m 
only a passage lias been made by subsoiling 
or otherwise, so as to let off the water from 
the bottom of the hole. 
Experiment Fourth. — As tho curculio 
had for several years destroyed all my plums, 
I thought it best to pull up the old trees and 
begin anew, and call on tho pigs and hens 
for help. So accordingly a spot was nicely 
prepared by draining, subsoil plowing, ma¬ 
nuring, &c. Large standard trees that had 
grown in a thicket of trees, woro purchased 
at a high price, and set with great care.— 
They started finely, but it was soon ascer¬ 
tained their hides were not tough enough to 
stand roasting. So at present our plum 
orchard is in a woful plight. If tho trial 
is again made, trees will be taken from open 
grounds, or a tailor will bo employed to 
make a garment to protect their bodies from 
the effects of the sun. 
To close up this chapter on unsuccessful 
experiments, I will tell how all the striped 
bugs in this section (it is thought) were de¬ 
stroyed. I read in tho “ papers” that tanzy, 
don’t forgot, tanzy, would prevent the strip¬ 
ed bugs from destroying our cucumber and 
melon vines, and not having tho physic that 
had heretofore been used (a solution of 
glauber salts,) at hand, I borrowed a basket 
of tanzy, and not only strewed it around, but 
nearly covered tho plants with it. The 
plants were examined that day—saw no bugs 
—the next day saw none on the vinos that 
were to bo seen above the tanzy—felt re¬ 
joiced to think that so simple and easy a 
way had been found out to prevent that 
troublesome insect from spoiling the cucum¬ 
bers and melons. But the third day, behold 
all the plants were missing—cut down at 
the root and drawn into tho nice tanzy 
houses that had been made for the bugs, and 
they had invited in all their neighbors and 
had had a splendid feast. I had never seen 
before in ono season as many as wore hero 
gathered together, and was elated with tho 
idea when crushing them with the foot, that 
unless they had taken the precaution to de¬ 
posit their eggs before that time, tho 
number destroyed was so great that there 
would be no striped bugs in this region the 
next year. 
Tho above extracts are taken from one 
sido of the leaf, of the notes of a “ hook far¬ 
mer.” Tho other side of the leaf would show 
that the results had sometimes been rather 
more favorable. Linus Cone. 
Troy, Oakland Co , Mich., 1852. 
WINEBAGO COUNTY, WISCONSIN: 
ITS TOPOGRAI’IIY, PRODUCTIONS, PROSPECTS. 
Winebago County is situated in what is 
termed Northern Wisconsin, between 44° 
and 45° north latitude. Tho surface is some¬ 
what varied, though generally rolling. The 
southern portion consists of prairies and 
openings, and the northern principally tim¬ 
bered. The soil is much liko that of other 
portions of the west; upon tho prairies a 
black vegetable mould to the depth of afoot, 
resting upon a subsoil of clay or gravel. In 
tho timber and openings, it is more sandy 
and various in its component parts. All 
however is very productive and capable of 
high cultivation. It is diversified with na¬ 
tural meadows, affording an abundance of 
wild grass, susceptible of draining, and then' 
producing luxurious crops of tame grass, par¬ 
ticularly Timothy and rod top. As a whole, 
this county is destitute of stone, yet a few 
quarries of lime stone have been discovered 
affording a sufficiency for building purposes. 
The stone as woll as soil is highly impreg¬ 
nated with lime. Tho vegetable matter in 
the marshes and meadows is from two to six 
feet in depth, and in time will afford an un¬ 
failing sourco of vegetable manure. The 
principal forest growth is oak, of which there 
aro some four kinds,—white, yellow or burr, 
black and rod. In tho timbered portion the 
oak is mingled with maple, basswood, elm 
and ash. 
This county has boon so recently settled, 
(some six years,) that but little has been 
done by way of raising fruit. Applos have 
been produced in some portions from im¬ 
ported trees of a good quality. Crab ap¬ 
ples and native plums aro found upon the 
streams and among tho timber. Tho ex¬ 
tremity of our latitude will prevent a uni¬ 
versal growth of the peach or grape, yet 
fine specimens of both havo been produced. 
Tho principal crops aro wheat, corn,oats, 
barley and tho usual grains grown in our 
northern States. Corn does well for so high 
a latitude, far better than in tho northern 
portions of New York, Vermont, or Maine, 
although of tho same latitude. Our soil 
seems to be well adapted for raising wheat, 
yet on account of tho exposed situation to 
the winds, blast, and a lack of snow for 
several winters past, this crop has not suc- 
! cecded so well as in former years. During 
tho past year large quantities of wheat, oats, 
corn and barley have been produced. Still 
but a small portion of this county has as yet. 
been brought into cultivation. 
Several foundrys, machino shops, &c., 
havo been erected in the county, and no less 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
than seven or eight small class steamboats 
for navigating our rivers and lakes have been 
built in the last two years. Hydraulic priv¬ 
ileges are scarce in the southern portion of 
the county, but in the northern portion, at 
the foot of Lake Winebago, there is an inex¬ 
haustible supply of water, partially improv¬ 
ed. Some six or seven flouring mills have 
been already erected in the county, and quite 
a number of steam saw mills have been built 
upon Fox river—which traverses the coun¬ 
ty from south-west to tho north-east,—for 
the purpose of making lumber from pine, 
brought down the Wolf, which forms a junc¬ 
tion with the Fox in this county. The fa¬ 
cilities forobtaining lumber, are far superior 
to many other portions, in the west. 
For an inland county, Winebago is well 
situated for commercial facilites. As before 
remarked, the Fox and Wolf passing thro’ 
form a junction, and thence into Lake Wine¬ 
bago, finally into Lake Michigan by way of 
Green Bay. Through tho munificence of 
the general government, a grant of land has 
been made for the purpose of removing ob¬ 
structions, and opening a communication 
with tho Wisconsin river, and thence into 
the Mississippi; thus affording a continuous 
thoroughfare from Buffalo to St. Louis.— 
These improvements are now in progress 
and soon will bo completed. 
Plank roads are engaging tho attention of 
the public, and some few miles have already 
been built, and others in a stato of comple¬ 
tion. Tho principal places are Oshkosh, 
Menasha, Noenah, Omro, and Waukau, be¬ 
sides several others of importance. Those 
towns situated upon the thoroughfare above 
mentioned, aro those most populous, and in 
which tho greatest amount of trade is car¬ 
ried on. But one newspaper is supported 
at present in this county, which has an is¬ 
sue of 500 copies or more. We have no in¬ 
corporated academies within tho bounds of 
the county, although several are just com¬ 
mencing in adjoining counties; some few pri¬ 
vate schools aro sustained in tho abovo 
named yillages. 
The principal religious societies are Pres¬ 
byterian, Methodist and Baptist—small so¬ 
cieties of which have been formed in various 
parts of the county. Our population is from 
all parts of the globe, but tho majority from 
New York and Now England. Tho intelli¬ 
gence, enterprise and thrift of our citizens, 
will compare well wit h other frontier settle¬ 
ments. This county holds out good induce¬ 
ments for thoso who wish to emigrate from 
tho older States. Nearly all of the govern¬ 
ment lands have been purchased, yet second 
hand purchases can be made at present with 
groat facility. A portion of our county em¬ 
braces a part of the tract recently acquired 
from the Indians; this lias not yet come into 
market. But a largo portion is settled and 
improvements commenced. This tract will 
soon bo brought into market, and locations 
can be bought of tho claimants at great ad¬ 
vantage. This region of country differs ma¬ 
terially from the older States, in relation to 
frosts. While our spring is backward, we 
seldom or ever have frosts in the fall until 
the 1st of October. Wm. Blanchard. 
Waukau, Winebago Co., Wisconsin, 1852. 
HARROWING WHEAT. 
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR COMMON STOCK. 
[The subjoined article, which originally 
appeared in our first volume, is republished 
for the benefit of all interested. It is just | 
in season.— Eds. Rural.] 
Line upon line, precept upon precept, hero 
a little and there a little, constantly prompt¬ 
ing the farmer to the performance of duties 
appropriate to the season, should bo the ob¬ 
ject of an agricultural newspaper. Many 
things which a farmer designs to do when 
the season comes round, are forgotten amid 
the press of duties, and a hint in time may 
be of much consequence to him. 
The season for ha’rrowing our wheat fields 
will soon be at hand. As this is an opera¬ 
tion of which the farmer is very fearful, it 
may be well to cite some authorities for the 
practice. In the Patent Office Report for 
1847, speaking of wheat culture in Germany, 
the writer remarks :—“ Harrowing in tho 
spring is very common. After a few days 
of fine weather, when the soil has sufficiently 
dried up, and the wheat begins to show it¬ 
self, the crop is well harrowed with heavy 
iron harrows.” In the back volumes of the 
Cultivator and Genesee Farmer, the practice 
is often recommended. I have practised it 
myself for ten or twelve years, and havo al¬ 
ways found it beneficial. I do not sow my 
clover seed until the soil is in order for work¬ 
ing, and then harrow it in. I prefer this 
course to sowing clover seed early upon the 
snow, as we frequently find clover injured 
by the cold dry weather which often prevails 
iii April. When the ground is dry and warm 
in good working order for plowing and har¬ 
rowing, I harrow it thoroughly, both ways 
with a heavy iron harrow—pulverizing the 
crust which is formed upon the surface. 
But, says the objector, you will pull up all 
the wheat. I answer—appearances aro of¬ 
ten deceitful; and, if some of the roots are 
loosened, the fibres readily catch in tho fresh 
soil and grow with renewed vigor. It is re¬ 
ally surprising how fresh and green a wheat 
field looks thus served after a warm rain.— 
I havo harrowed wheat in every variety of 
condition—when it has been winter killed 
and scarcely a green sprout to be seen—and 
I have harrowed it when the wheat was very 
thick and rank, and never yet saw any ill ef¬ 
fects from it, but on the contrary have al¬ 
ways found it beneficial. 
There is hut one exception which I would 
make to harrowing wheat, and that is. when 
the field has been seeded to clover, and there 
as been sufficient warmth to sprout it. In 
this case harrowing wheat would be very 
likely to spoil tho clover. I believe thor¬ 
oughly harrowing all our wheat fields would 
add f rom two to five bushels per acre—quite 
an item in the produce of Western New 
York. 
Farmers try it, and do it with a bold hand 
and thoroughly, and I have no doubt you 
will see tho benefit. Myron Adams. 
Eas'. Bloomfield, March 25, 1850. 
WIRE WORMS-FREQUENT PLOWING. 
Messrs. Editors: —Frequent complaint is 
made of depredation by wire worms, and 
various remedies are by different individu¬ 
als prescribed,—and yet none of them I 
believo can bo relied upon as suro, unless it 
may be buckwheat, and some consider that 
“ remedy worse than the disease.” Ono or 
two facts which have occured in my experi¬ 
ence load me to think that on dry and warm 
soil tho wire worm need not ho troublesome. 
Tho following rotation has been practiced 
on my farm for several years:—Corn on a 
clover sod, barley aftor corn, and wheat 
after barley. Twelve q uarts of eq ual parts by 
measure of clover and Timothy seed are 
sown on each acre of wheat, and tho land 
remains in mowing' or pasture two years. 
Thus clover is tho predominating grass, and 
all parts of tho farm are often brought un¬ 
der tho plow. In ono instance a field was 
seeded with Timothy only and remained in 
mowing four years. When that field was 
plowed and planted with corn, wiro worms 
made sad work. 
Does tho experience of others coincide 
with iny own, to wit—wiro worms aro most 
troublesomo on moist land, especially if it 
has remained in grass more than two years 
but never with a clover ley on a rich warm 
soil which is often plowed and re-seeded? 
Onondaga, Go., April, 6.1852 h 
A Great Yield.— Mr. Tracy, of Pultney, 
brought to our office last week 24 straws of 
wheat, each mounted with a fine, well-filled 
head, grown upon his farm, and which he 
says, and they bear tho appearance of hav¬ 
ing originated from ono kernel, for there 
scomod to ho but one root. 
On shelling several heads and counting 
tho kernels, it was found they would average 
about 35 to the head; this would give for 
the whole 910 kernels as tho production of 
tho single seed. This, it strikes 11s, is a very 
bountiful increase.— Penn Yan Dem. 
PLOWING HEAVY S0IL3 WHEN WET. 
Sandy or light loams which require com¬ 
pacting, may bo plowed in spring beforo they 
become perfectly dry and powdery, but clay 
ey soils which aro already too retentive of 
moisture, should not be disturbed until fair¬ 
ly dry. It must be evident to tho most cas 
ual observer, that tho action of the mould 
board of any plow, must bo to compress tho 
soil turned by the plow to exactly the ex 
tent of the weight and tenacity of the re 
moved portions, and as clay is maleablo and 
but slightly elastic, it will not swell again 
after being compressed, and one plowing of 
clayey soil when too wet, will do it more 
harm than can bo remedied by twenty after 
plowings in dry weather. 
If you have a field which is not ready for 
the plow early enough for spring crops, make 
up your mind to underdrain it during sum¬ 
mer, and do not subsoil plow it until after it 
has been underdrained. Next fall have it 
ridged and back furrowed, so as to ensure 
its being rendered pulverulent by next win 
tor’s frosts. 
If any field bo so sandy as to be entirely 
too free for midsummer use, apply the roll¬ 
er to it next fall, and leavo it levelled sur- 
faced during winter,and it will ho less hloxvey 
next summer. 
If your soil is inclined to lump in plowing, 
use decomposed muck or charcoal dust when¬ 
ever you can, and correct its texture. Use 
tho roller on such soils before harrowing— 
one rolling and ono harrowing will do more 
good than five harrowings without the roll¬ 
er. Do not fear that a large roller will com¬ 
pact the soil to any material depth, and if 
you walk after tho roller you will sink in a 
free soil ankle deep. Light seeds which de¬ 
stroy by tho sun’s heat or from too deep 
planting, like tho carrot, parsnip, &o., should 
be rolled so that each seed may be touched 
in all its parts by tho soil, and be thus pre¬ 
vented from baking. Many weeds about 
coming through tho soil are destroyed by 
the roller from the breaking of their crowns 
by the pressuro downwards of their upright 
stems, and many crowns are freed from their 
roots. Soils when compressed on the imme¬ 
diate surface, do not harbor insects as when 
left unrolled.— fVorking Fanner. 
HAY AND GRAIN. 
There is perhaps no ono branch of agri¬ 
culture which more needs improvement, or 
which would becomo productive of greater 
profit to the agriculturist, than (hat of neat 
cattle : and it is gratifying to observe soino 
little interest awakening in the minds of far¬ 
mers generally, to this important branch of 
their profession. Improvement has been 
confined too much to the more wealthy; and 
the man who has been the most liberal in 
his expenditures to benefit the county in 
this particular, has not unfroquontly met 
with the ridicule of his neighbors. But hap¬ 
pily for sucli—moro particularly for the 
country — public opinion is undergoing a 
change, and those who once opposed im¬ 
provement, arc now in some degree availing 
themselves of its benefits. 
That our improved breeds aro greatly su¬ 
perior to the common stock of the country, 
presume no one will deny. This being 
conceded, it becomes a matter of no little 
importance to ascertain in what manner we 
can most speedily avail ourselves of the 
means within our possession for tho im¬ 
provement of our common stock. It is 
evident that we should seek a cross with 
some of the improved breeds, tho relative 
merit of either of which I do not propose 
here to discuss. Every individual, beforo 
naking choice of any particular breed, should 
carefully examine the subject, take into con¬ 
sideration his locality, and, more particular¬ 
ly. should consult his oivn taste ; for unless 
fully convinced in his own mind that some 
particular breed is the best, he will probably 
make but slow advancement. Having made 
choice of tho breed, it is evident that I10 
should then seek to engraft its characteris¬ 
tics and good qualities upon his own stock. 
And here allow mo to say that tho farmer 
not unfrequently makes a great mistake.— 
He procures perhaps a few half-bred heifers 
and a male animal of tho same grade, and 
commences breeding. Wliero is tho chance 
lor improvement in this selection ? It is 
truo that he may select from year to year 
his best animals, and thus advance slowly ; 
yet tho grade remains the same; or perhaps 
(which is more frequently tho case) ho pro¬ 
cures nothing but a half-bred male animal, 
and with this intends to make great improve¬ 
ment. The first cross by this animal from 
our common cows would be but one-fourth; 
this produces again, in like manner, one- 
eighth, and tho next only one-sixteenth of 
tho blood of tho pure bred animal, and so 
on, deteriorating in the same proportion 
with each successive generation. It is per¬ 
fectly plain that he has taken a wrong view 
of tho subject, and that his improvement (?) 
will soon end where he commenced. Tho 
most speedy and successful improvement, 
therefore, can only bo obtained by the selec¬ 
tion and uso of a thorough bred or pure- 
blooded male animal. 
For illustration of this., wo will suppose 
the breed made choice of to bo the Short- 
Horn or Durham. Tho produce from tho 
first cross between a thorough-bred animal 
and our common cows, would bo one-half 
Durham; tho next cross would give three- 
fourths; tho next would be seven-eights, 
and so on. increasing in tho same ratio with 
each successive generation, until a herd 
would ho reared, nearly equaling tho pure- 
blooded Durhains in beauty and practical 
utility. Why will not our farmers general¬ 
ly avail themselves of such accessible means 
for speedy and certain improvement? It 
would add to their wealth individually, and 
benefit tho country immensely. Instead of 
tho poor, miserable, and almost worthless 
animals that are now too common in all parts 
of our country, wo should have a breed that 
would justly become a source of pleasure 
and pride to their owners, and excito tlioad- 
miration of all.— Plow, Loom, and Jlnvil. 
PREPARING SEED CORN. 
High * Manuring. —Tho editor of tho 
Michigan Farmer, in his foroign correspond¬ 
ence, states that Robert Craig, a very suc¬ 
cessful cultivator near Glasgow, applies ma¬ 
nure at the rate of one hundred dollars per 
acre! —and finds it profitable. Although 
he makes much on his excellont and fortile 
farm, lie draws large additional quantities 
five miles after paying ovor a dollar a load 
for it. It costs him over two and a half 
dollars per ton when applied. Ho giveR 
forty tons to each acre. This keeps the soil 
in fine condition for several years, or till his 
five year rotation is completed. 
A bare pasture enriches not tho soil, nor 
fattens tho animals, norincroases tho wealth 
of tho owner. 
A very good thing we find in the Journal of 
Agriculture, respecting the preparation of 
seed corn before it is planted, and it is all 
the better and moro reliable because it is tho 
result of an experiment—an experiment 
which, wo are confident, many of our read¬ 
ers will try for themselves. Says the cor¬ 
respondent of that Journal— 
In October, 1850, 1 turned over a pioco of 
green sward. In the spring I manured it 
highly with green manure from tho barn 
yard, plowed it about the usual depth, and 
harrowed it thoroughly. 1 then marked tho 
rows north and south for planting, three and 
a half feet apart, by drawing a chain. 
My seed was stooped six hours in a solu¬ 
tion of chloride of lime, and I dropped three 
in the hill—the hills eighteen inches apart in 
the rows. In each hill was dropped a small 
handful of compost, made of plaster, un- 
loaehed ashes, and hen manure—say two 
and a half bushels of plaster, three of hen 
manure, and eight of ashes. The lion ma 
nure was taken dry and pulverized, and mix¬ 
ed with the other ingredients in a dry state, 
and applied in that condition. Tho corn 
was covered ono inch deep. 
Tho corn came up quickly and grow with 
great vigor, and I had an excellent crop, es¬ 
timated at oighty bushels to tho aero. 
To determine tho value of tho chloride of 
lime and tho compost applied to tho hill, I 
planted two rows through tho middle of the 
field with tho same seed and in the same 
manure, with the omission of the soaking 
and compost. The difference was visible at 
a glance, through tho season ; and on har¬ 
vesting and weighing the produce on the ad¬ 
jacent rows, I found that tho rows planted 
with dry corn and without tho compost, 
yielded fifty-seven pounds less to the row 
than the other—making a difference in six¬ 
ty-four rows—ono and a half acres—of 3,648 
lbs. or fifty-two bushels,'or about thirty-fivo 
bushels to tho acre. I should add also, that 
besides the great difference in quantity, the 
corn from tho steeped seed, manured with 
compost, is vastly worth moro than the other, 
and worth moro pound for pound. 
The culture of hay and grain, with the 
pasturage of cattle, engrosses no small part 
of the farms of New England. Full three- 
fourths of all tho labors of the farmer are 
applied to these objects. Take a well ave¬ 
raged farm of 160 acres, 120 of which are 
said to be in a state to he cultivated, and how 
will you usually find it subdivided ? Prob¬ 
ably 30 acres devoted to mowing, 10 acres to 
the growing of grains, 60 acres to pasturage 
—the remaining 20 acres to orcharding, and 
various other purposes. This is not an un¬ 
fair view of the subdivision of our farms— 
and hero we see a major part of the whole 
ordinarily used for the purposes mentioned. 
Dow much stock will be kept on such a 
farm, when well managed? Perhaps 12 
cows, 4 oxen, and 2 horses—supposing it to 
yield 30 tons of hay, 400 bushels of grain, 
and a balance of vegetables sufficient to com¬ 
plete the feed of the stock. This, if we mis¬ 
take not, is a fair sketch of Yankee farm 
management. Now, on such a farm, it is 
apparent that the profits must accrue prin¬ 
cipally from the milk of tho cows and tho 
grain products; and ho must be a skillful 
manager, who can realize an income over and 
above the cost of labor, of $400 a year on 
such a farm, without charging any interest 
on the cost of tho farm. 
If any system of management can he de¬ 
vised, whereby fifty per cent, can he added 
to tho crop of hay and grain, without an es¬ 
sential addition to the labor, except that of 
gathering them in. it is apparent that the an¬ 
nual income of such a farmer will be chang¬ 
ed from $400 to $600. Ho who shall de¬ 
monstrate how this change can he brought 
about, will bo entitled to tm classed among 
tho friends of the farmer. 
We know it is much easier to imagine cas¬ 
tles in tho air, than to erect them ; hut still, 
it does not necessarily follow, they never 
can he erected. Stranger things have hap¬ 
pened. Who would havo believed, thirty 
years ago, that beef and pork could havo 
been transported from the valley of the Ohio 
to the shoros of tho Atlantic, for half a cent 
per pound ; and that so grand would be tho 
overllow of these products, from tlieso re¬ 
gions as to crowd our own supplies from the 
market? May we not, by proper care in til¬ 
lage, produce two tons of hay to the acre in¬ 
stead of one? Suppose the earth should bo 
stirred nine inches deep, instead of six, and 
the application of manure should be in tho 
same proportion , and a little more elbow 
greasoshould be applied to the pulverization 
of the surface soil, and occasionally a sub¬ 
soil plow should he passed through tho next 
stratum of nine inches of oarth below tho 
surface, who can tell what would bo tho re¬ 
sult of such operations? Instead of two tons 
to the acre, we havo well authenticated ac¬ 
counts of moro than four tons to tho acre 
having been thus produced. Mr Clapp, of 
Greenfield, recently stated that tho very 
last season, he raised four-and-twenty tons 
of fodder, from six acres—on land not ex¬ 
traordinary for its fertility. What can bo 
done by Mr Clapp, can equally well he done 
by others, by the application of the samo 
skill and industry. 
The fact is, our farmers spread their but¬ 
ter upon their bread too thin —if they would 
concentrate their energies upon a few acres, 
instead of’many, they would find the result 
of their labors more encouraging. It would 
not ho difficult to point out those, who by 
woll applied energies, on half a dozen acres, 
secure a better living, and better income, 
than many others who possess ten times the 
quantity of land. When wo look at tho many 
acres of unproductive pasture lands that 
meet tho view, wherever you ride, it is im¬ 
possible to suppress the reflection, that there 
still remains much room for improvement. 
Perhaps, no moro on tho pasture lands con¬ 
nected with our farms, than any other.— 
Whether this shall he done by stirring the 
soil, or by top dressing with plaster . orsorno 
other stimulant to vegetable growth, is a 
fair subject for inquiry.—wV. E. Farmer. 
RAISING CALVES.-A NEW METHOD. 
NOT EASY TO BEAT. 
Under this head, tho Lockport Courier 
says: —“Geo. S. Welton, who resides on 
While on a short visit to the farm of Mr. 
D. M. Crowell, of this town, a few days ago, 
our attention was drawn to a plan of raising 
calves for early sale, which to us in this sec¬ 
tion of tho country, has tho appearance of 
novelty, and seems worthy of tho consider¬ 
ation of stock growers. 
Mr. Crowell took ten calves (all heifers) 
last spring, and commenced feeding them 
on sour milk at a few days old, keeping 
them on tho same kind of food during tho 
summer, taking good caro to feed them uni¬ 
formly, but not very abundantly, so as to 
keep them growing thriftily, without forcing 
too rapidly. In tho fall they were put in 
tho stables, and fed on hay, and a little 
meal, increasing tli-e quantity of the latter 
gradually, with a view of fitting them for 
beef in tho spring, at ono year old or a lit¬ 
tle under. These ten calves now look liko 
young oxen, and are estimated to weigh 
about 500 lbs., each, alive.— JY. Y. Parmer. 
Beach Ridgo, in tho town of Pendleton in 
this county, raised from one acre of land, 
in three successive years, the following largo 
crops: First year 84 bushels of shelled corn; 
second year, 80 bushels; third year, 93 bush- 
ols. The last crop was taken off tho ground, 
and it was sowed to wheat, the last of Sept. 
Tho following season there was harvested 
forty-six and a half bushels of Soules’ wheat 
from the same acre, weighing 63^ pounds 
per bushel. The land is of gravel or sand.” 
Niagara is an exceedingly fertile county, 
and is surpassed by hardly any other in the 
State in tho growing of some kinds of pro¬ 
duce. Much of our finest fruit is the pro¬ 
duction of Niagara county. 
Delight, in good and benevolent acts. 
