treatment to the readers of the Rural, hoping it 
will do them as much good as it has me. 
As soon as the animal is taken, make some 
Btrong Castile soapsuds and wash the parts clean, 
— make a Bure thing of it and get it clean,— 
then heat one-half pint of common tar hoiling hot 
and pour in between the clawg aflected. Let the 
animal stay in a dry clean place, a day or so, and 
all will be well. When taken in time I have never 
know a failure; on the other hand, if left a day 
or two, the foot becomes putrid, and then I find 
it is next to an impossibility to cure it 
Henry J. Brainkrd. 
St. Paul, Minn., June, 1860. 
at night, and set a small piece of board at the 
upper end, to keep out the sand and dirt till the 
tile of the next day’s work wants to be laid. 
When the tile are laid, draw coarse sand,—if a 
large portion of it is gravel, jnst as good, if there 
is sand enough to fill the crevices between the 
pebbles,—cover the tile six inches d'-ep with this 
sand and gravel,—twelve inches deep would be 
safer and better. This makes a strainer to Btop 
the quicksand. 
T. P. 11. makes a second Inquiry about marshy 
land. If the marsh is large, containing many 
acres of land, and it is possible, let the ditch 
enter the marsh four feet deep, extend straight 
across, and three feet deep at the opposite bank. 
This being the main drain, use four inch tile to 
the center of the marsh, and three inch the rest 
of the way. From this main drain lay off drains 
parallel to each other, four rods apart, and use 
two inch pipe. Tile Ihe ditches two and a half 
feel deep at the banks. If layers of quicksand 
are found at the banks, use gravel, sand and 
boards, as recommended in the first case. When 
the marsh is cultivated, if the parallel drains fail 
to make the land sufficiently dry, pnt another 
drain between them, making them two rods apart, 
which is close enough for most stiff clay soils. 
If T. P. If. thinks best to adopt these plans, and 
next spring finds his drains in good working 
order, and his lands dry, please report to the 
Rural, that the facts may be used for the benefit 
of others. Alvin Wilcox. 
West Bloomfield, N. Y., 1800. 
their egress by putting them a convenient height. 
Cows, in summer, Bhould be always free at night) 
as well as in the day. In Home parts of Saxony, 
near Dresden, and in Prussia, near Halle, and 
Berlin, and many other places, these kinds of 
yards are ornamented with trees,—elm »ud maple. 
A pump, six feet above the surface, ought to be 
in the yard, and from it you may guide the water, 
by use of moveable drains, to anyplace you de¬ 
sire. Wei), or brook water, is better than rain 
water caught from the roof of the bam. Have 
long troughs set on a convenient place on the 
wall, to pump the water into,—keep the supply 
good, and if it should In? too cold, add some pulls 
of boiling water, which can be brought from the 
kitchen. Select a corner, and construct a small 
platform two or three feet from the ground, and 
place thereon a piece of rock salt, If it can be 
had; if not, harden some,—it is better for cattle 
to help themselves than for you to feed them 
daily on it. Salt, too freely given in summer, 
dees more harm than good. • 
Feeding cattle thus requires early rising,—1 in 
the morning is late enough. One man takes the 
scythe to mow, (rye is early feed; clover ought 
not to be mown till in bloom,) another gets the 
horse ready, with wagon and rack. The feed is 
mown for all day. In some parts of Germany, 
green feed is mixed witli straw in the barn. 
They do not have machines to cut it, save a slow 
working cutter, which many a farmer, very prob¬ 
ably, has seen hero among the Germans. We 
have horBe-powers and good chaff-cutters, bo I 
prefer always catling straw which may be on 
hand. When you come home with the grass, put 
the horse on the power, cut the grass, and then 
mix. This will do for young stock very well. 
Milking cows ought to have clear green feed, oil 
cake,—bran mashes arc dcsiiable. This done, a 
man can manage from twenty-five to thirty cattle, 
or over. He has a wheel barrow or hand-wagon, 
with a basket on it, holding from ten to twelve 
bushels of feed, and from the barn he carries it 
under the sheds. Keep up the bars so that the 
cattle canuot get under them till lie has done 
giving out; then tic the cattle, each one in its 
place. The wagon, or wheel barrow, is again 
taken, and the yard cleaned from the droppings, 
which are carried under the roof near to the 
hole. If he has time to spare, let him curry the 
cows. 
Alter feeding, they are untied again, and the 
sheds cleaned, if needed. To increase the ma¬ 
nure, take cut straw and mix it with the heap, 
especially if horse manure is under it, —you can 
use it in the fall for top-dressing. Cattle should 
not be tied up in a barn over night during the 
summer season, nor yet fed in it. Barns cannot 
be purified enough to be healthy for them, espe¬ 
cially if you have a cellar under them with ma¬ 
nure. A change is needful. After harvest, lei 
the cattle in wheat or oat stabble, for uiiiDg. I 
think if rye is mown for feed, we can use the land 
again for green corn. Gustavus C. B. 
North Evans, Erie Co., N. Y., 1860, 
fertilizers. By a careful system of soiling, in con¬ 
nection with hone and leather manure, most of 
our farmers could make a sufficiency of snperior 
manorial matters for all purposes, without paying 
from $50 to $60 per tun for gnanos and phos¬ 
phates.” 
Agricultural JtligreUang 
York continue to brighten. No pennon in n decade of 
years ba* been so favorable, all things considered, as the 
present. The weather has been so generally favorable, and 
the crops bo fine and promising, that even the lamenta¬ 
tions of the chronic croakers are not heard in the land— 
this region at least. The weather is quite favorable—just 
enough rain having recently fallen upon the crops of both 
the just and unjust—Rod most crops bid fair to re¬ 
ward those who have bestowed proper attention in the 
preparation of the soil, planting and culture. The wheat 
crop is especially promising. As reported last week the 
crop ha* mainly escaped the midge, and will be (extraor- 
dinarios excepted) of very superior quality. Ilnring the 
past ten days we have been Btaown many samples which 
are fully equal to any wheat that conld be shown in this 
region, at the same season, in the palmiest days of wheat 
growing in the Genesee country. Mr Henry Wray 
showed us, nearly two weeks ago, a fine sample of Bougb- 
ton ( Yirgiuia) wheat, grown iu Gates. It was the earliest 
sample we had seen at that time, but the heads were 
quite short and comparatively light, and theyield cannot 
be equal to Dnyton, Golden Drop. Ac. On the 28th ult., 
Mr. \ P. Brown, of Wlieatland, handed ua samples of 
Mediterranean, Golden Drop, Dayton, Soules and White 
Flint. The three former (grown by Mr. B.) were about 
equally mature, the berry being well filled and beginning 
to harden The heads of the Dayton were very large and 
fine—the largest we have seen the present season, or in¬ 
deed for several years, (grown in this region ) The Soules 
and Flint (grown by Mr. Pktku McPherson) were also ex¬ 
tra, but not so ripe as the varieties above named—and 
will probably be a week later in harvesting. The Dayton 
and Soules will yield abundantly—probably 30 or 40 bush- 
ela per acre. Mr. Brown says there are many fields of 
Dayton in Wheatland that will yield 40 bushels to the 
acre “ without a struggle.” On the 2d (nst, we received 
samples of the Golden Drop, Mediterranean and Dayton, 
from Mr. Hiram N. Sage, of Wheatland, (taken promis¬ 
cuously from a field orsixty acres.) nearly ripe enough to 
cut, and we presume the first named will bo harvested 
this week. No insect—very plump and good samples. 
P. S. We regret to add that a letter just received from 
au Intelligent gentlemau residing at Attica, Wyoming Co , 
contains a very unfavorable report. It says — “ While I 
congratulate the wheat growers of your vicinity on esca¬ 
ping the midge, I will only add my regrets that the reveree 
is the case Id the Toaawanda Yalley." As this is the only 
disennraging account yet received, we confidently hope 
it is predicated upon the prevalence of the midge in a 
limited district, and that the crop of most sections of 
Western New York will escape material injury. 
ent oi tnose tvno nave committed the common 
error of hiving in stands too large for increase 
of stocks or cap honey, a feat I performed lately, 
and upon which T plumed myself greatly, seeing 
I believe it to he new and following in point of 
daring closely in the footsteps of my great leader, 
Mr. Qi'inbt. Finding my hives required to have 
fonr inches of height taken off) which I did not 
feel willing to wuit for winter to make practicable 
by the use of a saw, I had boxes four inches high 
made, just large enough otherwise to fit in my 
stands. Betting these boxes by the stands, (after 
quieting the bees with smoke,) I had the stands 
lifted one by one, cut out what comb would 
interfere with the admission of the box, and then 
slipped the stand quickly and carefully over it— 
thus reducing the hive to the desired Bize. T 
then had bored with an inch anger, in a horizon¬ 
tal row, holes cutting into each other, so as to 
afford the little community a new passage into 
the outer world. The bees seemed troubled at 
first, but soon set to work diligently, and this 
evening there i9 every indication of swarms 
from two hives. Hettie Bayfield. 
SHOULDER-SLIPT HORSES. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker: —In a recent issue 
of your journal I noticed the inquiry of W. C., 
with regard to a shoulder-slipt horse, and a depire 
to find a remedy. 1 hereby give him mine. In 
severe cases of shonlder-fdip the horse can neither 
lift hi* foot nor put it forward. The upper end of 
the shoulder blade is hack of its place and the 
lower end forward. Jt is frequently caused by 
the draught of the collar being too high. The 
flesh will shortly waste away, leaving a deep 
cavity directly over the seat of the disease.— 
The best remedy is to work the horse, if not too 
lame, in a breast-collar harness, which will have 
a tendency to force the bone back to its place. 
Shower the shoulder freely with cold water, twice 
»i day, and (if the weather is Cold,) cover it with a 
blanket doubled two or three times. Rub it thor¬ 
oughly with oil, and exercise moderately. Cold 
water is the best medicine for this complaint that 
1 have ever used. It should he allowed to run on 
in a small stream, from a venae! as high above the 
shoulder as the horBe will permit. 
There is a disease of the shoulder resembling 
Bhoulder-slip very much. It arises from two 
causes. One, by the inner coat of the hoof being 
inllummed and allowed to remain bo until it ex¬ 
tends along the muscles of the leg to the shoul¬ 
der. The other, by the muscle* that run from the 
neck to the shoulder being forcibly pressed for 
some time, aa by a hame-collar. In both cases 
the flesh will perish away as in shoulder-slip, and 
should have the same treatment. 
From experience with both hame and breast- 
collars, I prefer the latter, as being less liable to 
lftme or stiffen a horse. I have never known an 
instance of one being shoulder-slipt when worked 
in them. They never gall a horse if properly ad - 
Justed, and they should be as high as possible 
without choking. Agustus H****. 
Avoca, Steuben Co., N. Y., 1860. 
REMEDY FOR LUMPY GROUND 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yorker:—As the Clod-Crush¬ 
er controversy is supposed to be a “ free fight,” 
permit an outsider to “pitch in," by saying that 
the real cure of the evil, for which Mr. Stewart 
would use the crusher, and Mr. Dickinson would 
slice up, in furrows of only two inches width, is 
thorough drainage,— removing all surplus or stag¬ 
nant water. It is this which in spring makes the 
land wet and sticky, and which, as it dries nut later 
in the year, leaves the ground almost as hard as 
a brick, before plowing,—and much like an innu¬ 
merable number of pieces of brick after. On the 
contrary, when the ground is drained, after tire 
frosts of winter have upbeaved and lightened th« 
soil, instead of falling back and being reduced 
mud or morter, by the snows and raius of spring, 
it remains light and porous all the year, and the 
surplus water filters through the soil, and is ear 
ried off by the drains below. For the above rea¬ 
sons, we also think that one winter mnat elajiBO 
to upheave and lighten the ground, before even 
draining can cure lumpy land, but after that it 
will become less lumpy and more easily worked 
every year. Depend upon it, gentlemen, where 
ever your land turns up lumpy it needs under- 
draining, and this alone will effect a radical cure; 
better every way than either the crusher or the 
narrow slice furrow, especially as it is permanent, 
and will not need to be repealed every year. 
As to which of the two courses recommended 
is nevt best, if gentlemen are not ready to under¬ 
drain, we are really not prepared to say, and if we 
were, should hardly like to do so in the present ex¬ 
citing controversy l PLOW-roiNT. 
A Sure Cure for Bee Slings. 
I read in your valuable paper (May 26th,) 
an Inquiry for the cure of Bee Stings, by H. J. J., 
of Castile, N. Y. I have it for him. Take any 
three kinds of vegetables, chew them together, 
and then lay the cud on the sting. The cure is 
performed in a few minutes. It will beat “ J’eiry 
Davis ” in killing the pain and stopping the swel¬ 
ling. I learned this remedy of the Iroquois 
Indians in Lower Canada, more than 40 years 
ago, and never knew it fail. 
If convenient, I pick a plantain leaf—a weed— 
a leaf of a tree, or any three that comes to hand 
—and fill my mouth and chew them quickly. It 
makes a nice little poultice, which I hold on 
the place stung, and it stops the pain imme¬ 
diately. In three or four minutes examine 
the wound, and you will find a little whitish spot 
the size uf a three cent piece, but no swelling. If 
any of your readers doubt this remedy, tell them 
to catch the Bumble-bee, and try it, and report 
progress. I never kept noney-bees, being too 
waspish for that occupation; but I have no doubt 
that if you remove the- sting as you recom¬ 
mended, then apply this poultice, in less than 
five minutes all will be over, and leave no trace 
behind. H. Capbon. 
Piris, C. VI., June, 1860. 
AMERICAN vs. ENGLISH FARMERS, 
Inquiries About Hers. 
Ena. Rural Nkw-Yohker: — Being desirous of in¬ 
formation, I earnestly liope that you tvill lavor me, a 
young farmer, with answers to the following questions:— 
1. Is the king unfit queen one bee, or two distinct bees? 
Is there more than one to each Bwartur 2. How soon 
afler the first ewarni comes out tlo they swarm again? 
3. U the oil or essence of anise good lor bees? 4 . Is 
there any kind of birds that will kill bees: and which, 
the working bees nr the droueir 5 Will salt, if scat¬ 
tered around the hive prevent the miller flora deposit¬ 
ing her eggs, or iB there anything that will prevent 
them? 6. Is it good to throw water On the hive in 
warm weather, or not?—II. J, J., Castile, A'. I r , 
I. There is no king bee, aud only one queen to each 
swarm. As soon as a new queen is hatched, the old one 
will kill the young rival if she can. 2. Second swarms 
generally issue iu about ten days after’the first. 3. We 
don’t know that the oil of anise is of any ralue for bees. 
4. The king bird and cat bird will eat bees, and doubtless 
other birds, bnt we do not think much mischief results 
from the birds. 5. Salt will not save the hire from mil¬ 
ler. 6. The hive should be set in n shady place, but in a 
very warm day, wetting the outside of the hive cools it 
off very much. When the bees are seen clustering out¬ 
ride of the hive, on account of the beat, this should be 
don?, 
J. E R., Waterford , A T . Y.—It is no humbug; we Lav0 
them in use. 
GARGET, FOUL IN THE FOOT-REMEDIES. 
Eds. Rural New-Yokkrh:— In your issue of 
June 23d, “A. C.” inquires for a remedy for 
“bloody milk,” and although you have once be¬ 
fore answered this query, you ask fur further in¬ 
formation from your readers. 
My man, Thomas, bought a fine cow of me this 
spring, soon after she came in, and in a few days 
complained that her milk waa bloody. I recom¬ 
mended him to give her Scoke root, as the only 
cure I had ever heard for garget; but he said no, 
he must have one pound of madder,—that he had 
tried it last spring, and it was sure to cure. He 
obtained it, and gave her about one-half, and as 
she did not get well, T procured some Scoke root, 
aud told him to give it to her in her slop. 11c 
tried it,—said she would not eat it, and gave her 
the remainder of the madder. The cow is now 
well, has increased her milk, and is doing finely. 
Another correspondent asks a cure for “foul in 
the foot.” Some years since I hud a cow affected 
with it, and two applications of the “Butyrof 
Antimony,” pnt on with a feather, cured her 
effectually. The remedy is simple, and easy of 
application. jj, w. 
Cayuga, N. Y., 1860. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —A constant reader 
makes inquiry howto cure the Garget in cows. I 
send my "mite." I invariably use Scoke root; or, 
more generally called, Garget root It produces 
its effect immediately: ai least, the next milking 
after giving it does not show a particle of bloody 
milk. I give it in this manner: slice it up as thin 
as you can cut with a knife, mix with meal or 
bran, dry or wet, as your cow most likes her feed. 
There is a risk to take in digging it, as it resem¬ 
bles the Poke root, when growing, very much,— 
the Poke is said to be poisonous. With our cows, 
it always effects a cure without fail. 
Cupa, Alleg. Co., N. Y , 1660. Clark Dsxnis. 
tlural Spirit of tl)e press. 
Clinnge of Seed. 
The Irish Farmer's Gazette says that “barley 
seed requires to he frequently changed; and if 
this is neglected, the result will be a deterioration 
in the quality, which, of course, lessens the value. 
The amount of produce from unchanged seed is 
always less than from changed seed, if the latter 
has been properly selected.” In an article on 
the culture of ilax, the editor of the Irish Agri¬ 
cultural Review says that a change of seed has 
proved “ decidedly beneficial.” A correspondent 
of the Country Gentleman recently stated that he 
had found a change of oats so important that he 
now imports his seed triennially from Princq 
Edward's Island, 
lioncs lor Fertilizin, 
think he is less practical. One reason of this is, 
the English farmer verifies that proverb, “Cob¬ 
bler, stick to your last.” He does no business or 
trading outside of his vocation, nor thinks of any. 
He is, in most instances, the son of a farmer, and 
thinking his calling one of the most honorable 
and reputable, does not trouble himself much 
about politics or other matters; and, as I said, his 
general information is defective. Most of the 
farmers I knew were men of capital,—necessarily 
80, for know. Dear Rural, that you would be con¬ 
sidered “under the weather” there if, as a tenant, 
you attempted to farm 200 acres of land unless 
you possessed $LO,OUO. Many do attempt it with 
less, but it is hard work, and they scarcely ever 
succeed. 
Most of the farms of England are rented on a 
seven or fourteen years’ lease. The general terms 
are that they shall he cultivated according to the 
four or the five field system,—that no hay or 
straw shall be sold off from the farm, but that it 
shall be all expended there, or its equivalent pur¬ 
chased in manure; and these terms are almost 
invariably lived np to. 
I will tell you another time something more 
about Euglish farmers, and au institution that 
gives them much practical kuowledge. 
Cuas. Susan. 
Oakfield, Fond du Lac, Co., Win., I860. 
King Philip Corn Improving,— In a recent conver¬ 
sation, E. H, Gilbert. Esq., of Nunda, N. Y., informed 
us that he lust year raised 525 bushels of ears of King 
Philip Corn on four acres. It was planted about the 12th 
of June (after the severe frost,)—the rows being 3 feet 
0 inches apart each way. The crop was hoed only once, 
but cultivated three times, Mr. G. says that according 
to the experience of himself and other Livingston coun¬ 
ty cultivators, this variety of corn has greatly improved 
within ill': pwt five yeara. The ears are muyh larger 
(nearly a third) than formerly, and the crop more pro¬ 
ductive, thongh a few days later in ripening. Has the 
same improvement been manifested in other sections 
where the King Philip is a comparatively new variety ? 
Purposes. 
In a communication to the Germantown Tel¬ 
egraph, J. B. Kellett gives the following useful 
information regarding the value of bones for fer¬ 
tilizing purposes: 
“No subject on the farm is less generally un¬ 
derstood than the properties of manure, as regards 
the different soils anu crops. As to what kind of 
manure is best adapted for any particular soil, to 
produce the best result at the least expense, is an 
important question, which some might answer by 
saying that all manures will answer on all soils, 
and so they will; hut the question is not answered. 
That some fertilizers will be better suited for some 
soils aud some particular crops, must be e-wdent 
to all observing farmers. That guanos and Aper- 
phosphates will stimulate tbe poorest soils to 
bring a crop, we need no more proof; but I 
donbt whether they can be applied, to any advan¬ 
tage to the farmer, on land already in tolerably 
good condition; and at the prices they are offered, 
it is questionable to warrant the purchase of any ; 
they arc onc-third too high in price to pnt on any 
land. If farmers relied more on their own resouro- 
• for fertilizers, they could save many dollars that 
they are paying, while their animals are left to 
Ibse all their droppings where they produce 
nothing.. 
As a permanent manure, bones are, I believe, 
acknowledged by all practical and scientific men 
to be the most lasting. I have tested the value 
of cones to my entire satisfaction. Raw bones 
ground, moistened with diluted sulphuric acid, 
and mixed with Peruvian guano, applied on 
wheat and rye, have given me excellent results. 
Mediterranean wheat, weighing Cl Iks. to the 
bushel, I can boast, of la3t year’s produce, on 
bone-manunod land. The same land now is well 
set in grass, better than it ever was before. Not 
every farmer can have his own bone-mill, but a 
number can purchase one on joint stock, attach 
it to a power, and grind all the bones they could 
procure, thus enabling them to manufacture one 
of the most permanent manures we know of, su¬ 
perior, and at a less cost than they can purchase 
Inquiries cm& ^Insuiers. 
The Cattle Disease or Eastern New York.— the 
New York News states that the pletrrO-puewnonia has 
made its appearance in several of the counties on the 
HudsonRiver. It says no less than twelve head 6f cattle 
have died of the fatal disease within the last few dayd at 
Vail’s Gate, Orange county, and that Mr. Jacob Storms, 
of Southeast, Putnam county, has lust seven cows within 
the lost two weeks. Other persons, in Carmel, in that 
county, have also lost several. If this is correct, it be¬ 
hooves the farmers of this State to be on their guard, but 
we suspect the truth is exaggerated. However, as “cau¬ 
tion is the parent of safety," it may be well to be pre¬ 
pared for the epidemic. 
Sickness among Tat Calves.—I would like to en- 
quire through the columns of the Rural as to a disease 
that is prevalent among my eairer I have lost several, 
all having the saute symptoms. The first eigne are roll¬ 
ing their tongue in the mouth, dbewing it, frothing at 
the mouth. The calves soon commenced staggering and 
falling. They w ill fall (and gel up several times Be¬ 
fore .lying they become blind. We scarcely ever have 
one live more than two hours after they are taken with 
these symptoms. If some of your numerous rcader- 
could give the disease a name, its causes, and how to treat 
it. I should he glad to receive some information.—L. 
Mathews, L. M„ Avocu, TV. Y, 1860. 
WILL some of the Bchal's numerous subscribers give 
some information how to prevent or cure a disease which 
we have here among yearling calves. They commence 
with dullness, a starving coat, 'ben they get lame IuJodv 
or more lege with great pain iu the parts affected. ’To¬ 
wards the last they tremble and breathe very quick aud 
short. When dead the parts affected are almost tqaek.— 
What we have seen are about three days stck.wJieD death 
ensues. ]f Rural readers can give any iuforuialiouabout 
the disease they will very much oblige me together with 
many others iu this viciuity Please stiy whether it is 
coutagioua or not.— Jona Taylor, U'uioga Knox. Co.. 
IU., I860. _ ° 1 ’ 
To Improve a Clay Soil.— Will Rural readers please 
inform me how to prepare a clay soil suitable for growing 
grapes, strawberries, vegetables, Ac,: I am not a farmer 
or agriculturist, and know but Little about improving 
such a srtiL j t is bard, aDd cracks on tbe surface. Some 
say put on sand; others say loam or barn-yard manure, 
and there appears to be such a variety .if opinions, I 
hardly know what to do, only to appeal’to,some of the 
Rural readers If I am not mistaken, 1 saw an article in 
DRAINS IN QUICKSAND AND MARSHES. 
Another Weighty Cals.— Noticing the recent item 
in the Rural, giving 106 tbs. as the weight at birth of a 
Durham calf, (owned by Mr. GaLkntink, of Rush,) got by 
imported Bletaue, Mr, Geo. C. Baker, of Gaiues, writes 
us that he has a Durham bull calf, (whose grandsire is 
imported Bletsoe,) that weighed when dropped, March 
16tb, 110 tbs when four weeks old, 210 lbs.,—when eight 
weeks old, 300 lbs., and when three months old, 4111 bs. 
That will do—until it is exceeded. 
Lds. Rural New-Yorker :—In looking over 
No, 20 of the present volume of the Rural, I 
came to the inquiry of T. F. H., of Farmington, 
Mich., on draining. Having had much experi¬ 
ence in tile-inakiug and draining,—Being the 
first man that made tile 
N. Y.,— as I read liis 
Eds, Rural New-Yorker:— For the first time, 
I attempt to address to you a little of my experi¬ 
ence. To cure the garget, or bloody milk, among 
my cows,—as the diseases seem to be identical, 
or nearly so,—my course is simply to dissolve 
from half to one tablespoonlul of saltpeter in a 
little warm water, and give it to the cow in a lit¬ 
tle bran. This has effected a cure in every in¬ 
stance. My former plan was to cut up a little of 
the garget; or, as sometimes called, skoke or poke 
root, and give as above. —I. P. G., Hornby, A’. 
K, June, 1860. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—Y our paper, I see, 
is tilled of late with inquiries in regard to the 
west of Seneca county, 
inquiry, I took pen and paper 
with a view to help T. P. H. out of the ditch upon 
good dry soil. 
Sands are of all grades, from what is termed 
loam,—so fine that grit can hardly be felt in it 
between the thumb and finger,—to the coarsest 
gray sands. It is this fine sand that T. P. H. has 
to encouuter. When an opening is made in this 
sand, if there be water in it, the whole mass 
moves together until the opening is again filled. 
As I understand, T. P. H. has two feet of earth, 
and one foot of sand, mostly underlaid with a 
strata of gravel. The best way to proceed is to 
get tile neaily or quite large enough to discharge 
the water at alf times. Commence at the outlet, 
if possible; calculate to settle the ditch from 
eight to twelve inches into the strata of gravel, 
which had better be done with a spade, just wide 
enough to admit the tile. If layers of quicksand 
are found extending below the bottom of the 
ditch, where they occur, better lay on boards, to 
keep tbe tile from settling when covered. Open 
no more ditch any day than can be finished np 
An Agricultural Show was held March 1st at Ade¬ 
laide, South Australia, at which nearly 8.000 persons were 
present. The wheat exhibited was very flue, the flrst- 
prUe sample weighing from 67 to 68 !4 tbs. to the bushel. 
The sample oi the first-prize plain-giowiDg wheat weigh¬ 
ed 65 tbs. 9 ounces to the bushel. Seed-wheat fur which 
a special prize was given, reached 66 tbe. 7>» ounces to 
the bushel. The raisins, prunes, apples and other fruit 
also showed great improvement.— F.x. 
information from some experienced agriculturist.—J. M. 
0., Syracuse, TV. T, i860. 
Sand, ashes, coarse manure—anything that will beve 
the effect to lighten the ground and prevent its packing 
and baking—is beneficial. Iu the first place, it should be 
well drained. Plowing up in ridges in the fall, and 
allowing it to lie exposed to the frost, is very beneficial. 
In tho spring, do not touch it until it is quite dry; then 
plow in very narrow furrows, so that it will be broken op 
&s much as possible. We are now growing sweet corn 
on u very heavy clay that we have ameliorated by coal 
ashes and charcoal dust. Almost all crops succeed well 
in a stiff soil after they get well started. The difficulty 
is with the plants when they are young, at which time 
the ground becomes so baked as to prevent growth. A 
little mirsing in the hill and the application of loamy 
soil or ashes, and the lightening of the soil around the 
plants, will overcome this, and when the cultivator and 
hoe can be used, there is no difficulty. 
Painted Vessels eok tl*b Dairy. _The Little Falls 
Farmers’Club state that ne wly painted vessels are the 
cause of discolored cbeeee. which is poisonous. It ii sug¬ 
gested that, by painting the vessels in advance,aud soak¬ 
ing them in whey, or water, until the poisonous substance 
in the lead is extracted, they may be used with safety.— 
Tin vessels are, however, recommended as the most eco¬ 
nomical. 
