MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 5 . 
the whole with a foot or bo of straw, and the work 
iB done. An opening must be made in the roof 
for ventilation. 
For the Bake of convenience, the ice-house 
should be near the dwelling, and where desirable 
it may be made quite ornamental at a very little 
expense. In this connection we give a plan of a 
very pretty house built by Lewis F. Allen, of 
Buffalo. The posts of this house, it will be seen 
by the plan, are on the outside. This makes a 
very strong building. Whentheboards are nailed 
outside of the posts, they sometimes burst off, 
particularly when filled with any fine material, 
like charcoal or tan-barb. The following is Mr. A.’s 
description of the manner of building bis house: 
“ Mark out your ground the size you require for 
the house; then, commencing at the one corner, 
dig, opposite each other, a doable set of holes, one 
foot deep, and two and a half feet apart, on each 
side of the intended building, say three feet equi¬ 
distant, ro that when the posts stand up they will 
present a double set, one and a half feet apart.— 
Then set in yonr posts, which should be of oak, 
chestnut, or some lasting wood, and pack the earth 
firmly around them. If the postB are sawed, they 
may be 4 by G inches in size, set edgeways toward 
each other. If not sawed, they may be round 
sticks cut from the woods, or split from the body 
of a tree, quartered—but sizable, so as to appear 
decent—and the insides facing each other as they 
stand up, lined to a surface to receive the plank¬ 
ing. Of course, when the posts are set in the 
ground, they are to show a square form, or skele¬ 
ton of what the building is to be when completed. 
When this is done, square off the top of each post 
to a level, all around; then frame, or 6pike on to 
each line of posts a plate, say six inches wide, and 
stay the two plates together strongly, so as 
to form a double frame. Now plank, or board up 
closely, the inside of each line of posts, that the 
space between them shall he a fair surface. Cut 
out, or leave out a space for a door in the centre 
of the side where yon want it, two and a half or 
three feet wide, and six and a half feet high, and 
board up the inner partition sides of this opening, 
so as to form a door-casing on each side, that the 
space between the two lines of posts may be a 
continuous box all around. Then fill np tbisspace 
between the posta with moist tan-bark, or saw¬ 
dust, well packed from the ground np to the plates; 
and the body of the house is inclosed, sun-proof, 
and air-proof, to gnard the ice. 
Now lay down, inside the building, some sticks 
—not mncli matter what, so that they be level— 
and on them lay loose planks or boards, for a floor. 
Cover this floor with a coating of straw, a loot 
thick, and it is ready to receive the ice. 
For the roof, take common 3 by 4 joiBts, as raf¬ 
ters; or in place of them, poles from the woods, 
long enough, in a pitch of full 35 c from a horizon¬ 
tal line, to carry the roof at least four feet over 
the outsides of the plates, and secure the rafters 
well, by pins or 6pikes, to them. Then hoard over 
and shingle it, leaving a small aperture at the top, 
through whioh ruu a small pipe, say eight inches 
In diameter—a stove-crock will do—for a ventila¬ 
tor. Then set in four posts, say two feet high—as 
in the design—throw a little four-sided, pointed 
cap on to the top of these posts, and the roof is 
done. If you want to ornament the under side of 
the roof, in a rude way—and we would advise it— 
take some pieces of 3 by 4 scantling, such as were 
used for the roof, if the posts are of sawed stuff— 
if not, rough limbs of trees from the woods, to 
match the rough posts of the same kind, and fasten 
them to the pos ts and the under side of the roof, 
by way of brackets, as in the design.” 
flail beat the oats from their parent stem. The 
happy man who did that work is, all things con¬ 
sidered, the best threshing machine I am acquaint¬ 
ed with. Jno. Sanfield. 
New York State, August, 1857. 
BEES AND BUCKWHEAT. 
THRESHING OATS. 
The almost universal practice of grain growers 
is to thresh with a machine—generally a traveling 
machine, accompanied by four horses and three 
men. If the farmer has no barn, this is perhaps, 
the best way he can adopt, as his labor must be 
done in fair weather. Bat many of the farmers of 
this State, can pursue a much more economical 
and profitable manner of threshing. 
In a climate sneh as ours, where Arctic winter 
reigns during a goodly portion of the year, the 
straw of oats is an important item in estimating 
the value of the crop. This iB usually much wasted 
by using the threshing machine. Stacked in the 
yard, it early becomes weather-beaten and almost 
valueless for cattle. If the farmer has, of his owd, 
one of the railroad horse-powers, thi6 waste may 
in part be remedied by threshing at different times 
during the winter, but all things considered, the 
flail is the best implement with which to thresh 
oats. With this, threshing is done at the season 
of the year when, if ever, the farmer has leisure, 
and consequently it need not he performed in a 
hurry; and also when the Btock of cattle most need, 
in its best condition, the straw, the longest of which 
may be bound in bundles and stored for nse, while 
the loose and unfit to bind, will Bupply the wants 
for food, bedding or litter of a fair-sized herd of 
cattle. 
Treading ont oatB with horses is a much more 
economical way than threshing with a machine, 
and if the straw is only wanted for cattle and lit¬ 
ter, is as good and fully as economical as with the 
flail. I am acquainted with a farmer who every 
winter breaks two or more steers to drive and be 
" handy” on the threshing floor with older cattle, 
after the manner described in a late number of 
the Bubal. 
"But,” says one, “if it is a better way to thresh 
oats, the expense will bo much greater.” Here 
you are mistaken, and I beg you to count the cost 
of threshing oats in this State with a machine, at 
about five dollars per hundred bushels. It as fre¬ 
quently exceeds, as falls short of that figure. Oats 
can he threshed by a day laborer with a flail, and 
almost nothing wasted, at a less figure than that. 
There is many a man who will pound out yonr 
oata, feed your cattle, and bind yonr straw, for a 
less sum per hundred bushels than that. 
Every farmer knows his own necessities—it is 
thejmsiness o^thejigricultnral paper to point out 
the right way—the farmer must decide between 
the rivals. Iu advising the - farmer to discard the 
machine, I am not interested save on the score of 
humanity. My mind has occasionally dwelt upon 
a scene while penning this article, of a farm-yard 
some yearB agone—covered with its golden litter 
and its sleek herds looking the picture of content¬ 
ment, while with regular thumps the descending 
Mkssbs. Eds, —In the Rural of August 22d I 
noticed an article by J. T. Brownell, in which he 
asks the question, “ Do Bees gather Honey from 
Buckwheat?”—and although he does not say that 
they do not, yet the inference is plain from what 
he does say that he believes so, and refers to an ar¬ 
ticle by J. H. Warner, published in the Dollar 
fteiospaper, in which Mr. W. affirms •' that after re¬ 
repeated trials he has come to the conclusion that 
bees make no honey from buckwheat’' Now we 
do know that bees are “very busy” during buck¬ 
wheat time, and if they do not get honey from it, 
why do they not inform us what they arc there for? 
We also know that our hives are very rapidly filled 
with honey - daring this season, and if they do not. 
get it from buckwheat, where do they get it from? 
—as at this season of the year they are generally 
found nowhere else, excepting on the wing between 
the apiary and the buckwheat field. 
But perhaps they will tell ns that they get “ some¬ 
thing" there, and with the help of this “ something 
by some hooos poens art, they extract honey from 
the atmosphere while on the wing, and this “ some¬ 
thing' gives the honey the peculiar flavor of buck¬ 
wheat blossoms. I believe that, Mr. Warner states 
ihat he has weighed his hives before and after the 
buckwheat season, and that thc-y do not increase 
in weight during this time. Perhaps his experi¬ 
ments were made in a cold, rainy season, and al¬ 
though there may be plenty of honey, if the bees 
cannot get abroad to gather it. our hives will not 
increase in weight I have never weighed any of 
my hives, but I will relate a little of my experience. 
Two years ago this summer, owing to the rava¬ 
ges of the wheat midge, there was much more 
buckwheat sown in this section than usual. I had 
some large early swarms that had nearly filled the 
lower part of their hives previous to the com¬ 
mencement of the buckwheat season. As it was 
warm, pleasant weather, and the beeB were very 
busy, I placed boxes on these hives, and sonic of 
them, in about two weeks, collected about thirty 
poundB of box honey. Now 1 think here would 
have been an increase of weight All my hives 
and boxes for surplus honey were well filled—even 
late swarms had plenty of honey and wintered 
welL There was a ten acre field of buckwheat 
about sixty rods from my apiary and between the 
two the bees were continually going to and fro.— 
LaBt year was a poor buckwheat season—there 
was much cold, rainy weather, the buckwheat was 
cut off by early frosts, and my bees made no honey 
in their boxes. Late swarms had to be taken np, 
some of them having bnt six or eight pounds of 
honey in the hives. So much for a poor back- 
wheat Beason. This year, for about a week pre¬ 
vious to the commencement of the buckwheat 
season, my bees were perfectly idle, and some of 
them began to rob the less populous hives—which 
is a sure sign there is no honey to be gathered, for 
they seldom or never rob when it is a good time 
for honey. But now they are very busy, and if we 
have warm, pleasant weather, I have no doubt but 
they will do as well as they did two years ago. 
iii a large apiary it is a very easy matter to tell 
when beeB are idle or at work—where only a few 
swarms are kept the noise would not be noticed, 
bat where there are twenty or thirty swarms, if 
they are at work, the apiarian will soon be apprized 
of it, especially if he is among them previous to 
a shower, or just before sunset. Now it seems to 
me we might as well say that the sun is not the 
great source of light and heat as that bees do not 
gather honey from buckwheat. And these pre¬ 
tenders to Bee-Ology should enlighten uBupon the 
subject, and inform ns what the bees are after 
among the buckwheat blossoms, and where they 
obtain so u nch honey from at this season of the 
year, Pray do enlighten us, gentlemen, for if 
your system is true, we are wofully in the dark. 
Since writing the above I have examined Quin- 
BY’s Mysteries of Bee Keeping, and I quote from 
him, page 101, the following:—“I find by weighing 
a loss from one to six pounds, between the 20th 
July and the 10th of August, when the flowers of 
buckwheat begin to yield honey, which generally 
proves a second harvest. In many places it is 
their main dependence for surplus honey.” Again, 
on page 102, he says;—" Swarms issuing as late as 
the 15th July, when they commence on buckwheat, 
sometimes contain not over five pounds of stores, 
and yet make good stocks for winter, whereaB, 
without this yield, they might not live through 
October. It fails about once in ten years. I have 
known a swarm to gain in one week sixteen lbs., 
and construct room to store it in at tbe same time. 
At another time I had a swarm issue the 18th of 
August that obtained thirty poundB in eighteen 
days. But such buckwheat swarms, in ordinary 
seasons, seldom get over fifteen pounds ” 
Newfane, Ni&g. Co., N. Y., 1857. C. C. Wilson. 
SENECA COUNTY HORSE EXHIBITION. 
An attentive friend has sent ns an account of 
?dniitariau. |lural ffotes anil Items. 
FOOT-ROT IN SHEEP. 
Messrs. Eds. :—Allow me, through the Rural, to 
inquire the cause of the foot-rot in sheep; in what 
respect it differs from tbe fouls; and a remedy, (if 
there be any.) —J. M. H., Mecca, O., 1857. 
Rem arks. —The predisposing, that is the essen¬ 
tial cause of this disease, is a virus, or poisonous 
matter, which is generated in, and issues from the 
sores upon the feet of diseased sheep, and is quick¬ 
ly communicated to Hound sheep by coming in 
contact with their foet. The “ fouls” is a lameness 
similar to lint entirely distinct from the foot-rot.— 
It is caused by pasturing on lowlandp. and will 
disappear without medicinal application if the 
sheep are removed to high, dry ground. As reme¬ 
dies, either of the following will probably effect a 
cure: 
1. Take 4 lb. of alum, 2 oz. of blue vitriol; boil 
them in one pint of water; when quite cold, add 
J of a pint of aqua-fortis, and it is ready for use. 
It is equally efficacious for the foul in the feet of 
all classes of animals. 
1, With a sharp knife cutaway th° infected part, 
and then with a clean wooden skewer, apply once 
a day, some muriate of antimony. ThiB will stop 
the disease and efl’ect a cure. A strong solution 
of sulphate of copper would answer the purpose, 
applied with a brush; hut it is neither so speedy 
nor bo effectual. 
3. Take six-pennyworth of quicksilver, dissolved 
in six-pennyworth of nitric acid, add the same 
quantity of good vinegar, pare the hoof well, 
shake the bottle, and apply to the parts affected; 
one or two applications will be sufficient 
SLAVERING HORSES. 
Eds. Rural:— Will yon or some of yonr sub¬ 
scribers inform me of a remedy and the cause of 
the disease in horses commonly called the “slob¬ 
bers.” It has been attributed by some to white 
clover, by others to certain weeds. Nearly all I 
have consulted have given causes, bnt they so sel¬ 
dom agree that I am in a quandary. Any infor¬ 
mation will be gratefully received.—Z., Aug., 1857- 
Remarks. —Slavering in horBes are frequently 
met with where clover is flsed as an article of fod¬ 
der. There seems to he some peculiar property 
about the flowers which makes them a source of 
irritation to tbe mneous surfaces and salivary ap¬ 
paratus of the horse. Some horses are not thus 
affected. Any irritating body placed in tbe month 
of the horse may produce an increased flow of sa¬ 
liva. The sharp edge of a worn-down tooth—a 
rough hit—or a hard master may cause this com¬ 
plaint Indifferent fodder or impaired digestive 
organs are apt to produce augmented salivary 
secretion. Dadd, in his Modern Horse Doctor, re¬ 
commends barberry bark, gum myrrh, golden seal, 
ginger, and sulphur, one ounce of each—powdered 
together— the mess divided into eight parts, one 
to be given in fine feed night and morning. Dry 
shorts will often prove a core. 
WENS ON CATTLE. 
Eds. Rural.— I have u very line pair of oxen, ] 
one of which has a large lump under the skin im- ] 
mediately behind the under jaw on the side of 
the neck, about the size of a large goose egg, very 
hard and movable, does not seem to be sore. I 
have had it examined by several persons, all of 
whom (as well as myself) are unacquainted with 
it. Can you or any of your numerous readers give 
any information respeotiDg it, that will lead to a 
core, or remove the Banie, The lamp does not 
seem to grow, was tbe same Bize it now is, when 
first discovered about six weekB ago. Any infor¬ 
mation respecting the above, will confer a favor 
on— Canadian, Brighton, C. W, 1657. 
Remarks. —There are two kinds of tumors or 
wens which appear on the jaws of cattle, and they 
are almost always caused by a braise or injury, or 
a defective tooth. The worst of these—the bone 
tumor—cannot be cored—the flesh tnmor, or wen 
—of which class is that affecting the cattle of onr 
correspondent—can be removed either by cutting 
out or by external applications. Fine salt and tar 
mixed and rubbed on frequently, will generally 
core in a few weeks. Raw linseed oil is also 
recommended. 
HINGBONE. 
the Exhibition of Horses at Waterloo, on the 25th, 
2(Jth, and 27th nit Being received at a late hour, 
we are compelled to condense considerably, giving 
only tbe facts, as stated: 
There was a greater display of fine, fast horses 
on the ground, than is often seen congregated in 
Western New York; and the number ol spectators 
was legion. The receipts for admittance at the 
gates were over $2,000; total receipts, $2,230.— 
Premiums paid, $1,053, 
Tbe first trottlug was four entries for a purse of 
$100; prize taken by >1 oh. Wright's horse, “Dres¬ 
den”; DeRt, time 2.44^; winning first heat in 2.504. 
An extra purse of $50 was trotted for ami won by 
the marc “ Fanny .Sprague,” of Palmyra. “ Miller’s 
Daughter,”from Long Island, trotted with “Tib 
Hinman,” of Buffalo, carrying off the $200 purse 
in three straight, heats. A. J. Daniels’ span of 
Chicago sorrels, trotted with Jos. Wright's black 
“ Tippoo Brothers” and were awarded a purse of 
$40. The fastest trotting against him wub by the 
Long Island mare “ Miller’s Daughter,” trotting the 
mile in 2.3C4; Mr. Daniels’ matched span doing 
tbe same in 2.49. 
Eds. Rural:—C an you or any of your subscri¬ 
bers give a cure for ringbone? I have a valuable 
horse that has been lame two or three years. I have 
consulted half a dozen horse doctors, bnt without 
obtaining any apparent benefit. Any information 
wilL be thankfully received.— R. W. Coy, Livonia, 
IV. V. 1857. 
Remarks.—W e do not think there is a air* for 
thiB disease—all that can be done is to relieve the 
animal, and the manner of doing thiB is by cooling, 
evaporating lotions, cold water bandages and rest, 
ThiB latter is of much importance. Fire and blis¬ 
ter—as used by many veterinarians who profess to 
eradicate the evil—are nothing more nor less than 
torture. Muriatic acid, four ounces; water, two 
quarts; tincture of bloodroot, six ounces. Mix 
and apply daily by means of a sponge. Fasten 
the sponge to the affected part and keep it damp. 
CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 
There wero five entries for racking in harness. 
Mr, Kerr’s horse *' Bay Dick,” of Scipio, took the 
$40 purse with ease, time 2.34. Dick was bought 
for $260 only two weeks since. A gentleman from 
New Orleans present, paid 1,000 for time, and be 
was started off the same evening, on his way to the 
Creseut city.—B. W., Waterloo, Aug. 28, 1857. 
Green Corn. —For a quantity of very fine Sweet 
Corn, of a new and extra variety, the attaehees of 
the Rural have to thank our attentive friend, T. 
W. Briggs. The ears were longer and the kernels 
larger than those of any sweet corn we could find 
among our market men. Tbe corn has no “ name,” 
but is is safe to write it down, excellent 
Pennsylvania State Ao. Society— This So¬ 
ciety will hold its Snvemh Annual Exhibition at 
Powelton — West Philadelphia — September 29tl’, 
30th, and October 1st, 2d. Lists of Premiums and 
all other information, will be famished on appli¬ 
cation to the Secretary, Robert C. Walker, Esq., 
at the rooms of the “ Philadelphia Society for the 
Promotion of Agriculture,” Chestnut street 
Buried Treasures.—T hose farmers who are bo 
fortunate as to be possessed of mines of bidden 
wealth, will fiud opportunity during the present 
month to labor therein and obtain the elements of 
fertility for application to their Boils. He who is 
regardful of the wants of hlBland, and has a muck- 
bed, will gather his forces and make the needful 
preparations for next year’s campaign. 
An Accession.—A letter lately received by one 
of our wool importing houses from the Capo of 
Good Hopp, says that an English settler at King 
William's Town had received two bales of wool, 
grown by the Tambookies, and shorn from sheep 
of their own breeding. This was the first arrival 
in the Colony of wool grown by natives, and the 
occurrence was regarded as one of no little im¬ 
portance, a large number of the natives having 
engaged in Bheep breeding and the consequent 
production of wool. 
Drained vs. Wet Land. — Temperature. — In a 
recent report of a Committee of the Royal Ag- 
Society of England upon an examination made in 
January last of the soil of R. Cluttkrbuck, Esq., 
of Hinewortb, we find the following remark:— 
“That whereas the undrained land exhibited a 
temperature as low as 30° at 18 inches below the 
surface, the drained land never reached so low as 
the freezing point at the same depth, although the 
temperature at the air above was recorded as 1G C 
below the freezing point” 
Erie Co. Ao. Society. — The Annual Fair of 
this Society is to be held on the Society’s grounds 
near Whittemores, on tbe 9th, 10th and 11th days 
of September inst. Linder the management of en¬ 
terprising and efficient officers, and surrounded 
with a hoBt of practical, scientific and amatenr 
farmers and breeders, we Bhall be disappointed if 
the show and attendance are not alike creditable 
to the Society and the Couuly of Erie. The Farm¬ 
ers and Mechanics of the county, as well as those 
of the city of Buffalo, owe it to themselves to be 
folly represented at this fair.—w. 
The Neglect of Agriculture. —The stagna¬ 
tion in trade now so prevalent throughout our 
country, and the commercial embarrassment so 
apparent, has furnished the press with a topic 
upon which to moralize and philosophize, and 
they seem to be taking advantage of the opportu¬ 
nity thus presented. The Boston Traveltei' thus 
speaks:—The complaints of the present eeason are 
not caused so much by the deficiency of laziness 
as by the redundancy of traders, and the over 
supply of manufactured anieUs furnished by the 
Improved machinery which has been brought into 
operation within a few jeais. These are alto¬ 
gether disproportionate to the agricultural pro¬ 
ducts of the country. We cannot look for aDy 
substantial and permanent re action till larger 
amounts of capital and a much greater uumber of 
energetic young men are withdrawn from other 
pursuits and concentrated upon agriculture. The 
general depression in commerce and manufactures 
at the present time, and the active demand and 
liigb prices for almcst all great agricultural sta¬ 
ples, offers an excellent opportunity ior the pro¬ 
fitable transter of a large amount of capital and 
labor to the cultivation of the Boil. 
Ripe Corn.— The office of the Rural has been 
decorated, the past week, by aome ears of well- 
ripened “Washington Dutton” corn gathered on 
the 25th nit., from the farm of T. Barnes, Esq., 
Newark, N. Y., who says this is the only early va¬ 
riety he has ever ltnown that is of a size worth 
cultivating. The samples are very fine and well 
matured. 
Beautiful Wheat. —The Albany Joumat of the 
28th nit., records the arrival in that city of one 
thousand bushels of white, Blue-stem Wheat, and 
remarks as follows:—“The South this season takes 
the palm for wheat. By far the handsomest speci¬ 
men we have seen for many a year was this morning 
exhibited on ’change. It was a sample from North 
Carolina. All good judges pronounced it the 
best they bad seen for years; and some that it 
was fully equal to our own Genesee fiiteen years 
ago. It ia a plump berry, light colored and 
very clean, weighing from Bixty-two to sixty-three 
pounds to the bushel.” 
Sale of Improved Stock.— The sale of the com¬ 
bined herds, (three in number,) of the Messrs. 
Wade, came off in the vicinity of Cobourg, C. W. 7 
on the 2Gth and 27th ult. We learn by a friend 
that the attendance was good, but that very few 
from the States were present. All of the cattle 
remained in Canada with the exception of three 
head, which were purchased by J. O. Suicldon, 
Esq., of Geneva, N. Y. Many advertised were with¬ 
drawn from sale, being ip poor condition. Thirty- 
eight head were disposed of at prices varying— 
for Cows—from $80 to $210; Bulls $80 to $200; 
Grade Short-horns, from $60 to $80. The Sheep 
(LeicesterB,) looked finely and brought all prices, 
from good butcher’s rates to $80 per head. 
Eds. Rural:—I notice from some of your cor¬ 
respondents inquiries for Sugar Cane Crushers.— 
Up here on the high grounds of Steuben we arc 
expecting very shortly such a temperature as will 
effectually crush what little of the thing we have 
growing, and also all prospects for getting any 
saccharine sweetness from the same. Late in the 
season as it is, (Aug. 24,) it shows neither tassel, 
silk, blossom, or anything to indicate where the 
next year’s Beed is coming from. Com stalkum, 
Sugar-annum, ia a humbug l It will not mature in 
latitude 42° North, in the year of grace 1867; and 
those shrewd political economists and noisy phi¬ 
lanthropists who were going to hit slavery a kill¬ 
ing dig with it, will have to try again. What hum¬ 
bug shall we chase next? Verily, this is an age 
of “ Progress.”—W. B. P., Prattsburgh, N. Y., 1867. 
oitrni pluralist. 
LETTER8 FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS. 
We have a host of letters from the boys and 
girls, and give sb many as onr space will allow. 
Eds. Rural: —All men desire to improve their 
condition in life. The feeling of improvement 
was planted in the mind of man for wise purposes. 
In some countries a larger field is laid open for 
ambition than in others. Of all, n.no present so 
wide a range ss our own conutry. Here, persons 
that to-day walk the streets clothed in rags, to¬ 
morrow figure among the rnleis of the land. Our 
government policy, so far as necessary, is changed 
i-very four years, ami the highest exeentive office 
lies within tl\c gift of the people. Ought not this to 
bo an impulse for every boy in the land to improve 
bis condition? Yet from a piece which appeared 
in tbe Rural of the. 15th inst., we are led to believe 
that farmers' boys must not endeavor to improve 
their condition. A farmer can be a great man — 
yet to be so, he mustbealenrned man. Selftuition 
Is, and always has been, commendable. Of onr 
Governors, Senators and other prominent men, 
scattered all over our country, at least one-ball' 
have been farmers' boys , and many are still practi¬ 
cal farmers. Hence, we infer we can have great 
men, from farmers, and from farmers’ boys. Let 
no boy be discouraged, bnt remember the words, 
“Mind makes the Man.” And as tbe learned 
Blackstone says, “ The world needs you.” Yes, 
it needs every boy who now follows the plow, or 
whistles off through the winter snows to school, 
there to improve his mind and be in every sense 
of the word, a Man —C. W, S., Ogdmsburgh, N. Y. 
True enough, the world needs every live boy. 
You may make a wise man, but unless yon use 
your wisdom for the benefit of the world your wis¬ 
dom is of no account. You may become rich, but 
if you use your riche? for your own pleasures like 
many other rich men, what advantage will you or 
yon wealth he to the world? You may become 
powerful, but unless you exert yonr power to make 
the world better and happier, you may a? well be 
"little and unknown.” The world needs boys and 
men with large hearts.-The boys, and tho girls, 
too, are determined, it seems, to bave the new 
paper started. Here is a very pretty letter from a 
young lady of Charlotte Centre, N. Y.; 
Eds. Rural:—I am a farmer’s daughter, a “born 
and bred” country girl, and I’m thankful that I can 
say it, too; for on these green bills of “Old Chau- 
tauque,” my soul has learned the le ssou? and duties 
of tbe life with which God crowns if, and I feel 
that tbe “lines” could have “ fallen” to me in no 
pleasanter places; lor in this pure-aired country 
tho eye may look dally on the '* miracle of flowers 
and trees,” the heart may have room to throb and 
expand; freedom to follow the right, and strength 
to bear the farnaee-healing of toil or pain with 
which God separates gold from dross. I have 
boon much interested in the columns of the Rural 
devoted to the younger portion of Its readers, and 
being “one in the ruDks” I have an earnest wish 
that it may be well filled,— that all who feel its 
throbbinga within may uot fear to give a good 
word for the right, let tbe labor of their hands be 
what it may. We do want a “ whole paper,” Mr. 
Editor,—one which shall be a nursery for our 
“young ideas,” with a hand to use the “pruning 
knife” when needed, and if occasionally said 
“ideas” prove loo “green,” we want the sunlight 
of more matared minds for their ripening. Have 
yon nothing to say, country boys and girls, clerks, 
mechanics and “seniors,” to the question, “ Will 
you see that a paper for tho Young People of 
America is appreciated and supported?" $ay 
something ; if it is “yea” we shall understand your 
reason for the answer; if “nay,” we would know 
who it is so. 
The Rural has made and is making grand head- 
New and Commendable Feature. —We notice 
in the List of Premiums as issued by the Union 
Ag. Society of the towns of Adame, Rodman and 
Lorraine, Jef. Co., N. Y., a “class of Premiums by 
Individuals.” One by Mr. R. P. White, is for 
the beBt 10 bushels of Barley, and amounts to $10. 
Another by Bennett & Huntington, New York, 
is for best samples of Butter and Cheese, for which 
the amount is $5 each. Still another, by Hun- 
gkrford & Buodik, Watertown, is for the host 
herd of Cattle, not less than one bull and five cows 
of the same improved blood, and for thiB the mu¬ 
nificent premium of $100 is offered. When indi¬ 
viduals thus rally to tbe sustaining of an Ag. 
Society, its efforts must be crowned with success. 
Thk quantity of drain-tile made in England iB 
said by the Builder to average forty miles a week! 
The Pork Market.— Considerable business has 
been transacted at tho West in tho way of contracts 
for hogs to be delivered in November. The idea 
seems to be generally entertained that pork early 
in market will command a high price. Tbe Cin¬ 
cinnati Price Current, In a review of the market 
remarks: — “During the latter part of June and 
and the fore part of July, $G 50 per hundred seem¬ 
ed to be the prevailing rate, at which we heard of 
contracts to the extent of 700 head. Daring the 
latter part of July $G 75 was paid for 4,000 head, 
for November delivery, and $0 50 for the fore part 
of December. Withiu the last two weeks about 
3,000 head were sold, for November delivery at 
$7 per cwt. net. According to our advicOB from 
Illinois, there iB an active demand for hogs in that 
State, at $6 net, with more buyers than sellers.” 
way, and we feel sure that the hands and lien 's 
which steer the ship bo truly will not fail in the 
guidance of a smaller barque. Ellbn C. Lake. 
It pleases us very much to notice how nicely 
these letters from the boys and girl? are written. 
The penmanship is very neat, almost every word 
is spelled correctly, and the puuctuation very tair. 
We don’t think any of tho farmers’ boys have 
accused tho merchants, or their clerks, of dis¬ 
honesty. Perhaps in speaking of their own pro¬ 
fession as honest and honorable, they have given 
some rcosou for the inference drawn by the 
writer of tho following rather sharp article: 
Eds. Rural:—I think there are just as pleasant 
and honorable occupailonB as farming. Ah tbe 
writers for tbe Young Ruralist seem to think that 
merchants and mechanics, in order to carry on 
business, must cheat. Now, as far as my knowledge 
of trading around hero extends, tho merchautsnre 
the moat honest in their dealings. When a farmer 
brings in a load of wood to sell, the buyer is 
obliged to follow bim up to see that he does not 
cord it up BO that three-quarters will make a whole 
cord, but If a farmer wants fifty pounds of nails or 
sugar, or 10 yards ot cloth, what would l 1 ”’ „ v , 
that merebantif the nailaor sugorshould fallBhort 
five poundB or the cloth one or two y“ r " s * * 
guess they would not trude much more with tout 
merchant. Even the farmer boys have learned the 
trick of cording wood aa well as in measuring 
berries that they sometimes bring into town to 
Bell, In performing the work of tbe farm a man 
has no interest iu cheating, for be would only be 
Injuring himself if bu should half plow the land or 
half hoe his corn or potatoes, but when he comes 
to sell these things, ho is very Bure to measare 
them up as it' his half bushel measure was too 
large. Now, Mr. Editor. 1 hope you wilt not abuw 
partiality to the farmer boys, but will give the boyB 
that are d ifferently employed, a chance with them.— 
J. 1>. C., Westfield, Chaulmtyue Co., A’. Y. 
There are honest and dishonest men in all call¬ 
ings amt professions. There are traitors in every 
camp, and Judases iu the most select company- 
To act well our part, and to resist temptation at 
every point, shows the true and honest man. 
