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Editorial Alotices. 



Vol. XII. 



fleece, are supposed to act in the manner ofi may never have seen their faces, he can entertain no 

 U corrosive, but tllC correct explanation is, [ofier H'an sentiments of esteem and kindness. In 

 not that the chalky particles attack the fibre 

 in a direct way, but that they render it brit- 

 tle, by absorbing the oily moisture with which 

 it is naturally imbued. Moreover, the plants 

 growing in such situations cannot but be in-j 

 jurious to sheep, owing to their impregna- 

 tion, though a slight one, with calcareous 

 matter; for grooms know well how soon a 

 horse's coat becomes disordered by the fre-j 

 qiient use of hard or well water, and prefer, 

 therefore, the river for their steeds." — Mor- 

 relVs Shepherd. 



taking leave of them, while he desires that their barns 

 may be filled with plenty, and all their flocks yield 

 their increase, he would also express the hope, that by 

 and by, when the harvest is past and the summer is 

 ended, and the great Husbandman shall have garnered 

 his wheat, we shall all be gathered. 



YouATT says: " When little cold has been jnow than formerly. 



experienced in the winter, and vegetation|| 



has been scarcely checked, the sheep yields 

 an abundant crop of wool, but the fleece is 

 perceptibly coarser, as well as heavier. When 

 the frost has been severe, and the ground 

 long covered with snow — if the flock has 

 been fairly supplied with nutriment, although 

 the fleece may have lost a little in weight, 

 it will have acquired a superior degree ot 

 fineness, and a proportional increase of value. 

 (Should, however, the sheep have been ne- 

 glected and starved during this prolongation 

 of c >ld weather, the fleece as well as car- 

 case is thinner, and although it may have 

 preserved its smallness of filament, it has 

 lost in weight, and strength, and usefulness," 



Recently in England, at a public sale of Short horns, 

 belonging to the estate of Earl Spencer, we learn that 

 eighty-eight were sold fur the very handsome sum of 

 £5,743 10*-., upwards of $i8,000. Sixteen bulls aver- 

 aged $450 each. One, "Upstart,' sold for £2 10, and 

 another, " Usurer," for X420, about ft2,100. This does 

 not look as if Durhams were less valuable in England 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



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il.Mi:RIC.A.IT HERD-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Seventh Month, 1848. 



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