county; Dr. Noble, McLean county; G. W. 
Miller, Tazewell county; Joshua Mill#, LaSalle 
county; P. S. Spencer, Vermillion county. 
E. F. McConnell, San- 
This churn will be furnished, we are advised, 
at a price within the means of all—at from $8 
to $16, according to size. 
Committee on Business 
gamou county; L. M. Parsons, Logan county; 
Mr. Anderson, Henry county; Daniel Kelly,Du 
Page county; N. Sherwood, Putnam county; 
3. Shafer, McLean county; Mr. Fish, Lee 
county. 
The following resolutions were adopted unani¬ 
mously after, a full discussion : 
Whereas, The wool growing interest of the 
country Is laboring under disadvantages and 
difficulties, seriously affecting its prosperity, 
and In fact threatening its ruin, tne Illinois 
State Wool Growers’ Convention adopt the fol¬ 
lowing resolutions: 
Revolted, That it is the duty of our Congress' 
men to see that we have sufficient protection 
WESTCOTT’S ADJUSTABLE DASH CHURN. 
Read the Advertisement?. — Yea, read them at¬ 
tentively. They are interesting to most readers, and 
to many will prove profitable. Almost everrjweek, 
we receive letters of inquiry which are answered 
in oar advertising department. Look over the adver¬ 
tisements in the Rural before sending us a string of 
interrogatories; —it may save yon time, labor and 
expense. A glance at the new advertisements in our 
present number will interest almost every live man, 
and sneh an one can scarcely fall of finding some¬ 
thing offered which be wants at pace, or ere long. We 
repeat, therefore, read the advertisements, that they 
may pay you as well as th« advertiser and publisher 
— and In ordering anything 6flbr>*d herein it will do 
no harm to say you saw it advertised in the Rural 
New-Yorker. Another thing; — If you have any¬ 
thing for sale, don’t try to get it In the Rcnai/in the 
shape of a communication, (in answer to an inquiry, 
or otherwise,) but Bend it as an advertisement and pay 
for tt accordingly. It occupies less space in its proper 
form and place, and appears more honorable. 
N. Y. Sheet Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ 
Association— The Executive Committee of the New 
York State Sheep Breeders' and Wool Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation will meet at Syracuse, March 13th, at 1 o’clock 
P. M., for the transaction of business. 
Renut S. Randall, Prtsiient. 
months ago, we were invited to exaipine 
Wehtcott’8 Adjustable Dash Churn , it was with 
prejudice and reluctance that we consented. 
On examining a glass model, however, and 
witnessing its operation, we thought that some¬ 
thing 7 uno and useful had been discovered or 
applied, iu the art of rnakiug good butter. This 
wa« during a visit to Seneca Falls, and we were 
requested to see the churn its a curiosity by a 
friend, our host, and not by the inventor. We 
complied as courteously as possible, yet resolved 
that our examination should be critical, for we 
bad determined to Concede nothing without the 
best testimony, considering it a safe rule to 
object to or censure auy and everything claimed 
to be uew or improved in the churn line. The 
glues model, which bole* some two or three 
gallons of cream, operated admirably, and satis- 
tied us of the. practicability and advantages of 
the improvement. 
PETITION CONGRESS 
It is known to most of our readers that the 
present duties on foreign wools are so low that 
they afford no adequate protection to domestic 
ones. Wools finer than any of American growth, __ 
■except choice Saxony and Silesian, are admitted the low price of foreign wools*produced 
on paying a dutv of six cents per pound. A £ warmer latitude*, where the raising of food 
i for sheep Is unnecessary, scmi-civihzcd labor 
ar„e portion of thu wools on which Is paid u cheap, and where wool can be grown for from 
duty of three cents per pound are aa fine as the five to twelve cents per pound. 
two highest grades of American Merino. The Resolved, That we ask Congress to adopt a 
average duties paid on foreign fine wools are less 8 P eclfl c duty of fifteen cents per pound on all 
than five cents per pound. Jll WMhed^ol^ ““*• pCr P ° Und ° D 
These foreign wools are grown in countries Renolimd. That 'the shoddy and woolen rags 
wnere labor Is cheap — where subsistence costs imported into this country should be subjected 
but a trifle—where artificial winter feed and fix- to at uqual duties with wool, as tbev taka 
tures for sheep are not necessary - where the wearinrconHnu! detrfmefit of ^clottfe*: 
general scale of expense and living are small »■ w"' . , r , , 
. . ... ; " ,, , * ‘ 1 Resolved That it is v rtna’lv necessary that 
jomoarcr! With thr.f rtf Mw. A miu- non c,........ „_ , . . .. • .. J . 
A JtNoiJNa Order fob the Rural.— Having lately 
advertised the Rural in a multitude of papers, we 
are receiving miraerons orders, especially for the 
Trial Quarter, from people *11 over the States and 
Canadas. Many of these are spicy and mnskal, with 
allusions to the papers in which our advertisement 
wasfound. Here U one from a queer genius oat West: 
“I wish you’d send your paper, as you have adver¬ 
tised. at fifty d-nts for three monts, to me in Illinois. 
I’ll try it for one quarter, and If I like it, Moore,— I’ll 
send you on three dollars, which will buy it quar¬ 
ters four. If I eve: seed a number of your paper, 
I don’t know, but I’ve seen your advertisement in the 
Day Book, days ago—so 1 thought Fd try your Rural 
upon his recommend, because I know the Day Book 
to be the white man’s friend. Receive this half a 
dollar and send yonr paper through, (three months, 
from January,) as you’re agreed to do. Direct them 
all to Webster In the State of Illinois, and if I ain’t 
at the office I’ll send my little boy." 
Fto. 3 —The Adjustable Bass Churn, Complete. 
Regard ng this Adjustable Dash Chum as a 
great improvement—an ultimate long desired— 
notwithstanding our prejudices on the start, we 
commend it moat cordially to the attention of 
butter makers everywhere, In the confident be¬ 
lief that it. will prove a very useful and perma¬ 
nently popular Invention. As will be seen by an 
advertisement in this paper, the churn is being 
extensively manufactured at Seneca Falls, and 
no rights are offered in this State—evidence that 
those having it In charge have faith in the inven¬ 
tion, to say the least. 
some change be made in the manner of market¬ 
ing our wool so as to give the grower some 
voice in fixing its price, and not leave the mat¬ 
ter, as at present, In the hands of middle men— 
managers of wool-houses—whose only interest 
in the matter Is to get their commissions and 
perquisites, and who have sold our wool at 
ruinously low prices the past season — much 
lower for gold than before the war, while our 
expenses In gold are increased at least fifty per 
cent. 
Resolved, That, we urge upon the wool growers 
of Illinois to form county societies in every 
county In the State, where one Is not already 
established, hold frequent meetings, and they 
aud the State Association establish unity of 
action and sentiment, whereby manufacturers 
will find it necessary to come to ns to buy our 
wool, as they did before the war. 
A resolution was passed asking Congress to 
levy a tax of $2 on every dog. 
It was, on motion of Mr. Minler, 
Resolved. That we recommend the raising of 
shocp for the purpose or mutton, hoping soon 
to see the more useful and health-giving mutton 
take the place of swine’s flesh iu our markets 
and upon our tubles. 
S. P, Boaiuiman, the Secretary, read a very 
SUNDAY CHEESE MAKING 
Flax I’ulturr,—W ill *om« man of practical expe¬ 
rience in flax raising please give me through the 
Rural information in reference to the time to sow. 
the amount of -eed per acre, und his experience in 
growing flax on aod and stubble,—also on clay loam 
or sat'd, and anything of Importance in growing and 
securing a flax crop?—W. H. H., Penn fan, N. Y. 
Wc dislike to advertise oar own or other people's 
ware* tn answering inquiries, yet arc constrained to 
say that all the questions a»kcd by our correspondent 
arc answered in a 35 cent work published by D. D. 
T. Moobb of this city, and entitled, “ A Manual of 
Flax Culture and Manufacture; embracing fall direc¬ 
tions for Preparing the Ground, Sowing, Harvesting, 
&c. Also an Essay by a Western Alan on Hemp and 
Flax in the Wttt:—Modes of Culture, Preparation 
for Market, &c. With Botanical descriptions and 
Illustrations.” 
ediull this industry be driven out of our country, 
or rendered n weftK and contemptible one, for 
the want of a secure, remunerative market ? 
We do not propose to argue the question. It 
requires no argument. The time has come for 
action. The manufacturers themselves have con¬ 
ceded that the 
United States are entitled to a minimum protec 
tion of 10 cents 
valorem—the higher rater; of duty on competing 
wools remaining sis they now are. 
Let the friends of domestic industry now' go 
to 'Congress with petitions. We have been again 
and again told by our representatives in that 
body that they could not take care of our inter¬ 
ests, because they were not informed what they 
were—because thqs farmers of the country failed 
to declare their wiahes when this and other top¬ 
ics deeply affecting their pecuniary interests 
were under consideration. Let this never be 
said of us again. 
We call upon the State Wool Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciations at once to rnakc themselves heard in Con¬ 
gress, by memorial* or petitions, in favor of an 
additional duty on wool. Wc call upon the 
Couuty and Town Associations to conveue and 
take such steps. YY o call upon every wool 
grower to fiee that j,ls own name is soeedilv on 
gre^tbody of wools grown in the | a,) ^ e and instructive address on the foregoing 
points. Interesting discussions followed on 
per pound and 10 per cent ad | shee P washing, on the dog nuisance, &c. Half 
blood shepherd dogs were truly pronounced the 
most dangerous oi all dogs to sheep. 
We believe there is not a State Wool Growers’ 
Association moving along more energetically 
than that of Illinois. With its spirited aud 
Cashmere Goats— Where for Sale, Prices, dc.—ln 
answer to recent inquiries in the Rural, Mr. Thomas 
Frame, of Guernsey Co.. Ohio, writes ns that pure 
bred Cashmeres and grade? can be had of the Cash¬ 
mere Company, Gallatin, Tenn. The animals are de¬ 
scendant* of the original importation from Turkey 
in Asia, made in 1849 by l)r. J. B. Smith, of South 
Carolina. Prices of pure breds $1,000 each; grades, 
$100 to $300. Mr. F, al»o states that a company has 
been organized called the “Cashmere Company of 
Guernsey Co., Ohio,” with a capital or $100,0)0-that 
one of the company is now at Gallatin selecting ani. 
main, which they will soon have and be happy to 
*bow, &c. 
WISCONSIN IN THE FIELD, 
An I'NiirLT Cow —Homint Mill. — I would ask 
what can be done with an unruly cow? She goes 
through a fence a* though it was made out of straw, 
by first breaking or throwing off one or two boards 
and then Jumping over. Where, and for what price 
eau a hominy mill be bought, aud what are the ex¬ 
pense? of running such a mill ?—M. M., Illinois. 
Fat. the cow and let the butcher have her; or, If too 
good a milker to be thus disposed of. tie her in a sta¬ 
ble or confine her in a small yard and bring her food 
to her— i. e , practice the soiling system. Can’t Inform 
you about the hominy mill. 
Sabbath for rest. The greatest objection with 
our very best help to working iu a cheese facto¬ 
ry i6 this Sunday labor, there being but few men 
or women able to endure the incessant toil of 
the factory. I have long practiced on the above 
plan and can heartily recommend it to alL 
Herkimer Co., N. Y. A Subscriber. 
Hop YTnes.— Can yon give me Information as to 
where I can obtain bop vine*? The hop excitement 
is so great here that 1 cannot get auy v ines. 1 will 
be much obliged if you can tell me where they can be 
obtained, and what they can be bought fori or give 
such directions thar 1 can write to your eastern hop 
yarde.—G. A., Mich. 
YVe do not think it an easy matter to procure hop 
vines. Those having them to sell will probably ad¬ 
vertise. If you want them at any rate, visit the hop 
growing districts. YVe have no definite information 
as to prices orpersous who can furnish. 
Seeding Without Grain. 
I saw in one of the late Farmers an article 
on seeding laud without sowing grain. I will 
tell you what I did seven years ago last fall. Af¬ 
ter I dug the potatoes —in October I think It 
was —I smoothed the surface over with my hoe 
on a few rods of ground, drew the tops away, 
sowed timothy seed and raked it in. It came up 
Iu the fall, and the next summer I cut a large 
swath from it. I could see that it was better 
than where I had stocked with wheat, for a 
number of years. Iu the fall of 1804 I stocked 
another piece down, which also did weU, and last 
fall I sowed a small piece where I had taken the 
oats off, a part of which I plowed and a part I 
did not. It was on a loamy soil. 
Artesian Wells.—I wish to Inquire about Arte¬ 
sian wells—whether they have been proved, and are 
valuable or otherwise for supplying water for the use 
ot the family and stock J 1 Art* ilivy practicable for 
farmers’ uses l—L. L. N., Fillmore, N, Y. 
The oil wells are Artesian wells, and the majority 
of them produce an abunduut supply of water. It is 
also frequently found at less than one hundred feet in 
depth. But they are costly. YVho has had experi¬ 
ence in them for farming purposes ? 
spring 
I intend to sow a piece to timothy aud clover, 
where I had com last summer. —Neio England 
Farmer. 
Fattening Calves. 
A sensible, practical farmer told us the 
other day that he had often noticed that calves 
would thrive better on milk that was not rich in 
butter, than on what was commonly called very 
rich milk. That is a fact in accordance with 
what we receutly stated, that the nutritive ele¬ 
ments of milk reside chiefly in the casein. If 
you have a cow that gives particularly rich milk, 
aud one that gives a quality poorer iu butter, it 
is better, in every way, to feed the call on the 
milk of the latter. The calf will thrive better 
Fig. S-Adjustable Dasher, 
The Adjustable Dash, (figure 2.) is operated 
very easily by the lever and spiral steel spring, 
aud scarcely needs any explanation. It is in 
fact a double dash, both perforated as shown in 
the ergraving, and the upper one movable, being 
easily screwed up or down, and adjusted for any 
amount or depth of cream. Its operation is 
most perfect and admirable — and the steel 
spring and lever render the operation of churn¬ 
ing more like child’s play thau the hard work 
we remember it to have been in former times, 
when the old-fashioned dash churn was used. 
The complete Adjustable Dash Churn, (as 
shown in figure 3,) we regard as the best inven¬ 
tion in the line of a churn yet offered to the 
public. Based on the carrect principle of the old- 
fashioned dash churn, it comprises such improve¬ 
ments as adapt it to both small and large dairies. 
Moreover, it is apparently simple, convenient, 
easily operated, easily cleansed, strong aud dura 
ble. We learn that five sizes of the barrel¬ 
shaped churn are to be made—from one-fourth 
or less to a full barrel. YVe think no churn yet 
introduced combines so many good points and 
advantages, and we are proud to learn that the 
inventor (though of course a “ born Yankee ”) is 
Hungarian Grass Seed,—W ill you or some of your 
numerous readers inform me through the Rural 
where I can obtain some * ‘ “ 
aud the price tier bushel 
•G. 8. Potter, Illinois. 
At auy of the wholesale seed stores. Perhaps deal¬ 
ers having it will inform you through the advertising 
columns of an agricultural journal, as they ought. 
The Lamb Knitting Machine, advertised in this 
paper, is an “institution " which we can confidently 
commend to the public. We believe thu Rural was 
the first journal which called attention to this merito¬ 
rious iahor-Bavlng invention, and since then it has 
been greatly improved and demonstrated to be a 
success. 
How can I Destroy Sweet Flao ?—Will you or 
some of yonr correspondents inform me through the 
RukaL whether Columns (sweet flag) can be killed by 
submerging with watert U ho, how deep upon it 
should the water be, and how long kept on. I have 
a patch or two of this pungent aromatic Intruder that 
I do not need. I could drown a part of it, and wish 
to do it if I can be assuml by some practical man 
that it can he destroyed by this mean*,—J, S. Bene¬ 
dict, CaslleUm, Vt. 
Remedy for Scratches. 
In answer to the inquiry for a remedy for 
scratches, I will give one which I used for 
thirty-five years with complete success, having 
never failed in one instance. Take white pine 
pith, rosin, beeswax and honey, one ounce each, 
fresh lard, one-half pound, melt well together 
oyer a slow fire, then add one-half an duucc of 
sulphate of copper, stir till it is quite thick, so 
that the parts may not settle aud separate. This 
makes au excellent application for harness galls, 
ILLINOIS IN THE FIELD ,\ 
The Illinois State YY'ool Growers’ and Sheep 
Breeders’ Association met at Bloomington 
Feb. -21. 
Committee -on Resolutions — F. Fassett, San¬ 
gamon county; S. P. Boardman, Logan couuty; 
Alva Dunlap, Peoria county; Mr. Hitchcock’ 
YVhiteside county; Gen. McConnell, Sangamon 
Swedish Clover rob Bees.— Have any of your 
numerous readers had sufficient experience with the 
Alsike or Swedish clover to approve it as a farm crop 
or as food for bees? If by experience it "fills the 
bill.’’ as recommended a few years aero. I would like 
Remedy for Foot-Rot.—A gentleman from Ver¬ 
mont, who has recently been selling sheep in this 
vicinity, gives the following recipe as an infallible 
cure for foot-iol in sheep A? it was given gratis, I 
send it for the benefit of your sheep ish readersOne 
quart cider vinegar; eight onuces nitric acid; one 
and one-half ounces white vitriol. Mix aud apply. 
Pare the foot thoroughly before applying the mixture. 
—John J. Brown, Eoneoye Falls, N. Y, 
- --- years ago, I would like 
to obtain some seed.—J. Potter, Suspension Bridge. 
About Mr. Pierce’s Paint.— 1 wish to ask Mr. L 
L. Pierce, through the Rural whether it will do 
to use his kind of paint where lead or zinc ha? been 
previously used ? Also, will it do for inside work ?— 
D. Tuttle, Herkimer Co., N. Y, 
cuts and sores of all kinds, on horses and cattle, 
Fartner and Gardener. 
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