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back should be not only broad, but straight— By its provisions dogs inflicting damage sub- 
any depression behind the shoulders being very ject their owners to fines of double the amount 
objectionable. The shoulders should be round 
and thick, and the crops full back of them. The 
breech should correspond with the bosom in 
breadth and fullness. The barrel should not 
only be broad but deep, giving abundant room 
to the lungs and intestines. The broad, short 
neck should be set ou level with the shoulder, 
aud either rise or extend forward from that 
point without any depression. The head can 
not he too wide between the eyes, and a thick, 
well wrinkled no9e is preferable to a finer one. 
A large, well opened, serene eye is desirable. 
Some prefer a high head, others one, the top of 
which is carried but little above the line of the 
back. The medium is, perhaps, most desirable. 
The legs should be wide apart, straight, and 
exhibit good sized bones. Altogether, a Merino 
ram should haTe that form which indicate!?, in 
the very highest degree, constitution, strength, 
hardiness and easiness of keep. 
Will some of the practical breeders of English 
sheep give ns descriptions of the desirable points 
in rams of the different breeds? 
DOGS AND DOG LAWS. 
BY J. K. DODGF- 
Conllnued from page 350, last No. 
WHY THKY 
NOT TAXED. 
The right of taxation is thus placed beyond a 
reasonable question. Why are they not iu all 
States fully and effectively taxed? The reason 
is humiliating to American statemanship. 
Mau is nominally a vertebrate animal, although 
American politicians have been claimed as ex¬ 
ceptional specimens, an assumption in some de¬ 
gree unwarranted and unjust, except in the 
matter of legislation in restraint of dog?. In 
this regard the spinal columns of law-makers are 
affected to a lamentable degree with weakness 
or paralysis. 
The man who has a dog has also a vote, and 
It is singular how a conjunction of such a pos¬ 
session with such a franchise affects the law¬ 
maker, be he delegate, assemblyman, national 
representative, or even invested with the dig-1 
nity of an American senator. With what deli¬ 
cacy he approaches a dog 1 aw. How he shrinks 
from doing a simple act of national protection 
when it affects an interest which ignores reason 
and justice, and acts from prejudice and impulse. 
He acknowledges the right and inherent pro¬ 
priety of taxation, but shrinks from it neither 
wisely nor bravely. He invents excuses, but I 
urges them feebly, and finally acknowledges 1 
their impotency. “ It wouldn’t be a popular 
measure.” Buell admission is honest as it is 
co wavdly. “ It is a subject with which personal 
feelings and home affections have to do.” So it 
may be; but the cold hand of the revenue law 
is laid upon the snugly ensconsed lady’s watch, 
of the damage dons, to be recovered by an action 
of trespass. 
Any person may lawfully kill a dog that as¬ 
saults himself or other persons while walkiug or 
riding peaceably, or is found worry mg, wound¬ 
ing, or killing any domestic animal. 
Any person finding a dog strolling out of the 
enclosure of his owner may, within forty-eight 
hours, make oath before a magistrate that he 
suspects such dog tobe dangerous or mischievous 
and notify the owner by giving him a copy of 
the oath; aud if the dog shall be found again at 
large, he may bs lawfully killed; and if he shall 
thereafter wound a person or kill a domestic 
animal, the owner shall be liable to treble 
damages and costs. 
The report of the Maine Board of Agriculture 
attests the pertinacity with which the farmers 
of that State have sought legislative protection 
to sheep husbandry, aud says: 
“Those canine causes continue, like ‘war 
risks,’ to eat up the profits. The essence of legis¬ 
lative interference has been too much like British 
neutrality. * * * The assumption has been 
unimpeachably established beyond denial, by 
the farmers of the State, that tbe Josses from 
wild animals, disease, and accident are not 
equivalent to tbe losses from tbB depredations of 
dog?. Facts and figures, multiplied lo an almost 
unlimited extent, testify to the truth ol' the as¬ 
sertion. Supplication?, remonstrances, arid petk 
tions have (ailed to induce the legislature to 
abate the grievance or remove the transgres¬ 
sors.” 
The law is mainly inoperative, as might be 
expected if it was not eo intended. If a man is 
assaulted by a human assailant he nuy kill such 
assailant with impunity under the common law; 
but if he shall be attacked by a dog, he may not 
kill the brute under this State law, but is allow* 
ed, after binding up his wounds and making oath 
that they exist, to cool his blood for forty-eight 
hours in waiting for a legal opportunity, to lie 
in wait for the ruffianly animal, after hi? owner 
ha? been advised officially of the propriety of 
tying him up. Instead of protection to sheep, 
thi? looks more like protection to sheep-killing 
dogs. And so worthless a law as this may exist 
ia one township and not in the adjoining, which 
may be full of sheep-killing curs.—[To be con¬ 
tinued. 
Communications, (Etc. 
THE SANDY SOILS IN MICHIGAN. 
AN ILLINOIS WHEAT STOEY. 
Eds. Bur a i, Niw- Yorker:— It really did 
my heart (or soul, which is it?) good, after a 
visit of nearly two months in Illinois and Iowa, 
where vegetation lud either been dried up and 
burnt by the long drouth, or destroyed by the 
numerous pests ia the line of insects and bugs 
that infests those states, to come back to old 
however deftly hidden, arid a tax extracted: 
and the soft tone of the piano is burdened with 
the wail of a tax. No! such excuses avail noth¬ 
ing; they are worthless and unworthy of their 
source. 
Oae who has done and suffered in this cause, 
in a State that made indecent haste to repeal a 
wise and efficient dog law, writes: 
“Has any man political aspirations? Before 
the people will support him he must declare a 
dead vud danmed dog law unconstitutional, and 
must, at the sacrifice of his manhood, honor, and 
integrity, swear that he will not favor the 
smallest interference with the multiplication of 
hordes of dogs. A candidate must, In answer 
to the inquiry, ‘What do you think of the dog 
Uw?’ instead of disposing of it with a wave of 
the hand and the declaration tbat it is dead and 
buried, enter into a lengthy disquisition upon its 
constitutionality, and over its tendency to utter¬ 
ly subvert the rights of the American citizen. 
Nay, more; he must heartily abuse every man 
who had aught to do, directly or indirectly, 
with its passage.” 
Bat our legislators are becoming, it is hoped 
rax! believed, not only more practical and patri¬ 
otic, but more independent and free from time¬ 
serving. They are already manifesting not only 
a willingness, but a determination to do their 
duty in this matter, aud the people do cheerful¬ 
ly and will heartily sustain them. 
The following letter, written by Governor 
liandali, of Wisconsin, shows a politician with a 
sound head, a kind heart, aud a stout backbone: 
“ 1 . x k cut i v k 0 stick, Madison, Juli/G, 1860. 
“Dear Sir: Your letter in regard to the 
‘ dog law’ is received. The bill was properly 
signed, and is tho Jaw of this State, an 1 that law 
will not be repealed with ray approbation while 
1 remain in office. No good citizen will object 
lo it or refuse to obey it, A man who is able lo 
own n dog, which costs a? much as to keep ft 
cow, is able to get a collar tor him. No good 
citizen will refuse to make the sacrifice of 
obedience to that law when he mu-t koow that 
if it is enforced It will save the farmers and 
stock-growers of this State from $40,600 to $60.- 
000 every year, and increasa the number of 
wool-growers very largely. Every human life 
Lost by the bite of a dog L, worth more than all 
the dog? in the country. A man who Is not 
willing to sacrifice one dollar for his privilege, 
Where so great a benefit may accrue to the State 
by compliance with tbe provisions of the act, 
ought to be kicked out of it, 
“Very truly, yours, 
“Alex. W. Randall.” 
DIGEST Of OUR DOG LAWS. 
In the genera! desire for enactment of judi¬ 
cious dog laws recently revived throughout the 
iand, and consequent action of legislative bodies, 
the latest changes in such laws may not have 
been received, and therefore the following 
synopsis of the laws of several of the States 
may not be without imperfections. It ex¬ 
hibits a great variety, some nearly impracticable 
mid of little efficiency, and others, of later ori¬ 
gin, very efficient and indicative of wholesome 
•progress. 
MAINE. 
A law taxing persons owning or harboring 
dogs one dollar for each dog was enacted in 1862 
with a saving clause as follows: “ Provided, 
That towns or cities shall so vote." 
mndance; also running blackberry. Em. Rural New-Yorker:-B eing request Llu ^ nn > our "” 
lies from ten to sixty feet below the ed by A. B. C. of 'WeslfiAd, in your paper, to and P acka ? es of uniform size in each particular 
cording to the undulations of the give my plan of burying bees, I will say that I grade ’ Let ^ n j° fifteen leaves form a “ hand; ” 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Muskegon and 
White Lakes are six miles long, running back 
from Lake Michigan into the country; they are 
fourteen miles apart. A large portion of the 
country between these lakes, and for ten miles 
wide, is composed of plains, open woods, about 
equal quantity of white and yellow pine, oak, 
some of it scrubby but much of it thrifty, with 
wild grass, huckleberry, sweet-fern and winter- 
green in abundance ; also running blackberry. 
The water lies from ten to sixty feet below the 
surface, according to the undulations of the 
country. There are numerous small lakes, 
clear and beautiful, with lish in abundance; 
water in wells and lakes, soft. Tho soil is 
yellow sand; the surface to the depth of sixteen 
to twenty inches is quite dark, containing a 
little loam; below that it is a lighter color and 
loose as deep as we have dug. Grain of all 
kinds grows finely, especially in a wet season, 
but a season like the past we nearly fail to get 
our seed. For two showers to wet the 6and 
one inch is all the rain we had in four months. 
Twenty acres of timothy pasture would not 
have fed ft cow. Now our difficulty is to stock 
this laud, and this is what I want to know how 
to do; for if we sow clover seed, it covers well, 
but w hen the Lot weather approaches it disap¬ 
pears, and we can’t see how or what becomes 
of it. Now I wish tobe informed, if anyone 
can do 60 , how I am to treat the land, or what 
system of farming will insure a stand of clover, 
and what kind of clover will be best adapted to 
this land. 
The country is beautiful, but it we can not 
stock our land it will not be desirable for farm¬ 
ing. Mears, at the head of White Lake, near 
where I am located, is a point of great promise 
and commercial importance—a beautiful loca¬ 
tion for a town. Sixteen new buildings have 
j gone up thi3 season—as many as five vessels iu 
port at a time. Constant communication by 
vessels and propellers with Chicago and Mil¬ 
waukee. More goods sold hero and at better 
prices, for its size, than any place in America; 
we have but two stores, and they need a capital 
of a million of money to supply the demand. 
Now what I want to know is this: Will it pay 
to expend money to improve such land? Will 
it cost more to make farms of such land than 
they will be worth? We have a plenty of 
havd timbered laud that is f/ood, but not so 
nicely located. X am but a poor scholar, and 
but little u-ed to writing to editors, but I hope 
you will be able to make out what I am after, 
and confer on me the favor of such facts and 
practice as will help me out, or cause me to 
take better iand to make a farm of. 
Mears, Muskegon Co., Mich. A £uRsauin&u 
It kmarea.— Your soil i.s hungry—you must 
feed it. You should sow winter grain and 
clover. After the grain is off, plow in the clover 
and plant or sow with corn. Use plaster freely 
on both clover and grain. If you have muck 
beds near you, dress your land with mnek. 
Clay beds may be taxed to stiffen such soils if 
they are convenient. We have seen such soils 
made excellent farming lands. But you must 
manage to feed them well—with plenty or food 
in the soil for the plant, no drouth will destroy 
your clover—that is whatis lacking; and know¬ 
ing your resources for supplying this want in 
the soil, you can ciphor Out whether it will 
pay you or not to woik such laud. 
Sunil Spirit of ihr grrss. 
Tobacco Curing. 
In order to procure a good, fine-flavored, 
superior quality of tobacco, a suitable tobacco 
bouse is the first, and most imperative necessity. 
It would be just as absurd for one to attempt tho 
manufacture of tine, marketable butter in a pig. 
Onondaga and find everything as green as ever trough, or delicious ice-cream In a coal-scuttle, 
it was in May. IMieve oar Heavenly Father as to think of curing tobacco properly in an 
open shed, cellar, chamber loft, or ordinay stable. 
And yet half the people who raise tobacco In a 
small way actually attempt to do it, and wonder 
at their inevitable failure. There is a great deal 
more in the curing than in the culture of tobacco, 
so far as determining its character is concerned, 
and that the crop may be properly cured, a 
suitable house in which to effect that cure is in¬ 
dispensable. It is all simple enough too. No 
mystery about it—not expensive either. In size 
the tobacco house should be determined upon by 
the quantity of material yon intend to produce. 
A light frame structure covered with rough 
boards, a tight, shingled roof, with opening? 
along the ridge, aud the Batne half way up the 
sides, all so arranged as to be closed at will or 
opened at pleasure. Is the kind of building you 
require; then never permit it to be used as a 
hog pen, hen roost, bay loft, or borso stable. 
For convenience sake, your tobacco sticks 
ought never to be more than five feet long and 
no larger than is necessary to sustain the weight 
of a dozen tobacco plaute. The plants tied in 
pairs at the heel, should be placed on the sticks 
just clear of each other, and the sticks then 
placed on tbe bearing poles regularly as candles 
are suspended for the old-fashioned “dip,” and 
thus continue the process until yonr whole stock 
Is disposed of. 
During the curing season, care should be taken 
to close all the openings of the buildings during 
rain storms and all unusually damp weather, and 
opening them again for free ventilation, as soon 
as the atmosphere becomes suitable. The 
tobacco may safely hang thus undisturbed from 
two to three month?, at the end of which time 
it will be a good plan lo take it from the sticks 
and pile neatly in heaps of say a hundred plants 
each on rows of poles or boards, a few inches 
from tbe ground. In this position it may re¬ 
main with advantage any length of time, 6othat 
it does not get damp and mold or mildew. 
When you are ready for stripping, tbe tobacco 
will also be found ready aud in prime order, pro- 
>vu«jH>KSMie yjdcd the weather be suitable; it being bad 
lirect question contained in the last paraprapb, management to strip or handle cured tobacco on 
hat wo Lave eaten many just such “right the stock during very dry weather, 
mart” dinner?, and always found violent horse- In Gripping the tobacco the best plan is per- 
iack exercise healthlul afterward. And yet we h a j} 3 to assort the leaves into three distinct 
rould by no means insinuate there are not grades, taking always tfyo four lower leaves for 
•outhem families who serve good ^dinners, the first, the next f«ur for No. 2, and the remain* 
'here are. We know of some. der at the top of tbe stock for No. 8. By this 
■m means, while you have dimlnshed the value of 
No. 3 nothing, you will have enhaueed that of 
the other two grades, and consequently that of 
your entire crop, by making all your “ hands” 
it was in May. I believe oar Heavenly Father 
has peculiarly biased those two States for 
locality, levelality and productiveness. And 
who is it that has ‘ursed it with the lice, the 
locust and the chitch bug ? I am glad it has 
not had all the curses of Egypt yet. 
I have taken no text, Mr. Editor, and there¬ 
fore you will not expect me to divide my sulject 
into firstly, twoly, tlireeiy, Ac.; I therefore will 
tell yon a wheat story which did not sound 
pious to us in Onondaga, only as we are know¬ 
ing as to its truth and veracity. A farmer near 
Rockford, III., sowed three crops of wheaton a 
field in succession, (spring wheatof course; that 
is another of the woes that is not spoken of in 
Revelation, although spoken of against Illinois,) 
and then the next spring planted it to com; 
the next spring after, he passed through the 
rows of corn and scattered more wheat, and 
harvested .forty bushels to the acre, and never 
plowed or dragged it! That is disobeying the 
Scripture unpardonably, for I know there was 
no sweating of tbe brow about that bread. 
This is one of the cases where the lice, locust, 
hail, and chinch bugs did not attack the crop. 
It certainly was a great curiosity to see these 
chinch bugs traveling in snch 6warm? when 
passing from one field to another, Fometimes 
taking the road for their track or path; and 
then the road for rods in length aud a foot or so 
in width would be covered with these busy- 
bodies. People say that they can easily be heard 
in a quiet night, making a sort of crackling or 
buzzing noise. 
"We visited the southern part of Iowa, that 
“land of corn, and wine, and oil,” omitting the 
oil. They have the largest corn that ever 
grew, aud the finest wine that was ever drank. 
Dear Editor, did you ever e&t a right good 
dinner with a l ight smart Southern family ? If 
you have not, embrace the first opportunity! 
And may some good Genii have mercy on your 
digestive apparatus for ever after! 
Your?, Aboribinal. 
Remarks. —We assure the lady who asks the 
direct question contained in the last paraprapb, 
that wo have eaten many just such “right 
smart” dinners, and always found violent horse¬ 
back exercise healthful afterward. And yet we 
would by no means insinuate there are not 
Southern families who serve good „ dinners. 
There are. We know of some. 
-- 
BURYING BEES, 
have been in the practice of burying my bees 
winter? for several years, and have varied some¬ 
what every year. But as reference was made 
in my note in your paper of June 18th to my 
success the last winter, I will give the plan then 
adopted. Selecting a dry piece of ground, I 
dig a trench one foot deep, one and a half wide, 
and twenty-Tour feet long. The trench is end- 
wi.-e to and near a ditch that carries water 
from my garden; and from the trench I made a 
small underdrain to carry off any water that 
I might collect in the trench. Across this trench 
I place sticks of timber, in four, or five places; 
on top of these, lengthwise the ditch, put four 
twelve-feet plonk, two and two, .the top of the 
plank being about six inches above the ground. 
Ou these plank I arranged my hive?, t wenty*nine 
in all, in two rows, leaving the passage holes all 
open in the hives below, and supers or caps (as 
I use Minor’s and LangstrothV) raised, so as to 
allow dampness or water to pass off if any 
collects; then, to cover them, i^set three porta 
or crotches, one at each end of the trench, and 
one in the middle, about four feet high, in 
which put a ridge pole. From the ridge pole 
to the ground place rafter.?, a sufficient slant 
to clear the hive, and on them put layers 
similar to roof boarding for building. At the 
end of the roof drive stakes one foot from the 
end of the boards, and sot up two tier of board?, 
one against the roof and tho other against the 
stakes, as high as the peak, and fill between 
with earth. Cover the roof with straw suffi¬ 
cient to keep the earth from washing through 
when wet; cover with earth about one foot. 
I put two ventilators, one and a half inches in 
the clear—one near the bottom and the other in 
the opposite end near the peak. In the coldest 
weather these ventilators would be filled with 
frost, which I usually cleared out. They 
should be arranged so a? not to convey light to 
the bees. I have not generally used ventilators, 
but think it best. One winter 1 put thirty-six 
swarms in one pit without using any ventilators, 
aud they came out well. With the experience 
I have had I am satisfied that in this northern 
latitude it is much the best way to winter the 
little fellows in a place where they can be kept 
dry, still, moderately cool, and entirely in the 
dark. A. H. Hart. 
Stockbrldge, Wis , Oct., 18G4. 
TO REMOVE FILMS ON HORSES EYES. 
G. J. writes the Rural that “ a film on the 
eye of a horse or an ox can be removed readily 
and with perfect safety, by turning a table 
spoonful ol melted lard onoe, and perhaps three 
or four times, according to the condition of the 
eye, into the opposite ear from the cyo affected.” 
lie says ho knows by experience this will 
remove the film. 
wrap them firmly at Lhe base with an imperfect 
leaf of the like quality with the “hand,” and 
make up packages of twenty-five to thirty 
pounds, neatly and uniformly, by placing the 
first layer with the points of tho leaf all one way, 
reversing the second layer, and eo on alternately, 
until the package is completed, which sew or 
bind up neatly and compactly, in light straw or 
com Lu-k wrappers, which you may very easily 
learn to manufacture yourself. 
These simple directions, strictly followed, will 
certainly result in the production of a superior 
article of leaf tobacco, and will insure the max¬ 
imum market prices,—C osmo. 
We find the foregoing in the Oanad*i Parmer. 
Rural Notes attir (SHueries. 
November Duties and Labor?. —These are many 
Biid important, in the Field, Orchard, Garden, about 
the Dwelling and other Farm Building's and nt tho 
Folia. Tho last named Is first in order, a? It must soon 
receive attention. Of conr?c wc have no parti* tn nx 
to grind, bnt adjure every citizen of those Loyal States 
to vote on Tuesday next, guided by intelligence and 
conscience, for that ticket the success of which he 
honestly believe? will best ICCurC tho preservation of 
the Union at-d lhe future salvation and prosperity of 
theConntry. On another page we give the Platforms 
of the two grail contending parties, as adopted at their 
National Convention*. Read, reflect, clod do and act 
independently and conscientiously, and your duty will 
be discharged. Raring voted, oilur mutters will re¬ 
quire Immediate and close atlenliou. Winter is com 
Ing on apace. Tho fall has thus far been unfavorable 
for out door work, and much remains undone- Corn, 
polatoes and root crops are yet to bo secured In many 
section?, while fall plowing and much other labor 
must be iter formed In numerous localities Then your 
domestic animals require extra cure and leod a? cold 
weather advances, while the repairing of farm build¬ 
ings, and rMng to lesser but important Items mustuot 
b j neglected Tho Duties and Labors of November are 
indeed many and Important, and it behooves alt to dis 
charge them promptly ami f.dUifuily- 
-.-»■ ■■ . 
Important Sale or Short Horns.—As will be seen 
by reference to the advertisement of Mr. J. It. Page, 
Auctioneer, in this paper, the valuable herds of the 
late Co'. Botch or Otsego, and T L, Uahison, Esq , 
of St. Lawrence, are to be sold nt auction on the 16th 
Inst.— the sale to take place at Imrns of H P. Prentice, 
E-q., |fft. Hope, rear Albany The herd? offered have 
such a high and enviable reputation that the simple 
iiumioncouivnt of Mr. Fame must attract the attention 
of intelligent breeders, and ipdnce a large attendance 
at the gala 
-*+.-: 
To Inquirers— It ta quite Impossible to llud room 
for answer? to all the inquiries which comoto ns, In 
their season; and, It 1? proper tossy, many baubles 
come to us after the season tn which they may do good 
Is over, and bo are deferred to make room for others 
more seasonable, tint we are glad to receive them, 
and all will be given attention where the rules of this 
piper are complied with, and the name oud address of 
of the inquirer are given. 
Rby. Ur. Chester Dewey— Under the beading of 
“Birth-Day of a Notable Octogenarian,” the Union 
daily newspaper of tho 26th nit, contains this appro¬ 
priate notice of our valued Special Contributor, O. D., 
than whom no citizen of Eochcster i? more widely or 
favorably known and worthily venerated Yester¬ 
day our highly esteemed and long-time usetut and 
honored fellow citizen, the Rev. Ur. Chester Dbwet, 
had the pleasure of celebrating hi? Eightieth Birth- 
Day, while in the enjoyment of excellent health, and 
surrounded by loved relatives and friends. The occa 
sion must have been b joyous one to all wbe partici¬ 
pated in the anniversary, for surely no man In our 
midst, is more generally belovod by family, frtenda and 
community, than the venerable Doctor It. is rare in¬ 
deed that any one Is vouchsafed sr.eh a measure of 
meutal and phyelcaJ health and strength as Dr. D. en¬ 
joys at the advanced age or eighty, and rarer still that 
udp reaches that age with a record so pure and honor¬ 
able in all the relations of life. We are sure that 
thousands of our readers will join ns In congratulating 
the Dudor on this occasion, and in sincerely wishing 
him niiuiy returns of the anniversary, with unimpaired 
mental and lardlly vigor. And tbe hosts who have 
known him as a minister, educator and savan, for the 
past fifty year? -both here and elsewhere—will snrely 
be pleased to loarn that Dr. D. Is in tbe enjoyment of 
all his (acuities, pleasantly situated, and jnatly ven¬ 
erated.” 
Ezad This —The subscription price of the Postern 
OslUmstor is Three Dollars a year; of tho It oral New 
Y ouKBBThr<w Dollars; orthe Gauntry GcntUman Two 
Dollars and fifty cents ; of the MauachvjcUs Ploughman 
Two Dollar? and fitly cents; of tin* Ohin Parmer Two 
Dollars and fifty cents; of the Western Rural Two Dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents; of the /visa Homestead Two Dollars 
and fifty cents. 
We etui! publish lhe Prairie Farmer at Two Dol 
lar? per year Do you see the difference?— Prairie 
Parm-T, Oct. 39. 
— Thank you for tbe free advertisement, Brother 
Emery And especially for asking “ Do you see the 
differencef” Wc suppose you mean difference in price 
simply; but, taking yonr Journal and theRrRALNzw 
Yorker, it Is possible that, on careful examinatiouand 
comparison, an Intelligent and impartial umpire would 
discover another difference which might be considered 
quite as, and jjerhaps more, material. And though a 
trite adage proclaims that “ comparisons are odious,” 
we especially invite them in this instance—since our 
esteemed Wcsieru contemporary ha? Introduced tbe 
subject. Hence, we frankly and confidently ask those 
interested to compare Uie two papers and decide 
whether the lov>e.\l priced one is really the cheapest. 
(8ee article, “ Read This,” in Special Notice column ] 
Let them take a number, or volume, of tach journal 
and cloaelynoto quality of paper used, quality, quantity 
and variety of contents, number and style of Illustra¬ 
tion?, etc., nndthen judge for themselves “ The proof 
of tho pudding,” etc. 
About the Common Cricket. —(Rustic, Auburn, N. 
Y ) The common cricket is Achrta abbreviate, so 
natnud from it? shortened wings. Cricket is from the 
word creak, from the creaking or ihrilt noise made by 
their rubbing together lengthwise tticlr yrittg-coven. It 
is cot voice, for crickets, grass hoppers, Ac , have no 
organs of voice, and they do not sing or even chirp, but 
creak, only the males make this noise. Inthccommon, 
nearly black, cricket, the genua ArJietex Is called abbre¬ 
viate, bccauee the wings ore so short as scarcely to pro¬ 
ject beyond the vting-ccmrt. Hence they run, bnt do 
not fly. Some crickets have co wings at nil. They 
place ttidr egg? In tho ground In September, and these 
are hatched next summer. Lugubu? called the com¬ 
mon cricket or Europe Gry litis demeiiicus, thp domes- 
itt cricket; whether It is the same a? the Aetata above 
i? not obvious.—c t>. 
A Publisher bound “Westward, Ho!"—M r. C. 
M. Saxton of New York, long and favorably known 
as tho principal publisher of Agricultural and Horti¬ 
cultural Books in UiSb country, 1? ab./ut to leave New 
York for St. Louis, where he Is to reside and tnter into 
business na the Western Agent of Mason & Hamlin’s 
Cabinet Organs. We wish Mr. S abundant success in 
kla new home and Une of business. May he make 
more “ gelt ” in dispensing musical instruments than 
is possible in the publishing business, but not become 
too proud to recognize those of his brethren left be¬ 
hind amid the trials and tribulations incident to lhe 
paper panic. 
Worthy or Imitation —In a circular Ls?ued by the 
Illinois College at Jacksonville, 111, we And tho fol¬ 
lowing:—“Son? of soldier? of the United States, who 
have lost their lives or been disabled from labor while 
in tbe service of their country during the prevent war 
for the preservation of the Federal Union, will bore- 
ccivid to all the privileges of the Institution without 
charge.” Another thing wa notlco In this circular:— 
“ The sons of farmers may complete tbe usual course 
of liberal study, and yet have their hand? free lor the 
labors of the farm when there la greatest demand for 
such labor ” Both of these Hems or features are im- 
portent and commendable- 
Horbes Slaurbrixo —(Frank, West Virginia.) The 
cause of ft horeo'a slabbering is not definitely known, 
perhaps. U is attributed by some lo some plant which 
they eat, and by other? to tho presence of toomnch 
acid In food, which cause? too much moisture in the 
stomach. It is asserted that giving the horse in Mb 
feed a half pint of pulverized charcoal one day, aud tbe 
asune quantity of soot the nest, will quickly cure him 
of slabbering. Aud it la also enld that our native bur 
dack leaves fed to a horso will stop his slabbering. 
State Faih Premiums on Buttzr.—W e are unable 
to answer those who ask for information as to award 
of premiums on Butter at recent N. Y. Slate Fair. 
The copy of list furnished ue did not embraco premi¬ 
ums ou butter, and we see they are omitted in official 
awards published iu the Society’s Journal Perhaps 
the committee failed to report 
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Moi.r DrroHKB?.—(0. C. F, Lafayette, Mich ) There 
are mole ditchers made which are strong enough to 
work among roots. They are moved by a capstan 
There are mole plows of much less value for drainage 
purposes that are drawn by teams direct, and are uo 
etronger than the ordinary plow. 
Warts —Some years ago I read of a remedy which 
I have tried successfully:—Dissolve potash to a paste, 
lay It upon the wart for half an hour, take ofl’and wash 
the part In vinegar, and It will cure a wurt on man or 
boast—a. a o. 
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The best time to Sow Plaster.— (R. M G , Cen 
tendlle, Pa.) We cannot say when is tbe beat time to 
sow plaster, but we know that lhe aulnrnn is an excel¬ 
lent time—September, October or November 
Rosin Weed Seed — t. T. McClure, Danvers, Hi , 
send.? ub a sample of rosin weed seed. Probably those 
who waut to propagate t he plant cun obtatn it from him. 
Farmer's Loom. —The loom recently inquired about 
by a correspondent, is advertised hi this poper. 
