Merino, Soimi-Dowif, and Leicbstkr Sheep. — I keep three kinds of sheep, Merino, South-Down, 

 and Leicester. Some time ago I sold part of the flock for mutton. Tlie Merinos brought me $1.50 ; 

 the South-DoAvns, $2 ; and the Leicesters, from $2.50 to $3. The butcher would always pick out the 

 Leicestere, and I found it impossible to sell the others while they remained in the flock. I drew them 

 out and disowned them, and thus was enabled to dispose of the others. Tlie South-Downs were fair, 

 profitable sheep — about the medium in Western New York. I can recommend the Leicestere ; not 

 because I have them to sell, but for the reason that they are more healthy, look better, shear more 

 wool, grow faster, and pay better. The lambs sell for a higher price and much earlier than the other 

 breeds, in Western New York. A Young Dutch Subscriber. — Royalton, N. Y. 



Soaking Corn in a Solution of Hartshorn. — A few years since, hearing a neighbor speak of the 

 great value of soaking seed corn in a solution of hartshorn previous to planting, I was induced to try 

 it, and have met with perfect success. I put two ounces of the hartshorn, costing twenty-five cents, 

 to a peck of corn, cover the corn with water and let it stand six hours, planting as soon as possible, 

 rolling it. in plaster as I plant. 



Two years ago we had a dry time just as our corn was nicely up, and all corn fields in this region 

 looked yellow and sickly, while my corn planted as above kept of a dark green color and grew well 

 till harvest, when I had 100 bushels of corn per acre, which we consider a good crop here. My 

 neighbor who planted in an adjoining field, on much better land and well manured, but who did 

 not use the hartshorn, had a very poor crop. I induced a neighbor to use it last yeai", and he obtained 

 equally beneficial results. Warren Eka. 



Experiment with Poultry. — I have been keeping an account with my poultry the past year, to 

 ascertain whether any profit could be derived from them. I commenced on the 1st of January, 1851, 

 with twenty-three hens and two ducks. The hens were of the Poland variety, but not full blooded, 

 and were mostly two years old. They were not confined, except a few weeks in spring and summer. 

 I allow them two quarts of corn per day, except through the last of summer and first fall months, 

 when they require less. The hens commenced laying about the middle of January and laid till 

 November. The account from January 1, 1851, to January 1, 1852, is as follows: 



Dr. 



To 19 bushels 3 pecks com, $15 59 



" 111 eggs used for sitting, 1 36 



" Indian meal for chickens, 1 64 



118 59 



Or. 



By 2685 eggs, worth, at market prices, $32 02 



" 25 chickens raised 5 31 



$37 as 



Balance in favor of poultry, $18 ii 



I commenced killing off my hens in July, and when they ceased laying in November I had but 

 eleven. It would be fair to set down the average number for the year at eighteen. The two ducVs 

 layed 142 eggs, which leaves for the eighteen hens 2543 eggs, or an average of 141 eggs each, besides 

 raising chickens. S. B. Smith. — Saugerties, N. Y. 



Guano on Corn. — Reading in the Fanner of the value of guano as a fertilizer, I ordered half a ton 

 from Philadelphia. When it arrived, I turned to the Farmer fof information how to prepare and 

 apply it, but could find no directions there I then applied to the merchants who sold it ; but they 

 were ignorant on the subject. Here, then, was a dilemma : the time for planting had arrived, the 

 guano was on hand ; but how to apply it, was the perplexing query. I had learned it was necessary 

 to pass it through a seive. I got a No. 6 and went to work, but soon gave it up, the odor and dust 

 being exceedingly disagreeable. I had prepared my seed for planting, all of which was of a kind 

 known here as the Red Cob, except a single ear of Oregon, which I had procured from Philadelphia, 

 and for which the farmers in that vicinity paid $1.50 per bushel. This seed I planted first, and being 

 desirous of making the best of it, gave it about half an ounce to the hill of the sifted guano previous 

 to covering. The rest of the field of twelve acres was planted without the application of any manure 

 at all. This came up in about six days; but my Oregon, which I expected to appear first, showed 

 no symptoms of breaking ground. I waited ten days, and then commenced making search for the 

 hidden treasure, which on finding appeared to be in a state which 1 can only describe as between a 

 fry and a stew. Some of it eventually came up, made large stalks, and ears not one of which matured. 

 Thus I lost my seed, labor, and guano. When the corn on the remainder of the field was up about 

 six inches, I applied a mixture of equal parts of guano and coal ashes, about one-third of a gili to a 

 hill. The soil was poor and had never yielded fair corn crops before ; yet I obtained 800 bushels of 



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