RURAL IE 
---- " " „ .. ,. . . inrroxn bay's session. the way of illustrating how Stringhalt may be 
struct this mill; it maybe placed in the top of «d |*«. Upon theming of the Convention at nine produced, Mathew eay6: 
a building with an ornamented cnpola to cover ^ ;r Qf lhe pending tariff bill. o'cloctc on Thursday morning, Mr. Gath.and of Hll- “ The horse may be wanted in a hurry, the 
it, and water pumped into the stables. Perhaps ^ Harris of Ohio, said lie agreed perfectly In nolB Mld th(! delegation from his State had considered groom commands it to 1 come round.’ It is too 
a 'machine for cutting feed might also be driven princ j ple wllh the gentleman fromPennsylvania, but tlje matte r of difference between them, and the c< n- muc h trouble to back the animal as ueual; the 
would rather arrive at the tame end through the reso- c | a> ions of the Committee as expressed in the third ma6tcr j 9 j n haste, and the servant has no time 
Among the patented wind-mills we know of lutlons of lhe propoeed committee. Mr. Glenn with- reeolution, and had concluded to waive their objec- l0?e> The poor animal endeavours to obey ; 
none better for the purpose of pumping wells 
and supplying a small power, than the Empire 
Mill, invented some years ago by E. W. Mills 
of Onondaga Oo., N. Y. It is self-regulating, 
and made wholly of iron. A cut and description 
of this were given in the last volume of the 
Rural. 
BDITED BY HENRY 8. RANDALL, LL. D. 
Annual Meeting or State Wool Growers’ As¬ 
sociation. —The Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State 
Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers’ Association will 
be held at Syracuse, Dec. 12th, 1858, at 1 e clock 1. 
M., for the election of officers and to transact other 
necessary business. 
HENRY 8. RANDALL, Pres'l. 
H. D. L. Sweet, 8eey. 
MEETING OP THE NATIONAL WOOL 
GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
[ As the complete Phonographic. Report of the 1 Resolved, That we believe that the steps 
proceedings of this meeting would occupy sev- bv the National Association or Wool Grower 
[uuiaumgo . f, rj Manufacturers to secure a recognition of the m 
eral pages of the Rural — far more space than 5t y of their interests will, if followed out in 
wo can devote to the matter—webave concluded S°S''fbS''S^JSXSSufhi. 
to publish the following comparatively brief of the Government is entitled to the advanta 
lutlons of lhe proposed committee. Mr Glenn with¬ 
drew his proposition, Mr. Pottle having reduced bis 
amendment to writing, It wan then passed in the 
fora following: 
Resolved, That a committee of one gentleman from 
each State represented in this Convention be ap¬ 
pointed by the Chair, to make report at this eve¬ 
ning session, on the subject oi the tariff on wool for 
the protection of the woo! growing interest or the 
United States. 
The President announced tbo following gentlemen 
as a Committee undw the above resolution: Hon K. 
B. Pottle of N. Y., Hon. Edwin Hammond of Vt, 
Hon. Victor Wrioht (for New England Society,) 
Hon. Norton 8. Townbhbnr of Ohio, Dr. F. Julius 
Lb Moyne of Penn., Franklin Fassett, TGq. of Ill., 
Ei.i Stillson, Esq. of Wis., Lewis Willey, Esq. oi 
Michigan. 
The Delegates present in the Convention were then 
called upon to hand in their names to the Secretary, 
after which the Convention took a recess until seven 
o'clock In the eveniDg. 
EVENING SESSION. 
Upon the re-aescmbling or the Convent ion in the 
evening, the President called attention to the expedi¬ 
ency of preparing and circulating petitions for signa¬ 
tures among the wool growers to be presented to 
Congress early in the Session. 
Mr. Pottle of N. Y., on behalf of the Committee 
on resolutions, reported the following: 
1. Resolved, That we believe that the steps taken 
by the National Association or Wool Growers and 
Manufacturers to secure a recognition of the. mutual¬ 
ity of their interests will, if followed out in good 
faith, insure the increased prosperity of noth. 
* Resolved. That the citizen whir bears the burthens 
resolution, and had concluded to waive their objec¬ 
tions. lie therefore moved the adoption of the third 
resolution. 
The motion was put and carried unanimously, amid 
a storm of applause 1 
It was then ordered that the Secretary prepare and 
forward copies of these resolutions to each member 
or the Unit'd States Senate and Houbo of Represent¬ 
atives, to Hon. llcou McCulloch, Secretary or the 
Treasury, arid to Hon David A. Wells, Special Com¬ 
missioner of the Revenue. 
The matter of raising money for defraying the ex¬ 
pense* of the Association was taken up on a proposi¬ 
tion or Co!. Harris of Ohio, to assess the contributing 
Stares in lhe fodowing ratio: New York, one-fourth ; 
Ohio, one-fourth; Vermont, one-sixth; Illinois, ene- 
sixtb; Pennsylvania, one-eighth; Wisconsin, one- 
eighth. It was urged by the delegate from Wisconsin 
that by this rule, that State was overtaxed, wh*TC- 
upon Mr. Greer or Ohio moved that the Executive 
Committee assess one-balf of the proportion above 
get to Wisconsin, upon the States of Michigan and 
Iowa if they should become contributing members, 
if not, divide the same between New York and Ohio, 
In tills shape the matter was voted upon and carried. 
Col. Harris moved that the Ron. R- M. Montgom¬ 
ery of Ohio, Hod. K B. Pottle of New York, and A. 
M Garland of Illinois, be a committee to represent 
the interests of the National Wool Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion before Congress on the tariff question, Mr* 
Fassett of Illinois, offered the following as a lubeti- 
tnle; 
Resolved, That It is the souse ot this Convention 
that in view of the maturity of the present blJ) in L..n- 
but comprehensive report by Gen. Harris of 
the Ohio Farmer.— M,] 
The first Annual Meeling of the National Wool 
Growers’ Association, was held iu Cleveland on the 
14th and 15th days of November, 1866. On this occa¬ 
sion there was a gathering of the strong men of the 
Association, every one of whom was in positive 
earnest as to the necessity of immediate action to 
secure prosperity to the wool growing interests of 
tills country. 
Hon. Henry S. Randall, President of the Asso¬ 
ciation, was not able to attend this meeting on 
account of a serious UlnesB which has confined him 
to his house for Borne time past. lion. R. M. Mont¬ 
gomery of Ohio, being the next in rank, presided 
over themeeliugsof the Convention; Wm, F. Greek, 
Secretary of the Association, acting iu his official ca¬ 
pacity, Upon taking t he chair, Mr. Montgomery sta¬ 
ted that the most important business of the Conven¬ 
tion would be the consideration of the tnrifl'question 
relating to wool and woolens; that iu whatever was 
done, a wholesome caution should be exercised and 
perfect harmony of views secured; that while there had 
been harmony of views among wool growers as Indi¬ 
viduals, yet the local associations had not been suffi¬ 
ciently active in their co-operation with the National 
Association, in making l.hemaelves known as auxilia¬ 
ries in ■the work in which all are enlisted, and thereby 
securing itUat, concentration of influence which they 
have it in their power to exert. The speaker then 
proceeded to explain the action of the Joint Com¬ 
mittee In their labors to agree upon and present the 
tariff bill now pending in Congress, and stated hla 
fears that the Secretary of the United Stales Treas¬ 
ury was not entirely friendly to the bill, thinking it 
calls for aJiigher rate of duty on foreign wools and 
woolen goods than is expedient to impose, and he 
was not sure bat that tliis feeling was also enter¬ 
tained by the Special Commissioner of the Revenue, 
and as this latter gentleman had been instructed by 
both the Secretary of the Treasury and the finance 
committee of the U, S. Senate, to prepare a new 
ol the Governtncut is fcjiUUed to the luivautaffea ot grew perfected anil te m all it# detHil#— that it lain- 
tin- markets ol his own country—and to compi 1 him expedient* for this Association to send a committee U> 
\o my tarthepriWe Of ench markets more than is Washington to urge our views any farther Uctoro the 
s^ftissK i. umi™, ..-1. «■» ® r.iassstfiirss 
required of foreigners, is unwise* unjust, and In the 
end will proveclisftHtTOttH, 
8. Resolved, That the tariff now before Congress, as matter. 8th of gept., and that would prevent the rot, 
£&£££ -»* ■»•». ■*«« <*> ■■»>.««, ma««. 
»““««*»T«*.•»« Kr «“*"« f on “*">""! b °, t 
to the general prosperity ot the country, and that we p cnt , Hv i V ania. A vote being taken upon iheaubstl- were only half grown. And wliat was to be 
to lose. The poor animal endeavours to obey ; 
It squeezes and twists Its body; the head is 
seized, a blow is given, and the difficulty is van¬ 
quished. But. at what a coat! One bone of the 
spine has been Injured. Bone is slow in Its de¬ 
velopment. No immediate consequence results; 
but months afterward the injured place throws 
out a epicula of boue DO larger than a needle’s 
point, perhaps, but it presses upon the spinal 
marrow and Stringhalt is the effect. Of course 
no drug can reach the part affected, no cunning 
preparation can remove even a needle’s point 
from the interior of the spinal canal. The 
Stringhalt, once exhibited, is beyond cure, and 
never disappears but with the life.” 
I cannot wholly endorse the last clause from 
Dr. Matiiew, since I have known cases of un¬ 
deniable Stringhalt, the result of undue expos¬ 
ure or over exertion of the animal, and from 
which the subjects entirely recovered after a 
little extra care and rest. If this should meet 
the eye of any one who has been able to miti¬ 
gate this disease by any medical treatment, he 
will undoubtedly oblige many besides your 
correspondent by communicating his method to 
the Rural. a. w. 
Ann Arbor, Mich. 
THE POTATO EOT. 
Potatoes have rotted In this vicinity nearly 
one-half, and in some fields more. They have 
not rotted so badly before in many years. A 
correspondent of the Rural said dig them the 
8th of Bept., and that would prevent the rot, 
but mine began to rot. the 25th of August. My 
parity to the grower anil imiimmciurer, nr.a wm iuim 
to the general prosperity ot the cnimtry, and that we 
will stand firmly by it and seek by all propel means to 
secure He early adoption as a law. 
On motion, the report was accepted and the resolu¬ 
tions were taken up separately for disenssion Dr. 
Lb Moyne of Penn., moved the adoption of the first 
resolution. 
Mr. Pottle of N. Y., proceeded to address the Con¬ 
vention at some length and in n very Ibrctble manner, 
presenting the whole matter in u very compact and 
lucid argument. He remarked in substance, that he 
was anxious to do that which would best advance the 
important interests of the Wool Growers or lhe coun¬ 
try, and was confident that all the members or the 
Association had the same desire. The only point of 
difference was the most effectual means for accom¬ 
plishing that end; when ome tliis was decided upon 
there would be no dissenting voice to its adoption. 
The protection of American industry against the im¬ 
portations from foreign countries was a question of 
vital importance. He said that, every producer who 
assists in bearing the burdens of the Government, was 
Justly entitled to the bene fils which the markets of 
the country afford, and the policy now being pursued 
was a suicidal one, ruinous to the vast industrial in¬ 
terests of this people. He would not charge- the Gov¬ 
ernment with an intentional adoption of this course, 
and he desired to say that, with ail the faults of the 
Government he loved it better than any other on 
earth. The war had Imposed great burdens upon the 
people, but all were willing to bear them without 
complaint, necessary, as they were, to maintain the 
honor, integrity and good faith of the government. 
He said that one and all must, struggle with united 
effort for a reform of the tariff sjstem, which now al¬ 
lows such advantages to foreign interests, to the pre- 
Pcnnsylvania. A vote being taken upon lhe substi¬ 
tute offered by Mr. Fassett. it was lost. 
The original proposition of Col. Harris was amend¬ 
ed by the addition of lion. Henry 8 Randall of 
New York, and Gen. Harry White or Pennsylvania, 
to the Committee, and in that ehape was voted upon 
and carried. * 
Mr. Greer offered the following resolutions, which 
were severally adopted without debate: 
Whereas. Having learned that Hon. Henry S. 
Randall, President of this Association, is detuned 
trom this meetiDg by a long and severe illue&a; tnere- 
were only half grown. And what was to be 
done? I asked my neighbors whether to dig 
them or not; some said dig, some said not. 
Well, my second thought was that I could 
answer it myself,—so I selected two rows, one 
of each sort, measured off a certain distance, 
and dug onc-half, selected the sound ones, put 
them in the cellar and spread them on my apple 
shelves; and at the proper time dug the remain 
der and had more sound ones from the last dug 
than from the first ones, for those in the cellar 
final f§mf gentian. 
The Season—Fine Weatuer. — The month of 
November was remarkably pleasant and warm—very 
favorable tar out door operations. And thonqh the 
Almanac tells ns that Winter has arrived, as we 
write (Dec. 3.) the weather is charmingly bright and 
balmy—more like June than December— 1 > god-eend 
to those unfortunate, slow or sbifilesB farmers who 
still have corn or potatoes in the field, as well as to 
forwarders, boatmen, etc. We have had very little 
I freezing weather, and bnt. one decent *'flurry” of 
snow thns far-for all which a large portion of both 
country and city people sho'd be profoundly thankful. 
Somewhat Mixed. — From the appearance of the 
illustration of sheep in last Rural, we suspect that 
our printers, in their hurry to get the paper to press 
in advance of the nsnal time, (preparatory to keeping 
Thanksgiving.) substituted a:i engraving of sorae- 
b *dy’s South Dowu9 for Mr. Gazlry’s Comwolds 
We did not discover the mistake—if it is one —until 
several thousand copies were printed, and as wc 
could not then make any change, concluded to await 
forther developments. When light Is received on the 
subject we will endeavor to make the proper cor¬ 
rection. 
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Wauts on Houses.—H. H. H. of Dewitt, Nebraska, 
replies to an inquiry about a cure for warts on horses 
by saying:—“Mix equal quantities of spirits ot tur¬ 
pentine and sulphuric acid. Don't stand over it, hut 
mix gradually In a tumbler and bottle up for use. 
Rub grease around the base of tbc wart to prevent 
the mixture from eating sound flesh, and apply the 
preparation with a swab or feather to the wart twice 
a day at first, but as it is eaten off le?s frequent ap¬ 
plications will answer. This mixture, so applied, 
will effect a cure in a short time.” 
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Potatoes —An Experiment. — Tsaao W. Archi¬ 
bald, reetdlng in Nova Scotia, made an experiment 
Inst spring with several varieties of potatoes with 
the following results: Planted 2 Harrison potatoes- 
yield 1QL nearly all large; EtIj Goodrich, 3 ptanted 
-yield318, not so large, and twenty diseased; Glea- 
eon, 8 plantwl — product 150, mostly good table size; 
Garnet Chili, 2 potatoes —yield 30(5, »U sound tied 
good, and some very large. Total planted, 10; total 
yield, CTO, or uearly 68 to 1. 
Kerry Cows.—Mr. Willard, in his notes on the 
dairy stock or Ireland, states that the “Kerry cow” 
has a very high reputation for milking and butter 
qualities. Tn size these cows are quite diminutive, 
thus reversing the rule that “size is the measure oi 
power." They take on flesh with great celerity, and 
it is very fine in the grain and of excellent flavor. If 
Resolved, That this Association, feeling the great roUe(1 uear j y half. Hence I came to the con- tneir productive power is not exaggerated, it might 
borlf In U bohJif/oT^he ! wa gfiV* ro wer* oAhc country, elution that if farmers would try experiments, not be a bad move for some of our dairymen to give 
tender to"him its grateful t hanks tar il ' wo “ ld t aT0 thciu ttie trouble of writing to the them a trial. _^_ 
him in tho W affi‘u;Uon* which has deprived hs of hia to- Rural for information in such cases. Chinese Laborers. —An influential personage from 
valuable aid »od cmmsel ot this oc^tan, anrt^ex- 0ne toan rolls hia land, another dont; but if ^ celestial Empire is said to be on his way from 
umHhe active dullesVi Kte. ’ flic first would roll 8 part of his field, or leave California to the Atlantic cities for the purpose of 
Resolved, That this Association highly appreciates fetr j p ( j,rough the middle unrolled, he could farming out a large number of his couutrymc-n to the 
answer the question himself aa to which was planters of the South. His success is not to be de- 
cure a revision ol the tariff upon wool and wooleus, way before harvest, and the same could sired, jib the Chinamen are a mishievous, wiley set, 
“r a d o^a%^d e sff^th«^r he done in many branches of fanning. Try,ex- and will prove anything but an improvement on the 
urs of tuc UDiLtci vuwuui j rnlnrt^d liihorer** of that reckon. 
The President announced that immediately after pgriinents, and tbeu report the best way—for __ 
and perhaps no one answer. 
Marccllus, N. Y., Nov., 1866. 
Willson. 
tariff bill to be presented at the next Session of Cou- jndlce of our own, lie believed iu conferring advan- 
gress, they might bo considered somewhat in the 
way of our accomplishing all that, is sought for upon 
wools and woolens in the bill now peuding. 
Dr. Le Moyne of Penn , said he thought the Pres¬ 
ident, in his remarks to the Convention, took too 
gloomy a view of tho situation. He did not regard 
the published statements of the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his letter to Commissioner Wells, as any 
indications of opposition to the proposed tariff. He 
said the present tariff of three or four cents per 
pound duty, did not more than pay the coBt of collec¬ 
tion, and a higher duty Instead of reducing the reve¬ 
nue by lessening the amount of wool imported, 
would substantially make it even, as the amount 
collected pro rata, would he larger, and that the re¬ 
ceipts into the Treasury would bo rather increased 
than diminished. We are receiving now from inter¬ 
nal and cust oms revenue $ 1,000,000 per day, including 
Sundays, or $305,000,000 per year, and we were not 
only paying iiU governmental expeuees, interest on 
debt, bonds, etc., but were reducing the principal at 
a very rapid rate. There was no jeopardy to the 
financial or commercial interests of the country, and 
this tariff on wool would not affect that interest in 
any material manner. It. was merely a question 
whether the industrial interests ot this country 
should ho protected and stimulated to healthy life 
and growth. 
Samuel Harris, a woolen manufacturer of Catskill, 
,N. Y., said he had attended and participated in all 
the meetings of the Manufacturers’ Association, was 
at the last meeting in New York, which agreed to 
stand by the arrangement of tho Joint Committee. 
He was anxious on the part of the manufacturing in¬ 
terests to secure harmony and concert of action. 
The Wool Growers’ Association was more powerful 
than the Manufacturers’, but both must act in concert 
in this matter, as neither can thrive without protec¬ 
tion. Over 100,000,001) lbs. of wool wub imported 
from Bueuos Ayers last year. It was impossible for 
American wool growers to compete with the wool 
growers of Brazil, without protection. There sheep 
are grown without fodder during the year, and they 
produce two clips of wool per aunnm. 
Gen. Barry White or Pennsylvania, was in favor 
of considering what the wool growers’ interests de¬ 
manded, and then ask for it and press our demands. 
The great iron interests of tho country took this 
course, and they were successful. Ho was in favor of 
making the woo! growing interest a power, and mak¬ 
ing it permeate all tho departments of politics. He 
moved that a committee of five gentlemen be ap¬ 
pointed by the President to drab, an appropriate 
address, which phall be considered as our official 
ae ion on this question, and then go home to work 
there. 
Hon. E. B. Pottms of New York, offered an 
amendment to this, that one gentleman from each 
State represented should coustitue this committee. 
This amendment was accepted by Mr. White. 
Mr. Sharon of Harrison county, Ohio, was in Tavor 
of action by petition to Congress, rather than by a 
general address to the people. 
Me. D. Glenn of Pennsylvania, proposes that 
tages first upon ourown citizens*, and afterwards upon 
foreigners. The universal demand tar a change of 
p© icy had led to simultaneous action on the part of 
both wool growers and manufacturers, and the will of 
the people must and would be respected. 
American wool should be consumed by American 
manufacturers, and In order to secure this the. dnty 
upon foreign wool must be fixed so high that St can¬ 
not bo placed in competition with our own. The In¬ 
stability of the legislation upon this subject, was most 
disastrous in its results. The people wf this nation 
had, be believed, unsurpassed ability of adaptation, 
but they could not adapt, themselves to the constant 
freezing and thawing on the tariff question. A fair 
and just system should he adopted, and retained, and 
not changed every year. 
He said that the growers and manufacturers should 
be mutual friends and not enemies. Heretofore, a 
measure urged upon Congress by the one had been 
opposed with all the strength or the other. These 
quarrels were as senseless as those of husband and 
wife, for their interests on this question are insepara¬ 
ble, The manmactnrers can no more compete with 
the cheap labor of Europe than can we with the grow¬ 
ers of Cheap foreign wool. 
The Joint Committee have asked all that could be 
safely asked for; any more would have defeated the 
whole project. The only fair way to levy dnty is by 
sample, which prevents foreign products of a supe¬ 
rior quality from coming tn on second or third rate 
duty. 
The motion to adopt the first resolution was pnt 
and unanimously carried. 
The second resolution was then taken np. 
Col. Habrie of Ohio, said that he had just returned 
from an extended tour of observation among the wool 
manufacturer? and wool dealers of the eastern cities, 
and had seen large quantities of American manufac¬ 
tured woolen goods, begging for a home market, while 
great quantities of foreign goods were thrown upon 
the American market, and ordered to he sold at prices 
with which lhe American manufacturers could not 
compete without a ruinous lose; that this accumula¬ 
tion of goods had checked the sale of domestic wool, 
with which the eastern wool houses are largely 
stocked. Thus our homo market is monopolized and 
broken down by foreign goods, to the detriment cf 
home labor and home production. 
The motion io adopt the second resolution was put 
and unanimously carried. 
The third resolution was taken np. 
Mr. Garland of Hi., said the wool growers of his 
the adjournment of this Convention, the Executive wc bad much rather boar such reporte than to 
Committee wouldimect to elect their officers for the | |Car t) lcm in the Rural for the best way, 
onniing year. The Convention then adjourned sine an( j perhaps nO one answer. A. Willson. 
& ie - Marccllus,N. Y., Nov., 1866. 
At tbc meeting of the Executive Committee, the —_- 
tallowing named gentlemen were elected as oflicers — ^ # * i *v avh 
Jf mi fit tin §xm. 
Clark, Poultney, Vt. Secretary — W. F. Greer, - : 
Thus closed, in porfcct harmony and enthusiasm, Double Crops ia Georgia.—The Tine Hills, 
one of the strongest and the most important meetings A correspondent of the American Farmer, 
to wool Interests, ever held in this country. Baltimore, writes favorably concerning the pro- 
NOTICE TO WOOl. GROWERS. 
National Wool Growers' Absootatiok, > 
Score tury’u Office, Paincavillc, O., Not. ^0, lafiti. ^ 
To the officers or all Wool Growers’ Associations in 
the United States: 
Gentlemen :—Will yon please forward to my office 
at the earliest moment possible, the names and Post 
Office address of the Officers of your Societies, with 
the number of members yon have enrolled. 
Tho importance of the measures now in progress, 
In which all wool growers have so deep an interest, 
make it very desirable that, this Association be able 
to communicate readily and promptly with yon. 
Wo desire to procure the address of officers, and 
number of members of district, county and township 
associations, as well as those of State organizations; 
as the address of every Wool Growers' Association in 
the United Statee is deslred. 
Ii, is earnestly hoped that all will respond promptly. 
By order of the Executive Committee. 
W. F Greer, Scc’y 
National Wool Growers’ Association. 
All newspapers friendly to the wool growing 
interest of the United States are requested to publish 
this notice. 
STRINGHALT. 
Ed3. Rural New-Yorker A correspond¬ 
ent in a late number of the Rural asks for 
information necessary to a cure of this com¬ 
plaint in horses. I am unable to Bnggcst a 
remedy, aside lrom re6t and those simple atten¬ 
tions to diet and exercise which are known to 
afford the recuperative powera of Nature their 
fullest scope of action. I have never known a 
case of this disease positively cured by any 
medical treatment, and all the books I have seen 
pronounce it incurable. Mathew says: 
Double Crops in Georgia—The Tine Hills. 
A correspondent of the American Farmer, 
Baltimore, writes favorably concerning the pro¬ 
ductiveness of the pine hill lands in Georgia — 
These comprise tho central elevations ol the 
State; have a line climate; are comparatively 
cheap; easily tilled and, when properly man¬ 
aged, give highly satisfactory returns for the ex¬ 
pense and labor bestowed upou them. W ith 
subsoil plowing—the base being a clay texture 
—aud suitable fertilizers, fine yields of the ce¬ 
reals and other farm crops are produced. Owing 
to the mildness of tho climate and the early ma¬ 
turing of crops farmers can, if they choose 
to crowd their land, gather a harvest of wheat 
in June and follow it with corn, which will ma¬ 
ture by the last of October. This has been done 
the present season though, on the whole, a re¬ 
markably backward one. 
Discussion on Grasses. 
The Secretary of the Fenton Farmer’s Club, 
located iu Oneida County, supplies the Utica 
Herald with the gist of the discussion had on 
the evening of tho 2Glh ult. The subject of 
grasses was the prominent topic ofthe evening. 
Every and any species was decided to be prefer¬ 
able to “Quack or Canale grass.’’ It was de¬ 
nounced as a pest and its extermination, root 
and branch, recommended. The Rhubarb wine 
swindle got a rap. Muck, for manure, was 
highly commended and all farmers advised to 
provide for composting, of which muck shall be 
a prominent iugredient. Attention to the drain¬ 
age of low lands was strongly recommended os 
one of the most remunerative of farm labors.— 
Barometers—especially the “Vegetable Coil” 
concern—were regarded as not sufficiently relia¬ 
ble to be of muob use in farming operations. 
Fattening Swine. 
Some pork raisers contend that hogs, when 
Dot be a bad move for some of our dairymen to give 
them a trial. 
■ «»« — 
Chinese Laborers. —An influential personage from 
the Celestial Empire ia said to be on hia way from 
California to the Atlantic cities for the purpose of 
farming <mt a large number of his countrymen to the 
planters of the South. His success is not to be de¬ 
sired, ns the Chinamen are a mishievons, wiley set, 
and will prove anything but an improvement on the 
colored laborer? of that region. 
Gate Fa&tkntnob. — In answer to “Yoricli,” in 
Rural of Nov. 17, 1 would a9y that J. H. Graves of 
your city, has an improved gate aud fartenlng which 
I think Is just the improvement you are looking tor. 
I coneider it cheap and practicable for both city and 
country. I think Mr. Graves would do well to ad¬ 
vertise his improvements in the Rural.—2. Cor¬ 
nell, Columbia Cross Roads , J’a. 
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Horseb Eating Mangers. — A Reader, Galcsville, 
Washington Co., wauts a cure for horses biting their 
cribB or mangers. Covet the edge of the crib or 
manger with tin or sheet Iron, aud the horses will 
probably find one bite sufficient. Smearing it with 
some nauseous preparation will answer the same 
purpose, probably. 
« «-»■»- 
Pjiolieic Grain.— In a field of oats near Gran town, 
Scotland, it was found that three barley grains which 
hud been dropped on the field had produced upward 
of 500 In return. From one grain there had sprung 
ninu stalks yielding 185 returns; while the other two 
had produced six stalks each, and 183 aud 168 returns 
respectively. _ _ _ 
The Rinderpest in England.— This terrible cattle 
d'eease Is nearly conqnered in Great Britain, not more 
than half a dozen cases being reported during the 
last week in October for the whole Kingdom. This 
result is due to the systematic and vigorous efforts of 
the government to arreet and crush out the infection, 
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Cotton Don’t Pay.— Writing to the Southern Cul¬ 
tivator a planter says he has gathered his cotton crop 
—a slim yield—which cost him, when baled, 28 cents 
per pound. He is of opinion that Southern farmers 
will be compelled to change from cotton to corn to a 
very considerable extent in order to make a Bring. 
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The Fall Plowing for Spring Grain — Is far ad¬ 
vanced, ( writes 8. W. A,, of DeKalb Co., HI.) Some 
farmers are done and others arc prosecuting the work 
with rigor. Fall plowing is considered indispensa¬ 
ble in this grain growing country. Not only will it 
produce a greater yield of grain, bnt the time saved 
in sowing in the epring_ is a very important thing, 
early sown grain being invariably the best, and it 
would be impossible to seed our vast grain fields in 
proper season if we had to wait to plow in the spring. 
Most of the plowing ia done, as it has been for many 
years past, only about four or five inches deep; easy 
work lor a good team to plow two acres even in these 
short days; but a few farmers venture to vary a little 
from the usual custom by putting three horses to the 
plow and turning ap soil to the depth of 10 to 12 inches. 
No doubt this is a paying operation, as I have proved 
1 the present year, the deep plowing yielding not less 
f , T q TjQBitivelv cured by any pat npior fattening, should be confined to small than five bushels of wheat per acre more than the orcli- 
so of this disease positively ctrrea by any t 1 ... th . i vi [ se a urett v eeneral free- nary plowing. Three horses will plow 25 per cent. 
edical treatment, and all the books I ave seen ^ action ‘ or tlie ]atter class is a corrcs- more in a day than two horses, and the plow will turn 
onounce it incurable. Matiiew says: f ' T , m Commercial Gazette 2 or 3 inches wider for running deep, so the loss in 
“Stringhalt is the imperfect development of pondent 1 ‘ , iatnra]lv h la2V ani ! time is but trilling. The experiment was tried ou 
of form of disease which in man and in dogs who says: The uo„ is natu y y two adjoining fields treated and seeded in every way 
that form of disease which in man and in dogs wno euya. 10 J J , two adjoining fields treated and seeded in every way 
is called chorea or St. Vitus’ dance. In dogs mal and, so soon as he gets his All wiU aUke , except the plowing. 
t ierks the whole body, even to the face. The aome quiet, snug place, where ho can He quiet y -_- 
lower jaw will continue moving and tho eye down to snooze and digest what he FrienT)!! <)P tiie rural will please bear in mind 
twitching while the animal is prost rate and Except in the heat of summer he w that this is the seaeon to increase and widen its cir- 
arieen In the horse however it is seen only in a dirty place for repose and t UDllD ‘* ' culation and influence—the best time to form clubs 
the hind extremities. In the dog it will contin- the hog a good lot to ran in; give thorn rc_ula. for Wo grat efally appreciate any and. every 
* , m , nvT -progression sometimes shaking the and plentiful food mixed with salt and fresh ash- effort ^ aid of the Rural, aud every one who forms 
ue boring prog ' * d th will f aU en faster and at less expense a clnl) of flve , ten, twenty or more v will be liberally 
creature from its balance, and it oiten ternn ^ if c( J ined in a sma i, and dirty pen.” This rewarded. Those who cannot conveniently form 
nates in death. -p looks rational and we believe the hogs would clubs atone, will please join with or asrist others. 
As to the cause of this disease May hew, Per- iooks rational and to . & For partlcalars , see our Show Bills, Premium List, 
cival and Goodwin attribute it to pressure on vote lor the r P &c., which ate sent free to ail applicants, 
in*, posterior nortion of the spinal column. In squeal on the question. 
a fw.iipvi onriTfctt L7I DU Yltuo uauuu. A.U. u'-'iio- • 
Mr. Garland of III-, said the wool growers of his » whole 5ody even to the face. The Borne quiet, snug place, where he can lie quietly 
State were of the opinion that in the arrangement or itjcika tne wnoie j, down to snooze and digest what he has eaten. 
Uio m,n bill b,tie Joint committee, enough tat, lower jew will contume moving and tho eye downu m°o no , eeleet 
wae not aelted upon foreign woo!, and that they de- twitching while the animal m prostrate »d Give 
sire a uniform specific duty upon all classes of foreign asleep. In the horse however it is 6Con only in . P , , ,,_. . „iwo fhnm rwnine 
was not asked upon foreign wool, aud that they de- 
Bire a uniform specific dnty upon all classes of foreign 
wool. 
Mr. Parsons of IU., desired further time for hiB 
delegation to consult upon this resolution, and hoped 
the matter would not be pressed to a vole this even¬ 
ing. 
The evening Session having now been protracted to 
a late hour, the Convention adjourned to 9 o’clock to¬ 
morrow morning. 
nates in death.” 
As to the cause of thi3 disease Mathew, Per¬ 
ceval and Goodwin attribute it to pressure on 
the posterior portion of the spinal column. In 
