MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
FEB. 6. 
KEEPING ICE. 
Eds. Rural: —Although it does not at present 
look much like filling ice houses, yet, without 
doubt, before planting time, we shall have a chance 
to do so. To those who have not a regular ice 
house, I wish to say that it is a very easy thing to 
keep in a wagon-house or barn, as recommended in 
a former volume of the Rural. We have kept it 
for two seasons past in our wagon-house, taking up 
the floor in one corner and making what you 
might call a large bin, about nine feet square, ex¬ 
tending from the ground up to near the chamber 
floor but not quite, leaving room for a free circu¬ 
lation of air above the covering of the ice and the 
floor overhead. 
There was slope enough to the bottom for thor¬ 
ough drainage, which is an important matter, in 
my opinion, as well as the open space above. AN e 
placed in the bottom about a foot thickness of 
saw-dust and turner’s shavings, then some loose 
boards for the ice to rest upon, and piled it up in 
the centre, leaving a space all around of fifteen or 
sixteen inches between the ice and sides of the bin, 
until we had six two-liorse loads in, when we filled 
in the sides w'ith saw-dust and shavings from the 
planing mill, tramped it down solid, covered the 
ice well on top with same material, and had nothing 
more to do with it until we want to get it for use, 
which was a very easy matter, having of course 
left a door or opening from the wagon-house into 
the ice room. 
AVe found that to have a plenty of iceduringthe 
warm months was a great luxury the first year, and 
the next almost if not quite a necessity, using it 
in our dairy freely and in a great many ways about 
the house. In the field it is a great saving of time, 
as there will be no need of sending one of the boys 
after cool water several times a day while the men 
rest and tell fish stories. Some laborers object 
to using it as being injurious, but they will drink 
ardent spirits when obtainable, even to intoxica¬ 
tion, and have no fears at all about their health.— 
AVe think there is no iriore danger in drinking ice- 
water than water without. L. F. Crowell. 
Seneca Falls, N. V., 1858. 
L. F. ALLEN’S EARN, AND “STOOXING” CORN. 
Eds. Rural: —Please return my thanks — and I 
think all Ituraldom will join me in the request—to 
L. F. A. for his description and explanation in re¬ 
gard to his Stock and Hay Barn. If I had mistrust¬ 
ed that his scaffold was within “ nine feet of the 
floor,” I should not have suggested a permanent 
scaffold, as that is clearly out of the question.— 
“ The beams are 14 feet above the sills, which is 
the height of the inner posts”—see original descrip¬ 
tion—this led me to suppose that the scaffolds were 
some 14 or 15 feet above the floor, in which case 
permanent ones would not he so objectionable. 
Many thanks are also due for his polite invitation 
to “ help me through ,” but as I shall doubtless need 
some “help" to gel myself through, I respectfully 
decline the invitation. Neither should I consider 
it safe to trust my precious neck on any such clap¬ 
trap arrangement as his scaffold appears to be. 
Why, sir, before 1 would employ such a make-sliift 
as that because it is “cheaper," I would work nights 
to earn money to pay for squaring the said poles, 
then cover with good boards, and have a decent 
scaffold which would correspond with other things 
usually seen about the premises of L. F. A. Until 
I.sec the “beauty and utility” of his poles, I shall 
withhold that “cognovit from even my fastidious 
eye.” 
If we are in future to have such seasons as the 
past has been, I am free to admit it will he neces¬ 
sary to employ some more open method of setting 
our corn than that usually employed; but I think it 
makes but little difference what the height of the 
corn grown by W. A. may be, provided the base of 
the stook is in proportion. Doubtless W. A.’s corn 
was well put up, while his neighbor’s job was badly 
done, and in too small “stooks,” which is enough 
to account for so great a “windfall” as he describes. 
True, we cannot make as great “ triumphal arches” 
by twisting the tops of our “penny royal ” together, 
but if we ever run out of that excellent herb, we 
Will apply to our AV. A. friend, and he can doubt¬ 
less supply us with a substitute from some of those 
abandoned plantations in the “Old Dominion.” 
“ AA r ould it not be advisable for AA r . A. to stick to 
his “tall coni' and-; while Old Chautauque 
raises butter, cheese and “penny royal?" 
Jaauary, 1858. Chautauqur. 
CORN vs, ROOT CROPS. 
Your correspondent B., is right, that roots can¬ 
not compare with Indian corn, in either nutrition 
or economy in the labor of cultivation. But this 
is no argument that roots, to a certain extent, 
should not be grown by farmers as an economical 
food with which to help winter stock. Although 
there is but ten per cent, of dry matter in wurtzel 
or other beets, there can be no doubt but that a ra¬ 
tion of these roots fed with hay, is worth much 
more to the stomach of the animal, than its chem¬ 
ical analysis would indicate; for there can be no 
doubt that roots compel the digestion of the ulti- 
mates in the hay and straw, that would otherwise 
go off with the fames undigested. It is said that 
to alternate with oats in the feed of a horse, car¬ 
rots are worth as much as oats, yet 600 bushels of 
carrots may be grown on the acre required to grow 
60 bushels of oats. 
But although turnips have done so much for the 
agriculture of England where Indian corn cannot 
be perfected, so far as my experience and experi¬ 
ments extend, both ruta bagas and the flat turnip 
are very uncertain crops, and rarely medium, on 
the calcareous soils, and in the hot, dry climate of 
AVestern New York, I have had the bagas eat up 
with worms on a heavy soil, and burned up by the 
hot sun on a well manured calcareous sand; while 
beets, carrots, and parsnips never failed me on a 
heavy, well-drained, manured soil, be the season 
wet or dry. Yet on the granitic soils and high 
dairy regions where drouths are rare, turnips do 
better and beets worse; and on the sea coast where 
the sea fogs give humidity to the climate, and the 
bones of Menhaden fish give phosphoric acid to 
the soil; both spring and fall turnips succeed well; 
while wurtzel beets rarely attain the enormous size 
so common on the calcareous soils of AVestern 
New York. s. w. 
Waterloo, N. Y., Jan., 1858. 
BLOATED CATTLE. 
Eds. Rural :—Among the readers of the Rural, 
there are doubtless many who have had twenty, 
thirty and forty years experience as farmers, and in 
that time have accumulated treasures of informa¬ 
tion based upon that experience and observation. 
Some of this valuable knowledge, perhaps, has 
never appeared in print Now, brethren of agri¬ 
cultural pursuits, would it not be well for you to 
send these treasures to the Rural that we may all 
share in them. If any are unaccustomed to writ¬ 
ing, that is not a good excuse, for the editor has 
offered to put in proper shape and order what may 
need such revision. As example is better than 
precept, and likewise is useful to enforce precept, I 
will begin. 
I have for many years alternated wheat with 
clover, using plaster—consequently have had anx¬ 
iety and loss from bloat in cattle during the season 
in which the clover is succulent. I have observed 
that in the spring, when the cattle are first turned 
to pasture, if they are fed early in the morning 
with as much good bright hay as they incline to 
eat on that day, though they be turned into the 
most luxuriant clover pasture, no bloat ensues.— 
The cows will come to the yard at eve as full as 
ticks, but no tendency to bloat I have observed 
that after cattle have eaten clover for a few days in 
early spring their appetite for hay partially returns, 
and I avail myself of this fact to prevent bloat If 
it be desirable at any time to introduce a fresh 
creature, that has not been accustomed to clover, 
into such feed, it may safely be accomplished by 
inducing the animal to eat a quantity of hay. I 
have used brine on the hay for that purpose. 
Frequent experience has proven to me that salt¬ 
ing cattle when the clover is wet with dew or rain 
has a tendency to produce bloat— nay, is almost 
certain to produce it I salt freely twice or thi-ice a 
week, but select the driest* warmest part of the day 
for that purpose. AVhen bloat occurs, the most effi¬ 
cient remedy I have yet tried, in cases not too far 
gone, is to twist a rope of hay, insert it in the 
mouth of the animal, and tie it tight behind the 
horns, having first rubbed tar on that portion of the 
hay rope which occupies the creature’s mouth. 
I once had a fine two year old steer, that was so 
badly bloated before I found him, that I concluded 
he would die unless he had speedy relief. I stuck 
a knife into the stomach just forward of the hip, 
and inserted a large quill in the orifice; the steer 
recovered, and some months after I fatted him.— 
The beef was excellent except for an inch or two 
around the wound made by the knife,—there it was 
offensive to smell and taste, although externally 
the incision was closed and healed. 
Now if any young operator in clover and plaster 
should, in consequence of treasuring the informa¬ 
tion contained in this communication, save the life 
of a valuable animal, would he not have cause to be 
thankful for two things— 1st, that he is a reader’of 
the Rural, and 2d, that an old man penned his ex¬ 
perience? r. n. 
Milan, Erie Co., Ohio, 1858. 
EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF PIGEONS. 
Mr. Moore :—On Saturday, the 2Gtli of Decem¬ 
ber, witl/tlie thermometer at eight below freezing, 
large flocks of the wild pigeon passed from north 
to south tjuring the whole forenoon, and on the 28tli 
many flocks of the crow blackbird. Again, on the 
6 th of January, at about the same temperature, im¬ 
mensely large flocks passed in the direction south¬ 
east The lateness of the season for these migra¬ 
tory birds; two months later than their usual dis¬ 
appearance, is an instance unobserved and unknown 
to me for the last fifty years. AVliat augury the 
weatlierwise can draw from these facts, I am unable 
to divine. It is probably as legitimate a source of 
prophecy, as the husks of corn, or the melt of hogs. 
It is difficult to conjecture from whence they 
came—unless from Dr. Kane’s trans-boreal regions 
—or how they have subsisted for the last two 
months, particularly during the cold and snowy last 
weeks in November. 
Allowing them to fly at the rate of 60 miles an 
hour, and that 1,000 miles southing from here would 
be required to bring them to a congenial warmth 
of climate, they would need, at least two entire 
days to reach that point, flying from sun to sun, to 
which add the great distance from where they 
started, and it would seem to indicate an endurance 
of abstinence from food, beyond the precincts of 
our knowledge. L. B. Manly. 
Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan., 1858. 
KANSAS VEGETABLES. 
Eds. Rural: —Last June when I planted potatoes 
my seed cost me $3 per bushel. I bought three 
pecks of seed and a neighbor of mine one and a 
half bushels. AVe planted in the same field, (an old 
Indian clearing,) which had probably been under 
the plow and without manure for many successive 
years, probably ten or fifteen. If there was any 
difference in the quality of the ground it was in 
his favor. AYitli his six pecks he planted twenty 
rods of ground, and with my three pecks I planted 
fifty-five rods of ground; that is, he at the rate of 
twelve bushels to the acre, and I at the rate of two 
and a quarter to the acre. When we dug our po¬ 
tatoes he took out thirteen and a half bushels only 
of a good fair quality, but nothing more. I took 
out forty-five bushels of the largest and finest look¬ 
ing potatoes which I ever had the pleasure to raise. 
My culture was nothing more than good clean cul¬ 
tivation, with no manure or other appliance what-! 
ever. AYitli the same cultivation as the foregoing, 
but on a better quality of soil, I planted one mam¬ 
moth white potato from which I dug two and a 
half bushels, good plump measure of large pota¬ 
toes, one of which weighed two and a half pounds 
and several two pounds or more. 
I have raised beets of ten pounds weight. Sugar 
Cane fourteen feet and three inches in length. I 
planted Sugar Cane, Dent corn and pole beans, 
each on the first of July, and each were ripe on 
the 15th of October at the time of our first au¬ 
tumnal frost. AA r . Beckwith. 
Quindaro, K. T., Dec., 1867. 
Good Pigs and Good Prices.—A neighbor, Mr. 
Champlain AA r iLi.cox, killed a hog last Dec., 19 
months old, that weighed 530 fts. He also raised a 
litter of pigs last May numbering 10, of which he 
sold eight at four weeks old, and two at eight weeks, 
for $24 25.—J. T. T., Lebanon, Mad. Co., N. Y. 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
The Premium Mower. —AVhose "Single Mower” 
drew the first prize, as such, at the Syracuse Trial 
last summer? If the decision of the Committee 
on Single Mowers was ever published, it has escaped 
my notice, hence, the above inquiry.— Inquirer. 
Remarks. —AVe published the awards in full, in 
our last number. 
Lice on Calves, Ac.—(Inquirer, Brookland, Pa.) 
—Lard, or any kind of grease put on the parts 
where lice most congregate, will destroy them.— 
Dry snuff will cause them to sneeze themselves to 
death. Fine, dry earth will get in their eyes and 
mouths, and annoy them so much that they will be 
glad to leave. 
Book on the Hog. —Will you please state what, 
in your opinion, is the best work on the raising of 
Hogs; where and of whom it can be had, and at 
what price?—A Subscriber, Durant, Cedar Co., Ia. 
Remarks. —A. O. Moore, of New York city, pub¬ 
lishes a very good little work on the Hog, by Rich¬ 
ardson, for 25 cents; and a larger book, by You- 
att & Martin, for 75 cents. 
Young America Corn Sheller. — I wish you to 
inform me where the Young America Com Sheller, 
advertised in the Rural can be obtained, as a hard¬ 
ware merchant in Hudson wishes to purchase 
some?—L. T., Hudson, Mich., Jan., 1858. 
Remarks. —The proprietor of this Corn Sheller, 
we believe, is selling town and county rights to 
merchants and manufacturers, does not make the 
machine for sale. Your merchant may be able to 
purchase the right to manufacture or sell, other¬ 
wise, we suppose he will not be able to get the 
machine. Those who own territory and do not 
wish to manufacture themselves, can make arrange¬ 
ments to have them here or elsewhere. Badger, 
Acker & Co., of this city, we understand are ma¬ 
king a good many. 
Best Grass for the Prairies. —AVill you be 
kind enough to inform me through the Rural the 
best grass with which to stock our prairie land?— 
I have tried Clover and Timothy, but neither seem 
to flourish as in AA r estern New York. AVould the 
Kentucky Blue Grass be preferable? In answering 
this you will confer a favor on many fellow Rural- 
ists.—J. O. A. B., Morrison, III., Jan., 1858. 
Remarks. —AVe have seen the Kentucky Blue 
Grass doing finely on the prairies. Some of our 
prairie readers will please give their experience on 
this point. Experience is the true guide, and we 
have such an extended circle of Rural readers 
that it is not difficult to obtain the opinions of prac¬ 
tical men on any question. Another correspon¬ 
dent of Fox Lake, AVisconsin, wants to know the best 
grass for the meadow lands of that State. For the 
present we leave these questions with our readers. 
Canada Thistles. —In a late number of the Ru¬ 
ral I noticed some remarks on the best mode to 
rid ourselves of Canada Thistles. You recommend 
good culture as most effectual. I recently had a 
field pointed out to Vya by one of our oldest re¬ 
spectable citizens, as hfteig been under actual cul¬ 
tivation without faaviifcj been lain down to grass 
(until the present year) for 40 years in succession, 
and yet this field contains more thistles to the acre 
than any other in the neighborhood. AA r ould not 
not mowing the thistle when the stock is hollow, 
say while in blossom, be more effectual? I had 
mine cut in this way last summer, and in the fall I 
noticed most of the stumps were completely dead, 
and by taking hold of them, the root could easily 
be extracted, several inches below the surface in a 
state of decomposition. If those roots that extend 
far into the ground are rotten also, mowing them 
would at least be beneficial, but if these lateral 
shoots do not die, but sprout on the opening of 
spring, then it will be of little avail.— Alfred P. 
Foster, West Brighton, Monroe Co., N. Y., 1858. 
Remarks. —Mowing, when the principal strength 
of the plant is in the top, for the formation of flow¬ 
ers and seed is of great advantage, and if persevered 
in, will no doubt effect their destruction. AVe have 
rooted out Canada thistles by thorough cultivation, 
and think there must have been some mismanage¬ 
ment about this land that abounds in thistles after 
forty years cultivation. Perhaps it has been in 
grain a good share of the time, where the plants 
could ripen and scatter more seed in one season 
than would be likely to be destroyed in half-a-dozen. 
Sorghum, Ac.—A llow me to ask through your 
columns a few questions concerning the Sorghum. 
Although out of season, we can treasure up all the 
information obtained until next summer. 
1. Has any person succeeded in graining any 
considerable quantity of sugar from this cane, and 
does anybody know whether sugar can profitably 
be made from it? 
2. \A r hy cannot the same processes be applied for 
manufacturing syrup, and perhaps sugar, as are 
made use of at the South ? 
3 . I have been told by persons who have lived in 
Louisiana, that the method there employed for get¬ 
ting rid of the impurities of the syrup, was to 
expose it to the sun in vats; and as the impurities, 
among which is what one of your correspondents 
called a “disagreeable vegetable paste,” worked to 
the top, they were skimmed off, and the syrup 
drawn out through the bottom of the vat. Has any 
person tried this with their sorghum syrup? 
4. Should we take for granted Mr. Belcher’s 
declaration, that our cane will not make sugar,— 
considering that he is so deeply interested in fur¬ 
nishing us with sugar and molasses from the 
refinery? 
Crops have turned out well the last season, corn 
especially; and were it not for the reason that many 
“ Yankees”—who raise two acres or less of corn to 
the man — would doubt my word, I would tell you 
how much I produced with two horses and one 
hand besides myself. Let me say, however, that if 
there are plenty of good working young men in 
York State to spare, they can have good chances to 
work in Illinois and get well paid for it— Illinois, 
Crane Lake, Mason Co., 1858. 
Remarks.— If “Illinois” will refer to article on 
“ Jumping at Conclusions—Sugar Cane, Ac.,” first 
page of present issue, he will find answer to some 
of his queries. The remainder we leave for the 
consideration of our correspondents. 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
Kentucky Ag. Society. —The Kentucky State 
Agricultural and Mechanical Association met at 
Frankfort on the 13th inst. The following is an 
Two Good Town Ag. Societies.—L ast week we 
abstract of the Treasurer’s rcport:-Total receipts had the Pleasure of attending the annual meetings 
during the year 1857 from all sources $8,475 75; of two most s P irited and Progressive Town Ag. 
Expenses same period $6,391 95; leaving a balance Societies-that of Hartland on the 26th, and Som- 
of $2,083 80; silver premiums on hand $405; bal- erset the da Y following. Though the weather was 
ance on hand at close of second year $2,488 80— unfavorable, and the roads in a worse condition 
After the reading of the Treasurer's statement, the tban for months or > ears before - both meetings 
Society went into the election of officers for the were remarkably well attended-the largest church 
year 1858, with the following results, viz:— Presi¬ 
dent — Brutus J. Clay, Bourbon Co. Vice-Presi- 
in each place being occupied—evincing that the 
members and friends of the Societies are not fair 
dents- R- A. Alexander, J. A. Tomlinson, Robert weatber and sm ° oth road advocates of improve- 
Browder. Secretary -. Treasurer — J. AV. 
Tate. Directors —Lucius Desha, Harrison Thomp- 
menfi If the address announced for each occa¬ 
sion, and delivered, had any influehce in augment- 
son, Laban J. Bradford, G. Mallory, AV. A. Cooke, in 8 the alteDdance ’ we should perhaps acknowledge 
S. T. Drane, J. M. Sharp, J. S. Jackson, G. M. Priest tbe compUmentj-but if, as we have some reason 
to believe from the attentive and appreciative man- 
, , , r .. r nerof the audiences, the remarks suggested thought 
Iowa Ao. Soc.ETT._The Anneal Meet,ng of cona „ ciicto „„„ and Mental Improve- 
the Slate Ag. Society of low. waa^hcld at D* „ „„ more grttilM „, th the rc . 
Moines on the 13th ult The officers for the en- ’ ^ 
suing year are:— President —Dr. Jessie Bowen, su ' . . 
' our visi 
Iowa City. Vice-President —Z. J. Fisher Oskaloosa. y 
Secretary —J. II. AVallacc. Treasurer —Robert See- tj 0 ns 
vers, Oskaloosa. The next State Fair will be held j? jcndg 
at Oskaloosa. A resolution was offered recom- q-i ic 
mending the Legislature to make an appropriation . 
for a State Agricultural Bureau, and a model farm. TKFDGK 
The matter was referred to the Board of Managers _j ^ ' 
of the Society. nir ' ,V 
suit. Be that as it may, we were much pleased with 
our visit to the fine sections named—gratified with 
much that we saw and heard—and are under obli¬ 
gations for the attention and hospitality of various 
The Hartland Society elected officers for the 
ensuing year as follows:— President — Abner Kit- 
tredge. Vice-Pres'l —Sylvester G. Root Secretary 
—J. C. Deuel. Treasurer —Peter Culver; and six 
Directors. 
The Somerset Society elected the following 
Board:— President —D. P. AVing. Vice-Pres't —Guy 
The Royal Hawaiian Ag. Society. —This So- ^ 
ciety, under the dominion of the King of the Board -.-Presideni-D. P. AVing. Vice-Pres't- Guy 
Sandwich Islands, held its annual meeting in Octo- Humphrey. Secretary Lorin Church. Treas- 
ber. The President, J. F. B. Marshall, Esq., read ^er-G. J. Bangum; and six Directors, 
the Report of the Managers for the preceding year. ** 
Many new plants and seeds had been introduced Agricultural Implements. - Stressful Com- 
J 1 _jti ■ _ 1)t/itt I llnovonv A /vviouUnval Ten. 
and distributed. The resources of the Society Petition.- Mr. Richard Hornsby, Agricultural En- 
were reported at about $3,800, though the subscrip- 8 ineer - of Spittlegate AVorks, Grantham, Lincoln- 
tions of members were decreasing. Mr. M,. in con- shire - E "g land - ba « received, for improvements in 
, . , , . , ,, ..... agricultural implements, during the last nine years, 
elusion, delivered a very interesting address on h 1 . 
/ b about two hundred money prizes, amounting, m 
the present condition and prospects of the Islands. neflr ly eight thousand dollars, besides 
His Excellency, R. C. AVyllie, was chosen Presi- ' aiue ’ 10 ,7 ,_ m04lol 
, „ , •” . ’ twenty-one gold, silver and bronze medal prizes.— 
dent for the new year and among the Vice-I resi- /. ]nde the Great Council medal at the Ex¬ 
dents is the name of His Royal Highness, Prince of the Indust of all Natio ns, London 
Kamehameha. The new Managers were instruct- Grand Mcda i 0 f Honor, at the Universal 
ed to petition the government for an act of in- at Paria> 1855; three gold me dals at 
corporation. ^ the Universal Agricultural Exposition at Paris, 
WESTCHESTER eo-AG^D Hort. Soc.ETY.-At 1856; the gold medal at the Imperial Royal Agri- 
the late annual meeting, officers for 1858 were cultural Society of Austna, at Vienna .o<, an 
elected:— President — R. Mott Underhill, York- ^ S°' d ™ edal at the Agricultural and Ilort.cul- 
town. Vice-Presidents — John Jay AVood, Bedford; t uial Society of Gers, at Condom, 1857. 
Richard D. Tallcott, Cortlandt; Lancaster Under- 
hill, East Chester; Philip R. Paulding, Greenburgh; The Czar's Stables. -The cavalry stables of 
Kamehameha. The new Managers were instruct¬ 
ed to petition the government for an act of in¬ 
corporation. 
hill, East Chester; Philip R. Paulding, Greenburgh; The Czar's Stables. -The cavalry stables of 
David Anderson, Harrison; Edward Lawrence, the Emperor of Russia are t le won er an as on 
Lewisboro’; Gilbert M. Purdy, Mount Pleasant; A. ishment of those who have obtained admission to 
P. Cummings, Mamaroneck; Robert H. Elton, Mor- them. The enclosure of stone walls and iron 
risania; John Y. Haight, New Castle; Charles Pur- frames covers an area of ten miles in length by 
dy, North Castle; James R. Howe, North Salem; S. five in width - The stalls a ' e twdve feet square 
S Leland, New Rochelle; Jesse Rider, Ossining; each, while in the centre of this vast building is 
G. AV. Mather, Pelham; Alsop II. Lockwood, Pound- a » aiena wbere an ^ of dve th ® u8and bead °. f 
ridge; Daniel Menite, Rye; George AVillete, Scars- the finest horses in the wortd are broken trained 
dak; Benj. F. Camp, Somers; Carlton Ferris, AVest and exercised daily by another army of the most 
’ i , ’ ... , skillful trainers, jockeys, &c., in the Emperor’s 
Chester: Daniel Dusenbury, AVhite Plains; Edward J ’ , 
^ , ’ „ T _ t tt , VI dominions. By an imperial decree, sales are per- 
O. Fatlc, West I aims; James DusentatJ, Voalmrs; “ 
Elta, Q. Tompk.nJ Yorklom, .we— Btablc ,. 
John Cowan, AVhite! Plains. Cor. Secretary —Col. _ 
Daniel K. Sherwood, Sing Sing. Treasurer — Jas. Rfl()Tg F0R Milk Cows. 
Armstrong, AVhite Plains. , , H Byingt0Ni 0 f Norw 
Daniel k. Sherwood, Sing bin 0 . ireasurer a as. r oots F or Milk Cows. —A Connecticut farmer 
Armstrong, AVhite Plains. ^ jL Byington, of Norwalk,) gives the following 
( statement of the comparative value of different 
Seneca Co. Ag. Society. On the 21st ult., the rootg ag w j n t er f ood f 0 r cows, drawn from careful 
following officers were elected for the ensuing ex p ei .j men t. Carrots promote the richest milk.— 
year:— President — Orange AV. AVii.kinson, A arick. g U g ar beets are next best; potatoes follow, and tur- 
Secrelary —Clias. Sentell, Waterloo. Treasurer n jps class last in product, as to quality, but first as 
John D. Coe, Lodi. Two new Directors were also q 0 quantity. In arriving at these conclusions they 
chosen—John A r . Grove, Ovid, and Lyman I . Cro- were f ed p 0und for pound. He considers carrots 
well, Seneca Falls. The old directors still in office ag Best f or graaB families when they desire but 
are Henry Hoster, Fayette; J. AVright, AVaterloo; a Bma n quantity of milk, but of richest quality and 
O. Soutliwick, Junius; Ira Johnson, AVaterloo. 
a fat, sleek looking cow. Turnips are best for those 
who sell milk, and desire to produce the greatest 
Rensselaer Co. Ag. Society.— The next Annual 
Fair will be held on the 14th, 15th and 16th of Sep- 1 --— 
tember. The following are officers for the ensuing Maryland Ag. College.— The Committee of the 
year:_ President — John H. AVillard, Troy. Vice- Maryland State Ag. Society, charged with the duty 
Presidents —Henry AVarren, Geo. Vail, Hugh Ran- of procuring a site for the contemplated Agricul- 
ldn, Benj. Starbuck, Troy; H. AV. Knickerbocker, tural College, assembled at the rooms of the Socie- 
Lansingburgh. Secretary —William Hagen. Treas- ty on the 20th ult, and after considerable debate, 
vrer _a. A'an Tuyl. fixed upon a location in Prince George’s Co., a few 
_- miles from Washington City. It is represented to 
Steuben Co. Ag. Society.— At tbe Annual Meet- be a fine situation, occupying an elevated position 
ing of the Society, held in Corning on the 13tli and W ell adapted to the purpose for which it is se- 
ulk, the following named gentlemen were elected lected. As soon as the purchase is completed, the 
officers for the ensuing year:— President — Lyman necessary steps will be taken for the erection of 
Balcom. Vice-Presidents— D. Gray, T. M. Young- such buildings as will be required for the students, 
love, Chas. Cass, John AV. AVhiting, AA r m. Healy, imd such other improvements as will be necessary 
Harvey Bissell. Treasurer —Reuben Robie. Secre- f or the agricultural department 
tary —Robt. M. Lyon. 
---- AVhat Manure will Do.—In speaking of ma- 
Genesee Co. Ag. Society. —At the Annual Meet- nures and their almost re-creative power on worn 
inu of the Genesee Co. Ag. Society, held at Batavia out lands, the Granite Farmer says:—“No matter 
on Tuesday, Jan. 11th, the following officers were where or how our farms lie, or how good the soil 
elected for the year 1858:— President— John F. may have been naturally, if fertility is now want- 
Plato, Batavia. Vice-Presidents —Charles Kendall, i ngj we shall possess a skeleton without the muscles 
Bethany; Nelson Parker, Elba. IVeasurer —Henry 0 r organs essential to a vigorous life; a store-house 
T. Cross, Batavia. Board of Managers —C. K. AVard, with the goods sold out; a manufactory without 
Pavilion; J. Gridley, Bergen. machinery or materials. Manures, properly ap- 
__ plied, will clothe these bones with flesh; fill that 
Otsego Co Ag. Society. —The officers elected exhausted store; make that manufactory once more 
for 1858, are as follows :—President — Alfred active and profitable.” 
Clarke, Springfield. Vice-President —J onali Davis, 
Morris. Secretary — Charles J. Stillman, Otsego. 
Treasurer _G. Pomeroy Keese, Otsego. Direc- 
Wintering Horses.— An eastern farmer winters 
his horses, (as related in the Conn. State Transac¬ 
tions,) with cut hay and carrots. In the morning 
to s Zed for three years — Francis M. Rotch, tions,) with cut hay and carrots In the morning 
tors eieciea j j eac h horse receives six or eight quarts of carrots, 
Morris; and G » ' ‘ ‘ with half a bushel of cut hay; at night he has the 
^ same quantity of hay mixed with three quarts of 
Greene Co. Ag. Society. Officers for lb b. prov ender, consisting of oats and corn in the ear 
President — Lewis Sherrill. Mce-Presulenl Cjius ^ round t 0 g e Hier. This keeps them in fine work- 
Greene Co. Ag. Society.— Officers for 1858:— endei 
President— Lewis Sherrill. Vice-President —Cyrus ^ 
Field. Secretary — Horatio L. Day. Treasurer— ? der 
Addison P. Jones. Directors — Edward Johnson 
and Luke Roe, for 3 years. Churni 
and Luke Roe, for 3 years. Churning Milk. —It is stated, as found from 
_-- trial of both systems, that more and better butter 
Victory Ag. Society. —The following named ca n be produced from churning all the milk, than 
persons were chosen officers of the “A’ictory Ag. f rom churning the cream, only. Another advau- 
Society” for 1858: — President — H. fe. Harris. 
tage is stated to be, that the butter-milk churned 
Presidents —James P. Smith, Peter Heldebrant, Sam- f rom m ilk just turned, is better for promoting the 
uei Anthony, Ephriam Cummings, Jas. Drummond. gr0 wth of hogs, or even calves, than skimmed 
Secretary _ Isaac Lockwood. Treasurer —Joseph sweet milk. How does this accord with the ex- 
Rumsey, Jr. Executive Committee — B. B. AVilley, perience of our dairying subscribers. 
Joseph Eldridge, Smith Benedict --' 
_^- Aid to the Kentucky Ag. Society.— The House 
Clinton County Ag. Society. — Officers for 0 f Representatives of the Kentucky Legislature 
1858_ Presi dent —J. H. Sanborn, Plattsburgh. Sec- bas passed, by a vote of 52 to 45, the bill contin- 
retary _John L. Stetson, Plattsburgh. Treasurer— u i ng f or two years the appropriation of $5,000 to 
Edwin Benedict, Plattsburgh. Ten Vice-Presidents. tbe State Agricultural Society. 
