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ture,) in the Albany Cultivator for present month 
(January,) says Mr. Jewett did breed him; and 
Mr. Randall goes on to mention, as if derived from, 
or by authority of Mr. Jewett, details and circum¬ 
stances of Mr. J.’s selling the ram when a lamb, 
and afterward repurchasing him for $200, &c.; 
but I have, notwithstanding, also heard it intima¬ 
ted, and have good reason to believe, that Mr. J. 
did not breed the ram. Thinking that there must 
be some mistake in Mr. Randall’s facts and de¬ 
tails, and that that gentleman must somehow have 
been misinformed, I should like to know about it, 
from Mr. J. himself. I would also inquire of Mr. 
Jewett if he himself bred both the immediate pa¬ 
rents of his ram No 2, or either of the parents 
of said ram? If not, who did breed them, or 
either of them ? but more especially who bred the 
dam , the ewe that yeaned the ram No. 2 ? Is it 
known who bred her, and where she was bred, and 
what was her blood ? If so, will Mr. J. please 
say who and where, and what ? Was not the said 
ewe supposed to have been brought with other 
sheep from Long Island, or Rhode Island, or some 
part of Connecticut, without anything in particular 
being known of her with certainty, beyond the fact 
that she was “ a good sort of an ewe,” but with 
no knowledge whatever of her blood or breeding, 
nor as to whether she was (as Mr. Jewett says,) 
a “ Paular, old Merino, or anything” ? 
As to the sire of Mr. J.’s ram No. 2, though 
certainly by no possibility a Paular , I am aware 
that he is said to have been of Jarvis’ mixed blood ; 
but precisely what that grade or mixture of 
blood then was, or now is, it would, according to 
all accounts, be pretty difficult, if not impossible, 
to say. Owing to one cause or another, it is be¬ 
yond doubt or dispute, greatly changed and de¬ 
teriorated in its character, from what it was 
originally, Mr. Jarvis’ flock having become essen¬ 
tially Saxon in constitution and character of fleece. 
But how this assimilation to Saxon, this degeneracy 
or change for the worse, has happened or been 
brought about, whether by a Saxon cross, when 
that delicate sort were in vogue, or otherwise, I 
will not now undertake to say. There are differ¬ 
ent opinions in regard to it. But of the fact of their 
degeneracy and changed character, I believe there 
exists no doubt nor dispute among candid and ex¬ 
perienced wool growers who have examined them. 
Mr. Jewett appears to be pretty good at asking 
questions, let us now see if he is equally good 
at answering them. By replying, in a simple 
and direct manner, through your columns, at his 
earliest convenience, to the questions I have pro¬ 
pounded to him previously and herein, he will 
oblige many of your readers, as well as 
Your obedient servant, 
Examiner. 
New York , January 17 th, 1844. 
P. S. Besides furnishing us the name and res¬ 
idence of the owner of the 400 pure Paulars, from 
which he says, a part of his own flock is a branch , 
I hope Mr. J. will have the goodness to say 
how many of his sheep, precisely what number , 
were obtained “ from that flock of Simon Pures,” 
and whether his pictured rams, No. J, otherwise 
called Pedro, and his new ram No. 2, or either of 
them, were of the number. Even if Mr. J. should 
not be able to furnish us the pedigrees of his whole 
flock, (which can hardly be expected of him in re¬ 
gard to such a mixed medley of sheep,) yet I do 
hope he will forthwith give us that of his pictured 
ram No. 2, alias “Fortune,” all the particulars, 
chapter and verse, including most especially with 
fulness and accuracy, the pedigree of the buck’s 
dam. We want to know all about the blood and 
breeding of that ewe. It can not of course require 
much time or trouble to furnish the pedigree of a 
single sheep, and of course so important a ped¬ 
igree as that of his principal “stock buck,” Mr. J. 
would be likely to have “all by heart” as the say¬ 
ing is, or at least where he could easily lay his hand 
on it. We will thank you for it, Mr. Jewett, if you 
please, and hope you will be so obliging as to fur¬ 
nish it soon, to the readers of the Agriculturist, 
many of whom are anxious to hear from you, about 
the pedigrees and purity of blood of your full 
blood, spurious, Vermont Paulars. 
SOUTHERN CALENDAR FOR JULY. 
As a general rule, give the cotton-crop its last work¬ 
ing this month; some seasons the weeds will be too 
large to work with plows without injury even before 
the 10th. Keep the fields clean; if your intention is 
either rotation, or cotton to succeed cotton, it will save 
labor next year. 
Pay particular attention to your tobacco-fields. 
When the plants have acquired from twelve to fourteen 
good leaves, and are about knee-high, begin to top them 
by nipping off the bud with the aid of the finger and 
thumb-nail. Take care not to destroy the small leaves 
near the buds, for if the land be good and the season 
favorable, the very top leaves will, in a short time, be 
nearly as large, and ripen quite as soon as the lower 
ones, whereby two or four more leaves may be saved ; 
thus obtaining from sixteen to eighteen leaves in the 
place of twelve or fourteen. As the topping of the 
plants is essential, in order to promote growth, and to 
equalize the ripening of the leaves, this operation 
should be commenced the instant that the bud shows 
a disposition to go to seed; and should be followed im¬ 
mediately by removing the suckers as fast as they ap¬ 
pear, which will now put forth at every leaf. 
The blades from the early-planted corn can now be 
stripped for fodder. Let the shuck or husk on the ear 
change from the green to the whitish cast, then tie a 
handful or so to itself, and thrust the end of the tie be¬ 
tween the ear and the stalk. Do not break down the 
stalks; for it will require more time to strip the blades, 
but in the end there will be a gain; for it can be got in 
sooner if a rain threatens, or if caught in a rain, it will 
not be injured so much. Cure the corn well before 
stacking. Late corn will need plowing in this month, 
and peas may be planted among it as directed in May. 
The late plantings of potato drawings and the plant¬ 
ings of vines, will require plowing, and drawing up 
with a hoe; continue to plant out vines. If there is 
not ground enough in the potato patch, bed up ridges 
in the early corn-fields. Two furrows will do to plant 
on, which will not materially injure the corn; or plow 
up a choice piece of stubble ground anew. 
Millet-grass must be cut when just turning, if for 
feeding, and treated in the same manner as stacking 
oats. 
If your crop will admit of it, grub up small growth; 
cut down saplings; and deaden greens, for a calf pas- 
