PASTURING ON THE HIGHWAYS. 
of chain drag under the fore end of the boat suffi¬ 
cient to make a mark- This will show you the 
edge of your sowing. When you have crossed 
the field, turn around and drive hack, going as 
far from the mark as you can throw the plaster,— 
sowing with the left baud, and with the wind, as 
before. In this manner, with a moderate wind, I 
can sow faster and evoner than any other way 
I over tried,—it is not in streaks, as is the cuse 
when sown against the wind. If any one has a 
expect to have occasion to take up their abode careful watch 
^ ere> % ewes that do 
Yonr correspondent “S.” farther asks, “Do them and thei; 
they always select a home before swarming?’' J with regard tc 
Bball take the affirmative, although it is barely as well as with 
possible there may be, now and then, a silly neglect, to gir 
swarm which regards swarmintr. as do some nf f»ed in 
Agricultural iltisccllang 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker: —In a recent number 
of yonr journal, I read an article on this subject, 
signed, “A Sufferer,” in which it appears that the 
inhabitants of Wayne county,— particularly the 
farmers,—are suffering from the same nuisance 
that exists in, and annoys the farmers of Onon¬ 
daga, and, in all probability, those of every other 
county in the Bute. Many u sufferer is waiting 
with folded hands for ‘'public feeling to he cre¬ 
ated, which may produce legislative action in the 
premises," while his neighbor’s pigs arc destroy¬ 
ing, with their long, peeked, nnjeweled snouts, 
the grass plat in front of his door,- or, perhaps, 
his neighbor’s cattle, half-starved, (for they run 
in the road,) come roaming along, protruding 
their haggard visages, like evil geniuses through 
every gate loft ajar, barn door open, or bar down. 
These “lean kine ” are not over delicate,—where 
green pastures or grain tempt tbeir hungry maw, 
— in trying the strength of yonr new board, 
picket, or rail fence, constantly glancing around, 
while in these aotB of petty larceny, as if expect¬ 
ing a Bhrill whistle, and a cry of “sick ’em, Tigc." 
Now, the man who owns those hogs or cattle, 
has mental faculties, and they are not so obtnBe 
but Ibut he would consider himself a thief,— one 
of the meanest stamp, 
Tuk battler has been decidedly Borean Binee our 
last, with chill blasts ami snow in abundance. We there¬ 
fore beg to withdraw what we somewhat sanguinety said 
last week about the season of Nature's hibernation hav¬ 
ing passed, ami earth, air and sky being propitious for 
.Spring operations. Thoogb there are now indications of 
a thaw, we shall not venture any congratulations until 
there is a decided change of temperature, lest readers in 
this region consider us talking in a Pickwickian sense, or 
attempting to force the season. 
That Wheat I-.iKMim.-The receipt of a letter from 
Holly, Orleans Co., announcing the intention of the 
writer to compete for the premium we offered, last July, 
for the best ten acres of wheat grown this year, induces 
us to re-publisb the offer, which is as follow*-. 
Premium of $100 for Brkt Tex Acres op Wukat!_ 
In order to enoourage the production of Wheat, and 
obtain for dissemination reliable information as to the 
most successful modes of culture in sections where the 
midge prevails—as In Western and Central New York— 
we hereby offer .1 Premium of 0 *r nosiinen Poll am 
for the Best Ten Acres of Winter Wheat (quantity and 
quality considered,! grown in the State during the ensu¬ 
ing year, on one contiguous piece of land, being a part 
of the farm owned and Cultivated 
CURE FOR SCRATCHES 
Take sugar of lead and hog’s lard, and make a 
salve. Wash off the legB of the horse clean, und 
when perfectly dry, rnb in the salve. Keep the 
horse out the mud for a few days, using the salve 
occasionally, and it will soon effect a cure. It ap¬ 
pears to me absurd, to think of putting anything 
down tho throat of a horse to cure scratches_ 
Only think of it, men 
seen them ahoul, your person, when yon have 
been standing near a swarm which were disposed 
to be cross,) with a rapid motion sidewise, back 
and forth, and he will examine every hole, knot 
and crevice, frequently alighting and" walking in, 
or under a loose bark, but soon re-appears, looks 
aronnd the other side, generally keeping himself 
within six inches of the tree, and thus down, and 
aronnd and around, and down he will come, per- 
if you were to go in mud 
nearly knee deep, without boots or Btockings, and 
let the mud dr/ on your legs at night, and con¬ 
tinue that day after day, don’t yon think yon 
would soon have fever in your legs and feet, and 
scratches, too? Think, man, tlnnk! Put yourself 
(in your mind'* eye) n> the pl-ace of the badly used 
brutes, mid you trill almost always do u hat is right 
by them. 
Before J got my yards made perfectly dry, I was 
greatly troubled with the scratches in the legs of 
my cattle, in Boft weather, in fall or early winter. 
I have had a dozen or more at once, with swelled 
legs and scratches, a hot fever, and greatly lame. 
Washing and fomenting the legs with hot water, 
using the sugar of lead and lard salve, and keep¬ 
ing in a dry place, soon effected a cure. Wash 
off tho mud from the horse’s legs, when ho comes 
in the stable, never let it dry on, and a tig for 
scratches. Prevention is better than cure. 
Near Geneva, N. Y., March, 1860. John Johnston. 
j of Gorham, Ontario county, N. Y., and the 23 
weighed here 4,601 »>s. 
How much liny will Keep a Horse ? 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Wisconsin Farmer 
states that he has found by twenty years’ experi¬ 
ence, that 15 pounds of hay and 12 quarts of oat 
meal per day, will keep a good sized horse of 
1,150 pounds’ weight, in line condition for farm or 
road work, and that, by using a cutting-box, one- 
third of the hay can he saved, and replaced by an 
equat weight of good straw or corn-stalks. The 
usual estimate among farmers is, that a horse will 
generally consume 2,000 pounds per quarter, of 13 
weeks, or 22 poundB per day. This shows how 
ruuoh can be saved by a judicious method of feed¬ 
ing, as a horse will eat considerably more than is 
necessary for his well-being. 
Water lor C’owm. 
The Boston Cultivator 
by the competitor. 
A sample or the grain, act statement of mode Of culti- 
vtaion, Ac., (similar to that required by the N. Y. State 
Agricultural Society on Farm Crops,) muat be furnished 
to O. f.). T. Moor*. Rochester, on or before the l„t. day 
of October, 1860, by whom, in conjunction with Gen. 
Raw.son Harmon of Monroe C»„ Hon. T. C. Peters of 
Genesee, Jonx Johnston, Esq , 0 r Seneca, and Hon. 
George GwinKSof Onondaga, (or other competent and 
disinterested persons.) the premium will bo awarded. 
f! l or particulars as to conditions, statement required, 
etc , see Rural New-Yorker of July 23d, 1859 ] 
■if lie should send his 
hired man to rob your wheat field of Its grain, 
your meadow of its grass, or the road of the turf 
in front of your house. He would expect, too, if 
detected, an immediate prosecution would follow, 
and he not only receive the mark of Cain, hut psy 
tho damages. And, Mr. sufferer, the laws that be, 
hardly know the difference, so far us damage is 
concerned, in the two cases. But we do not like 
to quarrel with our neighbors. Can you convict 
any man, of any crime, without a trial? Can 
legislative action frame any laws by which this 
may be effected ? No! Then wc do not need any 
such action; for “the powers that be" donotgive 
your unscrupulous, opulent neighbor, any more 
right to turn his pigs, cattle, or any other stock, 
into the road, for the sake of eating off the 
herbage along your land, than they do to turn 
them into your wiieat field or meadow. You 
would not be over-scrupulous about slicing him 
in the latter ease — and, if you wish to abate the 
nuisance, sue him in the former. If you do not 
sustain an action against him for trespass and 
damage, 1 will acknowledge that you have a differ¬ 
ent executive in Wayne county from what we have 
in Onondaga. 
“Again, tho poor man should have the right to 
pasture tho highways.” Can lie claim this ns a 
right, or a , harity? If he claims it as a right, wliv 
haps to near the root, when you will see that he 
iB no queen nor drone, but a genuine worker. 
Springvale, Fond <lu Lae Co., Win. A A. Hubbard, 
Keen. Wax. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —In yonr issue of 
the 27th of August, 1859, Mr. Quinby’s reply to 
Mr. Brail recommends putting the combs into a 
sack or bag, and sinking it In boiling water, to 
extract the wax. He admits that this process 
makes it “ black and unfit for market,” but cannot 
tell why. I tried that process once, and spoiled a 
batch of twenty or thirty Us. 1 knew why, too. 
The rocks put in the bag to sink it, forced the bag 
hard on the bottom of the kettle, and as it takes 
much boiling, it burnt on the kettle, and col¬ 
ored the wax. A good way is to put water enough 
in to prevent the comb from burning; put in your 
combs; stir them frequently at the bottom; when 
about all melted, the wax will gather on one side, 
and by making a smu.lt depression, you can dip it 
oil gradually, with a tin dipper, into a tin pan, over 
which is a common wire seive, beiDg oareful to 
throw back the settlings and filth in the bottom of 
the dipper, each time, 
A Small Suburban Farm Wanted.—A lady who has 
hoys coming on apace, and wishes to place them where 
they can assist her, writes: 
I have read ho much in 
your Rural about the products of lauds, that [ have 
resolved to ask you to inquire if any of your readers 
can furnish information ns to where I ertn secure a small 
piece of land, say from 3 to L0 acres, at a fair price. I 
desire a location near some village, where 1 can also 
establish a young Indies' school. Any person knowing 
of such a location, will confer a favor upon a lady, by 
addressing K. II,. Watkins, Schuyler Co., N. Y " 
gives an account of a 
recent visit to the farm of the Hon. Josiah Quincy, 
Jr., near Boston, and says the stables are so ar¬ 
ranged that the cows have a trough of water 
before them, covered with a lid, hung on one side 
with butts, so that when the cow wants to drink, 
she has only to raise the lid with her nose to get 
at the water. Mr. Quincy is perfectly satisfied 
with a cow that gives 10 quarts of milk a day, 
whether she has a pedigree or not 
SALTING FOOD FOR SHEEP. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— In the Rural of 
the 17th inst, J. H. McNall says:—“It is sug¬ 
gested to keep salt where the sheep can help 
themselves. Imagine a man eating food without 
salt, and then going to the salt barrel to cat salt! 
It is enough to set a person’s teeth on edge." 
This reminds me of a remark once made by the 
Hon. A. B. Dickinson, In a discussion on irriga¬ 
tion, at a meeting of the N- Y. State Ag. Society. 
Alter listening to the remarks of others for a 
time, and considering the theories proposed very 
visionary, to say the least, he opened a speech 
by exclaiming: —“It boats all creation, sir, that 
men wont learn anything from God.” So seems 
to mo this talk about salting the food for cattle, 
or sheep. I have yet to learn that Providence 
has, in any way, devised a plan for Baiting their I 
food otherwise than by letting them have access 
to the salines of the country. It may be well 
enough to salt some kinds of fodder when putting 
up fur winter, marsh bay tor instance,— that 
cattle may he tempted to eat it more roadilv, not 
for the benefit of stock, or fodder. As a general 
thing, better place salt boxes or “barrels ” where 
stock can help themselves, and I think, on exami¬ 
nation, that their teeth will he found “all right.” 
Lenox. N. Y., 1860. A Subscriber, 
“High ’-Living in Paris.— An exchange pays:—“But¬ 
ler ia excessively high in Paris; the beat table butter is a 
dollar a pound, which usually sold for half a dollar, and 
common kitchen butter is forty cents a ponnd, a quality 
usually sold for twenty-eight sous. Vegetables are also 
very dear, and so is meat. The poor have a hard time of 
it in Paris; that splendid city is made for the rich, not 
the poor; but tho Utter ‘ Hurrah for tho Empire; 1 it 
has such pretty uniform?, and so many of them, it is 
irresistible. Well! France ain’t Yankeedom—so much 
the worse for France 1” 
Let it boil very moderate¬ 
ly, and in this way yon will get wax nice and yel 
low as California nuggets. There will be some 
left; let it cool, and take it off from the great mass 
of dirt; then re-melt, und pass it through a com¬ 
mon coarse cloth strainer, into a tub of water, 
pressing it ont with a rolling-pin, two or three 
quarts at a time. The latter will not be near as 
nice as that dipped out, hut will pass. I use a 
cauldron kettle for making up forty pounds, and 
it takeB half a day to do it; and that which is dip¬ 
ped off docs not need re-melting. b. a. 
Vermillion, Ohio, March, I860. 
Inquiries anb ^Uistuers, 
Black Spanish Fowls.—W ill “J 
Black Spanish Fowls.- Will “J. C.,” whose state¬ 
ment, iu regard to Black Spanish fowls, appeared in the 
Rural a f.nv weeks since, send his address to—Ww 
Eldkege, North While Creek, Wash, Co., N. Y. 
SHOjJLDBR.Ri.rrT Horse.—I have a horse that is 
phonhier-Mipt. has been so all winter, and is little or no 
better. Will some one of your many subscribers inform 
me what will be best to do for ft, and much oblige—W 
C., Pulton Co., N. Y., 1869. 
Rota Baga Seeds, — Can you or any of your readers i 
reform mu where lean get seed of Nkirving’s Improved ofU>n passes through he 
Purple Top ,Swede Turnip, and the price per ounce ?— 
Also, seed of Ltting’s Improved Purple Top fiweede and 
K p ” r olmco s - CrtWooh, March. 
Skirting’s Improved Purple Top cun he obtained here 
of the seedsmen at 76 cents per pound. I.aing’s has not 
been Imported that we can learn. Wo can forward the 
seed by express or otherwise, if desired to do so. 
Good Cotswolds.— An Albany* paper says:— “Enoch 
Ottlky, of Phelps, Ontario Co., had at the drove yards, 
West Albany, twenty-three Co Luo Id sheep,w l,o«o weight 
was 4,604 pounds; thirteen of these, which bad been fed 
for four years, weighed 3,102 lbs. The residue had been 
fed for only abont 16 months. Mr. Ottlky is famed for 
Bkk-Krbping.—I have just bought four stands of bees, 
and. as 1 am not acquainted with their habits, will you 
pleise inform mo. lAiorugVi the Rural, where 1 can got 
11 Mystones of Bee-Kewpiog Explained,' - by At QuiNby, 
and the price by mail, post paid.—C yrus Goss, Uelmore 
Inti, I860. ’ 
Wk can send you tlio u Mysteries of Bee-Keeping,"— 
prioe $1. 
Taking Honey-Bee Iuikss. — Which is the best time 
to take on caps of honey ? 1 did not take mine off, as 1 
wished to see which would do best, to take the honey iu 
the fall or spring. By the bye, as good a boo-dress a.- I 
have heard of, is a Shaker sun bonnet, witb cape and veil 
—A Siibpgrmikr, £, Pembroke , N. March 1860. 
Boxes of honey should be removed as fast as they are 
filled. H allowed to remain, the comb becomes some¬ 
what discolored Those boxes that are filled quickest will 
be the whitest. 
CHICORY. 
To Protect Siikku prom Dogs. —An Indiana sheep 
farmer nays that a number of sheep wearing bells, in any 
flock, will keep away dogs-he would allow ten bell sheep 
to every hundred or hundred and fifty. When sheep are 
alarmed, they run together in a compact body, in which 
act all the bells are rung at once, which frightens the 
dog, or makes him think some one is on his track—go he 
leaves without taking his mutton. 
of chicory as a forage plant among ns. From 
your description, and that of Darlington, (sec 
work on American Weeds and Useful Plants, page 
200,) I think we have it, and consider it not only 
useless but a nuisance. Mote than thirty years 
Since, the Beed was purchased and sown as a kind 
of English clover; and the plant still thrives and 
flourishes under two mowings a year, showing no 
signs of failure, ami looks as though it. might last 
half a century longer. It has intruded itself into 
some of the fields and yards, and its rough, almost 
woody stem, does not at all improve the appear¬ 
ance, or walks, of the road-side; and though we 
have not tried it as a .substitute for coffee, think, 
without it is hotter for that purpose than for feed¬ 
ing, would not recommend its cultivation by any 
farmer. I would as soon think of sowing Canada 
thistle seed. 
Darlington says:—“Some European Agricul¬ 
turists recommend it, though they admit that it 
gives a bud taste to the milk of cows, which feed 
upon it. In this country, it is generally, and I 
think justly, regarded as an objectionable weed, 
which ought to be expelled from our pastures. 
So. Onondaga, N Y., I860, I. L. Sxklv. 
Remarks.— Onr correspondent is mistaken. Wo 
White Clover. 
Will tome of the renders of your 
valuable paper, please reform me where pure White Clo¬ 
ver seed can be obtained? and what are its merits as a 
lawn grass? Has it anv relationship to the common sor¬ 
rel r-D. C. Mud., Me Gram tUe, Cart. Co., N. Y 
White Clover can be obtained of the peed-dealers 
here, and in all cities, It is invaluable for lawns, as, if 
sown early in the spring, the lawn will present a green 
pleasant appearance, by the latter part of J uue. It shoulii 
be sown witb Red Tup^ir Kentucky Bine grass, and as the 
gross gets possession of the ground, the clover will in a 
measure disappear, but enough will always remain, as it 
is natural to oar soil and climate. 
Acknowledgments,—W e are indebted to our long¬ 
time friend and contributor, Hon. T. C. Peters, 0 f Gen¬ 
esee, one of the State Assessors—and who, wo are glad 
to notice, bus just been re.-apjK»iuled for three years—for 
a copy of the “First Annual Report of the Slate Asses¬ 
sors of the State of New York," an interesting and valu¬ 
able document. Also, for a copy of the State Manual 
some very excellent, suggestions as to preminms 
to be awarded by the Societies at their coming 
full meetings. One of the most valuable qualifi¬ 
cations that a horse or ox can have, is a fast 
walk; and when we know that, by proper and 
curly training, at least two miles an hour may be 
added to almost any animal, it, becomes of great 
importance to obtain the extra speed. 1 hope, 
therefore, that all our Agricultural Societies will 
profit by the suggestions which yon have thrown 
ont lor the enlightenment of that very ambitious 
Society, of which the Major seems to be so active 
an officer. 
By the way, who is John Plowhandle? 1 
suppose the secrets of the sanctum are inviolate, 
but that will not prevent a guess. May it not be 
our good and very agreeable friend, Major 
11. T. B.? Does the Major own up? If not the 
Major, then is he a real, bona Jide, flesh-and-blood 
Plowhandler. I do not expect you to tell, after 
all; but I could not help asking the question, for 
he's a queer specimen.—p. 
ldve they hatch ur breed 1 heir broods J am altogether 
uul'amiliar with bees. I caught two swarms last spring, 
and I bad to use the old hives. 1 Want information on 
their breeding, so as to construct a hive fur the conven¬ 
ience of the bees and myself. 
TnB Queen generally cominenccB laying her eggs in the 
center of the hive, and where tho bees are the thickest, 
for the sake of the warmth. This is particularly the Case 
where the Bwarnig are weak, as then all the warmth that 
can be obtained in the spring is needed. As the season 
advances and becomes warm, in what is called the height 
of the breeding season, all the cells not filled with honey 
or bee-bread will be used by the Queen for breeding pur¬ 
poses. 
Kxtra Maple Sugar.— We are indebted to Mrs. Esther 
Knapp, of Clarkson, in this county, for a very superior 
sample of Maple Sugar. It is white, fine grained, and 
decidedly toothsome. Mrs. K. is now eighty-five years of 
age, and gathered the sap and made the sugar herself, 
from trees planted near her dwelling after she was sixty 
years of age. 
hftKisp PcllI-XG tukir Woul, —Oui coirtispoiideiita,— 
C. D Cronk, of Adrian, Mich,, and J. E. Raymond, of 
Greenfield, Penn-,—will find the subject broached in 
their inquiries, discussed in our issue of the Rural for 
March 17th. To what was there stated, we will add that 
an experienced sheep-breeder informs us a dose of sul¬ 
phur, occasionally mixed with the food of the flock, is a 
certain preventive. 
Inquiries and Answers. —We have on hand a good 
many inquiries which it would be difficult to answer in a 
way satisfactory to those who make the inquiries. For 
instance, How ran eggs be hatched without the hen l _ 
Eggs can be hatched without the hen by keeping up a 
regular and moderate beat, and perhaps this can be done 
profitably, but we very much doubt it, and have no plan 
that we can recommend With proper care, each hen set 
will bring up from ten to twelve chickens, and we find no 
difficulty in making them average ten each. ThL seems 
to us to be the most natural and the cheapest way,_ 
Another question which we are not prepared to auswer 
is the cost of keeping a thousand hens a year, the produel 
in chickens, und the profit. We Lave never kept more than 
a hundred or so at a time, and have never Jailed to 
make them profitable. Where a great number are kept 
together, great care is necessary in keeping the Louses 
and yards clean, and in supplying proper food and pure 
water, and also fresh earth. A yard that has become foul 
by droppings should have the surface removed, for at 
least six inches in depth, and fresh earth supplied. The 
value of the manure will pay for the trouble. Unless 
those precautions are observed, dbease will make its 
appearance, and sad destruction will follow. Almost 
every one finds that a dozen or twenty fowls produce 
more eggs, than fifty or a hundred, and this is because a 
dozen or so w ill, in a great measure, take care of them¬ 
selves, while a large number cannot be kept together. 
Parmer, the following ways and means of getting 
up the right kind of a flock:— 1 “First, then, I do 
not allow my owes to breed till the spring they 
are three years old. I never desire to see twins. 
If they make their appearance, I give them an 
extra chance to keep them up with the rest of the 
flock. I never breed from any old broken-down 
ewes. I never allow my buck or bucks to run 
with the flock at any season of the year. I had 
rather tend my buck with one hundred ewes, than 
turn him in with twenty-five. This course is 
very beneficial to the buck, and still more so to 
bis stock. These are points that any one will 
admit, that will reason for a moment. I never 
allow more than forty sheep to run together. I 
never keep my sheep in pastures where they can¬ 
not get on dry ground to stand or lie down. I 
raise carrots or rata bagas for my sheep instead of 
feeding grain, 
The Galen (Wayne Co.) AC. Society held its annual 
meeting at Clyde on the 10th ult, and elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers for the coming year: President— Daniel 
J UNISON. Pice-President — Win Gillet Treasurer— 
Thos. Flumtree. Secretary — Jos. Watson. Directors 
for Three Years— Hon. S. S. Ketcham and E. B. Kellogg. 
Annna! Fair to be 12th September, at Clyde. Had a sat¬ 
isfactory and successful Fair last September Society iu 
flourishing condition, iu all respects. Members in good 
spirits, and in no doubt of future profitable progress, 
independent of excitements that have no legitimacy 
with “ pure and undefiled" agricultural associations.—w. 
Selecting a Home. 
Eds. Rural: —I notice in your paper the 
question asked, “Do bees select a home before 
swarming?" I am fully convinced that they do, 
for I have, first and last, found lour trees, the 
cavities of which were being cleaned out so as to 
be tcuiintable. The first wits in your State, and T 
verily thought I had found a colony, and under 
that impression sold out to another boy; but 
after a few days they all left, having swarmed, 
probably, — a clean hive being given them 
The Farmers' Club of East Maine (Broome Co., N. Y.i 
had an election of officers for the ensuing season on tho 
13th ult, which resulted in the re-election of Ab'm H. 
Gkkene, Esq., President, .-red Robert Hogg, Secretary. 
This is the second season since the Club was formed, and 
tbe discussions which take place weekly are both inter¬ 
esting and useful, the benefits derived exceeding all 
expectation. Every neighborhood ought to have a Club. 
Nothing ia lost, but much gained, by comparing notes_ 
by giving and receiving information on the different 
subjects pertaining to the cultivation of the »oil and the 
management of stock,— h. 
clean hive being given them, 
| which they were wise enough to prefer to taking 
their chances ia the woods, among ants, mice and 
other enemies. We soon after cut do wn the tree, 
and found the hollow ” empty, swept and gar¬ 
nished”—they having koawed the inside com¬ 
pletely over, and removed all their chips, so that 
it presented the appearance of having been re¬ 
cently passed over with a rasp. In one of the 
cases referred to, they showed as much activity 
as a heavy swarm at work, and the one just men¬ 
tioned nearly so, but tbe two others considerably 
less; and one of them worked very light, but 
steady, for abont two weeks after I found it. 
They were in one of our low burr oaks, and the 
entrance only about seven feet from the ground, 
bo that I had an excellent opportunity to witness 
the operation. I conclude that they put on a 
sufficient force to do the job by the time they 
SOWING PLASTER 
1 have my lambs begin to come 
about the 20th of April, and take them away from 
the ewes about the 20th of August. In this way 
the lambs become weaned and take to feed before 
the cold weather begins, and the ewes get up iu 
grand order before winter, besides they are much 
more likely to bring lambs t he next season. If at 
anytime I have a sheep that does not appear to 
do well, I take it immediately from the flock, and 
if it does not readily recover, I kill, sell, or give 
it away. I give my sheep some kind of shed in 
winter to resolt to when they choose. I never 
care about sheep having drink in the summer, if 
they have good pastiu-e. Care should be taken 
not to give too much salt in hot, dry weather, 
where there is no water in the pasture. I keep a 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yorker: — As the time of 
year has arrived t.o perform this labor, and the 
weight of the article making it somewhat labori¬ 
ous to carry it on one’s back, I will give my 
method of sowing it Hitch your team to a stone- 
boat, (if you have one,—if not, you should have,) 
place on it a barrel of plaster: lay a board across 
it; fill the half bushel and set it ou the board; 
put a basin into the barrel to fill up the half 
bushel when empty. This keeps the plaster in 
reach all the time. Thus equipped, you are ready 
for operation. Drive to the field you wish to sow. 
If the wind is in the west, drive to the north-cast 
corner of. 7 the field, then drive south, throwing 
your plaster to the east with the wind. Let a piece 
An Agricultural Association for the town of Van 
Buren and Lysauder, N. Y„ was organized at a meeting 
held in Baldiviosville. March 3d, and officers elected as 
follows: President — A. H. Toll. Vice Presidents — 
Henry Daboll, Sarn'l H. Alden. Secretary— N. M. White. 
Ticasurer — Eradford Chase. Meetings are held for dis¬ 
cussion every Saturday afternoon. 
State Lairs for 1860, are announced as follow< 
Illinois, at Jacksonville, Sept-10-14. Indiana, Indiana 
lie, Oct. 2-5. Iowa, Iowa City, Oct, 2-5, New Yc 
Elmira, Oct. 2-5. Ohio, Dayton, Sc-pt, 25-28. Vermc 
Burlington, bept. 11-14, \\ isconcre, Madison,Sept 24- 
