Vol. Xtv. No. 49.} Rochester, Ny
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Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection TWO DOLLAE8 -A. YEAR.] PROGRESS AJT0 IMPEOVEMKNT." [ SINGKLE NO. ETVK CENTS. VOL. XTV. NO. 49.} ROCHESTER, N. Y.-FOK THE WEEK IffiMG SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1863. {WHOLE NO.-725. MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, raised at five cents per pound, which gives a easily. No damp, sour manger shall stand AH ORIGINAL WEEKLY profit of forty-five cents per pound net No under the nose of my hofse. farmer in the North ever dreamed of such a EUEAI, LITEfiAEY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 5. The harness.shell not hang up at the heels profit; and if the advantages of coming here of my horse. There shall be a place for it on were known they would flock down here by the floor with the carriages. It shall be kept in CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, thousands. With a Corps of Able Assistants and Contributors. a clean place; and tie horse shall be taken from "This matter should be brought to the notice the stall to be hanessed. I will not run the CHAS. D. BBAGDON. Western Corresponding Editor. of the Government. You will naturally say the risk of his getting his heels entangled in it, nor THB KUKAI. NEW-YORKER is designed to be unsurpassed commissioners appointed are the ones to do it, if of its being thrown from'its place under his feet. in Value, Purity and Variety of Contents, and unique it has anything to recommend it; but I am sorry Nor will I harness ahorsp in a stall; and rarely and beautiful in Appearance. Its Conductor devotes his to say the interests of the commissioners are op- will I let him stanl there with a harness on. personal attention to the supervision pf its various posed to the plan, as they are interested in plan- For there are few horses that will not damage a departments, and earnestly labors to render the RURAL an eminently Reliable Guide on'all the important Practical, tations themselves, and next year wish to make harness more by rubbing, than it will cost of Scientific and other Subjects intimately connected with the leases of large tracts to one person or persons of time and labor to remove it business of those whose interests it zealously advocates. large capital, who may hire others to look after 6. The stalls shall be dry., I will provide that As a FAMILY JOURNAL it is eminently Instructive and their business. I want the men of moderate Entertaining—being so conducted that it can be safely water shall not stand ja them—that the liquid taken to the Homes of people of intelligence, taste and means, our western laborers, here. They will excrement shall not. only. run from the stalls, discrimination. It embraces more Agricultural, Horticul- be a militia to take care of the country, and our but that it shall be conveyed, in a gutter, from tural, Scientific, Educational, Literary and News Matter, troops can go elsewhere. The persons who cul- the barn, at once. For, while all stables should interspersed with appropriate Engravings, than any other tivate the next cotton crop are the ones who will journal,—rendering it the most complete AGRiouLTtrKAL, be kept as pure as possible, the horse stable LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER in America buy the land here. Shall this land be distributed should receiv^ especiai attention. Therein no among a few and in large tracts, or is it not to domestic animal whose ©rgaoism is so sensnive J^-For Terms and other particulars, see last page. the interest of our Government and our people to atmospherical influences, with modern treat- that it should be owned in small tracts ? Thement and diet, as the hjbrser-none that require first way is what the commissioners would have, greater care in providing for, health ajid comfort; for they will be extensive purchasers. On this nor which repay such care with better service. question they are perfectly rotten; and for the good of our country, and to rebuke selfishness, I Such are some of the essential features of my THE SOUTH-WEST FOE NORTHERN MEN. want to head them off. For the good of the slaves horse barn. freed by Mr. Lincoln's proclamation I wish it; A GOOD FIELD FOB FARMERS AND ARTISANS. for to a great extent the ground will be tilled by THE GOAD vs. f MULES. their labor, and I want a large population of THE recovery of the South-west, and especial- white people here, so their labor will be in de- IT is refreshing to come across a sensible ly tha great Mississippi Valley region, from rebel mand and be respected, and combinations of a driver of these really useful animals. There is control—with the consequent breaking up of the few capitalists cannot be made against them. a sensitive spot in their natures which is not system of slave labor—opens a new field to reached by goads and thongs and the lash. ^Vehave uprooted one aristocracy here; let us " A NEW SUBSCRIBER " in Canada West a day, and only once temporarily disabled by farmers, inventors and mechanics. The cotton, not establish by our own act one of another Kind. Precisely where it is located it is 'difficult to decide. But that it exists there is no doubt And wishes to know something about Morgan horses. lameness caused by an accident He is always sugar and rice fields must be cultivated, to a The question of ftitle to the land must not make large extent, if not entirely, by free labor, and of the cheerful, kindly-voiced driver^ reaches it We will answer briefly, from our own observa- ready, but usually too spirited—requiring a timid a man who is thinking to come here. The tion and experience. Though not, perhaps, as strong hand at the reins rather than exercise course labor-saving tools and machinery will cultivation for one; year is enough to induce him almost invariably. The writer has watched the soon be in great demand. As Northerners take work of mules pretty carefully, and the relations pbpular as they were a few years ago, still there in the use of a whip. Like most Morgans he is to come. A man that takes only eighty acres is more or less inquiry for Morgan horses, and a capital cavalry horse. possession of the goodly land, the genius of the can go back home at the end of the year with at of drivers to them. The noisy, blustering, thrash- " Universal Yankee Nation" will have full scope, ing, slashing driver, who has more muscle than in most sections the breed is probably as great The Morgan is noted for both style and speed least eight thousand dollars in his pocket. Would a favorite as ever. For light work, and especi- — while, for his weight and inches, there is no and find " ample room and verge enough " for he make one-tenth of that by staying at home ?" mind, and more strength than sense, is not the inventions and improvements. The long-sought most successful in getting strength or speed out ally for the saddle and buggy, we think the more powerful or enduring horse, in our opinion. Bteam plow will soon be wanted as a substitute of these patient, faithful animals. They wag Morgans generally have the preference in this Indeed, he combines the two great requisites in for the mule plow and scratchy hoe in breaking MY HORSE BARN. their tails and shake their heads as the blows country; they are certainly greatly admired ahorse —celerity-and power—in a remarkable up the cotton lands. These lands are well adapt- fall; but they do not pull an ounce more nor and command high prices. For endurance, or degree, and hence his great popularity. But we ed for its use, as they are mostly quite level and WHEN I get a horse barn as I want it, there step faster therefor. "bottom," many of the Morgans are remarkable promised tojbe brief, and will close by giving —indeed it is a characteristic of the breed. We the pedigree of "Morgan General," (portrayed the soil strong and compact. And as they have will be the following features about it which I But let a cheerful-voiced man get hold of the been cultivated (?) for years by the scratching or deem essential: have what is called a Morgan horse, (probably above,) a fine specimen of the Morgan family. lines; let him pull them firmly and steadily The portrait and pedigree are from LINSLEY'S surface system, steam or other powerfully driven 1. It shall be well lighted. It shall be made as not full blood,) weighing under 1,100 lbs., which without jerking or "yanking;" let him talk we have used over four years on a heavy, "Morgan Horses": plows—such as will go twelve to eighteen inches light and cheerful as a farmer's kitchen should quietly to them, and the better side of their double-seated family carriage, and he has never "MORGAN GENERAL was foaled in 1845, the deep, and bring up the long buried and dormant be. No horse of mine shall stand in the gloom nature develops itself. They step off briskly, "given out," though often drawing a load property of LOWELL SPENCER, of Concord, Vt elements of fertility—will soon be in great de- of a darkened stable, and with his face from the pull with a will, and act very much as human heavy enough for two horseB. We were at first Sired by Billy Boot, g sire, Sherman, g g sire, mand, and those who supply the required article light He shall stand facing the light—if possi- animals do under similar circumstances.