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men can be seared by a dog. I think, under the circumstances, it is the duty of the 
State government to see my loss made up; if not, then I hope to see no more in the 
public press inviting emigration from Great Britain. ; 
The writer manifests a very excusable warmth in the above utter- 
ance. 
RENO County, KANSAS.—Two years ago there was only one settl 
in Reno County, Kansas. Now Government lands within its limits, wit 
very rare exceptions, are occupied by actual settlers. The population of 
the county is between eight and nine thousand. 
PuTNAM County, MissouRI.—Greater attention is being given than 
formerly in this county to the judicious use of agricultural machinery. 
Such a policy will shortly bear its fruits in an increased production of 
staple crops. 
SHEEP DISEASE IN NEw MeExico.—Our correspondent in Santa Fé 
County, New Mexico, sends us the following: 
I would like to call the attention of the Department to a disease among lambs, 
reported to me by Mr. E. W. Eaton, one of my assistant correspondents. 
Mr. Eaton says: “I would like to call your attention to a disease that destroyed 
about six hundred of my lambs, and in the same proportion, say two-thirds of all the 
lambs dropped in several other cases, and, if possible, get some information from the 
Department of its cause and cure. It is in the mouth and on the lips, having the ap- 
pearance of syphilitic warts in the mouth, and growing to entirely cover the teeth. So 
far, I could see it did not affect the tongue, the lips growing to three or four times 
their natural size. I used spirits of turpentine; this’seemed to partially check the 
disease for a time, but did not entirely cure. 
PENNSYLVANIA YELLOW CORN.—Our correspondentin Twiggs County, 
Georgia, reports: ; 
The Pennsylvania yellow corn received from the Department was planted in March, 
manured with cotton seed. While my other corn planted a week earlier is just tassel- 
ing, that is made. I planted Adam’s early sweet corn, three varieties—sugar, flint, 
and Cooley—the yellow is far superior to either. 
PRODUCTIVE MILLET. — Our correspondent in Limestone County, 
Texas, reports that a variety of white millet, known in that locality as 
‘“WhiteGerman millet,” has been tried on high loamy land in the northern 
part of the county, and promises to be a very valuable acquisition. The 
heads are large and full of seed, and it produces at the,rate of 2 to 24 
tons per acre, hay, which is highly relished, and all°consumed by stock. 
He thinks it a better crop than Hungarian grass. 
IMPORTED SHEEP.—Mr. William Gilson, our correspondent for Mercer 
County, Pennsylvania, reports that he has recently imported from Eng- 
land 26 “ Gladstone’ sheep. The heaviest weighed 4104 pounds, and 
clipped 154 pounds of wool. The weight of one yearling was 264 pounds, 
and of its fleece, 154 pounds. The 26 yielded an average of 15 pounds 
and 54 ounces of clean washed wool per head. 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS IN THE SouUTH.—Our correspondent in 
Hinds County, Mississippi, reports ; 
The crops were planted this year under more favorable circumstances than usual. 
The land was in better condition, the teams in better order, and laborers entered more 
into the spirit of farming than at any time since the war. This is owing in part 
to the good price paid for last year’s cotton crop. The freedmen are becoming ambi- 
tious to own property, and are working well as a general thing. 
Our correspondent in Beaufort County, North Carolina, writes as 
follows: 
Thero has been a decided improvement in the farming interest in this county in the 
last four or five years. More intelligence and skill are now engazed in the business ; 
