9 
. mony, he will prosper, and be able, in nil coming 
time, to netu! “ounces of meat” and "kernels of 
corn” to the seaboard without daugcr of sterility. 
I We roust bear in mind that nothing In tills world 
18 ever lost or consumed. Transferred and 
changed, are the terms applicable to the dlacus- 
tsion. With transfer nod change, Nature is busy 
as well as man—in some ways obvious to his re¬ 
searches, and in pome which have as yet been hid¬ 
den from him. The Arctic aeas pour upon our 
coasts, annually, myriad euhoole of flab lor the 
sustenance of man. We consume them, make no 
effort to return anything to the source whence 
they came, jet the supply does not diminish. 
And now for some facts. Thirty-five years ago 
I commenced the cultivation of the land on a 
tract of four hundred acres, timbered upland and 
river bottom, two hundred of which I now own. 
This section of the Country was then new and 
comparatively wild. The Indians, up to a period 
a few yens preceding, had annually burnt, over the 
whole surface of the upland from time immemo¬ 
rial. Consequently, the black surface soil was very 
thin, and limbered upland was, in general, con¬ 
sidered poor land. One old gentleman said its 
only use was to help hold the world together. 
The early settlers pitched their cabins Dear the 
rich intervale and piairics, und despised the tim¬ 
bered upland. Occasionally we plowed an upland 
field and sowed it with wheat My tnother used 
to remark that the whole crop harvested was 
about equal to the scatterings left after harvest 
on the rich bottoms. With the extinguishment 
of the Indian fires, this land steadily Improved,— 
equally so, I believe, whether it was cleared and 
lay in grass, or remained covered with timber. 
Twenty six years ago I took possession of the 200 
acres mentioned, and engaged in mixed hus¬ 
bandry, raising annually from four to six hundred 
bushels of wheat, some cattle, aome sheep, and 
some wool, nearly all of which has been sent to 
seaboard. All the barnyard manure made was 
carted to some small fields near the barn. My 
course for many years was this:—1 divided my 
upland, designed for wheat, into three fields, one 
in clover pasture, one a summer fallow, one in 
wheat—always sowing clover seed every spring 
on the wheat, and following with ouc bushel of 
plaster to the acre. The depth of plowing was 
uniform—what a yoke of oxen and a pair of 
horses, attached to a No. 4 iden plow, could 
accomplish. At the expiration of seven years I 
reviewed accurate accounts kept of tny fainting 
operations, and found my average of wheat for 
that term to be an annual yield of nearly twenty- 
Bix bushels per acre; near the close of thatteim 
I had 3ti bushels to the acre. While I write I 
look from my window on a lino field of wheat 
growing on this same land, on oats stubble twice 
plowed, which will yield not less tbun 25 bushels 
per acie, perhaps 30. The midge, fur a time, was 
a ballling pest; but now, when we escape Its rav¬ 
ages, the land proves itself unimpaired in fer¬ 
tility. I cannot attribute any of tins continuity 
of production to any Improved methods of culti¬ 
vation, because the mode has been uniform. 
On these facts I ba*e my conclusion that there 
is a recuperative power in Nature happily designed 
for tiie sustenance of man. Petek Hathaway. 
Mjiiio, Erie Co., otin, lsfiO. 
SPEING WATER.-MODES OF CONVEYANCE. 
Ens. Rural New-Yokkek:—I n answer to an 
inquiry of J. B. Palmer, in a June number of 
your paper, on the Modes of Conveyance of 
(Spring Water, I will give him my method, having 
some experience therein, as I used to follow the 
business of tinuer and plumber. I have laid u 
great dead of lead pipe for the purpose, and my 
method is this:— I generally have my ditch dug 
about three feet deep, bo as to be out of the way 
of all frost in winter,— for If the water freezes it 
is sure to burst the pipe, and that makes a great 
deal of trouble. The width of ditch at. the top is 
about two feet; bottom, six or eight inches wide. 
For ordinary purposes bail inch pipe is large 
enough. Have your pipe rolled on a reel,— such 
ns half inch generally comes in this manner,—set 
your reel astride the ditch, roll the reel along, and 
the pipe will unwind nice and smooth. Tho dirt 
Bhould be thrown back from the ditch so as to 
leave a clean place on both sides, a foot wide, and 
you will not be hindered in rolling your reel 
along. Where your pipe enters the spring, you 
6hould have a zinc funnel, with a couvexcd cover 
soldered over. The mouth, sides, and cover 
Bhould bo punched full of fine holes—punched 
from the inside, for it will strain water better in 
this way than punched from the outside. The 
email end of the funnel Bhould be made to slip 
over the outside of the pipe, und should fit very 
tight, so it w ill not come off. Where the water 
cornea to the bouse there should be a brass faucet 
soldered to the pipe, and then you can regulate 
the water to suit yourself. Let it emp'y into a 
tub, and keep a full tub on hand, and if there is 
not a very large supply, yon will not have to wait 
for a pailful Where the pipe comes into the 
bouse, it should be secured from frost. To do 
this, yon should hullil a large box around the 
pipe, pack the pipe very tightly in straw, and 
bank the box with dirt on the outside. Perhaps 
some would prefer wood pipe, but I think lead is 
the cheapest where ii is well laid. If not well 
done, it should not be done at all, for it will only 
he a bother and expense. Lead ia the quickest 
laid, and the water is less apt to taste unpleusunt 
than if made from wood. J. G. Powell. 
Durham, N. Y., 1860. 
THOMAS’ NO-PATENT SCRAPER. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— As this is getting 
to be a fast age, whereby the most of the labor 
must be done Lj machinery, I have concluded to 
send you a model of my Nu-Pateot Scraper for the 
repair of highways, which every road district 
Bhould possess. Should yon deem it worthy a 
plrce in the Rural, you will have the goodness to 
publish. Take a hard wood plank, Bay 3 by 14 
inches, 7 feet long. Bevel the back Aide, rivet on 
an old mill saw for the edge. Put in a mortice 
wide enough to receive the tenon of the pole on 
S 2UJRAL 
an angle.—a common ash wagon pole with a 
tenon say 2 by 4 inches, and 5 feet of medium 
size cable chain fastened on each side of the pole 
2} feet from the tenon. Fasten to the plank on a 
line below the mortice, one grub hook 2| feet 
from tho mortice, on each side of said moitioe, 
to hitch to the chains on the pole. Unhook the 
chains and your scraper ia in two pieces, handy to 
pack away under cover. Estimated cost: 
Pole .. ( 25 
Plank... 25 
Old saw... L .. 1 00 
Making wood work... 60 
Chains and iron work... 1 60 
Total. $3 60 
Bet your scraper at the right angle to carry tho 
gravel or earth towprd the earner of the road, and 
drive on at a good brisk walk, the driver to ride 
or place on weights when necessary. If the road 
W very rutty or uneven, it is better to change the 
angle and drive back ou same side, as the peraper 
would cross its own angle going back, and still 
curry the earth toward the center of the road. 
Rose, N. Y , July 7, 1860. E N. Thomas. 
13 cc-lxecpcr. 
Bees. — How Jo Hive Them. 
As the season is at hsnd when bees may he 
expected to swarm, pcibaps a few words concern¬ 
ing them, and the manner of hiviiig them, will 
not be deemed superfluous. When the oft-re¬ 
peated cry, “the bees urc swarming,” ia heard, 
there is no need of rushing out of the house in 
a fit of perspiration, with tin pans, bells, an old 
brass horn, or anything of the kind, making the 
most hideous noises imaginable, for the purpose 
of inducing the bees to cluster, instead of Hying 
away to the woods. All such foolish notions 
Should at once be abandoned, especially in a 
civilized country like this. Better leave such 
transactions to the savages of the far West. It is 
seldom the case that a swarm h aves for the forest 
befo o clustering —it is just as natural for them tn 
cluster as to swarm. Let me repeat, that noise is 
unnecessary for inducing bees to cluster. It 
would be wiser to seat, one’s self under the &hade 
of some favorite tree, and watch the bees as they 
swittly glide to and fro among themselves, and. 
I venture to predict, that after thus vh-wiug them 
a few times, it will then he esteemed as the most 
delightful part of bee-culture. 
The hives should be in readiness long before it 
is time to expect the bees to swarm. This, it is 
true, is very seldom the case; it indicates, how¬ 
ever, that very liitle care and attention are given 
by the keeper to his bees. They should also lie 
well made, neat, and clean. If they have before 
been in iisp, it is advisable to wash them pretty 
thoroughly with warm water, thereby destroying 
the eggs of the bee-moth, should there he any, 
as well as removing all impurities. All hives 
thus treated, and newly matte hives, need no 
fuither preparation before they are ready to re¬ 
ceive the Swarm. Aud hero let me rem iik, that 
to wash tho hive with salt, or sugar aud water, 
whisky, or to rub the inside of the hive with bee- 
balm, or leaves of any kind, is entirely unneces¬ 
sary—it is time, labor and expense thrown away. 
Now, I should not in ti>e least be surpiised that 
some sensitive, old-fa9hioned bee-keeper, may 
think I am in error in referent e to the above 
remarks; if so, I have only to remind such that 
this is an age of improvement, that 1 have prac¬ 
ticed for years the various methods suggested 
preparatory for hiving, and that they have all 
been discarded—regarding simplicity as the great 
law of' Nature. 
The bees, after clustering, should be hived as 
soon as possible. There is, however, no need ot 
getting fi tgety, for they will seldom depart for 
the woods within an hour. The hive may be 
placed a few Icet from the place on which the 
bets are clustered—not on a table or scaffold, a 
few feet ubove the ground, hut on u sheet or hlan 
ket, directly on the ground. Boards may, if pre- 
fened, he laid on the ground — the sheet or 
bluuket spread over them. It ia not absolutely 
necessary to use either sheet or blanket, yet 1 
prefer to do so, as many bees are thereby kept 
from getting into the dirt or grass. The hive is 
uow placed on the sheet, one side raised, with a 
strip of wood, about two inches. 
Should the bees be clusteicd ou a limb that is 
of but little value, it may be carefully cut or 
sawed off, carried to the hive, and the bees inva¬ 
riably jarred off close by the lifted side. With a 
wing, caseknifc, or tablespoon, stir them gently, 
and it will be euiprialng to see how speedily they 
will enter the hive. Of all instruments for stir¬ 
ring the bees aB above, I prefer a large tablespoon. 
Many times bees are inclined to duster upon 
some particular limb, if not removed; and as it 
is not very good policy to cat off such limbs, 
they had better be saved, if possible. 
1 have a method for hiving swatm9 without re¬ 
moving the limb, which I have practiced with 
very good success. It is this: take an ordinary 
clothes basket and hold it under the swarm, jar 
the bees into it, and then shake them out by tne 
side of the hive. Quite a number of bees may re¬ 
turn to the limb; if bo, jar them into the basket 
again,—two or three times will be sufficient, as 
tho queen will seldom, after the second jarring, 
be fouud on the limb. Many bee-keepets have 
found considerable difficulty iu keeping a few 
boos from clustering repeatedly on the limb. 
This m iy alw»jg tie remedied by putting green 
catmint upon tho place. The bees shonld all, if 
possible, be made to enter the hive, and as soon as 
this is Accomplished, the hire should be con¬ 
veyed immediately to the stand intended for it. 
The reason why : 1st, Fewer bees will be lost, if 
the bees are left where hived till evening, as is 
commonly done, the bees that work during the 
day—and there will generally be a large number 
—will matk the location, return the Dcxt day, and 
be lost. 2d, Lest danger of bees leaving for the 
woods. “ Seoul*” are unquestionably sent off, 
either befoic or soon utter they swarm, to look for 
a home. Now, should the bivc t>c moved as soon 
as the swarm is hived, if the “ scouts” have not at 
the time returned, tlu-y will be unable to find the 
swar m, and will go buck to the parent stock. No 
communication will take place from this source; 
hence less danger of the swarm leaving. 
The entrance of the hive should face the south¬ 
east. This seems to be, taking everything into 
consideration, the best direction for ull hives to 
face. Advantages:—1st, The bees receive the 
heat of the sun early in the morning, and are thus 
enticed to commence working earlier. 2d, The 
heat of the sun iu mld-duy does not full open the 
front of the hive so oppiessively, as when itfronts 
directly south. 
Thk Stand.— The best and simplest stand with 
which J am acquainted, is one constructed as fol¬ 
lows:—Two hoards, esch 14 inchcsiu length—two, 
each 20 inches In length—each C or 8 inches in 
width; these, nailed firmly together, forming a 
rectangular box. This form of stand is intended 
f*<r the Latigstroth movable comb hive. Its size 
and shape may be modified by those using other 
styles or kinds of hives. It is now pretty gene¬ 
rally conceded by the best bee keepers, that it is 
better to have hives sitting within 6 or 8 inches 
of the ground. Tho utility of movable stands 
over those commonly used, is of vast Importance. 
Many are not aware of the large number of colo¬ 
nies annually ruined from loss of queen, by being 
placed too near each other. Tho distance apart 
should not be less than six feet.—the further the 
better. I would recommend, whenever practica¬ 
ble, to set one colony only under the north side or 
a tree. 
To hive bees in the Langstroth hive, having 
immovable bottoms — place the hive on the sheet, 
remove the entrance block, and slake tie bees as 
above in front of the entrance; in fact, proceed 
In the same manner us is given with the common 
hive, A large number of bee-keepers invert the 
common hive, and shake the bees into it. This is 
wrong, — the queen is Hallo tube killed when the 
(live is turned over, beside many workors ure in 
danger of becoming crushed, thereby creating 
irritable ness among them. 
A hiver might be described, which, in the 
hands of extensive^ bee-keepers, would, without 
doubt, be of considerable value; but to those 
having a few colonies, tho advantages gained 
would hardly COfipM/nsato the extra expense. 
The basket recommended for hiving, is generally 
in the house of every thrifty bee-keeper, mid w ill 
answer ull practical purposes. By the aid of the 
Lmigsiioth live, natural swarming may always 
lie prevented, and bees increased mote rapidly, 
and with much greater ceitainty, by dividing 
them, termed “artificial swarming.” 
Middleport, Niag. Co , N. Y., 1660. M. M. Baldridgr 
Bural Spirit of t!)e J3res0. 
Regularity in fflilking. 
Mr. O. E. Hannum, a very successful dairy¬ 
man of Portage county, Ohio, a native of old 
Berkshire, Massachusetts, names the points of Lis 
management as follows:— Good cows, good feed, 
good milking, good cate and management of the 
milk. He puts “good milking” in italics, and 
remarks, "Each cow should have a steady milker, 
be milked as fast as possible, and alt the milk 
drawn. I am satisfied tlmt there is a loss of one- 
third in many dairies, by the lazy, hap hazard 
way in which the cows are milked. I have known 
persons sit down in the milk yard and go through 
with some long yarn, aud he from ten to twenty 
minutes in milking one cow, when it shonld be 
done In less tbun five.” 
Kail Toi>-Dressing. 
Every farmer who has practiced fall top- 
dressing, knows it is iuvaluahle. This does not 
arise so much from the fertilizing matter in the 
dressiug, as from the fact that it protects the 
surface of the earth from sudden chahges of the 
temperature—prevents its freezing so early in 
the fall, or losing its moisture and heat by a too 
direct contact with the wind. In short, the real 
benefit of fall top-dressing is in its mulching the 
soil. Stable manure is too valuable to be used 
for this purpose. Far better to keep this to apply 
in the spring, und then cover it with earth Imme¬ 
diately. At least ninety per cent of mannte, 
used as fall top-dressing, is wasted by passing 
into the atmosphere. Nearly the same results 
can be obtained by fall top-dressing with leaves, 
i-traw, or any other substance that will cover the 
surfuce. Let a farmer try the experiment by 
thus mulching a small piece of grass land with 
straw, leave?, or other like substance, iu the fall, 
aud apply the manure in the spring; and on 
another piece, apply the same quantity of manure 
in the fall, aud give us the result So sayB the 
Ohio Farmer. 
Diagnosis of PU-nro-Pncnnioniiu 
We present a description of the symptoms of 
this disease as it exists in Massachusetts, adopting 
the language of the report to the Legislature by 
Messrs. E. P. Thayer, Veterinary Surgeon, and 
Geo. Bates, M. D. 
•• If the animals are at pasture at the commence¬ 
ment of the disease, they will he found early in 
the morning separated from the herd, with arched 
bucks, hair rough, aud refusing to eat; while, as 
the day advances, theV will join the rest, and 
appear to be in usual health. A slight but husky 
cough will be occasionally recognized; and, at 
times, the breathing will be increased, as if the 
animal bad made some extra exertion; and in 
milch cows there will also be a diminished amonnt 
of milk. 
“As the disease progresses, the cough becomes 
more frequent snd husky; tbe respiration is 
humid; the pulse increased and somewhat op¬ 
pressed; the appetite diminished; rumination 
suspended; bowels constipated; surface of the 
body and limbs cold; the skin rigid and almost 
immovable over the ribs; tbe animal, upoB pres¬ 
sure upon the spine, flinches, and Is unable to bear 
pressure or percussion on the sides of tbe chest 
or costal regions (or ribs.) In more advanced 
stages the respiration is difficult, labored, and 
painful. The animal frequently lies down; and 
wbi-n standing, the head is protruded, the month 
covered with saliva, tbe muzzle cold, and the 
aspect spiritless and haggard. 
“On striking the affected side, a dull or dead 
sound is usually elicited to a gi eater or less ex¬ 
tent, but this will depend upon the extent to 
which the long has become consolidated, and the 
presence or absence of fluid in the cavity of the 
cheBt, On applying the ear to the sides of the 
chest, one or the other is found to be affected; 
sometimes, though rarely, both are implicated. 
Wh< n applied In the region of the diseased part, 
tbe ear tails to perceive the low, rustling murmur 
of healthy lungs, and detects a crepitating sound 
or rattle, which, as tbe case advances toward an 
unfavorable termination, becomes duller, and, at 
last, is altogether inaudible. 
“An examination of animals which have died 
of pleuro pneumonia, will present, various appear¬ 
ances Tbe lungs of the same animal will show 
all the diffeient stages of tiie disease; red hepati¬ 
zation, dark spots, and an effusion of serum.” 
Inquiries anif ^nstoers. 
Ftaoorhs in IIORSKB.— Will yon, or nny one of your 
Dinurmui corrcKponnonta, please inform me of the heat 
remedy for t-txggers iu horses? — J. Cochrane, Uamillun 
Co., Ohio , 1660. 
To Remove thk SCR.vr in Buffalo Rokkr.— Can ynn, 
or an, of the inline, oun readers ol the Rural, inLirra 
ioe what will take the furry soiell from a buffalo robe? 
I Intve one thut toy horse cannot bear near bun, on ac¬ 
count of the scent’— VottNO Kakmkii 
How to Kill tub < x Eye Daisy —Noticing the 
cotinsatilcatfou of J T If. M*y Flower Mill, Cayuga Co , 
In » June number of tbe Rural Nkw-YoRKKk, when he 
offeree to b*-uU hi* remedy for the destruction of tho Ox- 
Kye Dalny, I would hr very much utilised to him for any 
information Hiding In tiie radio*!ion of this terrible 
plague.—J (J I', DurhnmvitU, IS. 1860. 
DURTROTiNO Ki ras —i an any of the RcRAL’B niiTTK-r- 
*a. read.re inform me of any method of drutroylhg Ileus? 
The* began io be quite plenty at the barn In Hie spring, 
sud being Onueeved to Mil* house on the clothing, hum 
la,come ,-x i-edingly troanierome: jot the burn. pig.sty. 
Arc , are as tar iriira the holier n* i* cuA'omaty. Informa¬ 
tion no this subject would tie thankfully re -.eiveO by one 
who is nearly —Distracted Loruel lliilgt, til. 
Ahout Draining — I'd tv .1 S' - Will W J F give hi* 
whereabouts, a* bi» experience in draining and calcu'u 
tions will not 6, this latitude. It I tee! like it, 1 shall, 
when he get* through, try In net the public light to the 
caee, a* 1 tiave diiue more than he ha», and shall talk tike 
a wiser hook (for thin regin- ai lr««t.) than the one hr 
wiltes from ra I think he sadly misleads the new begin, 
nor—an old stager can take care of himself in such mat¬ 
ters,—J. T. 
Amovk-oround Root Cki.i.ar, —My present farm is so 
(l it, ami Mu -0 a tuio-clay -uba ol. that 1 know of no way 
,hat I can make an iin ier-gri uud cellar; and expecting 
to have home hundreds of bushels of root* to winter. 1 
am at a lose how to make an over-ground cedar, or root- 
house. 1 shall hale a room some 16 Ifrt by *IJ on the 
southwest corner of my bum. (a part of a lean-to.) 
which 1 would like to make a safe root-house of, if it cun 
he safely done 1 cuu have it either with or without ft 
floor. Will you he so kind ;v to ted me, either of your 
own knowledge, or by ihe means of your psper? State 
rny question to your leaders, so that 1 may get some m- 
fnrmntino from Lower* who have had pracncai experi¬ 
ence in Ihe mailer, as to which Is the sate-t, surest and 
cbe*pe.*l plan for me to adopt with my building, to cira- 
hle urn to attain my object. Never before having had 
any occasion in have so over-ground root-house, i am 
entirely ignorant on the subject, vet a practical farmer 
for many years. If you should puhlvsn tins inquiry, it 
might meet the eye ill" g.uoo experleueed farmer who 
would be kirn) enough to drop me a doe of advice. Any 
communication addressed te my name at Butlnlu. would 
tie sure to reach me, and oblige one who would gladly do 
ii brother faimcr su equal favor. I am making a variety 
Ol experiment* with Hungarian grits*, which promise to 
he interesting to fanners; and in the tail I win send yon 
tiie remit, or rs’liei an account ot it.—HAXFIOX DObOR, 
Luj/alo, July, I860, 
Lumpy Mu k,—T have a valuable cow that gives small 
lumps in tier milk. If auy of jour numerous readers 
can fell me cause aud cine if anv.it will greatly oblige 
—A Young Kahmkk, tut. Pleasant , O, l»6u. 
See articles ou Garget iu present volume of the Rural, 
und you will find the remedies jou desire. 
Dloohy Milk, Again.—Io the Rural of the 23d ult., 
a subscriber wishes to kuow what to do for a cow that 
gives bloody milk. The following was told me by an old 
‘oman. 1 have tried it, aud know it to cure. Take small 
pieces of the root of poke weed, or cocuui, put into ear® 
of corn, and fced to the cow once or twice.—A SUBscri- 
bkk, Tremont, 111, 1860. 
Rkmbly For Gaper in Chickens.— Some four weeks 
ago I noticed in the Rural au inquiry for cure of Gapes 
iu chickens. I winter yearly from one hundred aud 
seventy to two hundred hens. For many jeans 1 have 
lost ft large number of chickens solely from the gapes 
For the last two or three years l have not lost a single 
chicken from the above mentioned disease, and the sure 
preventive is found In always mixing their meal with 
sour milk. This preventive, thougn simple, has never 
failed —A Farmer's With, Tien ton, A. Y, 1860. 
{Tens Eating their Egos, Sitting, &c.—I saw an 
inquiry in nue of your papers about stoppiug hens from 
eating eggH and sitting. 1 will give my way. In thn 
first place, I have the right kind of henB— full-blooded 
Brahma Have nests prepared in the ben house, where 
I keep sluked Ii rue, charcoal dust, and water—when not 
handy, any where Dear the barn—aDd every night gather 
all the i-ggR, leaving no ue*t egg, for ray hens lay just as 
well without a nest egg as with. During the winter, 
feed them coin, oats,and occasionally a warm meal of 
potatoes, with boiled liver, ia;, saved butchering days. 
I never fail of having fresh eggs all winter, both to use 
and sell. I do Dot kaow as my hens ever ate an egg— 
perhaps they would if they were kept as many hens are, 
withoxt anything to eat or drink, except what they can 
steal somewhere, and at night hunt up their own lodging 
in some old tree, or on a broken cart. I do not blame a 
hen, treated in that way, for eating all the products of 
her own labor, but think her a wise hen When 1 do 
Dot wish my hens to sit, 1 shut them up in a coop, or 
some secure place, feed them well, keep them there till 
they either begin to lay, or, creakingly, make fair prom¬ 
ises, which in not more than three or four days. If your 
inquirer will lake the trouble to call here, I will show 
him hen* that will not rat their eggs, aud will sit. both 
when and where he likes.—A Farmer's Wife, Hopewell, 
N. Y., I860. 
Agricultural Jttiecellaug. t 
SECRETARIES OF ALL AORICOLTUKAL SoniKTIBS io Ijjg <s 
United States, Canadas, tie.., are requesteii to send ns T 
copies of their Premium Lists and Regulations fhr the P 
approaching Annual Fairs. A compliance will confers si 
special favor upon ua, and perhaps advance the interests 5 
Of the various organizations. 
Tun Wheat IIaryrbt ia nearly completed in this 
tion. The grain has generally been eecured in good co D . 
dition, and tbe yield and quality, so far a* we learn, are 
fully equal to the anticipations of grower*. The main 
crop of this region was not materially aflected by the 
midge: indeed, we have yet to learn of tbe first instant 
of serious injury to a fluid of either of the early vaiiefiej 
which had received proper attention—early sowing snd 
good culture, on a rich, dry soil, being essential requisites 
to successful wheat growing in tbe midge-infested dis¬ 
tricts of Xew York, Canada West, &c. 
Famine Profhksikd in Europe —The London Times 
of June 22d prophesies a famine—tho season having 
been, not only iu England, but throughout We*rern 
Europe, unpropitious. Though the Times is good author¬ 
ity on most subjects, we donbt ita correctness in ifli, 
in-tanee, and do not look for the fulfillment of the 
prophesy. In case of such ft calamity, however, the idle 
ships and steamers of both England and America (includ¬ 
ing the Great Eastern,) could bo profitably employed in 
transporting the anticipated large surplus of tbe crops 
of this country to the famishing people of the Old World. 
Tub SctKNTiPtC Amxriuan.— TUia aide “Journal of 
Practical Information in Art, Science, Mechanics, Agri¬ 
culture. Chemistry and Manufactures,'’ commenced i 
new volume with July. It la the leading weekly of tt» 
Class in this country, and contains timely intormsting 
relative to all new inventions aud discoveries in the 
mechanic arts and sciences—giving lists of patents aid 
patent claims as issued, and illustrating and describing 
the most important invention*. PubLieued by Mown A 
Co., New York, at $2 per annum. 
Canps in Southern Khntbcky.—U nder date of Jnn« 
28. E. W, PenolkToN, Esq,, of Christian Co , Ky., writes 
ua that tho wheat crop of Southern Ky. is decidedly the 
shortest they have had for several seasons; the yield 
cannot exceed one-fourth an average Crop of p»«t8ve 
years His own wheat, forty acres, was unt worth cut¬ 
ting. The prospect is as fair far a corn crop aa he ever 
remembers, the spring having been very favorable. The 
tobacco crop is very promising. There ts a very large 
crop planted, owing to the failure of wheat. The oat 
crop ia good, aa fur os It goes, there not having been 
many sown, owing to the rust of the two past years. 
Tub Unttxd States Ao. Society’s Fair ia, it appears, 
to be held at Cincinnati, in September. This arrange¬ 
ment does not meet the approval of the Buckeyes. Tbe 
friends of the Ohio State Board of Agricultuie are par¬ 
ticularly displeased, and “speak out in meeting” and 
print quite plaluly about thn interference with tbeir 
Show at Dajrtnn. Our plucky friand, Col. of tbs 
Ohio CuUivaior, tn a paragraph couched In bl* usual 
plain English, says he look* “ upon this Intrusion of the 
so-called U 8. Ag. Society as discourteous to the Otdo 
State Board of Agriculture, aud, under the clreum.tAD- 
ces, dishonorable and mean.” Our Ohio friends have 
our profound *y mpathlee—especially as it was contem¬ 
plated to hold the U. R Show ia this State, (Rocboater 
being the favorite location,) had an invitation been 
extended. 
Great Trial of Reapers aN» Mowers* — According 
to the Livingston Republican, tho Trial of Reapers and 
Mowers at Geneseo, on thn 6th and flih iust —under 
auspices of the Livingston Co. Ag. Society—was “ Tb« 
greatest Trial ever held in tbe United States.” It n»w 
some other superlatives in ite heading to the report- 
such a* “Twenty-one machines in the field!" and “blv* 
ingston Co. against tbe World !"—which Indicate that 
our prophecy, at the time of announcing the Trial, was 
not incorrect The list of entries comprised eight t»u- 
horse and two one-horse mowers; two reapers drawa by 
two horses, and odd hy a single horse; eleven combined 
maebiues drawn by double teams, and one by a aingle 
horse, The various mschlnea were thoroughly 'cr'ed, 
but the full reports of the Committees have not jet been 
marie public. Their swards, however, ale aa follow*: 
Tito-Horse fllarhinrs - Best Mower, Hubbard Junior, 
HuOOarQ Fittest, 2 i best. BuckeiP. Be*' Reaper, Wood's 
Self-Raker. W A Wood, Hoostek Falls. 2d. IJueeev. Bfct 
Coinh'i-ed Machine. Kirby's patent; 2d Worm's fiell-Raker 
One-Horse Marhinei ■ Be*t Mower. Wood’s Patent R-flt 
Reaper, Kirby's I'aleOt, Best l.'ocnb'd “ucliiue, Kirbj'a. 
The arrangement* for the Trial are said to have beta 
admirable and complete, and the attendance large. 
More Large Junior Bovines.— The very “brief tnfn- 
tion’’ which we innocently made, a month or more ago, 
of a calf which weighed 106 lbs. at birth, has stirred up 
the possessors of big things in the same line. Far ex¬ 
ample, K. fi., of CaatMe, N. Y., reports that SotOEOK 
SQUIRES, of raid town, owns a calf which weighed 124 
lbs. before -uckiDg. and “is really a sight worth behold¬ 
ing," That is heavy, hot mast “touch the beam" when 
put in the scale* with the one thus mentioned by Mr. 
Jamks Carpenter, of Elmira, N- Y.:—“ We have a calf 
which weighed 135 lbs. when twenty hours old—girted 
35)4 inches, and measured 19 inches from tbe top of his 
Bhoulder to the bottom of his brisket. Be is grade 
Durham—not over half blood," 
— We trust no one will a*k ns to chronicle any infant 
cattle aa being more weighty than the above, le*t some 
people may think the F.ural is becoming a trifle Man- 
chausonisb! 
Nkw Sorgho Sugar Evai-oratoh.— Mr. A Miller, of 
Laporte, Iud., ha* invented a sugar boiler on a new prin¬ 
ciple, which may be described aa being two halves of a 
circular pan. six Teet iu diameter and six inches deep, 
which are holted together, but set a little distance apart, 
so as to leave an air space between the parallel sides' ,f 
the pans. The two halves of the pan being fll'ed "> tb I 
sorghum juice, that in one side may he boiled np to the 
point of graeulation and then turned off tfle fire to pre 
vent burning, the rotation bringing the liquid iu the other 
half over the fire to he boiled iu its turn. We recently 
received, and noticed in the RURAL, a sample ol 
maoe by Air. Millkk. in this new apparatus. 
Thm Qckkn Bkk —The following anecdote is related by 
Rkauhur, front personal observation:—'' A queeu 6ee 
and some of her attendants were apparently drowoed in 
a brook. Be took them out o' tbe water, and found that 
neither the queen bee cur her attendants were q'”-« 
dead. Rbacmuk expnant them to a gentle heat, by 
which they were revived- The plebeian bee* recovered 
first. The moment they saw rigoa of animation in tbeir 
queen, they approached her, and bestowed upon her j j 
tbe care iu their power, licking and rubbing her; an 
when the queen had acquired sufficient force to move, 
they hummed aloud, as if iu triumph!" 
Thr Next Annual Fair of tbe Union Ag’l Society 
(Chautauqua Co , N. Y ,) is to be held at Ctymer on the 
&Ui and 6th of September. The officers for I860 are — 
Daniel Bcrlbcv, Fen., President; Mr, Gallup, Trvasu 
rer; W. B. GlsasOx, Secretary, 
