TOL Xm. NO. 9.} ROCHESTER, NY

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection 3N"O. mOXJR CENTS. TWO DOH.IJ.A.RS A. "PROGRESS -AJSTD iMPROYEMBNT. TOL Xm. NO. 9.} ROCHESTER, N. Y.,-FOR THE WEEK ENDDTG SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1862. {WHOLE NO. 633. the evil. To ta^x unproductive property was wrong Mr. RANDALL replied that the English required MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, in principle. You must tax productive property in dogs for watching, &c, as they had no fences, but THE LEADING AMERICAN WEEKLY order that the owner may be able to pay. that their Sporting and hunting dogs were kept con- BUBAL, LITEBABY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER Mr. E. SHEREILL, of Ontario, was surprised to fined—not allowed to roam, at large. Mr. R. (in reply to a remark by Mr. CONGER,) stated that not CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, hear Judge* Ot oppose the tax law. He was in favor ] of taxing dogs, and related instances in which the one American wool-grower in fifty kept a Shepherd With an Able Corps of Assistants and Contributors. poor class of whelps and sheep-killers had destroyed dog. He had just returned from a visit among the sheep-breeders and wool-growers of Vermont Mr. CHA8. D. BBAQDON, Western Corresponding Editor. flocks of sheep in his locality. Mr. S. would tax every dog $5, and more if necessary to exterminate HAMMOND, and other leading sheep men, had no Shepherd dogs; indeed he did not see one in Ver- THE RUKAL NBW-YORKER is designed to be unsurpassed in the race of whelps. What we want is to make the Value, Purity, Usefulness and Variety of Contents, and unique four thousand or more dogs in this State pay. mont and beautiful in Appearance. Its Conductor devotee his per- People who have favorite dogs would be willing to The President (Mr. GEDDES,) thought the greatest sonal attention to the supervision of its various departments, pay a tax, to abate the nuisance of worthless curs. damage caused by dogs was in their deterring people and earnestly labors to render the RURAL an eminently Reliable Guide on all the important Practical, Scientific and other Mr. S.'s remarks were earnest and eloquent, eliciting from keeping sheep—that thousands vere prevented Subjects Intimately connected with the business of those whose applause from the audience. from keeping them for this reason. The sheep of interests it zealously advocates. As a FAMILY JOURNAL it is Mr. PETERS was in favor of dogs and opposed to this State have largely decreased in a few years on eminently Instructive and Entertaining—being so conducted this account—the ravages of dogs among flocks, that it oan be safely taken to the Hearts and Homes of people of them. There were full five thousand in this State, intelligence, taste and discrimination. It embraces more Agri- and he thought the number ought to be cur-tailed. especially near villages and cities, rendering the cultural, Horticultural, Scientific, Educational, literary and He had a favorite Shepherd dog, now past being keeping of sheep extremely hazardous and unsafe, News Matter, interspersed with appropriate and beautiful useful, which he thought much of. Others had their and certainly unprofitable. Engravings, than any other journal,—rendering it the most favorites; gentlemen in cities and villages keep complete AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER Mr. CORNELL stated that the she«p of this State in America. their " pointers" and " setters" to aid in killing the had fallen off about one-half within the past twenty little birds when they go into the country. Mr. P. years. In 1840 we had 5,118,779 sheep, but five I3T" For Terms and other particulars, see last page. was in favor of a tax in order to reduce the number years later, (in 1845,) the number vas reduced to of dogs, bui would not go as high as $5. Some 4,505,369. During the next ten years the decrease years ago, when Supervisor, he succeeded in getting was over a million, for in 1855 the census showed a tax oil dogs, which reduced the number of curs. only 3,217,024. The decrease has probably been But it was opposed, and men barked into office who much greater, in proportion, since 1855. were in favor of repealing, and the result was that After some further remarks the resolutions were TX. Y. STATE AGRICUTURAL SOCIETY. the law was repealed. Mr. PETERS concluded by unanimously adopted. The discussion was inter- offering the following: DISCUSSIONS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. esting and animated throughout, aid we regret our Whereas, This Society has learned that a proposition is now inability to give a more extended report Could it IN closing a brief synopsis of the proceedings of before the Legislature of this State to protect the raisers of have been heard by the members of the Legislature, the recent Annual Meeting of the State Ag. Society, sheep by a tax on dogs; therefore, we think the propriety of taxing dogs would not IMPROVED BEE-HIVE. Resolved, That it is the judgment of this Society that the in our last number, we alluded to the discussions long be questioned by that honorable body. and promised to recur to the subject We now draw interests of the public demand that such a law should be stock swarm, C, transferring a comb frame precisely passed as will protect, as far as is practicable, the raising of THE general attention now given to bee-culture, upon our note-book and memory to redeem the in the same manner before described, in this case to sheep from the depredations of dogs. WESTEKIT EDITOBZAL NOTES. affords us great pleasure. This interest has been promise, though it will be impossible for us to give D, starting another small colony, and to this latter Mr. Ex-President COHGER, of Rockland, alluded too much neglected, and if we have a little excite- more than a mere sketch—the main polnts-^of the we attach one of the queen cells taken from B. We to statements made by the Ohio Ag. Society relative I HAVE a number of deferred itemS in my note ment and fever on the subject, of which speculators various arguments adduced by the gentlemen who" have now to let our hive rest from eight to twelve to injury to Bheep in that State by dogs. He thought book. Many of these are me?e suggestions; some may take advantage to gain a few dollars from the participated in the discussions, days for the purpose of giving time for the maturity the statistics alarming. Mr. C, however, while are only whims of men with whom I have talked, enterprising, great good will in the end be the of the young queen, and their fertilization by flight favoring a tax on dogs, would make a discrimina- on which they base practice; otter some are prac- result It is now generally admitted, and certainly ANALYSES OF SOILS. with the drones, when, if the latter are abundant, tion— he would not put the same tax (if indeed tical facts. I give them here for what they are should be, that movable frames are a necessity in At a well-attended meeting for discussions, held we shall find, on inspection of our little swarms, any) on a Shepherd dog as on a common one. So worth. bee-keeping, and no hive without these conveniences in the Lecture Room of the Society, on Thursday, that they are in possession of new-laid worker eggs alBO of ratters and poodles —the latter, could not will be received with any favor by intelligent bee- Mr. President GBDDES in .the chair, the following «. BUCKWHEAT {AND BAEX LICE. of the young queens. If, now, we turn the hive one- injure sheep. keepers. MARTIN METCALF, of Grand Rapids, preamble and resolution (introduced the previous " I have no bark lice in my orchard," said a far- Michigan, has invented a new movable frame-hive, quarter the way ro^nd, we shall throw out a swarm evening by PROSPER M. WETMORE, of New York, Mr. GEDDES remarked that the tan terriers were mer to me, " because I have got rid of them." of bees into each of the infant apartments, for it u among, the worst enemies of sheep; he had just on which he has received a patent, and which he and laid upon the table,) were taken up: How did you get rid of them? claims is superior to others with which the people well-known that the largest portion of a swarm of Whereas, It is of the first importance to the Agricultural destroyed one because he killed sheep. "My trees were very lousy. An old Hoosier bees will return to the accustomed spot, after the Mr. PETERS said that terriers and untrained Shep- are familiar. We give an illustration of this improve- Interests of the United States to be possessed of the best came along three years ago, discovered the lice, and ment-^called METCALF'S IMPROVED BEE-HIVE — removal of their hive to a new location—in the information which the science and skill of the country can herd dogs were the worst class of dogs — death on told me to sow buckwheat on the ground, let it present instance to remain, for the reason that a command, of the deterioration of the soils of the several together with the inventor's description: grow, lie on the ground and decay there — let it " This hive is intended, when full, for wintering, queen and brood is found, together with abundant States, from cultivation, and also of any remedies which may Mr.

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