THE GENESEE FARMER 



A DKVOW STEKR. BUBD BT THE LATE PRINCE ALBERT. 



A SEVON STEEB. 



It is known to our readers that the late Prince 

 Albert took a deep interest in agriculture. He 

 was a successful breeder, especially of Devon cat- 

 tle. The portrait of a Devon Steer which we now 

 present*© the readers of the Genesee Farmer "has 

 the reptite of being the first Devon bull-calf ever 

 bred by His Royal Highness the Prince Consort." 

 He took the first prize at the Birmingham Fat 

 Cattle Show, and the second prize at the Smith- 

 field Club Cattle Show. "Tradition," says the 

 London Farmers' Magazine, from which we take 

 the cut, "records him as a very neatly-formed 

 animal; not standing high, but thick and full in 

 his frame, and beautifully fed, with flesh very firm 

 and of ^cellent good quality. 



Onions fob Cattle.— A correspondent of the 

 Keio Hampshire Journal oj Agriculture has great 

 faith in the eflicaoy of a peck of onions for ridding 

 oows or oxen of lice. He claims to have found 

 them an infallible remedy in his practice. They 

 also give tone to the stomach, and are especially 

 valuable in warm weather, when working cattle 

 will lie in the shade at noon-time, and refuse to 

 eat. 



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Rook Salt foe HoRSKa.— Place a few lumps of 



» rock salt in your horse manger. He will lick it 



daily, and with advantage to his health. This is 



perhaps the beat way to supply this article to this 



animal, and the most economical. 



Laegk Ceops of Corn. — From the report of 

 the committee on Indian corn crops for the Hing- 

 ham (Mass.) Agricultural Society, it appears that 

 a portion of the soil of the Old Colony still main- 

 tains its reputation for large yields of this grain. 

 There were three entries for the premiums offered 

 in 1862 for the largest quantity of corn produced 

 on one acre of land, and the yield obtained by the 

 several competitors is reported as follows : Caleb 

 HoBART, 109^ bushels ; Charles W. Cushing, 107J 

 bushels ; James Cushing, 80 bushels 46 pounds. 

 The weight of C. "W. Cushing's corn, per bushel, 

 was about 52^ pounds ; that of the otllfer compet- 

 itors about 5T pounds. The cost of these crops 

 per bushel, deducting one-fourth of the value of 

 the manure applied, is stated by the committee a» 

 follows: The crop of Mr. Hobart, 64 cents 6 mills ; 

 that of C. W. CusnixG, 50 cents ; that of Jams9 

 CusniNG, 88 cents 1 mill. 



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To Curb Sheep from Jumping. — A correspon- 

 dent of the Ohio Farmer gives the following curi- 

 ous account of the method adopted by him to pre- 

 vent his sheep from jumping the fences of his pas- 

 ture : 



" T want to tell you about my jumping sheep, 

 and how I broke them: I got them in a pen built 

 sufficiently high to hold them; I then ciught the 

 rinfclpaders one at a time, and made a small hole in 

 each ear. I then took a cord or string and ran 

 throuRh the holes in the ears, then drew the ears 

 together close enougli to keep them from working 

 the ears. I then let them out, and they are as quiet 

 as any sheep." 



