Btomach, bo that there was no cure for him. Oh, season, which elsewhere in the West have pro- 
Bhamo! duced sugar in paying quantities. Our Bimp 
In Veterinary Surgery this country is far sells readily at fifty cents per gallon by the 
behind England, Franco, or Germany, and there¬ 
fore works emanating from those countries are 
considered more reliable than those of America. 
In consulting English writers, Kline, Blain, 
and Cr.AKK are considered as qualified men in 
their profession. Kune, in treating this subject, 
says “ worms of horses are found as bots, in the 
stomach, but which, as they attach themselves to 
quantity, and I, for one, think the time not distant 
when no other will be used in the West 
Huron Co , Ohio, 18C3. I*. B. Salisbury. 
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CORN CULTURE-FENCE POSTS. 
Among the many articles lately published in 
Agricultural papers on raising corn, I have seen 
in hand, to throw away the split wood. I use an sting follows, the venom thus imparted to the air, Cement Water p,p*. - chm i make a water r 
axe not sharp enough to chop with, and if it if only one. is perceived by others at some dis- ce # meD t pipe that will to hrinsr water about 60 ^* 
goes through diagonally into the chips, no mat- tance, who will immediately approach the scene, wifi'*££* 
ter, as the axe will keep sharp enough, if there and more stings are likely to follow than if the ComTAlir Kkader, Eagk narhor, y. r. b A 
the hard, insensible part of that organ seldom do 1 none that describes the method I pursue, and as 
harm." Clark fancifully “supposes they do 
good, and devices means for furnishing them 
when not in existence." 
“ The hot is the larva of the cestrus equi, a fly 
which deposits Us eggs upon the grasses on 
which horses feed, and on parts of the horse 
himself, from whence they pass into the stomach 
by the food, or being licked off. Certain It is, 
they get there, are hatched, aud these remain 
hanging to the coats of it, by two tentaculic, 
receiving the juices of the masticated food as 
nutriment. After considerable time, they make 
their way out by the onus, drop on the ground, 
are first transformed into chrysalids, and after¬ 
wards into parent flies.” 
Doctor R. R. Harden, of Georgia, in writing 
up the diseases of horses many years since, 
declared that “bots never killed horses," but 
ascribed death in most called bote, to colic, occa¬ 
sioned by injudicious treatment, lie also stated 
his experiments on bote, by putting Ihem into 
solutions, such as arsenic, copperas, mercury, 
diluted acids, potash, lime, Ac., none of which 
seemed to kill them, and concludes by saying, 
that nothing that a horse could take and survive, 
would kill hots. 
How long, Mr. Editor, are we to allow this 
quack theory about bote, to go unrebuked? How 
long before our farming community will en¬ 
lighten themselves sufficiently to save thousands 
of horses which arc now yearly sacrificed to this, 
worse than Salem witchcraft-superstition theory 
about bots? Or is it out of the reach of common 
sense? g. 
THE CHINESE CANE IN OHIO. 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yorkkk:— As the manu¬ 
facture of sirup from the Chinese Sugar Cane is 
fast becoming a branch of industry with the farm¬ 
ers of the West, and wishing to encourage the 
production of a native sweet, I thought a few 
words on the subject from this latitude might not 
be objectionable to your many readers. I Lave 
noticed that some of your correspondents in 
former numbers of the Rnju l, expressed doubte 
of the final success of its culture north of “Mason 
and Dixon’s Line.” To such let me say that, so 
far as the State of Ohio is concerned, it is not 
only a success, but a real blessing. The farmers 
of this section commenced by planting email 
patches of the cane, to test its practicability and 
its merits as a substitute for sugar. Owing to an 
imperfect knowledge of its habits, and the entire 
absence of suitable machinery for its manufac¬ 
ture, their first experiments were not very satis¬ 
factory; however, enough had been learned to 
encourage the more sanguine to erect expen¬ 
sive machinery for crushing the cane and 
evaporating the juice. And I am happy to be 
able to say that their efforts to make the cultiva¬ 
tion of the sugar cane a “paying institution" 
have been more than a success. 
I will take the liberty of naming some of the 
most prominent pioneers in the successful man¬ 
ufacture of sirup at this point. Their names 
are F. D. Drake, F. D. Kixhslky, and Joseph 
Youngs. These men, by their skill and energy, 
were enabled to overcome all obstacles, and 
were successful in producing a very superior 
article of sirup. Mr. Drake has been untiring 
in his efforts to produce a pan and arch that 
would combine the follow ing advantages, namely: 
1st, Rapid evaporation. 2d, Perfect coagula- \ 
tion of the green substance expressed with the \ 
juice. 3d, Some regulation by which the green , 
substance, as soon as coagulated, shall be thrown ’ 
to the sides of the pan, where it may readily bo , 
removed. 4th, Economy of fuel—thus saving j 
wood, which is a very important item with us, i 
who have to haul our wood from five to six i 
miles. It gives me pleasure to be able to inform t 
the readers of the Rural that he has succeeded i 
in producing such a pan and arch. 1 have seen j 
specimens of his sirup that, to my taste, far snr- r 
pass Stuart’s famed “Golden Drips.” Mr. \ 
Drake has a patent for his Evaporator. There 
has been another pan patented here, by the Rev. , 
M. II. Smith, which combines many excellencies, i 
Cook’s Evaporator has also been used here with v 
good success. Within a radius of two miles of f 
this place, there was made, the past season, be- c 
tween thirteen and fourteen thousand gallons of l 
very superior simp. As a substitute tor sugar. 
I have invariably gathered good crops since I 
adopted this method, I am compelled to think it 
is a good one. 
At wheat harvest, the ground intended for 
corn the succeeding year is selected, and the 
wheat is stacked on it, two stacks in a place, and 
so distributed that at thrashing—the straw being 
drawn away from the machine by a horse at¬ 
tached to the two ends of a rail,— a little 
spreading with a fork will make it completely 
cover the ground. It is then fired, which con¬ 
sumes not only the slraw, but the stubble and 
weeds, and leaves the ground perfectly bare and 
clean. During the fall it is plowed about as we 
ordinarily plow for wheat, five to six inches 
deep. The latter part of the succeeding April, 
the ground is thoroughly harrowed, aud the Bur- 
face made fine and mellow. Three horses are 
then attached to the plow, and the ground is 
plowed a? deep as horses can draw the plow; 
again plowed and harrowed till the surface 
is fine and mellow. It is then marked with 
a sled marker, making four rows at a time, 
three and a half feet apart, the driver riding on 
the marker to make it run four or five inches 
deep, which it will easily do, the ground being 
so mellow. The corn is then dropped between 
the 1st and 10th of May, one grain in a place, ten 
inches apart, as near as is practicable. The 
roller is then brought into requisition, and it is 
rolled across the rows, which covers the corn 
about two inches deep, and presses the dirt firm 
on to the seed. Where each row is planted, there 
will be a slight depression. 
are no Btone. This I have practiced, and prefer 
it to any other. Try it , men and boys , before 
adopting the method described in the Rural of 
Feb. 21st, 1563. Wood-Splitter. 
Sit* . 
Straw Bee-Hives. 
Edk. Rural New-Yorker:—So far as I un¬ 
derstand the subject, straw is regarded by the 
best apiarians as the most suitable material for 
hives. But the trouble has been to adapt straw 
hives to movable combs and boxes. Sometime 
since, Mr. Quinby advertised in the Rural for 
intelligence of any one who had accomplished 
this desideratum. I am happy to inform him 
through the Rural that Mr. Hknschkx, of this 
town, has fully succeeded. He has no patent for 
his invention, and will cheerfully enlighten 
inquirers on the subject I deemed the thing of 
so much consequence that I prepared an article 
on the subject for n local paper, without the 
knowledge of Mr. 11., which I herewith send for 
the Rural. The perseverance and skill and 
success of Mr. H. are very remarkable. Many 
who deem themselves well skilled in bees might 
learn something valuable of Mr. H. I believe 
bis given name is William. His residence is 
Bloomington, Minnesota. 
Some of the advantages of straw hives over 
first had not been. There is no manner ofdimbt but that a conduit P i pe 
How TO Proceed when ArTACKED.-Strik- ° ( pP °T“" d Wd ' > b * a!,,e * 
lui th Not i 7 h rr? tbem r rnore 
ft i v ltJ least daunted, they return to the it will be safe, but the reaction of suddenly stoppi„ ?s 
attack. Not the least show of fear is perceived, ranking stream i> so great as often to burst even strongs 
Even after losing their Sting they obstinately n '* teriala - Care must be taken ts- render the pipe sa5j 
refuse to desist. It is much the best way to pro- fromfrost _ 
rnTh ^ rfl’V 9 r ° S - ibl J t0 the Khe,ter 0f 80me ®WW1W in Sheep.—Y our correspondent, (Jos. L. Nos- 
bu. h. or to tbe house. They will seldom go in- tbucp, on page i2e>i does not tell what time or the > ew 
side Of the door. his sheep were nfleeted, with the scours, nor how they had 
A Person’s Breath Offensive, and other been ° r " e,e bcln * fedl Tlier8 u some cause for 
Causes. —The breath of a person inside the hive ^ dia T*‘ • S ° ours " pt t0 rasu,t impro, * r 
s^T^-, wb i °'r red o "“' j5 
J red 1U the tribunals Of their insect wisdom as dose on the rot as it well could and not be the mt—a gen- 
tbe greatest indignity. A sudden jar, sometimes debility resulting from eating frost-bitten e.od, and ex. 
made in carelessly turning up the hive, is 
another. After being once thoroughly irritated 
in this way they remember it for weeks, and are 
continually on tbe alert; the moment the hive is 
touched they are ready to salute a person’s face. 
—Country Gentleman, 
inquiries ana gVtmwris. 
Bronxe TurkieS.—W ill some of my Rural friends 
tell me where I can get some of the bronze turkies, and 
it they are the most profitable to raise, and ateo what they 
can be got for ? — A Yoc.no Farm me, Danen, U. Y. 7 
Orchard Grass in the West -Hare am- of your 
reader* bad experience with Orchard Grass (fjwlulit atom 
trala.) in any of the Stales Wen of Ohio?—Ii *>, they 
will greatly oblige many who would know more of it in 
wood are, they are more free from dampness, their wperiencc.-Fiau, Frcepoit, 
more free from shrinking and swelling, cooler in „. -* 
summer, and warmer in winter. One of these J gj 
straw hives, which remaiued out of doors all of DO * n *P , 0' f— a. c. Wilson, Allegan, a/«a 
last winter, is as good this spring as over. Mr. 
Hens chen is well pleased with his experiments, 
and thinks he has overcome all difficulties. 1 r,: 
write these articles for the good of the cause, and m<fai 
send them to the Rural that tbe world may ^ 
know what may be done, and what has been »nd\ 
Apply to Fowler & Wells, 3o8 Broadway, New York, 
who can probably answer definitely 
As soon as tbe corn is up about two inches ^ one * e *lract Ike most honey and the most 
high, I attach the horses to the broad end of an 
A drag, lake out the center tooth and attach a 
temporary handle, and drive astride each row, 
tbe handle being used by the driver to prevent 
the corn being cut or covered up by tbe drag. 
The dirt being so mellow and drag teeth run¬ 
ning so near the corn, causes the dirt to till com¬ 
pletely round the corn, covering all the young 
weeds that may be starting. The after culture 
consists in working with cultivator and shovel 
plow two or three limes, according to its neces¬ 
sities and the time that can be spared, never 
« rking after the corn is two feet high, and 
vine the ground as near level as possible at, 
gold, with the least labor and expense, from one 
stock of bees. T. Rowell. 
Bloomington, Minn., April, 1863. 
The following is the substance of the article 
alluded to above: 
A Minnesota Aitary— lima the Thing is Done — 
Twelve miles above Fort Snelling, on the Minnesota river, 
and half a mile above Bloomington Kerry, is a brick cot¬ 
tage, the residence of Mr U-, a German, mu! a regular 
That 8tdmp Machine.—A n nrtiele appeared in your 
paper of April 4th, about a way to get rtd of stamps by 
irioa.HR of a stump-pullingroarhi ne, without a ilesdiiptiim 
ot said machine I i-li that the yvrlter of that article 
would gir o u» a plan of the thing, and oblige a subscriber 
aud reader,—8. h. II ., Lorain Co , Ohio. 
Shall wk Tap thk Pink Treks’-P ermit me to ask 
why it would not be aijvteable to tap or bo* Hie pine of 
our h.resta, which in some part* or the free State* are very 
numerous / Since the supply .,f turpentine and rortt. 
JM.»m the South has been cut off, it h*n riheti to nil enor- 
nious price, ami why cannot we of the North he indepen¬ 
dent, and manufacture our own turpentine, as tone 
as we have all the materials on hand f |. ti.ert- not a dis 
tuierjr at ISew York to which the pitch might be Ukeu 7— 
if not there, where 1— N Hill, Cuton, A. F 
luently got a chronic diarrhea upon them—bordering as 
‘lose on the rot as it yvell could find not be the rut—a gen¬ 
eral debility resulting front eating frost-bitten 6 *>d, and ex- 
ponure. 1 have had *ome such experience. I *hoald feed 
each animal two teaspoonsful of -plri's of turpentine. I 
then wou'd feed sheaf oats at once If this will not core 
a chronic diarrhea, nothing will, that 1 know »£ No one 
should feed com or coni meal at such a time. 
Chalk and milk will not correct the disease; k does not 
remove the cause. The system has relaxed and water has 
accumulated about the bowels. The system must be 
stimulated to action, and to absorb this accumulated water 
about the bowels. Spirits of tuipentine, reduced or dilu¬ 
ted with milk or oil, so aa not to strangle the sheep, com¬ 
bined w-ilh the above feed will do it. Bran is a good'feed 
at such a time, but oata in the sheaf is a better. k. 
Kural Notes anb Stems* 
Death or J. H. Bixby. —Many of our readers will.be 
pained to learn that J. H. Bixby departed this life at his 
residence in Boyalton, Niagara County, on the I4th ultimo,, 
after an illness {congestion of the lungs,) of only four 
dnys. Mr B. was an estimable mau in all the relations of 
life. He was a member of the editorial corp* of Hie 
Rural Nkw-Yohkrk for some years. (1853-S,) during 
which period he gained the respect and esteem of all who* 
made his acquaintance. Possessing fine literary taste and 
culture, Mr. B. was, years ago, a frequent contributor to* 
6 ome of the ablest magazines and periodicals of the day. 
His health failing, however, he retired to a farm eome 
years ago, and has written les* of late-though it U only 
a few weeks since he sent us an article for the Rural, 
with a pleasant note recounting the comforts of his rural 
home, and the happy hours plowed in hi* cozy libraiy. 
And now comes a note from his nearist and dearest rela¬ 
tive, announcing his death, and truly saying, “The loss 
of such a man will be deeply felt by all who knew him. 
The loneliness and desolation of home without him I 
cannot di-scrit© to you. You know much of his part his¬ 
tory—his kind and genial disposition, bis firm religious 
the last working. 
Some may say that this is too much labor to 
layout on the corn crop. I admit it is more 
than is usually bestowed in this State, but where 
twice the labor doubles the crop, there is land 
rent saved, if nothing more. In Central Illi¬ 
nois, where scarcely any other crop is raised for 
market but corn, this plan will not apply in all 
and half a mile above Bloomington Kerry, iB a brick cot- D* 0 O 0 tjon for Siirki* Tmafi, &c — “ Young Wool cannot “ c * criw t0 J 011 - lou know much of his part his- 
tage, the residence of Mr li-, a German, and a regular Grower," who inquires for a “ready made deeoction to torJ '~ hla k "" 1 *" d * cnW disposition, bis firm religious 
geniuB in his way. He may not thank me for what 1 am destroy ebeep ticks," is referred to the advertisement of pnnC , “ nd 6devotion to hi8 friends." Mr B. was 
about to slate, but I think the world should know it. Pu ™ Sheep »'o*A Tobacco in this paper. We arojaassurod at,OUt44 JCarS ° f age - nnd IeAV09 a " ilb *“ d lhree children. 
Noram 1 afraid that this article will cause such a rush into that many extensive sheep owners use and highly rocom ---- 
... ». ., <» viu! uo rjiiHi.u, uu\ei the bee business as to overdo it. Foyr years ago Mr. H. mend ttiis preparation for the destruction of ticks on Gutter kko.v California.—T he following letter con- 
, fc- a,lcI HIP corn 18 two leet high, and found a bee tree and took the stock, 11c- knew nothing sheep and lambs, und the cure of scab. It ia certainly tftin " sonic items that will interest many of our readers, 
ring ttie ground as near level as possible at about bees, but got Mr UcInhv'm work on the subject, worthy of a trial, and if as effectual as represented, must * nd Ul< ’ rcfor '‘ tho responsibility » of Its pub- 
and mastered it Jt it almost incredible what the skill prove invaluable to wool growers. ’ llcation: 
its details, but in the northern part of Ihe Slate, such a record 
where there is at least two acres of wheat raised But the gre 
to one of corn, it works well. duetion of th 
I have never tried the soft maple for fence a<,tt P tcd 10 bo 
posts, but both the soft and hard maples are so dred n,Ue * t0 
prone to decay when exposed to tlie weather. f" <! hs!> p , a 
that I should consider them hardly suitable for , uch) pct5< 
posts. I have white cedar posts that have been think, ttf*ior 
and mastered it It i* almost itierediIdo what the skill 
und energy of Mr. H have twcomplliUiixl witb tnal one 
wild swarm of bees. He has iipw forty stocks, worth eight 
dollars each, and has sold quite a number. Betides this, 
the hundreds of people in St. X'aul who have bought tbe 
little glazed dollar boxes of houey of Mr. II. are indebted 
to the same. Mr. H. has shown what can be done with 
bees, and furnished a stimulus to his neighbors to go and 
do likewise, 1 doubt Whether any other man can show 
But tho greatest success ol' Mr. H. consists in his pro¬ 
duction of the bee-keeper’s desideratum—a straw hive 
adapted to boxes. It would pay an apiarist to go a hun¬ 
dred miles to take lessons of Mr. H. He is communicative 
and has no patent ‘for his new hive. All credit to Mr. H.; 
he is cerUir.ly a very useful wan. If we had a few more 
such, we need not lack for sweet. Mr. Qoinht states, I 
think, tWat one section will sustain two hundred and fifiv 
set Bigilt years, and do not as yet show any signs stocks .of bees. This would be for one township of thirty 
of decay, except in tbe sap. I set 800, and have 
removed several hundred, and all are in the same 
6tate of preservation. S. W. Arnold. 
Cortland, Ill., 1863. 
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PROFITS OF COWS AND SHEEP. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I have been a 
farmer boy all the working days of my life, and 
for several years past have had the pleasure of 
reading your valuable and interesting paper. 
You have requested people to give their experi¬ 
ence in farming. I have had a little experience 
in the pursuit of agriculture, and often felt as 
six sections, 0,000 Slocks, producing 450,000 pounds of 
honey, at the rale of fifty pounds to the hive. And this 
is what Mr. U. realizes after leaving enough to winter the 
hues. Thus we have in this little precinct $56,000 of un¬ 
developed w ealth in the matter of honey at a sliilling a 
pound; which, if produced, would .support many fami 
lies, sweeten many palates, and not detract from any other 
branch of business. Ii may be inferred that Minnesota 
might produce honey $nough to sweeten all the world and 
the rest of mankind. 
Irritability of BeeB. 
Keeping bees good-natured offers a pretty 
fair subject for ridicule; it seems rather too ab¬ 
surd to teach a bee anything! Nevertheless, it 
a . • il - , , it a --- *•“*«) -» IMIUMO m V* A » • «' 
it IS preferable to any other sirup to be had; aod half a9 many )amb8 as 8 i K ,. p , (wMch f 
I mitt rtf unu 4 It of rsV _ ^ 1 ’ v ’ 
though I wanted to “speak in meeting," but did j 8 worth while to think of it a little. Most of us 
not think I could edify the public, therefore kept know that by injudicious training, horses, cattle, 
rmim. 1 am a willing listener, and, in order to dogs, etc., may be rendered extremely vicious. Il 
be sociable, must suy something occasionally, there is no perceptible analogy between these 
It agreeable to your wishes, 1 propose telling and bees, experience proves that they may be 
T. G. P. where I think he missed it in his ealeu- made ten times more irritable than they naturally 
lation of tbe profits of cows over sheep. would be. 
First, I contend that, as a general thing, the __ ^ .. 
i ..., . , . Their Means ok Defence. — Naturehasarm- 
valueol one cow will buy ten sheep, und they can , .. ... . . „ , . uai,iuni 
. i . .. ■' „.. r’ „ f ed them with means to defend their stores and 
be kept on the same amount oi teed. Second, As ., , ,. ... . .. p . u 
,, „ ,, provided them with combativeness sufficient, 
we cannot all of us sell our milk, wo must manu- .. ,, oiein. 
f . ■, , , . ’ , . . . to use them when necessary. This could not be 
facture it ourselves, and instead of receiving , , , e J , uu ‘ w 
c .,, r ... . , betterrd. If they were powerless to repel an 
$44 per cow. profit, we must take up wi lt $30, ,, J .. 1 , , , 
and very many Hunk .hey are doing well ,r “ ? depredate, S , 
to make tk»t Third, I put ihe lamb, at*U5 ^ 
• fruits of their industry, leaving them to starve. 
“ W hat Ails thk Lambs I"— Your corrmfpondent from 
Kane Co,, III., who asks the above question, may have 
been feeding his sheep prairie hay containing the wild 
parsnip. Lambs are affected in this uianuer when they 
get this kind of food. They are poisoned by it. As soon 
as discovered drench thoroughly with whiskey. If your 
correspondent knows that it is not wild parsnip, it is prob¬ 
ably some other vegetable poison; for poison affects sheep 
very much as he lias described.—o. », B. 
Prerarixu Bonks for Mamibk.— Can the Ruuai. in¬ 
form me the l>e*t way to prepare hones for manure t No 
mill near for grinding.—H. a. Chapman, Soybiook, Conn. 
Where bones cannot be ground, the best process is to 
crush them as fine os convenient and put them into a tight, 
open cask, cover them with water, and slowly add about 
one tenth of sulphuric acid, (oil of vitriol.) in a few 
days they will be entirely dissolved. Dry tho solution 
with charcoal dust, black nfcick, or hard wood saw dust, 
and you will have the most perfect stimulant and excitant 
to vegetable life tliat art can produce. 
Ginseng.—A great deal of money has been paid in Min¬ 
nesota—I seo by tbe paper*—for ginseng. I suppose it 
grows wild v'tere It is indigenous in many of the North¬ 
ern States. But can you tell me whether it may be profit¬ 
ablycultivated t How should it be propagate*!? U it 
cultivated or propagated for market in this country any¬ 
where t If so, where ami what is the profit ? 1 do oot 
expect an editor can answer all these questions, much os 
be may know, but I know it set axioat in the RuRAi.it 
will meet a great many eyes.— James Green, lodge Co. 
Wisconsin. 
We behove there have been attempts to cultivate gin 
seng in some parts of the country, but with what success 
we canuot say. 
Twins i or Breeding. —I have found by talking with 
sheep men, who seem to be posted, that they have a great 
aversion to breeding from bucks that are twins. The only 
reason I ever heard given for this objection, is that they 
do not breed so even. This was given me by a man who 
breeds pure bred Merinos, He said he would not breed 
from a twin Jamb If he knew it. 1 should like further 
light on this subject 1 suppose there must be certain 
physiological reasons, which may be more intelligibly 
stated. If so, l have no doubt it will interest many of 
your readers to know what they are. It is certainly im 
portaut that the objections should be more thuruughiy 
understood.—N. K. N., Licking Co., Ohio. 
Wc shall be glad to hear from gentlemen who are thor¬ 
oughly posted on this subject. 
Leached Ashes and Limb for Manure.— H. L. H., 
Oswego—We have no doubt of the perfect propriety of 
mixing leached ashes and lime as a manure. The pro- 
portions are of no importance, only that some land does 
indeed, I might say that few of my neighbors 
use any other sweetening for cooking purposes. 
This year will see a very great increase in tbe 
quantity of sirup manufactured in this section. 
Our people inaugurated anice little Sorgho Show 
at this place, under the auspices of the “Ladies’ 
Aid Society." I am sure, Mr. Editor, it would 
have b<N'u highly gratifying to you, could you 
have seen the many specimens of cookery on 
exhibition,into which Sorgho entered as a sweefr 
ening. The numberless samples of sirup and 
sugar, as well as wines, vinegar, pickles and 
candies, all owing their goodness to (he same 
native sweetener, were a sight worth looking at. 
Our ladies are proverbial for doing things up 
right; hut this time they fairly bewildered with 
the good things they spread before the people, as 
a sample of what could be made with our native 
sirup as a sweetener. Aud then, the dimes 
taken at the door were a perfect God-send to the 
noble Aid Society. 
We have made some sirup that has granulated, 
but not enough to call sugar-making a success. 
We are going to try other varieties of cane this 
think, is low enough.) at $175, makes $8 75; and 
five pounds of wool per head, at 40 cents per 
pound, is $20. Use of cow, $30; use of sheep, 
$28.75,—balance in favor of cow, $1 25, to say 
nothing of the extra labor in taking care of cows. 
Mallory, April, 1863. B. P. Moon. 
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SPLITTING WOOD-HOW I DO IT. 
TnE bed of chips where wood is generally 
Had it been sp arranged, this industrious insect not re< i uire li,ne > especially if new and not exhausted 
would probably have long since been extinct. There can hardly be too much leached ashes used, (except 
_ _ , ‘ on stiff clay*,) as they are nearly an effete substance, with 
Time Ol GkkatE.nT Irritability- The sea- a trace of potash and large quantities of silex, in a very 
son of their greatest caution, in this section, is comminuted form, adapted to the formation of the sili- 
AUgUSt, during the flower Of buckwheat It is cates required by the whole ligneous fiber. Neither lime 
then their sjores are greatest As soon as a stock r,,1T as,les should be mixed with recent or fermentable 
is pretty well supplied with this world’s goods, miinure s ) as theydevelope and dispense the ammouical 
like some bipeds, they become very haughty, _ 
proud, aristocratic aud insolent. A great many Keeping Bres in Chambers, &o.— l wish to use your 
things are construed into insults that in their Bdral as a medium through which to make some inqui- 
—■ ' - - " “VA V II UUU AW L.' IH1UII I O - • - - - - * *.- - ** VUVVV ASA till. I J , . , , . . , , 
.Yz „ , r. , ,, . raes about been. Can Inev be kept to good advantage mu 
Ba\v6u and split, is a capital place for tho pur- days ot adversity would pass unnoticed j but chamber, with windows opening to tbe it* bo, 
viAro-i 1 1^.1_ ... it. _ A il.__ Ml ■ MA..K auuvmam 4*... iL * 1. wllUf Willi] Ilf 11 f V *» kVIilllli I Ml llPM?. Umi IV. there UIIV nriO 
pose. Scatter the blocks so that there will be 
room enough for the stove wood, and also to 
give a little spare room; then strike them in one 
end, generally with the foot on the other end, 
and if the timber is tolerably free to split, with a 
motion of the foot and a little practice, all so 
scattered may be reduced to the required size 
without touching with the hands, and with 
scarcely any danger to the feet, aud wilhont 
handling each block separately. 
Then set aside the axe, and remove the wood 
thus split. The object is to strike as many suc¬ 
cessive blows as may be, without stopping, axe 
now it is becoming proper for their honor to Mr| "* t *“" d " n,ive '. v,,uJ l! lu,d ‘here anyone 
, . . . which is miller-proof f Would it pay for a person living 
show a jlist resentment. It behooves US, therefore, in a village to keep bee* in cuoli a manner ? Would there 
to ascertain what are considered insults. l,e L ' lloice V" G he ^P^ure south or east ?-y*ji-.\ U ru- 
raj. Reader, tVatervMe, 
Proper Conduct.— First, all quick motions, We have never known hee6 to succeed when kept in 
SUCh as running, Striking, etc., about them, are dwellings in cities or villages. In the first place there are 
noticed. If our movements among them are slow, few or no fiowers adapted to the supply of honey, as most 
cautious, bumble and respectful, we are often cultivated kinds are of the double-flowering varieties, hav- 
left to pass unmolested, having manifested a be- in « n0 nvetariums; hence the bees have to travel so tar 
coming deportment Yet the exhalations from thal Uie * a, ' e 8e, ' iousl * tUinned doivn b * th « ^e-eating 
some persons appear very offensive, as they ate *- d *- Sugar rrfincrius and earnty factories, groceries and 
, ‘ „ ’ , / sugar hogsheads are also prolific sources of destruction. 
tack them much sooner than others: thouL'h I ar*- ^ , , ,. , , , 
unjoin j ap- They also enter dwellings and are lost or killed. Alto- 
prehend there ia not SO great a difference as many gether we would not advise the experiment further than 
suppose. Yt henever an attack is made, and a for amusement, or the study of their history and habits. 
Letter from California.—T lie following letter con¬ 
tains some items that will interest many of our readers, 
*nd we therefore “assume tho responsibility » of Its pub¬ 
lication: 
M«. Ki*h ai..— v..r.. rorntng to this beautiOo part of our 
nobl* State waa greeted with pleasure. No doubt your 
acquaintance will he sougl t by many here when more is 
known of your good deeds and faithful works. Induced 
find $10 and a list of five *ub*ctiberR, commencing with 
a lady. What better start could you have bad to eventu¬ 
ally win the race ? This is a small beginning, but, sir, 
vve are told “big bodies move slew ” More hereafter Wo 
have purchased a “ranch,” and just begun our first firm¬ 
ing and improvements in that line. We are now just put¬ 
ting in 25 acre* of wheat, Our main attention, however, 
will be directed to the cultivation of the grape. Shall en¬ 
deavor by March 25tli to have set 13,680 cuttings of the 
Los Angelos variety, 8 feet apart each way, in blocks of 
IS) row*, 40 in a row, leaving 16 feet between each block 
for cart road With proper cultivation we need never 
have a drop of rain, or irrigate a particle, to iugure com¬ 
plete success. We trust ere many year's to see on your 
face an acknowledgment of the fruits of our beginning, 
carried hence by the iron horse, destined yet to whistle 
our greeting from ocean to ocean.— George 8. fit C. M. 
Boai.t, “Jefferson County ton," Woodbndge, Cal., 
Feb., 1863. 
Pleasant Efistlks. —It is gratifying to receive such 
letters as the following from an Agent Friend in Wayne 
Co., Mich , who has »< td u« over une hundred subscribers 
to the current volume of the Rural: 
“ t can but tender to you my thanks for the correct and 
prompt manner in which you have forwared the Rural 
to those for whom I have ordered it. It is about tbe only- 
paper that I ever canvassed for that I did not have some* 
fault found wiili, either in regard to the limiter it con¬ 
tained, oi j n it* tailing to make its periodical visits; anfi 
it gives me pleasure to aid in circulating a paper that'is 
correct ill Its moral and religious teachings, aiming to el e- 
vate and enlighten ihe minds of the youth Of our count] y, 
and at the same time giving correct and reliable informa¬ 
tion, that is much needed by tbe Agriculturist. 
“ In proof of some of my assertions X would say that 
while I was writing the above a gentleman came into my 
olfiee and inquired if there was a club for tlie Rural, here, 
accompanied by the remark that he had taken it tl.ie last 
year, and did not know how to do without it. 1 informed 
him that he was in just the right place to get it, and that 
if any of his neighbors wanted it, just hand me tlie 
amount and they could get it; whereupon he handed me 
the inclosed and his address." 
Flax, Hemp and Cotton is Kansas. —A leter from 
Lawrence, Kansas, ordering our Flax Manual says:— “J 
have already some flax up, and will sow more soon. Waat 
ail the information that is to be bad in that line. A large 
breadth of hemp will be sown in Kansas this year, a large 
portion by new beginners, and all the information diat 
can be bad will be thankfully received. Cotton will came 
in for a large share of attention in this region. I think 
oot less than five hundred acres will be planted in Doug¬ 
las County alone.” 
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A Modbl “ Rural ” Letter—I s the following just re¬ 
ceived from Olympia, Washington Territory. We have 
lately had several like unto it—remitting for from two to 
five years iu advance—but not from so great a distance: 
D. D. T. MOORE, E-q —Sir: I send you inelosed $5. 
Send me the Rural as lung as the money pays. 
Daniel R. Bigelow. 
The Season is not propitious for soil cultivators. Thus 
far we have had little warm weather, aud to-day (May 5,) 
fires and overcoats are in demand, aud the fuel marketac- 
tive. We hope for a change ere long. 
Thb Vermont Horse, “ Rutland Morgan,” advertised 
iu this paper, is a very fine animal. He was exhibited at 
the last N. Y. State Fair, and awarded the second pre¬ 
mium in his class. 
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The Orleans Co. Fair is to be held at Albion, on 
1 the 17th and 18th of September next. 
