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I TUB ADVERTISER, r-'SSSI) ETEET TIICB.SDAT BT I-UKNAS. & LYANNA, cd stcryStrickler' Block, Main Street, nROlTSVILM, X. T. . .if - - $2 00 60 00 f 12 AT 1119" will ic luiui'tm o w ri r r,v ie-i tuecasU ccuiiaie tbe wrtfer, not r If paid in aivnce, - - - - $2 r,ey " if BMltHienluI Smooth 2 It " vim t Mi ir t 1 !! ax (. .. AM -"- l M if i . ri Ay Ay fr Ay Ay "LEQSHTZ AITD UNION, 0"C AIID nrSEPZ-ABLE, IJOV7 AITD FOItBVEH.' THE- ADVERTISER, TIATES OP ADVEETISUJOj ")o tqor(ia Uoeor lii)ontiU:o:;ivD, -Bach iliUieuUiiier tun, ------- Or.0 qnmr, on uioctb. - - - - - - - Culne. Cards of nihii(io:iiit t jei.-, OnGolmnaooy.ir, ---.--One-bait Col um a one Tear. ------ Ouefacna Coiumnoneyear. - -Oneihtt Colnma one yr, - - - - - Onacoiuron six months, ------- One naif Coturun tix mostti , - - - - - 0n fourth C! nn a luiviiiti : - - - - - One eighth CoItcib montsa, .-. One Coiacin three months, ------ One half Colnraa three moctt. - - - - - One foorth Comma three kii:1h, - - - OaeeichtnColumntareeiaontb, - - - - .auisciaictaaiJi'.eaioract (iuJTat, fl CD .) bo f 1 C? A c , 1 W . JM n r-a ii to : (.1 - VOL. VI. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT, 19,1861. NO. 11. UUSINE-SS CARDS. 1 1859. v'it)iiusoii & Sclioenheit ATTORNEY AT LAY.7, ()UCITOrwSAIN CHANCERY, " corner First and Main Streets, Rfilw ille. - - - -elraUa rmT-D.-GVIN, Having p'craanently located in UKUWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, v r th- rtu-e .f Melieioe and Snrgery, tja-;l"hi"-.r ruI errice to the dieted. 'd O-rt'on Main Street. o2Zxl i s.UOLLADAY, M. D. 'rVviaforim b' fr:enJs in Erownville tcj , eviaa::y iLaiUe h resume4 the rra -Uce of Sciuc, Surgery, & Obstetrics, ". a ,varv.tttentiontoh!jrofesion,toreceive fi - . hretuf.re extended ii'tfu. In T. W. TIPTON Attorney at Law, 'br o irxriL.LE, .v. r. 1859. II AMKAIL, & ST. JOSEPH II. II, , : It.-. : FALL ARItAXGEMEXTS. Morning Trsln leaves St. Joseph at - - 6:00 Ever.i'K Tr.uo leaves tlo d. - - 6:40 St. J 5t-rh i.- reached l-v the Vicern St.?e Line. Pfenr't rs Favctime arrt itreionQ stinc ty thisroute. Djily onnoc! lotis rua le at liiiiibal .t'u i:aoteru RHd Southern K :lroali IiJPcktTS. J T D Haywood, Sup't., IIannilal. D C Sawin, General Agent, St. Joe P B Gkoat, G. Ticket Agent, Han'lal Tiieo. Hill. G. T. Ag't, Brownville t5 NcuiSupplnaf 0tau I hare just roccivcJ a new eur-jlv f COOK STOVES Of the latest anJ ru''t initirored patterns, wl.ioh I prcp-e to sell ct y.icli jrlocs as can'.i"t le cemjil. titl ed t fT. The put'.ioere invited to call a:id e?:nraiD!. As lsuaI ELij st '.f Tin, bheet Iron and Capper V"re larfaro ml of a;' rK ufHctur. j. c. dlHoZii. April 11, 1?: I. r.50-)V J. D. N. THOMPSON, Justice of the Peace- and T Vii acknowlei?eineati cf PeeU. Marries Te-pie K 'c. '-e nr.t J'jor outh of Miua Co's D.-u H,- t::v.!'.?, June 3tt, 850, "TOHH L CAES01I (Successor to Lcshbanph &. Cron. LLND AND TAX i'AYLVG! j?.?;' m Coin, Incurred Money, Land l't:rrards, Exchange, and Gold Dad M IN' S l'ltKET. BSOXVILLC, .LlJUASIi.i. t iM Five efpecial attention tobnylng anJ pellin ex-,v-cM t!iei rmcii'alcitie vl the Tinted St-lt. kI Kur-t Gi,t Silver, uncurreut Bnk BiUs, aaj J I Cut, Collection n.aJe on all aew sable poiuit, n-i i.r-c.H:n reoiitted In exchange at current rates. . p, ;) ..sits revived on corent account, auJ juterest al-1uwc-j u eil iepfcita. OFFICE, strci:t. BCTWcEy THE Telegraph and the I". S. Land OCices. I.:n.'. i. V- W III t. Jn-. Tr! M ri ll m Ii'. I- h (.'i. ' Col. I JUJ. . I'M REFERENCES: k Brother Pl"Je!ptl . rrhon 4c Co., . it Crn'.:i, 44 ilL.tut,. ttawn.Col'r of Port, 2". Sa.ithN.n, Esq.. Hanker, yash:ngtop, D. C stavoim. Eo.. Att'v at Law, " ' . (;.ilUber, Late 3J Aud. U- 3.T S. Krieuh, Biiifceri, ' lanJ, Pve St i TVmias fi. Pratt, J ji. . t'ariu. ii, Ej., Pre'tS. Bank, -v. ? tiie.v, A'y at Law, U.tinMeton A.lty at Law, .. Ti. . Tfrry, . 11. T'ltwiier, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Chicago, Til. St. Louis, Mo. Annapolis, jld. Mercertbure Pa Hagcrtown, ilJ. Eastern, Md. Cnmberiand, Md Havana, Alabma. Nov 8, lS60-tf. JMES.S. BEDFOUD ATTORNEY AT LAW, Mailer rocmisMOKCf In Chancery. -LHOVKVILLE. T. - PEASE & FOWLER BLACKSMITHS, Water )3troot, . r.HOWNMLLE, NEBRASKA. Hhv recently located in this place and solicit a share o! public wtrocace. Their rork and prices cannot fail v grvc mukl.cticn. Price for fchoeing horses l Jjr shoeiLg all r.und ith Be shoes. Dec. 3U, 3a ! D. A. COXSTARt-C, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, CASTINGS, SPRINGS, AXLES, FILES BL AC KSmYtH'S TOOLS Also: 'Hubs, Spores, and Bent Stuff. Third Street, between Felix and Edmond. SAINT JOSEPH, MO. Which he sells at St. Lonis pricesfor cash. Highest Price raid for Scrap Iron. TwmM-rl, lShi.-1y. " Moil o -y J. dxrn nepd cjj-. PIKES PEAK GOLD ! 1 receive Tike's Peak Gold, and advance fc aey upon tbe same, and pay over balance of proceed .n as Mint return are had. In all caes, I wiM ; xLi! :Uhe printed return of the United SUtesJMini, , t A.av oCloe. JNO. L . CARSON, BILLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER CITY LIMY STABLE AND BROWNVILLE, NELJRASKA. ROGERS c: BROTHER, AXN'f"k''N'CKS t ti e r'-V'ic that he his purchf.sed the Livery S a' eaui S.-s f .rir.criy owned by William It i U- I tl e-et.- rie a-d ii now rcpar- e 1 to rvt:3ivdte tUe i -Viic with Ll ,--. (r(K- V Saddles Horses the tsavIluko miQ On fid st his St ib'.e a:r.v'.e accoSLaoojti jns for horcr, males or ctt !e. BENJAMIN .V JSnCA ROGEKS. Brownril'.e, Oct. IS, l-6'). n!5-y!y f l -j . . n v.. i -r-T i777? YO U US EL YES ! New Eating Saloon. BEN J. V7HYTE, LTa? opecMi a new Eating House on street, npxt d jor to the U. S. Laud OiUco ia DroT nville, wLcro CAN EE II AD AT ALL HOURS. All k"r.diof game served up as doslrcd, at tho sbcrtost nr.tiuc. Oyster?, Quails, Frairio Chickens, Fish, ""enison, Pies, Cakes, Hot Coffee. Svveet and Batter Milk, Muihaud Milk, rind ail such. Como and Goo HVZo ! ! 1 ub. i". lsol. i REAL ESTATE A N D Collection Office O F BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Jlain, Bfixccn Levze and First Streets. Particular attention given to the Purchase and Sale ol'Ueal Estate. SaKins Col lections and Payment of Taxes Tor Xon-Kcsl-dents. LAND W AURAXTS FOIi SALE, for cafb and on LND WARRANTS LOCATED forEnsUrnCap ito!ists,on lands selected from personal examination, 8nd a cximpleto Townsl.ip Slap, showing Streams, 1 imbcr, ic, lorwaraea witn iue vcruucaie ui ioc ticn. Brownville.N.T. Jan.S.lSGl. yl Furniture Manufactory. J1R0WNVILLE, KEBRASKA. no20v4 T. M. TALBOTT, DENTAL SURGEON, ii uic;located fcimself in Brownville, N. T.,tea iiffiig prcfossionalaervLcoa to thecommunitj. A'.ljobs warranted. Clocks batches & Jewelry. i J. SCHUTZ ' f 'Wonldanuonncetothecitiien of BrownTH'.e eTV and vicinity that he ha located himself in ; fci2iBrownvilIe, andintendskeepingafullassort. i-tia ii f cvrythingin hislineof business, which will sold lew lor cash. He will also do all kinds of re . Mriucof clock, watcheandjewelry. All work war rant's. v3nlSlr PIONEER MUm BOOK BIIIDERY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WILLIAM F. KITER. Ky n, iseo. ( FAIRBANKS' STA3TDAED SCALES Or ALL KISSS. FWRBAHXS & GnEEliLEAFs LAlvi: ST.. CHICAGO, ' AM cr.rner of Main & Walnut Sts, St. Louis tIVI- CJLT THE GENUINE. m fZ W jTr;'vr :: 1 r ' -", w-, j : . 'J flflCORPO!! SE!II-ANNU1L STATEMENT, No. 102. CAPITOL and SURPLUS $932302.98. rvXca.3r ILsit. IOG1. Cah and cash Items - $79 63$ 73 Lo.n well secured - - 6.253 20 Heal listite - ----- 15 000 UO 20-0 tjire Iltrtfor.! Rank Stocks - - 274 6)9 OJ 21J5 ' New Vork " " - - 193.850 00 1010 " Boston " - - 100 75.3 00 f)07 other " " - - 53 CSo 00 rnite.1 State HCd S(.-tC " " 73 67 00 Ifartni &N. Haven R.R. boida " - 33 7U0 00 Hartford City Bund ... 3fi 750 00 Conn. Kivcr Co. a R.R. Co. Stock - - 4.600 00 Tta! ApiT-ts - - - $'.ij'2.302 98 Tutal imbllitie3 - - - - 73 214 27 For details of investments, eee email Card: and Cir cular;. Idhi rar.cps may be effected in this old and substantial Comi;iy on very fdvoroblo toruis. AtT'yto JOIIX L. CASSOX, Ast BROWNTILLK, X T. 5 Cweliincs aod Farm Prnpe'ty inhered lor h trm of year at very low rates l.vu04 Johns & Crowley, SOLE ilANX'FACTCRS'nS O? TTIV. IiLpP.OVED CEMENT ROOFING, Is the Cheapest and most durable Roofing in vse. IT IS FIRE J1JVD WATER' PRO OF It cs.n he applied to new and old roofs of all kinds, and tn shingle roofs without removing the shingles. TSic: cost U only onc-tlaird ol T2a, and is twice as durable. Gutta Percha Cement Fir preserving and repairing tin and other meta" roofs of everp iiescii.ion, from jts gret elasticity is .sot in jured ly the Cfiitrantlju and expansion of metals, and Will net crad: in. cold or Run in varm vzaUicr. There materials have been thoroughly tested in New York htid aii parts of the Southern and Western states, and we can give abundant proof of all we claim in their favor. They are readily applied by ordinary laborers, at tri3- cgcxensfl. "NO HEAT IS REQUIRED. These materials are vitt W readu for vse and for Shipping to all parts of the Louuiry, u-ith lull printed directions Jor apvlicatwn. J - . . ... . . .... y. l ull descriptive circulars xi'iu be Jur- ni shed 071 application by nail, or in per- son, at our principal office. 510, BROADWAY, (Opposite St. Nicholas Hotel.) NEW TOSS. JOHNS &. CROSLEY. Feb. 23, 1551. AGENT3 WANTED. 6rao- Cora Growing at the West. The Undersigned having- opened a thop at the BROWNVILLE STE.UI IILL, Are prepared to put up all kinds of E18IBIT WORK To order, at short notic.-. We will manuf icttfe BUREAUS SAFES DESKS TABLES STANDS LOUNGES CRIB CRADLES ROCKING OFFICE CHAIRS - CHAIRS WINDOW LOUNGES CHAIRS &c. &c. Wearo a'so prepared to furnish Coffins with the ut most dispatch. We have on hard weli wawtied Black Wlniit lumber for that Durtx.se. We have t&e facili ties of inakinK furniture as cheap as it can be furnn-hed in thisuntry, w hen durability is taken Into the ac count, as we warrant all I our work. We t alicit the patronage of the community. We will tke in exchange for fnrnitnre all kin1s or farm pro!rce. Ti.e higl.e-t price tsT butter, esgs. and lard will be paid tbe enure hot season. Brownville, itay 3 ly. CCAIIBERS & NOTES. THOMAS DAVIS, ECLECTICPHYSICIAH SURGEON, LABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA. RfciVrencc, Tr. U. Gwin, Brcwavillo. April II, '61- nl3-Iy ITcv? Shoe Shop. BR 0 WXVILLE, NEBRASKA, F.e-iDectfullv informs the citizers of this pljxe and vicinity that he has comnienoed tho manufactory of BooU andEhoes in Brownville, and hopes by attention ami care to merit a share of public patronage. His stock is all of the boot quality, and his work all war ranted to "Bive satisfaction or no pay." All ntyles'of wurk, from No. 1, tine calf skin boot, to acoarre brogan, and at pace o low that nona can C"nipUin. Oive me a cail at my shop, on First street, botwcea Main and Water. Brownville, May 9, 1S61 ly EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A5D S licitor in Chancery. Office comer of Main and First Streets. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. 4Iil4e?s Peak, or Ilust." NEW PROVISION STORE, AND DRY GOODS HOUSE. 3NTo. 11, rXaiii stroot, BE0WH7ILLE, IT. T. J.BES&ffcY'&Co Have Jnt completed their new onsine? house on Main Street, near tho U. S . Land Ofllce, in Brownville whe-e they have opened out and areofi'ering ontue most favnrab'e terms. Dry Goocts, Provisions, Of all K!n.ls. FLOUR, CONFECT10NARIES, GREE AAD I1RIED FRUITS, Choice Liquors, Cigars, And a "thousand and one," other things everybody needs. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK Brownville, April 26, ly IdELVIIT HILLS. NEMAHA CITY, NEBRSKA. The public are iniornieU that at iteivio' Atills that 60toiocentscash is being paid for Rood merchantable wheat AUo wheat and corn gToun.i for to) la usual. N22 J.O. MELV1X. LEWIS WALDTER, HOISE. SIGX AXD ORNAMENTAL GLAIZER AND PAPER HANGER- BROWNVILLE, X..T. 1 1 Thr TTRirpst ami Rest Mnslc T?,,t, VVu-aI and intrumontal I v the be?t Amerioan and Earopean eomrx?ers. appears fgularlj every week la tbe HOUSEHOLD JOURN AL. Price Four Ont. A rir aon bv Jstejlien Glover, ajrears in The Cost cf ils Production Com vs Kerosene and "Lager" Has the Corn Crop "Seen its bcsl day How to produce it at less expense. With the present and' prospective price of corn we are under the nec cessity of considering whether we can continue to grow this staple, to be shipped in its raw state, or to state the case more plain, can wc-afTcrd to ship corn as at present, or must xe be con fined to the amount that we can put into beef and pork, or use otherwise on the farm. During the year I860! there was received at Chicago alone fifteen and a half millions of bushels cf cm, and since the first of Novem ber of the new crop nearly nine mil lions of bushels ; and this is but a small part of what has gone into luis souri, Kansas, south by tho way of Cairo and east by the various railroads. It will therefore be seen that an ag gregate of over twenty millions of bushels of the crop of 1860 has gone forward, producing to the farmer an average price of say twenty cents a bushel at the depot in the car, or an amount in round numbers of four mil lions of dollars. . It is true this price, on the average, has not more than paid the cost of production ; and now with tho average prk-e reduced one half we may well feel staggered at the prospect. Most peopie "charge this condition of things on the present hostile state of the country, but we judge this has ess to do with it than many supnose. We think there is a'more serious dilS- culty in the way, and one that will re main after tho country is again at peace. It is now evident that the South was preparing for this condition of things when they purchased so heavily last winter, and now the stock of coin is i so abundant at Memphis and at New Orleans that sixteen cents would bo all that could be paid for it here, to make it nett tho present rates South. The railroad rates have, it is true, enhanced the price to the Atlan tic seaboard towns, but otherwise tho price of corn is high at .the - South. Jnder present circumstances corn will not pay at less than twenty cents the nett cost of its production ; it is there fore evident that at that price it will cease to be a favorite crop for ship- nient. On the lour million dollars re ceived for corn, to the demise of ;stumptail" there must have been a oss of at least a million of dollars, while at ihc present rates on that to tr o forward there must be a loss of over two millions more. The two sums will doubtless sink all the profit to the farmer on beef and pork made from the last corn crop. On the whole, the immense crop of corn for the year 1S60: will no more than pay the ex pense of its production and harvesting so far as the farmer is concerned. The railroads have been extensively bene fitted as well as the commission men, while the corn merchant and banker have suffered loss. Many of our county banks have gone under, loaded down with corn, or the notes of corn deal- n i ii i j ? ' i crs. come oi tnis is a loss uireci ue- tween the price paid and that at which it was sold, and a part by withholding the funds by southern correspondents. Another evil that the corn trade begat was the purchase of stocks to extend the banking facilities, under the speci ous plea that more money was needed to move the crop. This, then, is the true position of the crop ef 1860, to sum up an immenbe crop barely pay ing its cost to the producer. Now if this is the casa under, such favorable circumstances, ;to, which we should have added that the pork market was bare, that the supplies at the South were exhausted, requiring a large extra amount to supply them, and which in a great part was obtained before the blockade, wo m&y well enquire what will be the case with the crnp of 1851, which though much less, vet nromises to be more than an aver- age one. it is certainly no ooject to grow corn at less than twenty-five cents delivered at the depot or say forty cents in Chicago, unless by.im provement in culture its cost can be rcdueed. This, we think, is capable of accomplishment, and that five cents may be safely counted upon. This will put it at thirty-five cents in Chicago, a price which we venture to say is the lowest that will permit of its profitable-production, and one that will bring to market any laTge amount of this, important staple. We do not meau to say by'this that the culture ot corn will not continue a profitable branch of farming, for there are other uses to which this crop is put, besides shipping in a bulk, and that so long a3 beef and pork are used, so long will corn continue the most profitable iced to make them, and in many parts of the country it will continue the staple feed for farm teams. To supply these demands will require an immense amount of corn not so much as at present, it i3 true, yet an amount that will contiuue to give it a place among the great agricultural staples of the day. SUBSTITUTES TOR C0R2:. The extensive use of Kerosene in place of alcohol, for lights, and the substitution of lager for whisky, has cut off two great sources of demand for corn.. An improvement in the wine crop has also lessened the de mand across the water, where high wines went to make up the deficit in the product of the vine. In fact, the distillery wa3 the great seething caul dron that absorbed the corn crop and maintained its high price, and unless some new demand shall arise, we see no good reason for a change, only in the reduction of the quantity grown. With the low freights and improved modes of culture the East cannot com pete with the West in this great staple, and we must soon have the monopoly of its growth, but whether it will then be any great object is yet to be de termined. .The war is not the sole cause of the low price, for outside of that the causes before noticed had sapped the foundation upon which the demand rested. Cheap alcohol is busy adulterating the kerosene, but this will soon come to an end. The war will increase the demand for wheat and oats, and to that extent lessen that for corn. It is possible that the use of hot air in drying may make it more valuable for European shipment-?, but of this we have little hope. That it will continue the great staple for do mestic use there can be no doubt, but a3 an article of commerce it must be confined to those points that will pro duce it the cheapest. The wonderful extension of the spring wheat crop by supplying cheap flour to the masses, has made another permanent inroad into the corn crop. The culture of winter wheat is also being better un derstood, and its production is not only increasing, but being cheapened, will displace so much more corn for food. The sowing of rye for fall pasture and using the crop for "hog ing down" that is, allowing tho hogs to do the harvesting is a new item in the pork line that is rapidly trenching on the domain of corn. Ilye, after becoming ripe, will fall to the ground and remain sound for months without sprouting in the ear, thus making it a valuable feed, and as hogs fatten much faster in warm than' in cool weather, tho rye by giving an early feed has the advantage ; it is true that old corn will do the same, but this must be done daily, while the rye is at all times ready, and at the same time makes a good shade for the lazy porkers. It will thus be seen that though corn, like cotton, may claim to be kiug, yet it i3 being shorn of much of its power and prestige. Like all coarse staples, there will be times when from the failure of other crops it will com mand a high price, but in its perma nent position on 'change it will here after occupy a less, important place. We have no great regrets on this score, for other products will supply its place probably as profitable as corn. The real difficulty lies in making the change, for farmers are generally slow in these things, and have a fondness for the old and long tried beaten paths. TWO HORSE CULTIVATORS. The first object is to cheapen the cultuae. So Ions as tho margin of profit was large, and as corn held the monopoly, it mattered les3 how, or with what it was cultivated ; but now when the margin is small, if not doubt ful, it becomes us to use every effort to cheapen its culture, for five cents saved in culture is five cents profit or so much less of los3. It has been sufficiently demonstrat ed that with a properly constructed two-horse cultivator, the quality of the work is superior to that done with a single horse, while in addition the two horses will do more than if worked singly and at the same time save the labor of one man that is, two horses and one man can work eighty acres a3 easily as two men and two.horsc3. We will suppose the corn is worked four times, at four acres a day with a single horse, and we have a saving of forty days, which for wages and board, ia cluding bad weather, is not less than forty dollars. This, if the crop aver ages 40 bushels to the acre, is about one and a fourth cents per bushel on the crop of eighty acres, or half a dollar to the acre ; but in addition to this, we have no doubt that the crop will average five or ten bushels more ; nor does the difference stop here, for with this kind of cultivator the crop is drilled in, which will make a saving first on the cost of the machine for drilling over the planter, and second, in markinff off, and in the saving of I the extra hand to check off the hiil3. I Another very important point i3 that by drilling the planting can follow the plowing, instead of waiting until a whole field is plowed harrowed and marked off. Here, then, is a continu ous advantage from the beginning, and which cannot at this time be overlook ed, if we have any irgard to the pro fits of corn-growing. Under this pro cess we think four workings are better than five under the old. We cannot put this difference at less than five cent3 on the bushel, which at the pres ent selling price is no small item, if com will barely pay at twenty-five cents under the two-horse system that i3, we would ra'her grown corn for twenty cents, under this new plan, than twenty-five under the old. When corn was worth fifty cents, the profit was so large that it could be worked with almost any implement and yet prove satisfactory, but now when it is selling below cost, one of threo things must occur a rise in price, the cheap ening of its culture, or an abandon ment of the crop for commercial pur poses. Of the two-horse cultivators we have already a large variety of patterns, all of them more or less valuable; some of them with scats for riding, some to be guided with a lever, and others in the ordinary way of cul tivators. None that we have seen come up to what they should or will be. We have one with rollers to crush the lumbs, which we look upon as a valuable feature, but the cost of it and the imperfect manner of its construc tion will not allow of its general use. With this cultivator we can work any drilled crop, however small, when the land is in good order, doing better and more work with two horses than by other modft, and still wc would not recommend it for the reason given too complicated, too expensive, and too frail. Its first cost was fifty dol lars, full twice what it ought to be. The rollers, the cultivators, and the shoe to protect the young plant from being covered with clods and earth are all properly conceived ; but the ar rangements of the parts are all wrong, lacking cheapness, durability, and case of handling. The skavcring knives that formed a part of the machine, we have laid aside as useless ; the guiding apparatus, which was cumbersome and leable to get out of order, has been abandoned as unnecessary, and we would strip the thing of all its expen sive gearing, place the cultivators on a solid frame, to run on cast rollers like the sections of a common field roller, say not over two feet in diame ter. No farmer who cultivates eighty acres should bo without a good cast roller ; and ns these are made in sec tions of a foot each, two of these sections would make admirable puK verizers to preceed the cultivators, and thus lessen the cost of the imple ment. What we want is cheap well constructed implements. They mu3t, in the first place, be simple in their arrangement, not liable to get out of order, and be made strong and durable A large portion of our implements are worthless from these defects. It 13 time that we had a change; in fact, as the price of corn compels it, in regard to cultivators, inventors and makers will thank us for pointing out the necessity of a chanrre in this re spect. So far as we can learn, the number of any particular form of the two horse cultivators made, has been limited, no one being willing to risk a large amount on the experiment until their practicability was more thorough ly tested. This is now settled in their favor, and wc will now see who will get up the best and cheapest one. One of our neighbors had an old wheat cultivator made for the purpose of putting in wncar,. u.ne wheels were some twenty inches high, with an &p paratus for lowering and raising the teeth. It was made for two horses, and contained seven teeth. He took out the middle tooth, fastened a com mon chair to the frame, on which he rides, and drove it into tho corn field at the rate of eight acres a day, doing most excellent work. As a machine for cultivating wheat, it was of little valne, bat for its new application it will rank among the first, for its adap lability and strength. Illinois Farmer door machinery much exposed to weather,' and is imperrioui to water. After cz:s mixing it with water and suffering1 it ta haiden, it cannot again be dissolved, and on plastering cisterns when fully dried, ' it is there for all time, and as hard as ad amant. Now suppose we were to pre-' pare a solution of thi3 cement in water and give the ground end cf cur faace posts several successive dippings, dryic' after each dipping, to the depth we want them to stand in the ground might i: sot make seme if the less durable timber more durable for pests equally so with, the yellow locust or cedar? The cateri-' al-s are cheap, aiid it costs nothing to try it and had the idea occurred to me be fore I was about finishing mine, I hh--lJ' most undoubtedly have tried it. - : One of the many remarkalle siV.' on the Fourth, was Mr. Twining and Lis, Queen bee. He carae into cur otficethe'' day before, with an uld plug hat. lie ' had cut two holes in it about midway cf' the crown one ia front, the other ia th"d; back part. Holding the hat in his Ltnd.'. and turning it over to show that it 'was' empty, he said "you see that this ha; is'-. now empty. To-morrow I intend to have ' a warm of bees at work in it, ma'ii honey, and I intend to wear it oa my head ' with the bees ia it!' Sure enough, c. ' the Fourth, as we were going cut i:.. ' the grove, we came across Mr. Twir.ir,;. : He was located uuder a shady tree, a-! was exhibiting to an admiring crowd 1 1" men and women, his wonderful" paten bee hive. On his head was the idendirj I . hat that he had shown us the day before. . It was literally covered all over with be?. busy at work, going in and out at the two orilices before mentioned. AH the spr'e space in tne cat was tuiei with new cul;o, that had been made wiihia twelve hour?. In his hand he held the Queen bee, which :- he was bhowing to every cne who wuul.l venture near enough to gaze on and ad- .. mire the wonderful little insect. Durbi; all thi3 time he was giving an eloquent and instructive lecture cn the hab it-, ' worth and care of lees After listen for some time we left, feeling that what Twining did not Know about bees was ' hardly worth knowing. Walash Gcz, Weaning CoIt3- As the lime for weanin? colu 13 at ' hand, some may be benefitted by a word of caution. The first thing is to se that the colt is in good health, and wean it Lv degrees, or so as not to produce any great . uneasiness ia either colt or dam. If tho mare grows poor and iaout of condition, ' wean sooner, and rrive the colt a littlu cow's milk twice a day, as the colt will also grow poor if it sucks. If the mare is fat, and full of milk, when the colt is turned away, miik her often but not clear.. A little care at this time may prevent Ljr from being poor ia the Spring. See the . colt often. See that it does not scour, cr become costive. Give it a raw egg twice a week, and its coat will contiaae iiuooih and soft. Keep in good growing condi tion, without feeding dry grain'as that is apt to cause it to be wormy, and ia bad condition in the Spring. See if your colt has lice on it when you wean it, alio at tne commencement ot winter, keep it clear of them or it will b9 poor. Cohs that runout should be protected by siud or have a roomy stable; they should b well nalter-broke, but not tied in the sta ble, as they are apt to become wind-suckers by being tied, and no feed before them. This is the time to break colts ; let them know you are master; this is the time they will form an attachment for you. Let him know when he performs ! right; his habits are now forming. Keep him pleasant, as you would always havo him in your presence. Ohio Farmzr Young queens do not usually make their hymeneal excursions till the eighth day after leaving their cells ; sometimes-.' though seldom, on the fifth day ; ar.d early ia the spring commonly cot till the 10th or 12th day. Very small queens, or such as were bred in unusually small celb, are still mord dilatory. Bit Jcrut. Two natural swarms, hived oa the same day, should not be placed near together in the apiary; and the same rule should' govern ia the disposal of newly isada artificial colonies. Ik Journal. Coating Fence Tosts With Cement. Wm. Kenney.of Paris, Ky., makes the following suggestions in the Country Gen tleman : A few evenings since, while engaged in setting fence posts, I was revolving in ray mind the many suggestions offered for their preservation, and -while thus engag ed an id ?a occurred to me. that I do not recollect to have ever heard advanced, and which I submit for your consideration and use. Hydraulic cement has been used for many purposes other than step ping leaks and plastering cisterns. It makes a hard and durable raint. mixed 1 :.v ex 1 ! . j 1 1 . j Et?u ou, ior wooa v,Tr:c ana oui- Large Beef Cattle. :- Three head of very large leef cattle, raised in Oregon, were brought into Port land a few days before Christmas. Th Oregon Farmer say3 cf them: "Their respective weights were, 2,501, 2,4.62. The two heaiestwere7 years eld, raised by Mr. Greenbury Smith, cf Benton Co. The other five years old, by Mr. Thomas Cross, or Marion county. Mr. Crcs3 " states that the steer raised by him was procured, when a calf, from Mr. Jaiaes Watscn, of Benton county, and that with another year's growth could have been made to weigh much heavier, as he had been fed on gram but a short tin.e. Thcso . beeves, when dresseu, and hang in the stalls of the Empire Market, surrounded " w ith other beef, pork, mutton, poultry. &.c. made ihe finest display of meats we have ; ever seen. Th proprietors informed us that S15C0 would net be an over-estuuaty of its value. - The Cora Crop of the United States la . 1S00 is estimated at nine hundred mil- ! lion3 of bushels, against six hundred mil lions in lboO, and three huudrtd seventy-seven, ir.illi:rv in 190, '-4 t
