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New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Preserving Butter.

The farmers of Aberdeen, Scotland, are said
to practice the following method of curing their
butter, which gives it a great superiority over
that of their neighbors.
'Take two quarts of the best common salt,
one ounce of sugar, and one ounce of salrpeter;
take one ounce Of this composition for one pound
of butter, work it we'll into the mass and close
it up for use. The butter cured with this mix
ture appears rich and Of a morrowy consistence
and fine color, and never acquires a brittle hard
ness nor tastes salty. DR.. Anderson says: III
have eaten butter cured with this composition
that has been kept for three years, and it was
as sweet as at first. 1t must be noted, howev-
er, that butter thus cured required to stand
three weeks or a month before it is used. If it
is sooner opened, the salts are not sufficiently
blended with it, and sometimes the GOODNESS Of
the nitre will be perceived, which will totally
disappear afterward." =
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Ketchum's Reaper and Mower.

That old Pioneer Machine Ketchum's Reaper
and Mower, is on exhibition at our National
Fair, under the supervision of R. L. Howard,
proprietor and manufacturer, Buffalo, N. Y
Last year, in competition with the best machines
manufactured, it bore of; the palm at several of
our leading State Fairs, and the article brought
forward here, embodies essential improvements
for 1S59-1S60. We may, we imagine, safely
predict the same success at the Z. S. Fair, which
has attended Ketchum's machines on similar &C.
%casions. In adaptability, elegance of finish, sim
plicity and cheapness, it has no rival. The pub
lie having long demanded a o which may
be worked with one horse, Mr.. Howard has pro-
duced and patented one. 1t has been thorough
ly tested within the last year and found exactly
the article required. II, also, is on exhibition,
open to inspection. Our readers will bear in
mind that Ketchum's is the oldest Reaper and
Mower made, and if we wished, we could refer
to some of the first agriculturalists of the Union
for it's reputation as a superior article, or quote
from the report of the U. s.. Agricultural Socie-
ty upon the trial of reapers and mowers at Sy-
racuse in 1857. We wave all this, as space will
not permit. With other articles entered by the
enterprising proprietor we notice "Sandford's
Farm Mill" an article worthy of the examina-
ton Of all visiting the grounds, and q "Bean
Harvester" harvesting beans with one horse and
the greatest rapidity.-Chicago Herald.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
a SIXTH YEARS ANNOUNCEMENT.
COSMOPOLITAN ART ASSOCIATION.
S59-6O @.

VTNHE managers have the pleasure of announcing
Il the arrangements for this, the sixth year. have
promises which come from all sections of the Union
Assurances may now be given that 1t will be moro
brilliant in its offers, and more satisfactory in its re-
turns than any of its predecessors. The engraving
will be incomparably the best erer offered tor three do'-
lars-the Journal vii! "exceed itself,- the list OF pre-
miums for award will be composed of a greater num-
Der of fine works than have yet been placed within
reach of the people. Further announcements and COM
pletc catalogues will accompany the December mum
Der of this journal Ito issue in October) .
The appointments of Honorary Secretaries arc now
being made. Secretaries and agents are wanted in ev-
cry town and city in the United States and the Cana
das, where none exist. Persons desiring the appoint
ment will please make application to the New York
Office, accompanying their application with proper US
surances of their responsibility for the trust which
must be rcposed in them, when they will be served
wi, h all proper papers, instructions, &c, &C..
The New ENGRAVING, secured for the Men,
bers for the SirM Year, IS entitled
SHAKESPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS,
And is pronounced superior to any engraving ever issu-
ed in this country: size of plate, 30x37 inches: Sub
s%criptions are now being received on the following
terms, viz:--Evcry subscriber of three dollars is enti-
tied to =,
lst.-Thc beautiful Steel Engraving, Shakespeare and
His Friends. :,
sd.-A copy of the elegantly illustrated Art Journal,
one year.
3d-A Free Season Admission to the Galleries,
54S Broadway. - ..
In addition to Which, the large and valuable collec-
ton of works of art will be given to subscribers in JAM
uarv next.-No person is restricted to q single SUBJ
%scription. Those renting SIS are entitled to six
memberships. 49, ..n4f -.
Subscribers in California, the Canadas, and the Pro-
yinces. will have to remit SO so instead Of SO for men,
bearshiip, in order to defray their extra hostages. ''
Address, C. L.. DERBY, l5 t'. sHt T'"o -F.
-. Actuary c. A. A., No. 54s Broadway, N. Y.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
The Guinea Fowl.

The Guinea hen, or Pintado, is nearly an ev-
erlasting layer. They are said to unite the
properties Of the turkey and pheasant. They
are a native of Africa, though said by some to
belong equally to this country, and are easily
domesticated. It's flesh is more like that of the
pheasant than the common fowl, both in color
and taste, and is reckoned a very good substi-
tute for that bird. 1t assimilates perfectly with
the common fowl, in it's artificial habits and
kinds of food. Its wait is peculiar, as arc it's
cries. They are fond of marshy places, and al
ways perch during the night in high situations,
Or on trees. 1t is singular that American farm
ers do not turn their attention to these fowls.
A Jerseyman, named David Bonner, from Eng
land, hired a patch Of five acres, four years ago,
and commenced raising eggs for the New York
market. Bonner has never hired any help, and
at this moment owns a farm for which he paid
$4,7OO, Of which the buildings cost over $4,000.
His farm is all paid for; he owe not a cent in
the world, and he ownes a flock which varies
from 800 to 1900 Guinea hens.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Buckwheat for Hens.

Buckwheat contains a large portion Of lime,
and is consequently one of the best articles that
can be fed to hens. It is also nutritious and
stimulating, and when fed to barnyard fowls,
never fails to prove promotiye of fecundity,-by
supplying fresh meat, lime, oats, water, chopped
vegetables, and buckwheat to hens, they will
lay as well in the winter as they will in the
spring and summer season. They should be
kept in a warm place, and have good boxes in
which to lay, with a plenty of good straw in
which to make their nests.-Many who keep hens
complain that they do not pay expenses. This
results from carelessness and neglect on the part
Of the owner; for it has been abundantly demon.
strated that the hen, when judiciously managed
and supplied with suitable food, is not only ca.
pable Of "paying expenses" but Of becoming q
source Of considerable profit. '1@
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Grasses for Pastures.

Timothy alone, or timothy, red top and blue
grass, will make a permanent meadow, which
will produce heavy crops of good hay for many
years, if we'll treated. So orchard grass alone,
or orchard grass and red clover, will make a good
permanent meadow, with reference to the. pro-
duct of which no reasonable man will have cause
to complain, unless he feeds it off too close the
first year, and suffers it to be abused subsequent
ly. But for good permanent pasture, many
grasses are wanted. Yet in one section of our
State, we find land laid down to blue grass; in
another section to timothy; in a third, to orch
ard grass and red clover combined. Rarely do
we find more than two or three grasses growing
in the same pasture; yet not less than one hun
bred species have been described by botanists
as growing spontaneously in the great MISSISSIPPI
pi valley.
In England, as many as twenty-five species of
grass have been found growing upon a square
foot of ancestral pasture, that had been grazed
unremittingly through many generations. And
English pastures wear well. producing food for
a long period, from very early in the spring to
very late in the fall. Why! Simply because in
stead of being confined to one or two grasses that
start about the same time in the season, and ma
ture about the same time, as in the American
custom, they seed down the lands intended to
remain for a series of years in pasture, with all
the varieties that will grow upon them, and thus
secure a regular succession of succulent and nu-
~tritious food the season through.-LouisriNe
(Ky) Courier.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23

The local editor of the Buffalo Republic must
have got up in a bad humor the other morning,
and the complaint of "the rest of mankind that
congregate in that village about the warm wealth
er, together with the temperature, caused his
ss'vials of wrath" to boil over in the following
strain: "The weather is a great deal better than
such a fashion-loving, Christian-hating, money
worshiping, ~style-adoring, God-forsaken commu
nifty as ours is, deserves. 70 have weather equal
to the deserts of half the people in our midst.
iron would melt in the shade, and cattle walk
the streets 'roast beef we'll done," p~erspiring
gravy. We commend this to that class Of peo'
pie for whom salvation was never intended, and
who do not intend or deserve to be saved"
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Manufactures, Mechanics and Inventors
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

To be Enlnged.-New Tolume-New Series
to Commence on July I'd, 1859. .
INSTEAD of 4l6 pages. the yearly volume. enlarged
Il series, will contain eight hundred and ~thirty-two
pages of valuable reading matter, useful and instructive
to all classes.-The Scientific American is published
weekly in quarto form, suitable for binding, and the
numbers tor Il single year contain information In re-
gard to new inventions, machinery, all branches OF
manufacturing processes, agricultural implements, en-
gineering, millwrighting, iron manufacture, chemistry:
in fact. almost every industrial pursuit receives more or
less attention in its columns. All patent claims odci-
ally published ,yery week, as reported frota the Pat
ent Office; and for inventors and patentces it contains
information not to be obtained elsewhere, and which
no mechanic, inventor OF patentee can we'll do without.
AS a family journal it has no superior for real practi-
practical receipts. Careful, attention will be given,
from time to time, to reports of metal, lumber, and 9th.
er markets. .-. 49," v. r.
Every number will contain sixteen pages and forty
eight columns of matter, with sever al illustrations of
patented machines and other engrayings, comprising in
a single year about six hundred original engravings.
With the enlarged series is 7 presented an opportunity to
subscribe not likely to occur again for many years. 1t
will be like commencing a new work-Fol. 1, NO. l,
New Series. Send in your subscriptions without delay,
so as to begin with the new volume.
Terms, So a year-$1 for six months. Southern,
western and Canadian money or post Office stamps ia.
will please to remit twenty-five cents extra on each
years subscription to prepay postage. A liberal dis
count to clubs. A prospectus giving full particulars
of the inducements for clubs, with specimen copies of
the paper, and a pamphlet of Information concerning
the procuring Of patents may be had gratis, by ad.
dressing " II .r.E.-a MUM e. Co., Publishers,
-u su. .s..,..ar-s 81 Park Row, Now York. r.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
THE SATURDAY EVENING EXPRESS,
GUSTIN JONES j. HENRY G. PARKER,
Ed;tors and PyODyipt0ys.

A NEW weekly newspaper to be devoted to the inter-
"A csts of all classcs-the organ Of no party, clique, or
sect. No labor or expense will be spared to make it
pleasing and attractive to tho public. The Express
will be- thoroughly independent in tone, genial and
cheerful in its character: its aim will be high, and the
object of its conductors will be to publish the truth,
"without fear. favor, or affection"-to inculcate princi-
pies promotive to the high interests of society; and as
a consequence of reward, to receive the intelligent and
endcaring appreciation of its readers, It's sentiment, if
possible to prevent it. will never degenerate its senti-
mentality.-Thc outside of the Express will be devoted
to the publication of Polite Literature, embracing tales
Of thrilling interest, both original and selected, from
the ablest pens. Especial care will be given to this
feature of our journal.-Thc inside will be an abstract
and brief chronicle of the doings and sayings of the
week up to the hour of going to press. 1t will contain
first class editorial matter, q foreign and domestic sum-
mary, interesting correspondence, notices of lectures,
meetings, &c, marine and telegraphic news of Satur-
day evening, statements of trade and transactions at
the Brokers' Board; in short, local news of every des-
~cription. g. .-.. + .e. ..H ....l. t..
We have engaged a corps of assistants possessing the
highest talent for their vocation, whose contributions
in their various departments will form a feature Of the
highest Importance. n '. t"l'..'i 4h' W.
~I,lthough the organ of no particular institution, we
shall devote space and careful attention to the interests
of the military, the fire department, and all local or
ganisations. In the musical, dramatic, and literary
departments, we shall aim to be reliable in all state
ments, ull opinions, all criticism-always just, but al
ways independent. #. n.. =. 7-"E PIG .s'a.-- D..
We shall endeavor to make the Express a complete
family newspaper, a wclcome visitor at the domestic fire.
side, as well as in counting room and Workshop and
proper attention sill be given to the fashions and 9th
er specialities, which never fail to prove interesting 10
the gentler sex.-For Now Englanders residing at a
distance, the Express will be indispensable as a perfect
compendium of Boston and Massachusetts news items.
The Express will be issued in two editions-the one,
tor country subscribers, will be ready for delivery on
Saturday morning; and the other will be served at the
Boston and suburban breakfast tables on Sunday. 1t
will be a large folio. handsomely printed ON fine white
paper, in clear type, and will be furnished at two dol
lars per annum, either by mail or at the Office.
Communications should be addressed to &'
JONES & PARKER, No. ? Water st, Boston. 81
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Agricultural.
Make Farm Labor Fashionable.

At the base of the prosperity of any people
lies this great principle-make farm labor fash
ionable at home. Enlist the heart and the in
tellect of the family in the support of a domes-
tic system that will make labor attractive at the
homestead. BY means of the powerful influ-
ences of early home education, endeavor to in
vest practical labor with an interest that will
cheer the heart of each member of the family,
and thereby you will give to your household the
grace, peace, refinement and attraction which
God designed q home should possess.
The truth is, we must talk more, think more,
work more, and act more, in reference to ques-
tons relating to home.
The training and improvement of the physi-
cal, intellectual, social and moral powers and
sentiments of the youth of your country, require
something more than the school house, acade-
my, college university. The young mind should
receive judicious training in the field, in the gar
den, in the barn, in the workshop, in the par
hearthstone at home,
Whatever intellectual a%ttainmenty your son
may have acquired, he is unfit to 90 forth into
society if he has not had thrown around him
the genial and purifying influences of parents,
sisters, brothers, and the man-sawing influence
of the family government. The nation must
look for virtue, wisdom, and strength to the ed
cation that control and shape the home policy
Of the family circle. There can be no love of
country where there is no love of home. Patri-
otism, true and genuine, the only kind worthy
of the name, derives its mighty strength from
fountains that gush out around the heathstone;
and those whe forget to cherish the household
interests will soon learn to look with indifer-
cnce upon the interests of their common coun.
try.
We must -cuisfl the roots, not the tops.
We must make the family government, the
school, the farm, the church, the shop, the agri-
culture fairs; the41boratories Of our future great
ness. We mig eddcate our sons to be farmers,
~artizans, architects, engineers, biologists, bot
a%nists, chemists-in a word, practical men.
Their eyes must be turned from Washington to
their States, counties, townships, districts, and
homes. Thisis true patriotism; and the only
patriotism that will perpetually preserve the
nation-Gou. Wright. .. s.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
MOORE'S RURAL.

- a@H
F you want a pepper which excels in merit and USE
l. fulness-that aims to instruct and benefit all its
readers, and especially entertain the family circle
send for "Moore's Rural New Yorker; y which, its tens
of thousands of patrons and the press declares it the
The SRurap' is a large and beautiful double quarto
weekly, handsomely illustrated; printed in the best
style, and has a far greater circulation than any other
similar journal in the world-best evidence of decided
superiority. Its columns are free from the laudations
of quack nostrums or other canaris, as it never adyer-
tises patent medicines Or any thing Of an immoral ten
dency. In brief, it conscientiousy aims to advance
and protect the interest, and promote the home happi-
ness of its readers, in both town and country. E4-
TERMs:-s2 90 a year; less to clubs and very liber.
al premiums to club agents, &c. aus 1eg .ya.E
A new volume begins with July-a good time for
subscription to men dfteg sa3ot1
N: Bit you wish to try the "RuralAheto1e snbscri'
half price. - Address,
D. D. T, MeoE, Rochester, N. Y.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
THE IOWA FARMER. +1.
One Thousand Dollars in Premiums for Essay
Horticultural Tones! -

agricultural Topics! ~-
VVHE editor of the Iowa Farmer, ID order to secure all
= the information which can be obtained in regard to
the best mode Of farming in Iowa, embracing every de-
partment of husbandry, offers twenty-five dollars for
the best essay on each Of the following heads, and the
same amount for an essay on any other important crop
not here mentiOned.-He is prepared to pay the sum OF
one thousand dollars for articles in regard to any de-
partment of Agriculture based upon actual experiment.
the attention and secure the cooperation IF every friend
of agriculture in the State:-On the cultivation of
Winter scheat spring trheat: our native grasses, timothy
and clorer; corn, cats, potatoes, a 40 acre farm, an 80
acre farm, a 200 acre farm; on the kind Of food which
miH make The most and best butter and cheese; on the
best Z NJ most economical mode Of feeding Aogs--the
same for cattle for beef: on the planting and eultiva-
tion of an orchard Of two hundred trees, Of carioms
kinds suited to our climate and soil. -r-.
The essays, as they are received, will be submitted to
a committee of three persons, tobe appointed by the
cision the awards will be made. Tho prize essays will
be published in the Iowa Farmer, rs fast as they are
acted upon by the judges. The first received will be
opened on the first of January next.-Competitors will
seal their essays; endorse the subject on the back, and
direct them to Awarding Committee" care of VIM
Duane Wilson, Farmer Office, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
THE IOWA FARMER = No.
Is the oldest agricultural paper published in the north
west, and MINER itself to every farmer and friend
to agriculture in the State. Subscriptions by clubs OF
otherwise are respectfully solicited. 1t is issued on thu
first and fifteenth OF every month, at the following
rates: One copy, in advance. per annum, 81; five cop
les, one year, 81; fifteen copies, one year $12. Speci
men copies will be sent free to persons on application
Subscriptions received at any time. Address t
WIN. DUANE WILSON,
! Ed. and Pub. Iowa Farmer, Mt. Pleasant; Iowa.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Literary Adver'ts.
KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE.

OAAAAV
? THE fftieth volume of the Knickerbocker Magazine
- commenced with the number for July, 1859; and
it is the intention of the publisher to make great addi-
tons to the literary merits of the work.-Wc take it
for granted there are but few magazine-readers in the
Leger and the Sparrow Grass, both old contributors
to the Knickerbocker We are pleased to be able to
that they will both write for our magazine
the coming year. Mr.. Cozzens will contribute a new
and really original story which will appear in every
number; and Mr.. Kimball will furnish a sketch or q
story as often as his other duties will permit.
We have now two contributors not excelled by any
writer's in the country, ramely Rev. F. w. Shelton and
Charles G. Leland. The first known as our "Up-River
Correspondent" has written o series of letters, q part
of which have been issuel and extensively sold in a
beautiful illustrated volume, and the latter is now wri-
ting o series Of Observations Of Mace Sloper. which
will delight oil who read them. These will be ~contin-
ued regularly, and MIR. Shelton will give q sketch or a
letter each month.-We have also several highly &C
complished lady contributors, whose favors will grace
our pages regularly, and whose names we would be
glad to publish, if we were permitted to do 30. With
Mr.. Clark, whose long experience has made him an
aulfaut n.his department, we shall be able to presen,
q monthly literary treat 80 varied that no refined taste
can fail 10 be gratied. -e. .u.r sg,lsto
TERMs:-$3 . year in advance. Two copies, SIS
Five copies one year $40. The magazine is sold by oil
periodical dealers. Specimen numbers sent free Of
charge.-Fhe Knickerbocker and any other three dor
lar magazine sent one year for IS. The Knickerbock
er and Home Journal, one year for 81. A oi < &
Letters containing remittances and everything con
nected with the business department should Be Id
dressed to NAML HUESTON, Publisher,
3as Broadway New York.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
Usefulness Of Lime in Transplantiag
Trees,

An English publication says that a large plan
within a few years past, without the loss of a
i iins {se tr ssje BY r Be5t'n %sls a s%sll t }s'1 t5sy. Of F 7;ms
acre. The lime is thoroughly mixed with the
roots with equal facility in every direction, as its
principal effect is to push forward the tree dur
ing the first precarious stages of it's growth.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23
THE GENESEE FARMER.

4 Mo1uathlvS Journal Of Agriculture and Horticulture "'"s =
~ Established in 1881. ....
DuBusHEDfo for twenty eight years in one Of PITT the et Hnea'
I wheat and fruit sections of America oh,e - and { experi.
ed an unrivalled circulation, and nss &c the Union and
.encsd D9;%.:s,l pros;noe ~ eT zach volume contains three
!" sas s'' aad slightly .soo, gs &C.. and 4 i; is . ,ot .s sp i1l sd.
tIs.sd ), viii Ry i%4R;9; e;TsS Hssa1 'i rEAR < : ''r' :
"" 't' ais0 ' oGsI Il PR E NJ MS. - =.
=. a ..t;,, ,rstar inducement to form clubs Full par
1oulars viii be found in tn the paper a : ; and every y . end s ia,
s = eenx' = Jos. HARRIS, Publisher, Rochester, N. Y.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-09-23

Cyrus Larkin writes:-"Use raw punkin in
stead Of green apples; slice thin; add equal parts
Of vinegar and water, thicken with wheat -four,
season to suit the taste, and bake thoroughly.
1t requires more salt and longer baking than
apple pie, but when done is in no respect in
ferior.