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use of the queen, and the process of depositing be removed, and had marked such as would be ■ $£ um [ 0pfeft 0 f ft££00. 
• xt___iii npnrmation t n hid in the irrass. aud could not be remembered , T / u 
'Agricultural JiltsitUang. 
OSWEGO CO.—ITS AGRICULTURAL FAIRS, & 0 . 
hid in the grass, aud could not be remembered; —- V ^ __ Last week we bad the pleasure of spending several 
, . J and in mowing two or three days this year, I have :...." .. .. days m Oswego County, and of attending the Fairs of 
the busy workers. broko & 8lD „ le sect i 0 n or guard, while lust iMgs more Profitable tlian. Hogs. ’Weather, Crops, &o. -The weather oflast week was it 8 rival County A g. Societies-at Mexico aDd Fulton, 
Early in October every card should be examined, b everj day on the same fields. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman ^ «nfavorat».e ifor corn and other crope-one or two T he excursion afforded us an opportunity of trav er8tDg 
„ „ a if ,v,« have not alreadv constructed a yc<u i uiimooc j j ... data bemi? deeide.dtv Boresn and EouinocUalish. A n <vin»irir>r»hlo nnrtinn of the county, and of revision.. 
Eatiy in October e .cry cai s ou c eex ’ year j broke several every day on the same fields, j A correspondent of the Country Gentleman 
and it the b (C ’ iave no a rea y c s For success, very much depends upon the prepa- j makes the statement that it is more profitable to 
passway tlnoogi 1 s cen er, oi win er us , ation 0 f the ground, and very, very much depends j fatten pigs than hogs, and presents the following 
should be formed by the am of a small but long- r ^ and knowing facts and figures to prove the verity of his asser- 
bladed kni e. J ’ ' - how too keep it in order. Many a first-rate ma- tions. 
Cleveland, Ohio, 1S59. ....... _. nf « _ 
days being decidedly Boresn and Equimictiatlsh. A a considerable portion of the county, and of revisiting 
frost occurred on Wednesday night, though the clouds a section with which we were somewhat familiar thirty 
and wiDds prevented serious results. Corn, buckwheat, years ago. Many of the towns bad greatiy improved, 
SUBSOIL AND DRAINING PLOW-INQUIRY. 
how too keep it in order. Many a first-rate ma- tions 
chine is abandoned on account of a want of skill Ha 
in usiDg it. T. Wither. past i 
Williamsville, N. Y., 1859. hopii 
Most Excellent Rural: Some of your toad flT!nTT m WINTERING STOCK } year—and report through your paper 
ers wish still more information upon the above ABOUT W INTERIN G S j WRy farmer8 „ ay> through the medium . 
instrument. The Plow advertised in o . , o. R New-Yorker-—As much is beiDg cultural paper, increase their annual inc 
32, and noticed favorably in the same Rural pro- I; DS ., { d<} j wigh t0 ive j than ten times the cost of such a paper. 
,>nse* Great,advantage to the buyer. Do you think said about the scarcity ot roooer, i wisu io give _ 
facts and tigures to prove toe verity oi ms asser- were somewhat affected, but we bear of no mate- agriculturally and otherwise, since our last visit,—bet* 
tions : riul damage. On Tuesday and Wednesday ike weaiher t^r ro ads, ferioee, buildings, etc., appearing on all sides, 
Having tried an experiment with both kinds the was quite unfavorable for Ag. Fairs, and diminished while the farms indicated marked progress in culture 
pastseasoD, I am disposed to give you the result, the interest and attendance in some localities. The and husbandry. This remark is especially applicable 
hoping that others may try a like experiment— present week opens very favorably—with a bright sun- to most of the towns we were enabled to observe par- 
upon a more even scale as to the season of the ehiDe > and much warmer temperature. This will help ticnlarly-viz., Granby, Hannibal, Mexico, New Haven 
year-and report through your paper. In this corn and, if it continues through the week, prove most and Yolney-and we were glad to learn that other pur- 
J 1 t , . I* r • beneficial to the many Societies which held their An- t j ong 0 f t ^ e county were in the track -whereon glides 
way farmers may, through the medium of an agri- cual ExblbUlcns lh0 pregect weet th « „ a r of Imnrovement. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—As much is beiDg ! cultural paper, inciease their annual income more 
poses great advantage to the buyer. Do you i 
sneflctal to the many Societies which hold their An- tion8 of tbe CO unty were in the track whereon glides 
lal Exhibitions the present week. the car of Improvement. 
Tiib Fair at Mexico— held Sept. 13-15-was largely 
Fairs next Week.— State lairs are to be hold the a tt e nd e d considering the unfavorable weather, while 
{'““r s ‘ ~“T~' ““7/T "r'/fnrVf.irmerie hnv as the public, through your paper, a sure way to I In September, 1857, I bought two pigs at $2 ensuing week (Sept. 26 30) as follows: Indiana, at tho exHibition was creditable. We were present only 
•'help it bold „„*■ it ha L. my «|wta.c. L ac h, aad kept them until Dumber Utb, 1853. »-"»“»> P “”’™f' d “”: oee ha, (.be 14th.) yet .a. ahunnaa, nv W »«n of.a. 
it regard, eastne,, of draft, strength oi form, and beip , noth I „„ich was the time .be, ware botebered. The, “ T C«S E e * •“***• ” f •“ »' 
reasonableness of price! * /•• „ I Labels of shelled corn- “ 1 provement among agrlcnllnri.,. and cornmnnit, pen- 
reasonableness of price? 
Until we have got ahead somewhat in the use, 
and means of indispensable improvements, all com¬ 
plicated and high cost machines must be left with 
the makers, or remain beyond the reasonable de¬ 
mands of small farmers. I must so believe from 
what observation I can make among such farmers, 
and from my current experience in business, as 
one-fourth less feed than wheD exposed to “the had been fed about 60 bushels of sbe'led corn Greene, Madison, Monroe, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Put- 
fury of a winter’s storm.” Now, brother farmers, about one-half of it ground aod scalded, the other naal) Steuben, St. Lawrence, and Wyoming. New 
if you are short for fodder, instead of baying hay half of it having previously been fed in the ear. York Union and Town Fairs—Brookfield, Canaseraga, 
at exorbitant prices, to he fed out of doors and The feed, other than corn, is in both experiments Coventry, Dryden, Fredonia, Oxford, and Trumana- 
Greeue, Madison, Monroe, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Put- era j|y < The Society’s Fair Grounds are finely locau-d, 
comprise fourteen acres, and embrace a good exhibi¬ 
tion building and business office. Tho land and 
improvements cost some $3,500. The Fair was qulto 
perhaps trampled in the mud, just expend atri- offset against the manure made by them. They burg. For particulars as to day sand piacee, see former 8UCCesgfab Wo werc aeaure d that the attendance was 
fiino- sum for lumber, and batten up all the crevice3 weighed respectively, when butchered, 332 and numbers of the Rural, 
° _—■ ■ .. m.TT. Rl/UIVPbP. TTfCI 
about your stables, and make some good mangers, 344 pounds. On the 26th of August, 1858, 1 bought . 9 T ” *. ^nT.f °r ^ ,! mthtnd^ath- 
nover larger, that tbo receipts exceeded those of last 
year, while the exhibition was better in some respects. 
and underpin your barn-making it, as the Bailors two pigs, bred by the same sow, and at the same J 2 ’ and SO^ctT ^ ^ The show of Stock was very good, and induced & 
well ts frnm mv exnerience in the nracticat wants duu uuucl P 1U J uul & ’ * b ’ J , , Lenox, at Oneida, Sept. 80, Oct. 1, 
well as liom my experience m t p sav, “all taut,”—then keep your cattle in there price. They were fed mostly upon sweet apples, -.- 
r _~ mmAttr afovfl nnt.Iavft arft ’ 1 J 1 ... 
of farming and the variety of ways outlays are ’ ^ whi]e the snow is on the ground, with a few raw potatoes and a few nubbins of TnB Natiokal Faik _ T he exhibition of the U. 8. Greek ' ^ 8tr ‘" g of 1Q /° Ke ” r , W °[ t K ' D ? 
hprp needed Oar first improvements must be „ . • , f , . Tv , - r4U T ^ A ——. . . . . „ town of New n aven, deservedly attracted much atten- 
done with respect to the greatest profit for the done tbis ’ g° and eX ? end tff0 ’ three > or COrn ’ UDtd December 15lb ; 1 tbe “ C0 “ me “ Ced Ag. Bocety held at Chicago las week is umversally A _ w 8everance , Eaq „ of tho earae town, 
done with respect to me grea y dollars more for blankets for your horses, aud feeding them upon corn boiled until soft, and fed pronounced a great success in all departments. Hon. exhihUed tbe bess tralned yoke of oxon we ever 8aw _ 
least outlay. . . , employ an idle hour in fastening on suitable cold. This kind of feed was continued about two Marshall P. Milder, of Boston, for many years their performances .unyoked, eliciting universal adml- 
And as to subsoiliDg, and draining, wo know, g and buckles ^ keep them ^ and yQu arg weekg) whenitwa8 chaDged to 8ca i ded meal, which Prestdentof the organization, and who was present at ^ ^ principil exhlbiU()n bul)ding _ COII)bin , IIg 
by the condition of our an, an t le uncer am r j„g ed bo brave a hard winter with thirty toDS of feed was continued until February 8 th, when they the show on the 15th, informed us on is return t at p 1(>ra j and j) 0(neg ii C Halls —was most beautifully 
_otTViGlorl lir QnrfnGA J fha erhihitinn wti» n t/irether tho best, ns we ns the 
Tiib National Fair —The exhibition of the U. 8. 
dozen flue Snort-horns, owned by Mr. Marks, of Sandy 
Creek. A string of 15 yoke of working oxen, from the 
growth of some crops, directly affected by surface £ whwe before younee de d forty. Bnt.tomake were butchered. Their respective weights were exffibitton was altoge her thie best as we.las he dec irated with evergreeD8! Ac ., tbc finest arrangement 
water and drouth, that this bus.ness must be done th J thing 8ure \ wdl add t bat y 0u ^ better get you 2S 7 and 244 pounds. The/ had been fed about ^1“2 8^ In ’he sLk Dcpar Lnt - ever saw at a County Fair. The .adies of course 
or Tto profit be realized. Then, the profits must ^ de _ au?p,ct B ‘ f ‘ b ° ® oc ' ct f* . In , *_ h ® . ® J J decorated tho Hall, and also made an excellent display 
be so slow with that work performed with the me¬ 
chanical aids necessary, as to leave such venture¬ 
some farmer burdened with privation and pecu¬ 
niary harrassment. Will the makers of the labor- 
saving tools and machines look to this a little 
a good leed cutter, (if you have none,) aDd use it 25 bushels of shelled corn, in forms as above de- particu | ar ] yi the display was large and superior. The 
as much as you can. Don’t say you can’t afiord scribed. The old hogs were about seventeen wea tber was flue on the opening days (Monday and 
it, or that it “ won’t pay.” Take my assertions, months, and the pigs three days less than seven Tuesday) and the entries numbered some 8,000, inolud- 
of Domestic Manufacturers and fine handiwork, &c. 
The display of Fruits, Flowers, &c., though not largo, 
was creditable. Among the contributions, Mr. G. H. 
and figure up aud see if it won’t pay. And I dare months old when killed. Valuing the corn at tng 1,500 Agricultural and Mechanical Implements. ■ exhibited 36 varieties of apples and 
T o V ,1 % -.1 • »• 1A* _. _ a _ _ 1 _U - A ~ oonto o Pmoirlnnt TnonuAN f.trmflllv nnATlpH PfliPOtl TllPB- 1 * 
say I can find thousands within the circulation of 80 cents a bushel, and the pork at eight cents a President Tilguman formally opened the Fairon Tues- pearg _ mi)8t ]y g„ e) wo n gr0 wn specimens. Wo 
tbe Rural, who will endorse my experience. But, pound, the account stands as follows:—Old hogs, day, in an appropriate address, and speeches were were nnab i e k, examine the various departments of the 
Dr. $52, Cr. $54,03; pigs, Dr. $24, Cr. $38,64.— made by Jenato s Crittenden an ouglas. he oxb j b jy on particularly, and of course can only speak 
It will be seen that the pigs yield a profit of $14,64, nuni ° vntors on tnc. oth was es imate a , of it in general terms. But, creditable as was thesdow, 
while that of the old hogs is only $2,08, to say ’ > Th ’ e ^ we were more pleased witn the People m attendance- 
nothing of the extra time and trouble in taking reach ^ Tiie exhlblt[on of ? he 9teara p iow8 0 y and the simple fact tha thousands were present dur ng 
care of the old ones. Fawkes, of Pa., and Waters, of Detroit, attraced 6UCl * u f avora W e ^ea ber (the high winds and chill 
r 5 ... . n the Rural, who will endorse my experience. But, pound, the account stands as follows: — Old hogs, 
more, not strive to supp y simp y w a we s a t hat I am not ad vdneing any new doctrine, Dr. $52, Cr. $54,03; pigs, Dr. $24, Cr. $38,64.— 
l-etotiy, an may e p ease o wan , u " a I will not occupy any more room in your valuable It will be seen that the pigs yield a profit of $14,64, 
will best perform profitable labor for a price tha «. N . L . while that of the old hogs is only $2,03, to say 
can be spared for that particular branch of work? ^ nothiDg Qf the extra time and trouble in takiDg 
But more directly of the Plow. Besides, giving Remarks _ The above advice is orthodox and care of the old ones, 
your opinion of the best, or the certain pract.cal time) We have rarel blished more good B Horse-Balky Master, 
utility and economy of it. I desire to know it such . .... . . . , 1<3 • ^ ^ 
J ... J A \ , sense in so little compass. Those interested would The following exemplification of the effects of 
plow may with any advantage have a hole drilled dQ ^ to heed thfi suggestiong _ g 
made by Senato s Crittenden and Douglas. The 
number of visitors on the 15th was estimated at 50,000 
—on the lOtb, 35,000, up to which time the receipts were 
_ v ’ ' . _ , _ , , such unfavorable weatber (the high winds and chtU 
’awkes, of a., am aiers, o t,troit, at rac<e atmosphere rendeiiDg tbe day the most unpropitious of 
great attention-while a trot over the Garden City tbe Mawn ) gave a88ura n Ce tbatlheywere imbued with 
Course between Fiofa Temple and Princess was hardly i i. , i ... b.„.i 
in the rear and bottom part to receive a coupling 
hook that shall attach a pear-shaped ball to draw 
in the ground and leave a channel for little water¬ 
courses? Can we so subsoil and profitably drain 
any of our land, and for what uses would a plow 
The following exemplification of the effects of Course between Flora Temple and Princess was hardly the proper 8plrlUo advance Rural Improvement. We 
good or ill-treatment on animals we extract from ' 8Sp ° pU ar ' U S ,' n T, ' ac( ^ ,UDt8 " L c <-r- clu( te neV er so deeply regretted the lack of powerful voioe 
b"™ u „ . „ .. , the Fair has proved all that oould be expected by tbe ^ 
the American Stock Journal: a farmer of irascible officer8 and frlend8 of the n . s . Society-the show, at!dIun f saa ° n fh H8 D f, 
i . , . , ’ circumstances, the large and fine audience by whom 
temper, Ac. attendance and receipts being extraordinary. , nrrnn „^H Rnt nf thf* it does not become 
GRAIN GROWING IN MINNESOTA. temper, &c. 
- A farmer of irascible temper came into possession 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker : —Noticing in the of a very fine animal, of most docile disposition. 
— The Chicago Journal , received since tho above 
was written, says of the Fair: — " It is an entire success 
we were surrounded. But of this it does not become 
ns to speak. During our brief sojourn in Mexico wo 
so prepared be of value? And if of value, bow Rural the remarks in regard to the grain growing When the farmer purchased him he was highly g 0C i e ty. ail tbo departments of the Fair are f 
large a ball and to what extent would that probably qualities of other States, I thought that it would pleased with his bargain. For some weeks the 23 
in both quaii'y and extent, as well as pecuniarily to me eaw much that was gratifying, and many persons whoso 
* Q| 1~ personal acquaintance we were glad to make. Mr. 
President Eaf.ll, Treasurer Conklin, and other officers 
increase the draft? w. b. e. 
Oswego Co., N. Y., 1S59. 
Remarks.—I nstead of answering the above, vve 
be no more than justice to our young State to animal worked admirably; but as the owner be- at ,j tn ’ a | s wc ba ve ever laid eyes <>d. It has never been and many citizens whom we had the pleasure of taking 
briefly notice her capacity in that respect. 
came accustomed to the brute, his irritable temper equaled. In tho deparitnents of Mechanics. Agricul- by m e band, appeared to be men of the right mako 
_ The crops in Minnesota thi3 season are the best would display itself, and occasionally in his aDger en^ies^aH^y orwoudem^maate^pleMsVifd ibgenTous aud metal for tho caus ? aad tb e occasion. Mexico is a 
v.I ever saw Wheat ire and oats were well he would punish him severely for the most trifling contrivances for labor-caving and labor-facilitating, fine, pleasantly located village of some l,o00 inhabitants 
should prefer to publish a reply from the pen of • > 3- e an( * oats, were well ^ J . . . . Intde Fine Arts Hall, there is much to admire; any —has a beautiful and successful Academy, many fine 
John John’ston, Esq., or some other person who is beaded and just as thick as they could stand.— fault. In a few months the animal became irnta- LUmber of excellent photographs, and not a few other reBidenC€B and ma8t be a peasant place to reside. 
practically familiar with every branch of the sub- Have seen some pieces very badly lodged by their ble and bal ky, at times quite unruly. The farmer, spectmeu " f a ar ;^; k c e h a aad ^ r f Q ’ ^ U m “ d Tparao^e Tnz Fair at Fulton (or Oswego Falls,)-Scpt. 18-16, 
ject. The inquiries are important, and as correct own weight. Wheat rusted a very little in some who could not see how much injury he was doing _ a hrH , ailt gem . set in all the colors of the rainbow. four da a8 a decide d success in most respects, 
answers to them would benefit many readers, we localities. The farmers are well satisfied with the himself, continued hiAirutality. The resu t was ^ v^r> t k f F ai o t* the" N a turn ai^a t ri cu 1 1 ora" 8 > ‘Ciet’y 1 far The day we attended (the loth) the number present 
trust Mr. J., and ethers competent from experi- abundant harvest they have reaped this season, as might be expecty^Heally valuable brute was surpasses Buy iia exhirmlons, and is ahead of was estimated at from ten to twelve thousand, the 
c»cc, will respond. ' They are bu.ily iengaged threshing now. and a Moiled. "^““T.VnobTo M-‘ ** “ ZTT 
, , ,_ /’ finei'berry 1 nevar saw; it is plump and white; farmer was in despair, and Would have been glad umph —an honor to the Society, a credit'to the exhibi- visitors. On entering the fine grounds (containing 
and yields well could he have found a purchaser for him at a third tors, and a glory to the nation. We rejoice to see so about 15 acres, and situated on the shore of a beautiful 
MOWING AND MOWING MACHINES, ‘ ' nr fonrtb 0 f wbat he gave for him A neighbor of man? P eo P ,u P resent rr,,m at,road t0 ’Witness this grand j ake , we were surprised at the extent and variety of 
_ Our corn was bitten by the frost last week, so or tourm 01 ", ae \ ave , A neignuor oi dif , play Alni0tt every State id the Union is represent- nnmb - r attend 
, _ ... , , , ., . . . , the farmer who saw how he had maltreated the e d among the visitors, and the attendance from the the exhibition, and the large number in attendance, 
Messrs. Eds.:—W ith your permission I will give ttlat corn 0D lonr > wet grounds, tbat were planted offered to accept him at the owner’s terms Western States especially is numerous.” and soon learned tbat the surrounding oonntry was not 
Rural readers a sketch of my experience in mow- ^ ate last spring, is very badly injured. I should ’ ‘ c , , -, T mark the end The -*- only woll represented, but that hundreds had arrived 
ing. Last year, not feeling able to buv a machine, judge that there is twice the number of acres w 1C were n 1 ’ *. The Vermont State Fair, at Burlington last week, by railroad from the cities of Syracuse and Oswego, 
j, _ ... ,, , , „nde,- ^niii-oUnn +h; a tear fbot tLeye wna looi new proprietor was a man of kind but firm dispo- a ttracted a large gathering. A telegram dated tbo Tha Imd bepn removed from the grounds, hut the 
answers to them would benefit many readers, we 
The farmers are well satisfied with the himself, continued hi 
trust Mr. J., and ethers competent from experi- abundant harvest they have reaped this season, as might be expe^ 
ence, will respond. 
MOWING AND MOWING MACHINES. 
They are busily engaged threshing now. and a spoiled. Ueh^ 
finei'berry I nev&r saw; it is plump and white; farmer was in < 
and yields well. could he have f 
Our corn was bitten by the frost last week, so or f° urtl1 op 
'esiern States especially is numerous.” and soon learned tbat the surrounding oonntry was not 
-*- only woll represented, but that hundreds had arrived 
Tns Vermont State Fair, at Burlington last week, by ra ji road from the cities of Syracuse and Oswego. 
and my neighbor who owns an old fashioned under cultivation this year that there was last Q ew proprietor w as a man ot in ut rm ispo attracted a large gathering. A telegram dated tho The Stuck had been removed from the grounds, butlho 
“Ketchum” offering me the use of his on condi- Jear. And, having a better yield this year than sition * He at once commenced treating the am- 14th, says:-“ The show of horses, cattle and sheep is departments of the exhibition which we witnessed were 
.. ’ ,, g .. — , .. last if p-rain should hrimr a fair nriee this fall we mal as if he could be reached by reason. The good. The mechanical and floral display is notlarge. reuch better than we had anticipated. Our attention 
“Ketchum,” offering me the use of his, on condi- year. And, havingf -1 better yield tn.s yeartn.n ^ &g , f fae could be reached by reason . The good . We mechanical and flora, display is not large, 
tion that I would mow his grass, I availed myself as » 1 & ra >n & ou nng a air price ns a , we j ci g a dl ff erence between his pres- A splendid exhibition of Howe’s Scales attracts greal 
__i.i n,_i:_ shnll comp out nl rioht Wo nro ralnor onnr “> 11^1 o 1 . ... .... . .. . 
of the opportunity, and mounted the machine as a skull come out all right. We are rather poor, 
“raw hand.” The grass was heavy, the “dead financially, but taking into consideration our soil 
A splendid exhibition of Howe’s Scales attracts great wag flrgt attracted to a good display of Ag. Implements 
attention.” Gov. Banks, of Massachusetts, delivered and Machinery—including D. C. Cuming’s Power Hay 
furrows« very deep, and the meadows had not aa d climate wmneh. Taking everything into ' hi and in less time thaa it J took 
been properly prepared, by having all the small the account I think this State will rank with the p > 
stones removed and the large ones marked by ^ rs t class of grain growing States. 
setting a tall stake by them as signals, so I found 
a great hindrance in consequence of the breaking 
of “sections” and “guards.” And in crossing 
the farrows, the “finger-bar” would drop in sud- 
St. Anthony, Minn., Sept. 12, 1859. 
ent and former treament soon recovered his tern- attention. Gov. Hanks, or Massachusetts, delivered and Machinery—including D. C. Cuming’s Power Hay 
per. He ceased to fear and tremble at every one an addre8S on Thursday, and the Fair closed on Friday. and Corn Sla | k cutler in operation. It is an excellent 
who approached him, and in less time than it took The Illinois State Fair was a succees, as we stated “ achin0 ( a8 recen ”y notic< ; d b ? a P ^ KAL C0 '' eSp ”“; 
to spoil him, he was brought back to his original i^t week,-but so many matters are pressing upon our dentl) and we were f 8 ’ ad ’ ea y“ 'y a8 bein = 8 ° ra ® w ^ 
docile disposition. His former owner learned for pages that wo must omit reports received concerning exten sive y nianu ac ure y . ^ utton ’ ^ 
the first time that more labor can be gotten out of this and other exhibitions. It is said the $3,000 prize Fult< ^. a ' , ^ ' Sp ay ,. ln , ' 0 . L ‘ 'l-tici^Finn Aru* 
Cabbage with Corn. — Mr. Brooks, of Prince¬ 
ton, Mass., at one of the Legislative Agricultural 
tuc iuiiuv.3, Bug C1 -uai nuu.u uiup iu buu- —, - — - - - we are unab l e to Say. 
denly, with a jar, and in risiDg out the knives or Meetings in Boston, alluded to the practice of 4 
“sections” would suffer from cutting the soil or planting cabbage among Indian corn. He knew Soiling Cattle. 
gravel. I procured three plates of an old buggy an instance where cabbage was planted in alter- At a recent meeting of the “Harvest Club,” 
spring about 18 inches long, and laying them upon nate rows with corn, and the cabbage sold for $150 at Springfield, Mass., tliis subject was presented 
each other in the usual way, bad them bolted upon per acre. for discussion. From the report of the Springfield 
the “ finger-bar” near the other end, so as to have - - Republican, we extract the following :— Soiling, or 
, tj. - , , r ’ 1 “ * extensively manufactured by J. E. Dutton & Co, of 
docile disposition. His former owner learned for pages that wo must omit reports received concerning ' 
, ,, , f b . ...... i. . .... -„ Ann , Fulton. The display 111 the large tent devoted to Fiuits 
the first time that more labor can be gotten out of this and other exhibitions. It is said the $3,000 prize v ® . .. . „ „ ... 
, & ^ . . . . . . and Flowers, Domestic and iancy Articles, Fine Arts, 
-inv animal hv kindness than bv brutalitv But for steam plowing was not awarded, on account of the ’ . ... ... 
any animat Dy Kinoness man uy 01 uianiy. jiui . * B ’ ... & c ., was exceed naly creditable in quantity, quality aud 
„L. t i, OP if mftnftnH his irritahle disnosilinn or not condition of the ground at the time Fawkes made his ’ . .... 
whether it mended his irritable disposition or not, ^ ^ g ExecuUve Commiltee , The ^ ig variety, and worthy the attention and commendation 
.. , it received. In fruits, flowers and floral ornaments, 
adjourned until Fawkes returns from the American ^ 
Tnatitntn F.,ir Vnrt thi. needle and fancy work, and specimens of the fine arts, 
I Institute Fair, New York, where he exhibits this week. neuult “ uu iauuj wurli ’ a,,u 
I _._ the exhibition Was very attractive, including many 
Schuyler County Faie. —-A friend writes us that things worthy of special notice. Among tho novelties 
the Fair of the Schuyler Co. Ag. Society-held at Wat- we examined a Portable Mercurial Barometer, of Tim- 
them drag behind, forming a kind of shoe for the 
bar to run on. This was a decided improvement, 
far better than a wheel or roller, as the trembling 
motion caused by a roller is utterly avoided, and 
tbe bar shoots across tbe farrow avoiding all in- 
„r acie. for discussion. Liom the report of the Springfield k j nSi j as t -^eek—was decidedly successful. He says, by’s patent, which wo think will prove a long-sought 
-- Republican, we extract the following -.—Soiling, or substantially, that Schuyler Co. was formed in 1S54, desideratum for agricultural purposes, and of which 
tv • • v the summer feeding of cattle, was discussed. It and the Society organized the same year. The first we may have more to say in future. Also.afloralorna- 
JliqUUlCj (lllU ,4vlu LUlID. was be ii eT ed to be the most economical way, on Fair was held in 1855, since which there has annually ment, consisting of a case of flowers, moss, &c., per- 
- costly level lands, to feed cattle with green food been an increase in interest, attendance and receipts, fectly dry and so preserved as to retain their original 
Cement Watee PirE.— Inquiry .—My neighbor, Mr. through the summer in stalls. In this way they Being a small county, with no large villages or manu- colors. The process is said to have been discovered by 
Parks, appreciating the value of a constant and con- 
costly level lands, to feed cattle with green food been an increase in interest, attendance and receipts, fectly dry and so preserved as to retain their original 
through the summer in stalls. In this way they Bein S a 8ma11 county, with no large villages or manu- colors. The process is said to have been discovered by 
can be fed more regularly, the manure is collected during establishments, of course its Fairs could not Mr. Martin Osborne, of Fulton and is certainly very 
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inwr 4 -U a vcnteiit supply of water for farm purposes, has conveyed A onrrnA -n be expected to compare with those of other counties, m ingenious and apparent!} successful. Asuperiorepcci 
jury to the knives, by cutting the ground on the . u i • ,. , and saved, and they will give more milk, except 1 ^ r , . . , ’ «f p^nmon^hin rinMnrtin<y ?i fno-simiie of a bauk 
. a spring by means of wooden pipe, which answers his r , . r . 4 * c tvt some respects, yet the show of implements and manu- men oi I cnmansnip ^lnciuaing a iac simne oi a uuua. 
opposite side, while the whole expense does Dot purpoae well, but he is desirous of information concern- ^ or abou ^ ^ ,v0 wee ^ 8 aftei the twentieth of May j- aC f Ureg) gra i nS) vegetables, &c., would do credit to note, portraits, &c ,) was exhibited by S. M. Bassett, of 
exceed 75 cents. Nevertheless, the old machine m g cement pipe. Will some one tell him how to make when feed is freshest. A cow can be kept on an any CO unt y , while the display in the Fruit and Floral the Syracuse Com. College; we never saw its equal, 
would sometimes dog, and I heard so much about it) alld also advice as to its comparative merits ? acre of ricl1 ground an entire year by this process. i ine wa8 peculiarly attractive. In this department, The show of Dairy Products, Vegetables, Grain, &c., 
improvements, and better machines, &c., &c., that _ gince writing tbe above I have talked with some If tbis P ractice were generally adopted, it would aside from a fine variety of other flowers and fruits, (in another spacious tc-nt,) was quite large and excel- 
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I got rather “ sick of the old thing, 1 ” and hoped I gentlemen in Cold Creek, Alleg. Co., (not in the stream, save much division fencing. Corn, clover, barley, Mr. Geo. Turm presented 45 varieties of dahlias and 28 lent—better than we have 6een at many uoun y 
could get a better one by another season. “Times,” exactly,) who have constructed some half a mile of millet and rye are the principal changes of food, of roses. The show of Stallions and fine wooled Sheep in the most favored localities. We observed a superior 
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however, getting “ no better pretty fast,” I had to this pipe. They used one bushel water lime to three Fall rye is the earliest greens procurable for this was worthy of praise. Of the former there was a better ® am P e 0 ea ' Cd » a C ^ 0I) bughe i fi 
take the old machine again. 
mis pipe, ineyuseu one Dusnei water lime io mree run rye is uie earnest greens piuuuiauic iui tuis --- j ***- ^ -- ~ , ... , ^ , ott . u.iQhnifl 
of sand, put their mortar into a trough some four feet purpose. Barley stands fiost better than some of ^™ Sf.Jr Several nmloiTs mesent* considered the Tea 
A few weeks since I spent several days in my lon S> lQree incnes uee P, lDree incneB wlue lo P the others. Millet and corn are better it wilted 
natiye town of Niagara and there attended a kind and two at the bottom i madeof half inch h° ar da. This be f 0 re feeding. Two cows have been kept well in 
g , u mere atienaen a Kina be i 0 g filled with mortar was turned into a ditch some , 
ef “social” mowing match One of mv old ae- <■ , . . , tbis way, on one and a half rods of clover a day. 
unlu & ujcucii. unt oi my oia ac- two feet or more in depth; then a round rod was press- . , ... . r , 
i-.- three inehea d een three inches whle at the ton Tt. .1 . T .., . , , ,, ... , ed whether a superior exhibition of Stallions will be per acre. Several persons present considered th 
long, three inches deep, three inches wide at the top tbe others. Millet and corn are better if wilted . „ ^ a , , T „ . . vnrietv of snrin<r w-lieat esneciallv for light 
orm tnrn ..t *hn hnttnm msHonf half inch hnnr/ia This. m , , , made at any Co. Fair in the Slate. In fine wooled the best variety oi spring wneai, especially ior 
sheep our shows have always been particularly attrac- soils. Much attention is given to wheat culture m 
tive, and there was the usual display of as good as the Oswego Co., of late, the yield proving very good, 
quaintances had been tryiDg to find out the best ed into the mortar an inch or so in size • with trowels Corn will not produce as much milk as clover, but state can produce. The specimens were from the mostly spring varieties. There were many things, in 
machine, in contemplation of buying one. The the mortar was neatly closed over the rod; a little dirt ifc wil1 be ricber - Pasturing is, of course, the most flocks of R. & G. Burritt, Noble Cleveland, John Wood- both tents, worthy of notice, but we cannot oven enu- 
“agents” finding out the state of his mind came was then put on to the mortar, and after waiting a few natural way, and on this account soiling, except to ward, J. H. German, Luther Cleveland, Wm. Ayers, morale them. The displays elsewhere me n g 
around “quite thick,” and arguments ran high, moments the rod was drawn out, and the same thing a limited extent, is not recommended for young aad J“J P "^ shom-wTre interesting and attractive. B°ut here, as 
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different machines were on the ground, and party fj 0 ' 1 , , ° , .J J be P astured ’ tbcre - a . a ereater show, however, while Swine and best part of the exhibition-and we don’t say this be- 
spirit was up. I was much amused, and reminded two or three weeks afte f’ ! he pipe gav , e ^ s c e , vera ! 
of times gone by, (the time just before Major Jack g ives the opinion that tbe heating of new milk to Address, by Rev. T. K. Beecuer, of Elmira, was a long address, and appreciated it above its merits : 
Tt/vnr.-T.Ts, \ r* . ..... . . • the dirt be put on to the mortar immediately, or should ®_ .... _• j_r.._ . L , . _^ th«ir «nSHt. cordiality and app 
^ there was a greater show, however, while Swine and best part of the exhibition—and we don-t s y 
Heating New Milk. — The Dairyman's Record j> ou ] try were represented to a limited extent. The cause they listened attentively and approvingly to a 
_-v.„__ r --™:n- . . . . „ „ „ . or,r.i-ooin»»rl It nhnve its merits, but 
Downing flourished,) and if the time has arrived it barde n first? Is there danger of the pipes cracking near tbe boiIin g P°i nt > just after it is drawn from regular Beecher effort, and well received. 
when swords are wrought into pruning hooks, from the unequal pressure of the dirt, especially in the cow, is preferable to allowing it to stand for a — W~7~7Z -7., 
surely “ Hurrah for Jackson” is altered into passing from soft ground to hard? How deep sliould time before heating, and thinks both butter and week is re orted to buve been fully 
“Hoora for tbe Ketchum," &c., &c., and I have cement and other pipe be laid in the ground, &c., &c.? cheese are improved in flavor by so doing, “because as " ee i> 18 ap “ r , % 
because we admired their spirit, cordiality and app? ar ' 
ance. We were most happy to meet and take by the 
TnE Ciiautauquk County F air, held at Jamestown hand scores of thinking, enterprising and pregressi\e 
last w'eek, is reported to have been fully equal, if not Mien—including a number of the friends of our boy- 
c eeseaie improve in avor lyso coing, ecau8e superior, to either of its predecessors. A friend who hood—and shall long remember the occasion and re- 
the animal odors which are objectionable would be wag pregent say8 the Fair was largely attended, aud union with pleasure. To the officers of tho Society- 
expelled ; ’ and goes on to say that “ tasteless and j ba j tbe extiihition was most creditable in all depart- and especially to Mr. Secretary Sanford, editor of the 
leathery” cheese is caused by maDufacturing under me nts-while the show of Stock was superb. A Union Patriot & Gazette -we are indebted for more than 
no objection to the change. -H. T. B., Pearl Creek, Wyoming C o., N. Y. the animal odors which are objectionable would be wag pre ’ gent gaj8 the Fair wa8 largely attended, aud union with pleasure. To the officers of tho Society- 
I am satisfied that decided improvements have m 0 Make a L me Kiln —Will some of the numerous ex P e ^ ed >” and 8 oes on sa ^ tba ^ “ tas ^ e l ess and that the exhibition was most creditable in all depart- and especially to Mr. Secretary Sanford, editor ot the 
been made on all the machines within the last two and intelligent readers of the Rural give us the best leatbei 7” cheese is caused by manufacturing under me nts-while the show of Stock was superb. A Union Patriot & Gazette -we are indebted for more than 
years, and it is very difficult to decide which is the plan for building a lime-kiln for burning from three to too Righ a temperature rather than from high Agricultural and Mechanical Fair is to be held at Fre- ordinary courtesies during our brief stay in Fulton an 
best, esneciallv when we listen to interested norentc . hn.hni. ef lime «t a hnrmn<- ? We have beating before manufacturing. donia next week, and a Town Fair at Clymer the week Oswego Falls, (places divided only, let us here > 
best, especially when we listen to interested agents; five hundred bushels of lime at a burning? We have beating befor 
this simple little sliding shoe; and one thing now how t0 P ut l hem together.— Uriah H. Anderson, Wit- farmer says, that a number of sheep wearing bells 
is certain, that my old machine is decidedly better Harrison Co., Texas, 1859. 
than I thought it was, for I mounted the seat aud 
cut between four and five acres on a very rough Rye.— Inquiry .—A fn< 
field, and got throughat 11 o’clock A. M„ and that ^ 
Rye. — Inquiry.—A friend of mine has heard that 
you may sow rye in fall, and may feed it during the 
in any flock, will keep away dogs—he would allow 
ten bell sheep to every hundred, or hundred and 
take the liberiy of offering one or two suggestions. 
o __ ____Oi lime ui a. uurmug: vvu iiiive - o */ o ~ ' . ranee tnibi- 
yet I have seen none but would be improved bv I plenty of wood and the best of stone, but don’t know Dogs and Bell Sheep. —An Indiana sheep following, (Oct. 5, 6.) by the Oswego Iviyer.) Of ' u ton, its appea » 
71 iher.—U k.aii H. Anebmon, Wil- former »ajs, tb.t a number of sheep wcariog bells , „„ . ‘ , , . «.«, to- we purpose to speak he,eater, 
J ’ 1 The “Union Fair,” held at Medina last week, was other towns visited. 
^_ in any flock, will keep away dogs-he would allow a complete succe88 . The Medina Tribune says:- _ In conclusion, we may remark tbat our visit to Os- 
, 1 e d tl at ten be ^ sbee P every hundred, or hundred and <i-p be attendance was very large, and the display of weg0 and its prominent Fairs impressed us most favora- i.. 
fafi° and° mT'^ecd^t during the When sheep are alarmed, they run together stock, Agricultural Implements, useful inventions, b ] yj _ aud that, from the spirit of emulation and enter- ^ , 
d t b an ma ^f,r i 1 yest'a uood a com P a ct body, in which act all the bells are vegetables, specimens of art, &c., &c., exceeded any pr j 8 e manifested, we are not sure but the people can 
luiuuguai II O CIOCK A. M., ana mat f 0 ii 0W i ng summer and the year after harvest a good eouipaci, uuuy, m wuimu n^x. an me ucud vegeiames, specimens oi an, <xc., ote., t-iracu™ au, pnse maniicsieu, we are noi sure uu. ^ i—, 
without sharpening the knives during the opera- „ rnn if vml ’ t it Canvoueetit is the Question? run S at once, which frightens the dog, or makes other exhibition of the kind ever witnessed in ibis sec- creditably and permanently sustain two County Ag ... 
tion. But the secret was, 1 had, early in the spring, 7ha7areTe3^ him think some one is on his track-so he leaves Societies; on that point, however, we £ 
cleared the meadows of all obstructions that could rye for feed ?-H. T. B. without taking mutton. of Orleans.” The total receipts were $1,800. take the liberty of offering one or wo su e ge 
