none, 
diameter and twelve inches long, with gudgeons 
3i inches diameter. These rollers each have a 
crank, and are set in a frame, the side pieces of 
which should he five feet long and one foot wide, 
and from one and a half to two inches thick. Set 
the rollers in the frame, one foot from the end, and 
where only one grew before, is said to be a public 
benefactor; aud only those who have done so, 
and honestly BDd qnietly pursue an honest and 
legitimate business in this life, know the inward 
pleasure aud conscious rectitude of such a course. 
To he, in a measure, away from the din and jar and 
one dSy cn the ^ whlob ». most jostling or the thoughtless croud-surrounded 
conveniently done by sawing down in two places by wife and children, by flocks and herds-qmetly 
as far apart as the diameter of the gudgeons and cultivating the fields which Goo has given yon, 
mit Tbfi crndcreons of the upper roller and reaping the harvests which he voucheafes-co 
as far apart as the diameter of the gudgeons and < 
splitting out. The gudgeons of the upper roller > 
when they are both dropped in, should be one- 1 
fourth of an inch higher than the upper edge of 1 
the flame. Next place two strong strips of plank, 
as levers—having the gudgeons of the upper roll¬ 
er as fulcrums—the short ends should be secured 
by putting a pin through them, or still belter, by 
placing the end under a pin. The other ends 
should have a board nailed on their top side for 
the purpose of placing the weights on. 
"With this leverage there can be almost any 
amount of crushing force given to the rollers by 
adding weight on the long arm of the lever, at the 
same time having a motion to accommodate them¬ 
selves to any large, or unyielding portion of cane. 
I think I placed near an hundred pounds weight 
of stone on the levers; which would give a crush¬ 
ing power on the roller of near eight hundred 
weight. 1 lined the bearing of the rollers with 
tin, in order to make lesB friction and prevent 
wearing. The cranks are placed one on each side, 
and may be turned with ease by two men. There 
Bhould be boards placed as a floor just below the 
meeting of the rollers; the one on the short 6ide, 
over which to pass the cane to the rollers, and the 
one on the other side for the crashed stalks to pass 
away on. 
My frame is made wholly of plank, the end piece 
extending down so as to form rests, or legs; the 
end piece near which the rollers are placed, ex¬ 
tends above the side pieces far enough to give 
fastening to the Bhort aim of the lever while the 
other end piece comes up less than half the way 
to the top of the side pieces, in order that the 
board forming the floor on that side, may rest on 
its top. There is a mortice in the long end piece 
through which to pass the cane in feeding it to the 
rollers. It is necessary to pass the stalks in small 
end foremost. 
I am confident I have neither read of, nor seen 
anything of the kind, that exceeds this mill in fa¬ 
cility of construction, cheapness and efficiency of 
action. 0. J. PHKnrs. 
Piketon, 0., Sept., 185?. 
Wb have visited several of our mechanics and 
ascertained their ideas relative to the construction 
of mills for crushing cane, and the cost. Messrs. 
Gage & Co., of this city, think that a machine with 
three iron rollers—eight inches in diameter and 
eighteen inches long—can be made for $50 or $60 
—power applied horizontally—and if the manufac¬ 
ture could be continued, they might be got up 
much cheaper. Another thinks that a machine, 
with rollers twelve inches in length, might be 
made for $-10, and that a repeated manufacture 
would bring down the prioe to $25 or $30. The 
extra cost of the first machine is on account of the 
patterns, which muBt be obtained expressly for it. 
STICK TO THE FARM! 
This text is often used, but oftener disregarded, 
particularly by young men who are brought up to 
the labors of husbandry, but who seem to tire of 
its monotonous sound, and sigh for some other 
avocation, which, as they imagine, will give them 
greater profits :or leas labor. ScoreB of cases 
bave come under the writer’s observation of son6 
left in possession either of a whole or divided 
homestead, with, perhaps, a debt upon them which 
only a few years diligence would be requisite to 
extinguish, who, ere long, became restless and sold 
out. some afterwards to fail in a trade or business 
in which they were not skilled, others to wsste a 
few years lounging about looking for " chances,” 
and, perhaps, finally go back to a less desirable 
farm than they sold; others still, to lose their all 
in hazardous speculations and risks, and all, with 
scarcely an exception, to be -poorer in a few years 
than if they had stuck to the old farm. Some of 
them now see where they missed, and would glad¬ 
ly be placed back to their former, free and easy 
listen to the song of the winds, the rustling of the 
leaves and the music of the groves— 
« To converse With Nature, 
And to commune with. Nature's God"— 
is better, methinks, than to “ make haste to be 
rich” by deserting the farm in order to make more 
money with less labor. And the gold thus obtain¬ 
ed, will not blight or blast the moral man and be 
dissipated in a night, nor be eaten by the canker 
and the moth; but may be transmitted as an in¬ 
heritance to children and to children’s children, 
from generation to generation. Young men, stick 
to the farm l B ' F * 
Prattshurgh, 1857. 
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TANNERY MANURES. 
Inquiries are often made of agricultural editors 
as to the value of spent tan bark for manure. The 
question has been answered scores of times that.it 
is worthless except as an absorbent of other ma¬ 
nures, aud next to valueless for that. Now, it 
happens the inquiries are all for the only worthless 
fertilizer of the whole establishment; for there is 
really very much valuable manure wasted in every 
tannery. 
First comes lime-water — the water in which 
hen manure and lime are held in solution, aud this 
water alBO contains all the valuable parts of the 
tan bark. Then there is the waste, taken from the 
hides, amounting in a year to several loads, which 
is the very quintessence of animal mamire for the 
compoBt heap. In fact there is not a richer de¬ 
posit of manure in the whole country than the 
large tanneries of the Southern Tier. 
Talking with an old tanner in E -a few days 
since, we asked him if he ever tried the waste ac¬ 
cumulating in hiB work-shop as a manure; he an¬ 
swered, No. But he had the liquid in the vats, and 
“ it killed his vegetables.” We hinted that dilution 
with water would make it more palatable to vege¬ 
tation. 
These vats, containing several hogsheads, are 
emptied frequently, furnishing the farmer and 
gardener, within reasonable distance, 8 d abundant 
Bupply of the best manure. In the eastern portion 
of this State, a few years since, a large tannery wa8 
erected, contiguous to a sterile bit of land con¬ 
taining about five acres. The proprietor of the 
tannery applied to the possessor of this land— 
whose mind was as sterile of knowledge as his 
acres of fertility—for the privilege ol emptying 
his vats upon it. This was refused upon the plea 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
Millet. —Permit me to inquire through your 
columns, the price per boshel of Millet, and where 
it can be obtained ?—H, P., Munson, Ohio. 
Remarks. —Millet can generally be obtained in 
this city at about $2 per bushel 
Egyptian Mummy Wheat.—C an any of your 
readers inform me where, aud at what price per 
ounce, by mail. 1 can obtain a few ounces of Egypt¬ 
ian Mummy Wheat?—R., Indiana Co., Pa. 
Remarks —Some years since this wheat was 
sent out pretty freely through the Patent Office.— 
Who is ready to report as to its value? 
Seed Drills for TnE Garden. —Will you in¬ 
form me through your columns where a Drill suit¬ 
able for corn and garden seeds can be obtained, 
and oblige—A Subscriber, Springville, foioa. 
Remarks. —Good seed drills to work by hand 
and suitable for garden use, can be obtained here, 
| or at any place where an assortment of agricultural 
implements are kept, at from $5 to $14 according 
to size aud kind. 
Treatment of Meadows, &c. — Will you or 
some of your numerous correspondents inform me, 
through the Rural, whether harrowing Timothy 
meadow in August or September, will benefit it 
as much as it would in the Spring? Also, will 
swamp muck be a good top-dressing, and i! so. 
when is the best time to apply it, and bow shall T 
manage?— A Young Farmer, FairviUe, Aug., 1857. 
Remarks. —We have seen the most decidedly 
beneficial effects from harrowing aud top-dressing 
meadows in the fall, in October. We always like 
to compost swamp muck if possible, for one sea¬ 
son, before using it for any purpose. Perhaps 
some of our readers will give ua the benefit of 
their experience. 
Underdraining, —I would like to make an in¬ 
quiry through the Rural relative to underdraw¬ 
ing. Tile are not made in this vicinity, conse¬ 
quently are so expensive that farmers of limited 
raeana cannot resort to that method very extensive¬ 
ly. Cannot some substitute of less cost be used to 
advantage? Would not a coarse gravel, inter¬ 
mixed with small Btono, answer if the drain was 
constructed oflarge dimensions—say a footBqnare, 
—or wonld it require a great fall to carry off the 
surplus water? Any light on tho above would 
oblige at least one if not many subscribers.—L. B. 
Douglass, Cambria, N. Y., Sept,, 1857. 
Remarks.— In onr neost issue we purpose to 
speak of the various modeB of draining, and will 
endeavor to answer the inquiries of our corres¬ 
pondent 
Garget. — Can yon inform me in the Rural 
how the Garget affects cows, 3nd how to core it.— 
J, A. Parcel, Corning, N. Y., 1857. 
Remarks. —Garget iB a disease which attacks the 
internal substance of the udder, the teats feel hard 
and knotty, and contain hardened tumors or ker¬ 
nels. The milk has coagulated and inflammation 
set in. Young cows, in high condition, just after 
calving, are much subject to it. In their case the 
Ulttral llotcs ant) Items. 
that it would spoil the land, until a sum agreed best application You ait says, is to let the calf suck 
upoE was paid for the privilege. Now mark the 
result: in a few years these acres became surpass¬ 
ingly fertile—a good way to spoil land surely. 
U-, N. Y., Aug., ISoT. Jseo. SaSFJKM>. 
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LETTER FROM MINNESOTA. 
Dear Rural:— Though you have for the past 
year continued to come regularly to me, and tried 
to cheer me with your neat appearance, and, as 
aud knock about tho adder at its pleasure. If the 
cow will not permit this and the milk become dis¬ 
colored—mixed with matter and blood—she should 
be bled, a dose of physio given, the udder foment¬ 
ed with warm water, gently but thoroughly milked 
twice each day, and an ointment composed of 1 oz. 
of camphor, 1 teaapoonful of spirits of wine, 1 oz. 
of mercurial ointment, aud | A), elder ointment 
should be well rubbed on the bag after eaoh milk- 
Fair of the U. S. Ag. Society.— The Annual q 
Exhibition of this Society commenced at Louis- t 
ville, on the 31st ulr. The weather wa9 decidedly r 
favorable and everything indicated a superior dis- t 
play. The telegraph reports state that up to the a 
evening of the first day between “six and seven 9 
hundred head of superior stock had been entered a 
and that entries were still making." Col. Wilder ( 
delivered the opening address, 15,000 persons be- 1 
ing present. The awards for the Reaping Ma- ( 
chines at the trial at Syracuse, lust July, were de- \ 
dared, and are as follows:—1st, S. H. McCormick ( 
& Co, “McCormick's Reaper," gold medal; 2d, j 
Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls, N. Y., “Manny’s 1 
Reaper with Wood’s Improvement,’' silver medal; , 
3d, Warder, Brokaw dt Child, Springfield, Ohio, , 
“Ohio Harvester,” bronze medal; 4th, Jonathan < 
Haines, u Illinois Harvester,” Pekin, III, diploma. 
For Reaper and Mower combined:—1st, Waller A. | 
Wood, Hoosick Falls, “ Manny's Reaper and Mower i 
with Wood's Improvement,” gold medal; 2d, D. M. 
Osborn, Buffalo, “ Kirby’s Combined Reaper and 
Mower," Bilver medal; 3d, Warder, Brokaw & Child, 
“ Ohio Harvester,'’ bronze medal. 
— The correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, 
speaking of Horses and Stock, remarks:—“The 
horses are most numerous, and are really splendid; 
the cattle are very few in number, but very supe¬ 
rior in quality. The 1 rings 1 of horses of ail 
kinds were full, and were highly creditable to the 
Society. Of cattle, they were miserably poor. It 
was sometimes the case that on the tap of the bell 
and the call for a certain class of Durhams, Dev¬ 
ons, Herefords, &e„ the crowd, expecting a number 
of animals to be brought in, wonld eagerly watch 
the wide-swung entrance gates, and, 3s two or 
three solitary animals were led in by their keepers, 
would leel and express dissatisfaction. The cause 
for the paucity in stock entries is easily explained. 
Kentucky and the WeBt generally are specially in¬ 
terested in the Short-horns, and hut little in Uere- 
fords. Ayreshires, hr Alderneya; and as Mr. B. A. 
Alexander, of Bourbon County, is probably con¬ 
ceded to own a finer herd than any other man in 
the United States, unless it be Samuel Thohnb, of 
our State, Western stock-owners were very averse 
to coming in competition with him in the class of 
Short horns, and as the other breeds are owned at 
the East and North principally, and the expense is 
very largo to bring them here, the competition 
rested mainly between Mr. Alexander and a few 
of the principal Western and South-Western 
farmers." 
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New Fork State Fair.— Our Buffalo neighbors 
Beem to be wide-awake and are doing everything 
in their power to render the next Exhibition of 
the Empire State every way worthy. The bnild- 
ings designed for the various purposes of exhibi¬ 
tion are nearly completed, and little remains to be 
done except to clear the grounda, aud prepare the 
trotting track. The location is all that could be 
desired. There is ample room and distance for an 
excellent race track, and the amount of filling and 
grading required is quite small. The view iB beau- 
[ tiful from every part of the grounds. 
The Buffalo Commercial says wo already see and 
hear indications of the interest felt by our me- 
[ chanics. Some of them are already engaging 
. their places for exhibition, and are exerting them- 
- selves to make a splendid show of their various 
. I articles. A correspondent of the N. Y. Couritr 
Salk of Merino Sheep in California.— The 
number of tho California Farmer for 31st of July 
gives an account of the Bale of a flock of Merino 
sheep by the importers, Messrs. Macondhay & Co. 
There were twelve lots—each lot comprising 
twenty ewes and one ram—and the prices of these 
ranged from $21 to $31 per head. In addition, 
two rams were sold separately at $75 and $85; 
alsoalx ewes, two at $28; two at $26; one at $25, 
and one at $21. Three shepherd dogs were sold 
at $52, $42 and $36, respectively. The total amount 
of the sales equalled $6,58G 50. The Farmer re¬ 
marks:—" The attendance was large, several hun¬ 
dred persons being present although many were 
brought thither from curiosity rather than as pur¬ 
chasers. The prices were much below what was 
indeed ibeir value, yet from the abort notice of 
this sale, since their arrival, and the scarcity of 
oro, the price was tolerable. One thing is certain, 
if tho importers have not realized a profit, the 
State of California will, and the importers, Messrs. 
Ma conoray & Co., have done <i goo 1 deed for the 
State. The sheep were of moat excellent quality. 
Tney were very fine-wooled; rather small bodies, 
which probably had an influence on the price they 
brought, as many persona look to the carcass for 
mutton, rather than for the wool. Altogether, this 
is a valuable sale for the State, aud will aid ns in 
onr wealth." 
to cheer me with your neat appearance, and, as . Raw , in8eed oil rab1jed over the bag two or selves to mane a eprcuum buuw 
you thought, good and timely advice and counsel > three times a day is said to be a certain remedy.— articles. A correspondent of the N. Y. ouri r 
yet I must say you have failed somewhat to be of ^ condition and its opposite, induced by cruel an ^ Enquirer remarks that the 1 sir ot 185i ong 
that service to me that yon once were. But as treatmen * Me the pr j me causes of this disease, to be one of the best the Society lias ever known. 
you are not to be blamed in the matter, permit me farQiera caD therefore, guard against its attacks. At Buffalo, it finds in all parties, all classes, al sec- 
to give the reasons for this strange state of affairs. J__ tions of the people, generous and active fnend- 
Farming operations in Northern Minnesota have aENECA co. house exkibition.-cohuection. 8h ’P- u there, stronger than all, a Press, 
been at so low an ebb for the. year past, that al! ** - whose nva ship i shall be to present wi h charac- 
your “Hints for the Month,” and other farming Eds. Rural:— In condensing my sketch of the teristic ability to the nation, the best history of tie 
advice, were of no avail to ns, unless treasured np Waterloo Horse Show; you lead the public to be- condition of the farms and farmers of New Fork, 
in good memories, or bound and laid away till lieve that the Chicago chestnut Borrel s won the 
“Grasshopper time” was over. The grasshoppers $io awarded them, in their contest with Joseph Agricultural College at Oyid.— Tue Jonrna 
descended upon us like a shower, about Aug. 1st Weight’s black "Tippoos.” So far from this, the of the N. F State Ag. Society speaking of the pro- 
1868 , but anUke a shower, they remained with us “Tippoos” came in, as I asserted, nearly twice gress of this Institution says; The < e , 
during the Bummer, and depositing their eggs in their length ahead of the Chicago’s on the second Jadf?* Cheever, has been busily employed in tbe 
autumn, died, beqneathing us an hundredfold of round; and Mr. Wriodt, as well as many other culture of the farm, and arrangements are in pro 
“the same sort” to be delivered us “in the spring.” good judges, in their simplicity, supposed that gress lor laying the corner stone of the College 
the “ Tippoos” would take the purse. But as there 
was some confusion in starting, the judges con- 
iv be nlaced back to their former, free and easy The contract was fulfilled on tlicir part to the sat- the “Tippoos” would take the purse*. But as there 
circumstances on the farm they so unwisely for- isfaotion of all, and oar crops bavebeen cleaned was some confusion in starting 
aook Bat will their experience'have the effect to out by them a little too close, so that very many aent ed to call It a dead heat, although the sorrels 
♦ »!- nr dip re«TlPHfiness othcre? It is by have the opportunity of buying another winters were once ahead during the rounds. Had it been 
restrain contrary unite supplies. But their day is past; they have taken a dead heat the Judges should have so proclaimed 
their departure. A glorious exit. Imagine us ou lt 8 t the first round. This decision induced Mr. 
probable that the same 8. ^ J a dear day, with such a cloudless sky as Minnesota Wruiut to draw off his “ Tippoos,” and they took 
continue to be enacted over a g on]y b as , landing In the shade, or, with our hats n0 other part j n the Exhibition. Tbe $40 awarded 
most every locali y, . over onr eye8( looking towards the sun to see mil- t0 M r> d AN jels, was for tho merits of his horses 
But why should it 7 Since onr first parents were li(maon 0 f t he winged pests come and an d their subsequent good performances. It is 
placed in the garden to till aud dress it, tue wi or Tbeir flight wa « fl8 high as the eye could but justice to them to say that the mare “Miller’s 
wisdom of man has failed to devise a biiBinesb so refte ^ Som£ . saw them „ beyond tbe clouds,” and Damsel,” trotting singly, only compassed the mile 
exactly adapted to his nature as tbe cultivation ot ^ man ,< beyond the sun.” Well they are gone, ; u thirteen Beconda less than this matched pair.— 
the soil “ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat. ^ ^ never to return. We cannot expect they g, w., Waterloo, N. Y.. Sept. 4, 1857. 
bread,” is the Divine prdmation concerning man; have g(me t0 a better land, nor can we wish them Rkmakes ._Wo did not intend to act unjustly in 
and it ib only as he fulfills that d«Wi that be■ w faac;k witll D8 . Their departure gives courage and rcferfcnoe to the performance or the horses owned 
in the way of promoting ^ 15 zeal to the farmer, and alUeemwilliugtolightthe by Mr Wright. Tbe excellent time in which 
continue to be enacted over and over again in al¬ 
most every locality, 
But why should it 7 Since onr first parents were 
placed in the garden to till and dresBit, the wit or 
wisdom of man has failed to devise a business so 
exactly adapted to his nature as the cultivation of 
the soil “ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 
bread,” is the Divine ordination concerning man; 
and it iB only as he fulfills that decree that he is 
in the way of promoting his own individual hap¬ 
piness or tbe general weal. But it is nevertheless 
very commonly held that labor iB a curse to he 
avoided if possible, and hence the determination 
witu many young men to sell off the farm and 
seek some other avenue, where they can, perhapB, 
live by their wits, or failing in that, can get a living 
some way, and thus avoid the ceaseless round of 
labor they have learned, attaches to farming.— 
Perhaps they are seized with the common notion 
that they were designed for something more dis¬ 
tinguished in this life than merely to cultivate, im¬ 
prove and adorn a few acres, or a few hundred 
acres of this terrestrial ball. It might do for our 
fathers, say they, aud may Huit the taste of the 
“ slow coaches” and fogies of the present time, but 
it will not answer for ns, at all, in this “ fast age,” 
to squat on an ancestral home, or on any farm, 
content 
“To my the same things our fetters said, 
And tread the same track our lathers trod." 
No, no, we shall not be esteemed smart or enter¬ 
prising or become farmers In any way, if we show 
Bach lack of sympathy with “ the age,” and pursue 
a course so much like that of the common multi¬ 
tude; and so they go through the round before 
Bpoken of, in very many instances, to find in due 
time that neither in health, or wealth, or morals, 
lamps of industry and economy, hoping that an- tbe BOrre i a performed their mile—when trotting 
other year will be as productive as former years 
in Minnesota were wont to be. Meanwhile, Dear 
Rural, continue to come to ub, laden with rich 
knowledge as in times past W. W. Payne. 
Princeton, Min. Ter., Aug. 24,1857. 
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“NO-PATENT” FENCE. 
against time—may have influenced us somewhat, 
as the speed, 2 49, is seldom equalled and much 
more rarely excelled. We cannot see why the 
fact of the sorrels being “ once ahead" in a heat, if 
their opponents had, at starting, several lengths 
the advantage, should be brought to bear adverse¬ 
ly upon their performance. It horses cannot be 
“ got off” evenly, judgeB quite frequently take into 
consideration the difference ot starting and com¬ 
ing in, and award accordingly—taking no account 
of the changes during the trial — the relative posi¬ 
tion of the competing animals at the starting and 
winning poBt being the guide for a decision. Bo 
Eds. Rural: Seeing a great many different ^ di ^ ce flt B , artingaD(i com . 
kinds of fence spoken of in the Rural and not ^ aocopdiBg]y _ taking n0 account 
having seen anything said about one ike unto of ® “ ubange8 during the trial —tbe relative poai- 
mine, I thought I would give your readers a de- ^ q{ . ffae aompeling anima i 8 Rt the starting and 
scription of it, as we think it an excellent one, es- n - . bei tbe gQide {or a decision. Bo 
pecially for garden or yard fence. • We haw new rea( f 0 £ ed and aB our 8pac e was limited, made 
tried it. aa a straight fence und cannot speak of it nation 
in that respect In the first place get three inch _ ^ r _ 
plank 16 or 18 inches wide and 12 feet long-of Ri ate Pkncil ._ a few days since we 
good sound hemlock-saw them in 3 pieoea 4 feet & ^ fof tfae table _ and upon openiDg it we 
And tread the same track our lathers trod. long, saw these in 2 pieces from one comer to the 
No, no, we shall not be esteemed smart or enter • other ,—and yon have 2 posts—and so ou to any 
prising or become farmers In any way, if we show required namber. Begin your fence with a square 
Bach lack of sympathy with “ the age,” and pursue pog t—.have boards 15 or 1C feet long to nail on 
a course bo much like that of the common multi- pickets if desired,—set your first post lrom the 
tnde; and so they go through the round before aquare one-half the length of yonr boards wide 
spoken of, in very many instances, to find in due end down—and tbe next one on the opposite side 
time that neither in health, or wealth, or morals, and so on until done, You will see by setting the 
or happiness, or anything that is “ fair and lovely postB in that way the wind has no chance to blow 
and of good report,” are they so well off as they it over. Set the poBta on flat stone. It is a “ no- 
would most certainly have been, had they stuck to patent” fenoe—all tbe readers of the Rural can 
the old farm. make it if they think it worth a trial. s. l. 
The who causes two blades of grass to grow Sharon, Conn., 1857. 
At Buffalo, it finds in all parties, all classes, all sec¬ 
tions of the people, generous and active friend¬ 
ship. It finds there, stronger than all, a Press, 
whose rivalship it shall be to present with charac¬ 
teristic ability to the nation, the best history of the 
condition of the farms and farmers of New Fork. 
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Agricultural College at Ovid.— The Journal 
of the N. F' State Ag. Society speaking of the pro¬ 
gress of this Institution says:—"The President 
Judge Cheever, has been busily employed in the 
culture of the farm, and arrangements are in pro¬ 
gress for laying the corner stone of the College 
edifice; and the work will progress aa rapidly as 
the means under the control of the Truatee will 
permit. We are pleased to learn that the farm ia 
highly approved of, by the numerous visitors who 
have examined it during the season. We our¬ 
selves are, more than ever, satisfied with it, both 
as to location and adaptation to tho objects of the 
Institution. 
Young Men's National Ao. Society.— This So¬ 
ciety held its First Annual Fair, at Elmira, during 
the past week. The features of the Exhibition 
comprised trials of Bpeed by horses, several of the 
fastest, animals in the country competing—Flora 
Temple, Lancet, Miller’s Damsel, Jack Rosaiter, 
Ac., Ac.,—and the capacity and power of fire-en¬ 
gines. Of the Agricultural portion of the Fair we 
cannot speak advisedly —it has not been heard from. 
County Ao. Societies.— The Tompkins Co. Ag. 
Society hold their Annual Exhibition on the So¬ 
ciety’s grounda, at Ithaca, on the 23d, 24th and 
25th of September. 
The Seventh Annual Fair of the Putnam Co. 
Ag. Society will be held at Carmel, Sept. 22d, 23d. 
Tub Seneca Co. Ag. Society will bold tlieir Ex¬ 
hibition, at Waterloo, Sept. 30th, Oct 1st and 2d. 
Mules instead ok Horses.— In Cincinnati, O., 
mules are taking the place of horses in omnibuB 
lines, express wagons, Ac. They arc equally tract 
able, cost less by 20 or 40 per cent.; they consume 
40 per cent, less food, are 33 per cent more dura¬ 
ble, and move with a Bteady, unyielding celerity, 
that recommends them to all who have tested 
their meritB. 
Progressive. —Tbe people of Puerto Principe, 
length, which had been fed to it with its food, Cuba, have recently been experimenting with an 
completely drilled through lengthwise. The hole American plow, with which they are greatly pleas- 
is about one-eighth of an inch in diameter, leaving e d, and the Lieutenant-Governor and other officials 
the shell quite thin, and it is not round, but. exact- who witnessed the trial, have united in recoin- 
)y the shape of the outside, which is considerably mending its use to the plantera. 
flattened. It does not appear to he at all affected - •+* 
on the outside except a Blight rounding of the ends. 
I shall not proceed with the manufacture ol the 
article, as the manufactory is entirely destroyed, 
but any person can see it by calling at my house. 
_R. C. Norton, Guilford, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Tjtk Coffee Plant. — The Lockport (N. Y.) 
Journal sayB, on one of the largest and best farms 
in the county, lying on the Slayton Settlement 
road, and owned by Wm. Pearson, the coffee plant 
is successfully raised. 
Corn Blades for Horse Fodder. —The Ohio 
Cultivator remarks us follows concerning the 
blades of corn as fodder for horses:—“Of all the 
cut and dried stuff for choice horse fodder, there 
ia notbiDg equal to corn blades; and nowhere else 
within the range of our observation is this so well 
understood as in Kentucky and Tennessee. We 
were at the training Btables of John M. Clat, near 
LexingtOD, Ky., in the last of May, when all fod¬ 
der was very scarce, and there saw the cored corn 
blades in perfection. We felt of them and smelt 
of them, and congratulated his sleek colts upon 
having fodder that was fit for a horse to eat.— 
There was not a taint of must or mould about it, 
and cm burying onr smeller in the middle of a 
bundle, it was fragTant as ft bay field in summer.— 
The blades should be cut j ast before they begin to 
*fire,’ or before they are frosted. They must not 
lie out to get wet. Gather them as soon as the 
Becond day after cutting, and put, them to cure in 
open sheds, well spread out, to prevent moulding. 
When dry, tie them in small bundles, aud stow in 
an airy lofty secure from storms. They are the 
true Royal Provender.” 
luting 'Inralist. 
LETTER FROM A POOR BOY. 
Eds. Rural:— As I have an opportunity once in 
a while of reading your paper, the Rural, I saw 
that you bad encouraged the farmers’ boys to 
write— and, therefore, I take the liberty of sending 
you a few lines, and you can make such use of 
them as you bcc fit. 
I saw in the number for July 25th, that you had 
encouraged all tbe farmers’hoys to attend the Ag¬ 
ricultural Fairs to see what fine stock, and grain, 
and what beautiful Irnit. and flowers can be raised 
by skill and care; to see what others have done, 
and resolve to at least, equal the beat, and if possi¬ 
ble, excel all, as soon as they commence farming 
in tlieir own account- 
I am sure it would be very pleasant to attend 
those foire, and see those tine aud good things, for 
we like to see good colts and good horses, and like 
to ride and drive them, and would like to own 
them. But you must know that there arc tens of 
thousands of boys in the world that have poor pa¬ 
rents, and that have not any land of their own to 
raise those fine things on, and that have neither 
the money nor the time to spare to attend those 
fairs. We have to help onr fathers support the 
family, aud Uve poor in the bargain. 
It ‘is rather taunting our feelings to tell ns to 
attend these pleasant, places when it is impossible. 
Instead of having this privilege, woare obliged to 
stay with our parents, if wc have any, or be shitted 
about the world from one rich man a farm to 
another to help raiBC those fine animals, and only 
make enongh to keep soul and body together.— 
Af or w© bay© swofttod and tolled both nigut and 
day, iu tho dirt, and cold, and heat, to produce 
those fine articles, and after all this toil and care, 
wo ennnot have tho privilege of Boeing them when 
they are exhibited at the public fairs. 
Again, 1 saw a piece in the same paper, beaded— 
“ Tub Use of Home." Many of ns, both farmers’ 
and mechanics’ boys, never had a home, although 
we have lived with our parents in some rich mau’s 
old house, or hovel, which wo wonld bo glad to 
swap for the bulldinga that he stabled bis cattle 
in. But it was a home, a good deal better than 
none; for there wc had the smiles and counsel of 
onr parents, and many strong ties of affection were 
formed in tho hearts of our brothers and sisters 
when wo were small children together. But alas, 
this scene is soon changed; for a« soon as we get 
large enough to earn our own living wo arc com¬ 
pelled ro leave home, and get onr living among 
Ktrantfera, where* nobody c&rcs for ub, only to cet 
onr labor as cheap as they can, and iu this way the 
poor boy is drove round the world till he gets dis¬ 
couraged, and after a while docs not care what be¬ 
comes of him; and many for the want of a home 
and a parent's care and instruction get into bad 
company and commit some deed that throws him 
into prison. Now, Mr. Rural, if you want to see 
farmers’ boys at the public fairs, yon and other men 
that print papers, must use yonr influence.—A 
Tenant’s Boy, CattaHa, Aug ., 1857. 
Remarks-— It is all folly for a boy, though he be 
ever so poor, to talk of being discouraged. Why, 
the wealthiest men in our country were once poor, 
penniless boys. It waa only a few years ago that 
an Ex Governor of onr own State, and a very 
wealthy and honorable man, pointed out to ua the 
mau who, when he was a poor boy, took compas¬ 
sion on biru, and gave him a two shilling chip hat 
to cover his bare head. Then it ia a great waste 
of time to stand stall and lament, or complain of 
fate. Complaining never made any body rich, or 
improved their condition In any way. Read and 
study—improve every moment Determine to get 
all the knowledge you can. Don’t spend one 
moment nor one penny foolishly. F'ou will need 
all your timo and money to give you a start in the 
world. Don’t deapise small things, but take care 
\ of tho moments and the pennies. Do your work 
. faithfully, and intelligently, and yonr employer 
, wlU respect you, and you will aoon earn a good 
. name that will be above prioe. Industry, intelli¬ 
gence, honesty and determination will overcome 
tho greatest difficulties, and secure tho possessor 
all needed good. But, tho first thing, trample 
under foot this envious, compluining spirit. Noth- 
t ing will so effectually destroy tho energies and 
t happiness of a young man. Imitate the good, envy 
