524 



Date of shearing. 



March, 1869 



May, 1870 



September, 1870 



May, 1871 



May, 1872 



May, 1873 



May, 1874 



Sheep. 



No. 

 29-2 

 294 

 412 

 :«2 

 341 

 221 



^ 



No. 



96 



105 



210 



133 



164 



98 



72 



No. 

 404 

 404 

 626 

 459 

 514 

 325 

 300 



Wool. 



Lbs. 

 2.7 

 3.3 

 1.8 

 2.5 

 3.2 

 2.5 

 2.6 



H 



Lbs. 

 1,089 

 1, 327i 

 1,140 

 1,145 

 1,653 

 837 

 805 



Gts. 

 18 

 19 



1196 02 

 252 22i 

 18J 210 90 

 24 I 160 30 

 37|| 623 31 

 18 I 150 66 

 24i 197 22 



$196 02 



448 24J 



659 14i 



819 44,1 



1, 442 75|- 



1, .593 4U 



1, 790 63| 



Lambs marked. 



No. 

 49 

 104 



No. 



47 



108 



No. 



97 



212 



9 139 

 ... 60 

 2 170 



Sheep-husbandry in Tasmania. — The sheep of Tasmania are de- 

 veloping qualities as fancy breeds wliich are now bringing high prices 

 in the market. A careful selection of breeding-stock, great care of 

 flocks, and very favorable climatic conditions are claimed as special ad- 

 vantages for this industry. Some pure Leicester ewes sold in Melbourne 

 lately as high as £21 lO.s. per head. A pure merino ram, "one of the 

 grandest sires in the colonies," brought the astonishing price of £714. 

 A flock of 20 stud rams, the progeny of the last-named, averaged £53 

 l)er head. 



Experiments with fertilizers. — Our correspondent in Windham, 

 Conn., thus states the results of his experiments with diflerent prepara- 

 tions of bone as a fertilizer : Ko. 1 was a celebrated brand of pulverized 

 bone, which appeared to be rich in ammonia, but it was the least valua- 

 ble kind experimented with. No. 2 was a common crushed bone converted 

 into superphosphate by sulphuric acid. This caused a luxuriant growth 

 in the fore part of the season. No. 3 was crushed bone mixed with two 

 parts of ashes ; the mixture, after being thoroughly wet, was allowed to 

 stand two weeks before using. It was not so effective in the fore part 

 of the season, but after harvest its effect was as great, if not greater, 

 than any other. It is also the cheapest manure, not costing more than 

 half as much as the others, and fully equaling their efficiency. 



Our correspondent in Elk, Pa., states that a farmer there raised 

 500 bushels of corn from two acres of land which had received a 

 good coat of lime. This has " turned the heads of half the farmers in 

 the neighborhood." Bushels of ears are doubtless meant. 



Guano-deposits of Peru. — The results of late measurements of 

 guano-deposits upon several Peruvian islands are stated by the South 

 Pacific Times, as follows: Chiapa, 89,000 cubic meters; Huanillos, 

 700,000; Punta de Lobos, 1,601,000; Pabellon de Pica, 5,000,000; 

 Patache, 125,000; Chavanoja, 150,000; Patillos, 16,000. Each cubic 

 meter will yield from 2,866 to 2,976 pounds. Many other islands, smaller 

 than the above, present a very considerable aggregate. Specimens of 

 several of these deposits have been analyzed by order of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England, upon which Dr. Voelcker remarks, that 

 those of Pabellon de Pica are very dry, of a clear brown color, and ap- 

 proximating the best guanos of the Chiucha Islands. Their alkaline salts 

 vary from 9 to 23 per cent., with a greater or less proportion of marine 

 salts. Those of Punta de Lobos contain a large quantity of sand, 

 amounting, at 8 feet depth, to 28 per cent.; the proportion of nitrogen, 

 however, is very small, 2.6 ])er cent. The last ingredient, however, 

 varies at diflerent dei^ths, amounting to 6J i)cr cent, at 5 feet, and to 10 



