MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MARCH 6. 
hill, with the hills thicker, is much preferable. 
I -t- — - - , rcreived in a hill, vmn me mus ununc*, v - 
WTCHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. ameliorated from the thorough! Ig d [n thia latte r case the peeling is not formidable 
HIGHLY IMPORT before the planting Account when ten stalks will produce a gallon of juice as 
§ Theeb is a monthly paper published at Albany, the soil soft, even m ry w • they may be made to do. 
There is a monthly paper published at Albany, t he soil soft, even in dry wearner. 
and called the “Journal of the New York State Bt andsthus: Dr 
Agricultural So ^' peo^should Maylsth, to l.day, man and team, plowing and 
published, or why the monc} o I i harrowing,_—-.y ■■■ -i 
i i fhftt wav does not appear in any of the u t0 y day man and team, opening nages, 
he used in that W»y. «««■ noi 1 1 d „ loads manure and hauling, 60 cte., 10 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
Rust in Wheat.—I wish to inquire if any of 
your readers have observed that wheat is less liable 
Taming Wild Horses.— The English papers for 
he used in that way, does not appear .u any - v 
Transactions, so far as I know. But it is published, 
neverthless, and often contains information which 
it is highly important to lay before the people at 
the expense of the Society. 
In a late issue we are informed that “ Old Prince 
“ 20th, Y. day man and team covering manure ^ 
and forming ridges, .. 2 00 
« 21st, 2 lbs. carrot seed, .. _ ft 
« « 1 day man drilling seed,..-------. , 
June 13th, 1 day man and horse cultivating, . • 
« 15th, 2 men one day hoeing to cts.,. 
“ 26th 2 “ “ . 75cts.,. 
juu 8th, 2 “ “ 1 50 
I have used lime in the clarification of the syrup to rust where the field has been seeded? My oats, ^ haye been flUed with accounts 
with white of eggs, and though they effect their for two seasons, in which oats have rusted badly ^ ^ wonderM feat8 of the American horse-tamer, 
object, I think lime increases a liability to bum on have escaped entirely and remained bright where ^ ^ , g JoHN s> Rarey> from Ohio. He has 
which seems to exist in the cane. I have also used tbe ground was seeded.—A. Stillman, Alfred ten- gucceeded) in about half ail ho ur, in rendering per- 
soda and saleratus with success. I see no reason i re> y, 1858. _ fectly docile and obedient some of the most nn- 
why the cultivation of Sorghum shall not be an 
76 important branch of our agriculture in at least the 
1 25 _ ,_„ r vSnorrar and naner. 
th. favorite homo of Col. Peat* that had been 8J ; , 2 “ ; IS. 
owned and cherished hy him for the ]ias Ai| _ no,’ 1 dav man and hors, cultivating,. 1' ■ 
years died on the 13tli inst” The illustrious de- „«• 12 tb, 2 men one day hoeing 75 cts., ----- l 
jeais, Uieu on Uic „ oa t lirA l„nH after deducting value of manure to sue 
three manufactures of syrup, vinegar, and paper. 
Quindaro,K. T., Dec., 1857. w . Beckwith. 
CULTURE OF CLOVER FOR SEED. 
Eds. Rural:—S eeing an article in your issue of 
To Prevent Posts from Heaving-Cru yon or manageable horses in the kingdom, to the perfect 
any of your numerous correspondents give any astonishment of the witnesses. Horses belonging 
any oi yuui nu u r . . _Dvinoo Atmrt. the Earl of Derby. and other 
method to prevent posts from heaving, as they 
sometimes do when set in low ground, or, at least, 
to Prince Albert, the Earl of Derby, and other 
great men, have been operated upon, and the most 
to lessen the evil. Banking the fences I have seen nerv¬ 
ous and vicious are soon so completely sub- 
recommended, but think it doe, not answer the dnedasto enableUr.B. to lie dot™ with them, and 
nurpoee a, I have noticed that fence, banked in pat hi. head to them heels, thus showing the most 
7 P ’ „ , , ,_a • „t,„„t it,, camo entire confidence in the cure. Horses that once 
years, died on ine ioiu iu»u , ^ •• AmiuJof manure to sue- Eds. Rural:— Seeing an arucie in your .b»u C u. ge & i have noticed that fences Danxea in ." -~ ° . „„„ 
ceased vve are told » was found dead in the pasture Use of laud ^ ^. 3 00 Feb> cth . headed “About Clover Seed,” the manner [ h e most approved style heaved in about the same entire confidence in the cure. Horses that once 
near the stable, and seemed to have expired with- Harvesting) estimated, . . of raising, gathering, threshing and preparing for manner M unbanke d fences.—A. O. P., Genoa, N. were extremely skittish, becoming frightened a 
out a struggle. The evening previous lie was more 
than usually playful, showing as much life and 
spirit as when he was young.” We arc further in¬ 
formed that he was “ a gray Messenger with white 
mane and tail, fifteen and a half hands high. It 
is much to he regretted that, upon so important a 
subject, vve are left in great darkness as to whether 
he had a bob-tail or a switch. We trust the public 
will not always be left in doubt upon this point.— 
e expired vvitn- Harvesting> estimated,. . of ra j s j ng) gathering, threshing and preparing for 
inshe was more egHma1ed) ^ bu .,.$37 75 market; itg effect8 upon the soil, Ac., and at the 
much Hie ana > — about 6 M cents. ,_ _„ -o nn o C t fnr enmmnnications and 
Cost per bushel—about (i, 1 ! cents. 
Pavilion, N. T., 1858. J * Chadwick. 
SHEEP, ABOUT THESE DAYS 
close thereof a request for comm™,ati ons and toAM ^ Thlowi np a furr0 
information on the subject, I thought I would ^ ^ ^ ^ ditch and fence on 
write, not so much to give knowledge as to draw ^ advantagei but it is almost impossible to pre- «em. 
forth others and thereby receive it heaving in wet places. Posts ^ nd 
Ns„ tbe close oi tbe art,ole yo„ say ““ a 1 ” ‘f 0 he,vo worse where eto.o, a« pot in the ^ 
any unusual appearance or noise, after his treat- 
r "’ ' ‘ „ , ... meat allow drums to be beaten, umbrellas opened, 
Remarks. Throwing up a urrow on eac 1 1 by their riders, without showing the least con- 
aotniMfh a ditch and fence on the bank is of <sc., Dy ineir nuc , » _ 
tnat, upon so „ h d „ th ough near spring “ by the Near the close of the article yon say that a “ - 
^ alman'ac^” o«r MoS of .beep, ami especial.y oi praetic „ iarmer, oi ,o„g experience, h» come to | -» 
' , n ; b1 unon this point breeding ewes, should receive careful attention.- t he conclusion that a crop of clover seed exhausts 
' . horse cemc- The foddering season is only about half over, and the soil more than any other crop. Now, with all due Knots in Cov 
It seems that Col. Pratt lias & hoisc ca " c should he taken to bring the flock f i e f ere nce to his opinion, I beg leave to differ from 2? T nolice(1 an i nqu i ry in relation to this disease, lently when touched on the flanks or nips, in 
terynearhis residence, and tha ‘ t h r0 uirli to a “ good bite” of grass in growing or- him, because my experience for the past seven years H j h ad an experience of more than forty years about half an hour this was apparently overcom , 
^ waW/v ciinaA nnd favorite, wnose Dones unuu^i wa 5 .. . . ,, . ai_ .*A lacnco ° _ . . T,_ _ _ uuKn«,ilo,lnriHi imnnn tr. There 
Knots in Cows’ Teats.—I n the Rural of Feb. 
cem. We were about noticing these facts from tho 
London papers, when we received an invitation froni 
Wm. H. Rarey, brother of the London exhibitor, to 
attend one of his demonstrations in this city. We 
saw Mr, R, operate on one unbroken colt and one 
horse that was very sensitive, always kicking vio¬ 
lently when touched on the flanks or hips. In 
— , p ,. t>par the “heads oi uie argument woe, v--. -exieous w apj.ea*, .. — - „ remedy tnat is lniauune. me -- — . , 
stream which makes the I anners • , bould never be allowed to get poor in summer,” ture of the soil, (most of my farm being a lime- commoI)ly cal i e d Garget. I have always cured it that he has entire power over him. Some of the 
residence of the Colonel, where the: shade o u wfl8 difficult to fatten them up in the 8 t 0 ne loam, the balance clay,) or whether it is owing by pierc i ng the skin and inserting a piece of gar- best “horse-men” in London testify that this is 
Hemlock and the Maple will ever affo d protect „ They Hh ould never get poor in the fall,” to the course of farming which I pursue, I do not Qr gcokg rof)t near the brisket. There will be “the only humane system in which the animal can 
to his bones.” (Query, wouh ie h 1 a ' 1 bct ' ause it wou i d CO st much more to winter them know; but since I commenced raising clover seed no nece9sity of do i ng anything else. I have acow be subdued without any risk of injury to man or 
the dogs if the hones were no p P d wel i than if they came to the yard in good order. ray grain crops have nearly doubled, and my seed that T have ha d to serve so every spring for the horse.” ___ 
into the ground. > , »They should never get poor in winter,” be- cro p has very much increased, except during the ^ist six years.—S ubscriber, Afcio York, 1858. v etntpment 
;E as 
V • wi canine liersecutors’l “Near cause tne proauci m «uu --~~ pwtvwv Remarks.—^T he above remeay is correcu im me 
tection against 1 former favorite much less than if kept in flourishing order. 4th. attribute this falling off to the seasons that of If oG supposed the difficulty complained 
by he (>d / 0 ^^ I 1 , 0 '" 0 ’ 11 bc dd B teeds ate “They should never get poor in the spring,” because he ing in this vicinity too dry and 1857 too wet.- « * ’ * corresp0 udent was somewhat 
horses of the Colon • But the dead teed i the e ^ e8WOuld notbe able to rear their iambs, and, M y P hm is, where clover seed takes good, and does ° di J ent in its character . 
not the only favorites buried in tins eq with the wethers, wouid require all summer to get not freeze out, to mow it two years in succession. __ 
cemetery, for “ tiicu-e also ie ar o arn^ jnt0 decent order aga i n . The sum of the whole y ou , nay think, as some do in my vicinity, that Rheumatic Lameness in a Horse.—A valuable 
Yield and Culture of Carrots. —A statement 
made by a correspondent of the New England 
Farmer, throws light on this question, and we con- 
“ They should never get poor in the spring,” because being in this vicinity too dry and 1857 too wet. fb former correspondent was somewhat f1 ™Ttfor^urreaders. Mr Davenport, of Hopkin- 
the ewes would not be able to rear their lambs, and „,an is, where elover seed take, g<»»A andd.es lto cb „ a( . ter . P 
with the wethers, would require all summer to get not frcczc onb to m0 . ,t two y»rs_.u.. .“iem^r“• e“?ar^.. srnny, loam, piece, with 
gravelly clay subsoil. For three years, sowed in 
* ., ,_Tt muct Be trratifvimr to the into decent oruer .. -- . ' , , kiotmatic labuikso m ^ ■” 
of his favorite dogs. • J >-> matter was. that “ Sheen should never be allowed to mow i ng it two years in succession would exhaust . f mine bad a severe cold, or an attack of In- - 
public to know that “Old Prince was buried with u fa thc true doctrine the 60 il proportionately more than if mown but ver y stiff and lame from its drills, twelve inches apart the yield was at the ate 
all the honors due to his long am vauaiesciv c , d 10 lbem an d all domestic animals. one year and then followed by a rotation of crops; ^ If you or any of your correspondent!! can of 700 bushels per acre. ie our year ep o 
by a large number of hi. old friends.” sheep’ in good order, they need good but l this case „,y experience is decidedly in favor through the columns of the Rural, a ed 'V* ^The fifth Sr he 
It is all very well for Col. I hatt, or any ) y h wba t will answer as well, straw and grain of cut ting for the good of the land. I am well , lbat wou ld prove of benefit, it will much raised 800 bushes p ‘ y d 
else, to bury their favorite quadrupeds in some following a good course of aware that I am taking bold ground thus to express e _ A Wolverine, Detroit, Mich, 1858. plowed with the 8 “* e ^ 
- ii,a of the “Hemlock wUh bpnn stra ,v in the „ n , n i„ na s „ diametricallv onnosed to the ideas of 0DU ° ____ +nr , and the product was nearly 1,400 bushels per acre. 
chosen place, under the shade of the “Hemlock feedi ’ __ Fm the ir racks with bean straw in the op j n i 0 ns so diametrically opr 
and the Maple,” hut it docs seem to me that the mornj " gj or> if yon ba ve none of this excellent oth e r8 who have had far mo.. .- . , form a liujm ent, witn wmen ruo vue - . , . , . lK) 
event is not of that general importance that the w ith hay. Toward noon, give a ma tter, and better opportunities to test it than my- F'. , , daily Let the .diet be good and large in proport . ‘ 
Agricultural Society of the State of New York oat or barley straw, and after this is self . They are mere opinions, however, and, as I joints and legs^daily uu« Q grown on the same land year after jeai.to the 
should be to the trouble of publishing it to the oyer - ve jn c j ean feeding boxes, about a said r n t be commencement, ray object is not so nutiltious, an v . otseacb da ywlll prove of ben- best advantage, and that deep p owing en s arg 
world. I would respectfully suggest to thc Exccu- J. tof oatfl ’ f r h ead At night fill the racks again much to give information as to seek it If I have A■ small mess of c> • ^ J op are warm water ly to increase the crop. Says nothing in his article 
live Committee that they require a little more at- p rovide wa ter so they can have it when- been groping in thc dark for the past seven years, efit. Do not «, ® ’ h es of fhe about manuring, but; of course, it was liberally op¬ 
tion from the officers whose business it is to edit • ^v.de - , some one who has more light will lend me ** R m^ Buscepli- P«ed. Without doubt, shallowness of the soil and 
opposed to the ideas of 
cnerience in the Remarks.— Take equal parts of olive oil and tur- of the carrot8 were over two feet long, and 
. . pentine and form a liniment, with n\I nch in j nn porvfttfl #*.nn l>o 
opportunities to test it than my- P enline an “ ,0, “ , “ Vet the diet be good and lar S e ia P r oportion. 
however, and. as I jomts and legs daily Let the d ; ict be goott an ^ ^ game 
should be to the trouble of publishing it to the 
world. I would respectfully suggest to thc Execu¬ 
tive Committee that they require a little more at- 
tion from the officers whose business it is to edit 
the Journal.—r. 
ROOT CULTURE. 
picked over, give, in clean feeding boxes, about a sa j d j n ^ b e commencement, my object is not so j 
pint of oats per head. At night fill the racks again niuc h to give information as to seek it. If I have 
with hay. Provide water so they can have it when- bcen groping in tho dark for the past seven years, 
ever they like. I hope some one who has more light will lend me 
vritli hay. Provide water so tney can nave m » uc- been groping in uiu ua. a .... a — 
ever they like. I hope some one who has more light will lend i 
Having plenty of corn-stalks and but few cattle, a little, so that I may not stumble any longer, 
we have allowed them a foddering of corn stalks, You say that the value of the second crop 1 
writh the cows, in the morning, instead of the b ay is often greater than the profit on the crop 
course indicated above, and with good results. Bee d it will produce. Here, again, I must b 
A small mess of carrots each day will prove of ben¬ 
efit Do not bandage the legs, nor are warm water 
baths advisable,—the latter opens the pores of the 
skin and makes the adjacent parts more suscepti¬ 
ble of cold; and when bandages are removed the 
i.*“ ,U«r eff.clj.pon the Urn*. Work 
Mksskf. Ep.,,- 1 h..c no««a^severalI com™,; ” ff.od ordeal e, tbe whole leatc to y „„, h,vi„ B ehv.ve co M id.re0 “»“* morCm “ 1 ‘ 
nications m the Rural recently in lega flock—they must be divided off according to age the gccond crop for hay as of little consequence on beneficial. - 
cropH . p_— concludes that an acre °! co , and condition . In large flocks there will always account 0 f its light, flashy nature. To balance Rbar1ng Calves—WHI you, 
’• .rirown 'in this lie some underlings, who have to stand hack while aga j n8 t the crop of hay, T frequently had a crop of ))0n(]ent ^ plcasc i n f on n me through your papei 
. Cn the rest eat, and who get poor in consequence.— geed yield $30 per acre, and I consider the straw rcar calves on oat raea l? Any informatioi 
II, D, rwugai V ., _nrnvided for ...j ...Ill far and cleaninsr.es- . ,, __i_^ a 
tended, will produce more beef, pork, or mutton, > nndC rlings, who have to stand back while 
,1,„ the .tot ecre .f r»o« ever grown m tb.s cons eq„ence.- 
conntry. Another correspondent, II, Nugo 0 , ^ accommo j ati „ n , , h onM be provided for 
coincides with nm. inmb«_for breeding ewes—and the old and sir on g 
If, according toP., it takes 5G0 bushels of e ther caw takwi to feed them so 
beets or carrots to equal in value 60 bu ^ iels of ag ^ ” tbem thriving. Lambs will keep fat on 
corn as food for stock, it leaves with me w < . - _ s i, PP n. and take on 
iy moor n, njade rich ^ we]1 aa me n 0W) and the 
carrots kept free from weeds, 
or some corres- • 
h your paper how Bub-Divide the Cattle-Yards. — In regard to 
mation will the necessity for such division of cattle yards as 
Auburn, N. Y., 1858 
corn as food lor siock, iu icnvra ...... .... 
hopes of raising roots with profit unless there can 
1 be placed on then, “»'« «>“ * SuZTtth mo",".'protebie'S faiten welher :_H.^TU«d .eve.nl article, in dimmed, and" »me" p™ ia'l nJ. to pl'ovote tbe wralb of 
11 r,r„ ", ,y expertenc. I conclnde that to mi ,«U l»m>» >oong-.r - to keep then, growing'. .. <n t headed - Will Faming Pay!" I tho'. ad ded. The porridge i. mad. with oat o, equal Torn W6«U.er that ar a s,m la, 
T^rZlfor instance in carrots-requires, as one keeps them at all Roots, if one has them, T would 8ay a few words on the subject Farming corn m eal; half and half of each is better. A size, and they will be more^quiek Calves genei y 
I “f 0 f al le circumstances at least tw ee the should be fed as the season advances. Corn is not 7/ if proper ly done. My method is deep and quart of the meal is boiled in ten quarts of water, arc too much neglected, a , 
under favorable circumstances, at least^tw ce^tne ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ fattening food, as oats or ^ in prei ,er season. Clay or ^ a handful of oil meal, or a tablespoonful of puny in the spring A good manager has a pa- 
1 !ZJTZ snecessfullv grown by planting in barley, but in small quantities it will be found of marl goil> or clay loam, I always fall plow, while flax geed adde d. The porridge is added gradually, cionsi stablet for caIves in one o 
less food and grain than old sheep, and take on 
flesh much more readily than when they become 
FARMING WILL PAY. 
daTold the calf is taken from the'eow and learn- turned in promiscuously together, and every farmer 
c<l to drink. It has the new milk for two weeks, knows that the larger ones aie very ferocious and 
fed morning and night. Then it has the milk that domineering towards those much inferior, but caie- 
ilu muiiuub _ ._ .a a a wroth nf ano.h ns are nearly 
is usually and successfully grown by planting in 
i 'lie b .,if feet each way, which gives value, uu case uoa . ..—— ■ ; ° lighter sous, suen as gravei, grawny ivau., 
1 , th . f <; j, rp with the cultivator and ly, but farmers generally will feed such giain as soil9j j i eave for early spring plowing. Manure is 
amp,e leoi ’ ‘ " - ro wingcrhp vaxtly more they have on hand, and with such, and proper at- essential in good farming. We have a small 
T,“ " exZZg tt Le ITt tentioD, they mm make sheep keeping truly profit ^ o( c5 ac ,, s _ t „ irt y timbered, and one acre a 
value. Oil cake has bcen recommended very high- Ughter 8oils> sucb as gravel, gravelly loam, or sandy 
Eds. Rural:— Your well known candor and be- busb ’J 8< j in j nred badly by the worms,) corn 5 acres, , f ^. eR cared foT| it will pay a better profit to sell Chapman, of Clockville. Vice-Presidents — J. C. 
COO bushels ears good and ripe besides soft corn; 
potatoes, 1 acre (hurt by the rot,) 200 bushels; 1-4 
than can he done by expending the same amount tention, mey cam uu.** —r / ‘ _ farm of 00 acres-tinny i.moe «, auu - 
£xr,bo a k 
(unless upon different land from any I have plant- ^ RuRAlj ._ Your we n known candor and he- third,) oats 2 f bv ^ 0 .^ corn 5 acre 
ed.) renders it necessary to bestow a goodl (lea^ o nevolence of dispos iiion in seeking to have the bus ^(injur ^ ^ ripe bes ides soft con 
hand labor before any aid can be had fiom cnlti <( f u th ques tions represented, has 000 bushc . • g bushels* 1 
vator tillage, beyond a part of the space between me t0 be iieve that you would not refuse to potatoes, 1 acre (hurt ^ Hie 10 .,) 200 bushels, 
the rows. Many times they are planted so close as voice from tbi3 hind where even respectable ac 10 ’ as verv we * mv crops pa 
to admit of none hut hand tillage, 111 which case are gometimes guilty of “raising cane.” A *“ b .. „ d but little he l p .’ I pastured ; 
I am led to believe they cost all if not more t ran j was quite interested and not a little amused at ' •' aci , eg< j kept 3 horses, seven cows, 
they are worth for feeding. the manner in which our friend from Sheridan * Un ^ g and eigbt sh6 ep, and about GO hens ai 
From the notice I have taken, I conclude that » recI{ons ont the Kho U swn and arrives at a correct [ ^ f u d G pig8 and tw0 bee ves. 11 
after selecting a suitable kind of land, success de- cmiclusio „y / too “have gone the whole figure mv farmin- can he greatly improved. I 
pends more on the manner of growing them than mill and alV > and am now “reckoning out” my * {& ° ^ nQt ho really belie 
all else. “sum” and arriving at - my “conclusion. know it pays me well. My cash receipts 1 
Your correspondent from Essex Co., Mass., says: j nm no t surprised that many should denounce date g . nce la8t April( ( wbe u I always beg 
—“There they find, with proper care and atten- it as a humbug; at an earlier stage of experiment- are S740 72 . Now if farming will not p 
tion, double the value of feed can he produced by ingj \ should have done it myself. We naturally ^.' 1? Wifg gayg it wiU 
culture of roots—such as carrots, beets, or turnips expec t those who dabble unsuccessfully in new " Emco N Y _ 1858 ' A Sitbsckiukk 
_ as can by the culture of Indian corn.” Again things should raise the cry of humbug, all we ask is J ’- 
he says:—“Rarely is grown more than eighty that the question at issue shall not be decided upon A FARMER'S COGITATIONS. 
husheis sound corn to the acre, while from twenty the merits of such impartial testimony. _ -— - y d 
to forty tuns of roots may be grown by the appli- I am glad J. C. B. makes two important conces- Eds. Rural. on say, >a < 
cation of the same labor.” I shall count it n great 8 i„ n s, viz., that the great growth per acre is a good some purpose that has ™ en ° u , 
benefit—and I presume many others will—-o learn idea, also that only half the boiling is required as thoughts .” Now, that may he all tr , . 
from him the manner of growing roots by which in the case 0 f maple sap. These two are impor- of course publish them in the Rural. - 
twenty to forty tuns maybe had from application tant items and sufficient to olLct in “arriving at And if he would become anioiL, 1 . . 
of the same labor required to till, in the best man- conclusion” thc disadvantage of needing more forit immediately. Now I frankly ac c a 
ner, an acre of land in corn. clarification. My first boiling was as unsatisfactory I have lived to very little purpose not havin„ w 
Carrots are all with which I have had much to do. to me, as his could have been to lnm—strong and ten even one K' e ‘ l 10 ”" 1 ’ ^ ■ because j ], 
My success has been various. One crop costing rank—no better, nay hardly as good as good boiled also, to very 1 e pu P • thoughts are p 
about 64 cents per bushel, others from 10 to 12* sweet cider. And yet with a little more experience no thoughts to wnte LUtle thong 
cents, according te rough accounts and measure- and better care I have made an article equal, and ty as b ac v lenies, . - Sauaskes, 
man son, ui - 1 ’ llax seeu auueu. j.uc -a- - fmm h 11 currents 
lighter soils, such as gravel, gravelly loam, or sandy b al f a pint at a feed. As the calf grows older rately lighted, and w lveg 
soils, I leave for early spring plowing. Manure is the porridge is made thicker and the milk allowed of wind, llnsapartm I ff0 od water- 
very essential in good farming. We have a small t0 stand longer. At six months it may be fed with fed on good hay, an supp 1 - g ’ 
fZ of C6 acres—-thirty timbered, and one acre a ITS porridge. A little observation will They present very different appearances from other 
peat bog, leaving 34 acres of tillable and pasture 8llgge9 t the best modes of improving the food.— calves in the spring.' 
lands. My crops the past year were as follows:— Good, bright, fine hay should he fed to the calf un- 
Crass 12 acres, cut 30 tons hay; wheat 5 acres, liar- tR turned ou t to grass, and it should have a little Madison Co. Ao. Society.— At the recent meet- 
vested 75 bushels, (weevil injured tho crop one- mea i or bran until it comes into the stable in the j ng 0 f this Society the following gentlemen were 
third,) oats 2 acres, 135 bushels; barley 1 acre, 28 fall> Tben a quar t 0 f meal daily until grass comes, chosen officers for 1858:— President— Sandfokd 1 . 
late in the fall than at any future period. We Tillotaon, of Cazenovia; Gardner Morse, Eaton; 
usually raise two calves to a cow. John Potter, Stockbridge; Daniel B. Shapley, Ix*b- 
- anon; Stephen Hill, Fenner; Geo. 1). Richardson, 
crops paid “The Records OP Experience.”- —Allow one or ^ e j son . 0 . B. Hinkley, Brookfield; Horace Hawks, 
lastured as ^ y0 que stions, Messrs. Editors, suggested hy your Q eorge town. Directors — John B. Coe, Madison; 
en cows, 4 recen t article on this subject Would not the ex- Q b as. D. Miller, Smithfield; Butler Gilbert llainil- 
mm am. m, ...ZT’pinui„„' those sav farming will not pay who really believe Coald not a man ot gooa anaiyuc P— “““ 
“sum” and arriving at- my conclusion. ]mow R pay9 me we ll. My cash receipts up sound judgment construct as good a theory from Watson : s “No-Patent” Fence.—A n error occurs 
riys: 1 am not surprised that many should denounce date gince April> ( w hen I always begin the experience of the many, frankly stated, as one . q ^ de6Cription 0 f this fence, as given on first 
ttcn ' it as a humbug; at an earlier stage of experiment- are $7 . 10 72 . Now if farming will not pay man cou i d from his own long continued observa of RoraIj of Feb. 27. The second sentence 
d h y ing, I should have done it myself. >> c naturally ^ wiU? Wife aays it win . tion, to whom, perhaps, some opinion has become Qf gecoud paragraph| instead of reading “One rail, 
""" r juicott, N. Y., 1858. A Subscriber. a pe t, and some theory a hobby, to which he readily if 13 feet i ong , makes 4 battens,” Ac., should read, 
_ - defers in making up conclusions? The correspon- „Q ne ra ji j f 13 feet long, makes three battens, 
A FARMER'S COGITATIONS. dent tQ wbom you refer has done well—I honor 4 feet 3 jnc hea long, and no waste,” as figures 
E„, E q Eil .:_Y 0 fi^ — •'» »«* - ^ “ «» “ «“ ^ ^ " 
me purpose that has written out three gre , ° and commun i cate that observation, aud c ’-— 
N»»-, tt.tmayl»ainr«e; MM at ’ the Ume time for a concert of related CMin.ra.txTA.iT to Mn Co-The premium 
course publish them in the Ru .. - , do as much, or more, for the advance- awa rded to Robert J. Swan, by the State Ag. So- 
Ellicott, N. Y., 1858. 
A Subscriber. 
A FARMER'S COGITATIONS. 
ome as his could have been to him—strong and ten even one great thought, aw - -- ^ a wur m»v he verified next, “little Seneca.” It shows uiai wnemuc 
ank-no Letter, no, M* or good as good boiled al s o, to very little pnrpose-mmply bee I of •, J > dfvemity of heat or rionltnral College was located within her bordera, 
—" s at s « i »,». ™ no. ~ 
iml better care I have made an article equal, and ty as macKoerries, an as ‘ „.^_active oneration in -— 
e same time for a concert of related Compliment ary to Seneca Co.—The premium 
do as much, or more, for the advance- award ed to Robert J. Swan, by the State Ag. So- 
icultural science.—A Y r ouxa Farmer. cie t y , for the best farm, is the fourth or fifth Pj|| 
—To the queries of “A Young Farm- mium carried off by Seneca Co., on farms. 
rer, emphatically, No! The experience a deservedly high compliment to the farm^M 
, .....oi, i,n i-ovificii npvt “lit.rie Seneca.'’ It shows that when the State Ag 
s, like Mammoth Sqnaskes, can myriad agencies brought into active operation in 
Last season we tried a different plan from any 
before tried by us, viz., ridging sufficiently wide to 
admit of horse cultivation, and manuring with fine 
manure in the ridges,—the amount of land a few 
rods less than an acre. An accurate account was 
The best quality which I have manufactured was make a jooi a . 
made from frozen stalks, yet, taking all things in and careful figuring, I h 
consideration, I suppose the best time is before her to he 10, with the c; 
frost, and in the doughy stage of the seed. 1 I have been trying to 1 
think the heat of the sun in sowing the cane is a word poor. There are 
and careful figuring, I have found the exact man- we might expect bke results irom i.kr 
her to be 10 with the cypher removed. as long as any of the movements S 
I have been trying to find out the meaning of the turist—even the most minute—are su >jec . o 
'TIT There are at least three kinds-tlie la „ 8 of change, we must expect a variation in the 
the' practice of agriculture. Could all external Vermont Sheep.-H is stated that Geo. Camt- 
forces be made to produce, each and every year, EEIJ , 0 f West Westminster, \t, recently sold ten 
precisely the same influence, and, could the producer Spanish Merino bucks to go to Buenos Ayres, 
he governed by irremediable laws in all his actions, South America. Three years ago he sold twenty 
we might expect like results from like causes; but bucks an d ten ewes to the same individual, and 
as long as any of the movements of the Agricul- an - ai ,gemente are now made for future exportations, 
turist— even the most minute—are subject to the •—- ' 
runs in a 11 an ‘^ vu,uw .— . A n 
ikeotof all expenses to time of gathering. After greater injury than frost I have to-dai, Dec. 10th, 
? to bad weather, no just account was been boiling some juice expressed from stalks cu 
that, oWins, to oau I j ♦VirmfrVt nAt. Tnnkinsr KYrilD oi hrst 
tliinK tm) neai oi me buu m ouniu 8 2 . iwilo _ 
r, ,-eater injury than frost. I have to-day, Dec. 10th, Lord’s poor, the Devil’s poor, and PO^Deiis. | 
been boilin B '«om e juice cxprccJ from Btulk. cut Thc Lori', poor »re good ^peopl^ mthort mo y. 
;.v n „fl thoncrh not making syrup of first The Devil s poor are wicked people, without m n 
Planting Potatoes in the Fall. The T.ynn 
ews is informed that Mr. Tudor planted last No¬ 
th at, owing W — . f rr a theri n g and in October, and though not making syrup 01 nrsi me ,r 1 'J , „ n) News is informed that Mr. tudok pmuMsu ------ 
made; but an estimate of cost of g. u ig not valueless, although the canes have Poor Devils are, emphatically, such vember eight acres of potatoes on his land at 
yield which is not fai fi • ' . . . .. f en and thawed a dozen times, and the mercury plow two inches deep, thiesh wui ■ > P Nahant They were planted in the usual manner, 
'■A seed was the long white carrot and had it all , 0 w as 6° the mily protection of manure in the road, yoke hogs with crotched sticks «. They* 1 d with n0 covering 
t that kind, the result would been even more has been - tar ^ p .^ £ the fieW . plant corn in the moon, and buy Spanish bucks a except, perimp ^ we are fearful will 
Tt will be perceive u ___ _ 
The farmer who gives his cattle onlj- food enough 
to keep them from starvation, is like the steamboat 
captain who puts in only coal enough to stem the 
tide, without making any progress, and the engi¬ 
neer who applies only sufficient fuel to keep the 
train from running backward on the rising grade. 
A Spring Show of Stock-Animals, Seeds, Imple- 
| ments, Ac., is to he held by the Niagara County 
Agricultural Society, on the Society’s Fair Grounds 
1 in Lockport, on Saturday, the 24th of April. 
