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to breed a few dozen pairs for sale next season, 
and we hope a year hence those who are in want 
of them can be supplied. The small China geese 
riced above, are very fine and bloodlike, are as 
ardy as ducks, and said to be as great layers. 
The Tennessee Agriculturist. —We have of¬ 
ten requested our cotemporaries, when inserting 
anything in their journals, to which they wished 
to call our attention, as an act of courtesy, not only 
to mark it, but to fold up the paper with the said 
marked article outside, so that it may immediately 
be seen; otherwise, as we have little time to be¬ 
stow upon our exchanges, it will be very likely to 
pass unregarded. We are indebted to a friend for 
pointing out several articles to us in the T. A., 
which we now proceed to notice. 
Who is Americus ? To this question of the 
Tennessee Agriculturist, we answer, that is best 
known to ourselves. If for any particular reason, 
we choose to insert anonymous communications, 
we shall do so; and all questions of what and who 
the authors are, we shall consider as impertinences 
which had better be addressed to some other quar¬ 
ter. But if the T. A. “claims to know” who 
Americus is, we wonder it should give itself the 
trouble of asking. 
Another point. As Americus does not own a 
single “ old Merino” to our knowledge, and does 
not very soon, expect to, we suspect that the T. A. 
will be obliged to wait sometime before it sees an 
“ advertisement appear” from him, “ offering some 
for sale;” nor can he very well now be engaged 
“ in writing up his own sheep,” however much he 
may be supposed “to undervalue his neighbors.” 
There are some folks in this world who seem to 
entertain the opinion, that no one can move, speak, 
or write, unless he has an interested motive in so 
doing. 
South-Down vs. Grandee's Wool. —The same 
paper above, asserts, that it can show samples of 
South-Down wool of a better quality than those it 
has from Grandee. We do not know what the edi¬ 
tor of the Tennessee Agriculturist may have in his 
possession, but here is an offer, viz: we will give 
him one thousand dollars for every pure bred 
South-Down sheep that he will deliver to us in 
this city within a year, whose whole fleece clean 
washed, not to say “is better,” but within TEN 
CENTS per pound, as fine as samples of wool of 
Grandee’s fleece which we can produce, or indeed 
that are as good as the poorest Rambouillet 
fleece which can be found in the Hartford flock. 
The South-Down is acknowledged to be one of 
the hardiest sheep, and handsomest formed, in ex¬ 
istence; the mution, also, is very superior; if to 
these good qualities they can now show them in 
Tennessee, of such superior wool, they have a 
treasure indeed which our breeders here would 
be very glad to share with them, even at the most 
extravagant prices. 
Lectures upon Agricultural Chemistry 
among the Farmers. —We have recently received 
a letter from Dr. Raymond, of Buffalo, stating that 
it is his intention to make a tour through different 
parts of the state the ensuing winter, for the pur¬ 
pose of delivering a course of chemical lectures to 
the farmers, and arouse their attention to the 
study of so much of this important science as can 
be made practically beneficial to them. The course 
will consist of from six to ten lectures. Each lec¬ 
ture will be delivered independent of the others. 
Admittance for each person, one shilling in the 
villages, and 25 cents in the cities. Before Agri¬ 
cultural Clubs, $5 per night, for which he will 
give 50 tickets. These terms are extremely low, 
and as Dr. Raymond is quite conversant with his 
subject, we really hope that the farmers will en¬ 
courage him with a full attendance upon his lec¬ 
tures, wherever he may be found among them. 
Wool Exported to Europe. —One hundred 
bales, containing 20,000 lbs. of fine Saxon Merino 
wool, grown in the United States, was exported 
to England in the Patrick Henry, sailed 6th of 
October. It was stated in the papers that sixty 
cents per pound was paid for it, but this was a 
mistake, the purchaser only gave about fifty cents. 
This price, however, is a remunerating one, and 
sheep may be made to net $2 per head per annum 
on the average, which is a good business for the 
farmer, paying much better than grain and grass, 
or fatting pork, at present rates. We hope to see 
our flocks yearly increase. 
To our Readers. —We are particularly desirous 
of having our fourth volume superior to any of its 
predecessors, and hope, therefore, that all who 
can give us new matters of fact, experiments of 
any kind, or communications interesting to the 
agriculturist on subjects not yet particularly 
touched upon in this paper, will not hesitate to 
do so at once. We are likewise desirous to 
obtain drawings of plants, vegetables, and animals ; 
any new agricultural implements, or improve¬ 
ments in them; houses, barns, sheds, piggeries, and 
poultry-houses; plans of division farms; fences, 
gates, and indeed anything appertaining to agri¬ 
culture; all of which, if not too costly, we will 
get engraved as illustrations to this periodical. 
We hope that our friends will not hesitate in 
these matters. They must recollect that this 
journal has a wide circulation, and what appears 
very common and familiar to some, is strange and 
new to others, and regarded and perused with 
much interest and instruction. 
Agricultural Exports. —It will be seen from 
the following table of imports of American beef, 
pork, lard, and cheese, into Liverpool, the year 
ending August 31st, that our exports of these 
articles, from almost nothing three years ago, have 
become quite important; and what is more to the 
purpose, we think they are very likely to increase 
in nearly an equal ratio for three years to come. 
BEEF. PORK. LARD. ' CHEESE. 
brls. tecs. brls. tecs. brls. kegs. csks. bxs. 
1842 , 3,367 9,113 60 2,125 39,174 1,841 4,732 
1843 5,457 2,083 8,001 33 12,326 22,857 2,105 3,619 
1844 9,812 10,789 15,933 33 25,585 30,425 6,504 22,395 
