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AMERICAN AGE IO ULT UIIIST. 
Lamb ok Mutton.—“ R.,” Salem Co., N. J., writes : 
“ Will it pay to feed lambs, common stock, until fall and 
then sell them, as I believe is your plan, when we can 
get from ten to twelve dollars a pair for them as soon as 
they are fit to commence shipping, about Easter? No. 
It will pay far better to sell them early to the butcher. I 
have never recommended keeping lambs until fall and 
then selling them. I would keep them until the next 
spring and sell them after shearing. I can make grade 
CotswoJd sheep weigh 150 lbs. at 12 to 15 months old, and 
1 have thought that in some sections this might pay bet 
ter than selling lambs. 
South-Down or Cotswold.—T he same correspond¬ 
ent asks: “ Is it best to keep a Cotswold or South-Down 
to cross with common ewes ? ”—I believe in New York 
the butchers will pay more for grade South-Down lambs 
than for long-wooled, white-faced lambs. And on this 
account when lambs are raised solely to sell early to the 
butchers, some of the black-faced breeds, such as the 
South-Down, Hampshire-Down, or Shropshire-Down, 
will be more profitable than the Cotswold or Leicester. 
In saying this I am not admitting that the lambs are 
really any better, but that people think so, and it is well 
for us producers to humor our customers. But if you are 
going to raise lambs for mutton and wool, selling per¬ 
haps the ram lambs to the butcher early, I should much 
prefer to use a pure Cotswold ram. 
Salt for Pigs.—“B.,” Mix say 10 parts sifted ashes, 
2 parts salt, and 1 part sulphur, and let the pigs eat all 
they will of it. I would not compel them to eat salt by 
mixing it with their food. 
Essex Hogs, Orchard Grass, Bone-dust, Etc.—I 
have received the following from West Virginia: ‘-Are 
the Essex hogs as quiet as the Chester? "—Ans. Much 
more so.— “ What is the average weight of Essex hogs at 
one year old with very ordinary feed? "—Ans. I cannot 
tell what is meant by very ordinary feed. If you mean 
skim milk and slops from the house, with a little mill 
feed and corn-meal in winter, or a run with cattle eating 
corn, the good clover pasture in summer, and the run of 
the stables in the fall, and then finished off with corn 
for a few weeks, good grade Essex should weigh 300 lbs. 
at 12 months old. But if “very ordinary” feed means 
something little more than a starvation diet, they would 
probably weigh from 75 to 109 lbs_“ I wish to sow a 
piece of thin and rather wet land with rye and get iv set 
in grass until I can drain and manure it. Which is the 
best, Kentucky blue-grass or orchard grass ? "—Ans. I 
think it would be better to seed some timothy-seed with 
the rye... “ My land will produce about 5 bushels of wheat 
per acre without manure; will it pay to buy bone-dust 
and sow on the wheat ? "—Ans. If you could get good 
bone-dust for $15 or $20 per ton. it would pay you in the 
end, but probably not the first year. Peruvian guano 
would produce a better effect on the wheat, and would 
help the clover afterwards. Your main dependence must 
be on good cultivation and on feeding more stock_“I 
want to make 150 two-horse loads of manure the coming 
winter. I think of hauling enough leaves to make half 
the amount, and put them in the yard where they will 
soak up all the waste from the stables, and during the 
winter pass enough through the stables as bedding, to 
make up the other half. Can I make that much with 2 
horses and 4 hogs?” —Ans If you draw leaves enough 
you can. But you should try to keep more hogs and 
sheep, even if you have to buy feed for them. I like 
your pluck and spirit, and you are on the right track. 
But when I think of you gathering leaves to soak up the 
liquid in the yard from 4 hogs and 2 horses. I can but 
wish you had a large herd of good hogs to care for. 
Swellings on Hogs.—“W. C. W., Ind., has a sow 
that has “ hard lumps all over her. ”—Are they not caused 
by the other sows fighting her ? Open them with a lance 
or sharp knife and you will probably find them full of 
blood and water. Continue to let her have a little better 
food than the other pigs she is running with. This, as 
she is a breeding sow, will be better than shutting her 
up by herself. 
Bone-Dust.—M r. Lewis Schilling, of Ohio, sends me 
a sample of his “ odorless bone-dust,” and wants me to 
show it to the Deacon and the Squire, and then send 
him an order for ten tons of it so that we can raise some 
“Centennial wheat.”—This is asking too much. Ido 
not want the Deacon to beat me again on wheat the 
coming year, and I do not want to pay $600 for ten tons 
for my own use. The same amount of money spent in 
buying malt combs or bran will give mo as much nitro¬ 
gen, phosphoric acid, and potash, and get a good deal of 
pork, mutton, wool, milk, and butter into the bargain. 
Essex Hogs.—“T. H„” Keokuk Co., Iowa, writes: 
1st. “ What color are the Essex?”— Ans. Black. — 2nd. 
“Are they docile? "—Ans. Yes, more so than any other 
breed I am acquainted with.—3rd. “ Do they fatten easi¬ 
ly when young ? ”— Ans. Yes.—4th. “ Are they hardy ? ” 
—Ans. When they have got their growth they will stand 
starvation and neglect as well as the commonest scrub, 
but when young, like all other high-bred animals, they 
require good care and good feed, just such care and feed 
as any good farmer gives common pigs.—5th. “ Will they 
cross well on grade Poland China sows? "—Ans. This is 
precisely what I recommend them for. A grade Poland 
China, Chester White, or Berkshire sow put to a pure¬ 
bred, fine boned, well formed Essex, will give you the 
perfection of a hog for bacon, pork, hams, and lard. 
Catalogues Received. 
The following catalogues have come to hand since the 
last list was published in the July Agriculturist. 
SEEDS. 
Law, Somner & Co., Melbourne, Australia. A very 
complete catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds, to¬ 
gether with a special chapter on the grasses and forage 
plants which do well in the climate of Australia. 
PLANTS. 
George Such, South Amboy, N. J. Catalogue of 
Stove and Greenhouse plants, including many rare Palms 
and Orchids. 
E. T. Teas & Co., Bichmond, Ind. Catalogue of 
Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, with a special list of 
Boses, including many of the newer sorts. 
William Bobinson & Sons, Tooting. London, S. W. 
England. A very large list of Plants both tropical and 
hardy, and including many of our native species. 
J. C. Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany. A Catalogue of Dried 
Flowers, Grasses, and other articles used by bouquet- 
makers. 
NURSERIES. 
Fall is the season during which many persons prefer 
to plant out fruit-trees, so that most nurserymen prepare 
a special circular for the fall trade. The following are 
of the above sort: 
Atwood, Boot & Co., Geneva, N. Y. Calkins & 
Brooks. Bricksburg, N. J. Bobert Douglas & Sons, 
Waukegan, Ill. A. Hance & Son, Bed Bank, N. J. ; list 
of Peach and other Fruit-buds. William Holland, 
Plymouth, Indiana. Samuel Kinsey, Dayton, Ohio. 
Tiios. H. Leslie, Ipava. Ill. William n. Johnson, 
Ivesdale. HI. E. Moody & Sons, Lockport, N. Y. Tebo 
Nursery Co., Clinton, Mo. S. B. Parsons & Sons, 
Flushing, N. Y. James O. Sheldon, Geneva, N. Y. 
John Wampler, Carthage, Mo. ; Amsden Peach. 
AUTUMN BULBS. 
Beach, Son & Co., No. 7 Barclay street, N. Y. Whole¬ 
sale Catalogue. 
Long Brothers, Buffalo, N. Y. Catalogue of Flori- 
cultnral Stock. 
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John street, N. Y. De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Bulbs. 
James Yick, Bocliester, N. Y. The last number for 
the year of Vick's Quarterly, contains, besides the de¬ 
scriptive list of hardy bulbs, other interesting matter 
useful to the amateur, as well as professional florist. 
MISCELLANEOUS CATALOGUES. 
Chas. G. Blatchly, Philadelphia, Pa. Circular de¬ 
scriptive of Horizontal Ice Cream Freezer. 
Capron Wringer Co., Hudson, N. Y. Price-list of 
Clothes Wringers. 
Ira & Iko Coe, Quincy, Ill. Patent Fruit-Gatherer. 
Hill's Archimedean Lawn Mower Co., Hartford, 
Conn. Descriptive Circular. 
E. E. Lummus, Boston, Mass. Manufacturers of Hol¬ 
brook's Seed Drills. 
Standard Laundry Machinery Co., Boston, N. Y. 
Complete Catalogue of all improved Laundry Machinery. 
FABM IMPLEMENTS. 
The Furst & Bradley Manuf’g Co. of Chicago, Hi. 
Bradley Manuf’g Co. of Syracuse, N. Y. Deere & Co. 
of Moline. Ill., whose specialties are Gang-Plows, Culti¬ 
vators, Breaking Plows, and other implements. 
Wyckoff & McDonald, of Ilightstown, N. J., mak¬ 
ers of a Potato Digger, and Biggs’ Patent Furrower. 
W. II. Banks & Co., of Chicago, Ill., manufacturers of 
Corn Shellers, Horse Powers, and of the Dodge Excel¬ 
sior Hay Press. 
The Eagle Mowing & Bearing Co. of Albany, N. Y., 
make the W. A. Wood's Improved Mower and Beaper. 
Schenck & Sheridan, Fulton, N. Y., manufacturers 
of the Torsion Wagon Springs. 
Phillip S. Justice, 42 Cliff st., N. Y., makers of the 
Galvanized Elastic Wire Cable and Iron Posts for fences. 
Portable Mills of all kinds made by Edward Harri¬ 
son, New Haven, Conn. 
Sorgho nand-Book and Catalogue of Sorgho machinery 
issued by the Blymyer Manuf'g Co. of Cincinnati, O. 
WINDMILLS. 
The U. S. Wind Engine Co., Batavia, Ill., makers of 
Ilaliiday's Windmills and Pumps. Eclipse Windmill 
Co. of Beloit, Wis. C. T. Edwards, Moline, Ill., mak¬ 
ers of the Moline Windmill. 
State, County, and other Fairs for 1875. 
State, Provincial, etc. 
Sept. 8—Oct. 9.— Cincinnati Industrial at Cincin¬ 
nati, O.; Indiana at Indianapolis (9-2); Iowa at Keokuk 
(27-1); Louisville Industrial at Louisville, Ky. (Sept 1- 
Oet,. 16); Montana at Helena (27-2) ; New York at Elmi¬ 
ra ( 27-1). 
Oct. 26 — Nov. 1. —Alabama at Selma; Connecti¬ 
cut at Hartford (5-8); Georgia at Macon (18-23); Na¬ 
tional Exposition at Borne, Ga., (4-9): North Carolina at 
Baleigh (12-16): Ohio at Columbus (6-10); Oregon at Sa¬ 
lem (11-16); Bliode Island at Providence’ (5-7); St. Louis 
Association at St. Louis, Mo., (4-0); Virginia at Bich¬ 
mond (26-30). 
CoMBaty :asB«l TTown Pstirs. 
MAINE. 
Oct. 5-7. —Androscoggin at Lewiston ; Cumberland 
at West Cumberland ; Kennebec at Beadfield Corner; 
Franklin at Farmington (5-6); Hancock West at Bucks- 
port(0-8); Oxford at South Paris (5-8); Lincoln at Wal- 
doboro (12-14); Oxford West at Fryeburg; Sagadahoc 
at Topsliam ; Waldo at Belfast (11-13). 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Sept. 29 — Oct. 1 Housatonic at Great Barring¬ 
ton ; Worcester, Southeast at Milford : Franklin at Green¬ 
field (30-1); Norfolk at Beadville; Worcester, West at 
Barre. 
Oct. 5-6.— Hampden at Springfield; Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard at. West Tisbnry ; Worcester Northwest, at Athol; 
Berkshire at Pittsfield (5-7); Hampshire, Franklin, and 
Hampden at Northampton (6-8); Marshfield at Marshfield. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Sept. 28-Oct. 1. —Middlesex at Middletown. 
Oct. 5-7. —Danbury at Daubury; Guilford at Guil¬ 
ford (13). 
VEBMONT. 
Sept. 30 Oct. I.— Washington at Montpelier. 
Oct. 5-8.—Orange at Bradford. 
NEW YOBK. 
Sept. 27-©et. 2.— Central New York at Utica; 
Madison at Oneida (28-1); Newburgh Bay Hort’l at New¬ 
burgh (29-1): Wayne at Palmyra (30-2). 
Oct. 5-7. —Madison at East Hamilton ; Schoharie at 
Schoharie; Seneca at Waterloo; Suffolk at Biverliead; 
Yates at Penn Yan; Eastern New York at Albany (5-8); 
Sangcrfield and Marshall at Watenille (5-G); Schuyler at 
Watkins (6-8); Steuben at Bath. 
NEW JEBSEY. 
Oct. 5-6.— Burlington at Mount Holly; Somerset at 
Somerville (5-6); Warren at Belviderc (5). 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Sept. 28 Oct. 1.— Northumberland at Sunbury; 
Lehigh at Allentown (29-2); Westmoreland at Greens- 
burgh ; Fayette at Brownsville (30-1); Greeue at Waynes- 
bnrgh ; Washington at Washington. 
Oct. 4-7.— Crawford at Titusville; Bucks at Doyles- 
town (5-S); Northwestern Penn, at Erie ; Columbia at 
Bloomsburg (13-15). 
OHIO. 
Sept. 28-Oct. 1. —C.awford at Bucyrus; Hardin at 
Kenton; Harrison at Cadiz; Huron at Nonvalk; Logan 
at Bellefontaine; Lucas at Toledo; Muskingum at Zanes¬ 
ville; Preble at Eaton ; Southern Ohio at Dayton ; Stark 
at Canton; Tuscarawas at Canal Dover; Wood atTontog- 
any. 
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 .—Delaware at Delaware ; Lake at 
Painesviile; Medina at Medina; Hancock at Find lay (29-2). 
Oct. 4-7. — Butler at Hamilton ; Knox at Mt. Vernon 
(5-7); Mahoning at Canfield; Ottawa at Port Clinton; 
Champaign at Urbana (5-8) ; Licking at Newark; Marion 
at Marion; Union at Marysville; Gallia at Gallipolis 
(6-8); Greene at Xenia; Hocking at Logan (7-9); Carroll 
at Carrollton (13-15); Central at Orrville; Fairfield at Lan¬ 
caster (13-16); Wyandotte at Upper Sandusky (11-14). 
INDIANA. 
Sept. 27 Oct. 1 .—Greeneat Linton ; Loogooteeat 
Loogootee; Jay at Portland (28-1); La Grange at La 
Grange ; Prairie Farmer at Francesville ; Lake at Crown 
Point (29-1); Spencer at Bockport (28-2). 
Oct. 4-9.— Boone at Lebanon ; Bichmond Industrial 
at Bichmond; Northeastern Indiana at Waterloo (5-S); 
Noble at Ligonier ; Wells at Bluffton; Knox at Vincen¬ 
nes (11-16); Worthington at Worthington (4-10); War¬ 
rick at Booneville (12-16). 
ILLINOIS. 
Sept. 27-Oct. 1.— Christian at Taylorsville ; Mar¬ 
ion at Centralia: Wabash at Mt. Carmel. 
Sept. 28-Oct. 1.— Adams atPaysou; Clay at Flo¬ 
ra ; Crawford at Bobinson ; De Kalb at Sycamore; Ful¬ 
ton at Avon; Gallatin at Shawneetown; Greene at Car¬ 
rollton ; Henderson at Biggsville ; Jo Daviess at Galena; 
Kankakee at Kankakee : Livingston at Pontiac ; Macou¬ 
pin at Carlinvilie; Marshall at Wenona ; Mason at Ha¬ 
vana; Mercer at Aledo ; Montgomery at Litchfield ; Pike 
at Pittsfield: Fayette at Vandalia (29-1); Randolph at 
Sparta : Ford at Gibson City (30-3); Jasper at Newton 
(29-2); Kano at Geneva; Lake at Waukegan (27-2). 
Oct. 5-8.— Edwards at Albion ; Effingham at Effing¬ 
ham ; Iroquois at Onarga; Jo Daviess at Warren ; Knox 
at Galesburg; Lawrence at Lawrenceville ; Peoria at Pe¬ 
oria ; Pope at Golcoiula (6-9): Clay at Louisville (12-15); 
Jersey at Jerseyville ; Williamson at Marion; Hardin at 
Elizabethtown (13-16); Madison at Edwardsville (28-31). 
DELAWARE. 
Oct. 6-8. —New Castle at Middletown. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Sept. 28-©et. 1.—Macon at Point Pleasant. 
MICHIGAN. 
Sept. 29-Oct. 1.—Lenawee at Adrian. 
IOWA. 
Sept. 28-Oct. 2.—Page at Clarinda; Wayne at 
Coryaon (Oct. 4-0). 
KANSAS. 
Sept. 28-Oct. 1.— Neosho Valley at Neosho Falls; 
Allen at Iola (Oct. 0-9). 
CALIFORNIA. 
Oct. 4-10. —Santa Clara at San Jose ; Santa Cruz at 
Santa Cruz (7-9). 
