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WOOL GROWING IN VIRGINIA—A REMEDY AGAINST DOGS. 
Hilpa 4th, roan heifer calf, dropped April 
9th, 1851, being 2 months and 17 days old, 
got by Duke of Wellington, out of im¬ 
ported Hilpa, S. P. Chapman, Clockville, 
Madison county, N. Y., 300 
$4,170 
It will be seen by reference to the above 
statement, that there were 19 cows and heifers 
sold, which brought $3,010, averaging about 
$160 each. 
Seven heifer calves brought 640 
averaging $91 
Seven bulls and bull calves, 520 
averaging $74 each. 
In all, 33 animals including two heifers at - 
private sale, brought 4,170 
The whole lot, old and young, averag¬ 
ing $126. 
WOOL GROWING- IN VIRGINIA—A REMEDY 
AGAINST DOGS. 
At the present time, when the attention of the 
people of our northern states is turned to Vir¬ 
ginia, as offering a fine field for investment in 
her lands for agricultural, mining and manufac¬ 
turing purposes, it may not be amiss to point 
out the many advantages possessed by a very 
large portion of the state for the wool-growing 
business. This subject has been brought to my 
mind by seeing the fact stated, in many news¬ 
papers, that, out of 100 parcels of wool collect¬ 
ed by an extensive wool dealer at the north, 
from various parts of the United States, for ex¬ 
hibition at the World’s Fair, the palm was 
awarded to a parcle grown by the Messrs. Pat¬ 
terson, on their sheep grounds, in Bedford coun¬ 
ty, Virginia. 
The whole tier of Peidmont counties, imme¬ 
diately under the Blue Ridge, from the Potomac 
River to the North-Carolina line, namely, Fau¬ 
quier, Orange, Albemarle, Bedford, Patrick and 
all intermediate counties,have been fully proved 
by a few northern wool growers settled in them, 
to be most admirably adapted to this business— 
the most suitable grasses for sheep grow finely. 
Diseases incident to this animal are of seldom 
occurrence, and the wolf, that deadly foe to 
sheep, is rarely ever seen. Franklin, Henry, 
and Patrick, the least opened of this range of 
counties, contain very few, if any wolves. These 
three counties offer, on account of the low price 
of land and the absence of all ravenous wild an¬ 
imals, a great opening for sheep grazing. Large 
tracts of uncleared land are to be had there on 
mountains and hill sides, for perhaps, less than 
50 cents per acre, which, if partially cleared of 
its undergrowth, (that the rays of the sun might 
strike the earth,) would put forth grass sponta¬ 
neously, and make excellent ranges for sheep. 
The general evil of dogs, which I see is claim¬ 
ing at present the most stringent legislation in 
our northern states to protect the sheep, like¬ 
wise exists with us. Our own legislature has 
done much, and will, no doubt, do more, at the 
proper time, to eradicate this evil. In the mean¬ 
time, let me publish to the sheep-raising world, 
!a remedy against the destruction of sheep by 
dogs, which was given me a short time since, 
by a highly respectable and valued friend, him¬ 
self an extensive wool grower. It consists sim¬ 
ply in placing on one sheep in every ten of the 
flock, a bell of the usual size for sheep. The 
reasoning of my friend is this: The instinct of 
the dog prompts him to do all his acts in a sly, 
stealthy manner—his attacks upon sheep are 
most frequently made at night while they are 
at rest, and the sudden and simultaneous jing¬ 
ling of all the bells, strikes terror to the dogs; 
they turn tails and leave the sheep, fearing the 
noise of the bells will lead to their exposure. 
The ratio of bells might be made to vary ac¬ 
cording to the size of the flock. 
The importance of sheep preservation from 
dogs, the writer hopes, will claim for this com¬ 
munication an insertion in most of the papers 
of the Union, that a remedy so cheap and sim¬ 
ple may be fully tested .—Richmond Whig. 
SHORTHORN BULL EARL OF SEAHAM. 
This month we give a portrait of the distin¬ 
guished bull, Earl of Seaham (10,181). He was 
bred by John Stephenson, Esq., of Wolviston, 
county of Durham, England, and was calved 
April 21st, 1848, now three years old. He was 
selected by Mr. Stevens, and was imported by 
him and Colonel Sherwood. He was shipped 
from Liverpool in June, and arrived in New 
York in August. In one month after his arrival, 
and before he had recovered from the effects of 
his voyage, he was exhibited at the Show of the 
New-York State Agricultural Society, at Albany, 
in September, 1850, and won the first prize as 
the best two-year-old shorthorn bull shown. In 
October, he was exhibited at the cattle show of 
the American Institute of the City of New York, 
and won the first prize as the best shorthorn 
bull, in the aged class of shorthorns, or bulls 
two years old and upwards. 
Earl of Seaham is of the famous Princess. 
tribe of shorthorns, that is so eminent for style. 
