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MOOEE’S EURAL NEW-YOEKEE, 
AN ORIGINAL 1VKKKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SOW TIMOTHY SEED 
This is the favorable season above all others 
to sow Timothy seed. As soon as possible after 
the grain is covered, let it be scattered on the 
top of the gronnd. Where a drill is used a grass 
sowing attachment is very convenient and valu¬ 
able. We prefer it arranged behind the teeth, 
so that the grass seed shall be deposited on the 
surface without covering. Of course such an 
attachment is not necessary, but we believe no 
implement or part of one pays better interest on 
the investment. The cost of one Is ten dollars, 
and one on a drill does not create any percept!* 
ble increased draught. Then your seed is sown 
evenly, without any fail,— the amount per acre 
that you wish is measured exactly,—and it is 
put on the ground before any rain falls on it to 
crust it over, so that it will germinate quickly 
and surely. And it saves labor. If yon are sow¬ 
ing twenty acres of wheat, the grass seed attach¬ 
ment sows the Timothy seed without any 
additional expense for labor; whereas, if it is 
sown by hand the cost of the work would pay 
large interest on the investment of ten dollars. 
But, at any rate, sow grass seed. If you neglect 
it you run the risk of total failure in laying 
your land down to grass. The spring may be 
unfavorable and the seed will not germinate, or 
long drouths in the summer may dry it up and 
destroy it. Many spring-seeded fields this year 
were ruined by the severe drouth of summer, 
and another year will afford but little satisfac¬ 
tion or profit to their owners. They will be 
mottled with bare spots or colored with masses 
of sorrel. Fall-sown Timothy gets so strongly 
rooted as to defy dry weather, and it has this 
crop*the 'first eeason'of mowifig <5r paMurffig 
than spring-sown. 
This snbject is well understood by farmers, 
but many fail in tho right practice. When there 
are two seasons for doing a work, it is apt to be 
deferred to the last one. A heavy and thick 
stock of grass, however, adds materially to the 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOOSE 
HENRY S. RANDALL, LL, D., 
Editor of tho Department of Sheep Husbandry. 
To Correspondents.— Mr. Randall's address is 
Cortland Village, Cortland Co., N. Y. All communi¬ 
cations intended for this Department, and all inquiries 
relating to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
SPECIAL CONTItlKCTOKSi 
P. BABRT, C. DEWEY, LL, D., 
H. T. BROOKS, L. B. LANGWORTJIY, 
T. C. PETERS, EDWARD WEBSTER. 
The Rural Nbw-Yorkkb Is desbined to be unsur¬ 
passed Ih Value, Purity, and Variety of Contents, and 
unique and beautiful In Appearanue. Its Conductor 
devotes ms personal attention to the supervision of Its 
various departments, ami earnestly labors to render the 
Rural an eminently Reliabk Guide on all the Important 
Practical. Scientific and other Subjects Intimately con¬ 
nected with the business of those whose Interests It 
zealously advocates. As a Family Journal It Is emi¬ 
nently Instructive and Entertaining—being so conducted 
that it can bo snirly taken to the Homes of people of 
Intelligence, taste and discrimination. It embraces more 
Horticultural, Scientific, Educational, Literary and News 
Matter, Interspersed with appropriate Ed cravings, than 
any other Journal,-renderlnj; It far the most complete 
Agricultural, Literary and Family Newspaper 
In America. 
NEW ENGLAND AG’L SOCIETY’S FAIR, 
We were compelled by unavoidable circum¬ 
stances to decline a kind invitation, received 
from the President, to attend this Fair. We 
learn with great satisfaction that it was a de¬ 
cided success. The receipts it is said amounted 
to nearly $25,000. The first day (Sept. 5,) waa 
principally consumed by an address from its 
accomplished President, Dr. Loring, and by 
trials of speed between horses. lu the evening 
there was a discussion on “ Frnlt Culture." On 
the second day, the general exhibition took 
place, and some horse trotting; 12,000 persons 
were on the ground. Evening discussion on 
“Breeding." On the third day the general ex¬ 
hibition was continued, accompanied by “grand 
cavalcades," trials of animals, trots, Ac.. ac., 
closing up with a race, said to have been wit¬ 
nessed by from 20,000 to 25,000 persons. On 
the fourth day there was a grand pocession of 
Governors, officers, spectators, prize stock, Ac. 
(The Governors of New Hampshire, Maine, 
Massachusetts, and Connecticut were present, j 
The following excellent resolution was adopted 
by the Trustees: 
Voted. That the Society memorialize the Presi¬ 
dent of the United States to take ench measures 
by qua rantine or otherwise, as may be deemed 
. ~ ■*- — — —- nio] ;,rn art f. 
S37~ For Terms and other particulars, see last page. 
Ocr engraving portrays the horse which was 
awarded tho first prize at the meeting of the 
Royal Agricultural Society at Windsor, in 1S51— 
a representative animal from a breed of horses 
esteemed in certain portions of England. The 
breed is known as the English Modern Suffolk, 
which retains many of the best points of the cel- 
ohir though the height 
by admixture with the •= .hA.--.SrA shy*: 
In Norfolk and Sutfolk, 'two of the finest 
agricultural districts of the “last anchored isle," 
tho “Suffolk Punch” has long been celebrated 
for power, performance and endurance. Those 
farmers who are cognizant of their qualities, 
maintain that they possess the combination of 
strength, compactness and activity, more highly 
than any other breed. It is impossible to trace 
the origin of this breed of horses; but they have 
been cultivated in Suffolk for very many years, 
and were probably once employed lor other pur¬ 
poses than those of agriculture. These horses 
are, for the most part, of a chestnut color, 
though sometimes sorrel and bay, which uni¬ 
formly shows that the breed has been kept 
tolerably pure. They are distinguished by 
roundness of barrel and compactness of form, 
generally combined with great activity. They 
are exceedingly staunch to the collar, free from 
IlO IttCiUlh Cl/lUcG" Emta utiiI &ITG Ijy I 
rarely of a large size, but usually range from 
fifteen to sixteen hands. The most inferior 
kinds have ragged hips, and vkt rumps. It 
speaks highly iu favor of this breed, that, at one 
meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England, they carried away the majority of the 
prizes. As these horses are inclined to be small, 
size should bfe attended to and encouraged as 
much as possible. It should be observed that 
they are rather more liable to strains of the 
sinews and the joints than most other breeds. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, WEATHER 
The most severe drouth we have had for 
years, accompanied by very hot weather, was 
rains, 
followed by a series of dashing, soaking 
without, however, much change in the temper- I 
ature ‘ine nrsi nan o» *> .> 
remarkable for its heat. As a result, pastures 
and meadows have changed from the dull brown 
or yellow hueof theburut-upherbage, to a color 
of deep green, with exceeding rapidity. Grass 
has grown beyond expectation. And this un¬ 
looked for event Is very fortunate for farmers. 
Had cold weather succeeded the drouth, fall feed 
would have been scant. 8tock, already pinched, 
would have had no chance to have gained flesh 
before winter, and farmers would have been 
compelled to fodder earlier and more liberally 
than usual. 
Those who have had their farms overstocked, 
or to phrase it different, stocked np to the full 
capacity of a growing and favorable season, will 
lose money by their temerity. Pastures that 
are kept continually as short as an old-fashioned 
roadside, must form one of The sharpest stings 
that prick the guilty conscience of their owner, 
when the sun scorches and dries up the scant 
herbage to the very roots. Then the advantage 
of letting the grass have a good start, of having 
the rich, damp hollows well matted, and patches 
iu the lield where a good swath of hay might he 
cut, becomes apparent. This dried up grass will 
keep up, and even Improve the flesh of stock, 
although cows will decrease in the flow of milk. 
peared among cattle iu England. ni *UfiriiAut 
The number of entries, says the New England 
Farmer, though not definitely ascertained, is 
supposed to be about as follows:—Entries cf cat¬ 
tle, 333; of horses, 204; of sheep, 1ST; of swine, 
11; of poultry, 124; of agricultural implements, 
1,581. This statement, it must be remembered, 
does not express by any means, the entire num¬ 
ber of animals exhibited. 
The awards of prizes on sheep were as fol¬ 
lows : 
S h rep —Miri o Tic nts—S itw.iW nies Prmi v m . First 
premium. Society's Medal, to Win. R, Sanford, Orweil, 
Vt. Becks, one year old—The two 1st premiums of 
$25. to Wei. R. Sanford: two 3d premiums, $20, to M. 
C. Roundy, Springfield. Vt., and S. E. Wheat, Putney, 
Vt. Buck*, 2 years old—A 1st premium, $25, to Josiah 
Cowles, New Haven, Vt; 2d, $20, to F. B. Sawyer, 
Webster, N. H, Bucks 6 years old—A 2d premium of 
$20 to Isaac N. Sawyer, Salisbury, N. H. Buck lambs 
—The two 1st premiums, $20. to L. P. Mead, Corn¬ 
wall, Vt., and Cushing & Boynton, Woodstock, Vt; 
the two 3d premiums. $15, to Nelson Richards, Ver- 
gennes, Vt., and Lester Fish, Ira, Vt. 
Long Wools. Bucks, 3 years old or over—The two 
1st premiums, $25, Burditt Loomis and Henry Jordan, 
Kennebuuk, Me.; two 2d premiums, $20, Geo. C. Rice, 
Worcester, Mass,, and David Boynton, Pepperell, 
Mass. Bucks, 2 years old—The two 1st premiums, 
Burditt Loomis and W. W. Chenery; two 2d premi¬ 
ums, Burditt Loomis and David Boynton. Bucks, 1 
year old—The two 1st premiums to Bnrditt Loomis. 
Back lambs —The two 1st premiums to Burditt Loomis 
and Henry Jordan; two 2d premiums to David Boyn¬ 
ton and J. T. Hoyt of East Concord, N. H. Ewes, 3 
years old and over—1st premium, Bnrditt Loomis; two 
2d premiums, George Davis, E. Montpelier, Vt., and 
Gage. Porter & Co., FisherviUe, N. H. Ewes, 2 years 
old—1st premium, Burditt Loomis; 3d, J. T. Hoyt. 
Ewes, i year old—1st and 2d premiums and diploma, to 
Burditt Loomis; a 1st and 2d premium to Byron 
Loomis, Soffleld, Conn. Ewe lambs —The two 1st 
premiums to Byron Loomis and Burditt Loomis: two 
2d premiums to Richard Bradley, Brattleboeo 1 , Vt., 
and Henry Jordan. Sweepstakes, Bucks. 2 years old 
— 1st premium, Society's medal, Burditt Loomis. 
Sweepstakes, yearling ewes—1st premium, Society’s 
mi dal, to the same. 
The N. E. Farmer, from which we cut this 
list, intimates that’"it may not be eutire. If so, 
we shall be happy to till up any omissions here¬ 
after. 
RURAL ARCHITECTURE; 
IME AND ITS SURROUNDINGS 
One of the most interesting and important of 
all the social relations as connected with Rural 
Husbandry and home comforts, is Rural Archi¬ 
tecture. nomo is the place where we should 
spend most of our lives, and of all places it 
should be made most comfortable and pleasant. 
This can only be done by the exercise of a good 
degree of Judgment in the location and con¬ 
struction of our dwellings without, and a care¬ 
ful observance of the rules of convenience, 
comfort and kindness within. 
send you will be found to possess all the con¬ 
veniences and comforts that can be combined 
about the industrial departfiu-nt of the most ex¬ 
pensive mauaion. 
This plan is drawn to the the east, to bring 
the kitchen on the south side, so as to receive 
the sun all day in the short days of winter, 
which makes il healthy, sav s fuel and makes it 
warm and pleasant for the cultivation of flowers, 
Ac. The pantry, store, sink, dish-cupboard and 
wood-shed are all on on® ride of the kitchen, 
and of easy access. Upon the other side is the 
entrance to the bed-room hall and cellar stairs. 
The whole house is of qnsy access from the 
kitchen. At present prl.i s, this house can be 
built, one and one-half s’< ties high, and neatly 
but plaiuly finished, foi 8 X). 
Iu connection with Ru I Architecture comes 
Rural Husbandry in the rtistic formation and 
management of home sur ouudings, in the lay¬ 
ing out of lawns, walks, p rks—the propagation 
of fruit and flowers. N< occupation can con¬ 
tribute so much to tho h Itli and happiness of 
man — to the full dcvele incut of his finer or¬ 
ganism as n social being s a Rural life. There 
can be nothing more pic ant for the laboriug 
man than to devote his 1 isure hours and mo¬ 
ments about home and i s surroundings — the 
ornamenting and beauti? ing of it to a degree 
that shall make home “sweet home." In 
order to secure a place of lmiratlon and beauty, 
a location naturally chart w should be selected. 
Man’s disappointment Ire olten attested to one 
thing — that artistic arm lenient cuu never sup¬ 
ply deficiencies iu natur 1 beauty of scenery. 
Au elevated situation fo 1 buildings is always 
desirable; this gives u* i view of the walks, 
lawns, and fruits and fi ' ers which we could 
not get below them— v iich “leuds enchant¬ 
ment to tho view," by givi ig us natural glimpses 
of the flowers aa they on lid themselves to the 
sun iu their beauty and V redness. It is pleas- 
l ant to huYO tho land fall s way rapidly in rear of 
i the buildings, down wire' i a drive or walk may 
s he made by which wc could sweep arouud some 
: curve, and be out. of sight of the buildings, 
> where we 
• romance 
meditation and rest, where we could regale our¬ 
selves a few moments in the shade, admire the 
scenery arouud us, and gather strength to pur¬ 
sue our rambles. The walks and drives in front 
of the buildings should be laid out iu curved 
lines, to avoid lineal stillness and give beauty and 
harmony to the trees, shrubbery and flowers in 
every part of the fields. Straight lines, except 
for marginal entries and stations, are purely un¬ 
natural and out of order. L. l, r. 
East Jafirey, N. H., August, 1865. 
A CHEAP AND GOOD SMOKE-HOUSE, 
stones. On this I laid my brick floor, in lime 
mortar. The walls are brick, eight inches thick, 
and seven feet high, with a door on one side two 
feet wide. The door should be made of wood 
and lined with sheet iron. For the top I put ou 
joists, two by four, set up edgewise, aud eight 
and a half Inches from center to center, covered 
with brick, and put ou a heavy coat ot mortar. 
I built a small chimney ou the top in the center, 
arching it over and covering it with a single roof 
in the usual way. Au arch should bo built ou 
the outside, with a small iron door to shut it up, 
similar to a stove door, with a hole from the 
arch through the wall of the smoke-house, 
and an irou grate over it. This arch is much 
more convenient and better to put the tire in, 
than to build a fire inside tho smoke-house, aud 
the chimney causes a draft through into the 
smoke-house. Good corn-cobs or hickory wood 
could stroll around in the arms of are the best materials to make a smoke for hams, 
until wo ascend another elevated posi- ^ The cost of such a stnoke-houso as I have de- 
tion, on which should be a rustic bower, for scribed is about $20, 
FLAN. 
is 22x26; kitchen L 16x13 — wond- 
A, Parlor and Sitting-Room, 14x15; 
. " " Bed-Rooms, 11x12 aud 
__ 1 F, Wood* 
41, Chimneys; K, Sink, L, Dish- 
shed 14x16. 
B, Kitchen, 16x10; O, < , 
hxl2; D, Pantry. 6 x8; E. Hall, ixU 
shed, 11x16; F, ", “ ’ 
cupboard, with draws below. 
It. is no great work to construct a great dwell 
ing of stone, brick, or wood, where there is s 
large fund ftt hand; but it is a good and tastj 
GLENN & BROTHER’S SHEEP, 
“ Craps Defiance,” a cut of which is given 
on uext page, waa bred by Edwtn Hammond of 
Middlebury, Vt., dam one of six ewes purchased 
from Mr. Hammovd in the winter of 1801-2, by 
George Campbell of West Westminster, Vt. 
He was purchased of Mr. Camprell, when a 
lamb, by J. McD. Glenn A Brother of Nobles- 
town, Allegany Co., Pa. He is three years old, 
and the weight of his fleece the present season. 
TERMS, $3.00 PER YEAR.] 
“PROGRESS zANHD IMPROVEMENT.” 
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ROCHESTER N. Y.-FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1865, 
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