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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY. NEWSPAPER. 
INQUIRIES ABOUT HEDGES. 
Eds. Rural :—As tho poriod is not far 
distant when fencing materials will be in 
great demand, I think it time farmers were 
beginning to adopt some other method than 
that pursued at the present day, by tho ma¬ 
jority of them at least. Fencing with rails 
or boards is very expensive at tho present 
day ; but what, wo may ask, is this expense, 
in comparison with the futuro ? As wo be¬ 
hold our noble forests disappearing, year 
after year, by tho woodman’s ax, we should 
act as fanners and men who feel an interest 
for the futuro, as well as for tho present 
generation, by substituting some material 
different from boards or rails for fencing 
purposes, to offset in a measure for thoso 
noble forest trees which disappear under 
our direction. 
Although my farm is at present, tolerably 
well supplied with rail timber, I wish to 
commence raising hedges, so that when 
needed I shall have them. Wo have grow¬ 
ing in our country several different kinds 
of hedges for fencing purposes, hut to most 
of them there is some object o 1 . Tho English 
Hawthorn is highly rocommendcd, but is 
subject to attacks of the woody aphis, and 
tho slug that devours tho foliage. The 
Osage Orange it is thought will not prove 
hardy enough for our climate. Tho Buck¬ 
thorn has come into groat favor with some, 
still there is a drawback on account of its 
not having thorns sufficient to prove a bar¬ 
rier to cattle. The Honey Locust is also 
highly spoken of as being a vigorous grower, 
with plenty of thorns over every part of it, 
but somewhat difficult to keep a vigorous 
growth of branches at the bottom. I would 
like to know your opinion, Mr. lialitor, in 
regard to tho different kinds of livo fencing 
materials used in this country, and which 
you would prefer if you wero going to plant 
fences for yourself. Also whore tho mate¬ 
rials for propagating can bo obtained, at 
what price, and which is the best manner of 
propagation. If you, or some experienced 
correspondent, will answer iheso inquiries 
through tho Rural New Yorker, a favor 
will bo conferred on your subscriber. 
West Bio imfield, N. Y., 1853. E. G. 
Remarks.—A 3 wo aro unable to respond 
definitely to tho abovo inquiries, wo solicit 
a reply from some person who is posted on 
thcsubjoct—who can speak from experience, 
as well as observation.—E ds. 
INDIAN CORN IN ILLINOIS. 
Eds. Rural:— You will bo pleased to 
hear that the prospect for corn was never 
better. This is from tho best information I 
havo been ablo to obtain, true of tho wholo 
State. Peoplo who have never visited the 
fertilo west, and judgo of corn as known in 
“ York State,” have never seen what might 
bo called a corn-field with corn growing; in 
it. There may be seen here, hundreds of 
acres in a body, with stalks ten feet high, 
and tho most of thorn with two or moro ears 
on a stalk. There aro an abundance of 
acres hero that will produce moro than a 
hundred bushels to the aero, and this too, 
without the use of the hoe in tho field, ex¬ 
cept in planting. 
Wheat in this section is very good, and so 
aro most of tho other grains. Prices aro 
not high, but the great facility for growing 
crops compensates for that, which, with tho 
smaller amount of capital necessarily in¬ 
vested in land, enables farmers to make a 
very fair business here at tho w r est. 
Corn ranks as tho principal crop in many 
localities. We have not a little difficulty in 
shelling it. The corn shellers in general 
use work admirably in corn not too large, 
but at least one in five of tho ears with us, 
cannot bo got through them. This is a se¬ 
rious hindrance. By thus calling tho at¬ 
tention of Eastern manufacturers to tho de¬ 
fect, it may probably be readily remedied 
to the benefit of both purchaser and seller. 
FARM FENCES. 
The following articlo upon this important 
but trite subject, is well done, and doserves 
circulation and attention. Wo find it un¬ 
credited in a New England exchange : 
Tiie best fence is a good stone wall; but 
if wood is used, skill and judgment are no- 
cessary in the selection ot mateiial and tho 
mode of preparing it. .... 
Tho first item for consideration, in this 
matter, is first cost, and tho second is dura¬ 
bility. Sometimes a third item may be im¬ 
portant, to wit, tho land used up by tho 
fence. Tho second is tho only one ot theso 
that can be estimated with any degree of 
accuracy by any general formula, and even 
this one is far from being uniform. But let 
us say a word of each. 
1. The stono wall. If material is at band, 
or in tho soil, and no especial obstacle or 
objection comes in to vary tho result, our 
own opinion is decidedly in favor of stono 
fences. When properly laid, thoy outlast 
tho builders. We know of fences of this 
kind, apparently as good as new, that have 
stood at least fifty years. Theso samples 
aro chiefly of faced walls, with deep founda¬ 
tions, costing originally two or three times 
as much as an ordinary fence. But if they 
last as thoy now promise, the amount ex¬ 
pended in their construction was a capital 
investment. We remember many miles of 
stone wall in our native place, which have 
stood an equal length of time, but which 
have needed occasional renewal or repairs. 
Portions have been thrown down, and wero 
of necessity rebuilt. 
It is well known that, in most parts of 
New England, stono wall is tho prevailing 
style of fence, both on the highway and for 
dividing lots : and in all that region with 
which wo are well acquainted, wo have 
never known a farmer who did not prefer 
stono to any other material for this purpose. 
To secure durability, tho. foundation 
should bo placed below the action of frost, 
and tho wholo should bo laid by a skilful 
man, so as to secure to tho greatost extent 
the aid of gravitation and friction in resist¬ 
ing all violence from either sido. When 
thus laid, this fence is a good security 
against domestic animals of all sizes. 
°But sometimes stones aro scarce, and 
timber is very cheap, while labor may also 
bo expensive. So it often is where pine 
barrens or other forests abound. There is 
also a great difference in tho amount of de¬ 
fence, so to speak, which is required. Some¬ 
times. it is chiefly, a mere landmark to point 
out a highway, and some of tho oldest parts 
of New England furnish evidence that even 
this is unnecessary. Tho path beaten by 
the hoofs of horses or oxen, and won by tho 
friction of wheels, is the only index of the 
existence of a road, while nothing, but a 
marked tree or a post or stone, indicate a 
plurality of owners of tho soil. Such regions 
of country, however, furnish no occasions 
for the application of any general rules on 
this subject. 
As to wooden fences, cedar, no doubt, is 
tho most durable of all woods, and where it is 
abundant, so as to bo cheap, it should be pre¬ 
ferred, especially for posts. 
All woods are made more durable by bo- 
ing charred before they are set in the ground. 
Decay or decomposition is a chemical pro¬ 
cess which requires tho presence of certain 
eloments which, in charcoal, are essentially 
wanting. Charcoal, we suppose, is never 
chemically decomposed by exposure to tho 
air or water. It may crumble. It may be 
attrackod in certain situations by elements 
not generally encountered. It may absorb 
moisturo, so as to bo broken by frosts, and 
tho like ; but still charring well pays its way, 
when timbers aro to bo set in tho ground. 
But they should not bo charred so exten¬ 
sively as to weaken materially their strength. 
Many experiments go to prove that the 
smaller end of timber should bo set down¬ 
ward. The rationale of this is rather hy¬ 
pothesis than phyisiological demonstration, 
since wo know of nothing which has boon 
actually discovered, which implies an upper 
or under side to tho circulating vessels 
which compose tho wood. Tho tubes and 
cells present similar appearances at each 
extremity, though their form or shape, ta¬ 
pering or otherwise, may have an impor¬ 
tant bearing on this phenomenon. 
Saturated solutions of corrosive sublimate, 
sulphate of copper, acetate of. iron, and 
creosote, prevont tho decay ot timbers; so 
does tannic acid and an atmosphere of car¬ 
bonic acid, however obtained. Pyrolignate 
of iron is also efficient and economical, as 
well as molted tar. On the other hand, 
alkaline and alkaline earths facilitate decay. 
Hence tho character ot the soil in which 
posts aro to bo set should be considered, 
whether by occupying space or by casting 
shade. 
As to the ago of timbor and tho season of 
the year when it should bo cut, to secuo tho 
greatest durability,—young, or at least 
sound timber should bo selocted, and tho 
spring or early summer is probably the best 
time for cutting it. Tho latest growth will 
then havo bocomo somewhat hardened, and 
the condition of the sap at that time is said 
to bo favorable to their remaining sound for 
a long time. We do not attach much im¬ 
portance, however, to tho hypothesis. 
Wire fences aro not generally approved, 
so far as our observation extends. When 
wires aro stretched across a cheap frame, 
they may bo very convenient for enclosing 
temporarily a small plot ol ground, but lor 
a permanent fence thoy will not pay. II 
they aro used, thoy should bo confined in 
their place by passing through substantial 
wooden posts, sufficiently near each other 
to attract the notice of animals. For one 
objection to them is, that cattle do not see 
them, and hence thoy aro exposed to a de¬ 
gree of violence, even from fijuiet animals, 
which will soverely try their strongth.— 
Live posts, earthen or burnt clay posts, and 
and the like, wo regard as ingenious, rather 
than practically useful. They may some¬ 
times answer woll, but not as a general 
practice. 
A fence, the lower half of which is stone 
and the upper hall rails or wires, may servo 
a verv good purposo, and whore stono is 
scarce, it may be tho best form of fence. 
But. whatever stylo is adopted, lot the 
materials bo of good quality, and tho work 
be done skilfully. Sham fences are among 
tho most expensive forms in which a lack 
of practical skill in farming operations is 
often exhibited. 
CHLOROFORMING BEES. 
Mr. D. Smith, in a letter to the Edin¬ 
burgh Courant, thus describes his discovory 
of “ Chloroforming bees.” 
Tho quantity of Chloroform required for 
an ordinary hive is tho sixth part of an ounce. 
My mode of operation is as lollows:—I set 
down a table opposite to, and about four 
feet distant from tho hive; on tho table I 
sproad a thick linen cloth : in tho centre ot 
tho table I place a small shallow breakfast 
plate, which I cover with a piece ol wire 
gauze to prevent tho bees coming in imme¬ 
diate contact with tho chloroform. I now 
quiotly and cautiously lift tho hive from the 
board on which it was standing, set it down 
on tho top of tho table, keeping tho plate 
in tho centre : cover the hive up closely 
with cloths, and in twenty minutes or so tho 
bees are not only sound asleep, but contra¬ 
ry to what I havo seen whon thoy aro suffocat¬ 
ed with sulphur, not one is left among tho 
combs : tho wholo of them aro lying helpless 
on the table. You now remove what honey 
you think fit, replace tho hive in its old 
stand, and tho bees, as they recover, will re- 
turn to their domicil. A bright, calm, sun¬ 
ny day is the best: and you should com¬ 
mence your operations in the morning, bo- 
foro many of them aro abroad. 
FARMING IN ONONDAGA COUNTY. 
IMPORTATION OF STOCK. 
CANADA THISTLES. 
Our occasional correspondent, W. Taf- 
r.\N, of Onondaga county, communicates 
the following to the Plough. Loom and An¬ 
vil : 
July and August are the months to ex¬ 
terminate Canada Thistles. Some people 
doubt whether they can bo killed oven by 
perseverance ; but I am no doubter on this 
point. Thistles can be eradicated, and with 
much less difficulty than quack grass. The 
best way to got rid of them is to mow them 
when they havo attained their full size. A 
man wh6 has had experience in mowing and 
killing them, can judgo as to tho time when 
they should be cut down. Tho stalks are 
holiow; the blossoms aro red—not much 
faded; the lower leaves are dead, and the 
weather warm and dry. When theso ap¬ 
pearance present themselves, you should 
mako an attack upon your beds of thistles. 
Several years since, wo had a large thrifty 
“ patch” of them on rich soil, and tho land 
was seodo down to timothy, though, in 
consequence pf the luxuriant growth of the 
thistles, theyi’Ass did not amount to much ; 
and the whole'mass of stuff was mowed 
down in the month of July, and not ono bit 
of it removed from the field. Tho second 
y a- after they wero thus mowed, they were 
scarce—a few “only remained in the field.— 
The lot has been mowed every year since, 
and to my certain knowledge there is scarce¬ 
ly a thistle to do found in tho field. An¬ 
other “ patch” was served tho same way, 
and tho lot is now clear of thistles. Plow¬ 
ing them out by the roots is adopted to 
some extent in this section of New York , 
hut on the whole, mowing them down in the 
months of July and August seems to bo the 
best modo of extirpating them. I do not 
look upon them with one-half as much hor¬ 
ror, either in tho meadow or corn field, as I 
__ Thic doeidodlv a, 
I shall be pleased to give you any further 
information about our country that will be ; in d if unfavorable, foreign materials should 
beneficial or interesting to your readers. be used in filling in around them. The de- 
James B. Tibbetts. position of insolublo gypsum in the body 
o • -nor tu Tniv isvi * of tho wood is a very efficient mode of pro- 
Spring Bay, m., July, 1853. . , decay. This process may bo per- 
Remarks. —Have our Illinois friends tried 0 ’ 
Mumma’s Patent Corn Sheller ? It is a 
good machine, and wo think will shell as 
largo corn as they can grow. It is (or has 
recently been ) advertised in the Rural.— 
Wo advise western farmers to give it a 
trial.— Eds. 
Exhibition or Horses —Somo of tho lead¬ 
ing citizens of Springfield, Mass., have had 
under private discussion for some weeks, a 
grand plan for an Exhibition of Horses from 
all parts of New England, New York, and 
adjoining Statos, to take place at Springfield 
about tho last of September. Tho plan 
embraces a liberal set of premiums for su¬ 
perior animals of various kinds, and the 
gathering there on the occasion of many dis¬ 
tinguished gentlemen from abroad. The 
idea is a novel and good ono, and wo hope 
may be carried out. 
do upon quack-grass. This is decidedly 
bad grass, and will soon tako tho advantage 
of a large field. 
I am of opinion that Canada thistles can 
bo killed by deep and thorough plowing.— 
For instance, if you have a piece of land 
which you wish to summer-fallow, and which 
has been and is burdened with thistles, you 
would doubtless mako money by plowing at 
least three times, and not let your plow run 
less than ten inches deep. I think this 
modo of managing them would result in 
their final extermination. When they are 
mowed down close to tho ground, tho re¬ 
maining portion of tho stalk is usually filled 
with water; and this Tehds to the decay ot 
tho roots and tho death of the thistles. 
In central New York wo aro troubled a 
great deal with thistles, though we are 
gradually getting rid of them, and ultimate¬ 
ly shall free ourselves entirely from them; 
or at least, I think such will be the case if 
wo adopt tho system of mowing thorn in hot 
weather, and at tho right stage of thoir 
growth. 
RAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The Syracuse Journal notes the improve¬ 
ment among tho farmers in tho towns of 
Manlius and Dewitt. Tracts of land but a 
short time since a wilderness, or entirely 
uncultivated, aro yielding luxuriant orops ; 
woodland has been converted into pastures 
for cattle and sheep, and comfort and plen¬ 
ty abound in all that region. Land not 
long since considered of little worth, is held 
at from $50 to $150 per acre. Municipal 
improvements, plank roads and railroads, 
havo worked this change. And it is not on¬ 
ly in tho immediate vicinity of tho city that 
theso things aro seen. On tho hills in 
Pompey. Onondaga. Otisco, and tho plains 
of Cicero, Clay, and Dewitt, real property 
in the soil appreciates in value, and tho 
farmers are tho lords paramount. No 
where in tho Stato are farmers any longer 
to be considered poor men. They hold in 
their hands tho truest source of wealth, and 
thoir gains aro by far the most satisfactory 
kind. 
Something for Farmers. —Wo saw, yes¬ 
terday, tho model of a machine for cutting 
corn in the stalk. It is partially upon tho 
plan of Mr. McCormick’s reaping machine, 
and is designed to cut two rows ot corn at 
a lime. Between two wheels thero is an 
axle, to each end of which is attached a 
knife for cutting each row of corn. To tho 
axle is also attached shafts for the horse 
which pulls tho machine. The horse walks 
between the rows of corn, and tho knife just 
on tho inside of each wheel cuts tho corn, 
which falls on a bed or place to catch it, in 
a manner resembling tho operations ot a 
wheat reaper. The bed which catches the 
corn, opens in the centre at tho pleasure of 
tho operator to discharge tho corn in bun¬ 
dles. We are informed that with ono man 
and a horse tho machine will cut 20 acres 
of corn per day. It is tho invention of a 
citizen of Illinois.— Rich. Enquirer. 
Well Said. —“ I subscribe for and read 
six agricultural papers, which I consider the 
best investment made during tho yoar,” 
say8 Mr. Bradley, in the Connecticut Val¬ 
ley Farmer, and ho is clearly a sensible man; 
and we venture to add, that tho time ho 
spent in reading thoso papers, which somo 
of his neighbors considered thrown away, 
was quite as conducive as any other 
towards tho satisfactory balance sheet of 
his years doings he exhibited—viz : 
Value of the crop.$2,702 37 
Farm expenses, including interest ou the 
value of his farm, and taxes.$1,242 50 
formed usually by immersing tho end of 1 
tho wood in a solution of gypsum when the j 
tree is first cut, though it requires consid¬ 
erable time to secure the ontire success of 
tho experiment. Tho timber should also bo 
thoroughly enveloped with it. 
We might give an estimate of the cost of 
various styles of farm fence, as some of our 
cotemporaries have done on kindred topics, 
but no one would perhaps bo a safe basis of 
calculation, for ono hundred miles square. 
Hence wo leave tho subject hero, giving in 
a tabular form the items which each man 
must estimate for himself. Theso will vary, 
of course, with the season of tho year, even 
on any given territory and for tho samo job. 
These items embrace the following : 
1. Cost of material, and of preparing it. 
2. Cost of transporting to tho spot. 
3. Preparing the ground for tho super¬ 
structure, whether a wall or posts and rails. 
4. Cost and amount of labor to bo em¬ 
ployed. 
5. Value of land affected by tho fence, 
A PARER submitted to tho Association for 
tho advancement of Science, by Prof. Blod¬ 
gett, of tho Smithsonian Institute, states 
tho following interesting facts : 
The portion of tho continent oast of the 
Rocky Mountains differs essentially from 
tho western portion and from Europe, in 
regard to tho distribution and amount of 
rain. Its fall is symmetrical aud general, 
not irregular and local. 
Tho actual amount annually falling, is 
greater in low countries, and decreases with 
the elevation. 
It is greater in the Mississippi valley than 
on the Atlantic coast in the same latitudes, 
by about one eighth. 
It is less in the Allcghanios than on tho 
Atlantic coast in the samo latitudes by about 
one-eighth. 
Tho law of distribution is doduced as ono 
of regular decrease in amount with decrease 
in temperature; whether that decrease.of 
temneraturo is due to increased elevation 
or higher latitude. 
The sources of supply of moisturo aro 
considered as lying beyond tho surface at¬ 
mosphere. 
Netprofit realized.$1,459 87 
Or at the rate of $9.73 per acre. 
How many of thoso farmers who “can’t 
afford” to take or read agricultural papers 
have done better ?—JYew York Tribune. 
A Cow Trade. —Tho .Springfield (Mass.) 
Republican of a lato date says :—1). I). War¬ 
ren. of this city, has recently sold a cow to 
Wells P. Ilodgctt on conditions that will in¬ 
terest our farmers and diarymen. The 
price of tho cow is to be decidod as follows : 
Mr. Warren is to have tho privilege of feed¬ 
ing the cow for thirty days, and Mr. Ilod- 
gott is to give at tho rate ot $10 per quart 
for the milk which sho averages over sixteen 
quarts per day, for tho whole ot thirty days. 
Thus, if she’ averages only sixteen quarts 
per,day, he is to give nothing for her. If 
sho averages twenty quarts ho is to give 
$40 ; and if twenty-five quarts, $9.0. Mar¬ 
vellous stories aro in circulation in regard 
to this cow, and wo anticipate tho result 
with interest, and shall mako it known to 
our readers. 
Good Farming.— Rawstono, in his “ Re¬ 
marks on Lancashire Farming,” a very val¬ 
uable work, says : 
“ It may bo laid down as a standing rulo, 
and as a guide to direct us, that all good 
farming—the whole of that process by which 
bad land is to bo converted into good and 
productive, and to bo continued in that 
state_is comprised in the throo following 
operations of husbandry, viz;—1. To car¬ 
ry off all superfluous and stagnant water, 
by means of judicious draining. 2. To re¬ 
trieve, through the medium of manure, tho 
strength and fertility which has been ex¬ 
hausted by cropping. 3. To extract all 
noxious weeds, that tho strongth ot tho ma¬ 
nure may bo thrown into the crops, and 
not into tho weeds.” 
During the past few months quite a number of 
important purchases of Improved Stock have 
been made in England by American Stock Im¬ 
porting Companies, and individual importers and 
breeders. In addition to the importations hereto¬ 
fore mentioned, we annex accounts of several 
others, as chronicled in the Mark-Lane (London) 
Express. That Journal of June G contains the 
following notice of a shipment of stock destined 
for Kentucky: 
Seldom has it fallen to our lot to chronicle as 
valuable a cango as left Liverpool on the 4th of 
June, in the “Crown,” for Philadelphia; more 
particularly as relating to the agricultural interest. 
This may be inferred when we mention that in 
the ship mentioned were sent out fifty head of the 
choicest specimens of short-horned cattle which 
could be bought in old England ; several of them 
being purchased at prices which may appear in¬ 
credible ; as probably no ship was ever freighted 
with anything like so valuable a cargo of this 
description. Twenty-four head of cattle and a 
quantity of of sheep, the property of It. A. Al¬ 
exander, Esq., Airdri House, Scotland, were sent 
in her, destined for his estate in Woodford county, 
Kentucky, U. S. Some estimate may be formed 
of the high spirit and enterprize of this gentle¬ 
man, when we mention that for two animals alone, 
a two-years old heifer and a yearling bull, named 
the “ Duchess of Athol,” and 2d “ Duke of Athol,” 
bred in this county by Charles Townley, M. P., 
near Burnley, he gave the large price of £525, 
($2,625.) To Mr. Strafford, of London, who had 
the superintendence of Mr. Alexander’s cattle, we 
are indebted for several interesting particulars re¬ 
lating to the stock, and who informed us that 
these two animals were the produce of one cow— 
“ Duchess 54th”—bought at the stile of the cele¬ 
brated herd of Short-horns of the late Thomas 
Bates, Esq., at Kirklevington, and bred since that 
gentleman’s decease. We also noticed in the 
cargo, some very fine young bulls, bought from the 
justly famed herd of F. II. Fawkes, Esq., Farnley 
Hall, as well as some very choice cows and heifers 
from the well known herds of Messrs. Bell, Bolden, 
Cattley, Combe, Downs, Fuller, Lowndes, Tan- 
queray, Wiley, Ac. The Sheep, principally of the 
Cotswold or’ New Oxford breed, were from the 
crack flocks of Mr. W. Game, of Aldsworth, and 
Mr. John Gillett, of Minster Lovell. The other 
portion of the stock consisted of 10 Short-horned 
bulls and 15 cows and heifers of the same breed, 
selected at very high prices for a large importing 
company, also from Kentucky, the agents for 
which, Messrs. Dudley, Garrard, and Van Metre, 
have succeeded, after much time and trouble, in 
the purchase of a splendid lot of cattle and sheep 
from the best herds and flocks in the kingdom.— 
In evidence of this we may cite those of the Earl 
Ducie, Lords Burlington and Feversham, Messrs. 
Ambler, Beasley, Beil, Booth, Emmerson, Fawkes, 
Hall, Hopper, Maynard, Smith, Tanqueray, and 
Town lev. They also had several fine specimens 
of the Cotswold sheep from the flocks of Mr. W. 
Game, and Mr. Lane, of Broadfield ; some pure 
Leicesters from the flock of Mr. W. Sunday, of 
Holmepierpont; and some prime Soutlidowns 
from the unrivalled flock of Mr. Jonas Webb, of 
Babraham ; besides a valuable stallion of the 
Yorkshire or coach-horse breed; we can only hope 
they may have the good fortune to get them out 
safe and well, and reap tho reward which such 
spirited exertions deserve. We believe for the 
freight alone, exclusive of the food and fittings 
requisite for such a voyage, that about £1,200 
($6,000) was paid, while the cost of the stock, with 
expenses incurred, must have exceeded £5,000 
($25,000.) 
The same paper of June 13th says : 
We have again to report a further exportation 
of valuable cattle from Liverpool, (luring the past 
week. In the ship “ Mary Carson,” for Philadel¬ 
phia, was sent out by Mr. Strafford of London, 
the splendid young short-horned bull “Harry 
Lorrequer,” bought at the sale of Mr. F. Fawkes, 
Farnley Hall, for 130 gs.: also two other valuable 
voung bulls, “ Liberator” and “ Squire Gwynne, 
(2nd),” bred by Mr. J. S. Tanqueray, of Hendon, 
with several heifers from his herd ; as well as oth¬ 
ers from the herd of the Hon. H. N. Hill, Boning¬ 
ton, and a number of Cotswold sheep. Mr. Bell, 
of Mosbro’ Hall, likewise sent in this ship eight 
short-horned heifers from his own herd, a young 
Devon bull bred by Mr. Davey, ot South Molton. 
with some Devon heifers bred by the Earl cf 
Leicester. Two other valuable cargoes are about 
to be despatched. “ The Star of the South ” will 
take out the far-famed bull “Balco,” bred by the 
late Mr. Bates, of Kirklevington, aud purchased 
at his sale in 1850, when one year old, by the 
Earl of Burlington, for 155 guineas. He has been 
used the last two seasons by Mr. Tanqueray, at 
Hendon, of whom he has been recently purchased 
by Col. L. G. Morris, the President of the N. Y. 
State Agricultural Society, on behalf of himself 
and Mr. Becar, of New York. These gentlemen 
have also purchased some highly valuable cows 
and heifers from Mr. Tanqueray, as well as of the 
Hon. H. N. Hill and Mr. Harvey Combe; they 
have further selected some splendid Southdown 
sheep from Mr. Jonas Webb, with a quantity of 
Berkshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire [tigs. The same 
ship takes out two very choice Devon heifers from 
Mr. Geo. Turner’s herd. Again, Messrs. Brown¬ 
ing, Farrar, and Phellis, agents for the Madison 
Co. Importing Company, Ohio, U. S., are sending 
in the “ Monsoon,” 23 head of short-horned bulls, 
cows, and heifers from the herds of Messrs. Booth, 
Fawkes, Hall, Knowles, Lawson, Raine, Thornton, 
Tanqueray, Ac. Amongst the bulls is the first 
prize yearling at Sheffield, bred by Mr. Hall, of 
Kiveton Park. They will have, too, a number of 
improved Leicester rams aud ewes from the flocks 
of Messrs. Brooke, Chapman, Hall, and Wood, as 
well as 13 pigs from the best breeders. Some es¬ 
timate of the importance of these exports, destined 
for several parts of the United States, maybe 
formed, when we mention that, from the best 
information we could procure, the cost of these, 
rvith the other stock mentioned in our last week’s 
report, cannot be far short of £12.000, exclusive 
of the expense of shipping—in itself a heavy item, 
approaching, in fact, to £2,000. 
The Short-horns above alluded to, shipped 
by Mr. Bell, are said to be for Mr. S. P. Chap¬ 
man of Madison county, N. Y., Lorillard Spen¬ 
cer of Westchester county, and Dr. Herman 
Wendell of Albany. The Devons are for the 
Messrs. Wainwrigiit of Rhinebeck, and George 
Yail of Troy. 
TnERF, is not a day nor an hour that wo 
can call our own. 
Sales ok Improved Stock. —It will be observed 
by reference to announcements in the advertising 
department of this number, that Messrs. David 
Brooks A Son of Avon, and Lewis F. Allen of 
Black Rock, offer some superior stock for sale at 
auction. As the sales include choice and valuable 
animals, of celebrated breeds and families, they 
are worthy the attention and attendance of those 
interested. 
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