I WHOLE HO. 565, 
is no drawback upon preferment, and 
that politicians even consider the fact 
that a man is engaged in tilling the 
Boilaaonc which they can hold up prom¬ 
inently before the people with hopes 
of advantage to their candidate aud 
their party. Hence they are willing to 
pay a good price to have the fact stated 
in an Agricultural Journal, even as an 
advertisement, as may be seen by the 
Rukal of List. week. The motive for 
this may not be very patriotic, bnt it S jf j 
shows that politicians now consider wk~~A 
farmers of some consequence in the po- l&jg/ 
Utical world. 
Auotlier Impoitant sign of the times plggsjS 
is the establishment of Courses of Ag- iHpjWf 
ricultural and Horticultural Lectures. 
That at Yale College last winter was so t&fS hEWsI 
successful that it is to be repeated, with 
such improvements as have been Bug- 
gested by past experience. Many prom- -_3 
inent Agriculturists and Horticultur¬ 
ists have been consulted on the sub¬ 
ject, and It ia the design of the 
institution to famish Lecturers with 
such means ns may be necessary for the prep¬ 
aration of diagrams and other illustrations to 
make the subjects plain and instructive. Wc 
learn also that arrangements are making for a 
somewhat similar course at Portland, Maine, the 
present winter. It would seem from these aud 
other facts which have come to our knowledge, 
that Agricultural and Horticultural Lecturers 
will soon be in good demand. 
The world is moving, knowledge is increasing; 
show and glitter cannot stand before real worth. 
If farmers are true to themselves they will soon 
take their true position in the moral, scientific, 
and political world. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AS ORIGt.VAL WKKKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
With an Ablo Corps of Assistants and Contributors. 
Tub Rural NKW-YORKKRindesIttuedtobn nmrorrmflBed 
in Value, Purity, UssfalueM ami Variety of Contents, and 
unique amt beautiful in Appearance. Its Conductor de¬ 
votes bis personal attention to the supervision of its 
various department?, end earnestly labors to render the 
Roiiai. an eminently Reliable Guido on all the Important 
Practical, Scientific and other Subjects intimately con¬ 
nected with the business of thoso whose interests it 
zealously advocates. As a Family Journal it is emi¬ 
nently Instructive and Entertaining — being so conducted 
that it can be safely taken to the Hearts and Homes of 
people of intelligence, taste ami discrimination. It em¬ 
braces more Agricultural, Horticultural, Scientific, Edu¬ 
cational, Literary anti News Matter, interspersed with 
appropriate and beautiful Engruvings, than any other 
journal,—rendering It the most complete Aokioulti.ua I., 
LitsKaRV and Kamji.t NUWBl'APKB in America. 
WsJWV y N*.K\xssjk s (• 
HARRIS' STUMP KLKYATOR, IN OUICI4ATION 
low the settler in all regions where forests abound. 
Of the stump machines beforo the public we 
have heretofore commended several—including 
those of Willis, of Mass., and Halt-, of Owego, 
N. Y.,—and now toko pleasure in calling the 
attention of all Interested to that of 0. D. Harris, 
of Fitchburg, Mass. The inventor claims that 
thU Extractor Is superior to others in several 
respects, and challenges the world to produce a 
machine which equals It in the three great requi¬ 
sites of power, speed, and portability. Mr. H.’s 
advertisement, in this paper, embraces particulars 
as to price, and other information. 
cbinery which performs this important branch 
of farm improvement with great expedition, and 
at a comparatively small expeusc. Various stump 
machines have been introduced and used advan¬ 
tageously, and we trust they will rapidly increase 
In numbers, speed, power, and cheapness of ope¬ 
ration, until the farms of the whole country shall 
be free from the unsightly and unprofitable ob¬ 
structions now so common, even in Hootkma 
which have, been cleared and cultivated a score 
of years. Like the honey bee, the stump machine 
should be recognized us a pioneor of civilisation 
and cultivation, and accompany or speedily fol- 
Amonq the first “improvements” of the settler 
upon new timbered land, whether in old sections 
or recently organized States or Territories, is tho 
“clearing,” (tho removal of trees, grubs, brush, 
etc.,) and then cornea the “tug of war” — the 
extraction of stumps to render the surface and 
soil easily cultivated. In many localities, how¬ 
ever, It has been customary to allow the stumps 
to remain unmolested for years, to the great 
Inconvenience, not to say loiza of the cultivator— 
the labor and expens.) ;-f their destruction or 
removal being considered tou great to pay. Bat 
of late years inventive genius has supplied ma- 
AGRICULTURISTS APPRECIATED. 
rarely attended by lameness. Blistering is an ef- ter two weeks more the amount of milk ia reduced 
fectual, but too often temporary remedy. Firing to one-fonrth and the quantity of meal increased, 
ia thought to be more certain, but thlB measure is When the calf is two jpontbs^or ten weeks old it 
so severe, he would not call it into requisition nn- is fed only on mealrtlhf such skimmed milk, sour 
less the tumors are sufficiently large and nnmer- milk, or buttermilk as may be to Bparo. ThU is 
Iodine and mercurial tho mode pursued where milk is an object of im- 
heaps. Humus, under tho form of peat, muck, 
etc., contains organic acids which readily com- 
com- 
INQUIRIES AND NOTES. 
bine with ammonia, forming involatile 
pounds. 
Gypsum is valuable as an absorbent of ammo¬ 
nia. Its action is chemical. 
Sulphate of iron (copperas) acta in a manner 
similar to gypsum. It giveB up its sulphuric acid 
to the ammonia, forming an involatlle sulphate of 
ammonia, while the iron becomes first a carbo¬ 
nate, then an oxide. Tho copperas must be ap¬ 
plied in solution. One pound to four gallons of 
Water is sufficient It may be sprinkled over the 
tho different portions of manure as they are 
thrown up. 
Acids .—Sulphuric and muriatic acids both have 
a strong affinity for ammonia. If either of them 
be diluted with twenty parts of water, and 
sprinkled over a fermenting manure heap, the 
escape of ammona will be at once arrested in 
every part of the mass to which the acid liquid 
has access. 
Caution .—Avoid the use of caustic lime with 
all manures containing ammonia. It will expel 
| ammonia from any and all of its compounds. 
Sulphate of lime, on the other hand, ia beneficial; 
carbonate of lime has no effect, while caustic 
lime ia ruinous when mingled with ammoniferous 
fertilizers. 
Fcrnicniuiion In Manure (leaps- 
As winter is coming on, and the period of the year 
at hand when fanners begin to house their stock, I would 
like to ask some questions as to the best mode of pre¬ 
serving the enriching properties of manure intact. It 
is well known that when mantire is piled up, It heats— 
burns—that it» most valuable elements are dispelled— 
and I would like to know of any application which can be 
used as a preventive. To prevent this loss, would it not 
be a good plan to draw out and spread upon such field# 
as are Intended for enrichment, just as twt as it accumu¬ 
lates? I Intend to try the experiment, but would b« 
plermed to bear your views, aud those or your correspon¬ 
dents.—J. A. C., Marcellas , Onon. Co., N. Y , 1800. 
Tub process usually termed fermentation in 
organic manures is, actually, a species of com¬ 
bustion, hence the burning mentioned by our 
correspondent. To this result, three conditions, 
or circumstances, are necessary. First, a temper¬ 
ature of at least forty-five degrees; second, a goodly 
amount of moisture; third, a constant and full 
supply of air. Where this combination exists, the 
rapidity with which the combustion progresses 
depends upon the accumulation and retention of 
the heat developed. Spreading the manure will 
dissipate the heat,—if the weather should prove 
ous to Justify sueh course, 
ointments, in tho proportion of three parts of the 
former to two of the latter, have been used with 
advantage. 
The treatment recommended by Mr. Bpoonrhis 
either tho application of the firing-iron, or the 
repealed rubbing in of the ointment of Iodine 
and mercury. A seton over the diseased part has 
frequently restored it to a healthy condition. Mr. 
S. thinks It seldom productive of lameness, bat 
says that a weakness and stiffness of the joint Is 
often the consequence. 
Dr. Dadd considers thoroaghpin a Bad blemish 
although it seldom occasions lameness, and recom¬ 
mend acupuneturation and pressare. 
SORGHUM AND FAIRS, 
1’oiatocs for Heed. 
Wit. i, potatoes of last year’s growth answer for seed 
tho coming season? But a few day# ago this community 
supposed that this year's crop of potatoes would be an 
unusually largo one, whereas now it is found that they 
are no badly directed with the “ rot," that it is thought 
enough cannot be saved for even another season’s need. 
As many of bust year’s crop still remaiu, the query arisen 
—can they be saved and used for seed? if so, bow should 
they be treated? Will not the continual sprouting of 
the tubors tend to waste their vitality; and, on this ac¬ 
count, should they not be bo far wilted or dried as to 
prevent tt?-J. M. B., Dig Malts, N. Y„ 1M. 
Wk fear the potatoes of last season's growth 
have already become so weakened by “ sprouting ” 
that it would not be worth while to attempt to 
save them for seed. Potatoes are rotting badly in 
most sections, yet on light land we have seen good 
crops very little affected with the rot. The price 
hereisquitelow.as many growers are afraid to keep 
their crop over winter, and are forcing them upon 
the market. Yet, those who have potatoes in the 
keeping qsslitles of whioh they have confidence 
are holding on for better prices. They will doubt¬ 
less be higher in the spring, and yet, with such an 
abundant crop of grain of every kind we do not 
tbink they will reach a very high rate. You will 
be able to procure, we think, good, sound pota¬ 
toes here in the spring for planting at a fair price. 
Ena. Rural Nkw-Yobkbr:— It may be owing 
to deficient reading, but really, 1 bavo scarcely 
heurd of Sorghum this side of Iowa. If four 
years have proved sufficient to send It beyond tho 
Mississippi, a like additional period of time may 
pitch it into the Pacific. So mote it be. 
For tho benefit of younger readers, it may be 
well to state that the cereal in question,—generally 
known os Chinese Sugar Cane,—was sought to be 
introduced into this country and latitude a few 
years ago, with a view to the production of sugar 
for domestic use; and that zealous men enter¬ 
tained the idea with decided favor because they 
could therewith not only provide for a necessary 
want in life, bat, as they thought, could also use 
it effectively to weaken and perhaps destroy a 
system Of labor peculiar to nearly half of the 
country, They accordingly rushed into the cul¬ 
tivation of Sorghnm iu good earnest,—and for a 
time tried to make themselves believe they were 
succeeding. They published experiments,—por¬ 
trayed cane crushers aud syrup evaporators, and 
heralded results with great gusto—even going so 
far as to fix day and date when “ full panicles of 
bright seed burst the upper joint” of the wonder¬ 
ful stalks. Gradually, however, the notes of suc¬ 
cess grew less,—one after another retired behind 
the scenes with “a lloa in his ear,” and we now 
hear scarcely anything of it. I venture that its 
early and enthusiastic defenders in the Rural 
feel no more kindly to the writer now than when 
he first told them it was a humbug; but as they 
are getting short of encouraging facts and expe¬ 
rience, they at best can do nothing more than to 
lie back and growl. I commend their discretion. 
The History of Sorghum would seem to support 
two positions: 
First, That different portions of the earth have 
productions in some measure peculiar to each, 
aud that efforts by men to translate such to the 
Thoroughpin. 
As the columns of the Rural are open to give all 
the information you can to your inquisitive readers, I 
would like to make some inquiries about Thoroughpln. 
What is its cause? Does it produce lameness, or stiff¬ 
ness?—and, If curable, what is the remedy and treatment? 
Any information will be thankfully received by—A Scil- 
8CKIBBR, Ithaca, N. Y., 1860. 
Thoroughpin iB an extravasation of the syno¬ 
vial fluid, similar to that of a Bpavin, and the 
formation of a sac, running between the bones of 
the hock joint,—not from the front backward, but 
across the joiut, from side to side. Its presence 
can be easily detected by manipulation, as the 
fluid can be felt ebb and flow under pressure. 
Herreht, in his Hints to Horse-Keepers, pro¬ 
nounces it Incurable. 
In the Horse and his Diseases, recently published 
by Robkht Jknnings, V. S., blood spavin, bog 
sible for dAiry purposes, I am induced to ask the Rural 
ior the best mode* of accomplishing the object in view. 
Any information will be thankfully received by—S tuiuien 
Hart, Nashville, Tenn., I860. 
Witu a largo proportion of our best breeders it 
is customary to remove the calf after the second 
day. If the cow gives a reasonable quantity of 
milk, the calf gets one-half of it for a couple of 
weekB. After this time a small portion of meal 
is given,— oatmeal is in the best repute,—and af- 
IRVING, N Y 
