MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
the seeds of grasses, are also the food of USE OF FISH M ANURE, 
birds, by which they may be carried and rj. nE f 0 U 0w fog 0 n the use of fish as a raa- Sal' 
scattered everywhere; that most of these nur0j we fi nd j n £ be report of a visit to Mr. gland, 
will not grow in a dense forest; that we W ebster’s f avm i n the N. Y. Times : likcm 
know little about the durability of those ^y ebs f; er sa id his attention had first excess 
SALT AS 
MANURE. 
HINTS FOR WINTER. 
PEA CULTURE IN INDIANA. 
Salt has been used extensively in En- Winter is coming, and are you ready for Knowing something of the pea as a field 
gland and we believe it to be, when ju- it? Have you gathered all the wood which crop when I was a boy, lesidingm the State 
? , 11 i,i_ j• ,i _ __ -f’ollnn fA Vnw Ynrk wnnrA it is f»\ r tpnsivA V ornwn 
descrip- 
i ot 'I’hof it ic o law oi nature. tLictb m unu Known in ijurouu, cuiu uauuu. m ^ iuuuui »ao nmuu—uid-viv^o vu . . - r ~ , _ 
i- j « like produces like ” _ States by the various names of moss-bunk- part were early burnt, and twisted np so warm floor for your own feet will be found Uien tie c eprec c 10 . op * g, 
vegetable kingdom, hkopioduces like harlheads, bony-fish, and menhaden, badly as to yield comparatively little fodder in but few farm houses. But if this is not that is so fatal to its cultivation, nearly 
So far as wo know, when nature is not in- on, Migrate and are _ th * ield J of grain £ ls0} was considerably necessary for the safety of your vegetables everywhere haunted me; but having read 
terrupted, crossed or obstructed m her Mars hfied sometimfs by the middle of less. and the comfort of your feet, it will more "a long, long time ago, in the Genesee 
course by artificial means, there are no ex- j une and sometimes not till July. When Wo sowed oats on a piece of ground much than pay in protecting your walls from the Parmer, (a paper that 1 have alwajs taken 
‘options. Varieties of tho .am. speeics he woollier is mlid. ami the sea smooth, infested with worms, and after harrowing sport of one old boy, known by the name ot 
ceptions. « a Varie they come close to the shore, or into the in tho oats, broadcasted salt over it at the master John Frost. Give him a place to or more ago, that to pievent the depreda- 
readily intermix and produce ne a, e Qf ^ riverg and littlo crce ks, and rate of 2 bushels to tho acre—the injury get hold of the ground walls of your build- tions ot the bug, peas should be sown alter 
ties. Hence their endless multiplication. gometimes i nde ed, they appear to be driven from worms was speedily arrested. Oat ings and he will show you he is truly a mas- the 10th ot June, I made the experiment, 
Of the natural intermixture of different a!most out o f t ho water by the sharks and plants left after a few days unharmed, ter. Leaves, confined by old boards or dirt, sowed one-half 1st of April, the other half 
species, we have no well attested examples porpoises, which follow them in from the maintained a healthful green color through- are fine for banking. There is no hog about Ibth of J une. Hook tanning en . ex- 
unless wheat and chess are really distinct La. They are taken, he said, by the seine, out the season; matured a few days later this John Frost, you will rarely see him un- claimed a friend^to whom I explained.hat 
a intfirmixture be consid- in the common way, drawn to tho shore, than another patch sown about the same der a good bed of leaves. I liac! bee i o D . c > 3 
species, and then intermixture be consid m t ^ im £ ediatel to their des : time _ the yield was a fair one. Have you banked your young fruit trees ? the only reason why your peas will not bo 
erod an exception; and the question is, tinod uge We applied 6 bushels of salt on 2 acres of If this is done with anything like coarse stung, will bo because there will be no peas 
“ Will they intermix ?” Until t jji s year, ho says, he has only used turnips with good effect. manure or leaves it should bo covered well to sting. Now for the result; those sown 
Consider those species of plants that have htese fish by spreading them directly on the Its effects are said to bo these : 1. That with dirt, or the mice will thank you, not in April produced somewhat tie laigest 
somo resemblance to each other. Indian surface of the land, and as he docs not hold it acts as an absorbent of moisture from the only for the bark of your trees, but a warm crop, mt v eie i eia y n o i u g , 
some resomb 2 n ^ "^ distinct suedes- to manuring by halves, the quantity is not atmosphere. 2. Destroys worms. 3. Fa- shelter while they are eating and digesting hose sown m June entirely ree fr.om them 
corn and broom coin are distinct species ed Ten, twelve, or fourteen cart-loads, cilitates tho decomposition of organic mat- it. A good banking of earth or manure Determining to test the.matterYurthei and 
has there ever been an instance of mtei- J ich we fohfog twenty-six or twenty-seven ters, and thus provides food for the growing covered with earth, is a valuable protection not havmg more seed than I w ished to sow^ 
mixture known? Tho pea and tho bean j lundre d. are allowed to the acre. There plants. We know by tho analysis of most from wind, frost and mice. It should bo I exjx!inncnte< ui ioi >o <> owing ea 
are distinct, and vet kindred species—were has been a notion prevailing to somo extent plants, that soda and chlorine are detected removed in the spring and mingled by dig- son, ol. 1 pu a ^ P e ogt ; ,’ or |! aiU 
ovpr known \ 0 intermix ? The pump- that this species of manure stimulates tho in them, and as these are chief elements of ging, with the earth about the tree. sowed them promiscuously, bugs and all-a 
7 7 sh aToTv varieties and land too much, and soon exhausts it. In common salt, we infer that they arc esson- Have you covered your pie-plant with a smaU portion the 1st of April the remam- 
km and the squash are only vaneties, a rcfutation of thig notion , Mr Webster show- tial ingredients in most vegetable products; good coat of manure ? If you will do this, der the 8th of Juno, side by side. I ho ie- 
readily intermix; but the pumpkin, the cd me a field which was thus dressed in 1834, and if not pre-existing in the soil in suffi- and after the frost is fully gone from the suit about the same as the pievious yeai 
water-melon, the musk-melon, tho cucum- aild which has yielded an abundant crop of tient quantities, that it can be very ad van ta- ground in tho spring, dig m the manure the April sown peas la iei logicc e. yu t 
water-melon, the musk-melon, the cucum- aud w hich has yielded an abundant crop of tient quantities, tlial 
her. &c., are all distinct and kindred species hay e verv year since. This year twenty geously employed. 
11 . • i J i J i l M 1_1_1 ik. ° T, _ .1 .. _X* .1! 
ging, with the earth about the tree. “ " sowed them promiscuously, bugs and all—a ; 
Have vou covered your pie-plant with a small portion tho 1st of April, the remain- j 
good coat of manure ? If you will do this, der tho 8th of June, side by side. Tho re- ;j 
and after the frost is fully gone from the suit about the same as the previous year— I 
ground in tho spring, dig“ in the manure the April sown peas rather the greatest yield j 
about tho roots, you will have large and but full of bugs; those sown in June en- j 
early plants. Pursue this a few years and tirely free from them. Satisfied with tho j 
—has any one ever seen any natural hybrids acres have been heavily fished, and the fish Its modes of application, are—1. By com- early plants. Pursue this a few years and tir °Jy ‘A 0 ™LLTcL veral'acres ^his sea* 
lias any onec > immediately in, and the land is des- posting with barn-yard and other manures ; you will not find it necessary to go abroad experiment I sowed seveial acies this sea- 
among them? I have not though I have f h Ld for corn next” year. and 2.% sowing broadcast after tho seed for Giant Rhubarb. The same course will son, the 10th of June. I have jus gathered 
repeatedly planted the two kinds of melon A t mass of compost is also made by may be sown, and the ground harrowed.— give you giant Sage, giant Asparagus, and them and find no maiks of the sting o tho 
together in the same hill. M heat and rye, m i x i n g earth or common loam with fish, in Opinion varies as to the proper quantity indeed, a garden full of giants. 1 lease try insect; ue yie ismuci e aigt av 
barley and oats, though sown together for the proportion of about four loads of earth per acre. While some have applied as large it and report. . . ev ^ 1U ; c m nvmwm 
Z-J fiver if the latter interchange (see to one of the fish, and putting in lime as a quantity per acre, as 20 bushels, others We had thought of asking if all the plows. My method of cu tivat.on, is to pi epare 
years ever if the latter mterenange^ ^ aB0 ° t h e r ingredient. This being done in the are content with 1. 2, and 3 bushels. Our hoes, harrows, and implements of summer’s the ground well and sow about three bush- 
note to previous article,) pioduce no ) Summor> the wllolo mass is dug up or turn- own opinion, is, that 2 bushels is about the uso were well housed; but we deem such an eh to the acre. I■ mteucl ^o expeiiment 
bi’id. But, t ed over, and mixed anew in the Autumn or right quantity. It is but fair to remark, inquiry not adapted to the season. _ 1 hey fuither e. jt. , y & , v ;n cf mi ] 
2 d, There is necessity as well as wisdom winter ; and in t ho ensuing Spring it is that, in England, practice seems to have set- will not decay so much by exposure m cold lam inclined to think tpey will standlup 
in this law. If it were otherwise, how soon found an excellent manure for any farming tied down to 2 bushels of salt to one of soed. weather as m warm and if they must be out firmer am } >*-> <^ moie. o c i- 1 - 
of vfirrotahle nurnose whatever. His gardens, meadows, American Farmer. during any part of the year the winter is son that un.foiinly wheie they stood. thick- 
* nmtlnci' nn liv- another ingredient, inis uemg uone in me are content witn i, z, ana a ousneis. our 
note to previous article,) pioduce no h } ^ wholo mass is du | up or turn- own opinion, is, that 2 bushels is about the 
brid. But, . # ed over, and mixed anew in tho Autumn or right quantity. It is but fair to remark, 
2 d, There is necessity as well as wisdom Winter, and in tho ensuing Spring it is that, in England, practice seems to have set- 
in this law. If it were otherwise, how soon found an excellent manure for any farming tied down to 2 bushels of salt to one of soed. 
would every distinct species of vegetable purpose whatever. His gardens, meadows, American Farmer. 
t ,• .. „i, Urn whnlfi pastures and plowed lands all bear abundant -—-—- 
lose its distinctive charactei, and the whole the utility of this species of ma- POULTRY RAISING. 
_1.:_ A Avhil-iif mfowninfthm S).nn */ X _. 
vegetable kingdom exhibit interminable and 
inextricable confusion ! Change would be ° ---—-- “A Constant Reader” makes three in- surr 
the order of the day, and no two genera- CHEAP ICE HOUSES. quiries in regard to poultry raising. 1 shall waj 
. ,, , xl J - answer them, according to my experience, «- 0 o 
tions couid have the same species & Wright, asks tho best method j n the order stated. In relation to food, timi 
table. Wisdom, then, dictated the law 0 £ cons tructing small ice houses ; and as I there are two considerations ; whether you Q a: 
are there no exceptions ? suppose ho means such as shall cost but a wish the hens to lay eggs, or fatten for mar- 
In tho animal kingdom, exceptions are trifle, and yet preserve ico enough for use ket; because food which produces the one 
"ho mnltinlifid tn anv on a medium sized farm, I will answer his result, prevents, or will not facilitate the 
numerous, and may be multiplied to any by degcril)ing a mothod that has other. To bring about either result the A 
extent. Instinct, however, is a secunn been j n ug0 jjy my brother for several years, best food is tho cheapest, whether it cost sto< 
against the general violation of the law, and t j iat j las gi ven him perfect satisfaction. more or less per bushel. During summer, sess 
nature further protects against its violation Ifo selected a porous soil on the side of a jf chickens run at large, and have access to a 
by denying to the hybrid a natural increase, hill, for convenience of access, and dug a the barn, especially if any scattered grain for 
•,-/ ” ,, . 111a i square hole about ten feet deep, and six feet remains, they will require very little, if any dov 
Everything, therefore, m the shape of anal ^ H(J then took somc ^uare pieces extra feeding to make them lay ; but to fat- abs 
ogy, is against the doctrine of transmuta- q £ t j m ber of tho length of the hole, and ten speedily, of course it is necessary, be- bet' 
tion; and were it not for somo apparently fo ur inches in thickness. To the outside of fore harvest. After that time, if they fro- kc 
well attested phenomena, we might dismiss these timbers, ho nailed rough boards, so as quent tho stubble and corn-fields, they fare der 
the subject at once with a decision in the to make a square crib or box, with boards sufficiently sumptuously for both require- dec 
, Tt , t L„ ^rABfiAf ctotA fif thfi fiues- on the outside. Ho then placed this in the monts. Tho fact that chickens lay most pie 
negative. In the piescnt state ot the ques ^ Uned up on the inside of the tim- profusely whilst they visit the oat and wheat oth 
tion, the subject deserves furtner investiga- berg moro rough boards, so that ho Helds, convinced me that those grains were l aw 
POULTRY RAISING. 
CHEAP ICE HOUSES. 
“A Constant Reader” makes three in- summer and winter, let them go their own should be gathered when fully ripe. Mow 
quiries in regard to poultry raising. 1 shall way. They doubtless suppose their way as them with a scythe, in dry weather. Avoid 
answer them, according to my experience, good as any, and we do not wish to spend rain if possible, and get them in the barn, 
in the order stated. In relation to food, time to prove that it is not .—Culturist and If there is no mow room, thresh out imme- 
there are two considerations ; whether you Gazette. diately, clean up as soon as threshed, and 
wish the hens to lay eggs, or fatten for mar- -—--—-- give them the benefit of the barn floor a 
ket; because food which produces the one A GENTLEMAN FARMER. few days until thoy are perfectly dry, as 
result, prevents, or will not facilitate the -. , thoy will heat if put up in bulk. I lost some 
other. To bring about either result the A gentleman farmer is usually under- in t h at way last season. Tho straw should 
best food is tho cheapest, whether it cost stood, in this country, to mean one who pos- be sav6d) as it is better for stock than wheat 
more or less per bushel. During summer, sesses some capital in #noney, and veiy little, straw or poor hay. 
if chickens run at large, and have access to if any, in agricultural knowledge, lie pays Next, as to tho uso and value of the crop, 
tion, and especially experiment, by which, h ad a double boarded crib with a space of best for that purpose; although they will Like a newly made General at a Militia yj () ] d j 3 rather larger. They give hogs a 
it annears to me the difficulty maybe ex- four inches between tho internal and tho no t fatten, oven with full satisfaction, but Muster, he is apt to get the rank and hie fi ne start early in the fall immediately after 
nlained and the question of transmutation external boarding. This space was filled remain in fair order only. Aside from this, into a hard knot without knowing by what the stubbles are exhausted, by fencing off 
P‘ 5 , , f : mpnt ; n o. with spent tan bark, or sawdust. There wheat is the very best food for young chick- earthly process he shall disentangle them, and turning m, or cutting—deeding vines 
settled. I i 1. was no floor to the pit, except pieces of en s, because it prevents, entirely and uni- putting them as they were. He can svm- and a ]j ^ little later, and before corn is 
given in my former article, be insufficient, boards COV ered with saw dust, and if the ver sally the “gapes.” Formerly, I lost a pathize with tho sailor s embarrassment m fit to feed, they may be boiled with pump- 
let it be extended and varied. Let each be g r0 und be not porous there should boa great many young chickens, and had much plowing, who managed tolerably well betoie kins and potatoes—indeed, if properly man- 
sown senarate and mixed, in the vicinity drain to carry off the water from the ice as trouble from this, what I then supposed, the wind but in going about, missed stays, aged, but little or no corn will bo required 
fif fiLh other and at a distance from each it thaws. It is necessary that the ice pit epidemic; but for the last three years, I and involved tho whole team m moxtricablo to make fine pork. It is thus properly man- 
of each other, should be ventilated. Such a pit can be have mixed wheat with their food, and have confusion. He fills his barn and corn crib aged elsewhere and I can_ seo no reason why 
other but let the si m t made by any one, and when the ice is form- no t had a single invalid from that cause, at an expense, which may well entitle tbo it may not bo here. 
let the whole bo carefully observed, even to ed it should bo packed nearly full, fitting which I have since learned, arises from contents of the latter to the graphic appel- Tho result of my experience, then, in the 
let tho whole bo carefully obseived, even to ed it should bo packed nearly full, fitting which, I have since learned, ar: 
the marking with labeled sticks, or other- the pieces of ice so as to pack as closely as feeding too much moist material, 
wise, the exact position of each seed or possible. The top should bo covered one su it 0 f my experience is that a n 
]ilant. 
Down East, Nov., 1852. 
SHELTER YOUR MANURES. 
the pieces of ice so as to pack as closely as feeding too much moist material. Tho re- lation of “golden grain. He talks learn- ra ising of peas amounts to this : ^kose 
possible. The top should bo covered one suit of mv experience is that a mixture of edly of crops, and buys his vegetables; las that I raised last season were the first I sold, 
or two feet thick with straw, and over this oqua i pa rts of wheat and oats will make the most wonderful cows and often wants Tbo product of tho April sown peas were 
should be placed a loose roof of boards, hens lay most eggs; and, with proper care, milk: is well supplied with newly invented alive with bugs, and to prevent them from* 
that will exclude the snow and rain, yet will they will continue to lay the entire winter, churns, and is furnished with butter nom a emigrating, fed them to my hogs, ihoso 
not prevent the access of air. “ For fattening, corn is tho best food, for passing market wagon, although occasional- sown i n Juno sold freely at two dollars per 
An ico pit of the size indicated, will con- either summer or winter. The best manner ly* Ike product ot Ins dairy enables inm to busbc l, and I could not supply tho demand; 
savs 'NesDitt. mere are iwu ui uuw juiuld <h micu ..—- aa luuou, mm . . . , > , 
worthy to be observed. The first is, that and as it costs nothing but a littlo labor, mixing in the summer with cold water, and mg tho ornamental with the useful, g person who the 
manv of these substances are soluble. Now one should be made on all farms where this i n the winter with warm water. They them crystal palaces with many curious de- from bugs was 
the common way of preparing farm yard luxury can be obtained. Others will doubt- should pick it off the ground, in winter as vices to induce liens to become perpe c diana Fa rmer. 
duno- every body is acquainted with ; a large less describe more elaborate and expensive, we u a s summer, and it is t 
mass of straw and excrement is allowed to as well as bettor structures, but somo may d ry spot, as under a shed, 
better to have a laying machines, and is lucky if he can eat 
than to shovel a few of his own eggs at a dollar apiece, do¬ 
ily spot is best.— pending for his family supply on his poor 
1 fed in this man- neighbors, who can at any time sell him an 
FALL PLOWING. 
away as if tho cleaner the straw, the better preferable to a side hill, but such a situation time. 
•7 5 -vt • , 1 _ iL .i_ miv ki.Aflinr onrl Vin ic hiflrmv T 
the manure. Now it so happens that every was chosen by my brother, and he is highly 
one of these substances carried away is the pleased with it.— C. H. Cleavcland in Alb. 
most valuable, in fact, only the insoluble Cultivator. 
and most worthless are left behind. A ----- 
quantity of dung thus exposed, will lose its Cows Worth Having. — Mr. D. E. Bil- 
In relation to “lice,” I answer grease; 
the application of which will utterly destroy 
them. Proceed as follows :—Procure any 
kind of oil, or preparo soft grease by heat¬ 
ing about milk-warm ; then take chicken by 
neighbors, who can at any time sell him an The following judicious remarks are from 
apron-full hurriedly collected from old sheds the Green Mountain Culturist: 
and rickety haymows. I have many times found fall p'°" in g 
Ho turns for relief to his fruit, as peren- beneficial, and many times injurious. On 
nial source of consolation, there being, at tenacious clay soils, which aro intended for 
least one element of unadultered enjoy- spring crops, I think it is always better to 
the curculio anticipates him in tasting his by turning them up just as tho ground is 
plums ; his poach orchard gives him a crop being frozen, may counterbalance what is 
or two, and then surrenders to the leaf-curl lost in other respects. _ • 
or tho yellows, and becomes poor fire-wood ; The great art in managing clay soils is to 
and after waiting for years, for tho rich har- keep them light and friable, anil this is ef- 
_____ $S9. The cows have had no other food hard grease should not be used, because it vest tr 
The Best Manure. _In the scope of my than pasture. Such cows would bring down makes tho feathers stiff, and the chicken stocks^ 
limited observation, in regard to manures, the price of butter so that printers might cold. I have had them so droop from this ^T^ betJeen a stringy turnip should bo laid*so as to lap one half, or they 
stable manure-the residuum of cattle and indulge occasionally .—Poughkeepsie Eagle, cause, as to be unable longer, to follow the J^Tthird rate notato_ G R Russell should bo laid in back furrows so that the 
tho offals of tho barn yard-aro decidedly ---mother, and m four hours after tho apph- and a thir d ra t e potato, o. it- „ at er will drain oft; as tho frost will not dis- 
the most reliable, and all that is necessary There is a mechanic now at work, mak- cation, they were as lively as crickets. J5ut t, otod agriculturist savs solve what is immorsed in water, or bound 
to provide it in abundance. To those who fog a font of stool type for tho New York without proper care they may return again : Mr. Bergen a up in ice. 
feed their animals well, there will alvyays be Sun. The type aro not moulded; and yet because, in many instances he mother, and that fud^of an excellent quality c I Jf u wigh to plow sward land in order 
a good return, for animals are chemical lo- the process is not more expensive. Should even tho roost will become lousy, and must g q * ’ ther mo d e within to have it rotted by spring, it should bo 
coinotives, that transform fodder into ma- he succeed, it will revolutionize the present be thoroughly cleansed; or, after cleansing P? a |* FromLhis sourco bethinks done in August, as it will not rot much by 
„„ re , and the better tho foddor, tho hotter method of ty pe iuahin g , ^£%J*aS££ P SSSSfe. fhe wXnTteWeVmSght rood «i,no. if done late in Autumn-net at 
tb ° ma n:.,.Krn„. _ GR0 ™e well plowed. U bettor than ^ - tarnish themselves within throe or four much as ..would .Ot remained till the grass 
Talkers aro no good doers. thrice poorly. But many do not think so. Economy itself is a groat income. years with a constant supply. • 1 ° 
years with a constant supply.’ 
