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will progress in a greater ratio — every one possessing merit, and, of 

 course, utility. 



But, before going fartber, let us make a short retrospection, and, 

 instead of condemning, let us approve. The mechanic is every day 

 educating labor, and we are seeing exhibitions of the good fruit re- 

 sulting therefrom. They are reading those journals which represent 

 the sciences and the mechanic arts as possessing a relationship to 

 one another, and also other e(iually useful works, all tending to im- 

 bue the mind with a just appreciation of the rule heading this arti-; 

 cle. The day is not distant when every mechanic will become allied 

 with the sciences in the most sure and beneficial manner — that of 

 educating labor. We can look to him as the just and only promoter 

 of science, and as the future instructor of its teachings. 



On the other hand, we do not see the scientific man stepping out 

 of the imperious cloak of dignity in which he is wrapped. He still 

 stands aloof, repels the idea propounded by the mechanic, of setting 

 knowledge at work. The thought never before occurred to him that 

 lie might apply the immense philosophical research which knowledge 

 has brought to his view to practical and useful purposes. If these 

 researches or philosophical truths were known to the large class of 

 inventors, they would be the means of causing great progression in 

 invention, and of bringing new results to light, exceeding in im- 

 portance and improvement those of prior claim. Every principle or 

 philosophical truth, however trivial, is useful, and by proper appli- 

 cation can be made the cause of invention. 



This is, comparatively, a new field ; the harvest is large, but there 

 are few reapers ; more must be admitted. Let us, therefore, hope 

 that more will enter, and 1»y another season learn that the harvest is 

 garnered by the sickle of improvement. We doubt not that it will 

 meet with a cordial reception. — The Inventor. 



Profitable Sheep. — " I wintered eighty merino sheep, and this 

 spring sold twenty-six for nine dollars each. Washed and sheared 

 fifty-four, from which I got 281^ lbs. of wool, which is a fraction 

 over five pounds six ounces per head. Eaised thirty-four lambs. — 

 The sheep were fed on clover hay and corn fodder, until they com- 

 menced lambing, and then I began feeding a little oats, and increas- 

 ing it to half a bushel per day, and continued it through." 



