'A*.' 
.. tbpv are WOOL GROWERS’ STATE CONTENTION. 
in-and-in breeding — nay, more —it they are _ 
not generally very superior animals? We sup- „ 
pose that excellence i* excellence, whether it the Wool Growers of the fctate oi ^\ew 
is found in the hands of the breeder or wool York, and other persons interested, are re- 
grower. We know of no standard of excel- quested to meet at the City Hale, (Gour 
fence that is recognized by the one and not by House,) in t he City of Rochester, on Wednea 
the other day, the 21st day of September next, at ten 
We do not intend here to answer those of our o’clock A. >L, for the purpose of organizing a 
correspondent’s various particular statements in State Wool powers’ °be"deemed ex- 
which we non-concur, wherein we have pre- other measures tu 7 ^ ^ 
viously covered the same ground. But we pedient - 
notice one ncic position of his, at first view not HbRACk^ALLEN," I”””"."' Venice Center. 
without weight, if based on correct observation, I K W[S K 'allen,!!!!’- .Black Rock. 
viz., that brutes, like human beings, are “ move ®LEj^'lDHEt^RNOLiD,"!!".—! A voea° r 
commonly attracted toward their opposites in E A ut.ls, .^ ht '. p i u ‘ r ' 
form, temperament and complexion.” It is ^"n^BAiLV^ VEE .™”-II-—--A*bion. 
true that some kinds of male, brutes are disposed lut her. h Are R,.. 
to rove not only from female to female, but from W ''if^ S ?_?I!"!"! ’IIIIiNwtb Hector. 
flock to flock. They appear to be actuated by h \ n blooDj,. .b*>y 
unappeasable lust, and by a love of change in e. E. BROWN,." p^vi creek 
the gratification of that lust. But has Mr. crasm baker,. 
Saundeks ascertained that the difiercnt forais, L B co? s (;KE '"' .waidberg. 
color, etc., natural to different breeds or families, el<>x comsto ;k, .H e van ft ° rk 
has anything to do with this? The domestic amUE L CHEE v E R,!!!.Waterford. 
rain is as great a rover as any other animal. kd'ucni) o. clap?, ."Eiiubur K u. 
Does the Merino ram, when he breaks from his v \' ch^amBERLAIN,'!" * -Red Hook. 
inclosure to find new ilocks, exhibit a preference ezra Cornell,. J***-, 
for Leicester or South Down flocks, over those WM COCKBURN, .Kingston. 
of his own breed? Or does he exhibit any k w. cole.. 
preference for Merino flocks ol a different form j m ellTs, . Syracuse. 
or complexion, or “temperament,” from his JJgJftjKfeitTOS ininrSK?"' 
own? Has Sir. Saunders observed that a (Q 50 B. 6 E geodes, __Fairmount 
light colored ram, horse or bull prefers a dark James 
colored ewe, mare or cow — that a tall male of osV ar Ca \ NGER,'.Saratoga Springs) 
either of these ktak of Mlm.lt, prefers a low goBJ.A« 
built female — a thick, broad maie, an attenuated WM M holmes, ..Greenwich. 
female - and * on after the manner in which ITO 
human beings exhibit their preference for their c ua xch, .„Montioello. 
opposites? lf Mr. Saunders can answer these Jakes k 
questions in the affirmative, then the facts thus ORANGE Judd ... .New York. 
established will form a very plausible foundation 1 Aafx.KlSS’I![“Hi;III^StodSeok. 
for his implied inference, viz., that “nature john a. king,... ...Jamaica. 
seems to provide a preventive ” against in-and-in goBERT^M^LYON^'.Bath* 8 **' 
breeding, among brutes, by implanting an in- a larrowe, ...Wheeler. 
stinctive propensity in them to seek cohabitation cHEST^R R M^ 5 """"l‘-””M^eUns. 
with their unlikes instead of their likes. For otto f Marshall!!.'.*! .Wheeler. 
closely related animals are, of course, as a gen- g » 
eral thing, much more alike than unrelated ones. hr anklin J. m a r'shall, _Wheeler. 
But unlesss our correspondent can answer these f Z C%ETERS, N nCE '.Darken 
questions in the affirmative — and we have no e! b! pottle,'.”!! I."""——Naples 
idea that he or any other sensible man is pre- GEORCK^^PiNE!"——HerWumr- 
pared to make an affirmation so preposterous— d. w PERCY,.North Hoosfck. 
his fancied analogy falls to the ground. s^'fNDALi^^rilll^CorUandVUlage. 
There are cases, in which purely physical In eldon!’!!!!! i"" Go n,«I"' 
causes and effects are alone concerned, where ika SPENCER,.De Roy ter 
interesting and profitable comparisons can be “ 0H « „‘sHWwdobVr".'".'.'^^^' 
instituted between men and brutes, for the pur- LtuNF.i, SHERWOOD,__Newark 
pose of throwing fight on the hidden laws of £ B »k illy! " ” " -------- JMattrimrgli. 
nature; but in other cases — in cases where the a tod t»! Jr.. ..'..Ontario 
human mind as well as mere matter, influences oh arleJ K tallman,".;":! 
the result — nothing can be more fallacious and a. s upham .Lo Roy. 
misleading than these analogies. What has the w in ^ Lo w' c >X w AT SON,'!!!!!!! Kel?!wiiUe! 0 ‘ 
dim and limited brute-mind, which we call j. white.. ...Italy urn. 
instinct, to do with the imagination, fancy, sen- loYenzo^ivE B BK K!!!!"!""Orange. 11 ' 
timent, association, intellectual and moral sym- ___ 
pathy of that love which is 
. Mr. Randall's absence from home most of the tim 
“ A1 raado of P“ ei ° D ’ “ d f m3Qe ° f W18heS ’ between the middle and close of August, will access* 
Al adoranon, duty, and observance, nly prevent Mm from replying to the letters receive 
.All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, . . .. . , , , .. __ _ ,_. r , 
’ dnrinf: that period as early as the contents of some c 
Ail purity, all trial, all observance! ” ^ , 
1 ’ them may demand. 
Mr. Saunders’ concluding question — how to ■ ~ ■- i 
obtain the advantage? of in-and-in breeding—is a .*. « 
-•ftry T difficult one to answer. We have attempted, Qi/OlHUTVIVtlCCulOtTSy vLtC. 
in the Practical Shepherd, to show under what ____ 
circumstances it should be preferred, and under ~~ 
what circumstances cross breeding should be pre- ECONOMY OF LA BOR. — TI LLING THE 
ferrecl. We have attempted in that work and else¬ 
where to give some rules and reasons which 1 have a theory that the air furaisin: 
should guide in the former practice. It is hardly manure to the ground, supported by numerou 
necessary to repeat those utterances here. But if facts. M hat I have to say applies to clayey an 
those rules were a thousand times more minute, stiff l°am soil. The Rural says subsoil need 
more clearly expressed and more profound and airing to render it productive. A man once sai 
accurate, they never would make a successful that summer tallow would yield a better cro 
in-and-in breeder, or even effectively tend to plowed “ cut and cover than to lie turned o\ f 
that result, unless the natural capacity for that fiat* hut he did not know why. In a late Rura 
special employment previously existed in his a man reports a land plowed turning under snow 
mind. Rules never made a great poet, orator, and it yielded better, and why t A garden yield 
general or sheep breeder! The best rules may better if often and deeply backed v itli a hoe, an 
be duly expounded to the thousand—duly drunk w h> • J I' 1 tbatcase in time ofdrouth the gioun 
in rnd theoretically understood by the whole he moist, ami why/ Ibc untitled land . 
thousand—nay, wisely written about, editorially \ th b Fame time will he dry as ashes. 'Whe 
or otherwise, by said thousand—and then per- picking native blackberries, the nicest I foun 
adventure but one of the entire number, and he was over a marmot's hole, and why ? They hi 
perhaps having the fewest words of any, can not dug "here they will drain water lrom th 
practice them with marked and great success! s °h* A stili clay subsoil, furrowed when mois 
will crawl like quick-lime when slaking, e: 
peciaily it usually saturated with water, gui 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c. dried brick will also slake by being soaked wit 
water, while undried brick will be but lltt] 
Eab Marks. Mr. d Ik Jacobus, Penn Tan, Tries ^ by ^ ruln fetom . Clay dug j 
Co., N. Y., writes us “I havebeeu using\ox Tb.er s * . . . , , , , 
system, somewhat modified, for permanently number- lumps atid dned aii i afterwards soaked wit 
img my sheep by notches in the ears. 1 like the plan of water, tvill dissolve much easier than clay jui 
registering sheep by permanent numbers very much; from the pit-*. Clay frozen, and afterwart 
but I should tike to adopt some system of numbering thawed, will also mill easier than withou 
that, is simpler and equally permanent without so much Ground immediately tilled after the first plov 
cuttiug and mutilation of the care. Will some ol the . ig QOl ^ weU tl , lcd b the gEtme labor as t 
Vermont breedere, or others.that have haiexperia^, re t the c i cmorilg for B tUne betvvec 
fetato how the pian or numbering, by Inserting in the 1 , . 
ear No. 8 copper belt rivets, on which the number is eau fi operation. Here lies the economy; let tl 
stamped, succeeds? Is there any danger of the rivets elements help you when you can. I do not b 
losing out of the ear by any means f Is there any otkrr fieve it is economy to drain land at great C: 
plan Hill utter than either of those spoken of? A prac pense and then carry cold spring water in a pa 
tical answer will much oblige me." saturate it. 
Wool IlousB.—The same gentleman further says:— Stiff soils can be plowed much easier for tl 
“ I would like to see in the bhoep Department of the team „ jj ere t |j e ground is moi 9 t than where di 
Rubau, the best plan for building a Wool House that bakfd< a5 the common term is. If stiffen 
would bold three or four thousand lbs. of wool.” 
_ to lie exposed to the elements, the bake, as it 
called, will come out of it. Changes of he 
BKST Brked or Wool Giu,win,..-J ons d coW wct ftn(1 drv hUnli , rht ,hade, a. 
C-Flajjooan, Dunkirk, N. Y., wishes to know what . ... , m. . •. _. . 
breed of sheep la best-adapted to wool growing in this air, all contribute to this end. I .. 
climate? Wherever wool is the primary consideration ric, suitable only to adorn a Governor s or 1’rcf 
and mutton but the accessory, the Merino is most prof- dent’s thanksgiving proclamation, butastubboi 
itable: wherever mutton is the prime consideration fact —as stubborn us the difference between Ol 
and wool but the accessory, the improved English aut j three yoke of oxen to draw a plow, ai 
breeds are most profitable. As Mr. Flanooan puts muv be made aH usclul lls tbe difference bclvvci 
the case, Merino s heep are the ones h e v ants. profitable and useless labor, if the fact is right 
understood and applied. A neighbor told n 
Lincoln Ehbbp.-A correspondent wishes to know ^ that hig Und plowcd easier than a WC< 
where these sheep are to be fouud in the L. b. Lkon , , .. . .. . 
A,u» D. Curr, Esq , or Carmel, Putnam Co., N Y, a «°! lic wanted , to know Lhe abt * Ut fo ' 
nflctd to own a line flock of them; but wflfitbGf ibere W66k8 ftgo a frcfehol; three week^ ago a showe 
arc any full blood flocks now In our cowitry we are since then a drouth,—two nights without de 
not informed. ■ enough to wet the shoes in the morning; ligl 
and shade and air made the difference with the 
consequent fluctuation in moisture. 
SETTING POSTS. 
One observation right here. Among the 
many theories and statement.* of people, I know 
nothing but by observation. Teaching and con¬ 
versation give food for thought and clues to facts. 
To illustrate: — A young man commencing busi¬ 
ness for himself wauts to know if it makes any 
difference which end of a post is set in the 
ground: nine out of ten will say say, “ I don’t 
know.” The Rural says, “try the experi¬ 
ment;” and the fence will rot in ten years and 
then you can tell the world for their benefit. 
Well, suppose he does it; nine out of ten wifi 
not believe it makes any difference, and the rest 
do not know it because he does. In the mean 
time, perhaps he has fenced a farm; and if he 
can make five years difference in the durability 
of his fence by observing which end of the post 
he puts in the ground, it may make a difference 
with his heirs, that would pay their expenses to 
tide ten miles to look at a fence already rotting 
down, and five minutes’ look would determine , 
. . . . , anu, alter ui 
the question with him forever. \ ou can read 
nature faster than in books; this is why book 
farming is so often scouted: if he (the book 
farmer) succeeds, twenty unlearned will copy 
and never give credit for their success. 
I think 1 know that the top end of posts set 
in the ground, will last longer; and when I was 
convinced ol it, five minutes’ observation did 
the job, and at the same time convinced several four bushelg 
others. Now for the cause. When you boil sap ^ ■water; it 
put two sticks as near alike as may be in the fire, forg gpp[ bn fr 
one top end and one butt end first, and see which 
sends out the most sap, steam and water; and if To Keep Fliei 
the moft does not come out of the top end, then We fiud 
I am mistaken. And if you cut round poles for m(r Tak 
fence stakes and set the butt in the ground, it and a f ew j ru 
will rot the whole length, while the one set the ^ bore fou 
top in the ground will rot off at the ground and jn the 
answer a good purpose to reset: this the observ- extend j' lvc j 
ing man may learn in half the time it takes me QXen are j 
to write it. Alonzo Hendrick, . ‘ 1pt . in _ 
let the bundles be set up, all about the barn. In 
a few weeks they will bo so thoroughly cured 
that they will not spoil if put in a solid mow. 
“ To cure coru fodder in the field, set. the bun¬ 
dles in long shocks, so that the sun may shine 
in the former part of the day on the east side, 
and on the west side in the latter part of the 
day. When a storm is approaching set them in 
round stooks, and bind the tops neatly, with 
several bands, aud cover them with hay caps. 
Should there be prospects of fair weather for a 
few days, set them again in long shocks for a 
day or two. In about a month, or so, they will be 
dry enough to be moved or stacked. If one has 
any caps, the stalks may be cured ill the field 
with very little labor, and without any loss.” 
Smut in Wheat 
A Wisconsin wheat grower gives the fol¬ 
lowing preventive in use in one of the best 
wheat growing sections in that State:—“Hav¬ 
ing measured out the amount of seed to be dress¬ 
ed, dissolve li ounces of blue vitriol, for each 
bushel of wheat by pouring hot water on it, 
and, after dissolved, add colcl water, so as to 
have two quarts of water to each bushel of 
wheat : let an assistant shovel over the wheat 
while the vitriol and water is sprinkled on. 
Shovel it over at least three times, sweeping up 
the scatterings each time, so as to wet every 
grain of the seed. I u-e six ounces of vitriol, 
put in a kettle on the stove, and when dissolved 
add to it aud fill a common pail, and sprinkle 
four bushels at a time—the wheat takes up all 
the water; it can be done one day or twenty be- 
KICKING HEIFERS. 
To Keep Flies from Working Cattle. 
We find the following in the Valley Far¬ 
mer :—“Take a piece of scantling 3x4 inches, 
and a few inches longer than the yoke. Through 
this bore four holes to correspond with the bow 
holes in the yoke. Have bows long enough to 
extend five inches above the yoke. After the 
oxen are yoked, put this piece on the top of the 
yoke, letting the bows come through the holes. 
Bore several small holes in the sides of the 
above piece, aud fasteu in a brush long enough 
to reach the oxen’s hips. The brush should be 
of some tough wood with the leaves on. When 
it is worn out, put in more. Some use blankets 
for their cattle while working, but it makes them 
unnecessarily warm, and costs something at 
present prices. The motion of the oxen while 
walking will keep the brush waving about 
Me. Ran da.i.l'6 absence from home most of the time 
between the middle and close of August, will necessa¬ 
rily prevent him from replying to the letters received 
during that period as early as the contents of some of 
them may demand. 
Communications, (Etc. 
ECONOMY OF LABOR.-TILLING THE SOIL, 
I have a theory that the air furnishes 
manure to the ground, supported by numerous 
facts. What I have to say applies to clayey and 
stiff loam soil. The Rural says subsoil needs 
airing to render it productive. A man once said 
that summer fallow would yield a better crop 
plowed “cut and cover” than to be turned over 
fiat, but he did not know why. In a late Rural 
a man reports a land plowed turning under snow, 
and it yielded better, and why ? A garden yields 
better if often and deeply backed v ith a hoe, and 
why ? In that case in time ofdrouth the ground 
I will be moist, and why? The untitled land at 
the same time will be dry as ashes. When 
picking native blackberries, the nicest I found 
was over a marmot's hole, and why? They are 
not dug where they will drain water from the 
soil. A stiff clay subsoil, furrowed when moist, 
will crawl like quick-lime when slaking, es- 
j peciaily il usually saturated with water, Sun- 
dried brick will also slake by being soaked with 
water, while undried brick will be but little 
affected by the same rain storm. Clay dug in 
lumps and dried and afterwards soaked with 
water, will dissolve much easier than clay just 
from the pits. Clay frozen, and afterwards 
thawed, will also mill easier than without. 
Ground immediately tilled after the first plow¬ 
ing is not so well tilled by the same labor as by 
exposure to the elements for a time between 
each operation. Here lies the economy; let the 
elements help you when you can. I do not be¬ 
lieve it is economy to drain land at great ex¬ 
pense and then carry cold spring water in a pail 
to saturate it. 
Stiff soils can be plowed much easier for the 
team w here the ground is moist than where dry 
and baked, as the common term is. If suffered 
to lie exposed to the elements, the hake, as it is 
called, will come out of it. Changes of heat 
and cold, wet and dry, sunlight and shade, and 
air, all contribute to this end. This is no rheto¬ 
ric, suitable only to adorn a Governor’s or Presi¬ 
dent’s thanksgiving proclamation, but a stubborn 
fact —as stubborn as the difference between one 
aud three yoke of oxen to draw' a plow, and 
maybe made as useful as the diflerence between 
profitable aud useless labor, if lhe fact is rightly 
understood and applied. A neighbor told ran 
to-day that his land plowed easier than a week 
ago; lie wanted to know the cause; about four 
weeks ago a freshet; three weeks ago a shower; 
since then a drouth,—two nights without dew 
enough to wet the shoes in the morning; light 
Eds. Rural New Yorker:— I noticed in of some tough wood with tt 
the Rural a kind of machinery recommended ^ worn out, put in more, 
to break heifers of kicking, costing something f or their cattle while workin 
less than a saw-milt frame. I or the benefit ol unnecessarily warm, and 
young heifers, I wish to give a recipe that will present prices. The motioi 
do away with the necessity for such nonsense, walking will keep the hi 
In the first place tame your heifers at an early enough to keep tbe flies off. 
age, from say three to six months old. Tame _ 
them so that you can rub their bags and strip # 
their teats lightly; talk to them, learn them to Rural Notes anit (Querns. 
hoist, keep them tame and docile. Observe this 
till they come in, taking care to milk before they ■ 
come in if the bsg shows signs of caking. n. y. State FAra.-SeeOflii 
Never use harsh means until all mild means are Fair in oar aUverttslng depart® 
worn thread-bare. Observe the above, and you -■-*-— 
will have a cow that you can milk before you The Weather of the past i 
are overtaken by a thynder-shower. Please try the season— a great change fro 
it, and if it fails oftener than once In ninety-nine many previous weeks—with he 
s times send me word. The cow’s friend, ”*”~ 
J. D. Pratt. The List or Aohicvltobai. 
1 Steuben Co., N. Y. ‘ ’ ’ will be re published In next w< 
• Remarks. —That is sound dairy gospel! 
CUTTING CORN FODDER 
Eds. Rural New Yorker:—I would say to 
J. M. S. and all others who have corn fodder to 
cut, that I think cutting it with an “ old cradle ” 
rather hard work, and cutting with a corn knife 
rather slow. My way is to hitch my horses to 
the reaper, go into the field with two men to 
rake off with common rakes. Let the driver 
go quite slow and the two men will be able to 
get the fodder off in quite good shape for bind¬ 
ing, at the rate of one acre in two hours. 
H. H. Angell. 
New Berlin Center, N. Y., Ang. ISM. 
-—* 4 1 ■ » - - ■ 
TO MANUFACTURE TAR. 
e ground Eds. Rural New Yorker:— Take pitch 
J hind at pine and cut it up in chunks the size of a bufc- 
i. When temut. Invert, or turn over, the kettle on a 
■ 1 f 0U1K j piece of sheet iron or a board. Insert a spout 
They are through the latter so as to convey the tar out. 
from the Put dirt around the kettle so that the fire will 
en moist, »ot bum the pitch, and then build a fire on the 
king, es- kettle. You will soon have a fine lot of tar. I 
«r. Sun- used two five pail kettles for the purpose. I 
iked with Fend you the above in response to the inquiry 
but little on page 222, current Yol. Rural. D. H. C. 
iv duff in Groton, N. Y. 
N. Y. State Faik.— Sec Official Programme of this 
Fair in our advertising department—page 291. 
The Weather of the past week has been cool for 
the season—a great change from the extreme heat of 
many previous weeks—with heavy rains In this region. 
-- 
The List or Aoricultural Fairs, given in our last, 
will be re published in next week’s Rural, with such 
additions and corrections as may be received. Mean¬ 
time officers of Societies will pleaso advise ns of the 
times aud places of holding their exhibitions. 
Canada Stock at our State Fair to *be Dutt 
Free —The Secretary of our State Ag. Society, Col. 
Johnson, having made application to the Treasury 
Department In relation to the dnties on stock from 
Canada which may be exhibited at the State Fair at 
Rochester, has received the following letter granting 
the re-exportation of all stock exhibited at the Fair: 
Treasury Department, } 
August 25 tb, 18&1. 5 
Sin:—I am directed by the Secretary 10 state that this 
Depart ment, Laving been officially informed that the 
Executive order forbidding the exportation of live 
stock Is not so construed a? to prohibit the re exporta¬ 
tion of stock exhibited at the New York State Fair, 
the necessary Inftnutions for warehousing, Ac., have 
been sent, to the Rochester Collector 
Rcspeiflffilly, Ac,, 
Gro. RarMNOTON, Assistant Secretary. 
— As our Canadian Wends can now bring their val¬ 
uable stock to the Fair without duty, we trust their 
flocks and herds will be well represented. 
gural spirit oi tl*f 
The Land a Hive of Bees Bought 
A Moraviantown correspondent of the 
Canada Farmer, says he settled iu that town in 
18-13, bought a bee tree of an Indian woman, 
transferred its contents to a hive, and adds:— 
“Now, at the commencement of 1804, I can 
point to the proceeds of their assiduity iu the 
shape of 219 acres of laud In a favorable local¬ 
ity.” Who may not own a farm ? 
Curing Com Fodder. 
This subject has already been discussed con¬ 
siderably In the Rural. But it is still season¬ 
able. We find in the Boston Cultivator an arti¬ 
cle from a correspondent who claims to have 
had considerable experience, in which he says: 
“ All that Is requisite in curing Indian corn is, 
Dion Prices — The Middle - men, Speculators, 
&c, — That there is fraud and swindling in many de¬ 
partments of trade is too evident to require argu 
ment. The middle men, forestallcre and specula¬ 
tors—aye, and not a few regular merchant*— take 
every advantage and cheat their customers unmerci¬ 
fully. The price of almost everything produced by 
farmers rules high and must continue to, but there is 
no sense or reason in consumers paying such outra 
goons prices as they arc charged by many dealers, lf 
farmers would avoid middle men and speculators, It 
would be better for all classes. Producers and con 
suroers ought to deal directly with each other whenever 
possible, as It would prevent cheating and bo for the 
interest of both parties. Wc advise all to beware or 
middle men and sharpers generally. On the pretense 
of a great advance in first cost, or n tax, many a dealer 
adds ten times such advance or tax to the price of his 
goods, and thus filches—or actually steals—the people’s 
money. 
In uu elaborate article on the subject, tbo N. Y. Even¬ 
ing Post avers that the present retail prices of the nec¬ 
essaries of life are the result of wholesale cheating on 
thcprrtorfoiestallers and speculators, and recommends 
concert of action on the part of the people against one 
article at a time, say butter, by discontinuing Us use. A 
common experience of cliy purchasers is thus de 
scribed: 
“ Price, once cut away from all the elements of cost, 
becomes wild and crazy. Dealers, of every kind, but 
especially The provision dealers, jump at prices as a 
robber will grab at «lot of jewelery through a window. 
They may cut their hands, but they wilt get the Jewels. 
< How much for Ibis panel of pin#?’ ‘ A quarter of a 
dollar. ’ • YVhaFs t he price or your tomatoes F 'Fifty 
cent* per quart.’ ‘ llow do you sell peaches v * A do! 
lar per half peck.’ if the buyer is not ft fool, he will 
The New Enoland Fair.—T he first Fait of any 
note this season, in the North or East, is that of the 
New England Ag. Society, to be held at SprLiiyflold 1 
next, week—Sept. 6 th to 9th inclusive- The arrange- ’ 
meats fora fine exhibition are said to be ample, and 
the prospect favorable for a large show act] attend- 1 
nnec. Most of ttie New England railways are to convey 
stock to and Trom the Fair free, and al30 run excursion 
trains at reduced faro, which will probably secure a 
large show of stock and great attendance of People. 
Discussions are to be held during the Fair as follows: 
On Tuesday evening, Cattle Husbandry is tne subject, 
and the discussion will be opened by the President, 
Geo. B. I, ori no ; on Wednesday evening, Sheep Hug. 
bandry, to be opened by II S. Randall, author of th e 
“Practical Shepherd;" and on Thursday evehing, 
Horses, breeds, breeding and feeding, to bo opened by 
T. S. LaN'I of North Vassal boro, Me. Tho President 
will preside, and at the last meeting will present a 
summary of the points discussed, and the conclusions 
arrived at in the discussions- An address will be de¬ 
livered by Gov Andrew on the last day of the Fair. 
We trust the opening exhibition of the Society will 
prove in all respects’credluble and worthy of the pro¬ 
ducing classes of tbejslx Commonwealths to be repre- 
sented. 
A Plan for a TIoo House —Can yon, or some of the 
practical men among your numerous renders, give me 
a plan tor a hog hou-e, which shill include a feeding 
and sleeping room, also an apnrtmeut for storing and 
cooking feed. Could not a cheap aud good cooking 
apparatus be constructed on the plan of some of the 
sorghum boilers; by constructing a wooden Ikix, (only 
much deeper than for sorghum,! with a sheet iron bot¬ 
tom, and setting tt upon an arch? Farmers do not 
want In purchase a costly apparatus for cooking feed 
lor stock, it they can get a cheap one that will answer 
tho sam epurpos:. I do not wish my bog htm-e to ac¬ 
commodate more tltnu ten hogs, 1 should like very 
mm-.h to see an article on this subject, giving the details 
for constructing a cooking apparatus, the advantages 
of cooking feed, A(j., — BUeu an article as that on 
Sotvhum Man tt fart m-.-, In vout Issue or July S i(h. 1 
esteem one such article,glvingtlic actual experience of 
a practical man, as of more value than a do;- ti produc¬ 
tions of mure theorists.— G. li , A orwioh, OKio. 
In 1860 we published several plans oontrihuted by 
correspondents; and the back volume? of the Rural 
contain plans and elevations. But wc would like any 
of our readers who have model or convenient hog- 
houses, filling the above bill, to lor ward the same; if 
they do not. we will republish some of the old ones. 
BAN<51 no Meat in Wells.—I t is tho opinion of 
some that hanging moat, tnifk, or butter in a cistern or 
well, for the purpose of keeping such articles cool, in 
summer time, has the etlect of lujuring the water, by 
giving it a disagreeable smell aud taste, even when 
ruck articles may be suspended some distance from the 
water, and in a closed covered vessel. I should like to 
know if this Ss really the case, or if it is Imagination or 
supposition.— R. E , Kansas <.Hty, Mo. 
It seems to us that this is very simpty solved If 
there is a disagreeable taste or smell imparled to the 
water, In consequence of suspending such articles in 
such a position, or lf it is imagined there Is hy any per¬ 
son, the water it injured for that person. But whether 
there actually is or not, must depend upon t he tem pera- 
ture"bf the well at'the point, of suspension. If de" 
composition Is arrested or prevented by the low tem¬ 
perature, no absolute injury can be done the Yvatcr, 
and no offensive smell will result, tinlos the smell of 
fresh meat is offensive. Tho lower the temperature the 
less the objection; so that the nearer the vessel Is sus¬ 
pended to the water, or If actually suspended In it, the 
better 
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Potato Discing Machines —Moore’s Rural Nbw- 
Yorker says to a reader, Minneapolis, Minn,:—‘ We 
. do not know of uny machine that digs and picks up 
potatoes, except humans and swine." 
We can inform the New-Yorker ibat within the last 
two year.-, tnn-e or four potato-diggers have been illus¬ 
trated and described in the Scientific American. Iu the 
general scarcity of labor, attention should be called to 
these machines.— ScinitijU American. 
Our friends of the Scientific American are informed 
that wc are quite well aware there are potato-diggers, 
and that we have called Attention to some of them, (see 
page 221, current volume Rural, for an illustration 
of one of them.) but we do not happen to know of any 
which digs and picks up the. tubers at the same time.— 
• Does oar contemporary? 
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A Cons Cutting Machine — Is then- not a machine 
. for cutting tip corn? I' seems to me that l remember 
‘ to have read of one. They arc very much needed this 
year.—A. V. Anderson, Winnebago Co , Jit. 
Yes. your neighbor, Wm. M. Mason, or Polo, Ogle 
Co, Ill., had one on exhibition at the IJUnols State 
’ F.ilr last year which operated wdl. Wegave anlllua- 
• tratlon of it on page 149, last vol. Rural. It Is drawn 
- by one horse, driven by a man, boy, or smait girl, and 
cuts eight acres per day, depositing the stalks in gavels 
or the right Plzo lor binding. Wc do not know whether 
It is being manufactured or not, nor its cost. 
To xakk Cows milk Eabier.— IRoticeiu the Rural 
r of the 2 d nil., a recommend to use a knife to make 
cows milk easy. A neighbor or mine told me some 
time since that he had tried it, and spotted his cow, 
inflammation having set in so that he could not milk 
her So be Is down cm agricultural papers —Wm. S 
’ Dakbon. 
We have known instances where this cutting teats 
has been tried, but we never knew one to suffer from 
‘ inflammation. We should think your neighbor must 
e have performed the operation very hnngliiigly, or the 
1 animal’s system must have been In a diseased stale 
price of your tomatoes 1 ‘ 1 ‘ ifty 
[ow do you sell poaches ? 1 ‘ A dol 
If the buyer Is not ft fool, be will 
“ All that Is requisite in curing mown corn lh, ^ ut half tll £ price, or loss; bm the 
simply to get the water out of the leaves anti mliorliy are tools, pay the price, and swell the volume 
1 J 6 . ... ... of irmid Yet there ri not a vegetable On HAleof which 
stalks. It is the water, or sap, that causes It to ., u ,' te( i huahulsdo not wiliand rot.on the dealers’ 
molt! or spoil in the stack or mow. The stalks 
need not pass through any fermentation, any 
more than clothes after they are washed, in or¬ 
der to dry them. The stalks need simply to be 
dried. That is all that is necessary. Now, if 
one lias an abundance of ham-room, let tho stalks 
be hound iu small bundles and carried to the 
barn as soon as practicable after being cut, and 
of fraud Yet there Is not. a vogci time on hsui oi w uki* 
Unmounted hnatiels do not wilt and roton tbc dealers 
bund? Not less than a hundred buabelsof peaches rot 
everyday in Washington market: whereas. If the sol- 
. ... .1 ... s lift iitPl'fi.KlVO flU- 
A Mare Going Blind.—I have an eight year old 
mare that t as been going blind for sometime. Two 
years ago last December she hod one wolf tooth taken 
out, and for some time her sight was good. This 
Spring a film has covered the sight of her eye, some 
persons Bay under the outside skin. It Is of aligk" 
bluish color. We have faithfully tried honey, burned 
alum and sugar, to no effect. If we can gain any in¬ 
formation through the columns or the excellent Rural 
» will be gladly received by—A Srescnuir.u. 
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The Wages Question.—W e have received along 
argument from a correspondent, who neglects to send 
his name, to prove that farm laborers’ wages are not 
too high- We can fee no good likely to grow out 0 . 
*ucU a discussion, and the communication being anony¬ 
mous could not bo published wUnunt violating our rule. 
Musty Wheat —What 1? the best substance to twf 
in sweetening musty wheat? Would you mix nmt 
with it?—G enkskb. 
Tho best substance we ktiow of for such use is char 
coal. We have known lime lo be used, bat can say 
nothing of its value from experience. 
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Subsoil Plow— (C. B. IL, Osceola, Tioga Co., 1'a ) 
The best subsoil plow we know or is that mannfac 
tured by Chas. V. Marks, 126 aud 128 Nassau St , N 
Y City, to whom you should apply for further Infor¬ 
mation. 
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Pasture Grasses —Have any of your readere ^md 
everyday in Washington mano-t; wimress, u Pasture Grasses -Have any ot your r; ‘ 
lern would u».k 0 moderate tudead of an exce**l'G aa- CX n(..rieuce with any other mixture of grassi'? fpc past 
vaiu-e on tuc cost, all would bo bought up promptly, ttl ’ n timothy, clover (red or white) and red-Wp- 
and the profits would be larger. so, what grasses wore sown, in what yroporlioii. 
--- Whnl. amount per acre, and wIth what result?? I mu. 1 
w.™, P,ps.-(A Subscriber, Wc. Kendall.) On •«*« 
page 867, (Aug. 13th,) current volume of Rural, you t him the above namafl. it Is Important itshould 
will find au advertisement of the kind of pipe you known. Let us have actual experience, genuemeu 
want A Dairyman 
