MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
Meteorological Observations, 
MADK- AT ROCHESTER, N. T.—QUARTERLY AB8TRACT. 
A. J. Ensign, Observer. 
1854. .— April.—, . May. , <—Jnne.-^-s 
Barom. Ther. Barom.Ther. Barorn. Ther. 
Highest Obs. 80.000 73°.2 20.794 79 =>.4 29.746 88°.2 
Lowest do., 29.020 25° 29.049 33°.3 29.085 45*.9 
Range, .9S0 4S°.2 .745 45 = .9 .660 22°.3 
Month. Mean, 29.528 42°.54 29.411 5S°.64 29.393 68°.61 
Coldest day, 2d 7tli 1st 
Wannest day, 26th 24th 28th 
Am’t of rain, 2.428 2.146 5.473 
April .—This month came in very cold. In 
the first part, there were frequent snow squalls, 
and the weather was quite severe. From the 
18th to the 28th it was -warm and pleasant; 
vegetation grew rapidly. The close of the 
month was cold and stormy; snowing on 
the 29th, and raining the entire day of the 
30th. There were twelve days on whicli it 
either rained or snowed. The amount of rain 
and melted snow was not so much as for the 
same month last year, being then 3.245 inches- 
The mean temperature for the month, as stated 
above, was 42°.54; for the same month last 
year, 43 ° .6, a slight difference of 1 ° .06. 
May. —The first two days were cold and 
rainy ; then the weather became warm and 
pleasant; cold again on the 6th, and, at night, 
ice a quarter of an inch in thickness formed in 
exposed places. From the 8th to the 19th was a 
warm growing time. The last part of the month 
was cold and cloudy—a backward spring. The 
number of rainy days was 13. The amount of 
rain for the same month last year was 4,725.— 
The mean temperature of the month for this 
year, was 58 0 .54 ; for that of last, 55 ° .4, a dif¬ 
ference of 3 ° .14. 
June —The first two or three days of this 
month were cold for the lateness of the season. 
The weather then became warmer, and there 
was a fine growing time during the rest of the 
month. The last part was extremely warm.— 
The number of rainy days was 11 ; the amount 
of rain was 5.473 ; for the same month last 
year, 1.480, The mean monthly temperature 
-was 68 * .61 for that of last year, 71 c .5, showing 
a difference of 2 0 .87. The warmest day of the 
month, as seen by the above table, was the 28th, 
when the thermometer stood at 88 ° .2 ; for that 
of last year, the 15th was the -warmest, when 
the thermpmeter stood at 93 °. 
July —The first ten days of this month have 
been very warm. Much of the time the sky has 
been perfectly cloudless, and the fiery rays of 
the sun intense. The two warmest days were 
the 4th and 8th, when the thermometer indicat¬ 
ed a temperature of 93 o in the shade. The 
highest degree of the thermometer, for the first 
ten days of the same month last year, did not 
at any time exceed 80 0 . Thus far there has 
been no rain of consequence, only a slight 
sprinkle on the afternoon of the 9th. 
The amount of rain that usually falls during 
the year, as indicated by the ombrometer, is front 
thirty to thirty-six inches. 
University of Rochester, July, 1S54. 
INDUSTRIOUS FOWLS. 
Mr. Moore. —In your valuable paper of 
July 1st, I read an extract from the Maine 
Farmer, of a hen doing “ double duty ’’-—that 
is, rearing a brood of chicks and laying at the 
same time. Allow me to tell a “ bigger ” sto¬ 
ry, and yet a true one. 
Of some twenty full blood Shanghai and 
Chittagong hens, which have set this season, 
with but two or three exceptions, all have 
commenced laying when the chicks have been 
from two to four weeks old, and continued to 
do so almost daily, until the brood was weaned, 
(which they have done very early;) when, af¬ 
ter completing their laying they have set again, 
and some are now setting for the third time.— 
I wouldespecially mention a pure white Shang¬ 
hai, and a Chittagong pullet; the former,when 
with her second brood, (of 17 fine chicks,) be¬ 
gan laying when they were three weeks old, 
and laid 20 eggs without missing even a day, 
when she weaned her chickens and is now 
among the number setting for the third time. 
The latter hatched out 15 chicks the first set- 
.ing, which was very early in the season, and 
14 the second time, and what she will do now 
remains to be seen; but she has laid regularly 
when her chicks were about three weeks old. 
Let those who decry the Shanghai fowls, give 
them a fair trial—feed them as well as they 
would any other choice stock on their farms 
—mark well the result, and rely upon it their 
opinion will undergo a change. 
Rahway, N. J., July, 1854. L. C. FROST. 
Crops in Northern New York. —A recent 
letter from Mr. E. G. Cook, Belleville, Jeff. 
Co., says:—“The weather has been quite cool 
and dry, with but few warm days until within 
two weeks. Winter Wheat badly killed out 
by freezing and thawing late in spring; it will 
not average over ten bushels per acre—some 
say five. Grass light—not half a crop. Of 
Corn a. large amount was planted, but on 
sward land the worm has eaten it badly.— 
Many planted over two or three times, and 
then had to drag and sow to grain to get any 
.thing. On. old land it stands well, but small; 
little corn weather yet, and the crop never 
looked worse at this season. Spring Wheat, 
Barley* Oats, &e., look first rate—perhaps nev¬ 
er better. As there has been a large amount 
of Barley sown, we shall have something to 
feed in place of Corn.” 
AGRICULTURAL QUALITIES OF NEBRASKA. 
The Cleveland Herald contains an interest¬ 
ing letter from the Nebraska region, written 
by William Walker, an intelligent and worthy 
half-breed, and the chief of the Wyandot In¬ 
dians, from which we make the following ex¬ 
tract: 
As far as I have been able to make obser¬ 
vation on cultivated lands, 1 have no hesitation 
in affirming that there can be no country found 
to surpass it in the production of corn, wheat 
and oats. Clover, 1 think, will not do well.— 
The soil is too loose, and clover freezes out 
in the winter; and what is left gets the finish¬ 
ing stroke during the the autumnal drouths so 
common in this country. That this country is 
well adapted to fruit raising I can speak with 
confidence, as I have been doing something in 
that line myself, and take much interest in that 
department of horticulture. I think I never 
eat as luscious peaches in my life, as my neigh¬ 
bors and I have raised. It is to be regretted, 
however, that in some seasons the peach crop 
has met with total failure. But apples, and 
other fruits, seldom fail. On the alluvial 
lands we have pawpaws, &c., that will eclipse 
anything in the western world. 
With regard to mercantile and mechanical 
pursuits, it would be difficult at present to tell. 
This will depend upon the population in the 
various prominent points, and when the cur¬ 
rent of trade has settled down to the perma¬ 
nent maximum. The location of the Mississip¬ 
pi and Pacific Railroad through the central 
route, will soon develop the business points.— 
But upon the organization of the Territory, 
and, moreover, upon the extinguishing of the 
title of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians to 
their lands upon the Kansas river, (as they own 
both sides) a great opening will here present 
itself to the enterprising, and business men of 
all pursuits. It is navigable for 200 miles up 
the “ Republican Fork,” except in a low state 
of the water, which occurs generally in the fall. 
The country upon this stream is considered the 
best portion of the Territory, the land general¬ 
ly being well adapted to agricultural purposes, 
and being well watered by streams emptying 
into the Kansas river. 
1 have not traveled this portion of the Ter¬ 
ritory, and therefore state only what I derive 
from reliable authority. I have explored the 
southern portion, and cannot speak in raptur¬ 
ous terms of the country. It is not well water¬ 
ed, nor has it as many privileges for machinery 
as in the northern part, nor is the soil as good, 
though a fine grazing country. The whole 
Territory is a prairie, except upon the streams; 
and like most other western countries, has hills 
and dales, rivers and creeks, prairie and timber, 
rich and poor land. The upland lies high and 
rolling into beautiful waves. The timber in 
the country is red, white, black, burr and pine 
oak, shell and smooth bark hickory, coffee bean, 
mulberry, ash, linden, &c.; and in the bottom 
lands, which are subject to inundation, nothing 
but cotton-wood of the rankest and most rapid 
growth. 
There can be no better country for raising 
live stock. The water /from springs J is gener¬ 
ally hard, owing to the source being from lime¬ 
stone. There are springs, however, that pro¬ 
ceed from clay banks, ana the water from 
these is invariably soft. 
With regard to the climate, it is about the 
same as in the northern part of Ohio, except 
the winters are not so long, and the summers 
are longer and warmer. As evidence of the 
latter, I will state that through the months of 
July and August, the mercury in the shade is 
frequently up to 100 and 105 deg., and I rec¬ 
ollect two or three instances of 110 deg. 
In the winter, the weather is very irregular. 
In the winter months, the mercury will some¬ 
times stand at 55° of “ temperate,” and in 12 
hours’ time it will be 10° below zero. The ir¬ 
regularity of the climate is by many attributed 
to our altitude above the Mississippi and prox¬ 
imity to the Rocky Mountains. But permit 
me to say at least one thing in praise of the 
“Queen of the Prairies”—we have, both in 
winter and summer, the finest roads for wheel 
carriages on the Continent of America. I do 
not say turnpike macadamized roads, but. roads 
made by the plastic hand of nature. In the 
winter, especially, it is glorious wheeling. In¬ 
deed good for any other mode of traveling. 
One peculiarity I cannot pass without remark. 
The morning and evening twilight lasts about 
an hour longer than in Ohio. 
SALE (IF HORSES. 
At 12 o’clock yesterday, July 11, a sale of 
valuable horses took place at the “ New York 
Tattersall’s,” in Sixth-avenue. Nearly a thou¬ 
sand persons were in attendance, and the bid¬ 
ding was active. From twelve to fifteen horses 
were put up during the early part of the sale, 
and were bid off at prices varying from $200 
to $550. 
The main interest that attached to the sale, 
was the announcement that the celebrated 
trotters, Mac, Tacony, Frank Forrester and 
Barnum, would be sold under the hammer. 
Mac was struck off at $4,100, to Mr. Mann, 
of Baltimore; Tacony was sold for $3,700, to 
Mr. J. G. Bevens, of this city; Frank Forrester 
was sold to Mr. Mann also, who paid $2,350. 
Barnum was withdrawn from the auction, he 
having been sold at private sale during the 
morning, for the sum of $2,850. 
Two mares—a bay and a black—were put 
up, each being warranted to trot a mile in 2.40, 
and together in 2.45. They were sold to Mr. 
Getson for $1,150. The auctioneer was Mr. 
Henry Palmer.— JY. Y. Times. 
Farm 150 Miles Long. —Mr. Brotherwood, 
who is the agent for keeping the permanent 
way, or rails, for the Great 'Western Railroad, 
England, in repair, also rents the land on each 
side of the road belonging to the company, and 
farms it out, or rents it. In some places the 
distance between the line and the fence is 
twenty yards, and in others it is not six feet, 
but it is known as Mr. Brotherwood’s farm, and 
is 150 miles long. The contractor has risen to 
opulence by the rents of his farm. 
Ulriatltural Ufacdlttm. 
The Wheat Harvest is progressing finely in 
this region, the weather continuing favorable. 
A great portion of the crop will be cut the 
present week. We hear less complaints of the 
ravages of the weevil, and presume the damage 
has been over-estimated in some localities—yet 
the loss from this cause will be large in the ag¬ 
gregate, and undoubtedly affect the price of 
pure Genesee wheat for the next twelvemonth. 
The yield in towns adjoining, and even of fields 
in immediate proximity, varies materially—in 
consequence of which reports from the same 
district are often contradictory. 
Corn is looking up—the recent warm weath¬ 
er being very favorable. Other crops are also 
improving rapidly—and the prospect is that, 
notwithstanding the partial failure of the wheat 
crop, the farmers of Western New York, will 
have abundant use for their spacious barns and 
granaries. 
OHIO COUNTY FAIRS. 
The following list of County Fairs to be 
held in Ohio, the ensuing fall, is copied from 
the Ohio Cultivator of the 15th inst. Many 
Societies have not yet designated the time and 
place of holding their Fairs, yet the list out¬ 
numbers that of our own State, given last 
week: 
Ashtabula, Jefferson, Sept. 26—28. 
Belmont, St. Clairsville, Oct. 3—5. 
Carroll, Carrollton, Oct. 17—19. 
Clarke, Springfield, Qct. 3—5. 
Clermont, Bantam, Oct. 3—6. 
Columbiana, New* Lisbon, Oct. 27—29. 
Coshocton, Coshocton, Oct, 12—13. 
Defiance, Defiance, Oct. 12—13. 
Gallia, Galhpolis, Oct, 5—6. 
Geauga, Burton, Oct. 4—6. 
Guernsey, Cambridge, Sept, 6—7. 
Hardin, Kenton, Sept, 27—28. 
Harrison, Cadiz, Oct, 5—6. 
Henry, Napoleon, Oct. 5—6. 
Licking, Newark, Oct, 11—12. 
Logan, Bellefontaine, Oct. 3—5. 
Lorain, Elyria, Sept. 27—28. 
Lucas, Toledo, Sept. 26—27. 
Mahoning, Canfield, Sept. 25—26. 
Medina, Medina, Sept. 13—14. 
Miami, Troy, Sept. 27—29. 
Morgan, Connellsville, Oct, 3—4. 
Pickaway, Circleville, Sept. 6—8. 
Preble, New Paris, Oct, 11—13. 
Richland, Mansfield, Sept. 27—29. 
Sandusky, Clyde, Sept. 26—27. 
Trumbull, Warren, Oct. 5—6. 
"Wood, Portageville, Oct. 4—5. 
Grain Drills.—W ill you please inform me, 
either through your paper or by letter, as to the 
best kind of drill for sowing wheat, <fcc., and 
where obtainable ? An answer will oblige me 
and other subscribers in this section.—D. It 
Taylor, Oak field, N. 17, July, 1854. 
There aiW&everal good drills' before the 
public, but. we cannot undertake to say which 
is the best It is a question upon which edi¬ 
tors, as well as farmers, disagree—and beside, 
we have not witnessed the operation of all the 
machines in use. Moore’s Grain Drill, adver¬ 
tised in this paper, is highly recommended by 
many excellent farmers as a superior machine, 
and is undoubtedly worthy of trial. Seymour’s 
Drill is also a good one; and there are others, 
(names not now remembered,) manufactured 
in various localities, which are worthy the at¬ 
tention of farmers. 
Peruvian Guano. —The Guano Agent of 
the Peruvian Government has raised the whole¬ 
sale price of this fertilizer to $60 per ton 
(gross.) This is said to be owing to the in¬ 
creased rate of freights, but we apprehend it is 
rather owing to the extraordinary increase in 
the demand for Peruvian Guano in this country 
and in Great Britain, consequent on the prospec¬ 
tive high prices of agricultural produce. Even 
at $60 per ton, for the cereal crops, it is by far 
the cheapest artificial manure in the market 
The Crops in New England. —The Ncw- 
England Farmer of the 15th inst., says:—The 
intense sun of the last eight or ten days has had 
a wonderful effect upon vegetation. The 
drouth has become very sharp, all at once.— 
The grass has nearly all become fit to cut, 
vines and beans languish, and in some cases 
the corn leaves have rolled. There was little 
rain in this region in June, which we suppose 
will partly account for the suddenness and 
sharpness of this pinch. 
Westward IIo! —A company from the State 
of Maine, have recently purchased 40,000 acres 
of land in Wisconsin, for the purpose of culti¬ 
vation and improvements, and pay five dollars 
per acre, or $200,000. This tract of land is 
principally in Grant county; it was entered in 
1836, by a son of the Earl of Bute, who is now 
British Consul in Egypt. The immigration 
into this new State is now very great The 
wheat fields are standing up thick and strong, 
in some places even with the fences, and looks 
well. It is predicted that one more good crop 
of wheat, even at one dollar a bushel, and 
Wisconsin will be the wealthiest State iu the 
Union, in proportion to her population. 
The Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical 
Association at Lexington, have contracted with 
an architect of that city, for the erection of a 
stupenduous Amphitheatre and other improve¬ 
ments, on their Fair Grounds. The improve¬ 
ments will involve an outlay of some twelve or 
fifteen thousand dollars, and are to be comple 
ted in time for the annual exhibition iu Sep 
tember .—Maysville Eagle. 
DO KING-BIRDS EAT DEES? 
Much discussion has been going on in the 
New York Tribune on this subject. It ap¬ 
pears to be fully settled, that no bird does or 
can eat a honey-bee, but that they frequently 
eat the drones, as was stated a few weeks 
since by a correspondent in the Rural, in re¬ 
gard to swallows. A late Tribune says : 
“ C. W. C. writes us that, while bees are 
sometimes found in the crops of king-birds, 
they are invariably drones, and not working 
honey-bees, that are provided with an instru¬ 
ment of defence with which no bird would 
like to come into close quarters. Indeed, the 
finding of live bees in the stomachs of birds, 
(which two of our correspondents have done,) 
ought to have made them suspect that the 
bees so swallowed alive were not provided 
with stings, else the birds might calculate on 
a severe attack of colic forthwith. We ven¬ 
ture to say that no man can swallow a live 
honey-bee without, imminent danger of death; 
and it is not likely that a bird weighing some 
two ounces could take a crop-full of bees 
without wishing he hadn’t. We guess the 
fact is that king-birds do eat bees, but not the 
sort that carry stings behind them. 
P. S.—A letter from a correspondent iu 
Winchester, Penn., corroborates the above.” 
BUTTER MAKING. 
Not one pound in five of the butter sold in 
the markets, is fit for human food. Butler 
makers should remember these few short rules: 
The newer and sweeter the cream, the 
sweeter and higher flavored will be the butter. 
The air must be fresh and pure in the room 
or cellar where tne milk is set. 
The cream should not remain on the milk 
over thirty-six hours. 
Keep the cream in tin pails, or stone pots, 
into which put a spoonful of salt at the begin¬ 
ning; then stir the cream lightly each morning 
and evening; this will prevent the cream from 
moulding or souring. 
Churn us often as once a week, and as much 
oftener as circumstances will permit. 
Upon churning, add the cream upon all the 
milk in the dairy. 
Use nearly an ounce of salt to a pound of 
butter. 
Work the butter over twice, to free it from 
the buttermilk and brine, before lumping and 
packing. 
Be certain that it is entirely free from every 
particle of buttermilk or coagulated milk, and 
it will keep sweet f.never. 
In Scotland, a syphon is sometimes used to 
separate the milk from the cream, instead of 
skimming the pans.— Ag. Exchange. 
PLASTER AND ASHES FOR CLOVER. 
The Hon. T. C. Peters says:—Une ton of 
the dried clover, or the crop upon an acre pro¬ 
duces more of the necessary food for the per¬ 
fection of the wheat plant, than is^taken off in 
two crops, and hence it is that lamPupou which 
red clover can be grown well, has within itself 
as it were, the means of its own perpetual fer¬ 
tility. Yet it is well to manure your clover, 
for a fat clover field will be sure to make a 
rich wheat crop. Plaster has been found an 
excellent, indeed an indispensable manure for 
the clovor crop. I have found leached ashes 
good, and the effect upon the succeeding crop 
very remunerative. Last fall I applied at the 
rate of two hundred bushels to the acre, upon 
my wheat and the difference between the ashed 
and unashed was more than equal to the whole 
expense of the application. My first experi¬ 
ment was upon some clover, the previous spring, 
mid the yield was more than doubled, and the 
wheat upon the clover sod was the best I had, 
though some had been heavily dressed with 
barn-yard manure. Nearly three quarters of 
the bulk of wood ashes is lime in combination 
with phosphate, and hence is one of the most 
valuable applications that can be made. 
PROTECTING CLOVER HAY-STACKS. 
Josiah Lackey writes to the Iowa Farmer 
that he has tried to preserve clover hay from 
the effects of the weather in the following man¬ 
ner, and found that it answered as well as if it 
had been put in a barn. 
Clover hay put up in the ordinary manner is 
apt to get musty and unpalatable, but put up 
in the manner recommended, it comes out good 
and sweet. He says: 
“ When the stack, which is commenced in 
the usual way, is raised about one-half its des¬ 
tined height, the ends of the long wheat or rye 
straw are placed just on the edge of the stack, 
so that when the next layer of hay is placed 
upon it, the principal length of the straw will 
droop over the sides of the slack. Following 
this plan until the stack is finished, a complete 
and impervious covering is furnished to the 
hay that will keep it nearly as well as the best 
barn. I think that the long cane grass that 
grows in the sloughs of this country will answer 
a much better purpose; the straw beiug longer 
will turn quite as well.— Ger. Tel. 
GALLS ON HORSES. 
To cure galls on horses, take whiskey, and 
add as much pulverized alum as it will dis¬ 
solve; with this bathe the parts affected. I have 
known the very worst of galls healed in this 
way, and the horse kept in constant use. 1 
ever resort to this remedy, carrying it with me 
wherever I journey, and continue its use with 
undiminished approval. I apply no other rem¬ 
edy. When a horse has been put out for the 
winter, and has not been used, his breast and 
back get very tender; a single hour’s use, then, 
on a hot day, will scald his breast so as to 
cause serious injury. My uniform practice, 
therefore, has been, for a week or so before be¬ 
fore beginning to use the harness, to harden 
the breast and back by bathing them regular- 
I ly two or three times a day. No injury has 
I then resulted from the application of the collar. 
FARM LIFE. 
Thk beautiful lines of Mrs. Sioournst give a truthful, 
though poetical picture of Farm Life: 
Saw ye the fanner at his plow 
Ah you were riding by ? 
Or wearied ’neath the noon-day toil, 
When the summer-suns were high t 
And thought you that his lot was hard ? 
And did you thank your God, 
That you and yours were not condemned 
Thus like a slave to plod ? 
Come, see him at his harvest home, 
When garden, field, and tree, 
Conspire with flowing stores to fill 
His barn and granary. 
His healthful children gaily sport 
Amid the new-mown hay, 
Or proudly aid with vigorous arm 
His tasks as best they may. 
The Harvest Giver is his friend. 
The Maker of the soil, 
And Earth, the Mother, gives them bread 
And cheers their patient toil. 
Come join them round their wintry hearth, 
The heartfelt pleasures see, 
And you can better judge how blest 
The farmer’s life may be. 
ABOUT BEES. 
Some two or three years ago an acquaint¬ 
ance of mine gave me a receipt which he claim¬ 
ed as infallible against the bee moth or miller. 
If it is of any use, your readers “ and the rest 
of mankind ” are welcome to the knowledge of 
it. 1 have not tested it myself, partly because 
I could not get the sweet flag root in my vicin¬ 
ity, and partly because I do not suffer, as jet, 
from the moth. 1 iiave but a small stock of 
bees, and I endeavor to keep my hives popu¬ 
lous; then, as soon as the weather will admit, 
I raise the hive about half au inch or more 
from the bottom board, by pins in the corners. 
The miller then has a poor chance to deposit 
her eggs where the hive is full of bees. Bo¬ 
rides this, I keep a good look out to catch and 
kill all the marauders I can. 
A friend residing in Kingston, Tenn., who 
keeps a large number of bees, and has excel¬ 
lent success, pursues a similar course. A pair 
or two of wrens have for several years much 
assisted him, in building their nests dose by.— 
Especially when providing for their young 
would they visit the hives at all hours of the 
day, for any chance worm, or cast out lame of 
the bees. 
But to the receipt, which follows:—Take 
dried sweet flag, pulverize it very fine, make it 
into a dough, well working it with strong spir¬ 
its of turpentine, then dry it in the sun or by a 
gentle heat. When well dried pulverize it 
again and again, make it into dough with spir¬ 
its of turpentine, this time adding a portion of 
common salt. Dry it and it is ready for use, 
and may be kept on hand. Strew it on the 
bottom board and around the hive. The mil¬ 
ler, my informant saj’S, will select it for deposit¬ 
ing her eggs, where they will stay deposited, 
as the mixture very soon destroys their vitality. 
It is inoffensive to the bees, but its power over 
life in the embryo is so great that even hens, 
and other eggs are made worthless for hatch¬ 
ing by wrapping a coat of it around them for 
a short time.— T. E. Wetmore, in Maine 
Farmer. 
A PERVERSE ANIMAL SUBDUED. 
An itinerant was at a nobleman’s to exhibit 
feats of horsemanship, and the people had col¬ 
lected from far and near, to behold the exhi¬ 
bition. When the mail had done with his own 
horses he turned and said, “Now, my lord, I 
am willing to ride an horse of yours in the same 
manner.” Having one remarkably stubborn, 
the nobleman told a groom to bring her out. 
The stranger then deliberately mounted, and 
urged her to move, but not one step would she 
stir. After a pause, he quietly dismounted, 
gave her one severe stroke with his whip, and 
again resumed the saddle. The mare remained 
immovable, but the man preserved his temper, 
and got down quietly a second time, repeating 
the blow, but with uo better success. After 
the third stroke, however, she was completely 
subdued, and moved forward with perfect obe¬ 
dience. 
It now became evident that the design of 
the horseman was to give the animal time to 
associate the idea of her obedience with the 
stroke that followed. When this was estab¬ 
lished, she was willing to move. On the con- 
trary, if a shower of blows had been dealt out, 
as thousands of horsemen would have done, 
the mare would have had no time to reflect, 
and both she and her rider been roused into 
fury. With good temper great savings might 
be made in the article of whips. 
A Fact for the Rearers of Poultry.— 
Mr. Purse, steward to S. Capon, Esq., Fra¬ 
mingham, had, some few weeks back, a cock 
turkey, or, as they are called in Suffolk, a gob¬ 
ble-cock, determined to sit upon some eggs 
which were left in a nest. The steward, by 
way of experiment, placed under him 25 duck’s 
eggs, which so delighted him that tor several 
days he refused to come off after his food.— 
After sitting 29 days he hatched out. 20 ducks. 
A hen and a du«k hatched out 30 between 
them. As the gobble’s services were now re¬ 
quired in another direction, it was thought ad¬ 
visable to commit his young family, together 
with those of the hen, to the care of the duck. 
They are now all alive, 3 weeks old, 50 in num¬ 
ber, marching about with the old duck.— 
Mark Lane Express. 
Onions for Poultry. —Scarcely too : much j 
can be said in praise of onions for fowls.— < 
They seem to be a preventive and remedy for < 
various diseases to which domestic poultry are 
liable. Having frequently tested t heir excel¬ 
lencies, we can speak understandingly. For 
gapes and inflammation of the throat, eyes, and 
head, onions are almost a specific. We would 
recommend giving fowls, especially the young 
chicks, as many as they will eat, as often as 
twice or three times a week. They should be 
finely chopped. A small addition of com 
meal is an improvement. 
