No. 8. 



The Aincrican Agricultural Association. 



237 



in two daj^s af\er the shell is burst, the 

 whole of these little creatures are sold and 

 conveyed to their new quarters. — Athence- 

 um. 



The American Agricultural Association. 



At the meeting of this Society, on Mon- 

 day evening last, the committee on the sub- 

 ject of introducing the Alpaca into this 

 country, made an interesting report, which 

 was followed by resolutions appointing a 

 committee to receive subscriptions for the 

 purpose of introducing this beautiful and 

 valuable animal from South America into 

 the United States. We understand that 

 more than S!4{)00 have already been sub- 

 scribed. The valuable work re-published 

 at the office of the New York Farmer and 

 Mechanic, was introduced. This is a re- 

 publication of an English work, giving the 

 particulars of the introduction of this long 

 wooled animal into Great Britain. It is 

 offered at the low price of 122 cents. 



R. L. Pell, Esq., chairman of the commit- 

 tee in that report, said the experiment so far 

 has been successful in England — that the 

 female became matured two years earlier 

 than in the native mountains, and that the 

 wool was finer, and of increased length. 



The following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: 



President — Hon. Luther Bradish. 



Vice Presidents — Hon. Tlieodore Freling- 

 huvsen, James Lennox, James Boorman, A. 

 H.' Stevens, M. D., T. A. Emmet, H. Max- 

 well, S. Whitney, S, Knapp, Vice-Chancel- 

 lor McCoun, Cyrus Mason, D. D., W. A. 

 Seeley, J. S. Livingston. 



Treasurer — A. P. Halsey. 



Recording Secretary — R. Ogden Dore- 

 mus. 



Corresponding Secretary — A. H. Green. 



Executive Committee — R. L. Pell, J. W. 

 Draper, M. D., Archibald Russell, Col. Ed- 

 ward Clark, D. P. Gardner, M. D., R. K. 

 Delafield, Shepard Knapp. — Farmer and 

 Mechanic. 



Good Corn Crop. — Whilst on the sub- 

 ject of farming, and to show what can be 

 done by perseverance, we will state a case 

 that has come within our own observation. 

 J. J. Scofield, Esq., has a farm about a mile 

 from town, which he has tilled as a farmer 

 ought to. That portion which is not in 

 peach trees is under fine cultivation, and a 

 rotation of crops is resorted to. On one lot 

 he resolved to measure the quantity of corn 

 raised thereon. R. K. Tuttle, Esq., sur- 

 veyed the land, and found it contained two 

 acres and eighty-one hundredths. The crop 

 measured two hundred and fifty bushels 

 shelled corn, averaging ninety-one bushels 

 and eight-tenths of shelled corn to the acre! 

 This is farming to some advantage, as no 

 extra care or attention was paid to this field 

 over those adjoining. Would our farmers 

 but till less land than many of them do, and 

 keep it in better plight, they would in return 

 reap heavier crops at much less expense. — 

 Morristown Jerscyman. 



There were two hundred and seventy- 

 three square-rigged vessels lying at the port 

 of New Orleans on the 5th ult., of which 

 two hundred were American. When the 

 crowd of steamboats and sailing craft small- 

 er than brigs is remembered, it may be im- 

 agined what a busy scene the wharves at 

 New Orleans present. 



When you are an anvil, have patience; 

 when you are a hammer, beat straight. 



Take Care of your Shoes. — At the 

 breaking up of winter you will need good 

 sound shoes or boots, more, even, than ia 

 winter. We have used the following mix- 

 ture, and think it better for making water- 

 proof shoes than any other. We also give 

 the price of the material, just as we obtained 

 them at Craighead's Drug Store : 



One pint boiled linseed oil, 15 cents ; two 

 ounces beeswax, 4 cents; one ounce of rosin, 

 4 cents; one ounce oil of turpentine, 6 cents 

 — making 29 cents. 



Two ounces of copal varnish would give 

 this mixture some lustre, and cost six cents. 

 Cover the seals, seams, and upper leather 

 with it, when well melted together; dry it 

 in by a fire and cover again, until the leather 

 is tilled. Your boots will last longer, the 

 leather will be soft and impervious to water. 

 — Western Farmer and Gardener. 



Sheep. — Sheep should not run or be fed 

 with any other stock. Cattle hook them, 

 colts tease and oflen injure them. It is 

 often said that "colts will pick up what 

 sheep leave." Well managed sheep rarely 

 leave any thing — and if they chance to, it 

 is better to rake it up and throw it into the 

 colts' yard, than to feed them together. If 

 sheep are not required to eat their feed 

 pretty clean, they will soon learn to waste 

 large quantities. But if sheep are over-fed 

 with either hay or grain, it is not proper to 

 compel them by starvation to come back and 

 eat it. They will not unless sorely pinched. 

 Clean out the troughs— or rake up the hay, 

 and the next time feed a little less.— Valley 

 Farmer. 



