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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
THE LATE MR. BOLDEN’S HERD. 
When 
Calved. 
Name. 
Buyer. 
Price in 
Guineas. 
1852... 
. .Lady Hopetown. . 
..Mr. Torr. 
.220 
1848.. 
. .Gertrude. 
.100 
1852.. 
. Prune. 
.. “ Bland. 
.100 
1845.. 
.. Florence. 
.. “ Adcock. 
. 80 
1850... 
,. Pearlette. 
.. “ Alexande. 
. 70 
1848.. 
.. Pearl 2d. 
.. “ Cartwright. 
. 65 
1853.. 
.. Pearl Powder. 
. . “ “ . 
. 52 
1850... 
..Roan Twin. 
..Miss Dalton. 
. 50 
1850... 
Red Twin. 
. .Mr. Vernor. 
. 50 
1854.. 
. Prunella. 
.. “ Bland. 
. 50 
1851... 
. Isabella Howard . 
“ Bromley. 
.46 
1854... 
.Lisette. 
,“ Whalley. 
. 40 
1854... 
.Isabella 2d. 
.. “ Knowles. 
1853... 
. Burletta. 
... “ Bromley. 
. 36 
1845... 
.Linda. 
.. “ Hetherington .. 
. 34 
1842.. . 
1855.. . 
. Dowager Queen .. 
.. “ Carr. 
. 27 
. 20 
bulls. 
1853.. Duke of Bolton.Mr. Adcock.105 
1854.. 
..Vocalist*. ‘ 
‘ Bland. 
. 62 
1854.. 
. .Cherry Duke*. ‘ 
1 Jefferson. 
. 62 
1855.. 
..Brilliant. “ 
Cartwright. 
. 02 
1854.. 
. .Viadot*. “ 
Blackstock. 
. 57 
1855.. 
..Blucher*. “ 
Bland. 
. 52 
1854.. 
..Hymen*. 11 
Douglas. 
. 51 
1855.. 
. .Third Duke ol Bolton *' 
. 40 
1855.. 
. .Bonaparte*. “ 
Bland. 
. 30 
1855.. 
. .Petterill. “ 
Whalley. 
. 21 
1855.. 
. Hyning. “ 
Dalzell. 
. 20 
Davy’s Devon Herd Book. —We desire to 
call attention to Mr. Morris’s advertisement 
of the forthcoming American and English 
edition of this valuable work, for which see 
page 189 of this number of our paper. This 
is another evidence of the rapidly increas¬ 
ing interest of the farmers of our country in 
the improvement of their domestic stock. 
We look upon Devons as one of the most 
servicable and valuable breeds of cattle ; and 
they have deservedly been great favorites 
among us for many years. Whatever tends 
to multiply and improve them, and gives a 
correct history of the same, can not but 
meet with approbation. 
The Geological Survey of New-Jersey is 
progressing finely. Mr. E. F. Baldwin, As¬ 
sistant Geologist, and Mr. S. A. Conrad, 
Paleontologist, have been added to the origi¬ 
nal corps. The investigations made will not 
be in a condition to be published at present. 
When the observations are completed and 
compared and arranged, we shall have a 
large addition to our present knowledge of 
the mineral and agricultural resources of the 
State. 
The Monmouth County (N. J.) Agricultu¬ 
ral Society will hold their next annual show 
September 27th, on the farm of Mr. Hudson 
Bennett, at Freehold. 
KEEPING FURS IN SUMMER. 
About the 1st of April, or on the approach 
of warm weather, lightly whip, comb and 
brush your furs till they are perfectly free 
from dust, sprinkle them with a little spirits 
of any kind, and wrap them in clean linen. 
Put them in a tight box or drawer, and keep 
them from the air as much as possible. In 
this situation they may remain ten or fifteen 
days, when they ought to be examined, and 
the whipping, combining and brushing re¬ 
peated. 
The insects most destructive to furs, are, 
first, the black bug which infests smoked 
meats, &c. It appears and deposits eggs 
early in the spring. This kind of moth does 
not eat the fur, but preys altogether on the 
skin. Next, the small ash colored miller, 
which produces the moth that destroys all 
kinds of woolen stuffs, and may be seen hov¬ 
ering about the candle on a summerevening. 
This kind particularly preys upon and de¬ 
stroys the furs, and ought to be most guarded 
against, also the mite, which are very nu¬ 
merous. They appear like dust, and are 
scarcely perceptible to the naked eye. They 
subsist upon and destroy the fiberous mem¬ 
brane which attaches the fur to the skin. 
Hence the practice of sunning and airing furs 
is highly prejudical, for as insects fly about 
in the air, it not only affords them an oppor¬ 
tunity of getting in and breeding, but the 
warmth of the sun nourishes and supports 
them, and at the same time spoils the color 
and destroys the life and beauty of the fur. 
Coarse furs—such as bear and buffalo 
skins—may be preserved by beating them 
well in the spring, and heading them up in 
an air tight spirit cask, which had been re¬ 
cently emptied. Especial care must always 
be taken to have furs, woolens, &c., clean 
and free from insects when they are put up 
for the season—and no means are adequate 
to the preservation of furs that are badly 
dressed and not cleansed of the natural 
grease. —A Troy Furrier. 
We have found no difficulty in keeping 
furs and wollens, by simply packing them 
away in a trunk or chest and putting in a few 
large pieces of camphor gum. Let these 
pieces be as large as walnuts or eggs so that 
some portion of them will remain during the 
entire summer. Camphor can be purchased 
by the pound for 50 to 75 cents. It is well 
to whip or shake furs or woolen clothes be¬ 
fore putting them aside. 
“A little humor now and then, 
Is relished by the best of men.” 
Real Wit. —An old doctor and a young 
one w'ere conversing together upon the sub¬ 
ject of flogging children. The young man 
insisted that in most cases it did more harm 
than good, and was often done without a 
cause, while the old gentleman as strongly 
insisted that it was highly beneficial in cor¬ 
recting the morals of youth. At last the 
young doctor said : “Why, doctor, I promise 
you on my .honor, my father never flog¬ 
ged me but once in his life, and that was for 
telling the truth.” “ Well,” replied the gruff 
old doctor, “ it cured you, sir, didn't it?" 
Long-Dated Bill. —It chanced one gloomy 
day, in the month of December, that a good- 
humored Irishman applied to a merchant to 
discount a bill of exchange for him, at rather 
a long, though not unusual date'; and the 
merchant having casually remarked that the 
bill had a great many days to run, “ That’s 
true,” replied the Irishman, “ but then, my 
honey, you don’t consider how short the 
days are at this time of the year !” 
A Model Verdict. —The following verdict, 
delivered at Rome, Georgia, in the case of 
Abe Johnson vs. Thomas Cameron, shows 
that Philadelphia does not monopolize all 
the intelligent “ gurymen ” in the United 
States : 
“ We the gury choazen and swoarne agre 
that tom kamyron must pa abe gonsing the 
ful amount of 20 five sents that the planetif 
pa over the won kwart of licker for tbe ben¬ 
efit of the gury and kosts will be roled out.” 
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its 
value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap 
as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise 
expectation, or animate enterprise. 
The Difference. —Glasses reflect without 
talking, lasses talk without reflecting. That’s 
the difference between lasses and glasses. 
Another Shanghai Work. —At a dinner 
party last week, the conversation turned 
upon the fowl mania, recently developed in 
this country; one gentleman referred to the 
popular engravings of Shanghai monstrosi¬ 
ties, another to Burnham’s book on the hen 
fever, and a third to Melvill’s story in Har¬ 
per of “ Cock-a-doodle “yes,” observed 
another, better versed in cotton than litera¬ 
ture, “ the thing seems to be getting into 
books fast; I saw one advertised the other 
day, called 1 Wolfert's Roost,' another Shang¬ 
hai work, I suppose.” The best of the 
joke was that Irving was at the table, and 
within ear shot. —Boston Tran. 
“ Mother,” said a little friend of ours, the 
other day, “ why doesn’t Mrs. Simpson’s 
canary bird sing now 1” “ Because he is 
dead, my dear,” the mother replied. “ No, 
mother,” rejoined the prattler, “ he isn’t 
dead, for I saw him yesterday on the clock.” 
“ But he is dead, nevertheless,” returned the 
mother ; “ he [died a fortnight since, and be¬ 
cause he was a pet, Mrs. Simpson had him 
stuffed, that she might have him with her 
still.” “Well, mother,” added the child, 
“ if Mrs. Simpson’s little baby was to die, 
would she have him stuffed, too ?” 
A Speculator Cured. —Once on a time a 
country Dutchman early one morning went to 
town, where by chance he overheard some 
traders telling each other how much money 
they had made that morning by speculation; 
one of them had made $100, $200, $500, &c. 
Hans’s bump of inquisitiveness was so excit¬ 
ed that he, without any reflection, forthwith 
concluded to leave his former business, which 
was labor, and try his hand at speculation, 
and on his return home made his intentions 
known to his faithful vrow. Early next 
morning he gathered his wallet containing 
his funds, amounting to five dollars, and off 
he goes post haste“and half bent to look up 
a speculation. He had not proceeded far 
when he met a wagoner, and accosted him 
thus: 
“ Good morning, Mr. Wagoner, I wants to 
speculate a leetle dish mornin wid you.” 
“ Well, say,” said the wagoner, “ how do you 
want to speculate.” “ Well,” says the 
Dutchman, “I will bet fife dollars you 
can’t guess what my dog’s name ish.” 
“ Call him up till I look at him,” rejoined the 
wagoner. Dutchman —“ H-er-e Va-tch,he-re 
Wa-tch, he-re Va-tch,” the wagoner eyes 
him for a moment and said, “I guess his name 
is Watch.” Dutchman —“ O besure, Mr. 
Wagoner, you has won him, de monish is 
yours,” and Hans returned to his old occu¬ 
pation perfectly satisfied. 
A colored servant sweeping out a bach¬ 
elor’s room, found a sixpence, which he car¬ 
ried to its owner. “ You may keep it for 
your honesty,” said he. Shortly afterwards 
he missed his gold pen-case, and inquired of 
the servant if he had seen it. “ Yes sir,” 
was the reply. “ And what did you do with 
it!” “ Kept it for my honesty, sir.” 
Home can never be transferred—never re¬ 
peated in the experience of an individual. 
The place consecrated by paternal love, by 
the innocence and sports of childhood, and 
by the first acquaintance of the heart with 
nature, is the only true home. 
The talents granted to a single individual 
do not benefit himself alone, but are gifts to 
the world, every one shares them, for every 
one suffers or benefits by his actions. Gen¬ 
ius is a lighthouse meant to give light from 
afar ? the man who bears it is but the rock 
upon which the lighthouse is built. 
