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MOORE’S RBRJlL KEW-YORKER. 
forty cows can be kept on fifty acres, instead or 
fifteen upon one hundred, four times the amount 
of manure can be produced; for, 1st, wc huve 
double the number of cows and, 2d, wo have the 
manure of both summer and winter. Being anx¬ 
ious to put the system in operation, T would like 
to be farther enlightened. I was much interested 
in an editorial, in your issue of August IStb, en- 
insteadof where the latter was used the hay crop was much through, and turn out a pair of rollers for each household cares, can find time to work up quilts qk firtnilfltml <^Ttixrrl I mtll 
' " ‘ . .. and earliest matured. end of the carrier, turning the shaft part down to of such elaborate pattern and curious workman- /IvyiUUUUllU ^turutuuuu. 
the heaviest and earliest matured. 
Where I lived, in the backwoods, years ago, it 
was a common custom to sow unleached ashes on 
the pea fields, two weeks or so after the peas 
were up. Mixed with salt, in the proportion of 
ten to one, they form an excellent top dressing 
for wheat in spring, rendering the straw- more 
end of the carrier, turning the shaft part down to of such elaborate pattern and curious workman- 
three-fourths of an inch, leaving the rollers about Bbip, a single one composed of ten thousand 
2J inches, with n light flange on the outside of pieces wrought iDto every form of beauty, esn 
111 till nmtuiiui, WlII •* "n ' _ , . r i r ___• 
titled “Boiling of Stock,” In which you spoke of flinty, and forwarding the period of blossoming. 
C . ..t. . . ...I A 1 1 1 T TV l , t Cl . 
a “valuable little work by Josiau Quincy, Jr.,” A mixture of ashes and plaster applied to peta- 
and you will confer a favor upon mo by stating toes at the time of planting, acts as one of the 
Where the book can he obtained, and at what best preventives of the rot known, 
price. 1 would solicit the opinions of practical Iu Germany no other manure is uscu for glass 
farmers on this subject, through your pages, and lands. Ashes, in fact, are beneficial in so many 
if I adopt the system, will communicate the re- ways, that he who allows them to go to waste, or 
suits of my experience. Hoping to see, ere long, be thrown into the road, is doing an injury both 
in the Rural, something further on this topic, 1 to himself and the commonwealth, 
remain yours truly, M. Tubmou Lyon. Hamilton, C. W, I860. ^ J *• 
Bruynawick, Ulster Go-, If. Y,, 18(10. * 
Remarks.— Mr. Quincy has prepared a brief FACTS ABOUT FEEDING HORSES. 
treatise on this subject, but our Copy we sent a 
short time since to a friend in search of informa- Friend Moore:— In a recent number of the 
tion, so we cannot now give the name of the pub- Rural, an inquirer &eks if fermented grain will 
Usher. We have before us two brief Essays on fatten hogs, and stut.es that a conversation with 
Soiling, and an Address on the same subject, by Borne savan in a TtaFroad car liftR led to the in- 
Mr. Q., printed together, and making a work of quiry. Having had occasion to use from two 
each; leave a pulley on the out end of one shaft 
about 1} inches over. Take two straps, three- 
fourths of an Inch wide, and long enough to make 
the circuit of the carrier, aud make an open car¬ 
rier like the open carriers used for carrying straw 
on threshing machines, except on a smaller scale. 
Make it with slats, say three-fourths of an inch 
wide, and just fur enough apart to let the Bhelled 
corn fall through. Attach your frame to thesheller 
justlow enough to let corn and cob come from the 
sbeller on to the carrier, having the out end of 
said carrier elevated a little, say a foot- Now, 
drive your carrier by a belt from the crank shaft 
of the shelter, which will need a small pulley 
thereon, and the belt to he run crossed. 
I have tried this imperfectly described thing to 
shell two or three thousand bushels of corn, and 
I can s&y that it iB a great saving of labor. I do 
not believe the cost would exceed one dollar, if 
they could be built by the quantity. The power 
required to run it i« hardly perceptible. I would 
give five dollars more for a sbeller with the at¬ 
tachment, than I would without it lily neighbors 
have seen it. work, and pronounce it. a decided 
improvement Jt docB the work required to per¬ 
fection. Three men can shell, of good corn, one 
hundred and fifty bushels per day, by keeping the 
machine running all the time. With my shelter, 
so rigged, I can shell out my crop of corn cheaper 
than I can do it by horse power. 
Athens, rs., 1860. J. F. Ovknshirb. 
sixty-four paces It is published by John Wn- to four road horses for my own driving for the tachment, than I would without it MyBelgbbors 
son A Bon Boston, and will cost about 50 cents, last twenty-one years, and having fed xny hogs in have seen it work, and pronounce it a decided 
__ the fall from the same grain as the horses for the improvement It docs the work required to per- 
_*** Z~~ZZ7 0 vr-wD last ten years, perhaps this limited experience fection. Three men can shell, of good corn, one 
LAROR-SAVING IN DOORS WOM . l)e of bcn(;fit t0 „ ome 0 f the numerous readers hundred and fifty bushels per day, by keeping the 
What relation does sustain to “ the rest of of your valuable journal. machine rnnning ^1 the 
mankind?”—or, more properly and specifically, My first impressions were that good, clean, so rigged, I can shell out my crop of corn cheaper 
what duties do men owe to women? bright timothy hay, and good oats, were alone than I can doi it by horse power. rb 
Leaving political franchises, and such sort, to fit for roadsters. For two or three years I used Athens, »•» ^_ " ~ 
the guardian angels who have them in charge, I nothing else, when necessity compelled me to fill 
propose to inquire whether Patent Rights are my barn with the red-top grass, and my miud ritU'Cll £Jl)irit Of ll)C ;j,)FCSS. 
impartial?—Whether they “deal justly and love with the beautiful prospect of heaves, crow fod- - 
mercy” in matters of gender ?—Whether Yankee- der, and all that sort of thing. Contiary to all The I’hc of Rswliidc. 
dom, as it travails in pain with the birth of new my high wrought anticipations, however, 1 found William Rhodes, in the Country Gentleman, 
machines, is inspired with a geuerons sentiment my horses went out of the stable, not as full and gB y^ f 6W persons know the value of raw- 
of chivalry and devotion to “the fair?”—Whether, plump in the morning, hut returned much more lt B et<ms almost strange to see them sell 
in unmiatakable English, the inventions and ini- so at night, than when fed on timothy. Ihia a jj 0 f their "deacon” skins for the small sum of 
provements of modem times have cased the toils took the first scale from my eyes. thirty or forty cents. Take a strip of well tanned 
of women as much us the labors of men? Boon after this, having rimed a few hundred rawhide an inch wide, and a horse can hardly 
Reapers, mowers, threshing machines, and horse b UBhels of corn of my own, the query arose as to break it by pulling back—two of them he cannot 
ilural Spirit of tl)c Jprm 
The I'hc of Rawhide. 
William Rhodes, in the Country Gentleman, 
rakes, have reduced the labor of the farmer onc- 
half, in the departments in which they are used, 
white improvements in other tools have, I am 
convinced, reduced the farmer's work ftt least 
one-fourth; if lie is fool enough to increase his 
acres for the sake of avoiding any diminution of 
care and toil, that is his business. Invention has 
offered him au easier time, and ho might take it 
if he would. Rut how is it with tho women? 
Floors aie swept with the same weeds tied to the 
end of a stick, aud by the persistent swing of the 
arms, as wlu n our mothers were young; com¬ 
plaint seems to be chronic, with no hope of a 
change—for my friend Tomlinson, with his eyes 
open, is arranging to cut up fifty thousand feet of 
boards into broom handles. 
Dishes are washed with water and soap, brought 
to the same temperature, by the same kind of 
wood, and wiped with the same linen, (adulterated 
with a little more cotton.) and piled by hand labor 
on the same shelves, covered with a flute mor# 
paint, oa in years gone by. 
I grant we have washing machines, philan- 
thropieally designed to aid in the dirtiest busi¬ 
ness this side of politics, and all for the sake of 
the dear women and the pay for making them,— 
but alas! man, so accustomed to cater for himself, 
made such awkward work when he commenced 
for the women, that tho dear creatures have been 
compelted to put these contrivances out to dry 
with the clothes, and come hack to the old wash- 
hoard, which wears out sooner than the knuckleB 
from wanting vitality to grow whole again during 
the week. I will say-, however, that my wife 
wishes to thank somebody, I think it is Mr. 
Daniels, ot' Otsego, for “aid and comfort” in 
drying her clothes. Certainly, If thero is a time 
When the smallest assistance is gratefally received, 
it is when hungry men are coming in for dinner, 
forgetful that it is washing day, when the put-off 
children are clamorous, and the bedrabblcd 
woman summons the last remains of her strength 
to get the clothes into a position where, Provi¬ 
dence permitting, they may dry without getting 
dirty again. Mr. Daniels’ Clothes Dryer has a 
cord supported by four arms, w ith the additional 
advantage of being lowered to just the right 
height for putting on the clothes, and then it rusy 
be elevated so as to be ont of the way of teams or 
persons passing, and so is adapted to small yards, 
or may occupy a position near the house, and be 
out of the way. 
Take the great cookery business. Our mush is 
toilsomely siirred with ancestral pudding sticks— 
dough worked and re-worked by the same labo¬ 
rious processes—our stewing, and steeping, and 
boiling, and brewing, and frying, goes ou by old 
processes, requiring infinite watchfulness and con¬ 
tinuous labor. Electricity, and steam, aud water¬ 
power, do not condescend to household affairs — 
they have been subsidized by man. 
— This, then, is to suggest that the ladies are 
entitled to the “distinguished consideration” of 
inventors, for the next hundred years or so, till 
the inside of the house shall overtake the outside 
in the march of improvement.—n. t. b. 
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PRACTICAL SERMONS FROM SHORT TEXTS. 
NUMBER ONE. 
“The action of leached ashes is most powerful upon 
moist lands and meadows, on which they not only facili¬ 
tate the growth of useful plants, but if employed con¬ 
stantly for several years, will free the soil from weeds."— 
Chaptal. 
It is no uncommon thing to see an accumulated 
heap of ashes laying about our farmer’s house- 
yards, when they would be better out of the way, 
either in the manure heap or spread over the 
fields. There is scarcely any soil that may not 
be benefited by the use of ashes,—sandy soils are 
rendered more compact, and clay Boils more 
friable by the application of ashes. Mixed with 
what disposition was to he made of it Scours, 
founder, belly-ache, and all that kind of nonsense, 
attached itself to the idea of feed In git to horses— 
when a friend suggested that I should break It up 
short and soak it in the car. On this I found my 
horses could do as much work as on good oats. 
The hulk of the cob made it too much labor, and 
I soon after commenced with shelled corn, and 
for the last fifteen years have fed no other grain, 
when at home, than thiB. 
About the same time I learned tho important 
fact that hay was not necessary, and that the same 
money laid out in good bright straw and corn, 
would last much longer than the same in hay and 
oats. My plan was to take a barrel and fill, say 
two-thirds full of corn, and then full of water, and 
when T commenced feeding this, would have 
another barrel filled and soaking while using the 
first. The odor which it givcB In sntnmer is not 
sometimes as pleasant as the Otto of Roses, and I 
have round that with some horses there was an 
objection to feeding it, if compelted to feed 
them away from home, for they would utterly re 
fuse any other kiud of grain. It was seldom that 
I found ft horse that would eat more than four 
quarts of this three timeB a day, which is equiva¬ 
lent to less than three of dry corn for any length 
of time. Strange as it may seem to many an old 
fogy, after harvesting my crop of carrots, I have 
substituted one and two feeds a day of four quarts 
of carrots for their feed of corn, and had them do 
equally as well; but have never given them to my 
hogs instead of corn. 
If said learned savan will consult Liepig’s Ani¬ 
mal Chemistry, he will find the true rationale to 
the above facts. There are maDy advantages in 
feeding fermented grain to horses subject to fast 
driving, only two of which I shall mention now. 
First—it is easier of digestion, so that if obliged 
to start the horse a9 soon as his meal is finished, 
thirty or forty cents. Take a strip of well tanned 
rawhide an inch wide, and a horse can hardly 
break it by pulling back—two of them he cannot 
break any way. Cut into narrow strips and shave 
the hair off with a sharp knife, to use for bag 
strings; the strings will outlast two sets of bags. 
Farmers know how perplexing it is to lend bugs 
and have them returned minus strings. It will 
outlast hoop iron (common) in any shape, and is 
stronger. It is good to wrap around a broken 
thill—better than iron. Two sets of rawhide 
halters will last a man’s life time—if he don't live 
too long. In some places the Spaniards use raw¬ 
hide log chains to work cattle with, cut into nar¬ 
row strips and twisted together hawser fashion. 
It is good to tie in tor a broken link in a trace 
chain. It can be tanned so that it will he soft 
and pliable like harness leather. Save a cow and 
" deacon’s pelt” and try it. 
linden’s Method ol Savin;; Seed Corn. 
The most successful and interesting demon¬ 
stration of the practicability of improving Indian 
oom, iJi^ii lha Ate.*n/ er, is that mud© by 
Thomas Baden, Maryland, who, by carefully 
selecting the best seed in Ills field for a long 
series of years, having special reference to those 
stalks which produced the most ears, ultimately 
obtained a variety which yields 4, 5, 6, and even 
as high as 8 and 10 ears to the single stalk. 
The plan he adopted was this:—When the corn 
was husked, he made a re-selection, taking only 
that which was perfectly sound and fully ripe. 
In the spring, before shelling the corn, he 
Tns Rural New-Yorker Advancing — Enlnrgrment 
the husbands of such wives Bay they have no time an g fmprotenent.—It will be seen by reference to an 
to master the chemistry of agriculture? That announcement in our New- Department that this 
they have no time to make any improvements? Journal is to be Materially Enlarged and otherwise 
If so, let them resign the reins to their “better Improved on the first of Jannary-with the commence- 
halves!”— E. IV. Sletcart's address at Erie Co. Fair. ment of its Twemh Teiir *“ r; Vo,om *’ rh * ,e9 * ong for 
the proposed change are set forth in the announcement, 
Fanning Is Business. but we may say here that it will he especially advantage- 
Too many forget this. There is poetry in one to oar Agricultural and Horticultural friends, aa the 
farming, to he sure, if it is rightly managed; hut Departments in which they are most interested—occupy- 
there is no poetry in it if it does not pnn-if there ia s the Bwt lhr ** P*«* 9 “ wlu not ou] T conUin “ uch 
.... . . , . , . more reading matter, weekly, but be free from Infringe- 
are no eatisfactory material results. Bui farming ' 8 . , . . , ,, , 
r , . _ ,, , , inent&t *ensone when adverUsommuH abound. Indeed, 
is business. It is a dollar-and-cent transaction to w . 1rtJ8t the * xpail , ion wU1 prov * ntfici&1 „ nli 6& tiafac- 
prodnee and market a crop from the turning the ^^ a ii classes of readers, for we shall strive to make 
first furrow to the delivery of the last bushel, every department of the Rural belter as well as larger, 
money i& involved. Farming should accordingly though the labor and expense of editing and publishing 
be conducted in a business manner. Each item will be considerably increased. In the future, ss in tho 
of expense, each moment of time, all expenditure P** 1 - 01ir earnett * nd Cf,n,,,ant « ntJ * ttTor will be to 
of labor, should he charged the crops, and if the ih * ??? N *";*, 0 **** **n™*f* V "; lue ’ 
market price of the product does not cover tlua e§t indcpcnJent( vel , fthK eminently acceptable 
cost and leave a balance, that kind of husbandry agricultural, HoRTiecfn-BAL, j.itrrarv a.\d Familt 
better be abandoned. Nkwspapbr. correct and progressive in it* teachings on 
Most men acknowledge the force of the above Practical Subjects, Instructive and entertaining to inem- 
position, bnt say—" Why, we have not the knowl- ^rs of the family Circle, of high moral tone, and as free 
edge necessary to systematize our buBinesF, keep aa P OB * ,hl « fro™ deception and quackery, even in its 
a book account with the farm, and do things as depiirtnu.^t. 
we see It is only profitable to do.” Tery well. “ W " uke lhi ’ oc<ywion remiu ' J the ^ienda of the 
V , Rural Nkw- Yorkku that the. present is the best season 
Sunnoflo you are not capable. Grant lL There is . ... , 
D * 1 1 and period to »nerease its ciri ulation that hua occurred 
something which can be done. Your children j nlir n_ Toe People am proape root, the Country 
may he so educated that they shall not follow in rich, and Confidor.ee rising to par—the palaver of poli- 
your footsteps per force—l*e obliged to submit to ticians, freak* of financier*, ami predictions of panic- 
thc yoke yonr ignorance imposes upon you. Bee makers and party-fuglemen to t.ne contrary notwith- 
that they secure that knowledge, and insist that aUuding. True, the bluster and excitement which now 
they put it iu practice as they obtain it. Give abound may temporarily affect monetary affairs, bnt we 
, , , .1 I,...).. t, ate not of those who believe permanent irjury to, or 
over the farm accounts to their keeping. lurniBh . . . , , . , ,, . 
the gills as well as the hoys with the facilities for f 
acquiring this knowledge. It is as essential to Fjerh at ^ _ The x y TrrtiQue of tbe lst 
one as the other. Let the girls keep the house- -yI ._ ulf gtriWs bUow wllicb wfty tlj , wind b!ow?) 
hold accounts. Interest them in this. Let them t b e sale of four thousand dollars’ w&rih of troltteg 
team the lesson figures teach when used to desig- haises, at good prices, at FlathUbh, yeaterday, Bpeaka 
nate receipts aud expenses. They will thus learn well for the itate of the puteic mind at tbe North. Se- 
econmny—to calculate. Do not tear they will he- cewon or no secersioD, panic or no panic, one thing ia 
conic sordid. This process will give greater certain, good horses can be sold at good price*, at auc- 
• , , „ ■„ ra tion" The Tribune proceeds to describe a sale by tbe 
nower to indulge in poetic fancies ana poetic ... , , , 
" t, r executor of Adriak Martensb, who wa* a farmer and 
employments. And they will be really poetic, de8r loTer of hor?cg . It wa9 g0 ute in the f earon,the 
for they will he based upon facts. So says the wea ther unfavorable— and withal the recent stock sales 
Prairie Farmer. had generally been such sacrifices—that lira writer was 
surprised to find a large attendance of well-to-do faimers 
— rrr Tr„„„ and speculative horse-jockeys, and more, ikat “tbe 
Mr. Ed. Emerson, of Hollis, Mass., thus gives, 1 , . . ... 
’ ' executor got off his entire lot ot horses at prices that 
in the New England Farmer, some hmts upon wouW have bcenfitir at any time, and, under the adverse 
shingling roofs, that are worthy of circulation. circumstances, were remarkably good.” 
A correspondent asks, “What will makeshing- --*- 
les last longer?” Twenty-three yearsago I found Cows—Cost and Profit ,—A New England paper avers 
l had quite a lot of refuse shingles on hand, both that Otis Brigham, of Weatboro’, Mass,, announces, as 
and skulmv, and 1 laid lliem on the back «■« '-•alt of mao, !»«»■ .ap.rf.rn., Ib.t g.ol .... .at, 
kitolic and wood-shod, 1 b«« just M.miued "» "*'"***• 20 * r a *' \ b *“ 
them, and think they will last at least seven years ^ for ffi0ntlisl nl a tlme . Tla ,„ lt 1# „ afy to 
loBgfcr. The building hftft not leaked, to in} eftlculAt# the cont of milk. In the neighborhood of New 
knowledge. I SOakedtheBCshingtesIna very thin York, the average value of bay i* one cent per pound, 
whitewash, made with brinein&tead of clear water. and the quantity of milk not over six quarts. At 3K 
There has been nothing done to them since, al- cent* a quart, it will pay the hay bill and one cent a day 
though 1 have no doubt that to have whitewashed, over. If other feed is given, the increase or milk must 
or served a coat of dryftiftked lime or fine salt paj for that. The manure will bo worth at leaat the cost 
. ... of attendance and milking. If the milk is worth more 
once in two or three years on thero, would have than ^ u gWes a profit . Had u leM( ft log3< 
been of great advantage to them. _ _ _ 
As 1 shingle diflorently from almost every one A Nkw Co.vckmratbd Manurb is thus noticed by the 
else, I will give yon my method, and my reasons Tribune ._i, A French agricultural chemist, M. Couturier, 
for it. However wide the shingles may he, I do formally announces a new manure, consisting of equal 
not allow the nails to be put more than two inches parUot uric acid, extracted by washing from guauo, and 
apart. Reason —If your shingles are wet or gteen, from other excremcnUl matter by various processes, and 
and the wide ones are nailed at the edges, the uf the chiorhydrate of ammonia. A small quantity 
nhiDglts mail split, or op. of the m> 1. mn.t drew “*'•> >« I*" 1 ”* “ «»»■»! «W«P»* <«", 
.LMthe .hippie .brink'. Ifthe.binglei.dry, • »»r — ^‘T'rT.ZZl 
vwivu inn & . , for several acres. Its cost u only about fifty cents per 
it must huff or crowd the uail out when it swel s. .< ^he remark, “ a laborer can carry upon his back 
Thus your nails are kept in constant motion by g n fjjcient manure for several acres,” reminds us of a pre- 
examined it again, throwing out any that bad every shrink or swell of the shingle, till they are dmtion published In the Rural some ten years ago, that 
assumed a bad appearance during the winter. In broken, pulled out, or the shingle is split. Ido th# time was coming when the farmer could carry enough 
shelling the corn, he threw aside the grains at 
both large and small ends. He has carefully 
followed this mode of selecting seed corn, for 
twenty-five or thirty years, and Etill (if living) con¬ 
tinues to do so. At present he does not pretend 
to lay up aDy seed without it comes from stalks 
which bear 4, 5, and C ears. 
not want the nails drove quite in, or so as to sink 
the head. Reason— The heads of the nails hold 
up the butts of the next row of shlngleB, and give 
the air a free circulation. 
I lay all my shingles in whitewash. I prefer 
brine for making it. I line with red chalk. 1 
then whitwash the last course laid down, to the 
th# time wa* coming wheu the farmer could carry enough 
concentrated manure in hU vest pocket for an acre. 
Thb t’xi verbal Plow, advertised in this paper, is 
highly commended by some of our exchanges. One of the 
editors of the Christian Advocate and Journal, who has 
seen it work, says he can confidently affirm that lt per¬ 
forms better than any other plow within his knowledge. 
If it U what is claimed, the plow is certainly worthy 
0 s ,at c 10IV -I ) In addition to the number of cars, and of course line, and after the building is shingled I white- xhe attention of farmers and manufacturers—which much 
he iB not as apt to scour, second—you taa iea th0 t increasc of t ) ie quantity unshelled, it a l tl e whole of tbe roof< Reason— To make we say without the knowledge of any party interested in 
him, however warm he maybe, »ilhonih.l.«t BMh moie th , B comm(l „ „„„ „ b en ^ , u t „ M a8 loDg „ a,., wtraU 
fear of iryory. Cive him hie regular feed - I ahelled: hi linabt-l. oi ear. will make more than (i whitewash and I consider it much n 
,1,.. >.: n , 4.-. rap Lavrel and let him eat his 1 _ ,, , ... , Without the wmteuasD, anu l consiaer iv mum ^, uB p 0 i ST8 0T mxkit is a Farm Horeb, according 
. ___„u bushels when shelled. )rdinary coin wu on y y. et * er t i,an iust whitewashing the roof after c TRlWV tv,* - r *Ht. .rack farmer of niinoi*. are 
fill, aud your humble writer will guarantee all Bhell 5 bu8helg t0 the barrel. 
. * 1 — 1 f Y_ 1 AAv.rto rl All n* 
damage from it. And if he has just learned that 
he has been killing lean hogs for the last ten 
years, surely lie must need some lessons. 
South Aron, N. Y., 1860. Poor Farmer. 
Remakes. — Though his cognomen ia “Poor 
Farmer,” the writer of the above is one of the 
best in the Genesee Valley, so noted for its rich 
and progressive cultivators. And, moreover, he 
drives good horseB, in good condition, ns many 
can attest. Such men—those of largo experience 
and close observation, who have converted their 
prejudices —ought to write more for Agricultural 
Journals.—E ds. 
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IMPROVED “NO-PATENT” CORN SHELLER 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —“A Subscriber” 
in a late issue of your paper asks, “ where he can 
get a good Hand Corn Sbeller that will separate 
the cob from the corn.” I do not know of a 
machine of the kind that will perform the work 
to my satisfaction, as manufactured throughout 
the country, so far as my knowledge extends. I 
have tried some made for that purpose, but all 
had some defect. I will give “A Subscriber” an 
account of wbatl have done, with your pcimis- 
Mr. Baden plants his corn 5 feet each way, leav¬ 
ing two stalks to the hill, vrbioh ia equivalent to 
feet each way with one stalk to the hill. Tim 
makes more hills to the acre than 4 by 4, or 5 by 
3, the old YHrginia mode of planting. 
Beautify the Homestead. 
It is said the American has no home—no 
love of the spot where he was born; but is as 
ready to swap off his homestead as his horse. The 
Euglish nation, from lord to peasant, have an 
abiding love for their ancestral acres. Even the 
cottages of the peasants are more tastefully 
adorned externally with shrubs, flowers, and 
climbing vines, than the houses and grounds of 
forehanded American farmers. These things the 
farmers neglect sadly. They are intent only on 
what they deem useful. The love of the pic¬ 
turesque 8nd beautiful should be cultivated in 
the young mind. There is no eye quicker to dis¬ 
cover a pleasant landscape than that of childhood. 
Children are always delighted with a beautiful tree, 
shrub, or fiowt-r. Plant these about your houses and 
grounds. Make home pleasant and cheerfuL Put 
books into the bancs of your children that will 
teach them a love of nature, reveal her secrets, 
the shingles last twice as loDg as they would 
without the whitewash, and I consider it much 
better than just whitewashing the roof after 
shingling. 
Carpenters often object to shingling in this 
way, as it ia rather dirty work, and declare they 
know it does not do any good—that it is just as 
good to whitewash after shingling, Ac. 
Inqmrica anfr ^Instocrs. 
Killing Sop.rei—W ill some of the Rural’s corres- 
pondent* inform mo as to the best mod© Of destroying 
sorrel: 1 have tried shell lime with hut little, if any, 
effect.—T. E. Bbidgkr, Suffolk, Suf. Co., F I’., 1860. 
Whitening Broom Corn.—A correspondent asks how 
to whiten “ weather-beaten” broom corn, so as to make 
»good white brooms.*’ It can’t be done;—it may be 
bleached with chloride of lime— a la milliner—but not 
to make “ good” brooms. The rust, or mildew, has 
injured the outer coating, and it will become brittle in 
consequence.—C kbmist, De.ontville, .Y. f., 1860. 
Frost-Bitten Fkbt in Cows.—A correspondent asks 
what he shall do for his cow. whose “ hoofis of the hind 
feet have grown to twice the natural length?” The 
probable cause is that, at sometime, they have been frost¬ 
bitten. At all e-vents, the cow 16 crippled for life. The 
best thing “to do” for her, Is—to do her into beef — 
HUMANlTAS, IJeansritle, A. 1’., 1860, 
Tub Points or Merit is a Farm noR£B, according 
to Mr. Steawn, the great »tock farmer of Illinois, are 
these:—“ A large eye, bay color, with heavy black mane 
aud tail, round body, large ham-stricgii, short back, long 
belly, fifteen or sixteen bands In height, and weighing 
about 1,200 pound*. 1 ' An experienced horseman at our 
elbow says he should prefer a dark chestnut color, as it 
is indicative of great “bottom" or endurance. 
Items.—H og drovers, who sell fchoats by weight:, have 
been known to increase the size of an animal one-third 
by feeding A pig that weighed 240 lbs. when stuffed 
and purchased, weighed outy 180 lbs. tbe following day. 
Somebody eold corn and water for six cents a pound.- 
A grade Durham calf Of B. K. WILSON, of Bristol, It. I, 
that weighed, at four months old, 600 lbs., at five months 
596 lbs , at six months '05 lb*., now at seven months old 
weighs nearly 800 lbs..- C. W. Coles, of Buckland, Ct., 
has a bronze male turkey that, at five months old, weigh¬ 
ed eighteen pounds, and now weighs thirty pounds. Of 
seventy-five turkeys hatched the first of June, and fed 
when youDg on milk curd, with very little meal, by Mr. 
C., all were living at last accounts on corn, with an 
average weight of fifteen pounds. 
Black Tongue.— I eend you a recipe which I think is a 
ire cure for thiB disease. 1 have tried it in several cases, 
sion- and I will premiss by saying that I am not and direct their minds in the way of their 6U re cure for this disease. I have used it 
manufacturing for sale or speculation. I have intended occupations in life. Under this man- and have always found u beneficial. Twt 
~ o= b*iow for aeement parents will not be troubled with truant P et«; one-half punt of sweet milk; one-] 
, 6 . , . Thb Rural Nkw-Yorker and one of its Imitators — 
have been froBt- 
eu f r life The extraordinary course pursued by a pretended rural 
. ’ aud family paper published in the central part of this 
ier in o c. state, has induced ns to “ vindicate the truth of history,” 
and “give the -his due,” in au article (under the 
rhich I think is a above heading) on onr lost page. We are aware that in 
t in several cases, thus noticing the base imitation of this Rural, and its 
^mnees of salt slanderous and highly libelous attack, some may think 
made just one machine, as described below, for agement pat cuts 
nxy own individual use. children, who wi 
I bought a common hand shelter and made a get through the 
separator for myself and attached to the same, will permit their 
which works to a charm, letting the shelled com their homestead! 
fall down through and carrying the cob up and spring up as by 
letting it fall over the end into a basket or in a site taste of the 1 
pile entirely separate from the corn. It requires Hall! Do any t 
a frame made of two pieces one inch Ihick, 2i them go throngl 
lillLUULU UuvUi/uliuilO AU aaiv. ouuvi ~ --- . . 
acrampnt viarents will not be troubled with truant peter; one-half pint of sweet milk; one-half pint of tur- we “stoop to conquer,” yet consider ourselves amply 
n froto hon e be ore thev pontrae; one-half pint of vinegar; mixed together, the justified for exposing tbe egregious “sell,” A paper 
children, who Wish to fly from home Ufore they ^ r lo be . ln laat> Pat the mixture into a glass which wilt pursue so infamous a course as has the R. A. 
get through the spelling book! If tbe farmers ^ eaithen and pour lnto tbe Jamal's mou th in several matters-such as stealing from this and other 
will permit their wives to direct tbe adorning of gn0( , g ^ t0 gargle. Repeat the dose from eight to ten popular and expensively conducted journals, aud, in a 
their homesteads, trec-s, shrubs, and flowers Will times a day, until the animal is cured.—N. Bryant, Am- private circular to Post-Masters, avowing that, though 
spring up as by magic. If any doubt the exqui- h<T3lj Lorain Co., O., I860. nominally an agricultural journal, It is in fact a political 
gypsum, in the proportion of one bnahel of plaster inches wide, and about three-and-a-balf feet long, 
to ten bushels of ashes per acre, they form the with two cross pieces to hold it together—the 
best top-dressing for meadows or clover that can cross pieces long enough to make the frame 
be had. Last year a friend tried plaster alone, about an inch wider than the frame of the she 1 ter. 
and plaster and ashes together, on his clover, and Take two hard wood sticks about 2f inches 
spring up as by magic. If any doubt the exqui¬ 
site taste of the ladies, let them go through Floral 
Hall! Do any doubt her industry and skill, let 
them go through the Hall of Domestic Industry, 
and see wbat her cunning busy fingers have 
wrought, with that little but wonderful instrument, 
the needle! Bee what patient persevering work 
will do! , 
If farmers’ wives, with all their multitude of 
Best Time eor Painting Houses.— According to the 
Scientific Artizan, the best time for painting the exterior 
of buildings, Ac., is late in autumn, or during winter. 
Paint then applied will endure twice as long as when 
applied in early summer, or in hot weather. In the 
former, it drys slowly, and becomes very hard, like a 
glazed surface, not easily affected afterward by the 
weather, or worn off' by the beating of storms. 
nominally sn agricultural journal, it is in fact a political 
organ, (thus crying “Good Lord, Good Devil” in the 
game breath)—ought to he known and marked by all 
who believe that journalism should be characterized by 
some sense of justice and decency. The career of the 
F.. A. has of late been eo reprehensible that its destiny 
need not he predicted, and a* its imitations and opera¬ 
tions mast react powerfully, we hardly think our expose 
of its true character will greatly accelerate its consign¬ 
ment to the oblivion of infamy it is approaching. 
