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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
got io some crops for tie next year’s proris- is by far better entitled to it, as it produces tie frost leaves the ground, I sow my parsnip ■& nr j tlt |t, tr , t | UtlisrUImm Tun AoBiouirnniL OoLr.won.-The under- 
ions. much more largely than this estimate, unless seed in a bed about thesize for cabbage seed, C^UAUWUWU ^LWhHUtUUL gigned do, in behalf of themselves and of the 
After contracting for my farm as above my observation the past season led me into so that I can obtain plants for setting. As . ..". citizens of Ovid and vicinity resnectf 11 ' 
mentioned, and before returning home, I had error. soon as they are two or three inches high, I N. Y. State Fair.— We understand that T it 8 all persons within the State Interested Tn 
agreed with my brother, who was a regular boat In traveling through several of the counties prepare the ground where I wish them to commendable progress is being made by the the object, to attend a meetino-’iu this town 
builder, to build me a boat, so that I could of Illinois last summer, I was much surprised g r °W- and transplant in drills eighteen inches officers of the State A g. Society and citizens 0 n Wednesdav. the first day of" August next,' 
transport the produce of my farm through the with the quantity of wheat raised—not only apart, and five inches apart in the drills.— of Elmira, in perfecting arrangements for the to hear addresses on the subject of the State 
Oneida Lake, Wood Creek and the Mohawk the number of acres, but more particularly the When properly done, they never wilt, like Annual Fair to be held the first week in Oc- Agricultural Collet and to assist in devising 
River to Albany to market, that being the number of bushels per acre. In some entire cabbage plants, but continue to grow as finely tober. We trust, and confidently anticipate, plans for the promotion of that institution ° 
only water carriage there was at that time,— counties, the average was as high as thirty as if sown in the ordinary way. Full them that the Eimira Exhibition will be the best 1 q u the same day the spacious edifice just 
But on my arrival in the spring, I found my bushels, and in none that I heard from was it up by pressing the thumb and fore-finger to held in the State for many years. At the built by the Trustees of Ovid Academy for 
brother had been disappointed in getting tim- less than twenty; and if we may place any the plant close to the ground and raising it proper time—after the busy season of harvest, the accommodation of female pupils vail be 
ber for the boat, and had not built it, and af- confidence in reports, there will be more wheat gently. Place them carefully in a market and when our readers have leisure to prepare to the ends ol its erection. The 
terwards I found that I was disappointed my- raised there this season than ever before. It basket, make your holes with a small, sharp- for the Jubilee—we shall have more to say on speakers on the occasion will be the 
self in my calculations about having produce is true we hear accounts of some failures West ened stick, press the earth around them again, the subject. Meantime all who desire definite (Jollege and thi^Hon' S i 1 as* AT " 15 u r r o n tr h ^ 
to take to market—for during the first few 0 n account of the ravages of the insect, but so water a little if the weather is dry, and your information should address the Secretary, B. Medina; however, other gentlemen, it °is ex¬ 
years I came nearer starving than I ever did far as 1 have been informed this is confined to work is done,— but not exactly done if you P. Johnson, Albany. pected, will participate in the exercises, 
before in my life, and I have made several nar- other sections—Illinois not being included. neglect to use the hoe when the weeds begin -- Pb c charter of the Agricultural College 
Agricultural Jlmllamr. 
before in my life, and I have made several nar- other sections—Illinois not being included. neglect to use the hoe when the weeds 
row escapes in my younger days, both by sea Now, if what I have written is true, (as I to appear.—W. E, C. 1C., Wilson, N. I 
and land. However, after getting in a situa- think it is,) I have either mistaken your cor- ---- 
tion to raise a surplus, we had a good market respondent’s meaning, or he has made a mis- RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
at Syracuse and elsewhere. take in writing as he has. Which is it ? For - 
Now, after many years residence on my m y own part I cannot see why Illinois may tTHOS . B of our readers wbo can do 80 
--—* - The charter of the Agricultural College 
Ohio State Fair.— Extensive prepara- was secured in the winter of 1852, by the 
tions are being made for this Show, to be held a .? G1 )(-Y chiefly o< the late Hon. John Delafield, 
at Co,limbus, Sept. 18 to 21 . Judging iron, 
the notices which appear in Ohio papers, progress had been made to the effect by the 
great interest is manifested throughout the procurement of some thousands of dollars, 
Now, after many years residence on my my own part I cannot see why Illinois mav ^Those of our readers who can do so, will great interest is manifestal throughout the procurement of some thousands of dollars, 
farm, I find that I am somewhat older in not be counted amonu our best wheat-growing plea ! e give brief and defmite answers to the State, and we presume the forthcoming exhi- when the project was interrupted by Mr. I).’s 
years, and wiser in Agriculture than I was States. The many acres of broad prairie are ^^ 8 |A^ nafter t . P , r<>P T^ ed, . 1 , ° U1 ' USUal . hitmn will excel preceding ones—and that is sudd ^ntlv^hn Triia x Ppa T ... .. 
thirty-eight years ago. After my first experi- easily cultivated, and will produce any crop quire rs, and^t the Tam^rne ilteres^Tthers" T friends oGV8r have consented to its removal to this town 
ence in country life, I abandoned the idea of many times in succession without any appa- hut in such instances as the following we me- do an ^ thin £ b Y haries, aud are noted for su- whenever the sum of $40,000 required by 
building castles in the air, but have built rent diminution of the fertility of the soil. — f er publishing the queries in order°to elicit U enorit . y m sucb adairs - By the way, a beau- their by-laws shall have been secured to put 
them on terra firma. And now I am quite All these combined will, I think, before many definite information from those best qualified 5^ li ; ho f ra P hic representation of the Fair jt on j“ ®^™ n g Jasis. This site is central, 
_ i i_• i i , /-*. . ... 1 1 OnnnHc Xta hoe naan nnWiolin/l fnr* o oatmt OcaUtllUI £U1U DC&ltilV-OTlft m thp hriQT it. iq 
seventy-four years. a. e. 
Cicero, N. Y., July, 1855. 
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
Farmers, look to your weights and meas¬ 
ures. Examine your scales, and if you dis- 
Darien, N. Y., June, 1855. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
CISTERN BUILDING. 
The Daisy. —Not long since 1 noticed in Secretary of the State Board. 
your excellent paper an article relative to -—-►—->-«»-— 
the extermination of the yellow daisy, which N. J. State Society. —Thel 
I consider well worth the attention of farm- ndtdee °f the New Jersey Stab 
■ Committee. 
- - ^ nm, 1 uimn, udivic ueumw) miormauon irom tnose Dest quaiHied, n , r , , P hesmtifnl UoqHUtt „„„ *i V . ...' 
comfortably situated, without having been years, place that State in the foremost rank iu by observation and experience, to respond.] Ac, has been publmhed-for acopy b «“ lathat the State affort and^he 
confined to my house with sickness a day for wheat-growing. F . c. m „ - of which we are indebted to Dr. Sprague, JS,™ 1 '* 
seventy-four years. a. a. i isos. Tm , Daya -Kot "»S 1 «*«d h Secretary of the State Board. QnZgZ e“™ Rtions Tie %£% 
Cicero,N.Y., July, 1855. —• 1 ' '' *■ - ^ om excel, ent paper an article relative to T ^ ~ the undert-aking, and hope that many of our 
WUTrUTQ '"ayd CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. tbe extermination of the yellow daisy, which .Q • d • State Society.—T ne Executive Com- fellow-citizens throughout the State will give 
it mumo ADD AlLAolIiho, - I consider well worth the attention of farm- mi ttee of the New Jersey State Agricultural it aid by their presence on the day above sug- 
■n. 7 , , . , CISTERN building. era and others who happen to be troubled with Society, met iu Trenton on Thursday week.— gested a nd by other means which they may 
. 1^. the first place strike a circle about 7 ft. it-one of the seven plagues of-good hay.- The Hen. Wm. F. Robeson oftevidere, « it —rito^-O^ July 9,1855. 
cover any variation from the true standard m diameter ’ and excavate to the depth of I have noticed in a number of cases that mead- U a f ren county, was chosen President of the Halsey Sandford, J Committee. 
have them repaired and sealed the first oppor- fr0m 6 to 10 lucbes ’ leaving the surface level, 0W9 which were so situated as to remain wet a Society. I he Committee awarded the prizes -—--- 
tunitv The consenupnopt; A l ° then within this strike another circle some g° od share of the summer, were rendered al- to the owners of the mowing machines, re- . Cheese-Making—A few months ago I vis- 
unnlpnoant nr o ay may proi e 51 ^ or g ia diameter, and excavate to the most worthless by the yellow daisy, while cently exhibited near Newark as follows :— Led a lady friend in the country; her table was 
bead. Though you may hive f"*" ***’**"'"* '»» «««' « ««^ j , .° r fT f *7 TOre P remium ’ a 9ilver *»««. t0 S ’ H ’ ««>• ownU^kfng. ' 1 «“ed. UapTicS fevoe 
them, they should be correct. You are con- ^ somewliat less tbau the to P ’ makin §' the tireI - y f [ ee from !t Tnis fact 0 ll ff ht to arouse ^ a reaper and mower ; second premium, a that she would communicate to me her peculi- 
stantly buying selling lending and b • s ^ des as sm °oth as possible to receive the lis to the subject of underdraining. The yel- silver cup, to Allen’s improved reaper and ar method of making it, aud wherein she dif- 
of vour npiVlihorR in cn 11 ° ,.^. U0W1Dg cement. lore daisy is not as troublesome iu our imme- mower; third premium, a diploma, to Deitz fers from others. She replied that she follow- 
pHW mpp+ino- w’ii f c l uan 1 ies > an Now with 300 or 400 of what is termed diate vicinity as the white. Will you or some & Dunnam’s reaper and mower. ed the method she had been taught generally, 
^ •“ Se9b / SUC T e f ^ bricka, form an arch or dome over the of your numerous correspondent^ inform - ' --- the »*■“ »«* 
lect or taking more than is your due, and the • io • ^ j f . , ,, , ,, f r , ., T} _ r _ __ sure tnat she had discovered the reason why 
fact that you are ignorant may not be dulv T”' ! T TT® a he . old ,™y « though the Rubal, how we may get rtd of Boston VaTaamaav Iasr.Tura.-We are cheeses were strong, both to the taste aaS 
ronridPT-ptl TUp off'eir +rvri f " with timber ; this can be done by laying down the latter, if the thing is possible ? — J. T. B., in receipt of a pamphlet embracing “Pros- smell, which consists in the single circum- 
fnr nr mpnfp if i i, , 1 t0 Caie tbe first course of bricks, end to end on a lay- Birdsall, N. Y. pectus and Regulations of the Boston Yeter- stance of putting the curd to press warm.— 
them, they should be correct. You are con¬ 
stantly buying, selling, lending and borrowing 
of your neighbors in small quantities, and 
Dunnam’s reaper and mower. ’ ed the I ? et 1 hod she bad been taught generally, 
___ prepared the rennet in the same way, but felt 
X) _ r gure s jj e jj a( j (Jigeovered the reason why 
Boston Veterinary Institute.—YY e are cheeses were strong, both to the taste and 
for or mention at first, but after a few such 
. , ’ . a sucn er of mortar that is somewhat thicker at the 
„aS e co ence previously reposed ou t er than the inner edge, so as to elevate the 
- inary Institute, incorporated by the L°gisla- ^ be d ^ d ncd use au Y ar tificial means to cool 
Questions about the West.— Will you or ture of Massachusetts, May 2. 1855.” Such thc ™ rd ’ but a / tc / i lt had . been chopped and 
TXT_a_ __ 1 _Ml . 7 J SPftldm. ft OWAn if in romom onroorl nrmn 4lirh 
• -I , 1 . 1. . . , V/M.UVA KAIU.1A tugc, OU ae W CIC VULC LUC J -iu.tt300.uuua CLW5, HA a V iOdd. OUVJli „ j • j • . , x A _ 
_*11. nil i VUfcV1 w TT xuy im/ OtWUU VdUiOC ’ X o AJCAO AWIli; UCYU cl UY31UCI UtUUl ill f* IH T h until if 1X700 no 4lw 
wav^ r lnderere C TrS S i«Z < S™“„‘‘, e w f ,h ™ry Uttte moftar berween the iuuer “IT! ‘his ooautry, and we trust the preseat effort mosphere, aad thus put it to 
ag- .. . I -—CD —' — — — - * -—w^j*v*v* evv. o ,i cA-ii i - —-i - ■ — p- - —. vuuuuuvtj ouutucoiui. xac luoubu -1 I here is a great deal of probability in the 
ir. H. is a very good t h e ou ( er edges so that the latter course shall are reuted on pbares . the owners furnishing tion opens on the first Monday of November above statement, for I have frequently noticed 
ifjnw and i.—x i xl-’ 1 that some cheeses from the dairy, would be 
wav of slandprprc anti ttUp ™ i - J u CI A „ P - ^ ouu tve uust tuc cuuu muspjuere, anu IUU3 put It to press. 
^ ? o ’ (l M 3 . 66 rom cat- edges of the bricks, and considerable between Aie t ^ 101 ' 6 many farms in Illinois or Iowa that will prove eminently successful. The Institu- There is a great deal of probability in the 
mnjL bays one,— Mr H. is a very good the outer e d ges so that the latter course shall are reuted on shares ’ the 0WD€rs furnishing tion opens on the first Monday of November above statement, for I have frequently noticed 
neighbor, many ways kind and obliging; but have a greater inclination than the former by the uecessai 7 farming implements, horses, cate next,—when courses of lectures (during a tbat some cheeses_ from the dairy, would be 
it may be well to examine the weight and ab out half an inch; continue on in this way tle ’ &c * ? 0u wbat ^nns are they generally session of four months,) will be delivered by Sble' wh^Iv • 
he^^escape 8 notice tfTt* until tbe bricks have stained an inclination &t wbat ***** of ^ year? And Dr. G. H. Dadd, on the Anatomy and Physi- stance of the dairy-woman getting her cheesS 
■ p x , " . f ot to of about 45 degrees ; now reverse the order of wbat i mtlac ements are there for a young man ology of the Horse ; by C. M. Wood, ou the to press early some days, and being hindered 
?_ 7 ,__ , S |, L Cas ?„. e lS P 111 ’ 0 ! 185 * laying them, putting* very little mortar be- capital to go "West and com- Theory and Practice of Veterinary Surgery : °^ ers > the curd had time to cool. It 
frlxra inn , xivty icycidc LUC U1UCI UI ... °-> vj kj. xtjl. UUU, UU LUC way a, UUU UC1UH UlUUCrCU 
fno-” sorso 1 X ] 1 CaSe 1r 6 ‘ S P urcbas ‘ laying them, putting very little mortar be- M Lh hut little capital to go Vest and com- Theory and Practice of Veterinary Surgery ; others, until the curd had time to cool. It 
^ “ dor * tween the outer, and considerable between the m ®ce business on the above plan, and in and bydtoBERT Wood, on Cattle Pathology, ^laj tai well for dairy women to try the ex- 
comnlaints before ” q«vq ear 8ucb inner edges, until they come to lie level; the wbicb ^c-^on °f the year is a person least like- Lectures will also be given by Professors A ’ ^E^Farmen 0 ascer ln e ac ’ 01 ‘ 
. /p , ’ , ano er ‘ ’ 00n bis thing must be so managed as to leave an ^ g ' e ^ ^ be ^ ever and a ° ue ’ Also is there J ackson and Cook, on Pathological AnatQ- _ m ,, ,, , _ 
through envy or otherwi^trv to aperture at the top sufficiently large to admit a lme of stea “ boats Tunning from Buffalo or my and Chemistry. Tickets to full course, $75. Rules for Butter Making.— The Massa- 
hpiir nrifl nirpnlo+P on/l Up ,< ^l- J e bl ™’) a man to clean the cistern, (about 16 to 20 * unkirk f° Chicago, and what is the fare ?— -—x—-- chusetts Committee on Dairies says :—“Your 
c ’ uu ae 1S sub J ect ed to criti- inches.) The mouth should be somewhat ele- some one wdI £ ive me some inPorm ation The Horticulturist.—T his valuable aud Committee, having had much experience iu 
cism if no worse. vated so as to bank up sufficiently to place tbrou g b tb e Rural on these points 1 will be popular journal has changed hands and loea- butter making, offer the following rules as 
I remember a circumstance of tills kind- lhe dome below the action of frost, the dome rau<:h “Wiged-E. C„ Raritan, N. J. tion _ Mr. Vick, of this city, having dis- Iwjfff thl cl-^m TheTwreter lad 
A young rarmer sold a small dairy ° f bl , t ter mu st be covered with cement both inside and r „ treI>BItIB posed of the work to Bob.bt P. Smith, of vS rt teStaSfeta 
to a dealer residing m the same town. They out side G Dm “' ^ ’’ 6 of the numer - Philmlelphio, by whom it is to be published fresh aud nure in tte room or Star where the 
had known each other for years. I am well M clston was plastered on tle b k °» s correspondents o[ the Ror.u. please pve hereafter. Mr. Bxaav is succeeded by J. Jay milk is set The cream should not remain on 
acquainted With both, and know the farmer to ,*• ? T f ,. . .. . ’ m f° ! niaticn concei lung a grain drill with an Smith as editor. The magazine had justly t be milk over thirty-six hours. Keep the 
be strictly honest, upright, and very exact in W “ * P f e Gra 6 W / ere lhe eartb 19 extra box attached, and so constructed as to acquired high rank under the management of cream in tiu P ails or stone j ars - iat o which 
all his dealings, priding his word the same as t "™ ’'' tenac ‘ 0,ls; ; n,e barre ' of <*™“» sow plaster, ashes, Sc., independent of the Messrs. Bxaav and Vick, and we sincerely » s l >00,ir,,) ». f “f‘ at «« beginning then 
his note for any competent amount. He »““**»’ Proportions for firstcoat-2 grain? Also the principle by which it is regret the change announce,!. We have not Sag' thS^Hl tJ&Tk 
weighed the firkins in the customary manner, sa “ d ' 1 » f i ^ regulated, what it is capable of performing, reccived the Ju f y No „ issucd by thc Mw b . “?hg OhSUn P ^ion” a w«k 8 and 
marking the weight of each on the head there- second coat ; equal ^ ands f nd wbe f < : ifc is manufactured, and its price. This Usher, but trust the work will be well sus -1 as much oftener as circumstances will permit, 
of. When the butter was delivered it was ta- . y cistr 
of. When the butter was delivered it was ta- My cisterU baS been + budt 6 + l™ 9 ’ and tbere macbine was exbibited at tbe Stat e Fair, last teined and its usefu i ness in uo wise diminished. 
ken out of the tubs and re-packed in smaller 1S 110 reason apparent v,hy it should not endure fall.—A Subscriber, Barrington, Yates Co. -—x-«—- 
ones for a particular market,—a thing, by the ^ or a ^ es ' ^ was ^ e I dpe should be inserted Seymour's Drill has an extra apparatus for The Y\ ool Grower and Stock Register 
way, understood by both parties at the time near ^ be *°P’ d ^ scbar ° e su rplus water.— sowing fertilizers, &c. For description, price, for July,—the first issue of the Eighth Y o). 
sale. The firkins being emptied of their con¬ 
tents were placed upon the scales and found to 
weigh, upon an average, two or three pounds 
too much. The purchaser communicated this 
fact to the farmer, and desired an explanation. 
The latter replied that he could not account 
for the discrepancy, but said there must be 
a mistake somewhere, and refunded the 
lime was used. Proportions for first coat—2 grain’ Ateo the nrinciole bv which it te _ x ii 1 ' ’ 1tr , * stir the cream lightly each morning and eve- 
17 1 , „ .. , puuLipic uy wmen n is regret the change announced. We have not n ; n(y t Ute will it fmm ^ 
parts rather coarse sand, and 1 of lime; for regulated, what it is capable of performing, received the July No ivmeA bv the newonh SEri oh P f t 1 f m0uld ng 
second colt emial narts of lime and /iw M a,i „ -x • e „x i , .. . recened duly JNo., issued the newpub- sourmg. Churu as often as once a week, and 
>1 P fi where it is manufactured, and its price. Ihis fisher, but trust the work will be well sus- as much oftener as circumstances will permit. 
My cistern has been built 6 years, and there machine was exhibited at the State Fair, last tained and its usefulness in no wise diminished. Upon churning add the cream upon all the 
is no reason apparent why it should not endure fall.—A Subscriber, Barrington, Yates Co. -_ milk in the dairy. Use nearly an ounce of 
for ages. A waste pipe should be inserted Seymour’s Drill has an extra apparatus for The Wool Grower and Stock Register salt to a l l0imd of butter. Work the butter 
near the top, to discharge surplus water.— sowing fertilizers, &c. For description, price, for July,—the first issue of the Eighth Vo). { ° ^ tbe batter ' mdk 111111 
Wm. Clapp, Hanover, Jackson Co., Mich. &c., see advertisement in this paper. ume—is one of the best numbers of that work tliat it is e^tirely^ree frorn^ everTparticl^of 
n pnm . „ d ~ W ;n anma xvf ever P ublisbed - 11 contains an unusual varie- butter -milk* aud it will keep as long a 3 desir- 
io destroy Canada thistles. ‘ ' . ty of valuable articles ou subjects appropriate ed. Iu Scotland a syphon is sometimes used 
Eds. Rural :—It is known to many farm- tbe numerous contributors to the Rural in- for a gtock j ourna i } and seV eral fine illustra- to separate the milk from the cream, instead 
ers that plowing will destroy Canada thistles, form me something of the mode of making tiong Tke new v0 ] umei we p a ve the best of skim ming the pans.” 
though there is some difference in the mode of brooms, and give some description of the ma- authority for ad(Iiug> commences under very - - J - 
operation. Most generally the ground is chmery employed ? Y\ hat is the first thing favorab i e auspices-while its conductors are Th^Smithpkld Cattle Market, London, 
fun. xl tn be done after Htrinnino- fhe enrn lm® tn lavoxauic auspices, wuue its conauciors are which has been located for more than six hun- 
plowed four or five times during the summer, „ ™ ® ’. , . determined to render the work indispensable dred years, during a large portion of which 
Wm. Clapp, Hanover, Jackson Co., Mich. 
TO DESTROY CANADA THISTLES. 
The Smithfield Cattle Market, London, 
LrTkl S ”tte^“f 2 WMOhwi " near,y0r fiatermioate them, strip the core 4 c? Fleaee give the tetd e- 
dealer. tot m, treatment of these customers I think ^ « important subjocts disced fn'its pages- the lately'^oremov^, ami tb 
na , res _ the world, has lately been removed, and the 
^ VATAnl 1 \lorlrnf 
S. L. F., Starkey, N. Y. 
and was noised about, as might be expected, farm Qn w bieh were a number of patches of Republic, N. J. ---Fields established in its stead. The opening 
y e copor euis o eyi gossip, attended (: aDa i] a thistles. On one field of six acres , r . o, T The American Farmer commences a new a t io now nmt et was made by irinceAL- 
with many acrimoaious hints upon th evonna .a e . . . , , iicks on Sheep.—Irrigation.— wlli some , ... ,, T , , , bert, and there were in attendance many of 
man's integrity. But the reason soon cam! S fr0 ”, tw0 t0 fo " r feet a " d 90 of your correspondents who have experience ™ lum ‘’ ,' ,,tL fte ' Iul J number ' "“ der ver ? the nobility and various distinguished persons. 
to light. The firkins were weighed with an ““S ‘ hat “‘Sf'.f*" ^ f ' 99 in the matter, inform us the best way to erad- favorable auspices, and m new and becoming----- 
.. „ . , . „ 6 , could grow with them. About the first of • .■ o 9 tf l x- e attire. It is, we believe, the oldest of the Blanketing Cows. _A correspondent of 
0l pair °. S ^ y&r a re 1C 0 a lo rmer gen- j une j harrowed down the thistles and plowed ' , V , -.J, & ^ oc 1011 0 agricultural journals published in this coun- the Rural Intelligencer, who has been travel- 
erateon being once the standard and ordinance them under , and the first week in July plowed tobacco how strong &c.? Who will be good instoad 0 f becoming old-fogyish, it fog through Holland, says that “ great care is 
of the whole neighborhood but now so old and the field ain and gowe d to buckwheat- ! ollTL? ^ is nearly or quite as progressive and enthusi- ^ bere taken of their cows both in winter and 
worn as to fall three pounds in twenty below o- x t n • xi & ate meadlJW land > or old pastures, where J 1 ., 6 . ,, r . . in summer, ln a lowery, wet day you will see 
the true weight. The farmer, seeing how of- i h™! P „„ IT,! b j tbcre is a sn l>P d y '' ate . but rather cold ?_ f c “ ° * c0 “ tffl ”?° r ” eS ’ We , W,sh the cows iu the field cohered whh blankets ; 
1 11 1 . a . 1 i ,t . ° . thrashed the buckwheat on the lot, and burnt o t -p o. j \r y it eminent and long-continued prosperity.— av, even more commonly than a horse is 
ten he had been deceived by their use m small the gtraw and chaff . I treated this field in b ' J ’ *' Published monthly by S. Sands, Baltimore, blanketed here in the winter. This care is well 
ma rs 0 ea , now oaug t em in a rage, jjj. g manner f or three years in succession, seed- Land in Missouri.—W ill you, or some one Md., at $1 per annum. repaid by a greater How of milk aud a less 
and bent the yard double. a. ing down with clover and timothy the last of your subscribers, please give me some in- -—- consum ption of fora ge.” _ 
n0Ug1 -- :' —-- year, and have completely eradicated the this- formation, through the pages of the Rural, . 1 !owa Farmer— an excellent monthly Turkeys and Grasshoppers. _It is stated 
IS ILLINOIS A WHEAT-GROWING STATE? ties. By sowing the buckwheat, the farmer about the north-eastern portion of Missouri, journal, published at Burlington—-has passed b y farmers who have tried it, tliat there is uo 
- will not only be remunerated for his labor,but and in which counties Government land can inl ° l ie bands 01 ” - M - 1 cane Wilson, who way ge ^ r j d 0 f grasshoppers more effectual- 
Eds. Rural :—In your paper of June 2d, there is no kind of crop so good as this to be obtained ?—R. II., Webster, N. Y. promises to devote to the work his whole en- kqthau by keeping a flock of turkeys. Farms 
I notice an article from the pen of A. E. IIar- f ree land from daisies, thistles, and other nox- --— --ergy, and the experience in editing and pub- that have been perfectly overrun with grass- 
mon, in which he states that Illinois cannot be j ous weeds. To subdue patches growing in How Mucn Lime do Soils Need.—P rof, lishing which a period of twenty-five years hoppers, have by this means been thor- 
counted among the wheat-growiDg States.— corners offences and along highways, mow Emmons, in his Report on the Geological sur- has afforded. The Farmer has already done bem^buTfo/vears! 6111 ’ U ° ° D 7 ° r ° imG 
Allow me to say I think it an error that a them off in the old of the moon (Dutch rule) vey of North Carolina, says :—“ If we may good service, and we trust it will not only ’ ---_ 
little personal observation would correct. He 7!1 July and August.' I have tried this rule appeal to observation and experiment, it is increase in usefulness to community, but be- Reclaiming Marshes.—I t is said that a 
considers New York a wheat-growing State, and fi a y e exterminated many patches in this established that a small per centage of lime come profitable to its conductor. jpurty ^of Hollanders, who bring with them 
(or at least some portion of it,) and estimates way.—J. L. McD., Chemung, N. Y. only is necessary to the highest degree of fer- ~ ‘~~™' T . trom their “ fatherland ” great experience 1 in 
a, l C l L 1 x x - 1 u. Hiw., Vix^,, injL . omo ii Galls on Horses.—A strong solution of dyeking and draining, have set about reclaim- 
the a\crage number of bushels at twenty per 1 J 1 h 8 ’ alum with some whiskey mixed in it, is said ing the body of salt marsh, lying between 
acre. Now, I contend that if any portion of raising parsnips. sary. If there is present, one half of one per be a most excellent remedy for the galled Newark aud Jersey City, New Jersey, and 
New York is entitled to the cognomen of Let me give you my method of raising cent, it seems to be sufficient; for it is rare to shoulders of horses. Apply it three times a devoting its thousands of acres to the cultiva- 
“ wheat-growing,” a great portion of Illinois parsnips. As soon as the spring opens and find a large quantity in productive soil.” day until the wound is healed. tion of vege tables an d fruits. _ 
is nearly or quite as progressive and enthusi- ^ ere * a en °[ lbe ! r C0W8 bolb 1U wkiteraud 
.. J c .. . . ,, r in summer, ln a lowery, wet day you will see 
astic as any of its contemporaries. We wish tlie cows iu the field c0 ' vered ^ blankets ; 
it eminent aud long-continued prosperity.— a y, even more commonly than a horse is 
Published monthly by S. Sands, Baltimore, blanketed here iu the winter. This care is well 
Md., at $1 per annum. re P aid b Y a greater flow of milk aud a less 
-_ consumption of forage.” 
The Iowa Farmer —an excellent monthly -*' 1 ’ 11 * 
ni ,.iiLon Tuekeys and Grasshoppers. —It is stated 
has afforded. The Farmer has already done ^uglily freed from them, not only for the time 
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