M rv *© 1 G* * IX 
(jkjl :>>, i. 
the regular lines in a good condition — s?«* and ./'"• thc r j V or.” If terra-culturev » 
Hot the majority of the horses towing the i nld boats Mr. Comstockpretends, 
lonkini anim.U I ««»» »/«".«"* 
. — -- ’ * ~ _ ^ ij ability And wide o-tid oxflltcd rcputRtioDj biwiD^lon^ 
ine the condition of canal horses generally and once, like been distinguished for his researches and instruc 
particularly. I found some of the towing teams in correspondent, on -‘the other aide of tions in Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, 
the recular lines in a good condition— sleek and/af. the river.” Jf terra-culture was hut a tithe of the. nalne Hig opinion on any subject which he has inves- “TKBRA-Cn.TrRK,” Once Mob* —In accordance with a Engnivimr-.T. Miller 
|l„t the majority of the horeea towing the mU »«• Mr. tnrk yrgnJ,. igr. "MM*™* * «IMM to groat weight; aad p„ m ,« in oar ftwltt ...» w £»>» Oo.ton 
were the meat wra.ched looking animal, I ova, ,.w oj f ^XTS. 27^4? aaho ha, hoard tho .allatyW •• Pr.f.ttOr-loo,nr. on _ 
in my life. I saw a number of animals whose breasts Tb# j )rac1 / ica l results would be ““ * h D .J be ! on terra-culture, and given the theory some atten- P ^ Mcret ,._ and Ullll 0B „ ie nest page (entitled “The - 
and shoulders were galled from the top of t.ieir shoul- those who used the sy^ra, and h_ t0 ^ Kllir tion, he knows whereof ho affirms.—E d. Great I)iscOT ery in Vegetation,”) by the late A. J. Dowsixo, 3r| '^'rvmr ffTrtUrWnc;4>r 
ders to the bottom of the breast, and putrid matter won ^ d’Tie crowo- ’ \V® think nineteen of every M r.. Editor: — Is it possible that terra-culture, in funner et)itor r ,f “ 77.e Bortkutturutf author of “ The ^ I) £ C 03 J QL 0 U U £ TT 0 £1 ♦ 
actually running down their fore legs and dropping twfV J nty who have heard Mr. Comstock's attempts at Ug u1iar unU inappropriate sense, is still pro- Fruits and Fruit Trees of America,” “Downing* Landscape — ■ = 
on the ground. If strict justice had been meted out en i ighteninff an audience have readily come to Birai- * ^ , g irjng anpe ,i supporters? It was Gardening,” Ac., &c. To these articles we invite the careful _ Fift , ht ^ machine9 were patented in 1859. 
to the owners of those horses, they should have been lar conclusions. - gQ llltelly kil i ed and decapitated years ago, in our attention of W«<jl all -There are now over 62,000 cavalry in the volunteer 
bitched to the same scow and mai e o ow i o [EVftm the Rural New-Yorker, February 26,1853.] State, even by those who had bought the secret and u ^Tmcanun" as propounded hy RurseU Comstock. On service. 
The Wonderful Mystery Revealed. found they bad purchased only the use of words, that j a ^ _ a _ 6 found several items and illustrations, — The frontier of Canada is to be placed in a Etate of 
In presenting the following article to the public — the intelligent farmer in any part of the country incla , liDg bri ef extract from the A r . r. Tribune and Obis defence, 
thereby disclosing the substance of the so-called Ought to have known too much to be deceived. That Cultivator. If the space permitted, or the game was worth _ About 400,000 bales of cotton have been annually shipped 
great and useful discovery in vegetation — a word of j ants can ke Re t ou t too deep or not deep enough, the ammunition, we might fill the whole paper with serious, from savannah. 
Rural Note? artb 3tcms. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Fartimn. China and G]a«s Ware—Andrew .T. Brackett 
The Cranberry and its Culture—Sullivan Bates & Co. 
Piano Forte for Sale—Henry Beldem 
Engraving—.1 Miller 
A cent- Wanted—J. S. Pardee 
Flower Seeds Given Away—P. Dutton 
Written Cards—C. A. Walworth. 
<SI)£ 2f£tt3£> Ccnir£tt 0 £r. 
falo, with Jkfk. Davis for a driver. 
But canal men are not the only men who abuse 
brute animals. Even professedly Christian, church- 
going people, in some localities, 1 am sorry to say, 
after working their horses six days, do not let them 
[From the Rural New-Yorker, February 26,1853.] 
The Wonderful Mystery Revealed. 
— Fifty-eight washing machines were patented in 1859. 
— There, are now over 52,009 cavalry in the volunteer 
— The frontier of Canada is to be placed in a state of 
Ui '(iv nuu ..uw.- »* . ' * , . 4 i triauvn v»u wv - -a- * -- , , , 
explanation may be necessaiy m regard to the pro- ^ known before the Christian era, and that the sarcastic, and conclusive condemnations of the theory by 
Savannah. 
uiwi numuig -.— - t - , - , .1 t . ,. woo 11 fl O W II DCIOjc Itlti will IDIudu u * w - - 
rest on the seventh, but drive them from two to six prfety o f a PF°P rI *Ji : ^im-^ag^alaaMe individual vital principle of the plant or tree could not act with out contemporaries or tbs prv=s Wo have also many facts 
, ... dav imd then tie nity, that which is claimed as valuame maiviuua vuai principle u 1 , , on the euhisot never given to the public, and several spicy 
tmlo. on » Sitter oolj Dooemlor Ha,, * «• ' J ^ , o ^ uj *« lo th. j,n,n, «... lu bMl mm if tl.e root. .<» covered too 4ecp tn “i" 1 ' rtkk . ,, ! uU «»u I,... . 
them to a tree or pOBt for four hours to shiver, (and 
with their tails not always to the wind,) until the 
benediction Is pronounced. “The merciful man iB 
merciful to bis beast.” 
Now, friend Mookf., the world is progressing, 
(except down in Secessia.) We have a law abolish¬ 
ing imprisonment for debt, a homestead law, and a 
law to protect the rights of married women, all 
property. As to our n, 
we have no misgivings, 
For the reason that the 
vt t: uat v Hie » iilUJ Vf U»t= twi 
responsible Editor of the Rcra i. has never made any . 
pledge whatsoever concerning the secret, and hence agncultuie is (nr 
has no compunctions of conscience in regard to enc e of the two ten 
its best energy it me roots were - - s letu , ra fr0 „ tb „ west, all which, if published, would have a 
the earth or the contraiy. All good and profitable ^ ^ damaging effect upon the career of the renowned 
agriculture is terra-ndture , the only nriginal differ- ,,p r0 ^ M0t „ But ^cagi, u gi T en to put all reading and 
terms being, that the former is the tlitnkinfr people on their guard, and other* wo do not expect aa ,i 5,000 miles of canal. 
_Diptheria is the troublesome disease among our troops 
at Hilton Head, S. C. 
— Fort Ontario, at Oswego, is to receive a new armament 
of 42 and 64-pouDders. 
_There are 22,500 miles of railroad in the Union States 
“disclosing the disclosures." ’!• We firmly believe ca p ure 0 f a field and the other of the earth. Let to save from fraud and deception. 
that the pretended discovery is of littley.t tlien the ],um-bng meaning of the one be utterly _w a also invite attention to the article by Rev Dr. Dewet, 
Indeed, that such of i R '! i 1T ''*-'' v, v the refection of the absurdity that any in a urecedinit column—and not only the attention of general 
of which are founded on the laws of humanity. that Iheir w^l-carned erroneous or absurd dogmas in science 
Why can’t you and 11. T. Brooks go down to Albany | °‘ * ^ T”" bound in duty not to lay aside the w« 
this winter and lobby through “ a bill lor the protcc- T| . e fiU tjj 0 i lv( l l ertlole was written by a gentleman warfare _ ].; ver ready to receive truth, n 
tion of four-footed animals.” If yon will get such a 
bill passed, and Ark Lincoln will prevail with Con¬ 
gress to pass a law abolishing human chattlehood in 
the South, I shall think the two most important diffi¬ 
culties in the way of the Millenium have been 
removed. Charles H. Randall. 
Oakland, N. Y., Dec. 2,1861. 
ce and art, I am 
weapons of this 
, men should be 
being “disclosed." 
connected with this journal, who has listened most KBO j ve a t o reject error. As agriculture is prac- 
o4iA».rii»ir to the “ disclosures” —and iu.rRbuni.u ° . 
ban arrived at .the conclusion that tbe pretended <Ji** proved by tbe experiment. ^ here has the expen 
coverv by the theoretical Trofcssor, ought to be made ment becn , nft j e wkl icb sustains tbiB “falsely so- 
“ ,ledn c "‘»” tbe ,ir00 .! ; 
of the contract and hence our associate is under The answer has been repeatedly given, No-wuerk. 
no obligation. For pronouncing the pretensions of t -p je attempt has failed. c. d. 
the Professor to the possefrsjon "1 a strictgreat Deo 9,1861. 
“TERR A- CULTURE: ” 
WHAT THE RURAL SAID ABOUT IT YEARS AGO. 
[From the Rural New-Yorker. August 26, 1852.] 
Disclosures in “ Terra-Culture.” 
With others, to tire number of some seventy, wc 
attended tbe “ disclosures” of Rcsski.i. Comstock 
upon the subject known ns Terra-Culture. Mr. O. 
claims to have discovered a law in vegetable physio- 
value, an unmitigated humbug, the vials of his wrath 
have been poured upon us, most profusely. 1 heBC 
incoherent, ravings are harmless, however, and cer¬ 
tainly will not deter us from discharging our duty to 
the agricultural community. Hence, for the benefit 
of tho public, and in vindication of our conclusions, 
we shall now and hereafter submit certain facts and 
statements for candid consideration.—En. 
gurat Spirit of tho 
The Agricultural community has been kept In a 
state of excitement for some lime past, by the an¬ 
nouncement that Russell Comstock, of Mabbetts- 
II ow to Stoic Potatoes to Prevent llot. 
The Scottish Farmer has the following useful 
and seasonable hints on storing potatoes:—“ Before 
Write for the Rural !— Some of its best friends, and most 
experienced withal, are too modest to write for the Rcral. 
Many of its agents are of this class—men of BOUDd judgment 
and much experience, hut altogether too diffident. One of 
the bent article* we have published for a long time was from 
a man of this class. In a private* note accompanying the 
article, he modestly say*:—“1 never wrote a half doaen 
articles for publication in my life. I have always been one 
of the fast friend* of the Rural, and have sometimes wanted 
to aend some of my ideas for publication: but 1 thought you 
would con rider them bores, and went on getting subscribers 
for the best paper in the world- If you think beat to trim the 
accompanying article, and print it, you can do so.” Now, 
such men arc the very ones we like to hear from, for they 
arc generally sensible, practical, and to the point. We invite 
them to contribute the results of their observation and expe¬ 
rience for the benefit of Rural readers. And now is the time 
the.appearance of the disease in 1845, it was quite to do this, for the long evenings and leisure of winter afford 
— There has been afresh violation of the Swiss territory by 
the French, near Geneva. 
— A large number of mechanics have been engaged in New 
York for service at Port Royal. 
— There are 1,800 female slaves within the lines of the 
Federal forces at Fortress Monroe. 
— Major-Gen. Hnnter ha* arrived at Leavenworth, and 
assumed command of the department. 
— Nautical men in England express very discouraging 
opinions in regard to the Great Eastern. 
— There are in Indiana 20,000 more boys between the age 
of five and twenty-one than there are girls. 
— The construction of a ship canal between Lake Erie and 
Michigan, is a project that Is being agitated. 
— Mystic Hall Seminary at Medford, Mass., was destroyed 
by fire on Sunday week, at a lo*a of ?15,000. 
— A daughter tn law and daughter of the late G. P. R. 
James are to open a school in Detroit, Mich. 
— Thirty petitions for divorce* were granted by the recent 
term of the Superior Court Of Rhode Island. 
— Martial law has been declared in Charleston, and no one 
is allowed to leave the city without a permit. 
— The confederate postage stamps, with the head of Jeff. 
common 
to store potatoes in large masses in bouses, opportunity for writing out matters of interest and value to Davis, pass everywhere Sonth for mall change. 
UlalUJn nave uit'A'iviv* •• ••• * '■*3^ p , V"* w umiuv* niv«v . . v 
logy of the utmost importance to the Agriculturist, ville, Dacbess county, bad discovered a new ana 
the Horticulturist, and “tbe rest of mankind.” valuable fact In vegetable physiology, wlitcii was ol 
We listened attentively, and with a real desire to tbe utmost consequence to mankind, I resenting 
loam the whole extent, of the great discoveries about himself before Congress, the secret was disclosed to 
which so much has been said, yet must confess that a Committee, from whom be avers be received the 
we came away with a feeling of great disappointment, offer of SOOO,000 for his discovery. I be same occur- 
It is true the lect urer unfolded some things connected red before the Legislature of Massachusetts, and, we 
with the cultivation of trees, plants and grain, which 
might be called new, and which on trial may prove 
of much value. Far he it from hb to underrate one 
particle the information received. It is not what we 
had been led to expect. In comparison to ihe pub¬ 
lished pretensions nl' tbe lecturer, i» sinks into insig¬ 
nificance; it is very much what a Yankee would call 
“ tbe little end of nothing whittled to a point. 5 ' 
This may not be tbe fault, of the subject, more than 
the manner in which it Is treated. Of all the itine¬ 
rants from whom we have heard lectures upon any 
subject, we think no one among them so wanting In 
capacity to communicate ideas intelligibly as Mr. 
Comstock. Tbe world has been favored with many 
philosophers and naturalists, tbe result of whose 
labors has been of incalculable benefit to the great 
muss of mankind. The long list of illustrious names 
think, New York. All of ihe Committees, be avers, 
pronounced the discovery of incalculable importance, 
but with none was lie able to make a satisfatory bar- 
^ lie next urged Ihe matter upon the attention of 
the New York State Agricultural Society, who 
appointed a Committee to hear tbe disclosures, ami 
report their value to the Soc iety. Overwhelmed by 
' ia. a i •> , it.« tim r.rtttim lit Aft 
cred a new and The roots would often keep sound in this etate 
gy, which was of ^ r0U g], the greater part of the winter. No fermen- 
wfs disclosed to tation was induced, and any little beat generated 
be received the had the effect of causing the roots to sprout. Since 
The same occur- that time, however, things have been entirely 
nHI*s U he”avcrp e chaD K ed * In 1845 the Iar « cr I' 0,tion of the crop 
bi'bleTmportauce, was taken up to all appearance quite sound; but 
a satisfatory bar- whenever it was stored in large pits or in bouses a 
destructive fermentation was induced, which speedily 
il Society, l °wbo reduced the roots to a rotten mass. It has been 
disclosures, and observed that thunder storms seem to stimulate the 
Overwhelmed by latent seeds of the disease, and promote first tbe 
the agricultural community. 
tho magnitude (?) of the subject, the Committee were ( y es t rU ction of tho haulm and then that of the tubers. 
r.'q.! "'■= I*B« <»«”'> *“ I*»«I"B topthorputatott, 
Committee, responded to the numerous calls of the large quantities, has olten had tho eflect of spreading 
public, and submitted a lucid, and we doubt^ not a. tbe 1ai , lt through the whole. For this reason it is 
satisfactory, disclosure, [For Mr. I)owninoV d.s- tliat they are now stored in houses. The 
closure, see article on next page, entitled “The 
are now stored in houses. 
Progress of Sugar Growing in thf. West.— A Western 
exchange, in noticing tbe proposed convention of those 
interested in the growth of Sorgho and Imphee Sugar Cane, 
(to be held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 7th of Jan. next,) says 
a similar convention was recently held by the farmers of 
Winnebago county, at Rockford, 111. At least fifty specimens 
of sirup were exhibited, most or them of superior qnallty, 
and It was ascertained that the product of the sirup in Win¬ 
nebago county this year, will not fail short of 30,000 gallons. 
The estimated amount in 1862 is 100,000 gallons at least, 
which would make the people at the county independent of 
Dixie, A Chicago chemist has so refined the sirup that, in 
purity, flavor, and general excellence, it equals, if it doe^ 
not excel, that manufactured from the cane of Louisiana. 
The Chicago Tribune says the sugar refinery of Messrs. 
Belcher & Bro., of that city, is also turning out some excel¬ 
lent results. Occasionally, through the combination of 
Grea/l)iscovery in Vegetation.”] ’ j smaller tho quantities that can be put together the favorable circumstances, crystallization has resulted, and 
’ If any still doubt the immense importance of the ' letter, as it will diminish the risk of their spoiling. , U gar of an excellent quality ba« been produced. The latter 
emblazoned on tbe roll of undying fame, will go disclosures, will they step with us into the lecture q^e, narrower, therefore, the pits are made, so imich instances are exception*, however. 
down to the latest posterity side by side with the room, and listen to the weighty seeitL—t ear »■»« chance is there of the roots keeping 
knowledge of the discoveries and the principles for great discoverer “disclose b s disclosures,” as the the more cnance is u IirPma turelv 
which each, as a public benefactor, and as lovers of Professor euphoniously terms his revelations. through the wintei, and n K I - 
truth and research, labored. Before you stands the veritable Professor htmseir; in spr j n g. It is far from advisable to begin to store 
These men, at a great expenditure of time and around him are arranged, in admirable disorder, sun- befure t he weather becomes cool, as heat is very apt 
I 
of their efforts. Russell Comstock, in the nine- ; a few old and apparently well-read books. \ itn an 
teenth century, claims to have* accidentally discovered appearance of wisdom which would grace a - olomon, Q„ ta ( u , u ay f or Horses, 
a law in vegetable physiology which may be of sumo he announces that, many years since, in looking over 
nse to Guitarists, and to which be has added minor the pages of a “School of Botany, ' be caught what Tiie London Omnibus Company have lately 
results of his labors. For these he desires a patent had escaped the attention of the author,—a fact in raa j e a report on feeding horses, which discloses 
Or pension from the National or Stat? Legislatures, vegetable physiology which be belteyeB to be of interesting information not only to farmers, 
failing in which, he retails them out to the wonder- incalculable benefit to all who live by tilling the noil, some interesting imojmuuou y , 
ln K and credulous world, at .me dollar per bead, In Loudon's “ Encyclopedia of Agriculture ” he also but to every owuer of a hoise. As a gteat number 
with tli© agreement of a further fee of five dollars in found a corroboration of the (act, since which time 0 f horses are now used in the army for cavalry, 
cast* of tbeir ultimate use. These discoveries may he has, by much labor, wrought the whole into a sys „ r *jn erv an d draught purposes, tbe facts stated are 
prove of tbe greatest value, and be very cheap nt tbe torn, which is as universal in its application as are J „ rMent time The London 
price asked, but the great parade made by the discov- tbe plants which are subject to this newly discovered of grc. t ! ,,. A ,,, 
lirtifsed Oats and C ut Hay for Horses. 
Tiie London Omnibus Company have lately 
Western N. Y. Horses for the Emperor Napoleon.— 
We buve formerly chronicled the F.mporor Napoleon'S fond¬ 
ness for ATOorteun horn-.*, aud noted some of Lit purchases in 
thig gutn and New England It appears that his Majosi 
has recently purchased inure horses in this country, for tlu* 
Hosttm Cultivator at last week says:—“ The transport Orient*, 
which loft this port several dayssincc, took out twelve horses, 
said to have been purchased for the Emperor hy Prince 
Napoleon, during his lute visit to this country. IV.- are not 
particularly informed in regard to tiie origin of the horses, 
hut understand that a portion of them were from Western 
New York, and others from New England, comprising speci¬ 
mens of several branches of the Morgan family.' 
prico asked, but the great parade made by the discov- the plants 
< i i . . a. .. . i *__ jr,- at _ i __ 
erer, and the rank and importance claimed for them, 
ill comport with what we were enabled to learn at 
the lecture given in this city. + 
] aw . Company ubph no less than 6,000 horses; 3,000 of 
Picking up a small peach tree, he will go on to t ^ g nnm ber had for their feed bruised oats and hay. 
[From the Rural New-Yorker, October 14, 1852.] 
“ Terra-Culture”-— Its Application. 
Ens. Rural : —Will you permit me to oiler a few 
remarks upon “Terra-Culture,'' being one of those so 
fortunate as to have obtained the secret, 
Gn the Ulth of June 1 attended Mr. COMSTOCK’S 
lecture at this place,—ami on the following day, to 
illustrate that, at the point where the root merges 
into the tree, tl.e point between tbe ground and tbe 
air, is what may be called the seat of life in tbe plant, 
or tree. If this scat of life iu planting is set too low 
into tbe ground, so as to be covered up, the top-root 
dies; the tree from being a seedling becomes a 
sucker, merelv an offshoot from the original tree 
forming roots above the “scalofllfe,” which changes 
its nature, and subjects it to all the blighting dis¬ 
eases of which farmers and horticulturists so much 
The allowance accorded to the first was, bruised oats. 
If. lbs.? cut bay, 7i lbs.; cut straw, lbs. The 
allowance accorded to the second, nr.bruised oats, 19 
lbs.; uncut hay, 13 lbs. Tbe bruised oats, cut bay 
and straw amounted to 2 fi lbs.: and the unbruised 
oats, Ac,, to 32 lbs. The horse which had bruised 
oats, with cat hay and straw, and consumed 20 lbs. 
lecture at this place,—‘and on tbe following day, to per day, could do the same work as well, and was 
test thoroughly the system, I planted a piece of ground , . a d hv some process of reasoning nnlo- kept in as good condition, as the horse which re- 
van wilVl ViiTtwt i u»C tWl) uiffiCt6Q 1)V ' ... 1 * _inutulu tliat tim . i . .. tt. .. . ... f f? ILn 
Flax Cotton Experiments.— During the past season, as 
we stated at the time, tlm R. L Society for the Encourage¬ 
ment of Domestic Industry, offered large premiums for 
“ samples of flax cotton fit for use on cotton machinery.” It 
appears, however, that none of the samples sent in were 
considered deserving of premiums, although they afforded 
great encouragement for ultimate success, as belDg more 
valuable than cotton ior mixing with wool, and iu some kinds 
of goods n partial substitute for wool itself, ir the “ Univer¬ 
sal Yankee Nation” can’t produce flax cotton, the “rest of 
mankind” may give up the attempt. 
in my garden with potatoes, two rows as directed by to common comprehension, insists that the ce5ve a 32 ]b s . per day. Here was a saving of 6 lbs. 
the lecturer, and two in tbe usual manner; then two c , ffeCta a ,. e VGr y 8ure to follow any departure , f - f acll horse rf , C ejvme 
more terra culture, and two more the common w^y- ibernlebv either puttingin trees or plants too P er da ? on tbe kedin « ul eaUl h0 ^ e r , ece ” mg 
cultivating the first according to directions, and the “ r not lhen * fa i enough into the ground, braised oats, cut hay and cut straw. The advantage 
others as 1 bad done previously. Should some hearer, less credulous than any other, 0 f j, ru i B ed oats and cut hay over unbruised oats and 
others in weight and numbers, the yield in the latter f 80r ig HU f„ t0 ^ive all the facts before related, amounting to upwards of XG 0 per day for the 
respect being so large as to induce the counting oi a v 'j c v.n with an exhibition of some of his favorite company's 0,000 horses. It is by no means an 
m or wbat would be a M l in the other mode of t w reegi » F unimportant result with which this experiment has 
planting, and to my surprise it contained one hundred TJ prevention of the potato rot, raising wheat p f * h e „ enda a lar£ie 
and thirty two, some of them as large ns goose eggs. wit ] 10n t winterkilling, and many of his theories con- supplied us. io the farmer who expends a large 
But. Messrs. Editors, if you were here you would p e ,. ni trrovvill> , cro j )Si are | jUt efforts to make the sum in the support of horse power, there are two 
exclaim with the Queen of Sheba, “ the half was not BVa t en fof cultivation conform to the great mystery of , )0 ; !lt!4 this experiment clearly establishes, which in 
KSVM« *!>». •:.<«'"/ j5?.^jai i v5S2ssa;s ««««»«< pxo 6 t.bi.-ur,., ,.v i08 a 
Poplar Rails are better than Oak, according to the 
averment of Jos. Roberts, of Ridgeway, VTis., who writes 
thus to the 1 Viseonsin Farmer—“ Observing in your paper a 
stateuieut relative to the lime when timber should be cut to 
make it durable, 1 do hereby state that I can produce poplar 
rails made in the mouth of April, iu the yeai 1846, that are 
sound this day, free from rot, and better than any oak rail 1 
have in my fence made at the same date. The trees were 
felled after the leaf had come out, and in ppUtting the trees 
I the bark came off, and every rail being free from bark, the 
timber seasoned at once, hence the durability.” 
v " . v , 11 l f V .* NVBltlU yi tHifii *i»wwu kumo.... »v rv ^ IJUiUva kuin kai'limmoui 
told,” for on examination there would be found ol £ “seat of life .” The burden of bis discovery is, . . fit 
tbe size of goose eggs two, ol hen’s eggs six, of tbftt Nsture tcrra-cultures,- tht.efore, follow Nature, practice must be proM, 
bantam eggs, seven, between a bantam and those of a . Preeg tDr f ru j l or ornament need no trimming or oul- to the amount of 0 lbs. 
robin, fifty-two, between those of a robin s egg and a tjvation more t han to let them grow as Nature 0 f horse power arising from that saving. 
marrowfat pea, shhj-Jh'e. Weight of the hill, four __ 
pounds; weight of those fit for table use, two pounds >> oh ^ Rnbs t ft ntially, tbe whole theory of “ Terra- rall . lo „ c 
and one ounce. To give fall credit to the experi- (' u it, u . e .o and should the reader consider it a “most 
ment. I saved all that were large as marrowfat peas . imnotent” affair, we shall not attempt to In the course of a T 
. . .14 V « i H.A MhArflf AA +L A l.Atltr •IV'UV klM * 1 I ' __ 
Tuk Weather. — Last week we noted the advent of winter 
weather and that the first genuine snow storm of the season 
per day, and, second, no loss occurred Dec. 1st. But the snow soon disappeared, and the 
-, -- . . . lame and impotent” affair, ... —— — . 
of both kinds and weighed tho produce of the rows con trovert his conclusion. u. C. W. brother Breed, of the N. H. Journal of Agriculture, 
with the following result: —Weight of those terra- V a, 
cultured, 155 pounds, of which those fit for table use : ^ makes these suggestions: 
weighed 106 jiounds. Those cultivated in the com- [From the Rural New-5 orkor, July , jj ow T0 no A p; 00 p Thing.— But amid all this 
mon method weighed 153 pounds, of which 126 T(1K Teu ha-cultural Humbug, which lias been bastle and con f ttB l 0 n of war, amid all this turmoil of 
pounds wore fit for tftbls use. exploded, pl&yfid out und buried in so uutny places, ^ . .. ■», t v 
1 But the labor and the lecture are not lost. He lias b as just come to the surface in Michigan, where its the camp and the battle held, is he not liable to for- 
shown rne conclusively that 1 was on the “ other side aut bor seems as plucky as an oft-drowned but still ge t tb e interests of the farm? Is not his patriotism 
of the river.” Ab one Irishman said to another, “An Hnrv jving cat. We admire the fellow’s superlative m au jf es t et ] as above, likely to overshadow that patri- 
faith, I’at. aint we on the other side of the river t impudence iu attempting to “disclose the disclos- a v,„„ia v,im inevarntne closelvthe 
“ Oh no.” save Pat, “that can’t be.” “ But we arc, ^ y. amonp the intelligent people of the I eninsular otism that should cause him to examine closely tne 
though,” says the first oue, pointing across the state, nfmr “tho dangers he had passed,” and what affairs of home? In fine, are we not, as practical 
stream, “tor faith, Rat, aint that one side of the bas been made public to all who read; and hence, f amerSi devoting too much thought upon the war. 
river?” “Yes.” says Pat “ Well, arid aint this the instead of giving him “ft good raking down” as f or ^ et ting that however large our army, however 
other side sore ” Vat gave it up. And wow that 1 desired, commend the “ professor Jf to all who think p ft t r j 0 tic our soldiers, they must be supplied with 
am on “the other side of the river,” I will endeavor tbev can bore auger holes with gimlets. Every one _ 00( j an( j whril , clothing, and with an abundance of 
in future to get the desired information on agrioul- wPo believes Gulliver's Travels, and that the millen- ^ an( j w hoIe 9 ome food, or they are marshalled on 
tore, bv reading ttie Ruk* i.and kindred publications. n j a] „ bas come, should be sure to bleed for and heed tbe battle field invuiu? 
Marcellas, N. Y., Oct l, 1852. Amkrt Willson. the .. won< 3 er ful secrets.” These remarks are sug-1 ^ 0{ , KAVy TnK p 0RTJ . 0K WasTE.-Wbat shall be 
Remarks.—W e cheerfully give place to the com- gestedby ft note dated “ Jonesville, Mich. . uly »■ to (]oue v shall we go on wasting as before? Shall we 
munication of Mr. Willson, believing it is time the which says:— Prof. Comstock, of tcrra-cu t ir Hli ii be unmindful of the needs of tbe farm? Shall 
character and value of these much vaunted disclo- notoriety, is in Jones ville and vicinity, [ ti lusanie ^ 8tjU neglecl the oxen, aud the cows and the 
sores were better understood by the public. We Co., Mich., 1 telling bis abominable Host ‘ hheen, during the cold winter months just coming 
_ i..„ rt in n* Tbolr hard eammes its a remunera- BUCC lo \ „ .. . ..... » 
Talk with 1’atrlotlc Fariiiors. 
IN the course of a Talk with the Tatriotic Farmers, 
brother Breed, of the X. H. Journal of Agriculture, 
makes these suggestions: 
How to no a Good Thing.— But amid all this 
bastle and confusion of war, amid all this turmoil of 
| From the Rural New-Yorker. July 14, 1860 J How TQ n(J A Gooi( THING.- But amid all this 
The Terr a-cultural Humbug, which has been j d con f Q8 j on 0 f war amid all this turmoil of 
exploded, played out and buried in so many places, du#ub »uu wiuu«» » 
has just come to the surface in Michigan, where its the camp and the battle field, is he not liable to for- 
autbor seems as plucky as an oft-drowned but still g e [ tb e interests of the farm? Is not his patriotism 
surviving cat. We admire the fellow’s superlative manifcsted ag above, likely to overshadow that patri- 
itiinndence in attempting to “disclose the disclos- . _ 
brief winter was made “ gloriou* gammer ' by a warm tem¬ 
perature aud bright sunshine. As we write (Dec. lOtli,) the 
snn shines brightly, and the air is as balmy as in June. Fires 
and overcoats are at a discount, aud everybody and all their 
friends are as good natured as a man who has just been 
elected alderman and has no notes to pay. 
The Death of Hon. Henry Wager, of Western, Oneida 
Co.. N. Y., is announced as occurring on tbe 20th ult. Mr. 
W. was an extensive farmer, and for many years prominent 
in both the N. Y State and United States Ag. Societies — 
being President of the former in 1S52, and of the latter in 
1860. He was also one of the Trustees of the New York 
State Agricultural College. 
river?” “Yes,” says Pat. *; Well, arid aint this the 
other side snre ” Rat gave il up. And now that 1 
am on “the other side of the river,” I will endeavor 
in future to get the desired information on agricul¬ 
ture, by reading the Rural and kindred publications. 
Marcellos, N. Y., OcL 1,1852. Amkkt Willson. 
quackery which interested parties or persons may be him, hear Ins lectures. One man utttrul ,l1 ’ , “ e r we ll to make a general effort to bring about a genera! 
promulgating, for their pecuniary benefit, to the dis- 'fee if the 'professor would admit ai .i: t re f<,rm about the barn, the present winter, not only 
advantage of the community. In this class we verily to give the huudred-dcdlar bond not to levuul y referpnt , e t0 tlie care ani ] feed of the animals, but 
believe “ Terra-Culture ” to rank. Such was our • secrets, and then divulge the whole filing, ana _ to the saving and making of all the manure possible? 
opinion before bearing tbe “disclosures,” and alter tbe Prof, commence a suit against him, telling him WnR * barns-W e predict that an entire 
patiently listening to them for Borne hours, wc were that he could not get a verdict tor s larthintf* h m S00I1 b e wrought io the construction of 
more than ever impressed that the whole thing was Prof, would not let him in. The Prof, i* luinibug, > g Change , barns enough already to 
Warrant humbug? It tear, culture i. »hat iu pro- some of the best farmers m tho couut, of H.llsdale.” toM. Tb« ,he STuuttJ^What better 
mulgator pretends, there has time enough elapsed - arrangement can a man have to injure bis Stock, than 
since it was first disclosed, to have at 15 _ moment Kev p r _ xiewey on Teiwa-Culture. a tight bin set over a manure heap? No barn ever 
thousands of farmers iu different parts olI the, toun- _v.nllt i» em-.nl to the rough boarded New England 
Rural Items.—A Sorghum Growers' Convention is to be held 
at Columbus, Ohio, on the 7th of next month. A good idea 
The success of sugar-cane eultare In Ohio and the West tho 
past season, will be likely to induce thousands to try it 
another year- The Grain Receipts at Chicago, for the first 
eleven months of this year, are estimated at the enormous 
amount of forty four million bushels . 1 —an increase of fifty 
percent, over the large receipts of I860. Trnly, Chicago is 
•■the Granary of the World.”- The American Terracultor 
is a proposed substitute for the plow — a rotary digger, illus¬ 
trated and described in the Rural of Dec. 15, I860,—ohilo 
*' terra-culture. " as_propounded by one R C., is quite another 
thing, as-will be seen by illustrations on our last page. Of 
course even superficial Tradere will readily perceive the 
difference between the two articles, and a? easily see which 
is the “contraband" among intelligent soil cultivators. 
Thf. Crop of Maple Suoak.— Burnt * Merchant's Magazine 
estimates the crop ol maple sugar for tue current year at 
28,000 lhub. The trees are Tapped in February to obtain the 
try, whose superior knowledge would enable them to 
grow larger and better crops than their neighbors, 
and whose fruit trees would always wear the fresh¬ 
ness and vigor of youth, —whose potatoes would 
mill half the stock in the country. What better 28,000 tons. The trees are toppedi-enruary to »» 
ruin nau tue SIOLR ill iut y product, and tbe pieces- is usually completed by the end of 
arrangement can a man have to injure bis stock, tnau ^ Vn inl ,. Ul ,.-, llt judgment may therefore be fairly 
a tight box eet over a manure heap No bftru ever fonneJ a; tlj | 3 <i 8 te of the aggregate ri.-ld by the uid of care- 
built is equal to the rough hoarded New England f u i comparison with the ascertained products of rormer years. 
ness and vigor of youth,-whose potatoes would onei, out very --r. . . “ of at0 ck to all weathers to make it hardy. Let 
never rot, and who would have no cause to complain from the Rev. Hr. Dewey, for many years 1 rolcssor p bp ,| n j e ,. cou trol, either to keep it warm 
of insect killed wheat, aud other contingencies to of Natura i Sciences in the University of Rochester. Qr tQ wejj venli i att . j t . Finally, let all the leaks be 
^ But ie°belSvVno sn^ch state of things exists, and As thousands of our readers are aware, Dr. Dewev stopped in the stable floors, and the land will • blos- 
that those who have beard the disclosures and have is a man of profound scientific attainments and som like the ro a e. 
eight cent* per pound, 
is hence $5,017,600. 
Thanks to the Press for the handsome notices accorded 
the Rural New-Yorker about these days. 
— Tiie effective strength of the Spanish army is now 271,- 
000 Infantry, 23,000 cavalry, and 14,000 artillery. 
_Immense quantities of codfish are now taken on a newly 
discovered bank off the western coast of Scotland. 
— It is said that Washington is more crowded than at the 
commencement ef any former senniou of Congress. 
— Kossuth has written another address to tbe Hungarians. 
He prophesies the Emperor of Austria’s abdication. 
— There are about live hundred Chaplains In the army, at 
a cost of nine, hundred thousand dollars per annum. 
— Eight hundred and fifty canal boats, bound East, passed 
Schenectady from the 25th to the 30th of November. 
— During October, 32,500 letters were sent from San Fran¬ 
cisco, and 25,700 received there by tbe Overland Mail. 
_Passengers from Southern points represent an almost 
universal reign of terror throughout the rebel States. 
— The Atlantic, which sailed from Now York for Port 
Royal Tuesday week, took printing press, cases, type, &c. 
— There have been 11,364 wiles of submarine cable laid, 
of which only about 3,000 miles are now in actual operation. 
— Kentucky has in actual service, and ready to be mus¬ 
tered into service, 26,000 wen, out of a voting population of 
00,000. 
_The rebels, fearing an attack on Charleston, have con- 
struelcU aWuw across the harbor from Sumter to Sullivan’s 
Island. 
_A white woodchuck haB been shot at No. 11, Aroostook, 
county, Maine. The skin is to be preserved in the State 
Cabinet. 
— Out of f400,000 recently disbursed at Port Royal, over 
$250,000 were sent home at once by the soldiers to their 
families. 
— The Government has decided that, for the present, there 
can be no trade with South Carolina through the port of 
Beaufort. 
— An English colony have settled on Mount Ararat, and 
actually established a newspaper there, entitled “ The Ararat 
Advertiser. 
— The Illinois Central Railroad Company are building 11 
mile* of corn cribs along the line of tbeir road, 12 miles south 
of Chicago. 
— Our troops captured at Beaufort 2,500 blankets, tents for 
3 ()00 men. 55 cannon, 500 musketa, aad any quantity of 
ammunition, 
— Louisville packers, receiving hogs from Indiana, are 
required to give bonds that the products will not be furnished 
to the rebels. 
— A mass of cepper, weighing six thousand six hundred 
pounds, from the Evergreen Bluff mines, arrived at Detroit 
on the 23d ult. 
— A grand bear hunt, by forty of the citizens of Lyndon, 
Tt., on the 20th ult., resulted in the capture of bruin, weigh¬ 
ing 136 pounds. 
— The diptheria has appeared in the town of Patten, Me., 
in some two hundred cases, causing thirty deaths since the 
middle of August. 
— A private letter from Port Royal states that one of the 
Quartermasters has on his own responsibility set about forty 
cotton gin* at work. 
— The export of breadstuff's to Europe the present year will 
far exceed those in any former year. The amount already 
reaches 5116.000,000. 
1 - The town of Litchfield, Ct., has voted to pay its volun- 
’ teens $17 bounty, additional to that paid by tbe State and the 
1 general Government. 
— Gen. Sherman is said to hare made up his mind that 
Beaufort possessess so little strategic importance that it is 
1 not worth occupying. 
— Rev. A. IS Peabody, of East Longmeadow, Mass., on 
* Thanksgiving week, gathered in the open air some violets as 
fresh as those of May. 
i — A party of lads ventured upon the thin ice at Harvard, 
Mass., Thanksgiving day. Four of the boys broke through 
and only one escaped. 
d — The message of the President, containing 7578 words, 
was sent by telegraph from Washington to New 5 ork in one 
0 hour and thirty-two minutes. 
t —The Scientific American recommends soldiers to wear 
paper between their clothing. It is warmer than cloth, owing 
8 to the closeness of its texture. 
■ 1 _Oregon has no magnetic telegraph as yet, but it is 
15 arranged that before the middle on862 Portland shall be in 
communication with California. 
c _Mrs. Phebe H Brown, author of that fine hymn, com- 
, r mencing, “I lore to steal awhile away,” died on the 10th of 
)f October, at Henry, nt., aged 78. 
e —The secesh Postmaster at New Orleans has been issuing 
h one c«Dt shinplasters, “ receivable in payment of postage, 
and redeemable at the Postoflice." 
— The rebels purpose to confiscate the estates formerly 
re owned by President Thomas Jefferson, now in possession of 
Uriah r. Levy, an “ alien enemy,” 
of — Mrs. Hannah May died at Bristol, R- L, on the 22d, in 
j_ the 99th year of her age. For 44 years, from 1791 to 1835, 
s, she taught school iu her native town. 
_Meade 5: Brother, apothecaries, (Richmond), advertise 
at that inability to procure supplies of medicine compel them 
)p to decline most of their former business. 
_A French newspaper paragraph says that a pamphlet had 
ed appeared, calling on the American Pederal Government to 
take military precaution against French invasion. 
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