^ AGRICUL TURE 
FOE THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1865 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN OKroINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOOKE, 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL, D., 
Editor of the Deportment of Sheep Husbandry. 
A great deal of corn fodder is much injured 
by careless treatment of it at husking time and 
. afterwards. The larmer who would expose his 
hay to the wet as many do their corn stalks,would 
be thought very careless. Rain on the cured 
leaves injures them as much as it would cured 
grass, but from their different shape, and the 
manner in which they arc put up, they dry out 
more readily and the injury is not so apparent. 
Besides farmers calculate to feed their stalks be¬ 
fore spring, while the appetite of the stock is 
sharp, and frequently if the corn fodder is weath¬ 
er-beaten and tasteless the cattle have only the 
choice between that and the snow banks. Yet 
it seems as if corn fodder was specially adapted 
to our variable and cool fall weather. There 
is uo other forage crop that we could secure so 
easily, in spite of rain and sunless weather. All 
that is necessary is to do the work thorough and 
keep all snug as you go along. When husking 
bind the bundles strong, and set them up before 
any rain falls on them. The shocks should be 
small and round, and tied with two bands at tbe 
top, so as to be brought to a point. In this way 
a shock will throw off the rain like a tent. The 
next rule is, and it ought to be imperative, 
wheu the stalks are dry and in prime order, 
drop all other work and draw them into the 
bum or stack. Do not wait to get the whole 
Held husked before you draw any stalks, but 
secure them os fast as they are in order. Stalks 
that are cut in season and well cured and housed 
are as nutritious as good hay, and for milch 
cows in winter they arc the best kind of fodder. 
Meantime there are other crops to harvest. 
A large orchard of apples demands a great deal 
of attention and much labor, but both will be 
largely repaid to those who have apples for 
market. Not an apple should be allowed to 
waste. Every bushel in tbe country will bring 
a good price this year. Those not tit to barrel 
should go to the cider mill or be dried. Where 
a large crop is to be gathered it needs system 
and proper accommodations to do it cheaply. 
Ladders, baskets, hooks, and appliances for 
headiug the barrels expeditiously, should be 
made ready in season. Where t he orchard is 
thrifty and the crop generally large, it would 
pay to have a building in it, to which the fruit 
could be brought as tast as picked. All the fruit 
[ on a tree, good and poor, should be picked at 
once and put together lu the building. Then it 
can be sorted and barreled, and great eveness 
iu tbe quality of the fruit will be secured, and 
tbe work can be done wheu it is too wet perhaps 
to work out-of doors. If there is uo building 
the apples can be placed iu piles under the trees, 
and then sorted. If tbe piles do not contain 
more than three or lour barrels they will quickly 
dry out if they chance to get wot. Apples for 
family use should not be put into the cellar till 
cold weather, unless it is a cool and airy one. 
From our own experience they keep better iu 
barrels than bins— headed up the usual way. 
They retain their freshness and flavor better, 
tuid do not become withered. Fruit should be 
kept 111 the dark. Those varieties that are de¬ 
signed for late use should he sorted iu the latter 
part of whiter, and re-barreled. 
In our calculations tor Autumn work, we 
should not fall to set apart a few days for the 
garden. The winter vegetables are to be seoured; 
the fruit trees, raspberry, blackberry, currant : 
and gooseberry bushes and grape viues sot in i 
order lor spring, and mulched with a coat of . 
manure. Fine cut straw or forest tree leaves i 
are needed on tbe strawberries. When all is 1 
the head will fall around the center, and together 
with the snows furnish a line protection. As 
the cabbage is entirely on the top of the ground, 
it is easy to get in mid-winter. 
We have mentioned but few of the crops to 
be harvested in autumn. Fortunately the diver¬ 
sity is great. The necessities of man are ade¬ 
quately supplied, and the labors of the year are 
rewarded by bountiful harvests. 
P. BARRY, c. DEWEY, LL, D., 
H. T. BROOKS, L. B. LANG WORTHY, 
T. 0. PETERS, EDWARD WEBSTER. 
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THE WANT OF SYMPATHY BETWEEN 
FARMERS. 
THE AUTUMN HARVEST 
The last harvest of the year is approaching. 
It is the harvest of Autumn. Slowly, but stead¬ 
ily and surely, tbe eurth has ripened its fruits, 
and holds them now in her bountiful lap for 
man to take and use. If the Midsummer la Lav¬ 
ish with golden grains, and fragrant grass, yet 
sober Autumn crowns the labors of the huabaud- 
The harvest is more 
The well cultivated garden will 
. _-> vegetables to extend its plen- 
The armies of corn 
YOUNG UKIlfES.” 
man with a full reward, 
diversified. 
yield its various • ‘ 
sures till another sprinj 
that have held steady ranks till Summer, will be 
tented on the fields, ready for the huskers : the 
orchards deliver up thuir stores ot fruit, and the 
wine presses in the vineyards flow freely with 
the juice of tho royal grape. 
With the farmer, now-a-days, it is one of the 
busiest seasons of the year, ami he is apt to he, 
likewise, most perplexed. For the- days are 
short uud often broken up by storms; the work 
is various, and several jobs demand attention at 
the same time. Years ago, when the wheat crop 
was the main reliance of the farmer in Western 
New York, and he ouly grew corn, potatoes and 
fruit for his own use, the Autumn was a season 
of comparative leisure. Help was plenty and 
wages low at that season. Now it Is a second 
harvest, time tor tin- laborer. lie works in cool 
weather and short days, and commands nearly 
uml sometimes quite the wages of midsummer. 
And while it is poor economy to work short- 
handed at this important season, it is also waste¬ 
ful ot time and therefore of money to work hap¬ 
hazard, without a well laid, definite plan. The 
master should have the whole business of the 
season so thoroughly understood and calculated 
ior, that he never need delay a workman two 
minutes to plan, or what is worse—demoralizing 
to the dlsipliue of a well ordered farm-ask the 
workman to plan for him. So it will pav to 
take now u careful survey of tho Autumn work 
—to consider what we have to do before “snow 
flies,” how mueh help we ueed, and how best to 
accomplish what is to be done. 
As the seeding is about done the chief 
work in hand now is cutting roru. In this sec¬ 
tion a large share of this crop is already shocked, 
the dry weather having hastened its maturity. 
All of It should be cut now as soon as (lossible. 
We think the appreciation of farmers of the 
value of corn fodder, grows yearly, and there¬ 
fore more pains are taken to secure it properly. 
The first step in this direction is to have it well 
shocked. If the corn is very heavy twenty-five 
or thirty hills are enough for one ahoek, but if 
light or only medium, the cutter can take seven 
rows and tic up a square, or forty-nine hills. 
The shock should be made as large as possible 
without any danger of its curing badly or mould¬ 
ing in the center. Many contend that twenty- 
live hills, light or heavy, are enough; but if a 
larger shock will cure as well, it is easier to put 
the corn iu it; it will stand up better: it exposes 
ess fodder to the storm; and it makes taster 
usklng. To ensure a shock from falling it is 
necessary to select a strong, upright hill for the 
center of it. Set, six or eight hills round about 
it, aud tie it firmly in the middle. Then bt-J 
YOUNG GRIMES.” 
“ Young Grimes,” T he property of Harlow 
Brothers, Darien, N. Y,, was got by “Otd 
Grimes,” owned by George Campbell, West 
W estminster, \ t. His dam, bred by G. Campbell, 
was got by “Old Woodstock,” grand dam by 
“ Old Pomp,” great grand dam bred by G. Camp¬ 
bell. “ Old Grimes " was bred by Mr. Ham¬ 
mond, and got by his “Sweepstakes.” “Old 
Woodstock” was got by “Wooster” bred by 
Mr. Hammond. “Old Pomp” was got by 
Blaek Hawk, by “ Old Black,” out of a ewe brud 
SHEEP SHOW AT THE STATE FAIR 
Utica, Sept. 13, 15*65. 
Taking the Merinos in rotation as we found 
them iu the pens, we observed the following: 
N. E. Wheeler, Middlebury, Vt., 12 rams and 8 
ewes. Wm. Chamberlain, Red Hook, N. Y., 
58 ewes and several rams (Silesians.) Carl 
fieyne, Red Hook, N. Y., 6 ewes (Silesians.) 
Eloert Townsend, Pavilion Center, N. Y., 3 
rams und 3 ewe lambs. J. P. Ray, Ontario Co., 
N. Y., 2 rams and 6 ewes. .A. .T. Jones, West 
Cornwall, Vt., 12 rams. J. 8. Pettibone, Ver¬ 
mont, S ewes. W. II. Delong, Vermont, 1 ram 
and 11 ewes. J. Hill, Vermont, S rams. Geo. 
Brown, Allegany Co., N. Y., 9 ewes. A. M. 
Brown, Allegany, N. Y., S grade and 6 full-blood 
ewes. Bennett A Beecher, Livonia, N. Y., 9 
rams and 21 ewes. N. Burgess, North Hoosiek, 
N<. Y., 1 ram aud 3 two lambs. L. J Burgess, 
North Hoosiek, N. Y., 1 ewe, 3 ewe aud 5 ram 
lambs, J. o. Sweet, Hoosiek, N. Y., 3 ewe and 
4 mm lambs. G. J. Hollenback, Hoosiek, N. Y., 
12 ewes. H. M. Boardmau, Rushville, N. Y., 2 
rams, 14 ewes and ewe lambs. D. Percy, North 
Hoosiek, N. Y., 7 ewes and 5 nun lambs, Jason 
Jones, West Cornwall, Vermont, 8 rams. J. M. 
Thomas, Cuba, N. Y., fi rams. A. L. Thomas, 
Allegany Co., N. Y., SI o.res and 11 rams. J. C 
Short, Livonia, N. Y., S ram and fi ewe lambs. 
M. G. Rapulce, Himrods, N. Y., 1 ram. Hoyt £ 
James, Mdltou, N. Y., S ewe and 1 ram lambs. 
Vlele A Marshall, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 1 ram. 
C. Howland, Auburn, N, Y., 6 ewes, 1 rain. 
The above list is intended to include ail we 
saw, but we probably overlooked some. We 
understood that a number of the animals were 
not eutered for competition, and that many of 
tile lambs were not eligible for competition. 
Of South Downs we observed the following: 
Samuel Thorne, Dutchess Co., N. Y , 4 rams and 
5 ewes. Filial Griffin, S rams and 10ewes. Geo. 
Brown. Dutchess Co., N. Y., 10 ewes. John 
Butterfield, 1 ram, 5 ewes und 4 ewe lambs. 
Peter Lorrillard, 3 rams and 4 ewes. R. H. 
Avery, a number — not counted. 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN BUENOS AYRES. 
Philadelphia, July IS, 1S65. }i 
Hon. Henry S. Randall —Dear Sir: I take K 
the liberty ot addressing you, to make inquiries re 
iu regard to the disease common among sheep J . 
called “Hoove.” A friend of mine who has J® 
been residing for the last four or five years in jz 
Buenos Ayres, (South America,) engaged in ,\5 
breeding Merinos aud growing wool, and who is (L 
now here on a visit home, tells me that in the 
spring wheu the young grass first starts they 
frequently lose a considerable number of sheep vj 
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3Y HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D. 
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