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MOORE’S RURAJj NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MARCH 7. 
ice is needed anywhere , it is where filtered water 
takeB the place of well water, on the table of the 
farmer, 
4th. The scarcety of fuel at the West, should 
lead the farmer to adopt all the devices for eeono- 
mv in its use, which the best architects can furnish 
to him. Though a broad fire-place and blazing 
billets heaped up high, have been deemed for cent¬ 
uries essential to the fanner’s household-comfort, 
yet the West is a region where economy demands 
thathe should forego them. He cannot afford the 
waste of heat which a huge fire-place necessitates. 
The style of his house, its walls, furnaces, flues and 
registers, should all be planned with this necessity 
in view. A cord of wood, or a ton of coal, will soon 
cost the Western farmer more in proportion to 
his ability, than it does the resident of the city. 
There is, then, the same cogent, reason why the 
farmer should study so to Imild his house, that his 
fuel will yield him the greatest warmth. 
Commuiiitaiioiis, 
FAST HORSES AT AGL FAIRS. 
It Is truly pleasant to see our astute friend, Wm. 
Garbdtt, a veteran in the art rural, come out 
with such hearty remarks in praise of our Ag’l 
Fairs, as the certain means of good intelligence to 
the practical farmer. It is the more especially 
interesting, as there are so many men of his age 
and experience, who are so conservative, not to 
say egotistioal, as to become stumbling blocks in 
the way of agricultural progress. Yet 1 cannot 
fully agree with Mr. GAKBurr.that “ horse trotting 
and ladies riding at the agricultural lairs, if 
continued, will dwindle down those valuable ex¬ 
hibitions to mere jockey clubs.” It is true that 
these fears, whether feigned or real, have been 
reiterated by a portion of the agricultural press; 
and the fact that the equine race isa more especial 
favorite with the masses at our fairs, than the 
bovine, may also be admitted: yet who has any 
fears that fat beef cattle will go out of fashion, or 
that working oxen, blood bulls, cows, or swine, 
will cease to he produced by and a necessity to 
the farmer, who expects to live by his calling. 
We are told that the Barae complaint against 
blood and fast horses, is made at the regional Ag’l 
Fairs in France; but the editor of the Agriculture 
Pratique says, that the complaint there, is invari¬ 
ably from those who have work horses or bovine 
stock on exhibition; with true French volubility, 
these men cry out,.“ away with your fancy liorsea to 
the Hippodrome,"—uuder these discouragements 
it is no wonder that France has no fast horses 
except imported ones. But as the editor ol the 
Agriculture Pratique makes the same plea for the 
encouragement of the exhibition of fast horses at 
the fairs of France, as has been very modestly 
done by Wm. II. Ladd, President of the Ohio State 
Board ol Agriculture, I here copy his remarks 
from the last Ohio Cultivator, which are of great 
authority, coming as they do from a masterly 
horse and stock breeder aud Ohio farmer. 
ii We have never been able to ace any more impropriety 
in Grating iu a proper manner, iho capacities of one Horae 
for a roadster, than those ot another for heavy draught. 1 u- 
deed we Luo>» of no way a committee can judge und«r- 
stan'Urigly of the merits of a horse n» » roadster, without 
witnessing some exhibition of his action, powers of endur 
auce, &c. And ao desirable do we consider the improve¬ 
ment of this all-important cla*a Ot burse*. should a zeal 
not according to knowledge, lop this feature from our 
exhibitions, their attractiveness would be marred, and their 
utility much diminished? The Ohio State Board of Agri¬ 
culture, appreciating the tendency of over-diivlng aud 
racing, have never offered a premium for speed ; and have 
been careful to Instruct their committees not to let speed 
hare an undue influence it) determining their awards ; and 
they have enforced stringent rules to prohibit racing, bet¬ 
ting. jockeying, drivers halloaing at horses, Ac. The gen¬ 
eral sobriety of our agricultural people, aud the well known 
position ot the Board in this mutter, have had so salutary 
nn influence, that we have seldom had occasion to meet 
violations ol these rules. Indeed, at the late Fair at Cleve¬ 
land, whern they were appended to the daily programme 
and otherwise made public, and the Marshals aud Police 
were instructed to arrest'and eject from the grounds every 
transgressor ; wo noticed but one violation during the ex¬ 
hibition—that. of a driver halloaing at his horses, who 
ceased the moment a Martliiil rode to him."’ 
Mr. G a it butt says that “ the trotter’s fleet,ness is 
valued purely for jockey purposes,” but experi¬ 
ence now proves that feAness is an indispensable 
requirement in the roadster, and that it alone en¬ 
hances tbe price of the horse in the market, some¬ 
times several hundred per cent.; and that instead 
of "putting money into the jockey’s pocket,” the 
most of it goes directly to the fanner. Since the 
advent of railroads, such has been the growing 
impatience of slow locomotion, that even the de¬ 
scendants of the pilgrims no longer tolerate the 
slow, sleek, family horse. At the last National 
Fair at Boston, there were many spans of family 
horscBonthe ground that could trot tbe milo in 
from 3 to 3:10. The result is that all such horses 
now command ready purchasers at enormous pri¬ 
ces. The Yankee Vermonters were not slow in 
anticipating the spirit of the fast age, and Ver¬ 
mont is now coining money from her sales of f st 
roadsters. Why then should not the Ag. Fairs of 
the Empire State encourage the exhibition aud 
trial of fast horses at the State and County Fairs. 
It is at. our County Fairs that the merits of horses 
can be carefully compared, and competition hu¬ 
manely and carefully tried. I confess that I learn¬ 
ed more of the merits of a horse as a trotter at 
our last Seneca Co. Fair than I had ever known 
before. Some horses, beautiful to look upon when 
slowly walking or in repose, as soon as they were 
put to their utmost trotting speed the charm was 
gone, and I felt a painful sympathy in their high 
action and overwrought exertion; on the other 
hand the Tippoo Brothers, horses of only middling 
appearance, were the most graceful creatures in 
the world when under motion, coming out at the 
last round as fresh as when they started, while the 
other animals were completely exhausted —prima 
facie evidence that their vocation was for draught 
and the plow, and not for tbe road. 
Of ladies on horse-back at our public fairs, 1 
have but one word to say, and it is, that the oppo¬ 
sition to such exhibition of our beautiful ani¬ 
mated nature, would carry more weight, and be 
more respectable, if it did not almost invariably 
come from those who cannot ride and will not 
learn, or from their next friend. Although I 
would not set down ladies en clieval as a part of 
the programme, neither would I forbid a bevy of 
young ladies from taking a turn on tbe course, 
alter business hours. Let those who see anything 
in it akin to indelicacy, remember the old but 
ever new motto, “ honisoit qui vial y pease.” 
Waterloo, N. V, 8- W. 
THE BEST SHEEP FOR PROFIT.* 
Friend Moore:— Which is the most profitable 
breed of sheep for the farmer to raise seems still 
to be a vexed question. A person keeping a small 
flock and living near a good maiket or Railroad, 
would perhaps do best to keep the large English 
sheep. But that they require uo more food to 
sustain them, than do our small fine wooled sheep, 
is erroneous. And that they require as much in 
proportion to their weight, I believe also to be 
erroneous. 
That sheep, or any other animal, similarly con¬ 
stituted, requires food in proportion to size, I have 
no doubt—for instance, the Leicester and South 
Down, or the different varieties of the Merino.— 
But it car. hardly be expected that an English 
sheep, weighing 200 lbs., of nearly perfect form, 
producing but little wool, and no oil, should re¬ 
quire as much to sustain it as would two Merinos, 
of 100 lbs. weight each, of inferior form, produ¬ 
cing more or less oil and near twice tbe amount 
of wool. 
If requires food to produce oil and wool, as well 
ns flesh and tallow. That the English sheep re¬ 
quire less, in consequence of their superior form, 
I admit. That they would retain their superior 
form, without full feed, I presume no one will claim. 
No improvement can he made or maintained, iu 
the form of any animal, without good keeping.— 
As to the quality of mutton, I have never been 
able to discover that it was any more palatable 
than that of the Merino. Much attention has 
lately been, and is being paid, to improve the form 
of the Meriuo, which makes them a fair sheep for 
mutton, as well as wool; and if well kept may be 
turned off to advantage for that purpose at two 
years old. 
Three years ago this winter I fed my wethers, 
that were coming two years old, in addition to 
their hay and straw, one-half pint of corn each 
per day, and sold them immediately after shearing 
for $3 50 per head, averaging about 100 lbs. each. 
Their fleeces averaged about five pounds of wash¬ 
ed wool, sorting near to extra, aud worth at that 
time 00 cents per lb,, making the value of sheep 
and fleece $0 50. My wool, however, was not sold 
at that price, being late about shearing, the price 
began to go down before T got mine in market.— 
The day 1 finished shearing a buyer called to ex¬ 
amine it, and said that he could have paid for it, 
three days before, 05 cents, but could not, at that 
time, over 00 or 61 cents. The result was, I held 
on thinking it would come up again, and did not 
sell that year. My wether lambs, last year, 1 sold 
when about four months old at $2 per head. I do 
not mention this as anything extraordinary, hut 
consider them as fair paying prices. In selecting 
sheep for fattening or in fact for any other pur¬ 
pose, except humbugging, very oily sheep should 
be rejected, as they will not pay the cost of feed¬ 
ing, much of the aubstauce of the feed coming 
out of the pores of the skin instead of forming 
flesdl, tallow, and wool. I do not contend that 
Merinos in all cases are more profitable than any 
other breed, but that where a large flock is kept, 
for the combined purpose of wool and mutton, 
they will at least pay well. W. D. Dickinson. 
Victor, Ontario Co., Jan., 1857. 
“CORN vs. ROOT CROPS.” 
In the Rural for Feb. 21st, you have an article, 
with the above title, from “B. F.,” Niagara Co., in 
which he refers to a former communication of mint- 
on this subject, and remarks that 1 seem well post 
ed on this matter in theory. 
Now, as B. F. insinuates that 1 may be ignorant 
of the practical part of this subject, I may just 
state, lor his information, that this same « W. J. 
L\” the last season raised some 2} acres of roots, 
(carrots and ruta bagas.) yielding 2,106 bushels at 
a cost (accurately ascertained) of from u to 7 cents 
per bushel, instead of 75 cents, as be thinks his 
cost him—that I sold the product of one acre for 
$ 200 —and that I am now engaged in converting 
about 1,500 bushels into beef and fertilizing matter. 
As I stated in my former article, it will be al¬ 
most wholly impassible for a man to raise from 15 
to 25 tons of feed on an acre and feed it out, care¬ 
fully saving and applying the manure made there¬ 
from, without improving rapidly the value of his 
land. I maintain this can be done better by roots 
than corn or any other crop, for the reason there 
is no other course, perhaps, where you can get so 
great a quantity of feed per acre. This isacourae 
I have pursued, not for » single season, but for a 
term of years, and shall most assuredly discon¬ 
tinue it the moment it ceases to pay. 
No! no! Mr. B. F., please don't so readily con¬ 
demn this whole system because you happened to 
fail on first trial, but 
“ If you don't succeed, 
Try, try again.” 
You are not alone in your 111 lack—the writer 
sowed roots two seasons before be harvested any. 
In regard to their being affected by the drouth, in 
my opinion they are no more liable, and possibly 
not as much, as grain crops, provided tbe land is 
plowed 12 inches deep and highly manured, and 
indeed no land except that in the highest tilth 
should be put to this crop. w. j. r. 
Lakeville, Ct., Feb., 1857. 
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SUFFOLK SWINE. 
Mr. Moore: —Several articles having recently 
appeared in the Rural on tbe merits or demerits 
of the different breeds of swine, I am induced to 
give your readers tbe result of an experiment 
with the Suffolks. 1 had been pre-disposed.to the 
opinion that the pure bred Suffolks were too small 
for making pork profitably for marketing purposes. 
On tbe llHh day of November, 1856, I purchased 
three pure-bred Suffolk pigs, six weeks old, having 
been dropped the 1st day of October. I took 
them homo and fed them slops from the kitchen 
and what soft corn they would eat, designing to 
keep them well, so that the cold of winter (so near 
at hand) would not affect them too much, and con¬ 
tinued their feed as above through the winter. In 
the spring they were turned out to pasture, feeding 
them the slop from the house, including the milk 
of two cows, after using what was wanted for a q*j* ^ . ,-yy / v ArJ 
family of five persons, but fod no grain until the iilllXCU r ^i OtCS RllO (VlICUlS. 
7th of Oot., when we began to husk our corn, and ^ __ 
then fed them such as was not suitable for cribbing. - 
Continued to feed in that manner, until the 9th of N - Y - state ag. society.-- whiter premiums. 
December, when they were slaughtered, being 14 
months and 9 days old, giving me a net weight of 
915 lbs., the largest one weighing 350 lbs. I sold 
one and cut up and packed the other two for fam¬ 
ily nse. The two made 180 lbs. of hams and shoul¬ 
ders, and filled a forty gallon eask with clear broad¬ 
side pork, entirely free from bone, and with less 
waste than any hogs T ever butchered. 
I do not pretend to have obtained great size, 
(Y7 | ivy i b ftij. ^ " A Little Ick in it."—I f the community ut 
miirdl ,-viOICS UHU (v| ICTuS* large cduldbut make an inspection of the letters 
^ _which daily find their way to the editorial sanctum, 
" there would be less of wonderment and anxiety 
V. STATE AG. SOCIETY. —WINTER PREMIUMS. , . . . .. 
expressed at our supposed increasing proximity 
Below we give a correct list of tbe Premiums to co,der re e iona 9nd moro atmospheres.- 
awarded at the recent Annual (Winter) Meeting of The ,m,nen8e number of "axes to grind" by those 
our State Agricultural Society, the other important who would fain make yon believe that extreme 
proceedings of which have heretofore been chron- disinterestedness and overflowing philanthropy 
iclod in the Rural : alone compels them to labor for their country’s 
farms, CUSSKS, ac. e ood - remarkable,-and if a love of common 
Farm *.—Solonun Wairath, Rcn^elaer Falls, St I,aw- hnmauity is to be fontnl in the composition of the 
rence Co., plate, value $30. editor, lie is expected to put a little oil on the gud- 
Chnsscs, Iff,—(For Museum.) —1, Wm. M. Beauchamp, deans, as t cell as furnish a great deal nf the motive 
I uo not pietuia to nave oukmuiu great (f~nsses, tf-c.—(For Museum.) — 1, Wm. M. Beauchamp, deans, as well as furnish a great deal o/ the motive 
neither was I as minute in my experiment as may Skam-ali-li-H, 154 plants, arranged for Museum, plate, $15; power wanted at the grindstone. " Egyptian Skin- 
lie desirable, to ascertain the true merits of the 2, C. Thurston Chase, Chatham, Columbia Co., Autumn less Barley,” “Patent Stump Extractors,” ‘‘Mam- 
different breeds of swine, to wit, weighing thehogs leaves, plate, $io. 
and the food, for the manner in which I fed would 
not admit of it. But I am fully satisfied that no 
Feeds and Orain — (Arranged for Museum ) — 1, Wm. 
P. O tliey, Phelps, Ontario Co., $15 ; 2, Votney Burge bp, 
UUl fiumiv VI JM I'UV A ' • -. „ , ... 
... . , . - Chatham, Columbia Co.» $10 
hogs m this Bcction will give a better return for 
the amonnt of feed, or a better per-ccntnge of ,, CnTn .Zt 
Putter. —1, B. S. Carpenter, Elmira, Chemung Cn., 3 tubs 
moth Fruits,” etc., etc.,—in fact, in all the depart¬ 
ments of farm - or domestic economy, a thousand 
hobby* are ridden by these Bell-sacrificing indi¬ 
viduals. We should be extremely happy to assist 
in spreading the wares of these self-styled "Good 
marketable pork, than the buffo Iks, and thattheii f a || ^uttor, $15; 2, R. T. Carpenter, Southport, Chemung Samaritans" before the public, did not the fate of 
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size is sufficient for marketing or family use. The p 0-i 3 hlbs out butter, $ 10 . 
only fault I can find with them (if fault it is,) is, Winter Butter.—l, Mrs, 
that they make a large amount of heavy broadside Rensselaer Co., l crock l 
pork, with hams and shoulders, leaving rather too Elmira, 1 tub butter, $3 ; 3 
small a portion of lean meat to be made into tub butter, S. S. Medal, 
sausages and otherwise used in a family, to suit my Cheese.— 1, K. 1 Cnrtor, 
taste. Of their profit I am fully convinced. 2 , Mosex Eatnes, Ruilincl, 
Sodas, Feb., 1857 J. W. Collins. Westmoreland -One: 
that other person “who went down to Jericho” 
Winter Butter. —1, Mrs. Emily Newcomb, Johnsonville, admonish 11s to keep in good compony. The per- 
Rensselaer Co., 1 crock butter, $5; 2, K. S. Carpenter, gonfi w ; l0 have recently favored US with connnuni- 
Elmiro, 1 tub butter, $3; 3, It. T. Carpenter, Southport, 1 , , . .. f 
. . , 7. c w- u i , cations, descriptive and eulogistic of sundry seeds, 
tub butter, S. i>. Medal. ..... . , . . .. . , 
T Ac , with the important information that a sample 
Cheese. —1, E. F. Carter, T.« Ray, Jeff. Co., 3 oheose, $15 ; ’ . . . . 
2, Moses Karnes, Rutlund, Jeff. Co.. 3 cheese, 10; 3. C. W. O'' certain quantity will be sent on receipt of a 
Bells, Westmoreland. Ouehla Co., 3 chee«e, 6; 4 R. Har- specified number of postage stamps, are respect- 
vey, Lewis Co., exhibited two very lint* cheese, aud a spe¬ 
cial premium is recommended. oilier uiuu mis general wnuoiiwuijiiKiii v, hku 
JktS SttggWttOW. f.kt.d CHOPS kind favors. 
Winter Wheal — E» 8. Brighton, Monroe Co a _ _ . ^ , , 
about that corn fodder.- Just whisper to teSn^ussion 
your farmer readers that in laying their plans for M2 ' uah ^ $lfi Crop .. 0I ; Thursday week. The general opinion of 
the coming season, they must nut forget to tty that Barley —l, John C. Wright. Copenhagen, Lewis Co., 3 members, sustained by facts and arguments, was 
one-fourth acre of corn fodder, just to see if wbat §2- too acres, 2 rowed, 193 33 loo, $15 ; 2, W. P. Ottluy, a?a j llg ,t continuing to rely mainly upon tbe wheat 
"they” say about its amazing productiveness is Phetp*, Ontario Co., 2 acre*. 6 rowed, 99 bush., 10 . crop in this region, especially during tbe preva- 
really so. Any time from the 10th of June until Buckwheat,-r,. a. Pool, Clinton, Ourida Co., 1 4i-ioo 1{mce of the millge( r or weevil,) but no resolution 
the 1st of July, prepare a piece as you would for a m 49 bt»hel«^l hash. 7 lb. per nor. SJ. expressive of the sense of the Club was adopted, 
crop of corn, only be sure and gi ve it a good strong ’ ' H f * ’ Tno next meeting of the Club is to be held in the 
soil. Mark with corn marker in drills only one _Xra B. Pack, Ea*lBloomfield, Ontario Co., 1 acre. Court House, this city, tho last Wednesday (23th) 
way, 3 feet apart, into which spread your fine com- 3 , 3a . 100 bush> $Si of tbiB mon tb. Subject for discussion—" Potatoes, 
post and sow from a basket holding 5 or 6 quarts. Potatoes.— 1. Peter Crlspell, Jr., Hurtcy, Ulster county, their Culture, Profit, Ac.” 
fully advised that wc cannot consistently make any 
other than this general acknowledgment of their 
kind favors. 
- »♦« ■ " - 
The Monroe Co. Farmers’ Club closed an in¬ 
teresting discussion od “Substitutes for tbe Wheat 
Crop” on Thursday week. The general opinion of 
members, sustained by facta and arguments, was 
against continuing to rely mainly upon the wheat 
crop in this region, especially during the preva- 
tbe 1st of July, prepare a piece as you would for a ncri ’ s , 49 bushels 41 bush. 7 lb. per note, S3. 
crop of corn, only be sure and gi ve it a good strong 
soil. Mark with corn murker in drills only one 
way, 3 feet apart, into which spread your fine com- 3 , 3(M00 bush 
Beans .—Simeon 11. Williams, N. Hartford, Oneida Co., 
1 aero, 29 bushels, $8. 
Peas.—lim R. Peck, ivn! Bloom’leld, Ontario Co., 1 aero, 
post and sow from a basket holding 5 or 6 quarts, 
carrying the basket in one. band and spreading the 
corn on the manure in the drills, us evenly as pos- 
Polaloes. —1, Putcr Crlspcll, Jr., Hurtcy, Ulster county, 
11-J0 acres, 480 bush. —yam potatoes, $3 ; 2, Rev. C. E. 
Goodrich, Utica, (or a flue exhibition of his seedling pos¬ 
sible, at the rate of 4 bushels per acre, or say 30 or t" n "> a re,lt value, $ 20 . 
40 kernels to the foot in the drill. Then take your Clover Seed. - Ira R Peek, Bast Bloomfield, 4 15-100 
right corn plow and run it carefully each s.de of ^ W ._ E . s . „ avward , Brighton, l acre, 
the drill, throwing the dirt towards the corn, and busbe , ls 
the seed is covered. Use either the Southern cam>ts.-\, Jehu Brodie. Rural Hill, Jeff Co., l acre, 1,- 
11 i 11 1. or the Ohio gourd seed, either of which is ei 0 bii*hcln, $8; 2, Elam C. Bliss, Wextliold, Chau. Co., >4 
vastly preferable to our variety, as it attains much acre, 300 bushels, 6 . 
greater growth. No cultivation is necessary ex- eiuix and srbos. 
cept running between the rows once, when the Wijller m e*t. -1, Chari™ w. EetU, Clinton, Oneida 
0 . 1 1 _1 AC * O rt: .1 rL.rava..,./** T? ,'ra mtvi /air Uuns 
"Plowing in February.” —Several of our ex. 
changes mention instances in which the continu¬ 
ed mild weather of tlic last two weeks has been 
taken advantage of by farmers to commence their 
Spring plowing. Monroe county fanners have 
not been behind others in this matter. We see by 
the Rochester Democrat that among those who 
have thus endeavored to forward the work of the 
btiBy season, Mr. Floyd Brown, of Henrietta, last 
week broke up ten acres of green-sward. The soil 
corn is up 2 fee thigh, with the cultivator or horse- facin' vtcT Nltti!Z"m turnt ‘ d «P in exc f Uent condition, and the expcri- 
hoe, as on land not especially weedy do hand- -j b4rrc ] i Trans.; 4, E. R. Hayward, Brighton, Monroe 
hoeing will bo necessary. Use for summer soil- 0() ( g.^va wiu-nt This whs delayed on railroad, but 
ing, or for winter use as needed, and be careful to Wlis n r extraordinary excellence, and a premium was 
have it fully dry before housing.— Wm. J. Pettek, awarded, $5. 
Lakeville, Conn., Feb. 20, 1857. «ye -1. David Ccmnradt, Brunswick, Rens. Co., $5 ; 2, 
■■ - n< nry School)tusker, Bethlehem, Albany Co., 3 ; 3, Henry 
Another Rat Trap .—111 the Rural, of Jan. 24, Wier, Johnsonville, Ren»., 2. 
your correspondent, L. B. PettENGILL, gives his Barley.- 1, Amo* Goublinn, I.e Ray, Jeff., 2 rowed, $5 ; 
mode of catching rats. 1 will give another which 2, Norman Gowdy LuwvUl-, Lewis. A. 
- i- • t .1 v Oa/j.-l. Davltl Coonr.vlt, Brunswick, $5; Z, Peter Cm- 
I have tried in cellars with complete success.— , n , r ... . v 
. ‘ ... pell. Jr, Huiley, 2; Van VleckNoltlDglmm, Tran*. 
Take a barrel that will hold water, cut a head out whits Corn.— O&nd Coonradt, Brumwiek, $3. 
of stiff paste board, about one-balf inch smaller yellow Corn.- 1, David Coonradt, Brunswick, $5; 2, 
than the barrel—fasten a stick across the centre; Charles W. Kells,Clinton, 3 ; 2, Henry "Wier, Johnsonville, 
ment of winter plowing promises to be eminently 
successful. Mr. E. S. Hayward, of Brighton, also 
commenced plowing last week. 
. «■»«- 
Cure for the lloa Distemper. —An esteemed 
correspondent, residing at Bethel, Clermont Co., 
Ohio, writes that he has discovered a remedy for 
the malady among hogs, which has proved so de¬ 
structive in the Miami Valley. His remedy is to 
put two quarts of flax seed in ten gallons of water, 
and boil it until the seed is thoroughly cooked, and 
then give it to Ihe hogs os fast as they can drink 
it, and repeat the dose for a week or so. Our cor- 
put some boards each side, with their upper ends a pa, 10 varinlv*, 3; 3, Wm. I’. Ottley, Piwlpa, dirii of apple?, 
little higher and within four or five inches of the s - Medal: Elisha Dorr, Albany, pears. Dip. anil Medal ; R. 
ba rrel,-fasten tho head so it will not turn, and P- Wilea, Albany, grape*, S. M.; Elisha Door, currant wine, 
g g JJ 
bait the rats on it, or by hanging the bait over it, ' - 
till they are accostomedto go there; then unfasten Hobac* Guioo/r’a Pkkmicms — To Boys under 18 year* 
the head and put two pails of water in the barrel, °f a ff e -~ T h @ Commute* examined three statements on 
if you have mis about,you will catch them. This ^«»e t)n carrot? and recommend a premium tn 
mode is not recommended with much conhdence , n(US SiWvr MUtonOtUey-aladofonlylSyea.. 
then drive a pin firmly into each end of this stick 2; 3, E. S. Hayward, Brighton, detained on railroad, but reS p on ^ en t found this remedy effectual. It is very 
for gudgeons, and plad itiacrossthe barrel in little b* inp very auperior—premium, 5. simplo and well worthy of a trial among farmers, 
notches, so that it will notbe misplaced if it rolls i*<a*-Norman Gowdy, Lowyille, $5. Cincinnati Ejundrer. 
over. This lieud is to be balanced by a long weight ^ Jobn ; onTl , K 8 . -——- 
on tho underside, like sticking a pocket knife info 'lkmothu Seed-KS. Hayward, Brighton,$5. To be Thought About.—C an a farmer find any 
the underside of the stick across tbe head, so that Buckwheat.— Uvnry Scbotmumker, Bethlehem, $3. better investment for his money, above wbat is 
it will assume a horizontal position, immediately fkuits. required for the support and education of hia 
after a rat has slid off into the barrel. Now, put 1> j 0 h n w. Bailey, Plattsburgh, Clinton, 60 varieties family, than to expend it upon his farm , iu the im- 
the barrel in a place which the rats frequent, and apples, Dip. and $4 : 2, Van Vlcck Nottingham, Ononda- provement of his Block, in planting trees, in drain- 
put some boards each side, with their upper ends a ga, 10varieties, 3; 8, Wm. P. Ouley, Phelps, dtah ofapple?, j n jr ( enriching, improving and ornamenting the 
little higher, and within four or live inches of the - s - Medal: Elisha Dorr, Albany, pear?, Dip. and Model; R. pi ace baa chosen as the Beene of his labors and 
barrel,_fasten the head so it will not turn, and r.Wriea, Albany, grapes, S.M.; Elmha Door, currant wiue, centre of his comforts? 
bait the rats on it, or by hanging the bait over it, ' - i ' 
till they are accostomed to go there; theu uufaaten Horacx Gkkklt's PaxMirMs-ro Boys under 18 year* vk 
the head and put two pails of water in the barrel, "/ The Committee examined three atatemenis on (TJ) £ jj| Q \\\\ Q XUlIaUSL 
if you have rats about,you will catch them. This c0 ™ on ?, on .f" ot9 ’.'. ind -““V. ° ^ _ 
- . . ... corn to Franklm B. Snauldinc. East Otto. CttltsniUKUis Co,- ■ — 
,, D olr«o»,mend.d with much Co,ilidu.c' „„, lllS . sl ,„ r M.lc.l, BKEAKING STEERS, 
in its success, only where they can be baited.- ofa ^ >of Pholps Ont. Co. . 
J. F. Lester, Murengo, hL, 1H57. On carrots the crop i» very rmall—li-ss than 600 bushel* Editor:—A s I am a constant reader of 
„ * 7 T - „ .. , to the acre; tliey do not.deem it entitled to a premium. VO ur valuable paper, and a boy of but thirteen 
‘•Dumpy 1 iGS Again. -Iy attention was at- Tb(1 Committee highly approve of this manner of etimu- summerB j thought, as you had left a space for 
traded by an account o a remarkable Dumpy, lali „ K youl)!? men ot our day to iho careful and particular a ' lnR3ttr aa i nm I would try and see 
fed, killed and dressed tilts fall by your correspon- cultivation of crops ; they havn no doubt had the offer for , 3 , , , . , i a ,„ii!„„. A„,t«i«i™ no 
dent, W. 1’. P.,which at 10 months weighed 3G5 thee premlum.heen more extensively known, thatslarger wlmt I could do towards writing a short piece on 
lbs it seems these ” Dumpies” are considered l.y number of competitors would have onter-d for the P re- breaking steers. My mode of practice as a farm- 
some folks as something wonderful in their way, nd lim *- w * M ‘ W » ITK > Alu ^< Ch *' er’s son, is to first take calves whim they are not 
, ,. . ... . ---— more than two or three months old to learn them 
•Ibodthem^in the Ruu^l. ^Probably the owners AnitADiNd—Aixuvut,—The crumbling down of to lead. After they are thoroughly broke to the 
of them may have a few pure choice specimens banks of earth from the effects of frost, or the halter, next put a yoke on them, although when in 
for sale n la Sorgho Sucre, and knowing the pop- alternate action of drouth aud moisture, is termed the yoke for the first few times it u best o have 
, sa l ’ r. ,L .. n,. ' The nrooess is most noticeable on a halter on the nigh steer, so there wfil he no dan- 
mode is not recommended with much confidence 
in its success, only where they can be baited.— Phelps Out. Co. 
J. F. I.E8TKR, Murengo, IlL, 1857. On carrote the crop U v 
i lad of only 12yvai* 
"Dumpy” Pigs—Again. —My attention was at¬ 
tracted by an account of a remarkable " Dumpy,” 
fed, killed and dressed this fall by your correspon¬ 
dent, W. 1*. P., which at 10 months weighed 3G5 
lbs. It seems these “Dumpies” are considered by 
some folks as something wonderful in their way, 
at least one would judge so by the lots of talk 
about them in the Rural. Probably the owners 
of them may have a few pure choice specimens 
for sale, a la Sorgho Sucre, and knowing the pop¬ 
ularity and extensive circulation of the Rural, 
wish to advertise by tills method. Why, sir, ont 
here in “ cold Cattaraugus” we regard “ Dumpies” 
like those of W, P. P. ns mere " nubbins.” I killed 
On carrot* the crop la very rmall—l?ss than 600 bughel* 
to the acre • tliey do not.deem itentitloil to a premium. 
Tbe Committee highly approve of thi* manner of stimu¬ 
lating young men ol our day to Ibo careful aud particubir 
cultivation of crops ; they havn no doubt bad the offer for 
theae premiums been more extonatvely linowu, that n larger 
number of competitors would have entered for the pre¬ 
miums. W. M. Width, Allegany, Ch’n. 
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Arrading— Ai.t.uvur.—The crumbling down of 
hanks of earth from the effects of frost, or the 
alternate action of drouth aud moisture, is termed 
abrading. The process is most noticeable on 
ZVXZ » y tl i: % 5 trenched or full-plowed lands, and iffMn efficient gerof their running. Then .after they -rethorough- 
T* - Dumpies” agent in the a.nilioratlon of clayey soils. .4/,*, iy broke to drive in the yoke together ^ thefan 
ike those of W P P as mere “ nubbins ” I killed i« the wearing or rubbing away, by streams of it. as I term such things, f break them t g 
me thbTf.ilI, /ust .veu monihs old, of a breed and currents, of the earth and rocks composing 
that ain’t at all dumpy, and it weighed 355 pounds. 
You may real assured, too, that I was able to cut 
out the hams without lu the least spoiling the 
shoulders. In the words of W. P. P.,—wao wants 
heavier, and who can beat? Let Suffolkdoni and 
W. P. P. answer.—J. Patterson, Franklinvillt, 
Call. Co., N. Y., 1857. 
the banks and bottoms of rivers, and tho term is 
also applied to the substance worn away. The 
better name for this is alluvion, which is applied 
to land added by the wash of water — the bottom 
lands aud deltas of river*. Some of the most fer- 
which are as handy as old oxen. They are broke 
to go single or double before a load or any way. 
L ist fall they took the premium on yearling steers 
at the Wyoming County Fair, held at Warsuw on 
the 6 th and 7th of Oct, 1850. When 1 have the 
chance to break another pair T shall proceed as 
: P I>. answer. —J. Patterson, Franklinville, tile soils known are alluvial, added to from year chance to break anotner pairiBnauproceeo 
‘ ’ r „ 1 7 S ’ to year by the overflow of creeks and rivers.- above stated. If you think the above worthy of a 
. .. -—-- Many lands not now overflowed are of the same place in your columns, you are welcome to it, 
Plaster on Summer Fallow.—I nformation ib c t, ara cter. Extreme fineness and the lighter earths hoping Borne of your numerous readers inuy have 
frequently asked concerning the effects of plaster characterize these “ made lands”—the larger and 
on different soils and on different crops. I will heavierpartioles having sunken near their original 
state my experience with plaster on Bummer fai- locality, 
low. A year ago last summer, I plastered onc-half - 
of a field of 18 acres previous to plowing for 
wheat, putting < n two bushels plaster to the acre. 
Corn Better Fuel than Coai. — A farmer 
some 150 miles south of Chicago, liaviug got out 
The field was hard clay, somewhat worn—was of coal, and the stale of the roads preventing an 
as good success, and as nice a pair of steers, as 
myse lf. H. E. Cornwell. 
Wyoming, Feb., 1857. 
LEARNING A TRADE. 
In No. 7 of the Rural one of the contributors 
of the Young Ruralist says:—“I have been often 
seeded to oats the year previous. The field was immediate supply, the thought suggested itself urged lo Heek a livJng b y some other means than 
all fitted alike, and bowu to wheat at tho same time that he might try the virtue of corn in the ear to the grouncL » No person of sound reason, 
-two bushels to the acre. The part of tbe field supply the place of the coal. It worked so well r thjnk> ^ gay thal there is a8 independent a way 
on which plaster was sown I thought tbe poorest that subsequently tbe gentleman purchased a load ^ Uyo ftg „ ou th# form( i» an fi 1 know by expe- 
part yet the wheat was the best, stood the evenost of coal and tried it by measure in contrast with ^ thcre la not hing that affords me more 
on the ground, and produced from one to three the corn; and the experiment developed the fact pIeagure thaQ t0 work on m y father’s farm. But, 
bushels to the acre the moat. The whole field that the corn fuel was the cheapest and best. 1 he , f & ^ ft Bmall farm „ n d his means are limb 
was seeded to clover in the spring —that part on corn and the coal wore worth the same price per ^ wbut looU moru manly than to see one of tho 
which plaster was sown previous to plowing was bushel, 30 cents each, and the corn went the furthest ^ a lrig l, t morning, with his little pack on 
well seeded —the other part which had no plaster 
at all, took poorly. —T. S., East Bloomfield. 
Sheet Breeding in Texas.—I have a little flock 
and made the cleanest and best fire. 
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The Death of Wm. Evans, Esq., of Montreal, 
Secretary of the Lower Canada Board of Agricub 
of 1 000 or 1,100 head of sheep. I think Texas a tare, is announced. Mr. E. was an ardent aud 
fine place for wool-growing. I have not fed five influential friend und promoter of Rural Improve- 
dollars worth to my flock this winter aside from ment, and his decora* will be deeply lamented by 
wbut they gather on the prairie*. The prairies, in the agriculturists ol the Canadas. He was for bov- 
imtDv places, are now green. One shepherd at- eral years editor of the Agricultural Journal at 
tends to them, except at lambing time, when it Montreal, a position from which ho had lately te- 
takes two or three.—T. II. Wilik, Tywackuna, Tex. tired. Ilia age was G 8 . 
astick, with a light step aud pleasant smile, making 
his way to some neighboring town to learn some 
useful trade, that in future time he may, when 
more land bns been added to the bum, return and 
put up a small shop and build a large house on the 
spot “ where the old one stood.’’ Then his parents 
nmy live happy In their obi age, bleat with tbe 
company of their children, while he, from nine to 
time, adds the necessary building* lo the “Old 
Farm,” which makes it look so convenient, pleas¬ 
ant and happy. I- W. WKXK 3 , 
I.e Roy, N. Y , Feb., 1867. 
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