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the spring, pressing the plants which have been 
thrown out by the frost, into the earth again; that it 
exercises a most happy influence upon oats, if used 
after the plants have attained a height of three or four 
inches: in a word, Mr. Editor, that it is good almost 
everywhere, and ranks very properly with the most 
important implements on the farm? 
It is astonishing, that while we are making pro¬ 
gress in almost every other direction, we have done 
so little toward the general introduction of the roller. 
My own experience with it has been so entirely satis¬ 
factory, that I cannot forbear urging its importance 
upon every farmer who has thus far not tried it- 
face soil and covered with the same, while by the 
machines it was planted full two inches in the soil, 
and low enough to find moisture. 
My conclusions at the time last spring were, that 
in planting a large field the bother and hindrance of 
planting spronted com was greater than the gain, as 
it bothered the boys in dropping, and was not so 
plain covering, vet 1 think if the spring is not favora¬ 
ble to planting in April, I Bhall try it aguin this year. 
To any one planting a small patch late, it iB a good 
means of forwarding growth, and to any one wishing 
a miniature hot-bed, we recommend a mixture of 
chloride of lime and copperas, wet or thoroughly 
dampened by water, scattered among the seeds, the 
whole kept damp enough to steam, but not wet 
enough to hinder or drown steaming,—the result 
will be sprouts in a few' hours. 
Perhaps I should add that we planted our corn last 
year in April,— that the soil was in a very favorable 
condition, the weather line, and that seed planted 
under any circumstances germinated and pushed for¬ 
ward very rapidly. 1 give you ray experience, and 
think, on the whole, that soaking, as referred to, may 
pay where the planters do not go on the rim. 
Amboy, Ill., March, 1861. W. H. Gardner. 
agricultural papers were copied from Mr. Ik’s notes. 
When I got my Country Gentleman, and the remarks 
I should have made, I was surprised, and somewhat 
chagrined to see what work Mr. It. had made. Me 
states that 1 plant my corn 4 feet each w'ay. I plant 
3 1 feet each way. He says I smear my corn with soft 
soap, and let it dry till I plant. 1 put my seed corn 
in a large kettle, — aB I can stir much better in a 
kettle than a tub, — heating the soap in another ket¬ 
tle, and when hot, pour on the seed, stirring with a 
paddle at the same time, and getting as much soap 
on the corn as T can make adhere. After this, 1 add 
plaster so as to make the kernels seperatc. Make it 
nearly dry. My object ix to get as ranch soap and 
plaster on the corn ax possible. I only prepare as 
much as we can plant in half a day, letting it stand 
in the shade while planting. If exposed to the sun, 
and drying winds, it becomes dry, and the soap and 
plaster will scale off. 
Mr. It. said I took hen manure and unleached ashes. 
I stated that I took a loud of hen manure to the barn, 
put it on the floor, threshed it fine with a flail, added 
about the same quantity of leached ashes, and kept it 
dry till wanted. Put a small handful iu each lull 
before planting the corn. A handful of hen manure 
and unleaohcd ashes would be likely to kill the corn. 
Mr. Robinson state* that 1 keep my sheep on straw, 
and a little grain. I stated thut dnring the previous 
year, from nerentity, I had to keep my sheep mostly 
on straw and grain, as hay crops were so very 
light in this section. Most farmers had to feed 
straw, as huv was not to be had under $15, and then 
they were obliged to go some ways after it. I always 
select my best, hay for my sheep, and feed, occasion¬ 
ally, some straw, for change, as sheep life a variety. 
I very much desired to say something in relation to 
my mode and time of castrating and docking lambs, 
but as there were many present more competent to 
speak, 1 thought it was best for me to be a listener 
than speaker. However I will give you my mode: 
flet up your ewes and lambs, when the lambs are 
from 3 to 12 days old, in the latter part of the after¬ 
noon, in a dry yard or shed. Drive them into a close 
pen, where you can select the lambs without raising 
them much. As you pick off the lambs, put them into 
a Bnug pen. 1 put boards at the sides and ends of a 
hay rack, and put them into that. If the weather is 
hot, let the lambs cool off before disturbing them 
further. If convenient, have a person to pass them 
out to another who holdB the lamb in a position to 
suit the operator, who should, with proper instru¬ 
ments (I use a shoe knife,) first mark the ear, if that 
is practiced, and then take off the tail with a quick 
blow. Let out the ewes as soou as you have taken off 
the lambs. Let the lamb go, he will quickly find his 
mother, and both ewe and lamb w'ill soon lie down. 
Usually, the mutilated member will then stop bleed¬ 
ing. Keep them in the yard over night. In about 
six or ten days, bring up the ewes and lambs, as 
before. Drive them into the pen. pick off the lambs, 
part the ram lambs, and those that may want tailing, 
into the pen, and let out the ewes into the yard. Hand 
out the lambs to an assistant,—who should be seated 
on a low stool or bench,— take the lamb by the hind 
legs, one in each hand, put the lamb on his back, 
with his rump on the holder’s knees, his head against 
the man’s breast,—as this is a convenient, position 
for the operator. Keep in the yard over night. In 
the morning the lambs will move off as smart and 
lively as if nothing had occurred. 
Docking and cast rating should not be. performed at 
the same time, as the operations together are too 
-overo for the lambs., I think docking tire more 
a-c operation of the two. These 1 operations an 
.-‘rurally fferfr/rmed iu 'the (morning, and the sheep* 
then turned to pasture. The ewes arc hungry and 
Discreditable Abstraction. — Wo bare heretofore com 
mended the Southern Homestead — a handsomely printed 
“Weekly Newspaper for the Farm and Fireside,'’ published 
at Nashville, Tenn. The paper has generally been well con¬ 
ducted, and exhibited the possession of enterprise, taste and 
tact on the part of its managers. In its issue of Feb. 16tb, 
however, we observe an application of these qualities which 
we do not specially admire — a display of taste and tact any 
thing but credilalile, and which we are surprised to Bee in a 
reputable journal. It. is no less than the substantial repro¬ 
duction. as original, of nr. editorial given in the Rural New 
Yorker of Jan. 12th. entitled “ Mechanical Condition of the 
Soil. 1 ’ The same heading is retained, and the article given 
prominently on the first page, with only two or three slight 
changes For instance, where we said "through the col¬ 
umns of the Rural.' our friends say tbrongh the columns 
of thin paper'': and where we wrote and printed "A Western 
New York farmer of our acquaintance,” they print "A very 
intelligent farmer" &c.,—showing excellent judgment and 
tAct, for most Western Ne-.v York farmers of our acquain¬ 
tance are very intelligent! With these verbal changes, and 
Ihe omission of a few lines at the close, our respected con¬ 
temporaries furnish an excellent article — though some 
worthy people, on learning haw It was done, might be so 
uncharitable as to pronounce it otherwise than honorable. 
It is consoling to learn, however, fas we do from a flaming 
double-column prospectus in the nnmber alluded to,) that the 
8. II. is " Ahead of Competition.' and that its list, of contrib¬ 
utors embraces " The Best Writers of the Southern States !’’ 
— We observe that -everal other distant journals continue 
to make similar use of the contents of the Rural, though 
every number is copyrighted. F.ven so able and popular a 
paper as the Baltimore Weekly Sun — which can afford to be 
just and honorable to its contemporaries—recently abstracted 
and changed an important article by one of our contributors, 
giving it as an original. Some of the self-superlative, lite¬ 
rary weeklies are guilty of like weakness We beg to call 
the attention of all these "abstractionists’ to the notice 
relative to copyright on our first page, with the assurance 
that we do not intend to pay for protection, and still be left 
out in the cold, evenin the genial climate of the Border States. 
business. You may find water before you get dis¬ 
couraged, and you may give up in disgust, but the 
chances are two to one against. For fifteen years all 
the water used in iny family, for culinary purposes, 
was brought from a well of my neighbor across the 
highway. The well was over sixty feet in depth, 
the distance carried ten rods, and up quite a steep 
hill. Who will dispute this being up-hill business? 
In addition to all this, there was the annoyance 
your correspondent speaks of, such as cats, rats, 
bugs, and snakes, finding access by tumbling from 
the top, which rendered the water unfit for use a 
portion of almost every summer. 
Four years ago next April, at the suggestion of a 
friend, I bought of a Rochester manufacturer, a rain 
and river water filter, No. 5, for twelve dollars, and 
set it in the cellar by the side of the stairs. We 
usually put three or four pails of rain water from the 
cistern in at a time, then draw from the bottom, by a 
faucet, as we need, pure, soft water, that has neither 
taste nor color. With this arrangement ice seems 
more necessary than that of the well. But what 
farmer, after trying it, would deprive himself of the 
luxury of ice, to make hard butter with, or keep 
fresh meat, or, above all, to carry to the field, instead 
of drinking the warm, sickening stuff, which he 
must necessarily do if without it ? I would not go 
back to the use of hard well water if I could have it 
ax bandy as could be desired, and free of expense. I 
would advise all those, — especially such as are situ- 
Prcniiinn Butter in Jefferson County. 
At the Winter Meeting of the Jefferson County, 
(N. Y.,) Ag. Society, seven “Dairy Premiums’’ were 
awarded, and we condense from the statements of the 
competitors. The first premium was received by 
Cuaki.es S. Simmons, of Watertown. He says: — 
My dairy consists of 32 cows; they feed upon about 
65 acres of land; pastares seeded with timothy and 
clover. It requires about 35 acres of meadow to 
winter my cows; my meadows are seeded with timo¬ 
thy and clover. Generally feed grain with a few 
roots; commence feeding about the first of March. 
Average yield about 190 pounds per cow. Strain ray 
milk in tin pans, abont 8 quarts in each; if the 
weather is warm, about 6 quarts in a pan. Set milk 
in cellar on racks; it stands from 36 to 60 hours, the 
weather governing. Cream stands in tin pails on 
cellar bottom about 12 hours before churning, do not 
stir cream; ubo thermometer churn; wash butter in 
cold water; use butter workers; wash and salt with a 
ladle; then pack; use rock salt—Ashton brand—one 
ounce to a pound. Pack in hundred weight pack¬ 
ages; scald packages; cool them with water, rub 
with salt, pack solid and cover with solar salt. Early 
made butter stands on cellar bottom in same room 
with the rest; examine butter once in six or eight 
weeks to see that there is plenty of brine and the 
covering'is tight. Average yield in 1859 was about 
175 pounds per cow; this season made about 125 
pounds per cow. Sour milk fed to hogs. Farm is 
composed of muck and loam with lime gravel sub¬ 
soil. Mr. S. dates his report, Aug 1, 1860. 
The winner of the second premium, Daniei. Todd. 
of East Rodman, gives his mode thus: — Set milk in 
ten quart pans about two-thirds full; set in the cellar; 
set about 48 hours before skimming. Skim the milk, 
stir the cream well, put in a cooler and set in aspring 
we have in the cellar, over night; use dash-churn and 
dog power; wash with a ladle until the water is per¬ 
fectly clear; use Ashton salt; work once and pack; 
w'eigh butter and salt before mixing, three quarters 
of an ounce to the pound: pack in 60 weight tubs. 
We soak in brine before using; keep butter in cellar 
through the season; milk 13 cows; average yield in 
1859, about 140 pounds; this year, about 80 pounds 
to the cow; feed the sour milk to the hogs. Farm, 
slate soil. Mr. T. also calculates from 1st August. 
Ens. Ritual Nkw-Yokkeh: — From some ideas 
obtained from the “Rukal’h First Premium Barn,” 
and also a correspondence with its builder, I have 
proceeded to put up a frame, the plan of which I 
would like to Rubmit to your readers for their investi¬ 
gation. 
Meeting of Cattle Breeders —The third annual meeting 
of the (New England) “ Association of Breeders of Thorough¬ 
bred Neat Stock ” was held at Springfield, M»*g , on the 6th 
inst. Abont fifty breeders of thorougb-bred cattle were 
present, the Short-horn men being most numerons, and the 
meeting was also attended by many farmers interested in the 
proceedings The main business consisted in the report of 
the Committee on Pedigrees, it* discussion, and action upon 
its recommendations. It advised the publication of a list 
[in a herd hook] of such animals as the committee approved — 
and a committee was appointed to attend to the publication 
of the pedigrees of all approved animals, If desired by the 
owners. Members of the Association are to be charged 50 
cents for the publication of each pedigree. The. report of 
the Committee on Short horns elicited considerable discus¬ 
sion. especially relative to the progeny of certain hulls — 2d 
Duke of Lancaster, (5951,) Topper, (2708.) aud Pan, (6272,) — 
a point which was finally referred to the uew Committee. The 
Treaxurer reported a balance of S131 13, Officers were elected 
for the ensuing year as follows President — JPaoli Lathrop, 
South Hadley Falls, Mass. Fur Presidents — Daniel Buck, 
Poqnonnock, Conn.; Randolph I.iuatey, Meriden, Conn.; John 
Brooks, Jr., Princeton, Mas*.; Jabey. S Alien, East Windsor, 
Conu.; Win Blrriie, Springfield, Moss. Sec'y and Treat .— 
Henry A. Dyer. Brooklyn, Conn. The Committees on Pedi- 
greesare: On Shorthorns. — S. W. Buffum, Winchester, N. II.; 
S. W. Bartlett, East. Windsor, Conn.; Phineas Stcdinan, Chic¬ 
opee, Mass Devons — H M Sessions, South Wilbraham, 
Mass.; B. H. Andrews, Water bury, Conn.; K. H. Hyde, 8 tat 
ford, Conu. Ayrshire* and Hereford* —II. II. Peters, South- 
boro, Maas ; Thomas G. Hatch; Luke Sweets ter, Ambers', 
Mass. Alderney* — John T. Norton, FnrmiDgton, Corn I 
Thos. Motley. Boston, Mass.; Daniel Buck, Poquonnock, Coun. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — Perhaps some of your 
readers w'ould he glad to know of a remedy by the 
use of which they may be able to raise a few chickens 
without the experiment being rendered almost profit¬ 
less through disease. It is not a little surprising to 
sec turpentine, tobacco, and a host of other nostrums, 
recommended as cures for this difficulty, when, in 
fact, they can never reach the cause, or effect a cure. 
It must be known that the stomach and wind-pipe 
are quite different iu their office, and that the cause 
is in the wind-pipe. On dissecting one of these 
chicks, you will find in the wind-pipe, near the lungs, 
a small, reddish worm, about an inch long, and the 
circumference of a knitting-needle. I have often 
found a half dozen of these worms in one chick, and 
they grow until it is choked to death. My mode of 
treatment is Gist, provide yourself with a quill from 
the hen's wing, strip it of the feathers to within an 
inch of the tip, wot it and draw down to a point, 
place the chick between your knees, with the thumb 
and finger of the left hand open the month, stretch 
up the neck so that you can see the opening of the 
wind-pipe, then pass tiie quill down, give it a turn or 
two, and draw out. In this way you will draw out 
and loosen the worms so that the chick will cough 
them up. This should be ^he work of a moment, aud 
in the hands of a, skillful! operator success will cer¬ 
tainly follow. JA.may hit necessary to repeat in a 
In the engraving the scale is 15 feet to the inch,— 
a, sill, « by 8; h, purlin beam, 6 by 6; c, main stay, 
fastened at the top and bottom by ii rods of iron. 
These rods pass into the ends of the stay 18 inches, 
and are run into a nut 1 inch in thickness, the nut 
again resting on a cap of bar iron j inch thick, 2 
inches wide, 6 inches long. The buns and caps, or 
washers, are introduced into the stays by a mortice 
through them, just large enough to receive them. 
At the lower end, the rods pass through the sill and 
are secured with cap and burrs. At the top, they pass 
through purlin beam and plate, and fasten as at. 
bottom. Those rods are upset where the screw is 
cut, so as to give the full strength of rod at that 
point, d, main brace, 0 by 6, the lower end resting 
on the end of sill, against foot of post-, and the top 
fitted to lower aide of purlin beam, against main 
stay, without tenon or other fastening at either end; 
e, posts, 6 by 6; /, rafter, 2 by 4. I give the size of 
timbers to show that they are leas than one-half the 
size commonly used. The whole house is of pine. 
Some of the advantages of this plan of structure 
arc, Iilist, the whole structure, and all its contents, 
I rest ou the masonry, leaving il'o entire space beneath 
Vriear far the iff rangement of stalls, cellar, store.-roy m. 
imrae.powir, tVp., uninterrupted by w»l>» nhceo^i 
any kina. Ctvaoi, >u, bn VO ,00 big beams to pitch 
oyer. Third, light timber may he used throughout 
with perfect safety, as my experience proves. 
Fourth, tho whole structure is bound together, so 
that no wind will uff'cct it which is not strong enough 
to tear it in pieces, or upset it bodily. Mine is 
anchored to the wall by spiking the stautial studs at 
the top and bottom. Scaffold beams are formed by 
letting 2 by 8 scantling into each side of the post, 
brace, and stay, one inch and spiking to each. The 
joists arc not let into the sills, but laid on the top of 
them. M- L. Coe. 
Waupun, Wifi., 1861. 
^Inquiries ana gVttgwm 
SriKKi- Polling their Wool.—P lease tel) ms the cause of 
tny sheep pulling their wool. At shearing they were troubled 
with ticks, and we dipped every sheep and lamb in a strong 
decoction of tobacco.—J. D O., Eagle. ITyo. Co., A r - i'¬ 
ll' our correspondent will give hit sheep an occasional dose 
of sulphur in their food, we are confident they will engage in 
a more profitable employment. 
Experiments —Timklv Scggrstions. —Though tho im¬ 
portance of carefully conducted experiments has often been 
ur/efto upon our reset.. << -Lilly order t 
the present season, and wet commend the T.mdwui|r 
tionsby Mr. Wm. H. Cook, of Dane Co., Wi*., a* worthy of 
particu lar attention :— “ I would suggest to the mauy readers 
of your valuable paper who are farmers, that as tho Spring’s 
work will shortly commence, it is desirable for all such as 
conveniently can do so to try some carefully conducted expe¬ 
riment with such manures as may be most convenient to 
apply to the various crops growu on the farm —ail experi 
roetits to be by actual measurement, of ground and weight of 
Contraction op the Hoop. — Will the Rural furnish « 
remedy fn* this disease' — ir trmtrem, T" f 
A run at grass Is the Dost thing When uSe horse is stabled, 
repeated poultices of soft soap and rye meal, applied cold, 
have worked wonders. When the hoof softens, dress, night 
and morning, with turpentine, linseed oil, and powdered 
charcoal, equal parts. 
.Murrain in Calves. 
IT. B. Patrick, speaking of this disease in the 
Prairie Farmer, says:—“I kr.ow of no remedy for this 
disease; but 1 bleed freely (as you say) as a preven¬ 
tive. I have never knowu stock in low flesh to have 
an attack of murrain; hut those highly D-d do have 
it,—caused probably by a superabundance of blood, 
and hence inflammation. I used, for many years, to 
feed saltpetre mixed with salt; but it did not save 
them. About the time, in spring, that they could 
get a full feed of grass, and were gaining rapidly, 
they would commence dying. One year I had some 
fifty bead. As soon as they commenced growing, 
and conld get full feed of grass, they began to die,— 
one or two per flay,— until 1 lost several. I finally 
yarded those ?t#t alive, corded their necks and took 
from each two quarts or more of blood, —bled them 
until they staggered and then let them go. 1 lost, no 
more. Since that time, as soon my calves commence 
gaining iu the spring, I bleed them, and lose none.” 
Rain Water for Cows.— It is my design to construct a 
elatenu, ami &upi>iy my milch stock therefrom with water; 
but hearing that soft water has a tendency to dry them up. 
1 would like an expression as to the truth or fallacy of tho 
statement from dairymen It doe* not look reasonable, yet 
old milkmen sav such is the fact. Please explain.— T. H , 
West Brighton, JV Y. 1861. 
We cannot conceive of any reason why the use of soft 
water should operate in the manner described. As the expe¬ 
rience of dairymen is called for. however, the subject is left 
for their dissection. 
Swelled Legs in Horses.—W e have a young horse that 
had the grease last winter, and one of her legs now swells 
badlv Knowing that you are always ready to unpart intor- 
matmn. 1 would like to know if you, or any of the readers of 
the Rural, can tell me what will reduce the swelling; A 
Constant Reader, JViayara Co.. A*. Y ■ 1861. 
Horses in the spring and fall are subject to swelled legs. 
The powers of the constitution are principally employed iu 
providing a new coat for the animal, and the extremities 
have not their share of vital influence. Mingled cordials and 
diuretics arc indicated here — the diuretic to lessen the quan¬ 
tity Of the circulating fluid, and the cordial to inv igorate 
the frame. 
Swelled legs are often teasing in horses that are in tolerable 
or good health; but where the work is somewhat irregular, 
the cure consists in giving more equal exercise, walking the 
horse out daily when the usual work is not required, and 
usrng plenty of friction in the form or hand-rubbing. Band¬ 
ages have a greater and more durable effect, for nothing 
tends more to support the capillary vessels, aud rouse the 
action of the absorbents, than moderate pressure. Hay- 
hands will form a good bandage for the agricultural horse, 
and their effect will probably be increased by previously dip¬ 
ping them in water. 
KEEPING FARM ACCOUNTS 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — The keeping of an 
account of the flatty transactions and events of life is 
not only interesting to look over in after years, hut in 
many cases profitable to every person, and more 
especially to the cultivator of the soil. For the past 
eight years 1 have kept a “ Farm Journal,” somewhat 
after the following method: 
185S. Or. Dr. 
Nov. 19.—Snowed last night; very cold; win¬ 
ter set in. 
1859. 
Aug. 8.—Sold veal calf $2.50; 24 chickens at 
12)a cents . ..5 5 50 
Aug. 10.—Bought 12 lbs. sugar $1.00; dry 
goods $4.50_ $ 5 50 
Dev. 31.—Stock and produce sold from farm 429 83 
1S80. 
Mar. 10.—Bought clover-seed sower; gave 
note, $9.00, due Nov. 1. 
Apr, 24.—Paid for Rural New-Yorker. 1 25 
j UU e 4.*-Great tornado in Illinois. Iowa. &c. 
Nov. 24.—Snow; cold and windy; severe storm 
Nov. 28.—Sold in Detroit to J. M., 45 bushels 
apples, at 30c...— 13 50 
Dec. 1 .— Paid W.C. for work 1 mo. and 1 
day, at $13 _ T _.13 50 
1861. 
Feb. 7.—Very cold, mercury IS 6 below zero 
at 8 o'clock P M. 
The advantages, besides the employment of a few 
moments in a pastime, are these. The setting in of 
winter in 1857 earlier than for the previous 
fifteen years, is often a matter of dispute. I turn to 
my Journal and find the record. So also of the com¬ 
mencement of the past winter, a time long to be 
remembered by many. And I wish to know when the 
note given for clover-sower becomes due, so as to 
make arrangements to meet it,—which I also find. 
Again, W. C. in a few days brings back a five dollar 
note on a broken bank. I find by my journal that I 
received said hill of .1. M.. and 1 also learn that said 
Successful Dairying.— Hon. Zadock Pratt, of Greene 
Co., the millionaire tanner, aud of late years more than 
amateur farmer, now over 70 years of age, reports the fol¬ 
lowing successful result of last year’s operations on his farm 
of 203 acres:—"Kept 50 cows. The aggregate quantity of 
milk was 26,276 gallons, or 525)4 gallons per each cow, being 
an average ol' about '2'- e gallons per day for each. The butter 
amounted to 9,143 pounds, or about 1 S3 pounds for each cow, 
being an arorage of about 12 oz. per day for each; the 
average quantity of milk to each pound of butter was about 
11>£ quarts. The whole amount of pork was 6,516 pounds, 
or about 130 L pounds for each pig. The receipt- were, for 
butter $2,148.89, for pork $456.12, for calves $80 — total 
$2,685. Expenses for working the farm, including $700 
■In reply to A. K. Daniels’ interest on investment, $1,125.75. Net profits above interest, 
attle, in a late issue of the $1,359.26. Col. Pratt has kept similar statistics for several 
y we have had experience showing an increase in the net profits each successive 
his inquiry. It was paved y ear .” 
isl months to dry before it * 
he cattle to lie upon with California State Ag. Society. — The last number of the 
h, where they stood, next to Journal of this society contains the proceedings of its 
e, the stable's were cleaned Annual Meeting, held Jau. 30. The Society is api»arc-ntly in 
cd, we have since put plenty a progressive condition. We give the list of officers for 1861: 
all. letting sheep or calves President— Jeuosik C. Davis, Yolo. Vice Presidents —Abel 
;U spring By giving plenty Steadies, Pablo De La Guerro, Frank F. Fargo, M. D. Boruck 
le of valuable manure. AVe E. S. Ilolden, A. P- Smith, A. Haraszthy, J. I’ Ryan, J. D 
jan plank for stable floors. Haynes, Charles Justis, J. R. Crandall, J. A. Banks, S. A. 
cs for stock; think they are Merritt. A. Delano. J. R. Walsh, A Hayward, J. \\ . Thomp- 
Wlicnt Culture — An Experiment. 
A correspondent of the Eastern Farmer thus 
details a test of various fertilizers upon a crop of 
wheat:—‘‘Last spring 1 experimented a little in 
sowing wheat. I measured off two acres of land- 
then divided into three equal parts, numbering them 
A R C. On ‘A," 1 applied bone-meal at the rate of 
600 lbs. to the acre. On ‘ B.‘ I applied Phosphate, 
made at the rate of two casks lime and two bushels 
rock salt to one cord muck. On * C,’ I put 225 lbs. of 
rock salt. 1 sowed the whole with wheat, the 5th 
day of May, and harvested the 23d day of August. 
During the first part of the season, that on the bone- 
meal grew the best, though the difference was slight 
between that on the bone-meal and that ou the phos¬ 
phate. As the drouth of mid-summer increased in 
severity — that upon the phosphate gained upon both 
the bone-meal and the rock salt, but Inter in the 
season the wheat upon the rock salt became the 
stontest and ripened the best. At the time ol har¬ 
vesting, a long and severe rain storm came on, which 
injured mv wheat so much that 1 could not tell by 
soaked corn,—the second day 1 took the machine 
again aud dry corn, and the boys disliking to drop | 
the soaked corn would fill occasionally with dry corn, 
and finally finished off with dry corn. This gave 
corn planted in three different ways, — soaked, with 
the hoe — dry, with the hoe — and dry, with the 
machine. Iu the result there was very little if any 
perceptible difference between soaked corn with the 
hoe, and dry corn w ith the machine,—that planted 
dry with the hoe was several days behind the other 
two methods. 
Corn planted with machines universally came better 
and more readily last year than that planted with the 
hoe, whether it was a machine with roller or a staff 
dropper, such as I used, with the orifice pressed by 
the foot. The reason I assigned was. that in planting 
with the hoe the seed was dropped upon the dry sur- 
PISCICCLTURK. —It is said that the artificial propagation of 
fish has proved a complete success in Europe. The Tay breed¬ 
ing boxes, established iu 1S57, turn out 500,000 young salmon 
every year. The Irish breeding places have also succeeded 
admirably. The artificial lake at Huningue, near Basle, cov¬ 
ering seventy acres, is doing much to repeople the exhausted 
rivers of France with fish. 
Canada Yet! —Heavy Turnip .— Mr. J. A. smith, of Baris, 
C. W., sends ns this item:—" Having seen in the Rural some 
boasting abont roots, I am tempted to tell you of a turnip 
raised near Galt, C. W., by Mr. Wm. Turnbull, which 
weighed, when topped aud cleaned, 855£ lbs. This is no fiction, 
though it is but just to say the turnip grew among carrots ' 
