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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER! AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
REGISTERING AND MARKING SHEEP. 
This is not absolutely necessary for tbe wool- 
groiocr, though it is, in many points of view, a vast 
convenience to him, and leads to a degree of sys¬ 
tem in his efforts after improvement, and gives a 
definiteness and precision to the execution of his 
plans, otherwise unattainable. But the breeder — 
he who makes it his business more particularly to 
raise choice animals to sell for breeding purposes 
—is unworthy of the name, if he docs not regu¬ 
larly number and register his sheep, so that he 
can trace the descent of any ram or ewe, through 
any number of generations. This is not merely 
to gratify an idle curiosity, or to furnish a pur¬ 
chaser with a sounding pedigree. Every breeder 
is under the necessity of directly breeding in-and- 
in, or of occasionally employing new strains of 
blood. If the latter step is often resorted to, the 
hazard is increased of changing the character of 
the flock. If he numbers and registers his sheep, 
he can breed “closer,” and consequently longer, 
without a change, without the hazard of confusion 
or mistake. Where half a dozen, or even three or 
four rams are used in the flock the same year, it 
would be beyond the power of any breeder, relying 
on his memory alone, to decide, six or eight or ten 
years subsequently, which were the daughters, 
grand-daughters, and great - grand-daughters of 
each. If the rams A and B be unrelated, A may 
be put to the daughters of B, and then B be put 
to the produce, (i. e., his own grand-daughter, got 
by A,) without “close” breeding—because they 
possess but one-quarter of the same blood. Then 
the great-grand-daughter may be again put to A, 
because she possesses but one-quarter of his blood. 
As I remarked in my last letter, with three strai ns 
of blood to start with, the breeder may ring innu¬ 
merable changes, without ever trenching on that 
line which marks the boundaries of close breeding. 
He who pretends that he can preserve such mul¬ 
tiplied classifications in his memory alone, is 
unworthy of the least confidence. 
There is another very important consideration. 
Numbering and registering enables the breeder to 
trace breeding effects definitely to their causes. — 
Suppose that he finds that an unusual number of 
his young ewes are poor nurses —or exhibit some 
imperfection of form or wool. He can remove the 
present effect by throwing out the defective ones. 
But the undiscovered cause may still remain in 
operation. It may be a particular ram, or the 
result of interbreeding between such ram, and 
ewes of a certain strain of blood. If this ram, or 
perhaps others got by him, be permitted to breed, or 
breed with a particular class of ewes, the evil creeps 
along in the flock, its cause remaining undiscov¬ 
ered. But if the breeder could fix the precise 
pedigree of every sheep, from an accurately kept 
register, he would soon ascertain what strains of 
blood, or the conjunction of what strains, produced 
the evil. By the same means, he could as readily 
trace the sources of particular excellence. 
The system of numbering invented by the 
celebrated Vox Thaer is far preferable to any 
other which I have seen. It is as follows : 
One notch over the left ear, (that which is on 
your left when the face of the sheep is from you,) 
stands for 1 ; two notches over the same, for 2.— 
Fl<J ’ *• r j. One notch under 
Right ear. Left ear. 
to. l. the left ear stands 
f° r 3- Three such 
notches carry up 
3 the number to 9. 
yjkfy § One notch over 
'1x3 y the right ear is for 
10 ; two such for 
No. 44—1841. " 20. One notch un¬ 
der the same stands for 30 ; and three such for 90. 
Combinations of the above (three notches under 
each ear) would carry up the number to 99. These 
four classes of notches, which express all parts of a 
hundred, are shown in the first of the annexed 
cuts. A sheep marked like fig. 1 would be Ho. 44_ 
A notch in the end of left ear, as fig. 2, stands 
Fig. 2 - for 100 ; in right do. 
200 ^ l0 ° dn Edition to 
these there are on 
the same cut two 1 
S notches,one 3 notch, 
'lOy one 10 do., and two 
30 do. Adding the 
" ’ ' No. 375—1843. whole together, tho 
sheep would therefore be Ho. 375. 
As the 100 and 200 notches, together, make 300, 
no separate notch is required for the latter num¬ 
ber. The point of the left ear cut square off, as 
Fig. 3. in figure 3, cut, 
5 W, !——i 400 stands for 400 ; 
the point of the 
right cut square 
| § off, for 500. The 
latter and the 100 
notch wo’d make 
No. 909—1848. 600, and so on. 
The lambs of each year and each sex are num¬ 
bered from 1. 
The age is expressed by round holes through the 
ears, standing for the year in which the sheep is 
born. As there is no possibility of making a mis¬ 
take of ten years in the age of a sheep, these marks 
are the same between each tenth year of the cen¬ 
tury. Between 1840 and 1850, no hole would ex¬ 
press 1840; onehole in the left ear, 1841; two holes 
in the left ear, 1842; one hole in the right ear 1844; 
one hole in the right and one in the left, 1844; one 
hole in the right and two in the left, 1845 ; two in 
the right, 1846; two in the right and one in the left, 
1847 ; two in each, 1848 ; three in the right, 1849; 
none in either, 1850—and the same for the next 
ten years. Examples are given in the preceding 
cuts. In other words, one hole in the left ear 
signifies 1, and one in the right 3, as applied to 
the years between each tenth of a century—and 
the combinations of these holes are made to ex¬ 
press all the intermediate years with the exception 
of the tenth. 
Every ewe, when turned in with the ram, should 
be~given a mark (entirely distinct from the mark 
No. 44—1841. 
No. 909—1848. 
of ownership) which will continue visible until 
the next shearing. Hothing is better for this pur* 
pose than Venetian Red and hog’s lard, well 
incorporated, and marked on with a cob. The 
ewes for each ram require a differently shaped 
mark, and the mark should also be made on the 
ram, or a minute of it in the sheep-book. Thus it 
can be determined at a glance by what ram the 
ewe was tupped, any time before the next shearing. 
The holes in the ears, indicating the year, being 
the same on the whole annual crop of lambs, may 
be made at any convenient time. The holes are 
most conveniently made by a saddler’s spring- 
punch, the cutting cylinder of which is about 3-lG 
of an inch iu diameter. If too small, the holes 
will grow up in healing. 
In numbering, it is difficult to prevent mistakes, 
if it is deferred until the lamb attains much size. 
If penned with the dams when a month or two 
old, hours will sometimes elapse before each lamb 
will suck—the only certain indication to which 
ewe it belongs. It being perfectly safe to perform 
this process when the lamb is only about a day 
old (or as soon as the lamb can walk, if it is a 
strong one,) the shepherd carries the notchcr in 
his pocket, and a little book, each page being ruled 
into six columns, and headed as in the register 
presently given. This constitutes the day-book, 
which is subsequently drawn off on the register. 
The notchcr which I use is of my own invention, 
and I have found it far preferable to any I have 
seen elsewhere. It consists of a saddler’s spring- 
punch—the cutting cylinder being taken out, and 
a little sharp chisel of the same length being 
screwed in its place. The edge of the chisel de¬ 
scribes a semi-ellipsis, cutting a notch out of the 
ear of an inch deep, and a little over 3-16 wide 
at the base. A triangular cut in the ear, with so 
narrow a base, will grow together for some dis¬ 
tance from the apex. This instrument is far more 
convenient than a chisel and block. 
The shepherd, on finding a lamb of the right 
age to mark, goes quietly up to it, stopping it by 
the neck with his crook if it attempts to run away. 
The ewe will come near enough, in a moment or 
two, to be secured by the crook,' and then the 
shepherd notes her number and age, and enters it 
in his pocket-book, and also by what ram tupped. 
The lamb then is numbered with the notchcr, and 
this and its general appearance is noted down in 
the appropriate columns. If the ewe is too wild 
to be caught, the lamb may be notched—the num¬ 
ber of the sire, Ac., entered—and the number of 
the ewe subsequently ascertained in the pen. 
I have two forms of Breeding Registers, origi¬ 
nally furnished me by my lamented friend, the late 
Mr. Grove. One contains ten columns, the other 
eight. I have adopted the simplest one, omitting 
two of the columns, which leaves the Register in 
the following form : 
pr cr-V A- 
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The first entry above records the following facts: 
“The ewe Ho. 22, born in 1840, tupped by the 
ram Ho. 16 of 1839, dropped on the 4th of May, a 
ram lamb, which was marked Ho. 1, its character 
being as described under the head of ‘ Classifica¬ 
tion and Remarks.’ ” 
The column of “Remarks” is a very important 
one, if the minutes are made with accuracy and 
judgment. It should include an enmerationof all 
the prominent characteristics of the lamb, and of 
the appearances of the ewe as a breeder and nurse. 
These records will, in a single season, decide the 
character of a ram as a stock-getter and that of 
the ewe, in a year or two, as a breeder and nurse. 
—Randatrs Sheep Husbandry. 
Fall Care axd Feedixg.— “ Sheep should never 
be permitted to grow poor in the fall Give them 
the best feed you can, and if consistent with your 
concerns, put them in the yard at night, if at all 
cold or stormy, and in the morning give them a 
little of the best hay you have, or a few oats, and 
after they have eaten turn them out again. Just 
remember at this season they need care and atten- 
tention, and your own good judgment will prob¬ 
ably suggest the way in which it can be most 
properly bestowed.” 
Stablixg Stock.— An exchange says, when farm 
stock is kept in well littered stalls, and every other 
judicious means taken to manufacture manure, 
one hegd will produce sufficient to keep an acre 
of ground in the highest state of fertility. We 
know this from experience. , rrT I r ._ 
HOW TO IMPROVE HALF AN ACRE. 
Tiie Hew England Farmer, in reply to a 
correspondent who owns half an acre of 
and near Boston, and wishes to make the 
most of it, gives the following judicious ad¬ 
vice : 
YVe can tell our friend what course 
many people pursue under circumstances , 
similar to his own, and find “ material aid ” 
in it. In some convenient spot, draw away 
the earth from the centre to the circutnfer- ' 
ence of a space eight or ten feet in diame¬ 
ter, so as to form a basin, much as a mason 
does in forming a mortar bed. Conduct the 
sink water to it, soap suds, and all the other 
wraste water from the house. In this throw 
the rakings from the paths, tho weeds, fine ; 
chip dirt and saw dust from tho wood pile, 
leaves; and in autumn, the vines of toma¬ 
toes, cucumbers, potatoes, squashes, mel¬ 
ons, and in short everything that may be 
gathered (and considerable may be) in tho 
management of half an acre of land. If 
a good deal of vegetable matter is collect¬ 
ed, and you desire a rapid decomposition, 
sprinkle quick lime in small quantities oc¬ 
casionally upon the heap as you are adding 
to it. Overhaul it and mingle thoroughly 
with the fork, adding a few pounds of gyp¬ 
sum during the operation. This mode of 
collecting and making manure requires con¬ 
stant care and a steady hand, but, as the 
merchants say, it will pay, and pay well.— 
Those who have not tried it will be surpris¬ 
ed how much may be accumulated in a year. 
During the summer tho “mine” may be 
surrounded by pole beans which will yield a 
treble tribute'—hide the deformity, form a 
pleasant group in the garden, and supply 
tho table with a wholesome and seasonable 
vegetable. 
You may also find much benefit in the 
use of special manures. A little guano, ap¬ 
plied in the right way, will prove of great 
service. It is compact, easily transported 
and applied, and for the garden is an eco¬ 
nomical dressing. Thoroughly mingled 
with moist soil, it may be advantageously 
applied to any plant of the garden -with 
good results generally. Mingled with moist 
foam it may be scattered upon borders and 
lawns, and will soon produce a visible effect, 
in giving them a fine dark green appearance. 
But leached and applied in a liquid form we 
think better. 
Other concentrated fertilizers may be 
used; such as bone dust, gypsum, ashes, 
&c. Ashes will scarcely come amiss on any 
soil; its potash is needed every where. 
With these helps, and a judicious man¬ 
agement of tho “ domestic manure heap,” 
with an eye to the beautiful in the arrange¬ 
ment of walks, flower-beds, groups of trees, 
flowering plants, roots, vines, &c.. and a 
careful, neat cultivation of them all, what 
a chai*ming adjunct many an half acre be¬ 
comes to a well ordered homo : what asso¬ 
ciations shall spring up in the hearts of the 
children who shall pluck its flowers, while 
their parents walk in its cooling shades, 
happy in the affections of those whose 
tastes have been gently formed by the in¬ 
fluences of the garden. 
A half acre! a little world in itself; 
teeming with life and invitations to bo vir¬ 
tuous and happy, with scope enough for 
the exorcise of all your rural art and taste, 
and a convenient safety-valve for any su¬ 
perabundance of physical energy. 
MR. WEBSTER.-A BOOK FARMER. 
TnE following letters show Mr. Webster 
in a new and pleasing light, and will inter¬ 
est all our readers. They were addressed 
to the overseer of his farm in Franklin, H. 
Hampshire: 
Washington, March 13th, 1852. 
John Taylor :—I am glad to hear from 
you again, and to learn that you are all 
well, and that your teams and tools are 
ready for spring’s work, whenever the weath¬ 
er will allow you to begin. I sometimes 
read books on farming; and I remember 
that a very sensible old author advises farm¬ 
ers * to plow naked and to sow naked.’ By 
this he means that there is no use in begin¬ 
ning spring’s work till the weather is warm, 
that a farmer may throw aside his winter 
clothes and roll up his sleeves. Yet ho says 
we ought to begin as early in the year as 
possible. He wrote some very pretty verses 
on this subject, which, as far as I remember, 
ran thus : 
“ While yet the spring is young, while earth unbinds 
The frozen bosom to the western winds: 
While mountain snows dissolve against the sun, 
And streams yet new from precipices run— 
E’en in this early dawning of the year, 
Produce the plow, and yoke the sturdy steer; 
And goad him till he smoke beneath his toil, 
And the bright share is buried in the soil.” 
John Taylor, when you read these linos, 
do vou not see tho snow melting, and the 
little stream beginning to run down tho 
southern slopes of your Punch-brook pas¬ 
ture, and the new grass starting and grow¬ 
ing in tho trickling water, all green, bright, 
and beautiful ? and do you not see your 
Durham oxen smoking from heat and per¬ 
spiration as they draw along your great 
breaking-up plow, cutting and turning over 
the tough sward in your meadow in the 
great field ? Tho name of this sonsiblo au¬ 
thor is Virgil; and he gives farmers much 
other advice, some of which you have been 
following all this winter without even know¬ 
ing that he had given it: 
“ But when cold weather, heavy snows and rain, 
The laboring farmer iu his house restrain, 
Let him forecast his work, with timely care, 
Which else is huddled when the skies are fair; 
Then let him mark the sheep, and whet the shining 
share, 
Or hollow trees for boats, or number o’er 
His sacks, or measure tiis increasing store ; 
Or sharpen stakes, and mend each rake and fork. 
So to be ready in good time to work— 
Visit his crowded barns at early morn, 
Look to his granary, and shell his corn; 
Give a good broakfast to his numerous kine, 
His shivering poultry and his fattening swine.” 
And Mr. Virgil says some othor things, 
which you understand up at Franklin as 
well as over ho did: 
“ In chilling winter, swains enjoy their store, 
Forget their hardships, and recruit for more ; 
The farmer to full feasts invites his friends, 
And what he has got with pains, with pleasure spends; 
Draws chairs around the fire, and tells once more 
Stories which often have been told before; 
Spreads a clean table with things good to eat, 
And adds some moistening to his fruit and meat; 
They praise his hospitality and feel 
They shall sleep better after such a meal.” 
any thing of my cow Pidy, to-day ?” Some¬ 
times the cow was not found at all; but 
generally she was trotted home to bo milked, 
and then starved till next day ten o’clock ; 
and yes, when ten o’clock did come, the fiies 
came too. I don’t know which to mo3t pity, 
tho old cow, the owner, or tho law requiring 
T i „ , , .v i the German to fence up his fields to keep off 
John Taylor, by the time you have got * ” p r, * r 
through this you will have read enooigh.— 
Tho sum of all is, bo ready for your spring'i 
old Pidy. 
Now, my sons, you see that experience has 
enougn,ana tnen p 
and look not back. 
Daniel Webster, 
write, and before bidding you adieu for the 
Four days later he writes again : present, I admonish you to ever bear in mind 
« Go ahead. The heart of tho Winter is Jat anything which is worth doing is worth 
broken, and before the first day of April all dom g well.—Cor. Southern Planter. 
your land may be plowed. Buy the oxen 
of Captain Marston, if you think tho price PLANTING POTATOES IN THE FALL, 
fair. Pay for the hay. I send you a chock 
for $160, for those two objects. Put tho ^or long ago wo recommended the ex¬ 
great oxen in a condition to be turned out perimont of planting potatoes late in au- 
andfattened. You have a good horse-team, tumn, in order to test the practicability of 
and I think in addition to this, four oxen *he scheme, and to learn what proportion 
and a pair of four-year-old steers will do them, if any, would bo killed by. Host, 
your work. If you think so, then dispose s0 completely as not to vegetate in tho 
of the Stevens oxen, or unyoke them, and spring. 
send them to pasture, for beef. I know not Since then wo havo been informed by Mr. 
when I shall see you, but I hope before Martin Cushing, an aged citizen of YVin- 
planting. If you need any thing, such as throp, that in 1805 he resided in Bath, and 
guano, for instance, write to Joseph Buck, witnessed an experiment of a person who 
Esq., Boston, and he will send it to you. worked on the farm ol the late P. lalinan. 
sq Boston, and he will send it to you. worked on the farm ol the late P. lalman. 
™ , , , , He planted a field with potatoes, in tho tall, 
Whatever ground you sow or plant, see r F ~ J T ’ > • 
o b j i , mst before the ground froze. In the spring 
that it is in condition. Wo want no penny- A,. . ,, h ,, , ,_j *.° 
ani rrr.ru, ‘ A litftlo farm wp.ll till piH ’ is tn following they came up well; he liotd them 
7 c a Tui r _ 11 x:ii^ j > • iuiiowiug LiiL-\ uitiiiu up wun , hu hugu muu 
royal crops. i A little farm well tilled, is to r \ i , n 
~. 1 , carefully, and kept them tree trom weeds, 
a tarmer the next best thing to a little , . *y ,J * T 
, •„ j , rr ix- x ~ i „ and in tho month of June, (they were pro- 
wife well willed. Cultivate your garden be g al , to"dig 
Bo sure lo produce sufficient quant,t.os of J T| ? o]d for * dollar % 
useful vegetables. A man may half support Ho bad an abundant crop, and 
ns family from a good garden. Takocaroto bushels at that price. 
useful vegetables. A man may half support 
his family from a good garden. Take care to 
keep my mother’s garden in good order,even ^ — F**— 
if it cost you tho wages of a man to take care Here is an important fact for tar mei s to 
of it. I have sent you many gardon seeds, consider. Our seasons are not now so fa- 
Distribute them among your neighbors.— vocable for tbe potato as then, oi at any 
Send them to the store in the village, that rate they knew nothing of the potato rot in 
everybody may have apart of them without those days. If they succeeded well with 
cost^’ fall planting at that period, why may we not, 
t ix xi • • -.r now? Try it, brother farmers, “a little 
In reply to something m Mr Tatloks „ an / lot ’ us kn0 „ tho results. — Me. 
letter ho refers briefly to political subjects, p armer . 
“John Taylor, never writ© me another word WOOLEN RAGS AS MANURE, 
upon politics. Give my kindest remem- < ~ 
brance to your wife and children ; and when As a fitting return for your trouble in an- 
Auiepiy tu !U easy,” and let us know the results. -Me. 
letter ho refers briefly to political subjects, p armer . 
“John Taylor, never writ© me another word WOOLEN RAGS AS MANURE, 
upon politics. Give my kindest remem- _ ~ 
brance to your wife and children ; and when As a fitting return for your trouble in an- 
you look from your eastern windows upon swering my inquiry in the May number, in 
the graves of my family, remember that ho regard to the application of YV oolen Bags 
who is the author of this letter must soon as a Manure, I now send you the result of 
follow them to another world. m Y so doing. In my former letter I said 
Daniel Webster.” nothing about the quality of the land 1 in- 
_ _ , __ tended planting. It was a light yellow sand, 
“ WHAT IS WORTH DOING, DO WELL.” and ^ ad boon cropped with wheat the year 
_ previous and sowed with clover, which had 
Mr. Editor :— I onco made a rail fonco n P t 5 however, taken well. I planted the 
around my corn lot, and said that will do : piece, just one-third ot an acre, part on tho 
but, behold, it did badlv, for tho panels P* May, and the other part about the 
were so straight that the wind blew it down 26th, in rows three feet apait, putting tho 
and my neighbor’s cattlo destroyed a por- sots one toot apart. They would, 1 tiimk, 
tion of my corn, and they would have’ do- h a vo produced more if only eight oi nine 
stroyed all, had I not have cut hundreds of inches apart. I first drew the rows, and 
poles and brush, wherewith to prop and tie then, after cutting thorn up, scattered the 
up my fence, so that tho winds could not rags, at the rate of one ton to the acre, diy, 
shako' it nor the cattlo get to it. And, my in just tho state I saved them, in the rows 
quite neat, and I said, now let the winds esee Former. 
blow, and the firos rage and the oxen charge, - 
but I ask no boot; and so I did not for that GUANO 
year. But the next winter the frost gave 
my fence a shako on tho hill side, and mqch _ According 
of it tumbled. Now. if I had dug a level i° * 0 “ I 
this is not all, for the next year the firo got bushels ot the largest and best 1 ink-Eye 
into the loaves and brush about my fence, potatoes I over saw. Iho rags now appear 
and all wont together like wild fire. So my but littlo decomposed. I purposely loft two 
crop of corn diii not pay for the fence, and rows without rags; tho difference m the 
a 1 ■ xt* . _ - i t t :ii __i smnon.rn.n op . nf fhe notatoes dunilff their 
GUANO ON THE LOBOS ISLANDS. 
According to a communication just sent 
in to “ The London Times,” the Lobos Isl- 
about twenty inches wide, and laid thereon ands have a value attached to thorn, m coin- 
some largo stono as a foundation for tho prison with which the riches of California 
lower side of the fence, I would have saved are small account. In his opinion the 
many dollars, and much mortification of quantity ot guano on the three Lobos lsl- 
m j n( j ands amounts to two hundred and fifty mil- 
I once put up a large rack, and filled it lions of tons ! 
with straw for my cattlo. The feet of the To exhaust this pile of undeveloped food, 
poles not being well planted in the ground, taking one million of tons a year, would 
it fell upon and killed a valuable cow for mo. take two hundred and fifty years, and to 
So not only was my labor lost, but I was transport which would employ for two hun- 
minus a cow worth $25. dred and fifty years, ono thousand ships of 
I now own a meadow of five acres, thro’ a thousand tons capacity each. The value 
which, in days past, I cut a ditch to conduct of this vast amount of manure treasure at 
a small stream, and said that will do. In two cents per pound (which is below the 
June I mowed tho meadow and had the hay mark,) will amount to $10,000,000,000.— 
nearly ready for stacking, when a heavy Ten billions of dollars, what a bank that 
shower of rain fell and swept the platter.— would make, and here it is all founded on 
By this operation I lost ono hundred dollars threo small islands by the fowls ot the soa. 
worth of hay. Now, my sons, just look at How many years did it take for those fowls 
the case. Had I spent only ten dollars to deposit such an abundance of matter for 
more in cutting a ditch sufficient to convoy tho enrichment of the barren fields ot Eng- 
the water, (like my neighbor John) I would land and the United States r On every 
have saved ninety dollars, and bad toolings, hand thoro are evidences of tho world bo¬ 
und my credit too. ing much older externally than mon have 
Being a little stingy. I once trusted my been aceustomod to hold it, or that men 
spring'liouso door to the tying of a repo, have had any authority for so holding it by 
rather than expend the money in tho pur- revelation.— Sci. American. 
chase of a lock; and behold a rogue took - 
thence a largo crock of butter, and a big jug LEAVES FOR LITTERING STABLE?; 
of milk, altogether worth about six dollars. . 7 
Now, my sons, see that again : twenty-five In this year of scarcity of hav, straw will 
cents would have bought a lock, then all bo used more than usual tor feeding stock, 
wore safe, and I should not have grieved at instead of being used lor litter. Leaves 
finding out I had a bad neighbor. from the forest may bo used lor litter as a 
I once had two neighbors, one a real Gor- substitute for straw, in many ^nces with 
man. and tho othor an old fashionod Virgin- ToS C f™ 
ian. The Gorman fenced a lot of grass for to largo quantities where woo* are free 
his cow, where she was always ready to be underbrush and tho ground is dn .- 
milked in due season, rain or shine. Tho In many situations the winds sweep thorn 
consequence was, tho family had always together ra piles along fences or the lee 
plentv of milk aAd butter of the very best of rocks and lulls They make the 
quality. Tho Virginian turned his cow on best possible bedding tor pigs are clean 
the commons, and told her to go ahead, old a »d wholesome, give tho animal a clean skin, 
lady, now shift for yourself. The conse- an . d P r ,°tect him better than almost any- 
quenco was, tho family had very littlo milk thing else, against cold 
or butter, and that of a very poor quality ; Another advantage of leaves tor litter is, 
and when tho children cried for milk, I don’t thoy make excellent manure. Gardeners 
know whore my jug wont to. Now, my well know their value tor this purpose. A 
sons, although I am getting a little out of mixture of leaves with animal manure, and 
order, yet I will tell you, every day, Sunday old turf, or peat, decomposed and well mix- 
or no Sunday, about two hours by tho sun ed, furnishes a compost which is iery ta¬ 
in tho evening, a negro was started through vorablo to the growth of most plants, r or 
the neighborhood in search of this cow. I litter, loayos should bo gathered, it practi- 
havo often hoard the inquiry, “ has you seen cable, while dry.— Boston Cult. 
