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TWO DOLLARS -A. YEAR.] 
‘PROGRESS -AJSTD IMPROVEMENT.” 
[SINGLE 7STO. FOUR CENTS. 
VOL I. NO. 38. f 
ROCHESTER, N. Y.- FOR TEE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859. 
[WHOLE NO. 506. 
MOOPlES RURAL NEW-YORKER, cro P- Second, the period of marketing, ami when done the time and money which we have shown is The “Turk-Table AprLE 
AN original weeklt T 1 ® demand ls at ll s height is, as a general thing, expended in maintaining tpfcm will be worse than Parer ” is one of the best ma- 
RUEAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER sucTthaUhr^n^nf^ 6 7 ement weather ia wasted, for though it toay by some be claimed that chines for the purpose of its 
- JNJiWol Axxiii. such that the opening of the pit for their removal these shows are innocent in themselves, the evils invention with which we are 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, keen Z1aoZlllZ7 ^ ^ays incident to large gatherings of people will acquainted. It is a genuine 
n ,, • Keeping a good cellar is essential, and, as we have more than counterbalance any good likely to result. Yankee invention was natent 
With an Able Corps o f Assistan ts and Contributors, frequently remarked, this portion of a larm budd- Our object, however, at this time is not to advise in ed some two years ago, and has 
terms, IN ADVANCE : refurn TligT^er Ztlefe Th! !® f °, nd 7 I® 8 *?! 1 t0 the mana S ement of Fairs > but to give a since been introduced to some 
Two Dollars a Year —si for month* h r a ., g ,. g . e “vestment. few hints as to the most profitable way to examine extent in New England. We 
and Agents as followsThree Copies one year, for $5; Six! °? tI ’ SU . S '! n ^ 8 ° n ® 7?, 8 18 tbe first requisite, these shows, for as much depends upon those who have had one of these machines 
and one free to club agent, for $10; Ten, and one free, for ° mortar used ought to be of the best quality visit, as upon those who get up and manage these only two weeks vet has become 
for r S ?™;, a vf r fr , ee ; f0r r $22 ; JT! 1 ’ “ d 0ne free ’ 1 r 3 ^Z ^ ^ th “ tW ° f ® et above exhibitions - Many go away from the finest exhibi- an indispensable article in the 
♦37,60,) 'and any greater number at same^ rate —$L25 » P “V a d ay, seen a great ‘-kitchen cabinet, ’’-being con- 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
and one free to club agent, for $10; Ten, and one free, for e monal usea ou 9 /lt t0 be oj the best quality visit, as upi 
$15; Sixteen, and one free, for $22; Twenty, and one free, The walls never should be less than two feet above exhibitions, 
* 2 ® ; Thirty-two, and two free, for $10, (or Thirty for the surface — three were better —and windows tion dissatr 
Sr’S^S rSj.TTJSS Ten SutcrS ^7 “ “J, ^ t0 deal - ^ !• 
over Thirty. Club papers sent to different Tost-offices, if de- tulnlsb b gbt and complete ventilation. The thick- fact make3 
are best calculated to deal, and learned but little. The knowledge of this sidered the best 'of several ap- 
jntilation. The thick- fact makes them unhappy, and very many, on pie parers yet tried in that 
sired. As we pre-pay American postage on papers sent to ness of the wall will be governed, in a degree, by returning home are ready to vote all fair* n L,™ rlpnnrtm n „+ t *i , ° ^ 
the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and friends must the size of the dwelling tn h« ° g kL u.._ 8 A 7 .7 to vote all tain a hum- department. In the language 
the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and friends must the size of the dwelling to be erected upon it but hmr_an mmrnfihHB f +■ i e ’ e language 
add 1214 cents per copy to the club rates of the Rural.- fifteen inches is as little as our sevoro fr t ’ -n w 8 unprofi.able outlay of time and money, of a contemporary, “itissimple 
The lowest price of copies sent to Europe, &c„ is only $ 2 ,- ...... . “as our severe frosts will We would like to show the way in which every in construction, is made en- 
50-including postage. admit - Drainage is another important item in the tolerably good exhibition mav be viewed with ti™lv J ... * 1 
All communications, and business letters, should be one > an( ^ possessed of a tendency to hold water 
addressed to D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester, N. Y. 
SEASONABLE suggestions. 
aumu. Drainage is another important item in the tolerably good exhibition may be viewed with tirelv of iron, and can be readily Itf®1 I \W 
stnke a stone (lrn.n from the lowest corner of it- Those who attend one of our State, or eren a pact withal, and nmj bepuTta ' jLJs!*' 
using small, or Oat stones well set in cement for large Count, Fair, and spend live or six hours Jo a box 4)i b, Tbv s inehS <SBglBli 
i s base. Again, it should be rat proof—and if the upon the grounds, or even twice this time, in without taking it apart. The 
proper means are used—for instance, permitting looking over the whole exhibition, will go away most important thing however iP*ll PlP 
the bottom course of stone in the foundation to with a confused jumble of men and women, cattle is, that it works well!’ We have MU O ^ 
pi eject six or eight inches it will be well protected and flowers, sheep and pigs and pumpkins daguer- tried it on gnarly apples, and Turn-Table Apple Parer. 
Iroin the outside. Finally, a large, roomy exter- reotyped upon the mind, without one new or valu- found the flexible or movihlm l-™f 0 t , * .. ... . , 
nal entrance should be made to it, and a strong able idea that will be of service in practice.- admirabl, to the irregnlaritL of the Th s it Z “ "* “A“ ?°' 0pleled tbe 
pa,r of steps leading therein. Almoat ever, farmer has some subject in which knife cuts upward insL,! If.lLL.,, .• 't then goes ram,,], ami back lo the starting point, 
The Corn Crop seems to be a little behind the he is more particularly interested, and this he tally. Simply turning the rr< i nW ‘ U , ( or 011z °n- rea y or another apple. By continuing to turn 
times, in this section at least, and the cold weather should make a special study, whether it is stock, on the fork! and carries the knife mnnd thl 7^ Tb ’ , ? P '? WU1 be &Hced into thin P ar ‘ 
we are now experiencing does not mature it as grain, potatoes or roots, thoroughly examining against which it is kent ore^d hvTl! a 1D S S > lfde * ired , lor drying or cooking. The imple- 
rapidly as could be desired. Still, fair days may everything of the kind exhibited, asking questions cam under the turn tab^ throw- tl 77^ A me +R tS ^ 7* expensive > as the Y are wholesaled 
yet shine upon us in abundance, and if thus blessed, of exhibitors, and taking all necessary™™ to_able, throws the knife lever so they can be retailed at $1 each with a fair profit.” 
ill A nrrtennf mnraiV. will fmmloh _11 _ x . . _ - Jr 3 --- - -------* _ 
they can be retailed at $1 each with a fair profit.” 
isiEv:£'sS 2TS3S5 
days we are getting in readiness to write‘‘finis” tor stroll through the field and mat f department,it mb almost entire five or si, r eet wide . M an cHester , ^ earhD S a ^ taring young ones. A turkey 
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will work, and work well-is sadly needed, but we noted hereafter. The finest, longest f if T!. b . G h ° rSG Valuable for the farmer * 0ur im P ro ™ d and ance from horses, as it is self-pro Jelling.” of theso^ 7' BeSldeS , thls ’ the y° UD S 
bplipvA f.bo riomorvri v^iii i,„ t , . > £ > ullest ears improving: system of agfriculture—dopn ■nlntvinor ’ -‘ U1 ®‘ of these immature birds are exceedingly tender, anrl 
believe the demand will soon be supplied by are what you want—reject all that are not thus. 
Niven, or some other inventor sn ttmt iBo t,- „ v„„, ; , , , - a> "”•> uuises uuan wuxnxvjrjcoi iujstjuod op juanurino a -—“ ~*»wuimuuu-uj, 
fashioned modes of digging may bo dispensed winter ought to be tetneVst ' barrels the c ° miQg were needed when farmers, as in olden time, only Pabm.—T he Mark Lane Express contains an article e Rave tried this thing thoroughly, and are con- 
witB ® aispenseci winter ought to be penned shortly, and the fatten- turned over the virgin soil a few __*iT upon this snhiect hv Mr a. __ _ winced of the difference. Were we ebnese 
improving system of agriculture—deep plowing, 
subsoiling, &c.,— calls for heavier horses than 
Best and Cheapest Method op Manuring 
or mese immature birds are exceedingly tender, and 
much more difficult to raise than those of old birds. 
with. The great' object in getting the potatoes i£'Reels' comment’ ^7^7777™' ° VGr the Vil ' gin SOil a few iaches in depth - UP ° n thiS SUbject by Mr ‘ Mechi - from which we | 777 diff ? rence - W ere we choose 
read, for the cellar, or pitting, is lo have them feed Use sneb material as if ^Zd ,h! L°° f"TIY. "e 0 *“ k . f °L h< "- SeS sho “ ld l itracl . the olta. amused at 
°° Farmers who look for fine farm horses should extract the following:—“ I am often amused st birds for the best breeding, both cocks and hens 
perfectly dry before ^torlng^Wehave'noticed I Sin^ oVwhicr^vr 1 aS18 . at hand » the loD g‘ remember this fact. Still, if farmers can breed the various unfounded charges laid at my door, shouldnot bc less than three years old, and then 
tw d . g -_ WG ! D ? tlCed I keepiD f of whicb ma ^ result deterioration or horses that will sell for high prices on account of seeing that they originate in the brain of errone- th ® C ° ck shouId be from a differ ^t stock from the 
that some place them in heaps in the field and loss The is ,, uuu °n or llorses tbat will sell for high prices on account of seeiD S tbat tb ey originate in the brain of errone- . u “f° ula De Irom a dlb erent stock from the 
throw the tops over “to protect from the rays of and everything that is editffe The an ? tblD S their speed » we know not why this may not he ous conviction and unfounded belief. I should b !. nS ;. We think turkeys bear breeding from close 
the sun,” and we have almost invariably (when ,s te f ed T , u * Thepnme ob J ect dona - thick that your correspondent, ‘Kent,’ had con- f ffi ci tie s tess successfully than any other fowl-at 
the rot was at all prevalent,) noted these individ- repletion t^monw °L! T h &J ^ ^ t0 T ° examine the Cattle ’ the various breeds and vinc c d bimself by his own experiment that making h T e ’ f °, Und ^ S ° ~ and WC< WOuld never 
uals were among the first to complain. Moisture parsnips cabbage &c Z™ 1 *’ the different animals in each, and to judge of their “eat is the cheapest way of obtaining manure, breed acack td be °s which were closely related, if 
is the invariable aeeompaniment of deeay. An- Ld be found to eientLl, aid anTLZZa rv’ C 7 P " ,,i7e m ‘f’ “ d lheir « d *P<«K»» to differ. £«» « still seems doubtful, I would recommend “ douId be heIpod - 
other rule which should be generally observed is in* out the specified nlans of tl “carry- ent purposes and circumstances, and to do this bim td read Mr. Lawes’ paper on the subject, in Another thing, we prefer to let every hen sit up- 
to gather them without bruise or fracture, and have any number of swine a ° WDer ‘ y ° U thorou S hl Y and profitably requires all the time of tb e Royal Agricultural Society’s Journal, which on her own e ggs, and with the first laying of the 
care in loading and unloading ought to be exer- will be found both convenient iohT' 132 apparat “ a theshmv ' Here you will find the owners, ready aught to convince him, scientifically. A farmer season. She hatches them better than a barn-door 
cised. In harvesting carrots, the readiest mode is prepares the food to be more renrn 110 "!'!! to answer a host of questions as to feeding, milk- will seldom fail to have an abundant crop of corn beD ’ and 1S tbe “ost natural and satisfactory 
to run the plow deeply at the side of the drills, by the digestive organs and what! 7 ^ 1D g, fattening, &c., and here too, better than by on one-half of his farm, if he makes, as I do, ten “other. We have most repeatedly set the first 
when they may be easily removed by the hand, to this object diminishes* the ™ZZ7 e ^ ^ a L . bra17 ° f b °° ks ’ J0U can learn the S ood SC ° re ° f m6at per aCre on eyer ^ acre of bis far “- laying ° f eggs uuder the common hen, and turned 
When stored, and it is desired to retain all their penditure of vital force to its aornmni;!/ ° 7 ^ aEd bad pomt s °f animals, no mean acquisition to The laborer makes thirty-two score per acre. How tbe turkey out for a second clutch of eggs, on 
freshness, this can bo done by surrounding eaoh ot Tecossity S«“"' “” d “ eat is *» be ”“ d ' “ da P»iont on circum- whioh she sat herself. But thosa second cKciens 
root with earth. Parsnips may be removed very rapidly upon a certain Quantity lv e more The Implements are a curious and profitable stances. Nothing pays me better than giving are apt to be weaker than the first, and so late as 
late in the fall. A cool place must be had in ____ study, and from their careful examination may be sbee P one pound of rapecake per day; as they not to obtain a fair growth before cold-weather 
which to put them, and with this root coverin* . r learned not only how to lessen labor by the use of g et fat > tbe Y will eat nearly one and a half pounds sets in —in fact, not worth half price. The turkey 
with earth is a necessity, as heat and air very soon FAIRS ~ IMPORTANCE AND PROFIT. labor-saving implements, but much knowledge of per day. Rapecake costs £6 per tun; as manure is a ‘natural’ bird in all its habits, domesticated 
cause shrinkage and softening, materially affect- r„ our ont1l llU _ , , “ ecba n“al principles, very useful to their manage- R i s worth £3 3s. per tun, and we believe that from a wild state, and yet retaining the constitu- 
ing their value either for the table or stock, state'TonnWnd mwbL- Z 5TV ^ °/ - u . seven pounds of rapecake will make one pound of tio nal propensities of its original race; therefore 
When not wanted for use they might remain in f i , ? ,, , ’ airs > and tb e time and M e might continue these remarks, but we have mutton. Fattening hogs entails a loss of about tbe young should be reared in their proper season 
freshness, this can be done by surrounding each of necessity enables the animal tn ’ that meat is to be made is dependent on circum- which she sat herself. But these second chickens 
root with earth. Parsnips may be removed very rapidly upon a certain Quantity lv e more The Implements are a curious and profitable stances. Nothing pays me better than giving are apt to be weaker than the first, and so late as 
late in the fall. A cool place must be had in ____ study, and from their careful examination may be shee P one pound of rapecake per day; as they not to obtain a fair growth before cold-weather 
which to put them, and with this root coverin* . r -p learned not only how to lessen labor by the use of S et fat > th ey will eat nearly one and a half pounds sets “ — in fact, not worth half price. The turkey 
with earth is a necessity, as heat and air very soon FAIRS ~ IMPORTANCE AND PROFIT. labor-saving implements, but much knowledge of per day. Rapecake costs £6 per tun; as manure is a ‘natural’ bird in all its habits, domesticated 
cause shrinkage and softening, materially affect- i v mir ontll „ “ ecba nical principles, very useful to their manage- R i s worth £3 3s. per tun, and we believe that from a wild state, and yet retaining the constitu- 
ing their value either for the table or stock, state'TounWnd Z ST®** ^ °/ . u . seven pounds of rapecake will make one pound of tional propensities of its original race; therefore 
When not wanted for use they might remain in nlnrp’nf V, ,, irs, and the time and M e might continue these remarks, but we have mutton. Fattening hogs entails a loss of about the young should be reared in their proper season 
the ground until spring, at which period they are These were niTfw®™’ ° 7 DEmber of over 350 - f aid enou gb to give our ideas of the-best way to ten per cent, as an average, but still it is much when tb e varieties of food they are partial to are 
particularly rich and juicy. Turnips soon become mation in reo-ard ° ain precise infor ' ook at an exhibition, when the object sought is cheaper than guano; fifty-six lbs. of barley-meal the most abundant. Every young turkey should 
pithy and comparatively worthless where the ntW-tw l ^ / there are, of course, many to gam knowledge, and not to pass an idle hour, is generally sufficient to produee eight pounds of be out of the shell by the middle of June at the 
atmosphere is dry, warm, and the circulation ann!!!l 7athpri n ^ 771 c ° UrTheSe or da Y in use less sight-seeing. pork. Fattening bullocks, on the principle laid latest, which gives them full time.to get up to good 
impeded, and this condition of affairs should be imnoriJft on Alme re are becoming ---- down by Mr. Horsfall, is also a cheap way of size b J ‘Thanksgiving,’ and fat and juicy by 
avoided. Many stock growers pit turnips exten- nnmher nnd tho e'rgrea and increasing EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE. obtaining manure. When you have made your Christmas.” 
sively, and we republish the mode of one whose eitln i n d rpi . * amoun o ime and means -- manure, take care not to waste an ounce of it. - »»» - 
success has been very satisfactory: i , f , ° y a .' e e c°me a great power in the Extirpating Thistles from Grass Lands. —A This has been my custom for the last fifteen years, DRIVING OXEN WTTTrrmT 
- A d, y pari of the field is selected, the around lorZZZ 7!" L“,, 'l " ? ’“‘“7 correspondent of the Louden MeU, in con, Lt “ d f * c»»se q „enee nr y farm teems with ferW OXERWITROBT LDtES. 
avoided. Many stock growers pit turnips exten- k ’ 71 — 1 g na mcreasm S 
sively, and wo republish the mode of one whose Zwd l T"""" ° f “ d ” Ca ° s 
’ success has been very satisfactory; Ta? Theybave become a great powerintbe 
(< . , . . land for g° od or evi1 > and l1; Is of the utmost im- 
“ A dry part of the field is selected, the ground portance that thev should be J‘ Z, 77 T corres P onaent 01 me Field, in comment- “““ a ^“sequence my iarm teems with lertihty. 
excavated to the depth of about six inches three yield a harvest of Lod fmit Tit 0ndu 7 d “ S t0 ing upon tbis class of pests > remarks that there Tbe slops and excreta froIU bouse should all 
feet wide, and as Jg as may be needed. In tS 0 ^^ have.appeared few things more extraordinary in f L"t fiMd ’ S*™ ^ 77 ** °“ a 
the turnips are placed, as high as the width of the we will suppose to occun/twn d«v«' T ! eSefairs the hlstor y of far ““g knowledge than the per- dlStant fie ! d .’ or wb en you are too busy to cart 
narrow trench will admit, the pile being two feet be visited by 4 000 nersoL eLhT V 7 tenacit y with wbicb prejudice has so long “ anure ; it is also a good addition to the farm 
in the middle. Over the mas! a ZjZ 177 7 J ’ ^ h,ch We preferred the scythe to the roller in keeping do W n “ a “ ure . f ° r root crop - Nine-tenths of 
DRIVING OXEN WITHOUT LINES. 
Give a Yankee an ox, with a whip or a goad; 
Let a Dutchman have horses when hauling a load./ 
Give Dutchmen and Irishmen lines to pull; J 
Give a Yankee a whip to drive ox orbuli.’V-EDir/o 
Oxen were always calculated to be driven with- 
carefully and compactly heaped up to a sharp 000 men. Supposing e; 
pitch, and well beaten with the flat of the spade, for admission fees and 
At the distance of every fifteen or twenty feet, a cost of §700,000. This 
pasture grounds; and most effective was it found 1 Can S enera Hy “ ak e a shrewd guess at what his because thev 
to ho. tliA hmica onri nmioV. i crops are. J J 
^ ui every uueen or xwenty ieet, a cost ot ^^00^000. This is in ^ , 1 . w , 7 « ivuuu 
TITS? I 8 S of ^common stove pipe, and money given gratuitously* by officers and cZ extending ifsTorUficZn to tbe lilt No doubt ^ ^ 
tew the cud, und therefore, 
possess more spirit, and 
in which a roll of straw is firmly twisted. This mittees. For this large outlay of time and means th* -ZV “ 0I ' tl , tl0n to the root - No doub t 
has the effect of exhausting the pit of the heated, we have a right to expect greift results An in' ti ' b r '^7 * ? ean SW66p 5 80 does a sur ' 
impure atmosphere by which it naturally becomes tution which enlists sucha vast multitude of th! ge ° nwh8n he Cuts a le S off 5 but let a crushed leg 
filial __:_j_... .... . multitude ot the remain attached th® hndw - a-._4.-i.-_ 
laborer generally fats one pi*, using ag ! 1 v'!’ and ^“ petuosit 7 “ tb eir movements, “we 
cks of barley meal, and adding about ? T “J ob *V 
about four sacks 
--uicm, iiuu OUUIllg TOUl /TnmoQ 9.9 \ Ti_ u a ‘ 
six score to the weight of his pi* This on his 1 ' ’ ' ' would be a very difficult task to 
-.r_ .a- ... 7 a .. . 8 learn a span of fiery, soirited cnlt a -i.. 
impure ai mospnere Dy wmen it naturally becomes tution which enlists such a vast multitude th* ■ T 7 7 ; 7 ’ cn,snea le S *nrd»n 7 learn a span of fiery, spirited colt* tn *7 
filled, producing decomposition. By this simple, practical working men of the c Z yt L sJd “T* ^ and th ® undertak “ fZ J Zl t tb ™ ^ ^ b ® 48 “otion of a whip; but ITok of sllers tl 
easv mndp nf nitiinn . b . 11 Y la lts sup- will assuredly have employment score per acre on the consumption of 15 to 16 , , .... , yoxe oi steers, however 
preserved 6 “7°^ or -—_1 garters of barley per acre.” ^ “ d ca “ be learaed - “ a very short 
fi Ln ’ thloughout the winter 1Q S° od aa “ d i- th ^he attention of he press having the interests Steam Plows in England. —At the meeting of „ -~ a ’ f T d ® r “° S C °“ plete ° bedience to tb e 
K Putin* + „ of bis class especially in Us keeping. the Royal Agricultural Society in Wanvick TURKEY Bree “ x «-Several inquiries upon the dnyer ’ lf he understands how to use his whip 
M our norther! ol 7 r. erSe 6SpeCially m , Wlthout 8aying what the Far “ er ’ a F “re should gland, July 12th, a prominent feature of The !xm' §l bj ® Ct ° f raiShlg turkeyS ’ and the responses there- Wltb sklU and Propriety. Perhaps there is no! 
f actorv ! ch “ ate > and believe there are satis- be, we will merely remark that they should not be bition was the collection of steam nlnw- „ d" t0 ’ baVG appeared “ the Rural recently, but the another domestic animal that can be driven with 
fig Y casons for not adopting such practice, permitted to become mere shows, or prominent- steam cultivators Sixteen steam pfows werr followin g’ “'edfred to nn American writer in one of so much ease and precesion, without lines, as an ox 
Pt from ZLZTJ7 P0S T7 7 the fre ® d r 17 partak ® ° f the CharaCter 0f tbe ’ the entered for comp** Eaglish d0Urnals > Contains valuable sug- I have observed that there has been v ry much 
PL ° 1StUre neCe8Sary t0 th ® Saf ®- keeping ° f the ° irCUS ’ the Ca ™ « ^ horse-race. If this is the last named'being ^ ^ remarks = - ^ars past, on the sublet ol bLkLg 
^ Every turkey breeder is not aware of it, but it steers, and driving them; but I have always 
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