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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 11. 
universe. In my opinion, the only advantage 
derived from the old comb is in saving the eggs 
and unmatured brood, and the influence it has on 
the bees in accustoming them to their new home. 
And the “ supposition ” that so much honey and 
time are consumed by the bees in constructing the 
comb, some may believe, but those who have had 
experience in bee-keeping and paid attention to 
the subject I think will know better. It is well 
known that a new swarm will often fill a hive with 
combs and honey to the amount of from fifty to 
seventy pounds, while the parent stock will not 
have increased in weight ten pounds, and often not 
five pounds. The main reason of this difference 
in their working is the fact that the old colony 
have a hive full of comb and young brood to 
attend to, which occupies a good share of their 
time, while the new swarm have nothing to do at 
the commencement but collect materials and con¬ 
struct combs and store them, but after the first two 
weeks they will not store honey or construct combs 
as rapidly,—and I have found that transferred 
stocks operate very similar. If the old combs are 
transferred, it occupies a great share of their time 
in attending to them, and the bees very seldom 
work as well after being transferred with the 
combs as before, while a stock that is transferred 
and have only a small quantity of brood combs in 
the top box will work much more industriously 
than before. 
But if Mr. B. has as much faith in his supposi¬ 
tions and theories as he would have others believe, 
and is as anxious to inform the public on practical 
facts as he has been to misinform them by misrep¬ 
resenting facts, I am ready and willing to test the 
matter with him, to the satisfaction of all con¬ 
cerned, in the following manner, viz:—He may 
transfer into the “ Movable Comb Hive' 1 ' 1 five, ten or 
fifteen stocks of bees, with thirty or forty pounds 
of old combs and honey,—the combs shall be not 
less than four years old, (as he contends old combs 
are as good as new,)—and I will transfer into the 
Combination Hive the same number of stocks, of 
the same age, and quantity of bees—as near as 
may be,—and transfer only a portion of the old 
comb (or such as contains eggs and unmatured 
brood) into the top boxes. I will however reserve 
the privilege (if I choose to do so) of feeding to 
each stock in the Combination Hive the same 
amount of honey that he transfers into his. The 
hives shall all be placed in the care of responsible, 
disinterested persons, who shall do justice to all, 
and at the expiration of six months or one year 
they shall report a true statement of facts; and if 
in their opinion five dollars, or one half that amount 
is gained by transferring the old combs into the 
new hive, then Mr. B. shall be entitled to the 
Combination Hives and their contents; but if, in 
their opinion, that amount is not gained by trans¬ 
ferring the old combs—then the “ Movable Comb 
Hives ” and their contents shall be forfeited to me. 
Again, he is extremely anxious to inform the 
public of all the good qualities of the “ Movable 
Comb Hive," and even exaggerates them, and is 
just as anxious to misrepresent and injure the 
reputation of the “ Combination Hive.'' 1 In referring 
to the latter, he says:—“ There is a patent hive in 
this section” [and he might with truth said, more 
than six hundred of them] “called the Phelps’ 
Combination Hive, which is recommended highly 
by the self-conceited vendors ” [he might also say, 
hy those using them] “ to be Just the thing needed, 
so that we can change the combs every year or so, 
and also informing the jpublic that if the combs 
are not changed every year or two the bees will 
become dwarfs.” In reply to the foregoing we 
will state, for “the benejit of all concerned that we 
do not recommend changing the brood combs every 
year or two, or every third year, merely on account 
of the cells becoming too small; but there are 
other reasons why the health and prosperity of a 
stock of bees is benefited, and frequently a stock 
saved, by removing the old combs from them. For 
instance, where the combs have mildewed or become 
mouldy, or infested with moths, or contain a diseased 
brood. But this we do say: —The hive is just the 
thing for removing the old combs, or a portion of 
them, or of the honey stored in the lower part of 
the hive, just as often and whenever we think the 
health and prosperity of the colony and the in¬ 
terest of the owner requires it, whether it is every 
year, or only once in five years, and do it, too, with¬ 
out exposure to the bees or injury to them. We 
also say it is “just the thing ” to accommodate 
either large or small families of bees with as much 
or as little space as they actually need, at any season 
of the year. We also state, for the benefit of Mr. 
B., that we will make him a handsome present if he 
will prove that the said sections, or anything as 
convenient and well arranged, and answering as 
good a purpose, was ever known, or used “ long ere, 
or even after, “Phelps was bom,''— until devised 
and arranged by Phelps himself. And we will 
further state, “for the benefit of all concerned," that 
we have a claim for a patent on the sections and 
dividers duly filed on record in the Patent Office, 
and that we have the opinion of competent judges 
that a patent will be issued on the same whenever 
I choose to have it examined; and whoever makes 
or uses the same without authority will do it at 
their peril. 
Mr. B. also considers himself in duty bound to 
notify the public that the hive is just as good with¬ 
out “ the Moth Trap." Now, Messrs. Editors, one 
of two things are certainly true. Mr. B. is either 
entirely ignorant of the operations and advantages 
of the “ Moth Trap," and states that of which he 
has no means of knowing whether his statements 
are true or false; or, if lie is acquainted with them, 
he knowingly and wilfully misrepresents them, for 
I am prepared to prove his statements false by hun¬ 
dreds who have used them. 
Now, Messrs. Eds., I hope I may be pardoned for 
occupying so much space in the Rural, and I 
should not have asked the favor or taken the 
trouble to reply, had the writer been fair and 
stated facts only; but this it appears he could not 
do and accomplish the object aimed at 
N. B.—I hope publishers of papers who copied 
the article referred to, will have the goodness to 
copy this also. E. W. Phelps. 
Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1858. 
Winter Barley, Culture, Product, &c.—Very 
many readers of the Rural are anxious to hear 
concerning the results of the past season’s experi¬ 
ments with this cereal— who will respond on the 
points in which information is desired? 
A HOME PICTURE. > 
- < 
Once I built a house just to my fancy, and—but j 
let me describe it to you, and tell you all about it i 
I owned fifteen acres just about a mile from a flour- i 
ishing village in Western New York, and just a ] 
convenient distance from the New York and Erie ] 
Railroad. My land was very productive, and well 
cultivated. I had a great variety of fruit In my 
garden were several kinds of strawberries, raspber¬ 
ries, blackberries, grapes and currants. In the 
orchard the best of apples, good peaches, pears, 
plums, cherries, and, besides, we had a superior 
vegetable gardeD, and a small spot devoted to flow¬ 
ers, and flowering shrubs in our yard. For shade, 
we had several varieties of our native forest trees, 
maple, mountain ash, basswood, &c. 
Beyond my orchard, was a nice pasture for the 
cow, who yielded us abundance of cream and milk, 
and some butter. I also kept two good horses, 
which could be driven singly or together, as we 
chose. I had a plain, double carriage, a single 
covered buggy, and a small democrat wagon for 
business purposes, or muddy roads. 
Now for my house. It was built of brick — part 
of it two stories. It was not very large, but we had 
plenty of room, and used it all. It was not placed 
in the road, but back far enough to be out of the 
dust and noise of travel. On the front of the main 
building, was a hall, and our sitting-room. We 
had no parlor to keep shut and open it on grand 
occasions—we used the best room ourselves. Our 
friends always found us there, when we were at 
home. The Bitting-room was well furnished, and 
made in every respect as pleasant as it well could 
be, adorned with kindly faces, and loving smiles. 
We had a sort of rule, not to carry sour or. gloomy 
faces into that room. On one side of this room, 
and adjoining the hall, was a small room where we 
kept a few bookp, and contained a writing desk, 
table and lounge, pictures, &c. Beyond this was 
our family sleeping-room, large, airy, pleasant. In 
this room there was a fire-place, as there was in the 
sitting-room. Then there was a dining room and 
kitchen,—not the least important department, by 
any means. This roem was specially arranged for 
convenience and ease in labor. There was a box 
made in the wall, half of it being in the wood- 
house, which could be filled with wood without 
carrying it by armfuls in the door. Inside there 
was a cover which could be kept down in cold 
weather. There was also plenty of water to be 
had without goiDg out of the room. The cellar- 
door opened out of the kitcheD, as all cellar-doors 
should, or else in a pantry. 
Why do people pay so little attention to the 
arrangements of the kitchen? What most misera¬ 
bly contrived houses most people live in,—not for 
the want of means, but from the inconsiderate, 
thoughtlessness of the builders. We spend the 
most of our lives in houses, or women do, and yet 
how little expense and pains are taken, to make 
them attractive, and pleasant, and convenient— 
And do we not all of us live out more than half our 
days, before we begin to think, and compare, and 
study into the whys and wherefores of existence, 
and see whether we are living to some end, and 
having the full measure of enjoyment which is our 
privilege? 
Now you have had some description of the 
house, would you like a picture of its inhabitants? 
My wife wore a rosy, healthful, happy face, and my 
children loved and trusted us, and each other, so 
that we were all united, industrious, contented. I 
always want to have a happy wife and children, if 
any. Why not? I was the head of the household, 
held the means in my own power, and I considered 
myself responsible for the well-being and content¬ 
ment of every person and creature, who, through 
my influence, shared my life. In all my arrange¬ 
ments for business or pleasure, I considered my 
family first In the first place, I had taken care 
to marry a kind, reasonable, sensible woman, and I 
knew, well, that to consult her taste and happiness 
was to augment my own, and to neglect or forget 
her, was the worst policy I could pursue. I found 
the study of the natures and needs of my wife and 
children most interesting as well as profitable.— 
Neither did I neglect to attend faithfully to my 
business, but I endeavored to do my whole duty, 
and the consequence is, I am walking down to the 
grave blessed with affection, respect, and am, I 
trust, still a useful citizen. 
Who else will give us a picture of their homes 
and lives? Queechy. 
THAT “GOOD YIELD OF WHEAT.” 
Messrs. Eds. : —I saw a statement in the Rural 
of August 21st, relative to a very extraordinary 
crop of Mediterranean wheat, grown on the farm 
of Mr. LaFayette Pritchard, of Chili. I was 
faithless, but resolved to satisfy myself as to the 
correctness of the story. Accordingly, I was soon 
on the farm of Mr. P., and had an interview with 
the gentleman himself. I had the precaution to 
arm myself with the number of the Rural in 
question. After a self-introduction, I called his 
attention to the paragraph, asking him if the 
statement was correct, or an exaggeration. His 
reply was, that in the main, it was correct; though 
the amount of yield per acre, he thought would 
exceed your statement After allowing for the 
waste in harvesting and threshing, he did not 
doubt a yield of over forty bushels per acre. 
This is, indeed, a most abundant crop, particu¬ 
larly when we take into consideration the unpro¬ 
ductive variety of the wheat He informed me 
that it was carefully though liberally measured as 
it came from the separator, and I saw that it was 
unusually clean, and of a superior quality. There 
were twenty-four large, very large loads, when ta¬ 
ken from the field. I examined the quality of the 
soil, and found it to be principally clay, inter¬ 
spersed with muck and graveL It is a very level 
field—rather low, I think, for a winter crop. It 
had been summer-fallowed the previous season, and 
I think lightly manured. There have been several 
very fair crops of this kind of wheat raised in that 
vicinity. Mr. Richard Harris of this town had a 
fine yield of twenty-eight bushels per acre, the past 
season, of this same variety; though there is a 
slight mixture of the Blue Stem in it It does not, 
however, detract from its quality in the least, but 
is decidedly an advantage as that variety has a 
fuller and plumper berry. 
As these grades of wheat are the most hardy, 
and the least liable to the attack of the weevil or 
midge, I think it is useless to sow any other, ex- of a covered trench of suitable dimensions, leaving 
cept, perhaps, on some dry sandy soils. If farmers sufficient space for the smoke to pass to the skins, 
in this section would continue to grow these hardy A trench twelve or fifteen feet long is best, so as to 
varieties, they may, in the course of a few years, allow the smoke to pass cool Rotten wood or 
become so acclimated or changed in quality, as to sawdust is best to smoke with,— smoke well for a 
become so acclimated or changed in quality, as to sawdust is best to smoke with,— smoke well for a Go to the Fairs! — Now that the season ha3 
be nearly if not quite equal to the whiter varieties day or two,—wash through brain water as before, arrived for holding Town, District, County and 
formerly raised in this region. a. b. g. Repeat the operation of braining and smoking three State Agricultural Fairs, we would urge every 
Ogden, N. Y., 1858. times and you will have well dressed leather. To friend and promoter of improvement in Agricul- 
-■*—-»■- prepare the brains for use, take sheep, beef or hog ture, Horticulture, Manufactures, Arts, &c., to 
NORTHERN ILLINOIS CORRESPONDENCE. brains, place them on plates, and roast them grad- attend and contribute some product of his or her 
- ually before a fire or in a stove oven till brown.— industry and skill to augment the variety and in- 
Eds. Rural: —You have heard “hard times” Hack them fine while roasting. They will keep for terest of the nearest exhibition, at least, and as 
until it has got to be a worn out story, I suppose, a year or two. In using, place them in a small many others as can be consistently attended. We 
bnt it seems the Weal has cried “ wolf, wolf,” when bag of thin muslin so they will wash through in the regard the Town and County Fairs as the most 
it was nothing more than a harmless fox. Last water by rubbing. useful and important, and worthy of the first atten- 
year our fields wavec with golden grain of a luxu- Dressing Deer Skins in Oil.— Grain the skins tion; but the State exblbltl0ns should not be neg- 
riant growth, our girners were full and running we ll,_put them into a mash of sour wheat bran; lectcd b ? tbose wbo can conveniently attend as 
over, and though th«re seemed to be a dark cloud let tbem remain tbree or four dayB; ta ke them out, competitors, or even as spectators only, for much 
hanging over the conmercial horizon thatBensibly wri and let tbem get about balf dry) tben put can be seen and learned that will prove beneficial 
affected the farmer, yet he could feel a kind of them - n oi i ( _p 0 und well, bulk them, covering from to Poetical and progressive men. All our Fairs 
self-complacency in thinking that at least Provi- the air tm they are done heating,—wash in pearl- 8hould be more largely attended, not only by those 
dence had smiled upn his efforts and bountifally agh water _h aD g up and let dry and they are done. who exhibit > but b Y people who need recreation 
_IS-J V • •__ T)A „ f O ST J * , TT-oll fto inuinioliAVI Onr 
supplied his immediate wants. But there is a 
marked contrast thig year. The crops are very 
poor on the rich prairies of Illinois. 
First, about the whiat crop in this section of the 
John P. Liming, 
John P. Liming. and entertainment, as well as instruction. Our 
Perry, Pike Co., 111., Aug., 1858. people have too few Holidays. “ All work and no 
- play” is not best for either health or prosperity, 
Messrs. Eds.: —I see in the Rural that A. T. and we therefore favor the idea of combining inno¬ 
country. A variety tnown as the “Canada Club” ^ 0KTHRU ^ of Otego, N. Y., wants a recipe for cent amusement with the useful and instructive 
has entirely failed. As it yielded more than any dre8slDg deer ekins according to the Indian, or features of our shows, thus rendering them em- 
other kind last year, farmers put in a great share smoked method. I have one I will send. . Soak phatically Rural Holidays—days of celebration and 
of it for the crop of the present season, thus tbe skin in cold or warm water until the hair will rejoicing as well as of exhibits of the best products 
proving that the experience of one year will not sc ^ pe off ’ tben 8Cra P e * he hair > and « rain > ^ ash of the skill a D d industry of the people. The Prac- 
always be successful the next Many fields of this cold water untl111 18 cIean — 8tretch tbe skin and tical and Useful should have the preference, but the 
variety stand unharvested-some farmers cut down bang n P and sm ° ke Jt for one day,-take the attractive and even amusing may properly be in- 
their fields then left fc laying in the gavel-others brains of a deer or ho & or an ? kmd ef bm “ s > aad eluded in every programme. 
, , , , ,. , , . ,.. ... . . ,, mix them in warm water; soak the skin in the __ 
have stacked the wheat, but it will not yield more T . 
. •ijj liquor li&lf sl gay— if a neAvy Blii n All u£ty* If you Tttf T^otato C! rop tv Trft and — Tlie notAto 
than two bushels per acre—some pieces may yield J J j j hie roTATo wwr in Ireland, iub pouuu 
TnE Potato Crop in Ireland. —The potato 
t a u ii* a j r have not lirAim?, strong soap suds will do# Rut) pron in Ireland nromispR wrll A letter from Dul)- 
more, but five bushels is the most we can expect of ,, ,. ' ,. f. . ,. . . crop in m-iana promises wen. Aieueruuiu ouw 
, . , , , the skin a considerable time in the liquor. Stretch i; n dfl t ed i, 1? 13 th savs-_“According to the 
poor shrunk wheat. Another variety, but recently , ... j ,, 11D> GaieQ a,hd > sajs.— Acooruing 10 me 
introduced, is from Wisconsin. I believe but one tbe , skm . and ™ b .. ,t ™ tl ™ dry and 60< } th ®“ competent authority of the Banner of Ulster, the 
piece raised in this town has done well It has a twin Place ^ba'/over^Lffi ° f land P ° tatoe3 thiS y6a1 ' in th ® 
nice, plump berry, and probably will yield from a smoke therein. Place the bag over the hole - nort hern counties will be found, perhaps, to ex- 
fifteen to twenty hushes ner acre This variety is turn 80 as t0 fimoke both sldes allke ‘ The lon 8 er ceed 1,250,000 acres. Last season’s crop turned 
known as the “Scotch Club.” Both of these vari- you 8mokc tbe skin th ® darker U be ‘ Corn out well, ample in yield, and, as a general rule, ex- 
eties are bald. Anothtr kind, known as the “Rio coba ar f goodto , make the smoke ^ ltb * cellent in A ualit y- Prices ke P* n P to a bi « b fi &‘ 
~ .-.j, v__ . __ 11 nr_Port Huron, Mich., 1858. C. H. Church. ure and the exDort trade in that article of oro- 
Grande” (bearded) has done well. Many pieces 
will yield twenty husheb per acre, but, in compari¬ 
son to the amount sown, there is little of this.— 
Another sort the “ Italian” (also bearded) I hear 
has done well, but I have not examined it These 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
ure, and the export trade in that article of pro¬ 
duce formed a most extensive branch of cross 
channel commerce. This season’s crop of the 
early varieties is very superior. We are now only 
in the second week of August, and yet the prices 
2YUUU1CI Bui l LUC uaiiau itiisu ucaiucu a ucai . t-> ti„ ., rTza a iJitt A ,,Lnv M " , , 
has done well, hut I have not examined it These V* Hbaves—B. Hall of Aubu.n in the second week of August, and yet the prices 
varieties are all soring vheat But verv little win- N ‘ Y ” 88yS tbat tbe followm 8 prescription is a sure for excellent potatoes in the Belfast market are un- 
. * g . . y . cure for the heaves:—One half ounce each of de r those which at a similar neriod of the season 
a '“ S ' '“ Jeek ' r °’ e ' ™'e“°h:iS,f,,ef^. ho L,en,ot, bo potato 
winter wheat did well, b.t about eleven year, ago water, saH petre, saraapmlla, aplnta of n.tee antee d |, 6 a,e. Some solitary cases of the old disease 
there was an entire failure of the crop, since which 8eed ’ bor “I? I are t0 be ^ in a f6W Qeld9 in fl the country f ;1 + th °f 
time the farmers have not succeeded in raising / ’ Th ! V m l B ln8tanCes ’ however ’ are . 80 “ fl,ng . aa ° 0t t0 be 
good crops. In the Barrens, winter wheat does ofalcoboL The quantity to be given m one tea- worth any serious notice. The sale of superior 
Wfpw cmrino f* rr.nr.b butter this 8 P 00Ilfl11 ever y other morning-give nine times. qualities at 4d. a stone will give some idea of the 
much better, and spring wheat is much better this 
season than on the praiiies. 
healthy and prolific state of the crop.” 
season man on me praiiies. Gargling Oil and Soap Liniment. — S. A. S., ___ 
Oats, i\hich may be slid to be one of the P^inci. Q ayU g a £o., an English Y eterinarian, says that Wheat Growing in Nebraska.— The last ntim- 
ple crops of Illinois, art a bad ‘ fa ^ re ' fl * ldB a gargling oil made of equal parts of Soap Lini- ber of the Neb raska News has an interesting item 
ar ® W ° rtb 4 t h J ment > 011 of S P ike and Tinctu re of Aloes, is supe- on the yield and best time for sowing winter wheat 
out what he got ofl 0 . twenty acres and he had rior to anyt bing else for iheumatism, bruises, in that climate. As to the time of sowing, it says: 
twenty-five bushels. Some fields are worse than chilblains and burn8 in t he human subject, and (iTbe testimony of those who were the most suc- 
this, and some much better, but j assure you the fQr sweeney; inflammation, sprains and swellings ceBsfal thlg season igj tba t the proper time is about 
oat crop is a complete .ailnre—worse than the farm- in borBea or cattle. He arrives at this conclusion the fifteen th of September-not later than the 
ers ever experienced before, and it makes some look after feixty years experience. twentieth. Mr. T. P. Hall, who lives on the Cotton- 
biue. They had seen wheat, corn, and Potatoes Ltmment is made thus:- Alcohol 1 pint; w00 d, raised a fine field of fall wheat this season 
fail TTmf +Vi a oat /iron o+nn/1 nv thprn IiIta n fairV>fm " > 
fail, yet the oat crop stood by them like a faithful .. , „ Q 
friend; but, lo, nowAi their greatest extremity, it . *’ f Rril - ri 
menu, UUL, AU, Ytl IUCU 1L 
has proved false. WAiat shall be done? 
Corn here will be quite good, considering the 
section, hut the little sown has done well. 
Barley is light where raised, but little sown and j ar g e 6 tory, hut it is nevertheless true, by actual before at so early a day. All which we trust will 
that mostly in the Barrens. count,—A Subscriber, Geneva, N. V, 1858. be fully verified, and that the forthcoming Fair 
The farmers here are almost universally in debt, - will be creditable to the Society and worthy of the 
and they expected to pay with the incoming crops j Clearing Old Fields and Pasture Lands. — Empire State. The location is very favorable for 
but they are doomed to disappoinment, Many have Our way of exterminating sprouts from old fields a large attendance and exhibition of the people 
rnn in debt to store-keepers and the merchants and pasture lands, or where fences have stood for and products of the State, 
tell they must pay. “ We are owing,” say they, a i 0D g period, is as follows:—Remove the fence?, -*♦*- 
“large debts in New York and you know these cu t the brush, briers, or whatever it may be, let them The Agricultural Editors propose toassem- 
New York folks wait neither for time nor tide—they ii ea short time, and burn them offi To make an hie in Convention during the meeting of the 
must be paid or we shall be ruined. If yon can’t end 0 f them, take one or two yoke of oxen, as the American Pomological Society, to he held in New 
do any better you must mortgagey our farm—we case may require, put them to the plow, and lay York next week, Regret that the holding of Mon- 
must have our pay.” Alas, too many mortgaged tbe t and over i n the fall, turning under all of the roe Co. Fair at same time will preclude us from 
their farms in prosperous times in order to buy roots jf possible. Let it remain in this condition attending. The Rural will, however, be repre- 
more land, and are now paying heavy interest for till spring; don’t put on a spring crop, but harrow sented by our Horticultural Editor, who attends 
money that lies deep in the soil. WeallEeethe and plow, as yon would for summer fallow, and sow the Pomological Meeting as a delegate from tbe 
evil, and would gladly apply the remedy, bnt we t0 wbea t, or rye if most suitable. This ia our ex- State Ag. Society, 
all feel our own weakness in the present crisis, and p er i e nce, and we speak whereof we know. Where 
our only hope is in the Superintending Providence 0£dr) hickory, hazel, witch hazel, ^or bar-berry Potato Rot in Rhode Island.— The Providence 
who does all things well. If mankind would only abounds, our theory, if carried out, will use them Journal says the rot is making sad havoc among 
count—A Subscriber, Geneva, N. Y., 1858. 
learn hy experience not to place too much depend¬ 
ence on the future probability of things, there 
would be more hope in their case. 
Barrington, Ill., 1858. L. M. Holbrook. 
up.—J. W. Kirkendall, Painted Post, N. Y. 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS, 
the potato fields in Bristol county, Mass., and in 
Bristol county, R. I. Some of the farmers in the 
towns of Bristol, Warren and Barrington, will not 
average half a crop, while not a few will scarcely 
save enough, of some kinds, for seed for another 
clarified sorp 3 ozs.; aqua ammonia 4 ozs.; oil of w hich was not damaged by the rust or frost, and 
lavender J oz.; proof spirits 2 lbs.; tincture of which he sowed in the middle of September. He 
camphor 4 ozs.;—the tincture should be as strong also had another field which he sowed about ten 
as alcohol will dissolve—spirits of rosemary 1 da y B later, which gave a much poorer yield than 
season, unless we have an unusually early frost, pj nb Mix, cork tight, and place in a warm room the first, did not mature so well, and was more af- 
which many farmers are afraid of. AY e have already f or geven da ys before using. fected by the frost and rust. Mr. Grimsley, living 
had a rumor of a frost south of us, but I cannot - on ^ llen cree ^ t ra ised about forty acres of excel- 
vouch for the truth of it. The potato crop would Product of a Stalk of Millet —Seeing noth- i en t f a n wb eat this season, which was sown the 
he tolerable if it were not for the rot which threat_ j E g on the subject of the raising ot millet, and middle of September. Both these gentlemen will 
ens to injure it badly. Grass seed is quite a com. fearing from that fact that there was notflue atten- B0W largely this fall, and not later than the fifteenth, 
mon crop among the farmers here. I believe it is t ion paid to its cultivation, I thought that! would From indications we should judge that there would 
pretty good this year, hut brings a low price, twelve give tbe product of one plant which grew ia my be a mucb larger number of acres of wheat sown 
shillings per bushel. Grass is generally heavy, but gard en, and which received no extra culture. The ^ b j 3 f a q tban last.” 
as we have had so much rain it has filled the pi an t was five feet and nine inches high, with a -- 
sloughs full of water so we cannot cut the grass be ad eleven inches long, containing three thousand The State Fair. —YVe understand that prepara- 
only on the margin. Hay will bring a good price 6 j x bundred and ninety-eight good, well-filled tkns are actively going on at Syracuse for the 
next spring, especially if we have a hard winter, BeedB) besides many which were not filled. The Stats Fair, to be held in that city Oct. 5th to 8th, j 
which many prophesy from certain indications f a ji ure 0 f a portion of the seed filling was owing inclusive. The buildings, fences, &e., are nearly 
that they think infallible. ^ be f aC f f ba t f be stalk was taken up while green completed, and are said to be superior to those I 
There is not much rye sown by farmers in this and ge ^ j n a Bbo p w jt b a small handful of earth heretofore used. It is also stated that the applies- 
section, hut the little sown has done well. round the roots, to ripen. This may look like a tions for exhibition are more numerous than ever j 
-~- Cement Pipe.-WUI some of your readers give 8ave cuou s u > . 
DRESSING DEER SKINS, ONCE MORE. their experience in leading water through cement year. _,,, 
- Dine? What proportions of lime, sand, &c., what , _ . _ ... mppfinp 
In reply to your correspondent’s inquiry for the the cost per rod, &c.?— G. Graves, Newport , N . Y ., notuer nion g. oliety. ^ 
T ‘. * * . * * ■ 1 • T A„tr 19 1858. of citizens of the towns of Sweden, GlaiKson anu 
Indian mode of dressing sKins, ]. give Lurn tbe Aug. 19, - Union> held at Brockport 0 n the 4th inst, prelimi- 
method, as learned me by a person that obtained it Fqb a N ame.— I herewith send yoq part of a arrangements were made for the formation of 
from the Indians. It is as follows:—Place the skins head of something,—yon will please tell what it is, ' . * arknUnral Societv The meeting ad- 
in a barrel of water, with a sufficient quantity of as I never saw the like before. My hrother-in-law a Umon Agr emt j. 
ashes to make a wext ley. Let them remain MU the sent itto me from Inhianat he said he had rec eiv jonmedRoth* I;Bth, when the j 
„ .. , . ... .. . ed some Italian wheat, which he sowed, and found completed. Successtothenewumonbocieij'- 
hair will come off easily by scraping with the grain- ®£ iB 8 °“ e “ t it H e says the head grows from six P _...- 
ing knife, then gram them with the hack of a shoe, t0 twelve inches long; the stalk also forks often, Address at the State Fair.— It affords ns 
butcher, or graining knife- graining knife is the wh ich will make it a great yielder.-CoNSTANT ^ announce that H on. Joseph R. 
best. Where shoe or other knives are used, drive Reader, Benton Ridge, Aug., 18o8. Williams President of the Michigan State Agri- 
the edge of them into a round stick of sufficient Remarks.— The specimen enclosed was a head College has accepted an invitation to 
length to handle easily,—use a Buckeye log or 0 f the Couch or Quack Grass, or some allied Euro- ^. u ’ ^ An n U ’ a i Address at the New York State 
PCa " 8PeCle8 ' - An appr opriate an admirabl e Belection. 
amljxthen soak in brain water »itb eUltle softaoap w y ‘* j? Tde Pnblio Bale of Smrt-horns, advertised in 
added. Have the watu about lood warm. After subscriberB) can inform me how to tan parchment, tbis number by Mr. Chapman, is worthy the special 
they become well softe tied, wring dry hy folding guch ag drum heads are ma de of, and whether there .. f breeder8 8nd others wishing to procure 
the ends of the skin together around some solid j 8 any particular animal, the Bkin of which is made o^prtising department also con- 
post, take a .tick and rnn Ikrougi, Iko ojber end to Jg. r .i^f SLUgSS. “n y “n— - “ - 
tta”m.T«m“n taSafoKSe" ringing.' If- EKnAnkS-Parcbmenti, made of sbeep and goat Agricoltorists, Hortionltorl.t, and others, 
ter wringing, pull the wrinkles out by stretching skins. As some of onr readers are so well posted F _ For Pr0 gramme of this 
with the handa—place your skins (hung loose) in on the Indian process of tanning, they can no Monroe Cc,^ Fju*j£or I rog 
an old barrel 01 dry goods box over the extremity doubt give the process of making parchment. Fair, see notice on advertising p g 
