of many of those overgrown French sheep 
which were imported into the United States some 
years since. Specimens No. 2 and No. 3 are 
from the pair of “two-tooth" (i. e. lamb, or 
rather teg,) rams which won prizes. The wool 
is stated to be rather over 12 months' growth." 
Measuring to the tips, one of these samples is 
four inches,long, and the other an eighth of an 
inch shorter. The quality and style of both are 
excellent, though one of them exhibit? a single 
fiber of jar. The wool has the appearance of 
very choice American Merino, or ordinary Me¬ 
rino crossed with Saxon or Silesian. The value 
of one ram is marked at £100, of the other at 
£50. Specimens No. 4 and No. 5, are from the 
pair of “ two-tooth ” (teg) ewes, which won the 
first prize of £50. “ The wool is somewhat i 
over 12 months’ growth." Both samples are ■ 
four inches long, and of high general quality , 
and style, except that one exhibits two or three , 
pieces of jar. The price of these owes is 
marked £80 each. All the specimens, with per- < 
haps the exception of the first, look as if the i 
subsequent fleeces would contain about as much i 
yolk as those of ordinary American Merinos. 
Two additional samples, one a little under and . 
the other a little over two inches long, are for- < 
warded from the flock of Mr. Svnxot, in the ; 
Wimmera district, Victoria. They are from 
sheep previously sheared, auu exhibit abundant , 
yolk, with dark, outer ends. They are of ■ 
very high quality. Mr. Syxnot’s clip was . 
sent to the International Exhibition in 1862, and 
realized 2s. lid. per pouud, and notwithstand- . 
ing the decline during the February sales in , 
1868, none of his fleece wool sold under 2s. Mr. ( 
Cckkie’s Australian wool sold at the interna¬ 
tional Exhibition for 8s. per pound. It will be 
remembered these prices are given in money 
convertible into gold, and in sterling money, 
which is nearly double the same denominations 
of American money. 
yVe greatly regret that the weights of the i 
fleeces were not also given with the above sam- ’ 
pies. If Mr. LeabMONTH’S fleeces are as thick 
in proportion to length as those ot first class 
American Merino sheep, their weight must be 
enormous. But we have never seen an account 
of Australian fleeces which compared with our 
own in weight. In glancing over the Econ¬ 
omist, a newspaper printed at Melbourne, 
Australia, we notice among numerous sheep 
advertisements, but one statement of the weight 
of fleeces of a flock. This is in regard to a 
flock offered for sale-, and the average weight of 
fleeces given is 3 trifle over two pounds. 
The ordinary prices for stock rams may he 
inferred from the following sales published in 
the Economist. which took place at r.he Annual 
Meeting of the “Western District Pastoral Agri¬ 
cultural Society,” atSkipton, September, 1803;— 
530 rams belonging to Mr. Jonx Bell, sold for 
an average price Of £8, 13s. 3d. per head; 250 
belonging to Austen, Maidmkxt & Miller, 
at an average of £2, 3s.: 403 of the best of Mr. 
Leaumontk’s, at an average of £7, 13s.: 120 
of Mr. Willis’ at an average of £8; 03 of Mr. 
Dodd's at an average of £1, 7s. 0d.; 150 of Mr. 
CtntRi e\s at an average of £0. 
In the Melbourne prices current of the same 
month, we find the following under the head of 
“ Store SheepWethers, four to eight tooth, 
12s. to 13*., (the latter very superior:) young 
ewes with lambs at foot, 15s. to IN.; full-mouth 
do. 10s. to 13s. After shearing — wethers four 
to eight tooth, 8s. to Os.: full-mouth do. Os. Gd to 
8s.; ewes two, four and six tooth, 10s. to 12s., 
(the latter superior;) do. full-mouthed 6s. to 
Ss. 6d.; lambs, mixed, Gs. to 7s. v 
The vast scale on which wool growing is car¬ 
ried on by individuals in Australia will be shown 
by a perusal of the advertisements in the Econ¬ 
omist. lu a single number of that paper, fire 
firms advertise “stations” for sale containing 
respectively, 55,000,28,000,15,000,15,000,14,000, 
20,000, 20,000, 12,000, 15,000, 17,000, 11,000,11,- 
000, 27,000, 100,000 sheep. Some of these sta¬ 
tions are advertised to have “frontages’* on 
rivers from 15 to 20 miles, and the eliflereut 
stations of one proprietor have frontages on dif¬ 
ferent rivers of 380 miles. In some cases the 
area of the station is given. One contains 275 
square miles ; another 460 mjaare miles! These 
lands are not generally owned in fee simple by 
the proprietors, hut are rented for a term of 
years from the crown. The above comprise 
about half the advertisements of sheep for sale 
in a single number of the Econom ist. 
It is these gigantic British capitalists who 
raise wool as good as our own best—and who 
consider themselves doing an admirable business 
if they make four or five per cent , on their capi¬ 
tal—who, under the terms of our present shame¬ 
ful woolen tariff could drive the American wool 
grower out of our own markets, were be not inci¬ 
dentally and temporarily protected by the price 
of gold and exchange. 
IMPROVEMENT OF MERINO ISHEEP. 
Col. Henry S. Randall—D ear Sir:— Un¬ 
der the above head I notice the Inquiry of Mr. 
Allen, of New York, published in the Rural 
of March 12th. Now , I say for one, that I want 
to see no change in the characteristic form of the 
Merino, especially if it is to take the chiseled 
smoothness of the delicate English mutton 
sheep. No, Sir: give me the Merino as he is. 
Just look at the portrait of Sweepstakes which 
heads your excellent work, the Practical Shep¬ 
herd . He looks strong enough to butt down the 
North Pole; and he does what is required of a 
Merino, viz., he produces mooli A twenty- 
seven pound fleece is of a good deal more im¬ 
portance than a square rump or a polled head. 
On this subject of shape you yourself pronounce 
them (see page 2,0) “ models of compactness, and ! 
not a few of them almost perfect models of 
beauty.” * 
* Our correspondent has omitted a pan of the sen- 
twice. We pronounced them “almost perfect models 
of beauty for fine-wooled sheep.'" 
Mr. Allen appears to object to their horns. dlfl CfttiO IT Q3tC. 
I ask him what they were made for? True, mUimiUlUUUU 1U, VU, 
damage results from them sometimes, hut a — 
Merino ram without them would lack one of the MAPLE SUGAR PRACTICE. 
old and settled characteristics of the breed. -- 
Who tries to breed the horns off the black faced El)S r VK al New -Yorker : — The sugar 
Mountain Sheep? Itisasmuchapartof hiniand 8eagon ^ up0 n us, (although pretty cold just 
of the Merino to have horns, as it is for the Down now ^ ami ] 10NV j 0 ;i il find themselves prepared 
MAPLE SUGAR PRACTICE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker :—The sugar 
and Leicester to be without them. Some object 
to the folds or wrinkles of the Merino, aud com¬ 
pare him to that great, ugly, slab-eared beast, 
the Japan hog. 1 go in for the doctrine that 
use is beauty, and a wrinkly sheep shears more 
than a smooth one. lie has got more skin, and 
therefore more surface for wool to grow on. 
for it? Are all ready? I am; and I will tell 
you why. Not because 1 have any better loca¬ 
tion, and aui under the influence of a better or 
more “lucky star" than many, hut because I 
fixed myself for it in times suitable for the busi¬ 
ness. Many think this part of their farming 
only of secondary importance, aud make but 
Lastly, as to his niuttou. 1 have heard enough little preparation, if any, till the time comes; 
of its dryness and tactlessness* Sir, it you will 
give him the same food to fatten on. the 'Welch 
sheep can not beat him in flavor. Does every 
one know that it is the food an animal eats 
which gives the taste to his meat? Take, for 
and then, after many days' hard work, and 
uncomfortable and perplexing times, they think 
their sugar costs more than to buy it: being 
black enough, if that was the fashion. They 
wonder why they can not make as fine an arti- 
know yours, and perhaps some one may learn 
something. I do not profess to be perfect in the 
art, yet 1 can make good fires with rotten wood 
aud save days of chopping, and, in the mean¬ 
time, clear up aud improve the farm. 
Gerry, Cliaut. Co., N. Y:, 1861. Chautauqua. 
Remarks.— We hardly need to say that just 
such practical, sensible articles as the above, are 
always welcomed in the Rural office. 
BEE MATTERS, 
FROM information 1 have been able to gather, 
I think fully four-fifths of all the bees in this 
county have died the past winter. Many have 
lost, their entire stock. Bees that were in the 
cellar, or out of doors, have fared about alike. 
Hives, of many varieties, have all seemed to he 
in the same category of losses. The past honey 
season was so poor that but small quantities of 
honey were stored, and that little w as of very 
former is detestable to the palate, while nothing jf my arch is not in good order. I fix it some 
can be more delicious than the latter. The time during summer or fall,—not after nights 
same rule, I believe, holds true in regard to ge t s0 a « to freeze mortar.—and then cover it 
sheep and other animals. up we ll with old boards, if there is no shelter 
Will the able, ex-editor of the American Aj- over it; and it is clear of snow', and ready for 
ricidturist tell us what real good it will do to immediate use in the spring. I take my axe 
breed the square rumps and hornless heads of and go where the pieces of limbs, trees, aud 
the Downs or Leicester* on our Merinos—how any small woody trash lies, and set up all.—ye*! 
he would go to work to accomplish these feats— rotten and all. All that will hang together to 
and whether he imagines he could accomplish handle, I put up in this way.—loads of it that 
them without sacrificing some more important is, by most fanners, thought unfit for even 
qualities in wool-producing sheep? sugar wood. thu3 clearing the ground, and 
March 15,1864. A Yermoxter. saving much chopping. If it is too long, I use 
--- my axe: but if not longer than a rail, I jetit 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, MINOR up. And what fires it makes when 
ITEMS, &c. set up pretty straight, it will keep dry. and is in 
- better condition than if piled up. Pine and 
Correction:.— In the'CoM?un/] Gontlonan, of Oc' . 2!)th, hemlock are best: but any kind ot wood, il dry, 
appeared a supposed correction of a statement made by ga p footer than green wood first cut. 
us in the Practical Shepherd, that “in 1844 Judge M. c i ear up all old rails, pieces of boardsfand. in 
W. C. Wright. of Shoreham, Vermont, bought a nun ‘ \ f of the farm that j* fit for 
bred by Mr. STEPHEN Atwood, and brought by him to nn ®» * u h,, V.niti.w r.bi,-,. i I 
the New York State Fair, held that year at Ponghkeep- nothing else, and draw to the boilm 0 place, a.. I 
sic." The correction was based on » certificate made go for my stove wood, thus sat ing one tup. 
by Mr. Atwoou (hat he sold the ram to S. L BtssEb, 
or Vermont. Though the fact whether Judge IVri out 
or Mr. BissEX, bought the sheep, is not or itself Of the 
least possible importance* Judge Wright— on whose 
authority our statement in the Practical Shepherd was 
made—felt it incumbent on kirn to explain the trans¬ 
action both to the editors or the Country Gentleman and 
ourselves. The purport of that explanation was that 
before their owners were aware of it,—conse¬ 
quently starved. Swarms put iuto the cellar 
Rural Notes anil Items. 
The State Fair.— The time or holding the State 
Fair in this city has been fixed l>v the Executive Com. 
mittoc. It. la to commence the 20th of September next, 
the week succeeding the meeting of the American 
Pomologieal Society, and continue four days. 
-«+*- 
Glanders Spreading.—Rorert Jennings, of Phila¬ 
delphia, Veterinary Burgeon, warns people of the dan 
ger of this disease spreading through the country by the 
sale and distribution of condemned government horses, 
lie regards it very contagious and positively incurable. 
- 
Tiie Indiana State Bo auu of Agriculture i* 
constituted iIS follows for 1861. President — Hon 
Sterns Fisher of Wabash, rice- Pent '.—Dr. John C. 
Helm of Mimcie. Sccy.—W. H. Loomis of Indianapo- 
lip. Treat. —Frank Ring of Indianapolis. Executive 
Com.— The President, ex officio; A. D. Hamrick of 
Putnam county; Dr. John C. Helm of Delaware; J. A. 
Grosveuor of Marion; A- J- Holmes of Fulton. 
--»-*-<-- 
Sale of Short-Horns — We learn that M. C. Mor- 
doff, of this city, has recently sold live Short-Horn 
cows to Wm. H. Van Cott, of Victor, Ontario county. 
They are said to be choicce animals—three of them 
being from the herd of Jas. O. Sheldon, of Geeueva, 
the fove pai't of December, With from tw r euty aud two tired bv Mr. M from stock obtained of Sami'ei, 
to twenty-five pounds of houey, bad exhausted Thorne, of Dutchess county—and will make a flue 
their supplies early in March. They were very addition to Mr v. C.’s herd._ 
least possible importance, aunge w uua.x-on v huh . ed where it once lay. 
authority our statement in the Practical Shepherd was - , lU overhauled iu the winter, 
made—felt it incumbent on kirn to explain the trans- - V U s P OUL , „ . „„„ . onn „„,, 
action both to the editors or the Country Gentleman and and new one* made it theie are not enough, 
ourselves. The purport of that explanation was that Buckets are hooped and otherwise repaired long 
he (Judge W ) being one ol' the Viewing Committee on before the time to take them to the hush. 1 
sheep at the X. Y. State Fair in 1844, there found this <p.; ve a ( r c bent like a staple into the top of 
Atwood ram, aud became desirous of purchasing him. ^ ie &tuv£ , s to bang rov buckets up by. and hang 
But histimebeing occupied, and believing his neighbor, on soikes made for that purpose, thin 
Mr. Bissel, was capable of driving a batter bargain J , , . f , 
than himself, he asked him to purchase the ram for enough not to sp ‘ ’ * ' 
bain. Bisskll and Atwood hnd not, however, agreed and a half inches long, With head enough o 
on the price towards night, when the latter started his pull out easily. The best time to drive them i- 
sheep for the Poughkeepsie landing. Wright and {.he last of summer, and that will prevent leak- 
Bissel followed to the lauding, and on their way the a g C . a ] wa ys. 
latter asked Wright if he (Bissel) might have apart tap with a three-quarter hit, thinking this 
ownership in the ram if he bought him This was ' . for profit to the trees, and it will 
assented to. At the landing. Atwood made hie final * * . , , . , 
offer to accept *45 for the ram. Judge Wright told run nearly a* much sap as an inch hole and 
Bissel to accept the offer, and handed him the money does not hurl the tree as much. I put only one 
to pay the price. spout to a bucket, but to the largest trees use 
The editors of the Co. Gent, being crowded for space, two or more buckets, according to the glow th 
condensed the above statement into the mere assertion and size. A tree growing in an open lot, or 
on the part or Judge Wright that Bissel acted “ as ^-bore there are but few trees near, and those 
his agent.” (Co. Gent. Jan, 7.; In the same paper or f . u . apar t, will grow lasted thus giving more 
Feb. 25 th, the editors state that Bissel •• assure- them ^ tlie gamc time, and the aperture will 
that he was not the agent of Mr. Wright, ami Dial he er gooner than in one that grows in a 
bought the ram of Mr. Atwood without the direction 
or advice of Mr. Wright in any way whatever," and dense wood. 
that he sends them (the editors) “ certificates confirms- A pan made of Russia iron is the best, and, if 
tory of this statement.” handled with care, will do a longseit ice. They 
As this controversy is raised over a published asset'- should never be taken oil with situp in them, 
tion or our own, and as the veracity of our informant is and never should be allowed to hum, nor be 
attacked, we feel hound to mention some additional |amm ed. The best way is to draw* the pan off 
circumstances. We stated in the Practical Shepherd ‘ Q a pi a ;,f orm at the side of the arch, or let 
that “Mr H.oimoxd, of Vermont, and ourselves were ^ e cool before taking out the sirup, 
present at tbe purchase.” The details of what look , . 
place have mostly faded horn our memory. But wc The sap should be gathered daily w hen it 
understood from Judge Wright, at the time, that he runs, not letting it stand to sour because there 
purchased the ram. It was on his invitation, and in ( ; s on \y a little in a bucket. Gather it all up 
immediate use in the spring. I take my axe restless aud uneasy, and did not remain in the 
ab d «o where the pieces of limbs, trees, aud usual quiet state of winters previous, rheex- 
anv small woodv trash lies, and set up all.-ycs! treme cold of the w inter, thirty to thirty-four 
rotten and all. All that will hang together to degrees below zero, froze many swarms out- 
kaudle, I put up in this way t -loads of it that right. Swarms that were not killed, were so 
is by most farmers, thought unfit for even weakened in numbers that it only needed a 
sugar wood, thus clearing the ground, and second cold spell to finish them, which came, in 
saving much chopping, if it is too long, I Use all severity, in due time. 
mvaxe: but if not longer than a rail, I set it Many people are deterred from engaging m 
up. And what fires it makes when dry^ff bee-culture, from fear of being stung. To such, 
set up prettv straight, it will keep dry. and is in the writer would say, that he has used a very 
better condition than if piled up. Pine and satisfactory veil, for the past two seasons, manu- 
kornlock are best; but any kind of wood, if dry, faetured from linen. It slides over the crown of 
will boil sap faster than green wood first cut. a common “plug” or felt hat, and is securec >} a 
I clear up all old rails, pieces of boards .“and,‘ iu “ puckering " string, and falls down over the 
line all the refuse of the farm that is tit for brim, and i> buttoned under the coat or vest, 
nothing else* and draw to the boiling place, as. I It is superior to the common wire bee-hat, not 
„ 0 for ffiV stove wood, thus saving one trip, being so cumbersome, or unyielding, and is 
Thus, at a small cost. I have the very best sugar light and comfortable to wear, even m a hot 
wood that can he had, and in the meantime day. It is colored black, is serviceable, ob- 
improve the feature of the land, if no grass is | struct? the vision hut slightly, aud is a perfect 
protection. L - L * *• 
Dodge Co., TV is., 1864. 
PRODUCTS FROM TWO COWS. 
Ouk friend B. J. Rolla, of Cicero, has two 
cows, one native, and the other part Durham, 
which, with ordluary fare, have produced, the 
past season, seven hundred and fifty pounds of 
butter, besides furnishing milk and cream for a 
family averaging four persons. 
The butter was weighed when ready to pack, 
and a strict account kept of each weighing, so 
this is no guess work. Such butter (as his wife 
Prindlk's Ag’l Caldron and Steamer —We 
understand that the inventor of this cooking and steam 
ing apparatus has donated one of his hollers for use at 
the great Sanitary Fair which opened in New York on 
Monday. Ho also offers one hall' of the net profits on 
all sales made at the Fair and one-hair his Royal Ene 
lislt Patent on the same. Mr. P. attends the Fail 1 with 
a view of showing the great advantages of his appara¬ 
tus for cooking and steaming purposes. 
The Brinkerhoff Churn, which was illustrated 
and described in the Rural of March 7,1863, seems to 
he meeting with much favor among butter-makers. We 
have heretofore spoken of this churn iu very favorable 
terms, basing our opinion upon the result of an expci 
iment we had witnessed. The chum is strongly com 
mended by prominent butter-makers of this and other 
counties, as will lie seen by reference to Mr. B. s udvev 
tisement hi this paper, to which we direct the attention 
of all interested. 
-- ». 
The Season and Weather in Wisconsin.— We 
had a heavy rain the 2Sth of March. The snow is mo*; 
ly off tiie fields. Ground Is not frozen as is usual 
winters when wc have no snow. Sowing wheat will 
commence in four or five days should it come off dry 
aud pleasant Farmers begin to fed uneasy about the 
lateness or the spring. Farm help is getting eighteen 
to twenty dollars per month We hear of some want¬ 
ing, or asking, twenty-five dollars, but have not heard 
of any one engaging at that price.—L. L. F„ Dodge Co., 
Wit., March 2OfA, 1S04. 
--« ♦ » 
Personal—Benue D. Emert, Esq, of Chicago, 
Editor of the Prairie Parmer, called upon us Monday, 
tiie 4th inst- He left with us a sample of the sugar beet 
sugar to which we referred on page 109 cuirent volume. 
It is very fine indeed, showing splendid crystals. Mr 
E. informs us that the sugar refiners and dealers in Chi- 
makes would bring twenty-five cents per pound cfl?0 arc delighted with it, and are organizing a stock 
quick at the door, and then the account stands companytoenteriuto.au exteuded culture and mai.u- 
, factnre of this root- To all qf which wv say, God speed 
By milk and cream used in family. 11-00 Death of Francis Booth.— Died, Dec. 25th, 186-3, 
By milk fed to pigs, worth. 10-00 Lon(Jon England, Francis Booth, M. D., a Un¬ 
ity two calves at Gs. ' tinguished Botanist and man of science. Born iu 
Total....-....*210,00 Boston, of an English family, in 175(2, graduated at 
(*,(*.* . * n „. vrho has done better’ Harvard University in the class of 1836, visited Eng 
n ; r n X Y 1861 OBSERVATtoN. hind in 1890, and graduated M D. at Edinburgh iu 
Ononda.a Co.,. . pj e denied in London, and ns F. R. 8. aud ait 
‘ ~ ofitcerof the Society, employed himself iu Botanical 
Dtttl and other associated literary pursuits, lie sustained 
S W H UU ‘ UUV P. # noWu charncU . r . aud fo death Bulimy has lost an 
- admirable supporter and unwearied cultivator. In 
“ Sorghum for Soilino.”-(B. P. M., Mallory, Osw. ia*>S lie published the First Part of his Carices; in 180’, 
j., N. Y.) From one-half to two-thirds of a bushel o foe second Part, and in 1862, the Third Part, all iu 
ell cleaned seed, per acre, will be required. folio, with 12t> singes of Descriptions, and 111 plates, 
- illustrating about three hundred species of this difii- 
Lice on Cattle.— Please tell Joint C. Shafer, if Cll ], and extetuivogenus of tedge grasses, a magnificent 
Total.*210,00 
Or, $105 per cow. Who has done better! 
Onondaga Co., X. Y., 1861. Observation. 
gnpirifS anti 
“ Sorghum for Soilino." —(B. P. M., Mallory, Osw. 
Co., X. Y.) From one half to two-thirds of a bushel o 
well denned seed, per acre, will be required. 
your remedy fails to destroy tiie “ varmints” on his 
cattle, to try salted lard.—S. P., North East, Pa. 
Plaster —(A- C. P., Cherry Valley, IU.) One bushel 
purchased the ram. It wus on his imitation, and in endy « little in a bucket. Gather it all up 0l - piagfor will be sufficient for a top dressing of an acre 
reference to his purchase, that we went with him to see c i eaUi every tiny, boil it quick, and he cleanly in 0) c j ovcr . An amount equal to a tablespooniul or two 
work, and a fret gift to many botanists. The lourth 
Part was nearly completed, and was anxiously ex¬ 
pected to appear Respected and honored on both 
sides of the Atlantic, he rests in peace. c. d. 
the ram then standing, according to our recollection, in 
Mr. Atwood s wagon, «t the landing Judge Wright 
recently informed ut, in conversation, that the sheep 
was taken direciiy to his farm horn the Lake Cham¬ 
plain landing, and we think he said never was on Bis- 
sei/s laud. He further said that be sold him to Messrs. 
Prosper Elithorp and Lotal C. Rkmei.ee almost 
all the various operations. Let the sirup settle, 
or strain it, or do both, (as some do, and cleanse 
with eggs. Put three eggs iuto enough sirup 
for seventy pounds, well beaten, and added 
while cool. Never make thick sirup. It does 
not cleanse as well, skim before it boils it in, 
immediately after his arrival. Messrs Ei ithorp and fl)1 j ,. ou tinuc to skim till perfectly free from 
Remelee both informed ub that they did purchase the y mT pa t { n any milk to eknnse milk. 
ram of Judge Wright, at his farm, and paid Wm for it; J u fu „ of 1)ake(i that will nol gather 
that Bissel was not present, or spoken or, and that he inis leaves vv ( .t .he tint 
na£ not in any way known to them in the transaction, and rise. Eggs are lar the -• 
_ before you put the hot sugar in to cake; this is 
Another Correction.— In our editorial letter from as good as to grease them. Stilling the Mi r .u 
Rutland, Vt, published Feb. 13th, we failed to state till it is cool enough to take out into the uns, 
certain facts fully enough to meet the views of all par- makes it a good deal whiter. Yet it you wish 
ties. The Merino flock of Hascai.l Lewis, of St. Al- fop a decidedly nice, coarse-grained, dear arli- 
bans, Vt., was derived exclusively from full blood ^ qjp j t ol q mjite i K ,t, and let it cool without 
sheep purchased by him of Mr. Hammono. We men- ruin" Whether you boil in a pan or kettle, 
tionedthai Silas g Holyoke, of the same place, “has . wben you 8Ugar 0 tf, remember that to 
had the invaluable privilege of annually taking to his ‘ . . _ . , . . 
farm and using Mr. Hammond - best stock rams, after obtain nice feligai, J • . • 
their season at home was over.' Wc should have ad- evaporators every time you begin a new 
ded that other persons were also permitted there to use “ batch.” 
them, and that they were so used to a considerable ex- Much time is afforded iu March and April, 
tent by Mr. Lewis, by A. M. Clark, by Gov. Smith, a1sQ a ft cr haying and harvest, at odd times, when 
and other persons. else cou pi done, to pick up wood for 
the next season. A man in two days’ time 
Sheep Barn. — P. Wykoff, of Romulus, X. Y., c0ll (d ,et up enough for making many hundred 
writes Seeing a late inquiry iu regard to sheep barn, . f)f ar> a)ld per j, apg thousands. Not 
I will trive my Idea Have the ridge of the roof North * 1 „ , ... 
and South, if not already so. Set the barn up at least many farms are to be found w ithout this oppo - 
six feet high from the ground, put a good trench around, tunity being afforded, aud I am suie tin- w a. is 
and fill with cobble for foundation etone to rest, upon hut little practiced. Try it once, and il you do 
which eet short posts, made solid by framing two string- (foe the method, you will not have invested 
of clover, ah amoum equal m wuiooiiwuw V, w 1N New York.—W e extract the following 
lo each hill of corn wa ll produce a wonderful effect. ^ alteu n ,. mvx - s Wo ol Circular of April 1st - 
What 4ll* the Tigs.—T wish to ask some of your The Domestic Wool ’1'radc continued to be very mao 
numerous readers what alls my pigs. They arc taken tivc during the early part of rite month just closed, 
with some disease of the head, They turn their heads [ | a downward tendency in prices. Since the mid 
SMRStte sW So, L ..—■'.«*'»« * 
- mnnd from manufacturers, and wools, to a fair amount, 
Shingling Over an Old Roof —(S.F-) Weshould ljavo been taken for consumption at prices ranging 
not put the new roof on or over the old shingles. Wc f ro ni 7 to to cents per pound below the-highest quota 
cantiol see anything to be gained by doing so, and wc tion- of the season- The month closed with a firmer 
doubt if as good a roof could be made. It would be feeling, and with the prospect that manufacturer*, who 
like putting new wine into old bottles. In many cases arc in light stock, may be induced by 
-- the present comparatively moderate rates to come into 
Wit at Ails the Cow?—Her teats arc not sore, and ulavkc , fol . m0re liberal supplies. A further motive to 
^ra\^fl I hcr^^^^wtA^ip,^remblIng I1 |tlie^whife 'tubiMt this course with some buyers may be the apprehension 
affected gome vital part. She is not vicious. She font Congress wilt pass an Act iunendntor.\ to tie 
sometimes kicks, but apparently with no evil intent. 
—J. W- K., Arc/' , Mich 
Sfuino Wheat for Clay Bon,.—Whai is the best 
kind of spring wheat to sow on a still clay soil; and 
where can it bo obtained.—W II- L., Hampden, <>■ 
Wc have seen good crops of the Canada Club grown 
on stiff clays; but cannot say it is the best,—neither do 
wc know where it may lie obtained. 
Deodorizers. —(D. S. G ) Yon will find charcoal, 
muck, and coal ashes excellent for your purpose. 
Powdered charcoal is perhaps as complete a deodorizer 
as wc can name. Y*ou should be caretul to mix yout 
night soil with many times its bulk of other compost 
material before applying it to tbe soil. Applied with 
out dilution it burnt up vegetation. 
Posts Rotting —I have a new barn, the posts of the 
lower story stand on stone piers. Is there any way to 
i.rMcrve the foot of siicti ooslsf Would boring in the 
which net short posts, made solid by framing two string- not like the method, you will not have mvesieu preserve the foot of such posts? Would boring in yn 
ere on the West, North and South sides horizontally, to mUch eitber 0 f capital or labor, and it will cost jaists n«yr ri,e liottom, fill fag f^'L^Sy^Irc 
nail the weather-boards on Have the bridge on the little to resume your old methods,—that of p^onia, Ohio. 
West planked far enough from the barn to prevent de¬ 
cay Let the East aide remain open; have a slight ditch 
to take away surface water; put up enve t roughs; make 
the inside to suit your circumstances, taste, Ac. Have 
the manure all on the East side.” 
Cons u »i-rtoN Proportioned to Weight —C. G., of 
Bclimore, la., wishes to know whether sheep require 
feed in proportion to weight, or whether “it does not 
depend more upou their forms?” The first is the gen¬ 
eral rule where other tiling- arc equal, but t he form also 
exercises its influence. Long-bodied, long-legged, 
gaunt, unthrifty unlmalB consume more in proportion 
to weight, than low, round-bodied, thrifty animals. 
boiliug with wet or green wood, or cutting it 
beforehand out of solid limber. Boys, try it! 
Cut short three days or more of your yearly 
play, and try the experiment. You who do 
not like to chop, try it. You who have plenty 
of pine stumps will consider yourselves rich 
when you find wlmt fires you can keep under 
those pans or kettles, l’ans arc best and cheap¬ 
est in the long run. It is worth going to a 
boiling place on purpose to see such foaming as 
pine roots will keep tip. If this does not meet 
vour views, please write them out, that we may 
tend to preserve tliem, or wouiu u ue mi iujujj < - 
W., prnloni'i, Ohio. 
If your posts are so set on the piers that water will 
not stand about them, they will need no other protec¬ 
tion. Wc would aa soon fill them with powder as salt. 
Bloat in Cattle.— The best, moat effective and least 
dangerous remedy, is to tasten the animal andcarelully 
and'repcatedly pull out the tongue, letting tbe animal 
draw it back. It may be necessary to push it back- 
work it about. But by repeatedly aud persiateutly 
working it, the bloat will be pumped out, and ihe ani 
mal will recover. Have never known l his to fail. And 
the remedy is always available.— B. D. Foster. AViu 
ark, A'. 
present tariff law, imposing an increased duty on 
Foreign Wool Should this measure be adopted, no 
doubt but that purchases made ou the basis of pre.-eth 
rates, would be advantageous to the buyer. 
The market is now well supplied with desirable par 
eels from all the wool growing sections, and holders 
are generally willing to meet the market—a condition 
of things which Of late has existed to a limited extent 
only. As a consequence of this condition, buyer and 
seller being alike inclined to operate, more frequent 
and larger transactions are occurring. The flue tun 
lions of gold, while they have to some extent affected 
the price'of Foreign Wools, do uot appear to have In 
licenced iu any degree the market iu Domestic Fleeces 
1’lic most efficient cause iu cheeking the downward 
course of prices would seem to have been the antici¬ 
pated action of Congress tow ard an increase of impost 
duties The demand for l’ulled Wools has been 
moderate, and they have changed but little iu price 
We think present rates will be maintained, aud should 
our expectations of an increased activity be realized, 
possibly on advance In these wools may occur 
California Wools have sold freely, and most of Hr 
desirable lots have been token up by the kersey and 
blanket manufacturer- Some other choice parccl- 
were taken for tine Cassi meres and similar trade fabric-. 
The stock is light, and must continue so for some 
weeks to come. Early parcels of the Spring cllppiuv 
will probably arrive by steamer cf May next, and >' 1,1 
good condition and free from burrs, they w 111 be favor 
al>|y received. There has been a good trade in Foreign 
Wools of all grades, aud prices have not varied much 
from the last quotations. Our lute advices from 
Europe speak or an active trade, aud of improvement 
iu prices of the most salable descriptions 
