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MOORFS RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
AUGUST 1. 
rich, strong land it gives an enormous quantity of 
feed. This is the result of our experience and 
observation. 
What shall be done with the Canada Thistles ? 
Scarcely a road we travel that is not bordered 
on both sides with this pest. Many oat and barley 
fields and meadows seem to be one-third covered 
with them. Is it not worth while to mate an effort 
to arrest their progress?—or are the farmers " get¬ 
ting used to them?’’ We never before saw such 
a display of mustard Bowers as this season.— 
They are very pretty, giving a golden hue to the 
country, but are sadly out of place in a grain field. 
Carrots are more cultivated this season, we 
think, than ever before, and so far as w e have ob¬ 
served have come up and are looking well. It is 
difficult to keep the weeds down, on account of 
the rain, and once in a while we Bee a lot that is 
badly overrun. 
It is strange our farmers do not grow Parsnips 
for stock. They are less trouble to weed than car¬ 
rots, less trouble to save in winter, and for feeding 
to pigs, no root equals them. Hogs will fatten 
on par.mps, alone, rapidly. They are also excel¬ 
lent for cows and most other stock, and are not 
bad for tbe table. If farmers would grow more 
roots we should not hear so qjuch about short feed 
in spring. 
DRINKS FOR HARVEST LABORERS. 
Caranuutiratio its. 
TTTT T.TT VQ vs. LEVEL CULTUBB EOS COHN. 
Eds. Rural: —In a late number of the Rubai, I 
noticed an inquiry from a Young Parmer in Marion 
Co., Ohio, relative to hilling corn. Having had 
some experience in this branch of agriculture I 
venture to give tuy views and experience in this 
matter. As corn is one of the staples of this cli¬ 
mate, it is of the utmost importance to us farmers 
that we understand how to produce the greatest 
amount of grain with the least hand labor—labor 
being high and scarce. If farmers would give 
their views and experience more freely on agri¬ 
cultural subjects, no doubt it would be cordially 
received, and be of great benefit to community. 
We are living in an age of improvement. It is 
ten late in the day to hill corn, or go to market with 
cai t and oxen, while the rest of the world travel 
by lightning and steam. I wish through the col¬ 
umns of the Rural to give my views on raising a 
crop of corn. My remarks are intended for large 
farmers who have good land for corn. 
Plow well at leant 8 inches deep, and drag thor¬ 
oughly before planting. Mark both ways with 
shovei-plow, five feet one way, and four the other; 
wide way north and south. This lets in the sno. 
The distance apart maybe varied to accommodate 
climate and varieties. This is intended for the 
Ohio Pent. By planting in the furrows the corn 
will not need any hilling. Leave the surface of 
your field level, that the roots may run deep into 
the earth, and tbe stalk will not break off when 
swayed back and forth by the wind. At tbe bot¬ 
tom of every stalk may be seen numerous brace 
roots, or feelers, which strike out into the earth to 
hold it fast. But, if the earth be cobbled up in 
hills, around the corn, it robs the fine fibrous roots 
of their proper nourishment, and the crop is in¬ 
jured thereby. 
Dry weather has much less influence on a level 
surface, than if hilled. A level surface imbibes 
the rain uniformly, diffuses it equally and secures 
it beneath the surface for the general benefit of 
that webwork of roots which fills the entire ground 
below. As soon as you can see the rows, start a 
horse and cultivator. This will keep down all 
weeds and is all that is necesssary to produce a 
good crop; yet it may be well to go through once 
with a hoe. 
Now comes tbe harvesting. Let your corn 
stand on the stalk until it is fit to crib. Enter 
your field with team, two men and a boy. Strad¬ 
dle every fifth row, a man on each side, and the 
hoy to fetch up the rear. Pick off’the ears as rap¬ 
idly as possible, with all the husks that remain,— 
throwing them directly into the wagon. In this 
way no basket is needed. Secure your corn in any 
convenient place — a pen made of rails is good 
enough,— nnd when it is full cover with stalks. 
Corn secured ia this way will keep for years. 
Wnen you wish to market the crop, take it to a 
barn-floor and thresh with horses; the husks re¬ 
maining will uot be in the way of threshing. Rake 
off, run through the mill, and your corn will be in 
fine condition. By this method, two men and a 
boy can pick and crib 200 bushels of ears in a day. 
1 believe the above plan faithfully executed will 
suve the farmer half his labor; and this is quite an 
item In these times. I believe corn may be grown 
for one shilling per bushel. Jas. Clisbe. 
Qalncy, Mich., 1867. 
Eds. 
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Rurai. :~ 
Inclosed find five dollars for which you will 
please forward the Rural to the names given.— 
Yon sent me an extra number a few weekB since, 
which was passed round to my neighbors. Tbe 
result was a desire to take the paper on trial, and 
without, trenching upon any ground occupied by 
any of your regular agent*, these few names can 
be added to your already extended list. The 
Rural is an “institution” which “ commends it¬ 
self to every man’s conscience.” The most casual 
reader will find something to attract his attention, 
—the literary taste can be fully gratified.—and the 
man of science tuny dig as for “ hid treasures,” and 
be sure of his reward. 
I hare been much interested in the diversity of 
subjects which your numerous and able correspon 
Cents have broached, and the pith, truth and life 
with which they have all been treated. Prom the 
symmetrical Durham, down to the “ Dumpy” pig,— 
(not forgetting the canine race,) from the elegant 
swan to the “ wee” Bantam,—and from the Mower, 
Reaper and Threshing machine, down to the “old 
stub of a hoe,”—every grade and every shade has 
been fully discussed. It was doubtless a slip of 
pen, in your “special contributor” to magnify tbe 
the merits of an “old hoe.” Among the best 
farmers in Wyoming Co., be don't believe in this 
retrograde momement, any more than I do, and the 
close ntbs of your correspondents will keep him on 
his guard! 
Warm weather is upon us, and the season for 
hard t cork is just at hand. My object in this com¬ 
munication is to caution laboring men—farmers, 
especially young farmers, against drinking to ex¬ 
cess. I do not mean excess in the use of intoxi¬ 
cating liquors, for it is my hope that most farmers 
have long since eschewed this kind of drink In 
the hay and harvest field. Nor is it warning 
against the use of “hard-eider,” for sure no sane 
man will voluntarily endure head-ache, heart-burn 
and sickness at the stomach, for the sake of grati¬ 
fying the cravings of a diseased appetite—for it 
creates more than it allays thirst. Hard-cider ia a 
word which ought to be obliterated from the Eng¬ 
lish language, daring the warm months, at least,— 
if not from the first day of January to the last day 
of December. 
But laboring men must and will drink! Of 
course they must and wilL Let them drink some¬ 
thing that is healthy, palatable and refreshing.— 
Lemonade is a most excellent beverage, and ought 
to be more generally used in the hay field, —the 
cost is trilling, especially when farmers have made 
their own sugar as they should have done this 
year. Coffee., either hot or cold, is a very nutritious 
and wholesome drink,—it slakes thirst best when 
warm. Milk and w ater.—sweetened water, with a 
little vinegar and ginger added, and small beer, 
are all good for a change. Cold water may be 
drank with impunity when the system is cool, hut 
should never be taken in copious draughts when 
the blood is hot. 
Some will say—“It is too much trouble to fur¬ 
nish these kinds oi drink—I give my men a pail of 
water and a bottle of whisky — it is the cheapest 
thiug I can do.” Tine it may be cheapest,bnt is it 
the best? May it not be the means of forming 
habitB of jutemperanceinrome, daring the present 
hay and harvest season? .Ask yourself the ques¬ 
tion,—ia it best ? 
I should be glad if in any way I could aid in 
correcting a very general and prevalent error,— 
that when very thirsty we must drink large quan¬ 
tities to aliay it The experience and practice of 
years and years have fully satisfied me that the 
less we drink the less we suffer from thirst I 
mean by this that liquids taken in small quantities, 
sufficient to moisten the glands of the throat and 
Btomach, are better than large draughts. The 
laboring man will find it much easier to work upon 
this principle, and habit will soon make it familiar 
and easy. 
It is hard work to work hard, and great addition¬ 
al labor to carry round at the same time the largest 
Bliare o? the contents of a gallon jug. Dunk tight, 
especially in the fore part of the day, and in the 
afternoon be sure to drink light. This rule per- 
severingly practiced upon, yon will never regret. 
Attica, N. Y., 1867. 
adhere to the primitive way of doing things, 
treading wheat with horses, and doing other things 
in like ancient modes. 
Thus, Mr. Editor, I have given you a few facta 
concerning Kentucky matters; aud if this should 
meet a charitable reception, may be induced to 
again impart to your, numerous readers other 
items of how we do things in “Old Kentucky.” 
Sharpsburg, Bath Co., Ky., July, 1857. A. L. A. 
WIRE-WORM.—MOWEB8 AND REAPERS. 
Eds. Rural: —That russet, little, india-rubber 
borer, that voracious and almost indestructible 
pest of farm erdom, which pounces on the golden 
grain—the toiling husbandman pats into tbe soil, 
nay almost the very moment he does so —the JV'ire- 
tyorm, has left his mark in these regions the 
present year. Large fields have been almost en¬ 
tirely destroyed by his ravages. The corn , espe¬ 
cially, ha6 he riddled, aud probed with fatal ener¬ 
gy and indefatigableneBs. It is curious and some¬ 
times sad to see the rioters gathered to their feast 
—one farmer, not far off, picking not. less than 
thirty-sir from one hill of corn. Even that which 
is first Bpared afterwards subsides out of view in a 
magical manner, like the melting away of hope 
and abundance to come. What shall we do? How 
shall we outwit or circumvent this dceolator? One 
man says, “plant corn again next year, manuring 
in the hill, especially with hog manure,” A Wire- 
Worm Essay, about these days, will not be alto¬ 
gether inopportune to some humble farmers not 
posted up to the best way of waging war on the 
depredators. Crops of other kinds in this region, 
are good, in prospect. 
The mowing and reaping machine excitement 
rages. People are bothered to know which kind 
is best and what to get. Who shall decide? Here¬ 
abouts there is perhaps a slight leaning towards 
Ketchuk. Gentlemen, and sirs, manufacturers, 
know this—we want good machines. People who 
pay yon one or two hundred dollars, want to find 
out that they have got their money’s worth, and 
not that they are humbugged. Therefore, be care¬ 
ful that in your haste to throw manufactures into 
marketyou do not construct imperfect implements 
that will only bring sickness and heart ache to the 
farmer. The difficulty of choosing is increased 
from the multitude of patents issued to inventors. 
Without prejudice or partiality we can but wish, 
for tl:e general good, that one or two machines 
would tuke such entire and permanent lead of the 
rest in point of excellence and merit, as to secure 
the farmer from perplexity, and the danger of be¬ 
ing seriously disappointed. True, the field of 
competition is broad and inviting, but merit must 
prevail, and we hope it will with such distinctness 
as to render selection not an embarrassment. 
Erie County, N. Y., Jaly, 186*. C. 
Weather and Crops. —The past ten days (we 
write on Tuesday, July 28,) have been remarkable 
for the number and severity of thunder storms in 
many parts of New York, New England, &c. In 
several instances the storms were unusually sud¬ 
den and violent — in some accompanied with 
heavy hail, which proved quite destructive to 
crops in various localities. Tbe hail storm which 
occurred in this vicinity, on Monday week, de- 
>yed entire fields of wheat, com, &c., in some 
neighborhoods. For instance, a fluid of eight 
acres of wheat, within three miles of this city, was 
so completely riddled, so to speak, that scarcely a 
dozen heads were left on the- stalks. Fields of In¬ 
dian corn and gardens were also almost entirely 
destroyed. We hear of more or less damage to 
the crops from the severe storms which occurred 
during the week, in distant sections of this and 
other States. The week was altogether very un¬ 
favorable for haying and harvesting, aod wo fear 
that much grass and grain has been greatly in¬ 
jured. Jf considerable hay has not been damaged 
beyond recovery, farmers in the flooded sections 
have been fortunate. As we write, rain is falling 
copiously, and it. is feared that, the farmers are to 
have another week of “ catching weather.” 
The Crops are reported as very promising, in 
moat sections of the country. At the South and 
West tho wheat crop has already been harvested, 
the yield being abundant aud generally of good 
quality. In this State we think the crop will prove 
better than has been anticipated. Tho midge has 
not prevailed so widely aa was feared—though we 
bear considerable complaint from various locali¬ 
ties of this region. The rust has also injured the 
crop in certain sections of Western New York— 
some farmers averring that what tbe midge has 
left, the rust has taken, in quite an extensive 
district, these two evils are at present the Scyllft 
and Charybdis of wheat growers. Indian corn is 
improving in all parts of tbe country, If report 
speaks truly, as are most spring crops. Dry, hot 
weather is, however, greatly needed, and if vouch¬ 
safed, the present season will yet prove one of the 
most productive for many years—takiog tho seve¬ 
ral staples and tbe whole country into the account. 
REMEDY FOR 8WELLING3 ON CATTLE. 
E. B. 
Eds. Rural: —Seeing the inquiry of E. W. D. 
about “Swellings,” has induced me to “show my 
opirion.” The swellings named are what are call¬ 
ed Wens or Dicers in England. Their cause I 
cannot tell, whether it comes from the feed the 
animals get, or water they drink. In England 
they are rarely known, except on pcatty low land 
and where the water ia impure. A frequent 
change of pasture to higher land is some proven 
tive. Remedy — First caat the ox— don’t atft-mpt 
without; let one hold the head down fast; take a 
little grease and make a small ring round each 
ulcer just outside the swelling; then take either 
Spirits of Turpentine or Butter of Antimony, (the 
latter is the beat,) pour a little upon the nicer and 
rub it well with tbe baok of an old Bpoon. Then 
apply some more and mb again, and next take oil 
of vitriol and apply in tfco same manner. Serve 
each ulcer the same, and if your vitriol is good 
you have made a care. If not as soon as the hard 
scale comeB off, cast and dress again. I never 
knew this remedy to fail when good vitriol was 
used.— Trans Atlantic, Waterloo, Jeff. Co., Wit. 
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I Til MS FROM CORRESPONDENTS. 
KENTUCKY CHOPS, CULTURE, &c. 
-I would say to the “ Ybung Farm¬ 
er” who seeks information on this subject, do 
either as suits your convenience best, and the im¬ 
plement you use for cultivating. Tbe great point 
is to keep the ground aa mellow as possible, and 
suffer nothing hut the corn to grow. 
Till deep acd thorough 
While sluggards sleep in their burrow, 
And you will have corn to Bell and keep 
With no occasion to borrow. 
[A. T., Andover, Ohio. 
Eds. Rural: —Although but a young farmer 
myself, I can give the experience of seven years 
in Western New York and three years in this 
State, comprising soils from the heaviest clay, 
through all its grades, to the rich mould of the 
prairie. I have invariably found level culture the 
best for three reasons:—First, the land can be pul¬ 
verized much finer. Second, the Boil becomes 
much warmer. Third, it is much easier preparing 
it for the next crop, besides, it is easier harvesting. 
Nature will give it all the braces It needs. I have 
seen braces on tbe Dent corn that were half an 
inch in diameter.—L. E. P., Almond, Port Co., Wis. 
The Flax Crop op Ohio will, it Is said, this 
season exceed that of any previous year. Large 
quantities of seed were donated to farmers by 
Eastern men, who reserved the right to purchase 
all the seed produced at current market price— 
the producers to retain the fibre. ^ The Cincinnati 
Commercial thinks tbe flax statistics of Ohio for 
the year will be apt to surprise statlcians. 
Mb. Moore:— With your permission I will con¬ 
tribute my rush light, though dim, for the purpose 
of giving your readers some knowledge of Ken¬ 
tucky crops, and an inBight as to how we do things 
in the “ dark and bloody ground.” 
Our farmers are now busily securingtheir wheat 
crop, which will far exceed any previous one 
grown in the State, both 8s to quality and quanti¬ 
ty. Present price at the barn SI per bushel. Our 
modes of sowing are various. Some break up 
clover in July, then harrow and bow in September 
—plowing In with small hull tongue plows, or har¬ 
rowing in. An excellent method is to sow in 
growing corn, and plow ia—the corn in dry 
weather affording shade to the tender roots; nor 
iB it so liable to the ravages of tho fly. Average 
crop per acre 25 to So bushels. 
Oats and Rye promise an abundant yield, tbe 
latter bearing a price nearly equalling wlieat. Corn, 
our standard crop, is growing finely, and with a 
late and favorable fall the product will be im¬ 
mense. Tbe price will not be more than $1 25 per 
bbl.,—average yield from 15 to 20 bbls. per acre. 
It Is generally grown for successive years on tbe 
same ground, and cultivated with the “ shovel 
plow,” which penetrates the ground to the depth 
of 4 to 6 inches; five plowings suffice. We use no 
manures. 
In brief, the crops of every description in Ken¬ 
tucky will far exceed, in quantity, any grown for 
years. Fruit of every description promises all 
that could be desired—apples particularly. Veg¬ 
etables are in no wise gcarce. I venture the pre¬ 
diction that ten bushels of potatoes are now 
growing in Kentucky to where there was one in 
any previous year. 
Beef cattle, owing to the want of provender 
and general failure of crops last year, are scarce 
and high, and will be for some time to come.— 
Hogs largely exceed the number of last year, and 
present appearances indicate a great falling oft' 
from last year’s prices. 
We are gradually introducing the labor saving 
machinery of the East in our State—altho’ legions 
of “old fogies” can yet be found, who tenaciously 
The Best Milking Machine.— In the Rural of 
18th July I notice an inquiry in regard to a milk¬ 
ing machine by H. R. Kendall. As I have been 
somewhat engaged in the dairy business for eeve 
ral years past, I will give him my experience on 
the subject, or iather mention the best machine I 
ever used or saw used, and which produced the 
most pleasing sensation upon the cow—as 1 have 
often seen them sleep under its operation. I think 
it preferable to any other that ever has or ever 
will be in use. The machine consists of a large 
pair of hands, attached to strong arms, with a wil 
ling disposition to work the machine, and the 
work speedily and well done. These machines 
may be obtained at any good substantial house— 
without patent fees.— A Subscriber. Nichols, N. 
|\iira( IJoics anil Items. 
HYMN OF THE HARVESTERS. 
Liming and Salting Hay.— In the Transactions 
of our State Ag. Society for 1855, Mr. L. D. Clift 
thus speaks of a preparation for hay in the mow 
which has prove i highly beneficial, and preferable 
W« gather them in—tbe bright green leaves, 
With onr scythe* and mb re to-day, 
And the mow grows big. anil tbe pitcher heaves 
IIi« UK* in the swelt'ring hay. 
O, bol a field! for thn mower’s scythe. 
Hath a ring ol destiny, 
Sweeping the earth of its bnrlben lithe, 
As it aoug in wrathful glee. 
We gather them in—the nodding piumee 
O t Ihe yellow and bending grain, 
Aud the flash of onr sickles' light Illumes 
Oar inarch o'er the vanquished plain. 
Anon we come with tbe sieed-iirawn car— 
The cunniog of modern laws; 
And the acres stoop to ft its clanking jar. 
As it rocks Its hungry jaws. 
We gather them in—the mellow frnita 
From the shrub, the vine and tree, 
With their runsets, and golden, and purple suits. 
To garnish onr treasury. 
And each h«» a juicy treasure stored 
All aneatii its tinted nod, 
To cheer our guests at the social beard, 
When we leave onr cares behind. 
We gather them in—in this goodly store. 
But not with the miser's gust. 
For this Great All Father we adore. 
Hath but given It in trust; 
And our work of death is hut for life. 
In the wintry dayB to come— 
Then a blessing upon tbe Reaper's strife. 
And a shout at Ibis Harvest Home. 
An Editor turned Shepherd. —It is said tbat 
Picayune Kendall — so called because formerly 
editor of the sprightly New Orleans Picayune—iB 
now located with his family about fivo miles from 
New Braunfels, in Texas, where he has gone largely 
into the raising of sheep. He is said to have the 
finest Merinos from the best stock on the Eastern 
continent. He bad a few weeks ago about 1,200 
lambs, and of the flneet quality. Some of his 
bucks shear 12,14, and 17 pounds of wool each, 
which is worth from CO to 70 cents a pound. 
Wool growing in Texas is becoming very ex¬ 
tensive. A few days since a lot was sent from the 
prairies in Texas to New Orleans, which for quali¬ 
ty is represented to be equal •< the best Saxony. 
jjounti pluralist 
The Young Eukalists.— It will be seen that 
the Farmers’ Boys are not to be allowed to monop, 
olizo this department, as wc have already given 
to salt alone:—“ I have used lor several years, the 0Jie or artic.lcM from the girls and Lave several 
n ii • _ .A? _ - e _ _i_ /r _ r 1 u 
About Roads. —In a lato number of the Rural 
something was said about roads and road-making, 
which pleased me much. It pnt me in mind of 
one of my neighbors, who felled timber in the road 
and left it there. 1 agree with IL’s plan of mak¬ 
ing roads—to remove the soda ont of the road in¬ 
stead of putting them in. Either clay, loam or 
gravel is far better. Rut when people go on to 
the road to work, it is best not to have long stories 
to tell The difficulty is that one will talk aud 
a dozen will listen. That is the occasion of so 
many bad roads. Never mind it —for it is for 
Uncle Saro, and he is rich.— Simeon Trim, Jr., 
Eagle, Wan en Co. Pa. 
Better Yet.— In the Rural of July lltli, no¬ 
tice ia given of a cow owned by Mrs. Louisa By- 
ington, that would appear to be somewhat extra¬ 
ordinary,—but I now own a cow of the native 
breed that gave, for two weeks in June, from 
thirty to thirty-two quarts of milk per day, from 
which we made 314 lbs. butter in the two weeks, 
after supplying a family of six with milk together 
with a fair sprinkling of company. The cow is 
seven years old, deep red color, and may be seen 
at any time by calling on P. Hall, Petmville 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
Sugar Cane Crusher Wanted.— Can you, or 
any of your subscribers, give information relative 
to a machine for crushing Sugar Cane? Where 
are they manufactured, aud what do they coat ?— 
You will coulter a iavor on a subscriber by giving 
information.—H. D. W., Elba, N. Y. 
following preparation for my hay: Two parts of 
slacked or quick time to one of salt. The salt to be 
mixed with the lime until entirely dissolved and 
Lhe mass becomes a powder. Upon a load or tnn 
of hay, at intervals in mowing or stacking, use 
from ten to fifteen quarts, dusted evenly over the 
hay. I formerly used salt alone, but the men would 
often use too much, so that it was injurious to the 
stock. The above mixture obviates this—it cor¬ 
rects tbe acidity and sourness of the hay, and I do 
not recollect » sick animal sluce I commenced its 
use. Horses troubled with the heaves are greatly 
relieved by feeding upon hey thus prepared, and 1 
am satisfied it is a preventive of the heaves. My 
horses are kept in tne stable the year round, well 
groomed, and they do far more work and wear 
longer than when suffered to run during summer.” 
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Don’t Visit Country Friends in Harvest Time 
without special provocation, good city people!— 
Farmers, their wives, sons and daughters, have lit. 
tie time to “ oouBin” with or entertain you “ about 
these days”—and if you visit them, even for a day 
important labors will either be interrupted or im¬ 
peded. ‘ Remember that the harvest is greatandthe 
laborers few,” and that every moment is precious 
in the eyes of the husbandman; and moreover, 
with extra men to “provision,” both matron and 
maidens have enough care and labor from early 
morn till weary night—especially when the ther¬ 
mometer ranges among the nineties—without ox¬ 
tending hospitality to the most cherished t’riendB 
or relatives from town. Wait, therefore, until the 
harvest is ended—until the fragrant grass and 
golden grain are secured—and then you will im¬ 
part as well as receive pleasure in visiting and 
perchance tarrying for awhile with your friends 
in the country. “ A word to the wise,” &o. 
— — 
Tall Corn.— Brother Drew, of the Rural Intel- 
ligencer, Augusta, Me., tells in his last, number, 
about several hills of tall corn—from five to six 
and-a-half feet high, with silks, Ac.,—which is al¬ 
together more elevated than any we have seen in 
this vicinity. The corn in hiB own field averages 
“ as high as his head”—and that is pretty tall, for 
brother D.’s venerable crown la full six feet from 
mother earth. 
— A friend who has just returned from u trip up 
the Genesee Valley as far as Mt. Morris, avers that 
he saw “lots of corn” which was Bix-aiul-a-half feet 
high—and that the crop promises well in all that 
region. Brother Drkw will therefore please u ac¬ 
knowledge the mains ,”—while onr friends in the 
West and South-west, where corn naturally goes 
skyward, are not invited to institute comparisons! 
more on hand. Jn this number we give a Bhort 
article from a Clerk, in which be appeals to his 
fellow clerks to see that they are well represented 
in this column, and also one from a young Me¬ 
chanic. This is right; all should be heard. 
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A WORD FOR THE CLERKS. 
The Fence Question is not yet entirely settled, 
at least in the opinion of some of our correspon 
dents, for we have of late received descriptions of 
several portable and farm fences. The best of 
these—among which we rank the “ no patent” fence 
of our progressive friend Jos. Watson, Esq., of 
Clyde—will ere long be noticed in the Rural. 
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Improved Stock at Public Salk.— The special 
attention of those of onr readers wishing to pur 
chase improved Stock ia directed to the announce 
meats of Messrs. JonN Wade, of Port Hope, 
C. W., and Lewis F. Allen, of Black Rook, N. Y. 
in our advertising department. 
Tali. Timothy,— We have in the Rural sane 
turn two stalliB of Timothy, grown on the farm of 
Capt, Bowen, of Bennett, Cayuga county, which 
are six feet three inches m height I Can any Mon 
roe county farmer show us Timothy which is “Ex 
celsior ”— still father l 
Tna Annual Fair of the Oswego Co. Ag. Society, 
is to be held in the village of Mexico, Sept. IGth, 
17 th and 18th. 
Mr. Editor:—I am a clerk, but I take as much 
interest in reading the Rusal as any other paper, 
aud the first thing I look at is the Young Rnralist. 
I am much disappointed in reading it week after 
w*ck to see all the pieces sire written by farmers’ 
boys; and another thing, once in a while, when an 
older head than ours puts in a word or two, they 
address it all to the farmers’ boys. They seem to 
think that none of the village or city boys read 
your paper. I am sorry to see this, for I am ac¬ 
quainted with a number of clerks that like the 
Rural very much, and when some of their young 
farmer acquaiutauces come to town (even if they 
are just from tbe bam-yard,) they will take their 
hand just aa cordially as if they were dressed in 
broadcloth, and had on all the “ fixins.” I would 
also say to that young lady who Baid (in a few 
numbers back) to the farmers’ boys, “ Go ahead 
boys; we will not toes our heads and shake our 
pretty curls at you beoause you have to work,”— 
that she must not discard clerks altogether be¬ 
cause perhaps some of the clerks in her town are 
upstarts and snobbish, for they are not all so. I 
hope she will not shake her pretty curls at such of 
us derkB as pretend to live on this earthly ball and 
not own the towns in which we live. 
Let me say^ few words to the clerks around the 
country. Let us do some of the writing for the 
Young Rnralist, and not lot the young farmers do 
it all. I am sure Mr. Moore will not show any 
partiality to them, and publish theirletters and not 
ours. Now, in the next number, let us see at least 
half of tbe letters written by clerks. Ci.kuk. 
Dunkirk, July, 1857. 
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A WORD TO MECHANICS* BOYS. 
Eds. Rural. —So much has been said about the 
calling of the farmer boys, (as if that was the only 
noble calling on earth,) I thought I would sLate a 
few things that happened to como into my mind. 
We will look at the mechanic. Who is it that 
makeB the thousand things which arc indispensa¬ 
ble to the farmer? The mechanic. We will look 
back u few years. Tho axe was heard in these 
forests, and soon mills, shops ami business places 
were put up, and the farmer, with the tools that be 
then thought could not bo made any better, tilled 
his ground truly by the sweat of his brow. The 
awkward plow and harrow first did their duty, then 
the scythe, sickle and cradle, by the hand of man, 
gathered in the golden harvest. Time passed; 
machine shops and machinists sprang up, and 
through their Instrumentality the scythe and cradle 
were converted into mowers and reapers, so that 
instead of man, hia horses did the work. But this 
is not all. Seed drills, the present kinds of plows, 
and instead of the old fashioned harrow, the light 
drag has taken itu p’aco. And was it tho farmer 
who did all this? T should judge not. Look at 
that snorting engine, which with polished wheels 
and rods starts off over river and mountain, thro’ 
valley and deep cut, with the speed of a whirl¬ 
wind, and looks as if It almost disdains to look 
upon, much lcua to stay npou, this earth. And 
who made It? I answer, the mechanic. Now ia 
not this a noble calling? la not there as broad a 
field laid ont before the mechanic’s boy ft« before 
the farmer’s boy? I say nothing against tbe farmer, 
for his a noble calling—yea, the nobleat, bul ia not 
the mechanic’s also a noble calling? While his 
lathe is turning tho ponderous wheels and mighty 
shafts, cannot bia mind be occupied with that 
which will prove a blessing to himself and to the 
world?—T. H. j„ Horuoye Palls, A. Y. 
