Neuroptera and Lcpidoptera. (The larva) of Bend the pay for them both, and also for a new- 
LepIdoptcrouH inBecta, liko that of Oiketicou of fanhioncd corn-cultivator which I nin Retting 
Guilmi no, which the Oormaua call Facktragrr,— made after my own plaa We never hud right 
the English banket-worms—have (similar habit* of cultivators for Hliff koi1«. I will say nothing 
forming terrestral abodes from loaves, and other about it until I Bee how it works. J have just 
materials.) They are classified in a separate been out an j weighed the plow, which is 106 lhtu, 
order, called the Trichoptora, by Kjuby, the coulter and all. i suggested to the makers 
character for which is thus given:—Wings, four; another mode of putting on the device, which 
membranous; the anterior generally pilose, with will he an improvement, and which J think they 
branching nerves, the posterior larger and folded will adopt in future. I mind nothing more, 
when at rest. Prothorax very short. Tibia: with Yours, respectfully, .John Johnston. 
long calcaria at the tip, and often beyond the Near G*neva, N. Y., Fob. 21bI, 1800. 
middle of the limb in the four posterior lcgB. F.8.—If you would send this to the Hi’kalNew- 
Mouth unfitted for mastication; mandibles rudi- Yokkkk for publication, it would save me answer- 
mental. I.arva hexapod, ordinarily residing in a jng more letters. J have answered several before 
case formed of various materials, in which it this. J. J. 
Guildino, which the Gormans call Haeklrngrr ,— 
the English basket-worms—have similar habits of 
forming tcrrestral abodes from leaves, and other 
materials.) They are classified in a separate 
order, called the Trichoptora, by Kntuv, the 
character for which is thus given:—Wings, four; 
membranous; the anterior generally pilose, with 
branching nerves, the posterior larger and folded 
when at real. Prothorax very short. Tibia: with 
long calcaria at the tip, and often beyond the 
middle of the limb in the four posterior lcgB. 
Mouth unfitted for mastication; mandibles rudi- 
mental. Larva hexapod, ordinarily residing in a 
case formed of vurioua materials, in which it 
retains its station by means of two hooked anal 
processes. Pupa incomplete, inactive during the 
greater part of its existence. 
Such is u brief history of the well-known cad- 
dice-flies or water moths of the angler. Figures 
7 and 8 illustrate the .American Yellow-sally — 
well known to the angler as an excellent bait for 
trout—the Chlovoperln viridis, in May, termed the 
Yellow-sally, or, according to Ouktih, the Willow 
Jhj — which latter is, however, usual iu September, 
and a species of Nemoura,— (Ronald's Fly-Fisher 
Entomology .) Bay describes a Bimilar species 
among his Sialis or J’crla, The lame of this 
family are naked—not inclosed in a case. 
lAocastor, Pa., 1800. J. Stavksiik, 
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MANGEL WURZEL. 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yobkkk: — 1 now feel confi¬ 
dent that root crops, such as beets, carrots, and 
mangel wurzel, can bo grown as good in thiH 
country as in England. I have grown the mangel 
wurzel, the last five years, with good success, 
increasing them in size every year. Last Bpring 
I planted a piece of ground with the Long Red, 
and the Yellow Globe mangel wurzel, in rows two 
feet apart, and one foot in the rows. As Boon as 
the weeds were an inch high, I gave them a good 
hoeing, which kept the weeds down for a consid¬ 
erable time. I thinned them to one strong plant 
in each foot,—another good hoeing was all they 
required. I had the lower leaves taken off) and 
given to the cattle, which I consider would pay 
for the hoeing. When they were taken up in the 
fall they weighed 23,MG pounds. There were 
hundreds of them from 0 to 12 pounds each. 
The piece of ground they were grown on mea¬ 
sured 38j rods,—this yield would he about, 48 tuns 
to the acre,—which, at 25 cents per 100 pounds, 
would be $240. The above distance would he 
rather close between the rows for field culture. 
It 1 b quite a mistake to plant closer than the 
above to obtain large roots. J planted the first 
two years, nine inches in the rows, and the roots 
were smaller. One great cause of failure in tliip 
country is, wo do not hoo in time, but let the 
weeds get too strong, which takes doable time, 
and the woik cannot be well done. I hope my 
statement will encourage those that never tried 
root culture, to commence this spring, and roport 
progress in the Rural. j, o. 
Troy, N. Y., 1800 
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TILL LESS AND RAISE MORE. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:—W hile casting the 
eye over many portions of our rural country, we 
pause, and wonder how Borne people can still 
indulge in the had practice of trying to till twice 
—and some, three or four time*—as much land 
as is profitable. Is it because their fathers did? 
1st it because they liko to boast bow many acres 
they plant, bow, or mow? or is it because they do 
not take the Rural? We will wait for some of 
these victims to answer. 
Many farmers—no, they are not worthy the 
name of farmers, but persons of my acquaintance 
—there are, who do not raise three per cent, 
from the land they attempt to till. The losses 
are very visible to the observing farmer,—such 
as extra cost of fence, seed, wear of tools, and 
double, many times, treble, amount of lund to till 1 
for the same crop. But, for the opposite: We : 
have known others to raise one hundred per cent, 
from their farms, and the extra expense of tillage * 
was but a trifle moro than the former. What 1 
causes this vast difference ? Our experience !1 
teaches us that it is owing to doing the work well, ' 
and to the application of manure. Bucb being ' 
the fact, let us endeavor to remember the maxim, ; 
“Work once well done, is twice done:” and also 1 
try every way to enlarge our compost heaps, (the * 
farmer’s bank,) not only in quantity, but in quality, ’■ 
aud soon our labor will give strong evidences r 
that it is far better to till less and raise more, ^ 
Palermo, Oswego Co,, N. Y., 18(50. Tvao. r 
elemente, made it necessary for man to make 
some effort to protect himself. The rain is sent 
to water the earth, and the cold winds of autumn 
arc designed for an equally wise purpose; yet we 
have no surety that if we neglect to provide our¬ 
selves with the necessary means for protection, 
that we shall not be injured thereby. If it is 
heaven-defying to place lightning conductors 
upon our buildings, why is it not to place roofs 
upon our houses, or wrap our persons in warm 
furB in winter? ItBCeins to be a settled fact in 
nature and philosophy, that eloctricity can be 
attracted and conducted by artificial means. If 
sheep consigned to the butcher. He must know 
what be wins and loses by every acre, and he 
must he possessed of the natural history of every 
bushel of manure throughout Hr career of raw ma¬ 
terial, grass, beef, or flour. In other words, the 
furmer must be a good arithmetician, something 
or a chemist, not unacquainted with animal and 
vegetable physiology, a practical mechanician, 
skilled in at least the theory of several branches 
of natural philosophy, possessed of that adminis¬ 
trative faculty which can rule and attractsubordl- 
nates, with moral qualifications, which, to say the 
least of them, must embrace sobriety, punctuality, 
Agricultural Jtttecdlang. 
Tax Spring Campaign, — What campaign — political? 
Nay, verily, hut one of equal if not greater importance 
than any of that ilk now being prosecuted. We mean 
the Campaign of the, Ituralist —of every one who culti¬ 
vate* the earth for a livelihood. The Farmer, the Hor¬ 
ticulturist and the Gardener must notv buckle on their 
armor for the good light—for the season of Nature’s 
hibernation hath passed, and Spring cometh on apace. 
Earth, air and sky are propition*. Nature, in her hound- 
less laboratory, ha* already commenced operations on a 
grand sc-ale, aud to secure her productions abundantly 
this be the case, wby cannot a conductor, if quickness, tact, and what is generally known by and profitably, it is only requisite for the Ruralist to be 
PLAN OF A PIGGERY. 
Editors Rural New-Yorker: — Inclosed I 
send you a rude drawing of the ground plan of a 
piggery, which, if you think proper, you can 
present to Rural readers. I am the more in¬ 
clined to do thiB, from having noticed an inquiry 
for a plan of a building for the special accommo¬ 
dation of the porkers, and from a desire to con¬ 
tribute, if possible, tu the improvement of that 
class of farm buildings; 
The improvement to which J wish to direct 
particular attention, is a convenient arrangement 
for saving the manure, the most valuable, proba¬ 
bly, of any made on the farm, and which iB often 
partly, if not wholly, lost. Borne three years 
ago, being about to erect a piggery, and wanting 
one that would accommodate from six to ten 
hogs, I began to consider the size and general 
arrangement that wonld best secure the object, 
the desideratum being to save all the manure without 
losing any of its value, and a convenient place to 
receive what might be added to increase the 
quantity,—such us chaff' from the barn, leaves 
from the forest, or muck from the bed. After 
three years’ use, were I again to build, I would 
not know bow to improve the plan, the object 
sought being fully met at a cost of about $125. 
The building is 20 by 30 feet, standing on a 
good foundation of stone and mortar, l’osts 12 
feet, long, and the upper part of the building is 
arranged for storing corn and other coarse grain. 
It will be seen, by referring to the plan, that only 
two-thirds of the building, or 20 by 20 feet, is to 
be used as a piggery,—that being all that is neces¬ 
sary lor leu bogs, whether fattening or stores, or 
both. The remaining one-third, or 10 by 20, iB 
conveniently arranged for receiving the manure, 
both liquid and solid, and over it can be fitted up, 
if desired, a place for poultry. 
properly placed upon a building, and well insert¬ 
ed in the earth, (the center of attraction,) be a 
protection from atmospheric electricity? This, T 
believe, is claimed by most writers on electricity; 
and unless W, B. P. can bring forward some argu¬ 
ments to confute theirs, I see no reason why he 
should disbelieve them. n. k. h. 
Avoca, N. Y., 1800. 
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Etnrctl Spirit of tl)e ipress. 
Untile Dinner in MtiRHacbusettH. 
Our Massachusetts exchanges come to us 
with detailed reports of a destructive disease 
which has made Us appearance among the cattle 
of North Brookfield. Great excitement prevails 
in the farming community, and the attention of 
the Legislature has been called to the subject. 
I)r. I)add, and other experienced veterinarians, 
have visited the locality of the contagion, and 
pronounced the malady epidemic Pleura Pneumo 
busincBB habits. If the farmer is not this, he is 
naught; and the fact that tbo trade lias com¬ 
pelled him to bo this, I* not the least of its bless¬ 
ings. There is probably no class which the last 
quarter of a century lias bo much elevated and 
refined as that of the British farmer.” 
Remedy for J.lce ou Cuttle. 
A correspondent of the Boston Cultivator 
says, that keeping the stable fioors sprinkled with 
wood ashes, for two weeks after the cattle are 
brought to the barn, will rid the animals of lice, 
if they are troubled with them. He adds, “Jf an 
animal is very badly covered with lice, a thor¬ 
ough washing with strong soap sails will always 
effect a permanent cure.” 
Inquiries anb ^Instoers. 
Information Wanted. Will Mr, HiiOwn, of Cedar 
Falls, lows, five your readers the ingredient* ho used in 
physic!ng hi* cattle? 11 he will, such proscription may 
o 'iiuiuiiM.ii iiiiiiiiw t ' imii. iijiu i teuiti r nruinn . ....... ■ • . j 
prove of much benefit m thin section, ha there urn no me 
nia. Jhe Boston Journal says that the disease case* among nr —J. II. Stow, Dane Co., IFj*.. 1800, 
was introduced last summer by a calf of foreign ■——--— 
breed, brought from tlie town of Belmont- It Jickubalkm autichokkb.—I have applied to a number 
.,__, 1 . , , , . . of soedamen for Jerusalem Artichoke seed. They have 
liXCfi itself upon tin. lungs, and produces a violent not got it. If you would inquire through your valuable 
cough, and the lungs are finally destroyed, paper where it could ho got, you would modi obligu a 
Roma of the cattle attacked with it l!**., u |. subscriber. -Aunkk Stkw.UWO*, C. II, Va. 
THE STEEL PLOW. 
Thk following letter from John Johnston, 
Esq., was written in reply to one from Mr. H. A. 
Whittkmork, of Chautauqua Co., inquiring about 
the Steel Flow advertised In the 'Rural New- 
Yorker: 
H. A. WniTTBMORB, Esq.: —Dear Fir —Yours 
of yesterday is before me. I am of opinion that 
the Steel Plow is a decided improvement on the 
cost iron one. it is of much easier draft, much 
lighter to handle for the plowman, and no fear 
of the mould-board clogging in any kind of land. 
It is also said the mould hoard don’t wear out so 
soon. I like it much. 1 only plowed about thir¬ 
teen acres with mine, and did not take notice 
about the cost of sharpening the share, but the 
manufacturers wrote me that they made them for 
cast shares as well as for steel shares. Mine had 
rather too little land for stubble. I wrote them 
about it; they informed me how I could remedy 
it, but 1 bad done plowing before I received their 
answer. I was at their works two weeks ago, 
and ordered a thrcc-horse steel plow to plow a 
foot deep, which they will have ready for me 
before needed. That will be a good article. I 
think we must go deeper to find the gold; the 
surface has been worked too long, already. Their 
price, I believe, is $15 for two-horse plows. I got 
mine on trial, and I told them when they sent 
the three-liorse plow, to send the bill and I would 
A, 10 by 20, receives the manure. A girt is 
placed 6 inches above the sill, to which girt and 
the beam above, the boarding is attached, leaving 
a space inches between the girt and floor; the 
floor made of two-inch plank, and lined with 
half-inch boards. The floor extends one foot 
over the sill into A, and is sufficiently elevated 
at the other end under B and I) to carry off the 
liquid manure, the bedding and other manure 
being thrown over by means of convenient win¬ 
dows or openings for the purpose. B, lo by 10, 
is an apartment for fattening hogs. C, 8 by lo, 
for bedding fattening bogs, connected with B by 
door. D, 7 by 8,‘is for shouts. E, G by 7, to 
receive bedding for sboats, connected with 1) by 
doors. F, embraces alley and stairs, with ample 
room for boxes to contain feed. G G, feeding 
troughs. 
In conclusion, permit me to say that, in the 
opinion of the writer, uo plan of a piggery is 
worthy of adoption, unless there are ample 
arrangements for saving the manure, a conclusion, 
I trust, in harmony with the views of Intelligent 
farmers. j. B. Balls. 
West Potsdam, 1800. 
LIGHTNING RODS. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— fn a recent issne 
of your journal, I noticed an article entitled 
“Experience with Lightning Rods,” in which the 
author condemns all lightning conductors, be¬ 
cause his were not durable, aud consequently 
were out of repair; and also states that lie shall 
not hereafter depend upon any heaven-defying 
Contrivances of man, but upon the God of storms, 
who always accomplishes the purpose His wisdom 
designs. Now, the query In my mind is, whether 
the wisdom of Con ever designed any of Ilia 
creatures to be killed by lightning, frozen to 
death, or drowned; yet these are actual occur¬ 
rences; and the man that believes all things were 
foreordained, says, of course, that it could not 
lie otherwise. Let us see if this holds good in 
all eases. The physician tells ua that wo are 
constituted with certain physical laws, which, if 
broken, will cause sickness; but it is not neces¬ 
sarily designed that we should lie sick. Wo find 
by observation that the Creator, in forming the 
) breed, brought from the town of Belmont. It 
8 fixes itself upon the lungs, and produces a violent 
b cough, and the lungs are finally destroyed, 
r Home of the cattle attacked with it linger along 
1 for weeks; others die in a few days after the 
t attack. None have recovered. Letters from farm¬ 
ers in North Brookfield, say that the disease is ap- 
i parently making a clean sweep through the herds 
i in that section, where it has got a foothold. 
i One man lias lost ten head of cuttlo, and lias as 
. many more sick. Another man has lost seven, 
' and the host of his herd arc sick. In North Brook- 
i field and New Braintree, the disease is in five or 
six herds. One gentleman in North Brookfield 
• writes to a member of the Legislature that the 
i disease is of the most alarming character. The 
, calf from Belmont was carried to Leonard Rtod- 
, dard. His cuttle began to be taken sick, and one 
after another died. Ho sold an animal to Mr. 
Olrnstcad, and the stock of the latter are all dying. 
Mr. Stoddard also sold a cow to Mr. Huitliugton, 
who lias since lost seven cows, and has ten more 
Biek; so of another herd in New Braintree, where 
some of Mr. Stoddard’s stock were sent If 
allowed to spread, continuee the writer, the dis¬ 
ease will cause general destruction. It is a 
foreign disease, and the name that prevails in 
Holland nt this lime. It seeniB almost certainly 
fatal. Wo learn that the disease has entered the 
herd of the gentleman in Belmont who Bold the 
calf to Mr. Stoddard, lin'd that liis cattle arc 
nearly all exterminated. 
Disturbance ol Tile Drain*. 
A lath writer in the New England Farmer 
stated that tile drains were very liable to dis¬ 
placement by loaded teamH passing over them, 
and, thereby, seemed to imply that their lasting 
qualities were not to he relied upon. In the 
March issue of the same Journal, another corres¬ 
pondent, who has moro faith in this style of 
“ crockery,” comes to the rescue. He remarks:— 
“ The statement of W. D. that tiles are liable to be 
displaced by loaded teams passing over them, is 
contradicted by my experience, and I cannot be¬ 
lieve that it is borne out by fact in any case where 
tiles are well laid. W. R. may lay tile even on 
his meadow land without fear that they will he 
injured, if ordinary care is used. Btone drains 
are much moro liable to disturbance from every 
cause than tile drains, and any assertion to the 
contrary must be based upon extraordinary expe¬ 
rience, if upon tiny. A tile drain about two 
hundred feet long was laid by my direction in u 
swamp where the trench was three feet deep, and 
the tile laid ori hard-pan bottom. A drive-way 
was immediately constructed over it, and all the 
stone for a house cellar, and loads of other heavy 
materia!, carried over without any disturbance. 
A constant use lias been made of the drive way 
since that time, and for two years, without ceas¬ 
ing, the drain has discharged an average of tw o 
thousand and four hundred gullonsof water daily. 
In another case, drains were laid four feet deep 
in a meadow where the mnd was soft and of un¬ 
determined depth; after the drains hud been dis¬ 
charging for two or three months, and the meadow 
had dried enough to allow toums to cross, sand 
and other earth was carted on, to the depth of six 
or eight inches; no care was used in driving over 
the drains, and yet they have continued to dis¬ 
charge, to their full capacity, for nearly a year 
since the earth was hauled on. i have directed 
about twelve thousand dollars' worth of draining, 
and never used any care about the crossing of 
loaded teams, yet no drain of the whole number 
has, to my knowledge failed, or been at all injured 
from that cause.” 
Nothing but n Farmer. 
The idea is often expressed that the business 
of farming requires rather physical than mental 
activity. The editor of the London Haturday 
Review, after returning from a Cattle Show, gives 
expression to some reflections on tlie demands 
which modern agriculture makes on the mental 
powers or the farmer, from which we copy a para¬ 
graph. “ Mere idlers are not the anxious, cautious 
heads engaged all the week in manipulating and i 
admiring the scarifiers and reaping machines aud 
steam plows in Baker street. If farming is all 
that its extant instruments betoken, it is among 
the most difficult of economical pursuits. The 
British farmer must be an accountant bolding his 
own against Messrs.Qnllter and Ball; for he must 
bo able to get the exact cost of every bushel of 
corn raised on his Gelds, and of every beast and 
Wk don't know where the Feed 1* for Bale, There is no 
demand for It, we presume, and for this reason it i* not 
kept by seedsmen. Perhaps nome of our reader* can 
supply you with tuber*, which would be better. We 
have a few tuber* growing in one corner of our garden, 
and we will increase them the present season, and #upply 
yon witli either seed* or tuber* next fall or spring, union* 
yon are otherwise provided for. A subscriber, whoso 
name we have forgotten, sent us a hag of fine artichoke* 
la*t autumn. He, no doubt, could supply you, and if this 
meet* his eye, we hope he w ill write you on the subject. 
Potatoes WIom tiik West.—I send yon, by express, a 
few potatoes, marked u* they are called here. Please 
give me the truu name*.—C. 8., Cuyahoga Falls, (). 
Title potatoes accompanying the above were labeled:— 
No. 1, Peach Blow; No 2, Prolific Blue; No, 3, Caitc-r; 
No. 4, St. Helena; No. 6, Strawberry. These potatoes 
are mostly new to ue, and we can find no one to name 
them. No. 1 i* not the new Pouch Blow, quite popular 
in the N»w Yojk market for several year* past, hut is a 
red, yellow Qe*h potato, looking much like what i* called 
hero tho Western Red. No. 2 icscmble* what i« called 
here the New England .Seedling, No. 3 i* not the cole 
bratnd Carter of MaxsuchiisetU No. 0 in not what we 
grow hero a* the Strawberry, and we do not know it, 
We wish something could be done to ascertain the true 
name* of potatoes worthy of cultivation. Nearly every 
variety now has a dozen names by which it is known in 
different localities, and the same name is given to a 
dozen different sort*. 
Ticks on Sincur—1 have a flock of sheep much afflict' 
od with ticks, so much *o that it i* impossible to keep 
them from running down poor. Will you, or some one 
of our correspondents, give, through the columns of the 
RrRAL, some method of freeing the sheep of their tor¬ 
mentor*?—A Rural Rk.uikr. Lock part, ti. p, ISOO. 
There are vurioti.* modes adopted and recommended. 
Randall, in The Shepherds Own Hook remarks as fol- 
Jew*:— 1 “Tick*, when very numerous, greatly annoy aud 
enfeeble sheep in the winter, and should be kept entirely 
out of tlie flock. After shearing, tho heat and cold, the 
rubbing and biting of the sheep soon drive oil the tick, 
and it takes refuge In the long wool of the lamb. Wait 
a fortnight after shearing to allow all to make this trans¬ 
fer of residence. Then boil refuse tobacco leaves until 
the decoction i* strong enough to kill ticks beyond n 
peradvonture. This may be readily tested by experiment. 
Five or six pounds of cheap plug tobacco, or an equiva¬ 
lent in stems, Ac., may be made to answer for 100 lambs 
DIPPING IlOX. 
The decoction is poured into a deep, narrow box, kept for 
this purpose, and which has an inclined shelf one side 
covered with a woodeu grate, as shown in the cut. One 
man holds the lamh by tlie hind legs, another clasps the 
fore-legs in one hand, and shuts tho other about the 
nostrils to prevent the liquid entering them, and then 
the lamb is entirely Immersed. It is immediately lifted 
out, laid on one side ou the grate, and tho water squeezed 
out of its wool. It is then turned over and squeezed od 
tlie other side. The grate conducts the fluid back Into 
the box. If the lambs are annually dipped, ticks will 
never trouble a flock.” 
Another mode, and one successfully adopted by one of 
our correspondent*, is to feud tlie flock sulphur. His 
views are thus expressed:— 1 “ When sheep are fed salt, 
(which they should have often.) mix common sulphur 
with it thoroughly, so a* to give each sheep a common- 
Hi/.ed teaspoon full, and by the time you hare given them 
three such portions, you will find the ticks have taken a 
furlough, and left- for parts unknown. This is the cheap¬ 
est remedy 1 have ever found, and I am satisfied that if 
sheep are fed sulphur ooce a month, in this manner, 
through the year, they will never be troubled with ticks, 
aud it will conduce to keep sheep in a healthy condition." 
How I Saved lit Samir.—My inquiry, “How to Save 
my Sheep," not appearing in the RURAL as soon as desir¬ 
ed. 1 will now give you tho plan I adopted. I cut tho 
ditch two feet broader. It is now seven feet w ide, and 
tho result is, l have lost no more sheep in the ditch. 
They hava uot attempted to jump it. It appears that 
narrow ditches are more dangerous for sheep than broad 
ones.—W m. II. Chaffee, Byron, Shiawassee Cu., Mich. 
l timely and judicious in seconding her efforts to multiply 
. and replenish the whole vegetable aud animal kingdoms. 
. Those who are ready to do this in season—to do tho right 
t thing at the proper lime—will not only prosecute the 
' Spring, but also the Summer and Autumn campaigns most 
profitably, as well a* pleasantly. Are you ready, Ruralist 
reader? Have you completed all yonr Winter work, 
including the maturing of plans for the active operations 
of the oncoming seasonf—decided exactly what you will 
do, and how it shall bo done, and engaged and prepared 
1 men and teams, implements nud seeds, to enter upon 
1 and prosecute the laborious campaign with vigor and 
, success? If not, you must be up and doing. Be ready 
i in season, start aright, work with mind and might,— 
trusting in Providence and keeping tbo fear of the Lord 
( before your eyes—and the result will not only be profita¬ 
ble to yourself, but redound to the sustenance (if not 
the saving) of the nation. 
“ Strike, rut Hear!"—U nder date of “ -, Shelby 
Co., Ky., Feb. 22, 18(50, an agent-friend of tho Rural, 
writes us as follows 1 “ Will yon be so kind ns to change 
my address from-, Shelby Co., Ky., to-, Wash. 
Co., Mich,? The few who subscribed for the Rural here, 
COMMEND IT IN TltB ItKIilKHT TERMS, although their 
neighbors speak of it os on abolition paper, because it is 
published north of Mason and Dixon's line! I have in¬ 
curred the displeasure of several of the neighborhood 
whore I have been teaching school, by circulating the 
Rural, and therefore, ns they do not want me to teach 
any longer, 1 shall return to Michigan.” 
— Those who rend the Rural New-Yorker at the 
South— and it has as ardent friends and admirers among 
the planters of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesson, Louisiana 
the Carolina*, Ac , as In any part of tho Union—know that 
people who thus strike before they hear (or read,) must 
be fools or knaves, and we leave them to properly charac¬ 
terize tbo act above chronicled. Their cordial and con¬ 
tinued appreciation of tho Rural— it having many moro 
subscribers south of Mason A Dixon’s lino this year than 
ever before—is tho best evidence of its national character 
and laudable objects, and that it needs no defenco from 
such unfounded and ridiculous aspersion* 
Profitable Butter Making.—T he following state¬ 
ment of the amount of butler made and sold during 
eight years, has been furnished us by Mr. Luther 
Hovey, of Henrietta, in this county. Considering tho 
limited number of rows, and the amount of butter prob¬ 
ably used by tho family, tho figures show successful 
dairying: 
“ 1852—Sold 403 lbs. butter for $05,35; made from two 
cows. 
1833—Sold 411 lbs. for $(59,53; from two cows. 
1854—432 lbs., for $<52,08; from two cows. 
1850—492 lbs. for $98,3(5; from two cows, and one two 
year old heifer which cume in in August. 
1800—028 lh- for $90,20; from one cow and two 2 year 
old heifers after August. 
1S6T 069 lh? for $120,33; from three cows, and one 
heifer in August. 
1868—093 lbs. for $80,17; from four cows, one of them 
being farrow. 
1859—800 Iba. for $127,12; from four cows. 
The first seven years do not include tho butter used 
iu the family, which consisted of four persons, beside 
visitors. Tho last year includes ull the butter made. 
Mr. Wm. <5 Griffin, of Rochester, has purchased almost 
every pound iold." 
“ The Looubts ark Coming.”—D r. G. B. Smith, of Bal¬ 
timore, announces that the locusts will appear exten¬ 
sively thivyear. According to hla statement, tho following 
States and parts of Staton, will be occupied by them: 
“New York and Connecticut—From Long Island 
Sotiud to Washington county, New York; from the 
Connecticut river to the Hudson river; and several 
counties in New York, we»t of tho Hudson liver, to 
Montgomery connty, on the Mohawk river. New Jersey 
—Occupying the whole State. I‘nnn*ylvania —In that 
portion bounded by Peter's Mountain on the south, 
Mahan tango Mountain on the north, the Delaware rivor 
on the east, and tho Susquehanna river ou the west. 
Maryland—From Anno Arundel county to the middle of 
St, Mary's county; from the Chesapeake to tho Potomac 
river. Virginia—From the south part of Loudon r.ounty 
to tho Roanoke river; from the Blue Ridge to the Poto¬ 
mac river. North Carolina - Cuswell, Rockingham, 
Stokes, Guilford, Roman, Surry, and adjacent counties. 
Michigan—About Kalamazoo, Indiana—Dearborn and 
adjacent counties. They will commence emerging in 
North Curoliua about the 10th of May, and a few days 
later for every hundred miles as we progress north, until 
the 1st of June, In Washington county, New York. 
This will afford u line opportunity to test tins correctness 
of the assertion that they do not appear regularly every 
seventeen years. None of the Southern tribe (thirteen 
year locusts) appear this year.” 
New York Horse Market.— In a recent article on 
the Horse Market, the N. Y. Tribune says that a greater 
number of horses were sold in that city, in the find ten 
days Of March, than during tho corresponding period 
for many preceding years. They woro almost entirely 
work horses, and a considerable portion of them rail¬ 
road and stage horses, such ns ordinarily sell for about 
$126 to $136 each. The city and farm-work horses have 
sold from $100 to $250 each—very few at the highest 
figure Generally speaking, the prices of horses this 
Spring are almost precisely tho come as last Spring. The 
only difference in the market Is, that owing to tho favor¬ 
able weather in February, and the first week of .March, 
the business lias been much more lively, more horses 
have arrived, and they have not, as they sometimes do, 
stuck on hand till they “ eat their heads off." 
Implements, Seeds, Ac.—W e receive, by almost every 
mail, inquiries relative to whore various implements, 
seeds, plants, Ac., may be obtained, and the price. Wo 
cannot always answer definitely by letter, and it is not 
our province to do so In print, (hating a department 
wherein manufacturers and dealers can make their own 
announcements,) and hence refer all to our advertising 
columns lor information. A careful perusal of our adver¬ 
tising department wonld save many the trouble of writing 
us—for there is scarcely anything worthy of notice or 
purchase by Rural readers that Is uot therein announced. 
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Loot Ao. SociF.rv, (Seneca Co,)— Officers for J800:— 
president -S. B. SMITH. Tice-President — P. E. Van 
fleet. Secretory —Jas. Van Horne. Treasurer — A. 
Woodworth. Directors— T. C. Osgood, Daniel Bramble, 
K. Van Lew, C. 11, Vescelins, D, McNair, H. V."Miner. A 
Fair for Exhibition and Sale of Stack, Farm Implements, 
.Mechanical Products, Ac., will be held on the 6th of June. , 
