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the seeding, while the ground is fresh after the plow¬ 
ing. The seed is put in the ground at early corn 
planting, and covered about an inch and a halt 
deep. The cultivation consists in keeping the ground 
clean with cultivator, shovel-plow, and hoe. .Such 
is the modus operands of growing the plants in the 
nursery, and it is generally conceded, by those who 
have tried it, that it is better thus to grow them 
than to plant the Beed where it is intended the hedge 
shall grow. 
To prepare the ground for the hedge, Mr. M ANN 
recommends that the ground be broken in the 
spring.-or in June.- then plow it again in the 
fall, any time before frost, leaving a furrow in the 
center, - in other words, go around a land eight 
feet wide where the hedge is to be planted. The 
same preparation is necessary in the old ground in 
the fall. The succeeding spring, back furrow the 
land, plowing deep. Harrow it twice. Let it settle 
before planting the plants. Then if the plowman 
can drive straight, let him plow a single furrow it. 
the center of the bed, where the Ledge is to n tand; 
if necessary, straighten this furrow with spade or 
plow. 
Assort the plants in two sizes, laying those of 
equal size together and plant them together.— 
Set them in a leaning position against the land-side 
of the furrow plowed; haul sufficient dirt to keep 
them in place, pressing it compactly, if not too wet; 
if wet, It will need no pressing. Then plow a fur 
row, turning it to the plants. Dress up with a hoe, 
if necessary—provided the plow bus not coaered the 
plants sufficiently deep. 
Set fifty plants to the rod; this puts them four 
inches apart. Would Bet closer, rather than further 
apart. If set a greater distance apart, the hed*e is 
not rabbit proof. They can he made rabbit proof, as 
well as a proof against cattle, sheep, or swine. The 
above directions for setting in a furrow and covering 
with a furrow, pre-suppose the ground to be in good 
tilth; if it is not, if soddy or cloddy, the plants 
should be set with a spade. They should be planted 
at least two or three inches deeper than they stood 
in the nursery. They should stand one inch deeper 
after the ground has settled; the ground will settle 
one or two inches. 
N. B. It is best to reserve a few of the best plants 
for the purpose of filling vacancies that may occur 
the same season. The filling such vacancies should 
be done in moist weather, when the ground is in line 
condition. The border in which the hedge is planted 
should be kept clean- carefully cultivated. The first 
autumn following the planting, a furrow should be 
thrown to the plants on each side the hedge, that the 
water may be kept from them, and they from heaving 
out. Plant good yearling plants. 
Nothing further is done with the hedge, except 
cultivating it, until the second spring, when fin 
'March, before the sap starts,) it should he cut to the 
ground as close as it can be cut with a brush scythe 
Again, when it has grown eight to ten inches high, 
cut it back from four to six inches. Subsequent 
trimming must depend upon its growth and the 
season. It should never be clipped over four or six 
inches above the last clipping, and should rarely be 
cut after the middle of July. Except along the high 
way, after the hedge is made effective, it may be 
allowed to grow rampant as a wind-break or protec¬ 
tion, without cutting, if desired. But along the 
road it is best to trim it, else it will obstruct the 
view. One gentleman with whom I talked was 
opposed to any process involving labor, and rccom 
mended that hedges be made on lines at right angles 
lu inn iun.il, Suit none [jamltel to It, beCtiUSO Sllch 
would obstruct the view. But in countries where 
cattle and sheep are allowed to run in the road, 
hedges are necessary to fence against such stock, and 
ought to be made as a fence against such people as 
permit stock In the street. 
Mr. Mann thinks it liberal and safe to say that a 
hedge can be made, at fifty cents per rod, by any 
farmer that knows how to grow corn,— the hedge 
ready to turn out as a fence. Mr. Withers, before 
spoken of, says his hedge did not cost him over 
twenty cents per rod when ready to turn out lor a 
fence. Good yearling plants will be sold next spring 
at $2.50 per thousand. 
There is one important matter connected with 
hedging in the West, which is for the time neglected, 
but will ultimately be accomplished. It is the pro 
tccting and fencing railroads with Osage Orange. It 
grows rapidly, makes wood, is hardy, and if properly 
started, would soon screen the roads of the country 
from the terrific winter winds, and protect it from 
the drifting snow. The experiments heretofore made 
by railroads have, unfortunately for them and the 
public, failed because of faithless or ignorant con 
tractors. There is a large fortune in store for a 
thorough man who will go into this hedging busi¬ 
ness in the West. But people should be careful, in 
making contracts for hedges, that they are propel 1) 
assured that the work will be done, uud done right 
sweeping away so soon immense numbers of lice 
He says there is no necessity for using this poison, 
a* lamp oil is very effective in destroying lice, Ac. 
Permit me to say that sand and plaster will have the 
same effect; ergo, lamp oil, sand and plaster pro¬ 
duce pernicious effects when used upon poor calves. 
Now, I have used mercurial ointment successfully 
for years, as have thousands of others, and in no 
case have witnessed ill conBequenceB from its use. 
In this Western country, especially, I have known 
even “calomel” administered “to poor, pitiable, 
forlorn wrecks of humanity,” who have rather im¬ 
proved under its administration. Muy be climate 
makes the difference! I have also known mercurial 
ointment applied to the relief and cure of what 
Webster terms '• a particular uneasiness in the skin, 
which inclines the person to scratch the part, 
whether it would cure cocoethes scrihendi, or not, 
the learned lexicographer don’t say. Perhaps the 
medico agricultural, balloon-frame writer of Lake 
Ridge could as easily settle this question as the 
thousand and one which his veteran pen so easily 
and promptly disposes of in the columns of the 
journal aforesaid. I pause for a reply. Simcok. 
Marshall, Mich., Aug., 1861. 
queenless in the spring following. Last winter a 
bee-keeper in my neighborhood had seven colonies, 
which had expelled all their drones in the preceding 
fall, yet one of them was queen less. Hence, it is 
obvious that neither the presence of a few drones in 
the’"’inter, nor their entire absence, Is in an infallible 
indication of queenlewme&H; and it is consequently 
often exceedingly difficult to form a reliable opinion 
of the condition of colonies in common hives. It is 
only when movable comb hives are used, that the 
true state of the case can be ascertained.— Stoehr. 
Rural Notes anb 3tctns. 
THE LAMBERT WEEVIL PROOF WHEAT. 
Eds. Rural, New-Yorker: —In your issue of July 
•/7th, you mention the fact of my handing you a few 
heads of the “Lambert Weevil-Proof Wheat,’ and 
request the figures as regards my crop. 
I do not claim for the “ Lambert” variety an extra¬ 
ordinary yield, as the heads are only of medium 
length, and yet I think a rich aoil has a tendency to 
“ stretch” them somewhat. 
The great “desideratum” now is to get a variety 
that is “proof” against the ravages of the “weevil, 
or midge.” After repeated examinations by myself and 
others, I have never learned that the little orange co¬ 
lored “mischief” has yet dared to touch a kernel of 
the “ Lam' ert” wheat. It is a beardless variety, 
hardy, lighter-colored than the “Mediterranean,” and 
will give more poundB of flour per bushel. In the 
fall of 1859, my father sowed two acres with “ Hum¬ 
bert” as an experiment, and although sown after 
wheat, (a had policy, usually,) it gave twenty-six 
bushels per acre, and was cut some eight days before 
Mediterranean sown along side at the same time. I 
was so well pleased with the result, that last Septem¬ 
ber I sowed it exclusively, excepting one half acre 
of Soules. The most of my crop wsb on an irregu¬ 
lar-shaped piece of new ground, the exact figures of 
which I cannot give without much trouble. 1 am 
able, however, to report with regard to the yield 
from 3 acres and 04 rods, which yielded 92 bushels 
of fine plump wheat, grown in a field with the Soules. 
Ground prepared as follows: 
May 1st, 1800 .—Turned over Timothy and Clover 
sod, and sowed Peas. 
August 31st.—Harvested Peas, using a horsc-rake. 
Next day turned in cattle, sheep and hogs, to pick 
up loose peas. Cross-plowed, aud on the 4th of Sep¬ 
tember, sowed one bushel and three peeks of seed 
per Acre, broadcast, after wheel-cultivator, coveiing 
well by harrowing diagonally . It was out on the 2.Id 
of July; stood out during three or four rain-storms 
(the straw does not absorb water as bad as the Soules, 
which I was compelled to unbind;) was drawn to the 
burn on the 2d inst., and threshed yesterday. Nothing 
wonderful in the yield, but a certain demonstration 
of the fact that “ a bird in haw'd is worth two iu the 
bush.” > & M - *0™“* 
(IftteB, N. Y., Aug. 8th, 1SI51. 
Workers Short-Lived. 
The age to which worker bees may attain is not 
easily ascertained, and opinions differ widely respect¬ 
ing it. But since tbo introduction of the Italian 
bee, we may readily determine how old they usually 
get to be. If the native queen of a common stock 
be removed about the middle of May, and a fertile 
Italian queen substituted, we shall scarcely find one 
common worker among a thousand on examining 
the colony about the first of August ensuing. If the 
substitution be made about the end of July, the pro¬ 
portion of common workers remaining at the end of 
October, will be about oDe-fonrtb or one-fifth of the 
whole number. It is, hence, evident that the dura¬ 
tion of life in the case of workers, is greatly depend¬ 
ent on the season. When forage abounds and bees 
are industriously gathering stores, their span of 
existence appears to be comparatively shovt; and we 
may estimate that during the height of the honey 
season, they do not, on the average, live longer than 
five or six weeks; though they perish more from 
accident and exhaustion than from actual old age.— 
American Bee Journal. 
The Crops.— Nothing can be more unreliable than the 
general estimates marie of the extent anri value of incoming 
crops. If a farmer has fine crops, and the same is true of his 
neighbors, he ib very apt to think that all are alike favorably 
circumstanced; while if his own have failed, he is very ready 
to believe that all have met the same had fortune, for misery 
loves company. An editor rides through the country on an 
express train, he observes the growing grain, the bn*y 
farmers, the pleasant country, feel* well satisfied with him¬ 
self and the rest of mankind, and, of course, writes home 
that the crops are splendid, and farmers prosperous and 
happy. That the ripening crops are Buffering from enemies 
never before numerous or troublesome in this section of 
country we are compelled to believe from the most abundant 
testimony. 
Ant II Id dn nee. 
We have made a very important and cheap dis¬ 
covery to keep ants from bees. Several years since 
the little red ants were very numerous in our cup¬ 
board, and we put stone coal against the end of the 
bouse opposite the cupboard, and it banished them 
all. We concluded it was the effect of the copperas 
In the coal. This spring the black ant began to 
annoy our bees, and we procured oopperas out of the 
coal bank and put it around the bench legs, cleaned 
all the ants off the bench, and there has not been 
one about the hives or bench since.— Am. Bee Jour. 
£f]e News Conftcnser. 
— The Government has contracted for 100,000 rifled mus¬ 
kets. 
— Lord John Russell goes into the House of Lords as Earl 
Russell. 
— Thirty bales of cotton from Nicaragua has arrived at 
Asp'nwall. 
— The C. S. A. have “ confiscated ” Gen. Scott’s property 
in Virginia. 
— At every post in the North, all serviceable ordnance is 
being rifled. 
_Union majorities are maintained at the recent election 
in Kentucky. 
— Rifled cannon are now arriving at Washington at the 
rate of ten a day. 
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Populous lice Colonies. 
The Rev. Mr. Gobel, one of the most experi¬ 
enced bee-keepers of Lusatia, a country long cele¬ 
brated for its bee-culture, remarks that populous 
colonies, well supplied with honey and pollen, would 
pass the severest winter uninjured, eveu in paper 
hives. 
Apinrlnn Titles. 
Thf. Bee Journal is conferring titles on 
apiarians of this State. In the last number 
observe Rev. M. M» Baldridge and Rev. 
Quinsy among the honored ones. 
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inquires ana 
Hog Cholera—I t Would gratify mu very much to see, in 
the columns of the Rural, from some of it* Western cor 
respondents, u successful mode Of treatment for hog cholera. 
Will they send in, and oblige—J. L. y.iMMKltWAZf, IHtlsobro , 
Illinois , 1861. _ _ 
The Army Worm in Canada —A gentleman of Norval, 
Canada West, writes us, August 8lh:—“An army worm is 
cutting off the crops by fields — mowing down everything 
that comes In its way.” A correspondent of the London 
Free Press writes to that paper, August 2d —“To day I 
walked over fields of barley, oat* and spring wheat, swarming 
with innumerable million* of caterpillars —the whole crop 
is swarming with them — they are in the ground, stem, straw 
and few remaining heads. They are devouring all before 
them, cutting the leaves and heads off every stalk they 
climb. I never saw ro much destruction in so short a period, 
not ever, excepting the ant in the West India Islands, of 
which I often witnessed sari havoc Id a few hour*. They cut 
all the grass before them, and bridge riialns full of water on 
fallen stalks. At some places fanners were scattering quick 
lime along the fences, but of no use, whilst f looked on. 
Others, with a reaping machine, were cutting a swath around 
each field and ploughing it up — then sowing quick lime on 
top, to try and arrest their onward prog res- of rapacity and 
ruin.” A correspondent of the St. Catharine* Constitutional, 
writing from Louth, July 27. says:—“A worm has made its 
appearance in our neighborhood, which, from its mischiev¬ 
ous and destructive proclivities, and incalculable numbers, 
seem to be identical with the 'army worm' now invading 
large portions of the State of Illinois. We may he alarmed 
without sufficient cause, but judging from the ravages it has 
already marie in about live or six days from its being weeD, 
there appears to be reasonable ground* for serious apprehen¬ 
sion. The largest specimens that I have seen —and l have 
seen fields nearly covered with them — are abont one and a 
half inches long, and as thick as an ordinary goose quill; of 
a grayish black color on the hack, with two longitudinal 
stripe* of lighter color on either side; they move actively, 
and when disturbed roll up like the common cut worm. At 
present the hogs and geese ate destroying bushels of them in 
the road*, laues and pa-ture fields, and flocks of small birds 
are lending a helping hand to dislodge the invaderB, but it 
seems with little effect.” 
Crops in Michigan.— O. C. Comstock, of Marshall, Michi¬ 
gan, writes us, August 3d: —“Wheat harvest all secured in 
fine order, The quality of the wheat was never better Corn 
looking finely- The hay crop was a good one. Weather dry 
and intensely hot.” 
S. B. Noble, of Pontiac, it will be seen, writes less encour¬ 
agingly, under date of the 5th ult : —“The spring crops in 
the vicinity of this place have suffered severely by drouth. 
Several showers dnring the past eight days have been of 
much benefit to them, and since the showers wo have had 
very hot weather —mercury ranging from 86 to 92 In the 
shade. Good crops of wheat and hay have been harvested in 
fine order. The army worm ia now making ravages among 
the oata, and in some place* threaten* their entire destruc 
tion. In some instances the worm* attack the corn, destroy¬ 
ing its leaves. 
<i Wool is now being bought in this market in considerable 
quantities at from 20 to 26 cents per pound. Many of the 
large wool growers are inclined to hold on for higher priceB. 
— A nephew of Louis Kossuth is the Adjutant of the 3d 
Kansas volunteers. 
— Judge Nehemiah Allen died at Toledo on Sunday week, 
at an advanced age. 
— The direct taxes imposed by Congress do not become 
due nntll April next. 
— The formality of passports has been abolished between 
Prussia and Holland. 
— Pennsylvania's contribution to the war within six months 
is shown to be 71,320 men. 
— Admiral Milne disavows the definitions of an “efficient 
blockade ” attributed to him. 
— It is believed the population of Australia will he found 
by the census to be 560.000 souls. 
Keeping Goats,—C an you, or any of the Rural readers, 
give a subscriber some information in regard to keeping goats, 
and how profitable they might he marie lor a family of two 
or three pci-eons, Wle « <Vo use but little milkr Also, some 
hiul-u o» to I be .|llAlt>, of the mil. eel the quantity they 
give. Where can they he oMiJneS, and at what costr—T W. 
Edmonds, KclloagseiSe. W-* IWL 
We have not had sufficient experience in the care of the 
goat to answer our correspondent with any degree of pre¬ 
cision. Doubtless some of our readers can respond to his 
inquiry. __ 
MOTH IN CARPETS. 
A lady informs me that brown paper dipped in 
spirits of turpentine and laid under carpets, will 
keep moths out of them. 
ARMY WORM IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 
In Lake Co. the army worm has appeared iu the oat 
and wheat fields, and in some localities is very de¬ 
structive to the oars, eating the foliage and then drop¬ 
ping the heads. At this writing, (Aug. 3d,) they are 
stripping the foliage from the wheat, though not 
apparently effecting any serious injury thereby, as it 
is nearly ready for the harvest, some of it having 
been out the past week. In the south part of the 
State it is asserted that they benefited rather than 
injured the wheat crop by eating the foliage from the 
stalk. The worm which is found here is identical 
with that heretofore described in the Rural, and 
suddenly appears in some localities, others escaping. 
It is not migratory to any extent, but eats its fill, 
descends to the ground, burrows there and becomes 
n chrysalid as brown as a chestnut. 
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HOT WEATHER IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 
The past, week (this is written Aug. 5th,) has been 
cue of un precedented heat, the thermometer ranging 
from 90' to 110 (one hundred and ten,) in the shade !— 
terribly—nsull'erahly hot! The writer has been un¬ 
able to “ keep cool ” under such conditions. Crops 
hereaway, in Lake County, comparatively light. 
Quality good. 
Great Yield of Honey. 
Mr. Hamilton writes tlms to the Sacramento 
Union, from Stockton, under date of Jan. l-lth, 1861: 
“Thirty-five swarms of bees did produce, during 
the past season, over twenty thousand pounds of 
honey. 1 am not surprised that the truth of this 
should he questioned, for 1 doubt if the world can 
furnish a parallel. Not that a hive producing five 
hundred and seventy-one pounds, iu one season, can¬ 
not be found; hut that 35 swarms should average 
that amount is a great yield. But it is oi no good to 
the public to he told that a great thing was done, 
unless they are informed how it was done. This 1 
wili try to do in as few words as possible. About 
the 1st of February, 1800, I left Stockton with thirty- 
live swarms of bees —twenty-live swarms in Lang- 
stroth’s hives, containing about 1,400 Cubic inches 
and ten swarms in another movable comb hive, con¬ 
taining about 2,000 cubic inches each. 1 took these 
bees to the town of Santa Clara, Santa Clara County 
and kept them there until the 1st ol July, six months. 
I managed them on the system taught by the Kev. 1,. 
L. LangstROto, in his work on the honey bee. I fed 
them on nothing except the honey that I took from 
them. By the 1st of July the swarms had increased 
to 270. I removed them at that time to the vicinity 
of Stockton, whence they started; and by the 1st of 
October the awanns had increased to 500. The large 
hives, ten in number, have increased to 75; contain¬ 
ing 00 pounds of honey each, or 4,500 pounds. Ihe 
small hives, 25 in number, have amounted to 425, 
containing about 35 pounds each, or 14,785 pounds. 
From the small hives in September, about 700 pounds 
were taken, and they afterwards filled 700 pounds; 
making for the whole the great total of 20,075 pounds. 
From Ihe above it will he seen that the small hives 
have been much the most profitable. d 9 vei 7 
little in Santa Clara, after the 1st of July; but iu Ban 
Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, they do the most 
after the 1st of July—July, August, September, aud 
October being the best months of the year.” 
5Ve have a swarm that has already given us sixty 
pounds, besides several boxes nearly filled. The 
Baron of Berlcpoch has had colonies in his apiary 
which increased eleven pounds iu weight in one 
day. Mr. Nader, of Mayence, had one which in¬ 
creased twenty-one pounds; and the Rev. Mr. Stein, 
of the same place, one which increased twenty-eight 
pounds in a day. 
Pool in the Feet or Cattle.—W ill you, or soma of the 
numerous readers of the Rural, ph-a«e K'™ us “ cure for a 
disease in the feet of cattle commonly called foul, and 
oblige —A Yoc.no Farmer, McDonough, N. I lnol. 
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USE OF MEHCURIAL OINTMENT. 
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Eds. Rcral New-Yorker:— Mr. S. Edward Todi>, 
in the Country Gentleman of August 1st, settles the 
question of some anxious inquirer(in his own mind) 
us to the use of mercurial ointment in the destruc¬ 
tion of lice on cattle. Tnis veteran and astute writer 
pronounces mercurial ointment a very dangerous 
medicine to use on either man or beast, which is 
proved, he says, very conclusively, by its efficacy in 
Drone Retention. 
A colony which does not expel its drones at the 
time when all the other colonies in an apiary expel 
theirs, may he fairly suspected of queenlessness. 
Still I cannot concur with those wno say that every 
colony which retains a few drones late in the season 
is certainly queeuless: for I have in the course of my 
practice, found drones iu some colonies in every 
month, though the result showed tlmt each had a fer¬ 
tile queen, in good honey years, particularly, many 
exceptions to the general rale will he observed. In 
1811, I found recently emerged drones on the- alight¬ 
ing board of a virgin colony of that yeur. Iu the 
winter of 1841-42, I had five colonies among sixteen, 
and in that of 1842-43, six among nine which retained 
drones till February; and yet only one proved to be 
We are not aware of any treatment better than the follow 
jng:— Apply a poultice of lln*i-t-d meal to the part as soon as 
luff animation is discovered, and this poultice may be return*,! 
in ita position by mean* of a cloth through which two holes 
have been cut, to admit the o.luw*. This either abates the 
inflammation or hasten* the swelling; and a* *oon as the 
swelling begin* to point, it *honld be opened. Continue the 
poultice until the sloughing process has taken place, or the 
ulcer begins to have a healthy surface, a little turpentine 
having been added to it. Subdue proud flesh with caustic, - 
eqnat part* of sugar of lead and verdigris constitute one of 
tbo best applications for the purpose. Correct any foul or 
fetid discharges by using chloride of lime; and when the 
ulcer looks healthy apply tincture of myrrh. One ol the 
best applications for either receut or old wounds, especially 
for those having any foulness about them, or a discharge of 
fetid matter, is a tincture composed as follows: — Eight 
ounces of aloes and one ounce of powdered myrrh, iu two 
quarts of rectified spirit diluted with au equal quantity of 
water. Shake well daily, for a fortnight, when it will be 
ready for use. In foul eores take equal parts of this tincture 
and a solution ol the chloride of lime. 
This disease is most prevalent where cattle are kept on 
low, marshy ground*, the hoof, being softeued by constant 
immersion in water, i* rendered unable to resist the accidents 
to which it is thus exposed. When lameness Is observed, 
take up the animal aud examine. If there is any prick or 
wound about the sole, pare away the horn, permitting the 
escape of any secretion of matter. Remove the horn as far 
as it ha- separated from the sensible parts beneath, applyfll 
little butyr of antimony to the denuded part, bandage with 
* ,ft, dry tow, and remove to a dry yard or the cowhouse. 
Where no wound is apparent, try the foot with pincers, and 
should the animal flinch when pressed at any particular por¬ 
tion, open the foot, examine, and act as above recommended. 
If foiled here, envelop the font in a poultice,—thus softeuiog 
the born. If simple Inflammation exist, it will be likely to 
disappear; if suppuration has set in, the development will be 
! hu i 3 While under treatment it is considered pruden^ , 
to administer a dose d( Fpsbtt stt ^' 
The American Cattle Doctor recommends the use of astrin¬ 
gents and antiseptics, where there is a discharge of purulent 
matter. Take tincture of matico. two ounces, pyroligneous 
acid, one pint: glycerine, four ounces. Mix, saturate a small 
sponge, and place it in the cleft or the hoof, and bathe con¬ 
tiguous parts with the preparation. It will be all the better 
to bandage the hoof, thus rendering certain the fixedness of 
the sponge Should heat and tenderness exist, keep the 
bandage mui»i with cold water. 
A Cayuga County correspondent of the R( t bal says he has 
cured this disease with two applications of the “butyr of 
antimony.” put on with a feather. The remedy is simple, 
and easy or application. 
Henry T. Bbainkhd, of St, Paul, Minnesota, writes if*: — 
“1 have been engaged in the dairy business for the last six 
years, aud during that time I have never had less than 
Seventy five cows, and have had as many as one hundred and 
thirty. I have of course bad my share of the trouble* of 
the disease, -Foul in the Foot," I tried almost every thing 
that I could hear of, besides making a good many experi- 
irA'.ts on my own responsibility. I will give my method of 
treatment to the readers of the Rural, hoping it will do 
them as much good as it has me. 
“As sooh a- the animal is taken, make some strong Castile 
soapsuds and Wash the parts dean,—make a sure thing of it 
and get it clean,— then beat one-half pint of common tar 
boiling hot and pour in between the claws affected. Let the 
animal stay in a dry, clean place, a day or so, and all will be 
well. When taken iu time I have never known a failure; on 
the other hand, if left a day or two, the foot becomes putrid, 
and then I find it is next to an impossibility to cure it.” 
Corn Leas and Grass Paukk - Paper ba* been and is now 
manufactured somewhat extensively from dry grass and 
straw, hut P. \V RdnEL, of Plumstead, England, states he 
has made the discovery that paper pulp cau be luannf.ntared 
„t mss cost, ny using green, Instead of dry graaio*. for He 
production. He bu taken out a patent for the improvement, 
.. 0.1 be states that when urns* becomes dry, Its silica br.-mots 
hard and difficult of solution; whereas, when it is taken 
green, tb>. *11 b.u onJ other uuUbroUS substances lu It 
more easily separated. He takes any green plants, such as 
sea grasses, which are abundant and cheap, and first mushes, 
l^tben steeps them in warm water, and ufler this he boils them 
”in a weak alkaline solution. They are now easily reduced to 
pulp by passing them between crushing rollers, or through 
the common beating engines used In paper mills, The pulp 
is bleached in the usual manner with chlorine. The leaves 
of Indian corn are now used for making good paper, in 
Europe. There is one paper mill in operation in Switzerland, 
and another in Austria, in which paper is made from such 
leaves exclusively. The husks, which envelop the ears of 
corn, make the best quality. It ia stated by the London 
Mechanics' Magazine to be excellent, and in some respect* 
superior to that, made from rags. 
Exhibition of MASi'FACTintBS, ic —The Toronto Me¬ 
chanics’ Institute and the Toronto Electoral Division Society 
have united to hold a Grand Exhibition, commencing 0B 
Monday, the 7lh of October, one week aTter the closing of 
the Provincial Exhibition in London, and to be continued 
open every day, from 10 a. m to 10 p. m , for two weeks. 
The amount of prizes offered is nearly $1,000. The Prize 
List is divided into three classes—1, Arts and Manufactures; 
2, Agriculture; 3, Horticulture. Competition open to the 
Province 
Does Poultry Pay!— In answer to this question, Mr, C. 
N. BkkphER, of Woodbridge. Conn., says:—” Yes. if you cau 
keep hens and have them lay the year through.” He had 
fourteen the past year, from the eggs of which he realized 
forty dollars, the price being twenty-two ceuts a dozen 
through the season. He fed them two quarts of corn a day 
The cost of feed was twenty-one dollars, and the profit nine 
teen, Mr. B. requests any one who has done better than 
this to inform him through the Rural 
Flax Cotton Premiums.— The Rhode Island Society for 
the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, offer premiums of 
thirty aud twenty dollars for a bale of not less than fifty 
pounds of the best prepared Flax Cotton, fit for use on 
cotton machinery, accompanied with u statement of it* cul¬ 
ture. production and preparation, including cost of the 
various processes. The bales to he delivered at the rooms of 
the Society, iu Providence, on or before September 11. 
A Goon Pair of Twin Steers. — Last month, Mr. A. L, 
Morris, one of our city butchers, purchased from Mr. M i' L 
80 S a Henrietta farmer, two three-year-dld Durhams, (twins,) 
which Mr M. declares to be among the best cattle he ever 
r< rved to the meat-eating public. The live weight of these 
Steers was 6,680 pounds; average. 3 340. The difference in 
weight between them was only a few pounds. 
Dry Times nr Gilio.— The corn throughout Middle and 
Northern Ohio is greatly in need of rain. All along the line 
of the railway north from Cincinnati to Cleveland the pas¬ 
tures and cornfields are suffering seriously. The wheat has 
been harvested, aDd turns out excellent The hay in some 
localities is good; in others light. 
Illinois State Fair.— The officers and managers of the 
Illinois Ag. Society have established their office and head¬ 
quarters at the TremoDt House, Chicago, where they may 
he addressed by letter ami where one of their numbed ™*U 
always be found in attendance from this time until the open¬ 
ing of the Fair in September. 
Acknowledgments.— ffe have received from B. P. John¬ 
son. Esq., Sec’y N. Y. State Ag Society, a pamphlet bearing 
the title. Cheese Dairying in Herkimer County , from the pen 
of X A. Willard. A. M.. Little Falls.-To Edwin M. Snow, 
M. lb, of Providence, R. I., we are Indebted for a copy of his 
Address in relation to the Epizootic Disease among Swine, 
improperly called “Hog Cholera." From a hasty examina¬ 
tion of both the above we judge them worthy of extensive 
circulation, and will soon favor Rural readers with specimens 
of their quality. 
— Correspondents from Minnesota and Wisconsin represent 
a great scarcity of fnrm laborers. 
— The Paris Presse states that Fuad Pacha has been ap 
pointed Governor General of Syria. 
— The city of Baltimore has been selected as the principal 
rendezvous for the army in the East. 
— Baron de Trohrland, of New York, takes the Colonelcy 
of the French regiment from that city. 
— There are 340 tailors in the New York 6iRh regiment 
Two of them are commissioned officers. 
— The citizens of St. Louis are getting up a testimonial for 
Ool. Seigel, for his gallantry at Carthage. 
— The 65 ferry boats in the vicinity of New York car riel 
more than 44.000,000 passengers last year. 
— The Tycoon of Japan wants to delay the opening of 
ports promised by treaty with that country, 
— The story of the receipt of 50.000 stand of arms at Kev 
Orleans from England has been contradicted. 
— The Confederate chief announces that the official repo 1 ' 
of the battle of Bull Run will not be published. 
— The British Government has dispatched over 600 tuns 
of war storeB from Woolwich arsenal to Quebec. 
— The vote on ratifying the new constitution of Georpi 
shows a majority of a little over 100 id its favor. 
— Odb of Barnnm's whales died after spouting a day tod 
an evening for the curious crowd at the Museum. 
— The potato disease has made its appearance in Lincoln- 
shire, Eng,, and ia said to be making rapid ravages. 
— Over 900 tuns of grain arrived at Chicago on Sunday 
week, on one train, by the Illinois Central Railroad. 
— By the census Just taken, the population of Great Britain 
is shown to be 29,031,164. In 1851, in was 27,511,862 
— The Chicago Directory, just published, calculates the 
population of the city, at the present time, at 120 000. 
— Gov. Gamble, of Missouri, p’edge* amnesty to rebelslay¬ 
ing down their arms. The President indorses the pledge. 
— The fact that no regiment lost its colors at Bull Ran, is 
conclusive evidence of the orderly retreat of our troops. 
— The Louisville Courier states, on the authority of» 
private letter, that Louisiana has sent 21.0(H) men to Virginia. 
— A Convention of the Sabbath School Teachers of (Lb 
Slate will be held at Rlnghanitnn. on Tuesday, thu arm met. 
— The Senate refused to unseat Senator Lane, of Kanras 
though the Judiciary Committee reported to favor of Stanton. 
— Hon. Howell Cobb, ex-Speaker of the House of Bepre- 
kKntflit VMa i te (tales* t-1*V »<vm*nanii r\f n -«»/*• *w»/sr*» »n VirpliH 
— The Senate, on Saturday, confirmed some 400 army 
nominations. Among this batch were 23 Brigadier General* 
— The late F.ngltsh census shows a marked decrease in the 
population of many of the agricultural district* of England. 
— Our Fire Zouaves are caged at Richmond, in a factory, 
with bars, through which the people staro at them as a curi¬ 
osity. 
_Col. Lauder says that Vie had rather fight another battle 
with the troops who fell hack at Bull Hun than with the new 
levies. 
— It is suspected that the army on the Potomac will not 
he kept idle for so long a time as has been generally pre¬ 
dicted. 
— Messrs. Drexell & Co., of Philadelphia, have offered to 
famish the Government with the five millions needed this 
month. 
— The Astor library in New York city was increased by 
about 6.000 volumes during the year 1860, at an expense of 
$13 328. 
— The New Haven Journal says that the 2d Connecticut 
regiment brought home with them twenty-five negToes from 
Virginia. 
More than one hundred thousand persons were commit¬ 
ted to prison in England and Wales during the year just 
completed. 
— Nearly twenty-five hundred men are now employed at 
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the number is constantly 
increasing. 
— The St. Peter (Minnesota) Statesman says that twelty 
thousand pounds of butter will be shipped from that place 
this season. 
— Gen. Van Valkenburg has returned to Elmira to re-enter 
upon the discharge of his duties as commanding officer of the 
rendezvous. 
— Boston is expanding itself iu every direction. Ta* 
Directory for 1853 contained 38,000 names—that for 1861 °° n ’ 
tains 60.000. 
— A salute of twenty-one guns was fired at Forts Yob — 
and Sumter, in Charleston harbor, in honor of the victory 
at Manassas. 
— The Toledo Blade is informed that over 2,000 *barf 
shooters will be raised in the State* of Ohio, Indiana, 1U‘ L 
and Michigan. 
— They are forming rifle companies in Canada. The 0 
ronto Leader calls for 20.0C0 more British regulars 
winter sets in. 
_ The Easton (Md.j Star says the heavy cannonading at 
Bull Run was distinctly heard there—a distance ot >o m-t 
in a direct line. 
— Wheat does nbt Command more than sixty cents in im¬ 
part of Iudlaua. In many places it Bells for forty an-. '■•■■■ 
cents per bushel. 
— It is stated on good authority io East Tennessee tl- 
most alarmiDg apprehensions of slave insurrections - - 
in North Carolina. 
— Dr. Livingstone has been beard from as late as Apr - 
lie had then been making an exploration of the river h"* 
with Bishop McKenzie. 
— Prince Napoleon, in company with Secretary 
visited both bouses of Congress on Saturday week, an. ' 
introduced to Members. , _ 
— A secession Hag was hoisted on the American ■ 
Hamilton. C, W., on Saturday week, and taken < own i u 
day afternoon by the police. - 
— A clergyman in Boston said, the other day, tba.. J 
a regiment wa* asked how many would take a cop) 
Bible, every hand was raised. 
— Three companies of the U- H lst infantry, 240 , 
arrived at Chicago, on the 3d inst., from Fort Abercro 
Dacotah, en route for Washington. 
-The Hon. Joseph Trumbull- grandson of Got.J 
bull, of the Revolution, died in Hartford, Conn., toe 
He was born at Lebanon, Dec. 7, 178— 
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