/ t f MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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the farmer wiH find, that the soil will require casionnl storms make bad roads. Snow some¬ 
time application of a greater quantity of ma- time3 falls to the depth of 12 or lo inches, 
nure, after aa efficient drainage, than before, and once I saw it as much as 20 inches deep, 
for the increased amount of crops will be a But it never remains long. The longest time 
heavier tax upon the fertility of the land, and I have known, the ground kept white nearly 
besides the water in its descent will wash out three weeks. Of course we have no use for 
some of the saline and other soluble ingredi- sleighs. Many farmers do most of their plow- 
ents. Another advantage which is the result ingin January and February. Chopping and 
of efficient drainage, is the freer admission fencing, and labor of that kind, cun be easily 
which it give3 the air, suffering it to penetrate carried on all winter. Teaming, such as car- 
deeper into the soil and in much larger rying wood to market, &c., is generally better 
quantities. done in summer or fall on account of the roads. 
eter, and but very few times above 92°, while 
perhaps the most ordinary summer tempera¬ 
ture is about 80° to 85° for what we call very 
well. A far greater amount of spring wheat 
has been sown this spring than usual, and it 
looks well. Corn looks sorry enough. But 
warm days. Here, as with you, we seldom f ™. farin ™ 7™ WOrkcd “ 
have more than two or three hot days in suc- 
their corn, for the first time, because it is so 
cession, — such days generally closing with small, and the ground so wet. Our prospects 
thunder showers, which cool and purify the for corn »ro not as promising asl last season, 
atmosphere. And such showers! It is no atthistime; and should we nothaveuarmer 
gentle hand that hurls the thunderbolts when leather soon, ihe corn ciop will pioie an 
the storm-king drives his car of clouds across 
the sky. The almost constant play of vivid 
lightning, and the incessant roll of thunder, 
varied frequently by sharp and heavy rattling 
peals, as the electric strokes fall on some doom¬ 
ed spot, with the rain pouring down a perfect 
entire failure. But, should July and August, 
(which are the months for corn.) be warm, we 
may have a fair crop. 
Fruit of all kinds, with the exception of 
peaches, of which I have not seen one solitary 
blossom this season, we shall have in abun- 
deluge, render our thunder storms scenes of daQCe ’ unlcss some unt ° ward circumstances 
terror as well as sublimity and beauty. intenene. A m wards odd. 
Lake Ridge, Tompkins Co., N. Y. ; Jane 2<, ’o5. 
We are well situated here to avoid extreme __- 
heat in summer. The great Eastern chain of Maxims for Farmers.— A writer In the 
the Alleghanies, known as the Blue Ridge, is Boston Cultivator says :—“ I would laydown 
in sight from this vicinity, and the cool air the following rules, or maxims, which I think 
from its wooded top comes down laden with experience has demonstrated to be sound : 
freshness and purity, in gentle breezes through For rich farms, stock with the stately Dur¬ 
a'll our hottest days. hams—for poorer, the active Devons. 
quantities. done in summer or fall on accouut of the roads. 
When a heavy rain falls, the water expels Wc have a good market for wood at the 
the airs which is in the soil, and which, hav- landings on the Potomac. Last year oak 
ing become noxious by its long confinement, wood brought $4 a cord at Occoquan, by the 
no longer administers to the nourishment of boat load. It is lower now, bringing only 
plants. But if the land is thoroughly drained, $3,25 to $3,50. Many of the farms now for 
the water soaks downward, and is followed sale here, have enough wood upon them to pay 
by fresh air, and thus a new supply is infused for the whole farm. As prices now are a man 
into the earth, where it fulfills its mission, and with a good span of horses can earn about 
is in its turn supplanted by the same agency $2,50 per day, either drawing wood for him- 
as before. self, or for others by the cord. 
Draining prepares the land for other im- Tours, respectfully 
provemeuts. Subsoihng should follow, and _ ^ ^_ 
though at the first glance it might seem other- SEASON AND THE CROPS, 
wise, yet experiments and reason teach us 
that land which is drained and subsoiled, will [The following report from Tompkins 
withstand the effect of a severe drouth, longer coun ty, would answer for many other sections, 
than itJwould before these operations were as jf s ma i D statements are similar to those re¬ 
performed. However thorough may be the edygd from various localities in Western, 
draining, only the superfluous water, will pass Southern and Central New York.— Ed.] 
"V from tend, white the roots find their TnE ^ &t remillds m of the coldj 
way much deeper into the earth, and draw wet and onKJ whieh 0 „ r faftcr3 
uounshme.i. ro,n a grea ei amoun o sol. , e ]| ug experienced more than forty years 
As the air is known to contain moisture, it * Ia ^ Mr) t of sem0B „ aU 
very probable that a supply is drawn from „„„„ bmded , nalher drouti . Durian the last 
ns me au », ..... m — —v. .s Ia the early part of tte season we all 
very probable that a supply is drawn from apprehended another drouth. Daring the last 
this source,greater of course, in proportion 0 U Aprilalld thc lirst of Hay, the small streams 
to the quantity of aw which outers the earth. quUe , ow , and at one time oats , bar- 
In their course drains shoulo follow the nat- i ATr wtipn.t nnfl r>vcn nnrl ntlipr 
tu bus became quite low ; aud at one time oats, bar- 
In their course drains should follow the nat- spring wheat, and even grass and other 
ural inclination of ike land ; if ihey are laid ^ings, were suffering for want of rain. But, 
deep fewer will be required, aud in Width a 0 £ ] a £ 0) (| ie clouds have sent down copious 
lew inches is as good at several feet. YYith gU ppli e <g of water, and our driest fields are 
proper instruments they may be dug deep and ]j^ era ]]y drenched, so that it is entirely too 
narrow, which will dimmish the expense, with- wet to work afc anything on the farm. Al- 
°ut rendering them in any way less efficient. mogt every day we get a good showeP . and if 
’ _ one or two days pass without a shower, on 
LETTERS FROM VIRGINIA No. 2. tke ne fi ds V? 1>ours d °7 “ torrents ' We . 
_ often hear, “ how quickly showers rise, and 
The climate of Virginia is probably the how easily it rains.” Last year, when a cloud 
great attraction that induces Northern people came over, how. we all longed to have a re- 
to come here,—end if every thing else here freshing from its watery store ; but this 
were as desirable, this region might be almost JCRr have a superabundance. Last season 
a paradise. The mild, open winters, with their a ^ UR® time, grass and vegetation of all kinds, 
many days of bright sunshine,—the early and mau and ^ easi > v ' ere suffering for water : 
spring with its warm south wind kissing good but now it is diametrically the reverse. Last 
morning to the awakening leaves and flowers, season we were scorched and almost burned 
while you in less favored, Northern regionsare U P unusually hot and oppressive weather; 
blockaded by snow—the long hot days of sum- but t his season we have had but a few days 
mer, in which the white sunlight is tempered which we could call warm, growing weather, 
by gentle breezes created by its own fervor, Until last week, we have not felt uneomforta- 
and rendered beautiful by contrast with the ble with the same amount of clothing that we 
deep green of the profuse foliage that here were accustomed to wear during the winter 
clothes every tree and shrub as with a garment, and spring. 
—the mellow autumn, with its cool nights Although the season has thus far been cold 
and lovely days, painting our forests with tints and rather dry, most crops look rather prom- 
of beauty almost, if not fully equal, to the col- ising. Our pastures and meadows look ur.- 
oring that has given Jack Frost such a repu- commonly fine. I think I never saw our 
tation as an artist in Northern woods—all grass, at this season of the year, promise such 
combine to render this climate “ a thing of a bountiful burden of hay as at the present 
beauty,” which Keats called “ a joy forever.” time. Should there not be a great change, 
There is a more nearly equal temperature of there will be nothing to lmioet our cattle 
atmosphere here during the whole year than ^ rcm becoming unusually fat by fall, and 
with you. Though our summers are long and probably rathei a decline in the beef raaiket 
warm, we do not probably have more, if as Wld be the result. 
many, extremely hot days as occur in New Wiuter aud U e look uncommonly 
York or New England. I have never known dne > aud P roird£C a ff ood ban est. V ast quan- 
mercury rise higher than 98° in the thermom- tities of oats Laye bc€D sown ’ and . thc ? look 
But if the summer may well be called beau¬ 
tiful, the winter is scarcely less so. Indeed, to 
many Northern people, it is the most delight- 
The best point for a milker is a thin thigh. 
For speed in a horse, a muscular thigh. 
To kill caterpillars, rub them up with the 
ful season of the year. To farmers it offers the hand. 
advantage of being able to work unobstructed 
by snow. There is apt to be a good deal of 
To kill lice on cattle, dust lightly with ashes. 
To make the best hay, cut the grass early ; 
raiu in the course of the winter, but there are when partly made by spreading, cock up for 
many more days of sunshine than at the North, two or three days, then open and cart in. By 
The sky never has that leaden color that gives curing hay in this way, it contains all thc aro- 
the gloomy cast to many winter days there.— ma aud nutriment of thc grasses.” 
We have comparatively few cloudy days un- --* ' ■ 11 *" 7’ 
less they are stormy. Last winter was said to Quantity of Seed. Mr. Mechi, the dis- 
bo the coldest in many years. The coldest t^yetto’S 
morning we had here the mercury stood at 2 tkj advautag es of a small quantity of seed.” 
above zero. Cold enough, but not quite like The true rule we believe to be to make the 
28° below I The worst thing in the winter land rich and use the less seed ; then you get a 
season is the mud. The frequent rains and oc- vigorous growth aud fully matured seed. 
TRIAL OF MOWING MACHINES. 
In accordance with previous announcement, 
a trial of Mowing Machines was had, Jane 
27th, on the farm of Judge Buel, near this 
city, under thc direction of the Monroe Co. 
Ag. Society. The weather was favorable, aud 
there was a very large attendance of farmers 
and others—almost every county in Western 
New York being represented. We also no¬ 
ticed several farmers from Oswego, Jefferson 
and other distant sections of the State. Eight 
machines, of six different patents, were enter¬ 
ed in the following order : 
1. Burk all’s combined Mower and Reaper, 
by 0. A. Swan, of Geneva. 
2. Kbtciium’s Mower, by J. I\ Ross, Ogden. 
3. Manny’s combined Mower and Reaper, 
with Wood’s Improvement, by J. C. Cooper, 
Adams, Jefferson Co. 
4. Manny’s Mower, with Wood’s Improve¬ 
ment, by Mr. Blackmer, Wheatland. 
5. Wheeler’s combined Mower and Reaper, 
by Siiourds & Mosher, Poplar Ridge, N. Y. 
6. Ketchum’s combined Mower and Reaper, 
by J. Rafalje & Co., Rochester. 
7. Forbush’s combined Reaper and Mower, 
by E D. IIallock, Rochester. 
8. Russell’s Mower, by R. II. Pease, Albany. 
As most of these machines have heretofore 
been described in thc Rural, we omit a par¬ 
ticular description in this connection. Thc 
only new machine, or thc only one never be¬ 
fore tried in public— Wheeler’s —is fully de¬ 
scribed iu our advertising department. 
Though the ground was uneven, and grass 
light, several of the machines did good work. 
Ketchum’s, and Manny's with Wood’s Im¬ 
provement, probably attracted the most at¬ 
tention and commendation from spectators,— 
though Forbush’s, Burrall’s and Wheeler’s 
machines cut well and had many admirers. The 
contest excited groat interest from the large 
concourse present, and it was evident that thc 
“ committee of the whole - ’ were divided in 
opinion as to the merits of the respective mar 
chines. Each of the five machines above 
named, in particular, had its admirers among 
thc practical men on the ground—and every 
man could give a reason for his preference. 
Russell’s machine was not, apparently, in 
proper order to work on rough, uneven ground. 
A large number of machines, of different pa¬ 
tents, were ordered during and at the close of 
the trial, and before the decision of the Com¬ 
mittee was announced. Indeed, we have little 
doubt that, under favorable auspices—with 
smooth ground, and good grass—nearly if not 
all the machines exhibited would do fair work. 
Report of the Committee. 
The trial of Mowing Machines, under the 
direction of the Monroe County Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, took place on the farm of Judge 
Buell, near this city, on the 27th inst. The 
occasion called out a very large collection of 
farmers, manufacturers, and others who were 
curious to witness the scene of strife between 
the various parties from different parts of the 
State, who appeared on the ground to test thc 
merits of their several machines. Thc Com¬ 
mittee appointed to judge of the merits of the 
work done, found it very difficult to arrive at 
just conclusions as to the work performed, and 
thc merit due to the different machines on tri¬ 
al, each probably possessing some advantages 
peculiar to itself, and whatever decision the 
Committee have arrived at, the great and im¬ 
portant question is decided by the intelligent 
farmers who witnessed thc contest. 
There were eight machines entered for com¬ 
petition. The Held was bad for working them, 
the surface very uneven and stony, and the 
grass thin and' light. The work performed 
was not a fair test of the value of mowing ma¬ 
chines, yet, with some exceptions, the work 
was satisfactory, and proved the great value of 
this immense labor saving invention. 
Tbe Committee were united in the opinion 
that the Ketchum machine, and ihe Manny, 
with YVood’s Improvement, were the best on 
the ground ; but were divided in opinion as to 
which of these two was the best, but a major¬ 
ity finally decided in favor of the former, be¬ 
lieving that that machine cut the closest to 
the ground, while the latter was the easiest 
for the team, and for adjustment over uneven 
and stony surfaces. 
The first premium the Committee award to 
the Ketchum machine, and the second premi¬ 
um to Manny’s machine, with YYood’s im¬ 
provement. 
The Committee had not the time to examine 
minutely the mechanical construction of the 
different machines, or their liability to get 
out of order, both important points upon 
which the Committee express no opinion. 
Ketchum’s machine was entered by James 
P. Ross, of Ogden, and cost $110, and another 
by John Rapalje & Co., a combined Reaper and 
Mower, costing $125. 
Thc Manny machine with Wood’s improve¬ 
ment, entered by Mr. Blackmer, of Wheatland, 
cost $110. The same machine with reaper 
combined, entered by J. C. Cooper, cost $125. 
The third premium is awarded to Wheeler’s 
machine, of Cayuga Co., costing $125. This 
machine cut with shears and performed good 
work, having an adjustable beam, and so ar¬ 
ranged as to have little or no side draught. 
Forbusli’s machine, entered by E. D. Ilal- 
lock, of Rochester, is a combined Reaper and 
Mower, and cut equally well ; did not leave 
the grass evenly spread. This machine cost 
$110, and with the Reaper $130. 
The other machines upon the ground were 
most of them so nearly alike in the character 
of the work done, that any further discrimina¬ 
tion or expression of opinion of their respec¬ 
tive merits is perhaps uncalled for. 
F. I’. Itoor, 
Benj. Smith, 
James Waring, 
William Brown, 
Alex. Kelsey, 
Rochester, June 27, 1855. Committeo. 
The Weather and Crop3. —As the season 
advances the prospects of the farmers of this 
region brighten. Since our last number was 
put to press, we hear most encouraging ac¬ 
counts of the improved condition and pros¬ 
pect of the wheat crop from almost every sec¬ 
tion of Western New York. For two or 
three weeks the weather has been exceedingly 
favorable, and we are assured by farmers re¬ 
siding in different sections, that they never 
before witnessed so great an improvement in 
the appearance of the wheat crop in so brief 
a period. In several districts where it was 
believed the crop was nearly destroyed by the 
Hessian fly, a fair yield is now anticipated— 
though there will be a failure in some locali¬ 
ties. The weather is now favorable to the 
maturity of thc wheat berry, and if it escapes 
the visitation and ravages of the midge, or 
weevil, a fall average crop may yet be pro¬ 
duced. We greatly fear, however, that the 
midge will prove more or less destructive, as 
we learn it ha3 already appeared in some lo¬ 
calities. The barley and oat crops are very 
heavy, and promise a most abundant yield — 
having -wonderfully improved of late. The 
recent hot weather has started Indian corn up¬ 
ward, and if July and August prove favora¬ 
ble, the crop will have a fair chance. On thc 
whole, we regard the prospects of the farmers 
of Western New York as vastly improved 
within the past fortnight. 
ABOUT GRINDSTONES. 
The following is from a correspondent of 
the Progressive Farmer. As the period of 
harvest is approaching, it furnishes a hint 
from which many farmers may profit: 
I speak without fear of contradiction, when 
I say that more than one million dollars have 
been lost by the farmers in thc United States, 
during the last half century, by their poor 
economy in the use of grindstones. Many a 
farmer/by using a poor grindstone, loses 
enough in one season to buy a good one.— 
But one farmer who is very much afraid of 
book farming, and never read an agricultural 
paper in his life, steps forward and inquires 
how he has lost anything by grindstones ?— 
He says he uses the same one now that his 
father gave to him fifteen years ago—and then 
it was quite an old one—therefore he thinks 
he has been quite saving in that line of busi¬ 
ness. Perhaps it would be useless to try to 
convince him of his loss, for some men are 
wise in their own conceit, therefore there is 
but little hopes of improving them. Any 
farmer of common sense, who has ciphered 
through simple multiplication, can tell very 
near how much he loses every year by using 
a poor grindstone. 
We will suppose that the work can be done 
one-third quicker on a good stone than on a 
poor one; we next suppose that the time 
spent by a farmer and his hired man in grind¬ 
ing tools during the vear, amounts to twelve 
days: then, if one-third of this could be saved 
by using a g■ ■ d stone, here is a loss of four 
days. These four days’ work, together with 
board, cannot be less than four dollars, which 
would buy a stone of Ihe first quality and all 
its fixtures. But the loss of time occasioned 
by grinding on poor stones is far from being 
all the loss that arises from the use of such 
stones. ’Ihe tools cannot be ground near as 
well, therefore the workman cannot perform 
as much labor, nor do it as well, as if thc tools 
had been properly ground. In my opinion 
many a farmer in this country loses from two 
to five dollars every year by using a poor 
grindstone. 
Mowing Machines vs. Scythes.— Now let 
us compare a little, the two modes of cutting 
grass. Day laborers, hired at $1 per day, 
will probably mow in medium grass 1}.< 
acres to the hand ; that is, it will cost $5 or 
$6 to mow 8 acres, and 25 cents each hand 
for boarding will be $1,50 more, which, add¬ 
ed to $5,50, makes $7 for mowing 8 acre 
Now hire a man with a span of horses and a 
machine to cut the 8 acres, at 50 cts. per acre, 
aud he will cut it in a day—$4,00, and $1,00 
more will pay their boarding, making in all 
$5,00, and the grass will be spread better for 
curing than a man will spread it after the 5 
hands, which, in thc estimate, will make $3,00 
advantage to the mower. At that rate, the 
machine will pay for itself in 40 days’ mow¬ 
ing, besides saving so much hard labor.—Jos. 
Mosher, in Ohio Farmer. 
Reaping Machines. —We have been in¬ 
formed by a manufacturer of agricultural im¬ 
plements, one who is excellent authority, that 
between fifteen and sixteen thousand reaping 
machines will be manufactured and sold this 
year in our country. Thc demand is so great 
that manufacturers cannot make them fast 
enough for their orders. This affords evi¬ 
dence of agricultural prosperity, as the cost of 
these machines will amount to nearly two 
millions of dollars. Our farmers exhibit wis¬ 
dom in using and patronizing machinery. A 
reaping maclune will save the price of itself 
in one season.— Scientific American. 
How to Prevent tiie Turnif Fly.— A 
correspondent informs us that two ounces of 
sulphur, commonly called flower of brimstone, 
mixed with a pound of turnip seed, will effect¬ 
ually prevent the fly from destroying the 
crop. This preventive is extremely cheap, 
the cost not exceeding 2d. per acre. In mix¬ 
ing, employ a little rape oil, which will cause 
the sulphur to adhere to the seed ; but care 
should be taken not to use too much oil, as 
that would prevent the seed from passing 
through thc drill. —Cumberland Pacquet. 
The Canadian Government, at thc earnest 
solicitation of the township and lower county 
members, has appropriated thc sum of £5,- 
000 for the purchase of seed wheat to distri¬ 
bute among the destitute settlements. 
MAKING HAY. 
Xotv have the flocks been driven unto the brook, 
And bathed to snowy whiteness ’gainst their will; 
And, bloating oft beneath tho clipping shears, 
Have yielded up the fleece. The moadow fields 
Are waving in the sunshine like a sea— 
A billowy deep whoso flowers are like a foam ; 
And all abroad, behold the busy throng 
Of those who swing the clover, as a path, 
And sharp their blado3 with many a shrill chs-wet. 
The air is full of perfume. Following these; 
With laugh and song, gay youth3, with glittering 
prongs. 
Shake out tho scented masses to the sun. 
Until tho noon beholds the fields half mown, 
And from the hill-side calls the mid-day horn 
Some bands there aro, in harvest plains remote, 
Who hearken not the conch’s call; 
But pass into the oak or pop’ar’3 shade, 
And on tho branch suspend tho glittering scythes 
Which hang vibrating; then tho circle draw— 
The grass alike their table and tlieir seat— 
While well-stored baskets furnish forth the meal. 
Tho spring near by its crystal tribute gives, 
And deals its freshness through the rustic gourd. 
When now tho grass, oft turned beneath the sun. 
Is dry and crisp, and rustles to the tread, 
Thou comes the rako with many a long-drawn swoop, 
Gleaning the shaven weeds, until the plain, 
Rough with the sultry stacks, appears a field 
Thick sot with russet tents. And thus it stands 
Until the wagons, drawn by horse or yoke 
Of easy oxen, with slow swaying gait, 
Their large eyes dreaming o’er the rolling cud. 
Convey the winter store unto tho barn. 
Then what wild laughter fills the heated mow, 
Where boyhood treads tho sweltering waves of hay. 
Climbing tho encroaching billows as they roll, 
Till like a tide it swells along the roof, 
Molesting wasps and swallows !—swells and swells, 
Till the marauding child, with curious eye, 
Thrusts adventurous hand into thc nest— 
Tho highest in the grooved rafters lodged— 
And finds but fragments of the tender she!!, 
Which crumble in his fiDgers, while outside 
The parent bird darts laughing its derision. 
T. Buchana7i Bead’s 11 New Pastoral.’’ 
Number of Seeds in Given Weights.— 
Air. Melvin stated, in a late discussion at an 
English Farmer’s Club, that, after several 
trials, he had fouud that— 
1 lb. of red clover, of good quality, gives per 
acre to each superficial foot.seeds. 
1 ft- yellow clover, (mcdicago lupttKno). .6 “ 
1 tb- white clover. It! “ 
1 lb- ryegrass.5 “ 
But, as a large number of the seeds sown 
do not vegetate, and many of the plants which 
come up die, it is necessary to sow much larger 
quantities than are specified; and Mr. M. 
recommends, for an acre, 8 lbs. red clover, 2 
lbs. white do., 2 lbs. yellow do., with one bu. 
of rye grass, whieh, by his computation, af¬ 
fords 100 seeds rye grass, 50 of red clover, 23 
white, and 12 yellow clover, per superficial 
foot. In this country, a good substitute for 
the rye grass would be the same quantity of 
red top per acre. 
Noe Wheat for Distribution. —At the 
Agricultural Bureau of the Patent Office 
there have been received parcels of the early 
Noe wheat, in beautiful varieties. This fine 
grain was introduced into France by Mr. De 
Noe. It has been adopted and spread exten¬ 
sively through the centre of that country un¬ 
der the name of “ blue wheat,” is hardy, pro¬ 
ductive, and in quality surpasses the well- 
known Saumam wheat, whieh it is fast re¬ 
placing. Preference is also given to it on 
account of its precocity, aud accords better 
with rye. As an early spring wheat reaching 
maturity before the fly or rust can affect its 
progress, it challenges attention especially in 
the middle of the Southern States. No time 
will be lost in transmitting samples of this 
grain to proper bauds in the respective States 
and Territories for experiments and reports. 
Scarcity of IIorses in Europe. —A cor¬ 
respondent of the Spirit of thc Times, writing 
from Paris under date of May 31, remarks on 
the state of the London horse market as fol¬ 
lows : 
Ladies’ saddle-horses are not to be had, 
neither are carriage horses, which will sur¬ 
prise you. In thirteen days’ search I could 
not find a decent pair for sale at any price.— 
If this war lasts another year, the Europeans 
will be importing horses from America ; and 
it would be well worth thc attention of our 
farmers and breeders to raise large horses, six¬ 
teen handers, fit to draw a heavy carriage, or 
carry a heavy man. Good saddle-horses, for 
gentlemen, are still to be found, by paying for 
than ; a first-rate one stands you in $'800. 
Detestable Vandalism. —Wcseeit report¬ 
ed in the Rural New Yorker, that ten fine 
Durham cattle, from the imported stock of 
Col. L. G. Morris, have been stolen, slaughter¬ 
ed, and sold in the New York market.— 
This is an error. The animals stolen were 
grades, belonging to W. H. Morris, a cousin 
of L. G. Morris. The act itself is no less rep¬ 
rehensible, and we hope the miscreants who 
perpetrated it will all be arrested, and put up¬ 
on .s-a/Z-beef rations at Sing Sing to the longest 
limit permitted by law. Farmers and stock 
raisers, however, will be glad to learn, that the 
missing animals are not from Col. Morris’ 
imported herd, so highly prized and so valua¬ 
ble.— American Agricxdturist. 
Nutriment of Onions. — Prof. Johnson 
gives his opinion in favor of onions as a very 
nutritious vegetable, and for laboring men 
with strong digestive powers quite healthy. 
It is not merely as a relish that onions are 
used so largely by many people, but because 
they give strength as w'ell as a satisfaction of 
appetite. Prof. Johnson ranks onions in 
point of nutriment with peas. 
Eggs-traordinary. —The stories, ot big 
eggs, in our cotemporaries, are entirely out¬ 
done by the statement in a foreign journal that 
'• M. St. Hilaire has laid before the Acadenue, 
at Paris, another of the gigantic eggs from 
Madagascar. It is more than 39 inches in 
circumference, and contains about three gal¬ 
lons!” What an omolettc that egg would 
make! 
