\ 
whole line of a chimney in a two-story house 
down to the fircboard, to deposit its little load of 
half a drop, looks to me like rather a tedious un¬ 
dertaking, to say nothing of its toil in gathering, 
by resorting to flower after flower. Jf we have 
beets in the right-sized hives, and save them 
every Btep that is in our power, by giving them 
the best possible chance of entering and depart¬ 
ing, they do exceedingly well, if they store one 
hundred lbs. of honey in one season. Of course 
there are instances where they have done more, 
and thousands whora they have done lees. I 
have soon box Lives so large that the bees would 
fill them about half full and swarm, showing 
that thoy had more room than they required; and 
the large hive, (illed with comb, would cost no 
swarms, for reasons slated before. Some imag¬ 
ine that if they have a large hive they must have 
a large swarm. 1 have noticed that a small hive, 
or one of the capacity of about one bushel, will 
cast as large a swarm as one holding three times 
the amount, which shows that the queen can find 
sufficient room to deposit what eggs she is capa¬ 
ble of doing in tho small hive, to say nothing of 
other advantages pertaining tu tho latter. 
Foreetvilie, Ghaut. Co.. N. Y , 1863 M. S. 8ww 
much dry hay. You may keep a horae eating all 
the time and not have it thrive." In regard to 
carrots he says, “ I would feed carrots all winter 
in small quantities, especially to young horses 
and breeding maroa. This keeps them in a 
healthy oonditdon. Team horses may be fed on 
them once each day to advantage.” 
Rural Notes an it 3tem 
other half pigs at nine months old. The old 
ones we judge will weigh from 350 to 400 pounds 
each, and the pigs from 275 to 300 pounds—leav¬ 
ing the greater profit on the side of the pigs. 
Nearly all a cross of the Poland, Suffolk and 
Chester—(can’t you send a buyer?—six dollars, 
and going—gone!) 
Wo close by wishing you and your typo- 
brigade, and all renewed patrons, a “Happy New 
Year;” and to your former readers, who refuse to 
take the paper because it is “tow shillin” higher, 
mortification and rapeutancc, for vainly attempt¬ 
ing to keep house without the UniiAi,. 
Millville, N. Y , Jan. 1,1863. M. Oknoobt. 
whichever you rhooso. The diagram on pre¬ 
ceding page represents one-half ot a fairge gate, 1 1 
feet wide between posts. 1 f you wish asmallergato 
this half Of the large one will answer. This is 
superior to the common gate in several points. 
First, it is cheaper; second, it is bung so that it 
will never sag; third, no depth of snow will ever 
clog it; and fourth, children can not swing upon it 
Directions son Making.— E is the bed piece 
6 inches square and 18 feet long, which should he 
set, in level with the surface. B, B, B, B, are the 
posts, 1 inch or 11 inch thick, 6 inches wide, 5 feet 
high; 8 of them (in a largo gate) fastened to each 
side of the hod piece. The posts should bo dove¬ 
tailed into the bed piece, E, so as to be 31 incboH 
apart on the inside. F’s are the cross pieces 
9 feet long, 4 inches wide, and 1 inch thick. I>, 
D, are the brackets which are 3 foot long, 3 inches 
wide, and 1 inch thick, to be nailed one on each 
side at. each end of the cross pieces. There should 
he a piece, U, 3 indies wide, nailed on top of the 
cross piecoa. A, A, are the braces on which the 
gate swings; there are 8 ot them; and they 
should be of hard wood, 3 inches wide and 1 
inch thick. O, cap to the posts, which should be 
34 feet long, 9 inches wide and 14 inch thick. G 
is the block on which tho gates rest when both are 
shut The posts should bo placed 3 feet apart 
when the gale >s 9 feet long, and the braces 3 toot 
from each end. The braces are to bo bolted to 
the top cross pieces with a 3-inch bolt, and to the 
bottom of the inside of tho pests witJi a G-ineb 
holt. I think these directions are sufficiently 
plain, accompanied with the diagram, to enable 
any farmer to make his own gate. c. 
Turin, N. Y., 1863. 
It’s all Right, Ft-thnt'S !— For the information of the 
thousands of its readers who feel an interest in the pros¬ 
perity of the Rural New Yorker, we take this occasion 
to report that its new volume is receiving a far larger 
subscription, and more cordial reception, than wo had an¬ 
ticipate. L The enbecriptioas received up to this date 
(Jan. <$,) exceed, by over Are* thonsard, the number wo 
had received at the corresponding period Last ycor Bat 
this is not all—Agent-Friends write more encouragingly 
than ever ts-forc, especially as to how highly the Rural 
is appreciated by the people. Many subscribers and 
agents insist that the paper hall be sustained, even if they 
are changed more than published rates. Tho letters from 
such warm hearted, earnest friends are moot gratifying. 
As a sample we quote what friend Woodrow*, of Bel¬ 
mont Go., Ohio, writes —“ Rural of Dec 27 say*, * if the 
{xipcr famine continue-. we tviu make nothin;. >n copies 
furnished at the club price of f l 60 ' Flense .-barge me 
$2 each for . very name I have sent yen for Rural for 
1863, and I will collect the same soon and remit to you. 
A very ‘Happy New Year 1 to yon and bucccss to the Ru¬ 
ral.” We. gratefully appreciate such land offers, bat 
must decline to make the “ charge. ” Our hope is that the 
“paper famine” wiU not continue many months, yet if it 
does we intend to go through On- year without assessing 
onr friends. Meantime, those ho disposed arc at liberty 
to do what a host of good friends have already done—send 
us $2 each for the RokaL instead of joining a cluh. Hav¬ 
ing added seven thounxnd to the edition with which wo 
had resolved to cwmmence the volume, wc shall be able 
to furnish the early numbers to aJl who apply soon, 
whether single or club subscribers. 
What Farmers’ Boys should Know. 
According to the Annual Register for 1863, 
every Farmer’s Boy should know how, sooner or 
later, 
1. To drew himself, black hie own shoes, cut 
bifl bother’s hair, wind a watch, sew on a button, 
make a lied, and keep all his clothes in perfect 
order, and neatly in place. 
2. To harness a horse, grease a wagon, and 
drive a team. 
3. To carve, tuid wait ou table. 
4. To milk tho cows, shear the sheep, and dress 
a veal or ruutton. 
5. To reckon money and keep accounts accu¬ 
rately, nud according to good book-keeping rules. 
6. To write, a neat, appropriate, briefly ex¬ 
pressed business letter, in a good hand, and fold 
and superscribe it properly; and write contracts. 
7. To plow, sow grain and grass seed, drive a 
mowing machine, swing a scythe, build a neat, 
stack, and pitch hay. 
8. To put up a package, build a fire, whitewash 
a wall, mend broken tools, and regulate a clock 
THE CURRENCY FARMERS WANT, 
Friend Bkagdon has hit the nail on the head 
on the currency question, in bis report of the 
Dixon Convention. Just what we want is a reli¬ 
able currency; one that we can travel a hundred 
miles, more or less, from home with, without 
having to pay discount,—one that we can pay 
taxes and all other debts with, without loss,—and 
one that we can keep over night and foe) secure. 
Such a one we believe can be obtained iri the 
Government notes. They will not fail until the 
source, from whence they spring fails, and when 
that fails wo will all fail together. 
If any of the readers of the Rural, have not 
perused that report under the head of “ Western 
Editorial Notes,” let them do so; and let every¬ 
body thunder it in the eais of Congress and the 
Government, that we must have a reliable cur¬ 
rency, and the best way to get it Is to clear away 
all the rubbish by a tax on bank issues, and 
supply its place with “greenbacks.” “Wind 
have the farmers to do with it?*’ Sure enough, 
what have the farmers to do with it? Have they 
forgotten how, from time immemorial, banks 
have been failing and leaving thousands of dol¬ 
lars of their hills in the hands of hard-working 
people—a’total lose? Have they forgotten how, 
at the commencement of the rebellion, when 
Southern stocks depreciated, nearly all the banks 
in Illinois collapsed, and the money that farmers 
had received for their wheat, (which 5 b more 
valuable than gold,) for its face, passed out of 
their hands at discounts of from 20 to 80 per cent, 
causing thereby losses to the laboring men of 
Illinois of thousands upon thousands of dollars? 
And, if they have so soon forgotten these things, 
are they not constantly reminded at the present 
time of the deficiency of the currency, when not 
a dime in silver can lie seen, but in place thereof 
a multiplicity of shin pi asters, which they must 
take in change or suffer inconveniences. Re¬ 
deemable and irredeemable r!j in pi asters and 
dirty postage stamps in place of the jingling 
silver—bah! The people have the power to de¬ 
mand and obtain a better currency. 1 Bay, let’s 
exercise it; now is the propitious moment 
Fruit Hill, 111., 1863. 8. w. A. 
The Locust for Bee Pastures. 
A oorrkspondscnt of the Bern Journal says: 
“In Belting ornamental trees, it is surely worthy 
one’s attention to have regard to their honey- 
producing power, and to seloct, with this end In 
view, those blooming at different times, or those 
blooming at the same time, In Southern Ohio, 
bees, some years, gather a large portion of their 
surplus honey from the locust Their industry 
during the yield from the locust is surprising. 
Where the tree grows in great numbers, they 
almost abandon all other sources of supply.” 
The production of mist is the subject of a note 
by tlio veteran Dr. John Davy, (brother of Sir 
Humphrey,) b the Edinburgh Philosophical 
Journal. The cause Ubtially assigned for mist is 
tho access of cold air, and its admixture with 
air, saturated, or nearly saturated, with 
aua gtusivm 
A Likeness ov tub Editor.—I n a postscript to a recent 
letter,'an esteemed lady correspondent writes:—“Could 
not Mr Moore manage, in some way, to give us Rural 
readers a likeness of himself in his paper or iu sorue other 
style ? I have often wished we had a likeness of the man 
wo so much admire os an Editor and a gentleman; and 
have more than ever before desired it ever since I caught a 
glimpse of him at the State Fair. I'm quite sure ail the 
lie HA i. family would rejoice to see his phiz — indeed, I 
kiwv; we vxruid.'' 
— That is complimentary, especially after the writer has 
had a glimpse of our ha—unibiy phiz! But we cannot 
consistently comply Aside from our modesty, and the 
reasons heretofore assigned in response to similar request* 
—to wit, the lack of extremely good looks, gray hairs, 
dignity and a hundred thousand subscriber *—a very par¬ 
ticular frierui thinks an ordinary newspaper engraving 
would not do “justice to the subject. ” A wood cut may 
do very well to represent a President or General, but it ie 
not just the tiling to portray an Editor! As to tho “ other 
style,” we have lately been urged to obtain photograph* 
(cartes dr visiter,) with a view of sending the same to such 
Agents and Subscribers of the Rural for 1803 as should 
desire them; but our diffidence, the “paper famine,” and 
a fear ttrnt the demand might overwork the artist, (thereby 
depicting a certain purse,) have caused us to banish the 
idea, for the present at least However, if wc evoij“go 
into the pictures," our fair friend shall have odc of tho 
first “issued.” 
Potatoes most likf.lv to Rot.— In the Rural a year 
or two since, (or more,) I kjiw it stated that the heaviest 
potatoes were the least liable to not—tin matter wli.vt. the 
variety. Now if that is true, it is an interesting fact, and 
ought to lie known, as it may influence the kind of seed 
planted tho coming vrar. The extent of the ret the pres 
ont year ought to afford datu. Will not gentlemen nseer 
tain the relative specific gravity of varieties cultivated, to¬ 
gether with their relative freedom from rot7—W. P. Rot, 
Kalamazoo, Mich 
HOGS - HOG-PENS. 
Much has. boon Ktid find written in regard to 
fattening hogM, as also of what age they should 
lie in order to secure the greatest profit. In the 
articles we have seen in the IIukaj, on this sub¬ 
ject, we have been much interested. Since the 
ravages of the wheat midge have turned our 
attention more to pork raising, and as we feel we 
have been much aided in all the departments of 
fanning by the experience of others as spread 
out in your paper, it oceum'd to us that the 
receiver of good should lie the dispenser of good 
to others; hence, for the first, time, follows a short 
chapter of our experience, either to appear in 
your pages, or descend into the “pigeon-hole,” at 
your discretion. 
We learned, many years ago, that It was vain 
for a farmer to keep more stock, of any kind, than 
he could keep well and comfortable — that is, 
well fed and well hoaxed. When we thought of 
keeping more hogs we had no place to keep 
what we had then comfortable—and what shall 
be done? Our purse said something cheap and 
easily built would answer. But we had hail a 
number of that kind in our day. as, for instance, 
frame-work four feet high, boarded up, with a 
shanty roof on one end for a bed apartment; but 
the exposed limbers of these would, in a few 
years, become so mellowed with rot that their 
swineships would gnaw out. Then we thought 
of something harder in the shape of stone and 
mortar. T IdvIam we hit upun as being at 1 east the 
most durabfr- -consequently three years ago last 
-summer we pm up a wall 7 feet high, 18 by 30 
inside, and on the wall a story of frame work— 
seven feet posts, all well covered with boards 
and shingles, making a good storage for soft 
corn, and everything in general. In llie apart¬ 
ment below, have two pens with outer doors into 
small yards, where the porkers in warm weather, 
by the aid of straw, rurnagod pea vinos, potato tops, 
«&c., and make manure. Have, likewise, room in 
one corner for an arch, with a three-barrel kettle 
set for eookinglpurposes. Water is conveyed into 
this kettle by means of pump-logs, from a well 
about four rods distant. Pen our hogs after they 
have done with.wheat and pea stubble. Com¬ 
mence feeding by boiling potatoes, pumpkins, 
and apples, (mix together when we have them,) 
mash them well, then thicken the soup with oat 
and pea meal ground together. When potatoes, 
ifco., gel short, we heat the water and dip into 
large mbs -and when hot thicken with the 
Whvn to Ctrr Posts—M y father u*ed to cut his post* 
[Tamarac) in February in preference to any other season 
of the year, h it the beet lime ? WiU not some of your 
readers Who have hail experience in this matter, give the 
result* of it 7— R. Bristow, /xJte Co., JU. 
This is an inquiry that ought to elicit many interesting 
facte, regardless of any tbereorj that might he given. We 
hope some of our readers will respond. 
warm 
moisture, (such as that resting on the surface of 
large bodies of water,) and strikingly exemplified 
in our autumnal and winter togs, when the water, 
owing to heat absorbed during tho summer, is ol 
higher temperature than in flowing air. Dr. Davy, 
however, refers to another, cause, not bo much no¬ 
ticed, viz.:—a mild, moist air coming in contact 
with a colder air, equally humid, resting on cold 
surfaces, whether of land or water, about tho end 
of winter or beginning of spring. He describes 
mists, which he considers to have been thus 
formed, in tho lake district of Cumberland. To a 
similar cause, also, be refers the phenomena 
termed sweating, which is the precipitation of 
How to Lxnothen the Season —If some of your ag¬ 
ricultural writers would only tell u* how to secure earlier 
spring* aud later autumns, no that we could get in our 
crops in reasonable time in spring, and mature the wood 
of our fruit tree* in autuinu »o»R to prevent their destruc¬ 
tion by a late growth, it would bo a “ big thing" for us— 
IlAWKhYS. 
Wo will do that “big thing" in a few word*. Drain 
your mils in some way—wiUi the mole ditcher if you can, 
—if the snbeoil is stiff enough,—or in some oter way. It 
will lengthen the scasou sure. 
Salt os Asparagus.—I have repeatedly dressed my 
asparagus lied* with salt, and have a* open omitted the 
top-dressing i cannot say That 1 (Uncover any difference 
in favor of the wilt dressed asparagus—qither in the quau 
Uty of the product or in it« quality. It L» called a marine 
plant; must wc feed it with salt 7 that is the question. —O. 
ft. 8., I leaver /tom, HV 
We have no evidence that salt is a necessity iu the cul¬ 
ture of asparagus Some have supposed that it stimulated 
it* growth; but wc find the Balt dressing is neglected by 
some of our (wet cultivators An abundance of well de 
composed manure if found to insure a good crop of good 
quality. 
Debt TXRPHivatuiir for Root*.—Now, I take it frozen 
route arc not desirable a* » feed for mllcli cows, horses or 
fc ny other stock. And I not often asked the best 
tempOv" 1 ‘ ,un ' ,or keeping roots—and I would like to know 
• lie best tew’ 'pemtufv tbe.v can be in for feeding purposes 
There citn b(* ttoiloubl that lunch vcgetulilr food is worse 
tlian wasted, by bring fed in a frozen state, or in a condi¬ 
tion nearly approaching It.— W G. K., Ohio. 
Roots keep beet at » temperatnre n* low as may be and 
not freeze, or not get a freezing chill. The juice* are thus 
retained, and tho roots are greatly relished It Is not good 
practice to feed root* when they are considerably chilled; 
it is a very near approach to wastefulness 
Tur. Weather—C ontinues remarkably mild The drat 
live day* of January were mostly bright, with an October 
temperature; and today (the 8th) we are having a warm 
April like rain. The weather of tin' part three weeks has 
astonished that reliable personage, “the oldest inhabitant," 
who avers that he never saw the like. Is-tters from dis¬ 
tant places, both East and W ret, speak of the unusual 
mildness of tho reason. Some day* ago, Hrrmt Uhls, of 
St, Charles, HI., cent us flowers which k*<> l>),resumed in 
flic open air in his garden, and a later noil from him 
(dated Doc. 30,) says —“ Our warm and pleasant weather 
Continues. I finished plowing ou Monday last. Tho 
ground was never in better eoudition for plowing than at 
present. The warm weather is shortening the time we 
will have to fodder, provided the spring don’t bold ou until 
May. Little or no hay has beeu fed as yet, and only by a 
vory tew.” 
THAT CORN CRIR 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker Correction. — 
Your artist made an important error In picturing 
my plan of a corn crib, in your paper of the 13th 
ult. The description given dirccls the walls of 
the crib lo be built 
of oak ribs, 3 
T . inches wide by U 
thick, 6 foot in 
height. The ribs 
to be laid flatwise, 
(horizontally flatwise,) H is obvious that 28 
ribs would be required to a side—the last course 
being doubled. The artist pictured the crib as 
built of 8 ribs to a side, which would neither 
hold the cars of corn in, nor keep the birds 
opt The interstices being I t inches wide by 3 
deep, birds cannot reach the corn, nor enter 
to obtain it. Had I one thousand bushels of 
corn to store annually, I should prefer building 
four sueb cribs to contain it, to any other method 
of storage that I have seen.—P rtkr Hathaway, 
Alikin, Erie, Co., Ohio. „ 
[Our artist thinks ho made no error, in fact, 
as he did not endeavor to represent the 71 umber 
of ribs, but purposely made the engraving open 
and light, in order to show the ribs.—E d.] 
Grub in the Head of Sheep. 
Dr. Dadd, in a communication to the Prai¬ 
rie Fai'mer, says the only way to prevent grub 
in the head of sheep, is to put plenty of whole¬ 
some “grub” into the stomach of the animal— 
and that it is a well known fact that sheep prop¬ 
erly attended to, well fed and housed, are never 
troubled with the parasite known its the grub 
A Gooff A- — 1 nc ‘ «nu>r in me uamanua Farr** tusks 
whether fie shell the prise of hi* paper—wtiicli 
ia only $4 a year—saying Vtui the I )ri< ' c of priming paper 
has about doubled iu two monOis 714 states, however, 
that every newspaper has more or loss '•dead heads" that 
in a case like the present cam be stricken off, and fiddsTre 
“There are numerous societies, association*, etc., to whom 
(uving done our duty for many years pant, they eon now 
show them appreciation of what tor have done, and we 
shall be happy to have them as at;^£^CI^IlllIRS.' , Tho Ool 
concludes that if those on his free (“ dead head list wil 
become subscribers, he can still furnish the Farmer at $4 a 
year, but it must be strictly in advaneo—wtiieh is amuibta 
If those associations, etc., which have received the Rural 
free for many years will subscribe, we will try to furnish 
all applicants at not over $2 a year 
To Care Scours ix Cattle. 
A correspondent of tho Irish Farmer's 
Oazetle states that he has used for many years, 
as a remedy for Hub complaint, the following:— 
Mix friar’s balsam, 3 ounces; spirits of turpen¬ 
tine, 2 ounces; linseed oil, one quart. Keep the 
cattle without food twelve hours before giving 
the medicine, observing to shake the bottle well. 
Give one and a half tablospoouful lo a lamb, two 
to a sheep, and three to a calf two mornings fol¬ 
lowing, which in general will stop it; if it doffs 
not, stop one morning and repeat again. 
gtiiuiis of g^rirultuval cSomtus 
The Annual Miiktirg of the N Y. State Ag. Society 
will be hold at the capitol in Albany, on Wednesday, Feb. 
11. That of the Monroe Co. Ac Society at. the Court 
lloo*o, in Rochester, on Wednesday next, Jan 74 
Cay on A Co. An Society.—A t the annual meeting of 
thi» Society, held in Auburn, Doc 20, the following offi 
core were* elected for the ensuing year: /‘resident- Hkkly 
D. Dwiomt. Fire I'res't —N. Maeombcr. Secretary— S. 
Edwards Todd. Treasurer —L. C. Mann, loirectors —C. 
P. Wood, Levi Colvin, Wheaton Leach. A Vice President 
was also elected for each town in the county A resolu¬ 
tion whs adopted authorizing the Board to apply to the 
Supreme Court for power to sell their grounds near the 
City of Auburn to pay the indebtedness of the Society. 
Oklba.is Co. Au Society. —At the recent annual meet¬ 
ing of this Society, Uie following oflicers were chosen for 
tho year 1863:— President — A knbr B. Bailky, Albion—re 
elected 1st Fire Prcs’t —John Remelee, Albion. Secre¬ 
tary —Timothy C. Bailey Albion. Treasurer —Paul Pratt, 
Albion. Cor. Sec'y —Joseph M. Cornell, Albion. Direct¬ 
ors —Thomas 8. Pouter, Benjamin F. Baldwin, Stephen B 
Thurston, Chas. Stephens, John Berry, Franklin Hopkins. 
The Essbx Co. Ag. Society held its annual meeting 
Dec. 14, and elected the following board of officers:— Prrs- 
ident —Col. W.m. E. Calki.ys, Tieonderoga. Viu-PrasCe 
—one for each town. Secretary —Orlando Kellogg, Jr., 
Elizabethtown, Treasurer —Cliarlos N Williams, Eliza¬ 
beth towu. 
same 
kind of meal as above, until we have fed what we 
desire; and finally,in this same manner,close up 
on entire eoru meal. 
Have not, nor do wo calculate to keep, a large 
number of hogs, but run our farm to all kinds of 
crops as formerly—only raise lees wheat, more 
corn, keep more bogs and sheep, and less horned 
cattle—four horses, or three with a yoke of oxen 
are indispensable—also grow more roots. 
In the process of building the hog-pen we 
encountered various opinions and many objec¬ 
tions. One neighbor said “the rooters would 
have it down in loss than a year,” another dis¬ 
carded the cooking process altogether. Said it 
“was too much work—took too much wood— 
that he had to hire his wood chopped;” and a 
third, from an adjoining tow n, a first-class fanner, 
remarked, “you’ll have a good pen, but 1 don’t 
want one,” and muttered something, as he left 
about its being unhealthy. But wc had “laid 
the foundation,” and thought wc would to.-t their 
counsel—with the idea in our head, “miserable 
comforters are ye all.” In reply to these objec¬ 
tions would say that after three years” experi¬ 
ence, wo are satisfied with the enterprise; the 
walls arc impregnable—not a break iu them. 
True, it makes work; but this is the “curse” 
resting upon the race; and as to wood, we use 
none that would lie fit for market—mostly refuse 
rails where we lay over fences—stacking them 
ends up, and when wanted, will be in good con¬ 
dition to burn. 
Have never discovered but what our hogs 
were as healthy as in any pen we ever hail. For 
the health of the animals, and to give them an 
appetite, when done boiling we rake out the 
coals, dash on a pail of water, and when cool 
throw them into the pen; they eat and wallow in 
them freely, giving them the appearance of “ con¬ 
trabands.” Have now on band, and feeding for 
the market, twenty; ten eighteen months old, the 
Hard Times amomo Scotch axi> Irish Farmers.—O ur 
foreign agricultural advices rpeak in very unfavorable 
terms of the condition and prospects of the farmers of 
some countries, especially of Scotland and Ireland A cor¬ 
respondent of the Mark lane Express 6ays that half of the 
farmers of Scotland and Ireland are on the verge of bank 
rap toy—that “ in Ireland, with light crops, bad weather to 
save them, and poor prices when all is dune, many a poor 
fanner is as much to be pith'd as the operatives who are at 
present suffering so much distress in the manufacturing 
districts of England." 
Application of Manures. 
The following conclusions were adopted at 
the discussion on manures, at the Slate Fair at 
Watertown:—1. Manure, which consists chiefly of 
the droppings of animals, should be applied as 
soon as possible to the soil. 2. Manure, consist¬ 
ing largely of straw, corn-stalks or other fibrous 
matter, should lie first rotted to become fine. 3. 
Manure should be applied at or near the surface 
of the soil, or should be slightly buried. 4. For 
hoed crops, and especially for corn crops, it may 
lie buried deeper than for straw crops. 
Remedy for Ring Worms. 
The North ISrilish Agriculturist says that the 
disease locally known as ring ( worm, or tetter, 
which shows itself about the head and neck of 
young-cattle, in the form of whitish dry scurvy 
spots, can be removed by rubbing the parts affect¬ 
ed with iodine ointment The disease may also 
be combated by the use of sulphur and oil ; iodine 
ointment is, however, to be preferred. As the 
skin disease is easily communicated to the human 
subject the person dressing the cattle should 
wash his bauds with soap and hot water after 
each application of the ointment 
Bees, Honey, &c. 
In the Rdkai, of Nov. 15th last, I saw an 
article in regard to bees storing a great quantity 
of honey in a chimney in St Louis, which looks 
to me like the Silver Lake sea-serpent story—a 
very large nothing. Jt, stated, after they had 
taken the honey therefrom, there were 40 or 50 
thousand bees collected on the windows and wall. 
Suppose there were beta to that amount in the 
beginning or (lie commencement of comb build¬ 
ing; they are daily and hourly dying off, and the 
queen does all she can to keep her number good 
by depositing eggs as soon as the combs are ad¬ 
vanced enough to receive them, and by the time 
the young have come forth to take the place of 
the old ones, they have dwindled dowu to thirty 
thousand, or such a matter. Bees do not live on, 
year after year, until they would fill a space tiie 
size of a barn, from a little swarm in the begin¬ 
ning, a.- many suppose. It is the fertility of the 
queen that keeps them in strength, or the young 
bees taking the place of the old ones as they die 
off. It is the same as in the human family, chil¬ 
dren take tho place of parents, and so on from 
generation to generation. Flaceaswarm of bees 
in a very large hive—say the size of a salt bar¬ 
rel—and they might fill it with cornb the second 
year, but they cannot spare a man, (or swarm¬ 
ing is out of the question,) for they have combs 
to occupy all the bees the queen is capable of 
depositing eggs for; and beside, they arc com¬ 
pelled to keep all the force they have at home, 
to defend their treasures from the pilfering pro¬ 
pensities of their more respected neighbors, (or 
those in the right-sized hives.) 
And again, to think of a bee traveling the 
Banner Counties ok Ohio.—Iu the Ohio State Agri 
cultural Report for 1861, Mr. Secretary Klii-pai-.t sujv — 
“ For quantity produced, Cuyahoga is the banner county 
for potatoes—raising 231*.510 bushels from 3,119 acreu, 
about 77 bushels to the acre; next is ‘ beai,chted Ashtabu¬ 
la,’ 153,916 bushels from 1,611 acres, almost 102 bushels to 
the acre. Lorain makes the most butter, 066,426 pounds. 
Trumbull next, 907,170 pounds. Geauga niakeB the most 
cheese, 4,110,450 pounds; Trumbull next, 3,998,366 lbs.; 
Hamilton lias the most Eppses, 16,260; Franklin next, 16,- 
580. Licking has the most sheep, 181,905; Harrison next, 
176,969.” 
SnaquBHANNAii Valley Ag. Sooiett — The annual 
meeting was held on the 14th ult., and the following off! 
cere elected for ensuing year: President—S. G. Conk. 
Vice Presidents —W. H Emory, G. B. Fellows, S. L. Wat 
ties, Ralph Dewey Treasurer —C. I. Hayes. Secretary — 
R. W. Courtney, Directors —David Lee, Win. T Hodges, 
Samuel Chaffin, M B. Gregory, W J Hugliston, Abner 
Johnston. 
Vienna Aq Society. (Ontario Co.)—Officers elect for 
1S63. President — Robert Lawson. Vice Presidents —Geo. 
Batley and M. F. Stone. Treasurer —L. L. Steadman. 
Secretary — Chas. Graham Executive Corn .—Cornelius 
Woglum, Orlando Page, Henry Eaton, A. Bashnell, Hugh 
Quian, E. Fetch, Chaaneey Brodell, Geo. McConnell. A 
Festival of the Society wiif lie held on the 21st of January, 
1863 
Shanhatlah F.uimkks' Club.— At the annual meeting 
of this Society, held Jon. 3d, 1863, the following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year J‘resident—G eo. H. 
Bentley. Fire Presidents —Dor Austin, Alford Luxub. 
Rcoardiny Sec'y —Oliauneey B. Thorne Cvrroetpondmg 
Sec'y —Squire M. Brown, Elbridge. Directors—John Da¬ 
vy, Jr, Jacob H Alien. Directors holding over—Dor 
Austin, Jedediah Irish, Squire M. Brown, Win. E. Clark. 
Dairy Products. —An exchange states that the Census 
statistics disclose the fact that the dairy products of the 
United States amount to $320,000,000; that New York 
produces as much milk as the six New England States, 
with New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland added; aud that 
New York and Pennsylvania produce as much as all the 
other Northern States. The total amount of milk brought 
to New York city in the year 1861, by the Harlem, Erie and 
Long Island Railroads, was 55,248,413 quarts. 
Feed of Farm Horses. 
W. IL Lewis, of Milford, Mass., says in the 
American Agriculturist, that after long experi¬ 
ence he finds that horses will do more work and 
last longer, and be in better condition, when 
fed with cut hay and com meal, than when kept 
ou dry hay and oats. Cracked corn and oats 
make a very good feed fur noon when in a hurry. 
The notion that horses should have hay before 
them all the time when iu the stable, he remarks, 
“is a false idea; all kinds of animals will do bet¬ 
ter on regular meals. Fanners usually feed too 
Plowing in North Illinois. —The plows were iu mo¬ 
tion in Cook and adjoining counties in Illinois as late as 
the 29th ult. Labor was also cheap. We hear of plow¬ 
men working for fifty cent* per day and boarding them¬ 
selves I 
A Fine Farm at Auction. —Attention is directed to the 
advertisement offering a valuable form, and other property, 
at auction. The farm is a superior one, and in one of the 
best localites (Phelps) iu Western New York. Read also 
the other new advertisements in this paper. 
