MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
JUNE 26 . 
viz, an inlet for he water, an outlet for the surplus 
when the c/stern is filled, and one for the insertion 
of a pump. For this purpose, the best thing is 
tubes made of sheet copper of the si^e you want. 
That for the outlet should be 2 fe^ tong, the others, 
TEXAS-GRAS^OTPEBS, STOCK RAISING. 
Eds. Rr» AI - : —As I have some reason to sup¬ 
posed*. n many of your readers are interested in 
1 foot each. When your Atold is made, and be 
Tr-*as, I sit down to give you and them some items 
in regard to this southern region of sundown.— 
fore laying on the mn^r, place one end of each of All our crops have been injured more or less by 
these tubes in the molQ just where it will be wanted the grasshoppers, which have been here in myriads. 
of May 29th, wherein we argued “that the greatest 
injury these little parasites can do—when once 
fairly lodged — is to add to the irritation of those 
inflammatory diseases which attack the mem¬ 
braneous lining of the nasal cavities, catarrh, for 
The Weather, Crops, Ac.—'T he rains and floods 
instance. They doubtless annoy the sheep in their have at last ceased, and farmers'throughout the 
passage up and down the nostrils, but this is only country are again favored with fine weather for out- 
in the finished cistern, and apply the mortar about One man told me that, “in a space the size of this 
V. — .hen when you cover the cistern with earth, all room, (about 30 by CO feet,) he firmly believed 
DUDLEYS DIAGONAL SCRAPER. 
will be clean. 
there were ten bushels of them.” I have heard 
at the particular periods of lodgment and egress— door operations. For the past week the weather 
_ , during warm weather.” We are aware that a large has been pleasant, and very warm for the season. 
The above cut givet a very fair representation , nUmb " r ° f tbose wbo have the care of , 6heep be ‘ The Thermometer has marked from 80° to 85° in 
ill UC Clean. . - - - - -“ -- -- of a Scraper for gene al use for which a patent lieve the E rub to be capable of destroying life.— the shade for several days past — a great change 
After digging a cistern, and until it is finished several persons say that they were so thick that, at . . issued to Mr 8. h” Dpdtvv of Milton The supposition that they work their way to the from the preceding damp and coo! weeks. Farmers 
Alter uiggiug a cibieiu, auu uuw » --- r - j ------*-— bag been j gBue( j tQ ^ g. DUDLEY of Milton oujjyuaiuuii mat rney worn rneir way to me iiuin me preceumg uamp ana cool u-eetcs. Farmers 
and banked up with earth, it should be protected the dis'ance of four or five miles, they appeared £ onn From the desc iption given and the state* Brain, however, it erroneous ,—while in the cavities in this region are exceedingly busy. Many are 
from rain. A little carelessness here may cost like a cloud, or like the prairie on fire. Their 
much. Don’t let the water into your cistern in less bead, legs, and some other parts, were reddish. In 
mentsof others, we me inclined to think this a hea <* they are kept from the brain by walls now (June 22d>) engaged in planting corn and 
of bone which they have no power to penetrate, potatoes* The rains having ceased, and the skies 
Perfectly healthy sheep—such as were in high con- brightened, the soil has become warm and all veg- 
mtu juu. --— , - o----x--> — mPr jt or jonfl invention Tt iq dPfiitrn^d to anwurpr " U1W1 uavc uu puwer tu peutju aie. yu taiucs. iuu rams uaviug ceascu, auu me sales 
than a month after it is finished. Water extracts manyplaces they entirely eat up the corn, cotton, th . Perfectly healthy sheep—such as were in high con- brightened, the soil has become warm and all veg- 
the lime if let in too early, and it is thus rendered and wheat crops, and all garden vegetables. Jn • v . , . J diiion, and killed for mutton—have had the nasal etation is rapidly growing, blooming and maturing, 
useless, and must be thrown out. J. Yanch. no case did they injure the Chinese sugarcane. ’ Dg ams, gra ing n sinuses filled with grubs to as great a degree as any Grass and foliage are especially noteworthy—more 
Belle Valley, Erie Co., Penn., 1858. 
no case did theyinjure the Chinese sugarcane, jng houses, covering drains, grading and leveling cTaTan d ^ 
ZPL .. The _ 7 _ W0 , nld _ ZZZZZ scranimr un manure 0 iwT ft D harvard, snow from ^ have been ^opposed to die from this cause, perfect and abundant than for many preceding 
LETTER FROM IOWA.-CROP PROSPECTS. 
about two inches above the eround on corn waist scraping up manure in the barn yard, snow from T , ... . .. ' 1 . . . ' F y 1 g 
f.°, two incnes amve me grouna, on corn waist ,, „ t» Tbe edltor of th e Boston Cultivator, in an article seasons. The Rural World is everywhere progres- 
high, eat it off and then eat it entirely up, while ’ ’ ’ -inn and npenliar u P on this subject, remarks:—” We have examined sing;—the people industrious and hopeful, and tho 
the stalk would be so covered by them, that they 18 designed, from its construction and peculiar tllA _ j ____ s.J __j_ 
Eds. Rural: —Having observed that the collec- 
- - ___ . _ ... r . , _ . «. the bodies of many sheep which were supposed to crops, trees, Ac., aspiring and promising. Every 
f the fitfilkfO could KPHTcfdv bp rppu Tn this wav m8DD6r of operation* to perform labor in an efii* i >rtTT/ v j * . . .. , _ . . * , . . 
{ine sTa a ; couiu scarcely oe seen, in in is way , , , nave died from ‘worms in the head,’ ana in every one has taken fresh courage, n^d, remembering the 
they would go over fields of hundreds of acres. cient afl d expeditious manner, being lighter and „ fnnT ,j__,_. ,_ __ _ 
have regular and occasional correspondents in on this account. Most of the corn would grow up structe<J of a P ]ank of hard wood from five to 
the nasal cavities, in subjects where bots have been paratively little wheat is now grown in this heieto- 
tbe most numerous, (and we have taken forty from fore famous region for the production of the staff 
every State and Territory in the Union, I have again. I have heard several reliable men say that seven feet with a beveled edge, to which a T" .omamous region tor meproa action oune siau 
Been tmlneert tn Jut down and forward to VOU & few t L. ^ , ' _ plate Of Steel is bolted. Handles are attaehed fnr * 8 ^ ° f ° De 8hee P') ha8 QOt exblblted eVIOeD « ° f life > We beat favorable accounts of the 8 P - 
been induced to jot down and forward to yon a few they have seen the grasshoppers so thick n the ‘ ,late of ' 8teel is bolted - IIaDdles are attached for . e \" eD<,e 01 llie - ™ JavoraDe a^coums or me ap- 
. ... ... , , I'ti j B cu giaoauoppers so micK in me . . _ , , of inflammation or local disease.” This is the po- pearance and prospect of the crop. The midge, 
notes, which you will publish, or make hght oj, as air, that they could not see a house at the distance convenience in working. On the back of the plank, gition occnp , ed by all our Veterinarians at the the great enemy of the wheat plant in Western 
seemeth best. .... , . of iOO feet, and that this lasted for several hours. on a central line, are two iron sockets or shal- preH entday. There is an affection called sturdy, or New York, is however at woik, though we hear 
The prospect for an abundant harvest of grain They have not been near so numerous in this ^ cups with a bale across the cen er of each- aoscd by a gpecies of //^living in less of its ravages than usual at this period Z 
was never more favorable than at present, although vicinity, though I have seen them in the air as Two strong steel hooks are put over the top 0 the the brain< This, however, is a very different thing former seasons. The testimony is conflicting and 
there is but little inducement for the farmers of thick as I ever saw snow-flakes in New York! Some scraper bowing sufficiently to hook into the bale of from what i s popularly called “ Grab in the Head.” uncertain. g 
this State, except those living in the river counties, 0 f them were not over fifty or sixty feet high tbe soc bets, where they play very loosely, while __ 
to raise more than will be needed for home con- w hile the air was filled with them aa hmh „„ t their straight shanks project over in front of the , Accounts from the West and South speak very 
sumption, as there is no immediate prospect of cou i(j distinguish, and this from three to four scraper, leaving the entire front surface of the im- INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. favorably of the weather and crops. In the West 
their being able to realize therefrom until the hours a day from seven to ten dav« p OT v , a „ 0 plement unobstructed. A chain is hitched across _ tbe wh eat crop is said to promise well. Much 
There is but little emigration, comparatively, 0 f the “hoppers.” by hitching at the center, or either side, as desired, ever ?—II. S., Pascack, Bergen, N. E, 1858. grown in ...outhern Illinois, has already been so,d 
into this State just now, which is partly owing, I , ... In road-making the team goes lengthwise near the —- * n Chicago. The prospect of a full yield of corn 
have no doubt, to there being but few drummers years on account of shor^croDs^occasionmi’i middIe of tbe road > instead of crossing, the diag- Quinsy in Swink.— Have any of the readers of bas been S reiUl y damaged in the v y est . b Y 
out employed at a thousand or so a year, to tell . , P ’ ^ • 1 onal action depositing the gravel on the road bed *he Rural, who are breeders of swine, observed a heavy and continued rains, yet it is thought that 
great stories. The country hereabouts is a beauti- , ^ ^ l D ° ", la '' ge without the trouble of continually turning around.” development of this disease? A short time since with a favorable summer the crop will mature.- 
f»l rolling prairie, with an abundance of pure run- Tdenlotht cTdL^r (“ Ve F “ u Particular, relative to thin invention maj be SdlJrmoSiS’ Tb ’ Cr ° PS ° f "‘ e 8 °'" !l m S “ m " ! ‘ p0, ‘ en ° f ! a 
ning water, while the river and creek bottoms are in a co , jntry w here so much money couMb^made had by addressin 8 S> H ‘ d pd^ey & Co., Milton, CL, to the shoulders-and they died suddenly, evident- onrleUeraand exchanges, as remarkablypromis- 
covered with a heavy growth of timber, consisting , (npl . . . , \ e or Allen Bei.ding, Rochester, N. Y. Iy from strangulation. An examination exhibited IQ g from lrginia to Louisiana. Corn and Cotton 
*'*'*' ‘ Accounts from the West and South speak very 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. favorably of the weather ?nd crops. In the West 
- the wheat crop is said to promise well. Much 
Live-for-ever.— Will any of your readers in- good wheat has already been harvested in the 
nn me, through the Rural, if there is any way South and South-WesL Fine and plump tew wheat, 
irillinir the Tilflnt, lrnnwn no V-,,***™*,, ny r.«. 1 r > 
of killing the plant known as Evergreenor Live for • o m- . , , f , s 
twer ? —H. &, Pascack, Berger,, N. K, 1858. J gr0wa m Southern ^ alread y been sold 
_ in Chicago. The prospect of a full yield of corn 
Quinsy in SwiNK—Have any of the readers of baS been greaf,y damaged in the Westl by the 
the Rural, who are breeders of swine, observed a heav F and continued rains, yet it is thought that 
uiijg ffdwn, nunc uic irvei auu ^iceiv uutiailiB arc - „ __.__,,_ , , . , 
& . ... , ...... . . in a country where so much money could be made 
covered with a heavy growth of timber, consisting 
... . 4 ’ . , : 8 at the stock business as here. It has been truly 
ot the various kinds of oak. together with hn«n. ...... .... v 
to the shoulders—and they died suddenly, evident- . „ . . . b . . ' J ‘ 
Iy from strangulation. An examination exhibited in ^ from Virginia to Louisiana. Corn and Cotton 
of the various kinds of oak, together with bass- aafA u * , y 
, , „ . , . ’ , said that it costs but little more to raise a horse, or 
wood, elms, maples, Ac., interspersed with many ( , nw nr nY +hnn „ <B f 
cow, or ox here, than a chicken in many of the 
WHAT AILS THE SHE Pp-OEUB IN THE HEAD 
varieties of wild fruits such as Iowa greenings, other S:ate8 . We have a boundless 
the lungs and heart charged with Wood in all—in are said to be excellent. Though much loss must 
two, the wind pipe was filled with a membrane, result from the heavy rains and floods over a large 
similar to that developed in children in membrane- extent of the Union, we congratulate the farmers 
-or,,.!, „n Eds. Rural- _Allow me to trouble rnn wilt. ous croup—in another the windpipe, of itself, was , , . ’ , b 
(Augtice, crab apples,) pluius, some half-dozen va- Tv t » g , . , ... h , taken „ *• •' 1 clear, but compressed by the enlargement of the and P lanters °f *be country upon the vast and 
rieties grapes, both sweet and sour, cherries, black- tb ^V n8ce8bai ^ m stock ra, sing, is to alter, mark nqa sheep have taken a notion, this last surr ounding parts. If any have a knowledge of favorable change within the past ten days, andtruBt 
° r V/a and brand Ihe vnnmr Klnrdr oml o-n+ i* week, to die. from some eanse nnlrnnwn f.n __*__ .1 _ A _ _ 
berries raspberries strawberries Arc Fruit irmw an ^ ^ raa ^ tJie ^ oun ^ stoc ^> an( ^ S et them up if wee ^> to ^ rom some cause unknown to me.— this disease and the remedies therefore, will they they may yet reap an abundant harvest 
’. . - ’ ' g w ' they stray off too far. This gatheriho stock in the They had not been shorn before dying. Some eay not send their experience to the New-Tohker?— 
“* T , , ,, , , ^ - 1 spring ie the most tronblesom. part of the bnsines, H may bo tbe grub in the bead; bnt seeing an art,’ A Tone. F«»«b J«b*r, M V., 1858. 
aR Ihsy frequently tray off forty or fifty miles, in c.c ,n tbe Krtnan of May 2 » t b, st.iing that death ... 
no doubt that all of the varieties that succeed in a , .. 1 business, . » 4 v>a t^ T tw i T nf ooiu’ . , ’ __ Exhibitions op Houses, &c. — The Palmyra 
m i w * oa a , as they frequently j tray off forty or fifty miles in c * e in Rural of May 20th, stating that death ^ TT . . c , . . ^ i -l-a- j * 
Ohm and others of the Western States, will succeed aU directio ^ g / t ig C u 8tomarv to _ et ’ “ was more generally caused “by want of grub in , ° AT8 F0R Ewes with Lamb—W ill oate kill Unlon feociet Y announces an Exhibition of 
here, jf proper regard to situation be had. , , . . . y g^t up all the , , rtHni a nonnnt i vl- ft * -i * am hs if fed to the ewes before the lambs are Horses and Sheep, to take place at Palmyra on the 
Hearing an oid granny say l.sf fall, that oil ap. •» «■« *P™8 that can be found, 1 “ » V ''* c “"“‘ ’ h " A neighbor had four ewe, that were 2d and 3d of July'’ The J of Premium^ is liberal 
plied l0 the trunks of fruit trees would m-event and kfcep tbem up untl1 frost comes in the fa]1 - in lh 7 1 k pt 1 nt<?r ’ and looked rather poor ' 80 he sbut them U P b Y themselves and aud varied and ... 
, , . . ' * order to accustom them to the range, and then re markably well this spring, and have had good fed them a pint of oats apiece daily, and neither of ... ,, ’ t,, ,, 
order to accustom them to the range, and then rem arkably well this spring, and have had good fed them a pint of oats apiece daily, and neither of Z presuRie 'he display will he 
turn them all out thereon to take care if Ihemselves f^er pasture all the present season. The paLre ** ^ bad 1-e lamhs.-YouNo Farmer. ^nctsaj^ and Shel ShoS toTheld a°t S-' 
until tbe ensuing spring. Ordinarily they do ls bow five or six inches high. I have seen none Remarks.— In some cases oats would be likely to . . , , „ d , addi / ion t ’ 1he exhibition 
depredations of the rabbits, and as our nursery is 
situated near a grove, where rabbits “ most do con¬ 
gregate,” and not w ishing to have the fruits of a 
season’s labor destroyed “while the husbandman 
until the ensuing spring. Ordinarily they do now dve or s ’ x ,nc hes high. I have seen none 
very well and keep fat, but sometimes, when the them die, nor yet any symptoms of disease be- 
tt,.__ ~ _ t„ , . nouncesaHorseandSheepShovt*tobeheldatBa- 
hemarks.—I n some cases oats would be likely to . . T i oj t jj-.- „ ,. t . . 
* T.avtft .111117 Xfl In Onnitirm +rv ihn Dvhihrimn 
produce the death of the lambs. ]f the ewes were 
tavia, July 3d. In addition to the exhibition 
proper, an address is to be delivered by Horace 
isciiBuu» jauur uesbrovcu wuhb uie DUSDanaman „ n.o „„ , .. , , . . , „ ,1 •, • „ At. i- J- . . IJiupci, HU auuicus la iu ue ueuvereu uy uokaus 
, . , ■ ... range is too short and the weather unusually severe tore dying. One I saw an hour or so before find- ln poor condition when the feeding of oats com- n , . , ... . J , 
,w> procured a quantity of stale bsh oil and for | Mml g er «blc length of time, they die in grIS <»* « «ea8i the rest we,, found dead in the menced, and the, sbonld be given with bay or of “ or f “ cure , a lar « e 
applied it to about ton thousand yearling, root- ^ J ,, f “ *'“ morning after appearing well ,be night before. It other dr, food, constipation, and finally Mamma “ tt " dan "- Tb » «“• A* Socle y, a, ,1- 
grafted apples and pears. The result was that not in8ti , cm % n ‘g Je , r f ings aa lhj ® X nt u r n e g seems the, did no. have ag, ratdeal of pain, a, one «on in a greater or .lea, degree, would be very 2*^ ■«- second annual 
one thus treated was injured_b, them ,n tbe leaat in tbe ML : Ther „ e seldom .ailed, and thou- ™ *«* W* »» the plowed ground nearthe likely to reanlt, and the consequence might be aa- "°“ “(L “h Ur f 
bu. the, were so badly frosted that about one-tbird „ nd8 never ttBte ’ or h pasture, just as natural aa an, sheep would lie.- ri»o» to the lamb, if not to the ewes. If, however, “ s ' ty ' 0 “ thc 5,h of T , h » Premiums arc 
o, them were killed outrigot, and the balance at , ,, . l’iie ground did not eecra to btve beeu moved an. the leedmg of oats (ground) was commenced grad- ! I.MilnnYnfn slipel , 1 B . rp.ay is aaticipee . 
various distances from the top, while a few rows . WOuld f mU&e many of y° ur rea ders to see a ; _ _ _\, f ^ Ba 7 j ._ An exhibition of Barry's System u. - Taming 
purposely left untouched, escaped the rabbits and ILeToxau’ equipped for a 1 
It would amuse many of your readers to see a 
“live Texan” equipped for a ten or fifteen days’ 
cow-hunting expedition. Imagine a man on a 
, " '\ r . . “ ^ a ,i , • \ An exhibition of Harry's System ua . —Taming 
by Ms lacking about as if In pain. One seemed “ally, and given with chopped roots, or warm bran jg iudaded the programme . other prominent 
bloated a good deal when found ; two others did mush, the oats would not do injury, bnt be of decid- and attractive feature9 are t0 be intr i ducedi in 
numerous 
about the 
order to render the occasion a rational and inter¬ 
esting People’s Holiday. 
— A third annual “ National Horse Exhibition ” 
ded, unless double worked, made an especially 
thrifty growth. 
Straw granaries or pens for storing grain are 
uim ms uonee poi, aua grouna couee, and a quan¬ 
tity of bread and flour or meal, and some bacon or 
dried beef, and a blanket or two to sleep on and 
( hufa, or Earth Almond, the mode of cultivation. j s announced to be held at Springfield, Mass., on 
Also, at what tame planted and whether it should .... . fa . ’ , ’ 
he dug iu the falL Please inform me through the tb . e LUh, loth and lnth of September. The pre- 
Eds. Rural:—O bserving in yonr paper of May r ural, and oblige a subscriber.— Pomfret, 1858. miums offered amount to $3,0C0, covering 24 dif- 
Straw granaries or pens for storing grain are ’ nrenared for pq mn ino- \ 29tb > an in quiry from E. M. C., Kalamazoo, Mich., Remarks.— The Chufa may be planted any time fereut classes of animals, and the arrangements 
quite an institution in this country, and when well | rain or ^ whereyer n ig St overtakes him He relative to a cure for 8 rubs in tbe head of sbee P- 1 in JuLe ' The Patent 0ffice Eeport 8a y s they should are 0D a gvand 8Cale ' Some of ,be flr8t citizens of 
Ckelmtttygtod'^bstitute for^omethTnfbet’ must ' however, have ' for driving,' a‘good'pairTf W0Uld 8ay that last Spring we l08t 8everal of tbe I be set “ in bunches ’ two feet apart eacb wa >’> ten or 
. Z ®? 8t , ■ ■ g b t ‘ spurs and a cow-whiD. This is a whin^with Lwt most valuable sheep we owned, by what was con- twelve tubers in each, about six inches asunder.- 
Springfield constitute the Board of Managers. 
ter, besides making capital miceries where represen- hpu,H n,lu 11 cow - wuip ' 1 n,B 18 a wn, P W1 
tatives of the genus mus (if the Latin is orthodox,) 8tiff ’ v, ’ 0 °d en shaft about fifteen or eighte 
can multiply to their hearts’ content, with no ' on £' and a ' aeb twelve or fifteen feet, 
marauding grimalkin or troublesome terrier to Sheep raising is even more profitable than rais- 
molest or make afraid. W. Bowen. ' n £ an Y °ther stock. I will, in my next, 
Spring Creek, Iowa, 1858. some more items in regard to stock in T 
spurs and a cow-whip. This is a whip with a short vaiuaoie sneep we ownea, uy wnat was con- weive luoers in eacn, aoout bix incnes asunaer.— 
stiff, wooden shaft about fifteen or eighteen inches sidered grubs in thdr head f' A11 ,biit we couId do As soon as tbe first 8hl,ots begin t0 a PP ear - the 
Corn Going West.— The Western papers gene- 
was of no avail, until a neighbor told us that if it ground should be watered, and repeated every ten raP Y are ur g* n g upon farmers who have lost their 
were grubs he could cure them. He told us to take days, should there be no rain. No cultivation is ! cr °P s of corn by the floods, the importance of re- 
the sheep as soon as we discovered tbem sick, aud necessary, except carefully to eradicate the weeds, planting with the corn of the Eastern States.— 
TURNIPS, CORN, Ac. 
• „ _ n „ nthpr fitnplr T will * ,a • uuwu cacj uidvuycjcu tUCUX 01U 1\, aiiU ^ Giauivniv lUC DCCUD, A c — - - -—— 
^ ^ . ’ ln m p n . ox ’ ^ lv0 y° u hold their nostrils up and turn one teaspoonful of continue to grow until September, when it There is yet time enough for this to ripen, and if 
some more i ems in regard to stock in Texas, and turpen tine in each nostril, holding them in that P uts forth its dowers. These, however, may be some such measure is not taken, the falling off in 
° George to wn^Wi 11 lamscmCo Tex?s 2858 ir,NKT ‘ position until we were satisfied it had passed down Pouched off, in order that the tubers may grow to a the com crop of this year will amount to a serious 
national loss. The Buffalo Commercial, of the 17th 
The idea of sowing turnip seed in June and July, 
is, doubtless, borrowed from England, our farmers 
overlooking the important fact that the atmosphere 
HARVESTING AND CURING BEANS. 
Messrs. Eds:-vTe your leader on “Beans as a 
SfTgtadta Field Crop,” you speak of the different methods of better and got well, and we did not lose any more, would be to plant two or three rods five or six 
growth-while our climate is just the opposite, ^vesting and curing, and call for further infor- I 
and during these months with us the soil is gen- nation on the subject. Let me give you myexpe- 
erally parched, <tc. I have experimented for the r ^ ence seaso ns. 
last two or three years, and I discover by sowing J be summer of 185G was an excessively dry nnf ’ 
the seed about the 10th of August, in a bed, pre- one ‘ There was no danger (except from frost) in 
pared as for tobacco, and then transplanting the a ^°wing beans “to stand until the latest pods were 
plants as for cabbage— about twelve inches apart, 
about the 1st of September, with the proper cul¬ 
tivation, success is the result. By this-method, 
into their heads, and if it were grubs it would cer- larger size, which will arrive at maturity in Octo- national loss. The Buffalo Commercial, of the 17th 
tainly cure them, and it did — for at the time we her, when they may be dug out of the ground and ,ns t-i says that considerable shipments of seed-corn 
had one so near dead it could hardly stand, yet after store away. In drying, they lose about ene-third from that port to points west, have been made. 
giving the turpentine it began gradually to grow their weight The better way we should think --— 
better and got well, and we did not lose any more, would be to plant two or three rods five or six Veterinary Medical Association of Boston.— 
Our sheep were in good condition at the time of inches apart, aud the plants the same distance in At a regular meeting of this Association, lately 
their being sick—consequently it could not be at- the rows. Then leave space enough for the hoe or held in Boston, the following officers were elected 
tributed to their poverty.— Jerome,* Ontario, N. E, cultivator. Or where they are grown on a small for the ensuing year :—President _Prof. C. M. Wood; 
June, 1858. scale perhaps single rows just wide enough for the Vice-President — Prof. R. Wood; Treasurer — Win! 
. - hoe would be best They may amount to some- Sanders, V. 8.; Cor. Sec'y —Prof. A. S. Cope man; 
Messrs. Lds: In the Rural, of May 29th, I saw thing for stock, which we doubt, but we could Sec'y — E. F. Thayer, V. S. The Society intend to 
an inquiry for the cure ofgrubinthehead of sheep, never eat them without being choked. make a grand display of morbid anatomv at the 
tnrno i . „ ,, , ,, ■>. i , - , an inquiry for tbe cure Ofgrubinthehead of sheep. 
IJ ZZ L 0W C °.°f Tben r 1)U "? d the “ la the winter of 1857, my father lost 100 lambs and 
up, laid them in small heaps to dry, and threshed 4 or 6 
as soon as fit to draw in. It was, as you say, aware what ailed them. He then procured some 
Milk for Butter.—As your columns abound in 
facts, I wish you would give the public the exact 
make a grand display of morbid anatomy at the 
coming State Agricultural Fair. 
I have succeeded when others failed, and can pro- done veiy easily, for the weather was the best | tobacco and steeped it strong, and then went facts, as to the quantity of milk necessary for the r y ° Eattlb Growers, lhe Westfield (Mass.) 
duce more on one acre than is generally raised on possible to forward the operation.' through his whole flock laying each one on his mak 'ag of a pound of butter. I have seen it vari- N* ws Letter, of the lGth inst., says:—“A cow be- 
three. Turnips, to be brought to perfection, re- The season of 1857 was of an entirely different back °and turning a teaspoonful of the tobacco ?, Usly t0 four t een quam . longU)g ^ 10 Mr ' L ' R BtJRT0N , of East Granville, gave 
quire, like any other roots, work. I notice a con- character. It was one of frequent showed not juice into each nostril; after which he lost no the ofher^/“ birihtofourcalvesjtwo males and two females) 
troversy between the Cultivator and Mass. Plough- showers, only, but long-continued rains,—and seve- more.—H. C. Earle, Clinton, OneL Co., N. Y., 1858. difference of oneffih. In a matter that concerns 0n , tbe lltb 1 “ st ' The average weigbt o. these 
nan, concerning Hills vs. Drills for, Corn and ral of these occurred while securing the bean crop. Rummies —Our corresno ident Mr Nixnv has everyone so much, it is unfortunate not to have ca ‘ ves > at birth, was forty pounds eacb, and they 
Potatoes, 1 have on the same ground, raised We had about three acres to take care of, and the taken tto good care of his sheep - in other words, are a11 doing wel!> ” 
more potatoes in the hil than dri althnnirl, r Up. inhlnnM Rnf^Mi_. . f. . . J . . 1 . . ’ ue u as a aera, ana ioui quarts or their milk -- 
the one case, I presume, large quarts are meant, in birth to four calves, (two males and two females) 
the other small quarts—between which there is a „ „ „ . , , „ 
difference of nr, e - fifth Tn a matter that, ecncema 0n tbe llth lust - The avera 8 e wei 8 bt of these 
tne oilier smau quarts—oeiween wmen there is a „„ mi, m „ „ „ . , , . 
difference of oneffih. In a matter that concerns 0n , tbe lltb . 1RS1L The average weigbt of these 
every one so much, it is unfortunate not to have ca * ves , at birth, was forty pounds eacb, and they 
more potatoes in the hill than drill, although I be- job looked like a serious one. But we followed the has met with loss because he has given them oppor- 
lieve it depends to a great extent, on the amount “practice of some,” partially, at least, in pulling tunity to get too much grub in the stomach. We are 
ot labor expended, and wet or dry season. There them on dry days, and stacking around stakes with inclined to think that his flock are affected with 
>or- will yield a pound of butter. Another that it takes 
are fourteen quarts in his dairy. So we understand 
. , Mr. Johnson to say, on the authority of Messrs. 
“A 0 r untl ' y tha g ! obe , lbat caa exce 1 Kentucky the roots in the centre. They were not laid in hoo *eii. This cannot be considered a disease, but pa^I iad 
, D ’, u 11 system is universal with arge pi es,- but in the neatly formed stack, some an impediment of respiration and circulation. It properly maDagefi. to be a fair estimate. What say 
us, and by the way, we do not raise eighteen or thirty inches across, and about seven feet in height, is occasioned by the sheep being changed from a you?-P„ South Danvers, Mass., 1858. 
rTlf^f 0t ^i Whenl8ee8nCb8tat " as la - d U D befoie settling. Ihese cured well; the poor pasture to a luxuriant oue—or from dry food Remarks.—T here is a great difference in the 
TrcKS on SnEEP.—A writer in the Germantown 
Telegraph says that, after shearing his sheep, he 
IIolbert and Horsfall, referred to in your last gives all his lambs a thorough washing in New 
paper. I had supposed ten quarts of good milk, England rum, a liquid which, while it almost la¬ 
ments, generally, without it is in a manure or hot- loss from exposure to the weather was estimated at 
bed, I regard it as a humbug. Twelve barrels is a less than one bushel per acre, and the straw, though 
to that which is rich, juicy and suceulent, and quality of milk from different breeds, and from dif- 
m?-P., South Danvers, Mass., 1858. * * stantaneously destroys the “tick,” leaves the ani- 
„ _. , . „ mals bright and lively, without any subsequent 
Remarks.— There is a great difference m the j . , - ,. u 
. ... • , u a a I depression or loss of energy and health. 
, . - • - gorging itself to an immoderate degree. The gul- ferent cows of the same breed. The feed, too, of 
large y lew. Our soil is a deep rich, l.ght loam- placed in a mow as threshed, came out bright and i et i s obstructed, and the gases in the paunch cause course has much influence on the milk. Mr. Hol- Protection of Horses Against Flies.-M. De 
with a temperature just adapted to its growth. I dry in the winter. 
f f . - j I remarkable distension, with no passage for their bekt, a dairyman of Chemung county, says that I Serre, the famous French Agriculturist, writing 
n V * m , ° COn ce r nmg t e culture of fifty The stakes used were some collected in remov- escape, except into the chest, which ends in suffo- while feeding pumpkins in the fall, nine quarts of ^ on ^ eur ^ Agriculture , says that a decoction 
_ _ -l j j cxnr-rsa ... -* imu iug uuuoi, m uuua iu. ouau- "ujiv in LliC lau, 11 UIC quails U1 
,, a _ d t d °J CO ; n ’ mor ®, instructive to mg a “staked and capped fence.” Using a crow- cation. Mobell’s American Shepherd says that a milk made a pound of butter. When writing, May of the leaves . of tbe walnut tree - applied to borses 
, C Q , r C0Ul 0 sma patches culti- bar to make the holes, they were set firmly in the flexible rod, with a small ball of wood or iron at 5th, it took fifteen quarts. He thinks the average aDd otber an >mals as a wash, will be found a com- 
^Sharpsburg Ky^isss A * ^ •** groand, and then about.two inches of straw placed the end, forced to the lower extremity of the gullet about fourteen quarts. B. P. Johnson, the Secre- P^ ete protection a gainst the sting of insects. 
snarpsDurg, ixy., i»js. around them to keep the beans from the ground. 
_ Each person, 33 they pulled, kept their armful readily voided. Farmers generally have it in their extensive inquiries among the best dairymen of -A Patriarchal Horse. —Gen. W. P. RronLE, of 
Ioles in the k.,DEs of Cows’ Teats. —I would stiaight, and laid them, roots to the centre, around power to prevent the appearance of this disease, by this and the adjoining States, he is satisfied that Manchester, N. H., has a horse which he bought 
sa y to . Cameron, of Beloit, Y is., that the hole the stakes. Tbe crop was well and evenly ripened, frequent changes of pasture, letting neither too poor this is about the general average. The same is twenty-eight years ago, when the latter was eight 
in t le m e of a covs s teai can be cured by scratch- an d the yield about twenty-five bushels per acre, nor too rich a one follow. If they must be put sud- found to be the fact from careful experiments made years old. A “ green old age” for a city horse to 
ing t ie teat (or burning it) where the hole is, until Niagara Co., N. \ ., 1858. B. denly on high feed, salt freely before the change, in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe, attain, 
it is quite sa ie > t en apply some kind of sticking and re peat for several days. This, however, is a matter that can be easily tested -►*- 
plete protection against the sting of insects. 
removes the obstruction, and the gas or wind is tary of the State Ag. Society, says that after making 
readily voided. Farmers generally have it in their extensive inquiries among the best dairymen of 
it is quite sore; then apply some kind of sticking 
plaster that is healing,—in fact, applying anything 
This, however, is a matter that can be easily tested 
In wet weather the necks of working oxen are The communications relative to the death of by all butter-makers, and we hope careful experi- The Executive Council of the New Hampshire 
tm.t iv.ll heal a sote, and the hole will become aptto become sore. To prevent this, rub a little sheep from “Grub in the Head,” would seem to be ments will be made by many of our readers, and Agricultural Society have elected Rev. E. H. Chapin 
AmcPfl f ' A M a nrr rvr A . 7. n l x — ii . 7 _ _ _ _ 
closed.— C. A. Hawley, Maine, Cook Co., III., 1858 I tallow on the yoke and bows. 
at variance with our statements, made in the Rural I the results reported. 
of New York, as the orator for the next State Fair. 
