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Cheap Food.—Protection of Sheep. 
fleshy, and of a much finer flavor, and is also a 
very profuse bearer. 
In this climate, the wood of the previous 
year’s growth bears one crop in June, after 
which it soon dies, the young shoots then come 
into bearing, and continue doing so into Octo- 
her, till the frost cuts them off, when you will 
see buds and blossoms, and the fruit in every 
stage from green up to full ripe on the hush, 
stayed by the hoary hand of nature in the midst 
of their productiveness. The fruit is preferred 
by many to the red Antwerp, and with its large 
erect clusters of flowers, presents a beautiful 
appearance. 
To propagate it, in the month of September 
you turn the ends of the young shoots to the 
ground, and slightly cover them over, and they 
will immediately take root. The best shoots 
for this purpose are those that have not borne 
fruit, or are about to flower. In the spring 
you cut these shoots off within a foot or two of 
the ground, and they can then he transplanted, 
and will shoot forward with great rapidity, 
growing of course from the butt end up. They 
will also propagate themselves in this way, the 
shoots rising up three feet or more, and then 
gracefully bending over like the branches of a 
weeping willow, till they reach the ground; 
their prongs at the end, then easily insert them¬ 
selves when it is soft and open, and find root, 
but as covering them slightly is only the work 
of a moment, this is considered safest and best, 
and ensures a selection of the choicest shoots to 
propagate from. They will also grow from 
the seed sown in September. 
Respectfully yours, 
Ezra Carpenter. 
Cheap food and plenty of it for the 
starving poor of Europe. —While at the 
West, we noted the following prices at the 
Pork Packing Houses: — Pigs heads, neatly 
dressed, with large fat jowles, and weighing on 
he average at least sixteen pounds per head, 
8 cents each, which is about one farthing 
sterling per pound. The best of spareribs at 
the same price. Sausage meat cut from the 
backs and bellies of the nicely dressed animals, 
one halfpenny sterling per pound; and pigs 
feet, that make the best of souse, in any quan¬ 
tity, for the trouble of taking them away; and 
the trimmings of lard, and the heart and liver, 
as poor people here will not eat them, the pro¬ 
prietors of slaughter houses are obliged to hire 
carted from their premises, to be thrown away! 
To prevent depredations by Hawks.-— 
One or more Guinea hens in a flock of fowls 
it is said will effectually prevent molestation 
from hawks. 
fkf 3 In answer to several inquiries on the 
subject, we reply, that the senior editor of this 
paper, A. B. Allen, will be in this city after the 
16th of May next, and will then attend to exe* 
cuting any orders for the purchase of farming 
stock, implements of husbandry, roots, seeds, 
fruit trees, books, engravings, &c., at a moderate 
commission. His long acquaintance with these 
matters, will ensure a good selection, if made 
personally in this country, and his correspond¬ 
ents abroad, will enable him to execute orders 
in Europe through agents there, for any of the 
above. The constant intercourse enjoyed in this 
city, through its packets and otherwise, not only 
with every portion of the United States, hut 
with every part of Europe also, afford great 
facilities for filling immediately, any orders that 
may be sent. They must, however, be inva¬ 
riably accompanied by the money. Until the 
time above mentioned, he may be addressed at 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
To guard Sheep from being killed by Dogs. 
Perhaps one of the greatest obstacles to th® 
keeping of sheep, ha9 been the savage destruc¬ 
tion made among them by worthless curs kept 
throughout our country, for no other reason 
that we could ever imagine, than to gratify the 
fancy of their owners. If these animals were 
kept constantly chained up where they could 
do no harm, no fault would be found; but when 
suffered to run at large and become public de¬ 
stroyers, it is quite another affair, and we hold 
every one justifiable, nay, a positive duty on 
their parts, to shoot all dog prowlers, without 
any more hesitation than they would a mad 
wolf. 
The importation of the large Spanish shep¬ 
herd dog has been recommended, as he will 
invariably attack and kill any dog that ap¬ 
proaches his flock, hut this would be an expen¬ 
sive and troublesome measure, and it would 
take a long while to breed a sufficient number 
of them here, before they could become gene¬ 
rally effectual. During our recent visit to Ken¬ 
tucky, we learned a very simple, and at the 
same time profitable way of guarding sheep, 
which is this : — 
Put a few active cows, with their sucking 
calves, in the same pasture with the flock—five 
would probably be enough for several hundred 
sheep, to which add five active three year old 
steers, and as many more two year olds. Take 
a gentle dog into the field, with a long light 
cord about his neck, the end held in the persons 
hand accompanying, to keep him in check, and 
then set him on to the sheep. The cows, 
thinking of their offspring, will immediately 
advance to head the dog and guard the calves, 
