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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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Communications. 
VALUE OF LEACHED ASHES. 
Eds. Bural: —I saw in the latter part of 
the last volume of the Rural, a short piece on Labor in th5s region of the country is nearly, ^heat-wowing pabulum. On the old wheat '“T "““T “7T' V w/,7 °T l Y° ™ variance wun reason 
the value of leached ashes, and having expen- . f . an , ", ,, b , . , reply —Il depends principally on the wealliei and analog)*, and with the experience of those 
lnented with them on a small scale for a few * " ot I"' 16 ’ bfle “ I»' r cent, lnghei than t w as lnil(Js Pennsylvania, l.nnng has been found fa ^ English get „ warm , dly who have thoroughly tested the merits of early 
rears past 1 have thought perhaps it might one ,-ear s-.nce. Sevcrf causes hate no don )t, t0 bo renovating, il sparsely apphed to thin auDimer _ the wheat will be unusually and late cut hay, that it may be worth an ef- 
' ‘ P ‘ ’ , . ® { .. . operated to bring up the price of lubor. One eo jis, and more plentilully on soils that have . , , „ n t i, p tort to arrest the popular custom, 
benefit my brother farmers, by giving my ex- of the high price of labor, is the high reC eived more organic or carbonaceous ma- “ g ’. ‘ . y 'V, . , '. ' S . • I ) .j , Science has long since incontestably demon- 
penence in the matter, and m so doing 1 will . , (1 nrnvi«irm <5 Men who +1 1 • ,i . ,1 „ « , other hand, should they be visited with a cool, Crated that plants in arriving at maturity have 
try to be as concise as possible. A few years F-ce of floor and other provisions. Men who nures; thus showmg that the office of the lime ruin summer , the whea t crop will be fearfully large quantities of iheir starch, sugar and ,gum 
2o i had a p^ece of sandy land, (some ‘eight have famil,es to , su PP 0rt ’ c * m '° hve ™ b ™ 1 ™ to dissolve the inert vegetable matter m { demand for foreign bread- -thei!* most nutritive elements-?onveneS in- 
ago 1 Iiau a piece betliuy laim, inppooeft the Tirice of labor. If tllCV ll.ru ovUI no cnlln hour W llmm,. fton ( IP ... . ... . . ... ° . „,1,,*«1, nnnl.lno pmwnonnflunlw 
LABOR AND LABORERS. the crops of wheat thus manured have long 
- since begun to deteriorate in plumpness of her* 
Notwithstanding the fact that there are ry> as we |i ag j n yield of bushels; so that at 
thousands of idle people squandering away lb j g t j me every good farmer bears his testimo- 
their time in our towns and cities, there is yet ny j n favor of barn-yard manure, as the only 
TIME FOR CUTTING HAY. 
An the latter ?rt of lb eir ^’ me * n our towns and c ^’ es > there is yet ny j tl f avor 0 f barn-yard manure, as the onl 
R rii adio't ieceon a g rea l ca ^ laborers in the rural districts, certain renovater of the soil, exhausted of it 
oral, a i 0 v piece o L a h or in this region of the country is nearly, wheat-crowing pabulum. On the old whes 
_ . .—- The practice among farmers of permitting 
THE WEATHER—WHEAT CROP III ENGLAND. ^“S toy Z 
What will wheat be worth after next har- ri P 0 ' b f° m ?, “ S™';™ 1 ,bnt il * e "’ s n| - 
. , , , . . ... most follv to call in question its correctness; 
vest, we are frequently asked, and invariably bld p so manifestly at variance with reason 
reply —Il depends principally on the weather and analogy, and with the experience of those 
in Europe. If the English get a warm, dry ! who have thoroughly tested the merits of early 
aco I had a piece of sandy land, (some eight ° pp . ’ , ... . was t0 dlssoive Uie iuerc ve S eiaDie mauu deficient, and the demand for foreign bread- —their most nutritive elements—converted in- 
acres,) that 1 wanted to sow to wheat, prepa- ’ ,,crc “® tbc t*<* <* labor - lf tlR ' 5 ' the soil, as poor soils bear less liming than the, bo b d all preceden t, with correspond- <» J «w.. » hicb <»**» comparatively 
* ’’ ‘ have to pay $9.00 for a barrel of flour, fifty or richer goilSt Dr. Lee says, “On many poor . very little nutriment, 
ratory to seeding to clover, and not lia ing aeventv . five ceuts for a bushel of potatoes, and « 0 ils lime alone has power to brim-* out latent °„ 1 L v Experience has proved that cattle will thrive 
sufficient stable manure to cover the whole * ...... , .. . " F ,, . ° 111 e.Mai k Lane Expi ess of May 29 says, on hay cut before the seeds were formed, wdule 
field I put on some tw r o acres of it about so on ’ cei aid,) i is pei ec } ri S 1 h potash, soda, magnesia, chlorine, phosphonc «During the week the temperature has contin- the same cattle when fed on larger quantities 
twenty loads of leached ashes to the acre— sll0ukl have h,glier wages for their work '“' and sulphuric acids enough to supply the ued low for the time of year ; indeed, the of the same kind of hay, but cut after the seeds 
acres.) that I wanted to sow to wheat, prepa¬ 
ratory to seeding to clover; and not having 
sufficient stable manure to cover the whole 
the whole sevent . v ' flve cents for a bushel of potatoes, and g 0 ;j g 1}me a ] one lias p 0wer to bring out latent 
f it about I 30 ° n ’ cer ^ abl ty ^ P erfectl y r ’ght that they j ) 0 tash, soda, magnesia, chlorine, phosphoric 
twenty loads ol leached ashes to the acre— b ,, , , , . , , , ... 
„ J , a, . When potatoes could be obtained at two slul- 
say five hundred bushels—and on the rest some , . . . . , , ,. 
J lings per bushel, and perhaps at a lower figure 
twenty loads of barn-yard manure to the acre; . ° f. , , , , . , , 
; , a • o . . than that, then labor was plenty, and the usual 
plowed and sowed to wheat in September; . , , - , , , 
f.„ , ,, T ,. r price which a man charged for a days work 
tilled all alike. In the month of April after, 1 , T „ , , 
, , , , T , ,/ , was four shillings. Now, farmers are glad— 
1 stocked heavy to June clover, then sowed , . ,.... 
, , , . . , , . really glad—to get laborers at six shillings or 
plaster on the whole, and then harrowed once 
over on the wheat. The clover took first rate. 
There was but little difference in the wheat, 
but, if any, in favor of the ashed part, being , _ _ ^ , 
, ,. , n . , considered liberal pay lor a common hand, worn-out soil of Virginia, Maryland, and a part r ., , , . , , ., », T > course the stalks, to th 
rather the most even—the berry first rate on ... , . , f . . r uul ' BUU u ^ ^ ’ F of the wheat crop in England than Mr. Lawes ”, q ,,. 
, , . _ . A , • i i vtr while good hands demanded from &12.00 to nf New Enaland and New York than to the . , ueless. 1 his observi 
the whole. But there was a perceivable differ- ^ , § „ . . - ’ . . xw experimental wheat field. I his field lias been taught man. The ins 
ence in the young clover, that on the ashed ^ P ‘ calcareous, alluual soi s o es em l\ gowu annually to wheat for eleven successive erring guide as to wha 
part being much the best. The next spring I There is not tlie least doubt but that the York * There nitr0 - en a,ld other organic mat- and fche gevcral p]ots supp i ied wilh the wants-leads them to 
plastered it again evenly over the whole field, metropolis of New York could supply the ter went first, and then the mineral matter.— various 0 ic and ill0 rganie constituents of late cut hay, as ever 
Now the ashes began to tell; on the ashed rural districts with thousands of good hands, if To lay a basis for the former the latter must crops _ The condition of the soil becomes a, 
part it was much the rankest, and began to the idlers of that large city would but bestir be first supplied totiesoi , ut m out auv * more and more artificial every year, and the gboots, although they 
lodge before blossoming. 1 'he difference could themselves to the importance of changing their al vest, the minetal iams sti lemains, t le soi crop more susceptible of climatic influence, till blade by blade, and an 
be seen from a distance—that on the manured miserable homes for far better ones in the coun- needing only the mcc lanica an o uumn 0 n()W a tolerably correct gauge of the stantly feeding to ge 
part standing straight, and not so even. The try. They live in the city because amusements anc t0( -P p owing, wit t le a ntiono la pr0Ppec ts of the wheat crop, so far as they are whiUi the ripe grass 
season being dry, the part lodged did not heat are common; because it contains people and nmicia niatlei wnci a manures containing a g> e(jted b ^ c li m ate. In a private letter we The^roner time to 
nm’ mmilrl nnrl hpino- Pnrlu mnrV first mtp buildings, and because they get accustomed to nitrogen must of necessity supply, and which ,. P p P ; VP ,i f rnm Air T.awm. dated „i, D „ nL iL,ia 
manure of the stables, the privy, or Peruvian acter . tb e wheat plant is perhaps not looking urine matter in the stalks, the ear shoots had 
guano, in which the compounds of nitrogen 
$1.00 per day. “ Month-hands” demand large are present j u full force. 
wages, and succeed in getting high prices for l ean but think that the Gissen or mineral lieard of n0 ser ious complaints.” 
quite so promising on all descriptions of land t0 be stri PP ed ^ as soon as they made their 
1 . 1 ° ■ 1 . appearance, as they became worthless, iiie 
as it did a lew weeks ago, but thus tar we lia\e momen t the ears or seed commenced forming, 
work. Two years ago, $11.00 per month was theory is much better suited to the silieious 
considered liberal pay for a common hand, WO rn-out soil of Virginia, Maryland, and apart 
,, ,., r while good hands demanded from 
iible differ- .. . ° .. 
,, , , $14.00 per month, 
the ashed 1 
aid ot no serious complaints. the starch, gum and sugar left the stalk and 
We know of no better test of the prospects became concentrated in the grain, and of 
, , . T . , , T i course the stalks, to the sugar maker, were val- 
the wheat crop in England than Mr. Lawes , , .. b , ’ , 
1 » ueless. Ihis observation and reason has 
peri mental wheat field. 1 his held has been taught man. The instinct of animals—an un¬ 
sown annually to wheat for eleven successive erring guide as to what is best suited to their 
years, and the several plots supplied with the wants—leads them to prefer the early to the 
various organic and inorganic constituents of bl * e cut hay, as eveiy obseiving farmer is 
crops. The condition of the soil becomes i eave the ripe.stalks and eat only ihe younger 
nor mould, and being cut early, made first rate I buildings, and because they get accustomed to 1IUM, K U ' UI ‘ lSL U1 ou i'i'V» bave j us t received from Mr. Lawes, dated when the heads begin to bloom. It will no I 
hay—the ashed part producing at least double j city habits, &c. But the country is the place owing to t e wastin 0 o t it vu ati e or c amze ]^ 0 ^ bamg ^ edj May 27th, he says:—“ I wish vou make as much hay, but an acre thus cut is 
the bulk—say from two and a half to three ! for them; it is the spot for them to improve nitrogen, is but too often richer m its mineral ^ ^ tunit ofsee ing the experimental n ) u cb more nutritious, and will go much far- 
* nna TLp npvt. wp their now miserable condition. Even in our constituents than in the volatile organic com- ,, ... tlier in keeping stock than if left for seeds ton- 
The proper time to cut grass, I repeat, is 
len the heads begin to bloom. It will not 
tons per acre. The next season we plowed their now miserable condition. Even in our constiti 
the whole field, and planted to corn—manuring small by-tow*ns, we see young men idling away pounds, 
about one-half the field, (eight acres,) with their time, and at the same time refusing to ^ ate ^. 
some twenty loads of coarse barn-yard manure w01 ’k m the country, where health would bless 
to the acre—the part formerly ashed, plowed, them, where cheerfulness would surround them, 
as it was, without manure. This season, (the and where corrupt habits would attend them 
last,) the dryest ever known in Michigan—the nob NN e who carry on the business of agri- mers a] 
ashed part still holding its own fully ivith the culture, want farm laborers to improve the stirring 
had an opportunity of seeing the experimental m ucil more nutritious, and will go much tar- 
, ... i , ther in keeping stock than it lett for seeds to it- 
wheat field this year; 1 think it looks heller ^ An / on ° who win try this experiment 
Waterloo, N. Y., 1854. 
than I ever saw it, and it we have a fine and w jjj never again leave it to ripen, although by 
DEEP PLOWING. 
hot harvest, it bids fair to yield the largest j so doing he may save himself some trouble in 
crop grown since the commencement of the j the making.—J. G. in Farm Jour. 
- experiments. After a very dry spring, we are 
TnE season having again returned when far- now deluged with rain, which will do much 
To plant without manure, and sell the crop 
mers are busily engaged in turning the sod, or good, providing it will clear up at the end of ^ fl tbo land j 1S the poorest ot all farming; but 
. ° ? . . h b J to plant, either with manure or without, cult> 
stirring the soil, 1 wnl add my testimony in ad- June." va ( e thoroughly, consume the crop on the land, 
1-A* . * 1.. * P . ^ Q i i. il _p_ _ __1 .1 ~ . ° y .. ., , 
manured part—the whole field produced about I condition of our farms, to build up tne dition to others, in favor of deep plowing.— On the whole, therefore, we may conclude and to secure to it the benefit of all the ma- 
fifty or sixty bushels of ears to the acre, of the cultural world, and to- render the condition ot p our yearg a ,_r 0 I purchased the farm on which t ] ia t a large breadth of land has been sown in nure, is the beginning of good farming.— JY. Y. 
brightest and best corn that I ever raised, and the country better. Iheie is no pretext foi I now reside. Being a stranger in this section, England, that at present the crop looks ex- l ve. 1 ost. 
the average of corn in this part of the State tbose wbo bve bl ibe cb ^’ t( ) advance , hi rela- j comme uced plowing my land wilh deep iur- ce edingly well, but that the yield at harvest Acrtctti tttrf needs To euloo-v As Imio- 
ivas not more than two-tliirda of a crop. On tion to the want of labor in this country.. rows .—which some of my neighbors noticing, will depend now altogether on the weather, men love bread, it will need no advocate.” It 
this piece I left a strip a few rods wide without 1 here is enough of it to do in almost all re- they remonstrated, saying that I was turning about which it is vain to speculate. Let it be feeds the world, Without it the sails of corn- 
manure. On this strip there was a falling off g' ons 01 the land; and you idlers who liie in up ground so poor that nothing would grow. ever s0 favorable, however, there can be no meree would rot in idleness; factories stand 
of nearly one-half. cities in miserable shells, and subsist on misera- l wiU rem ark here, that the farm has been ten- doubt lliat f armers j n this country will receive stiU for kak of work do ; cities P erish > aud 
On another piece of this clover sod. some ble food, can find healthful employment among a nted for 20 or more years, till the soil was amply remunerating prices. We have heard lK race 0 inan ceasc 0 
years ago, I drew about the same quantity o‘ farmers, if you will act tne partot wise people. su p P osed to be exhausted. My faith being of several contracts for the growing wheat, at cvr ♦ v gm , 
ashes, as before, on most of the field, (three- j ^ Y ou complain that you do not know how to strong, I continued to plow as deep as 1 could, £2 per bushel. (See articles on news page of (3;lt {jUIL t£5 HHU gCvUMHCI S. 
and-a-half acres,) leaving a strip on two sides j perform agricultural labor, we can soon teach aud) | believe, with good results; from 32 acres phis number.) * 
without the top-dressing. One of these I cov- you. So, in this respect, there is no pretence of land I gathered over 1,500 bushels ol corn. -• ■ • ■ 1 SUBM1ILING TO DEJ)TR()\ CANADA 1IIISILES. 
ered thickly with coarse manure; the other I for your clinging to to corrupt avenues of In the m of the ^ year 1 plowed a lot ''Wft* Stat. .Ao. Soe.^-The an- ^ t ^ ^ (o , fic]J 
left as it was, with only to sod; plowed the large cities. . . of some 9 acres for wheat. This was contrary mal meeting ot Uib Society took place o intcmlcd for wbcat in th(J fll „ for J bB pu 
whole, and planted to corn; plastered and till- ^ lab °r system wants revising. It wants tQ cou)mon CUfitom , as the old fallow system the 1 ah of May, when the following officers of kau Canada thistle8> and feeli 1 that j 
ed the whole alike. When we came to har- stirring up. 1 here are too many cigars smok- vvas then, and is yet to some extent, in vogue, were elected for the ensuing year: ba d not the requisite information on some 
vest, we found but little difference between the e d by our young men; too much carousing p rom this field I had cut a light crop of grass. President E. W . Egerton, \\ aukesha. points, I concluded to seek it through the col¬ 
ashed and manured part, except the ashed was among them, and too much idleness, which \Yhen I was plowing this field, some inquired Secretary Albert C. Ingham, Madison. umn s of the Rural. My soil is a clay loam, 
the most even; and on the part wilh only the seems to have become almost second nature to w ] ia t I was plowing for. I told them for Treasurer —Samuel Marshall, Madison, rather retentive of moisture, and not very well 
clover sod, there was a falling off of about one- them. All men—all young men are not able wbeab qq ie reply was, “You will not get '1 lie lair will beheld at Milwaukee, on the underdrained, t have thought that in case the 
half—the whole piece yielding full eighty bush- to labor, but the great majority of them are, your seC( ]. The last crop did no.t yield 5 3 d, 4th, and 5th of Oct. thistles were not entirely subdued, they might 
els of ears to the acre of good sound corn.— and they ought to work for the prosperity of bughels to the acl . e .» y; e ^ that was discour- -- * ’ * ’ ' „ T take dce I ,cr Whafc 1 to know is, 
rm j • t « a i ^ ^ .i a x. x ■flip pmmtrv* for lio it rpnipnibprpfl pvprvihinff . . . v . ,• OoTSWOLD blIEEP“-\jREAT J.^ECUNDIT\. in wlictlicr it would be ftdvisEblc to uso subsoil 
The next spring I sowed the same field to oats tne country, ior ue il rememocreu, evtrji.nmg but I let the teams go on,—the first , A u1l „ , T . , , , 
. il., ai . e i i j ,„* P o oreiwthino- thnt is orand and o-av o-littor b ° , ^ , . a report made to the Maryland Agricultural plow l and, if so, as I intend to plow the lielc 
and seeded to clover—the part formerly ashed nice, everything mat is grana ana gay, gutter- team drawing the Eagle C, and the next a f ® ...... . . 
, . , , ,, , : n(T nn ,i f>n , t i v convenient and eomfortnhle „ .... Society, it is stated that Mr. Burwell, ol four times, at which plowing should it he used! 
producing nearly double the other-to part mg »»d cost! j . com enient aud comfortable, subs0l| j wlU remark here, that the held > has .-really improved his Would you recommend to application of lime! 
formerly manured bat little better than the proceeds immedmtely from teior-ivonK.- sll<ml j have bee „ plowed earlier, as this was the 0 f sheeo’ by breeding from pure Cots- The farm is limestone land. I thought of ,p. 
part with only clover sod; and although a very Aud how many young lawyers and young doe- , M #f Au t aild U ,e fust of September.- "°“ b ‘ fAL L e Te' wh el brought this »l~l quantities of lime and plaster, a, 
dr, season, the field yielded forty-two bushels tors there are, who might do their country The wheat was sown wilhout any manure, the " U ! 11 ” ; UJ” A r ,‘ i t n r l,„l,, plaster succeeds admirably, and 1 have faith 1 , 
to the acre. The clover took tolerably well, some service, by forever abandoning their pro- last of September, and the yield next season of the 5 bren4t 4 and the other 4 lirae ' 
although much the best on the part ashed.— fessions, and taking hold of the plow, and thus wflS over 22 bushels per acre. The ground ’ , „ i , s ’ I wish to know, also, where I can get a Jack 
Last season we plastered the same and mowed promote objects ot importance, instead of those wag geedcd bu ^ d ; d not take well. r0U ° 1 eac K as some of us intend to try to raise mules, 
it, and although a remarkably dry season, that are of no particular importance. Doctors, The nex t season I pastured it till after har- Piram , n MlT n,^V Monroe Countv bo P e y ou wil1 think mo t( >° inquisitive, fo 
much of the ashed part produced from two to kill not your fellow-man, but turn^ your atten- and theQ plowed it with a double or Asrri ' cultuml lSocie tv will hold a Plowing 
Inquirifs anh 
Wisconsin State Ao. Society. — Hie an¬ 
nual meeting of this Society took place on 
SUBSOILING TO DESTROY CANADA THISTLES. 
As I am about commencing to plow a field 
Ot some a acres lor iMicai. inis wascouuaiy ® , e .. _ intended for wheat in the fall, for the purposo 
to common custom, as the old fallow system thelith of May, when the following officers of kming Canada thistles, and feeling that I 
was then, and is yet to some extent, in vogue. vvere elected for the ensuing year: had not the requisite information on some 
From this field I had cut a light crop of grass. President E. W . Egerton, \\ aukesha. points, I concluded to seek it through the col- 
When I was plowing this field, some inquired Secretary — Albert C. Ingham, Madison. umns G f the Rural. My soil is a clay loam, 
T nl iwimy for I told them for Treasurer — Samuel Marshall, Madison. rather retentive of moisture, and not very well 
Treasurer — Samuel Marshall, Madison. rather retentive of moisture, and not very well 
The lair will be held at Milwaukee, on the underdrained. I have thought that in case the 
3d, 4th, and 5th of Oct. thistles were not entirely subdued, they might 
-* ■ ♦ * *-take deeper root. What I wish to know is, 
Cotswold Sheep—Great Fecundity. —In whether it would be advisable to use a subsoil 
a report made to the Maryland Agricultural plow? and, if so, as I intend to plow the field 
Society, it is stated that Mr. Burwell, of four times, at which plowing should it he used? 
Clark Co., Va., who has greatly improved his Would you recommend the application of lime? 
although much the best on the part ashed.— fessions, and taking hold of the plow, and thus wflS over 22 bushels per acre. The ground 
Last season we plastered the same and mowed promote objects ot importance,instead of those wag geedcd( bld d ; d n0 t take well, 
it, and although a remarkably dry season, that are of no particular importance. Doctors, The next season x pas tured it till after liar- 
much of the ashed part produced from two to kl11 not y our fellow-man, but turn your atten- veg ^ and tben p i owe d it with a double or 
three tons per acre of June clover. That 011 tion to agriculture. Lawyers, get your neigh- Yicliigan jjlow, followed by a subsoil, and sowed 
the part formerly manured was but very little hor not into trouble, but go “ straightway,’ the 2 4 ° dl 0 f September with Huthinson and 
10, one of the 5 brought 4, aud the other 4 
Plowing Match. -The Monroe County 
Agricultural Society will hold a Plowing 
the part formerly manured was but very little bor not into trouble, but go “straightway,” the 24l h 0 f September with Huthinson and * . , ‘ . t ed to be the "most 
better than clover sod-being a falling off of and try your hand al the plow the scythe, and g^ s wheat; and the yield, I think, was not . d e ; held in ' t e County The prerai . 
alioutoue-half. . less than 33 bushels per aci^. The only ma- 
flock of sheep by breeding from pure Cots- The farm is limestone land. I thought of ap- 
wold bucks, had II ewes, which brought this PL v ' n t? equal quantities of lime and plaster, as 
spring 28 living lambs; 5 of the 11 brought l )lastor succceds admirably, and I have faith iu 
■„ ° i , . . , , lime. 
I wish to know, also, where I can get a Jack, 
as some of us intend to try to raise mules. I 
hope you will not think me too inquisitive, for 
these are points I wish to be informed upon ; 
and 1 did not know where 1 could apply with 
nure for the last crop, besides the poor and 
I think that ashes are much the best for both at the mechanic-shop and in the field nure for the last crop, besides the poor and ^ A ’ d time ; 3 anticipated, am 
sandy land, because much more lasting. I the broad and rich field o agneu ture. For- c i ose i y eaten grass sod, was 30 loads of leached hone all who possibly can will be present 
have never tried anything that will make clo- e 'S ners ' aad ^ ou who hve m large Clties wth ‘ ashes, and some 9 or 10 of muck and marl, ^_ ^ ^ m ,_!_ 
grow so rank as ashes; and if we can get j oat employment, wc want you to labor, for geattered broadcast over the field just previous The i> rice 0 k Flour.— Now that flour has 
a rank growth of clover, it is the very manure 
we want, on sandy land. My soil is very light, 
originally lightly timbered with oak, beech, 
and soft maple, with an undergrowth of pop¬ 
lar, sassafras, boxwood and whortleberry. I 
am about putting them on plentifully this sea¬ 
son, and shall probably experiment somewhat, 
and, if thought best, will communicate the re¬ 
sults to your excellent paper. Leached ashes 
cannot well be moved unless tolerably dry, as 
they are heavy drawing. I spread them from 
which we will compensate you liberally, and 
will feed you well-giving you plenty of fresh ^ ' cenb more than it wa3 4 years ag0 . 
air to breathe, beds that will do you no harm, 
to sowing. The ground is now worth more advanced in this market to a figure seldom, if 
than 50 percent, more than it was 4 years ago. over, before attained, it may not be uninterest- 
and occupations that will promote your happi- 
, , . , .. , ing to our readers to know what is paid for 
It may not answer to turn up the soil to a ^9 artide e]sewhere . We subjoin the follow- 
ness, give you character, and make you what much gl ' eater de P th than USUal at fir f ’ b , Ut a ing statement of prices of best Hour in differ 
, ... , , gradual deepening ean be practiced with advan- ent markets, as gathered from our latest ex- 
you will not be, if you clmg to corrupt avoea- ^ ^^^ p hava hearJ Eomesay cbaD g es . u will he remembered that the quo- 
tions in corrupt cities. 
Baldwinsville, N. Y. 
W. Tappan. 
MINERAL MANURES FOR WHEAT. 
It strikes me that Dr. Lf.k is out of the line 
the wagon. Perhaps a less quantity would of his duty to western farmers when he tells 
answer a good purpose, but I have plenty of them that “33i bushels of wheat may be 
them, and have put them on liberally. 1 grown by the use, of lime and ashes alone, 
would say, try them if you can get them; and without ammonia or organic manures of any 
lhat they plowed deep; aud when interrogated 
liow deep, would say G or 8 inches. When 
l plowed the above field the last time, the 
depth was 12 inches, followed by the subsoil 
going some G or 10 inches deeper. 
I. A. Clark. 
Pigeon Hill Farm, Marion, Wayne Co , N. Y. 
Crops in Oswego County. —Wheat with us, 
looks bad; grass not first rate; spring crops 
if you forget the results, your land will not soon, kind;” that “with cheap mineral fertilizers, looks bad; grass not first rate; spring crops 
If this sketch will induce my brother farm- clover and other renovating crops may be well, and the prospect has never been better 
ers to try them, I shall be amply repaid. grown so as to give a high degree of fruitful- for a good fruit crop . Early cherries and 
Yours, &c., William Conk. ness, without either guano or the manure of strawberries are beginning to ripen. The 
_, . m , t _the stable.” Thirty years ago some of our peach has had a hard winter, and in some dis- 
Curiou8 “Freak of Nature.” —I have a Pennsylvania German farmers gave as an ex- tricts has been pretty well thinned out, but 
paid by the consumer. 
Rochester—extra. Genesee,. .$10,75 
BultWlo—extra Ohio,... 9 25 
Cleveland—extra Ohio,. U 25 
Toledo—Miami and Michigan,. 8 50 
Cincinnati—extra,. 8 00 
Detroit—prime,. .. 8 50 
Milwaukee,. 7 50 
Cnicngo—extra superfine,. 7 75 
Toronto,.. 8 25 
Oswego—city extra,. 10 75 
Albany—extra Genesee,. ..11 50 
Boston—extra Genesee,.11 88 
New York—extra Genesee,.1176 
— Roch. Union. 
Match at Scottsville on Tuesday, June 20, at better prospects of success.—I. H. Coe, Spriny- 
10 A. M. It is expected to be the most port, N. Y., May 30, 1854. 
spirited ever held in the County. The pretui- Subsoil plowing would, doubtless, be bene- 
ums are liberal, and will call out much conipe- ficiul to the soil, but we do not think it would 
tition. A good time is anticipated, and we be likely to kill any more thistles than simple 
Cure for Scratches. —Mix 1 oz. of chlo- 
plowing, say 12 inches deep. We once sub¬ 
soiled six acres of a seven acre field, leaving an 
acre unsubsoiled. The subsoiled portion, the 
first year after, threw up an immense quantity 
of Canada thistles, wild mustard, and other 
weeds, while the unsubsoiled acre was compar¬ 
atively clean. The subsoiled, however, ulti¬ 
mately became freest from weeds, and yielded 
tations are the wholesale prices, to which must the best crops. Hie field was thoroughly un- 
be added the retailer’s profit, from twenty-five derdrained, and had been for many years under 
to seventy five cents per barrel, to get the price rather slovenly cultivation. The earlier in the 
summer it is subsoiled the better, lf your ob¬ 
ject is simply to destroy the thistles, would it 
not be well to turn up rather a shallow furrow 
the first plowing, harrowing and cultivating it 
to kill all the thistles, and then plow a little 
deeper, harrowing and working as before, and 
so on till the whole soil was thoroughly clean 
to the depth of twelve inches? We should bo 
glad to hear the opinion of our experienced 
readers on this point. 
It does not follow, because plaster answers 
ride of lime and 1 quart of water; wash the on your soil, that lime would be equally bene. 
chicken just hatched that has three legs. 
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The case for their inattention to stable manures, there is yet left a good average crop. Grapes f^oiL^Thk has'never failed'to* cure. °° g ‘' luk _ l ' 1 i ier f is n0 ^ Hnd ni W estern 
extra one hangs loose from the hind part of that “ clover and plaster were better than sta- never, perhaps, set so full. Plums, apricots,_, . » , ,_ 
its body, and has only two toes. It is a perfect ble manure;” that green clover plowed into and nectarines, as well as the cherry, to some q' IJK ]» OKK Crop.— The receipts at tide wa- 
chicken in every other respect, and is doing their heavy, calcareous loams, acted both me- extent, are being pretty severely punctured by ter for the monili of May, of pork, bacon und 
_Charles Todd, JVetv Berlin, JY. Y. chanically and chemically on the soiL But the curculio.—A. Stone, Hinmanville. lard, amount to eighteen million pounds. 
New York that needs, or at least that will pay 
for, an application of lime. 
Will some of our readers say where a good 
Jack eau be obtained? 
