for their whiteness. By substituting for cha’k a 
calcareous earth, rich in ‘oxide of iron, the shells 
become of an orange-red color. Secondly, he in¬ 
forms us that some hens fed upon barley alone 
would not lay well, and that they tear off each 
other’s feathers. Ho then mixed with the barley 
some feathers chopped up, which they ate eagerly 
and digested freely. By so adding milk to their 
food they began to lay, and ceased plucking out 
each other’s feathers. He concludes that this pro¬ 
ceeding arose from the desire of the hens for azote 
food. 
Merit of Fowls .—Like human beings, fowls are 
susceptible of being influenced by change of cli¬ 
mate, dirt, soil and water. They require a little 
care until they become acclimated, which they 
never fail to be after a time; but it is unfair to con¬ 
demn them as tender or unfitted for any particular 
locality, because a trial of a few months has not 
been satisfactory. Their habits should also be 
studied. Some bear confinement without injury— 
others require a range. Their properties are so 
different, that every one may be suited if he will 
only take the necessary trouble and seek proper 
information. 
Manner of Feeding .— Regularity where fed by 
hand, should always be observed in the hours of 
feeding; also in the quantity of food given. Not 
surfeit them one day and starve them the next, but 
give the fowls their food as regularly as you take 
your own meals. Nothing is easier kept than 
fowls. No kind of food comes amiss to them. 
Weight of Poultry .—In England, more than forty 
years ago, there were exhibitions and prizes award¬ 
ed for the best and largest poultry. At these ex¬ 
hibitions noblemen of the highest rank became 
competitors. Earl Spencer, in 1837, carried the 
highest prize for a turkey, which weighed 20}^ 
pounds. One capon was exhibited which weighed 
7 pounds and 14 ounces; one pullet, 6 pounds 
and 8 ounces; one goose 18 pounds 2 ounces; one 
pair of ducks 10 pounds and 10 ounces. 
In December, 1822, two turkeys were sent to 
Cork, one weighing 33 pounds, and the other 34 
pounds. 
In December, 1833, three turkeys were sold at 
Leadenhall Market, which weighed 91 pounds, and 
brought three guineas each. One eighteen months 
old, and weighing 34 pounds, was sold at the same 
price. 
We have seen it stated in a Philadelphia paper, 
that in 1842, a farmer from New Jersey obtained 
$10 50 for a turkey, in this way He boasted that 
his turkey weighed 30 pounds, and asked a price 
for it proportionate to its dimensions. A customer, 
doubting this, said he would give him five dollars 
for the turkey if it weighed 25 pounds, and one 
dollar for every pound over that weight. The tur¬ 
key was put on the scales and weighed 30pounds. 
The gentleman kept his word, paid the $10 50, and 
took his turkey home for his New Year’s dinner. 
Springsldo, N. Y., 1859. C. N. Bement. 
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ECONOMY IN BUILDING.—CEMENT EOOFS, &c. 
I acknowledge the receipt, through,the oolumn^ 
of the Rural, of a letter from Wm. Lyman, of; 
Moscow. We are obliged to him for his sugges¬ 
tion ; for although his plan may not, on trial, prove 
to be the plan, yet the discussion may lead to 
valuable improvement. 
There are in the West very many people—a 
multitude—of limited means, who desire to build, 
but who are deterred, more or less, by want of 
capital. These are all deeply interested in any 
plan which promises to diminish the first cost with¬ 
out too much sacrificing durability, usefulness, 
and taste. Durability is a very important conside¬ 
ration, yet it may be purchased at too great cost, 
especially by beginners in life. In illustration I 
give my own experience. Twenty-five years ago, 
having linked my destinies with those of a “fairer 
and better half,” I found it necessary within the 
limits of six months, and a small amoutof funds, 
to build a house and move into it, to build a barn 
and fill it, and dig a deep well that we might drink 
of its water. I accomplished it all, having the 
satisfaction of proving an estimate of receipt and 
disbursement made in the beginning of my under¬ 
taking, to be so far correct that the latter fell with¬ 
in the former. I placed a heavy and substantial 
barn frame on burr oak pillars, some of them five 
feet in length, obtained from a large tree near by 
at a cost of about $3. A stone wall would have 
cost $50. Twenty-four years after I renewed these 
pillars at a cost of $10—making $13 for, say 40 years. 
Now, had I built the stone wall, and paid for 
durability at the same rate through the whole of 
my undertaking, I should have seriously embar¬ 
rassed myself, and been unable to obey the Apos¬ 
tle’s injunction “ owe no man anything.” 
Still, durability is very valuable. Frequent ex¬ 
tensive repairs often seriously derange farm busi¬ 
ness, causing much loss; and sometimes they are 
not seasonably attended to, very much to the dam¬ 
age of the buildings. I made the inquiry about 
water-lime cement roofs, because I was informed 
that they had stood the test of years, at a cost of one- 
half, or less, than the cost of pine shingles. If this 
be true, I hope some one will yet respond to the 
inquiry. If the Rural can be the medium of dis¬ 
seminating such information as the above promises 
to be, it will add one more valuable item of intelli¬ 
gence to the many it has published. 
Friend Lyman solicits criticism. Without pre¬ 
tending much qualification for the task, I venture 
on a little. 1st. I think his plan will not diminish 
the first cost. 2d. If cement is objectionable over 
the whole roof, would it not be more so between 
the tiles ? 3d. Would not the severe extremes of 
heat and cold, of wet and drouth, expand and con¬ 
tract the tiles, causing leakage in the joinings?— 
4th. The plan is not tested. All who have often 
come in contact with new inventions, know the 
weight of this item. Very respectfully, 
Milan, Erie Co., O., 1859. P. II. 
Cobble-Stone Floors. —In answer to the in¬ 
quiry of A. R. about cobble-stone floors, I would 
say they are very good if laid right—that is, laid 
in leached ashes, dirt, or sand, with the big end 
down, and then covered with dirt or sand. It 
would be well enough to lay a couple of planks at 
the back of the stable, on sticks laid in the ashes. 
— Allen Brown, Borodino, N. Y., 1859. 
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Rural Spirit of tljc jpreso. Agricultural Miscetlann. 
Drugging Animals. National, State and Provincial Fairs are to be 
In nine cases out of ten when our domestic ^Id this year, so far as ascertained, as follows: 
, , .. , ._U. S. A g. Society, Chicago.Sept 12. 
animals become diseased, they are at once the Maryland, Frederick City.Oct. 25-28. 
victims of the owner’s misplaced confidence in Tennessee, Nashville.Oct. 10-15. 
some quack cow-leech, or drug, or patent medicine, ^Un^Freepor^.V.V.V.V.V.V.VAV.V.^Sept^T. 
and in their cure and treatment we are more in the Iudiana, New Albany.Sept 26-29. 
dark than in any other department of farm econo- Kentick“Lextngton.'.'.'.'.'.' .’.’Sept 18-16. 
my. The drugging system is getting a good many Maiio, Augusta.Sept 18-16. 
j hard knocks from the Agricultural Press now-a- New 
days, and we hope it will soon be banished forever. South Carolina, Columbia.Nov. 8-11. 
A recent issue of the American Stock Journal ^j^o^Burtogton .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' j .W.'.’.'.' .Sept ?tl6. 
remarks :—“ Continually dosing animals is just as California.Sept 27, Oct. 6. 
useless and injurious to them, as is the constant Michigan,^Louis.'.'.':.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'."''.‘.'.'.Sept V' 
swallowing of drugs and poisonous compounds to Canada West, Kingston.Sept 27-30, 
the human system. It is all folly to allow your Canada East. .. • . . 
stables to become hospitals, and to smell and ap- ~ 
pear l.ke an apothecary s shop. It is much more of fte e wm meet at 0vid on Thure _ 
humane to shoot a horse, or knock an animal on day nexfj Ju , y 7th> and that they propoge t0 lay the 
fosses* eero ' ^ ^ 
MORSE’S RAJTEINrT DOOR HANGERS. 
The accompanying engravings are intended to 
represent Morse’s Patent Self-Adjusting Door 
Rolls, or Hanger, for Sliding Doors—the small cut 
showing the hanger, and the large one the door 
complete—as manufactured by A. N. Wood & Co., 
of Eaton, N. Y. This improvement is well adapted 
to barns and other out-buildings, is cheap, and has 
been highly commended by practical men who 
have it in use. The proprietors of the invention 
make the following statement; 
PAJl^ h . 
and may at any time be opened (pushed back,) to 
the head at once, than to force down its throat Corner Stone of the building now in process of erection, 
doses of drugs whose quality of action you know Ex-Gov. Kino, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, will 
little about, having the effect to create disease deliver an address on the occasion. 
where it did not exist, and prolong suffering much -*- 
beyond the time in which nature would herself Tiie Frost a Probable Blessing. The frost has 
effect a cure ” been severe in many localities, over a wide extent of 
country, and no doubt occasioned much temporary 
Management of tlie Darn. damage. Thus much is beyond question. Yet, in the 
A recent issue of the Bural Intelligencer con- opinion of many intelligent cultivators, the result is 
“ It is a settled question as to economy and con- 
venience that Doors on Barns and out-buildings 
should be suspended on rollers. The great liability 
of the swing door to be broken in pieces by the 
wind, together with many other inconveniences, 
should be taken into consideration by every farmer. 
Sliding doors, when properly constructed, may be 
set down as a permanent fixture, always in order, | 
THE FROST AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. * 
_ i 
“June frosts” were never popular among this i 
people, and I observe the more they abound the i 
more they are spoken against. Some get along 
with them better than others. J. took to rejoicing 
over the escape of his peas and onions, while W. • 
was assiduous in making himself miserable o\ er 
the loss of his tomatoes and squashes. If people ; 
could spare a little time from their losses and trib¬ 
ulations to think of their mercies, they would get i 
rich just as fast, and happier a great deal faster. 
Looking, then, at what we have saved, I think 
one-halfof uur apples remain, (apples worth all^ 
other fruits put together.) Now, as in good years, 
one-half of the apples of the country are uniformly 
and invariably lost by neglect, or by careless feed¬ 
ing and gathering, I propose that we take good 
care of our trees—dig, dung, prune and mulch 
them—and then save all that grow upon them, and 
so be as well off as common. 
I think one-half of the corn in Western New 
York was not large enough to be materially injured 
by the frost. Much of it was not out of the ground. 
A few pieoes were re-planted, in part, with beans. 
Corn is small, but it is generally of good color. 
We hand it over with our best wishes, to July and 
August—trusting that no one will forget that the 
soif should be mellow and the weeds be missing. 
Early potatoes have suffered most, but the destiny 
of the potato crop is still with the future. Com¬ 
paratively few beans (in Wyoming Co.) have been 
injured; the greater portion were not up. They 
are largely planted, and if we have a good Fall to 
ripen and save them we can get up bean ponidge 
enough to feed the nation, and have some to spare 
to “the rest of mankind.” 
Winter wheat, rye and barley were somewhat 
injured, but not as much as was represented. 
Grass is the nearest to a failure. It was nipped 
and stunted by the frost, but the open winter, the 
cold, dry spring, and multitudinous neglect and 
abuse, as heretofore set forth by your correspondent, 
are the principal causes of the fearful shortness that 
fills many with alarm. It is calculated that munj 
of our meadows will not yield more than half a tun 
of hay to the acre, but I can show any gentleman 
who will call upon me, some grass managed ac¬ 
cording to my directions, (given in the Rural last 
April,) that will yield four tuns to the acre. Any¬ 
body that goes to berating Providence on account 
of short grass, is a mean fellow, anyhow. 
Oats, spring wheat and barley, (not much of the 
latter was sown in this quarter last spring, for peo¬ 
ple will seldom put in a crop unless they are 
allowed to pay high for their seed,) are small and 
backward. 
Buckwheat is being sown, for it can take the 
place of grain that has failed, and it is bringing 
from a dollar and a half to three dollars a bushel 
for seed. Black raspberries were reported “failed,” 
but persistent urchins and inquisitive females will 
find some on the lower branches and the sheltered 
bushes. Garden sauce of the tender sorts was 
saved in part by woolen. 
On the whole, if we attend well to what remains, 
we may, with the blessing of Providence, live 
through. H. r. b. 
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THE DRIVE WHEEL OUT OF PLACE. 
Friend Moore: —Your Rural occupies a high 
and noble position as the faithful friend of honest 
industry, and your arduous labors are highly bene¬ 
ficial to the human race. Your task is assumed in 
an age in which the laboring man has fallen “among 
thieves,” who have robbed him and left him half 
dead, and your weekly issue, like the good Samari¬ 
tan, comes to his rescue, binding up his wounds, 
and affording aid and protection. 
The spirit of speculation has long run rampant 
through the business world, proposing to revolu¬ 
tionize, remodel, and improve the whole machinery, 
a greater or less distance, as circumstances may tains a f ew Bints upon this subject which are to the likely to prove advantageous—a benefit, rather than an 
require. It is also a well known fact that doors po j n t_ They are as follows:—“Let the utmost injury—in various sections, for many destructive in- 
being constantly exposed are liable to warp, chang- nea t n ess be observed in the management of the eects have been checked or killed by the frost. It is 
ing their position more or less every day. The barn No more bay or 0 ther fodder should be believed that, but for the timely check, the inidge, grass- 
side of the building is seldom if ever true, render- throwll on the floor at once than is requisite to ho PP ers > Ac ;> would have destroyed tax moro than the 
ing it difficult to make a straight track In order 8upp i y 0 ne feed. By throwing large quantities ^^eVn^Tefded^The 3Till ^roveTbSng 
to insure ease of operation, the above difficulties from the m0 ws or sca ffoldings, there is an unavoid- rather than a curse ia many locaU t ie8 0 f Western N. Y. 
must be overcome. By'allowing the roller an inde- a ble loss from the drying of the fiber, which renders _„_ 
pendent motion in a lateral direction, or a self- it lesa pa i a tablo to the animals, as well as less Tiie WkaT iier is at last seasonable-ao warm that 
adjusting principle, which will admit of its accom- m ,tntious. Sweeping the floor daily promotes none need examine the Almanac to ascertain whether 
modating itself to a,crooked rail, or allow the door c ] eari liness, and conduces to the health and con- it is really Summer. Last week closed hot, and the 
to warp without changing the relative position of 8e q Hen tly the comfort of animals. The sweepings present opened hotter, the mercury in thermometers 
the roller with respect to the rail, all cramping is of the fl ' oorg s b ou ld be preserved, as this is the becoming very buoyant and elevated, while earth and 
avoided. The above cut represents a door hanger eagiegt to gave some of the most valuable grass air are 80 charged with caloric that corn etc., must 
that has most effectuallv overcome this difficulty. _, m’ „„„„„„„ begin to make rapid progress upward. Of course all 
Tiie Weather is at last seasonable— so warm that 
that has most effectually overcome this difficulty. seedg The mangers and cr i b s should be daily begln l0 . make P rogresa upi ™ rd - UI course 
This article has been thoroughly tested by many cleaned oul „ 4 frequently washed. • What is the “f e * r ™ald to «h./ whito ft. ,un"Le.“_ 
practical farmers, and has taken the place of the uge of being SQ very particular? I never washed thon „ h) 8pea king of hay, we fear the crop will be con- 
old-fashioned permanent standard. It has been my ca ttle’s manger,’ said Solomon Shiftless. Very sidcrably less than the average of former years in this 
much improved during the last year, and is now we j b Solomon, your cows probably have as keen region. The present flue weather is, however, greatly 
offered to dealers in hardware and agricultural im- aQ a p pe tite for their fodder as you would have if enhancing the growth and maturity of grass and grain, 
plements, warranted in every respect superior to ur w ifegave you the same plate unwashed for a 
anything of the kind before the public.” mouth from which to take vour meals » Horse Shows. - During the ensuing week several 
Western New York Ag. Societies hold their annual 
A. G-rain oi Cjrold. exhibitions of horses. The Monroe Co. Show is to be 
anything ot the kina neiorc me pumic. mouth from which to take vour meals » horse shows. - m.r.ng me eiisu.ug we** severe 
. " Western New York Ag. Societies hold their annual 
~ ~~ ~ " -A- O-raiiT ol Grold. exhibitions of horses. The Monroe Co. Show is to he 
and promising wealth without labor, and pleasure Edward Everett is the most elegant rhetori- be i d on t he Fair Grounds, near this city, on Monday, 
and luxury without care. The industrious, thrifty, c [ an j n America. Here is a little allegory'taken the 4th inst.,—that of Genesee Co., at Batavia, on the 
happy farmer was allured Irom his field, and per- f rom one of his agricultural speeches:—“ Drop a same day—and that of Wayne Co., at Lyons, on the 
suaded to “ sow to the wind, and has reaped the - n of California gold in the ground, and there it 4th and 5th. A “ Horse Fair ” is also to be held at 
whirlwind.” The honest, unsuspecting mechanic wiUlie unc hanged to the end of time. The clods Waterloo, en Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this 
was flattered from his workshop, deceived, stripped Qn wWch it falls are not mo re cold and lifeless, week (June 80th and July 1st and 2d.) The premiums 
and cast down. Nor could this spirit cease its D grain of our b i esse d gold into the ground, are ge, ™ ral,y,lber£d ’ but we think atyle and , spaed 
work until a blow was struck at the very founda- "X mystcrv In a f J dayg it soft e ns _i ” thor ^^ds fast trotting-has the 1 on s share 
, .. , ,, , . . , and lo. a mystery, in a ltw uays u soutns u ] eav jnc; uttle for ordinary service, utility and “all work.” 
tion of permanent prosperity, and the long tried gwellg _ it 8 h 00 ts upward —it is a living thing. We fear sorae of our societies are getting altogether 
main-spring, or drive wheel, was displaced, and a It ig ye ft ow itself, but it sends up an emerald green too fast in this matter. It may be well enough to lib- 
new one with reverse rev olutions, now occupies its through the soil—it expands to a vigorous stalk— eraliy encourage the breeding and exhibition of horses 
position. . revels in the sunshine—itself more glorious than of superior style and speed, but to offer ten times as 
The Arts and Scienfigg||^_appI iedjo A griculture g olomon j n its broad, fluttering, leafy robes, whose much for this object as is given for general utility is not 
u nrl ’Mfti-.hnnjas. d i/vc or ^, ut i<i, jis tUo^vest wina ,u™u S u v>cnr, >—“”' v ‘ i 
power wheeDif uiaso®^^iionest, prosperous, and tallg as pleasantly on the husbandman’s ear as the 
permanent business. But the fast age of specula- rus tle of his sweetheart’s garment; still towers Seeding to Timothy witii Buckwheat. — Last 
tion was unwilling to acknowledge dependence j ft ins its verdant skeins of vegetable floss, seasou M u r ’ £ I>0TTER > of Madison, Ohio, inquired 
* hiA i,,o ’ 1 , . , , ® ... . ’ through the Rural for information from farmers about 
upon that which has been branded as the d udgeiy disp i ay8 lts dancing tassels, surcharged with ferti- seedi ® (0 Timothy with Buckwheat. In a letter just 
department of business and now this old wheel, lizing dust, and at last ripens into two or three received from him , M r. P. saysThough I got no 
which has turned the whole machinery of business magn ifi ce nt batons like this, (an ear of Indian corn,) re9pon se through the Rural, I learned enough from 
for centuries with strength and salety, must be torn eacb of which is studded with hundreds of grains other sources to determine me to try a small piece of 
out, and a new one substituted, one made of rail- 0 f gold, every one possessing the same wonderful low land, the soil of which is a mixture of muck and 
road and bank stocks, pride, and political gambling. prop ertie S as the parent grain, every one instinct sand. The result was a first rato ‘ catch,’ and the grass 
To execute this work no patronage is wanting— . . .j sam£) productive powers.” ’ at this present writing (June 23d) looks well. I am so 
position. 
The Arts and Sciet 
and Mfe'cballies. 
power wheeDif uih.se 
Seeding to Timothy witii Buckwheat. 
Stocks are current in exchange for “Honorable 
Legislators.” A new Administration with a chosen 
with the same productive powers.” 
Henry Ward Deeclier on Cows. 
The last Star Paper in the Independent, is 
corps of Engineers, is organized. Will it lun and ev j den tj y written by Mr. Beecher from his new 
drive the machinery profitably, is the great ques- farm He dateg „ from the country,” and says :- 
tion in Wall street. Some fear, others hope, while 
the more shrewd know it will not. “All ready— 
clear the track—go ahead.” Not a motion. “Go 
ahead—go ahead ! ” One turn and a crash—’37— 
57. It has proved a fatal experiment. 
A man once built a brick ship for the ocean. 
She swamped, and went down in the harbor—the 
builder, just escaping with his life, comforted him¬ 
self with the reflection, “ it is worth something to 
know what I can’t do.” So in this reversion ofthe 
order of business, if we are satisfied to know what 
can’t be done, and will learn to do what can and 
well satisfied with my success that I intend to seed 
seven acres in the same way the present season.” 
— non. A. B. Dickinson, of Steuben couDty— well 
known to many of our readers as one of tiie most ex¬ 
tensive and successful farmers iu Western New York— 
“And now, do you ask, wondering reader, what j n f orm3 U8 that he always succeeds well in seeding 
all this preludes? Just this: that we are a three- Timothy with Buckwheat. Ilis mode is to sow tho 
cow gentleman farmer! Again, we know what is buckwheat and drag once; then sow the Timothy (after 
the real taste of milk. We have once more, be- tarring the seed and rolling in plastsr,) and drag in 
fore we die, seen cream! Twenty-six pans of milk with a brush or light harrow, as it needs little covering, 
were skimmed this very morning; and now, if vou ll 'en uses the roller, which completes tiie process. 
vmi should see twentv-siv invert- Mr. D. says this manner of seeding is most complete. 
one swampeu, uuu wen, uuw.. m riding past, vou should see twenty-six invert- Mr. n. says mu manner w 
builder, just escaping with his life, comforted him- ^ J^ ^ in lhe suu> gbiniDg Hke gilver) --- 
self with the reflection, “ it is worth something to j Sffee tcning themselves all day, in the air and Abott Tarring Seed Corn.-A “ Corn Flanter ” in 
know what I can’t do.” So in this reversion ofthe for the night’s milk! Even the pigs Danby, Tompkins county, who was induced to try the 
order of business, if we are satisfied to know what * w than citizens do in New York mode of tarring corn recommended by the W. E. Farmer 
* *<* -'«”»'»•>» - “1 Z TL l'LZ 
ought to be dm?, a little good may yet c gat eied think of giving them anything weaker than skim- der date of June 15t h he writesIt has been my 
from the evil. vV hat is to be one. e t le o.d mPk t_f our p igg that once were longer than broad, cus tom for four or five years to soak seed corn iu a 
power wheel be put back in the best possible state bu ^ w bich are rapidly growing to the shape of a strong solution of saltpetre, applied to tho corn as 
of repair, and swell the shout through the land, all marb]e ,, Mr> Beecher says a cow is the saint of warm as I could hold my hand in it, and allowed to 
honor to the real producers, and the whole machine- tbg ba ' ard gb e cats ruminates, digests, and, soak from 12 to4S hours, as circumstances might require 
ry will be again in motion, and every department lives for the sake of others. She could -preferring just 24 hours if weather permitted. Hoping 
rapidly feel the invigorating impulse. w nntb ; no . Pnn wp ii to find something better I tried the tar-applied in tho 
When we reflect that all animal existences are )e fat lf f f only selfish, butqothi >g can we mctbod degcribed iu the Rural- with the 
consumers and that so small a portion are real be m ° rC dC \° ld °/ a11 beau<} tban a S e “ ume “ ulker - foU( >wing result:-That soaked in the saltpetre was well 
producers, it is no marvel that the laborer is crush- She economizes beauty tha^ b e may be profuse in up> and we cou ,d see the rows distinctly, in nine days 
1 - , , . . , , r ., milk. She ia tne ^ er) ideal ana pattern oi a saint, f rom planting. The 4 tar-water ’ was from 15 to 18 days 
ed under his unjust task, an le resources of e . g ag poor ag if j; v i n g a life of maceration, iu arriving to that state, and came up quite unevenly 
country are dried up. The imeuasw enc 1 ien wbo gives her whole strength to lacteal benevo- —the seed being the same kind and first rate. There 
were taught to love work and their books equal to , t nenile. eruileless. contented, was on Friday evening last at least one week's difer- 
their sports, and manual labor was a part of every 
lence, who is patient, gentle, guileless, contented, was on Friday evening last at least one week's differ- 
, ence in favor of saltpetre over ‘tar water’ — beth 
child’s education. It was never even hinted that As ^SAYS^he edhoi^of'the Working Farmer P lanted 8ame d:i 7’ ( 23d and both rolled in P ,a3,cr 
honest labor was not respectable. Boys were not ’ - Th« crows commenced first nt the snlt- 
uuuesi mum wu» m>u ic.-pctisuic. jjuyo ncicuui , wiih cuvim?, at planting. The crows commenced first at the salt- 
then educated in saloons, theaters, and gambling . s 1Ch . . .’ petre corn, because ihatvrasfinlvp, but since the ‘tar- 
houses ; nor girls fitted up for dolls, or show cases. nV * r mud ’ ^ ““*“2 T/the Water ’ haS g0t 8ight ’ thCy ^ ^ th8t ^ ^ 
mi « , . • a x r a i vu matter, and aftei the decomposition ot the dcodor- ^ like either first rate.” 
The child was taught to hvc for an end and with a by ^ the whole may be mixed with stable publish this statement, (though the 
plan. T ese weie ime-lonoie cajs <.i\s tia manureS j but ashes in its natural state should author says if it is not given he shall certainly continue 
reaiedheatiu o ies,siongan wi < isci, nc never be mixed with any manure, containing ammo- to read and pay for the Rural next year, if he lives) 
minds, and a nerve to plant and mature the free ^ Qr Ug constitueut8 _ Lime 0 r ashes, if mixed and submit it to practical correepondents-suggesting 
institutions of this country. To the doctrine of , f ] f . PO ninosition to he that the failure may be owing to some imperfection in 
self-dependence in honest industry America is in¬ 
debted for its high position among the nations of 
the earth. And so far as we have departed from 
this doctrine, either in practice or the education of 
our children, we have tarnished our good name, 
with stable manure, causes its decomposition to be that me rauure may oe owing u> some ^ S i™ ™ “ 
■, r ■ ,,, „ , • the tar or tiie mode of its application. Had our friend 
too rapid, forcing out the ammonia and causing its me n 
loss. The potash in wood ashes is of a progressive 
character, and is very valuable for most crops, and 
given his exact process, perhaps we could decide at once. 
— Speaking of Tarring Corn, here is an item in its 
favor. A correspondent of the A r . Y. Tribune, writing 
on all soils. We never met with soil overcharged ^ Morri8tow , b N . J#> June 18f say8 Passingalong 
Our cnnuren. >yo nave uuuiaueu uur buuu uauit*. i_ .1 A uvm - ~ 
and endangered the best interests of society. The Wlth potash ’ for even wh th or ganic mattei of the road the other day , 1 saw a. fact worth reporting. 
f . . ... , . . , . , the soil has been too rapidly disposed of by an ex- Two corn fields, divided only by a fence, were planted 
doctrine of wealth without luboi , and pleasuie of as h ea , it has resulted in a greater amount about the same time. The one was all destroyed by the 
without toil, is false in theory, dangerous in prac- of lant ovvth ena bling the owner to afford new blackbirds and crows, and tho other was left unmolest- 
tice, and unworthy a place in any honest man s doseg of organic ma tter. Although ashes should ed. The first field was planted with corn just as it was 
creed. Yours, then is a responsible position.- not e be mixed witb gtable manure> stm> taken from the crib; the other with seed which was 
You stand at tbe only available wheel that dmes ( buve boon plowed under, « lop- IhoreugU, .oaked in topld wM, end then i “ “ 
the whole machinery ot society. Its sturdy revo- . , . , fl . ,, t h to have a slight coating of tar, and then it was. rom 
should not be mixed with stable manure, still, taken from th0 crib 5 the other Wlth 8eod whlt , h * a ! 
X ou siuiiu Ub hue ouijr ava.mm. --- -- — aft er the manures have been plowed under, a top- thoroughly soaked in tepid water and then mixed 8 
the whole machinery ot society. Its sturdy revo- . . . oli „„, ra _ ntneb to have a slight coating of tar, and then it was roue 
lutions, with a smiling Providence, send gladness iefcSin g 0 as to the soil correcting aciditv in P la8ter - 1“ this section many farmers have trie 
and plenty through the land. The time I trust is eac csgiacua ym m/etinir with°the ma P lan with success, whilo many who have neg ec c 
hastening, when this doctrine will be more than during its descent and on meeting with the ma- are coai p lain ing of their bad luck and the birds. 
b ’ . , , , ., . nure, decomposes it, and renders it soluble tor the --- 
r.f f P JT “f2 t0SP 7 " j " «. of plants. Potash in the soil prepares silica, T „ Cn0 „ PsosrEora are imprort „ e . lato report. 
ever appreciated, and prosperity more justly dis 
tribnted throng societv cp o use of plants, l'otasn in tne sou prepares suica, The Crop Prospects are improving. Laio rc^.» 
® ‘ by rendering it slowly soluble, to form the outer are quite favorable, indicating a confident hope of goo 
isconsi n, __coating of plants; it also assists in the various crops in most sections of the Union and the Canadas.^ 
Aocurate knowledge is the base upon which to chemical changes necessary for rendering inorganic Our advices in regard to the Wheat Crop thro a 
build correct opinions. matter of all kinds soluble.” the country are generally encouraging. 
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