MOOEE’S EUEJlL HEW-YOKKEK 
rsi 
latter case, no man on earth can carry the sepa¬ 
rate history, habits and characteristics of each 
sheep in his memory—and if he could, what 
■would his successor do—when the 
“ Point of his nose and the tips of his toes 
Arc turned up to the daisies? 1 ' 
It is the simplest and easiest thing in the 
world for a decent judge of sheep to keep a most 
valuable register of his flock. Take auy blank 
account book —rule a few pages into narrow 
perpendicular columns, and along the heads of 
these columns write the names of the different 
facts and “points” which you wish to preserve 
in regard to each sheep, thus: 
bill! 
lilt: * k- 
kl? — t -J a ski* 
- S L: 
•- £ SIS * 
> < ^ - 1 = 
lion. She caused the coal mines to be re-opened, 
which had only been slightly worked under 
Henry the Third, and then inclosed again till 
her time. The coal mines aud woolen fabrics 
ever since, have been, and still are, among the 
largest sources of the power and wealth of 
Eugland. 
Every school boy has read the affecting tale 
from Froissart, of the gentle hearted Phil* 
lvppa saving the six devoted citizens at the 
seige of Calais, from the fierce vengeance of her 
husband: and every school boy has probably 
read of the great victories gained by her gallant 
son. the famous Black Prince, at Creasy, at 
Poitiers aud at Xajara. You may see the latter 
in effigy iu the Towc-r of London, mounted on 
his fiery war horse, habited in the same armor 
he wore iu his desperate battles. It is superb, 
though somewhat dented by the push of spear, 
and the blows of tbc battle axe. Judging from 
this armor, be was a man of only medium height, 
but his brother Lionel was a giant of seven 
feet. His royal sire was upwards of six feet, 
,. , ... while his ladv mother was tall aud portly, I 
In this table, the record is kept exclusively in Lavc her bc!iutifu] portrait in full regal robes 
figures. Where these pertain to a “point” or hcfoR , ^ now wMle writing . May mv fair 
quality of the sheep, fig. 1 is maximum, fig. o, count men equal her in gentleness and 
minimum, and consequently fig. 8 is medium. ^ and exceed her in beneficence to their 
Accordingly the above entries indicate the fol- ^ land . A. B. Allen. 
lowing facts:— No. 1 is 4 years old; has a fleece _ __ 
of medium fineness, of prime thickness, over 
medium length but of the lowest style; the WOOLEN UNDER CLOTHING BEST FOR OUR 
wool covers the head middling well, the belly VARIABLE CLIMATE, 
first rate, and the legs above average: yolkiness 
medium; size first rate; form above medium; b WAS mucb P lea8e( * t0 8ee those articles in 
wrinkles wauting: has a lamb: appears to be t ie Rural on wealing woolen under clothes, 
one of the poorest of mothers; fleece weighs C 0 P ie ? fVom Dr ; excelleut Periodical, 
7 lbs.; on the whole the sheep is below mid- the Jmrnal u f UeaWh Cotton S oods had been 
diincr in value so cheap among us for many years previous to 
The fatal want in the above described sheep, the tvv0 last ’ th *\ tbe >' had S raduall - V tlis P laced 
it may be remarked parenthetically, which, not- inucb "woolen. 
withstanding some marked excellence, places it B tbe were more universally adopted 
so low in the scale of value, is its had qualities as b ^ boBl 8Cxes > cobb ''» fevers, rbeuinnttem and 
a mother. Yet without a register, many ewes consumption, and all diseases superinduced by 
might habitually exhibit that or some other de- ^ bem? wou * d be S reat b" lessened throughout our 
feet which ought to occasion their exclusion from country. I ba\ e not a doubt that t lie a\ crage of 
the flock, and yet escape drafting from the flock 1Sfe hereby would be extended fully five years, 
for years, because the defect was not known, or and average of death lessened in early lile at 
was forgotten at the time the aunual drafting * east otie 'tiHb- 
took place. Without a written record of this climate is an extremely variable one, 
description continued from year to year, who ; uid requires to be closely watched and guarded 
can tell in a flock of oOO, whether the ewe that a fe ril ’ust, particularly by females and children, 
aborts, disowns her lamb, or starves it to death. Nothing will do this more effectually than 
this year, did so last year —or, in other words, woarin £ wooIen undcr clothes summer as well as 
whether the fault is merely casual, or whether n ' intcr - Moreover, by so doing, we greatly 
it is habitual? Yet it makes ail the difference benefit our flock masters and manufacturers, and 
in the ■world in the value of the ewe, which way ado l’* a patriotic course, 
the facts are in this particular. 1 i Cotton he King, let Wool be President. 
For the purposes of coupling rams and ewes The latter is the . more a PP ro P riate st y le of ruler 
together properly to attain breeding improve- ^ or our R e P ubbcan Government and variable 
meuts, the great value of a correct register cbmate ; A. B. Allen. 
must be obvious to all—for coupling takes place New ^ ork ’ May ’ 18&4 ' 
at a time when the points of the ewe are not 
nearly so manifest as at the time of shearing. CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, MINOR 
For the convenience of selling understand- ITEMS, &c. 
iugty at periods of the year when the wool is „ » ~ „ t 
, , , Samples op Australian Wool.— We have hereto- 
very little grown, and when therefore some of . , , r . ., , “ 
■ ° . . fore noticed samples of woul received by us taken from 
tbc leading points are not visible, a register is of sheep which, drew prizes at the Intercolonial show at 
with water. We should not export one application lo 
cure a flock having the disease in its most active and 
inflammatory form, daring July or August, when the 
flies wore at. work, and when some excessively bad feet 
were to he found in the flock. 
By thc-hy, oijr 01 end Gen Harris, of the Ohio Far¬ 
mer, has learmd a new kink of an Ohio flock in as ter. 
It is, if we remember right, to employ white vitriol 
(sulphate of zinc,) in place of Hue (sulphate of copper,) 
so that it will not show on the .fret > In the first place, 
the white vitriol isnot so good a remedy. In the sec¬ 
ond, what object can ail honr.st tnan have to conceal the 
fact tlmt he has “ doctored ” his sheep? General, who 
was your smart informant? Was it any relation of 
Silvern ail? 
The Paular Merinos.— In our remarks on the Pau- 
lar sheep of the Messrs. Rich, May 14th, we stated: 
—“The late John T. Rich, Esq., inherited his father's 
flock, aud it has been in tnru inherited by his sons 
John T. and Vibttlan Rich.'’ Julius Stickkbt, of 
Wheeler, N. Y., calls our attention to the fact that 
on the-death of lion. Chari.es Rich, M. C., ids flock 
was inherited equally by his sons, John T. Itrcn, of 
Vt., and Charles Rich, of Lapeer, Michigan, that 
Charles, the younger, bred his flock pure until 1S35, 
aud then sold to the late Euastcs Rohinson and Ty¬ 
ler Stiokney, of Vermont—the lust tbc fathei of our 
informant. 
Sheep Peddlers —“ One of Them,” who writes us 
from Fredericktown, Ohio, on this subject, is informed 
that the remarks tie comments ou did not appear in 
this department of the Rural New-Yorker, but in one 
over which we exercise no control, and which we do 
not see until, like other readore of the paper, we sec it 
after publication. 
solved, apply thoroughly to the parts affected, 
with a flannel cloth. All ointments and salves 
of a greasy nature are injurious. 
Licking Co., Ohio, 1861. E. B. Carpenter. 
BOILING PANS, AGAIN. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I n reply to 
S. H. S-, Naples. N. Y\, inquiring about cast 
pans for boiling sugar, allow me to say mine was 
cast in Glean, N. Y , by a firm notv non est ,- but 
my neighbor had one cast by a firm now there 
under the cognomen of Eastman, Mvrick & 
Co.; at which time they cast two. I never 
knew what became of the other. I think thev 
■E 4. 1 
Rural Notes and Stems. 
The Season, CRors, &c.—The season is still bnek- 
ward. The air is chill, and a good deal of water has 
fallen since onr last issue. Saturday night, the 28th 
nit., there was a frost in this vicinity—so heavy in 
localities that it could lie scraped up in handfuls from 
the hoards. Rut we do not hear that any damage has 
resulted from it. 
Grain and Grass .—The breiidl.h of barley and oats 
put in the ground will, we think, necessarily fall short 
of that, of previous seasons; and the spring grain looks 
yellow arid backward so far as we liavu hud opportuni¬ 
ty to observe. Winter wheat and rye, where we. have 
observed it, on the warm soils, is coming on finely. On 
might be bad at any foundry where anything of stiff p oi 1 s it is backward, and. In some localities, thin. 
Communications, (Etc. 
PIN WORMS IN CATTLE. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I observe, on 
page 93, current volume, an article on pin 
u mechanic was employed at molding and cast¬ 
ing. My pun is three by six feet square, six 
inches deep at the edge, and near seven inches 
in the middle; it will hold forty gallons and boil. 
Thickness of sides live-sixteenths on top, and 
one-half an inch at the bottom; bottom five- 
eighths thick. Think if i were to get any more 
would have two, three by four each, and set one 
higher than the other on the same arch aud let 
sap run from one into the other while boiling, or 
of such size as would suit the bush I was fitting 
up for. Wm. W. Horton. 
Allegany, N. Y., 1SW 
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TO KILL LICE ON COLTS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorkkr:—As it should 
be our aim to beuefit our fellows, and especially 
the afflicted , I will call the attention of an in¬ 
quirer in a late number of your paper, who 
wished to know what would kill the lice on his 
celt, to a recipe ou page 134 of the Rural of 
1863. Many recipes are not convenient nor val¬ 
uable, because it is difficult to get the materials; 
this, on the contrary, is composed of materials 
always at hand. For what man should have a 
Corn planting continues, and should to the Kith inst 
Some planting, on the uplands and warm soils, shows 
above ground. Potatoes look well where up; and 
planting continues. Clover looks finely, and promises 
to be a heavy crop wo hear; but the season, thus far, 
has been rather too wet for a good stout stand of 
Timothy. 
Frati 1 .!.—Apples, cherries and strawberries promise 
well. Grapes are also exceedingly promising. Bat we 
are sorry to say that gentlemen who have examined 
with some core, reporl to us that they fear the unfavor¬ 
able weather—heavy rains—at the eritital lime of blos¬ 
soming, lias spoiled the promised peach crop—blighted 
the fruit and our hopes. Wc hope our friends may be 
mistaken. From all quarters of the State we hear of 
the ravages of the currant worm on currant and goose¬ 
berry bushes Experiments to exterminate these pests 
are in order, and reports ol successes will be gladly 
received and published- In another place iu this col¬ 
umn we publish a communication from ahorticulurist 
in this county concerning the condition of the peach 
crop. Let others examine and report. 
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Reports op Correspondents on the Seabon — 
II. B. E. writes from Cleveland, O., May 21th:—“The 
season here i* very backward, and a large amount of 
rain has falleu. The winter wheat has been mostly 
plowed up, and the ground sown with oats. Cora is 
just being planted. Apple trees in full bloom, No 
same disease described correctly by me, asking heat together as hot as you can bear vour hand 
r _ r. _it._ ___ i?... it. - _t. i . -r * 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, MINOR 
ITEMS, &c. 
the utmost importance. If kept continuously, 
in connection with a table of pedigrees, it be¬ 
comes not only a history of the flock and of its 
improvements, hut a complete record of breod- 
inij experiments — from which established laws 
or principles of breeding ought to he deducible. 
The specimen of a register above given is 
drawn up on a moment’s consideration. Every' 
huh can make his register embrace such points 
as he chooses. A register necessarily implies 
that each sheep is numbered in some way, so 
that it can always be clearly identified. So 
many are now turning their attention to the 
discovery of a safe and sure mode of affixing a 
permanent numbering to sheep, that we think 
it can not long remain unfound. We confess 
we are now inclined to look very favorably on 
the mode first adopted by Robert M. Lyon, 
Esq., of Bath, N. Y., of branding the numbers 
on the ears, with small iron brands, which have 
been described in this paper. We do not very 
well see why a brand-mark on this part will 
not remain permanently. Our excellent friend 
Gen. O. F. Mar,shall, of Wheeler, N. YL.— 
one of the soundest and most sensible flock- 
masters in the State,—has examined Mr. Lyon's 
sheep, and he reports that the ear brand-marks 
are perfectly legible. 
In conclusion, let us say that the breeding - 
flock, at least, should be seen almost daily 
throughout this month, for the purpose of learn¬ 
ing whether “all is right.” See whether every 
iamb is thriving, and if not, ascertain and, if 
practicable, remove the cause. Observe whether 
the udders of the ewes are swollen aud inflamed 
by excess of milk, and if so, from time to time 
draw the miJk. See that ail ewes raising lambs 
have sot only the most succulent feed, but 
access to clear, good water. See that all the 
sheep are frequently and freely salted. Have 
rifle balls ready for prowling curs. Count the 
flock once a week. 
QUEEN FHILLIPPA AND WOOLEN MANU¬ 
FACTURES. 
Col. Randall:— Historians generally attri¬ 
bute the introduction of woolen manufactures 
into England to the enlightened policy of King 
Edward the Third; but it was rather to Lis 
beautiful and accomplished Queen, Phillippa, 
to whom this great benefit was due. She knew 
their inestimable value to her native country of 
Flanders, and soon after espousing the mighty 
Edward, induced colonists to follow her to 
England. Their first settlement was at Nor¬ 
wich, in 1335. In fifteen years these manufac¬ 
turers hud become so rich and prosperous, that 
on Queen Philliita visiting them, accom¬ 
panied by her gallant son, the renowned Black 
Prince, the grateful citizens of Norwich enter¬ 
tained them with a magnificent tournament. 
4 This was not the only benefit that this 
Enlightened woman conferred on the English na. 
Melbourne, Australia, last autumn. From the same 
obliging correspondent—Dr CnAKX.Es, J. Kenivobthy 
we are now in receipt of specimens of the wool of 
L. Currie, Esq., of Lana, Victoria, A usual in, whose 
wool took the first prize at both the Great Exhibitions 
iu London. The prices of the sheep from wbiph the 
samples are taken are furnished by Mr. Curri k. Two 
ewes are marked at $25 a-piece, two at $60 a piece, 
two rams, one aged and the other a second prize ram 
at the Melbourne show, at $ 1(10 a-piece; aud a first 
prize ram at $260. All the samples are of a much 
higher grade of wool than American Merino breeders 
seek—but are considerably short of picklock Saxon. 
From their lengt h and appearance, we judge they must 
come from fleeces of greater weight than those of the 
finest Saxon sheep, but by no means equaling the 
weight of American Merino fleeces. It is probable 
their additional weight over Saxon fleeces formed one 
of their recommendations at the London Exhibitions. 
Ali the samples but one arc destitute of “gum, have 
a pale boff tinge, exhibit a very superior style ami soft¬ 
ness, and are of uncommon length for this kind of 
wool. The shortest Is 2K inches, and three of them 
S H inches long Bat the outer ends indicate that they 
were taken from specimen locks left on the sheep, of 
more than a year’s growth, or else that t hey come from 
very 1 open fleeces. And, what is remarkable, wc llnd 
traces of jar in every sample but that of the first prize 
rain. We have written Dr. K. for the weights of the 
fleeces and the age of the samples. 
Touaoco Wash for Sheep — M. Greenman, of L—, 
Bureau Co., Ill , is informed that inasmuch as there are 
material differences iu the strength or tobacco, accord¬ 
ing to weight, there cannot be any fixed rule by weight 
for graduating the strength of a decoction eft it to kill 
ticks. Cool a little of your decoction and try it on 
some live licks Make it strong enough to kill them 
promptly. Better have it unnecessarily strong than a 
particle too weak. It used to be said 5 lbs. of chopped 
plug tobacco would make a decoction to kill the ticks 
on 100 Saxon lambs. It would by no means do it on 
the woolicr Iambs of the present day. 
Hoof Rot.— A. C. Taylof., or Normal, Illinois, has 
found a “sure cure’ lor this disease. It consists in 
thoroughly cleaning and paring the foot, and then dip. 
ping it for some time in a saturated solution of blue 
vitriol. He says putting the foot in once a day for two 
or three days “is sufficient.’ We recommended the 
same process sixteen years ago iu Sheep Husbandry in 
the South, and one year ago In the Practical Shepherd— 
only wc proposed to make It far cheaper and more 
efficient by setting three or four sheep at a time in a 
lult containing a hot solution some three or lour inches 
deep, and keep!tig thetn there from Jive to ten minutes, 
according to the severity of the case. We have ou three 
different occasions pcifcetly cured a flock by one such 
application; aud wc never heard of it being done by 
one application ol any other description. We have 
tried all methods, and never found one tlmt compared 
witli this iu efficiency. The feet were very car'fully 
pared, and the sheep set In the tub one after another, 
and held there by an assistant. When the tub was full 
Of sheep, the one flrsl put in was taken out to make 
place for the next one got. ready, andsoon. We kept the 
liquor constantly hot by frequently champing it, and we kept 
it at least- three inches deep,. We don’t say that one shell 
application would cure this most troublesome malady 
in any stage. Wc chanced to apply it In every case just 
as winter was setting in — and the sheep did not for 
da vs or weeks thereafter have their feet come in contact 
] for further information on the subject; but I 
never received any. Since that time, till last 
fall, twelve years, 1 have known of no similar 
cases of this disease. But then I had a fine, 
full-blooded Ayresbire calf, eight months old, 
afflicted with the same symptoms, I then se¬ 
cured the animal, pulled out her tongue, and 
shoved down her bronchus or windpipe, a 
couple of feathers fastened on the end of a plia¬ 
ble hickory stick, about the thickness of a 
goose-quill, turned it round as 1 drew it out, 
the same way as I operate on poultry for the 
the gaps, (of which I cured upwards of a hun¬ 
dred hist summer, without losing a single one.) 
and the animal appeared to be perfectly relieved, 
ceased Coughing, and went to eating, as usual; 
but about ten days or a fortnight after, it died, 
and upon opening its bronchus, I found a bunch 
of these worms had strangled the animal. 
Several of my neighbors, and my farmer, lost 
hogs of the same disease, and on examining 
their bronchuses, at my suggestion, they found 
nodules of these worms iu their windpipes, 
which had strangled them; and I lost a horse, 
which we thought had the heaves, wjto drop¬ 
ped down dead iu the road; but upon a post¬ 
mortem examination, I found he had been 
strangled by a ball of these worms in his wind¬ 
pipe. 
I have no doubt the disease is one of long 
standing, but has been mistaken for inflamma¬ 
tion of the luugs, &e. Thirty odd years since, 
I lost a fine yearling, which had precisely the 
same symptoms, but not examining it after 
death, I concluded it had died of some other 
disease. 
I have not the slightest faith in Dr. Dadd’s 
prescription for thu cure of the disease, or its 
being caused by “diminution of rumination, or 
unpaired digestion.” I bave no doubt if a gum- 
elastic tube, or probang with a piece of sponge 
attached to the end of a wire, to be pushed out 
of the tube when it reached where the bron¬ 
chial tube branches off in the lobesof the lungs, 
and tben pulled out, it would bring with It all 
these worms, and thus eradicate the disease. 
"With poultry, I have had to repeat the oper¬ 
ation of removing the gap worms ten days after 
the first operation, even where I had removed 
as many as live and twenty of them front the 
chicken’s windpipe the first time. 
If any of your correspondents should know 
of any cure or preventive of the disease, I 
should like to hear of it. I have given you tny 
experience on the subject, and now let others, 
who know more, do the same. 
Charles F. Morton. 
Mortonville, Orange Co., N. Y., 1 W>}. 
SCRATCHES IN HORSES. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—I have noticed 
in your Condensed Correspondence some cures 
and preventives for the perplexing disease, 
Scratches in Horses. 1 have discovered nothing, 
as yet, in print that coincides with my views 
and experience. 
Scratches, like all other diseases, has its ori¬ 
gin, and arises front impurities of aud feverish 
blood. It is a surface disease, and, according to 
the organic laws of nature, locates in that por¬ 
tion of the system most exposed. A preventive 
1 have never known to fail, if strictly adhered 
to is, feed the animal from one-half to a table- 
spoonful of saltpeter once a week, for two to 
four weeks, according to the magnitude of the 
disease, and alternate with rosin—a piece the 
size of a robin’s egg—both well pulverized. 
Give saltpeter on Monday, ami rosin on Thurs¬ 
day. 
To cure the Scratches, use a sufficient quan¬ 
tity of alcohol to saturate the parts affected, 
with from two to three tablespoonfuls of gun¬ 
powder; put together, and when partially dis. 
in it, and put on, with a rag, enough to wet the 
animal all over. It proved effectual in the case 
that I used it, with one application. 
Aldeu, N. Y., 1861. J. M. Stilson. 
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HOVEN OR BLOAT.-REMEDY. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker. — Having been 
a reader of your paper for a number of years 
past, and having seen remedies published for 
ltoven or bloat in cattle, but none like mine, I 
send one that I have never known to fail. It is 
to draw the tongue out of the mouth with one 
hand, and, with the other, put two or three 
handfuls of salt well down the throat or 
over the nub of the tougue. If it does not 
relieve in a short time, repeat the operation; 
but I have never known the first trial to fail to 
relieve the animal. L. r. T. 
East Randolph, N. Y., 1S04. 
KuQttiries ana Ansims. 
Hungarian Seed Wanted.—Wc have inquiries for 
Hungrian grass seed. It can probably be obtained at 
the seed stores. Parties who Imre it should advertise. 
To Kilu Burdocks.— (M. M ('..Olcotl, Niagara Co., 
N. Y.) We know of no better way to kill burdocks 
than to dig them up wherever found. We doubt if a 
better way has been discovered. 
Plastebi.vo a Brick House.—(R., or St. Lawrence 
Co.) We would not plaster directly on the walls of a 
brick house. Such a house should always be lathed 
and plastered. Unless it is, the walls iu eold weather 
will be dump and destroy health as well as paper that 
may be put on them. 
ArrLYnva IIen Manure and Ashes.—I see an 
inquiry from Mr. C. K , of Pennsylvania, asking for the 
beat method of applying hen manure and unleachcd 
ashes to com. I will give my method. I mix the 
manure and ashes, half and half, and as saunas the 
corn la planted l apply a small handful to the top of 
each hill —H. Doty, M D., Delaware Co., X Y. 
Buusu Drains.— Would you recommend as profita¬ 
ble the making of brush drains ? Are they durable?— 
Oren Weldon, La Salle Co., 111 . 
Wc have seen brush drains that had been In use a 
half dozen years, apparently in good condition. On 
stiff clay soils there is little doubt as to their durability 
and profit. On light soils we should dislike to risk 
them. 
Can Coils be Hoed too Often?—(W m. Garnet.) 
We never yet knew that a field of com was injured by 
excessive boelng. We have mvu fields that were in¬ 
jured by too deep culture during tbc growing season. 
But stirring thu surface of the soil without disturbing 
the roots cannot be done too often for the good of the 
crop. And it should b« Continued much later in the 
season than is the usual practice. 
Pratt’s Ditcher.— Have you heard of, o>- a0 y° a 
know anything concerning this ditcher, -oout which 
considerable was said some year- eiuce? — Mason, 
Columbia Co., X. Y. 
We do not. It was found by those who used it to be 
a material aid in digging ditches; but wo suspect the 
demand for them was not sufficient to warrant contin 
tied manufacture. We may be wrong; but we have 
lost sight of them latterly. Its price was au obstacle 
to it* success, though cheap enough compared with the 
cost of manufacture, perhaps. 
To Remove Warts —For the benefit of an inquirer 
we copy the following which we And in an exchange:— 
“ Aquafortis will remove warts if properly applied. A 
small drop of St ou Ibo point of a knitting needle or 
any small pointed thing, and applied to the top only of 
t he wart, will create a dead scale which can be removed 
by steeping the hands in warm water. The top is again 
touched with aquafortis, and the operation repeated 
till the wart Is worn down to n level with the true skin, 
hut care must be taken that the true skin around the 
wuirl Is not touched; if lids is attended to, the applica¬ 
tion is perfectly safe and efficacious. The same mode 
removes corns effectually, and this redpe has relieved 
many to whom we have given it.” 
ago the prospect for a tine crop was excellent; but since 
the heavy rains they have mostly blighted and fallen 
from the trees, What the cause is, to many, may be a 
mooted question, but to my own mind it is a very clear 
one. Having considerable experience in observing the 
bad effects of heavy rains upon fruit at the • blooming 
period,’ I attribute the present failure of the peaches to 
the above cause, to wit; that the rain came Just at the 
time of Lite fertilizing process, consequently I he effect 
was to wash off all the dust or pollen which insures the 
setting of the fruit.” 
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The Massachusetts Aoni cultural College —We 
leant that despite the opinions expressed by leading 
agriculturists, the trustees having the location of the 
above College created by national endowment, have 
connected it with Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 
The Northampton Free 1‘ress discussing the matter 
says —“ Gov. Andrew and soveral leading members of 
the Board of Trustcep, have from the first favored con¬ 
necting the college with some literary and scientific 
institution already In successful operation, and had it 
not been for the impossibility of obtaining a suitable 
farm, and the close contiguity to a large city, Cam¬ 
bridge, not Amherst, would lmvc been the chosen place. 
Judging from information wc have on tbc subject, the 
new college is to be merely an appendage to Amherst 
College, and not a separate and distinct institution of 
itself If this opinion is correct the agricultural de¬ 
partment will be absorbed and overshadowed by the 
other departments or the older college, and ten years 
hence, hardly any one not connected with the college, 
will know that there is such an institution In name or 
fact as the Massachusetts Agricultural College ” 
We fear the above prediction will prove true. 
»■♦»- 
AMacui.nk fob Sowing Blaster, Asues, Ac.—E. 
D. Hali.kck of this city, (who has the machine for 
sale,) exhibited in our sanctum the other day a very 
simple device, called “J. R. Caldwell’s Patent for 
sowing Plaster, Ashes, Lime,” &c., on hill crops. It 
consists of a tin tube five inches in diameter and eigh¬ 
teen Inches long, with a stiff’ handle at one end, a per¬ 
forated bottom and slide at the other. This largo tube 
is filled with plaster and nBhes— one or both—the slide 
adjusted so that the operator, hold of the handle, may- 
shake any desired quantity from it upon a hill of com 
potatoes, Ac., ns ho walks along. It distributes <he 
required amount evenly, puls It where it i* waited in 
spite of wind, a single shake does it, the h*hdA need 
not be made sole by handling the fertilizer, and it will 
save ume, labor and money we should rhink. If our 
judgment Is not In error, It is worth to any fanner who 
top dresses corn and other hill crops with plaster, 
ashes, Ac., the $1.56 to $2 (according to size) asked 
for it. J. McGill a Co., Pittsford, N- Y., own the 
right of this State, and manufacture It, 
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Thial of Mowing Machines. —The X'-o England 
Farmer urges the importance of a tria' of these imple¬ 
ments, and says:—“ The trial sbc'Od take place on the 
line of Borne railroad, and ‘ l0t bir from it. Perhaps 
Western New York w-'dd be as convenient a locality 
as could be seleced,—near Albany, or beyond, on tbe 
line of tbe N Central Railroad. Shall it be done?” 
At the a»« iual meeting of the State Agricultural Soci¬ 
ety, a resolution was adopted urging the propriety of 
providing for a trial of implements. But we are not 
advised (hat the Executive Board have made any such 
,,-vodslon. These implement trials are of great impor¬ 
tance. We Btiggest that county organizations take 
hold or the matter if the State Society uc-glwt* to do 
so. It Is no task at all to collect machines enough for 
a lively trial; and farmers who wish to purchase can 
hotter decide upon thu merits of the respective ma¬ 
chines by comparison of their work and manner of 
work, than in any other way. Time and money spent 
at such trials arc not lost. 
-,-v.- 
Death of a Mkmukk or the Ohio State Board of 
Aoriculture —The C leveland Wool Grow,v announces 
the death of Wm. Dewitt, Esq , of the Cleveland Ag¬ 
ricultural Works, and the serious Injury of Wm F- 
Grkku, Ksq , of Painsville, O., by a railroad accident 
on the Cleveland As Columbus U. R The third car 
from the locomotive, contuiutng these gontlouum, broke 
its coupling* and left the track, while the balance of 
the train kept It. Mr. Dewitt was killed almost In¬ 
stantly, and fourteen passengers were more or less 
Injured—Mi Gkkkk among the rest. Those gentlemen 
were return ng from Columbus, where they had been 
attending a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. 
Mr. Dewitt Is spoken of by our Ohio contemporary in 
high terms, aud his death as a disaster to Agriculture 1 
In that Kittle We are glad to learu that there arc hopes 
of Mr. GitEKR’a recovery. 
