welfare of the State Agricultural College, that it 
ehould not adopt any improper implements, or 
lead the student* In paths too theoretical,—want¬ 
ing in practical common sense farming. This 
solicitude is commendable. Wc are all liable to 
err as individuals and faculties of colleges. We 
must be willing and anxious to learn from each 
other, But it is important to rid ourselves of 
preconceived opinions of any subject, if we 
would examine in the light of fact and truth. 
Let us hold to our opinions in all humility, be¬ 
lieving it possible that we may be mistaken, and 
that “all wisdom will n«t die with us.” Even 
■“ forty yeara experience'' will hardly justify one 
allusion of Mr. TVs to the use of the crusher by 
an institution seeking to educate farmers’ eons. 
The day way come when we shall discard the 
plow for some rotary implement, which will dig 
up the earth to a greater depth, with finer tilth 
and less power, liut then, we shall look hack 
very kindly and charitably upon the plow for all 
the good it has done, and shall not feel like re¬ 
garding those who still cling to it as demented. 
Mr. T>. seems to regard the approbation of the 
English for the crusher as of little consequence, 
and instances the ax, to show that their opinions 
are of no aeconnt. The cases are quite different 
They have, comparatively, little use for the ax, 
whereas the American has been compelled to cut 
away the heavy forests; and necessity, the mother 
of invention, lias given him an implement, by 
which he can hew his way in the world. But, on 
the other hand, confined to small limits, with a 
fiurplus population, England’s wits have been 
taxed to the utmost, to find food for her millions. 
Her study lias been the culture of her soil, and 
the has proved her capacity in that, by being the 
best agricultural country, of the same extent, in 
the world. She, then, has the 
to sow buckwheat, that is the best that can be 
done for that season. When meadow or pasture 
land is so infested with grubs as to destroy the 
grasB, the only remedy I ever found was the above. 
Wellaville, N. Y., I860. Ax Old Farmer. 
fields for corn every year, and at the last hoeing, 
seed it with clover and timothy. It will then 
furnish abundant pasture, the next year for horse, 
cow, and pigs, and the year after will, in the rota¬ 
tion, be meadow. The two acres of corn stalks 
and two acres of meadow will furnish abundant 
winter keep for horse and cow, aud visitors’ 
horses, and some to Bpare. It is obvious that 
these premises will furnish plenty to do, and to a 
Bmall family of moderate aspirations, a large part 
of their living; and if the library in-doora is well 
stocked, and periodicals abundant, and “if hap- 
pincss hare her seat and center in the breast,” I 
see not why life, even in the evening of the day, 
maynot be epjoyed. The threshing machine with 
its d rutty concomitants, is banished,—the harvest 
laborers will not vex,—and the labors of the 
premises, though sometimes sufficiently urgent to 
drive away laziness, will still admit of rest suc¬ 
ceeding fatigue in gentle and agreeable succession. 
Milan, Erie Co.. Qiao, I860. j, H 
access. She will deposit a great many of her eggs 
here, instead of the hive, and can be easily de¬ 
stroyed. As we cannot always have our bees in a 
situation to feci safe, it will be well to adopt 6ome 
of the means recommended to diminish the num¬ 
ber of moths. First destroy all the worms that 
can be found at any time, particularly in springs 
Becond, all cocoons that can be got at. A great 
many worms can he enticed to web up, under a 
trap of elder, Ac., when it is an easy matter to 
dispatch them. Thirdly, destroy all the moths 
possible that can be seen about the hive. They 
are very much like the flea, “when you put your 
finger on him he is not there;” a careful move is 
Agricultural Uliscdlanjj 
The Weather and CROrs.-The weather continues 
favorable for the growing crops. The only complaint w« 
hear in this section is that tho season has been too <irv 
rendering the grass crop comparatively light. We have 
had no severe drouth, however, in any part of Western 
New York up to this date. (June 19.) With the 
tlon of grass, all crops 
THOSE COENS. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— While fully agree¬ 
ing with much that is said in an article in your 
paper of the 2d inst., upon the subject of corns, and 
the horse’s feet, allow me to add a little. WettiDg 
the feet daily is of great importance, and a very 
convenient way of doing it, is to have a little 
hollow in front of your watering trough, that the 
horse may Btcp into every time he is watered.— 
Paring the frog and opening the heels is the great 
sin of borse-shoerB. I think it the cause of more 
crippled and apparently foundered horses than 
all other errors that are committed. Contraction 
maybe one cause of corns, but I think not the 
only one. They aro produced many times by 
nailing tho shoe too near the heel, and occasion¬ 
ally by mere concussion. The best remedy is a 
three-quarter shoe; and as some that are interes¬ 
ted in the matter may not know how it should be 
made, J will endeavor to describe it. Take an 
ordinary shoe, of about five-sixteenths of an inch 
thick, with u very low toe cork; cut ofT nearly 
one-quarter of the inside of the shoe and draw it 
out, tapering from the under side to the thickness 
of about an eighth of an Inch. This will make 
the bearing of the shoe less by about an inch upon 
the foot than it is upon the side that comes upon 
the ground. When finished, have it so that tho 
shoe shall not touch the foot within an inch of the 
corn; this will leave the corn and inside heel 
entirely free from pressure, and it will, in a few 
months, grow out perfectly sound and strong. 
The horse will travel without interfering, and 
apparently aH well as a sound one, with an entire 
shoe. I have presumed that the corn is in the 
inside heel. This shoe should be re-set about once 
in four weeks. e o n 
excep- 
Are very promising throughout 
this region—though the wire and cut worms are injuring 
the corn in some localities. A large breadth of potatoes 
has been planted in this vicinity the present season, not¬ 
withstanding the low price of the tuber. Fruit crop 
promises well thns far—especially apples and peaches. 
Tu* Wheat Ceos jg maturing rapidly, and the pros¬ 
pect of its escaping the inidge is most encouraging. In- 
deed, in many localities the early varieties are already 
so far advanced that there is no fear of injury from the 
midge. From examinations and inquiries wo are satis- 
fed that considerable Medinerraneau wheat has escaped 
damage from the myriad-headed enemy,—though later 
fields and varieties may be injured. Sir. 0. Dean, of 
Caledonia, sends us heads of Mediterranean wheat, taken 
from the field on the ISlh, which indicate that his crop 
is beyond the Irik of attack. He thinks that it will be 
ready to harvest about the 10th of July, though much 
will depend upon the weather. His Dayton and Soules 
are four or fire days later. We have similar reports from 
other localities—Wheitlsnd, Kush, Ac. I„ JJ. La.vo- 
woktiit, l->q ,of Greece, says his Mediterranean is ahead 
of the midge, having passed point of danger unscathed. 
— It lg yet too early to rejoice exceedingly, but the 
prospects are so favorable fur the farmers of Western 
New York, and the feasibility of their again growing 
wheat safely uDd abundantly so Dearly demonstrated, 
that we are constrained to congratulate all interested 
upon the favorable season and beneficial results so con¬ 
fidently anticipated, 
MAKJXO TIIESJ DRUNK, AND THEIR EXECUTION 
by ( hjckens.— Mix with water just enough mo¬ 
lasses and vinegar to make it palatable; this is to 
he put in white saucers or other dishes, and set 
among the hives at night. § Like nobler beings, if 
not wiser, when once they have tasted the fatal 
beverage, they seem to lose all power to leave the 
fascinating cup; hut give way to appetite and 
excitement till a latal step plunges them into 
destruction! The next morning finds them yet 
wallowing in filth, weak and feeble. Whether 
they would recover from the effects of their 
carousal if lifted out of the mire, and carefully 
nursed like other specimens of creation, I never 
ascertained. With hut little trouble a chicken or 
two will learn to be on hand, and greedily devour 
every one. Hundreds are caught in tin's way, 
although many other kinds besides the bee-moth 
will he mixed with them. This drink may be 
used till dried up, occasionally adding a little 
water; perhaps it is better after fermenting. This 
recipe appeared some years ago in some paper; I 
have forgotten where. Salt has been recom¬ 
mended to prevent the mischief of the worms, as 
well as a benefit to the bees. I used It pretty ex¬ 
The Bee Moth.—No. II. 
When they grow larger than usual.— In a 
hive thns left without bees to interfere, the worms 
will increase to one-half or two-thirds larger than 
where their right to the combs is disputed. In 
one case they often have their growth, and actu¬ 
ally windup in their cocoon when less than an 
Inch in length: in the other they will quietly fat¬ 
ten till they are an inch and a half long and as 
large as a pipe-stem. 
liiiit or Growth. —When first hatched from the 
egg, it requires very close inspection to see them 
with the naked eye. The rapidity of growth de¬ 
pends on the temperature in which they are, as 
much or more than their good living. A few 
dajB in hot weather might develop the full-grown 
worm, while in a lower temperature it would re¬ 
quire weeks and even months in some cases, tier- 
Crops at the West, — The crop accounts from tho 
West are generally favorable, with the expection of Mis¬ 
souri an,l Kansas, Our impression is that throughout 
the Wegt and Northwest largo crops will be grown the 
present season. The Chicago Press and Tribune of recent 
date says; “ In Northern Illinois, wheat will bo an 
average crop. Althopgb scattering and headed rather 
low, tho berry is plump, and will be harvested in good 
condition. Corn promises finely, the weather in Spring 
having been favorable for plowing aud planting, and it is 
hoped that the losses by reason of lost year's severe 
frosts may in great part be made up by an abundant 
harvest. Fruit will be abundant. In the central por¬ 
tions of the State, the Spring opened very early, and 
confined so clear and pleasant that the farm work was 
well done and in good season. Some who planted their 
corn about the first of April were compelled to re-plant 
because of frost. The accounts from Wisconsin and 
Minnesota, and, in ffict, from the entire Western country, 
in the main, corroborate the experience of the districts 
referred to. In Missouri and Kansas, however, the 
drouth tin* been so great as to seriously injure the grass 
same capacity to 
judge of an implement for the culture of the Boil, 
the American of one for felling trees. Besides, 
the English arc the best plowmen in the world, 
and plow their land in a neater manner than any 
other nation. And Mr. D, will find his system of 
plowing or shaving np fully endorsed there. 
But still they regard the crushing as cheaper, 
and consequently adopt it on a large scale. No 
man, or set of men, should be taken as absolute 
authority. And I do not mention English opin- 
ions of the crusher, as such; hut on the score of 
experience and actual knowledge of its useful¬ 
ness, they will hardly yield to Mr. U.'s views. 
J would suggest that Mr. D., as many may wish 
to try r nis mode of plowing, inform the public of 
the pattern of plow he uses, to raise the soil two 
ieet high. Tho ordinary plow could not be 
used for that purpose. The farmers of Erie 
county will always feel an interest in what Mr. 
D. may recommend; and especially since they 
had the pleasure of listening to his most practi¬ 
cal Address, delivered before our County Society 
fast autumn. 
And now, having attempted to express my 
opinions as frankly ub Mr. D. has his, I hope they 
will be as kindly.taken and charitably construed. 
E. W. Stewart. 
North Evans, Erie Co., N. Y., Jnne, 1S60. 
ABE DECAYING CABROTS POISONOUS? 
Eps. Rural New-Yorker:—F rom some facts 
that have lately come under my observation, 1 am 
led to conclude that carrots, In a decaying state, 
may canse the death of animals eating them. 
Mr. A. Aldripob, of Rochester, fed some that had 
become heated in the pit, a portion of which had 
Commenced decaying, to a valuable cow, two 
hogs, and a few to a horse. In a few hours all 
were taken Bick with the same symptoms; the 
hogs and cow died, the home finally recovered. 
Last week, in cleaning my cellar, I found some 
inquiries anil ibisiucrs, 
> v i ms.—i navi- n sow wmch has pigs seven 
weeks old. The sow is about one year old, and will 
weigh over two hundred. She wn* taken lame about 
two week* ago in one hind leg, no that she could not use 
it, and in n few minutes war taken lama in the other 
hind log. The next day the lame new appeared in one 
roro leg. 8inoe then die hu not been able to eland 
Mie seeuiu to be doing well in every other respect—eat* 
well though not ravenous, I have, tried everything 1 
can think of, or line boon recommended for n rare bnt 
without Htcceiw. Iwleh to inquire of your manvVnb- 
Hcnliern for any Information entice mine the euro —L J 
Couch Grabs.—A correspondent sends ns the follow¬ 
ing dialogue, which took place in a corn-field, just u 
stated, all but the names: 
Neighbor— Good morning, Mr. Plowwrll,— at the 
corn, I see. What ha* become of all the quack grass 
that was oft this farm when yon came here? While 
St.xcr.wu eel Hved hero he raised more quack than any¬ 
thing else, I believe, and It was called the most quackey 
farm around. 
Plowwxll—I smothered it. 
Nbiohuor—S mothered Jt-how? 
Plowwxll—I plowed it from eight to ten inches deep, 
then cultivated it with a two-horse wheel cultivator, aud 
planted to corn. If corn is well tended, vour ouack will 
, . , , . ... ~ * --- »uu luiurin me 
how to cultivate it,'—M rs. S., Linden, X. Y., May, I860. 
Wo must refer this question to some of our Southern 
readers. 
Weed vor Name,— Inclosed find sample of a weed we 
found on onr place. I would like to know its name 
I lease give it through the ItURAl. One stem is ripe, and 
GRUBS IN CORN LAND, 
l’-DS. Run a I* ew-Yokk.eh :—In your number 
of May 12tb, I find an inqniry about gnjhs in 
corn land, Ac. I have had over fifty years expe¬ 
rience with land infested with grubs, and would 
■cay it is in vain to try to raise corn on land 
where there is any considerable number of them. 
Corn is more readily devoured by them than any 
other crop, and the best liked. They are the 
product of a large red bog. called the beetle. 
The bug, during the summer, digs into the ground 
nad deposits several hundred small white eggs,— 
generally in the same hole,—which hatch and 
tnake their appearance the following spring. 
They grow the first season to about three-fourths 
of an inch in length, and one-eighth in diameter: 
the second year to one-fourth or one-half an inch 
in length, and about oue-qnarler in diameter; 
the third year to one and three-foui tbs or two 
inches long, and three-eighths of an inch in diam¬ 
eter. Tho first year thoy eat but little, the second 
eoDsiderable, and the third all before them. The 
•third fall they go down deep, undergo a trans¬ 
formation, and the following spring come out 
again. These hugs generally deposit their 
t'ggi in sandy, or gravelly soil, but seldom on 
hard-pan land, for the reason they have to dig 
down below the frost to winter. 
I have tried various experiments with grubs. 
Gome twenty years ago 1 found, in a district 
«ehool library, a small book called Insectology, 
which described them and other insects. To 
test the truth of the statements there found, I 
put grabs into various substances, such as good 
• house ashes, unslaked lime, strong lye, and other , 
substances, none of which appeared to disturb , 
4hem. They have a tough skin, and arc hard to ] 
kill. I found that stable urine was certain death | 
to them in a few minutes. I have since found , 
that barn-yards and low yards are nevor infested j 
with them. Whether the instinct of the hug , 
prevents the deposit of eggs in 6iich places, or i 
whether drenching the ground with urine pre- j 
vents the eggs hatching, I cannot say, but think j 
the former is the fact. , 
Tho best method I know of to rid a piece of a 
land of grubs, is to turn on a large drove of hogs, » 
and they will root it all over and take them out,_ l 
or plow it often as a fallow, and keep fowls arid v 
bogs upon it as much as possible, and they, to¬ 
gether with the birds, will destroy the most of n 
them. When plowing for spring crops, I have p 
hired a small boy or two to follow in the furrow ii 
and pick up all they could find, and the black- b 
birds have assisted me very much; bat to think 2i 
of putting anything on lund to kill them, is ont f< 
of the question. I have plowed laud where a fi 
boy could pick up a bushel a day,—have dug p 
from a single potato hill, in tho fall of the year, a< 
125 full grown grubs one and three-fourths inches w 
long, aud have had a whole cornfield destroyed 0 
in a few days. Buckwheat is a crop grubs do fo 
•not like, but will eat it if they can get nothing pi 
they like better. When corn is destroyed in time st 
HOW AGED FARMERS MAY ENJOY LIFE. 
Bloody Milk.—W ill you, or some of your subscribers 
tell me, through the Rural, what to do for a cow t|,a 
Kives bloodv milk? Last fall her milk was bloody, auc 
we bad to dry her off early, She now has her s'«co n < 
Mich I'M “ k isblood ^'-— A - c -i franklin, Len . Co. 
In the Rural of the 16th inst., A. C. will find a response 
to a query from another quarter, where like information 
was sought. Wo would like to bear from onr readers 
upon the subject. 
To Protect animals from FL.KB.-Some time since 
I observed in the Rural a prescription, said to be a cer¬ 
tain rchot lor our domestic animals from the attacks ol 
J ' m . v , e £ ,, « oU , t ' n K w as. Can you inform 
me.— h. G, 15., J'tJ'rysburg, Ohio. 
'V e cannot now turn to the urticle to which 8. C. B. 
refers, bnt he may try the following;-Take four ounces 
of walnut leaves, and four quarts of boiling water; when 
cool, strain, and add a gill of tincture of aloes. Apply 
with a sponge to the body lightly, as often as necessary. 
Within a few miles of my residence,—and I 
I presume it is so in every neighborhood where the 
Rural circulates,—are a large number of farmers 
who are in what is poetically termed the evening 
of their days. Many of these, as Thackeray ox 
presses it, have “ their successors named and ap¬ 
pointed," and from tho increase in the value of 
land, and the 6low accumulation of years, are in 
easy circumstances. It is an interesting problem 
with them how the evening of their days may best 
he spent,—how they may happily obtain rest from 
the wearing cares and toils of life, and some 
happy leisure before they die,—how thoy may 
IUK i LOW t ;R Seed Trade.— The Homester: makes 
this honorable mention of an enterprising dealer aud an 
important branch of business:—• 11 The distribution of 
(lower seeds, this season, by D. K. Buss, Esq ,|of Spring- 
field, and others, promises to be something of great im¬ 
portance. The greater part of seeds sold by the dealer 
mentioned, are Bent out by mail. It is not easy to esti¬ 
mate tho stimulus given to floriculture by this'distribu¬ 
tion. The beginnings of this enterprise date back only a 
few years, but now, packages bearing the name of Mr. 
Bliss, are wending their way to the remotest corners of 
the I niou and the Canadas, and even to the islands of 
the Pacific, to supply a demand which would never have 
existed had it not been created by the ease and cheap¬ 
ness with which it can be supplied. This business of 
sending seeds by mail is ample testimony to the great 
advantages resulting from extensive, persistent, and 
liberal advertising. We rejoice at the success of Mr. 
Bi.iBS, but are not surprised at it. He has traveled in its 
royal road —the advertising columns of the press." 
■ Garget—Effects of Iodine — Will you, or some of 
your numerous readers, give a description of the Garget? 
I see iodine is highly recommended as a remedy. Will 
some one please inform me whether it will affect the 
milk, so as t„ injure it for family use?-J. B. A., Genoa, 
Cay. Co , TV Y., 'i860, 
The first inquiry of J B. A. is fully answered in the 
Rural of last week. With reference tu the second, the 
only difficulty in the use of iodine, as far as our knowl¬ 
edge extends, is its tendency to act upon the glands as 
well as the unhealthy secretions, We have never heard 
that it injuriously affected the milk. 
Peogeksb ix Iowa.—A friend writes us, under date of 
“ Springdale, Cedar Co., Iowa, 4th mo., 21st,” as follows: 
11 Rural has become a necessary item in our home, 
aud we make it our business to commend it to our 
friends. I\ e have a Farmers' Association (or Club,) that 
convenes in our school house. In my bumble opinion 
it has done, and is doing, a vast amount of good. It has 
been well sustained for two years and a half, and is at 
present in a flourishing condition The stated meetings 
are held the first seventh-day evening in each mouth, at 
6 e clock. We have essays read aud discussed, questions 
asked and answered, resolutions debated, and whatever 
seems likely to interest or instruct this thriving commu¬ 
nity. We held a Fall last filll that would compare pretty 
well with most country fairs. The weather this spring 
has been delightful, very little rain, aud mostly pleasant. 
Wheat looks well in this part, cms-ideiine the dry 
To Prevent Hkn3 Sitting, Ac.— I noticed in a late 
issue of the Rural some one inquires for the best wav 
to prevent hens sitting; also to prevent them eating 
their eggs. My plant to break up a hen from sitting is 
to have a large box, with a roost across it near the bot¬ 
tom, laid down on its side, and tho whole front composed 
of laths, so as to let in plenty of light, and the hen put 
therein. As a general thing, two days will break them 
up. My plan to prevent them eati D g their eggs is to take 
an egg, prick a small hole in the little end of it, and a 
larger hole in the other end of it, blow out about hair 
of tho contents, till it with mustard, stir it up, afterwards 
seal the ends up with a piece of white paper, and set the 
egg down in a conspicuous place on the floor. I have 
tried it a number of times and never kuew it to fail._W. 
P., Amesbury, J Mass., I860, 
Trial of Rkafkrs and Mowers —The Livingston Co. 
Ag. Society anoounce a Trial of Reapers and Mowers, to 
be held at Geneseo on the 6th and 6th days of July 
ensuing. Premiums are offered for the various classes of 
machines—one and two-horse mower* and reapers, v and 
combined machines. The comparative drafts of the 
machines competing will be tested by the use of tho Dyna¬ 
mometer, and the Directors pledge their best efforts to 
make the Trial thorough aud satisfactory. Competent 
judges have been appointed, and fair play and impartial¬ 
ity may be expected. Entries can be made at anytime 
previous to the trial by addressing the Secretary, Hbnry 
V. Colt, Esq., at Geneseo. 
Drains in Quicksand, 
Some two weeks ago, in the 
Rural, I uoliced an inquiry how to make a drain 
through quicksand, and as 1 have had similar difficulties, 
I set my wits at work, and thfhk 1 have got the remedy, 
At least it works well so far-some two moutba. Last 
winter I took some logs to the mill and had them sawed 
one aud a quarter inches thick, by (half of them) three 
inches, and tho other half five inches wide. I then took 
two or each width—all of the same length—and cut a 
bevel, or shiplap, as it Is called, on each end of each strip, 
but on opposite sides at each end. I then nailed the 
four together, which makes a tube, or trunk, about three 
inches square. Proceed in tha same way with the next, 
inserting the small end into tho open end of the other, 
aDd so on to the end of the chapter, or ditch. The cost 
will depend on the value of timber and the expense ol' 
sawing. It requires twenty-seven and a half feet, board 
measure, to the rod, which, at two cents per foot, makes 
fifty-five cents.—I. M. T., Toicners, X. Y. } 1S60. 
Superior Winter Barley.—L ast week Messrs. Dean 
Brothers, of Caledonia, showed us a sample of excel¬ 
lent Winter Bailey—the best we have ever seen so early 
in the season. Tue heads were nearly ripe, and the 
berry large and plump. Tue ewp would be ready to cut 
this week, aud has probably already been harvested. 
Good judges estimate that the crop of 25 acres wi 1 yield 
an average of lull 60 bushels per acre, and others think 
it will exceed 70 bushels. It is certainly very fine and 
promising, and must prove decidedly profitable. 
