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-“ 7Z jTven if he were oblieed to borrow a portion of the roots, and we ought to be wise enough not to destroy 
i older than two years last March, and four of them were .. - a Tnn< ,», 5 „« m «v be them, or cut short the extent of their usefulness. We 
r/e^ * T a Singl -ere by twTcon! St," - much of - -= 
^d rai They"-?r" •* ^"o^nelghbo^! thus miucinTtTe cost so much other plants, or the roots of trees, as of this plant. T hk Chou Prospects of Western New York continue to 
I V «1T,.. Ei.b.r too l«u. o, too o.»ob fe.J I To th , , nowing roaohlu. .1.0., Id be added a good grotmd should b. well P« „ro„»„ ..>,.M, „ pro.W.g »i„t 
The Hr#t winter they hud each dally one ,iUttrt . The next horse rake and a set of hay caps, and then the farmer the harrow, or a light roller, prevtous to planting or Qn ^ mV * ^ whwt been sown, and generally 
meal and good hay. Tbengood paatme ni summer. • condition to enter upon the annual campaign the kernel. ... . looks fine. Other spring eropa, and grass, promise an aver 
winter they had two quart, each only, of corn «*« ground )H U con m or * Then the weeds should he destroyed by sharp hoes 
fine, cob and all. (If not ground fine I think the cob Injure with great certamty of bav u fl0 Kener . merely shaving with them the surface of the soil, and *** y ‘ eld ' --• 
ous.) On the 6th of last May, theso and thirteen o or I he mode o in g t t n un rasp cutting much in depth Snch cultivation Read the Advertisements in this paper, and heed those 
were turned to paature on a thlrty-flv. aero field, and on the R , tUat the observance of a few simple rules seem to m o ^a S e , « "ZVLn the customary In which you ace interested. Some new and valuable ma- 
firat of June or a few days after, sixty nine sheep were put bfl ^ ^ ig neceBHar y. J n Order to get the sweetest Will ever b« lighter f T * | chines are offered to farmers by those who know where to 
on the same field. Some cattle were taken out and ol urs ft() ( j begt j, a y > tbe g nwi4 should be cut very SOOn after mode of plowing am l mg. advertise, and insist upon the insertion of their annonnee- 
pnt in in their pla<;*; and the thirty five acres pasture J .a th( , u oom fi r8 t anpeara. It should not be allowed to ments, regardless of the expense to themselves or our con- 
stock, and made Urn whole fat until the last day of Kovein- - “ - ‘ 
ber. When yarded, the ten cattle wore fed six quart* each 
dalle of lino'ground corn and cob meal, until sold on first of 
Uural Sfotes anti Stems. <£l)c 3fcrus (Honbcnser. 
The Crop Prospects of Western New York continue to 
improve. Partners from different localities speak very 
Considerable spring wheat has been sown, and generally 
looks fine. Other spring crops, and grass, promise an aver 
age yield. 
b!Tr WhinTarded the t«n cattle were fed six'quart* each remain long spread out in a hot sun -hut When burly <L WArjHW0UT „ thus gives, through the Country 
d'lilv of 'flue ground corn and cob meal, until sold on first of wilted, so that upon taking it in the hand, some o Ge , tlleniau< hls experience in raising calves:—“After 
January I have known Mr. 8. to have his two-year olds the driest portions will snap a little, should then be trj ,. n)? varioU8 way , lu rai8ing calveB( j flnd the fol- 
morc than 100 pounds each heavier, but never any so fat- thrown into high peaked cocks and covered with lowin „ not ()n ] y the cheapest, but, for anght I see, as 
four of them coming so late a* from the end of June to the cft]1Bi j f they are ft t band. In this condition the cocks fof tbe aninift i ft s to let them suck the cow or 
16th of September, brought down tho average wcig t. m ay stand forty-eight hours with decided advantage., lbem w jth warm milk from her, wintering 
“ Now rarmers can make their own calculations whe her ft l all thut wil] be necessary afterwards, is to throw more when one rear old. Take 
it is better to feed cattle « Mr. 8. fed his. and sell them for RUn aD( ] air for three Or four “ tter ; J „ " ZZ TJ 1{ milk and feed 
i i „„wards or feed them in the common starvation tne cock open them from the cow at three days old, mi ik ana t i 
hare them worth from $16 to 120. i know that if hours, when it will be in excellent condition to be thcm m three or fouf wee ks 0 , d( and thc next three 
wav and hare them worth from $16 to $20. J know that it uou.s, *.- 
these cattle had been properly attended to the first four carted 10. 
months, they would have boen.worth more money. 1 have Grass cured in this manner will look green and 
hnown him to soil hta cattle at the samo age Tor considerable bright, and will retain that peculiar aroma or fra 
more money, but beef was then higher, and 1 presume there grftnce) no t less grateful to the taste of the cattle 
were four of them younger thiayear l believe it to be a duty tkan to the nose of their owner, when he enters the 
every farmer owes his country, to make his land produce all bun( j t H j so retamt i/„ nutritious qualities entirely 
he possibly can, «itb«r in grain or stock, and I have never yet ' h t d j d Ruffpred to rcmain 
seen a farmer who thought he bad raised too much afUtr he ue J" u “ , , 1 . .. . . . . 
ST ZZJ w. pwL."-**. 9mm, «■ «W" thc S’*” 4 <*»“ W “. or 
y fy, /rua ry t 1861 . three day8. The farmer can easily test this for him- 
. . , ... ai-lf. bv cutting two parcels of tho same grass and 
If any thing more s wanting to prove that St is eunni b mu v 8 
11 oiij .Ulus n I _•_.|«A nrm-i.iiw« u-o Imvo rtyon- 
Read the Ahvertiskmkvts in this paper, and heed those 
in which you are interested. .Some new and valuable ma¬ 
chine* are offered to farmers by those who know where to 
advertise, and insist upon the insertion of their announce¬ 
ments, regardless of the expense to themselves or our con¬ 
venience. Though obliged to temporarily vary our usual 
arrangement by placing a column of news upon this page, we 
are Dot disposed to complain of the aflliction, and trust our 
readers will be equally charitable t 
Display op Fire AhmS at Ilmxois State Fair_— In order 
to secure a great Kxhibition and Trial ol Fire Arms at their 
next State Fair, tho Executive Committee of the Illinois 
State Ag Society have added to the regular list of premiums 
several grand Gold, Gold and Silver Medals for the best Fire 
Arms shown, to be tested by a competent committee. The list 
of arms enumerated includes twelve and six pounder breech 
,, „ , ., , Aims snown, lo oe vesica nv acompei.-ii b ><M..iuiv.vv. .uvi... 
weeks use a small teacupful of wheat Buorts, well of jirma enuw , r(ttp(! lnclndM twelve, and six pounder breech 
stirred in a small quantity of cold water, then add an w] loadit)g ri|lft caDDO n; also breech loading rides 
much boiling water as will make one-half the meal atJll carWnes ri | t0 muskets, revolving pistols, target rides, 
for feeding, patting in new milk for the other half, fowling piece*, Ac,, Ac.. This novel feature will he a great 
or even skim-milk that is sweet, and the calf will not attraction, and prove popular among a peeplc whose patriot- 
scour, but will do first-rate, if you give scalded shorts Um and war pluck may be estimated at 94 to the square inch. 
alone the fourth month.” 
___ Halting Cheese — Experiment*. 
If any thing more is wanting to prove that St is Bul< - ^ cuttin 6 two l ,arcclH of t,1C * ame ? raR * and A writbb in the Dairy Farmer details a couple 
best to keep calves -and the same rule applies to all them under the two processes we have men- of expcrlmentR in the columns of that journal. We 
other stock —in a happy and prosperous state, it tioned, steeping them, an s ng 10 a ma e rom CO py the following: 
may be found in the following statement respecting each. The Shakers, who prepare large quantities of In JaM< 1650 , j flni8 bed a few cheeses in this 
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MioBlOAB State Fair.— At a recent meeting of the Execu¬ 
tive Committee of the Michigan State Ag. Society, it was, 
after considerable discussion, decided to hold the next 
Annua! Fair at Iletroit, Sept. 24 — 27, provided the citizens 
raise a subscription sufficient to justify the enterprise, and 
secure the Society from hazard or loss. The citizens of 
Iletroit had previously subscribed half the necessary amount, 
— J. Lothrop Motley has arrived at Washington. 
— Flour is selling at $20 per barrel at Galveston, Texas. 
— Passports are apparently about to be abolished in Bremen. 
— The seized Telegraph Despatches weigh more than two 
tuns. 
— General Dix'a commission as Major-General bears date 
May 16. 
— The number of deaths in Chicago during the month of 
May was 134. 
— Our government has now afloat and in active service 114 
vessels of war. 
— Tbe Raleigh Standard says that the North Carolina vol¬ 
unteer force is 20,000. 
— Fifteen hundred Arkaanas treops under Gen. McCullough 
have invaded Missouri. 
— The steam frigate Colorado went to sea from Boston 
Tuesday morning week. 
— No dispatches are allowed to pass over the wires between 
St. Louis and Memphis. 
— The first trial by jury ever allowed the citizens of Naples 
took place in April last. 
— Five French officers have died at Corsica from the effects 
of a mushroom breakfast. 
— A royal prince is traveling through the Canadas. This 
makes the second within a year, 
— The amount of gold mined in New South Wales is 
largely increasing every month. 
— Prince Napoleon is to make us a visit, after having looked 
at Spain, Portugal, and Algeria. 
— Forty-five colored emigrants left Windsor and Amherst- 
burg, C. W-, last week, forliayti. 
— Eight regiment*, numbering over 7,000 men, left New 
York for the seat of war, last week. 
— Eighty persons have shipped in the navy from Glouccs- 
inuui nvuviv—in ** ****** •* - . . rf , wcurv buc ooucuv huiu »■»*#.**.«* v* ... - -—- » 
may be found in tho following fttatotttGTit reapficting I he Shakers 10 prtpaie ar K f l 1 11 1 J In June, 185D, I finished a lew cheeses in this Detroit had prCTiduil/ uubacribed half the fiecewary Amount, —Eighty person* have shipped in the navy from Gloucea- 
Bonio calves of Mr. Gbokok Root, a well known farm- bcrbs for esteem this matter of drying of ho munner: _ When ^ny curd was scalded, (I practice aort trance that as much more could be obtained; ^ Masg duf j ng the past fortnight. 
er of York, Livingston county, N. Y. He fed them much importance, that they construct very large tljrough BOftldlng)) l thr ew into thc vat about four hence, there I, little doubt the Fair will be held attb« time _ A stray s)ltt(3 the on ,y one ever caught in the Ohio 
hav and one quart of corn and cob meal night and r00,n * ,or thiB H l ,,M:ial P ur P oec > and wol ' ld HC8rc, ‘ | y quarts of salt — BometimeB only three for a cheese of and place designated. Thc Committee provided for the pre- river] ^ laben near c;naDnati< on g nni ]* y 
moriiln, during «... f.r,t winter, gave II.,, n goud' *~W* »< -n-frt.d herb, delivered at the,, dour.! „ „ I)0 „ ndS| rt |„ to g tborongbl,. Tbo,e which .t W*,~d _ Bowl. I.l.od, to Ch.,1,.1,,, Harbor. I. bolog ,. P ldl, 
p„AOte next Bommer, m»l tei W.owlng winter, « -» f »»*', ^'*■ went Into tbe hoop bel.r. being well cooled *»»»- r ^,T.uAl« ™",d Ur ,b, — .. Ur,... 
and sold them in August, after they were two year* ing their business upon sound principles, 80 that their act * d badly; hut when I took time and mean* to - _____ — New York harbor is defended by an aggregate of 1,025 
old, for $55 per head. They were sold the following 0Xam P lc8 in bu * ir, ° 88 malt ° m at ' leMt> are CntltIcd t0 cool numciently, the cheeses were very fine. On the ^ ^ Hov Jomrn R W ,, MAMS) a di8 t in gnished guns, which are divided among 12 fortification*. 
January for $85 per heud. I venture tbe assertion D-glm ■ whole, 1 did not like the process and abandoned it. cU j zon 0 f Michigan, is announced in our WesL-rn exchanges. _ New Jemey gives six tent* to each company of her troops 
that both Air. Swan and Mr. Root got at least u 11 has become quite fashionable to salt hav as it is Jn 18Mf x C0 , ntllC nced again, changing the pro- Mr. W. was Lieut. Governor and President of the State Senate —the most liberal allowance made by any State, 
dollar a bushel for all the corn meal fed to their P’ 1 ® 1 ' 1 ' 1 awa y in thc barn ’ Rnd we tho practice is grannnGi M follows:— After the scalding I drew oil' at lh( . tjrtie 0 f fl i* decease, and had formerly been President _ Kx .G 0 vernor Seymour, of this State, is to deliver the 
calves How then can we ftlf'ord to pinch the stock? carried alto gc th ®r too far. Many a ton of hay is ta- thy wh ey, leaving Just enough to float the curd, and of t be State Agricultaral College and also of tho State Ag'l Fonrth 0 f July oration at Green Bay, Wisconsin. 
Patriotism and profits, two glorious institutions, call ,{ ™ <" not niuch more tban half f" rcd ' b °° ftU8C t, I ' ere began to OOOl off, hurrying tho process by pumping Society. Wo have known him by reputation, correspond- _ ^ g)emmor hM r ,„ cd to cxigt _ but Major Slemmcr 
for milk and meal for the calves.— u. T. u. iw “ P r08 P cct of foul weather, and undeijthe comfort- Jn noM wator ftn j changing often. Then, to curd of | en. «, and personally for some twenty yearn, and always as an jg . q faJ1 ff , a(hftr and goon m hope, will be a General. 
GBASS AND HAY-MAKING. 
[The last number of the New Enyhuul Farmer contains the 
subjoined timely and sensible article. Though evidently 
written fur tbe latitude of New England, it may he read with 
interest and profit In other meridians ] 
Thk cutting and securing the grass crop i* a 
pleasant und interesting, though laborious, part of 
farm labor- The days are long and thc sun hot; 
just what is needed to secure the crop in its host 
condition, but well calculated to draw heavily upon 
the strength of the laborer. Tho observance of a few 
simple rules, therefore, will not only promote the 
comfort and preserve the health of many, but will 
actually result in the saving of life. 
It is necessary, in haying-time, to rise early, where 
the grass is to he cut with ft scythe, as it is cut much 
easier when wet with the dew than when it is dry. 
But in order to do this, long and severe labor should 
be avoidod before breakfast. Before going to the 
field ii w ould be well to eat a cracker or plain pieeo 
of bread, and drink part cf ** v.-.-.v-i'a - 1 it 
going to thc Held at four o’clock, as we practiced in 
earlier days, breakfast should be taken at six. This 
should not be in a hurried manner, with the whole 
thought devoted to the day’s work, but in a quiet 
and deliberate way, and attended by pleasant con¬ 
versation in relation to the business on liand, or 
ken in not much more, than half cured, because there 
is a prospect of foul weather, and under|tlie comfort¬ 
ing thought that a peck of salt will be added in order 
to save it. 
From their own natural desire, cattle will not take 
much salt during the winter, and we cannot believe 
it healthy to have it forced upon them mingled with 
the food which they must eat, or starve. A small 
quantity of salt, not exceeding two or three quarts 
to the ton, may bo useful—but more we cannot think 
necessary, even if It be not hurtful. 
Our hay crop is one of vast importance. Its ag¬ 
gregate value is very large, and although not export¬ 
ed to foreign countries—that is, rarely beyond the 
Kingdom of South Carolina or Louisiana—is of as 
much value expended in our midst as though sent 
abroad. It is, in fact, the basiB of all our farm oper¬ 
ations, the key stone which sustains them and gives 
them all tlicir success. The test of a farm is tho 
number of cattle it feeds—and the cattle in turn feed 
tho soil. 
Let us, then, endeavor to secure this crop iti its host 
say CO pounds, a little more or less, I threw in some- an ' ! P romot « r of A £ ri i cuU " ra ‘ Tn 'prov 0 mcnt. 
times three and sometimes four quarts of salt, and d '« d »" ovsning of June 16th, at hi* resldenc* m 
tinU ” . „ , , .. * _. .. ... Constantino,—breathing hi* la«t a tew tuiantea after a violnnt 
stirred till well cooled —then drew' oil the saltei a tt«ck of hcmorrftgo of the lungs. A friend Inform* u* that 
whey, and threw it on the compost heap put the ^ j iad we ,]| through tho day, and enjoying tho vi*it« of 
curd to press, and pressed rapidly and thoroughly. friend*. Hi* remain* have, b on taken to New Bedford, 
And now for the result. I lout from ray whey tub Maas., for interment. The people of Michigan, ami many in 
about, three pails of w'hey and some salt. 1 gained in this and Eastern States, will mourn the loss of the deceased, 
this, that my dripping tub under the press never had % -— 
a particle of cream rise upon it, and in having a The Prorpkctb or rn* Wool Market nre anything hut 
cheese that gave me no trouble in curing, and that favorable to growers. Wherever sale* are made, prices 
1 1 _: a l ...... di.rv.'t .-.f ran mlrnneft Wfi 
when sent to market sold for the very highest price, 
and called forth the unqualified approbation of 
dealers as being perfect in all respects—fine flavored, 
very solid, (not porous,) and very fat. 
How lo Grow Peanut**. ed two week* ago, as tho prohahllitie* of an advance of prices 
A tiOHRKSPONDKNT of the Country Gentleman, after the clipping *ea»on, remain unchanged, 
writing from Scott's Hill, N. C., Bays:— “ The priuci- -]> nK i* U ick oe Wool.—A n lllinoi* Wool Grower Is ro*ponsi- 
pal crop raised In this vicinity is the peanut, or ble for a very sensible article on this subject in the lost 
trround pons as they are called. They promise Prairie Farmer, lie sayift—“For two or three weeks past I 
rule low, with no immediate prospect of an advance. We 
observe that many of our exchange* advise farmers to sell 
their clips the first opportunity, however low the price. This 
mny he best for those who are obliged to sell, but we are of 
opinion that such as can ailord to hold their wool awhlla will 
not he loser* by takiug things calmly. Tbe views we express 
ed two weeks ago, as tho probabilities of an advance of prices 
after thc clipping season, remain unchanged. 
Tmt Brick ok Wool.— An lllinoi* Wool Grower is re*ponsi- 
possible condition, well fitted to sustain the waiting to he very good, as the season has been very 
herds that will seek it at our hands, when *bov return favorable for them In •••y section »f **»« 
fr 7 / 1 , tho bnrron paaturoB in tin. fall. try, there are one hundred thousand bushels raised. 
-w - We consider them more profitable than cotton, where 
WINTERING SHEEP. thc land is suitable for their culture. They have 
-— been a source of great wealth to this section of coun- 
Eos. Uruxi. Nkw-Youkku: — In the Rural of Juno try. The following I* the mode of cultivation. The 
1st, I noticed an article on “ Wintering Sheep,” by ground is well broken and then chocked oil two and 
Wm. J. Tjur, of Alacedon, N. Y. His management a half feet each way. Two shelled peas in tho hill. 
other agreeable topics. Thc hands, faj:e and arms of sheep might answer along tho Hudson, where he After they are up, they are cultivated by running a 
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should he washed io moderately cool water, and 
wiped " bright dry” before coming to the table. 
At ten, a light luncheon of plain bread, or simple 
fruit pic, and some cool drink, will he all that, is 
necessary before the dinner at twelve. Tea may 
then ho taken at fivo, which should also be light, 
compared with breakfast, even for men engaged in 
an exhausting labor. 
When these simple rules arc observed, especially 
says lie was brought up, but would hardly prove 
profitable In Michigan. 
Mr. Trip snya that sheep can he best wintered, and 
will produce stronger lambs, if allowed a wide range 
without grain. This does not accord with my expe¬ 
rience and observation —having found that sheep, 
properly grained and well housed, winter hotter, 
shear heavier fleeces, and raise finer stock, without 
consuming as ranch food as those allowed to roam 
sweep sixteen or eighteen inches in width both ways, 
after which the ground is stirred well around the 
plant, and all the grass taken out. Very little dirt 
put around the plant, as nearly level culture Is the 
best. This process of working must be continued 
two weeks, until they meet and cover the ground, 
when thc grass will cease to grow, which is about 
three months from the time of planting. The pea 
have Venn trying to peer into tho future far enough to *ee 
about what we vuyht to get, and what we most probably shall 
(jd Tot’ hu-i i* Tlftnoi* tlvi* J 1 ja\ » P**ttl4»t] down on 
forty cent* a* the price for Merino wool this yea,.- tli. 
opinion i* followed by aoveral logical rn**oh* why full Mood 
Merino wool ought to be worth tho price mimed, and sundry 
illustration* of the manner in which manufacturer* nnd 
purchasers annually attempt to “hear" the market. For 
example:_“ 1 have noticed one cireumstauce connected with 
the wool market for years, that no matter how high wool 
may be through the fall and winter, about the first of March 
comes a lull in the wool breeze, followed by a * dead calm ’ 
clear up to shearing time. The market is quoted ( dull 
< nothing doing in wool ‘ manufacturers buying only small 
parcel* to sort up,’— 11 running their mill* on half time, 1 — 
anri growers are exhorted 1 not to expect last year s high 
prices for wool;'—it makes no difference ho« low ‘ last year s 
high prices ’ might have been—they sing the same tune every 
year.” After di*cussiug the subject al some length, the 
writer gives thi* timely advice to wool growers: — “ Don't 
three months irom tne um u. »»»*««»• ' ^ HDxlous to Nl . u . Cultivate a little of that non 
grows entirely in the ground. They blossom as the chaianCf which aU buyer* have, and which I have ‘smiledin 
— New Jersey gives six tents to each company of her troops 
—tbe moat liberal allowance made by any State. 
— Ex-Governor 8eymour, of thia State, ia to deliver the 
Fourth of July oration at Green Bay, Wisconsin. 
— Lieut. Slerumer ha* ceased to exist—but Major Slemmer 
is in full feather, and *oon, we hope, will be a General, 
— Hon. M. A. Conway, the Republican candidate for Con¬ 
gress in Kansas, has been re-elected without opposition 
— Bank stock in New Orleans i* from thirty to fifty dollars 
per share below the prices ruling on the 13th of March. 
— Thursday week was kept a* a fasVday throughout Ten¬ 
nessee, all business being suspended by the disunionists. 
— The Memphis Avalanche thinks that further precaution¬ 
ary measures aro requireefto prevent slave insurrections. 
— Union Clubs aro forming all through California, and the 
hope of sympathy with the South is clubbed out forever. 
— The ship Monarch of thc Sea arrived in New York on 
the 19th inst., with 964 Mormons, who have left for Utah. 
— The Virginians assert that G nil era! Beauregard has ac¬ 
tually visited the Federal Camp at Alexandria in disguiie. 
— A French engineer in Now Orleans offers to destroy the 
blockading steamer Brooklyn for twenty thousand dollars, 
— Among the Second Lieutenants recently appointed is 
FranciB E. Brownell, the avenger of Col, Ellsworth'* death. 
— The secession flag taken from John Tyter’s house, has 
been presented to tho New York Historical Society, by Gen. 
Dix. 
— Loyal Americans, now in Paris, have subscribed upward 
of 15,0*0 f..... r- - (bn support of . vlOVernmeOL lu ui« 
war. 
— The famous Fort Sumter garrison, commanded by Capt 
Doubleday, will form a portion of the advance from Hager* 
town. 
— The latest Southern papers confirm the impression made 
by Russell's last letter — that the rebels aro in a desponding 
mood. 
— At Alexandria, Va., on Saturday week, our troops expe¬ 
rienced some hot weather. The mercury was up to 103* in 
the shade. 
— Pieces of the planking of the stairway of the Marshall 
House, Alexandria, Va., are selling in Chicago, III., at $1 per 
square inch. 
— The Memphis Appeal of the 14th instant says that a 
warrant is out for the arrest of Andrew Johnson, for treason 
to Tennessee. 
— In a report of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 
buucli, of sufficient depth to loosen the ground, when your wool-but say l a*k «o mucU-there 1* tt. 
the bunch is drawn Irom the ground and set up “ ^ (t)T / oUr W J _. „ J„ g if* you,’and if you will 
uutil they are thoroughly diy, when they ate put in ^ jt Bocre t — look out I Don't take a eent more a pound 
stacks and picked off lit leisure. It is a difficult oQ y0UT woo] on consideration that you help to buy your 
matter for an experienced person to know when they nc jgbbor > for two cents less on the pound. If Mr. Buyer 
are ripe enough to dig; but when nearly all the draws out or the breastpocket of his coat a big hunch ofletters 
leaves are shod, and the peas, on opening, nearly ftll and dispatches— ^ ‘the very latest’—from his employer, to show 
those*to be deliberate and quiet in everything, tho about, dependent upon the mercy of the larger brutes flold pea, but they put out a stem from the bloom TOy fiU , oTe - 10 wo -that air they have when in the barn, as if Masons, it appears that there are 30,266 Masons in the State 
severe labor of haying may he gone through for their support. Sheep, well sheltered, maybe which penetrates the giound about three inches, they had intended at one time to buy wool, bat had ' got out of New York. 
nleasantlv and without the slightest injury to thc fattened on straw and grain, but the most natural when the pea forma on the end of it. They arc dug of tho notion.’ Don't ask Mr. Buyer what he is paying for — It i* estimated that there are at least 1,500 sewing girln 
1 . food appears to he hay with a moderate supply of with a plow rnado for the purpose, passing uuder the wool this year, and what he think* he could give you for in Troy, N. Y., whose hands are now idle, owing to the war 
ti" now nowhere f.hion,,Wc, to onr knowledge, grain. »■ o- hunch, of euOieient depth to loosen the ground, when ,-our-wd-hut «r ; 1 -k .. “* h “* «•«- 
to take the morning .. Utter,, or to have the O.ie.horg, Mich., * _ the hnneh I. drawn Irom the£«*,.- « -P * ■ X «. and If %. l» mlSSSU 
“eleven ” and “four o’clock” dram in the field. It * ’ * 1 until they are thoroughly dry, when they are put in it sn cr e t—look out I Don't take a cent more a pound r ( on Friday week. 
is undoubtedly used in moderation by some persons, (*,**{ vit nf tTtl* stacks and picked off at leisure. It is a difficult on .,our wool on consideration that you help to buy your - . . . • , 
Lt Hire,,, if ever, distributed nmo.fg the men. H 1«*» >»»«»_•» »* *<«<<• matter (or an eaperi. need per.on to know whenttjj a-.j-d. a *-■ *«- g” Im .’.Tb^U ^ 
wan onee tho cuatorn to anticipate the important are ripe enough to dig; hot when nearly all the dr.w.ooloru..br»,t^ok.aerhl.«oat.b.gho»eh-rleHera Turr m bi , Mt 
advent of the hoyiog acn»„ by gracing the larder A ,„ BCOn , tlc Qhm « .hd; and the W -The -«h of Isaac Sh.iby M.g.r.a, ... of Gov,™ 
with an extra supply of “crackers and cheese, ‘dry ^ feyorito aud most Bucce88 f ul tonic for this P ”“ nt * S^roduco from fifty to seventy- be In « few day. more-just «y, 'Don't' trouble youmlf, I Magoffin, of Kentucky, U announced. The sad event occurrec 
codfish,” “lemons, ” « « “ 0ld J “ mftiCa r '™>” disease, is tincture Of iron in two drm. doses twice a | ^ ^wail that by heart-1 road them last year, and the yc’ar on Wednesday week. 
and from fifteen to thirty gallons of the real “ New ^ oatmeal or corn-meal gruel with a little brandy, ,ue bU8hel8 10 ' before, and the year before that.’ Remember, too, that if yon _ The King of Prussia has given permission to officers n 
England critter,” according to thc number of hands •’ d whiskey say about three ounces -‘ ‘ * ’ 1 ask but thirty cents per pound, there are very few buyers the army to offer their services for the maintenance of tht 
in the family, and their thirsty predilections! Ac- ’ n of mel| to be ’ given twice a day; any gttpirtflS Mil magnanimous enough tO give you forty cent*.” Integrity of our Union 
cordingly, “ there were giants in those days,” or at drinkii won [d he proper at any time of - T,,K Clkvklanp Wool Depot Co.’s Circular for tho pros- _ The annua i commencement of Rutger’* College, Ne« 
least, men thought themselves so, and what was Constructinu a Filths.— My bettor half desires me to ent month says:—^“The active demand for coarse wool which Brunswick, N. J., took place on Tuesday week, under thi 
anniotimes unfortunate, they thought their teams of thC d&y ‘ - make a filter. *o that *he may lmvu rain water for culinary hui characterized the trade for the last mouth, still eon- most favorable anspiceB. 
horses and cattle so, too, for their loads were occft- Rolling Corn Ground. “truction!^iu order to^ buffi!™* which will_ be simple, cheap, warae aoTmedium wifi' ^'.'■.vgeriy 1 eought^for,’ ~ B J tha ftrrival of the late Ministor to Mexico ’ il a PP®* r 
Sionally left, at tho foot of the hill, or imbedded W* J. IT., in the Prairie Farmer, says: I have and practicalf H. G. K., Oneida CV, A. > 1 S <>1 whilst there is no demand for fine except at prices paid for that the rebel government is not likely to make much hva- 
hub-deep in the black mud of the meadow ! practiced rolling my corn ground for several years, There are various ways for making filter* but the principle Inferior grade* way with that of Juarez. 
Under present customs, haying is couducted more an( j am fully satisfied that it is very beneficial. It 
quietly, skillfully and effectually than it was under will he so more especially this year, on account of 
thc spirit pressure. the lumpy state of the ground, caused by thc con- 
Timk of Cutting, and How to Cut thk (Irass.— tinned wet weather of late. Roll it any time before 
present a reddish appearance, they will do for dig¬ 
ging. Good land will produce from fifty to seventy- 
five bushels to the acre.” 
gnpiMiS ana ^nswr*- 
Constructinu a Filter.— My hotter half desires me to 
make a filter, so that she may have tain water for culinary 
uses. Will the Rcrju. inform me a* tu the manner of con¬ 
struction, in order to build one which win be nimple, cheap, 
and practical! 1 —li. G. K., Oneida CV, JV. Y, J801 - 
There are various ways for making filter*, hut the principle 
i* the same in all. The simplest way i* to procure a new 
barrel, with straight sides. Make ft strong partition in the 
center, lengthwise, with holes iu the bottom to allow the 
water to pass from one side of the partition to the utber 
Prepare the filtering material in the following manner:— 
you how low wool i* East — and how very much lower it will 
be in a few day* more—just say, ‘Don't trouble your*«lf, I 
know all that by heart—I read them laat year, and tho year 
before, and tho year before that.’ Remember, too, that if you 
ask but thirty cents per pound, there are very few buyers 
magnanimous enough to give you forty cents.” 
The Cleveland Wool Depot Co.’s Circular for tho pres¬ 
ent month says:—“Tie- active demand for coarse wool which 
ho* characterized the trade for the last mouth, still con¬ 
tinues, aud at full prices, «ith the prospect that the incom¬ 
ing clip of course ami medium will be eagerly sought for, 
whilst there is no demand for fine except at prices paid for 
inferior grades. The highest prico wo have heard being paid 
for the new clip i* forty cent*. Merchants and wool growers 
probably know that thl* change is brought about l»y tho 
entire capacity of the machinery being taxed to manufacture 
Government goods We shall, therefore, expect to see line 
wools neglected for two or throe months. No cotton can 
now he had from the South, aud how far this will influence 
the use of all wool where cotton li it- been used in part, or as 
The average amount of land gone over bytbe mowers it comes up, and you will find that it will till enough Buru ood hard wood, until burnt to a coal, then extinguish u substitute, cannot bo stated but the presumphon is that 
of New Fnglaml with the hand scythe, is not much, easier to pay for the trouble; without rolling, a large the tiro with water, and break up tbe charcoal ton* prepared the want ol it wifi favorably afloct the trade ,u wool. 
* ‘ .... Ml • __ 1 _ , A ♦_civa..f Ririol! f.nac i«irif.lt thin WAAbAfl - - • • 
average, have twenty*tK'fi acres to mow over, making, 
at $1.60 per day, the usual wages in haying time, 
$37.50. To this his board is to be added for twenty- 
five days, say $6.25, making $43.75. There are mow¬ 
ing machines of recent construction or modification, 
with which a rnan or boy may ent six acres per duy, 
with ease, and cut it well, either with one or two 
horses, or ft pair of oxen. It can he cut nearly at 
thi^ rate in convenient parcels, say one or two acres 
at a time, so as to accommodate the hands that are 
to tend and get it in. This will cost for a man, four 
days, $0.00, board $1.00, horse $4.00, interest on 
machine, one year, $6.00—making $17.00, which, 
deducted from $43.75, leaves a saving of $20,751 
But this is not all; there is the saving of spreading 
than you otherwise could, and will he in no danger 
of throwing a large lump on any tender stalk of corn. 
Try it and see what it will do. 
Corn Cultivation. 
“G. O. 11.” writes thus to the Massachusetts 
Ploughman ■ 
The plough should not, methinks, be run between 
thc rows of corn in cultivation; neither should dirt 
be drawn around thc stalks with the hoc. This plant 
within six or eight inches of tbe top. 'ibis space is left for 
pouring in the water, when it will slowly filter through, nnd 
arise in tho oilier side of the partition nicely filtered- For 
removing it from tbe barrel, n common beer-cock may be 
used. With this information, any ingenious person may con¬ 
struct a filter to answer tbe purpose in many different ways. 
The partition may be put across tbe barrel, leaving only a 
foot or so of space at tho bottom, and as a general thing, this 
will be found tbe better way. 
A Secret for Farmers —It Is worth knowing that eyory 
keeper of cows may cause them to calve during the day-time, 
instead of night or day, as it may happen, causing much 
watchiug aud want of sleep. Tbe simple method is this: 
When tho cow is in calf and the milk beginning to foil, till 
she is about “yelled,” let uo milk be taken from her during 
the day, oral night, but milk ber anv time in the morning, 
und let none be taken hut til the mOrnini/i and, when her 
lime lo e»)ve has come, she will drop ber young in tbe day¬ 
time. Two or our friends have tried thi* simple method, and 
have found it correct in every case. One who has eighteen 
cows ha# tried It these tW<> >ear*, and now they never think 
of sitting up at night.— Fife Jvuma). 
thia rate in convenient parceK aa y one or two acres the rows of corn in cultivation; neither should dirt destroying the Angle Worm—B eing a reader of the bU C {^’ ^1** he a «eentiy k rtwed Roman’em 
at a time, so as to accommodate tho hands that are be drawn around the stalks with the hoc. 1 his plant Rural, my eye foil on an inquiry of w. D. Smith, asking —ent. on 
to tend and get it in. This will cost for a man, four sends off horizontally, around, a great number of how to destroy the angle or ™ de ^' ^2,°^ “rl«J* of Ute, nev(r seen in that see- 
! *>»• nn v 1 ei AA * j nn nn roots, fovits nutriment and Mipport. The hilling pardon tillable. [ Hill give a remedy my fither used flome before. He will « 4 Ve the seed and exhibit It at tke next 
days, $**.00, board $1.00, horse *.4. ) , nterent on »ml ll,ev Arr* »U pr eight yearn ago His garden became very full of worms, cult urn! fair iu hl» district. Am be never sowed, auj oata 
machine, one year, $6.00-makit>g $17.00, which, mode ol cultivation cuts off these roots, and they are 8 : couldwlth difficulty b# cultivated, the soil bard tSaU he conjectures that the place wu* on old cavalry camp, 
deducted rr„,V i; 1 .-f„ leave- . ».i „ 8 or * 211 . 75 ! tbu. .Hewed b,„ a little otuen, „„d — m Uc “ “ C „ h p 7 ' Ti^X'-i Uo..d,..d „..d 
But this is not all; there is the saving of spreading sloping and otten dry surlace or the bill. non tbe ^ a u to no purpose. It continued to grow worse, and at bn j nj , t . X pos«rt to the action or *«» and air, they have germi- 
the grass, which thc machine does as it cuts it, and ground is kept even, these roots are benefited by all lilst beniItie unfit for a garden. Not wishing to abandon it, 
the still more important item of cutting the gra&s the ra|u that falls. They carry nutriment from afar, what was to b« done to bring it again to a good state of cuin atlrib 8 ^d to the 'cultivated varlatie#. 
rapidly when you arc ready to tend it, or when the and from a large circuit, to the plant. They help in vktion? H« then had un Rural to apply to for informal,on, -—- 
- , ' r)Lhl „ tl) :* i,it.-. hav To these their full growth and extent to stay the stalk and and must flnd out a remedy. Thinking lime might be bene. Rita Baoam ok Swedes.-T his, of all the turnip family 
weather is favorable to make it into haj. Io these WSu mugF* Tf the roots were not Aoial, he applied it freely, and with good result#. The soil L m weight, solidity, and all good qualities,'especially that of 
may be added thc consideration of transferring this keep it in an upright position. If the loots were not > P1 remains so to tbe keeping well, in tbe greatest perfection; true, it requires a 
hard work from man to beast, and this i 9 especially cutoff, there would be no necessity of hilling corn wb^U it w« th. li». that 
desirable in many cases, where the farmer beyond Corn must suffer more when nillea, irom nrouin, as ^ ^ e wor ^ q-jj 0 gunfon is now nearly free from worms, kept from freezing i* just a# serviceable in April as in October; 
middle life is not able to mow at all. the rain runs off the hills around the corn, and away and ha8 had but that oce application. How much lime it in fa* ™, rather 
Rita Baoas ok Swedes. —This, of all tbe turnip family, 
— It is u#tlmated that there are at least 1,500 sewing girls 
in Troy, N. Y., whore hands are now idle, owing to the war 
and hard time*. 
— About one thousand cords of wood were accidentally 
burned at Kichlaud station, on the Rome and Watertown R. 
R., ou Friday week. 
— The other day the Hungarians in Turin entertained 
Kossuth at a banquet. The guest had Klapka on his righ; 
nnd Turr on hi* left. 
— Tho death of Isaac Shelby Magoffin, bou of Governor 
Magoffin, of Kentucky, is announced. The sad event occurred 
on Wednesday week. 
_The King of l'ruasia has given permission to officers in 
the army to offer their services for the maintenance of the 
integrity of our Union 
— The annual commencement of Rutger’s College, New 
Brunswick, N. J., took place on Tuesday week, under the 
most favorable anspiceB. 
— By the arrival of the late Minister to Mexico, it appears 
that the rebel government is not likely to make much head¬ 
way with that of Juarez. 
— Tho Klwood. Kansas, Free Press of June 1st, notices 
strawberries as very plenty in the market in that place. They 
grow wild on the prairies. 
— The Southern Confederacy are trying te raise the wind 
by issuing notes for $20,000,000, without interest, and redeem¬ 
able in ten years in specie. 
— The Government is in possession of many letters from 
Northern men to Southerners, showing that there are yet 
many traitors in the North. 
_ \ crew of New England free negroes taken in a prize to 
New Orleans, have been ordered to be sold into slavery, by 
Attorney General Benjamin. 
— The balloon ascension, to teat the feasibility of telegraph¬ 
ic communication, took place at Washington on Tuesday 
week, with eminent uuccehM. 
— The monument to General Havelock at Sunderland, Eng¬ 
land, was unveiled on the 21st nit., amidst the shouts of more 
than twenty thousand persons. 
_The Fifth Pennsylvanian is the name of the soldiers 
newspaper, published in Alexandria, Va. It ia conducted by 
the Pennsylvania Fifth Regiment. 
— The Government at Washington has consented to furniBh 
10,000 stand of arms, of the most approved description, to 
arm a reserved corps In Pennsylvania. 
_Jt has been computed that every person in tbe United 
States uses three times the quantity of paper consumed by » 
resident of Creat Britain or of France 
— A slaver, the Nightingale, wa» brought to New York on 
Saturday week, having been captured, with 950 slaves, off the 
Front this view of tho case, it would seem that the 
iariuer who has twenty-five tuns of hay to secure, 
would find it economical to use a mowing machine, 
has weight, solidity, and all good qualities,'especially that of coas> t of Africa, by the frigate Saratoga. 
teiliSi S - A «« ,m 9mm - ** 
the former a great weight of food for his cattle, which if from his city were attracted into \ irginia by the promise ol 
kept from freezing if just as serviceable in April ns in October; f They were then forced into the army. 
in fact we rather think itiraproves than otherwise. June is lartus - lu J 
the month to sow this crop; at. any rate, before the 4th of —Three cart loads of magazines and newspapers were 
v% ^ „ . .. tnfint.Il lo BOW lUlB vruu Ml* HUT «w»w.v -wv** - A met? WUl luouo ut iiiat<»oiuvo uvoo|#«|<v.- 
in rivulets, when heavy Between the rows, away from would require to tbe acre , i know not; in our garden it was a u Mbould b# in the ground. If sown later, the root* will t , purcha8ed by patriotic citizens and sent to Fort 
the shortened roots. applied until the ground was white, and then plowed under, notmature so well, but Ware all the better for the table, soldiery stationed there. 
We cannot dispute the wise purposes of the lateral -A Farmer’s Bor, Dundee, N. r., 1861. being mtld-flavowd and keeping very well, l.omestead. 
