REVIEW OF OCTOBER NUMBER OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 
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Americans would it have been, if all the French 
Merino wool ever imported into this country 
had been upon the backs of the sheep produc¬ 
ing it, instead of being first manufactured. Mr. 
Jewett speaks of wethers averaging 250 pounds 
when fatted for the butcher. Does he mean 
live or dead weight ? [Live weight, of course— 
Eps.] If they dressed that much, they were 
enormous. I believe the heaviest sheep butch¬ 
ered in this country, that I have heard of, dressed 
a little over 200 pounds, and that was one of 
the great Cotswolds. 
Law of Overhanging Trees. —This is a good, 
and I hope will be a useful article. But there 
is not enough of this decision. Suppose I have 
an apple or pear tree, the fruit of which is very 
valuable, which has overhung my neighbor’s 
land these thirty years, during all of which 
time, I have gone over and picked up the fruit 
unmolested. Have I acquired a right to con¬ 
tinue to do so ? Or suppose I have a tree only 
five years old, and thus have not acquired a 
right, and my neighbor forbids me from coming 
op his premises; but suppose I do, what dam¬ 
age can he get if he sues me ? Has he any right 
to gather the fruit off the overhanging limbs? 
Have I a right to climb my tree and go out upon 
the limbs over his ground, and pick the fruit? 
These are all questions for you or your corre¬ 
spondents to take into consideration. 
Skylarks. —I don’t know so well about the in¬ 
jury to community of the birds of this name; 
but there is another kind of “ skylark,” which 
do an infinite amount of damage in their night 
prowlings through the farmer’s orchards and 
watermelon patches. I don’t think shooting a 
few of them just enough to tickle their stern a 
little, would do any harm. 
A Pattern of a Landlord .—Glad to hear of one 
good pattern. Wonder if he would extend the 
same courtesies to your Reviewer, if he should 
drop in some day? [To be sure he would, and 
be glad of the chance.— Eds.] 
Post Hole Augers. —How many of your readers 
ever saw one of these useful implements; much 
more, ever used one 1 How many, after seeing 
the cut,will buy one? About one in a hundred, 
and the other ninety-nine will still dig their 
post holes after the same tiresome, slow process 
of auld lang syne. 
Shade Improves the Soil .—No doubt of it; but 
not to the extent that Mr. Baldwin thinks it does. 
If that were the case, we should need no other 
manure—shade alone would give all the fertil¬ 
ity required. I believe in shade; but' having 
seen a good deal of sunshine, I am not quite 
green enough to swallow the shade theory en¬ 
tirely. 
Birds .—A glorious article, worthy the man 
who penned it, and profitable to be read by all 
mankind and all their neighbors. Show me a 
man or woman who loves birds and flowers, and 
I will show you one with benevolence and 
kindness in his heart. Friend Allen is death on 
the crow. Old Joe, to whom I read the article, 
and who is nearly as black as the doomed bird, 
says he is afraid color has influence to preju¬ 
dice the gemman’s mind—that he hates your 
crows for the same reason that some folks hates 
negroes—because they are black. It is a pity 
people are so set against eating this bird. Is 
that owing also to color ? Because they are not 
bad eating; and if only in fashion for food, 
they would soon be exterminated. 
Poultry Raising. — No. 7.—Cock-a-doodle-doo. 
I have trod on the toes of some of the young 
brood, and the old hen is after me in a terrible 
flutter. These poultry writers are as bellige¬ 
rent as they are long winded. Offer to touch a 
feather of a favorite breed, original or mongrel, 
and there is a cackle and a crow for a fight 
directly. As to being henpecked, I plead not 
guilty. If I had a wife, however, I suppose, like 
nine tenths of my fellow men, I should be. I 
am sorry my crowing hath lost its melody to 
the ear of this great henologist. 
Basket Willow. —It is truly surprising so little 
attention is paid to the cultivation of this arti¬ 
cle. I have no doubt it may be grown with 
a profit equal to the statement of this writer, 
and sufficient for the demand of this country, 
and perhaps, exportation, as it can be grown 
upon land of little value for any other purpose. 
There is no danger of glutting the market. 
Winter Apples for the South. —If you can re¬ 
commend a kind of apples which will live and 
do well in the south, you may make your for¬ 
tune, for the demand would be greater than you 
could supply. 
Hungarian Cattle .—I suppose you publish a 
cut of this ugly brute just by way of contrast, 
to show off the beautiful Durhams and Devons 
to better advantage. I hope everything coming 
from Hungary is not as ill fqvored as this spe¬ 
cimen. [No. The men and women of Hungary 
are uncommonly good looking.— Eds.] 
Chemistry of Milk .—I have nothing to say 
about the chemical part of this article, but I beg 
leave to correct Dr. ‘Emmons’ statement in re¬ 
gard to the location of the milk sickness, which 
he says “is where the spurs of the mountains 
shut in the level areas of the deep land coves.” 
