tbe sheet about three feet from the side of the 
parent hive, and Blightly in front of it It may 
be proper to state here that hives Nos. 1 and 2 
stood fifteen feet apart, with another hive mid¬ 
way between,—Nos. 1 and 2 facing south, and the 
other facing east Mr. A., at the end of five 
rainuteH, found the queen, which was small. The 
bees did not fly much while the queen was with 
them. It was about ten minutes after the quelu 
was taken, before we could notice the beep taking 
any direct course, hut at last it was evident that 
this swarm, No. 1, was going in at hive No. 2, 
where swarm No. 2 bad just got in fifteen minutes 
before. We could see. the line plainly from the 
sheet to hive No. 2. At hive No. 1 there were 
some workers going in aud out, but we could see 
none of the swarm No. 2 going in. In about 
fifteen minutes all of swarm No. 1 were in hive 
No. 2. Soon after, Mr. A. put the large queen in 
lilve No. 2, she being the one that had left that 
hive in the morning. The object of this was to 
get them to swarm the following morning, there 
being now about fifty thousand bees in the hive, 
enoogh to make two strong stocks. On the 20th, 
about 8 or 1) o’clock iH the morning, hive No. 2, 
containing fifty thousand bees, swarmed, throw¬ 
ing off about forty thousand, somewhat more 
than were wanted. They stopped at the distance 
of a few yards, and stayed till about half-past 1 
o’clock, when they staited again, and went off 
about a quarter of a mile; then stopped till tbe 
hive arrived that had been sent for. Then Mr. A. 
hived them, which waB at about 3 o’clock. When 
we went in the evening at 8 o’clock to carry them 
home, they bad been cleaning out the hive, and 
the heavy ladened workers were comiDg in from 
all directions. This, to me, remarkable swarm, is 
standing within ten feet of its two parents. They 
have done well, having been just four days and a 
half on the present stand. 
I would like to have the opinion of experienced 
apiarians on this bee frolic. Is it common? 
Mt. Lebanon, Penn., 18(50. J. Heron Foster, Jr, 
HOW TO DESTROY CANADA THISTLES, 
Rural Exhibitions por I860 — We give below a lut 
of National and State Shows and Fairs for tbe present 
season, and also of the New York County, Union, and 
Town Fairs, so far as ascertained. A more complete list 
will be given in a future number : 
NATIONAL FAIRS. 
United Stales, Cincinnati ..Sept. 12—20 
Horse Exhibition, Springfield. Maas.Sept. 4—7 
Horae Show, Kalamazoo. Mich . _Sept. 11 14 
International Horse Fair, Buffalo, N. Y,. Aug 28—31. 
STATE FAIRS. 
Alabama, Montgomery...Oct. 20—Nor. 2 
Sept 19—28 
Oct. 23-26 
eeka 
Sept 10—15 
Ocl 15-20 
Oct, 2-5 
Se,,t 18-22 
Sept. 4—7 
Sept 26, 26 
Oct. 30— Not. 3 
THE AMERICAN CORN HUSKER. 
[johnston’s patent.] 
THE N. Y. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorkep.: —As this plant has 
become one of the pests of the farmer in must 
parts of the older settlements of our country, 
and as it is constantly encroaching upon the new 
sections of the same, I wish to give to your 
readerB a remedy by which all tbe tillers of the 
soil may profit, and by which this pest maybe 
kept out of all new settlements, as well as eradi¬ 
cated from the old. 
This can be done only by dint of close watch¬ 
ing and manual labor. It will not do to adopt 
the theory of the correspondent of the Rural, 
from PrattBburgh, N. Y.,—that it Is a scourge, 
and we must sit down, like the Btoics of olden 
time, and wait for God to remove the curse in 
his own good time, for my experience in the 
matter has satisfied me, and will satisfy all who 
try my prescription, that, as Sam Patch used to 
say, “Some things can be done as well as others.” 
There is not any “hocus poena” operation 
necessary, neither is there any great outlay re¬ 
quired for implements. It only requires patience 
and perseverance, with a determined resolution 
to conquer, and then one season will suffice to 
effectually extirpate all the Canada Thistles which 
may be subjected to the ordeal of my plan. < 
If any one of your readers has a “patch” of 
the pest, let him begin in the spring, as soon as 
the topH are fairly out of the ground, and if in a 
field you wish to cultivate, give them & good, 
deep plowing, then keep your eye upon them; 
and as soon as they are nicely up—say two or 
three inches high—go at them with a hoe, and be 
sure to cut off every top which is to be seen. 
Cut them well below tbe surface. Follow up this 
course, and cut them down as often as they thus 
show themselves, and you will destroy them. 
You need not look in the Almanac to find 
"where the sign is ,” or pay any attention to the 
“ moon ,” as to where she is, or what her age may 
be. But remember your thistles aro in the earth. 
Their roots are in its soil, and its top must and 
does draw a part of its nutriment from the atmo¬ 
sphere; and by cutting off the top, yon deprive 
it of this nutriment, and as a consequence, the 
thistles starve and die. 
I have had some experience in this matter, and 
I am fully BatiBlied that one summer’s attention 
to a “ patch of thistles ” will nse them op, be it 
wet and cold, or warm and dry, sign or no sign, 
moon or no moon, even though they have as many 
lives as Bsnyan’s “Giant Despair,” who is said 
to have had as “ many lives as a cat .” Try it and 
see, and report progress, James M. Wescott. 
Dundee, N. Y. t I860. 
In view of the great importance of the Agri¬ 
cultural interest of the State, and of the Society 
which was instituted to foster and advance that 
interest, may it not be well to examine the present 
position of the Society, and see if its Usefulness 
cannot be extended? Up to the present time the 
State Society has been conducted upon the prin¬ 
ciple of self-supporting, for the small sum annu¬ 
ally granted by the State has done but little 
toward paying even the current expenses of the 
officers, who are necessarily employed during the 
year. Beyond the Secretary and his assistant at 
Albany, all tbe other officers pay their own 
expanses, and the premiums and expenses of the 
Annual Fairs arc paid by the loealites, or by the 
admission fees there collected. 
In order to obtain a respectable sura for premi¬ 
ums, the locality where the Fair Is held is required 
to provide suitable grounds properly fenced, and 
to make all the erections of stalls, buildings, and 
whatever else may be necessary to a complete 
show. In the earlier stages of the Society, before 
its exhibitions hud assumed the magnitude which 
they have now reached, it was no very serious 
tux, and the money was amply repaid in the largo 
expenditure of exhibitors and visitors while it 
continued. But latterly the exigencies of the 
Society have become so great by reason of its 
vastly increasing proportions, that to furnish it 
with the necessary accommodations is a serious 
tax upon the locality, bo much so that It is doubt¬ 
ful if the means can be obtained from any town to 
warrant another exhibition after this year. From 
the very necessity of the case the fiocicty has 
been compelled to hold its Fairs only in those 
sections of the State where the population was 
numerous, and where large towns were willing to 
incur the expense. Hence, very many sections, 
where great good would result from holding an 
Annual Fair, have been passed over, simply 
because the Society could not meet its engage¬ 
ments with the money which the people might 
contribute. 
The time has now arrived when either the 
Society, for a scries of years, must intermit its 
Annual Fairs, aud curtail its operations so that 
the sum of $700, now contributed by the State, 
will pay all its expenses, or a new system must be 
devised. There is probably not a single farmer 
in the State who would consent, for a moment, to 
have the incaus of Usefulness of the Society cur¬ 
tailed in the smallest degree. On the contrary, 
he would be willing to tax himself to have them 
increased. 
There seems to be but one way left whereby the 
Society can be properly sustained, and its power 
for usefulness increased. We must have an 
annual appropriation from the State equal to the 
sum required for the premium list, 60 that the 
Society will be independent of all localities, 
beyond demanding of them simply the grounds 
properly fenced, and necessary forage, which will 
require a sum so small that it will be in the power 
of almost any town to have the State Fair held iu 
its vicinity. The admission fees would pay the 
current expenses of the Society, if prudently 
managed, and by requiring the proper vouchers 
that the sum appropriated by the State had been 
paid in premiums, it would compel economy in 
the management of the Society. The sum re¬ 
quired need not be large: six thousand dollars 
would be ample. 
At another time I propose to examine into the 
great benefits which the Society has been the 
means of bestowing upon all the material inter¬ 
ests of the State. In the meantime it is desirable 
to obtain an expression of public opinion on the 
subject, and I would suggest that every County 
Society and local Club that fuvor9 the proposi¬ 
tion, pass the necessary resolutions and have 
them ready to forward to their representatives in 
the Legislature next winter. T. C. Peters. 
Darien, N. Y., July, 1S60. 
Georgia. fCo’ton Planters,) Macon City. Dec. 3—3 
I >Knou, J»ck»onvil!e_ 
Indiana. Indiati&pulis.. 
Iowa, Iowa City..... 
Kentucky, Bowling Green..... 
Kentucky, Centra), Danville. 
Maine, Portland ... 
Maryland........... 
Michigan, Detroit. _... 
Mmtie-o’a, Fort Soelling... 
Missouri, 8t. Louis ...__ 
Mississippi, Holly Springs_ 
Nebraska, Omaha___ 
New Hampshire, Manchester. 
New Jersey, Elizabeth... 
New York, Elmira..... 
Ohio, Dayton ___......._ 
Oregon__ 
Pennsylvania, Wyoming_ 
Pomologleal Society, Philadelphia.. 
>t» Louie Ag and Mech'l Ass., St Louis..Sept 
South Carolina, Columbia....Nor. 
Tennessee, Nashville_Oct. 
Tennessee. Middle Division, Fraokliti_Sept 
Vermont, Burlington _ . Sept 
Virginia, Central, Richmond___Oct. 
FIGURB 1. 
The American Hand Corn Dusker, represent¬ 
ed above, is apparently a very simple and useful 
Implement It promises to supply, at a cheap 
rate, a long-sought desideratum among farmers— 
something to facilitate the husking of corn, and 
save the hands and fingers. We say thus much 
from an examination of the instrument and the 
inventor’s personal explanation of its operation 
and advantages, without having ourselves had an 
opportunity of testing it practically. As the sea¬ 
son for husking is approaching, now is the time 
to examine improvements designed to facilitate 
and lessen the labor of the operation. One of 
Johnston’s Iluskcrs has been left at onr office 
for the examination of farmers. The manu¬ 
facturer has furnished us the following detailed 
account of the practical operation and compara¬ 
tive advantages of this Hnskcr: 
It is nearly human in its operation, and becomes, in 
Hs use, almost a part of the hand, aiai yet will aid and 
protect it. It haa been thoroughly tested and highly 
commended by more than onr thousandpractical farmers. 
There are some simple facts about husking or shuck¬ 
ing corn, ho well known that every one will admit their 
truth and force. Although husking frolics are quit* 
common, the fun does not consist In husking, particu¬ 
larly after a few hours’ or days' work at it. It iB a hand 
labor that cannot be materially aided by machinery, be¬ 
cause each ear must be handled and husked separately. 
Skill and rapidity in hunkiug is only attained by quick 
motions and a peculiar sleight-of-haud It is rough, 
hard work for the hands and fingers. It always cornea 
at a cold and inclement season of tbe year, aud cannot 
generally be performed with gloves or mittens. 
Machines now in use for husking corn, do not operate 
well, cannot facilitate the work, as they require all the 
corn to be picked and brought to them, and are expen¬ 
sive and complicated, and require skill to use them. 
Tbe work is performed by them very imperfectly, the 
corn Is wasted, and the husks, silks, and fibres, aro only 
iu part removed But tho new American Corn Ilusker 
obviates all of thexe objections. Its advantages may be 
enumerated as follows: 
1— In the use of it the corn is only bandied snee, and 
less than when husked by hand, as only two motions are 
necessary, and tbe husks stripped only on one side. 
2— It can bo used as well with mittenn or gloves, aa 
without. 
3— The corn does not have to be picked and brought 
to it. 
4— It ia always in your hand, and can be used with the 
same facility in husking corn standing on the hill, or in 
the stook, or after it has been picked. 
6— It ia not any hindrance to the use of the fingers 
by which it is held—it is so light and compact. 
0—By two quick motions the corn is husked, so that 
one can husk much more with it than he cau without it. 
7— The corn ia perfectly husked, and not a silk, or 
husk, or fiber is left. 
8— The Unger part of tbe Dusker operates like the 
human fingers in opening the husks, stripping them oil, 
and severing the ear. 
9— The ear ia separated from the husks, most of which 
are left on the stalk. 
10— By means of the diamoud-pointed knife, and the 
leverage obtained between the crossbar, fingers aud 
knife, the ear is very quickly and easily separated from 
the stalk, 
11— It affords a perfect protection to the hand and 
fingers. 
12— The simplicity and price, only one dollar , will re¬ 
commend it to every farmer. 
Wisconsin, Madison 
COUNTY FAIR3.—NEW YORK. 
Albany, Albany.. Sep 
Chenango, Norwich_Sep 
Delaware. Hobart_..Sep 
Essex. Elizabethtown. Sep 
Oenesee, Batavia_ ..Sep 
Jefferson, Watertown_ Sep 
Lewis, Turin ..._ ,8ep 
Livingston, Goneseo.. ..Hep 
Monroe, Rochester_ .Sep 
Oneida, Uiica_ _ Sep 
Ontario, Canandaigua.. Sep 
Otsego. Coopcratown_ ....Sep 
l’utnam, Brewster*.Sep 
Saratoga, Saratoga Springs....Sep 
Seneca. Waterloo..........Sep 
Tioga, Owegn. _Sep 
Tompkins. Ithaca . ..Sep 
Westoheater, Mt. Kisco.. Sep 
Wyoming. WaTsaw_._ Sep 
Broome, l.'sle Village ..Sep 
Cattaraugus, Little Valley__Sep 
Chantuni|oa, Jamestown. Sep 
Clinton, Plattsburgh.._8ep 
Cortland, Virgil . .Sep 
Herkimer. Little Falls__ Sep 
Madison, Brookfield ..Seji 
Oswego, Mexico_ Sep 
Onondaga. Syracuse.. ....Sep 
Queens, Jamaica__ Hep 
Rensselaer, lAoalugburgh_ ..Sep 
St. Lawrence. Canton. Sep 
Outer, Kingston 
W'ayne, Clyde ... 
XKW TORE TOW* AND UNION Vi IRS. 
Afton, Afton.Sept. 12, IS 
Gana&eraga, Dansvllle.. Sept. 19. 20 
China, Arcade__..Sept. 13, 14 
Columbus, Columbus____Oot 2—4 
Kllisburg. Adame, &c., Belleville_Hept. 13, 14 
Genesee Talley, Nunda...Sept 13— U 
Oxford, Oxford . --- .Oct. 2—4 
Ridgewnr, Ac., Medina... Sept. 12—14 
Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls__..Hept. 18—2f 
Sherborne, Sherburne_ Sept. 26—2? 
So. Cayuga, Sherwood’s Comers.Sept, 11 12 
Susquehanna Valley. Unadilla ..Sept, 26, 26 
Tonawanda Valley, Attic*...Hept, 26, 2T 
Union, Brnckport ...__.-Oct 2.3 
Wayns, Palmyra ,....Oct 2—4 
WHAT AILED THE HORSE? 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — I lost a horse 
recently, and the circumstances connected with it 
are so interesting that I wish to lay them Before 
the public. The horse was sick about two 
months,—was first taken with a loss of appetite, 
and a stiffness that led me to suppose he was 
foundered. 1 gave him some medicine, and his 
appetite returned, and he seemed to be in a fair 
way to recover. I went to the stable one morn¬ 
ing, found him tamo in one foot, and he appeared 
to move shout with difficulty. Turned him out, 
and he continued to get worse until he died. 
His limbs swelled very much, and broke in several 
places, discharging bloody, frothy matter. He was 
very restless all the time be was sick, and suffered 
much,— some days would groan nearly all day, the 
pain was so severe. His appetite was good all the 
time until the night before he died. He was able 
to get up at any time, but could not stand. After 
the discharge of bloody froth, the limb would 
become useless below the opening. 
I have been thus particular in the description, 
in the hope that some one of your numerous cor¬ 
respondents might be able to throw some light 
upon the subject, that I may know what ailed the 
animal. I believe it was “Hungarian grass,” or 
rather, “Hungarian hay.” There ia a great com¬ 
plaint against it here, and I do not know any one 
who thinks it good for horses. I am satisfied 
that H is not, and in fact, I do not know that it ia 
good for anything unless it is to make oil. I 
understand that oil ia manufactured from the 
seed, but as to the utility of the oil I cannot say. 
I hope Borne of your correspondents will give 
their experience with this grass. 
Monmouth, Warren Co., Ill., 1860. W. L. Hotter. 
Camden, Camden 
Gouveruenr. Gouverneur . - 
Vienna, North Bay......- 
Far. and Mecb, Ass. Canaeteta 
Arb tub Wool Ghowkkb at Fault?—A few days ag* 
we were accosted by a wool buyer, in the street, sub¬ 
stantially thus—“Wby don’t you biote up the farmers 
about the ridiculous manner in which they put up their 
wool. They take no pains to have the fleeces clean and 
nice, and put in *11 the dirt posgible. In fact," he added, 
“ I don’t believe there la an honest farmer in the State!” 
To this salutation, we simply replied that we had, until 
this season, annually enjoined farmers to taka pains iu 
preparing their wool for market, but finding that dealers 
made, no discrimination in favor of those who weie par¬ 
ticular, but by their course actually paid a premium for 
caTtleuntss, if not dishonesty, we had offered no advice 
on the subject. To the sweeping charge of dishonesty, 
we retorted that the purchasers were mainly at fault— 
Tor, inasmuch as they would not discriminate, wool 
growers could not he expected to take special pains for 
their exclusive benefit. This “ Ilea in the ear” of our 
interlocutor brought him to his sem-es, and he admitted 
that we were right—that some of his agents had really 
paid as much for poor, dirty lots of wool, as for good, 
clean ones! Meeting another dealer, soon after, we in¬ 
quired of him ou the subject, and he averred, unhesita¬ 
tingly, that our position was correct—adding that the 
rivalry among buyers, and their anxiety to purchase,was 
such that proper discrimination was rarely made, and of 
course farmers had no inducement to be careful or pains¬ 
taking. Hence we infer that the dishonesty is mainly 
attributable to purchasers, rather than producers, and 
hope the former will be fleeced until they adopt the 
practice of pacing, as they should, a good price for a 
nice, clean article, and leas for that which is foul or 
inferior, “ Reform it altogether," gentlemen. 
THE WHEAT CROP-HESSIAN FLY. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— The wheat crop 
of this county is now being harvested. It has 
almost entirely escaped the ravages of the midge, 
and will doubtless exceed tbe crop of the last 
year. But another enemy has made its appear¬ 
ance, cutting off the straw at the first joint-like 
the Hessian fly; yet I think its form is more like 
the joint worm of Virginia, exhibited in the 
Patent Office Report of 1854. Inclosed are a few 
straws containing samples of the “ critter.” 
Flease give us such light upon the subject, 
through the columns of the Rural, as yon in 
your wisdom can bestow, with such suggestions 
in regard to the time of sowing as will lead farm¬ 
ers to guard against its ravages. J. W. Collins. 
Sodus, Wayne Co,, N Y., July 17, I860. 
Remarks.— The larva, or worm, received with 
the above, and described ns destroying the wheat 
at joints of the Btem, is the larva of the Hessian 
fly, ( Crcidomyia destructor,) and not- that of the 
Joint Worm, fEurytoma hordei,) as given in the 
Patent Office Report of 1364. The larvas sent by 
Mr. Collins have been compared with the figures 
of these larva: in that Report. It is to be hoped 
the Hessian Fly is not beginning its devastations 
again. Late sowing is generally resorted to as 
the best preventive of the Hessian Fly, but that, 
in this region, would not do on account of the 
midge, which is by far the most to be feared. 
A New Enemy to the Potato,— Under date of Holley, 
Orleans Co., July 30, Mr. Nelson Hatch writes: — 
“ Within a week or ten days past, whole pieces of pota¬ 
toes have been almost completely destroyed by the 
ravages of a small, greenish-white louse, which appears 
iu such numbers us to completely cover some hill*. 
Already many hills are dead, aud judging from the looks 
of the vines of one piece of half an acre of mine, are 
ready to dig, but which should not be ripe until 1st Oct. 
Of course this will seriously affect the yield. I hear of 
mauy pieces iu this vicinity as bad os mine. None that 
I have examined are entirely exempt, and all are liable 
to damage. I should like to hear from Brother Kuralists, 
as they may have had experience a* to their depreda¬ 
tions, and be able to name a remedy." 
— We have not observed the insect described by our 
correspondent on the potatoes in this section, but du¬ 
ring the past ten days we have noticed a decided change, 
for which we can assign no good cause. The haulms are 
turning yellow, as if ripening prematurely, while the 
lower leaves are dying. Was the weather very dry, we 
cVi mi 16 not tin niirni-ined at this, but the eround is well 
Facts About Bees. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I wish you to 
allow me enough space in your valuable paper to 
speak to bee-keepers. Being at tbe nursery of 
Messrs. Backstacb & Ammon, I witnessed tho 
following:—June 24th, we discovered, about 8 
o'clock in the evening, that a large second swarm, 
of about twenty thousand bees, had issued from 
hive No. 1, and clustered on the body of a 6mall 
peach tree, about two feet from the ground. 
There were probably about ten thousand bees 
left in the parent hive. This swarm was immedi¬ 
ately hived in a common box, none of the Lang- 
stroth hives being on hand. 
June 25tb, hive No. 2, similar to No. 1 in all 
respects perceptible, threw off a second swarm, 
which was hived in a common box, having about 
twenty thousand bees, and leaving about ten 
thousand in the old hive, No. 2. 
In the afternoon, about 3 o'clock, Mr. Ammon 
thought he had better return swarm No. 2 to its 
parent stock; and he proceeded to do so by 
shaking the bees out on a 6hoet, about thiee feet 
from the parent hive; then catching the queen, 
which was large, and putting her in a tumbler, 
he removed her from the presence of the bees. 
In the course of half an hour or less, the bees 
had returned to the parent hive, and all was going 
on nicely. 
As Mr. A. had been so successful with this 
swarm, he concluded to return swarm No. 1 to 
its parent stock, although it had swarmed twenty- 
four hours before, and had several pieces of comb 
[ commenced. He proceeded as before, having 
trol of these busy workers. Those who will read, 
can know as much of their habits and the man¬ 
agement necessary to secure success, as of any 
domestic animal kept by the farmer. — School 
Visitor. 
FIGURE 2. 
OrsRATios. —Any one vrill at once be expert in the 
use of this Husker. The ear should be seized by the 
left hand, near the middle, and in precisely the same 
way as if it was to be husked by the band. The Husker 
is held in the right hand, with the knife side up, in the 
same way that Sheep Shears are held. The husks are 
seized near the top of tho ear with the fingers of the 
Ilusker, and are stripped off by a quick motion. This is 
represented in the above illustration (figure 2.) 
Agricultural illisceUang 
Thh Season and Crops.— The weather has been con¬ 
sistent for a whole month—raining or pouring so often 
(about every other day,) that we began to fear for the 
crops, and think, as the man did concerning hydropathy 
for invalids—that it had killed more than it cured, from 
Noah’s time to the present Even as we write, this last 
day of July, (A. M,,) a heavy shower is flooding our 
streets,—but we presume the sun will shine brightly an 
hour hence, and all Nature appear ns brilliaut as ever, 
(in accordance with the programme of last thirty days.) 
More rain has fallen during the month than in any July 
for many years, and yet little damage has beeD caused. 
The wheat cr*p has generally been secured in good 
order, and we hear no complaint in regard to either yield 
or quality. The appearance and prospects of other crops 
continue promising, not only in this region, but distant 
sections and States from which we have advices. 
Infant Corn 
■If any of the readers of your 
valuable Rural wish to see a very beautiful and 
curious exhibition of Nature in her works, let 
them carefully strip off the husks from a young 
ear of corn, from one to three inches in length, 
and observe how each kernel is connected and 
attached to an umbilical cord of silk. As the ear 
increases in size, this umbilical cord is severed 
from the kernel, when it is no longer necessary to 
the development of the germ, its germination and 
infant growth. The fact that each kernel of corn 
is connected with an umbilical silken cord, is not 
generally known, and now is the time to examine. 
It will well repay for the little trouble, as it is not 
only curious, hut a very wonderful process of 
Nature’s handiwork.— h. u. s. 
Read the Advertisements —As the season is at band 
when those who have wares for Farmers, Horticulturist*, 
Ac., will make known the fact through tbe 1U *al, we 
advise all in want of implements and machinery, seed* 
and fertilizers, fruit trees. shrub*, plants, Ac., Ac, tonete 
the announcement* of dealers, from week to week, >“ 
our advertising department. Dealer* haviug good arti¬ 
cles which they wish to sell, are shrewd enough to let 
Rural readers know the fact,—but if they expect an , 
immediate hearing, on receipt of their favors, we hope J 
they won’t all speak at once. 
--- < 
Nkw Potato Digger.—A mong the patents issued last 
week, was one for an Improvement in Potato Diggers, 
invented by Daniel Dr Garmo. of this city- We puf ^ 
pose giving a cut and description of the machina iu;’ ^ 
FIGURE 3. 
Now you can see where the ear should be cut off,—and 
as the diamond-pointed knife enters the stalk, the ear is 
severed by means thereof and the leverage obtained be¬ 
tween the cross-bar, the knife, and the forward ends of the 
fingers. Whatever husks were not stripped down by the 
first motion, now readily separate from the ear. This is 
represented by the above engraving,—figure 3. This new 
Husker is manufactured by R. L. Howard, Buffalo. N, Y. 
A Good Grain Drill. —We would refer all who have 
recently inquired of us for a good drill, and other readers 
interested, to the announcement of Messrs. Bickford A 
Huffman in our Special Notice column. Their drill, 
with its attachments for sowing grass seed, fertilizers, 
etc., is very complete and perfect — probably the best 
machine of the kind obtainable. 
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