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dant. Wheat may now be purchased in Middle 
Georgia for 50 cents a bushel, and in the upper 
county at 37£ cents. The corn crop is also very 
promising, and indeed at this time is (the early 
planted) mature. It is believed that it will be pur¬ 
chased at gathering for 12k cents a bushel, in the 
Cherokee counties. With the very great capacity 
of the Southern States for the production of bread- 
stuffs, and indeed food of all sorts, for man and 
beast, it is not to be supposed that they will be de¬ 
pendent upon their neighbors. Their true policy, 
at the present price of cotton, is to direct a part of 
the labor of the country to the production of provi¬ 
sion crops, stock, &c., in which case the product of 
cotton would be diminished, and according to the 
law of supply and demand, the price increased, and 
the lands preserved, if not improved. Under such 
circumstances, the Southern States might be ex¬ 
porters of bread-stuffs, as well as of cotton, tobacco, 
and rice, which, by the by, furnish the basis of all 
the great commercial operations of the United 
States, being in fact the surplus productions of the 
country, which other people want. 
The cotton crop, from various accounts, is very 
backward, but more promising than was expected 
a month ago—a large crop is, however, not 
anticipated. Wm. Terrell. 
Sparta, Georgia, Aug. 3d, 1846. 
DROVERS’ DOGS—BOXER AND ROSE. 
The annexed cut represents Boxer, 
the English Cattle or Sheep Dog, and 
Rose, a Scottish Colley Slut, which 
were imported by B. Gates, of Gap 
Grove, Lee County, Illinois; and were 
selected with great care in Europe. £ 
The Colley is much better known in ' 
this country than the English breed, I 
which is a heavier dog, uniting j 
strength with intelligence, and there¬ 
fore better adapted to protect from 
wolves or sheep-killing dogs. Yet 
he would not be able to conquer the 
Large Grey Wolf alone; but those are - 
not often met with, unless in parts 
thinly populated. Our greatest enemy 
in Illinois is the Prairie W olf, which 
is numerous. 
Much has already been written on 
the intelligence of the Scotch Colley. 
My opinion is that the English 
'•/ Butcher’s Dog” is no way lacking 
in that point. Any reader who has 
visited Smithfield Market, in London, 
on Monday or Friday, will, no 
doubt, have formed the same opinion. 
There you have an opportunity of 
seeing a number of these useful animals at their 
work. It would, in fact, be almost impossible to 
conduct this Market without their aid. There a 
vast number of different flocks are brought for sale 
from all parts of the country, to supply this great 
Metropolis, and are collected in the smallest pos¬ 
sible space. The difficulty of keeping them from 
mingling with others, falls principally on the dog. 
If one slips away, or a particular one is wished to 
be caught, it is pointed out to him and is turned 
back, or held till the owner takes it—the dog 
always holding them by the side of the head, so as 
not to bruise the body. By a word, or motion of 
the hand, they will run over the backs of the sheep, 
to stop them or turn them in a different direction. I 
have often admired with astonishment their quick 
and intelligent actions. They appear to read the 
thoughts of their master by his countenance, for 
their eye is continually on his, or on the flock. 
Nothing else can attract his attention when he has 
work to perform, and at times I have thought he 
acted with more judgment than the owner.— 
Farmer's Library. 
Drovers’ Dogs. 
DOMESTIC FISH-PONDS.—No. 4. 
Choice of Fish for Stocking the Ponds .—The 
tench and carp thrive well together, and of all 
fishes they are the least inclined to animal food, 
living chiefly on seeds and herbage, and ever 
swallowing mud and slime; also the lame of in¬ 
sects and worms. Among the numerous varieties, 
Boccius recommends the English or round-bodied 
carp, hut most especially the Spiegel or mirror carp, 
so called from the beautiful blue-mottled scales 
along the sides, much larger than those of the rest 
of the body. If the pond is not overstocked, the 
carp will thrive and become so tame that they 
will rise to the surface at the ringing of a bell, to 
be fed. In August and September they will bask 
in the sun on the surface of the water, and some¬ 
times gambol about like so many porpoises. They 
will scarcely retreat at the approach of any one, 
and will even allow themselves to be handled. 
They will attain a large size, and live to an age of 
150 to 200 years. Brood carp, in Europe, of three 
years’ growth, generally weigh from three to fouf 
