,£’S ROTM* 
U'G 
& Morgan machine. In either case it will be wor¬ 
thily bestowed. 
‘‘The Excelsior” has a skeleton platform, on 
which the grain falls, and from which it is dropped 
at the will of the driver. This machine did excel¬ 
lent work, and delivered its grain in good order. 
But there are two important objections to its mode 
favorable impressions of it, from what I was able to 
see of its operation. 
The editor of the Illinois Farmer copied my 
article, and doubted if the binder would prove prac¬ 
tical because no attempt in that direction bad yet 
proved successful! Inexorable logic! A Chicago 
echo pronounced the thing foolishness, and proved 
of delivery that will throw it out oi the held of me a fool (mechanically) because of the cautious 
competition. They are. that it delivers the grain commendation I had given it. Other Eastern wise- 
, t ♦.flprftc nranlps ot rural wisdom, pooli-DOohed the 
directly in the rear, rendering it necessary to bind 
it before the team can go another round. This 
objection is an important one; because it involves 
the necessity of employing a large gaDg of bands to 
follow it, and the grain must he bound whelher wet 
or d r y—whether in condition to bind or not The 
second objection is the position in which the grain 
is left in its relation to the following binder. It is 
laid at right angles to the uncut grain, in gavels as 
long as the platform of the machine. This involves 
extra steps, and consumes extra time. 
Thus much about self-rakers. Their importance 
just now is apparent—is self-evident, lland-rakers 
will be ignored comparatively. 1 hey have but one 
resort for safety. Their refuge is the employment 
of self-binders, of which, more hereafter. 
THE HAND-RAKING REAPERS. 
Under the guidance of Superintendent Catron, 
acres, oracles of rural wisdom, pooli-poobed at the 
idea of the thing. 
With this condition of mind among contempora¬ 
neous writers, and the humiliating idea of myself 
which their inflictions had given me, what was my 
gratification to find Bcrson on ihe ground, with his 
binder attachment to a J. H- Manny machine, bind¬ 
ing the grain as fast as it was cut, before it left the 
platform; and to see these same Sucker editors fol¬ 
lowing it with opeD-rooutbed wonder and a grin of 
gratification, garrulously asserting the triumph of 
the binder!—as innocently, too, as if they had never 
given Bragpox a raking down for his presumptu¬ 
ous opinion! But the retribution was a peasant 
one no doubt. The saving the wages of four or five 
hands in the harvest field, and their board and the 
consequent labor in the household, is no trifling 
achievement, to say nothing of the saving of grain 
which results from binding it. before it leaves the 
in comnany with other members of the press, I went platform of the reaper. It requires but three men 
* . . _ , t .1 _ i _ 1 1. i .1 . I.Sit/linrr tVir. /vftnin tl,n 
over the different fields cut by the machines, to look 
at the stubble, and examine the gavels and the 
manner in which they were laid. The data of draft 
and time are not in my possession. I have, given 
above all I choose to say of the work of the self- 
rakers. I now speak of the appearance of the work 
of the band-rakerB. 
Kirby’s machine cut its field pretty well. Por¬ 
tions of It were badly lodged, and too great haste to 
make time prevented the care in gathering which a 
tidy farmer would desire. The raking was poorly 
done. There was too much grain scattered over the 
field. 
Wood’s Hand-Raker did good cutting, but tbe 
to do the work of cutting and binding the grain-the 
driver, the raker, and the binder. The grain is 
handed to the binder by the raker, who uses an 
ingeniously-made thumb-fork to gather and com¬ 
press it. The binder shuts the arms of the machine 
over the bundle, compressing it tightly, gives a 
crank two op three quick turns, the bundle is bound, 
tied, a jerk opens tbe arms, and it is kicked on the 
ground. All this iB done in much less time than I 
have consumed in writing of it. It seemed to be tbe 
conviction of all who saw it operate that it was a 
The success of future trials of this character in 
this State, must depend largely upon the character 
of the report the Committee will make, and upon tbe 
evidence it may contain that the verdict is made 
after a critical analysis of the work, construction, 
and merits of each machine. Only one premium is 
to be awarded in each class, hence the prestige 
which the award will give the successful machine 
cannot be measured by the dollars offered as a 
premium. 
The work of rendering a decision is no enviable 
task, where so many good machines, with their 
peculiar points of merit, are competitors. It is a 
grave responsibility, and is doubtless appreciated 
by the State Board. 
There are many items of interest connected 
with this trial and growing out of it, which it would 
give me pleasure to notice in this connection—many 
personal acknowledgments and commendations I 
would like to make, but your space has been too 
largely invaded by these notes already. 
§**-$**!***. 
Bee Pnsttirnge. 
Those wishing to improve their bee pasturage 
are advised to plant maple, locust, chestnut, and 
linden trees, and to encourage others to do so. In 
selling out ornamental trees, it is surely worthy 
one’s attention to have regard to their honey-pro¬ 
ducing power; and to select, with this end in view. 
from which to estimate the present wool crop. IVe 
have as yet seen no statement from tbe census of 
1800 as to the present wool product of the country, 
and can, therefore, merely make a loose estimate as 
to the amount. We should, however, represent the 
most general estimate uf the wool trade in supposing 
the present crop, in the now loyal States, to reach 
about 120,000,000 pounds. According to this esti¬ 
mate, the army demand will take up about 424 per 
cent of our whole crop of wool. It is unnecessary 
to indicate the effect of this extraordinary demand 
on the value of the staple. The demand will be 
mostly for the lower gradeB ot wool, which, as last 
year, may be expected to realize fabulous prices, 
and out of all proportion to the value of the finer 
grades. It may perhaps be questioned, however, 
whether we shall this year witness such a deprecia¬ 
tion in the value of fine grades as was experienced 
last year. The largeness of ihe demand may be 
reasonably expected to give an enhanced value to 
all qualifies; though as the finer grades have no 
preference for army purposes over the coarser, they 
may not, be expected to range so much higher than 
common wools as is the case in ordinary times. 
“ It is not improbable, under these circumstances, 
that we may witness an unusual importation of for¬ 
eign wools. Although botli the tariff and exchange 
are against its importation, yet prices may range so 
high as to render these considerations secondary. 
“ The effect of this extraordinary consumption of 
army woolens must be to inflate and derange the 
those blooming at diiferent times, rather than all of ordinary business in woolen fabrics. Probably the 
one kind, or those blooming at the same time, machinery employed last year in manufacturing 
I should like to know the comparative value o f military goods might be sufficient, if running extra 
these trees for producing hooey, and also which time, to meet the demand. But that proportion of 
varieties of those mentioned are the best. • our woolen machinery leaves but little for meeting 
For timber, the yellow locust is tbe mostvaluable. the demand for ordinary goods. The result will 
It is extensively planted on the western prairies, probably be that fabrics for civilians' wear will be 
where it grows very rapidly, and is chiefly used for in light supply and realize high prices, 
railroad sleepers. " In Southern Ohio, bees, some ^Tbe wool crop will realize $60,000,000, distrib- 
success 
■ and that ttto l,and-raldng machines could yeara, gather a large portion of their aurplua bone, .lied among the agricnllurUts, and then return to 
- - - from the locust Their industry during the yield the commercial cities for the purchase of manufac- 
only compete with the self-rakers by adopting the _ . 
binder. The bundles are bound with small wire, from the locust is surprising. Y here e tee grows 
and as "tightly and well as the average work of any in great numbers, they almost abandon all other 
five men that follow a machine in the field. The wire sources of supply. 
costs from 12 to 10 cents per acre. Objection was Twenty years ago, an old farmer in - ew ersey 
made to these wire bands, because it would require raised from the seed abort 2 . 00 ye ow ocu 
more time to cut them, and care to see that they did trees, which, when tall enough not to be injured by 
not go through the machine with the straw, and cattle, he set out on the roadside, along b.s fences, 
wind about, the cylinder of the thrasher. I found and also thinned out his woodland and planted a 
that a pocket knife would sever the wire band as locust wherever there was a chance for one to thrive, 
quickly and easily as if it were straw; and if the The majority are now worth $1 each for posts 
wire will affect the work of the thrasher, which I Some years since, a farmer m the west set out a 
doubt, a little practice will enable the band cutter very extensive peach orchard for fare-wood-the 
to retain it with one hand and cut it with the other, tree being or rapid growth in rich so. . TV hen they 
began to bear, he marked those that yielded good 
Michaels’ improved iNDrANA fanning uill. fruit, saved them, and cut the others as needed. In 
Scarcely less important than the reaper, is some ^jg WR y originated some fine fruit, ne remarked 
machine by which grain may be rapidly and effect- that his bees gathered a good deal from blemished 
ually separated and cleaned. I have never yet f m it, of which there was a large quantity, as ho only 
seen—and I have examined a good many—any mill picked for the use of his family. The same has 
which for simplicity of construction and rapid and noticed in abundant peach years elsewhere; 
excellent work, would compare with the above- t, ut near a good market, the crop is too carefully 
named machine exhibited here by Free .t Co., of gathered for bees to obtain much from this source. 
Goshen, Indiana. Its novelty consists chiefly in u rph e nauseous Ailauthus” blooms very late. The 
the mode adopted to spread the grain and chaff white clover, in my vicinity, suffered from drouth 
delivery was not good; the gavels were not well laid, and as tightly and well as the average work of any 
Coggswell’s Patent did better cutting in grain five men that follow a machine in the field. The wire 
than in grass, but the gavels were badly laid—the cos ts from 12 to 10 cents per acre. Objection was 
grain very much scattered. made to these wire bands, because it would require 
Ball’s machine did not do near as good cutting more time to cut them, and care to see that they did 
as a reaper aB it did as a mower, and the grain was no t go through the machine with the straw, and 
poorly delivered. wind about the cylinder of the thrasher. I found 
Curtis cut one-half of his field well, the other that a pocket knife would sever the wire band as 
half poorly, and the gavels were no gavel3 at all— quickly and easily as if it were straw; and if the 
badly scattered and poorly laid. wire will affect the work of the thrasher, which I 
The Buckeye did capital work in all reepectB, doubt, a little practice will enable the band cutter 
and was one of the only two machines from which to retain it with one hand and cut it with the other, 
the grain was delivered as well by hand as it was by Michaels’ improved Indiana fanning mill. 
Us Bela very well tato*. but the Scared, l«. taper,a D t time tbe mi*.t to some 
grain was badly raked. This is a popular machine machine by which gram may be rapidly and effect- 
fn Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Its draft, is ually separated and cleaned. I have never ye 
light, and 1 have seen it do much better work in the seen-and I have examined a good many-any mill 
harvest field in the hands of farmers than it did here, which for simplicity of construction and rapid and 
Rugg’s machine was badly guided. The cutting excellent work, would compare with the above¬ 
apparatus is driven before tbe team like a header, named machine exhibited here by I- ree ,t Co of 
and it is guided by a helm-wheel. It is a good ms- Goshen, Indiana. Its novelty consists chief y 
chine: but both in reaping and mowing, lringes the mode adopted to spread the grain ^d chaff 
were left where none should have been seen. And evenly over the wind board and selves, and m the 
the gavels delivered from this machine seemed vertical as well as side-wise or shaking mot,on 
doubled and twisted. 1 have seen grain delivered given the selves. Seven selves are used. These 
from it in much better shape than I found it here, are all numbered and each groove » numbered. 
The Cayuga Chief did the best cutting and raking To separate the different kinds of seed from each 
combined ^of any machine on the ground. This other, directions for using the selves are given-the 
little, compact, unique, iron machine, is in my opiu- number of the serve to be used, and he number of 
ion the machine par excellence among the hand- the groove in which it is to be inserted, 
rakers, whether as a single reaper or mower, or as I saw a mixture of Umotoy seed, clover cockle, 
a combined machine. It seems to me to combine wheat, chess, oats, chaff, and ordinary mill scr e 
more desirable points in less space and for less cost ings, put through this mill. The imothy clover, 
than any other machine on trial. And I detract and cockle, were separated from the whea , chess, 
nothing from any of them by the publication of this and oats. Then the cockle was taken from the tim- 
. . othy and clover, and afterwards the timothy seed 
01 John ’ P. Manny’s Reaper, in its adjustability, and clover were separated from each other. In the 
efficiency, lightness of draft and width of cut, com- same manner the different grains were separated^ 
bined. is a most excellent machine. It did good No one wheat, good enough for seed was found 
work, but failed to deliver the grain in as good w the ordinary mill screemngs-all done so easily 
shape as either the Buckeye or Cayuga Chief. It and efficiently as to merit all the good words here- 
is one of the very best ©f the Western machines. wlth sald 101 lL 
The failure of these machines to do good work CASE k I;AKEK S automatic scale. 
was not always due to any defect, in their construe- This is a novel mode of -weighing grain. It con- 
tion or design, but to the effort of the operators to sists of two boxes or receivers, into which the grain 
make time. They seemed in several instances to is conducted from tbe storehouse, granary bin. 01 - 
have got the idea that time was tbe only test, and thrasher. Each of these receivers may have a 
the rivalry and racing was exciting, but deplorable capacity of from thirty to six hundred pounds each, 
in the character of the work resulting. I speak rel- Tbe grain is conducted into one of these receivers, 
atively. I do not wish to be understood as asserting so arranged as to weigh and register any required 
To separate tbe different kinds of seed from each u?0 q , n China (where it attains a large size) in ship 
other, directions for using the seives are given—the building, and the leaves of the young trees for feed- 
number of the seive to be used, and the number of ; n g a worm which produces an inferior silk, worn 
the groove in which it is to be inserted. there by the lower classes. The chief need, in close- 
I saw a mixture of timothy seed, clover, cockle, cultivated districts, is something to fill the gap 
wheat, chess, oats, chaff, and ordinary mill screen- between white clover and buckwheat —Bee Jour. 
ings, put through this mill. The timothy, clover, 
and cockle, were separated from the wheat, chess, saving tko Sugar. 
and oats. Then the cockle was taken from the tim- Certain sugar refiners on the banks of the 
othy and clover, and afterwards the timothy seed Oder, being troubled by bees, who sought, their 
and clover were separated from each other. In the capital for honey-making in the refineries, hit upon 
same manner the different grains were separated, a plan for ridding themselves of the nuisance, 
No one wheat, good enough for seed, was found which proved quite profitable. The visitors were 
in the ordinary mill screenings—all done so easily decoyed into one department, where they were sub- 
and efficiently as to merit all the good words here- ject to a hot bath, by which means thousands were 
tures. This will be. made into goods worth $120.- 
000,000, bringing in the main high prices and making 
handsome profits.” 
[Since tbe foregoing article was originally put in 
type, the Government has ordered 300,000 (by draft) 
men in addition to the number upon which the cal¬ 
culations of the Economist were founded; and it the 
position of that journal is sound, its prognostications 
will be strengthened in proportion to the increased 
number of men placed in the field.] 
Is the Pig a Glazier? 
In replying to this query, the Maine Farmer 
remarks that if there is any one animal that is om¬ 
nivorous,—that is, one that will live upon every¬ 
thing and anything—fish, flesh, grain, or grass,—it 
is the pig. He is carnivorous, granivorous, and 
graminivorous. We know that he will live, grow, 
and thrive in a butcher’s yard, where lie can get 
nothing but flesh and blood. And to the question 
whether he is a grazier, we can answer, yes. We 
have known the hog to Ike the year round and 
keep in pretty good order on grass in summer and 
clover hay in winter. The farmers in the Mada- 
waska district, also in other sections of this .State, 
and indeed throughout the Western and Southern 
States, turn their hogs out to graze as regularly as 
they do their cattle. Some of them keep them during 
the winter all or in part on clover hay. Our neigh¬ 
bor Kezer, of Wintbrop, used to feed his store hogs 
on clover nay, crumbled or pounded fine with a 
flail, and they throve well upon it. 
A writer in the Country Gentleman last February 
gave an account of some clover hay fed swine, that 
were found to be in good condition. “1 have seen,” 
says he, “ twenty-five sboats (September pigs) the 
present wtoter, which have been fed on clover hay 
Oder, being troubled by bees, who sought their a j one . an d they are in good flesh; in fact they are in 
capital for honey-making in the refineries, hit upon Con djtion than the average of pigs wintered 
a plan for ridding themselves of the nuisance, g 00 d warm shelter, and fed upon grain. 
Rural Notes nub Items. 
The Season ami Crops. — The weather has been oppress¬ 
ively warm during most of the past week, with little rain. 
Very favorable for haying and harvesting, and the growth of 
corn, which has a decidedly upward and onward tendency 
All crops, matured and maturing, in this region, are better 
than anticipated; and our reports from other and distant sec¬ 
tions, States, and Canada, are generally very encouraging as 
to results and prospects. We subjoin two or three of the ’ 
many reports received within a few days. 
Crops, fco , is Sussex Co . N Y. — Under date of near 
Geneva, 9th Avgust, 1862, our progressive friend.. Ions Johs- 
8T0s, writes thus enoouragingly and suggestively.—“I notice 
you complain of poor crops of hay and corn about Rochester. 
If you will only come right away here, on Monday, I believe 
I can take yon to a large field in this neighborhood that will 
go 3>s tuns per acre, and another as gnod, and we could try 
it on the scales, if you choose. The late cut hay hereabouts 
is an enormous crop, and the early cut not a bad one. The 
corn crop is a very large one in this neighborhood Almost 
all my neighbors think they have the best in the county, and 
some think theirs the best in the State. I am afraid the farm- 
evs in Geucsee don’t give their land enough of dung—that is 
the staff of life, or at least the staff of life cannot be raised 
without it. I have never seen my immediate neighbors have 
as good corn nor more hay. We too. like you, had a long 
drouth, but I suppose we got rain some week or more before 
you did. The fact is. we have an abundance of everything. 
1 know a field of Soule's wheat that went over 40 bushels to 
the acre, and there are no poor crops of winter wheat around 
here. I hear the grain aphis is hurting the spring wheat 
greatly in some places. By newspapers I received from Scot¬ 
land to-day. I learn they are in great fear of large failures of 
the crops there, as also in England and France. Advise your 
farming friends to hold their wheat until the result of the 
foreign crops is fully known." 
Crofs is Northern Wisconsin. —We are in the midst of 
onr harvest of spring wheat, and can now judge quite cor¬ 
rectly of the prospect of our crops. Spring wheat in this 
vicinity will, 1 think, not quite come tip to the average yield 
of twenty bushels, although much better than last season. A 
few miles from here the chinch bug lias done its fearful work 
of devastation, cutting tbe crop off entirely. The hay crop 
was rather above the average. Corn has taken a sudden start, 
and although it looked backward and sickly, now bids fair for 
a good crop. Potatoes need rain. Oats good. The mercury 
to day, at noon, 94* above zero in the shade. Such splendid 
weather as that for three weeks past we seldom have. Nearly 
the entire hay crop has been secured without scarcely a drop 
of rain.— Oscar Burry, Empire, Wis , Ang. 7, 1862. 
Short Crops in Europe.— The late reports from Europe 
show that the grain crops will he much short of the average. 
Indeed, most European journals acknowledge that there will 
be a great deficiency to ho supplied from some quarter, and 
attention is being directed to this country ns the most availa¬ 
ble source of supply. The New York papers state that large 
amounts of breadstuff* have already been shipped to supply 
the demand which begins to be felt, This is fortunate for us, 
for the nations of Europe will not he apt to think of fighting 
a people upon wbopi they are dependent for bread. This 
will also arrest the exportation of gold, and in a little time 
specie will he returning to this country in payment for wheat 
and com. Nothing Shows so emphatically the resources of 
this country as the faet that while we are at war. with a force 
of more than half a million in the field or on the way, we can 
not only feed our awn army, hut have abundance for exporta¬ 
tion. The following facts we gather from European papers: 
“ The cold, wet summer has retarded vegetation to a very 
serious extent. In England there will be but half a grain 
crop, in France the prospects aie scarcely better, and private 
letters received here from Germany report that the incessant 
rains and the backwardness of the season have ruined the 
fruit and stunted the wheat. The Vienna correspondent of 
the London Time* furnishes the following additional evidence 
of the general failure‘ The price of grain is rising in all 
parte of the Austrian empire, as the weather is very unfavora¬ 
ble The com is cut in all parts of the country, and every 
second day there is a thunder storm, with long-continued and 
heavy rain; in fact, this summer is on® of the ooldent —ud 
wettest that has ever been known in Austria.' ” 
TueNbw Law to Regulate "Side Shows” at Fairs.— 
Having received some inquiries relative to the Act in relation 
to Agricultural and Horticultural Associations, passed by 
the Legislature of New York, April 17, 1S62, we publish it iu 
response and a* a matter of interest at the present juncture to 
officers of Agricultural Societies in this State: 
Suction 1. In addition to the powers now vested by statute 
in the board of managers of any Agricultural or Horticultural 
Association, the officers of such association wha.ll have power 
The clover ted these pigs was cut on tbe 4th of July, to regulate and prevent all kinds of theatrical circus or 
, , „ . .. - \ mountebank exhibition* and show*, as well as all huckstering 
killed at once, and their bodies being afterwards 
thrown into a boiler the stolen property was ex¬ 
tracted from them. It is estimated that as many as 
eleven millions were destroyed within a year, and 
about twelve hundred francs’ worth of sugar ex¬ 
tracted from them. 
Prof. Leuckart has recently expressed the 
atively. I do not wish to l>e understood as asserting so arranged as to weigh and register any required 
that there was reckless driving or great waste of number of pounds. When it lias received the 
wrain’ but the work was not in all cases done as desired weight, a valve opens, which discharges the 
° .. 1 , ■ n -i_i_ i.„a If onA uiirmHnnnmialo fhp vnlnmn nf 
The grain is conducted Into one of these receivers, 0 pj n i 0n that, for the production of wax, pollen is of 
well as it should or might have been had it been 
done with the deliberation and care with which 
the farmer proceeds to reap his harvest. 
TUB HEADING MACHINES. 
There were three entries—Haines’, Mayberry’s, 
and Rugg’s headers. I saw the two first-named 
work. The last was compelled to wait for wagons 
to receive its grain, until Mayberry had completed 
cutting his field. I was in another place then. 
The grain iu which Ilaines operated was light. 
He cut it nearly as low as the reapers, for some 
reason. But the work W’as well done with a raw 
team and unskilled hands to help. The width of 
cut was ten feet. The machine seemed to be less 
easily guided and handled than Mayberry’s. It 
was apparent that both the teams and hands attached 
to the Mayberry machine were thoroughly trained 
to their work. It is a point I shall not undertake to 
decide, which did the best work. 
These headers are useful on large grain farms. 
They require a good deal of attendant help. It 
requires four horses to drive them, one man on the 
machine, three teams with a driver and loader each, 
to receive the grain and convey it to the stack, and 
at least two men on the Btack—in all, ten horses and 
rather more significance than honey. The latter, or ^ 11 ' 
SLak of CO,,™ always incIiepMeable, bettatol m h,.vartot,,m»k 
IT.armor a, times, tor a brief space, be but eor„ ,s no. absolabsl; Decs 
dispensed with; but for the rapid and abundant good stoic cud r._ 
production of wax, both are required, and the I ro- £ oa | for Fence Posts. 
... .. 11 »_L 
grain from it, and simultaneously the volume oi f[i g j, engec i -with; but for the rapid and abun 
grain from above is conducted into the other p ro <j uc tion of wax, both are required, and the 
receiver, which, when it has received its weight, feggor thinks that pollen is much taore extensively 
registers and discharges it—one receiver filling and lise(1 j n process than is generally supposed. 
the other discharging grain alternately. The prac--_ 
tical value of this machine iu our large grain ware- A Drone-Breeding Colony is generally 
houses or elevators in this city and along the unwilling to accept even a fertile queen when i 
different lines of railroads in the country, is appar- duced into the hive, and speedily destroys a s« 
ent. But the fact that it may be made upon a scale royal cell if inserted. Mr. Kaden says this 
and secured without a drop of rain upon it, and of 
course very nutritious. The pigs, in addition, are 
supplied with warm, comfortable quarters, and have 
at all times access to warm, spring water. “He. 
also adds: “I once had a neighbor who owned a 
noted sow, to which he never fed a mouthful of 
grain during winter, but kept her in a yard with his 
cattle, and she ate with them the hay and throve 
upon it.” 
Hogs will, however, thrive best on a variety diet, 
and oftener a supply of good corn meal is found to 
be the best in this variety, making them very thrifty; 
but coru is not absolutely necessary to keep them in 
good store order. 
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman ,' 
having recommended the mixing of resin with coal 
A rinn,™ Rnpt'nivr fYiTow is uenerallv verv tar for fence posts, another correspondent writes on -77- , 
A DRONK»i>KERDI\a LuLONi In generally very . fnllrw** three thousand emigrant teama, carrying twe)» 
unwilling to accept even a fertile queen when intro- the subject, as iouows. , persons, have passed through Lewis this spring, c 
Zrt into the Live, and speedily destroys a sealed “1 believe that the MUM superfluous. Iueloscd M „ 
roval cell if inserted. Mr. Kaden says this per- you will find a chip which was taken i um a enc fourth 0 f these me destined for Cafffomia, a small 
verreness and obstinacy may be easily overcome, if post set five years ago, smeared with coal tar alone. MonAo, and the balance for Oregon and Wari.ii 
V ViLVUUHM y " T . I t_ _A it-- frmn innVtita ImlrtUT T nG i n .,l. tknm Inciril rirOVI 
eight or nine men. But the advantages are, that the ill nature on the part ot both competitors ana 
harvest may be delayed until the grain is ripe, that a judges. The whole trial was marked by the most 
large area may be cut per day, with no waste of grain, uniform courtesy of demeanor on the part of com- 
andno risk from exposure, if proper ricks areprepar- petitors towards each other—each appareutlyemu- 
ed to receive the grain. The bulk of the straw is left on lating the other in the effort to accommodate and do 
adapted to the wants of the farmer and thrasher, verseness and obstinacy may be easily overcome, 11 
renders it of still more value to the country. the sealed drone-brood be destroyed by passing a 
OTHER machines. sharp knife through it A fertile queen then offered 
^ i u- i * will be kindly received. 
There were other farm and household implements J , m _ 
on exhibition, which I failed to find time to ex- 
amine, hence cannot speak ot them with any degree gural spirit of m 
of satisfaction to myself or the reader. - 
GOOD RESULTS FROM SUCH TRIALS. The Trade in Wool and W oolens. 
The condition of the grass, the ripeness of the From an article in the New York Economist in 
grain, the character of the fields, and their location, which the subject of Wool and ^ oolen Manufac- 
and the completeness ot the preparations, testified to tures is treated at considerable length, we extract 
the vigilance, good judgment, and activity of Presi- tbe following paragraphs . 
dent Vi» trn upon whom this work of prepara- “The call for 300,000 afldmonal volimtMB baa an 
non devolved important bearing on the wool trade of the country. 
I never attended a trial of this character where When the new quota has been raised, there will be 
there was less wrangling, or fewer exhibitions of 850.000 troops requiring a regular supply of army 
ill nature on the part of both competitors and clothing. Each one of these carries, in the shape of 
It was taken out three or four inches below the 
surface, where a poBt usnially commences to decay. 
The adjoining post, split from the same log, (and I 
should think the two lay side by side,) set at the 
same time, but not coal-tarred, has decayed so that 
you can kick into it more than an inch. This, in 
moQnttb&nK exHibWon* Mid show*, as weU as au Huckstering 
nr 1 ratio In fruits, (roods, warrs and merchandise of whatever 
deneriptton, for gain, on the fair days, and within a distance 
of two hundred yards of the fair grounds of said association, 
if in the opinion of said officer*, the same shall obstruct or 
in »nv way interfere with the free and unimerrnpted use ot 
the Highway nrnuud mid kppTCjRching' tuCll tfiir grounds; and 
tVir police employed by any such association shall possess the 
same power for a space of two hundred yards from said fair 
grounds as i« now vested in them by law within said grounds, 
and he under the same control of the officers of the associa¬ 
tion within that *jmee; and the »nme fines and penalties shall 
he incurred for any violation of the rules and regulations of 
said officers of any such arsociatlon within two hundred yards 
of the fair grounds, as is now by law incurred for any Gela¬ 
tion of the rules and regulations within the grounds of any 
such association._ . _ 
Wukkk is tiik West?—M any of our readers cun remember 
when Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan were considered a great 
way West by the people of this State, New England, &c. 
Only a few years ago Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa were 
considered the "Great West,’’ and subsequently Minnesota, 
Nebraska, and Kansas were the "jumping off places.” But 
“the world moves,” and the tide of emigration is governed 
accordingly. Thus, the Cass Co. (Iowa) Gazette says that fuU 
three thousand emigrant teams, carrying twelve thousand 
persons, have passed through Lewds this spring, on their way 
to the " Great West.” The Gazette estimates that about one- 
fourth of these are destined for California, a small number for 
Colorado, and the balance for Oregon and Washington Terri¬ 
tories. Manv families took with them large droves of stock. 
AgricTOLTURAL Fairs, &c.-The Winnebago Co. (Ill) Fair 
ia to be held at Rockford, and continue four days, (iu State 
Fair style,) Sept. 16—19. From a pamphlet containing Fre- 
miums, Regulations, Awarding Committees, &e., we observe 
that the Society offers a goodly number of yearly copies of 
my estimation, proves the efficiency of coal tar. the KrnAIj Nkw YorkbR as premiums-The Vermillion 
In applying the tar, I think that the timber should Co . qn.) Fair, to he held at Catlin, is also to continue four 
be well seasoned. Heat the tar, letting it boil a few days-Seph 9-12. Premium list over U,ooo-“ open to the 
minutes’ then apply hot. Aa old paint brush ia world.”—The Eaton go. (Mich.) Fair will >e ie . vp 
minute., me it J J :* to o.-t ° Officers of the Society: Preifttoif—D ahiel Via- 
the belt thing tbtt I Ilftve ever ti&ed tor putting .1 “ ^ ’ W-* s Uc,. 
on. Cover the whole enrface of tbe po, that to » Bro „,,._ A p», t „ 
remain in tbe ground, and from eight to ton inches u M E „„f sea. ’ -«■ W 
of that above. After it has dried, which is usually Buffalo, on the 19th, 20th, ilst, and 22d of August 
in one or two weeks, tar again as before, and as Premiums, ts.ooo— open to all the States and Canada. 
_A “ National Horae Exhibition ” is in course of prepora- 
the ground to 1m plowed under, not only saving the 
repeated handling, but leaving the straw right 
where it is wanted, and where it belongs, as a 
manure. 
There are some risks attending this mode of bar- 
a good turn. All seemed to have abounding confi¬ 
dence in the good intentions and integrity of the 
Committee. That the Committee had entered upon 
this trial prepared to institute all the tests necessary 
to bring out all the good qualities and discover the 
850,000 troops requiring a regular supply of army goon as dry the posts are ready to set. If Mr. _ A ^ National Horae Exhibition” is in course of prepora- 
clotliiug. Each one of these carries, in the shape of Rogers will try the experiment, I think he will find ^on at Williamsport, Fa. The time is Sept. 2 - 6 , ami 
his comnlete outfit, woolen manufactures represent- that coal tar alone will be as efficient as though secretary, Giorgr m. DkPdi. Premiums are offered— 
iSat twnlv.fivl pound! of row or njuubo- resin were mixed with it” - ».0-» the — of ;b»«. »■.•»- ■» ™”f “ 
S wool In time, of wr, the excessive wear-——- win b, Uk. the h.» .ho... 
and tear, the irregularities and losses from various Atltl A usEm, Iiwertion.—W e are glad to leam that the new 
Causes, will make the consumption average nearly & U p ***** 6 Smam Caldron, heretofore commended to our readers, is g-ain- 
tbree outfits a year per man. At a sate average, it Kllsmo Sheep.-W ill some of the Rurae’s old iog foror with fanners and others haring it ta.use. We learn 
may be reckoned that the yearly consumption Oi gheep-rMSlug readers give their views through iU column^ of that the Royal Patent of England has already 7*. a 
vesting, but that they are more numerous than those defects of each machine, some seemed to doubt; 
incident to other modes, is doubted, if the same care 
and judgment are exercised in commencing and pros¬ 
ecuting tbe work. But these machines are not 
suited to the wants of small farmers. A good, com¬ 
pact, combined reaper and mower, with a self-raking 
or self-binding attachment, is much more desirable 
for the snug farmer with his quarter or half section 
farm. 
burson’s binder. 
Last fall, in my notes from the Iowa State Fair, 
I gave the favorable testimony of farmers who had 
used this machine, or seen it operate, and my own 
hut these doubts were not expressed clamorously. 
No matter what the awards of the Committee may 
be, great good has resulted, and will result from 
ssch soldier will amonot to 60 pounds of »»»■ «* ««£"SSn’S 
factored wool. This amount, multiplied by 850,000, twenty sheep eat in that time, and keep well without grain 
would give, as the total consumption oi wool by the or roots?— Sheep Gr ower. _ 
army lor the next twelve months, the enormous p UBS THH -Wheat Field —1 believa I have never made 
amount of 51,000,000 pounds. The aggregate seems R „y inquiry of the Rural before, but 7 0U J d . 
immense, but a careful inspection ot tbe estimate ^'j ^",'* 0 n-t thnik'the're is * bead in the whole 
upon it. and that it is on exhibition at the World's Fair. A 
large sale is being obtained for the Caldron in this and distant 
States and Canada, os we are informed. The invention seems 
to be an admirable one for the purposes contemplated, sod 
well designed to supersede the common caldron kettle. We 
wish Mr. PrisdLB success in his enterprise. See advertisement. 
TnK Wheat Crop or Ouio is one of the largest ever grown 
| in the State. The Cincinnati Gazette of a late date says.— 
The State Society'has token a long step will show that it is not exaggerated. How .Ids jta. botwiw i. no, .tb^o; ““ 5 . .L d.,. if- 
in the right direction. It has been at no loss of enormous consumption must bear on the trade in * ever ’ known or 8Wm anything of the Hnd before, I would „^ wht , &t crop tw just been gathered in the Miami coon- 
money either. The whole thing has much more wool and woolens, deeervee the prompt attention of fay, and for the moat part throughout toe state, it ;«• «» 
than nftitl svnsTtess. The tiftrmle are triven onnor- those interested. Tbe whole product of wool in the , - t aulte so | mt i. My winter wheat ho* but a few be8t and Un-cst crop of wheat produced In Ohm sinte • 
money either. The whole thing has much more 
than paid expenses. The people are given oppor¬ 
tunity to compare the machines and their work. 
Manufacturers are able to demonstrate what thdir 
machines aTe capable of doing, and are willing to 
incur the expense, if once satisfied that the tests 
will be thorough and impartial. 
wool and woolens, deservee the prompt attention of 
those interested. The whole product of wool in the 
United States in 1850, according to the returns of 
the census, was only about 51,000,000 pounds. 
That statement is probably far below the truth, as 
are nearly all the figures representing the produce 
amoug tbe farm ere. 
,cr backward Tbo 
which is not quite so imu. mi wum-r 
in There is the name complaint generally among the farmers. 
Grain of all kind* looks well. Com rather backward The 
prospects are that we shall have good crops Apples in 
abundance —R- U. C., Connnvtuigt, Oaitaraugue Co., N. T. 
The insects are no doubt the Grain Aphis, figuaed and 
of the country; and#t therefore gives imperfect data 1 described in the Rural of July 12. 
best and largest crop of wheat proauceu m vino 
The crop of that year was the largest ever grown in the State, 
and the largest average per acre. It is probable that the crop 
of this vear will be equal in amount to that. The crop 
1850 was 31,500,000 bushels. That of this year m»j satety do 
put down at 30 , 000 , 000 .’ 
