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editor’s table. 
®Mtor’s Sable. 
State Agricultural School. —We notice with 
great pleasure, that a committee, appointed by the 
New-York State Agricultural Society, has addressed 
a memorial to the Legislature, strongly urging the es¬ 
tablishment of an agricultural school, on the most en¬ 
larged and liberal basis. Jf our farmers feel a suffi¬ 
cient interests in this matter, they can carry it 
through. And if they feel no more than they have 
ever done since Adam’s expatriation, they can as easily 
secur e nothing. We shall soon see how much zeal 
and intelligence they will show in this subject. 
> Transactions of the Agricultural Societies 
of Massachusetts, for the year 1847, collated 
from the original returns, by the Secretary of the 
Commonwealth, have been received, a further notice 
of which will be given in a future number. 
Agricultural Survey of Washington County, 
N. Y.—Dr. Asa Fitch, of Salem, Washington county, 
has finished his survey of that county, for which the 
sum of $200 was appropriated; and it will be re¬ 
ceived in time to be published in the State Transac¬ 
tions. 
Large Cow. —The Utica Gazette says that Benja¬ 
min Canoon recently sold a cow to a butcher, of that 
city, which weighed 2,050 lbs. Her value, at 5 cents 
per pound, was $102.50. 
Artesian Well. —The Charleston, S. C., Mercury 
contains the following announcement of the progress 
of an Artesian well in that city:—We are glad to learn 
that this important work is progressing most satisfac¬ 
torily, and that every day’s indications give stronger 
and stronger assurances that the anticipations of its 
projectors will be fully realized. The auger has now 
penetrated to the depth of four hundred and twenty- 
eight feet, and the water in the tube has risen to with¬ 
in one foot of the surface. 
Lusus Nature.— Mr. P. Baker, of Greene county, 
Ohio, raised a spire of yellow corn last season, nine 
feet and three inches high, with two tops, dividing at 
the height of three feet above the ground. At the 
paint where the stalk divided, there put out and grew 
two perfect ears of corn, which arrived at perfection 
and have been saved for seed. 
Address of L. F. Allen, Late President of the 
N. Y. State Agricultural Society.— We have 
been more than gratified by the perusal of the above- 
named address, kindly forwarded us by B. P. John¬ 
son, Esq. Its merits were implied from the fact, that 
this is the first address in the history of the society, 
whose publication has been called for by the Legisla¬ 
ture of. our state, of which, they ordered twenty times 
the usual number of copies printed for their own use, 
and 500 copies for the society. There are no decidedly 
new points started in this address, but strong reasons 
and cogent illustrations, albeit somewhat bluntly 
stated, are given why our farming interests should 
command more of the respect arid attention of our 
community. 
Re-print of Foreign Reviews.— Messrs. Leonard 
Scott & Co., 79 Fulton street, New York, publish the 
following periodicals, viz:—The London Quarterly Re¬ 
view, The Edinburgh Review, The Westminster Re¬ 
view, The North-BritishReview,and Blackwood’sEdin¬ 
burgh Magazine. All the above periodicals are repi’int- 
ed in New York, immediately on their arrival bj the 
British steamers, in a beautiful clear type, on fine 
white paper, and are faithful copies of the originals. 
Blackwood's Magazine being an exact facsimile of 
the Edinburgh edition. The prices of the re-prints are 
less than one third of those of the foreign copies, and 
while they are equally well got up, they afford all that 
advantage to the American over the English reader. 
A tale by Bulwer is now in course of publication, 
in Blackwood, which adds considerably to the interest 
of the work. The North-British Review is in the 
third year of its existence. Its articles are religious 
as well as literary, and are of uncommon vigor and 
ability. It is the organ of the Free Church party 
of Scotland. 
Sheep Husbandry in the South ; Comprising a 
Treatise on the Acplimation of Sheep in the Southern 
States, and an Account of the Different Breeds. Also 
a Complete Manual of Breeding, Summer and Winter 
Management, and of the Treatment of Diseases, with 
Portraits and Illustrations ; in a Series of Letters from 
Henry S. Randall, Esq.,- of Cortland Village, New 
York, to R. F. V/. Allstone, Esq., of South Carolina. 
Philadelphia, J. S. Skinner & Son, pp. 320 octavo. 
These letters originally appeared in the ** Farmer’s 
Library,” edited in this city by the elder Mr. Skinner, 
now of the “Plow, Loom, and Anvil,” in Philadel¬ 
phia ; and by his publishing' firm, are now gathered 
up and put into the handsome volume before us, exclu¬ 
sively on his own account. To the author these let¬ 
ters were entirely a labor of love; written with the 
patriotic motive of aiding the southern planter and far¬ 
mer, in extending and improving in the highly im- 
portant occupation of sheep husbandry among them. 
We need not say how deeply we are interested in this 
subject, for we have only to appeal to the early vol¬ 
umes of the Agriculturist, to convince our readers of 
that. We know of no country on earth equal to the 
hilly and mountainous region of the south for growing 
fine wool; and we hope to live to see the day when 
this lovely and fertile region will be dotted with flocks 
attended by shepherds and their dogs, as numerous as 
we now find them in Great Britain. The product of 
wool would then be fully equal to that of cotton, and 
manufacturers would rapidly follow, giving such 
wealth and strength to the south as its statesmen of 
the present day do not dream of. 
Messrs. Skinner & Son have brought out this work 
of Mr. Randall’s in a style very agreeable to look at. 
In order to give our readers an idea of the value of its 
contents, we shall hereafter make some extracts from 
it. In the meanwhile, we advise all interested in the 
improvement of the agriculture of the country, and 
especially of that at the south, to possess themselves 
of a copy. In one thing it is unique—it abounds with 
statistics, which to obtain, one would be obliged to 
turn over a large library. In this department, the au¬ 
thor has been indefatigable, and shows great industry 
and research. 
Music of the Ass. —The ass is called a bad. vocal¬ 
ist, though some amateurs prefer him to the mule ; 
but, perhaps, he is underrated. There are many notes, 
when uttered alone, w T hich are shocking to the ear, 
that have, in concert, an agreeable harmony. The 
gabble of a goose is not unpleasant in the orchestra 
of the barnyard, and there are many instances, no 
doubt, in which braying would improve harmony. If 
we look closely into nature, we will find nothing, not 
even the jargon of a frog pond, created in vain. What 
the Italians understand, and what most other nations 
do not , is the harmonious composition of discordant 
sounds. If a general concert of nature could be form¬ 
ed, the crow as well as the nightingale, would be 
necessary to the perfect symphony; and it is likely 
even the file and handsaw might be made to discourse 
excellent music. But even in a solo, the ass, accord¬ 
ing to Coleridge, has his merits. He has certainly 
the merit of execution. He commences with a few 
prelusive notes, gently, as if essaying his organs, rises 
in a progressive swell to enthusiasm ; and then gra¬ 
dually dies aw’ay to a pathetic close ; an exact proto¬ 
type to the best German and Italian compositions, and 
a living sanction of the genuine and authentic instruc¬ 
tions of l’Academie de Musique.— Anon. 
