ ^ wm „ one who he depended on as a safe and efficient remedy st J mentj verifled by oatb , is t0 he given of the man- 
chamber, and one window in the granary. spiea bas tested the matter give the result of their experience, in either of the aboie diseases. Tw o ounces sul- a g Cmen t 0 f con ipeting farms, to commence on the 1st 
soft corn on the second floor, and open both win- and ob] . g(j a subgcribcr ? _d. k. S., Wegatchie, St. Laic- phur, one ounce powdered sassafras. Honey, suffi- of April next) and extend through the year following. 
dows to let tlie air circulate through. My house is rence ?s r . Y, 1859. cient to amalgamate the above. Dose, a table- -—- 
the samo width at bottom and top. Should corn spoonful every morning. To prevent the sheep Maple Sugar in Pennsylvania.— The Somerset, 
be verv damp at husking, I would so fix tbe cribs Keeping Hens in CiTiES.-Will your correspondent, from rubb i n g themselves, apply one gill pyrolig- Fa-, Whig remarksThe season thus far has been 
thatl could lay boards once in two or three feet, H. J. E„ who keeps hens in a city and makes it pay, noug acid e quart water. Mix, and wet the parts ™ry propitious for our maple sugar manufacturers. 
uiairj. J ,, , . I„„ntirnr. tell us what kind of heps be keeps, and what he feeds ’ . r ., More sugar has been made the present season, at this 
tlrnt the com would no press so t S 11 together. Vnim a , m „ c „„ a, „ wrth n sponge. Whenever- the scab makes rts ^ ln , my previ0 ,„ We hear of rre.cr.l 
This can be done by plactng pieces of plank across --- appearance, the whole flock should be examined, farm ’ crg who have alrea dy more than four thousand 
the cribs and laying boards on them. To make all Stable Floors.— Will some of the many readers of and every one having the least abrasion or erup- pounds _ There are no means of exactly ascertaining 
secure from rats and mice, set the corn-house on your valuable paper have the goodness to inform me tion of the skin should be put under medical treat- the amount 0 f t b j s article annually produced in Somer- 
posts 2X feet high, and around each post put a what is the best material for constructing horse stable menb In most cases, itch is the result of infection, set county, but we think five hundred thousand pounds 
piece of zinc, a foot in width, close to the sills. and pig-pen floors ? Also, if any of your readers have ^ siiigle sheep infected with it is sufficient to infect would fall below the mark—more than is manufactured 
spoonful every morning. To prevent the sheep Maple Sugar in Pennsylvania.— The Somerset, 
from rubbing themselves, apply one gill pyrolig- Pa., Whig remarksThe season thus far has been 
nous acid, one quart water. Mix, and wet the parts very propitious for our maple sugar manu aetuiers. 
with a sponge. Whenever the scab makes its More sugar has been made the present jseason,^nt this 
1 ° . . date, than in any previous one. We hear of several 
Hume, N. Y., 1859. J- R- bKiFF. 
p. s.—Cribs boarded on the inside, lengthwise, 
to studs extending from lower to upper floor. 
Should your Inquirer wish to raise corn by whole- 
had any experience in stable floors constructed of cob- a wbo j e fl ock- if a f e w applications of the pyro- 
blo stones, laid in sand, the result ?-A. B.,South Cairo, Hgnous wagh) aided by the me dicine, are not suffi- 
, 1 - 1Sj9 ‘ - cient to remove the malady, then recouse must be 
Sawdust as an Absorbent. — Is sawdust, pine, hud to the followingHalf a pint fir balsam, one 
sale be must build his Corn House in proportion sP™c e > and hemlock a good absorbent of manures, to ounce su i phu r. Mix, and anoint the sores daily. 
’. P „ c be used for bedding in stables? Is not such resinous . 
o bis fields. -- J - B - s - limber an injury to the soil, if not to the manures?—J. 
Messrs. Eds. :—In a late issue of the Rural, II., Glens Falls, F. Y., 1859. 
II. B. II. asks for a plan for a Corn House. I will We do not believe the resinous matter in pine 
give him mine. Build your house the dimensions saw-dust would injure the manure. It certainly 
LaiYipas iix Horses. 
would fall below the mark—more than is manufactured 
in any other county in the Union.” 
To Cleanse Maple Sirup.—A Rural reader, G. C. 
Beecher, informs us that Maple Sirup can be freed 
from all impurities by covering the holes in a common 
steamer with a double thickness of flannel—the flannel 
to be moistened in water previous to use. Any tin pan (if 
Dr. T. Webb, V. S.; in a communication to the sides are sound,) can be readily pressed into ser- 
the Ohio Farmer, speaks of lampas as being, in vice by punching a few good-sized holes in the bottom. 
n for a Corn House. I will We do not believe the resinous matter in pine 1110 ^ - ... B ’ p with this stopfo apparatus, Mr. B. has taken the skim- 
your house the dimensions saw-dust would injure the manure. It certainly S eneral> ° ot a dise “® ln ltse f ’ but tbe e CC . °„ min g S an d filtered therefrom tlie choicest and cleanest 
J ... another disease. “Should the bars of the mouth,” 
would save the liquid part, which is generally 
wasted, and in this condition the saw-dust would be says ’ “ a red and tumid a PP earance > ' -" T ' - „ 
soon rot. Pine saw-dust is about worth its weight and a PP ear bul S ln S- and u P. 0n a wdh the ^owkyity of the Horse - Royal Morgan, owned 
„ , . „ . , surface of the nippers, this is ascribable to con- by John Gregory, of Northfield, \ t.,* died recently by 
of straw, in furnishing nitrogen to the soil, about , a „ . . . . ... .. ... ... ss TT „ , VM 
„ , . x i aa li.n n r run Knvrx cestion of blood, and albuminous infiliation into getting cast m Ins stall, at the age of 88. He was ex 
260 lbs. being as good as 1C J lbs. of fail bam-yatd , memb rane which attaches the bars to hibited at the Vermont State Fair last September, and 
manure. Still, we must acknowledge that we have , ‘ . . ’ vfr attracted much attention. He seemed perfectly well up 
seen it applied to pine lands with bad effect. The . e iai pa a e. ns maj cause some t icu y the day of b j g dea t b) and wa8 the oldest horse known, 
scrapings from pine woods, too, composed princi- ln in astication, u , as a genera ling, c cause o ^ Binghanipton (N. Y.) paper records the death of a 
pally of leaves, we have used with very unsatis- oss 0 a PP e 1 e e oun e sew eie. a horse aged 37 years. lie had been owned by Mr. Irank- 
factory results. Will not some of our readers give ever be tbe . origin ’ tbe CauS , e d ° u es »°\ he in m Whitney for 24 years, 
ug information on this subject. 
the palate, fior is it removed by the barbarous 
operation of burning out. The best practice is 
Potatoes for Seed.— S. B. W., and others who ha>c 
you require—18 by 24 feet is a good size. The one _ _ — - . . „ to feed on bran meshes for a time, give cooling recently written us for information as to where, and at 
I constructed after above plan is only 12 by 16 feet, > drinks, and the horse will soon eat his hay and what prices, the Peachblow, Buckeye, Prince Alber 
m e * u- u xi j , .j t'j'kvtm ... !j*x yj an dothervarietie8ofpotatoescanbeobtained,arerc- 
10 feet high; the door on one end one side of the corn with avidity. . ; . . -n,« v^wrn 
.... P ’ , ,, ,, .. __ ferred to advertisements in this paper. Drf.m & trench, 
middle; in the same end the other stde of the mid- J n ~T _, , a rel i a blc Now York firm, advertise several varieties. 
die, about two feet from the corner, is a good- u : . ; . i T° Prevent Over-Reaching.—I n the Rlral of -„--— 
sized window, in the other end opposite of this is \\y | I ?1e I ) • 2C H I > I dud an inquiry, if there is aDy remedy TnE g EAS0X ; 8 vcry forward—a month in advance of 
another window. Between these windows is the to prevent horses from clicking their hind shoes j a8 j, spring in many sections of the Union. Though vte 
crib for corn. The windows are to be covered out- gjplgfc: I 11! against their fore ones. I must say, after ten years j, aV e had a severe storm during tlie past week ral, h 
side with wire cloth to keep out the mice. Care experience in shoeing horses, that the reverse o f s „ 0 w and very high winds-the weather is again spnng- 
should be taken to make the whole structure ver- ^ be proposed method is the best I have ever tried, like, with indications of a iiry c.uly and hi'ora . 
min proof. Remove the sash in dry weather, and The Horse Power, Thresher, Ac., of Messrs. My way is to shoe the fore feet with short or low son for farm opeiations. J '^ a \ emiseS) an d 
let the air circulate. If there comes a driving G. Westinghouse & Co., above represented, are toes and high heels, the bind.feet with high toes armor, an pu ungs o ^ ^ g . campaign 
storm, close them. If it becomes very cold while classed among the best machines of the kind ob- and low heel this enables the horse to raise bis ®jg ar0U8 j y 
the corn is damp, as in tbe fall of 1857, put in a tainable, and worthy tlie attention of our readers, fore foot over a low toe before he can raise his bind ' 1 ‘ --- a 
stove, and dry it by artificial heat. The other por- For description, price, Ac., of these and other val- foot over a high toe, and this method also increases L , D . Scott, of Milan, Ohio, lias our thanks 
tion of the bouse you can use for other grain. uable machines manufactured by Messrs. W. & Co., the speed of the horse. N., Pultney, Steuben Co., liberal supply of Jerusalem ArLchokes, , eg^^^ 
McDonough, N. Y., 1S59. H. see their advertisement in this paper. N. Y., March, 1859. Seeds, &c.,—such as he adver lses in 
