street cars, an extract of, or preparation irom.the 
rosin weed, which some Western correspondent 
says cures heaves, lie recommended it for lung 
diseases—such as colds, influenzas, &c. And 
one gentleman, troubled with the Asthma, pur¬ 
chased a bottle of it, on the Doctor’s recommend¬ 
ation, with the hope of getting relief from this 
annoying alliiction. The Doctor recommended 
it very highly for the relief of ailJicted horses. 
CORN GROWING ON THE PRAIRIES, 
Mr. Moore There has been some discussion 
in late numbers of the Rural in regard to the 
labor necessary to raise an acre of corn on the 
prairie's of Illinois. As that has been my home 
for the last three years, and as I am Bomewhat 
acquainted with the system of farming pursued 
by Mr. Scllivant, and other large Illinois 
farmers, perhaps you will permit me to explain 
how corn is raised ready to harvest, with about 
three-fourths per day of manual labor per acre. 
His plow land ifl fenced into fields one mile 
square, containing G40 acres each. The rows are 
one mile in length, and but little time is lost in 
turning. The soil is a light black loam, in which 
are no stones ur stumps, or hard day-banks, and 
an acre can be plowed, or cultivated, with much 
less labor than in Western New York. 
The ground is usually plowed with a gang- 
plow, consisting of two plows, each cutting 14 
inches, drawn by three yoke of oxen. One man 
will easily plow five acres in a day. In other 
words, it takes one-fifth of a day to plow one 
acre. In harrowing one man drives ten yoke of 
oxen abreast, attached to a long beam, In the 
rear ol which are fastened ten harrows. In this 
manner one man harrows forty acres in a day. 
Thu?, it takes one-fortieth of a day to harrow one 
acre. 
One man, with Brown’s corn-planter, plants 
two rows as fast as a team can walk, completing 
from 10 to 15 acres per day. Hence, it takes 
one-tenth of a day to plant one acre. 
In cultivating a man drives a span of horses 
astride of a row, and cultivate? two rows at a 
time, riding on the cultivator. He can cultivate 
G to 8 acres per day. twice in a row. The corn is 
usually cultivated three times, twice in a row. 
which would be equivalent to six times once in 
a row. Thus to cultivate com three times, it 
takes three-sixths of a day. Now add : 
Plowing,....1-5 = 8-40 
Harrowing,...1-40= 1-40 
Planting, .1-10= 4 40 
Cultivating three times,.3-6= 1-2 = 20 40 
34 20 
This is a little more than three-fourths of a day, 
though it, could easily be done in that time. My 
estimate is nearer the fact. Mr. Sulltyant last 
year raised 1,800 acres of corn, with 1.500 days 
work of manual labor. In the mellow land of 
the prairie the weeds are all destroyed by thor¬ 
ough cultivation, and it is not necessary to hoe 
the corn there. 
Some of your correspondents do not appear to 
understand the signification of the term, so com¬ 
mon in the West, to <f lay-by ’’ corn. It is a Vir¬ 
ginia and Kentucky term, ami means to plow or 
cultivate corn for the third or last time. It is 
very much more work to harvest the corn than 
to raise it. a? we have, as yet. no practicable ma¬ 
chine for cutting and shocking. It is a good day’s 
work for one man to out and put in the shock 
one acre of Illinois corn, and it takes a good hand 
to pick and put into the crib from 50 to 7ft bush¬ 
els. the usual yield of an acre. 
But very little of the corn put in shook is ever 
husked. It is drawn from the field each day 
during the winter, and scattered in the ‘‘feed 
lot,” where the cattle, or sheep, or mules, or 
young horses, or hogs, husk and shell it for them¬ 
selves. E. R. Page. 
Bethany, N. Y., Aug., 1863. 
FARMING NORTH AND SOUTH. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker In looking over 
a plan for a barn in one of your numbers, which 
had strayed down this way, I was forcibly struck 
with the great difference which exists between 
the farms of the North and South. The barn 
wa? built for a IGO-actv farm, and was ahead of 
anything io design, and larger than any barn or 
all the barns on a plantation together, that I ever 
saw in the South, although many are of over 
2,000 acres. This want of suitable barns, stables 
for cattle, and all the other usual outhouses of a 
Northern farm, is the first thing that strikes a 
Northern man in a trip through the South. 
Having lived most of my life in the State of 
New York and traveled through most of the 
Northwest, and having scouted through the 
whole Of West Tennessep, North Mississippi and 
Alabama, and Eastern Missouri, I have had some 
opportunity of seeing the farms of both sections. 
Of course war has made sad havoc with the 
plantations of the South, but it is easy to see 
what they have beeu and how they have been 
carried ou. The plantation? here are mostly 
quite large—from 1,000 to 2,000 acres, and larger, 
although there are many small farms which are 
worked without negroesbut on the largest 
farms there appears to be less of genuine comfort, 
fewer marks of a thrifty farmer, than on a 1G0- 
acre farm of the North. 
The culture ef cutton, though quite profitable, 
does but little to improve a farm, nay, it deadens 
every improvement—every dollar earned is ex¬ 
pended iu more niggers. The lands of the South 
art* never improved ; no fertilizer is ever used. 
The land is used without any judgment as long 
as it will raise a crop, and is then thrown aside. 
Everything on a plantation is done iu a shiftless 
manner. The plows are left in the furrow where 
last used until wanted the next season. Our 
boys make a good deal of fun of the plows and 
other farming implements of the South, which 
show them to be a half century behind the North. 
They seldom plow more than three or four 
inches deep, and work their ground but little. 
Quite an amount of corn, wheat and rye have 
been planted this season. I was through quite a 
portion of Mississippi when the wheat and rye 
were ready for cutting, and found it. spoiling for 
the want of hands to cut it. As we had, imme¬ 
diately after, a heavy rain for several days, it 
must all have been rendered worthless. I was 
much amused by seeing the negroes cradle. A 
lazy cut is made; then with one hand the cradle 
is held up while the grain is raked off and thrown 
behind by the other. The corn looks splendid 
everywhere. 
The large planters of the South are getting 
heartily sick of the war, while the small farmer?, 
who have borne the brunt of the war and furnished 
most of the men for the army, latterly corse the 
leaders of the rebellion. 
Theodore Rkbbe, Capt. 3d Mich. Cavalry. 
LaGrange, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1863. 
The Honey Season of Illinois, 
I have information from several points in 
this State, that this season has thus far been 
most excellent for homy. Such is the case in 
this county —Kane. We have had, however, 
very few swarms —a less number, perhaps, in 
proportion to the number of colonies in the 
country, than ever was known before. There 
are probably not less than 5.000 colonies iu this 
county, and not leg? than 1,000 in this township 
_St. Charles. From what 1 can learn, there has 
not been, on an average, one swarm to ten colo¬ 
nies! Full one-half of the swarms that have 
Issued have goue to the woods! 
James Marvin, of this village, who has 800 
strong colonies, has had but one natural swarm! 
Since the swarming season he has divided a few 
colonies—perhaps 25 In all. These are in the 
new style of the Langstroth hive. The reader 
will please observe that these facts are evidence 
that but WUa dependence can be placed on natu¬ 
ral swarms! 
Artificial Swarming.— This season being 
better than the average for honey, it has been a 
good time to increase an apiary rapidly by 
dividing, or what i? termed ‘ artificial swarm¬ 
ing.” 11 is thought by the majority of bee-keep¬ 
ers that it is nonsense to talk of dividing bees 
with any degree of success. Home even assert 
that it cannot be done! Even the author (?) of 
a certain work on bees, which he says is of 
“ respectable size,” has claimed, and perhaps 
still claims, that dividing bees is a ‘-humbug.” 
and that it was exploded years ago. I presume 
he "exploded” the ••humbug;” If so. he proba¬ 
bly knows whether it did any damage. Be that 
as it may. it has become a settled fact among 
our best bee-keepers, that dividing bees is the 
only sure method of securing a liberal increase 
of swarms. M. M. Baldridge. 
St. Charles, Kane Co'., III., July, 1863. 
Hunting Wild Bees. 
Eds. Rural:— For the information of the 
“ New Subscriber, Vermillion, III.,” I will give 
my method of hunting wild bees, which I prac¬ 
ticed with great success iu the early settlement of 
this country. Provide a staff as high as you can 
reach; sharpen ouo end, on the other place a 
board eight or ten inches square; have a basket 
of comb—some large pieces clean and nice, the 
rest finely pulverized and a fin kettle of hard¬ 
wood coals. Now for the bait:—Fill a pint flask 
one-third full of'*now honey fresh from the hive. 
If the honey is very thick add about the same 
quantity of water. The bees will fill and empty 
themselves quick if their bait is thin; add five or 
six drops of oil of anise and a few drops of whis¬ 
ky or pure rum. Thus equipped go to the 
woods or prairies out of the range of tame bees; 
set the staff in the ground: till a few cells of the 
dry comb with the bait and place it on the top. 
Sprinkle a little dry comb on the coals and the 
smudge will soon attract the attention of some 
stray bee. Lay down on the ground and keep 
very still, for a wild bee is as timid and shy as a 
wild turkey. As soon as one lights upon the 
bait watch it close; when it leaves for homo it 
will make a number of circles in the air before 
it makes a bee-line. It will communicate it? 
pood luck to its friends at home, and return with 
two or three companions. You will be able to 
get the course after a half dozen has left the bait. 
Then take the traps and move 80or 100 rods and 
set again. In three sets you will find the tree. 
The time to operate is after the frost has killed 
vegetation in the fall or before the opening of 
flowers in the spring. 
N. B.—Be careful of the whisky. If the ope¬ 
rator gets too much he will not see strait, and if 
the bees get too much they will get so “cock- 
coosey ” they cau’t get home. 
Old Bee-Hunter. 
Bowling Green, Wood Co., Ohio, lSt^S. 
Spirit of the 
The Best Time to Sow Grass Seed. 
A correspondent of the Boston Cultivator 
gives the following useful information upon this 
subject: 
I have an impression t hat experimental knowl¬ 
edge is the most valuable for the farmer. For 
more than half a century I have been experi¬ 
menting to find the best time to sow grass seed. 
For more than thirty of the first years of my 
farming, I did as my neighbors (lid; we supposed 
that the spriug months were the only proper ones 
for that purpose. But later in life, by reading 
agricultural papers, I discovered ihat some 
enterprising farmers were successful in sowing 
their grass seed in August or September, I tried 
the experiment with complete success; that 
being the season it would naturally fall, it ap¬ 
peared evident to my mind that it was the right 
one. But still later I have not beeu particular, 
and have sowed grass seed at any season when 
my ground was prepared to receive it, and if the 
Beed w as good ii has uniformly vegetated and 
done well. 
Last fall we f my son and myself) after harvest¬ 
ing our potatoes from low, wet soil, which would 
not admit of seeding down in early spring, sowed 
herds gras? and red-top seed on the 14th and 15th 
of October upon said potato field, doubting, but 
still hoping for the best; and now, the 8th of 
July, it bids fair to give us the best crop of hay 
produced upon any of my farm lots. This grass 
probably will require two weeks longer time to 
grow than that which has been seeded down 
longer. I think I never saw seed vegetate any 
better at any season. Gra«s seed will vegetate a 
long time after beiug sowu. In the spring of 
1826, 1 seeded down a lot of good ground, but 
rather dry. with red-top seed: the months of 
June and July were uncommonly dry, and at 
the middle of August there was no appearance 
of a grass sprout on the piece. On the 30th of 
August., the sameyear.it began to rain profusely 
and continued raining for several weeks till the 
ground was saturated. In September, more than 
four months after the seed was sown, every seed 
seemed to vegetate, and the ground appeared 
like a beautiful lawn. And ou the whole, f have 
concluded that any time when our land is in a 
good state of preparation to receive the seed, is 
the best time to sow it. 
^ocicttejs, 
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS FOR 1863. 
How to Raise Potatoes Cheaply, 
T. Hudson. La Grange Co.. Ind.. writes to 
the American Agriculturist: — *• My venerated 
father used to advise the application of team 
power in farming, whenever it could he done 
advautageously. Following Lis counsel, I use 
my team in planting and digging potatoes—al¬ 
most in hoeing them. My method is this:— 
When the ground is mellow, with a single shovel 
ploi$ I run furrows about 3 or 4 inches deep, 
and 3 or 3* feet apart, one way. 1 cut the pota¬ 
toes, if large, and drop them 12 or 15 inches 
apart in these furrows. Then, with a two-horse 
plow, turn a deep furrow over them. Let them 
remain iu this condition until the young weeds 
show themselves, and before the potatoes make 
their appearance—usually in about 8 or 10 days 
—and harrow the ground level. A warm, pleas¬ 
ant day is best. This destroys an army of weeds. 
On sod ground. I usually take every third fur¬ 
row, and where there are no openings between 
the furrows, punch holes with a pointed slick 
about the size of a handspike, and drop the pota¬ 
toes in these holes and openings, being careful 
to get them the proper depth. This Is soon 
accomplished. Then harrow thoroughly. If 
weeds appear before the potatoes come up, har¬ 
row again. Afterward plow and hoe as usual. 
Hoeing will be a light task. The last plowing 
can be done with a single shoved plow, one fur¬ 
row in a row, which will form about all the hill¬ 
ing necessary, without the use of the hoe. except 
to destroy the few -weeds that remain. 
“In digging, plow one furrow through each 
row, spending no time to pull tops, pick up all 
that show themselves, and take out the remain¬ 
der with the hoe. I estimate the raising and 
harvesting at about one-half the labor required 
in planting in hills, and digging with the hoe.” 
- , % . 
Sheep and Wool, 
Tue prospect lor the nay crop having been 
changed for the better, many farmer?* are no 
doubt thinking of getting a supply of sheep. 
The wool market being still good, there is a 
strong inducement for an extra effort in the 
direction of wool growing. There may be a 
change, and the price may fall, when gold gets 
down to par. for then large importations will be 
likely to come in, but not enough to kill the busi¬ 
ness. Wool at from 30 to 50 cents per pound 
pays, but when it figures up from 60 to 00 cents, 
it takes but a few figures to show the result. 
With wool at GO cent?, about the lowest price 
now paid, sheep that shear from 4 to 1G pounds 
are worth having. But many are deterred from 
buying, because they say sheep are high. Let 
us figure. Cost of keeping one year and the 
care. $2. Wool, 4 lbs., at 60 cents per lb., ?2,40. 
Lamb. 82 GO. Total, 85. Leaving a balance of 
$3 besides the manure, and that will make up 
for all losses, except by dogs, and ail interest, as 
sheep are now selling-. The sum of 850 in bank 
pays only 83, just what one sheep will puy above 
all expenses. This is 12 per cent, on 825, or 25 
per cent, on §12,50- Hoes any one object to 
investing money in other kinds of business at 25 
per cent. proGt? When sheep get. up to 812 per 
head, then it will do to say sheep ure high. The 
above figures are made iu reference to the com¬ 
mon grade of sheep.— Jour, of Agriculture. 
Birds and Insects.— An Fiiglisk paper says: 
•• In the county of York there is a rookery belong¬ 
ing to W. Y avasour. Esq., of Weston-in-Wharfdale, 
in which it is estimated that there are 10,000 rooks. 
One pound of insect food a week is a very moder¬ 
ate allowance for each bird, nine-tenths of their 
food consisting of worms, insects and their larva 1 . 
Here, then, there is the enormous quantity of 
468,000 pound?, or 200 tons of worms, insects and 
their Iarvie, destroyed by rooks of a single rook¬ 
ery in one year. Each rook in this calculation is 
given to have picked up 1 pound of food per week, 
nine-tenths of which was of insect matter, the 
wire-worm and larva-. I have kept rooks tame, 
and to my certain knowledge they w ill consume 
more than the quantity above stated.— Ex. 
Death of a Famous Buck.— We learn from the 
California Farmer that the famous French Merino 
Buck, ‘‘Crystal Palace,” is dead. He won the 
great prize at the World's Fair in Paris in 1850, 
and numerous first prizes in the State of New 
York, and was afterward? sent by J. D. Patterson. 
Esq., to California, where he was sold in 1B5Q for 
81.500. His weight was 500 pounds, and his clip 
of magnificent wool was from 24 to 324 pounds 
for several years. When he died he was twelve 
years old .—Stock Journal. 
Bei.ow we give a list of the State, Provincial, County 
and Local Agricultural Fairs for 1S63, so far as ascertained 
from the sources within our reach—letters and pamphlet] 
received, exchanges, etc. The list has been carefully com¬ 
plied, and will, we doubt not, prove the largest and most 
complete yet published. It is not, however, as full as we 
desire, or as it would be were the Secretaries of the ran 
ous Societies to advise the Agricultural Press in regard to 
the times and places of holding their respective exhi¬ 
bitions 
NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND STATE FAIRS. 
American Grape Show. New York,.Oct. 1— 3 
American Inst., New York, Academy Music, Sept. 3—23 
California. Sacramento,..1. Sept 26—30 
Colorado, Denver City..." Sept 17, 13 
Canada Hast. Montreal, .. Sept. 16—18 
Canada West, Kingston,.... Sept 21—25 
Inlernatiotuil Wheat Show, Rochester, N. Y. Sept. S—10 
Illinois tHort.) Rockford,....Sept. 8—11 
Illinois, Decatur. ..Sept. 23—Oct. 2 
Indiana, Indianapolis, ..Sept. 23—Oct. 3 
Iowa, Dubuque,... . Sept. 22—25 
Kentucky, Louisville, .Sept. 15—19 
Kansan. Levan worth, ... Oct. 6—9 
Michigan, Kalamazoo, ...Sept. 23—26 
National Ilor-e Fair, Hartford, Conn.,_ Sept. 8 —10 
New York, Utica. ... hept. 15—18 
New Jersey, Patterson,.. Sept S—11 
Ohio, Cleveland,.Sept, 15—IS 
Pennsylvania Hurt. Society, Philadelphia, Sept. 15—17 
Pennsylvania, Norristown,. ...Sept. 29—Oct. 2 
Vermont, Rutland, .Sept. 8—11 
COUNTY FAIRS.—NEW YORK. 
Albany, Albany,_ __..Sept. 29—Oct. 2 
Broome, Blngh’ampton,. Sept. 8—10 
Cattaraugus Glean. ..Sept. 22—24 
Cayuga, Auburn, .Sept. 29—Oct. 1 
Chautauqua, Panama,...Sept. 23—26 
Chenango, Norwich,.Sept. 2 d—Oct. 1 
Columbia, Hudson...... .Sept 29—Oct, 1 
Cortland, Horner, . Sept 22—24 
Delaware, Delhi, ... .Sept 29—Oct. 1 
Dutcbc- Washington Hollow,. Sept 22— 24 
Erie. Buffalo,. .Sept. 23—25 
Genesee, Batavia, .Sept. 36—Oct. 1 
Herkimer, IJion,... Sept. 23—25 
Jefferson, Watertown,.. Sept. 29, 30 
Lewis, Lowrille,. ..... Sept 9—11 
Livingston, Getieseo,....Sept. 24, 25 
Monroe, Rochester,.. Sept. 8 —10 
Oneida, Rome,.. Sept, 7—10 
Orleans, Albion,. Sept. 17, IS 
Oswego, Mexico, Sept. 22—23 
Otsego, Coopcrstown, .Sep!. 30—Oct. 1 
Queens, Hempstead, ... .Oct. 1, 2 
Rensselaer, Troy,. Sept. 7—11 
Saratoga. Saratoga Springs,.... Sept. 1— 4 
Schuyler. Watkins, . . Sept. 24—26 
Seneca, Ovid,.....Sept.. 16—18 
St. Lawrence, Canton,.Sept, 22—24 
Ulster, Kingston. ..Sept. 22—24 
Warren, French Mountain,.Sept. 23—25 
Washington, Salem,...Sept. 9—11 
Wyoming. Warsaw,.Sept. 22, 23 
Votes, Pehn Yan, ...Sept. 29—Oct. 4 
TOWN AND UNION FAIRS.—NEW YORK. 
Afion, Afinn, ___Sept. 15, 16 
Brookfield, Clockrilin,. .Sept. 22—24 
Cauaseraga, DansvlUe,. .Oct. 2, 3 
CotMMvangO Valley, East Randolph,.Sept. 27—29 
Covert Union, Trotnonxburg,.1. Sept. 23—25 
1 UKbui'gb and Adams. KUisburgh,. Sept. 10, 11 
Fillmore Union. Hume,.. Sept. 23 
Hamilton, East Hamilton. .....Oct, G, 7 
Harpersville, Hnrpersville,. Sept. 26, 24 
KirtJand, Clinton,..Oct. 6 — 8 
Lodi, Lodi,...... Sept. 16, 17 
Oxford, (liford, .. ...Sept. 21—23 
Seneca Fails, Union, Seneca Falls,.. Oct. 1— 2 
Susquehanna Valley , Unadilla, ..Sept. 24, 25 
Tonawanda Valley, Attica,....Sept. 18, 19 
Trenton Union, Trenton Falls,.Sept. 29.—Oct. 1 
Vienna, North Hay,.Sept. 29, 30 
Westfield, Chautauqua.Sept. 9—11 
4 
Maine fairs. 
Franklin, Farmington, . ...Sept. 30—Oct. 1 
Cumberland V*d Portland,'Portland, . .Oct. 14 
-MASSACHUSETTS FAIRS. 
Highland, Mlddlefield,.Sept. 10 
Middlesex, Concord, ..Sept. 17 
Worcester. Worcester,... Sept. 17 
Middlesex South. Farmington,....Sept. 22 
Hoosae Valley, North Adams,. .Sept. 22 
Bristol Central. My ricks* ille,. .Sept. 23—25 
Middlesex North, Lowell,_ Sept 24 
Worcester West, Barrc,. Sept. 24 
Franklin, Greenfield,.Sept. 24 
Norfolk, Dedhaui,.......... Sept. 24—26 
Essex. Andover.. ..!__.Scpt.29 
Worcester North, Fitchburg,. .Sept 29—Oct, 1 
Worcester South-west, Milford,.. Sept. 29 
Nantucket, Nantucket,. Sept. 29 
Housatouic, Great Harrington,.. .Sept. 30—Oct. 1 
Worcester South, Sturbridge,..Oct 1 
Hamptisire Union. Northampton, . Oct. 1 
Plymouth, Bridgewater, _ Oct. 1 
Hampden, Springfield,... . Oct. 6 — 8 
Bristol, Taunton._ . .. Oct. 6 
Barstable, Barnstable, . Oct. 6 , 7 
Berkshire, Pittsfield,. .Oct. 6 
Hampshire. Ambers,...Oct. 8 
Hampden East, Palmer, ... ..Oct. 13 
Martha's Vineyard, West Tishury,.Oct. 20 
CONNECTICUT FAIRS. 
Windham, Brooklyn,. .Sept. 22—24 
New London, Norwich,...Sept. 29—Oct. 2 
NEW JERSEY FAIRS. 
Glenwood, (Susq. Co.,) Glenwood,..Sept. 15—17 
Burlington, Mt Holly,--...Oct. 6 , 7 
PENNSYLVANIA FAIRS. 
Susquehanna. Montrose,...Sept. 30—Oct. 1 
Wyoming, Wyoming,.Oct. 20—22 
MICHIGAN FAIRS. 
Hillsdale and Lenawee, Hudson,.Oct. 6 — 8 
Jackson, Jackson.. ..Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Oakland- Pontiac,.Oct. 7— 9 
OHIO COUNTY FAIRS. 
Ashtabula, Jefferson,..Sept. 2— 4 
Butler. Hamilton,.Oct. 8 — 9 
Columbiana, New Lisbon,--Sept. 23—25 
Cuyahoga, Cleveland,... ..Oct. 6 — 9 
Delaware, Delaware,. __Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Fayette. Washington, ---Sept. 2—4 
Franklin, Columbus,.Sept. 8—11 
Geauga, Burton, ......Sept. 9—11 
Harrison, Cadiz,..Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Highland, Hillsboro'..Sept. 9—11 
Huron, Norwalk,...Sept. 22—25 
Licking, Newark,__—-Sept. 30— Oct. 2 
Lorain. Elyria. ...,. Oct. 6 9 
Luke, Paines vi lie,--Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Mahoning. Youngstown,. Oct. 6 — S 
Madison, London,.Sept. W—11 
Marion, Marion,--Sept. 23—25 
Melina. Medina,.... ..Oct. 6—8 
Miami, Troy. ..Sept, 30—Oct. 2 
Montgomery, Dayton,....Oct 7— 9 
Muskingum, Zanesville,___ Sept. S—11 
Paulding, Antwerp,.. Oct. 1—2 
Pickaway, CUelevilie,__Sept 80—Oct 2 
Putnam, Ottawa. ..Sept. 29—Oct. 1 
Richland, Mansfield,.-....Sept. 29—Oct. 1 
Summit, Akron,.. .. ..Sept 30—Oct. 3 
Seneca, Tiffin,....Bept. SO—Oct. 2 
Stark, Canton,_ . ...-.Oct. 7— 9 
Trumbull, Warren,. ....Sept. 29—Oct. 1 
Warren, Lebanon.....Sept. 23—25 
Van Wert. Van Wert, .Oct. 1, 2 
OHIO.—INDEPENDENT FAIRS. 
Conneaut, Conueaut,.....Sept. 23—25 
Geauga Free. Claridon,.... .Sept 22—24 
Madison Tp . Groveport. Franklin Co.,- .Sept. 23—25 
Orwell District, Orwell,... Sept. 22—24 
Tuscarawas Vwley, Mavstlon,..Sept- 30—Oct. *J 
Twinsburg, Twinsburg, ._Sept. 9—11 
Union, Garretteville, ... ..Bept. 29-Oct. 1 
Union, BlaucUester. Clinton County,-Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
WISCONSIN FAIRS. 
Vernon. Veroqua,.S 1 ept. 22—24 
Sheboygan, Sheboygan Falls,.Sept. 23, -4 
Green Lake, Berlin,...Sept. -3, *4 
Fond du Lae, Fond du Lac,-,.Oct. 1— 3 
Monroe, Sparta,. 0ct * B—9 
INDIANA FAIRS. 
Fayette, Connersville,....Sept l_ • 
Harrison, Corydon,...1.1 Sept 8 —D 
Morgan. Cemteiton,.]sept 8 —ii 
Hendricks, Danville,...!"[sept! 15—{“ 
Posey. New Harmonv,.. Oct- o n 
Elkhart. Goshen....... 6 “ 9 
La Grange, La Grange,.Oct. 15, yg 
ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIRS. 
Vermillion, Cfttlin,.......Sept. 1 — 4 
McLean, BHoomington,.Sept' 7 —n 
LaSalle, Ottawa.____Sept 8 —n 
De Kalb. De Kalb,.Sept! 15—17 
Carroll, Mt Carroll,. Sept. 17—19 
Kankakee, Kankakee,.,.Sept. 16—18 
Stark, Toulon, . ...Sept! 22—24 
Whiteside, Sterling,.. Sept. 22-28 
Ogle, Oregon. Sept. 22—24 
Hancock, Carthage,. Sept 22—25 
Mercer. Millersburg, . Sept. 22 —24 
Mldisan, Edwardsville,.....Oct. 6—*9 
McHenry. Woodstock,___Oct. •— 9 
Tazewell, Tremont,..Oct. 7 — 9 
Lee. Dixon,.Oct. 14—16 
Kane, Genera,..Sept. 30—Oct 2 
Winnebago, Rockford. Sept. 15—lg 
Douglas, Tuscola,... 
Marion, Salem,_ Sept. 16—18 
Marshall, Henry,... Sept. 16—18 
Union, Warren,.. . .Sept. 21—24 
Morgan, Jacksonville,.. Sept. 15—lg 
Macoupin. Carlinville,.Sept. 22—25 
St. Clair, Belleville,_ Sept. 15 —18 
Warren, Monmouth,... 
Bureau. Princeton,.. .Oct. 6—10 
Schuyler, Kushville,.Oct. 7— 9 
Pike. Pittsfield,....Sept. 23—25 
De Witt, Clinton,.. Sept. 22—24 
Sangamon, ?pringfield,.1.Sept. £2—25 
Livingston, Pontiac,..Sept. 24—26 
Qv», Virginia...Sept. 8 —in 
Stephenson, Freeport,...Oct. 13_16 
De Kalb, Sycamore,...Oct. 7— 9 
Champaign, Crbana,....Sept. 8—11 
McDonough, Macomb.Sept. 6 —n 
Montgomery , Hillsboro,..Sept. 22—25 
KENTUCKY FAIRS. 
Harrison, Cvntbiana,...Sept. 15—18 
IOWA FAIRS. 
Des Moines, Burlington,.Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Scott, Davenport,.. ...Sept, 7—11 
Floy ii, Charles City,...Sept. 23—24 
Linn, Marion,...Sept. 16—18 
Polk, Des Moines,..Sept. 8 —10 
Central Iowa, Des Moines,...Sept. S—10 
Muscatine, Muscatine,_ Sept. 1— 3 
Warren,Indianola,.. .Sept 3. 
Benton, Vinton,.Sept. 24, 25 
Cedar. Tipton,...Sept. 23—25 
Chickasaw, New Hampton,...Oct. 8 — 9 
Fay ette. West Union,___Oct. 6 — 7 
Van Boron, Keosauqua,. Sept. 30—Oct. 1 
Guthrie. -,.... .Sept. 29-30 
Page, Clarinda,...Sept. 2f—26 
Pottav,attama, Council Bluffs.___Sept. 24. 25 
Clayton, National,...Oct. 14—16 
Marshall. Marshalltown, .. .... 
Union, Wheatland. .... .Sept. 30—Oct. 2 
Jackson, Maquoketa,. .Sept. 29—Oct. 1 
CALIFORNIA FAIRS. 
Santa Clara Valley, San Jose,. . Sept. 16 
Contra Costa, Pacheco,.. . .Sept. 21—25 
San Joaquin. Stockton, . Sept. 22—£5 
SUNDRY COUNTY FAIRS. 
Champlain Valley, Vergcmies, Vt.,... .Sept. 10—17 
Newcastle, Wilmington, Del.. .Oct 8 — 8 
Gasconade, Herman, M" , . . .Sepit. 23-24 
King's County, Springfield, N B.,.Oct. 22 
Davis, Farmington, Utah, . .. . .. Sept. 25, 26 
CANADA WEST FAIRS. 
Lanark, Almonte,..Sept. 15 
South Lanark, Perth. . . - .Sept. 17—18 
West Middlesex, Stratliroy,.. .Oct. 1 
Toronto, Toronto, . . .Oct. 6—8 
Huron, (Clint. Branch,) Clinton,- -Oct. 7 
Durham, West, Newcastle,.- .Oct. 8 — 9 
Kural Kates, 3nqumcs, &c. 
Go To Tin-: Fa! KB !—Yes, goto the Fairs—Town, Union, 
County and state, if you can— and not only go. but take 
some article or animal to add to the interest and value of 
each exhibition; aucli an one as you have cultivated or 
bred upon your own premises. Vide Farmer Gakkc corn 
talk on this subject, oil fust page If you cannot attend 
more than one Fair, let that be your own—the one nearest 
your home, whether Toon or County. It is importantto 
promote improvement iu your own locality, and if that is 
attended to in all sections, the large Fairs—State, Provin¬ 
cial and National—will not lack for support of the right 
character. If every family D “ well regulated," the com 
utunity will not be lacking in morality, law or order-aud 
so in regard to Rural Improvement, if the School Districts, 
Towns, etc., are on the right track, the Counties and States 
will soon exhibit marked evidences of progress in the 
right direction. Yes, go to the Fairs, exhibit at the Fairs, 
and, moreover, don’t “ forget to remember” to take your 
family along, that all may enjoy the holiday. 
Tuk Statu Fair—Address, &0-—We learn from Col. 
Johxsos’, Secretary of the Society, that the prospects are 
very favorable for a fine exhibition at the approaching 
State Fair, and the Utica papers speak in high terms of 
the arrangements for the occasion. From all we cau 
gather, a good display und large attendance are antici¬ 
pated,—and ho mote it be! The Annual Address is to 
be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Fisher, President of Ham¬ 
ilton College. Dr. F. is a celebrated scholar, familiar 
with rural topics, and will no doubt give an able and 
appropriate dissertation. 
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MaYkeuky’s Improved Harvester — Correction. — 
Messrs. J, C. fit C. N. Mayberry, of Rockford, Ill , write 
us as follows:—“In perusing your excellent paper, Yol. 
14, No. 33, 1 discovered an error iu your report upon 
1 Mayberry’s Improved Harvester,' at the DeKalb Reaper 
Trial, July 15th and 16th, 1883. You state that it is pro¬ 
pelled by six horses. There are only four horses used on 
the machine, the draft being very light for them, which 
you will discover from the fact that the draft of the 
"machine is only 375 lbs. You will also discover in table 
No. 4, in the Committee's regular Report of the Dixon 
Trial, in determining the points of merit in the machine, 
they gave us perfection in draft. Please make the above 
corrections, and oblige.” 
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Potato Digger Wasted.— A subscriber to the Rckai- 
desires to inquire if there cau be had a compact, efficient 
and cheap potato digger, suited to the wants of moderate 
farmers. As far as he is able to learn, the machines ad¬ 
vertised are large aud expensive, costing fifty dollars or 
over. His wants should be supplied at a cost not muc^ 
if any over the cost of a good plow.— W. , Buffalo, A. 1 - 
Deferred. —In order to make room for list of Fairs, 
we are compelled to defer several Inquiries and Answers, 
Notices, etc. 
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What is the Matter op my Coi.t.-I hart■* 
colt which has lost tire use of both Ups and the control ot 
his nostrils No swelling and no irruption, tips hang 
loose and flabby. 1 had a colt, list season, “L 
use of one side of the under lip, Gut she recovered its use 
as soon as cold weather earns on. Any 
above will he thankfully received.—J- 8. Chandl-R, 
Florence. __ __ 
PkfskrVivo Lvsects, &c.— Will you, or some of 3 ^ 
subscribers, tell us how to kill and preserve butte 
and other insects ?—a. c. si. 
We have some articles on the subject of preserving 
birds, insects, etc., from an experienced taxidermist, 
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