i 
How it is disposed of in the hive I know not, but 
suppose it is put in different cells, for a change of 
food with the different kinds of honey. We know 
that the human race as well as all kinds of beasts, 
are fond of a change of food; and if it is not so with 
bees, why should they bring it home in separate 
parcels? There is no improvement in bees; for the 
Creator, in his wisdom, no doubt created the first 
swarm as perfect as any at the present day; for bees 
are not made capable of improvement. 
1 examine my Lives every few days in summer to 
exterminate millers if any are found; and if any of 
the bees at the entrance are airing the hive by 
rnakiDg their wiug^ go, I take two pieces of lath and 
tip the hive back and put one under each comer, and 
after a whiie put two more under the back comers, 
and in September take them out. This gives many 
of the bees the opportunity of gathering honey that 
would otherwise he fanning their hive. There are 
many men of many minds, and if any one has a bet¬ 
ter way of managing, I shall be glad to improve by 
it, and if any are benefited by the above they are 
A. Wilson. 
for your Exposition. Graceful for yonr proffered co-oper¬ 
ation, and earnestly hoping toat onr conjoint Exposition 
may prove advantageous to the progress of oar country's 
woolen industry, we remain. 
Yonr*. Horace Greeley, President. 
E. B. Bigelow. Esq. President of *• National Associa¬ 
tion or Wool Manufacturers.” 
as quoted by William Ketchtjm 
covered with the finest of grass, on which stock of 
all.kinds keep fat during the whole year without 
the expense of feeding. Stock arc no trouble ex¬ 
cept marking and branding spring and fall. Our 
winters are so mild that we have plenty of green 
grass for all stock all winter. We have no lakes, 
ponds, marshes, or any local causes of sickness. 
Our whole country is swept by constant breezes 
from the Gulf, which render the day pleasaut for 
labor, and night luxurious for sleep. The umbrella 
is never used except to keep off rain, and a single 
case of eunstroke has never yet occurred. The 
highest range of thermometer during the past sum¬ 
mer was DiT. A windmill and pump would furnish 
water all the time for uarden and orchard purposes. 
No kind of stock arc led except while at work. 
Sheep raising is very profitable bore, paying from SO 
to 100 per cent, the first year on the investment. 
Beef pack erics arc being established all along the 
coast and line of railroads, and yield enormous pro¬ 
fits on the investment the first season. 
The city of Columbus, situated in a big bend of 
the Colorado River, is the prettiest site in the world 
for auy kind of factory or machinery. A channel 
cut 000 yards gives seveuteen feet fall. A tannery, 
broom factory, soap factory, rolling-mill aud l'ouud- 
ery, cotton and wool factory, coopering works, rope 
factory, cun all be supplied with material for opera- 
\. m here in our couulry. Buttons, combs, glue, and 
a bone mill can find inexhaustible material, which 
is here thrown away or suffered to rot ou the prai¬ 
ries. A paper mill will also pay, as there are only 
one or two in the State. A dietilleny can also be 
made to pay, ou account of the cheapness of grain. 
Our country also abounds in abundance of suitable 
clay lor the manufacture of jugs, jars and earthen 
ware. The great “ International Pacific Railway ” 
from Cairo, Illinois, to San Bias, .Mexico, will pass 
through the city of Columbus, which already has rail¬ 
road communieatiou with Galveston. Our people are 
extremely anxious for emigration, and Northern 
men with families who will settle among ue will be 
welcomed. 
Land, stock and provisions are cheap. Improved 
lands rate from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre; unimproved 
lands from 25 cents to $1.00 per acre. Corn 40 cents 
per bushel. Pork from 5 to 7 centa per pound. 
E. M. Mouse, 
The Improved Rural—Its Form, Size op Page. &c.— 
An esteemed friend writes ns concerning the proposed 
enlargement and improvement ol' the Rural, suggesting 
that, “ instead of making the page larger." we "double 
the 6heet again, giving sixteen small pages,” (of three 
columns each, we suppose he means.) Our friend has 
not read the announcement aright. We do not intend to 
enlarge the ]>age, bat to reduce it somewhat—making it 
the same size as it was last year. The enlargement will 
consist in giving sixteen pages, each of last year s size, 
instead of eight, of the preseut dimensions — thus, as 
stated In onr prospectus, "making the Rural about 
double its former Hz'." This will be a better form for 
binding than the. present, and enable us to make the 
paper far more attractive, by giving larger Engravings, 
&c- than we could on a three column page. Indeed, were 
we to make a three column page, it would be necessary to 
give at least thirty-two pages in order to furnish the 
quantity of reading that can be given in sixteen of five 
columns each—and in the former case much more paper 
(a larger sheet) would be required on account of the ad¬ 
ditional number of blank spaces for margin. On reflec¬ 
tion. and figuring, our friend will find we are right. Be¬ 
fore deciding we carefully examined the page-size, style, 
etc., of the most popular newspapers — bulb American 
and European—and also considered the tastes and wants 
of the people ; and we have no doubt the large sixteen- 
page term will soon be imitated, as was the originaL 
Rural, by many, though not often successfully—for of 
the dozen or more rural and family weeklies started, in 
this State alone, in imitation of this journal, scarcely one 
is now in existence. 
— The above cited objection (founded on a misappre¬ 
hension) is the only one we have received,—bnt, on the 
other hand, friends of the Rural in all parts of the coun¬ 
try are daily sending us words of cheer and most substan¬ 
tial tokens of approval and Increased support. Indeed, 
we verily believe, wbnt we have before confidently as¬ 
serted. that no journal in the land has so many ardent, 
generous and influential worling friends as the Rural 
New-Yorker. —and surely if these kindly second onr 
efforts, as we anticipate, their paper (for every sub¬ 
scriber is a stockholder) will during the ensuing year 
achieve a success, in both Circulation and Usefulness, 
unequaled by that of any in the sphere of Rural and Lit¬ 
erary Journalism. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the “ Na¬ 
tional Association of Wool Manulacturers.” at Boston, 
on the 27th of October, the following vote was passed 
unanimously: 
“ Voted, That whereas, certain preliminary arrange¬ 
ment? have been made by the officers of thlF Association 
with the American Institute of the city of New York, 
for a joint Exposition of the product? nf the wool in¬ 
dustry of the United States, under tne auspices of the 
Institute; and whereas, to give a national character to 
this Exhibition, it is of the highest Imporiance that the 
wool growing interest or the country rhouifl. be repre¬ 
sented In the proposed Exposition, 
“ Voted, That the ‘National Wool Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion 1 be invited to take part with the ‘National Associ¬ 
ation of Wool Manufacturers,' in a joint Exposition or 
the wool Indnstry of the United States, nnder the auspi¬ 
ces or the Americat Institute, to be held at the city of 
New York, in the fall or 186k 1 ' 
A true copy. Attest: John L. Hates, Secretary. 
Cortland Village. N. Y„ Nov. 2d, 1868. 
Hon. E. B. Bigelow, President of the National Associ¬ 
ation of Wool Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.: 
My Dear Sir . I had the honor to receive your? of 31st 
nit., inclosing your correspondence With the President of 
the American Institute Of the city of New York, in rela¬ 
tion to au Exposition of the product? of the wool Industry 
of the United States, under t he auspices of said Institute, 
in the fall of i860 : and also- the vote of the Execut ive 
Committee of your Association, October 27th, inviting 
the National Wool Growers' Association to take part in 
a joint Exposition of our respective industries on such 
occasion. 
The Secretary of your Association, ae you mention, 
promptly apprised tne of the negotiations on the above 
subject between the officers of your Association amt 
those of the American Institute, at the time of Unit 
occurrence; and lie gave in still greater detail the special 
and entirely satisfactory reasons which reudered ii expe¬ 
dient for you at once to adopt or reject toe proposal of 
the Institu''', without waiting to ask our co operation in 
advance. You were restrained by no considerations of 
good faith irom acting for yourselves, without consulting 
us; and your having taken the steps you did In coo’oat- 
platlonof, and to prepare the way for our participation 
in, the Exposition, wilt i have no doubt be regarded by 
our Association as au additional proof of your desire to 
co-operate with us m all measures intended to promote 
the lutercete os ou: re-pecuve industries. 
I have, however, delayed to bring the subject officially 
before our Executive Committee, under the expectation 
of receiving from the American Institute an invitation to 
our Association to join in the Exposition, accompanied 
by a sufficient outline of the proposed plan oI proceeding? 
to enable our Committee to act intelligently on the qaee- 
I tion of acceptance. Your levitation, connected with a 
proposition for a joint conference of representatives of 
our respective Associations and tue American Institute, 
to arrange by mutual agreement a programme for tne 
Wool and Woolen Exposition, presents the subject in a 
new aspect; and J will at an early oay lay it before the 
Executive Committee of the National Wool Glowers’ 
Association for then official action. 
I am, my dear Kir, with great respect, your obedient 
servant, Hen nr S. 'Randall, 
President of National Wool Growers' Association. 
--a - 
Effects of the Tariff.— .An extensive and very ex¬ 
perienced wool broker in New York —one of the large 
hearted and liberal men in that business—thus writes us: 
"Sheep Husbandry was never on as good a base us it is 
now. In Europe fine wool was never as che ap—fair Mesti- 
zn being at. five to five and a half pence, and Cape at six to 
seven pence. Where would our wool growers be if not 
protected! The stock of fine clothing wool in Europe is 
terrific.” 
welcome. 
Marcellas, N. Y, 
Great Yield of Potatoes. 
The Rutland (Yt.) Herald states that John W. 
Ckamton of that place planted, ou the 10th of June, 
six aud one-half square rod? of ground with the 
HarUon potato. The crop was dug on the 38th of 
September, and the yield was 21 bushels, or at the 
rate of 516 bushels to the acre. 
Five Pounds a Day. 
The market reporter of the N. E. Farmer men¬ 
tions seeiug a Chester hog at Medford which weighed 
855 pounds, having gained 531 pounds from the 10th 
of June till sent to market, being a little short of 
five pounds per day. It was raised in Burke, Vt, by 
J. Hunter. ___ 
Peanuts and Potatoes. 
A former resident of this State writes the Fre- 
donia Censor concerning his labors as a farmer in 
Florida. He has done considerable in the preanut 
line, raising about 120 bushels very fine ones to the 
acre, which sold in Jacksonville for$3.50 per bushel, 
which would indicate a good return. There is a 
drawback, however, in the gathering, which is rep¬ 
resented to be both slow aud fatiguing—a hand not 
gathering generally more than two bushels a day. 
Sweet potatoes grow finely and sell in the field at 
about 50 cents per bushel. 
Reports on the Rinderpest.—W e have received from 
the Secretary of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society a 
copy of the Report of the Special Committee on the sta¬ 
tistics, pathology and treatment of the epizootic disease 
known as rinderpest. It is comprised in a volume of 
some two hundred pages, giving a history of the “ pest” 
and its ravages down to the present time. It embraces 
also numerous engravings representing the internal 
Changes in cattle, caused by rinderpest, as disclosed by 
post mortem examinations made us far back as 1711, with 
full directions a? to the most approved methods of treat¬ 
ing diseased stock. The opinion ie expressed that the 
“ pest,” like the cholera, is losing much of its virulence, 
and that, with timely and proper care, nine-tenths of dis¬ 
eased stock may he saved. Much of the Imerest attach¬ 
ing to the "pest " hits been lostiu this country by the 
introduction of the Texas fever; still it may be renewed 
and this Report prove valuahle as an aid in mitigating 
the ravages of the disease, should it infect the cattle 
here as it has those of several portions of Europe. It may 
not be amiss to stare here that, in the list of preventive 
and remedial ageucies. salt holds a conspicuous place. 
Those farmers who exclude that article from the food of 
their stock should bear this in mind, should the “ pest” 
make its appearance in tbeir neighborhoods. 
NATIONAL EXPOSITION OF WOOL. AND 
WOOLENS. 
plains itself; and we publish it prior to any action on 
the part of the Executive Committee of the Na¬ 
tional Wool Grower’s Association on the questions 
iuvolvcd, to give the wool growers of the country 
generally an opportunity to express their views on 
those questions before final action is taken. The 
Executive Committee, we feel entirely authorized 
to say, will, in any action they may take, be only 
desirous to reflect the wishes of the great body of 
those they represent; and consequently will be 
gratified to receive communications from all per¬ 
sons engaged in, or in any way connected with, the 
wool interest; first, expressing their views on the 
expediency of uniting with the manufacturers in the 
joint National Exposition proposed below, pro¬ 
vided satisfactory arrangements therefor can he 
made; and, secondly, stating what arrangements in 
leading particulars they would regard as satislacto- 
ry. The latter embrace mauy poiuts of special im¬ 
portance which will readily occur to all persons in 
the habit of attending Fairs; and the utmost free¬ 
dom of expression concerning them is invited. 
Among thuse who must always have a vital inter¬ 
est in the success of sheep husbandry, are the agri¬ 
cultural editors of the country. They are generally 
men of ability and experience, thoroughly versed 
in the machinery of agricultural exhibitions, aud in 
selecting and managing those elements which best 
contribute to their success. We therefore specially 
iuvoke their opinio us aud advice ou this occasion, 
expressed through their columns, or by letter, as 
each may prefer. 
National Association of Woot KavCfactvxieks, j 
Office, 75 Summer Street, |- 
Boston, Mue«., ulbt Ocl., 1 hc*«. j 
Hon. Henry S. Randall, President ol the - National 
Wool Growers' Association,” Cortland Village. N. Y.: 
My Dear xir: I am happy to be able to give you far- 
ther inlormailon In relation to u mutter of common inter¬ 
est, as to which you have already had some intimation?. 
You have been informed, by a communication of the Sec¬ 
retary of this Association, that at the lime of its recent 
annual meeting in New York, conference? and corres¬ 
pondence were ncld between the officers of the “ National 
Association of Wool Manufacturer:,'' and tar officers of 
the American Institute uf the city ol' New York, In rela¬ 
tion to an Exposition in that city of the products of the 
wool industry of the United States, under the auspice? of 
the Institute. The communication ol our Secretary also 
Informed you that our Association was obliged to take 
preliminary steps in this matter, in order to seenre the 
co-operatiou otthe ‘‘Woolen Manufacturers’ Association 
of the Northwest,” which had contemplated an Exposi¬ 
tion elsewhere, before time was allowed for consul cation 
with the “ National Wool Growers’ Association;” but 
that the conferences with the officers of the American 
Institute distinctly contemplated Lhe co-operation of the 
- National Wool Growers’ Association.” 1 take pleasure 
now in inclosing to you a copy of the correspondence 
with the American institute; nid also a copy of a vote 
passed at a fiiU meeting of the Executive Committe of 
the - National Association ol Wool Manufacturers,” held 
on the 27th of October, iu?t., with a view to secure the 
co-operation of the ' National Wool Growers' Associa¬ 
tion " in the proposed Exposition, 
In communicating this resolve, I beg to express the 
sentiment of our Executive Committee, that joint con¬ 
tributions to an Exposition which shall represent all the 
products of the wool mdurtry of the country, both raw 
material and manufactures, are essential to the continued 
success of the common cause in which the two Associa¬ 
tions ol Wool Growers and Wool Manufacturers have 
hitherto labored together with so much harmony. 
If the preliminary airangemenre above referred to 
should be satisihetory to onr associates in the wool in¬ 
dustry, it will be desirable to have a joint conference of 
representative? of tne two Associations and the Ameri¬ 
can Institute, at an early day, to arrange a programme 
lor the Exposition. 
Hoping for a favorable reply, I am, very truly and re¬ 
spectfully, yuur obedient servant., E. B. Bioezow, 
President of the “ NaliotuU Association of Wool Manufac¬ 
turers." _ 
(Copy.) 
National Association of Wool Manofactl-kkks, 1 
Office, 75 Summer Street, V 
Bosto.n, .Muiii., Oct. 8th, l&oS. ) 
Hon. Horace Greeley, President of the American In¬ 
stitute, New York city; 
Dear Sir: I have the honor to inform you that your 
suggestion that the Exposition of the woolen industry 
proposed by the “National Association of Wool Macu- 
iactttcers‘” might be held under the auspices of the 
Social Insects. 
A late number of the London Medical Times 
& Gazette had a chapter on the class “ insects,” 
by Prof. Huxley, concerning which he remarks as 
follows“ These insects arc distinguished not only 
by their combining together in great numbers, hut 
ul»o by the species presenting itself under three or 
four distinct forms. In the bee we have the worker 
or imperfect female, the drone or true male, and the 
fertile female or queen. Sometimes in the ant there 
are four distinct forms; for the working ants are 
divided into two sets—the ordinary workers, and 
other workers exclusively concerned in defense— 
these are the soldier ants, and have large heads and 
strong mandibles.” 
artment 
Matters in Minnesota —A correspondent writes us 
from Minnesota that " farmers have been favored with 
good crops this eeason, but arc disappointed in the prices 
received for them. Wheat is selling at £1.07 for No. 1 
and No. 2 at 97 cents. This is the principal crop. Barley 
sold for $1.15. and but little raised. Owing to a pleutifal 
supply of potato bags the potato yield is short—selling, 
awhile back, for £1.50 per bushel, but receded in price to 
$1 after a time. On the 7th of October there was quite a 
severe snow storm, continuing nearly an entire day, 
giving the country a midwinter appearance.” 
I nAVE been an apiarian, on a small scale, for 
twenty-five years, and have managed bees with¬ 
out the aid of hooks, and have practiced some 
part of my operations different from most others. 
I have had severul kinclMof patent hives, and have 
laid them aside; have now a few movable comb 
hives not yet fully tested. I have invented a 
hive which I consider the best protection against 
the bee moth of auy I have seen. It is twenty-one 
inches high, one foot square inside, fourteen inches 
high, lower part, and bolds one bushel. The upper 
part is for the caps. A sash 8 by 10 in tne lower part 
and a door to cover over the glass so that I can at 
any time opeu the door and see all their operations. 
There are no loose joints for the moth to harbor in; 
those who wish can make the hives ar d welcome. 
There never was a hive invented that was a proof 
against motii6, Kidder's patent moth catcher not 
excepted. As there are many swarms of bees pass¬ 
ing to the woods every swarming time, I wish to say 
to the owners there is no need of losing a single 
swarm. I will give you my mode of hiving. In the 
first place, I have a bench or table three and a half 
feet long, sixteen inches wide. I then prepare my 
hives and see that they are sweet and clean. Old 
hives will do if tight jointed and smell sweet. I 
then make a box of half-inch boards one foot wide 
and fourteen inches long and six inches deep; put 
them in the shade to keep them cool. I have a pole 
ten feet long, and cut three or four limbs from same 
tree two feet long and tie on to the pole; put that 
in the shade. I watch the bees, and as soon as they 
begin to issue from the hive I take some lemon 
halm (bee balm) and rub the inside of the hive, and 
bruise some of the balm and put it on the pole and 
hold it up in the midst of the swarm, and for the 
most part they will alight on it. I then take them 
to the nearest shade, have my bench and hive aud 
box ready, hold the bees over the box, shake them 
in and put the hive over a little comer-wise to give 
them air. If the air ie hot I take a pail of cold 
water, and with a broom throw some up in the air 
and it comes down like rain and cools it. If the 
bees do not go up readily take a rod about a foot 
and a hall long, and run into the box and stir them 
up carefully a few times, and they will go up very 
soon. If the air is hot apply the cold water every 
half hour till it is cooler. If they alight on a limb 
that will injure the tree to cut it off, hold the box 
-under the bees and shake them off' and put them on 
the beueh as before. In this way I save all my bees. 
Most farmers put a cloth on a table or on the ground 
and cut off'the limb and put it on the doth, set the 
hive over and leave it in the hot sun, when in a little 
while they l'eel like a meeting house full of people 
with the windows down; consequently, they come 
out and alight and arc hived again as before, aud after 
Is ; but you must prac- 
A World’s Fair—San Francisco. 
The California Farmer is getting ambitious, 
and proposes San Francisco as a suitable point for 
a World’s Fair in 1870, or as soon thereafter as may 
he. By that time the Pacific Railroad will have 
been completed, rendering that city readily accessi¬ 
ble from the Atlantic States, while the communi¬ 
cation by steam, with China and Japan, will enable 
those countries to participate largely in the exhi¬ 
bition. It is questionable whether fairs of this 
kind are destiued to any considerable longevity, 
hut should they survive and become a permanent 
institution, San Francisco may come in for the 
honor, provided the earthquakes do not follow too 
closely upon each other along the Pacific slope. 
Wisconsin State Fair Address.—Wc have received a 
pamphlet copy of an address delivered before the Wis¬ 
consin State Agricultual Society at Madison, Oct. 1, 1808, 
by E. B. Ward of Detroit. It treats at length the sub¬ 
ject of the decreasing yield of wheat in the Western 
States, aud attributes it to the constant exportation of 
the grain crop to the Atlantic markets. As a remedy for 
this the address urges the necessity of establishing a 
general system of manufacturing, aud the consequent 
consumption of the larger portions of the wheat and 
corn crops in the sections where they are produced. 
Blanketing Horses, 
The Canada Farmer says:—The blanket should 
uot he used upon a horse at all in winter, unless it 
is used faithfully. The trouble arises in this way: 
When a team has been driven a few miles to market, 
or tbe same distance for pleasure, blankets or robes 
are put on, but when drawing logs to the saw mill 
or doiDg other heavy work, they are made to haul 
large loads a mile or two and return at a brisk trot 
and then stand uncovered till another load is put 
on.” In this way the horses are suddenly cooled 
off, and the succeeding day finds them sick and un¬ 
able to labor for sometime, if not ruined entirely. 
Blanketing at one time and omitting it at another is 
worse than affording no protection at all. 
Condition of the Crops—October. —The Department¬ 
al Report of the crops for October may be summed up as 
follows:—A total increase of wheat of about three per 
cent, over last year: corn, an increase of from 10 to 15 
per cent.; rye and out?, about an average crop; buck¬ 
wheat, a small deficiency: barley, something less than 
last year; cotton, about equal to the crop of last season; 
sorghum, an increase; sugar from cane, about 20 per 
cent, increase; potatoes, a deficiency of about 10 per 
cent.; beef cattle, about up to the supply of last year. 
EDITED BY HENRY S. RANDALL, LL. D. 
The following statements received from a promi¬ 
nent citizen of Ontario Co., N. Y. t would seem to 
render it strongly probable that Merinos were im¬ 
ported Into the United States at an earlier period 
than has been hitherto supposed. It is remarkable, 
however, that no account of such sheep, in the pos¬ 
session of so celebrated a man as Robert Morris, 
the great financier of the Revolution, found its way 
into agricultural publications, particularly those of 
Penusylvania, where Mr. Morris resided, during 
those careful investigations into the history of the 
introduction of Merinos, which at an early day grew 
out of the rival claims of Livingston, Humphreys, 
and others to priority in that particular. It is time 
that Mr. Morris, at the period named as the one of 
receiving the sheep, was engaged in vast commer¬ 
cial transactions, and continued so engaged up to 
the period when his enormous land speculations 
and palace building consigned him to jail for debt, 
where he passed the latter years of his life. Such a 
man, it may he thought, had too much to engage 
his attention to bestow much notice on two sheep, 
and like Foster’s importation, they may have been 
killed for mutton, or met with some other equally 
ignominious fate, But this hypothesis is not, after 
all, quite consistent with Robert Morris’ atten¬ 
tion to and profound knowledge of everything per¬ 
taining to the industrial wants of our infant Repub¬ 
lic, on a subject too which was occupying so much 
attention in France, with which Morris’ business 
relations were extensive, and his knowledge of af¬ 
fairs intimate; aud Le Coutellx’s alleged gilt of 
such sheep to him took place but three years alter 
the establishment of the Royal Riunbomllet flock- 
deemed of so much national importance that the 
King of Spain had applied to the King of France 
for permission to export the sheep. The question 
possesses no practical importance, as we have no 
flocks for which a descent from the above sheep is 
claimed; and without a further knowledge of facts, 
wc are not prepared to pronounce any definite con¬ 
clusions in regard to it. 
Canandaigua, N. Y.. Nov. 2d, 1868. 
Hon. Henry S. Randall: — Dear Sir; In pursuance 
of tnv promise I send you a curious bit of history con¬ 
cernin'/ the introduction Of Merino sheep into this conu- 
try by M. Ll Coctkulx. If the date (1789) ia correct, 
his importation, was fbar year? prior to that of William 
Foster, who has heretofore been credited as the pioneer. 
The extract I send yon is from “Turner's History of 
Carts for Farms.— The Prairie Farmer speaks a good 
word for the old-fashioned cart as a useful vehicle on the 
farm. Especially where cattle are employed the cart 
would seem to be a necessary attachment. It is just the 
thing for hauling oat manure, taking apples to the mill, 
potatoes to the cellar, and many other farm operations. 
The time gained in damping loads amount? to a consid¬ 
erable item in the course of a year. 
Premiums at Fail's. 
The N. E. Farmer, commenting on the custom¬ 
ary awards at Agricultural Fairs, says:—“It has 
occurred to us that the premium lists of our Societies 
require a complete revision, and that premiums 
should not continue to he given from habit, merely 
because they have been given in years past. With 
regard to many articles, circumstances have entirely 
changed. For example, our plowhing matches 
have become little more than opportunities for ad¬ 
vertising the plowhs of different manufacturers, 
and the manufacturers cau well afford to pay the 
awards to successful competitors. There should be 
much greater discrimination in the objects for which 
premiums arc offered. Those especially should be 
selected that will lead to careful experiments, and 
bring out such practical information as the farmer 
needs, and they Bhould be changed from year to 
year, as circumstances require.” 
“A Guide to the Study of Insects.”— The third 
number in the series of these publications, edited by 
A. S. Packard, Jr., M D„ from the Salem (Mass.) Press, 
is out. It is a model of illustrative and typographical 
neatness, and a? valuable as it is neat in appearance. It 
is furnished at fifty cents per number. 
Advertisements.— Several columns of advertisements 
in type are unavoidably crowded oat of this number. In 
justice to our subscribers we cannot allow our reading 
departments to be seriously encroached ou,—but we trust 
the enlarged Rural will accommodate all our patrons in 
a satisfactory manner. 
RURAL BRIEF - MENTI0N1NGS, 
If your wood-shed leaks repair it. Wet wood makes 
the cook out of sorts. 
Pile up the accumulations of the barn-yard before the 
frost comes. It is a eaving operation. 
Ip yon would keep your cows in heart and secure a 
good flow of rich ntllk prog them daily. It pays well. 
Now is a good lime to put your sleigh? and sleds iu 
order, especially if one would use the first fall of snow. 
Don’t fbreet the comb and card in yonr horse stables. 
A good cleaning of a horse daily is equal to a feed dt oats. 
If auv plows, harrows or cultivator? are left iu the 
fields it. will pay well to gather them under shelter at once. 
Where wheat fields are not underdrained, see to it 
that the surffics drains arc not clogged up, submerging 
the grain plants. 
Now is the time to gather for fuel thefalleu timber in 
your wood lot? before covered with tuow. Every day's 
exposure deteriorates it. 
When a fowl is fattened sufficiently to kill fasting for 
hair a day or more wifi be found beneficial. It improves 
the appearauce of the flesh. 
Give the fattening hogs dry sleeping beds and crowd 
them with food. Now is the time to finish them off. 
Good food and repose make good pork. 
Farmer-- rill do well to hear iu mind, as winter ap¬ 
proaches, that poorly fed stock does not pay. Good 
The Sulky Plow. 
The Nutting sulky plow was brought before 
the New York Farmers’ Club for examination some 
time since when a Committee was appointed to test 
its claims to public favor in competition with the 
most approved of the ordinary kind. The trial took 
place near Rahway—a half an acre being assigned to 
each plow. The wheel or sulky turned over a half 
an acre—the furrows being seven inches deep and 
ten wide in three and a half hours, while the 
other was quite an hour longer in turning the 
same quantity of land. In the first indance the 
plowman rode on his plow while the competitor had 
to walk behind the other. The sulky plow has an 
axle with a wheel at each end, of unequal diameters 
—one wheel rttuning in the furrow—and is raised 
aud depressed at pleasure by means of a lever which 
regulates the depth at the pleasure of the operator. 
It is claimed that the whole implement operates 
with much less friction in its contact with the soil 
than the ordinary one, and in land freed from ob¬ 
structions, is much superior in efficiency. 
a while they start for the wood; 
tice before you will be expert in the art 
I have no doubt that some of my bees have had a 
place picked out to go to before they issue from the 
hive, but no matter for that; I can prevent their 
leaving. Some apiarians say they will go direct 
from the hive to the woods; but tor these twenty- 
five years that I have kept bees, I have never known 
an instance like tois. Bees come out and alight, aud 
if uot seen for a while, they start for the woods and 
arc discovered at the second'start, and i t is cocci uded 
that they came direct front the hives. I fully be¬ 
lieve I could hive a hundred swarms in a season aud 
not lose one. When my hives are made I some¬ 
times put a piece of comb iu the place where 1 want 
them to commence building. Dip one edge of the 
comb in melted beeswax, and it will hold fast. One 
peculiarity of the bc-es I have noticed for years past 
in the working season is, that some of the bees 
come into their hive? loaded with pollen, some with 
American Institute, I 
New York, Oct. 12 tli, 18b8. j 
Dear Sir; I have yours of the Sth intt., aud am happy 
in being able to reply that the American Institute will 
hold its next Exhibition of the more admirable products 
of American Industry in this city next am unm, opening 
in September, and that it will most gladly a warn space, 
and marked consideration therein, to a fall Exposition of 
the products of our country’s woolen industry, as pro¬ 
posed by yon. It is quite possible that no bunding will 
even then'be found in onr city so capacious a? the scope 
ol our enterprise absolutely requires, so we Will thank 
you to tarnish us, at as early a aay as pos.-iolc, with an 
approximate estimate of the space that will be required 
