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ROCHESTER, N. Y.-SATURMY, SEPTEMBER 1 1855, 
Swamps and low grounds may now be ditch¬ 
ed, and the grubs and stumps “extracted,” 
to advantage. “ Make ditches wide, with 
sloping banks, and study the philosophy of 
the sources of the water—whether from the 
draining of uplands, slopts, or streams coming 
beyond your boundaries, or from streams and 
dripping strata on their borders, in which 
latter case cut them off and direct to a gene¬ 
ral central outlet.” Undeidraining is also in 
order in many localities, and will receive at¬ 
tention from progressive farmers. 
The Indian Corn crop is coming on apace.— 
It will be large in the West and South-West, 
and may yet prove good in localities where 
the weather was unfavorable in the early part 
of the season. The process of harvesting 
should depend upon circumstances—cutting 
up at the roots being pi eferable, unless it is so 
late that there is no reasonable prospect of its 
ripening before frost. If late anti subject to 
injury from frost, topping would save the 
fodder and expedite ripening—though there 
would he a depreciation of at least ten percent, 
in weight and bulk of grain. 
Swine intended for fattening should be fed 
more liberally. One month’s feeding now is 
worth more than two late in the fall or win¬ 
ter, as all animals take on fat much faster in 
mild weather than in cold. Give them early 
pumpkins, the refuse apples, small potatoes, 
&c., and if cooked and mixed with meal, so 
much the better. At the present and prospec¬ 
tive price of pork, it will pay to give swine 
extra feed and attention. 
Idle Orchard and Garden require more or 
less attention about these dajs. All fallen 
fruit should be gathered up and fed to swine 
—thereby aiding the porkers and destroying 
the larva of bests of insects. If not already 
done, summer pruning and budding may be 
performed the fore part of this month. If 
neglected last month, you can y< t attend to 
strawberry beds—cleaning out old ones and 
making new plantations. 
Now is the time to destroy bushes, if not 
already eradicated frcin your premises, and 
the contiguous roadsides. Weeds, thistles, 
&c., should also he exterminated, root and 
brarcb, wherever found. Attention to these 
matters would enhance the profit, and greatly 
improve the appearance, of many homesteads. 
It is good economy ‘to save your own garden 
and field seeds, if convenient,—thus securing 
genuine “sorts,” and avoiding the necessity 
of gnimbling at seedmen for selling poor or 
worthless articles. Seedmen, however, are 
sometimes blamed when the fault is in the 
cultivator,' or attributable to unfavorable 
weather for germination. 
— There are other seasonable matters of 
more or less importance, but further remind¬ 
ers would peihaps be superfluous. We pre¬ 
sume our readers are fully “up to time” iu 
their farm operations, and trust all will reap 
abundant and profitable harvests'. 
Utorn’s fumd fhfo-fjorlicr. 
A QUAKTO WEEKLY 
AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY, A FAMILY JOURNAL, 
again and again. Indeed, you will get angry 
to have any body try to keep it away-. 
John — It’s all very well for you to call any¬ 
thing you don’t happen to comprehend a hum¬ 
bug. But, after all, other folks may know 
some things as well as you. 
Editor — Granted, good John. But what 
have you to say about this man. It seems he 
puts every body who goes in, through a course 
of sprouts—swearing to secresy, after getting 
his two dollars. 
John— Well, to begin with, here’s the Screw- 
ton n News and Weekly Gas Blower, and you will 
of course admit that editoi ials are always to be 
received as law and gospel. 
Editor — Humph ! But go on ; let us hear the 
Editor of the Gas Blower. By the way, where 
is Screwtown ? 
John— Oh, out West some where. It says: 
“ We have rarely listened to a richer treat 
than the very able and admirable lecture de¬ 
livered last evening by Prof. Pumpstock to a 
very large audience, composed mostly of the 
sturdy and intelligent farmers in and about 
our town. The subject was Terra-Culture, and 
as some of our readers may not he well posted 
in German, we wou'd just premise that Terra 
means earth, so that the subject was earth cul¬ 
ture.” 
Editor — Terra is German, is it ? 
John— Why, yes, don’t the editor say so, and 
he ought to know. 
Editor —Well wisdom is a great institution. 
But is that all ? 
John— Ob no; he isnotquite out yet. Reads: 
“ It will be seen by an advertisement in our 
columns, that the Professor proposes to lecture 
next Wednesday, at Boggy Hollow, if a class 
can he secured. From our limited knowledge 
of such subjects we may no' be/a safe judge, 
but it dees seem to us that every farmer will 
miss it who does not patronize the Professor.” 
W hat do you say to that ? 
Editor — Simply that the fellow who wrote 
that article is a trump—and that the adver- 
liscment accounts for the milk in the cocoa. 
John —Well, as you arc in the business you 
ought to know. 
Editor — Your stick’s getting sharp, John.— 
But is that all ? 
John — By no means, for here’s his advertise¬ 
ment, and more than a cart-load of puds in his 
favor. 
Editor— Gas, you mean. Let us hear some 
of it. 
John reads : —“ Prof. Pumpstock, II. M. B. G., 
A. S. S., &c., &c., presents his compliments to 
the inhabitants of Boggy Hollow, and its vi¬ 
cinity, and begs to inform them that if a suffi¬ 
cient class is formed by Wednesday next, he 
will deliver a lecture upon his wonderful dis¬ 
coveries in Agriculture at the basement of the 
Brick Church. As Prof. P. gets no other com¬ 
pensation for his great discovery than what is 
paid by his hearers, and as he does not yet pro¬ 
pose to make it public, he charges each per¬ 
son $2, and requires them to pledge their hon¬ 
or not to make any divulgence of the lecture. 
No women or children admitted. Prof. P. 
begs leave to further state that his lectures are 
always attended by the most respectable and 
intelligent people in the vicinity. See testi¬ 
monials below.” 
Editor — Put your finger down there, John.— 
His handbill here is substantially like the one 
read. 
John — Yes, except place and date. 
Eliior — Well, the most intelligent and the 
most respectable people attend, don’t they, 
John ? Perhaps that has nothing to do with 
your going ; perhaps you do uot want to he 
considered in that category. 
John — Suppose I do or don’t, what’s that to 
do with the lecture? Why don’t you let me 
go on with his recommendations. Perhaps 
when you have heard them you will go. 
Editor — Go on, by all means. 
John reads :—‘ * Opinions of the Press. From 
the AT. Y. Scribune.” ‘Prof. Pumpstock’s won¬ 
derful discovery entitles him to the everlasting 
gratitude of the world. If the farmers were 
not so stupid they would avail themselves of it 
at once, and put an end to those high prices 
and dull times.’ 
“ From the Western Locomotive and Daily 
Cow Smasher. ” ‘Is there no way to compensate 
Prof. Pumpstock, so that his truly wonderful 
discovery may yet bo made available to the 
whole country ? If he should die now, the 
loss would be irreparable. We shudder when 
we think of the possible consequences.’ 
“ From the American Flag and Weekly Eagle.” 
Editor — Look out now. 
John reads. — “We should not blame Frof. 
Pumpstock if he left his ungrateful country 
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MOUNT FORDHAM. 
of a free adaptation of the Tuscan or Italian 
style to this country. As compared with 
many of the residences of gentlemen farmers, 
it struck us as being spacious, genuine in 
character, and agreeable in arras gement, the 
details bold and appropriate, without any of 
the frippery ornaments which disfigure many 
otherwise acceptable. modern houses. 
Around the house at Mount Fordham, ex¬ 
tends on all sides a kind of meadow-lawn, en¬ 
closed and divided by pretty wire fences of 
various patterns. This lawn is kept short by 
the grazing of improved dairy stock, and we 
were glad to see successfully practiced what 
we have been commending so strongly of late 
to our readers, as the most available point of 
English country places that we saw on the 
other side of the Atlantic—that is the main¬ 
tenance of a neat and handsome lawn about 
a country house, not only without the ex¬ 
pense of mowing, but with united profit and 
beauty—the profit of grazing the grass, and 
the beauty—the real pastoral beauty—of fine 
cattle, soft turf, and pleasant groups of trees, 
as the home landscape of our country places 
generally. By adopting this course, the hay- 
SEPTEMBER— THE FALL CAMPAIGN. 
Summer has depaited, and its scorching suns, 
sultry air, and gorgeous livery, are succeeded 
by the genial rays and balmy atmosphere of 
golden-tinted Autumn. The year is waning ; 
the period of its prime and vigor has passed, 
and that of the “sere and yellow leaf” is 
rapidly approaching. The season changes, 
yet the works of Nature are always beautiful, 
—and, though the golden grain and fragrant 
grass have been harvested, the eye beholds 
other products equally or more gratifying.— 
The luxuriant fields of maize, and heavily 
laden fruit trees, are pleasant to the sight and 
give promise of abundance. The field, the 
garden and the orchard exhibit a beauty and 
profusion which’sfcould call forth admiration 
and thankfulness. And, though many of the 
Summer birds and flowers have gone, music 
and bright hues yet abound. Many songsters 
yet’remairi, while the flower garden, though 
changed, is ttill beautiful and attractive. 
But September is not wholly poetical in the 
estimation of Ituialistg, who have various in¬ 
dispensable duties and labors to perform, and 
are consequently prosaically and practically 
inclined. To all such, however, the Almanac 
a*’ y which saith 
“September blow soft 
Till the fruit’s in the loft,” 
sounds sensible and practical, as well as sea¬ 
sonable, and hence the rhyme is allowable.— 
The couplet is suggestive of seme of the more 
important labors cf the Fall Campaign. An 
all lit i .) to the most immediate of these— 
n :>e of the various farm operations for this 
Tao'iih may prove serviceable in reminding 
our readers, in season, of matters requiring 
more or less attention*; and even if we repeat 
the substance of sundry hints aforetime utter¬ 
ed in the Rural, no bairn will be done. 
The most important labor of many of our 
readers is that of preparing the ground for 
* and' sowing winter wheat. In all sections 
where the Wheat Midge (weevil) prevails, the 
crop should be got in at the earliest practica¬ 
ble moment. Better he a week too soon, if 
that were possible, than a day too late, espe¬ 
cially if you would escape the ravages of the 
midge—as early sowing of early varieties is 
the only known security. On the contrary, 
where the Hessian Fly prevails to any consid¬ 
erable extent, and there is no fear of the 
Midge, late sowing is advisable. But in lo¬ 
calities where both these enemies abound, it 
is difficult to determine what course to pursue 
—for the farmer is in the position of the mar¬ 
iner who is obliged to steer between Scylla 
and ChorybdisT But whenever you sow, let 
the'ground he prepared in the best manner, 
—and spare no pains to procure clean seed, 
even if you believe wheat will turn to chess. 
If you fear smut, lime and brine thoroughly. 
Attend to the surface draining of your wheat 
fields. A day or two spent with the round- 
pointed shovel in cleaning out dead furrows, 
&c., may save a hundred bushels of grain on 
many a farm. 
Those who want good Timothy meadow's 
should remember that the present is the best 
season for seeding. There is no certainty of 
success when sewn in the spring, especially if 
early or long drouths follow. If an entire 
Timothy meadow is desired after the wheat 
crop, the safest course is to sow it therewith. 
forever. If such a discovery had been made 
iu any government in Europe, the King would 
have raised him to the highest honors. It 
speaks well for the Frof., that his patriotism 
keeps him among us. After all, where on this 
globe, is there such a country as ours ?’ ’ 
Editor —Pretty good. But, John, you have 
piled on a plenty of newspaper agony. Any 
thing else ? 
John —Why, bless your shingle, here is half 
a column more. Ah! here’s something that 
comes to the point at once. Reads : “ We, the 
undersigned, do hereby certify that we attend¬ 
ed Prof. Pumpstook’s lecture on the great dis¬ 
covery he has made, and are entirely satisfied, 
and have no doubt every person attending will 
be as well satisfied as we were.” 
Editor —Is that signed by any body ? 
John reads : “ Peter Simple, John Smith, 
Samuel Sled, Ichabod Cartwheels.” 
Editor —That will do. I am entirely satisfied. 
But do you really mean to go ? 
John —Of course I do, though I must say this 
secresy business does not exactly suit me, for I 
got caught once beautifully,—you would say 
humbugged. 
Editor — How was it ? 
John —Won’t you let it out if I tell you ? 
Editor —Tight as a drum, good John. I 
wont say a word about you, any more than I 
would about myself. 
John —Well, a few years ago I had a large 
number of hogs, and they were the most un¬ 
mitigated rooters I ever saw. I put rings into 
their snouts, hut it was no go, or rather no 
to stop them. “ Wall,” said a fellow so close 
to me that I fairly jumped one side. “ I sort 
o’calkilate, cap’n, I’ve got the very thing'you 
want. But it’s a patent secret.” “ I will do 
as I said,” said I, “I will give a dollar to know 
how to keep my hogs from rooting, and have 
them run in the field.” “ Will you throw in 
the dinner,” said he. “ Yes,” said I, “ if it’s 
really a good thing I won’t mind that.”— 
“ Wall,” said ho, “ my patent anti-hog-rooter 
is one of the things, and no mistake. But you 
must pledge your sacred word and honor never 
to toll any body.” “Yes,” I told him, and 
so the promise was made in all solemnity.— 
The fellow pulled out a stout string from his 
pocket, tied a slip-noose at one end anil a piece 
of rubber in the middle. “ Now,” said he, 
this is the real anti-hog-rooter ; you see it’s as 
simple as an old shoe, only more so, and every 
body likes it that uses it.” 
Editor —Nothing remarkable in that, I’m 
sure. 
John —Hold on a bit. I called up the hogs 
for him to put it on one. “Oh, no occasion 
for that,” said he ; “I give you this for a pat¬ 
tern, and you can make up a lot by it.”— 
“ But,” said I, “ how is it to be applied ?” 
" Wall,” said be, “just catch your hog, and 
put this sliper-noose round his tail, close up, 
and tie the other end into the ring in his nose ; 
be sure and get the right length. The rubber 
will stretch so that he can get his head to 
the ground, but if he goes to root, up comes 
his hind legs, —and, if you ever noticed it, a 
hog can’t root unless he stands on his legs.— 
You see the philosophy of lokermotion.” 
“Haug you and your patent,” said I; “here’s 
your dollar, and if you will just go along and 
hold your tongue there’s a quarter to get your 
dinner with.” He started otf, the very picture 
WHITTLING SHINGLES, 
Soak—Mr. Pi.owhandlk’s house, and in a room which 
Join culls his snuggery, being part libraiy and some 
barn, for he has various samples of wheat, oats, barley 
and corn on the straw or in the ear, and heads fastened 
on paste board and hung up. A sort of granary, for he 
has samples of all sorts of seeds, and grain in vials, pa¬ 
per boxes and glass jars ; and upon the wholo a free 
and easy sort of a room, for ho whittles and smokes, and 
writos or reads or takes a snooze, and nobody to make 
him afraid, for tho broom never comes inside till he is 
out of sight of tho house. 
Time—A fter tea, and just as tho twi’glit begins to set in. 
Position—John in his big arm-chair, with one leg on 
the window-sill, and the otlior there too when not in the 
chair. The Emtor, perched upon a sort of lounge whose 
cuthiou is the soft side of a pine plank, painted, with a 
bag of wool for a bolster. Both with knives and shiu- 
gles—the Editor’s shlrgle taking the shape of a sharp 
slick. 
Editor —So you want me to go with you to 
hear Prof. Pumpstock’s lecture to-niglit ? 
John —Yes. I am told it’s a very important 
one, and that we shall get some very valuable 
information. Probably a little of it won’t hurt 
even you. 
Editor —Complimentary, John ; which do 
you mean, the lecture or the valuable informa¬ 
tion ? By the way, Pumpstock is not so bad a 
name, for the Professor evidently understands 
the science of extracting the dimes from the 
people’s pockets, for- 
John —For making known one of the great¬ 
est discoveries of the ago, which is- 
Editor —Yes, which is, that farmers, of all 
others, like to be humbugged. Why, John, 
the hug will come right under your nose, and 
lay, and hatch, and empty your pockets—and 
still you will go on and let him do the same 
