MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
hot water, and then add the soap till you have which one may obtain all the necessary ideas ^,QTtOllttUTUl ffiiSCrfllllTlT* 
a strong suds; soak the seeds from twenty-four to become well versed in Law, Divinity or _ f - 
to forty-eight hours; then dry for planting by Medicine, we have scarcely any where the tiller WOODS PASTURE AND SOUTHERN COWS. 
rolling in ashes and plaster—one or both—but of the soil can investigate the great laws of - 
ashes are the best. This causes the corn to nature as applied to Agriculture. In order to Hundreds of cows that range in the pine 
THE RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOW. 
PROFITABLE CROP OF RUTA BAGAS. 
The “National ” I iorse Show, at Providence, Tt is not of, en that we can record instances 
, u T * oi more profitable culture, than the following, 
Rhode Island, terminated on the 22* alt. It stated’ by our friend, Clieever Newhall, of 
start quickly, growing with a dark green leaf, 
and will add from ten to twenty-five per cent, 
to the yield in ordinary seasons. 
Planting. Mark off your ground into rows 
threc-aud-a-kalf feet apart each way, for the 
medium kinds, or from four to four-und-a-half 
feet for the larger kinds, and use great care in 
having the rows straight, as it adds much to 
Hundreds of cows that range in the pine is said to have been eminently successful, cclips- Dorchester: 
>ods of the Southern States, do not give a ing that held at Springfield, Mass., last fall. The land on which the crops mentioned he¬ 
art of milk a day, and we have often seen The following is a list of premiums: low grew, was poor pasture land, and had not 
e milking of a cowin a-pint cup without STALUOK ^ lBtpremiumoftl oor 0 rti,eb«.t.taiHonof been cultivated for more than thirty years.— 
ing it. The animals arc generally poor, any agu, to “ Matchless,” belonging to Wm. B. D'Wolf, of it was plowed in the fall, and again in the 
mil, scragged creatures, and their calves look Urmtoi. iH a full.Wooded Arab home, eight spring; was well manured, partly with night 
’.OO, 11 years old, 15K hands lnifh, and of a light chestnut color. 1 ., ,. ... 1 J , , V . 
:e foals of the mother ol the wooly horse. Sd premium of $50 to “ American Council,” belonging to soil and partly with piggery manure, to which 
is a common thing that planters with large L. J. Kies, of Washington county, N. Y. 3<l premium of was added a quantity of guano and ground 
rds have to buy butter and go without milk. to John a. Hammond, of Seekonk, Maas. bones,—the cost of the two latter being $0.00 
v . J .. , ° a . Brkkdino Mares. —1st premium of $40 for the best breed- „ ... , . . .. ° 
16 deficiency is generally cllfirged. to the cli- j n g mare, having had a colt or with foal by her side, to AGIO. I he (list CIO]) (pottltoesj glCW W (ill, 
ate. This is not the cause. The truth is to Win. Goddard, of i’rovidunco. 2d, $20, E.Itico, Warwick, and yielded fairly; were dug early and sent to 
7 7,, TirilHmr Laa been Instead of capital wasted in cultivating crops be found in the fact that the natural grass of „ n mark ? t ., 1,1 W"? the P otatoea > the lops 
the faci lty o a. - . ■ ff < - ut)011 so j]g no t a t all adapted to their growth, the extensive pine lands of all the Southern 2 d,"$ 3 o, to “ Nanny jenks,” teiongmg to Adams carpen- were laid regularly between the rows; at the 
practiced to some extent, and is a good plan on i ‘ .. ,... . . States is almost entirely destitute of phosphate ter, of Providence. 3d, $ 20 , Wm. ii. Greene, Providence, same time care was taken to haul the earth 
r . ... , 1 . . soipntinp. farmer. l>v heme nualiticd to ex- x . 1 , .,,.. .._ ,, _,»* _ .1 . ...1 • 1 _ 1 . ....... , , ,. • . 
uviavvv* vv/ - 7 --O A . ... , « • Kfirk/1 4 r-v rknr tUIIlOSb CHLUCIY UCOtlUUtV? VI I MlvDUUAI'u -, . —-V .. 
soils that are free from grass and weeds; but if the scientific farmer by being qualified to ex- Qf ^ wit]l0nt which the cow cannot pro duce Saddl* HoR«s.-irt premium «20, to R.L. Lippitt, 01 
the lands are not thus free, it will not pay for the amine the soil, would be enabled to judge at a b un dant milk; her calf cannot grow rapidly, p^weif, Bristol.’ 
p ^ ^ f VA111 thrpp tn once to what purpose it should be employed, for it gets no bone material. Matchkd Horses.— 1st premium, $50, best npan 4 yean 
extra care of cult vat on. 1 0 n w muc h toil and money have been lost in the Don’t say, “ What fools; why don’t they add old or over, KciwardCarrington, Providence. 2d,$ 25 ,Mm 
five kernels in each hill, and cover lightly with ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ knowlc(]ge of phosphates^ their soil if it is destitute of that n,„ ww.. 
Saddi.k Horses.— 1st premium, »20, to K. L. I.ippitt, of over them, which made somewhat of a ridge. — 
D-w^MBtoL’ $1 °’ K- ° - WaUo ’ r ‘ ovldunc °- 3<1>$5 ’These ridges were three feet apart. The ruta- 
Matohhd Horses. —1st premium, $<so, best spnn 4 years baga seed were dropped upon them, nine incli- 
old orover, Edward Carrington, Providence. 2d, $25, Mrs. CS apart, at Several I imes, between J Illy 27tll 
Amastt Sprague, Providence. and August 10th. No plow was used after 
Family Horses.— 1st premium, $50, for the host horse, ... iX P . 1 . ... 
4 years old or over, Robert W. Wataon, Pro\ideuC6. 2d, taking Oil the Crop Ol pOIlltoCS. ^Vt iCUSt 01)0- 
fine soil, and, as soon as you can get a mix- . . u.imnf oA«nn imnn important ingredient of fertility?” Look in 4 years old or over, Robert w. Wat«on, Provideuce. 2 d, taking oil the crop of potatoes. At least one- 
ture of plaster and ashes, mix them well to- the composition oi its soil: w heat sown upon ^ glass _ sc( , yoursc if. L 00 k at your own $30 John f. Grown. Woonsocket. 3d, $ 20 , Richard j. Ai- tenth of the spaces intended for the ruta-baga 
/. 1 v 1,1 i„(• soil containing scarcely a single ingredient , _ 'Uhev mav not be as bad_they no d ’ rovldenoe * ‘ . . . , T were vacant, as the seed did not vegetate.— 
gether—say one bushel of plaster to two Ol pastures. 1 ney may not ue as oau draught Horsrs.— 1st premium, *10, best pair, A. D. a ni ,t .L .A „ , . b 
b , , , 11 + v ■ - necessary for its full growth and productive may be made better.— J\*cw Yovlc Tribune. Arnold, Coventry. 2d, $5, not awarded. 1st premium, $ 10 , About, ten days after the plants were up, the 
ashes; if the ashes are leached, men mix one . . ._ i ow i an( ia attempted to be tilled, during ,. r , . , .. , , ,, , best single horso, G. a. Billings, Providence. 2d,S5, Geo. cultivator was passed between the rows; the 
to four, and apply a handful to each hill If ^Id-lowlands, attempted to tinea, (luring Wc have frequently heard it asserted that Hoiiman, Pawtuxet. pla nts were thinned out, leaving bnt one in a 
, ,, . , r heavy rams completely submerged lor want Ol ,, notnrol nf the Rmithern states Colts. — 1st premium, $ 15 , best 3 years old colt, H. D. * o.wl Ilw,>..n..1,1,. „,„„,1„,1 b ri'i • • 11 ,1 
you cannot get both, then use the ashes, for it J .. r the natural grasse s 01 me southern Doan, Mansfield, Mass. 2 d, $10, not awarded. space, and thoiouglily weeded, i his is all the 
itffhphott Annlv the unleached ashes before I ,ro P ei ' draining—repeated failures ol crops, « are a i m08 t entirely destitute of phosphate of ^ 1 st premium, $ 10 , for tbe best filly, n. F.Potter, Provi- cultivation thei received. 
is tl.C IH.S • II j from tlm too freouent use of seeds in the same .... 1 .. ,. , denco. 1st premium, $10, best two years old, l. il. Wood- Aliont the Hith of Oeiohor iLo nnltrn 
tLo porn is nn if vou can. from iiic too irequent u..o 01 sccus in me . i ime ,” but we have never seen any satisfactory mil ncy, Lisbon,ct. 2 d, $5, Lowell pitcher, East Green- ADoui me z\ui 01 Uctober, the entire ciop 
the corn is up, if you can. 
Cultivation. Start the cultivators as soon 
as the rows can be seen, so as to get the start 
of grass and weeds; and if the operation is 
About the 2!t,h of October, the entire crop 
The remedy has been spoken of above, but ; n a scientific and practical point of view, to 
rest on mere assertion. 
_ 11 l. . 'j-j nuiiu ouvu ^ rest on mere assertion. 
need ol the wo. 1 1 o • ’ till the agricultural community feels their im- A cow could not produce milk at 
except on wet soi s. n ^ ^ 1 *!’J . ... portanee—not till the idea is exploded that'a food destitute of phosphate of lime, 
cultivator Irequcntly through - t v. weU . educatcd lo8 es caste when he fol- C alf not only “would not grow rapidly 
increase the moisture, and is beneficial to all _h;ii iu . . .. / 
DESTRUCTION OF BUSHES. 
all from 
C 1 on/i iLp nnpration is uv/v/ not a fact, but it it be one, it is too important, Providence. 'I he person WU bought them says that the 
of grass and wc ( ' The remedy has been spoken of above, but in a scientific and practical point of view, to • * ' ^ ’ produce was mor^than twelve hundred bush- 
frequent and thorough there will be much less how ghall guch schoolsbe establi8hed? Not regf on mere assertion. DESTRUCTION OF BUSHES. els, and that theyVere well worth the sum he 
need oi' the hoe. Hilling should^bc avoided, ^ Mtura , Mm munitfeeU their im- " could „ ot p t ^ace milk al from , -- , SfU f “ r ‘^1J ten !t , is « h at 
excent on wet soils. In dry weather, pass the • , ., , , ... . ^ , ,, In many places there are grounds which tins crop was raisd upon land that had pro- 
ctdtivator frequently through the soil, as it will P°"““->>ot ‘'11 the idea la exploded thata food destitute of phosphate of lime, and the cannot p i owed that afford tolerable duc*l a fair yield l potatoes, and that thirty 
. , . , b • i . ii well-educated person loses caste when he fol- C alf not only “would not grow rapidly without pasturage if not too much occupied by bushes, dollars per acre)/ as realized for a second 
increase ie nuns «re, an< 11 j ows p ] ow — no t till the old-fasliioncd race bone ma tcrial ” but it would not prow at all. The shrubs which are inclined to grow in these crop, while the eifense did not exceed five 
hoed crops. 1 ie p ow s iou ( no o use in passed awa y who sturdily proclaim a war q ro ;[ dcs titute of phosphates, no plant car situations are alders, briers of several kinds, dollars per acre, 1 id led to believe that land 
corn after the roots have extended far from i p , . : nc ._ not till , ‘ ' , .. ... , J. whortleberry, &c. Where these are permitted will sometimes,_ at ast, pay the cultivator a 
♦im cinlk . '' . ^, pable of sustaining life can grow. II it is i c- t 0 ir r0W) they prevent the growth of the grass f a * r compensation lr the labor bestowed.— 
lows tbe 
ficient, the produce will be deficient; but the a g reiv(< extent, and nn 
proportion of phosphates in the plant will he :nv sour and worthless. 
Your corresponding editor “T. E. W.,” in a the same. We have no proof that, by manur 
the stalk. rurai occupations are pursued for the pleasure, ficient the pro duce will be deficient; but the 
ri “ wShTfte » “. T _ _ . . »/ ^ -« *• 
oi Ull , .n-oood; but if thev are intended for ^ ®" r corresponding editor T. K W„ in a the , mm . We have no proof that, by manor- 
fodder let thorn be cut up while yet green, and Krres “< woll-wntten articles, has endeavored ing plants with phosphates, we can increase the 
° ’ , r i,,.,,.] Cut to show the benefit of order and good arrange- relative proportion of phosphates in the plant, 
after most of the ear has become nara. L .111 1 , , * 
, , „ , ,1 T f ment upon a farm—especially that of having while we have abundant evidence that the re- 
them up before a frost has killed mem. ii 1 1 ^ „ ,, nn 
1 iilans fully matured at the commencement of verse is frequently the case. 11ms, turnip 
quite green, not more than sixteen or twenty , , , e . „,. , 
b > . . flip vpnr: nnd vet, t.liniisands. tor want, Of SVS- -urim onnemLnonlinfo of lime. eontlLiil 
staining life can grow. 11 it is < e- j g row> pr evcnt the growth of the grass f a ' r compensation V the labor bestowed.— 
produce will be deficient; but the a g rea t extent, and make that which does Practical Farmer. 
The mode usually adopted for killing bush- PROSPECTS OF THE WHEAT CROP. 
es in such circumstances is to inow them. The - 
efficiency of this has been found to depend The Crops. —It is next to impossible to form 
much on the time of the year in which the an opinion of the coming wheat crop, the ac- 
work is done. Cutting in winter seems to have counts being so contradictory. One week an 
little eflect toward destroying them; they start abundant harvest is looked for, and the next it 
with the return of spring and grow rapidly.— is ull cut off. The Milwaukee Sentinel says 
lulls should be placed in o 1 • tern and habit, pass by his remarks with but a i ess phosphoric acid than those manured with The effect is nearly the same as if they are cut j there could not by any possibility be a better 
ataito for fodder >r'Western New York, w.U J„„. J, fact , it ist00 trae that ^ P ot amm01liai and it „ certain that -■» r f"1 .reea and „ros,,eet in that Stutee The Kalamazoo La- • 
pav more than one-half the expense of raising. 1 „ , ’ . ., , . , shrubs malce 1 heir annual growth in a lew zotte gives very flatteung accounts of an almn- 
I et the ears be secured in narrow cribs, and a l ar g e portion oi those who till the soil, toler- the quantity of phosphoric acid a plant con- wee j. s f ron , the time of putting out leaves.— dance in that wheat growing region. From 
’ . „ ee circulation of air c( l uca f ei l xn some respects, do not possess tains is no index of its comparative nutritious During the remainder of the season, the wood Hattie Creek, Calhoun Co., we have the same 
open, so t.nit lere is a ree ciku a sufficient information in regard to Book Keep- va i ue Were it so, an immature plant would hardens, and the buds of next season’s foliage news. An average yield is-predicted in Jack- 
through all parts. Letthe stalks be we nec to caiTy out the p i an he suggests. Not be more nutritious than one perfectly elaborat- »«* T h V j’. : V. c!, ? re wh ? M , lhe leav , es }. lu , ve 8011 and f^’T’ 0n lhc whole ’ taki, ‘- the 
ing to carry out the plan he suggests. Not be more nutritious than one perfectly elaborat- me set iw junci me wnenme leaves nave son nnu i.ignam. on me wnoie, maiiig mo 
before stacking,and then build small stacks, as . , i , . , , y . . attaiued their lull size, and the growth of the country through, an average crop may be ex- 
b , one in a thousand who has arrived at the me- pd iLp loaves of 1 urn ns twice as nutritious as , , , . ’ .. . y. ’ b . . y. ,. J , 
there is dancer of the stalks heating. . , . . eu, me leaves oi imuip uvill » j _ season is checked, is sometimes called “ turn of pected, according to present indications. In 
The botanical name of corn is Zea Maize, rx( Han of life without having acquired the habit ^ be bldbS) and bran vastly more nourishing the sap.” The vitality of many plants is great- Monroe county we shall not expect a full crop. 
found in the class Monecia, order Zuandria.. 
"I’ue Chemical Analysis of Corn. But 
little attention has been given by European 
chemists to the analysis of com, from the fact 
that it is but little cultivated there. Few men 
of noting, from time to time, passing events, I ^} ian g ne wheaten flour; all of which, experi- ly impaired if they are cut off at this time.— —Monroe (Mich.) Herald , 
will at that time take up the practice. How ence. inductive experiment, and common sense, But w ith another species, cutting at another ~ , , 
important, then, that this habit should ho ac- ..renounce erroneous. period—tl.o last of August-is more fatal I h» W »«at Lao,'.-he great staple of our 
' ’ ’ . prououiicc tzriUUCUUB. ^ Tito hlnolf nltLr nennllv crrnniii in rnoittl rlrG, COUIlty 18 HOW 111 a State Of forwardnCSS Ulld 
quired in early life! \V hen it shall be consul- - * - ~ 1 .1 : ,. ( , rv , ia t'iiral to From health quite equal to that usual at this season, 
ered as proper that a knowledge of accounts PLOWING 4VTCII IN SCOTThVILLL. their rapidity of growth they sooii J occupy the Incept, in some few localities, where portions 
and journalizing the affairs of human life should 1 ground to (lie exclusion of other vegetation, " l ‘re wintor killed, the fields look promising, 
be pursued in our common schools ius Gram- IIK irs °' vl " n u <: ‘ . and appropriating the best soil to their use, a !i l ^ ie P r ® s P ec ^ ur a yield was never 
mar or Arithmetic much will have been ac- the direction of the Monroe County Agricul- they occasion much loss. Attempts are often belt , er ; It is quite general y headed out, and 
. j f P , irr v nut sn desir-ible a nlm ns )ura ^ ^ oc 'i e fy> l° ok place at Scottsville on made to eradicate them, which do not succeed, Iuie(k j but two or three weeks of.good ripening 
complisbcd to carry out so desirable a plan as Tuead aylast ; the 20 l h^inst and this produces discouragement, which in- weather to give to the community “flour irom 
that suggested by “ 1 . E. W. _ _ duces the farmer to allow them to crow un- n ew wheat Oilcans Republican. 
-.Monroe (Mich.) Herald 
aie capable of giving a correct analysis of be purgued j n our common schools as Gram 
a plant or tree in this country, from the fact mar Qr Arithmetic, much will have been ac 
that it requires years of labor and patient re- (.^pUg^d to carry out so desirable a plan a; 
search to acquire sufficient knowledge, and will that sugge8tcd by .. -p \v.” 
not pay the laborer for his time thus spent, foi what is the jirospect of the People’s Col 
the reason that farmers have not yet been con- , • .. w tnn m» StiLte? Is thpre not enerc 
quired in early life! When it shall be consid¬ 
ered as proper that a knowledge of accounts 
and journalizing t he affairs of human life should 
vinced of its practical utility; yet the time, 
we believe, is coming, when the farmers will be 
convinced that it is worth some time and 
mar or Arithmetic, much will have been ac- lUb uirecuu “ they occasion much loss. Attempts are often 
complished to carry out so desirable a plan as ,ural Societ y’ took P lace at bcottsvllle 011 made to eradicate them, which do not succeed, 
.1 hv hr V W” Tuesday last, the 20th inst and this produces discouragement, which m- 
that suggested by “ 1. K W. ,, „ r pntorfld : n Ill0 first duces the farmer to allow them to grow un- 
What is the prospect of the People’s Col- ,,11 1 ,. . molested. The results of trials at cutting al¬ 
lege in the Empire State? Is there not energy ckiss > an( I ’ ' ix ’ u gh the gi ound vv ;ls exi.eet mg y derg at var j 0U3 reasons of the year have proved 
or canilal ainone the farmers of that State to hnrd and ston ^> a11 the P lowmea did lheir work ^ the above mentioned is preferable. We 
The Wheat Crop. —The great staple of our 
county is now in a Date of forwardness and 
health quite equal to that usual at this season. 
Except in some few localities, where porlions 
were winter killed, the fields look promising, 
and the prospect for a good yield was never 
better. It is quite generally headed out, and 
new wheat.” 
money to give their sons and daughters a cor- finull die QuU 
1 ,• n 1 1 „ j a 1 : r * 
or capital among the farmers of that State to 
carry out so desirable a project? It is to be 
hoped that it will uot be left to languish aud 
rect and scientific knowledge of the science of 
farming. 
Dr. Dana gives the following analysis:— 
Flesh-forming principles (gluten and albumen,) 
12.60 ; fat-forming (gum, sugar, starch, oil, 
woody fiber,) 77.09; salts 1.31 in each 100 
parts, the rest being water. The stalks, when 
burnt, give of ash about Si parts in each 1000 , 
and the corn 10 in each 1000. The quantity 
of inorganic or mineral elements removed by 
one acre of corn weighing say 5000 lbs., is, of 
silica 175 lbs. ; phosphoric acid £ of a lb. ; 
earthy phosphates 93 lbs.; sulphuric acid 30 
lbs.; lime 14 tbs.; magnesia 5£ lbs.; potash 67 
lbs.; soda 62J tbs.; chlorine 28J. 
Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y. !• A. CI*ARK. 
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Wm. Blanchard. 
Waukun, Wiwconsin, 1854. 
SODA TO PRESERVE BUTTER. 
Eds. Rural: —In some remarks of yours on 
an article which appeared in the Rural of 
in a very superior manner. 
The premiums awarded in the first clas 3 were 
as follows: 
;. To Joseph Williams, of Henrietta ; XV 
liams’ double plow —F. Buckley, plow inn 
$ 8 . 00 . 
2d. Benjamin Warren, Wheatland ; Wiard’s 
No. 5 plow—J ohn Ashman, plowman—$8.00. 
3d. Franklin Finch, Wiard’s No. 5 plow— 
The Steuben (N. Y.) Courier thinks that 
the wheat crop in that county the present sea¬ 
son will be below the average, probably not 
more than a two-thirds yield. 
• i* .l. i.. 4 r.i • sou wm uo ueiow me uveruae, uruuuuiy noi 
might cite much evidence in support of this; t 4| . , . ,, ° J 
. * , , i ,i ‘ i -i more than a two-thirds yield, 
but, perhaps, what we nave already said may J 
induce some to undertake the work. ^ - 
In killing briers and small bushes, bruising , ^ Mammoth h arm hit.——Jacob Btrawns 
sometimes answers better than cutting. A tool ' 0IIie8lc ) l l l , d 111 1I101S l ^ ,usl8ks 0 ten thousand 
called a “bush-whacker” has been used for acrea lh< ? numb(r acn r 8 0 c ? rD be . 1,88 
this purpose. 
Briers and whortleberry bushes may be kept 
Nov. 12, you request some one of your readers James Parkman, plowman—$6.00. 1 stock heavily in order to compel the 
to try the experiment of using soda to destroy 4th. Daniel E. Rogers, Wheatland, Wiard’h eat the bushes as soon as they start 
dovyn by sheep, after having been closely cut I bushels> The corn * fed to cattle is not busked, 
with a scythe. It is necessary however, to j blU cut up and lbd t0 them or. the stalks.- 
stock heavily in order to compel the sheep to Anolh , r farm is owned bv the same man. 
the acids contained in butter, and report the No. 5 plow —Thomas Ingalls, plowman—$4.00 bushes 
result. As I have seen no such report, 1 have 5th. Samuel Siiadbolt, Caledonia plow—8. ‘ 1,1 
decided to make one myself, and send it to you M0N Ashman, plowman-Rural New Yorker fo; 
to be disposed of as you see fit. 
My first experiment being merely for the 
one year. 
Class 2.—1st. To Oko. W. Goodhue, Wheat- 
buslics are closely kept down fora year or two, 
the grass will spread and form so close a sward, 
on good land, that the bushes will have little 
chance to grow. It is important that when 
the work is begun it is followed up. Once 
mowing may be partly effectual, but if the 
sake of ascertaining whether the butter would ba,,<k R allock ’ 8 ^ ro jan plow No. 6 Samuel K prouts are not cut at the proper time the next Garget. I he American Agriculturist 
" 1 ‘ ' , S . ' .. Bend, plowman—$5.00. ! sciuson, the labor is in a great degree lost— j sa y 8 the be8t remedy for garget is to let the 
come at all, or not, was made with a very small 2( i j OHIf c . MoVean. Wheatland. Strous. Cult calf run with the cow and suck it as often as 
untity of cream. As it proved successful, I 
ought I would try again. Accordingly, six 
2d. John C. MoVean, Wheatland, Strousi 
plow—A. McEva, plowman—$1.00. 
Several teams were entered under the third 
Host. Cult. 
Ashes on Potatoes. —More Evidence of 
Value .—Our readers may remember that Mr. 
this year, is twenty-three hundred. This, at 
forty bushels per acre, a low average yield for 
the last season, gives ninety-two thousand 
but is cut up and fed to them on the stalks.— 
Another farm is owned by the same man, 
which is six miles long and four broad. Last 
year lie paid out ten thousand dollars lor fenc¬ 
ing materials. He also Ills large tracts of un¬ 
improved lands. Struwn is an immense dealer 
in cattle. 
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. art * ofsweet cream were P uti,lto a common class, (the boys,) but owing to the hardness of r0adel ' S tl,at ^ lr - 
- dasher churn, and the temperature raised to 58 j thnmrht ii advisable to imst ’ ,uret ’ °! ^‘ l Y u k ra ’ p u Dished a statement that 
Fns Ritrai •_T have been mucli eriMified i n 4 r i <■ i r i . the ground, they thought it aitvisabic to post- he and Ins neighbors had prevented ull rot m 
7 . .^ ‘ Gne tea-spoon ul o so( a or each quart pone their trial of skill to some more favorable their potatoes for several years, by sowing ash- 
occasion. es over them, at the rate of from two to three 
from time to time, to perceive the efforts which 0 j' crcam was dissolved in warm water and 
the Rural, in common with many other week- poured into the cream while in motion. In 
ly journals of a similar character, has made to abou t fifteen minutes the butter separated, 
induce our laboring population to acquire a wben the butter-milk was strained off, and war 
greater amount of education than the majority, ler put in its place, and churned until the but- 
occasion. V*vi uium, uro tail} ui iiuui twu LU l/UrctJ 
Taking the nature of the ground into consul- b ««hels per acre, once a week for six weeks, 
° commencing immediately after the second hoe- 
eration, the plowing was admitted by all to be ing . licv . Lyinatl Smi th, of Charlotte, Vt., 
calf run with the cow and suck it as often as 
possible. The next best is to take the roots of 
the bitter-sweet—which is common in all our 
forests—cut them up fine and steep them in 
hot water, making the ’decoction quite strong. 
Pour off this liquid, then mix it half and half 
with lard, and rub the cow’s udder and teats 
well with the mixture twice a day, and milk 
her at least three times each day. 
the best ever witnessed in the country. 
ing. Rev. Lyman Smith, of Charlotte, Vt., Immense Loads of Y\ heat.— On the 13 th 
confirms this statement in a letter to the New instunt, Mr. William Plato, son of John F. 
England Farmer. He says he has prevented i>lat0 > Esq., residing about two miles east of 
in years gone by, have thought necessary to ^ collected. It was then taken out and Leather for Manure. — Old boots and the rotting of potatoes by sprinkling the tops this village, drew from home and delivered at 
obtain. 1 have further been gratified to wit- wor ked, and set away until the next day, when shoes, and old harness and shoe scraps are first with ashes as soon as they made their appear- Gie mill in this village, at one load, with one 
ness through your journal, the efforts of one of it W as again worked though there was hardly rate manure. They may be eaten up in ashes ance, a table-spoonful to each hill; after hoeing, P a * r Horses, and upon a common lumber 
your corresponding editors to introduce among a particle of buttermilk to be found in it— <* « “J'f to J*? f ‘I 10 . “ u,,u ¥* ta - ?' l,c “•“» LTSkcd tZ^um^of S111‘ Ywo dol’ 
1 ,. L mt L 0 , ctvaH.Tr. m iLoSr mnitsf.ri ... . . a . . ped fine and plowed in the soil. Old woolen woe applied immediately after a shower, or be received the bum ol #311,20, jOr, two dol- 
a " Otherwise it did not differ m its appearance i a gs and scraps of wool, hair, skins, all should upon a heavy dew. After such applications, * a,H ailt ^ twenty-five cents per bushel. Wo 
r.4.4,1,r.otiriria In (Iwr TOatif cvulr.m I an. „ i ° >, , , . * C. ’ 4 1 .: 1 . 41. — : 11 1... 1.. 4.. 1 4 Tin ... 1 
ous occupations. In the want of system, I ap- f rom ^ ba t obtained at previous churnings with- be treated in the same way.— Ex. 
prehend, lies the failure of our unsuccessful out soda> l have taken no pains to ascertain They should never be mixed wii 
farmers. It is no new saying that a person m ll0w l ong it would keep fresh, but I think I , H f tlievwill drived 
be treated in the same way.— Ex. he has no rotten potatoes.— Count. Gent. think this will be hard to beat. Who can do 
. . , . . more ?—Batavia Dem. 
They should never be mixed with unleached • * _, # , _ 
ashes or lime, for they will drive off the greater A Gen Doing Double Duty — We have a To CuEB Founder.— The Ohio Cultivator 
part of the ammonia; and it is to the great n| d »ci y o i . lang uie hen, that brought out gives the following recipe for curing the foun- 
quuntity of nitrogen (ammonia) which these ^tadSj S 
substances contain that their great fertilizing scratching among them-coaxing and, scolding ll8 he cau stand up; then make hiinswalloS 
effects are owing. _ > they go astray, and squa ling terribly at all ()ne uillt of 8alt: U1 oint wa n ar0 nnd the e<Ws 
Who can do 
order to succeed well in business of any sort shall do 80 at B0m8 future time. 
A Hen Doing Double Duty.—W e have a 
To Cure Founder.— The Ohio Cultivator 
must be bred to it Still it has too often been ^ j am not iu the habifc 0 f experimenting ‘ antity of nitrogen (ammonia) which these 
considered by far too many, that when they for the benefit of the public, I may have failed 8ubstanc e 8 contain that their great fertilizing 
have failed in almost every other pursuit, as a io do p. Ha ti H factorily in this instance. If so, e fl» ec t s ure owin'L 
last resort they could try Agriculture: thence p l eaa e inform me through your paper how it -- 
the reason we liave so many siip^sbod burners, gbould be done, as I am ambitious to do my Buttkii from a ^ karling IIkifer.— "^Ve 
who bring disgrace upon their fellow laborers, share towards enlightening the world. tnat an Ayrshire heifer belonging to E. 
mar the beauties of nature, and go grumbling i> iue cottage, 1854 . coua. 1 • ^entice, Esq., of Albany, only seventeen 
der—more correctly speaking the water-found¬ 
er:—“ Bleed the horse from the neck as long 
as lie cau stand up; then make him swallow 
one pint of salt; anoint well around the edges 
mar the beauties of nature, and go grumbling 
to the end of their days. This want of system 
will be felt until the youth of our farms are Wisconsin Grass Seed. —The Fond du Lac ffj three-f 
taught, in the acquisition of their education, to Horald says that Mr. Munger, of Albany, has waa gra8K 0 
acquire aach a knowledge ae shall lead them slipped dumig the last six monlhkabout 1500 CuUhutor , 
1 ® bushels of Grass heed to the eastern market. - 
to a correct system in all their rural employ- Wisconsin Grass commands the highest price Chickeni 
menta in the eastern States, in consequence of its su- floors abovi 
Butter from a Yearling Heifer. — We 
learn tnat an Ayrshire heifer belonging to E. 
P. Prentice, Esq., of Albany, only seventeen 
months and three days old, and weighing 550 
tbs., produced in the last week in May, nine 
and three-fourths pounds of butter. Her feed 
was grass only, with the other cattle.— Boston 
tt vy tail uujo wviiiiz uuuuiu uuiy.—^ric. X'U/« • * I \ ,j n F .» 
b J gist has been investigating the eflect ot onion 
* ' * ‘ ' eating on the human system. He states that 
Nitrate of Soda. —Air. Stephenson, of Ed- raw onions arc much the same in their effect 
inburg, applied one cwt. of nitrate of soda and as opium eating, producing a dull, stupid, 
Wisconsin Grass commands the highest price Chickens should be kept in coops, with two cwt. of common salt per acre, to a wheat drunken feeling, that renders a jersoii unlit for 
in the eastern States, in consequence of its su- floors above the ground, until they get strong crop, and increased the yield nine bushels per labor, reading, or anything but lazy, indifferent 
While we have multitudes of schools in I perior quality aud freedom from all foul seeds. I enough to run at large. 
repose and lassitude. 
