II. II. Avery* and S. R. Pinkney. The three 
first of these we ean speak of from personal 
knosvledge. and they are highly competent and 
experienced men. The ex-officio members of 
the Board are Ex-Presidents Conger. Hunting- 
ton, Geddes. Cornell and Faile* — who have 
always been ranked, by common consent 
among the cblest former presiding officers of 
the Society. The farmers of New York owe it 
to themselves to see that the twenty-fourth 
a Annual 'Fair of the Society falls behind none of 
" its • predecessors; and to secure this result let 
- t.vsr-j man who has them, bring articles for 
4 e-rixbilion—and he who has them not, let him 
Coring himself, his wife and his children. 
* Mr. Fails has died during the year. For sound 
judgment integrity, generosity and a beautiful, and 
unaffected simplicity of character, he had few equals. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c, 
Cub Works on Sheep.—E. Pinckney or Dixon, Ill., 
writes ns :—' 1 Will you p’ease inform me of the titles 
of the different books published by you on Sheep and 
Sheep Husbandry ?” Oar first book on the sab; ect was 
••'Sheep Husbandry in the South'' This originally 
appeared as a series of letters addressed to Governor 
AufiTON of South Carolina, published in the “Plow, 
Loom and AnvlL" Col. John S. Skinner edited the 
paper *t the time, and he proposed the republlcation of 
the tetters in a book, offering us compensation for the 
privilege of copy righting it. The compensation was 
declined—the other request acceded to It waspnb 
fished in 1848, and made a closely printed Svo. of 320 
pages. Our second book on Sheep, termed ‘‘Fine Wool 
Sheep Husbandry,” consists of a report on that subject 
jwad before the New York State Agricultural Society, 
Feb. 12th, 1862. The report was prepared at the request 
of the Society, expressed through its President, our 
life-long and cherished friend, Hon. George Gbddes. 
It became a part of the published Transactions of the 
Society, and Mr. Yak Bbntboyssn, the State Printer, 
also published it iui'4^ volume by Itself, Svo. 127 pages 
It was subsequently* 8 published in alSrao. of 189pages, 
by C. M Saxton of New York, who is also the present 
publisher of Sheep Husbandry in the South. Our 
•« Practical Shepherd,” was publiseed by D D. T 
Moore, Rochester. N Y., In 1863 It is a 12mo. or 454 
pages. 
Being in the egotistic vein, let us add something not 
asked for by Mr. Pinckney. Donng the last thirty 
years we have, according to our estimate, furnished as 
much other matter on the subject of sheep, for publico 
Hon, as is contained in the enree above named volumes. 
It was written in the form of addresss, reports for 
Societies, communications for agricultural and other 
papers, and letters to individuals. Finally, wc believe 
we 'nave written more on the subject of sheep in pri-, 
vate and unprinted letters than is included in either of 
the preceding classes of publications. It wiilthereforc 
he conceded, we think, that we have ridden our bobby 
*c ad, whether we sit him well or not’ Another ego 
1 fei and we have done. Until the last three or four 
years, r e have never accepted even traveling expenses 
where-we have been called away from home. Once, 
onlyvon such occasions, have we brought home as many 
dollars as we took away. Until we sold t ae copy-right 
of the Practiced Shepherd, and until we became the 
regular and salaried editor of the Sheep Department in 
tfce Rural New-Yorker, we never received a farthing 
cf pay for anything we have written on the subject of 
sheep. Well, our gift horse has not been •■ looked in 
the mouth ” by the public, and we axe grateful! 
Gpecikens cp Wool —W- T. M. of L-a, Cayuga Co., 
N. Y., sends us several samples oi wool from Vermont 
sheep, and wishes our opinion whether these sheep are 
Paulars or Infantados, ami wbat style of rani is best 
calculated to improve them. The first question can not 
be answered. There are no peculiarities in the wool 
of the two ramifies, which distinguish them from each 
other. The main defect la the samples of ewe's wool 
fin-warded is their length—most of them being less 
\ban ordinary medium length, viz., two inches. Most 
of the wool appears to lack somewhat in style, especial¬ 
ly in crimp—though, had the specimens been taken off 
and put up as we have hitherto directed, they might 
appear much better. They are sufficiently fine, and the 
yclkier specimens have sufficient yolk The ram to 
■huprove these sheep should he particularly strong, and 
from a family particularly strong in the points where 
the ewe'a tleeces are most deficient 
■Chester Baker, Lafayette, Onondaga Co , N. Y., 
three specimens. 1 , yearling ram, fleece J2>£ lbs , wool 
two inches long, quality and style good, yolk yellow 
snd more abundant than we ever before saw it in a 
rfpacimi.ti taken fvum the side fas this was) We will 
- art irrv'irii.kVto say how much yolk could be squeezed 
'■ydi ui a thousand pounds of such wool in a cider press 
—but certainly no small amount: 2 . yearling ram, 
fleece J 21 i lbs., wool 2-1 inches long, good quality and 
style, yolk golden and abundant. Z, grown owe, fleece 
12 lhs , wool about 3 inches long, quality and style ex 
•cdlent, yolk white and not sufficiently abundant to 
appear in masses between the fibers, 
Yoe-Niepzbs — Jams; Remington or Alexandria, 
Licking Co, Ohio, in answer to an inquiry which lifts 
.ippeared in these columns, writes —“We formerly 
used each nippers as blacksmiths pull oil' horse shoes 
with, except that they were made a little heavier, and 
about a foot long, with shoulders at each corner of 
both halves, so the’ they just shut together without 
dulling. We now use pruning shears, and consider 
them superior to any other instrument for trimming 
sheep's feet. They are the same used for pruning trees. 
Tney have springs bet ween the handles, so that they 
open themselves—a great convenience. They are to he 
found in every hard-ware store.” 
Tne Wool Market. —While closing this number 
for press wereceived Walter Brown’s Wool Circu¬ 
lar, dated Aug. 1st, which thus comments on the mar 
kcr during the past month and future prospects: 
'The excite ment, which pervaded the Wool market 
in the latter part ol June was checked early in July, 
and has not since been revived Owing In part to the 
tight, money-market as well as to the ftc that many 
consumers had partial!., stocked themselves In the 
growing districts, trad rough the 
first weeks in the month; but wltbln the last ten dav- 
large sales ot fleeces wen; mace whenever a slight con¬ 
cession from the highest rates could be obtained, Thu 
temporary quiet in the wooien goods market, and the 
uncertainty In regard to the effect upon prices of the 
financial course of our new Secretary of the Treasury, 
have induced tnautifau'.urvrs to hold aloof; hut, as fig¬ 
ures continue high in the country, and consumption 
steadily goes on, they will probably buy more freely in 
the .Eastern lilies— arid many dealers look for a higher 
range during September and October than we have yet 
sin-h Some mills which have been rising Foreign 
•Wools altogether for the last year or two are now buy 
fevg domestic; and others are changing from cotton 
warp to all wool goods. The irar.sactiotm in Foreigti 
Wool have uoi been large, and the stocks here- five firm 
ly held; some parcels have keen reshipped, and the ex 
pected arrivals are small. Pulled Wools have been in 
•demand at full prices, hut operations are limited by the 
small supply. California Wools have been fair) y active, 
-nd good light lots of Spring clip brought high prices- ” 
Communications, <S£tc. 
INSECTS ON POTATO YINES. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker: — I inclose specimens 
and eggs or a new (to me) p a8t which is eating potato 
vines here; I find the eggs, young insects and full grown 
slugs, in great numbers, scattered over the vines. V hen 
full grown they are as large as a small bean They 
threaten to destroy the crop. As yet, I think they are 
confined to early potatoes, but the eggs may be found 
on later Eeld crops. Please tell us through the Rural 
of their classification, name, habits, <Sfc-; ' I they are 
known to science, and you are able to do so. I think 
lime and ashes will destroy them ir it can be sprinkled 
on them Very respectfully, w. s. r. 
Vernon, Oneida Co>, N. V* 186*. 
REMARKS BY ASA l'TTCH, ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Editor Rural New-Yorker:— The speci¬ 
mens from Vernon, sent in a paper envelope are 
so crushed and distorted, so dried and shriveled, 
that, though macerated in water, they are little 
else than shapeless masses, which appear to be 
of a dull yellow color with the smaller end black 
and shining. This, with the statement in the 
letter, that they are worms or slugs which eat 
potato leaves, is all the clue furnished us for 
conjecturing what they are. A year ago, speci¬ 
mens of a worm destroying the potato leaves in 
Nebraska, inclosed with the leaves in a small 
tin box, reached us by mail from that great dis¬ 
tance. alive, showing us plainly and unmistaka¬ 
bly what it was. This from Vernon we can 
only guess at. It appears to be the same species 
with the one at Palermo, N. Y., noticed in the 
slip which you forward me from the Fulton 
Patriot , ae being a fourth to a third of an inch 
in length and half as thick, of an orange-red 
color with a black head and six black legs placed 
anteriorly. Now, if this is a nasty, dltliy worm, 
covering itself with a mass of wet, slimy matter, 
it is in all probability the larv3 of the Three- 
lined Leaf-beetle, Crioceris trilinwta, this being 
common upon potato vines every year, all over 
the Northern States. Every one will readily 
recognize this beetle upon the potato vines from 
its near resemblance to the well known yellow 
striped cucumber bug, it being, however, a size 
larger than that insect. On the other hand, if 
this is a naked and cleanly worm I should ex¬ 
pect it to be the larva of the Ten-lined Cbry- 
somela, Cltrysomla (Doryphora) 10 -lineata. 
which for the past two or three years has been 
completely stripping the potato of its leaves in 
various parts of Kansas. Nebraska, Minnesota. 
Iowa and Illinois, from whence it may have 
found its way into our State. This is a larger 
beetle than the preceding, broad and thick 
bodied, yellow with five black lines upon each 
of its wing covers. It is 4-lOths of an inch long, 
whilst the Three- lined species is scarcely 3-10the. 
The larvae of these two beetles are the only 
known potato worms of our country which cor¬ 
respond with the information furnished us of 
this one in Central New York. And if this last 
Is not a new enemy, what is above said will 
suffice to enable any one having the worms be¬ 
fore him, to determine which of these species 
it is. Asa Fitch. 
Salem. (East Greenwich P. O ,) N. Y., July 1SU). 
Remarks.— It is proper to say that persons 
sending specimens should inclose them in paper, 
or tin boxes, or in small vials, or quills. Boxes 
are better. They come to us entirely smashed 
up, when wrapped in a paper and thrust in a 
letter without any other protection. . 
ANOTHER LETTER. 
Editor Rural New-Yorker:—'T he ladies 
must be punctually attended to, however much 
wc neglect the gentlemen. 
Mrs. Sarah Day, writing to the Rural 
from Polk Co., Iowa, says:— “Can you give me 
a name ami remedy for the bugs which are 
destroying the potato vines? I send for your 
inspection the old bug. one just hatched, and 
some nits. They increase very rapidly and 
leave nothing but stalks.” 
The envelope contains two different potato 
insects, much pressed out of shape, but being 
beetles with a hard, sbell-like covering to then- 
bodies, they retain enough of their original 
marks to enable us to identify them without 
difficulty. 
First is the shriveled, bright yellow eggs, the 
full grown larva, and the insect in its perfect 
form, of a broad oval, almost hemispherical bee¬ 
tle, rather larger than the largest sized marrow¬ 
fat pens, of a shining pale yellow color with five 
black stripes on each of its wing covers and sev¬ 
eral black dots on its fore body. This is the Ten- 
lined Chrvsomela, scientifically named Ztorty- 
phora 10-lineata by Bay, to which I aHuded in 
my note to the Rural of the 18th Inst., as having 
within the past two or three years completely 
stripped the potato vines of their leaves in vari¬ 
ous parts of Kansas, Iowa and the adjoining 
States. Now that I come to have the larva of 
this specie* again under my eye, I see the worm 
which is being this season complained of as 
consuming the potato leaves in Oneida and Os¬ 
wego counties is so much smaller ami more 
slender bodic-d than this, that it must be the 
larva of the Three-lined Leaf-beetle, Crioceris 
trilincata , or else it is something that has been 
hitherto unknown upon the potato vines of our 
country. 
The other insect is a much smaller dull black 
beetle of a cylindrical form. It is one of the 
blistering flies. Oantharis , of which there arc 
over a score of species in our country, many of 
them so closly alike that they can only be dis¬ 
tinguished upon a minute inspection of perfect 
specimens—all of them feeding on potato leaves 
more than upon any other vegetation. 
It is no doubt the former of these two beetles 
that U the principal pest upon the potato vines 
in Iowa. Turkeys and other fowl* cat many 
kinds of the Chrysoraeki beetles with avidity; 
but this one, subsisting upon the narcotic leaves 
of the potato, may perhaps be so nauseous they 
will not touch it. If so, no remedy at present 
suggests itself to my mind, except that some¬ 
times practiced against the Cantluvris beetles 
where they have become excessively destruct¬ 
ive, namely, holdiug a pan of water under the 
vines and shaking and knocking the beetles off 
into it, and then killing them by burning, tram¬ 
pling them under the foot, or otherwise. This, 
however, would seem to be too laborious a task 
except for protecting some of the choicer varie¬ 
ties of potatoes. Asa Fitch. 
July 21, 1864. 
WINTERING BEES. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker : — I have had 
experience wintering bees in-doors and out, 
from the cellar to the garret, in a house built 
on purpose for them, and by burying them, tor 
over thirty years. I have had losses by all of 
these modes, but I think I have los« less bees 
and honey by burying them than by any other 
mode. It must be done right. It is very simple 
and easy to do it right and insure the least trou¬ 
ble with the bees through the winter. 
Let the bees stand out until about the time it 
freezes up for winter, then select a dry spot of 
ground that will rise about one foot in fifteen; 
take a wide, dry board, lay it flat on the ground, 
or an inch or two from the ground, drive a short 
post at each end of the board for a pole to rest 
on. high enough to clear the tops of the hives; 
put braces each side of the pole, at each end and 
center, slanting out at the bottom, the tops Test¬ 
ing on the pole; get dry boards enough to fill up 
both sides from the ground to the top, resting 
on the braces; put the boards on one side; take 
dry straw and put on three or four inches thick, 
then begin to store away the bees. 
Begin with the strongest stocks: set them on 
the board, raise each corner half an inch, open 
every ventilator at the top of the hive; set them 
oue foot apart until you get the length of the 
board, then put on boards and straw the same 
as the other side. Cover the straw with three 
or four inches of earth. Should there be stocks 
enough far another length of board* continue it 
on just the same. Put the lightest stock near 
the center. Make a tube six, eight, or ten feet 
in length, three or four Inches square on the 
inside; insert this tube at the end, at the bot¬ 
tom, where the strongest stocks were placed, 
the outer end to run out to the weather with 
a wire screen over it to prevent rats and mice 
entering if possible. Make an elbow of a foot 
or so, at the outer end to keep the light from the 
bees; keep the end clear from snow so that a 
constant current of air may enter. This is the 
bottom ventilation. Make a tube three feet or 
so in length the same size, to insert in the top at 
the upper end of the house, and thus secure a con¬ 
stant current of pure air at all times, and at the 
same time keep the temperature above freezing. 
Should the Apiarian have stocks enough to 
reach sixty feet, have another tube enter at the 
bottom as well as at the top—and also at the top 
at the upper end. The boards and straw being 
all dry absorb the moisture so that but little 
mold accumulates, while the current of air keeps 
them healthy. The Apiarian may go out in the 
morning when tha thermometer U below zero 
and put bis ear at the end of one of those tubes, 
and hear the bees plain and distinct. Whenever 
the writer has wintered bees in the above man¬ 
ner they have come out stronger and with more 
honey than when kept in any other way. 
N. B. When the bees are put up for winter, 
do it all in one day if possible, so that no rate or 
mice will enter the straw; and should it not 
freeze up immediately keep a close watch every 
day until it does, that no rat holes are made 
any where about it. A Subscriber. 
Rome, N. Y., 1S64. 
HEAVES IN HORSES AGAIN. 
As I intended, at the time of writing the 
article on heaves in horse* published in the 
Rural of May 7th, page 150, present volume. I 
now extend, or rather talk a little more on that 
subject for the benefit of Rural readers. The 
subject contains four propositions, to wit., — 
couse, locution, treatment, and probable cure. 
Some of the said-to-be-causes wr-re stated in the 
former article; and I am convjuocd that many 
times the disease Is contracted by a cause, or no 
doubt caa*e» which are unknown to the most 
skillful veterinarian. Let it suffice to mention 
but one cause in this article. It is said “it may 
be produced by adhesion of the lungs to the sidq 
of the chest.” 
Let u» pass to the second proposition. 2d. 
Location. Heaves, like various other diseases, 
has its peculiarities, its place of settling or point 
of concentration. People do not all think, or 
see alike, hence so many different views, so 
many theories. Quite a large number of men 
have professed for mauy years to understand 
anatomy of the horse; nearly all locate the 
heaves on the lungs. Much views, iu my opin¬ 
ion, are as erroneous as they are of long stand¬ 
ing. The theory is being played out. Men of 
investigation arc not always to be palmed oil' 
without notions of a darker age, w ithout prying 
into them, without diving into the very bottom 
and bringing up hidden treasures that have lain 
for ages unnoticed; such treasures seem a little 
rusty to many, when first Introduced. I well 
know that the mind does not always (all in. at 
first sight, with this or that doctrine or hypoth¬ 
esis; and it i* right that it tliould not, without a 
thorough investigation which most assuredly 
brings satisfactory results; results just and true. 
Now, I contend that the heaves is located iu 
the windpipe, at or near what is termed the 
throat-latch. A morbidness accumulates in the 
windpipe near the aforesaid particular point, 
and is. in a great degree, capable of augmenta¬ 
tion aud diminution (increase and decrease) iu 
proportion to the irritating or soothing nature 
of the food eaten by the animal. 
3d. Treatment. It is well known by every 
owner of such a horse, though he may have but 
a limited knowledge of the disease, that he must 
wet the feed, if it be bay nr oats. Coni is prob¬ 
ably better to feed than oats, because not so 
dusty; it is preferable to soak it from twelve to 
twenty-four hours before using. For coarse 
feed, corn stalks are by far the best to amelio¬ 
rate the heaves, and much easier fee], because 
they need no wetting and may be fed whole or 
cut; by cutting however, a great saving is real¬ 
ized. A heavy horse fed on corn stalks will not 
cough or heave auy more than feeding on pas¬ 
ture ; in very bad cases there may be excep¬ 
tions, however. For drink, the horse should 
have tar and lime mixed in water; this allevi¬ 
ates the heaves, but will not effect a cure. 
4th. Probable Cure. It is doubtful in my 
mind that the heaves ever has been curtxi by a 
regular medical treatment. It is true that 
horses in the Eastern States have beeu taken 
west, on the prairies, and were cured. A pe¬ 
culiar weed grows on the prairies, it is said, 
called heave weed, [Rosin weed— Silphinum la » 
ciniatum— Eds. Rural, 1 which horses love and 
eat very readily, and effects a cure. One man, 
in our vicinity, said he cured one by putting a 
handful of com meal iu water and gave as a 
drink. Another said he cured one by feeding 
on corn stalks. I nearly or quite believe the 
latter, because I saw the horse afterwards and 
no heaves about him; so we must admit it was 
the 6talks or some unknown remedy. l, k. 
Cambridge, Fa., 1864. 
ml spirit of tft* gmi$. 
Do Bees Injure Grapes! 
At a late meeting of the Cincinnati Horticul¬ 
tural Society, this subject received the following 
attention: 
“ Mr. Wells said he wished to relate a cir¬ 
cumstances about bees. Last winter soon after 
the very cold weather, he was in Mb yard on a 
raodrately pleasant day, and Iris attention 
WOS attracted by the buzzing of bees 
around his head. On looking up he saw a per¬ 
fect stream of bees comiug from a certain 
hive of his apiary, and after performing the 
circuit around his head returning to the 
hives. This induced him to go and see what 
the trouble was. On examining the hive 
he found that all the honey had been consumed, 
and he concluded that the bees had been trying 
to convey this alarming intelligence to him 
whom they looked up to as their natural protec¬ 
tor. 
“This brought up the general subject con¬ 
cerning bees aud the effects of the severe winter 
upon them. It appeared from various state¬ 
ment* made, that a great mauy were killed by 
the cold weather. In response to this informa¬ 
tion, Mr. Sanford said he wished the cold 
weather had killed them all within a circle of 
ten miles around Cincinnati. 
“Mr. Addis replied warmly to this whole¬ 
sale denunciation of bees. He said he presumed 
the remark was made on account of the flup- 
posed injury that bees committed on grapes. 
But the scientific members of the society, such as 
Dr. Warder and Dr. Wnn>M,K, had assured 
him that the honey-bee never attacked the per¬ 
fect grape. 
“Dr Whiffle, being present, stated that he 
was fully persuaded that the honey-bee never 
made the first attack on grapes. But after the 
fruit had become punctured by wasps or other 
insect-, then the bees would come and suck the 
sweetjuicefrom theopening made. Mr. Hodge, 
living one and one-half miles from him, was 
a wine-grower, and they both pressed their 
grapes in a common wine-press. Mr. Hodge 
would not keep bees owing to the alleged In¬ 
jury they committed on grapes. But when they 
pressed grapes hist fall, it was found that his 
(Dr. Whiffle’ 6 ) grapes were no more injured 
by bees than Mr. Hodge's, although lie (Mi 1 . 
Whiffle) kept bees, and there were none 
within a mile and a half of Mr. Hodge's place. 
“Mr. Sanford remarked that it was for this 
very reason that he wanted them exterminated 
or removed for a distance of ten miles. Ceasing 
to keep them ourselves was no remedy while 
our neighbors persisted in keeping them. Our 
vineyards would be their pasture-ground the 
same as though we kept them ourselves. 
“Mr. A. Iv. Williams, ol Mt. Auburn, said 
that if the honey-bee did not injure grapes, the 
bees of a certain citizen in his neighborhood 
were greatly slandered; for so wide-spread was 
the opinion among nearly all the grape-growers 
of Mt. Aubura that the bees of the gentleman 
referred to were ruiuing their fruit, that they 
had felt like getting up an indignation meeting, 
and see what could be done in the way of com¬ 
pelling that gentleman to remove his extensive 
stock of bees from that neighborhood.” 
How a Grass Crop was Made. 
II. Lewis stated at a meeting of the Little 
Falls Farmers’ Club, N. Y., that on 25 acres, he 
cuts grass enough to feed Mi head of cattle. This 
Is the result of underdraining and top-dressing, 
with sawdust used to absorb the liquid excre¬ 
ments of bis sun k. He regards the liquids as 
more valuable than tin; solids. "•The conclusion 
had been arrived at by experiment*. Stakes 
had been sot iu pastures ami meadow* to note 
the effects of liquid and solid manures, aud the 
growth of grass is in favor of liquid manure*. 
Some few rears since he commenced nstng saw¬ 
dust lor the absorption of liquid manures, and 
spreading the compost on his grass lands, the 
soil responding in a remarkable manner. Lat¬ 
terly he had used the dust at the rate of sixty 
bushels nor week. Tho manure is hauled upon 
the land and spread out 0 *- evenly as possible 
with a shovel or fork; It is then brushed and 
completely broken up and distributed, This 
division and fineness of the manure is regarded 
a* of peculiar advantage, since the plants readily 
appropriate their food, and it reaches a greater 
number. About half of the meadow is under¬ 
drained with horse-shoe tile, the drains being 
sunk 31 feet deep. On this portion of the mea¬ 
dow grows the largest grass, 
ftuval Kates anb (Ehtcncs. 
Tun Reason, Crops, Sc.-We have experienced an 
other dry, scorching week—the rain mentioned in o„r 
last bring insufficient to materially check or remedy 
the effects ol' the severe drouth. The week ending 
Aug. 1st was unusually warm — Sunday (July 315 , 
being the holiest or the season In various localities 
hereabouts the mercury reached from 96 to 102 degrees 
in the shade. The drouth which has prevailed ov« n 
large portion of the country from Maine to Minnesota, 
was severely felt in this region during the last few 
days of July, but we trnstlt is at last checked, though 
too late for vegetation to recover from its effects. Wc 
are now (Aug 2 ) hating a fine rain, which has lasted 
some twelve hours, and air and sky indicate a contin¬ 
uance, though the barometer does not. Run fell in 
various sections of tho State yesterday, especially in 
Central Now York, and it. is hoped the drouth baa 
already hoen stayed. Spring crops are very light. 
The prospect for corn is poor. Potatoes, especially 
la'e planted, may be saved by the present rain. The 
hop crop ot Central Now York ia said to bo a failure, 
I —beyond recovery-caused by drouth and insects. 
The New England Ao’l Fair, to be held at Spring- 
field, Sept, (ith—9th, promises to be a great success, 
judging from what we hear and read on tho subject. 
The Society is making ample arrangements for an ex¬ 
tensive exhibition, and indication* are that it will 
prove such. A Springfield paper says—“ From every 
j quarter of New England come messages of inquiry and 
messengers with cheer. Even the Empire State asks if 
! her thorough breds will he cordially received- Of course 
they will, from any loyal quarter, for New England’s 
sons are everywhere- While parties living out of New 
England cannot compete for premiums, other than a 
single sweepstakes, all are welcome, and will receive 
liberal consideration from the committees.” 
- All right, brethren. Tire people of the Empire 
State will doubtless •• see you,” ia goodly numbers and 
with eager eyes—after which, your Fair being over, and 
proving, as we bopo, “ a big thing," in ail respects, 
please reciprocate by visiting the N. Y. State Fair to 
be held in the Metropolis of the Eden of America— 
. Rochester—Sept. 20th to 23d inclusive. Though our 
' ou e State may not beat your six Commonwealths, wc 
shall endeavor to bear in mind its motto—“ Excelsior.” 
Salk of Short Horns.— We understand T- L. Har¬ 
rison, Esq , has lately sold Hon T. C. Esters of 
Darien, the celebrated Short-Horn bull Hotspur, (4030 
of A H B ) Mr. Peters is very forluuate in securing 
so valuable an animal—probably the best bull in the 
State for taking a cross with hla Princess tribe. Hot¬ 
spur was got by imported Duke of Glo'ster (14382.) out 
of Duchess 5'Jtb hy Grand Duke (10384,) dam imported 
Daphne, got by Hnrrold (10209.) The blood is pecli arly 
rich on both sides, from the most noted herds of Eng¬ 
land His breeder, Mr. Harrison, may congratulate 
himself as having bred one or the beat bulls of his age 
in the Union. Though only four years old, be has al¬ 
ready taken two first premiums at our State Fairs, as 
well as one sweep shakes. 
—--* 
The 7 80 Government Loan —We direct special 
attention to the advertisement of this loan. Its va¬ 
rious advantages are clearly stated, and will be appa¬ 
rent on perusal. A* the entire proplc are, or should be, 
interested In the credit and success of tho Nation, all 
who have surplus means should invest in Government 
securities—thus manifesting both wisdom ami patriot¬ 
ism. State and other slocks nuy lie pood, but if the 
Government falls for want of support from the people, 
the disaster will prove gpnera!, In other words, If the 
bottom of Uncle Samvel's basket falls out, the eggs 
in other baskets will be lost or broken. Let ns look 
to tho main ruiAvct flrrt, and by all means sustain the 
Government, whatever party may be in power. 
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Tin: Corn Crop —We are among those who believe 
that frequent and continued stirring of the surface 
quickens the growth and aid? in the development of 
corn—that this stirring should be continued up to the 
time of Impregnation. There is a great deal of corn in 
Western New York not yet in tassel, which must grow 
rapidly this month if it produces a crop. It should be 
aided in its growth by all the appliances of cultivation. 
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Substitute for Lead Pipe —Wo leant that Rob¬ 
bins A Calender, Newton Falls, Ohio, manufacture 
a stone pipe made from fire-proof clay, in sections two 
feet long with ends introduced into each other, and 
jolnt-i cemented, which is used for conducting water, 
and said to be excellent. 
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Paring and Burning Lands —What is the process 
of paring and burning lands which 1 have seen referred 
1 o as practiced in England? By answering this ques¬ 
tion, you will oblige—A Curious Reader, 
1 1 consist* in paring off the entire sward of lands 
with spades, curved mattocks or a paring plow in April, 
May or June, and piling the sod tu small heap*, letting 
it dry, burning and spreading the ashes thereof a* a 
fertilizer. The paring is of different depths, depending 
on the character of the soil*. Light thin soils me pared 
thinly. Heavy soils, rich in vegetable matter, are pared 
ns thickly a* they can be and be dried and burned. The 
ashes are spread before a rain falls if possible, and in 
many case* turned under lightly with plows. This 
process ot paring and burning costs about as much as 
five plowing?, but i* regaided profitable. It changes 
the character of the soil, It 1* especially valuable on 
stiff, clayey soils, The burnt Boil never resumes its 
original condition as clay It ia always more friable, 
and mixed with the subsoil changes, radically, the me¬ 
chanical condition of the suit ■ and changes It for the 
better Wo are not aware that any experiments have 
been made in this country, but there are doubtless 
large areas that would be permanently improved 
thereby. 
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Quick Lime on Sandy Son.*.—(E. R. 1’., Pensylva- 
nia ) Quick lime may be applied profitably to sandy 
soils—especially such as contain little vegetable mat 
ter, and not sufficient aetd to cause them to effervesce; 
if they contain the latter, mtld Hum should he applied 
at first until it shall have sweetened the acidity and 
then quick liiuB may be safely applied 
Riding Horses.—I have a young animal that I wish 
to break for a riding horse. Among your readers there 
must be many who are skillful horsemen, and can give 
me many valuable hints ns to the course to be pursued 
in order to render the animal most valuable as a riding 
horse. Will they oblige me by furnishing them to tho 
Rural?—T. B B , Syracuse, A. 1'. 
Killing Woodchucks.— Can you, or any of your 
numerous render*, inform me of any rneihod to destroy 
wood -bucks without dogs, trap*, or bullets? Csnth'T 
be induc ed to eat poison? If so, what kind, and h<’" 
prepared? Information of this kind will be gratetuiij 
received, Inasmuch as 1 have a few more tb.unlcao- 
for -N. U B , Portage, N Y 
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