MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE PUMPKIN. call his Irishman from the wood-shed, to come 
- and pull up a massive pig weed he had just 
#W"I to W» *«*»• Abstemious living may 
llistdtoCT. mm tm J^ ™ mm ‘ giipifira anft ^nstom. 
T. Congdo.n, Esq., delivered a pungent Poem, in which he 
thus happily eulogizes the pumpkin : 
0 dear New England I who shall dare dispute 
Thy well-earned title of the Land of Fruit, 
When on thy hills yon glowing globe we see— 
Pumpkin or pompion—doctors disagree f 
Lo, where the verdant vines luxuriant run, 
He turns his fair round belly to the sun 1 
Bathed in those beams he, comatose and calm, 
The bursting Falstaffof the blooming farm, 
Awaits his fate—the inevitable hour— 
The hand that plucks him from his native bower, 
Only exclaiming, could we hear his cries : 
« Take me to Bedford, and I’ll take the prize 1” 
O yellow orb 1 no hand dirine is nigh, 
To snatch thee up and set thee in the sky, 
A modern star, uncataloguod and new. 
To fright the saints, and bother science, too; 
But bide thy time ! when chill November falls, 
A voice shall issuu from the Slate house walls, 
And every parson, from his pulpit high, 
Proclaim aloud. Thanksgiving day is nigh. 
Then, when around the dear domestic board 
Affection’s tide has tremulously poured ; 
When the fond mother—yeais of absence o’er— 
Clasps to her heart her wandering son once more; 
\* hen love, refusing to be longer pent. 
Smiles in the eye a timorous assent; 
When laughing childhood, full of fowl and fun, 
Finds to its wonder that it cannot run ; 
’Tis then, O premium pumpkin ! then shall shine 
In splendor new this excellence of thine. 
Pie of my country ! still upon thy breast 
Midsummer sunbeams in November rest; 
The magic circle of thy snowy paste 
Delights the eye and titillates the taste; 
While through thy form the steel is ranging bright, 
Our aqueous mouths are puckered with delight, 
And like faint soldiers who from fight would cease, 
We cry for quarter, and demand a piece. 
CORN AND HOGS IN INDIANA. 
There is at least one very good reason why 
the work of the last of the autumn months Guano, Mapes* Subsoil Plow, <fco.—VV ill you 
save such men from dyspepsia, but if they give LUlU miu * l iX should be promptly attended to. If not sea- please favor a subscriber with an answer to the 
way to the “comforts of carnal good living,” Tm Mimm Farmer tWolia tbat after a11 sonabl, performed, everything will be trans- following >.,quires :-I have a summer fallow of 
t i 1p nPtl oUv of breaking , . , , , fixed with chains and bolts or Host, ana to m ne acres, sown (drilled) to wheat the 1st and 
r % 1 1 LVlwleebiro/that man shall only the excitement about the drouth ant its con- luost of our readers, four months must elapse 2d d of September, Soil mostly a clay- 
God s law, which declares that man shal y seqenccS) most of the crops m Indiana this sea- before emancipatian can take place. In any loam> 3 witb teriacioll8 clay subsoi f. p i 0W cd 
live well by the sweat of Ins face. . _ son, will turn out to be full an average. The other month, what happens to be neglected, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ of Jun nd 8ubsoiled 
Boussingault says that the maximium crop on]y import ant crop which approximates to a mny 1betlone in the fi^ few days of ^ next, ^ one ot Notrse 4 Co/s subsoil 
of wurzel beets ^ l i ^^^that failure is t,mt of Ir5sh P otatoes > which has P rob * dy and neglect^1^farmer. For this reason, it plows, with two additional sur face plowing* 
here 1 can show that at least three times . ably suffered one-half. Of sweet potatoes the 1)iay be of essential use to point out some of during the season. Previous condition of the 
weight may be grown to the acre in the dryest y j dd j g UUU sually good, and the crop excellent the closing fall-jobs. held, considerably reduced, Laving been sown 
season, and on a clay loam. If his analysis is ^pnles are scarce. But it was in regard to One of the first, is to secure unharvested to oats and buckwheat for two or three seasons 
loam, with stiff, tenacious clay subsoil; plowed 
the first time the 1st day of June, and subsoiled 
with one ol Mason, Noursk & Co.’s subsoil 
correct, these beets contain fifteen per cent. j nd ian com that most fear was entertained.' 
less water than turnips* As they do not need Tbe j? armer says: 
a new carbonaceous soil, have no insect ene- 
crops of carrots and rnta bagas. They may successively, with no grass seed. Just previous 
sometimes escape longer, but they are never ( D drilling of the wheat, there was sown a 
positiv ely safe beyond the first of the month. coadn g ,,f lime, at the rate of ten bushels to 
THE DISLIKE OP BOOK FARMING. 
• l f F dWi husbandry? a w not possibly be fattened. Now we are pretty so thick a covering as potatoes and beets; but spring, and what effect the previous sowing of 
mpnas tor J5.ngnsn nusD y. ’ well convinced that more.hogs will be cut the in the cellar, exposed to the air hard enough lime would have upon the guano, if any — as 
* We have determined the percentage of water in several coming winter, than have ever come to the to touch them should be admitted. If air can you advised in the Rural, I think last spring, 
hundred samples of turnips grown under different manurial block in one season before, and that the quali- easily be let in for ventilation below them and no t to sow the two together. Being a young 
treatment; and also in the several varieties of common ^ y 0 f the pork will be but little, if any inferior ready egress is allowed for it above, they may f arffi er, will you bear with me in asking of you 
turnips, Swedes and mangel wuneis but never found any tQ that of other years. Because, first, the corn be piled" in large masses; but without this pre- the appearance G f guano, and its preparation for 
jlcth root that contained quite p • y ’ crop is, after all, agreeably to the best infer- caution they will probably heat, rot and spoil. . and wbat ner cent of ammonia it should 
the highest being the long red mangel wurzel, 13.4. Th. we can obt ' aiu , ver ' little below an av- In outdoor heapsj ventilators in the top, made ®°!, J ' a t ' II 
lowest per centageo try maervemve^new^, erage one, the country over; in some parts it is by thrusting in a sfhall bundle of brush, or ewariai i ‘ " h <1L "'l. 10 ' 11 ", 5 
a full average. Taking into account that a even of coarse straw, are indispensable. These of some of your correspondents, would yoii ad- 
They ’contained only 6.7 per cent, of dry substance. Taking much greater breadth of laud was planted the remarks will apply in some degree to all other vise the sowing of clo\er in the fall ? It is 
the mean of our analyses we should judge that mangel past season than usual, there cannot have been roots. Heaps of potatoes are often found to something that has never been practised here, 
wurzels contain on an average, about 5 per cent, less water much less corn grown than in other years.— contain most rotten ones at the top, which is The fall sowing of timothy is quite common, 
than common turnips; and it is not improbable that in the Aud, second, there is an unusual amount of ascribed to the supposed action of frost to this and should be universal. 
figures quoted from Boussingault, 15 lias been printed in- mas t, in some places nearly or quite enough to most exposed part,—when the true reason is You may have noticed a recommendation of 
Btead of 5. Certain we are that there is no such difference fatten all the hogs within reach of it. Within the accumulation of foul and heated air at the Horace Greeley’s, last spring, that farmers 
in the quantity oi water in these' ">®tj “ “ a short time past, we saw in an adjacent highest point, where it can find no escape who wished to purchase subsoil plows should 
However, even with 5 per cent, ore d y , g CO unty, acorns uctuallv sprouting and taking Underdraining may be performed to advan- .11 m ap „i T •. 
wnrzplfl would be about 62 Der cent, more nutritious than . r ° , u M n , z 1 a riu ^ by ail means get MAPKS new patent-. is it tne 
wurzeis wouia ne aoou p root under the trees, because there were not tage on all soils not too wet. I here are many J ° 1 
common turnips; and this is amply sufficient to sustain , , , . _ nu • n ,• c .1 r n ._. A 1 .j; ( ,i same Mates’ as lie ot superphosphate notoriety? 
t common turnips; and this is amply sufficient to sustain 
COmnimtkatlOHS. the ai ' g ument of our correspondent—Ena. 
THE DISLIKE OP BOOK FARMING. LAB0R AN D IMPR OVEMENT. 
Messrs. Editors:— Agricultural papers have ^ E are f n< ^ owe( ^ v '*^ 1 n0 ?! es ^ 
often asked why farmers should sneer at the ^ es > m01 a ^’ * n ^ eRec ^ lia . an so ^“ ia ’ a 0 
practices they commend and prescribe as w hich aic capable o ei» 0 vast y improte 
, „ . rv • „ , hv cultivation. These were not given us in 
“ Book-Farming, when, were the same sugges- “J tumvnwu b . 
.• • . j , i .1 <■ vain’ and as of him to whom much is given, 
tions or improvements made by a brother far- vswu ' <u . , , . , 
• i * of him much will be required, so he who does 
mer in person, no matter how illiterate, they . 1 . . . . 
swine enough to eat them. This “ crop ” far portions of the farm that are too hard to ditch 
exceeds, iu some places, any thiug we ever saw during the dryer season, that have now be- 
portions of the farm that are too hard to ditch same as ^ of ^V^Pkatc notoriety? 
during the dryer season, that have now be- If «o, with what degree ot allowance should we 
come sufficiently softened by the autumn rains h ep d it ? Notwithstanding his superphosphate 
before. The hogs we saw in our recent trav- come sufficiently softened by the autumn rains nee<1 11 ■ in oiwitnsianumg m 3 supeipnospnaie 
els were nearly all fat; most of them would al- to work advantageously. Let as much of this humbug, I suppose you would give his plow all 
ready make good bacon. be done as may be practicable, and next sum- the merit due it. Have any of the farmers of 
-♦ . - liter’s crop will tell the result. your acquaintance tried it ? 
Rirv dp TvrpnwTEn Pnm.TRv—At the nun- Plowing in autumn has several advantages. jj- V()U M -;il answer the above, vou will very 
Sale of Imported Poultry.— At the auc- 
your acquaintance tried it ? 
If you will answer the above, you will very 
of him much will be required, so he who does wldte svvanS! $U)Q- one pair Banacle geese, often under more unfavorable circumstances. 
would be believed, .„d, perhaps, copM at -t improve aud h^e what is given bin,, *», ir Mandarin ^ *150, We ! 
once. I cannot think that it is for want of a is not Imng as e ou D hoop billed ducks, -j 10 , gc, jut the more com often makes a greatly increased amount We 
desire to improve or the lack of the wish to But> sa >' s one ’ “ Imustlabor; 1 have atam '. mon sort sold cheap—thus 2 black Shanghai have known a delay of ten days to diminish 
once. I cannot think that it is for want of a 1S 1101 uvu, ° ua . a o°P outea uucas, sp«u, uui me uiui C cum- 
desire to improve, or the lack of the wish to But - sa *' s one ’ “ 1 mustla „ b ° r ’ 1 haVC & ^ mon sort sold cheap-thus 2 black Shanghai 
store their minds with useful knowledge that i] y to ^PP 0 ^ and can 111 a^rd time to study, hens $3, Brahma Pootras $2,50 each, &c. It 
. . . Unrlr mv U fllOTO. IS fL tllllG 1 OF GVGFV- Jo onwl Ttroa o rlpnd ln« 2 G nn flip PHGt. ir 
the oat crop more than half, as compared with 
Ncwfield, Sept-., 1854. 
There would be no danger of the lime, al¬ 
ready mixed with the soil, liberating the am¬ 
monia of the guano faster than a loamy soil 
would retain it. On loamy soil, for wheat, we 
causes this dislike, but rather a prejudice form¬ 
ed against such reading, from the statements 
Hark, my friend, “there is a time for every- is sa i d there was a dead loss on the cost in earlier sown fields. Autumn is especially should always sow guano in the fall. Experi 
too often put forth, of methods impracticable d ’ 9 e ^ e ' aBn ^’ and n °t ’ n hastju 
and theories unmoved. compatible with improvement. Knowledge 
True, labor is wisely ordained for us England, on an average, of 75 per cent. 
and theories unproved. computes 
Too many writers for the agricultural press does not cons ' st ’ n boobs on ^ 
seem to think nothing worthy of appearing in one sou ^e, and he is a pooi 
print as a description of their methods, practice, wbose "i^^ 0111 i s bo °I ib SOie y- 
and experience, unless it be a little larger and “ ne c^not be a perfect man, 
1 ’ & Not being try’d and tutored in the -world. 
finer story than any one has told or will be like- , 
i * + „ nn- t i j . , . .. , The great source of knowle 
ly soon to tel. I his has led to a habit of e.y- ° _ , , _, 
J . r , . . 7 —a s-reat free school, open t 
aggeration, of striving to out tree-corn each . TT , , 
° , cation. Here we may study 
other, or of presenting to view the largest pos- ,. . . u 
, ° or things, lust as they are. bu< 
sible side of the subject, until the character of , d h 
compatible with improvement. Knowledge Tiie Locust for Kansas and Nebraska.— j n consequence of the increasi 
does not consist in books only; these are but A correspondent communicates some facts in strong draught at this season. 
... , , -i relation to the culture and growth ot the lo- w. . n ftTn n 
one source, aud be ,s a poor scholar mdeed ^ ^ which will be 0 f interest to Kansas sll0 '^aJe, lndi“ upon the 
whose wisdom is in books solely. and Nebraska emigrants. He advises that lo- i„ rfro middles which 
adapted to the deep trench plowing performed m ents have proved this to be better than sow- 
with the Michigan plow, by the exposure which it in the spring. Peruvian guano varies 
it gives to the newly turned subsoil, as well as ., ... , .. . 
. b o ■i v r ..... c. „ consideraoly in color—from a light to a dark 
in consequence ol the increased facilities for a ^ ° 
brown. The best sample we ever saw was 
relation to the culture and growth ot tfie lo- Wheat fields are often much injured by pulverulent, and of a very light snuff color.— 
cust tree, which will be of interest to Kansas snow _ wa ,ter standing upon the surface early in q' he lighter colored guanos are most popular 
and Nebraska emigrants, lie advises that lo- cnrlno* in middles which cannot escaoe . n 
oust seed be taken out in preference to plants surface furrows should be well cleaned o P ut 111 EnglaBd ’ but the color . of guan0 1S rea ly 
or cuttings, because more portable and surer. before w i n fe r s0 as to admit of the ready drain- n0 indication of its genuineness or compara- 
The great source of knowledge is the world, He states that he has raised locust trees from j of tbese bodies of water. ' live value. These can be ascertained only by 
_ a (r re at free school open to all, and no va- the seed, aflNt^ad them grow to the heigh th of 'Ample preparations should be made for shel- an analysis. A good Peruvian guano should 
„ ri prpwe mav study nature men and fonr feet the first year, and that in_ the co d, t er to domestic animals during winter. Sheds, be warranted to contain 16 per cent of ammo- 
cation. Here we may stuay nature, men anu ster ii e s01 i 0 f New England. To insure the ^ahles. sheltered vards, feeding-racks and feed- , , , 
things, just as they are. Such knowledge is vegetating of the seed, the first year, however, j n(r troughs, often save in a sin-le winter their nia ‘ needs no preparation before sowing 
. . , 1 1. _ _: ] 1... „11 1. _ : __ k^tll.vr. ...nfr... o ^ o’. ... , 
/inter. Sheds, 
racks and feed- 
si Me side of the subject, until the character of practica ] ) an d can be acquired by all.— he says it is necessary to pour boiling water en ° Ure C08t) by avoiding the needless consump- exce P t to break aI1 the lum P s ’ lt should a11 
agricultural papers for truth and veracity is Mj d . eyer restless and ac tive—it knows no upon it, say half an hour before planting. It t}on of food t0 impart W armth, and by preven- be passed through a seive in order to be sure 
nnt CIO rrnnrl na it oVirmld Ko A nsa _ ... ...ill r>rri ininrp thf> HApd F.VCftnt this COlirSP. is a. r c J 1 .. . 1 . .. . 1 . . , . . „11 l - 1.„„ rm .. 1. 
not as good as it should be. Another cause 
of dislike with many farmers is that they find 
many communications and scraps of advice 
more scientific than they practice or clearly un¬ 
derstand, and in fact more than they believe 
pertains with any degree of profit to their busi¬ 
ness of farming. A third cause of dislike is 
that agricultural papers are thought to be too 
that the lumps are all broken. Three hun- 
idleness -it is ever employed Our physical wid not . in i ure th , e seed ", Exce Pi tlns C0U j S ®“ ting a waste of fodder under foot. that the lumps are all broken. Three hun- 
‘ ‘ ,H “«!r»t tat are exhausted- but d ’ ,he **$. m th ? , gr0,,nd 1 Cattle often suffer in winter for want of »a- dre(1 „„ ds per acre is a gooJ drcssing . Ir 
energies tire, and at last are exnaustea, out anot her year. If planted in a rich, new soil, t d , efer go i n „ without for a time to , ; M . , , _ ,. , .. 
the mind is immortal Why, then, can it not a considerable quantity of fuel would be pro- Raveling a half mile for it, exposed to dogs wheat st ; s or per hn ^} U1 luds Ub 
be employed as well on some elevating theme duced the first year.— Tribune. and other annoyances. Provision, if not al- application profitable. It for sr 1 you wnl not 
which will improve and expand its capacities, --* - ready made, cannot be secured after the earth realize much profit. 
Cattle often suffer in winter lor want of wa- d red pounds per acre is a good dressing. If 
ter, and prefer going without for a time to , H f $2 . bushel y0 u will finds its 
a _a-. UrtlP tykIa if ovnAooH frv /Innrc 1 * 
’ w 1 ine ^ Deiieve w hich will improve and expand ils capacities,-- ready made, cannot be secured alter the earth realize much \ 
pertains with any degree of profit to their busi- waste its energies on low and groveling Storing Potatoes.— The most successful is frozen up. Timely care should therefore be We have n< 
ness of farming. A third cause of dislike is a ®. , . , ... . 1 ° mode of preserving large quantities of pota- taken in this particular. Good milk, sweet in tb j 3 c ii ma i< 
that agricultural naners are thouerht to be too objects which will ruin it. ^ toes which we have witnessed, is to bury them butter, and healthy and thriving animals de- . 
„ . J 3 { . b Who is so conveniently situated to obtain l ar ge heaps, and cover them first with straw pend more on pure wholesome water than ‘P 
o en su ijectcd to the private interests of man- knowledge of the world, of the natural thick enough to form a coating of one foot m any suppose. Care should for this reason We have 
ufacturers, inventors, nurserymen and others. ld • n _ tbp f armer ? H e i s sur- when ivell packed. A covering of earth or be taken to have clean troughs; and every not at work. 
ire should for this reason We have seem Mapes’ subsoil plow, but 
clean troughs; and every not at work. We should judge it to be a tol- 
utacturers, inventors, nurserymen and others. worl(J espec j a n yj ^ the farmer? He is sur- when well packed. A covering of earth or be taken to have clean troughs; and every not at work. \\ e should judge it to be a tol- 
Now that the removal of the above causes _ , , hv vprdant fields and groves whose tuid> ^ bree blcbes thick over the straw was night the water should be withdrawn by means era bly good implement. We trust you will 
would bring all farmers to believe in making r0 ^ n f .. , . i.; c rioi™ found amply sufficient to exclude frost; while ot a plug, so that it need not fieeze, and to ^ one and tell us how you like it. We should 
forming a afnritr ^ t i „ • , v b color is exactly suited to his organs ol vision. t j absorbing power of the great mass of admit of a clean, lresli, un-iced portion the ° / . , .. . . 
farming a study, or to love agricultural reading What chemical changes on a grand scale are stra w prevented any injury from dampness, next morning.-CWn/ Gent. have answered earlier but your letter got nus- 
would be absurd to suppose. But these hints . qo . Qn arouud b i m j jle is in the midst of and the thin coating of earth admitted good --- laid - __ 
may be of use to agricultural papers and their pbenomen£ , a p 0 f which, if investigated, will ventilation. Country Gent. ^ California Wheat Field.—A s a speci- Rain Water Cisterns.—I am about building 
correspondents, though we think there is much w ^ leasur6) M well M be ing a source 
1p.sc! nppd of tllPm now t.lmn fprmprlxj ’Dir* J 
We have never sown clover in the fall, and 
in this climate should prefer to sow it early 
have answered earlier but your letter got mis¬ 
laid. 
A Profitable Farm. —The farm of Bryan the editor of the Sacramento Union 
Jackson, near Wilmington, Deleware, consists rnen tions that he had seen a field of wheat of 
GOO acres, growing in Yolo county, part ol 
tilling machine, because he cultivates the soil, hands all the year, at $132 per annum each; wb jch he thought would harvest 75 bushels to 
less need of them now than formerly. The J ,, . , A Profitable L arm. — Hie farm ol Bryan {’ orn j a) the editor of the Sacramento Union 
Rural, we are glad to say, has done much to ° iai P r0 ' ea ^ eD ' former ns a more dackson ’ near xx 'Dmington, Deleware, consists men ti 0 ns that he had seen a field ot wheat of 
remove the prejudices against “ Book Farmino-” i he age that regards the farmer as a mere O f 2 20 acres. On this farm he employs three G00 acreS) growing in Yolo county, part of 
. 0 P juaicesagainst Hook I arming, mac hine, because he cultivates the soil, hands all the year, at $132 per annum each; wb ich he thought would harvest 75 bushels to 
and is received almost everywhere with cordial- and supposes he needs no mental refinement, two men extra for six months, at $12 per the acre, and that ten acres had been measur- 
ity and respect. m. y. r. £ h • hig w honarably, is fast month, and day hands, whose wages amount ed off and reapcd . The owner thrashed and 
-,_ beca s g b / to about $50 a year; making in all for labor, a we j ( rhed it The weight was 40,004 lbs. which 
nT passing away, and the dignity of his profes- cost of ^ 690 a year. Mr. Jackson, in the at GO lbs. to the bushel, gives G6 and § bush- 
FARMERS SHOULD READ MORE, &C. sion is beginning to be acknowledged. Lut American Farmer, says,—“The sales of the e ] s 0 f wheat to the acre, and other parts would 
- the question of stopping here rests with him- farm the past year will not vary much from f ura j sb a greater yield. 
Eds. Rural:—W hy is it that so few farmers gdf He alone is to elevate his profession, fifty-three hundred dollars.” _. - 
take an agricultural paper, while so large a and t, b e more intelligence he employs in direct- “ ' ' # ' ' 7 Benjamin W. Cooper, an enterprising far- 
A California Wheat Field. —As a speci- Rain Water Cisterns. — I am about building 
men of what can be done on the soil of Cali- a cistern for rain water. The soil is dry and 
fornia, the editor of the Sacramento Union compac t. By plastering the sides of the exca- 
proportion of the lovers of the rus in nibe 
take both a rural and a city paper? Is it not 
because farmers generally are not reading men? 
Physical labor, I have found, is much easier to 
the man who has had the luck to be trained to 
it, than even that little mental labor required 
by reading, is to him whose early school edu- 
vation with water-lime cement will it hold wa¬ 
ter and be durable ? or is it necessary to build 
a wall? What is the best proportion of sand 
to the lime.—A Reader, Genesee Co., N. Y. 
We know of many cisterns, made by simply 
digging a hole with a slope, and plastering 
three or four times, which have been in use for 
many years, and are now as good as ever. In 
making be sure and not let the water get in 
till the cement has become hard and dry. Six 
d the more intelligence he employs in direct- -i “ , P Benjamin W. Cooper, an enterprising far- making be sure ami not let me water get in 
iiur hi s labors the more rapid and sure will be Pumpkins. The most _ effectual method of mer of Camden, N. S., says an effectual rnanur- till the cement has become hard and dry. Six 
b ’ preserving pumpkins during the winter, is to j f or j and may be obtained for about :>0 par ts of water-lime to one of sand is a good 
his progress h. s. s. sc | ec t the largest and most perfectly matured, cents an acre, by paying that amount for a rtion _ Coarse sand is said to be better 
Sherburne, N. Y., 1854. and having deposited a stratum of dry straw nnnnd 0 f turnin seed, and sowing it among ‘ (I1I . t 
-- - on a close floor, place them thereon-not so 2\ have P reason to believes” says he, Biaa hlie ’ , 1 he cisten ' should be covered.and 
GUANO AND GOOD EARS. | near as to touch each other, and cover them | „ tbat a crop 0 f turnips when buried, leaf and j well protected from the frost. We should 
. carefully with straw, on taking especial care to rQot w ill be found superior to almost any oth- much like the experience of our readers in this 
An old farmer, after harvesting an extra HU in the interstices or spaces between the er can be obtained, for the purpose of Dia ^ er . 
oy reading, is to n.m wnosc ear.y scnooi can- fcornby the application of some of the pumpk ins, till the receptacle is filled, or until ^^Jn as a green crop f 
cation was neglected. How often I have ask- above new .fangled manure, meeting with Ins you bave i a j d by as large a quantity as your 1 __ , , 
for manuring.” 
ply was, “ 1 have not had time to read my pa- tQ feed thein witbj because 
cation was neglected, llow otten i nave ask- a bove newfangled manure, meeting with ins you ba ve laid by as large a quantity as your '_ > _ DoorWard Fence—I wish t i build a door¬ 
ed one of your farmer subscribers if he had “ old fogy” neighbor one day, put on a very se- inclinations or necessities require.— American , , , . , , yard fence. It should be plain, not expensive, 
read one of Mr. Harris’ leaders which went to rious countenance, and thus accosted him: Agriculturist. Loudon sajs. - n ^ ^arg-e clumsv but durable, and one that will look well when 
. . . , , , “Well. Deacon Slowerou. I want to sell you b __ of an ass and a mare, having a large, ciumsy . ’ . . , ,, 
the life of practical husbandry; when the re- > The tra th is, 1 have no corn -- ~ 77 , head, long, erect ears, a short mane, and a thin completed. 1st, In what manner or style should 
ply was, “ 1 have not had time to read my pa- t0 f ped them with, because_” Worth Knowing if True.— lt is said that ^ Hinny is the hybrid produce between the fence be built ? 2d, How should the posts 
per.” He might as well have said, that he had “There; I knew it would be so. I told you a small piece ol resin dipped in the watei which gbe ^ alld a stallion; the head is long and be set to preserve them longest Irom decay l 
not time to take his Sunday nap or eat his last spring you was afool, expending your hard- is “.1° Jbe^attmMShere of the thin ’ the ears “e Hke those of a horse, Jthe 3d> How should the posts be set to prevent the 
, , ... . , earned money in buying humbugs, guano, and peculiar property to the atmosphere o e mane 1S short, and the tail well hilled with f t f rom heaving them ? Will you or your 
breakfast, and perhaps w, h better reason - « > (act £ Squire, them things don't romn, winch w.ll pve rehef o pemms troubled „ lir . ., v hinny is nrmh less common than , acllla s „»wer the above qncstioas in 
“ Ain t it mighty hard work to read? said the d Vm lad you » ve found it out.” with a cough. I he heat of the water is suf- the mule beeaxse less handy and usetul. ohli.ro-.* u s 
Texan to the traveler who was reading a news- P ^Hold on a minute, Deacon, until I finish, ficient to throw off the aroma of the i-esm, and ___-■ the Rural, an d oblige b, g. s. 
paper. It is not that such men are unbelievers The truth is, I have usually had poor corn S ives Jhe same; re le as a oi. e y a coin us- goME g QUASIIES .__The Boston Cultivator Coucns and Fouls.— I wish to inquire, thro* 
in rural progress, but their pride compels them enough to fatten my hogs, but what you ca 1 ionMJ ‘ j evaporation is more dn- sa Y s Mr - y1os<ib T ltus - oi I>e PP erell > Mas8 ’’ the columns of the Rural, what will cure calves 
to denolfas use, esMhat which th^canoot table The same rj, may be used Tot b- ™ ?. 
readily comprehend. But on the other hand L ame gi. ound that last year yielded but ten of weeks. ^ ^__ 164 tbs. Five others in an immature state, (or rot foot.) in cattle . ia\ . iiu ^ ^ 
the Rural, and oblige —b. g. s. 
how much to be pitied are some men who had no sound, and thirty of unsound; and so I thought ^ .a \ no Wann were found on the same vine. The 
early physical training; astute literary men I would sell my hogs, and buy some more hum- The Crous in corn^cron will be the vine was 127 feet. The name ol 
wb^m.ssu^ata^ .UU 
before them, either written or in type, yet such ^>f nubbins to some good account.” 1 he cotton crop one-thud less than the 1st __, . , , ,_ 
men live and die without knowing the luxury The j)eacon smelt a heretic, and turned a year, fully. The potato crop almost a failure. , dnrnp „ t5p an : mtt i s sbl 
of the true physical use aud capability of their short corne. He has hardly had courage to The crop of cotton last year was an average 
own hands. I once saw such an individual mention guano sioe Agncultur ist. crop. 
- - «Squashes.— The Boston Cultivator 
the resin. It is preferable to the com- 7^ b Moges TituSi of i> epp ercll, Mass., 
because the evaporation .« more du- gf— • of six ' hea frora 
The same ream may be used for “d' tbe aggregate'weight, of which was 
t _ 164 tbs. Five others in an immature state, 
7 PB „ T . __q pna tnr Dawson were found on the same vine. T’he length of 
.orgia. Senator ‘ the vine was 127 feet. The name of the van- 
eorgia corn crop will known to us. The specimen sent us 
imsuraption and not more. , „„„„„„ 1 
-third less than the last is of a color nearly pea-green. 
ato crop almost a failure. “ 1 * ' ”7 
last vear was an average Cattle and domestic animals should com- 
Couciiis and Fouls. —I wish to inquire, thro’ 
the columns of the Rural, what will cure calves 
from coughing ; and also, how to cure the fouls 
(or rot foot) in cattle ? I have tried numerous 
remedies without the least success.—A Subscri¬ 
ber, Plymouth, Che nan go Co., N. Y. 
Sheep Ticks—W ill some of the correspond¬ 
ents of the Hural inform me the best and quick¬ 
est way to relieve Sheep from ticks ?—A Sub¬ 
scriber, Taberg, Oct., 1854. 
