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gain through the wicker shall bo generally adopt- *0 oalculato from my Htatement what the profile and form; and in egg-laying, like the bee, the 
ed, it will occasion a veiy large coumimption of would be, providing tho eggs were Bold at market semen in the egg or cell will bear exposure to tho 
grain, and would doubtless sensibly affect the tie- prioe, and the fowls the same. c. air, and for a long time, without destroying its 
panment of labor and commerce.” Mr. John- Troy, N. Y., Jan., 1800. vitality; the one crowing in a lordly manner, the 
bton roplios, “ttuppiming my plan or a much - ++* - other attending to her duties as a mother. From 
higher svateia of feeding was generally adopted; ABOUT BROOM CORN. whence caxnc these difi'erent propensities? Were 
of coarse a much higher system of manuring they not given by the. Author of Nature in their 
would follow, hence tho crops of grain and gr?.sa Eo8 - RoEAL Nkw-Yokkbb:— In reply to your uced, which gives each their physical form and 
might be more than doubled. Now, 1 ask what correspondent respecting Broom Corn, I will animal propensities? Cod has never delegated 
deleterious effect would that have on labor and atato my experience in tho business for the last j,j a power to man or insect, to give them their 
commerce?” four years. In the preparation of the ground, I particular form, propensities, or their sex. It is 
Had tho writer of this never been out of tho would recommend plowing in tho fall; then, in preposterous, therefore, for any one to believe 
and form; and in egg-laying, like the bee, the 
semen in the egg or cell will bear exposure to tho 
air, and for a long time, without destroying its 
vitality; the one crowing in a lordly manner, the 
other attending to her duties as a mother. From 
whence came these different propensities? Were 
they not given by the Author of Nature in their 
seed, which gives each their physical form and 
animal propensities? Con has never delegated 
his power to man or insect, to give them their 
Agricultural iilisccllauu. 
Tub Rural Prims oy Amurioa bus Woroo so “ Insti¬ 
tution'' of groat power, Influence and usefulness. Taken 
*11 In all we tbiok the Rural Journal* of thi* country 
will compare favorably with thorns of any other cUs* —the 
Religion* and Moral not excepted—and that they are 
aocompliahing more for the real inti-rest of the nation 
(tho salvation of tho Onion, if yon please.) With rare 
To C©rr.bspondbnt 3 —We are under great obligations 
ti> Contributor* nod Correspondent* for numerous favors 
received daring the past month, intended for various 
department* - Practical, Scientific, Literary, ke, Many of 
these arts on file for publication, and other* will bo 
examined at our earliest convenience. 
— A word to would-bn contributors. Wo aro con¬ 
stantly receiving applications from |*>r»ons who wish to 
become regular contributors, asking what wo will pay 
them, Ac., while many wish to reoolrc tho Rural in 
exchange for articles. Within the past month wo have 
" • ’ w ,i .. . , , . vovuaujv »v» uviv-» Vl#U pMb IUUUVU V 
four years. la the preparation of the ground, I particular form, propensities, or their sex. It is exceptions, they are earnest, progressive, able, mdenend- p^d^bly entered tho names of fall one bundred 
_..i. i ..nincins in »h n fall- fhnn in ___. v. e... _ _ ... Cot and truthful to the Peoplo and tho Oanso of Improve- ,_._ 4 . , 
region of the warm, dry climate, and calcareous 
soil of little Seneca, ho would now moat decidedly 
endorse the theory of Mr. Jounbton. But having 
often visited tho higher and cooler sandstone 
dairy regions of Western Now York during tho 
growing season, he has had to confesa that what a 
kind Providence had denied to tho cooler and 
moister regions in the edible cereal crops, was 
amply made up in tho superior growth of tho 
more herbaceous grasses, and tho leguminous 
clover. When all pasture is dried up in Seneca 
county, in late summer and early autumn, and 
white clover can hardly claim a status in the hard, 
dried soil, I have seen it half log high in the pas¬ 
tures of the grass regions proper, of Western 
New York. Ilence, the soundness of II. T. B.’s 
theory for his own highly favored grass-growing 
region, where neither wheat or Indian corn suc¬ 
ceeds as well as in the. warmer soil, and dryer 
climale of Seneca county, but both the cereal 
Timothy, and other meadow and pasture grasses, 
give the maximum yield almost every year; and 
the pasture not only continues, hut is even sweet¬ 
ened and Improved, by the same hot summer 
weather that dries up ours. 
To judge, theu, correctly between the two theo¬ 
ries, cannot be done on tho formula, that if one 
is right, tho other must bo wrong. But it may he 
fairly inferred that both ate light,— that the one 
is suited to tho caloaroous grain-growing region, 
where the grass crop is short, and tho other to a 
grass-growing region where hay is more easily 
grown than Indian corn. * 
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MAKING MAPLE SUGAR. 
Eds. Ritual Nkw-Yokkkk: —As the season of 
the year is fast approaching when some of us will 
be out in tho forest collecting sweet* from maple 
trees, 1 thought 1 would pen down a few items 
respecting my short experience in sugar-making. 
I am a minor, living at home with my fathor, and 
have to work on a farm for a living. 
We tap about 270 trees each spring, with very 
different results. In the spring of 1850 we made 
325 lbs. of sugar; in 1857, 1,033 lbs.; in 1858, a 
little over 400 lbs.; and in 1850, 804 11)8., with 
scarcely any difference in tho number of trees 
each year. 
We boil our sap in two cauldron kettles, set in 
an arch, each of which will hold eight or ten pail¬ 
fuls. When we sugar off, wo have a small cauldron 
kettle hung on a crane, which answers a very good 
the spring, just before planting-time, cross-plow 
and harrow well, for the soil must be thoroughly 
pulverized to grow a good crop. The best 
variety, 1 think, is that known in this part of the 
country as the “ Ohio.” It was first introduced 
here two years ago, and has given entire satisfac¬ 
tion, both as to quantity and quality. Its being 
superior i« evident from the fact that brooms 
manufactured from this corn command a higher 
price than those of the other variety. Another 
advantage arises in growing this corn which 
ought not to be overlooked in these days of scar¬ 
city in fodder. The stalks I believe are equal, if 
not superior, to the best Indian stalks that can be 
produced. From two acres grown on my farm 
last season, not a bundlo of the stalka now re¬ 
mains, having been consumed readily' by both 
cattle and horses. Tho best fertilizer I think is 
common barn-yard manure. Good seed, when 
ground, makes valuable provender for both cattle 
and horses. The aggregate cost of growing an 
acre is from $15 to $20,—yield from G to 7 cwt» to 
tbo acre,—from $5 to $7 per cwt. is the average 
selling rates. m. a b. 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 1860. 
Orijc Bet-Keeper. 
THE QUEEN BEE AND HER PROGENY. 
It is asserted by all writers on Bees, that have 
come to my knowledge, that the Queen Bee is 
made a Queen by the workers, by feeding her with 
a particular kind of jelly, which is said to be 
composed of bee-bread, honey and water—which 
is contrary to every principle of physiology and 
the laws of the Creator, who gave them their 
seed, and by which they receive their physical 
form and propensities, A recent author has truly 
said, “tho production of queens is so marvelously 
wonderful,and so contrury to all commou analogy, 
and in fact so improbable, that many when asked 
to believe it, feel that an insult 1 h offered to their 
common sense.” 
The following will give a better and more 
rational view of tho production of the queen and 
uses of tho drone, being well authenticated by the 
laws of the Author of Nature. To produce queens 
the workers take the eggs or larvae, which would 
produce workers, either in royal cells or in 
workers’ cells, which latter they convert Into l 
_c f cot and truthful to the Peoplo and tho (loose of Improve- 
preposterous, therefore, for any one to believe , , , . . ... 1 
that the working bee can take tho lame that MnhMg „ , tllor orKm vho m3 lln(W ravc , rat)ln 
would produce one of their Own sex, and by feed- autploo*,—with renewed vigor and promise of augmented 
pondonto (or persona who proposed to bwonc *uehj on 
our free tint—and “ htill they come." Now. it in but just 
to both classes of applicant*, to nay that wu have (and 
iog it with a peculiar kind of food gathered by u^fuinotw. Several bare improved in «tyio *txj attire, | * ... mnrv> c °? n . 1 * ra 1111 w ' nT4, P orj erj bs 
themselves, cause it to become a queen, which is while *omo have male change* which wo do not consider 1 ' V V. r;ir > i ‘ n anoous teqnrs, than wu 
_ AfA.nnm'wI iln _ Ilia 1 iu n n/m, 1,... 
entirely u distinct bee from the workers or drones. 
As to tho queens producing drones only, I fully 
agree with the theory advanced by Dziertzon. 
Tho only point of difference between my theory 
and his, is in reference to the impregnation of the 
queen in her embryo or immature state. Dzikht- 
zon does not regard such impregnation necessary, 
while I maintain that w ithout such impregnation 
in some form there can be no reproduction of life. 
Henrietta, N. V., Jan., 1860. E. KlRBY. 
Remarks.— Wo publish the above, though it Is 
far less practical than articles we like to give otir 
readers. These curious theories we may discuss 
hy-and-by, but at the present we wish to show onr 
readers tho importance of bee-keeping, and the 
way in which it can be made very profitable. For 
this end wo shall, in a week or two, commence the 
publication of a Series of conversations on tho 
subject, in which we think will ho found all the 
| improvements—but tastes differ. All our favorites look 
neat, arc rich in oonteuta, and wo wish time sad space 
perm it tor) an extended and particular notice of each; but 
while many aro worthy, It would be invidious to Specify a 
few only. We cordially wish our friends increased pros, 
perity— for a« they advance the country audits popula¬ 
tion will increase in wealth and intelligence. 
•—Those who hare read it for ten years can hear witness 
that the RUBAI, has frequently commended its Agricul¬ 
tural and Horticultural exchanges; not only no, but in 
noticing them (especially new journals) almost invariably, 
given the terms and other particulars. We have rejoiced 
in the 8ucce.-i.vof every honest advocate of Rural Improve¬ 
ment, and never withheld a kindly and encouraging 
notice where we thought It was deserved. Such has been 
our course and will continue to be, although compara¬ 
tively few of our coti-mporwries ever notico their ex¬ 
change* in a manner to prove or the leant benefit; but 
this is probably nn oversight, and cannot be on account 
of jealonsy.or any fear lest their own •• bread and butter” 
might bn diminished! But a* we can afford to be both 
-.. "“7 . - ™ u just and generous, we shall continue to say what we 
information aecowary to the successful pursuit of tnink domd , n f#vor 0 , meritorious journal*, without 
beo-culture. Reasoning from analogy in regard intimating that they are expected to reciprocate—on the 
to the nature and habits of hoes is rather nnsafe, 
for they are in many respects unlike other insects. 
Mr. K. opposes the royal Jelly theory taught by 
UrBKK and a host of others, because it is “opposed 
to all the facte and all tho principles of both 
nature and science.” The '‘second infusion'' the¬ 
ory of Mr. Kirby is, at least, equally at fault in 
this respect. 
Aoic or Rubs—D o beoa lire for many years, or do they 
die after reaching one year of age, or even, av some 
think,after a rummers labor, without enjoying the fruit* 
of their toil? Do the ceil* become smaller from any 
canoe, bo a* to be unfit for rearing bee* ?— Young Bms- 
KkepKR, Acer Kacenna, Ohio, Jan. 1860. 
Rites live but a few month*. Those that commence 
life in the spring, and have to endure the hard toils of 
bummer in gathering honey, live but a few months, it ia 
generally supposed,sod we believe correctly. Those that 
are reared In the hitter part oT summer, do but little 
work, and spend the winter in repose, live longer, and 
perform the early summer labor. If an Italian Queen, a 
variety largernnd darker than our common is given 
to a colony of common bees early in the working season, 
in three month* nearly all tho common bee* will have 
disappeared, and the occupant* of tho hive will be a cross 
between the Italian and common bee. This seems to fur¬ 
nish conclusive proof of the short life of tho worker. 
The cocoons spun by the lame are not removed by the 
bees. They adhere so closely to the cells that the work 
kettle hung on a crane, which answers a very good the semen of the drone, which will cause u suffi- 
purpose. The arch is situated at the foot of a ctent impregnation of her ovary in her embryo 
hill, (under cover) and tho holders are placed part state to give her productive power and strength 
of the way up the hill above the arch, and uro to give life to her drone progeny. To produce 
supplied with faucets, so the sap can be drawn off workers, the queen must have a deposit of tho 
royal cells, and infuse them with a full supply of of removal would bo difficult, nnd is never aHempted. 
into spouts which conduct it into tho kettles. 
Then, at tho top of tho hill, is a bridge where we 
drive up with tho sap, and draw it oft' into the 
holders. We hang our buckets upon the trees, 
three or four feet from the ground, and have 
short, sheet iron spiles. 
In tho spring of 1857 I kept an account of the 
cost of making, and the value of the sugar and 
molasses realized, with tho following result: 
Dr. 
To 32K days’ work, $1 50 per day . $ 48 76 
To 16)4 cords old w ood___ __16 60 
Total..$ 65 26 
Cr. 
By 1,633 lbs. sugar, 10c. per lb.$163 30 
By 6)4 gallons molasses, $1 per gallon ... 6 50 
Total.$168 SO 
66 25 
Net profit.$103 55 
Gainesville, N. Y., 1860. Martin Brainjbkd. 
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BLACK SPANISH FOWLS, AGAIN. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorkkk:—I n your valuable 
paper of 23d July, ’69, T gave a statement of my 
first experience in fowl keeping, with their profits 
for six months, which has been criticised by some 
of the papers, nevertheless it is true, with tho 
exception of one mistake. ( ought to have taken 
off two dollars for four dozen eggs for my own 
setting. I have kept a regular account from the 
first of July to the first of January, and got 937 
eggs, making 2,072 eggs during the year. My 
first brood of chickens began to lay (the middle 
of September,) when about five months old,— 
there was only two days in tho year that I did not 
get eggs, and those two days 1 got un egg each 
day. I find that the young liens aro the best 
layers during the full and early winter. 1 believe 
that fowls of all kinds would lay better if kept 
warm during the winter. 
Dr. 
11 fowls.$11 00 
30 Chickens...•..15 00 
Food for six months.10 60 
Total.$36 56 
Or. 
7 dozen eggs, sold 50c ....$ 3 50 
3510-12 do. do. 16c. 5 73 
35 3-12 do do. 24c. 8 46 
6 fowls killed. 2 18 
13 fowls sold_ 13 00 
22 on hand_-... 22 00 
Total.$54 87 
Take . 36 66 
Profit the last nix months.$18 31 
$38 87 do. first bix months, less $2 . 36 87 
Profit for the year. $55 18 
The above profits are from a $12 investment. 
It has beeu remarked by one editor that few eggs 
would give 50 cents per doz^ or chickens 50 cents 
each in July. Very true, yet in September I got 
$1 each, and at the present time I would not sell 
for less than twelve shillings each. But it is c-asy 
semen from the drone in her small receptacle in 
the nock of her egg sack, in order to infuse the 
full grown eggs with the drone seamen as they 
pass her receptacle, and the eggs so infused 
become workers. Drones are produced by the 
uninfused eggs of the queen; sh<5 having been 
impregnated with the semen of the droue in the 
embryo or immature slate. It sometimes happens, 
however, that fertile workers are produced by a 
partial infusion of semen, which causes them to 
lay eggs that produce drones only. Or, the the¬ 
ory may be more simply and concisely Btated in 
the following order:—There are three distinct 
classes of bees to be accounted for, each possessing 
an organism and propensities peculiar to itself. 
The drone is the first in order, and comes from 
the uffitil'ascd egg of the queen—her ovary in its 
original state being .sufficiently impregnated to 
produce drones only. Tho worker is an entirely 
different bee, and is made so by the eggs being 
infused by the semen of till- drone. The queen is 
distinct in her organism from both the others, 
aud is so made by the workers infusing the egg or 
larvae in the cell a .secondtime with the semen of the 
drone. Huber, it is said, (gee Langstroth, page 
191,) by introducing royal Jelly into cells con¬ 
taining worker-brood, obtained queens. These he 
supposed were produced by the w orker larvae feed¬ 
ing upon the royal jelly. This, however, could not 
have been, as it is contrary to all the tacts and all 
the principles of both nature aud science. The only 
principle in accordance with which queens could 
have btin thus produced, is the one contained in 
the above theory, viz, — that the royal jelly con¬ 
tains the semen of the drone—and when brought 
into contact with the worker larva-, the latter 
receives a second infusion or impregnation. 
In relation to the semen of the drone being de¬ 
posited in brood comb, it can hardly admit of ft 
doubt of its remaining at least nine months in the 
year without destroying its vitality, as the seed of 
most other insects remains in the open air during 
winter. Those doubting as to semen being affect¬ 
ed by the open air, 1 would refer, as circumstantial 
evidence, to Lcmgstroth on the Honey Bee, (one of 
the most reliable w orks published, sec last edition, 
page 41. Also, on the same point, Hr. Poniiopi ’b 
experiments as noticed in Langstroth's note on 
the same page.) Some have undertaken to pro¬ 
duce “artificial” queens, but have failed iu the 
attempt. Something seems to have been wanting. 
(See l cmgstroth, pages 55. 193, 197.) Was it not 
for want of a deposit ol semen in the comb? The 
effect of queens’ jelly in giving physical form 
and propensities can be nothing short of the seed 
of the bee deposited in the cells with the jolly, 
which the Author of Nature gave them for their 
reproduction, (see • Langstroth, pages 04, 60, 190.) 
To say that hoes can secrete bee-bread, honey and 
water alone is absurd, and contrary to every natu¬ 
ral hnv that the Creator has instituted for the 
reproduction of animal and insect life, and con¬ 
trary to every rule giving them organized life. 
To illustrate my ideas I will take a pair of common 
fowls which possess entirely distinct propensities 
This of course reduces the sir*? of tho coll*, and after a 
number of year* they no doubt become too small for tho 
proper development of the young, nnd should be re¬ 
moved. Thi* wonld not x»i ; fe«sar.v, often or than onto 
in six or eight years. It ia thought by some bee-keepers 
that the cells are v aruicr and better for having tbo 
cocoon lining. 
--*-« « - --VX 
Inquiries ant) 2lnsu)crs. 
Tobacco.—I have a quantity of tobacco which is unfit 
for cigar wrappera, aud I would like to make fine out of 
it. Can you, or any Of your numerous correspondents, 
tell me how to do it, and also where I can obtain Hnvaua 
feed?—A. R., Clarence , TV. )'. I860. 
You will have to sell your tobacco to the manufacturers, 
or employ sonic one to manufacture it for you. A tobac¬ 
co-cutting machine is necessary to do the work, aud thiH 
i*nn expensive article, requiring considerable power for 
working. The Havana seed can generally be procured 
of Tiiokuurn k Co., Seedsmen, New York. 
Friend Moork:—W hile digging a post hole on my 
farm, 1 dug into an Indian's grave and found, just below 
the skeleton, a!>out tuo quarts of feed, of a kind unknown 
to me—a specimen of which you will find inclosed. The 
seed was evidently buried with the body some fifty or 
sixty yems ago, that the Indian might cultivate it iu the 
“ Spirit Land,” Rut, with more curiosity than reverence, 
1 took the seed out of the grave, and doubtless the In¬ 
dian now wanders a h-tples* glirmt, with no food to refresh 
bu famished spirit. Be this a* it may, my query is. of 
what kind are the seeds?—of grain, flowers, or weeds? 1 
intimating that they are expected to reciprocate—on the 
principle of “ You tickle me," k e. There ia “ample room 
and verge enough” for every Rural Journal worthy the 
name, and experience demonstrate* that those which are 
the most liberal toward others are the beet sustained, 
Rbpoetino Rural I’kogrbs*.— Hundreds 0 f Agent- 
Friend* of tho Rural Nkw-Yokkkr, have reported 
decided progress during the past two months. Iu many 
places where wc had from one to five subscriber* last 
year, we already have from ten to fifty fur !Sf>9, nnd mon- 
are boing added daily. We have neither time nor space 
to give a comparative statement of receipt* for the two 
month* of this aud tho preceding year; but tho book* 
show that onr receipts in December, 1 -5.1, exceeded those 
of Dee- 1858 ptsl $7,86!i> 90! To show what porno of our 
ngents have done—and »oore* havo done equally well— 
we give a few Ggure*. Iu 1869, I,. Wabnku, of Orleans 
Co,, obtained 164 subscribers ; this year he ha* reported 
over 000 A II. McKay, of Cortland Co., who had 23 in 
I860, li.-ic already 96 for 1860, alt at one post-office, 8. E. 
Norton, of Ontario Co., had ISO last year—this, 229. M 
Hutchinson, Eric Co., 1’a,, had 64 last year—this, 122. 
n. E, Smith, Seneca, hod 76 — now has 118. II. C. Rind- 
u am, C. W,, had «0—ha* 140. E. S. Bartholomew, Chau¬ 
tauqua, had 72—hoe 150. Aud thus we might go oil Our 
list* from distant State*, Territories and Canada, are 
largely increased. We have larger list* at the South 
than over before — especially in Virginia, Kentucky, 
Missouri, and Tennessee. And yet the first month of 18t)0 
h*a not expired, (wc write this in Jan.) We n-ed not 
aild that wc feel grateful for such a manifestation in 
behalf of the Rural and the cause it advocate*. 
can accommodate — that wn now have sufficient manu¬ 
script oo hand to fill the miscellaneous department* of 
the Rural for weeks nnd months—ami that its do not at 
jfrrernl tcUh to add to our list of paid contrt/ruUrt on any 
department While wo am always Rind to hear from 
experienced men on practical subjects, wn beseech all 
story and sketch writer* (not already- among ourcont-rlbu- 
tor» or correspondents,) to withhold their effusions, sod 
spare ns tho performance, of an unpleasant duty—the 
rejection of their ortiolos, I'ray, stranger friend*, do 
not nend us any more tamples In the literary fine—such 
as a story, or the first chapters of one—for wc cannot 
make any new engagement*. Wc are already hooked for 
largo amounts this ye«r, and think we have engaged all 
the talent necessary, if properly used, to make, vvliAt we 
intend, the best combined Rural, LITwraut nnd Family 
Nhwbpaj-RR published. 
Don't Maxb Almanacs.— As wc receive occasional 
orders for Almanacs, we bog to announce that wo publish 
nothing of the kind. Tho making of almanacs and rural 
annual* is a highly respectable business, but we prefer 
devoting our entire time and attention to tbo Rural. 
-*#s-- 
Agricultural Societies. 
N. Y. St.itk Ao, Sooibty, —The Annual Meeting of 
tbi* Society is to be held at the Capitol, Albany, on Wed¬ 
nesday next, Feb. 8th, when officer* will be elected, time 
and place of holding next Fair designated, Ac. The 
exhibition aud examination of Grain, Dairy Frodacte, 
Winter Fruits, Ac., will take place Iu the Agricultural 
Rooms, on Thun-(Jay. Addresses arc announced on 
Wednesday and Thursday evening-. 
Tim Indiana State Board or AQRicultcrh has 
elected the following officers for li6t)r I'retriAent—G ho. 
D. WAONKR, Warren. Vice.President— J. 1). Williams, 
Knox. Sec'y—W. T. Dennis, Wayne. Treasurer — Thos. 
K. Sharpe. Marion. Tho location of tho State Fair was 
referred to a committee to decide. 
Rknbsslakr Co. Ac. Society.— The recent annual 
meeting was quite interesting The retiring President, 
Judge Ball, delivered the annual address, and a com¬ 
mute wax appointed to select permanent grounds, erect 
buildings, Ac., provided a certain amount nhnuld be raised 
by subscription. The following officer* were elected: Pres¬ 
ident —Geo. Vail. Pice-J^rest'e —I,. Chandler Ball, (Hon¬ 
orary,) John B.Tibbtte, Tho*. 11. Carroll, H, L Hhieldtf, 
John II. Willard, Troy; Stephen K. Haskell, Lanrdng- 
burgh. See’y—J. C. Markham, Troy. Treasurer—It, W. 
Knickerbocker, l.anringburgh. Directors— Wm. Quite*, 
Troy; Alanson Cook, Brunswick; Wm. Newcomb, I’itt*- 
town; Nicholas S. Miller, Schodack; Nicholas Weaver, 
Lanaingbqrgli; Amos Briggs, Schaghticoko; Jacob Minick, 
Poestenldlij D. W. 0. DcForro.it, North Qroontwa-h; 
' " Ebcnexcr Stevens, Grafton; Daniel Wight, Somilake; 
The Lnitrl Status raxsos, to be taken the present 1 I,yman Wilder, Hoobiek Falti; Ainas* Bailey, Mavail; 
year, ought to (je an improvement on any of it* preilo- j og . S . Lewis, Poteraburgh; Sytranux Giirpenter.Htcpheu- 
coesors—not taken at hup-toward, but minute, full and ac- town; Jonathan Dennison, Berlin; Thos. B. Simmons, 
curate. An exchange suggests that our Government East Greeubush- Jonas Whiting, Greoubusb; P.F. Forbes, 
might learn BOIuetlilng from the English In this matter. North Greeubush. 
“ Tho entire census of Great Britain wn* taken iu 1851, in -- 
a (single day, and the report* were collected, compared 
and published by the Government within throe month*. 
ThSs was accomplished by the division of the whole coun¬ 
try into district* an small that a man could collect tho 
statistics of these districts in less than a day. The num- 
of these districts vrae over 39,000, and the blanks previous¬ 
ly prepared by tbo Government weighed 62 ton*. In 
classification and arrangement we might also copy after 
the English with advantage." 
Bkbs por California.— /.ter*/ Cargo .—A conductor 
on the Niagara Falls Division of the N. Y. Central Rail¬ 
road informs one of our daily papers that a train passed 
eastward, a few days since, having on board two hundred 
swarms of honey bees. They were the property of a 
gentleman who has spent several year* iu California, but 
who had returned to this section to cugage i» the novel 
euterpriro of shipping such live stock as beer, to tho 
Golden State. The bees were purchased in tho vicinity 
of Niles, Michigan, at an average cost of five dcllare per 
ewarrn. He estimated that it would cost some thirteen 
am somewhat curious about the matter, as they were dug dollars per swarm to transport them to the Golden State, 
■ in the Conncfl Grounds of the Six Nations,and whatever and that when once there they would bring him one 
is found there, possesses a local interest at hoist.— Silas , , , ,, . 
Adams, Oneida Castle , Oneuio Co., A. I'., 1800. hundred dollara each! Quite a speculation. 
Tint seed* are probably the Beeds of the poke berry, ’ 
(Phtjtolaeea dccandraj the juice of which, when ripe, is Lm ; and I)Bad VtKlCHT OK Cattle —A great bullock, 
of a bright scarlet or carmine, and is used for paiuting kaowuthe Sleor -" rlliw ' d ia Columbia county, 
the savage face It has also quite a reputatiou among s Cer being in New 1 ork for three week-, was slaughtered 
them as a remedy iu rheumatism and other disorders. It ou thtJ KHU ult 1JL ‘ forc k ' avi,, 8 h,lm " he 3,452 
is common for them to bury their paints, and these rnav P ot 'Before s.uughtering he weighed oil different 
have been in a mass u ith the pulp of the berry, the latter scales 3 ’ 4, ° aul1 a ' 418 ' AfU ‘ r b< * in = kille<1 Ul< ’ four ffu.'irterj 
decaying, leaving the seeds. There i* nothing left of the wcrc )iun 6 U P fora w ®« k i ftn ‘ l weighed in the aggro- 
seeds but its cortex, and if planted, there is no probability 8 at0 "’3®® pound*, not quite 69 pounds per cwt. upon Ills 
Of a single seed being found with life sufficient to ^ ls * *' T0 w< ”fil 1 t. A good many bets were made on the 
germinate. result, varying from 61 to 71 per cent of live weight. 
JZ‘SXV’2 SZZZgSfffS: K& "» Miuwcbn. 
the columns of the Rural, the best practical method of Society for Promoting Agriculture, offers the fol- 
treating a bone spavin, and also thorough-pin?—A Co.'- lowing liberal premium* for experiment* v ith manures: 
ktart Rica mat, Pftajrara Co., If. F.. 1860. ... “ , 
® ’ First premium, $100; second, $<5; third, $60. In award- 
IVk very much doubt whether a bone spavin can he ing the premiums, all other things being equal, prefer- 
radirally cured , but as our correspondent desires a prac- cnee will be given to those whieh are- tried ou the largest 
ties! mode or treatment, we subjoin the following!— space of tend, and also where the competitor weighs the 
Y Ol .irr states the treatment to be simple enough, but whole crop instead of an average rod. Notice of an inten- 
far from being effectual. The chisel, the mallet, tho gim- tion to compete mu-t be given to the Secretary on or 
let and tue pointed iron, so much in vogue among the before the first day of January, 1861. 
torturers of the hor.-o, must be avoided, vet considerable -«■ - 
severity needs to he resorted to. Repented blisters will Premiums to Reporters.—T he U. S. Agricultural 
usually absorb the deposit—as a last resort the heated Society has awarded a silver medal to Henry S. Olcott, 
iion may be applied. DapD considers a blister as the Agricultural Reporter for the If. Y. '.D-ibunt for the 
tart resort, and acetate of cauthnrides is used for that best letters from its last Annual Fair. Also the same to 
purpose. In the inflammatory state, would give tho Geo. 1". Uiton, of the Chicago Journal, for the best 
animal rest, and apply cooling, evaporating lotions to the report of the Fair in the local papers, and to Ciuva. D. 
Skneca Co. au, Sooiety.—A t the annual meeting of 
this Society, held at Waterloo a few days ago, the follow¬ 
ing board of officers was elected for 1860; 1‘rctidenl _ 
Kbk.vkzku Munson i'ice-Preeulent - John G. King. 
Treasurer —John D. Coc, Seretury —Chailew Sentelb 
Directors— O. W Wilkinson, Ira Johnson. The Society 
is in a healthy condition, financially at least, having a 1 
balance of $658,84 in the treasury—evincing good man¬ 
agement and progress. Among the premiums awarded 
on Grain nod Root Crops, wo observe one to Jar. 
Whkkler, of Waterloo, for “best sample of Wheat, 
weigbing 63ki lb*., 40 bushels per acre.” 
Way.vk Co. AO. Sooibty.—A t the recent animal 
meeting of this Society, the Treasurer reportod that 
after paying premiums and expenses of the year there 
was a balance of $143,72, and that the debt of the Society 
had been diminished over $350. Tho following officers 
were elected: President —Du WittC. Van Slyck, Lyons. 
Tice-President — James Rogers, Lyons. Secretary- 
Henry P. Knowles, Lyons. Treat.— Win. I). IVrrine, 
Lyons. Directors —E. N. Thomas, Rose; Joseph Wateon, 
Clyde. 
Essex and Willsboho ag. Society.—A t the recent 
annual meeting the following officers were chosen: 
President— CaUeb CongRr. Pice-Presidents— A. B. Store¬ 
house and Henry N, Gould. Secretory —John Ross. 
Treasurer—V. S. Baldwin, i'.xtculict Committee—John 
Burt, Jr., II E. Sheldon, F.dgar Blip, H. A. Thrall, N. P. 
Rowell, Jer, Cunningham. It was voted to hold the next 
Fair at E*.-,ex Village. 
The L'.mon Ag. Society, competed of the south part 
of Erie, north part of Cattaraugus and -mall parts of 
Wyoming and Chautauqua counties, held its annual 
meeting at Springville on the 10th inst. The report of 
the treasurer shows the Society to be iu a flourishing 
condition, there being above $100 iu the treasury over all 
liabilities. The Society was formed some eight years ago 
as a Town Society for the town of Concord, but has been 
gradually enlarged uutil it now comprises twenty-fire 
town*. The following board of officers was chosen for 
1869: President —Alexander Scoiiy. J'icc-President — 
E. W. Cook. Jtec. Secy —Wm. H. Dayton. Cor Secy — 
Luther Ktilam, Treasurer —Pliny Smith, Librarian — 
Frederick Crary. I.teculice Committee—Wm. Smith, te 
H, P. Vaughan. Mathew Weber, Edwin Wright, James 
Hopkins, and a Vicc-Prceident for each tow n. The Soci¬ 
ety holds its Fairs ut Springville, where it has leased ten 
acres of land which is admirably adapted to its use, aud 
arranged with taste and convenience. 
Wineield Union AG. Society, — At the annual meeting 
of this Society, (which comprises several towns in Horki- 
parts. Tbo usual remedy in this ste^e is:—Muriatic acid, Bkagdon, of tb c Prairie Parmer , for the best reports of mor au '4 Oneida.) held 12th iast , the following officers 
4 ounces; Water, 2 quarts; Tincture of blood root, 6 
ounces. Apply daily by means of a sponge, binding it 
round the parts affected. Another equally useful remedy 
may be thus prepared:—Strong Acetic Acid. 4 ounces; 
Water. 1 quart; Proof Spirit. 2 ounces: Common Salt, 3 
ounces. 
Thorough-fin is a sad blemish, and some of the roost 
eminent writers upon tho horse deem it incurable. Yet- 
crinau.tns recommend acupuncturation and pressure. 
Take a large bottle cork, pierce it with four common¬ 
sized darning-needles. so that their points will project 
about half an inch from the surface, and plunge them 
into the sac. After the discharge of matter, see that the 
hock is well fomented, then apply the pressure. There is 
a truss recommended for tho latter purpose by skillful 
veterinarians. 
the evening Farmers' Talks during the Fair. 
Sorghum Paper.— It is said that the Philadelphia 
ledger is printed upon paper made chiefly from the 
stalks of the Chinese Sugar Pane—75 per cent, stalks and 
25 per cent rags. Whether the paper is of superior 
quality, or sweeter than “the eutire rag," is not stated; 
but if a good article can be advantageously made from 
tho Sorghum, its growers and advocates will soon ascer- 
to.n and promulgate the fact. 
An Extra Pro. —A correspondent says that a pig was 
raised and fattened by Johnson Untck, of Caroline, 
Tompkins Co., which was killed when only nine months 
old, and weighod, dressed, 449>.( lbs. The pig was half 
blood Yorkshire, and bought by Jas. Mott, of Ithaca. 
were elected: President— A, L. FlSU, Litchfield. Vice- 
President—J. P. Murray, Plainfield. Sec’y —P. 15. Cran¬ 
dall, Bridgewater. Treasurer— Hiram Brown, Winfield. 
Town Sccritaries—O. W. Palmer, Bridgewater; C D. 
Mites,Columbia; Albert Holcomb, Litchfield; B D. Brown, 
Plainfield; Wm. Warren, Richfield; J. A Morgan, Win¬ 
field. Directors— A. Yosburgh, Richfield; J. D, Eaton, 
Columbia: Wm. Brown, Plainfield; Anson Rider, Litch¬ 
field; J. H. Clark, Winfield; John Tuckeriuan, Bridge- 
water. 
A Farmers' and Mechanics’ Club has been organized 
in Clay, Onondaga Co., for discussion of various practical 
topics. Meetings are held every Saturday. Ofiicers: ■ 
President— Col. Wm. Coon. Pice-President —Cornelius 
Cronkhite. Cor. Scdy —John F. Moschelh Rcc. Sec'y— 
Thomas H. Scott. Treat .—Daniel Schoolcraft. 
