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Consul Jarvis’ importation,) and now amounts to 500. 
It would have been an insult to this gentleman’s high 
and unexceptionable character to have published the 
endorsement of it, contained in the certificate of his 
intimate friend Governor Jennison, were it not that his 
statements were to be read far from his native state and 
the circle of his acquaintance. That Bedell also pre¬ 
served his flock pure from the time of its purchase to 
the time of his death, is proved by the individual who had 
charge of it during that entire period; by Bedell’s suc¬ 
cessor on the farm, who was constantly acquainted with 
the flock, and assisted in shearing it 12 out of the 16 
years during which B. lived after he purchased it; by 
Rockwood; and finally, by his near neighbor Gov. Jen¬ 
nison, who fully confirms the testimony, on this point, 
of all the other witnesses. 
Beside the purchase of 80 ewes of the C oclc stock by 
S. W. Jewett, alluded to in C. A. Hurlbert’s certifi¬ 
cate, I have lying before me the statements of various 
other purchases, by the same gentleman, from both the 
Bedell and Rich branch of the same stock, which it is 
not necessary to publish. Mr. Jewett’s certificate of 
the pedigree, &c., of the ewes exhibited by me at the 
State Fair, is as follows: 
Weybridge, -, 1844. 
I have this day sold Henry S. Randall, of Cortlandville, N. Y., 
for the sum of $200, eight yearling pure bred Spanish Merino 
ewes, being the choice of my entire flock. Said ewes were got by 
my buck Fortune, dams ewes of the Rich stock, and they have a 
half penny taken from the under side of the right ear. Their 
fleeces averaged five pounds of washed wool, and the four accom¬ 
panying samples* were taken from four of them. 
S. W. JEWETT. 
The pedigree of Fortune’s dam has been given in Mr. 
Rich’s statement above; that of his sire is thus stated 
by his breeder : f 
Statement of Tyler Slickney, Esq .—The ram which was the sire 
of Mr. Jewett’s buck Fortune, I purchased of Consul Jarvis, of 
Weathersfield, in the year 1835. He sold the same to me for a 
pure Spanish Merino ram—ear mark a notch under each ear. 
TYLER STICKNEY. 
Middlebury, 1844. 
No authentication of this statement is deemed neces¬ 
sary, as probably there is not a sheep-breeder within 
fifty miles of Middlebury, who is not perfectly conver¬ 
sant with the history of this wonderful ram. 
The history of Consul Jarvis’ importation, and his 
formal attestations of the purity of the rams sold by 
him, would unreasonably extend the limits of this com¬ 
munication, and probably they are not necessary, to the 
full substantiation of the pedigrees. He is yet alive; 
and the history of his importations will be found in a 
letter addressed to me in the first vol. of the Transac¬ 
tions of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society, page 320. 
As I have already remarked, I have other strains of 
blood in my flock, some entirely distinct from the above, 
some a mixture between the above and other distinct 
strains. Their pedigrees are equally susceptible of 
proof with the above, and are always open to inspection. 
That the quality of some of these other strains is 
nothing inferior, in the estimation of others as well as 
myself, I recently had substantial proof in the sale of a 
young ram, partly one of these stocks, and partly of the 
above, at $300, and the opportunity of refusing $100 
for a ram lamb of the same stamp. 
Yours respectfully, 
HENRY S. RANDALL. 
Cortland Village, Nov., 1844. 
* These were shown with the sheep at the State Fair, and I 
should now forward them, accompanying this, had they not acci¬ 
dentally been mislaid. 
11 erroneously stated in the January Cultivator that Fortune 
was bred by Mr. Jewett. 
NORTHERN CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER. 
Settle all your accounts, collect what is due you, 
and pay what you owe. “ Short settlements make long 
friends.” Examine your farm statistics, and see what 
have been the results of your experiments with the 
different kinds of manures, seeds, modes of tillage, &c., 
&c., and note them well for future use. No farmer 
ought to be Avithout such a book, in which all experi¬ 
ments should be carefully recorded at the time, and the 
results carried into a separate book for his own use 
hereafter; and if new and valuable discoveries are 
obtained, communicate them to some agricultural peri¬ 
odical for the benefit of the world. Recollect, you 
have the experience of thousands to guide your opera¬ 
tions, and by contributing to the general stock whatever 
may be useful, you are but returning to mankind a part 
of the benefits you have derived from them. But avoid 
twaddle and humbuggry, and oft-published statements, 
and prolix or tedious narration, and give all the circum¬ 
stances material to the subjects, in the briefest, plain¬ 
est, simplest language possible. Above all things, send 
in your subscription to one or more valuable agricultu¬ 
ral papers, and get as many of your neighbors to sub¬ 
scribe as possible, and consider in so doing, you are 
benefiting yourself by it ten times as much as you are 
the publishers. Summer is peculiarly the time for ma¬ 
king observations and experiments, and winter the time 
for communicating them. Remember the poor , not only 
in this month but every month through the year, and 
especially during the inclemency of winter. You need 
not give so much to them outright, but endeavor to put 
them in a way of making themselves comfortable, by 
affording them employment, by which you may be ben¬ 
efited while doing them good. You thus confer on them 
a triple benefit, by furnishing them the means of com¬ 
fortable subsistence, teaching them to help themselves, 
and avoiding the habit of receiving charity, which 
insensibly weakens their sense of self-dependance. 
Stock now require increased attention. They must 
be well housed, or at least protected against wind, with 
a shelter to which they can resort in storms, well sup¬ 
plied with salt, and abundance of water if possible in 
the yard, where they can get it when they want, and 
without wearying themselves in looking for it, and wast¬ 
ing their manure by dropping it in the road, or by a 
running stream or pond,Avhere it will all be lost. Their 
feed should be regular, and given them as near stated 
times as possible. They look for their food then at cer¬ 
tain hours, and are not uneasy and fretful till the cus¬ 
tomary period arrives, when they again fill themselves, 
and rest quietly, digesting their food till it is time to 
look for another supply. If brought up in regular 
habits, brutes are much better time-keepers than many 
are disposed to consider them, who have not observed 
closely their intelligence. Now is a good time to break 
steers and colts, while the roads are smooth and hard. 
They ought to be early accustomed to handling and the 
halter, and be gently treated, by which they are more 
disposed to yield to the wishes of their master. If they 
have been always used to good treatment, they will 
acquire a confidence in their keepers, and the more 
readily submit to their guidance. ’Tis always better to 
train them with strong, well-broken animals. Sympa¬ 
thy has more to do with the brute creation than they 
have credit for generally, and the good habits and 
orderly behavior of the older animals they have been 
accustomed to treat with deference, will not be with¬ 
out its wholesome effect on them. Young animals in 
being broke err more from ignorance than obstinacy or 
ill-temper; patiently and gently teaching them is the 
best method to pursue. 
