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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 19 
the harn floor occupied and littered half of the 
winter, and all to save, in better condition, fodder 
that without grain with it, will not make “sleek 
herds, looking the picture of contentment,” but 
on the contrary, herds that in the spring show an 
actual loss from the fall weight, and number too, 
sometimes. 
It may be Baid one-tenth is too much for thresh¬ 
ing, especially when the price of grain is so high. 
Bat where the straw was overgrown, as in the case 
adduced, an ordinary hand would not average 20 
bushels a day; and if he did, calling wageB and 
board 76 cents a day, the cost would even then be 
about the Bame as the machine. It must be borne 
in mind too, tbat in good yielding grain with 
moderate straw, the machine and force instanced 
would as easily have threshed 1,000 bushels. It 
must also be recollected that one-fifth the expense 
of threshing is charged to my own teams, that 
might as well be at work as in the pasture, and 
must be kept, whether busy or idle. 
So much against your positions, Mr. 8anftklp. 
Were the burden of your plea, humanity to man, I 
would say amen thereto. Extraordinaries except¬ 
ed, it is better to keep the oat-mows to be 
threshed with the flail than to compel laboring 
men to pass the winter in unwilling idleness. The 
interests of society at large are beat promoted 
when employers provide labor for all who are will¬ 
ing to work. w. b. p. 
Prattsburgh, N. Y., 1857. 
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THE CELLAR. 
Why is it that this most important and indis¬ 
pensable part of every farm house is so ranch neg¬ 
lected? While the parlor, the sitting-room and 
kitchen are fitted up with all the conveniences, 
and many of the superfluities, of the piesent day, 
is it good policy to allow them to monopolize the 
farmer’s means, to the exclusion of the not less 
important part—the cellar? I am not a profes¬ 
sional croaker, huh at the risk of incurring the 
odium attached to individuals belonging to that 
class, I must state it as my belief that cellars are 
almost, universally in a bad and even unhealthy 
condition, looked upon as a mere ont-of-the-wav 
place for the potatoes, garden sauce, or “salt junk,” 
where, by the aid of a stinted door and break neck 
stairway, they are accessible daring the winter— 
where, from the absence ol floors, cleaning (ex¬ 
cept with the hoe) is hardly thought of—where the 
rats run riot and store their share of the spoils in 
the cellar drain. Is it ft wonder that the air be¬ 
comes loaded with miasma, and the scraper and 
foot-mat become as much a necessity at the cellar 
stairs as by the kitchen door? The poisonous 
gases constantly forming, pass, during winter at 
least, into poorly ventilated rooms above, where 
they must have a serious effect upon health, while, 
combined with the moisture in the cellar, they de¬ 
stroy most effectually its preserving qualities.— 
Fresh meats and dairy products are peculiarly 
susceptible and quickly taint, and become unfit tor 
food in a foul atmosphere, while all kinds of fruits 
and vegetables lose their flavor and decay much 
more rapidly from ibis cause. There is pressing 
need of reform in this matter. Why can there not 
be a neat and commodious stairway to the cellar 
as well as to the garret? Would it pay as well?— 
Ask Bridget. 
Why not have a well paved floor which will ad¬ 
mit of cleaning? Stone, being good conductors 
of beat, would have a strong tendency, if laid on 
the ground, to keep the temperature of the room 
the same as tb ground beneath them. Why not 
make the drain of pipe tile, and just inside (notun¬ 
der) the wall, thus making it proof against rats, 
while at, the same time it may be accessible if it 
becomes necessary ttropen it? Why could not a 
jacket of tan, refuse charcoal, or some other non¬ 
conductor, be confined, as a permanent fixture, on 
the inside against that part of the wall which, from 
its snowy envelope during severe weather, indi¬ 
cates the point where, ns farmers say, "the frost is 
getting in?” Why could not a connection be 
formed between the cellar and chimney? Would 
it not materially aid ventilation? Would it not be 
much better to place the apples, potatoes, and 
other stores, which must find their winter quarters 
in the cellar, on counters or swing shelves, where 
they can be assorted, than to throw them down in 
a pile in the corner to ferment and decay? These 
swing shelves may be pnt np in any cellar at a tri¬ 
fling cost, and if properly made, about 3J ft from 
the ground, will head the rats most effectually. It 
seems to me that these improvements are all feas¬ 
ible, and they oertainly need not be very expen¬ 
sive. h s. 
Canajoharie, N. Y., 1857. 
BEES AND BUCKWHEAT-AGAIN. 
Eds. Rural: —Having noticed in a late number 
of the Rural, a few remarks about “Bees and 
Buckwheat,” I too, wish to give my opinion—not 
in the way of criticising, however. The writer of 
this article states tbat J. H. Warner has come to 
the oonolusion that “ bees make no honey from 
backwkext” I ask what do they make from it?— 
I have often noticed them busily at work on the 
blossoms of buckwheat, and have “lined” them, 
and traced them to their hives. The honey made 
from bnokwheat has a different taste from that 
made from other flowers. 
He also speaks of weighing the hives Just before 
and after “buckwheat time,” and of finding no 
difference in their weight. Now there may be 
some who think different; bat it looks reasonable 
to me that if the comb is filled with “ honey of a 
darkish color,” (as J. T. Brownell states,) it must 
have weight, I will admit, that, those who have had 
more experince in the business know best; but I 
look at the “ reason of the thing.” Wbat think 
you fellow readers, is not my opinion a correct 
one?—E. W. D., Hartford, Hi*., 1857. 
Eds. Rural:— Please to Bay to J. T. Brownell, 
of Birdsall, N. Y., in answer to his inquiry as to 
bees gathering honey from buckwheat, that imme¬ 
diately upon perceiving it io your columns I took 
a hive which I had weighed six days before, and 
found an increase of six pounds, rainy as It has 
been. Had it all been pleasant weather probably 
double this amount would have been made. The 
hive was about an average one out of between 
eighty and a hundred. I am perfectly satisfied 
that honey is gathered from buckwheat and in 
large quantities, still others may think differently. 
—A Subscriber, Rome, A. K, August, 1867. 
“BLACK LEG.”—A MISNOMER. 
Eds. Rural:—I have recently lost two promising 
calves from the effects of what is known in this 
part of the country as “Black Leg,” (but which I 
think is not the right name.) It attacks calves of 
all ages from two months two years old and gene¬ 
rally proves fatal in from 12 to 24 hours. The 
animal when attacked refuses all food, the eyes 
appear Bunken, and its bieathing is accompanied 
with a short, distressing sound. As the disease 
approaches its crisis the animal shows strong in¬ 
clination to get to water and on reaching it will 
bury itself if the water is of sufficient depth. On 
opening the animal, after death, the insides—and 
particularly the region of the heart and lungs— 
appear much blackened. In the two instances 
above no disease was visible on the limbs or sur¬ 
face of the body. If you or any of your numerous 
readers can give any information as to cause, 
treatment, or a preventive, you will much oblige a 
reader of the Rural.— J. Y. M., Mercer Co., Pa., 
August, 1857. 
Remarks. —From the description given by our 
correspondent we are inclined to think that the 
disease is that known as “ Black Tongue .” This 
is a disease of the tongue in cattle, which, from its 
sudden attack, fearful progress, and frequently fa¬ 
tal termination, requires particular notice. The 
animal is dull, refuses food, and rumination ceases. 
A discharge of saliva appears from the mouth; it 
is at first, limpid and inoffensive, but it soon be¬ 
comes purulent, bloody, and exceedingly fetid; 
the bead and the neck begin to swell; they become 
enormously enlarged; the respiratory passages are 
obstructed; the animal breathes with the greatest 
difficulty, and is, in some cases,literally suffocated. 
On examination, the tongue is apparently en¬ 
larged, but is, in fact, only elevated from its bed 
between the maxillary bones; and the cause being 
examined, large vesicles or bladders, red, livid, 
or purple, are found running along the side and 
base of the tongue, and particularly towards its 
anterior part. These bladders are strangely rapid 
in their growth; become of a very great size; 
quickly break; and form deep ulcerations. Others 
immediately arise in their Immediate neighbor¬ 
hood, of similar character, but ol still larger Bize, 
Sometimes the animal dies in twenty-four hours 
from the first attack; but at other times fever 
rapidly succeeds, of a typhoid or malignant kind. 
While the blain sometimes assumes an epidemic 
character, there can be no doubt of its being con¬ 
tagious, and especially under the malignant form. 
The disease is not communicated by ihe breath; 
but there must be actual contact. The beast must 
eat from the same manger, or drink from the same 
trough, <*r be in such a situation that the saliva, in 
which the virus seems to reside, shall be received 
on some abraded or mucous surfaco. The malady 
is readily communicated when animals graze in 
the same pasture. The farmer should be aware of 
this, and should adopt every necessary precaution. 
The treatment of this disease is simple—these 
bladders or vescicles must be lanced. There will 
not be much immediate discharge; the bladder 
was distended by a substance imperfectly organ¬ 
ized, or of each ft glairy or thick nature as not 
readily to escape. If this operation be performed 
when the saliva first begins to run from the mouth, 
and before there is any uupleasant Bmell or gan. 
grenous appearance, It will usually eflect a perfect 
cure. If the month be examined four-and-iwenty 
hours afterward, the odJv vestige of tbo disease 
will be an incision, not looking very healthy at 
first, but that will soon become so and heal. If the 
disease has made considerable progress, and the 
vesicles begin to have a livid appearance, or per¬ 
haps some of them have broken, and the smell is 
becoming very offensive, the mouth must be care¬ 
fully examined, and any bladders still remaining 
whole, or new ones beginning to rise, mnst be 
deeply and effectually lanced, and the ulcers ivash- 
ed half a dozen times in the day, or oftener, with 
a diluted solution of the ohloride of lime, (a 
drachm of the powder t' a pint of water.) By 
means of a syringe or piece of sponge, thiB may 
be brought into contact with every part of the ul¬ 
cerated surface. 
MINNESOTA ITEMS. 
Eds. Rural:—A few notes from this portion of 
the country may not be without interest to your 
readers, many of them having friends here, or are 
thinking of coming themselves, and of conrse wibI) 
to know what the prospects are this season. I 
therefore, send yon a few lines on the subject. 
Notwithstanding theserionB drawbacks of grass¬ 
hoppers which, in a portion of the Territory, al¬ 
most entirely destroyed the growing crops—of the 
Indian hostilities in the spring, which deterred 
many from coming here who otherwise would,— 
the course of Minnesota has been right onward, 
and her future prospects are cheering in the high¬ 
est degree. 
New towns,—real live ones, and not mere “paper 
towns,” (although we have “not a few ” of that 
sort too,) are springing up in various parts of the 
Territory. The plow is rapidly turning up the rich 
Boil of our prairies and fitting it for the reception 
of seed, and everything seems to portend a bounte¬ 
ous crop next year -and a rapid Increase In wealth 
and population. 
The crops in all places where the grasshoppers 
have not been, look remarkably well, thus showing 
that If we do not raise good ones, it is not the 
fault of the soil or climate. Wheat bad rather a 
light growth of straw, but headed finely and turns 
out well. I know of several fields on the St. Paul 
and Stillwater road, which yielded from twenty- 
five to thirty bushels per acre. Oats and barley 
are excellent, as also are potatoes which were in¬ 
jured less by the "hoppers” than anything else.— 
Corn Is rather late, but has got a large growth and 
the prospect of a large yield is good, hi a late 
number of the Rural there waB a Bhort article 
about tall com, and you and your brother of the 
Rural Intelligencer were rejoicing over, or rather 
in fields of corn that were from five and ft half to 
six and a half feet hi :b. Now we here, away up 
in the North-West, in a climate which rnatiy per¬ 
sist in believing to be “ too cold for corn,”—should 
not call that much to talk about. A field of corn 
that will not average seven feet in height is called 
second-rate. 1 have seen several large fields that 
would average seven feet ana a half. This iB the 
way with it in those parts of the Territory not af¬ 
flicted with grasshoppers, bat in this part, (Run 
River Valley) and for fifteen or twenty miles on 
each side of the Mississippi, above St. Anthony, 
they have destroyed almost everything. Here and 
there some pieces of badly thinned corn, nnd small 
fields of potatoes are all that is left. We are rid 
of the scourge now, however, and there is no proB- 
poctof their returning, ro we are breaking more 
land and getting ready to put in more seed next 
epring. H. M. Atkins. 
Princeton, Benton Co., M. T.. August, 1857. 
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.—INQUIRIES. 
Eds. Rural:— For some time I have been watch¬ 
ing to see you, or some of your correspondents, 
describe how we are to get the juice of the sugar 
cane. I had hoped to have seen something in the 
last number of the Rural. It contains nothing, 
however, but a letter from W. B. I*., (of A ug, 24th,) 
saying that his field then Bbowel neither “ tassel, 
silk, blossom, or anything to indicate where the 
next year’s seed Is to come from.” This is juBt 
my case now, (Sept. 5th.) I have about an eighth 
of an acre, some of it higher than I can reach.— 
By the way, at what stage in its growth muRt the 
juice be taken, and when ready, how 7 Can it 
be ground in a cider mill and pressed? I fear not 
Must it not b8 passed between iron rollers? If so, 
how large, how long, and how close together 
should they run? Should they be immovable, or 
should they have spriuga to allow the opening to 
enlarge for the butts and larger stalks?— Fulton, 
Oswego Co., N. Y., 1867. 
Eds. Rural:—A t what time does the Chinese 
Sugar Cane want to be crushed for the juice—be¬ 
fore the seed is ripe, or as Boon as mature?—A 
Subscriber, Horseheads, Chemung Co., N. Y., 1867. 
Remarks.— Our Oswego Co. correspondent, will 
find the greater portion of his inquiries answered 
in our issue of the 12t,b last. When the stalk shall 
have attained its full size, and the seed has passed 
from the dough stage to a harder texture, it is 
ready for the crusher. 
Eds. Rural:— I see tbat W. P. B., of Steuben, is 
some what facetious in his commeuts on the Chi¬ 
nese Sugar Cane. Ho says that on August 24th it 
“showed neither tassel, silk, blossom, or anything 
to Bhow where the seed for another crop are to 
come from.” Because W. B. P.'s lot is cast in a 
Siberian region where altitude, not latitude, op¬ 
poses the growth of the Sorghum; he must not on 
that account denounce this famous cereal grass 
and call it a humbug. I could have shown him on 
that very 24th of August* two rows of Sorghum 
thick Bet, standing over ten feet high with full 
panicles of bright seed bursting the upper joint of 
the stalk. Any other season but this for the lost 
thirty years, it would have been atlenst a fortnight 
earlier. Wherever the Ohio Dent Corn will ripen 
Sorghum will perfect its seed. It grows much 
slower than corn until it attains what the South¬ 
erners call a good "strong stand;” then it grows 
fast, but the sweetness of the stalk remains to be 
tested; thus far there is more saccharine matter in 
green corn stalks.—S. W., Waterloo, N. Y., 1867, 
Ena. Rural: —Your correspondent of Pitts¬ 
burgh, N. Y., in the Rural of the 5th inst., is 
rather out of humor with the Sorghum. We, here 
in Northern Indians, have reason to he better 
pleased with it Some of the seeds in thiB vicini¬ 
ty arc fully mature, while the majority affords a 
reasonable prospect of becoming so. I give you 
the results of one imperfect experiment Twenty- 
four stalks of the cane, crushed between common 
shoemaker’s rollers, yielded six quarts of juice, 
which, being boiled, resulted in one pint of very 
thick molasses. With better machinery, we think 
we can derive better resulls. “ Com Stalkum, 
Sugar Annum'' is no “ humbug ” here! We have 
sent on for a crusher, and if desirable will give 
you the results of further experiments.—H., Port 
Wayne, Ind, Sejil, 9, 1857. 
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TIMBER FOR THE PRAIRIES. 
Eds. Rural:— In answer io your correspondent 
J. Andrews, of Noble Co., Ohio, allow me to offer 
my views in relation to cultivating trees for tim¬ 
ber on the prairies. My opinion Is, that the best 
kinds of trees to grow here are those varieties 
that grow naturally, such as oak, black walnut, 
elm, cottonwood, liDdcn, &c. The locust grows 
very fast on our prairie soil, but in some localities 
the borer has destroyed it after it hud attained a 
considerable size. In some parts it does finely 
and is a valuable tree on account of its quick 
growth, and lasting qualities for fence posts, Ac. 
I am of the opinion that the American Chestnut 
would be a valuable tree in onr climate though I 
have never seen any of them tried in the western 
part of Iowa. In the eastern portion of the State, 
they have been planted to some extent and have 
done well. I would recommend planting them on a 
small scale. Were I going to plant, I should try 
walnut and oak as the two best varieties of timber 
for the prairies. The seed inuy bo procured here 
in abundance, In November, and if planted imme¬ 
diately requires no preparation. The ground 
should be broken up and the nuts or acorns plant¬ 
ed just deep enough to keep them moist, say two 
inches, and they will be sure to come up in the 
spring. They will require no other care than 
keeping the wheds down and stiring the ground 
occasionally. Locust seed mny be planted in the 
fall without preparation, or in the spring after 
pouring over it several times, a kettle of scalding 
water. May be planted in rows six or eight feet 
apart, and cultivated with a plow. 
Crescent City, Iowa, 1857, H. A, Terry. 
Httral |totfs aitli Items. 
NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
We give below the Programme, as issued by the 
Society, for the government of judges, exhibitors, 
Ac., at the next Annual Fair, at Buffalo, Oct. 6th, 
6tb, 7th, 8th and 9th, together with a list of the 
Superintendents of the various departments. It 
will be for the interest of those who purpose at¬ 
tending, to acquaint themselves with its provisions: 
Monday, Oct, 6.—Office open for entries on 
Show Grounds, and stock and articles arranged. 
Tuesday, Oct. C.—Arrangements for exhibition 
completed and visitors admitted. Judges are re¬ 
quested to report themselves at the Secretary’s 
Office. 
Wednesday, Oct 7.—Judges will be called at 
9 o’clock—receive their books of entries, and com¬ 
mence their examinations. Tickets for Members 
$1, single admission 25 cents, to be had at the 
Office on the Grounds. 
Thursday, Oct. 8.—Exhibition of Cattle, Sheep, 
Swine and Poultry; Implements and Machinery in 
operation; the Trial of Horses by the Judges, in 
the Rings prepared for the purpose. The Cattle 
will be exhibited in Rings, and prizes affixed un¬ 
der the direction of the Judges, before they leave 
the Rings. Plowing and Spading Matches during 
the day. Floral, Mechanical and Dairy Halls will 
be open for examination. 
Friday, Oct. 9.— Prize Animals will be exhibit¬ 
ed, under the direction of the General Superinten¬ 
dent, in the Rings appropriated for the purpose.— 
At 1 o'clock the Address by Hon. Ed ward Everett. 
After the Address, the Matched and Single Horses 
will be exhibited in the Trial Ring, under the 
direction of the Superintendent. 
Pnblic Meetings will be held in the city, on 
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, for 
discussions on Stock, Implements, Improvements in 
Farming, Fruit, Ac. Places of meeting will be 
designated iu the Buflhlo papers during the Fair. 
Maj. M. R. Patrick, General Superintendent, will 
have charge of the arrangements for carrying oat 
the Fair. 
superintendents. 
General Superintendent—Maj. M. R. Patrick. 
Cattle Department — William Johnson. Horse 
Department— Le Roy Farnham. Sheep Depart¬ 
ment—G. C. Bradley. Swine Department— Hugh 
T. Brooks. Poultry Department—E. P. Chkkvkk. 
Plowing aud Spading Department —Samuel Hes¬ 
ton. Implement Department. — Isaac Foote, Jr. 
Machinery aud Steam Power— Edward H. Rees, 
Grain and Dairy Department—M. M. Smith. Veg¬ 
etable Department— C. F. Crossman. Domestic 
Hall— Thomas Faknuam. Miscellaneous Depart¬ 
ment— Chari.k8 G. Riggs. Discretionary Depart¬ 
ment— Rufus L. Howard. Floral Hall—W. R. 
Coppock. Press— Robert Hadfield. 
Monroe County Fair. —This fair will be held 
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. 
Monday will bo devoted to entries of articles for 
exhibition and the Plowing Match. It will be a 
matter of convenience to officers and exhibitors, 
if those intending to exhibit articles at the fair, 
will, during this week, call at the office of the 
Society, No. 44, Arcade, and obtain their tickets 
and make entries of their articles. The Plowing 
Match should not he forgotten, as good plowing is 
essential to a good ByBtcm of field husbandry. 
Tuesday will he devoted to un examination of arti¬ 
cles by the judges. Everything Bhould be ready 
and in Its place by 10 o’clock, and pvrhapB it might 
be well to hint that all the judges would he wanted 
at that time. Wednesday at 11 o’clock A M., the 
Address will he delivered on the ground by the 
President, after which there will he a procession 
of the premium animals, an equestrian display, 
and a good chance to know who has the beat as 
well as the fastest horses,—w. 
The Weather and the Corn Crop. —The diffi¬ 
culties attendant upon planting the Bead, the fail- 
uio of muoh to germinate, and the continued cool¬ 
ness of our summer months, led many to fear that 
our corn crop would never reach maturity. We 
are happy to state, however, that such fears were 
groundless, abd the prospect now favors a return 
of the golden ears—fully up to the average in 
both quantity and quality—to reward the labors 
of the husbandman. 
In this connection we may state that Mr. J. H 
Crampton, of Bergen, Genesee Co., has Bent ns 
two specimens of the “ Ohio Dent,” raised upon 
hiH farm, measuring thirteen feet eight inches in 
length. Mr. C.’s sample stands ahead, and, whut 
is of more importance, this "Buckeye” will ma¬ 
ture In New York despite of cold and wet seasons. 
Sample Crops.— Mr. Wm. Dknniston, of this 
city, luiB lately been making a tour of the West 
and has kindly furnished us with a statement of 
the crops produced by three competitors at the St. 
Clair Co., (Ill,) Fair. Conrad Furm, of Belle¬ 
ville, on 41 i acres wheat had a yield of l,G64 bush¬ 
els—on 6 acres of Barley, 485 bushels—) an acre 
Fall Barley, sown in February, 54 bushels. James 
Geer, on 38 acres Wheut, hud 1,601 bushels. W. J. 
Scott, had one acre selected—said to be the ave¬ 
rage of a 40 acre field—aud the yield therefrom 
was 46 bushels and 46 pounds. These gentlemen 
have contracted their wheat crops at prices vary¬ 
ing from $1 05 to $1 16. Well done for “Sucker- 
dom.” 
The Egg Business.— The BaDgor (Maine) News 
says that Mr. Grover, of Gnilford, has packed and 
forwarded to Boston, between the 1st of March and 
the 18th of August, forty thousand dozen eggB_ 
The Gospel Banner says:—“Ii is astonishing to 
think how extensive t.be egg business of Maine has 
become. There is a larger value in money, in this 
sruoll article exported from Maine each year, than 
of any other. We have one firm in Gardiner, 
Messrs. Mitchcl & Wilson, that has exported im¬ 
mense quantities to California, thereby realizing 
handsome returns. And one gentleman alone, 
Mr. Seavy, of Farmingdale, during the last year, 
collected and sold no less than 300,000 dozen, 
—2.400,000 eggs. The average price wp.b eighteen 
cents a dozen, making a total of $36,000. There 
are forty dozen in a bushel, 480, and thus he col¬ 
lected 6,000 bushels. In May last, he collected 38,- 
000 dozen. And he is only one of many in our 
immediate neighborhood.” 
Great Wheat Crop. —The St. Paul Minneso- 
tian says, on sixty acres of land, in Washington 
county, Minnesota, there was raised this season 
the enormous yield of three thousand bushels of 
wheat, or fifty bushels to the acre. The grain is of 
the finest and heavieet quality, actually weighing 
four or five pounds more to the bushel than the 
standard weight. The crop was raised from seed 
which has long been in the Territory, and was 
thoroughly acclimated. Winter’s cold haB no 
effect on it. 
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Lady Suffolk and Black Hawk. —The skins 
of Lady Suffolk and Black Hawk have been pre¬ 
served, and elegantly set up by Mr. Jilson,of Lynn, 
Mass., and were shown at the Vermont State Fajr 
on the Sth inst. They are to be shown at all the 
horse fairs throughout the country. 
GRASSHOPPERS IN IOWA. 
What shall wo do with the Grasshoppers? They 
have made their appearance here within a few 
days, and are eating every thing up. The very air 
is filled with them and corn, potatoes, cabbages, 
in fact, everything eatable disappears before them. 
Foars are entertained that, they will entirety de¬ 
stroy the corn crop. They came here in clouds 
from the North-East probably from Minnesota. In 
the oounticB north ot ns they are worse if possible 
than here. Whether they will remain long, Is un¬ 
certain. Should they do so fonr or five week*, or 
until they deposit tln-ir eggs, It will he useless to 
try to grow anything here next season. Time will 
deiermine,—we hope for the best.—H. A. Terry, 
Orescent Oily, Iowa , 1867. 
Rural readers will remember that last week, 
throagh the kindness of a Minnesota e< rrespon- 
dent, we chronicled the departure of these pests 
from that Territory. It would seem that Iowa far¬ 
mers have received a visit and are paying dearly 
therefor. 
gating Itiraltsf. 
ALL OCCUPATIONS HONORABLE, 
Eds. Rural:—Is the farmer’s occupation neces¬ 
sarily more honest, more laborious, or more re¬ 
spectable than many another? Are farmerp, be¬ 
cause of their calling, to be considered as a class, 
rough, uneducated, unpolished? Does any sensi¬ 
ble person think iso? Does not every person of 
even common information know that agriculture 
is becoming more and more exalted as an em¬ 
ployment, and an intelligent, wealthy farmer is on 
equal footing with the highest in the land? 
We ask these questions because we see so many 
farmers so extremely sensitive about their stand¬ 
ing, aud imagine all the professional, mercantile 
and other occupations look down on them, while 
at the same time, they depend on the farmer to 
produce the elements of life, or the material for 
food and clothes. They call themaelve producers, 
and the rest of the world, consumers, and de¬ 
nounce the professions—the fine arts. Ac., as pick¬ 
pockets, knaves—men who live by their wits, and 
by gouging the honest, unsuspicious, bard-workiig 
community. 
Now we do not see tho philosophy ot men be¬ 
rating and abusing each other on the score of oc¬ 
cupation, nor how the farmer works any harder, 
or docs any more for community than the rest, 
nor why, if disposed, he has not the same chance 
to be dishonest as the merchant? He gets high 
prices for his articles in proportion to their scar¬ 
city, the same as the merchant, and is just as 
ready to take advantage of the market, for sales 
to his advantage, as men In other occupations. A 
farmer is said to be the most independent man in 
the world. Why is lie bo? He raises his own 
bread and meat, but does he make all kiB own 
cloth, or build his own houses, or raise his own 
luxuries, groceries, Ac? He is dependent on the 
mechanic, the merchant, the tailor, the shoemaker, 
tne manufacturer, the lawyer, tho doctor, and they 
in their turn, on all the rcBt. Now, Mr. Editor, 
where is any one occupation Independent of all 
tho others? Or why should any man boast, or 
bully, or brow beat another? Does a map’s call¬ 
ing exalt him, or ho bis calling? Cannot a man 
be a shoemaker, or farmer, or dentist, or doctor, 
or a mason, or anything else, and be also a man 
and a gentleman, honorable, honest, useful? No 
man follows any occupation and becomes inde¬ 
pendent without bard labor of body or mind, with¬ 
out dose application aud persevering industry.— 
And then all the independence one gets, is plenty 
of money to pay for other people’s Ingenuity and 
exertions. Never a human being ever gets so in¬ 
dependent as to say the re6t of tho world—“I ask 
no more of yon—I can take care of myself.” For 
after wo have paid the uttermost farthlug for all 
we consume, we depend on ten thousand nameless 
attentions and kindnesses from those around us,— 
So what is the use of all this bragging and abusing. 
The farmers are as good aB anybody, and the 
rest as good as them. They are all bound together 
and have need of each other, and if every man 
would do his duty in his calling, and let everybody 
else do hts, there would be less time for sparring 
and comparing, aud the world might go on more 
peacefully and pleasantly—don’t yon think bo? 
Westfield, N. Y., 1857. U LTRA - 
Yes, these are our sentiments exactly. We 
should all, and always, remember that 
“ Honor and shame from no condition rise. 
Act well your part; there all the honor lies." 
Here we have an inquiry from a boy that we like, 
for it is practical. Who will glvo the advice need¬ 
ed; who will tell thia enterprising youth what he 
had hotter do with his acre of land. We are al- 
- 141 - had better do with hla acre of land. We are al- 
“ Sorgho and Imphek— the Chinese and African most tempted to say a word or two, hot. for the 
Sugar Cane,” is the title of a new work by Mr. H. 
S. Olcott, just issued by A. O. Moohk, (late C. M. 
Saxton & Co.,) No. 140 Fulton St, New York. It 
is a neat 12mo of 360 pages, and contains, in addi¬ 
tion to other matter, illustrations and descriptions 
present, we leave it with our correspondents. 
Mu. Editor: —In accordance with the sugges¬ 
tions made in the Rural, my father has agreed to 
let me have an aero of good land to cultivate for 
myself, and do just as I like with. Now, I am sotne- 
of various machinery, &e., used in the grinding thing like tho man who drew an elephant in the 
and manufacture of Sorghum into molusses and lottery; when he got him, he didn’t know what to 
HUgar. It is a timely work, and one which wo shall j 0 with him. He couldn’t afford to feed him, and 
notice more fully hereafter. nobody would buy him. I want some of the Young 
-- Ruralists to tell me what I had better do with my 
Early Frosts. —The paperB East and West an- land. 1 want to raise as much on thisai.ro as is 
nounce the arrival of that chilling individual, raised on any acre of the farm, or I shall feel 
Jack Frost. His stay was extremely brief in most ashamed; and I know father will feel pleased it 
places and, with the exception of the Housatonio micceed well, and I wish very much to please him 
Valley, Conn., he left no traces of his visit. In for his kiuduess. I am to have the land as long 
Connecticut, it is thought, the tobacco crop is as I choose to cultivate it, or until I am twenty-one 
much injured. years old, which will be most six years. 
Connecticut, i 
much injured. 
