MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
FARMING AND FARSI BUILDINGS E3IHET- 
ICALLY CONSIDERED. , 
RETENTION OF MANURE BY THE SOIL. 
WHITE vs. COLORED SHANGHAIS. 
The following article contributed to the ings. _ . j 
Journal of Agriculture, by Geo. Jaques, of 01 the interior, the thing most essential j 
Worcester, Moss., though applicable purtic 1 
ularly to New England, will not bo without awkw . u .j !y arranged—with so much of the 
its value everywhere; and wo hope no far- uge f u [ sacrificed to the genteel—that two 
xnor reader, who contemplates building, will females can with difficulty perform the labor 
fail to study it • ' which one would accomplish in a house of 
By farming and kindred terms, we and tho more convenient construction, 
reader, at this present writing, will consent For small lamd.es, a sufficient number of 
to understand what pertains to tho useful, sleeping apartments a living-room. and 
not to the amateur cultivation of tho earth, kitchen are abundantly sufficient. I or very 
A farmer we will agree to consider as one large families with more wealth, u may he 
who relies chiefly or sololv upon the prod- well to add a parlor; but what are called 
nets of his farm for his support. An income suits of rooms, are extravagances m winch 
derived from other sources, and lavished a farmers family should not desno to 
it)i/ i uicuvc mum. J.J- luuuivj t*? i T . . . . . “Who shall decide when doctors disagree?” 
Id- ! perceive tho beautiful bo cultivated by in- It 1S ? ot an uncommon opinion fhat un- advertisement, setting forth the excellent 
■,; b: *** -^ .«-*.. > 
ial I tastes of the people will nrqnovo ana tno ‘T _ _m ho smwirtr to nl 
upon land in the country, does not consti- muulge. . 11Ji; rairs oi mu u«u«uai iigmiunuiai —-> - - - ij - - -—--->- i - 
tutea man a farmer, at least not in any I he ornamental grounds (let not tno which will be held when that Soci- surface and surrounding atmosphere, would size, habits, &c. Now, Dr. White has imported 
sense that we intend to employ the term— reader be startled,) may next be considered. have passed towards the earth’s center; but the white fowls, and he eulogises them,—very 
no more than tho firing ( blank cartridges ) Purely it is no great piece oi extravagance ety gets fairly into operation, > ih .. no o e tho car b on and alumina of the soil, each of we]] Dr Black has also imported the colored 
( with white kid glovos ) on Boston Common that the grounds immediately between the g00 d end in making distant parts of our w hi c h has tho power of absorbing and re- f , and lie eulomses iMn — verv wefi. I find 
constitutes “ grim-visaged war ! ” buildings and the public road should be countr y better acquainted with each other, taining the necessary food of plants, are , K) f . adt wit]l " j consider tii/shanehais an 
The conditions and circumstances, the studded with ornamental trees and shrub The J( f urn:ll of A ‘ ricu it U re speaks of some agents for carrying into effect tho laws of w^ 
outgoings and the incomings ot the life of Ihehay cutfiom lus lawn is as good as t at +i, n Secvetm-v of nature for the protection of vegetable - • a , 
the New England farmer, of whom and for obtained elsewhere, and the trees once remarks of Mi. Johnson, the Secietary of h> „ m form-active and healthy-fair as to laying 
, . .. j. . V nl anted, remiire but tritline' care. From a mil’ State Agricultural Society, at tho late ° m-HiurA —of course, a desirable fowl. 
nil more weaim, u. may u,, 1 f m:," ” ,.i i four inch os. If this wcro not true, our coioreu. umnese I 0 W 1 H, ru LOOU naute imu.iijr, 
arlor; but what are called | the borders 01 1 c ' wells would have long since become useless, are as varied in their plumage, as the native fowls 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. the earth’s surface would have become bar- of this country The white and colored, here, 
_ ren. and the raw materials of which plants are unquestionably of the same family; ana ex- 
The Fairs of tho National Agricultural are made, which now occupy the earth’s hibit the same characteristics, as to shape, form, 
icicty which will bo held when*that Soci- f urfaco a " d surrounding atmosphere, would sizC) habits, <fcc. Now, Dr. White has imported 
• ’ . , . , have passed towards the earth s center, out tbe white fowls, and he eulogises them,—very 
y gets fairly into operation , wil servo o o tho car bon and alumina of the soil, each of weU Dr Black has also imported the colored 
10(1 end 111 mak,n S distant parts of our which has tho power of absorbing and re- fmvL s, and lie eulogises thorn,-very welh I find 
fault with tliis. I consider the Shanghais an 
ho WEnoland farmer, of whom and for obtained elsewhere, and the trees once remarks of Mr. Johnson, the 6 
,hom we write, are of such a nature, that planted, require but trifling care From a our State Agricultural Society, 
ie cannot devote much time to the cultiva- quarter of an aero to two or three acres Convention, on the influence of 
The power of the soil to absorb manure, —of course, a desirable fowl. 
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flnence of ttio World s 0 f which ammonia may be regarded as a chief 
rvoneous notions, and constituent, is ot course limited — but it 
But for Dr. W iiite to say, his “ white bird is 
of field-labor militate strongly against a life it, all the charms ot a rural residence ap- 
of elegant leisure. The New England farm- pear, to us. to be wanting. It is indeed al- 
or must work too much to study much ; ho together indispensable. No country-place 
introducing tho improvements of one coun¬ 
try to the notice of another, and arguing 
that such will be the influence of National 
Fairs in this country. The Journal adds: 
constituent, is of course limited — but it superior in flesh, less stringy,” <fec., than the colored 
doubtless exceeds all ordinary cases in prac- bird imported by Dr. Black, is entirely gratuitous, 
tico. Prof. Way found that by filtering a Has Dr. White roasted and boiled the -white 
portion of putrid drainage water through a shanghais at a cost of $30 a pair, (for I hear this 
lew inches ot soil, it had lost all bad odor, p iace has been paid in this city,) in order to com- 
must build cheaply, rather than elegantly; 
he must tako more care for convenient cart 
paths, than for gracefully curving drives; 
lie must interest himself in patches ot corn 
and potatoes, rather than in ornamental 
plantations ; his artificial water must relieve 
the necessities of quadrupeds, whether it 
pleases the eye of bipeds or not, and so of 
the rest. 
can possibly bo beautiful without it. Some 
f this sort, which had not yet begun to 
hardly 
irs in this country. The Journal adds: and contained no longer any ammonia; but rc thc with of the colored bird ? We 
‘ One half of tho world does not know he also found that by filtering res iquu s cau ] iard iy think it. Whence, then, the authority 
iv tho other half lives;” nor does one sec- o Xou'di‘luchffivc/of soTthey for thc comparison and the. statement ? Does it 
n of tho country know much with regard P»tiify, ‘ o imtri V His ex come from China ? If then, in China, tire white 
£? ^ «-<>»«•»».»*■•*■«• -*• 
nnselves;—farther than a vague idea that power of absorbing potash soda, magnesia, Black, who is as mteUigent and sagacious as Dr. 
•n meal and cotton cloth has considerable and phosphoric acid as well as ammonia— White, import thc colored? 
do with these consummations. A very and these with lime term the duet elements How, this exclusiveness, this puffing, is not to 
isiderable part of Virginia is being aban- °l majiure. . . be tolerated. The Shanghai fowl is a beautiful 
ned as worn out, because the people, lack- quantity of muriate of ammonia, ab- an q va p ia ui c bird,—that is sufficient Let those 
r the inquisitive character of their Yan- sorbed by the soil was lounc o re a ou w i 10 prefer the white as a matter of fancy, culti- 
o brothers, have forborne to inquire into f »' e g™" 111 one hundred and fitty--the yate ^ As a matter of taste> and judgment. 
lo w may afford some idea of what may be city, and upon one of thc main avenues 
accomplished, even within such apparently loading into it, this place was as quiet, as 
straightened limits, and without exceeding still, and as full of repose as the most retir- 
threo-inch-soil. 
Now this «Society. holding its Shows one 
this salt. If therefore, tho average quanti¬ 
ty of ammonia in yard manure is one two- 
I prefer the colored, for experience with me has 
established the fact, that the colored fowl is more 
hundredth part, then the amount of ma- hardy than the white. 
, . V 1 1 i* i 1 l 1 _ 1.1 N V T..U, 1 
rod. if plowed 
ly intermixed, 
ith ammonia, WASTE OF WEEDS- 
ie whole bulk _ . , r 
Ired loads per There are a large number of our farmers 
■ ch.iw W-ir to wll ° seem t0 havo a strange veneration for 
x’ , !• weeds. Even in their fields—in the corners 
■ soil or simi- of their fences—in the very heart of their 
, ’ , ’ i meadows—tho intruders aro tolerated in 
Rochester, If. Y., July, 1852. 
oranary. «c., ) snouiu oy au uieaub oo ujjuii ---a . „ i 
one side of the public highway. The house Without a lawn, of some extent m front of plo 
may stand anywhere from fifty to three or tho house it is not worth while to hat e any 
four hundred feet from the road, according regard whatever to the appearance oi the ai , 
as a good site may bo found for it. The place ; for all attempts at ornament, where * 
frontage should bo towards the south or this foundation is wanting, will prove miser- 
south east; or otherwise so that the most ^iluios. the farm proper low after an. cm aiso our ixortriern men i — 
important rooms shall look out upon the the useful giounds oi tno taim piopci, carryimr to a ready market ercharacter - 
finest prospect; but the front of the house aro by some erroneous y deemed to he with- ' . 
should not bo governed at all by the linos out the limits of esthetics, hu Uvedale ^ ^ another 
of the highway upon which it may be erect- 1 l ' lc0 and s ° me others, as we ha\ e stated in , n t]iat tho 
ed ; for it is not of the slightest consequence a former article, have affirmed that what is ' d b th 
-except in little fifty by hundred feet lots, called an ornamental farm, (a ferine omee.) ana DrollK 
.. ri.i I. ..1 _* ie on i m nv:l ell C;l bl 11 t.V inasmuch aS the USB- 
s, inquiring into modes 
low after all. So also our Northern men very copiously applied, than those of a light- 
thoir improved implements, &c., &c.. and. 
with many another lesson, they may chance 
to learn that the Southern planter is a 
Tho theory of tho value of gypsum de¬ 
pending on its absorption of ammonia from 
dew and rain, retains but a slender hold on 
poses, when a few hours of labor would 
change the whole aspect of the field. Not 
only do farmers “compromise” with weeds 
upon their very fields, but the roads through 
—except in little fifty by hundred feet lots, caneu an onuu. m.uu m, u, ___ 
— whether the lines of the house and street is an impiacticabi it) , mamiue 1 as 10 use EXPERIMENTAL FARMING 
are •• square with one another” or net. Tho M element and the beaut,M element wore EXPERIMENTAL n«UM 
out-buildings should, as much as practiable, mutua y < os metne o eac 1 o er. ns i^r. Mechi, a somewhat celebrated and 
be so located that the house may serve as idea, however, wealthy amateur farmer at Tiptree Heath, 
oneof tho objects by which they are screen- a foundation; foi men every rforcccg } .. g uguaI annual gathering to the 
ed from the street; they should always be ^ ahe au l y°ruh^,abm^yof<^^mion -. icnds of . lgricV jl ture , on the 21 st of July, 
as much in the rear of the house as con- to purpose a beauty in what pi onuses to ah Jfc wag attel|ded by tho American Minister, 
vonienco will admit of. If the public road f° ld ca,I, t .°- 0 1’ , • several of the nobility, and a largo number 
so linle travelled that it does not ossen- loss ot this bea,uty appeals in \\hate\er mm c „; uvlt ;fa ; „„i nrofossional men. The 
; r«r it i. ^^=red uTt their premises, are lined with the same nox- 
.. of n,m water oovo,- onntain ious burdens, annually spreading out the r 
four pounds of rain water never contain 
more than one grain of ammonia—and that 
all tho ammonia that falls in our heaviest 
storms would be absorbed by a layer or film 
of soil ten times thinner than the finest 
is so little travelled that it does not ossen- | oss O 1 
tia.lly differ from a private drive-way or istored 
approach, thc buildings may bo located quite H wav0 
near to it, perhaps within twenty-five or viting t 
fifty feot. But, in all other cases, five or tho su? 
six times those distances is near enough for white n 
comfort or convenience; a closer proximity poured 
a foundation; for men every\*hene recog- ^ ugual annual gathering to the bank-note paper.— Alb. Cultivator. 
mze a baudy ofuUhhj, a h,mdy of adaptation j r , , of a „ icu u ure , on tho 21 si of July. - 
to purpose. . kcaulu m what pro™™ to ;a - ( a{to „j od t i,„ Americau Minister, THE STATE FAIR FOR 1S52. 
lord, comtort or iilOcisurc to man. ivioro oi , , i i -- 
loss of this beauty appears in whatever min- setentifi Jand professional ^Tnen^^rhe The Journal of the Agricultural Society 
istored to the happiness of the human race, jf “ie nt fic -1 F^le for August has the following: 
It wavos upon the golden wheat fields, m- r, ™ TI „ ,, 
viting the reaper’s sickle. It blushes upon of Tiptree He.th, and "oAmig co«U be Arrangements f or the Fair .-The Exec- 
roots and upon the winds scattering their 
unnumbered seeds to fall upon and take 
root in other sections. Tho very winds aro 
thus full of foulness to the lands of the ag¬ 
riculturist. Our highways are sometimes 
hedged for miles with the Canada thistle, its 
downy produce floating unobstructed, and 
tho slovenly farmer siceps while bis lands 
aro being filled with foul stuff. 
The good farmer will not pursuo such a 
system of farming. Economy and good 
order cry against it. Whenever wo pass a 
farm where an exterminating war has been 
wapod against weeds and bushes, wo teel like 
to the street serving no other purpose than not less so are a group ot cows grazing m 
to jeopardize the proprietor’s reputation for the fields, or reposing beneath the shade of 
rmod taste tho forest - A hno flold of potatoes or corn, 
From a groedy desiro to see and bo seen, a yoke of oxen at .the plow, a stack of hay, 
or for some other reasons, the Yankee has are often admired, even by careless observ- 
alwavs had an inveterate habit of squatting, ers; nor is the term beaut,ful ^applied to 
withhis buildings, close by the way-side— such objects; for there are -itferent styles 
Not content indeed with this, ho often of beauty. A fine lace-hoi so is beaut i ul 
spreads himself out, (or straddles) quite in one way, a fine draught horsyn another, 
across the road—planting his house upon and a carnage horse, oi pa hey, in hti an 
one side of it, and his barn upon thc other, other style. A 1 y use u wit a 
rnc neius, or rouu&niL' uciwam hid duauu kjx , ,, - , uo v*. ---- ^^- r 
tho forest A fine field of potatoes or corn, whereas from the moment you pass thro character ; and that every effort wil! be made labor; and when once under way? if such 
a voke of oxen at the plow, a stack of hay, Mr - M<>chl s . , neat lAtl ® , iron . gate all is plen- tQ accomin odato tho public in the most sat- mischievous customers crowd our furrows 
are often admired, even by careless observ- and Nothing is there seen but isfactorv manner. , or deface our meadows, it will be because 
ers - nor is tho term beautiful misapplied to smiling corn fields, gay flower gardens, fields The indications from our own State, as our right hand lias lost its strength. Wo 
such objects ; for there are different styles of various descriptions ot green crops, and well as the adjoining States and British put it down as bad economy to invest money 
of beauty A fine race-horse is beautiful an admirably arranged homestead, m which ProvinceSj are such as to assure the Execu- in weeds —Cayuga Chief 
in one wav. a fine draught horse in another, the farmer s quadrupedal treasures, bovine tive Committee that the approaching Fair -—-- 333 - 
and porcine, are accommodated and classifi- jg tQ be one of tbo most extensive and im- 
ed with all tho precision of a model lodging 
house of the most approved description. 
rangement of farm-buildings would doubt- be « 15m fr^ access of sMn and air to tho‘soil; 
lossly have long a,go fallen into disrepute, f fences -is possible upon a farm. In these all this stock—with the exception of sheep 
'^^tnSare more prefitablo during summer which are folded or, the 
which t affords foi gratification 01 a nope when soiling cattle has been land—his innumerable pigs and numerous 
lessly insatiable curiosity. Indeed a time to to bettor hw- cattle, are constantly kept in sheds, the 
Yankee will often put himself to still groatci ] )-uidr ’ th . U)[ to pas t U re there is loss neces- floors of which are boarded, with spaces for 
filX^ to deform a farm with numerous costly manure to fall into spaces underneath ; and 
finding out the business of tne stranger wno J h f as a| . 0 indispensa- from each shed pipes are laid to commurn- 
passes Ins door, and the curiosity is of a the beauty consists mainly in their be- cate with an immense liquid manure tank, 
nature to grow hungry by feeding. Until bie, the beauty cnnsistt ™ ™ r w ?” fc An , homamire i S fromtii„ototimowa S h- 
this idle inquisitiveness is somewhat ovci fc » r weed ^ Where there aro but few ed into tho tank by means of flushings of 
come, it is not worth while to attempt to - boauty of a field will be greatly water directed by a hose, and forced by the 
cultivate a taste for what is most beautiful by IS th*| pressure of the' steam engine. . AH the 
in rural lire. annoar above the surface. straw grown on the farm is cut up into chaff 
The Architecture of a Now England farm- sffiti not appear aooi e tne sui race U steamed for the purpose— 
portant that has ever been held in this coun¬ 
try. 
In 1845, at Utica, the most splendid exhi¬ 
bition of dairy products was made that had 
ever been seen in this country. We are as¬ 
sured that the approaching Fair promises, 
| in this respect, an exhibition far exceeding 
INQUIRIES ABOUT MANURES. 
These hints will prove valuable to many 
young farmers: 
We often have inquiries whether long or 
short manure is best; whether straw plowed 
in is beneficial; whother chip-dirt is hurtful 
in this respect, an exhibition tar exceed ng advantageouS) & c . General inquiries 
f. «*«*• f- mon S cannot always receive a general answer.- 
dairy three cheeses of 500 lbs. each are me- For il)8tanc ' wc have known long manure, 
and will do credit 
country. 
York, it is believed, 
ery department to 
or that which was composed of much straw 
mixed with strongly fertilizing materials, 
prove actually injurious on light soils, and 
in dry seasons. On the contrary, wo have 
SPROUTING POTATOES. 
straw grown on the farm is cut up into chaff We received of Joel Pratt, of this town, 
To provent bad results on light land, all 
manure, but more especially that which is 
unfermented and mixed with straw, should 
We rcccivod of Joel Draw, ot tins town, “““ . 
on the last day of July, a small quantity of be as much pulverized and mingled^th the 
white cow horn potatoes, as a specimen of soil as possible. It should be first spread, 
those he is raising. They were ripo, and and allowed to dry a few horns, the oss jy 
above story, like a block ot city buildings, pose, arm m tneir cotwcucuccuj mo f dilut ; n gthe strong manure in tho of middling size. They were grown from evaporation being far less than tho loss by 
but rather spread out and resting upon the reference to tho fiousos to which they should hieh would otherwise ho too power- se ed sprouted according to the directions want of pulverization. Itcanthoi bothoi- 
ground in quiet repose, like a group of hay appear to be as servants, each designed not t ^ Stable life: and finally, this liquid 0 f an article we published last spring— oughly torn to pieces by repeated harrow- 
makers taking a lunch beneath tho friendly for itself, but as accessories or appendages p ied thr0U g }l j r0 n pipes laid They wore put to sprouting on Saturday, mgs, which will mix it thorough y at tho 
shade of a wide-spreading oak. The ex- of the mansion, injriiicl.thohuman tenants do \ vn a]1 over the farm> t( ? suc h ofrfo fields the first da/of Mayf and were planted two same time with tho ^r^cesotL Y hen 
jirossion of tho architecture should bo m a of the farm have then abode. reouiro to undergo tho manuring weeks after. Other seed of tho same kind turned under by the plow, none of it will 
high degree indicative of that comfort and M e have written hurriedly, and in a very a ‘ y _ [ London Hera if was p i ante d Monday tho 3 d of May, without remain m lumps, and by being well mtei- 
unobtrusive independence, which God seems desultory manner, omitting much that might I • ___snroutino- • and Mr. Pratt informs us the mixed, it will serve rather to preserve than 
to have intended as tho reward of those who have been siiid more in detail. 1 he com- _ A ac(maint ance potatoes^from them are a week or ton days to dissipate tho moisture. The same treat- 
labor in this, the most ancient, most ennob- fort and profitable management of a farm— Aube for 1 - -■ 1 ’ ] , from those that were sorouted ment on heavy soils, will also have a bonefi- 
ling 1 of all imluBtrial pursuite. Tbo M to 8 ay iioLng of it, beauty-and intimately ^TentTy cur- “ cial result, by. no,-oasing the friability of tho 
ornaments and ginger-bread work stuck dependent upon the construction, the loca- ^ ave “ . „“!hodTnd h^wS he sIys he earlier s?as to be planted at tho samo time parts. In soils not over-supplied with veg- 
upon so many modern structures, are wide- tion, and the interior arrangement of tho ed. IIis method, and by wlncti no says c > t d 1 d (Mav 3 d ) it would etablo matter, straw and chip-dirt bccomo 
ly’out of place upon a farmer’s home, which far,/,-buildings. A pump of soft water at w, Abto t, tamiKc Ihreo’ieS Slonce in useful as soon as they decay, and in adhe- 
beautv.no less than convenience, requires tho kitchen sink is worth two out in tho following. lake tno musk ® go 0 +- two kinds The sneci- sive soils they aro useful by lessening tho 
to rest broadly upon tho ground, “express- yard. A pile of dry wood near the kitchen 0 / 0 t h- men brought us, was from those in the field, tenacity and promoting drainage. But on 
in«r in its leading forms the strength, hon- stove, saves a world of steps for tho farmer s tail and dry it tnorougniy by smoke i ovnorimonts -vro worfhv tho attention light soils, they often prove hurtful, and 
es'ty, frankness, and sterling goodness of the wife during tho year; and so of a thousand erwise. Of tffis forgone^ do V' ^ farmc 1 1 , especiaHy as it is generally con- most so in dry seas ons —man y Cultivator , 
farmer’s character.” The ornaments should other things many of which are proper sub- of the size ot an ordina y b p that ( J !v potatoes are not as liable —- 
oStino-; and Mr. Pratt informs us the mixed, it will serve rather to preserve than 
.ii,__a.,,,, to dissinato the moisture. Tho same treat- 
m-lmildings. A pump of soft water at will o ^“ r » nt M a T c " r ® tho m^W of tho have made some three weeks difference in useful as soon as they decay; and in adhe- 
kitchen sink is worth two out in the following — lake tne mu.k nag o o ,. , T) j_ s ive soils they aro useful by lessening tho 
A pile of dry wood near the kitchen K & j™s f, on, Sso in the S. tenacity and promoting drainage. But on 
VO, saves a world of steps for tho farmer s tail and dry it tnorougniy nv smoko or otn „ ° fh tt light soils, they often prove hurtful, and 
b during tho year; and so of a thousand erwise. Of this, for one dose, take a piece Tnwe^im^^ worfty^irttait^ in > d Cultivator, 
ier things manv of which are proper sub- of tho size of an ordinary bean, pulverize ot faunas, especially as it » generally con J __ _ 
farmer’s character ” The ornaments should other things many of which are proper sub- of the size of^sffsfeod Repeat the ceded that’early potatoes aro not as liable —-, 
be few. simple, and bold; rustic, rather than jocts for esthetic criticism. it and give in tno nois s eo . I h ri 1 late _/p 1/owu W Co. By forgetfulness of injuries wo show our- 
dclicate; strong, rather than highly finished. The embellishment of tho homes of rural dose every third day till the cure is effected, to rot as those that fate. Wyoming o ^ 
The best two styles aro the plain bracketed, life in New England will be hereafter, what 
