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PREMIUM GRAIN DRILL. 
throw in vast clouds into the air as they move 
over the highlands. The Spaniards or natives, 
cfftencapture large numbers of these horses by 
either driving them into an inclosure, (called a 
corral,) made for the purpose, or by pursuing 
them over the open plain, and using the lasso. 
When they have taken one, they confine it with 
ropes, saddle it, put a halter or bridle over its 
head, and, having loosened it, mount and ride 
furiously away until the animal is completely 
exhausted. This they continue to do until he 
becomes tame and tractable. These horses are 
of almost every variety of color, and of fine 
appearance ; but are much smaller, and in some 
respects, their habits are entirely different from 
the same animal domesticated among us. 
L. T. Talbot. 
GATLING-’S FREMIUM GRAIN DRILL. 
The engraving below exhibits a grain drill, 
patented about two years since, by Mr. R. J. 
Gatling, of Indianapolis, Indiana. This drill 
combines the utmost 
economy with com¬ 
plete efficiency. To 
it was awarded the 
first premium diplo¬ 
ma and silver medal, 
at the Ohio State Fair, 
last October. 
This drill is so con- ill 
structed that it cannot 
choke nor clog, either 
from the foulness of 
the ground or seed. It 
has been used the two 
past seasons with en¬ 
tire satisfaction. The 
prices vary from $50 
to $80, according to 
the size and mechan¬ 
ical finish. 
from $25 to $35 per pair for Mr. G. P. Burn¬ 
ham’s celebrated “ Premium Royal Cochin-Chi¬ 
nas!” These fowls are said to be of the same 
breed that was sent to queen Victoria, said by 
an Irish writer to lay two and even three eggs 
per day! They are splendid looking birds, 
truly, weighing about 20 pounds per pair. 
But of all the numerous kinds of fowls now 
in the country, I find none more highly spoken 
of than the Dorkings ; that is, the pure breed. 
Of this race, there is the white, and the colored 
Dorkings, though some writers consider the 
white, as the original race, and the colored, a 
variety. There are many fowls embraced un¬ 
der the name of Dorkings that are a spurious 
kind, caused by careless attention in breeding. 
Those breeders who have the colored variety 
of pure blood, or nearly so, consider that kind 
the best, inasmuch as many of them have never 
bred the original white breed. Dr. Eben Wight, 
of Dedham, Massachusetts, has the best impor¬ 
tation of Dorkings in this country, if the praises 
POULTRY RAISING.—No. 6. 
In my last article, I spoke of $5 as being the 
price per pair for the large breeds of fowls, but 
that sum I find is the price of eggs per dozen! I 
have recently conversed with a gentleman in 
this vicinity, who paid $9.50 for two dozen eggs 
of the Shanghae and black Spanish breeds, (one 
dozen each,) and he was eager to find more at 
the same price! 
Dr. Bennett has recently sold his famous 
wild Indian game hen,” imported by Mr. Stock- 
bridge, for Mr. Estes, of East Abington, Massa¬ 
chusetts, to a gentleman of Macon, Georgia, for 
$120!!! This is no hoax. I have the proof 
beyond all dispute. A very common offer is 
Premium Grain Drill.—Fig. 55. 
lavished on these fowls in all parts where they 
are known, be correct. They weigh about 15 
pounds per pair—large plump bodies, with a 
full broad chest—a proud, erect, noble bird, of 
majestic courage, excellent layers, and good 
mothers. 
Now this is a fowl that we need not laugh 
at—a medium between the two extremes. These 
fowls are held in such high estimation in Sur¬ 
rey, England, where they were obtained, that 
not a pair can be obtained without positive as¬ 
surance that they are to be taken out of the 
country, and not even then, save as a personal 
favor to some friend. T. B. Miner. 
Clinton , Oneida Co ., N. Y., Aug., 1851. 
