THE ONEIDA CHEESE VAT. A correspondent at East Dorset, Vt., wishes to know what cheese vat is preferred by the Dairymen of this State. Above we give an engraving of one which is extensively used in Central New-York, and is believed to be equal to any other, if not the best in the State. If any one has a better, we shall be glad to hear from them. [See advertisement of the patentee, p. 86 of this no.] [For the Cultivator and Country Gentleman.] cream for the use of a family of five persons was taken BUTTER FROM SEVEN COWS. from their milk after that date. Now I think that the new milch cow gave enough more milk than either of the MESSRS. EDITORS-I send you the following statement, others from the first of November (at which time her milk thinking it might interest some of your readers and per- was saved) to furnish what was used in the family up to haps be edifying to agricultuaal societies that have awarded the first of January, and during the time of her going dry their first premiums to dairies, where the cows have ave- from this, and I think would be as likely to vary one way previous to calving. It probably would not vary much raged 160 pounds of butter, or thereabouts, for the season. as the other. I therefore estimate the butter made as If competitors for premiums on this article were required being made from all the milk of seven cows for the year. -in addition to making a superior article-to come up The manner of keeping the cows was this: Last winto a certain figure, say an average of 200 pounds to the ter they were fed good early cut hay night and morning cow, to obtain the first prize-the cows to be kept well-cut straw or chaff, with one quart of barley meal and not on "bread and butter "-would it not tend to the bet- shorts, wet with boiling water, and six quarts of carrots, In the middle of the forenoon and afternoon ter management and treatment of these useful animals? at noon. and would it not lead to a better class of cows being they had corn-fodder. About a week before calving the brought into the dairy? The barbarous treatment they meal and shorts was increased to two quarts, and after receive in the winter, and the stunted, nearly calves, that calving to three quarts. This feed was continued until are afterwards used as milkers, is one great reason, if not the 29th of May, when they had a full supply of green the great reason, why dairies are in many instances so un- feed. From the 29th of May to the 5th of September they productive. But I am "prone to wander," and will re- were kept on clover, grass, millet and green corn-their turn to the matter in hand. feed being cut and fed to them in the stable. On the 5th of September they were turned into the meadow and stubble ground, and had the run here until the 30th of October. During this time they were fed a little corn-fodder night and morning. On the 30th of October they were brought to the stable, and were fed early cut hay, cornfodder, carrot tops, and six quarts of carrots each daily until the middle of November, when two quarts of shorts and corn, ground in the ear-equal parts of each by weight -was added to their feed. Their keeping this winter has been the same as that of last winter, with the exception of one additional quart of ground feed, and they being required to cut their own straw. But being very sensible cows they decline doing so to any amount, thinking it better to lie upon than to eat. I honor their judgment. In giving statements of this kind, or in any other farm operations, I think the details should be given, so that one can the better judge whether the thing will pay. Cows may be kept too well, or not well enough, to afford a profit. You will therefore pardon me for entering somewhat into particulars. This statement embraces the whole of the year 1861. The cows were all dried off about the 20th of January, except a two-year old farrow heifer, and came in from the middle to the last of March. This heifer furnished milk for the family through the winter, but made no butter, she having dropped her first calf the last of December, 1859, when a little over 20 months old. In the spring we started with eight cows-seven new milch and the farrow heifer. Their ages were as follows: One 2, one 3, one 4, one 6, one 7, one 8, and one 9 years old. The 2-year old is three-fourths Ayrshire, the others are the common or native breed. The farrow heifer continued to furnish milk for family use until the 20th of September, when she was dried off, and on the 25th of October she had her second calf. When this cow came in, the 4-year old (having the disagreeable habit of holding up her milk occasionally) was dried off and fattened. So that from the 20th of September to the end of the year we had but seven cows giving milk, and the milk and The cows were stabled nights the year round, and in cold weather were kept in the stable through the day, being turned out to water twice-forenoon and afternoon. They were regularly milked at 5 o'clock night and morning, by one milker, (your humble servant, who has done the milking for ten years or more, with but few exceptions,) and were milked clean, I do not think this can be called high keeping, or keeping them on "bread and butter." My aim has been to give them good food, and a plenty of it. I freely admit that their keeping has been better than straw. And I would further say that "bread and butter" is intimately connected with this mode of keeping-the butter being taken from and not fed to the cows, and the bread will be forth coming when the manure made by them is applied to the land. But by this time you probably would like to know the result of all this without further comment. [For the Country Gentleman and Cultivator.] Produce of a Butter Dairy of Ten Cows. MESSRS. L. TUCKER & SON-At my request Mr. ALBERT YALE of Guilford, Chenango Co., when renewing his subscription to the Co. GENT., handed me a statement of his Well, then, we have made from the cows, and during dairy for the year 1861, which I enclose. His farm is one the time as above stated, 1,739 pounds and 1 ounce of but-of the most noted dairy farms in this county, and also one ter-an average of 248 pounds and 7 ounces to the cow. Each churning was weighed after being worked over the of the smallest, yet equalling in profit, many of more than second time, and made into rolls, and an account kept of double its size. There are but 56 acres under improveit, and the butter was furnished to families in "the vil-ment. A description of this farm, and a more extended lage" weekly. notice of his manner of feeding to produce such results from each cow, will be found in Co. GENT. for 1860, vol. 17, No. 10. J. Bainbridge, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1862. Statement of the proceeds of the Dairy of ALBert Yale, for 1861. I presume some have done better than this, for I do not suppose that I have beat all creation, and I most heartily rejoice in their success. Many, however, have not averaged over 150 pounds to the cow, and probably some have fell short of that. And most likely their cows have run them in debt. I think if such persons would sell out and enlist they would be the gainers. For they can make more money in fighting for their country, or in playing peep-a-boo with secesh as fighting is out of the question, than by making butter. The number of cows I have milked this season was 10, the same as last year. My memorandum shows that the first tub was filled March 16. My cows calved, mostly, in the month of March. Amount sold,. I would say in conclusion that the season has been a very good one for dairying, though cows that are soiled Total amount of butter made, lbs,.. are not very materially affected by the season when properly provided for. And further, the above result was arrived at without any extra pains being taken to see how much butter could be made, but by the ordinary process of making butter through the season. The last week in December we made 24 pounds of butter. Jefferson Co., N. Y. Freezing Cream for Butter. J. L. R. A Wisconsin correspondent of the Rural New-Yorker, says that if milk is set in winter where it will freeze, and the cream be taken off and kept without thawing until enough is had for a churning, and it is then thawed gradually and churned, it will make good winter butter. It is the alternate freezing and thawing which makes cream and butter bitter. Those who cannot keep milk without freezing, may try this plan. PRODUCT OF FIVE COWS. The profit of five cows I think worthy of a place in the COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. As I called on my friend E. P. WILBER of Cummington, Mass., he gave me a paper containing the amount of butter which he sold from his five cows from the first of May up to the first of January. The number of pounds sold was 1,013, which at market brought 21 cents per pound, amounting to $212.73-deducting $10.13 for freight, leaves a clear income of $202.60-in favor of each cow, $42.54. His cows were of the native breed, with good care and common keeping. I Leaving amount used in family and on hand,...... 2.785 2,305 480 $330.15 110.40 4.00 17.50 59.05 $721.10 To farmers that are keeping a dairy, I would say in the first place, cut your hay EARLY, and get it in in good order. This is part of the great secret in bringing your cows through the winter in proper condition to be profitThen give them enough of this able the next summer. and no more. When I see a farmer forcing his cows to eat straw one half of the time, and the other half, daisies, weeds or dry woody stuff called hay, with a shower of full ripe seeds falling from it at each forkful, and no grain to offset, I mark that man as one who will never get rich from his dairy alone. The proper place for the straw is under the cow. Give her a good soft bed, and keep her clean. Never compel a cow to eat straw. When the fall rains begin, I put my cows in the stable through each storm. During the winter months they are most of the time in the stable and are let out twice a day for water. Another point. If dairymen would take more pains in selecting their cows, and breed them to some thoroughbred bull, of the best milking families, and feed them better, it would not be necessary to keep but one half the number of the general average of cows to make the same amount of butter. During the fall and early winter I prefer to feed roots; but after they are well dried off, commence with one pint of meal to each cow, until within about one month of calving, and then increase to 1 or 2 quarts once a day; after calving, 2 quarts at a time, twice a day. Keep them on this feed until they have been to grass 8 or 10 days, when I decrease the feed ALBERT YALE. gradually each day. In Mr. Yale's statement for 1860, he gives the proportion of each grain in the meal used by him, &c. J. MILKING COWS ONCE A DAY. MESSRS. EDITORS-I saw in your No. for Jan. 9, from my own county of Litchfield, a statement saying that if well fed, cows would give as much as if milked twice. confess it to be a new idea, and I thought that some of our young men of the present day, as well as some that were older, would subscribe to it at once, for it surely would be less work. With the experience of fifty years, with from 5 to 25 cows, I cannot endorse it. I have tried it, and with good feed I could get nearly two-thirds of the taste unavoidably given to milk by feeding turnips. as much for a while, and then half as much. My course for drying a cow has invariably been to milk her once a day, and it worked admirably. If there is any secret about it, let us all be profited by it, and save the labor of our JUDSON WADSWORTH, hands. West Winsted, Conn. Turnipy Taste in Milk. I notice that your correspondent J. M. HARPER, speaks I find it perfectly easy to avoid it entirely, by feeding the [For the Country Gentleman and Cultivator.] FARMING IN MASSACHUSETTS. MESSRS. EDITORS-As this is the season for sleigh-riding and visiting, I will give you an account of a recent visit I made to the family and farm of WILBUR WILSON of Agawam. After taking care of my stock, I harnessed team and crossed the ice bridge on Connecticut river, two miles south of Springfield, and a drive of one fourth of a mile brought me to the house of Mr. Wilson. In a short time after my arrival, Mr. W. invited me to visit his premises. After going the rounds, I asked a few questions, and I will give you his answers. Mr. Wilson owns 220 acres, which are divided as follows: His home lot consists of 45 acres, which is under a high state of cultivation, and here he raises corn and roots principally. His corn crop the past season yielded when dry and shelled, 98 4-5 bushels per acre, weighing 60 lb. per bushel. His corn was planted in drills, 24 stalks per foot, and when land is in a high state of cultivation he prefers drills to hills. Of roots he raises a great variety, but prefers the sugar beet above all others for feeding purposes, and considers one acre better than any two acres of corn raised in Conn. Valley. He thinks that sugar beets are the best and cheapest feed for store hogs, and his hogs look as though they were not starved. In speaking of turnips, he says there is no need of having turnipy milk or butter if fed at the right time. His plan is to feed on a full stomach, so that all the turnip smell may pass off while the cow is digesting her food, and before it penetrates her flesh and milk. Mr. Wilson owns 45 acres on the Agawam meadows, which is kept for hay, and without any top-dressing he cuts 100 tons of good hay. This he feeds to his stock, and considers it the very best of feed for stock of all kinds. A short way from the home lot, he owns 60 acres of plain land, where he gets his wood, and cuts some hay; the balance he pastures. His pasture lot in Chester contains 100 acres, and is devoted to pasturing young stock in the summer, of which he has a good many; and in fall all are brought home to enrich the home lot. Mr. Wilson's stock consists of 39 head neat stock, 5 horses, 3 colts, 6 Chester county breeding sows, and 2 boars. Of the number of neat stock, 18 are thorough bred Short Horns, 13 are two years old and coming in this spring; the balance are calves and yearlings. There are 4 young bulls in the above number which are well worthy of looking at, sired by Hamden, who is a superior animal for beauty and pedigree. Two of the above cows are celebrated for their milk and butter qualities, one giving 26 quarts beer measure per day; the other making 17 lbs. butter per week. The bull Hamden is thorough-bred, 4 years old, and for symmetry and action he has few equals in the Conn. Valley, and has always taken the highest prize where he has been exhibited. Mr. Wilson is worthy of praise for the pains he has taken in selecting his stock as regards their milking properties and their pedigree, and the buyer must be difficult to please who cannot make a choice out of his herd, as he makes it his business to raise and sell stock of all kinds, and none but the best. Mr. Wilson's manner of feeding is as follows: Morning, hay and then water; noon, roots; evening, cut feed, afterwards hay, and water at 7 o'clock at night. His barn is 36 by 100 feet, built with cellars underneath. Upper floor for hay and other crops. First cellar for stock, and underneath is a root cellar and tank for liquid manure. This he makes compost of, as follows: He prefers muck, but any other earth will answer. He saturates the heap with the liquid, and covers with plaster for a time, and then mixes all well. This is applied to his corn in hills, and also to his roots. Mr. W. intends having more in small fruits, as his land is well adapted for such, and is only 2 miles from Springfield, the best market on Conn. Valley. It is a pleasure to visit such farmers as Mr. Wilson, who are always ready and willing to give information when desired, not theoretically but practically, and Mr. W. is a practical farmer and one who is well qualified to instruct the young farmer on all agricultural subjects, both as regards economy and practice, and in making the most from a small capital, and such was Mr. W.'s beginning. Mr. Wilson is a constant reader of the COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, and he says he has derived much valuable information from its columns, and would advise all young farmers to subscribe for it, so as to keep up with the times. I may visit other farms, and should this meet with your approval and a place in Co. GENT., I will give you the items of my visits. J. W. West Springfield, Mass. The Osage Orange will probably prove best, although it generally fails at the west and everywhere else, for the same reason that the corn crop would prove a failure if the seed were scattered over an unplowed pasture, or in the middle of the highway. The best way would be to purchase the plants, as failure generally results from attempts to raise them from seed by those not familiar with their management. They may be had of Bateham & Hanford of Columbus, Ohio, and probably of E. Y. Teas of Richmond, Indiana. Set them out 8 inches apart, when one year old, on land with a dry subsoil, or near the line of a good underdrain; wait till the buds begin to swell, so as to see that all the plants are good, to avoid any gaps. Let them grow one year, with a good culti vated strip of mellow soil five feet wide on each side. Cut Fig. 1.-Hedges a Humbug. them down two inches high the second spring, and again three inches higher before midsummer. The third spring cut them down to within 5 inches of the last, and at midsummer again 6 or 8 inches higher. Two more cuttings should be made the fourth year, by which time, if the hedge has been well managed, it will be a good barrier. It must have been well cultivated on both sides at least five feet wide, or a strip of mellow soil ten feet wide in all, several times a summer, during all this time,-which is cheaply done by horse labor. Without this cultivation, THE CULTIVATOR. ALBANY, N. Y., MARCH, 1862. NEW-YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY.-We give, on another page, a brief account of the proceedings at the annual meeting of this Society on the 12th and 13th ult. The new Executive Committee met and organized at the Society's rooms, Friday morning. The matter of locating the next Exhibition was then deferred until the meeting of the Committee in March, at the request of gentlemen from Rochester, who desired additional time in which to complete their preparations before presenting a formal application and guarantee on the part of that city. We need scarcely add, that the length of time which has now elapsed since our State Fair has been held in Western New-York, together with the unusual facilities of access and accommodation which Rochester affords to the farmers of all localities, render it certain of a brilliant success if located there-whatever the character of the times may be which will not only extend very greatly the Society's sphere and means of usefulness, but which must also be gratifying to the public-spirited citizens of that place, and largely promotive of its general interests and prosperity. Upon the line of the Central railroad, and receiving also the rich tribute of the whole Genesee Valley, Rochester, from east, south and west, can draw such an attendance the coming year, as will be sure to remunerate her liberally for the expenses she will incur; while, if the season prove, as we trust it may, a season of peace regained, and agricultural prosperity fully restored, we might almost hope to witness an exhibition there, unparalleled, either in its character or in the number of its visitors, by any in the whole history of the Society. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-The annual meeting of the Albany Co. Agricultural Society was held at the Mayor's Court Room, in the City Hall, on Wednesday, the 8th day of January, 1862. The President called the meeting to order, and announced that it had been convened according to the provisions of the constitution. In the absence of John Wilson, the Secretary, R. H. Bingham was appointed Secretary pro tem. After the usual report of the Treasurer, and other officers, had been received by the President, it was resolved that the election of permanent officers for the ensuing year be postponed until the 12th day of February, at the City Hall, Albany, and in pursuance of this adjournment, the members of the Society met, and on motion of J. C. Cuyler, Esq., the Chair appointed a committee of six to nominate permanent officers for the ensu ing year, who reported the following ticket, which was unanimously elected: President-WILLIAM TUTTLE. Coeymans. Vice-President--Peter B. Noxon, Ireland's Corner Directors for Three Years-Jas. W. Jolly, Coeymans, and Joseph Hilton, New Scotland. Directors for Two Years.-Chas, Bentley, Westerlo, in place of William Tuttle, elected President: John Waggoner, Guilderland, hold ing over for two years; John H. Booth, Bethlehem, and H. L. God frey, Albany, holding over for one year. ment. A few trees only of each sort, could be thus exhibited; but an acre of well grown trees, or an entire nursery, (to be examined only by a competent committee,) would be the best test of the skill of the nurseryman. GOOD CROP OF CORN.-In the Notes on Cayuga County Farming, in our last volume, a fine crop of corn was mentioned, growing on the farm of Wm. D. Osborn of Port Byron, and which was estimated then as promising 70 bushels per acre. A note just received from the owner, says, "The field of corn, which you noticed when at my place, gave me 920 bushels of sound corn, and about 50 of poor. The field contained six acres." This is at the rate of 161 bushels of ears per acre, or probably not far from 90 bushels of shelled corn. FRENCH WHITE ZINC PAINT.-We have made a trial of the White Zinc Paint, manufactured by the Vieille Montagne Co., advertised in this paper, and sent us by J. M. STRONG, the agent in New-York city. We placed it in the hands of a skillful house-painter, and he states that it is far superior to common zinc paint, possessing more purity and body-and is consequently worth considerably more per pound. The smooth white surface which it forms is very satisfactory. Judging from this specimen, it is an excellent paint. THE REBECCA GRAPE.-Hovey's Magazine says, "We know nothing among grapes, either native or foreign, superior to a well ripened Rebecca." The drawbacks are, moderate growth, small foliage with some liability to mildew, and the necessity for some protection in cold localities. The same authority states that it is as early as the Diana, is of the nature of the Delaware, and requires the same generous culture. A friend calls our attention to the fact that Punch's new Almanac for 1862, "advises the farmers to sow their Ps, keep their Us warm, hive their Bs, shoot their Js, feed their Ns, look after their potatoes' Is, and then take their Es." The old Latin author wrote "Fas est ab hoste doceri," and the above advice is mostly wise, as well as witty. do all things in C-son; feed 'A liberally in cold weather; We may add, however, this farther remark: It is also Ys to do not Ts your milch cows with shouts and bl-Os, remembering that cruelty has no X-Qs (excuse); finally, Cs every opportunity for the acquirement of information. LARGE HOGS.-Owen Buel of Easton, Washington Co., recently slaughtered six hogs and six pigs, whose weights were as follows: Old Hogs. 405 500 534 483 501 421 2.844 old hogs. 2,487 pigs. Pigs. 416 448 452 419 372 220 2.487 PREMIUM ON NURSERY TREES.—GEORGE GEBHART of Union City, Indiana, suggests the expediency of offering premiums for well grown nursery trees, at horticultural exhibitions. He states that he has visited some thirty different nurseries, and it is his opinion that by far the greater number of the three and four year old trees are spoiled by FARMER'S CLUB.-A subscriber at Sturbridge, Mass., bad pruning. The suggestion is a good one, and in such writes us that they have recently established a Farmer's a locality, where bad pruning is so common, the exhibi- Club in that town, and that its discussions, which are well tion of well raised trees might tend to a material improve-attended, have proved interesting and valuable. The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture has offered premiums for several years, upon various Experiments with Manures. The Secretary of the Society R. S. FAY, Esq., presents some interesting statements of the trials made during the season of 1859, in a just published Part of its Transactions. The conditions of these trials were: five lots of land to be selected, equal in quantity and quality; each of the five lots to receive a deep plowing, a shallow plowing, and a harrowing; four of the lots to be manured in equal quantity, as follows: -the manure on No. 1 to be plowed in deep, on No. 2 shallow, on No. 3 buried slightly, and on No. 4, left upon the surface-No. 5 receiving no manure at all. The following is a summary of the results that were reached-the total number of experiments being thirteen: do. 2d 7 за do. 1 do. 1 4th do. do. do. 2 do. do. do. settlement of the State, until fifteen or twenty years since, when the economy in the use of machinery in its manufacture brought the price so low that hand-looms fell into disuse. No one appears to have abandoned it because there was anything in the soil or in the climate, which prevented its culture; and the great necessity which now exists for the extension of our cotton fields will evidently lead to its extensive cultivation in this State." ARE OUR SOILS EXHAUSTED?-Under the above in your issue of the 23d inst., you make a quotation from an English paper, and append to it some remarks of your own which are very worthy of consideration. My object just now is to bear testimony to a fact which does not seem to be properly understood or appreciated, outside of our own State at least, For the last three years my business has led me into every county in the State, and has required that the productive industry of every section should be thoroughly investigated, as by that the true value of the lands could be best arrived at. I aver then, without the fear of contradiction in truth by any person, that so far from our soils being exhausted, they are growing more productive every year. There are individual instances where the soil may deteriorate, but by far the largest No. 5-Without Manure-product smallest in 12 out of the 13 cases, number of farmers in every county in the State, so manin one instance the crop having rusted on lot No. 1. Mr. Fay remarks: "So far as these experiments have gone, they go to show that, for an immediate crop, at least, plowing the manure under very deep does not produce corresponding return, the best result being very nearly equally divided between that which was plowed in shallow and that which was only harrowed in. Where the manure was left exposed on the surface a better result was obtained than where it was deeply covered. We have yet to learn the effect of manuring deeply or lightly with a view to succeeding crops, a fact of infinite importance to the farmer. The late Mr. B. V. French once tried the experiment by plowing in the manure of half a field as deep as he could get it, and then treating the entire field alike, manuring the whole of it equally, and plowing it in very slightly. He kept an account of the product for several years, and the yield on each part was alike-to use his own language, 'I never saw anything of the manure which was buried deeply; it was, in my opinion, thoroughly buried' One "In these experiments, in order to have a completely satisfactory result, sufficient manure, say not less than ten or twelve cords of barn-yard manure, or its equivalent, should be used to the acre; enough, at all events, to have the effects of it felt during the period of the trial. great mistake in our farming is, to attempt manuring too large a surface. An acre of land highly manured will produce vastly more for five years, without any further addition, than a fifth of the quantity annually applied for the same period." tion" We see by the papers that a Sorghum Convenwas held at Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7, at which "farmers from every part of the State were present, and the Convention having been turned into an experience meeting, much valuable information was drawn out." Samples of Sorghum Sugar to the number of 15, said to be of "very fine color and handsomely crystallized," were exhibited, together with large quantities of syrup. Cook's Evaporator was very highly spoken of for sugar making. The correspondent of the Tribune, from which these particulars are derived, states that "about 3,000,000 gallons of syrup were made in this State (Ohio) last fall, which has been sold at an average of 60 cents per gallon, or about $1,800,000 !” COTTON CULTURE IN ILLINOIS.-Extract of a recent letter to the Editors of the COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, from Hon. W. H. OSBORN, President of the Illinois Central Railroad Company:-"Cotton was produced here from the earliest age their farms that they are growing more fertile from year to year. In some sections more attention is paid to the making and application of manure than in others; but as a general rule, the land is everywhere improving, and has never been in so productive a condition as at this very time. I know whereof I do affirm. Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y. P. [We are glad to have our own opinion supported by that of an authority so well qualified to judge with regard to this mooted question. Our correspondent has had extensive opportunities of observation throughout the State, as a member of the State Commission for the Equalization of Tax Assessments; and we desire to call the attention of the Mark Lane Express particularly, to the unhesitating manner in which his statements are asserted. EDs. Co. GENT.] 66 as The remarkable FAT Ox which we noticed in visiting Franklin Co., Mass., a year ago, we see by the Greenfield Courier, has just been sold. The owner was Hon. John Sanderson of Bernardston, and the purchaser Mr. Bryan Lawrence of the New-York City Central Market. The price paid is said to have been $500. The following is given as the accurate admeasurement of the animal, made a few days ago by a gentleman entirely disinterested: Girth behind the fore legs, 10 feet 44 inches; round the belly, 11 feet 5 inches; distance through the belly, 4 feet 6 inches; length from root of horns to square end of buttock, 9 feet 5 inches; distance between outside of fore feet, 3 feet. His weight is not accurately known, but it is undoubtedly from 3,700 to 4,000 lbs." We should much like to know whether this size has ever been exceeded, in this country at least? CORN FOR FUEL.-The Henry County (Ill.) Chronicle of Dec. 17, says that there is no doubt but much Indian corn has been used for fuel in some parts of that State. "Farmers say they have counted the cost of shelling and marketing their corn and the price obtained; also the value of a bushel of corn for fuel compared with one of coal; and have arrived at the conclusion that there is no profit in exchanging corn for coal, all things considered. They contend that a bushel of corn is worth as much as one of coal for fuel; and, if this be true, it does seem that to sell corn to buy coal is labor without profit. So far as present prices, argued solely from the stand-point of profit and loss, are concerned, farmers are burning their corn by a correct business rule." |