Dkwky. lie pronounces the upper bed of 
calcareous marl, line, containing fresh water 
shells, among which he identifies one species 
of Plauorbis, one of Phvsa, and one of 
Linnea. The lower bed, called “plaster” by 
our correspondent, he says “ is in large part 
fins sand , real siliceous earth, with some cal¬ 
careous marl, and a little vegetable matter.” 
But how was this deposit made? Limestone is 
not soluble in water, but water and carbonic 
acid combined dissolve it. The raiu in its 
passage through tbc atmosphere to the earth, 
unites with and carries with it the carbonic 
acid in the atmosphere. Falling on limestone 
rocks it dissolves the carbonate of lime, and 
carries it, through different channels, to the air. 
In the open air the carbonic acid leaves the 
water, and the lime earth, which was held up 
by the acid, Is deposited, and this deposit Is the 
marl which our correspondent sends us. The 
spring our correspondent speaks of has doubtless 
been the agent by which this deposit has been 
made. The reputation it has had among the 
neighboring housewives confirms this theory. If 
it is Baid to be an infusorial deposit, or a deposit 
of decayed shells.we ask where did the lime come 
from of which the shells were made? Shells 
are lime, and can not be made without it- With 
this deposit made from the water flowing into 
the poud from the spring, came the materia] for 
the manufacture of shells; and so they were 
made; but it is appareut that they form but au 
inconsiderable part of the deposit. This is sub¬ 
stantially Trof. Dewkv's theory of the origin 
of this marl bed. Calcareous Tufa is thus de¬ 
posited in great quantities over our country. 
This marl should not be burned if it is to be 
used on land; it is more valuable without burn¬ 
ing. The process of calcining will destroy the 
organic matters it may contain, and thus its 
value as a manure will be depredated. It will 
be fouud valuable, whether applied to heavy or 
light soils—valuable, because of its chemical 
action affecting the mechanical condition of 
stiff clays, and because it will supply sandy 
soils with a constituent of plants they most 
need. Wo do not know of any directions for 
constructing a kiln for calcining marl. For an 
article on lime kilns see page 638, vol, 10, New 
American Cyclopaedia. Marls are burned In 
some parts of this State. Perhaps some of our 
readers can give information concerning the 
process; if so we will be glad to publish it. 
Rural Notes anil (SHuerics 
be killed with impunity if found without a col¬ 
lar bearing his owner’s initials, or worrying or 
wounding sheep or other stock out of the en¬ 
closure of his owner. Any person might make 
oath to any case of injury, or to the special ill- 
fame of aDy particular whelp, and if the allega¬ 
tion was sustained, the dog must be confined, or 
the life of the animal was forfeited, 
A distinguished correspondent suggests that 
the private history of that law would be instruct¬ 
ive and amusing. The substitution of the recent 
and more stringent law, for the old one was sug¬ 
gested to the legislature by the Society for the 
Encouragement of Domestic Industry. The 
former law allowed the several town councils to 
make ordinances taxing dogs, and providing for 
injuries inflicted upon sheep. A general State 
law also provided for recovery' of damages of 
the owners of dogs, and double damages and the 
killing of the dog for a second offence. The 
agricultural committee of the society, to whom 
the matter was referred, reported that these 
municipal regulations were discordant, and were 
not enforced. The substitute proposed they 
describe as less stringent than those of Massa¬ 
chusetts and Connecticut, and quite too tame, 
but still as severe as they dared to recommend. 
It was discussed in the legislature of I860 for 
several days, and the present enactment was 
finally hatched from anew incubation of anxious 
politicians, fearing the retribut ions of voting dog 
owners. 
An additional law lias just been passed, which 
requires dogs to be collared, registered, number¬ 
ed, described, and licensed, with the payment of 
$1.15 for each male and $5.15 for each female 
dog, before the last day of April, and one dollar 
additional for each dog after that date, and pre¬ 
vious to the first of J une, 
in whole or in part* from the fund acerum^ irum 
the dog tax, on the second Tuesday of March 
annually. 
VERMONT. 
The following is the law of 186-2; 
Section 1. The listers in the several towns of 
this State shall in each year set alt dogs in their 
respective towns in tfle grand lists to the owner 
or keeper of the same at the sum ol one dollar 
eaeb; and no person shall be entitled to have 
the amount so assessed deducted trom their lists 
in consequence of any debts owing. 
Sec. 2. Every owner or keeper of a dog shall, 
when called upon by the listers for their lists, 
notify them of the dogs by him owned or kept ; 
and every owner or keeper of a dog who shall 
neglect or refuse to notify the listers as afore¬ 
said. shall forfeit and pay to the town in which 
he resides the sum of two dollars, to be recover¬ 
ed in an action on the case in the name of the 
treasurer of such town, before any court com¬ 
petent to try the same, with full costs. 
Sec. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the 
owner or keeper of a dog, wbetliei set in the 
lists or not, to cause a collar, with the name of 
the owner or keeper plainly written thereon, to 
be worn on the neck of each dog by him owned 
or kept: and it shall be lawful for any person to 
kill anv dog running at large off the premises of 
the owner or keeper not ka\ingon such collar 5 
and the owner or keeper of such dog shall re- 
cover no damage lor such killing. 
By another law, owners of dogs that have 
worried or wounded sheep are made liable for 
double damages and double costs; and they can 
sustain no action for damages against persons 
who have killed dogs assaulting them off the 
of their owners, or chasing or worry- 
Saving Liquid Mannre. 
We hear a great deal about dressing land 
with nitrate of soda, and various other chemical 
compounds, hut does it evor occur to our agri¬ 
cultural friends that they possess in t.he liquid 
manure of their barn-yards and pig-peus these 
as well as that other fashionable ingredient, 
ammonia, in abundance? AU of which, how¬ 
ever, we see passing off' down the ditches and 
high roads with every rain that, falls, without 
any attempt to put a stop to the ruinous waste, 
while the owner is perhaps toiling for several 
miles to fhe city to bring back an expensive 
article of nitrate or sulphate of soda, or some 
other fashionable stimulant. The thing is pre¬ 
posterous, and if a tradesman were guilty of any¬ 
thing so perfectly thoughtless and wasteful, his 
friends would prognosticate his ruin at hand; 
hut agriculture may bear it and even thrive under 
it, when other trades would be destroyed by it. 
The last time I visited my old acquaintance, 
John Smith, I had enough to do to steer clear 
of a black stream of liquid manure, caused by a 
two day’s rain, which I met issuing from his 
barn-yard, which must have robbed the manure 
of one-tenth of its value. I could not prevail 
upon him to sink a cistern and convey the liquid 
to his pastures; this was labor which he did not, 
covet. Now, as I know he reads the Telegraph , 
I take this plan of giving him another gentle 
hint upon the subject. 
In order to bring out the subject still more 
plainly, I will give a short account of experi¬ 
ments which haye been made, and which prove 
the superior value of liquid masure. 
The first experiment was on pasture, the soil 
sandy, subsoil saudy gravel and perfectly dry; 
four acres of the field were well manured with 
first quality barn-yard manure at the rate of 
twelve two-horse loads per acre. This manure 
was applied in February. The remainder of 
the field (about an acre) was manured with liquid 
from the baru-yard. 
In the spring the appearance of thegrass, both 
in color, height, and thickness of sward, was in 
favor of the liquid manure; during the summer 
the field was pastured with cows, and that por¬ 
tion manured from the liquid of the barn-yard 
was close cropped. 
In a second experiment one portion of the 
field (a small one) was manured with a compost 
of night soil and wood mould, and the remainder 
with liquid manure; when the lot was mowed 
the Une between could be easily traced, and the 
difference was etroDgly in favor of the liquid 
manure. 
I do not wish to be understood to object to the 
use of sulphate of soda or any other chemical 
compound, but I do think that when we make 
use of all the means which are at our command 
at or near home, we may then think of buying 
these compounds, but not till then. My argu¬ 
ment is, that it is not economical to buy stimu¬ 
lants (not manures) when in nine cases out of 
ten we can manufacture at home a manure 
which in effect will equal those purchased at a 
greater cort .—Germantown Telegraph. 
The Rural New Yorker for 1865 —For weeks wc 
have been frequently requested—by letters from various 
parts of tho country, and verbally In the publication 
ofllce—to furnish Club Terms of the Rural for 1865. 
We could not consistently comply, for the reason that 
the price of prkiling paper, and onr currunt expenses, 
were so enormous that it seemed lmposslblcto publish 
such n journal as wo desired for less than $3 nyear. 
But during the past week our piper makers have 
slightly reduced the price of print, and, In the hope of 
a still further redaction, wc Ibis week offer the XYIth 
Year and Volume of the Rural at a less price than we 
anticipated being ablo to do a month ago. For partic 
ulors see illustrated prospectus in this number — on 
seventh page. The teams there given will be adhered 
to until otherwise announced — for, if obliged to ad¬ 
vance. we shall give due notice. But we shall endeavor 
to abide by the terms, even if we lose thousands of dol¬ 
lars, as wc did this year by adhering to the low rates 
offered last fall. 
— Onr c-bier object in offering c.inb rates is to main- 
t ain the circulation and usefulnesa or the Rural, for it 
Is very doubtful whether any profit whatever will be 
realized on copies furnished at less than the single 
subscription price- We are also somewhat ambitious, 
and willing 1o risk more than a trifle to accomplish the 
laudable object in view —maintaining the position, 
standing and influence the paper has acquired. There¬ 
fore, each and every friend of the Rural and its objects 
is requested to aid in introducing the paper to notice 
and support. And new tr the lime to do this. Election is 
over aud a myriad of people, disgusted with the politi¬ 
cal organs, want some sound, sensible, serines and 
saving reading for themselves and their families. Its 
tong time Agents and Friends ate especially Invited to 
renew their efforts in snpport or this paper, and to open 
the Rural Cawpaios for 1865 wbh a vigor which will 
insure success. 
premises 
ing sheep. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
In Massachusetts, where sheep husbandry of 
a high order is on the increase, stringent and 
effective laws have been passed. The following 
is a synopsis of the last law: 
An Act concerning dogs and for the protec¬ 
tion of sheep and other domestic animals. 
Be it enacted, Au., as follows: 
Section 1. Every owner or keeper of a dog 
shall annually, on or before the thirtieth day of 
April, cause it to be registered, numbered, 
described, and licensed for one year from the 
first dav of the ensuing May, in the office of the 
clerk of the city or town wherein he resides, and 
shall cause it to wear around its neck a collar 
distinctly marked with its owner’s name, and 
the registered number, and shall pay for such 
license two dollars for a male dog and five dol¬ 
lars for a female dog. 
Sections second, third, and fourth provide for 
licensing and the payment of money into the 
treasuries: 
Sec. 6. Whoever keeps a dog contrary to the 
provisions of this act 6ball forfeit fifteen dollars, 
to be recovered by complaint, and the money 
shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in 
which the dog is kept, Ac. 
Sec. 0. The assessors of the cities and towns 
shall annually take a list of ali dogs owned or 
kept, in their*respective cities or towns on the 
first day of May, with the owners’ or keepers’ 
names, and return the same to the city or town 
clerk on or before the tenth day of July. Any 
owner or keeper of a dog who shall refuse to 
give just and true answers to the assessors rela¬ 
tive to the ownership thereof shall be punished 
bv ii Adp of not less than ten dollars 
Sec T. llavors of cities and the chairman of 
of the selectmen of towns shall annually, within 
ten days from the first, day of July, issue a war¬ 
rant to one or more police officers or constables, 
directing them to proceed forthwith either to 
kill or cause to be killed all dogs within their 
respective cities or towns not licensed and col¬ 
lared according to the provisions of this act; 
and anv person may. and every police officer 
and constable shall, kill, or cause to be killed, 
all such dogs, whenever and wherever found. 
Such officers, other than those employed under 
regular pay, shall receive onedollar for each dog 
so destroyed from the treasurers of their respec¬ 
tive counties, &e. 
Sec. S. The tnayorsof cities and the chairman 
of the selectmen of towns shall, after issuing 
their warrant to police officers or constables, as 
specified in the preceding section, forthwith 
certify the fact under oath to the district attor¬ 
neys of their respective districts, whose duty it 
shall be to prosecute all such officers as fail to 
comply with this requirement. 
Sec. 0. Whoever suffers loss by the worrying, 
maiming, or killing of his sheep, lambs, or other 
domestic animals by dogs, may inform the 
mayor of the city, or the chairman of the select¬ 
men of the town wherein the damage was done, 
who shall appoint two disinterested persons, 
who, with the mayor or chairman of the select¬ 
men, shall proceed to the premise* where the 
damage was donp, and determine whether the 
damage was inflicted by dogs, aud if so, appraise 
said damage. Tnc amount of said damage shall 
be certified by the board of appraisers, and, ex¬ 
cept in the county of Suffolk, be transmitted to 
the county commissioners, who shall during the 
month of December examine all such bill*, and, 
when any doubt exists, may summon the ap¬ 
praisers, tod make such examination as they 
may think proper, and shall issue an order upon 
the treasurer of toe county in which Lhedamage 
was done fur all or any part thereof, as justice 
and equity may require. 
The treasurer shall annually, on the first day 
of January, pay all such orders in full, if the 
gross amount received by him under the pro¬ 
visions of this act, and not previously paid out, 
is sufficient therelor; otherwise, he shall divide 
such amount pro rata among such orders in full 
discharge thereof. 
The board of appraisers shall receive from the 
county, or in the county of Suffolk from the city 
or town treasurer, out of the moneys received 
under the provisions of this act, the sum of one 
dollar each for every examination made by them 
as prescribed in this section. 
Sec. 10. Any town, city, or county officer re¬ 
fusing or neglecting to perform the duties here¬ 
in imposed upon him, shall be punished by a 
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be 
paid, except in the county of Suffolk, into the 
county treasury. 
Sec. 11. The treasurer of any county may, in 
an action of tort against the owner or keeper of 
any dog concerned in doing damage to sheep, 
jambs, or other domestic animals in said county, 
which damage has been ordered to be paid by 
the county commissioners, recover the full 
amount thereof to the use of said county. If 
the amount, so recovered exceeds the amount so 
received by the owner of the sheep or other 
animals, under the provisions of section nine, 
the excess shall he paid by the county treasurer 
to such owner. All fines and penalties provid¬ 
ed in this act may be recovered on complaint be¬ 
fore any police oourtor trial justice in the county 
where the offence is committed. Moneys re¬ 
ceived by the treasurer of any county, city, or 
town, under the provisions of this act, and not 
expended in accordance with its provisions, may 
Cross or tbk Moose with Common Cattle — A 
writer In the N. Y. Observer, tn answering a Nova 
Scotia correspondent who asked if “ any one ia known 
to have successfully attempted the crossing of the 
moose with domestic horued cattle,” eays:—“I have 
to state that abont thirty years ago I saw in a stable in 
the Bowery, New York, a large animal of such a cross. 
It was a noble one. and of fine proportions, standing 
over six feet in height. It was sent to England as a 
cariosity. Its mother was tin ordinary domestic cow 
which fed on a farm, I think in Canada, or near Lake 
Champlain, in New York, whore she made the ac¬ 
quaintance or the male elk or moose, roaming wild in 
the forest" Another correspondent writes“ Theo¬ 
retically, wc should not expect aulma'a ol so entirely 
distinct families to cross, nr.d practically I have found 
this so with the elk and common catt'e.” 
It provides for the 
appointment of suitable persons to make a Ust of 
the owuers dk keepers of dogs, to be returned to 
the clerk previous to the first of May, who is 
required to furnish to such persons a list of all 
dogs licensed for the current year, and to make 
another list of those not licensed, with the name 
of the owner or keeper, to be suitably posted or 
advertised. Any one keeping a dog contrary to 
these provisions is liable to a fine of ten dollars : 
and persons appointed to make the lists are re„ 
quired to make complaint and prosecute delin¬ 
quents prior to the first of July. Such persons 
and constable^ aud police officers are required to 
kill and bury all unlicensed dogs, and any person 
may lawfully do so, and for such service the 
sum of one dollar shall be paid. Removal of a 
collar is punishable by fine not exceeding fifty 
dollars. Damages to sheep are recoverable 
upon proof made within thirty days from the 
town or city treasury on the first day of June, 
or a pro rata proportion of them if the tax fund 
is insufficient for payment in full; and the city 
or town may then recover from the owner of 
the dog doing the mischief.—[To be continued 
roTATo Seeuumis.—C an yon or some of yonr read¬ 
ers give liiformadOB through jour paper how to raise 
potaioe* from the potato apple, or staid? Wlint prep- 
eiiuion is necMaary, or wbal ia the process?—J \V. a , 
Clarence, If Y- 
Take the seed balls collected, squeeze the pulp out in 
n burin of water, wash all the pulp out of the seed, 
spread the seed on a board und set where it will dry. 
A f ur it Is dry rub and blow out all but the heavi¬ 
er! seed Sow this seed the next spring in the hot bed 
as you would tomato seed, and at the same time. 
Transplant the plants so raised aTlor the spring frosts, 
as won as tbo ground will pulverize well, on rich 
ground, in rows, one set in a place, t wo feet apart each 
way. Cultivate by hilling up a* the young vinca grow. 
l)o this to prevent them falling down and mildewing 
prematurely. Till well. We have seen this practice 
adopted with the best results 
A LARD LAMP. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— In these times 
of high prices it behooves us all, and especially 
the rural population, to use the strictest econ¬ 
omy in all things, go far as it can be done with a 
due regard to health and propriety. The pres¬ 
ent high prices of all substances used for illu¬ 
mination admonish us to look for something 
cheaper, and with that object in view permit 
me to present your readers the Lard JjQtnp. 
Do not, lady readers, shrug your shoulders, 
and, as your mind runs back to the aucient but¬ 
ton and rag, cry out “ away with the nasty 
things.” I have made and used almost every 
conceivable variety of lard lamp, aud 
tUmnmunicalion 
THE PENNSYLVANIA MARL BED, AGAIN. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Being called 
from home soon after sending you my communi¬ 
cation of August 1 st, respecting the Pennsylva¬ 
nia Marl Bed, I did not see the article published 
iu your issue of the 20th of August, until last 
week, consequently did not know of your wish 
for further information. Being then in the 
vicinity of the marl, I determined to pay it 
another visit, and make a more thorough exam¬ 
ination of the subject. This I did. in company 
with the proprietor, Mr. Wkli.6 . I find my esti¬ 
mate of the extent of the bed to be somewhat 
erroneous. The marl commences in a thin layer 
or strata of a couple of inches in thickness, on 
the south side, and as it progresses north it 
increases in thickness and depth quite rapidly, 
so that at a point some sixty rods north, it has 
a thickness of probably over twenty-five feet. 
The whole extent from west to east is some 100 
ro<ls. Its extent from north to south is perhaps 
a little more than I reported in my former 
article. After the bed has acquired a thickness 
of some three or four feet, the part below that 
depth peems to be in layers or strata, but with¬ 
out any intervening substance. 
Under the bed of marl there runs a layer of a 
substance which, for convenience, 1 will denom¬ 
inate plaster; but I am not convinced that it is 
that article. Its thickness I have no means of 
ascertaining. When first taken from the bed, 
it has a decidedly sulplierous smell. This, 
however, is soon in a great degree, if not 
entirely, lost. There are, too, numerous petri¬ 
faction* in tbemarl a* well as many shells. We 
send you by express to-day some specimens of 
these various substances for your examination. 
The shells arc of the largest size, and all of the 
specimens as perfect of their kinds as we could 
procure. 
There is a spring of some size coming out of 
the ground just above the bed of marl, and 
running north through the bed. This has been 
quite noted in the early settlement of the 
country. It used to be resorted to by the 
neighbors to procure water with which to make 
bread, the good housewives affirming that the 
bread was lighter when mixed with that water. 
May not this fact throw some light on the sub¬ 
ject of the origin of this bed? If the whole is 
the product of infusoria, we may inquire why 
such countless myriads were congregated at 
this point? 
As Editors are supposed to know almost 
everything, can you give any information re¬ 
specting t.he construction of a kiln for burning 
the lime, or tell whore such information can bo 
obtained ? Also, whether the mai l, In its native 
suite, is of as much value as a manure as after it 
is burned? If you will give us your views on 
these various points, you will oblige, 
Yours truly, F. S. Rhoades. 
Remarks.— We have submitted the samples 
am uow 
using one of my own make, from which I get a 
light but little inferior to a kerosene lamp, 
more free from odor, and a light, too, that I atn 
not ashamed to set before my evening visitors. 
I prefer one with a wick from one to one and 
a fourth inches in width, with a thickness suffi¬ 
cient to take in a wick consisting of five or six 
thicknesses of new and rather coarse Canton 
flannel—the wick tube to be made of brass with 
. ... a 10 oz. copper heater 
Jl N upon each side a* in the 
/ jl k diagram, in which o is 
/ \ the wick tube, 6 b the 
Pifclilil heater8 - Two slots 
L f. v should be made m each 
side of tube for the 
purpose of raising the 
p| wick; and also in this 
s§ heater opposite Uiose in 
Cite tube. These heaters 
== should be about onc- 
eighth of an inch from 
l pp; l the wick at the top and 
[=; I then go to the bottom of 
the lamp on the inside. 
A coRnnon form of lard lamp is to make them 
with two flat wicks, side by side, with the 
heater between them, and by this method the 
two flames are opposite each other, and a large 
part of the light wasted thereby; whilst with 
the single wick, the radiation of light is free 
aud unobstructed all aroimd, with but one wick 
»o makej&ud care for instead of two. 
Many fall to operate a lard lamp with success 
because the wick ift too tight in the tube; but it 
is not so much the actual thickness as it is the 
proportion the thickness bears to the width; 
the wider the wick the thicker should it be, but 
never too tight, t have used a neat burner of 
two h inch wicks, screwed into a common glare 
lamp, and it is at» ornamental as a kerosene lamp, 
unless the uncouth chimney is considered an 
ornament. The large burner described above is 
the best, but will not go into a common glass 
lamp, 
I use a small quantity of kerosene in the laid 
or tallow for burning, and have used as much as 
one-half kerosene, but would not use more than 
one-fourth; a little makes it light quicker and 
burn with a clearer and more brilliant flame. 
In burning tallow I u?e mough kerosene to 
bring it to the consistency of lard, 
I have never seen any lamp like the one de¬ 
scribed except those of my own make, and if this 
will benefit any readers of tho Rural they are 
welcome to it, for I do not. expect this to be the 
means of bringing any “grist, to my mill." 
Wisconsin, 1864. “Luminous” 
Rem arks,—L ot our readers send us sketches 
of such conveniences end economical contri¬ 
vances as they find to be useful. We shall be j 
glad to publish such. 
Hams Cured with Dry Sugar. 
“The meat must not be allowed to freeze 
under any circumstance—freezing destroying 
the property in the juices, which prevents any 
application of sugar, molasses or salt from unit¬ 
ing with them and forming the chemical com¬ 
bination which keep3 them from souring. Sep¬ 
arate the right and left hams; spread them on a 
floor, shelf or iu a box, the thick part of each ham 
overlapping the thick part with the butts eleva¬ 
ted three inches more than the shanks. Bearing 
in mind, through the whole process, that the re¬ 
tention of the juices by placing the hams in a 
proper position and free from any kind of pres¬ 
sure is essential. 
“To cure a ham of fifteen lbs, weight requires 
one lb. of good browu sugar, two oz. refined 
and ground saltpetre, half a pound ground sea- 
salt. First application — saltpetre, and cover 
the face of the Ini in with sugar a quarter of an 
inch thick; on liiC mu) day rub iho skin side 
with sugar. Second application—saltpetre and 
a mixture of three parts sugar and one partsult; 
on the seventh day rub a* before. Third appli¬ 
cation—half sugar and half salt; In seven days 
rub as before. Fourth application—same as 
last; in (seven days rub with half sugar and 
salt; cleau the flesh side £>f the ham. Fifth 
application—very good molasses (not. sorghum) 
as long as the meat will absorb it. Saturate th6 
ham with sugar as you would In preserving 
fruit; the salt is only to flavor it; for hams in¬ 
tended for boiling, and which require more salt, 
you may use salt according to your judgment 
and give more t ime. Thoham is uow cured, and 
for pur poses of boiling it will be found delicious. 
“Hams should always be dried without 
smoke, hanging them in domestic sacks, shank 
down. If you prefer smoke, hang for two 
months, and then commence smoking, observing 
to have your meat elevated a* many feel from 
your fires as practicable. Smoke-houses should 
be constructed so that the smoke is admitted at 
the top of the building; the meat being near a 
dry floor, the smoko settles on the meat after 
being cooled, llot smoko should never touch 
meat. Smoke very slowly* using green hickory 
smothered with green sawdust from white 
or burr oak timber, if you can get it. I have 
never used any thing else, and therefore cannot 
speak of tho merits of corn cobs or sassafras ; 
but a* a ruiu ttso timber that smokes red, not 
black ; during the last six hours smoking throw 
red peppers on the fire, It, keeps off the “skip¬ 
per bug.” You may want to know what are 
the advantages gained by curing hams by Ibis 
expensive process. Well, they are weight aud 
superior quality ; as to their keeping I never 
had a chance to ascertain it hams cured in this 
way being “gobbled up” immediately when 
placed in maTket—their keeping qualities don’t 
get a chance to be tested. Compared with a 
sweet pickled ham there Is just the same mqie- 
riority in quality as tli.-re is between the sweet 
pickled and salted. Try a few. 
“One word more about tho special advantage 
of curing with sugar ; fat cured with salt is re¬ 
pulsive to weak stomachs, consequently a large 
portion is trimmed off hams intended for the 
American market that in England Is always re¬ 
tained, for two reason*—economy and preserv¬ 
ing the juices. Htomach* that reject fat when 
salted, find it palatable ami delicious w hen cured 
with sugar."- .J. T. D., in Mcntific American. 
The “ Butter and Eous >' Plant —(Cicero Sayre.) 
Tne plant you cl escribe is, without doubt, Mnaria vul 
aarii —Toad Flax, liinatead weed. Butter and eggs, 
h is a foreign plant introduced In this Country. It is 
a vile foreigner—a regular Squatter Sovereign where it 
gits foothold, and should be fought to the death. We 
hive had no experience in fighting it, and do not know 
th: beet mode, but tf it appeared on our farm we should 
employ all the generalship, strategy and big guns we 
could command to extirpate It 
Can Beasts and Btisna Think f—Ei>*. Rural: We 
have frequent discusriotis, these autumn eviDiugs. 
arouud our fireside. The subject discussed last Friday 
evening was,—''f'lWi birds amt beast! Varik! ' 1 cot! 
tended they could not, but in taking that side of the 
nutation found myself neatly alone, /is you are ex¬ 
pected to know evcryViVto, and a great deal beside#, 
will you not please to enlighten u#. — LOT a Lis land. 
Wo do not think anybody nctually knows whether 
they think or not—wo certainly do not. We can only 
give our opinion, which ia that some of them think a 
great deal more than some humans. 
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Tobacco WcrnJf*.—!<) there any way to keep WOrtW 
from cktsiroving tobacco wuen it is growing, except t 
lake them off by hand and kill them 1 hey grovri- 
f.-’ot.tliat they have to be taker; oil orery day or two, 
or they destroy the crop This I# a part of AKrlcu 
I am veTy green It;, therefore any information on 
subject wifi tve thankfully received by—1 rank, ^ 
Milton, W-st Ku. 
Wc know of no other effectual mode) if tm? o{ 0,11 
readers do, let them communicate. 
Ghkat Sale ov Improved Stock..—N one of our 
readers interested In tho breeding of superior stock - 
especially Short Horn and Devon Cattle, South Down 
Sheep or Thorough Bred Horses— should fail to read 
the advertisement Of Mr. Face, offering the tine herd# 
and flocks of Hon. A. B. ('on ok it at public sale on the 
17th and 18th days of this month. 
Wart# on Cows Tkats. —Take tho grot*# tried mu 
of salt fat pork and rub it on tho teats after milking, 
for a few days, and Dm warts will disappear —P- C , 
Allegany (b., If. Y. 
Tobacco Culture —(A. J. Drake.) Send us iM eta- 
aud we will send you the Oomplotc Manual on the 
Cultivation of Tobacco, free of postage. 
