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“ The black and the bay, 
The white and the gray,” &c. 
Would he aver that these were “ decoy pic¬ 
tures ?” 
The individual who lias been so fortunate as to 
escape the attacks of Examiner, is Mr. D. C. 
Collins, of Hartford, Conn. The most decided 
commendations of his sheep—even with a 'pic¬ 
ture —have appeared in the American Agricultu¬ 
ralist, and in another publication issued from the 
same office and under the same auspices (the 
American Agriculturalist Almanac); these strong 
commendations have been coupled with a favorable 
notice of,(d ) and call of attention to the first number 
of Examiner’s series of attacks on other Amer¬ 
ican breeders. No one, perhaps, has a right to 
infer from these facts that Mr. Collins has had any 
agency or priority, either in these praises of his 
own sheep, or in these attacks on those of others. 
I presume to draw no inferences in the premises. 
But at all events, a comparison has thus been in¬ 
stituted between his sheep and those of the breed¬ 
ers thus assaulted—a comparison highly derogatory 
to the pretensions of the latter. 
Henry S. Randall. 
Cortland Village , Aug , 5, 1844. 
(a) We distinctly and emphatically disavowed 
endorsing all the opinions of Examiner (see 
vol. ii., p. 341); and we do not exactly understand 
what inference Mr. Randall would draw from his 
charge of a “ tacit or partial sanction.” It would 
be much better for him to define our exact posi¬ 
tion, otherwise it might be inferred that we wrote 
what never came from our pen. This rule of 
“ inferences” might be made to work both ways, 
and be drawn out to sanction Mr. R’s communica¬ 
tion and all others of our correspondents, with as 
much propriety as those of Examiner. 
( b ) For our own part, we beg leave to say, that, 
thus far, there is a trifling difference between our¬ 
selves and Mr. Randall. According to our best 
recollections, when we wrote about stock, we usu¬ 
ally made distinctions between thoroughbred and 
grade animals, or gave pedigrees, or all the infor¬ 
mation we knew of their history and breeding; 
and had anything like such charges been preferred 
against the breeding of the animals about which 
we wrote, as are made by Examiner against 
Mr. Jewett’s sheep, we should feel bound as an 
honorable man to promptly disprove them, or make 
a public acknowledgment that we were mistaken, 
or had been imposed upon ; neither of which 
Mr. R. here attempts, though, perhaps, he or 
Mr. Jewett will do so hereafter. There is a loose¬ 
ness in speaking and writing about grade animals 
throughout the country, which the sooner it can 
be corrected, the better it will be for stock breeders 
and purchasers; and every day^ additional expe¬ 
rience only goes to convince us more and more of 
the importance of distinguishing animals as grades 
or thoroughbreds. 
(c) It was in January, 1840, not ’36, as Mr. R. 
has it, that Black Warrior, Seneca Chief, Landpike, 
and Alligator, accompanied by a pair of fair demoi¬ 
selles, like the Amazons of old, made their “ bris¬ 
tling” entrance into “ life,” to the amazement of all 
grunters in general, and some in particular through¬ 
out the nation. 
(d) We deny this in toto, and challenge Mr. R. 
to construe one word of our preliminary remarks 
to Examiner’s “ first number” as a “ favorable 
notice.” We only said that the “ communication 
comes from one of much personal experience in 
sheep-breeding”—which is a fact; and merely 
added, the subject “seems important”—which is 
another fact. Neither did we “ couple ” the above 
“ favorable notice” with “ strong commendations” 
of Mr. Collins’ sheep, inasmuch as the articles on 
that subject did not appear till two months after— 
we had not then even seen the sheep in question! 
We have had occasion more than once to correct 
misstatements in regard to what we say, and we 
think a little more caution on this subject should 
be observed. But as we do not intend to crawl out 
of any hole, or refuse to stand up to the rack upon 
any matter we ever wrote about, we suppose 
Mr. Randall may allude to a note under the article, 
“Fine Wool Sheep,” page 98, of our second vol¬ 
ume. If so, he might with as much propriety say 
that the late Mr. Grove’s sheep were “ coupled” 
with Examiner, as that Mr. Collins’were ; and 
to conclude, it may be proper to observe here, that 
we literally forced ourselves upon Mr. C.; and that 
it was with the greatest reluctance he at length 
permitted anything to be written of his flock; and 
moreover, that he would not allow us- to say all 
that we might with perfect truth and justice have 
said in regard to them. For example, a yearling 
ewe sheared a fleece of 10 lbs.—yes, TEN pounds— 
which was worth, at least, ten cents per pound 
more than any other Merino wool in market; and 
one of the most extensive wool-brokers in this city 
informed us it would bring it. Several other ewes 
and some of the young bucks nearly approached this 
weight. We honestly believe that Mr. Collins’ im¬ 
portation from the Rambouillet flock of Merinos, in 
France, was one of the most valuable ever made 
into this country, and of great national importance; 
and we, and our late associate in the conduct of 
this periodical, beg to be considered as the persons 
“ grievously offending” in all cases throughout, in 
the “favorable notices” and “strong commenda¬ 
tions” of the Rambouillet Merinos. 
EGYPTIAN CORN. 
The Egyptian corn from the seed you sent me 
has fully matured, and is an abundant yield. It 
was planted late, and from its early maturity, I am 
led to believe that we might obtain two, if not 
three crops by the 1st of October. Mine was 
planted to obtain seed only. Where it was planted 
thick, each stock produced but one panicle, which 
is terminal; at a greater distance, and similar soil, 
some stocks have five panicles—one terminal, the 
other four auxiliary. Some put up suckers which 
have also borne fruit. 
Robert W. Williams. 
Tallahassee , Flor ., %0th July , 1844. 
We hope that Mr. Williams will hereafter give 
us the product per acre of the above corn, and its 
value for stock feed, of both seed and stalk. It is 
now cultivated here pretty extensively. 
