In the Farmers' Magazine , February, 1860, is a pic¬ 
ture of the sire Of the large middle breed boar, Don 
Pedro,'' before mentioned, which was exhibited at 
Milwaukee and Chicago, last year. The Bire is the 
property ot John Harrison, Jr., of Heaton, Norris, 
Stockport. England, Mr. W. is an intelligent Eng¬ 
lishman, well acquainted with the English breeders, 
and so far as I could judge, thoroughly posted in 
Swineology. I but echo the expression of hundreds 
of farmers who saw “Don Pedro'* on exhibition, 
when 1 say that these middle breeds arc worthy the 
attention of American swine-herds. At least the 
experiment of their introduction and prapogation 
here will be watched with interest. 
FARMER'S MEDICINES. 
A week or two since 1 urged that we need skillful 
veterinarians herein the West Mr. Watkruousk 
had on his center table an ornamental case w'hich 1 
had fancied might be a dainty escritoir. Said he, 
laying his hand on this case as lie sat beside the 
table, “ I regard this, sir, the most profitable invest 
merit I ever made of the same amount of money." 
Ho opened it and exhibited a “ Farmer’s Case of 
Veterinary Medicines," which he brought with him 
from England. It cost there $10 or $12. The 
“ Outlines of Veterinary Homeopathy, comprising 
Horse, Cow, Dog, Khoep and Hog diseases, and their 
homeopathic trealment, |by James Moors, Veteri¬ 
nary Surgeon and Mem tier of the Veterinary College 
at Edinburgh,” accompanies the box or case. 
Mr. W., who says be has never been a believer in 
this mode of treating diseases, or at least not an en¬ 
thusiastic disciple thereof, has effected some wonder¬ 
ful cures with tho aid of the hook and the pills—such 
as botts in horses, milk fever in cows, Jrc., Ac. lie 
regards his ease and book invaluable. And if com¬ 
petent surgeons can give the necessary instructions 
so that the unscientific can understand them, why 
may not every farmer practice? • 
What may not farmers hope from Homeopathy 
yet,? In England it is daily growing in favor 
among breeders of all kinds of stock, as an aid in 
veterinary practice. Let us think about and agitate 
this subject a little. 
DEVON vs. DtTRHAM CROSSES ON NATIVE STOCK. 
L. It. Potter, of Wisconsin, keeps cows for dairy 
purposes, and tinds the crosses of Devon on Native 
Stock excellent for dairy purposes, and for that 
climate such crosses keep much easier than the 
best Natives he can get, while the crosses of Dur¬ 
ham on Natives do not do as well. They require 
more attention in this climate, in severe weather. 
SHEEP —CHANGING PASTURES. 
I happened to be in company with three or four 
skillful shepherds, one afternoon; aiul we were 
traversing the pastures and visiting the different 
flocks belonging to one of said shepherds, when Mr 
Mr. K. remarked that he did uot believe in the doc¬ 
trine of changing pastures periodically with sheep, 
for the purpose of getting fresh feed, lie does not, 
of course, recommend keeping them on short feed, 
but bo. asserted that changing suddenly from a well 
fed pasture to one with considerable fresh feed, is 
very likely to cause sheep to scour; and when a 
sheep scours a fever is created, which cheeks the 
growth of wool. More food will be obtained from 
the same area by the system of alternate feeding, 
but the fleece will not bo as heavy or the staple us 
even. If the object is wool, great care in uniform 
feeding is required. He can got a half pound more 
per head and of better quality, with the same sheep, 
than the man who changes pastures frequently. 
Another shepherd present, Mr. C., said he would 
change every throe clays. Ho urged that a change 
is necessary to the health of the sheep — (hat it 
need not be an extreme change, and that a good 
shepherd would observe the necessary precaution. 
The reader may gather something of value from 
each of those men, if ho chooses. 
DANIEL KELLEY'S MODE OF MANURING CORN LAND. 
After laying by his corn, lie draws his coarse yard 
manure and scatters it between the rows and about 
the bills of corn. This acts both as a mulch and u 
manure—keeps down the weeds and protects from 
drouth. Mr. K. regards this the best way of apply¬ 
ing manure to fields except the practice of top-dress¬ 
ing meadows in the fall. This he recommends as 
the best way to apply it to a corn crop. The corn 
is as much better for the top-dressing as the 
meadow's. Says he gets double the cry every time 
by so doing. _ 
BURNING STRAW. 
On the large grain farms in the West it is still the 
practice to burn large ricks of straw annually. This 
practice has been condemned again and again. The 
practice of piling it up in large heaps and allowing 
it to burn up by fermentation, without adding any 
absorbents, is hardly a better practice; although 
there are many men who point to these steaming 
heaps with much sell-complacency, saying, “sir, 
that is the vny I treat my straw—my neighbor, yon¬ 
der, burns his.” 
But, sir, yours is burning up too. His practice is 
about as good as yours—perhaps better, if he uses 
the ashes of his heaps. For you lose lime by Avail¬ 
ing so long for it to burn. 
With the aid of lime and muck, the amount of 
manure that might result from these piles of straw 
would be enormous, and the productiveness of farms 
might be wonderfully increased. But the trouble is, 
farmers “ haven’t got time,” nor the capital to pur¬ 
chase the time and labor necessary to do things as 
they may profitably be done. 
Straw will contiuuo to be burned; and so long as 
this is the case, the best way of burning it should be 
adopted. In tho autumn ol' I860 I visited the farm 
of II. B. Patrick, and described his mode of man¬ 
aging his surplus straw. It is briefly this. After 
saving for his yards and stables all that could be 
need for litter, he draws the balance on to ground 
intended for corn the next season, spreading the 
straw that grew on three acres, on one acre, and 
burning it He estimated tho value of the ashes 
thus produced, as equal in effect to twenty-five loads 
of well-rotted stable manure on the same land. The 
benefit of this burning is apparent in the first crop. 
Last fall (1861.) J again visited this farm and ac¬ 
companied Mr. P- through his corn fields. Ho 
wanted to show mo the effect of burning straw on 
land compared with that of stable manure. Mr. P. 
is a thorough cultivator. We first passed through 
that part of the field that had received no manure. 
It was in fine tilth and a good growth of stalks stood 
on it ; but it was not heavily eared. Then we came 
to the land on which straw had been spread and 
burned. This was burthened with twice the growth 
of stalks and corn that we found in the first instance. 
Lastly we walked through that part of the field on 
which twenty-live loads of stable manure, per acre, 
had been spread. The growth was excellent and 
the earing fair, but there was a marked difference in 
favor of the burned straw—a difference in growth, 
earing, and forwardness. Mr. I 5 , says the perma¬ 
nent effect of the stable manure is much greater 
than that of the burned straw; but the immediate 
effect upon the first crop is not so great or so per¬ 
ceptible. He avers that four or five crops will 
exhibit the effect of this application of ashes; and if 
it is found best to burn straw at all, this inode is the 
best one. 
A TALK ABOUT POTATOES. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— I have sometimes 
thought that the potato tribe had been thrown into 
the vegetable kingdom merely by way of variety to 
make comparisons with, and to experiment upon. 
So far as profit from them is concerned, I would 
class them with the business of getting out and 
hauling cord wood. It is all hard, heavy and dirty 
work, and nothing else, and the value of the crop 
ordinarily does not compensate for the labor and 
trouble and expense of growing. But as a crop to 
experiment upon, they are very valuable, if we take 
into consideration the varied experiences and results 
obtained by different, individuals. One plants large 
potatoes, and gets a good crop; another plants small 
ones, and gets a good crop; another plants the par¬ 
ings, and gets a good crop; at the same time others, 
by pursuing precisely the same course, have no 
good success whatever. 
Our agricultural doctors are too apt to establish a 
rule from the result of a single experiment, and 
hence it is, 1 imagine, that they so much disagree. I 
have learned by Buch varied results that a single 
experiment is valueless only as it is one of a con¬ 
tinued series. Why not pursue as reasonable a 
course in the selection of potatoes for seed as we do 
with every kind of grain. We know that, occasion¬ 
ally a good crop of wheat is grown from very inferior 
and shrunken seed, but who would therefore advo¬ 
cate shrunken wheat for seed unless as an absolute 
necessity. Tho weight of evidence is in luvor of 
using the largest and fairest potatoes for planting. 
This accords with my experience for the past, twenty 
years, and whenever I have varied from it i have 
generally found a corresponding result- Ordinarily, 
1 plant, one large potato in a hill, cut in two, being 
careful to place them about six inches apart Of 
such it will take about twenty bushels to the acre. 
I like to grow a variety for a crop. The past year I 
raised the Peach Blow, Davis' Seedling, Clinton, 
State of Maine, and the Early Mexican,—all of 
them excellent potatoes for tho table, and yet each 
kind has some one pr more undesirable quality. 
The Peach Blow, when grown large, is apt to Ik* 
hollow', which utterly unfits it for either man or 
beast. The Davis’ Seedling generally grows to a 
good size. Often very large tubers are found, and 
solid as well, but their main defect is that their 
eyes, especially those in the seed end, are too deep 
and irregular, looking somewhat as though they had 
been shot in by some unskillful militiaman. The 
Clinton is a capital baking potato, requires good 
ground, but objectionable in that while it yields 
well, the larger portion of the crop will be small, 
many so much so that they are unfit to pick up. 
The Early Mexican all know is very liable to rot; the 
State of Maine much like tho Mexican — skin not 
quite so white, much more hardy, rapid grower, 
very little vine, and earlier. The objection to this 
and the Mexican is like that to tho Clinton, many of 
them grow small; the last crop with 11 s has been 
the poorest of any for the. past, ten years. 1 have 
lost about one-third ol mine. Some have done still 
worse, even to the loss of their entire crop. I have 
known or heard of no variety that was exempt from 
rot last season, and f have found it invariably the 
ease that the best ones rot ( the most under the most 
favorable circumstances of soil and situation. 
Wilson, N. Y., 18(52. E. V. W. Dox. 
A PORK - RAISING EXPERIMENT. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— 1 There seems to be 
some different opinions in regard to the manner of 
fattening hogs, and if it be profitable to the producer. 
My experience in the business is as follows, and 1 
shall let, the reader be his own judge. 
March 13th, 1853, ten pigR were dropped from a 
two year old sow. purely white, and from entirely 
« Native American” stock. They were fed thus:— 
When seven weeks old they were separated from 
the sow, an accurate account kept of the food 
given them, and they were slaughtered at forty 
weeks old. During the summer months, fed with 
oats and corn, ground fine, mixed with sour milk, 
or slops from the house. Milk from four ordinary 
gurat spirit of t\xt Soimjss of g^vmtltwral 
The Army Worm. 
J. W. Brown, of Coles Co., Ill., says, in the 
Prairie Farmer :—“ I have been a resident of this 
part of the country for nearly thirty-seven years. 
The army worms have made their appearance here 
frequently, and until we took to turning our hogs 
upon our grass, did us much damage. I saved my 
meadows last summer by turning my hogs on them 
as soon as the worms made their apjiearance.” 
Corn Fodder for Dairy Farmers. 
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman 
writes: —Could one-half of my brother farmers 
cows. 
Amount of oats, <53 bushels, at 45 cents,. $28 35 
“ com, 212 k bushels, at 75 cents,.. 169.25 
“ paid for grinding_ 14.79 
13 bushels small potatoes, 1 shilling,. 1.63 
6 loads pumpkins, 1 dollar cacti,.. 6.00 
209pounds carrots,. 1.00 
Pasture,_ 3.00 
Wood used in boiling,_ 2.00 
Extras. 2.00 
Value of pigs when seven weeks old,_ 30.00 
$248.02 
Aggregate amount of pork, in pounds,.. 4,066 
Average weight of each,.. 400 
Sold at $7.50 per hundred,...$304.95 
Lard from inwards, 175 pounds,. 17.50 
$322.45 
Deduct cost of making,. 248.02 
Lea ling a dear profit,_ $74.43 
Tomliannock, N. Y., 1862. T. H. 
- 1 • ♦ -- 
TIME OF SOWING SPRING WHEAT. 
N. Y. 8tatb Agricultural Sociktt.— The following is n 
list of the premiums awarded at the recent Winter (Annual) 
Meeting of this Society: 
FARMS. 
Grain Aim Dairy Farm. —To Jason C. Osgood, Sullivan, 
Madison Co , lBt premium. Silver Medal to Mr. Osgood, anil 
Diploma to Nelson Moyer, manager of the Farm. 
CROPS, 
Wheat. —1st premium Sylvester Curtis, Clinton. Oneida Co.. 
(84 bushels on 2 and 1,600 acres—profit $9(5.75.7 $15. 
Uyp, a an Oats. —Mr. C. L. Kiersted of Kingston. Ulster 
Co., entered for competition two crops of outs and tivo crops 
of rye. The committee decided that as Mr. Kiersted received 
premiums on crops of rye and oats a year ago. they would re¬ 
commend him a Certificate of Uie Society, for having sus¬ 
tained his reputation for raising the largest crop of rye and 
oats entered for premium. 
Fkas.—N orman Gowdy. Lowville, Lewis Co., entered a crop 
who ridicule book farming, and who have a dairy of of peas, i *n-ioo acres; yield iso bushels, at a protit of f3l.7l 
ten cows, be induced to plant, next spring, one half j,- 0 statements accompany Mr. Gowdy’s application, which 
acre each to fodder corn, the rows two teet apart, with prevents the committee awarding him ’a premium, 
twenty or twenty-live kernels to a foot, and begin grain ami bekds—samples on* bushel each. 
to feed about the first of September, and add six 0l S, ° ^ KeUs ’ Lairdsville 
weeks or two months to their dairy season, they scrino Wheat.—- 1st prem. Amo* Goulding, Pamelia Four 
would be inclined to look pleasant at their success Comer*, Jefferson Co., S3, 2 d, C. w. Kelli, Lalrdaville, 2; 3d 
and let the name alone. My experience will war- A l pine $3; 2d, Amo* Goniding, 2, 3 d, a. 
rant twenty-five dollars for the half acre, if properly e. van Alien, In- Friesteville, Reusselaer Co., l. 
managed, with little labor. Barley —Four Rowed—2d prem. Hiram Mills, Lowville, 
r . , , , , . Lewis Co., $2 
T want to add that 1 have stabled five cows nights barley— Two Rownd.—2d prem. Amos Goulding. $2 
Ihrough the summer, filling the drop behind them Oats —1st prem. C. W. Eclls, $8; 2d, Hiram Mills, 
with turf, procured mostly by plowing moss knolls, Buckwheat,— 1st prem L L. French, Richfield springs, 
taking off the turf, and making them oven, and with **£'#£0^-H c w - EeU ®< 2 > ^ u - w,er > Joimsonvifle, 
the help of one horse and a few Chester pigs have yellow corn. — istpiem. c. w Eells, $3; 2d, Ai Pine, 2; 
made one hundred full cart-loads of good compost. 3d. u. Wier, i. 
for my meadows, putting it on in October, and have }> * Buckley. WtHiamstown, Musa, 14 varieties com, fine 
turf enough in my yard and hog pens for another Whixb oor.t.— 1st prom. H. wicr, $3; 2d, A. E. Van At- 
hundred In tbe spring. I will gladly listen to a len, 2 . 
belter course on a small farm. Beans.— 1st prem. Ai Pine, $3; 2d Amos Goniding, 2; 3d. 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yokkbr:—I will give you my 
experience in sowing spring wheat for the past few 
years, from data which I have kept: 
1856— Sowed May 7th. Crop poor. Earlier sown 
wheat around me was good. Commenced harvest 
August 4th. 
1857— Sowed April 23d. Crop middling. Com¬ 
menced harvest July 31st. 
1858— Commenced sowing April 7th, and finished 
April 26th. The season was very wet. The first 
sown was very good—the last very poor. 
1859— Sowed AprilBth; finished April 19th. First 
sown very good; the latter not so good. Com¬ 
menced harvest July 25th. 
1860— Finished sowing 20 acres March 23d. Crop 
good—32 bushels to the acre. Commenced harvest 
July 16th. 
1861— Commenced sowing April 15th; finished 
April 29th. Firstbetterthan last Sown, though crop 
was poor. Commenced harvest July 30th. 
I am satisfied from observation that you cannot 
sow too early, if the ground is fit to work. The past 
few years we have had to contend with the chintz- 
bug, and by early Bowing get the start of them, 
while late sowing is sure to bo affected to a great 
extent Another thing—I have observed that fall 
plowing is a great help to getting wheat in early, 
and better for the crop. w. 
East Troy, Wisconsin, Feb., 1862. 
Corn after Bock wheat. 
E. L. Holden describes, in the Coiirdry Gentle¬ 
man, the results of two years when ho planted corn 
alter buckwheat, and calls upon his brother farmers 
for u solution of the difficulties encountered. He 
says: 
1 planted a piece of corn last spring on land part 
of which had buckwheat the year before; the remain¬ 
der eward land that had been mowed but one year; 
and all treated alike as nearly as possible. A fair 
coat of manure was plowed uuder, t hen a slight dress¬ 
ing spread on lop ami harrowed in. The corn was all 
planted at the same time, the rows running both 
ways, but planted across both parts. The result 
was, where the buckwheat was raised the corn was 
much smaller than on the sward land, not only in 
the growth of stalk but in the size and number of 
ears. In iaet there were a great many hills on the 
buckwheat ground that never sot an ear, while all 
on the sward part was well eared and well filled. 
Now what caused this very great difference? The 
ground was all alike, a sandy loam, and was all 
seeded with clover and timothy with oats, two years 
before, and that part that had the buckwheat was 
not mowed at all, but grass turned under before 
sowing the buckwheat. This was the second time 
that 1 have planted corn alter buckwheat, and the 
result tbe same both times. I would like to under¬ 
stand the true reason. Brother farmers, please give 
us your experience in this matter. 
llow to Choose a Farm Horse. 
John Brunson, in a late issue ol the Ohio Cul¬ 
tivator, lays down the following rules to be observed 
in the choice of a horse for the purposes of the farm: 
“ The former requires a horse that can take him to 
market and around his farm, on which he can occa¬ 
sionally ride tor pleasure, and which lie must some¬ 
time's use for the plow and harrow. First to notice 
is the eyes, which should be well examined. Clear¬ 
ness of the eye is a sure indication ol goodness. But 
this is not all — the eyelids, eyebrows, and all other 
appendages, must be considered; for many horses 
whose eyes appear clear and brilliant, go blind at 
an early age: therefore, be careful to observe 
whether the part between the eyelids and eyebrows 
are swollen, tor this indicates that the eye will not 
last. When the eyes arc remarkably flat, sunk 
within their orbits, it is a bad sign. Tho iris or 
circle that surrounds the sight of the eyo, should be 
distinct, and of a pale, variegated cinnamon color; 
for this is a sure sign of a good eye. The eyes of a 
horse are never too large. Tho head should be of 
good size, broad between the eyes, large nostrils, 
red within, for large nostrils betoken good wind. 
The feet and legs should be regarded; for ahorse 
with bad feet, like a house with a weak founda¬ 
tion, will do little service. The feet should be of 
middle side and smooth; the heels should be firm, 
and not spongy and rotten, Tho limbs should be 
free from blemishes of ail kinds, the knees straight, 
the back sinews strong and well braced. The 
pastern joints should be clean and clear of swell¬ 
ings of all kinds, ami come near the ground; for 
such never have the ring-bono. Fleshy-legged 
horses are generally subject to the grease and other 
infirmatives of that kind, and therefore should not 
be chosen. The body should be of good size, the 
back straight, or nearly so, and have only a small 
sinking below the withers; the barrel round, and 
the ribs coming close to the hip joints. Tho shoul¬ 
ders should run back, but uot too heavy; for ahorse 
with heavy shoulders seldom moves well. Chest 
and arms large. A horse weighing from 1,300 to 
1,400 pounds is large enough for a cart horse; from 
1,000 to 1,200 is large enough for a farmer’s horse; 
from 1,000 to 1,100 is heavy enough for a carriage 
horse. I should advise every one to get some exper- 
mental knowledge of a horse before purchasing." 
—is a good one, and tlic sample exhibited of exeeUontqiiality. 
No statements accompany Mr. Goivdy's application, which 
prevents tbe committee awarding him a premium. 
GRAIN AND SEEDS—SAMPLES ONE HP8I1BL KACIL 
Winter Wheat. — 1st prem. C. W. Eells, Lairdsville 
Oneida Co., $3. 
Sfriko Wukat.— 1st prem. Amo* Goulding. Pamelia Four 
Corner*. Jefferson Co., S3, 2<1, (:. W. Eells, Lairdsville, 2; 3d 
Ai Pine, Pitta town, Rensselaer Co,, 1 
Rye.— 1st prem AI Pine $3; 2d, Amps Goniding, 2, 3d, A. 
E. Van Allen, He Friesteville, ReuRselaer Co., 1. 
Baulky— h'/rtiy Rowed. —2d prem. Hiram Mills, Lowville, 
Lewis Co., S2 
Barlbv— Puri Rownd .—2d prem, Amos Goulding. $2 
Oats.— 1st prem. C. W. Eells, $8; 2d, Hiram Mills. 
Buckwheat. —1st prem. L. L. French, Richfield Springs, 
Otsego Co.. $3j 2d, C. W. Eells, 2; 3d, H. Wier, JolinsouviUe, 
Rensselaer Co., 5. 
Yellow Corn. —1st piem. C. W Eells, $3; 2d, Ai Pine, 2; 
3d. U. Wier, 1. 
I). A. Buckley, WiHiamstown, Mass., 14 varieties corn, fine 
collection, Trans, and Downing. 
Whitb Corn. —1st prom. H. Wier, $3; 2d, A. E. Van Al¬ 
len, 2. 
Bean*. —1st prem. Ai Pine, $3; 2d Amos Goniding, 2; 3d, 
H. Wier, 2. 
Peas.— 1st prem. Amos Goulding, $3; 2d, Norman Gowdy, 
2; 3d, H. Wier; 1. 
Flax Seep. —1st prem. H. Wier, $3; 2d, L. L. French, 2; 
3d, H, Wier. 1. 
Timothy Skbd. —2d prem. Norman Gowdy, $2. 
RUTTER AND CHBXBB. 
Fall Butter. —3 tubs, 1st prem Ai Pine, $15. 
Winter Butte*.— 1 Jar. 1st prem. Clift Karnes, Water 
towu, $5, 2d. Norman Gowdy, 8, 3d, Arno* Goulding Trans. 
Discretionary.— J. L. Rico, (’amelia. Jar butter, Trans.; 
John Koh'lisoii. Cambridge, do., Trans ; Norman Gowdy, 
Lowville, do., Trans.; Airs. Hiram Mills, Lowville, do., Trans. 
Cheese.— 1st prem Norman Gowdy, $16; 2d. Clift Earn os, 
10; 3d, Ai Pino. 6; 4th. E. K, Carter, Evan* .Mills. Trans. 
Discretionary. — Jason C. Osgood, Troy, a good specimen 
of cheese. Exhibition only 
Ai Pine, very fine specimens of Turkeys, Ducks and Cliick- 
enB. 
fruit and wines. 
Arrj.RS.—20 varieties, 1st prem. Ellivanger Jc Barry, Roch¬ 
ester, $4. 16 varieties, 1st prem. W. H. Slingerland, Norman’s 
Kill, 3; 2d, Ai Pine, 1. 
Seedling Apple.— Jtobn Harold, Esq., Hemstead. Queens 
county, exhibited a seedling which promises to he a valuable 
variety. 
Pears. — Collection of Ellwanger& Barry, S. Medal & Dip 
Graces. —Catawba, R P Wiles, Albany, S. 8. Medal. 
Isabella Wine.—Joseph Torrey, Albany, 2 years, good arti¬ 
cle, Dip. 
Elderberry AVine.—1st prem. Joseph Torrey, Dip. 
Clinton Wine.—C. O Valentine, Cambridge, Washington 
Co., Dip. 
Clinton Brandy.—C. O. Valentine, Dip. 
Rural Notes anil Stents. 
Tuh Recent Glorious Achievements of tiik Union 
Army have electrified the people of every loyal State, and 
made glad the hearts of thousands of oppressed and depressed 
Unionists throughout Rrbeldom. As each successive triumph 
flashed over tho wires, “Fort Henry is ours I"—“Roanoke 
Island is ours 1 "■—“ Springfield again is otirs! ”—■“ Fort Douel 
son is ours I”—a thrill of joy was experienced by every lover 
of his country, reviving the faith of the sanguine, and 
inspiring the hearts of the despairing with new confidence.— 
And. amid ringing of hells ami booming of cannon there was 
much rejoicing in City, village, hamlet, and country, over the 
glorious news—tidings indicating that the Flag of the Union 
would soon he flung to the breeze over every part of the terri¬ 
tory temporarily wrested from the Republic by thieves, usur¬ 
pers and traitors I Aye, more than indicating, for here is the 
brief hut glorious record of the progress made by the Union 
Flag and arms in ten days ; 
1. Tiie capture of Fort Henry. 
2. The victory at Roanoke. 
3. The capture of Edenton, Elizabeth City, etc. 
4. The destruction of the Rebel Navy in the North Carolina 
waters 
5. The retreat of the rebels from Bowling Green. 
C. The capture of several prizes at sea. * 
7. Further advances towards Savannah. 
8. The capture of Fort Donelsou. 
9. The breaking up of a rebel nest at Blooming Gap, Va. 
10. The driving of Price from Missouri, and the destruction 
of his rear guard. 
11. Tho capture of Clarksvffie, Tcnn. 
12. The shelling ami burning of Winton, N. C. 
Add to this tiie favorable advices from Europe — that the 
Great Powers intend to respect the blockade, to turn their 
backs on privateering, and in all other matters leave us to man¬ 
age the rebels in our own way — and the record is complete. 
— At such a time we may be pardoned an article like unto 
this under the head of “Rural Notes and Items" — for the 
above items are most noteworthy, and have an important 
bearing upon flic interests of all Kuralists. Nor need we offer 
any apology for devoting so much space in this week’s Rural 
to a chronicle of the important events of the past few days, 
though tiie usual arrangement of some departments be thereby 
changed, and others deferred, in order to give tiie War News 
in “regular succession." we are compelled to defer several 
advertisements, and place what we do give upon tbe third page. 
m\ gmswm* 
The Farmers’ Sheet. — The question is, wlmt particular 
breed of sheep is the most profitable for farmers to keep? X 
speak of such farms as have from fifty to one hundred acres 
of improved land, a little more or less. Not fancy farmers, 
nor yet those of vast estates, who can boast of their cattle 
upon a thousand hills.’’ This question covers tiie whole 
ground that interests the great bulk of farmers throughout 
the country. That there Is a great difference in the different 
breeds of sheep, for different purposes, will not be denied, 
hut the breed that combines tiie most profitable qualities for 
the class of farmers named, of which class 1 claim to belong, 
is what is sought for. No", I would like to see the friends of 
the different breeds come forward and give the reasons for the 
*< faith that is in them ” I wish to purchase a small Hock, and 
am now on tiie anxious seat.— Inquirer, Fort Bayne, Ind. 
That “ Lolling ” Cask.— In the Rural of January 4th, 
I noticed an inquiry relative to “ Lolling in Uie Horse.” I do 
not think it lolling, but a useless ami unpleasant habit- I 
have a fine mare that contracted this habit in a few weeks to 
an unendurable extent. I consulted veterinary surgeons, but 
could get neither cause nor cure. I finally tried an original 
experiment, aDd it had the desired effect, entirely curing her. 
1 wound the bit with cloth, making it an Inch in diameter, 
and let out the headstall, so tiie bit rested about tho bridle 
tooth. This prevented her getting it under the tongue, and 
caused a constant exertion of the tongue to keep tUc bit in 
place. That's my logia. Try it. W. 8. L., of Stillwater, Ohio, 
and if you succeed as well as I, then may you exclaim. I, too, 
have learned from, a backwoodsman of Pennsylvania.— Pink 
Farm, Cranford Co., Pa., 1862. 
Ionorance the Oaubk of TiiK Rkrkllion. —In paying for a 
list of subscribers some days ago, au ageut remarked to us 
that “ if the Southern people had paid liberally for reading 
matter — procured and read good books and papers — the 
Rebellion would never have occurred." The closing sentence 
of the following postscript to a letter from Walworth Co., 
Wis., expresses a similar and like truthful sentiment:—“The 
times being hard, people think they must retrench, forgetting 
that the way to do it effectually is to keep posted in the various 
matters pertaining to every day life Ihrough an efficient and 
enlightened press. Relieving the Rural to be a paper that 
should be in the hands of every family, I have done what my 
time and circumstances would permit. I have obtained fifteen 
subscribers, and hope to get more, but claim no merit, feeling 
it to be my duty to do what 1 can to create an enlightened 
public sentiment, and thus do away with ignorance and crime, 
the mother of rebellions." 
Tint Weather lias beon more wintry tlian usual for the past 
few days — a fact which wo chronicle for the information oi 
distant readers. On Wednesday night and Thursday of last 
week we had the heaviest snow storm of the season, leav ing 
the earth covered some two feet deep. On Sunday a thaw set 
in and tiie snow melted rapidly during the day aDd night; 
toward morning rain fell in torrents, but tiie wind soon veered 
to tiie Northwest, tiie rain changed to snow, with high winds, 
and the day (Monday) was the most bleak and unpleasant of 
the season. Some ten inches of snow fell, and streets, walks 
and railroads were blockaded by the drifts. A clear, cold 
night succeeded, and this (Tuesday) morning the thermometer 
marked 6 above zero; but now (at noon) the sun shines brightly 
and the snow is again in a melting mood. 
Co tut es fond K nth must, exercise patience for a few weeks, 
as the press upon our pages, especially of War News, compels 
us to defer many of their favors. As our own bantlings also 
receive the go by we can sympathize with contributors and 
correspondents — though, unlike some who complain, we CAN 
“conjecture the reason." To us it is very obvious that the 
Rural is not half large eoongh to contain what ought to be 
published,—but we cannot enlarge it at present 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Spring, Garden Flower and Tree goods—J M. Tborbum & Co. 
Parr's Tool Chest's — George Parr" 
Roc's Wes-torn Reserve Patent Premium Vat—Roe k Blair. 
Choice Flower (And Vegetable Siretlh— James Vick. 
Trees at low Prir.Cs- KUwanger A Barry 
Clark's School Visitor- -Dautrmlay k Hammond. 
Fairfield Seminary—Rev. A. G Cochran. 
To the Unemployed—'T. S. Pace 
Five Months in Kebetdom—Adams k Dabney. 
Behm’s ftommerrial College—J. Behm. 
Osier Willow Cuttinge—D. I. Ilalrey. 
Peach Trees, kc., for Sale—R. II. Clark k Co. 
®l)e News tionftcuser* 
— Gen. Sumner has fully recovered. 
— The rebels have adopted a new flag. 
— Drafting has commenced in Virginia. (. 
— There have been several severe snow storms in Scotland. 
— The population of Nebraska, by the census of I860, was 
25,836. 
— Liquor is entirely prohibited now on the army of the 
Potomac. 
— The Ericsson steam battery has been successfully 
launched. 
— The sale of rebel property at St. Louis yielded tho sum 
of $4,400. 
— A railroad is in operation between Alexandria and 
Washington. 
— The last steamer from Port Royal brought 70,000 letters 
to New York. . 
— The State of Ohio pays only $32,000 in salaries to its 21 
leading officials. 
_The gallant Sprague has been re-nominated for Governor 
of Rhode Island. 
— Hon. Wm. Appleton died at Boston, on the 15th ult., at 
the ago of 75 years, 
— The Bickness among tho allied troops in Mexico ia 
reported as frightful. 
— An accident buried 200 persons in a coal pit, near Sheilds, 
Eng., on the 16th ult. 
— During tiie month of January, they had but 45 hours of 
sunshine in Louisville. 
— A large number of mail robberies have been brought to 
light within a few days. 
— Tiie great Sawyer gun, at Newport News, burst on the 
11th ult., killing two men. 
_The importation of meerschaums iB said to reach $200,000 
annually in tiie United States. 
_One hundred licenses have been Issued to newsboys of 
Chicago by tiie City Comptroller. 
— Ex President M iramon, of Mexico, is a prisoner on board 
an English war vessel at Vera Crux. 
_Advices from Japan say thnt three fourths of tiie city of 
Kanagawa had been destroyed by fire. 
— The Parliament of Canada has been convoked for tiie 
20th inst., for tho dispatch of business. 
— It. is stated that Juarez had proposed terms of peace to 
the allies, hut his proposal was rejected. 
— A Mexican Legion of Honor has been established, com¬ 
posed of chiefs and officers of tiie army. 
— Ohio pays its Governor only $1,800 a year salary, and 
there is talk of even reducing tliat to $1,440. 
_A treaty lias been signed between Uamburg and Hanover, 
for the construction of a bridge over the Elbe. 
_The grand jury of Kings county hare indicted the Excise 
Commissioners for granting licenses contrary to law. 
— An old colored man, who was appointed a messenger in 
tiie War Department in Madison's tcnn, lias just died. 
— It is estimated tliat the late Queen of Madagascar, in the 
course of her reign, caused 100,000 men to be. put to death. 
_The Louisville Journal states that the smugglers are 
doing a heavy trade across tiie Ohio river, below Henderson. 
_The Auburn Advertiser announces that every child in 
that city tliat lias a proper respect for itself, has got the measles. 
_So many frauds have been practiced by clothing con¬ 
tractors, tliat Secretary Stanton has ordered their pay stopped. 
— Resolutions providing for tiie manufacture and purchase 
of arms for tiie State of Maine, are pending in her Legislature. 
_Large numbers of counterfeit $5 bills on the American 
Bank of Providence were discovered in New York on Tuesday 
week. 
_Tbe Illinois Central Railroad have allowed fifty of tlieir 
best mechanics to work on tbe Government mortar gunboats 
at Cairo. 
— The entire constabulary force of Ireland will shortly be 
armed with rifles and. cutlasses in place of carbines and 
bayonets. 
— Tbe Cologne Gazette states that out of the 10,000 bouses 
in Berlin, there arc only 31 wliicli are entirely free from 
mortgage. 
— Accounts from the peach-growing districts of New Jersey 
represent the prospect for agoodcrop nextseasonas unusually 
flattering. 
— A letter from Fillmore county, Minnesota, Bays tliat the 
cold in that region is greater tlian has been known for five 
years past 
_New York city contains forty-six Presbjterian churches, 
tiie number being about equally divided between tiie Old and 
New School. - 
— Miramon, on his arrival at Vera Cruz, was arrested by 
Uie British Admiral for a former robbery of the British Lega¬ 
tion in Mexico. 
_Gen. Ilnllcck lias issued an order tliat at all future elec¬ 
tions in Missouri, all voters will bo required to take tiie oath 
of allegiance. t 
_The steel vests, concerning which so much has been said, 
as affording protection to tho soldiers, hare been tested and 
proved failures. 
1 — Tiie late Prince Albert ia said to have continually repeated, 
on his death bed, the beautiful Christian hymn, commencing 
11 Rock of Ages. ” 
_The Chicago Journal had one reporter lulled, and another 
| had his leg allot off, at the capture of Fort Henry. A third 
escaped unhurmed- 
j _The Legislature of Delaware has adjourned. A resolu- 
• tion, denouncing any move for the abolition of slavery in the 
State, was adopted. 
a _The personal liberty bills of Wisconsin have been 
? “ expunged ” by a resolution of the lower branch of tho 
s Legislature, 84 to 7. 
1 — From California, by telegraph, we learn that an unpre- 
1 cedented emigration had set in to tiie Oregon aud British 
t Columbia gold mines. 
_A Paris letter says that tho ancient practice of using 
j rouge is now in general vogue among tiie fashionable ladies 
, of Paris, young aud old. 
— Delaware is about to be freed rrem tho enrse of lotteries 
tiie Senate having, a day or two ago, revoked tiie grant given 
to R. France, a year since. 
’j. _A record kept at Schenectady shows tin tiie aggregate 
., amount of snow which has fallen sinoo the 23ci of Nov., up 
to Feb. 9, iil 6 feet 6 niches. 
■t _Envelops are scarce at the South, and the Mempliis 
l; Appeal recommends turning old ones wrong side out, and 
d using them, after pasting them. 
3, — A man named Henry C. Allen, who lias a government 
if contract in Philadelphia, has been arrested for defrauding 
u poor girls who worked for him. 
^ _Fogs have been frequent and very thick in London this 
- r winter. Tbe gas litis been kept lighted in street lamps and 
houses all day on several occasions. 
_The United States Treasury Notes command thirty per 
cent premium in tiie Southern States. Thev are rated equiva- 
lent to gold, aud much sought after, 
ilfl 
6o — The revised assessment of property i u Pluladelpliia for 
u) 1862, upon which city and State taxes are to be levied, gives 
tiie valuation of real estate aB f 162,4i0,0oo. 
IK 
lj(i _Dr. Hayes says tiie language of the Esquimaux is based 
be on grammatical principles, but they iiavq no alphabet or 
hieroglyphics, and cannot count beyond ten. 
