9 
^ contains a principle (Nlcolia or Nicolin) so deadly, 
that, a drop of it in the state of concentrated so- 
, lutiou will kill a dog. Few human tobacco 
) cbewers can swallow ranch of it with impunity. 
We knew a case last winter where it was regu¬ 
larly fed to breeding ewes, (by Chester Baker, 
Lafayette, N. Y.,) and it produced no iujury to 
the lambs. They came strong and were healthy. 
This corresponds with the experience of all the 
feeders of it whom we have conversed with. 
Most of these gentlemen regard it as nutritious 
food to sheep, so far as they eat it — and some- 
fancy that their sheep are healthier for having 
it! We confess, that to us, this is one of the 
most paradoxical facts in natural history. Well, 
we hope our Merinoes won't take to smoking 
next, for if they do they will set all the barns 
afire. They arc already accused, by their ene¬ 
mies, of setting a good many men’6 brains afire! 
CONDENSED COEEEdPOIJDENCE, Il'EKE, he. 
N. Y. State Sheep Breeders’ and Wooi, Grow¬ 
ers' Association. —The N. Y. State Sheep Breeders’ 
and Wool Growers’ Association will hold its Annual 
Winter meeting in the City Hall, in the city of Syra¬ 
cuse, on Wednesday, Feb. 22d, at 12 o'clock M. The 
sheep Breeders and Wool Growers of the State are 
invited to attend. The Executive Board of the Asso¬ 
ciation will meet the preceding evening to transact 
important bnsineas, and the members are requested to 
report themselves at the Syracuse House at 7 o'clock 
p. M. Hbnrt S. Randall, President. 
Sheep Lands in Nebraska.— The communication 
on this subject from our correspondent “ Malcolm,” 
at Dakota city, (published Jan. 28,) lias already drawn 
ont two letters of iuquiry from citizens of New York, 
viz.: Henry O. Gregory of Lockport, and Wm. P. 
Rupert of Geneva, both of whom desiro to obtain the 
real name of the writer, and to be placed in corres¬ 
pondence with him. One of these inquirers expresses 
a strong inclination to sell his farm aud remove to Ne¬ 
braska. Will the Rev. gentleman who used the signa- 
fnre of “Malcolm,” allow us to publish his name ? 
Scab.— The symptoms described by It. C. Thompson. 
Sylvania, Lucas Co., O., come nearer those of scab 
than of any other cutaneous disease. Will he be good 
enough to report progess from time to time, and es¬ 
pecially to note carefully and describe minutely the 
effects of the several remedies which he informs ns 
he is applying. 
Mixed Feed for Sheep.—Georgk V. Lamorehx, 
Lodi Center, N.Y ,informs us that he has “fed wheat 
screenings to breeding ewes, and they did well on it” 
—that his uncle three years ago “ commenced feeding 
it to his ewes about two weeks before yeaning, aud 
the result was he lost nearly every Iamb. The lambs 
were large but had no strength. Most of them came 
dead," Mr. L, inquires whether "beans ground with 
oats and wheat screenings would be good for ewes 
after yeaning.” Undoubtedly so, if the wheat screen¬ 
ings contained no hurtful substances, H they con¬ 
tained smut, it would be highly injurious. Beans are 
an excellent feed for sheep, and promote the How of 
milk. 
Ralston's Combined Sheep Rack. —E. E. Brown, 
New Hope, Cayuga Co., N. Y.—one of the best prac¬ 
tical shepherds in the State, writes:—'“I have ueed 
the Ralston rack but a short time, but judging from 
my limited experience In Its use, f thluk it will meet 
my expectations. I have conversed with several gen¬ 
tlemen who are using said rack, and they all ex¬ 
pressed themselves much pleased with it." 
Samples of Wool,.— Lawrence E. Shattcck, Jr., 
Cherry Creek, Chautauque Co., N. Y , sends us sam¬ 
ples of wool, and asks our opinion of them. It Is too 
early in the season to examine satisfactorily mere 
samples from late shorn aud unhoused sheep and from 
May tegs. No. 3, an S year old ewe which has liersell' 
reured 15 lambs; sample well crimped, yudky and uf 
good quality. Best fleece 9 lbs. 3 ozs. washed wool. 
No. 11, 2 years old, fleece this year 8 lbs., sample not 
quite so good as No, 3. No. 13, 2 years old, fleece this 
year 9‘4 lbs.; sample slightly belter in some respects 
than No. 13. Two teg samples are fair, but do not 
seem, as a whole, to show an improvement on the old 
stock. They appear quite bio short— but we are to 
remember that they are only of about s# months 
growth. Let those who wish to send us samples defer 
it until shearing time. 
Bloody Murrain in CaTTlE.—R. Mills, Mount 
Pisgah, Ind., writes us that our assertion in the arti¬ 
cle headed “Preventive Medicines," (Jan. 21,) that 
“it has never been demonstrated in Ohio or eisewliere 
that salting on the ground frequently is an infallible 
preventiveDf bloody murrain," is entirely correct, for 
that he himself when a resident of the Western Re¬ 
serve saw it tried without avail. Mr. M. says that he 
cured the disease in a cow by administering t wo doses 
of cane sugar, of a pound each, and then half pound 
doses until about 5 lbs. in all were given. Thu cow 
recovered in a fortnight, and gave her usual amount 
of milk. (The preceding does not belong to oar de¬ 
partment—but as it was given to sustain a statement 
of ours, we publish it.) 
Supposed Injurious Effects of Buckwheat 
Straw.— T. J. Powell, Naples, Outario Co., N. Y., 
writes (Jan. 27,)—“ A little over a week ago 1 noticed 
about half a dozen lambs aud one or two old sheep 
bending their heads back, and frequently twisting 
them from side to side, indicating that something was 
wrong with them. The pheep were fed twice a day on 
hay and once a day on buckwheat, straw, with about 
12 quarts of buckwheat daily, (to 75 of them;) watered 
at a well, and they bad a good warm place under the 
bam. Thinking it. might he the effect of their eating 
the buckwheat straw, I stopped feeding it for a day or 
two, and seeing but. little more of it concluded it was 
nothing serious and again fed more straw when halfor 
two-thirds of the flock were again taken, and they also 
opened their months occasionally and worked their 
lower jaws. I have not fed it now for several days, 
and notice nothing further of the symptoms. A 
neighbor, whose sheep are divided into three flocks, 
observed those symptoms iu one of them. To thut 
flock only had he fed buckwheat, straw. He stopped 
feeding it for a few days, and seeing no more ol' those 
symptoms, commenced again yesterday. I expect to 
commence again to-day. Recently another neighbor 
told me that feeding it much would make sheep's 
mouths sore, and alter a time their ears crack. Some 
of mine do so slightly. Its effects on hogs are pretty 
well known." 
We have never fed buckwheat straw to sheep and 
are not therefore prepared to speak or it s effects from 
personal observation. The above statements are cu- 
,1 
t 
rious. Mr. P. aud his neighbors being determined to 
continue tbeir experiments, should very carefully ob¬ 
serve the results: and we invito them to continue to 
report them to us. Let us also bear from other farm¬ 
ers, in different parts of the country, who have fed 
buckwheat straw to sheep. Who else has found that 
the straw is apparently hurtfnl—who has found it a 
good feed for sheep ? 
dLommunkaliens, (Stc. 
WAS IT HYDROPHOBIA? 
Editors Rural New-Yorker: —Mr. Hugh 
Colville of the town of Sheridan in the 
county of Chautauqua, lost two cows, one ou 
Sunday, Dec. 25, the other on Monday, Dec. 26, 
of a disease whicli no one present eould deter¬ 
mine. The symptoms of the disease, in both 
cases, were very nearly alike, so n.ueh so, that 
it was determined that both cows died with the 
same disease. I will give you the particulars of 
cuo of the easeB, which will describe both (only 
that one of the cows suffered some sixteen hours 
longer than the other,) in order that yon, or 
some one of your numerous readers, may give 
ns some information cn the subject. 
On Friday night previous, the cow refused to 
take her feed. Saturday morning following, 
she refused to eat or drink, and soon began to 
show signs of uneasiness. A mixture of soap, 
mill: and sulphur was prepared and given, im¬ 
mediately after which the cow began to low, 
chew aud froth at. the mouth, and appeared to 
be in the most extreme agony, which continued 
until she died, a space of some two hours. The 
first cow'6 breath smelled very badly; the other 
did uot. After the second cow had suffered 
some eighteen hours, twelve of which she lay on 
her side on a barn floor frothing at the mouth 
anti pawing with her feet, a pail of water was 
brought and some two quarts was poured on her 
bt?ad and mouth, which made her more raving 
still, and she died in about ten minutes. Their 
eyes seemed to be fixed, glaring, and glossy, 
winking very fast. 
Both of the cows were opened. In the stom¬ 
ach of one was found some gravel stones about 
the size of buckshot, wit h three or four stubs of 
nails. The stomach of the other appeared all 
right, andthefoodinboth,apparently, except the 
hardware, was all natural, though none of us 
who examined it were physicians. The horns 
appeared to he sound and healthy, and also the 
braim The gall in both of them was very large; 
both about the same size. We measured one of 
them, the circumference of which was fourteen 
inches; length, ten inches, and it contained a 
thick, black substance. It was emptied out on 
the snow, and after one hour’s time it became 
yellow. The substance was not so thick but. 
what it run like thick blood. 
Now I wish to propound two or three ques¬ 
tions : 
First — Since the cows died, retaining all 
their blood, would it affect the gall as to color 
and size? 
Second — Would an overflowing of the gall 
create frothing, and so much apparent dis¬ 
tress'? E. J. Wilcox 
Arkwright, Dec., 1864. 
Remarks.—I t may be that these deaths were 
caused by rabies, but we cannot say. If any of 
our readers have experience or knowledge bear¬ 
ing upon tbe subject matter of this communica¬ 
tion, wc shall be glad to hear from them. 
CONFINEMENT OF CATTLE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Every person 
ought to know that alternate exercise and rest 
is a law that governs the health and longevity of 
all animal existence. But physiological laws are 
not well understood by the mass of people, and 
men and animals suffer much more than they 
need to, if these laws were well understood aud 
practiced. 
The dairyman speaks of his aged cows that 
had been confined from Christmas till March, 
playing like calves for a short, time on being 
turned out in the air, but soon returning to their 
stalls to lie down and rest.. Their muscles 
weakened by long long confinement, they were 
incapable of any long - continued exercise, 
though agreeable to their nature. But daily 
exercise would gradually have strengthened 
their muscles as to render them less sus¬ 
ceptible of fatigue. 
Some years since, a man partitioned off a por¬ 
tion of his stable in which he confined two calves 
he was raising, thinking to have a nice, warm place 
for them. lie kept them confined day and night, 
fed them with plenty of good hay and corn 
meal with fresh water daily. But they became 
emaciated ancl weak in their close quarters, not¬ 
withstanding his care, aud could hardly walk; 
hut why they did not thrive with plenty to cat 
and drink and warm shelter, he did uot see, till 
some one suggested to him that they needed 
exercise, and must he released from their stable 
to take it daily. At first they could exercise but 
a short time, and their gait was staggering and 
weak, hnt, they slowly gained, aud tauglil their 
owner a useful lesson. 
All animals need shelter from cold and storms 
that they may take adequate rest; but they also 
need some daily exercise. It is detrimental to 
the health ol man or beast to lie down ou the 
cold, damp ground to rest, and often results in 
fatal consequences. il 
ABOUT THE MOLE. • 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— In yonr issue, of 
Jan. 14th, there appears an article on the mole, 
giving directions how to make a trap to catch 
him, &c., which may do among Hie rocks and 
stumps of the Eastern and Northern Slates, 
where the mole canuot work as freely us here on 
the prairie. I have 6ecn half an acre rooted up 
in a single night, iu a newly rolled corn field, by 
the varmint, aud the burrows or roads like the 
marks on a checker board. Thousands of dol¬ 
lars of damage was done to the corn fields in 
this section last spring by his rooting up the 
hills of giowing corn; nor did he stop until the 
second cu tivation, making it too late to replant. 
Nothing tut constant use of the two-horse cul¬ 
tivator will make him stop work until the com 
gets too large to bo uprooted by him. 
The duriagc done iu fields of small grain docs 
not amoiint. to much, but in our vegetable aud 
flower gal lons he is a great nuisance, plowing 
up the freshly seeded beds, overturning newly 
set plants, and rooting up sweet potato ridges. 
I can’t, see that, there is cither pleasure or profit 
in having him on a farm ; in fivet be did more 
than fifty dollars worth of damage in my coru 
field alone, aud I would much rather have had 
the chinch bug, who only destroys a few of the 
blades iu 1 his part of Illinois. n. j. d. 
Champaign, Illinois, Jan., 1865. 
by ill-considered appliances, the peculiar char¬ 
acteristics of their purchases, and at length 
have little left beyond the name of what, was 
once excellent.. The reverse of what, Sir John 
Cutler did, as related in the memoirs of Martinas 
Scriblcrns, they do. Sir John had a pair of black 
worsted stockings, which his maid darned so 
often with silk that they became at last a pair of 
silk stockings. It is with them silk stockings 
that are darned with worsted; crossed and rc- 
crosscd with inferior hulls until the power of the 
blood they started with is but the shadow of a 
shade. The truth is, and it is notorious, that 
many persons (breeders, perhaps, we ought to 
call them) use hulls with as little knowledge of 
what they are doing as a man takes one of two 
roads where there is no finger-post to guide 
him.— Bell's Messenger . 
Bv.kt Sun AW.—Can Beet Root Sugar be made hero 
with profit? Would it pay to organize a company and 
manufacture it extensively raising the roots, Ac., for 
that purpose ? Taking the matter altogether, what is 
your opinion on the eubjoett - Bevillo G. Newton. 
BochsUr, X. Y. 
( 
Wo wonld not adviso tho organization of Buch a j 
company unless reliable men of experience in tho cul¬ 
ture nud manufacture of beets iu France or Germany, 
are secured to direct the operation. Such men are 
meeting with hucccss in Illinois, and an association is 
organized In New York City, with a half million dol¬ 
lars capital, for the purpose or growing beets in So. 
Illinois and manufacturing them Into sugar. We have 
full confidence that the boot sugar product of tho 
country is going to Increase, with profit to those who 
engage in it with tho requisite capital and skill ; hut 
whether beds can be grown iu Western New York a» 
cheaply, and of equal richness in saccharine matter 
with those grown on the prairies, we are not prepared 
to say. Judging by what Germans have told us, we 
are led to doubt if they can be. 
Gapes in Chickens. 
PLAN OF MILHHOTJSE FOR FIFTEEN COWS. 
Size, sixteen by twenty feet inside, twenty by 
twenty-four feet outside; side upon the outer, 
and plaster upon tlic inner walls, they being 
two feet apart. Set window frames in each 
wall; to the outer, attach blinds; to the inner, 
pnt in windows. Ventilate at the top. Set ns 
low in the ground as practicable and go in on a 
level; wall up to the sills with stone 60 that it 
can he plastered smooth from bottom tc top; 
lay the floor of flat stone in water lime cement. 
Ecouomy would say attach ice-house to opposite 
end from main entrance, which would be no 
injury to the milk-house, leaving a hollow wall 
of two feet between. R. V. Love. 
Frewshcrgh, N. Y., Jan., 1865. 
A LOG-BOAT. 
Editors Rural New-Yorker; — Two curved 
sticks, seven or eight feet long aud five or six 
inches in diameter, forms the runners. The 
front ends are joined by a brace, and are a loot 
apart. Tho brace across the middle is long 
enough to spread the back ends of the runners 
four or five feet. A saddle to the middle brace 
for the log to He in. A stick runs from the 
front end to the middle cross-piece to w ind the 
chain about. Palmer Gates. 
Batavia, N. Y., Jan,, 1865. 
Ifttvai $\M\t fit* i 
Management of Muck in Composting. 
Tnu following statement was made by tho 
successful applicant for the premium offered by 
the Kennebec, Me., Agricultural Society, for the 
best, experiment irr tho use of muck; 
The following is the method I practice in 
the preparation and use of muck on my farm in 
Wiutbrop, and which I find very beneficial. By 
thus composting it, I increase my dressing two- 
thirds lutao than I could have without it, and I 
think it■> prepared makes a very much better 
dress! ni^^iau ba^n-yard manure alone. 1 dig 
the nui^pw Boon after haying as I' can, that 
being gilioraTly the dryeat season of the year, 
and the qtin and the air will have good effect 
upon it before I take it to the barn-yard. Before 
moving this muck, after it has been dug, T clear 
my burn-yard of the previous year’s accumula¬ 
tion of dressing, say on the first of November or 
before the ground freezes—carting it out into 
the field where T propose to plant corn the next 
season, or for the purpose of top-dressing, Ac. 
I then haul into the vacant yard the muck, and 
spread it evenly all over the surface. My cattle 
are then allowed to run over and stand upon It 
during tho remainder of the fall nud the winter. 
In the spring, as soon as it is dry enough, I run 
tho plow through it, and follow this practice 
often during the summer. I yard my cattle on 
it during tho summer nights. I have a barn cel¬ 
lar, into which I drop 1 he manure from my cattle 
during t ic winter aud spring, and whenever 
housed. This I fork over in the spring aud du¬ 
ring the summer, keeping it in the cellar until 
the last of August or first of September. 1 then 
commence mixing t he pile iu my cellar with the 
muck in tbe yard, in the proportion of one-third 
manure from this cellar to two-thirds of the 
muck in the yard, frequently plowing them over 
and incorporating them together ns intimately as 
l can until it is time to haul into the field. 
I stated that I cleaned my yard just before 
tho ground closed up for winter, and the sooner 
it freezes offer it is out, the better, as it prevents 
evaporation or further drying. I drop it in a 
long pile, uud stack il into a sharp ridge, like 
the roof of a house, flatting it, arid smoothing 
the sides wit h my shovel, which causes it to shed 
ruins, and you will find it all there in t he spring. 
Muck prepared in this way never failed to 
give me good crops, and proves more lasting for 
the hay crop than the same amount, of manure 
docs. I have now about fifteen, cords, which is 
my usual amount prepared every year. —Moses 
It. Wcnliurth. 
Breeding Short - Horns. 
Ilow fc it, a correspondent asks in substance, 
that the lest Short-Ilorn families run the great¬ 
est risk a' being spoiled by bud crossing; and 
that nuuy families, once famous, have been 
spoiled 1 retrievably ? It is too plain to need 
proving bat good buyers (ire not necessarily 
good judges, and that plenty of money is an in¬ 
different (uamntcc for plenty of wisdom in the 
use of it,, Short-Horn breeding is u fashionable 
pursuit iu well as an important branch of na¬ 
tional tr.de; and not iiufrcqucntly men of 
wealth, vbo can bring no requisite but cash, 
rush into it with Infatuated ardor. The sorts 
most in ’ogue arc secured. Dealt with in igno¬ 
rance, tkiy speedily Uegeucrate. Their owners, 
unacquainted with tho great principles implied 
iu the cultivation of improved stock ; knowing 
nothing|)f typical resemblances and differences; 
aud concluding that all sires, if well to look at, 
are equally well worth employing, soon disturb, 
I will next mention a disease common to 
chickens at an early age—I mean the gapes. 
These are caused by numerous small worms in 
the throat. The best way T know of getting rid 
of them, is to take a hen's tail-feather, strip it to 
within an inch of the end, put it down the 
chicken's throat, twist it sharply round several 
times, and draw it quickly out: the worms will 
be found entangled iu the feathers. When this 
is uot effectual in removing them, if the tip of 
the feather be dipped in turpentine, it will kill 
them, but it must be put down the windpipe, 
not the gullet. I have always thought these are 
got from impure water, and I have been in¬ 
formed by a gentleman who inquires closely into 
those things, that having placed some of the 
worms takeu from the throat of a chicken, and 
some from the bottom of a water-butt, where 
rain had remained for a long time, in a micro¬ 
scope, he found them identical. I have never 
met with gapes where fowls hud a running 
stream to water at. Camphor is perhaps the 
best cure there is for gapes, and if some is con¬ 
stantly kept, in the water they drink, they take 
it readily. This has been most successful. 
There is also another description of gapes, 
arising probably from internal fever; I have 
found meal mixed with milk and salts a good 
remedy. They arc sometimes caused by a hard 
substance at the tip of the tongue; in this case, 
remove it sharply with the thumb-nail, and let 
it bleed freely. A gentleman mentioned this to 
me who had met with it iu an old French writer 
on poultry. Sometimes a fowl will droop almost 
suddenly, after being in perfect health; if caught 
directly, it will be found it has eaten something 
that has hardened in the crop; pour plenty of 
warm water down the throat, and loosen the 
food till it is soft, then give a tahlespoonful of 
castor oil, or about as much jalap as will lay on 
a ten cent piece, mixed in butter; make a pill of 
it and slide it into the crop; tbe fowl will be 
well in the. morning. Cayenne pepper or chalk, 
or both mixed with meal, are the best remedy 
for scouring. — Wilkes' Spirit. 
Kurd $5otC0 ani> (Emetics. 
A Soldier’s Opinion and Advice. —Writing ns from 
41 Fort Davis, near Petersburg, Yu.," a soldier says:— 
“ 1 have taken the Rural New-Yorker about u year 
ancl a half, and I cannot refrain from expressing my 
admiration of it. I love to peruse its contents. I am 
a soldier In tho Army of the Potomac, and spend much 
of my time in reading. The Rural is ray most wel¬ 
come visitor. The moral and religious reading it con- 
coiitaiuB has a good influence over me, and serves to 
pass away many hours very pleasantly, which would 
otherwise be very lonely and cheerless. I would say 
to tho ‘fair readers’ of the Rural, send il to some 
soldier friend in the army as soon ns yon have read it; 
thereby you may keep him from indulging in tho vices 
of camp life. Many soldiers plunge headlong into 
those vices for want of a better pastime; and many 
more because they think tbemselvoe friendless. Bend 
us good papers to read, and you will soon see the fruit 
of your labor. It will cheer the soldier and make his 
camp life happy, and you will have our heartfelt tlmn Its. 
We are fighting for the good 1 Old Union,’ and with 
Gon’a help we arc sure of success." 
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The New Jersey Agricultural College.—T lic 
Board of Visitors of the New Jersey Slate College 
“ for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," 
submitted a report to the Senate which says that the 
authorities of Rutgers College, to whom had been com 
milted the Lrnst, had purchased a farm for experimental 
and practical instruction, notwithstanding that the 
lands donated had noi yet been sold, arid they are 
making nmple arrangements for a thorough in¬ 
struction in all the branches contemplated in the 
founding ol' the institution. Only about twenty thous¬ 
and dollars have been received from the sales of the 
dounted lands, the Commissioners having wisely re¬ 
fused to sell more at the present reduced prices. While 
the interest is insullleieut to Justify the opening of the 
school with a full course of study, they still propose to 
make a beginning by appointing a Professor of Agri¬ 
culture, whose duties at first shall be confined to tbe 
second term of the college year. 
Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. —We 
have before us the Catalogue of Ibis College for 1864. 
This College is located ten miles S. S. W. of BelUTonte, 
Pa. The interest of the Congressional Ag’l. Endow, 
ment Fund has been appropriated to this College. 
Connected with It, in addition to Its Chemical Labora 
lories and Natural Collections, lllueiraiing Botany^ 
Geology, Mineralogy, &c, is a farm of four hundred 
acres of limestone land provided with implements and 
machines for efficient form practice. As we under- 
stand the contents of this caluloguc, Sclcneo as taught 
is to be practically illustrated on this form. Such o( 
our readers us may he interested in obtaining further 
information, should address Wm. II. Allen, President, 
Agricultural College, Centre Co., Pa. 
— - «■»«- - 
“ War’s Mihbrbuk."— 1 The Editor of Ihc Ohio Far¬ 
mer ts informed that the poem which appeared lu our 
columns the 4th of February with the above title, was 
sent us us original by a correspondent who signed her¬ 
self Annie E. Hubhaut, Leon, New York Whether 
she is the author of tbe article or not we do not know. 
But we do know that it la uot our practice to procure 
original articles iu the manner implied, if not charged, 
la our contemporary's paragraph. Will ho correct the 
Impression he has made upon his readers thereby 1 
Personal.— Of President Allen, tho successor rf 
the late Dr. Puon to tho Presidency of tho Penn. Ag’l. 
College, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says: — 
“His long experience as an educator, In the dis¬ 
tinguished faculty of Dickinson College, over thirty 
years ago, and afterwards in Girard College, and lira 
eminent talent, a# an administrative officer, together 
with his experience ns a practical farmer and scientific 
man, peculiarly qualify him for his new position. Un¬ 
der Ilia administra te:! the Agricultural College will 
become an honor to Pennsylvania, and will attract 
students from every place where he Is known." 
Garget.— R. K. M., Elkhart, Ind.: Yonr inquiry 
was mislaid or it wonld have received attention 
hefore. Your cow had the garget. If she has not re¬ 
covered from it, you should physic her in some way at 
onco. If you can got poke root, and feed a small piece 
In a mash, for n day or two, it will euro her. We refer 
to the root of Veralum vlride —a largo, coarso-looking 
plant found on bottom lands and swamps, nud which 
has n large, fleshy root. This root is an emetic aud 
stimulant, but poisonous. A small piece of il, fed as 
above directed once a day will not hurt your cow, and 
will cure the worst case of garget. 
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Poling nors. — C. A. T., Madison, Ohio, asks 
which, in our opinion, is the best mode of poling a 
hnp-ynrd-the oid method with lorg poles, or with 
poles eight feet long and slats running at right angles 
across the field. We have bad no experience in hop 
growing and have no opinion which is best. U ill not 
hop growers nmoug our readers respond ? 
-——- 
Cheese Manufacturers' Meetinqs. — We notice 
that meetings auxiliary to the New York State Cheese 
Manufacturers’ Association are being held in different 
parts of the State—in JeiTcrson, Lewis aud Oswego 
counties. This is commendable, for whatever shall 
centralize and strengthen this Interest will benefit all 
engaged in cheese manufacture. 
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Cook's Sugar Evaporator. — Wc have received a 
“ Sugar Hand Book" to accompany the above named 
Evaporators, published by Blymykb, Bates*& Day, 
Mansfield, Ohio, in which are some practical hints of 
especial valuo to such as i so those evaporators. Ac¬ 
companying it- Is the Prico List of Corn Mills manu¬ 
factured by the Clark Sorgo Machine Co., Cincinnati, 0. 
The Sugar Cane Growers’ Association of Michi¬ 
gan is to meet at Jackson, Mich., Feb. 22. The Slate 
Ag. Society unites with the Association and will mako 
its awards of premiums offered for sirup and sugar, at 
the same time and place. 
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Urbana Wine Company. — The attention of our 
readers, who wish to invest money-, is directed to tho 
Prospectus of the Urbanna Wine Company in another 
column, which fully explains itself. 
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Michigan Ag’l. College. — In onr advertising 
columns our Western readers will find something in¬ 
teresting concerning this College. 
Cow Milker.— W. K., Hannibal, Mo.: We do not 
know where you can purchase a “ Cow Milker." 
gMjwulturat jFwittiM. 
New York State Ag’l. Society.—Wo learn that 
the Annual Meeting of this Society was notlargely at¬ 
tended, probably ou account of the great storm which 
prevailed at the time. The report of tho Treasurer 
shows ft balance of over $7,000 In the Treasury. The 
committee on State Fairs recommended the location of 
the next fair at Utica. It will probably be so located. 
The President elect, non. T. C. Peters, informs ns 
there will probably be a grand Implement Trial under 
tho auspices of the Society during the coming aenson. 
Mr. Mooiie. loft here to attend the meeting, but was 
two nights aud one day reaching Albany. He promises, 
by telegram from New York, further details of the 
meeting for the next issue of the Rural. The fol¬ 
lowing are the officers elect for 1865: 
Presidcnl—T. C. Peters, Genesee. 
Vice Presidents- Thoa. 11. Falls, Jr., N. Y.; Sami. 
Thong Duchess; J. Stauton Gould, Columbia; T. S. 
IlarrUoii, St. Lawrence; .1 Butterfield, Oneida; Wm. 
Ely, Broome; D. D. T. Moore,Mouroe; 11. S. Huntley, 
Cattaraugus. 
Corresponding Secretary - Benj. P, Jonhson, Albany. 
Record ing Secretary— E. Corning. Jr., Albany. 
Treasurer— I.uiher 11. Tucker, Albany. 
Executive Committee — Elon Comstock, New York; 
Geo. Brown, Duchess; Chas. J. Hayes, Otsego; U. T. 
T. Foster, Seneca; Levi A. Blakeslee, Oneida. 
Y’ouk Towns in i- (C. W.) An. Sooner v.—The nunual 
meeting of the York Township Ag. Society was held 
at Eglinton, the 13th Inst., to receive the report for 
1864, and appoint officers and direc tors for 1805. The 
following gentlemen were elected: President Mr. 
William Jackcs, YlctPtest.— Mr. Wm. Lea. Treas. 
and Sec. - Mr. Philip Armstrong. Director*—Messrs. 
James Metcalfe, John Dew, J. King, Joseph Ross, 
Wm. Holmes, B. Bull, C. D. Anderson, John Lea aud 
II. 13. Pain. 
Lodi (N. Y.) Ao. Society.—I nclosed I send you tho 
names of the just elected officers of the Lodi Ag. So¬ 
ciety for 1866: President —l) avtd L. Kask Vice 
Prest. - Geo. W. DeMott. AYe. - C, B. VoBceliua. 
Treas— M. B, Ifilllson. Tunis C. Osgood, John La 
Touretto, Peter D. Post, Geo, Predators, Jacob Meek¬ 
er, Peter E. Van Ylcet.—0. B. Vkscelius, Secy. 
in Buren Co. (Mien.) Ao. Society,— President — 
[. Manning. Treas.— E. G. Butler. Sec.—O. H. 
heldon. 
