Mature 
AGRICULTURE^ 
ROCHESTER, N. Y.-FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 30,1864 
S' WHOLE NO. 759 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
an ouiginal weekly 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
pure water to drink. A supply of water should 
be at hand, but some of the simple and easily 
prepared drinks named above prevent that de¬ 
gree of exhaustion which otherwise often oc¬ 
curs. A little experience the present season 
has discovered to us what the currant, black- 
berry, gooseberry, Arc., cordials are good for. 
We found some rather sweet currant wine, a 
year old, to make a very palatable and bracing— 
not stimulating—drink, by adding to it about 
twice its bulk of cold water, fresh “ from the 
north-west corner of the well,” and drinking 
at once. And we suggest to the good dames 
aud damsels who have it on hand, that it is 
better so to use it than to keep it for “occa¬ 
sions” when it will positively do harm to offer 
it undiluted to weak-headed pastors and simper¬ 
ing swains. 
Dangers,— The harvest field has its dangers. 
And they are not lessened by the introduction 
of Improved machinery. There are mauy farm¬ 
ers using mowers and reapers this year who 
have never used them before. There are dan¬ 
gers attending their use to which we wish to 
call attention. Many persons have lost limbs 
and life, by earle-.-ne#, when operating them. 
It should bo a rule, with<ynt exception, never to 
go or stand before the cutting-bar of a reaper or 
mower when a team is attached, it is not safe 
even if the machine is out of gear -no matter 
he is so unfortunate as not to have one, he must 
borrow one for the occasion, or pay a fine of 
one dollar. 
The association organized by choosing Joel 
P. Milliner President, and W. $. Palmer 
Secretary. A committee of three was chosen 
to superintend the weighing of sheep and fleeces, 
consisting of Jkssk Dewey, I). I>. Ring and 
William Jeffreys. Before the shearing 
commenced, the company, to the number of 
forty or more, went into Committee of the 
Whole, and sat down to a table most bounti¬ 
fully laden with not only the substantial of the 
farmer's own production, but with luxuries and 
dainties sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious 
epicure. 
After doing ample justice to what was before 
them, (if not to themselves.) the company ad- 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
CHARLES I). BRAGHONi Aiioclnt^ E<!Hor. 
OHEEPH USBANDhY 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor Department of Sheep Husbandry. 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS: 
P. HARRY, C. DEWEY, LL. D., 
H. T. BROOKS, L. B. LANGWORTUY 
MR, WILCOX'S INF ANT ADO SHEEP. 
A. F. Wilcox, of Fayetteville, Onondaga 
Co., N. Y., has a tlock of forty ewes purchased 
by him of Edwin Hammond, of Middlebury, 
Vt., and Silas G. Holyoke, St. Albans, Vt., 
or bred by himself from the stock bought of 
those gentlemen. The eves bought of Air. 
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isarv and Family X ewstaper in America. 
I attachments, with detailed instructions, and 
| charge for the same. Then they insure the 
proper operation of their manufacturers. And 
farmers should experiment to save the most 
labor, anil do the most and best work with such 
implements in the shortest time. 
.8/one.—The experiences the present season 
! will induce many farmers in the Eastern States 
to clean their meadows of all obstructions to 
the mower. Those who have machines wHl 
have gained time and saved expense enough 
with them during this season to warrant this 
cleaning up: and their neighbors who see how 
much i.-> saved, both in the quality of the hay, 
! by cutting it at the right time, and in hard, 
back-ache labor, will emulate those who have 
already tried the experiment of clearing their 
fields for the mowers. This work should be 
done during August aud September. Usually 
there is au interval between hay and gr:un har¬ 
vest, and the time ol’ cutting corn, when t his 
work aud that of manuring the meadows may 
be performed. And we predict that, in dairy 
regions, meadows will c •*renewed” by some 
other process than peril .Real plowing and rota¬ 
tion—especially in stonev sections. Scarifying, 
re-seeding without plowing, and the application 
of composted manures, lime, plaster, Ac., broad¬ 
cast, to the surface, will become fashionable, in¬ 
stead of a periodical turning up of a new crop 
of stone. 
Saving .—Wo notice some farmers are reck¬ 
less about saving iu the hay field. We have 
seen fields the present season where a man and 
horse, at $3 per day. could make good wages 
raking scatterings. But that is not the only 
saving, care of tools is perhaps the most im¬ 
portant. The aggregate loss, from neglect of 
this kind, annually, would astemhh men who 
have never thought upon the subject; it would 
go fur toward paying the interest ou our na¬ 
tional debt. If a screw is loose, tighten it; if a 
bolt is gone, replace it; if the oil can is empty, 
fill it; if the boxes are dry, oil them; if a tool 
is not in use, shelter it; if a scythe is dull, 
sharpen it; (it'salways a saving in the end to 
take time to do this;) whatever needs doing now 
should be doue now if possible, for it is a saving 
to do it. And aU this is' not "twaddle,’’ gen¬ 
tlemen! It is gold iu your pockets, if you 
heed it. 
These hints have been suggested by what we 
have seen during recent trips in the country, 
and might be “ further extended.” 
Tub Lowest Svbsoiption price or the Rural Is 
Two Dollars a Year. For particulars see last pace. 
HAY-TIME HINTS. 
Angela .—We do not know as there are any in 
your hay-field, sir, but wo have seen them in 
some fields this season—ministering spirits in 
human form. We assure you, you should wel¬ 
come them. Some of them handle a rake very 
well, drive a mowing-machine a good deal bet¬ 
ter—quite as well as you could do it yourself— 
and tumble hay up with a fork in such style as 
to dispel any idea you may have that they will 
“ float away.” And it don’t hurt these “ angels” 
to receive the warm kisses of the sunshine, and 
inhale the sweet fragrance of the fresh-cut 
grass, and watch the click-click of the cutting- 
bar, as they drive your stalwart team alongside 
the timothy and the clover. Strange to say, 
some of them enjoy it. We —you and the 
writer—do not know how much patriotism has 
to do with it—with this love of field labor 
among these blessed women—how strongly they 
may be impressed with the fact that what they 
do in the field is equivalent to so many blows at 
traitors and the enemies of the country. We 
do not know of what blue-clad boy in the Poto¬ 
mac or Western army they are dreaming! 
Bloomers’— What have bloomers to do with 
the hay field? Ah, sir, we notice as we travel 
through the country that they are doing very 
much. You wouldn’t lot your daughter get on 
to the mower-seat with a full spread of crino¬ 
line about her person, would you? We would 
not, and you ought not to, because it is not only 
inconvenient and unsightly- at least ungrace¬ 
ful—but positively dangerous. Aud then if sho 
is compelled to leave her -cat in order to dear 
the knives and guards, the graceful, blooming 
bloomers we have seen in the field, bound from 
their seats as agile as fawns. And we have 
happened into the kitchens and milk stables of 
more than one farmer lately, to find this bloom¬ 
er, or American costume, upon kitchen and 
milk-maids, giving free use of bands, limbs and 
bodies. Manifestly it is, iu some of its modifi¬ 
cations, a sensible working-dress for kitchen, 
dairy and field, and we hope maids and matrons 
will persist iu wearing it until they find a style 
more comfortable and convenient to work and 
romp in. And tins “ hint ” is for the girls who 
would help in !bo harvest, as well as lor men 
who may encourage them by commending their 
sensible efforts to do so untrammeled by super¬ 
fluous clothing. 
Brinks ,—Some good, refreshing drink is es¬ 
sential to the comfort of the laborer in the har¬ 
vest field, A ml tastes and nat u ITS rlifl'or snm> 
• THOI-SAND DOLLAR RAM 
Holyoke were exclusively of Hammond stock, 
The pedigree of hi; 
sand Dollar Ram.' 
machinery, aud who have known of the sad 
results which have attended such recklessness. 
There are other and incidental dangers from 
over-work, drinking too much cold water, un¬ 
necessary exposure at mid-day, careless hand¬ 
ling and throwing of forks, leaving them in a 
position to endanger life. Our main object, 
however, was to give the—we are satisfied— 
much-needed caution contained in the above 
paragraph. 
Heirs.—If you cut grass with a mowing ma¬ 
chine, it is not a good practice to commence in 
the morning, before the dew is oil' the grass. 
Little or nothing is gained by it unless the grass 
is very light, or unless it is designed to use one 
of those new-fangled " hay-tedders.’’ which are 
gaining some reputation. It is true, sun and 
the hot, dry earth will now make hay very fast, 
even though the dew is on it: but if the grass 
is heavy, it will be no gain to cut it early in the 
morning. The best hay-makers do not allow a 
dew to fall on unraked hay. Grass that is 
cured and can not be put iu the barn, should be 
raked up before the dew falls. And it is a good 
practice, wc have seen adopted, to let two men 
follow tho horse-rake with forks, and fold to¬ 
gether, compactly, each rakeful as fast as it is 
dropped from the.mke. Then, as soon as the 
dew is oil' iu the morning, it can be very rapidly 
loaded and secured. And it should not be al¬ 
lowed to lie long in the sun after the dew is off. 
Horae-Forks ,—Thero are a treat mam farm¬ 
ed to ihe barn io witness the shearing, 
ling. Ac., with the following results: 
rwe. weighed '.“2 lbs., welebt of fleece 9 lbs. 7 oz 
Two years old. 
ewe, weight S7 lhs .,.3 yrs. old. sheared 9 lbs. 1 oz. 
stock ram, called t he " Thmt- 
a cut of which is herewith 
given, is stated on page 415 of the FracuWtt 
Shepherd. He was got by Mr. Hammond's 
“S weepstakes,” dam. "Old Queen's dam" by 
“Old Black.” out of "First choice of old ewes.” 
The first of his fleece- was 10$ pounds; second 
25f pounds—since which period they have been 
lighter, owing to his being hard worked aud not 
fed highly. Mr. W. keeps him on unite moderate 
feed, believing that he will tinis la-t longer and 
do more work in the agirreaate. He took r',.> 
‘ 7 , buck, « 1-29 «jo “ <i 
all unwashed. 
'* 8, buck, wt. 99 “ l « « 
washed. 
‘ 9, ewe, “ 69 “ l " k 
washed. 
The two la,t belonged to Mr. L. B 
ga. Mr. B. exhibited several sami 
AGRICULTURAL GLEANINGS. 
Bow to make u Stock Fond .—A subscriber 
sends us the following:—'« Select a site near the 
head of a ravine (clay soil) so that the natural 
surface of from one to three acres will drain the 
water to it. Scoop out sufficient soil to form a 
dam. at least three feet wide on the top, with 
sloping sides inside aud out. The depth of the 
pond if five or six feet, will be sufficient to sup¬ 
port any ordinary farm stock the year round. 
Au open tube of plank one foot square and 
eight feet long, placed near the top of the em¬ 
bankment, will carry off the surplus water." 
Bogs hating Brass .—To see a large hog in a 
rattling yoke, eating grass, reminds one of old- 
fashioned times, An improvement has taken 
place. Now and then we find porkie eating his 
grass in the pen, where his economical master 
has carried it to him. It will do you good to 
seo him (porkie) moviug his tali Dunking he has 
one, l and satistiedly take his grass with the rest 
of the grass-eating world. Tho grass should be 
cut when short and tender, and when moist. 
The dew on is a good time. The hog will lose 
no flesh on grass alone: improve with a little 
addition of milk, reftt-o of the kitchen, Ac. 
The grass comes in opportunely when food hap¬ 
pens to get short, as is sometimes tho case, es¬ 
pecially when milk breaks ofl’ iu August and 
September. 
I iiiaiu sheared lo pounds £ ounces, 3 inches 
loug. No. 2, do. — sheared 11 pounds 12 ounces, 
° niches long. No. 3, buck, one year old — 
sheared 15 pounds aud 12 ounces, 3{ inches long. 
Mr. Terrell also exhibited the fleece of his 
stock buck, Romulus, which weighed Iti.j lbs., 
the growth of ten mouths and nineteen days. 
At this 'tage of the proceedings the company 
was notified that supper was all ready. This 
table, No. 2, was really in fact No. 1. M e 
again satisfied the eatiug propensities, and, as 
most of us thought, trespassed upon the gener¬ 
ous hospitality of our Dost: yet he appeared to 
be satisfied with the result, saying that it was 
hard to beat a n r! Vermonter on these occa¬ 
sions. Now came the report of the Weighing 
Committee, which is already given. The hea¬ 
viest fleece was awarded to Mr. L. Babcock. 
By the rules of this Association, the lot fell upon 
SHEEP-SHEARING IN OGDEN. N. Y, 
Mr. Editor:— I send you for publication in 
your valuable journal, a report of our Second 
Annual Sheep-Shearing Fostivm. This associa¬ 
tion met June lGth. at the residence of Mr. 
Tn iDDEt s Terrell, in the town of Ogden, 
Mmiroe Co., N. Y. It was well attended. One 
of the commendable features of these festivals 
is tire large attendance of ladies, who are privi¬ 
leged to make and adopt the rules and regula¬ 
tions of the association. By one of these, each 
man is bound to take his wife with him, and if 
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