RURAL Lirf^S 
mtMos 
A^iCULTOJL^^ 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY “NEWSPAPER. 
Our Agricultural Department certainly will 
not suffer in comparison with that of any similar 
work, either in this country or Europe. In addi¬ 
tion to the labor of the Editor and his Associates, 
the Rural has a goodly number of special Con¬ 
tributors and general Correspondents—practical 
and scientific men of ability and experience, who 
communicate through its pages the facts tin y 
learn in the field, garden and laboratory. Thus 
we have the records of success and failure, of the 
greatest value to all, and which must save to 
every reading, discriminating farmer, many times 
the cost of the paper annually. This department 
alone, in one year contains sufficient matter to 
make three or four books of 500 pages each, such 
as sell for at least a dollar per espy, while the con¬ 
tents arc more fresh and seasonable, and certainly 
equally reliable and valuable. 
Tho Horticultural Department of the Nkw- 
Yorkeu, as is conceded by the best pomologists, 
is unequalled for practical utility, the seasonable- 
ness of its articles and illustrations, and the judg¬ 
ment and ability displayed in its management hv 
any other work in the country. This is strong 
language, but its truthfulness could readily lie 
demonstrated by the personal letters and public 
Ktiitemente'of many of the most prominent horti¬ 
culturists of the country. Tu all the exciting 
controversies which have arisen it has taken a 
decided position for tho Right, regardless of 
friends or foes, and its influence in favor of truth 
has been felt throughout the land. The gentleman 
who has charge of this important department is 
competent, and devoted to the cause — an enthusi¬ 
astic lover of all that pertains to Horticulture, and 
Flow * whereof affirms comcming Pruitt', 
Flowers and Vegetables. 
Of our other leading Departments — Literary, 
Scientific, News, Commercial, Ac., Ac.,—we can 
only say that each will receive special attention 
during the year, as the design is to improve in all 
respects as we advance, and render the whole 
paper more interesting and valuable. 
— Wo cannot close this article without extend¬ 
ing a cordial greeting to the “hosts of friends'’ 
who have Again invited the Rural New-Yorker 
to their homes, and we trust hearts also, ami 
properly saluting its thousands of new acquaint 
unces. To the former we have little more to offer, 
in addition to the congratulations of the season, 
than the assurance that it will he our aim in the 
future, as in the past, to jo fill every column,page 
and number of this Journal as to render it worthy 
the increased confidence and encouragement, of 
the judicious, fho progressive, and the discrimin¬ 
ating— of all who favor Substantial, Instructive 
and Pure Literature. Rut all who are coq^crsaut 
with the Rural, know its aim and object*, and 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
With an Able Corps of Assistants and Contributors, 
The Rural New-Yorker is designed to bn unsurpassed 
in Value, Purity, Usefulness and Variety of Contents, and 
unique and beautiful in Appearance. Itst.Vinrine.tor devotes 
his personal attention to the supervision of its various de¬ 
partments, and earnestly labors to render the Rural an 
eminently Reliable Guide on all the important Practical, 
Scientific and other Subjects intimately connected with the 
bu.«ine>* of those whose Interests it tealously advocates. 
As a Family Jotmxtr. it is eminently Instructive and 
Jlntert-iiriintr heina so conducted that- it can be safely 
taken to the Hearts and Home* of people of iote-UiKOUCC, 
taste and discrimination. It embrace* more Agricultural, 
Horticultural, Scientific, Educational, Literary and News 
Matter, interspersed with appropriate aud beautiful Eu- 
gfavings, than an.y other journal,- rendering it the most 
complete Agricultural, Literary aju» Family News¬ 
paper in America. 
For Terms and other particulars, see last page. 
VIST ITALIAN FARM PIOUS IE 
iis braces to the building, besides acting as sup¬ 
ports for the outside hoarding. 1 nail them on 
over doors and windows, mid afterwards saw out 
those that interfere with the openings. It will lie 
seen that it requires no more lumber or labor than 
to put them on horizontally, yet they make the 
building much Stiller. My bouse might bo rolled 
over and not be crushed, Tho Italian style re¬ 
quires a low roof. Mine is one-fifth pitch. 
Construction.— The order of putting Ihe house 
together is: — The cellar walls, sills and lower 
joists, studs and upper joists, rafters, ribs, vertical 
boarding, window frames, cornice, and, lastly, the 
roof. All the joists are IK feet long, 2 by 8 inches, 
and 1(1 inches apart, so that the lower joists will rise 
2 inches above the sills, which are 0 by 8 inches. 
This arrangement is for the purpose of giving the 
sills plenty of air, as nothing contributes more to 
the destruction of timber than done confinement. 
The space thus left between the floor and sills 
must lie filled with cobble stones and coarse 
gravel, to allow the air to cirenlato, and keep the 
rats out. F prefer nifl.chlnc-phi.ucd vertical board¬ 
ing to clapboards, but they must be of uniform 
width, and II inches wide; battens 2 inches. 
The Roof. — Zinc or copper gutters must be 
used where the lower joins the main building, 
and at the angles of the roof. 
Thk Tower will he considered by many a 
needless expense. I do not think so. The lower 
story forms the open porch, the second may he 
used as a library or bed-room, end tin: third as an 
observatory, a summer sleeping room, a room for 
drying herbs, Ac., and as a means of reaching the 
roof, in case of tire, Arc. 11 is the most picturesque 
and not least valuable part of the house. At all 
events the style requires it. 
Cost.— Here, where “clear stuff'’ costs $24, 
“ house boards” $16, and “ham-boards” $8, hem¬ 
lock scantling$7 per thousand; stou<$ti per cord; 
and joiner work $1 50 per day; this house can be 
built for $1,200. If the builder furnishes stone 
from his own land, and does a considerable part 
of the “ coarse work,” of course it can be built 
for much less. 
House is tarnished by C. 15. Rider, of I’ike, 
Wyoming Go., N. Y. In appearance it is tasteful, 
without the common fault of excessive orna¬ 
mentation, while the arrangement is exceedingly 
convenient. The dining-room is well situated in 
its relation to both kitchen aud parlor, and two 
Small bed-rooms ure provided for on the ground 
ho >r, but ono la.-ge one- would, perhaps, be better. 
" 1 have long been Impressed with the Idea that 
the Italian style is the one most perfectly adapted 
to the wants of the farming community; accord¬ 
ingly I have selected it for the following study. 
THE RURAL TO ITS READERS, 
ON ENTERING UPON A NEW YEAR AND VOLUME. 
H’ln _',\v ago, v , ui: 1 V.. , ■ inteldg- - 
and wisdom of the Enralists of this happy land, 
we sent forth the first number of the Rural New- 
Yorker on its goodly mission. We then resolved, 
whether success or failure, prosperity or adversity, 
should he the result, to furnish a journal devoted 
to the dissemination of light and truth and the 
destruction of lindr opposites, and never to per¬ 
mit a line to appear in its pages calculated to do 
evil, or cause a blush on the cheek of purity. 
How well and faithfully we have fulfilled this 
determination is not lor us to affirm;—It has, 
however, been fully and triumphantly decided by 
those for whose interest and happiness we have 
earnestly labored. From the day of its commence¬ 
ment the I ’ukal has been an uninterrupted suc¬ 
cess. Each year lias added thousands to its 
readers and sup porters, until now we can truly say 
there is no Agricultural Journal in tho world with 
so many warm, working friends — none with so 
long an array of subscribers, and none that is 
exerting an influence so large, wide and beneficial. 
Its success and influence may be appreciated, to 
some extent, when it is stated that this article is 
penned at the close of a day (Dec. 27,) during 
which OVER THREE THOUSAND SUBSCRIPTIONS 
have been received for the new volume, (while the 
receipts of the preceding day were nearly equal.) 
This indicates an appreciation on the part of the 
public, and substantial progress and popularity, 
which we never anticipated in the early days of 
the enterprise, and for which we may well express 
the most profound acknowledgments on such an 
occasion as the present 
Commonsurate with the progress of the Rural 
has been the advancement of the Agricultural 
interests of the Country. The history of no other 
decade since man left the first and best of gardens, 
exhibits Ruch rapid aud rational progress in the 
Art that feeds and clothes the world. The obi 
prejudice aguinst book farming has rapidly dimin¬ 
ished. Farmers ure fast becoming reading and 
communicative, as they have long been thinking, 
men—are laying aside old notions and signs, and 
beginning to realize that good sense, the highest 
intelligence, and even science, can as profitably 
be employed iu cultivating a farm* an orchard, or 
a garden, and in caring for tho creatures over 
which Gun has given Man dominion, as in any 
other pursuit of life. No one can have failed to 
observe this Improvement, it Is proclaimed to 
every passer-by, in language not to be misunder¬ 
stood,—in the better appearance of houses, barns 
and stables,—in the sleek and comfortable appear¬ 
ance of the cattle,—in the thrifty appearance of 
W! HOUSE 
16 X 20 
D. ROOM 
9 X 10 
KITOHEN 
DINING ROOM 
14 X 13 
B. ROOM 
9 X IQ 
PORCH 
9X9 
PARLOR 
17 X 13 
PLAN A. —GROUND FLOOR. 
Cellar. — Tho cellar requires 11 cords of stone. 
It will he found us cheap to make the cellar under 
tho whole building, as the walls should lie of the 
same height, seven feet throughout, to prevent 
unequal settling. Cellars are generally dug too 
low. My excavation is only 18 inches. The 
practice of setting stone edgwise for ‘^under¬ 
pinning” should be avoided; they are better laid 
flat, taking cure that none reach through the will. 
DAIRY H. 
Dominion' aim otner localities ot the sunny 
South, aud in the better portions of the British 
Provinces at the North.” In all these sections it 
has become a welcome visitor to the Farmer, the 
Horticulturist, and the Family Circle. 
FACTS ABOUT MANURES, 
For many ages it has been known that the 
droppings of animals enrich the soil and aid the 
growth of plants, and under the name of manure 
they have been used for this purpose by agricul¬ 
turists of all countries. Books, almost without 
number, have been written on the subject; essays, 
long and short, learned and unlearned, theoretical 
and practical, appear from time to time in the agri¬ 
cultural journals, end yet, with due respect to all, 
we must be allowed to Hay that writers and readers, 
instructors 3nd learners, appear to be a good 
deal in the dark. Of this no one can doubt who 
reads their various contradictory theories and 
recommendations, while every agricultural editor, 
—owing to the singular questions often presented 
for solution, even by good and intelligent farm- 
li !!5 - :-:uu/A ,j_ 
"\\WEv/// ’“‘".'M' _ •Hi iiin iiiwrv Yi _ : 
MAs-lit liiaiL-A 
Z&zZ&gf .niiiit 
ARRANGEMENT OV 8TT lit! AND RIBS. 
Tue Frame.— A well-made “balloon” frame is 
much cheaper aud better for all houses of moderate 
heighttbun a timber frame. It adapts itself better 
to circumstances. It is more plastic, ho to speak. 
My piun of constructing a frame is as follows:— 
The sills are (1 by 8 inches, laid flat, the studs are 
3 by 4 inches, “toe-nailed” to the sills, two inches 
from the outer edge. This space of two inches is 
afterwards filled out with 2 by 4 inch "ribs,” set, 
diagonally, 3 feet apart, and nailed to the studs at 
each intersection. (Bee figure.) These ribs serve 
PLAN B. 
,•/. Wood House; B, Kitchen: C } Parlor; D, Hall; E, Porch; 
1<\ Sitting Hoorn; 6’, O, Beri Rooms; a, Pantry; b, b, 
Closets. 
For those requiring a more complete establish¬ 
ment plan 11 is ottered — it is simply an extension 
of the original.” 
TWO 
DOLLARS .A. YE1A.R.] 
“ 3?ROGrR,JCSS AND IMITXOV1GN1ENT.” 
[ SINGrlAHl NO. JVOTJJR CENTS.I*! 
VOL. 
XI. NO. 1.1 
ROCHESTER, N. Y.-F0R THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1860. 
f WHOLE NO. 521. 
20 
f A- 
