fodder and corn scarcely less serious than the dam- and now, but recently metamorphosed iDto a reg- hive and box will meet. If the hives have no are the next most successful; and those who har- 
age to corn and grass in June; there is, therefore, ular “Hawk-eye,” and a resident of Eddyville, boles through the top, bore two or more inch holes row it unluckiest of all. Drill seeding might be 
nothing left to us but economy the most rigid and Iowa—although a little south of W. B. 1’s lati- through the top so that they will come near the altogether practised on prairie land, and it is 
calculation the most exact. We have no margin— tude—can answer it. If Sorghum cannot be found sides of the hive. Make a box one inch smaller most needed there. It would not surprise me if 
no room for waste. Nothing short of the whole in New York, I imagine it has all emigrated to each way than the hive, and seven inches deep, drilling and plowing became the universal modes Dbatii of David Thomas. — It becomes our painful 
will suffice. Until lately I have been inclined to the rich soil and congenial climate of Iowa. To- Make the boxes tight by stopping up all cracks in a few years, as the farmers are fast learning dut> ,0 announce th »t another ardent and justly-dis- 
think we should have ample stores of cheap grain day I had business which called me in the country, and corners, with melted wax—made by taking their superiority for such a climate as this, where* ‘ ,n S u J 8hed ^' end and P roDQ otcr of Rural Improvement 
to fall back upon ; but the frosts that whitened our and within a distance of ten miles I saw sixteen three parts of rosin, one of bees-wax, and a half we have some very cold weather in the winter, ed^his^tfc at hiTresWence”' f AV ‘ D J H0MAS de P art - 
corn fodder, rendering it almost worthless in many mills, all grinding or crushing the veritable Sor- pound of tallow, and place the boxes on the top of with very little snow, and none that remains on Co., N. Y,, 11th mo 5th “ full of^ears 
cases, found corn in a very immature state, and ghum, for which W. B. P. inquires. I am posi- the hive, so that vapor arising from the bees may the ground for any length of time. More, perhaps, in announcing his decease the^uburn Advertiser 
left it so. Frosts, the drouth, the grasshoppers, tive, for I not only smelled, felt and tasted, but I pass off freely into them. If no holes are made again. 
Ac., have seriously impaired the grain crops in brought home a gallon, which I find to be superior for winter passage, make one or two over the Lewi 
various parts of the Union. If we could believe to the best New Orleans sirup, and costing only summer passage, by boring two % inch holes, one — 
our commercial press, there hasn’t been a grain fifty cents a gallon here, at retail. One man told inch from the bottom, fitting the hive close to the ^ 
crop within the last fifty years which did Dot me he made thirty gallons from a quarter of an bottom board. Take long straw and place it up- _ 
“vastly exceed all previous ones.” “My bred’- acre. So much for so much. right and close to the bottom board, and make a ~ ' 
ren,” said the negro preacher, “blessed be dem Corn, the staple commodity here, is being har- thatch at least four inches thick, and bind tight ^ ° 
what don’t ’spect nothin’, for they aint agoin’ to be vested, and will be a large crop, except some late with large wool twme. Bend the straw over the _ A " 
disappointed.” Some, I fear, will be disappointed fields that the frost has injured. G. w. top of the hive or box, and make it secure with kimer 
_they expect too much. Eddyville, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1859. twine. Cut the straw from the winter passage so some 
Allegany Will. 
Lewis Co., Mo., Nov., 1859. 
Hurd Spirit of tljc fkcss. 
remarks:—“A long life, devoted to scientific pursuits 
and to all the high and Christian obligations of society, 
is closed, leaving a memory that his friends will 
most gratefully cherish. His unpretending and modest 
character has, to some extent, for many years, isolated 
him from active and busy pursuits. A sound judgment 
and eminent attainments as a Civil Engineer, early 
ren,” said the negro preacher, “blessed be dem Corn, the staple commodity here, is being har- thatch at least four inches thick, and bind tight 1 of Cows. attracted the sMpmimtf ■n* ea,ly 
what don’t ’spect nothin’, for they aint agoin’ to be vested, and will be a large crop, except some late with large wool twine. Bend the straw over the . A - L - Fish > a well-known dairyman of Her- work Qf J ‘ " hen th ® 
disappointed.” Some, I fear, will be disappointed fields that the frost has injured. G. w. top of the hive or box, and make it secure with kimer Co -> N - Y > S lve8 in the Littl e Falls Record , from whom he received) un80liclted an appointment 
— they expect too much. Eddyville, Iowa, Oct 20,1859. twine. Cut the straw from the winter passage so somo g° od remarks on the points of cows. He ag Chief Engineer. The Western Di’vision of the Erie 
The remedy for short fodder generally resorted -- that the bees can have free egress aod ingress.— Ye 'J properly considers strength of constitution and the Cayuga and Seneca Canals, were constructed 
to in these parts, is to sell off the stock. Do this “WHAT KILLED THE BEES 1” Place the bees where tbe y wil1 be protected from and capacity to eat what is offered her at all sea- under his supervision. When these works were com- 
by all means, and now if you can’t winter them, the east and ^est winds, and facing the south- s ° ns op tbe J ear , as of the first importance. He pleted, he was regarded as one of the ablest of the 
and do it well; but it is a serious alternative—you’ Messrs. Eds.:— The above question was asked east; and let the thatching remain until the apple rightly observes, also, that the indications of such great men who had devoted their energies to the 
sell cheap to buy dear-you cripple yourselves for by a reader of the Rural New-Yorker, and it has trees blossom. Clean out all filth early in the a constitution are a thick, mellow skin, with soft “ ““ 0 ente *’ pr “ e - Subsequent 
the comiog summer to get .long for the present, been answered b, at least two of the saeans among Spring that has accmulated during winter on tbe “ b ^™ "^hees".Tirrmen f.“d » d Pur.J“»d to £,°L'ZL'£ 
Those numerous droves of twelve dollar cows the Bee-keepers. As a humble reader of your pa- bottom-board. If feeding becomes necessary in Doay, ana straight back. ^ Cheese dairymen Land and fruit grower8 of the United 8tateg arQ , argeI fn _ 
that, like some other nublic-snirited citizens are ner. and one that has had some experience in bee- the Spring, loosen the straw from the top so as to C1 v milkmen] usually select cows that yield tbe debted for hI . nnmprAna nnH 
“WHAT KILLED THE BEES 1” 
that, like some other public-spirited citizens are per, and one that has had some experience in bee 
debted for bis numerous and instructive writings. His 
traveling the road “towards Auburn,” will be keeping, I would also give my opinion, although get at the boxe3, and give the bees the neccessary l ar gest amount of milk, because they depend more eminence as a writer on Pomology, as a Botanist, and 
missed from the dairies of Western New York; at this late date. food. Then tie as before. If you have a healthy upon the quantity of cheese than its quality, and his varied acquirements, received the attention of 
those calves, yearlings, and two year olds, that are From my experience and observation I consider 8tock in the fall, if well cared for in keeping them mdk * s known to make a good yield of cheese that numerous cultivated minds in Europe, and be was 
sent prematurely adrift like a poor, poverty- the sole cause to be an accumulation of frost from warm and dry in the open air, you will have one w ould make but little butter, and poor at that.— complimented by being made an honorary member of 
stricken child seeking a home, will leave the the breath, or warmth, of the bees during long- in the Spring that will be able to defend them- But I am not in favor of the rule of selecting cows many of their lite rary so ci eties.” 
herbage uncropped in many a fertile vale and continued cold weather; and, to make the result selves against the bee miller, and give large per- that yield the most milk per day or season, in ar- Gotjvep „ p .. p T . . v __ 
many a green hill-side. The scarcity of stock the more effectual or destructive to the bees, sudden centage of profit to the owner. Langstroth’s riving at a proper standard of excellence for the Lawr ence Co.) TowiTav Soctotv rt> ou ^ ernenr (9t - 
coming season, if it shall lead to additional plow- changes in the weather, first, causing the frost to bive is admirably well calculated in the form of best. * * * The quality of milk a cow will year) held a ' very 8ncce8eful Falr f few^eeks^nce 4 
ing and topping, will be seriously felt for loDg melt and wet comb and bees, and then cold, so the chamber to carry off tbe surplus vapor in the g’ ve > 13 indicated by hair and skin, and a yellow Tbe entries numbered 449, and the receipts were $509 
years to come. that the bees become chilled and consequently die, winter. I consider that a hive made with two color of the skin inside of the ears and other parts This is a noble beginning. We learn the Sandy Creek 
Winter all the stock you can, by every profitable soon becoming a putrid mass, sending forth a very thicknesses of inch boards, with enough vacancy not thickly covered with hair. I have never known (Oswego Co.) Town Fair was also highly creditable to 
and available means, but do not trust to any “good disagreeable stench, and if, as may be sometimes between them, is the best that has come to my a cow, with soft, fur-like hair and mellow skin, ah interested, the exhibition being unusually large and 
time coming” in which to buy cheap hay or cheap the case, but a part of the swarm is thus deprived knowledge. Hives that are covered with straw are appearing yellow and gummy at the roots of the Ane, and tho receipts over $500. So far as ascertained 
grain. A hard winter is among the contingencies of life, the effluvia from the dead will destroy the not affected by the sun in winter or spring, at which hair when parted with the hands, that was not a the Town and Union Fairs in all parts of the State 
that may happen, and any calculation about win- balance. I might be more particular in describing time bees often fly out and are lost in the snow. good butter cow, and when .fattened, would mix bave tl)is year P l ' 0 ' red remarkably successful,—and we 
teriDg stock had better be made in view of present the cause, but consider that enough has been said Henrietta, N. T., 1859. E. Kirby. tabo ^ wel1 Wlth flesh - Havin g been accustomed h^^cened mint Ponnlv vZ 8 °f f fortune to attaad 
prices, takmg good care to make the supply sure 0 n that point, and will now proceed to give a - a tGn C0W8 that failed for dairy purposes, hopeXown 8ocietieg and Farmers’ 
without delay. 
remedy, whereby the evil effects may be entirely 
Unfortunately, some potatoes have been frozen done away with; or, rather, may say that bees 
in the hill, and some apples in the orchard, to say may be wintered safely and free from the above 
RURAL NOTES FROM MISSOURI. 
to fatten my cows that failed for dairy purposes, 
by age or otherwise, for many years, and being on 
have excelled many County Fairs of former years. Wo 
hope Town Societies and Farmers’ Clubs will largely 
increase in numbers during the ensuing year, through- 
the lookout for causes of known results, I have out the whole country. Every such society or club (or 
observed that those known to give good milk, both combined,) properly conducted, must prove bene- 
in me mu, ana some appies m tne orcnara, to say may be wintered safely and free from the above CORN, frost, fruit, next wheat crop, etc. tuuoe ’auuwu m give gooa muK, both combined,) properly conducted, must prove bene- 
nothing of “ some pumpkins.” These will be fed baneful influences. And here, let me say, I have - made most thrift in tallow when fed to fatten.— flcial to members and community, and need not detract 
promptly to the stock to avoid further loss. Every n0 ax to grind, and no particular kind of hive to Bear Rural i—If you find my correspondence Hence, the conclusion, that cows that handle well from the interest or success of county associations. 
cabbage leaf, turnip, beet and kohl rabi top will be recommend, whereby myself or others are to reap wortb P rin ting, it will not derive its value from in what the butchers call tallow joints, may be -*- 
carefully picked up, kept clean and fed by those a reward. * any particular uniformity of style or subject. The judged to give rich milk, the quantity to be judged Farmers’ Clubs and Town Ag’l Sooieties.-As 
who wish to make the most of everything. Cows T , • , pi . ,, prominent feature of your paper is, I know, agri- by a plainly marked design of nature in her phys- thc sea90n for organizing, and holding tho annual 
can be kept in milk by such means, and other •„ , ! bb na ure a . ea ri8es ’ an as ere cultural; but you find room, I see, for a deal of ical structure. Instead of heavy head, horns, ““ etlDg ®’ ° f lhese a830Ciatl °ns is at hand, we bavo a 
stock put in good condition for winter. Keep an n Ta™)? * C0 ^f\l S literary and miscellaneous matter besides. Liking neck, and shoulders, and comparatively light hind ^ kn ° W ’ ° Ur 
, , . 7 7 bees, it will be collected m the upper part of the .. , r , ,, e , ., , . . ,. , . , , . .. C ,1 .. readers, of the progress and success of all societies 
even hand in feedmg, especially roots, apples, &c.; hive and almost a solid mass of ice will be the re- P lan ’[ f al1 coaf ° rm to ^“d give you an quarters, which is characteristic of the opposite designed to enhance the interests of Euralists-whether 
a large mess to-day, and none to-morrow, may be u • , continued cold wpathpr Now a88 <>rtment, from which yourself and readers may sex, she should show an opposite design, by a fern- state, County, Town or District-and therefore desire 
little better than none at all. ma be ent “ r j b ' t d b 1 ' ' ’t hi select as each may find agreeable. Corn, frost, mine countenance, light bead, neck, and shoulders, reports containing such facts as exhibit their condition 
My friends, the millers, will endorse the senti- \ GU bl avlDg SU1 ,able ^ ent tobacco, apples, and next year’s wheat, shall be widening backward from her chest to the loin and influence. Oflicers of societies in operation will 
ment that grain should be ground before feeding t d ° P . ° f 6 ° r , Sai ™P or 0 P as8 0 texts whereon to base these present remarks. and hind-quarters, where the most strength is specially oblige us by furnishing synopsis of the year’s 
it, aDd I am clearly of opinion that coarse grain n or er 0 U . J, 1 ra P f a ’ W1 g, ' VG t ? le Missouri will probably have more corn this year required.” results, with lists of officers, etc. We are also desirous 
_j __v i_ v . , dimensions of the hives that I have used for the _ t„j.* ^ ^ of receiving the initial DroceedinirR nf now oinKa 
and hind-quarters, where the most strength is specially oblige us by furnishing synopsis of the year’s 
required.” results, with lists of officers, etc. We are also desirous 
Care of Horses. ° f reeeiviD S the initial proceedings of new clubs and 
societies as fast as organized. If those of our readers 
it, and I am clearly of opinion that coarse grain r x T , Missouri will probably have more corn this year required.” results, with lists of officers, etc. We are also desirous 
should be used on such hay and straw as would not , “® nsions 0 ® lves . at ave use or the than ever before, aDd at least as much pork. Indi- Care of Horses. of receiving: the initial proceedings of new clubs and 
be eaten up clean without being sprinkled with f ° ’T*’ wlthout1D ® a61 “ 8,eS r arm r h .! n cations of fr ost in early October gave rise to some A correspondent of the Michiaan Farmer ? T I ^ “ ,h ° S0 ° f ° Ur reader8 
, T * 1 there was honey enough to feed them through the f r . . . . . , ^o rre 8 po^dent ei me Michigan farmer, particularly interested will boar this request in mind. 
meal In some cases it will do to boil grain for winter, and a sufficient quantity of bees to keep up some oftbe late corn (which was writing upon this subject, says:-“I have been and act in accordance therewith, we shaH be enabled to 
hogs, horses, &c., and save grinding. animal heat The interior of the hive is from a ,ar 8 e sbare of tb » 8 yea r s crop,) should bemjured. labormg and studying for very maDy years to pro- impart much interesting and timely information. 
Mr. Lyman Brainard, a well known farmer of front to hack eleven Fortunately it escaped, and more than one new mote the usefulness of the horse in agriculture, by - 
front to back, eleven inches; from side to side six- 
Wyoming Co., says that the loss on our grass teen inches: and thirteen jnches high. Entrance ^ 
will be needed 
e mjured. laboring and studying for very maDy years to pro- impart much interesting and timely information, 
one new mote the usefulness of the horse in agriculture, by -—- 
rihg. By the way, I an improvement in the harness, and now I dis- Hamilton Cd. Ag. Society. — A large and enthusi- 
crop is the most serious loss that we have been at the bottdm by cutting from the longest side wisb y° u would talk to youjr Southern and Western cover that there should also be an improvement astic meeting of delegates from various parts of -Hamil- 
subjected to in many years, and that corn fodder dppn Pnmiotl m subscribers about the way they waste corn in mak- j n the training and treatment of the horse in order ton C0UDt y> recently assembled at Lake Pleasant, and 
has depreciated one-half inconsequence of frost; eight inchfs The ton of the hive has two somno ing p0rk ‘ Most of them do, and all of them might, to be successful. formed an Agricultural Society, electing the following 
so we are on “short commons,” and no mistake. h(dpg pqph ' thrpp ^ * . 8ave a Bttle old corn, with which to begin feeding First i think it a wrong idea to fat up colts for rrZZiSZTZZ ° f We " 8 ' 
holes, each three inches, over which is put two 
caps, of such size as may be desired, which, when 
, T ,L- 1 ■» -J ■ Pi. r Officers: President-JIon. Rioiard Peck of Wells. 
First, I think it a wrong idea to fat up colts for riee . President8 _ IJavilla Winchell) Moreho „ ge . 
premiums, as many are in the habit of domg. ward Anable, Hope. Secretary— Jos. W. Fish, Lake 
I may remark that some discreet persons think cap8) of such size as ffiay ’ be degiredj which> wfaen Septe “ 1 J ) ® r ’ 0r even in ^" gU8t ’. i ° 8tea f ° f put ‘ premiums, as many are in the habit of doing.- ward Anable, Hope. Secretary- Jos. w.°FisK Lake 
that animals can be “ wintered in the pork and fii| ed) are removed and their places supplied with ^ ° ff , t . lU 0ctober ' 1 did not inte “ d to sa - v in Itspo Is themforlife. To make good, durable horses Pleasant. Treasurer -Isaac Morrison, Wells; and a* 
beef barrels’ cheaper than in any other way—a ot bers. Their being empty during winter gives tbG P recedlng 8enten oe that most of them begin a blanket ought never to be put on them till they Executive Committee of two from each town in the 
little grain fed to steers and heifers may make amp i e yen t f or all the vapor that is so destructive f ee ^ n $ in Au 8 ust or September with old corn, but begin to work. Give them a yard by themselves county, 
them passable beef, and so of other cattle. I will in formiD „ frost j do not cont end for a hive of th&t m ° St ° f them SaV ® & litUe ° ld C °'' n with which with a g° od shed and P lent y to eat and drink . at tt w 
them passable beef, and so of other cattle. I will 
°nly «dd thatcare and economy is a ^binding th '”' «• advantage, would be b're'.k'them’rteT "one7«» 
? P T ’“ m “ as ' , P»“‘ h ' ,se able, on tbe ground that bees nanally collect near “•«*«'«»‘ h ““ with . f »r » Oet, of pu.1,.1^ aged 8». Mr. J.w.r, im.rtcan 
on those who have plenty, as much as upon those abIe> 0 n the ground that bees usually collect 
who are short.—n. t. b. __._ . . . 
“SORGHUM, WHERE IS IT?” 
Dear Rural: —Some of your correspondents, 
I observe, have some doubts about the success of 
,, ’ 6 . . , J , not only brings more money, but more in propor- tbev break it once thev will trv harder next timp r> ’ , , p 1 j ' meriy American 
the bottom, and vapor arising from them would ■■ 6 .... , „ . v . mey oreaK h once, mey win try naraer next time, Consul at Cadiz, and acquired a large fortune by import- 
become frost if it had to travel far before it had a P ° n ’ than one op 2b0 or less ; 1 wdl give and will never forget it. Use the whip sparingly, ing the celebrated Merino sheep into this country, ne 
chance to escape. Again, bees are less liable to ,, , ,, r ., ,, . 1 „ ... 
C11 ... J ° ’ . „ ,. the large than for the small hogs. Second—the 
fill caps with honey when put upon a tal hive—at , , ... . ° 
, ... . J . same amount of corn will make from 20 to 30 per 
least, such has been my experience. , m „ ro . f 
from one-fourth to half a cent per pound more for Glive them light loads to begin with, if you do not was a native of Boston, but bad long resided in Woath- 
the large than for the small hogs. Second—the want balky horses. Heavy loading, and drawing ersfleld, where he owned a large and superior farm, 
same amount of corn will make from 20 to 30 per too far up hill before stopping, has made many a aad S rea qy benefited that section of country by the 
cent, more pork, fed in warm weather than it will balky horse, and the whip will not cure them. A inlroduclion of new modes of agriculture and more 
the Sorghum. They should come to Iowa just ^ I ^ c ° nsi i der ll of im P°J tanC8 > in tw o particulars, in cold. Those who have tried tbe experiment better way is to confine the horse to the spot where valuable breeds of stock, 
now, and they would speedily have those doubts t0 have th ® P assa g es from the main biy e *<> tb e will bear me out in saying, a bushel of old corn fed he balks and keep him there till he is pretty well n „ 
dispelled. I am quite well satisfied, from my ca P 8 near tba front of the hive. First, it is more in August or early in September, is worth a bushel starved; I think this will help him.” RosTn . Ur « B ‘ T . n0MA ®’ Esq- ’ ® f 
own observation, that the new Sugar Cane is des- C0Dvenient fo / tbe b ®® 3 a3 they enter the hive to and a peck of the same corn in colder weather, and _ ^ T , menced'oSkuons and valTa'mir Z™ T"’ 
tined to be an institution in the North-West. Our P ass U P> and > second y, it will more readily let perhaps worth two bushels of new corn, fed in the &S Ur ® . husked. Tbe beat’day’s work done that has beenTe^ 
farmers here in Henry county have very generally J be ^ ap0r e “ ape ’ be J r ° g direct, J over the mass of ) a «er P a rt of November or December. At least 0p a11 1 ie | and composing a farm, says the p wted ig by JamE8 Barn8 In nine hourg he hu?ked 
planted some,—say from a half an acre to four or the beeS ' 1 have ’ llke tJie reader > who asked tbe 25 per cent, more of food is required to maintain jf^e farmer, the pasture needs manure the most, out of the 8took 58 ^ bugbelS) and bound the 8 , alks 
six acres,—and are now busily engaged in making < ? uestl0n at tbe bead of this article, lost many the animal heat in cold weather, and that must be or 14 18 from tbat tbe stock mu8t draw tbeir P rm ‘ This was done on ihe 1st inst. Others have husked 
Sirup. Sugar Mills—wood and iron—have been stvarms ^ rom tbe ca use above stated in past years, supplied before any increase of flesh can be gene- c, P a 8u PP ort - If dry and sandy, spread on muck about 40 bushels. The corn is not so good this year, 
erected in every neighborhood of three or four without lowing how to avoid it, but by accident ra ted. Third-a hog with plenty of fat under his and leached ashes ’ and old ’ half rotten straw - laf e and ma kes a great difference in the husking. 
farms, and are succeeding beyond expectation in WaS led t0 ‘ aS 1 Ven1 ^ believe ’ a sure remed J— hide, feels the cold weather less when it comes, in * h ® falL The snow will prevent its evaporating, * - 
making a very fair article of sirup taking into °“ examination 1 fouad tbat hives witb an °Pening and will continue to gain flesh and weight on an and the winter rains wlU wash 11 into tbe eartb -~ .? IT * ! ~ A ^w York cily paper (which 
accou/t the imperfect mLlery ^nd ^ of ^ t0p ’ b ° ards - arpiDg ’ &C " WiQt6r all ~ tbat would'Tittle more than keep a poor ***** al1 ^e manure that has been made du- ^ noTZT^e XZl Td' 
experience. I consider the experiment of Sor- when t, g bt b,ve8 would die by their sides. I or average stock hog in growing order. These riD g e summer and fa 1 and spread it so that it a ,i owed a correspondent f 0 ,« itcb i t „ th 
ghum here abundantly satisfactory-and so it is would recommend to those that keep bees to give conclusions are based both on experience and J lllbec ° me 1DC0r P 0rat8d with the surface earth New . Yorker for answering an honest inquiry on the 
with all our people, so far as I have heard any tbe,r blves ample vent at the top, covering the Physiology, and the scientific truths of Physiology unng ew,ner - App y bone dust, and all other subject, but now illustrates, describes and commends a 
expression of opinion. You can set Iowa down aP^ture in some manner to keep out the rain and govern the growth of hogs as well as other folks/ 8ab8 ‘ aR ces that can form bone earth. If the pas- new cigar-making machine! Wc note the fact, sup- 
as one of the sugar-growing States of the Union SD0W ’ ^ et leaving a free circulation of air. But> b i ess my sou i | I have wandered all the way tures have been exbausted b 7 wool-growing, reno- pressing comments. 
mu , . „ . . North Plains, Mich., 1859. Hiram Brown. „„„ di _i vate with plaster, thus restoring the sulphur which —--- 
There will be thousands of gallons of sirup made from corn and frost to Physiology! *, ’ ,, ® rp, „ 
. ... , ... . ,, , . r ———-- m, , , . , ■ i, , . had been drawn from the earth; for in every one A Mine of Emery.— -The Prairie Farmer notices tbe 
* b “ ““*?«■'» " Ike quantity WINTERING REES obacco ,s a good crop-., gathered and bu w , ' 7 ««» V er, o, a mine of emery, o, the be,, quality, 
w." be rmiltiplied many t.mea. It .s selling here WINIEMN^EEES. generally cured or nrmg^ App es bare yielded , P Bu , 0 „ „ 0 account „ J be „ id Belrldere, Illlnol., Oouldn-.ou,eon.emporar, »„d an 
at about forty cents per gallon, and is considered „ fairly, at least in this part of the State, and are *; . . .. .. , Emery mine of extra quality, nearer home- even in the 
a a valuable crop at half that price. Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—T here is a great briDging the snug little price of $3 per barrel for a an 7 P ar „ 0 y°ur arm is au o an worn- p_ Ft establishment ? The witness is not obliged to an- 
Tbe size and height of the canes here would d * ver8 i t J °f opinions here and in Europe as to the good winter varieties. Iowa and Minnesota fur- 0U P as ure - a ts eqmva en o ac now e g- 8 wer, if he shall thereby criminate himself! 
evidently astonish your correspondent, who notices best method of wintering bees. While some ad- nish the demand. The people up there have been iag a T 0Rare a azy, s i tess e ow, incapa e 
having seen, as a thing extraordinary a can e ten voca<e upward ventilation, others oppose it.— too busv speculating in “promising city locations” ° appreciating e essings o ea\en an dis- A Timely Suggestion.— By giving the matter proper 
feet high. I saw one a few days ago which meas- Again some are for a special de P 08it , while others to plant apple trees, and now the times are too h™ 6 !* refu81D g to P a T tbe rent required by and timely attention, clubs of twen.y to fifty subscri- 
ured seventeen feet, and have heard of some still are Por leaving them in the open air without pro- tight to buy the trees. That same state of things ° ° r t e use 0 18 an • >ers or t e n0 x t volume of the may be formed 
taller. I know I have seen acres growing which tGCt, °“‘ After tr J ic S experiments I con- has kept farm improvements back far too much all A. Qixielx Cure for Koirrxder. real friends of the caus^o act iZVeaZaZZ, be'foro 
would average fourteen or fifteen feet high. With cluded to return to nature s instinctive law, which over the West; but men have learned a lesson that A writer in the Cotton Planter and Soil, gives )be coun(ry ig fl ooded W j tb the i on£ j. bow bills and Muu- 
tined'to be an institution in the North-West. Our P&SS up ’ and ’ second, T> Wl11 more readily let per haps worth two bushels of new corn, fed in the 
farmers here in Henry county have very generally the va P or esca P e . being directly over the mass of j a tter part of November or December. At least 
the fact, sup- 
The tobacco is a good crop — is gathered, and 
vate with plaster, thus restoring the sulphur which 
had been drawn from the earth; for in every oDe 
A Mine of Emery.—T be Prairie Farmer notices the 
WINTERING BEES. generally cured or curing. Apples have yielded hu , ndred P° unds of w °ol there are five pound of liZr T" 
_ } . ■i q a lnoof r it- ^ OT . f n n*i n a n sulphur. But on no account allow it to be said « elvi(j ere, Illinois. Couldn tour contemporary find an 
fairly, at least in this pait of the State, and are , r , Emery mine of extra quality, nearer home— even in the 
Eds. Rural New-\ oeker :—There is a great bringing the snug little price of $3 per barrel for * any par o your arm is au o an ^orn- p t F§ establishment? Thewitneesisnotobligedtoan- 
liversity of opinions here and in Europe as to the good winter varieties. Iowa and Minnesota fur- ? U P as ure * a is eqmva en o ac now e g- swe r, if he shall thereby criminate himself! 
lest method of wintering bees. While some ad- n i s h the demand. The people up there have been 1Dg tbat y0u . are a azy ’ ® hlftleS8 feUow , “capable - 
rocate upward ventilation, others oppose it.— too busv speculating in “promising city locations” of apprecmtmg the Wessings of henven—:and dis- A Timely SuGGESTioN.-By giving the matter proper 
for the use of His land. bers for the next volume of the Rural may be formed 
Quiiclc Cure for IUovin.aer. in hundreds of localities. It is only necessary for tho 
a T,,T,Tm n tt m t j o -7 real friends of the cause to act in season— now, before 
A writer in the Cotton Planter and Soil, gives . ... .. , . ’, „ 
. „ . . ’. 6 the country is flooded with the long-bow bi s and Mun- 
all our imperfection of machinery and inexpe- g° v e rn8 the bees for preparing for winter. They will last them —at least till times get better. People tbe following recipe for the cure of founder in the C hau S enish canvassers of trashy papers. Presentsub- 
rience, two hundred gallons per acre is considered, bave been known to flourish so far north that mer- are finding out that the old fogy farmers, who borse :• “ Clean out the frog of the foot; let it be scribers will not need coaxing to renew, while many 
by actual experiment, but a moderate yield. cury would congeal, in the coldest days in winter kept out of debt and speculation, and put the cash well cleansed by scraping off the dirt. Raise the others, in every place where the Rural is known, will 
Last night we had our first frost, which, in con- b °ilow trees with suitable thickness. They lo- they got for crops into improvements on their land, pocd 80 as be level — pour spirits of turpentine, no doubt accept the first invitation to subscribe, 
sequence of tbe dryness of our atmosphere at cated themselves above the place of entrance, leav- instead of buying more, stood tbe crisis unburt, a sufficient quantity, so as not to run over the Mr. G. W. Lancaster, of Luzerne Co., Pa, writes : — 
this time, did but little injury to the cane, or any “g a hollow place for the vapor to pass upwards, while tbe operators in “townplots” and swamp boof; then set the turpentine on fire, and let it be “ I feel some pleasure in contemplating the fact that I 
other crops not yet fully ripened, of which there leavin £ tbem warm and dry, without upward ven- lands, have been on the list of “lame ducks” ever entirely consumed. If the above does not cure a have increased the circulation of your much valued 
are but few. The Corn having very gener- tilation - These are Nature’s Hives, which are since. The West will never be independent of foundered horse, as soon as the operation is over, paper In this locality. My object in writing this note is 
no doubt accept the first invitation to subscribe. 
Mr. G. W. Lancaster, of Luzerne Co., Pa , writes :- 
ally matured, is, in this part of Iowa, a most warm and free from dam pness in winter, with am- fluctuations till more of her young men take to tben T°ur readers may doubt all further recipes to 8 et specimen copies for distribution. If consistent 
bountiful crop. A neighbor told me yesterday pie room for brood comb and for storing their sur- raising corn, mules and molasses, leaving specu- f rom "Veritas.” please send me one dozen of last week s number, or 
that he this year cultivated eighty acres of corn, flu 8 honey. 7 am opposed to upward ventilation lators and speculations to themselves. “In all Black Tongue. hands thTtwilfre^them^“and be aplto subscribe^ 
which would average sixty bushels to the acre, ln the open air. Instinct teaches the bees to make labor there is profit,” said Solomon, and “for all A correspondent of the Southern Cultivator or the first of January next. Out of some twenty sub¬ 
please send me one dozen of last week’s number, or 
such as may be convenient, and I will put tbem into 
hands that will read them and be apt to subscribe now, 
or tbe first of January next. Out of some twenty sub- 
and his, I know, is not, by any means, an isolated tbeir bi^es and boxes tight with bee glue, to pre- manner of produce there is a cash market,” says- gives the following remedy for the black tongue:— scribers that I obtained last spring, there will not 
ca.se. Bird. 
Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa, Oct. 6,1859. 
vent the escape of their natural warmth. To win- Gunnybags. 
ter bees jou must give them that assistance which Next yeai 
‘Have a swab of soft cloth made and attached to fall off; they are all well suited. I am anxious to 
, y u •> »a, uct. t>, !5o9. ter Dees you must give them that assistance which Next year’s wheat promises well now. More a handle two feet long; dip this in spirits of tur- secure the bound volumes for tbe three years last past, 
~ their nature requires, which in winter is warmth has been sown this fall than for four years past, pentine, and wipe out the mouth of the animal so or n P t0 tb e time my subscription commenced. 'Will 
ds. ural ew oriver. emg not only a and dryness. I think the following plan to be the and with a good winter, we can bread the world from affected two or three times, if necessary, and they you P ,ea3e 8a F t0 me how man J’ subscribers I must 
ihsn.rihpp to vmir nunop K.if « ^r^^A T_a • _ A i_ aaU_ai _ 7 7 J 7 J onnd waii to tho nfAmaoirl {<• O thinff 
sen er o youi paper, but a reader, I noticed best that has come to my knowledge for wintering next July till Christmas, any how. Winter killing will be over it in a few days, 
“ W B p V ° Um i e ’ tbC ■* D f ^ U ' ry ’ by in ^ be open is the great source of uncertainty in wheat raising fact, for I tried it on my cattle last year, and d’d 
., or B lum w iere is it 7 If this By the first of November, if not before, place here,—more owing to broad-cast sowing than any not lose one, when others had been trying salt, 
Th' tv , , send you to secure the aforesaid, tbat is, if such a tning 
is now o e a ca nbedone? I think with a little trouble I could get 
> last year, and d'd a club of fifty.” [The price of the three volumes, bound, 
.d been trying salt, j g ^ but we -will furnish tbem to any person procuring 
cannot be answered bv vour York Qtntr TOTm t .1 ' , . . , a. ujr upugnm., is $9, but we wilt tarnish them to any person procuring 
former rpaidont nf nid Mnnrno a p & ,be empty surplus honey boxes over colonies, in other human cause. Those who drill their wheat copperas, and other things recommended, and lost seventy-five subscribers. We have only a few copies 
e, an a armer then hives that have a chamber, so that the hole in the lose least of all from climate, those who plow it in a great many.” of the vole, for 1850 and ’57 ] 
of the vole, for 1850 and ’57 ] 
