the locality referred to by Mr, Sturt, some of 
the finest 1 locks in the Colony are kept. The 
animals are subjected to the Influence of the hot 
winds referred to, and never see artificial pas¬ 
tures or inclosures of any kind. Where dry 
and parched grass can be found, with here and 
there a bush, and water sufficient to quench 
their thirst, there sheep live and thrive, pro¬ 
ducing a superior quality of wool which brings 
in the English and French markets from 62 to 
85 cents per pound. In a former letter I assured 
you that the piney barrens of the Southern 
United States could be rendered remunerative 
by stocking them with sheep. From personal 
observation extending from the Chattahoochee 
to the Atlantic, and from Florida to Maryland, 
I can assure you that the poorest piney barrens 
of the Southern States are Paradises when com¬ 
pared with many of the most profitable sheep 
runs of the northern portions of this Colony, 
where sheep are kept, by the hundred thousand. 
The heat of the Southern States is not to bo 
compared to that of this Colony, and all that is 
required to develops the vast resources of the 
South is for some one familiar with Australian 
sheep husbandry to introduce it there. If your 
present unnatural aud unfortunate war comes to 
an early end. your obedient servant, in com¬ 
pany with several of his Australian friends, in¬ 
tend making the attempt of utilizing the barren 
lands of the South. I have just received a letter 
from a friend in New York city who assures me 
that “sheep will not succeed in the South," that 
“ their wool becomes changed to hair.” Admit¬ 
ting tills to be a fact, I am satisfied that it can 
be referred to careless breeding and not climatic 
conditions or influence. One great reason of 
the high price obtained for Australian wool is 
owing to its length and fineness of staple. Hav¬ 
ing submitted samples from various flocks lor 
your inspection, you are in a position to judge. 
Careful breeding and climatic conditions have 
produced a wool peculiarly Australian, and I am 
convinced that the same end can be brought 
about in the South. Tiie deterioration of wool 
in the South, is simply the sequence of cotton 
and corn having absorbed the entire attention of 
the people. 
Now, Sir, iu compliance with your wishes, I 
have commenced my rapid aud discursive de¬ 
scriptions of sheep raising in Australia, and I 
trust that at least some few of ray facts will 
prove of interest to you. Thanking you for 
your kind communications, 
I have the honor to remain, 
Your obedient servant, 
Charles j. Kenworthy. 
DOGS AND 
LAWS, 
BY J. R. DODGE. 
Continued from page 866, last No. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Bv the latest law for the protection of sheep 
—that of July, 1863—the tax upon male dogs is 
one dollar each, females two dollars. The 
selectmen arc authorized to collect of negligent 
collectors the taxes unpaid, as in the case of 
other arrearages due from collectors ; and they 
are not empowered to abate such tax unless 
upon satisfactory proof that the dog is dead. 
The selectmen arc also empowered to institute 
suit against the owners of dogs for the amount 
of damage for sheep maimed or killed ; and if 
the owner resides in another town, the suit may 
ho brought against that town. 
The provisions of the former law, yet partially 
in force, require the registry of ali dogs over 
three months old, and sanction the killing of all 
not registered ; and persons neglecting or re¬ 
fusing to register arc liable to a fine of three dol¬ 
lars each. Dogs of known bad character shall 
be killed, although registered : and it is lawful 
to kill auy dog taken in the act of worrying 
sheep. 
NEW YORK. 
The laws of this State upon this subject, as 
amended by that of 1862, impose a tax of fifty 
cents for the first, dog, $2 for each additional ; 
$3 for the first female dog, and $5 for each ad¬ 
ditional. The assessors are required to annex to 
the assessment roll the names of persons liable, 
and supervisors must return them, when, if fail¬ 
ure in paying the tax occurs, it becomes the 
duty of the collector, and the privilege of any 
other man, to kill the dog. The collector has a 
commission of ten per cent, on fines, and ons 
dollar for each dog killed. The previous enact¬ 
ment provided that the owner of dogs killing 
sheep should he liable for it juries perpetrated ; 
and in ease the owner should not be found, the 
loss should be paid out of the fund arising from 
the dog tax. 
NEW .JERSEY. 
By the laws of New Jersey dogs are taxed 
from fifty cents to one dollar each. Persons 
may lawfully kill a dog found wording or 
wounding sheep ; damages sustained by such 
depredations are collectable from the township 
committee, if the fund arising from such tax is 
sufficient. If the owner of a dog committing 
depredations shall neglect for twenty-four hours 
after notification to kill the animal, lie shall for¬ 
feit ten dollars and costs to any person suing, 
and triple damages to the owner of the stock 
injured or killed. A provision is made for the 
assessment of damages sustained, to he certified 
by two disinterested freeholders, the amount 
not to exceed Jjfdollars for each sheep or lamb 
killed. Sou have had special enact¬ 
ments nllo’^^^Httemago.? to be paid. 
lium^^^^H, secretary 
value, the township where 
paying the owner, 
f and the amount annually acertaind being laid 
p upon the owners of dogs as a dog tax.” 
t PENNSYLVANIA. 
r No effective law is in pxistauce in this State 
y for the protection of sheep. The owner of a dog, 
1 knowing that lie has worried or killed sheep, 
i and fuiliog to kill him after such knowledge, is 
- liable for all damages done by him thereafter, 
s A. dog may destroy a flock of sheep, without 
j danger to himself or loss to his master, until he 
1 has offended a second time. If he kills a second 
i flock, and his owner conveniently ignores the 
• fact of the former ollense, he may await, with 
1 the wool yet in his teeth, for an opportunity to 
3 return once more to his mutton. 
DELAWARE. 
f Legislation relative to protection of sheep was 
- initiated early in this State, A law of 1811 
> made the owners of dogs liable to the value of 
, all sheep killed by them; that of 1820 forfeited 
. the lives of dogs at, large without collars on tlicir 
■j flecks. By the law of 1811 the tax was from 25 
5 to 50 cents for the support of the poor ; by that 
, of 1817 It was from 50 cents to $3 for a fund to 
i pay for sheep killed by dogs ; by that of 1830 
• from 50 cents to $1 for county purposes; by 
) that of 1843 one dog was exempt, others $1 each 
■ for comity purposes; by that of 1858 from $1 to 
• $2 for a fund to pay for sheep killed by dogs, 
i These arc repealed, their principle provisions 
• being Incorporated in the following laws: 
■ ** The owner or possessor of a dog which shall 
kill,wound, or worry 3 sheep or lamb shall be 
liable to pay the owner of such sheep or lamb 
the full value thereof, and it shall be lawful for 
any person to kill such dog. It shall be lawful 
for any person to kill any dog running at large 
In Newcastle county, beyond the owner’s pre¬ 
mises without a collar upon his neck with the 
owner's name upon it.” 
The law of 1862 requires an assessment list of 
persons owning dogs to be returned to the levy 
court. The tax is placed at 50 cent- for each 
male and St for each additional dog, and $2 for 
each fcm;i!u dog, which shall procure the fund 
from which damages shall be paid, not to exceed 
$8 for each lamb aud $5 for each sheep injured 
or killed, the remainder, if any, to go into the 
school fund. A dog not on the assessment list, 
which may be wandering or caught worrying 
sheep, may be killed, i’ersons paying taxes 
upon dogs are deemed to have property therein, 
and may recover damages for theft of or injury 
to such dogs. 
MARYLAND. 
In this State the owner of a dog proved guilty 
of killing or injuring sheep is required, upon 
complaint and exhibition of proof, to kill such 
dog, in default of which the owner of the sheep 
may kill him off the premises of Ills owner, or 
require a constable to do so, wherever found. 
If the dog shall be killed immediately by his 
owner, the owner of the sheep injured can have 
no cause of action; if not thus killed, his owner 
is liable for double damages, with costs, recov¬ 
erable by an action of debt. 
OHIO. 
Several laws have been enacted to restrain 
dogs none of which have been very stringent or 
effective, or general!y executed. The latest was 
passed by the general assembly in I860, declar¬ 
ing it unlawful fur any dog to run at large off 
the premises of the owner iu the night season, 
between the hours of seven o’clock in the even¬ 
ing and six o’clock in the morning, miles accom¬ 
panied by the person owning or barboring the 
animal; and the owner or keeper is required to 
keep the dog upon the premises between those 
hours. It is of so negative and incomplete a 
character as to be practically worthless. The 
only real protection of an Ohio flock is a well- 
loaded gun in the hands of its owner, 
INDIANA. 
A license is required, at fifty cents for the 
first male dog, one dollar for each additional dog, 
and one dollar in every case for a female dog. 
All unlicensed dogs are declared nuisances that 
may lawfully be killed. Accruing funds are set 
apart for the payment of damages suffered from 
injuries to sheep in the several townships. The 
sufferer has his option of the following reme¬ 
dies:—Within ten days after having knowl¬ 
edge of such depredations he may substantiate it 
to the satisfaction of the township trustee, and 
draw the amount at the end of the current year, 
or a pro rata proportion if the fund is deficient; 
or he may recover by suit full damages from the 
owner of the dog. A fine of from five to fifty 
dollars and liability to damages, recoverable by 
the owner, are the penalties for killing licensed 
dogs that maintain a fair canine character. 
The Secretary of the Board of Agriculture re¬ 
ports that the law U so defective thutit virtually 
amounts to nothing —[To be continued. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c, 
Correction.—I n giving, Oct. 1st, the list of entries 
in the Merino class, at the State Pair, we mentioned 
the ewe lamb of D. W. PeUcky oi North llooeick, 
which drew the firct. premium on single ewe lamb?, a? 
a Panlar. She was n full-blood Infantado, got by 
Messrs Perce y & Burnings’ prize nun Gold Mine. 
Pou.gdor Hornless Rams.—T. McD. M. iu quires 
“ whether we would place any lower value on u Meri¬ 
no ram beeaneo he was hornless?” Were wo to look 
only to practical utility, we should answer no. Jlut 
f u-hion compelB ns to rispond yes Horns are charac¬ 
teristic o! the Merino ram—a fine pair of them are con¬ 
sidered ornamental to him by most Merino breeders— 
and they would consider him as defective without 
them, as South Down breeders would consider their 
rams with them 
Wool, on Wrinkles.—J. 8MiTH of Cleveland, Ohio, 
wishes to know “ If the wool is ever so line on the 
wrinkles of a Merino sheep as elsewhere, and if not, 
if 1 he fact is not a sorlons objection to wrinkles?” It 
is very rmo that the wool 1« as good on the wrinkles. 
It is usually coarser, harsher, and much more destitute ( 
oi style. It frequently, on prominent wrinkles, lias n 
miserably “ towy ” look compared with the rent of the 
fleece. This U on objection to wrinkles—and would 
become a very serious one if they were extended over j 
Scours.— Two or three breeders of this Stale write 
us that their sheep scour considerably without any per 
ceptible cause, and ask what should be done to prevent 
it. The semiring is doubtless occasioned by the tender, 
watery grass which has grown so rapidly during t he 
incessant rains of the last few weoks. Bringing them 
into the sheep houses at night, to racks lull of dry, 
sweet huy, would poon correct the evil, should any 
steps lie found requisite 
Colds. —Wc hear complaints, too, of prevalent colds 
among sheep—and we regard them as occasined by the 
same cause—excess or wet weather. Bringing them 
in nights would also bo beneficial here, provided their 
stables are well littered and well ventilated. But con¬ 
finement In a damp, warm, close stable, would tend to 
increase the disease, and to produce it where it did not. 
exist. Administering medicines for light or odintiry 
colds is not generally resorted to or considered neces¬ 
sary. _ 
Cabbages and Arri.ns for Srest.—J. It. of Buifa- 
lo, N. Y, Is informed that cabbages and apples, (par¬ 
ticularly sweet ones,) given dally in moderate quanti¬ 
ties, are usually regarded as highly beneficial fall and 
winter feed for sheep. Our friend Thomas Gorby of 
Ohio—a highly experienced and skillful flockmaster— 
Is of the opinion, ho wever, that feeding a portion of his 
breeding ewes freely with sweet apples, last wilder, 
caused them to bring forth uncommonly small, weak 
lambs, most of which perished. At all events his 
ewes so fed produced such lambs, while those led dif¬ 
ferently produced good, strong lambs. Will others 
who have fed their breeding ewes sweet apples, apprise 
us of the result? 
Broom Corn Seed for Shbkp — J. M- GAsnr.Lt of 
Delavan, Walworth Oo., Wis, writes his experience a* 
follows.—“ Some fifteen years ago, while residing in 
Livingston county, N. Y., and engaged in the cultiva¬ 
tion of broom-corn, I sold large quantifies of seed to 
various persons for sheep feed, they at that time con¬ 
sidering u not only a cheaper but u better feed for sheep 
than Indian corn. Whether they still adhere to that 
belief or not 1 am not able tosay; bn - my own opinion 
is that, broom corn seed mixed wi'.h corn, snv one third 
corn to two-thirds broom-corn seed, makes a good and 
wholesome feed. I would not feed it unmlxod with 
other- grain, especially to breeding ewes. Cattle and 
horses do well on it mixed as above stated.” 
iflemmunicaiioiig, (Sic. 
THE 11 OLD REVOLVING HORSE RAKE.” 
I noticed in a late Rural an inquiry for the 
name of the person who invented the “Old 
Revolving Horse Rake, now in use,” and in a 
still later Rural, what purported to be un 
answer to that inquiry. Now, I suppose that the 
gentleman from Attica wishes to know' who was 
the inventor of the “Revolving Horse Rake,” 
80 extensively and almost exclusively used 
throughout the Eastern, Middle and Western 
States. The patent for that rake is before me. 
“No. 104,” dated, “Tenth day of December, 
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-si x, and of the Independence 
of the United States of America the sixty-first.” 
Signed by “John Forsyth, Secretary of 
State,” and “Henry L. Ellsworth, Com¬ 
missioner of Patents.” 
The Farmer from Attica will see that this is 
by no means the fir.-t rake invented; nor was it 
the first “Revolving Horse liake;” but it is 
entirely different iu the inode of regulating the 
revolving motion of the rake, and also in the 
mode of regulating the pitch of the rake, from 
auy previously invented, and is the same as the 
one now in use, having superceded, so far as I 
know, all previous inventions, and stills holds 
its high pre-eminence over all subsequent in¬ 
ventions of the kind. 
The rake, which held the highest rank at the 
time, tho one of which I am writing, was in¬ 
vented by Musks Pknnock, a copy of whose 
patent is also before me, dated “ tills twehty- 
t hird day of November, in the year of our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.” 
Signed, “James Monroe, by the President; 
John Q. Adams, Secretary of State, and Wil¬ 
liam Wirt, Attorney General.” This patent 
was for an improvement on a rake invented by 
the same man, June 26th, 1822. A copy of thin 
patent is also before me. Tills rake is described 
tia having both the thills and handles attached 
directly to the rake head, by means of iron 
bauds, in which the rake head revolves; and the 
mode of regulating the revolution was by means 
of what the Inveutor calls a “press-rod and 
shoulder,” similar to a ratchet-wheel. 
The rake mentioned by Mr. Cox as being in¬ 
vented by Mr. Conklin, I have never seen. 
It is probably one of the 103 invented previous 
to the one now in general use. The rake men¬ 
tioned by Mr. Cox is certainly not iu general 
use, and it seems to me there is no ground for 
him to make the claim for it which he has. 
The name of the inventor of the rake, so 
generally used, is Hiram Hunt, who resided 
at the time he made the invention, in the town 
of Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N. Y., and now 
resides in West Milton, Rock Oo , Wis. Mr. 
Hunt informs me that he invented his Revolv¬ 
ing Horse Rake in the year 1833, but, for lack of 
funds, did not take out his patent until Decem¬ 
ber 10th, 1836, nearly a year and a half after¬ 
ward. He then made every eflort aud employ ed 
allffiis means to introduce it into use, meeting 
at first almost unirersally with Indifference from 
his neighbors. One man say s “ huy raked with 
it will give horjes tho heaves;” another, “it 
will reduce the price of labor, and Injure the 
tailoring mananother, “ it is no better than a 
pitch-fork.” Still another, having infringed on 
the right, making his own rake, sent, or pre¬ 
tended to send his son, a young lawyer, to 
Washington, who brought back the report that 
Mr. il. hail no patent ; and this was in every 
mouth. He then tried to introduce his rake 
into favor with tho good people of Massachu- 
setts; but they, as If to insult him, followed 
after, scratching with their hand rakes, although 
Be assured them they could not save a shilling 
(Ulay. One of his neighbors, making a slight 
tiie whole body of the sheep as some extremists arc change in some part of the rake, and pretending 
now attempting to extend them. 
1 to have obtained a patent, but which in reality 
' was a simple alteration for which he could not 
obtain a patent, invited others to join him in 
Ms piratical enterprise, and was seconded in 
, ttjls *>y a well-known plowmukor of Utica, (and 
I believe at one time an alderman of that city,) 
who acted as his agent, and told Mr. H. ip sub¬ 
stance that, he was a d-rascal, pirating on 
this man’s rights. 
The rake soon began to grow into favor, and 
several mechanics along the valley of the Una- 
dilla, instead of buying the right, like man, 
which they might have done for a nominal sum, 
joined hands and went into the business with¬ 
out a right. Some of these men were profess¬ 
ing Christians, men of standing in society, who, 
when asked why they did this, replied, others 
make your rake without a right, why not let 
us; sue them and establish your right, and then 
we will pay you.” Others steal, therefore let 
us steal; stop their stealing, and toe will stop 
stealing. Good logic! sound moral philosophy, 
isn't it? Compel a man to establish his right, 
which you know to be as valid as the waruntee 
deed of his farm, by ruinous lawsuits, which lie 
had not tho means to maintain. Was this 
Christian? Was it even human? Should this 
article fall under the eye of any of these men, 
I should like to have them put these questions 
to their consciences, and answer them by the 
light of their professions. Having driveu the 
inventor from tho field, who did not have the 
moans to support Ills claims in a ‘court of law, 
they soon began to pirate on each other, to the 
infinite delight, of the farmers, and were com¬ 
pelled, not unfrequently, to sell their rakes for 
$2.60 per rake, aud sometimes even as low as $2. 
The Invention of the “ Revolving Horse liake, 
now in use,” has truly been invaluable to the 
farmers of the country —worth perhaps hun¬ 
dreds of thou«ands of dollars to the farmers of 
New York State alone. But let the farmers 
who have reaped and are still reaping the bene¬ 
fit of this Invention, remember that the man 
who gave them this valuable implement of 
farming, has uever been suitably rewarded for 
his invention and trouble of introducing it into 
use, but to-day, at the age of G7, is obliged to 
till another’s land, and having neither horse 
nor horse rake, has lor the last ten years raked 
his hay with a baud rake. I, too, would join 
with the Farmer of Attica, in doing him honor. 
Is he not worthy, not only of honor, at tho 
hands of every farmer, but also of something 
more substantial? Is ho not worthy of honor 
also, at the hands of tho great Agricultural 
Society of his native State? Ought he not to 
have a now lease of ills patent, that tho people 
of these more liberal, and may I not hope more 
Christian times, may have an opportunity of 
rewarding him as he deserves to be rewarded? 
Justice. 
RURAL NOTE8 FROM VERMONT.’ 
Eds, Rural New Yorker:— The summer 
is past, and the harvests are all gathered and 
secured. And, generally speaking, the laborsof 
the husbandman have been well remunerated. 
The earlier crops may have suffered from the 
effects of the drouth to some extent, but the 
later harvests are more than an average and fully 
matured, so that storehouses, and cellars in par¬ 
ticular, arc literally overflowing with the 
bounties from the never-failing lap of Mother 
Earth. The root crops, notwithstanding the 
early fears of an entire failure, are super-abun¬ 
dant and of the best quality. The potato yield, 
in particular, in this State is extraordinary. 
The tubers grew almost entirely after the rains 
the middle of August and first of September; 
their rapid growth and great dimensions were 
truly wonderful. 275 bushels arc reported to 
have grown on 90 rods of land, and specimens are 
shown which weigh from 4 pounds to 4 pounds 
and 10 ounces. The round Pink-eyes and Jack- 
son Whites are the common varieties of field 
potatoes'; their average yield is from 200 to 300 
bushels to the acre. The Stevens, Early Blues 
and Nova Scotia varieties are most generally 
raised for table use, the Stevens beingthc earliest. 
The California species are grown to a con¬ 
siderable extent for starch and for stock feeding. 
Starch mills that have lain idle and run to decay 
for the last three years are this season repaired 
up and put in operation. 
Our largest and best farmers, however, prefer 
to work their coarser varieties of potatoes by 
muscular machinery aud convert them into 
beef, as the best and most effectual means in the 
end of enriching their pockets and their farms. 
The pocket interest, that is, to acquire gain, is 
supposed to bo the controlling principle with 
the farmer in bis farm operations aud specu¬ 
lations; but he should not overlook the fact that 
ills soil, like bis ox, mi{£ be woll fed in order to 
thrive; and to grow potatoes for starch or the 
market requires an equivalent return to the soil 
of all tliatis taken from it, or the soil is becoming 
by the means less fertile and productive. Ah a 
rule, to grow potatoes, cither for starch or the 
markets, is exhaustive business for the soil and 
tho farmer’s j/urse if continued In; and, as I said 
before, our progressive farmers in Vermont see 
the “point” aud are governed accordingly. 
I. W. Sanborn. 
Lyndon, Vt., 1861. 
- - - — - 
HOW TO MAKE A HORSE’S MANE GROW. 
Eds. Rural New Yorker:—Iu answer to 
Inquirer “ What will make a horse’s raauc 
grow?” I would recommend him to mix with 
one pint of bay rum, one ounce of sugar of lead, 
one ounce of lue sulphur, and one gallon of rain 
water. Shake well before using. Almost every 
day wet the skin at, the roots of the lialr. This 
mixture, well applied, will also prevent the 
shedding of the lialr on man and beast, and 
restore it to its original color. I have seen heads 
perfectly bald produce a new youthful covering 
by this application in it short time. 
S. W. Jewett. 
Rural Notes anil (Blueties. 
Now that Election is oveb, and the Country 
again safe (in the opinion of a majority of the people,) 
the excitement attending a most intense political can¬ 
vas* is rapidly subsiding, and those so recently en¬ 
gaged it; partisan strife are calmly returning to the 
peaceful avocations of every day life. Of course all 
are not happy In the result., but In one thing they seem 
to agree cordially, viz, that, whatever party is in 
power, or whoever is President, it is very essential 
that WORK should be done on the Barm, in the Shop, 
Factory, Counting Room, Office—indeed, in every use¬ 
ful pursuit, productlveor Otherwise. As a natural con¬ 
sequence, most people will begin to figure and labor 
assiduously to promote their own interests, including 
that or their families, friends and Immediate commu¬ 
nity. They will aim to supply both the physical and 
mental requisites of their households — food for the 
mind ns well as the body. Good books and periodi¬ 
cals will therefore be in demand, such as tho various 
members or t,bo family can study and read with both 
profit ami pleasure during the leisure days and long 
evenings which arc coining on apace. Of these it 
should be the aim of every one to “get the best,"—and 
of course none of its friends will forget to secure, and 
recommend toothers, the Bubal New Yobkeb as the 
beet in Its sphere of journalism 
-- 
A Noble Spectacle— Was that presented by the 
citizens of the Loyal States on Tuesday week—when wc 
had a quiet, orderly Election, and a peaceful termina¬ 
tion of perhaps the most exciting political com eat ever 
known in Americi. And this too when the Country 
was involved in civil war, and party spirit and rancor 
and hatred were apparently nt fever and fighting heat. 
Thank Heaven that, even under such circumstances, 
our people have again demonstrated that they are capa¬ 
ble of governing themselves — thus refuting tin; con¬ 
stant prediction* of the re viler* of republican institu¬ 
tions ul l over the world. Even in the great cities, where 
“ evil (as well as ardent) spirits most do congregate,” 
there was no bloodshed, outbreak or disturbance. A 
contemporary well says that England boasts her supe¬ 
riority In many respects, but we may safely challenge 
her to equal us In ibis. Those who so nobly governed 
themselves at tho Election—theminoriiy as well as the 
majority—may, we think, safely be entrusted with the 
duty of electing I’refidentB and Governor.- to ru:e over 
and govern them Universal suffrage, ui l verbal poace 
and quietness at the polls arc the crowning glory of our 
institutions. Let the Arneric in people than a God and 
take courage! 
The “California Farmer” Ahead !—In Ihese 
times which try the souls and purses of newspaper 
editors and publishers, it is consoling to know that 
gonie of our contemporaries are in clover. Even though 
" misery loves company,” we have so much of it that 
wc ciin afford to lie hots Just and generous in the rare 
instances iu which there Is occasion to rejoice in the 
apparent good fortune of on r brethren. An d we hereby 
congratulate brother and Colonel Walken of the OaU- 
forrda Fanner— for that whereas the two latest num¬ 
bers of his hebdomadal w liich have reached the Rural 
sanctum indicate that his is a paying institution, even 
in war times The Famer is a double quarto, (some 
larger than the Rural,) of 40 columns- One of the 
Baid late numbers contain.' twenty-four columns of 
advertisements, and the other " more of the same sort ” 
of profitable (to the publisher) reading. The price of 
the Farmer la 85 per annum—$3 for six months. If 
our rcadets would permit us to charge a Ilk.; price and 
devote over half the paper lo advertising, It Is morethau 
probable that, we might be on the right aide “ when this 
ct net war is over." Bat we will not speculate on such 
an improbability ! 
--*-«- 
Wiiat will tiie Political Papers Do?— Now that 
Election Ib over their “occupation’s gone.” Certain 
“organs” of both parties have had a great time for 
some months, and what with political leaders, libels 
and lies, we don’t sec bow they can come down to the 
matter of fact, honest business of furni.-liieg newspa¬ 
pers “ pure and simple ” They may prove simple 
enough, 1ml after such wallowiDg in the mire and dirt- 
eating us mauy or them have indulged in, we think a 
transition to purity will lie somewhat difficult! Of 
course the public palate will relish a change of pabu¬ 
lum, if not too much disgusted and nauseated lo ven¬ 
ture a further taste. 1 f the half they have told be true, 
most ct the late candidate!- ■ including Mr. LMcOLN and 
Gen. McClellan— ought to be summarily arrested, and 
put In penitentiaries or—suspended! But the papers 
were only “talking in a Pickwickian sense ”—didn’t 
naan what they said—and no doubt their readers were 
enabled to “ sec it in that light ” 
—--- 
Vermont Sheet Going West.—W e have frequent 
advices, by letter and in exchanges, of sale* of Ver¬ 
mont sheep to Western breeders aud farmers, and will 
here chronicle one or two. Mr. B. J. Bi dwell of 
Tecumseh, Mich , writes ns that he has just received 
rrom Shoreham, Vt , a very fine Tottinghani ram, bred 
by Marion North, for which ho paid $500 The 
Ohio Farmer of last week says that B. li. Rogers, the 
veteran flock-master of Castalla, went through Cleve¬ 
land a few days ago “ with another lot of fine young 
sheep from Vermont Ho had eighty three In all- 
thirty or forty of them being nice ones ." 
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Some Potatoes i—M r. Crayton Lewis of Ulysses, 
Potter Co., Pn , writes us in this wise:—“ A few days 
ago l shoveled up a bushel of potatoes (of the kind 
known here as Chills) and then picked out of the bushel 
twenty-five that averaged one pound each A neighbor 
picked out four that averaged ill, lbs. each. Another 
neighbor sorted out two that weighed 8 lbs eien And 
I have just picked up one, known here us California, of 
Stj weight -length 8 Inches The above Specimen* are 
fit for the table " Mr L, may well add, as tie docs, 
that “ Potter Co, is ahead yet "—especially in the potato 
line 
Feeding Turn ifs.—Will not some of your readers, 
who have had considerable experience feeding luruips 
to stock, toll me through your columns, at w hat season 
they lino it most prod able so to feed them; and \vh'»i 
kind of stock is most benefited by them; iiml what is 
tiie best mode of preparing them for stock ?-Niaoaba 
County Kakmkr. 
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Pood for Miuju Cows —Will you. or some of your 
readers, tutorm me what Is the relative value of pota¬ 
toes und “shorts,” pound for pound, as feed for cows 
giving milk during the winter, wheu a large quant tty of 
milk is desired ? Also, the value of buckwheat and 
other kinds of grain as compared with the ubovcf—A 
Milk Man 
Hungarian Grass.—H ow much Hungarian grass 
send (loi« Mr. Pease cut “a small quantity" to SOW 
with wheat to prevent the cl inch-hug rrom destroying 
It? A. II., WaakethUf Ca , WU. 
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Winterinu lilies —Will you, or some of your read 
ers, please give me through the Ritual tho best method 
to preserve bw-s through the winter? An curly reply 
will be (kerned a favor — W G. Hamilton. 
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The Auction Salb of Grate Vines, (the Iona and 
Israelln,) advertised iu this paper by Dr. Grant, is 
worthy the special attention of nurserymen and others 
