MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE DISUSE OF INDIAN CORN FOOD. 
wood. This arch can be turned by any mason, 
and needs no support from below, as every 
course of bricks binds itself. It is admirable 
to cover this arch with a coat of water-lime 
IpsaUanj). 
Transactions ok the New York State 
FALL MANURING FOR POTATOES. 
FRENCH FIELDS, 
plaster on the outside, before throwing on the Ao - Society. AN e are indebted to the Secre- 
I cannot subscribe to the q it is a preservative to the brick. The tary, B. P. Johnson, Esq., for the Transac- 
PpAXfPTITP 1 a?_ - C XT._A .• 
Eds. Rural: —I cannot sul 
views of your correspondent 
that the cause of the falling of 
corn meal for family bread is i 
,pondent; “Prompter, ^ being completed, it is ready to be plus- tions of-the New York State Agricultural g r( ™ er: . . fl . •. 
falling off in the use of w ate r lime one part and sharp rather Society for 1853. From a hasty examination , Mr. Elake always hauls out his manure ir 
!. fltfrihnl»hl(> trt tcr ‘ B arer nine, one pan, ana scarp, 1 aretr j , , / . the fall, and spreads it on the gronnd whicl 
attributable to ^ flre or , )or t s , sho „] d be „,i xed we judge it to be, ou the whole, an improve- he inten ’ ds with potatoes the succeed. 
A correspondent of the Germantown Tel- In comparison with the English system of 
egraph, alludes as follows to'the practice of enclosures, France may be called one vast open 
Mr. George Brake, of Fox Chase, Pa., who beld ' You may travel from Calais to Paris, 
. , „ , from l aris to the German frontier, to the 
is somewhat noted as a successful potato Aipg) to the p yreil e e s, and scarcely see a 
grower: * hedge or a partition-fenoe of any sort. This 
Air. Blake always hauls out his manure in vast open field (unlike the open districts of 
the fall, and spreads it on the gronnd which England, where the operations of farming are 
he intends planting with potatoes the succeed- generally conducted on the largest scale) is 
„ . ,. , ,i ^ fomoln r — j w —-—- “ , , * lie uitciiua j/uinuii” witu tnc buuaccu- uj via tuc laigcat acaic j is 
the dislike of its prepara ion } en< c then we t np a small quantity at a time, ment ou some of its immediate predecessors, j ng year. By so doing, the manure has time cut up into the smallest conceivable plots'of 
department and plaster immediately from half an inch to although it contains nothing of striking merit to become decomposed, and thoroughly mixed every variety of produce. As far a3 the eye 
As far as my experience goes, particularly nn n,; pb . tbp bottom will be thicker from or peculiar interest Tous the reports from with the earth. This is much better than can reach, over vast plains bounded by sloping 
in towns and cities, the fault is more in the d - ’ of the masoa Another ’ coat the County Societies are usually the most in- P utl ? n S on the long manure in the spring, to hills, you see the surface varied by every de- 
u, a in nf nr. taL ar oppmgs oi tne mason. Aiiomer coai j . . ■ be decomposed while the plants are growing, scnplion of crop; none perhaps above an acre 
1 ’ will be required as soon as the frost is hard terestmg, and, in this volume, we have perused an( j to injure them with the heat produced by or two in size, the larger portion not more 
dinary circumstances, when breadstuff is want 
enough to receive it, and should be of equal many of them, and the abstracts ot lectures this decomposition. If the season should than the fourth or the eighth of an acre.— 
parts of water-lime and finer sand • affer delivered at the several County Fairs with happen to be wet, the long manure would not Here a vineyard 100 yards by 20, there a strip 
which, a wash made of water-lime and water great pleasure. The spirit of progress and lU«Jy to have so deleterious an effect on of wheat, lucerne, barley oats potatoes, clover, 
, , • ^ the potato; but if it should be otherwise the vetches, hew roads intersect tins extensive 
applied 
heat arising from the decomposition of the garden, which, from the nature of the cultiva- 
miHj ° r a must be found, and some one a3 g00n as jt hardens, it is ready for water.— makes us feel proud of the Empire btate, and m ;uiure, added to the already parched soil, tion, must be traversed every day in all direc- 
must have considerable trouble before it is got qq ie first fall of water may wash a hole through leads us to hope that she will yet do some- would make it much worse, and in a great tions by the proprietors and cultivators of the 
home. But the greatest cause of its disuse is, the bottom, unless a board or flat stone is thing for the cause of Agricultural education, measure prevent the potatoes from setting on various lots. The owner of a plot of lucerne, 
that it is unfashionable; in these degenerate 
days nothing but extra Genesee will go down, 
and if it is not as white as their own poor, 
placed to break the force of the fall. 
For an ice-house, I selected the most con¬ 
venient place of access; dug a hole 8 ft. square 
and especially for the development of a<mcul- lll ?„i Vlne -' „ , , . . t half a mile from the highroad, must pass one 
, , ., ,. , , „ , , . This is a well-known fact in regard to corn, neighbors vineyard, anothers wheat, and fifty 
uia ru s w iu i . ia p (.omit o her last- and farmers generally are so well aware of its such varieties, to reach his own plot, where he 
ing honor. 
effects, that but very few, if any, manure their must cut his lucerne, make it into hay, and 
bleached faces, back it goes to the seller to be ^ g d . CMr j ed up wbb 2-inch pine Fbe P a l )0t ' s 011 tbe Cultivation of Flax, and corn in the hill with long manure, bat prefer carry it home, either on his own back, or piled 
exchanged—not being aware, or not caring if , . • i • t , on the Manufacture of Sugar from Beet Root, spreading it on the ground in the fall, to lay on an ass or horse, along the narrow paths 
,.. .ul. * J plank, one toot wide, running horizontal— n._! T ’ there all winter, and thus lessen the chance of which intersect the plots. The residences of 
the corn being injured by the dry weather of these proprietors are almost invariably congre- 
they do know it, that if the entire bran was ^ courge being locked at the corner by cut- Frofessor WlLS0N ( the Bnt5sh Commission- 
left in it, it would be ten times as healthy and t - away one _ half of its width. A sharp er to the “ Y orld ’ 8 Fair ’ at New York ’) are iu “ 
better adapted to the human stomach, espe- " hic roof with a ventilator, covers the tcrestmg and learned productions, but are not, 
cially for those of sedentary habits. Fashion whole We cut our ice with a cross-cut saw, we tbink ’ ° f 1 any great practical value to Ameri- 
-appearauces-has something to do with it; (taki one handle off) as late in the winter as can farmerS \ i P ™ fes f or CooK ’ s re P ort ou the 
many families would be ashamed to be seen we thiuk it gafe to wait . spread saw-dust or 0nonda S a feaIt b P rm S s we bavc ^ad with 
sitting down to breakfast or dinner with only tan . bark 6 to i 0 inches over the bottom, then much P leasure ' lt 18 a va!uable P a P er - We j 
Indian bread or cakes on the table, and an- a j of ice , as dose as possible, filling a believe? however ’ that raost nirraers w511 think | 
other trouble is that one-half the modern * of 6 inches of saw -dust all around the the 37 P ages whlch lfc 0CCU P ies m % h t have j 
housewives are as ignorant of the process of nf ; nfi . f , n nmvent the warmth of beeu fllled Wltb matter better adapted to their j 
—appearances—has something to do with it; 
many families would be ashamed to be seen 
sitting down to breakfast or dinner with only 
Indian bread or cakes on the table, and an¬ 
other trouble is that one-half the modern 
housewives are as ignorant of the process of 
WJJii away ui aw ttjuvu. ouaiu _ 
gothic roof, with o ventilator, novel* the ‘erestog and learned predaction^ but are not, 
whole. Wecut our ice with a croesu-nt saw, «think, ofany great prac teal value to Amen- 
er iu hue uiiuh^wi, ai«ew i or K ,j are in- the summer . gated into villi 
teresting and learned productions, but are not, This last season, although against the pota- for the most p; 
we think, of any great practical value to Ameri- to crops, Mr. Blake raised 200 bushels to the ive allotments, 
can farmers. Professor Cook’s report on the acre > wbile somc otbers did not raisc 50 bush - 
Onondaga Salt Springs we have read with g^od **“* AXt ! 
gated into villages or towns, and lie, therefore, 
for the most part, quite wide of their respect- 
STRAW AND STALK CUTTERS—CUT lFEED. 
outside of the ice, to prevent the warmth of 
THE NEGLECT OF LIQUID MANURES. 
A correspondent of the Gerpiantoum Tel- 
Now is the time for stock farmers to provide 
themselves with a good machine for cutting 
straw, liay and corn stalks. Stock farmers can 
do little else in winter than to take good care 
making good Indian bannocks or pudding as ^ ko eaidb f rom rae ltin°- it. When full cover waubs ' The “ History of Indian Corn, its Or- egraph, after giving analyses showing that of the animals, and every consideration of econ- 
they are of the use of a spinning wheel. w j^ b a f ocd 0 f saw-dust An ice-cellar of this ^' n ’ ^ Culture, and its Uses,” by C. N. Be- the great value of the liquid excrements of om J’ * s bl ^ avor of catting feed. First, there is 
Therefore, Mr. Eoreo*. iu these days of the is sufficient for a large family or two small 0bWm8: , tSh 
assertion of woman’s rights, I, as a housewife, ones. 
Moses Kingsley. 
(and one who was a corn-fed girl from an 
eastern county,) am not willing to bear the 
imputation of being the cause of banishing 
from the table that most healthy and delicious 
article, Indian corn bread. 
The custom of using wheat flour, to the 
Kalamazoo, Micb., Dec. 1, 1854. 
be one of the most interesting papers in the 
volume. 
| To me it has been a matter of deep surprise especially to such as have not first rate teeth. 
| that so fev farmers adopt any efiicient ineas- Now, we sav, if you have not got a good 
i ures ^ or Bie economisation of the liquid ina- cutting- machine, buy or make one right off, fit 
>f!TlS.T.v.— i nnrfts rmulf* nn thmr ryrpmiHPo i if thP mJl_ • t * ^ » 
mV miiTITRR AND IRRIGATION i M0NR0E 0ouNTY Agrig ultural Sociexy.- nates made on ; their premises. Of the mil- UD a nice c i can place on the barn floor, make 
DISLr LULItilt h AM I lllltluilliUA. t The annual meeting of this Society will be lions of dollars. worth which is produced m a * b jg mixing trough, and try the experiment 
Some persons have supposed that the water beld in tbe Court House, Rochester, on Wed- country during a single year, but a mere 0 f feeding cut straw mixed with chopped grain, 
dome persons nave supposed inai me water A ’ ’ , trifle is applied to the soil. The larmer who if «« <mim> it Thi« will rmv wtAr tLnn 
ed in irrigation must be poured upon the nesday, January 10th, 18oo. A large attend- nnrr i ia wl'f- rorn , mp +n four lmndroU dnllnrs’ . can s P are “- ibis will pay better than 
up a nice clean place on the barn floor, make 
a big mixing trough, and try the experiment 
, „ . ’ . , a , used in irrigation must be poured upon the nesday, January 10th, 18o, 
e cus ora of using wheat flour, to the p j anb or made to overflow it, whereas, auce is particularly desired 
exclusion of the indigenous golden sands of the water should pass up through the soil • ■. ,. ( , 
every farm in the country, is prevailing even by means of capillary attraction, thus supply- ‘ 1 ab - mr 0 1C : o riro 0 JI!l y 
in regions where wheat cannot be grown. A ing moisture in nature’s own way and in na- licnlturai .* out;. ais/c .MA. Mdpe 
year or two sinoe, after living in a western ‘^ c “eflciX oTtL fMoL'oTcastenJ^'b™ thekte'cZty l'Sr ttmSy caffinv ! 1* “EfS stSaTervimnortant ,“art'of farmers shouU in ,he llabit of havi "« oU 
city a number of yearn, I made a ™t to my t , greater portion of the water soaks in'tothe Co , 1 £ krge fete cearre grains cko^ei in a mil., before 
native place, and the tables of my friends soil, to be returned to the plant as it needs it Rochester I The truth is, liquid manures, and liquid ma- fce<l " ,g ; * . I , f ,! t0 . ck fee<lea f Wll ‘ n ®‘ b f 
were redolent of Genesee bread and cakes and by the capillary tubes. ,al ° st " B0CMS<0r - nurine, are vet novelties with us Anicricans: persuiMled to grind their corn, they should at 
purr- mscs from one to four hundred dollars throw down the long dry feed into the fence 
van 11 solid excrement e\ery year, and corner, for the cattle to tread into the mud, so 
can; 1.1 invest his money to better ^ ka t you can have more time to sit by the fire 
i age m which supposition i concede and roas t your shins. This is bad policy, 
e if perfectly right—never thinks that by T * ,. ~ . .. 
the expenditure of a few dollars and a little Iu G0uaectl011 Wltb tbe use of atra ’* Glltters > 
pies. I saw nothing of my youthful food, 
which I had thought upon all the way, and 
had devoured in imagination any quantity of 
Johnny-cakes and puddings. One day, visit¬ 
ing at my grand-parent’s, I couldn’t stand it 
any longer, so I said to my Grandfather, 
“Don’t you raise any corn now-a-days?” 
I have a piece of ground of about two acres 
on which I have been making some experi 
The truth is, liquid manures, and liquid ma¬ 
nuring, are yet novelties with us Americans: 
0 a _ T we do not appreciate them, and years will , ,. r „ r 
Sheep should be Shedded at Night— pro bably roll over us ere wo shall. But there be,ore fecdin "' 
1. _ r i ... TY. .11. OL... J__ * , . , _ . T„ --- ^ 
persuaded to grind their corn, they should at 
least soak it in clean water for twelve hours 
furrows deep, by throwing each successive 
L'hey scratch away the snow to get 
furrow on the top of the last, thus placing the at this plant. Dry furze is also given to them ! 
sod at the bottom and the mellow dirt on top, in sheds, also a little horse dung by way of | 
11 be an awakening by and by. “ There’s a seasous °f scarcity of hay, we have kept 
iod time coming,” and prejudice, which now a team of working horses on cut rye straw, and 
Ids so many in its gigantic iron grasp, will chopped peas and buckwheat, and had them 
r»cumh to truth come out sleek and hearty in the spring. And 
_ , , m , , _in town we have kept a horse in constant use, 
and a cow giving milk, upon cut corn stalks 
Turnips in 1 ranch. A correspondent of and shorts, through the winter, quite as well as 
“Corn ! to be sure I do, and I should like and brea king it up near twenty inches deep.— re ij sb . Yet notwithstanding the hardiness of tbe Mark Lane Er P ress - writing from Nor- any other feed. A proper attention to this 
you to show me as fine a field at the west as I By the way, I think much of this mode of sub- ,, ., , ' ° mandy, says: economy of fodder, will enable farmers to keep 
have now growing.” soiling, as mine was all done with one pair of , 1LS race 01 bhee P> according to Ihaer, they growing in the district tbeir stock in ? ood order ’ , and bave son } etbin S 
00 11 1_ mi.. 1 3 r ._■» l rnmnnt ryinm'P cr iho mcrlti m nn#t-n .O l ^ ^ r. wnnli 1 nfAnl- n 
have now growing.” 
“ Dowffhit? whv we Mm!'beef and pork between the different lands were cleaned out pens.” rely chiefl7on thefr' paltuTes—on^ tlfeirnip^ the same produce: It would be no hard mat- 
Do wnn it. wnywelatour bee! and pork, w fe b the hoe, and were filled with water at such- • an d on their inangel wurzel for the winter food ter for J -011 to double the productiveness of 
and some we sell.” intervals as it has been found necessary during Corn for Fodder. —The French Translator 0 f their cattle. The sugar beat is also largely y° ur f arras i an d treble your stock upon the 
“ Yes, Grandfather, to buy flour vrith, I sup- the summer for the purpose of irrigation. The 0 f Tiiaer’s Principles of Agriculture, re- cultivated for the sagar “manufactories, which same acres. Will you do it? 
se, for I have seen none upon your table water was not permitted to overflow or run marks: _^[ y cows j n Italy were frequently fed | are here extensively carried on; the chief sup- -* ’ ♦ * ^- 
ice I have been here, which I greatly regret, b fcaDHlSvi^tion ^ ll P on green maize; and my people constantly P 1 ? ot ' French sugar, indeed, is obtained from Goon Tillage and the Weevil. - The 
- n ,..- — - - - -x- i. . j _ .7 • 7 , • XiiclO uic uuuiuo iiiunriiiL: ill lilu utouict ,, , v , , . , ^ 
small horses. The dead furrows or ditches cannot endu? e passing the night in open tbr0Uff h which I had passed. They appear to to sell > or to kee P a much larger stock upon 
between the different lands were cleaned out pens.” re j v cb iefiy on their pastures on their rape Bie samc P r °duce. It would be no hard mat- 
with the hoe, and were filled with water at such 
intervals as it has been found necessary during 
pose, for I have seen none upon your table water was not permitted to overflow or run 
since I have been here which I ureatlv reo-ret off - but 861110(1 into tbe soi1 ’ and su PP lied the 
since 1 nave been nere, wmen 1 greatly regret, plants by capiUai7 attraction. 
ply of French sugar, indeed, is obtained from Goon Tillage and the Weevil. — The 
this source. The quality of the refined sugar Country Gentleman says:—An energetic far- 
« the of one of Grandmother's great haa''been veiy satiafactory. All observed a diminution in the quantity of milk, ^de frem ^ WoSl|S^7SOTlS5 
warm Indian loaves was one ol the pleasures k ; ndg 0 f r0 ots are surprisingly large and beau- when cows previously fed on clover or lucerne strength. The sugar manufactories which I i ag t voar bv first turning over deeply a good 
T m nw Gai't " _ 1 __J!-_ _a_• .It.i. AT_ 1 ____ 1 _- A.:. “ J ’ . J ., . . ° •? „ 
I anticipated iu my visit.” tiful; and notwithstanding the season has been were put on maize diet. Moreover, this plant have'seen are handsome erections, with their clover soil—then giving this a good coat of 
“ Well, child, we are out of corn now, but so dry that nearly all the gardens in the town j s exhausting to the soil, even when mown in machinery and other apparatus kept in the compost manure—then harrowing the invert- 
you shall not be disappointed; I can get some bave been ™ lt:icd 0 '. bb lbo diouth, as well as ^ orcen state. nicest order. Hie same remark applies to the ed sod a nfl compost into complete intermix- 
: . , ,,, many trees killed, still there are beets in these ° _ courts and other little enclosures which sur- ture and pulverization — then turning the 
clover sod—then giving this a good coat of 
in the neighborhood.” 
beds that will measure over a foot in circnm- ! 
courts and other little enclosures which sur- ture and pulverization — then turning the 
tiAim/l i linen Loin rr romorlroLlr7 nroU lror\f * i i_ ^ 
“ But how can you consent to do without ference, and nearly as long, with carrots, pars- 
it, you who used to say you never wanted any nips and other vegetables in proportion, 
other?” One square bed of strawberries, set iu hills 
How Much Should a Cow Eat. —Cows to 
round them, these being remarkably well kept 
and covered with beds of flowers and ever- 
give milk, require more food than most farm- greens. A similar observation applies even 
rtr imae-ine. S. W. Johnson, writiner from Mu- to the extensive cotton manufactories which 
her?” One square bed of strawberries, set iu hills ers imagine. S. W. Johnson, writing from Mu- to the extensive cotton manufactories which ner> The whole of this was accomplished by 
“ Why, the fact is, times change and so do eighteen inches apart, and transplanted about] nicb to the Country Gentleman, gives an in- abound aroand Rooen—everything looks neat the first day of autumn. Other crops on the 
.i i the middle of Mav last, produced more than .. , ,. . , ,. , and clean; flowers in prolusion were in oep- qnme farm after corn, were also well put in, 
m. I dont know how it is, but fashion v,„ir„ vvf imm»c iw ™ t»ni qnmmit teresting report of some experiments which tember surrounding these buildings—flowers bu t necessarily some weeks later, and iu less 
half a bushel of berries that we kept account 
makes habits and turns e\ erything topsy-turvy. qJt joQgJclog wliat were eaten from tlie vines and have keen made in Bavaiia, fiom vliicli the which, however publicly displayed in L ranee, 
no one appears to injure. 
Horses in France and the United States. 
whole under with a gang-plow just deep 
enough for the roots of the young wheat, 
which was put in with a drill in the best man¬ 
ner. The whole of this was accomplished by 
favorable soil. Now mark the result. The 
first-named crop yielded the present season of 
drouth and insects, no less than thirty bushels 
of the finest wheat per acre—the other was 
Bap Seasons. —The Albany Cultivator 
The young folks somehow don’t fancy it, and destroyed by the birds. Some of the berries following is an extract: no one appears to injure. first-named crop yielded the present season of 
the hired men, particularly if foreigners, won’t measured three and a half inches in circumfer- “Our trials have confirmed the view that - *- drouth and insects, no less than thirty bushels 
eat it and so its use has slipped up, like the ence - , , , . , . cows, to give the greatest possible quantity of Horses in France and the United States, of the finest wheat per acre—the other was 
Vipnlth nud constitutions of the present irene Ft0111 0,10 , bod tbat contained nine square milk, must daily receive and consume one- —The French Government has long paid close only ten bushels per acre. 
heaJh and constitutions ot t i p ese gene- rodg) or ene-eighteenth of an acre, have been thirtieth of their live weight in hay, or an attention to the improvement and increase of - - —- 
ration. I am getting too old to battle with sold about $60worth of vegetablesduring the equivalent therefor. If more food be given it horges . i ts cavalry creates a large demand Bad Seasons— The Albany Cultivator 
the new-fangled ideas and notions of this age summer. Besides, the quality of the vegeta- goes to the formation of flesh and fat, without for horses of great power, and hundreds of wc ll'savs:—If the essential requisites of good 
of labor-saving machinery, pianos and paper hies has not been inferior to the quantity. occasioning a corresponding increase in the ma ] e s are kept at the public expense, in differ- tillage are attended to, such as heavy clover 
shoes. The present race are all either do V egcjubles grown quickly, and without being yigld of milk; but if on the contrary less food C nt parts of the Empire, to promote the breed- 80 d, muck and sod compost, and early sowing 
lothintrs or know-nothings ” ret , arded b ? (b ' oatb - arG far more healthy and be furnished the amount and value of the milk ing of superior animals. A report on the sub- for wheat; high manuring, thorough intermix- 
nothings oi know nothing .. palatable.—H. G. Bulkley, in Ohio Cult. w,ll be greatly diminished. j ect shows that France now contains 3,200, t ure and clean tillage for corn; fertility, suffi- 
I thought at the time that the old gentle- -” * ^ * - - 1 ♦ -- 000 horses. This is one to every eleven in- cient depth, and early planting for potatoes; 
man had about hit the nail on the head, and French Farm Laborers. —The diet of the Farm Accounts. —With the closing year, habitants. ^ ^ and thorough underdraining, subsoiling or 
in my mind there is both truth and poetry in agricultural laborer in Normandy is chiefly close all accounts; if they are allowed to pass .At the last census, the United States con- trench plowing, to prevent wetness at one time, 
the saving that “com bread and common bread and vegetables; where an English farm over more than one year unsettled, the chance tained 4,325,652 horses, and 559,0 <0 mules. a nd loss of drouth at another, with such other 
y \ \ ., 1if h d d laborer consumes bread aud cheese or bacon, is that they will run many years, until confu- Exclusive of slaves, who are more identified requisites as good management always points 
doings mate men, wmie wmMJ „ a farm laborer of Normandy makes his meal sion creeps in, and unkind thoughts, perhaps with mules than horses, we have, one horse to 0 ut; if these all should have place in the prac- 
chicken fixiags make no men at all. of bread and an onion, or 'a pear, or some words, and alienation between neighbors takes four inhabitants. These facts indicate, in a tice of our farmers, we should hear much less 
Buffalo, Dec., 1854. Hannah mary D. other common fruit. The women (who here place. Most transactions may be remembered striking manner, the high standard, of comfort comp laint of the ravages of depredators and 
_ » . ♦- do the most of the work, for they are now through one year, so that errors, or misunder- in this country as compared with that ot the calamities of seasons. 
nn? unusp« lUVIl WATUR fiTomiiDHo even rapidly introducing women as the money- standings may easily be adjusted. Ifyouval- France. -*—*— - 
llfi-HUUSaa Ai m wii iAtt-tiBicmto. takers aud signal-mistresses at the railway ue peace and pleasant associations with your - - m ()m , __r niprp now on exhibi- 
^ . . ‘stations.) live on the same fare. Tea is hardly neighbors, suffer no accounts to run longer than English Farms and Farmers. —Farms oc- . mammoth uaw. - . 
. Eds. Rural:— I notice no ong since, in known; yet tbere ig witnessed in these a one year. But if there are difficulties, yield a cupy two-thirds of the land of England. The Lon at Boston, a pai - g 
the Rural, inquiries about water-lime cisterns, general hea ithfulness of appearance; and I little; let your charity place the most favora- number of the farms is 225,318; the average ninety h ^edpound^ Uno ot tnem ^rm 
and in the last number inquiries about ice- could but observe an evident self-respect which ble construction upon every word uttered and size is 111 acres. Two-thirds of the farms meivejMan , * j 
houses. I reside where it is difficult to dig I wish right heartily I could see more widely act done, and if you cannot agree, refer the are under that size, but there are 771 of above PP tfnuri,iclieshio-h < Thevwcre 
wells, and for water depend almost entirely on diffused amongst the English laborers. Here whede matter to disinterested persons, and not RGOO acres. The large holdings abound m 
. . . . qrp rnfTQ to bo soon— do drunkcDDOSS* the to the lawJV. tavTuct*. the south-eftstern and eastern counties, the j xt v , i 1 i i 
cisterns, and a supply of ice to cool it m ® u ® 1 * Ip” 0 S) ZZ fte S _ email farms ta the north. There are 2,000 ??£*»*«"$• “ Walhiiton 
mer. If my experience is of any ^ or t0 frequented of my.—English paper. A remarkable instance of the vitality of English farmers holding nearly 2,000,000 a ^ y y They are bright and active,' and 
your correspondent, it is cheerfully submitted:-.♦- wheat came under the observation of Mr. acres; and there are 97,000 others who alto- we p wor th looffing &t—Boston paper. 
For a barn-cistern to receive the water of a T1 a r 1 i i 1 i Montgomery, a successful farmer near Bruce- gether do not hold more. 1 here are 40, 6 . 1 O 
r Bots tn Horses.— A friend who has had b v.’ , , ... . , , , fonmom omn m (ihnrrra Mrlr Ui.nfll _—» . ^ »- 
chicken fixiags make no men at all.” 
Buffalo, Dec., 1854. HANNAH MARY D. 
ICE-HOUSES AND WATER-CISTERNS. 
. Eds. Rural: —I noticed not long since, in 
wells and for water depend almost entirely on diffused amongst the English laborers. Here whole matter to disinterested persons, and not 
. ’ , , r • • e „ m are no rags to be seen—no drunkenness; the to the law.—. v. L. Parmer. 
ciatems, and a supply of ice to cool it in sum- wine is sold seem to be the less _—- 
mer. If my experience is ol any worth to frequented of any.—English paper. A remarkable instance of the vitality of 
your coiTespondent, it is cheerfully submitted._ , , ^ t _ wheat came under the observation of Mr. 
For a barn-cistern to receive the water of a „ . „ • , , „ , , , Montgomery, a successful farmer near Bruce- 
30 by 40 ft. barn, we usnaiiydig ten feet in tSLrtJS.*. L -end d-.iy of August last ho 
diameter and about 8 or 9 it. deep, and about — amres me that the best preventive is to He looked long for its 
the shape of a cauldron kettle. About two feed the animal occasionally -with heads of „ cl . » hich it did not lna kc till the 
feet from the surface of the ground, where we rye- ^ I he chaff and heads of this grain, accor- or 0ctober) when a blade f rom every 
invariably find a hard-pan, we cut a groove ^''‘from itf’lodgement' lfe'is ^ full y sbowcd ^{.-Winchester Virg. 
four inches on which to commence a brick arch con fi derd , that if horses be fed every five days *" ‘ ^ 1 
to cover the top, finding it cheaper, and far j u this manner, they will never be attacked by Turnips of small size have double the nu- 
more durable, to cover with brick than with bot s.—Germantown Tel. tritious matter that large ones have. 
__♦ -- small iarms in me norm, mere arc z,,vuu —ri. ir t i , t ™ 
A remarkable instance of the vitality of English farmers holding nearly 2,000,000 y y They are'bright and active, and 
wheat came under the observation of Mr. acres; and there are 97,000 others who alto- {j worth loolring at —Boston paper. 
Montgomery, a successful farmer near Bruce- ^ther do R ot hold more. There are 40,6o0 well ^vortn iookiu 0 xp V 
town On the second day of August last, he farmer s who employ five laborers each; 16,501 -—- 
planted twelve grains of a peculiar kind of Lave ten or more, and employ togethei, 311,- Cube for Mange. —Take lard and sulphur 
wheat in his garden. He looked long for its <07 laborers; 170 farmers nave sixty la joiere — m ; x together, and put in lamp oil sufficient 
appearance, which it did not make till the eac h, anG together employ 11 ,000. make it pliable, more or less according to 
20th or October, when a blade from every - - . . the warmth of the day. Rub the part affected 
grain fully showed itself .—Winchester Virg. The Maine Farmer speaks of five years’ with a cob, till you take off the scurf, then rub on 
- . ♦ . -i-v— trial of Bartlett pears grafted on the Moun- the above with the hands. In two days go 
Turnips of small size have double the nu- tain ash, as very successful, the trees bearing over them again, and as ofteu as you seeBigus 
tritious matter that large ones have. well and the pears excellent. of the disease. 
