Sheep healthful to other Stock—English Tariff on American Provisions—Breed in Swine. 
gleaned treasures for themselves and pro¬ 
geny. The story might have been continued 
by addingas many more successive banquets 
for the invisible creation which the micro¬ 
scope would have revealed. 
Every farm should be supplied with a few 
of the hardier kind of sheep* They cost lit¬ 
tle for keep, require trifling attention, yet how 
much they administer to the wants of a house¬ 
hold. The warm clothing they furnish, how 
comfortable in the inclement season of the 
year, from the woollen cap and tippet, through 
all the under and outer garments, to the soft 
hose and health-preserving oversock. They 
cover our beds in the wintry nights, and 
they cover ©ur floors with carpets, which af¬ 
ford a warmth and luxury to our feet a sultan 
might envy. And how easily all these arti¬ 
cles may be procured from a few choice 
fleeces 1 When not convenient for the house- 
wife or her family to manufacture them, they 
can be readily made into the different kinds 
of fabrics on shares, or exchanged for such 
as are already prepared; or they are ever a 
ready sale at fair remunerating prices. And 
how agreeably too, is the pork barrel eked 
out by the luscious, well-fed quarters of the 
mountain lamb, and the fresh meat of winter, 
varied and prolonged by the stall-fatted mut¬ 
ton. But we must not enlarge on so fami¬ 
liar a subject, a-Rd will only add a paragraph, 
which we find credited to the Farmers’Jour¬ 
nal, so appropriate and so beneficial to the 
farmer’s interest, that we bespeak for it a 
careful perusal. 
“ The orts of sheep are sometimes found 
to possess medicinal virtues for other stock. 
We once owned a sick horse, whose disorder 
seemed proof against other medicine, and by 
keeping him wholly on sheep’s orts, which 
were mostly raked out of the manure, where 
they had laid for a month or two, and which 
were readily eaten, a speedy cure was pro¬ 
duced. We know not enough of horseology 
to determine what the disorder was. It was 
attended with a severe cough, loss of appe¬ 
tite, leanness, and general debility. 
“ It has been stated, and by our observa¬ 
tion confirmed, that calves that run with 
sheep, are never infested with lice, and not 
liable to disorders, and this method of taking 
care of them is very convenient, as they may 
be kept in a yard with the sheep, separate 
from the other cattle, and watered in the 
morning before other cattle are turned out, 
which are liable to disturb or injure them. 
After the stronger cattle are housed early in 
the evening, the calves may again go to the 
water in peace and safety. When calves 
run with sheep, it may be well to tie them 
up a part of the time in the latter part of 
winter or in the spring, else they will be 
more difficult to manage the second winter, 
if not accustomed to confinement and 
frequent handling to tame them the first 
winter. 
ENGLISH TARIFF ON AMERICAN PROVISIONS. 
We notice under date of Dec. 14th, in our 
files of English papers, that it is announced 
by an official note from the Privy Council of 
Trade, that “ the hams smoked and dried in 
Canada from American salted pork, would be 
subjected to the same duty as hams of Cana¬ 
dian produce, viz: 3s 6d per cwt. 
This official announcement of reducing the 
duty 75 per cent, on one important article, 
corroborates our suggestion in the Dec. No. 
of our paper on this subject, that the British 
Government are willing to take our products 
at the rate of the Provincial duty, if Ameri¬ 
cans choose to give English merchants and 
their shipping all the profits of the business. 
We also notice, that a part of the Canadi¬ 
an loan, we suggested as having been arrang¬ 
ed for the benefit of their internal improve¬ 
ments, to carry out the above policy, has 
been offered to the English capitalists, all of 
which will be taken on the most favorable* 
terms. 
RESULT OF BREED IN SWINE. 
. Mr. J. R. Williams, of Buffalo, gave us a 
statement a few days since, by which some 
of our readers may be benefited, as illustrat¬ 
ing the difference in breeds. He bought two 
pigs last spring, about six weeks old, for 
which he paid $3 00. His object in procur¬ 
ing them was for the breed , as they were so 
small and indifferent at that age, that both 
occupied less than half the space in the bot¬ 
tom of a flour barrel. He took good care of 
them from that time, and kept an accurate 
account of the feed, which was principally 
corn meal, (for which he paid 37| cents a 
bushel,) with an occasional addition of oats, 
&c., all of which cost something less than 
$‘20. They were slaughtered in December 
last, at the age of nine months, 'precisely . 
When dressed and hung up for two days, 
they weighed in the presence of seve¬ 
ral witnesses, 304 and 310 lbs., total 614 lbs. 
It will be seen, after deducting the toll, 
one-tenth, for grinding, they returned 1 lb 
of pork for every 4 lbs. 6 oz. of corn con¬ 
sumed. 
