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Such of your readers as examine this plan with 
a view of adopting it, will please remember that 
it can la 1 reversed—that is, the dining-room 
placed on the left instead of on the right aide, Ac. 
WINDOW FRAME. 
entire community, and will also affect the inter¬ 
ests and welfare of the coming generations 
What says the true patriot and philantrhopist? 
Shall our sun of liberty, in w hose light we have 
been reared, and enjoyed all the blessings of 
civilization and refinement, again shine forth 
with its wonted brilliancy, and reinoto mm? lions 
of our country feel its invigorating and benign 
influence? Or shall it lie entirely blotted from 
our political and social firmament, uud be en¬ 
tombed in the gulf of anarchy, and cruelty and 
oppression prevail from sea to sea. 
Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan. 1st, 1863. Farmer. 
ECONOMY IN WINTERING SHEEP. 
In counting cost it should be borne in mind 
that, as there is no waste room, a house can be 
built as cheap from this plan as from any other 
with like conveniences. The money expended 
on the ornaments is saved in the extreme sim 
A, Column 5x6. 
2x4. E, Corners. 
VERANDA DETAILS. 
B, Capital. C, Rafter 2x4. D, Joist 
plieity of the other parts. Although it requires 
more outside covering for an irregular form than 
a square one, yet in this plan there are no heavy 
timber, no expensive trusses, aud not an inch fit 
extra height required. The cost of my house, 
and it is all done in Uie best manner, does not 
exceed two thousand dollars. 
Baldwinsville, N. Y,, 1802. S. H. Nichols. 
THE FARMER'S POSITION, 
The human family is so constituted and 
organized that all are dependent beings, but 
w ith a good degree of propriety the farmer may 
be said to occupy the most independent position, 
inasmuch as all classes arc dependent upon him 
for support; w hile, in cases of necessity, the far¬ 
mer can get along comfortably well without 
countenancing many of the trades and profes¬ 
sions. It matters not what calling wo pursue, 
the cravings of nature will demand daily food, 
w hich must chiefly come from the soil through 
the labors and agency of the husbandman, whose 
mission is to cultivate the same, that it may 
bring forth those productions which are neces¬ 
sary for the sustenance of man and boast 
There is nothing degrading in labor, when 
rightly directed, to promote our own individual 
comfort and happiness, and advance the interests 
and welfare of the community at large. The fop 
may often pass the honest and industrious farmer 
by w ith a sneer, as ho appears clad in his rural 
garb of industry ; bat the tax-gatherer will ever 
respect him. and extend a cordial and friendly 
greeting. An industrious and enlightened hus¬ 
bandman tielievos that lie is engaged in a good 
work and is eager to prosper while at llic same 
time he is willing and pleased to see others 
about him prosper in all their laudable ef¬ 
forts. .As he performs his daily round of du¬ 
ties. he feels the consciousness that his invest¬ 
ments are of the most peril)auent character; the 
lands he tills may at times refuse bountiful har¬ 
vests. but they never can lx 1 destroyed by the ra¬ 
ging elements that often prove so destructive to 
those engaged in more hazardous pursuits. 
As the progressive, pioneer farmer enters a 
new country and commences his labors by ap¬ 
plying the axe to the sturdy monarch of the for¬ 
est. or puts his hand to the plow to turn the 
sward of the wide-spread prairie, his eye instinct¬ 
ively peers through the vista of coming years; 
he beholds towns and cities arise and flourish in 
rapid succession; he moves to and from his la¬ 
bors with a light and merry step, and a joyful 
song upon his lips, as he considers that he is 
paving the way and laying the foundation of fu¬ 
ture competence and prosperity. Thus Agricul¬ 
ture is ever ready to send forth her full quota of 
sturdy sons and energetic daughters in quest of 
new fields of enterprise and industry, as the in¬ 
terests of society and the times may demand.— 
and it is her preducts that supply the most press¬ 
ing wauls of earth’s millions of inhabitants. 
Her surplus products, by the aid of commerce, 
find their way to other lands and more distant 
climes, where they have often been received 
with grateful emotions. 
In view of the present distracted condition of 
our country, what says the agriculturist ? The 
question is now being solved by force of arms 
that concerns not only the husbandman, but the 
Onh year ago last winter I fed to one hundred 
ewes ten tuns of good hay, sixty-five bushels of 
com, sixty-five of oats; also the straw that grew 
on eight acres of wheat, and eight acres of oat 
straw, threshed with a machine and stacked in 
the sheep-yard in good order. I filled the racks 
with it every day, and at night, before feeding 
hay, would empty the racks of the straw, and 
litter the yard and sheds. 1 depended on the 
straw for feed as much as I could, but long lie- 
fore spring I had to economize my straw stuck to 
make it last through for bedding, or to litter the 
sheds and yard after storms. My straw 
stack was soon gone, and I did not feel 
much the bettor of it, except the benefit 
the sheep received from it by picking 
over it between other feedings, and for 
bedding. 
And now I want to compare this state¬ 
ment with the course 1 took to winter the 
same flock of one hundred ewes last win¬ 
ter, or one year ago this winter. I put 
in the barn the wheat that grew on seven 
acres, also the oats that grew on eight 
acres. I commenced early in the winter 
to thresh, with the horses, one flooring 
of oats per day, and filled the racks once 
or twice a day with the straw, depending 
on it as feed, as the appearance of the 
sheep would Indicate it would answer. 
When the oats were threshed I com¬ 
menced on the wheat and fed the straw 
in the same way. I had plenty of straw 
all winter for feed, and what was left 
each time in the racks for litter. I should 
also mention what is quite an item, that 
I stabled, adjoining the threshing floor, 
three cows and three young cattle. 
About half their keeping was of rakings 
from the floor after the straw was taken 
off to prepare for the next lot of 
sheaves. My flock of sheep 1 gave one hun¬ 
dred and twenty bushels of corn and oats, mixed 
equal, and three tuns of hay and corn fod¬ 
der that grew on two and one-half acres. My 
sheep and cattle never wintered better. I had 
no extra help through the winter. I did the 
threshing and feeding myself. This winter (yet 
l*G2.) 1 am pursuing the same course, and have 
just finished threshing a flooring. My farm con¬ 
sists of one hundred and sixty acres. I keep .TyO 
Merino sheep, and have feed this winter for 450. 
My neighbors object to the course I pursue, fell¬ 
ing mo they should think the rate would do a 
good deal of damage. Well, the rats will have alj 
they can eat; lor 1 feed them strychnine in some 
shape—usually in the upper part of a hogshead, 
placing it in the mow secure from the cats. 
Seneca Co., O., Dee., 1862. Threshing Mach is*. 
Fourth, the Fastening. Make a latch about 4 
feet long, one inch thick and 3 inches wide, which 
fasten on to the brace with a three-fourths pin 
or iron bolt Cut a recess 6 inches long in a 
piece of 2 by 2 scantling, and fasten on to the 
little post of the gate to hold the fore end of the 
latch. Make the catch by boring a 2-inch hole 
into the post, aud inserting a piece of hard wood 
at least a loot long outside of the post, to allow 
the latch to slide easily, and notched to hold the 
latch. Add a post with a catch to hold the gate 
open, and tho gate is ready for use. 
Cortland, 111., 12th Mo., 1862. S. W. Arnold. 
THE HEN FEVER 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Among the dis- 
eases that afflict the human family, there is no 
one disease that takes on so many forms as fever^ 
Thcie is the billions, the typhus, the nervous, the 
yellow, the remittent, the intermittent, and 
numerous other forms. But there was one kind 
of form of this disease, a few years ago, that 
proved very malignant, viz., the Hen Fever. It 
was attended with various symptoms, some of 
which were peculiar. There was the Shanghai 
symptom, the Brahma symptom, and the Dorking 
symptom, each of which had its peculiarity. 
The first, symptom consisted in a quick, wiry 
pnlsc; the second a strong, full pulse; the other 
a more regular, but weak pulse. The first de¬ 
noted a high state of inflammation, and where a 
physician was called who was ill the habit of 
practicing in this kind of cases, it was most 
always Lire* case that suppration took place; or, 
in other words, “ the fool and his money soon 
parted,” The second, or Brahma pulse, indi¬ 
cated danger of apoplexy, and the physician 
always recommended copious bleeding, which 
reduced the patient to a specie basis. Tho third 
pulse indicated diarrhoea; and where diarrhoea 
set in, it generally ran the patient so low that his 
finances collapsed. 
This fever seemed to be very contagious. It 
swept over large cities and towns, and through 
the rural districts, and was no respecter of per¬ 
sons—for the well as well as the poor suffered 
from its ravages. From w hat we can learn of its 
early history, it seemed to have started in or near 
the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, 
and extended westward to the Rocky Mountains. 
Like some other diseases, it seemed to be more 
extensive and more malignant in some localities 
than others; it was quite severe in Rochester and 
Buffalo. And after it had infected almost every 
State and county in the Union, it finally termi¬ 
nated at or near Clinton, Oneida county. Since 
that time 1 have never heard of any cases, except 
a few very inikl ones occurring at some of our 
State and County Fairs. Not being a regular 
physician, I don’t know that 1 could give a cor¬ 
rect diagnosis of this disease. Some have sup¬ 
posed that it was caused by an unequal circula¬ 
tion of the il precious metals,” and l am inclined 
to think that this is the case, for it was found in 
many cases that wi/ere this circulation was un¬ 
equal, and there jjyiiA-i wer a freely circulated in 
children whose labor can be turned to no better 
account—consequently it does not take up much 
of the time and attention of the men, who must 
necessarily devote themselves to the more press¬ 
ing and arduous duties of the field. Let farmers 
try the dairy once, and with proper manage¬ 
ment, they will find it too profitable to relinquish. 
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Stock Breeding in France. 
The Caen Society of Agriculture and Com¬ 
merce, founded in 1702, has just celebrated its 
hundredth anniversary—a fact which shows that 
there is more “solidarity” in the French rnral 
character than many persons would be disposed 
to imagine. The Society has especially devoted 
itself to the improvement of the pure Norman 
breed of stock, which it has contended is capable 
of amelioration per se, like all choice races, and 
it has constantly discouraged the introduction of 
foreign blood, whatever might be its merit. The 
amelioration and conservation of the milking 
qualities of the breed have been particularly 
kept in view, and the Society imposes upon its 
“laureate," or principal prizemen, the condition 
of keeping prize bulls in the district lor six 
months at least, and cows for a year, in order 
that the rewards given may not be turned to ex¬ 
portation account, and the stock rewarded lost to 
the locality. 
Corn Stalk** as Manure. 
The Editor of the Maine Farmer asks, “are 
corn stalks worth as much for manure as they are 
for fodder?” and answers the query by the fol¬ 
lowing statement: 
A young farmer recently related to us that one 
year his corn was kited bv the frost, and so badly 
damaged that the fodder was not worth harvest¬ 
ing. The corn was gathered in the field and the 
stalks were left upon tho ground all winter, and 
in the spring plowed under. The field was sown 
to wheat and sealed down with clover and timo¬ 
thy. So marked and last ing w as the effect of the 
stalks as manure, that a strip through the field 
where four rows of the corn had been cut and 
hauled off. was observed for years; the grain 
and grass there being small, and' on the other por¬ 
tions very heavy. Clover lodged on each side of 
this strip, while on the central portion it was not 
one-fourth as heavy. 
Remedies for Crib-Biting. 
In a former paper, says a correspondent of 
the Country Gentleman, there was an inquiry fir 
the cure of a crib-biting horse, and I have looked 
fur answers, and as yet have seen but one, and 
that was to buckle a strap around the neck. 1 
owned a crib-biter once, aud was told to try the 
strap, aud the effect was to cut the munu out, but 
the horse would crib when the strap was oft', and 
almost as often when on -keeping in a stall with¬ 
out rack or manger, and taking the food to the 
horses in boxes at feeding time, or soaping the 
parts thickly with soft soap on the spots he 
for cribbing, and in fact all parts reached b 
teeth. 
Rural Notes anti 3tcm 
G. 
Number 1, Voi.ny k XIV,—Is net, in some respects, 
what we intended The change of type, measure, etc., 
hare cecessi fated considerable extralabor in a brief period, 
and precluded careful attention to details; yet we think 
the number will compare favurahiy, in l<otl< contents and 
appearance, with the first issue of any preceding Tolume. 
The Practical Departments contain many valuable contri¬ 
butions, while the pages devoted to Miscellany, News, See., 
will be found interesting. In Order to give the House 
Plan complete, arid the usual variety, w« are obliged to 
defe.r Article in type from our Western Aid, H. T. B,, and 
others—but they are good enough to keep, and will odd to 
the interest and value of future numbers. If our friends 
—especially those who write on Practical Subjects—con¬ 
tinue their favors, we hope to render Volume XIV more 
Interesting aud valuable than either of its predecessors. 
Personal.—W e are so busy at this season that it is im¬ 
possible to give personal attention to much of the corres¬ 
pondence with which we are favored; hence, those who 
address us, requesting written answers, mu-t excuse appa 
rent, but not intentional, sins of omission—on. reticence 
being necessitated and noljvoiunUry. At the best we can 
only find or take time to answer a small proportion of the 
large number of inquiries received on alt sorts of subjects;, 
yet do the best we can under tho circumstances. Those 
who write us relative to Subscription and Advertising 
Terms—and their name Is legion—asking what is the host 
we can do, or if we will do thus or so, are referred to pub¬ 
lished rates and publishers notices for particulars. Would 
treat all courteously, but cannot afford to write what is 
already printed,—and much more easily read than our 
poor chirography can be deciphered. 
US06 
by his 
HOW TO MAKE A GOOD GATE 
Several communications have lately appeared 
in the Rural about making gates; some with 
scantling, boards and nails," and some minus 
the “scantling.” Now. a good gate is a good 
institution, and saveth many a minute of precious 
time, uud a poor gate is preferable to a set of bars, 
as is the common custom in Illinois; but “what is 
worth doing at all is north doing well," and I 
propose to describe one way of making a good 
gate, that will be sure to give satisfaction to any 
reasonable man. I have used such a gate daily 
for seven years, and the time and expense of 
repairing has not been worth 25 cents. 
First, the Posts. Procure a log of the most 
durable timber at hand, not less than 11 feet long 
and one foot diameter at top. Measure off four 
feet ai the top end to put into the ground, and hew 
the rest square, leaving it as large as it will make 
at the bottom, and tapering to about six inches at 
the toji. This is for the post on which to hang 
the gate. The post on the other tide for the gate 
to shut against, should be nearly as large, 9 feet 
long, rabbeted 3 inches wide and deep to receive 
the little post of the gate. 
Second, the Gate. Take a 4 by 4 scantling, 
(4 by G will do just as well,) 7 feet long for the 
back post, and one 3 by 4 for the front post 
Make 4 or 5 mortices 1 by G to receive the boards, 
or the boards may be let into one side of the 
posts and nailed. The bottom board, when hung, 
should be about 6 inches from the ground, and 
the top one 4 feet 8 inches. From the bottom of 
the little post to the top of the high post put a 
brace, which, for a gate 11 feet wide, should be 
nearly 13 feet long. Frame this into tho long 
post at the top with a dove-tail, and nail strongly; 
then nail to all the boards of the gate, with 
wrought nails, clinched. In the center of the 
gate put a piece of Ih.uixI perpendicular, and nail. 
and around the sy 
y {descent 
Oakland, Liv. Co 
cm, the patient became con- 
C. H. Randall. 
Y., ’1862. 
ByTRAL experiences, - no, V. 
While can massing for the Rural the present 
month, I notice .that those persons who read the. 
Rural, like it, and if able, are ready to subscribe 
again. Some take it ter their families, who do 
not read it thcmsclvca. 15| it, Mr. Editor and 
brother farmers, I really teJtevo that not one-half 
who take the Rural, or any other paper, reads 
more than one-half what is in ea °b number. 
This is not for want of time, but for yant of taste 
for reading, which all should try iO cultivate. 
Farmers usually read that part which pertains 
to Agriculture and the news—the wife Ihe part 
that pertains to cooking and the Ladies’ Depart¬ 
ment—while the nurseryman and gardener reads 
the Horticultural Department. Now, I believe 
that, if we all followed the example of one 
“Rural Reader,” I know, viz., read first, second, 
third, fourth, and the other pages, advertisements 
and all, we should like the Rural better, learn 
more, and appreciate its true value as a Rural 
and Family Newspaper. 
Again. not one-half that take the Rural do as 
they should—that is. keep the numbers clean , 
aud lay them up for ftiture reference and future 
generations. Next to a leaf from the Bible, wo 
would think of tailing the Rural for waste- 
paper. Now, let each and all who take this 
paper, read il—read il thoroughly —and when 
through reading, lay ii carefully away, and at 
tho end of the year you will thank me for this 
suggestion. Observation. 
About Wintering Horses. 
A Connecticut farmer winters his horses 
on cut hay and carrots. In the morning each 
horse receives six or eight quarts of carrots, with 
half u bushel of cut hay; at night he has the same 
quantity of hay mixed with three quarts of prov- 
dcr, consisting oi oats and corn in the ear ground 
together. This, says the New England Farmer, 
keeps them in tine health and good working order. 
Manufacture of Flax Cotton. —A company has been 
formed in .Medina, Orleans county, to manufacture cotton- 
ized flax. The business is to be conducted by Messrs. 
Tamiilin & Carman, and will be commenced as soon as 
proper buildings can be erected for the storage of flax. 
The Medina Tribum says:—“The company have nude or 
rangements to advance Flax Seed to farmers, aud to con¬ 
tract for both sled and straw when harvested, Thin is an 
enterprise deserving of encouragement, and at tho ruling 
prices cannot fail to pay better than almost any ordinary 
Crop raised by Uie former. This company is composed of 
gentlemen of fine business capacity, of strict integrity, and 
of ample means.'* We wish the enterprise abundant suc¬ 
cess, and trust similar ones will be undertaken in other 
places—all over the Loyal States where flax can be profita¬ 
bly grown. 
Cottknized Flax, —We have received from Mr. Nbil 
COOK, of Oswego, N. Y., samples of Flax Cotton made by 
n process discovered by Mr, C , and alluded to in the Ru 
ral of Dec. 20;—also a sample of the tow from which such 
cotton is manufactured. The former is a white and fine 
article, and looks like driving a largo nail in the coffin of 
King Gotten. Though it may not make as tine cloth as 
cotton, we think it will be stronger and more durable, 
judging from the strength of the fiber. 
Agricultural Societies.— liepvris, itc .—This is the 
season when most of the Agricultural Societies, Clubs, 
Ac , hold annual and other important meetings—elect offi¬ 
cers, report, progress, etc As we wish to keep our readers 
advised in regard to the condition of these associations, 
Secretaries will oblige us by forwarding a condensed report 
of their most important prooceeding-, with names of offi¬ 
cers elected, for publication in the Rural. We shall be 
glad to receive such reports relative to all the prominent 
Agricultural and Horticultural organizations in tho Loyal 
States and Canada West. 
gmjuims ami 
Profitable Sheer Husbandry —A friend knowing to 
the facts inform.- us that Mr. Lbwis E. Heston, of Ala¬ 
bama, Genesee county, last summer sold his clip of wool 
from 125 Spanish Merino sheep to Godi.d & Co., Batavia, 
for $427. He raised 75 lambs from the same flock, and has 
refused $o per head for them. The receipts from and gain 
in value of flock (which Mr. H. kept through last winter) 
figures thus:—854 lbs wool, at 60c., $427 ; 75 lambs, worth 
$o each, $375—or a total of $802 Tho owner of such a 
flock can afford to pay war taxes 
. mffi IWAGB 'T Ha n C o1 - vour ^^Tibers drained fields 
with blue marl subsoil, as retentive of water as a cement¬ 
ed cistern, and when after Uie first ten inches Uie pick 
must be used V Will drainage pay under such circurmton 
c'<*s r—G. , U&nft 
Cotton, Hroom Corn, Ac—Will you, or some of Uie 
rtmh rs ot the Iiural who know, please inform me how to 
raise Cotton, and where the seed can be obtained T Also, 
B P’ om Corn and liow to make a good but 
ehegp machine for making it up into Brooms ? and oblige 
—A VPUNO Iakmkk, Lain «... if, 
' Horse Training.—C an you or any of the readers of the 
IlUKA!. inform uie through its columns of the best method 
of training a young horse to hack t 1 have one that is well 
broken in every respect, except he will not back a had — 
A Subsokibkr, H'oync, Huh 
How Muon Mile for a Pounp of Cheese.— Will some 
experienced cheese-maker please tell, dire ugh the Ru 
ral, how many IIm. of milk is required to make 1 lb. of 
Cheese As my experience this summer lias proven that 
it takes 9 2-11 lbs to make 1 lb , 1 would likett) hear from 
some others.—It. H. M. 
Near Brewerton, Onondaga Co., N Y., 1802. 
Third, the 
Hanging, 
Get a blacksmith to 
Rural Spirit of tl)c press. 
Butter for England, 
The Michigan Farmer says:—Within the 
present month, a transaction has taken place in 
the Detroit market which would seem very sug¬ 
gestive to the agriculturists of Michigan. It was 
the sate of three tuns of butler for the Liverpool 
market. This lot brought 17 cents per pound. 
Although Liverpool is said to be over-stocked 
with breadstuff*. Loot', jxirk, lard, Ac., rind there 
post, diagonally aud key: the eye long enough to 
reach in the same manner through the post of the 
gam and key. 1 he lower hook may be sharpened. 
make a stout patrol hooks and eyes, the top hook is little or no shipping of these products, still 
long enough to reach through the top of the big butter generally commands a good price, and 
there will undoubtedly be a good demand and 
fair profit for all that may lie sent there. 
Our farmers should not pass this important 
aud drove in, but the lower eye should be keyed , fact by unnoticed. It would be well for all per- 
like the top one; or, in place of die upper hinge, sons who have any lard in this locality that is 
a piece of 2-inch plank 2 feet long and G inches 
wide, may be framed on tho top of the post, with 
a long mortice near one end and a 2-iueh hole 
near the other to receive the top of the gate post, 
which should be rounded. The long mortice is scarce in the city. In our mind, the daily is a 
Wukat iv Lancaster Co., Pa — Will some of theism 
castor County Pn. readers of tlie Rural please inform us 
wbat is considered a good crop of wheat in Pequa Valiev, 
and what is the most they ever knew to grow on one acre? 
-H. H M , YpsUamti, Mich., 11th mo., 1882. 
What Ails my Lambs ?—I hare a flock Of about fifty 
fine wool lambs, all ot which seemed healthy until several 
weeks after weaning, when many of them commenced 
pining’, until they were ho pi >or and weak they could not 
stand, hut still lingering three or four days after they were 
apparently dying, it appears t v me like a lingering con¬ 
sumption. Il you or your many correspondents can de¬ 
scribe to me the disease, with its reined v, it will great)v 
oblige—A Subscriber, Ontario Co., JV Y. 
About Sheep —Through the Rural I would like to 
ascertain the must effectual remedy to prevent sheep from 
piUlir,/ their l oool. 1 have fed them a mixture of sulphur 
and salt, but tills is only a partial remedy. 
It sheep kept on moist land land are salted when the 
gross is wet, and -alt thrown under their feel in the win 
ter oiv.vi vnaUy. (and this is no iiyurv to the manure) the 
foot r, t will never trouble them.— A ’K. Montour. Perru 
A'. Y, 1862. *’ 
A neighbor of mine has several sheep which have lost 
one half of their wool—leaving large spurs of the skin 
covered with scurf The lambs are affected in the same 
way. What ails the sheep :■ What will cure them r -—J. 
The Season. —The weather of the last ten day* has been 
remarkably mild for tbe season—more like. April than De- 
ceu?blT. Instead of snow we have lmd an abundance of 
rain, with a high temperature. The ground has scarcely 
been touched with frost for weeks Roads bad—the mud 
and softuess rendei”°o of them almost impassible. 
To day (Dec. 30,) Uie w.’'-d ller growing colder, with in 
dicationa of seasonable snow Kiid frost for New Years—and 
a general “ freeze up" and si eighth’ will prove very ac¬ 
ceptable. 
Otsego Co. Ag. Society. —At the recent annual meet¬ 
ing of rid* Society the following Board of Officers were 
elected for 1863: President—A lfkkd Clark*, rice Prat. 
—Win. J. Compton. Secretary —H. M Hooker. Treas¬ 
urer _o, p. Keese. Directors —Cbas. Bates and R. M.. Van 
Rensselaer _ _ _ 
The Rural Appreciated —By every mail we receive 
the most convini 4ng, because substantial, evidence that 
the Rural is appi. aerated by those who have read it for 
veal's. The writers i ,ot on b T remit liberally but talk most 
encouragingly The tetter we have opened to day, 
(Dec. 30.) is from 11 A. .Barncm, of Niagara county, con¬ 
tains pay for a handsome clul> > anJ cIl ->see thus:—“The 
Rural must be sustained. . 1 c0 ' r h “ re tw * ln ' V0,UIU0S ’ 
nine of which ore bound, and a' woul(i nut i ,art with U,em 
for $5 each. In short, onr hum* would los * ma,, - T of ite 
charms were the Rural excluded . {t * m iU and 
we are not going to do without it, , and paper lamme 
to the contrary notwithstanding. I h*\ ' spent conadera 
ble time in making up my club, and tny reward is in the 
Consciousness of bating done a good d*s 
Nsvins, of Schuyler Co., writes:— "Fortysac 
$CA) is the result of my December recruiting a 
have a few additional volunteers who will eonv 
any iai.ci m this locality 
not used for crops, to sred it down for pasturage, 
add some good milking Etock, and make more of 
a Business in dairy pNifits. Butter will ever 
command a good prije, and is most always 
Ilnr Jou L.VA Is there a journal devoted to the culture 
of Hops ?—P. G. F., Honecye, X, T. 
We know of none in this country, and if there is one 
would be glad to see a specimen. 
to receive a key to raise or lower the tore end of 
the gate. 
most remunerative branch of agriculture; being 
light, and mostly attended to by the women and 
Location of An. Colleoels. —Will you please inform 
me, through the columns of the Rural, where the differ 
ent Agricultural Colleges are situated ? and oblige— Can¬ 
ada, Forest Station, V IV. 
In the Rural of April 12,1862, we gave an article on 
Agricultural Oil Ic-ges, blaring the location and condition of 
the most prominent ones. Among those in operation arc 
the Michigan Ag. College, located at Lansing, the capital 
of the State; tho Farmer's College, at Farm School, Center 
Co., Pa.; and the Maryland Ag. College, located ten miles 
from Washington, D. C. 
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'iscribers and 
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join the 
regiment One half of the forty are new subscriber 
An Orleans county friend says—•' My wife's inliui’iv 
ded to my own has obtained the following names foe 
(to us indispensable) Rural,’’ &c.-D. 8. Warn, . 
Montgomery Co., 1)1., writes—“It is over five years sinv* 
I commenced my acquaintance with you as a subscriber to- 
the Rural, and our interest in its pages increases with 
each succeeding year. I wish you abundant success in 
these trying timer I have voted myself an Jgent for the 
Rurai , and here is the result—16 names and $24."-la 
a letter containing a good list, M. L. Bennett, of 'West¬ 
chester Co., says:—“ You certainly deserve to be sustained, 
not only as the Farmer's Friend, but a- the true friend of 
our distracted country in this -ad time of trial.”-The 
wife of a soldier semis a list from Jefferson county, and 
writes:—“I hope to send as many names as last year; and 
hope, also, that my husband will be home from the war, 
to help recruit for your ranks, before many months.”- 
We might quote a score of equally cheering greetings 
from letters received to day, but tbe above must suffice. 
The mail receipts of the day (about $2,000,) are from al¬ 
most every Loyal State, Canada, Ac., and prove that the 
Rural is appreciated and will be abundantly sustained. 
Thanking its friends ail over the land for their ardent and 
substantial support, we enter upon the labors of the new 
year and volume resolving to render the Rural Niw- 
Yof.ekr increasingly worthy of such noble encouragement 
