New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-20

| have heard OF about here, NOrWayS IlCIuu0u' ny
common oats average about 80 bushels per acre oil
Mir. Greeley-In my judgment. if he had s9wed but
half as much seed he would have recei'eu Oe'Ier It.
turns. - M, Obi;
ALLIES OF THE AGRICULTURIsrs-Ihe Chairman
announced that an esteemed member OF the ClnD,
DR. j. v G.. Smith had something TO say WhereupOn
tins gentleman took the stage anu spoke buDstlll-
tally as follows / am not gong 10 atilct You VIVID
speech but merely TO maxi reference 10 one OF
the birds shown here "a fortnight ago by our KIND
hearted friend DIR TTimbe, namely, the red headed
wood-pecker made dissection and found II one
of the most curious aud interesting subjects nave
had nnder NV scalpel for many day. WANTED to
find ont how these creatures give the trlp-hammer
motion TO the head. DIR. Smith then proceeded to
evnlain by means of drawings, and went on 10 say
that the bird ascertans the position OF ITS victim III
tbe tree by means of exceedingly acute sense OI
hearing ] do not think, he continued, that they
ever make mistake, though they may befrlghteneu
away and thus leave the work some instances ~
complete. The tongue exceeding long, ana the IN
sect pierced and drawn out OF ITS resting place, IN
conclusion the speaker said: You may depehu upon
II the red headed woodpeckers the friends OF the
farmers, and as Dr. TTimble urged, they ought not
TO be destroyed There Is no elA .S
pie had better have mutton broth. 10 sho0U these
scavengers is nothing but cruelty and hard-hearted-
ness on the part of those who over the country
Mr.. eTlVEWe are certainly under renewed oblira-
lions to Dr. Smith. have thought that one OF the
most important papers ever presented mere was his
and since then have been frequently laughed AT by
nv neighbOrs for paying dollar hundred for these
unattractIye creatures. when Keep on my GROUNDS
by the thousand, to guard the growing things Wheh
THOSE SoRGo SmUrs.-Messrs. Curtis Gregory
4 Preterre to whom the collection of sweet things
from Cincinnati referred for test, reported aS
follows We went 20 the rooms OF Or. PreteTIe ana
first subjected the different specimens 10 the most
discriminating Judgment we could make by the pal
ate. The bottles of crude sorgO we found OF good
color, especially that made on Cooks eYapOTat0r'
but the taste was objectionable on account OF the
strong flavor of corn stalk or raw pumpkin, winch
notwithstanding its fair color, so depreclates It's
value that the Committee Is not surprised to know
that it sells in the Cincinnati market at % cents
gallon. The bottles numbered and s. strip made ut
the sugar house of Col. Branch near Cincinnati
was of dark color account OF the lime used but III
purity of flavor mark it on scale of 10. GER
tain twanp and acidity by the htmus test are eX-
planned by the circumstance that old sour mOlaSSes
mixed with the raw Juice IN making thls strip
The bottle marked 4, made at the example farm OF
the Kentucky University at Ashland, We found
very superior article. Obtaining some Stewards
sugar house strip that sells at 81 - per gallon, we
pronounced the Kentucky Strip equal 10 u IN every
respect This slrup was made by the CiOugh process
the Juice of the cane first defeated by slcate of
soda sweetened with lime, and thrown To the Dot
tom of a settling tank with sulphato OF baIyta
From evidences brought before us we regard the
practical effect of MI Cloughs discovery as of great
Importance a. 1t enables the sOrgo grower to make
a sirup twice as good and commanding jwlCe as
much in market as that made by common, rude
methods.
SICK HORsEs.-A correspondent writes from Cali
fOrnia: About a year ago i traded tOT horse that
looked as if he had taken cold. disChargng at nose
and eyes. We turned him ont with The other horses
that were feeding at strawstack Nesoon noticed
symptoms of II in them also IN fact they were All
more or less affected We examined closer ana found
that those who have taken At the worst are sWeled
in the glands of the throat, generally on one slde'
disChargng at the nose and eyes slight cough,
Also 1t is certainly very contagious Tho animal
shows il worst when heated up is IL the CHAMBERS
We have had one horse that has had II six months.
and been stakcd ont on green grass all the tlnei ne
Is i'm first rate condition every other way.
Mir. Crandel-l submitted this letter 10 LToi LoIge
of the Veterinary College Of this city and he kindly
forwarded the following reply From some OF inc
symptoms noted, CHAMBERS would seem TO DC the dls-
ease. The writer does moi state II there are any
ulcers in the nOstTls y most likely The case II tDe
disease is CHAMBERS; neither does he say whether
there any on the legs or body rs would be
the case if the disease is complicated with the other
form of the same disease known farey. tic aludes
t. a discharge from the eyes; this as not prominent
symptom IL sub-acute form OF the disease there ls
disease known Ozena, or chronic nasal geeJ
lchTOnIc CataTrh. that IN appearance Stimulates very
closely 10 ganders, but is not contagious with re-
gard to remedy II the disease Is CHAMBERS, IT. ~ IN
durable. The animal OF animals had better Dc de-
sroyed to prevent further cOntagOD; besides ~ Is
communicable 20 the human subject, and ~ deadly
disease 10 the latter therefore, the greatest care u
required by them in handling glandered horses. III
the cases are O2ena long course of tonic treatment
with astringent washes 10 the part, nourshing food
and cleanliness are advised; but think from de-
scrptiOn the disease Is CHAMBERS"
ARTEsIAN WILLS IN THE WEST.-M. H. Messer
who fails TO give his address. writes as follows: In
n. T.. Meekers description OF the sugar beet manu-
factory Ohatsworth Illinois he says IN regard TO
sinking an artesan well When was there they
were going down through hard limestone l.l5O feet
deep and they erect to reach the great interior reservoir
underlying the county 20 miles 10 the east around Gil
man. The first artesan well SINK IN lroquols Conn-
ty about l6 years ago four miles south west OF omar
ga was bored by Thomas Llndsy with a tWO-lnch
anger from the bottom OF common well then drY.
On reaching the water vein 1t flowed IN 80 rapidly as
to fill the well within three or four feet OF the sur
face where il stood for wears afOrdng an abundant
supply of good water. The whole depth was about
40 feet BY this effort Others induced To Try the
rtTo 4tfp f m %
were successful till now there are several men VINO
have made artesian well boring a business. There
are hundreds of such wells IN the OnaTga artesIan
well district, as IT rs commonly called VARYING from
y feet to 10 feet in depth from which How constant
streams OF water OF even temeTature, strongly I'M
pregnated with iron. Generally the water VEN Is
reached at the depth of about 80 feet Soh
about two feet, sand and yellow clay from
pan which is FROM one 20 twelve feet thick,
everything the wafer vein The sand and yellow clay
in some locations are lacking the blue clay coming
stone, shaIe limestone, above the water The sll-
rian limestone outcrOpplng % miles norm ol TINS
place is never reached IN sinking these wells: oolne
of these wells afford immense quantities. OF water,
filling u lYe-lDch tube, forcing itself several feet
above the surface, making quite Tlyulet as 1t now5
AWAY This fountain of water lies entirely above
the coal formation, which is always above the silu-
rian limestone. ChaiswOrth is on clay ridge which
extends for miles north and south. slopng to the
east and west. and - probably beyond the west
boundary of this artesian well district; from me
facts above stated think II impossible To 81 no
this great reservoir Of water at that point. There
nav be a supply Of water below the limestone IN
which they are now at work. but the chances OF O
faure are too great TO warrant further Efforts.
Chatsworth is about 100 feet above Chicago where
the kind of limestone struck at Chatsworth dsap-
pears At the cattle yards and other places II that
city water was reached at from 600 to $50 feet III
the base of the same strata should be reached at the
sugar mandatory, water may be had.
NOTE FOR CIDER MAKERs--W. Il. Clark, Come
aut Ohio: wish 10 say word about the use OF Oh
barrels bv way of caution. member OF the Cup
last year recommended sperm oil barrels, and reeol-
lect that a dozen more years ago writer IN The
CahirdtOr recommended Ol barrels without specify
inc the Kind Ijusrpd oil barrels are frequently