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Communications, (Etc 
ting access to wrong, vulgar, or strange-blooded 
males. The unlucky, or inadvertant connection 
took place, and the female threw off a bastard 
progeny—most undesirable, too, in every in¬ 
stance—but I never have discovered a preju¬ 
dicial influence on the succeeding one, by the 
proper sire. 
There is one thing, however, to be regarded 
by all breeders of tine stock of whatever Kind. 
I would always have them associated in yard, 
stable, or pasture icith their own kind. I would 
never have a fine breeding mare associated 
with a mule or an ass: a tine bred cow with the 
sight of a vulgar, common bull; a tine ewe with 
an uncouth ram at any time. On the other 
hand, I would accustom them to the presence, 
occasionally, of the best males of their kind, 
such as I intended to use when copulation were 
to take place. Some sheep breeders take a pal¬ 
try scrub of a ram or halt emasculated wether, 
and put him in an adjoining yard or lot, as a 
a *‘ teazer."' This should never be. The ewe in 
heat, or coming in heat, hangs about the feuee 
or doors; her imagination—for even a sheep 
may have an imagination—becomes enamored 
of that brute: for if she could get to him he 
but have descended from a later flock than they 
have in Spain. I speak of the ewes. Your 
theory is correct, yet I do not give Mr. Silver- 
nail credit for lying, but I look upon him as 1 
shall on all sheep peddlers. He called his im¬ 
ported, while other peddlers call theirs lull 
blood, and well selected, and not colored. I 
want you to give this, with Mr. Sweet’s letter, 
to the public in justice to myself. 
Y r ours. truly, Eli Keller. 
To Cure Horse Distemper. 
B. M., writes us of what he did when he 
found his colts had the horse distemper. Boiled 
a pail three-fourths full of tamarac bark in two 
pails of water, till it. was reduced one-half. 
Mixed this liquid with mill feed and cut straw 
and chaff, using two quarts of the liquor iu a 
feed for each horse. One of the eolts, two years 
old, was very much swollen under the throat, 
the other was affected in the head. The effect 
of the feed was to check the distemper at once. 
It remained stationary for a few r days, and then 
the swelling began to diminish and finally broke, 
and matter flowed from it and the eolts got well 
as if by magic. 
To Readers and Advertisers —After referring our 
readers t.o the array of seasonable advertisements iu 
this paper—including offers of various articles useful 
If not indispensable for the farm, orchard, guidon, or 
household—we wish to say that the demand upon our 
advertising columns is such that wo are constrained to 
defer peroral announcements until next weak. We are 
doing our best to accommodate advertisers, hut must 
not infringe too much upon reading departments. 
— The large number of persons who have written us 
during the past three months for our best advertising 
terms, or wishing ns to give lowest rates for certain 
advertisements, nro advised that we have no occasion 
to deport from published rates, and arc therefore refer¬ 
red to onr terms as given in each number of tbe Rural. 
Instead of making special private terms, lower than 
published, it is more than probable that we shall pub¬ 
licly advance our rates on the 1st of April, as intimated 
last week. 
CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO. 
vites discussion as to its proper cultivation. 
There is a great diversity of opinion, on this 
subject, but I hazard little in the assertion 
that few cultivators follow a system based upon 
careful experiments,—a 
era pay little utteution to the potato, 
putting in 
plow some neglected corner 
over once, and then ‘ 
great majority of farm- 
After 
all their other spring crops they half 
; perhaps drag it 
furrow it out" with a 
shovel plow. The next thing to be done is to 
bury up whole potatoes six or eight inches deep 
in these trenches. In the course of five or six 
weeks the poor, weak plants emerge from the 
cold ground and strive to maintain a standing in 
the midst of the tall grass and weeds that sur¬ 
round them. If sufficient time can be spared 
from other work, they are now cultivated and 
hoed, care being taken to haul the soil away 
from the plant, leaving the surface as nearly 
*?<zf as possible. In the course of ten or fifteen 
days, if time permits, this process is repeated, 
with, perhaps, the addition of a slight, hilling, 
leaving the hills broad and flat, to give the 
tubers a chance to spread, at the same time to 
catch and hold all the water that tails. After 
this, no more attention is given the crop until 
the last of October or first of November. The 
hills are then sought out in the weeds and grass, 
and the potatoes are "dug,”, very likely in 
rainy weather, picked up while wot, and hauled 
to the cellar or buried in the field. The result 
is generally from 40 to 100 bushels of small 
potatoes, more or less diseased, frequently not 
worth digging. This practice is continued year 
after year, without change of seed or better 
results, the unlucky farmer, wondering what 
Is the reason that hi a neighbor is more success¬ 
ful than himself. 
This picture may seem too much of a carica¬ 
ture, but careful observation will prove it, in 
many respects, at least, a true description of 
potato culture among farmers who do not make 
it their principal crop. It is this class of culti¬ 
vators that ofteuest suffer from the rot. They 
neither understand nor care for the scientific 
researches and theories of Liebig, Dr. Barry, 
or Johnson. The learned speculations upon 
the " Ptronospora infretaus,'’ are altogether 
too fine spun for their comprehension. So that 
if we expect to reach their case, we must con¬ 
iine ourselves to plain, practical common sense, 
supported by actual experience. With judi¬ 
cious and careful cultivation, upon proper soil, 
the potato is one of the.most remunerative crops 
we can raise. It is yearly as easy to get *200 
bushels and over to the acre as it is 100 or 
less. The raising of small potatoes may 
almost always be avoided, and the skillful 
cultivator is rarely troubled with any of the 
numerous tribe of " Iinji” that so much exer¬ 
cise our worthy professor. We farmers are 
INFLUENCE OF THE MALE, ETC, 
Experience in Willow Culture. 
Henry L. Bates, of Yates C’o., N. Y., 
gives us his experience. Himself and two 
neighbors planted 5j acres. First year no crop, 
—were not worth pulling. .Second year, one 
neighbor, from two acres, cut 700 pouuds, for 
which he obtained $24; the other neighbor, 
with 2 acres, cut 8(H) pounds. Iteturns not 
given. Bates did nothing with his crop— 
thought it would not pay. Flowed the planta¬ 
tion up. His neighbors do the same this spring. 
Thinks those who expect to get 0 or 1 tuns per 
acre will be sadly mistaken. Believes Osier 
Willow cultivation a humbug. But our corre¬ 
spondent does not tell us xohen ' or how lie 
planted them aud how he cultivated them. 
tV ill he now do it, and let us see if there is not 
good cause for ill success? 
by other males:" and say. that, as you see by 
the papers, "Agassiz is said to favor the idea.” 
Now, as to what Agassiz thinks or favors, 1 
don’t know: for although that profound natu¬ 
ralist may know the variety of a fish by the looks 
of a single one of its scales—as they say he docs— 
1 do not believe that be k nows anything more of 
the "influence ” aforesaid, than you or I do, or 
any other man who has any definite knowledge 
of animal physiology. 
The reproduction of the animal species, of 
most kinds, from tbe parent, is an independent 
function, entirely separate from the ordinary 
system of Life. The organs of procreation in the 
male, as well as those provided for the reception 
of the semen, and growth of the foetus during 
the period of gestation in the female, are inde¬ 
pendent, separate and apart from the material 
physical organization necessary to their daily 
life and sustenance. These organs may be par¬ 
tially removed or emasculated from the per¬ 
formance of their proper duties without preju¬ 
dice to the indispensable functions of life, and 
probably without any ill effect on longevity, or 
ordinary physical powers. The " theory " must 
be based on the supposition that the "first*’ 
semen introduced into the womb of the female 
becomes—either by the force of imagination 
on the part of the female, or by its incorporation 
into the womb in the course of gestation—a part 
of her own physical embodiment, and changes, 
to a certain extent, her own original status, 
or condition, through which she imparts, for the 
remainder of her life, a portion of that influ¬ 
ence to her future offspring, by whatever male 
it may be begotten. 
How can that be? In the human organiza¬ 
tion, as I stated in an article on in-and-in- 
breediug, a few weeks ago, the mother, by imagi¬ 
nation, sympathy, or other strange passion at 
the time of procreation, or during gestation, 
may be so impressed a> to retain, for a shorter 
or longer time, an influence over, not only the 
then existing foetus in her womb, but may ex¬ 
tend it to future ones, involuntary, however, in 
herself, only, as the play or influence of those 
returning passions may be exercised. Still, such 
instances are uncommon. We see a mother 
bearing children by successive husbands—the 
children nowise alike, except, in resemblance, in 
greater or less degree, to their mother, and alike 
in other degrees to their separate fathers. I 
once knew a woman whose first, child was a mu¬ 
latto by a black man. She afterwards married 
» white man and had several stout, good-looking 
girls and boys as fair and delicate in complexion 
as any white persons. Possibly, had she re¬ 
tained a liking, or passion, or exceeding sympa¬ 
thy for her negro lover, the continuous image of 
him in her thoughts might have darkened the 
complexion and flattened the features of her 
subsequent offspring; but such was not the case. 
'Pberefore, in answer to the "theory,'’ I 
remark, that in the human organization it may, 
in few and far between instances, be the case. 
But, in the brute creation, with their obtuse 
mental organization, I think it can have little 
or no effect. Let us see: — The sexual pas¬ 
sion is an instinct of their organization. With 
the female, it occurs periodically. It is un¬ 
governably, madly impulsive, overleaping all 
barriers to indulgence when possible to be at¬ 
tained—and that without regard to appearance, 
aemptaxion, or any personal quality of the male 
which she seeks, other than the ability to gratify 
her desires. Her whole animal faculty is swal¬ 
lowed up in desire; but that desire indulged, 
the passion abates. Becoming pregnant, the 
course of gestation goes on within the natural 
law regulating the ordinary production of her 
Patience. Friends!— If agents and others will bear 
with ns yet a little we will endeavor to get all straight 
and satisfactory. Tho unexpectedly large increase 
or subscriptions in January necessitated the employ¬ 
ment of additional and inexperienced clerks, (who 
made a few mistakes, which arc being corrected n.- fast 
as we arc advised,) and our edition is so much larger 
limn last year that it has been difficult to print and 
mail in due season. Rut we are now increasing our 
facilities and rrmkiug such arrangements as will enable 
us to mail the Rural ns promptly as ever. 
The New England Ao. Society.—As previously 
announced in the Rural, a meeting ha9 been held, and 
an Association with the above name has been organized 
with the following officers: President —Qeorok B. 
Lokino of Salem. I’icr Prats.— Ezekiel Holmes of 
Wlnthrop, Me.; Frederick Smyth of Manchester, N. II.; 
Daniel Kimball of Rutland, Vt, , William 11. Prince of 
Northampton, Mass.; T. S Gould of West Cornwall, 
Conn.; Amaaa Sprague of Cranston, R. I Secys — 
Charles L. Flint of Boston, Mass.; Henry Clatk of 
Pulmey, Vt. Treat .—Thomas Saunders of Br ook held, 
Vt. In addition to the above officers, live trustees are 
appointed from each Stale. Seven Trustees are to con¬ 
stitute a quorum to do business. The annual meeting 
is to Luke place the first Wednesday in March, ru such 
place as tho Board of Trustees shall designate Special 
meetings may he called at the written request of twelve 
members; auy person may become a member by paying 
$3 into the funds or tho Society; Governors and Lieu¬ 
tenant Governors of New England are to be honorary 
members; and its annual exhibitions are to begin with 
Massachusetts and be held in the oilier State* its ordered 
by ihe trustees. Subsequently the testers hud a meet¬ 
ing and voted tir-t to ascertain the best place in Massa¬ 
chusetts to hold mi exhibition, and then the whole 
board will he called together to fix the time and pre¬ 
miums. 
The Springfield publican, of March 13th, says the 
Fair or this Society will be held at Worcester or Spring 
field, depending upon the balance of advantages in fa¬ 
vor of one of the other of these places. 
Coarse Feathers'as'Fertilizers. 
G. Haskins, of Meridian, says he lias for 
six years dressed poultry for .the eastern market 
and spread the refuse feathers "upon a small gar¬ 
den, aud without applying any other manure, it 
constantly improves in fertility. "Let every 
careful housewife apply all such to the poorest 
part of her garden, and in two or three years 
she will find it (the garden) equal to_the best.” 
Hog Manure and the Wire Worm. 
H. H. Barber writes:—"Forseveral years 
I have been in the habit of saving the manure 
from my hog pen under shelter, and applying 
it to corn in the hill. And corn where the 
manure has been so applied has never been 
injured by the wire worm, while in other parts 
of the field it was nearly destroyed.” 
CHEAP MODE OF WINTERING SHEEP, 
In ail excursion of two days among the 
excellent flocks of Onondaga county, N. Y., 
made last month, we found one flock of seventy- 
seven ewes. belonging to Joseph Hess, of 
Fayetteville, which was in high condition, and 
which has been wintered as follows:—They are 
fed cut feed consisting about equally of corn 
stalks, ripe oat straw, and ripe pea haulm. Mr, 
H. intended to cut and cure the two latter 
greenish, but circumstances did not permit it. 
The flock is also fed twelve quarts of peas per 
day. They are kept confined in a dose, but 
properly ventilated stable, and only let out 
twice a day to drink. They waste no more of 
their cut feed than they would of coarseish hay. 
The feed is cut by horse-power. At present 
prices, all will see that the above must be 
vastly more economical feed than hay. 
Unquiriesi ana gtitsuwis 
New England Cattle Breeders Association.— 
The annual meeting of this Association was held at 
Worcester, March 3d. The Officers and Committees 
for LS&l are as follows : President— 11. It. Peters, 
Somhboro, Mass. Vice Presiilruts —Thomas Bandera, 
Brookfield, Vt.; J. J- Webb, New Haven, ©am.; E. 
N. Jameson, Antrim, N. U S 1, Goodale, Saco. Me.; 
E. D. Pearce, East Providence, It- I ; K 11 Hyde, 
Stafford, Conn. S*c. and Treat .—H A. Dyer, Brook- 
Ivn, Couu. Com. on Ayrshire s amt Jlerrfords — II. II. 
Peters, SouthbOTO, Mass.; Thomas E Hatch, Keene, 
N. H. ; Win. Birney, Springfield, Mass- Cam on Dev on t 
—U. M Sessions, South Wllbraham, Mass. ; B H- An¬ 
drew*. Waterburv, Conn.; E 11. Hyde, Stafford, Conn. 
Com. on Short Horn r—S. W. Buffum, Winchester, X. H. j 
S. W. Bartlett, E«-i Windsor, Conn.; P SUdman, 
Chicopee, Mass. thanmiltee on Jirtryt —John Brooks, 
Princeton, Mass.; Jonathan Forbmrb. Bolton, Mass.; 
John Giles, Woodstock, Conn. The various commit¬ 
tees on pedigrees were authorized to receive and ex¬ 
amine, and on approval, to make record of all animals 
offered with a fee of fifty cents for each animal offered, 
and that the secretary record annually all pedigrees re¬ 
ported by the committees. 
Poland Oats Wanted — Will you please inform a 
subscriber where he may obtain the Poland Oat, and at 
what price? and much oblige—J. T., Dutchess Co., A'. Y. 
A Machine yob Mixing and Coloring Butter 
—Canyon, or any of your readers, inform me where 
such a machine is made, aud how the butter is colored? 
—A Subscriber, Bristol. 
Catch a Chief Mower.— (J. Ruche, Cape Vincent) 
The Cayuga Chief Mower was manufactured by Sukl 
don & Co., at Auburn, N. Y. Cannot say whether it 
is now or not- 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, MINOR 
ITEMS, &c. 
Bloat in Cattle. —Our atlention has been called to 
the fact that we recommended puncturing, in extreme 
cooes, the animal on the right side; we should have said 
the left side, at n point between the hip and ribs where 
the paunch grows fast to the skin. 
Correction. —In onr uote appended to Mr R. H 
Saunders' letter on “In and-vn-Ilreeding, ’ published 
March 5ih, wc are made to say of the samples of wool 
sent by him that they have ‘Geary outer ends.” Ii 
should have been printed hairy outer ends, giving an 
entirely different character to the fleece. 
A Large Hock—John Day, Salina, N. Y., writes us 
that he recently killed a pig, seven months old, which 
weighed 37 i> pounds. Ho wants to know if any farmer 
has a hog at that age that will outweigh him. He does 
not tell us whether this was the live or net weight 
Hoor Rot — G. L. Hurluct, or i loga lo., i a., ut 
scribes what is undoubtedly hoof-rot Lay open and 
uncover every unsonnd particle of the foot, and then 
swab the parts with lmtyr of antimony, or bathe them 
thoroughly with, or what Is better, soak them, in a satu¬ 
rated solution (i- e. a flotation as strong as it can be 
made,) tff blue vitriol. We have occupied some pages 
in the Practical Shepherd in giving a full account of 
this disease, the various remedies, and the modes in 
which they may be administered successfully. As we 
have no interest in the sale of that work, we feel that 
wc have a right to refer those to it who ask our opinion 
on the subjects treated in it. 
TOBACCO CULTURE. 
Wool in New York.—F rom Walter Brown’s wool 
circular or March 1st, we make the following extract: 
“ The aggregate stock of fine domestic wool is large, 
and as the arrivals of the best grades of foreign wools 
during the past two months have also been large beyond 
precedent, and these wools are being constantly forced 
on the market, by auction und otherwise, the effort has 
been unfavorable to the maintenance of prices This 
somewhat unexpected condition of Ihe market has no 
doubt been iuduced by tho high prices which wools 
have attained in Uie past year, and the largely Increased 
consumption of them in this country. Iu accordance 
with the operation Of tho law of supply and demand, 
wools have heeu at'ractod from the other markets of 
the world to this, being the point of highest apprecia¬ 
tion or value. And In the present instance it has hap¬ 
pened, as It often must, that the lntlux from abroad has 
exceeded tho demand for the article here, thus produc¬ 
ing an overstock, which is necessarily follow ed by a de¬ 
cline of prices- To what extent the price of line domes¬ 
tic fleeces may be affected by this result, it is now ditW 
cult to determine—while American gold su-tains its 
present value wc look for no material decline " 
The Best Pens.—A correspondent, asks where he 
can get the very best pens for business purposes. Much 
as we know {I) we cannot answer that question. The 
standard of Judging ortho value of pens belouga to 
each individual, and is as diverse as is individual char 
acter. Borne prefer a gold, some a steel, some a quill 
pen. Tho very best, in our opinion, is a pood gold pen 
tain crop auy way, and much more so with an 
unskilled grower. It is subject to injury from 
many causes, from the time tbe seed is sown 
until the crop Is sold. 
I procure the best plants to be bad, regardless 
of cost. A few dollars expended for good, 
early plants, will make many dollars difference 
in the value of the crop in tbe end. The Con¬ 
necticut Seed Leaf is almost universally raised 
here. 
I have my land prepared in time to set as soon 
as the plants are large enough. Sot. the plants 
from one and a half to two feet apart on the rows, 
and the rows four feet apart. The richer the 
lam! is tho closer they may be set on the row, 
but the rows should not be nearer than four 
feet. As soon as tbe plants have rooted they 
should be hoed. I hoe the first time without 
liarrowing, lloe three times. Keep the worms 
off. Top and sucker in the proper season, and 
when ripe cut and hang. 
Last year I raised an acre and kept an account 
of the cost, which was as follows: 
To man and team plowing and burrowing land,. $ 3 on 
“ SO loads of manure at $1 per loud,. . a) 
“ 6 day« work milking MUa fit ?1 per day,- 5 
» 4 harrcla or comport (estimated coet,). «>.oo 
“ 5,000 plants at *1.00 per M,. 5.00 
« 5 days work selling plants. "■*" 
“ 10 ‘i’dms wprk hnelng, ... JU-Cjl 
“ 2 days worming and topping,.. god 
ii o Hu** worm .I. • and suckcnnp,.—... z.uu 
“ A Diseased Cow." —In a late Rural, T. R of Gin¬ 
ger HU], says his cow has & “poke” or swelling under 
the jaw. The disease I cannot name; hut two years 
ago I had a cow and several other animal* afflicted tn 
the same way I bathd the parts three or four times 
aduy with Btrong Camphor, and in every instance a 
speedy cure was effected.— J. M. Gaskkll, Drlavan , 
Wiscotistn. 
Sheet Washing, Wad," of West Springfield 
Pa., says that to find a stream deep enough to wash 
sheep in he would have to drive 2 v; miles, while a small 
stream runs within 40 rods ol his Warn; and he wisher 
therefore to know If a tank with two or three feet fall 
of water into it, would not answer the purpose, aod 
how it is to be constructed? Certainly, atunk or wash 
ing vat is the very best place to get wool clean on the 
backs of the sheep, and with so much fall, quite a small 
stream would answer the purpose. Tbit vat is usually 
a strong box, large enough to hold t wo or four sheep at 
a time, from 3 X to -1 feet deep, and for the convenience 
of the washers sunk nearly half way into the ground. 
Lice on Cattle —What is the most effective remedy 
for destroying lice ou cattle?—J ohn C. Shater. 
There are almost as many so called remedies as there 
are herdsmen. We have two before us which wc give 
you, but do not know which is better. No. 1 1*:—Take 
sussufras bark, steep It in water two hours, and apply 
with a sponge or cloth. No. 2 is:—Take one gill of 
plaster to each cow, sprinkle it on when dry, nib it in, 
and it is said the varmints will leave. 
Lane's Purchasing Aoency— Attention Is directed 
to the advertisement of tills Agency on the last page or 
our present issue- From onr acquaintance with Mr. 
Lane, and some knowledge of bin mode of doing busi¬ 
ness, w« cun confidently refer to him all Rural readers 
having occasion to transact business through a New 
York Purchasing Agency- Those wishing articles not 
readily obtainable from reliable dealers, will find Mr. 
Lane's a convenient and trustworthy establishment. 
Long Tails on Sheep.— T D- Dali., of Hudson, St 
Croix Co., Wisconsin, lets us know, that seeing no sat 
isfactory reason for docking his lumbs, mid considering 
the operation a cruel one, he has for two years abstained 
from it. lie pronounces the statement in the Practical 
Shepherd that "docking is necessary to guard against 
filthiness ” a mistake. He says“ Tills, so lar as my 
experience goes, is not the case I see no difference in 
this respect between those I have purchased which arc 
docked, and those I have raised which are riot, Oecn 
sionnlly one of e»cb gets filthy and requires tagging. 
Mr Hall dissents altngether from thefiirtlmr statement 
in the Practical Shepherd that "habit lias rendered a 
long tail an unsightly appendage to the sheep.’ 
Hoa onr correspondent ever seen nearly the whole of 
a large flock laboring tinder what old Pa rkinson calls 
ihe " green skit,"- arising say from too sudden access to 
abundant green food in spring—each sheep literally 
pouring out half liquid stools of sticky dung? Has he 
seen diarrhea, or that fell destroyer, dysentery, prevail 
ing among a flock In winter—tho latter causing each 
sheep affected by it to emit a disgusting and unhealthy 
,-T, when kept a I 1 - 1 
Hall had witnessed such things, he would not have to 
be told how much difference there is In preserving 
cleanliness between docked and undocked sheep under 
such circumstances. On the question or the " uealght 
llness” or long tails, all we have to say Is that the ver 
diet of the civilized world is against him—though in a 
Fowl Meadow Seed —I wish to inquire where Fowl 
Meadow Seed can be obtained, and at what price? 
Please reply soon through the Rural, and oblige a con¬ 
stant reader.—J. H. H i Hipon, ffii, 
Very dear Sir I There are seed stores In Chicago, in 
Milwaukee, and there are seedsmen advertising In onr 
columns, whose hminett it is to keep and furnish all 
kinds of seeds. And they can tell you the price! We 
do not ran a seed store. Use a little good sense, and 
New York State Fair. -The location and time oj 
holding this Fair have not yet been decided by the 
Executive Committee to whom the matter was referred. 
It was supposed that the question of location would 
be decided on the 10th Inst., but we learn it will uot be 
finally determined until the next meeting of ttie Ex¬ 
ecutive Board, which is to be held March 21th. We are 
not advised as to what proposals have been made, mid 
can give no intimation as to the location of tho Fuir. 
Corn for Soilino.—W ill yon or some of your road 
ers inform me how to plant corn where fodder and uot 
tbe grain is desired? — St. C., Port Gibson. 
Plant thick in drills, three or four feet apart—say 
three aud a half feet, so that you can run a cultivator 
between the rows. It is the beat way wc know of to 
raise an excellent forage for nfiich cows, unleessorghnin 
is ol anted instead of corn. See article In Rural of 
Wisconsin to Hold a Statu Fair tuis Year —So 
it is announced. Time is fixed as the last week in 
September. Location not yet selected. Wisconsin 
ought to hold a Fair if any State can, und make it suc¬ 
cessful. It has the elements needed, if they can he 
made to harmonize. 
Measuring Corn in the Crib — Do you know, or 
can your correspondents give any rule for measuring 
corn in the crib, which la approximately correctf- 
Amu* Brown. 
We know that the following rule has been used 
How near correct it is we cannot sayMultiply the 
Fairs,—W o are requested to state that the Fair of 
the Union Agricultural Association, will bo hold at 
Burgettatown, Pa., tbe (Kb and 7th days of Oct, next. 
_The Orleans Co., N. Y., Society hold their Fair at 
Albiou the 14th and 15th days of Sept. next. 
