The stocks were all c«t, and more or less straw PBIVATE HOLES WOBIKT PAUCITY. KUtfll 0pWt £>f U)t ^03. effltgttUflWg. 
was cut with them. Each cow was allowed all she j N givine the following extracts from a private refuse matter, as the melted wax quickly cools — -- 
could eat three times a day, and the mess night » ^ £avc n0 inteatio n of transcending “the and collects thereon. Contraction of tlxe Feet of Horses. Tub Weather of last week was unusually warm and 
and morning ^sfixedin J^wTich modest prescriptions of Qu aker discipline.” As If the foregoing directions are strictly adhered to R. Jennings, Professor of Anatomy in the Yet- * e 0 b ^and ^aLy d%s wire juTt IZ 
noon had a feed of dry cut sta k ’ oarjjer the rcma rks are from a long-time correspondent thcre will be n0 need of re -boiling and re-straining elnary CoUege of Philadelphia, gives the causes farmpr8 r oe<Jed t0 and closo up faU work , and 
they would eat pre J ^ e n 1 *u ere( j j n to of the Rural, and pertinently refer to and review the coarse refuse matter; if not, it will have to be f or contraction and the remedy therefor, as fol- specially to secure the corn and potatoes yet afield, 
bits. At about 3 o’clock these vvere ga matters which appeared in its last number, we see re80rt ed to to get it perfectly free from wax. low8 ._ Tbe tendency of a horse’s feet, in a healthy Th0 pre80n t week opened with chill blasts, but the 
the tubs and enough more adde o ma e e ^ impropriety in presenting them to our parish ^ Wax _ Let the wax rema i„ i u the tub of condition, are to expand whenever the weight of temperature moderated Monday night, and now (Tuea- 
ing meal. T o this was a e no q , of readers: cold water until it is thoroughly hardened, then the body is thrown upon them. Being a very com- day noon) the sun shines bright and warm-indices of 
meal and two quarts of ^ A CRITIC criticised and complimented. remore it _ put it into a kettle and let it melt, plicated piece of mechanism, they are very easily continued favora ble weather for out-d oor operations. 
SwT^ixed. The morning meal was the same, j; C0U ld but feel that H. T. Brooks criticised This should now be strained as it contains much disarranged and once out of order difficult of Advertisements will occasionally creep 
being mixed over night or early in the morning. Greeley a little too roughly, transcendmg as he refuse matter of minute particles. Strain into a repair ; and hence the necessity of preserve ^ ^ EoraL) ln gpite of „ 8> though our aiin an4 
In tins way no stalks were wasted, the cows gave did the modest prescriptions of Quaker discipline, tub of cold water as before. This time it wi be them m a sound condition. , desire is to ignore every thing of the kind. During the 
„ .rood rhddIv of milk and increased in condition. True Greeley is a little vain, and not always expedient to use a strainer of fine material, which Causes.— 1. By cutting away the bars of the fee , ^ yeajf we hav0 refu8ed nutne rous advertisements 
Tf a corne trouble but the manure paid for that alive to the adverse side of his argument; but may be done by hanging it over the circular one. which are the mam stays for the support ot the wMch bad a guspioion8j deceptive, catch-penny look. 
1 . on Long Island where it is the wba t would he be without his vanity, or what It should be cloth. There will, doubtless, be some quarters. 2. By (opening the heels as the smith Wjtbin the last week alone, we have refused thru, 
abundan y. * tbeir h they keep ld he do to inlere st others, if he was visited by refuse matter still adhering to the bottom of the calls it,) cutting away a portion of the frog, in rotnrc , ing the money. Two of these asked for money- 
custom for the I&r e _ _ __ ~~~ 1 _ a _ a —Kn C unuraf«^ Kr n Irnifp oAnconnnnpo rvf whinli ITia mnifttnrft nf lhf» froir be- « ^irkiinr tho other flftv cents—for some pre- 
UOiD f»uiv/u “Pr ~- 
impropriety in presenting them to our parish 
A CRITIC CRITICISED ANI> COMPLIMENTED. 
winter four times as much stocJt - uuuuroc - 0 - , ~ ... r • , ^ •_ AA Lc. ftri rA r witn me wnoie race ui uwuumwo nuv w j* u & 
corn and stalks as upon the hay from an acre, and un tiring industry, energy and confidence in him- melted wax may bftypourod into pans, forming 4. By improper shoeing. An o y “ steal the livery of heaven” wherein to serve their own 
that there is no profit in growing hay for stock se lf entitles him to become an institution of the cakes of any desirable size or shape. Pure, white, will, upon an examination of the common shoe, gelflsh p urp08 «s-the more so because they are so artful 
land that will produce good corn. But the age ia wh ich he lives. I like II. T. B. There is a new combs, may be converted into pure wax, sun- notice that it inclines from without inwards at the ^ we ar0 oftcn unable t0 decido whciher an adver- 
UP ° D st be "round and the stalks cut, and int epigrammatic originality about him, not ply by putting them into a kettle and melting heels, thus forming a concavity for the feet to rest ti8em eDt (sent, with the money, by a respectable ad vor- 
corn mu g ’ Wrowed from the schools; and his truly practi- them. It has been said that bleaching the wax in; the consequence is a lateral resistance to the ti8 ; n g agcDcy,) is honest or a lying cheat. For instance, 
cooked with the meal.—r. borrowed uum me ° ,_.iu. ma:,, a™* tho .»iahUf thn „ in n.v,,™ fio . writes us (relative to an 
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE BUTTER! 
The above question, so emphatically asked in 
the Rural of the 5th of November, I will answer 
briefly,—it was not made. And by the first of 
March or April next, the inquiry will be as 
oTTm^nTtlteorists and amateurs in farming, the wax, and dipping shingles into the liquid, then animal is thrown upon them. The effects of this advertisement which we supposed to be from an honor- 
He will neither be carried away by a Comstock, or laying them upon the snow,-if in summer, in the resistance is to force the heels together creating dated Ang . 20 , 1859 , r rPad , 
batten in the rut of tradition. sun,—frequently turning them over. After the pressure upon the sensitive parts within the horny t Asto ^ nding improvement l ’-.Elastic snd Combma- 
wax is thoroughly whitened, it may be cut off with case; establishing fever by which the moisture of tion Stitch sewing machine, using one, two, or three 
value OF STRAW—ITS ntoPKR office. a kn ; fe) me ited, then made into cakes as above the hoofs are rapidly absorbed, rendering the J^in^orm^you?aud "ho^ubdo [in^u%ee%t to°tesert HJ 
VALUE OF STRAW—ITS PROPER OFFICE. & kn;fe 
I can also but think that the Rural avail beau , s t a ted. 
hoofs hard, brittle, and liable to crack and fre- that there is no sueh machine, neither auyh a company 
anxiously made, What has become of the Hay' the French gay> to publish that table from Dr. K wm bc perccived that this mode 0 f procedure quently causing corns, navicular joint lameness, ” f tnaTfs ‘s w i nd ltnTthe 
The answer is equally short,—it did not grow. Playfair. Regal chemist as he is, he evidently wp i, fnr pifhpr i aree or small bony deposits to be thrown out from the lateral cre diilous out of their $15 each ; and then, to pacify the 
The same reasons that caused a failure in the ^ BoDSSINGAtJLT . 8 farm-life experience, when WeU M HZlLL. wings or processes of the coffin bones, rendering 
hay crop apply with equal force to the butter, a be says that 100 lbs. of wheat straw contains as Middleport Niag Co NY 1859 the animal permanently lame or unsound. These bC en burned out, that he lias made arrnng.-menti with 
large falling off from both may be attributed to the mucb organjc matter as 100 lbs . of linseed mea l, J_L" .. J_!- are but few of the bad effects arising from contrac- 2«oh aTKXwu'fln their 
two frosts of June. The frost not only reduced bean8 &c He should also say that the organic .„ T _ _ n • wrm m'TrTTT-c tion; enough, however, to serve our purpose at order and send iton. But tho machino does not come, 
the quantity but deteriorated the quality of both. matter 0 f { be straw was nearly all carbon, about WEEKLIES PREFERABLE TO MONTHLIES. pregeBt _ from the fact that there is no tsuch machine or com - 
The same bulk of hay that grew on the weak as DU t r itious as charcoal, and altho’ serviceable to .. for the Remedy.—P reserve a level bearing by making i. i lo . 9n i of nil advertisements 
lantlties. MAnLON M. lsaldkiuue. --’ ° that the company that manutHCturea nis macouie mm 
MiHdienort Niair Co NY 1859 the animal permanently lame or unsound. These bcen burned out, that he has made arrnng.-menU with 
Middleport, Hug. Co.. K. - „ e b „ t fe / of lhc btd effccts „ isiog fcom cont „ c - XTlWJlX SS 
WEEKLIES PBEFEEABLE TO MONTHLIES. *>«»i M " c 0ut P u, T 0 —‘ »^*» 'S' 
- present. . . pany.” 
Having made an effort in this locality for the Remedy. Preserve a level bearing by ma'ing —Now, our advice is to beware of all advertisements 
The Tribune on Tekba-Culture.— A late number 
of the N. Y. Tribune contains a “ first-rate notice” of 
- , ... . . , . woiffh .. , Having made an euori in mis locality tor me ---=> -- ° — wow, our auvico is to uoware ui an du.di»ooui».» 
meadows that did not head out wou 8 d i 8te nd, and keep up animal heat m the stomach aQd wighin thftt its influen ce should be the shoes perfectly flat on the quarters, so as not offering t0 make youricht i inpar t a wonderful secret, 
more than three-fourths as much, an w u in cold weather, it has very little intrinsic nour- felt ag p 0wer f u lly here as in the Genesee Valley, I to interfere with the expansion of the feet. Should etid omn6 genus, for a small consideration. In vulgar 
contain more than half the uutrimento goo ay, ; sbmen t if f ed alone. Scotch Johnston never com- tb()u bt or two conse q uen t thereon. contraction already exist to a considerable extent, parlance, “ don't buy apig in a poke,” but keep your 
and pastures suffered equally as much. o no pels his stock to eat straw, but he invites his sheep , bevel the shoes slightly outward at the heels, in money until you see or are satis8ed(fromknowncliar- 
Lelieve that the pasture lands of the severe frost- to do it by adding to it the most nitrogenous food In canvassing I have urged, successfully, e order to facilitate expansion. Care should boused acter of the advertiser) as to the value of the anatnUe 
bitten districts afford more than one-third their _ oil meal> oat mea l, &c. Every farmer knows decided advantage which a weekly has over a ^ ^ bevel ^ much Qr bulgiDg of the lovver 0 r article advertised. 
usual supply—that is, for fattening or making that cattle wi u hard l y eat straw until they need it monthly. The trouble with the latter is like 1 ad- e hoo £sat the quarters wiU be the result. _ A rniTITTlT a Iate nTI mber 
butter. This estimate is perhaps too low for ^ ee P" , 0 b „ rn „ their stom.ehs iu cold or stormy dy's cbteken-rt syeofe toe Krts. If we ore to be J”'° hoM , h( , uld , n J forged „„ d nol , T “ 
ing the breath of life in cattle, which IS nearly all woather . At lhe gre .t livery stables they cut bay benefited ^by the° a °” twisted, as is sometimes done to save trouble by for wblcU orSotou will probably 
that has been done where the pastures were in8tead of 8traW| on which to put the meal. The laborers in the field of Agriculture and Horticul- thebunglingsmith> Proper applications, to soften b 0 indicted for libel, (“the greater the truth the greater 
stocked up to their usual capacity. _ proper office for wheat straw is to litter cattle ture, wemus >avei in ime - on lac e asmos horny parts and promote elasticity, should ; be n be l,”) or cruelty to animals. Here it is:-“A 
The frost-bitten, bitter grass will tell, in more rathgr than to feed them; it is a great absorbent of our operations now are, by good implements, uged guch preparat ions are put up in the friendly puff of ‘Professor Comstock,’ and what ho 
ways than one, “ What has become of the Butter V” 0 f tbe wealth of animal manures. It is early cut superior management and improved machinery, the. f " of boof ointments calls his system of terra-culture, appears in yesterday’s 
A firkin that opens fair, will, before it is consumed h cured with its juices intact, well saved stalks, chances are that a monthly will be behind time, Courier and Enquirer, with the information that the 
bv a small family, in many instances, become \ & that makes the bone, muscle and flesh and the information can do us no good till next Manure8 n . ' said ‘ Professor ’ is now in this city delivering lectures 
randd^and in more, nearly rotten by May. This ^ on t “e farm. Hen C ;, when the Royal year, and then we may probably forget it. For A correspondent of the Ohw \alley F^vier on hi8 8y6tem . This mo ves us to say that in our hum 
is not the fault of the dairyman, as it is out of the . . t that 100 lbs of straw contains as this reason I never took a monthly. This and the writes:—‘I had seen it asserted in a paper ble judgment ‘Professor’ Comstock is a bore, an 
IS noi ittui U J . Chemist says max. iw iws. in w ,___n w cniid and linn d manure of one cow. carefully worthless. It was oxnosed several years ago by 
the horny parts and promote elasticity, should tbe n be l,”) or cruelty to animals. Here it is:-“A 
al«obeused Such preparations are put up in the friendly puff of ‘Professor Comstock,’ and what ho 
form of hoof ointments. calls his system of terra-culture, appears in yesterday’s 
Courier and Enquirer, ^ith the information that the 
Manures-An Experiment. ^ ^ , p rofesgor , lg now in this city delivering lectures 
A correspondent of the Ohio Valley Farmer on b } g system. This moves us to say that in our hum- 
«ns- — TT:T — 
some meadows and pastures, and left others Your correspondent, 0. D. Hill, of Jefferson gest) sugar-coated as it is with an endless and losing all the manure. I was paying one r thoro predomiliato in direct ratio to the great pop- 
entirely uniniured, on the same farm ; and so with Co., “ needs not that any man teach him. IDs pleasing v& ™ t y pu ig^subje^. We consider and fifty cents to a neighbor for each wagon load u]ation „ But wc think , t WM .< Hobson’s choice 
fruit In some instances it killed three spears of plan of manuring in xhe spring with fresh stall f armcr > 8 w if e who^Bong been in the habit of of manure he delivered inside my gate. ^ Deter- for after being kicke d out of ^ho rural districls, he 
orn and left the fourth, in the same hill. There manure turned under, is very economical, and so read j n g the Rural, stmuly competent to manage mining on trying an ‘experiment, in 1851? I kept muat per f orce flee from the wrath which had come to 
are'a few dairymen who'saw the condition of their is his succeeding mode of plowing and culture.— a (f a i r8 discreetiy, in of ihe absence or death m y cow up and fed her at an expense of one the great “ city of refuge” for footeand knaves! 
nastures and disposed of their butter to be used Yet, on large dairy farms, top-dressing meadows of the husbaT)d . Of ttfe many intelligent people dollar per week, including also the tending of her, — • „ 
whilst fresh (as it lacked solidity and flavor,) so in early winter, or as long as the snow lasts may with whom r have conversed, all have agreed, and bedding her with dry leaves from the woods. ga f“°f“TaTc w^rk ZZ iThcs the 
ot v. t tbpv bave on band is good. These be equally economical; but if manure is kept over w ; t h ou t one dissenting voice, that if we are to During this time her health remained perfect, her fact ' tbat f„estl phosphates, although containing 5 per 
causes will not affect cheese so essentially as to the summer it must be saved from waste by fire- have agric ultural information at all we should milk was richer, and her manure-properly saved f 
• the p r i C e materially, as a table can be set fang as well as washing. If there is any farm to bave u week j y> ! trust the time is at hand when and composted with the ashes, wood chips, etc., phate8 takcn f rora bones. The same results have been 
and a "ood meal made without it. Without butter be envied it is one whose meadows and pastures we ghaU not on]y bave it semi - W eekly, but daily, from the house, and weeds and refuse straw from CSmmenM) °“ X 
the table has a bad look. need no renewing. I have seen white clover half- needingline upon line as we do,and groping amid the garden, including also her bedding which was If fjesll phosphates have always given better results 
These calamities must not all be attributed to leg high in August, in the pastures of a dairy re- tb(J darkneS8 i e d only by the hand of experiment, removed daily—was worth one dollar per month, than pbospbates f rom bones, it is strange that tho fact 
the frost as there are some portions of the country gion, when, in our grain region, farmers milked Cambridge. Valley, N. Y,, 1859. H. K. F. a t the prices I had been paying. It was amply bagnot been discovered by practical men, and eepe- 
that are'good grazing land that did not suffer seven cows into one pail. 'I hese pastures had not Remarks.—T hough the above is truthful, wo have sufficient to enrich an acre of our ground for ordi- c i a n y by the farmers of England, who use immense 
from the frost been I )lowed iD tbe last twent J J ears - Yet man y hesitated somewhat about publishing it, and would not nary purposes of culture. With two or more quantities, and pay $5 per ton higher for the bone than 
r The drouth of May told with severity on all, as of these highly-favored dairy farmers sigh for but f or the fact that a neighboring monthly some time cows the expense would be proportionately less, for tbe fossil phosphate, 
well as the "unprecedented drouth of ’53, which farms aUhe West, where they can grow the large ag o gave what it called a prize essay on the other side and the yield greater.” . , ru? v 
■ f ,, .• tb J the severe Dent corn, fat plenty of pork, and enjoy the fever of the question. The superiority of weeklies is too ap- A “Fair” Snow.— At the Gibson Co. (Ivy.) hau, 
“ and acne! ? parent to require argument. Kidney Worms in ^ recently, Mr. Ste, -hen Meade and his wite entered the 
killed out some of the timotby-and the severe Dent corn, iai pieniy oi poia, uou e.,jo y .u, oi mo ^ .. a- 
winters of fifty-eight and nine disposed of at least and ague! P arent t0 rc( l uire argumeu ’ 
one half the clover in some sections where the +++ “ 
soil was unprotected by snow. The next inquiry H0W T0 MAKE BEESWAX-A NEW PROCESS. CQEN SX00K JACK-SHORT NAMES NEEDED 
will be, “What has become of the corn — for a - - 
farmer that has no hay or grass has not much of Eds. Rural New-Yorker:' The methods of Eds. Rural:— In your issue of November 12th,] 
farmer that has no hay or grass has not much of Eds. Rural Nkw-iorker: lhe methods ot Eds.Rural:—I n your issue of November 12th, I quarters of the animal. This is sometimes occa- tive, when the I resident made some vc y pp p 
anything by the time his cattle have raised May making Beeswax, in large or small quantities, are noticg a descrip ti 0 n of a contrivance for stooking s \ oncd by a WO rm which lodges itself in the kid- remarks, after which the mammoth family wa8V0 «»° h r - 
hill; and add to that no corn and he has got noth- known to be many, but as only a few are supposed corn We have used one of this character, and pvs aud by the irritation it produces there, brings ously cheered from one si e c 1C * 
, i i» ...__ , i * .a.a___t ... . uuo i nthfir. The old frenllcman was Dorn in iidw. 
Ividixey- Worms in Swine. recently, Mr. Stephen Meade and his wife entered the 
In answer to an inquiry the editor of the Maine ringj f 0 n owed by twelvo sons and two daughters, 
Farmer replies, that it is not very uncommon for eacb on a gray steed, and in the order of their ages, 
swine to be troubled with loss of power in the They proceeded arouud the ring, white the band struck 
muscles of the back and loins to support the hind up Hail Columbia, and drew up in front of the Execu- 
nnarters of the animal. This is sometimes occa- tive, when the President made some very appropriate 
q /L „ Which Indires itself in the kid- remarks, after which the mammoth family was vector¬ 
ing. I never saw a country where there was no to be acquainted with my method, I shall take the baye found it very bandy . Rut it does not seem Qn a weakn ess of the loins. Sometimes it is y , ag born S in 1S04 The two wcro marr icd in 
grass that had much personal property; and liberty of making it public, hoping that others, tba t the instrument has been properly christened caused b y a disease of the spinal column, by which lg21 _ Thc 0 y ee t son is 86, and tho youngest 14. The 
whenever I get where there is no grass, and no having a better one, or as good, even, will do yet> Tbe uame g i ven it in your paper is “Corn the nervous action from the spiral column to tbe oldest daughter is 19, and the yoimgest 17. Eleven arc 
butter, I take the back track. Having found but likewise. Stook Jack,” but this is decidedly too long to be severa l muscles of the loins is stopped and renders married, and have 22 children. The fourteen children 
little on this side, I am sure there will be less on Before giving the process of making, I would - n keeping witb the genius of the age. One of the tbe anima i unable to raise up and use the bind of Mr. Meade were all born in Gibson county, and all 
tbe other, and “Nothing in the House or in the state tbat the bee-keeper should look well to his wantg of £ he agr i cu ltural world is a system of cor- ters At the South, where the kidney worm now live there but one, and are the best of citizens. 
Barn either.” A. B. Dickinson. own interests before he suffers his comb to be t nomen clature for the “ thousand and one” ? swine nrevails much more than here, they give None of the family have died, and all now look hale 
Hornby, N.Y., Nov., 1859. - - 1 ' : *-^ -. m swine pro _ ... „ Ktentukv naner. 
now live there but one, and are the best of citizens. 
None of the family have died, and ail now look hale 
and hearty. So says a Iventuky paper. 
Hornby, N. Y., Nov., 1859. made into wax. Combs-pure white combs-and farming inve ntions that are daily coming into use. in the gwill> w00 d ashes, salt and red pepper, with and hearty. So sa ys a Ke ntuky paper . 
QMATT AND targe" POTATOES FOR SEED thoae evcn.of two to threey ears’ use, areof inesti- And it is a i mos t a wonder that some genius has a vievV) W e suppose, of their acting on the kidneys ^ Man with a. Grievance of a personal, aud 
SMALL AND LARG _ • ma ble value, —that is, if they are bnght and not t h oug ht of calling a convention to efiect this. and des troying the worm. In the other case, perbaps priva t e , neighborhood nature, who flies to the 
Fns Rural New-Yorker :-I have often seen beaHh y- of much size, and not too much marred or A name of over one or tw o syllables should never tonics 8uc h as a little copperas in the swill, and jj^bal or some other paper for defence or redress, is 
it miblished and more often heard it asserted, bruised - To prove this assertion, it needs only be b e affixed to a tool, otherwise it will be discarded exter nal applications, such as cold water dashed re8pe ctfully requested to read and inwardly digest this 
tbrtt Turners used too much seed in planting 8aid that 11 1S n0W pretty g enera11 ^ c ° nc e ded b 7 b y the mass. In the case of the above mentioned on to the loins, followed by brisk frictions. Lini- truthful passage from a recent Ode by Horace, sir- 
ia e tB „./„,be Fun, ^ " ** ^ 
rows fifty-one hills. Row number one was plant- ,, f J * fasten their "ood combs a P phcable to the * organs. offlce to talk of CO whides and revolvers when he wants 
ed with the largest that could be selected, and . ' ' , f ” . A word in regard to “stook.” There seems to cider-Maliing Witlicmt 1’ressmg. tobe quietly attending to his own business, but-the 
number two with those of the size of a good but- • , . . b b pe consiaeraoie uiycidii.j m «uc •«“», 4t lg s4a Lea mat a mau u,b x iuxuouui 6 , . g 0 ou people who iuuoi, um™»b™i, .--„ 
ternut. The soil had been cultivated for two as ITiay ie ivan e . ie ^ '• W riting “shock,” some “shook,” and some “stook.” 8UCC essful in making cider by the following pro- ing his columns with replications to attacks made upon 
years,and slightly manured, with the exception mZUurintr wax The first has been as widely used perhaps, as any CC88; _ Ue grinds the apples, and fills casks with am iby somebody dse ^ 
in the frames to be used the following season; or, 
of a small strip on the west end of the rows, 1 . , 
which had been a pasture for hogs for three years. com 8 ,u 
The treatment was in all respects alike, after they a et oseVl 0 " 
. , , of their ways, : 
were planted. „ 
Now, mark the result. The large tubers pro- mear,s 0 P‘ ocur 
duced from eight to thirty vines in a hill, the t b,ee ) cais use - 
small ones from two to eight. The potatoes The Process.- 
process is intended only for manufacturing wax 
out of combs that are unfit for the above purposes. 
uiBiuao ulvu uo muv V -— —j 7 CCSS :—iiu giuiuo ---- -B mrotfl 
but it will be seen by reference to Webster that one eB d open, the bottom having some sticks and come armed with write or bludgeons a a 
"stook ■’ is the only to™ primarily entitled to straw . uk8 » lesch for ashes. On the pumioe be you >ith «nm«f 
all respects alike, after they ‘ et those who will pusist in following the cnoi , ttic action, or kind of work, it indicates. bours as much water as it would yield juice by grte'aneo for r 
of their ways, may of course, adopt the sane „ s P book „ is thc name , f a barnimtod withstaves, and that displaces tbe joici, and sends it »l»despa,r.» 
nif Tho ltirffd tiihprs nrn- means of procuring the wax from combs of two o transfer of idea has led to . nfuir twn davs. it ia ir„ncw 
The Process.— Fill a kettle, of any desirable pi ymo uth, Mich., Nov. 15,1659. 
were of more uniform size where the small size, part full of water, bring it to a boiling heat, 
ones were planted, owing no doubt, to a much and then, or before, if desired, put in the combs. 
ones were planted, owing no doubt, to a much ana men, or neiore, « i»u. m - WjIAT „ A « PuKB B mon?”-I have heard it stated that, which displaces the natural juice, and leaves - , ba & ki ’^ gh whcn pure _ but it was difficult to 
smaller number setting. The row where the It will require but a short time to reduce them to by gomc thatfour cr088e8 , f a Durham bull on common the pumice quite tasteless. This process may be keep 4he variet y distinct and it soon “ run out.” The 
small ones were planted produced a fraction what is termed a pulpy state. In the meantime, caltlemake8apureblood _ orat i ea8 t fifteen-sixteenths, useful to persons who have a few apples and no IIubbard j 8 much better, and will prove a lasting bless- 
less than two bushels. The row where the large fill a tub or tin boiler full of cold water, ibis wb i ch is considered to same as pure blood and I have c i der -mill. ing if it will only “ hold its own.” What is tho expen- 
ones were planted produced three bushels and latter is the preparatory step to straining. Cover, a i 80 beard this statement denied. Can you, or some of Wlieat planted in ITUls. ence of Mr. L. and other cultivators as to the best mot e 
one-eighth of a bushel. There was a much greater or place over the top of the tub or boiler a strainer the Kural cattle-breeders, satisfy me on this subject, Mr Yant, near Bolivar, Ohio, writes to the of keeping tho variety pure and distinct? 
difference in the yield on the soil which had been —it being supported by two narrow strips of wood, and give me the reasons fir their decision, and thereby Farmer, that he has planted an acre of wheat, • ~ * „ “~7_ Tn . rpcent note, 
cultivated two years, than on the rich green or, what is better still, two nail rods. The strainer greatly oblige-JAMEs 8. McCall, Geneva, N. 3. about 20 by 15 inches apart, in hills, using a little A Weighty and Sizable T«- y noticed in 
sward. It took one-fourth more hills to make a is made in the following manner:—Take a wooden -- oyer fi ^ e ^ a half pounds 0 f see d to the acre.— ^ochester^wocwA not long since, that its editor 
bushel on the sward, and more than double the or iron hoop 18 or 20 inches in diameter, and fasten p R08T . BlTTKN Straw zor Fodder.—W ill seme of He put five kernels to the hill, but thinks one-third had been presented with a turnip weighing 12 pounds, 
number on the old soil of the small potatoe row to its circumference, by means of wire or twine, a tb0 Kukal > 8 correspondents give information whether Paded gvu b 3) cut-worms, etc., and this he has Mr CnAELE8 AnN in, of this place, laid a White Swedes 
to produce a bushel, as compared with the row circular piece of fine mesh, wire gauze, or cheese or no t frost-bitten wheat straw is injurious when fed to , , , A nart has been hoed; the growth is yr urn j D on my table, a few days since, which weighed 
. , , .... , r, ,_ _x„:_on ..no {« Tho atrainAP ,_ ._«„ „i-.A iW »lw> will ftbokft lepianieu. ,_ F 1 __i « feet 2 inches in 
and it is possible that a transfer of idea has led to tQ tbe bottom, from which after two days, it is Those Hubbard Squashes sent us, a few days since, 
its use in farming. J. D. Young. drawn by opening the faucet, and as the cider is by Mr. H. N. Langwortiiy, of Greece, fully sustain e 
Plymouth, Mich., Nov. 15,1659. heavier than water, it runs off at first pure. The reputation of the variety and the cultivator, 
uuuci > f , n,prnfnrfi worthy of honorable mention. A decaae oi 
-^- pumice, too, having no affinity for water, absorbs Mr . £. cultivated the “ Boston Marrow ”-a 
tit.T. m » <i ixTrLw iiirw-m ?”—T have heard it stated that, which displaces the natural juice, aud leav es when mire—hut it was difficult to 
planted with large ones. The number of tubers strainer, 20 or 22 inches in diameter. The strainer horses. A rumor is abroad that the beards will choke end i d _as far as that i 
varied in the large row from eight to thirty-seven; should be somewhat concave, to aid in straining, and kill a horse. A reliable answer will oblige more I cxnense c< 
. .. . . . J . , • • __ ibnn rtf bbirt anhfartrilwra . nflwcll as several individ- tears, as to me uxpeuac, x. 
cut - AUrilip UU UlJ *'***'* ' ' ' . . 
is concerned he has no twenty-one pounds, and measured ■> ee inc * 
the small row from three to twelve 
Newark, N. Y., 1859. 
A. G. Percey. 
Everything being in readiness for straining, take than one of your subscribers, as well as several iudivid- 
a dipper and bail out the boiling mixture, and let I uals that should be.-E. F., PainesviUe, Ohio, 1859. 
IS conuerneu uc mccniy-one - , 
compared with the yield circumference! When Monroe county beats that, 0 
of grain, next harvest will show. 
Genesee will try again ’ 
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