WOOL GROWING IN TEXAS.-THE RULES OF POMOLOGY, ETC. 
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and for the most intelligent understanding of its 
principles, and its successful prosecution, a thorough 
education is necessary; therefore 
Resolved , That a committee of this society be ap¬ 
pointed to take into consideration the expediency of 
appropriating a portion of the patronage of the Smith¬ 
sonian Institute for agricultural purposes ; and also 
to inquire into the propriety of recommending the 
purchase by Congress of the Washington estate at 
Mt. Vernon as the site of an institute for the promo¬ 
tion of agricultural education. 
Mr. Nathan Burchard, offered the following re¬ 
solutions :— 
Resolved, That a complete and liberal system of 
agricultural education will enable the farmer to en¬ 
hance the value of his landed property, and give 
him the knowledge to improve the same, and change 
the various modes of culture. 
Resolved , That science applied to agriculture 
should hold a prominent place in all our seats of 
learning ; and that a properly organized and well- 
directed agricultural school, embracing a model and 
experimental farm, would conduce to the elevation 
and instruction among the industrial classes. 
Resolved , That the time has arrived for the 
establishment of such a system of education; and 
the object is every way worthy of private and legis¬ 
lative approval. 
Mr. Geo. E. Sickles, of New York, seconded the 
resolutions, and supported them in an effective 
speech. 
Mr. Viele said this was no new thing ,in the 
discussions before the society. It had been here 
before, and the same principle urged upon the com¬ 
munity interested in agriculture. He was glad to 
see that the society still persisted in presenting it. 
The resolutions, however, proposed no action, and 
merely expressed an opinion in favor of agricultural 
schools. The society had applied year after year, 
to the Legislature, without success ; but he hoped 
that the object would not be allowed to fail for want 
of the continued exertions of its friends and advo¬ 
cates. Importunity might have its effect, if all else 
was insufficient; and the Legislature might finally 
grant our petition from the same reason the young 
lady gave for consenting to marry—she married 
her lover just to get rid of him. [A laugh], 
Mr. Burrett, of Onondaga, further advocated the 
resolutions, and expressed the belief that the time 
had nearly arrived when the wishes of the agricul¬ 
tural community would be gratified by the establish¬ 
ment of the long-sought agricultural school. 
The above resolutions were unanimously adopted. 
Remedy for a Scald or Burn. —Serape, or 
grate a raw potato and apply the pulp, as a poul¬ 
tice* to the scald or burn. When dry, repeat the 
operation until the smarting shall cease. If the 
skin be broken, the sore may be healed with basil- 
icon salve, or merely by binding on some dry lint, 
covered with a linen rag burnt brown. Should the 
part affected be very bad, it may be washed with 
ahlm whey ; but the operation of the potato poul¬ 
tice is so effectual, that the burn seldom causes an 
after break in the skin. 
Marl, it is believed, will last longer in the ground 
than any other manure. 
WOOL GROWING IN TEXAS. 
About five years ago I commenced wool growing 
with twelve Mexican ewes and one buck, one third 
Merino, and now my flock numbers between two 
and three hundred, having sold, about fifty head, 
mostly wethers. Although sheep do very well 
here in obtaining their entire living from the pas¬ 
tures, yet I feed my ewes through the winter, in 
consequence of which, I think they do better, and 
produce finer wool and stronger lambs. 
As there is but little demand for wool in this 
state, I would like to be informed, through the 
columns of the Agriculturist, the best mode of 
managing and putting it up for a northern market. 
Should it be washed 1 Should it be assorted and 
each class be put up by itself 'l And may it be packed 
up in bales like cotton 1 An answer to these in¬ 
quiries will be duly appreciated and thankfully 
received. Shubael Marsh. 
Independence, Texas , ) 
December 20th, 1847. ) 
In answer to the above, we would refer our cor¬ 
respondent to an article on “ Sheep Husbandry in 
Spain,” at p. 148, of our fourth volume; also, to 
the mode of preparing wool for market, recom¬ 
mended at the convention of wool growers, held at 
Steubenville, Ohio, on the 10th of February, 1847, 
an account of which will be found at p. 169, of 
our sixth volume. (See p. 78 of this number). 
Wool, previous to packing, should be thoroughly 
dried, after which, it matters not whether it be put 
up in canvass bags in parcels of 200 lbs., or 
whether it be pressed in bales of 500 lbs., like 
cotton. Perfect dryness, in either case, is indis¬ 
pensable ; otherwise the wool will become heated, 
ferment, and consequently spoil. 
THE RULES OF POMOLOGY. 
At the late Annual Meeting of the New York 
State Agricultural Society, the following Rules of 
Pomology were recommended and adopted for the 
guidance of the Fruit Committee :— 
Rule 1st. —No new seedling fruit' shall be enti¬ 
tled to a name, or to pomological recommendation, 
which is not at least equal to any similar varieties 
of the first rank already known; or which, if of 
second-rate flavor, is so decidedly superior in vigor, 
hardiness or productiveness to varieties of the same 
character already known ; or which may be found 
of such superior excellence, in particular regions, as 
to render it well worthy of cultivation. 
Rule 2d. —The discoverer, originator, or he who 
first makes known a new native variety of merit, 
shall be at liberty to name it, which name, if ap¬ 
propriate, and coming within the rules of nomencla¬ 
ture, shall be adopted by the writer, describing the 
fruit for the first time; but no new fruit can be 
considered as definitely named until the same 
has. been accurately described in pomological 
terms by the fruit committee of some state agri¬ 
cultural or established horticultural society, or 
by some pomologist of reputation conversant 
with existing varieties, or until such description 
shall have been published in at least one horticul¬ 
tural or one agricultural journal, or some pomolo¬ 
gical work of acknowledged standard character: 
