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MOG&E’S HttKAL 1EW-YOSEEK. 
A ‘•‘NOTE” FROM VERMONT. 
KILLING WOODCHUCKS. 
Eds. Rukad New-Yorker:—A n occasional 
“note” from the “Green Mountain State” con¬ 
cerning agricultural matters, may be read with 
„ . _ interest bv the ItURAR readers. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker. f The season has beeninsome respects peculiar. 
you, is worthy of more careful consideration, (HomnXUUlCdtlOtXSt Q£tC. - 
and of more time, devoted to an answer to its___ El)S> Rural New-Yorker:—A n occasional 
important questions, an I am ametopveU u> - “note” from the “Green Mountain State” con- 
w*eek ortwo?V can only make a brief answer to KILLING WOODCHUCKS. eerning agricultural matters, may be read with 
a part of it, and leave it till a future occasion for — „ t w„ a rpqdin <, interest by the Rural readers. 
more complete reply. T ... Eds. Rural New Yorker: * The season has beeninsome respects peculiar. 
JZSSm the «u” The spring was vnry mnOh » Out farm 
ments are offered to youog farmers, of small fnend iff West bpnngneia, ® Kn operations were, at times considerably impeded, 
capital, here than elsewhere. There may be as j cc t of killing woodchucks. ue say This extreme was followed by the reverse. From 
strong reasons for going to Illinois, Missouri, douljt there are many eases where a war ot ex- middle 0 f j une to the first of August very 
XSSfSStei’minationuponcertainspceiesb^le^d ^^ ^ ^ qUite a **** was the con- 
thorn, .and let the reader judge for himself what demanded, Ac.,—also k.. • • sequence. It was much less severe in northern 
locality promises him most I shall only state no t, often over-estimated, and m.u e ext Vermont than it was in the more southerly por- 
faet. known to M who have re«ded » this gralifjiog a degire to kill?" I would simply ^ aod in many otb er sections of 
bl Sood"unimproved' farms with but slight im- answer in the affirmative. a ^ ™ the country. Our crops have not materially 
provement* can be bad in most of the counties inclined to cl,vis the woodchuck or grounu-uo^ 6uffered . The qUantity of the bay crop was 
in this Suuc, west of the Dee . Momee> river, and (a8 we sometimes call them) with the feathered 6omewhat lessened but the excellent weather 
in some east of it in the northern part of the . , beautiful birds of the forest and fields. 
State, for from S2.6U to $f.uO per acre. Select to olas8 them in that kind of a 
farms, with good supply ot timber and Water, I do not propose w ciass re 
f^rps. with good supply of tunbor and water, 
can be bad in most of those counties for the 
prices stated. 
These farms are unimproved. They need to 
be plowed only, b) raise a crop. These prairies 
are rolling, or rich, deep soil, an abundant sup¬ 
ply of water is everywhere attainable, and also 
a good supply of timber. The timber will cost 
from $5 to $15 per acre. In most counties 
named, less than $10. 
The ague and fever and kindred diseases, 
which are the known universal dUea-es of the 
Wrt do not exist, to any extent, upon the open, 
rolling prairies ot this State. They do exist here, 
butoaly in the vicinity of the bottom lands and 
low timbered lauds of the State. As the west¬ 
ern part of this State is, four-fifths or more of it, 
rolling prairie, it may be set down as decidedly 
healthful. , 
Everywhere, in the district above named, 
there is ah abundant supply of free pasturage, 
and of free meadow also. It is difficult to sa> 
how abundant it is. Some idea may be formed 
bt" it when it is stated that outside of the little 
way, for I know of no reason why they should 
be k> arranged. The birds; kill them. N o sir! 
The woodchuck: kill him? Yea sir, kill him 
dead asadbor naill Why so? What for? 
What has he done so awful? I will tell you 
wbat he has not doue. He has not eaten up all 
of the bugs and flies yet, neither do I think he 
has tasted of them, consequently I see no reasou 
for Zeke to let him go on that account. Do the 
woodchucks sing ? No sir) our kind do not; they 
whistle; nothing particularly attractive either 
about their noise. One thing is worthy of notice 
about him, and that is this, his teeth. Of them 
beware. I am warned not to abuse the poor 
woodchuck, and also referred to the Webster 
case, 
I do not propose to abuse the woodchuck, 
neither to let him go yet, but I wish to have 
Vl IV URII EX lu OWW'* ^ -n. ■ ^ t , . « T 
villages and towns of Western Iowa, the open justice done him for his misdemeanors, i pro- 
range for pasturage extends from five to one p0 « e to give him a fair and impartial trial. I see 
ttiSftSE »«««»» to my « why I AouM 1st Mingo« 
of open, unoccupied priarie, on which no do- Zeke did. Perhaps I am not a proper ,hr in 
mesne animal feeds, as yet, and on which, for the matter since I am somewhat interested, con- 
This extreme was followed by the reverse. From 
the middle of June to the first of August very 
little rain fell, and quite a drouth was the con¬ 
sequence. It was much less severe in northern 
Vermont than it was in the more southerly por¬ 
tions of the State, aDd in many other sections of 
the country. Our crops have not materially 
suffered. The quantity of the bay crop was 
somewhat lessened, but the excellent weather 
in which it was secured and the mi usually good 
quality of the grass before it was cat, gave to 
the crop full an average value. 
Grass and grain were never secured in better 
condition than they were the present season— 
scarcely a wet day was there during harvest 
lime. Oats were cot so heavily strawed as they 
are some seasons, but they appear to be very 
well filled, aud a fair yield of grain is expected. 
Wheat is very good, not often better; and ol the 
lesser grains the “ report ” is favorable. Indian 
corn was cut down by the late spring frosts, 
though not materially injured, and the unusually 
warm summer months have so favored its 
growth and early maturity that the harvest 
will be large and the quality good; a week or 
two more of favorable weather will place it be¬ 
yond the reach or the frosts. Potatoes are 
growing finely. The late rains, copious and 
very gratefully received as they are, have dis¬ 
pelled all fears in regard to the failure of the 
potato crop in this section; the early varieties 
are already matured with a medium yield, and 
the fil m and let it loose, I have never known it 
to fail. r. H. L. 
East Carlton, N. Y. 
I noticed in the Rural of 9th month, 3rd, that 
a friend desired some knowledge concerning an 
eight years old mare that was going blind. I 
would say, as far as my experience goes, there 
are many young horses eyes spoiled by having 
the collar too small at the top; by so doiag you 
strain the cords that lead to the head, and, in my 
estimation, injure the Bight of that most noble 
animal, the Boise, 
A very good preparation for removing the film 
ofT the eye is fine powdered salt blown into the 
eye. I have seen it tried and seen good results 
arise from this alone. A Horse Breaker. 
of open, unoccupied priarie, on which no oo- aeke mu. xeruaps a »u. '’“T 6 “ the quality was never better, 
mestic animal feeds, as >et, and on which, for the mat ter since I am somewhat interested, con- notwithstanding the fears entertained by 
years to come, aa abundant free pasturage for __ nnen « v r atn constrained to solicit your aid in * , notwi ° . 
untold thousands of sheep and cattle might he 7 . „ nd fflh . dec i 6 ion. If ver F m&n Y durin « the mid - snmmer in re 8 ard 
had. The population of these counties is small this matter of different . . • the effects of the drouth here and elsewhere, the 
- from one to three thousand in a county ■- and you win officiate in this case as judge I will lay at thc pre9ent time is truly enoourg- 
few of them have Urge herds ot cattle or of comptaint before you in as concise a form as ? 1 J , th ... and als0 from 
sheep. As the capital of tbe country increases , v J . „ nrnn0 . PR tfl take 00 mg; and the reports from the east and also lrom 
the size of the flocks aud herds will increase possible. I j • P f ^ the west seem to indicate that a plentiful harvest 
also. At this time there, is room in Iowa, yes, for the culprit I have no particular objection. be Becured ^ bi es9 the labors of the hus- 
:n SVestern Iowa, to feed several millions more j order to have matters fairly and properly . . encouragement to 
of sheep and of cattle also, without interfering „ , . , „ ern . iDS it wouW be proper to sim- banduKU ' aut « tve . 1 1 f'“T 
with the present occupants of tbi* vast domain understood, p P J 1 v ... the needy and desbtute throughout our land. 
of grass. Pasturage commences in May and ply state that my occupation is farm g. . • yy e ^ave just been favored with one of the 
ends when snow tails—saj in December or Jan- i nor my boys go about seeking whom we may season. For 24 hours it has 
uary. As Lhe grass is emto some extent by the d _ ur n0 r w r hat to destroy. We find sufficient .... • thn soil i« 
frost, farmers (toittiuence feeding a little grain or ^ plowlB „ SO wing, ralned Wllh frcarCely auy ce ° satl0n ’ the 8011 15 
fodder, aud increase it as the winter comes on. to do, otherwise, . • P g - well saturated. Grass is everywhere green; 
Seven months of the year sheep and caule can reaping, mowing, planting, hoeing,taxing on. 0 e ^ g e l ds and sunuunding hill-rides look like 
be kept upou the prairies. An abundant supply of cows, sheep, horses, hogs, &c. Now sir, here I W Sanborn. 
of good hay is everywhere obtained by mow- 'whosoeverhw the charge of the above, v , Sc _ t 5 18M 
ing the grass upon the damper lands ol the . , ... . . 1n rt Lyndon, vt, scpi. o, iso. 
open prairie. The cost ol saving a tun of hav duties and does his duty, will not be seen lark--- 
hi the stack vanes according to the price ot i ng about with his gun, shooting this or that HIGHWAY PASTURES AND SELFISHNESS, 
labor, and may be set down at from $1 to $2 thing, whatsoever may chauce to come in his -— 
per tun. . _ way? Man was placed here upon this beautiful “ Tnou ?halt not covet any thing that is thy neigh- 
Sheep should be sheltered in the winter, way. j»u»u 1 . . .„ tjlVo bours.”— Bible. 
either bv being kept in thick timber or under earth to cultivate it, to get Ins livm 0 , to take 
sheds. To do both would be the best manage- under his charge aLso the herds that roam over Good things are not al ways accepted as good 
meet. , the fields, snd we as farmers claim wc have the by the ignorant and eelbsh. The exclusion of 
Inis article is already too long. I will pur- u k d such as we sux'k from the highway is a great public bless- 
sue the matter at another time and give you ngnt to seiee® me uwi u! » , . rt ^ ..un-haspr of the soil a 
Um result of keepiug of sheep by ibis Com- think .the most profitable to us, aud reject what mg. It gives to the purchaser or the sou a 
pauy, and perhaps by others also, as real ill us- we are ga tigfled by exjierience is of no use or right to the laud purchased; and who has a bet- 
trations of the profits ot sheejp and wool-growing g\tous ter right than he ? Has Mr. Selfishness, who 
to Um - 6«JaW hy .0 much talk to Ike tott .boat the cauuot afford to work n hjrf « hie neighbor. 
improvement of horses-selecting the best for nor practice as much self-denial in order to se- 
breeder* rejecting the poor worthless things, cure sufficient land for pasture for his cattle, 
lettin- them die out, they are of no use. Why though he is quite as young and strong, can 
improve your flocks of sheep by selecting"tbe dress better, and has had as good opportunity to 
very best and letting the old native lantern acquire-property as his neighbor, whose land 
sheep, with legs as long as a rail, run out and he covets? What cares be for the annoy ance 
become extinct? These are fair questions. The and trouble he makes his neighbor? What 
reason why is well nnderstood by all practical cares he for the laws of his country, unless he is 
men and considered justifiable, notwithstanding going to derive some personal pecuniary gain 
these poor things have the same desire for ex- therefrom? So Mr. Selfishness reasons, and 
istence that the fine horse or sheep has. so he acts out his reason, and tabes possession of 
Wc- also consider it advisable and proper to neighbor’s highway, bidding defiance to his 
kil7the thorua and thlrtte growlug upou our remoD.tnu.ee. to the contrary ^kuudug for him- 
cui tne uumus sell hemestu and honor in so doing. But these 
lands elving the wheat, barley, oats, corn, tun- - c “ * * r 
o“y Jd “over the preference. I. not thb all <«"»» *« ^ « 
to t .n.l proper? In eome loctioue we have to houoetandreepeetablopeople. Woto hene.nh- 
drlour laude in order to get the eurfaoc water >»rhood to which Hr SkhKlenNKes liver, if he 
aud rprings out of the way in order to till and °»J’ »« ^ave porrera.on 01 the highway... It o 
meure a cfop. That la all right 1 know, for I “ «■» nerghbor that object, and dare ekprers 
have tried it and reen ite good reeulta. Andfnr. hia objection. Hi. toilmg, eelfreerlEctog neigh- 
thennore I have seen it recommended very high* “<■« the «f WU*»g «»"<! 
Iv bv the Rural Now Yokrml eubrtanl.al encee along the hrghway, or go 
Niw «ir, may it please your honor, eomes the ™und after day. ot revere tod when his aching 
cause ot my complaint against the woodchuck, “mbs need repose In see that his fences are not 
In spite of dogs traps and ballet* the wood- P«Ae«i down, or the rad. broken, as he olten 
chucks have become^very numeroo* digging dodsthem. Doeshto.bKtjmttKEM.eean,to- 
cuucth.. u j 7 iusilce in compelling his neighbor to do tin.-*, for 
holes in tbe meadows, eating and trampling ° ’ 
down clover sufficient to keep a number of bis acco mmodatio . _ 
sheep, digging holes under tbe barn, teaming WOLF TEETH IN HORSES, 
around in tbe orchard and gardens. Where _ 
next? In the cornlields, sir, eating corn and KuiiAL New YoRkEUi—I saw in the 
young pumpkin*. Where next do you find the hural, that a subscriber has a mart that is 
little glutton ? In the beau patch! What is he g 0 j U g hifoj. He says that she had one wolf 
doing there? Fating beans, ol course! Where taken out two years ago. Now I suppose 
else can you find him? You examine the root thought that she hail not got anymore, 
cellar and you will find woodchuck-holes through ^ ^ be had examined very close I think he 
the walls ot that, thence downward to where wou i d have found one on tbe other side. I never 
the chap stops over night. Well, any thing a florae have one wolf tooth on one side but 
more about him? Y es sir. While mowing in flad another on the other side. But sometimes 
the meadow, oftentimes, my horses would step ^ comc 0Ld through the skin. Aud an- 
into these holes, endangering their legs, value ol fl er tning, when you knock out one tooth the 
and usefulness for life. W h«re and what next? otber not g row an y more; it seems to kill 
Please pass over into the other meado w for a 0 tfler. I have got them out when I had to 
moment and I will tell you. Here, sir, is a sub- CHS ^^fl e j IO rse and cut Into the gums; and when 
terranean ditch passing through the center of £ found thc tooth it would not be any larger than 
this meadow—also through some other lots a feerne i 0 f w fl ea t. But it is sure to make the 
where needed. Wbat! Woodchucks in these fl 0rH0 b Hn d jf left In. And another thing about 
ditches ? Yes, sir. They are in the ditches, aud R wolf tooth . It al ways »ff ect8 the eye opposite 
they stop them up too! the lar g egt tooth. Now I think if the Sub- 
One more incident and I am done. While mare has not got too far along towardo 
mowing, one ot tbe wheels ol the mower, blind, if he will cast her and examine very 
chaneed to drop into an unseen woodchuck hole, c j 0se j ie w j|i dnd a very small tooth and get it 
it being covered with cut grass, throwing mo o then 6 fl ew m be aU right. I. a. p. 
out of my scat upon the hard ground, bead and pmekney, N. Y., Sopi. 7, i»ni. 
shoulders landing first. Then was the time I if “ Ahubscribar” intheRuRALof Sept 3d, 
called for poison to exterminate the whole race wd j b ike a deer’s horn and with a piece of glass 
of woodchucks. Yes sir, I would do it as soon gcra pg nff she outside and colored part of it and 
as I would rats and mice. I consider them off of then borapG 80roe 0 ff and put it into a goose-quilt 
the same piece! Enough said! Done! -open at both ends-and blow it into the open 
The decision as soon as convenient. If or- eye twlce , t day for two or three days that 
dered to let him go, I must kick him first. ,, >- w [)| g0 0 (f i i thiuk- the supposition is. 
Portage, N. Y., 18(54. ' ’ ’ that the small but sharp particles of horn cut 
in Iowa. 
We hope to continue 
replies to our inquries in regard to cheap west¬ 
ern prairie sheep lands, 
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CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &C. 
Colles-s Wasted.— J. N. Macomb of Brancbport, 
N. Y., wants to purchase a thorough bred Colley, or 
Scotch Shepherd dog. We receive such inquiries ofun. 
Why do nut the owners of such dogs advertise them 
for sale. _ 
Sore Eyes.—A S. Cooke, of Logans port, Indiana, 
writes:—•‘Myfiocli arc afflicted wiUi sore eyes- The 
eyes are considerably Inflamed; a mattery substance 
collects on the lids; a white Him spreads over the eye, 
and in a few days it, becomes blind- As yet but one 
has become blind in both oyes.” This is simple op- 
timlmia. It is usual ly attended with a moderate degree 
of lDfl'itntnaUon, exhibited by a rednesB of the eye and 
toe surrounding tipaes, incapacity to bear the light, 
and u constant flow ol tears. If neglected, commonly 
its worst efleer, among sheep in ordinary condition, is 
blindness, confined to one eye Drawing blood from 
nnder the eye, and bathing it in warm water, and occa¬ 
sionally with a weak solution of sulphate or zinc com¬ 
bined with the tincture of opium, would accellerate 
the cure. 
^ To Bkear '-It is an almost universal expression 
to say that “ a sheep iheared so many pounds.” This 
te a wholly unauthorised use of the word ihear. A 
sheep is shorn, but it never shears itself or any other 
Sheep The verb is transitive when applied to the 
clipping off or wool. The proper words in the place 
of it, when used as above, a re yield, produce, etc.; e g. 
“ a Bheep yielded or produced so many pounds." After 
all, tbe vulgarism is a convenient one, because it not 
only implies production, but the production of wool, 
and thus saves circumlocution. If we say “asheep 
yielded 10 lbsthe idea is not complete without ad¬ 
ding “ of wool,’’ because it yuld* other thlngB besides 
wool; but if we say it "sheared 10 lbs.," the idea is 
- complete: for a sheep shears, or is shorn of nothing but 
wool- Shall we adopt the vulgarism, or banish It. und 
use good English t Oar correspondents may do as they 
choose in tbe premises, without their MSB. being cor 
reeled by ns;—but we confess that we like tbe Bmack 
and ring of honest " Eugllsh undented "—whether we 
a«A‘ it'©i not—quite too well to give our vute for the 
innovation- We have no desire to Imitate a class ol 
English lamera who, men of some education them¬ 
selves, affect to use la their agricultural writings a 
barbarous jargon of provincialisms, many of them 
local id their use and elsewhere unintelligible—^when 
they could just as well employ good English, and he 
understood by an who speak that tongue 
Sale of Sheep — A correspondent informs ns that 
I. V. Baker, Jr. and E. W. Hakrisan of Comstock’s 
Landing, Washington Co., N. Y., pnrehased of Ed¬ 
win Hammond & Son of Middlebury, Vt., a promising 
yearling ram by “ Gold Drop " from oneof Hammond s 
thorough bred ewes. Air. It. refused last week J 10,1)00 
for “ Gold Drop. 11 The same men bought also of We. 
Chamberlain of Red Hook, N- Y., four Silesian c»cs 
from the flock imported from WLrcbenblatt, Silesia, 
Germany, from tho flock of Louie Tibchek. The owes 
and ram cost a snug little sum.— m. 
§ural Spirit of t&o grew. 
Aftermath. 
Thr value of aftermath, or, as it is com¬ 
monly denominated, second crop, as a feed for 
cattle, is a question upon which there is no small 
discrepancy of opinion among practical men. 
So far as my own experience extends, I am In¬ 
clined to regard it as possessing no inconsidera¬ 
ble degree of value, although I am far from con¬ 
sidering it equal to the first cutting. Tbe cor¬ 
rectness of this conclusion might, I think, be 
easily and conclusively proved, but it is not, my 
object at present to discuss the relative worth 
of the two, but simply to indicate a few points 
necessary to be served in curing and preparing 
it for domestic use. All aftermath—no matter 
at what stage of maturity it may be cut—pos¬ 
sesses a degree of succulence which renders tbe 
curing process always one of greater or less dif¬ 
ficulty. This difficulty is also somewhat aug¬ 
mented by the unfavorable state of the atmos¬ 
phere, which renders frequent turnings indis¬ 
pensable, and the diminished warmth of the sun, 
which begins to be sensibly felt about the time 
on which aftermath is fit to mow. These diffi¬ 
culties combined oppose a serious obstacle, and 
are often the cause of serious losses, especially to 
such as are unacquainted with the business, or 
who prefer the old system to the new. 
I will hSre detail the process I have usually 
pursued, and give the result. When the grass 
is thick set I select a bright day, and commence 
cutting. The grass cut on the first day is per¬ 
mitted to remain in the swath till the follow¬ 
ing day, when, as soon as the dew is fairly off, 
it is carefully turned with the fork, but not 
spread. If the weather is sufficiently warm the 
first day, the turning is performed in the after¬ 
noon before the dew falls, and the swaths are 
formed into cocks in the afternoon of the second. 
This is done mostly with the fork, the rake be¬ 
ing used only to gather up the scatterings, and 
give to the cocks a compactness qnd symmetry 
to secure their stability and protect them from 
rain. A quart of salt is allowed to each cock, 
to receive brier, pertinent improvement of horsee-reiecting tie best for 
in regard to cheap W6.t breeder!, rejecting the poor worthlees tiling.., 
, letting them die out, they are of no use. Why 
improve your flocks of tsticep by selecting tbe 
„ very best and letting the old native lantern 
PONDENUE, ITEMS, &c. gheepi with i egB as long as a rail, run out and 
become extinct? These are fair questions. The 
N. Macomb of Brancbport, reagQn wbv ^ we ]| nnderstood by all practical 
j a thorough bred Colley, or considered justifiable, notwithstanding 
or each dogs advertise them these poor things have the same desire for ex¬ 
istence that the fine horse or sheep has. 
We also consider it advisable and proper to 
.ke, of Logansport, Indiana, thorns and thistles growing upon oar 
fflacted with sore eyes- The giving the wheat, barley, oats, corn, lira- 
flamed; a mattery substance lanus, " 
ate him spreads over me eye, othy and clover the preference. Is not this all 
nines blind- As yet but one just and proper? In some locations we have to 
b eyes " This is simple op- drain our lands in older to get the surfaoo water 
ended with a moderate-degree and spr j n gs out of the way in order to till and 
id by a rednesB of the eye and j nfeure a crop . That is all right 1 know, for I 
ncapacity to bear the light, ^ ^ R hCen it6 good regulte . And fur- 
Sp SUSSiSSSX the more I have seen it recommended very high- 
ie eye Drawing blood from ly by the RURAL NEW YOKKKR. 
g it in warm water, and occa- Now sir, may it please your houor, eomes the 
ition of sulphate of zinc com- cause of my complaint against the woodchuck, 
of opinm, would accellerate j n Hpite 0 f d0 g S) traps and bullets, the wood- 
__ ] chucks have become very numerous, digging 
WOLF TEETH IN HORSES. 
Eds. Rural New YoRkERi— I saw in the 
Rural, that a subscriber lias a mate tlwt is 
going blind. He says that she had one wolf 
tooth taken out two years ago. Now I suppose 
that he thought that she had not got any more, 
but if be had examined very close I think he 
would have found one on the other side. I never 
saw a horse have one wolf tooth on one side but 
had another on the other side. But sometimes 
it will not comc out through the skin. And an¬ 
other thing, when you knock out one tooth the 
other will not grow any more; it seems to kill 
the other. I have got them out when I had to 
cast the horse and cut into the gums; and when 
I fouud tlic tooth it would not be any larger than 
a kernel of wheat. But it. is sure to make the 
horse blind if left in. And another thing about 
a W'olf tooth: It al ways affects the eye opposite 
the largest tooth. Now I think if the Sub¬ 
scriber’s mare has not got too far along towards 
being blind, if he will costlier and exaujine very 
close he will find a very small tooth and get it 
out; then she will be ail right. I. a. p. 
Pinckney, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1801 . 
If “ A Subscriber” in the Rural of Sept 3d, 
the mineral being sprinkled on by hand as the i 
grass is thrown op by forkful!s, and in this con¬ 
dition the crop is permitted to remain till cured. 
With a clear atmosphere and a warm sun, three 
or four days will be sufficient to complete the 
process without opening, and the hay will be as 
perfectly made as hay is ordinarily in the best 
and most favorable summer weather. On re¬ 
moving it to the barn, I usually apply one peck 
of salt to the ton—sometimes in its natural state, 
and sometimes iu solution. This prevents its 
heating, and gives to it a bright green color, and 
a most delightful odor, besides correcting any 
^ unpleasant flavor which the grass may have ac¬ 
quired in consequence of its closeness of growth 
and consequent seclusion from the sun. 
Young animals are particularly fond of this 
feed; they devour it with avidity at all times, 
and it is highly favorable to the development of 
both flesh and muscle.— Uor. Get. Tel. 
Foundation Walls. 
IN building a brick house, always have your 
brick wall stand on the centre of your cellar 
wall, or stone foundation, as this will enable 
your brick wall to stand firm, and be less liable 
to give way or bulge outwards, than if they 
stood upon the outer edge of your cellar wall. 
And to make your brick wall ago stand still more 
secure, see to it that the outside part of your 
stone foundation is from the very bottom of 
your foundation on upwards just built as care¬ 
fully and as solid as the inside part of your cel¬ 
lar wall is built, and your house-walls will, if 
flinched with iron bracings usually inserted 
through the walls into the main wooden tim¬ 
bers or your second story, never be likely to give 
way .—Dollar Newspaper. 
A Cheap Faint 
We think that farmers will find the follow¬ 
ing profitable for house or fence paint:—Skim 
mil k, two quarts; fresh slacked lime eight ounces; 
linseed oil six ounces; w bite bergundy pitch two 
ounces; Spanish white fhree pounds. The lime 
is to be slacked in water, exposed to thc air, and 
then mixed with about one-fourth of the milk; 
the oil in which the pitch Is dissolved to be add¬ 
ed, a little at a time, then thc rest of the milk, 
and after w r ards thc Spanish white. This is suf¬ 
ficient for twenty-seven sqaarc yards two coats. 
This is for a white paint. If desirable, any 
other color may be produced. Thus, if a cream 
color is desired, in place of part of the Spanish 
white use the ochre alone. 
Cure for Hoven. 
George F,. Gill states in the C’min/r?/ 
Gentleman that a cow of his which had become 
hoven by eating a large quantity of tbe skiin- 
mings of sorghum, while he was manufacturing 
Rural Notes anil (Sllucries. 
The New York State Fair for 18R4-Opens most 
auspiciously this ( Pnrediiy) morning, Sept 20th. Thc 
sun shines brightly, the air is balmy, and hosts of vis¬ 
itors and exhibitors arc arriving hourly. Thc pros 
poets of a splendid display and large attendance aro 
very encouraging, certainly, and a successful exhibi¬ 
tion is confidently anticipated. Whatever the result tt 
will be set forth 1h the next Rural, without extenua¬ 
tion or setting down aught tn malice. 
Chautauqua County Fair - UVHJLM.—This Fair 
was held at Westfield last week. Thc 13th, 14th and 
15th were the days designated, bat on account of the 
heavy rain on Wednesday, the officers resolved to con¬ 
tinue lhe exhibition nntil Friday, tho lBtb. Wc were 
present on thc 14th, and though the weather was most 
anpropiUons, wc have raroly passed a more agrwvnhle 
day. Hospitahly entertained by the worthy President, 
E. C. Buss, Esq., nod having a view or hia fine farm, 
and an opportunity to note some of the prominent 
features of tbe beautiful village of Westfield, wc en¬ 
joyed the occasion, unpleasant as was the weather. 
Our note book contains memoranda of many things 
we are nnable to describe at present—including the 
model farm of Mr. President Buss, (described is thc 
Transactions or thc Bute Ag Society, some years ago, 
when it received premium,) and its splendid Flower 
Garden, superintended by Mrs. B the beautiful aud 
spacious Fair Grounds of tno County Bociety, com¬ 
prising sixty acres, with twenty acres of fine grove— 
and lhe neat residences and tastily arranged gardens 
of many villagers. The gardens and premises of 
Messrs. Alfred Patterson, Gr.o, Holt, and others 
whose names we are unable to recall, are worthy of 
special commendation. Indeed, the excellent taste 
displayed in shrubbery, flowers, &C-, throughout the 
village and its suburbs, impressed us most favorably, 
and we shall embrace the first opportunity to repeat 
our vlBit to Westfield. 
— On account of the storm on Wednesday, the Fair 
was continued, as above stated, until Friday evening— 
wo trust with success, but have not been notified in 
regard to the result 
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A Visit to Col. Randall.— In his notes of a recent 
excursion from Albany to Buffalo, Col. Harris of the 
Ohio Farmer, thus speaks of visiting a gentleman not 
unknown to Rural readers: — 11 Being at Syracuse, 
only thirty milts lrom Cortland—which lit* on a cross¬ 
cut to BinghamtoD, t could not mlsB thc opportunity 
of paying my respects to Hon. Remit b. Randall, 
who resides there. I found thc courteous Knight of 
the qoill ready to greet me on his door stone, and was 
hospitably entertained at his nobleoid mansion, where 
the whole household of three generations have a rare 
habit of generous and polite demeanor. I wrote some¬ 
thing last week about a little ram of Edwin Ham¬ 
mond’s or which I predicted " something pretty nice.” 
Thai wa 3 all well ennngh, and I shall not take it hack, 
but I bad nottten seen Lhe mate to him, which Col. 
Randall had just pnrehased; but now I bare soen 
and handled this little beauty and am ready to swear 
that Col. Randall ha? got the handsomest and most 
promising lamb in tbe world; he is a Gold Drop out of 
a Sweepstakes ewe. thns combining “ all the blood of 
all thc Howards " In u build that Is faultless and with 
a fleece that la excelsior! 1 am paying a good deal in 
this, but I mean every word of it. Col Randall has 
a flock of about eight hundred sheep, all thoroughbred, 
and of flue quality; he has for many years been a large 
raiser and dualer in finu-wooled sheep, and aa his now 
venerable parent? were {early settlers of Cortland, the 
broad acres of the Randall ts-tates He In miles around 
the village.’' 
will take a deer’s horn and with a piece of glass sirup, was cured in ten minutes, by aduiiul-ter- 
scrape off' thc outside and colored part of it find 
then scrape some off and put it into a goose-quill 
—open at both ends—and blow St into the open 
eye twice a day for two or three days that 
“ film” will go off. I think the supposition is, 
that the small but sharp particles of horn cut 
ing to her a gill of the bi-sulphate of lime, 
which be was using to keep down fermentation 
in the juice of the canc previous to boiling. 
The cow would have died but for this speedy 
dreuching. He regards it as a certain remfdy 
in hoven generally. 
•* Claims."— “ Will you show me a late Scientific 
American f I am a subscriber to your paper from 
Pennsylvania, and claim thc right to trouble you." 
Wc spent ten or fifteen minutes of very precious time 
looking for thc particular number of the paper wauled, 
aud then said to our “ subscriber from Pennsylvania 
“ Look here friend, now that we have found the paper 
for you, wc have a word to say. Suppose we should 
buy a bushel oi potatoes of you and pay you for them, 
would we have any further claims upon you because 
we bad eaten potatoes that you had raised? Would 
you not think we were insulting you if we should say 
to you, ‘Sir, six months ago we bought a bushel of 
potatoes of you, and now claim the right to tronblc 
you to feed our horse a peck of oats?’ We are willing 
to be courteous and accommodating to nil who visit 
ns; but. we think it In the highest degree insulting that 
any body should claim our time for any purpose what 
ever because be has paid *2 for tho Rural, reads it 
and finds it worth to him three times thc price." Wc 
relate this occurrence only for the benefit of claimants 
to whom we have had no opportunity of saying per¬ 
sonally what wc think of them, as wc did In this cose. 
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The Western Rural -This is the UUe of a weekly 
agricultural journal, recently commenced in Detroit by 
Mr. H. N. F. Lewis No’s 1 and 2 now before us pre¬ 
sent a fine appearance typographically, and are- credit 
ably filled. Mr. L. has purchased the Michigan Farmer, 
monthly, and merges It in the Burak We wish him 
abundant success, and must say that he exhibits 
“pluck 9-1 to the square Inch " in starting Buch a news¬ 
paper at a time when veteran publishers In that line 
are at a loss what to do in the future—whether to sus 
pend or go on sinking money. Terms, $2 50 per an. 
nnm. In advance. Address U. N. F Luwu, Detroit. 
Mich. 
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The State Fairs.— Tbe Illinois, Vermont and Ohio 
State Fairs were held last week. We jndge by the dis. 
patches to the Chicago papers that thc Hlinois Fair 
WM a success so far as attendance and finances were 
concerned- Wc perceive also that Frew. Van Err* 
delivered an appropriate address at thc couciu 9 lon of 
his term of sen ice. This we conceive to be the appro¬ 
priate duty of a I‘resident. Our reports from Vermont, 
at the opening, indicated a successful Fair. A? wc go 
to press the N. Y- Btate Fair l* opening. With good 
weather there is a good prospect of success 
Crops in Mercer Co., III.—W. P. Stbono wriUS 
us;—“The crops in this coumy wore never better. 
Wheat is good, oats the best I ever saw, and as good u 
not the )Ms,t prospect for corn I have over known in 
this county, and have lived here twenty yean*, it 18 
tbe prevailing opinion that there is a vast more 
grain grown rids year than auy previous year. Not- 
withstuLding the scarcity of hands, the harvest has 
been secured in good order-every one, big and 
old aud young, has worked with a will ' 
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BuRNtso Stubble —An Iowa paper tells a story— 
which we do not doubt, because wc have knowu ol 
similar instances—of a farmer who last fall burned b s 
stubble ground all over, thus destroying thc Insects 
and their eggs, aa well as everything on the surfice 
that could harbor them. The result was that this y< ai 
he has not been troubled with chinch bugs in his fiel s 
while other fanners in his vicinity have stillered sect re 
ly. Let those who axe wise, and grow grain in the 
chinch bug regions, take the hint, and act upon 1 
