MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
many good farmers there always cat their pc cleat number of cattle of a, nearly equal qua, ^ 'ffli S CCUaTO. CB ™" 1 "^1”“ l^lfa-faS ttttJ ^WSiBOT. 
tatoes before planting, and the practice is even % as possible for each lot, ami m the a _______.A In an excellent article entitled “Hints for- 
more general than with us, from the fact that when he came to draw for the market, he has PROTPITARI W 1 the Season” the Boston Cultivator urges far- RAIN-WATER CISTERNS. 
UlUie gcucitu I . ... invnt-iaVrlv fminrl that white the ODCn lot flir- rlfUR LAND ItlrlUO lllUFl 1 AliLB. ' , . ° , - 
notatoes are planted in rows and not m hills, mvaiiably found tnat wane me ope __ mere to cut wood early m the winter, and . , ,, . 
poiaioes an. ptu „■ i,„j „ o-Arwllv nnmVier in suitable condition , _ , . , . , _ J . , Wr have received several answers to the in- 
“ Vegetable manures should be used, but “f*it™ notU the tecond or Tee ed.tor of tire Boston Cn Unmr has close to the ground. In a new country where „ , in the Boca., of Nov. 
.■animal manure” must not bo brought near ««>e fire^ A, ° in (he recently visile, it c to ol Mr. ltrunus. wood >s of l.ttle or no value there may be J * of balMi ain . 
the field. To us this appears a very our,ous ^^ on di«on a“ to flesh iu the shaded. Brow*, of Marblehead and was "no a l.ttle some advantages whenclearing-land, m cutting d foUowil , g J trocto 
distinction. Wc do not recommend putres- requisite condition ao to tlesti in tnc maaea suprised afc the large yie ld of various kinds of the trees a yard or so from the ground, but , f 
cent manures for potatoes, but we are certain- TIe lias als0 > b ? actual y ei S hin g foulld crops wb j eb he obtains from land which a few ; now when many even fear that in a few years ' ’ -pit- 
lv unable to perceive why well decomposed « «■*»» of 15 lbs. per head increase a • was rated at a low price, and only I we shall not have wood enough for fencing and A subscriber wishes to know,f plastering on 
ordinary bam yard manure—a mixture of the month in favor of open fields and avers that yjed cs c common for cow pasturage. The building purposes, how uselessly wasteful it the earth with water hme cement w,l be dura- 
droppings of the stable, cow-houses and pig- otber things being equal, a ot ot stems will | trac , j g caded Marblehead Neck. It is almost appears to continue such a practice especially ' ■ ft’ 1 ’ - 1 ” s ft 0 1,m a ft ne 0 1 
eeri«, with a due proportion of straw—should gain as much in an open field m /our months I ^ foml tta eastern shore of the in permanent wood lots. Bead what the ways, and the only safe way ,s o build a wall say 
CUTTING WOOD FUR FUEL. 
___ . In an excellent article entitled “ Hints for 
POOR LAND MADE PROFITABLE. j the Season” the Boston Cultivator urges far- 
_ l mers to cut wood early in the winter, and 
The editor of the Boston Cultivator has I close to the ground. In a new country where 
fitipmts tmir ^ratotrs. 
RAIN-WATER CISTERNS. 
We have received several answers to the in¬ 
droppings of the stable, cow-houses and pig- ! 
■ -.1 J fonofeinnw, nivnniii fi'ain as much in an open field m Jour months 
genes, with a due proportion of straw—should & A. . . r 
O ’ x 1 _ . . . efomnwicv oo Hinw W1 1VI tl vf> m (in T h s in fl 1 ir> n 
be any more objectiouable than “vegetable of summer as they will m five months m a field liar } JOrj | :nlt j 0 i ne d to the main land by a low 
-nr mnn,,; made from decaved vege- where they have access to shade. 1 he cattle 240 The soil is 
Cultivator says: 
“Wood must be provided for fuel. Every 
what he called hard—the solid rock which economical manager lias a supply, seasoned, 
i- .ii- , , • _i,, . ,-,1 on hand, but he must provide for the future.— 
t/^vinc fhr. hnciQ frmic: n u in manv TllAPftK. 1 i T _ . * . ... 
8 or 9 inches thick with cobble stones, water 
lime and sand;—for the wall about four parts 
sand to one of lime—the water not to be let in 
till the wall is dry and hard.—L. Smith, ^arc- 
manures” or manure made from decayed vege- wnere mey ^ ^ T": beach. It contains 240 acres. The soil is “Wood must be provided for fuel. Every ^ ™ 
table matter In other words, we can see no in the first instance feed at all hours of the day ^ bo cal|ed hard _ tKe soIid rock which economical manager has a supply, seasoned, sand to one of l,me-thc water not to be le 
„ . ,, , ... n upon dry and fattening grass instead of stand- „ ,, , . ^ on hand, but he must provide for the future.— till the wall is dry and hard. —JL. Smith, Jlv 
reason for supposing that a quantity of straw £ ^ ^ J* tho Keond tatanc ^ forms the basis, crops out many places, and m ^ ^ ()f thc C nU .,. before 8110w fa „ 3 , ^ - Co J. 
and corn stalks allowed to rot in a heap would » . , , , fi]r tbe debris of this and giamte bouldeis <ae Qr ^ e f 0R . jt g e t P deep, is best for cutting . . , . *i i ri 
furnish more valuable , manure for potatoes until driven out by hunger and filling tl e - gca ttered over the surface. Naturally the as- wood . While thc ground is bare, there is no _ A reader inquires the best method of bu 
than the excrements of cows or sheep eating selves only iu the morning and.evening NNiihuet, pec t 0 f the place is rough and forbidding.”— obstacle to laying the axe close to the root of ing rain water cisterns. Some two years si 
The fore part of the winter, before snow falls, i; us> Cay. Co.,J\\ Y. 
|or before it gets deep, is best for cutting ’ , . . , 
i wood. While the ground is bare, there is no _ ^ reader UK 1 UU ’ CS tb e 
best method of build- 
Mr. D. mentioned that having directed his 
_ . , . , , . i,„ mr. i/. mcuuuucu bum unviuu uiuaxu uia 
It is certainly very desirable that the com- ° 
o. . j no a ^..iwivifivvoi foreman to prostrate all the shade trees m a 
mittees at our State and County Agricultural * . . „ T , . 
„ r , (1 „ certain lot, he returned, saying, “I have cut 
Societies should be practical men, with a little „ , ’ •’ b \ 
Societies should be practical men, with a little ^ ° , , 
. ■ . . 0 , all but two —they are too handsome, ami cost 
common sense in their cramums. Such men ... r „ , 
too much to destroy—if yoq want them felled 
might give us reports less historical and theo- , ., T . ,, , 
& , ,, , ,, iv you must do it yourself, / wont! —but, added 
retical, perhaps, than the one we have alluded J , , 
1 ,, , „ A . . Mr. D., “ they must come down, 
to, but they could not fail to be far more in- J 
annually in grass, and the remainder in vege- sprouts from low stumps are better than from lue earui uiui waier mue, 5,1 o 
tables and grain.” This year he cut about high ones, aud where it is wished to have the of mortar. The first, three parts sand to one 
100 tons of English meadow hay, which is S'' owth ^produced, Ibis is of much conse- of lime, the second one part sand to one of 
1 1 Whom fmoa urn out noor 10 nrminr -» ,1 • 1 _ _A_ 1 :_ 
aved. I built a cistern by simply digging a round 
solid ]^ 0 ] e j n a dr y compact soil, say G ft. on top, 3 
) at the bottom, and 5J deep, plastering against 
from tbe earth with water lime, giving it two coats 
e the of mortar. The first, three parts sand to one 
structive and reliable. Reports founded on 
experience rather than on “science, falsely so 
called.” 
Comtmvittraticm.1 
Mr. I)., “ they must come down.” 
I could not but think the foreman was in 
the right of it, and manifested a praiseworthy 
The following may be taken as a summary of ^ ie stump, and are liable to be broken ofT by 
- the winds, and from various other causes do 
o/MYNfi Tno rvTTirmr»rc • 7 
some of the products: 
Four acres cabbages—4,000 heads to the 
the stump, and are liable to be broken off by again in the same way. I used but one bar- 
the winds, and from various other causes do re l of water lime. The same should be clean 
not succeed so well. Of course this argument and coarse . Water should not be let in till it 
spirit, and would ask Mr. D., Is projit the only | acre. They were of the large drum-head 
is not applicable to such as do not sprout. 
Another advantage in wood-chopping when 
is well dried, say two weeks. It should be well 
thing for which we labor? Is the gratification kind, some of the heads weighing from thirty there ; s n0 sn0W| is that all the small branches covered to protect it from the frost. In this 
of taste of no account? Shall a landscape tofoity pounds eacl. 
, , , , , . ,. Four acres onions—s 
made beautiful by groves, and clumps, and iso- ; j d 2 /,qo bushels 
, may be readily gathered atid either made into way a cistern can be made that will, in my 
all gathered aggregate f a g^ 0 t s 0 r burned on the ground, leaving the opinion, last for years. The cost of the cistern 
lated trees, be changed to open and arid waste ’ p our acrcs purple-top Swec 
for money? And to increase our gain shall rage 900 bushels to the acre, 
we forget to “ be merciful to our beasts,” and Two acres carrots, 20 tons 
compel the poor animals to roast beneath a •>» J ^ 1Jl ® b ^ ll(sl ’ thc 
paper an inquiry in reference to rain-water cis- midsummer sun? Methinks if the dumb crea- 
yield 2.4UU bushels. . surface free from any obstruction to the new , tl : do u ars _D. P. Brooks, Fill- 
I< our acrcs piiqile-top Swedish turnips, ave- g row tb. We say nothing of tlie greater com- c ' v 1Q -, 
rage 900 bushels to the acre. f or £ men j n handling wood without snow, more > * ol ' - ’ 0 * 
Two acres carrots, 20 tons to the acre, or at as dia ^ j s 0 hvious. It may be an aduantage Set a stake in the centre of the spot for the 
55 pounds to the bushel, the legal standard, to have snow to haul wood; but if it is cut cistern, and attach a string to it long enough 
730 bushels to the acre. and piled, the first “sledding” can be used for . . • 1 f plpvpn feet diameter Ex- 
Five acres winter squashes—four of the niar “ a cncle ot ele\en lcct diameter. IjX 
-- Tomn :;: o latcd trees - be chan 8' ed t0 °P en aud and waste Four acrcs purple-top Swedish turnips, ave- th . Wo say nothing of the greater com- ' vaS ie ^; n “ n ^ , ‘TT ‘ ’ 
WOODEN CISTERNS. for money? And to increase our gain shall rage 900 bushels to the acre. fort to men in handling wood without snow, m °re, JV- T., JVov., 18o4. 
- | . we forget to “ be merciful to our beasts,” and Two acres carrots, 20 tons to the acre, or at as that is obvious. It may be an aduantage Set a stake in the centre of the spot for the 
Eds. Rural:— I notice in your excellent c eltbe oor an ; ma i s to roast beneath a bu shel, the legal standard, t0 have snow to haul wood; but if it is cut cistern, and attach a string to it long enough 
paper an inquiry in reference to rain-water cis- midsummcr sml! Metliinke if the dumb crea- «... „r the «« P ilcd . lhe *“* “ deddin «” «*» be “ sed lbr to mark a circle of cloven feet diameter. Ex- 
t!: W or SLentTore moke”^"'Vanv tures tliemsolvoa could s P cali ' the y w0 “ ld ri “S marrow variety, CJ tons to tho acre-one of a has proved that on permanent cavatc "' itUn this circIe t0 the de P th of lw0 
w-ater lime or wuiein wen, • y I in tbe Senator’s ears, in such imploring tones, cross variety between the marrow and India, wood _i andS) it i 3 advisable to cut the whole feet; then strike another circle of eight feet 111 
city people thin n t lat gooc woo en cis cins “Woodman, spare that tree, 13£ tons to the acre. _ growth oil'clean at once, as you would cut off' diameter within the first, and excavate within 
are not only better, but in the end cheaper. Touch not a single bough,” R is no more than fair to mention that Mr. a erop 0 f g rass f rom a permanent meadow.— dds second circle to thc depth of 7i or 8 feet 
l"de” d woi; ^ t° deter him from furiher proseculing his slopiogthesid^sraduallyso^ toleaveftebof 
be s .. n , , ignoble work. w. b. r. , sea plants, is washed upon his beach iu great on the 2 -round and every part is ready to cut tom four feet in diameter. Take one peck of 
water unfit for ordinary washing. To ie sure ivatteburg, Nov. 17 , 1854 . j quantities. Not less than 200 cords of this at r a in at the same time, the oftener hard wood hydraulic cement, and two pecks of sand as free 
the proportion of lime held in solution is not -- — j kind of manure can be collected annually. It is ° cut t]ie faster the next crop will grow. It is from dirt as can be got, and mix just hard 
so large; but my cement cistern, now seven THE “NE PLUS ULTRA” WHEAT. is equal to the richest stable or yard manure, the opinion of close observers that it is most enough to spread with a plastering trowel, and 
years old, makes the water hard enough to - as is proved from its effects on the land for pro fi ta bl e to cut the same ground over about ° t t] th t ° th sideand 
curdle soap considerably. By using a large For several seasons past, much interest has many years. Mr. Brown keeps seventeen once in twenty to twenty-five years. proceed to plaster on tnc eartn at ^ana 
. , t ... . j, . been excited in this neighborhood, in the re- cows, (sells milk,) four oxen, and tour horses._, 9 ,_ bottom till covered. Alix batches of mortar 
quantity ot soap, it ot course wi su is. is gulfc of experiments made by Mr. Harradiue, of The manure from these is carefully saved.— ~ inmnirniw as directed for the first, as fast as wanted to 
a very hard matter to make a cement cistern N eed j Q g WOr th, near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, Sea-weed is hauled into the cellar and yards KlIlnEN DRAINS. on fas it will soon set if not spread and 
hold in either muck or quick sand. Theymust in the growth of a new description of wheat, which absorbs thc urine aud other liquids. , TTT' (Lw,!*:,’... 
have a solid gravel, sand or clay foundation, and which, if »it giveth forth its increase ” at Boston is the market place for nearly every- A nuiKn drain laid after the usual style of become useles .) M hen the first coat » cov¬ 
er the weighf of water will settle the bottom the rate of multiplication that has attended it thing Mr. Brown sells, and the articles are ered over and set hard enough to bear it, 
„ . .. hitherto, bids fair to create a revolution in the carried by his own teams—the distance sixteen the ottensi\e oaor 01 me open guuer. 11 aoes w hich will be in a few hours 111 dry weather, 
just enough to allow it 0 escape. During the icult ; m , world . One ear of it was sown in miles. cot form a harboj• foi• flies^ te., which are oed t ut on th o second coat, and smooth 
past summer I have replaced sonic twenty-five ls49 011 tho )an d of Mr. Harradiue, and the Will the fhiUk-Mtr inform us how the dnren '"to lhe house at the approach of a beinv verv careful to cover it leavin- 
or thirty cement cisterns with solid iron bound produce of this again in 1850 and 1851, when seventeen cows are kept in summer? Are they ^ ammersbow ^ ror . ie ] C0111 8° 0 . i .^ 00 ni 8 ’ . 0 ^ , , , ,, ? 
. y ... . , , .. . ,. u vtAlftpH at tlio PYtranrdinarv rate/'esueciftllv 1 P 7 It may be extended close to your kitchen door, no breaches or cracks, and by the time it is 
pine ones, which give the best satisfaction. fo 5^' f and { allowed to pasture on the unimproved land; or made to connect with your sink, thereby sm00 thed over the top should be covered, or 
One great advantage in having wooden cis- p^k per acre, (77* bushels.) It has been and does the $7,000 include the gross receipts saving labor in carrying heavy tubs or pails of tbc dry a ; r w m be liable to crack it. For cov- 
terns is that they can be set up in cellars or sown 0 n almost every available description of from the 200 acres of land, or only from the waste water, f be llsual bo oontinmS erin<r I used chestnut sticks that would square 
even in the upper stories of buildings. The soil, and 05 acres under cultivation? to e yoar compost heap, by which means all the about 6 inches; set them close, and plaster the 
Monroe County Work House cistern is some ^ P J ed< ‘'and tare* on «oil of variou« . .. valuable wash, which is too frequently lost, top to keep the dirt from getting through them, 
thirty feet above the basement, and tins is con] ’ ition g fen and highland; in all cases the The Chemistrv of Common Like. By James F. may be turned to good account, aud made to rest i n g t hesticks ontlicshouldersofthcexca- 
only one of several do^en that occupy similar c . uan tity of seed was restricted to four pecks W.JonNsiox. : < m v. . v 11 i.eton - pay annually more than the interest, am some- va ^j on Let it stand until the cement appears 
positions. Water taken from clean pine cis- per acre; but the result was the same, the yield . .... tim ® s Kin entire expenses 0 tie d then take a nail of water put 
* 1 ft A i P ‘ Limr tbat ureviouslv realized bv Mr Hai- This is one of the most interesting books, in work. The open sink gutter is one of the nearly dry, ana tnen tase a pan 01 water, put 
terns is always sweet and soft. _ A. y 0 . . y p bas P been so f vn after wheat, clover, the whole range of chemical literature, we have greatest nuisances around a farm house, while cement or water lime enough m the water to 
KITCHEN DRAINS. 
nearly dry, and then take a pail of water, put 
freezing weather does not injure them. If j 
barley, beaus, oats, and fallow, and sustained its j ever mc t with. It is written in a clear, lucid, 
greatest nuisances around a farm house, while cement or water lime enough in the water to 
the covered drain, with a barrel at the upper nia ke it the thickness of whitewash, and with a 
they arc thoroughly set in a putldlo of blue „' lrongh these trials; it has been I ™ T,’7“ , .. , a „ ’ h end havrng only the lower head in, and that 
clay, the clay will hold the water after they in winter aid in spring, drill, l.roadcast, | “ ,,d almost familuu sl.vle. lree Irora nil teehrn perforaled with holes J in. m diameter, m a 
have rotted out. It is not necessary, however, and dibbled, with Ihcsame results,some putin ; ealities, and abounding in practical .Uustra- cheap and durable substitute and wholly u, 
t t anvthine- but common dirt around them, in February showing no diminution in the ! tions ol thc workings ol chemical laws in com- jectionable. Such, at least, is the expun 
i “ ; . to , P v yield. The preparation of the land may be the men life; while the reputation and erudition of one who has tried ir. Country Cent 
Two or three inches of wood aslies packed m (or wh c at , and the same rate i „ f the !ra „,or are sufficient guarantees to its--- 
around the top for say two teet (.ow n, will ai- of j ncrease j n the yield over ordinary sorts may pral correc t nes «. it is a book which every Use of Guano.—I have made use of Gi 
rest the process of decay for several years.— b e expected. b 1 ''' ‘ , , ., for many years, aud in various ways. I p 
A good pine cistern will last, according to the With all there facts in view, and there are J oun g man > aiui ' vc b f a ira ~ } in thc hill* for corn, but it did not fully an 
cn :i ; n n ] aced f r0 m eicdit to twenty-1 numbers of gentlemen ready to verify them, young ludy should read,—for it treats, among expectation, therefore, I thought I w 
whitewash, brush wash the inside of the cisterns 
over thoroughly. Cover the top timbers 18 
to put anything but common dirt around them. 
Two or three inches of wood aslies packed in 
around the top for say two feet down, will ar¬ 
rest the process of decay for several years.— 
A good pine cistern will last, according to the 
soil iu which it is placed, from eight to twenty- 
five years. U> O. Alling. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
“S 1 “,£,27; l it tTh^me S and abounding in practical illustra- cheap and durable substitute and wholly unob- over ™uguy. - -F-~ 
in ^February showing no diminution in the ! tions of thc workings of chemical laws in com- jectionable. Such, at least, is the experience inches deep with eartli, and youhaveacistern 
yield. Thepreparation of the land may be the : mon life;, while the reputation and erudition of one who has tried it .-Country Cent. that will be more durable, I think, than stone 
same as for ordinary wheat, and the same rate ! 0 f the autbor ^ sufficient guarantees to its or brick walls will mas;*, luos. Arnold, 
of increase in the yield over ordinary sorts may , t ness. It is a book which every Use of Guano. —I have made use of Guano Stanford, A*. Y., JVov., 1854. 
Use of Guano. —I have made use of Guano 
for many years, and in various ways. I put it 
in thc hill for corn, but it did not fully answer 
my expectation, therefore, I thought I would 
TOO MANY SHADE - TREES INJURIOUS. for inspection; and if we may judge by the ms a door uigmy w«?uii««u l " wlca “ “ year for probably, more than 50 years, and The common method of applying guano on 
- number of standards and ears springing from for chemical studies, and should be in every p i owed it in as deep as I should yard manure, po t a t 0 es in England, is to sow it broadcast 
Senator A. B. Dickinson, of Hornby, one root, wc cannot doubt that the yield is as farmer’s library. aud the result was wonderful; it paid me at 1 ‘ ‘ u : n _ 
Steuben Go N Y. one of the most extensive described. One kernel set by Mr. Harradiue _ ___ least 100 per cent, on thc cost of the Guano, on the land before planting, and plow it in. _ 
■’ ’. , F . . produced twenty-five standards; and this root, „ ^ _p| There was no other manure whatever put on wc prefer, however, to scatter tho guano in 
and thoroughly practical farmers in i }, w jft 1 a similar number of ears and their multi- Sowing Ci.ov r . ^ the lot. 1 next took an old pasture lotas the row where the potatoes arc to be planted, 
in a conversation with the writer a few days p i} c j{ y of kernels, may bo seen at the stand in Thaer, may be sown from the beginning ot p Qor ag p 0vei q yj and j n t bc ] as t 0 f July I and CO ver it with an inch or so of soil to pre- 
since, advanced many ideas which are not in the Crystal Palace of Mr. Mechi, the patron spring (or even in winter provided that it do spread on about 225 lbs. to the acre and ven t the uuano from injuring the sett, which it 
accordance with the received notions of far- of all that is new interesting or beneficial in not germinate) till the beginning of August.— plowed it under, aud in thc first part of Sep-, , ' , ° ‘ . iminediate contact ' if vou 
^ nnA amnnfr + i 1firn n „ P n t agriculture. It will be seen by advertisement nnl i comP ur) before the end tember I sowed my rye and harrowed it m W0U1U uo 11 , 
mers g<.5ii ° ' . that, with a most creditable single-mindedness, f ‘ ' " j * , . , and thc result was, 60 shocks of rye from 3| plant potatoes in hills, scatter the guano di- 
that was decidedly distasteful. It was that no ^[ r> Harradiue has resolved to throw open the of autumn, it is commonly destroys y ie acre g, which will probably yield as many bush- recily under each hill, cover it with soil, and 
farmer can afford to keep shade trees else- benefits of his discovery to his brother agricul- w ter. * * * The surest clover sowings e [ g> F or oats, 1 use about 250 lbs. to the acre on (] ia t plant the sett. This has been shown 
where than by the way side, and hardly there, tmists; and when the trouble and expense Mr. are those which are executed very early in the an d for mowing-land about the same, sowed on . -ment to be better than sowing 
Mr. I), carries on a number of farms; his home Harradine has been at in the propagation of gesison or 0< i ge among the autumn grain, o after the grass has well started. For turnips, ' 
~ e*n/»V» o nP wmilfl wnvrnnf Viim 1 T Q TKo 4V*ormom rml linrrAwinnf if in* tllC STUftllO OrO&uCUSl. 
Guano for Potatoes.—I observe an article in 
the last Rural recommending guano for pota¬ 
toes. I should like some information as to the 
mode of applying it, etc.—W m. Wiblk, Getty s- 
- number of standards and ears springing from for chemical studies, and should be in every p } owed it fo as deep as I should yard manure, 
Senator A. B. Dickinson, of Hornby, one root, wc cannot doubt that the yield is as farmer’s library. aud the result was wonderful; it paid meat 
Steuben Co NY one of the most extensive described. One kernel set by Mr. Harradine_-- least100 per cent, on the cost of the Guano. 
■’ ’’ ' , tWnnntnr produced twenty-five standards; and this root, . TV p Ar , _ f u nvPr There was no other manure, whatever put on 
larm counting m ^ in offering such a boon without the chance of eveu giuuuu u Ut -I— - -f or buckwheat, from 80 to 100 lbs. per acre 
which by great expense and la ior he has saved d j sa p po j n f raen t to the applicant, coupled too even while the land is covered with snow, (the ^ - n j} os i on Cultivator. 
a large number of the finest shade trees—but wbb ft ie f ac t that up to the beginning of this melting of which carries thc seed down into __, . ^ , _ 
he is now cutting them all down, for he farms harvest not a jingle kernel has been sold for the ground) or among large barley sown very Mkditerkankan Wheat.—A Duchess Go. 
Couch Grass. —This is one of the worst 
ests on a farm, as all our readers know 
ho have had any experience with it, Mr. 
for profit, and cannot let them stand. The in- 3eed, be considered, the price must be taken to ef , f or tbe c fo v er is then benetitted by the vr 
jury they do to a crop iu takiug up the moist- beaveiylowc e.-Cambr,dge (Eng.) Ckron. of the winter . 
ure for some distance around, and leaving the Remarks. —If the foregoing account can be -„ . ♦- 
growing plant to famish, or at best attain but depended upon, it is a most extraordinary pro- q ouoh (i RAf ;,s.—This is one of the worst 
a stinted growth, Ls least in importance with duetion, and from the assertion that it may be postg on a j' arni) as all our readers know 
him It is mainly in their effect in fattening sown in February, we should think that it must w ho have had any experience with it, Mr. 
cattle that his tines have become so obnoxious be an early variety to ripen in that climate be- Wm. Shuler of Mo"t|on«y county, informs 
in his eyes and arc falling at the hands of the fore the late rains. If it would withstand the lbe ^ be plowed ^ the ]and to the 
vandal axc-mao. severity of our winters, which very few of tho deptb 0 f e jgbt or nine inches, being careful to 
Mr. D. buys about 1,000 head of steers eve- best English kinds do, it would be well worth turn tbe furrows over compactly, so as to Uior- 
rv sDrina to fatten on his farm, assigning to the attention of our wheat growers. oughly bury all the roofs In preparing it for 
v I° d - t | be rum ber it will keen during We should like to hear from some of our a crop m the spring, the land was plowed only 
each held just the numoei n win Keep uuuug _ r ... about four inches deep, so as not to disturb 
the season, never changing from one field to subscribers woo have sown the Mediterranean , ^ roo fo 0 f the couch grass. The result was 
another. He has two fields of 30 acres each, wheat, of their experience as to its productive- j j ts tdmos t entire destruction .—Country Gent. 
W. M. in Boston Cultivator. Correction. —In the Rural of Nov. 25th, 
--- j n f be description of a wooden cistern, it should 
Ikoiterkanean Wheat. —A Duchess Go. read—“The tub was then pressed down on 
Y. correspondent of the Country Gentle- this mortar, aud the mortar stamped or pound- 
«, speaking of Mediterranean Wheat, says; down on tl , e mlMe of the lub> » iu . 
-— . ..v-.,., d d the outside of the tub," A:c., m- 
I have known it to ripen more than a week .... , c T> 
earlier than thc red Bald (so called among us) stead of the inside, a3 it now reads.—... 1 ikr- 
or the Canada flint, and tiiink it less liable to sox, Lc Roy, A 1 *. Y., A'oa. 21th, 1854, 
or the Canada flint, and think it less liable to 
the ravages of the weevil. I am aware that it 
does not yield as greatly as some other varie- 
vandal axe-man. seventy m uunviura^mbu 
Mr D buys about 1,000 head of steers eve- best English kinds do, it would be 
rysprino to fatten on Ills farm, assigning to the attention of our wheat growers. oughly bury all tnc rotns. in^^^p.eparmg .or ^ le ' Elim of om . niUterS as well as my own » ."«“«« IZil^ITtatainte a’ccount' ” 
each field just lhe number it will keep during We should like to hear from some of our «■?«.» tJ this 
the season, never changing from one field to subsenbers who have sown the Mediterranean ^ ^ (>f tte coacll „,. a!s . The result was wiih a qu£ Maxork is tho capital on which farmers do 
another. He has two fields of 30 acres each, wheal, ol their experience as to its prodrn tire- almost entire destruction.— Country Gml. J^ flou] . | ft in flavor bv a „, business; and the man who loaches them how 
as nearly alike in the amount and quality of ness, and whether it escapes the wheat midge ——~-.—* -- market, and will compare favorably with the to obtain it at a reasonable rate, and in sufh- 
pasture they furnish, as two lots well can be, or weevil.— Eds. "Wheat Crof of Minnesota.— The wheat best white varieties. I am confident this cient quantities, does the public belter service 
where he alleges he has by repeated and varied ..- crop of the Territory for the present season is wheat yields a greater quantity and better than it he iectured the live;O n J da ?^ c qi 
p neriments tested the damaging effect of In Germany, it is the common opinion, that estimated by an intelligent farmer friend, at quality of Hour than it did ten years ago, in and silver mines, am < 1 ’ 
*ade Hh inode has been to select a suffl- ten sheep consume as much food ns one cow. the value of two hundred thousand dollars. this section at least. with golden dreams. 
In preparing it for 
,e " Feat as a Manure. —The Country Gentle • 
man says:—Generally, the soil is not much 
• r benefitted, immediately, by the application of 
. peat only—in a few instances, we have ob- 
served it very considerably so. It is, however, 
V ,° a manure that remains several years in the 
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