166 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
When they are sufficiently ground the seeds this month 9)4 days fair, 5)4 stormy, and 16 “ corn is not quite so high in New York as 
will settle to the bottom of the basket, and cloudy without storm. The first spring bird it was last week ; it is only worth about $1,02 
the pulp will float off, leaving the seed clean. —sparrow—seen was on the 26th of this there now, and you know the transportation, 
The seed should then be mixed with sifted aud month, whilst yet from eight to twelve idches commission, &c., eats up about 20 cents per 
Agricultural llmdlanjt. 
PROF- NASH ON GUANO. 
The April No. of The Farmer, published 
State Fairs, 1855.—The following table a ^ Amherst, Mass., has an extended article on 
is they are proves true that a cold, stiff winter brings a his corn. While, in fact, the New York Maryland, at Baltimore.Oct., last week between that and other things more sure to 
seeds, aud rapid spring. t. e. w. price is $1,03 to $1,05, for 56 lbs., not for Jew York, at Elmira . 0ct - 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 give a good return, it would be wise t 0> choose 
well rotted chip dirt, placed in a shallow box, of snow were on the ground. bushel. But I’ll tell you what I will do, I gives the time and place of the several State * b e use Guano, from which we take the fol- 
and the whole should then be buried in the April ranged from 6° to 82°, aud averaged will give you 80 cents for 60 lbs.” Fairs of the present year, as far as yet decided I° w iug we ll put paragraphs : 
best cultivated part of the garden soil, a few 48° 18, which exceeds the average of other Well, the farmer thinks it over, refers to upon. Others will be added, and the blanks Guano will not pay, if any thing else will 
inches below the surface of the earth, so as to Aprils by from 2° to 8°. We had fair days hi3 New York paper, finds he has given the filled, when the proper information is secured: P?Jf better; and we are quite sure that many 
keep them moist during the summer. They 19, stormy 2%, and cloudy Timbered quotation correct, and that the cost of getting Connecticut, at Hartford.Oct. 9,10, n, 12 1 1U, S S will. Let it be understood. If you 
are to remain buried till the autumn of the lauds are presenting the garniture of spring, it to New York, and selling, aud a reasons- .» 3$ bebetter to pmchJeT^ths high 
next year, or through one winter and summer, and the whole country is enlivened by the ble per cent, for profit, would amount to about Indiana, at Indianapolis.Oct.’ie, 17, is, 19 price, and with all its risks, than to use no fer- 
as it requires this length of time for the seeds multitude of vernal songsters. The sentiment the 20 cents, and concludes to let him have Maine, at ..Sept.— tilizer ; but if you were at liberty to choose 
to open their hard shells. In this they are proves true that a cold, stiff winter brings a his corn. While, in fact, the New York Maryland, at Baltimore.Oct., last week between that and other things more sure to 
different from most kinds of tree seeds, aud rapid spring. t. e. w. price is $1,03 to $1,A5, for 56 lbs., not for ‘ r mira ;--.Oct. 2 ,3, 4, 5 give ia. good return, it would be wise to choose 
without this process they cannot be made to North cannon, Kent Co., May 7, isoo. 60 lbs., which makes about $8 on one hundred New Hampshire, at..Sept. 12,13,14 w hich New^ndand^armersare 1 ^earlvevp! 
grow; but with it carefully carried out there T mmnr>a i-nrvrm ifninremu vr 0 bushels, difference. Now, farmers let us do North Carolina, at—.Oct. 16,17, is, 19 - ’ * - - a “ 
will be no failure. LETTERS ABOUT MINNESOTA. No. 0 . this no longer, but give the legal weight and p hl0 ’ a ‘ Col ! imbus . Sep l' 18 ’ 3!’ o«’ ol 
YYhen the seeds are ready to be planted, Friend Moore : —« What can you raise °° “5°' „ the P nce bC ^' hat ' lfc ™ 1L ^ ]f bu J- Tennessee, at Nashville." . Oct., first week 
plow or spade the ground well, make a broad there ? „ * a estion often asked “ 0 f me ._ 80 0r 88 061113 * 0r b0 Ibs ; ^ Wl1 v J° a .° ct ’ 23 ’ 24) 26 
drill the width of a common hoe blade, where we have J objection t0 it3 Mng called « ™ f Proportion for 56 lbs and 
you intend to have your hedge grow, and scat- „ „ provided that n0 one ge ts the idea that f C1 lh ® ° UStG ™ 13 0nce aboll3hed we shall get Canada East, at Sherbrooke.sept. 11,12,13, u 
ter the seeds over the bottom of it, then cover - t fe gQ far that 6now doeg not melt ia sum . the 831116 f ° r 56 we now do for 60.-A Sub- Canada West, at Cobourg.Oct. 9, 10 , 11,12 
with saw-dust, ground tan-bark or fine muck, mcr> Wfj ar0 0Qly Qn the 45tb para i lel _ only SCRIBER > Onondaga Co. -—-- 
to he depth of two inches; then, the more per- half from the E iator to the NorUl Pole , experiment in manuring. Potatoes-Cut and Uncut Seed-Mi-. 
fectly to protect the seeds from the bad effects _. h , • zone. . tx _ : , Holliday of R. I., tried an experiment two 
North Cannon, Kent Co., May 7, 1855. 
LETTERS ABOUT MINNESOTA—No. 3. 
Friend Moore : — “ What can you raise 
up there ?” is a question often asked of me.— 
Now we have no objection to its being called 
60 lbs., which makes about $8 on one hundred 
bushels, difference. Now, farmers let us do North Carolina, at—.Oct. 16, 17 , 18 , 19 erv f arm 1 ,™ iu ....... r ay .+;iu tT Juu: n 
this no longer but give the legal weight and “I — .7. .a,' S,' £ i«f. A peat swamp, for instance, affords a 
no more, let the price be what it will. If buy- Tennessee, at Nashville... 0 ct., first week valuable addition to light uplands; a clay bed 
ers offer 80 or 88 cents for 60 lbs. they will <'o (East) at London.Oct. 23, 24, 25 is manure to a sandy soil; sand is an excellent 
give the same in proportion for 56 lbs' and Virginia, at Richmond .. dressing for a peat meadow; and almost any 
after the custom is once abolished ™ . Uo J W ° 3t ?™> « Whe8ling .•• • Se ? t ? 6 > ??» 38 80,1 13 USolbl for absorbi . R & and retaining the 
of too often freezing and thawing, cover on It ig true we cannot raiso oranges nor pine 
the top about six inches of soil, to remain du- apples> bst all the staple productions of the 
ring the winter but by the first of April take Northera States thriTOj mature) and yield a 
off the earth, but let the other covering re- Drofitable rP x nrn tllfi farmcr . even in this 
nuw WC iiuvu I1U uu cutiuu IV 1LO uciUit VUIJLVU n, _ uu i vy edvern j at wueuiiDg.5epi. zo, ZY. 38 ao uouiui lux ttUbUI UlDff ana reiaiDlD&T tilft 
« up,” provided thatno ooe gets the idea that ,be c f ust °” 13 on “ ^ ol f ed we sh f U S et « Brooke. 3e P t. u, li, a\ u liquids of the stable and th°e yard, ft rctfui.« 
it is so far up that suow does not melt in sum- “* ^ ** " ow do for ««- A S ™' We * 1 '« Co ’ ,onre . 10 ' n - 12 W**. » t» develop these resources.- 
mcr. We are only on the 45th parallel-only SCm ’ 0nm<la g a C °■ -—- But the pnce of a ton of guano will pay for 
half way from the Equator to the North Pole, exp&riuekt is maitosino. Potatoes-Cut asd Uscut Seed-Mt. ™ ^ m An^t Septomher.- 
— right iu the middle of the temperate zone. Mr. Ennoic-It is the opinion of some ye^reTtee “to totthe'difeenTto^teld^ entire, y ™ will do something’ whichshaU 
It is true we cannot raise oranges nor pine that unfermented manure is useless to the first ; , , " , amerencu in yield De- impr ove both the farm and the next year’s 
apples, bst all the staple productions of the crop, and often injurious. I cannot endorse t, ' C0B Cut ail<1 i u . nci 1 l . 3eed ’ ^ llb 1 be Hollowing- crop more than any two tons of the best Pe- 
Northern States thrive, mature, and yield a this, as my cxnerience show* fW ' re ' u b as stat( -‘ d m bls report to the State So- ruvian ever brought into the country. It is 
mer. YY e are only on the 45th parallel—only 
half way from the Equator to the North Pole, 
—right in the middle of the temperate zone. 
crop, and often injurious. I cannot endorse 
this, as my experience shows that manure, 
profitable return to the’farmer, even in this turned under, proves beneficial to the irrow’ ciet y : ~ He P lauted one ac re to potatoes; one- ^ f; ;™ s wailt ; a ' ld b >g b as labor is, 
latitude, from which so many stay away from ing crop. I have a pice7 fwhole potal^, mortly of large ^ 
e _ c ..u Tvn_ l .. i.__i__ _ imerly —the remaining five-sixths with lare-e nota- But if a farm io destitute of these resources. 
main The advantages of the saw-dust, &c., latitude, from which so many stay away from ing crop. I have a piece of land formerly sixtb ^ with whole P otatoes - mostly of large size, 
is it does not bake with a crust over the top fear of cold . Wheat, corn, oats, barley, peas, rather poor ; upon this I scattered the manure ~ the remaimD & ^-sixths with large pota- ^ h tuhenV 
Hffht an lair a-rad°all^ ^ C ° me t0 buckwheat, beans, potatoes, turnips, carrots, pretty bountifully, designing to sow wheat toes cutinto P iece3 > eacb contamingtwo eyes, a day’s labor iu autumn could not be made^o 
Do f m 7 tV J d ? X - ^ heets ’ cabba ? es ’ onion3 ’ melon3 ’ s( l uashes ’ ia U P 011 ^ was suggested to me that the firs T* P ° tat0eS M T ^i + ' COnlribute to tbc liext y° ai ” 3 P^ducts more 
suitable they should. If a hedge is planted in fact all the graia3 aad roots which the furmer crop would not d ^ , ;t £ Tbe vines from tbe w bole potatoes than a dollar’s worth of guano, and something 
this way, there will not be any difficulty or needs, are produced abundantly in Minnesota, admitted that the subseouent one - would - WGre the lar ff est - but tbcre was 110 di ^rence in to the permanent value of the farm into the 
doubt as to the result, a good fence will grow and that too of as n-ood nualitv and with as AftPriB i f • 1 - - one s would. the yield between the two. The whole acre baigaiu, we would be disposed to raise a stam- 
that will never need shearing or cultivating, ^ ^'v h a W a 3 sown, I used the culliva- pr0 Aced 160 bushels, 150 of which were mer- and get off as soon and as fast as poesi- 
i t w . ° uiue laoor as in any part oi tne countiy. tor instead of the barrow for fb« r . . . .. .. _ ble. But sunnoRino- tins ebon Li 
ine vines growing irom me wnoie potatoes man a dollar’s worth of guano, and something 
were the largest, but there was no difference in to the permanent value of the farm into the 
the yield between the two. The whole acre bargain, we would be disposed to raise a stam- 
produced 160 bushels, 150 of which were mer- Pf de a ,R d S cl as s0 ,°! 1 and as ^' as t as possi- 
after the first year. The great trouble in Minnesota is peculiarly free from late frosts over, after whichl tsedThe harml ^My^x ) chantablc ’ aud of uniform size ’ the fmest cable? 
raising hedges has been in transplanting ; our in spring and from early froste in autumn, and periment proved an effectual refutation of mv ^ ’ oal y nianure ase d was places between here and the Chincha Isfands 
native thorn trees will not withstand it, and from what experience I have had the summer would-be advisers relative to the effiw of 5 °° bS> ° f MArES ’ Im P roved Superphosphate, Me could do better wiih our money at the first 
prosper afterwards well enough to make a is not materially shorter than in the State of manure in a = l pi • ,, -ct of the and six bushels of common Salt, applied just wooleu factory, at the nearest soap-boiler’s, in 
pTopeiau^fecffeuce. „ , 
and like vegetables grow to perfection, is -- f . ' e . P 11 ufacturmg Company’s Poudrette establish- 
enough to convince one of that fact. I have underdraining. u0 test oI lls comparative value is furnished, ment, at i)e Burgs’ Super-Phosphate manufac- 
weighed melons of twenty-four pounds weight, I cannot tell the cost, but I can tell how I ° r &n ^ nicans ol j ud S in o lts c P’ ects without tory, and at a score of similar establishments, 
WEATHER, CROPS. &c., IN N. W. MICHIGAN. 
New York. The fact that melons, tomatoes and unprecedented.—T. K. Wilson. 
and like vegetables grow to perfection, is -- 
enough to convince one of that fact. I have underdraining. 
weighed melons of twenty-four pounds weight, I cannot tell the cost, but I can t 
The past winter has been unusual in this grown with less than ordinary care, and have have done. I took a steady yoke of oxen, and __^ t _ _ 
locality for the amount and severity of the heard of larger ones. with a good common plow, drew a furrow v y (' m v 1 R"_ tbe way! ‘ & “ UU ^ LU tM,r,)uanl pronts by 
cold, (hoagh tbc minimum range of the tber- But Me winter wheat has been sown, bat P *** 1 •»<* ««1two or m Comme „“7 re co,d oflhe timeL,d jdaco ^The farm shonid be made to enrich itself- 
mometer has not been so excessive as in many so far experiments show that it is a very safe mree times in the same furrow, shovelled out f ,, rff , . T F ., f I his is the general rule. If some farms form 
other localities. The depth of snow has rang- crop in Minnesota. The fact that the soil is the dirt clear, cut from the wood a straight „ 1 e ,P. ° UG ? an air . S °. exceptious,theyshouldbeenrichedwithmafe- 
ed as high as two feet, giving, with the gene- the farthest from being of a heaving nature, stick of timber, six inches through, and made e a " 10 ’ a3 1 18 a ™ a f 1 0 0 vPb rials at the shortest possible distance. TheAl- 
rally steady winter weather, an amount of ex- and the snow being generally of the depth of a rude ox yoke eight feet long. Then with a ,? pe °, P F we s ia icil ' eau ,C I 1U tilbv th-iUHs nnhw^ t}ier es° urc e 3 offer- 
cellent sledding that has been well improved, a foot, renders it more than probable that this subsoil plow, with one ox each side the fur- 18 10m ™ C ° C 0 ™j YrUR - hall round the globe. ° Iail?p0r 1 iem 
especially by the lumbermen, who, on the lit- will be one of the best countries for raising row > deepened the furrow and shoveled out Albany, at Albany .. ....!. Sept. 25 , 26, 27 _ . _ _ 
tie Rouge River, a tributary of Grand River, winter wheat. But as long as spring wheat Ihe^dirt. Two skilhul men with a good sub- chautauque, at Westfield.Sept. 12,13 ABOUT LlIf'KWITP A T 
have floated down to the mills over twelve does as well as it has heretofore, yielding from soiler will do the digging to the depth of two Gonesee > at u«tavia. ^^ - 
millions feet of logs, and this is but an item in twenty to forty bushels to the acre, we have or two and a half feet very rapidly. Theditch arwltenlwl ‘St.’ 19 ’ 20 Few crops can be turned to better account 
the lumber business of this valley. Soon af- no reason to fear a lack of bread. As to corn, being cleaned out one foot wide, I place small Monroe, at Spencerport.Sept. 20 , 21 on a poor, light, gravelly soil, than buck- 
the Salt. 
N. Y. County and Town Fairs, 1855.- 
than by ordering a fertilizer from 9,000 miles 
oft and paying a dozen exorbitant profits by 
the way. J 
rials at the shortest possible distance. The Al¬ 
mighty has so distributed the resources of fer¬ 
tility that it is not necessary to transport them 
halt round the globe. 
ABOUT BUCKWHEAT. 
ter the incoming of April, favorable spring w e are proud to show to strangers our “ sam- stones on each side, and one large enough to 
weather set in, continuing ever since, and pH” either in the field or crib. The yellow reac h across on these—fiat is best, but any 
spring is a little more advanced now than for Gent is our favorite variety, though other f°rm do. Fill up as high as you please 
five years previous. YVe have had springs kinds are raised to some extent. The average w ith cobbles, and fill land with dirt. This I 
tliat commenced earlier, but they have been corn cr0 P is from forty to seventy-five bushels bnd the cheapest way to make the drains and 
retarded by “cold spells.” The unusual A 0 the acre. Potatoes grow astonishingly clear the land.—W., Jolinsville, N. Y. 
warmth of the last season, warming the earth well, are easily cultivated, and yield two hun- . Q ~ 
more fully, together with the fact that the dred bushels to the acre. But little attention ^“T® articles are 
ground has been protected from frost by the has been paid to the raising of clover or tim- P 1 G suggea e means 0 un¬ 
generous covering of snow, brings out the soil othy, though it is thought that they will do • - U 6 W ,° 6 coautl 7> lfc a P' 
to the vernal sun in a more genial condition extremely well. YVild grasses grow sponta- hL p f 1E ^ 10 “ ra e . as 0 eit i ity- 
Few crops can be turned to better account 
on a poor, light, gravelly soil, than buck- 
stones on each side, and one lar^e enough to Nia s ara > at Lockport.Oct. 19, 20 wheat. It possesses a chemical action on the 
_v. _ _ .1 ^ . . . 0 . Onondaca. at Syracuse.Sent. 19. 20. 21 soil, bv whifih flip onnrsnr nortinino o,.« 
reach across on these—flat is best but anv 0 nonda 8 a . at Syracuse....Sept. 19 , 20 , 21 soil, by which the coarser particles are disin¬ 
form will do Will L- 1 ’ b 1 , 7 Ontario, at Canandaigua. Sept. 26, 27 tegrated, or rendered finer, and the soil is 
. . ' U P as bl f b as Y ou please Saratoga, at..Sept. 11 , 12, 13 thereby improved. Pure, inorganic earth_ 
with cobbles, and till land with dirt. This I Tm 'f FA1ES ' thatis,earthunmixedwithanimalorvegeta- 
find the cheapest way to make the drams and emie a ’ d ‘ A; ’ cnne a . ep ' ble matter—is produced by the disintegration, 
clear the land.—W., Jolinsville, N. Y. 7T, , or pulverizing rocks. Silex, or sand, is the 
- Acknowledgements— \Ve are indebted to oxide, or rust of silicium; or to take it more 
A Suggestion.— The manure articles are Hon. O’. L. Flint, Secretary of the Mass, familiar, it is pulverized quartz. Clay is pro- 
A Suggestion.— The manure articles are Hon. C. L. Flint, Secretary of the Mass, familiar, it is pulverized quartz. Clay is pro- 
the proper things to suggest the means of im- Board of Agriculture, for a copy of his Sec- daced by the decomposition of feldspar. Now 
provement. But the whole country, it ap- ond Anuual Report to that body, including a . 1 . e ( l aaidz aa feldspar in the world, while 
pears to me, is in retrograde as to its fertility, also the Reports of the Committees appoint- /bkd?o^gnLYTt is JnTyVhei decompo^d 
Here and there a spot enriched with costly ed to visit the County Societies. It is a State or pulverized ; aud the finer the particles, the 
jr „„ „„ i r, _ _ _ ... , . aucit a ojui cunuucu wiiu cosii v iu visui me ijuumy ouoieuus. isii ouue or nuiverized 1 
than usual, and with the timely rains that neously. Some of the varieties make nearly . , , , * * J v A 
, , ,, , , , . , J materials, as guano, superphosphate or “ dead Document of 200 pages, and embodies many better the soil 
have blessed us, vegetation has made a verv as good hay as the cultivated kinds. , /, „ , ,, „ , A.® _’ . J T . ,, 
_ e Indians produces well, but the whole is far valuable facts on New England Farminsr, from If a soil, th 
1 l -tTri. . , , , Indians ” produces well, but the whole i 3 far 
! rapid puEi. Wheat aud grass look iu flue ■>“■« preduet.eus of Mmuesota are what u „. a3 tMr or f 
0 -ond, ion. aud are gmug good promise of not very numerous^ We ,mss the berries of what U lhe remed , / ttink stoc £ o[ 
mo.-b than an averag^crop. Fruit prospects New York and Ivew Eug and except the some kind, aud heavy seeding with the grasses 
are go-od. reach b/ds are injured to some strawberry, aud we have not yet the apples, w „„ ld fuuod t0 (he “ 03t ofl ® We 
extent If nothing further befall them we may cherries pears and peaebes winch abound ,u A flc]d s0 ferti|M wi| , not . 
have something under an average crop- the orchards left to “ old folks a home.” But with such a prodigious crop, but like the sun 
Plums have blossomed very full. Apples are the numerous and fruitful cranberry marshes, jj . fc ifc win ^ on \ and eve ' r ’ d _ R 
just opening and will make a good show of wbicb abound here, help to make up the deli- 0 —l- L y ‘ 
blossoms. ciency. AVild rice grows about the margin of Superphosphate of Lime.— In 1853 ] 
Everything seems to be encouraging the man y of lakes, and is nearly as good for bought 100 lbs. of No. 1 Superphosphate o. 
Indians ” produces well, but the whole is far valuable facts on New England Farming, from If a soil, then, is coarse, the object of the 
behind what it was thirty or forty years ago. which we shall draw hereafter. farmer should be to pulverize it, which can 
VA hat i3 the remedy i I think more stock of A. Ranney, Publisher, 195, Broadway, N. chemicalapplication, 
some kind, and heavy seeding with the grasses, Y., has sent us a copy of “ Knowlson’s Horse chemical power. Buckwheat^ by a process 
would be found to be the most profitable.— Doctor,” a cheap and valuable work, for all yet undiscovered, has that power, and the lon- 
A ficid so fertilized will not flare up, perhaps, interested in Horses. Price 25c. t? er it is cultivated, on a given piece of ground 
"blossoms. ciency. Wild rice grows about the margin of Superphosphate op Lime. — In 1853 I ^ ou S^ man f ears tbat our a <Hice to apply 0 ut bushes, wild grass, and mellow green- 
Everythino- seems to be encourao-ino- the man Y °f tbe lakes, and is nearly as good for bought 100 lbs. of No. 1 Superphosphate of barn ^ ard manure to £ reeQ swar d and plow sward. r i 0 fit the land for the next succeed- 
reasonable expectations of the farmer. ° One food as the common rice. There are two Lime, manufactured by Wm. Patterson, it eight inches deep, as a preparation for corn, wg^crop, in rotation, piow m a crop °f b uc ^ 
thing we lack very much, and that is help.— kinds of cherries that grow here, but of no Newark, N. J., and put it on corn, according ma Y mislead farmers. He thinks it should j, ' 
Hired hands, by the month or day, are very account, as one is the common choke cherry to directions. Applied ashes and plaster by be P laood DOar tbo 3U1 ' face ’ 30 “ to coax lbe ties we could notCommend R, SS 
scarce. Common day laborers now command and tbe other a Iow bush P rairie cherr Y- tb e side of the above, aud could see no differ- r00t f up wnere ^ 8ua can warm ttiem - U e from it, though light when hot, are heavy as 
6s and 8s a day. Wages by the month are In sll0rt > we ean raise alm3st anything we ence. Some of my neighbors also tried super- ! hmk there 13 more dan o er from sballow soils co i d ii ver w hen cold. A constant use of it 
from $16 to $20 a month and higher. Me- ueed, and enjoy good health the while; and phosphate, and, like myself, consider it of but m dr L bot seasons, such as we have had of has a tendency,_ also, to produce cutaneous dis- 
chanics’ wages in a corresponding ratio.— when we have raised it, we can sell what we little use, aud a great humbug.— Solomon ]ate > thau from c »ld induced by deep plowing, eases ; but, boiled with potatoes, apples, or 
Produce also commands high prices. Wheat bave to spare for a good price, aud that is just William, Hunts H«, Liv. Co.. N. Y„ But there > s > iU ‘ e 40 f “ r -.“ s B ™' B "™“>' i - SSnt £ exceltatfor milch Sw, ell 
terested iu Horses. Price 25c. g er it is cultivated, on a given piece of ground, 
__the finer will be the particles of the soil. It 
-v} ^ ^ rr .1 nr injures land for corn, but leaves it in finer or- 
Preparing Corn Ground. . The Mass. der p or po t a toes, and is the best crop to kill 
rtougtiman lears that our advice to apply 0 ut bushes, wild grass, and mellow green- 
barn-yard manure to green sward aud plow sward. To fit the land for the next succeed- 
it eight inches deep, as a preparation for corn, icg cr °P> i Q Rotation, plow in a crop of buck- 
TT/a 4 L;.ai,c u wheat in blossom. 
kinds of cherries that grow here, but of no Newark. N. J., and put it on corn, according ma ? mi3lead Hrmers. He thinks it should u " 8um - 
account, as one is the common choke cherry to directions. Applied ashes and plaster by be P laced oear the surface ’ 30 M to coax tbe tieTwe could nltreco^mend\t 
and the other a low bush prairie cherry. the side of the above, aud could see no differ- I ' oot f u f where tbe sun can warm them - We from it, though light when hot, are heavy as 
In short, we can raise almost anything we ence. Some of my neighbors also tried super- lbmk tbere 13 more ^ an g er ^ rora shallow soils co i d }i ver -wDeij co ] di constant use of it 
is now selling with us at $2, Flour $11, Corn wbat a farmer wants. In my next I will 
8s, Oats 5s, Potatoes 8s to 10s, Butter 2s, s P eak of the advantages which Minnesota 
Hay $20, and stock of all kinds in propor- bolds out to tbe farmer, mechanic and settler. 
WOOD LAND. 
The following i3 a brief synopsis from the 
writer’s Thermometric Register : CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. videdTe^hls %ht room's InSdltov^" We is directed to the ann0ailcem6Ilt of Col. L. G, horses, as it bloats them, rather than fattens ; 
The range of the thermometer for Decern- - Morris relative t( > the 8ale of tb6 ™ aad 2d a,ld what a Pi 16ars to be fat - P ut 011 horses b^ 
ber was Irom 52° to 10° below zero, averag- weight of corn. b er in two large rooms, and have not yet burn- volumes of this work, and the preparation of buckwheat in a week, wid disappear by hard 
ing 26- / 2, which is exceeded in a minimum Eds. Rural :—Permit me to call the atten- ed three cords of wood, and we can assure you the third for publication. The American Ed- 1101 v 111 a a - ■ 110 a7 ">ner. 
average by December of 1851 of 1° 06. Y\ e tion of your agricultural readers to the pres- ^ a * i we Bke a good comfortable fire. The itor of the forthcoming volume, S. Howard, 
had 11 fair days, 6 stormy, and 14 cloudy ent prac tice of selling corn at 60 lbs. to the f armer sb6ul d commence on one side of his lot, Esq>> of Boston> is a highly competent gentle- , C ° RX Foddrr—Large Crop.— A writer in 
without storm. January ranged from 1°. to bu8be l a nractice which everv vear takes aud cut f be w0 °d clean as he goes. In this , «hould receive the un nnor-itinn nf tbe Albany CultiAator, in 1843, states that in 
600 with an average of ‘> 6 ° 93 This is not 1 ’ a ^ h 7 Z 7 e 5 ^ j manuer lbe l° UUg sh M° ts come ll P allke 88 ^ d co-operation of the spring 0 f 1842, he prepared two squares 
b0 , witn an avera 0 e oi zo jd. ims is not thousands of dollars from the farmers, and they receive the sun alike. Now say there are breeders and owners of Devons throughout iu his garden, each 20 bv 30 feet and sowed 
In tit on QvorQffO flic .Tarmorxr nf 1QM ___.• _„ _ i -a.__ o _j _ •/* i / ji , r, • • i , . . & », 1 V * 
W. W. Payne. 
Anoka, Mouth of Rum River, Min., April, 1850. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Fifteen acres of wood and timber laud will-—► —- 
furnish a farmer his ordinary timber and wood Davy’s Devon Herd Book.— The attention 
for two fires. Ten cords of wood suffice for 0 f Devon breeders, aud other parties interested, 
any man to keep two hres the year round pro- • _ - 
• L -i i .... a- A_i . LtP is directed to the announcement of Co . Ta. C. 
But there is little to fear, as Bro. Buckmin- P um P k ins, it is first rate for hogs. When 
ster says, of too deep plowing, and still less we 8' 1 ' 0UIld ’ ! t is for milch cpws. Fed 
. j /. ,, raw, or left standing in the field, it is great for 
think, that farmers will not judge for them- shanghais, (they being allowed to harvest for 
se ^ ves - themselves.) The blossoms afford material for 
7“ ’ A* 7 . tke ver y be3t boney, aud at a season of the 
Davy s Devon Herd Book.— I he attention year when other flowers are gone. 
Devon breeders, and other parties interested, It should never be given, in any form, to 
weight of corn. 
la f l tw M ■‘tae-teoths of _the cora 'tom'hfa “ t*%£,C “Eta 
eraging 18° 31, which is some 3 Q colder than wb i c h has been disposed of by the farmers of e nd of forty five years he may go back to the recently sold 255 head of fat cattle. The first 
any other month I have witnessed here, and this section, has been computed at that rate, first acre he cut, and cut thirty cords to the hundred head averaged 2,09034 lbs.; the four 
over 6 Q colder than auy other February in the But when in second hands, another mode of acre. On our ordinary up laud, wood will heaviest averaging 2.766lbs. Over $2 500 
five winters I have resided here. The coldest reckoning is immediately adopted, to wit., the grow to thirty cords to the acre in thirty years, u ~entlemen Y °in realize from the nroceeds 
da, ™ the 6th, when the thermometer mark legal we f ght of 56 ,b Jwhic'h at the pr*e„t J SSE ofTfSm “e " 
ed 11° below at sunrise, and reached only 6° price makes nearlv eiirht cents per bushpl dif 8 j a1 - C 1 ° jeon acres or v ooa land, . . v 
. . ' price manes neany eiguu penis per uusnei air- and getting the same into winter rye. After was a prairie. 
above during the day, averaging 1 66 below, ference, or $80 on a thousand bushels. the crop of winter rye was taken, it was pas- -— — - 
The 19th day of January, 1852, averaged one Now, brother farmers, let us look to this tured for a year or two, and then suffered to The Kent Co., (Mich.) Ag’l Society will 
cu XX- “““ price make L n ! arly eIsbt ceat f , per ; bu3hel dif - aud getting the same into winter rye. After was a prairie. planted or sown. Every time he stripped a 
above during the day, averaging 1 66 below, ference, or $80 on a thousand bushels. the crop of winter rye was taken, it was pas--- square, it was forthwith highly manured, and 
The 19th day of January, 1852, averaged one Now, brother farmers, let us look to this tured for a year or two, and then suffered to The Kent Co., (Mich.) Ag’l Society will at once spaded up aud re-sown ; he generally 
degree lower. Is umber of fair days 5, stormy thing, and not only look but act. To be sure g r °w up. I he growth was white oak, yellow hold its 8th Annual Fair at Grand Rapids, fed the corn as it was pulled up. It will be 
5, and cloudy without storm 18. the buyer comes to us with a very honest face °. ak ’ rod oak ’ chestnut aDd ma P le - Seven years 0Q the 25 tb 2 6th and 27th Sept. The Premi- B bser Y ed , that this wpiter obtained four orops 
, jo ro . KAQ j , , ,, A T . ,, T ,av since Yhat same rye field, was cutover, and .. a • , , . , in a single season. Two stout crons mav be 
March ranged from 6° to54°,and averaged and says, “Neighbor, I want to buy your lh qre was not a single acre of it but produced am list includes every thing raised or rnanu- obtaine J in New Eng i and> and ia favora bI | 
30° 64, which is a fraction over three degrees corn.” “ Very well, sir, I want to sell ; what thirty cords to the acre! And this in twenty- factured in the country, and will be likely to S3agonS) w hen there are no severe frosts until 
lower than any previous March. YYe had in are you paying?” “ YVell,” says the buyer, seven years ! ' call out a spirited competition. late iu September, three crops.— N. E. Far. 
r, „ . „ . c T n- • by the roots, and feeding it green, to a fine 
Good Beeves. A farming firm in Illinois, Durham heifer and some pigs ; the latter de¬ 
cently sold 255 head ot fat cattle. The first youring it as greedily as the former. He 
ndred head averaged 2,090)4 lbs.; the four pulled up aud re-sowed these squares four 
aviest averaging 2,766)4 lbs. Over $2,500, ) ime3 during the season, and kept the animals 
Ese gentlemen will realize from the proceeds 111 ^,! ie bn( : a ^ ouk : ! ’ "ithout anything else 
° ,, ,, ai x x worth naming, aud was satisfied that nothing 
a farm in 1 latte Co., that two \ears ago e ] ge w ni produce half as much, as corn thus 
is a prairie. planted or sown. Every time he stripped a 
square, it was forthwith highly manured, and 
