given, can be easily constructed by any per¬ 
son. “ A is an end view, eight inches wide, 
two feet six inches high,and three feet long; 
13, the roof projecting over the perch on 
which the fowls stand while feeding; C, the 
lid of the receiving manger raised, exhibiting 
the grain; E E, cords attached to the perch 
and lid of the manger or feeding-trough; I, 
end bar of the perch, with a weight attached 
to the end to balance the lid, otherwise it 
would not close when the fowls leave the 
perch; H, pully; G, fulcrum. The hinges 
on the top show that it is to he raised when 
the hopper is to he replenished. When a 
fowl desires food, it hops upon the bare of 
the perch, the weight of which raises the 
lid of the feed box, exposiug the grain to 
view, and after satisfying its hunger jumps 
off, and the lid closes.” Of course the di¬ 
mensions of either of these feeding-hoppers 
may be increased to any size desired. 
medal; second, P. W. Hudson, diploma; third, same, 
honorable mention. Setter, best, J. E. Craig, Hart¬ 
ford. bronze medal; third,C. Bonner,Hartford, hon¬ 
orable mention. English Terrier. Black, and run, 
best, W. H, Hills, Hurtford, bronze medal: second. 
A. T. Ashmenii, Hartford, diploma. Esquimaux, 
special pieniluin. S. Priest, Hartford, first; G. »>• 
Bowker, Hartford. BBOOtld. Setter Pups, special 
third premium. A. P. Aslimead. 
Miscellaneous—Donkeys discretionary premium, 
diploma. G.P. Carpenter; honorable mention. A. T. 
Aslimead. Exhibition Coop, first premium, G. E. 
Cloeton ; 9 Conti. J. B. Smith. Cotswold Ram, bronze 
medal to Burden Loom If. Old Hens, diploma for 
two hens, eighteen jours old, E. P Dibble. Guinea 
Pigs, first premium, W. H. Lockwood- Cats, first 
premium, G, p, Jim-i, Hurtford. Canaries, first, pre¬ 
mium, W\ 11. Burr, Hartford: second. C. Parker, 
Hartford. Babbits, Angola, first premium. J. Allen 
Frant:is. Hartford. Ponies, best, B. Loomis, bronze 
medal; second, O. II. B. Edwards, diploma. Souir- 
made from good products. Good butter must 
have a good color, line texture, and ft nob 
flavor. Of all systems or butter making, he pre¬ 
ferred that of Orange county. Tim highest 
priced butter in Europe is the Normandy. Our 
factories aklrn the cream while it la fresh. At¬ 
tention must be paid tlrat to the^lood^ the 
cows, i- .1 . 
ness at every 
ouhrn-ihtrtr 
nsbimtrrp 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., EDITOR, 
Or Lrm.» Falls, HcXMIMBB Cocatit, N»w York. 
second to the temperature, third to neat- 
ivery stage of the manufacturing. A 
good grade of hay must be fed to cows, and the 
pastures must be kept Tree from weeds. He 
considered the feeding of good food essential. 
The temperature ol the milk should bo kept, at 
sixty degrees. The most scrupulous neatness 
must be observed to produce the finest kind of 
butter. A temperature of seventy degrees is 
the best for coring cheese. He thought this 
could be best Bccuren by locating the dry-house 
on a hillside, and placing it so that the air pass¬ 
ing through underground ducts will be cooled 
and the temperature of the dry-house kept 
evon. Hundreds of thousands or pounds of 
cheese have l»ceo lost during the past summer 
by the lack of attention to the temperature or 
curing rooms. He believed progre.-x hud been 
made during the past few years in tins depart¬ 
ment, but much remains to be accomplished, 
and the prlcipal improvement must lie in secur¬ 
ing a proper and uniform temperature of the 
cheese while curing. Cheese made from milk 
partially Bkimmcd, if properly' cured, may be 
much I letter than cheese made from whole milk 
ll properly cured. When the temperature is 
very high there is great danger that the clieeao 
will be taken possession of by lung!, which will 
destroy it. To maiuifuctui'o kest fancy 
olieeeo, the fcy©, thesena© uf nmcll, ami that or 
feeling, must b<? carefully educated, ao that 
through these senses the mind may be must 
CONNECTICUT 
State Poultry Show, held nt Hartford 
Nov. l-4lh, 1870. 
VERMONT DAIRYMEN. 
Annual Meeting of the Vermont Dairymen’* 
AuBciudou. 
The annual meeting of the Vermont Dai¬ 
rymen’s Association, was belt! at. the capital, 
Montpelier, Oct. 20th, and the following of¬ 
ficers elected for the ensuing year: 
Fra*.— Hon. B. O. Mahon, Richmond. Vice- 
Prea'ta Middleton Goldsiuitu, M. II., Rut I and; 
Hon- N. B.SaCford, Whin- River . I unction; Hun. 
C. w. Hrownwell. WUiiston. Nec. O. S. Bhss, 
Georgia. 2Vu*(ce* Hon. Henry Lane, A- H- 
Armstrong, Franklin Fairbanks, K. Harnuin, h. 
8 Freeman, C. Ii> McAllister, A, It- Mantling, r». 
P. Mudgei. E. F. Darling. S. lb Car pettier. A. B. 
Sump, a. K. Warren, C. Horace Hubbard. Peleg 
Winslow. llanoraiij Member*—Hon. Samuel 
Campbell, York Mills, N- Y.; A. M. Winslow and 
Hon. Thos. G. Al vot'd, Syracuse, N. Y. 
In the evening a large audience wan col¬ 
lected at the Assembly Chamber, to hear the 
Annual Address, which was delivered by X. 
A. Willard of the Rural New-Yorker. 
The Rutland Herald gives the following ab¬ 
stract of 
Mr. Willard’s Address. 
Mr Willard opened hi* addressed by remark¬ 
ing t hat lie hud no .splendid theories to advance, 
but would speak upon a simple subject ol the 
greatest praciioal importance to too people ol 
Vermont. When abroad ho had looked upon no 
place with more Interest than Kupnymede, 
where the great charter of our liberties was ob¬ 
tained from King John by t ho sturdy tenon* 
who secured there i he foundation ol all the civil 
and religions liberties which we nil enjoy. How 
little did they think what immense results were 
to follow from their action ! Few of ihoso-who 
have laid the oomcr-al.unes of great works have 
imagined the results that follow. So Jesse Wil¬ 
liam* did not imagine that such immense results 
would follow ills labors, for there are now a 
thousand cheese factories in the Stale ol New 
York alone. And so the great problem of an 
eonunniloul supply of food begin* to he solved. 
Few realize how much the supply of cheap and 
nutritious food has to do With the pi-escruiuon 
of m-dor and good morals. Our population is 
rapidly Increasing, and soon wc shall he unable 
POULTRY NOTES AND QUERIES 
Rustic Poultry House. 
In answer to the request of a “ subscriber” 
in New Jersey, we herewith give an en¬ 
graving of a rustic poultry house, which is 
not only convenient hut designed to beaut ify 
the ponlty yard of any amateur or breeder. 
The design and description is taken from 
“ Bement’s Poulterer’s Companion.” For the 
Pile Giime Fowls. 
Will you please answer me a few ques¬ 
tions through the columns of your valuable 
Rural New-Yorker about game fowls? 
1st. What is a pile? 2d. Is a red and white 
cock of any breed a pile ? 3d. Is a cock 
that is a half bred game a pile ? Also, can 
you inform me where I can procure engrav¬ 
ings or photographs, colored or otherwise, 
of the different varieties of game fowls?—L. 
A. Sharp, Saratoga Co., N . Y . 
Aylesbury Ducks. 
I should like to know where I can pro¬ 
cure a pair of pure-bred Aylesbury ducks; 
and information how they should be cared 
for—if there is any difference between them 
and the Rouen ducks? — J. C., Pa/rkers- 
burgh, Vu. 
Rhubarb Bed in Poultry Yard. 
Is it hurtful to the rhubarb plant to have 
liens run over the bed ? I lmve a hennery 
in close proximity to a bed of rhubarb, and 
have moved my fence to bring the bed 
within the hennery yard.—S. O. P., Penn 
Yan, N. Y. _ 
Broom Corn Seed for Poultry. 
II. R., Frostburg, writes us;—“ Is broom 
corn seed good feed for poultry? Those of 
our readers who have had experience in this 
matter will please answer our correspon¬ 
dent's query._ 
Another Larne Egg. 
G. L. Taylor, Harmony, N. Y., writes; 
“ I have a Light Brahma hen, one year old, 
which laid an egg that measured seven incites 
one way and eight inches the other, and only 
Who can beat it?” 
THE CHEESE RANGE AND SETTER, 
For the past two or three years we have 
heard of much dissatisfaction in various 
cheese dairying districts, on account of cer¬ 
tain claims made upon factories for using 
the “ range and setter.” This device had 
been so long in use, and was, in fact, so 
simple in its construction, that it was not 
suspected to lie a patent right. Such was 
the claim, however, and as prosecutions 
were threatened unless these claims were 
settled by the factories using the device, it 
caused more or less uneasiness. In some in¬ 
stances, we understand, payment has been 
made for using the setter, but in a large 
number of cases the factories refused to pay. 
We have had frequent, inquiries about this 
claim, and have heard, from time to time, 
concerning the threatened prosecutions; 
but as no legal proceedings were commenced 
against those refusing to pay, we had con¬ 
cluded the claims did not amount to much. 
It would seem, however, that this matter is 
soon to he brought into the courts from the 
following, winch we copy from the Lillie 
Fulls Journal of October 20ili. It will be 
of Interest to factory-men, not only in New 
York, but in other States; 
M< 14 -ting of ChooftC Manufacturers. 
At a meeting of the olieeso manufacturers of 
rustic work, join four pieces dr saplings in 
an oblong shape for sills; confine them to 
the ground; erect at the middle of each of 
the two ends a forked post, of suitable bight, 
in order to make the sides quite steep; join 
these with a ridge pole; put on any rough 
or old hoards from the apex down to the 
ground; then cover it with hark, cut in 
rough pieces, from half to a foot square, laid 
on and confined in the same manner as or¬ 
dinary shingles; fix the back end in the 
same, way; and the front can lie latticed 
with little poles with the bark on arranged 
diamond fashion, as shown in the engraving. 
The door can be made in any style of rustic 
form. The roosts, laying and setting boxes 
can be placed inside of the house, in almost 
any position; either lenghwise or in the 
rear. From the directions here given our 
correspondent can easily build a house of 
any desired size, and in any location in the 
at lour yoat's Of ago, ami will give wlmu butch¬ 
ered 1,000 poumis of meal; three Htoora equal to 
twNvo yoiirrf will give &000 pounds. -V cow tor 
twijivo yuan*, ilodiiuiin# tho first twn ,n wilJ 
produce ',.>00 pounds ul cheese. In nuuitlon a 
pound of oltoi-se la equal t.u t wo of meat, so that, 
tin: produce of . now for twelve years is 0 ,r>oo 
pounds of loud, while that of the steers It ,1,000 
pounds. The difference of lame and cooking 
should he charged against the meat.. 
Tan uutuUoues properties of milk have been 
greatly uudoi-urttiumtod. Stunk lie estimated us 
duar at twenty cunts pur pound as milk at thir¬ 
teen cunts per quai l. Milk ought to be much 
more generally used. Its use would be Ol ad¬ 
vantage both ui our hoahhs and our pockets. 
Ii would he much cheaper Ilian meat, at the 
present prices, oven at ton cents per quart. 
Cheese factories have been Of iiimntc advantage 
in spreading mlonnaDoli. R.\ them Daily Con¬ 
ventions* have been created, which huvu greatly 
iuci'Oilsed the knowledge id 1116 people. In New 
York ami Canada, ami ill tlm Northwest, dairy 
meetings are now crowded with men of great 
intulligurtee and information. No portion of 
farm work has shown such rapid improvement 
as the dairy. It Vermont desires to keep up 
with qthor States, it must do as other Status are 
doing in this department., and its ablest sons 
must endeavor to promote the establishment 
ami spread el Agricultural Societies, and show 
bv i heir presence at these gatherings of farmers 
that they have an interest la the agricultural 
prosperity of the State. 
Wo live m an age of Intense Com pel j lave In¬ 
dustry. It isnotstrange that old lauduiaiksnre 
being' removed. One cause of this is the misdi¬ 
rection of agriculture Ul ttsapphoiU ion todttfer- 
eront cliumteS and soils. Vermont oanuui coin- 
pale nliocossflllly With Western Slates in grow- 
II,.- mains. The Western fiurmor can pm ms 
aui-piu ; grain tutu our markets at a price which 
wit, oblige us Lo sell at a meager price. Other 
Slate* navu not soils that will allow ilium lo com¬ 
pute with Vei'iuonii.-r* in the dairy. This is a 
specialty in which Vermont could engage most 
suucesHtully. The characteristics of a good dairy 
cii.niu-y are uuduhtliug surfaces, with good 
springs, a soli capable of rel,u»nng moisture, with 
low- iCuipoiviUires, a mild climate, and a sweet 
one yolk 
Dorking Fowls. 
Can any of the Rural readers tell me 
how to properly manage n pen ol Dorking 
fowls, so as to keep them free from the many 
diseases it is said they are subject to ?—P. 
R. Holmes, Fond da Lac, Wii. 
Feeding Hoppers for Fowls. 
We find the following description of tbe 
Scotch Feeding Fountain ill “ Loudon’s En¬ 
cyclopedia of Agriculture," which we think 
worthy of a place in our columns, deeming 
anything that has a tendency toward econo¬ 
my will be beneficial to the farmer as well 
as to the amateur breeder of fowls: 
second, J. I). Willard, diploma; ililrd.T. H. Munson, 
honorable mention. _ _ _ 
Jatghorna—White, best trto. O. R. Hart, Hartford, 
promo lnndaI: msoutid. J- H. Smith, diploma; third, 
H || Hfiuw, New Iluvsn, lionomoin mention. 
DomhuquM -Bust. D. A. Uplmm. bronze medal; 
second. T. A. Todd, New Haven, diploma; third, 
E. P. Tiffany. Hartford, honorable mention. 
Polund—White Of * led Black, third best, T. H. 
Munson, honorable mention. Silver Spangled, sec¬ 
ond host, U. A. Skinner, Hurl ford, diploma. 
Frizzled Best, C. It Hart. Hartford, bronze medal, 
•eooiul. P. w, Hudson, diploma. 
Game*— Bftrl Derby, best. 8. J. Benlor and 8. C, 
Colt, Hartford,bronze medal: second, -vine,diploma ; 
i,bird, 1*. W. Hundson. honorable mention. English, 
Black Ke*1», best, P. W. Hudson, bronze medal; 
second. VV H. Lockwood, diploma; third, W. D. 
Hubbard, Hartford, honorable mention. English 
Drown Reds. best. S. J. Bestor and S. C. Colt, bronze 
medal j second. B. Uolelle, Hartford, diploma : third, 
W. I). Hubbard lion, noon I >n. Ginger Reds, best, P. 
W. Hudson, bronze lUectftl; Bfloona, S. J. Bestor add 
8 . C. Colt, diploma . third. \V. D IJuhhiird, honorutile 
mention. Duck Wingi, beat P W- Hudson, bronze 
medal. White Georgian, best, S. J Bestor and 8. 0. 
Colt, bronze medal: second, same, diploma ; third, K. 
P. Tiffany, tnmorahle mention. White Piles, host. 8. 
J. Bettor and 8. C. Colt.broiwo medal; second,same, 
diploma: third, same, home-able mention. Salmon 
Piles, best, P W. Hudson. Bme». host, p. W. Hud¬ 
son, bronze medal; second, same.diploma. Spangles, 
best. 9- J. Bestor and 8. C. Unit, bronze medal: sec¬ 
ond, P. w. Hudson,diploma: third, VV. D. Hubbard, 
honorable mention. SWH0 Pence, best, p. vv. Hud¬ 
son, bronze mortal; second. VV. I». Hutdmrd, diploma 
Special Premiums Blue 1*116*. K. Strong- Hart- 
fad; Kifrt Pde Games, T. A. Todd, New Haven; 
Patagonia, T. T. Clarke. PhilnvIHe; TaHar Black 
lied- P. W. Hudson; Ualtlileil'i! Topknot--. P. W. 
Hudson. Clainornes, P. VV. Hudson; Irish Black 
Red. P. VV. Hudson. 
Banunns—Gulden Scbrights, P. ff. Hudson, hon¬ 
orable mention Game. Post. P. Williams, bronze 
medal; second. VV. Simpson, Jr., New York, diploma ; 
third, T. U- Munson, honorable mention. 
H oudaits - Best. G. VV. Bradiev A Son, bronze 
medal: second, the same, diploma; third, D. A. 
Up ham, honorable mention. 
Creve-Cocar* - Best. G. H. AC. Z. Murdock, bronze 
medal; second, N. VV. Islntm A Co.. Windermere, 
diploma; tlurrt. \V. A. Spaulding, New Britain, hon- 
oratde mention. 
La Fleelie Best, C. P. Ncttlatort, bronze medal. 
Turkeve - Bronze, best, C. P. Ncttleton, bronze 
modal: second, G. B. & 0. Z. Murdock, diploma; 
third T II Munson, honorable mention. Wild, E. 
Bren or, East llu tfurd, honorable an niton: Gray, 
nest P 'V Hudson, bronze medal. VVbite, best, E. 
Brower, bronze medal; second, VV. H. Loekwuud, 
d '^liousiinis —Golden, host. C. II. Coir, Hartford, 
arsraan 
STABLE NOTES 
poll evil—the cause being a bruise received 
two months previous. The editor advises: 
“ If there is only swelling and slight tender¬ 
ness, but without any fluctuation or pressure 
from contained matter, give the horse as a 
laxative five drachms Barlmdoes aloes, and 
rub the poll actively with an ointment made 
by mixing equal parts of mercurial and 
iodine ointments. Repeat this application, 
if necessary, to induce some blistering action. 
If matter is already formed, as indicated by 
the fluctuation or pressure, the swelling 
should lie at once opened so as to let it 
escape. An opening should then be made 
A SCOTCH FEEDING FOUNTAIN. 
“It can be made to contain any quantity 
of corn required, and none wasted. When 
once filled it requires no more trouble, as 
the grain falls into tbe receiver below as tbe 
fowls pick it away ; and tbe covers ou that, 
which are opened by the perches, ami tbe 
cover on the top, protect the grain from rain, 
so that the fowls always get it quite dry; 
and as nothing less than the weight oi a 
fowl on the perch can lift tbe cover on the 
lower receiver, rats and mice are excluded.” 
In this connection we give an engraving 
of what is called 
A Rural Reader writes:—“ I have tneci 
every remedy that has been in tbe Rural 
New-Yorker for the last eight months, for 
a cure for scratches, and they do not seem to 
do any good. I have a horse that has two 
white ltind feet, and every fall and winter w 
troubled with what 1 call the scratches. In the 
summer it does not appear to heal up, hut a 
rough scab stays on all the while. It Dins 
three or four inches above his fetlock, ami 
will crack and bleed in cold weather. Will 
some one tell me of a remedy that wiU cure i 
t,u8t this pretended claim, and submit, to no 
ou in pro mis©, fur aU feel that the claim is u 
swindle. 
Since writing the foregoing, we have re¬ 
ceived the following: 
Hon. X. A. Willard:—O ne day last week, a 
stranger culled on one of the directors of the 
cheese factory of which I am the patron,and 
demanded pay for using the old cheese rack and 
turner. He was iu a great hurry, and said lie 
did not care much whether the company sc-nlcd 
or not, but would give them an opportunity to 
do so i hen, and if they did not pay up he would 
sue them ul Watertown, N. Y. Our director 
does not take the BUHAb New-YukkkR, cud 
therefore was not posted* He ©tiiuMiitBfl Hie 
Secretary of i im Company, who was. mifortu- 
nately, not a roiider of the Rural, and no ad¬ 
vised a settlement of the claim. Accordingly, 
the Director paid th© agent $120. The amount 
claimed was rot-fcy cents per cow. The factory 
had, a portion of the present season, worked the 
milk ol four hundrod cow's; but the agent was 
generous, and let us off as u three hundred cow 
iiielofv. Throe years ago an agent fur the Same 
pi,tenf visited the Middletown factory and de¬ 
manded pay, and on being refused, threatened 
to sue the Company, but has not done it yet. 
S iierv: - Do»s it pay to without the RuHAL 
ew-Youkeu?—F. W. Moseley, Puultney. 
