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( vD/erff in Europe,” or labels to that effect; among 
which the only package I received that was of 
any value was half a pint of “ Red-Eyed China 
Beans,” which were worth seventy-live cents, per 
bushel in this market, and 1 had good reason to 
suppose that they were not imported, from the 
slovenly manner in which they were put up. 
I have thus digressed from the subject of the 
cultivation and manufacture of flax, in order to 
show farmers the fallacy of their looking to 
Government for any aid in the cultivation or 
manufacture of flax, and that they must depend 
upon their own individual exertions for success; 
but from present appearances there can be little 
doubt that those who sow upon good ground, 
well prepared, and properly managed in all the 
after manipulations, will make flax a profitable 
crop. Land that produced a good crop of corn 
last year, and the ground kept deal 1 of weeds is, 
very suitable for flax; so also are grounds that 
wore cropped with potatoes, and well tilled. 
Particular reference should be had at the time 
of sowing as to the use for which the crop is 
designed. If for seed only, from one bushel to 
one bushel and a half will be found sufficient; if 
fur lint, from two to four bushels per acre should 
be sown, according to the nature of the soil. 
Flax should be pulled as soon as the stalks 
turn yellow and the leaves fall freely from the 
stem and two-thirds of the bolls have turned 
brown, tied in small handfuls, and set upon the 
buts to dry. The next process is the rippling, 
or separating the seed from the stalk. This 
is done in several ways in this country, by pass¬ 
ing through strong lmtchels, whipping upon 
stones, or by the flail. N. Goodskll. 
New HaVen, Oswego Co., N. Y., 1863. 
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WASH THE SHEEP! 
The world moves. Take the expression sepa¬ 
rate, and the inference is, we are going forward; 
but whoever lives to see the honored custom 
above referred to exchanged for a non-washing 
system, will see a retrograde movement. In 
giving my views on this question I am not court¬ 
ing a future discussion with II. T. B., or any 
other man. I have an opinion of my own on this 
question, that is founded on facts and experience; 
and after 1 have had a hearing, whoever sees litto 
differ with me can go their own road and I'll go 
mine, 
I am now thirty-nine years of age, have been 
a wool-grower on “my own hook” for fourteen 
years, and public wool-shearer ever since 1 was 
fifteen. I am what may be termed an adept at 
shearing. From past experience I am forced to 
the conclusion that no man should ever attempt 
to shear his sheep without washing, uud that it 
should he done at a proper time, when the water 
iH warm and the weather also. My opinion is 
that it is a decided benefit instead of injury to 
the sheep. What sane man will say that dirt and 
filth will improve the health of the animal? 
What effect does soap and water have upon our 
poor, returning soldiers from Southern prisons? 
I imagine H. T. 15. says it improves them, of 
OOufse, Nature has provided a substance (oil) 
which has the same effect while washing that 
common soap does when applied with water to 
the hands. Every shearer knows, or may know' 
that. fact. Tf. T. 15. will pay it is still in the wool 
to aid the manufacturer in cleansing. Granted. 
That is only one argument against two. The 
benefit to the shearer of washed over unwashed 
wool ought t.o outweigh many other considera¬ 
tions. 
I should like to be present as a spectator when 
II. T. 15., or any other man, who is trying to 
change an honored custom, wax compelled to 
shear about ton French Merinos oi Ihe real 
wrinkly, gummy sort it -would do me good — 1 
know it would. I am quite sure they would 
“dry up” on that question after one lesson of 
such wholesome teaching. If another is needed 
I would take them a little further—require them 
to shear the* above mentioned Merinos with an 
additional appendage of difficulties. What are 
they? Simply have them over-salted when 
turned out to grass. Frequently in two weeks 
or less, they are loaded from their tails to their 
hoofs with dung ballK, and a great deal that is not 
balls-ingots of the largest size. Yes, let them 
shear ten unwashed cheep of that stamp, and my 
word for it they are converted. “But,” says one, 
“isn’t that set up a little steep?” Not a hit of it. 
I have fleeced many of just that stripe which had 
passed through the form of washing with but 
very little benefit,, from the fact that the work 
was not half done. 
Now, may 1 not ask, how shall we do such 
work? Here is the answer. Go to the pool and 
wash. Go with an old pair of shears and help 
enough to divest every sheep of the tag-Lcks 
and other filth, put him in, and wash his head, 
neck, legs and belly; yes, wash him all over. 
Then keep your flock on sod ground till shear¬ 
ing, and you have a lot of wool that you could 
stand by and see the manufacturer open without 
a blush. 1, for one, ask no license (not already 
granted) to sell dirt. When 1 take a notion to 
sell that, I shall try to sell all 1 own in a lump, and 
give a warrantee. Until then, my practice will 
be to keep the manure at home for the benefit 
of crops. A. K. 
Warren’s Corners, N. Y’., 1863. 
SHEEP AND COWS—VALUE OF MILK. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— In your paper of 
April 4th, T. 0. P. closes au article on sheep and 
cows, by asking, “ Will somebody tell me where 
1 havegnade a mistake?” This certainly justifies 
your readers in asking questions, so I venture to 
inquire, by what authority does T, C. P. “ assume 
that milk is worth, on an average, eight cents 
per gallon?” To sell for consumption as milk, 
in a few favored localities this assumption is 
true; but whore milk must be made into butter 
or cheese to sell it, four cents a gallon is much 
nearer the value. 
The Transactions of the New York State Agri¬ 
cultural Society for 1861, page 90, give the results 
of Col. A. Pratt’s butter dairy for five years, 
viz : from ISoT to 18GI inclusive, by which it ap¬ 
pears that it. requires 14 45 quarts of milk to 
make a pound of butler. If the Colonel had 
purchased his milk at T. C. P.’s price, he would 
have paid nearly 29 cents per pound for the 
material for his butter. In the Country Gentle¬ 
man of this week, page 258, is an account of a 
Scotch dairy, by which it appears that a gallon 
of milk does not make a pound of cheese. In 
one ease 95-100, In the other 94-100 of a pound is 
given as the product Therefore, cheese must 
sell for more than eight cents per pound to pay 
for mitk at the price assumed by T. C. P. 
If milk is really worth, to make into butter and 
cheese, (to sell at the average market prices of 
the last ten years,) not far from four cents a gal¬ 
lon, then T. C. P. must revise bis calculations 
of the value of the annual yield of milk of a 
cow, by cutting the sum total square through the 
middle, and leave liis cow credited with $22.00, 
and all her products that will sell for more than 
that sum had better be passed over to the credit 
of interest and labor. The average annual value 
of the butter and pork sold by Col. Pratt, be 
gives at $48.55 per cow for live years; the butter 
alone averaged $4l)71 per cow, T, C. P, 
assumes Col. Pratt’s milk to have been worth 
nearly ten per cent, more than his bn i ter sold 
for. Col. Pratt is a butter producer of high 
reputation, and is quite likely to be as successful 
as most men can reasonably hope for in the best 
dairy districts. 
I think T. C. P. is open to quite as important 
corrections in his estimates of the products of 
sheep as of cows; but I will not now take up 
room with that branch of the subject. 
Faumount, N. Y., April, 1863. O. G. 
TOBACCO CULTURE, 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— I have been re¬ 
quested by some of the readers of your paper to 
send you an article on the cultivation of tobacco. 
The extravagant prices charged for (lie different 
qualities of tobacco, by the vendor* at this time, 
has induced many in this section, w ho are unac¬ 
quainted with the cultivation of the plant, or the 
species, or varieties most suitable for cultivation 
in this latitude, to attempt to raise sufficient for 
their own use, rather than raising for market; 
and an the season has so far advanced, my re¬ 
marks may be considered as intended for those 
living so far at the North as not to be familiar 
with the different species or varieties cultivated, 
or the manner of cultivation, rather than those 
further South, who have long been familiar with 
its cultivation and manufacture. 
The tobacco plant belongs to the fifth class of 
the Linnirn artificial arrangement, Penlandria, 
and order Monogynia , and genus Nicotiana. 
This genus contains fourteen different species, 
about one-half of which have, at different times, 
and by different nations, been cultivated tor uses 
to which it is generally applied. Some of the 
species of (his genus are of such humble, dimin¬ 
utive growth as hardly to attract the attention 
of any but a botanist, and one of the species, the 
Nana, which has long been used by the natives 
of the Rocky Mountains, grows close upon the 
ground, rising no higher than the common prim¬ 
rose. The species in common cultivation in this 
section are N. Utbucum and N. macrophylla. 
Of the former species, that variety known as the 
“Connecticut Seed Leaf,” seems at present in 
highest repute; it is the kind I would recom¬ 
mend new beginners to obtain. One thimble- 
full of seed, if properly sown, will produce 
plants enough to set half an acre, 
As my object in this is simply to direct about 
sowing the seed, 1 shall omit all after manage¬ 
ment for u future article. As it is not to be sup¬ 
posed that, every farmer lias made a hot-bed, I 
shall describe what I consider the best method 
for raising plants in open culture. 
Sowing.— As soon as the earth has become 
sufficiently dry, select a suitable place. Make a 
brush-heap upon it of sufficient size to contain 
as many plants as needed. Burn the brush, uud 
when the fire is extinguished, rake the ground 
thoroughly, and as soon as it becomes cool 
enough to bear your hand in it sow your seed, 
and press the ground smooth with the back of 
your shovel. Cover the whole bed with brush, 
and the task is done. If done by the first of 
May, you may expert plants large enough to set 
as soon as the ground is ready and the weather 
will permit 
The object in burning a brush-heap is two¬ 
fold,- it destroys all other seeds that arc upon 
the face of the ground, and warms the ground so 
that the seeds germinate sooner, and a slight 
covering of brush prevents animals treading upon 
the plants, and also protects them greatly from 
winds and frosts. More anon. 
New Haven, Osw. Co., N. Y., 1863. N. Goobski.l. 
HOW TO GET RID OF THE STUMPS. 
Mr. Rural:—P lease don’t be surprised on 
hearing a voice from the army. We are a long 
way from the scene of our domestic operations, 
yet we read the Rural, and be assured it 
comes ihe nearest to a furlough of anything we 
have (short of a visit to our homes) in shortening 
time and distance. 
But to the point. “ A Subscriber, Dansville, 
N. Y.,” wishes to know how to get rid of stumps; 
and Mr. G. Janes, of Illinois, advises him to 
“emigrate to the prairies,” or, in other words, 
dig out, and leave them. Now, this sounds harsh 
to a soldier’s oars; for, if he should act upon 
such advice when rebel stumps came in his way, 
it might not be long before the said Mr. Janes 
would have to dig out and leave the prairie 
after the mode he recommends in regard to the 
stumps; and further, it is doubtful whether the 
plan satisfies Mr. Subscriber of Dansville. 
The following plan maybe better calculated to 
enhance Ihe value of your subscriber’s farm:— 
First— If the trees are standing, cut off the roots 
on the sides opposite the direction the tree is 
likely to fall, taking care, as far as possible, to 
have the trees fall across a log, three or four feet 
from the root. The weight of the top and a little 
breeze will aid greatly in rooting them out. 
The fall will shake out the dirt, and by the time 
the trunk will burn the root will also. This is 
more trouble than to chop them down, but it 
saves trouble in the end. By burning a heap of 
brush or logs on the spot where the tree stood it 
will raise as good a crop as any placp. Second.— 
If the timber is already cut down, procure a 
lever about twenty-live feet long, or less, and if it 
is dry, soft maple, (which is best,) it should be 
about ten inches thick at the large end. Hitch 
your team to the small end; place the but 
against one slump; then fasten a heavy chain to 
the lever about five feet from the large end, and 
hitch the chain to another stump, which is to be 
drawn. Now, start up your team, and if the 
chain don’t break, the stump will surely come. 
This plan Is not new, yet many overlook it, 
thinking there may bo a better machine; but 
from personal experience I know there is none 
more effective and available, however well it 
may be ironed off— which comes within the reach 
of a majority of farmers. Every one may have 
such. Third—If the stumps are hard wood, or 
large pine, it. is better to burn them off', which 
may be done by placing a log of hard wood on 
the top or by the side of the stump. The ashes 
and rotten wood will, as manure, compensate for 
loss of space. E. Cheslky. 
Virginia, March, 1863. 
Hu gff . 
A Few Remarks on Honey Comb. 
Material Used. —There were a few words 
in a late issue of the Rural with regard to the 
material bees use for making honey comb. By 
what the writer says, it is interred that somebody 
has been seriously discusring the question, and 
that the opinion prevails, to some extent, that 
bees do not make their comb from honey. The 
question may be readily settled by a few simple 
experiments, 
liow to Experiment.— Confine a swartt! of 
bees iu an empty hive, and feed them plentifully 
with honey, slightly diluted with water, for sev¬ 
eral days. Ten days will be sufficient At the 
close of this period there will be a quantity of 
honey comb in proportion to the size of the col¬ 
ony, the amount of honey fed, and the capacity 
of the hive. Then, if it he desired, remove the 
combs that have been made, and let the bees 
start anew. Those using frame hives,—no econ¬ 
omizing bee-keeper will use any other, —can 
readily remove the combs, and without, loss. A 
good swarin of bees will till a hive of 2,000 cubic 
inches with comb in ten or twelve days, from 
honey alone, if they bo supplied with enough of 
it, and are properly attended to. 
Water is Necessary.— The honey thus fed 
to the bees should be diluted with water. The 
nursing been need both water and honey for pre¬ 
paring proper feed for the brood. It i^ likewise 
necessary for aiding the bees in elaborating wax. 
Amount of Honey' Required. — Perhaps 
some reader would like to know about how 
much honey is necessary to enable the bees to 
build combs sufficient to hold, say fifty pounds of 
honey. The exact amount is not known, but 
should judge that fifty pounds would not be too 
much! 
Bee-Bread is Used.—I t is thought that bees 
build comb with greater rapidity when they 
have access to bee-bread. This is probably true. 
The experimenters in comb-building will please 
bear in mind that young bees cannot he pro¬ 
duced unless the nursing bees have access to 
bee-bread, or its substitute. 
Comb Made ok Suoau.— Bees can build comb 
when supplied with sugar dissolved in water. 
What they need for this purpose is simply some¬ 
thing having a large supply of saccharine matter. 
How Wax is Produced.— Comb or wax is 
simply the fat of the bee. The bees can convert 
the honey fed to them into fat, chiefly, w hen they 
desire. The fat or wax comes from them be¬ 
tween the lower rings of the abdomen, In thin, 
white scales. These are removed by other bees 
and made into comb. There are usually six 
flakes of wax attached to each wax-producing 
bee. M. M. Baldridge. 
St, Charles, Kane Co., IU., 1863. 
The Apiary in April 
Strong stocks of bees need little attention 
now, except to destroy any moths that may have 
found their way into the inclosure. The moth 
worms may be found curled upon the floor of the 
hives on cold mornings, whence they are easily 
removed on raising the hive. Clean out all filth, 
and clusters of dead bees about the combs. The 
bees collect pollen, aud but very little honey at 
this season. If the store of honey in any hive 
has fallen short, put a supply in shallow' dishes 
under the boxes, with shavings or chips in it for 
the bees to alight on. When short of home ra¬ 
tions at this season, bees are prone to rob others. 
Watch for unusual excitement, toward evening. 
A strong hive attacked will usually defend 
itself, especially if the entrance be contracted so 
that they can meet the intruders one at a time. 
Weak colonies should be removed at once to a 
cellar or a dark room, until alter a few warm 
days, when the poachers will have turned to 
honest pursuits. Stop depredations as early as 
possible; a successful robbery emboldens them 
to further freebooting. it is seldom advisable to 
disturb butts already doing well. If changes are 
to be made to movable frame hives, or otherwise, 
let it be done now. Look out now' for any more 
hives needed at the swarming season. So says 
the American Agriculturist. 
^minimis ami SViisim’S. 
Max thing Corn in the Hill.—W ill yon, or some oHe, 
through your columns, give ihe best mode of manuring 
own in the hill with well rotted barnyard manure ?—C. 
P , Oaks Corners, N. Y. 
How to Start Cotton.—H aving had some cotton seed 
sent mo from the Patent Oftioe, l would like some direc¬ 
tions how to prepare the ground and seed. Must It. be 
Started in a hot bed ? W'ill you, Or some of your traders, 
please give me the desired information ?—A "Subscriber. 
The article on “Cultivation of Cotton,” in Rural of 
March 28, 1863, answers the above inquiry. 
Lambs Pulling their YVool. — Please inform me 
through the column* of your paper, what 1 shall do for 
some I ft mb* that have commenced pulling their wool from 
off their hind leg*. Where the wool la off I find a small 
yellowish spot W'ill you or some Of your reader* inform 
me how to treat them, and much oblige—T. B,, Jr , Gc 
•nr. ea, jV. >' 
As already itatcd in our answer to “Reader,’’ we are 
not apprised thnt any remedy has been discovered to pre¬ 
vent sheep from pulling out their wool. 
Scratches —Iu answer to an Inquiry I noticed in jour 
paper for cure for Scratches in horses, I would say Kero¬ 
sene Oil is the moat effectual remedy I have ever used 
after trying many kinds.—G. N. K 
W D , New Hartford.—If desirable to keep tho clover 
iu your meadow, top dress with well rotted manure and 
some ten bushels of wood asheR. Go over the meadow in 
the fall with a light, harrow having sharp teeth, and roll 
and plaster In the spring. 
Water Filter.— Being in want of a filter, and not 
finding atiyjm sale—not even in Detroit—I thought to ap¬ 
ply to yon for instruction*. Now, if you will publish In 
the Rural, (the model paper.) the best manner of con¬ 
st! noting such an article, both as to materials, and manner 
of putting together, you w ill greatly oblige an old subsen 
her. I want one large enough for a family of from three 
to five | arsons, and to be used separate from the cistern. 
Also, please state how often they should be cleaned, ami 
how — P. G. Hoao, Marengo, Mich. 
Will some one answer the above V We have used Ksn- 
zik’n filter some ten years, and consider it an indispensa¬ 
ble domestic institution, especially where good water Is 
not easily obtainable. 
Flax Cultu i,k, —Believing it to be a duty to attempt tho 
revival <>f Flax Culture in this vicinity, I would earnestly 
request jou (it convenient) to answer the following ques¬ 
tion* for the benefit of the farming comm unity 3 —lat, The 
quantity of Med required per acre 2d, Time for flowing. 
3d, The average vield of seed per acre 4th, The average 
.Grid Of lint or fiber per acre Sib, I* it more exhaustive 
to the roil than ordinary grain crops ? fith, T he best inode 
of harvesting.—R. L, Betts, Troy , N. V 
Several of the questions propounded by our correspond 
ent have been answered in late numbers of the Rural, 
and all of them arc fully met in the Manual of Flax Cul¬ 
ture, advertised in tiffs paper. Indeed, we sent u copy of 
Mr. B.’» inquiries to the author of th© leading IC*say In 
the Manual, (Wm. Newoomii, Esq , of Rensselaer Co.,) 
in order to elicit the desired information from a reliable 
source. Mr. N.'s F.ssay also fully answers various inqui 
rics we have recently received concerning Flax Culture 
New England Harvester.— I see an inquiry in the 
Rural about the New England Harvester I am willing 
to say, and can prove it to be an imposition on the farmer. 
It was built two years ago in Norwalk There were about 
thirty of them built hero, and none sold except to tnen 
who bought territory to sell tn, and they lost all they in¬ 
vested It is a worthless machine.—A Bubsohiiikh, A'or- 
walle, April, 1803. 
Preserving Eggs.—J W. Rows is informed that the 
best mode of preserving eggs I have yet discovered, is to 
pack them in salt, the small end of the egg down, so that 
no egg shall touch its neighbor. There are other ways 
in which the egg is well preserved, but this is the best, 
because the egg seems to be kept in its normal condition, 
- perfectly sweet, and without any foreign flavor, such as 
results from liming and greasing —C. D. B. 
The above will answer two three other inquiries we 
have lately received relative to preserving eggs. 
ToRrmove Lice from Colts.—I n looking over your 
columns I raw an inquiry for a way to remove lice from 
colt*, and will give an unfailing remedy:—Take one pint 
Of lamp oil and apply to the animal from the top of the 
head to the roots of the tall, along the back bone, and on 
each side of the back. Tiffs remedy I never knew to fail. 
It Is harmless to the animal, aud after effecting a cure 
can be removed by using soap suds.—\V. W. Earnest, 
Wayne, jy. Y 
Another Remedy for Lick on Colts.— For the bene¬ 
fit of R. \V. sloper, and others interested, I wish you to 
publish this recipe for killing lice on horses and cattle:— 
Take two quarts of soft soap, (it inn*t be a good article,) 
three quarts of strong vinegar, and five quarts of rain 
water. Heat a* warm as you ran hold your band in it, 
and stir well together. This quantity will lie sufficient 
for two colts coining a year old. Put it ou with a doth 
where there is any lice or nits; 1 will warrant it to kill 
both, while tobacco only kills the lice. The vinegar pre¬ 
vent* the soap from taking the hair off. 1 know by expe¬ 
rience that this a sure remedy.— J. Cakkv, Castile, N. Y 
Shall OK Large Potatoes for Bked.—I saw in one of 
your March numbers an inquiry in regard to planting 
small potatoes, and the difference between planting large 
and small ones. I have found out by many years experi- 
rlenre, that if planted on rich ground small potatoes will 
yield as good an assortment of potatoes os large ones, but 
on poor ground large potatoes yield the best Of small 
potatoes from two to three the size of a butternut is suf 
ficcut for a bill.—li. L. C., Crawford Co., Pa. 
Small Potatoes ron Seed.— Lest a mistake should be 
made in planting small potatoes grown from small pota¬ 
toes. I vullgivc my experience. Several years ago, potatoes 
being scarce, I bad planted all 1 hud saved for seed, (huge 
ones, of course, for I always believed that all seeds sown 
or planted should be the best and plumpest.) and sent to a 
neighbor to get three or four bushels more. They w ere 
got, and before discovered about half had been dropped 
and covered. I was disgusted that any one would sell 
such small potatoes. I ordered the Vest sent back. In 
digging, the result surprised me I could see uo differ¬ 
ence. 1 adopted then, as a rule, to plant small potatoes. 
This was continued for several years until the crop entirely 
ran out of large ones, and was worthless.— G. D. Phil¬ 
lips, Coventry, A r . Y. 
Cure for Hoof Rot in Sheep. —Take of white and 
blue vitriol, alum, verdigris and copperas, each three 
ounces. Pulverize and add one quart of vinegar. Stir 
and add one half pint each of Alcohol aud spirits of tur¬ 
pentine Let it stand twelve hours. Pare the hoof off, 
all that is loose or shelly; then apply the liquid with a 
swab. Repeat the application t'vo or three times at inter¬ 
vals of two or three days, and a perfect cure will be effect¬ 
ed. The sheep should be kept on a dry floor for two or 
three hours after each application. Feeding two tea- 
spoonfuls of sulphur with salt twice a week, is also useful 
to cleanse the blood of sheep.— T P. B., Greigtville, N. Y. 
Tohacoo Cclturk —The article on tiffs subject in a 
preceding column, will answer several inquiries relative 
to varieties of seed, time and mode of sowing, etc. 
About Spring W i r K at — Varietir.t , Ac .—I wish to in* 
quire through the medium of your valuable paper about 
Spring Wheat. Are there varieties within reach bettor 
than the Tea Wheat? Are they, from early sowing, lialdo 
to injury by weevil, or f,om late sowing, by rust ? Is it a 
profitable crop in Western New York, and what are the 
prospect* of the crqp being injured by the plant aphis ? 
—A. N. Y'., Groueland, A’. Y. 
The “Canada Club” wheat is considerably sown in 
some loralitic*, but we are are not ndviiwd that it is any 
better than the Tea, though preferred by some. The 
“ Fife ” can be sown two or throe weeks later than other 
varieties, as it grows and matures rapidly—ripening about 
as early as the Tea and Club, though sown later The 
Black Sea is a very hardy variety—not so much affected 
by frost aud cold as others—hut it is of inferior quality, 
making dark flour. It is mostly grown in the cold sec¬ 
tions of Northern New York. We are not advised that 
spring wheat is liable to injury from the midge on account 
of early sowing, or from rust by late sowing. The crop 
is becoming more profitable In Western New York- W 
cannot say a* to the prospect of injury from the plant 
aphis. Will some experienced grower of spring wheat 
give us light on this and other point*—correcting us if 
astray in replying to nbove queries. 
Sugar from thk Impure. — I notice the inquiry of I. T, 
Hctchisson in reference to sugar from tho Impliee. 
There are two valuable varieties—the Ootn-se-a na and the 
Nee-a sa na. The former cry stallizes the most quickly, 
and the latter makes the best sugar and syrup, J. A, 
Fetters, of Fairfield ( o., O., and the Messrs. Cory, of 
La Grango Co , Ind , succeeded well with the former. 
The CoryS planted four head* of it, and from the but* 
pressed out 720 ibs. of juice, which, upon bring reduced 
to 96 gallon* Of syrup, yielded *2 lb*, of dry sugar. C, D. 
Roberts, J. II. Smith, II. K. Smith, 1 Chism an, of Ilf, 
and others I could name, prefix tin- Ner-vza na The two 
Smiths claim to have made fine tuns lost fall. The mode 
of manufacture ha* much to do with *uece*s with any ra 
ricty, and the above gentlemen, in tlicir published state¬ 
ments, given st the Sorgho Conventions, give credit to the 
Cook Evaporator. 1 notice that both varieties of the 
above seed are advertised in the Rural by Bi.ymyxuh, 
Bates A Day. The Oom see a na ripens in 90 days, and 
the Nee a za na iu 70 days.— Exfkjomkntxh. 
SitoKrNO Horse- —Don't you think that the. corres 
pondetit that gave ns such an excellent chapter <OU driving, 
ought to give u* one equally na good ou shoeing a horse— 
telling ns all the particulars about the matter, paring the 
hoof, making the shoe, and setting ? At least I think he 
should, so thnt when we employ a fihoer that don't more 
than half understand bi> hnsiuean, wc may tell him n lit- 
tle. —Inquisitiveness, Canada. 
We shall bo glad to hoar from the writer referred to, or 
any one else who will impart the desired information. 
The matter is important and merits attention. 
Humbly for Soodrs.— In the Rural of March 28th, 
Jamxs II Todd, Brampton, C. \V., wishes to know what 
lie shall do with hi* pigs that have commenced to scour. 
Here is a very simple remedy, which has always proved 
good with us, and is alike applicable to all domestic ani 
mals:—Boil a few oats and feed them to the sow, if the 
pig* have not been weaned; If they have, feed them to the 
pigs.—W. O. Armstrong, Bell isle, N. Y 
Moui.lv, Musty and very Poor Hay, if cut up and 
steamed, will bo eaten clean by cows. It will come out 
from the steam box a* fresh as when it was made in the 
meadow, with all of it* fragrance. Was obliged to try it 
two years ago for two days in feeding seventy head.—M., 
Buffalo, PT. Y. 
Rural Kotcs anii Items. 
The Wheat Crop. —The recent weather has been fa¬ 
vorable for the wheat crop, tho rains giving the young 
plants a good growth and fine appearance in this region. 
Report-* from different sections are quite favorable a* to 
the prospects of the crop, it being generally regarded a* 
unusually promising. Col. Murlook, of Wheatland, 
(one of the best wheat, growing towns in the State,) in¬ 
forms ua that lie ha* not seen the wheat crop look so well 
at tiff* season since he become a resident of the county 
(sixteen years ago,) us it does at. present. We have some 
reports, however, of the crop being winter killed, to some 
extent, in one or two locailtie*, but hear of no serious in¬ 
jury from that cause. A large breadth of land was sown 
to wheat in Western New York last fail, and we trust 
growers of the valuable cereal will be amply remunerated. 
Seeds from the Department of Agriculture - The 
Commissioner, Hon. Isaac Newton, has forwarded ua a 
package of Garden Seeds, *ueh a* are being distributed by 
tlic Department of Agriculture. Mr. Newton write* us 
that it is hi* intention to distribute the seeds hereafter, as 
far as possible, through Agricultural Societies and Clubs. 
He hope* *neh association* will be generally organized 
through the country, and particularly request* that every 
such organization now existing, or which may he formed, 
should at once forward to the Department tile name of 
it* President und Secretary, tliat may be promptly supplied 
with Seeds and Agricultural Reports. The plan of dis¬ 
tribution i* a gooff one, but if the seed* and reports of tho 
new Department are uo better than those which have for 
years emanated from the Patent Office, the country will 
not be specially benefited by It* adoption. But let us 
hope aud pray for improvement where there is such a 
splendid opportunity. 
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Minor Rural Items.— The Best Flax Seed used in Ire¬ 
land is that obtained from Riga, in Russia, according to the 
statement of a large grower at a late meeting of the Mun¬ 
ster Flax Improvement Society.- Flax should be Sown. 
in April or May, when the ground is warm and dry. A11 
high or elevated dry lands, if not sandy, will produce 
good liax with proper cultivation. Flax does best after a 
hoed crop of the previous year.- A Cheese Factory juat 
starting in Herkimer, lias facilities for the manufiketur 
ing of 300,000 pounds of cheese annually. The Spring 
business is expected to open with tho milking of five or., 
six hundred cows; aud is to he under the direction and 
supervision of Mr Uakvky Farrington, of Ilion, the 
celebrated Herkimer Couuty cheese buyer- The Pork 
Packed In Cincinnati the past season Is stated (by the 
Price Current, of that city,) to he 4,069,000—an increase 
over last year of 1,300,000. There is a net increase in 
pounds of meat of 32>£ per cent, and in pounds of lard 
27.V per cent.- ’The Bashaw Stallion, offered for sale in 
our advertising columns, is, we are assured by a friend, a 
superior animal.- The. Cattaraugus Co. Fair for 1803 U 
to he held in Glean, on the 22d, 23d and 24th of Septem¬ 
ber.- The Tobacco and Coni Crops of W*t. MoLban, of 
Henderson Co,, Ky., have just been sold for 170,000 The 
tobacco crop embraced 380,000 lbs., and brought $63,000. 
Tins is said to he the most valuable yield ever produced 
on a single plantation in Kentucky.- The Cmoersal 
Clothes Wringer, advertised in this paper, is declared by 
those who know, to be a decidedly valuable domestic in¬ 
stitution. Read the testimony in advertisement. 
Piboioulturk. —Tho article on “Growing Brook or 
8pecklcd Trout, Artificially,” published in our prei-eo! 
number, will attract the attention of those interested tn 
the subject, and repay a careful perusal. Mr A insworth 
lias been remarkably successful In growing the speckled 
beauties, and is the right man to give information on the 
subject. Trout fishers who have visited Mr. A.'s place, 
speak in glowing terms of his success and genius. 
