RMUkL 
boards, one foot wide, and batten with three-inch 
stuff. The troughs should be made of hard wood, 
and well fastened down. The spouts to conduct 
the swill and feed into the troughs, should also 
be made of hard wood plank, and ought to be the 
same length as the troughs, so that the feed may 
bo thrown into any or all parts of it. There 
should also be a two-inch cleat nailed down 
strong in each pen, about five feet from the 
troughs, to keep the corn from sliding down too 
far, which I think is a better way than to feed— 
corn in the ear—in the trough. Now paint out¬ 
side with cheap paint, and the affair is complete. 
The cost of this building will lie about seventy- 
five dollars, not including stove and furnace, or 
“ pal nil steamers ,” but can be built for much less 
by a farmer., who can do the most of it at leisure 
hours. G. E. Johnbon. 
Palermo, N. Y.. 1860. 
* After the seed is, say one-half out of the milk, 
the com may be tabled and cut. The tabling is 
performed by walking between two rows, and 
bending or breaking the hills in each row, alter¬ 
nately, toward and across the other row, beliind 
the table; or, as some do it, go backward be¬ 
tween the rows, breaking the hills down, alter¬ 
nately, as before, across each other, at an angle 
with the row, of 45 degrees. Tho tops will then 
usually reach over the table about far enough to 
cut easily. The tables should be 1G or 18 inches 
high, in order that the cutter may not be obliged 
to stoop too much at his work. A shoemaker's 
broad, tbiu knife, is the best to cut with. The 
cutting is performed by taking hold of the brash, 
surprised to see how cheaply you have kept your 
stock through the winter. 
My word for it, that from 12 to 15 bushels of 
com, with the cob, will keep an animal through 
the winter with straw. Some are afraid to feed 
cob meai, but it is only fear. I have seen it fed, 
for twelve consecutive months, to a team, without 
any injury. k. p. r. 
Quincy, III, 1860. 
Inquiries anil Unstoers. 
Agricultural illisccUann. 
Cow Losing HER Hair. —Csu pome one of your numer¬ 
ous readers inform rue, through the Rfral. of the cause 
of a cow shedding her hair and its not growing again - I 
had a valuable rw enme three years since, whose hair 
began to fall off in spots, and continued to do so until 
she beeame perfectly denuded. I7er skin, the whole time, 
was soft, oily, and apparently healthy Is it a disease 
lhat is contagious? I have another cow that I am afraid 
is affected In the same way. Any information on the 
subject will gratefully oblige a subscriber.—V. II. B., 
Snmertet, Niagara Co'., N. }.. 1860. 
WILL BRINE KILL STOCK? 
Eds. Rural New-Youkkk:—S everal writers In 
the Rural say that it will. My experience, for 
twenty years past, says no; that is, if your stock 
IJ ckrne.— I would be very glad to be informed where 
I could obtain some of that Lucerne seed, that wan re- 
frrred to in the Rural of September 24, and also the 
price per pound.— Subscriber, Grand Traverse, Nidi. 
Lucerne Skkd cun doubtless he obtained of Thokbijra' 
A Western n. Y. Agricultural Sociktt —There 
appears to be a very general sentiment in favor of a 
Western New York Agricultural and Mechaniail Associ¬ 
ation. Both the People and the Press of the large dis¬ 
trict named, very generally—indeed almost universally 
in this section—advocate such an organization, and the 
bolding of a Western New York Karr the present year. 
The location of tbe State Fair at Elmira has probably 
engendered this feeling in some localities, and caused its 
public expression, though many of the moot influential 
friends and promoters of Rural and Mechanical Improve¬ 
ment throughout this region have long entertained 
or tops, and cutting the stalk about eight inches are fed salt, or brine, as often as they should he. 
HAY. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorkkh: —Winter is rapidly 
passing away. Tills season often remains long 
enough to satisfy stock-growers, generally; but, 
when the farmer is impressed with a fear that his 
from the brush, it requires much skill and prac¬ 
tice to cut rupidly and easily. The brush should 
be left for a few days on the tables, to dry thor¬ 
oughly—it is then bound in bundles and housed. 
The seed can he scraped off at any time, when 
convenient. Good seed is worth, for feeding 
purposes, about the same a3 oats. Good seed, 
well ripened, and fit for planting, is worth here, 
usually, $4 per bushel. The average worth of 
brush here, is about $150 per tun. Brooms, from 
I give all of my pork brine, (which iB considera¬ 
ble,) to stock of various kinds, and have never 
Been any injurious effects result from it. My 
stock have all the salt, or brine, that they will 
consume, once a week. Those who have killed 
their stock by feeding brine, J would ask whether 
they salted them often, or did they neglect to do 
so for weeks, or months, and then give them 
enough brine to gorge them to death? Bait, or 
give brine, to your stock often, and regularly, 
A CO., New York, or of Hovkt A Co , Boston, or of any riewa similar to those now daily expressed. Should such 
of the seed-dealers in the Eastern cities. The price we atl Association he formed on a judicious basis—compri- 
cannot shite._sing the territory of Western New York, looking to the 
hiTiw Qrooif tn w, ,, . . . bcneGt of all sections and under the management of the 
salting Stock jr y, inter. —Do horses, homed cattle. c . .. ... . 
or sheep, need as much salt in cold ak during warm • K ~ SocietIeB therein—we see no good reason 
weather?— Dwight L. Pond, Greene Co., If, Y., 1860. why it could not become one of the most useful and 
Tms is a point upon which there has been much die- successful in the Union. It is important, however, that, 
cession, and the disputants appear to he pretty equally au organization is fonned.it should be started aright_ 
divided in numbers. We refer Mr. POrd to an article in no * M an antagonist of any existing Society, State or 
present issue of the Rural, by “g, II L.,’’ of Jackson 
Co., Michigan, where the affirmative view to his query is 
sustained. 
Local, but for the purpose of co-operating with others, 
and advancing tbe leading industrial interests of the 
large, fertile and populous region for which it is designed. 
be less by less in market, of all kinds of feed, 
with greatly increasing prices. Extreme cold 
weather, and scanty meals, give his stock a keen 
appetite and lively relish for almost any quality, 
and, to use his own language, any quantity of 
food; while liis purse looks light, in view of the 
gteatly advanced prices which he must pay to 
is just about double the work that it is to raise 
maize. The average crop per acre, on good land, 
is 1,000 pounds. Rich, well-cultivated land, will 
give 1,500 lbs. per acre. The crop is under the 
control of the cultivator as much as is Indian 
corn, and good farmers will always get good crops. 
do not want salt, or but very little, in winter. 
This, I think, a mistake. Give your stock all the 
salt they will consume during the winter, and see 
if they don't eat it with apparent zest, I keep 
salt where my sheep can help themselves to it at 
all times during the winter, and 150 sheep, con¬ 
sume, on an average, five quarts in a week,— in 
summer still more. s. h. l. 
Springport, Jackson Co., Mich., 1860. 
gTeatly advanced prices which he mnst pay to The best fertilizer is good barn yard manure—to sume, on an average, five quarts in a week,— in 
procure more. Perhaps bis cattle begin to fall off be applied as for Indian corn. The stalks are summer still more. s. h. l. 
in flesh as spring advances, which is tho very usually plowed under for manure; but some few Springport, Jackson Co., Mich., I 860 . 
time, above all others, that profit requires them take pains to pull tho fodder, as used to be the -- 
to be healthy and strong. His animals call after custom in the southwest. Probably the best way Bloody Murrain. —Frequently seeing valuable 
him. whenever be appears in sight, for that food to do this is to let the cows into the field, for an information in the Rural, I think, in return, I 
which nature requires to make them comfortable; hour each day, after the brush is harvested, and ought to give my experience in a certain case of 
and it is difficult to determine which of the two let them pull their own fodder. It is equal to the Bloody murrain. 1 had a two year old heifer 
endures the most., in such a condition of trials.— famed sorghum, or to “sowed corn,” for the pur- taken with that disease about the close of last 
Now, this is not the proper way of taking care of pose of increasing the yield of milk, as long as it -^"gust At first, 1 supposed the sickness to be 
oaoi n«Ar.r.— iwin you inform ine, through the* ~ riT , I , . 
Rural, whether salt, thoroughly mixed with grain, at Advertising. — The Quintessence of Frigidity. 
tbe rate of one quart to the bushel, and fed to sheep —We are occasionally favored with singular requests to 
beneficial? G. G. Burton, advertise free,_ome so worded as to exhibit a vast deal 
WHILE we will not undertake to answer our correa- TT'"' “ Dd ° th0r8 *° imbU ’"‘ With 8of ‘ 60a P 85 to 
pendent directly, we may any that we would much prefer n.atJhlT* Dau " at ' n *', ‘TT T*"* “ SU “ e 
keeping salt where the sheep can help themselves as «“* ****** "/ fih balded ts of the utmost import- 
wanted, to giving it in the manner suggested by his ““ W the rest of mankind,” (they 
inquire. ? being the judges,) aud take it for granted that the Rural 
- was purposely created to gratruilously advertise patent 
Oak ano Hemlock Sawdust for Bedding.—I wish to rat-traps, bee-hives, back-action hen-persuaders, Jones’ 
inquire oT you, or some of your correspondent®, about squash seed, ‘-Smith's hull,” evervbody’s wild land etc 
Oak and Elm Sawdust. It is the most convenient thine '♦» , .< , • , ’ ’ 
that we can get to bed cattle in the stables, and is first- t,hft t)a palavering class evidently expect all 
rate to hold the liquid manure. 1 have heard that it favors naked will be granted if they “ pileon the agony ” 
initirue tVii* Dionn»r* on/1 aluo t.. i tt t. n* t _ ... !_i . _ — . ... J 
Oak and Hemlock Sawdust for Bedding —I wish to 
injures the manure, and also sours the land. How is it? 
—J. L. Parsons, Grand Mane, Genesee Co., Mich., I860. 
Wk cannot conceive that this sawdust would prove 
injurious to either the manure or the soil, when used in 
the way proposed, Any of our readers who have tried 
the experiment, will please report. 
A Clio I’ op Onions, —Will you, or some of your corres 
in praising the Rural. Some comprise both frigid and 
oleaginous ingredients. One of the richest requests we 
have received for many n day is from an extensive land 
agent or “ commissioner," In an Atlantic city, who in¬ 
closes a long circular and his card, and modestly says:— 
“ You will oblige both your readers and me [ah!) by pub¬ 
lishing tho inclosed inducements for actual settlers in 
pomlents, inform me how many bushels per acre of onions -t together with my card, io your valuable Rural. If 
nr<» AnMairlowoil o n ■ . . . __ . \ i j . n » ... 
stock, for comfort, pleasure, or profit 
It is the privilege of farmers to sufficiently 
provide, to a certainty, for what be intends to 
keep through tho winter. Let him sit down and 
make his figures from past experience, and good 
advice— Jet him act with candid judgment in the 
fall, endeavoring to have a little overplus in the 
spring. Three cows, well kept, will afford more 
rcul profit than four kept in an ordinary way; be¬ 
sides, there is comfort in being able to give them 
all they will cat, when you go out in a morning 
with the thermometer twenty degrees below zero. 
All reasonable pains and care to promote the 
growth aud comfort of stock, will add pleasure 
to profit. There U nothing lost in having hay on 
hand in the spring to keep over summer. The 
best judges agree that the same increases in 
value, and this accords well with our own obser¬ 
vation and experience. I have often been disap. 
pointed at witnessing with what relish cattle will 
eat an old remnant of my mow, lain over the sum¬ 
mer, while they would keep in good heart and 
look well. What property old hay extracts from 
the atmosphere, or how It increases in virtue, is 
beyond ray philosophy to determine: but from 
my own observation, I believe that cows, and 
younger stock, will cut the same hay better than 
they would the winter previous. 
Many old farmers deem it better than money at 
interest, to keep hay over summer in a good, dry 
lasts. 
Westfield, N. Y., 1860. 
ure considered a fair crop in tbs vicinity of Rochester, 
D. A. A. Nichols. hollow-liorn, or dry murrain—but soon saw proof "here t understand they arc extensively cultivated? I 
■ lli/illhl I 1 b l ■ t f .. ,i j. I* t- . _ j I ... 
SWALLOWING HUMBUGS. 
Eds. Rural New-\orkkr: —In a recent issue 
of your journal, is an article that cannot help 
enlisting the sympathies of ail. It appears that 
W. B. P. attempted to swallow a “humbug” some 
unmistakable,—large quantities of blood passing 
off with tbe urine. First gave a dose of saltpeter 
aud epsom salts, dissolved in chamber ley,— about 
a tablespoonful of saltpeter and two of salts. In 
about three hours, gave a handful of salt mixed 
with sulphur; in three hours, a dose same as at 
first, after which 1 saw no signs of the disease. 
would like to know wbnt kind of soil is lie-t. adapted to 
their growth Will they do well on a nandy loam?_ A 
Canadian Farmer, Hamilton, c. W.. Feb.. 1860. 
vsiuhb are not grown extensively in this section, sa 
they are in some parts of the country, like Connecticut. 
In that State lour hundred bushels are considered only a 
Cur crop by good growers, and they sell at about 75 centa 
a bushel, some times going us low as 60 cents, and some¬ 
times aelling for more than a dollar. To raise a good 
two or three hundred feet long; but, owing to its become exceedingly fat. — S. H. D., Wales, Mich. 
inflexibility, be wus not able to get it down. -*-♦-*- 
Since that time, she has been very healthy, and has cr(, P of onions, the soil must be very rich and the cnlti- 
become exceedingly fat. — S. H. D., Wales, Mich. Vllti(m thorough. A sandy loam is suitable, if it is made 
_, ,_rich enough with well-rotted manure. 
Hence, it has been protruding ever since, and tbe 
world would not have been any the wiser, had 
not one end found its way into the Rural, per¬ 
chance to convey a spark of sympathy to the un¬ 
fortunate W. B. P. If I mistake not, it is the same 
W. B. P. that made the great aud important dis¬ 
covery, that “Sorgho was a grand humbug .” 
Surely, his name should be written in gold upon 
the Temple of Fame, for this great disclosure. 
And now, that lie has made another astounding 
discovery, surely, the “generations shall rise up 
and call him blessed.” 
If lightning rods are not a protection to houses, 
it is high time the people know it. So far as my 
experience testifies, it is in favor of rods. I knew 
a house that was struck by lightning, and very 
much injured. A rod was put up; another storm 
arose, whose “bolts were neither buried by 
chance, nor thwarted by any heaven-defying 
Htiral Spirit of % flrrss. 
An Out-of-Do or I cc-1 louse. 
A writer iti tile Southern Homestead states 
that be had an ice-house out of doors, last season, 
and had plenty to spare in September. The mode 
of packing and keeping is thus described:- 
“Threw wood, four,feA in length, upon a space 
eight feet square—sufficient to keep the ice from 
the ground. The spaces between the slicks were 
filled with sawdust or tan bark. The ice was then 
packed snugly in a pyramidal form. To make the 
mass more compact, in order to keep the air from 
it, a lew pails of water were thrown over it The 
mass was then covered with sawdust. 
Lice on Fowls. 
The Field and Fireside gives the following reme¬ 
dy from a correspondent He had tried every- 
Hen Manchk— Onions.— (1.) I wish to be informed 
through the columns of the Rural, how I can most 
profitably dispose ot about twenty-five bushels of hen 
manure which I have in my hen-fionse, ami with which 
(have daily inked wood ashes,as we take them from the 
fires, IT applied to benefit u corn crop, should it be put 
in the hill with tbe seed, or Ms n top-drearinjr ufter the 
corn is up- Was 1 right in mixing ashes with it? (2.) 
I wish to put in three-quarters of an acre, of a rich, 
sandy loam soil, in onion seed. Ilow should the seed be 
put in. so as to lie cultivated with the lioe. nnd -what 
variety of seed does I s t on such er.il? (3.) Will differ 
eiii varieties of raspberries mix, bv allowing them to 
grow near each other:—!,. A W., Macoupin Co „ III. 
(1.) Gkn manure should be kept dry and cold. Ashes 
| should not be mixed with the dung of fowls. Charcoal 
dust, dry tnuck, or even common mold, is much bettor. 
The best result will be found from applying a good hand¬ 
ful in the hill at tho time of planting, 
(2.) Plant in shallow drills, about fourteen inches 
apart, and put the seed in the drills quite thin. Cover 
very shallow, and roll if you have a roller. Don’t allow 
a weed to grow, but keep them down from the first. As 
soon as the young plants appear, yvhich will hit In about 
you should satisfy my wish, please send me a copy of the 
number cnntainiug tho affair, and let me know terms and 
Conditions of advertising. AJter this I will pay for an 
advertisement, \f conditions are agreeable!" 
— Now, we submit whether that inquest, and qualified 
proposition to advertise (if our terms are agreeable, and 
we give from (M to $100 worth of space free,) isn’t re¬ 
freshingly modest and magnanimously liberal! Indeed, 
we Teel incapable of doing justice to the subject in the 
way of acknowledging our appreciation of so great a 
boon-, lb at we, away out here in the “ rural districts,” 
should he selected as the organ of a man so wise, benev- 
lent and patriotic toward our readers and those who 
would become “ actual settlers” in tho paradise for which 
he is “ commissioner.” Or course, if we “ satisfy ray [his] 
wish,” we will •' send a copy of the number containing the 
affair "—to be sure we will—giving our patronizing friend 
no intimation of the simple fact that we Lav. expended 
lens of thousands of dollars in establishing the Rural 
Nkw-Yorker, and mnUiog it, beyond question, the best 
advertising medium of its class in tbe world. We design 
to suppress all snob facts in the number containing said 
“ circular and card," nor will we hint therein that, if ever 
another Arctic Expedition ia proposed, It will become 
our bounden duty, as it w-ill be our pleasure, to suggest 
the “ commissioner ” as eminently qualified for tho posi- 
of commander-! o-chlef. 
place, where it will not receive moisture from the three-eighths wire;” yet, strange to relate it (the thing ,K ‘ could hear of - with indifferent success, thrue woeks > ke< ’I' thcm wo11 hoe,i i,ni1 "eeded by hand 
growd. Will »* o,,e of rooder, of tho lightning,) did condescend t, go down the little »“ *■>«“ des,,siring, »beo henrd ecci- “ J 
Rurai, favor us with their opinion on this suh- “three-eighths wire.” Such cases are, by no d, ritall L that‘day would notharhor them as much the rows. The Common n&, called sometimes the 
ject? It is one full of interest. Through fear means, rare. as n saud y e ” n - He says:— “ I soon had my poul- Connecticut Red. is the variety most liked by growers 
that hay will waste by standing, many have sold It ia to be much regretted that W. B. P.'s article try houses dug down three or four feet, filled up for a geuc-ral crop. 
the surplus early iu summer, and have been caught on "Sorgho” could not be universally read and w ’ ,tl cla ^’ ala ycr of beaten brick on the surface, (3.) Raspberries will not mix by growing near each 
<« iLn ndi.i... w. ^ f . . . . 1 . x <• a . .... . .Nii/l 41xn *vnnlx4vn*in .-. lb r. .. A _. , J . . i • 1 • 1. li im ontr nxAWn 4bnn n«w.1n 4.A.H 
in the ensuing March, with a meager, lean herd of known of all men. The amount of toil and labor 
cattle, and are scarcely able to procure enough, 
even by paying great prices, to keep them through 
in a half-famished condition. Such men would 
have been the gainers to have disposed of one- 
quarter, at a low price in the fall, and fed his sup¬ 
ply to the rest, Now, what argument would be 
more potent in reversing this system of economy, 
than the belief that any overplus will lie gaining 
for the succeeding winter. A conviction once 
impressed upon the farmer’s mind that hay, well- 
seeured, kept over on hand, is a good investment, 
and he will not only take more pains to have am¬ 
ple barns for storing, but he will also make his 
stables more warm and dry. and be more indus¬ 
trious in improving many opportunites for saving 
which are now neglected. a. 
McDcuougb, N. V., 1850. 
that would be saved would be immense. Why, 
Messrs. Eds., if you could have been here last fall, 
you could have seen the Sorgho rearing its pani¬ 
cles aloft, proclaiming the sweet time coming; 
and it did come. I planted onc-cighth of an acre 
aud the partitions of the nest made of brick.— 
This is two years ago, since which time I have 
neither seen, felt, or heard of the insect, and 
therefore think I have got entirely rid of them.” 
Value of Fnilei-ilriiining. 
J. W. ProcTOR gives, in the Boston Cultiva- 
other, any more than apple trees. 
SpRiXGHA.LT. —Please inform me the cause and cure of 
Springhalt, in borses, and oblige—S. Lehman, Schoharie and becornimr a nuisance. 
Co.. A. K.. 1860. 
Dox t \\ rite us Anontmouslt. —All who write articles 
for the Rckal, without communicating real name and 
residence, have their labor for their pains—besides wast¬ 
ing valuable time and stationery. “ A Subscriber," “ A 
Reader,” A. B., or any other cognomeu or initials may be 
appended to »u article as published, but we must know 
tbe name and location of the author as a guarantee of 
good faith. Those who send us articles anonymously— 
and we receive mauy every week—will please note that 
we do not publish, aud rarely even read, communications 
ol that character. And, in order to save them the time, 
trouble and expense of writing such, we hereby notify 
anonymous writers that we can furnish any quantity of 
rejected articles, on various subjects—in prose, poetry, 
blank verse, and neither —cheaper than they can possibly 
be produced. They are, in fact, a drug in this market, 
last spring, but it did not do well. I hoed it twice tor < three rcasonB wl W farmers should adopt a sys- 
CULTUBE OF BROOM CORN. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker; —In your issue of 
Jan. 7th, I notice an inquiry in regard to the cul¬ 
ture and value of broom corn. Not seeing any 
answer from our celebrated broom raisers, I will 
answer to the best of my ability, premising that, 
although not in that, business, I am somewhat 
familiar with it in all its details. 
lutlie first place, the ground should be dry and 
rich; the same conditions of soil being required 
as tor Indian corn. After the ground is plowed 
and thoroughly pulverised, it must be marked out 
in rows, three feet apart one way, and eighteen 
inches the other. The rows should be perfectly 
straight, if possible, as this will enable the most 
of the cultivation to he done with a horse. Plant 
at the season for planting maize, dropping from 
6 to 8 kernels in a hill, and cover about one inch 
deep. 
As soon ns it appears above the ground, put on 
— plowed it twice —and realized at the rate of 
one hundred and twenty gallons of molasses to 
the acre, and got-an article that was equal to the 
best sugar-house or golden syrup. As to the quan¬ 
tity that is raised here, I will only state that our 
merchants sell but one gallon where they formerly 
sold five. I fear that unless something can be 
done tor W. B. P. ere long, we shall hear him de¬ 
nouncing his plow as a humbug: perchance weeds 
and grass will gather upon it when using it. In 
short, everything that does not come up to his 
pre-conceived standard of right, will be denounced 
a humbug. Observer. 
Monmouth, 1860. 
tem of underdraiuing. L The soil will be more 
readily pulverized, consequently better fitted to 
promote vegetable growth; it being an established 
As a general thing, this peculiar spasmodic affection 
of the muscles in the hisd extremities, is one over which 
the veterinarian, with all the assistance of the whole 
materia medico, has little power, for the disease first 
originates in the nervous system. Where it is the result 
or minor derangement of the system, it may he relieved 
by removing the morbid habit by which it is induced. 
principle of culture, the more complete the pul- Regarding the treatment, Dr. Dadd remarks it will be 
AN EXPERIMENT IN STOCK-FEEDING. 
verization of the soil, tho more readily is it used 
by the growiug plant, 2. It hastens the process 
of vegetation in the spring, and gaards against 
premature cold iu autumn, consequently extends 
the season for growth and maturity—a very de¬ 
sirable consideration in our climate. 3. Itaffords 
a protection against winter killing of grass, grain, 
and other crops—an evil that has been extensive¬ 
ly felt the present season. 
Depth for Planting Potatoes. 
1. M. Cars, of Lafayette, Ind., relates, in the 
proper, when the attack is sudden, to let the horse rest; 
for, in a sudden attack, we might naturally suspect that 
some injury, either by blow or strain, had been done to 
the nerves of voluntary motion: in that case, cold water 
bandages, (around the body,) rest, light diet, nauseating 
medicines, with an occasional light dose of cathartic 
medicine, to dear out the bowels, will be indicated. 
Fomentations, light frictious with antispasmodic lini¬ 
ment, and the vapor bath, may assist materially in the 
recovery of the patient. 
In chronic cases of long standing, all hopes of recovery 
must be abandoned. Should the subject, however, be 
in a state of debility, the general health may he ira- 
The Weather was decidedly Borean last week, cloBiDg 
with a driving storm of snow, and high winds, on Satur¬ 
day. More snow fell hereabouts than dating any pre¬ 
vious storm this winter, though it was so blown into 
drifts as to render an average depth uncertain. Proba¬ 
bly the depth was from 6 to 10 inches. A change of 
temperature has occurred, however, aud warm sunshine 
is now (Feb. 21.) rapidly melting the enow, with pros¬ 
pects of a decided fieshet. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—H earing of the 
Ohio (iutivator, an experiment on this subject. — proved, and the spine should be daily rubbed with embro- 
He was Stopping with a friend, whom he found catious calculated to restore nervous euergy; in this 
planting potatoes, covering lightly, say two or view, we recommend the following embrocation for 
scarcity of fodder in your State, and frequently three inches deep, and advised deeper covering, springhalt:—Linseed oil, l pint; spirits of hartshorn, 2 
observing the question—“what shall we feed?’’— His friend thought not, but allowed him to cover 
I thought I would throw iu my mite of experience, a row his own way. He picked out the largest 
Some fourteen or fifteen years ago, while living potatoes, (his friend had them cut up quite fiue,) 
on the Reserve in Ohio, we had all of our wheat, 
hay, Arc., killed by frost in June; so scarce was 
fodder that many sent their cattle to the Miami 
Valley, to be kept for the half—but I thought I 
could not afford that. Being possessed of only 
one cow, and two horses, I thought I would ex¬ 
periment a little, and purchased 400 pounds of 
hay. paying $4 for it—about 500 pounds of oat 
aud wheat straw, and 30 bushels of ears of corn. 
Took the corn and had it ground, cob and all. 
Being too poor to own a cutting-box, I took an 
a handful of ashes, or ashes and plaster, mixed, if ax and cut the hay and straw as fine as I could_ 
the ground is not rich enough without such top¬ 
dressing. In about one week, the horse and cul¬ 
tivator can be started, and the first hoeing per¬ 
formed. Great care is required to do this well— 
if the ground is weedy, it is hard to distinguish 
the brootn corn from “pigeon grass,” “barn 
grass,” and similar coarse weeds—if the weeds 
are left, the corn gets stunted, and never will re¬ 
cuperate. The corn should be thinned, when 
hoed the second time, to live stalks in the hill, and 
the cultivator should be busily employed, to keep 
the ground mellow and free from weeds. 
sprinkled a little of ‘he meal on, and then poured 
upon it some boiling water. All being in a light 
box, I let it stand from one feed to tbe next, to let 
the straw steam a little, then gave it to my horses 
and cow. The result was, I had to buy 12 bushels 
more of corn, which lusted until grass—and 1 
never had horses and cow look better iu my life 
than did mine that spring. This satisfied me that 
and dropped a row, covering six or eight inches 
deep. This row did not come up as soon as the 
rest, but when tbe plants did come, their superi¬ 
ority was manifest as far as you could see them, 
and they kept ahead through the season, and at 
digging time told the whole story, yielding two 
or three times as much as any other row. 
Sawdust for Manure. 
The Commercial Bulletin, as quoted by the 
New England Farmer, contains a statement of the 
successful use of sawdust, iu substance as follows: 
—The stable floor was covered three or four 
inches dec-p with dry sawdust, and over this, 
coarse litter as additional bedding. The lit¬ 
ter was daily thrown out and replaced, or so 
much of it as was necessary. The whole wa t 
cleaned cut once a w r eelc. The sawdust so thor¬ 
oughly absorbed all liquids, that on throwing it 
out, the floor of the stable was left perfectly dry. 
In the spring, the shed, into which all was thrown, 
ounces; fine mustard, H ounce. Tbe medicine to consist 
of powdered goldenseal, powdered gentian, cream of 
tartar, charcoal, each 1 ounce; assafretida, >„ ounce. 
Mix; divide into eight parts; one to he given morning 
and evening, in the food. 
Tub “Southern Catcga Union Ao, Society’' held 
its second annual moating at Sherwoods, Feb. 7th. It 
was attended by a large number of the most influential 
farmers in tbe district, all of whom expressed a deep 
interest iu tbe prosperity of the Society, and a strong 
determination to make the next Fair fully equal, if not 
superior, to anything of the kind in Western New York. 
The reports or the Secretary and Treasurer show that, 
after paying all expenses aud premiums, there is a hand¬ 
some balance in the treasury. The following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year: President — Lyman 
Murdoch, Venice, f-'u-e-Presidents —’CalvinTruey,Scipio; 
P. L. Atwood. Venice: G. H. Post, Genoa; A. J. Culver, 
Ledyard; Edward Eldridge,Springport; John Hammond, 
Fleming. Secretary —Thomas Gould, Aurora. Treasurer 
— S. S. Coonley, Ledyard. 
I can keep an ox or horse without a particle of contained 148 large ox-loads—from the sawdust 
hay. Use corn and straw, grinding the corn and 70 loads, aud muck 20 loads. “ The crop of corn, 
cob together, feed after steaming, and your to which it was applied, fully responded to the 
cattle will not only r look well, but you will be treatment ” it thus received. 
Remedy for the Onion Fly.— In the Rural of the 
11th inst.. you speak of the destruction of the Onion 
Fly, aud say:—“ We have had several inquiries as to the 
best means of destroying this new enemy, but could give 
no information ol value, and many of the experienced 
growers of Europe have been compelled to abandon tbe 
culture of the onion, foiling to discover any efficient 
remedy.” Salmon Currier, of Potsdam, St. Lawrence 
Co., nn extensive gardener and seed-grower, told me a 
few weeks ago, that he found a perfect remedy three 
years since. His remedy is ergot, or rye smut, and co¬ 
balt, steeped very strong and made very sweet. Fill 
common pint howls half full, and place them one rod 
apart each way, and cover them with a stool, the legs 
pointed so as to stick into the ground. This cover serves 
two Important purposes It prevents the rain from dilu¬ 
ting and the sun from dry lug the liquid, and will stop 
the fly aud cause it to fall hack into the dish, when 
attempting to Uy away after eating the poison. He 
assures me this, with proper attention, will insure a crop 
of onions, and that no one can form any idea of the 
number of (lies this process will destroy. Should any 
one try this, be very careful, and not let the dear little 
ones get near the sweet stuff, for it is a deadly poison,— 
George PabkKB, Gouvei'nevr, 2V, Y, Feb., I860. 
Smithtille Ao. Society, (Chenango Co.)—Officers for 
1860: President— C. B Millbp. Vice-Presidents—J ck- 
miah Tillottson, Greene: L-rael Keuion, Mel' motigh; Geo. 
H. Livermore, German: Seymour Fitch, Ransom Yale, 
Ira Wbitemarsh, Smitbville, Secretary— Benj, Brown. 
Jest Sec’y —J. G. Bailey. Treasurer—Benj. Brown. 
Executive Committee —Lambert Terrell, John Kinnier, G. 
A. Wbippple, Graham Henry, B. B. Read, Uri Rorapaugh, 
Lyman Cole. J. M. Bunuei, James Ferguson, J. B. Baily, 
Murillo Cole and J, L. Grant. Tbe Society is free from 
debt, and in good condition. 
GOUverneuh Ag. and Much. Society. (St. Lawrence 
Co.)—Officers for 1860: President — Henry If Haii.e, of 
Fowler.' Vice-President —George Rodgers, of Gouverneur. 
Secretary —George Parker. Treasurer — Augustus E. 
Norton, of Gouverneur. Directors —Edward Hartley and 
John Pooler, of Gouverneur. This Society held its first 
Annual Fair September 15th, 16th aud 17th, 1869. There 
were 449 entries and $242 awarded iu premiums, $92 of 
which were generously donated to the Society. After 
paying all indebtedness, there is $131 77 on hand. 
The Farmers' and Mechanics’ Association (Chitten- 
ango, Madison Co«) elected the following hoard of offi¬ 
cers at its recent annual meeting: President — Daniel F. 
Kellogg. Vice-Presidents —A. S. Wager, Allen ScovLUe, 
George Rector, John R. Chapman, Alvin Keller. Treas- 
urcr —Fay H, Hutchins. Secretary —A. E. Gorton. 
