MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER - . AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 17. 
. , . | n f 4 b e well on paper—that theoretically the arguments 
some of the most important element of the so U P I corjclusions correct, but when 
ESSE 
THE DIOSCOREA BATATAS. 
WOOD MILLS. 
ages of insects, (other than the midge) rust, &c. 
may be good andthe conclusions correct, but when A WRITEU i a the Patent Office Report for 1855, Eds. Rural: —I would say a few words to farm- XhU » 
put in practice it will tell a different story. To this remarkg concer niDg this esculent: — “When culti- ers upon the subject of sawing wood, not to that - 
1 answer that I have practiced the second course ydgd - n & deep( r i cbj i 00ge 80 i], the small tubers, class who persist in sawing their wood with a key- Minnesota Ag. College.— A bill for the estab- 
with the variations above mentioned, in favor of after tbe brBt year, will penetrate the earth perpen- hole saw, because their fathers did before them, lament of an Agricultural College in Minnesota 
notatoes and oats, for several years with very sat- .. . , t +Vl „ j mtll < wo or m ore feet and will but to those progressive farmers who are ready to bag passed the Senate bv a vote of 22 against 7. 
it was necessary to make a good summer fallow, pioof of the correctness 
* _ . , __ r will ctalo fliaf in ftnnvfl 
threshing were the hardest anu most expensive 
jobs of the season; the tools and different kinds of 
the advantages of said rotation, as anotner other p]antg after the firgt year > 8 grow th.” Those a stream of water running but a short distance Gen Wm Ditane Wilson, Editor of the Iowa 
oof of the correctness of the above conclusions, grown by myself and others here are annuals ,—the from the wood-house, sufficient to saw all the wood Farmerj Deg Moines, having been appointed Secre- 
vill state that in conversation with farmers 1 am ^ rootgj whelher large 0 r small, die and decay from the log which is needed on the farm; also tary of the Jow . a Agricultural College and Farm, 
ten told “1 don’t see how you get along so, I can mucb ]ibe an old potatoe . Mr. Pkince exhibited turning grindstone, and where the stream never announces that lie would be pleased to open a cor¬ 
ake no such sales or profits as you do.” one at the gtate Fair at Buffalo with the old shriv- dries up, doing the churning. I know many fami- reS p 0n dence with every farmer and mechanic in 
In conclusion, allow me to say to such farmers as dgd rQot and twQ new tu j?ers attached to the same lies who will purchase a piano or melodeon, who tbe State in regar d to the objects contemplated. 
ay be inclined to discuss the question, pro or con, 8tem> Why j g it tba t our great and learned writers can not afford thirty dollars to build a wood mill, __ 
veus the reasons, facts, and figures on which ^ gQ many blunders. Why do men of far- though the latter would save them many back- Thobough-Bbed Stock Bobned.—W e learn from 
mr opinions are predicated. Do not say, “ Ob, gedng and penetrating thought jump at such con- aches. Let us figure a little. tbe Homestead that the barns and stables of S. P. 
' course, every farmer knows that wheat would clugionB in reg ard to the Chinese Yam, and in the The whole cost for a sufficient mill in most Rem1ngton Eb „ ne arPhiladelphia, were destroyed 
! more profitable than any other crop if it was language of onei say> “It is the greatest boon ever places need not exceed thirty dollars, the interest fire ]ag ’ weekj and that gixty h ead of Short- 
it for the wheat midge,” and there let it drop.— n Gqd tQ man< The plant destined to equal on which, at seven per cent is two dollars and ten ' d Alderneyf , of superior excellence, were 
. . *A i_ ia UrrVit thrnwn OT1 ° . n. _ _ *ii*__ i ~ k A A vGavIr rnrairfl which nppn » * 
principal part of two seasons-all which proves to be more profitable than any other crop if it was language of one Bay> “it i 8 the greatest boon ever places need not exceed thirty dollars the interest ^ ^ and that sixty bead of Short . 
mv mind that it costs more, in proportion to the not for the wheat midge,” and there let it drop. gjven by God to man . The plant destined to equal on which, at seven per cent is two dollars and ten horng aud AlderneyB of superior excellence, were 
product, to raise a crop of wheat than it does to By turning it off thus, there is no light thrown on ( , ott(m ju va j ue> b y supplying the millions of earth cents. Add to this the yearly repairs, which need 
raise any other. the subject, but, on the contrary, the tendency is ^ cbeap food; and gilence ite enemies, and like not exceed an average of one dollar and fifty cents, '-- 
But, 1 may be asked, if wheat is so uncertain and rather to prevent thought and investigation, both ^ potatQ cover the whole ] and v & c . and we have the enormous sum of three dollars and Wm e Ward, of Port Chester, is engaged in 
expensive, whatshall take its place? My answer is 0 f which are so much needed at the present time. Suppose we compare it with the potato and ad- sixty cents per year for “help” that never tires; building a working machine for spading, which he 
no one crop, hut a diversity. I believe it is well Orleans Co., March, 1858. 1 • mit it to be about as good in flavor as that famous that will work if you choose, from four o'clock in believes will be capable of breaking up three- 
Wm. E. Ward, of Port Chester, is engaged in 
CULTURE OF FLAX, 
understood that in order to make farming profit- -- — —-- root Look at the difference in the cost of produc- the morning till ten at night, doing the work of quar ters of an acre per hour, ten inches deep, or 
able it is necessary to have a well-considered, sys- CULTURE OF FLAX, tion _ How simple and easy the culture of the half a do*e» raep, besides saving wood enough to deeper if required, and sufficient locomotive power 
tematic rotation of crops— a rotation that is well -• _ potato, a coarse feeder, growing Upon almost any pay for itself in a short time. I think a wind-mill i s given. 
adapted to the kind of soil cultivated and the Eds. Rural:—Y our recent mention of Flax Se 6 _ } . emoot h coarseo* fine, springing quick might be put up for about the same cost that would 
probable demand in market, lienee, it fallen-,, among the "auMItnte, for wheat growing” ha, 1 Th r ongb hard, lumpj toil Of Kb of «r . peat qutotityof wood, though I dronli pro- Dm* «. teeTkJ . Uan._ bat Mean*, 
that if the wheat midge had not troubled us, wheat led me to look into the subject a little, and I send 1 bin g ahead of strong-grovving weeds, and fer a water-mill where the stream runs within six Jon * IwSH, of Venice, Madison Co. Ill., have rc- 
should only be one of several crops in a rotation, you the substance of what I have learned, that yon ^^ J y Qne plowing and ho eing producing rods of the wood-house. ^ntly purchased the Morgan stallion Black 
and that such a course of farming would be more may, if you think proper and profitable, lay it of bundreds 0 f bushels to the acre of nice I have an overshot wheel, ten feet in diameter, Hawk, Jr./ of H. b. I yi.kh, fc pnngw , • 
profitable than the old way of sowing wheat, once before your readers. If I have not much of real ‘ d tuberg g0 eagily come at , that a man will the water brought one hundred feet in a trunk six and that Job & Co., of the first named place, have 
adapted to the kind of soil cultivated and the Eds. Rural: Y T our recent mention of Flax SeeC. } r ' ^ orgmoot b coarBe 0 r Gue, springing quick I might be put up for about the same cost that would 
probable demand in market Hence, it follows, among the “substitutes for wheat growing” has ^ throu ’ h hard> lnmpy Bo ;; 6t ^ of saw & great quantity of wood, though I should pre- 
profitable than the old v»**j v* -- 7 - — -- - « snaoeo moers bo uaauv uumu at, mat tm- n»tv* ^^—- ,..,,^>11 u-. \i Ar « Q ri 
in two or three years, especially on land that had value to offer, I think I indicate sources whence djgfrom 3() to 80 bus hels per day. (I once dug 75 inches square inside. The stream is dry more just bought the celebrated Black Hawk Morgan 
been mainly devoted to raising wheat for a long such information can be obtained, and perhaps you bugbdg of tatoeg iu a daVj and this is not an un- than half the time during the dryeet summers, and stallion “ Fig Iron, of Mr. I- letcueb, Vt., at nign 
period. These facts being admitted, the question will join me in an effort to draw out such from ex- common day , gwort ) Tbe ' n look at the Dioscorea frozen most of the time during the winter, yet it figures, and changed his name to V\ ide Awa 
arises, can the wheat crop be left out of the rotation perienced flax growers. ^ ^ Batatas, a feeVle running vine, delicate in all its saws all my wood—the large wood with a recipro- Morgan. - ’ _^_ 
without serious detriment to the farmer? The bet- A writer in the Stale Ag'l Transactions for 1855, habitgj g 0 muc i lgo thatmo 8 toftheweeds,nnles 8 care- eating saw, commonly called a cross cut, and the g AFETY Stikkui 1 .—A New York paper thinks 
ter to answer this question and illustrate my views says that “for more than thirty years without inter- fa i lyremoved( will smother it. Then forthe digging, small top wood with a circular. During the last „ humanity has great reason to feel blessed in the 
of the subject I have prepared the following tables ruption, flax has been cultivated extensively in le Carjoug to gee and dig the “ wonderful root,” with spring and fall I sawed about fifty dollars worth of dif)C0 , of a Bt i rruP) which, iu case of the rider 
of three different rotations. The first is for a live counties of Washington and Rensselaer. The crop gpade jn band j repa j red 1o t h e garden, and threw shingles—also, considerable stufl for blinds, sash, bg . tbrown from hig i 10rge> lc m detach itself from 
years course with wheat included; the second for is estimated to occupy at present, in these conn- ^ be d ; rt a gp i t deep a u around the vine— doors, Ac., and all this without taking much of my lfie sad di e . The terrible risk of being dragged by a 
a five years course without wheat; the third for a ties, about five thousand acres of choice land. The enougk to k ave dug a hill of potatoes. What did time from my other business. This shows how runni korge , till the face is disfigured or the 
three years course where wheat is the main reli- fact that the highly intelligent and skillful farmers f gee? _ A i uc ; oug fat Yam? No, only a siring of much muscular labor a small stream of water will brdjng beaten ’ out ^ ig t]m s mercifully obviated.” It 
ance. Each course is calculated for 75 acres. of this district, have pursued for so long a period, a rooU Again I.went t© work and enlarged the save if rightly managed. is the invention of Dr. Neil, of Yorkville, and is 
A fivk years rotation with whkat inci.udkd. and to such an extent, this culture, affords the bde and went down* another spit deep, all around I write this short article to put thinking gaid to be ye g j mp i e and also quite ornamental. 
Bushels Pnoci strongest evidence of its importance and value. It tbti „ This time l have a small root, little end on the track—those who wish to invest a little ___ 
. “ T iip, tapering to the /tring. Now 'C’ Em »Vs , 0 ^ 0 , Ao_k 1» ev.0. M , y 
2d “ summer fallow. 15 pasture est. $2 acre 30 this ong term,,u^ the 3 ’ in a hole two feet deep, fastened to a parsnip wrong the bulls and bears of Wall street TIC. ho V. success-a result we antici- 
serious detriment to the farmer? The bet- A writer in the Stale Ag'l Transactions for lR. r >5, hal;)il 8 i g 0 muc i ls 0 that m 08 t 0 f t heweeds,nnlesscare- eating saw, commonly called a cross cut, and the g AFETY Stikkui 1 .—A New Y'ork paper thinks 
iswer this question and illustrate my views says that “for more than thirty years without inter- fully rernove d, will smother it. Then forthe digging, small top wood with a circular. During the last „ humanity has great reason to feel blessed in the 
years course with wheat included; the second for is estimated to occupy at present, in these coun- 
a five years course without wheat; the third for a ties, about five thousand acres of choice land. The 
three years course where wheat is the main reli- fact that the highly intelligent and skillful farmers 
ance. Each course is calculated for 75 acres. of this district, have pursued for so long a period, 
a five years rotation with wheat included. and to such an extent, this culture, affoids the 
Bushels I’rico strongest evidence of its importance and value. It 
First year corn "T ‘"T - asserted that the soil occupied by flax during 
J ' . — — this loDg term, in the usual routine of husbandry, 
Hummer fallow. 15 pasture est. $2 acre 
wheat_ 15 
25 375 $1,25 469 exhibits no appearance of decreased fertility.” 
hay. 15 1% tuns. 22>£ 8,oo 180 An opinion contrary to this last assertion—an 
clover seed.... 15 
end up, trying to pull it out of the ground with the 
big end a foot in the subsoil below, and you have 
30 0,00 opiniontbat flax is an eminently exhausting: crop L ome i dea 0 f my position and the cost of digging. 
5th “ pasture. 15 $5 per acre 76 has long prevailed. Roman writers on Agriculture havinir made au excavation three feet deep, TT T7 ,■ m Will mana K ed as to re P ort decided progress— to 
. » •« « »»»•> <• «- »■» <* c»U» K » S m«cha,itwo„ldt„ l„,e dug two post "«aL7 i&"£ how’L bruuk a 
2’ In . 26 thpm , CoHjmuu, »»)■», aliouid not be iloleg) , tad a uuot thr" f*l long aud wnghing Uss borae thatis in the habit of leaning his bead m the lirst late notice, of its bearcat coLtempo 
- grown unless there is reason to expect a very great . , while in the harness. It makes no difference which rary. Y ith Henry D. at the helm, and such pilots 
*1 am B ,_i._ than two pounas. , aIoa what, in flip, best bit for a a* «u» torn PtrmT.Bvo /■M’eearB Oms T). TliiinnON 
the bulls aud bears of Wall street. It C. Norton. Emery’s Journal of Agriculture is evidently 
Guilford Chen. Co., N. Y., 1858. achieving decided success—a result we antici- 
.—- pated from the start. Though only three months 
INQUIRIES ANIJ ANSWERS. old, it has thus far been so well conducted and 
- managed as to report decided progress — to 6 Sy 
About Horses — Information Wanted. Will no thingofthe “material aid” it has received from 
IT! in ea tb e e bnKf loaidno his Ed m the “ first rate notices” of its nearest contempo- 
The year’s produce of 7 1 
above table amounts to $1 
A KIVE YEARS COURSE 
JRSE WITHOUT wheat. more exhausting than many other crops, buch is phe humbugs of bye-gone days are yet fresh in my 
Acn*. per*acra Total, per bu Total the assertion of one of the most extensive flax m j nd)and with the Rohan potato, Morus Multicaulis, 
to vou is to net information from you or some oi Rshed by Emery & Co., Chicago. 
First year, corn. 15 40 600 60c. $360 
2d u barley_ 15 30 450 75c. 337 
3d « hay. 15 VA tuns 22^ $8 180 
clover seed.. 15 2 bu. 30 $6 180 
4th « hay. 15 1>^ tuns 22^ $8 180 
5th “ pasture. 16 $5 per acre. 75 
Value of corn fodder.... 60 
do. barley straw... 30 
do. fall feed. . 50 
me assertion oi one oi me must extensive ».»x ra i nd , and with the Rohan potato, Morus Muiticauns, "“^correspondents in regard to a certain disease 
growers in Ireland. We hope those who are able, Qhina Tree Corn, Stowell’s Sweet Evergreen Corn, - n caUle lhat j 8 qu jte prevalent in this section of 
337 in this country, to throw light on the question, will 
180 not fail to do so, and shall look for responses espe- 
180 ciallv from the counties named in the above extract 
180 J 
from the Transactions. 
60 We have, in former days, had some experience 
30 in pulling flax, and remember when our grandfather 
Ac I must write the Dioscorea Batatas. country. The cattle are attacked with a swelling Egg-Sucking Dogs.— An English writer recom- 
Portland Chau. Co , N. Y., 1858. Lincoln Fay. in the hind legs, just above the ankle joint, and mends this remedy:—“Make a hole in the side of 
- from that to the knee. They seem to have much an egg , b ; ow and gp with plaster of paris, in- 
“ H0RSE TAMING” crack^ipen imunrtL'^eVbefween^hel'ikle and Berting at the same time a small piece of twine, so 
„ —:-—. t ., LnPA inints. The foot and the lower part of the as to fasten the egg to the plate of a trap. Choose 
Eds. Rural:—P rominent just now among t e 3 t be entirely dead, and soon drop off, a pretty wide jawed trap, fasten on your egg, and 
... a. _ this “ nrnirressive ace.” is ,c o w , _ a nn ,* . , . ... . ...n.. 
“HORSE TAMING.” 
The year’s produce of 75 acres according to th< 
above, amounts to $1,452. 
A THREE YEARS COURSE WHERE WHEAT IS MAIN CROP. 
Bushels Price 
fair crops. Mucky soils, if strong and well-drained, 
produce largely— perhaps because they are more 
readily brought into a mellow state — an essential 
. ... - it. and what will cure it in ns mm siugci x am 
eclat which attended him incited many to like ef- Sf ( ti8 , ied 1bere js n0 CU re for it after the skin cracks. 
Acre*. )kt aeie. Total perbiL Total requisite in growing this crop. 
First year, wheat.. 25 25 625 $1,25 $781 
2d « meadow. 15 1 A tuns, 22>^ $8 180 
pasture....... 10 $8 per acre 80 
3d “ summer fallow, pasture estimated. 60 
Flax succeeds well after corn, or upon.... ..-- b(jr . exag eraled) are 
clover sod, if the requisite fineness of tilth can be , . hJ 
3 ‘ . , forts, until now, hereabouts, “American horse _ Al)AM Ranta, Avoca, Steu. Co., N. K, 1858. 
m essen la ^ amerg u are g etting almost as thick as the locusts —- 
, „ , , of Egypt Some thirty of them (I hope the num- Sugar from Chinese Cane.—W here can l ob- 
fall plowed . _ " 3I „„„„„. . in 1 , 6,70 iconpii forth tain a full report of Mr. Loveuing’s experiments 
obtained. An old slieep pasture well plowed, is a 
Fall feed, estimated.. 60 ffood preparation for this crop sheep dung being gtead gubdued) well-broken steed in the incredible 
Wheat Straw, estimated.. 40 the best of manures for flax. Plaster is said to be ce of & balf day> 
77 T 77 an excellent fertilizer, but without further infor- mL oco omofonra nf t.hft urnfession are a^sichtto 
be, 16 exaggerated) are .aid <0 have issued forth 
from a single township not far away, all claiming T\'; n „ ara (Jo., N. Y. 
the skill to reduce a wild, unmanageable colt to a r EMA rks.—A full report of these experiments is 
— Unless the dog is a very valuable one, we 
“endorse” the strychnine remedy. 
.Farming on a Grand Scale. —Several men of 
wealth in New Y"ork, Buffalo and Chicago, (says the 
Movement, a new paper just started in New York,) 
edition of Olcott’s Book, “ The have il in contemplation to establish somewhere 
given in the new edition of Olcott s i>ook, 1 tie 
Sorgho and hnphee ,” published by A. O. Moore, 
in the West, a Leviathan Farm, of from 100,000 to 
The produce of 75 acres according to the above, 
amounts to $1,181. 
The above rotations are calculated for what in 
mation, we should not sow it, if seed was the prin¬ 
cipal object From two to two and a half bushels 
of seed per acre are required — the best soils need- 
These amateurs of the profession are a “sight to ™ $1 ge nt’by mail to the publisher, will 200,000 acres. Their object is to do for Agriculture 
. ii.* ___ A I>eYY I UI 1 V. A U nQ A nf nnmVi ndd WPnltU flml thP TUlWP.r Of 
see,” assuming airs, not the most meek, and look- 
and find that it contains about all know 
by the use of combined wealth and the power of 
machinery, what has been done in the past half 
century, by the railroad and factory, to supercede 
the old stage coach and the spinning wheel. They 
. ing most, unlike many other crops. The number purlieus of a city . They exact the sum of one plant 500 f lUS \ to - na all known on the the old stage coach and the spinning wheel. They 
Western Ne,v Y ork ,s generally called a good corn „ harr0 „ inga , te ( ore a „d after .owing, need only from e „ h ( erdant genUeman to whom they fi » d tb “’* con, "“ £* ' rI ° „ tB will organise the vast tract into two rival establish- 
and wheat soil. It will be absolved tbat the pun- be ]im i te d hy the patience of the cultivator — the . , tli aecl . et . They further require that a subject up to the pies n . our stock ments, with a military organisation of labor, gigau- 
oipal object in view ,s to got at the comparauve more the hM „. Zd be S en in the sum of three hu.Ld dollars, » *• I««"‘ «•" *“ "* *° ° n ‘ ** tic inachioery to plow, to plant, reap and harvest- 
value of the different rotations of crops specified. In i 0G ]dng over the Cultivator for 1846, we see ^ thereabouts that the secret shall be faithfully of knowledge- ---- vastherds of horses, sheep and cattle of the most 
In looking over the tables the first thing that will geveral 8 t a tements of flax and barley being sown bg f ]g are not a p dead yet « these 
Ln rtnHpoil is iVu\t that 11 rntniion is more lirof- . _n_a__ of Nepi. A 
be noticed, is the fact that a rotation is more prof- together with excellent success. Perhaps some of / t are reap j ng quite a harvest As send you a sample of seed, which is here called 
itable than the old way of making wheat the main readers can tell us their experience in this 7 / . “ bfl „ ()Vj J rved th ev are a muscular “ *' enny Grass.” I was induced to buy it the other 
reliance,the difference in once case being over if 80 we 8ball bc plad [ 0 8ee it in the far as water lias obseived,they aie a muscuiai, b ^ miUerwho gaid that he had understood 
nn i in the other nearlv M 75 . thus demon- P r » otl . ce - ,f 50 we 8haU be S ‘ ad 11 “ the robust class of men, and, by dint of careful man- it 3 ia ^ exceU ent bay; but bow much to the acre 
oi knowieoge.-vastherds of horses, sheep and cattle of the most 
« Fenny Grass.”— “ Chinese Buckwheat.”— I select stock, and the culture of fruit and grains on 
send you a sample of seed, which is here called a graild Bca le. 
$200, and in the other nearly $275, thus demon- b, ; kal> 
strating that it would be to the advantage of every Niagara Co., N. Y., 1858. 
farmer to adopt a systematic rotation of crops if-- 
there was no wheat midge in the country. The PLANTINC 
next thing to be noticed is the fact that wheat may _ 
be left out of the rotation without any detriment Eds. Rural:—As pla 
PLANTING POTATOES. 
be left out of the rotation without any detriment K ns. Rural:-As planting-time is near at hand, * ’ M his cla8s numbe red, with an k5nd of 6( * c 
to the farmer; on the contrary, there is a difference allow me, through the columns of your valuable for a “ license to practice ,” is found to E ™, of P 
in favor of the rotation without wheat of $75.— paper, to give your many readers my opinion as to in ouest of new fields and more obtained it i 
Again, in the first table there is 30 acres devoted planting potatoes. ^ ^ nese Buckwl 
to meadow and pasture, while the second devotes My experience teaches me to prepare my ground s ; ^ n wbo bag Qr caQ i earn pr 0 per- a HistinguisI 
45 acres to the same objects, thus enabling the far- for planting by plowing and harrowing till fully 18 110 c y ei ^ m “ , „ ble to tell wl 
mer to keep more stock and make more manure; pulverized. Then mark out my ground both ways, ^ 70 f hor “ m f Tn a with a brigl 
robust class of men, and, by dint of careful man- R uiade excellent bay; but how much to the acre Sale of “Consternation.’ — A correspondent 
agement, succeed in tiring a colt out before them- qj. when to sow it 1 know nothing. Will some of informs us that J. B. Burnet, Esq., of Syracuse, 
selves are fully exhausted, when the animal is a your correspondents give a little information on rec ently sold his celebrated thorough-bred horse 
little manageable until it gets rested. It is then the subject immediately ?-J. H. Caldwell, ten- « Con8ternation ». to Mr. John P. Welch, of Oregon, 
found to lie “the « old ,i*pc„ce”-l,.rdly im- ‘^^^Xoadirtlh aMn.plooftl.oMme «*«•» Mr. W. intended to take the home to 
proved an atom, while the “tamer,” having pocket- ^ h po ,i,one» of Mr. F. E. Oregon in a few weeka, bat while v siting Ken- 
ed as many dollars as his class numbered, with an L gt st e ube n Co N Y., who tuck Y for Short-horns, some of the best breeders of 
occasionalX for a ro P ^e,” is found to as “ Chi- race-horses near Lexington induced him to allow 
h :I go« o» in guest of new hetds and more ^oklhe.,. We have handed specimens >. t * 
It is not ever,- man who has ble'toM w“ iuZ The seed T, yellow,covered J “? y -*°1 Zt willTin S 
io meauow »uu buc Bbbuuuubvutra mo tu picptb w g.tiuuu ma n who has or can learn proper- “ ‘7 “."““I. , I ’ PAVPrpd nation, and justly, too. His stock is giving great 
45 acres to the same objects, thus enabling the far- for planting by plowing and harrowing till fully 1 1 borse in a life time, and the idea that a ble to tel1 wbat 1 , 1S- . Tbe saed 8 ^o -e resembles satisfaction, and we doubt not he will win high 
mer to keep more stock and make more manure; pulverized. Then mark out my ground both ways, 1 ed J d learned be dHvm in a with a brlgh + \ sbinmg a 1HUe encomiums from the famous breeders of Kentucky, 
thus if there is any profit in keeping stock, adding three and a half feet each way, with a plow and b ig abgGrd U ni e ss the animal knows more than C^ary Seed than any other it Q J ho ^ ’ Mr. Welch avers that, after seeing nearly every 
whatever that profit may be on 15 acres, to the ro- horse, furrowing about four inches deep, when it is * m b u ^ wh , cb gible; considering the more P lum P- Shoald “Lt wo will be i.leLed to thorough-bred horse in the country, he is fully 
tation without wheat. Or, to take another view of ready for planting. ease with which many are humbugged. “Horse information upon the subject tie Mill be pleas Batigfied that Consternation is the best on this 
the subject, the first rotation produces $390 worth In preparing my seed, I take the largest potatoes, J - - 1 ™ «TT»ri*mie in the Kcral 
of the different kinds of forage for stock; the third and with my pocket knife I cut out the eyes, being 
$400; the second $575. Now if there is any profit sure to cut deep enough not to injure the eye. I 
in keeping stock, then the rotation without wheat drop one eye in a hill, and cover with a hoe about 
is certainly the most profitable. 
four inches deep. I then leave the “potato 
.e urges* poumoer, ^ and „ Terra Culture ” are of the same 
jut the eyes, being t York Bhming8 w m acquaint any 
injure the eye. I * 6 „ „ w 
r with a hoe about either secie . 
41,6 New York, April, 1858. 
give their experience in the Rural. 
Hydraulic Ram. — I would like to inquire 
through the Rural some particulars about the Hy- 
satisfied that Consternation is the best on this 
Continent 
Pennsylvania Harrow.— It is said that John 
Another thing in favor of the second course is patch,” till they are up just enough to see the 
that all except the clover seed may be consumed rows, then I take a five tooth cultivator and horse, 
on the farm. Thus when corn or barley is very and commence cultivating both ways, and after a 
SURE CURE FOR BLOAT IN CATTLE. 
Eds. Rural: —I noticed an article in your paper kemarks—ihc ™ — 
f March 27th, by Mr. Willington, of Onondaga water from a spring or stream to a higher level 
draulic Ram. How much is the cost—where ob- KelseYj Yordleyville, Pa., thinks he has the best 
tained—what proportion of faH ~''’ ba \ p ™] , ^ tl0a harrow in the world, and wants every farmer to 
of waste water, and are such machines apt to get ’ ... . oa 
out of repair ?-F. M, Sheridan, Chaut. Co., N. Y. have one like it His description of it is as fol- 
Remarks.— The Hydraulic Ram is used to raise lows:—“The framework is composed of four tooth 
xrfttcr from a snrintr or stream to a higher level.— timbers, a cross bar to connect the timbers behind, 
“ ieav ‘ J 01 i ,rtW ' u LUC Dcaauu nau some cxponcu^ m ----- lmildines but which cannot be done by back timber 7* feet or over in lengtn, as tney cuu- 
to potatoes, instead of 15 acres to corn, and sow 5 digging, when I proceed with the expectation of years past I have a remedy that I use, when my 10 1 ° n ’ g f conveY i ng wa ter from the nect with the front timbers. The best plan for 
to 8 acres to oats, and the remainder to barley in- receiving a full reward for my labor. I believe cattle are bloated from eating clover, which 1 * Btream i s the lowest the those unacquainted with its construction is first to 
stead of 15 acres to the latter crop, either or both one eye in a hill is better, and will produce a larger think far better than soft soap and milk. 1 take ie 1 b a le to do the work ef- draw a draft on a floor— viz.: an equilateral trian- 
of which may be done without materially affecting yield than the old way of planting. Hoping that a common-sized rope, double it once or twice and water ram can 0 en e im^ ^ thaQ e} hteen gle ( sucb be i ng the harrow;) then draw another 
the result. One advantage in having good variety some of your readers may give more light upon twist it together, put it into the creature’s month, tec ua y. sumilv of not less than 11 inches behind it, that is, 11 inches between the 
is that one or more of the different kinds will he the subject of Potato Raising, &c., I will endeavor br i n g it over the head and tie. This throws the jnc es a P minute is necessary to operate lines; then take a pair of dividers and set them at 
very likely to bring a good price. Another ad- to give you the results of my experiment after dig- mou th open, then drive the animal about the yard n g P ... , th amount of 51 inches, setting one point of the dividers at the 
vantage of this diversity of crops is that it divides ing is over next fall. D. B. Paine. a few minutes and the bloat is gone. I never t ie ram, g renter will be the quantity front point of draft, and with the other prick off 
the work more equally throughout the whole season. De Kalb Centre, Ill., 1858. knew it to fail in any case. Mr. W. says driving water‘ “ g T f the fall and water is suf- each way for the two first teeth; then set the di¬ 
zain, I have estimated the yield of wheat in the -- into cold water will relieve, because it cools. I elevate y _ • to 11 inches, and nrick off the rest of the 
the work more equally throughout the whole season. 
\gain, I have estimated the yield of wheat in the 
years course at 25 bushels per acre. Now, 
three _.I,—. „„„ i.,, f ii. ir. — 
De Kalb Centre, Ill., 1858. 
**'*■ ' ' into cold water will relieve, because it coois. 1 ' . . . ,, ■u p i 0 .v,t which watpr viders to 11 inches, and prick off the rest of the 
Stretches in Sheep.— A simpler remedy than think not. The cause, he says, is mechanical, and licien , ^ere is no mi ^ gtreng t b 0 f the pipes teeth. In the hind bars a tooth is placed at their 
lat recommended bv Dr. Dadd, is neDDer tea, the remedy mechanical. For my part I nevei saw c< ’ - a _.•__— r.F i-ntaraaH-inn wbirli outs between the two 
i,.„ „ , „ 1 luc B “‘ u csllmoTO oiguci, au ivyu ui iuicc icu m uun i.oiu, w»i, uui -- ... __,i a Tf wall uni ilnwri flip ram is not liable 27 teetn, dui any person wismug io —— 
t hinrr r ° P 8 l ldt ^ U ' an any one in either of the and then pour down through a tunnel or other with very good success, but the less used about our P - It must be so laid as to be space may increase the length of the bars, and 
things considered, to. convenient means. One dose will generally effect common cattle the better. d. w. to get out of order. It must F ^ „ 
other rotations. ,, at all this looks very a cure , if not) rep eat in six or eight hours.-B. Le Roy, N. Y., 1858. secure from frost. th^ehy 
But, it will bc objected, to 
