This plan has Obvious advantages—it may have 
serious objections. The latter we have not'dis¬ 
covered,—some of the former we will enumerate. 
1st, The manure is made and saved under cover, 
until hauled to the liold, 2d, It. can be hauled at 
any time, and during winter, as it never freezes. 
3d, It saves the time and labor incident to clean¬ 
ing stables, 4th, It saves all the manure most 
effectually, both liquid and solid, with no addition¬ 
al rain water. 5th, The cattle are kept much 
cleaner than on floors, and with much less 
trouble. This requires liberal littering, and this, 
again, increases the pile of manure, (itli, In con¬ 
sequence of the dose packing of the materials, by circulating your paper here, that 1 wonder our 
the treading of the cattle, fermentation is never ,unnerB IK ’ 1iuJ 11 meuns recreation 
rapid, but sufficient to cause a thorough gcrniiua- * 1(>m fa 1 * 8 ^ ,c field. The Rural is the 
tion of all seeds, fair and foul, and their consc- l ia I ,e *' I u| ' G* e people, and a great favorite with the 
quent destruction. This point we have this day ladies. 1 o the latter 1 am much indebted for the 
tested by removing a portion of the dry litter on ^ S(< iid you. Designed as your paper is to 
the surface, and discovering a network of roots interest the whole household, I did not consider 
and sprouts of vegetating grains. 7th, The gently that 1 hijd full 7 discharged my duty till its merits 
fermenting manure beneath the cattle and under w£!rC presented to all. That the expense might 
the dry litter, makes a warm, comfortable bed, 1‘fifitly, and the interest in the paper be 
which they 7 highly appreciate, and which the doubled, I have recommended two members of a 
experience of a winter and a half, is convincing family to join. Aw the result, it is gladdening maDy 
us, contrary to our first impressions, is not detri- rnor(: homes than 1 send you names. There is 
mental to the health of the animals, but, on the something mysterious in the power of the Rubai. 
contrary, highly conducive to fat and thrift. ri; lax the features and unloose the purse strings. 
Corunna, Mich., Jan. 1860. G. M Reynolds. There is such a furoie now for the Rubai, that I 
- *++ _ have got to work on whether I will or not Every 
HUNGARIAN GRASS. timo 1 attempt to close up the business, the deeper 
- I get in. 1 wrote to tlie publisher telling him. 
Eos. Rubai. Nbw-Yokkku: —In your paper of rather ungentlcmanly,that he put me in mind of 
Sept, 3d, 1859, I notice that Hon. A. Ik Dickinson a certain old fellow who gets people into scrapes, 
says (without comment,) that the “Hungarian but is never known to help them out Where the 
Grass of last year, and the lloney-Dlade Grass of matter will end I do not know, for the ball Is still 
CANVASSING FOR THE NEW-YORKER. $ |j c U C£~llCCp CV 
[Or late we have received many interesting letters from -- 
Agcnt-F'n nds, relative to their experience in canvassing Octagon Bee-Hive. 
for the Rural, eome of which are quite spicy and rvada- J T is an established fact that boos, during 
Me Among these is the following from a correspondent the w j D ter, congregate in a body, and work tip for 
in Washington county — H. K, FjbIIEI'.. Esq., — who re- ,, . f , .... , . .. 
cently volunteered his cHurts in aid of the Rural, and ^ f ° 0<1 » U ^frequently the case that 
Ims already obtained en.tr one hundred subscribers in a U P thiough t.ieir hive, and then starve to 
locaiity where but very few copies sore taken lost year, death, when there is plenty of honey in the cor- 
It show* what iiman of energy and influence can do in a ners. For if the weather is very cold, they-will 
good cause, and we trust others will regard the example not go down to begin anew; and if they should, 
as worthy of imitation.] they would find it like the boy’s four-pence, a 
Mr. Moork:—I have had such a pleasant time penny in a place, and would rather starve than to 
agricultural Socirtils - Agricultural iUisccIlanu. 
d. S. AGRiCFi/rtrR.A.1* Soojety.—A t the annual meeting ~ - 
^ thw or^rnimtion heldat Washington last week, Henry Pi.apt TM.x.-Some of the enthusiastic, influential and 
, , " r t „ hU ' St< * te ’ waa , el f M to Bn< ’ cewi successful friends of the Rur.AL-and it has hundreds o f 
vZ'J Z' °! 7\T’ ThC Tre:m,rer ’ B - B - that stump—complain because sundry farmers and others 
* U St<Cr ; tarV : a I > ' r;LKr f,OOKB - WPre re - cIpct - " ill take a political paper only thereby neglecting their 
eJ. We have not renewed the official proceedings. own interests and depriving their families of the pleasure 
and instruction which such a journal as the Rural afford*. 
CowrwjTmiTT Stats AO Sogibty. — At the annual One thinks « a man who won t allow his wife and sons 
meeUng of this Society, the following officers were and daughters to have a family paper, is too mean to 
chosen: President- R. II. Urns, i., Stafford. Vice- enjoy life.” Another send* us the names of the wires of 
Presidents Rob'.!n* Battell, Norfolk; Joho T, Norton, "several men of means who have declined to take am- 
farmiugton CW Secy-Ucury A. Dyer. flee, Secy- thing but a political paper this year- wise, economical 
„ C t rn "‘ Ll1 - lrtaj —*'■ A lirowi). bit souls, who want to coniine every member of their farni- 
r. d ‘ Wafchin «fa n W ‘”'N A n "l. ho* to the fibxund fights 0 1 politicians, and the totermfoo- 
Ooorgo Osborne, Charles Osgood. Abijsh Catllo, Levi Coe, ble accounts of * Conventions, 1 ‘ Union-Saving Meetings ’ 
R. U. Chamberlin Aft,r organiwtmn the report of tbe and Prcaident-making generally and suggests that 
T re«ure r ,va. roud and accepted. It showed the receipts other, send names In like manner, and that we fonvard 
* ° bee ° * 14 ’ 728 *»■ specimens to the ladies. We have no objection, and will 
t 8 * 61 0t > Car ' 8 •*“<» specimens In response to all requests. Rut we bog 
indebtedness. Balance on hand $2,102 41. our friends to “ keen cool." for such men f hev rWrffio 
look it op. Now, to remedy the evil, I build an 
.51 
Nbw Hampshire Stat.s Ac. Society.— At the recent 
annual meeting of this Society, the followiog officers were 
elected: ITesident—Vi n F. Ester, of Dover. Sec'y— 
Aaron Young. Dover. TVea*.— Frederick Smith, M.m- 
our friends to “ keep cool," for such men as they dencribo 
are comparatively rare. Wise men—good husbands and 
judicious fathers—are as careful to provide proper mental 
entertainment and instruction for their families as for 
themselves; and the /act that thousands of nev> subscri¬ 
bers have recently been added to our list proves that 
Hi II 
Chester. Directors Dana Woodman, Joseph B. Walker, politics are not making sensible people crazy. 
Alfred Hoit, John Dreaton and John 8 Wulker. . ~ _ 
this year, is nothing more than what was known as 
millet forty years ago,—what was cultivated as 
barnyard, or summer grass, seventy-five years 
since,— and is the meanest grass of all that 
grows.’’ 
Docs this intimate that there has been this 
remarkable rate of progression from the “mean¬ 
est of all grasses” to our present rich and fruitful 
Hungarian, or that the Hungarian is but a syno- 
myn for the “meanest grass of all that grows?” 
Take it either way it is remarkable. ” What’s in a 
name?” has been asked in matters of more and 
less importance than whether ibis grass shall be 
called “millet,” “ Hifngarian,” or “barnyard.” ” A 
rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” 
we are told, and this leads mo to hope that this 
rolling. 1 was weak enough to show the first No. 
for this year, all bright and beautiful as it caine 
from the press, to a man who bad peremptorily 
refused to subscribe. “ I declare,” said he, “il ls 
splendid; I must have it,” and be signed forth¬ 
with. 
Though I am somewhat resigned to my fate, T 
must say that I do not like canvassing well enough 
to follow it ns a steady business, more than I 
should teaching or peddling tin. If any dealer In 
the shining article thinks this derogatory, he will 
please lay it to the tin. It is more guilty of reflec¬ 
tion than I am. Rut for a change. Canvassing for 
a paper, especially such a paper as the Rural is 
agreeable. Resides increasing your circulation, 
I have enlarged my own acquaintances. Many 
octagon hi vo out of eight staves, and confine them 
with two hoops. The hive Bhould he about twelve 
inches in diameter on the bottom, and ten on top, v “'<’<‘nde<>)—James Upton, Greece; W. 0. Tracy, Pen field; 
inside, and twenty-one inches high. In a hive V ; ‘ ‘ nrown * WhoAt,ftad - Ti,e Dcmocrilt The 
iw, sb»,,e and ,i«. the b«. will Ukc „ c ,.rl» all of f ?”"fll rtu* STL* >V*«< 
ay , ^ , * rocci\i»£ m) of tho 84 ballots cast,) an<! the best hnfrit 
the honey as they go up so that their food will prevailed through.,at, Wc never attended a more pro- 
always he abovo them, and the hive being taper- gre«sjvo and entbnslasttc meeting of the Society, and 
ing, it decreases as the bees decrease during the congratulate all interested upon the prospect of speedily 
winter. If the winter is very severe, there can he extinguishing its indebtedness." 
an empty barrel set over it. The hive should be 
made of inch or inch and a quarter stuff, simply N iaoa.ua Co. Ao.Sooiktt.—O fficers for I860: PreeiiUnt 
held together by the hoops, with the top nailed on. 7* KA "' 1 f,f l/ *'" ir,ton ' ^c-Prcsi,Unu-o. 
. . ... , , A 9 rnao, Ko^alton; GivoMje B •I^on^rd.Nowfanf; I*. Pickard 
straying or driving the bees, take oil the top. then Tonawandn; II Hayward, UwiMon: N Colt, Cambria-’ 
slip a band-saw in between the coinb and hive, to .1. Goodrich, Lewiston; G. w. Sherman, Tonawanda; J. 
Monrob CO. An. 8oo.ETT.-The annnal meeting of tbi„ T " R I ‘ KC ' AL ro9TA0K rnB RuR * f - N*w-'Y orrkb U 
Society waa held at the Court Hoare, Rochester Jan th8 SMnB 118 tbat °° Mn 0Kl|niH T newspaper-only 3M 
llth. Though tbe weather was unfavorable, there was P<>r gUart<!r 13 uulnbtr8 > I’ art of tbia 
an unusually largo attendance, Morwurfs were adopted SUU ’ and 6 * cvnU to an - T olh<,r nr Territory of 
te pay the debt* of the Society, about forty gentlemen tht ‘ UnIted S ' MU '*' if paid <J' tnrlerl f *» advance at Uic 
agreeing to Uko lire-ruembewhip tickets to the amount Po§t Vknt received. —and yet we now and then 
(some $2,000.) The following board of officers was elected lH ‘ f ‘ r ° f tosUnocs wll0re P ‘ > ‘‘ t ' i!,lbtc!B c,,nr K« < loubl « thp «° 
for 1800:— President —D. D. T. Moork. Vice President j- nlU ‘/ A 1 ‘' Uvr received from an agent in Erie Co., 
J. H. Sutherland, llttelord; Ann Rowe, Sweden; ]I. W. ' ” “J 8 “Our 1’. M. mokes out double postage on 
Jones, Rochester, Treasurer— M, C, Mordoff. Rochester the 1.1 'Kai. tliis yenr. What shall wo do liefer him to 
Secretary -Samuel Miller, Rochester. Direct on. (to fill *** Ltgal ****** °f I^Hta^e. (a copy of which ho onght 
vacancies)—Jamea Upton, Greece; W, 0. Tracy, Penlield- P 0BSe6a ftn,i underatuud,) and inform blui that, 
V. r. Brown, Wheatland. The Democrat *nya-‘‘The "h'te you insist upon “ nothing bnt w hat Is clearly right,” 
officers were elected with great unanimity, (tho President 7 ° U u ?'h>°g wrong." The matter U a 
receiving 80 of the 84 ballots oust,) and the beat spirit VCT7 plllin ! ‘ D,, wu ^'T® nou ” o{ our sutweribere will 
prevailed throughout. We never attended a more pro- haVt ‘ “ njr diW ® ul V in “Ijuatment. As a class Post- 
gresaive and enthushuitle, meeting of the Society, and >raBU * T " ur,i cl « , '’® r lu ‘ l1 intelligent, but some of them 
congratulate all interested upon the prospect of speedily P rob ' kbl - v (io not “'“tersUnd the law fully, or put a wrong 
extinguishing it« indebteduetm.'’ construction upon ihi Inoguagc. And v beside, tbo people 
__ are eager for the. Rukal that it in barely pocvdbio Horae 
N.aoara Co. Ao. Hoc, ktv.-O fficers for I860- PreeideM ’’ M ' S Cl ‘ argb in P ro P°^on to tbo demand - as merchant* 
— I'e.vu r.e ,..... n __ j . „ do for their wares! 
grass, even under the undignified Appellation of that I only knew by sight, I Lave OoW the pleasure 
“barnyard," will still continue to satisfy our of knowing by name. Canvassing is a good deal 
Western farmers, which will be the more easy, as like prospecting for gold. Now finding nuggets 
its known productive capacity la from two and fl Rd placers, and again meeting with nothing but 
a half to six tuns of hay per acre, and it yields a disappointment Your paper being the best of its 
seed as rich, at least, as oats, at the rate of six to kind, I did not show it to any but. first rate people, 
ten bushels per tun. What it might do under If sny to whom I bavo not shown it, take this as a 
Clircful and thorough farming 1 do not know, as 
our Western fanners are not addicted to cultiva 
ting their farms in that way. 
Our “ Millet” is as distinct from the Hungarian 
Grass raised in this country, as wheat is from 
oats. Tho history of the introduction into the 
United States of Hungarian grass, as given to me 
by the citizens of Southern Iowa, where I first 
saw it, is that a colony of Hungarians, who settled 
at New Bnda, In that State, brought the seed with 
them from “Faderlund,” and disseminated it 
throughout their Immediate vicinity, whence 
it rapidly spread over the West. Two years ago 
the present winter, I believe, tbe. seed of this grass 
sold in Central New York, at the rate of sixteen 
dollars per bushel, and, at the same time, it was a 
drug in the limited markets of Southern Iowa at 
thirty cents per bushel. 1 only mention this fact 
as partial proof that this part of the West was 
probably its first place of growth in the United 
States. j. c. n, 
Galesburg, Ill., 1860. 
reflection, they will bear in mind that if I did not 
show- it to them, it was because I could not get to 
them. One, I think, took the Ritual to get rid of Z'd “ na R K110 »' , «‘ , 8 e 01 tUeir hal,lUj - bcecutire Committee ~ Jwb Banker, William A. Ward, deadweight!.." Thousand* of the friend* of Agricultural 
me. Another said lie would Ukc it if I would l * 1,ian * fl " : ,!;irkcr ’ «• 8 - Tb ”"W>n, hero. Wood, Robert EduooUoalore watching the Michigan College withsolid- 
, , lJcnr Sir: I t<tko the liberty to send you a copy Mill*, Jjaag Foro, Jamet* M, and John Forc«. Thou, tuuc, and it is inocere]/ hoped that i.ta nucceM will not be 
m .ii oik o my at u i K in t le papo to him. I 0 f „)y account with my bees for the current sea- Kv&0 *> o{ Wilt kina, was re-elected Treasurer, and has j°°P ,u ' (3ctl hy the blighting curse of politics or partisan 
did bo, though thought the penance rather hard, Bon . The profits foot up, as youw ill see to some- <w,rvL ' <1 th ° Society faithfully (a that capacity *inco it* wrangles. It should b« kept free from all such matters. 
and ft good deal like making a physician swallow thing or«r one hundxed per real, above every W. Sackott of Catharine, (Burdette -- 
Ins own medicine How trusting, accommodating expcn8e , j can , lilC1 MocJ< pn , half Z U °”> S ecretory. -To hb CosmW-The Agricultural Deportment of 
an«1 kind, aftur all, 1 h human nature. 0! the many w .,ii r i. Q A * tJa* offit***, if mp^rt u true — Wa»unjgton 
that 1 have called upon, from Center Cambrid-e ,, charged them no ground rent, as Divinohton f o. Aq. Socirtv.-ai the recent annual correspondent of tho -CharlosUm Mercury afflnn* that 
,.„ut fn the Ktnte line nnrl . h,1D & on cli ' iU *' 11,1,5 1 ^ ® ful1 Crop of grass ^lin S officers were elected a* follows: President- Hon. Taos. G. ClkmSon. a son-in-law of the creat South 
saw oB' the rods and loosen the comb, then raise 
the hive off and you will have a cone of honey- 
lit to present to a king. II. McDonough. 
i’rolite of Culture. 
Hiram W. Biji.kbi.KY, of Saratoga couiity, 
sends the following interesting account of his 
success with bees, to the Secretary of our State 
Society, Col. Johnson. We are satisfied that 
nothing will pay better than keeping bees; but 
care is required, and a knowledge of their habit*), 
and, for want of this, many fail: 
MICHiOAN Statk Ag, Collbok.—T he X.aneing Journal 
(pnhllsbed at the capital of Michigan, where the State 
Ag. College in located,) makes this announcement.:—“ We 
were not surprised to learn, the other day, that the pro¬ 
fessors aud officers of the Agriculture! College hod ail 
resigned. This was done, we understand, with the con- 
W. Davis, Ilartlund; 10. V. Graves, Niagara; J N Sawyer surprweu to learn, the other Uny, that the pro- 
W linen; S. Mead, Somerset. Sedy-V D Walter lock’ ^ " f 0ie ARTiculturnl °” l,0 8re ^ ail 
port. Treasurer —K. A. Holt. Lockport Directors- Tvd ^0i. This was done, we understand, with the «>n- 
Alexauder Campbell D, A. Van Valkenherg Daniel Hos- Cnrr0nC * ° f tho 1!oar<l '’ f KdUCftUon > who ' invo 11 ^ heme 
reman, W. Robinson, Philip Freeman and Thomas to remodel thn whole thing.” The same paper adds some 
Scuvlllc severe language about the inception and management of 
-:— the institution — which we hope is partisan talk, rather 
HcuuyLBk Co. Ag. Society. —At the Annual Meeting than plain truth—but admits that “ tha faculty and 
or this Society, held at Watkins, officers wore elected for teachers of the institution have done everything in their 
1860, ax follows: President — Wm. Vaughn of Hector, power, and as well os any set of men could do, to give 
Vice-Presidents —Charles Prince, Walter Savory, U. B. character to their department. And in this they have 
Hall, J. M, Jackson, Samuel Ross and Jerome B. White, n| A heon unsuccessful. But they could not carry the 
thirty cents per bushel. 1 only mention this fact of tbe large-hearted men and noble women of 
as partial proof th.it this part of the West was Cambridge Valley and vicinity. 1 shall take oc- 
probably its first place of growth in the United casion in some future number of the Rural to 
States. i. c- b, describe tho barn of Tromah Sihland, iteq., of 
Galesburg, ill., I860. Cambridge, and also the management of sheep as 
-- pursued by Mr. Glkuktt £?. Lakk, of White Creek. 
GROWING AND CUEING TOBACCO. * had not. tire pleasure of seeing the very fine flock 
- of Mr. Calvin Skinner of Cambridge, but shall 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—A correspondent of the first opportunity. Accept then. Col. Moork, 
Sheridan, N. Y., asks how to cure tobacco. 1 will this band of new reernits from Eastern New York, 
give him the farmers’ mode here, ns it differs from Nine-tenths of them are farmers—real " bone and 
the way you proposed, and I think it tho best, sinew.” T have not the least doubt but they will 
I have been raising tobacco for ten years, and behave as admirably as the corps of old regulars 
have always bad good lurk in curing it, and I will who have so long marched under your banner, 
give you tt description how wc fix onr burns. Rut The volunteers, you know, won the brightest 
poles in them four feet apart, and make tobacco wreathes of bay at Churnbuseo, Monterey aud 
slicks four feet long. Cut your tobacco, split tbe Buena Vista, during the Mexican war. Dong may 
main stalk to within two or three inches of where they swell the ranks of the great Rural army, 
east, to the State line, and smith from Shushan to "1, " ’ 7 ' 7‘ u * 
the Hooslc river, not one has hesitated to extend .“J” contmually improv- 
to me the fullest confidence. The courtesy and g "J “ l i "‘ r 5 have just 
hospitality that I have received will always be !. T* in of 
gratefully remembered. I forbear mentioning t***’ y C lttn f ing 90xe J p ,rtly Iillotl 
,, , a from industrious swarms to more idle oi or. even 
names, well knowing that what I may say cannot . . ... la^ivia 
add to, or take from, the well canted reputation S tt ZoZ , FY' 
Of 11,0 lunre-koaHoA '.. they do not quarrel. Another improvement is to 
crop of grass meeting officers wore elected a* follow*: ITesident — 
Alonzo Bkaonku. Vtre-President—V. B. Hereon, Avon. 
Secy— H. V. Colt, Genus.eo. Geologist —J. V. Lauder¬ 
dale, Geneseo. Directors— E. P. Fuller, Groveland, in 
place of Wm. A. Mills, ML Morris, and Z. Longyor, Lima, 
“To bb Continued"—T be Agricultural Department of 
I!,* t'uteul Offic, if m|UMit U true — tor tbe W**Uington 
correspondent of tbe Charleston Mercury affirm* that 
Hon. Taos. 0. Ci.kuson, a son-in-law of the great South 
Carolina statesman, i* to be appointed “ Agricultmo/mt 
of the Patent Office," in place of Mr. Brown, removed. 
We bad hoped that that fates waa “played out"—having 
been done up no very L'roicn —but it, like the le-dgi-r'e in¬ 
to place or Jasper Barber. Avon, who waa re-elected, but terminable alone*, and about a» uselessly, is to be contin- 
declinud. ., r, ,: r.._ t x*..,: — -c _, 
put empty combs into each box before inserting 
it in the chamber; some stragglers finding empty 
cells, will put a little honey into them; and a 
Onondaga Co. Ag. Society.—A t the annual meeting 
of tbia Society, the following board of officers was elected 
for 1860: President —JaS M. Munko, of Oaiuillu*. Vice- 
l*re si den is —Si bis Corey, Otisco; George Butte, Manlius, 
Scc’y —Hiram Wiard, Syracuse. 7Vta«,rer—E. Hopkins, 
ued. It is about tune fur this Nation of Farmers to have 
an independent Bureau, under the control of competent 
men, (if such a thing U possible,) or none whatever—a 
subject on w Inch wu shall have something to say auon, 
beginning being thus made, the process of filling Syracuse. Directors— Willard L, Adams, Kalina; Luther 
is Boon undertaken in earnest. 
1 am glad that bcc-culturo is gaining attention 
among farmers. Immense quantities of delicious 
sweet arc annually produced in our fields, and lost 
for want of the little winged laborers to gather it. 
I860. Dr. 
June 1.—To 20 swarm* wintered, worth $? each. $203 00 
30 hives for new swarms, $1,50 . _ 45 00 
100 honey boxes, 18c. ... 18 00 
13frame* on which liiveaare suspend¬ 
ed, fiOc__ 6 50 
labor bestowed, estimated at_ 10 00 
expenses of marketing.. g 4g 
Src'y —Hiram Wiard, Syracuse. 7Vrusurer E. Hopkins, k |lKK Advkutising.—V e must again decline, as we did 
Syracuse. Directore -Willard b, Adams, Saltou; l.utlier W ' v " r, ‘ 1 lu * 1 J ear ’ ,0 I ,ubU « h iu reading 
Baker, IziFayette page« the propoaalu or those who offer to give away, ex- 
- change, or send on receipt of stomps, choice vegetable or 
Steuben Co. Ag. Society— At tho annnal meeting of ot ker*ee<i*. Though the motive* of applicant* for such 
thiB Society, the following officers were elected for I860: kuore may be good, the system of free communication is 
President— John W. Tagqart, of Urteina. Vice-Presi- fa^lo to abuse, boride being unjust to seedsmen and 
dents —Robert G. Benton, Pultney; Henry McElwee ot l )0r - who advertise legitimately. Indeed, all who en- 
Suvona; Lyman Balooin, Painted Post; H. Marlatt, Wood- deavor to advertise their wares free by sending us corn- 
hull; John W Whiting, Howard; Lorenzo N. Rider, Fre- “mteations (»Bh eulogistic descriptions, price, terms, 
moot. Sidy— Robert M. Lyon, Bath. Treasurer— & o., or even a casual “ pufl.") are adristd to save such a 
Reuben Ruble, Bath. 
$286 96 
Cr, 
and lay up your tobacco stick in the forks. Then 
hang the tobacco astride of the stick, nnd put <sn 
from ten to fifteen plants, according to the size. 
Then hang in the bum, or on a scaffold if too far 
to take to the barn. The way we build a scaffold 
is to take a good stout pole, say tsvelve feet long, 
LONG ISLAND FARMING LANDS. 
Eos, Rural New-1 okkku :—As much attention 
and inquiry have been excited by tbe advertise¬ 
ments and notices relating to the new, or wild 
7 L i V‘ irnih up, uon^y ostunatoi! at $3each 21 00 
i*y 7 hives for une nguin, $1,60. 20 50 
By honey on hand aud used in family, estimated 30 00 
By ffi r > Hwurnis on hand, $6 _.210 00 
By 17 swarms sold after honey season . . 100 oo 
By first premium at Stole Fair . ‘ 500 
By First premium at Saralega County Fair 1 00 
^ Tun Union Ao. Sooikty. comprising several town* in 
46 'Festcrn part of this county, held its annual meeting at 
— ; Brock port on the 7th Inst. Tbe Socioty Is in a prosper- 
^ oui condition, with a small fund In it* treasury over all 
liabilities Tho following board of officers was choseu for 
1860: President —E B. Holmes. Vice-President —J. H. 
Warfeh. Ste'y —U. N. Beach. Treasurer —Thomas 
00 Comes. Directors —C. II. Mjison, E. Patten, James Ross, 
11. W. Moore, H. Mordoff Nnd 8. V. AV. Requa. 
rest one end on a stump, if convenient, some four lan<ls of l-on " ^Lind, as published in the Rural, 
Deduct debits 
Profits__ 
$676 08 
. 286 96 
fret high, raise the other end up level with two 
forks ; then put on tho end of the tier poles four 
feet apart: then raise the other end with two forks, 
and hang the sticks of tobacco on the scaffold, 
crowding them up as close .as you can, but not to 
bruise them. 
Grant care should be taken in handling.tobacco 
wI 1011 green, or it will bruise, which will spoil the 
leaf. Tobacco scaffolded out in the sun will yel¬ 
low quicker than that which is bung in the barn, 
and it needs the greatest attention. When it be¬ 
gins to turn yellow, look at it every day, and as 
soon as you seo the lower corner begin to turn a 
brownish color, open it on the scaffold, or take it 
to the barn and hang it up so that it will not touch. 
Now, for the color you want it. If you want« 
dark brow n, start your fire a little, a mere smoke 
for two or three days, then make it hotter gradu¬ 
ally, until it is cured lip. If you want what is 
eallcd Saury tobacco ,— like Jacob’s cattle, ring- 
otreaked,— you must cut it at about the color you 
want it; then put on the (ire and euro it up quick. 
A great many people don’t lire any, but lire a 
little if y ou can. 
Stripping is a pretty nice job—to assort it right, 
tbe large leaves should bo put by themselves, and 
the small ones in a different pile. The different 
colors also should be kept separate. Sweating we 
don't do, a* -,ve always sell it by hand to what is 
1 propose to state for the benefit of your readers 
who have taken an interest in this matter, and 
those who have doubted the existence of any good 
lands under such circumstances, the fact that agon- 
Cakk of Bkks i.v AVintkk. —It in rather late in the 
Reason to ask the question, but as we have had some 
dispute on the aubjeet, I wish to hunw whether it in best 
10 stop the opening to ;i hive when the w inter nets iu; as 
some say the cold air beuumbs and freezes the beet., and 
n o^vd vsr uta *1 towivre, iu C'.i'j 1 v, uui aawiujiui); n iwi v/ > ti 
7 UK Tonawanwa VALLfty Ao. Society 1 held its annual flowil3g with practical wisdom, the fruit of long experi- 
meeting at Attica on Tuesday evening, Jan. 10th. The ence lmd observation. 
Treasurer's report showed a snail! balance on hand, over __, 
ail liabilities. Alter the transaction of other business OhiTimry,—I t becomes onr painful duty to announce 
the following officers wore elected for 1860: President — the death of Judge TrRitiLL, of Oewego, President of the 
J. G. Shepard, Vice-ITtndenu —Lyman Brainard, At- Oswego Co. Ag. Society, aud Vice-President of the State 
tica; Levorott Peck, Alexander; II. I,. Harlow, Alden; Ag. Society for that district. B. B. KirtlaNd, of Qreen- 
Bonjaiuin Pringle, Batovia; Henry Rowley, Benutogtou; bush, for many years Treasurer of the Slate Society, alto 
D. K. 1‘riudle, Bethany; H. T. Brooks, Covington; Miles died last month. Charles Powis, of Greece, in this 
Wallis, Darien; D. H. Bugue, Elba; \V. F. Groves, Eagle; county, for many years a prominent nurseryman, aud 
waste of time, labor and stationery. 
Lord Palmerston on Rural Affairs. —A foreign 
paper says that Lord Palmerston, in his 70th year, as 
Lively aud versatile as Rover, in the old comedy, recently 
delivered a lecture at Romney, very Valuable for iL prac¬ 
tical truths, on the mode of building cottages, and how to 
reform untidy people by making their home* comfortable. 
He threw out valuable sugeeitioueon the subject of prac¬ 
tical far mi Mg, and showed that the sttogy husbandman 
was a bud political economist who gave unremunerative 
wages to his laborers. In short, his Lordship was over¬ 
flowing with practical wisdom, the fruit of long experi¬ 
ence aud observation. 
OrjTlmry,— It becomes onr painful duty to announce 
the death nf Judge TtrRiLL, of Oewego, President of the 
Oswego Co. Ag. Society, and Vice-President of the State 
Ag. Society for that district. R. B. Kirtland, of Green- 
bush, for many years Treasurer of the Slate Society, also 
died last month. Charles Powis, of Giooce, in this 
thtoRin, Dr. Htjjisox, from St. George, Brandt Co.. SCX'S 
l. tv., who read tho advertisement, and thought it < ’’ c ' 1T,e , ' 1 ' 1 iu llH ' enow, not iKdng able to arise if they 
could not be true,_that there must be nnnvi-tni* ® ,,l0PS ^-V Uwt tho air is necessary, nnd 
, . , 7 , lU!UUieie mubv tie somcmib- that it in also DSce.^ary tlir.t they should leave the luYe 
Like ftbOut it,—after .seeing some further Btatemente fa themselves of their it. 8., Michigan, i860, 
concluded to come to the Island and see for him- Tub entrance should not be stopped, but it is best to 
self. He Came and after a thorough and ciircful ex- protect the hive so that it is not exposed to the severe 
little if y ou can. * * “P art C!lc h way. Manured in tbe bill with hog 
Stripping is a pretty nice job—to assort it right, nui!mre- The vines covered the ground haud- 
tlie large leaves should bo put by themselves, and comely, but the frost killed them before they 
L*l Y T nt pi l e - The different matured. The number of hills was one hundred 
colors also should be kept separate. Sweating we ,. , ,. * , . , “ ua(| 
don’t do, ns we always sell it by hand to what is H1 8 N •' ’ l ’ 1 obtained eighteen bushels and a 
termed a tobacco buyer, tvhi buys up from 100 to P ec/c - A majority yielded a bushel from eMit 
amination, purchased SO acres, near Mr. Taylor's W1UI * 8 ‘ If hco* leave the hive when the snow to crusted, 
(a notice of whose grassland has been published ) the, ‘ wU1 be l0Mt » and lhoafl oul >' the feeble and 
for $2.*, per acre, paid the cash for it last week, V?’ Z™ Cwered lh# Livt ‘ H with straw ’ 
and before he left made a contract to have i !1° W U “ U1 7 d 
. , , v 1 they came out btrong and healthy in the spring. In the 
c . 11 .mi p owci -d acres to be done by tho cellar, too, wo have kept them whore they remained 
first ol Miiy next, mid the remaining 10 am s by dormant until spring, consuming tittle honey, and ap- 
the first ol June. The land is entirely wild, and pearing right every way whon put on the stands, 
only a fair sample of all of this region. - 
North Islip, L. I., Dec. '6R Agricola. EFFECTS Dr Cin.ORorouu on Dees,—M r. A nnan, 
■*■*■*■ of Dowenfield. wishing to have tho honey taken 
Experiment in I’otato Raising.—I cut twelve from a hive, without killing the bees, and having 
good sized potatoes, one eye in a piece, and put before heard of chloroform being used, felt anxious 
two pieces in each bill, tbe hills about four feet to try the experiment. Lie first closed the door- 
200 hogsheads, and presses it for market 
Burrillville, Logan Go., Ky., 1869. V 
't- hills, or a bushel from sixteen eyc&- 
W H. VV. ford, Monroe Co.. Mich., Dec^ 1859, 
-T. 0., Bed- 
wny, then covered the hive with a cloth to shut 
out the light as much as possible, alter which lie 
commenced to blow chloroform into the hivc_ 
When it was discovered that the bees had fallen 
asleep, they were etisily removed to another hive 
without harm to any one, and next morning were 
all awake and iu a lively state, humming around 
their hive. 
Wolcott J. Humphrey, Java; J. B. Bass, Manila; F, IV. 
Capwdl, Miildlisbury; Ephraim Wheeler, Orangeville; 
Henry Hatch, Warsaw; OrmtiA Doolittle, Wethorsfield. 
Treat —F. R. Wright. Car .Seely—A. 8. Stevens, Her 
Secy —Silas Folsom. Librarian ,—Gardner Dorrouce. 
Skankatklbs Farmers' Club.—T his (Tub has mode 
choice of the following officers for 1860:— President _ 
Russel Frost, Vice-Presidents —.Lada L. Clift and 
George II. Bently. Treasurer— W. J. Townsend. Secy 
—Win M. Beauchamp. Asdt Se.c'y—C. Moses. Hoard of 
Directors —Dr. Austin, Chau-roan, 0. C. Wyekoff, W. P. 
Giles. Wilis Clift, J H. Allen. II. Ellery. J Davey, Jr., 
Edward Shepard, Win. E. Clark and H. T Hooker. This 
Farmers'Club instituted the Lrst Agricultural Fair ever 
held in the State ot New Fork. It is in a prosperous 
condition—hoo a small balance to the treasury—and holds 
regular uieetiuga for lectures, discussious, Ac. 
Little Falls F’akmkiis’ Club.— At the recent annual 
meeting the following board of officers was chosen for 
1860: President—'!. eras Green, of Danube. Secretary— 
X. A. Willard; of Little Falls. Corresponding Secretary 
A. W, Eaton, of Little Fails. Treasurer —P. Uoed, of 
Little Falls _ 
Coventry (Town) Ao. Society.— Officers for I860: 
President — Q. P BlaxksLKt. Vice-Presidents— B. B. 
Blake, E. A. Trowbridge and J. S. Parker. Scc'y —M. 8. 
Parker. Asst Secy —N. G. Hunt. Secy for Foreign 
Stock and Articles —S. F. Allis. Treasurer —D. Beecher, 
■phe sixth Annual Fair is to he held Oct. 3d and 4th, 1860. 
highly esteemed aa a chrtotiao, citizen and neighbor, has 
also finished his earthly work. 
8ai,tei> Water fob Shkne.— One hundred sheep were 
lately receiving regularly, in three fodderings, 187 pounds 
of hay and 176 pounds of cut slvaw. This has been re¬ 
placed by 110 pounds of hny and same nf cut straw, the 
sheep being wutcred over night with 33 gallons of water, 
in which 1 pounds ol sea cult is dissolved. In spite of 
the reduction of food, the sheep, e\en those which are 
with tomb, are kept in as good condition as before. 80 
says the N. Y, Tribune. 
Weighty Steers. —While enjoying the kind hospitality 
Of Judge Stbvkns, of Attica, last week, he informed us 
that Mr. John Skaats of that town had a pair of Devon 
steers, less than a year old, that weighed 1,426 tl>s. w hen 
only nine months oidt When the Toniiwamto Valley 
makes such a weighty report, our stock-grazing friends of 
the Genesee YiUley must look to their laurels. 
Heavy Hogs. —A recent letter from Mr. J. L. Thornton, 
of Princeton, Gibson Co.. Iud..«iys:—- 1 Barton & Dbvin, 
of this place, have recently slaughtered two heavy hogs 
—one, owned fiy Mr. Geo. Kendall, weighing 727 tbs, 
uet, and another, owned by Mr. Wm. Armstrong, weigh¬ 
ing 7S0 tbs. net," Our Uoosicr friends ire ahead on 
weighty gpeciiueus of the gcuus Sus. 
Thanks UT numerous Correspondents for recent favors. 
They will aid in enriching future numbers. 
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