mhY 14 . 
was made upon this prairie, but it has the appear¬ 
ance of an old settled farming country. The 
U. 8. Land Office >* located at Forest City. 
Second hand farm* can lie bought fiom Uo-and-a- 
half to ten dollars per acre, accoiding to locality. 
[Why bo cheap, If the Boil is»« fertile and climate 
bo fine?—Em] But those who wish to get gov¬ 
ernment land must net expect to find farms under 
ready cultivation. It takes hard labor to fence 
and break the prairie lands; but after four or five 
years of toil, the farmer can retire and live at hi» 
ease, and 1.1s land will support him. There are 
many beautiful sites where towns and villages are 
being started. living, on Cornelian Lake, and 
Harrison, on Diamond Lake, in Monongalia county, 
are more surpassingly beautiful and romantic 
localities than Geneva and Canandaigua; and 
there is yet vacant land within a few miles of 
them, more fertile, and when improved will bo as 
valuable as the lauds near those villages of West¬ 
ern New York. There are also many other points 
of beauty and fertility in this immediate vicinity. 
We call upon the young and middle aged to 
“come up here and possess the goodly land.” 
Immigration, which the crash of *57 and the Kan¬ 
sas excitement suddenly stopped, is again Hooding 
in upon us. Quietly they come, With stout hearts 
and willing hands, to exhume the exhauBtless 
hidden treasures from the bosom of our mother 
earth. The emigrant wagons filled with house 
hold utensils und houshold angels, followed by 
small herds of stock, are gliding in every direction 
across the prairie. The emigrant wagon! — here 
it is with its canvas coveting, the same as we saw 
pictured in the old school geography. Little 
dreamed we then that ere the beard of manhood 
had soarce mantled our face, wc should be one of 
a band of emigrants such as we had gazed at. in 
the picture with youthful fancy, and be exploring 
the western wilds, far beyond the outposts of civil 
ization, in search of tt home. And it seems like 
the work of magic, that the place lias become so 
thickly populated, aud that so many improve 
ments have been made in so short a space of time 
To those who have a competence about them 
which lias cost a life-time to acquire, we would 
say, remain where you are and enjoy it ,— but to those 
of moderate mottos, and those who toil for 
daily subsistence, we have an inviting country, 
where, by your own labor, you can secure a home 
of comfort aud plently for yourselves and chil 
dren. T. C. Jbwbtt. 
Forest City, Minnesota, June 25, J800. 
Remarks. —Our correspondent gives some val 
uable information aud suggestions, though we do 
not endorse his entire article. 
[Since tho above was placed in tyye, we have 
received (from Wm. 11. Gardner, Esq., of Lee Co. 
Ill.,) the following article o» selecting Homesteads 
in the West, written for the Rural by an Intelli 
gent Norwegian, Mr. K. P. Konnk, and translated 
by Hot. P. H. Pbdkk30N:J 
Search of a Norwegian among the United Stales Govern 
men! Lands fo• a Homestead, uith brief sketches of 
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Daeotah, 
I started from La Salle, 111., on a steamboat, 
Match 15th, 1BCU, or the next day after bidding 
good-bye to my family and friends at Lelund 
Our destination was St. Louis, from whence we 
took boat up the Missouri river, wishing to visit 
the twelve-and-a half-cent lands of Northwestern 
Missouri. Owing to the substratum of quick 
clover. I have seventy acres, and better, for that 
amount of land, I never saw. Cutting will begin 
with me, weather permitting, about the 20th or 
the 25th itist, so as to prepare for a crop of clover 
seed with which 1 have been quite successful. It 
as said in early days, that Illinois would not 
produce tame grass, but I think the only reason 
now is because farmers do not sow the seed. I 
have raised more or less for the last eight years, 
and consider it most profitable to raise an equal 
share of grass and seeds. The amount of seed 1 
along highways, and therefore the vulgar cry of 
“ bad fences,”— “you should keep better fences,” 
will not avail as a defence againBt a claim for 
damages. n - w - 
Monroo Co., N. Y., June, 1880. 
PLEUBO-PNEUMONIA, OE WHAT! 
Being in Allegany Co„ the other day, I learned 
that four head of cattle had died very suddenly 
in the herd of Rodnkt Bell, of New Hudson. 
I immediately repaired to the spot to make inqui- 
getto the acre so as to make it profitable, will ries, and learned that Mr. Bell's cattle had been 
average from one-half to three bushels, though afflicted with a cough for a while previous, sum- 
last year I had a greater yield. I took one bun- Ur to what is described us one of the symptoms 
dred and fifty-seven bushels off forty uores, saved of tho pleuro pneumonia, 
five acres for a premium for the Couuty and State 
Fair, aud harvested and threshed forty-five bush 
Is from six acres and forty-eight rods. No 
manure was ever hauled on the ground but once, 
and that some four year* ago. The same piece 
of ground has been under cultivation some four¬ 
teen years. 
Our prairies arc not noted for raising fruit, 
still we shall have enough to use, and a little to 
spare of some kinds. Apples quite plenty; 
peaches none; pears affected by the late Irost 
very much; plums don’t do well here, especially 
on prairie soil; currants never fail producing a 
good crop; strawberries all one could ask lor. 
As 1 have seen considerable said in the RlRAL 
about Black Leg, T would remark that an ounce 
His herd co nslsted of 
about a dozen cows and the same number of 
yearlings. Only yearlings have died so far. They 
were discovered to be sick in the morning, aud in 
a few hours were dead. They seemed to be in 
much pain, breathed hard, and would occasion¬ 
ally get up suddenly and soon lie down again. 
They were opened, (two of them after being dead 
over night,) but the operators were without medi¬ 
cal skill and failed to discover the seat of the 
malady. 
Kind treatment is all-important to the owner. 
Cows are not to be forced to give down their 
milk. When cows are unru’y from any cause, tie 
them up in the stable instead of chasing thorn 
around the yard. 
Water Trough* should be kept Clean. 
Pure water is a great luxury to the palate 
of a thirsty horse, and every man who is fortunate 
enough to be the owner of so noble an animal, 
should see that the wants of the same are properly 
provided for. Unfortunately very few persons 
realize the importance of supplying domestic 
animals with pure water; yet they stand in need 
of it, whenever thirsty, and as a matter of profit to 
ourselves and charity to them, we shonld see that 
their wants are well supplied. 
Pure water is very nutritious, and as a nutri¬ 
tious ngeut, its value is impaired when of inferior 
quality, or when mixed with indigestible foreign 
substance, such as is often fouud in watering 
troughs located by the wayside. 
Some very interesting experiments have lately 
been made on horses belonging to the French 
army, in view of testing their endurance as 
regards the deprivation of water, and itwas found 
that some of them lived twenty-five days on water 
alone; it is a singular fact that, seventy-five per 
3,griniitutcil Jitisceliany. 
Tbs IIorsb Snow axd Holiday Exhibition of t^ e 
Monroo Co. Aii'l .Society, on tho 4’.h inst, was not a, sno . 
oossfuI as had been antieipitted—though a triumph, con¬ 
sidering the unfavorable weather and adverse influence* 
In operation. The morning wsa very inaua icinun_the 
cloud* being black and portontiou* between 4 *nd j 
o'clock, with heavy rain in some parta of the county— 
and the prospect of bad weather through the day, 00 
doubt kept hundreds of families at homo who would 
otherwise have attended the exhibition^ The forenoon 
was, however, comparatively pleasant, but there wa» * 
shower in the afternoon and heavy rain* So the ereiing 
—proving the correctness, to some exient, of piediciioa* 
founded upon the unfavorable weather, and indications 
of the barometer, on the day preceding. But other ad¬ 
verse influences may be noted. The Hoard of Managers 
had, in pursuance of what they conceived their duty, 
omitted offering purses for speed, and adopted a rule to 
charge life members the same as other persons—this 
being an extra and Holiday Exhibition The opposite,n 
which there measures aroused proved the truthfulness 
of the remark made by a prominent officer of the Socie¬ 
ty, (at the time of hi* undrrired election in .tBnusry 
last,) that no (ifferr of an Agricultural Society rcuU 
discharge his duty faithfully without lostng 
than he would gam . And yet we think the true friend* 
of the Society hate cause of congratulation at tire icrult, 
for the Exhibition was by no means a failure. The pro¬ 
gramme was carried out. as announced, and, bad tbs 
weather been favorable, a fund would have been staled, 
at least, wherewith the Society’s Grounds might be 
Whether this is the Massachusetts disease or a 
modification of it, I cannot tell, but 1 hope that Cf . nt 0 f the weight of a horse’s body is composed 
the utmost care will be taken to prevent such fluid. 
fatal maladies from spreading. The Interests Strange water, as it is called, often has a bad 
directly and indirectly involved in the cattle of effect in the digestive organs when first used, and greatly improved. 
this Commonwealth exceed enumeration. I trust j n order to guard against its consequences, Eng- —The attendance was birno in the afternoon, thou- 
and I the journals will keep us well posted as to the g roo , us always provide for the wants of their sands of person* being interested In examining th» 
horAPfl on exhibition, KtUodiDg th# Love© of Dolmi 
DWTOJf, or wittMwring the adttnrabl>*pUjfd Mntr.h Gum* 
r>f Prevention id worth ft pound ot •• i - # i ~ . 
tbo»e who will adopt the preventive* will have | symptoms and varying manifestations of this dis- | horaee, when at the racc-courae, away from home, 
the cure, which is this:—Take one teaspoonful 
ease.—n. t. n. 
each of sulphur and saltpeter, mixed with com¬ 
mon salt, und give to the young cattle two or 
three times a month. If this Is done you won t 
see your stock sicken and die with that disease, 
and seldom with any other, if they have enough 
to cal. Hooh Hols. 
St. Charles, Ill., June 17th, 1800. 
CROPS IN OHIO. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— As harvest is draw¬ 
ing nigh, and people just about in tbe middle of 
the growing season, it will not be amiss for me to 
give your readers a Bhqrt outline of the products 
now under the process of cultivation. 
The wheat here, in piospect, may be considered 
fair so far as the present is concerned. Various 
portions of it have suffered considerably by win¬ 
ter freezing, and ibe warmth of last autumn. 
Borne fields lmve been entirely destroyed by tbe 
latter, and others partly by the former. The Blue 
Stem and Red wheat were tbe most sown. 
There is scarcely any rye sown, jet what lias 
been, is fine in appearance, and will give a good 
yield. Oats appear very much advanced,—more 
so than they would have been, were it not for the 
cool weather and plenty of rain during a few 
weeks past It is believed that this crop will 
yield vastly per acre, and if so, there will not be 
the scarcity of this grain which has prevailed for 
months past. As regards barley, much cannot be 
said of its production, — there is but little sown, 
but it is good whorever found. 
The corn is yet very backward, and we begin to 
doubt in there being a very great yield for the 
number of acres planted. The cause o( this may 
be traced partly to severe cold about the first of 
this month, — the grub and cutworm have done 
Uural Spirit of tlje Press. 
A Golden Unto for Farmers. 
Do not go on dividing up or using up your 
capital by cropping without manure. Make it a 
cardinal principal of action, never to be Bwervcd 
from, that you will not, in any instance, in rela¬ 
tion to any field, or orop, or rotation, plant or sow 
without a supply of mauurc—sufficient at least to 
preserve tbe existing fertility Of the soil. 
I'HMtnrUig Howes. 
by furnishing them with an abundant supply of 
pure water to which they have been accustomed. 
This water is transported from place to place in 
hogsheads. 
Inquirks ant) ^lusuicrs. 
PnARTNOiTis —Inclosed is a specimen of something 
which who round growing in the swallow of nn ox. Ho 
had been idling tor nearly two years, and for tbu p*»l 
mx months could scarcely vat enough to keep him alive 
As 1 thought be would inoer bo any better, I concluded 
to kill bun, aud on examination found Ills thruat ob¬ 
structed bv nearly one. hundred ot these bundle*. Thny 
crew from tbe root* of the tongue to the stomach, and 
ranged from the silt* ora small pea to a liens egg 
When he w»R eailng, the food would come back-owing 
Tub IMb fW remark, that few of the 
writers who have discoursed upon the manage- « nv thine about thU disease, any information respecting 
It through the Rural. would t». most thankfully recetv- 
, eti —G. G Hkkht, Nscth Strafford, N. If., I860, 
summer grazing of these animals. Nor in fact, is TJje pharynx le the commencement of the tube known 
it a subject upon which much of importance can M esophagus, or •• gullet," it Is a funnsl-shapod 
be said. Yet there are some points connected Clivily< lodged between the mouth, gullet, and wlndpips. 
with it, well worthy of consideration, Youatt Th *pktoynx i» composed of muscular and membraneous 
*HVS-—“The spring Class is the best physic that tissues; tbe most important mn*clc» which enter into j( . .' B and vicinity, (HMMtle Co., Mich.,) 
can be given to a horse. To a degree which no the composition of the pharynx, arc the •*?***«• wiling his abominable lies to the Darmum, and extcrUng 
of Huso Ball. Tho display of horses was not larg*. but 
included many lino specimens In the several claw*. 
Tho receipts were about thn tame ns la«t year, (-om« 
$900,) aud will probably exceed all expenses-a very 
gratifying and unexpected result, considering tbeadver** 
circumstances. For premiums awarded, see local paper*, 
Tuh Trkra-cultoual HCMitrG, which has been ex- 
plodnd, plated out and buried in so many places, haajusl 
come to the surface in Michigan, where it* author Kerim 
as plucky as ail oft-drowned but Still surviving cat, We 
mlmire the fellow’s superlative impudence in attempting 
t» “disclose the ditcloMircn” among the intelligent 
people of tlm Peninsular State, after “the danger* be 
had parsedand what has been made public to all «ho 
read; and hence, Instead of giving him “a good raking 
down" ae desired, commend the “professor" to all who 
think they can boro auger holes with gimlets. Every 
one who believen Gulliver’s Travels, aud that the 
millennium ha* come, should be sure to bleed for 
and heed the “ wonderful sucreU ” These remark* are 
suggested by a noto dated “ Jonesrille, Mich., July 6th* 
which saysi—‘‘/Vo/. Comeslosk, of’ terra cultural’ uoui- 
■ ~ .... nunr»*sli it oariic* They give the membrane, forming tho funnel-shaped sac, tboir h8rd earnings a* a remuneration, i’leaee give 
ul tUlCiftl apeiien ' ' a complete covering, and their function is to force the jbe Prof, a good raking down He won't let any intelli- 
off every humor that may be lurking about the f l(Ryom ; the action of the tongue, into the tesopha- K „ at pexoOU , w pn is opposed to him, hear bis lectures 
animal. It fines down the roundness of tbe legs, The pharynx is divided from the mouth by the 0llfl mau ot fe r ,,d to pay the ‘ fee ' if the ‘ prutesour' 
and except there be some bony enlargement pcrt an d the epiglottis; therefore, except in the 
restores them to their original strength. There a ct of swallowing, or coughing, there is no direct cotn- 
is nothing so refreshing to their feet ft* the damp munlcatlon Tho interior of the pharynx Is lined by a 
coolness of tbe gras* into which they are turned, membrane having. 
sand, these lands, although good and well famish . 
ed with good timber, were almost destitute of I considerable damage,— the range is Horn It to . 
good water, either by wells or streams, in dry 
weather; and this evidence of their general Con¬ 
dition being substantiated by several gentlemen 
with whom we conversed regarding them, wecoti- 
and nothing is so calculated to remove every 
enlargement or sprain, as the gentle exercise 
which the animal voluntarily lakes while his legs 
are exposed to the cooling process of evaporation 
that t» taking place from the herbage on which 
he treads. The expeiitnce of ages has Bhown 
that it is the most skillful of veterinarians. It is 
the renovating process of nature where the art ot 
man fails.” 
nil the Time. 
within it* structure, a vast number 
of minute glands, with excretory duct*, from which a 
viscid or lubricating fluid issue*; this lubricates the pel¬ 
lets or food, so that by this process, their passage into 
the (esophagus is insured without the casualty of fric¬ 
tion. 
The term pharyngitis, says Dr. DaPP, in the Diseases 
of Cattle, signifies inflammation of tbe membrane lining 
the pharyngial inlet, or fuunel-like eutianro into the 
oesophagus, or gullet The diagnostic symptom of this 
affecllou is ns follows:—The subject is unable to swallow, 
sod thus the food token into the mouth is apt to be 
returned by the nostrils. Cn exploring the inferior 
One tnau offered to pay 
would admit him, agreeing to give the ‘ hundied-dnllar 
bond' not to reveal any < secrets,’aud then divulge tbe 
whole thing, and let tlm Prof, commence a suit «g»iu»t 
him, telling him that ho oould not get a verdict for a 
farthing. The t'rof would nut let him »«. The Prof, i* 
humbuging some of the best farmers tu the count) uf 
Hillsdale. Oiops of all kinds are good. Farmers bare 
commenced cutting wheat; the crop is good.” 
eluded to continue our journey as far west vurd as 
Kansas. Here we found all the best lauds in the 
vicinity Of timber taken for one hundred miles 
back from tbe Missouri river, with all the limber 
for yet filly miles further. In view of these facts, 
and considering also that Kansas was not the 
healthiest country for North-men, (Norwegians,) 
I directed my course to Nebraska. There 1 
found, as in Kansas, coal and excellent prairie 
laml in abundance, bat the timber till taken to the 
distance of two hundred miles up the Platte river, 
Leaving Nebraska, 1 continued my journey to 
Daeotah, a new Teiritory lying north and west of 
Iowa, and north of Nebraska, and west of Min¬ 
nesota. and constituting a part of Minnesota until 
its admission as u State. 
Daeotah I found to possess a good soil, prairie 
and timber, well interspersed with pleasant loca¬ 
tions for homes, and good pure water in abund¬ 
ance. Here, on the Vermillion river, I made a 
claim about thirty miles west of Sioux City-. For 
pleasant, inviting prospect, no Territory bolds 
out greater inducements than Daeotah. Here I, 
in company with other of my country men, will set¬ 
tle, and endeavor, under God’s providence, to rear 
our homes and fix our homesteads, and enjoy the 
life given us on earth. 
I returned to Leland via Iowa and Minnesota, 
and although I found prairie at Government 
price in plenty, yet, owing to the high price or 
scarcity of timber, here is nothing to tempt me 
from my Daeotah claim, where I expect to settle 
with my family in June next. 
--- 
CROPS, &c., IN ILLINOIS. 
Eds. Rukal Nkw-Yorker:—'T he weather here, 
since the 1st of March, has been all we could 
desire, for comfort. Farmers began their opera 
tious at once, planting and sowing. For the 
sixteen seasons that i have lived in Illinois, 1 
never 6aw the prospect for a bountiful harvest 
very favorable. Most 
interest in raising 
have found that by a little labor and care they 
may he able to raise t nougli to supply them six or 
seven months. The ladles, also, are taking great 
interest in the garden,—in fact, were it not for tho 
Stock Pays 
inches in height However, if the weather sho ul Tun heading of this article, says the Valley region of «bo throat from ear to car, cunsl ^ r "J‘' e ^; 
Sll ..a .. : a -.V ... Corner, was llie rcmiuk of an oldfarmertbo other 
Potatoes ave coming on very finely, and from day, while deploring the failure of bis wbutt crop. ^ c .f l ' |e M a , irap , e local affection, yet it often 
present indications, we should judge there would One year the wheat fails, another year the oats ^ ^ ctl , er diBeftSCS of the respiratory character, 
be a Ri eat yield for the number of acres planted, fail, another year tbe corn: but, said he, ‘ Mock ^ wll( . n ,. V( . r jt doe< appear as a local malady, it is apt 
The garden appears well, as the season has been pays all the time.” He moreover, remarked, that <o raer({B iut0 something eke. It is a very distressing 
lSt people are taking great the farmers who early gave their attention to affectt oo, and tho animal gets but little relief until sup- 
garden vegetables, and they stock-raising, had gone light along without set- pura tion commence*, then a free discharge takes place, 
a little labor and care tb/y backs, and bad outstripped tbe grain-growers. ft*. «/ Tn^othTs 
remarks. Stock is the surest and most remunera- ^ ugh { J t Btlch M eorn.ta.te, musty hay, 
tive. Butin thickly settled regions it ts better ajj| , ot ^ r irritating bodies, arn apt 1o Induce it. 
care aud attention bestowed by them, our gardens and safer to divide the interest between the two. 
would prove as fruitless as beretofure. The two assist each other aud improve the larm. __ 
The fruit crop may be considered extremely Waste straw, and offal of the grain crop, will go oance; cod liver oil, 6 ounces; spirits o :*»»"»», « 
1«I?LL .till I., ..or wro a or. for ,o rood «» ««*, »bil. "?>' '[ 
for sfrost oarij ill M»j. ApploBwIUjlsIdhoa-llji the stock will go tar in (orUlteing th. aoi * ’ „d liqaorh*. TU. win 
many orchards will be loaded. Peaches are very improving its capacity for product!ten s . relieve the cuugb, if any be present, and tend to lesaen 
fine iu some parts—and judging from present strength of the soil is a greater desideratum wi irritftUon of Uie liniog membrane of tbe pharynx, 
prospects we may iufer that there will Ve a the farmer. The soil is his mine of wealth— his VVhvn tRa patitmt begins to expectorate, or has the leant 
1 -rcttltT ouanfitv raised this season than for five to treasury —hi* hank of deposit He must keep it digcharge fn)in the nose, give the following-.-Babam of 
; x ‘ V(UT . Cherries will be equally productive, good, or bis paper is protested; his reputation as To j 2 ounces; sweet spirits of niter, 3 ounces; mucUge 
BU«£ri« ,rZ * and rtruwjrto « no. a former I. diabonorod. -.. 
doing as well as we could wish. It is well to keep a variety of stock, as well as 
To speak genet ally, people may expect a good raise a variety of grain crops. The general pro - 
harvest and bountiful prospects for bettor times, its of each year are thus kept nearly equa- 
As the loss of last year’s products hardened Farming may be done closer, less wasted an 
the time?, so will this season’s better them. But 
ustiine and space will not permit me to give a 
Thb Wkathkk and CROPS—In this region the weather 
has been wet an cool thus far in July. Crop* still prom¬ 
ising, with no report or material injury or check to «»y 
staple. Tho glass crop is heavier than was anticlpiieil. 
Wheat baa generally escaped the midge uninjured e later¬ 
ally tbe early varieties that were sown early on soluble 
soil. Our report* are almost invariably encouraging, 
relative to alt crops. Some wheat was cut Ust weak, 
and the harvest haa now faiily commenced, From other 
sections, near and distant, our accounts of the crop pros¬ 
pects aru mure uniformly favorable than for years past. 
lengthy detail, 1 shall close, resuming the privi¬ 
lege for the future. M. Roach. 
Paris, Ohio, June 16, 18C0. 
ANIMALS IN THE HIGHWAYS.-THE LAW. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— A writer in your 
last number wishes to hear a “remedy proposed 
and provided” tor tbe nuisance of animals run¬ 
ning at large in the highways. The law already 
provides a suflicient remedy. Any animal run 
uing at large and doing damage in consequence 
of bad fences or no fences, along the highway, 
may now be secured by the sufieier, and the own¬ 
er made to pay all damages and costa, or the ani¬ 
mal held and sold to satisfy them 
No town can legalize, by vote or resolution, the 
running at large of animals in highways. The 
so good as at present. Barley has a fine growth, I highways belong to the adjacent owners of lands 
aud generally all beaded out, but 1 think there | and the grass iu them belongs to the owner, an 
is not as much sown a3 usual. Wheat looks fine, 
and stands well on the ground. Some early 
pieces have beaded out. It is certain that if the 
crop fills, and yields as w.-ll as it promises, 
Northern Illinois will do her share toward sup 
porting the masses of consumers. Oats look „ 
very fine, indeed. There is not, I think, as much 1 gislature could pass a Constitutional law to allow 
ground planted to corn as usual, but it stauds animals to ruu at large in tbe highways. 1 key 
The earliest is of good size at present, cannot take my grass to feed the cattle of my 
to no oiher person. Cattle are tresspassers Red¬ 
ing in the highways, as much as inside of ihe 
fences on the farm of tho owner of the soil. The 
public have ouly the right or way or easement in 
t ie highways, and own nothing,—soil, or Decs, or 
grass, upon them. It is doubted even, that the 
nicely. 
and bids fair for a paying crop. Potatoes, ol 
early planting, are in full bloom and well set. 
neighbors. 
No fences are by law required to be maintained 
more made. 
Tbe An of Millrinj 
Sprisg Wheat is Illinois— Smut, ice —Under (Me 
of June 30, Cul. Wn II. Gardner, of Lee Co., III., 
us as follows:—“Spring wheat made a flue growth of 
straw thiB year, aud headed out beautiiully, forming ss 
promising a picture us could have beeu presemed. ft 
was sown early, and the Chinch bug, from which much 
was feared, effected little, if any, damage, bo that a bet¬ 
ter prospect of a bountiful return has not been witnessed 
for years. This has, In part, been blasted by the dis¬ 
covery of tbe presence of smut—in some fields it i*»a«l 
one-fourth, or even more of the heads, are smut. The 
cause (ff saiut we have never known. We do not believe 
it is in sowing smutty wheat. We do believe it is caused 
iu some way by the non-fertilization of pistillate by etain- 
iuato blossoms. What will prevent it, is a matter for 
investigation Cause aud prevention—who will ascertain 
and publish them?” 
— Our friend is referred to articles in former volumes 
of the Kcral. 
“ Which is thb Best Cider Mill?”—A n Onondaga 
county friend aska this question. Were we to answer 
from impulse, we should say the old-fashioned miU"biv; 
was in vogue in his County, tliiruigoar boyhood, toward 
called?—-N sW~SuueORIBKR. Kirtland, O , i860. i„ r ty years sgo, when straws were the best conductor ^ 
Cribbing, or crib biting, i* a habit,or vice, and can only yoat bfal lips and palates) of tbe nectar fluid, vulgar y 
of gum arabic, 8 ounces, 
twice daily- 
Cutn-BiTiXO.—I wish to inquire, through tbe medium 
of your valuable paper, what will effectually prevent 
Hante aaekluK wind, or crib-biting. as ,t is sometime, 
The art of milking, says the Massachusetts 
Ploughman, is not acquired at once. Children in 
farm districts should be taught to milk. They 
may commence on an old cow that is soon to be¬ 
come dry. But let them learu when young— for 
we are not to expect that this art is to be prac- 
be corrected by tbe use of such appliances as will pre¬ 
vent the horse from indulging in it. Yocatv recom¬ 
mends a muzzle, with bars across the bottom sufficiently 
wide to enable the animal to pick up his grain, or pull 
his hay, but not to grasp the edge of the manger 
When such an apparatus is woru for a considerable time, 
the horse umv become tired of attempting what he can¬ 
not accomplish, and forget the habit. Dr. DaDu recom¬ 
mends that common bar soap be rubbed on the edge and 
ticed by foreigneia alone who are drifting to our ^ oUt . ide of tll0 cr jb, renewing it whenever necessary, 
shores. A correspondent of the F.CKAL says the best remedy is 
Cows that have been well bred will be gentle tt0 0 r*inc, placed on the corners of boards, or to satu- 
and kind to those who approach them to draw ra te the parts bitten with horse urine, soap, or grease of 
their milk. They know that a good milker gives any kind. . -- 
them relief when their udders are full and need to jiihK.-Having, some time since, noticed an 
have the milk drawn. inquiry in regard to scalding milk, and not having as yet 
The dust, fto., should first be brushed off after 6cen any anB wer,-I will venture to give the »uk«l my 
rho milker is fail'lv seated bv the side of tbe cow. experience for the benefit of those having small quanti- 
Uie JUUKCl Id » y • . . v . v. p-iil vnur nnlia Olie-bftlf OT full of 
Tbe end of woh tent shonld then be mo»tened "... „,,t eve, 
with a little milt lobe drawn Ir.im'l before t e b „, boilinc bet,, ben net ii to wol- 
pail is placed Under it. This makes the milk com Lelil 6 tand only twelve hours in hot weather before 
easier und saves giving any pain to the cow, as we ek j ram ; ng p ut cream in a small jar, stirring it well 
do when the teat is perfectly *dry. Now, as soon Ufflc aew crearo fc at ided. Every other day stir the 
the milk begins to come freely, draw it out aa fast creaTO UTe v, a or fifteen miuutes, and you will have good 
yon foil .0 get rhewbo.u .i,b mtt. «««.. < b«. 
Amelia Gardner, Johnson Co., Jcxas raou. 
drv. Milk fast and nuis ciern. rvovci ic another Remedy for Garget. A tablespoonful of 
persons, while milking, attempt to talk with each 6altpet er given to a cow once a day, for three or four 
other. Keep still and mind what you are about, days,is an effec’uai remedy for tbe gars „ et : _ . 
or you will cdtue off as hai as the mau who given in a wash iMhe cow w hear y, or in 
arrives too late lor the cars. A. T, fibster, N. I., I860. 
called cider. But times have changed since then,<u |C 
vve suppose our correspondent refers to Iha small, patent 
portable mills now iu use. Of these wo are scarcely pre¬ 
pared to say which is the best of several good ones, but 
reckon that IIicKOK'S Cider and Wine Mill is every 
worthy of commendation. It is advertised in the Bksa 
and sold throughout the country. 
Tennessee State Fair -Large Premiums .-It will be 
seen by reference to au advertisement in this paper H' a! 
several premiums or $500 each, are offered by the Mau:v 
gorg of the Tenn. State Fair. As competition is open '■ 
the whole Union, our readers in other States are invito, 
to give tbe matter attention. The Fair is to be held >'• 
Nashville, commencing Sept. 10th. 
A Good Clip.—T he Lockport Advertiser says ,1,a - 
Stephen Mead, Esq., of Somerset, Niagara Co., sold b‘» 
wool a few days ago for 49 cents per pound. 0b dl ? 
weighed three thousand aud three hundred aud t*° 
pounds, which realized $1,617 98. The yield averaged a 
little over five pounds per head. 
Wool Geowino is becoming increasingly popular .m 
profitable iu Texas. Tbe Houston Telegraph says 
> in a few years, if not already the case, 
that, 
there will 8e 
more wool raised in Texas tbanin auy State of the t m" - 
Every section is capable of rendering tbe business profile 
ble, and e ery section is engaging largely in it." 
Yirgisia AERiCULTDRAL Fair.—T be State aud fo> 
tral Agricultural Societies or Virginia have united, an 
will hold their next Annual Exhibition on the spacio 1 - 5 
Show Grounds at Richmond. 
