JlL 
» p u iw » wm' iTra wian 
can?, this milk will keep perfectly sweet and 
good for an indefinite time. The demand for the 
plain, condensed milk is so great, however, that 
L»ut little of the sugared milk is made. 
The Company olftlm that t iolr milk can be 
afforded cheaper than common milk, because 
being procured at & distance from the city, it is 
beyond the competition of milk dealers, while the 
saving in the cost of transportation is moie than 
the cost of condensing, and no loss by souring, as 
experienced by other milk dealers. To which 
might he added, should the system become 
general, the advantage of non delivery on the 
Sabbath, as the milk will keep good several days 
without any preparation. It i® desirable for all 
purposes of transportation where apace is an 
object, and from tho Report of a committee 
appointed by tho New York Academy of Medi¬ 
cine, who saw the cows milked, and watched the 
entire process, it appears to l>e perfectly healthy 
and deficient in none Of its nutritive qualities, 
being simply pure milk deprived of its watir, 
without the agency of heat to injure Its quality. 
The cap icity of tho present apparatus is to con¬ 
dense It, 000 quarts of milk in twenty-four hours. 
Should the demand continue as it has done, other 
establishments will doubtless bo located in differ¬ 
ent. p irts of the country, and a revolution in the 
milk business may be t.ho result. It may tend to 
equalize the price of lands, if those lit a distance 
from market can in this way bo made equally 
profitable. 
Mr. Borden lias also turned bis attention to 
the manufacture of other articles, such as “Cream 
Chocolate," from cocon, sugar and milk; also 
colleo. and tea condensed and ready for use. Last 
fall he tried his hand on cider, and by boiling 4 
barrels into one, made a superior article of 
molasses, which retains all the qualities oT cider, 
and by mixing with water makes a pleasant bev¬ 
erage; or, by a slight application of heat is con¬ 
verted into a very nice apple jelly, which will 
doubtless, ere long, become an article of general 
use, judging from the specimens I tasted. It has 
none of the common taste of boiled cider, but is 
much superior, as 1 will give you a chance to 
notice if 1 succeed in reaching Monroe county 
with tire specimens I have procured.* 
As this article is already longer than you 
may like, I will not give you all the specula¬ 
tions which an examination of this most suc¬ 
cessful application of a Simple principle to a 
direct, practical result called forth in my mind. 
I could not help thinking, or forbear suggesting, 
however, that this was a most striking instance of 
that progress in Agricultural knowledge which 
your paper and others have been instrumental in 
effecting. This man, Mr. Bokdkn, by a happy 
combination of inventive genius and true benevo¬ 
lence has added thousands of dollars to the value 
or laud in this neighborhood, even though he may 
not be benefited pecuniarily thereby, a matter 
which seems to trouble him but little. Science 
revealed the principle and ho applied it. That is 
all his patent claims. Knowi.eduk aud Thought 
— together, the source of all patents — can the 
farmer dispense with them? The ra.au of science 
and research is seldom the man of practice. Who 
can say how far this same principle is yet to be 
applied for our benefit Tho manufacture of sugar 
and syrup affords a wide field for operations. 
Perhaps Mr. 15. would do the country ft favor if 
he could succeed in condensing speeches in 
Congress, Ac., Ac. Hut perhaps you will say he 
had better first try his hand upon your bumble 
servant Will AUD JIojjges. 
Tnrrington, Litchfield Co., Conn., Dec. JSaO. 
• Having tasted both the condensed milk and jelly, we 
can endorse our correspondent’s opinion.—E d, 
DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS. 
Eos. Rural New-Yorkkk:—D o our American 
farmers sensibly realize that the great majority 
of them are laying the foundation, and that per¬ 
manently, to have their farms without a good 
1 wood or timber lot in fifty years? I am led to 
such a conclusion when I compare the present 
condition of tho heavy timber lands with that of 
forty-five arid fifty years ago. Let them have the 
same treatment fifty years to come, and the words 
of the Prophet will bo fulfilled:—“The trees of the 
forest shall be so few in number that a child can 
write them." Now, Messrs. Editors, would it not 
bo beneficial to a large proportion of your readers, 
^Igriculturnl Societies. 
‘thought it hardly fair to rob America of the 
honor of having furnished such an important 
esculent as Indian corn to the world.’ Ho ol> | Vermont Statu Ao Sooir.-nr — At llio annual meeting 
jected to a ‘general disposition to t dm away from of Ulis godoty. held at Miildlelmry. .Ian 6th, the follow- 
America the credit of her natural productions.' ing officers were elected for 1869: President — R. B-Chask, 
'I'lie potato was always called ‘Irish,’ and the Lyndon. Vice- Pres't»— Edwin Hammond, Middlebury 
turkey was named the ‘Caloutta oook,’ rva if it J. W Colburn, Springfield: H. n. Uiuter, Rutland; and 
came from India."-“Dr. Gibbon replied, ‘ho ! ,Ienr * Ne ' vl,or > Sscretorg-e barlreCummings, 
could not regard this as a question of patriotism, 
hut one of scientific truth. Uc had no disposition 
to deprive America of any of her honors, but 
wished to know where the Almighty bud origi¬ 
nally planted Indian corn; not where certain pro¬ 
fessors decide it ought to have boon grown for the 
honor of the conntry!”’-“ Hon. George Fol¬ 
io give this subject a thorough investigation in BOmi 0 f pc ew y 0 rk, inquired of Prof. Gray, ‘if 
the Rural,— show how it is being done, and also there ^id DO t exist in Oriental countries at the 
present day, a variety of Indian corn?’”- 
“Prof. Gray replied ‘ho bad no doubt of it.’" 
“Mr- Folsom said ‘he bad no doubt of it, for 
he had seen Indian corn in Egypt, where it was 
manufactured into meal, very much like our corn 
cakes.”’-“ Prof. Gray asked ‘it It was Indian 
corn, or dowra, which was probably our broom 
corn?”’-“Mr. FolBom replied, ‘he saw both 
Indian corn and dowra there, but they wore both 
called by the name name. He Could not learn that 
Brattleborn’. 'IYtjisurr.r — Erin>ir>) Seymour, Vnrgcuntu*. 
Directors — Frederick Holbrook, Brattlclmrn", 0. II. lVn- 
nimnn, Colchester; I Vivid Hill, Bridpnrt; 11 S- Horn’, 
fthe.lburu; John J.ickaon, Brandon; Jonn Cn-gory, North- 
field; I). B. Hotter, St, Albans; Daniel Needham, Hart¬ 
ford; I>. A. Beimel, Bridporl; Elijah Cleavelond,Coventry; 
aud Henrv B Root, Bnmiington. The Society ha a a bal¬ 
ance of $3/532,76 In the treasury. 
what is the remedy ? To effect this object, I send 
you a few of my reflections and conclusions on the 
subject. 
First —How are timber lands likely to be made 
bare, of timber? By continually pasturing them. 
In such woodlands the underbrush has long ago 
disappeared, and much has become seeded to 
grass. This gives a good chance for the wind, 
when the leaves drop from tho forest timber, to 
blow them into tho hollows, or pile them up into 
Tin? “ Philadelphia Society tor Promoting Aori- 
OOLTlittB” livid it* annual meeting on the 6th inst., and 
elected officers ns follows; President — Craig Biddle. 
Vice-Presidents -Charles \V. Harrison, (one vancaucy.) 
Gar. Sec'y —Sidney O. Fisher, Her.. Sec’y —Dr. A. I,. 
Kennedy, Assi R'c Sec y—P. B. Freon. Treasurer— 
George Blight, Librarian —John McGowan Chemist— 
C. Booth Executive Committee —Ha; id Ls&dretb, 
John Lordlier, Samuel William*, Charles tV. Han-idon, Dr, 
C. It. King, Aaron Clement Library Committee —David 
Laudretb, Craig Biddle, George Blight. 
heaps by old logs, or carry them along by the there was ft distinctive name for each, although 
wind among the timber, and lodge them in gullies he repeatedly endeavored to do so. One was sow 
or over the brink of the ridges in windrows, ghum, or millet, and the other was a small variety 
Examine such woodlands, and where the leaves of what tee call Indian corn.’" 
are carried off, the most of the timber is dying out 
STEAMING FOOD FOR CATTLE. 
fast. Why? Because there it has become the 
most seeded to grass, its roots occupy the soil 
and collect ihost of the nutriment from the small 
amount of leaf mould, aud the roots of the timber 
arc driven to the subsoil for support. The tops of 
the trees, of all sizes, are fast becoming dry, 
because the roots are robbed of that food they 
need to keep up a thrifty growth of timber. 
Serond —What treatment should timber lands 
receive to give the most thrifty growth to the 
timber? This is tho question that should be 
understood. I answer, stop pasturing them and let 
a thicket of underbrush start up. This is actually 
necessary, for several reasons, to give a thrifty 
growth to the larger timber. It keeps a supply of 
Cider-Making in Connecticut. 
“ Vkby few are, aware,” says the New Haven 
Journal, “of the extent to which the manufacture 
of cider is carried within a few miles of this city. 
In conversation with a gentleman from Cheshire 
a few days since, we were, surprised that in that 
town alone, eight thousand barrels have been made 
the past season, nearly all of which is now in 
process of clarification, and will be ready for 
market early in the spring. Four establishments 
alone have made from 1,600 to 2,000 barrels each, 
which is already disposed of, and will be sent to 
market as Boon as ready for use. This, when 
clarified, is as pure as wino, and is sold readily in 
New York, to bottle, for $1 per barrel for the 
young timber coming along to fill the place of the and when bottled Is in great demand at the 
old that is decaying by age. A thicket of under- g ou thut$5 per dozen. The business is rapidly 
brush keeps the grass from growing, and holds j nC t-easiug, and the cultivation of the apple is 
the forest leaves where they drop, keeping them lively to prove as profitable as that of the grape 
spread in an even coat over the ground, prevent- !l{ ltie \ve fe t, where thousands of dozens of wine 
ing evaporation in the summer, and holding 
moisture more evenly in the soil. Examine the 
loaf mould, and it is found filled with a thicket ol | 
small, fibrous routs, clear up to the dry leaves. 
Here is found the very nutriment needed to give 
a thrifty growth to the timber. 
West Bloomfield, N. Y., I860. Alvin Wilcox. 
SWARD-BOUND MEADOWS. 
arc put up yearly. The fruit growers of Connect 
ioutcan cultivate the apple with but little expense, 
and can realize at least 20 cents a bushel for all 
they can raise. The past season those who have 
mills at Cheshire have paid from 18 to 20 cents 
per bushel for all they could find, tilting them 
front the orchards where they have been collected, 
the raiser being subjected to no expense except 
that of picking and piling in heaps." 
Mkssrs. Editors:— In the Rural New-Yorker 
of Dec. 17th, I saw an article on steaming food 
for cattle, by E. W. Rtkwakt, wherein the facts 
and figures are given so fully that no one can 
doubt the economy of that mode of feeding. He 
says, “ I have practiced upon this method for 
thiec years, and experimented quite extensively 
to determine the relative vftluo of straw to hay. 
I first used two quarts uf Indian meal per bushel 
pf straw, and fed cattle upon this and hay side by 
side. The straw and meal fattened the animals, 
while the hay did not. Further experiment satis¬ 
fied me that a bushel of straw, with from one to 
one and a half pints of Indian meal, dusted upon 
it, and well steamed, was equal to the best Timothy 
bay." 
Will Mr. Stewart please inform us, through 
your paper, how much straw was given at one 
time to one animal?—how often in twenty-four 
hours it was given?—whether the animals that 
were fed were expected to produce milk or beef, 
or were intended for labor, and how many pounds 
of Timothy hay wan one me9a of straw and moal 
equal to? * Immediately after reading the article 
above alluded to, I looked over the volumes of 
forty dollars worth of agricultural papers, and 
though I found many articles setting forth tho 
economy* of steaming food for cattle and hogs, 
yet nowhere could 1 find a description of tho 
process- or of the apparatus necessary for per¬ 
forming the work. True, I found pictures of 
“ Farmers Steam Boilers,” and bad seen such 
things at our State Fairs, but they are costly, and 
they won’t hold enough for one feed for a pair of 
six year old Durhams, and if any farmer was to 
attempt to “ get up steam" in one of them within 
a gunshot of his barn, be would certainly forfeit 
his insurance, even if ho was lucky cuongh to 
escape ft fire. To steam food for twenty or 
twenty-five head of cattle, t’.noe times a day, the 
steamer sliou Id be convenient to tho raw material, 
aud also to tho place of feeding, or the loading 
and unloading will too much reduce the profits. 
Will Mr. Stew art, or any of your c^rrespond- 
ont« give a plain and concise Best ription of the 
necessary fixtures, the time occupied in Mourning 
twenty or thirty bushfclfl uf ioeri, and ftuoh other 
information as will enable those wno have never 
practiced the method, to go to work underst.md- 
ingly? o w ’ D * a 
Vfest Chester, Chester Co., Peon., 180\ 
IN answer to ihe closing inquiry of W. D. S., attention 
la directed to the new Steamer of D. R. Pkindls, adver¬ 
tised in this paper.—E d. 
Eds. Ritual New-Yorker:— There is much 
complaint of short crops of grass, and particularly 
on what arc called sward-bound meadows. As a 
general thing, the farmer pays less attention to 
liis meadows than to any other part of his farm. 
From my own experience, I have come to the 
conclusion that more profit can be derived from 
the same amount of labor and expense laid out 
upon tho meadow Ilian in any other department 
in farming. 
1 will give my method and experience in grow¬ 
ing grass, In 1840 I seeded a lot of six acres with 
timothy and clover. It did well for throe or four 
years, then it began to fail. 1 fed oft the fall feed 
quite close, to prevent the mice from living in it 
under the show and digging out. the timothy roots, 
which they often do to the great detriment of the 
moadow during the winter. Late in the fall I 
dress with a light coat, of rotten manure, and 
drag with a sharp harrow until quite raw. The 
fnrt of May I sow one bushel of plaster per acre, 
which I think doubles the value of the manure. 
Under this culture 1 have never cut less than three 
tuns per acre of good hay, and there is no pros¬ 
pect of a failure. Jf manure is not to be had, a 
thorough harrowing will do good to meadows. 
It is my opinion that early mowing soon destroys 
them, and the hay is of less value. 
Port Byron, N. Y., lSflO, Wv Hayden. 
-- 
Ulurftt Spirit of ll)c Press. 
American Corn. 
Sorghum for IIo^Koeding. 
One of the correspondents of the American 
Farmer, writes to that journal the following:— 
“ Lust spring my falser appropriated one acre to 
its culture, in drills two and a half feet apart, 
and six inches opart in the rows, which he culti 
vated after tho manner of Indian corn. About 
the 10th of August ho commenced feeding a lot 
of 12 hogs upon it, then in low order, and they 
regularly improved till the 1st of November, with 
out any other feed, when it gave out—leaving all 
the hogs thus fed in excellent condition. They 
have been maturely fattened for killing with 
boiled corn, with the most satisfactory results 
was with many doubts of its utility and economy 
that he tried it, being one ol the many who wisely 
look with suspicion upon now tilings—but a short 
corn crib put him on tho alert for a substitute, 
and the one tried (Sorgho) firmly convinces hint 
myself, and many others around him, that the 
acre of cane saved him an expenditure of $76 for 
corn, that he would have, without it, been com 
polled to purchase. 
Inquiries anti $nsu)crs. 
To Sweeten Rancid Butter.—A subscriber at Mexico 
Oswego Co., N. Y., wishes to know how to make rancid 
butter sweet. 1 would say that it has bee o done to porfoc 
satisfaction in our family by the following process—Place 
the butter in a churn, add to it us much new milk bh the 
same amount of butter would produce of buttermilk 
churn thorn well together, and then proceed the same as 
with new butter, salting to suit the taste.—W. 8. <'cutis 
Fainealer, Green Luke Co., Wis., 1860. 
Chenango Co, Ao. Society.—A t the recent annual 
meeting of this Society the following officers were 
chown for 1860: PresidenL— Horace Paokkb, Oxford. 
Pice-Presidents —James If. Phillips, Coventry; L. 8 
Sweet, Smyrna; John Banks, Bainbridgo; Charles P. 
TiubclI. Smithville; Bound am Frink, Plymouth; Grant B. 
Palmer, Columbus; Ira Crane, Sherburne. Secretary and 
Treasurer —Jonathan Wells. The first premium, for best 
managed farm of not less than 60 acres, was awarded te> 
John A. Randall, whose income from a farm of 2.>0 seres 
Is (1,983. _ 
Dblawarb Co. Ao Society—O fficers ter 1800; Presi. 
dr.nl — 8. F. Miller, Franklin. Viet-Presidents — G. 
Becker, Stamford; J. B. Yende?, Delhi; Henry W Hey* 
wood, Kortright; Porter Frisbee. Meredith; M. L, Bost- 
wick, Hamden; Cyronun Gibbs, Harpersfield; William II 
Do win, Andes; Porter G. Northrup, Franklin; Edward 
Hoyt., Walton; Elijah Roe, Sidney; Alex. Storio, Bovina; 
A. J. Keutor, Roxbury. Cor. Sedy—'A. li. Stoat, Delhi. 
liee.. Sec'y— Chur. B. Wade, Walton. Treasurer— II. 
Olmstod, Walton. 
Genesee Co. Ao. Society. —Tho annual meeting of 
this Society, held at Batavia a few days since, is said to 
have been of the light Stamp, The best feeling prevailed, 
spirited resolutions w ere adopted and the following board 
of officers elected: President —Ciiab. K. Ward, is* Roy. 
Fire-Presidents— Geo. Rod ley, Stafford; Addison Foster, 
Elba, tier. Sedy —Horace M. Warren, Batavia. Cor. 
Sec'y— N. K. Cono, Bethany, Treasurer —Homer Bost- 
V'tck, Batavia. Directors—W. S. Miller. Byron; S if, 
Short, Batavia; Danl'orth Newton, Alexander. 
J betkiison Co. AG. Society. —Officera for I860: Presi¬ 
dent— Wit. Rouse, Orleans. Secretary—A. P. Sigourney. 
Treasurer —Dr E. 8. Lansing. 
Onrida Co. Ao. Society. — At the annual meeting, 
held at Clinton, Jan, 6th, the following board of officers 
wan elected: President— Nathaniel S. Wright, Vernon. 
Pice-Presidents —Stephen A. Covflje, Vienna, and Horace 
Dunbar, Camden, Sedy— R. N. Morrison, Westmorland, 
Treasurer —Silas C. Greenmail, Utica. Erceutine Com¬ 
mute e —George Benedict, Verona; G. K. Kolia, Kirkland; 
C. W. Eel Is, Westmoreland; LorenWl Rouse, Marshall; 
Henry llbortes, Tiv otmi, J. K. Morgan, Deerfield; Morgan 
Butler, New Hartford; William Potter, ttercy; William 
Ferguson, O risk any Falls. The Society is in a prosper¬ 
ous conditinu, having n balance of over |300 on bund. 
The display of Fruit at the meeting was very large, eclips¬ 
ing any previous year. Premiums were aw ai ded on Grain 
Root Crops, Fruit, he,, to many persona who are known 
aa progressive and successful cultivators. 
It 
Our “star-spangled banner,” of course, is a 
flag which has bail an car of corn rolled over it— 
that monarch of all the grain of the world being y KeT mowing and Reaping Mach inks.—P lease inform 
found oulvin America, Like all other national me through the Rpral which is the beat Combined Mow 
iviunu vmj J .... , . i no and iUuiDing Machine?—li. J, S., Mercer Co., Pa. 
claims to superiority, this claim of America to 
■ ,■ ir h J S. will examine our advertising columns, he 
"corn” a? its indigenous peculiarity, la disputed “• “• 
1 , f , . . will discover that there are u good many best. But, 
by the carping philosopher; and, at the meeting ^ wh(?re fttrraers wh o use them,and committees who 
of tho Scientific Association at Springfield last appointed hy State and County Agricultural Societies 
summer, it was made a question of discussion. )0 a C e.i>ie this fiuerilion. disagree, it would be prosumptu- 
Ss \-8 the Ucpoit:—“ Indian corn is not known in oug f or us to attempt a decision. 
Europe. Some years ago a young English gentle¬ 
man carried home with him us a walking-cane a How Shall 1 Save my S.iRR.d-There ih s small brook 
mail Lin new o running through my marsh and I have .-.traightened it by 
stalk of Indian corn, neatly varnished. Ills old cuUin( , (l aitcU live feet wide, and throe feet deep, and 
country friends admired it very much, and farmers deposited the muck in the old channel It works hue a 
counuj menus aui j , charm, and, so far. 1 am satisfied with it; but alter the 
inquired ‘what wood it was inane oi: naturally w is secured 1 use it fora sheep pasture, and several of 
eavy the shrep have been drowned. This troubles me some. 
fr. Kavvkencb Co. Ao. Society. —The ninth annual 
meeting of this Society was held at Canton, Jan 10th 
Officers elected: President— Hon. Calvin T Hvlburd 
Brasher. Vice-Presidents—3 o&eph Whitney, Madrid 
George A. Sheldon, Heim.in; Reuben Noll, Oswegatohio 
Joseph E. Orvis, Massena: Charles N. Conkey, Canton 
Alexander J Dike. Pepeyster; Nelson Doolittle, Ruwh‘ 11 
Joseph K BU'pbry, Hupkiuton. Sec'y—1.. E. B. Wins¬ 
low, Canton. 7rcaMH'iT—Oorge C. Bogue, Canton, 
The Society is in a prosperous condition. It was resobed 
that “ io future the premiums of the Society be open to 
the world for competition.’’ Al.-o. ‘-that the time of 
holding the Fairs of th : « Society should be fixed ami 
permanent, and that the last Wednesday of September 
in each year be and hereby is fixed upon as the first day 
of the Fair." 
International Ag. and Mechanical Sooikty. — At 
the annual meeting of the St Lawrence International 
Agricultural and Mechanical Society, the following officers 
wero elected: Preside at—Hon. Charles G. Myeks, of 
Ogdensburgh. Vice-Presidents —Thomas L. Harrison, 
Morley; Edward M. Shepard, Norfolk; Peter MeGregor, 
Morristown Sec'y — Charles Shepard, Ogdensburgh 
Treasurer —William J. Averill, Ogdensburgh. Directors 
—Chester Dike, Depeyster; Henry Hooker, Morristown. 
^Vc\ricultiiral illisccltann* 
Great Mbn bnd tkbtk Lives in thb Country, nr prefer 
to, the world irver. In a lain addrerw, speaking to young 
men of the advantage* of country over city life—alluding 
to the reliability of the f irmer's occupation, and the uncer¬ 
tainty and temptations of city trades and profes-inns—wu 
stated that all truly great men desired to spend the even¬ 
ing of their existence In the pure, invigorating, Cod- 
rnade country, after vainly seeking peace and content¬ 
ment elsewhere. Wt are aware tbrt there is much cant 
on the subject of fanning and rural life—much “ talking 
to I’uncombo" by politiciaam and would-be governors 
and statesmen—yot the simple, fact stated should prove, a 
stronger argument with young men who are looking city¬ 
ward, than all the fulsome speeches ever uttered. 
— Confirmatory of tho above, (both os regards the fact 
and the Buncombe) h the report of what transpired at 
the recent annual mooting of the U. S. Ar. Society:— 
“The President attended the U, S. agricultural society, 
Thursday morning, tu receive his diplnmv as an honorary 
member. Tbc President of the Society, in delivering it, 
Bjtid it waa a strange coincidence that every President of 
tho United State* had cither te rn called from the plow 
like Cinoinnatua. or else had retired to itnt the ox; iration 
of their term of office. Mr. Burlinnan in reply sjoke of 
bis taste fur agricultural pursuits, though be bad but 
little opportunity to indulge in them. He paid a high 
tribute to the patriotic worth of the tilleni of the soil, 
and anticipated his return to Wheatland in less than 
eighteen months, to enjoy tho independence and quiet of 
rural life, ills speech was Frequently interrupted by 
applause.” 
WnKNCB n I'M a nates. — Rochester, ff. V., is tho “ local 
habitation,” or place of publication, of the Rural New- 
Yorker. It don't emanate from New York city. Albany, 
Utica, Syracuse, Buffalo, or any other Kiimll town, hut 
from Rochester, the Metropolis of Western l\’em> York — 
in the mi'tet of whet i* said to bo the host populated and 
cultivated ‘ Rural District" of America—and people who 
address ua wiLI please govern themselves accordingly. 
Why ? We almost daily receive letters which hnve been 
mi»-dtrrcted to New York, or elsewhere, and kindly for¬ 
warded hy the Po*t Master. No doubt many epistles, 
thus wrongly addressed, never reach us at *11. I*-tten» 
Intended for us not unfreqciently go to some oilier Roch¬ 
ester than this in N Y.—for there is a Rochester in 
almost every State. HusIoch* and other correspondents 
will please note that our address is rimpty “ Uocheeter, 
N. Y.” (not Rochester.) The State should bn designated 
hv A. Y . re’-y plainly written, to distinguish it from N. 
II. and other States having a post-office of the same 
name. Some letters probably go astray bemuse New 
York is written in full, instead of N. Y. The term Rev>- 
Yorker, especially with the prefix Rural, don’t mean N. 
Y. city by any means. Friends, please “bo sure you're 
right" in this matter. 
“Stoe my Pai'KR!"—A few days ago a subscriber in 
Seneca Co. wrote us demanding why wc did not furnish 
63 numbers in 1859. He averred that we. gftv’c but 51 in 
1868, that subscribers were entitled to 63 In '69, snl 
that unions he and others received a »aU*factory explana¬ 
tion, they wished the money which they Inul advanced 
for I860 returnei ! Wo replied, briefly, that we did pub¬ 
lish 6’J numbers in 1868, a* we had every year—that we 
luid no time to give sntiHf.iction in writing, but tendered 
it to him by striking his name from the list of over 100 
subscribeis from hia place for 1 60, aud returning tho 
moony—twilling that we would cheerfully favor others 
who felt grieved in like manner, if be would give us their 
names, and that we inclosed a stamp to prepay his letter 
containing them! Wo hope it wasn i wicked, but it gave 
Its'pleasure to strike that parson's name from our books. 
— Tho above waa written the first week in January. 
After it was in type, the aggrieved party sent us the 
money again, owning np like a man—and we only publish 
the item now for the benefit of a few queer specimens of 
humanity who don’t comprehend why we did not issue 
a paper on the 31st- Of Dec, (the 63d Saturday of 1859,) 
although the reason was fully explained iu the Rural of 
Dec. 17th. People who wish mans than 52 numbers ef 
the Rural for a year’s subscription, or desire us to begin 
a new volume at any other time than tho first woek in 
January, cannot be accommodated. 
comparing its lightness wjth their own heavy 
timber. The youngster gravely informed them 
•it was tho straw of the. American corn, with 
which the Yankees littered their cattle. He then 
added to their surprise by presenting a large ear 
of Indian corn, the grain produced by such a 
straw. The English farmers invariably placed the 
corn ear on top of the stalk, supposing it grew 
like wheat-corn." 
YVe add a passage or two from the discussion:— 
“Dr. Gibbon did not pretend that Indian corn, 
tobacco, or cotton, grew native in any portion of 
Europe; yet he had no doubt those plants existed 
in Asia and Africa before Columbus discovered 
America. * * “ Prot Gray, o! Cambridge Col¬ 
lege, who had early interrupted the reading of this 
paper, said, 1 Dr. Gibbon bad proved that the peo¬ 
ple of the countries to which he referred, used 
breadstulls in the same way in which we use Indian 
corn; hut he would like to hear one. single piece 
of evidence that Indian corn was known before 
the discovery of America by Columbus.’ ” * ¥ 
“ Prof. W. D. Whitney, of New llaven, said ho 
Some of my neighbors have Inst sheep iu the same way. 
They fin Hot take the trouble to go to the bridge. What 
shaft 1 tin? Will cutting the ditch broader prevent their 
attempting to jump Hi—or shall I lie under the necessity 
of fencing it? Who among the Kvral subscribers eau 
toll*_ W.m. H. Chaltkk, Byron, Shiawassee Co., Mich. 
How to CURE a Strain —I have a tine young mure that 
lias been lame for a cnnsidonililu time, aud hat u neglected 
making any inquiries, thinking that she would recover in 
a tew days. The lameness is iu the fore foot, about the 
fetlock or in one of the small joints below, which it is I 
cannut tell. Any information from some of your n umer¬ 
ous renders would lie thankfully roeetved.—L. C. Evans, 
Jjtxlngton, III., 1860 
The fetlock-joint is very complicated, aud, beiug the 
principal seal of motion below the knee, is exceedingly 
liable to injury. If the sprain is a simple one. and con¬ 
fined to this part, our correspondent cau try cooliogappli- 
entions,— a cold water bandage, for instance.— for the 
inflammation. Tincture of arnica and pure water, equal 
parts, will prove of service iu bathing. Should a cold 
water bandage be tried this cold weather, cover the wet 
bandage with dry cloths. Tho difficulty may be in Borne 
of the lesser bones, so numerous about the foot, and 
should the foregoing prove ineffectual, and Mr. Evans 
qan more definitely locate the seat of disease, we will be 
pleased to render any assistance in our power. 
The Brookfield Au. Sooikty (Madison Co.) held its 
annual meeting Jan. Ifftli, and elected officers for 1860 us 
follows: President— Eleazkr Beebe. Vice-Presidents — 
Nathan T. Brown, Herman A. Hull, Thomas R. Gorton, 
l’eleg stanbro. Sec'y - John T. G. Bailey, 'l'rcasurcr— 
Calvin Whitford. Directors—Sum uol Burdiolt and War¬ 
ren D. York. 
The Cazknovia Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Association 
has elected tho following hoard of officers for 1S60: Pres 
ideal —Elliot Card. Vice-Presidents— Cyrus Parsons 
aud Merwin Clark. Sec’y— E. D. Loomis. Treasurer— 
C. L. Chappell. Directors— Albert Card and John Steb 
bins. Action was taken to secure inclosed grounds and 
buildings for permanent use. The Society has a balance 
iu ita treasury. _ 
TTrE Camden (Oneida Co.) Industrial Association held 
its annual meeting Jan. 4tli, when the following officers 
wore elected: President— Thomas D. 1’knkiki.d, Fice- 
Presidcnls— Alden Vathbuo aud David Sears. Ree. Secy 
_p, c. Costello. Cor. See’y —George Elder. 'Precis — 
Thomas 3tone. _ 
The L*nox (Madison Co.) Farmers’ and Mechanics' 
Association, nt its annual meeting, elected the following 
board for I860: President— Ralph II Avery. Vice- 
Prctidcvls—Y. M. Whitmanand it. E, Hitchcock. Sec'y — 
1. N. Mesanger. Treasurer —T F. Hand. A premium 
was awarded to Robert Kirkland for best crop of Medi¬ 
terranean wheat— 40 .'d bushels per acre! and to MILTON 
K. Hitchcock for oats—63 bi bushels per acre, by weight. 
The Society has the handsome sum of $30S,5S on hand. 
The Weather of the past week has been remarkably 
fine for the season — more like April than Janunrv. Tho 
bright sun and mild atmosphere have evidently been 
appreciated and enjoyed by both ninn and beast. Indeed, 
the weather of the whole month has been remarkably 
mild in this region —like an oasis In the desert, after the 
frigidity or December Per contra, wo observe by the 
last account*, that our California friends are having a 
Burean season — that while the prices of hay, tec., nro 
down here, they are so elevated there os to be almost out 
of right. Wa quote—“Latest accounts from Carson 
Valley represent the snow from throe to five feet deep 
on the inhabited districts on the western side of the 
mountains. Mining operations were suspended. The 
stock iu Honey Lake Valley was starving in large num¬ 
bers. Hay was $ 150 per tun! The number of cattle 
wintering in tho Valley east of the mountains was esti¬ 
mated at 20,000, and in ordinary weather stock had 
thrived well there all winter.” 
The British Wheat Citor—The Mark Lane Express 
(London, Eng..) of Dec. 10th, says that inquiries with 
regard to the wheat crop in Britain demonstrate that 
whilst the weight of wheat last season averaged 4 tbs. 
per bushel less than the previous year, the actual defi¬ 
ciency in flour will be at least 5 tbx; the proportion of 
bran in light wheat being much greater than in heavy. 
Now, 6 tbs. per bushel is 40 lb*, per qr., which, upon 
16.000,000 qrs. (the average produce of the kingdom.) 
amounts to 2,286.714 sacks of flour; amt reckouing 6 buak. 
of wheat to each sack, wc Lave 13.714,284 bushels, or 
1,714,285 qrs., representing the reduction in the produce 
of flour. The total deficiency of food, therefore, in the 
wheat crop, would be as follows: 
In Wheat.-. - 1.480,000 qrs. 
In Flour..3,714,285 •< 
Total.___3,194,2s5 
The Union Ag. Society of Sandy Creek. Richland, 
Orwell aud Boylston, held ite second nnnuat meeting 
Dec. 20th. 1S&9, and at which the following officors were 
chosen for IStiO: President — O. It. Earl. Vice-President 
—Horace Scripture. Sec'y— E. H Sergeant. Treasurer 
_l 1 . M. Newton. Directors —John Boomer, J. L. Bortles, 
W. B. F.andolph, Solomon Fellows, John Parker and 
Edmund Bonner. 
Our Advertising Frie.vdh whose favors do not appear 
this week must exercise that cardinal virtue ycleped 
Patience. We omit all our own notice? to make room for 
others, and yet arc obliged to defer over a column of 
advertisement*, We are doing the best we can, every 
week, to accommodate ms many adverthc-rs aa possible 
without infringing upon the rights of subscribers. 
_Those who write us—as many have of late — asking 
about advertising,— if we will make a discount to them, 
_ al e referred io our published rates, and advised that 
we have neither the time or disposition to write letters 
on the subject, or any occasion to deviate from terms — 
especially so long as we have more advertising at full 
rates than we can give. “ A word,” Ac. 
The Ohio Farm School is represented by the Board of 
Commissioners to have been very successful the past 
year. There ore 102 boys on the farm w ho have been 
profitably employed, and the “ moral tone " is constantly 
improving. 
Gov. Boctwell, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board 
of Education, has received an urgent offer to take the 
Presidency of the Michigan State Agricultural College, 
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