men should think and uct upon matters that con¬ 
cern them so vitally, as does this currency ques¬ 
tion the classes who read the Rural. It seems 
to me perfectly legitimate to call attention to such 
subjects—to urge that the people—the producing 
classes think about them. The East and the West 
are alike interested in this matter. The West is 
getting fully awake on the subject; the East 
should be. If this article shall help to set any 
one thinking, and induce action, by properly in¬ 
structing representatives in Congress how to vote 
on this question, it will have served the writer’s 
purpose. 
knows what it means to back , and then commence 
backing the empty wagon on the level, gradually 
increasing the load, and you will soon be able to 
buck all fhe load that would be reasonable to 
back—not forgetting to pet your horse, rubbing 
the hand over his face and head, and calling him 
a good fellow and using him like one. He 
will soon make up his mind that he really is a 
good fellow, and of course he will act like one, 
and will become your friend and willing slave, 
and do what be is required to, even bordering on 
the impossibles. Isaac Snyder. M. D. 
South Jackson, (Mich.,) Jnn. 17, 186;;. 
PUTTING OFF” —A PROTEST. 
ana 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker; —In the Rural 
of Nov. 22, ’62, is a very good article from a spe¬ 
cial contributor to your paper—or, in modern 
telegraphic phrase, "Special to the Rural,”— 
entitled “ Putting Off.” To the most of what is 
therein written. I cordially assent., but I wish to 
enter a protest against the publication of a con¬ 
clusion he arrived at, viz:—that as a result of 
putting off, or leaving things undone, a man 
“may get elected Justice of the Peace; I have 
tried it.” Now don’t understand from this that 
I deny (be truth of bis statement. Far from it, 
I presume that under these circumstances our 
friend did get elected to that office. But I do 
object to his making the reason known to every¬ 
body. Why, we have already candidates enough, 
and I know of a good many with the qualifica¬ 
tion specified, who will now probably urge their 
claims also. I consider it as revealing some of 
the “secrets of the trade” of politicians, and I 
shouldn't wonder, if by the means of this very 
publication, II. T. li. himself should lose his 
office at the next town meeting. Should all of 
us who are thus proved capable have justice done 
us, there would be such a multitude of judicial 
or eirfra-judicial officers as the world never has 
seen, nor will soon be likely to see. 
Wayne Co., N. Y., 1863. FurlicO. 
The Season. —Scarcely bad our last paper (wherein we 
recorded the arrival of seasonable weather,) gone to press, 
ere the frigid temperature, snow and sleighing vanished, 
leaving slush, mud, and —pretty hard roads to travel. The 
sleighing lasted only four days hereabouts. The moan 
temperature of last week (ending 24th) was 29.62. The 
weather is now (27th) mild. 8everal inches of snow fell 
last night and this morning, but it makes slush rather than 
sleighing—and the snow now falling (11 A. M.) is chang¬ 
ing to rain, or melting ns it falls As a consequence of the 
unusually mild and open winter, there is much more 
sickness in the city and vicinity than usual at this season 
—typhoid fever prevailing to an unusual extent. 
Tn>: Season in Maine.— Thus far, in Maine, the winter 
has been an open and mild one—little snow, and the very 
best of sleighing in most parts of the State, but in some 
localities not snow enough until within a few days. There 
have been several quite heavy rains, yet hut few storms or 
blows of any kind to interfere with wood-hauling, lum¬ 
bering or pleasure riding. AU through Christmas it was 
delightful weather In short, it is the reverse of last win¬ 
ter, which was storms and blows—this mild, pleasant, 
calm and delightful. There seems to he some anxiety 
about the feed for cattle, became it has not spent so well 
as usual, nor ha* it seemed to satisfy the stock as it ought 
to. The first part of the season of '68 was very dry, and 
up till St was thought that there would not be-tnorc than 
a third to half a crop of hay, when rain began to come in 
gentle showers and the grass grew uncommonly fast till 
there was in bulk well up to an average of a crop, but it 
did not consolidate as usual.—O. V. True, Kim Tree 
Farm, Franklin Co., Me , Jan. 21, 1863.[ - 
8easo.v, &c., i.v Indiana —Under date of 30th inst., Mr. 
A. K. Cowan, of Montgomery Co., ind., writes—“The 
winter so far has been open and warm. Rain frequent 
and heavy; mud in abundance. The early sown wheat 
looks fine; the late poor. The peach buds arc all safe at 
this date. Notwithstanding the war the farmers here'are 
prospering, and are determined to do their duty toward sus¬ 
taining the Government and putting down the rebellion.’’ 
CLEANING CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED. 
FACTS AND FIGURES 
Practice anti Experience arc the integers in 
the practical education of u people. Thoy arc 
precisely tvhat is wanted by the lhnnor. They 
are precisely what one farmer should furnish 
to another through the medium of Agricultural 
papers. Do gentlemen understand and appre¬ 
ciate this privilege in all its bearings? If they 
did, it seems to the writer the columns of such 
papers would be burthened with an array of 
valuable statistics, facts, experiences, that would 
more thuu double their value to thinking, practi¬ 
cal men. What item in your practice, in any 
branch of husbandry, do yon value most? What 
especial secret have you learned which results in 
greater profit to you, increasing your power to 
produce above that of your neighbors? Sujt- 
pose each man were to give his fellow-men the 
benefit of his experience? Would it not stimu¬ 
late production? Have you a right to keep it a 
secret? Perhaps so, abstractly, but certainly not 
morally. For wc live for each other, not for 
ourselves. We give and receive. For every 
investment of effort to serve the public, to pro¬ 
mote the public welfare, to strengthen the public 
interest, we are sure to receive compensation. It 
is an unalterable law that such shall be the case. 
Let the reader ponder upon this subject, and 
when self-convicted, as he will be. let him act 
accordingly. 
How to Km the Fanning Mill for Clean¬ 
ing Seed.— First, clover, when there is no timo¬ 
thy in it, as it weighs sixty pounds, requires the 
slowest shake. Use no chess board or rake, and 
there need lx* but few tailings. Raise the shoe 
up to the highest hole on the pin; put clover rid¬ 
dle in, slanting groove middle of the shoe; put 
iu wide board, to ran seed on the floor. Motion 
ordinary. Put but once through, and it is fitted 
for market. 
To Separate Clover from Timothy.— This 
is done best and quickest while chaffing it, as 
follows:—No matter whether slow or fast, shake. 
Put on three-fourths of all the wind; raise shoe 
Clear up. Take out all the riddles and screens. 
Putin wide board iu bottom grove of the shoe, 
to run clover seed on the floor, Use no rake; 
put chess board in middle slanting groove, and 
run it up and fasten so as to leave a space fopr 
inches wide for the seed to drop and divide in. 
Clover seed will'go down; the timothy will drop 
on ttie chess board and be carried over. There 
will be some clover seed blow over, but, with 
steady motion, ft mil be mostly light seed. 
To Clean Timothy.— First time—no wind; 
all the shake. Coarse wheat, screen In slanting 
groove, middle of the shoe. Let down the shoe, 
put in rake, and wide board in bottom of shoe to 
run seed on floor. Second time—Have blind 
open two inches; clover seed riddle in top 
groove; in place of rake put in tail board: run 
seed on floor. Third time—Put in chess board; 
Where is John Johnston Would you bo so kind as 
to inform us what has become of John Johnston, of Ge 
nova, New York ? Have not heard from him for some 
time. He used to write fine articles On sheep, bnt didn't 
tell us what brood they were Oue object in taking your 
paper is to get the experience of the real, practical farm 
ers in your country. Please try un,1 let us hear from men 
of Johnston's stripe, who call tell us what it costs to raise 
crops, and what kind of sheep pays the be*t, and what 
kind of stock pays the beet. One of your eorn-rpondent* 
told u« about Shaker.- fanning, and having cows worth 
from $75 to $200, hut did not -ay what breed.— ROiikrt 
Burt, Harrisburg, 0. W 
Remarks. —We shall he glad to have our venerable 
friend Johnston answer for himself, and enn assure him 
that both editors and readers of the Rural will be glad 
to'hear from him note and of Urn. Our Canada friend will 
hear through the Roust, from a good many practical men 
this year, and we trust lie and other fanners of the Trov 
litre will reciprocate in kind. 
Cure for Red-Water in Cattle. 
The Maine Farmer states, In reply to a 
correspondent, that one teaspoonful of saltpeter, 
one tablespoonful of sail, anil one tablospoonfu] 
of sulphur, well pulverized and mixed together, 
has never been known to fail of curing ordinary 
cases of this complaint 
Death os Russell ComStooic. —The AlbionJ(Micli.) 
Union Herald of the I7th inst contains the following an¬ 
nouncement : 
Dibp— In this village, on Friday the 9th inst., Russell 
Comstock, aged 62 years. 
Mr. Comstock was well known in this vicinity and at 
other places in the State and also in New York, as a Pro 
lAoxor of a new system of funning, which he denominated 
Terra-culture. The manuscript containing this system 
was willed by him to Hon Ira Mayliew to tie held iu trust 
11c was a member of the Masonic Order and his funeral 
was attended by the Lodge of this village. 
— Many reader* of the Ritual will remember Mr. 
Comstock, personally, and others have heard of his erratic 
movements during the past fifteen years. 
Oil-Cake and Indian Corn for Feeding. 
John Johnston writes to the Country Qen- 
I know that a bushel of oil-cake (50 
lbs.) is better than a bushel of corn, say GO lbs. 
I always feed it in the meal, dry, and generally 
clear of any mixture, yet I don’t know but it is 
more preferable to mix with corn meal or buck¬ 
wheat meal for cattle. That will dejiead on the 
price of each, bnt oil-cake meal requires nothing 
added to it to improve it for either sheep or cat¬ 
tle, and no food will raise more wool.” 
EXPERIENCE WITH WORN-OUT LAND, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Ah my neighbor 
Mr. Hathaway calls for facts about worn-out 
land, I will give my experience: 
During the winter of 1854-5, I purchased a 
piece of worn-out land adjoining iny own—sandy 
loam, naturally very thin soil. It had boon care¬ 
lessly cropped for twenty years previous to my 
buying it, without the application of manure or 
grass seed, and was about as barren as could 
well lie imagined. First year plowed 18 acres; 
sowed to oats, with 10 lbs. clover seed per acre; 
one ton of plaster on the whole. Yield, 18 bush¬ 
els per acre. Second year, cut the clover in 
June; yield, about, two tuns per aero; the after¬ 
growth was plowed under, and the ground sowed 
to wheat. Yield, third year, 20 bushels per acre. 
Not having applied any manure thus far. ] 
thought 1 would try an experiment. About 150 
rods from the field, on a creek bottom, was. as 
we termed it, a mine hole, which proved, upon 
digging it, to be an adhesive bine clay! very 
rich. I wont to Milan, about H miles, engaged 
the manure at a livery stable; then, as I had 
leisure through the fall or winter, hauled it on to 
the field, made a heap about two rods square, 
putting two loads of muck to one of manure, 
driving over the heaps with every load. Fourth 
year, spread the compost on eleven acres, at the 
rate of ton loads per acre. Plowed and planted 
to potatoes. Yield, 126 bushels per acre. The 
crop being a failure in many parts of the coun¬ 
try, commenced selling on the field at digging 
time, and continuing through the winter and 
spring, at an average of about fifty cents per 
bushel. The balance of the field had a light 
dressing of barn-yard manure, and was planted 
to corn; .yield. 40 bushels per acre. Fifth and 
sixth years, the land had a light dressing of 
barn-yard manure, and planted to corn; yield, 
about 40 bushels per acre each year. The corn 
had a light dressing ot plaster each year. Sev¬ 
enth year, oats; yield. 35 bushels per acre. Oat 
stubble was plowed once, and sown to wheat. : 
Yield of wheat (8th year) 10 bushels per acre. 
Ten lbs. of good clover seed per acre m ils sown 
on the wheat in March; also a dressing of plas¬ 
ter. Clover caught well, and looked very prom¬ 
ising. I am w'clJ aware that this does not make J 
a very large showing, still ] think it proves con¬ 
clusively that so-called worn-out lands are not 
worthless. Philo Comstock. 
Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio, 1863. 
Recite son Cukinc; Hams. —The following will answer 
an inquiry in Inst week’s Rural asking how to cure hams. 
Make a boiling sirup of the following:—9 lbs. salt, 3 lbs 
sugar, 2 ox. saltpetre, 1 >n. saleratus, for each 100 lbs. of 
hams. Let cool; then pour on, with plenty of water to 
cover. The object of saleratus is to cleanse the pickle. 
—P. S HalnicS, Kalamazoo, Midi. 
He was in no 
sense a genius, but a decided monomaniac, as the persist 
ent and unscrupulous course be pursued in regard to his 
“system ”—after it had been condemned by thousands of 
cultivators, and lie driven from plnec to place—fully 
demonstrated. Believing the whole thing & swindle, we 
years ago exposed the matter in the Rural, and other 
journal* did the same. In return for thin performance of 
what wc considered a duty to the public, the Professor ex 
haunted his vocabulary ofauathemas upon the Rural and 
ita Editor, and made sundry very M unehausenish state¬ 
ments, Some of which were noticed by ns, *.« our long¬ 
time reader* may remember Our oourtte no doubt added 
somewhat to his notoriety, a« his did to the introduction of 
the Rural iu many localities— hi- vehement and often 
absurd condemnation of it proving beneficial rather than 
injurious to it* prosperity. But the Professor has gone to 
his last account, ana we trust b s end was peaceful. 
“ Pence to his ashes ” 
What Bek Journals ore now in existence, and where 
are they published ?—J. W., St Clnirrville , O. 
Wc know of none now published in this country The 
Bee Journal, formerly published at Philadelphia, lias been 
suspended 
Sineus, Racks, &c.— 1 Would like to get, through the 
Rural, a good plan of constructing sheep-sheds for this 
latitude, 44^° north. How high the ceiling should be— 
whether mangers or racks are preferable, ami how to con 
struct them. And will sheep thrive well on the north aide 
of a barn on account of luck of sunshine Y Also, the best 
mnngrr for cattle and hiiw to fasten them. I am con 
vlnecit that you or some of your many contributor* be 
tween Maine and the ultra-heftperiaii land, will be happy 
to impact the wished for information.—D. Plkmi.no Co 
Urey, C. IV 
The Way to Keep Potatoes. 
A writer in the Germantown Telegraph 
gives liis views upon keeping and preserving po¬ 
tatoes as follows; 
I will hazard the assertion that freezing will 
not injure pofateAx or toy other root or fruit; it 
is the thawing which does the dahlftge, and not 
the freezing, as is generally supposed. Nor will 
gradual thawing hurt them; it is only when the 
thawing is too sudden, that they cue injured. If 
we take two frozen potatoes, apples, or other 
fruit, and place one* under the stove, and the 
other in water a little above the freezing point, 
wO| will find that the former will be spoiled, 
while the latter is not injured, because with it 
the thawing Is done gradually. Potatoes may be 
heaped up in the patch and covered with two or 
three inches of dirt, well packed down, and they 
will keep in spite of si dozen freezings and than - 
ings, if kept dry. if kept in the. cellar, it should 
be in a tight box with a lid, that they may always 
be iu the dark, to prevent sprouting: for if they 
once begin to sprout, the starch which gives them 
their mealiness is changed into other compounds, 
more favorable to the vegetation ot the snroute. 
THRESHING IN WINTER, 
Eds.Rural New-Yorker : —Your SenecaCo. 
correspondent, “Threshing Machine,”gives, (Ru¬ 
ral, Jan. 3, ‘63) some interesting tacts in regard 
to the increased value of straw for feeding out, 
fresh from the threshing-floor, over that from the 
stuck or mow, put up from the machine in au¬ 
tumn. It is a matter Of some moment to the 
farmer, lienee we would suggest an idea or two 
further in that direction. 
Three or four years since, a farming neighbor 
threshed about a thousand bushels of oats with 
the flail, wintering, in great part, a flock of sheep 
on the straw, lie told me lie never had them 
come through the winter in lietter order—never 
had straw its closely worked up and consumed, 
lie led-in racks, and gave the refuse to his colts 
and cattle, beyond what was needed for litter. 
Another neighbor, who raises a great deal of 
spring grain on his drained marsh land, has one 
A ItfiQcKB?.— Mr. 6. H. Nichols, of Baldwins villa, N 
Y., tins laid Rural reader-* under great obligations bv giv 
ing them liis plan of a suburban residence. Would it be 
drawing too largely upon his benevolence to ask him to 
publish in your paper a bill of lumber and other uniteri 
als used in the erection of his house Y Perhaps he tnuy 
Have the items at. hand so as to require but little trouble to 
give- Uiero. This would no doubt greatly oblige all who, 
like Ciysolf, contemplate building —S. W WuiM'V, Au 
bum, tsdicim, Jan., 1863 
Flower Sheds for Rural Agrnts. —In remitting for 
an addition to her club the wife of a Post Master iu Min¬ 
nesota says;—“Will get more subscribers if I can, as I am 
lies nous that every family should possess a copy. * * 
If you have any favors to bestow iu the way af choice 
flower seeds, they would be very kindly received, as we 
have but little opportunity to obtain choice seeds.” Last 
year wc distributed a large number of dollar packages of 
imported seeds among our Agents, and are almost daily 
receiving acknowledgments of the unexpected favors. 
We intended to agreeably surprise many of our agents, in 
like manner, this year, by sending without promising them 
in udvanee—but the above hint constrains us to say that 
we purpose distributing 500 or more dollar packages of 
choice flower seeds (imported by the most reliable seed 
men in the country,) and that every lady Agent Friend 
will bo remembered. And we shall take especial pains to 
send to every person forming a club of six, ten or more, 
prevx ous W April 1st, und who may fail of securing any 
of the premiums already offered. 
of ‘JflriwUurat ^oriotio 
Gknksek Co. A«RJcct.Tur.«. L Society.— The Batavia 
Advocate thus speak* of the recent *, nr| ual meeting of this 
Society:—A statement of the Affairs »’/ u “‘ Society was 
laid before the meeting by the fteeretilfV* The finance* 
seem to he iu a very flourishing condition; ns 3 i'Alance of 
nearly one hundred dollars remains in the hands of the 
Treasurer after paying all the premiums awarded at th* 
last annual Show, and the interest on the mortgage'oft the 
land. This satisfactory balance sheet is owing to filiillrtil i 
and economical management the past year The old tx&rd I 
of officers were re-elected with but little change, as fol¬ 
lows: President -N. K. Co.ye. of Bethany let Vice Pres¬ 
ident—C. Walker, of Byron. 2d Vice Prut.—h. Douglas, 
Stafford. Secretary— II. M, Warren, Britaviu. Treasurer 
—U. Bostwiclc, Batavia, directors— C. Tillotsou, J. M 
Shotwell, Geogre Shapinnd, George Radley, Ira L. Phillips 
and Anson Uigley 
St. Lawrence Co. Ac Society.—T he following are 
very bold Andlogible, yrt con>» ,a « —giving mucli reading 
in little spaet. It is, in printer's y‘hraoeology, a “brevier 
face on Minion bedy”— and a good broa<i Scotch face at 
that. Though some request us to utd larger type, we 
thin); few can object to the size and style Which it was 
thought best to adopt as a standard. If we can only make 
the Re ral as unobjectionable in matter (contents) as it is 
in manner, (typography, etc.,) we think most of its 
readers will be abundantly satisfied It is but just to add 
that our new dress — type, rules, etc.,— was furnished by 
Mr. Nathan Lyman, of Buffalo, N. Y., whom we again 
eommeud to the oraft as one of the most reliable, honor¬ 
able und liberal type founders in the country His estab 
lishment is particularly worthy the piibonag-v of the 
publishers of this region, the West and Canada, 
Wool-Growing in England and her Colonies. 
Great Britain draws the following supply 
of wool from her Colonies, as wo condense from 
the English Farmer's Magazine; 
„„ , .. I860—lbs. 1861 —Hjs. 
West Australia.. 647,927 (563,897 
Tasmania,... 6,059,444 4,769,760 
REMOVING ROCKS, 
New Zealand.*. 6,708,100 7,511,712 
South A ustralia. 8,256,351 0,828,524 
N, So, Wales and Queenstown 15,075,681 10,137 602 
Victoria.... 24,044,698 26,172,457 
Capo Colony. 17,097,630 18,621,744 
Total. 77,220,887 86,705,946 
Iu Australia there are 20,000,0ut) of sheep, of 
which 6,500,000 are at Victoria. This thriving 
industry is due to the eagucity of Capt. McArthur, 
who, toward the close of the last" century, intro¬ 
duced three rams and five ewes of Spanish Me¬ 
rino blood that have been crossed with the coarse 
wooled sheep of the Colony. 
These Colonies produce more wool than all 
the United States together. The account stands 
thus: 
Eds. Rural In kw- Yorker ; — Many of youi 
readers are so fortunate or unfortunate as to pos¬ 
sess farms free from stone and rocks. The hard¬ 
heads are useful, 
HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO BACK. 
Eds Rural New-Yorker 
A subscriber, 
(Wayne, Mich.,) Yol. 14. No. 1. asks to know the 
best way of training u horse to back Now, my 
way of teaching a horse to back may not be the 
best way, yet it is a good one, and the best I know 
of and therefore I give it for the good of the 
public. Aud first of all permit me to say that in 
all cases of educating or breaking animals, train¬ 
ing them for man's use or benejU, the law of 
kindness should invariably be observed. 
A horse that will not , or don’t know how to 
bach) should be harnessed beside one that is 
kind and well broken, and hitched to a lumber 
wagon, loaded (not too heavy) with wood, rails, 
or anything at hand, or that you wish to moi't. 
so far us they are needed for 
fences, but alter that they are it nuisance, inter¬ 
fering sadly with the plow, and seriously affecting 
the efficiency of the mowing machine. Those 
who have meadows burdened with a bountiful 
crop of tbe saxa tribe may like a few bints as to 
the easiest way to remove them, and hence this 
brief article. 
Lolling stone und the smaller rocks can be 
removed without much difficulty ; but the large 
boulders, as I know by experience, demand and 
| must have a considerable outlay of labor to make 
them budge from their ancient beds. The small¬ 
er ones, such as can be drawn out ot the ground 
with a chain and two yoke of oxen, are best got 
out in that way ; those that are from three to six 
feet in diameter can be raised easily with a rock 
puller. (Lyon’s machine, the only one I am 
acquainted with, is a good one.) Af ter they are 
on the surloce let them remain until there comes 
a light fall of 6now; then load them on a stone 
boat, and you can slide them off with an ease 
and facility that, would astonish those who have 
been accustomed to remove them on the naked 
ground. One pair of oxen will draw on snow 
lowing officer, President— Jno 8 MinaRu. Vice Pres 
idents —Hon. M. Hammcmd, llumc; Umar Gluey, Granger 
Jno. Ingersoi, Cancndea 
Jno Towsley, RushforcL 
Humc. Treasurer—Horace Sweet, Hume. 
Refort or Ex Com on thk Reaper Trial at Dixo.n 
—For the information of parties who have written to me 
for tins report, or to learn where it can be obtained, I wish 
to say that it is not vet published—nor is it completed. A 
note from the Secretary of the Society, received Jan. 17th, 
says—“The Reaper trial report will be mode as soon as I 
can get time to put the figures in form for publication.”— 
C ». it. 
J. W Cudworth, Centerville, 
Secretary —Chas. J. Balcom, 
Ex. Commit 
tee -U 11. Lyman, Thos. P Hawkins and E. C Slnff, of 
Hume; Jno. Rowley, Granger; 1, D. Reynolds, Caneadea, 
Augustus Board sice, Home Com. on Judges and Prcmi 
Wits—Jonathan Nye, Jr , E C Skiff, Aug. Beards]re. 
Tine Drvdkn Ao. Society held their annual meeting 
Jan 10 Tlie report showed that the spacious grounds 
and building, (which latter has been erected at an expense 
of about $2,500,) with all the fixtures, are now paid for, 
with a surplus of some $70 in the treasury. The follow 
ing officers were chosen for the ensuing year : President 
—John Mineait. lVue Presidents —Jacob Albright. Treas¬ 
ure )—Eli Spear Secretary —Simeon Snyder. Directors — 
Freeman Stebbins and John B Hart 
The Dunukk Union Aci. Society held its annual meet¬ 
ing Jan. 10, and elected officers for 1863, as follows: Pres¬ 
ident— Uriah Hair Vice President —James M. Reeder. 
Secretary — Vilmiyea T. Bronmere. Treasurer — Daniel 
Disbrow Directors —Ralph Allen, Eli Su Pierce, Samuel 
H. Wright, Wm. Hause, Jessie G. Andrews and Edward 
Reman. The Treasurer reported a balance of $63.25 on 
hand 
Alton A<s. Society— At the annual meeting of this 
Society, held Jan. 17th, 1863, the following officers were 
elected for the ensuing year' 1'resident —S. T. DonaGbk. 
Vice I'res't —Geo Landers. Secretary— G. M. Chompliu. 
Treasure! —J. C. Chamberlin. Marshal —A. C. Hyde 
Tuk Journal of this Illinois Statk Au. Society lias 
been discontinued as a monthly by vote of the Executive 
Board, the experiment liaving cost tbe Society about two 
thousand dollars, one thousand of which is a dead loss. 
The Journal is to be continued as a quarterly for gratui¬ 
tous distribution—as a medium for the publication of an 
nouncements, lists of premiums, awards, fu:., Ac 
United 8tates_ 
The British Colonies 
Difference.... 24,720,887 26,194,603 lbs. 
There is a difference of over forty-five per cent 
in lavor of the British Colonies! Large quanti¬ 
ties of woolen goods continue to be imported, so 
that there is a very considerable margin of home 
consumption that may be supplied by home 
growth. Sheep are the most profitable stock the 
farmer can have, and wool the most profitable 
crop. There is no probability of this branch of 
industry being overdone for years, as the increase 
of the home manufacture has been from twice to 
increase of ipopnlation in the 
Northern States. 
In the above we see one of the elements of 
- -—[ power. Her Colonies are 
doing much to fill the home territory with the 
clatter of machinery 
the desoent from one to two rods. Drive the 
loaded wagon to the top and after stopping a 
minute or so, command your horses to back, 
pulling steady but firm on the lines. The wagon 
being in a position to start very easy, and being 
loaded, will not easily stop after it is in motion, 
and your horse , if the harness be good, will be 
very likely to back down the hill. After getting 
to the bottom of the hill, speak kindly to him" 
Be sure to Bay “whoa” about the time you see 
the wagon is going to stop. Patting him and 
rubbing your hand over his head and/oce, repeat 
the going u», and backino- down hill „n+ii 
Early Volvmki* or the Rural New-Yorker:—P lease 
let me know fur how much per copy you will let me have 
the first twelve volumes of tbe Rural, either bound or 
unbound. Would prefer them unbound if 1 could get 
them. By answering by return mail you will greatly 
oblige, &c 
Tan above inquiry is from a subscriber in New Bruns¬ 
wick, N. J. We have similar ones from other States — 
some wanting the first five or six volumes, and some ail 
previous to the present. Instead of replying by letter we 
refer inquirers to notice under head of Back Volumes, on 
last page of this paper 
three times the 
Northern States. 
ground. Some, few will lie so big as to need 
blasting, but most of them can be ousted without British wealth and 
having recourse to that tedious process, o. p. 
New Haven Co., Conn., 1863. 
Thanks to Agents and other working friends of the 
Rural for the noble manner in which they are enlarging 
and extending it* circulation I Judging by their acts, they 
are bound' to see us safely through the rebellion, 
