'jRJLlu 
an ointment made of lard and blue vitrioL At it 
we went in the expectation of goon eradicating 
the disease from the flock. Good results uniform¬ 
ly followed the application, but some how they 
would not stay cured. Got the flock apparently 
quite well, in a short time the disease would rage 
as badly as before. I shall not Soon forget the 
dreary days and even months of hard labor doctor¬ 
ing sheep—the work made disagreeable beyond 
measure by the offensive odor of decaying hoofs, 
and the disgusting sight of crawling vermin 
without number. 
At last it was decided that to eradicate it from 
the flock was the next thing to an impossibility, 
and that it was best to sell out To get the sheep 
in condition for profitable sale was the next step, 
and, having become heartily sick of handling 
and paring, I devised an easier method of 
keeping the malady sufficiently at hay to ullow 
the sheep opportunity to got in suitable order 
for the market I lirst made an inclosure on 
a dry, clean grass plot, and an aperture there¬ 
from just wide enough to admit the egress of tho 
flock, single file. Then placed in this opening, on 
the ground, a water-tight box or trough of same 
width and three or four feet long, so protected on 
the sides and above as to force the sheep to step, 
into the box. Then, in dry weather, when the 
hoofs of the animals were clean, a weak solution 
of vitriol was put in the box to the depth of two 
or three inches, and the sheep were turned into 
the yard and made to pass through. In this way, 
without touching a sheep, or without severe labor 
of any kind, a flock of considerable size received 
cheaply an application to each foot which would 
so check the disease fora season that it would not 
materially interfere with their thrift. This prac 
tice waH continued throughout the summer, as 
often as the case required, till the entire flock 
were fitted and sold for the shambles. 
During a period of three or four years that the 
malady was on the farm, it seemed to communicate 
its virus to the soil and actually to taint the pro 
ductious of the ground. In proof of this, I pur¬ 
chased a flock of 120 sound ewes in February, and 
put them where no hoof had been since the fall 
previous. The sheep thrived well and evidenced 
no disease; but their lambs were not a month old 
before scores of them became so lame as actually 
to slide along on the grass upon their knees. 
From the lambs the infection extended to the 
dams, and necessitated a second clearing off of 
the entire flock. I had a theory in regard to it, as 
follows:—The soil and tho hay growing thereon 
retained such a taint that a half winter’s freezing 
did not wholly neutralize it; and this poisoned the 
blood of the ewes too slightly to manifest Itself in 
their tougher natures, but sufficiently to break out 
virulently in tho more tender and susceptible 
progeny. Klse why should the disease have first 
appeared among the lambs. 
It is possible that this disease is not so malig¬ 
nant throughout the country now, as it was with 
the winter fifteen years ago; but if it anywhere is 
so, as a practical conclusion 1 slioul^recoinincnd 
to the owner of any considerable (loJrlo 
1^—Sell out as quickly as possible; and, 
'Id — To stay sold out till at least one year’s 
growth of the farm has been gathered and con 
suincd. Bt r 
Plattsburgh, X. Y., Dec,, 1859. 
I lie best way of keeping cheese over winter, is 
to keep them in a cheese-room with sufficient lire 
to keep them from freezing, when they are not 
properly cured. They should, however, go to 
market and save the expense of keeping through 
the winter. H. B, Green. 
Cherry Valley, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 1859 
HOW TO BUILD AN ICE-HOUSE. 
Eds. Rubai. New-Yokxer:— Without attempting 
to persuade any of the importance of a judicious 
use of ice, or the pleasure to be derived from it 
during the warm weather, I will submit ray plan 
for building an Ice-House. 
The perfect success which I met in keeping jee 
last summer, I think, is owing largely to a new 
principle involved in the building; therefore, i 
speak of the plan for the consideration of those 
who are about to build for that purpose. Instead 
of one hollow wall, for a non-conductor of heat, 
as in ordinary ice-houses, I have two, with a space 
between them, for confined air. The site is on a 
grave) slope. The foundation, for convenience in 
storing Ice, is dug two feet below the surface of 
the ground. The outside wall, for non-conducting 
mater in), is six inches in the clear. Tho inside 
wall is four inches, with u space between for con¬ 
fined air of four inches. The doors for entrance 
correspond perfectly with tho hollow walls ju 
thickness, and are lilied in the same manner—be¬ 
ing shaped to shut with a bevel edge, like the door 
to sales used by merchants and bankers. At the 
lower side of the plates is a ceiling, upon which 
I put spent tan one foot thick, which tan is in di¬ 
rect connection with the side walls, so that any 
settling In the walls may be supplied from over¬ 
head. from the under side of the ceiling runs a 
ventilator, with a hole of one and a half inch bore, 
up through the roof, and Is finished with an orna¬ 
mental cap. 
The room for ice is eight by ten feet in the clear, 
and eight feet high. Without a more minute de. 
scription, 1 think the building will be understood. 
If not, inquire further, any who'wish to do so" 
About all the waste of Ice that I observed during 
the summer, was at the bottom; and this was so 
slow that wo used the ice without regard to econ¬ 
omy, for a large family, and in a dairy of thirty- 
five cows, beside giving freely to our neighbors. 
1 put sticks four inches thick in the bottom, to 
put ice on, and also some struw about the sides, 
ns well as underneath the ice. Can you suggest 
how I can prevent water at the bottom? The 
ground is so porous as not to need draining, I 
think. I have thought of placing sticks cross¬ 
wise of ttjose already in, so as to form an open 
space at the bottom. Will that do? 
R. S. Carpenter. 
Chemung Co., N. Y., 1859. 
Remarks.—A quantity or brush, covered with 
straw, makes a good bottom, but is better if cov¬ 
ered with boards; or, a bottom may be made of 
Scantling and boards covered with straw. If the 
water does not drain off w ell, the Ice will melt, 
and the same is the case if the warm air is per¬ 
mitted to enter. ir a drain is made at the bottom 
it should be tilled with stones. 
that they will hatch nearly together. Take the 
young chick# from the hen and put them all 
with the old turkey, she will brood them all. 
My first and only feed is curd from sour coagu¬ 
lated milk, scalded, turned on a seive, or a board 
will answer, and the whey drained. I do not use 
any salt or pepper. I keep them in the stable, or 
on the barn floor, a day or two, and then let them 
out if the weather is favorable. Put them up 
every night early, until they are two or three 
weeks old. By this time they have formed a 
habit of coming home, and the grasshoppers and 
insects have become so large they mostly supply 
their appetites. See that they come up every 
night, and feed them well in the morning. 
By my plan they arc about three weeks later, 
but will go-a-head and make up lost time. I 
would not let them sit as soon as they have laid 
the first litter, if I could have a cart load of eggs 
given me. 
The year that General Harrison was elected 
President, I had one hundred and five hatched, 
which were doing well. When five or six weeks 
old, I drove them in the morning into a broad 
lane where our cows came up to be milked and 
lie over night, as there were swarms of flies, and I 
thought the turkey* would be a match for them. 
I attended a funeral that day, returned towards 
night, went to drive up my turkeys, when 1 found 
several of them dead. I examined them in order 
to learn the cause, and not finding any marks of 
violence, my conclusion was that some passer by 
had a small dog that had chased them and worried 
them. Twenty-six were among the missing. I 
was told, afterwards, that the cause of their death 
was by eating salt, as it very much resembled the 
curd; I kept salt In handfuls on the ground 
tor the cows, near by, ho I do not approve of 
giving them salt, though a little might not hurt 
them. 1 raised seventy-six to full growth. 
Now, if my friend of Cayuga will follow my 
directions, and fail, be will stand as an invited 
guest to partake of my best stuffed ami baked 
turkey on Christmas, 1860, at 4 o’clock P. M. 
ttural Spirit of ti)c JOrcsu. 
Fattening flog*. 
The philosophy of increase of fat in animals, 
says the Maine Farmer, is, that the digested food 
not needed to supply waste in the system, is laid 
up in the form of fat around the muscles, ready to 
bo absorbed again into circulation, if needed. 
Waste is induced by exercise, or use of the mus- 
^Vgricultural iiliscellann. 
Not Preference, rut Equality.—F or the information 
of all concerned we would state that the Rural New- 
Yorker. though proverbially liberal to promoters of any * 
branch of improvement, has never been in the custom of 
publishing, al the suggestion or request of interested par¬ 
ties, what has appeared in its contemporaries a week or 
cl,,. „„„ „ M coral,nation"in 7 ^ 11“ 
la*e Momt “ im "' h ” t IIe ” C "' thl ‘ 1 " r *° ’*»»*imputation 
same amount of food given in warm weather will, reference to past numbers and volumes will show- 
if digested, afford greater surplus of fat than when 3ad " parcs nn zombie effort or expense in procuring 
fed in cold weather. Some advocate close quar- “ d ann * UDcio S reliable Agricultural and Horticultural 
ters for hogs, so that just room for standing or 1! *. d ® 6 ' But wc are not disposed to specially favor 
lying be afforded; but the danger is that in thi - ?, i , * h ° *** recP " U - r eold or purchased improved 
.- --* - - " ,S ,D th,S * t r k 'Patented machinery and implements 
11V,a t.. ii ’ * 
way the health of the animal js apt to be injured 
because a moderate degree of exercise is necea’ 
sary to promote digestion. Cleanliness, too, in 
the fattening pen, is recommended. Although 
pigs proverbially are filthy, they arc not really so- 
they do not delight in the effluvia of their own 
(tho rights of which they are very anxious to dispose of for 
the benefit of the dear public.) or got up a new Agrioul- 
tural School or course of College Lectures on Agriculture 
unless they send us their announcements as party at 
least, as they are furnished to other journals. We ask'no 
.. preference, but simply insist that matters of intelligence 
droppings, as any one can see by noticinu that ln . wbi ^ V)t1 ’ ll * agricultural public and individual* (the 
they generally appropriate one portion of the pin SaT L" "7 * ~ ni “ ted 
to fiHh. An occasional washing and scrubbing must do on/ll^of tiV^o^r^SnTL £ 
t soap suds will conduce much to their thrift ,on > ir at «U 5 ami while we concede to none an equal c fr- 
— all animals keep in condition more easily when culalion ’ or »ow ready disposition to nid any laudable 
the skin is kept clean and healthy. object, we propose to maintain oar self-respect and indc- 
-oniK on Hoi-mom. 
pendenw. if this brief paragraph fulfills its mission,"it 
lo . .. s v”“ - ™ bscrib " ■“* 
to the causes of corns upon the feet of horscH, and aimiI ar character. 
the treatment therefor, which was answered to 
some extent. Since that period we found the fol¬ 
lowing in the American Stock Journal: _“The 
only chance of relieving the animal is to remove 
Ooy. Morgan on Agriculture.-Io his recent Message, 
Gov. Morgan has some orthodox and truthful remarks on 
the Agricultural Interest of this State, which wc believe 
are uttered in all seriousness, and not merely to make 
Uui -vhoc and app.y one having a slight concavity ,f . ‘good enough Morgan'"onThe^cttC 
ill the lormei* Hl*llt. /"»f Tirncunaoi i* it. . . Mrilv II#. . o nu 
at the former seat of pressure; or, if the animal 
has a prominent frog, the bar shoe can be attached: 
previous to doing so, however, the corn spot may 
he slightly pared, and whenever there appears to 
be any pressure on the sole, at the quarters, the 
shoe must be removed and adapted as above. The 
““i- ’■ «■» .f c»™, ^0 j-.~ 
ran - v - H<> s ' l ys:—“The Agricultural interest has Ih-cb 
U nusually prosperous, notwithstanding the partial drouth 
of summer and early frosts of autumn Lying, as this 
great Interest does, nt the base of our prosperity, you 
will not omit to extend to it all reasonable care and pro¬ 
tection. its security depends upon an equitable develop¬ 
ment of all tho. resources of the State, coupled with a 
---- J. si. - -- ™ owi ii, IS to vwjioniiciu aumiuislratlori of the eovernmcnl 
Should he try the plan, will lie please give me the 1 ' " n a vac,,nc y between the heel and the shoe. p * 10 moderate annual appropriation for the encourage- 
result in the Rural or otherwise. If the horse happens to be • dead lame.' ment of agriculture In the conn tic. „. 
result in the Rural, or otherwise. 
Jabez Hawley, 
Westfield, Chautauqua Co.. N. Y.. 1860. 
Inquiries ani) 2Utsu)crs. 
Spreading Manure—W ill much loss take place from 
spreading manure Lu the winter and plowing it under in 
the spring? This is a very convenient plan and if the 
Iusms not greet, I would like to practice it.— .1 ]< Mon 
roe, Mick, Dec., 18G9. 
\ Kiir little if any loss will occur from spreading manure 
In the winter, except the land is so situated as to carry oil 
a portion by the melting snow and early spring rains. 
I LAN lor a Pig Pun. -Will some of the numerous 
Kui.al correspondents give, through its columns, a plan 
ot a pen ..t rullieient capacity to accommodate five to 
e’ght hogs.w.th a i necessary details as to apartments, 
troughs, Hoorn, beds, Ac. Should corn in the ear hr. led 
in the trough or on the iloorr—should the tloor ho level 
01 lowest Oil one sider^-t,,,,,!,] tlie bed be enclosed s'erm- 
r ti,r ' * ,ri : j : ,ni ‘ u bought «t a compL- 
nnc with the above would very much oblige me, and 
perhaps others, as this subject is too much neglected by 
farmers generally.—M.. Dee, 27#A, 1859 
BEANS FOR SHEEP AND COWS. 
RENNET-KEEPING CHEESE IN WINTER. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker :— I noticed in the 
Rural of Dec. HHh, un inquiry respecting the 
best method of preparing, saving and using 
Rennet, and also keeping Ghoe.se in winter, Ac 
Thinking perhaps my experience in the manufac¬ 
ture of cheuije would benefit the friend who has 
made the inquiry, and perhaps other persons, 1 
will give my method 
The first essential in the making of a good 
artiele of cheese, is in having good rennet, am 
perhaps as good a way to preserve them is to 
take them from the calf as clean ns possible 
Turn them, and should there ho dirt in them, 
which is sometimes the case w hen the calf gets to 
the earth, they should lie carefully rinsed, as too 
much rinsing will extract the strength in 
measure. The curd, if any should be found in 
the rennet, should be put in a bag made for the 
purpose, and kept in a jar in brine. The rennet 
Should be turned right side oht and filled full of 
good pure salt, and tied up and hung where it 
will dry moderately. When used it should be put 
into a stone jar* (the same with the curd il you 
choose,) with a good quantity of salt and water 
added as you use it; suit should be added occ 
Sionajly—enough to keep sweet. It should be put 
in u cool place to keep, 
The flavor of cheese is improved by adding sage 
and spices—nutmeg and cloves 1 would say. The 
sage with the spices should be steeped and 
added. The quantity of rennet to be used will 
depend on the strength of the fluid—it being so 
strong at times that a half teacupful will be suf¬ 
ficient for a cheese of sixty pounds. My method, 
when using u new article, is to add as much as I 
think will he sufficient, carefully watching the 
result; and in case it should not coagulate, then 
add more. The time required for milk to “come,” 
as it is called, should be from thirty to forty-five 
minutes. The temperature of the milk, when set, 
should he about eighty degrees. 
The quantity of salt used should be about a 
teacupful to eighteen pounds of card in the warn 
weather; in cool weather, in the full and spring, 
when cheese is sold green, the same quantity to 
twenty pounds. My practice in making double 
curds is to press the second card on the preceding 
one, and my manner of doing it is this: when I 
prepare my curd, 1 take from the press the first, 
slip it from the hoop, pull the strainer from the 
top, ami lake a fork and pick it up as thin as pos¬ 
sible, taking care to get all of the outside rind olf. 
The pieces should be put in after turning, adding 
some of the new curd. The advantage gained in 
pressing on is, it will make more cheese than the 
old way of mixing, for the reason that the old curd 
has to be scalded over the second time, thereby 
losing in shrinking. I have practiced doing so 
for the last two years, never failing in a single 
instance. 
Fns. Rural New-Yorker:—T he subject of 
Wintering farm stock would seem to be almost 
exhausted, if we consider the number of aide and 
timely pieces that have been published in your 
journal, allowing the minds and experience of all 
of the early contributors. But, by adding one 
more, according to the old adage, there might be 
something advanced that has passed the notice 
of many. Good, warm barns and sheds, with good 
fodder carefully fed out, is first rate advice. After 
all, it becomes us small farmers to use all the 
economy we can in feeding roots and grain, and 
the last should he chosen from the relative value 
aud the market prices of city and county papers 
There is one article in this line that l'coiisider 
very plenty, judging from the tables, viz., beans. 
1 lie prices are the lowest, comparatively, of any 
farm produce, and their nutritive value, according 
to chemical analysis, is higher than anything 
that the farmer can raise. I have not seen them 
mentioned except as feed for the bristly tribe, 
and, as far as my experience goes, they have but 
Very little relish for them. Why not, for the sake 
of experiment, try grinding them, and use the 
meal to season onr cut straw and other fodder for 
cattle and horses? We can feed them whole to 
our sheep instead of corn, as that is worth, in this 
vicinity, from eighty cents to one dollar, making 
a saving in price, and adding the most nutritions 
of articles to our coarse feed, thus saving in two 
ways. Beans, of all kinds and colors, good and 
poor, may be used in this way, and, I think, to a 
little better advantage than to be carried to 
market and bantered oir for about the same as 
oats are w orth. 
1 would say, in addition, that the less a man has 
the better he wants to know bow to manage it, and 
one of the best ways to learn this is to take one or 
more of the best papers be knows of in his line 
of business. w L 
Verona, N. Y., I860. 
.stunk Goal Ariikm V wish to inquire if coal (atone 
coal) wiUob are goo4 fudknyiliing o„ l.ui l.- If what 
kindol fill; Oun w mi”iv soil, ami wo burn hui(J cout 
and have a good main fndius. Will yon plea*! say ttiro : 
the ItORAL il they are Rood for any tiling oo laud, and 
oblige:—A A , Collinsville, Cotin. 
Coai. ashes produce a good mechanical effect oq light 
land. They are found valuable as a top-dressing for grass, 
We have used them in the garden for vegetables, especi¬ 
ally on heavy land, for root crops, and found them very 
advantageous, hut think the effect is. mostly mechanical. 
If the horse happens to be • dead lame,’ and ten¬ 
derness and swelling are observed at the upper 
part ot the hoof, the part may then be punctured 
with a lancet; after squeezing out the imprisoned 
matter, the part should be dressed, daily, with fir 
balsam. In so mo cases of suppurated corn, the 
matter must bo liberated by making an opening 
through the sole, at the inner quarter; this is also 
to be dressed with fir balsam; the shoe to remain 
off for a few days.” 
Hemkdy for tiik IlKAV.,,-Will the editor or the 
ItL' mai. pl.-Ahe jmMi.li the remedy (hr the heaves which 
iippc-ared in Unit journal Sept. 11th, 1858:—M W H eel 
iorkvtlle, Hancock Co., Mr. i 860 
This prescription, which is said to be a sure cure, in as 
follows:—One-lmlf ounce each of aloes, nssal'cetida, (tower 
of Uvauder, fenyeek, rose water saltpetre, sarsaparilla, 
spirits of nitre, anise seed, camphor gum. and three- 
fourths of an ounce Spanish flic-9, all put into a jug cou- 
taiuing one quart of alcohol. The quantity to be given 
is one teaspoonful every other morning—give nine times. 
(.CANO ami Bone Dost —Please inform a subscriber 
r v .iii 1 tlj# Wi l *7 w Island Guano Is a cheap and valuable 
fertilizer, and if it can be procured at Rochester c-r Hnffa- 
lo, and at what price Also whether there is a bone 
manufactory at either of the above named iihtc.es, or if it 
ciin la- procured there or Mm- where at a reasonable rate — 
W 1 luitrish, Wyoming, Dec.. 1859, 
Jarvis Island Guano wo bought a small quantity of last 
spring iu this city at $60 per ton, the sumo price we j.aid 
for Peruvian in New York. We believe it can lie bought 
in New York from $80 to $40 jicr ton. Even at this price 
we think Peruvian the cheapest. There is no manufac¬ 
tory of bone-dust here, but small quantities can be ob¬ 
tained at the button factories, amt oftlm hone turners. 
Managing and Feeding Working Oxen. 
Oxen working on a stone-drag, on the foot of 
a plow, on the sled tongue, cart spire, or twitching 
stones or timber, should carry their heads up, as 
this enables them to do this work much easier; 
those that work as leaders, forward of other oxen, 
should carry their heads low, and have the yoke 
the right length, let the bows suit the neck’; the 
yoke and bows to the leaders should set a little 
snugger than the nib oxen. Never use the whip 
but Irom necessity. When about to strike the 
young steer or ox, nsk yourself, "Will ho know 
what 1 strike him for!” Let each ox have a 
name, and be sure be knows his name. Never 
speak a word to an ox without meaning; have a 
particular word to start your team by, that all may 
pull together. Never hurry your team while 
riding behind them, lest they learn to haul apart. 
The best feed for oxen at bard work, is to give 
to each two quarts of meal, wet, mixed with good 
chopped hay, three times a day, and as much hay 
as he will heat; this is tho highest feed working 
oxen ought to have, and on this they will work 
every day. Ho says the New England Farmer. 
Tho Potato Dlsouse. 
Or the potato disease, Dr. Lang, in a prize 
essay recently published by the British Agricul¬ 
tural Society, says it “is of a fungoid nature, 
increased in viruleney by atmospheric causes.” 
ihe same writer says that all manures are injuri 
ous except lime and salt; that the earliest potatoes 
in ripening should be exclusively raised, and that 
earthing up repeatedly with fine earth is the only 
effectual preventive to the ravages of the disease 
meul of agriculture lu tho counties and in support of tho 
State Agricultural Society hoe keen fully returned In the 
treasury ihr enhanced valuation of property and an 
hundred fold in the. general prosperity. The State 
County and Town Societies, at once a source of usefulness' 
ami a satisfaction to the public, owe their prosperity 
pci haps their existence, to the co-operation of the State' 
The more general participation in these organizations by 
many of tho best members of the community; the in¬ 
creased interest felt lu the pursuit, as manifest in the 
augmentation of the agricultural press, and the renewed 
desire for tho highest institutions for agricultural instruc¬ 
tion are In jiart tho fruits of this fostering care ” 
D.nitku Status Ac. Society. - After noticing the 
annual meeting of this Society, held in Washington the 
present week, an exchange remarks:—Gentlemen who 
may wish to become Lire Members of the Society, can do 
so by paying or remitting ton dollars to the Treasurer 
Hon D. IJ Kick.voh, Washington City. This will entitle’ 
them, without any further payments, to the full privileges 
ol membership among these are: free admission to 111 
exhibitions ol the Society, the annual volume of pub¬ 
lished Transactions, tho Journal of Agriculture, and the 
large nod elegant Diploma. The fee for Annual Member- 
stii) 1 is two dollars, which ensures the receipt of the 
sluvrual oj jltfxJr+tifure " 
— The editor of this journal has been a life member ol 
the V. S. Ag. Society some two or three years, (since July 
1H57.) yet has not been favored with «the annual volumes 
ot published Transactions." or “the Journal of Agricul¬ 
ture "-and is constrained to say that il other members 
nro served in like manner, such “ privileges" as the above 
should not ho announced. Wc make no complaint in the 
premises -have scarcely missed the documents specified 
and probably should not appreciate them, if received—but 
heg to suggest that, inasmuch as such offers no doubt 
Induce many to become members, it might he for the 
interest of the Society to perform as well as promise 
Agricultural Societies. 
“ T|1E Vot '-\ a Farmer's Manual" is the title of a work 
h.v 8. Howards Todd, now in pres, and soon to he isaued 
by C. M Saxton, Bahkbr A: Go., of New York. Mr. T. i 9 
a practical man and ready writer, as those who have read 
his contributions to the Rural can attest, and we pre¬ 
sume the work w ill prove valuable. We are assured that 
the Manual will contain “plain, practical directions for 
laying out the farm—for erecting every style of farm fence 
and gates; directions for draining a farm in a most thor 
ougli, systematic aud economical manner; how to select 
good tools and farm implements, and how to handle them 
with skill and dexterity us well as how to put them in 
order-how to adjust a plow—how to hold plow—how to 
perform almost every operation of the farm." Ac. 
RAISING TURKEYS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:- —la your journal I 
noticed an inquiry for the best plan to raise 
Turkeys, and have seen several answers to that 
inquiry, but feeling that my Cayuga friend is not 
sufficiently well-posted upon the subject, permit 
me to give between sixty aud seventy years of my 
experience. 
To tak> - a fuir start, let him furnish himself with 
Black turkeys, and learn them to be gentle before 
they commence laying. As soon as they begin to 
lay, take away their eggs—let their nest egg be a 
lien's egg. When they have laid out their litter 
destroy the nest, Teed them well, and in ten clays 
or less, they will generally commence laying 
again. Turn those they have laid once or twice a 
week. When they have the second lot, and wunt 
to sit, lot them have what eggs they can well 
cover, and put the balance of the first litter under 
a hen at the same time, or us near as may he, so 
Heating Milk.— fan yon, or any or vour correspon- 
rteuts, inform me about hooting milk for butter purposes- 
t an the cream he more easily churned, and w ill the quan¬ 
tity be increased without injuring the quality: 
Salt on Quack GKASS.-Will salt kill quack grass, and 
wii.il quantity should be applied to the square rod'_A 
Suikckiher, Lewis Co., JJ. X. ' 
Heating milk causes the cream to rise in a short time, 
and makes the work of churning light; but that it injures 
the blitter for keeping purposes we believe is generally 
admitted by all who have tried the experiment. Aa/twiil 
kill quack grass, but it requires a heavy dressing. You 
will have to apply until you get enough. Enough to kill 
quack grass will kill almost any othel- crop. 
Row rr-Mons.—I have a valuable cow which hav a 
bunch on her upper jaw about as large as a liens c-g It 
appears to be ot a bony substance, and U situated mat 
under the eye. It is about two weeks since I first discov¬ 
ered it, hut should think it hud been lomrer than that 
forming M« neighbors toll me it is wint. they call a 
vv.ill and wdl eventually prove fatal. A short time ago 
the horn on that side began to drop, and i- now nearly 
a horizontal position. The Cow is in every other respect 
perfectly healthy . Gun you or any of your corrospou- 
Thk Obwkgo County Aa. 8 ocikty, (located at Mexico,) 
at Its recent annual meeting elected the following hoard 
of officers for I860: President- T. II. Austin of New 
Haven. Pice Resident—Walton Marks of Sandy Creek. 
Secretary Edwin Midlam of Mexico. Treasurer—L. II. 
Conklin of Mexico. Directors—Hnrvog I'almer of Parish, 
end Solomon Mathews or Mexico, for 1 year; Chirk 
Kenyon of Hastings, aud Clark H. Snell of Mexico, for 2 
years; Jesse Rabcock, of Volney, and Solomon Fellows of 
Richland, for.'{ years. The time designated f or holding 
the Fair is Sept. 18th, 19th and 20th. 1860. Hon A S 
Warner and T. H. Austin, Esq, were appointed delegates 
to tho annual meeting of the State Ag. Society. 
The Death of Judge Van Dergkn. of Coxsuckie 
Greene county, is announced, at the age of 73 years’ 
Judge V. R. belonged to one of the old Dutch families on 
the Hudson, m*d has ever occupied a high position in 
socml as well as in public, life. He was an intimate friend 
of ex-('resident Van Bcrbn. and of Dr Bkkkman, of 
Kmderliook. and has always been esteemed for hi B prob¬ 
ity and highly honorable character. For a long period 
ho war, one ot the most active promoters of agricultural 
improvement, aud in connection with the late Jkusk 
Bum., of Albany, and others, took a prominent part in the 
organization of the New York State Agricultural Society, 
of which he was one of the early Presidents. 
Cayuga Co. Ac. Society.—A t the recent annual meet¬ 
ing ol this Society, the following officers were chosen for 
1860: President— Wm. Webster of SenndLt, 1st Pice 
President—Wm. D. Osborn of Meat*, (and twenty-one 
additional Vice Presidents, one for each town in the 
county ) Secretary —Benj B, Snow of Auburn; Treas¬ 
urer—1.. C. Maun, of Auburn. Directors—Chas, Burlew, 
John Bluficld, J. F. Phelps, Harrison Hopkins, Out,-. P. 
Wood. Wm. J. N Shepherd. The Society has a small 
balance in the treasury. 
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dents give ino any light upon the subject—Ls there anv 
cure?—W. tv. H 01 .GK, Lake City. Minn., 1859. ' 
Wkiik there nothing hot the mere tumor present it 
might be eradicated, but the fact of the horn “ dropping 
nearly in a horizontal position," indicates ulceration —the 
bones are in a decaying condition, and no possible good 
can be done. Humanity and interest require that a 
speedy termination be put to the sufferings of the animal 
lu Dr. Dadd's new work npon “ The Diseases of Cattle," 
it is argued that this malady may be prevented, when wo 
become nwurc that the osseous structure is deficient in 
earthy matters, by the use of the following:—Phosphate 
or Lime, 0 oz.; powdered Golden-seal, 2 0 z.: powdered 
Sassafras, a oz,; powdered Ginger, 2 oz,; Oatmeal, 4 lbs 
Mix. divide into sixteen parts, aud incorporate one portion 
u itli the food each night. This give.- tone to the function 
of nutrition 
Otsego Co. Ag. Society—O fficers for I860: President 
■Alfred Clarke. Pice President—A rthur A. Brown. 
Secretary —Chas. Stillman. Treasurer — G. P. Keese 
Directors (for three years)—Chns. Bates and P. IT. Potter. 
The Union Ag, Society of Ridgeway and Shelby held 
it* annual meeting at Medina on the -1th inst. The meet- 
ing was well attended, and the reports of officers showed 
that the Society wan in a sound and progressive condi¬ 
tion. The receipts during 1859 were $1,457 06, and exi>en- 
dltures $1,301 92—.-bowing a surplus of $155,14, which, 
added to balance previously on hand, leaves a fund of 
$314,75 in the Treasury The following board of officers 
wiis Chosen for I860: President— Volniiy A. Acer. Piet 
/'rra'f—Lew is Marshal! Htc. See’y—S. C. Bowen. Cor. 
Secy R. K Brown. VWasurtr— G. T. Anthony. Direc¬ 
tors—Harvey Clde, G. C. Cook and Nelson McCormick, 
iu the evening a large and appreciative audience listened 
lo an excellent Essay, prepared for the occasion by Mrs. 
A A. Barnes, and read by Prof. Burrs.and to an Address 
by D. D. T Moore. 
A Grain-Measuring Jxvromox.-A Chicago paper saya 
there has been invented in Kalamazoo, Mich., an instru¬ 
ment which bids fair, to prove of great value. It is called 
a grain meter, and is so constructed as to weigh and dis¬ 
charge every kind of grain with entire accuracy, without 
the attendance or any person, numbering, without the 
possibility of fault, every bushel or fraction of bushel 
discharged by it; and all this more certainly, and with a 
nearer approach to precise results, than can he done by 
any other known method. A wheat dealer, in order to 
know the contents of a given bin of a grain, has but to 
draw it off through the machine, which is self-operating 
nigl.t and day, and when the whole is discharged he findn 
the result as plainly marked on the register of the ma- 
chiae as the time of day on the dial of a clock 
Picking Gkksb hY .Macijinekv.—T he Scientific Amer¬ 
ican announces a machine for picking geese, the result of 
a number of years' labor, and one of the most ingenious 
pieces ol mechanism ever seen. It not only plucks the 
feathers, but separates the long ones from the short while 
passing through the machine. It picks 45 geese per hour. 
Kentucky Corn Croil—T he assessors in Kentucky and 
the Secretary of the Board ol Agriculture, report a' corn 
crop of three hundred and eighty millions of bushels! 
Admitting this estimate to he correct, the value of tho 
crop would be about $130,000,000. 
A Novel Plowing Match came off in Montgomery, 
Ala., recently—a plowing contest between one of Mrs 
Watson's camels and a mule. A Montgomery paper ex¬ 
presses the opinion that the camel bore off the palm. 
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