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votes the greater part of his farm to stock, which 
is of the very best and most improved kind that 
ample means, guided by rare intelligence and 
judgment, can purchase. We took notes o( 
some of his imported Short-horn cattle, South 
Down and Long-woolled sheep, which we found 
on our visit last summer; but most of the latter 
have been sold since we were there, and his 
recent purchases abroad have been so superior, 
that we will pass them over for the present, and 
speak of them hereafter ; though we beg leave 
to add, before doing so, that these animals are 
highly deserving of praise; such, for example, 
as the Short horn bull St. Lawrence, by St. 
George (9594); Nell Gwyn, &c., &c. 
In purchasing his stock in England, the past 
summer, Mr. TnoRNE availed himself of the 
agency of Mr. Francis M. Rotch, of Otsego, a 
very intelligent young gentleman, an experienced 
breeder, an excellent judge of improved stock; 
and who went out in June in company with a 
son of Mr. T., expressly to visit the best breed¬ 
ers abroad, and make their selections. 
South Down Sheep. —We informed the public 
in a previous publication, of Mr. Rotch’s pur¬ 
chase for Mr. Thorne of a buck (lot 112) for 130 
guineas ($650), at Mr. Jonas Webb’s letting on 
the 11th of July last; in addition to this, he 
purchased the 2 pens—10 each, we believe— 
of Mr. Lugar’s first prize ewes, exhibited at the 
late show at Gloucester of the Royal Agricul¬ 
tural Society of England, 15 very select yearling 
ewes and 5 older ones (the latter as a special 
favor) from Mr. Webb’s flock, and the first 
prize pen of yearling ewes exhibited by Lord 
Walsingham, at the great County York show. 
In a letter recently received from Mr. Rotch, 
he says: “I was really tempted, to take this 
last lot of South Down ewes, they are so beauti¬ 
ful.” In respect to Mr. Lugar’s ewes, he adds: 
“ It is to be remarked, that Mr. L. has succeeded 
in winning both the first and second prizes with 
yearling South Down ewes at the Royal Agricul¬ 
tural Society’s show. A breeder who can win 
with ten of his ewes, ought certainly to stand 
higher than the one who wins with only five. 
Mr. Lugar was my competitor at Mr. Webb’s 
letting for the buck, lot 112.” 
Short-Horns. —Of these purchased for Mr. 
Thorne, Mr. Rotch writes: “The Bates. bull, 
Grand Dulce , (10,284,) is a superb animal, and, 
to my thinking, the best in England. His hand¬ 
ling cannot be surpassed: he is a true Duchess 
bull, with all their character and quality.” Again 
he writes: “I have at last succeeded in purchasing 
of S. E. Bolden, Esq., the Bates bull Grand 
Dulce , (decidedly the best in the world,) at one 
thousand guineas ($5,000). He looks every 
inch a Bates, is grand in size and appearance, 
with a majestic carriage.” 
He also purchased of Mr. Bolden, Peri , (roan 
color,) at 100 guineas. She is by Grand Duke, 
dam Pink, by Second Duke of York, (5959,) 
grand-dam Marygold, by Raspberry, (4875,) &c. 
She has two crosses of the Duchess blood, and 
then she goes to Booth’s Raspberry, the sire of 
his famous cow Faith, dam of Hope, and she of 
Charity, his prize cow: thus going back to his 
best blood. 
From Mr.- J. S. Tanqueray, Mr. R. purchased 
Aurora, at 150 guineas. Before making the 
purchase, Mr. R. writes of her: “ I think Mr. 
T.'s heifer by third Duke of York, one of the 
most desirable of animals; she looks so very 
like a Duchess.” 
From Mr. Townley ho has secured two heifers. 
Frederica, his choicest two-year-old, at 300 
guineas; color, red. She is by Upstart, dam 
Feathers, by Duke of Cornwall, &c. She was a 
winner at the York show this season. Lalla 
EooM; his very choicest yearling, at 400 guineas; 
color also red. She is by the Squire, dam by 
Prince Ernest, &c. She was the winner of the 
first prize both at York and the Irish shows, the 
only ones at which she has been shown this 
season. Mr. R. writes that “ her pedigree is full 
of winners; and she is undoubtedly one of the 
most beautiful creatures in England.” In regard 
to prices, Mr. R. adds: “ Mr. Townley frankly 
told me I had asked for their best animals; that 
they did not wish to sell; and that nothing but 
an enormous price would tempt them.” 
In No. 1 of the present volume of this peri¬ 
odical, it will be seen in the report of the late 
Earl Ducie’s sale, that Mi-. Thorne was a pur¬ 
chaser of 
Duchess 59, roan, 5 years old, at 350 guineas, 
“ 64, red, 4 “ “ “ 600 “ • 
“ 68, do 11 m’ths “ “ 300 “ 
Mr. R. was disappointed in not getting Duchess 
66, which Messrs. Morris & Becar were so for¬ 
tunate as to secure at 700 guineas. 
Of this sale Mr. R. writes: “ There was a 
Urge assemblage of gentlemen present: about 
3,000. The average price of the animals sold 
was double that at Mr. Bates’ sale! I think 
I could have taken 300 guineas for my bargain 
before I left the ground. Mr. Bolden was besieged 
by several breeders who wished to send cows to 
the Grand Dulce, but he put up the price to 100 
guineas each, to be paid on account of Mr. 
Thorne.” 
At the above rate, Mr. T. would get back the 
money he has paid for Grand Dulce in his ser¬ 
vice for ten cows only. We congratulate him on 
these purchases, which he has made with a liber¬ 
ality and an enterprise unexampled. A thousand 
guineas was never paid but once before for a 
bull, and that was for Comet, at Mr. Charles 
Colling’s famous sale in 1810. 
Through this and other recent importations 
into the United States, England has now parted 
with her choicest and best Short-horn blood; 
and we do not see why the world must not come 
hereafter to America for superior bulls. At any 
rate, a steady and enlightened persistence in 
breeding them here, will hereafter pay our 
farmers as well as it has heretofore and still does 
.those of Great Britain. 
It is with pleasure we add, that .the South 
Down sheep spoken of above have arrived at 
Mr. Thorne’s farm in fine condition, and give 
him great satisfaction; the Short-horns are ex¬ 
pected early in November. 
The portraits in oil hang up in our office, 
copied from the English originals in England, 
of the two famous Duchess cows Mr. Bates pur¬ 
chased of Mr. Colling; also the famous bull 
Belvidere, purchased by Mr. Bates of Mr. Ste¬ 
phenson ,with which he so improved his herd by 
crossing him on his Duchess cows, as to easily 
beat all England. He was the sire of Duchess 
34, the Duke of Northumberland, &c., whose 
portraits also hang up in our office. Comet, 
the famous thousand-guinea bull, can be seen 
here likewise; and if Mr. Thorne ever does us 
the favor to add Grand Duke and others, the 
public will be as welcome to call and see them 
as they now are his Duchess progenitors. 
If a man reap whatsoever he soweth, what a 
harvest of coats and pantaloons the tailors will 
have one of these days. 
AGRICULTURAL TOUR IN GERMANY.-NO. 7. 
by count de gourcy. 
Translated for the American Agriculturist from the Journal 
d*Agriculture Pratique. 
Finding myself in the vicinity of Landau, 
I gratified a desire of seeing the highly cultivated 
land around that town. The thoroughfare leads 
along the base of a range of hills, some of 
which terminate in a point, with here and there 
the picturesque ruins of an ancient castle. 
The vines in the vineyards of this district are 
trained on trelises about three feet high. The 
vigorous shoots which extend below these are 
somewhat shaded by them, and one would sup¬ 
pose this would retard the ripening of the fruit 
which they bear in great abundance. Walnut 
and other fruit trees adorn in a striking manner 
the rich landscape. I proceeded about seven 
miles beyond Landau through a charming val¬ 
ley which lies between these stately hills; this 
trip brought me to a little town called Altmayei, 
and afforded me an opportunity of examining a 
canton in a high state of cultivation, though the 
soil is light, bearing fine crops of lucerne, beets, 
carrots, and superior turnips. The grain crops 
had been harvested. 
From Wissemburg where I remained during 
the night, I returned the following day to Stras- 
burg, taking a route new to me, of about twenty 
miles. I observed some excellent land, though 
under a very inferior course of culture to what 
I had lately been accustomed to notice. The 
character of the soil is naturally light; not. at 
all fertile, covered in some places with pine 
woods, though in others too sterile even for this 
tree to grow. A portion of land, naturally of 
no better quality, and adjoining poor pine 
woods, has by dint of industry on the part of 
some cultivators, been greatly improved, and 
now produces excellent crops of all kinds. 
From this point the culture gradually im¬ 
proves, and may be considered perfect when w 
reach the borough of Bischwiller, which is of 
considerable extent, and where every thing 
affords evidence of activity and comfort. 
Now—the tenth of August—I have observed 
many fields of beets recently transplanted, 
which are greatly forwarded by watering with 
liquid manure. 
In all this portion of my journey I have only 
seen two American plows. M. Gaugler uses 
the rohadlo plow which pleases him well In 
the afternoon I visited the farm of M. Lipman, 
Post-master of Strasburg, situated about three 
miles from the city on a very fertile plain. It 
comprises 400 acres, a third of which is occu¬ 
pied by meadows, and the whole has the ap¬ 
pearance of a single field. The rent is about 
$5 per acre. The farm offices are spacious and 
well built. 
At4£ o’clock the following morning, I set out 
for KunL, and arrived in a short time at Carl- 
srUhe whence I proceeded by the mail-car to 
Stuttgard, a distance of about forty-five miles. 
From the point where I entered the kingdom of 
Wirtemburg, the country appeared to me beau¬ 
tiful, rich, and carefully cultivated by small pro¬ 
prietors. The town of Pforzheim, which belongs 
to Wirtemburg, is rich, and possesses much 
industrial enterprise. I observed a large num¬ 
ber of houses of recent construction, beautifully 
finished and surrounded by fine gardens. In 
that part of the Baden country, traversed to¬ 
day, I have seen many vineyards with strong 
plants, and more fields of poppies than I have 
