rain, or wet upon it, the sheep will not eat it, even 
to avoid starvation. Enough fodder can be saved 
in one winter to pay for good stables for either 
cattle or sheep, and the animals look so much bet¬ 
ter, too, that I wonder any farmer would be so 
extravagant as to feed good hay or straw to either 
cattle or sheep out of doors, exposed to storms, 
and to certain less in flesh. 
To recapitulate. If you have not hay enough, 
or have only coarse fodder, feed abundance of 
grain, well ground, i. e., ground fine, make your 
stables and sheds tight, and enough of them, and 
my word for it, hay will be cheaper next spring 
than now. D. A. A. Nichols. 
Westfield, N. Y., 1859. 
A WORD FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
"I wish my cattle had a better shelter,” is the 
cry of the humane but improvident farmer, as 
each winter he sees those poor, patient servants of 
his standing in the open air, suffering from storms 
of wind, rain and snow, or shivering in the cold 
comfort of the leeward side of barn or stack; and 
pity for their dependent, shelterless condition 
moves him to resolve that next summer he will set 
about providing warm, substantial barns and sheds 
for them. But, when summer comes again, the 
immediate, pressing need of such conveniences 
has passed away; and, occupied with things that 
must he done now, the owner’s good resolution 
is half forgotten till the sight of his animals 
exposed to the severities of another winter brings 
it once more to mind. If the season when the 
want of comfortable housing for cattle is most 
imperatively felt were also the time for supplying 
that want, doubtless few farms would be without 
a suitable provision of this kind; but, unfortu¬ 
nately for the poor creatures most interested, the 
building of shelters for stock is one of the things 
that cannot be done the moment they are needed; 
and so the race of well-intentioned but procrasti¬ 
nating farmers continually put off the execution 
of their benevolent resolves. 
The motive of gain, though more generally 
effective than any other, is not the only nor the 
worthiest one that can be urged in favor of careful 
and considerate treatment of domestic animals. 
Pleas for shelter for these out-door servants of 
man have, hitherto, been made up, principally, of 
appeals to the selflshuess of their masters. The 
less quantity of food bis cattle would require, and 
the greater amount of work they would be able to 
perform, the larger supply of wool his sheep 
would yield, and the less hay and grain they 
would consume—such are the reasons commonly 
employed to induce the owner of domestic animals 
to provide them comfortable shelter. Now and 
then, the comparative helplessness of the brute cre¬ 
ation, their position of dependence on man, their 
sensibility to cold, hunger, &c., Ac., are brought 
forward to make up a claim on the compassionate 
nature of the lord of the lower animals. The 
economists’ argument is as good as anything 
purely selfish can be; the plea of the sentimen¬ 
talist would sound better if we did not remember 
what we have been told, that in their natural 
state, horses, cattle, sheep, Ac., managed to take 
tolerable care of themselves, and that man re¬ 
duced them to subjection and dependence. 
The question whether the owners of farm stock 
shall provide comfortable shelter for their animals 
is not properly one of self-interest merely, nor of 
self-interest joined with the compassion due from 
a being of high capabilities to one of lower endow¬ 
ments ; it is, and should be treated, partly, at least, 
as a question of justice. The proper relation be¬ 
tween servant and served is based on the principle 
of mutual benefit. We should be ashamed to 
deprive the humblest creatures of liberty and com-i 
pel their services, unless, in return, we care for 
them better than they could care for themselves. 
What they receive from us in the way of food and 
shelter should not be regarded as so much una¬ 
voidably subtracted from the profits of their labor, 
their fleece, or their carcass; nor bestowed grudg¬ 
ingly as a sort of alms, but cheerfully paid as right¬ 
ful wages. It is as much their due as if they were 
capable of bargaining for it, and withdrawing 
their services in case of breach of contract by the 
other party. It is time the relation between man 
and the brute creation were considered in another 
than coldly economical point of view; let us have 
a plea for the right usage of domestic animals 
addressed to the pockets, the sympathies, and the 
Consciences ef their owners. a. 
South Livonia, N. Y., 1859. 
ABOUT BUTTER AND CHEESE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :— In the Rural of 
Nov. 5th, we noticed an article headed Butter and 
Cheese, and the question, What has become of 
them? This question is a very important one, 
not only to your State, (N. Y.,) but to all of the 
Northern ones, both East and West. That article 
says—“ There would seem to be a general falling 
off in the dairy product of this State, (meaning 
N. Y., I presume,) judging from the present prices 
of butter and cheese.” The article also gives 
figures of the prices of both those commodities for 
one month, (October) of each year, for ten years— 
viz: from 1S50 to 1859, inclusive. During the 
first five years, butter averaged 15)^ cents per 
pound, and cheese G}-4 cents per pound. During 
the next five years we find an increase of nearly 
twenty-five per cent., which is surely a profitable 
investment for farmers. But even at these prices 
we can hardly find either for sale. 
In this State, (Michigan,) at our market, 
(Kalamazoo,) we can scarcely find a pound of 
butter at any price, at this date (Nov. 18th,) for 
sale,—and when we do find it, have to pay from 18 
to 22 cents. Now, we claim this ought not and 
need not be. Admitting Michigan to be a grain, 
rather than a dairy country, still there can be 
butter and cheese enough produced for all home 
consumption, and some exported at far less figures 
than those above. The failure is just here: 
farmers are too slack about this matter, and leave 
it rather to circumstances than systematic calcu¬ 
lation. In traveling through the State in almost 
any direction, we will see cattle of all kinds (cows 
included,) standing out beside a straw-stack or 
fence, shivering in a cold November storm, with 
nothing to eat except what they can pick them¬ 
selves from said straw-stack, and giving, when 
milked, from 1 to 3 quarts per milking. This, we 
say, is the condition (except in isolated cases,) of 
cows in this State. This is one of the causes, and 
a very prominent one, of a deficiency in butter 
and cheese. Another is want of good stock,—but 
few farmers taking the pains to improve their 
stock by breeding from thorough-breds. If 
farmers would only wake up to the necessity of a 
reformation in this department, they would find 
they could make more money, and make it easier, 
by judicious management, at butter ranging from 
12 to 15, and cheese from 6 to 8 cents per pound, 
by making more of it, to say nothing about the 
advantage accruing to their stock in good looks 
and better condition. 
More on this subject at a subsequent date, if 
this is not consigned to the dark drawer. 
Kalamazoo, Mich., 1S59. Young Farmer. 
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THE DAIRY vs. GRAIN GROWING ON THE 
PRAIRIES. 
G rain-growinf upon the prairies seems now to 
have reached its maximum, so far as economical 
production by labor-saving machinery is to aid it. 
The plow and the reaper find naught to obstruct 
their progress or binder their labor. When the 
price is fair it is indeed a fertile source of wealth, 
but at all times its market is to be sought thou¬ 
sands of miles away, and when low prices rule the 
cost of carriage consumes much of the product. 
Not so with the dairy — especially the cheese 
dairy. The home demand exceeds the supply, and 
orders have now to be drawn upon the States of 
Ohio and New York to supply the deficit. And 
this too in a land where pasturage is unlimited in 
frequent localities, and forage of all kinds is 
abundant and easily supplied. At the present day 
the capital to be invested in grain growing is 
nearly or quite as large as that for dairying, but 
owing to past success all eyes have been turned 
toward the production of grain, and the business 
of dairying is lost sight of. 
Every farmer who uses machinery must own it 
himself, or pay others for owning and working it, 
which amounts to the same thing, and here is 
opened an expenditure for reapers and drills and 
cultivators equaling the cost of quite a herd of 
cows. Then, the hardest work of the season 
comes when his neighbors are pushed to the last 
extremity and thousands of acres of grain are be¬ 
coming over-ripened, causing “bidding up on 
wages” by those who wish to hire help. All these 
are items against the growing of grain. 
The dairy has to be provided with suitable and 
convenient buildings for the manufacture of butter 
or cheese. These at the West are among the chief 
obstructions to opening this business upon the 
prairie, and have doubtless hindered many from 
investing in it. But the moderate price of lum¬ 
ber at the present date does much toward remov¬ 
ing this hindrance. When buildings are ODce 
; constructed tbjs cost of keeping a cow for the rouud 
year is much less than at the East. Where the 
range is ample no interest has to be paid, either 
upon the land furnishing summer range or winter 
forage. The cost of securing hay is certainly less 
than at the East, while of help suited to butter 
and cheese making, it may be a trifle greater. 
The advantages of dairying over grain-growiDg 
are, while their natural facilities are equal, the 
market for the dairy is found in the neighborhood 
at high prices, while the other has to seek a 
market and be governed by the fluctuations of 
commerce and trade. W. H. Gardner. 
Amboy, Lee Co., Ill., 1859. 
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A PROLIFIC SHEEP. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —I noticed an article 
in the Rural of Oct. 29th, speaking of a profitable 
fiock of sheep owned by J. Manvel, Dover, Md. I 
will speak of a ■profitable sheep. I have a small 
flock of South Downs, from which I give you an 
account of the product of one ewe, raised from one 
of my imported ewes. She was 4 years old last May. 
When one year old she raised a buck lamb; when 
two years old two ewe lambs; when three years 
old two buck lambs; when four years old two ewe 
lambs — in all seven lambs. I weighed this day 
her pair of two year old ewes — one weighed 181 
pounds, the other 172 lbs. Her last spring lambs 
came in May; one weighed 100 lbs., the other 
99 lbs. The three bucks I have disposed of, which 
would of course weigh at same ages as much or 
more. The weight of the mother when in same 
condition is about 190 lbs. The whole estimated 
present weight of the ewe and her product would 
be fully 1,200 lbs., from the ewe lambs of four 
years ago last May. 
I have others as large, but none as prolific. I 
feed no grain or roots to my sheep — only corn 
stalks and hay in winter. “ Who can beat it?” 
They are beautiful, as well as large. 
Ralph II. Avert. 
Wampsville, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov., 1859. 
Do Bees Select a Home before Swarming?— 
Facts in the Affirmative. —A tree was cut down, 
and a cavity found in it, with bees at work clean¬ 
ing it out—showing a large amouot of labor had 
been done, to make it a comfortable dwelling.— 
Next day, while men were at work on the fallen 
tree a swarm of bees came, rested on an adjoining 
tree, and began to make comb on the underside 
of a limb. 
Another. — A young swarm has been known to 
go directly into an empty hive standing near with¬ 
out going through the usual form of swarming.— 
The question is still open, do they always select a 
home before swarming? What Bees go out to 
hunt the new home, Queen, Drones, or Workers? 
—S., Centralia, III., 1859. 
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Beans for Fattening IIocs. —I think it is not 
generally understood that beans may be used for 
fattening hogs. I have had some experience in 
the matter, and I think there is nothing that will 
fat them faster than beans. They must be boiled 
soft and well mashed, then put into a tub or bar¬ 
rel and let sour. Care should be taken in feeding 
at first so as not to cloy them, as they make very 
hearty feed. Try it, you who have beans that are 
not merchantable.—A. C., Le Roy, N. Y., 1859. 
HORIZONTAL WELLS. 
Wells, as opposed to living fountains of earth- 
drawn water, are generally reported against.— 
Everybody seems to love tbe enduring, volunteer 
fountain, whether found in forest or prairie — 
among rocks, or gurgling forth from the soil. 
Poets sing of these fountains and barbarians wor¬ 
ship them — western emigrants shout “Eureka” 
at their discovery, and there they rest. The world 
of animate nature slakes its daily thirst with 
waters self drawn. Man and only man seeks 
water in the earth. 
If fountains are to be cho&sn, why cot, in hilly 
and mountainous regions, have all our wells foun¬ 
tains, by digging them horizontally ieto tbe hill¬ 
sides? Mining after coal in Pennsylvania, and 
gold in California has cloarly illustra'cd the fact, 
that wells may be dug into hillsides or banks, or 
bluffs, as well level or horizontally aa down per¬ 
pendicularly; so that every unlucky thing falling 
into the water becomes a portion of the contents 
of the well. Very maoy of tbe dairy farm houses 
in the Empire State may be supplied with water 
from the hill by means of the artificial fountains 
we are describing. Also dry pastures may have 
such wells, and the water gathered in a trough 
as naturally as if it had always flowed there. 
Much dangerous and severe labor may also be 
saved in drawing the dirt by windlass from the 
well. Water so very troublesome in common 
wells, has not to be bailed in the horizontal, as it 
takes care of itself. The certainty of discovery or 
cutting off veins of water is greater with the hori¬ 
zontal well than the perpendicular, if it starts in 
near the base of a hill or anywhere as much below 
the surface as a common shaft would be likely to 
be sunk. 
How much labor and cost in bringing springs in 
logs or pipes from distant fields, and in the end 
only having secured semi-cold water of not half 
tbe value for the dairy it had at. its source, might 
have been saved by a trial of the horizontal well. 
The California Farmer indorses their efficiency, 
and urges farmers to construct them wherever 
practicable. The construction is simple and hardly 
need be described. When the location is chosen, 
let it be so that the course of the well may rise a 
few inches as it progresses, that the water, instead 
of ruDniDg in, may run out. If it should be sandy 
or gravelly and the arch incline to fall, plank must 
be used to support it. The labor can be performed 
in a wet time or in winter, as the water runs away 
from instead of into the work. The dirt is easily 
lemovedwitha wheel-barrow. The stoning may 
be with an arch in dimensions sufficient for the 
entrance of a man or only a drain or gutter to con¬ 
duct the water. j. s. 
Hornby, Steuben Co., N. Y., 1859. 
SHEET-IRON EAVES CONDUCTORS. 
Tin eve conductors are expensive in first cost, 
and soon rust and become unsightly. Their co6t 
hinders many from providi ng, t heir houses with 
these necessary fixtures of well fitted to 
be a home. To a considerable extent this expense 
may be obviated by using the better sorts of sheet- 
iron in place of tin. Iron may be soldered as wei! as 
tin and form the gutters as well as round conduc¬ 
tors. To enable iron to withstand, without rusting, 
the effects of tho weather, it should be well painted 
with oil and lead, or gas tar, put on while the iron 
is a little warmed. Many buildings now needing 
these conductors, may have them if the owners 
will but hear the experience of others. 
Any ingenious person having the use of tools 
can make a set of eve gutters answering well the 
purpose designed, and if there are no elbows—the 
conductors or spouts also. But as iron is not as 
readily soldered as tin, we subjoin tbs modus 
operandi, for the benefit of whom it may concern. 
Bright iron edges can be soldered, but it is 
better to apply either sal-ammoniac or chloride of 
zinc to the edges to be soldered. A few pennies 
worth of sal-ammoniac will be sufficient. Wet this 
and rub it upon the brightened iron; then sprinkle 
on rosin and the soldering is as easy as if of tin 
Instead of sal-ammoniac, chloride of zinc may be 
used, which can be prepared as follows:—“Put 
into a phial or bottle a handful of bits of ziDC— 
old sheet zinc, cleaned, will do—and pouriDg upon 
it half a gill or a gill of muriatic acid (hydro¬ 
chloric acid,) with three or four times as much 
water. The cork should be left out until efferves¬ 
cence ceases.” In a few hours it will be fit for 
use, and iron wet with it will solder as readily as 
if sal-ammoniac was used. It should be put on 
with a stick. 
We think there is less apology for farmers not 
providing cisterns with tbe cost reduced to that of 
iron, as above given. Weil painted they will be 
more durable than tin. Aqua Fontania. 
Leland, Nov., 1859. 
MAKING CHEESE FROM A FEW COWS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :—Not witnessing 
any reply to your correspondent on this subject, 
and believing that few make the trial, I will ven¬ 
ture to give you my mode, which I have found 
satisfactory and successful. Having commenced 
a few years since, ignorant of many of the prac¬ 
tical duties of a farmer’s wife, while seeking for 
information I chanced to find in an agricultural 
paper an account of a visit by a gentleman to 
some of the dairies in Cheshire, England, in 
which he describes a small, self-acting press, 
from which I gathered sufficient information to 
order one made. It is simply a tin can, 28 inches 
in circumference, 8 inches deep, pierced full of 
small holes, the corner to be fastened by a hinge 
on both sides, and hook over on the outside. I 
use no other apparatus, except two wooden follow¬ 
ers to fit inside when tbe curd does not fill the 
hoop. From five cows, I make each day a cheese 
weighing ten pounds, after supplying my family 
with milk. If you have not milk sufficient to fill 
the press at once, prepare what you have, aud put 
in the followers placing a small weight, (a stone 
weighing 6 or 8 pounds is sufficient, or a dish of 
cold water will do as well,) upon them, and if you 
wish to make the full size prepare another curd 
and add after scarifying the first. In either case 
it should be turned over two or three times, and 
gently r pressed down into the opposite cover. In 
this way, aud with very little trouble, I have suc¬ 
cessfully supplied my family with graffi cheese for 
the past seven years. A Farmer’s Wife. 
TTnrMand. Niafr. C!o.. N. Y.. 1859. 
Hurd Spirit of tfje flress. Agricultural JHigceKa 
-A-Thont Winter Barley. 
In a letter to the Branch County (Mich ) Repub¬ 
lican, Mr. Jas. Clisbee, a well known and promi¬ 
nent farmer, thus writes of winter barley :—“ The 
Tub Rural Progressing. — Notwithstanding the 
complaints of “hard timos” in some sections of the 
oountrv, we are daily receiving the most gratifying 
and substantial evidence that the Eleventh Vo'ume of 
the Rural will have a far larger circulation than the 
barley has been grown in this vicinity for the last present From the highly complimentary let'ers and 
three years, and is, consequently, no longer an ex- bandsomo remittances reaching ns from all parts of the 
periment. With us it has done well in every in- Union, Canadas, Ac., we are confident bo journal in 
stance where it has had any chance. The general the land has more ardent friends, and we shall 
yield is from twenty to twenty-four bushels to the endeavor to make the Rural continuously worthy of 
acre. Judging from what we have seen of the 8ncb large and wide appreciation. Among the cucoar- 
c • i j- -i.i i. i agine letters received by tbe last mail, were two which 
gram, it is capable of yielding eighty bushels per aUenUon _ 0 J from Sonth C8roliDfl and the 
acre. During the past season it has been ra.sed oth , r fr , )m Taaotoni Wa8S . _ the former volunteering 
by the side of spring barley, and has produced aid in support of the Rural, and the other containing 
four bushels to one of the spring variety. Mr. $4 for two years in advance. Though the same mail 
Amos Culver of this plaoe (Quincy,) has raised brought ns letters from several States and the Canadas, 
during the past season, sixty bushels per acre on we look upon the two oited as the most gratifying- 
oat stubble once plowed, or one hundred and showing, as they do, that the Rural is regarded as an 
eighty bushels on three acres, and on land that has " institution ” both North and South. 
been cropped for eight years in succession.” ... 
w ....... , b ... . , . “Stop my Paper “’-Under date of “ Yadkinsville, 
M e think, it has decided advantages over spring „ _ _ „ 1Klh . „ ail w ri h fi r writes us in this 
w tk- 1 •* v. j 3 j a a 9 • “Stop my Paper “’-Under date of “Yadkinsville, 
W e think, it has decided advantages over spring N _ Q , Noy 16lhj 1889>M a 8nbscriber writes us in this 
barley, viz : 1st, It may be sown after farmers get chivalrous wiso:-“I s^e in your last paper along 
through with their hurry in sowing their winter advertisement for the Few York Tribune , a lying, 
wheat. 2d, It may be harvested before wheat is boll-fired, sectional concern. You can 6top my paper 
ripe. 3d, It has no black or false heads. 4th, It immediately. I can’t patronize no paper that advertises 
yields two to one, at least. 5th, The insect will for the Tribune.” 
not hurt it in the fall, and it is so early that the — ^ bd© receiving new subscribers from all parts of 
weevil will not hurt it. the Union, (tho Carolinas not excepied,) and encourag- 
■r-rr . , . , ... ... ed with the prospect of adding from twenty to thirty 
We are m hope. th,» barley will pro ye a sobstr- , 0 clre „^, on wlthill £ e »„i„ s 
lute for tbe wheat erop, if we should be obliged to , bre0 „ d „ 
give up the cultivation of that grain in consequence one W b 0 le subscription is concerned) perfectly annihi- 
of the insects and weevil, which at present threaten lating epistle as the above is a stunner—a strong dose 
its destruction in Michigan. This variety of bar- 0 f hydropathy for this chiil weather! Onr truth-loving, 
ley should be sown some time between the 15th of patrioticfrlend ought to have considered our “feelinbs,” 
September and the 1st of November, requiring aud not “gone and wont and done it”—crushing onr 
about two bushels of seed per acre. It will ripen fond hopes, and blasting our bright prospects in such 
ten days earlier than wheat, and leaves the ground a summary and overwhelming maimer, regardless of 
in good condition for that grain. tho de8lroctive consequences to the future weal of (not 
B tlto PirntT Knt\ that nnrlirin nf iha nastnlA rxf thl* 
It is choice cows, sheep, h 
says the Field and Fireside, thatj 
returns to skillful husband mi 
of scrubs, or mean stock of % J 
tho destructive consequences to the future weal of (not 
only the Rural, but) that portion of the people of this 
great “Universal Yankee Nation” who subscribe to 
es and mules the * ocn © w h a t obsolete dogmas of the Declaration of 
'Id the greatest Independence, and think the “ rights guaranteed by the 
he iroduction Constitution” (including free speech to onr friend, and 
. a froe press to us,) arc not altogether mythical I How- 
nc, is rather a eY0T , we 8Ubm it to the great pecuniary loss, and severe 
“ ever, we submit to the great pecuniary loss, and severe 
mean business, in a pecunif.j.fcpoint of view. shock to our personal dignity and prospects, with be- 
Raise superior animals on ri^/perrenial grasses, coming humility —as wo have aforetime to similar 
if you seek a good income from your farm in stock dispensations of wrath from both Northern and Southern 
husbandry. Such animals may obtain part of fanatics. Meantime, and perhaps for some time longer, 
their living from unimproved old fields, particu- we shall continue to edit and publish the Rural New- 
larly sheep; but they want good clover and pea Yorker in snch manner as seemeth to us right and 
hay in the winter, or hay made from the English proper-furnishing the paper at $2 per annum m ad- 
° . vanco, and inserting such advertisements (from the 
grasses. The most prominent error in stock ^ 8outh) East and Wegt]) a8 wc conalder leglti . 
growing is the attempt to rear fine hogs, cattle mat0> at our nsual rates! As tho pre8Cnt is a go0(i 
and sheep on scanty and defective food. Some timo to “stop my paper,” wo are thus particular in 
want a good deal of meat, milk, or wool, from lit- giving our platform, so that people who “ can't patron- 
tie or nothing. They aftk nature to make them ize no paper” that don’t square exactly with their 
rich, while they lie in i,?e shade in summer, and notions may govern themselves accordingly. 
sit by the fire in winten and leave their poor aui- -*- 
mals to nearlv or quite perish from neglect. Small I arms in Westf.rn New York are in de¬ 
mand. We frequently recoive private letters inquring 
Increasing the of Wool. for such farms, which create mingled feelings of pleae- 
The Battle CrecJ Midi.) Jeffersonian thus uro and regret—pleasure that we live in a region so 
describes a method ad,.j>ted by some New England desirable, and regret that we are unable to respond 
farn;:«rs to improve thq aggregate weight of the satisfactorily. As samples of these inquiries, we quote 
fleeces of their sheep. “ They noted the weight of from two letters of recent A prominent gentle- 
fleece of each sheep in the flock; opposite was set man residin K betwoen 1 Utida and ^ lban f’ wan ! 8 what 
, , ‘’ ,. , many have in this section, but what can be rarely pur- 
the number of the sheep, a corresponding number cha / ed He write9 ._« L atn lookiDg for a small place 
having been branded upon the animal itself at the (gay about 50 acreB>) near a raUr0 ad station, (half mile 
time of taking its last clip. This course had been a qood fruit country ; tip-top land well set 
pursued for some years, and its results were ap- 0 ut with various kinds of fruit; well watered, suf- 
parent-in a wool crop, brought up from an average ficiently timbered; first rate buildings; in a healthy 
of four pounds to over five, and a corresponding climate, good society, and near churches and good 
increase in size and quality of sheep. The prac- schools. Do you know of such a place near Rochester 
tice had been to slaughter, and otherwise dispose orm '' Vestern New lork.' I apprehend places like 
of all animals ranking lowest in weight of fleece, one 1 , wa " tar K c 8e, f dom ad '' erlised for salc ’ 
u it probable that, from yonr extensive knowledge of the 
and to improve upon the quality of the remainder C0UQlry and jt8 j nbab itants, you might know of some 
by judicious crossing. The crop of this flock was p i a cethat would suit me, I have ventured to troublo 
disposed of at 48 cents per pound, while we were y0Ui jf you kn0 w of a place that fits the above 
there, a buck’s fleece bringing the snug sum of $5.” description, or comes very near it, and will have the 
goodness to let mo know I will come and soo it. 
Preserving Brriter. ^ Please let me know all the particulars you may be 
A patent has been secured by W7 ('Lark, of p o 88 tssed of (as to price, terms of payment, Ac.,) in 
London, Eng.,for the following method of preserv- rcgard to any place you may think will suit. Vfhatever 
ing butter:—“ The butter is first well beaten in the trouble or expenso you may be to in the matter, I will 
usual manner after churning, then placed between cheerfully recompense you for, as, having been for 
linen cloths and submitted to severe pressure for forty years a resident of this snowy, cold aud almost 
removing whey aud water. It is now completely .fruitless country, I am anxious to quit for a bettor.’ 
enveloped or covered with clean white paper, [If any one has such a place to dispose of, wo will, on 
F . _ . ,* ., ... ,. notification, checifuliy advise our correspondent] 
which is coated on both sides with a preparation ’ 
of the white of eggs, in which fifteen grains of salt A subscriber in Otsego Co.—Mr. W. J. Atkins o 
011 " • , . r . Cherry Vailey-writes us as followsPermit mo to 
is used for each egg This prepared paper is first « ^ thr J gh y(mr valuaWe EtrKAL where I can 
dried, then heated before a fire, or with a hot lion, oblain a cheap grain and dairy farm j n western New 
just prior to wrapping it round the butter. It is York 0ne wilh com f 0 rtable buildings, and as level as 
stated that the butter may be kept perfectly sweet may be> pre f erre( i. Any such information will be 
without any salt for two months, when thus treat- thankfully received,” Ac. 
ed, if placed in a cool, dry cellar. The submitting --»- 
of butter to pressure, as described, is a good plaD, Give tiie Pr.icES.-If those who advertise farms, 
and farmers can easily practice it with a small implements, Ac., would state the prices, it would save 
,, trouble and expense of correspondence, and otherwise 
cheese-press. 
Hints fox' the ITarmer. 
Tns whitewashing of cattle aud horse stalls, 
as well as the inside of hog cotes and henneries. 
facilitate trade. Many people would readily pur¬ 
chase an article if the price were named, but would 
never write for information. Wc occasionally receive 
complaints from distant subscribers on this subject, and 
1 , j ,v ° Kiv+ nromn+B have heretofore requested our advertising friends to 
lot only render, then, more healthy, bnt preients .^ „ a|logelh , erA „ , cce i,ed from a 
tbe animals and fowls from being imested w eu bseriber in St. Clair Co., Uieh., najs:-“I am not a 
troublesome and filthy vermin. Keep your stables sur p r i ge( j ? after your giving the word of caution, 
and barms well littered. Leaves from the woods gce g0 many new implements advertised in your 
are excellent and absorb the liquid manure well, pape r and no price attached to them. How are we, 
besides of themselves they make good manure. w ho live 500 or 1,000 miles from the place where an 
Nothing that will make good manure should be article is made, ever to learn the price, and how doe 3 
wasted but carefully saved. Never undertake to the vender know how many would buy if they only 
fat an animal until you have first made it com- kuew the price ? Without this no man ekpeet. to buy 
, , , . . , . , j T f ~ toLtt I have been in hopes of finding in the Rural, as 1 take 
fortable m bed and board. If you won e y ^ icultural papGrj a straw cutter, the price of 
other people s cattle are gcutle, try the discipline mj J it corregpond with my mea ns; and now I 
of kind treatment on jours, aud you will soon rather 8upp08cd 1 had found the one, but no price is 
l 6 &ru the secret. givon.^ 
Cliarcoal for Fattening Animals. Kansas Wheat and Ag. Fair. -The local of the 
The Valley Farmer advocates the use of finely EochcBter Express (who has spent a year or two in 
powdered charcoal mixed with the food of fatten- Kansas) says, in a late number:— “A gentleman recently 
ing animals, especially hogs, once or twice a week, returned from Kansas, yesterday exhibited to us a sam- 
It says that it serves as a medicine, and is also pie of winter wheat, grown in the vicinity of Lawrence. 
extremely fattening, either in itself or by render- It is a very white, plump seed and the specimen shown 
ing the food more available by strengthening and Tb ° 
stimulating the digestive powers. M e can not be- gea ,° s h J n vcry profiuble to Kansas farmers, 
lieve that it is, in itself, nutritious. Ybe Agricultural Fair ever held in the Territory, 
Linseed Cake for Heifers. came off at Lawrence, on the Cth and 7th of Sept. AH 
C. S. Flint, in his new and valuable work, parts of tho Territory were represented, and the Society 
Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, says that heifers 18 
now organized upon a permanent basis.” 
fed with a little linseed cake, in addition to their | 
other fodder, for three months before calving, ac- 
Good Cows. — In a recent letter Mr. Joseph R. Dem ey > 
of Cazenovia, N. Y., writes:—“ The two last Meeks ol 
quire a larger development of milk vessels, and June pastj my ma.ie from two cows fifty-two 
yield more milk afterward, than others fed as pouud8 0 f good butter, and we used what milk and 
usual. He thinks cotton-seed cake would answer cream was wanted in a family of four persons. One 
equally' well. cow * 9 native, and one half Durham.” 
