wing 23 by 20 feet, it being quite a small or mod¬ 
erate-sized bouse, but still quite roomy. There 
are no doors exposed to rains, except door to 
woodhouse and outside cellar door, and those I 
would have batten doors, shutting down over the 
Hill, with windows over, of one light high, fhe 
first and second floors would be very nearly the 
same. The upright, if desired in particular 
localities, could be carried up, except & feet all 
round for an observatory. The 5 feet would just 
clear the stairs, leaving a room If by 18 leet, 
except stairs for third story or observatory. 
I would have a cellar under the whole house, 
the one under wing to be dark, so as to exclude 
light from potatoes and other roots, consequently 
2d. As regards the average yield, Mr. If. says 
from 1,000 to 1,000 ft>B. per acre. Now, the land 
in Westfield must be much richer than on Con¬ 
necticut river, or in those portions of Western 
New York where I have had rny experience, to do 
it. With me, 800 lbs. is more than an average. 
30. As regards the value for fodder being equal 
to sorghum, or Indian corn stalhs, I say it is a 
great mistukc. The beat farmers in Massachu¬ 
setts let them remain on the ground, and cither 
plow them under, or burn them in the spring, thus 
leaving the land in a mellow condition for a crop. 
It is not an exhauster, as many suppose. I have 
planted a piece of ground ten years in success) on, 
and the last crop was as good as the first,—manur- 
kceping them from turning green and making ing highly every year. 
Gbavks. 
them unfit for use. 
East Pembroke, N. Y., 1860. 
RECLAIMING SWAMP LANDS. 
GROUND VLAN OF BAKN. 
A. Carriage floor in horse-barn; B, balance of horse-barn, 
with stairs and stalls; C, Stairs to barn-floor; D, D, 
Mangers; jE, Bay; F, Cow, or Cattle Stable; G, Open 
Shed; //, Embankment and Bridge for driving in. 
Desckiftion of Bark.—T he barn is to he 38 
by 4S feet, with posts from 20 to 24 feet, with bay 
*12 by 48 feet up to bay girt, then 14 by 48 feet. 
The boras barn, as I style it, is 24 by 2G feet, with 
floor overhead; 12 by 21 feet of it raised 3 feet 
above the rest, giving room to drive in with top 
carriage, or even a load of hay. A cow stable, 
11 by 24. feet. An open shed, 15 by 24 feet, 
making a good place to house the manure from 
both stableB. A floor over cow stable and open 
shed for threshing with horses, 24 by 24 feet, 
with low scaffold over part, 12 by 24 feet; the 
balance, 12 by 24 feet, to have a high scaffold to 
thresh with flails and to drive into with hay ami 
grain. The balance of the floor, 12 by 21 feet., 
extends over horse stable, to be so that there can 
be a low scaffold placed down just high enough 
for a team to be driven under, I would have the 
rack and manger taken out of what would other¬ 
wise be bay, 2 by 48 feet in both Stables, except 
stairs. I would have a slope from bay girt of 2 
feet into the bay, until it gets on a level with 
floor, then to go down perpendicular,which gives 
a chance in ceiling under bay girt, to have trap 
doors to let down, to put fodder Into the racks. 
I would also have a trap door on opposite side 
of floor, in ceiling under the elevated floor, over 
carriage floor, so as to throw down bedding for 
horses. 
I would have no partition in horse barn between 
carriage floor and stables for horses, as might be 
supposed by the dotted line drawn there. That 
is merely to show how much is to be elevated 
above the rest, up to the height of bay girt I 
would have the horse lmrn open directly into the 
road, and would raise a mound at back end to 
drive in, if there was not n natural one, with a 
short bridge just sufficient to keep the dirt 
from coming against the barn. This 1 shall call 
a combination barn, combining the horse barn 
and common barn, saving the transporting of 
bedding and hay, when out, from main barn to 
horse barn, as is the usual practice, while in this 
all is combined. 
Eds. Rubai. New-Yorker:—S ince your columns 
are open for the liberal interchange of thought, 
I purpose giving a simple statement of my expe¬ 
rience in reclaiming swamp lands. On my 
father’s farm is a piece of ground which, two 
years ago, was a complete mire-hole. No four- 
footed animal of any size ever attempted to cross 
it, even in the driest season of the year. In the 
spring of 1858 we engaged the services of one 
extra hand, and set him at work upon it. The 
ditches were stoned up to within six inches of 
the surface, then covered, and the ground plowed 
as well ns> it could be, and Bowed to buckwheat in 
June. An early frost injured it, and it was not 
more than half of an average crop. Last spring 
(1859) the ground was again plowed, and sowed 
with just two bushels of oats the 5th day of May, 
harrowed twice over and left two days,—then 
harrowed again. This was done to kill the wild 
grass. The oats were harvested in August, 
threshed the 29ih of November, and from the 
acre we measured np juEt sixty-one bushels and a 
half. We weighed one bushel of them, which 
weighed 35 lbs. If they will hold out that, which, 
I think, they will, there would he, by weight, 
6 G 23-32 bushels. This is from land which three 
years ago was considered valueless. Next spring 
wc intend seeding it down with clover and timo¬ 
thy, with another crop of oats. 
South Dauby, N. Y., I860. M. A. BEERS. 
is, therefore, I conceive, little doubt hut that the 
old comb, if sound, protects them from cold bet¬ 
ter than the new. Richard Cobvin. 
Baltimore, Feb. 11th, 1860. 
Remarks:—W e are much obliged to our corres¬ 
pondent, who is quite correct in bia comments on 
what we said in answer to Young Bee-Keeper ,— 
Oar statement was made simply as proof that the 
bee Is short-lived, and we had not time or space to 
fully explain. If the Italian queen given to a new 
swarm is impregnated by a common drone, then 
in a few months, the workers will he a mixture of 
Italian and common; but if impregnated with an 
Italian drone, all the workers will soon be pure Ital¬ 
ians. In either case, the fact is proved that the 
bee lives but a few months, which was all we at¬ 
tempted to show. We Btated, too, as does onr cor¬ 
respondent, that "some bee-keepers thought the 
cella warmer for having the cocoon lining.” As 
every year makes them less, it seems natural that 
in time they will become too small to accommo¬ 
date the bee, and this is the opinion of Lang- 
stroth, and other apiarians of great experience, 
we believe. 
PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING. 
die, to the depth of one foot in the deepest place. 
Then collect straw, leaves, old hay, bog grass, saw¬ 
dust, or anything that can be made into manure, 
fill it up level, with a row of managers around 
the outside; then have living water in the yard, 
and when you commence foddering, shut the bars 
or gate, and keep every creature in the yard when 
not in the stable; then fill up with litter to give 
them a good bed, and beep doing so until spring, 
and the manure is three feet deep or more if pos¬ 
sible, Then dispose of it as best you can. Some 
let it remain until fall, and use it for top-dressing; 
others cart out in spring, and commence filling np 
again to keep the weeds from growing. 
A dry yard is good for nothing to make manure 
in, while one made from six to twelve inches dish¬ 
ing will always be dry around the outside, and the 
dish will hold water enough for the mass above to 
suck from. Have good eave troughs on all the 
buildings, to keep out all the water possible.— 
Spread the horse manure from the stable over the 
yard as fast as made. Sprinkle in ashes, plaster, 
muck, turf, chaff, Ac., and waste nothing, and 
yon will soon have a pile of manure that would 
greatly astonish some that (falsely) bear the 
name of farmers. 
'Agricultural iltisccllaug. 
Beautify tiik Villages !—A Good Example .—nomer 
is one of the most beautiful villages in the State, but its 
citizens are determined to augment its attractive fea¬ 
tures. Listen! We are in receipt of a circular compris¬ 
ing the consultation and list of officers of tbe " Homer 
Rural Improvement Association,’’—beaded by onr worthy 
frieud. Paris Barber, Esq., as President, and followed 
by the names of many good mkn and women— the objects 
whereof are roost laudable. The main idea is to improve 
and beautify the whole town and vicinity, by planting 
and protecting shade trees, ornamental shrubbery and 
flowers. We shall endeavor to give the Constitution in 
a future number, in the hope that onr village readers, all 
over the land, may be induced to “ go and do likewise."— 
It Is made 11 the duty of each male member to plant at 
least one tree or shrub, annually, in such places as the 
officers may direct." IF t hope to be honored in the 
clause which decrees that “ any person, dot a resident of 
Horner or vicinity, may become rn honorary member, by 
contributing in money or in valuable trees, shrubs, flow¬ 
ering plants, seeds, &c., to the general purposes of the 
Association." 
$ 1 )£ Btt-'Hittytt. 
THE QUEEN BEE AND HER PROGENY. 
BROOM CORN, AGAIN. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Seeing an article 
in your valuable psper on the culture of broom 
corn, and having had twenty years’ experience 
in the business, without cessation, and occasion¬ 
ally for forty years, I claim to know something 
about this matter. That the ground should he 
rich, I agree with the writer iu the Ruual of Feb. 
25th. I should prefer a sandy soil, or sandy loam 
—a sod is much the best; a clover Icy is good 
enough for me. The ground should be w ell pul¬ 
verized, marked in rows 3 feet one way, and 2 
feet tbe other. I should prefer to plant 18 inches, 
as it will give a larger growth per aero. The 
rows should he as straight as possible, and in¬ 
stead of putting six or c-igbt kernels in a hill, I 
should put fifteen or twenty, and thin to six or 
seven. When the corn is up, and you can distin¬ 
guish the rows, use the cultivator, and thin out at 
the first hoeing instead of the second, as it is 
easier done then than afterward. I would hoe 
but twice, unless weedy. I should plant from 20th 
to 25th of May. 
As regards the use of plaster on the plant, when 
up, I would as soon whistle over it. The ashes 
may do some good. If the land is rich, and sea¬ 
son good. I will warrant the crop. As regards 
the manner of harvesting. I agree with Mr. 
Nichols, but should take oil’ the seed as soon as 
possible after catting, as it will need less room to 
cure it It can be spread out on poles in a build¬ 
ing to dry. Corn thus cared is worth a cent a 
pound more than when frost-bitten. 1 think Mr. 
Nichols lifts over-estimated the profits of the busi¬ 
ness, aud thinking some farmers might be misled, 
is my only apology for correcting some of his 
statements, ns follows: 
1st Tbe average value of the corn, I should 
say, is $120 per tun, instead of $150. The price 
varies as much as any other farming product I 
have sold as low as $S0 per tun. Brooms, of 
course, vary in the same proportion. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— In your number of 
the4tb inst., T observe an article on the produc¬ 
tion of queen bees from “ worker” eggs, in which 
the author, Mr. Kirdy, argues quite ingeniously, 
that the ‘‘royal jelly,” upon which the queen 
larva is fed, is the semen of the drone, previously 
deposited in the cell. As 1 take some interest in 
the subject of Dee Culture, with your permission 
I will state n few fads, which I noticed in a recent 
experiment. In the early pru t of this month, I 
abstracted the queen from a stock, leaving eggs 
and brood iu the Live with the bees. A few days 
afterward, oil examining them, I found they had 
started three entirely new quean-cells, upon the 
edge of a comb some two inches distant from any 
eggs or brood, in each of which cells was a young 
larva, embedded in “royal jelly;” as there were no 
drones in the liivc, and the cells were entirely 
newly constructed, certainly they could not have 
contained *• semen.” That, the eggs had been con¬ 
veyed by the bees from other colls, and deposited 
in the new ones was evident. This I have known 
to be done frequently, but that the bees had car¬ 
ried “royal jelly ” from other cells, strikes me as 
improbable. But to test Mr. Kirby’s theory, I 
would suggest that he take a piece of “ worker” 
comb, soak it in water, or by any other process 
destroy the efficacy of the semen he supposes it to 
contain, without destroying the comb, then at 
this season, while no drones exist, place the comb 
in the midst of the cluster t-f bees, in one of his 
stocks, until the queen shall have deposited some 
eggs in it, then place the comb, with its eggs, in 
a hive with a queenless swarm, and some combs 
containing honey and bee-bread, but where there 
are no empty cells, or cells which contain semen; 
if they then produce a queen, it must, as I think it 
will, decide his theory negatively. 
I notice, in your reply to “ Young Bee-Keeper, 
near Ravenna, O,” you are, in some particulars, 
not quite correct. You say, “If an Italian queen, 
a variety larger aud darker than our common 
bees, is given to a colony of common bees, early 
in the working season, in three months nearly all 
the common bees will liave disappeared, and the 
occupants of tbe liive will be a cross between the 
Italian and common bee." Having imported 
some of the Italian variety, directly from Mr. 
Dzierzon, I am enabled to speak knowingly upon 
this subject. 1 u tbe first place, there is very little, 
if any, perceptible difference iutbe size of the tw o 
varieties, exGcpt that the Italians are the longer 
of the two. There is, howcv.cr, a decided differ¬ 
ence in tbe color, the Italians being much the 
lighter in color, having yellow, or straw-colored 
rings around their abdomens, somewhat similar 
to our “yellow jacket.” If a pure Italian queen, 
fertilized by an Italian drone, bo given to a queen¬ 
less stock of common bees, her progeny will all be 
purely Italian, and, as you stated, within three 
months but few of the common bees will be found 
existing in tbe hive; but if an Italian queen bo 
fertilized by a common drone, her drone progeny 
will be ItaliaD, while her worker progeny will be 
a mixtuie of Italiau aud common. A long expe¬ 
rienced and most intelligent bee-keeping friend of 
mine, tells me be has a stock of common bees 
which has occupied the same hive, without change 
of comb, for upward of twenty years, yet there is 
no perceptible change in the size of tbe bees bred 
in it. I purchased some forty stocks of bees, late 
last fall, in common box hives. Some two or 
three weeks ago, on transferring them to the 
Langstroth Hives, I found, almost invariably, 
where the comb was old and thick, fewer dead 
bees were found on the “ stand, and they had 
much more young brood in their cells than 
1 swarms of the same size with new comb. There 
Messrs. Editors: —Having seen a statement in 
one of the January numbers of the Rural, headed, 
“Profitable Bee-Keeping,” and supposing it 
bad reference to me, as the person living in 
Parma; and wishing to correct it, as the friend to 
whom 1 made the communication must have mis¬ 
understood mo, I submit the following. Last 
spring J procured six good swarms of bees. The 
hives which contained them being too large, 1 
sawed them all do wn, except one, to such a length 
as would contain 2,000 cubic inches inside the 
Hives. I then made covers and boxes to them, 
and at the proper time, put on the boxes, for the 
surplus honey. The hive which I did not cutoff 
being more than twice the proper size, and a poor 
one at that, I concluded to let remain, and drive 
the bees. At tbe proper time after swarming, I 
accordingly drove them, sawed the old liive in 
two, about balf way from the bottom, cut oil' the 
combs, and transferred them from the lower part 
of the old hive to another of the right sizo, and 
secured them as best I could. I then inverted the 
hive into which the bees were first driven, and 
placed the one containing tbe transferred combs 
on tbe top of it, raising about three-eighths of an 
inch, to give air and a passage for the bees. The 
bees very soon secured the combs to the hive, 
worked as well in it as though they had not been 
disturbed, and made 20 lbs. of pure surplus honey 
in boxes. I have now eight new swarms, worth 
at least $4 each, amounting in all to $32. 1 have 
taken from the six old, and eight new swarms, In 
all, 32 boxes or honey, weighing, on an average, 
12.1 lb*, each, including the box, which I sell by 
the pound, the samo as the honey. I have sold 
my honey in the Rochester market for 18c per 71>.; 
32 boxes of 121 lbs. each, make 400 lbs. This, at 
18c, amounts to $72. 1 had, in the top of the old 
hive, from whieh I drove the bees, over sixty lbs, 
of honey, worth ?5. Iucroase, including honey 
and bees, SIO'J. My bees are now in the cellar, 
bottom up, “with care,” uncovered, and able to 
defend themselves from the rats. The friend, in 
giving tbe profits made the value of the surplus 
honey amount to MOO. The facts arc as above 
stated. My first ideas of tbe system of bee-keep¬ 
ing were obtained by reading M.QnMRV’s articles 
in tbe. Rural of 1858. This is my first year of 
managing bees systematically, and I am well sat¬ 
isfied with tbe results. I am positive it pays to 
subscribe for and read the Rural New-Yorker. 
Young Apiarian. 
Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y., Feb. 18,1S60. 
Inquiries anti ^tnsuicrs. 
Scab in Sheep.—W ill some of tbe readers of the 
Rural be so kind as to give a description and core of 
scab In sheep?—J. H. MeNALL, Fterlh Alar, Wash. Co., 
renn. s IBM. _ 
Contents of a Piece of Timber.— Will some of your 
readers inform me the best method of reducing a stick 
of timber to board measure: There lum been much 
dispute in thi* section iu regard to tbe contents of a log 
thirty foot in length, two feet square at one end, and one 
foot square at the other. How- many feet of boards does 
such a log contain, amt by what rule is it ascertained:— 
A Suits:: kibKB, Webster, A. Y., 1860. 
Maj. Pi.owiiantjle's Writings seem to meet with 
much favor from our readers and the press of the coun¬ 
try. His recent article “ On F.unning Fairs," has already 
elicited several complimentary allusions from corres¬ 
pondents, and various verbal endorsements; it is also 
being widely copied by our exchanges We are glad the 
Major is becoming so justly famous through onr feeble 
instrumentality, and hope his future contributions to the 
Rural will be frequent, as we are confident they will 
prove both edifying and instructive. In response to late 
requests to re-publish the Major's account of his expe¬ 
rience at the State Fair at Buffalo—wherein Le relates 
how it came to pass that Smith's hull won the first pre¬ 
mium—wc would say that, we will comply soon as con¬ 
venient. 
A Curious Bird. —A few days since, Mr. B., a neighbor, 
and subscriber of the Rural, told me the following:—In 
an orchard near his re.-.idenpe, several oead mice and a 
frog were discovered fastened to the limbs iu the top of 
the trees. They were dried, and had the appearance of 
having been there considerable time. Through another 
neighbor, I since learned that this Is tbe work of a bird 
called here the “ Butcher bird," and that bugs and other 
insect*, «» wellso? mice ami frogs, are thus hung up in 
tbe trees by it. Who can give us tbe name of this curi¬ 
ous bird:—W. H. Gardner, Amboy, lit, I860. 
Information Wanted, —Will you, or some of your 
readers, tell me how to make a compost to manure my 
corn in the hill this preheat Spring: The materials on 
hand are green manure, both horse and cow, swaropi 
muck, and hard wood hsln-s. if wanted. Will I have 
time to prepare before planting, aud how?—N ew Sub¬ 
scriber, Randolph , TV. Y., I860. 
Wheat Crop of Onondaga— Correction .—In report¬ 
ing the discussions at the Annual Meeting of the State 
Ag. Society, it seems that our reporter, or the printer, 
made the figures untruthful, in at least one instance. 
Hon, CKO, OKDDES, of Onondaga, writes—“1 notice in 
your Rural of Feb, 26th, that I am reported to have said 
at the Ag. Meeting in Albany, that the wheat crop of last 
year averaged 36 bushels to the acre. I tried to ray 25 
(twenty five.) Please correct this. I am also reported 
to have said that I had < entered almost every man’s 
house,* I intended to say that I had been over nearly 
every part of tbe county in gathering materials for my 
Report, and therefore felt qualified to give an opinion on 
tbe subject." 
Tun principal advantage in composting is prevention 
of loss of valuable part* of the stable manure, and in the 
decomposition of the rougher material used in the com¬ 
post. The time is now too short to effect much in this 
way. Still, it would do no hurt to compost the manure 
and muck, but use the ashes separately. 
Sheep Pulling Thkir Wool.—C an you, or some of your 
numerous subscribers, Inform me what is the cause and 
cure for sheep pulling their wool from their flanks and 
sides? There i» no appoarause ot disease on the surface 
of the skin, neither is it occasioned by ticks, or confined 
to one locality, but exists iu almost every flock through¬ 
out the length and breadth of our land What seems 
strange is. that those affected are generally the most 
health Y otherwise, and in the best condition. All who 
raise cheep must feel a deep interest in tbe solution of 
this mystery; and I know of no way that 1 shall be as 
likely to get the required information as by addressing 
the wool Growers through the columns of tbe Bubal. 
Any light upon this subject will be gratefully received, 
not only by me. but many others of your subscribers.— 
, only by me. but many others of your subscribers.— 
its ,8? Bkkuhku, Livingston Co,, IV. i . I860. 
tittral Spirit of tlje $rc39. 
Analysis of Clover. 
The Prairie Farmer says that Prof. Ilorsford, 
of Cambridge, when in Germany, ten years ago, 
at the Giessen Laboratory, made an “ ash analysis” 
of red clover, aud at the same time made some 
investigation relative to its orgrnic constituents, 
an abstract of which cannot fail to interest ft large 
class of our readers: 
Of the dry plant altogether, the per cent, of ashes 
Wk are somewhat inclined to the belief that the sheep 
of our correspondent are troubled with the itch. This 
disease of the skin is exceedingly common among sheep 
almost all over the civilized world. According to Mr. 
YOUATT, there arc several varieties of it. “ A sheep is 
occasionally observed to scratch himself iu the most 
furious manner, and with scarcely a moment’s intermis¬ 
sion. He rubs himself against every projection of the 
fence, and every post, and the wool comes off from 
him in considerable flakes. When he is caught there is 
no appearance whatever <tf cutaneous disease .” Mr. 
Young gays, that “ the sheep rub themselves in ail atti¬ 
tudes—they have deaf skins without the least sign of 
scab—never observed tint it was catching—and tho bet¬ 
ter the food the worse they become ” Tbe sheep should 
be caught and housed, shorn as closely as possible, washed 
all over, and most carefully, with soap and water; and 
after that, on the second day, with a wash of limti-wuter 
and tobacco decoction, (if equal parts. 
Convention of Cattle Breeders. —The second An¬ 
nual Meeting of the (New England) “Association of 
Breeders of Thorough Bred Neat Stock,” was held in 
Springfield, Mass., on tbe 7th inst. The chief business 
embraced reports and discussions on pedigrees. The 
committee on pedigrees reported that they bad examined 
the pedigrees of ncnrly 100 Short-horns, 150 Herons, 8 
Ayrshire*, and 12 Herefordsbires,—no Aldernnys having 
been presented. They recommended, as the best scale of 
points for Short-horns, that given in the first volume of 
tho American Herd Book. On the other varieties they _ 
made no recommendation. Tbe following officers were 
chosen for the currentyear: President— 1’aoli Lathrop, 
of South Hadley, Mass. Vice-Presidents —Joslah Fogg, 
of Deerfield, Mass.; William Biruie, of Springfield, Mass.; 
R. Linriey, of West Meriden, Ct.; Jacob N. Blakeslee, of 
Watertown, Ct.; John Brook-., Jr., of I’rineeton Secre- 
rOary and Treasurer —!i A. Dyer, of Hartford, Ct.— 
Committees on Pedigrees —On Short-horns, llerefords 
and Alderneys—8. IV. Buffnra, of Winchester, N. H.; S. 
W. Bartlett, of East Windsor, Ct.; Phiueaa Stedman, of 
Chicopee. On Devons and Ayrshire*—Sanford Howard, 
of Boston, E. G. Faile, of West Farms, N. Y.J B. H. An¬ 
drews, of Waterbury, Ct. , 
Erie County Ag. Society. —At the recent annual 
meeting of this Society, the following hoard of officers 
were elected for the current year: President —William 
Ilambleton. 1st Vice-President —D. D. Stiles. 2 d Vice 
President — H. C. While. Secretary — Ellis Webster. 
Treasurer —George W. Scott. Directors —T. J. Murphy, 
Nathaniel Tucker, Henry Atwood, Warren Granger, S. It. 
Heed and Austin Kimball. Finance Committee —Benj. 
Baker, Chester Sweet and J. W. Hamlin, There was also 
a committee of twenty appointed to procure subscriptions 
for enlarging and improving the trotting course on the 
Fair Grounds. 
was ..-. 11.19 
Of the leaves..-.-.10.6S 
Plaster. Ashes, Ac.—A s t am now a bona fide share¬ 
holder in tlie benefits distributed by the Rural, I wish 
to draw a dividend, by asking yon one or two questions. 
1. Can I profitably sow planter upon my meadows at tbe 
present time.—a rapid thaw; or is it necessary, for real 
benefit, to sow it upou a growing plant: J would also 
ask if you consider it beneficial to old meadows, nearly 
ail timothy: 2. Is it chemically injurious to mix Wood 
ashes with fivees: 3. What proportion ot sulphuric acid 
should 1 use to dissolve uucru-hod bones?— C. D., Stun- 
wich, Conn.. 1860. 
Of the stems..’-.--- 8.52 1. Practical men differ very much iu their experience 
Ingredients of the Ashes. ^ effects of plaster, and the eonditiona under 
P o}lli h . “.16.101 which it should bo nsed. Some contend that it should 
Ingredients of the Ashes. 
Potash. 161 °1 
Sodium. 1.874 
Soda.-.40.712 
Lime ..21.914 
Magnesia...... 8 289 
Phosphate of Iron.670 
Chlorine.-.—.— 2.856 
Phosphoric Acid.-.. 3.915 
Sulphuric Acid...-. 1.063 
Siliea.-.-.-.. 2.605 
Total.100.000 
Besides these ingredients, the plant gave nearly 
23 per eent of carbonic acid. Judging from this 
analysis, there can be no question as to the value 
of clover as a manure for wheat. 
“It is well known,” remarks Mr. II., “that the 
juice of clover heads contains more or lesssngar. 
The nectaries of the fully developed head are 
be sown upon the growing leaf, to produce a good effect. 
We never saw a better result from plaster than in its use 
upon an old meadow, principally timothy, upon heavy 
clay land, near Lockport, in this State. The product 
was more than doubled. 
2. Wood ashes should Dever be mixed with stable 
manure, or any manure containing ammonia. If the 
ashes were well leached the injury would not be serious^ 
but unleached ashes would work injury. 
3 It is next to impossible to dissolve uncru3hed bones 
with sulphuric acid, 
The “ Union Ag. and Hort. Society,” comprising the 
towns of Ulysses, Covert and Hector, held its annual 
meeting in Trumausburg, Jan. 28th, Hon. Truman 
Boa rum a.v. President, called the meeting to order, and 
in a short address, gave a very interesting history of the 
formation and progress of the Society, and also submit¬ 
ted many important suggestions for the future. He 
deprecated in strong terms the use of any shows or other 
clap-traps at Fans, disconnected with Agriculture; and 
urged, that the more steadily we kept in view Progress 
and lnniroeeme.nl in Agriculture, the more euduring 
would be the benefits of the Society. 'The Treasurer’s 
report showed that the receipts during 1859 were $76,14 
mole than tho expenditures. Officers elected: Presi¬ 
dent—Boa. Truman Boardman. Vice-Presidents— War¬ 
ren Halsey, Isaac Banter, Lewis Porter, Jr. Secretary — 
L. II. Owen, 'treasurer —F. S. Dumont. Directors — 
James M. MatUson, John Herald, Nestor Woodworth., 
A. II. Greig, Elnathan Wixom, Samuel M. Barker. 
Salting Sheep.—I u answer to G. G. Burton, of Man¬ 
chester, V ermont, as regards proportion of salt to grain, 
I would say it depends on the number of sheep you feed 
it to. I mix about one pint of salt to the bushel of feed, 
which I give daily to about three hundred head,—a quart 
of salt per day might not be too much for that number. 
It is suggested in the Rural to keep salt where the 
Palmyra Union Ag. Society. —It is announced that 
tbe Managers of this spirited Society have determined to 
establish au Annual Sheep-Shearing, at which specimen 
sheep from the choice flocks of this region may be exhib¬ 
ited, and affording those who wish to sell or purchase as 
favorable an opportunity as could be desiiod. The first 
gathering of this kind will take place on the fine Fair 
Grounds of the Society, in Palmyra, on the 23d of June 
next. The idea is a good one — especially as the “ Wool 
Growers’ Association" has ceased its operations. The 
Annual Fall Exhibition of the Society is to bo held Oct. 
2d, 3d, and 4 th. 
Those Flower Seeds. —A friend at Madison, Wis., 
writes:—“ From some of vour kind offers in the Rcral, 
DTOmCuV v\ 111 all Ul* , , , , I . * , . - . i t • A. f , J "II Ltr.T- a IL’UI duidu vi ■ « • «* -1 
. . . , especially rich in a honey-like liquid which bees sheep can help themselves. Imagine a man eatiagiood j !nc j uce( i to solicit the favor of a lew Flower Seeds, 
tud, within three , ... f .i ovar w i, en +ho heads without salt—then going to the salt barrel to eat salt! I would just observe that I have acted as au agent for 
Dees will be found “ eutting the CIlot ei•, wutn JucDeaus ^ t<j ^ * p9re0B . g teeth r , n edge to think of w>«e ft. or six years, getting from six to tea su bscribe rs 
c „ . . . ,, „ r ... It i« onnueh to set a person’s teeth on edge to t 
nrc fully formed, but not ripe, the sugar of this ^ • pvt/Hh Star, Wash, Co. Penn. 
a ... • -rrivA sif.riaw vn nrortnrcifD 
honey is secured. The water will evaporate, 
leaving the sweetness with tbe vegetable fibre, aud 
other organic matter, to be fed to stock. If the 
clover bo cut before the heads begin to develop, 
the sugar, if formed, must be in the stems and 
leaves. If not cut till the seeds are ripened, the 
sugar may have accomplished one ol its supposed 
ends —that of keeping up a higher temperature 
within the seed, for the elaboration of its various 
parts, and thereby have been destroyed.” 
Uow to Make Haru-Yards. 
L. F. Scott, of Connecticut, gives the follow- 
A Remedy for the Scratches. —Among the inquiries 
in the Rural, I noticed one for curing the Scratches. I 
send vou one tried by my neighbors and by myself, and 
have never known it to fail. It is as follows:—Three oz, 
antimony; 3 oz. saltpetre; L lb. sulphur—all pulverized 
and mixed. Give one tablespoonful in iheal, or bran 
once a day, and not oftener. A horse needs no other 
treatment.—R. B. Randall, Forth IVilna, Jeff. Co., N. 
Y_, 1S69. _ 
annually, and fidve never yet ettber obtained, deserved, 
or desired a premium. But now, seeing the flowers 
named, and having daughters who take a pleasure (as 
well as myself) in their cultivation, it is at their sugges¬ 
tion this application is made, and l believe the request 
will not be made in vain " 
ing upon this subject, in the Country Gentleman: 
C’uf.K for Ringbone.— I succeeded in removing the 
lameness of a ringbone, by making a bag of strong linen 
cloth, about two inches broad and eight inches long, 
which 1 filled with copperas, tied on the foot just above 
First, make the yard level, (large or small,) then the ringbone, aud wet twice a day. Kept it on about four 
commence in the middle and scoop out in the weeks. The man that told me of this said he had cured 
I form of an apothecary's scale, deepest in the mid- several in this way.— W. H. Chaffee, Byron, Mich. 
— Yes, Sir, you and also every other person who has 
remitted for a club of six to twenty subscribers to our 
present volume, (unless entitled to a much more costly 
gTatuity,) will soon receive a package of choice imported 
Flower Seeds. The seeds were delayed on the way from 
Europe, bat hare recently arrived and are being put up 
for mailing. We shall puobubly commence distributing 
them next week — and, after supplying those already 
entitled, we will send a package (in addition to free copy 
of Rural.) to each person who shall remit for a club of 
6 to 20 between this and the 1st of May. 
The Next Illinois State Fair is to be held at Jack¬ 
sonville, from the 10th to the 15th of September. 
