MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
available means untried till bis premises are under, and prevent the appearance of those increase these elements, as they are true fertili- It is nearly destitute of the strong corn taste G1 rvrtMvf-firv'il If, 
> rid of them. Drawings of various stump ex- green rows too frequently observable between zers, and let future crops share equally in the to which many object. tlltUUU ill ( ^V,U5ttuail]T, 
= tractors have been given in former volumes of the furrows, shortly after a rain. Harrow food they afford, rather than throw caustic The flour corn requires the whole season for . .... 
> the Rural, so any one could adopt that which lengthwise of the furrows, and endeavor to lime upon them, which is not a fertilizer, to maturity, and in harvesting should never be WILD POTATO SLEDS ANI) TUBERS 
S should suit his condition best. There are drive around the lands in the same direction enable the two or three consecutive crops to stacked in very large stacks, neither should it _ 
i some varieties of timber whose stumps will that they were plowed. In this way you will devour what does not escape in so many be husked and thrown into a pile until well In the winter of 1853, we received from a 
i last longer than a lifetime, and it is necessary brush down the elbows which the plow some- meals, or seasons. If there is a very great ex- dried, as it is liable to sour. It never “ glazes” young friend of ours (Surgeon Langwortiiy, 
f that forcible means aro used for their removal, times leaves where the furrow breaks. liar- cess of them in the soil, so much so as to be in- hence its value for late green corn. It is very U. S. A.) a package of the seeds from the balls 
an( } the sooner one is rid of them the greater row thoroughly in this direction, and cross it jurious, then I would not object to the use of tender when parched as there is no enamel to of ttl0 native wild potato, that grow spon- 
will he find the resultant profits, not only in if you can without disturbing the sod. Next lime. Instead of stimulating the dormant it. The corn grows on a large and tall stalk taneously on the Navajo (Navaho) hills, about 
the increase of the crop, but in the wear and use the gang-plow, and so gauge it for depth powers of the soil, and the inert manures containing an unusual amount of saccharine 200 miles west of Santa Fe, in New Mexico, 
tear of tools, teams and conscience. Among as not to tear up the furrows. Once with the therein, with quick lime, to make them waste matter, and in the way of fodder is superior to on the Pacific slope of this continent. They 
a field of stumps one can never make clean gang will be sufficient, unless the surface be their energies at once, I would rather prolong the common corn-stalk. were planted last summer, came up and grew 
cultivation, except by greatly enhanced labor, beaten down by rains after its use— in which their being by the less prodigal, more rational This much is the result of my experience, well except they were badly pinched by the 
cultivation, except by greatly enhanced labor, beaten down by rains after its use— in which their being by the less prodigal, more rational This much is the result of my experience, well except they were badly pinched by the 
A Mr. Carr, in the Maine Farmer, gives a case its use should be repeated. and consistent course of deep tillage, and un- I have given away seed freely, and so long as drouth, and what was singular, produced the 
method he pursued to rid himself of a half Planting ,—This should be done from the derdraining, which is the true method of quick- my supply lasts will continue to do so, provi- first year, from seed, almost 03 many balls as 
dozen large white pine stumps that stood in a first to the middle of June. We use a ma- ening the dormant powers of the sod, and ren- ded those who wish it will subject me to no tubers. 'They set a great number of potatoes 
partially cleared field of one and a half acres, chine made for the purpose, drawn by two dering its inert properties active, and proper other expenso. I will forward a few kernels also, but very small, from the size of a pea to a 
the soil of which was covered with mossy horses. A man and boy will plant with this food (or plants. To soil deficient in lime, I to those who apply postage paid, sending an small hickory nut, of two oolors, white and red. 
knolls and grass. He commenced with three twelve acres per day. They are usually made would add lime-stone broken and ground, and envelope and a stamp to pay their own post- The foliage of the vines are a little different 
men, clearing the earth away from one of the to plant thirty inches one way and about ten let Nature, in its own way prepare it for food age.—W. Beckwith, West Bloomfield, Onto- from our kinds, but are undoubtedly the orig- 
stumps so that fire could have free access to the other. The cost of one of these machines of plants, or for entering into their compo- rio Co., N. Y. inal parents—the Adam and Eve of the whole 
the larger portion of the stump. The surface is, I believe, about $15. One bushel per acre sition. I would rather let worms, slugs, race, and when properly educated and forced 
roots were cut off and piled around the stump, is a sufficiency of seed ; and the only variety beetles. &c., die a natural death, than to ruin Kentucky blue grass. by cu ] tivat ; onj may turn out 80metlling vala _ 
The smaller stumps, rubbish, &c., near by, now in use among us, is the white medium ; in my soil by the application of quick lime to it, Eds. Rural In your journal of 3d ult is able, of a hardy constitution and not subject 
were collected and heaped closely around the size, about one third larger than the small with no other object in view but to kill a few an inquiry in relation to the above variety of to the diseases of the old varieties, that have 
stump also, and when completed the pile was white, or shot bean, which is raised almost worms, which would soon be gone without grass. The Genesee Valley has long been cel- passed the manhood and vigor of life and going 
covered with the mossy turf from the knolls, exclusively in other parts of the State. this Lucifer match being applied to them. ebrated for good cattle. Much good blood the down hill of decline and decay—the period 
All the stumps were served in the same man- Harvesting .—The medium is generally fit to By deep tillage and thorough draining, I has been introduced there—in addition the of the “ sere and yellow leaf, 
ner, and then set on fire, care being had that pull in about ninety days from the time they think both “ Father and Son ” can be enriched “ Flats ” boast of some of the finest pastures in i n proper season, we propose to distribute 
whenever the turfy covering was burned were planted. We commence harvesting them without the use of lime, especially if the ma- Western N. Y. All these which the writer a lot of the tubers and any quantity of seeds 
through its place was supplied with more.— (if the weather is favorable) when two-thirds, nures made on the farm, or that can be made, has examined, were thickly set with what is among our curious friends to experiment upon* 
Thus the fires were kept'burning some ten or thereabouts, of the pods have assumed the are well husbanded and their application to commonly called June grass in this State—in for if one single new and valuable variety 
the larger portion of the stump. The surface 
roots were cut off and piled around the stump. 
The smaller stumps, rubbish, &c., near by, 
were collected and heaped closely around the 
stump also, and when completed the pile was 
covered with the mossy turf from the knolls. 
All the stumps were served in the same man- 
KENTUCKY BLUE ORAM. n" d ^ ^ 
by cultivation, may turn out something valu- 
Eds. Rural : In your journal of 3d ult, is able, of a hardy constitution and not subject 
heaped closely around the size, about one third larger than the small with no other object in view but to kill a few an inquiry in relation to the above variety of to the diseases of the old varieties 
n completed the pile was white, or shot bean, which is raised almost worms, which would soon be gone without grass. The Genesee Valley lias long been cel- passed the manhood and vigor of life 
exclusively in other parts of the State. 
Harvesting .—The medium is generally fit to 
days, when the six heaps were raked open and 
the pine stumps found to be nicely and com¬ 
pletely charred through, except the ends of the 
roots that extended some distance into the 
yellow. We pull and throw together five the soil be both timely and proper, and clover the South and West, Kentucky Blue Grass; by CO uld be obtained amon" a thousand plants 
rows, commencing with the third, and throw- seed be scattered with a liberal hand.—R. B. botanists, Poa Pratensis. This grass succeeds it WO uld confer a great benefit upon commu¬ 
nis? the two OT1 either side. Otl to it-makinrr a n AT V h\l. IQSK Leaf in nnalnroa wliioli Lorm rniMY Knxvn nln-m •, .... , ° - ._ 
ing the two on either side, on to it—making a 
winnow of every five rows. This work is 
C., Cooper's Plains, N. Y., Feb., 1855. 
ground. From the whole he obtained over mostly performed by boys, who receive one spring wheat.—again. 
100 bushels of good charcoal and more than F nn y I>e r ten rods in length, or (to make it Eds. Rural:—T he portion of my letter re- 
503 bushels of ashes from the brush, rubbish plainer,) four pence for every row of forty lating to spring wheat, in a recent No. of the 
j best in pastures which have never been plow¬ 
ed, and seems to love a strong calcareous soil. 
—J. R. P., Sennet, Feb., 1855. 
Use op Muck.— Will it pay to haul muck, 
and turf. With these he dressed his meadow, r °d9 in length. They earn, if expert at the Rural, only calls forth letters of inquiry, and 1 ! rCC . y , ro . m 1 s ’ on 0 P arua ant 
nity. These plants came from a climate not 
very different from ours, though considerably 
farther south, but from an elevation above the 
sea of 8,000 feet, which greatly modifies the 
climate aud temperature. 
and besides spread a quantity on the piece— business, one dollar per day. e let them they can be answered more easily, and perhaps 
which was nicely plowed in the fall for spring ho, niter pulling, about three days, it the more cheaply, by an advertisement aud these 
planting. . Thus he cleared his piece of land, weather is fair; then we turn them, and after remarks, than in any other way. 
got completely rid of the stumps, and found they have lain until the bean is sufficiently Some iuquire abiut the yield per acre and 
himself a gainer in the account, as he esti- hard, they are raked up into bunches of con- the weight per bush, of the‘‘Club” wheat raised 
mates the labor and results: venient size tor pitching. They are thrown on by me last year. I cannot answer definitely. 
plowing it in, and is it useful as a top dress- ~ T> 
ing to meadow., J_P. A. Hyatt, Fenner. ° m ° ” Aomom.Tm.K-At 
jY y t ' ie recent Annual Meeting of this Board the 
w ' at,, i, .. . Premium List was thrown open to competi- 
We think it will pay,-at any rate we m- tion from otl)cr State3> and Ecvera , of (J 
,dl It , r n ? a T r “n miums increascd - location of the next 
interested. But leached or unleached nshe, will gtttte Pair wa3 referred Um Execotjvc 
be plowed in at he same time, and m this way Committee. Among the premia,ns awarded 
w, ? h ? aPP “T '"Tf f duri “« ll >c «5sio". the following are the most 
ectna . What the value of mock would be pr „minent : _ To H*nn, Chase, of Milan. 
hard, they are raked up into bunches of con- the weight per bush, of the “Club” wheat raised “nd it shall be tried m a case where we are miums i ncreascd . qq )C 1( 
venient size for pitching. They are thrown on by me last year. I cannot answer definitely, J® 1 ®” 531 ®"-. Uut leached or unleached ashes will State Fa ; r was refeiTe(1 
to the cart or wagon with forks of three or n.* T rlRt »nt u „n mmmtn n- be l ,lowcd 1U at the same tune, and in this way n omm itfnf> Amnmr iLo 
$'30 oo to the cart or wagon with forks of three or 
6 00 four times. 
Cr. By 100 bushels charcoal. S10 00 
By $00 <l ashes. 30 00 
Threshing. Ihey should never be housed was a good crop—a bountiful yield. As to 
until they are perfectly dry, and never threshed the weight,, I believe it will rather overgo 60 
in damp w-eather, if you want them to look fo S- to the bushel. 
white and clean. Threshing is done mostly ^ . . .. , .. , 
nr'ii, bnneneinv, t nr, vi •+ cm. Perhaps a few words in relation to the best 
Being a gain of. $400 white and clean. Threshing is done mostly T> , „ , . . , oi tne muck, and ot the meadow to 
to say nothing of a cord or more of first rate with horses here. I consider it a filthy prac- ,. u | a P s a ew ')° i r 3 ir j ,c ' a 10n 1C )DS was applied. Mr. IL’s questions i 
wood in the shape of coal brands. Perhaps lice, however, and one that would not be tol- JV* 01 vane y no c ° n 0 ie " a - v ' are answered in another place. —Eds. 
Mr. Cum , experiment may serve as a useful orated, if good Bailsmen could be obtained. A subj(J< . t of , a|rf j M ftem u „ K ,„ ToP , OB llEItD , a Obass—II 
hint to some reader of the Rural. man and one pair of horses will thresh an av- _ ,_, .. _ v nnf1 
for a top-dressing, is nncertain-it would do. ]3rie co , lnty> for bcst arran ^ and cuWvat ^ 
pend very much on the state and character farm _ g 50 . 0 . H 0 of Uti Licki 
f\{ f lin mnob ^— 4- __* L L 7 O 
Dr. To so days labor of men . $'3ooo cart or wa gon witii lorlis oi three or as 1 did not save it all separate, or measure . , . ^ * Committee. Among the premiums awarded 
To day.3 plowing with teams. 6 00 four times , ., , , .. „ . .. we expect to make both applications more ef- ti, n . ,. 
_iour iimts. the land ou which it grew, but am satisfied it P . , ,rr. . ., , 1L c , ,, , (luring the session, the following aro the most 
. ny ,*> ctArec,.„ «* " »mM»g- T hoy should never bo housed was s g„rf C rop-a bountiful yield. As to far “^*^ 0*1™^!,^ 3 d dt ’ 7 T# 0uASE ' of Mil “- 
By 500 <• ashed . 3000 until Ihey are perfectly dry, and never threshed the weight, I believe it will rather overgo 60 a «>P aressn 0 , uncertain it would de- Bne connty , for best arranged and cuhivated 
in dam P wcather , if y° u want lhem to lQ ok lbs. to the bushel. ° W VCTy . mUC ! ° r n J he statc and character farm, $50. C. H. Coe, of Utica, Licking 
of.^ $4 oo white and clean. Threshing is done mostly Perl f word j , to th beg , ° f the an x c of ^ mcadow to whlch d county, best 5 acres of corn (140 bushels per 
say nothing of a cord or more of first rate with horses here. I consider it a filthy prac- k - d Qr • . • , , . b ‘ , f y was app ied '. Mr ' 3 questions on guano acre ,) $40. Henry Ridenour, Franklin Co., 
iod in the sliape of coal brands. Perhaps tice, however, and one that would not be tol- j haye ^nveLi with many farmers on the arG answered 111 another place— E ds. best acre of oats (63 bushels per acre,) $20— 
r. Carr's experiment may serve as a useful crated, if good flailsmen could be obtained. A subject of late ond j; find them pretty well Ked Top, or Herd’s Crass—H ow much JoiIN Ketly ’ of Cuyahoga county, best ^ 
ut to some reader of the Rural. man and one pair of horses will thrill an av- ^ touching (or rathe r seeing) one to the acre, and when should this grass be «« of sweet P otatocs ( 90 *12.- 
An acquaintance a young man of intelli- erage of forty bushels per day, it they were that ^ th ierall too mQch 30 wn ?-D. I. M., Poplar Bulge, N. Y. Jos ' Mock - of Franklin county, for 2d best 
nce-tefls me that an uncle of his had a hoased dry , black in the Black Sea wheat And as to the Rkd Top, as a meadow or pasture grass, d °” ^ bush ”) ^ 10 ' G ‘ S ‘ Innis - of 
ithod of ridding his fields of pine and other l ho f e who Lave never seen beans cultivated other Pieties, men differ in opinion. The has been rather over-rated, though mixed with 1<rankhn count y- for best acre of corn fodder, 
mips by boring one or more holes into them extensively as a field crop,generally look upon Fjfe wheat ^ prett genera lly preferred on Timothy it makes a better bottom and pro- (l^oOlbs.) $12. John Kelly, of Cuyahoga 
than augur, and filling the cavity with salt- a3 a and expensive business; one wet or rich ]and . Some will sow it on any duces a later growth of grass, both often COunty ’ best ( l uartcr acre of ouion3 - 
, , tning, tnat is, tney generally see too m 
gonco-teib me that an undo of his had a d '?, Uack in the Black L wheat And as to 
method of ridding h.s fields of pine and other Jhox who have never seen beans cultivated otta . va ,, ieticSi mea diffor in inio „, , 
stumps by boring one or more holes iuto them extensively as a field crop,generally look upon Fife wheat , g , t all preferrcd 
with an augur, and filling the cavity with salt- 1<; as a tedious and expensive business; one . • , . \ Romo will ^nw it nn 
, . , , , . _ li _ i. £• 1 I .. Y>uij ui nvu iauu. uumu win ouw lb un ally Miutuu ui UULII 011130 . 
petre, plugging the hole up again. In a year tlmt re q „,r« an amount ol abor qmte inoom- soiIj while others prefer the Club for high and highly desirable. It grows naturally on ^h„) $12. 
or so itwil have penetratedI the stump, when, rrif” P f , dry land; and some of our Canadian neigh- swampy land, and in some sections is esteemed, „ _ *' A "“ - 
,f in a dry time, a fire be kind ed about it, it bo I“ ” ei9 “ ,h ‘ 9 P art town ’‘ ai * f «»» <*» bor s think very highly of a kind they call The as in others it is despised by the farmer. We 1I ^ mcTTA 1 °™ Aosiculturai, Society. 
would consume without difficulty even to the » “ty aer« a year, and no difficulty has yet Morden j ,,3™ that cither vaHety will think it a valuable grass for its appropri- ~^‘ a **%**?* a ™7 °f 
extremity of the roots. Wo give it for what boe expt icnced m getting them hoed or do ve cll on d Iand , y preparcd , ate soil, and would mix it with Timothy, Jff De °' 2d ' 18 ' >4 ; a , Agricultural So¬ 
ltis worth. Its merits are easily tested, and P“W- I hare had twenty acres pulled mtwo and J 80wed t * 0 carl « litter late than about one part of red-top to three of the latter, » ™ ‘he adoptton of Con- 
at very little cost or trouble. T. E. w. ^ and have never failed to have them bar- ^ h ^ ^ perlapSi migllt bc rendered sowing it in spring.-Kns. p T’, “l 1°" t? “ i*"®” 
tf»<>h<wi^wwwi>wi . i>ii»i(»>i<>,wiwi)s>(iuii l )»iisi,n,)i>i vested m proper season. hoit^r Dip Umi pn r 'v It ia mv nnininn Dmi -~ Picsidcnt Isaac Jackson. I ice Pres’t. —D. 
o.o I will give my estimate of the items of cost , ‘ . , ' , * ’ ‘ Undeiidrains. —In laying underdrains, 1 U. Bailey- Scc'y. — Ashman Beebe. Treas- 
CtfWminUathltSe in the production of an acre of beans: sr'iLrlv' t^c'i.rKd hdmw'bv' the cover sluice with cobble-stones; then fill Robert Martin. Ex. Com .—Stephen 
twov., ----. so nearly escapea injury ny tne weevil last -•._ r ._. Martin PnWtn tt m 
Cffmmuiiiratiints. 
BEAN CUETUBE IN OEIEANS CO. 
days, and have never failed to have them har¬ 
vested in proper season. 
I will give my estimate of the items of cost 
in the production of an acre of beans : 
Breaking up and harrowing, per acre.$2 60 
Plowing with the gang-plow. 60 
Seod.1 lot,; 
dryland; and some of our Canadian neigh- swampy land, and in some sections is esteemed, 
bors think very highly of a kind they call the 83 hi others it is despised by the farmer. We 
Morden. I presume that either variety will think it a valuable grass for its appropri- 
do very well on good land, properly prepared, a te s °h, and would mix it with Timothy, 
and not sowed too early. “ Better late than about one part of red-top to three of the latter, 
never,” in this case, perhaps, might be rendered sowing it in spring.— Eds. 
Henrietta Town Agricultural Society. 
-At a meeting of the Farmers of Henrietta, 
stitution, ana election of officers as follows :_ 
President —Isaac Jackson. Vice Pres’t. —D. 
L. Bailey- Scc’ij. —Ashman Beebe. Treas- 
Underdrains. —In laying underdrains, I Bailey- Scc’y. —Ashman Beebe. Treas- 
cover the sluice with cobble-stones; then fill urer— Robert Martin. Ex. Com.— Stephen 
with smaller ones as near the surface as just to Fegget, Martin Roberts, II. D. Rulifson, T. 
__ Cultivating (60 cts.,) and hoeing ($1,40). 2 00 
Having seen little upon this subject in . 100 
Agricultural papers, 1 infer that it is either Crashing and ci&ming. ...... 1 25 
not generally understood, or its importance is Hauling to market. 50 
not properly appreciated. Beans have been "soli 
cultivated as a field crop to a greater or less Average yield, eighteen bushels per acre ; i 
extent in this connty for the last twelve or $1,00 ner bushel laud fodder $2,001 irives &20 
Cady, Yat.es, N. Y. 
UV !• „ • ^ /V oil • i , cr Oiliuuvi VUW 440 UCUl out UWJC UO I Uob IU v OO v *t — xj . JLVUI1I3V/U. JL . 
50 . fl ; , \ L ~ ™ 110 , BU be out of reach of the plow. Then lay over a Winslow, and Tlios. O. Jones. A commit- 
l f",. y i/ an f i , ii a f C iem coat of straw and fill with the plow, drive one tee of tlirce was appointed in each election 
i oo ! J ^® W d , ayS t , iat be , y ®, tung be horse in the ditch. It should be filled high district to solicit members and funds,—and we 
1 so ° * e ” r er Ga T S 0 0 i er w ea . - . enoug jj ( 0 a ]j gurfoeg W ater away from understand that the list of members is now 
^ _ the dram ; if it finds the way m it carries in c l ul te respectable, while abundant funds are in 
a hint on undekdkainino. uirt and soon fills the sluice.—G eorge Wight, the treasury of the Society. A\e trust and 
Eds. Rural: —There have recently appeared ^ Alabama, N. V., Feb., 1855. believe the Society will have n long, useful 
*20 your valuable paper some interesting nrti- 7-—-and prosperous career. 
] and ’ cles on the subject of underdrawing. The ^ GOOD SUGGESTION. ~ ,, r 
f or a thanks of the farming community are due to T f . 7 . A ™ MERh OATS <)WI “ ~ e bave rc_ 
rais you for keeping it before them, for of all im- , Arming is well enforced in the ceived from Richard Peters, Esq., of Allan- 
T nrovements that oar: h, rntute thi, folIoWU ^ ft ’ 0m an Addre33 ^ H ‘ T ‘ Br °OKS, ta > Ga ” a 8 P eCimGU ° f thl3 WOok Tt i3 ^e, 
A HINT ON UNDERDRAINING. 
euiuv area as a Doia crop ro a greater or less Averaore yield, eighteen bushels per acre ; at Eds. Rural: —There have recently appeared 
extent in this connty for the last twelve or $1,00 per bushel (aud fodder $2,00) gives $20 ; in your valuable paper some interestingarti- 
fii teen years. H. Y. Prentice, formerly an deducting cost, leaves $10,63 for rest of land! cles on the subject of underdrawing. The 
enterprising merchant in the village of Albion, L and i ias been } lired for ^ 8 00 per acre for a thanks of the farming community are due to 
gave the first encouragement to the business bean crop. I have estimated the cost of rais- you for keeping it before them, for ot all im- 
gave the first encouragement to the business ^ crop . have estimated the cost of rais- 5™ for keeping it before them, for of all im- , In ine T or Alla °- 
hero, by bringing seal from llio east, ond far- ing an acre of beana on laad r „ f „. wds provemonts that cat: be made this deservedly “ owl “® ' 0 '" a " ■ ddl ^» by H. T. Brooks, », ,a., a bpoctmcn of this wool. It is fine, 
nishing it to the farmero, at the same time J, stone , andl other InM be nscdTor occupies the first rank. Notwithstanding nil before the Wyoming Co. Ag. Society, gloss, and beaut,ful-of ten months'growth, 
oAntvnoSnr, fww iLo nnon iim ... .. .. , fi. n i _ a i-.• i- . If a"Ticultural exocneuce has dem onsf mtoii aud about nine inches in length. Judeine 9 
contracting for the crop of the subsequent this crop, as it gets but one hoeing, 
year. Quite a number of our farmers availed w 0 consider tlipm the best <•■>■ 
themselves of this opportunity, and commenc- whoat a p ter of anv that we raise 
Sis ttc light that has been shed on this su^t d emo„stro,ed and about nine inch™ in length Judging 
j, o uu b iiyuii fc . j ' anything, it is this — J he labor emplaned on our from this sample. Cashmere goats wool is “a 
We consider them the best crop to sow both as regards its theory and practice, it is fj ms s Ldd be greath, increased! whether we good institution,” and one which we trust 
wheat after of any that we raise here. It surprising to note the obtuseness of mental have reference to our individual profits or the w pi be chartered in this country. Mr P 
ed, for the first time, to cultivate beans as a comcs o{ y j n season f or early sowing, and needs vision displayed by many of those who should general good. We are conscious that we rcmar ] <8 t j iat lie 
owns “ all of the ewes in the 
subsequently failed, and the business wa3 near- bare succeeded beyond those who have put in i° other than springy lands. Say they, “ if glass which destroyed them ; if they would _ 
iy given up for a few years. We have now a t i ie ; r w heat in tho usual way. Protracted your soil is retentive, ridge it up, cut furrows frain from the first glass they never would be- fp I1E IjE0N Agricultural Club held its 
kind which ripens much earlier, and one that ra ins at the time of gathering are apt to dam- —they will carry off the surface water, and come drunkards. Now 1 reverse the rule it gecond annua ] mee ting on the 8th ult. and 
yields as well. The business has been resumed age the quality. Aside from this risk, I re- that is all that is needed.” Not so; what we 1S * ‘ e .i ', ,, f 
first attacks of dogs.’ 
yields as well. The business bas been resumed age the quality. Aside from this ri 
under more favorable circumstances, and is gar( ] them as quite as certain as corn 
bow carried on to a much greater extent than Carlton, Orleans Co.,Feb. 1st. j. D. 
that is all that is needed.” Not so ; what we You may go through all the routine of rais- elected the following officers for the ensuing 
. , , - want to com P re hend is, that it is the surplus j ng a cr0 p ) but if, in the language of Scrip- year : — President — Jno. L. Gurney ; Vice 
now carried on to a much greater extent than Carlton, Orleans Co., Feb. 1st. J. D. Bilusos. water in the soil that underdrains should carry ture, “ one thing thou lackest,” it may profit Pre’st _F. Valiant; Sec’u— Miles Coe.— 
ever before. This is the history of bean-grow- — — -- off, instead of waiting for the slow process of you nothing. Often, it is just the labor that w e 8 i m ]i mve some nartieulars rpln.fi vp tn nr. 
ing in this county ; and now for the informa- CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. gradual sinking or of evaporation, either of « expended that would pay. I am confi- ■ *. d t; n f r , b • f f ’ 
tion of such as purpose trying this crop. I which does not occur early enough in the sea- dent tha ^ “ l ny own . corn , fieldB , and hay, and , 
will give, in brief, the practice of our best manorial uses of lime. 80n to a i low grow i ng crops pr0 p er time to ^nkfpn^n tpnd?!]^ 1111 ? a “ an '--- 
farmers here, or such directions as my own Eds. Rural :—In looking oyer your com- mature.—A. A. H., Stafford, N. Y.,Feb., >55. pa y tlmt sum than do without* the^ Wk! I Warm Feed.—A correspondent of the N. 
experience suggests. pilation from the Mark Lane Express, on the - . fod it m y duty to call your attention to this F. Farmer gives the following fact relative to 
Soil .—Any soil naturally adapted to, and HSCS an d application of lime to soils, the tho t flour corn. subject at the present time, and recommend to the management of one of his cows, and its 
in good condition for corn, may be selected, which I have often entertained, recurred to me Mr. Rural:—I n the spring of 1852 I you that in the several towns which you rep- result: 
Sward is decidedly preferable to stubble land, that there is infinitely more harm than good brought from Long Island a few kernels of ("(sent, you should take measures to biing out •< j will give your readers my mode of fecd- 
as it produces better, and is generally much done by its application ; that is, the harm Flour Corn from which I had four stalks pro- tbe cd ‘ ca aild eia Pj°y those who Buffer' for j ng one 0 f m y cow3 . j purchased her last 
J. D. Billings. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
manorial uses of lime. gon £ 0 a ]i 0 w growing crops proper time to 
Eds. Rural :—In looking over your com- mature.—A. A. H., Stafford, N. Y., Feb., ’55. 
pilation from the Mark Lane Express, on the -- 
FLOUR CORN. 
as it produces better, and is generally much done by its application ; that is, the harm Flour Corn from which I had four stalks pro- ?} Uie c | ies au(1 ein P °y taose wll ° Hu ,| ,,, , ing one of my cows. I purchased her last 
easier tended. done though prospective, attaches itself to the ducing good ears. Though then a new varie- tove 11 ° yU ' e 111 whlc 1 you can 80 we oJIord November, when she gave four quarts of milk 
Preparation .—Plow about the middle of soil ad infinitum, while the good it does ty to me, I have since learned from some our _ M , _ twl^'iiarts of'shoils and ^ few 'carrote ^wet 
May, if not too wet, and the deeper the better, though comparatively appreciable, is of short “ oldest inhabitants ” that it is a very old va- Farm Tools,— Are the plows in order ? Is wTthTokl water, twice a'day for V onemontlL— 
provided you turn the furrows down flat. So duration. riety and was used a half century ago intheadul- that lost hinge on the harrow replaced ? Are At the end of that time she had not increased 
gauge your coulter, if possible, as to have it It is said in the article “to act powerfully teration of wheat flour, by those millers whose ,^ ie yokes, chains, carts, collars, hames, and n her milk at all. I then commenced wetting 
cut about one inch narrower than the plow, in its caustic state, in decomposing animal consciences would allow of such a thing, under harnesses sound and whole, so that a bright the same amount of feed with boiling water, 
This can be easily done (if you use the wood and vegetable matter in the soil;” now more the name of York Cheat. d f y shall not be lost in repairing them in and at the end of the second month she gave 
beam,) by driving a wedge between the upper soils are deficient in these matters, instead, The meal of this corn is leas liable to be P a ° ing _^__ aS^gain** VGiere iTperson needs con^Meni! 
edge of the beam and coulter. By doing this, then, of using lime to destroy or use up what heavy in cooking than other kinds ; and mixed Clover Seed.—Sow during the month, five ble milk ’and keeps but one cow, I would 
you will turn the grassy edge of the furrow they have, the true policy would seem to be, to with wheaten flour makes a delicious hot roll, or six pounds to the acre. recommend a trial of this mode of feeding.” 
