fore emigration, to feel authorized to attempt to give 
the desired information. Such men cannot afford time 
and means themselves to make extensive explorations 
of the Western country—nor can they afl’ord to make 
mistakes. Will not persons experienced in Western 
farming, point out to ns, for the information of all in¬ 
quirers, t he regions they conceive the most favorable 
to sheep farming, naming the counties and towns in 
which the lands are situated, and the names o£ post 
offices. The desired information would be mostly em¬ 
braced in answers to the following questions:— 1, What 
amout of fi ve pasture exists in the locality, and how 
long is such pasture laud likely to remain unoccupied 
by settlers? 2, The number of persons now nettled about 
and using such pasture lands, and the extern of their 
flocks and herds? 8 , The make of tbeland, the quality 
of the soil, the nature of the grasses, aud their abun¬ 
dance during summer; 4, How is the land watered? 
5, For how long a period is it necessary to fodder sheep, 
cattle and horses in the winter? 6 , When docs the 
spring grass start on the range, and when is it visited 
by killing or severe frosts in autumn? 7, If the sheep 
acquire their subsistence from the pastures in winter, 
is it from green grass continually springing up, or from 
the dry grass of the previous pummer which was'left 
standing? S, From what sources is suitable winter 
fodder most cheaply derived, aud what docs It cost per 
tun and per sheep ? 9, Do sheep require winter shel¬ 
ters 0 10, Do they require shelter in lambing? 11 , 
What percentage of lamb? are raised there so far as 
your knowledge extends, and about how many sheep 
does that knowledge embrace? 12 , Do sheep require 
folding at night? 13, Arc they there exposed to the 
depredations of wolves or other wild animals, or of 
dogs? 14, What diseases have thus far appeared 
among the sheep oV that region ? 15, What and how 
mill and pan would answer for one-quarter of a 
township. It has been crushed and made into 
molasses for twenty cents per gallou in Indiana. 
I raised there last year twenty-eight gallons of 
thick sirup—so thick that it had to be drawn 
out of the bung-hole—from one-fourth of an 
acre. 
One way of stripping the leaves is by making 
a wooden sword aud striking it down the stalks, 
taking off the leaves rapidly. 
E. W. Hudson. 
Phelps, N. Y., Ang. 3d, 1804. 
Remarks.— Lest the remarks we appended to 
Mr. Rose’s article be misconstrued we wish to 
say that while we do not regard all patent evap¬ 
orators humbugs, per se, we do think that most 
farmers, with far less cost, can secure a combi¬ 
nation of pans on which they can make quite as 
good 6irup. And there are some of these, pa¬ 
tent evaporators which have made more dollars 
for their inventors who have peddled 'the 
“rights,” than they have gallons of good sirup 
for formers. 
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS FOR 1864. 
breeders in whose bands sbeep bave seeme a, 
in the popular eye, almost to assume the plasti¬ 
city of “ clay in the hands of the potter, could, 
by any art or skill of their own, absolutely and 
purely create or even commence that conforma¬ 
tion. But nature with all that sameness which 
forms the rule of her operations, is neverthe¬ 
less constantly presenting minor exceptions or 
deviations. We bave sometimes thought that 
these deviations — which pass unnoticed or 
unheeded by the thoughtless multitude—are be¬ 
neficently intended as the origiu of improve¬ 
ments, or of adaptations to new uses. The 
deviations are usually, at first, comparatively 
slight. But they are, or may be. further de¬ 
veloped by circumstances and by breeding, and 
they at length become “ established ” by the 
forces of that great aud all - pervading law of 
animated natuve expressed in the phrase that 
“ like produces like.” The French and Ameri¬ 
can Merino, for example, start from a common 
origin — yet they now differ in essential charac¬ 
teristics that are distinguishable by all eyes. 
And those different characteristics have been 
re-produced in each case, until they have be¬ 
come permanent. 
Let us descend to details — and let us tike 
these specific cases which we are asked to ex¬ 
plain, viz., broad tails and flunks. The breeder 
commenced making these characteristics in his 
flock by breeding or obtaining a ram or ewe 
which happened to have a broader tail and 
flank than usual. Sometimes an accidental trait 
is not transmitted to progeny, and then no per¬ 
manent deviation from the old standard can be 
Sometimes it is vigorously trails- 
SUSPENSION OP AGRICULTURAL JOURNALS — TllE 
Rural’s Position.— We regret to see in Its issue of 
the 13th Inst, an an non nee merit that our lone-time 
valued contemporary, the Nino England Farmer, has 
been temporarily suspended in consequence of the 
Greatly increased expenses of its publication. Tire 
Publishers say—“ At. the time when the subscription 
price of the present year was fixed, and our anlcula- 
tions for the year’s business made 
NATIONAL, STATE AND PROVINCIAL. 
American Pomological, Rochester.Sent, i 
«.aunda, VV eat., Hamilton,_ 8 ,.pt 3 
Illinois, Decatur.. S r , n , 
Indiana, Indianapolis,.. .Oct 
Iowa, Burlincton...... .Sent 2 
Kentucky Louisville....”.Sent' 
Michigan. Kalamazoo,. .Sent 2 
New Brunswick, Frederick!on..”;.bet 
New Kusland, s,Minefield, Mass., .....'""sep*. 
New Vork Rochester. o.,, n 
Ohio, Odum bn?, .. [[ .r 
Pennsylvania. Easton, ”” .s' a 
\ omionl, White River Juncl'toS,'.fw 1 
M lacoiisin, Janesville,.1..'.'.‘.Sqff a 
COUNTY AND TOWN. 
MAINE. 
Cumberland, Portland,.Sept. - 
VERMONT. 
Addison, Middlcbnry,. R ., nt 9 , 
Chittenden, Burlington,. .Hem £ 
Connecticut Valley, Bradford,”””””” \oa," \ 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Barnstable, Barnstable,. Or. < 
Bristol, Taunton,. Oct 
Berkshire, Pittsfield,.. 0ct , 
Essex, Lawrence. *.c nn ’, <y 
Franklin, Greenfield... ,””"”””sept! 2 f 
Housatonic. Great Barrington, Sent 
Hampshire Union. Northampton, . .Oct t 
Hampshire. Amherst,. Oct l- 
llampdon, Springfield,... .Oct < 
nninpden East, Palmer,. .Oct' n 
Highland, Middlotleld, ..'Sent V 
vuSt 1 ^’" 11 ^’ North Adams,.. ,.'sepL 2 f 
Middlesex, Concord. «, e p t o-; 
Middlesex, South, Framingham,.Sept 2 (' 
Middlesex. North, Lowell,.Sept. SC 
Martha s V ineyard, Weal Tiabury, Oct lfi 
Nantucket, Nantucket,.'.'.'/.'.Sept 2 ? 
Norfolk, Dedham, .Sent. IN 
Plymouth, Bndgewnter,. Oct ti 
Worcester, Worcester,.//./.".’Sept. 22 
our expenses were 
leas than one half what they have since risen to;” and 
add that, there, being no margin for profit, they have for 
some time been compelled to draw upon resources out¬ 
side or the amount received from subscriber?, and do 
not find t hemselves able to continue tills course. They 
further state that their list being prepaid, “arise to | 3 i 
which is as low as the paper can be afforded to return 
anything like a suitable profit on the outlay,” would 
probably cause a large reduction and leave them in a 
worse position than to slop outright, Clnb sulsecribers 
are informed that their papers have already cost the 
publishers more than they rrea'ued from- thorn for the 
whole year. The publication of the Farmer is to be re¬ 
sumed, when the times will admit, renewed aud rein¬ 
vigorated by a period of rest, and yve are confident, that 
period will be hailed with pleasure by Its subscribers 
and contemporaries, all ol whom must sincerely de¬ 
plore its smqienslon. 
— Several other agricultural journals have recently 
been suspended for the cause above stated, and we fear 
others will be obliged to succumb, though we hope 
otherwise. Though it is tough bnslnesa we have re¬ 
solved to keep the good ship Rural afloat, with a full 
cargo, i f possible True, we are losing money on every 
club subscription, and probably may on every single 
one which began with the year, yet shall not “glvenp, 
the ship” so long as there is a “ shot in the locker ” 
wherevyith to pay and provision onr gallant crew and 
keep the vessel la good sailing order. Bat It Is more 
than probable that we shall soon be obliged to make 
our subscription price $3 per year, which wo shall do 
(in the belief that Us friends will say atnen to the neces¬ 
sitated advance,) rather than discontinue the Rural. 
Those who wish to aid this journal and the cause 
it advocates can beet do so by obtaining subscriptions 
and advertisements at the highest rates published. As 
we have not, never had, and do not ask the least patron¬ 
age from any party, society or govern in ent,b;lthcr Na¬ 
tional, Slate or Local, we must depend upon those who 
expect a substantial return for their money—and to such 
only wo appeal. 
FEEDING WHEY. 
Is it beneficial or injurious? These are im¬ 
portant considerations to the former and the 
dairyman, and more or less 
so to all, since all 
require food whether they produce it or not. If 
beneficial to feed whey, how ought it to be man¬ 
aged to make it so? My observation convinces 
me that it is injurious food for hogs unless it is 
mixed with sour milk and other feed, and has 
stood long enough in the swill tub to change its 
nature before being fed. 
I heard a dairyman say that he fed it to his 
cows mixed with other feed; but he thought it 
not good for hogs; that he once fed some old 
hogs whey that had been emptied into the swill- 
tub that day, that they drank considerable, and 
that two laid down and died almost immediate¬ 
ly, and the remainder were only saved by driv¬ 
ing them around for some time. - 
The rennet added to coagulate the milk causes 
the whey to be injurious when fed sweet or un¬ 
mixed with other food. Its coagulating power 
so acts upon the gastric juices of the stomach as 
to impede the circulation ol the blood, and pro¬ 
duces stupidity or congestion, of which the an¬ 
imal dies or suffers more or less. This being the 
case when fed alone or In large quantities while 
it is sweet, and its coagulating nature unchanged, 
is it profitable to feed it at all? Do cows fed 
with it appear stupid? if so it is injurious to 
their health aud longevity. Partial congestion, 
causing stupidity, is always injurious to the fu¬ 
ture health of roau and beast, and whatever 
produces these results should be avoided. The 
loss of animals is a loss of food which is greatly 
needed in these times, and the inexperienced 
ought not to experiment; but as foot! for man and 
beast is now scarce, and every thing healthful 
ought to be saved, would it not be well for ob¬ 
serving and experienced dairymen to impart to 
others such information in relation to feeding 
it, as they think beneficial or injurious ? H. 
built upon it, 
rnitted to a part or the whole of the progeny. 
This is more likely to occur where both sire and 
dam, possessing the same exceptional trait, can 
be found and coupled together—and especially 
so if they are related. A brother and sister pos¬ 
sessing it, would be more likely to transmit it 
to their common posterity than would be unre¬ 
lated parents. But in either event, and whether 
the exceptional trait is transmitted by one 
parent or both, if it re-appears in the second 
generation, and thus demonstrates its hereditary 
quality, it may be made the origin of a perma¬ 
nent change. And the great er number of times 
it Is transmitted from generation to generation, 
the more fixed will become its hereditary trans- 
missibility—until it finally is nearly as fixed 
and uneradicable in the family, as are its breed 
or family characteristics. We speak not of nat¬ 
ural characteristics, for who knows what they 
were? If the races of men and brutes have 
descended, according to the popular view and 
according to what is supposed to he the Biblical 
version of tlie facts, from single original pairs, 
we can form but little idea of those original pairs. 
To fix and increase an accidental peculiarity 
or trait in his flock, the breeder carefully couples 
together those animals by which it is most de¬ 
cidedly exhibited. The broadest tailed and 
flanked ewe is bred to the broadest tailed and 
flanked ram. The chances are ten to one that 
some of the produce will exhibit these peculiari¬ 
ties more than do their parents. Thus an ad¬ 
vanced step is gained: and this leads in the same 
way to further advances. The slight unusual 
corrugation of skin in one generation, if dili¬ 
gently cultivated for half a dozen generations, 
becomes the enormous fold. 
Sometimes these accidental traits perpetuate 
themselves readily, and rapidly become fixed 
and perdurable. We have already had occasion 
to refer in these columns to the “little eared ” 
Saxon sheep, imported from Germany, and cul¬ 
tivated as a variety by the late David Ely, 
Esq., who during his sheep-breeding days was 
a resident of Pornpey. New York. We now often 
see sheep, exhibiting the characteristic small, tri¬ 
angular ear, whose ancestors have not for ten or 
twenty generations included a single “little 
eared ’’ ram—indeed, which have lost all percept¬ 
ible trace of Saxon blood. Nearly every old full- 
A Clip op Wool—C. Goss of Bellmore, Indiana, 
writes to us—“ I bave been waiting until now to see II 
some great wool grower bad taken a bettor clip than I, 
from yearlings. I sheared forty-two yearlings, nearly 
all April lambs, from which I obtained two hundred six 
and a hall pounds of wool, washed clean on the sheeps’ 
back. They are a mixture of old-fashioned long-wool 
Merino and common stock with French Merino. They 
raised eleven lambs, and lost about half a dozen. They 
ran on the winter wheat until about the 1 st of March, 
were fed what hay they wanted daring the winter, were 
well sheltered, and were fed about one half ear of 
shelled com per head, each day, from November till 
May, the wethers being good mutton at shearing, the 
first week in June.” 
Mr. Goss is mistaken if he supposes the above fleeces 
equal In weight those of full-blood Merinos. Wc sold 
a flock of ApriL ewe tegs last faff, which in May, JS&l, 
yielded an average or 7 lbs. of well washed wool per 
head. They bad Rot been pampered. This would be 
equivalent to 10 *i lbs. per head or unwash'd wool: aud 
we have recorded several small clips which reiched 
that amount. 
Advertising in tub Rural New-Yorker—Is a 
paying invesuneut to many, as wc are often advised. 
We frequently receive letters stating the great benefit 
the writers bave derived from this source, yet have 
usually rcrralned from quoting from such—and this 
year especially, for the reason that the space allotted to 
advertising has been over full most of the time But 
we will hint, here, that whereas we ara losing money 
on our large subscription list (and the larger Hie great¬ 
er the loss,) wo have about concluded to devote more 
space to adver ising, and not be quite so independent 
as of yore toward those w ho wish to advertise legiti¬ 
mate wares and merchandise. It is not our custom to 
solicit advertising patronage, and it Is a long time since 
we have even mailed a circular on the sublet to any 
one who had not first applliod,—but we arc now in¬ 
clined to “go in” on advertising to some extent, in 
order to make up losses on subscriptions. Our circu¬ 
lation is now some to.'XRl greater than it was last year, 
though onr advertising rates arc the same “A word 
to the wise,” Ac. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Bucks, Newtown,. 
Susquehanna. Montrose, 
Wyoming, Wyoming,. . 
omo. 
Medical Recipes.—E. Harley Spencer, Fnirview 
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., says that a strong decoction 
of poke-weed and particularly of the root, << sopped all 
over lambs or calves” is a “sure care for ticks or lice, 
and as cheap as dirt.” 2. That Kerosene oil applied 
when lambs are castrated will keep away flies, and 
consequently maggots. 3. That human urine, pint 
to a sheep, will not fail, if given in time, to cure sheep 
“poisoned by eating laurel, or anything else.” (Doubt¬ 
ful.) 
Correction.—C. E. Woodworth, Now Way, Lick¬ 
ing Co-, Ohio, wishes some errors corrected In oar pub¬ 
lication in regard to his sheep, July 19. His ram teg 
No. 8 was got by a ram known there as a Wooster 
ram. and No. 4 by a Remelee ram. The dam of the 
older ram, No. 1 , instead of being bought by Jambs 
P lTTSFORD Of DAWID CUTTING, Vt, Was bOOghl of 
Mr. Dean, Vi. (Sec article in Rural of July 19. / 
Gentlemen sending ns pedigrees should be ti t pa:u 3 
to state them accurately, and at the same time dearly 
enough to Vie understood. Corrections consume space, 
and usually receive little attention. 
Blanch ester, Clinton,. 
Butler, Hamilton,. 
Columbian.*!, New Lisbon, 
Cuvahoga. Cleveland,_ 
Fnvette, Washington,.... 
Fulton, Gttokee,. 
Geauga, Burton,. 
Geauga, Olaridou,. 
Greene, Xenia,. 
Huron, Norwalk,. 
Loralne, El; * 
Mahoning, ‘ 
“Stop My Paer!”—T hree wise men of Union Cor¬ 
ners, N. Y., have taken umbrage at the sentiments 
of the article entitled “The Duty of the Hour,” pub¬ 
lished in Rural of 13th Inst., and ordered their papers 
stopped mid—a return of their money ! Said money has 
been returned and their names erased from our lift —with 
great alacrity and cheerfulness If their epistles were 
models grammatically, orthogiaphically or logically 
we would give them to the public, but-. Is it possi¬ 
ble that only three statesmen, and they all in one place, 
stop the Rural and call its editor an " abolltionbt ” 
on account of the article aforementioned, while it has 
tens ol' thousands of subscribers ? Why, more subscri¬ 
bers than that have called ua (in tetters) a worse name 
this year—“copperhead,” for instance! It's too bad— 
but we‘11 have our revenge by petitioning that Union 
Corners be changed to Se -sh t 'ornors’ Will Facie 
Abe's P. M. General please govern himself accordingly? 
Kota Dene —Wc more than suspect that only one at the 
three really took umbrage at onr outspoken and frank 
expression, and Induced two non-thlnkcrs to join liim 
in the terrible raid! 
Mahoning, Youngstown,. 
Medina, Medina.. 
Morrow, Mt Gilead,. 
Muskingum, Zanesville,.. 
Orwell, Ashtabula,. 
Portage, Ravenna.. 
Richland, Mansfield,. 
Stark, Canton,. 
Twlnsburgh, Twinsburgh, 
Union, Marysville,. 
INDIANA STATE FAIR. 
Office Ind. State Board of Agr'l ) 
Indianapolis, Aug. 15th, I8ti4. 5 
Eds. Rural New Yorker:—As a large num¬ 
ber of Hoosier farmers are subscribers to your 
valuable paper, and as we have no agricultural 
paper In our State, I ask, if compatible with 
your views, the publication of the following in 
reference to our 12th Annual Indiana State Fair, 
which will be held in this city, commencing 
Oct. Sd and continuing during the week. 
Our Fair Grounds are being fixed up in much 
better slnipe than ever before. The buildings 
consist of Power Hall, SO by 150, with a forty 
hor?e power engine, capable of running all classes 
of machinery to the satisfaction of exhibitors; 
Eloral Hall, octagon, SO feet in diameter; Farm 
Product Hall, 80 by 100; Mechanics’ null, 30 by 
100; Miscellaneous Hall, 80 by 120; Fine Art 
Hall, 20 by 120, 
INDIANA. 
Fayette, Connersville, 
La Porte, La I’orte,... 
ILLINOIS 
Bureau, Princeton. 
Carroll, Mt- Carroll,.... 
Cumberland. Majority Point, 
DeKalli, DeKuib, 
D 11 Page. Wheaton,.... 
DeWitt, Clinton,. 
Fultou, Lewiston,.... 
Hancock, Carthage,.. 
Kane, Genet a, ....... 
Kankakee, Kankakee, 
Sheet in Nebraska. — He.man Glass of Omaha, 
Nebraska, writes us“ The number of men who keep 
sheep here i£ limited, for only those who have means 
to bay large flocks and herd them go Into the business. 
Men of small means can neither afford to herd them, 
nor fence sufficient land. Those who have sheep arc 
doing very well with them. It will eventually be a 
great sheep country.” 
Convention op Newspaper Publisiiepj. — The 
Newspaper Publishers of Western New York held a 
Convention in this city on the 22d inst. We areunable 
to give the proceedings this week, but they embrace a 
material advance from previous subscription and ad 
vertising rates, and also upon Job printing. This is as 
it should be, for probably no cl ns- has suffered more 
than publishers during the past few months, in con 
sequence of the great advance In price of materials, 
wages, provision?, &<; While they arc expected to aid 
almost every cause, “ free gratis for nothing,” editors 
and publishers —from custom, or their proverbial 
modesty—are not off-rod or expected to ask or receive 
a fair and just equivalent for services rendered to Indi¬ 
viduals or the public It Is about, (ime to Institute a 
reform In the premises, aud we trust a salutary one has 
been inaugurated by tills movement. 
Sufficient stalls for Horses, 
Cattle, Sheep and Hogs will be prepared, aud 
we specially invite Eastern wool growers to 
compete for our premiums, all of which are as 
liberal as those offered by any State Board in 
the Union. 
We have added a new and patriotic feature to 
our State exhibitions, consisting of a State San¬ 
itary Fair, to be held on the State Fair Ground 
in a separate Inclosure, and under the manage* 
Before the ment of the Indiana State Sanitary Commission. 
1 , Ind., the The buildings are now being prepared, couslst- 
is aud ket- iD £ of a lar «e octagon building 100 feet in diam- 
bat indeed eter > witJl ibree wings 100 feet cueh. Donations 
take, some are invited from any and all the States, partic- 
11:wart’s ularly of battle-field relics, war trophies, rare 
1 be made geological specimens, and any and all articles 
• feet wide calculated to Interest the visitor. The entire ro¬ 
ll is (livid- ce *P ts of this department are to be strictly ap- 
biwkward propriated to the banitary department; in foot 
he end of tbe whole exhibition is under the charge and 
Den not go oontrol of Mr. Wm. JI anna max, the State San- 
ie current ltai T Agent. It Is expected that the receipts of 
coming in l b*s department will be fully equal to that of 
ore it, and an y similar exhibition hitherto held, 
fed sirup. So fa r a? the general exhibition is concerned, 
id suitable l be prospects are flattering for a fine show or all 
lions It classes of Agricultural Implements, Machinery, 
ilasses, no &c * The Live Stock department, Miscellaneous 
■ider Mr. iu »d * ,iue Art classes will lie fully represented; 
over one but owing to the extreme drouth and extreme 
toff email heat of the past summer the Department of 
Farm Products must be very light indeed, 
gates to We cordially invito your New York farmers, 
ah an ad- artisans, aud stock growers to meet their noosier 
During friends in competition. They shall have a fair 
. called a show, and get beat if our farmers aud artizans 
ti Cory’s can do it. Respectfully yours, 
it he has W. H. Loomis, Secretary. 
> or three Remarks. —We hope our Western friends 1 
will have a big Fair. The Sanitary feature is 
irn New commendable. We notice Illinois is also pre- , 
<£ommunkftticms, (file 
SORGHO EVAPORATORS. 
tow A 
Clinton, Lyons,.. 
Floyd, Rockford,. 
Scott, Davenport, 
MICHIGAN 
Gas?, Cassopol!*,.. 
Calhoun, Marshall, 
Jackson, Jackson,. 
LOWER CANADA 
Compton, Eaton Comer, 
Mlacisquoi, Bedford,_ 
Montcalm, St- Esprit,... 
Shc-fiord, Waterloo,. 
St Johns, St- Johns,..... 
Can Bee? Make Honey out of Sugar?—I wish 
some experienced apiarian onions your correspondents 
would tel! me whether It I* In the power of bees to 
make honey from sugar. Can they manufacture a good 
article o( honey from any kind of sweet? Will not the 
sngar they gather bo sugar still, with the flavor of the 
“ortgtnnf packiuro” when deposited in the comb? I 
believe so; and If so, there are- more humbugs than we 
dream of In this world,—A Qrrwf Old Head. 
We have seen it njgerUil by an experimenter that 
from every pound of wet or dissolved brown sugar, the 
bees wonld manufacture two pounds of excellent 
honey. On the other hand, we have seen such talk 
denounced as foolish and false. Perhaps others have 
opinions. 
Rural Notes attir (Enteric 
The Season, Crops, &c.—Our reports from till sec¬ 
tions, near and distant, are favorable In regard to the 
weather and crop*. In thin region copious ruins have 
fallen, and growing crops are progressing finely. Ad 
vitas from the West are very encouraging, Louts 
Chapin, K«q , of this city, Just returned from a tour 
through Illinois, brings cheering account* of the crops 
— the abundance of those harvested, and the great 
promise of corn, sorghum, Ac,, now maturing. He 
says the common potato U the only crop that looks 
bad. Mr. Mark Miu.br, editor of the Iowa Home¬ 
stead, Dee Moines, called upon us on Monday, and 
reports very encouragingly ns to the crops of that 
State —especially in regard to tbc great staple, corn. 
Indeed, all accounts during the past week—verbal, 
written and printed — arc quite favorable, and wo con 
Covering for Lead Pipe.— Please Inform me, a* 
well as many other readers of your excellent paper, 
what is the be*t covering for lead water pipe ag«m»t 
frost? My pipe froze and bnrsted, lust January, thme 
feet under ground. It has been down over twedty 
years, aud has been no trouble to me except freeziuf-— 
A SUB^OJUllER. 
Tan bark, or fine cut straw, next the pipe, is the best 
covering with which.we are acquainted. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, & c - 
Information about Western Prairie Lands 
W r anted.— Rirpoa Brown of Chelsea, Vt,, with three 
boys from 13 to IB years old, a cash capital or ten or 
twelve hundred dollars, and experience In the manage 
ment of sheep, wishes to embark in sheep raising on 
tne prairies Where free pasturage Is obtainable, and he 
requests ns to inform him where be had better go. We 
receive such questions often, and always feel reiuctani 
to attempt to answer them definitely. We know of 
sparsedly occupied prairie regions in several of the 
Western States, well adapted to Bheep culture; but we 
have not enough of that special knowledge of particu¬ 
lar spots—of particular townships —which Mr. Brown 
and all other men of small capital, want to obtain be- 
Sououum Mills.— (M. II. J., East Troy, Wis.) The 
best way of expressing sorghum juice U with a three- 
roller horizontal mill. Wo do not know which Is the 
best mill, but there arc two excellent ones made at 
Madison, Wis.—one by D. J. Powers and another by 
E W. Skinner & Co 
The Wheat Cf.op. —The reports from farmers In this 
section of the Stale indicate a gratifying surprise at 
both the yield and quality of this season’s crop. We 
are informed by Mr. E. P. Cuekveu that five acres on 
the farm of M. C. Wetmore of Gates, yielded the ag¬ 
gregate of 184 bushels, or SB 4 5 bushels per acre. Va¬ 
riety, “White Weevil Proof.” 
Hoeing Tuuivs — W, O. P., Oswego Co.) It Is not 
the practice among turnip growers to haul the earth to 
the tuber—rather away from it. This we believe is the 
English practice 
