to bo convinced, and Who will “fall in” with 
the practice at once. Facts ami figures alone 
will determine the success or failure of the pro¬ 
posed reform. 
I am no enthusiast on this subject, yet am 
convinced that soiling has a great many advan¬ 
tages, and that in some situations, and under 
certain conditions, it will pay. Upon a farm 
that is reasonably fertile and smooth, in reach of 
a good market for dairy products, and the owner 
of which has some capital to start with, and can 
employ help enough at fair wages, I have no 
doubt that, soiling will be more profitable than 
grazing after the old plan. About, double the 
number of cows can be kept on the same land. 
As a general rule, about one-fifth the length of 
fence will he required to confine them. The 
same amount of milk can be obtained per cow, 
and, 1 think, of just, as good quality. About 
double the bulk of available fertilizing material 
can be made, and, if these statements are cor¬ 
rect, twice the quantity of milk, butter, or 
cheese Can be fumed Off, These are some of 
the advantages to be mentioned in favor of the 
system. To offset them, we must charge against 
it an extra hand lor every forty or fifty cows, 
the increased expense of handling, hauling and 
distributing the manure, and the interest on the 
value of the added number of cows. 
If, then, we say that the extra help needed to 
care for the stock can h.- paid for by the saving 
in making and repairing fence, and the larger 
amount of manure obtained is worth the cost of 
handling and the interest on stock, we have, as 
a result in favor of soiling, that one hundred per 
cent, more can be sold from the farm. This 
looks very well on paper. If we could prove 
that ever}' actual trial would give a like flatter¬ 
ing balance sheet, how quickly we should sec 
the fences torn down and hauled Into the wood¬ 
shed, and every dairy “doubled up" and con¬ 
fined to the stable and the barn yard. 
In practical operations however, a person will 
find that there are some incidentals to bo taken 
into the account that will materially alter our 
figures. Among these may he mentioned a con¬ 
siderable expenditure for buildings to accommo¬ 
date the increased number of cows, and to store 
the fodder for them; a larger outlay for seed 
than under the pasture rule, and for the needful, 
constant, supply of water in the pasture-close, 
near the barn, etc. Upon farms distant from 
market, where land and fencing material are 
cheap, and wages high, and where a good range 
of pasture is obtainable, I cannot see that it 
would be any better policy to soil than in graze. 
Soiling, as a system of farm economy, cannot 
be advocated unconditionally. Its advantages 
depend entirely upon circumstances. Neither 
will it do any good to thrust it upon the atten¬ 
tion of farmers without it can he shown that a 
fair return can be realized for the necessary ad¬ 
ditional outlay of tiife, labor and money. Dairy¬ 
men do not find their employment so excessively 
profitable and easy that they will wish toen; age 
in anything that makes any more demands i >on 
them, without a reasonable prospect for corres¬ 
ponding success. 
Cattle kept in the stable and yard, need, and 
must have the best of food. Wiry, wild, or dry 
grass will not answer. It will keep them alive, 
hut it will not fill the pail. They require, also, 
a constant succession of good, succulent food, 
for, at least, as long a time as they could get. it 
in the pasture and meadow. To supply this will 
lay something of a tax upon a man’s ingenuity. 
The main difficulty lies in providing for the lat¬ 
ter part of May, and from the middle of October 
until the ground freezes. If a man has on his 
farm a piece of rough, hilly, stony, or stumpy 
ground, this may be fenced and furnish a baiting 
ground for the cows until the find, or middle of 
June. If he has not, then roots or grain must he 
the main reliance. As to the latter part of the 
season, late sown oats or barley, beet and carrot 
tops, may be provided, with which may he fed, 
occasionally, a bundle of corn stalks,—if they 
are not half husked no matter, they will do just 
as welL 
1 would give other suggestions if I did not 
fear that in trying to exhaust the subject, 1 
should exhaust also the patience of the Rutiai. 
and its readers. W. s. v. 
Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 1804. 
farmers, is a subject of some importance—espe¬ 
cially with fence hoards at $22 per M., nails at 
SG per cwt., and post timber at $6 per cord. 
At these figures the material to build a four 
board fence will cost one dollar per rod—exclu¬ 
sive of building. 
“We shall have to raise more live fence. 
Osage Orange. I think, is better than anything 
introduced as yet, if properly cared for. I find 
by experience in cultivating the Osage that, 
1st. We want good strong plants, of uniform 
size. ‘2d. The two year old plants are better 
than those one year old. 3d. The ground must 
he rich. 4th. The ground must be prepared 
deeply—especially if manure is used. 5th. T 
believe it better to plant only six inches apart 
than eight or ten inches. Gtb, Cultivate well 
the first four or five years—cutting hack severely 
the first three or four years. Almost all hedges 
are thin at; the bottom, for they have been, let 
grow r without, cutting until they wore high 
enough for a fence, and then topped. This 
thickens the top, hut sheep and hogs can go 
through the bottom. The cutting must com¬ 
mence earlier, and be repeated often, and there 
is no difficulty in getting a good hedge.” 
This is true. And we have seen excellent 
hedges made by cutting hack these thin hedges 
to the ground, and repeating the operation 
about twice a year. And what our correspond¬ 
ent says of the value of the Osage is orthodox, 
we think. 
finally, he says, “ perhaps I should qualify my 
position by saying that growing sheep for wool 
is not the most profitable branch of farming that 
the farmer could adopt over most parts of thi- 
State in the present condition of its agriculture.” 
This State of ours is a large one, having great 
diversity of soil and climate: and quite as im¬ 
portant in regulating agricultural operations, 
some parts of the State have the best markets 
on the Continent, while other parts are so 
remote or so inaccessible to the consumers of 
the surplus of the earth’s productions, that only 
such staples a> are of easy and safe transporta¬ 
tion can find a market. It is very difficult to 
apply general rules under such eircumstaneee. 
Each locality must determine for itself as to the 
most profitable manner of using its soil. Near 
great cities large numbers of sheep will be 
fattened for the butcher, while in the districts 
remote from markets, the fleece will be more 
important in the mind of the farmer. T suppose 
that in a very large proportion of the State, tin 
wisest course will he to have regard to both 
carcass and fleece in raising sheep. For the 
mere production of wool small sheep are the 
most profitable,—for making mutton large sheep 
are best. The farmer that is so situated that he 
can sell his mutton for only a moderate price on 
his farm, and that can depend on that moderate 
price, will be likely to try to raise sheep tbal 
produce the most in value in both wool and 
mutton for the feed they consume. In this 
county of Onondaga many farmers are raising 
sheep that shear from six to twelve pounds of 
washed wool, that is now worth from To to -SO 
cents a pouud, and that have bodies that will 
weigh from 120 to 140 or even more pounds, 
when fit for the butcher. I do not know that 
Mr. Peters Will say that they are unwise in so 
doing—for I am not able from his article to 
determine what he would advise us to do — 
though perhaps it may be supposed that he 
intends to discourage the growing of wool as the 
principal object of the flock owner. 
To produce manure on the farm, some sort of 
stock is necessary; some animal should graze 
the pastures and consume the hay. straw, corn 
stalks, Are., that every productive farm will have. 
This farm stock will be selected by each farmer 
in view of the facts and circumstances of his 
individual case. Where there is a large family 
that is willing to work, and where grain raising 
cannot be profitably made the leading business, 
perhaps cows will be wisely selected. But. 
where the farmer must lure all his work done, 
and whore he can profitably raise grain, he will 
be apt to have a flock of sheep: and as time rolls 
on, he will be apt to increase his flock in num¬ 
bers, and very likely he will be seen at the Fair- 
looking for a ram that will increase the fleeces 
of his next crop of lambs, and this desire for a 
greater fleece will grow on this man until he 
Will be paying $100 or more for a ram. Now. if 
I have not entirely misapprehended our friend, 
this man needs looking to, and requires some 
such advice as he gives, but after all this advice 
will fall on Unwilling ears, for it is hard to 
understand the force of an argument against an 
increase of our profits. 
The superiority of the sheep over all other 
farm stock is this: it gives its ow ner a dividend 
soon after the end of the first year of its life that 
equals the whole cost of raising it, and from that 
time forward the account, continues more and 
more in its favor until It is mature for the 
butcher. This is the case with a wether.— 
while to the credit of the ewe is to be added the 
v alue of the annual lamb. 
Wool grow ing has been supposed to be profit¬ 
able, as the farmer counts profits. If we have 
been mistaken in this, it is important that we 
know* its, and I shall look with some solicitude 
for further expositions of the views of the former 
Editor of the Wool Grower. 
Yours Truly, Geo. Geddes. 
Fairmount, N. Y., Jan. 11, lSfrt. 
eign, which comprises rauen me greau-i puiuuu 
of imports from England, is coarse, and cheap, 
and filthy. Our excess of this coarse quality 
lias reduced the average price of our wool im¬ 
ports. where purchased, to a low’ figure (about 
sixteen cents in 1862) though not so low as 
formerly. J. R- Dodge. 
Washington, Dec-, 1863. 
Da. Randall's Address at the Wool Growers' 
Convention.— In bis correspondence relative to the 
Wool Growers' Convention at Columbus, the editor of 
our Sheep Husbandry Department omits mention of 
the address on the occasion. We therefore supply the 
omission l>v quoting the following from the Ohio 
Farmer:—" On Wednesday evening Ibo Woo] Growers’ 
Association, the State Agricultural Convention, and 
many members of the Legislature ami other gentlemen 
casually in the city, were addressed by lion. IIenrt S. 
Randall, LL. IV, of Cortland Village, N. ¥., well 
known as a popular writer on Sheep Husbandry. Dr. 
K axpali.'s address was a masterly exhibit of facts and 
figures, bearing upon the present and prospective com¬ 
mercial condition of the wool business. It was literally 
full of meat. We hnve never before seen such a con¬ 
centrated ttud Instructive grouping of facts and statis¬ 
tics ns was presented in this address, for which the 
speaker had successfully ransacked the whole Held of 
wool trade and wool production. As tins address is to 
he published in a substantial pamphlet, we hope every 
man who is interested in (tie production or handling of 
wool will secure a copy for his own information, and 
to keep Tor reference. We do not know where the same 
amount of information was ever else put together and 
presented in sueli ail intelligible shape, as in this ad¬ 
dress of Dr. Randall before the Ohio Wool Growers’ 
Association." 
— An officer of the Wool Growers’ Association 
writes us that Dr. Randall's, address is to be pub¬ 
lished in a neat pamphlet, (in connection wit it the 
official report of proceedings, wc presume,) and that 
any person can procure a copy by remitting 25 cents to 
the Treasurer. Col. S. I). Harris, Cleveland, Ohio, or 
fire copies for ‘ 1 . 
Communications, <£tc 
PAMPERING DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
lx Randall’s introduction to his “Practical 
Shepherd,” is the following very suggestive 
passage:—“ We have strong reasons to appre¬ 
hend that as ottr country grows older, and our 
systems of husbandry more artificial, the same 
causes will he generated or developed here 
Which now produce many of the [ovine] dis¬ 
eases of Europe.’’ Thu query arises whether 
the standard at which we are aiming, both for 
ourselves and our live stock, is not too artificial, 
including too much of shelter, warmth, high 
feed, and what is erroneously called comfort, if 
that comfort is inevitably accompanied by fell 
and ilire disease. 
On one of the coldest days of this January, 
sitting in my buggy enveloped in great coat, 
blanket, and buffalo skin, with a comforter 
around my neck, and coverings protecting niv 
ears, I had just turned my horse’s head toward 
home, when a lad. without overcoat or com¬ 
forter, and with bare ears, asked me if he might 
ride with me a mile. 1 replied that he might, 
yet I feared he would be very cold. He sprang 
into the buggy. Near the close of Ins ride, 
while I was rubbing my windward ear. I in¬ 
quired if his ears were not cold. He said no, 
his ears were not often cold: and there was no 
shiver in his cheery chat as he told me ol’a letter 
from his father aud brother, who were South hi 
the U. $. army. He was young and I am old,— 
yet I well remember a neighbor aged near 
ninety who, in sharp, cold weather, I have seen 
ride on a sled drawn by oxen, his legs extended 
on a bunch of straw, covered from the cold only 
by coarse shoes, without stockings, and his 
pantaloons retracted by his position so that his 
ankles and a part of his legs were hare, yet 
evincing no sign of discomfort. Among my 
early recollections is the instance of a boy who, 
barefoot on the frozen surface of the river, was 
delighted that he could distance his shod com¬ 
petitors in a race. An Iudian once pithily 
accounted for his bare legs not being cold be¬ 
cause “ me all face.” 
My first experience as a shepherd was in 
1826, with twelve ewes. They had uo shelter 
in winter or summer save inequalities in the 
ground, which was hilly, and the vicinity of a 
large orchard. That year I raised, from the 
twelve ewes, sixteen healthy lambs. The next 
year the rate of increase was as great. As my 
flock approached in number 100—beyond which 
I confined it by sale—I lost from five to fifteen 
per cent, annually ol the lambs dropped, from 
exposure to chilling spring rains. This was not 
pleasant, either in a pecuniary or sympathetic 
sense, yet I would prefer it to a system which 
involves the attendance of a physician, and 
obstetric professor, to every flock of sheep. 
One thing is certain, my lambs, that lived, were 
not afflicted with rheumatism: vide Practical 
Shepherd, page 155. 
Now, when I see live stock exposed, in in¬ 
tense cold weather, to the biting sweep of a 
prairie blast, I think that something to break 
off the wind would greatly benefit the animals 
and their owner. Yet something of [caution 
may perhaps he urged against those extremes 
ol' housing, poor ventilation, and artificial feed¬ 
ing, which bring to our shores from Europe 
such dreadful live stock diseases. 
It is worthy of consideration, too, whether 
the meat, and milk of such animals used as food 
by the human family does not produce disease. 
Pork fattened in a close pen sometimes brings 
to our tables the scent of the pen plainly per¬ 
ceptible, while, on the contrary, a hog who 
roams a pasture while fattening, makes meat as 
sweet and well flavored as pork can he. 1 am 
well aware that more shelter, rather than less, 
is the need of our country. I only plead for 
that just medium which will consist with health 
aud hardihood, and profit, too, in the long run, 
although it may not with immediate pecuniary 
returns. Peter Hathaway. 
Milan, Eric Co., Ohio, 1861. 
gnquUlfiS mul gUiswmi 
Moisture in Canada Wheat —Jt has been found 
by chemical analysis, the Toronto Globe says, that the 
amount of moisture in Canada wheat is 2 per cent, 
greater than in Ohio wheat, and 1 per cent, greater titan 
in Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri wheat- It is this 
increased dryness of Southern wheat which Ims given 
the Richmond and St. Louis flour the pre-eminence 
which it holds in the markets of the world. This 
moisture in the Canada wheat has seriously affected the 
safety of exporting Canada flour. During the Hot 
months it has soured seriously— iwo thirds of a ship¬ 
ment being lost often. The Globe congratulates its 
readers that a machine for drying wheat has been pat¬ 
ented and put in operation success fully, by which it is 
exported that all these difficulties will lie overcome and 
Canadian flour put in condition to compete with that 
from other lorjilit.es. 
Sap-Buckets Wanted. — Will some friend of the 
Rural tell where sap-buckets are mannfuetured for 
sale, ready for the sugar season, and oblige many.— 
S. 11. s. 
String - Halt.— 1 am anxious to learn a enro for 
string halt in horses. If you or some of your numerous 
readers can communicate a remedy, it will be regarded 
as a favor.—I.. Tussinq, Find/ay, 0. 
We are not aware that there is any effectual remedy. 
Tile Machine.—W ill yon be kind enough to inform 
me where I can get the best tile-mabing machine, aud 
oblige —E. Chubbuck, /.ockport, A’. 1'.' 
We believe that A. La Tourette, Jr., of Waterloo, 
X. Y., Manufactures the most approved tile-making 
machine in this region, if not in the whole country. 
Care op Bisons —Will yon please inform me of the 
most proper way of taking care of tiff bison? I have a 
pair recently brought from the Rocky Mountains, mid 
am desirous of obtaining information.—ASunscntBEn, 
York) Liv. Co-, A. 
The bison belongs to the ox family and requires sim¬ 
ilar rare. Those who have attempted to domesticate 
them keep them in pastures in summer and feed them 
iiav and vegetables in winter. We are not aware that 
they require any peculiar care. different from that be¬ 
stowed upon our domestic animals. Perhaps some of 
our readers do. and if so will answer. 
Michigan Salt. —We have heretofore made favora¬ 
ble mention of salt manufactured at Saginaw, Mich., 
and have just received a sample of coarse salt from 
the Liverpool Steam Salt Works Co., of East Saginaw, 
which is worthy ol'special notice- It is apparently a 
pure article, and was, we arc assured, manufactured 
without the use of lime. Wo understand that the spe¬ 
cific gravity i*r the Saginaw springs equals that of our 
Uuondnga brim-—and that the springs tire an assured 
mine of wealth and convenience to the people of the 
West which those living in the region of our salines 
cun hardly appreciate. The sample was accompanied 
by a stalactite of salt whose crystalline formation great¬ 
ly resemtJ s satin spur, aud is very beautiful. 
Sheep Shearing Machine. —Is there any machine 
now iti use, or patented, for shearing sheep, and if so, 
I - there any advantage to be gained in using it?—R u¬ 
fus IjOrd. Charsalia, A'. >'. 
Three or four years ago there wore several shearing 
machine? introduced, and two or three were exhibited 
here. The cutting principle was nearly like the mow 
ing machine, and appeared as though they might per¬ 
form the operation on plain surfaces- Since then wc 
have heard nothing from them, and therefore infer they 
did not succeed. 
Ohio ACKtcut.TfitAL Report- —We are Indebted to 
John 11. KhfPart, Esq., Secretary, for the Annual 
Reports of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture from 
1857 to 1862, inclusive. Each volume embrac es some 
000 largo octavo pages, and comprises, in addition to 
the official proceedings of the State Board, an abstract 
or the doings of tin: Comity Agricultural Societies. 
These Reports make a valuable addition to our library, 
and wc shall no doubt have frequent occasion to refer 
to or quote from their pages. They at © alike creditable 
to the Indefatigable Secretary, the Board, and the pro¬ 
gressive Agriculturists of the Buckeye Stale. 
guivmtltmal ^onctic.s 
Delaware Co. Ag. Society.—A t its annual meeting 
held on the 8th inst., this Society elected the following 
board of officers for 1864: President—V. U NonTitnrr, 
Franklin. Tice. PeetU u—L. G. Hollister, Delhi; C B. 
Shafer, Andes; E M. Smith, Meredith; M S. Kellogg, 
Franklin; John Russell, Hamden; Geo B. Lyon, Stam¬ 
ford; J. J. St. John, Walton; John Bell, Ilarpersfleld; 
Ralph Dewey, Sidney; Alex. Storie, Bovina, lice. Sec. 
p. nice Ferguson, Delhi. Cor. Sec— Porter Frisbee, 
Delhi. _ 
Erie Co. Ao. Society.— At the annual meeting of 
this Society, the following officers were elected for the 
ensuing year: President — Geo. A. Moore, Buffalo. 
Vice Presto,—J *son Sexton, Buffalo; Christopher Ham- 
hleton, East Hamburgh, Sec .—Warren Granger, Buf¬ 
falo Treas.—Geotm W. Scott, Buffalo. Directors— 15. 
Queens Co. and Horse Show?.— Our respected 
friend, John Harold, Secretary of the Queens Co. 
Ag. Society says in tiis report of the transactions of that 
Society:—“It is pleasing to record, that while many 
Societies ate degenerating into mere horse shows, and 
although several special premiums have been donated 
to our Society for trotting horses, the judges, with com¬ 
mendable decision, ruled out horses whose only quali¬ 
fication? were ix 2 40 gait, enforcing OUT rules, ‘ that 
mere speed, unaUcnded with the requisite* of hardiness 
and endurance, is of no consequence in au economical 
view, and should not lie encouraged.’ ’’ Sound! 
IMPORTS OF WOOL FROM GREAT BRITAIN. 
Tuk Rural in the Army —Though it has long been 
a favorite with officers and privates in the Union ser¬ 
vice, i lie Rural' a popularity seems to be increasing 
among them. For example, the Chaplain of the 122d 
Rcg’t N. Y V., now located at Brandy Station, Va., 
remits for ten subscribers, aud says—“ To procure this 
list of subscribers only cost me about two hours effort 
in our Regiment. I did not ask twenty men to sub¬ 
scribe, though i confess I knew pretty well before 
band who would appreciate your paper. I thiuk I can 
easily double the list, aud may yet do so." 
The following is a comparison for nine months 
(ending Sept. 30) of the wool exported from 
Great Britain to the United States: 
Monroe Co. Ao. Society.—A t the recent annual 
meeting of this Society the following officers were 
elected for 1864: President —Joseph Hakuis, Roches¬ 
ter. Vice Prerts.— Stcpheu Leggett, Henrietta; Elisha 
Harmon, Wheatland; Samuel Wilder, Rochester. Sec. 
—C. W. Seclyc Rochester. Directors—In the West Dlst., 
in place of William Rankin, term expired—J. P. Ross, 
Ogden. In the East District—!,. 1). Mitchell, Pittsford. 
British,. 1*26,038 1,310,183 646,442 
Colonial,. 55.11!) 3, 200,884 8,735,434 
Foreign,. 344,631 5,261.011 7,057,609 
525,788 0,805,108 11,442,485 
The actual declared value is obtainable from 
compilations of English monthly returns, but 
only iu gross aggregate, and for the British 
wool alone. The total value of the British 
grown wool above, reduced to dollars, by esti¬ 
mating in round numbers five dollars to the 
pound sterling, is, for nine mouths of 1861, 
$28,020 ; nine months of 1862, $331,265; nine 
months of )so3, $106,620. This gives a due to 
the price of British grown wool imported, 
which averaged as above, 22 cents in 1861, 25 
cents in 1862, and 30 cents in 1803. 
The entire export of British grown wool for 
the same period averaged 37.3 cents for 1861, 
precisely the same figures for 1802, and 41 cents 
for 1863. This show’s that it is mainly the lower 
grades of English wool which we import, while 
the superior qualities of luster wool sent to 
France (to which country nearly one-fourtli of 
the entire British export goes,) make the aver¬ 
age so high comparatively. 
The following is the statement of exports 
from Great. Britain to all countries during nine 
months each of the last tb7’ee years: 
tfomspomlcncr 
A Bottle of Sirup. 
A. 1). Williams, of Maumee City, sends 
us a sample of Sorghum sirup, manufactured by 
himself “after six years’ experience." He 
says:—“Perhaps it is yet to be determined who 
is to furnish our limpid sweets—Dixie, Stew ¬ 
art, or our Western plantations. With a few 
more years’ experience, Stewart must find 
something beside bulhrk’s blood and creosote, 
and Dixie something beside * fjecesslonism,' with 
which to keep up with our Western improve¬ 
ments. We have but just begun, and do not 
think of stopping until we furnish the country 
with sugar and sirup. For better sirup, we 
defy all rcbeldom: sugar of a superior quality 
has been made from sorghum—'why should it 
not be again?” 
The sample of sirup is of good quality—ex¬ 
cellent for the crude article. Wc have tasted 
better, but this is above the average, it is 
proper to say iu this connection, that we have 
reason to fear that those who hope to make the 
Sorghum a sugar producing plant, will be sadly 
disappointed. Analyses do not warrant the 
hope. But it will make sirup that is not. excel¬ 
led after being properly refined. And for this 
alone it is worthy the attention of cultivators— 
especially those residing as far south as 41 w and 
and 40° north latitude. And for fodder, it is 
exceedingly valuable. 
The discussion of the soiling question seems 
to be at a lull. The first enthusiastic burst of 
recommendation, which it received toward the 
close of the hist decade, and at the commence¬ 
ment of this, has died away. Its ardent 
advocates have left the subject mainly in the 
hands and minds of the practical men who are 
to work out the problem by actual trial, and 
determine, by results and experiments, whether 
the system will stand the test of utility and of 
practicability. They have left it in good hands. 
American farmers are alive and awake when 
their interest is involved. They are not slow to 
adopt tiny thing that promises a good return in 
dollars and cents. 1 f they can satisfy themselves 
that soiling pays, they will soil; If they become 
convinced that the system is no better Hum the 
one they have follow ed since they first “ broke 
ground ” west of the Atlantic, it will go down. 
They are testiug it already, some what exten¬ 
sively. Some are trying it only partially,— 
giving their cows green fodder at night in the 
stable, and turning them away to graze during 
the day. Others are giving it a thorough and 
systematic trial. We shall know in a few years 
whether it is adapted to our soil and circum¬ 
stances, and to the price of labor and farm pro¬ 
ducts. If it is proved to be superior to the old 
plan, there are thousands who are very willing 
(Tiaut. Farmer? & Mechanics’ Union.— The an 
linal election of officers took place on the 13th inst., 
and resulted as follows: President— S. T. Christy, 
Sheridan. Vice Prest. — A. C. Cushing. Fredonia. 
Sec. —JohnS. Russel, Fredonia. Treat. —J, B- Miner, 
Fredonia. Dir,dorr —A1 anson Buckingham, Fredonia; 
John Miller, Sheridan 
How Much n.vs Wool Appreciated-— In a review 
of the New York wool market, of a recent date, we find 
the following:—“The demand for wool has been far In 
exec's? of any previous year, owing to the great scarcity 
of cotton; and although good prices have been secured, 
they have by no means inflated, not bring over ten 
or twenty per cent at nto-t, higher than on tut average 
for ten years previously, when we take into conaidora- 
tion tlmdepreciation of the currency.” 
Sandy Creek Ag. Society.— At the recent annual 
meeting of the Sandy Crock, Richland, Orwell ami 
Boyleton Agricultural Society, the following officer? 
were cleettai for the ensuing year: President— O. U 
Earl, Sandy Greek Vice Crests -—Jacob Shoccrnft 
Klllsburgb; John Beadle, Orwell; John Cole, Boylslon 
Isaac Douglass, Richland. Secy. — H. L. llowe, Sandy 
Creek. Treat _John Davis, Sandy Greek. Di rector s- 
James Clark, Richland ; E. Van Wormer, Ellisburgh. 
Gm. Supt. —Azuriuh Wart, Sandy Crock. 
British,. 
Colonial and Foreign. 
Total value Of British, $4,3U8,2i.5| $3,032,285 $2 ;?«2,920 
British exports toU. S.,| 28,030) 331,255, 196,620 
It will be ween that very little British grown 
was formerly introduced, and little now in com¬ 
parison with the colonial and foreign. The 
colonial is mainly Australian and Cape Merino, 
gome of it pretty fine but full of dirt; the for- 
Brookpokt Union Ao. Society.— The annual meet 
\ng of the Bmrkport Union Ag. Society was held Jan 
Util. The following board of officers was chosen for 
1861: President — Lorenzo Babcock. Vice Crest.— 
Ik Ferry Staples*. See.— H N Beach. Treas. —O. B. 
Avery. Directors —German Elliott, 11 W- Moore, B F. 
Hubbard, T. Terrill, Harvey Way, V F. Brown, 
Association ok Cattle Breeders. —The annual 
meeting or the A .-.-Delation of Breeders of Thorough- 
Bred Noat Stock is to lie held in Worcester, Mass., 
March 2d, 1864. For particulars see announcement In 
t>ur advertising department. 
Fencing — Hedges. 
William Marshall, of Kane Co., Ilk, 
writes as follows: —“ Fencing, just now, to 
