torero did not make them, he replied: 1 We can’t do 
it. Have been trjing ever s nee the Great Exhibi¬ 
tion of 1S51, but somehow don’t succeed. It is a 
mortifying admission to make, but it is nevertheless 
true that you Yankees have a knack of doing things 
which we have not the skill to imitate.’ ” 
exertion, change of food and climate. I fancy if 
you think this worth publishing, it will set a great 
many people right who imagine it is merely megrims, 
and can easily be treated. 
[Sergeant Van Soho web, of the 3d N. Y. Cav¬ 
alry, stationed at Jvewbern, N. C., informs us that 
he cured his horse of the above disease—and the 
only horse in the regiment that was cured—by 
bleeding freely (eight or ten times in forty-eight 
hours,) in the mouth and nose, with frequent exer¬ 
cise. and keeping in the shade as much as possible. 
This remedy was a mere experiment, and many said 
it would prove useless, but the Sergeant says his 
horse “ came out all right. ’— Ed. R. N. ^.] 
Flax —Fibril ia. 
Tue following article from the N. F. Farmer 
will be read with interest at a time when the people 
are earnestly looking about for some staple that 
may be substituted for cotton: 
On the eleventh of February, I860, Stephen M. 
Allen, Esq., addressed a meeting in the Represen¬ 
tatives’ Chamber, at the State House, and gave 
some information in relation to the culture of flax 
and its manufacture iuto fibrilia. and about that 
time furnished us with some further facts bearing 
upon the subject, which we did not then publish.for 
fear of pressing the matter too fully upon the reader. 
As the subject ha3 now assumed a new importance, 
we now give what be then furnished, as follows: 
If we should take irom the tillable lands of each 
State, one-quarter, and devote it to the cultivation 
of flax, and estimate the product as one bale of 
fibrilia, 500 pounds to the acre, which would be a 
small estimate, the aggregate would be 16,003.809 
bales, and would be apportioned nearly as follows: 
Maine..,_ 509 890 Maryland --- 699.470 
Ne>v Hampshire__ 662.8T2 Ohio_2,402,873 
Vermont.. 650.352 Michigan... 482 277 
Massachusetts_ 033 369 Indiana...._...1.261.635 
Rhode Island. 69 121 Illinois.1,269.886 
Connecticut . 442 044 Miisonri... 734.006 
New York.3,102.241 fnwa. 206,170 
New Jersey. 441.997 Wisconsin. 261.374 
Pennsylvania_ 2,167.154 Minnesota-- 1,205 
Delaware.... 145.216 
Total number of bales of 600 llis each_16,003,809 
The value of this. OOttonisofl at the mill, would 
he 20 cts lb.. or $50 hale, making- $800,190,430 
The seed from the crop, at market, would be at 
$1 ® bushel_______ 240,057,135 
VENETIAN WATER CISTERNS 
period of leisure and recreation—a time when you can “ bal¬ 
ance the books/’ figure out profits and losses, and see where 
you have “missed it.’’ or gained by this or that operation. It 
is also the time for review and reflection, and to make calcu¬ 
lations, predicated upon pa-t experience and observation, for 
the future. Of course you must ei /pher, plan and think, and 
while about it, these long winter evenings, why not jot down 
some of the more important, items of thought and practice for 
publication, that others may learn how you failed with this or 
succeeded with that crop f—why you prefer a certain variety 
of grain or vegetable, and why, after try ing several, you have 
decided to keep and breed only pertain kinds of cattle, sheep, 
or swine ? How, also, about drainage, fences, and other farm 
improvements 1 Let us. nr rather onr my tiad of readers, know 
about these things. "Teach one another” by git ing the re- 
results of your observation and experience. As a contetilpo- 
rary says, ''Do good and communicate —but, as we say, do 
good hy commnnicating Thousands of our readers—pracii- 
cal. experienced and observing men —who never wrote a line 
for publication, ought to be court-martialed for their neglect 
of duty in the matter. Some mean to write, but procrasti¬ 
nate ; others are too timid—fearful of criticism ; and others 
-till think, as they “ never wrote for the press." their style or 
grammar, or some other (to them) bugbear is a suflclent ex¬ 
cuse. But it won't do, gentlemen You know some things 
better than editors or others, and you ought to tell Ihetn pro 
bonn publico—for the public benefit. Wake up friends! YOu 
can talk sensibly—why not w rite ? Instead of spending your 
tune and breath in telling two, three or a half dozen about an 
improved mode of cultivation, or useful discovery, write and 
send it to the Ruhai, and it will thus be communicated to 
nearly three hundred thousand persons! Think of that! The 
tongue, well managed, is a good thing, but the steam press is 
a great institution.” Send us any thing practical and sensi¬ 
ble—useful to your fellow cultivators-and we will guarantee 
that it shall he read in every loyal State of this Union, the 
Canadas, England, Scotland, Ireland, and other countries. 
Every intelligent man’knows something hotter than any other 
man under heaven 
The city of Venice is wholly supplied with rain 
water, which is retained in cisterns. The city occu¬ 
pies an area of about 1300 acres. The annual aver¬ 
age fall of rain is 31 inches, the greater part of 
which i 3 collected in 20T7 cisterns, 177 of which are 
public. The. rain is sufficiently abundant to till the 
cisterns five times in the course of the year, so that 
the distribution of water is at the raie of 312 gallons 
per head. To construct a cistern after the Venetian 
fashion, a large hole is dug in the ground to ihe 
depth of nine feet. The sides of the excavation are 
supported by a frame work made of'goodoak timber, 
and the cistern thus has the appearenee of a square 
truncated pyramid with the wider base turned up¬ 
ward. A coating of pure and compact clay, une 
foot thick, ir now applied on the wooden frame with 
great care; this opposes an invincible obstacle to the 
progress of the roots of any plants growing in the 
vicinity, and also to the pressure of Ihe water in 
contact with it. No crevices are left which might 
allow the air to penelrate. This preliminary work 
condition; while I never yet saw a sprmg-pun, 
fence that was not out of repair and going to the dogs. 
THE CAUSE OF MILK SICKXESS. 
From some parts of this State, (Illinois.) there 
tire tidings of the advent ol this disease. Of its 
character I know little. Below is an extract from 
an article in the Chicago Tribune, , written by D. 
Harrington, of Battle Creek, Mieb.: 
“It ought to be known that this sickness among 
cattle is caused by e ding a certain weed which 
grows plentifully in certain districts in Ohio, an 
other Northern States, named wernic weed, 'the 
weed is easily detected, as it grows to the height oi 
eighteen inches or move, and in great abundance. 
Cattle arc not apt to eat it, except in dry seasons, 
when grass is short; and they should be kept away 
from fields and woodlands where it grows, The 
milk of cows affected by it should never be used in 
any way, as it is a sure poison. It is said that milch 
cows seldom die of the disease, as the poison passes 
off in the milk. Persons who have eaten of the 
milk and are poisoned, will find relief lrom eating 
plentifully of honey. In passing through Ohio, a 
few years since, I stopped in a neighborhood where 
a large number of cattle and several persons had 
died of Ibis strange sickness. The cause was ascer¬ 
tained by several persons about the same time, and 
as soon as the cattle were kept away from the well 
they recovered. 1 visited several pieces of meadow, 
in company with a gentleman of my acquaintance, 
and examined the well. He had lost sheep as well 
as cattle from eating this weed; and all his family 
but one bad been dangerously sick, and that one 
used no milk. I write these facts, hoping that they 
may attract the attention of those interested, and 
Hog Cholera. 
Dr- E. M. Snow, of Providence, R. L, read be¬ 
fore the meeting of the Medical Society of that State, 
an “Address on ihe Epizooty lately prevalent among 
Swine.” Wo find the following synopsis of it in the 
Boston MetHml and Surgical Journal 
“ Post mortem appearances: Purpuric spots upon 
the skin, and sometimes also upon the serous mem¬ 
branes; lacerated spots upon the leet and legs, and 
in the mouth, in four out of six cases; lungs hepa- 
lized to a greater or less extent, with pleuritic ad¬ 
hesions; stomach and small intestines for the most 
part healthy; the large intestines most frequently 
diseased, being in five cases ulcerated, and in six 
somewhat inflamed and softened; kidneys in every 
case pale, ot a yellowish color, and shown by the 
microscope to be fatty; urine albuminous.; heart, 
liver aud bladder healthy. It. is a disease of the 
blood, producing a depraved condition of the sys¬ 
tem not unlike typhus fever. Probably it is nearly 
identical with the disease called murrain, or with the 
pleuro-pneumonia of Great Britain and New Eng¬ 
land. 
“The causes are: 1st. An epidemic atmospherical 
poiBon. 2nd. Local circumstances adapted to re¬ 
ceive and propagate the poison existing in the at¬ 
mosphere, such as impure air arising from filthy 
and crowded penp. together wiLb unhealthy food 
and the want of pure water. The treatment recom¬ 
mended is, the support of the system by stimulants 
and tonics, pure air, pure cold water, and healthy, 
nourishing food.” 
ami Having a clear idea of bis subject he 
bos only to write (tout in the same words he would use in 
conversation. N<> matter about the grammar or style—our 
proof-reader will smooth all the rough edges as be often does 
for educated and titled men. Give us jour facts, figures and 
suggestions, and we will render them acceptable and available. 
Tnx Rural in tiik West. — For years the Rural has steadily 
gained favor and popularity in the West, until it probably has 
a larger circulation in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, M is 
cousin. Iowa and Minnesota, than all the Western agricultural 
journals combined—a fuct which wo do not mention boasting 
lv hut in a spirit of grateful acknowledgment. For much of 
this favor we are indebted to former subscribers in New York, 
Pennsylvania and the New England Slates, who have removed 
to the West, ami not only taken the Rural wiUi them, hut 
introduced if to the notice and support of their new neighbors 
aud acquaintances. We aic in frequent receipt of orders to 
transfer addresses of subscribers from this region to the West, 
and many of them embrace requests for specimens and show 
hills Among letters of this character received during the 
past week, one from a Western New Yorker who has located 
in Knox Co., Ill., after requesting the address of his paper 
Changed, Vlds: —“1 would also like a poster for 1863. and a 
lew copies for specimens to show in getting up a club for next 
tear. I have Occasionally come across a copy of the Rural 
'in the prairie homes iu Illinois and Iowa, and find it every¬ 
where appreciated- C. D. B’6 Western Editorial Notes are 
esnccialK mentioned as highly interesting and valuable to the 
Manuring with Iron. 
Every one (says the Maine Farmer) has beard 
of the man who said he manured his lands with 
brains, and no one wonders at the astonishing re¬ 
sults of the operation, when it is known that his 
brains led him to first underdrain the field. In Mr. 
Mechi's “How to Farm Profitably,” the author 
says: “A man once told me he manured his land 
with iron, and explained that it was the plow which 
furnished his manure.” - This reminds us of a late 
conversation with Mr. Fairbanks of this city. We 
asked him how he manured his garden. His reply 
was that besides using a small amount of composted 
nfobt-soil, together with the house slops, soap suds, 
etc., and also a small quantity of spent tan, he relied 
upon his spade to perform the remainder. In the 
fall, as soon as the fruit and garden crops are har¬ 
vested, he has the waste of the garden, including 
vines, potato-tops, leaves, etc., scraped together and 
spaded into the soil around the fruit trees. The 
whole garden is also spaded and exposed to the 
weather, and in the spring it, is well pulverized, 
and, to use his own words, -Spading the ground in 
the 'autumn is as good as a dressing of manure.” 
The same is often said, and with much truth, in 
regard to fall plowing. Clay soils are generally 
benefited by it, as the action of the frost pulverizes 
and renders them bolter fitted for cultivation. The 
expediency of plowing light, sandy soils, especially 
where they would be liable 
Simple Recipes for Making Vinegar. —T. B. 
Miller of Clayton, Ind„ has communicated to the 
New-York Farmers’ Club the following simple re¬ 
cipes for making vinegar: 
“Fill nearly full any vessel, jug. crock, pan, tub 
or barrel, with pure rain or soil water, sweeten it 
with any kind of molasses, (the quantity is not 
material,) set it ill a moderately warm place, in the 
g Un . cover M’ith sieve, gaitse or net, to keep out flies 
and gnats. 1 n due process of time it will he vinegar, 
when it must be put. into a suitable vessel and stop 
ped close. To convert, cider into vinegar—if made, 
from sweet apples, it is only necessary to set the 
barrel in a warm place and knock out the bung; if 
from sour, stir in a little mulasses, and when sour 
enough bung up tight. Vinegar barrels should be 
well painted, as they are liable to be eaten by 
worms. 
« pt, v, ill be proper to state that it is the action of 
the. atmosphere, which in time converts the sweeten¬ 
ed water into vinegar, hence the greater the surface 
exposed to its influence the sooner it will sour. 
There is a thick scum rises on the top of the vine¬ 
gar when making, which is the ‘ mother,’ and should 
not be thrown away.” 
Will you allow one who is more 
Mr. Rural S 
familiar with the plow-handle (I don’t mean Major 
Plomtiandle — what’s become of him?) than the 
pen, to say a few words to his “ blethering” about 
matters and things in general, and point at some 
things in particular ? Writing for the paper is not 
my “Ibrle,” but 1 wish to stir up some folks who 
need a little exercise at this season — those chaps 
who haven’t got their potatoes dug, or corn busked, 
or pigs in the pen, or tire-wood for winter, or houses 
protected, or racks prepared for stock, or imple¬ 
ments under cover, or good teachers for their schools, 
or happy wives and children in their domiciles. 
They are the fellows who meet at the village tavern, 
or store, or grocery, and talk over the affairs of the 
country, and know more about national affairs than 
the President, his Cabinet and all the generals. 
One “swans” he wouldn’t remove “little Mac,” and 
another that “Burnside’s a brick,"and will “conquer 
a peace,” or get—whipped. These statesmen are 
great on war and the salvation of the nation, but 
not quite “up to time” in home affairs. Their houses, 
farms aud sheds ought, like some hotels, to be 
“ closed for repairs,” and if they didn't “ smile” so 
often— through glasses which make them “see dou- 
ble”—they might devote more time and labor for 
the benefit of their families and farms. If they 
could only “ see themselves as others see them,” 
there would soon be a change in their habits aud 
actions ; but every one is a veritable Solomon, and 
considers himself the sesame of all wisdom. 
Now 1 don’t suppose this class of the genus homo 
take the Rural, and perhaps I’m like the preacher 
talking to devout listeners about the wickedness of 
absentees, but some of your readers will meet them, 
and can tell them wbat I say. And the first next 
thing is, that it’s every man’s business to help the 
cause oi the Union hy his influence and money—it 
be don't, volunteer to tight—and then to mind his 
own business by attending to his family, !arm and 
domestic animals. “ This is a great country,” bul 
if in exposed situations, 
to blow in an open winter, may, however, be some- ot which 32-12 were political in tlieir character, i 
what Questioned. ' 298 devoted to literature. Religion aud theofi 
- compose the province of 277, while 234 are cl as 
"Nothing t® DoM as miscellaneous. There has been a very large 
Tue New England Farmer says: — “ We have crease in the number of political papers and per: 
for several years known an elderly farmer whose i ca is, as compared with corresponding pnblicati 
fields are level and well adapted to the use of the a t the date of tbe preceding census. In 1850 tl 
mowing-machine, but who could not surmount the number was 1030. In 1850 the number of religi 
idea that machinery is a plague on the farm- So, at papers and periodicals was 1D1; in 1SG0 it was 
early dawn he has bent over the scythe on his broad j n p^o the number of papers and periodicals of 
acres until he has acquired a bend in his back that ery class in the United States was 2520, The t 
The Advertisements in this paper, comprise a number of 
important items. Among tbe new announcements, lliut of the 
Salt. Co. of Onondaga is worthy the special attention of salt 
dealers and consumers in this Stale.-Farmers and ntheis 
will not fail to notice the advertisement of the Messrs Har¬ 
der of the “Empire Agricultural Works,’’ whose Railway 
Horse-Power was awarded first premium at receut N. Y. Stale 
j,' a j r _Patriotic people who have money to invest safely, and 
are disposed to aid the Government, will not overlook the 
ci KRe Twenty ” U. 8. Bonds offered at par under head of 
“The National Loan.”-The advertisement of Farming 
Lands offered by the 111. Central R. R. Co. is neither diminu- 
-Tbe programmes of Godkv’8 Lady's 
tive nor uninteresting 
Book, and Arthur’s Home. Magazine, for 1863—also of the JS’ew 
Pork Observer and 1 ncUtpendent —'will l>e found in our present 
number.—-There are. also, in this paper various brief adver¬ 
tisements of implements, stock, etc, which we trust w ill meet 
the wants of many Rckal readers and their publication pay 
all parties interested. 
— Speaking of advertising, here is an incident of recent ex¬ 
perience. Some weeks ago the manufacturer of a valuable 
machine sent us a brief advertisement for three insertions. 
Before the time expired he wrote asking our terms for insert¬ 
ing a large cut and advertisement. In reply to our answer to 
his inquiry, he writes:-” Yonrs of the 0th (Nov.,)is received 
There is just one reason why I do not want the cut put into the 
P 0 RXL iust yet, visa . tpe little advertisement has hrovaht me 
•wore orders than / can Jill for same lime to come. After a while I 
will have it put In, and hope to be able to till all the orders, it 
yvilt bring mo.” Do those enterprising (?) manufacturers and 
dealers Wh° never advertise “see the point 
Taxation.— The French pay twenty millions more 
of taxes than the British. The latter pay $350,000,- 
000. We may soon outslrip either. The British 
raise two-thirds of their revenue by indirect taxa¬ 
tion, though the articles on which the excise duty is 
raised are only about tffMiy. The only articles of 
prime necessity on which duties oi'any Consequence 
are levied, are tea and sugar, which pay over $50,- 
000,000. Spirits contribute $72,000,000: malt, $30,- 
OOO’OOO; tobacco, $27,000,000; wine, $5,000,000: li¬ 
censes to deal in those doubtful commodities, $7,- 
000,000 more. 
Disease among Cavalry Horses. 
Wm. Robinson, Veterinary Surgeon of the 1st 
N. Y. Mounted Rifles, communicates the following 
through Withes' Spirit: 
“ Well knowing your wish and desire to diffuse 
useful knowledge in anything relating to horses 
or the veterinary art, 1 thought I would take the 
liberty of addressing you on the subject, as far as 
my abilities allow me, of the nature of the disease 
now causing bo much devastation among tbe cavalry 
horses in the United States Government employ. It 
as nearly approximates to apoplexy as possible. 
Tbe attack generally comes on after a severe maroh 
and soon after watering. The first symptoms are a 
general dullness and sleepy look, the eye-lids a 
little swelled, the pulse very variable ; the horse 
will lean for support on tbe picket rope, or if there 
be no picket be will hear hard to the right on his 
halter, supporting his weight thereby; if moved, he 
appears as if he would fall, and at times will draw 
his hind quarters towards his head, spreading his 
front feet as far as possible in front of him. His 
sight and bearing become defective, and if you force 
him to move, he walks feelingly, as a blind horse 
will; there is no inflammation of the brain, there¬ 
fore, it cannot bo classed as mad staggers, nor 
stomach staggers, as there is no distention of the 
stomach. He will continue in this way for some 
hours, he then falls, grinds his teeth, occasionally 
wbiuneys; the eyes open and fixed, he is unable to 
swallow, and there is considerable twitching over 
the frame, and death closes the scene. I have suc¬ 
ceeded but in one case that I took in hand on its 
first appearance. I bled copiously, back-raked and 
gave two ounces barb aloes dissolved in one pint of 
water, and applied a strong stimulant to the loins. 
If any of my professional brethren could give me 
any further advice, or their experience, I should be 
most, happy to hear from them. I have lost by this 
disease during the last two months, eight or ten 
horses. I have no doubt it is brought on by over- 
IpqMm.s ml 
A Bale? Horse.—W e have a mare which, on being hitch¬ 
ed up to a loaded wagon, if the load does not move uff' with 
a quick jerk, will balk. If any one will tell me how to pre¬ 
vent it they will much oblige—A Constant Reader, Ran¬ 
dolph, Min., 1862. 
Cats fop. Clover —Seeing an article some time ago on the 
curing of clover with the use of caps, and being entirely 
ignorant concerning such caps, I wish to oak you, or some of 
your readers, how they are constructed, and of what mate¬ 
rial—thinking. perhaps, such might be made by the farmer in 
the leisure hours of winter, and laid array for harvest.—W.u. 
Wilson, Hancock Co , 111 . 
Agricultural Books, Ac — Can you tell me what firm or 
firms furnish reliable Agricultural works adapted to the special 
wants of a Farmer’s Library, books for reterence, ?— C. W. 
T , Newark, A . J 
C. M. Saxton, 25 Park Row, New York, is the principal 
publisher and seller of Agricultural Books in this country, 
and is the party most likely to readily furnish works of the 
character y ou mention, 
Shaping the Horns op Cattle.— Noticing an inquiry in 
the Rural how to shape the horns of cattle, I will tell my 
way. When a steer is is growing say at two years old, if his 
horns are getting too broad, (as I do not like broad honied 
oxen,) 1 take him to the blacksmith shop and put an iron 
across the horns, bore a gimlet hole through the end of the 
horn and put in a nail to keep it on. I keep it on about a year 
and they are all right — N. F. Matn.ird, Seneca, Kansas, 1862. 
Our Industrial Interests. 
A circular has been addressed by the Govern¬ 
ment at Washington to the diplomatic and consular 
officers of the United States in foreign countries. 
“ At no former period of onr history,” says this doc¬ 
ument, “have our agricultural, manufacturing, or 
mining interests been more prosperous than at this 
juncture. This fact, may be deemed surprising in 
view of the enhanced price of labor occasioned by 
the demand for the rank and file of the armies ot 
the United States. It, may therefore be confidently 
asserted that, even now, nowhere else can the indus¬ 
trious laboring man and artisan expect so liberal a 
recompense for his services as in the United States. 
You are authorized and directed to make these truths 
known in any quarter, and in any way which may 
lead to the migration of such persons to this coun¬ 
try. It is believed that a knowledge of them will 
alone suffice to cause them to be acted upon.” 
hibited at recent i>. Y State Fair, write* us very encourag g- 
ly as to his success in making Cane Sugar. He says. 5t 
several lota Of sugar to State fairs, and last week sent a p» 
ful to Ohio, which was made in ten days from ®®/ wCO gB(!CllB 
We think W« k» va 
•j y e rj few of our 
Z".—- - • » barrel of ri-rup; many of 
them have made fifty, and some have gone as highsfi one hun 
dred barrels." _ _ _ 
Sorghum Convention in Illinois. —It is announce'. - ,E - 
the Winnebago (III.) County Agricultural Society, has vote 
to hold a Sorghum Convention at Rockford the first week in 
December. The Convention will continue) in session two or 
three days. It is to be regretted that the time for holding this 
Covcntion has been fixed the same week a<? the annual me>.t 
ing of the State Hort. Society at Bloomington ; tor there are 
live horticulturists at Rockford who will thus be proven 
from attending the winter meeting at Bloomington, Canno 
the time be changed?—o. d. b. 
cane crop lias done remarkably well this season 
rine qualities /an from 7 to 12 brown, . 
made about four tuns of sugar this fall 
farmers have made less than one 1- 
Devon Herd Book. —I noticed an inquiry in the last Rr- 
p.al, from, “ Devon Breeder,” if there was a Devon Herd 
Book published this year. Please say to him that the Herd 
Book will be published l.y the Breeder’s Association. Mr. 
Sanford Howard bavin; 
declined editing the Herd Boolt any 
longer. This Association originated in New England, and in¬ 
cludes in its membership many of the best breeders of im¬ 
proved cattle in the United States and Catmdas. The object 
is a correct registry of tiiorougii bred neat cattle, a better ac¬ 
quaintance with breeders of improved stock, and their places 
of residence ; and to make it thoroughly American, entirely 
independent of the English Herd Books. If “Devon Breed¬ 
er” will send his address to either Mr Henry a. Dyer, of 
Brooklyn Conn . Secretary of the Breeder’s Association, II. 
M. Sessions, of South Willbrabani Mass., Chairman of Com 
mitteo on Devou Pedigrees, or the subscriber, lie will receive 
a circular, issued by the Association at their late Convention 
held at Hartford, containing al! the information necessary. Or, 
if he desires the registry of pedigrees, he can forward them— 
inclosing fifty cents for each pedigree—to Mr Sessions, as 
soon as the 3d of December. The Committee meets at that 
time to examine pedigrees and prepare them for the press. 
They hope to publish tbe Herd Book in January.—GKO. C. 
Lockwood, Victory, Cayuga Co., A r T. 
American Hoes anil Forks in England. 
Brother Hoyt of tlie Wisconsin Farmer, who 
returned from a visit to the London International 
Exhibition, says:—“Among the minor implements 
of agriculture we were both surprised aud gratified 
to find a collection of American forks and hoes. 
The exhibitor was a sensible English dealer, who, 
discovering the superiority of this class of Ameri¬ 
can implements as compared with articles of the 
same description manufactured in his own country, 
has for years been importing and selling them to hts 
customers. On being asked why English manufao- 
Sovjng Plaster on Clover. —If the field is seeded with 
clover at the time of sow ing the spring grain, it will be found 
a benefit—on dry soils—to sow the clover soon after the grain 
comes up. It w ill bo found to benefit both the grain and 
young clover. Your correspondent, “ O B .” of Foil du Lac, 
would find it more profitable to put on the clover seed thicker 
thau he does, judgiDg hy his confession of its liabit of lodging. 
And on such soil as he describes, if rich, I would sow a peck 
of timothy seed in addition to the usual amount of clover. It 
will not lodge to damage if he does.—0. v, b. 
