TRIAL BETWEEN TWO AND THREE-HORSE PLOWS. 
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do not consider Mr. Bates’ stock any the less 
valuable on that account. The Oxford premium 
cow no doubt owed her excellence to the union 
of the three tribes, the Daisy, Duchess, and 
Princess ; and I believe that none of these tribes 
can be kept pure for a great length of time 
without endangering their health, thrift, and 
productiveness. Mr. Bates’ herd was nearly 
ruined before he introduced the Princess and 
Daisy blood. 
Mr. Bates’ stock, if equal to their reputation, 
would be a great acquisition to the breeders of 
shorthorns in the United States, particularly in 
those situations where the breeder was near 
market; but a circumstance mentioned in his 
letter to the publisher of the plate of his bull, 
Duke of Northumberland, is indicative of great 
tenderness or bad travelling, or perhaps both. In 
that letter he says, “ Duke of Northumberland, in 
twenty-six days’ travelling, lost 392 lbs., or more 
than 15 lbs. a-day.” I suppose he was driven 
with as much care as possible. If his stock 
should communicate this quality to their descen¬ 
dants, they would be in a very sad plight after 
a travel as far as from Kentucky to New York. 
However, I would like to have some of his stock 
and run the risk of their descendants’ travelling, 
after they were fattened for market. 
I have written the above not in a spirit of 
controversy, but to correct erroneous impress¬ 
ions. And to show that even Mr. Bates’ stock 
owes a part of their excellence to other blood 
beside the Duchess, Princess and Red-Rose 
tribes. His old Duchess cow was by Daisy bull, 
(186,) so that he started with as much Daisy as 
Duchess blood; and Duchess 1st, bought at Mr. 
Colling’s sale, in 1810, was by Comet, (155,) her 
dam by Favorite, (252,) grandam by Daisy 
Bull, (186,) great grandam by Favorite, (252,) 
great grand grandam by Hubback (319). From 
this pedigree, it will appear that Mr. Bates’ cow 
Duchess the 1st., had only ^ part of Duchess 
blood to begin with; there were 31 parts of 
other blood, and only one of Duchess. As little 
as this is, it has been diminished since by other 
tribes having come into the family, as the Daisy, 
the Red-Rose, and Princess. However, I sup¬ 
pose there is enough “ Duchess blood” to brag on, 
left. 
Mr. Bates, in his extraordinary letter to Mr. 
Vail says, “I have never seen one of the Prin¬ 
cess tribe after a cross of any other blood, than 
the Duchess tribe of bulls, ever breed well 
again.” Yet his Oxford cow is directly in proof 
of the fallacy of the assertion. The dam of his 
Oxford cow was by Matchem, a bull of another 
tribe, and his Oxford cow herself was by Duke 
of Cleveland, (1,937.) a bull of the Daisy and 
Duchess tribes. 
Samuel D. Martin. 
Near Colbyville , Ky., March , 1850. 
Our readers will find an answer from Mr. 
Stevens, to the above, at page 150, so far as it 
relates to himself personally. Mr. Stevens re¬ 
quests us to say that he will, in a future num¬ 
ber, reply to those parts of Dr. Martin’s article, 
which he has not noticed in this one. 
TRIAL BETWEEN TWO AND THREE-HORSE 
PLOWS. 
A planter on the Roanoke River, North Car¬ 
olina, informs us that he made a trial to see 
which would do the most work in a day, six 
horses in two plows, or six horses in three plows, 
with the following result:— 
The two plows worked 9,500 corn hills, and 
the three plows worked 12,480. Number of hills 
to the acre, 2,172. Length of rows, 720 yards. 
Some of his rows were 1,300 yards long; he 
never makes short rows when it is possible to 
make long ones, as in his opinion a team will do 
ten per cent, at least, more work in long rows 
than in short ones, and with less fatigue. 
In the above-named trial, the plowmen were 
not aware of the experiment until after the work 
was done. 
SHEEP SHEARING AND SACKING WOOL. 
This should not be done sooner than the sea¬ 
son will admit, as the sheep would be in danger 
of taking cold. Wool, intended to be sent to a 
distant market, may be put up and pressed in 
bales after the manner of cotton, or it may be 
crowded into sacks holding from 200 to 250 lbs. 
If designed to be shipped on a long voyage, it 
would be more economical to press it into 
square bales, as it would then occupy less bulk, 
and consequently effect a saving of freight. But 
in the interior of a country where conveniences 
for baling are not always at hand, sacks may 
be employed, made of 40-inch “ burlaps,” or 45- 
inch “ gunny cloth,” 7i feet long. Each of these 
sacks may be made of a piece of cloth 5 yards 
in length, by doubling the ends until they meet, 
and sowing up the sides with twine. 
The mouth of a sack may next be sewed to a 
strong hoop of wood or iron (diameter 25 inches 
for the burlaps, and 28 inches for the gunny 
cloth) ; then let down its body through a circu¬ 
lar hole, two inches less in diameter than the 
hoop, cut in an upper floor of the building, or 
of a temporary scaffold erected for the purpose, 
where it can swing clear beneath. One man 
may then get into the sack, while another hands 
him the fleeces, which he should place in regu¬ 
lar layers, pressing them down in the mean 
time, with his feet, until it is filled. After this, 
the sack may be slightly raised, the hoop disen¬ 
gaged, the mouth of the sack sewed up with 
twine, and the operation is complete. 
MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS. 
In breaking or managing a horse , however in¬ 
tractable or stubborn his temper may be, pre¬ 
serve your own. Almost every fault of the 
brute arises from ignorance. Be patient with 
him, teach and coax him and success, in time, 
is certain. There are tricks, however, which 
are the results of confirmed habit or viciousness, 
and these sometimes require a different treat¬ 
ment. A horse accustomed to starting and run¬ 
ning away, may be effectually cured by putting 
him to the top of his speed on such occasions, 
and running him till pretty thoroughly ex¬ 
hausted. 
