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{WHOLE NO. 763 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST,27,1864 
each good reader, to demand demonstration oi 
these worthies— both at the Fairs and on the 
farm - they may visit. Let the alternative be 
demonstration or security in case of faUure. 
8*uch an alternative will rejoice all honest men— 
all who are depending upon merit for success, 
while it wiU sweep away the swindling trash of 
the swindlers. Ask for demonstration. 
MOOKE’S RURAL REW-YORKER, 
J,N ORIGINAL WEKKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
cure gapes, “ take a teaspoon iui oi grouuu n. 
pepper, moistened and mixed with a pint of 
corn meal, and given twice a week or oftener 
if necessary. It is a preventive as well as cure. 
Sowing Rye Among Corn. 
In the West it is the practice among many 
excellent farmers to sow winter rye among the 
corn, about these days. And we have never yet 
found a farmer who practiced it who thought it 
i injured the corn crop to any extent, or who 
regarded the practice unprofitable. The grain 
is scattered among the corn, a horse is muzzled 
and attached to a light cultivator by a short 
whifiletree, and the grain is cultivated in. 
This cultivation is regarded as of great service 
to the corn crop. By the time the corn is ready 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
OllAULES I>. BRACOON, AjwooInU) Editor. 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D., 
Editor Department of Sheep Husbandry. 
FARMER GARRULOUS TALKS, 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS t 
p. BARRY, C. DEWEY, LL. D.. 
II. T. BROOKS, L. B. LANG WORTHY. 
Now, John, I’ve a word to say. I have been 
told that a man should not say anything unless 
he has something to say. But, as 'Squire Pet¬ 
tifogger would say, that’s paradoxical; foi 
how can a man say anything who has nothing 
to say ? Such talk is wnat I call cheap wisdom, 
u What have I got to say A good deal. Yoi 
know I rode over to Captain Benjamin Dur 
hambrkedeu’s place, the other day, to Tool 
at some of his young stock. And when I trave 
I always aim to learn something with my eyes 
I I was not unsuccessful. I saw’ some thing 
tub Rural New-Yorker is designed to be unsur¬ 
passed In Value, Purity, and Variety of Contents, and 
unique and beautiful in Appearance, Ha Conductor 
devotes liG personal attention to the supervision of Us 
various departments, and earnestly labors to render 
the Rural an eminently Reliable Guide on all the 
important Practical, Sclentiflc and other Subjects inti¬ 
mately connected with the business of those whose 
interests It zealously advocates. As a FAJfflLY JOURNAL 
it is eminently Instructive and Entertaining— la-ln? so 
conducted that It can he safely taken to the Homes of 
people of Intelligence, taste and discrimination. It 
embraces more Agricultural, Horticultural, Self-lit lit c, 
MR. DOUGLAS’ MERINO RAM 44 MONITOR 
.f lm'p TiitsluutiU’jj 
JIr. F. D. Douglas, Shoreham, Addison uo., 
Vermont, writes us the following account of the 
pedigree of his ram 44 Monitor,” a cut of which 
accompanies this article: 
- in the faU of 1660, which was a year of 
famine in this section, I took thirty-two ewes of 
the widow of Era.-tcs Bouinson. to keep upon 
shares. They were bred by her husband, and 
were the best of the flock left her at his death. 
| “Monitor” was from one of those ewes, and 
dropped in the spring of 1661, and was conse¬ 
quently three years old last spring. His dam 
I was got by the celebrated Old Robinson ram. 
The sire of w Monitor,” was “Old Black,’ a 
ram owned bv Col. Bela Howe. Hiram Rich 
and mvself. “ Old Black's dam was a superior 
Paular ewe. He was got by “ Greaoy,” owned 
by Mr. A. L. Bingham, of Cornwall, VL, who 
purchased him, at a then high price, of Mr. 
David Cutting, of this town, by whom he 
j was bred. He was from his first choice of 
Paular ewes, and got by the celebrated Wooster 
To Correspondents. — Mr. Randalls anarass 
Cortland Vm.wu. Cortland Co., N. Y. AU communica¬ 
tions intendcil : t tills Department, and all inquinei 
relating to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
In some cases it is allowed to occupy the 
ground and mature its seed, and yields of from 
fifteen to twenty * five bushels per acre are 
obtained after it has served as fad and winter 
forage. From what we have seen and heard of 
the good results following this practice, we 
think we are safe in commending it to all tann¬ 
ers who grow corn—in the East as well as in 
the West. 
CURRENT TOPICS DISCUSSED 
Paper and Cloth from Corn Husks. 
More thau a year ago we received samples 
of paper and a material somewhat resembling 
gunnies, from Austria, through the agency of a 
friend. We see it announced now that the Ag¬ 
ricultural Department has received further sam¬ 
ples of the result of efforts to give corn-husk 
fiber an economic value. A package has been 
received which embraces paper apparently 
equal to the finest linen paper, and evidently 
superior in point of durability. Some of it is 
thought to be a good substitute for parchment. 
Specimens of colored paper are remarkable for 
their evenness and delicacy. Tissue paper, very 
ligkt and transparent, is included; tracing and 
drawing papers, px'eferrcd by artists to those of 
English and French manufacture; cigarette pa¬ 
pers, black and brown; flower paper, in beauti¬ 
ful colors, for the making of artificial flowers; 
silk paper of several qualities—in all sixty sam- 
WOOL BROWERS’ STATE CONVENTION 
The Wool Growers of the State of New 
York, and other persons interested, are re¬ 
quested to meet at the City Hall, (Court 
House,) in the City of Rochester, on "W eilnes- 
day, the list day of September next, at ten 
o’clock A. M., for the purpose of organizing a 
State Wool Growers’ Associatiou, and adopting 
such other measures as may be deemed ex¬ 
pedient. August 15, 166L 
HOB ACE ALLEN.Venice Center. 
LEWIS F. ALLEN,. 
RICHARD H_ ALLEN,. 
ALEXANDER ARNOLD,. 
S. AULLS. 
ALLEN H. AVERY,. 
T C B.AU.Y,. 
LtTHER BAKKR.. 
WILLIAM BEEBE,. 
S M BARKER,. 
L B. BLOOD.. 
E. E BROWN,. 
H. T BROOKS. 
CHESTER BAKER,.-. 
L. BR.APNER. 
A B CONGER,. 
ELON COMSTOCK,. 
CH ARLES COOK,. 
SAMUEL CHEEYER.. 
EDMUND O. CLAPP. 
E G. COOK, . 
WM. CHAMBERLAIN,- 
EUU CORNELL,. 
A. U CLAPP... 
WM. COCKBURN,. 
S W. COLE.- 
KM DART. 
JAMES M ELLIS,. 
KLIJAH ENNIS. 
THEODORE S FaXTON,.. 
GEORGE GEODES,. 
JAMES UEDLVES,. 
FM H. GLEASON,. 
OBCAR GR ANGER,. 
NORMAN GOWDY. 
BKNJ. N. HUNTINGTON, .. 
WM M. HOLMES,. 
I. HEALY,. 
CHARLES H. HULL,. 
C. H ATCH,. 
JAMES s. HAWLEY,. 
BENI P. JOHNSON,. 
ORANGE. JUDD. 
JOHN JOHNSTON. 
WILLI AM KELLY,. 
JOHN A. KING,.. 
L. B LANGWORTHY,. 
ROBERT M. LYON,. 
A, LARROWE,.. 
L C. MORRIS,. 
CHESTER MOSES,. 
OTTO F. MARSHALL. 
P. 1). T MOORE..... 
1> A MORRISON. 
FRANKLIN J. MARSHALL. 
EZRA P PRENTICE. 
T. C PETERS,.. 
H. B. POTTLE,. 
A. G. PF.RCY,. 
GEORGE W PINE.. 
PEROT,. 
Ask for Demonstration. 
We arc an exceedingly credulous people, 
notwithstanding our proverbial sharpness. We 
have got so accustomed to wonderful inventions 
and ideas that we are prepared to believe any¬ 
thing possible without opening either our eyes 
or mouths wider than usual. The more im¬ 
probable the plan, project or pretension the 
more audacious and sublime our faith in its pos¬ 
sibility—the more we are willing to Like for 
granted, and the more greedily do we swallow it. 
A garrulous “agent,” with loud-mouthed asser¬ 
tion and unlimited impudence, will impress us 
and convince us, while we make no demand for 
demonstration. 
Bv 44 we” is meant the mass of farmers. 
How many can you count in your neighborhood 
who do not pay more money annually for huvx- 
bii'h iu one shape or another, than they pay 
New York. 
.Avoca. 
.Wheeler. 
Manlius. 
.Albion. 
.Lafajetie- 
Eason s Neck. 
North Hector. 
'.Italy Hill. 
.New Hope. 
.Pearl Creek. 
.Lafajette 
.South Dausville. 
" Wahl ben;. 
.New York. 
.Havana 
.Waterford- 
..Manlius. 
.ElliaburRh. 
.. Red Hook. 
..Ithaca 
..Manlius. 
.. Kington. 
..Friendship. 
.. N. Harpersfield. 
..Syracuse. 
..Palmyra 
..Utica 
. .Fairmouut. 
I. Fair mount. 
_.S#R Uarbor. 
..Saratoga Springs. 
..Lowvtlle. 
..Rome. 
Greenwich. 
... South Pansville. 
,.1 Now Lebanon. 
..Monti cello. 
Hawlojton. 
...Albany, 
...New York. 
.. .Geneva. 
. .Rhiuebeck. 
...Jamaica. 
...Rochester. 
...Bath. 
...Wheeler. 
...Fordham. 
_Mareelius. 
...Wheeler. 
... Rochester. 
...Montgomery. 
...Wheeler. 
"".Albany, 
...Darien. 
. .Naples. 
.. .Newark. 
...Herkimer. 
.North Hoosick. 
_New York. 
_Cortland Village. 
_Penn Yan. 
_Geneva. 
_De Rujter. 
_Lpwvil’.e. 
_Auburn. 
_Newark. 
....Italy Hill 
_Plattsburgh. 
_Ontario. 
_Caaenovia. 
.Syracuse. 
_Le Roy. 
_Fayetteville. 
_Keeseville. 
_Italy Hill. 
_Clarkson. 
.Orange. 
seasons. Don t you Know mat uei-c-i.mr 
mine is ten years old, and good for ten years 
more today, with the repairs I can cheaply 
give it? 
And I saw 6masHUM’S corn-plow standing in 
the furrow between the corn-rows, where he 
left It two weeks ago. And I’m just as sure to 
be President of the United States us that plow 
is to be removed from its present position beiore 
next April, unless somebody steals it or buys it 
for old iron. And there are two good scythes 
hanging in that old cherry tree, and a new rake 
against the corn-barn, under its eaves, and 
three hoes hanging on the fence by the garden 
gate, and the faiming-miU, half covered with 
semi-decayed chaff, is under the barn eaves, and 
the sleds are turned out £> commons by the 
pies of paper, thick and thin, white and colored, 
substantially useful and delicately ornamental. 
They constitute a wonder of ingenuity, and 
illustrate the power of invention to create new 
forms from common materials and the utility of 
patient effort in developing the perfection of 
skill in industry. 
“ Xor is this all. Bleached and unbleached 
crash, of several kinds, are exhibited, from the 
same material, the fiber of corn husks (the outer 
covering of the ear, called, in our Southern 
States, shucks.) But, perhaps the most suc¬ 
cessful results, in heavy fabrics, is oil eloth for 
floors, of which two different colors are shown, 
both apparently of superior durability. 
« The process of paper-making has been for 
several years in development.. The spinning 
and weaving of maize liber was commenced late 
in 1662. Both processes have been patented iu 
Austria and other European countries, and in 
this country. 
“ These result, have been attained under the J 
direction of Dr. Chevalier Auer de Welsbaek. 
director of the imperial printing establishment I 
at Vienna, and superintendent of the imperial 
paper mills at Sehlocgelmuhl, Austria. 
“ AU portions of the husk are converted into 
paper-stuff, spinning-stuff, or husk meal, which 
Is mixed with common flour. Nineteen per 
cent, of paper fiber, ten of spinning material, 
and eleven of feed stufi* are obtained, together 
making forty per cent., leaving a refuse of sixty 
per cent., much of it flue fiber and gluten, 
which may yet be filtered and utilized. 
“Nor does the invention, even in its Infancy, 
lack the important clement of profit. An ex¬ 
penditure of 273,740 florins in its manufacture 
yielded a gross return of 819,000 florins, and a 
l net profit of 105,260 florins, exclusive of rent and 
use of capital employed.” 
covered in every particu 
much more heavily woole 
indicates, though the cut is 
sentation in aU respects, c 
time it was taken. 
"Whatever may be the a 
the in-and-in breeding of t 
as a general practice, I am 
that an occasional intellig 1 
great families is uniformly 
ble results." 
on Merino sheep?’’ He meant those tails and 
flanks, now frequently seen, (and which are 
regarded as “ fashionable points by breeders 
and fanciers.) which are greatly wider than 
those of the original Spanish Merino —the 
former being covered with small tolls oi wrin¬ 
kles. and the latter also plaited or eoiTUgated by 
a redundancy of loose skin. 
The origin of all such peculiarities, not nat¬ 
ural to the breed or variety when kept pure, is 
in chance or accident. Modes of keeping or 
treatment may, indeed, modify certain natural 
characteristics, and some of these affect form. 
YYe imagine, for example, that it would be diffi¬ 
cult to preserve a very rotund carcass, if a, race 
of animals was kept half starved for a number of 
venerations. Well sprung ribs are not neces¬ 
sary to contain, nor are they supported in the 
natural way by, empty viscera. But we neither 
know nor can conceive of any teed or treatment 
which would specifically tend to give the tail or 
flank the peculiar conformation under Investiga- 
tion. We venture to say that neither Bake- 
I WELL, Hammond, nor any other of those great 
n. w. _ Mfm 
SOLON ROBINSON. 
HtENK’V S RANDALI.,. 
WILLI A M. T fiEMKR,— 
JAMES O. SHELDON, ... 
IRA SPENCER.. 
M. M. SMITH. --- ----- 
JOHN M SHERWOOD,... 
LIONEL SHERWOOD, ... 
N. SQUIE1L.. 
T L C. S A ILLY, . 
A. TOD D, Jk. 
HENRY TEN EYCK.. 
CHARLES T ALLMAN, 
A. S. DTHAM. 
A. F. WILCOX. 
WINSLOW’ C. WATSON, 
J. WHITE,. 
ISAAC J. WHITNEY’, .... 
LORENZO WEBBER,.... 
Hen-Lice and Gapes in Chickens, 
A correspondent writes the Colonial 
Farmer, “ I set it down for granted some years 
since, that if hatching hens could be kept from 
hen-lice, the chicks would not take the gapes or 
pips, and to prevent that, I found by expert- 
