1858. 
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Uniformity of the Seasons. 
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 
Showing the average temperature for eleven years—1847 
to 1857. The observations were made at 6 a. m. from first 
of May to first of November, and at 7 a. m. from first of 
November to first of May. 
Monthly av’age. 
’47 
’48 
>49 
’50 
51 
’52 
’53 
’54 
’55 
’56 
'57 
January,. 
27° 
31° 
25° 
31° 
31° 
23 q 
28° 
28° 
31° 
21 p 
198 
July,. 
69 
67 
67 
69 
68 
68 
67 
Wl 
70 
70 
68 
96 
98 
92 
100 
99 
91 
95 
99 
101 
•91 
87 
Average 47 
-2 l * 
February,. 
27 
27 
23 
31 
32 
28 
31 
27 
23 
22 
33 
August,. 
66 
66 
67 
66 
64 
65 
68 
68 
65 
66 
69 
93 
93 
90 
97 
96 
93 
99 
95 
88 
88 
99 
Average 47 h° 
March,. 
31 
32 
36 
33 
36 
34 
36 
34 
33 
28 
32 
September,.... 
59 
57 
58 
60 
60 
59 
62 
62 
60 
60 
60 
90 
89 
94 
93 
96 
93 
98 
96 
93 
88 
92 
Average 46£ p 
April,. 
41 
44 
43 
41 
45 
40 
45 
43 
44 
45 
40 
October,. 
47 
49 
48 
49 
52 
52 
48 
52 
50 
49 
50 
88 
93 
91 
90 
97 
92 
93 
95 
94 
94 
90 
Average 46° 
May. 
52 
57 
50 
50 
54 
54 
55 
55 
52 
51 
52 
November,.... 
43 
37 
45 
42 
39 
40 
43 
42 
43 
40 
40 
95 
94 
95 
92 
93 
94 
98 
97 
95 
91 
92 
Average 47 
9 
Juno,. 
61 
63 
64 
64 
61 
63 
65 
64 
62 
64 
62 
December, .... 
36 
38 
31 
33 
25 
38 
30 
27 
33 
30 
36 
97 
101 
95 
97 
86 
101 
95 
91 
95 
94 
98 
Average 47§° 
Yearly average 
46i 
47 
46 
47 
47 
47 
48 
48 |47 |45§|46£ 
1858—Average ,for Jan., 32£°—Feb. 24°—March 
32°—April 44°. 
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Hungarian Grass. 
Messrs. Editors —I tried the experiment last year, 
with 100 acres, and found that my highest expectations 
were more than realized. Timothy does not do well on 
our prairies. The Hungarian does, and just fills the 
space. Our entire community are sowing it this spring. 
It is the best hay I ever saw. Twenty-five acres of 
mine was caught by the frost, which did not injure it 
at all for feed. We sow fifteen pounds to the acre. 
Last year I gave 86 per bushel for my seed—this year 
it is worth from 81 25 to 82. Two crops can be cut 
from that which is sowed from the 15th of May to the 
15th of June—as it will sprout up at once after being 
cut.[?] 
On account of the drouth last year, the seed on a part 
of my field containing 25 acres, did not germinate till 
we had a good rain, August the 10th. I cut two tons 
to the acre, or nearly that, from this part of my field. 
It can be sowed any time from the first of May till 
the first of July. Prepare the ground as you would 
for oats ; harrow, and then sow the seed ; then harrow 
the second time and roll it, and you will get on good 
land from three to five tons per acre. The leaves will 
remain green till the seed is fully ripe, and they never 
crumble when dry, like some grasses. J. M. Lincoln. 
JSlvaston, III. 
Culture of Sage. 
A few suggestions to those who have old sage roots, 
from which they wish to raise sage, may not be amiss. 
II you wish to get a fine crop of sage from such roots, 
separate and transplant them carefully, cutting the old 
tops off close to the ground. If you wish to raise seed 
leave the tops on. Try it, all who have never done so, 
and I assure you it will amply repay you. E. Allin. 
Cheap Temporary Fence. 
I have been making a fence that for cheapness and 
efficiency combined, excels anything with which I am 
acquainted—I call it the skeleton fence. I made it as 
follows: I laid down the rails just so that the ends 
would lap three or four inches, and with ar. iron bar 
worked a hole as deep as was convenient. I then shar¬ 
pened some oak stakes, and drove them down firm ; I 
then, with a half inch augur, commenced four feet from 
the ground, and bored holes through the stakes at right 
angles with the length of the fence, four or five inches 
apart, for the upper rail ; and then the distance apart 
that I want the rails I bored two more, and so on, until 
I made enough for as many tiers of rails as I needed. 
I then commenced attaching the rails. I bored through 
each end of the rails a half inch hole—then took a 
piece of annealed fence wire, put it through the rail, 
then through stake, then through the other rail, thence 
back through the upper hole, until the ends connect, 
and were twisted together; and soon until the fence is 
completed. The fence appears thus : 
Eig. 2 is a larger end view or cross section of a por¬ 
tion of the post and two rails, showing the mode of 
passing the wire through. You will 
see that one wire fastens the ends 
of two rails in such a manner that 
you get its double strength. The 
ence has a neat appearance, and 
every one will see the many ad¬ 
vantages which such a fence pos¬ 
sesses. One rail is fastened on one 
Fig. 2. side of the post, and the other the 
other, so that they balance, and right opposite to each 
other. I invite all to call and see my fence. Caleb 
Winegar. Union Springs , N. Y. 
We have examined a specimen of this fence, and 
think it the best, least cumbersome, and neatest tem¬ 
porary fence of common rails we have met with for 
excluding the larger animals, where the farmer does 
not already possess hurdles. The wire passing through 
both post and rails, the latter can never be displaced, 
so long as the posts stand. We have estimated the 
cost of this fence as follows, for 20 rods or 28 lengths, 
each 11| feet long:— 
84 rails, six cents each,.$5.04 
28 posts or stakes, say four cents, .. 1.1-2. 
Annealed wire,..... 50 
Two days labor, —. . —. 2.00 
$8.66 
Or 43 cents per rod. A variation in the cost of rails 
will vary the cost accordingly. A little practice would 
probably enable the workmen to erect 30 rods a day 
on average soils. This fence, well made, is stiffer and 
more secure for cattle than a common worm fence, and 
much more so than a wire fence of twice its cost. It 
could be easily erected on prairies. 
