tion of £14 000,000 worth is provided by our agri- it is laid, is necessary to produce a queen. This clay loam. The work was beautifully done, and ^^1 OI fmmltltrrtl 
culturists thus affording means for the employ- is certainly as rat.onal as the authenticated fact the best execution was with the plow of Newcomb W-UtlU XPjUiUUL ^VglUuUUlui ( H1 UJISUChI|]L 
meot of labor the investment of capital, and the that a drone egg, by impregnation, will produce a & Richardson, Iron Founders here ; yet strange - = - . — _]_ 
increase of the wealth of this country. Allow worker. The bees have certainly power, from to say, except the judges, there was but one far- aviillt vs . Be ef. “ AK 7 
me to say that we ate deeply indebted to the their brood comb, to produce workers, drones, or mer present to see the work done 1 Itwouldseem The following article, which we clip from the 
sheep bleeders of England, and to them is doe queens, as may be necessary to the existence of of late that farmers go to an Agricu ural Fairto jjfafag Farmer, contains a great deal of “ food for &c.,_ar>d recent dangerous illness in family, h» T o 
every honor forthus adding to the common wealth the swarm, and I see no other way in which they enjoy, rather than to learn. hen t icy rop t e re fl ect j on- ” We hope that the class of our readers precluded the Editor of the Rural from devoting time 
of the United Kingdom. Well then, gentlemen, can make such changes, and regulate the cliarac- plow handles at home, they go to the f air to tor- S p ec j a jjy interested in the subject discussed, will to many matters requiring h'a personal attention. This 
you have in that class such names as the Duke of ter of the new colony, except by artificially im- get the plow, and to patronize the raree shows ex- give it proper consideration, and furnish their explanation is duo those who have addressed Ds on 
Richmond Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. R'gden, our pregnating the eggs with the semen of the drone, hibited —to see tho trotting, and tho aesthetics own opnioll8 aod experiences for publication:— various subjects, and were entitled to repl-es or o.fcer 
excellent friend Mr. Harding, and our honorable To suppose that they can effect these great generally-while those who have animals or other « It was an owed( we bel i eve , by aU who visited the Mentions which we could not bestow. Andasitwiu 
friend on my left who has lately come with all his changes in any other way, is to impeach the wis- products on show, are stimulated by premmms State g bowr and Fajr , a8t week> that there were save all parties time and trouble of correspondence, 
boDore blushing .bout him,-Mr. Wood. Whoo, dom of H,m .bo reserved in the Ark .11 the hoped for and If dis.ppoihted, thej eojoj■the never brooghttogetherin Maine abetter collection 
again, I look at the Vice President, whose .belt is various kinds of animal, and insect, and II,s pr.v.log.of censoring th,:poor jodgek ••Thank ofcalUe . Thej were, iaken a, a .hole, large and i.L'r, bo L Club. orVee, 
not wide enough for the number of cups be has veracity in declaring that such should produce God, said one of the pretmumles., they are no ln g00 d order. This is all very well. The pro- until after the first of January ensuing. 
won, I ask permission, honestly and conscien¬ 
tiously, to say that I do believe such men are not 
merely entitled to the passing thanks of the pres¬ 
ent moment—they are not merely entitled to those 
honors that old Dorset can offer, but I do believe 
they ought to be considered as benefactors to their 
country.” 
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“IT IS THE GOOD CROP THAT PAYS.” 
after its kind. k- 
Henrietta, N. Y., 1859. 
EXPERIENCE IN HEDGE GROWING. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Should tbe foliow- 
Waterloo N Y Oct IS 1859 gre,s made by our farmers in breeding stately _ p or reasons above stated wo have been unable !o 
’ ’ ’ oxen and heavy beef is commendable. But there prepare Show-Bill Prospectuses, &c, for the Eleventh 
was another thing observab'e, aDd that was the Volume of the Rural, and bence cauDot comply with 
FARMERS’ CLUB PAIR AT LITTLE FALLS, comparatively small number of milch cows entered, the requests daily received from agents and other 
and the still smaller number of real good milkers friends for such documeuts. As soon as issued, how- 
The Farmers’Club at Little Falls, Herkimer Co., presented for examination This should not be ever, bills, &c„ will be mailed to all agents aDd other 
held a Fair on the 11th and 12lh of October. Al- Tbere can be no decial of t ’ he fact that in , he de [ applicants disposed to lend influence in extenrtinc onr 
thmioh this fllnh is of hut two or three Tsars • . . „ „ . . , . . circu'ation-and It will afford friends of the Rural 
tnougn inis woo is oi oui mo or inree years Slre and in the efforts of raising cattle superior for , „.. , „ 
standing, the exhibition redounds to the nraise _i_ -_j .v- r_ _ pleasure to learn that we never received so many appli- 
ing be worthy an insertion in your paper, please held a p a ( r on tbe lllb and i 2 th of October. Al- There can be no denial of the fact that in the de- 8 PP ,lcan ' 8 disposed to lend influence in extendine our 
publish it for the benefit of those whom it may thonuh this Club is of but two or three vears • j-.un-.r-- ’ , . circu'ation-and It will afford friends of tbe Rural 
concern. Amite of practical knowledge, though stand ing, the exhibition redounds to the praise wnrk flnd bppf tbp fflrmpr „ Mftinp ‘ „ pl"™re to learn .hat we never received so many apph- 
often dearly bought, is of more worth than a vol- of directly concerned. There was an excellent astern in reari ’ superior animals for the pa“f 8 " ch ^raging Ilet,, 3 rs (at the same season 
ume of theorizing In the absence or scarcity of m ™ rear . ,D * su P enor animals for the pail. 0 f the year,) as during tne past month. 
, , - of theorizing. In the absence or scarcity of displayof Vegetables, not inferior to those in many n nr d ni r v stor-k not hpinwimnrnved Tho 
The above remaik, once overheard from a prac- d : n .v,:, ponntrv for farms and suburban c u .n . r- • mu ..... n,i uui dairy stock is Dot being improved. the 
tical farmer may sound like a ba'd truism to some, ° this country for farms and suburban 0 f our best County Fairs. The exhibition of Fruit H ver y natural'y occurs, Why is t 
tical farmer, may sound like a d ’ fencing, resort has been had to various expedients wa8 fi ne . Many superior specimens of apples 
but it contains, on the contrary, a great and im- to 8upply the deficiency . Patent metallic and loaded the she) / e3> and pear8and grapesof several not Th T I 
portant truth, often demed even in theory, and Qvable board fenC es have been presented, both varieties made the show of fruit maemficent Tbe milkers_the y arenot ®° now - Tbe earl 
still more generally ignored i» praeiiae. Tbe idea „ „. hlcb „„ eilhcr tM „ pe „, ve 0 ? ^ „ r . ™^ Znm.Jct ?” ^ "«»»*“ »»" 
is this:—The increased expense necessary to in- ran t general introduction The Hedge too has u , J i • I ■ a ’ ■ ♦ - 7 | tbe reason? There are undoubtedly 
• i ...... ranc g eneral lnwoaucwon. me xieoge, too, nas them beautiful in design aDd exquisite in comple- r „„ c „ no <■„_ .u:, m h „ „ 
sure a good crop, 18 al-vays, when judiciously htd ils anvoces. Wbo.that is a loverofNature, .1 cuuld „ol e.,i„ be e.o.IUd. The ,h„L f ™ “T * “? * 
Agricultural Instruction at Yale Colltge.- 
were good a dlscnesion on The Dissemination of Agricultural 
milkers—they are not so now. The earlier Devons Knowledge , (during the Conn. State Fair,) Piof. Portrr 
were good milkers—they are not so now. Whatis described a plan of popular Agricultural iDstruciioa 
tbe reason? There are undoubtedly two good which it is proposed to adopt at Yale College tbe en»u- 
reasons for this. The first is, the selection of ing wiIiter - 8ome twenty DieD ’ DOled far 8Dd near for 
h . 1 . . . , , naa its aavocates. w no, max is a toveroi ixaiure, t<oi>,) could not easily be excelled. The show of nnim-ilathat tjMo mbr 0 ndi„s«ii»^a ^ t t ** their success in various departments of fleld, garden 
anolied, more than repaid by the increased value j ( n f n „ rnron oronorlv trim / , , , . animals that have a more natural tendency to fatten . . . ,, ...... . . 
t P ’ , , , „ . . . ananas seen a lull-grown hedge, properly turn- stock was not large, but met the expectations of .u • . r and orchard culture, and stock raising, have consented 
of the crop and land. For instance, in a crop of med> hag not admired it , especially when occupy- the Club> 0f faming aad mec hanical implements Th^second iFthe 11 ^^odHf'reTrinff th breed f, ° m ‘ ‘° ‘ eC ' Ure °“ 8Uhje °' 8 WUh Wbich thCy a '° fan,iliar - 11 
corn, the increased cost w it, me and[money neces- ing a position contiguous to one’s house. there was an ample display ; and, to digress, while fpp J in(r at - .. eyoun S’. or is therefore proposed to have a course of instruction to 
sary to produce one hundred bushels per acre, Though owning a cedar lot, I was induced, six i ookiD£? at the mowers and reaners mv mind eedlD S> 'S such as to stimulate the fat gathering occupy about one month-during wbich lectures will 
instead of fifty, bears small proportion to the in- year3 ag0 last spriDg) to have an Osage Orange rpvprtpd tn thp tin1p wbpn lh e sickle laid low or ad, P ose vessels of the 8 y stem » lnstead of the be given (three or four in a day) upon the mostimpor- 
creased value of the crop, besides the impossibility 1IedgCj 8et about my yard and fruit gardeD) (sixty mllk goring or lactiferous vessels. tant practical subjects connected wiih general farming 
of leaving the ground in as good condition after rods in alL ) Directions as to cultivation and tbres h e d and the’ploddmg team drew it to tbe We may be Wr0D & in 0ur the °7 in this last ^ ,ru,t cu " ure ; At tho c,ose of each lecture some 
the poor crop as after the good one. The interest trimmiDg were fully followed The hedge grew •• . , ’ , . TI P ... f S .. .. . , , assertion, but we will endeavor to give our reasons time Wl11 be spent in answering inquiries, &c. In the 
„po» tbe value of .be larrd-plowlrrg, pto.iug, . „„ri.»Uy aud gave proruit of an earl aud d,st “ t d.d folk, live w.rh.ut reap- f„ it as pl.ioly as »e can. There ia in tbe buor.u i*« >u«.»ded I- bo.d meet,eg. f..r free di.cu,- 
Ac, —are all tbe same, or nearly tbe same, upon matured fence sending forth “boots of four e ' S ’ L“? Ioc » n ’ ot '" !a -‘' r - ,0 “P less “ system, and indeed in all the mammalia or milk TT, T m " eeU ” 6 -“ be >» "f 
, ’ . ... au maturea tence, senamg iortn snoots oi lour concisely, without machinery. . , , . , , ^ a11 abending the course as lecturers or hearers, an 
tbe acre yielding fifty bushels as upon the one f ee t growth in one season, as the soil in which they During the forenoon of the last day of the Fair, ’ 7° SG S ° f ^ CSSe r ,a - °f important and indispensable pa-t of ,he plan. Tho 
yielding ODe hundred, and these are the always were se t was a warm, gravelly loam, but each a poem ^itty and logical was read bv Mr. Bungay ° ne SCt * S - t0 secrete and 8 atber fat - office of course is to comprise from 80 to 100 lectures, which 
heavy items in the expense. A good coating of succeeding spring exhibited naught of my hopeful 0 f the Central Independent and in the afternoon ,be otber * s to secrete an d gather milk. Now the will bo fully illustra'ed by models, diagrams, &c, 
manure (which, however, benefits the land more hedge but a mass of lifeless twigs to within one jj , T a n ^ aciion of each of these organs is entirely and es- Among the lecturers named are P. Barry, Etq , of this 
ov,,, -\ o i; ( h« , ,, . . ’ . .. an address by Judge Graves, ot Herkimer. a «nti n iw tn ti.n nti.^ nitv nn nonor.i P,o n ,».tmn .m, r>, 
than the first crop,) and a little extra attention f 00t 0 f tbe g r0U nd. My only hope was in accli- Tbp Fair was doubtless a success and mnv the -' -vr -.— - - j —j — -- -,- D -- D - 
during tbe summer, constitute the principal extra mat i 0 n, but the last spring found my hedge in a likp h „_ nv results ever crown Far ^ erft . r , n L _ t0 8 ether in a moderate degree-thus, an animal, a Trce8 ’ and Dr ‘ J «*•*», of Iona Islands, on Grapes 
expense, with the exception of increased harvest- more hoDeless condition than anv Drecedioc- one /- , ... ' ’ cow for instance, may be moderately fat and at the both admirablo selections, as no more competont 
more nopeiess condition tnan any precediog one. f or they, like the capillaries of the circulatory _ L f , . .. gentlemen, for the specialties named, can be found In 
mg, at which, however, no farmer would grumble. S 0 that I am fullv rrrenared to sav that the cnlti J ’ , , , J same time give a moderate quantity of milk, but if F . .. 
. ’ ... .. . oo mdi i am luuy prepared to say mat tne cum- orf , ans 0 f the human system, carrv the lfe hood of . , .. . . ’ . the Union. Tne lecturers on other subjects are also 
sentially opposite to the other. They may act city, on General Propagation and Pruning of Fruit 
together in a moderate degree—thus, an animal, a Trees, and Dr. C. W. Grant, of Iona Islands, on Grapes 
cow for instance, mav be moderately fat and at the ^ otl1 admirablo selections, as no more competont 
And yet nothing is more common than to hear vation of the Oiar/c Oranue in this latitude ns n or 8f DS human system, carry the life blood ot you pus i! the action of one set of vessels to the "‘'.'.‘l' ""'o'-''" 
7 J ° . , . , vation ot the Usage Grange in this latitude, as a agricultural enterprise to the heart, and where the , .. . . , .. ,. ., well quahfled-such as lion. M. P. Wilder on Pears, 
farmers saying they cannot afford to make some hedg e, is a hoax. Still desiring an ornamental Series, the larger organs do not permeate. The “ ^, 7 ° U Proportionally the action Judge French on Drainage, etc, etc. 
seeded ]mpro\ement because they cannot spare hedge fence, will you, or some of your correspon- gt a ( e aD( j County Societ’es do not form that mimo- Gt ^ er# ^ ou canno ^ 8 et y° ur cow extremely _ We highly approve of this plan, and trust it will 
the money, even when they admit it will repay dents that have been successful in the cultivation • , " f at, and at the same time have her a great milker, bo brought to a successful issue. It will do much to- 
. . WCH \|UU'1UCU-CULU tXO UUU, iJX. X. It 11.UZ.U \Jll AUQIO, 
extreme, you dimmish proportionally the action Judgc Febnch on DrainagC) 6tc , etc . 
of tbe other. \ ou cannot get your cow extremely _ Wc highly approve of this plan, and trust it will 
fat, and at the same time have her a great milker, bo brought ,o a successful issue. It will do much to- 
, 77”. . ; A v *. / r ' ueuis rum nave oeen success,ui in rue cuiuvauon SCO pic net-work essential to the proper nutriment n ’7 T; “7- If * \ ™ -7 , 
twenty to thirty per cent, interest on investment. 0 f the English Hawthorn, give their experience e A ] . 11 Uq the other hand, you cannot have agreat milker ward properly deciding the “irrepressible conflict” 
(That is a kind of log'c you never heard from any with that nlant the time and method of setting ° * G w 0 e a ° ncu tura S J S etn - cre nu,st a and at the same time have her excessively fat. between Knowledge and Ignorance among American 
(Tbat is a kind of logic you never heard from any with that plant, the time and method of setting, more complete “circulation commence where those 
but farmers. Any other class of men would Azrc an d after cultivation ? Should it be set in single arteries terminate, to effectually nourish every 
mmiftv to mvftst at alien nrnnfc 1 Rvpn in rAojirr t.n «« W Am a <) w., t> t >.— 7 J J 
money to invest at such profit.) Even in regard to or alternate rows ? Wm. B. Rice. 
draining —the greatest bugbear of all, because Elbridge, N. Y., 1859. 
most expensive of farm improvements—nothing is -- 
more certain than if farmers cauDot afford to drain, ABOUT B0UGHT0N WHEAT 
they certainly cannot afford to farm at all. On 
two-thirds of our land underdraws will pay fifty Eds< Rural New-Yorker :-In youf paper of 
per cent, on cost, and often wi-h a wheat crop 0ct . 10th Y noticed an artic!e in reference to 
nearly or quite paying for their construction in Boughton wheat-you having received a sample 
one year. Besides, they are a permanent invest from Mr _ Wm . k . Vvhx of Nunda LiviD „ ston 
t. fl nrl n ff r»n.v i n cr friir th fit t COSt. IIS thftV will . .. j .i. l.v .xi_.ii- .. .. * 
® 9 * *’ * capillaries that perform that function—that secrete 
and convert the nutrient materials of the husband- 
ABQUT BOUGHTON WHEAT. man’s enterprise into “ bone and muscle,”—thus 
--* making the system of Agriculture athletic and 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :—In yoiif paper of imposing. e. u. 
Oct. 10th, I noticed an article in reference to st- Johnsville^t Y., 1859, 
Boughton wheat — you haviDg received a sample .—_ 
from Mr. TTii. R. Dbrim 0 f Nunda, LiviDgston CRAWi^L; COUNTY (Pa.) FAIR. 
; liiUBi tt and at tbe same t j me bav , e ber excessively fat. between Knowledge and Ignoran 
more complete circulation commence where those g undreds 0 f examples may be cited where great Agriculturists and Horticulturists 
arteries terminate, to effectually nourish every milkers> when ffiade excessively fat , have been -“- 
tissue of the body, and Farmers’ Clubs are the ruined as milker8 . The lamou8 0a kes cow is a nosl>ITAI - 1TY Southern Fai 
capillaries that perform that function-that secrete case in point . After becoming celebrated as a ^^ abundant . 
ruined as milkers. The lamous Oakes cow is a no6I>ITAlaTY AT Southern Faies. Here is an item 
. . , r . . . , . , proving ihit they have anundant fare at southern fairs, 
case in point. After becoming celebrated as a . .. . „ . ■ u , ’ 
. . 1 . , . “ aDd that Kentucky hospitality is fully equal to that 
dairy cow, she passed into new hands, where she credited to „ 01d Virginia „ aod tho 8ouiliern 8tate8 
was fed liberally with fneal. &be became fat, and generally. A gentleman attending the Agricultural 
was nothing extra after that for the dairy. 
Fair of Mason and Bracken counties, Ky., ssys, in his 
per cent, on cost, and often with a wheat crop rw urn- t &• , ■ u - Our farmers are now wide awake for large, fat description of tne scone about “feed time,” that “each 
nearly or quite paying for their construction in Bouuhton wheat —vnn hnvino- ,. ppp ; vpd n apm nle • i animals. It seems as if they had imbibed the be- family brings enough ‘grub’ to feed a company of 
one year. Besides, they are a permanent invest- fpgm Mr- Wil R D „* of^undr^iviDMtoi CRAWiW • GuuVtY (Pn T PAm Jief ’ that to gr0 ' v and accumulat e a great pile of half-famished soldiers, and the heads of families lie In 
rnent, and after p^ing f«V the.f cost, as they will Co . ;£md stating that his Weighed 65 lbs. perbusM ^ °° ^ coarae beef il1 oAe hido ie lk “ end of man ’ »■«>»<* a ^ aa <l Secretary’s ufflee and tbe juOgcs’ 
in a j ear or two, all increased gains from their Also a communication from Mr Toirv TIoimrs of Frw Rmn UnrYm.™ ait f This was manifested by the array of large, stately 8 an ’ or unsuspecimg strangers, in order that they 
... , b Also a communication from Mr. John Holmes, of Eds. Rural ?unv -i orkkr :—Allow ond cf your , ... . „ .t , l / may‘take them in.”’ Ho was compelled to accent or 
construction are clear profit Burnt Hills, Saratoga Co., giving his experience constant readers a short space to speak of the calves at the show. How these calves were brought dec iine some s.xty invi,aliens to diL, and p’easaiX 
It may well be doubted, whether, with the high with Boughton’s wheat, and stating that his County Fair held at Ccneautville, I’a., on the 5 th «P the point of fat and stature was also abund- refers to the groups of from five to fifteen spread about 
price of lands in \V estern New lork, farming is a weighed 64>£ lbs. per bushel. Now, Mr. Editor, 6 th and 7 th of October. The June frost was par- ant *J evident. Scarcely one of them came upon over the grass, disposing of roast pig, chicken and the 
paying business — the interest alone of the value j w iU give you my experience with the same kind ticularly damaging in this section of country and tbe S r0U1J d without haviDg a wet nurse by its side, usual et ceteraa of a good feed, sans ceremonie, but 
of a farm of one hundred acres, worth sixty-five of wheat. I obtained one bushel from Baltimore, the idea pretty generally prevailed that A«ricultu- the form of a meek old cow—not its mother, but with an excellent appetite, heightened by the spirit of 
dollars per acre, beiDg nearly five hundred dollars, and had it sown the 7th of September. It got a ral Exhibitions would prove slim affairs this fall some one that would S iv e a g° od s«PP>J of milk genuine social hospitality. 
besides the cost of working farm, stock, tools, &c. very fioe growth before the inclement weather set Indeed, out of a dozen such in the adiacent to the young giant ’ at the ex P ense of her own " ~~ 
.wlnzr c •: iD ; a i ™ tjti \v he hy fros,s country ’ be,d in the month ° f septembcr - th f y appea d rance ; t , « Ne A w c a rAX«^^ 
thorough farmmg. Lvery acre must be kept in of winter, but the frost of June 5th injured it very proved entire failures, and not one came up to Now ’ wording to our theory, these calves can nOD . progresstve modo of gecuring tb0 harvest jn ^ 
good condition, lor the interest on the land is much, as it was just in the milk. I obtained only their usual standard, either in variety, quality or never become good milking stock. Why? Because , ra i Ly:-“ To-day-in this nineteenth century-oue 
accumu ating as as un er poor management as eleven bushels and three pecks. After reading the quantity of articles exhibited, or number of peop'e ^ rom their very birth the fat gathering or adipose aces here sunbaked women and girls, cutting, or hack- 
under good. And this will cost far less than is articles alluded to, I thought I would weigh some in attendance. But the Crawford CouDty Fair was organs have been set into active operation, at the ing rather, the grain, with ill-shaped, twelve inch 
generally supposed. There are thousands of farms of mine, as I had some left, and it weighed 66 lbs. a decided success; indeed it was theierf exhibition ex P ense °f ,be milk or lactiferous system, and they sickles, and beating it out. sheaf by sheaf, on a stone, 
worth now from five to eight thousand dollars, per bushel. I think, Mr. Editor, that the little of the kind ever held in Western Pennsylvania, or wdl always keep the ascendency. But, say you, with the hand, aided only by a rough stick. Threshing 
where the expenditure of five hundred or a thou- town of Gates can send friendly greetings to her Northern Ohio. There were 1 500 entries for nrp- how can we stimulate the milk-gathering organs inetrum ent 8 are a'mostunknown in Tuscany; and then 
snnfl in Hraininr/ find monnnrwT nmnM ~„ .i „ „ x _ _ J i ll , C- . whuf n Winnouinw TnltliAnt <-,.11-_.... 
w°uJd get the same interest from five or ten hun- to the Dayton wheat,—and would not be surprised partment was full, including the best lot of Grain Understand us fairly in this position. We do not 
n rofl nnlo l’fl i nrocton in i m n rn trAmonl o (Knf 1 -ia • r • j i t i i « .. . __ D - . 
dred dollars inves*ed in improvements that he if it should become the favorite wheat of Western and Vegetables I ever witnessed. 
supposed io diow away tne chan as it passes. One 
watches this behind-the-times operation with his teeth 
gets from five to eight thousand invested in land. 
If he cannot make money with the improvements, 
he certainly cannot without them. 
Henrietta, N. Y., 1S59. W. J. Fowler. 
-- 
THE QUEEN BEE. 
New York. 
Gates, Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct., 1859. 
H. Wray. 
contend that poor keeping of calves will inevitably on edge with the sense of gritty bread, and the prospect 
SENECA COUNTY FAIR. 
The farmers and citizens of Crawford county make 8 reat milkers of them, but it will have a of eating his ‘peck of dirt’ in Italy before him.” 
have long been celebrated for their energy and tendency to make better milkers than if kept ex- ” 
thrift, but this last demonstration has added more cessively fat. For instance: you may take two Shelter m. Exposure or Stock.— As cold weather 
than all others to their deserved fame, and if we beifer calves—twins, if you please—put one of a PP roacbes > we again eDjoin upon farmers tbe econ- 
mistake not, will prove of lasting benefit. From ^ **> libaral feed ’ “ d kee P fat ad the time wirnuh-protecefonftem «orms-wS 
1 HE QUEEN BEE. Our three days’ Fair closed last week. Some five to seven thousand persons were in attendance until u is mature. Put the other into moderate pay largely in 8avlne feed _ and thfi 1lHlipioi , R (Armpr 
$1,500 was taken at the gates, including tbe amount each day, and I learn the Society will have quite a feed, where it shall grow moderately well until will see that his cattle, sheep, etc., are well sheltered, 
hds. KURAL; EAV-Yorker:—T o solve the reason received for show privileges, terraced seats, &c.— fund on hand after paying off debts, premiums and mature, but not fat, and this last will make a much especially in a season of eearchy of fodder. It has 
why eggs laid by the same queen should produce, H ad R not rained all the morning of the last day, expenses. The secret of our success is liberal, better milker than the first. We could cite in- been proved by experiment, in England, that sheltered 
respectively, queens, workers and drones, has been wben the trotting was to come off, the receipts just and equitable regulations, promptness in car- numerable instances to prove this. We could tell ebeep eat one-third less of linseed cake and two pounds 
one of the greatest puzzles to bee-keepers. The would have been larger. rying them out; tfficers who know their duty and some experiments of our own in proof of this, leas of turnips per day, and yet the increase of those 
theory of Dzierzon is, that to produce drones, The show of Equines, Bovines, Sheep, Pigs, and are vigilant and active, backed by a noble’and The complaint that the Durhams and the Devons 8hel| ered as compared with those that were not, yet 
coition of the queen with the male is unnecessary, p ou it r y, was creditable to this very fertile and all progressive comnunit.y. If you or your readers bave lost their form er good milking properties, consumed more food, w as a s 56 is to 8 6 . 
while the semen of the drone is essential to the arable little county; and Floral Hall, if not in full wish to see a modfl Fair, come to Crawford county arises from the over-feeding of their progeny. 8elf _ Weigiiino Bee-hives -The Tribune savs- 
erTand men d p 0 ? f ' 8 7 ™ bloom ’ Earned, nevertheless, a goodly show of next year. Wecan convince you there is a Yankee Select from each breed those that ha ™ S ood milk- ,< ne re is a chance for Yankee ingenuity. It is to make 
ers and queens, and I rot. Liebold has shown that substantial vegetable productions, as well as those spirit at work, even in the sober land of Penn. s. ing P oints ’ and . breed them on the moderate pres- a weighing balance upon a cheap plan, so that every 
this peculiarity is common with various kinds of 0 f the dairyj workshop, &c.,— not forgetting the Coneautville, Pa., 1859. sure principle, and you will again get good milkers bee-keeper can afford to attach one to each hive, upon 
insects. Dr. Dunbaff, of Germany, artificially fine paintings, pictures, embroidery, &c., and the ---from them.” which it hangs suspended, to indicate each day the 
impregnated some drone eggs, causing them to merry toned melodeon, a pretty specimen of which SORGHUM AND OTHER MATTERS. A Profitable Flock of Sheep -Mr Thomas wei S ht of the 8warul and its stores. Such a thing will 
produce workers, thus showing that the semen of W as constantly under the fair fingers of some one - J Marvel of Dover Md burnishes i Z ^i ^ ^ ^ ^ be 
Sfr 1° tb vr air with ; of the bewitching rural fair ones, doing execution Eds. Rural New-Yorker :- As the molasses of the ^ a state^ent’of his gains from aim al -•- 
SORGHUM AND OTHER MATTERS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker As the molasses 
mit vrJtolWw • J ----- D - - . J# . , . , Of L/LG lVUlZS a blULUII] UD l OI HIS OalliS HOLLl R Small 
from Mr' ZZ, r Z2Z*,1 t c<>n 5 tall “J r encirded " ith »“ admiring subject .8 .gam being d.scussed to some extent, I flock „f she ep, the last sptiog aod aotunm. lathe 
U,e rr!it'ed Q S L7 >?.f? . P '!1 “ ! —inctudiag, of course, more th.u one admir- "" 8'™ ?»»; »» d TOUI reader., an idea of what spr|Dg bis floot copslsted of 22 e „ es and 2 wealh . 
from them. which it hangs suspended, to indicate each day the 
. t> -m c. , r weight of tbo swarm and its stores. Such a thing will 
A Profitable Flock of Sheep.— Mr. Thomas * .. ,. f , , , .. “ B ‘ 
T .. i r- jrj r . . Tzr .,, , „ . . prove highly satisfactory, and should at once be 
J. Marvel, of Dover, Md., furnishes Wzlies Sp-int invented.” 
of the Times a statement of his gains from a small -*- 
The Angora Goat. —The Angora Goat is being 
extensively acclimated in France. The fleece sells at 
UIUUCb x,Jaoe lueir a PP eara nce, by givmg country’s astounding progress in mechanical in- 1858, became disgusted, and did not plant any cane lambg f or which he has been offered S 45 and one >™ponea into aoutu uaroi.na in 1849. They 
hem eggs or young larvtc. This shows that if dustry, was the show of improved Mowers, Reap- « 1859, but, notwithstanding, the army of expert- buck 1 ’ amb for which he baa ^ ™ d ’ “ d bava increa8ed t0 ° f 50 lhe b ' aed8 ’ 
impregnation is necessary, it must have been ers, Straw Cutters, and other farm implements; menters is greatly increased, and it is now appa- “““ ,*7 from besides many mo re half breeds. 
:?n makingaltogether,u 3 60. Who can beat it ? ’ . ORLEANsCouNTYAG.SoeiE^AUheAnnualMeet- 
probaWy a wise provision of Prov^enee that the unique forcing pumps, &c„ Ac., fresh from the ne^hZSo^d-abotiVsS gdlo^'Jf’good Thfok Fat ™ ning Swi / E ~ A New Idea - A lot of iwiligloardVf’officers warelec^fofthVeDsu^ 
rones s ould deposit their semen in cells before workshops of that crowing little Birminoham nf molasses to one-half acre. The use of mill and 1>500 hogs arrived at Urbana, Ill., last week, by vear:— President— D*vm N. IlATcnof Murray. Vice- 
drones in the summer or fall before. And it is 0 f newly invented domestfo^tieles Z l ! Iowa wiU P roduce n)ore tban sufficient for home making alt0gether $ 143 60 - Wbo can beat it? . ° RI ; EANS Q CouN ' rY Ao. 8 ooiETv.-At the Annual Mect- 
_„ K .. . . . ._ j , ot newiy-invented domestic articles, powerful and CO nsumntion I have the best vield of anv in mv n c. , , ing of this Society, held at Albion on the 18th inst., the 
probablynw.se provision of Providence that the unique forcing pumps, &c„ Ac., fresh from the neighborhood-abotlV^85 gallons of g“5 th“k Fat 7 ening Swute-A New Idea.-A lot of lowing board of officers was elected for the ensuing 
rones s ould deposit their semen in cells before workshops of that growing little Birmingham of molasses to one-half acre. The use of mill and ^>500 hogs arrived at Urbana, Ill., last week, by year: —President— David N. Hatch of Murray. Vice- 
they are destroyed, in order to raise youDg queens 0 ur county, Seneca Falls? There was also on ex- evaporating cost me about 10 gallons. We have railroad, all the way from Pennsylvania, for the Pres't- A. Stewart, Albion. Secretary-A. E. Pat- 
before drones make their appearance in the spring, hibition and in successful operation our towns ad been greatly encouraged in tbe cultivation and purpose of being fattened. They were let out to terson, Albion. Treasurer —JonN H. White, Albion, 
in case ofany accident to the old one. man, A.Latourette’s improved tile Machine. It eTylr^the seed'i^Sg easil/mS/aSd the farmers of the vicinity for $3 per hundred, and ^7 “ ~ f] 
This deposit of semen, near, or with the bread, moulded and turned out from two to seven four- some hav e lost the whole crop. I had a few seed are to be taken back fattened at the same rate. A Far North Ag. SociETv.-Some gentlemen have 
or pollen, has induced observers to suppose that teen inch tile according to size at each revolution of the Irnphee, or African Sugar Cane, and altho’ We hear that other lots are on the way. Seven- ar g an,zed >n Douglas Co., Wis., the Lake Superior 
queen bees were produced by being fed a peculiar o “ ««UndTemlt Jor lat6 a f nd n ? ^ed jet, I got a teen car loads were put off at Dudley> a J nd let out Agr.cu tural Society,” and have awarded a debar a 
VinJ Af i, j , . „ ,r, . r , , vue gieai inuunemeni ior a general turn-out to greater yield from it than the Sorghum, and the , ., „ . av 1 pound for the best, and fifty cents a pound for the second 
, ’ Ga ed rG ^ a Je f ’ wblcb 13 as absurd the Fair, was the generous privilege granted by molasses is far superior, with the same mode of to tbe f armers ln tbe same manner. begt butter mado in the county, and $10 for the best 
as ia a ig ly cultivated piece of ground would Joseph Wright, the proprietor of the grounds, to manufacture : Changing Seed.—A writer in the New Enqland barrel of flour from wheat grown there. 
produce a crop without any seed. Almost all every farmer and family to drive in and over ihe MefoTs g^E ettth^v the'yield ofhiTpotato oropTs increTs- I --‘ 
f the n Ten ! e fin 7" & ° ViarieS Whoie tWent7 U WaS Sad to 866 b ° W S00D grow t0 great size in our P rairie SGil > 80ma a8 ed from to Gne hundred per cent, by procui'ing Feeding Sheep m Beeves.-Mechi, who is a highly 
of the queen are filled wfth eggs that will produce the fine clover sward was cut up by wheels and ^avy as 53 pounds, have been grown here this 8Pe(i pota toes which on an entirelv different soil aali g htened a “ d P rac * ical Ea S' 18b agriculturist, says he 
drones only but that impregnation is essential to hoofs into an unctuous semi-vegetable compound! sea80n ;. Tbe Hubbard ^asb, so highly spoken f P * !nd his p an of !? convl, ; t ced t that b L ee , mU8t 8el1 at 20 f r er cent ' hi S ber 
the production of workers. Mv own nnini™ io mu p, • , , ,, , , 1 ... of East has maintained its reputation as “A No. nueen or twenty miles apart. And this plan ot t i iaa mu tion to make them pay alike. He also remarks 
thata still further impregnation of the ee* a ft The 1 lowln g Match, on the second day, with l, Squash. Sam’l M. Dyrb. changing seed is a good one, and should be remem- that he agrees with a friend of his who says that he who 
stfil turtber impregnation of the egg, after three plows, came off on a stoneless meadow of | East Desmoins, Iowa, 1859. bered by ah practical cultivators. keeps many bullocks will never make a will. 
are to be taken back fattened at the same rate A Far North Ag. SociETv.-Some gentlemen have 
We hear that other lots are on the way. Seven- or g anized in Douglas Co., Wis., the “Lake Superior 
-_ . rp u ta j i J , . . Agricultural Society,” and have awarded a dollar a 
teen car loads were put off at Dudley, and let out , . 
a1 . ... pound for the best, and fifty cents a pound for the second 
to the farmers in the same manner. be8t butter made in the countyj acd $10 for the best 
Changing Seed.—A writer in the New England b arrel of fl o ur f rotn wheat grown there. 
Farmer says the yield of his potato crop is increas- — * * 
ed from fifty to one hundred per cent, by procui'ing Feeding Sheep m Beeves.-Meciii, who is a highly 
v . , . eDlightened and praclical Eogfish agriculturist, says he 
seed potatoes which on an entirely different soil, ia convinced that beef must sell at 20 per cent, higher 
fifteen or twenty miles apart. And this plan of than mutton to make them pay alike. He also remarks 
changing seed is a good one, and should be remem- that he agrees with a friend of his who says that he who 
bered by ah practical cultivators. 
keeps many bullocks will never make a will. 
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