quality, being too wet; but it is early; 
planted it in open ground March 24, 1870, 
and had it good size for table use June 13. 
i lanted March 24 two potatoes, two eyes to 
a hill, bills eighteen inches apart in a row, 
and dug one heaped bushel as the product. 
After they were ripe, replanted them and 
got a good crop (not measured), more numer¬ 
ous and twice as large as the early crop. 
HH-II' until the toi-klim is raised up to it, then 
Stui ts along the track over the mow or stack, 
ami is discharged at any point at the will of the 
man on the load who handles tile tripping cord 
or I ho fork. Upon being relieved of iis load it, 
immediately returns to its former position over 
the wagon, and Ihe fork descends for another 
load. Its mov emerits are all automatic, reqnlr- 
ing no of her cure or labor in Us operation tlia.it 
stteki iig I he fork in the load and pulling the 
trlppiuK cord to discharge. 
For toll illustrations of this apparatus, 
and larther information about these Warrior 
things, send to them for uu illustrated pam¬ 
phlet.—e. o. h. 
OPIUM CULTURE. 
THE YOUNG WARRIOR MOWER. 
The town of Little Falls, Herkimer Co., 
N. Y., has long been famous as a market for 
cheese, and near this place is the lesidence 
of our Mr. WrLLAKD of the Dairy Depart¬ 
ment of the Rural New-Yorker. But 
Little Falls, though in Herkimer Co., is not 
wholly given to cheese, for here it is we 
found a full-rigged manufactory, under the 
style and title of “The Warrior Mower 
Company,” tor the production of the Young 
Warrior, which is a promising candidate 
for the honors of the harvest Held, in which 
it, has already won a high degree of success, 
I observe in the Rural New-Yorker, 
that we are paying a heavy duty on opium. 
Please to inform me at what stage of the 
growth of the plant is the fit time to extract, 
the juice, and the process of obtaining and 
preparing the article for market. We will 
try our hand to reduce the duty, and report 
our success for publication in your paper.— 
S. DAvrs, Orleans Co., N. T. 
We do not believe that you, or any one 
else, can afford to raise opium while labor 
commands its present high price. We are, 
however, perfectly willing that you should 
try the experiment, and Itope to receive a 
full account of the result. The time to 
commence operating upon the capsules (seed 
pods) is soon after the petals have fallen. 
How to Do It. 
Take a common two-bladed penknife or 
a pocket knife with two blades of equal 
lengths and both at one en^of the handle. 
Slip a piece of cork or wood on to these 
blades, pushing the point through one-six¬ 
teenth of an inch, or more, according to the 
thickness of the pod shells. The cork guard 
is to prevent cutting the pods too deeply 
when making the incisions, for if cut through 
to the sends the juice, or a portion of it, 
will pass inside and lie lost. In setting the 
guard, it is well to cut off a poppy pod and 
cut it in two; then arrange the blades so 
that the cut shall not he too deep. Wind 
the blades below the guard down to the 
handle and the tool is ready for use. The 
afternoon, or just before evening, is the best 
time to make the incision, as the juice 
exudes most freely at night. 
How to Cut. 
Take tin: knife in the right, hand, with the 
edges upward ; then insert the points at Ihe 
bgse of t he pods, and pass them up nearly to 
the apex, making a half dozen longitudinal 
cuts, dividing them equally around the pods. 
The cuts may also lie made around the pods 
horizontally, if more convenient for the 
operator. The object sought is to wound the 
pod, which allows the juice or opium to ex¬ 
ude. The following day the opium should 
be gathered, commencing alter the dew bus 
dried oil’, say by nine or ten o’clock in the 
lllui nine. 
How Gullito-ed. 
A small, smooth-edged, hut, not sharp, 
knife is used in gathering, by scraping off 
the opium from the pods. A small vessel 
with a sharp edge must he used in which to 
put the opium as gathered, because it. slicks 
to I lie knife and it requires sonic force to sepa¬ 
rate it therefrom. When asuffleient quantity is 
gathered, it may he pressed into small cakes 
weighing a pound, more or less, and it is 
then ready for market. 
ITHAOA STEEL TOOTH HORSE-RAKE. 
Among the successful implements of the 
harvest field, we have known for several 
years, the Ithaca Steel Tooth Horse-Rake, 
as represented by the accompanying cut, 
and made by Wheeler, Mei.ick & Co., of 
mows, uisicmpereo, lame, spavined mare, 
with a belly as large as a bay-stack, and as 
ungainly as a crow-bait, and of her getting 
a fine colt. Wo never tell that the sickly 
calves would have died, had we not sold 
them as veal; nor how Mr. JonE 3 sold his 
coital, eight months, because he knew that 
after that age it would grow ill-shaped. 
True Culture of the horse, as of the cow, 
is for ju.ll development, in choicest and in the 
best, matured animals. Wo should Bell the 
Poor, not, the best breeders and stock; and 
them only to be fatted. Please keep this 
alive, Mr. Editor of the Rural. Keep the 
public up to better maxims, better rules; 
then will our stock improve. 
Ithaca, N. Y. Jamks Woodland. 
in a i are it ural inEW-Yorker I saw an 
article in relation to getting two crops of 
Irish potatoes from the same ground in the 
same season and from the same seed. I am 
satisfied that in our Gulf Counties we can 
get three crops and without drying or any 
other preparation than simply to dig and re¬ 
plant, Last season, after my first crop ma¬ 
tured, the few left in the ground came up, 
from which, without cultivation, I dug good 
sized potatoes until Christmas; and again 
this season until recently, we have been using 
the Volunteers. The variety spoken of was 
Pink Eyes. 
1 planted the 15th of February, 1870, a 
half pound Early Rose and the same of Ear¬ 
ly Goodrich ; in six weeks the Rose were 
large enough to eat; the Goodrich not. quite 
so early. In May, as the vines commenced 
dying, I dug a half bushel excellent potatoes 
from the first, and three weeks later three- 
quarters of a bushel from the last or Good¬ 
rich, 
I Wish to disabuse the minds of people as 
to Irish potatoes not keeping through our 
long summers, by stating that with the ex¬ 
ception ot a few of each cooked to test the 
quality, I have them all yet. in a 
Retention or the AJ'lei-hii-th. 
A correspondent Inquires concerning 
the treatment of cows alter calving when 
there is a retention of the afterbirth or pla¬ 
centa. Our rule is to give the cow warm 
slops of wheat.cn bran soon after dropping 
her calf. Home dairymen find good results 
from the use of vinegar and wheaten bran. 
Take nearly a pailful of bran, and vinegar 
sufficient to nicely wet. it. Before the vine¬ 
gar is added to the bran, it should he brought 
to a boiling heat and then immediately 
t urned upon the bran, and Hit; mixture stirred 
so that the bran may he thoroughly scalded. 
It is then allowed to cool down to about 
blood beat when it is given to the cow. The 
cow will readily eat this mixture, which 
may be safely given, and will usually prove 
efficient. Other dairymen recommend taking 
good state 
of preservation for planting, by simply 
spreading them upon a dry floor when dug. 
Harrison Co., Miss. J. T. Liddle. 
THE YOUNG WARRIOR MOWER, 
As will he seen by the accompanying cut, 
the Young Warrior is a two-wheel machine, 
with a wide track, Urn axle being three leet 
seven inches, so as to allow the wheels In 
run in the path of the Irack-elearer. Both 
ol the wheels are furnished with ratchets lor 
driving the axle, which is the main shaft, in 
the middle of which is located a driving pin¬ 
ion wheel, operating between t wo medium 
spur wheels, both traversing insklc of a large 
spur wheel, which forms one side of a fixed 
shell, thus forming a planetary arrangement, 
on its reverse giving moiqi,, to a bevel wheel 
ami pinion, which I ft.-a ‘htives me pti.man of 
the knife rod. The whole of this gear is in¬ 
closed in an iron shell, which encircles the 
the New York State Agricultural Works at 
Albany, N. Y. The construction of this 
rake is very simple, while in operation it is 
efficient, and being made of the best ma¬ 
terials, it is durable add to these the ease 
of working, and you have in the Ithaca Steel 
Tooth Horse Rake a combination of good 
qualities which commends it to the favor of 
all tanners who desire a first-class imple¬ 
ment for raking hay, grain, corn stalks, 
wends, spreading miimir# or straighten iug 
lodged clover lbr mowing. 
ngmuc jjn formation 
HYGIENIC NOTES. 
Remedy for Uimleniiake Dire. 
Last summer, while in Kansas, I learned 
of a certain remedy for the bite of the rat¬ 
tlesnake. As it may benefit some one of 
your numerous readers who may find that 
he is a victim to its venomous bite, I here¬ 
with send the cure with the advice to try it: 
Make a poultice of fresh cow manure and 
apply to the wound ; change every half hour. 
A thorough trial of this remedy was made 
on the person of a little girl living with Mrs. 
Sperry of Hiawatha, Brown Go., Kansas. 
This little girl had been bitten on the arm; 
the doctor was sent, for, tried his remedies, 
and failed. The child’s arm and body 
swelled rapidly, began to turn black and Lite 
child appeared to be going into convulsions, 
when a woman from quite a distance, hear¬ 
ing of the case, came and advised the trial 
of this remedy. They tried it as a last re¬ 
sort, and it acted like a charm ; convulsions 
subsided, swelling went down, blackness dis¬ 
appeared, the child recovered entirely from 
all effects, and is now living as healthy as 
any other child not bitten. It. might not act. 
on another the same, but it might be used 
in connection with internal remedies or as a 
last resul t, as it was in this case.— Chas. E. 
Olmsted, Auburn, N. Y. 
axle, and keeps out. all grass or dirt, from t he 
bearing. The frame is of iron, exactly bal¬ 
anced, so that, there is no bearing on the 
iiuouu, so mar, mere is no bearing on the 
necks of the horses; and as the gearing is 
central on the axle, there is no side draft. 
The pole is attached below the axle, so that 
in drawing Ihe machine there, is no addition 
to the downward pressure on the neck-yoke. 
The guards are set very close together, 
being only two and a quarter inches from 
center to center; the knife suctions arc nar¬ 
row in proportion, so that each section has 
but a small cut to make, and requires but. a 
short stroke of the pitman, and consequently 
lint, little power is expended in the operation 
of the machine. Another advantage of this 
is that the knives are not broken by stones 
gelling between the guards. 
The finger bur is made of cold rolled iron, giv- 
nd to ugliness. It is ho 
FIELD NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Renovating an Old Meadow. 
Richard Walthoup asks the Rural 
New Yorker il his old meadow should he 
plowed and reseeded. Says it seems to 
have a good thick sward, and is remarkably 
free from weeds, but it does not produce as 
heavy crops of grass as when first seeded. 
We should not plow it, but should harrow 
it thoroughly, sow ou orchard grass or tim¬ 
othy seed, roll it, and apply a. top-dressing 
of well composted manure and plaster. 
I he tooth are spring-steel, oil tempered. 
The manner by which the teeth are fastened, 
and the application of the pressure and sta¬ 
ple bar, are admirably adapted to the pur¬ 
pose. The loaded rake is easily discharged, 
and without labor, by a foot treadle and a 
hand lever, which is pulled towards the ope¬ 
rator. The teeth are held firmly to the sur¬ 
face when necessary, by applying the foot to 
the same lever, leaving both hands free for 
driving. Each tooth is independent—twen¬ 
ty in number—and the rake, having a mova- 
blr Head, accommodates itself to any surface, 
either smooth, rough or stony. The teeth 
arc always ready for any kind of raking. It 
is made strong and durable, and ol the best 
material—wood hubs and flat spoke wheels. 
An important feature of this Rake is the 
attachment of a Plaster Sower, by which the 
Rake Is made to sow plaster on land, thus 
doing away with the disagreeable work of 
sowing by band, and plastering one’s eyes 
at the same time. For further particulars, 
address Wheeler, Mklick & Co., Al¬ 
bany, N. Y.— S. D. H. 
mg hath elasticity a __ „„ ... 
attached to the main frame that it is free to 
rise and full to follow the inequalities of the 
ground. It has also a rooking motion which 
allows the points of the guards to rise or full 
allowing it to raise out of dead furrows of run 
over cruillo knolls with ease. In consequence 
of flits ease of manipulating the cutter bar, the 
knives lire kept from being dulled by running 
Into gritty knolls and the like, and It Is rm un¬ 
common feat to out forty or fifty acres of grass 
at one grinding of the knives. 'Jan* bar Is folded 
for transportation around against the side of t he 
drive wheel, resting on tie- end of the axle-true. 
The connection of the pitman to knite head is 
siU’h Ilia) no keys or nuts are used,nod limy can¬ 
not be disconnected while in u-o. The hight of 
the cur can bo varied by the wheels at either 
end of the linger bar. The guards are of malle¬ 
able iron, plated witli steel. All bolts liable to 
work loose have double nuts, and all nuts are in 
full view on the upper side of the putts to which 
they are attached. 
The manufacture of the Young Warrior 
is carried on under tin* personal supervision 
of the inventor, Mr. Frank Buamku, who 
is a thorough, practical mechanic, and per¬ 
fect ly understands the anatomy of his ma¬ 
chine. The President of tlm Company is Mr. 
Arphaxicd Loomis, and t he Secretary Mr. E. 
D. Pierce, Mr. Bramkk commenced the 
manufacture of the Young Warrior at the 
town of Fulfills, lnft lor lack of capital and 
facilities for manufacture and shipping, lie 
went to Little Falls, where the merits of the 
machine so commended itself to capitalists, 
that, a strong Company was formed and’ 
works erected, with every facility of ma¬ 
chinery and convenience for business, at 
one of the best points on the railroad in 
Central New York. 
The works are run by an immense water 
power, and will turn out a large tribe of 
Young Warriors to go upon the war path 
for the coming campaign of the harvest 
fields. Look out for scalps! Besides the 
above, the Warrior Mower Company manu- 
Mroclt Growing in low'll. 
In reply to your Texas correspondent, I 
send yon cost of raising and feeding native 
cattle in this locality, according to my ex¬ 
perience : 
1 skim milk naif, six months old. $6 00 
1st Winter- Hay,?;;, grain, $1; stalks,50. 4 50 
2d Winter Jtuy. *5; sl.ilks.50 . 5 50 
3d Winter Hay, Iff; stalks. #1. 7 00 
Salt for three yours, 75; Interest, $2. 2 75 
A verago weight, 800 lb*....#25 75 
1 calf raised hy cow, six mont hs old.*10 00 
1st Winter Uuy. |8, grain. *4.... 7 00 
2<i Winter—Uuy, $U; grain, *2; stalks, $1. 7 00 
Salt, 60; Interest, ILM).. 2 IK) 
Average. 800 lbs. fw, 00 
This implies very liberal feeding of Imy, 
delivered in racks; stalks standing in the 
fields. The stock runs at large, oile-half the 
year, ou prairie; arc termed with us Stock¬ 
ers ; are expected to make 250 lbs. average, 
the coming season, on grass ; then generally 
pass into the hands of feeders; are fed from 
seventy five to one hundred bushels of corn 
in ear, in troughs. One ton of Imy ($8,) will 
make about 300 lbs., average, of beef, which 
gives us 1,350 lb. cattle. At, the time they 
are eating the Corn, we expect to make 100 
lbs. of pork from the droppings. 
Now will your correspondent, if he knows 
from experience, give us the cost of the same 
business in Texas?—A Subscriber, Nevada, 
Story Q>., Iowa, 
Gargrr KciimmIIcn. 
H. H. Walratii asks for remedy for gar¬ 
get. Scores of remedies have been hereto¬ 
fore given in the Rural New-Yorker, 
which should be preserved and consulted. 
We repeat some of these. One is to give 
the cow one teaspoonful of the tincture of 
arnica in bran or shorts, three times a day, 
and bathe the hag thoroughly as often, iu 
one part arnica and one part warm water. 
Another remedy, said to be effectual, is to 
bathe the bag lour or five times daily in a 
solution composed of from one-half to three- 
quarters Of an ounce of muriate of ammonia 
in one quart, of water, Another very com¬ 
mon and sure remedy is to take common 
sooUe or poke root (Phytolacca decandra), cut 
it into slices and teed it occasionally with 
potatoes or roots. Cut a wedge-shaped piece 
out of a potato, and insert, a slice of the puke 
root in. it, and feed once in two or three days 
until a cure is effected. It is a sure remedy. 
A Corn <Tiliquc. 
Tn the Rural New-Yorker of May 20 a 
correspondent professes to give ns the c^t 
of cultivating and harvesting nine acres and 
six rods of corn, and tells us “ none of this 
account is estimated ; but the account actu¬ 
ally kept, even to the fraction of a day;” 
y<'i in that statement what do we find? 
“ Nov. 7. To husking and cribbing, $3,— 
and that crop slated to he 777 42 5<Huishc)s 
shelled corn. Now, let ns seeAt. 40 bush¬ 
els shelled corn per day, about 1QI' days, at 
$1, $19 50 ; cribbing 20 loads, 30 bushels 
e ' l< li, three days, with two-horse team and 
two hands, $12; in all, $31.50. Thus: to 
husking, $19.50; to cribbing, $12—$31.50, 
But enough ; give ns facts.—J ames Oaus- 
kadEn. HeatlxviUe, West Va. 
there is any euro for Diabetes?” I would 
refer him to an article published in the 
March number of the Materia Medica, page 
95, where Dr. Turner givus the following 
prescription and directions .— Hirup of Plan¬ 
tain, four ounces ; Sirup of Yarrow, (Ach. 
Milk) three and a half ounces. Mix—take 
four ounces once in four hours. This must 
be continued for thirty days, or imtil per¬ 
fectly well. The food should be boiled beef¬ 
steak and nothing else, except a very little 
bread once a day. The bowels should he 
moved hy a mild cathartic, one ounce (sixty 
grains) of Rhubarb at bed time. Dr. Tur¬ 
ner says that in thirty years lie has treated 
one hundred and nine cases, with only three 
failures. The Materia Medica is a monthly, 
published at New Lebanon, New York, one 
dollar a year.— Saml. D. Martin, near 
Pinegrove, Ky. 
Poison Remedy, 
We find the following in an exchange; 
do not know its origin A standing anti¬ 
dote for poison by dew, poison oak, ivy, etc., 
is to take a handful of quick lime, dissolve 
in water, let it stand half an hour, then 
paint the poisoned parts with it. Three or 
four applications will never fail to cure the 
most aggravated cases. Poison from bees, 
hornets, spider biles, <&c., is instantly arrested 
by the application of equal parts of common 
salt and bicarbonate of soda, well rubbed in 
irtrsman 
Mniiiiriim Corn. 
„ ( i Newell asks tlm Rural New-Yorker 
" hK ' , ‘ ls l|l(! most, profitable, drawing ma- 
ii'ire on land for corn in the spring after it is 
made in winter, when it is half buy or straw, 
f !‘ " ,Un ® " l ‘ ot in the pile or yard first ?” it’ 
depends upon the character of the soil. If 
)( sod is a cold, stiff clay its mechanical as 
* l"* Gleet will he excellent if 
incorporated with the soil in the spring; ami 
”17, '* " e,,, "< Male<l »Wi alwm-ljcu sum. 
r l , l!,c ***“ aijemtea l.y (locom- 
n 1 18 ,)elter lo apply it to the soil at 
, ; com is a gross feeder and will 
manure 0 ‘° ge * U, ° bc " eflt “ r *•» 
BREEDING STOCK. 
I Ait glad to see the sensible remarks of 
Mr. Wood on stallions and brood mares, in 
the last Rural New-Yorker. Of all na¬ 
tional sins in breeding, tbe neglect, want of 
thought and heodlessness of fanners is the 
worst, in my humble opinion. In Pennsyl¬ 
vania a good deal of sound sense is in the oft 
repeated remark, “ I buy no horses under 
five years;” “ we want no hard labor farm 
horses under seven years:” “ wo cannot bnv 
