MOOKE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 1 AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE MICHIGAN STATE FAIR. 
The Sixth Annual Fair of the Michigan 
State Agricultural Society took place at De¬ 
troit, September 26 to 30. Owing to delays 
on the railroad we did not arrive till 4 o’clock 
on Thursday, just in time to hear the closing 
sentences of the address of Bela Hubbard, 
Esq. The speaker was contrasting the down¬ 
trodden tenant farms of England with the in¬ 
telligent cultivators of their own land in this 
country, and drew a very interesting picture 
of the independent, useful and happy life of the 
American Farmer. We regret exceedingly 
that we were not in time to hear the whole of 
the address, which is spoken of in the highest 
terms. 
The first thing to look at was, of course, the 
Durhams. They were much better represent¬ 
ed in number and quality than we expected.— 
Silas Sly, of Plymouth, Wayne Co., exhibit¬ 
ed 8 head; a bull calf, and 3 of the cows pleas¬ 
ed us much. A. Y. Moore, of Schoolcraft, also 
showed some excellent Durhams. We heard 
many speak of his cow as the best in'Michi¬ 
gan. His yearling bull was particularly fine. 
Dr. Jeffry, of Dexter, showed a good heifer 
calf, as also did Judge Dexter, of Dexter, as 
well as a superior bull calf. Hiram Arnold, 
Kalamazoo, showed a very fine 2 year old bull 
and a good cowl M. L. Brooks, of North ville, 
exhibited a 6 year old bull which we judge was 
second to none on the ground. (We have not 
seen the premium list.) 
In Devons the show was particularly good, 
much better, we believe, than at any previous 
fair. E. M. Crifpen, of Ooldwater, showed 20 
head. He is now the owner of “ Duke of 
Devon ” and “ Duchess,” cuts of which were 
given in the Rural of April 15th. Wm. H. Mil¬ 
ler, of Moscow, showed 5 head of good ani¬ 
mals. His bull calf was very good. II. Eg¬ 
gleston, Litchfield, J. W. Childs, Paint Creek 
P. K. Leach, Utica, S. M. Bartlett, La Salle, 
and many others exhibited good Devons. 
There was a large show of excellent horses, 
but the working oxen and fat cattle were not 
what w‘e should expect from the great State of 
Michigan. The show of grades was good.— 
A. Y. Moore, of Schoolcraft, exhibited a very 
superior cow three-fourths Durham and the 
other quarter Devon and a .little Uolderuess.— 
Mr. Comstock, Norwalk, Ohio, showed a fine 
5 year old bull weighing 2,200 lbs., three- 
fourths Devon and one-fourth Durham. 
In French and Spanish Merinos, and their 
crosses the show was very extensive, embracing 
some excellent specimens of the best flocks in 
the Eastern States. Our space this week for¬ 
bids particular notice. The show of Leices- 
ters was much better ilian we expected. This 
breed appears to be well patronised in Michi¬ 
gan. There were few South Downs exhibited 
worthy the name. There were fewer swine 
than we should expect and none of surpassing 
excellence to make up for the deficiency. W. 
S. Lunt, Findley, Ohio, showed some of Fish¬ 
er Hobbs’ celebrated Essex hogs. They were 
almost hairless and, though fair, were not the 
lest specimens of the breed we have seen.— 
There were a few good Suffolks, but the show 
of thorough-breds was on the whole quite 
small, while that of grades, principally of the 
Yorkshire, Leicestshire, and other large breeds 
was good in number and quality. The exhibi¬ 
tion of Poultry was quite extensive and good, 
and, as usual, attracted many admirers. 
The show of Implements and Machines was 
unusually good. Salmons celebrated “ Crain 
and Seed Separator ” was exhibited by T. AY 
Bell, of Ann Arbor. Of the innumerable 
machines of this character we know of none 
more simple and efficacious. C. M. McKen¬ 
zie & Son, Adrian, exhibited Daniels’ self- 
sharpening Straw and Stalk cutter—a very 
strong and superior machine. They also ex¬ 
hibited Parkers’ Patent Straw and Stalk Cut¬ 
ter. H. H. A-V heatley, Marietta, Ohio, exhib¬ 
ited Macomber’s Straw Cutter, which appeared 
to do its work well. In Field Cultivators the 
show was poor. We saw but one on the 
ground; an excellent implement, however, | 
manufactured by F. A. Flower, Pontiac. It 
was very similar to Ide’s, but had teeth back 
of the wheels so as to cut near fences, stumps 
&c. Ira Reynolds, of Republic, Ohio, exhib¬ 
ited an excellent plow with a self-sharpening 
steel point and wing. AVe saw but one Grain 
Drill on the ground, and that was rather a 
primitive concern. D. 0. & YV. S. Pen field, 
Hiekok, exhibited a number of Sargent & 
Foster’s Apple Parers, made at Sheburne 
Falls, Mass. They did the work well, and went 
off at .$1,25 each, like hot cakes. Lord Elgin, 
the ^Governor General of Canada was on the 
ground and purchased one of them, observing 
that he would pare no more apples with a knife 
in the good, old-fashioned way. Hendricks & 
Co., of Plymouth, also exhibited one which 
not only pared, .but cored and quartered the 
apple. They sold readily at $1,75. 
The exhibition of fruit and vegetables was 
good. There were some very fine apples, 
grapes and pears, though the latter were gen¬ 
erally not equal to the same varieties grown at 
the East The Vicar of Wiukfield, Colmar de 
Aremberg, Eastern Beurre aud While Doyenne 
appeared to.us rather small and scabby. On 
observing this to some friends they said that 
most of the best specimens had been removed. 
AVe hope this was the case. 
The show of wheat, corn, oats, and timothy 
seed was small but of excellent quality. AVe 
observed some very fine Egyptian black bar- j 
ley, but could not ascertain the name of the 
exhibitor. Some very superior, well matured 
white beans and peas were also shown. 
Cheese and butter were exhibited largely, j 
most of the butter being of superior quality, 
but the cheese was generally quite hard, we 
suppose in consequence of excessive scalding. 
On the whole the fair far exceeded our most 
sanguine expectations, and the agricultural 
capabilities of Michigan, and the intelligence 
and skill of Michigan farmers, have risen one 
hundred per cent in our estimation from our 
brief but agreeable visit to Detroit. 
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS. 
The Ontario County Fair, held at Can¬ 
andaigua, Sept. 27th and 28th, was one of the 
finest local exhibitions ever held in this coun¬ 
try. The Society had previously purchased 
six acres of land, beautifully situated, and im¬ 
proved the same for a permanent location. The 
gTonnds were well fenced and arranged,—alto¬ 
gether creditable to the Society, and worthy 
of imitation in other counties. The receipts 
from life members, annual members, and from 
individuals for admission on the days of the 
Fair, figure up, for the current year, the hand¬ 
some amount of $3,104! AVe think this clearly 
entitles Ontario to the banner, for we doubt 
whether another county in the State, or Union, 
has done better. 
Provincial Fair of Upper Canada. —The 
great Provincial Fair of Canada AA r est, was 
held at London Sept. 2G to 30—the same days 
as the Detroit Fair. The exhibition was not. 
quite equal to that of last year, but on the 
whole it was all that the friends of the Society 
could desire. An extended notice of it was 
crowded out this week, but will appear in our 
next number. 
Rush Town Fair will be held at East Rush, 
in this county, on the 14th inst. A large and 
interesting gathering is anticipated. 
Tiie LeRoy Town Fair will be held on the 
11th inst instead of the 10th, as published lust 
week. 
Tiie AA r nEAT Crop in Englad. —In a private 
letter just received from John B. Lawks, dated 
Rothamsted, Sept. 13, he says: “ AVe have just 
gathered in a splendid harvest, all over Great 
Britain, and you may expect prices to rule 
very low in England next year. One acre 
which I set apart to ascertain the produce of 
my farm, yielded 53 bushels, and I think my 
whole wheat crop will average from 45 to 48 
bushels per acre. The experimental crops 
have not yet been threshed, but they are very 
fine, and I think the produce in Broadback* 
will be higher than it has ever been before.” 
* lirondback is the name of ilie experimental wheat 
field. The fields in England are all designated hy name, 
and if we mistake not Ilruadback is destined to hold a 
place in agricultural i.istOiy. A crop of wheat is taken 
from it every year, the different plots being dressed with 
various fertilizing substances of known composition. The 
crop just harvested, and which Mr. I .A WES thinks will br¬ 
ibe best it has yet produced, is the eleventh.—Eds. 
A Precocious Chicken. —I have a chicken 
of the Shanghai breed, about three months 
old, that is now taking care of four little chicks 
of the Brahma Pootra breed, now about a 
week old. I had a hen setting on Brahma 
eggs, and after she had been setting about two 
weeks, a friend of mine gave me four rather 
extra eggs, and I put them under the hen.— 
Soon four of the first eggs hatched, and I took 
the chicks away to the house and put them in 
a basket, and at night took this chicken, (a pet 
chicken,) and put it in the basket to keep them 
warm. The result is, that the said chicken 
takes care of the four junior chicks, broods 
them, and clucks to call them after her.—C. S., 
Hector, JV. Y. 
Multicole Rye. —As you do not know where 
Multicole Rye can be obtained, allow me to 
say, any one wishing to obtain seed can find 
it at the Ruffalo Seed and Agricultural ware¬ 
house, Buffalo, N. Y. It is sold at $3,00 per 
bushel. The quantity is quite limited. w. 
Horse Show in Vermont. —AVe learn from 
the lirattleboro\ Vt.) Eagle, that it is in con¬ 
templation among the members of the New 
England Agricultural Association, recently 
formed at Brattleboro,’ to get a grand exhibi¬ 
tion of New England horses, to take place up¬ 
on the ample show grounds occupied several 
weeks since by the State Agricultural Society, 
for the annual Fair. The exhibition, if conclu¬ 
ded on, will come off on the 17th, 18th and 
19th of October next, and the reputation which 
Vermont has always sustained as a stock pro¬ 
ducing State, is security for its triumphant suc¬ 
cess. 
One pair of pigs, according to Allnutt., will 
increase in six years to one hundred and nine¬ 
teen thousand one hundred and sixty-nine— 
taking the increase at fourteen times per an- 
utn. A pair of sheep in the same time would 
be but sixty-four. 
ADULTERATION OF MANURES. 
Judging from a late article in the English 
Gardeners' Chronicle, as well as other advices, 
it appears that the English farmers are having 
their own troubles with the manufacturers and 
venders of superphosphates and other fertilizers. 
All the honesty at least does not appear to be 
centered on the other side of the water. The 
editor of the Chronicle says, “there was a 
time when cheating a Scotchman was about 
as difficult as cheating a Greek,” but that they 
have sadly degenerated in this particular. In 
the transactions of the Highland Society, a Mr. 
G. AVilliam Hay, a distinguished agriculturist, 
gives a kind of autobiography of how he was 
victimized, which, for the benefit, of or readers, 
we copy. A woid to the wise is sufficient. 
It appears that being desirous of trying ex¬ 
periments with various manures in the cultiva¬ 
tion of turnips, he put himself in communica¬ 
tion with a dealer in agricultural manures.— 
Among the substances he wished to employ 
were superphosphate of lime, nitrate of soda, 
phosphate of soda, sulphate of potash, sulphate 
of ammonia, nitrate of potash, phosphate mag¬ 
nesia, sulphate of magnesia, and muriate of am¬ 
monia. When the parcels came to be chemi¬ 
cally examined, the nitrate of soda was found 
to contain only 56 pounds of that substance in 
every 100 pounds. Tiie phosphate of soda 
just 6 pounds in the 100 pounds; the sulphate 
of potash 60 pounds; the sulphate of ammonia 
not quite 9^ pounds; the nitrate of potash 
about 11J pounds; the phosphate of magnesia 
21 lbs., and the muriate of ammonia 54 lbs. on¬ 
ly. The superphosphate of lime (so called) 
contained only 4 percent, of soluble phosphate 
of lime, the other 96 pounds consisted of water, 
gypsum, siliceous matter, some kind of free 
acid, and insoluble phosphate of lime, a per¬ 
fectly useleas substance. On complaint being 
made, the only satisfaction he got was, that 
they could not think of taking the rubbish 
back, as it was the usual quantity for agricul¬ 
tural purposes. 
Air. Ilay also informs the public that in 
Scotland, animal charcoal is not what it ought 
to be, aud that London night soil consists of 
the scrapings of the streets, with a little lime¬ 
stone and soil, and that gypsum contains 40 
per cent, of sulphate of baryta.— Penn. Farm 
Journal. 
OYSTER-SHELL LIME. 
AVhile spending a few hours on Staten 
Island lately, we saw a simple and efficient 
mode of making oyster-shell lime, which we re¬ 
cord for the benefit of such of our readers as 
have the opportunity to put it into practice. 
Mr. Dunning (for it is upon this gentleman’s 
place that the thing is done.) builds up with 
rough stone walls, a circular kiln about five 
feet in diameter—just as you would stone up a 
well. A spot is selected on a side hill, where ; 
the slope of the ground is such that with a ; 
slight excavation the base of the kiln is expos¬ 
ed on the lower side. Here a small opening— 
a rude archway of L8 or 20 inches wide and a 
little more in height—is left as a sort of fur¬ 
nace—to be filled with fiiggots, brush, stumps 
of trees, and the like rubbish; to be had on al¬ 
most every country place—over this furnace a 
few bars of iron are built into the wall, to hold 
up the first layer of oyster shells and a thin 
layer or sprinkling of the screenings of anthra¬ 
cite coal are put alternately, till the kiln is till¬ 
ed to the top—making in all a depth of some 
4 to 6 feet. The fire is lighted among ihe 
faggots and rough wood below, and gradually 
spreads through the whole kiln—binning the 
oyster-shells into excellent lime. AVhen we say 
that oyster shells make the purest and best 
lime for all horticultural purposes, and es¬ 
pecially for fruit trees, and in most of our At- } 
lantic towns they are wholly wasted, and tho’ j 
so easily burned in this way in these simpel 
kilns, (which once made will last for a dozen : 
years, (we think wc offer a hint, which many 
subscribers will lose no time in profiting by.— ; 
Horticulturist. 
AVeeds and their Seeds.— If every farmer 
will look over his grounds he will find that the 
list of really troublesome weeds is quite small, 
although there are thousands of species of 
different plants, which might all become weeds. 
Why are they not all so? Simply because 
they have no seed in the soil. In some parts 
of the world, our weeds are entirely unknown. 
Why? They have not the seed. Now if 
other countries have not our weeds, should we 
have them, if we were only to rid ourselves of 
the seed? If only a fortieth part of our plants 
have been suffered to get in and drop their 
seed, and become troublesome weeds, why 
should we keep out thirty-nine fortieths, and 
let the other fraction over-run us? In China, 
and in some parts of Flanders, the fields are 
entirely free from weeds—the result of long- 
continued, cleanly cultivation. If the French 
are not troubled with our red-root, why should 
not we try for the same exemption? If the 
English are unacquainted with our chess, why 
can we not enjoy the same privilege? If a 
county in Pennsylvania has never raised a plant 
of the Canada thistle, why may not all the 
counties in the Union become equally free?— 
They may—if they will only remember the 
aphorism, that “the price of this freedom is 
eternal vigilance.”— Country Gentleman. 
Coal Ashes. — A writer in the Practical 
Farmer gives his experience in the use of coal 
ashe3. lie says, I have now a bed of carrots, 
about two hundred feet long, and ten feet wide, 
in drills. The seed was sown unusually late, 
and I did not expect much of a crop. 1 had 
about a cartload of coal ashes—the result of 
the cooking stove—which lmd not been mixed 
in the manure heap; and not having any other 
use for them, 1 had them spread on one end of 
this piece of ground which 1 sowed with carrots. 
The ashes spread over about a third of the 
bed, and the carrots, where the ashes were 
spread, arc more than twice as large as the 
other portions of the patch;—the stalks are 
much greener, and also double the size of the 
others. The whole piece was manured very 
lightly, as the manure yard was empty at the 
time. 
ADMINISTERING MEDICINE TO HORSES. 
TIIE POTATO. 
The author almost invariably administers Early lifting and storing pf Potatoes is now 
medicine in the form of drench, using a com- considered the better plan since the prevalence 
mon champagne bottle. Some persons, how- of disease. They should be taken out as soon 
ever, assert that “there is great danger in as the haulm or tops are dry and separate read- 
drenching horses from a bottle; also, that it is ily from the tubers, and put into small pits.-— 
very difficult to make them swallow fluid.”— It is difficult to say why it is that Potatoes will 
AVe never knew of any accident following the not keep in large heaps or pits. Filteen or 
use of the bottle, where ordinary caution was twenty years ago, let the heaps be formed ever 
observed There is a space between the canine so huge, not a word of complaint was heard, 
teeth and grinders where the bottle can be in- Is it the mode of pitting, or has a change come 
troduced; and if kept in that position while over the I’otato itself? It must be the latter; 
“drenching the horse,” it cannot do any harm, then let us suit our practice to the change and 
Our usual plan is to stand on the right, side of make small pits, say 15 bushels each. AVe are 
the horse, our back turned toward his body; much in favor ot the practice ot burying pota- 
we then take a firm hold of the lower jaw with tocsin the fields or in a yard kept for that 
the left hand, at the same time moderately e!e- purpose. In all cases the pits should be ven- 
vating the head (not too high,) while with the tilated, for even a small pit will generate heat, 
right we gradually pour down the contents of the *md fermentation may take place it this is not 
bottle. Time should be taken in the process; attended to. Ventilators should extend from 
and if it is poured down in small quantities at the bottom of the pit up, and project out a 
a time, so much the better, the horse will be foot or more after the covering is completed 
more likely to swallow it, e- peciaily if it i e for winter. Our plan ot making ventilators is 
made palataale by the addition of a few caraway to take a couple of pieces of inch board thiee 
seeds or a little honey. Horses, like children, inches wide and the desired length—say five 
must be handled in the most gentle manner. feet. Lay them down on edge and tack pieces 
They will generally refuse to drink even a of lath three inches long upon them, at inter- 
ittle gruel, when any unnecessary severity is va ^ s of 2 inches, as high as the potatoes will 
resorted to in its administration. They may be reach in the pit; then box uptight. These 
coaxed, but not forced. can be kept for 20 years,and one maybe made 
In answer to the second objection, we ob- in fifteen minutes if materials are at hand.— 
serve, that there is no more difficulty (not half Flaee them upright and pile. the potatoes 
so much) in administering a drench to a horse, around them. On dry land it is an excellent 
under ordinary circumstances, than there is in 
giving a ball. To the latter we have great ob¬ 
jections. First, in reference to its bulk; sec¬ 
ondly, the length of time it takes for the gas- 
plan to sink the pit a couple of feet and roof 
with boards. In this case ventilators may be 
inserted in the gables. AVe have kept potatoes 
in this way in finer condition than by any oth- 
tric fluids to dissolve it; and lastly, its action is cr mode, and pitted them at less expense, 
uncertain. AVhereas, medicine given in the Years ago, old farmers would not store a 
fluid form is readily taken up by the lacteals, potato damp; it was a fixed article in the 
and operates, for good or evil, in much less creed that a dry day must be had for digging, 
time. It has also been urged that, when a a »d the potatoes must lay there basking in the 
horse is suffering from disease of the respirato- scorching sunshine as long as possible; and 
ry organs, the additional excitement following then all hands must spring to and get them to- 
the act of drenching is unfavorable to a cure, gether before the dew fell. But this, like many 
Unfortunately, we are in a worse predicament other creeds has lost favor, and now the very 
when a ball is given, for then tiie tongue is reverse is the true philosophical way—that is, 
forcibly drawn out of the mouth, while the expose them as little —as short a time as pos- 
hand is passed up to its root, where the b dl is sible, to the light and air. This latter mode 
deposited. Our own experience in the matter certainly has most reason in it. The success 
leads us to decide in favor of the bottle, if of Col B. of Vermont, in raising this crop is 
any further proofs of its utility are wanting, we well known—often lifting 800 bushels out of 
may mention the fact that one-half of our city an ac5- e ol soil. When he gathered, his wagon 
horsemen are in the habit of administering stood in the field, covered with an old bed 
drink from the bottle without accident.— quilt, and the potatoes, as fast as dug, were 
Modern Horse Doctor, by Dr. Dadd. put into it and kept covered. After the crop 
_ , , m _ was stored in an out door cellar, (“root-house”) 
he covered closely with turf or sods to exclude 
APPLICATION OF MANURE. air and light. This was his uniform practice, 
and uniform success followed. In its native 
A judicious and well-timed application of clime the potato remains in the earth during 
manure is a subject of great importance to the the winter, or the season of suspended anima- 
farmer. If he had a complete knowledge of tion. This practice is an attempt to imitate 
the deficiency ot the soil, aud of the organized nature, and thus preserve the vigor and health 
constituents of his manure, an economical ap- of ihe tuber. AVe have no doubt as to the 
plication might be made with comparative 
ease. But it is not so, and he is compelled to 
study and experiment, until he becomes practi¬ 
cally familiar with this part of his business,; 
and better able to judge what quality is lack¬ 
ing, and what he has in store as a necessary 
supply. 
A powerful fermenting process may be ne¬ 
cessary to render a tenacious soil productive; 
utility of it, and would like to see it adopted 
generally.— Parmer's Companion. 
AMERICAN FARMERS IN PALESTINE. 
Two years ago, an effort was made in a new 
line to ameliorate the condition of the inhabi¬ 
tants of Fulestine. Seven Americans, with im¬ 
proved plows aud other tools, and American 
one that shall drive the particles asunder, and S(ie ds, located upon a piece of land seven miles 
. .1.^ » ... . u... ..:_’ ,r 1 .. .. ..... 
“ warm up the soil,” as the saying is. The at¬ 
mosphere plays a lively part in the production 
of all vegetables as well as animals. Hence 
t he importance of cultivating the soil by plow¬ 
ing, hoeing, &c. Nitrogen in the form of am¬ 
monia or some other compound, escapes from 
fermenting substances. If the process is going 
on therefore in the soil, the nitrogen will unite 
from Jerusalem, one mile from Bethlehem, and 
made preparations for farming alter the Amer¬ 
ican system. 
Their location was in the valley of Artos, 
upon the very site of one of the gardens of 
Solomon. 
Their friends in the city were much opposed 
to their going out there to reside, urging them, 
or combine with some other substance suppos- jf they were determined to try to cultivate the 
ed to be present, and thus form a nutriment so ji ; l0 beep their residence in the city, for fear 
for the plant. The escaping and expanding 0 f t h e Arabs. This did not suit their plans, 
gases have much to do in such a case. They 
disintegrate the hard and adhesive lumps, and 
render them so porous, that the air has very 
free access. 
Now if this manure had been applied to the 
-urface, we can readily see that most of its 
power would have been lost, and its virtue too. 
So also, if fermented manure had been placed can warden 
and they took up their residence upon the land 
and commenced operations, plowing deep with 
one of our best plows, harrowing with an iron 
toothed harrow, such as was never seen there 
before, and planting corn, potatoes, beans, peas, 
oats, barley, wheat, and all sorts ol garden 
vegetables; in short, making a perfect Ameri- 
iu such a soil, its effect would have been much 
less than the ubfermented, because the former 
The operations, instead of exciting the jeal¬ 
ousy of the Arabs, aroused them to a state of 
is composed mostly of the ashes of plants and surprise, and the news of what the Americans 
mineral substances, of which the soil may have 
already a competent supply, and no new pow¬ 
er be given by the addition of these compara¬ 
tively inactive elements. 
at Solomon’s were doing, and the wonderful 
tools they were using, and how peaceable and 
quiet they were, never saying anything about 
their religion, flew on the wings of the wind, 
A different compost is necessary when the au d visitors came to look and wonder, from far 
seed, and not the stalk, is the object of culti¬ 
vation The phosphates or phosphoric acid 
must be present for the formation and perfee- 
and near. The operations of the carpenter and 
blacksmith were not among the least sources 
of wonder. The rapid manner in which lie 
tion of seeds, such as wheat, corn, &e., while heated bis iron, and hammered it into just such 
for grass designed to be cut for hay, it may 
not be essential. 
In the vegetable world, “ like produces like,” 
shapes us lie desired, was beyond the compre¬ 
hension of the simple-minded people. 
One day the farm received a visit from tvven- 
and the decay of plants produces food for the ty-five Sheiks, who inspected all the tools aud 
reproduction of the same plants, and if they the way they were u*ed, and the effect pro¬ 
decay upon the soil without loss, ihe present duced, and looked at the growing crops, so 
crop will furnish materials for n larger subse- „ lU ch beyond anything they had ever seen pro- 
quent crop. Where the grape is cultivated in Juced be lore, and then turned their heads to- 
many places, the only manure used, year after gether to consult upon the wonders they had 
year, is leaves and trimmings of the vines, care- witnessed. They made applications at once 
iully placed around the roots, and slightly cov- for several of their sons to serve as apprentices 
ered to promote their decay. to learn American farming, and did not even 
If we place our corn cobs in a proper state object that they should be taught the priuci- 
of decay, upon our corn ground, we may per- pies of American religion; for surely, said they, 
haps gain more in the end, than we should to i L must be a good religion, as these are very 
have them ground into meal,—or certainly good people, and God blesses their labor be- 
than we should to throw them at random into y 0 nd any other in all Fulestine. 
the compost heap, to be applied without refer- One of the number was in our office a few 
ence to a tuture crop .—American A'ews. days since, from whom we derived these facts. 
-« » ♦ ■ «-. He speaks in most encouraging terms of the 
A Princess turned Farmer. —Princess Mu success ol the agricultural project, and ulti- 
rat has recently purchased a residence in the mutely, by that means, ot an influence upon 
vicinity of Tallahasse, which she is improving tl' e inhabitants, that will eventually result in 
and ornamenting according to her own taste. S rea t good. All that is wanted to make it a 
She lately sent to the editor of the Florida desirable country for the emigrants of Europe, 
Sentinel, an Irish potatoe weighing 15 oz., as I s 1111 increase ot the present colony sufficient 
a sample of her crop. Wc rather suspect to h»'m a nucleus or rallying point, and more 
however, that this is overall average specimen, extended operations, and a gradual drawing in 
The princess Murat, our readers know, is wid- °f the resident population to adopt tho same 
ow of Achile Murat, son of Marshal Murat, modes of producing the varied and profitable 
King Joachim, of Naples. She is a Virginia products ot the soil.— .A. Y. Tribune. 
lady, daughter of the Hon. Bird Willis.— JY. -► -- 
O. Reg. The better animals can be fed, and the more 
To get rich, spend less than you earn. 
The better animals can be fed, and the more 
comfortable they can be kept, the more profit¬ 
able they are—aud alt farmers work for profit- 
