was a seedling ; some of them are almost past 
recovery. Peaches vve do not think of raising. 
The war has taken so many of onr men, that 
it is difficult to hire help at present. Those left 
at home have to labor more energetically, and 
women lend a helping hand to those out-doors. 
Some of them plant corn and hoc it; some har¬ 
row in grain, drive the mower and reaper, and 
rake and bind grain; others teach school, rake 
hay, or play the melodeon, as circumstances 
require. One woman that I know, whose hus¬ 
band is in the army before Petersburg, was dis¬ 
appointed in having some grain put in last 
spring, and she procured a yoke el' oxen of an 
old man, and another neighbor to sow the grain, 
and she bacowed in seven acres, and then har¬ 
rowed enough for the old raau to pay for tho 
use of his oxen. Auother woman and a boy 
laid most of the shingles on a barn. Some are 
busy making homespun goods, such as tow and 
linen for men’s wear, linen ginghams, Balmoral 
skirts, flannel, Ac., Ac. Some are engaged in 
packing shingles, others in a chair factory, put- 
ting seats into the chairs. I do not knew but 
some city ladies, if they knew how Wisconsin 
women are employed, would consider them 
growing more and more vulgar; but any hon¬ 
orable employment in preference to idleness, 1 
say, especially in times like these. 
I have nearly tilled my sheet, and perhaps 
will wear;/ your patience, (as I presume editors 
have need of patience, as well as mothers,) so I 
will close. Mrs. N. M. Lowd. 
Omro, Wits., Sept., ISM. 
Rkm arks.— An interesting and sensible arti¬ 
cle. The recipes alluded to are or will be given 
in the appropriate department. 
Ultra! 3Jotcs cmft (SEtucrics 
Kvcn the herding of sheep upon those distant 
plains, under the care of shepherds*, is affected 
by it. and the word comes thence, “ Dogs are 
the greatest drawback to the full-range system.” 
[To be continued. 
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HOW DOGS DISCOURAGE SHEER HySBANPRT$ 
“ We should keep more sheep gbout here but 
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substantial tokens of regard for the paper and the cause 
It aims to promote. And we shall reduce the price—or 
Offer club terms—as eoou as we can sec our way clear. 
Meantime, those who remiHess than full rates (as some 
are, no doubt unwittingly, doing,) will only he credited 
for the time their money pays for according to our rates 
—as will be observed by reference to figures after their 
names on address labels. 
THE VERMONT STATE FAIR. 
Eds. Hr ual New-Yorker:— The Vermont 
Agricultural Fair was held at White River 
Junction, Sept. 13—16. The first two days of 
the Fair were damp and rainy, which prevented 
a large attendance of people. The weather of 
Thursday and Friday was favorable, aud thous¬ 
ands improved it in visiting the exhibition. 
The show of Stock was rather limited in 
number, but excellent in quality. The Cattle 
pens in particular were not so numerous and 
lull as they are usually at our Fairs. Still, 
considering the superior quality of the cattle on 
exhibition, the show was satisfactory. 
The exhibition of Sheep and Horses was large 
aud fine. It would have done your eyes aud 
heart good to have witnessed the noble speci¬ 
mens of these valuable animals there exhibited. 
‘•Excelsior” is the motto in this particular of 
the formers of Vermout, and they have already 
earned by diligence and perseverance an envi¬ 
able reputation in that direction. There were 
about eighty lots of sheep entered for exhibition, 
mostly of' the Spanish Merino blood. Some of 
the best llocks in the State were unrepresented, 
however, on account of the distance of transpor¬ 
tation. There were several sales during the 
Fair, ranging from $-‘>00 to $3,000. 
The number of entries of horses was about 
six hundred. Of the Sherman Morgans there 
were entered ten stallions and nine mares and 
fillies; Woodbury and Bullrush Morgans, twen¬ 
ty staiiions and thirteen mares and fillies; Ham* 
bletonians and other bloods, six stallions and 
eight mares and fillies. Of matched horses 
there were twenty-live entries, and they were 
fine specimens. 
The other departments were well represented. 
Mechanics’ Hall contained many articles of 
merit. Flora! nail was really attractive. The 
ladies exhibited much interest and good taste in 
their department. It was one of the pleasantest 
features of the Fair. 
At two o'clock on Wednesday the Hamburg 
flag was presented to the Society by Col. Daniel 
Needham 
for the dogs,’ 7 
have silenced the wondering inquiry, “Why 
don’t you keep more sheep? 7 ’ m any portion of 
this country within the last twenty years. We 
have allowed the herbage of millions of acres to 
decay, aud imported many millions of pounds of 
wool yearly, because we chose to spend our sub¬ 
stance in feeding worthless dogs with mutton, 
in deference to the lazy habits and silly preju¬ 
dices of a class who dote upon the companion¬ 
ship of a dog, A southern agricultural editor, 
disgusted with the popular partiality for a half- 
domesticated, predatory animal, once lamented 
that civilization was not there sufficiently ad¬ 
vanced to secure for sheep the favor extended 
to dogs; and his dislike of dogs was not lessened 
by seeing on many plantations more dogs in the 
pack than There were sheep in the herd, nor by 
receiving letters from subscribers saying they 
bad “lost upwards of one hundred sheep by the 
depredations of sheep-killing curs.” 
Terhaps some sauntering hunter, stopping his 
accustomed pursuit of small birds, of sweet 
carols and insectivorous habits, for more ambi¬ 
tious forays, his fowling-piece instead or a 
Springfield musket on his shoulder, and a lauk 
pointer at his side, affects to doubt the reality of 
these damages. If his nnimproving pursuit has 
not destroyed his capacity for primary mathe¬ 
matics, let him note a few of the facts and 
figures which swell the tide of testimony against 
the curs. 
Massachusetts had 378,220 sheep in 1840,18V- 
051 in 1S50,145,215 in 1855, and 113,111 in 1800, 
and about 100,000 dogs. The wool crop depre¬ 
ciated nearly half a million dollars in ten years— 
a tax of fifty cents per annum upon each dog 
in the State, paid by wool growers. The State 
Agricultural Society gives the key to this de¬ 
preciation:— “The returns which this society 
have received unanimously ascribe as a reason 
why no more are kept, the injuries Inflicted by 
dogs.” In 1860, the dog law realized $35,804 
upon 32,707 dogs licensed, while as many more 
were killed to avoid the tax, and an equal num¬ 
ber escaped by the connivance of negligent or 
dog-sympathizing officials. In 1861 there were 
but 16,905 licenses. Tho dogs are now reduced 
one-half, and the sheep, in consequence, bid fair 
soon to be doubled. But the evil still exists?; a 
young man of this .State who recently bought 
seventeen sheep, worth $10 each, lost thirteen 
of them in a single night. 
Tn Ohio, during five years ending in 1862, 
there were records of 203,821 sheep killed by 
dogs, and 127,418 injured, involving a loss of 
$558,783, or $111,548 per year, when the average 
price of sheep was scarcely two dollars per 
head. Of course there were damages which 
were never collected, materially swelling this 
aggregate. Tn twenty-two counties in Ohio a 
decrease of more than 300,000 sheep, in conse¬ 
quence of the ravages of dogs, between the 
years 184C and 1856, has been chronicled in the 
Ohio reports. .Such items as this L’om the 
Springfield Republican, are constantly exhibited 
in Ohio papers:—"Twenty-five superior sheep 
belonging to E. B. Cassidy were killed by clogs 
a few nights ago.” 
A partial canvass of twenty-five counties in 
New York, which wore not the principal wool 
growing counties, showed that 6,000 sheep had 
been killed in 1862. From such data, B. P. 
Johnson, Secretary of the New York State Ag¬ 
ricultural Society, one of the best authorities on 
agricultural matters in, the United States, esti¬ 
mated the entire loss in the State at 50,000 sheep, 
worth at least $175,000. 
Hon. J. B. Grinnell of Iowa, informs the 
writer that be has frequently lost $100 worth by 
dogs in one night, and as this paragraph is penned 
the following item appears in an Iowa paper: 
“We will refer to the case of Johu Scott of 
Story eountv, who, a few weeks since, had 116 
head of sheep killed by a gang of six or eight 
■logs in one night. Wc are informed by a gen¬ 
tleman who saw the sheep the morning after 
they were kilted, that they were worth $8 per 
bead, a loss of $928. Since this loss, Mr. Scott 
has met with anotner, though not so great.” 
A dog in New Jersey—a mad dog —bit and 
caused the death of $1,600 worth of cattle, ex¬ 
clusive of sheep. 
An editor of an agricultural paper, limping 
from dog bites in early youth, after losing 
twenty-seven sheep of his first flock, shot a dog 
found feeding on the carcases of twelve lambs, 
and was fined therefor the price of six sheep. 
Instances innumerable are offering themselves 
for quotation. They are not needed. If more 
than 200,000 sheep have been killed in Ohio in 
five years, more than 2,000,000 have been de¬ 
stroyed in the country, depriving our manufac¬ 
turing industry of 6,000,000 pounds of wool by 
actual loss, and of untold quantities by discour¬ 
aging production. Thus are farmers discour¬ 
aged, manufacturers thrown into foreign mar¬ 
kets, the country drained of gold, worthless dogs 
multipled, and the national industry crippled. 
jBut there springs up a necessity for more 
wool, and immediately the preliminary neces¬ 
sity for fewer dogs calls loudly for dog laws. 
But the wool grower, impatient of the “ law’s 
delay” in coming, seizes his trusty gun, waits 
and watches tho" advent of the sneaking cur 
across the borders of liis own domain, aud exe¬ 
cutes justice speedily, diminishes the evil, and 
increases thenceforth the number of sheep. So 
t has proved. Dogs are yet numerous, but with 
the revival of sheep husbandry the decline ol 
dogs inevitably commences, bet the good work 
go°on. All hail to the municipal dog-killer! 
WOOLEN MANUFACTURERS’ CONVENTION. 
The Boston Post eays: 
A meeline of the Woolen Manufacturers of New 
Btitrjaud and the Middle State* was held at Spnngflald, 
on Wednesday last, called bv several or the more prom 
Incut teorabtr- ot tha* mnnufocturinj: interest, to take 
Much action a# should bo deemed beet to promote that 
branch of buMno*?. There w/w a large attendance, all 
the New England Stab'S and New York, N c w .i uiBey 
and ■Pennsylvania being represented Among 'he 
prominent, wntfua niann^eturcrs presmt, wero Mr. 
Uiectow of Oinlonvtlle; H I Ohainherlaui "J Wu . 
cadet: J. (itjincy Brown of Boston; N. Kiuv. huiy ot 
Hartford; A Hammond or Rockville, Bonn ; w r. Cur- 
ti? of Norwalk* Coon.; Wr, MurnlT oi Vt. . Mr. mill of 
Stamford. COtm : •' W.StRt of LUUi? Falls, N.V.; 
Messrs I'mrnrov. Pollock <V Barker nf 1 ittsllild, 8. 
ol Ao.ms; Mr. lira,ton o( Norlo Adnraa; 
jsrw si. ?A so.™ 
”,t. Sj I,..urnol 
17 liry, and Messrs J. L Peek of Pittsfield, and Geo. 
Maxwell or Rockville, Conn., were elected becrcianes. 
After a lull and free interchange of opinion, and the 
disenes;on of various toptcj prnseh^W varimm gm- 
tletnen, 9 committee consisting <>r Messrs. E. B-Uige 
lmv and J Wiley Edmund* ot Boston, Edward Turns 
or Woonsocket. R. 1, Theodor.- Foiaerp)- of 
8 Blnckinstton of Adams N. H. Chamberlain of Wor¬ 
cester, N. Kingsbury or Hartford, .P G. Robinson or 
Rockville, Conn i T. 8 Faxon nf Utica, N. Y,J. W. 
Scott of Little Palls, N. Y„ and Solomon Woodward 
of Woodstock, Vt, were appointed tn mature and pro 
sent a general p’nu for the organization of an associa 
lion to be formedjhcreafter. 
The committee were- instructed to have their report 
primed and copies sent to nil 1 he woolen manufactur¬ 
ers ■ hrouirhontt.hu country previous to the reassembling 
of the. Convention. Several resolutions were passed 
hearing upon the general topics presented and discussed, 
after which the tn net lug adjourned to meet ia Springfield 
on the last Wednesday of N ovember next The nci lou 
ofthebodv was entirely harmonious, and the results 
The State Faiu.— Althongh wc have devoted con¬ 
siderable ffpacc to reports, proceedings, awards, etc., of 
and pertaining to the recent State Fair held in this city, 
many matters have been deferred or overlooked, and 
no doubt, a number ol'noteworthy feature* and items 
of the occasion will pn-s unchroDicled In these pages. 
Our aim has been to do the best we could with the 
space at command—to present the most Important 
points of the exhibition, discassiona, etc., and give 
the awards of premiums In those departments most 
interesting to the Rural Public. PalnB have been taken 
to make the reports and awards published as accurate 
a* possible, r-s well as more fall and complete than 
those given in any other Journal, and wc regret that it 
was impossible to notice many meritorious matters in 
our regular repot t 
The success of the Fair exceeded the most sanguine 
expectations of tnc Society and Its friends, and demon¬ 
strated that Rochester is second to no other place In the 
Suite as the location for n large and profitable Agricul¬ 
tural Exhibition. And this fact la appreciated, as many 
recent letters testify. For instance, a distinguished 
Ex President of the Society writes:—' 1 Wasn’t the Fair 
a success V You Rochester people have put the Society 
fairly out of lie long drawn ont. years or poverty; so 
tike to yourselves dno credit.” 
— Though some Rochester people labored zealously, 
and against much opposition, to secure the Fair, they 
are not alone entitled to credit for the successful result 
— for that was mainly secured by the attendance of the 
spirited and intelligent producer* of Western New 
York. Even the gentlemen who arranged the Fair 
Grounds—Messrs. F. W. Lay of Greece, aud L. D. 
Mitchell of Flttaford-bclong to the class named, and 
are entitled to much credit, for the manner anil prompt¬ 
ness with which they prepared tho buildings, fixtures 
and grounds for tlje exhibition. Mr Lay, the con¬ 
tractor, labored diligently for months, while Mr. 
Mitchell, though entering tho arena late, was a host 
In himself, and fully “up to time” on the “home 
stretch,” or in completing arrangements. 
WHO INVENTED THE REVOLVING RAKE? 
J. lit kT" 1 ' MIWWU ^ — 
wo are informed, was attended by cue hundred and 
twenty odd woolen manufacturers, representing eleven 
hundred and fifty-three setts of machinery, 3 ho pro¬ 
ceedings were haimotdon*, bnt, no action was t.'.kon 
except to appoint a cowmitlee to report at a future 
meeting wha measures were necessary to bo taken to 
protect their interests. Onr principal object, however, 
in alluding to the convention in trd* connection is to 
state that we are informed that they agreed unanimous¬ 
ly la the policy or holding their goods now on hand 
out 7 ot market until they conkl obtain remunerative 
prices, firmly believing that, the supply was short of 
the actual wants or the community 
It again says: 
The convention of woolen manufacturer- hold al 
Springfield, Mass., on Wednesday, was very largely at¬ 
tended, but the only conclusion they arrived nt, for thu 
present, wc believe, was, that no material concession 
In prices should be made from current rates. 
Our prediction that this Convention would 
not, as conjectured in some quarters, seize the 
present, unpropitious occasion to inaugurate a 
new tariff agitation, hy attempting to procure a 
reduction of the duties on foreign wools, ap¬ 
pears thus far to he justified by the facts. If the 
tone of the Convention can be judged by the 
selection of its President. T. S. Faxtox, Esq., 
of Utica, N. Y. t its further proceedings will bo 
characterized by wisdom, coolness, and a just 
respect for all other industrial interests. No 
business man in our country exhibits these traits 
in a more marked degree than Mr. Faxtox. 
While wc shall be as prompt as any journal in 
the United States to meet and resist the first 
encroachment of the manufacturers on the 
rights and interests of the wool grower, we 
shall take the liberty of presuming the former 
sagacious body of men innocent of any such un¬ 
wise purposes until they clearly manifest them ; 
and In the meantime we heartily wish them 
good sped in all their undertakings. 
I have to write from memory. The rake was 
invented in Westchester County, N. Y., about 
the year 1817 or ’18,1 think, by a young man by 
the name of Conklin. About that time there 
were two brother* went to live with a man hy 
the name of Levi Carpenter to learn the 
blacksmith’s trade. Their names were John C. 
and James H. Conklin, and they both seemed 
to be possessed of a good deal of genius; one of 
them whilst there invented the rake, which I 
think was patented by their boss, aud a good 
many were made and sold in that part of the 
country. 
In the year 1835 my brother Thomas Cox 
came to this County to live and settled in the 
town of Chili, and some time the next year sent 
to Westchester and had one of the rakes sent 
out to hi m. From that my brother-in-law made 
one which worked very well. Tt was the first 
one made in this country, I believe. The origi¬ 
nal rake is yet in being, having been well cared 
for. My brother sold hi* farm and sold the rake 
to my nephew, and I believe he has it yet. 1 
believe with a farmer of Attica, that there has 
never been an Invention so near perfect as the 
rake has proved itself to be, and 1 do not know 
of nu implement used on the farm that cost* so 
little money that will save the amount of labor 
that it does. I think James H. Conklin was 
the inventor. Perhaps the Cox kli.ns both had 
a hand in it; they are both now living—one in 
Peekskill, Westchester Co., and the other a few 
miles out. 
And now friend Editors I think I am correct 
in what I have written, and if you think it 
worth publishing, do so; if not let it pass for 
what it is worth. Henry Cox. 
Wheatland, Monroe Co , N. Y. 
P. S.—I had forgotten to say that all the re¬ 
volving rakes that have been made in this region 
were made from that one my brother owned. 
The ceremony was very interest¬ 
ing, accompanied as it was with a speech of 
considerable length hy Col. Needham. The 
flag is beautiful in design and finish. It is 12 by 
18 feet in size, made of the finest kind of worst¬ 
ed, and of a purple color; the inside is white. 
A gate, pillars and three stars compose the 
dev ice. The stars represent the three free cities 
of Anhault, Lubec and Bremen; tho gate and 
pillars represent Hamburg, and the whole rep¬ 
resents Germany. The cost of the ling was 
Lipvvurd* of $130, and the duties $8 In gold. 1 m- 
mediately after the flag presentation Mr. John 
Gregory' of Northvillc, in behalf of the Direc¬ 
tors of the Society, presented to Col. Needham, 
the Secretary of the Society, a silver pitcher, 
goblet and salver, all marked with appropriate 
inscription?-. 
The address (on Thursday) was delivered by 
Hon. Simon Brown of Mass.,—Gov. Smith, 
who Was engaged to address the Society, being 
at Washington on business. The speaker’s 
subject was Sheep and their Management—an 
attractiv e subject for the times, ably handled. 
A wide-awake, practical address, I consider one 
of the'very best features of our Agricultural 
Fairs, and no exhibition is complete without it. 
The fourth and last day was devoted to the 
trial of speed. There were several horses en¬ 
tered to compete for the several premiums. 
The first stake of $100 was taken by “ Empress,” 
owned by Mr. Deter Jones of Amherst, N. 
H.; time 2.12, 2:89 and 2:35. Other lesser pre¬ 
miums were taken with less speed, varying 
from 2:40 to 2:60. A large crowd of spectators 
were present tho last day. and the conclusion of 
the trot closed the Fair. 
Lyndon, Vt. L W. Sanuoun. 
Eames’ Water Unlink -Several month* ngo we 
published from the pen of Prof. Wood of the Univer¬ 
sity of Michigan, an article highly commendatory of 
Eamks’ Water Engine. We had not then seen the en¬ 
gine in Operation, but have recently improved an 
opportunity of doing so, and wore very favorably 
impressed with the power and capacity of the improve¬ 
ment. The engine l* well adapte d to raising water for 
farms, railroad station?, factorials, etc., and is very 
effective. It raises water n v water, and is more simple 
and effective than the ram so long Su use for the pur¬ 
pose. The manufacturer avers that those engines will 
raise twice the amount of the ram with the some sup¬ 
ply, a* they act according to tho perpendicular height of 
tho supply. They will use, wherever required, creek 
water to drive the engine and raise aud throw spring 
water in the place required, or the same water that is 
used to drive the engine. This engine L* especially 
worthy the attention or farmers and others who wish 
a cheap and durable machine for raising a constant 
supply of water from springs, creeks, etc. It is man¬ 
ufactured by Moses Lames, Esq , of Watertown, N. 
Y.,—an experienced practical former, and formerly 
President of the Jefferson Co. Ag. Society. Messrs. 
Sherlock & Sloan, 33 Exchange St., Rochester—a 
responsible and reliable firm —are agents for the sale 
of the engine in this region. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, Ac, 
Broom Corn Seed for Sheer.— D G. Cheeyer of 
Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin, asks our opinion or the 
value of broom com seed as n winter feed for breeding 
ewes, or fattening sheep. We have never known of its 
being used for these purposes. Will some one who 
has tried the experiment, or seen it tried, answer Mr. 
Cl.'EKVKR’E qTICStiOU? 
Territory.” The editor, having finished vomme one, 
says he ha* done all he promised, uud “got out of the 
woods,” but assure* his readers he ha* had “ a hard 
road to travel.” He now proposes “to rest—work 
and earn some bread—recuperate and prepare to go on 
with the next volume as soon a* the people arc ready 
for it, and will sustain it with a good pre paid subscrip 
lion Hat.” After speaking of abandoning the quill for 
less credit-able business, he say* “ VVe can't well 
afford to work all day for nur bread, and then sit. up all 
night to write editorial, and otherw ise tabor for the 
production of a paper for the convenience of many who 
forget to pay us ” Wc hope to see the Oracle again ere 
long, aud that when it re appears It wUl be on the 
cash-in-advance system —Urc only true one—and that 
both Saints and Gentiles will promptly “ walk up to 
the Captain’s office" with the " gelt ” 
Manlier and Pomfey Fair —This was held at the 
village of Munliue, N. Y, on the 80tb and 30th Sept 
The Fair was a great success, considering the weather, 
which wa= very rainy on the first day, and very cloudy 
and cold on the second. The different halls were alt 
well filled. The display of horses was good, and there 
were some lively trotting matches. The show of cattle 
was excellent, particularly In the deportment of full- 
blood and grade Short llorns. Among the former wc 
noticed some Bnperb animals which have taken first 
State premiums The fine wool sheep exhibited were 
numerous and very superior—evidencing the great im¬ 
provements which have taken place in this breed of 
animals, iu Onondaga county, within a few year*. 
There arc very few counties in the State which equal it 
In Merino*. AU the arrangement* of the Fair were 
carried out with system and punctuality, reflecting 
great credit on Allen H. Avery, Esq., the President, 
and his brother officer*. 
FROM A WISCONSIN FARMER'S WIFE. 
REVOLVING AND WHEEL HORSE-RAKES. 
Wisconsin State Ag. Society.— At the recent Fair 
orthis Society, held at J anesvilic, the following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year 
President — I)avu> Williams of Walworth. Vie- 
Presidents—]. I. Case, Racine; Levi B Vilas, Dane; 
Keye* A. Darling, Fon du Lae. {Secretary —Johu M 
Hoyt, Dane. Treat .—David Atwood, Dane. Addition 
ul member* of the Executive Committee—O, U WH 
Hums, Winnebago: O Loft us Martin, Iiock; G. H. 
Stewart, Dodge; J-11 Wurron, Green; Edward D. no¬ 
tion, Milwaukee; J. O. Eaton, Columbia. 
pay lor a newspaper with. My husband always 
has the Tribune, and has been a subscriber to 
the Rural New Yorker, American Agricul¬ 
turist, Wool Grower. Wisconsin Funner, Inde¬ 
pendent, etc.; the first twoand last two be lakes 
this year. 1 don’t see how people get along 
without some good newspaper. 
We have suffered front the drouth here. When 
we have had rain it did not wet the ground so 
thoroughly but what a few days’ hot sun would 
wilt vegetation, and the chinch-bug injured our 
wheat, uud is working on the corn still. Wheat 
averages about ten or twelve bushels per acre. 
Corn is pretty good ours is the “ King Philip ” 
variety. Potatoes are rather small, but wc have 
had rain recently and the vines are still green so 
they may grow some vet. All kinds of fruit are 
scarce here. This is not the bearing year for 
apples. We have one hundred aud twenty-five 
trees; a few of them are ten or twelve years old. 
Last year we had sixty or seventy bushels of ap¬ 
ples ; our trees were injured by the cold last win¬ 
ter, aud have been some winters before. My 
husband lias expended several dollars for pear 
trees and lias nut one good looking tree tit pre¬ 
sent. He has tried the standard and dwarf. 
Bought some more last spring from «u agent of 
a Rochester Nursery, said to be hardy varieties. 
Our “tame” plums were very much injured last 
winter, with the exception of one tree which 
Correction, — In the Tribune's report of the discus¬ 
sion on the proper classification of Fine Wooled Sheep 
at Rochester, on the second evening of the State Fair, 
occurs the following statement* 
"Mr. Fetkii* inquired of Mr, Randall how many 
families <>f tine-wooled sheep were in the present show, 
and he answered three, distinctly—PauJar, Infantado 
and Neyrdto or Merino.” * * * 
For the words in Italics above, read “Negretti In 
fontados.” The sheep imported from Silesia by Wm. 
Chawmuhi.ain, Esq ol RedHook,NY- andnsuallj cull¬ 
ed Silesians, are descended from four Ncgrelti rams and 
one hundred Infantado ewes, imported from Hpuin into 
Silesia in 1«11 by Ferdinand Fischer— and therefore 
are, by German cuBtom, giveti a name compounded of 
both the Cabanas from which they are descended. To 
prevent any misapprehension* we also termed them 
Silesians, in the discussion referred to. 
'The Wool Growers.— In a recent speech, lion. J. 
B. Grinnell, M. C., of Iowa, slated that the West had 
already 410 woolen mills to 423 in the East, and he pre¬ 
dicted LUat the doth manufacturing empire would bo 
in the tipper Mississippi valley. He showed that 
France, with a denser population than ours, kept eight 
millions more sheep than we; pronounced tlmAnuri- 
can Merino the best cloth-making sheep in the world, 
and called on his Western countrymen to establish and 
pursue an agricultural policy that should enrich the soil 
while clothing the world, instend of wearing out the soil 
by raising wheat to feed the world.— Western Rural- 
Eastman’s BUSINESS College Hand.— During the 
recent Stule Fair a splendid Cornet Band, composed 
of eighteen members — tine looking aud gentlemanly 
young men aud excellent musicians- • visited onr city 
and attracted much attention. Tht* band wa* from 
Eastman’s Business College, Roughkeepsle, and re¬ 
flects'Credit upon the enterprise and taste of the prin¬ 
cipal of that popular institution. The band rode iu a 
commodious aud beautiful carriage drawn by four fine 
horses, and the style displayed and music discoursed, 
charmed the eyes and ears of thousands 
Tub First House-Rake — A correspondent of the 
Rural New Yorker ask* for the name of the Inventor 
of the Revolving Horse Rake We made the same in 
qnlry in our old Genesee Parmer twenty nine years ago. 
The late David 'Thomas of Cayuga county Informed 
us that “ the horse hay-rake was invented by a colored 
man who lived In Hempstead Plain on Long Island, 
who died about tho year 1831. It was Introduced iuto 
Pennsylvania Vy Michael Nkwould of Oxford, Phila¬ 
delphia CO., about the year 1812, in COnscqenee of the 
representation of a Yankee peddler, who Instructed 
him how to make one. Ills first rake was destroyed 
by a malicious person who feared its innovating effect* 
on the prico Of labor.” Our iuquiry failed to elicit the 
name of the inventor, nud wo fear it cannot be ascer¬ 
tained at this late day .—Country Gent. 
Wheat in this Countv The BrockpOrt Republic 
says about out* third greater breadth of w inter wheal 
has been sown the present autumn than was sown a 
year ago. It came up very finely uud never looked 
better at this season of the year. 
