THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



are the finest we ever saw, whether we 

 consider their fleece or the quality of the 

 mutton. Col. Ware sold, this fall, a lot 

 of thirty wethers to Mr. Otterback, of 

 the Washington market — half of them 

 only yearlings, the other half two years 

 old — for three hundred dollars, being ten 

 dollars each. None of them had ever 

 been fed on grain, and this proves that 

 the sheep are of a quality which can be 

 brought to perfection with only the ordi- 

 nary treatment by judicious crosses. 



" We saw yesterday a lot of nine of 

 these sheep, purchased by Mr. Jacob Pitt- 

 man, of this county, who is taking them 

 to his new residence in Augusta. Most 4 

 of them were yearlings, and one of them 

 a lamb of this spring. They are not 

 thorough bred, but are a superior lot, and, 

 to our eye, the most extraordinary we have 

 ever noticed. The buck (two years old) 

 is thorough bred, and has obtained what 

 may be termed perfection of form. We 

 were struck with the length of the wool 

 of a yearling ewe that had been unsheared 

 in the spring, being a very late lamb. 

 Some of this wool (clipped) is fourteen 

 inches in length at least, a specimen of 

 which we have now before us. 



" We recollect of eating some of this 

 mutton two or three years ago at the table 

 of Colonel Ware, which other gentlemen 

 must well remember, from its extraordi- 

 nary, and, we may justly add, unsurpassed 

 quality. That the same success will at- 

 tend the efforts of others in the rearing of 

 fine sheep only require the same care and 

 attention that Colonel Ware bestows upon 

 his. Indeed, no farmer, who takes a just 

 pride in the production of his farm, would 

 be without a portion of this stock. There 

 is nothing of exaggeration in this state- 

 ment our readers may be assured, for we 

 are far from being apt in description of 

 this sort. 1 ' 



The following is the advertisement of 

 Mr. Otterback, which we find in the Na- 

 tional Intelligencer and Baltimore Sun : 



"Notice to my Customers and Lo- 

 vers of Good Mutton. — Colonel Josiah 

 W. Ware, of Clarke county, Virginia, de- 

 serves great credit for his fine stock of 

 sheep. I have seen a great many in 



England, and have handled and killed 

 good many thousands in this country, but 

 I have never seen any better yet, accord- 

 ing to their age and quantity. He has 

 now on hand from seventy to one hundred 

 head of ewes. The country cannot pro- 

 duce better. I shall have (during this 

 winter) the finest and best mutton that 

 has ever been exhibited in our market, or 

 any where else in the United States, ac- 

 cording to the number. I have pur- 

 chased several lots of as good graziers as 

 any in the country, which reside in Clarke 

 county, (Virginia.) A lot of thirty head, 

 of Col. Josiah W. Ware, I dare the coun- 

 ty to beat. This stock of sheep is said 

 to be of the Cotswold breed. 



Philip Otterback. 



" N. B. — Notice will be given when I 

 shall have them in market. P. O. 

 Washington, Nov. 16, 1846." 

 Colonel Ware has shown us part of a 

 fleece taken from a seven months' and 

 yearling sheep, which, for length of wool, 

 is far beyond that of the ordinary wool of 

 sheep raised in this region. It is fine in 

 texture, and has quite a rich gloss, and 

 when manufactured into goods, it will vie 

 with any goods that may be imported, in 

 point of fineness and durability. 



From the Cultivator. 



CULTIVATIGN OF SWEEDISH 

 TURNIPS. 



We have been furnished with the fol- 

 lowing letter in reply to a request from 

 the Hon. A. Stevenson, of Virginia, for 

 information in relation to the culture of 

 the Swedish turnip, or ruta baga: 



Albany, Dec. 15, 1846. 



Hon. A. Stevenson : Dear Sir, — It 

 is with much pleasure I answer your in- 

 quiries on the cultivation of the Swedish 

 turnip. I regret my inability of descrip- 

 tion ; but shall be happy to disclose to 

 you my mode of culture by which I 

 usually obtain success. 



I regard the turnip crop as one of the 

 most important to the English farmer, and 

 believe it to be equally as productive here 



