MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 10. 
four two by five inch mortices through each. Let 
the end mortices be six inches from the end of the 
plank, and the other two at such distance from 
MAKING WE LLS IN QUICKSAND. AURIC ULT UBAL D ISCUSSION. SR 11^1 Wf.t atten,ion ‘ It was simply a floating opinion, backed 
Messrs. Eds: —Tn your excellent Bural of March profits of root culture.—fattening swine. ^ ‘ ip tbe 1 C° ,nmer cial I ies3 > and expressed in a 
20th, in the department of‘Inquiries and Answers,” . . — . ■■ ■ ■ — . ^”'’ a/, ”» manru ' r - And jet 1° and 
I observed an inquiry about “making a Well in , A ,“ EET1N0 of tbe Tonawanda Valley Agricnl- . . teholdl-ju&Uhirty luies further on he gives us the 
Quicksand.” I will tell you 1 managed with two that, 4ura J Soc,e ^ held at Darien, Genesee Co., 7 , f °? g ’ ^ the 
l have dug upon my farm. When I came to the N * Y ” °“ the 25lh ult ” an(1 we a,e indebted to a J r March was warm and balmv Ind T "tVr TZ* °! ^ ^ 
quicksand I made a curb 8 square in such manner your,g of the Rural for the following ™ Tfonevcll rei icTn; the T IT T Market k Reports of Roches - 
ihat I could diive it down as I removed the sand ab lf° c l of the Proceedings: J P ‘ of ^"arth’s ucodlv f ufts in • l r> t0 *' a ,n the in ' 
andwater. After placing tbe curb and dri vine it The Society proceeded to an analysis of the first , f ’ tenor of New York,” the I>. F. objects thereto, and 
AGRICULTURAL DISCUSSION. 
Messrs. Eds: —Tn your excellent Rural of March profits of root culture.—fattening swine. 
them as shall make three equal spaces between 20th, in the department of “Inquiries and Answers,” 
mo nice s. Detail the mortices be four inches be- I 1 observed an inquiry about “making a Well in 1 g( ‘ . 3° D ! Darien^ IvLtfr”' 
L.wthc Inn aRoa of nlnr.v. Tnk* tho fnnr two Quicksand.” I will tell you I managed with two that,I „ y ’ . . . , G ee Co ” 
low the top edge of the plank. Take the four two Quicksand 
by six pieces, and make a tenon on each end to fit 
the mortices, and six inches long. Bore two three- 
quarter holes two inches from shoulder of tenon. 
I have dug upon my farm. When I oame to the 
quicksand I made a curb 8 square in such manner 
__ J] A 4 A ..i nimiuccucu ail dimiiMB ui me Iirsi ° - A wuu a. r, umccio biiciciu, auu 
irsr I,r “ I,0 “ d f ” “Will Roof ?!*'“ tb ' r** «* •"« 
Now, we have often heard that Chicago was a 
•‘great place,” that all the world revolved around 
mix with hay and grain. Sowed last year a little C<dd and b,eak weatber during the corresponding if, and we are willing to go further and give the 
-.i __• i . „ . Periods of most of thenastfivo voars nnr nrpepnt />_c*__a:. . r, , • 
i pieces are to he framed with nemno wun gravel, ann continued to ao so until i more tban one ei btb f f , periods of most of the past five years, our present 
. . ... obtained sufficient denth nf water then rnvprpfl thp mure man one eigntn oi an acie ot carrots, by the ... .. ,. j ^ I 
to bevel mortices in the cross- oDta nea sumo entcieptn oi water,ttien covered the gide of corn i jh , old-fashioned spring sunshine and atmosphere im- 
t, so that when done, they will iie 
>e of the bed four on each side.— '«8iae ot tne cuin, ninng between tne stone and anarf . 0htninp , 1 ntwl i,„„,i^a „„a .v.appearance of the wheat crop is most encouraging 
Prairie Farmer the credit of being the axis upon 
which it turns. If any Rural reader thinks Chicago 
a finished town we beg to correct such a delusion; 
for it is not, and , judging from the mortgages said to 
_ . ° , *. ' , down a little T nltippd some rrood eravet mitaidp nf iiwiwwu iui uisuussion:—" »ill itoots . ‘ ° ' -- — v/...i.o 6U U iti siauuiini, - 
Bring up the running gear of the wagon and put it down a little l placed some good gravel outside of p ? „ been done in this section, and many farmers sowed Now, we have often heard that Chicago was a 
on, extending the reach until the hind axle is mid- theonrb and llien removed the quicksand, and as Mn Bl8nop tbought roots we re of great value to barley and ° atS ,ast week> C° m P ared with the “great place,” that all the world revolved around 
way between the two hind cross-pieces. Now the J® J out tbe Band J d,0 ' c th ® CUI ^ d,,wn and fl ad mix with hay an(] grain- g owed ] as f ye ar a little C ° ld a " d b,eak weather durin 8 tbe corresponding it, and we are willing to go farther and give the 
?«« * re *° " C /‘T' " Uh «»« ««>■«> - - acr, ISSlVS ' f 7« P«fiv» jearis o„ prc te „t ,>„ kir F „ m the ^‘ ot „ elng lht ^ 
bevel tenons into bevel mortices in the cross- a P and commenced stop ng ^ of corn, which produced fifty bushels per acre, old-fashioned spring sunshine and atmosphere im- which it turns. If any Rural reader thinks Chicago 
pieces of the bed, so that when done, they will lie * " bet ° ten the stone und Plowed wel1 - and "owed in rows fourteen inches P ° rt hope and couraf?e to all -'vl>ilethe promising a finished town we beg to correct such a delusion; 
on the upper edge of the bed four on each side- „„ rb wj , h C()ar " e a , fc ^ n „ (t atinve tbeq ,n,k apart 0btained °ne hundred and thirty (130) a PP aa ^co «f the wheat crop is most encouraging- for it is not, and Judging from the mortgages said to 
1 hey should be so low that the under side of them ' "8 wellsThave used five jeeJs and bushe]s of ver ^ ,ine car >otB. Thinks one bushel of and ,eads mBay to behev ® * wil1 rnature 60 earl Y ^ held in its Office of Record, we are' inclined to 
will be no higher than the top of the hind wheel. ^ ^ t wo inches of sand in it This car,ots - at 00 lbs ” ei l ua l to one-half bushel of coim 83 t0 e8C8pe the rava 8 es of the mid S e - think the date of its completion, like the “good 
When these are framed in, nail one of the six inch and oat8 grouild together. Comp*, log labor, Ac, -Up to this date (April 6.) the weather has been time coming,” cannot be specified. Rochester may 
boards so that it will cover the hind wheel, and tbe SI ^ K 1858 thinks carrots pay better than corn. suflBciently warm and pleasant to warrant even a not exert “much influence upon the price of 
other at the outer end of the sticks. This makes a ;_’ Mr. Wallis has found it better to plow early, stron g er paragraph than the above in its behalf,— grain;” still such a thing as “Extra Genesee,” has 
ladder for one side. To connect the ladders, lay a Eds. Rural:— Tn this vicinity, where quicksand and let the ground lay until the first crop of weeds but a chil1 wind and atmosphere to-day renders us been heard of and samples of it have brought good 
six inch hoard across each end on the lower ladder is sometimes troublesome, and wells insuchsit.ua- appear, and then drag and sow. The carrots then less pan g uine ab »ut having entirely passed the prices — and, upon ihe whole, we think the “Flour 
board and pin to it with inch pins. Bore a two tions walled with cobble stones seldom stand long get the start of the weeds. Would make rows Ru Wcon of Winter. City” can get along without Chicago. We prefer 
inch hole through the centre of each cross board, wi t b0 ut filling in, biioks made beveling so as to twenty one inches apart, so as to be able to go he- -- il for our “standard,” at all events, and can't think 
au.:Ian inch hole in the cross-piece below it, and form a circle about two and a half feet in diameter tween with a cultivator, and thus save hoeing. Tmpheb Seed. We are indebted to A. O. Moore, of visiting the home of the P, F, for market reports 
inch hoi# through the centre of each cross board, w i tbo ut filling in, biicks made beveling so as to twenty one inches apart, so as to be able to co be- 
aml an inch hole in the cross-piece below it, and form a circle about two and a half feet in diameter tween with a cultivator, and thus save hoeing. 
lay un Liiu UUILOIII Deween me laauere 10 waiK Jinnnlnr hlnnVftthrPP.fnnrthfl nf an innli in tliintnofio , c , .. . - *+*+ - . , 
"l>»n- 1 «»H »b.l thi. rigging carry thirty !, Le end. and t.„rri„g nothing at .Lottr- Z *uZWMeU Opptc.SBBW-We are i„d eted Hol t. “ yT 
hundied with more security than any other that This will form a brick of the usual length on one they cost, including all expenses about 10 or Vi H ° LT ’ C ' omra i8sioner of Patents, for a liberal V et Chicago “middle mpt ” seek « Tt- f* 
I have seen will fifteen. 1 he reason seems to be, edge, and an inch and a half shorter on the other, cents per bushel. Thinks the earlier thev supply ot grain, vegetable, and flower seeds, mostly . r nm msf - »i r * '? ivi "t - 0 " ri n 
,h aV“ d tr“ tM '‘ rdatheCe "‘ re - .. 1 Bixtcen of there will complete a circle, and im „„ rted IellE ,_„. h „ 
’ ’ 8 8 - °- LtB * if Iaid -itbout mortar will take 90 to the foot, last speaker suggested. culttvator. Also, to Senator (the qnoted prit .; s jn tab ,e!) ' Do ^Crates of 
They should he burned very hard, and the hardest Mr. Yates grows from 300 to 500 bushels of nm p ^ t DRE J 8 ' f °J 1>atent flour-$5@$5 50-furnish a fair profit? Here, 25 
of all selected to lay near and .at the surface. To carrots pGr acre. Thinks they are better for horses P ’ Zl Var '°" 8 P documente - cents per bbL is so considered, but in Chicago it 
make the thing sure, some lay them in water-lime than for any other stock. They keep a horse 0 takes $2 a bbl. to make grinding pay! You must 
mortar, but they are for the most part laid dry and healthy when given with other food. The earth w SnoaT n0BNS I ' 0R Phance.—T he Emperor of compile your tables a little more proportionately, 
the earth packed close behind them. I never on them is good for the horses. ra " Ce bas reoent,y P urcba * ed 28 Short horn cows Mr> P . p., especially when making a case of “spe- 
knew a well walled with good brick to give out or After some more rambling discussion the So- am] l heifar - a > pc,ected from the ^t herds in England. cial picking.” The folks at the West must he 
Patent Office Seeds — iVe are indebted to lion. 
J. Holt, Commissioner of Patents, for a liberal 
SORGHO SUCRE. of all selected to lay near and .at the sm face. To carrots pGr acre. Thinks they are betu-r for horses 
„ _ . make the thing sure, some lay them in water-lime than for anv other stock- TLpv i, Mn Q 
yI,s - i t «al.— eeing t ie record of disappoint mortar, hut they are for the most part laid dry and healthy when given with other food The !■ ii 
2^^“r" C0 .T p0,ld “ t *“ J - GR * ,,of >*’« ^th packed close behind them. I never on them is good for th hor el ’ 
Sheridan, N. Y, I thought, sometime ago, ] would 
try and let, him into the secret of converting disa¬ 
greeable things of a “ green” color into very pleas¬ 
ant ones of an amber hue. Our friend in Hoosier- 
dom has made a reply which 6eems to nettle “J. 
G. B.” a little, and perhaps I had better let him 
alone. However, a statement of one or two ex¬ 
periments, and the results thereof, may enlighten 
the earth packed close behind them. I never on them is good for the horses. 
knew a well walled wilh good brick to give out or After some more rambling discussion, the So- 
till up. There are wells in this vicinity built in this defy adopted the following resolution: 
way, that have stood twenty years, which are as Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Society-, it 
good, apparently, as lliey were the day when ’ s profitable to raise roots both for store feeding 
finished.—J. A. Crawford, Clay, Onon. Co., N. V., aild ,aUeijir) K purposes. 
Siiorthorns for France. —The Emperor of 
France has recently purchased 28 Short horn cows 
and heifers, selected from the best herds in England. 
Helms also purchased Col. TownleVs hull, “Master doing well according to this scale of quotations; 
Butterfly 4th,” and hired Mr. Booth's celebrated 
but there are dark spots in every picture. Witness 
“ P ; i , nae Alfred -” stodt is to be kept at thU brief extract from a letter recently written by 
..I'ciunps j imu ucuer lei nim March 1858. • Alter lea 
alone. However, a statement of one or two ex- - ceeded to c 
periments, and the results thereof, may enlighten Ed8, r ural:—To make a well in quicksand, cut Hyj)] 
him in regard to the value of the green thing he out a circ,e of 8 0<,d sufficiently large for sat j,fj,, d fj , 
so much detests. your w'eii, eight inches wide, and pin sections to- tban one gt 
I planted on 420 square feet of ground, 94 hills, 8 e,lier > niaking it double. Prepare good haid cor n meal 
averaging, when the cape was cut, four and a frac- hricb —“well biick” are the best — and best water- of ar)D i es ! 
After leaving the root question, the society pro¬ 
ceeded to consider the subject of Fattening Hogs. 
the Model Farms of St. Cloud and Versailles. 
Feeding the Soil. — It was recently stated at 
Mr. Hyde feeds apples and roots to his hogs. Is <he Ineetin 8 of an Agricultural Association in 
tisfied from experience, that a variety is better En 8 ,ar,d - that tbe fsrmers in that country have 
a farmer in Jersey Co., III., (one of the P. F.’s sub¬ 
scribers, perchance,) to the American Industrial 
Association: 
“ Teop’e here cannot pay their debts, things are so low; 
tion stalks to the hill. When most of the cane was lin ‘C. Dig down to the quicksand, then lay down d corn not as d . ’ mn “ P ° n 
ripe, I cut it, and expressed about three-fourths of Y 0,lr P ,auk and ‘•-onimence laying up brick, and » Bl =„ np * tna „ , , .. 
the juice from it, getting about twelve gallons.— ,illin « a11 crevices with water-lime and pieces of in tb ‘ ‘ , t , ‘ ... } c,ack8hl 
pork from 
mr - uisiiop goes to a tannery and cracks his corn 
in the ear with the bark mill, until it is all the size 
of kernels of corn. He then has it ground into 
This I boiled own, taking the scum oif as it rose, l,rick ' 80 88 l,e water Wll «*n you have a few of ke , f ‘.. ’ 1 uie f ,ze 
to two and a quarter gallons of syrup, quite thick, feet 1,11,8 ,aid 11 P- T on « an di f? down-the brick will mea , and feedg ’ d .. 1 8 U ' nt ° 
and beautiful and rich to the taste as honey— settle without any difficulty—and thus you can sink corn niea ] ’ ll bettcr tIian P ure 
Nothing waa qm 4 to clarify it, ,„d no Iimo pot in yoor well to »o, required depth The welUboold Dr . Dor'«.»oi. think, eawdnet (a, had lteecng. 
to correct the acid taste. I think that was all l,e lar K e enou « h for a to work in, say four feet ested) . , f 
l.ako„ away with tho green scum. Let« J. C. B.” for the fir.l live feet of bricking, gradually making meT ). 0 ?„ ”^Z D °”?f 
figure out whether it would pay to cultivate it at it smaller as you lay up. Should it he necessary for tnake the fnmt t il- coin meal to 
that rate. The coat of the eyrup " owe, '»<* -.f water,,„ deepen the well after it la nuiahed, 'IS i, „ n T * “"f""* 4 
twenty five cents. The soil where this cane grew 11 can be done 111 tbe ^me manner, the whole struc- niont , J knew a man 111 V er ' 
was so hard that I did not try to spade it up af^ -e will settle evenly as fast as the quicksand is da}8 / and fed bis Zse entRelyonbreadTnd" W ® 
one attempt-being a mixture of clay and sand, reraoved f,om tbe The wafer will readily cuit ingtead of 0 ‘ d a "^ ' ^ 
washed from the road by every heavy rain. 1 hnd 1,8 wa Y in at tbe bottom, and no “caving in” horse was fresh got through his 
simply hoed a place for the seed, and covered with or “« U P ,: w,u foliow - 1 8 P‘‘ ak from expert. M r. Wallis knew a man who weighed ten shoats 
the chips of dirt The after cultivation was simply ence.— Francis Granger, Toledo, Ohio, 1858. arid distributed them in pens-two and two,—so j 
^ ^ V>eet ^^ Eds. Rural: —Forthcinformation of “ A Reader,” eac ^ 1 ^ wo were of nearly the Fame weight.— 
A lot of cane, nearly ripe, yielded one gallon of [ would say that my father dug a well in quicksand Fed 00 da J 8 * The two fed on dry corn gained 70 
tine flavored syrup to eight gallons of juice. This about fifteen years since, and made the wall of lbs - less than tbose ft>d 08 cooked feed. Those fed 
rode a horse 300 miles in 3 consecutive 
have been brought under cultivation. power. I have over $2,000 due, and cannot command $18 
-- over and above current expenses; but if you are disposed 
Calculate.— The editor of Emery's Journal, in a fien<, nie a S ir| . 1 ' V ‘U see that you got the money as 
brief article upon the importance of “figgers,” 80011 as 1 can command it.” 
says “we wish farmers would use the pencil more.” -^ nd bere ,s another branch from the same fruit- 
insignificant, seemingly, is that minute piece of ful vine—copied from a Western paper: 
Dr. Dorrance thinks sawdust (as had beensug-i P ,uniba 8° in its wooden walls, but there is no tel- “A farmer in Macoupin Co., Ill., has on hand, it is stated, 
° ‘ ling what striking things it may “work out” in the bushels of choice wheat, , he crop of 1856. Last 
hands of a “ready reckoner.” If the farmer would • vear be reflued 75 P er bushel forit. Ife held on for $2. 
appeal to it for aid, would rely upon its faithful 1Ie ,ia8 now contracted to deliver it at the railroad at 73 
assistance as the mariner believes in his compass, cen s !>tr ,us ie \ 
there would be no faltering or stumbling in his vo- ,!1 conclusion we may remark that we do not 
cation, and for him at least, the ancient words of cherish inimical feeliDgs toward the Prairie Farmer, 
warning, “look before you leap,” would lose their nni caa ' ve be suspected of personal enmity to its 
import. Right good instruction is that which edlt,or >^ ,r> Medill, with whom we have not the 
guides by a more thorough use of the penciL pleasure of au acquaintance—except on paper, and 
_ g (t that, we admit, has not prepossessed us in his favor. 
A Chicago Martyr a~t the Stake.— The Prairie And WC n,USt 8dd that we d ° Uot admire ,be “ do «- 
Fanner of the 25th ult. gives the Rural New- ia - tbe - man gc” 8 P ,rR mauifestedtowardthosepur- 
Yobker a very handsome and long notice, for which T g “ 8imil " V Tof ™\™ f ° r a »velihood-nor, 
it. has nnr nrnfonnH when corr8cted or rebuked, his attempts to suffer 
Lime or soda should be put into the juice of green 
cane to neutralize the natural acid, or the syrup 
will not he good, and will not keep. Another 
small lot of lipe cane, which had been frosted be¬ 
fore it was cut, and lain uncovered at the mill 
top, and then dug under the bottom and lowered —Reporter. 
the wall two feet without injuring it in the least._ __— 
The wall should be laid on a plank platform. The DRAIN TILE -A VALUATLE IMPROVEMENT. 
water is not injnred by the lime. This is decidedly 
the best plan for building a wall in quicksand. 
-i.erun, ft says.-—“In the last number of Moores Rural ... . ,, 
1 Ul same territory', in the “centre” of which it has 
—-, _ ttew- Yorker we find a strange, unprovoked, blunder- ■ , , 
/ ... a -n ,, 7 • • V, been published nearly twenty years.) was not the 
H4IN mi-i V ALUABL E IMPHOVEMENT. Sdt-U ifl ^ B.„l 
JoriK H. R,q as , of Hartford, Com, (a liber- ^“r°it uYBt'amo'^tbaf'T 7 r“ °“ r ^‘‘tlm, 1 ital"“elJglffor’tbo 
minded gentleman who has recently risen from head ^ 1418 f ran ^ that men 0 ^ 8hou d entire Agricultural Press, and the success of any or 
successful dental practitioner to a farmer,)enters ^ 8maH f a ” a \ ^"revoked! a „ we co , lsider , he be8t f of the advancemont 
e avocation of tilling the soil, with a free oiler- Ph !f 8 modest, considering that the editor of the c)aimed for the Nineleeillh Cenlury 
g to his brother farmers of a new model for p - b a°. either directly or indirectly, often “pitched y ‘ 
ain Tile, so simple that any man can mould them iat ° ” the RuRAL > bi8 b ™f connection with Buckwheat Bran is 7aid to he ininrions to 
at can make a brick, and every way better as the Ag ' 1 rePS - Alld be bas not onl - r done this 1 
;11 as cheaper, than any thine for dnLin.r ,1™ editorially, but through one or more of his corres- nursing eona - Jt causes tho skin of the litter to 
half, without corrections or clarifiers of any kind, fiuicksand. Probably the most effectual way to Diain Tile, so simple that any man can mould them iat0 ” the Rural, during his brief connection with „ _ . "*^71 
I have come to the following conclusions from P r ^ nt paving is to make a circular platform of that can make a brick, and every way better, as tbe A «' Pr ^ And be bas riot on ^ du “ e tbi « nu^gTowu ItZn^tio IkinVT/utZ !o 
my experiments: sufficient size to support the wall and to commence well as cheaper, than any thine for draining nmv edltorial| y. b “t through one or more of his corres- nurs ,1 K 80W8 - “ causes the skin ot the litter to 
J. The cane needs a light warm rich soil—not laying thewa11 8880011 88lh eq">okBand is reached, in use. pondents. For instance, when we gave our News Cr8ck 8,1 over - and the ears and tails frequently 
much cultivation; but to be kept clear of weeds. and ,et the wal1 down by diggin g linder tbe P lat ' Tbe drain is b u R t in the form of an equilateral [tems for one week - in a solid coIu ran, (which was 0 ciac 0 ‘ be 60W8 themselves dl T U P, a «d the 
2. It must be ripe —;just ripe— to yield a profita- f ° rm ' 0f course the platform should not be wider triangle—a tile for the base and two others, (all no improvement, and hence not continued.) the P. P ' g re ap 0 ie ’ 
hie quality and quantity of syrup and sugar. than the thickness of the wall, and the wall should three just alike,) resting on the base and mee’ting p - 8aid we had imita ted it in that respect, and TnK Annuai Faik 0 7 t * be ¥ iv : nMtnT1 r „ Ao , 
3. As good syrup, in respect to color and taste, be la ' d ,n wa,er hme ' The beht matei > al for a "' a H at the apex. A groove near each edge of the in- added -“Several other features have been copied gociet fa , 0 be held jn G ^ on h 2 ‘ „„ g ' 
can be made by rapid boiling and dose skimming, ' vb f re thcre 18 Quicksand is brick. The cheapest side surface receives the square edge of its fellow from ,he Prame Farmer -” To those familiar with and 24th of Bepb next _ Tbe pre ^ |u u . , ’ \ 
as by the use of lime, soda, milk, eggs, or any other f ° r tb,S P ur P ose - W - H - Elizabeth, in match work, and this groove is all that distin tbe “ f " a,ure8 -” C0n,e,lt8 a,ld g 8 »oral arrangement increaaed , and a permanent building erected for 
articles, in the process of manufacture, all of which N ‘ J ' 18d8, guishesthe tile from plain brick, except that they of tbe two P a P ers > tins assertion must have seemed officeg and committee 100rag> 
I tried faithfully. Wn received quite a large number of answers in a RO made of any desired leDgth, breadth, and thick e ^ cecdin g , y loolish, as well as “unprovoked.”— __ 
4. From 250 to 350 gallons of good thick syrup, reference to the subject discussed above; those giv- ness. For example:—If 1 inch thick and 6 inches ^r bas the R'hai. alone been the object of the The “Bay-State Apple Paring Machine'’invented 
as the produce of one acre, I consider a safe esti- eD > bo *vever, monopolize the whole matter.— Eds. wide, the inside of the drain would be a triangle of . eenof 1118 fresb Ajax of Agnou tura l J °urnal- b Whittemore, of Worcester Mass, and 
mate. J. D. Taylor, of Rockporf, in this county, --- about 3J inches— and tile 2 feet loDg would be 1Sm ' 1<H ! gh Ee8ted t U . P ° n 118 1 1 ”° De ,.°“ ly 8 ,ew sold for S2, is said (by the N. Y. Tribune) to be “su 
writes me that he made from 160 to 500 gallons to SEDIMENT IN MAPLE SUGAR. easily handled. Joints should be made to break in moon . 8 ’ h ® ba sapparently assumed the divine right perior to any rival maebine we ever examined. It 
the acre, according to the quality of the cane. „ T> _ the laying, so that, should a bottom tile become <>f . k '“f S '' P ’ 8Dd ( evident, y tb,nk 'fg hnnself a pares core8 and sliee8 (if required) at one opera- 
5. In planting, I believe the most profitable plan EnaJK ural:-Tu your paper of the 13th ult, I undermined and drop down, the sides or top would So,yOMON > and tbat al i w ! 18dom wou,d tion, and at the rate of four or five apples per 
is to put two seeds in a place, about twenty inches n0tlced 8 ^munication from a maker of maple remain in place and keep the drain open. Thus if d ’ e , W1 ? h “ vltuperative minute. We do not see how this can well be im- 
Rfiart, in drills four feet apart Let only one plant 8U g ar > who 8, g us b >mse)f “ O. B,” and who, after the tile are 2 feet long, begin with one of 8 inches a “ d “ onprovoked edlct8 a 8 aiu8t abou ‘ ever Y proved upon, unless by a machine which goes by 
grow in a place, which will send up from four to e8C11 lin g l>'s process of manufacturing the arti- on one side, one of 16 on the other, and a full one a g llcu tlna J ouina poSS " 881ng any 0 e . g0 ' lightning and is given away.” 
eight stalks. When the cane is ripe enough to cut cle - sa N 8 lbat afler be !>»» boiled the sup to a syrup, at the base. The advantages are: aheadativeness of Young America, and especially - 
the seed will be black, and should be taken off and haS f 8 ‘ rained - 8et ' ,8d a, ’ d « ,8aa sed it, and has sub- Simplicity. Any body can make the tile. «uch as count their subscribers by thousands in the Addi TIO n to the “Rural” Family.-Wg are in 
hung up in a dry, airy place to cure. All the stalks Je “tedjt to the same process tbe second time, and 2. Cheapness. They can be moulded, burnt, Nonh West - The !. F. c&rt&uily meant somethmg receipt of tbe first number of a new member of the 
prevent caving is to make a circular platform of that can make a brick, and every way better as 
sufficient size to support the wall and to commence well as cheaper, than any thing for draining now 
laying the wall as soon as the quicksand is reached, in use. 
mg to ms oroiner farmers ot a new model for 
Diain Tile, so simple that any man can mould them 
Buckwheat Bran is said to be injurious to 
nursing sows. It causes the skin of the litter to 
and let the wall down hy digging under the plat- The drain is built in the form of an equilateral ,tems R ,r one week > ia a solid column, (which was w ”‘“ v “ c 
form. Of course the platform should not be wider triangle—a tile for the base and two others, (all 110 i"'P r0Ven,ent > and hence not continued.) the I’. plgS are ap4 0 ie ^ 
than the thickness of the wall, and the wall should three just alike,) resting on the base and rnee'tinu F - 8 «id we had imitated it in that respect, and T * F 
pondents. For instance, when we gave our News Crack 8,1 over - aud the ears and taila frequently 
Items for one week, in a solid column, (which was 10 Crack ° ff ' The 60W8 th emselve8 dry up, and the 
TnK Annual Fair of the Livingston Co. Ag. 
iciety is to be held in Ceneseo, on the 22d, 23d 
id 24th of Sept, next The premium list is to be 
creased, and a permanent building erected for 
fices and committee looms. 
which are not ripe may be used to advantage for b °! ' Ilg , u tb ° lh ," d U ' ne aud 8Uirerir, g il t0 handled, aud laid, as cheap as plain brick, 
fodder, the greenest cured at corn fodder. In this 0001 and settle * he 81,11 ,U)d9 at the bottom a sedi- 3 . Durability and permanency. A drain made 
way I believe the crop will pay at least twice as ™® Dt for wb,ch he cannot "ocount, and asks for of them is less liable to get out of order than o. e 
well as wheat or corn. 
East Cleveland, Ohio, 1858. 
information on the subject He is not the only made in a . otber 
individual who has found himself in the same di- j Aorotinr, 0 'i,; o ,, 
in its article of Jan. 7, entitled “Coaxing Patro¬ 
nage”— wherein it likened “half-a-dozen of our 
exchanges” to some “broken down gambler or 
bankrupt quack medicine manufacturer” who 
starts a “gift enterprise”—and we reckon a re- 
Rural family, entitled “ Southern Illinois Rural 
Cabinet .” It hails from Du Quoin,— is a neat 16 
page semi-monthly,—and indicates that some of 
the Egyptians go in for light and progress. We 
, T i. m me same oi- 4. Aeration. This principal object in draining . . „ ,. r hope it will succeed, but have our fears—unless 
tmina. aic ln 1 ie practice of niaking mos t soils, is pre-eminently attained by the con- J ^ 1D * , . ° t , Um er ,° , the Prairie Farmer “pitches in,” as it probably 
Fattening Pigs on Cooked and Raw food.- SUg8r for 8 nnmber of seasons, and though my t inued joints at the sides and top. */"*• also meant something which was/ e /nf not wiJ) on the 8ap p 08iliotl that every dar k region is 
to , nrnppca onmonrliof _ 1 fullv nrirtTPCifilpfi hv t.hp TiRrt.v wnn waa thprom . J & 
A year ago last fall I fatted two pigs, having their f ,rocess ha ® diflfered 80mewhat from hip » our ob J* e ct 5 . i t i s a free improvement The inventor will avilrecmUd the l^ rt y ^ , . as therein its legitimate territory. Published by Paul Wat- 
food ground and cooked, and I thought they eat a haa be y en tbe 8ame ’ V1Z ” t0 manufactu re a pure arti not take a patent, nor allow any one else to mo- T'f, “ 40 . mmd hl8 tl ° Wn bU8,aes8 bare ‘ kins, at $1,50 a year. 
great deal and made but little pork. Last fall I fatted cle< I could not at first doubt but the sap ran uopolize a right to this simple and valuable afier - Tbe } • p - a1 ^ gently'occupied nearly a -^ _ 
great deal and made but little pork. Last fall I fatted c e * 1 cou a I10t ir8 ^ ^ ou bt but the sap ran uopolize a 
two others, their food ground and wet, standing ^ lom lbe ^ iee Pure, and con equently, if no foreign invention, 
until it began to ferment; as near as I can ealeu- 8ubstance was suffered to come in contact with it, Draining i 
late, the latter mode of feeding will make one- tbe 81, g ar rau st be pure. Rut after using such pre- ments in fan 
fourth more pork from the same amount of corn. caution tbat 1 kne(V notbin g bad come near which ordinary wa 
I have the corn ground because the teeth of spring COuld defile if ’ 1 found mi ' self in tbe 8an,e P red 'ca- overesUmaR 
pigs got sore if fed on hard corn, and they will not ment 88 “°’ R ” 1 could not for a tirne conceive desideratum. 
a right to this simple and valuable . , ’ ^ "‘"‘J ™» 
1 column—under the specious title of “ A Defence 
to „„„ t , . of our Readers in attacking the character of an 
g is one of the greatest modern improve- . , T , • . , . 
_i_ Airriea tural Journal in the same e.itv with itse f 
Early Reans.— The N. E. Farmer tells how to 
raise them, in this wise:—“Plow, manure and pre- 
———-‘“ st “ ,r “ s ; ve ■ tu(r — . >. “” ade “ P f,ce8 ” “ whlw,e '’‘ f.»o mould, andlhencoTeYwitlT clear 
Blind-Ditching in Quicksand —I have made ' 1 ore ’ conc uded > tbat where the water is im- Valley Ag. Society, at Attica, will do the same on -A- 8 t0 f be paragraph which has given rise to the sand. The warm horse-manure acts as a hot-bed, 
some blind-ditch through ouicksand after thiu P re g nated wub D™*. t be sap partakes of it to some receipt of money enough to pay for getting up the present discussion, the P. F. denies all knowledge while the sand becomes heated above by the sun’s 
manner:—Make the ditch the desired deptlq then *"Z Tr* “ count ^ wbere “ne 1 doltar^ToSS 1 ^ of it until he saw it in the Rural of 20th ult Of rays, and has the farther advantage of throwing np 
put boards along the bottom, place the tile upon Mv wonder is whv°tlt 1 ^ f,ee / , fr .° m lbat 88dlmeHt * part, gratuitously, the information that will enable COUrse we Wl11 not dl8pute the assertion, but has no weeds. In this manner beans and most other 
the boards, cover 3 or 4 inches with good gravel . . f “ y tae 8ap and lime 8hould be 80 them to construct the pattern for themselves. our contemporary a good memory? Some would garden vegetables may be obtained very early.” 
then fill the ditch and it makes a first quality blind- en8C '" U8 . ° f eac 1 ® thar 88 to ret l ,,ire 80 raan ^ boi1 ' I regret that I am not draughtsman enough to be inclined to doubt—for in speaking of the item -~~— 
dra , n< _x. C Baiiey Albion. IV V 1 K 5 R. mgs, strainings ana settlings to separate them. transfer the drain to paper. ** l. 8. ** he says he “would have passed it without remark, The proper temperature for horse stables, ac- 
Sangerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y., 1858. K. B. Attica N. Y., 1858. as it did not contain one word or idea worthy of cording to an English writer, is about 70° Fah. 
in the centre, and then drop the beans upon the 
manure after treading it down slightly with the 
foot Now scatter over the beans and manure a 
very little fine mould, and then cover with clear 
T, rTOT1 _ uiuciuic, cuueiuueu, mat wnere tne water is im- 
tome blM HHoh ,1 ^ raim.-I h, Te made pregnaled wilh lime, the eap partake.of it to some 
^‘ ,1 ? r .! his e.«ent,a„d that,agar made la a country where 
drain.—T. C. Bailey, Albion, N. Y., 1858. 
