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ROCHESTER, N. Y.-EOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1S64 
{WHOLE NO. 769 
MOOSE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
merit. It. is eertainly a novelty, and will proba¬ 
bly prove a preventive of back-aches. It was 
invented by Norman Chappell, of Avon, X. 
Y., and coat about $80. "We believe this is the 
l!rst and only one built. 
trindle ? s patent caldron and steamer. 
Tuesday night there was a discussion of the 
profit of steaming food for stock, which we re¬ 
ported, and shall publish in full as we find room. 
t And in this connection we must do what we 
have often done before, call the attention of far¬ 
mers to this cheap and efiicient steam apparatus 
of Mr. Prindle’.s. We t hink there is no sort 
of doubt as to the economy and profit of steam¬ 
ing food—especially with the present price of 
both hay and grain. We have ample testimony 
before us, and from men who have experiment¬ 
ed during a series of years, to prove its impor¬ 
tance. We have no space to discuss the matter 
here, but shall refer to the subject again. D. 
E. Prindle East Bethany, X. Y., is the pro¬ 
prietor. 
CORN AND BEAN PLANTER. 
Whiteside, Barnet & Co. of Brockport 
X. Y. exhibit a very simple, and in our judg¬ 
ment, very excellent corn and bean planter. It 
is operated by one horse and one man, plants in 
check rows if desired, any distance from four¬ 
teen inches to four feet. The corn is covered by 
a cast scraper. Boilers would be far better. 
This opinion was confirmed by farmers present 
who had used it, and commended it highly. It 
is the best and cheapest corn planter we have 
seen in this State. Price $25. 
IMPROVED STABLE STANCHION. 
Charles E. Petrie of Cherry Valley, 
Ohio, exhibits an ingenious device by which 
cattle that are fastened in stables with stan¬ 
chions may be quickly fastened by a single pull 
of a lever, or quickly let loose by the nse of a 
second lever — thus saving the necessity of 
crowding among the stock to fasten them, and 
in case of an emergency, such as lire, enabling 
the farmer to let the whole herd loose as quickly 
as he could a single animal by the ordinary pro¬ 
cess. This arrangement is such that standing 
at one end of the stable the animals may be 
loosened in succession, or all at once. The de¬ 
vice is simple, cheap, and we judge efficient: if 
so, it is certainly a very convenient one. 
A GOOD HARROW. 
G. E. Morgan of Deerfield, N. Y., exhibits 
a harrow which must commend itself to any 
one who has ever used such an implement. It 
Is a square double harrow. It is so arranged 
that the team does not lift it when drawing; the 
joints, though secure, have a play of six inches, 
so that the parts operate independent of each 
other. And it is easily adjusted, so that the 
teeth may cut almost any required distance 
apart. A prominent member of the Ohio 
State Board of Agriculture, who has it in use 
on his farm, commended it highly to u=. 
rug HORSE HAY PORKS. 
Here are a half dozen in operation. And 
hero comes Simon Superstition, who dare 
not buy one lest he make a mistake and fail to 
get the best, and he asks us. •• Mr. B., which do 
you think is the best fork on the ground?” 
Now, we can not tell Simon, any more than we 
can answer a letter on our table at the office, 
asking which is the best reaper. We have one 
rule for judging for ourself in all such matters. 
The machine which will do the most work in 
the best manner, at the least cost, aud combines 
the greatest simplicity with durability and 
efficiency, is the machine we seek after. And 
after having seen most of the forks in market 
work, we bought, last Juue, two—one for our¬ 
self, and one for a Mend—of Rundell’s Horse 
Hay-forks. And we have no reason whatever 
to change our opiniou of them, or regret our 
purchase. This fork is exhibited hero by E. D. 
Run dell of Hudson N. N., and is also manu¬ 
factured at Chicago by R. J. Run dell & Br. 
Another fork, called ‘ The Empire State Fork," 
exhibited, was very simple iu construction, and 
although not at work, we think will prove 
valuable. 
A HAY ELEVATOR OR LOADER. 
This is a machine for loading buy from a win- 
row, exhibited by Hall & Pierce of Holland 
Patent, N. Y. We are not inclined to attach 
much importance to this implement, as an 
economical labor-saving machine—certainly not 
at its present price, and with our imperfect 
knowledge of the way in which It wiU do its 
work. We advise our readers to see such a 
machine operate, or operate it, before you invest 
your money in it. 
empire wind mulls. 
We have inquiries about wind miHs. Mills 
Brothers ol Mareellus, N. Y., exhibit wind 
mills for pumping water, which are, appa¬ 
rently, well made and efficient. The price of 
these millsis$100. A pumpand standard is added 
for $13, and wood pipe is supplied at 25 cents per 
foot. We asked these questions and make these 
statements for the benefit of parties who have 
asked us questions which this paragraph wiU 
answer. 
PLASTER SOWERS. 
It is a good time now to sow plaster. The 
fall sowing, we think, more valuable than the 
spring dressing. And it is significant of the 
importance attached to this top-dressing for 
land, that here arc three or four plaster sowers, 
designed to be operated by horse-power— Sey¬ 
mour's, Foster’s and a Buckeye gTain drill 
and plaster sower combined. Seymour's has al¬ 
ready been noticed in our columns. It is made 
by r. & 0. H. SEYMOUR, East Bloomfield, 
X. Y. Price $05. Foster's, we think, wiU 
prove to be a good implement, made by X e w- 
tox, Foster & Co., Palmyra^ X. Y. Price 
$4$; with a combination for sowing grass seed, 
$31. The Buckeye grain drill, grass seed and 
piaster sower combined, seemed to us to be an 
excellent machine. The price of the combined 
machine is*S100. We are sorry to say that we 
have lost the address of the manufacturer. 
horse rakes. 
Here is a novel revolving horse rake exhibited 
by J. Graham & Co., Honeye Falls, X. Y. Its 
novelty consists in the fact that the horse is not 
attached to a frame, as in the ordinary revolving 
rake, but to chains attached to each end of the 
rake-head. It is handled by a lever running 
directly back from the center of the rake, at the 
junction of which with the head is a contrivance 
which prevents the rake turning except at the 
will of the operator. The head runs on v, r ooden 
runners, and each tooth is well braced. It is 
very simply, aud we are confident will be found 
an improvement upon the good old revolving 
horse rake, of which it is only a modification. 
There are also several wire toothed gleaners, 
or rakes on wheels. But the one which most 
favorably impresses us is Stoddard’s. This is 
a wheel rake, and the driver rides with his rake 
before his eyes, controlling its operations with 
his foot, both hands being free to drive. And 
the labor for the foot is not half that a lady’s 
foot is compelled to perform on a sewing ma¬ 
chine. We have never tested this rake, but we 
are so well convinced of its merits that we in¬ 
tend to have one, and lay aside the old revolv¬ 
ing rake. It is exhibited by J. C. Stoddard, 
Worcester, Mass. 
IIICKOK'S POTATO DIGGER. 
On page ‘221, current volume of the Rural, 
we gave an illustration of this plow. It is on 
the grounds here, and we are promised an op¬ 
portunity to see it operate. 
—*3inee writing the above, a field of potatoes 
was found in which to operate it, in order that 
we might see it, but we could not attend this 
trial. Messrs. John Harold, General Super¬ 
intendent of the Fair Grounds, and George A. 
Moore, of Buffalo, have kindly made and sub¬ 
scribed to the following statement of the trial :— 
"The undersigned have examined the above 
named newly invented plow, and have endeav¬ 
ored, in the limited time allowed, to test its 
merits. The inventor claims tint the machine 
runs under the row without cutting the potatoes, 
digs them as dean as a folk or hoe, and that the 
draft does not exceed the usual mellow ground 
plow. 
“The plow was tested on the farm of Mr. 
Robert Bell iu the town of Brighton, first on 
about six rods of ground. The potatoes were 
well lifted in the center, and none were covered 
on the sides. At the second trial on a row with 
a rauk growth of vines and Canada thistles, it 
wa- found to work veil, and the potatoes were 
left well out to dry, aud none cut. Pbe draft 
was apparently light, and the machine in the 
limited time given fertile tri.ii. seemed to prom¬ 
ise to he of interest anti a ivantage to potato 
growers. 
This statement was written by Mr. Harold, 
and we deem it entirely trustworthy, and cer¬ 
tainly valuable testimony—so far as it goes—to 
such as have use for such implements. [Con¬ 
tinued on next page. 
home in the "West, I should not he wasting my 
time and paper. In answer to Question 1st: the 
amount of land lying to pasture here is (this 
year) all of it; but next year there will be a 
great deal fenced, about as much, probably, as 
one-sixth of the whole,—I couldn't tell the num¬ 
ber of acres, but I will describe as weU as I can 
the reasons for the land being fenced, and also 
for that left vacant or open for free pastime. 
This is on the Reservation vacated by the Win¬ 
nebago Indians in the spring of 1S63, and a cer¬ 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE. 
CHARLES I*. BKAUIMIN, AjM-oelnte Editor. 
THE TOTTINGHAM RAM. 
The celebrated Paular ram known by the 
above name, was, we learn from letters received 
from Darwin E. Robinson and E. A. Bir¬ 
chard of Shoreham, Vermont, bred by said 
HENRY S. RANDALL. LL. D., 
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THE TOTTINGHAM RAM. 
NEW YORK STATE PAIE, 
tain portion of it was open for settlers, which 
portion is all claimed, and the claimants are now 
awaitiDg the action of the Government to say 
what they shall pay for it. This is the portion 
that will be partially fenced; the rest of the 
Reserve is sold under sealed bids; the strip of 
sealed-bid land is two miles wide on the south 
side of the Reserve, which will be mostly bought 
by speculators, though it is not all bid off yet,) 
and so, of course, it will be open for pasturage 
for quite awhile. I should judge from appear¬ 
ances that there would be plenty of pasturage 
for five years to come. The Reserve is 13 by 25 
miles. 2. The flocks and herds are not so ex¬ 
tensive here as to perceptibly diminish the pas¬ 
turage. 3. The land is somewhat rolling. The 
soil is a rich black soil of IS to 34 inches in depth, 
on a clay bottom. The nature of the grasses ap¬ 
pear to fatten ever j thing earlier than I ever saw 
the grasses of the East. The abundance of it is 
wonderful; it has to be seen to be believed. 4. 
" How is the land watered?“ There are num¬ 
bers of small lakes, and on the range, on this 
Reserve, are two or three small streams. 5. 
These that have lived here and in York State, 
say that they have to fodder about the same 
length of time they do there. Your 6th and 7 th 
Questions are answered in this last one. S. Xat- 
ural meadows will cut from 1; to 3 tuns per 
acre of hay, aud around here there is quite a 
good chance to get it, which, in my estimation, 
is worth more than it would be to have a better 
location, and not the hay. It will cost a man 
with a horse and rake about three dollars a tun 
to put it up at the present price of wages-; and 
I should allow about five sheep to eat a tim in 
the winter. 9. As for sheltering sheep in win¬ 
ter a man would be simple, I think, not to shel¬ 
ter them to a certain extent in any climate, but 
here, in winter, it is windy and dry and pretty 
cold. Xo rains in winter or thawy, muddy 
times, which, I think, would be better for sheep 
farming. But I would shelter by all means. 
10. Shelter in lambing would be at the owner’s 
option; if he weut in for comfort for his flocks 
he would do it. 11. There has not been any 
sheep of any amount in here yet, but some sheep 
owners are bringing some in this fall to let out 
to settlers. They let for halt' the wool and half 
the increase readily. 12 and 13. What few 
sheep there are here they don't fold, for wolves 
are not thick enough to amount to anything; 
but a good shepherd would fold liis sheep so as 
to be on the sate side. 14. Xo diseases that I 
can learn by inquiries of those who own sheep; 
no signs of the foot rot here as we have it at the 
East. 15. We are IS miles south-east of Man¬ 
kato, the county seat of Blue Earth county, on 
the Minnesota river, and 14 miles from Wilton, 
the county seat of Waseca county, and five miles 
frbm the stage route that runs from Rochester 
to Mankato. Rochester, this fall, will be our 
nearest point of railroad going east from here, 
which is about 75 miles from here. It is about 
60 miles from here to the Mississippi at Hastings. 
Birchard from an esve owned by the first 
named gentleman. In November, 1855, Mr. 
Birchard took the entire lot of ewes belong¬ 
ing to Mr. Robinson and his mother — the 
widow of the late Erastus Robinson — to 
keep on shares, and he retained possession of 
them for three years, and a portion of them for 
five years. The Tottingham ram was dropped 
in 1658. His dam was a strong, wrinkly-necked, 
heavy-fieeeed two-year old ewe which died the 
same autumn. She was got by the il Old Robin¬ 
son Ram,” a pedigree and description of which 
is given at pages 417 and 41 S of the Practical 
Shepherd. Her dam was got by a Robinson 
ram called “Old Columbus.’’ The Tottingham 
ram was got by a ram bred and owned by 
Erastus Robinson, and was his favorite 
stock-ram at the time of his *th. He was 
got by the Old Robinson ram <. of a Robin¬ 
son ewe. 
Mr. Birchard sold a half interest in the 
Tottingham ram to B. B. Tottingham of 
Shoreham, in the fall of I860, who took care of 
him, and hence his name. He thenceforth 
served about 400 ewes annually — first at $5, 
and afterwards at $10, a head. His fleece aver- 
agd from $18i to 194 pounds. He was not large, 
but beautiful, exceedingly compact, and remark¬ 
able for the shortness of his legs. The aecom. 
pany ing cut is said to resemble him closely. He 
died the present season. His get give great 
satisfaction to the breeders of Paulars in Ver¬ 
mont. 
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION, 
it now, exhibited by Easterbrook A; Bron¬ 
son, of Geneva, X. Y , The bark is set on the 
willows, but a box of them is taken down to 
Fiundlk’s steam apparatus, steamed, and now 
we see this machine strip them completely, and 
without breaking the fiber of the wood in the 
least. The changes made in the machine since 
we last saw it do not relate to its principle, 
except in the better adaptation of parts to the 
work to be performed. We think there is no 
doubt as to its efficiency as a willow peeler. 
Price, $110. 
GROVKll’S SWING BEAM FLOW ATTACHMENT. 
The working and advantages of this inven¬ 
tion was talked of some years since in the Rural. 
It consists of what is called a flexible draft 
beam which is used iu connection with a short 
wood beam, to which the cutter and wheel are 
attached, and hinged in between the landside 
and mold-board as far forward as possible, aud 
curved and extended forward over the mold- 
board and passing through a slot affixed to the 
wood beam near its end. By this means the 
power is applied at the exact point of resistance 
and a center draft secured, besides allowing the 
vertical play of the beam, securing a change in 
the line of draft without lifting upon or depres¬ 
sing the handles in passing over uneven sur- 
liues. We think this attachment an important 
one, diminishing the draft ol" a plow, insuring 
better work, and its easier performance. We 
wonder that it has not been more generally 
adopted. This plow and attachment, was exhib¬ 
ited by D. C. Alling of this city. 
A BEAN FULLER 
Here is a queer arrangement, near by, attach¬ 
ed to an axle supported by two light wheels. 
We are compelled to inquire what it is. And 
we hear a good many wiser men inquire its 
mune as wo stand here tryiug to identify aud as¬ 
sociate it with some service. " It is a bean 
puller,” says the cool-headed chap seated on the 
ax le. It consists oi a frame work eighteen 
iuehes or two feet wide (we did not measure) 
’Upportiug two sharp steel shoes, each of which 
‘s adjusted to run under a row of beans, cutting 
'ffi the roots. To each of these sharp steel shoes 
tie attached two skeleton drags, conical, made 
01 half or three-fourths Inch round iron, be¬ 
tween which the beans fall and pass as they are 
L ’iff, and the dirt completely shaken from them 
without waste by shelling. We are assured that 
;t - works well. Wo can see no reason why it 
Jiouki not; but we think it might be made much 
-‘.ghter and simpler, and became a useful iuiple- 
SEEEP WORK IN OCTOBER. 
The proper directions for this month are but 
little more than a repetition of those given last 
nituth. The breeding ewes and tegs should 
receive prime feed, and tins latter grain, if small 
and thin. It is also better now to begin to shel¬ 
ter such tegs from heavy storms. Continue to 
feed grain as recommended last month to stock 
rams — increasing rather than diminishing the 
amount. Look to your fences, and look to the 
manner in which vour own aud your owners 
rams are confined. An English or mougrel ram 
will do great mischief iu your flock of Merinos 
in a single night—and you do not want even 
your pure blood rams to get your ewes in 
lamb tor a month or more yet, unless you wish 
to raise very early lambs and have conveniences 
for doing so safely. 
WESTERN PRAIRIE SHEEP LANDS, 
WtxNBB-mo Agency, ) 
Blue Earth Do . Minn., sept. 14,1S64. s 
Sir: — Noticing an item in the Rural of 
Aug. 27th, asking for information about Western 
Prairie Lauds, and at the same time mentioning 
the amount of capital that the inquirer had to 
invest, and also the c er of his boys, I 
thought if I could gi- m any information 
hat would help him or c.n : ‘ one that wanted a 
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