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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. IX. 



Cortland, a gold medal, for the best managed flock of 

 sheep. His statement in relation to his treatment of 

 this flock, is, we think, well calculated to excite the 

 attention of wool growers. He says : 



"In the winter of 1843-4, I wintered in a separate 

 flock, fifty-one ewes over one year old, two ewe lambs, 

 two rams, one of them one, and one of them two years 

 old. Of the ewes over one year old, twenty-eight were 

 full blood Merinos; twenty-three were half blood 

 Merinos and half blood Southdown , the two ewe 

 lambs were three-fourth blood Merino and one fourth 

 blood Southdown; and the two rams were full blood 

 Merinos. The flock was kept as follows, through the 

 winter. They were fed hay morning and night, and 

 were as a general rule required to eat it up clean. At 

 noon the flock was daily fed three bundles of oats and 

 barley— which had grown nii.xed, say three parts oat 

 and one part barley— until the 25th of December, after 

 which they received four bundles of oats. The grain 

 was light and shrunken. They received no hay at 

 noon during the winter, and usually consumed all the 

 straw of the grain fed to them. They had a good shel 

 ter and access to pure water at all times. From this 

 flock I raised fifty-three lambs. The full blood Mcri 

 nos, including two rams, and the two three-fourths 

 blood lambs— in all thirty two— sheared one hundred 

 and eighty-six pounds and four ounces of washed wool 

 which I sold at forty-eight cents per pound. Four of 

 the full bloods had two years' fleeces on. The half 

 blood Merinos and half blood Southdowns — twenty- 

 three — sheared eighty and one-half pounds of washed 

 wool, seventy-one pounds of which I sold at thirty- 

 eight cents per pound. During the summer of 1844, 

 the flock was kept in good ordinary pasture, and 

 salted once a week. Out of this flock I have sold du- 

 ring the past summer and fall, ten full blood Merinos 

 over one year old, and twenty full blood Merino lambs 

 for five hundred and twenty-nine dollars— and twenty 

 three halfblood Merino and halfblood Southdown 

 ewes, and sixteen three-fourth blood Merino and one- 

 fourth blood Southdown lambs, for one hundred and 

 ninety-seven dollars. 

 Expense of keeping 55 sheep one year $82 50 



Received for wool, estimating that kept at 

 the same price with that sold $119 99 

 Received for those sold 726 00 



$345 99 



Remaining on band, thirty nine of this flock. 

 I have submitted no estimate of the original value 

 of the flock, not deeming it necessary, as the diminu- 

 tion of the orignal number is here stated." 



The annual Address was delivered at an adjourned 

 meeting in the evening, by John P. Beekman, the late 

 President. And we doubt not the day and the labours 

 of the meeting closed with an increased interest in the 

 progress of agriculture in New York. 



In our last number, page 198, will be found a notice 

 of some inquiries relative to the Cranberry plant. M. 

 S. Powell, No. 23 Market street, informs us that he 

 can supply any demand, and can also give the neces- 

 sary instruction for their cultivation. 



The disease in the potatoe, which so extensively 

 prevailed through this section of country in 1343, and 



in the New England States in 1844, has very properly 

 claimed the attention of many of our observant men. 

 On page 102, of the current volume of the Cabinet, 

 will be found a notice of the appointment of a com- 

 mittee, by the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, upon 

 this subject. The translation furnished by that com- 

 mittee on page 212, will be read with much interest. 

 Professor Von Martius has given close attention to 

 the disease as it appeared in Germany, and certainly 

 makes in relation to it, many judicious remarks. 



The Farmers^ Monthly Visitor mentions a hog re- 

 cently slaughtered in Pittsficld, N. H., which weighed 

 when dressed, 705 lbs. It was nineteen months and 

 sixteen days old, and consequently had gained in neat 

 weight, about one pound and three ounces per day. 



The following premiums will be awarded by the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, at its stated meet- 

 ing on the 18th inst., to wit: 



For the best regularly shaped Camellias, six named 

 varieties to be exhibited, $10. 



For the next best do. do. $5. 



For the best Camellias of other forms, do. do. $7. 



For the best Mushrooms, one dozen to be exhibited, 

 $2. 



And at the stated meeting on the 18th of next month, 

 the following will be awarded: 



For the best Azaleas, ten named varieties to be ex- 

 hibited, $3. 



For the next best do. do. $2. 



For the best American seedling Azalea, $3. 



For the best Pears, half a peck, $3. 



For the best Apples, half a peck, $1. 



We keep on hand at this oflice, and will supply our 

 friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in leather;— Price $4 00 



YOUATT ON THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 

 ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 



BRIDGEMANS GARDENER'S ASSISTANT; 2 00 



THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37J 



THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37'i 



DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 60 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half bound, 8 vols. 6 50 



DOWNING'S Landscape Gardening, 3 50 



DARLINGTON'S Flora Cestrica, 3 00 



RELiaUI^ BALDWINIAN^, 1 00 



AMERICAN Poulterer's Companion, 1 25 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 3ii 



BUISTS' ROSE MANUAL, 75* 



SKINNERS CATTLE DOCTOR, 50 



AMERICAN FARRIER, 50 



THE FARMER'S MINE, 75 



JOHNSTONS Agricultural Chemistry, 2 25 



HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 25 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 ' 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12J 

 As well as his larger works on Chemistry and Agri- 

 culture. 



Subscriptions will be received for Colman's Agri- 

 cultural Tour in England and on the Continent. 

 23- We are prepared to bind books to order. 



