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VOL. XII.—NO. 25.] MW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1854. [NEW SERIES.—NO. 51. 
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HR. HaLLOCK’S COTSWOLD SHEEP—ANTWERP 
RASPBERRIES, NEW-ROCHELLE BLACK¬ 
BERRIES, MILK COWS, &c. 
In a former volume of the Agriculturist, several 
years since, we gave some account of Mr. Ilal- 
lock’s farm at Milton, on the Hudson River; and 
our object more particularly in visiting him now, 
was to examine his recently imported Cotswold 
Sheep. 
These were brought from England for him by 
Col. Ware, of Virginia, and were chosen from 
one of the best flocks there. Two of the ewes 
were of the pen that won the first prize at 
the Show of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England. These ewes are large, superbly form¬ 
ed, and have averaged 10 lbs. of fine soft long 
wool each year since they were sheared. The 
bucks are equally superb. In good working 
order we should judge them to weigh nearly 
300 lbs. each, and if fat they would way 350 lbs., 
or more. These are great weights for fine , 
well-made sheep. A very coarse one may look 
larger, but the question is, whether he can show 
as much good meat, or shear as much wool? 
One of these bucks, two years old last spring, 
sheared 18J lbs. of wool, the other at the same 
age, sheared 17^ lbs. The wool is like the 
ewes, and a superior quality for a Cotswold. 
These rams have fine heads and limbs, deep 
full briskets, great breadth and length of body, 
and are as well taken up in the belly as a fine 
conditioned trotting horse. One serious objec¬ 
tion to large, long wooled sheep, is, the great 
paunch they carry. In these of Mr. H., there 
is no such fault, nor did we observe it in any of 
the lambs. One of these, a buck out of a prize 
ewe, four months and seven days old, to gratify 
our curiosity, Mr. H. weighed. It was 110 lbs., 
which we think a great weight for a lamb of 
that age. He is as fine as his sire, which was 
also a prize buck at the Royal Agricultural So¬ 
ciety Show, and imported by Col. Ware. 
The Antwerp Raspberry. —Mr. Hallock cul¬ 
tivates this superior fruit with great success. 
Before setting the canes, he plows deep and 
sub-soils the ground, and highly manures every 
year with a compost of muck and stable dung, 
applied to them when covered up in the winter 
or early spring. Two or three canes are set in 
every hill and these are four feet apart each 
way. The ground is kept well stirred with the 
cultivator during the growing season, and clear 
of all weeds with the hoe. 
To protect the canes through the winter, he 
covers them two or three inches deep with earth. 
This is done by plowing the ground the way it 
is desired the plants should lie, two furrows 
between the rows, and then bend the canes 
gently dowm from one hill to the next, and 
cover with a spade or hoe, being careful to leave 
the ground lowest between the rows, to prevent 
the water from settling around them, as they 
require to be kept dry. In the spring, as soon 
as the ground becomes settled and dry, the 
canes are carefully raised from the ground with 
the tines of a manure-fork, and the ground is 
then plowed between the rows at a right angle 
to the way the canes lay in it during the winter, 
so as to level and smooth it. Stakes about five 
feet long are then driven into each hill, and the 
canes tied close to them. 
Mr. Hallock has cultivated this kind of rasp¬ 
berry on the same ground in his garden for six¬ 
teen years, and they do as well now there as 
ever. The average yield is about 5,000 pint 
baskets a season ; and they sell in this market 
from twelve to fourteen cents each net, which 
leaves from $600 to $700 per acre. 
There is little danger of the New-York 
market being overstocked with this delicious 
fruit; for the desire to obtain it here increases 
faster than the cultivation extends in the country 
around us. 
New-Rochelle Blackberry. —Mr. Hallock also 
cultivates this superb fruit to a moderate ex¬ 
tent, and is now preparing to increase his plants 
rapidly. He showed us a spot of ground, 
which we should not think over four by six¬ 
teen feet, that produced upwards of a bushel of 
berries last year. 
It would greatly increase the yield of both 
blackberries and raspberries, if they could be 
irrigated during dry weather. They require a 
deep, cool, moist, rich soil; and if not so natu¬ 
rally, should be made as near this artificially, as 
possible. 
Guano and Muck on Corn. —Mr. Hallock has 
made a highly-successful experiment this year, 
by mixing guano with muck, and applying this 
to corn in the hill, &c. It would be premature 
to give the details now, but after harvesting we 
shall publish them with the results, for the ben- 
fit of our readers. The weather has been very 
dry there since the last of June, and yet the 
corn thus manured did not seem to suffer from 
it at all. He will have a fine, large crop, rain 
or no rain this month. 
Milk Cows .—Of these Mr. H. has a valuable 
breed. They are high grade Short-horns; and 
have been bred for years past for their milking 
qualities alone. This quality is so well estab¬ 
lished in them now, that the heifer calves almost 
invariably grow up good milkers. They are 
well formed, and have fine limbs. They are al¬ 
lowed to produce calves at two years old, and 
yet the cows get to more than average size of 
the native stock—in fact, they are almost as 
large as the general run of thorough-bred 
Short-horns. We think this rather surprising, 
as they are not more highly fed than any good 
farmer keeps his cattle. Any one desirous of 
obtaining good milking cows, would do well to 
follow the course pursued by Mr. Hallock. It 
is much cheaper and better than importing. The 
only objection to these fine animals is, they are 
not “dear bought and far fetched.” If this 
were the case, they would be in high vogue and 
at high pr ices. 
Mr. Hallock breeds fine Suffolk pigs, and 
Shanghai fowls of various kinds ; but we have 
so often spoken of these in our columns, and 
our readers are so familiar with them, we need 
not dwell upon them at full length. 
Messrs. Valentine and Isaac Hallock, his 
nephews and neighbors, we believe are interest¬ 
ed with him in Cotswold sheep and pigs, and 
their course of farming, stock raising, &c., is 
similar to that of Mr. Nathaniel Hallock. Their 
farms abound with choice fruit in general, such 
as cherries, pears, apples, &c., w r hich are culti¬ 
vated in a highly-intelligent manner. All of 
them take great pride in their large crops of 
ruta baga, and some other things, of which we 
shall give full particulars hereafter. 
LETTER FROM ENGLAND. 
[The following private letter has just been re¬ 
ceived from a friend, now traveling in England. 
It contains an interesting account of the late 
show of the Royal Agricultural Society, with 
some other matters, we therefore take the lib¬ 
erty of publishing it, trusting that our so doing 
will be pardoned by the writer, for the sake of 
the pleasing information it imparts to our read¬ 
ers.] 
Sheffield, England, July 22d, 1854. 
I have just returned from the great annual 
meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, held 
this year at Lincoln. The weather during the 
week has been remarkably auspicious, neither 
too hot nor too cold, too dry nor too wet for 
comfort. The exhibition has proved a most ex¬ 
tensive and successful one, fully equal, I am 
told, if not surpassing, any previous show of the 
kind ever held in England. The trial of the im¬ 
plements took place on Friday and Saturday 
last. Hussey’s reaper, now made by Messrs. Wm. 
Dray & Co., took the prize. McCormick’s (of 
course my favorite) was not placed in competi¬ 
tion, or even upon exhibition. Perhaps its re¬ 
putation is such as to put it beyond the fear of 
competition! Hobbs, the great Yankee lock¬ 
smith, told me at Consul Saunders’ dinner, in 
London, on the glorious Fourth, that he would 
have to remain in England full ten years longer, 
