MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Commmtitatkra. 
CONVERSATIONS ON AGRICULTURE.—No. IV, 
BY HUGH T. BROOKS. 
The sum of human life is to know, and to 
do. The next great step in human progress is 
to put in practice what we have learned—it is 
so in agriculture and in morals. To labor and 
to pray for light that we don’t mean to walk 
by, is neither good farming nor good orthodoxy. 
Computation limps and lags when it at 
tempts to estimate the world’s obligation to 
Liebig, Joiinston, Norton, and their scientific 
confederates.' But all we have learned from 
them is not half the value of some thread-bare 
maxims, which our grandfathers were as fami¬ 
liar with as we are—here is one of them: “take 
time by the forelock,” or plainly and without 
metaphor, do every thing at the proper time. 
Without a university origin, or any great gen¬ 
ius to give it the endorsement of his name,— 
this plebian truth challenges our attention.— 
Neglecting it, we may sacrifice more in a week 
than modern science will bestow on us in a 
season. 
Joseph Gould, now deceased, who lived 
near Wyoming, sustained the reputation of be¬ 
ing a good farmer. He was in fact a sort of 
oracle, a model farmer for the neighborhood, al¬ 
beit he held science and book-fanning in very 
low estimation. Lame he undoubtedly was in 
this last particular, but he made it up in other 
strong “ points.” His neighbors, Messrs. Eve¬ 
rest, often remarked— “Joseph Gould always 
would keep ahead of his work.” This doubt¬ 
less was the secret of his success. 
A little too late, has spoiled many a fortune, 
and wrecked many a hope. Reflections of 
this kind seem well adapted to the present 
time. The season—no reflections on Provi¬ 
dence—seems rather late. Farmers should re¬ 
vise their programme of business and see if 
they had better not omit something. Then 
they will do well to calculate their means of 
executing what remains to be done. 
Good machinery for all the various purposes 
of agriculture, should at once be secured— 
cultivators of improved models, mowers, reap¬ 
ers, grain-drills, &c., &c. Whatever will save 
labor and improve husbandly, should be re¬ 
sorted to. Beware of economy, it is the bane 
of our agriculture. A poor tool, or the want 
of one, often costs ten times the price of a 
good one. Secure plenty of help—more than 
you expect to want. If you should get along 
faster than you expect—which never happens 
except on the journey to the grave—you can 
easily take up some long-neglected improve¬ 
ment 
I have seen five days’ work expended in pull¬ 
ing the weeds out of a crop of carrots, when 
one day’s work at the right time would keep 
them down. I have seen twice the labor ex¬ 
pended in cultivating the grass and noxious 
herbs among corn, that would suffice at the 
proper time to keep the ground in good order. 
I have seen crops utterly fail because the seed 
was sown too late, and I have seen a good crop 
ruined by harvesting too late. Be up and do¬ 
ing. Now is the time when a vast amount of 
work requires to be done on our farms; and it 
is right, I think, that we should call into the 
field the trades and the professions to help us. 
Whatsay you, gentlemen, of “sedentary habits?” 
THE GRAINS AND GRASSES.—NO. V. 
Corn — (Zea Maize.) 
One of the gifts bestowed by the Good 
Spirit to the red denizens of the forest, accord- j 
ing to Indian tradition, was corn. This is the 
great grain crop of the United States, and is 
cultivated from Maine to Mexico, and from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific. Previous to the dis¬ 
covery of America, we have no authentic ac¬ 
count of the existence of maize. It is true 
much has been written to prove it to have 
been of Eastern origin, but if corn was culti¬ 
vated by any of the eastern nations, some ev¬ 
idences of the fact would surely have remained 
in history, sculpture, or painting, even if the 
grain itself was lost; but such is not the case, 
nor has it ever been found in any ancient east¬ 
ern sarcophagus, zurnulus or pyramid; hence 
we conclude that it was unknown. In proof 
of its western origin, we may mention the fact 
that Columbus found it cultivated by the In¬ 
dians on his discovery of America. The first 
colonists found it in all parts of the American 
continent where they landed, possessed by the 
Aborigines. The maize is even now found 
growing wild from Oregon to Paraguay.— 
These facts place the origin of maize on this 
continent beyond a doubt. It seems, in fact, 
to have been created especially for the West¬ 
ern Hemisphere, where it riots in wild luxuri¬ 
ance on our rich, virgin soils, and beneath a 
hot and burning sun. 
The corn crop far exceeds that of any grain 
crop raised in the United States. According 
to the census returns of 1840, the amount was 
377,531,875 bushels, mid in 1850 it was no less 
than 592,326,012 bushels, the most of which 
was, rgise.d in the Middle ,and Western States. 
Of this amount New York raised 17,858,400 
bushels, Pennsylvania 19,835,214, Ohio 59,- 
078,695, Michigan 5,641,420, Indiana 52,964,- 
3C3, Illinois 57,646,984. Of the Southern 
States Missouri produced 3G,214,537, Ken¬ 
tucky 58,675,591, being the most of any South¬ 
ern State, Tennessee 52,276,223. Ohio pro¬ 
duced the most, and Oregon the least, being 
only 2,918 bushels; it is said that the climate 
there is not favorable to its culture. The 
crop has increased in every State and Territo¬ 
ry in the Union; during the last ten years, 
the increased production has been over 214,- 
000,000 bushels, equal to 56 per cent. The 
increase in New York has been over 50 per 
cent, in New England nearly 50, while in Illi¬ 
nois the increase has been 260 per cent.— 
The amount exported in 1770 was 578,349 
bushels; in 1840 it was 1,286,060 bushels, and 
232,284 barrels of meal. In 1850 it was 3,- 
426,811 bushels, and 203,622 barrels of meal. 
The largest amount exported in any 12 months 
was during the famine in Ireland in 1846-7, 
amounting to 16,326,050 bushels of corn, and 
948,068 barrels of meal. In 1850 over 11,- 
000,000 bushels of corn were consumed in 
malting and distilling. 
The uses of corn are various. The largest 
amount is consumed by the growers in making 
pork and beef. It is also extensively used in 
feeding working horses and cattle. For this 
purpose, if the corn is soaked in the ear 24 or 
36 hours before feeding, they will consume cob 
and corn without any injurious results. It is 
good economy, also, to grind the corn, cob and 
all, and feed mixed with cut straw or hay. In 
fattening hogs it pays well to cook the corn 
either ground or whole. This may be done 
with good economy, mixed with potatoes, ap¬ 
ples, or any of the root crops. I have found 
it advantageous to start hogs on green corn 
cut in the field, stalk and all. They will con¬ 
sume nearly all the stalk, as well as the corn 
and cob. At the west it is a common practice 
to feed the corn in the field; this is thought to 
be a good practice there, and has some advan¬ 
tages,—one of the most prominent of which is 
the even scattering of what is consumed, and 
what is left, over the ground as manure for 
the next crop. In most cases it would be bet¬ 
ter to use hurdle fences so that the cattle and 
hogs could be let into the corn only as fast as 
they consumed it. This is the common prac¬ 
tice in England, in feeding turnips. It is seen, 
by the census returns, that corn is extensively 
used in distilling. To this there could be no 
objection, if the liquor thus produced was used 
only for chemical, mechanical and medicinal 
purposes, as the grain is worth nearly as much 
for fattening purposes as before. Corn is ex¬ 
tensively used for food in various ways, as 
bread, cakes, puddings, boiled or roasted, when 
green or dry. It is used in manufacturing 
starch and corn farina. The stalks are nearly 
as good for cattle, sheep and horses as hay, but 
should be cut fine, else they will eat nothing 
but the leaves. 
From the stalks can be manufactured beau¬ 
tiful sugar, and it is supposed by some that an 
acre of stalks will yield as much sugar as an 
acre of cane. From the grain can be extract¬ 
ed a good quality of oil. I. A. Clark. 
Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., May, 1854. 
RUACK GRASS—AGAIN. 
Editors Rural :—There is a saying, that a 
“ Dutchman should be allowed to speak twice 
on the same subject,” and I believe I must 
claim the privilege of writing twice, especially 
when such a writer as your correspondent 
“ H. N. L.” puts in a rejoinder to my Quack 
Grass article. It never occurred to me that 
any man w r ould ever sow quack grass seed. I 
thought that its growth was spontaneous, and 
that, being an aquatic grass, it required for its 
growth what would be an excess of water to 
any other grass, and ruin to the wheat crop. I 
would advise “ II. N. L.” to dig a hole 2^ feet 
deep in his sand, and see if he has not got wa¬ 
ter to excess. I have seen many sandy ridges 
that showed no water, excepting at the base > 
wet enough to kill wheat and produce quack; 
and I know that land that naturally produces 
quack grass, will never produce a remunerating 
crop of wheat unless it is drained. 
I had always more or less wild mustard on 
my farm, and could not exterminate it until my 
land was drained, and it then all disappeared, 
without any exertion on my part. 
JonN Johnston. 
Near Geneva, N. Y., May 31st, 1864. 
Hens should be kept warm in Winter.—I 
saw an account of 27 hens kept last winter in 
an open shed, where they laid 52 doz. eggs in 
4 months. Now it is my humble opinion, that 
if they had been kept in a warm place they 
would have laid still better. Last winter I had 
24 hens a part of the time, but about the mid¬ 
dle of the winter killed off 4; 1 kept them in 
the basement of a barn, fed them with all the 
screenings they would eat, and, occasionally, a 
little corn, and in four months they laid 70 
doz. of eggs. I had some Brahmas, some 
common, and the rest were common crossed 
with the Shanghai. My hens laid more eggs 
last winter than they do this spring, because 
now they are very much inclined to sit. m. 
WHAT TIME SHALL WE CUT TIMBER ? 
SUBSOIL PLOWING. 
_ _ __ Never in winter, but always in summer. The expediency of using the .Subsoil plow 
PRffP IRTYf 1 I FOR WltF IT It should be cut during the most rapid season must depend on the particular condition of the 
1UL1 AliiAu bit AD tOR HllLAI. of growth, and while that season is drawing subsoil, and the object in view, as to the kind 
. , , , . . ,, „ towards a close. The same rule should be fol- of crop to be cultivated. Actual and careful 
1 here has a change taren p ace in ic j owe( j ^ a t skillful nurserymen observe in per- experiments are still required to demonstrate 
minds ot many wheat growers within a few f . th(J ration of bu dding-that is, just the results of subsoil plowing under different 
years past, m regard to the best method of fit- the termina! bud on each branch begins to conditions. It is reasonable to suppose that 
ling ground for the wheat crop, formerly fbnn _ M soon as it is first evident that the the breaking up of a dense and firmly packed 
the summer fallow sjstem, p owing legioum ^ 0 j? the branch is about to terminate, but substratum, may favor the growth of plants.— 
early in the season and frequently stirring it b m in actiye Experienced tree On the other hand, there are instances where 
afterwards to intermix am reduce it o ne p r0 p a <r a t 0rs have found that much earlier than the soil and subsoil are already too loose and 
tilth was considered the best method; but re- ^ juices 0 f the trees are in too thin or open, both to afford a proper hold for the 
cently the opinion seems to piet ail to consit - j- u j d a state to f orm a g 00( j adhesion between roots of plants, and to retain moisture and the 
erable extent, both among larmeis and ten bud and tbe peeled surface. From the soluble elements of manures. Results from the 
scientific advisers, that by practicing the o <- momen t that the bark separates freely from the use of the subsoil plow, agree with this reason- 
method, a serious loss is sustained m unneces- w00 j j these juices continue to thicken, until ing. But more varied and thorough trials, in 
sary labor, in the loss ot the land for pas me „ row ti 1 cea£es altogether and the new wood is regard to different soils, and the product of 
or tor hay, and m the escape of fertilizing e e- com p} eb3 i y formed; and when this new wood different crops, are needed. Perhaps it may be 
method, a serious loss is sustained m unneces- w00 j j these juices continue to thicken, until ing. But more varied and thorough trials, in 
sary labor, in the loss ot the land for pas me „ row ti 1 cea£es altogether and the new wood is regard to different soils, and the product of 
or tor hay, and m the escape of fertilizing e e- com p] e t e ly formed; and when this new wood different crops, are needed. Perhaps it may be 
ments, while the soil is thus exposed to t he ac- - n sta |- e 0 f a thick paste or cement, then assumed as a general fact, that subsoiling tena- 
ti°n °1. the atmosphere; and that a e cr the time that the bud will adhere most per- cions soils, when they are properly drained, is 
course is to deter plowing until a later pcnoi, {'ectly. This is the period when the bark may beneficial. Without drainage,loosening of the 
and thus obi late the objections urged against bg p CC ] ec j f rom a tree without destroying its subsoil is at best only useful for a short time, 
the former method. vitality. And this is the time for cutting tim- as the earth soon settles together as closely as 
'Here we have two opposite methods ot cut- ber Em-ly in the spring, the tree is full of before. In many places a band, or “ hard-pan,” 
tivation prevailing, and strenuous advocates tor .which is little else than nure water, and is formed in the earth bv the denosition of iron. 
grown by the latter method as by the foimei. ou q e ^ j- 01 , p g escape, as there is in summer been broken up with the subsoil plow with 
Will the general results be the same on c 1 ei- trough myriads of leaves. While the tree is good results. The operation permits the pen- 
ent kinds ot sou. Again, have we sufficient ^] 1US replete with water, it is in the worst con- etration of air and rains, which decompose and 
proof that, by exposing the soil to the ac ion d j t ; on t0 be cub But towards mid-summer, carry off the noxious substances, 
ot the atmosphere, we rob it of its ei 11 y, w j ien a portion of this water has passed off Much is said, of late, about deep plowing, 
and if SO, are au soils adected alike. these ilm Innwa and tfip rpaf. lmQ fippn mnpfi find mrrnv nrlvnpntPH nf‘tfip nriipfir-p m.p fi’ttlp nr 
when a portion of this water has passed off Much is said, of late, about deep plowing, 
through the leaves, and the rest has been much and many advocates of the practice use little or 
are important questions to every farmer, and it thickened by conversion into material for wood, no discrimination in regard to soils. Admit- 
is high time they were definitely settled. It we the case is very different; for while the water ting the general advantage of deep tillage, the 
have been losing the use of land foi mon is g promotes only decay, the thickened juices subject involves a question which can only be 
yearly, and expending much labor to no pm- goon dry and harden, and assist in the preser- settled by experiment. Should the depth, be- 
pose, and at the same time been impoverishing va t; on 0 f the wood. yond six or seven inches, be effected by an im- 
the soil, it is certainly time it was known. We p ave recently been furnished with a plement which reverses the position of all the 
how, as there is no way to determine con- numbcr 0 f facts, in corroboration of this opin- earth that is moved, or should it be done by 
flicting theories of this kind but by expeu- j 0I)j by l saac Hathaway, of Farmington, Onta- the subsoil plow, which only loosens the earth 
ments, I propose to enter upon some, the pres- r j Q coun re jsj. Y., an old and enterprising set- without turning it upside down? AVe pause 
ent season, (health permitting,) to tally test this ^j er> a c } ose aad extensive observer, and who has for a reply.—Boston Cultivator. 
matter, and, if possible, arrive at the truth. - bad mucb experience in connection with saw---- 
.A.S experiments conducted upon ouo Kind oi ]y-m]|q «ind tim her ereotions All liis observu- ^ _ . . 
soil will only be conclusive so far as that soil t - , ^ t j t j t ’ jifle rence between ^ 0RN F , 0R ^ 0DDE *- J n ? J ? swer to an mqui- 
is concerned I invite others living in the dif- . n , stcnd ] 0S 0N i , . , , . ry as to the method ot raising southern corn 
is concuntu, 1 mure ouiers living m yue ui W mter and summer cut timber, and induce him / .. ,, ■». ,,, , 3 m 
ferent sections of our country, occupying dif- to think that, cut at the best period, it will last for ^der, the A ew England Farmer says: 
ferent soils, to join me m the effort to settle under the av e of circums t :mc es three times “, rio T “ d manure your land well, and then 
these important principles of tillage that are ag i on <r ag w h en felled in the winter In one make a broad, shallow furrow, by going both 
now in dispute. The plan I propose to follovv instan ° e a fence consisting of winter cut ma- "' a ys with a small plow, and then sow the corn 
in the first experiment is this: 1 have a field terial a art Ht illt0 railS) and a pol . tion in liberally in the furrow. Five or six rows ten 
intended for wheat where the clover has run round 0 £ s of-Wcli, maple, iron-wood, bass- long each, we should think, would require 
out, and there is but little sward. Ibis field WQod ^ ad completely decaved in fifteen a l)usl 'cl of seed. Hie common yel.ow or 
I intend to plow in June, if not earlier, as deep y ears ’ ant j’ n( l )nc 0 f it was even fit for fire-wood. wllite flat southern corn, such as may be found 
portion 
manner, in as little time as possible. An ad- about ^ . thirty years afterwards , Tt a ve! 7 difficult crop to dry sufficient¬ 
joining one-fourth of an acre I design to plow, y ie f enC e was quite sound, and even now some - v ^ or wm * Gl use > . W1 ^ I fa '01 able weather 
Lntw r»f ooot o rlrY'zrm . A . . , »v»r*TT 1 nnrn/1 1 wr oi btwimr if frv xvilf o /1 o it 
joining one-fourth of an acre I design to plow, 
harrow, cultivate and roll at least a dozen 
times during the season. Then sow the same 
amount of seed on the different pieces, and sow 
flic iuijla; was t uuc cuumi, cauva nu vv ouuii/ . i i n • . ... ,, . 
of the same rails remain undecayed, although ma y je cured by allowing it to wilt for a day 
much worn away by the weather. Winter or two after cutting, then tie in small bund es 
saw-logs, left over one summer at the mill, are " ear the top and hang upon the fences or poles 
at the same time, and note card ally the lesults usull Hy decayed for several inches to* ll P purpose, 
until harvest; then harvesting and threshing wards jq ie interior; summer-cut logs, which 
separate, and weighing both wheat and straw. j iave [ a ; d a l 0I1 g period, are always sound. He Value of Roots. —In the winter of 1852-3, 
In this way I think 1 shall be able to < etei- Pas cut hickory tor axe-helves; if done in win- we fed 7 cows on good English hay, cut and 
mine the difference on a clayey soil, ot theTwo terj q eca y soon commences, and the worm mixed with one quart of oil-meal and two 
methods, and also ascertain whether t la kind wb i c h loves this wmod, often wholly destroys quarts of cob-meal, per day, for each cow. In 
ot soil loses its fertility by being long exposed v . due _ Summer cut, he has never known it the winter of 1853-4, the same cows, coming 
and frequently stirred. Linus Gone, in r arm- to be attacked by the insect, and indeed it seems in about the same time, fed on hay cut upon 
ers Companion. too hard for them to penetrate. He lias had the bo me ground us tlmt of the previous year. 
Remarks.-— May we hope that there are occasion to examine several old frame build- and with the addition of 4 bushels of ruta ba- 
many farmers iu all parts of the country who in S s : and m every instance where the period of gas per day, but not a spoonful of grain of any 
... f r ■ i cutting could be determined, the same striking kind, gave just double the gallons of milk that 
will gladly accede to the proposition of I nend dlffere ° ce in durabUity W as conspicuous. they did when fed on grain! The circumstan- 
Cone? It is an important question which prac- He related several experiments on the dura- ces under which the cows existed, both winters, 
tical experiments can alone fully settle. For bility of posts, one of which is worthy of repe- were alike, with the exception of temperature 
mir own nurt we have been Ion" convinced tition. In a gravelly soil, where the water —the weather being much the coldest when 
Zada^orwolloLothingbyexpo- thay g a« the most miik. The ba™, however, 
,, . ... . .jj . , thick was laid in the post-hole, on which the on which they were kept is a very warm one, 
sure to the hottest sun m the most and winds, p 0s t was an d was then surrounded with so that in the coldest weather they were all- 
and that the summer fallow is the best, if not stone closely rammed in on every side. As a comfortable.— JY. E. Farmer. 
the only method of preparing such soils for the consequence the water never remains long _._ 
wheat crop. On lighter soils summer fallow enough in contact with the post to soak its m- Cl 0TER FOR Manure.—M r. I). D. T. More, 
is altogether unnecessary, except when they ^ gurface> Buch ]ny J conse . of NV ateryhet, in this county, informs us that 
are so foul that they can be cleaned in no other tl ive prom i se 0 f remaining sound, after ®® w . s cl . 0 . ve , r s ® ed T wlt J 1 his . bai ' le I' cr . 0 P’ [ or 
wav. On very light, sandy soils there may be some year’s trial, at least twice the period of fcrtlIlzin g Pis land. Last year he tinned under 
loss of valuable gases from exposure to a hot those simply packed ^ earth. ^He a!so finds . with bar ley, but not fed off after the 
sun, but we are persuaded that it is much less ia 1 )0S * i‘ l . , . . • i h ^ barley was harvested—on the 8th of June, for 
than some ol our theoretical instructors would ^ much lo wl ^ n set gree n with the bark a r late cr0 P °, f " orn ‘ 0 f certain 1 ie Y e,gb 
have us believe. In fact, in nearly all agricul- 011j tban jf sawed an( i seasoned, which he at- of thc cro P °. 1 c }°? eT thus turned under, he cut 
tural soils there is a gain rather than a loss tributes to the protection afforded by the du- a Sf l ua ' e 00 ,° 1 ie ® (K > s 100 ^ 0 .j e S01 > aa 
11 u b iiii t , <i • • -a i / * .| found the weight ot the clover and its roots to 
from constant stirring and exposure. We rabie bark, against the yuci^itudcs oi l am and be This would give 49 tons, weighing 
know so little, however, of thc nature of soils, 1( U3 ai ! 1 , au 11 " e .‘ 1 jf , • J', . probably about eight tons if thoroughly dried, 
’ . . ’ , , , ’ iSow that the season is approaching, best * J , oJ <-i 
that, at present, it is difficult to say to what ad ted for tinib er cutting, ai indicated in the P« r ’ t( ! turn u " der > at ai ) ex P ens « of 01ll y 
property this increase of fertility is owing.— preceding remarks, we hope those interested $1>50 lor clover seed. Count/y Gentleman. 
Don’t be afraid, however, to stir the soil.— will at least satisfy themselves on the subject ~ ~ 7 
,, .. ., i , . . „ bv a lair and careful trial_ Country Gent Hoeing Wheat.—O n Wednesday last we 
Experience sanctions it, and tme science does Py 11W ‘ . J took an hour's stroll in the coimtrv-a luxury 
a square foot of the sod, shook off the soil, and 
found the weight of the clover and its roots to 
,, . ’ , , . bv a fair and careful trial_ Country Gent Hoeing WTieat.—O n Wednesday last wo 
Experience sanctions it, and tme science does Py tiu. I ,j took an hour - a stroll in th e country-a luxury 
not condemn it. < we seldom enjoy. We noticed a novel feature 
-*——♦—* — To destroy Lice and Iicks.—M ix with a introduced in farming, which we doubt notwill 
Winter Kill.—A friend in Seneca county sufficient quantity ol salt for ten head of cattle, be new t 0 many of our farmers. 
writes— “ There is great complaint among or ? n hu P dr f e d sheep, a tea-cup lull ot sulphur Charles HinmaJ i, one of the most thorough 
wnreb. indi, m bumiju. u o and give it to them once a week, and my word , , , . !. ., . 
farmers that their wheat is killed by freezing j' or j b your gtock will not be annoyed any , 8 1 11 a ° ru ' , , 1 ] "J 19 8 111 E ? s , 01 » \ 'T 
. , , , , „ . , . ,. r . , , , aii i mi : York, was actually hoeing a field of wheat 
m the ground, not by the roots being lifted out more by these pests. Sulphur should be given ^ twenty acres. The wheat was sown 
of the soil. In Michigan they say it was killed to stock, m small quantities, with their salt, the Jn ^ a ° nd five J or six men , each taking four 
by the ice. Even Johnson’s underdrained y ea F roun ’ as f . K con aces veiy inut 0 1( ? or five rows, stirring up the soil, and destroying 
fields are somewhat injured by frost, although J 7!!y7,e,ic6ch7“i n S3 exp"iliilg ‘vennhi of lllG wceds ; n ! nuj e5 P e ^ b “ b »”‘,“™ 
not as bad as those of his neighbor.” from stocb^peeialiy young cal cs Jnd being 
--» ♦ - very hearty food, causes them to thrive won- 1 J 
TtrrnnF Island AG. SociETY.-We have re- derfully. I once heard an old gentleman say, _ T*” T’. TTT. 
by the ice. Even Johnson’s underdrained 
fields are somewhat injured by frost, although 
not as bad as those of his neighbors.” 
most of the weeds. 1 he expense is about hve 
dollars per acre. This is probably the first ex¬ 
periment of the kind in this country. 
RnoDE Island Ag. Society. —We have re- 
, „ '.. .. i t i i “ you mgiht take a calf that was so“lousy he 
ceived the Transactions eff the Rhode Island J dd n(J \ get u give him half a pil T t o{ ' flax 
Agricultural Society. It is a neat pamphlet geed da ji y for three weeks, and he would whip 
of some 150 pages, occupied principally with every creature in the barn-yard!”— Mich. Far. 
matters of local, though not of general interest. ------ 
The address of “ Professor James J. Mates,” Threshing Seed Wheat with Machines.' — 
I had a very fine colt that carried his tail 
on one side, and was continually throwing it 
over the driving line, when to cure him of this 
habit, I braided a loop in his tail and tied it 
with a string to the trace on the same side 
on which he carried it, and when he found it 
for which we observe the Society paid him Having seen some s 
$122, is a characteristic effusion. ' vas damaged by bei 
” 7 1 tnA r «-» ittlo 
.:ed w heat with machines.- ^ he would puU on it , when I would let 
ne statements that seed wheat ,. ’ _X.,,. . .. 
, - i u i • .1 u j -.I i • „ him up a little gradually on the string, until at 
was damaged by being threshed with machines, , ./ , „ na b . ,• <wi„. 
T . , S.,, ; .. ° ~ . , . e i, lenutli he came to canw fiis tail perlectly 
1 took a little notice ot mine last tall. My . , , t it t> A n n:.. . 
straight—J. H. P., Boston Cultivator. 
„ __ . , , wheat was plump and good, and threshed by a 
Chester County Hogs. A correspondent macb ; ne> After it was sown, I noticed a moist ' . 
of the Penn. Farm Journal, says he purchased spot where the wheat was not covered but had "Young Animals.— —i oung animals should 
a sow last spring, which produced him nine sprouted. I commenced counting, and count- be kept growing until they reach maturity. If 
wbi«. b when killed at six months old av- ed 96 kernels all sound, and found but one they are suffered to get poor and stop growing 
bogs, which when hilled at six moouis old, &v thot w the cMt broke „; ! came to the con- they will retrograde and never atom a full 
eraged 111 lbs. each, and the sow weighed c]usi<m that mv „, bcat was not in j ure a by the s'“i without gram, or something better 
when killed in February, 61 1 lbs, “ thus muk- machine more ' than it w0llld to have bcen than hay, it is next to impossible to keep them 
ing an aggregate of 2,525 lbs. of pork.” —T. W. Dunham, in Mich. Farmer. Ui that condition, especially the first winter. 
ed.—T. W. Dunham, in Mich. Farmer. 
in that condition, especially the first winter. 
Stumps and Bushes are serious obstacles in Hops are looking finely, for this season of High Prices. —In some portions of Aroos- 
the way of successful and thorough cultivation, the year. Some of the more enterprising and took county, a few days since, liay was selling 
and should be removed and destroyed at any ambitious vines have already reached an eleva- at $40 a ton, and oats at $1,25 a bushel.— 
cosb tion of eight feet on the poles .—Otsego Rep. That will do for “Down East.”— Me. Farmer. 
