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scrub bull of the country, than have a ca'f or pa 
a better breed. 
Bishop Ives has lately commenced an Agricultural 
School which is located in the north-western part of 
our State. I shall send my eldest son in a few weeks 
to that institution, and hope it will prove a lasting 
bene fit.to him in future life. J. B- M. 
North Carolina, Sept. , 1845. 
Champion. 
The property of Mr. L. G. 
Sever having seen the original, we presume that 
the artist has made this buck somewhat coarser than 
he really is. The outline, however, is good, and 
shows a strong constitutioned, vigorous animal; one 
that can shake his head at old Boreas in defiance, 
blow as hard as he list, or lie in a deep snow storm 
without suffering, only give him plenty of water to 
drink, a little salt, and a full stomach of hay, tem¬ 
pered with a small quantity of oats, peas, or beans. 
We hope to be able to visit Vermont one of these 
days, and take some lessons in sheep husbandry on 
the borders of the Green Mountains. 
Champion is a yearling sheep, we believe. When 
14 months 8 days old, he sheared X0 lbs. 8 oz. clean 
washed wool. 
Water Lime Cement for Water Pipes. —Hav¬ 
ing had to repair a lead pipe that leaked, and finding 
the pipe so much corroded that solder would not 
adhere, I was obliged to resort to other means than 
soldering, when the following plan suggested itself. 
There being several places in the pipe, although 
MERINO SHEEP. 
Yer 1 '.vs has long been celebrated for its- 
strong, hardy, heavy fleeced Merino sheep, especially 
the Western part of it, bordering on Lake Champlain. 
The flocks are extensive there, and most of the farm¬ 
ers possess a greater or less number. They depend 
upon their clips of wool something as the South does 
upon cotton, rice, and sugar; or the West on tobacco, 
corn, and pork, for their cash incomes. Below we give 
•Fig. 76. 
Bingham, of Willision , Vt. 
within a short distance, that were so oxidated that vre 
could not remove the earth without leaving holes m 
the pipe, we first carefully wrapt a piece of soft lea¬ 
ther around it with twine, and masoned it in com¬ 
pletely about two inches thick with water lime mor¬ 
tar, made by mixing one part cement with two pails 
sharp sand, wet to a convenient consistency for use. 
The plan succeeds well, although the fall is about 
forty feet in thirty rods. I would recommend cement 
pipe for water as every way preferable to metal for 
all ordinary places and purposes; for it is not only 
much the cheapest, but most durable, and any farmer 
can lay it after he once knows the principle. 
_ J. W. 
A Preventive against Moles —I have discover¬ 
ed what I consider a sure preventive against the 
depredations of the ground mole in orchards. Late in 
the fall I draw fresh muck from the swamp, and put 
about ten bushels around the trunk of each tree, 
heaping it about one foot up the tree, then tread or 
pack it hard and smooth, and it will lie bare nearly all 
