MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
The importance of the wool growing interest, in 
this section of the country particularly, has not 
been hitherto duly appreciated. The great passion 
of the farmer has been for wheat culture. From 
causes beyond his power to control, this paramount 
interest must hereafter gradually decline,—and 
Stock and Wool must claim and receive a larger 
share of the farmer’s care and attention. But suc¬ 
cess in Stock Breeding, and in Sheep Husbandry, 
will necessarily involve an accurate, thorough, 
extensive knowledge of all th^ economics of care 
and feeding; as also, discrimination and skill, to 
discern points and qualities, that unite to form the 
standard of value and excellence. Hence the utility 
and importance of :igricultural societies, and 
journals. Through their aid, the knowledge, ex¬ 
perience and success of one, avails to the benefit 
of alL Many things familiar to others, may still 
be new and useful to us. And hence the neces¬ 
sity, that farmers should communicate fully, and 
freely, to such periodicals. One of the leading 
objects of The Wool Grower is, to aid and direct i 
the farmer, to successful and profitable results, in ] 
sheep husbandry. It will be the medium there- j 
fore, of the communications of the wool growers ] 
throughout the country, in relation to the character , 
and improvements of their own flocks; and in , 
relation to the distinctive characteristics, and rela- . 
tive value of the different breeds. From intelligence 
thus derived, and descriptions and statements thus 
promulged, the farmer can draw his own inferences, 
and decide in regard to the breeds he will cultivate, 
and in relation to new and improved modes of 1 
care and culture. 
From the style and tone of the public press for . 
the past year, it would seem that large fleeces 
were all the object. We have recommendations 
of flocks and breeds of sheep, that produce im¬ 
mense fleeces. Individual fleeces are quoted as 
high as from 12 to 20 lbs.,—and of course the public 
are invited and urged to cultivate such particular 
breed. Now, in my humble opinion, uniformity 
of quality (and that to be fine,) in the fleece over 
the whole carcass, is a higher object of attainment, 
and one of more value, than this of excessive 
weight The idea of obtaining a flock or breed 
of sheep, that shall yield from 12 to 20 pounds of 
washed wool, with any such care and attention as 
farmers can ordinarily bestow upon this stock, I 
consider a supreme humbug. The thing has never 
been achieved, and never will be. There is a 
medium standard size, for this kind of stock, reared 
under common and ordinary circumstances. Extra 
care and keeping may increase this size. But so 
soon as this extra care ceases, the size will gradually 
diminish to the original standard. A flock of 
breeding ewes, that should reach 100 pounds, live 
weight each, and yield 6 lbs. of washed wool each, 
would be a sight worthy of the Crystal Palace. I 
greatly suspect it is such a sight as our 12 to 20 lb 
fleece-advertisers have never yet seen. It would 
exceedingly enhance the value of any private flock, 
if the proprietor would direct his efforts, to attain 
uniformitv of fineness over me entire carcass, as 
well as to increase the size of the animals. Both 
these objects can be measurably obtained, by 
suitable and appropriate effort. 
Another desideratum greatly to be prized in my 
view, is to obtain large and fine fleeces, free from 
qum. The native oil exudes from the skin of some 
breeds, much more copiously than from others. In 
some breeds, it flows in such profusion, as to form 
on the surface of the wool, by the adhesion of dirt 
and dust, a hard stiff gum—often so firm and hard 
as to need clipping by the shears, before used by 
the manufacturer—water failing to dissolve* it.— 
Now, such breeds I would utterly discard. The 
best Merinos I have ever seen, were the French 
Merinos, from the. national flock at Rambouilette. 
They were uniformly larger than the Spanish 
Merino—the fleece thick, fine, lon^, soft and beau¬ 
tiful—sufficiently furnished with yolk, but the 
surface clean, white and soft. A first rate flock of 
this breed, should be considered as meeting the 
highest aims ot the sheep husbandman. 
Monroe County, N. V-, June, 1852. E. D. 
— Wool Grower arid Stock Register. 
A HOLSTEIN DAIRY. 
Capt. Stanley Carr, who kept a dairy of 
180 cows, in Holstein, stated that ho used 
glass milk-pans. They were purchased at 
the manufactories at six pence sterling, 
each. Their advantages over wood were, 
that while the latter had to bo boiled thor¬ 
oughly to cleanse them, and remove thcacid- 
ulated matter from every crevice, the glass 
pans wore at once rendered sweet and clean 
by simply washing with a sponge. They 
were not liable to break. At first, he allow¬ 
ed a sum of money to his dairy-woman to 
cover breakage; but it was found by expe¬ 
rience, that in a dairy of 180 cows, the actual 
loss by breakage never exceeded 3s. Gd. an¬ 
nually. Ho stated that the great objects of 
the German dairy management were to pre¬ 
vent the milk turning sour, to maintain 
throughout the milk-cellar an equable tem¬ 
perature of GO deg. Fahrenheit, to place 
the milk-pans on the floor, to allow the con¬ 
tinuous ascent of tho air from the floor to 
the ceiling, and out of the upper windows, 
and keep the milk as long as possible in the 
pans before skimming. It was found that 
the last object was more effectually attain¬ 
ed in the glass milk-pans than in any others; 
and it was supposed that the perfect state 
of insulation in which the milk was placed 
by so perfect a non-conductor as glass, pre¬ 
vented tho passage of atmospheric electric¬ 
ity through it, and the production of that 
acid matter which so constantly resulted 
under ordinary circumstances, on changes 
of temperature and during thunder-storms. 
Colonel Challoner h^d been informed that 
the depth of tho milk i,h the pan ought to 
be less in proportion to its richness j n cream. 
Captain Carr had found as the result of 13 
years’ experience, that not mere than four 
or £vp quarts of ordinary milk ought fo be 
put into a glass circular pan, such as the 
one then before the Council, sixteen inches 
FANCIES IN FARMING. 
MANAGEMENT OF SWINE. 
TIIE SCOTCH HAR510W. 
HARROWS AND HARROWING. , The Arcades narrow, so eaucu irum um with cheerfulness. We discover vices to la- for ho seeks tho mud-medicated bath, mere- 
| inventor, Geo. Geddes, of Tyler, Onondaga men £ when wo had better find virtues to ly to allay tho irritation of his skin. If 
The Harrow is an implement of no small | coun ty, N. Y., is considered by those who imitate. We make ourselves look upon a you keep his hide clean, ho will no longer 
importance, when wo consider tho part it i bave * uSed both to be superior to the dark scene and grope our way in a feeble need it, and no longer seek it; unless a bad 
has to perform in preparing for, and cover- j aro harrow inasmuch as it draws from light, when wo ought to admire the beauti- early education prevails over his natural 
• A nn emi . j M l Udro - ful landscape and walk m the sunshine.— swinish notions ol neatness. We have tried 
ing esc w . . . I a centre, vitliout an uneasy an s rug The same principle may be usefully applied thoroughly, the plan of keeping hogs clean, 
has-been in use from tho earliest period, but■ j gling motion, and is of course easier tor the t0 £ bo pursuits of tho husbandman. A by washing and by good pens and nice litter, 
until lately, in a rude form, and doing its ^ eam The accompanying cut is so simple course of cultivation or a kind of manage- and we have found an advantage in it. 
People speak of fancies in farming when “ As dirty as a pig,” describes, in most 
they mean follies, and too many are apt to ' men’s vocabulary, their “ ne plus ultra ” of 
give that hard name to everything which personal uncleanliness. It is a great, but 
they have not seen tried before their own a common error, this, that a hog is natu- 
eyes. Now such persons will rarely fail to rally and of choice a filthy animal; delight- 
think they discover the characteristics which ing in a mud-bath, as the greatest subluna- 
they are expecting to find. Men aro so ry luxury; and be-coating himselt with 
constituted that if they happen to take a mire, as proudly as the veriest dandy would 
prejudice against a stranger the first timo broad-cloth himself a-la-mode. A hog, if 
they see him, they are inclined to examine reared in a respectable manner and washed 
in the most favorable light, whatever occurs of a Saturday night with the rest of tho 
and are ready to interpret to his disadvan- children, will do no discredit to his bring- 
tage a great many little acts that are per- ing up, but may chance to shame many of 
fectly innocent in themselves, or even praise- his masters, by the decency of his appear- 
worthy. How unfortunate is such a dispo- anco. Kept clean by an occasional wash- 
sition in our intercourse with society. We ing, and the privilege of neat apartments 
imagine people worse than they are. Wo for his noontide nap and nightly snooze, the 
act toward them with less kindness and hog repays with interest tho care and feed 
charity than wo ought. Wo feel oppressed bestowed on him. He thrives better thus, 
with gloom when we ought to be inspired than when forced to wallow in the mire ; — 
. . TT _xv,„ wmi muem vmeu wo uuniiu to uo msuiieu 
The Geddes Harrow, so c with cheerfulness. We discover vices to la- 
work in an imperfect and uncertain manner. an( j distinct, it needs no description in this 
Nearly as great an improvement has been pj ace> Being hung by hinges, it is easily 
effected in tho form and working of tho har- lifted when in motion, to let off collections 
row as of the plow, and tho various cultiva- 0 £ ^ eedgj roo ts, or other obstructions. I 
tors and drills may be regarded as modifi- can be doubled back, and is of very con 
cations of this implement. venient form to be carried in a wagon abou 
The Scotch Harrow, figured above, is the farm. Some have teeth put in as com 
and distinct it needs no description in this ment that is novel or untried is too apt to “ As drunk as a sow ” is another proverb, 
nlace Beine hung by hinges, it is easily bo looked upon unfavorably for that very which unjust and ingenious man has invent- 
F ' ° ° „ ,, ._ reason, and all its objections and faults ed and perpetuated to keep himself in 
lilted when m motion, to let Off CO cc 10 dwelt linon. before anv of its advantages be- rrmntorinnr-e “ PmiiW’ssnw” is srnnfitimps 
arteci wnen in motion, to uu dwolt up0Ilj beforo any of its advantages be- 
of weeds, roots, or other obstructions. It gj n £ 0 bo considered. In this way it comes 
can be doubled back, and is of very con- that a great many things are called fancies 
Yenient form to bo carried in a wagon about i n farming which dcsei’ve a better name. 
dwelt upon, beforo any of its advantages be- countenance. “ David’s sow ” is sometimes 
gin to bo considered. In this way it comes particularized. Now it is a fact, that may 
that a great many things are called fancies be new to many of our readers, that tho hog, 
in farming which desei’vo a better name. in his anatomical structure, his diseases, 
Here is a farmer who keeps a fancy yoke and in many of his habits, approaches more 
of oxen. They aro a handsome pair of cat- nearly to man, than any other of our do- 
much used in Great Britain,-being con- mon harrows, simply by being driven in ^V^on ^o^rkept in good 3 aiSC 
structed both with iron and wooden names f rom tlio under sido; others have tho teeth we p rubbed, carded and smooth, with hard run for human subjects whereupon to 
— and for thoroughly pulverizing tho soil, S o mado as to let through tho timber from brass balls on the tips of their horns. They lecture and demonstrate to their journey- 
must be a valuable implement. Like most tho under side, with a washer below and a aro carefully shod, yoked and handled, and men saw-bones, have frequently selected a 
of European construction, however, it seems nut and screw on the top; this avoids the so delicate that they will come and go with pig to occupy the vacant table. Very many 
1 .1 i i , ,, « a sinsrlo call of tho teamster, and so activ'o ot their diseases are identical with our own. 
unnecessarily heavy, and to possess a super- losing of teeth, by preventing them from ^ t ?,° C anl,o putinio a n,pid walk with And their habits,-their laziness, their om- 
/5..:x—n dropping out, as m the common harrows. . 4 1 — r •_v. - _ 
fiuity of gearing. 
a word of encouragement. They are strong nivorous appetite, their clamorous urgency 
enough to plow alone, and the same person for kitchen drippings—aro certainly very 
can hold and drive. They will do the work like to thoso of many of our own kind — 
of two ordinary yoke of oxen, and are al- we won’t specify politicians. But in tho 
ways worth a high price at the butchers.— matter of the Maine law they shame in their 
The owner seems never weary of taking the practice some of its most wide mouthed 
best possible care of them, and of showing triends. Tho hog is “ a much abused peo- 
how much they can do. On tho other hand, pie. ’ 
many of tho neighbors never seem weary of In feeding swine, men should uso judg- 
saying that such fancy things cost moro than ment. A hog wants his meals regularly, or 
they come to. They have always used poor, ho worries and sqeals off an ounce or two ot 
thin, slow teams. Let them candidly reck- fat. In early youth when weaned from tho 
on the cost and profit of tho two methods, maternal teat and up to the age of six 
Let them try the experiment. In either of months, at least, ho. should he allowed tho 
these ways they will see there is no fancy largest liberty consistent with circumstan- 
about such kind of management, except in eos. Exercise expands and develops his 
the name they have given it. 
Another farmer is said to havo fancy plows, 
frame, and fits it to carry more flesh and fat; 
and ensures to tho pig a good constitution. 
tern in their swine-feeding. 
Tho breeds of swine now most valued, at 
and less easily cleaned'; it was also at the ing a field of corn with clover. We sowed 
same time a less perfect non-conductor of immediately after the plow, the last working 
electricity. giving tho seed a chance, while tho ground 
Prof. Way quite agreed with Capt. Carr’s was fresh and loose. It took well, stood a 
inoenious theory of tho electrical insulation hard fall drouth, and came on more vigor- 
rwmrvp" Avnvr mpv P I°T wiU C0 ^ more , at tbe f \ rst if th °y ar ,° the North, are tho Suffolk and tho Middle- 
SOWING CLO VER A MONG CORN. 0 f the very best quality, but how soon such gex . These two aro very like in every re- 
n +1 n mV, nf ioef Tniv wn finiaRod cr>w ??°l s sav0 mo , r< ?, tban tbe * r cost - Then S p e ct; and after having bred both for many 
° n ; L th _ o i.r. t, nr?, z&z?. mJs «.*•» * i 
ingenious tneory or xne eiecmctu uisuiawuu u^iau uiuu iu,am l , U v,v u 6U i- the dew, and rain, and sunshine, it will usu- mm -e than comnonsatn in cash for their 
of milk in tho glass-pans. The milk in ous this year, than that sown on small grain ally become so rotten in ten or twelve years want of size. Suffolk pi«-s have been 
them would not turn sour so soon as it the spring previous I ho soil is var^ as to bo unfit for use. Now tho same piece slaughtered at 6 months old that weighed 
would in metal vessels. We did not, ho including loam, clay and gravel, with a ridge 0 f timber carefully kept from the weather three hundred and ninetv-four nounds No 
thought, well understand the mode of ac- so poor that it would scarcely produce a wm i ast more than fifty years. There is a man need have a finer breed tfian this If 
tion of electricity on liquids. When elec- nubbin ot coin, to the mil. YVe sowed the CO urt room m Normandy, where tho ceiling he wants a bi^er breed let him select one 
tricity passed through the air to the earth, ridge, because it was easier to sow than to ; s supported by largo oaken beams that 0 f those Noah’s Ark race, that weigh eight 
tricity passed through the air to the earth, ridge, because, it was i 
tho freer the passage, tho moro harmless it skip it, thinking it S( 
was. He was disposed to attribute the in- clover could live on it 
fluence of electricity on liquids to chemical disappointed to see a 
changes occasioned by electricity in the air clover on it at present 
itself, as in the well-known case of nitric Two other experiments came under our bes t possible care of tfyem, should bo nog- 
acid, in small quantities, being produced in observation; one in this and the other in i ec t ed a s a fancy. Improving farmers will 
the atmosphere duiing thumb i stoims, Butlei count}. »j . find that they need to watch over the inilu- >vo liail eouecieu on our own iarm me 
whensuchacidulationwouldatonceact.de- One.so wed after the plowthe30th of July, enco of tho natural prejudice referred to, materials and moulds for making swine on 
terminately on delicately poised constitu- and failed, except as trip next^thevoods, and t0 examine carefully and consider fa- a large scale, and some of them after a large 
is supported Dy large oaiten oeams tnat 0 f those Noah’s Ark race, that weigh eight 
have been there more than four hundred hundred dressed ( at Mothusaleh’s age ) and 
years, and still they aro quite sound and try to make a breed by using a full blood 
firm. Nothing which relates to keeping Suffolk, Middlesex, or Essex boar. Wo 
the very best tools upon the farm, or to the wonder that no one has imported the Lei- 
-f 1 . u zv .1 , i ., ^ a i' - , .—- y - .—7-, u. iar«« scaiu, aim sume ui uieui ctuur a largo 
ents, like those of milk, especially after that where it wa^ vorablv, as well as to adopt cautiously and pattern, when we were summoned away 
increased sultry temperature which usually other sowed attci the cultivatoi, on a Yerj prudently, whatever promises to be useful. F..~— o... m a,.;i 
increased sultry temperature which usually other sowed after the cultivatoi', on a very prudently, whatevf 
precedes such a disturbance of the clectri- dry soil, tho latter part of August, and —Granite I'armcr 
cal equilibrium of the air. He quite agreed, failed entirely. These we mention as a-— 
too, with Captain Carr, that milk should be caution to others to sow in season. ACTION AND RE 
ACTION AND RE-ACTION IN FARMING. 
kept cool, and its tempetaturo equable.— Wo were informed by an experienced far- . - 
Metallic vessels would in this point of view mer of Indiana, that latterly, he sowed oh *ences operate m two ways-if good they 
_ , r , i* _ a ii_i.i. z± _u ata n flpfAnpA it nnnr 
be far more liable than glass ones to com¬ 
municate to milk those changes of temper- 
corn almost entirely, and thought it much are a defence, if poor an offence 
ST’S toko pS sow cede his whole Agriculture. 
atmosphere. Glass, under all circumstan¬ 
ces, would have advantages that earthen¬ 
ware had not, unless when very well glazed. 
after tho plow, in his early corn, about the farm. 
last of Juno or first of July; then it will get 
the harvest rains,” soon sprout, and send 
Every farmer should see daily every ani¬ 
mal he has, and inspect ks condition.— 
supplied with little channels of water.- till the drouth comes and parches it to plenty of coats for his own back. wound constantly bathed and frequently re- 
Tho dairy ought to be free from the very death. A good housewife should not be a person nowed. The chlorine gas possesses the 
semblance of dirt; tho brick floor should The advantages of this practice will be of “one idea, but should bo equally farm - power of decomposing the tremendous poi- 
bo cemented, and hard; the walls smooth, derived bv com farmers; wheat growers don’t lar with the flower garden and flour barrel; son, and renders mild and harmless that 
and white-washed, and both wood and stone need it. ‘it doubles the chances of getting a a nd though her lesson should be to lessen venomagamst whose resistless attack theAir- 
free from hanging dust of any kind ; the field of clover in any given year. It offers a expense, yet the scent of a fine rose should tillery of science has been so long directed m 
air should circulate freely, and there should profitable and practicable mode of keeping not be less valued than the cent an the till, vain It is unnecessary to add that this 
bo no dampness in the rooms : the pans a corn-field, not suited to tho production of I her husband is a, skillful sower of gram, wash should be applied as soon as possible 
should be placed low down on the floor, oth- small grain, in a high state of fertility— she is equally skillful as a sewer of gar- after the infliction of the bite. From 1810 
should be placed low down on the floor, oth- small grain, in a high state of fertility.— 
erwiso the milk would not yield the full Ohio Cultivator. 
quantity of cream, and the vapor rising -- *' _l *' * 
from the milk, should havo an opportunity Attention to Root Crops. —Keep your 
of passing off unobstructedly from the up- root crops clean from weeds and grass, and 
A"' % spades and carts. They are always made Having attained a sufficient size, he may be 
IPIIP^ light and well finished, and kept carefully penned and gradually fed moro and moro; 
in repair, and housed from the weather when au d when once fat should not be allowed to 
not in use. Thoy cost more than the ordi- loso a pound. Regularity .and repose aro 
the geddes harrow. nary kind and a close buiading is appropri- now necessary to ensure the most satisfacto- 
_ ____ ated to keep them in. Now the common r y state of obesity. 
~ ' , , . , f , , , , , -fault/ lo to iwvilto farming toola too lioawy OInvor is an nxcelleirt. fnddp.r fnr swine, 
in diameter at tho top, and twelve at the the north; and the root should be pent- and unwieldy. They are clumsily construct- On clover and water alone, a well-bred pig 
bottom. Lord Berners inquired how often house.. Along the floor should be passages, e d so that they aro by no means strong in will become a very Daniel Lambert of a 
the milk was skimmed in Germany, and how on which the dairy woman could walk in proportion to their weight. No care is ta- hog. Green corn may follow clover; and as 
long it remained beforo skimming. Captain wooden slippers. In Holland, no milk was ken to put them under cover, and they are fall fades into winter push in the meal.— 
Carr replied, that they never skimmed the placed in pans on shelves, but alway on the w0 £ anc i dry a hundred times a season. In This is the mode of feeding which we havo 
same milk but once, and then not until it floor, as in Holstein. Ho could assure the the winter, tho plows and harrows and carts, seen adopted with the most entire success 
had stood at least thirty-six hours; but the Council that in those parts of the Conti- are scattered along the roadside, twisted for largo herds; where were no facilities 
longer it could bo kept beforo skimming, at nent where the dairies were managed in the ou t ot shape on the rocks and uneven for butter-milk or other swill, that many 
GO dogs. F., without becoming sour, tho scrupulous manner he had described, the g r0 und, and blanched and weather-beaten farmers havo in abundance. At the South 
the greater in proportion, to a certain ex- object was simply profit ; and the means an q worn more by tho snows and blasts, and West, tho swine find their own living 
tent, was the amount of cream obtained.— thus taken to securo that end were those £ ban by ba lf tho farming work of tho year, and, “ not knowing, can’t say,” whether 
Mr. Law Hodges wished to know whether best adapted lor the purpose, however they j n summer, when not in uso, they lay their owners would°or would net find it to 
glazed earthenware pans would not equally might havo the appearance in detail ol be- ro tting in tho same place among the grass their advantage to have a little moro sys- 
answer tho purpose as glass ones. Captain ing employed on giounds only oi elegance, and weeds. teni in their swine-feeding. 
Carr remarked that in Germany they also taste, or even cleanliness. A good hoe, or a good scythe, or a good The breeds of swine now most valued, at 
employed glazed vessels and iron. I he c Awnwr emm P I°T wU1 CO f m0re , at ti [ st if th °y ar ,° the North, are tho Suffolk and tho Middle- 
earthenware, however, being often badly SOWING CLOVER AMONG CORN. 0 f the very best quality, but how soon such gex ’These two aro verv like in everv re- 
baked was on that account more fragile , TT7 wA f , tools will save more than their cost. Then spect; and after having bred both for many 
than glass, besides being more easily soiled < 0n * he6t h °f la ® fc . J’ lf thoy c f ofully used and ke Pt. f r° m years, we would not give “the toss-up of a 
cestershires, to gratify this taste for largo 
swine. 
We had collected on our own farm tho 
from the pig-pen to the pen editorial. And 
we have no hesitation in saying, that we 
have in the country, all that is needed to 
build up breeds adapted to every reasonable 
taste and to all localities, except a good 
knowledge on tho part of farmers of the 
preferable to the old way of sowing in spring Many a farmer, by too sparingly seeding true principles of breeding —Journal of 
1 t.t .. ^ J • ° i- , i tic ..our mncflmw! line to hia uLnlu .ftfrrlC.uLtUre. 
Cure for Hydrophobia. —The following 
recipe, used by a French physician, is said 
per part of tho dairy; thcro should be no tho soil open to the fertilizing influences of 
taint or bad smells; the aspect should be to ' tho atmosphere. 
lall grain in a high state of fertility._ she is equally skillful as a sewer of gar- after the infliction of tho bite. From 1810 
hio Cultivator 1 . & ments; he keeps his hoes bright by use; to 1835; tho number of persons admitted 
- - - she keeps the hose of the whole family in into Breslau hospital was 184, of whom on- 
Attention to Root Crops. _Keep your order.— Alb. Cultivator. ly two died. From 1783 to 1824, into the 
ot crops clean from weeds and grass, and ------ hospital of Zurich, 233 persons bitten by 
o soil open to the fertilizing influences of Asparagus is strongly recommended in different animals wero admitted, (182 by 
o atmosphere. & affections of the chest and lungs. dogs) of whom only four have died. 
