MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 14. 
his head around towards the shoulder and his 
demonstrations will prove futile. Bear your 
weight against his hips, and by voice and action 
endeavor to give him an idea of your wishes, con¬ 
tinuing the movements as long as is necessary, 
when he will finally lie down. As soon as he is 
down (see fig. 4) and hiB struggling has ceased, 
caress his face and neck; handle every part of his 
body, making yourBelf familiar as possible. W r hen 
in this position a short time, remove the straps, 
straighten out the limbs, fondle with him as much 
as you choose and in fifteen or twenty minutes 
let him rise again to his feet Repeat this operation, 
removing the straps as soon as he lies down, and 
from in two to five trials he is completely subdued 
—he will follow you like a dog, and you may take 
any liberties with him without a fear as to the re¬ 
sult If a thorough course of instruction is given— 
and he must he educated; no boy's play about it —he 
will Beek the floor if you simply raise the fore-leg 
and give the command, “lie down, sir.” 
We give the following rules for the guidance of 
any who may wish to practice, simply remarking 
that their strict observance is imperative: 
First— The horse must not be forced down by 
violence, but must be tired out till he has a strong 
desire to lie down. 
Second —He must be kept quiet on the ground 
until the expression of the eye shows that he is 
tranquilized, which invariably takes place by pa¬ 
tiently waiting and gently patting the horse. % 
Third —Care must be taken not to throw the 
horse upon his neck when bent, as it may easily be 
broken. 
Fourth —In backing him no violence muBt be 
used, or he may be forced on his haunches and his 
back broken. 
F/fth —The halter and off rein are held in the left 
hand, so as to keep the head away from the latter; 
while, if the horse attempts to plunge, the halter is 
drawn tight, when, the off-leg being raised, the 
animal is brought on his knees, and rendered pow¬ 
erless for offensive purposes. 
In our next issue we will resume this subject, giv¬ 
ing the specific modes of subjugating and adapting 
the horse to the various purposes for which that 
animal is used. 
ARTESIAN WELLS IN ST. LAWRENCE CO. 
THE HAW-TREATMENT WHEN DISEASED. 
Eds. Rubai.:—I saw an article in your paper 
asking information on the subject of Artesian wells, 
and as a few experiments have been made in this 
town in that business, I send you the results as far 
as I have had the means of obtaining them. This 
town rests upon stratified limestone, and the 
average heighth of the village may be estimated 
at about 230 feet above Lake Ontario. The country 
to the south and east of the village attains an 
elevation, within two or three miles, of from two 
to three hundred feet above the village. In the 
year 181G, a Cotton Factory Company drilled into 
the rock, in the eastern part of the village, to the 
depth of about 140 feet, with a two-inch drill, and 
obtained a good supply of very pure water, slight¬ 
ly tinctured with sulphur—temperature about 60° 
Fahrenheit The water at first rose freely to the 
surface; has now fallen away a little, but is freely 
obtained with a short pump, and appears to have 
remained stationary for many years. In the fall 
of the same year, Mr. Henry D. Sewall bored for 
water on an island in the Black river, about forty 
rods from the first well, with like results. A sub¬ 
terranean connection was found to exist between 
the two, but both continue to furnish a good supply 
of water. The cost of these wells was about three 
dollars per foot, exclusive of copper tubes with 
which they were lined. 
In 1856 Mr. Chamiierlain, the owner of a large 
Paper Mill in the village, sunk a well 105 feet, on 
the bank of the river, with a 4i inch drill. At this 
depth the water rose with sufficient force to elevate 
it 14 feet above the surface, and it was carried 
from that height in pipes to the milL T&e force 
of the stream, however, diminished in a small 
degree, and a pump is used, which furnishes the 
mill with an abundant supply of very pure water— 
the temperature is at about 50° Fah. Cost about 
five dollars per foot, including the cost of drills. 
Mr. C. informs me the quantity of water increases, 
The same fill Mr. Remington, the ower of a Paper 
Mill half a mile up the river, with a seven-inch 
drill, commenced a well, and has sunk it 110 feet, 
but has not yet got water. The ground where his 
work commenced is about 20 feet higher than Mr. 
Chamiierl ain’s, and on the opposite side of Black 
river. This has cost about seven dollars per foot. 
In 1857 Col. William H. Angell, who owns mills 
about three-fourths of a mile down the river, below 
Mr. Chamberlain, sunk a well with a five-inch 
drill about 90 feet He has obtained a moderate 
supply of water, but intends to sink it deeper, ex¬ 
pecting to increase the quantity. 
In drilling the well of Mr. Remington, above 
named, a very serious accident occurred. A well 
had been commenced several feet in diameter, and 
sunk seven or eight feet, and was partially covered 
over with loose boards, and in the bottom of this 
the drilling was commenced. After boring had 
gone to the depth of 70 feet, the drill master took 
a light down the ladder, which instantly ignited 
the gas, and he barely escaped with his life. An 
immense column of flame ascended, which lasted 
some minutes before it was quenched, with immi¬ 
nent danger of burning the building. No other 
experiments have been had in this immediate 
neighborhood. There is a great uniformity in the 
water of all these wells, all tinctured with sulphur, 
and uniform in temperature. Horses are remark¬ 
ably fond of it 
N. B.—Since Mr. Chamberlain’s well was sunk, 
the water in the first wells named has been lowered 
considerably, showing that a connection exists 
between them. William Smith. 
Watertown, N. Y., 1858. 
Messrs. Eds.:— I saw an inquiry in the Rural 
New-Yorker, July 24th, in relation to the haw, 
vulgarly called “hooks,” in the eye of the horse.— 
The haw is not unnatural to the eye, but is a very 
useful part, a means of defending or wiping away 
dust or other offensive matter, which is annoying 
to that tender organ. It is Bituated in the inner 
corner, and is brought into use by means of a mus¬ 
cle, which, in drawing back the eye, when threat¬ 
ened with danger, presses upon a fatty substance 
situated in the corner, which drives the haw before 
it with great rapidity, clearing it of everything 
offensive or injurious. The brutal practice of de¬ 
priving the horse of this meanB of protection is 
unpardonable in the practitioner. 
When general inflammation, which is the result 
of various causes, takes place in the eye, the haw 
partakes of it and becomes enlarged, which is a 
natural provision, as it spreads nearly over the eye, 
protecting it from the light, while to the ignorant 
observer it would seem unnatural — something to 
be got rid of. Inflammation in the eye of the 
horse, is one of the most troublesome maladies 
with which the practitioner has to contend. A 
horse may appear perfectly well at night, and the 
next morning his eyelids may be found swelled, the 
eye clouded, the conjunction and eyelids red, the 
haw very much protruded, from participating in 
the surrounding inflammation, a flow of tears, his 
head droops, and he evidently suffers extremely. 
Under my observation, in all cases where inflam¬ 
mation has abated, the haw has resumed its natural 
size and usefulness. When it has been cut away, 
blindness invariably follows. Inflammation of the 
eye, I have found to result from various causes,—a 
very common one, is dark, damp and illy ventilated 
stables, besides many other local causes, to under¬ 
stand which requires Borne study and experience. 
The sedatives recommended in the Rural, June 
6 th, are very good; but the caustic, when applied, 
ought to be in the hands of a farrier. Inexperience 
might produce tetanus. No doubt the best treat¬ 
ment for the horse of A. H. Bell, Ill., is frequent 
formentation with warm water. Warm applica¬ 
tions relieve the eye much more than cold, and if 
frequently applied is better than covering the eye 
which often irritates it. H. B. Leeming, of Can¬ 
ada West, can use the same remedy with success 
if faithfully applied. W. J. Davison. 
Chelsea, Washtenaw Co., Mich., 1858. 
Will be pleased to hear from Mr. Davison on the 
subjects alluded to in his note.—E ds. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Garget.— Wheat in Genesee Co., Michigan.— 
In the Rural ef the 24th of July, I saw an inquiry 
of how to cure the Garget. I will state two cases 
I had, and the remedy I used, and the result. Last 
summer one of my best milch cows dropped off 
from her milk very suddenly. In the course of 
twenty-four hours, she fell off from nearly a com¬ 
mon pailful to half a pint, and what little she gave 
was stringy. Although she came up with the 
other cows, she drooped and looked sick, and had 
the appearance of being in a fairway to dry up en¬ 
tirely, and perhaps die in a short time. I made a 
mess of bran, and put into it a tablespoonful of salt¬ 
petre and a large teaspoonful copperas pulverized, 
mixed it up well with the mess, and gave it to her, 
as soon as I saw she was sick, which was in the 
morning. The next morning I gave her another 
dose, and that night Bhe was sensibly improved in 
her appearance and milk, and in three days’ time 
she gave her usual quantity of milk again, and has 
not been sick. I only gave her two doses. About 
two weeks after another cow was taken in the same 
way, and was handled exactly as she was; gave the 
same remedy, and had the same result I have 
always used saltpetre for the Garget in the bag, and 
never had it fail of effecting a cure. 
I see the Rural speaks rather flatteringly of the 
wheat crop in the Western States. The wheat 
crop in this (Genesee) county is a failure. We 
have straw enough for 25 or 30 bushels per acre, 
and it may give us from none to five bushels. A 
great many pieces will not be cut because it will 
not pay the expense of harvesting. One man set a 
field of 10 acres on fire and burned it up to see the 
midge roast, as he said. It is thought by many, 
and good sensible farmers, too, that there will not 
be wheat enough of the present crop raised in the 
county to keep the people in bread. Our grass 
crops are very heavy, and all the hay so far has 
been made and secured without any rain, and will, 
of course, come out next winter fine.—S. D. H., 
Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Mich. 
WHEAT GROWING-THE MIDGE. 
Eds. Rural: —The winter wheat of this county, 
as far as we can learn, has been a very fair crop, 
suffering little injury from the wheat midge. But 
the amount sown was very small—hundreds of far¬ 
mers who have grown largely in former years, not 
sowing a single acre the past season. 
We hear of no white wheat being grown, it is all 
the red varieties—Mediterranean, Golden Drop, 
etc., which mature earlier than the Soules’, and 
other choice white kinds. An early, productive, 
and hardy variety of white wheat would be a great 
acquisition in Western New York. We trust far-< 
mers will be on the lookout for such, and that 
careful attention will be paid to the selection 
of seed, as well as to the thorough culture of 
the crop. 
An intelligent New Hampshire farmer tells us 
that it is idle to expect the midge nuisance to 
abate—that he has known it for twenty-five years 
in that section, and in 1857 it was more prevalent 
than ever. It is idle also to expect to starve it out 
by ceasing to grow wheat—it will live and flourish 
in other crops, and whenever a wheat field is to be 
found in the right stage at the time it appears, it 
will be sure to suffer from its ravages. 
If we look at the successful wheat crops, now 
grown among us, we shall find they were an early 
variety, early sown, on suitable soil, properly ma¬ 
nured and put in, and that from these causes they 
were in advance of the midge. A neighbor, who 
grew twelve acres of Golden Drop, says he got 
five days the start, and has a good crop in conse 
quence. J- n. b. 
Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., August, 1858. 
A Preventive of Murrain. —Salting cattle on 
the ground on clay land, is said to be a sure pre¬ 
ventive of murrain, and where practiced in this 
section the disease is not known. I have seen a 
good many in New York, as well as this State, use 
troughs for salting cattle, and I think it would be 
a good plan to bed the trough with clay, before 
putting in the salt. What effect the clay has, I am 
unable to say, but the result has shown it to be 
efficacious. Perhaps it is no new thing to you — 
it was to me when I came here, and if you think 
it worthy, you can give it to Rural readers.—H. 
W. Bray, Huntington, Lorain Co., Ohio. 
JONATHAN TO H. T. B. 
A Remedy for milk wasting from the teats of 
cows is thus given' by a correspondent of the Co. 
Gent .:—“ Get from the druggist a small quantity 
of Collodion, or “liquid cuticle,” and when the 
cow has been milked, apply it to the ends of the 
teats. It instantly will form a thin tough skin, 
which will close the orifice and prevent the emis¬ 
sion of the milk. At milking time the false skin 
can be broken through, and the cow milk, and the 
collodion again applied. In a week or ten days 
there will be no necessity for further application, 
as the defect will be cured. 
Eds. Rural: — I was quite surprised to see, by a 
late number of the Rural, that H. T. B. has taken 
offence at an article of mine, which appeared in 
your paper during the spring, describing what I 
supposed to be the practical result of the system 
he advocated. Was I not justifiable in believing 
that one who has preached so long, and so elo 
quently, on all subjects connected with agriculture, 
would also have everything done in the best pos 
sible manner upon his own dominion, rendering it 
a model of thorough farming? Yet he now tells 
us that such a state of things is “ impracticable,” 
and that neatness and good order in farm-yards 
and buildings is not even to be “ spoken well of," ex 
cept in “ extreme cases." I can only account for the 
« if s ,” and “ buts," and various qualifications, in his 
last article, by supposing that they proceed from a 
consciousness of his own short-comings, which 
renders him ill at ease, and sets him to searching 
diligently for “ modifying circumstances.” Could 
I believe that he taught one thing in word, and an 
other in deed? 
(< Who would not laugh, if such a man there be, 
Who would not weep if Atticus were ke!” 
I hope the editors of the Rural will be guilty of 
no oversight in the present instance. I shall be 
satisfied with any corner they choose to give me, 
and I am not sure but the Youth’s Column is as 
honorable a place as the first page. 
Livingston Co , N. Y., 1858. Jonathan. 
A bill to establish an Agricultural College in 
Minnesota has passed the Legislature, and the same 
is located at Glencoe, McLeo d Co., near the centre of 
the State. The younger States are actually going 
ahead of those old enough to be their great-grand 
father. 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
Below we give far the largest and most complete 
list of National, State, Provincial, County and Town 
Fairs yet published: 
national fairs. 
U. S. Ag. Society, Richmond, Va.,___Oct. 25—30. 
National Horse Show, Springfield, Mass., .Sept. 14—17. 
horticultural and pomological. 
American Pomological Society, N. Y.,_Sept. 14. 
state fairs. 
Alabama, Montgomery,_Oct. 18—22. 
California, Marjsville,_Aug. 23—28. 
Connecticut, Hartford,_Oct. 12—16. 
Illinois, Centralia,_Sept. 14—18. 
Indiana, Indianapolis,_Oct. 4—9. 
Iowa. Oscaloosa,_Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
Kentucky, Louisville,_Sept. 28, Oct. 2. 
Maine, Augusta,_Sept. 21— 21. 
Maryland, Baltimore,_Oct. 19—23. 
Michigan, Detroit,_Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
Mississippi, Jackson,_Nov. 9—12. 
Missouri, St. Louis,...Sept. 6—10. 
New Jersey, Trenton,_Sept. 16—17. 
New Hampshire, Dover, _ Oct. 6—8. 
New York, Syracuse, - Oct. 6—8. 
Nerth Carolina, Raleigh,-Nov. 2—6. 
Ohio, Sandusky,_Sept. 14—17. 
Penney)vaiia, Pittsburgh,..Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
Rhode Island, Providence, _Sept. 14—18. 
South Carolina, Columbia,....Nov. 9—12. 
Tennessee__Oct. 
Vermont, Burlington,_Sept. 14—17. 
Virginia, Petersburgh,...Nov. 2—5. 
Virginia, North Western, Weeling,-Sept. 14—16. 
Wisconsin, Madison,___Oct. 4--7. 
provincial fairs. 
Canada Bast, Montreal,___Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Canada West, Toronto,.Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
NEW YORK. 
COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Albany, Albany,__Sept. 21—24. 
Broome, Lisle,..Sept. 28—30. 
Chenango, Norwich,___Sept. 23—25. 
Delaware, Franklin,_Sept. 22, 23. 
Greene, Cairo,_Sept. 29, 30. 
Livingston, Geneseo,...Sept. 22— 24. 
Madison, Morisville, _Sept. 8—10. 
Monroe, Rochester,___Sept. 14—17. 
Montgomery, Fonda,.. ..Oct. 26 
Oneida, Rome,___Sept. 28—30. 
Onondaga, Syracuse,_Sept. 22, 23. 
Ontario, Canandaigua,_Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Orange, Montgomery,___Sept. 29, 30. 
Orleans, Albion..Sept. 29, 30. 
Orleans Horse Show,_Aug. 27. 
Oswego, Fulton,. ..Sept. 22—24. 
Queens, Flushing,....Sept. 22. 
Rensselaer,.... 
Saratoga, Mechanicsville,.Sept. 7— 9. 
Schuyler. Watkins,.Sept. 28, 29. 
Seneca, Farmersville, .....Oct. 13—15. 
St. Lawrence, Canton,_Sept. 15—17. 
Washington, Salem,---Sept 23, 24. 
Wyoming, Warsaw,___Sept. 28—30. 
Yates, Penn Yan,_Sept. 23, 24. 
TOWN SOCIETIES. 
Brookfield, Clarksville,---Sept. 27, 28. 
Dryden, Dryden,_Sept. 30, Oct. 1. 
Lodi, Lodi.Sept. 15—17. 
Skaneateles, Skaneateles,.Sept. 29. 
Susquehanna Valley, Unadilia,_Sept. 29. 30. 
ToDawanda Valley, Attica,....Sept. 23, 24. 
Union, Adams, Jeff Co ,_ Sept. 16,16. 
Yates, Yates Centre, Orl. Co.,_Sept. 24,25. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Berks, Reading,.Sept. 29, Oct. 2. 
Bucks, Newtown, ...... .___.....Sept. 29. 
Chester, Westchester,..Oct. 1, 2. 
Crawford, Conneautvitle,_ ..Oct. 5—7. 
Lehigh, Allenton,.Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
Mercer, Mercer,_Sept. 22, 23. 
Tioga, vVellsboro’,__—Sept. 29, 30. 
Yorb, Yorb,_....-Oct. 6—9. 
OHIO. 
Ashtabula, Jefferson,...Sept. 7— 9. 
Adams, West Union,__Sept. 28—30. 
Athens, Athens,_ ..Oct. 14,15. 
Brown, Georgetown,___Sept. 7 — 9- 
Butler, Hamilton,_Oct. 5—8. 
Belmont, St. Clairsville,. Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
Clermont, Bantam,_Sept 14—17. 
Clermont, Olive Branch,_Sept. 21—24. 
Columbiana, New Lisbon,.. Sept. 20—22. 
Enlargement of the Udder.— Having read a 
great many valuable recipes in your paper, I take 
the privilege of asking for one to cure a powerful 
enlargement of a cow’s udder. For 4 years one- 
fourth of it has been useless and given no milk, 
and every year it is growing larger, and now that 
one-quarter is larger than the other three-fourths. 
It is hard, and close by the teat is a hole about $ 
of an inch in size, the hole is not through the skin, 
but can be plainly felt. The affected part feels like 
a callous and is very painful to the cow. We wish I Champaign, Urbana,.....Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
* " ’ Crawford, Bucyrus,__Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
to know if any of your numerous subscribers has 
any remedy, if so, please insert.—A Friend, Sene- 
N. Y., 1858. 
Information Wanted.— Will you, or some of 
your readers, inform me through the Rural 
whether “ Barnaby’s and Moore’s Patent Side-Hill 
and Level Land Plow,” advertised in the Albany 
Cultivator of March, 1842, page 66, is in existence? 
If so, where can it be had, and at what price?— 
Also, the best side-hill plow for clay lands; where 
found, and at what price?—A., Alfred Centre, N. Y. 
If any of our readers are “ posted ” upon the 
points which “A.” would like to have elucidated, 
will they please respond to the call.—E ds. 
Early May Wheat. —This season’s experience 
has induced many of our Western New York farm¬ 
ers to believe that, if we can procure a variety of 
wheat which will mature early, the great staple can 
be successfully cultivated in future. The early 
ripening of the crop this year, in consequence of 
favorable weather, saved it to a great extent from 
the wheat-head midge; and hence it is argued that 
by sowing early on rich wheat soils, seed of early 
varieties, we may hereafter escape the ravages of 
the enemy. One of our subscribers, Mr. Sam’l 
Wood, of Scottsville, informs us that he and other 
farmers in his locality are desirous of procuring 
some of the Early May Wheat for trial. They 
would prefer that grown in Virginia or Maryland. 
Their object is to head the midge by sowing a 
variety of wheat which will ripen from a week to 
ten days earlier than the Soules,—and if the Early 
May will mature thus early, and yield well, it will 
prove a great desideratum and soon he in demand 
in this region. Any of our Virginia or Maryland 
readers possessing the genuine article (or knowing 
of whom it can be procured,) will oblige the wheat- 
growers of this section, by communicating the fact 
to us, and stating the price at which a pure article 
can be obtained from a reliable source. 
Care of Stock.— Says the New England Farmer 
constant and kind care of stock is something like 
frequent hoeing to a corn crop. The hoeing keeps 
the soil light, and susceptible of receiving valua¬ 
ble influences from the action of the atmosphere, 
and thus saves manure. So frequent carding, and 
careful watering and feeding, saves hay and roots 
and grain, and gives you a larger product of milk 
and flesh than could be obtained on even a larger 
amount of feed, without the extra care. 
If good agriculture is of primary importance to 
the material prosperity of a nation—it is none the 
less necessary to develop high moral principles, 
such as are calculated to perpetuate national great¬ 
ness and secure political rights to the great mass 
of the people. 
“Consternation.” — This celebrated imported 
stallion has returned from Kentucky to Syracuse, 
where he will remain until after the State Fair.— 
His visit to Ky. is said to have been a great sue 
cess, as he was extravagantly praised and liberally 
patronized by the best breeders. See advertise 
ment. _ 
Horse Show at Albion. —The Orleans Co. Ag. 
Society announce an Exhibition of Horses, to take 
place on their Fair Grounds, in AlbioD, Aug. 27tb. 
Clark, Springfield,___Oct. 6— 
Coshocton, Coshocton,..Oct. 6—8. 
Carroll, Carrollton,_Oct. 14—16. 
Cuyahoga, Cleveland,_Oct 5—7. 
Darke, Greenville,_Sept. 22—24. 
Delaware, Delaware,___Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Defiance, Defiance,___Oct. 6—8. 
Erie, Huron,_____Oct. 6—8. 
Fayette, Washington,___Sept. 7— 9. 
Franklin, Columbus,_Sept. 8—10. 
Fulton, Otakee,___Oct. 6, 7. 
Creene, Xenia,_Sept. 28—30. 
Geauga, (Free) Ciaridon,....Sept. 28—30. 
Geauga, Burton,_Sept. 22—24. 
Guernsey, Cambridge,.Sept. 23, 24. 
Hardin, Kenton,_...._Sept. 29, 30. 
Hamilton, Carthage,..Sept. 7—10. 
Harrison, Cadiz,_Oct. 6—8. 
Highland, Hillsboro,.Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Hancock, Findlay,_Oct. 7—9. 
Hocking, Logan,_Sept. 29, 30. 
Holmes, Miilersburg,__..Oct. 12—14. 
Knox, Mt. Vernon,_Sept. 28—30. 
1 awrence, Ironton,___Sept. 22—24. 
Licking, Newark,_Oct. 6, 7. 
Lorain, Elyria,_Oct 6—7. 
Logan, Bellefontaine,.Oct. 6—8. 
Late, Painesville,--Sept. 22—24. 
Mahoning, Canfield,-Oct. 5—7. 
Montgomery, Dayton,___..Sept. 29. Oct. 1, 
Morgan, McConnelsville,_Oct. 6—8. 
Morrow, Mt. Gilead,_Oct. 13 15. 
Madison. London,-Sept 22—24. 
Miami, Troy,.Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Noble, Sarahsville,____Sept. 23,24. 
Portage, Ravenna,_Sept. 20—21. 
Putnam, Kalida,_....__—Oct. 7, 8. 
Richland, Mansfield,_Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Ross, Chiliicothe,-Sept. 29, Oct. 1 
Sandusky, Fremont,....Oct. 6—8. 
Seneca, Tiffin,_Oct. 6—8. 
Stark, Massillon,.-.Oct. 5—7. 
Summit, (Union) Twinsburg.Sept. 8—10. 
Summit, Akron,.--., 
Tuscarawas, North Philadelphia,-Sept. 29, Oct. 1. 
Union, Marysville,_Oct. 6—8. 
Van Wert, Van Wert,.Oct. 5, 6. 
Williams, Bryan, -Oct. 6— 8. 
Washington, Marietta,-Oct. 6 8. 
Wood, Bowling Green,.Oct. 6—8. 
Warren, Lebanon,.Sept. 28—30. 
Wayne, Wooster,.Sept. 29, Oct. 1 
INDIANA. 
Blackford, Hartford City,.Oct. 14—16. 
Boone, Lebanon,.Sept. 16,17. 
Clark, Charlestown,__Sept. 22—24. 
Delaware, Muncie,_Sept. 29, Oct. 1 
Fayette, Connersville,_Sept. 7—10. 
Fountain and Warren, Attica,.Sept. 29, Oct. 1 
Fulton, Rochester,...Oct. 15,16. 
Hendrick's, Danville,- Sept. 14—17. 
Henry, New Castle,_ Sept. 22—24. 
Howard, Kokomo,_-___Oct. 21. 22. 
JeffersoD, Madison,_Sept. 22, 23. 
Jennings, Vernon,_Sept. 15 17. 
Kosciusko, Warsaw,_.....-Oct. 13—15. 
La Porte, La Porte,.Sept. 28, Oct. 1 
Marion, Indianapolis,.. Sept. 22—24. 
Montgomery, Crawfordsville,.Sept. 15—17. 
Morgan, Centertown,.Sept. 8—11. 
Ohio and Switzerland, Enterprize,.Sept. 28—30. 
Owen, Spencer,.. Sept. 22—24. 
Rush, Rushville,. Sept. 14—17. 
Scott, Lexington,.Sept. 28- 30. 
Shelby, Shelbyville,.Sept. 7—10. 
Southwestern, Vincennes,.Oct. 19—22. 
Spencer, Rockport,.f ep t- i 
Sullivan, Carlisle,_ Sept. 30, Oct. 1. 
Wabash, Wabash,.Sept, 28-30. 
Washington, Salem,.Sept. 20—23. 
Wayne, Richmond,_ Sept. 28, Oct. 1 
IOWA. 
Boone, Boonesboro’,...-.Sept. 22, 23. 
Decatur, Lacon,___ ....-Sept. 29, 30. 
Henry, Mt. Pleasant,. Oct. 5, 6. 
Jefferson, Fairfield,-.Sept. 22, 23. 
JohnsoD, Iowa City,-Sept, lo, 16. 
Lee, West Point,.Sept, lo—17. 
Louisa, Wapello,.Oct. 6. 
Marion, Knoxville,.Oct. 21, 22. 
Pottawattomie, Council Bluffs,.......Oct. 14,15. 
Polk, Des Moines,......Sept. 14—16. 
Sioux, Sioux City,.Oct. 4. 
Van Buren, Keosauqua,.Oct. 13,14. 
Wapello, Ottumwa,.Oct 22—24. 
MICHIGAN. 
Barry, Hastings,_Oct. 13,14. 
Berrien, Niles,....___Oct 6,7. 
Branch, Coldwater,_Oct 6—8. 
Calhoun, Marshall,_Oct. 5—7. 
ClintOD, 8t. Johns,_Oct 13,14. 
Eaton, Charlotte,_Sept. 28—30. 
Genesee, Flint,_....-Oct. 6, 7. 
Jackson, JacksoD,_Oct 6—8. 
Kent Grand Rapids,_Oct 5—7. 
Lenawee, Adrian,..Oct. 6. 7. 
Northern Lenawee, Tecumseh,_8ept 16. 
Oakland, Pontiac,....Oct. 6—8. 
Ottawa, Eaetmanville,_Sept. 22, 23. 
St Joseph, Centerville,--Sept. 29, 30. 
ILLINOIS. 
Adams, Quincy,.Sept 29, Oct 1 
Carroll, Mt. Carroll,_Sept. 29, Oct 1. 
Cass, Virginia,...._Aug.31,Sept. 2. 
Champaign, Urbana,_Sept. 21. 
Edgar, (Wabash Valley) Paris,..Sept 28, Oct 1. 
Henry, Cambridge,_Sept. 8, 9. 
Kane, Genera,_Sept 23, 24. 
Lake, Libertyville,_Oct. 5, 6. 
La Salle, Ottawa,.....Sept 28—30. 
Lee, Amboy,_Sept. 15—17. 
LiviDgston, Pontiac,_Oct. 6, 7. 
Macon, Decatur,....Sept. 7—10. 
Mason, Havana,_Sept 29, Oct 1. 
Mercer, Miilersburg,_Sept. 28—30. 
McLean, Bloomington,_Sept. 2— 4. 
Morgan, Jacksonville,_Sept 28, Oct. 1. 
Montgomery, Hillsboro,___Sept. 28, Oct. 1. 
Peoria, Peoria,_Sept 21—24. 
Pike, Pittsfield,. r _.Sept 8—10. 
Rock Island, Rock Island,___Sept. 8. 9. 
Scott, Winchester._Sept. 22—24. 
St Clair, Belleville,.Sept. 1— S. 
Stephenson, Freeport,...__Oct. 6 — 8. 
Tazewell, Fremont,..Sept- 
Union, Jonesboro._Sept. 10,11. 
Warsaw, Warsaw,___Sept. 29, Oct 1. 
Winnebago, Rockford,,.,,,.,,,......Sept. 21—24. 
WISCONSIN. 
Crawford, Seneca,___Oct. 12,13. 
Lafayette, Darlington,___Sept. 21, 22. 
N. W. Union, River Falls, ...._Sept 22, 23. 
Portage, Portage,_........-Oct. 15,16. 
Richland, Richland Centre,_._Oct. 6, 7. 
Walworth, Eikhorn,_—....Sept. 29, Oct 1. 
TENNESSEE. 
Bedford, Shelbyville.Oct. 5—8. 
Carroll, Huntingdon,_Oct. 14—16. 
De Kalb, Alexandria,---Sept 21—24. 
Dyer, Dyersbnrg,_ ..Oct. 8—12. 
Eastern Division,__ 
Fayette, Somerville,..Oct. 5—9. 
GibsoD, Trenton,.. .. 
Giles, Pulaski,.Sept. 21—24- 
Macon, Lafayette,....--- ..Oct. 25—3J. 
Marshall, Lewisburg,_Sept 21—24. 
Middle Division, Columbia,-Sept. 27, Oct. 2. 
Smith, Rome,_Sept 29, Oct. 2. 
Sumner, Gallatin,_- ~ 
Western Division, JacksoD,-Oct 19—23. 
Wilson, Lebanon,--Oct- 6 9. 
Williamson, Franklin,-Oct 5 8. 
MISSOURI. 
Boone, Columbia,...-.Sept. 30, Oct. 2. 
Central District, Booneville,.Oct. 4—10. 
Howard, Favette,.?ept. 14-18. 
Lafayette, LexiDgton,.Sept. 14- 18. 
N. E. District, Paris,-.Sept. 13 18. 
N. W. District. St. Joseph,.Sept. 21—25. 
Pettis, Georgetown,.-.Sept. 14 17. 
Saline, Miami,-----Sept. „ — 
St. Lonis Mech. and Ag., St. Louis,-Sept, o 12. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Barnstable, Barnstable,-Oct 6, 7. 
Berkshire, Pittsfield,.<?ct. 6-8. 
Bristol, TauntOD,.Sept. 
Essex, Danvers,___>? p V, « 
Franklirr, Greenfield,---Oct. 6, 7. 
Hampderr, Sprinsfield,-- Sept. 28—30. 
Hampden Easr, Palmer Depot,.--Get. 
Hampshire, Amherst,__Oet. 12., 13. 
Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden,.Oct. 13, 14. 
Housatonic, Great BarriDgton,-Sept. on *"*’ 
Middlesex, Concord,.Sept. 29. 
Middlesex North, Lowell,.Sept. J, oo 
Middlesex South, Farmingham,.n 11 ',, 1 ’.?' 
Nantucket, Nantucket.Get. 13, 14. 
Norfolk, Dedham,.Sept. 2«, 29. 
Plymouth, Bridgewater.°ept. 2 30 ‘ 
Worcester, Worcester,.Oet'0, 7 . 
Worcester North, Fitchburg,.Sept. 24. 
Worcester South, Stonebridge,.Sept. 29. 
Worcester West, Barre,-Sept. 30. 
MAINE. 
Androscoggin, Lewiston,.Get. 6—7. 
Kennebec, Reaofield,.Get. 12 14. 
Lincoln, Jefferson,.Get. 12 14. 
North Aroostook, Presque Isle,.Oct. b, 7. 
North Penobscot, Lee,.Oct. 13,14. 
Noith Somerset, SoIod, .Oct. 13, . 
Oxford, South Paris,.Get. 5—1. 
Somerset, Skowhegan,.Sept. 28 3U. 
South Kennebec, Gardiner,.Get. iz 14. 
York, Saco,. 0ct - 12 > 13 ‘ 
VIRGINIA. 
Brooke, Wellsburg,.-------.®® p * - ~ 
N. W. Division, Wheeling Island,.Sept. 14— u. 
NEBRASKA. 
Cass, Rock Bluffs,. 
Nemaha, Brownville,.Oct. 13 16. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Sullivan, Charlestown, .Sept. 15 > 
NEW JERSEY. 
Burlington, Mt. Holly,.-Oct- 5, 6. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Middlesex, Middletown,-Oct. 6 8. 
Farmers’ Weather Calendar. — Under this 
heading a Rochester gentleman (who is supposed 
to be on intimate terms with the Clerk of the 
Weather,) has furnished us the following prognos¬ 
tics, which we publish for the benefit of all inter¬ 
ested, whether weather-wise or otherwise. Close 
observers will he enabled to decide whether the 
Clerk is correct: 
If any faith is to be placed upon a philosophical con¬ 
sideration of the attraction of the Sun and Moon in their 
several positions respecting the earth, and confirmed in 
the experience of many years actual observation, you will 
find the following prognostics so near the truth that in 
very few instances will it be found to fail: 
August .—From the 16th to 24th, wind and rain. 
t< « « 24th to 15th September, changeable, 
September. —From the 15th to 29th, you may expect fair 
weather. 
If the clouds in the Western Hemisphere, at the time 
of sunset, are linged with a light red and yellow, or if 
there are no clouds, and the sky, towards that part of the 
horizon where the sun sets, be of a beautiful red and yel¬ 
low, it will be fair weather; but if the sun be of a pale color, 
or if the clouds change to a dark red and continue, it will 
rain. The clouds tinged with a dark red in the opposite 
hemisphere to the sun, whether at rising or setting, pre¬ 
sage wind.— Clerk, Rochester, N. Y, 1858. 
Great Western World’s Fair. — We are in 
receipt of a pamphlet entitled “Regulations and 
List of Premiums of the Seventh Annual Great 
Western World's Fair of the Fayette Co. Ag. and 
Mech. Society, for 1858, to he held at Connersville, 
Ind., on Tuesday to Friday, Sept 7th to 10th inclu¬ 
sive. No exclusion—open to the world.” The 
list of premiums is liberal and varied, and the Reg¬ 
ulations, &c., prove that the Society is imbued with 
the right spirit—albeit “Great Western World’s 
Fair,” and the announcement that “ Hon. Horace 
Greeley, the distinguished agriculturist, horticul¬ 
turist and orator, will deliver the address,” sounds 
somewhat toploftical. Success to the G. ^ • F > 
and all of “Hoosierdom” and “the rest of man¬ 
kind” who may participate! 
The Tonawanda Valley Ag. Society will hold 
its Fair for 1858, at Attica, on Wednesday and 
Thursday, the 22d and 23d of September. Presi¬ 
dent—Hon. A. S. Stevens. G. Dorrance, President 
pro tern. S. Folsom, Rec. Sec’y. Ezra Bishop, 
Cor. Sec’y. F. R. Wright, Treasurer. 
