It is respectfully asked if any one can name a 
singfc advantage of horns upon the heads of 
cattle, other than to gratify a mistaken fancy,— 
the child of accustomed observation,—which time 
can change in reference to cattle, hb well as men, 
and with much less of the repulsive to overcome, 
than in submitting to the change from a clean 
tipper lip, to the nauseating appearance of that 
expressive little portion of the human face 
Obscured ill modern, popular, filthy disguise, 
which was considered hut few years since, when 
worn by a lecturer of foreign phiz, most hideous , 
but has now become a requisite to w in the favor 
of those whose assumed delicacy contrasts beauti¬ 
fully with their surprising fancy. 
Excuse this digression from horns to hair. The 
latter gives no pain as an appendage, though it 
may excite disgust in some, and its fascination* 
induce others to be ensnared. Hut limns are 
offensive and defensive, and when possessed by the 
brute, not unlike man, he soon becomes conscious 
of a superior ‘‘coat of arms,” and will quite as 
soon intrude upon the rights of inferiors iu conse¬ 
quence, when otherwise, he would peacably con¬ 
sume the provender laid before him and “ ask no 
questions.” 
Borne few acquaintances have suffered utility to 
take the place of horns amongst the cattle, and 
are rejoicing at the progress iu their change of 
fancy, as they can see beauties in good cattle 
without horns. One yard confines together within 
an area of less than CO by 80 feet, well sheltered 
nnd watered, seven hornless cows and heifers, 
and sixty valuable Cotswolda, that would not be 
suffered for a moment to be in like condition if 
the cattle had horns. They are harmless, social 
and peaceable, as if all were sheep, and the owner 
freqnently passes amongst them in the dark with¬ 
out fear of running upon even a "short horn,” 
and feels quite sure none of them will die in the 
spring with the “Jlorn-ail.” His feed boxes are 
so constructed that a cow or sheep can not get 
the others’ fodder, ulthough within the same 
inclosnre. His judgment and fancy have become 
so bewildered by.fheir smooth, innocent, harmless- 
looking heads, that he thinks there is not so much 
beauty and value in any other seven cattle, of the 
same age, belonging to any other yard in town. 
But enough. I wait to learn If any one can say 
sufficient against well-bred “Moolys” to subject 
them to any real disrepute whatever. w. 
Clyde, N. Y., 1800. 
thing off” before such defect becomes obvious to 
other*. The advice quoted above does not neces¬ 
sarily imply fraud or deception, and friend W, B. 
P. will not understand me as being personal with 
him in these remarks, but 1 could wish that he 
had left the matter so as not to seem to give any 
encouragement to the pernicious practice of es¬ 
teeming our comfort or profit above others. 
William Penn. 
of species, all of whom have greatly the appear¬ 
ance of common flies. 
The larva of this insect, a in fig. 2, is about £ of 
an inch in length, fleshy, and of a white color. It 
is of a conical form, w ith a smooth and shining 
surface, and entirely free from.any external super¬ 
ficial appendages. The incisions are finely granu¬ 
late, and the last and largest segment is obliquely 
truncated at its base, upon which is placed a sur¬ 
rounding border of eight small knots, or project¬ 
ing points, as seen at b, fig. 2, representing the 
larva magnified. 
Agricultural Itlechanics. 
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Farmer 
and Gardener pictures the careful and intelligent 
farmer as follows: 
“ A neighbor of mine is a plain, unassuming 
man — one of that class who never intrude their 
opinions upon others unsolicited. He is an intel¬ 
ligent man, with a small library of weII-selected 
books, the majority of which treat of subjects 
connected with agriculture. He is of an investi¬ 
gating turn of mind, always debating a subject 
well with himself, and also through undoubted 
authorities, before be is prepared to take sides. 
He is not the first man in the neighborhood to 
take hold of an improvement, nor is, he the lash 
If satisfied that it Ih the thing he requires, he 
purchases it, not otherwise. He is a considerate 
man, and is willing to admit his own imperfec¬ 
tions. Consequently, if an accident happens to 
any of his machines, he does not rail out against 
the manufacturer until lie first inquires whether 
the accident was not the result of his own negli¬ 
gence. But accidents are not frequent with him. 
Why? Because he understands the principles of 
mechanics so well that he provides against their 
occurrence. When he is prepared to take the 
field with his plow or his mowing-machine, yon 
may rest assured of the fact that it is all in perfect 
order. His wrench, oil-can, screw driver, ham¬ 
mer, <Vc., always go with him, so that if he has 
occasion to use them, they are nlways convenient. 
Now, what is the secret of his success? It all 
lies in the simple fact that he has made agricul¬ 
tural mechanics a subject of close study. When 
he goes to purchase a machine, his knowledge of 
mechanics enables him, almost at a glance, to 
determine whether it is as well or better adapted 
than others to the purposes for which he wishes 
it. If, upon trial, difficulties present themselvoB, 
you rarely see him hastening to the blacksmith 
or manufacturer for help. Here, again, his knowl¬ 
edge of mechanics befriends him. He readily 
discovers the cause, and generally is ready with 
the remedy.” 
A Hurry for Dairymen. 
Do cows yield milk in proportion to their 
weight? was asked by Hr. Cophund, of Ohio, in 
the Cultivator, a few months since. Abei, Kkum, 
a dairyman of Cherry Valley, 0., in the Ohio 
Farmer, says—“I have no hesitation in answering 
that cows do not. yield milk in proportion to their 
live weight. On the contrary, I think that very 
great size or weight has been obtained at the 
expense of the rnilkingpropcrties. This question, 
I believe, iB well settled iu the minds of practical 
dairymen; and I have never known a successful 
dairyman who preferred cows of great size. The 
dairymun expects to milk a good cow as long as 
she does well, say six, or eight, or more years. It 
is of no consideration to him that a cow will make 
two or three hundred more pounds of beef when 
fatted for the butcher; for if she subject him to 
two or three dollars additional expense per year 
for her keeping, and at the same time make 40 or 
50 pounds less cheese than the medium sized cow, 
it is easy to see that he keeps her at a loss. No 
doubt breeding may have much to do in produc¬ 
ing a race of good milking cows, but so far as my 
experience and observation go, I am satisfied that 
the medium sized cow has a great advantage, upon 
the short pastures of our dairy farms, over a large 
sized animal.” 
Agricultural JttisaUann 
JOHNSTON JOHN, MY JO. 
0, Johnston John, my jo, John, 
When first you bought your farm 
The surface had “ o'er raucklc ” drink, 
The subsoil was nae warm. 
And then you dug your ditches, John, 
And laid your “ crockary ” low, 
And took sway the “extra drink," 
0, Johnston John, my jo. 
We read it in the Rural, John, 
How you make farming go, 
And try to follow In your wake, 
0, Johnston John, my jo. 
We keep the racks plethoric, John, 
Our mangers overflow— 
We learn from you and “ Major Hugh," 
0, Johnston John, my jo. 
They ?ay your turning auld, John, 
Your sun is getting low— 
We’ll meet you in the “Better iAind,” 
O, Johnston John, my jo. 
Michigan, 1860. Ypsilaxti. 
HOW TO SAVE THE SHEEP.-CUEING FILMS. 
Mr. Moore:—I n your issue of Jan. 28, Mr. 
Chaffee wishes to know how to save his sheep 
from drowning in his ditch. I will tell him how 
I should do in the same circumstances, nnd it is 
no theory, for it has been practised on my farm 
for a number of years past with complete success. 
It is this. Get some plank, 10 feet long will be 
of sufficient length for his ditch, and 20 inches, 
or 2 feet wide; (if narrow nail two together with 
cleats to prevent their getting apart,) then Jay 
them across the ditch, letting their ends rest 
firmly on each bank. A plank as often as R or 10 
rods apart, will, (if his sheep are like mine,) be 
sufficient, as they will run for the plank when they 
want to cross the ditch, and cross singly and in 
safety. Please try it, Mr. Chaffee, and if you 
succeed as well as I have done with them, you will 
be satisfied. 
I will here give my recipe for taking a film 
from the eye of any domestic animal. It is sim¬ 
ple and effectual, and withal humane, I think. 
Take of strained honey in a spoon, (or anything 
that suits the convenience of the operator,) as 
new as can be hud, and open the eyelid and turn 
the honey in the eve, letting the lid close over it. 
I perform the operation night and morning; 
never had a failure of a cure in a few days. The 
longer the film has been on the eye the. longer it 
will take to remove it I think it a better remedy 
tlian I have ever seen iu print easily obtained, 
and never does harm. Jonathan Talcott. 
Koine, Oneida Co., N. Y., 1860. 
r ig. d. 1 tg. 5. 
The female fly deposits its eggs on the base of 
the stem near the surface of the ground, which, 
in a few days become hatched, the larva) imme¬ 
diately penetrating between the leaves to tiio bulb, 
upon which It preys unseen; hut the effects soon 
become visible, for the leaves turn yellow, fall 
prostrate on the ground, and quickly wither away. 
These arc shown in figs. H and 4. In the course of 
about two weeks they arrive at maturity, and 
change to the pupa state, fig. f>, and in from fifteen 
to twenty days more emerge the perfect fly, fully 
prepared lo accomplish their depredations by 
depositing their eggs upon the more healthy 
plants. As many ns from one to five of the larva: 
were frequently to he mot with on a single plant. 
The perfect Insc-cl is about half the size of the 
common house-fly, with a few thinly scattered 
hairs covering the surface of the body. It is of 
an ash gray color, the males being distinguished 
by a series of dark stripes upon the back. The 
head is marked with a brownish spot upon its 
apex. The wings are exceedingly transparent, 
exhibiting beautiful iridescent reflections from 
their surfaces, the shoulders of which arc of an 
ochcry-brown color, and the veins of brownish- 
yellow. 
This fly may not unfrequently be met with in 
the spring of the year, basking In the sunshine 
about the windows of the neighboring dwellings. 
And from the circumstance of finding their 
larva: in the greatest profusion, committing their 
depredations in the middle and latter parts of 
August, we are inclined to believe that they puss 
through several generations in a season, and that 
they probably make use of the seed of the plant, 
on which to deposit the egg for the larva of the 
ensuing spring. If this lie so, sleejHng the seeds 
in brine, before sowing, we should suppose would 
be the proper remedy; if otherwise, the process 
will not materially affect their germination. They 
appear to show a distinct predilection for the 
white onion, in preference to that of any other 
color. 
This insect it is exceedingly difficult to destroy. 
Strewing the earth with ashes has proved of little 
avail; powdered charcoal answers a much better 
purpose, and is generally in use in this section of 
country, but it should only he thrown over about 
two thirds of the lied, so as to leave a portion of 
the plants fur them to resort to on being brought 
to the perfect state, and driven from their original 
resting place. When they have been converted 
to the larva state and commenced their depreda¬ 
tions, these plants should be pulled up and con¬ 
sumed by lire. 
It has been recommended to prepare the beds 
as early in the spring ns convenient, and suffer 
them to remain eight or ten days for the noxious 
plants to vegetate, then to cover them with straw 
to the depth of ten inches, and burn them over; 
after which plant the seeds for the ensuing crop 
immediately. This process, it is slated, has 
proved perfectly successful in driving away the 
insects and insuring good crops, and in addition 
to this, has furnished a capital top-dressing to 
the soil. Onion beds prepared from the hearths 
upon which charcoal lias been burned, have like¬ 
wise been mentioned as producing the perfect 
vegetable, entirely free from the attacks of the fly. 
Should the charcoal method here mentioned, be 
universally adopted, we have little doubt but that 
this insect depredator wilt in a short time become 
greatly reduced in numbers, if not entirely de¬ 
stroyed, and afford a much better chance for a 
more healthful crop of the onion plants hereafter. 
Agricultural Kairs, I860.—Several Slate Agricul¬ 
tural Societies have already designated the places, and 
some the times, of holding their Annual Fairs. The Ohio 
State Fair is to be at Dayton, Sept. 26-28. The Canada 
W>»t Provincial Show is to be held at Hamilton in Sept. 
The Virginia State Fair will be located at Richmond, if 
proper provision is made. The Penn. State Fair is to be 
held on tho grounds of the Luzerne Co. Society in tbe 
Wyoming Valley. The Muss. Board of Agriculture pur¬ 
pose to hold a State Exhibition at Springfield, in Sept. ■ 
At the proper time we shall give a list of Fairs for 1860— 
National, State and Local. 
Farmers’ Clubs are being organized in all parts of tho 
country. We hear of them in most sections of tbe 
Northern, Middle, Eastern and Western States, and the 
Canadas, where much attention has been giveu to im¬ 
proved agriculture. In some localities these practical 
and highly useful organizations have taken the place of 
the lectures and debates of literary associations. Tho 
Sprlugfield (Mass.) Republican says: — “The lecture 
courses iu this part of the State have been few and frag¬ 
mentary this winter. But their place has been supplied 
in aotne measure by the farmers’ clubs and other associa- 
ti&ns for conversation and discussion, which have been 
started in very many places and been attended with 
gratifying results,” 
HAY FOE WINTEEING HOGS. 
Eds. Bubal New-Yorker: —In your issue of 
Jan. 28th, there is copied a short paragraph from 
a correspondent of tbe American Farmer in lauda¬ 
tion of Sorghum for fattening hogs. The state¬ 
ment of the writer calls to mind a fact touching 
the practice of a farmer not a thousand miles 
away, viz., that he winters his shouts on mere hay 
alone. As compared with corn, in all grass 
regions hay is measurably cheap, and this method 
saves all “expenditure” for anything that is 
adapted to the animal’s needs, and leaves them in 
the spring (if the vital spark still lingers) in 
‘‘excellent condition ” to devour anything eatable 
that they can find on seven farms. When we can 
winter hogs on hay, summer them by stealing, 
and fatten them with Sorghum, pork must inevita¬ 
bly be cheap. w. b. f. 
Pittsburgh, N. Y., Feb., 1860. 
Tux Grass I.antis or Skxkc .1 Covnty,— The following 
note from JOHN Johnston, Esq., explains itself:—“ Your 
correspondent. •, (see Rural of Feb. 4, page 37-33,) is a 
good writer, but I think has taken n wrong view of the 
land- in Seneca Co., and the grass growing region of West¬ 
ern New York My feet never trod, nor my eyes never 
saw, land that would grow more grass than the best- 
farmed laud of Seneca Co.: and 1 hare yet to learn where 
there is any land that will make Cattle or Sheep more 
fat on grass than this County of Seneca. If your corres¬ 
pondent will call on me next summer, uny time from the 
26th June till 6lh July, if I cannot take him around and 
show him meadows equal to any ever he >aw on upland, 
then 1 will own up that Seneca Co. is not what I thought 
it was—one of the best, or decidedly the best, graso- 
growiug counties iu the State. Thirty-eight years ago 
it was called a good county for wheat and clover, (noue 
better,) yet poor for grass, oats and corn; but the fact 
was, farmers did not then try to reiso much else except 
w heat and clover. Indeed, no man ever saw clay soil 
that was not excellent for grass. If it was properly man¬ 
aged; and it will keep more stock than any other land." 
MANAGEMENT OF WOOD LOTS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Since an inter¬ 
change of thought through the medium of an Ag¬ 
ricultural Journal is one of its beauties, and 
especially us it is desirable to combine the orna¬ 
mental and the useful, I feel ibat it may not be 
amiss for a Canadian to advance a few ideas on 
the management of wood lots, which, during the 
mania of clearing a new country, have been 
shamefully neglected, and which many now see to 
their lasting regret. I need not urge the benefits 
of a belt of wood to North and West of the 
promises, as a protection to man, beast, and crops 
from the piercing winds of winter, or from the no 
less inhospitable heat of summer, but will at once 
proceed with my views (though crude they may 
be,) on 1 lie best means of securing our wood lots 
from that ragged, thin, ghost-like appearance 
which they too often assume. 
In a well kept lot, cattle should no more enter 
than into an orchard of young fruit trees, but 
when so situated, in regard to water, that such a 
course w’ould not be expedient, or where a scarcity 
of pasture urges tho necessity, a portion should 
he set apart and carefully protected until well 
stocked with seedlings, when the timber may be 
taken clean off, leaving tbe brush, old logs, and 
other rubbish flattered over the ground, as even 
as may be, as a mulching to the ground and lo re¬ 
tain all the leaves, which, when rotted, form food 
for a now forest springing up with amazing 
rapidity and beauty. In like manner, another por¬ 
tion should be treated, as fast as required for fuel, 
until the whole lot is gone over, when tbe first 
will be lit for a repetition of the process, or can 
be thinned out lor fuel as experience may suggest. 
By this means we secure a lasting supply of fuel, 
and if our wood lots do not possess the majestic 
stateliness of the original forest, they will, at least, 
possess the no less desirable quality of luxuriant 
growth and dense shade. 
How different the aspect of a neglected wood 
lot, where, one after another, the noble specimens 
fall before the driving winds of an open country; 
or the roots, grass-bound and barked by cattle 
pawing to keep off flies, fall to yield sufficient food 
for the tops until the limbs die and the whole 
instead of pleasing, is rather an object of disgust 
the axe of the woodman finally finishing the work 
and the noble forest of our youth is a forest no 
more. w. r. 
Whitby, C. W., I860. 
Reducing Rones to Powder. 
Prof. S. W. Johnson, of the Yale Analytical 
Laboratory, lias given the following method of 
reducing bones to powder, first communicated to 
the public by Mr. IYsky, an English Agricultural 
Chemist. The process depends upon the fact that 
bones consist, to the amount of one-third their 
weight, of cartilage, or animal matter, which 
under the influence of warmth and moisture, 
readily decomposes, (ferments or decays.) and 
loses its texture, so that the bones fall to the dust. 
From the closeness and solidity of the bony 
structure, decay is excited and maintained with 
some difficulty. A single bone, or a heap of 
bones, never decays alone, but dries and hardens 
on exposure. If, however, bones in quantity be 
brought into close contact with some easily fer¬ 
mentable moist substance, but little time elapses 
before a rapid decay sets in. So, too, if fresh 
crushed bones are mixed with sand soil, or any 
powdery matter that fills up the spaces between 
the fragments of the bone, and makes the heap 
compact, and then are moistened with pure water, 
the same result takes place in warm weather, 
though more slowly. 
The practical process may be as follows:—The 
bones, if whole, should be broken up as far as con¬ 
venient by a single sledge hammer, and made into 
alternate layers with sand, loam, saw-dust, leached 
ashes, coat ashes, or swamp niuck, using just 
enough of any of these materials lo fi 11 compactly 
tho cavities among the hones, but hardly more. 
Begin with a thick layer of earth or muck, and as 
the pile is raised, pour on stale urine or dung- 
heap liquor enough to moisten the whole mass 
thoroughly, and, finally, cover a foot thick with 
soil or muck. In warm weather the decomposi¬ 
tion goes on at once, and in from two to six or 
more weeks the bones will have nearly' disap¬ 
peared. If the fermentation should spend itself 
without reducing the bones sufficiently, the heap 
may be overhauled and built up again, moistening 
with liquid manure and covering as before. By 
thrusting a pole or bar into the heap, the progress 
of decomposition may be traced, from the heat 
and odor evolved. Should the heap become 
heated to the surface, so that ammonia escapes, 
as may be judged by the srnt-11, it may be covered 
still more thickly with earth or lining. The larger 
the heap the finer the bones, and the more stale 
mine or dung-liquor they have been made to 
absorb, the more rapid and complete will be tbe 
disintegration. In these heaps horse dung or 
other manure may replace the ashes, etc., but 
earth or muck should he used to cover the heap > 
This bone compost contains the phosphates of 
lime in a finely divided state, and the nitrogen of 
the cartillage, which has mostly passed into ammo¬ 
nia, is retained perfectly by the absorbent earth 
or muck. ’When carefully prepared, this manure 
is adapted to be delivered from a drill-machine 
with seeds, and, according to English farmers 
fully replaces, in nearly every case, the super¬ 
phosphate made by the help of oil of vitriol. 
Tu k - Weighty Steers" Beaten.— In response to tho 
notice iu Rural of Jan. 21. of a pair of Devon Steers, 
owned by JOHN Skaats, of Attica, which weighed 1,426 
lbs. when nine months old, wc are informed that Ells¬ 
worth k Willie Rogers, 0 f Wheatland, Monroe Co„ 
have a pair of grade Durham Steer- that weighed 1,460 
lbs., at the same ago, and while wintering with sheep! 
And it is intimated that, “ if well taken enre of. they 
could have been made to weigh 2,000 lbs.”—which is 
more than problematical. At any rate, the figures leave 
the Genesee slightly ahead of the Tonawanda Valley. 
Unqutrirs anb Answers. 
Coloring Wool on the Skin. —Can any of the readers 
of the Rural inform me how to color wool a black or 
dark color, while it remains on the skin, without injuring 
the akin?—A. T. N., Otsego Co . A. I'., 1800. 
Staiili.no Houses with Cows—Will some of the 
friends of the Rural be so kind as to inform me through 
its columns whether it is injurious to horses to Etablc 
cows with them, or not: The first part of the winter t 
kept my horses in the stable alone, and they did very well, 
but tbe cold weather came on, and no 1 had room for two 
cows in Hut stable, besides the horses, I put them in. My 
horses soon lost appetite, and have fallen away, although 
1 have taken the same care of them, and have worked 
them no harder. Whether it is because I have stabled 
the cows with Ihetn, »r some other cause, J cannot tell. 
—J E. I 1 ,, Farming tun, IS. 1',, I860. 
“ Black Hawks akk tuk Best Roadsters," says an 
exchange, and offers this evidence to sustain the asser¬ 
tion:—" At tbe Agricultural Fair at St. I.ouis Mo., last 
fall, $1,060 was offered as a premium for the best roadster 
staffiou. The judges, from the great number offered, 
selected six which were deemed the best, and then made 
a Critical examination of them to find the best one. Of 
these six, fiv e were sons of Black Hawk, and the sixth a 
grandson. 1 Stockbridge Chief,’ bred in Massachusetts, 
aud now owned in Ohio, won the premium." 
Guano —It was with pleasure that ] read your valuable 
communication on tbe use of Guano, in your issue of the 
23th. It just bits my case. Will you be so kind ns to 
state through your valuable paper, the mode of applying 
Peruvian Guano to a piece of corn, the amount fora hill, 
and the probable cost per acre. Also, where I can pur¬ 
chase it. either in Rochester. Syracuse, or New York.— 
JAS. D. Mather. Mureellut, If, 1. Feb. 1806. 
Guano we like best to scatter in the hill, and mix well 
before plauttng, using care that it does not come in con¬ 
tact with the seed, Somp prefer to scatter the guano on 
the top of the soil just before the first hoeing, but our 
experience is against this method, for wo think the plant 
in this way, does not receive the full benefit of the 
guano From three liuudred to three hundred aud fifty 
pounds is a good manuring for an acre. Count the num¬ 
ber of bills in a row, and then calculate how much w ill 
la* required for the row to give this quantity to the aero, 
and then have a measure that will hold sufficient for a 
row. By tryiug once or twice you will soon fiud how 
much is required for a hill. Coe pure Peruvian Guano, 
as obtained from tbe shippers. You had better order it 
of some reliable agricultural warehouse in New York 
Before apply ing the guano it should be parsed throngh a 
sieve, and the lumps left must be broken up. 
Extensive Stock Feeding —It is said that David 
Straws, tbe well known Illinois stock feeder aud the 
owner of 7,066 acres of improved land, has marketed this 
winter 2,600 head of beef cattle at an average priee of $31 
per head, or a total of $77,600. lie has fed to these 
beeves 10,000 bushels of com, and is estimated to have 
still on hand at his barn 20,000 bushels of corn aud 800 
bushels of oats. 
Haktland Ag. Society, (Niagara Co.)—Officers for 
I860:— President —E Seeley. Vice-President — J. A. 
Gladding. Secretary — J. C. Deuel. Treasurer —Zeno 
Boag. Directors —Curtis Root and Storrs Bennett. The 
$10 offered to the person planting the largest number of 
Fruit Trees during the season of I860, (the competitor 
cultivating not less than 40 acres,) wax awarded to Wm. 
Dutton. Mr D, plauled 441 trees on a farm having only 
40 acres under cultivation. There were seven competi¬ 
tors—the lowest entry being 101 trees on 55 acres culti¬ 
vated. (This and other premiums were offered under 
the head of Moore's Premium Fist — D. D. T. Moore 
having delivered un address before the Society in 1858, 
on condition that a certain amount should be awarded in 
such premiums as he should designate.] 
HORNLESS CATTLE, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— You need not be 
told that “Young America” is prone to give new 
subjects and new theories a scrutinizing glance at 
first presentation, and, if appearances are favorable 
to their peculiar notions,—if all is right,—“they 
go it with a rush;” should the case prove other¬ 
wise, however, be the proposition ever so merito¬ 
rious, it is denied candid consideration and 
allowed to pass unnoticed. As the Rural for 
I860 is to be a “new thing under the sun,” i pro¬ 
pose a new thing be in it to take its chances, viz: 
a favorable notice of the “polled,” or hornless 
cattle, sometimes called Moolys, or Mullys, and 
“all sorts” of names which, cither for their sar¬ 
castic properties, or want of definite expression, 
Mr. Wkrster has thought proper to deny a place 
in his Hook. Even a modern American journalist 
writes, when describing a cow in a foreign land, 
that had she been adorned with a pair of horns 
she w'ould have compared favorably with some 
horned cattle of his particular fancy: or, perhaps, 
more properly that variety which is so popular 
because it is “dear bought and far fetched,” and 
has that progressive word “ Short" attached to its 
horns. I trust thinking breeders of stock will 
carry that goreing appendage through all degrees 
of comparison, until its invisibility is a sure indi¬ 
cation that no more cattle are to “suffer and die” 
with the “ Hollow-horn,” or Colts and sheep be 
found running their last race, mad with suffering, 
at the loss of a portion of their intestines. 
PASSING OUR MISFORTUNES ALONG. 
Friend Moore: —Thy correspondent, W. B. P., 
gives ina lute Rural some sensible and ingenious 
remarks upon foot-rot in sheep, but in conclusion 
he says—“ It is possible that this disease is not 
so malignant throughout the country now, as it 
was with the writer fifteen years ago: but if it 
anywhere is so, us a practical conclusion I should 
recommend to the owner of any considerable flock 
to, 1st, Sell out as quickly as possible; aud, 2d, 
To stay sold out till at least one year's growth of 
the farm has been gathered and consumed.” 
Will selling out make the disease any better?— 
Certainly, if it will, something is gained; but if it 
merely passes thy troubles over to tby neighbor, 
thou art not, friend W. B. P., a missionary of 
good. Let thy bequests be in love aud good will, 
and thy joy shall much more abound. Meet and 
subdue tby troubles, or, failing in that, endure 
them. Granted that the world is much more 
given to selfish practices, from which even my 
brethren of the broad brims aro not wholly 
exempt,—shall we take courage in wrong-doing 
by the multitude of our abettors? 
How very common is it when we perceive a de¬ 
fect, or have reason to expect one, to “put the 
Treatment of Sprains.— In reply to Mr. L. C. Evans, 
iu tbe Rural of Jan. 28th, inquiring “How to cure a 
Sprain,” I would say, that I have found the application of 
Hemlock Oil to the parks affected, very beneficial. Several 
quick and permanent cures having been effected by itc. 
use among my own and my neighbor:-' horses, One case 
of a young horse Sprained in the lower, or coffin joint. 
very bad —another of a sucking colt lamed in tho gambrel 
joint, which my friends said I had better knock in the 
head, but by tho faithful use of Hemlock Oil he was 
cured, nnd is now a valuable horse. Will Mr. Evans try 
the above, and report the result in the Rural?—Stephen 
Brainakd, Adams , A. ¥., 1860. 
Another Remedy .—Iu the Rural of Jan. 2Sth, I noticed 
the request of L. C. Eva.vs. of Lexington, Ill., for a pres¬ 
cription to cure a sprain, which often occurs in the coffin 
joint. 1 will give my experience for more than 60 \ cars. 
Fora sprain or stifle,wash the part affected with a strong 
decoction of the inner bark of white oak, three times 
each day.—apply Liquid Opedildoc, well rubbed on w ith 
tbe hand, twice each day, — for swelled limbs apply 
Gargling Oil To make Liquid Opedildoc, take one quart 
of alcohol; add Castile soap, 2 oz.; camphor gum, one oz.: 
0:1 of Origanum and Oil of Rosemary, each one drachm. 
Dissolve the snap in the alcohol, tlic-u add the other 
ingredients. Try Opedildoc for chilblains.— J. Town¬ 
send, Cayuga, A. ¥., 1860. 
Susquehanna VaLley Ag. Society.— At the annual 
meeting, held Jan. 28th, the following officers were 
elected: President — Ira E. Sherman, of Sidney. Vice- 
Presidents —Sylvester Arms, of Fnadilla, and William J. 
Hughston, of Sidney. Secretary —Robert W. Courtney, 
of Sidney. Treasurer —Clark I. Haves, of Unadilla. Di¬ 
rectors —S. G. Cone, Unadilla; Win. T. Hodges, Sidney; 
John Hough, Wm, McClelland, Unadilla. Abner John¬ 
ston aud William Dewey, of Sidney, bold over. 
C.VXASKRAGA Ag. SOCIETY —Officers for I860 : Presi¬ 
dent— Hugh McCartney, of Sparta. Vice-Presidents — 
Lester B. Faulkner, Pansvillc; Geo. Martin, Springw-ater; 
Wet-ley Fritz, S. Dansville; Wm. T. Curtis, Croveland ; 
Geo. F. Coe, Cnnesus. Secretary —George A. Sanders. 
Treasurer —Wm. M. White. The Society is reported to 
he in good condition. 
Bainiikidgk Town Ag Society. —Officer: for 1860 : 
President — Joseph lit:Fit. Vice-President —A. J. Sands. 
Secretary and Treasurer -—Joseph Jutland, 2d. Mana¬ 
gers —Charles Bivby, Walter Higby. John Sanders, D. C. 
Brestol. Reuben Senile?, C. I'. Kirby. Tbe Society is freo 
from debt, its liabilities and premiums all promptly pail. 
