Last spring I obtained some seed and planted 
about two acres. It grew very slow uutil about 
wheat harvest, when I went through it with my 
two-horse plow and ft good strong horse, plow¬ 
ing two furrows in a row, throwing the furrows 
to the hill, when it went up equal to gold iu 
Wall street after a Federal defeat. It grew 
from tea to fifteen feet high, ami a great portion 
of the stalks as large arouud as ray wrist. It 
was estimated at about thirty two-horse wagon 
loads. Consequently, I found myself iu a diffi¬ 
culty I had not anticipated. 
Fortunately I attended the State Fair and 
purchased a mill and evaporator, with which 1 
manufactured two hundred gallons as nice sirup 
as I ever wish to use, from my own crop, and 
about one huudred gallons iu small lots, from 
cane which was brought to me from three to ten 
miles. The latter I manufactured for one-half 
theproduct, or flftyeents per gallon cash. Some 
small crops made as high as 196 gallons per acre. 
I have sold nearly all I have to spare at ten shil¬ 
lings per gallon retail, and could sell ten barrels 
more before next fall, if I had it to spare, at tho 
same price without any effort. 
Now, sir, I have demonstrated to this com¬ 
munity that Sorghum enu he grown here at 
better profit than most field crops, at present 
high prices. It will be cultivated here on 
almost every farm the coming season. 
S. Robison, 
Uluml Notes ant) (Queries 
(fommunicaticms, <£tc 
cannot give “ the page on which it occurs, 
because, as we have already publicly stated, we 
have not that volume of the Cultivator in our 
possession, nor is it conveniently accessible to 
us. The same lett er will be found iu the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist, Dec., 1844, (vol. 3, p. 367.) 11 
has been over and over again referred to and 
cited in the columns of the Country Gentleman, 
but was, we take it for granted, overlooked 
when the preceding extracts were written. 
S. Sheep competing for premiums must be entered 
and brought upon the show grounds on the first,flay or 
the Fair, uni) they must not, without a special permit 
from the General Superintendent, be removed there¬ 
from, before the third day, nor on the third day, until 
the General Superintendent shall, by direction of the 
Executive Board, make public proclamation that all 
exhibitors are at liberty to withdraw their sheep, 
4. Entries of sheep competing for premiums shall 
be accompanied in all caecB by an affidavit, specifying 
according to the best knowledge and belief of the ex¬ 
hibitor, the age of the sheep, the age of the fleeces 
then on them, the manner in which they were last 
the manner in which they have been fed and 
and kind of feed given to them for the last 
the Fair, their general treatment, and 
—intended to affect their conili- 
—o. Such affidavits are to be made 
printed blanks which will be furnished to 
N. Y. State Aa. Society— Annual Fair , <£c.—At. a 
meeting of the Ex. Com, of this Society, on thc23dult., 
it was decided to hold the next Annual Exhibition at 
Utica on the 12th, 13th, 14th and loth of September, 
18155. The Premium List was completed; it ainounta 
to over $8,000. Appropriate resolutions were adopted 
relative to the decease of Elon Comstock, Esq., a 
member of the Executive Committee, and Iluon 
Crocker, Esq., of Utica, was appointed to fill the 
Col. Johnson inform? ns that the prospects 
RAISING EARLY PIGS, 
Eds. Rutiai. Nbw Yorker Having lmd con¬ 
siderable experience in raising early pigs, I have 
adopted the following plan iu preparing for the 
new corners, with very satisfactory results: In 
the first place, select as warm a place as possible 
for the sow. Enclose about six feet square for 
the nest of a common silted sow, with boards or 
plauks about twelve inches wide, which will pre¬ 
vent the pigs from wandering far from each 
other. They will generally get back to their 
proper places, before they become drilled, if 
confined in as small a place as the size of the 
sow will admit. If the sow is to occupy a differ 
ent place from that which she is accustomed to, 
she should be placed there a few days prior to 
the event of dropping her pigs, that she may be¬ 
come reconciled to her new quarters. 
It is very important for the nest to he com¬ 
posed of fine, dry material. Young pigs gene¬ 
rally manifest a disposition to crawl under the 
nest out of sight; if they succeed, the sow will 
be very sure to step or lie on them unintention¬ 
ally ! I generally use about a boshel of fine cut 
rye straw', as so small a quantity will render it 
almost impossible for them to crawl under out 
of eight. 
After they are two or three days old, add 
enough to keep the nest dry, and the pigs will 
keep clean and healthy. Never, under any cir- 
vaenney, 
concerning the next exhibition arc very oncouraginj 
the Inquiries, &c., relative to premium list and othi 
signature the certificate of Tylek Stickney, 
the breeder of Mr. Jewett's ram “Fortune,” 
that he was got by a ram which he (Sticknet) 
“purchased of Consul Jarvis of Weftthetafield, 
in the year 1835.” This was equivalent to say¬ 
ing that “Fortune” was not a pure Faular, 
because it was notorious that Mr. Jarvis bad 
not pure. Paular rams for sale in 1835. We had 
ourselves, three yearn earlier, published- a letter 
from Mr. Jarvis to us, iu which he declared 
that he had, previously to that time, mixed all 
his different varieties of Merinos together. (See 
Transactions of N. Y. State Agricultural Society, 
1S41, p. 324.) And we published a letter from 
Mr. Jarvis to us, containing the same state¬ 
ment, iu 1S44. 
3. “ Oar Jewett sheep were not claimed to 
be pure Paulars” in the letter “particularly 
referred to,” of 1844, or in any other letter. In 
the first named, the certificate ot their breeder, 
Mr. Jewett, was given, saying that they were 
got by his ram Fortune, “dams ewes of the 
Rich stock.” This pedigree was published in 
immediate connection with that of Fortune, 
aud consequently distinctly showed that u our 
Jewett sheep” were one-fourth of Jarvis or 
mixed Merino blood. 
4. But the last fact did not prove that other 
people did not possess pare Paulars, which we 
were entitled to designate and write of as such. 
John T. Rich’s certificate is published in the 
same letter “particularly referred to” of 1844, 
declaring that he then owned “ more than five 
hundred ” of them. Other certificates therein 
published showed that other persons owned 
them. Their proprietors were then hut just 
beginning to cross them with Jarvis rams. 
The first cross of that kind of which we have 
any account was made in 1843. 
5. For the reasons already given, we cannot at 
the request of the editor of the Country Gentle¬ 
man, refer him to the page of the Cultivator 
where we spoke of the “ fictitious importance 
attached to the Paular name.” He will find it in 
the American Agriculturist, December, 1844, 
page 367—and also, undoubtedly, in Cultivator 
of same, or succeeding month. The following 
were our exact words: 
“I make till? explanation, not because I have any 
doubts as to the fact involved, or my ability to prove 
that fact, but because having repeatedly expressed my 
disregard publicly and privatelv/or what 1 consider the 
fictitious importance attached to iht “Paular " name, 
and baling so repeatedly laughed at both the pros and 
the cons in what may be styled the •'Paular war,” I have 
no ambit Ion now to be suddenly elevated to the rank 
of a leader or champion, in either of the belligerent 
forces : in other words, I would not constitute myself, 
or be constituted by others, oue of the principal par¬ 
ties to a dispute which I regard as of little impor¬ 
tance.” 
Having disposed of the above questions, we 
shall try to find space, iu our next, to examine 
the subject of “paular pedigrees." 
shorn, 
the amount 
year preceding 
any special treatment 
tion or appearance, i 
by filling iu i 
every exhibitor hy the Secretaries; and a proper offi¬ 
cer will be present to administer oaths (U is under¬ 
stood that sheep may he shown in any condition, at the 
option of the exhibitor, provided t he required facie are 
stated. It will undoubtedly be expected by the View¬ 
ing Committees, that the affidavits shall be as lull and 
explicit as the circumstances admit, of,—and that it 
not made on the personal knowledge of the exhibitor, 
it shall be so stated, aud the sources of his informa¬ 
tion fully and distinctly specified.) 
5. No person shall act as a member of a Yiewing 
Committee who has any direct or indirect pecuniary 
interest in any sheep submitted to the inspection of 
said Committee for a premium. 
C. No premiums shall be awarded except on animals 
of superior merit, and then only sueh of the premiums 
as the Viewing Committee shall consider them entitled 
to. (Thus the third premium, or the second and third 
premiums may he drawn, while the higher ones are 
uuawarded.) 
7. All reports of Viewing Committees shall he made 
in writing and signed by the members of the Commit¬ 
tee agreeing to them. (Printed blank forms of reports* 
with instructions to Viewing Committees, will be de¬ 
livered to the latter.) 
S. The Viewing Committees shall deliver their 
reports to the President or Secretary at ot before 9 
o'clock A. M. on the third day of the Fair. 
The reports will he read as soon thereafter as conve¬ 
nient from the Speaker's stand in the center of the 
ampithester. The prize animals will be indicated by 
ribbons and tickets oi different colors, for examina¬ 
tion on the third day. The arrangements for shearing 
will he made public aa soon as they are matured. 
A Committee has been appointed to confer with the 
officers of the railroads, and it is not doubted that ex¬ 
hibitors will be permitted to carry sheep to and from 
the Fair free, as is done with stock attending the State 
Agricultural Fair. 
Prize List. 
Merinos are divided in the Prize List into three 
classes:—1st. “American Merinos.” 2d. “Fine Meri¬ 
nos’’—yielding a wool adapted to the production of 
fine broadcloths and other fabrics requiring a staple of 
equal quality. 3d. “Delaine Merinos”—yielding wool 
adapted to the manufacture of delaines and similar 
fabrics, length of staple being a leading consideration, 
but in which neither extreme fineness of fibre as re¬ 
quired in the second class, nor great weight of fleece 
as required in the first, are to be regarded as absolute 
essentials. The4th class is entitled “Long Wooled 
Sheep,” and includes the English breeds and varieties 
usually comprised under that designation. The 5th 
class is entitled “Middle W ooled Sheep” and includes 
the varieties usually so classed. Each of the five 
classes is arranged into four divisions as follows:— 
Best ram, two years old or over —best yearling ram. 
Best pen of 5 ewes, two years old or over—best pen of 
5 yearling ewes. In each division first, secoud, and 
third prizes, consisting respectively of $30, $20 and 
$10, are offered— making $00 olfered in each division, 
and $240 in each class. There is a sweepstakes class 
including all Merinos — the amount of the prizes to 
be paid to the best ram and best pen of five ewes be¬ 
ing §50 each. The sum of $5 is to be added to the 
prize received by any rain, or any pen or ewes which 
is sheared on the ground and the fleece weighed under 
the direction of the Executive Board. The Executive 
Board will decide how many out of each pen of ewee 
is to he shorn. Each exhibitor will provide his own 
shearer. Prizes of $10. $S, and $6 are to be awarded 
to the three best shearers. Competitors for the shear¬ 
ing premiums, if not engaged, to shear prize sheep, 
will-he permitted to exhibit their skill by Bheariug 
other sheep. D. D. T. Moore, Esq., of Rochester, 
offered a special prize of $50 for the fleece shorn 
on the grounds, of a year’s growth, which, on being 
cleansed by the manufacturer. yields the greatest 
weight of wool in proportion to the live weight of the 
sheep. Thus nearly $1,500 are offered in premiums. 
Wo shall give the names of the Viewing Committees, 
etc., next week. 
Our Award of Premiums.— The award of Premi¬ 
ums for the largest lists of subscribers obtained for 
the Rubai, on or before March 1st, has been made ont. 
from our hooks, hut in consequence or the recent 
flood, and the absence of Mr. Moore, previous to and 
since that event, a publication of the list has been 
necessarily delayed. M r. M. is now in Washington on 
important public business, but as soon as he returns 
the list of awards will be published in the Rural, or 
a supplement, and such premiums as are not already 
paid will be remitted on tho order of those entitled. 
The Boston Cultivator. — This paper publishes 
garbled extracts from what we said in a recent Rural 
of Edward Everett, and calls them “unjust and un¬ 
generous.” The editor of that paper is entitled to 
his opinions; and so are we to ours; but his readors 
Could have judged better of our justice and generosity- 
had he published all we said, and uot isolated senten* 
ces. Ills generosity and justice to us, iu his segrega¬ 
tions from our article, are quite equal to hie honorable 
way of crediting this paper with what he extracts from 
it. In no inetanee, that we have noticed, prior to the 
one to which we now refer, has the Tull name— Rural 
New-Yorker— been given in credit to the extracts 
copied from this paper. Aud such a course is neither 
ust, generous, nor honorable. 
Ontario Co.. N. Y.. March, 1805. I. 
MINOR ITEMS AND EXTRACTS, 
Cause of Garget in Cows: —E. G. Storms, St. 
Johnsville, N. Y., writes the Utica Herald: — 
Garget is induced and promoted by the cows 
lying down on the cold ground or a cold floor. 
This should be prevented by keeping the stock 
housed iu a warm stable, from the time the 
udder begins to fill up. 
Poultry Club, 
of dropping her pigs, the more maternal affec¬ 
tion she will generally manifest for them. 
Sometimes with all the precautions and skil¬ 
ful management that Yankee ingenuity can in¬ 
vent, a sow will be determined to kill her pigs. 
If mild treatment proves unavailing, insert a 
ring in her nose, to make it a little tender. Take 
an ox wire muzzle aDd contract the circular wire, 
so it will fit snugly to her head, secure it over 
her nose, by fastening a cord around her neck 
or body, back of her forelegs, to which the 
muzzle can easily be tied, and it will be impos¬ 
sible for her to get rid of it. Everything ready, 
armed with a strip of board, put the pigs dowu 
with the sow. If she goes in for extermination, 
a few well directed blows against her nose will 
excite the organs of caution aud philoprogenl- 
tiveness simultaneously. 
Feed bran, made thin with warm water, so she 
can suck it through the wires, which she will do 
Very readily. A lesson, from six to twelvehours 
in length, will generally produce the desired ef¬ 
fect. Wm. B. Coffin. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
There is a Worcester County 
Poultry Club In Massachusetts, which held an 
exhibition at Worcester the 22d and 28d instants. 
We think the boys and girls in neighborhoods, 
or townships, would find it profitable recreation 
to effect similar organizations and bold poultry 
shows—why not., boys? 
Preventive and Cure for the Garget. —I. W. S., 
of Vermont, writes the Rural: “One of the 
best preventives and cures for garget iu milch 
cows, is beans, mixed and ground with oats or 
corn, in a proportion of about one part ot the 
former to two of the latter. Let the farmer and 
dairyman make a trial of it during the present 
spring months.” 
Drilling Spring TFAeot on Fall Plowed Lands .— 
C. E. H, Sparta, Wis., writes the Rural: “In the 
spring of 1804, I sowed six acres broadcast, bar- 
rowed it well, and received ten bushels per acre. 
I drilled in ten acres on this same kind of land, 
and received 19]-f bushels per acre. I used two 
bushels of seed per acre in each case. Drilled 
both ways, using one bushel per acre each way. 
I used the Buckeye drill.” 
JEtffecls of 2obac<X) on Animate, — John Miller 
of the 94th N. Y. Volunteers, writes the Rural 
from Hatcher’s Run, and referring to an article 
on page 53, in the Sheep Department, on “Sheep 
Eating Tobacco,” says: — “Not only tobacco, 
but all other narcotic plants, as Datura stramo¬ 
nium, Hyoscyamus niger, Solarium nigrum and 
Dulcamara, have no influence upon the minor 
ruminating animals, when incorporated in their 
stomachs.” 
Winnkbagq Co. (III.) Ag. Societt— This Society, 
we notice, offers a large proportion of its premiums iu 
the shape of Agricultural papers, among which a due 
proportion of Rural New-Yorkers are offered. This 
policy is a good oue, benefiting both the fanners and 
tho papers which are their organs. C. W, Muktfkldt 
writes us that this Society and tho Rockford Hort. 
Society jointly occupy a Hull in that pleasant city as a 
rendezvous, where are held the meetings of both 
Sociotiea. 
American Clothes Wringer. — We have been 
shown a new wringer with this name, the novelty of 
which consists in a elottted wrist by which the cog 
wheels are. kept in their relative position, and yet the 
I wo ends of the rollers separate equally, and wring 
the article equally dry at each end. By this means 
it is claimed that tho work is done with less expendi¬ 
ture of strength than in other cog-wheel machines. 
Patent has been applied for by M. Harris and R. T. 
Bush, Jamestown, N. Y. 
BUGGY PEAS, 
Munson Musical Institute.— In another column 
is an advertisement of thi3 institution. We learn that 
there are only three of the character in the United 
States. Only music is taught. The object is to teach 
thisecienco in all its departments thoroughly and com¬ 
pletely. The character and reputation of the fac¬ 
ulty is such that we confidently commend this institu¬ 
tion to such as dealro such an education as it will 
furnish. 
A correspondent who had received buggy 
English peas from a Rochester Seedsman, wrote 
a letter of inquiry to Benj. D. Walsh, Entomol- 
ogisl, Rock Island, 111., who made the following 
reply, which ik kindly furnished us by said cor- 
respondi-nt:» i 
“ Dear Sir : You can escape tlie danger of the 
pea bug by sowing your pens on land that did 
not grow peas last year, (so as to avoid all 
danger of the soil containing peas that shelled 
out and eoutaln your enemy,) and, as soon as the 
peas are in flower, placing over the whole row n 
frame covered by musketo-bar, so as to exclude 
the female insect from laying her egg in the 
very young pods. If yon want to remove this 
frame for any temporary purpose, do it early in 
the morning. 
I think there Is no doubt that peas sown very 
late, say end of July, escape the bug. Bnl they 
are very apt to come to nothing, especially if 
the summer is dry and hot. This was tny case 
with some that I sowed late last summer for 
seed. 1 have tried the experiment of sorting ont 
the buggy pea- and sowing them separately, aud 
not one in 30 came np. 
Of course if you sow peas containing pea-bugs, 
your crop will he worse infested than if you 
used pure seed. But even if you use perfectly 
clean seed, if there are any pea-bugs within a 
mile or two of you, they will fly round and find 
out your pca-patch. Understand, if you try the 
‘musketo-bar cure, 1 you must bo very particular 
that none of your seed-peas contain bugs, other¬ 
wise it will just be labor lost. A single pair left 
in the seed, will ruin your whole, patch. 
They do not generally have pea-bug In Eng¬ 
land, because the European Fauna and Flora 
differs, as a general rule, from ours. Of the 
whole uumber of North American insects, only 
ubout 3 per cent, are found in Europe, and even 
of these some have been imported by commerce 
from one country to the other, as tho Hessian 
Fly, the Wheat Midge, the Codlin Moth, and 
within the last 3 years, the Asparagus Beetle. 
They have had in England, for time Immemorial, 
u species of Bruchus (like our Bnichus ;n.vt or 
Sale of Ayrshire Stock. —We call the attention 
of our readers to the auction sale of pure-bred Ayr¬ 
shire stock (heretofore advertised in the Rural,) to 
take place at Southboroogh, Worcester Co., Mass., on 
Tuesday, April 11, at 10# A. M. J. R. Page, auction¬ 
eer. The herd to bo sold is that of Henry n. Peters. 
It embraces fifty-four cows and heifers aud ten bulls. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, fisc, 
Cholic or Stretch es.— M. Q. McLouth, Manches¬ 
ter, Ontario Co., N. Y., ha? lost several wethers by a 
disease thus described by him“ When first discov¬ 
ered they appear in great distress, roll their sides, (?) 
raise their heads and stretch as far as they can—then 
fall dowu and refuse to eat. They live several days 
after they are attacked.”. This doubtlese is cholic or 
stretches. A cathartic should at once be administered. 
There is no better one than an ouucc of epsom sails 
dissolved in warm water, with a drachm of ginger 
and a teaspoonful of the essence of peppermint. If 
the constipation is obeiiuate, a little more cathartic 
medicine should be given. This disease is prevented 
by feeding the sheep green feed—turnips, beets or po¬ 
tatoes—once or twice a week. 
The Spring in Michigan. —L. W., Ann Arbor, 
Mich., writing ns March 17, says:—“ The spring opens 
favorably for the agriculturist. The earlier migratory 
birds are here somewhat iu advance of their usual 
time of appearance, and the winter’s frost is gradually 
leaving the. ground, while wheat and meadow fields 
hereabouts have wintered well and look promising.’ 
Breeding Fowls. 
Talking about breeding fowls, a writer in 
Wilkes’ Spirit says:—I am a great advocate for 
choosing young birds for this purpose, and rec- 
commcnd that early pullets be selected every 
year forstoekthe following season, and put with 
two-year-old cocks : for instance, pullets hatched 
in May attain their growth and become perfect 
in shape, size and health, before the tho chills of 
winter. They should be put with eoek6 of two 
years old, when they will lay on the first appear¬ 
ance of mild weather, and their produce has the 
same advantage as these have had before them. 
I do not advocate having young-stock fowl so 
much on account of Iheir laying early, as 1 do for 
the superiority of their breeding. Ncithef is it 
desirable to breed from fowls of all tho same 
age. Where it can he done, it is better to put a 
two-year-old cock with pullets, and vice versa. 
it Is well to introduce fresh cocks of pure breed 
into the yard every second year; this prevents 
degeneracy, and for the sumo reason no cock 
should be kept more than three seasons, nor a 
hen more than four, if it is intended to keep 
them in the highest possible perfection and effi¬ 
ciency. 
Data i.oo ob or Agricultural Books.—W e are in¬ 
debted to A. Wiluams & Co., Boston, Mass., for a 
very complete catalogue of Agricultural bookB for sale 
by them, with their price list. Their list embraces 
both American and Foreign Agricultural, Horticultu¬ 
ral and Scientific books. 
Mole-Drain Machine.— L. D. Stilsou asks where, 
by whom and at what price theso machines are manu¬ 
factured. John Lane, Lockport, Ill., is tho inventor 
and manufacturer of an excellent one. We do not 
know the price; nor do we know that any are made 
in this State. 
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN AND OUR 
PEDIGREES. 
The Country Gentleman (March 9th) contains 
the following commentary on a statement of 
ours, which it quotes: 
1. Dr. Randall pays: 
Had the Albany Cultivator of 1844. then edited by the 
Senior Editor of the Country Gentleman, been con¬ 
sulted, it would have been seen that our “Jewett 
sheep ” were not claimed to be pure Paulars ; that we 
expressly declared our disregard of the • fictitious im¬ 
portance attached to the Paular name,” &c. 
That volume of Tub Cultivator contain? several 
letters from Dr. Randall, The one particular referred 
to is headed by a cut of •“ Fortune,’ a Paular Merino 
Buck.” It. is devoted to a description of the “ Jewett 
sheep.” * * * It in true that tile words '"pure 
Paular ” are not directly applied to •* Fortune.” It i- 
aiso true that in the same article it is muted that 
■there art sheep whose Paular pedigree*, are uncer¬ 
tain,” bur, “ mainly descended from the Faular stock ; ” 
the next paragraph, however, goes on to assert in 
italics. Dial “there nm pure Paulars in the United 
Htates," leaving it to be inferred aa plainly u* possible 
that the • Jcwetl sheep” belong with Ihe latter 
rather than with the former. It i- uUo stated ilifti 
some of tho sheep “mainly descended from ihe Pau¬ 
lar stock ” arc “in every point ol view superior to the 
original PaflHrs,” but neither in thni letter nor in any 
other published in that volume, do we find one word 
about the fictitious*' importance attached to the Pau¬ 
lar mime. If we have overlooked lhi« expression, Ihe 
Doctor can probably refer ns to the page on which it 
occurs, lie now asserts that in that volume of tlie 
Cultivator he did not claim his “Jewett sheep ” to 
be “pure Paulars,” Jtc. 
Dr. Randall says emphatically:—“OUR Jewett 
sheep were not claimed to la- pure Paulars.” In the 
* tier on page 378 of the Cultivator for UW4. lie says 
tiese sheep of hlfe were, got by “Fortune," turd that 
tjelr dams were “pure Wed ewes of Rich or Cock 
Stock, owned by 8. W Jewett.” “ Fortune," as 
ahive cited, he styled nothing else than a ” Paular 
buik,” aud ns to the Rich nr Cock stuck,” lie brings, 
fnrvurd various certificates to prove them “ pure Puii- 
lars.” How can he undertake to deny having 
“claimed" his Jewett sheep to ho of the sumo 
blood as their parents f” 
3. The letter “particularly referred to” by 
us, in (lie sentence quoted in the beginning of 
the above extracts, was published in the Albany 
Cultivator, we believe, in December, 1844. We 
very much distended, uno jhi . w. iouuq assume or 
calculus, somewhat larger than a pea, among its con¬ 
tents , and he thought he could detect a “gritty ” feel¬ 
ing in the nrirte aa if It contained small particles of 
hard foreign matter. The bladder after being emptied 
wa? brought to us, aud it presented a remarkable 
appearance. While most of it looked healthy, on one i 
side, over a ^jitfacc us large as the palm of a hand, it 
was thickened externally, say from hall to three quar¬ 
ters of an inch. This elevated portion was of a dark 
chocolate color, betraying the effects of severe Inflam¬ 
mation—yet the Inner surface ol the Madder, under this 
gangrenous looking mass, was of the usual color. The 
inner membranes, however, fell, harder and thicker 
tinder it than elsewhere. Sheep, cattle, etc., are 
liable to die from stone in the bladder—but there ts 
nothing to show that this was such a case. If the an¬ 
imal lmd died purely from an Inflammation of tlie 
bladder, we should not expect to find the traces of the 
inflammation so strictly limited to a small portion of 
its surface. It would doubtless have involved the 
whole of it before death ensued. In our opiuion, 
death resulted from a retention of urine, and thie was 
occasioned by thu bladder losing its contractile power 
—its power to expel Its fluid contents. Such a loss of 
power would naturally result from the presence of 
Work on Hons.—Our attention is called by several 
correspondents to the fact that the monthly report of 
tho Department of Agriculture for January contains 
an article of nine page? on Hop Culture. Address 
Isaac Newton, Corn., Washington, D. C., for it. 
Chinese Suoah Cani: Seed,—M. Hurlburt: In our 
issue of March 18, Chinese sugar cane seed, warranted 
pure, is advertised. We do not know where millet 
seed may be obtained—probably any seedsman adver¬ 
tising with us cun supply you. 
The Bretagne Cows, 
The little Bretagne cows pleased rac exceed¬ 
ingly. Standing only about three feet high on 
their legs—the most fashionable bight—mostly 
black aud white, now and then, but rarely, a rod 
and white: they are as docile as kittens, and 
look pretty enough to become tho kitchen pet 
of the hard pressed mountain or hill side farmer, 
with pastures too short for grosser animals. 
Teu pounds ol’ hay will suffice for their limited 
wants for twenty-four hours, and they would 
evidently fill a ten quart pail as quick and as 
long as any other cow. 
“These pretty cows will often hold out in 
milk,” so the herdsman said, “from fifteen to 
eighteen months after calving, atul often begin 
with the calf with six or seven quarts a day.” 
The born is flue, not unlike the Jersey, but 
smaller and tapering on gradually, and the es¬ 
cutcheon or milk marks of Guenon generally 
very good. Good cows are hold from sixty to 
seventy dollars a head, a fancy price, of course, 
but I am not sure that they would not pay six 
per cent, on the investment, as well as most 
“fancy stock.” 
Randall's Sheer Husbandby. —D. D, N., Van 
Btiren Co., Mich.: Randall’s Sheep Husbandry ts 
not the Practical Shepherd. The latter is Mr. Ran¬ 
dall’s latest and most complete work. 
Grain-Bindicu Wanted. —W. II. D., York, Mich., 
asks if there is a grain-hinder made that can be suc¬ 
cessfully attached to and worked upon the Cayuga 
Chief reaper. We do not know. 
SORGHUM IN WESTERN NEW YORK 
Sovvino Clover Seed.— D. D. N. asks “if it is safer 
to sow clover seed on stubble laud, after harvest, than 
in spring with wheat or rye?” No, if the wheat, or 
rye, is sown early in spring. 
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