Comnutitlcalloas, 5tc. 
CATTLE DISEASE IN VIRGINIA. 
A correspondent, “ C. H. W.,” Alexandria, 
Va., writes“ I wish a recipe or remedy to 
cure cows that are troubled with something 
like the ‘ lung fever.’ Cows have been brought 
here from Pennsylvania and are dying off like 
how to make vinegar. I now propose to give 
directions how any family may have a continu¬ 
ous supply from year to year of the best cider 
vinegar- First, about the casks. As many as 
two are needed—one to contain cider, and one 
In which to make vinegar. They should be of 
seasoned oak, free from sap, with heavy iron 
hooped barrels are used they must be overhauled 
by a cooper once in two years, and four new 
hoops, at least, put on each barrel whether they 
may write or suggest.,—for this is the best point to Death op Viotob M. Wright.—' The Rutland (Vt.) 
procure illustrations, literary contributions, etc., as Herald furnishes the particulars or the sudden death 
z*»*W**PJs ^ vmwvo’v* artists, writers, &c., abound and abide in Gotham, of Victor M. Wright, a prominent citizen of Wey- 
- - - — Hence, while you, Dr. Randall, and others who re- bridge, in that State, which occurred on the 6th of 
u* f .-pnT>TT'Q side on farms or in gardens—with Major B. and Prof. December. The deceased, in company of another 
HERKIMER CO. LHEEBto r AC A UltiJta. n ^ ^ sanctum, and Deacon W., Judge G. and gentleman, was driving down “Ellsworth Hill,” 
~ . Major L. at the heads of their respective departments, about four miles from Middlebury, when the team 
Mr. Editor: Since my last 1 have vinitc ( W uat a variety of titles the Rural's staff comprises!) became unmanageable; broke the neck-yoke, detach- 
the cheese factory of W ili.iam Bcdlong in West —“act well your parts,'" it will be my endeavor to ing the wagon from them, and throwing Mr. Wright 
Schuyler, Herkimer county, where the milk of keep the wires in working order at thie end of the violently against a stonewall, killing him Instantly. 
1,200 cows wo* manufactured into cheese. The line. Should the Rural have a branch office in this The deceased was among the most prominent citizens 
HaifS Hcjiacimcnl 
hoop., «nd well lmlnlcd. if ordinary wooden the eheoaef.rlory of William Btoloso in Weet -".M ».l! yoor pnrOC 
hooped barrels are used they moel he ovcrhaolcd Bchoyler, UrrkloK-r coonty -.here the milk of »*»la wort, 
may write or suggest,—for this is the best point to | 
procure illustrations, literary contributions, etc., as 
artists, writers, &c., aboond and abide in Gotham. 
Hence, while you, Dr. Randall, and others who re¬ 
side on farms or in gardens—with Major B. and Prof. 
H. in the sanctum, and Deacon W., Judge G. and 
Major L.at the heads of their respective departments, 
(what a variety of titles the Rural's staff comprises!) 
—“act well your parts,’'' it will be my endeavor to 
sheep. They are taken with a cough, hollow appmr at the time to need new boopB or aot. 
horn, and a drying up of milk as soon as taken. CO oper snyB the old hoops arc good enough, 
Refuse to eat, and in u few days die. One man ou the new ones being put on. Without 
has lost twelve, and several other friends have 
cows sick.” 
Remarks.—I t is probable that the disease here 
spoken of is acute pneumonia or, as some phraBe 
* ] I t _1__ J »-_. tt, n 
insist on the new ones being put on. Without 
this care the hoops, in some peculiar state of the 
weather, will suddenly snap, the barrels burst, 
and the cellar will be flooded with vinegar to 
your great chagrin, not only from the loss of 
it quick consumption, and is induced by the vinegar, but also, because of the incongruous 
change of climate and food to which the afflicted mixtures which sometimes occur at such times, 
animals have been subjected. But be the cause Prepare a suitable stand in the cellar for the bar- 
of the disease what it may, there can be little rels on which they may rest “ bung np and bilge 
doubt as to its character. Great mortality among free." The barrels should have convenient fau- 
cattle has been noticed in several European coun- cote inserted two fingers’ breadth from the chime, 
tries generally succeeding cold, wet winters and In one barrel store your cider, in the other make 
springs followed by hot, dry summers. But yourvinegar; let both bungs always remain open, 
without these extremes and fluctuations of the in your vinegar cask put a quantity, say 9 gallons, 
weather a change of locality is often fatal to of strong cider vinegar, and weekly draw from 
cattle, superinducing the diseases to widt h ref- the cider and add to the vinegar such a quantity 
erence is here mude. In coses of acute pnenmo- of cider as the vinegar will speedily change Into 
nia veterinarians rely upon free blood-letting us its own nature. After the cider becomes bard 
of the first importance. On the abatement of this quantity may be three gallons per week, 
the fever, from depletion, physic should sue- As the eider becomes more acid by age and the 
ceed. The spirit Of nitrous ether and laudanum e toek of vinegar increases, even more may be 
—one ounce of the former and half an ounce of weekly added. But never add faster than the 
the latter_may be usefully administered. To vinegar will bear without nearly retaining its 
these may succeed ginger, gentian and Colombo, original strength. The vinegar must certain)} 
mixed in a thick gruel with a dash of good ale. recover its acidity in one week. If accidental]] 
Mashes and root food may follow as the animals you add too much eider, then you must wat 
indicate a return of appetite. If a salt marsh is until the vinegar fully regains its sharpness 
within convenient distance it will be fouud bene- You will get along faster with the vinegar ke.p 
ficial to trausfer the cattle to it as soon as practi- at full strength. Of course a commencemen 
ca ^j e may be made with less than nine gallons, o 
Those of our readers posted on tbi6 subject with more, the weekly addition being in proper 
would confer a favor by letting their light shine tion. Never add anything but whole cider 
through the medium of the Rural.—Ed. After yon have a good start you may conver 
greatest number made per day was 45, but at the 
time of the visit in October but 16 per day were 
made. They were 15 inches in diameter and 10 
inches thick. There were in store then about 
1,000 of these. 
Mr. B. gave me Borne statistical information 
which may be of interest to your readers. He 
stated that the average quantity of milk required 
to make a pound of cheese was 9.21 pounds. 
Received for making about $5 per cow. Ex¬ 
pense for each, $7.30. Of tbiB, $5.00 went to the 
manufacturer, and the balance, $2.30, for inci¬ 
dental!*, snob as bandages and the like. The aggre¬ 
gate average net profit was $60.25, and the range 
to the ownere of the cows, $50 to $70. The 
whole amount received by the factory last year 
was $54,280.71. 
Mr. B. has four vats, Rhalf’s, and workB day 
and night. Sets the milk at a temperature of 80' 
and scalds to 98°. The curing temperature 
ranges from 70" to 75* For the purpose of cool¬ 
ing the milk 10 pounds of icc arc put into each 
vat each night. The cheese at this factory were 
fine looking —all bright and perfectly smooth 
and no appearance of mould. A number were 
tested — all proving to be of excellent quality. 
Tte vinegar must certainly Tbc, were ver,hl*h„ colored. 
rr.wWcr it. aridity In onr weak. If accidentally *•* ** premia maltha Count, Fair and the 
** .. —___ I ..4 4I>.>4 /t4 ♦ 4 w« Mint D 
city, (which is not improbable,) the fact will erelong 
be announced.—». D. t. m. 
Death of Db Chester Dewet. —It is with feelings 
of sadness that we chronicle in the Rubal the death 
of Dr. Chester Dewet, who departed this life at his 
residence in this city on the night of the 15th instant, 
after a brief illtesa, in the 84th year of his age. The 
deceased was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Oct. 
25th, 1784. He graduated at Williams' College in 
1806, studied for the ministry, and commenced the 
labors or the pulpit in 1808 in Chester village, Massa¬ 
chusetts. Bubaeqnently he was appointed Professor ' 
or Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the Col¬ 
lege whence be graduated, a position retained by him 
for seventeen years, In alter years he was at, the 
head of an institution at Pittsfield, Mass., and in 1.886 
removed to this city and took charge of the Rochester 
Collegiate Institute, or “ High School," as it wus 
generally termed. His success in this position was 
very great, gaining alike the profound regard of pa¬ 
rents and pupils. Well do we remember the occa¬ 
sional excursions made by him and a score or two of 
youngsters to “The Lauding,” as it was called, the 
then northern terminus of the old Carthage Railroad. 
It was here ho delighted to give his pupils practical 
demonstrations in geology and botany, the young¬ 
sters going home ladened with spoils, geological and 
botanical. He remained at the head of the Institute 
till 1850, when he received on appointment to the Pro¬ 
of Addison county, and especially noted aa a success¬ 
ful agriculturist, but more particularly as a wool 
grower and eheep breeder. In both of which he was 
eminent. He was President of the Addison County 
Agricultural Society and one of the Vice-Presidents 
of the State Society, by both of which his sadden 
death will be deeply lamented. 
Soakino Cobn fob Horses.—T he Prairie Farmer, 
of recent date, contained a communication recom¬ 
mending the soaking of corn in the ear for feeding to 
horses. The plan of operation* is this :—Place two 
hogsheads In the barn-cellar, or oilier place Becure 
from frost; fill them with ears of corn, and add water 
to cover the contents. When well soaked feed out 
one cask full; fill it again and commence with the 
other, lu this way one cask, after the commence¬ 
ment, will always he ready for feeding. The cobs 
become so soft as to he oaten a* readily as the corn, 
and supply no inconsiderable nourishment in addi¬ 
tion to that furnished by the grain. By feeding in 
this manner, with a suitable portion of coarse fodder 
along with the corn, it is asserted that fully one-third 
of the quantity of the latter is saved, while the 
animals are in better condition than when fed in the 
usual way. 
The Hen Fever Up.— Many of the choice fowls in 
the New York poultry exhibition, now taking place 
in that city, are ticketed for sale at pretty tali figures. 
8 cveral pairs of Don .ions call for $250, and one 
if ..oehientallv got the first premium at the County Fair and the fossorship of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy in Mljecially ^ ie mart0(1 ap for $i,000. Among the 
11 accidentally _ . .. r .. n... r.rtv<>«itv nf Rochester. In which he was effl- ... .. „..... ...... , , . 
FAILURE OF MEADOWS. 
TnERK seems to be a general cry coming up 
from the graziers that our old meadows are fail¬ 
ing in yield. Old men point out fields to the 
you add too much cider, then you must wait 
until the vinegar fully regains its sharpness. 
You will get along faster with the vinegar kept 
at full strength. Of course a commencement 
may be made with less than nine gallons, or 
with more, the weekly addition being in propor¬ 
tion. Never add anything but whole cider. 
After you have a good start you may convert 
cider sirup, boiled six quarts into one, into vin¬ 
egar quickly by the above process. 
I regard cider vinegar, in moderation, as a 
healthful and very grateful addition to diet, and 
of great use in medicine internally, and us an 
embrocation for human and horseflesh. A tabic- 
young, that used to yield two and three tons, but spoonful of strong cider vinegar—a teaspoonful 
now only as many hundred pounds per acre, of salt — added to two-thirds of a teacup of boil- 
And a newly seeded meadow soon runs down to jng water, drank hot as possible, and very much 
the old crop of a few hundred pounds. at one swallow, will arrest the violent vomiting 
now only as many hundred pounds per acre. 
And a newly seeded meadow soon runs down to 
the old crop of a few hundred pounds. 
The cause of this failure lies mainly at the 
doors of the graziers. Clover at best lasts but 
a few years, and timothy must be the main de¬ 
pendence for a permanent sod. How many 
dairymen are exceptions to the rule, bad as it is, 
of turning stock on meadows fall and spring? 
In other words, putting the meadows to the 
double duty of yielding bay and pasture. Tula 
continual cropping oi the aftermath takes from 
the ground what should mulch the grass roots 
and protect them from frost in winter. But this 
is not the worst feature. Timothy reproduces 
itself in two ways from the seed and root. When 
the former is cut short by the scythe, the 
strength and vigor of the parent root turns to 
throwing out side tubers, each with its top, 
(which is the aftermath,) drawing food from nir 
as well as soil. Tf these are fed down the bulbs 
are immature, and enter the winter but to die 
before spring. What live through, arc too weak 
to send up a vigorous seed stalk—especially if 
the murderous practice of feeding down in spring 
is continued—the yield of hay is light, and the 
“farmer” (?) corses the season, and raises the 
cry that his meadows are running out. And 
second at that of the State. 
On the whole, the conclusion about cheese 
factories to which I arrived was this: that where 
competent, enterprising and honest men manage 
them, the results will generally prove of a satis¬ 
factory character to all parties interested, bnt 
where these requisites are wanting losses and 
dissatisfaction are the resulting consequence. 
Canandaigua. N. Y., 1867. h. m. l. 
DAIRY ITEMS. 
Little Phils Cheese Market .—The Utica Heraid 
had reports of cheese gales at Little Falls up to 
Dec. 2d. Receipts from dairies were light, and 
prices ranged from 18c. to 14c. Most of the 
Herkimer factory has gone forward. The cx- 
the University of Rochester, In which he was effi¬ 
ciently engaged till 1860, when the active duties or a 
long professional life were relinquished for the qui¬ 
etude and repose of the family circle. 
The deceased was of a kindly, genial temperament, 
always urbane and ready to Impart from his stores of 
varied information to all who made a call upon him. 
For many years a regular contributor to the Rural 
Nbw-Yobkxr, he was always welcome and instruc¬ 
tive, and we part with him professionally and socially 
with feelings of pro lotrnd regret. 
Want of Water in the Lumber Regions. —Wo 
learn from a gentleman resident In the lumber 
regions of Pennsylvania lhat the setui-agricultural 
population, along the AJlegany and He affluents, arc 
severe sufferers this season In consequence of the 
low stage of water. The quantity of lumber pre¬ 
pared for market there is very large. Much of it has 
been rafted in anticipation of the customary au¬ 
tumnal rains to float it to market. But, as these 
1* " nil,L, w ,n the violent vomiting treme quotations for factory were lStfc. to 15c. been rafted in anticipation of the customary an- may it be said that they were born only to die. 
’ .. , The English market is dull for American, as the turanal rains to float it to market. But, as those "*" 
of cholera morbus almost instantly and soothe „ . g much . Q excC8g of ljlgt tmve faUod , it hlw bt . come necessary to remove much The Farmer's Accountant. -Several books have 
tliesufferer into a peaceful slumber. Sometimes, J £ of lhe i am b cr f r „ nl the creeks to prevent it from been published, designed to guide the farmer in his 
though rarely, ft repetition of the dose is neces- y eftr - being swept away and lost amid the crash of ice business by securing a systematic application of his 
sary. During the prevalence of the Asiatic Cheese Factories in Canada. —The Ingersoll ttn ti ( ;ipaled when the streams shall again acquire a means and labor in laying out, and managing his farm, 
cholera, a neighbor of mine thus treated a case Chronicle stuns up the cheese factory business ra fti Dg volume. The expense of this doublo hand- Another has been supplied by C. O. & F. Perkins of 
... . . • xv x • >*« rl A n. rpi. ^ I'l.F.iit .. . . a r.ii V... luMthasiHim nrwi U.->ainn Vinca auMcli n/laund upq tnflnv nrtftiiftr#* 
small fry, a pert little Bantam, which ia ready to 
pitch into any of the collection, claims to he worth 
$25. A pair of Creve Occurs claim to he worth $250, 
and a black African Batitam crows for $75. But these 
arc not alone in efforts for public favor The web¬ 
footed family claim recognition. Among the flat-bills 
were several pairs of Aylesbury ducks valued at $100, 
while Iiouens were hold at the same figure. 
. ■ - - 
The Patent - Rioht Business.— The Scientific 
American and the New York Artisan come laden 
each week with specifications of patents awarded at 
the general office lu Washington. They are num¬ 
bered as issued by the department, the last one being 
70,383. What, an amount of brain work mast have 
been expended from number one up to the highest 
ou the list I Of all this array of patents, how com¬ 
paratively small is the number which ever reach the 
point of paying investments ? Of the majority, truly 
may it be said that they were born only to die. 
The Farmer's Accountant,— Several books have 
been published, designed to guide the farmer in hia 
business by securing a systematic application of his 
means and labor in laying out, and managing his farm. 
of that disease, suddenly on his hands, so that 
when the physician arrived all violent symptom ' 
were arrested. teteu Hathaway. 
Milan, Erie Co., Ohio, 1867. 
COTTON AND CORN GROWING IN TEXAS. 
Ed, Rural, New-Yorker: —Inclosed find 
in South Oxford County. The number of facto- Hug fo severely felt by the farmer-lumbermen, and Boston, Mass., which possesses many positive merits 
[f4rd County. 
*iac «nu o, is oi. Capital employed $04,- 
000. In 1804Yen tons of chccsc were made, and 
in 1867 the aggregate was 1,800 tons. The cows 
supplying the milk for these factories numbered 
12,633. In addition to this there are numerous 
private dairies. Dairying in Canada, as In Cen¬ 
tral and Western New York, is rapidly super- 
two dollars, for which send me the Rural; ii eeding other systems «jf farm husbandry. 
this docs not pay for » year I will make further 
remittance. I chanced to see a copy some 
months since, from which I gleaned some ideas 
worth to me ft year’s subscription; and now I 
feel it my duty to subscribe, believing that 1 will 
reap further benefits. 
Having the key to the success of some twenty 
Brazos River bottom farms,—!, e., their accounts 
on my books,—I am prepared to give you the 
result of this year's operations. Contracts are 
usually made with the frecdinen either to be 
Com—Profits per Head. — The proprietor of 
one of the largest cheese factories in Loraine 
Co., Ohio, states that the net profits of cows 
supplying milk to his establishment, the past 
season, was between fifty and sixty dollars per 
head. This is a munificent return—better, prob¬ 
ably, than any other farm product can show. 
Calving by Degrees .— Georoe A. Feck, Way- 
land, Mass., writes the Massachusetts Plough¬ 
man that on the 2tith of October a cow beiong- 
causes many of them great annoyance. The regular 
lumbermen may lure better, but the spirit and pa¬ 
tience of all classes are severely tested. The rates 
asked for money, to keep along till the lumber 
moves, make sad inroads upon anticipated profits. 
Improving Cows by Staying.—W. H. Macombkb, 
Potsdam, N. Y-, puts the following question to our 
readers. It is worthy of attention, and we should 
like to publish some facta on the subject" Can you 
or any of your correspondents inform me whether 
the results claimed by M. Guenon lu regard to spay¬ 
ing cows arc well founded, and if the operation has 
ever been practiced to any extent In this country? 
M. Guenon claim* an increase of quantity, quality, 
and a permanent flow of the milk for a number of 
years. Now it, seems to mo that if this were true, it 
would have been universally known and practiced ere 
this. The advantages claimed by him are so deci¬ 
dedly for the interest of all cow keepers, tliat I think 
they would not fail of adopting that method were it 
renovating old meadows. 
The Rural, with other papers, seems to he 
looking np cures for wom-ont meadows. Most 
of the remedies published are—use the burrow, 
manure, re-seed, plaster, ashes, suit, &c. ] 
have tried all of these and failed. I once har¬ 
rowed one half of a meadow, eight years in sod, 
after giving it a good coat of manure in spring, 
and got for my trouble about twenty-ti ve pounds 
of bay per acre. Next I hauled sheep ruunure 
on part of a new meadow in fall. That paid 
about 100 lbs. per acre. Plaster paid the best, 
about ten per cent, of its worth on new seeded. 
My remedy la, use a good sod plow , and use it 
mil, fall or spring, aud re-sccd the first crop 
with clover and timothy. In this way I have 
“renovated” about seventy acres. In some 
places 1 would practice a rotation of crops be¬ 
fore seeding; but on our bill farms, where we 
are graziers of necessity, we must “ rotate” our 
old meadows into good ones as soon us possible. 
Don’t be afraid to put in a good plow and “ ro¬ 
tate” Hie old sod; harrow well; sow your seed 
last thing and roll it in. (Every farmer should 
have a roller.) I have oue field of 12 1-5 acres — 
average yield of gTass in old sod, six loads. 
Turned sod over and re-seeded, and got twenty- 
. DU1UV OUAl A/VUi H V1V OIUUl b LUU VD IT 411LU) 
and receive onc-lialf. On a plac e near jy o together with the dam, were lively and in prom- 
acres in cultivation, thirty hands are employed. l.. cond . Uoju 
Result: —53 balcB cotton, 500 pounds each, worth ' 
at gin-honsc, 6even cents per pound; 3,150 bush- 
cis corn, in shuck, worth 50 cents per bushel. iUtral ant* gftmis. 
Say value of cotton, in coin, $1,855; value of __ 
rorn $1 575—making $3,430 in gold. No other 
coni,*i,om 6 . * ENLARGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT! 
crops are grown upon the place. _ 
Tiip freed men receive $1,143 83, to he divided 
Ihe ireeamt ' , ’ [The following note from the Editor-m-Chief, now 
among thirty men, severe oi w um ^ j n y. City, explains itself, and will be read with 
lies. The owner oi the land receives • ’5 j n t er eBt by all who desire the continued “Progress 
coin. I furnished him in the spring corn grown and improvement’ ’ of the Rural New-Yorker:] 
in Illinois to the value of $2,250, coin; lour casks My Deab wrecox:—Though the snow blockade 
bacon, $000, coin, and having a supply oi fat precludes my return home ‘ on lime," it verifies the 
cattle, he has slaughtered one per week during adage about an “ill wind," &u.; for, while thus 
the vear. Where is the profit? The freodmen, detained, l have completed arrangements for greatly 
aB a mass, are without a dollar, and arc not dis- enlargingandimprovingour long-time pot-ye Rural. 
posed to contract for the coming year, as they Without particularizing, will say you can safely an- 
sec but little hopes of making any money. ™unce that, extraordinariesexcepted, Volume XIX 
,, ,, , , will far excel cither of Us predecessors iu all ttie eseen- 
Reason-Each and every man has a pony, they ^ A „ lU( , horticulture 
ri<le to the work when they go ju 6 gre- XaITERMit, Businrh* and Family Newspaper. De- 
misfortune is that in the busiest portion of the ^ enn | ne ^ to ren( ier t superior In Contents, Appear 
year they will go cn masse twenty miles to attend ance ttn( j have 6puretl neither effort nor expense 
a funeral or other gathering, and let the weeds to exhibit the true spirit of its Motto, " Jfaxelelor,' 
take the crop. G. a. w. and Objects, " Process and Improvement,"— as wil 
Brazos County, Texas, 1867. be manifest ed In the issues of the new volume. Tin 
ENLARGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT! 
[The following note from the Editor-in-Chief, now 
in N. Y. City, explains itself, aud will be read with 
interest by all who desire the continued “Progress 
and Improvement" of the Rural New-Yorker:] 
My Dear Wixcox: —Though the snow blockade 
precludes my return home ‘ on lime," it verifies the 
old adage about an “ill wind," *e.; for, while thus 
detained, I have completed arrangements for greatly 
enlarging and improvingour long-time pet-ye Rural. 
Without particularizing, will say you cud safely an¬ 
nounce that, extraordinaries excepted, Yolumo XIX 
will far excel either of its predecessors iu nil the essen¬ 
tials of a first-class Agricultural, Horticultural, 
Literart, Business and Family Newspaper. De¬ 
termined to render t superior in Contents, Appear¬ 
ance and Size, have6pured neither effort nor expense 
to exhibit the true spirit of its Motto, “ JSxcelsior," 
the Woodbury (CL.) Agricultural Society recently 
awarded a premium for the most prolific yield of 
corn to John N. Atwood of Watertown. The soil 
was gravelly loam ; it received forty loads of manure 
to the acre.; was planted iu rows four feet apurt und 
one foot in the rows, and thinned to two stalks in a 
hill. It. was hoed three times, and produced 111 
bushels to the acre. Charles D. Minor of Woodbury 
manured at the same rate; rows 3M feet apart, aud 
four kernels in a bill, and gathered 100 bushels 
shelled com to the acre. A third Cold, planted by Mer¬ 
ritt W. Barnes or Watertown, produced 02 bushels 
to the acre. Thuse parties received premiums in the 
order or production named, and the warm commend- 
I ation of the committee for the success of their culti¬ 
vation. 
of Its own. This book oan hardly fail of becoming a 
favorite with farmers who keep a record of their 
yearly operations. 
--♦-*- 
The American Dairymen’ Association will meet 
at Utica, New York, January Nth and 9th. W'm. H. 
Brewer of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Col¬ 
lege, will deliver the annual address, on the subject 
of "Cattle Breeding in Its Relations to Dairy Farm¬ 
ing." Further information may bo obtained by 
addressing G. B. W«»:ks, Secretary, Verona, N. Y. 
Lime Wash.—A correspondent writes: “Will some 
of [your readers give a good recipe for lime wash; 
one which will not rub off; will stand the weather, 
ami will also admit of colors to imitate various kinds 
of granite. The one I would like is said to be that 
upon the White House at Washington, and was pub¬ 
lished in the Boston Cultivator in 1862.” 
Ocn Sheep Department, —Owing to the recent 
snow storm and the consequent blockade of the rail¬ 
road from the residence of Dr. Randall, his custom¬ 
ary contributions to the Sheep Department of our 
paper frilled to arrive up to time of going to press 
with the present issue of the Rural. 
-- 
Ohio Boahd of Agriculture.—^ The annual meet¬ 
ing of the Ohio Board of Agriculture, together with 
the Presidents of County Agricultural Socictiea, will 
take place at Columbus, January 8th, 1868. 
HOW WE PAY PREMIUMS. 
To show its friends how the Rural pays (as well as 
offers) Premiums, we give the following letters—only 
adding that our present inducements are more liberal 
than those of last winter: 
St. Joseph, Mich March 22, ’67. 
Hon. IJ. 1). T. Mooke, Rochester, N. Y.: 
Dear Sir have the honor to acknowledge the 
receipt of a Wukkuoc & Wilson Sewing Machine 
(ne plus ultra) irom your generous hand—which came 
a few days siuce, all O. K., aud " rune like a top."— 
Getting up the club 1 sent you cost me no time nor 
inouey. n. little talking and showing of the Rural 
did the thing—as any one may do If he will try— aud 
receive as fine a present as you have been pleased to 
G. A. W. 
uuwu.cu, • -“ — J __a AnvoimiR- Amonu the Getting Up the Club I scot you cost me no time nor 
enlargingandimprovingourlong-tlmepet—yeRuRAL. Death of Roeekt ... . S inouey a. little talking and showing of the Rural 
Without particularizing, will say vou can safely an- most prominent stock raisers was Robert A. airs- md Uie thlU g-as any one may do if he will try- and 
,. . .,,i T t„i viv imvR who died at his residence in Woodford Co., receive as fine a present as you have been pleased to 
nounce that, extraordinaries excepted, A olumo XIX * t.he first day of December instant He was scud me. May success attend you, my dear D. D. T. 
will far excel cither oj its predecessors iu all the esseu- Ky., on the first day oi . M., and belicrc uie ever the friend (energetically) of 
tints of a first-class Agricultural, Horticultural, ^ Scottish descent, and belonged to a titled totally the UoliAL . Henry W. Gustin, Ass'l P. fl. 
Liter ART, Business and Family Newspaper, De- and fell heir to a baronetcy and an ample estate in -- 
tennined to render.! superior In Contents, Appear- Scotland, to which place he repaired on the deal, of MeonE^J^^’TtoliSiugTrs- 
ance and Size, have spared neither effort nor expense ihe possessor of the tamily honors Having arranged T. fgggg **£ Grddlluutiug- 
to exhibit the true spirit of its Motto, " Fxcelslor," the affairs of the estate to which he fell heir, he re- (Jas( , d Wuu . h| (ur w tuob I am much obliged, it is a 
arniOhiects "Proavss and Improvement "-as will turned to the United States, sinking the hereditary very nice one, and a valuable present. Any young 
and Objects, xrog t*s ana improvement, . t , iR time nerson wirhiuc a watch can cabily earn one by cel- 
be manifested iu the issues of the new volume. The honors which fell to him, and de o d * iD , a clul) [ol . ^ Ru ral. If they can't get a 
enlargement, it is istimateii, will be equal to one talents and energy to his favorite pursuit ol stock c | uQ la rge enough foi a Gold Watch there arc other 
Antiquity of Reaping Machines. — At a late 
enlargement, it is istimated, will be equal to one 
column per page (of the present size,)—or, equal to 
six loads first crop —next, twenty-four, ccc. ^ mec tiug or the “ British Association," Rev. Patrick on increase of eight columns. This will not only en- 
four years plowed again — seeded, with fifty-five y EI I t jn a c i a [ m to the invention of the reaping able ns to give much more reading matter, hut also 
loads manure on the field, and harvested fifty | mttC ],[ nC( which the Germantown Telegraph treated make room for tkc favors of advertisers, without 
hn fib els oatfi per acre last year, and this, cut wlth bnt uttle respect. In a recent issue of that crowding editors and contributors out of house and 
DUBueie O U 1 , I . ... __,.r V.rRo thrt write unn hnvft ftntnphiiw AlldWPfl thf» 
forty-one loads of hay. Applied six bushels plas¬ 
ter last spring. This is my experience in doctor¬ 
ing old meadows. o. l. n. 
Spring Mills. Allegany Co., N. Y. 
HOW TO MAKE VINEGAR. 
a letter from William Saunders of home. [By the way, you have Bomehow allowed the 
paper was a letter irom william nAUMitm ui 
Washington, supplying proof from the London 
Gardeners' Magazine for 1829, in which the machine 
was described—bearing a close affinity to those now 
In use. The diawings of this reaper have been seen 
by the editor ol the Telegraph, concerning which he 
says:_“The machine does bear considerable simili¬ 
tude. to those of the present day. It is placed on a 
advertisements to crowd reading departments this 
week. Remembei the limit, piease, and that onr 
first duty is to subscribers.] The new type, border, 
column and dash nles, etc,—indeed the entire “ rig" 
for the enlarged purer—with the new and able con¬ 
tributors soon to le introduced, uud other features, 
I new and renewed,will assuredly render the Rural 
- tude to those of the present day. It is placed on a i new and renewed,wui assuredly render me uukal 
r. Rural •_Wife”and I have been house- | Bqu are frame-work with a long pole in the center worthy of more hm the One Hundred Thousand 
. more than thirty years, and during all i running out in the rear of the frame, to which the Subscribers wbichare expected for the new volume, 
fn P p v ‘ors have never had less than one barrel horses are attached, who, working from behind, push j You ran whisper ! his softly to our host of Agent- 
those year vinegar in our cellar instead of draw the machine. The frame is placed Friends nil over tin country-as well as to the thon- 
of strong, whole cider vincg i ■ ^ broRd wUet<1 ^ on(i on fc u)ier side, so that the sands of readers wio can, if disposed, materially aid 
Often we have had on hand a slock oi several ^ ( yca kniveS) whlch arc three or in extending the -ireulatiou and usefulness of the 
barrels. Wc have sold many huudreds ol gal- ^ lijm , s a9 , ong R8 tUose ln tho moder- nnebinea, Rural by introdtuing St to notice and support in 
Ions to our neighbors; aud among the pur- i operate, scissors like, iu the saim way as our own, their respective lowlitiee. 
chasers of our vinegar have been farmere who W bat is called a ‘col’- or’ to bend the grain, I Another tbiug. V I remain here most of the enc-u- 
nwned orchards and annually made cider, Fre- B0 ag to enable thG machine to operate more cleanly ing year, as advised by physician, shall be able to 
uently I read in the public press, inquiries and easily.” accomplish much tor the Rural, aside from what I 
raising. In this he was eminently successful, and 
held rank in this department second to none in the 
couutry. His business ability gave him an extended 
reputation, aud his sudden demise will cause sincere 
regret in various sections or the country. 
What Ails the Chickens f—E. P. H., Farmers- 
burg, Iowa, w rites -k* My chickens commenced dying 
in September last. At first the mortality was among 
the old hens, and it was supposed to be from moult¬ 
ing; but lately the deaths have increased, ana old 
and young are alike dying by scores. The symptoms 
are alike in all,—first the comb becomes black, the 
fowl acts stupid, and dies in from four to forty-eight 
hours, I have fed pulverized alum, meat wet with 
alum water, and scalded meal mixed with black 
pepper, but to no t ood effect. The food has been 
corn principally. A part of them have been kept in 
a good hen house, with the free use of the yard; 
others pave been kept about the barn, and some have 
j not been confined at uU, roosting upon tree*. None 
are exempt, from the contagion, 11 you can tell what 
ails the fowls or what will cure them you will greatly 
oblige.” 
valuable presents offered. I remain, Dear Sir, 
ReBpeotluliy yours, Thomas Cone. 
Zanesville, O., March 19,1867. 
Mr. D.D.T- Moore : —Dear air; The beautiful 
Watch sent me by Am. Express, aa premium for 
Rural Club, came safe to hand, and you will please 
accept my acknowledgment lor the same. In circu¬ 
lating so admirable a Family Paper as the Rural, the 
consciousness of doing good is of Itself a present re¬ 
ward, which, coupled with the haudsome token ol'ap¬ 
preciation just received, almost makes me wish that 
tho Club required getting up twice a year 
Yours truly, Wm. J. Townsend. 
Under date of March 11, 1867, Mr. J. B. Potter of 
Lake Co., O., writes us in this wtoe: 
Friend Moore :—On Friday evening I received in 
good order the rhotoyaph Album you sent me; and 
I must say l was somewhat dieappoiuieu, for it was 
« much nicer tmcl belter book than 1 expected. A dealer 
iu Albums to whom I showed it, pronounced na 
good $6 Album., £?o please accept my most hearty 
than, s, utoug with my best bow, aud be assured that 
J nhall remember the Rural substantially, ou every 
opportunity. It is a pleasure to wotk for so good a 
paper a» the Rural, especially wlmu the labor is ap¬ 
preciated in so agreeable aud substantial a ruauner as 
you have dime. I will .close with Fat’s expressive 
salutation of "(rive me you ylt." 
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