Mature 
itTXGR i culture 
ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 24 . 1885 . 
n . g00d ms titution£. I have solicited 
the President to send you tlieir dcw circular or 
scheme of study, and if he does so, I hope you 
= lve 3t jrour Particular attention, as I think 
\ - T0 . U . d ° 11 Wi)1 meet Y° nr approbation, and also 
furnish you with a topic for entering upon the 
new era of Rural Education, which, with other 
new eras,’now lies just before us. 
am a delinquent to your paper, 
_ i; I therefore 
please credit to 
tus, and lives but a short time, while the female 
lives but about six weeks;—and I find, upon 
examination, that the caterpillar has much more 
° do , witb . thi3 destruction than the Harvest 
ly, which is looked upon with superstitions 
dread, on account of its being associated with 
the celebrated locust of the east, in its coming 
once in seventeen years, and in such immense 
quantities. v _ 
E- Andrews. 
Brisio). Ontario Co., June 11, lsss 
-• —- r.Lwui pulverized to the consistency 
- of flour, and white lead-three parts of the 
■ former to one of the latter— mixed into a thin- 
ish paste with linseed oil. (One of the best prac¬ 
tical shepherds of Vermont reeentlv told us that 
he mixed the vitriol and lead in equal parts, and 
that after much experience with the disease he 
considered the preparation far the best one he 
had ever used. He said he could always cure a 
flock by applying it twice.) This would require 
harden* 1156 * 1 ' V ^ 6D aSed> a3 otberw ise it would 
2. One pound blue vitriol; four ounces ver¬ 
digris, {both finely pulverized;) one pint linseed 
oil; one quart of tar. If ground through a 
paint mill and allowed to stand some time, the 
ingredients become more thoroughly incorpo¬ 
rated. (W e do not imagine that the verdigris 
adds much, if any, to the good properties of the 
preparation.) 
The diseased parts should be well covered 
with the preparation and time given it to dry 
before exposure to water. The first of the above 
preparations would, we presume, form the most 
complete and soluble coating. 
Butter of antimony is usually applied with a 
swab and even this acid should be used snaring 
ly, unless where m, 
prompt extirpation 
to exert its eaust 
unnecessarily or o 
touch of it (r> tAe ; 
HENRY s. RANDALL. LL. D., 
Kitor Of the Deportment of Sheep Husbandry. 
SPECIAL tXWTHIBUTOHa : 
® AMT ’ C. DEWET, LL. D., 
m' /T‘ ®® OOK3 i L. B. LANGWORTHT, 
T. C. PETERS, EDWARD WEBSTER. 
N*w-Voskbb 1 b designed to be trnsu 
passed la Value, Parity, and Variety of Contents, an 
unique and beautiful in Appearance. Its Conductc 
devotes hla personal attention to the supervision of n 
various departments, and earnestly labors to render th 
Rvaal an eminently Reliable Golds on all the import™ 
Practical, Scientific and other Subjects intimate) 
connected with the business of those wnose interests ! 
zealously advocates. As a Fakilt Joubnal it is ej 
tw a f, 1116tr i Cdve aDd Entertaining—being so condacte. 
JJ* ba ul£Cn to the Homes or people o 
Intelligence, taste and discrimination. It embraces non 
52 X 2 * KdueaUqnal,Llterwry aac?New! 
“ t^Pewed with appropriate Engravings, that 
“ y °*** Journal,—remiertne It far the most com pi K, 
JTK,i " ST KWspSSr 
I believe that I 
more from omission than design 
inclose you three dollars which 
my account. Yours truly, j, b. Turner. 
Jacksonville, HI., June, 1S«5. 
Remarks.—W hile we admir- me earnestness 
with wLieh our esteemed correspondent advo¬ 
cates the cause of Industrial Education, we 
must be permitted to dissent from his criticism 
upon the Agricultural Press. This journal has 
discussed the subject in the past, as it probably 
WlU m tbe figure, and we hereby invite Prof. 
Turner, and others so disposed, to furnish ns 
their views for publication. We wish to hear 
[ trom those who, like Prof. T., have given much 
time and thought to its investigation. Most o! 
our contemporaries have devoted more or less 
space to the subject, and will undoubtedly do so 
in future on proper occasions. We shall have 
something to say soon — for which we have not 
space this week-and will duly chronicle any 
facts stated in the Circular of the Illinois 
College, commending whatever may be thought 
worthy in its plan. 
-A word more. We bell-. .t is generally 
uiiuerstood that the Rdr. 5fe!vT orres il 
and ever has been 
iislinntlni 
KANDAU -’ 8 address is 
Cortland Vfilage, Cortland Co., N. Y. AH communica- 
EC ! ed for ms department, and all inquiries 
relating to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
HOO F-R o T. 
This troublesoma disease of sheep, and its 
treatment, have received, one would think, a 
sulkcient desenption in agricultural hooks and 
newspapers, during the last twenty years f But 
every decade of years, if not 
brings on its new batch of 
soon find it j 
able lesson 
willing f ' 
record old enough to have 
is quite su/-e that what 
has become obsolete 
“ modern 
On looking the ground all 
i or Terms and other particulars, see last page. 
necessary to learn the same disagree- 
i. And young America is never 
to look back for instruction into a 
a cob web on it! He 
at occurred la'* week 
ia superceded by more 
Improvements!” 
,, - =-~i over, we cannot 
discover that any more is really known of the 
hoof-rot, or of the manner of treating of it 
than was known twenty years ago. ^But in 
answer to the inquiries of Mr. Hogue of Swan, 
-Noble Co.. Ind., and of half a dozen other cor¬ 
respondents whose letters have been for some 
irne accumulating on our table, we will attempt 
once more to put the main facts in a connects 
It should not be suffered 
or escharotic properties 
sound tissues. A mere 
ole of a clean (though dis- 
ivut; to pour it, as some 
eid, on such surfaces, and 
ever there, inflicts the keenest agony 
and it often produces a degree of inflammation 
which is unfavorable to a cure, and leaves the 
flesh raw, and therefore more ready to be again 
inoculated with the disease! Butter of antimony 
should never, we think, unless very greatly 
educed in str agth, be applied to the tender 
feet °i yount Iambs. Blue vitriol applications 
are in all cast s preferable. 
Where bntter of antimony cannot be obtained 
and where the disease is la that advanced and 
neglected stage which demands severe and im¬ 
mediate remedies, the other powerful acids can 
be tempered m their effects by mixing them with 
other substances. For example, Jas. Hogg re¬ 
commends 2 ozs. of turpentine to 2 drachms of 
Y conceded to be con- j suggestTl^of Mr Spoo - vkr 
Tread by inoculation acid, &c„ &c." ^ JI kU ~ ° ZS ’ ° f ^ same 
■t becoming inserted anchor of success with any 
5cased feet " ldn , to tbe foot ’ or under any mode of 
applications, without of the foot, 
it, or, in other words i ■ j J ^ - t:l - u rjace. however minute , 
medicines intern^’ , ^ * ** * reniediai VPtoato* 
relied ov are tS ^ **>«■**■*» * If ninety-nine 
:1cand stimulant and t S * hue P h * v * theirfeet properly prepared, 
ere am.)! aY ’ and tbe hundredtb one has a foot-rot ulcer ini 
'ZTZnlZ „TS a iurf ‘. ce - Ur ?™ ‘ *S 5 t l 
cs or in mild eondi v S ° ' '■°' ered ^ oni that the 
vanced stages when t 110t reaeh !t » then, though 
requirement a ZTrT hundredth 
antimony undoubt ? disease > ^hien will gradually iu- 
l*c. Muriatic nitric thfwb f ^ eventaaU Y re-inocnlate 
With great care are e ^' hoIe flo ^ k • Hence the great difficulty 
•oy, to au^injurious 
ouud tissues, inflict- extirpation by careless men, who^ atkVlitrie 
nount of pain and dirtv stables on a w-t . 
creasing the chances about as much care aud skill M ta 
. .P* ' n,t , er of Hashing down Canada thistles! These rouo-b 
,y wi h the fluids of bunglers generally pronounce the disease in 
..Its Strength, aud curable. Experienced and skillful men know 
l y * Ir 35 conse- that it can be cured, and readily cured with 
mageable. We also duo attention, cured, with 
ith creosote in our In paring away the horn which covers a dis¬ 
eased part. (and any part is diseased 
ce expend its cura- fleshy is separated from the horny portion of the 
^ ff ot ’ evea ^Ugh 'here is little appearance of 
. ^ ' f vbldl lt 1S lut he no fear of exposing the foot too 
out immeJi- mock. The horn nil soon he ,e P l!e«l But at 
Itreets would be In the tame time ..bold butting ido t Ue hla th. 
it it advisable to J flesh and producing bleedin- 1 ** for the binnJ 
some time after irs unless you go through tbes^ p^of 
kiy st raw, dung, staunehing i^ will, springing as it does from un 
J? reiacve demcatli, prevent the adhesion of anZZ xZ 
( ^ MS3 wbiCh external application you can make After [f 
fid have the same the foot is thoroughly pared, and eW «uj r/ { 
v persons not un- then apply the remedy you prefer, and unS ^ 
vent i t! U l V $UCh ct ? nrastaT1C08 that 3 t may continue us long ] 
• lead The I T Pr 1 1 H ab ? Sn;COntact with diseased sur M 
i ieaa, xc. l hese faces of the foot.* [*1 
eut^o S T,t 4eparate c eh shee ? 33 it becomes dis- 
id Ihev if a eas . edfr ° mtlie reSt0fthefl0ck - But where the (4 
id they are also malady » understood to be in the flock -enerally M 
?J°T 8 ! this course is not common. The usual mode is H 
or external “to doctor” the whole flock at stated periods, |» 
naiing ana Harvesting season is at 
hand we hail all who have grass and grain to 
t-ecure, and ask, A rc you ready for the on*d * The 
crop of grass promises to he good, in all this 
region, beyond a peradventurc, the recent rains 
’ftwng aided its growth amazingly. Winter 
^ oat is at present remarkably promising, and 
if the crop escapes blight and insects will b e full 
an average yield, and even more from present 
-a ications. Barley and oats also promise well 
ranch better than last season. 
It behooves farmers to be ready to seenre 
•li.se important staple crops at the proper time 
without delay or hindrance of any kind. To 
ao this timely preparation Is necessary. The 
requisite tools, implements and machines must 
' e Jt curu d—old ones repaired and put in order 
or new ones obtained-and laborers engaged to 
/ Ul ' 0r ^ be extra Work which must be 
performed. Those who cannot obtain iniple- 
- -lid machines at reasonable prices, 
mu of course try to make the old ones answer 
Wlth ^bot. to use 
W Tl n many instances . where crops are 
be r t ab0rCr3 SCarC ° aDd tlmo Precious, it may 
economy to purchase new machines, even 
at o^travagaat prices. 
l 8 tllC firSt t0 be secured, and ] 
said on T r e ready * *^ 8 we kave sribstantialiy ( 
evrvtiiin occasion . B is important that i 
T r\ thing should be out of the 
33J g commences, as this absorbs the" 
..U UU , n Cauicr or , 0 . .. . » a Lu *rary, ?*nily and Mm, 
ed in making and “ ?nt ' al . tural P a P er > and it having 
b been j=o announced in its first and all subse¬ 
am crops will be r en V annT3al) P ros P ect nses, aud the paper con- 
c b B 6 “T 1 * «ordin s l y , tbibk , t least, « 
ame. Meantime ° ot . CGnsurable for publishing matter on other 
•ed i'•rain o- ’ to P ics thftD those “property belonging to Ari- 
_ submit that the circulation of this journal— far 
exceeding that of any other agricultural or semi- 
ATION. agricultural weekly in the world - is some evi- 
dence that we know what the people appreciate 
In your paper of We firmly believe that such papers as the Rural 
1 6 va \ ue of our New-Yorker are doing more than those of any 1 seems to be that hoof-rot does 
ge Education, other class to encourage a taste for Rural Pur- W^taneouely; though in a rerio 
ject, not so often suits —f or the reason that they are taken in once been introduced, it sometin 
Clties and v Blages and read by thousands not or e3c ^n<is itself, under eircuim 
icultural papers en S a ? ed or specially interested iu Agriculture WOuId see “ strongly to favor 
aut. aur.il Aew-Yorker ;—About two weeks 
since, an insect made its appearance in this 
vicinity, which is occasioning much anxiety 
and alarm among the farmers.-the ground in 
many places being literally covered with their 
cast off skins, und the trees with the insects 
They are about one inch in length, of a black 
color, broad heads, large convex and brilliant 
eyes; the wings and wing covers are transparent 
with the edges and principal veins of an orange 
color, and are inclined at the sides of the body 
The female has a piercer lodged in a .roove under 
said on a former 
way belore hay- editors aud writers fed uo interes 
UOn for a time and it i* ™ - 3 G “tire atteu- posal ot this magnificent endow 
lard at work’ JctrVr ^ UDP ^^ aUt While es P eclul, y to the Industrial classes?, 
feeling over present ti u ^ mY’ t0 LaVe the cauSe tbey do not knbw wbat to do 
some cron n 6 iS n *S hcU:d ’ 5t or is il bGl - a « 3G their readers t 
aud mlnLZT' TJ d T C6Wi thC Spirlt6 > know or ^ what is said or done a 
133133 a little irritable 8 Sc ° f JoB ’ makt ’ 8 strik e« mo a* strange that it shoul 
tie way, m ^ in tbe -^icuitural 
flared in the work arc in ti 1 mp, f ments re * les3 than 5a th « political,-especial] 
tion. The nim . • llj e very best eondi- nigh oue-half of such papers are til 
dMltj liajl”^ andl'* hl ' ‘'T" S r h»TO no «p,chl retail 
iibortre, and .hi, \ „ 1 ls ficarci( y <•! ™l'ure »l ^1, hownver reuiotn. I 
w.'ent sin. U I uMc 7ZZ “T"’ “"" k ! t """**■ ™u>« ns 
'•IMS,ion i, nbsolnto,, “‘seLre "if « d p0 (? A f lcultnr * 1 r-iT" 3 
on this point. 7 necessar T» tlereforc, subject up from week to week, am 
Tie condition in which grass rim,,),) ^ thoroughly iu all relations and bt 
“ale the best and most nutritious ksv i CUt l ° n Y made tlU their rda<lers Gnite iu 
'“Portant question and on,. Yk-Y > ' 8 1 VCry thl8 great tbeme « iustcad of k *aving 1 
a good deal of attention ' ‘“ S recdved profoun<1 ignorance in which so ina 
SOn glt i 8 the preservation of In °, bjCct apI>m l ° be Sunk at tbo P resent 13333 
ra08t Perfect state -in that sta ° p ra5s il1 lts j hat - T0U have done some things in th 
contains the most nut 1 , n Y iu wbk ' b ifc bul 1 daim tbat 3’ou ought to do mor 
as possible. JustwhenthisTlm ““ 1Ue T )' 8 . f up othm t0 do 333d bette 
s amall er of some dUpute f nvtf8 !? at 11 y ° u "-° uId > G « d off, others wo 
d « Rbt in the different varietlo“ f ^TY° *uT Y, mc tbat our Agricultu 
f^l Perhaps, the besttime toUit a b ° WUlened out to IWrt advant 
33 when in full flower rmri h„„. q 1 COt grass Section, at this time, with great 
Will say that to this nil- n ■ W0 * 0mc Wb ° lbt -'mselves and to the whole comrnui 
0t lers contend ni 18 °° CXceptIon - ^y represent. “ U] 
should be cut when th ^Tc ^ Uult Tlmotby 0ur oldest College in this State II 
; b0Qt 3l P« enough to Y,^;‘\ n ut Y 011 / 01 " mrd and has taken au advanced step hi t 
8T0Ji -ot Geneva once art u J ° UN * wblcb 1 ^ of great advantire s 
b0 “ with a neighbor agreed i)"' Wln f. the ( i ues * ^ to lb e Agricultural common I 
^•aockof Wwt - Itis * »tcp in the rigSTec 
b .V eating U p dean tliat wbi •? } dedded U I ,eo P le a PP 3 'Ove of it, and I trust will 
*Wleo,llia t cut?. »«•"'. ■ ».« no o. n »« tlo „ ZZZ 
Ln-at part w left. mvself with tlm .. 
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