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bushels per acre. Farms which, in those days, wheat My custom is to follow the crusher with 
produced corn at the rate of eighty bushels per the cultivator, which lifts and leaves, in a loose, 
acre, now yield perhaps fifty,— oftener less. I friable state, the soil broken ifnd pressed down 
have not official statistics at hand to demonstrate by the crusher. It is much less work to pulverize 
this point with that exactness whieh Is so desira- the soil with the cruBher and cultivator, than to 
ble in these matters, but it is generally conceded do it by three plowing*, as recommended by Mr. 
that something has ‘‘turned up” which operates Dickinson. I fully agree with Mr. D. in deep 
to abbreviate the prolific statistical figures of the plowing and subsoiling, and think his mode of 
earlier years of Illinois agriculture. raising potatoes is both philosophical and prac- 
The idea so generally entertained and promul- ticaL but he bus evidently thrown away the 
gated during the early settlement of the West, crusher without sufficient consideration. His 
that the prairie soil wonld “never tire,” has been Implement is highly prized in England upon 
assiduously adhered to, both in theory and prac- their heavy soils, and I think must be here, until 
tice, and to this may be ascribed tbe chief cause some implement shall be devised both to break 
of the diminution in our agricultural staples. up or plow and pulverize at the same time, which 
In a recent number of tho Cinrmnatut, an article must be a rotary implement The crusher has 
on the "Causes and Effects of the Diminution been of great service to me in preparing a stiff 
of Crops, ” gives, as the cause of the demon- soil for garden crops. Fall plowing dispenses 
strated diminution, the comparatively sparsely with tho crusher for spring grain, but root crops 
settled condition of the country, of which the require spring cultivation and fine tilth, 
effect is to engender negligent and wasteful Brie Co., N. Y., I860. E. W Stewart. 
tillage. Owing to the transitory character of the -- 
western limit, —always keeping in advance of GROWING CARROTS. 
the pioneer, and decoying him toward the setting -- 
sun by acting upon the natural disquietude of Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — As others are 
the human mind, and the intuitive desire for the relating their experience in regard to farming, 
Ultima Thule ,— thero is a boundless expanse of permit me to say a few words relative to raising 
fertile t conntry in the prairie States yet unoulti- carrots,—one of the cheapest crops thut can be 
vatod, and a similar extent in a worse condition grown for feeding purposes. On the 22<1 of April 
from cureless culture. last, T plowed f>'JJ square rods of ground,—a clay 
Another cause of the manifest imperfections and loamy soil,—from eight to ten inches deep, 
which exist in agricultural practice at the West, and on the the 30th, harrowed thoroughly and 
is attributable to the inherent principle, that “to rolled, then left it till May 7th, when it was again 
tho victor belong the spoils,”—which principle harrowed, and sown to carrots, the seed planted 
has actuated those who divested this country of one-half inch deep with a drill. The drills were 
the terrors of which a terra incognita is always 
possessed,— to secure the largest, possible area of 
the reclaimed domain to themselves and their 
posterity, that they might, thereby, possess all the 
advantages known,—from the earliest days ol 
“fees simple,”—to accrue to those who, by virtue 
of their manorial possessions, were “lords of the 
land.” 
The sequel to ownership was, in a majority of 
cases, an attempt to cultivate, with insufficient 
means and appliances; which pernicious example 
has been followed by subsequent settlers, and 
continued, (though under constant modification,) 
to the general disparagement of tho best interests 
of the West. It is to be hoped that a “little farm 
well tilled” will soon become the rule instead of 
the exception, and when that consummation is 
effected, we may look for a better state of things 
in Western Agriculture. 
Of the superior productiveness of the prairie 
soil, in its earliest stages of culture, tho causes 
are probably various, but to me the most obvious, 
is the natural underdrainmg to which it was sub¬ 
jected by the ramifications of the longpenctruting 
roots of the luxuriant grasses, and wild herba¬ 
ceous plants, which so completely overspread the 
primitive West. These, as their tops were killed 
by the huge “breaking” plow, decayed and left 
the stiff, clayey subsoil riddled by the multitude of 
perforations accomplished by their roots in their 
natural search for nutriment. This may possibly 
account for the successful growth of the fruit 
trees planted by those of the early settlers who 
were sufficiently devoted to the goddess Pomona 
to give her mundane representations a “local 
habitation” in wliat was then the “Far West” 
And the closing up of this natural drainage by a 
skimming, surface cultivation, (formerly quite 
popular in this country,) it is equally possible may 
account for a few of the deaths in the ninety per 
cent of fruit trees which die annually in Illinois. 
When Western Horticulturists choose to take 
the hint afforded by the difference between the 
ninety per cent, which die now-a-daya, and the ten 
16 inches apart. Afterward T passed over the 
ground with a roller, that the seed might all germ¬ 
inate. between the 28th and 31st of May, I 
weeded them for tho first time. The weather 
being dry, the ground got so hard 1 began to 
think the crop would not pay me for my trouble. 
The 22d and 23d of July, I went over them again, 
feeling somewhat encouraged, as the weather was 
(piite favorable for the crop. On tho 3d of No¬ 
vember. finished digging them, and, contrary to 
all expectations, had tho round number of 376 
bushels, from the 69J rods of ground. This, I 
suppose,is no great yield for those acquainted 
with the crop, yet, under the circumstances above 
named, we consider it good. They were mostly 
the Orange Carrot The cost was as follows: 
Dr. 
To eight loads of manure.$ 8 00 
One-half day plowing.. ____ 1 00 
One-lmlf day d ragging and sowing..... 1 00 
Onopoundseed______ 100 
Fifteen days’ weeding, hoys and men.. y 00 
Sixteen days' digging...10 CO 
Interest on value of land... 1 25 
Total.$31 75 
Cr, 
By three hundred and seventy-five bushels carrots, 
at my estimate, twenty-five cents.. $93 75 
31 76 
Balance in favor of crop___$62 00 
Perhaps I may estimate them at too high a 
figure, but I think not for feeding purposes. 1 
think they are worth as much as potatoes, if 
not more,—others may figure to suit themselves. 
Akron, Erie Co., N. Y., 1S60. Asmkk Wwcki.ick. 
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PASTURING ON THE HIGHWAY 
Ebb.Rural Nkw-Yorker A question of some 
interest, to farmers at least, is the proper manage¬ 
ment of our highways. Shall they be pastured, 
or not? The pasturing of onr highways by many 
of onr able farmers, is often a great nuisance to 
their neighbors. Cattle, sheep and pigs, that are 
confined principally to the highway, are gener- 
of October, and had 250 bushels of good, sizable 
potatoes. No signa of rot were discovered. The 
land was a light, sandy loam, of fair producing 
qualities; stumped, and in corn, the previous 
year. These potatoes proved much bettei than 
expected, as far as it regards their qualities for 
the table, being equal to the Pink Eye, Peach 
blow, Mercer, Ac. H. A. Whittemore. 
Fluvanna, N. Y., I860. 
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tlnrat Spirit of % Press. 
It* this Anybody’s Picture? 
A correspondent of the Ohio Cultivator has 
been word-painting, and we present our readers 
with the portrait he has perfected. Critical ex¬ 
amination may bring to our recollection an old 
friend: 
There's neighbor 8-. He is content with his 
farm, and believeB that draining is too costly to 
be practised, and sheds will not pay as a protec¬ 
tion to stock. He leaves a dilapidated fence in 
front of his dwelling, backed by a row of scraggy 
peach trees. Hi? wood-yard is in front of the 
house, consisting of an unsightly pile of green 
logs, to be cut up as occasion requires. His barn! 
the roof decayed and ragged, with the boards 
here and there missing from tho sides; an open 
yard, where all winter a herd of lowing cattle may 
be seen, pinched with cold, and trampling their 
fodder under their feet. Uisfarming implements! 
they are few and simple. Go into the road, and 
there, by the fence — where they are carefully 
placed when not in use—you will sec them. An 
old wagon with an older box, stands ready to go 
to pieces by its own weight, a three-cornered drag 
Inqntrics anti ^Inumcrs. 
Thk Scratches.— Will you inform a subscriber the 
cause of scratches in horses, and the cure? I have a 
valuable horse whose limbs are constantly swelled on 
this account, and it has thus far defied all attempts at a 
core.—W. D., China, A. K, I860. 
Fb give W I). four modes, either of which he can 
test to his own satisfaction:—In its early stages, diet, 
cleanliness, and ventilation require the attention of the 
groom. When the heels are swollen and hot, apply a 
poultice of slippery elm (powdered) pound; fine salt, 
2 ounces, Mis with hot water, and when cool, spread a 
portion on cotton cloth and bind. If the horee it fat , a 
mild cathartic, consisting of aloes, 4 drachms; gentian, 2 
drachma; ginger, 1 drachm—all powdered—may be ad¬ 
ministered. If, on the other hand, the horse be poor, 
use no medicine, bat allow s generous diet. Prof. Mor- 
tox, of tho Royal Veterinary College, recommends the 
fallowing:—Equal parts of vinegar, liDeeed oil, and tur¬ 
pentine Wash the heels with luke warm water and 
Castile soap, and, after wiping dry, apply the mixture. 
A Toledo, Ohio, correspondent of tbe Rural says any 
person having a horse troubled with tbe scratches, will 
find that, by taking a soft or fresh corn-cob, and using 
warm dish-water, or warm water and Castile aoap. (T pre¬ 
fer the former.) and rubbing the affected part with the 
cob, dipping it frequently in the water, until he h.-v> tbe 
scruff all off and perfectly clean—then drying it with a 
cloth, and applying the following salve—robbing it well, 
that it will take but a few gremdegs until the horee is 
perfectly cured. I have used this method repeatedly for 
30 years, and have never known it to fail. Scrape from 
the outside of the iron pots u-ed for cooking, the soot, 
or black that is on them, with a case knife, and then mix 
tallowwithitnni.il It forms a good salve, or paste, and 
rub the scratches with it, after being cleansed, three or 
four times, or even six times, if necessary. An improve¬ 
ment will be seen immediately. The horse should be 
kept in tho stable, or out of the mud, until he is cured, 
or nearly so. 
Another correspondent, residing at Lockport, N. Y., 
rests confidingly against it, while a little way off possessed of what lie claims is a simple preventive and 
the plow, which, by the wear and tear it Juts cure, pons it, as this is one of the worst seasons of the 
been subjected to, might be referred to any age i ' e “ r ,or horSL ‘ E to be troubled with them. It is ns fol- 
Rinoe Methusaleh- Neighbor 8- believes one ll * ,! ho ™ r “ at ni K ht - hi * ^onld 
, ... . „« . „ be washed clean, and rubbed as dry aa maybe, then apply 
plow will answer for all purposes, and all noils, g00 , 3 vinegar. rubbing it weU to tUe TwonppK 
and thinks new inventions in this line humbugs. tions „ day are sufficient. I have always found it a sure 
In the spring he yokes a pair of poor starved preventive and a certain cure. If the lega have become 
oxen, that have lain out to freeze in the open yard cracked and sore, apply the vinegar freely, and add a 
last winter, hitches them to his plow, and proceeds P i<;ce of copperas, the size of a common hickory nut, to 
to spring plowing. He usually gets into liis field 14 l,ua,rt 01 vim 'S ,ir -_ 
by letting down the fence; an easy task by the remedy kok Boxes Spavin.— For the benoGt of u Con¬ 
way, for the corner* are all down, or thrown this fttant Header/' in Niagara Co., and all others who may 
way and that, till he cannot easily make it worse. i)av “ horees afflicted with Bone Spavin, r send you the 
He usually begins in wet weather, as his team is rcciI,e wblch ia C0UBi,u ‘ re,i a sur « curos-Tako one pound 
. ,. . . ,_... ,_ T r« i i , of angle-worms, fr.v them well in a pound of butter, and, 
too light to plow when it is dry. He plows shal- " ’ 1 
, J . . . , , after it is coo), add one gill of spiritis of turpentine, 
low, for his team is not strong enough to plow Xak , om , oun ,,. „ r orignmirn oU wh !ch mix „ itb ouc 
deep. He don t subsoil it; it would take another gin of spirits of turpentine. Every morning mb the 
team. When harvest comes, he wonders why his spavin with the angle-worm mixture, heated in with a 
fit-ids yield but half a crop! hot iron. Every evening rub with the origanum mix* 
Such are the men—I will not say farmers—who lure - tl3C tiTnf ' these are used, the horee will begiu 
disgrace the pursuit of agriculture. But their tn im P rovp - During the operation, it will often appear 
number is lessening. Stupid indeed must be the nmke W ” w , 0r60 ’ bnt uu,Bt uot be rc ^ r * d « 
...... , . _ injurious. It docs not remote the bunch, but will 
man who in this age does not improve. Every ,, „ _ „ ’ , 
remove the disense and cure the lameuess. 1 have used 
appliance science and art can bring, is placed in the remedy in several cases, and in no instance hate 
the hand of the farmer. He has but tn signify his failed of effecting a cure. During tbe last year, a neigh- 
wants, and the inventor is ready to devote years bor of mine has used it on n spavin of seven years’ stand 
PROPOSED WESTERN - NEW YORK 
AGRICULTURAL AND MECH'L ASSOCIATION. 
At a meeting of the citizens of Rochester, held at the 
Court House, on tfco the 20th alt.,—Mayor Moor* in the 
Chair and JamkR V 'c K Secretary,—to consider the pro¬ 
priety of organizing an Agricultural and Mechanical 
Association for Western New York, it waa resolved that 
such an organization lg expedient and every way desi¬ 
rable. Messrs. A. Kelsrt. D. D T. Moore, P. Barry) B. 
M. Baker, and D. Marker, were appointed a committee 
to prepare a plan of organization, in accordance with the 
spirit of the resolution, and report the same at an ad¬ 
journed meeting to be held February 27th. 
At the adjourned meeting, on the evening of the 27th, 
C.eu. Gotru> was called to the Chair. Tin. Committee on 
Organization, being called upon, reported as follows: 
The Committee appointed by tbe meeting of Citizens, 
held on the 26th ol Kebfnary, to prepare and report a 
plan for a BVstern Asm York Agricultural and Mechani¬ 
cal AMOtiahon, ia conformity with a resolution adopted 
on that occasion, wonld respectfully state that they have 
been unable to consult upon tbe subject properly, or give 
it that deliberation its importance demands. The first 
meeting of the Comm.tteo wag held on Saturday, when 
barely a uuorum was present, yet, though unprepared to 
rcp.ort a definite plan, we would submit for consideration 
the following necessarily crude and imperfect suggestions 
relative to the contemplated association: 
Without alluding to other cogent reasons, yonr Com¬ 
mittee believe that the great and growing interests Agri¬ 
culture, Horticulture, and tbe Mechanics and Domestic 
Arts In Western New York, render it of the Bret impor¬ 
tance that a Society he organized for the encouragement 
and promotion of improvement in these prominent and 
indispensable pursuits,—and also to augment the profes¬ 
sional skill and intelligence of all engaged therein 
throughout the territory designated. As ide people of 
Western New York must mainly rely upon the products 
of Us soli and manufactures for substantia), permanent 
prosperity, and tbe accumulation of wealth, jour Com¬ 
mittee consider it. of paramount importance that its 
lending industrial pursuit*—Agriculture. Horticulture, 
Mechanics, and Manufactures—should be fostered by 
associated effort. With public awards to, and eulr.giums 
of, the most -nCees-fnl and -meritorious producers and 
products in tlm vail mi* department*. Western New 
York lias long maintained an enviable reputation in 
Agriculture aud Horticulture—the fertility of it* soil, 
and tbe industry, skill, and Intelligent enterprise of its 
cultivators having become farnmt.lv known to the whole 
civilized world. \V 1 th all its imperfections, our svstem 
of Agriculture if. as a whole, probably better aniTmore 
advantageous man that of any other district of equal 
extent in America—while Western New York, (and 
especially a large section, including Rochester.) is cele¬ 
brated in both our own and foreign countries, as one of 
tbe most favorable regions for Iruit growing and the 
nursery bus!ne-. Oil the globe. In those rural pursuits 
peculiarly adapted to our soil, climate, anil location, we 
are. it ia believed, fur in advance of Er.stcrn New York, 
New England, the West, Ibe South, and tbe Canadas, and’ 
it remains for us to determine, bv w ise, timely, united, 
and energectic action, whether this superiority shall be 
fully maintained at least, if not materially augmented. 
That sue.h nn organization a* is proposed, properly man¬ 
aged, would accomplish much in the direction desired, 
no one can gainsay—for, ir Town, Union, and County 
Societies, designed In promote Rural and Mechanical 
improvement* are beneficial, as is generally conceded, 
sorely an Association combining nil important branches 
or production, and holding both exhibitions and Sale* 
Fairs, (a* bn* been suggested,) must greatly accelerate 
the cause of improvement. 
Your Committee are firmly of opiuion that the 
Mechanic Arts and Manufacture* are an indispensable 
element of Micceer and prosperity in Western New York 
—that they can be prosecuted most advanlageously in 
our citiea and villages, an.) that their encouragement in 
the manner already intimated, would redound to the 
benefit of all cla*se» of comrouuily within tbe territory. 
Buffalo and Rochester are already somewhat extensively 
per cent, calculated upon as tbe loss in former all-V uni ' u '- v > aud 1,av ® to ' JC watched to prevent rays upon pork, thus: 
in his service. He but asks and he receives. The 
leaven is working, and the farmer for intelligence 
stands equal to the best. If he does not, then he 
is to blame. Itkli will not read and think, if he 
will not strive t^improve, then In: merits con¬ 
tempt, and should be degraded, not only by other 
professions, but by all true farmers, as a reproach 
on the honor of their calling. 
tVliy Pork 8lirinlu> in Ibi* Pot- 
During the publication of the tenth volume 
of the Rural, the question of Lunar influence 
was discussed at some length, and we perceive 
that the farmers of Connecticut, through the 
columns of the Homestead, are now urging their 
pros and cons in the matter. “Old Farmer” gives 
his notions, relative to the effects of the moon’s 
log, the horse being bo lame that it eould not be used. 
For tbe lust four or five months it lias been entirely five 
from lameness, and is now considered sound. The hunch 
in so large sometimes as to bind the joints and make it 
dith.-ult tor the b*>r*c to step over bars, or a, fence, when 
not let down low. The horse may be worked moderately, 
but not drawn hard, or driven faat, until u cure is effected. 1 
Care should also be taken to keep the horse-slioe so 
calked as to prevent his slipping, either on the ice or 
stable floor.—C. H., Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
^Vqvintltuval illisccllnnn. 
times, perhaps the true cause will be sought, and 
less blame attached to the weather, climate, Ac, 
But within the past year or two, a new era has 
been inaugurated in this matter, and members of 
the State Horticultural Society, at the last meeting 
of that body, unanimously adopted the opinion 
that undtYdrafning was an indispensable requisite 
in the preparation of any Illinois land for an 
orchard. 
The animation with which the subject of “ma¬ 
nures” is discussed in our Western Agricultural 
Journals of late, leads me to believe that a decided 
improvement may he expected in the qnality and 
quantity of onr agricultural productions. 
But while IvEtmfl, Johnston, and Others, are 
discussing the relative merits and virtues of phos¬ 
phates and “super’’-phosphates, of silicates and 
potashes, I hope I may advise (without being 
charged with officiousness,) the farmers of Illinois 
to go to work, if not scientifically, to go to work 
on the plan of the orderly and thrifty Pennsyl¬ 
vania Dutchman who knowx, without ever having 
heard of Lkibig, that stable manure and lime, if 
properly applied, vf ill pay! j. c. b. 
Gfttelburg, 111, I860, 
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THE CLOD CRUSHER. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —By the report of 
the discussion at the annual meeting of the State 
A grieultural Society, at Albany, I perceive that Mr. 
A. B. Dickinson disposed of the Clod Crusher in 
a very summary w ay. The opinions of Mr. D. have, 
very deservedly, great weight with the Agricul¬ 
turists of the whole country. It would have been 
much more convincing, however, if he had given 
his reasons, or if it had appeared that his asser¬ 
tions were fonnded npon experiment. Experi¬ 
ments with tho Clod Crusher for the last five 
years, have given me a very different opinion of 
the implement, from that expressed by him. I 
would advise the “Trustees of the Agricultural 
College" not only not “to bury it,” but to keep it 
in active use, if the soil is heavy, I should infer 
that Mr. Dickinson’s unfavorable opinion arose 
from its rendering the soil compact, hut this 
objection is equally tenable against the harrow, 
and even more, for the same amount of pulveri¬ 
zation with tbe harrow will make soil more 
■compact than with the clod crusher. One pas¬ 
sage of the crusher will pulverize the soil more 
effectually than four to six of the harrow. 
The crusher is almost indispensable to the 
proper cultivation of a heavy soil for winter 
them doing mischic-f. It is certainly an unneigh- “ if hogs have been fed mostly on animal food, 
borly act. for one man to let his stock run at as at slaughter-houses, the pork will shrink. If 
large in harvest, or other busy period, (or at any you kill your sows when in heat, the pork will 
time.) when he knows his neighbor is drawing shrink. I have heard of a paddy who fed his hog 
grain from the field to his barn, passing by the to repletion one day and let him squeal without 
road, and compelling him either to watch, or anyfood the next, so that he inighthave pork with 
shut the gate each time he passes through, or a streak of fat and a streak of lean. This kind of 
submit to have his grain destroyed by the ever- pork will shrink. 
watchful road-stock. Among the advantages My neighbors frequently borrow or buy a little 
claimed for pasturing the highway, are, first, the pork from my cellar, and they say it never shrinks, 
necessity ot keeping the grass down, which is Thero is no necromancy about it. My way of 
often entirely obviated by the industrious pigs, managing hogs is this. In the first place 1 have 
and instead of a smooth lawn, there is a medley a good breed. I never allow them to fall off in 
of loose sods, and a rank overgrowth of unsightly condition from the start they get with their 
weeds, that have to be cut at least twice each mother’s milk, and they never know stint nor 
year to prevent their seeding the whole farm, stunt, till the last day, when 1 feed them with a 
Again, the poor man, at least, should have a right stick. Early in the autumn I take them up in high 
to pasture the highways, as he has no land of his order and begin to fat them, gradually increasing 
own, but that class seldom lind it profitable to do their rations of grain till they are fat and ready to 
so. It is the well-to-do farmer that 5s the aggres- kill. Then I feed them one week more. During 
sor, nine times out of ten. that week, if my pork has not been already en- 
This Subject is a proper one for discussion in gaged at my own door, I make a market for it,— 
the agricultural journals, and if you will present Then secure plenty of help of thu right kind, aud 
the matter to your numerous correspondents and see that everything is all right in the house and 
readers, a public feeling may be created that out of tho house, so that the hog can be butchered 
might induce Legislative action in the premises, and dressed without any vexations delays. Take 
Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., IS60 A Sufferer. an early start and stick the h*tgs. Be sure that 
-- the pork is thoroughly cooled upon cutting up, 
WILL SPRING FROST INJURE POTATOES 1 hut cut up and salt down soon after it is * old. It 
- is better not to allow it to freeze. Use plenty of 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— There ivere many the best salt and fill up the barrels with brine, and 
inquiries relative to the effects of frost upon and not with water assome do. (An old beef cask 
certain kinds of crops, especially potatoes, after will ruin your pork) Do this aud you will have 
the frigid visitation of the -1th June, 185!). Many pork, white, firm, compact and almost as solid as 
were discouraged, and plowed up whole fields in marble, which, when well cooked, will be tender, 
potatoes, and sowed to oats, buckwheat, Ac. juicy, melting, and more delicate than the meat of 
Some, possessing more faith in the ways of a any other critter that The Giver has provided for 
kind and beneficent Providence, trusted to His us, and you may defy the moon and all the men 
promises of “seed-time and harvest,” and left and women in it to make it shrink.” 
their potatoes to mature, as best they could, with How Undevdiaining Pays, 
the proper cultivation, and were blessed with an A Vermont correspondent of the N. E. 
abundant harvest. Such was the case with one Farmer tells a brief aud pleasant story of his un- 
Geo. D. Hills. He planted 140 rods of ground derdraining two acres of cold stony upland, at 
in potatoes, the 23d of April, in drills three feet an expense of $30 per acre, using some tile and 
apart. Potatoes, cut one eye in a piece, and 
dropped one and a half feet apart; covered with 
a hoe; four and a half bushels seed on the piece; 
dressed with a composition of ashes and plaster, 
as soon as up: were cut some with frost about 
May 25th, and again June 4th, frozen to the 
ground; many sets frozen to the potatoes: at 
this time were fair size for the cultivator and 
hoe; remained apparently dead for near a week; 
cultivated and hoed twice; dug about the middle 
some stone — the latter being plenty on the 
ground. The crop, the year before draining, was 
two small loads of brakes and some hay, hardly 
worth cutting. Of the crop the year after drain¬ 
ing, he says:—“This spring I broke it, manured 
lightly, and planted to potatoes, corn and beans. 
The crops did well, and at harvest were worth, in 
our market, about $100, which paid the $00 in¬ 
vested for draining, and $40 for labor. The land 
is now worth, at least, $50 per acre.” 
Some weeks ago we stated that there appeared to be a 
very general sentiment in favor of a Western N. Y. Ag. 
and Mecb. Association—tbe People and Press of this Beo¬ 
tian almost universally advocating such nn organization 
—and we now give (see next column,) tbe action of citi¬ 
zens of Rocbeater on tbe subject. It will be observed 
that a Convention of all interested is to be held in this 
city on the 15th instant. As we believe improvement 
can tiest be accelerated by associated effort—tbe organi¬ 
zation and action of local clubs and societies, and Coun¬ 
ty, District nnd State associations—we cheerfully publish 
the proceedings of our citizens, and tbe call for a Conven¬ 
tion, We trust the subject will be fully discussed and 
considered on the occasion, nnd that tbe result—whether 
for or against the proposed Association—will redound to 
the advancement of the Rural aud Mechanical interests. 
Iowa State Agrtccltcral Society —The Board of 
Director^ of the State Ag. Society of Iowa, met at Dcs 
Moines on tbe 11th ult., and continued in session three 
days. Having disposed of some preliminary business, 
they proceeded to the election of Officers, with the fol¬ 
lowing result: President —lion.' CEO. G. Wright of Van 
Daren. Vice-President —Mark Miller of Dubuque. Sec¬ 
retary —J. II. Wallace of Muscatine. Treasurer —M, L, 
Morris of Johnson. Directors holding over one year— 
J. D. Wright, Marion: P. Melnndy, Bhtckkawk; G. W. 
Kincaid, Muscatine; llenry Olmsted, Harrison: Robert 
Seever.-, Mahaska, Directors for two years—T. K. Brooks, 
Polk: J. M, Cannon, Scott: George Sprague, Butler; H, 
G Stuart, Lee; Oliver Mills, Cass. Iowa City waa the 
place fixed upon for holding the next State Fair, which 
is to be held on tbe 2d. 3d, 4th, aud 5th days oi October 
next, 
CnF.itr.vG Co. AG. Society. — On tbe 29th ult., at an 
adjourned meeting of those interested, an Agricultural 
Society was organized in Chemung Co., and the following 
board of officers elected: President —A. I. Wynkoop. 
Vice-Presidents —J. T. Ratbbun, I. O. Scudder, Youngs 
Little, S. ifinier, William Worden, J. G. Widrig, Hiram 
Tuttle, Jacob Swartwood, and Willis Savary. Secretary 
—B. S. Carpenter Treasurer —S. T. Arnot. Trustees-r- 
Harvey I-uce, S. C. Smith, O, Fitch, J. S. Hoffman, A. 
Frost, and J. Livesay. 
Livingston Co. Fair. — The annual Fair aud Cattle 
Show of the Livingston County Ag. Society, is to beheld 
on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 26th, 27 th, and 
2 $tli of September. 
Tub Weather is very fine and worm for the season.. 
March opened gently, and, with the exception of high 
winds, the weather has thus far been quite favorable for 
out-door business. As we write (March 6,) the sun 
shines brightly, with a warm atmosphere and other indi¬ 
cations of an early Spring, which we sincerely trust will 
be vouchsafed. 
RjTECTa of LxdkrdkainjNG.—T he editor of the New 
England Farmer says two acres of his land, which he 
underarained. “has been affected about as much as 
though the season had been lengthened three weeks.” 
Read the Advertisements in this and recent num¬ 
bers of the Rural. We refuse many, aiming to give 
such only as are from reliable sources and of interest to 
our readers. 
towns, are becoming more than embryo Lowellsnnd it 
is for the interest of their citizen*, and the people ni the 
surrounding country, to make t hem such m (act. For 
example, wo hold that It is the bonnden duty of the 
citizens, and especially the capitalist* of Rochester, to 
take measures to avuil themselves of the advantages 
derivable from it* superior facilities for manufacturing— 
aa herein lies one of t he great levers of its future increase 
in wealth aud population. With a rich aitjocent country, 
having a large, industrious, and enterprising population, 
and possessing great facilities of cntotmiui'nitloo and 
shipment to other sections East, West. North, and 
South—it is surprising that more of OUC Citizens have not 
already embarked in those branches of manufacture for 
which we have peculiar facilities, and can command a 
ready and profitable market. And whatiBtrue of Roches¬ 
ter is also true, to a greater or leas extent, of other 
towns iu the large, fertile, and populous region embraced 
in what is termed Western New York—-(a region of 
greater extent, population, and wealth than man)-States 
of the Union, and which some sensible people have 
declared ought to he an independent Commonwealth; 
but that is a question we do not propose to discuss.) 
Whatever, therefore, tends to encourage Agriculture, 
Horticulture. Mechanics, and kindred arts and pursuits, 
is of vital consequence to the whole people of Western 
New York—a comdtury too evident to any intelligent 
person to require a special argument or reference to the 
teachings of political economy. 
But your Committee were appointed to prepare a plan 
for a Western New York Agricultural aud Mechanical 
Association, rather lhan tn give reasons why such an 
organization should he formed, and they would fain 
present .1 platfuiui upon which those interested in the 
great interests involved could harmoniously unite. But 
they have not been nblo to devote sufficient time and 
attention to tho subject Your Committee have dis¬ 
cussed several plans, but are not prepared to make a 
definite report ns to what woidr). in tlielr opinion, prove 
most feasible We would therefore respectfully ask 
further time, in order to mature a plan more worthy the 
in)po)rTalii objects of the proposed Association than any 
we can now submit. 
On motion, the report was accepted and the Committee 
granted further time, with instructions to call a meeting 
when prepared to submit a further report. 
CONVENTION TO FOEAf AN ASSOCIATION. 
In accordance with the resolution adopted at the 
meeting held on the 27th ult., the Committee called a 
meeting of citizens to convene on Thursday evening, 
March 1st. Said meeting was organized by calling .Sam¬ 
uel Miller to the Chair, and appointing James Vick 
Secretary The Committee then submitted the following: 
Your Committee would respectfully report, that since 
the Citizens' Meeting, on Monduv evening, they have 
met and further discussed the subject of d plan for tho 
proposed Society After canvassing several plans, and 
comparing the views of the various members of the 
Committee, it was apparent that iu order to report un- 
deretandingly and definitely in regard to the plan which 
appeared most feasible, it would be uecessArv to corres¬ 
pond with persons at a distance, to obtaiu Information 
as to details, which would require from a week to ten 
days. The Committee determined la enter upon this 
correspondence at once, that they might, if called upon, 
be prepared to report at a future meeting or convention 
of tbe people of Western New York interested iu the 
subject. It was then resolved to call a meeting of citi¬ 
zens this evening, for the purpose of submitting the 
following statement or recommendation preliminary to 
further action: 
That the Committee recommend the citizens of Roch¬ 
ester to issue a call for a Convention, (to be held In this 
city,) inviting the atteudafice and co-operation of the 
farmers, horticulturists, mechanics and manufacturers 
of Western New York, and those of as inaDy other 
countiet in the Ntate as desire to unite in organizing a 
Western New York Agricultural aud .Mechanical Associ¬ 
ation, to be located permanently at some central point 
which the Convention (or as many of its members as 
may join iu the eutwpri-e,) may designate: and that the 
question be left entirely open for tuch Convention to 
determine upon what basis or plan said Association shall 
be formed. That notices of the time and place of bold¬ 
ing said Convention be given by the Secretary of this 
meeting to the Officers of all Agricultural Societies in 
Western New York, so far as knowu to him, by mail; 
and that a general notice and invitation be extended to 
all interested, through the press ot our city, with the 
request that all papers in Western New York wifi copy 
the same. 
The report was accepted and ordered to be published 
in connection with the report made at the last meeting. 
It was then resolved that the proposed Convention be 
held on Thursday, the 15th day of March, at 11 o'clock 
in the forenoon, at the Court House in the city of Roch¬ 
ester, and that the officers thus- acting he requested to 
invite the officers Of ail agricultural associations, and all 
prominent agriculturists, horticulturists, mechanics and 
manufacturers in Western New York to attend and par¬ 
ticipate in the proceedings of the Convention. 
James Vick, Seefy. SAMUEL MILLER, Ch'n. 
