MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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tumis wanting at the lower part, and the two nostrils “WILL ROOTS PAY?” INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
are, as it were, thrown into one; the frontal sinuses - (- 
connect with the nasal, thus forming a continuous I SKE that two of your correspondents have Telegkapii Corn Planter. — I should like to 
cavity from the muzzle to the horn, and from one opened quite strongly on the negative of this know where those Telegraphic Corn Planters can 
muzzle to the other. In polled cattle the frontal question. I take the affirmative—at least, till our he got, and the price.—A. V. G., Mt. Eaton, Wayne 
bone holds the same situation—reaching from the markets are better supplied than at present Ohio. 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
N, Y. STATE AGRICUXTTTEAL SOCIETY. 
The Annual Meeting of this Society convened 
in the Assembly Chamber, Albany, on the 10th inst 
—Hon. A. S. L'i-uam, President, in the chair. Gov. 
nasal bones to the parietal ridge—but as they were Root culture, like fruit culture, does not keep Remarks. H. Ingraham, of Naples, N. Y., who king, and Hon. Mr.' Wilder, Ex-President of the 
not designed for the base of horns, they narrow off pace with the demand—so roots bring in market * s ^ ie inventor, will give you the desired informa- 
towards the poll. much more than it costs to raise them—and, per- tion. _ 
The temporal bones in cattle are small, deep in haps much more than they are worth to feed to Coal Ashes. _Friend Rural, will you or some 
the temporal fossa and destitute of the squamous stock, unless it be, as one of the gentlemen on the 0 f your kind readers inform me through the Rural 
suture. The occipital bone is, in the ox, deprived negative has suggested, “for medicine!” whether coal ashes is good to put on a garden of a 
of almost all the importance attached to it in the On the basis of nutritive value assumed by “P.,” gand y soil or not?_D. Commen, Mich. 1858. 
conformation of the horse. The sphenoid and elh- carrots would be more profitable to raise in this Remarks.— Coal ashes would produce as much 
mold bones arc in the same relative position. region, than corn. We can raise enough more than benefit mechanically as wood ashes. Whether 
U. S. Ag. Society, were present, and by invitation 
took seats upon the platform with the President, 
Mr. Secretary Johnson read the Treasurer’s re- 
. * ... - , r.wu.u ii.uuuw as muou Mccuuve oommuiee, wmcn emoouieu a review of 
mold bones arc m the same relative position. region, than corn. W e can raise enough more than benefit mechanically as wood ashes. Whether the leading topics of interest to the farmer. The 
*'*"•- ten times the quantity, to pay for the extra labor they would pay for the trouble of applying is a Report was adopted. 
POTATOES ON CLOVER SOD. required for the carrots. question to be decided by experiments. Elmira TTtiea. Svmrnw orw . 
But a writer in a recent Rural, in trying to show --——— . “ ,ra > Utica, Syracuse, Oswego, Auburn and 
It has been said by one of our best scientific that potatoes are a more profitable crop than wheal, Chufas, or Earth Almonds. —Do you think it I 3 l “Khamton, ueie seveiallj named as places to 
agriculturists, that “no plant enriches the soil so ranks the nutritive value of the tuber nearly equal worth while to grow this tuber or not, purchasing .° ! c next an of 1 ie Societ N- After some 
much for potatoes as red clover.” I think practi- to the grain. Now, I believe carrots will as nearly the seed at the present prices; and are they good lscl,s ^ lon the mattei n\ as, a.> usual, referred to a 
cal agriculture proves this,—and that a clover sod equal com, as potatoes will wheat, in the compara- eating when grown, in your opinion?—H., Niagara ° minittee °. n l° cati °n of l air and nomination of 
when reversed by the plow, forms the best seed- tive value of food for man or beast. Co., N. Y. ^ dicers—which Committee subsequently reported 
bed for a good crop of potatoes which can con- One farmer in our town, has taken carrrots from Remarks.—T he nuts are tolerably good, and so bY ? lACl ’ SE 33 P lace <or holding the next State 
veniently be given. Many join in this opinion, and niy premises before they were housed, at twenty- are beech nuts, but both are too small for eating.— 1 air ’ and nom hiat,ed the following list of Officers: 
I was not suprised to see in your added remarks to three cents per bushel, when corn was worth seven- Their value for feeding in this country remains to J or P resi dent—H on. Wm. T. McCoun,* of Queens Co. 
a recent communication in the Rural, that you ty-five, and good hay could be bought at seven be proven. Small experiments can be made at P ' h c f c ‘"^ndt^Hu°h WhHe mTr* S ‘i 
dissented from the course recommended, of fall dollars per tun, (sixty pounds for twenty cents,) to very little expense and trouble. These new things cis M. Rotcb, Wm. Jolmson^Bdgar c Nibble ’ ***' 
plowing and breaking up of the sod, or waiting for fecd his _ st °ck with. Another brought me corn, in should have a fair trial and be neither recommend- Corresponding Secretary-B.P. Johnson, 
it to become thoroughly rotten before planting. ^ ie ear > i * 1 the spring, and took carrots, bushel for ed nor condemned hastily. Recording Secretary —E. Corning, Jr. 
Let me here state a plan of growing potatoes, bushel, to feed his horses. “ Treasurer —Luther H. Tucker, 
tested by long experience, and at once easy, cheap, I can pay interest on land, and taxes, within the eeding oiltry. * 1 a he m 3 iens so that Executive Committee G. J. J. Barber, James Ellis, Alric 
and successful. My potatoes and corn are gene- corporation of Attica village, and raise carrots [ “C- v liave corn before them at all times; or is it Hubbell, Walter Aikenhead, James O. Sheldon, 
rally both planted in one field, and with the same for ten cents per bushel, one season with another. e er 0 glve tbeni , at they wlU eat <mce or twice The report was adopted, and the officers duly 
manuring and preparation. I take a good clover On cheaper land, exempt from corporation taxes, a ee( ^ ier “ e ^ e, » m °rning what the} elected. 
sod, on a loamy soil, and apply from twenty to 1 tllink farmers generally can produce them for eat hetore noon, and they lay abundantly.—B., [ At a subsequent meeting of the new Board of 
thirty loads of barn-yard manure—leaving it in from four to eight cents, and pay all charges. ^ 1 1 . # Officers, Syracuse was selected as the place for hold- 
heaps as drawn out, and spreading when ready to “P.” finds trouble in keeping them. Build, in *emark^. i gooi feeding t\Mce a day, moining ing the next Annual Fair of the Society, and the 
plow under. Plow from six to eight inches deep, the cellar of the barn, cribs, such as you would use an f ® 0 ”?. 18 a 8 ood wa y of feeding. If you had a 5th, Oth, 7th and 8 th of October were designated 
a few days before planting, seeking to do good for corn, and I think they will keep well. A slight ^ 0( ? Ce ir * & 10 Pper, so as to veep the feed clean, as the days of the exhibition, j 
work and to cover all the manure perfectly. The freeze will not hurt them. A little sand, scattered an I )r< ^ eu was e, t iere wou ( ;e no objection to A resolution was passed recommending the Ex¬ 
ground is then well harrowed, first lengthwise the in among them, will tend to keep them fresh. eepmg 1 )Q <)1( * * em a times. \e ha\e tried ecutive Committee to so change the Premium List 
farrows, and then across, to give a mellow surface I have spoken only of carrots, as this root is at f ° 1 au prt u tic attar 1* an ln winter, the as to gi ve a volume of the Society’s Transactions 
soil, so that planting may be done well and rapidly. once the best, the surest and the most prolific crop. ' , mer m sammer ’ " 1( ' n e 3 can ai m ieir to every person making a creditable exhibition at 
Tbn fioLl la ILnn morl-ol inlt, rnnrc n.itV, „ _ 1 .._ _j n___ OWU SUppOrt. thfi State Fair. fTllis is il wico an/1 
plowing and breaking up of tlie sod, or waiting for 
it to become thoroughly rotten before planting. 
Let me here state a plan of growing potatoes, 
tested by long experience, and at once easy, cheap, 
and successful. My potatoes and corn are gene¬ 
rally both planted in one field, and with the same 
manuring and preparation. I take a good clover 
For President— Hon. Wm. T. McCoun,* of Queens Co. 
Vice-Presidents —Edward G. Fade, Charles S. Wain- 
wright, Herman Wendell, Hugh White, Joel Ferrel, Fran¬ 
cis M. Rotcb, Wm. Johnson, Edgar C. Dibble. 
Corresponding Secretary— B. P. Johnson. 
Recording Secretary —E. Corning, Jr. 
Treasurer —Luther H. Tucker. 
Executive Committee —G. J. J. Barber, James Ellis, Alric 
The report was adopted, and the officers duly 
elected. 
[At a subsequent meeting of the new Board of 
Officers, Syracuse was selected as the place for hold- 
A resolution was passed recommending the Ex¬ 
ecutive Committee to so change the Premium List 
as to give a volume of the Society’s Transactions 
The field is then marked into rows with a But to supply our city and village markets, every 11 -- l ** e Fair * [This > s a wise and salutary meas- 
“ marker” which does up three rows at a time, three kind of edible “root” will pay well, as those who Guano. —I would like to inquire if any of your ure > as it will secure the distribution of a large 
and one half feet apart and then across with the try it will know. numerous subscribers have experimented with number of volumes among those by whom they 
same implement, so that the hills (of both crops) As to the “medicine” for stock, I like the idea— guano on winter grain. If so, what were the re- will be appreciated.] 
are three and one half feet distant from each other, but have no fear of its bad effects in Allopathic sulte ? Will it cause grass seed to take better on The Winter Exhibition of the Society 
For varieties with dwarfish vines, this gives more doses. My cow is not harmed by a half bushel a hght so ^’ When the best time to apply, and how in the Agricultural Rooms on Thursday, 
room than is needed—these might be planted nearer day. It “ doeth good, like a medicine,” as Solomon niuch per acre? Will it benefit the succeeding lotving is tlie list of Premiums Awarded: 
one way of the rows. Drills I do not like—though says of a merry heart, and as I think all“medi- cr °P’—0. P., South Cairo, Green Co., N. Y. ox farms. 
where one plows in the seed and plows out the po- cines,” we take, should do. ** l. s. ** Remarks. —Those of our readers who have tested R J Swan ’ RoseIlin ’ I ‘' a > ettc ' Soncc AC 
tatoes, it is most convenient But, planting in the Attica, N. Y., Feb., 1858. this matter will please give the results. There is Zadock Pratt, Pratusviiie Green Coum 
The Winter Exhibition of the Society was open 
in the Agricultural Rooms on Thursday. The fol- 
tatoes, it is most convenient But, planting in the 
cornfield, and varieties with large vines, the dis¬ 
tance above named, is the best, and can go through 
the whole length of the field with the cultivator 
at once. 
As to the seed—cut medium sized potatoes, two 
REMARKS. —Those of our readers who have tested Grain Tarm— R. J. Swan, Rose Hill, Fayette, Seneca County, Plate, 
this matter will please give the results. There is "1" W^dock Pratt, Prattville, Green County, Honorary 
no doubt but guano will benefit the wheat crop, or Wploma of the Society. 
Winter grain; the only question IS at what price Best Crep Spring Wheat, E. C. Bliss, Westfield, Chantauque Co., 
STOCKING CORN. 
Messrs. Ens.:—Tn looking over the Rural of 
January 2d, I noticed an article under the above 
on trying the experiment. 
bis stooks at the top. Your correspondent, Mr. be looked for the second year. 
The culture usually given is to pass through each “ Chautauque,” ties four bills at the top as stays to 
. . . ... ,, , , . „ . , the stooks, &c. And there are those who use the 
way, twice in a row, with tlie horse-hoe, and finish 
hilling with the band implement Sometimes I 
Mustard as a Fertilizer. — In England the 
rope and crank, and, after drawing the stook 
hoe twice, but of late jea™ hoe but once, at the toother, tlewith straw or haytopes. Nowlthink •-prove the condition of and. If a crop of it 
time when the plants are large enough to bear hill- «|at I can tell Mr. W. A. how he can dispense with turned under .a equal to clover m enrich,ng the 
,, , ,ii his ladder, or Mr. C., or anybody else—even if they soil, there are two or three advantages in its use. $h Ai do W Ncwc 
nig all that is necessary. On a clover sod well , ’ ’ J J , , , . ,, ° Conradt,$l. Bestb 
, . . ,. , , , ,, , . . raise the “penny-royal” vanetv, or the creeper *' vo crops might be plowed ip the same season, 
plowed immediately before planting, once hoc,„g co „_how to atook it lately without lad- Again the seed would cost lias; and third, the foul „ rre „, h 
will keep down flic weeds „„„l the potato vines ■ ,her support or hinders.- <m* we are liable to get in clover might he avoid- »A. w XW*. k 
arc large enough to cover the whole surface If ' ' ; ' ' > a ed. I would like to hear from some one who has &££ SSSt 
the ground is inclined to be weedy, it should be ... , . . „ j ?. . 8 “ , tn. a 1 ? , ,r , „ , vine, Rensselaer Ca, 
!; 2d do., W. Newcomb, Johnsonville, Rens. Go., $2; 8d do., David 
mradt, $1. Best bushel White Com, David Conradt, 
DAIRY PRODDCTS, 
Best Three Tubs Butter, S. W. Case, Oswego, Cup valued at $15; 
seeds we are liable to get in clover might be avoid- A. M. Haight, New Lebanon, Columbia Co., cup valued at $J( 1 ; 
j t j ..._. ,_ - , 3d, J. S. llollieit, Chemung, Chemung Co., $5. Winter Butter, E 
ed. I would like to hear from some one who has Merriam, l.eyden, Lewie Col, $5; 2d, Mrs. ivm. Newcomb, Johnson- 
harrowed over, just as the young plants appear, with 
a light harrow—this will be found of great benefit, 
and but very few hills will be displaced. 
Before hilling I always give each hill a spoonful 
or so of plaster, and know it pays well to do so.— 
My crops are as good and as free from rot as those 
of the best neighboring farmers. b. 
Niagara Co., Feb., 1858. 
EXCITEMENT ON THE PIG QUESTION. 
Who has killed the heaviest pigs, weight for age? 
is a query that we think each week receives a 
settler; but the days “passing away” call up new 
stooking corn by tying four hills together—which experience on this subject.—A. P. F., West Brigh- 
was in Illinois, where we raise corn that is some t071 ’ N- Y, Jan., 1858. 
tall —a neighbor, a live Yankee, came into my field Remarks. — White mustard is coming a good 
and ridiculed my plan of work. He went to work dejd f avor England, both as food for sheep, 
nprience on thin subiect A P )<’ h' , 72,.,,./, viUe, Rensselaer Co., $3; 3d, J,. L. French, Richfield, Herkimer Co M 
.penence on mis SUDject.—A. 1 . Jingh- Trans. Three Cheeses, B. F. Carter, Evans Mills, Jefferson CM., cup 
n, N. Y., Jan., 1858. valued at $15; 2d, John Gillett, Scott, Cort Co., cup valued at $lu; 
„ ,, r , .. , . . . , 3d, Norman Gowdv, Lowville, Lewis Co., $5; 4th, A. M. Haight, New 
Remarks.— >\hlte mustard IS coming a good Lebanon, Columbia Co., Trans. 
WINTER FRUITS. 
Lest Twenty Varieties of Apples, R. H. Brown, Greece. Monroe 
centre of shock was thus completed, he filled up failure of a root crop. It is also sown after vetches hum ’ Albany Co> Tram 
the corners, care being taken to keep tlie stalks and early peas.. English farmers think a crop of Sample Dried Sweet c 
DISCRETIONARY. 
Sample Dried Sweet Coni, L. D French, Silver Medal Best bushel 
straight and close together at the top, and all well mustard very effective in destroying wire-worms. Beas, Amas Gouldinp;. $3: 2d do., L. L. Frencii, Best bushel Beans, 
^ , , wr i c . . . ., . , Edwin Miller, Constableville, Lewis (/O^S-i; l^d do., David Conradt. 
pressed in. I contended that in the middle corn ^ e f {now °f no experiments m this country. $>; 3d do., wm. Newcomb, $i. Best bushel Timothy Seed Edwin 
would mould. He told me to mark th*«WV 1,. - J 111 ' 1 ”; “ do,, E.S .Hayward, $2; 3d.do.Ct W. JS.dk, $i. Best 
would mould. He told me to mark the shock lie 
built, and in April come and select my seed corn. 
Gypsum as t 
give me some i 
rivals for the noat of honor At nreennt HI™ I did SO. Every ear was as bright as if just housed, . „ . Best collection Grasses and Herbage, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee, Pitta- 
mais tor tlie post ot Honor. At piesent, like J ° f ’ amount of gypsum required to fix the ammonia in town,Rens.Ca,$15. Rmnpie Potatoes, WiUinm Richardson, T.aus, 
“spirits from the vasty deep,” they rise before us except , ' ‘ l ? 5 1 ^ ^' d 111 the a given quantity of manure? Do you think one Oi08Corca <>• S'c-kles, stuyv^ant, Columbia Co, Trans, 
almost innumerable, and, from a multiplicity of centrc ()1 lhe sllocI “ ]liat lal1 1 P ut U P over a bushel composed of equal portions of plaster and President Upham delivered the Annual Address 
such matter, we select the following: hundred shocks, and in the spring found all per- unleached aslies would be sufficicut to absorb the on Thursday evening. 
P. I). Howe, of Marcellus, Onon. Co., N. Y., says: f“, ) , CieC f p^rc^rmnn-Pd hVmmild n !°lti! ,7! nitrogenized gases in two bushels of lieu manure?— - who is HoaWm.T. McCoun r-i* the pertinent inquiry which 
_“Havintr seen ail article in tlm Dim it bushels of eais damaged by mould or rot in the I v ir Randolph N Y Tan 1858 has been propounded to us frequently within the past three days. We 
n.t\iii 0 seen an article in tlie RURAL from whole fleld Cai . e nmst be taken in abor t- in „ tf) Lj ' n ” dan., IHob. confess t£at we uever before heaM of him as an Agriculturist or 
Simon Rouse in reference to some pia;s lie liad ‘ , ‘ Remarks. —It is now generally believed that special ftiend or promoter of Rural improvement, and yet he may be 
slaughtered, and which he thought beat the world *“»tPe stalk.perfectly straight, and leaving them gyI , s „„ ls n0 , of much value as , flxcr of ammoni> . £‘ **'“■ *■» 
“and tlie rest of mankind," and knowing of some 80 p)e a “ n t°R!!]"c m' iv. C ° nf 11 C 11 !’- if 0 ur correspondent will lake a little guano and -- 
being killed hereabouts, that were far better than edS!m s °’ ’’ ltntox ahor. p i ace it in the palm of one hand, then place an Lewis Co. Ag. Society —Officers for 1858:_ 
his, permit me to give you the weight and age of a rnnT . p . equal quantity of gypsum with it and rub it to- President— Edmund Baldwin, Turin. Rec.Sec.— 
few killed in this neighborhood. John Stuckey A 0uod hay -RIGOING. gether with the fingers of the other hand, the strong M. Smith, Houseville. Cor. Sec. —H. D. Nolton, do. 
killed one 9 months and 10 days old, weighing 3G9 Eds Rural:— Tn your paper of the 9th ult is an sme11 ° f aramonia sent off will soon convince him Treasurer —M. M. Smith, Lowville. 
Ibs.; Orlando Beach killed two 10 months old, inqui r y for “Hay-Rigging.” I saw in your issue of that gypsum 3s not a good fixer of ammonia, and --- 
weighing 300 and 325 lbs.— average 342.] lbs;— tbp Md „it « do^rintion hv r n t r ,t tliat ralher KCems to have a tendency to set it Warrf.n Co. Ag. Society— Officers for 1858:— 
fectly erect but one. In husking did not find five nitrogeuize d gases in two bushels of he 
bushels of ears damaged by mould or rot in the L E _ H Randolph, N, Y, Jan., 1858. 
whole field. Care must he taken in shocking to Remarks. —It is now generally b 
keep the stalks perfectly straight, and leaving them i Y J 
1 1 „ T h gypsum is not of much value as a fixer 
so as to form a perfect cone from bottom to top. T( . 0 i,- +t ,„ 
,,, tore „ H oui coirespondent will take a little guano and 
Pleasant Ridge, Ill., 1858. Clinton G. Taylor. , „ , . , . ,, 
6 ’ place it in the palm of one hand, then place an 
nitrogenized gases in two bushels Of hen manure ?— * “ Who is Hon. Wm. T. McCoun V’ -is the pertinent inquiry which 
T, Fi H Randolph N V Tn„ 1858 has been propounded to us frequently witliin the past three days. We 
L. L. il., tumaotpn, l\, l., Jan., 185b. confess that we never before heard of him as an Agriculturist or 
Remarks.— It IS now generally believed that special friend or promoter of Rural Improvement, and yet he may be 
. „(.„<• i .. the right man for tlie place “for a’that" We think he is a lawyer by 
gypsum IS not Ot much value as a fixer Of ammonia, profession, and formerly Vico-Chancellor, Ac. 
Lewis Co. Ag. Society — Officers for 1868:— 
A GOOD HAY-RIGGING. 
equal quantity of gypsum with it and rub it to- President — Edmund Baldwin, Turin. Rec. Sec .— 
gether with the fingers of the other hand, the strong M. Smith, Houseville. Cor. Sec. —H. D. Nolton, do. 
Eds. Rural: —Tn your paper of the 9th ult is an ammonia sent off will soon convince him Treasurer M. M. Smith, Lowville. 
inquiry for “Hay-Rigging.” I saw in your issue of t3iat Sipsurn is not a good fixer of ammonia, and 
the 23d ult., a description given by G. B. Lewis. I lll8t 3t ratlier scems to liave a tendency to set it Warren Co. Ag. Society— Officers for 1858:- 
335 lbs. Mr. Curtis’ pigs had no extra care until ma ke, and have used it for two years without any as a preserver of amm <>nia, and as a deodorizer in 
the usual time of beginning to feed in the fall. Mr 
Rouse will, from this sta ement, learn the where 
The plan is light, cheap and durable. 
' , "“V ,. 1,1 " nuru - Take two pieces, two by seven, thirteen feetlong, 
abouts of pigs far outdoing his in weight for age , * ., , , . * .. J. . e ’ 
„ * ® . ... ® let them he of pine or some light wood,—set edge- 
He must ‘ try, try again.’ ” . „ To . a „ f „ , . . V, 8 
as a preserver of ammonia, and as a deodorizer in Chenango Co. Ag. Society Officers for 1858: 
our cities. President — Rufus Chandler, Coventry. Secretary 
- - and Treasurer —Jonathan Wells, Norwich. Re- 
Wolf Teeth. —Cribbing.— I wish to inquire of ceipts, $1,G87 6G; expenditures, $1,575 85; balance, 
you or some of your numerous readers whether $111 71. 
days. Weight of heaviest, 3G1 pounds. 
° _ wise. Take four pieces of oak or ash, two by three, there is any remedy for blindness in a horse indue- 
Mr. J. J. C. of Stockbridge Madison Co N Y six feet eight inches long, for cross pieces, —set ed by wolf teeth, and which still continues, although Cortland Co. Ag. Society— Annual Meeting 
writes us that “Mr. Austin Carver of tint r\Uce ed S ewise - Put one forward of the hind wheels and the teeth have been removed. Also whether there Januar Y 2 ‘- d -! °i dcers for 1858:— President— S. D. 
recently killed six pigs nine months and twelve ° nC bebi,ld; put onc 011 the front end - and tlie is any remedy for cribbing in a colt. Any infor- CorUandviHe. lYce-/V«i*n/-Joshua Bal- 
davs old the total weight of which vis l <C 8 l) - • otber k et ' veeu i ' 16 front and t 1 * 0 ’ one i» of the mation on the above would he thankfully received ard ’ Cortlandville. Treasurer Morgan L. M ebb, 
avera-ve weight 3291 ibs.- tlie heaviest nf «iv <rr\ hind wheels. Bolt the cross pieces fast to the side by —Subscriber, Ellington, N. 17,1858. Cortlandville. Secretary— S. E. Kingsley, Homer, 
pounds. ” ' * S hX,< pieces, and instead of“ hoops” over the hind wheels, Remarks. —For Cribbing, Dr. Dadd recommands F air located for five years at Cortlandville. 
Now Messrs Ftis ttw® i ; , take two pieces—for each hind wheel—five inches rubbing the edge of the crib, or manger, with bar- 
something like a month and ekven days younger wide ’ three fourths of an inch thick,—mortice the soap, and renewing the application as often as is Putnam Co - A( “ Society.— Officers for 1858:— 
than the blue pigs of your correspondent and vet tw ° crOSS pieces for the boards - puUin S the outside necessar y- Others use a broad strap passed around Leonard 1 ). Glut, Carmel. Secretary— 
their weight more. Wffl he ^ nothave to •£, «•» Pieces-the the neck drawa tightl,- enough to prevent «• J ” n ' n, ' r Ca ™ el - . fT'"* 
ao-ain?’” ‘ other over the wheel. Bolt two strips of boards dilutation of the gullet, yet not so close as to pre- Smith, Putnam Y alley. Receipts^ during the year 
- —-— four inches wide to the pieces — on tlie inside of vent the return of blood from the head. • and balance fiom last year, $548 78; expenditures, 
John M. Palmer, of Parma Centre, Monroe Co., the hind cross pieces—three feet long, for stakes. There is a kind of muzzle sometimes used for the ^ d9,> 9 ' >- __ 
on the 3d inst killed 7 pigs, the total weight of From cross pieces in front of hind wheels, to the purpose of preventing crib-biting among valuable Washington Co. Ag. Society.—O fficers for 1858: 
which was 3G2 pounds. Age 10 months and 14 front cross pieces, holt on boards sixteen inches horses. Its most essential part is a kind of rack, President- Jas. S. McDonald, Salem. Rec. Sec— 
days, yy eignt ol Heaviest, .>(>1 pounds. wide. For the gallows, split a sapling about four consisting of two iron spars jointed at each ex- p u E . Crocker, White Creek. Assistant Rec. Sec — 
\r h c , - KK also of ParmfL s i a „ ff btereri ,, « inCheS thr0Ugh at tlie but> and make tv70 cross tremity ’ aud curved t0 receive the muzzle - The James H. Sill, South Hartford. Cor. Secretary-Key. 
Washington Co. Ag. Society.— Officers for 1858 : 
President — Jas. S. McDonald, Salem. Rec. Sec .— 
R. K. Crocker, White Creek. Assistant Rec. Sec .— 
M. L. Clark, also, of Parma, slaughtered on tlie pieces, putting one near the top; the other one foot spars are about three-fourths of an inch broad; the 
ant mi cal they would drink. can then raise and lower the gallows at pleasure.— can eat well enough; he can reach his food with President —Martin L. Farlin, Malone. Secretary— 
Tiu ~ 7 This rigging, I think, is far more preferable than the lips, but he can seize nothing with his fore teeth. J. K. Seaver, Malone. Treasurer —D. N. Ilunting- 
Iiie Illinois w iate Agriciiitural Society has of- Mr. L.’s, as there is not so many “poles,” and is This muzzle is better than a strap, which disposes ton, Malone. Receipts, $1,240 8 G ; expenditures, 
fered, t irough its Executive Committee, a prize of more durable and stronger. D. B. Paine. the horse to swelling of the head, and is blamed for 1,232 78. The meeting was well attended. The 
$o,000 for a good practical Steam plow. Do Kalb Centre, Ill., 1858. m-ndneintr rnarino- e . , . . 
1 ’ ’ prouucmg roaring. Society verv nrosnerous the last vear. 
cl; tlie e. Xewton, Jacksou. Treasurer' —S. W. Crosby, 
ve the N orth White Creek. 
but so -- 
horse Franklin Co. Ag. Society —Officers for 1858:— 
Society very prosperous the last year. 
„ The Hog Cholera.— At the meeting of the 
. U T . S. Ag. Society, in Washington, Mr. Pratt called 
3 for the report on Hog Cholera. Dr. Higgins, State 
j Chemist of Maryland, then rose and made a verbal 
but highly interesting report on the subject. He 
declared the disease, though popularly called 
, “cholera,’- to he properly a pneumonia, the seat of 
lesion being in and around the lungs, aud not the 
, bowels. Tlie remedies are like those in a case of 
p epidemic, such, for instance, as that at Norfolk.— 
He therefore used as preventives gas-tar, quick and 
water-slaked lime. The cause of the disease lies in 
an excess of fibrin in the animal’s blood, which 
makes it too thick, and consequently unable to pass 
with the requisite facility through the arteries of 
1 the lungs. Hence the necessity of an alkaline car- 
‘ bonate is indicated, and he had found a mixture of 
equal quantities of carbonate of soda and barilla 
to he a perfect curative. His rule was to give ten 
1 grains of the mixture in swill three times a day to 
each hog, and it had been in all cases successful, 
when the case had not too far gone. Dr. II. inci¬ 
dentally remarked, in answer to a question put by 
a member, that the value of the hogs which died 
last year by this disease amounted to several mil¬ 
lions of dollars. He had seen them die in as large 
a number as five hundred a day. It is Dr. Higgins’ 
intention to report in exlenso on the subject. 
To Keep Butter Fresh.— The Farm Journal, a 
German paper, published at Allentown, Pa., says 
butter will remain fresh and sweet for six months 
or even longer, if prepared in the following man¬ 
ner:—" Take the butter as it comes from the churn 
and wash the buttermilk thoroughly out of it, then 
dry the surface of the butter with a clean cloth, 
break into small pieces and pack it solid in a crock. 
The air must be entirely expelled. Set the crock 
in a kettle half-filled with water, then place the 
kettle over a fire until the water boils. While 
boiling, remove from the fire and let the crock re¬ 
main in the water until cold, then place the crock 
in a cool place. The object in boiling is to purify 
the butter and precipitate the milk, which remains 
in it, previous to boiling, to the bottom of the crock.’ 
Winter Butter.— One who has experimented 
for forty years in making winter butter, says that 
the best way they have tried yet, is, “as soon as the 
milk is strained, to set the pans on the stove till it 
is nearly or quite scalding hot, then remove to a 
pantry near by, where the thermometer says from 
40° to G0° night and day; then, after the cream is 
well risen and taken off; it is kept in the same closet 
until churned; an operation which takes from 10 
to 30 minutes, and gives equally as good and yel¬ 
low butter as is obtained in summer, provided the 
cream is kept no longer than in summer.” A 
friend who tried scalding the milk after it had stood 
12 hours, thought the quantity of butter diminished. 
What say our butter-making readers on this ques¬ 
tion? 
Estimating Crops. —It is sometimes convenient 
as also necessary to know how£to measure crops 
of grain standing. The folio wing method has been 
found correct in England:—Frame together four 
sticks, measuring exactly a foot square inside, and 
with this in hand walk into the open field and se¬ 
lect a spot of fair average yield, and lower the 
frame square over as many heads as it will inclose, 
shell out the heads thus enclosed carefully, and 
weigh the grain. It is fair to presume that the 
product will be the 43,590th part of an acre’s pro¬ 
duce. To prove it go through the fields and make 
ten or twenty similar calculations, and estimate by 
means of the whole number of results. It will 
certainly enable a farmer to make a closer calcula¬ 
tion of what his fields will produce than he can do 
by guessing. 
Time of Sowing Turnips. — A writer in the New 
England Farmer, sowed a quantity of ruta-baga and 
turnip seed, on the 15th of June, on well prepared 
ground, and tended them well. They grew finely 
for a month or six weeks, and then began to turn 
yellow, and rot at the heart, and the crop was a 
failure. What seed he had left he gave to a friend 
who sowed it the middle of July and never hoed or 
weeded them until September. He then gave a 
small dressing of guano, and had a remarkably fine 
crop of turnips. This shows that late seeding 
sometimes succeeds much better than earty. Can 
turnip growers tell us if this is generally the case? 
A Stray Sheep. — We are informed by Mr. B. 
Diver, of Henrietta, near this city, that a fine 
yearling buck, of the Leicestershire breed (proba¬ 
bly) is in possession of an Irish tenant of Mr. H. 
Wilber, one mile west of Batavia, on the N. Y. 
Central Railroad. The sheep was lost from a train 
of cars carrying stock to the State Fair last fall, and 
can be recovered by describing and paying cost of 
keeping. Mr. Diver supposes the sheep was lost 
by some person who was taking it to Buffalo for 
exhibition, and thinks (as a person recently offered 
$50 for it,) that the animal is worth recovering by 
the OYvner. 
Something for Bee Fanciers. — A simple con- 
trh'ance for weighing honey in the hive has been 
patented in England. The hive is placed on a 
table attached to a pillar, which is inserted into a 
tube of tin, zinc or copper. At the bottom of the 
tube a spiral spring is placed, and on the surface a 
scale of pounds and ounces is marked, over which 
traverses an index similar to that placed on spring 
scales. By this simple contrivance the owner of 
the hive can calculate daily or weekly the amount 
of honey which the “ busy bees” make. 
Pulse in Animals.— The folloiving table from 
Vital, in the London Field, is a useful remember- 
ancer to the practitioner and amateur veterinarian, 
&c.:—Table of the number of pulsations in a mi¬ 
nute in various animals:—The horse, 32 to 38 (36 
to 40, White); ox or cow, 35 to 52 (42 to 45, Clater); 
ass, 48 to 54; sheep, 70 to 79; goat, 71 to 7G; dog, 
90 to l00; cat, 110 to 120; rabbit, 120; guinea pig, 
140; duck, 13G; hen, 140; heron, 200. 
The Bates’ Farm, advertised in this paper, is a 
very valuable and desirable property—as we know 
from actual observation. 'Mie price is $70 per acre, 
instead of $75 as printed in our last number. 
