MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. 
Tiie circular copied below, fully explains 
the objects to be accomplished by the Con¬ 
vention which it calls for at Washington on 
the 24th inst. That these objects are im¬ 
portant to every agriculturist we need not 
say, nor repeat tho wish that something 
may bo accomplished which shall promote 
the general good of this greatest Interest of 
of tho country. How this can best be done 
wo cannot decide, but hope there may bo a 
large attendance and full discussion of the 
different plans proposed, and that some one 
maybe adopted and put in active operation. 
County Agricultural Societies should imme¬ 
diately take measures .for the appointment 
of delegates. 
[circular.] 
Whereas, the Massachusetts Board of Ag¬ 
riculture, at its meeting held at Boston, 
January 14,1852, requested its President to 
CLINTON CO- AGRICULURAL SOCIETY. mal stock could render any aid in the pro¬ 
cess of making manure; and that only those 
The Proceedings of this Society at its productions of the soil which had been ob¬ 
last Annual Meeting have been sent us by tained by the sweat and toil of man, as 
, , T , -i * , grain, hay or roots, could be made of any 
both tho President and Secretary. Trom ^ cesg , that a n the part tho 
a perusal of the pamphlot wo gather sevei at f arrner cou i d take in the manufacture of 
things worthy of remark and the attention manure was the feeding and care of his 
of our readers. 
The Society is in a very prosperous state, 
stock; and that when it left the laboratory 
of his animal chemists, it was not only com¬ 
plete, but indestructible—absolutely out of 
i r ,, ,i ,.x KoocvUIa piete, Dut muesuueuuiu—.-x 
and will hold tho present yeai, at Keesviile, ^ ach Qf of the ordinary agents of 
a three day’s Fair, commencing on the —it 7 ec0m p 0S iti 0 n, decay or waste ! But how 
of September. The list of Premiums seem " s } t now ? Let your own experience an- 
well calculated to encourage improvement fewer. Which of you, gentlemen, has not 
in Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Ale- 
chanical and Household Arts ot the County. 
Tho Decennial Address of tho President— 
come to regard—practically I mean—weeds 
and all forms of vegetable rubbish, as well 
as the suds and slops ‘from tho kitchen, 
worth adding to the manure heap ? And 
DENSLER’S PREMIUM TELEGRAPH CRADLE. 
THE above engraving is a fair represent..-1 which the reader is referred for a more i 
tie', of a cradle made*by Daniel Dehsleu explanation of the pn.eph«- 
of Arcadia, Wayne Co., to which the New I These eradfos a = wtaemh^ 
the Hon. J. Batty— sketches with graphic which of you that has it on his farm, or 
power the changes which the last ten years within his reach, fails of supplying his barn- 
have witnessed in the Agriculture of tho ** 
I County. And tho remarks will apply in 
U part to tho whole country. He says: 
« Of the numerous points in our husband- 
'. r °’ rv in which improvement may bo claimed, 
muck—to absorb tho liquid portion of tho 
manure, which would else leach away and 
be lost ? And which of you would not about 
as soon run the gauntlet, as be seen hauling 
manure from his yards and spreading it out 
UlUty, clb ll/O mating m n A. 
20tli of the same month, and the Maryland from the same manutuctuier, o 
State Agricultural Society, at its meeting in was given some time since in the Bi 
Rural, to i be gratified. 
Baltimore, on the 4th of February, adopted 
similar resolutions, and recommended the 
formation of a National Agricultural Socie¬ 
ty; and whereas the New York, Ohio, and 
other State Societies, through their Presi¬ 
dents or by published resolves, have ex¬ 
pressed similar views in relation to tho ne¬ 
cessity of -a closer band of union between 
all such institutions throughout our country. 
Therefore, the undersigned, believing 
from theso indications that the time has ar¬ 
rived fora confederation of local Agricultu¬ 
ral Societies in the United States, and in 
conformity with a resolution of tho Penn¬ 
sylvania Society, authorizing the Presidents 
of tho three first named associations to des¬ 
ignate time and place, do hereby invite 
RAISING CALVES. 
IMPROVIDENT FARMING. 
The Maine Farmer of last week contains , . d 
an article from a correspondent, about rais- in h 
ing calves, in which two methods are spoken that 
or not this constitutes an improvement, your important, have been going on m the char- 
own experience and observation will enable actor of our stock—m the number, variety 
you to determine. Ten years ago, our far- and perfection of our labor-saving unple- 
rners ordinarily sowed offspring wheat, only ments—in the unproved condition and gen- 
one to ono and a fourth bushels of seed to eral appearance of our farms—m the eon- 
the acre; and of oats, but one and a half to venienco and air of neatness and comfort 
two bushels Now, the average rate of seed- in the barns, out-houses and dwellings of 
in.- does not probably fall much below two the farmer, which are everywhere springing 
WHAT ARE TREES MADE OF. 
brim? it up by h<ind> ii tho ituik is nui j ' . ^ , *, • n l of’ Drob&blv not less th&n lour bushels 01 
worth much, the former is probably the best that read this "JcJe, 1 B?™ 1 S la j the P former) and ten bushels of the latter per 
If wo wore to take up a handful of soil 
delegations to meet in Convention in the CQW when £ n ly a few davs old, is a bad ono. 
city of Washington, on tho 24th day of June j nevor saw . a ‘g 0 °d calf ‘that was so raised. 
‘ , , ..... ' lf fvnm the vorable an opportunity for improvement 
But the plan ot taking the cal . 7 and in reaDimr immediate returns from the 
we should find yet more strikingly that it 
next, at 10 o’clock, A. m. 
Tho objects of this Convention are to or¬ 
ganize a National Agricultural Society, to 
®i. 1 xi. - _:_ a_»..D_ 1 _ 
I once raised a calf as follows : 
Let it have as much milk as it would suck 
twice a day—placed within its reach, a 
which the various Agricultural Societies g tT j 00 th wooden trough in which a cup full 
may be auxiliary; to consult together upon of mdk was put oa ch morning. Tho trough 
tho general good, and to establish, by this wag dai] was h ed dean to keep it sweet. 
Society, or such other means as the Conven- a few dayg t h e ca if learned to drink with- 
tion may devise, a more cordial and widely out f urt her trouble. Then the quantity of 
extended intercourse between agriculturists mdk t into tke trough was gradually in- 
in our own country and in other lands ; to creage d and that drawn immediately from 
create additional facilities for tho acquisi- t he cow’gradually diminished. As soon as the 
tion and diffusion of knowledge, by books, calf w0ldd dian k well, a handful of Indian 
journals, seeds and other objects of inter- mea t was 0 } V en in each mess of milk. The 
est to the American farmer and gardener; mea j set tlod to the bottom, but the calf soon 
and to act on such other matters pertaining framed to eat it. Shorts, where they can 
ing too wet. Springs make out at the foot ticed. Then the hilling of corn 
of l,“°o hills; saturate a largo flat at its hoemg-apractice by which the 
oi largo imib , Bdtu ^ _.u buried in a position unnatura 
Then tho hillimr of corn at the last 111 X- ? I 1 • 
111011 111 », . , , t ment will show whether tins conjecture is 
-a practice by ' h “ oots wo o correct or not. Two hundred 
in a position unnaturally xernoto 7 . arth dr5o ,, : n ... nvpn :11ld 
these springs, would renacr tne wnoic mo- —-- . , ° nr i v nb _ space ot Uve years, tne eartn was eareiuuy 
rass a'rich and productive pl^-Md or * Tm^tant. watered with Iain inter. The willow grew 
any lar 
needful 
cult.ivat 
to tho advancement of agriculture as the be“haff would probably be' better. Then a 7war°' & haviig such “lands, after having become ‘ beaili-ipe,’ plucked h" & be iow it! ‘ Aftn?~growing 
wisdom ot the Convention may judge ap- bandful of green grass was cut daily, and c0nso ] 0 themselves with the reflection that and saved am o resn u U in tho earth for five years, the tree was re- 
propriate. . placed within its reach, also, a little fine hay, t b ey ]i e in the pasture, and that though the left standing where i g o • 3 ‘ 1 moved a nd on being weighed, was found to 
mivnncpQ flirt iinnrt.7*siernon o.a.r- 1 t . a.i_„ . . .aolHaao nn wrtrrt 1 i . j a n _ ii. tmn nf t.hrt TTIOTO CCOIlOlTUCtU inOUC. OI cUl ’ . i i ' i t r . 
propriate. 
For those purposes the undersigned ear 
districts, consisting in all cases of such num- three ; veeks of ag e, the quantity of milk thig gwam „ rass and weeds. Does it not 
borof persons as it may be deemed expedient gj ve n in the trough was gradually 7 decreased, ever occur to those owning such lands, tho’ 
to appoint. ♦ • until at six weeks of age it was turned into ^ are j n tke p as turo, that if once re- 
An lioc lmrtn rtrtncir irtvrtr rlrtSirn.mrt TO j _l .J /IviyyL- nicf *vc y , « , . 1 i .• .. ii.... 
State Agricultural Societies could be obtain- weaned . - __Y _____- potaioes 01 vuuiuu vi 
od. Their respective Presidents are there- j bavo seen hundreds of calves raised or DEEP PLOWING. tho Boston and New 
fore requested to add their names to this k t a ii ve as. follows:—Give them “two _- . insures tho ready sale 
call, and to give immediate publicity to the j- eats ” (,j c or pen them up in tlie barn,— As the season is approaching when our mers c:l n raise, at tin 
same through the papers and periodicals of j aC( ] n0 watcr nor f 00 d of any kind within farmer friends will start their plows, we deem j t bas been estimated 
the day. " [beir reach_when six weeks of ago turn the following article which we find in the less than half a millio 
A large and general attendance is confi- t bem into a poor pasture—in a few days Germantown Telegraph, to the point at the ce i v ed by the farmei 
dently anticipated. tkey w m i ook as though they liacl boon present time: .... . tho single article of p< 
Societies will please transmit at an early sca red through a brush fence—if they don’t A farmer in this vicinity whilst plowing three years, — a rest 
date a list of the delegates they have ap- p - tko w j nte r nor the lico kill them in last fall, was asked by a neighbor, who, al- g Tea t measure at lea 
DEEP PLOWING. 
S A tion of the more economical mode of cut- w 
’ n0th ' ttaEUD at the root, while tho stalk is yet W pniod one hundred and sixty-four 
nos on, “P “ 7 6 ' v <lf is socm . e d, I’0™ ds - And this estimate did not include 
IC0S . : 7 a ,d alavfoe of fodier elected, at least the weight ot the leaves or dead branches 
cattle anu a . saM ig ui , which m fivo years, fell from tho tree, 
rather equal m value to a crop ot hay on tne same j 
ramer i Now came tho application ot tho test. 
gr in tho variety and quality of the plants Was all this obtained from the earth? It 
tfS we cultivate, there has also been, in almost had not sensibly diminished; but. in order 
,7 a ro every department, very decided improve 7 - to make the experiment conclusive it was 
ment. For example, the general introduc- again dried m an oven and put m the bal- 
f m eh tion of a single variety of potato - the ance Astonishing Was the result-the earth 
‘Moore’ potato of this region, or ‘Peach- weighed only iwoounces less than it did when 
blow’of New England—has gained for the the willow was first planted in it! yet the 
potatoes of Clinton County, a reputation in tree had gained one hundred and sixty four 
the Boston and New York markets, which pounds. Manifestly, then, the wood thus 
tne OOSlOn auu xim.exro, -- 7 , lx* ‘l 
insures the ready sale of all which our far- gamed m the space of time was not obtamed 
mers can raise, at tho very highest prices, from tho earth; we are therefore obliged 
Tt has been estimated that the sum of not to repeat our question, “^ Where does the 
pointed, to Daniel Lee, M. D.. Agricultu- t])0 gprin(r? you w il 
ral Department, Patent Office, Washington. hle C(|WS . and oxen 
Marshall P. Wilder, Pres’t Mass. Board of Ag. meth 
Frederick Watts, Pres’t Penn. State Ag. Soc. wher 
Charles B. Calvert, Pres’t Md. “ “ serve 
Henry Wager, Pres’t N. York “ “ 
Thomas Stocks, Pres’t South Cen. Ag. Soc. 
Authur Watts, Pres’t Ohio State Board of Ag. °‘ a c 
Janies Tallmadge, Pres’t Am. Institute, N. Y. know 
John C. Gray, Pres’t Mass. Soc. for Prom’gAg. prep; 
Joseph A. Wright, Pres’t Indiana State Ag. Soc. in fo 
George W. Nesmith, Pres’t N. H. “ “ deed 
Frederick Holbrook, Pres’t Vt. “ “ thou 
Josiah Chapiu, Pres’t R. I. Soc. for Encourage’t pl co 
May 20th, 1852. of Dorn. Industry. 
hrt .sure to IlUiYU AitAivi. -- %j invm A 71 tiiio iuiuivivaa ' j , ., 1 • I i.' it 
not worth keeping-. This support his family off it, why he plowed so j tho department of Fruits, there has elusion—it was denied from tho air. 
, . . 1 -._ 0 . r M ^ _ A. _Pxivn it. hrt ? Wrt.Vrt tnOSA P^rCJlt 
method of raising cattlo is pursued by scores deep? also been a very striking advance. Lhehb- 
where I have traveled, and such farmers do- “Because, neighbor, he replied, i plow- 0ral premiums which, from time to time, 
sm-ve to be ooor. as they usually are. ed the same way last^ year, and the yeai [ )aye |j een offered by this Society, to pro- 
sorve to be poor, as they usually are. 
The calves are half starved till six 
of age, and then suddenly weaned, i 
knowing how to eat or drink, or bein 
prepared for so sudden and great a 
Can it be? Were those great ocean 
spaces of wood, which are as old as man’s 
introduction into Eden, and wave in their 
though they v 
Pleasure Boat. 
Charcoal, Ashes, &c. — Inquiry .— During 
tho sugaring season, a large amount of coals 
MULES ON THE 
We have recently seen 
have to be cleared out from the sugaring which go to favor the substitution of mules afraid yQU wiU neycr SGt the river on fire. [ 10 " uU boari I n<r niayb e estimated at two and - 
arch, which if quenched at tho time, would for horses upon the> farm, oni t o aore I c0 for the good old way, and find it tho half jnillio^is of bushels annually—and Forest Culture.— Those that want young 
furnish a considerable bulk of carbonized ^IJIom from disease best ‘ There is litUo to lear , n in ff rmin S still leave a wide margin for failures—from forest trees to grow well must not permit 
matter. Would this be of more value to a t toxono dS which those before us did not know.” thV vreissittxtlos of seasons, insects, and dis- cattle nor sheep, in any considerable num- 
i ,1 xi ii x n longevity, ose., o^c-, a n “ Well, neighbor, you may do as you like, Of this amount after allowing to the bers, to run among them and feed upon 
garden than the smaller amount of ashes but that these claimed advantages are well iut , ha ; e n&j b e’tl ways, and I am more S erB „f th e county, for use in thl&mily their leaves and young twigs. Nor should 
which would result from the unarrested estaolishcd. . than satisfied with the result. Indeed, by and U p 0 n the farm, half a million bushels— the leaves that /all in autumn bo removed 
combustion of tho coals ? We find that the number of mules in this gtr j ct i y persevering in it and other improve- or 25 q bush<?ls to each family,—a bal- from forests which ono wishes to cultivate. 
It is the common practice in this part of region is not oifiy increasing upon the larm ment8f i shall nearly or quite double my ance wou i d be left for sale, of two million The decay of their annual foliage is a neces- 
. , , , , but that for teams and marketing they are pro f\t s and all this excess I consider just so , , , . a nd this quantity, at 2 shillings sary provision of nature to supply mould 
the country to let the mercantile ashery rapidly multiplying. Wo inquired of a J luch ^ old plowed up in my fields.” - bushel iSf tie S r ice of good graft ap- aSnutriment to tho lonp-livod products of 
owners have tho house ashes at from 10 to friend, a few days ago, who constantly .uses “Ah,” continued the neighbor, “ I see ! dcs npw a ’ day s, would amount to the nice the earth. Putting forest leaves about ap- 
12^ cts. per bushel. Is this “prudent pol- a medium-sized pair of mules both on and you are f rom y0 ur notions a book farmer, {^fo sum 0 f half a million dollars !—which p] e and peach trees is a good way to manure 
i cy ?” L . y. off the farm, what ho considered their ad- and belong to an agricultural society ; but excee(lg t h e aggregate annual amount of tho ground in which they grow. Lime mixed 
Farmersviiie, Cat. Co., N. Y, 1S52. vantages over horses. Ho promptly stated, you ’n find it won’t pay in tho long run, I sales f or a ny one crop, or for any two crops, with forest leaves improved their fertilizing 
-- - - — -w- that though the first cost was higher than think » nQW ra ; sed i n the county ! power very much, whether they arc desjgn- 
The Good of Theories—I n the pursuit horses, having paid $250' tor tho pair, they « There’s where you are in error my • nearl evcry department of our oil by the agriculturist to enrich tho soil for 
of science, theories lead to experiments and were much hardier, equally strong, and that friend . j am „ 0 book farmer —I belong J , has improvement been going on. the benefit of fruit, forest, or ornamental 
investigations, and he who investigates will the pair required no more to keep them tQ n0 agricultural society, but I mean to £ until within tho last few years, trees. In Europe forests are limed not less 
scarcely ever fail of being rewarded by dis- than ono large horse. He also got more join onc afc the earliest opportunity. th compos t heap was ever seen, or the than meadows, pastures and tilled land, 
coveries. It may be, indeed, the theory wor k out °t them, but ion roqui v gypsum as an absorbent introduced, - ^ 
sought to be established is entirely unfound- treatment, and would not submit to abuse Improved Cattle—T he farmers of tho th * of peat or swamp muck known. Settle with your neighbor, pay or no 
ed in nature, but while searching, in a right If they answer all the purposes of the Scioto valley, Ohio, and of the country im- , gentlemen ten years ago the farmers pay. Leave it not to executors and admin- 
soirit for ono thing, the inquirer may be horse, with the saving of one-half in their mediately adjacent, have formed an associ- this county generally, no more thought istrators to square up old accounts that 
rewardedbv finding others far more valuable keep, say thirty per cent, in their longevity, ation for the importation of improved blooi - manufacture of manure, as one of ought to have been outlawed many years 
than thOTe which he sought. and twenty per cent, in their greater ex- ed cattle. Nearlyten thousand dollars.have Annual processes of farming, ago. 
_ ___ _ emption from diseases—we should judge been already contributed by the members * ev now do of engaging in the man--;-; " 
, •„ _.„i. „n wHbrmt that the advantages they present over the Q f the association, which it is contemplated ,i • xi breathe The pre- An hour in the morning is worth two in 
■-“ssaissr 
long. 
you ii mm it >yuh t iii mv; - sales tor any one crop, or lorany wren iorose iwuhm *. 6 
think.” now raised in the county ! power very much, whether they arc design- 
“ There’s where you are in error, my in nearly every department of our od by the agriculturist to enrich tho soil for 
friend; I am no book farmer-I belong hugband -has improvement been going on. the benefit of fruit, forest, or ornamental 
to no agricultural society, but I mean to 11 ^ until ^ ithin tll0 last few years, trees. In Europe forests are limed not less 
join one at the earliest opportunity. thattho compost heap was ever seen, or the than meadows, pastures and tilled land. 
7 rp, 'c „ vnT Urn use of p-ypsum as an absorbent introduced, . 
Improved Cattle— rhe farmers of the the 0 f peat or swamp muck known. Settle with your neighbor, pay or no 
Scioto valley, Ohio, and of the country im- „„ , ]nmn J +nT) VAars aan the farmers nay. Leave it not to executors and admin- 
