ArnoM & Green, Gorham. 1 ewe, 2 yours old. 
.1 CThI'i. West. Hlooii'ltiHd, t yearling ewe. 
Win W Heath, CuzcnovU, l ram, 2 years old. 
L.7 Bovee. l,o Hoy. 1 yearling rum. 
G s Center. South Unitin', i awe, 2 year* old. 
Tlicron Steele, Urns, 1 yeat'llng nun), 
o ■> williams, Ml MIimox. 11(1111,2 yearn old. 
A iVli.nvs, emu, l nun, 2 years and over. 
S v Fi-.uikiin. King's Kerry. 1 yearling ewe. 
M F 01 nli*, 1,1 v 1,11 lii, I vr.o'llnp ram. 
1' 11 MuMillen. I'anaMitnlpua, l ewe, 2 years or over. 
A 1 BlOnd. Carlton. 1 ram, 2 rears or over. 
.) B Spaulding lAialou, Vu, Irani, 2 years or oror, 
(Owl tit: to t.lie inclemency of the woather, 
some of tlic above sheep were not shorn, and 
consequently were withdrawn from competition.) 
Sheep entered for the exhibition only, are not 
included in any of the preceding classes. 
Viewimt (lommittrra, 
lsi Ola **.—On rams 2 yrs old or over, A. F. Wilcox, 
Fayetteville, N. Y.; W. A. Cook, Lima, N, Y.; T. S. 
Steele, siimdinn, N. Y, 
t nt Class .-On yearling rams, E. E. Brown, New 
Hope. N. Y.; Charles H. Hibbard, Manlius, N. Y,; 
Peti r McMillan, Canandaigua, N, Y. 
l.v/ Clot*.— On >-wes, Franklin Marshall. Wheeler, 
Y ; Charles \V. Per t,ee. North Norwich, N. Y.; 
Hiram Taft, West Bloomfield, N. Y. 
Set Class .—On rams and ewes, James M, Ellis. fiyra- 
cnso, N. Y.; Matthias Hutchinson, Ledyard, N. Y.; 
Win, Stewart, York, N, Y. 
M Clans —On rams, Alexander Arnold, Avoea,N Y.; 
Matthias Hutchinson, Ledyard, N. Y.; Oscar Grauger, 
Saratoga, N. Y. 
3d Class, -On ewes, Chester Mopes, Marcellos, N. 
Y ; Alexander Arnold, Avoca, N. Y.; Henry Dixon, 
Bethany. N. Y. 
4th Class .—Richard Feck, Lima. N. Y.; John K, 
Pago Sennett, N. Y.; Francis 11. llihhurd, Cortlund- 
vtlle. N. Y. 
bih Class,— Same committee as on 4th claps. 
Sweepstakes ,— The sweepstakes committee con¬ 
sisted of the chairmen of the committee* in three ilrst 
classes, viz , Messrs. Wilcox, Brown, Marshall, Ellis, 
Arnold and Moses. 
Lambs.— commuted on young lambs, Allen H. 
Avery, Manlius, N. Y.; Robert E. Chamberlain, Niles, 
N. Y.; Edward G. Clapp, Pompey, N. Y. 
Shoaling —Commiitee on shearing, John Mailman, 
Canandaigua, N. Y.: N. U, Noics, Geneva, N. Y.; T. 8. 
Steele, Sknshiui, Nj Y. 
A win d of Prize*. I 
1st class, ram* 2 years or over.—1st prize to C D 
Sweet: 2d, to Henry Robins; 3d, to Percv & Burgess. 
1st class, yearling ram*,— 1st prize to E. B. Pottle; 
2d, to E. Townsend ; 3d. to Hiram Hand. 
1st class, ewe* 2 years or over. —1st prize to E B. 
Pottle: 2d, to Pitta & Wiley; 3d. to 1*. McMillen. 
Is class, yearling ewes—1st prize to Pitts & Wiley; 
2d, to II. M. noardman; Sri, to Stephen Fraud* 
2d class, rams 2 years or over.-1st prize to William 
Chainherlalu; 2d. to A. J. Blood. 
2d class, yearling ranis. - lu prize to Wm, Cham¬ 
berlain; 2d. to Carl Hey tie; 3d, to Allen II. Avery. 
2d class, ewes 2 year* or over. 1st prize to William 
Chamberlain; 2d, to Wm. Chamberlain: 3d, to Pitts 
& Wiley. 
2d cla-s. yearling ewe*.—1st, prizo to Wm. Chamber- 
lain ; 2d, to Pierce & Fellows. 
3d class, rams 2 years or over.—1st prize to Green & 
Simmons; 2d, to A. J. Blood ; 3d. to K. B. Reed. 
3d class, yearling ram*.—1st prize to Tbcron Steele; 
2d. to H. A. Avery ; 3d, to John Pinmo. 
3d class, owe* 2 years or over.—1st prize to George 
Brown ; 2d, to Elijah Ennis; 3d. to 11. M. Boardman " 
3d class, yearling ewes. - 1st prize to O. 8. Center 
Em-low Brothers, Darien, N. Y., 1 ram 2 years or 
ovei i veilrling ram. 
Delos Blodgett, Gorham, N. Y., 1 pen yearling owes, 
Murrlnef & Bronson, East Bloomfield, N. Y.. 1 ram 
2 your* or over; 1 pen * wcp 2 years or over. 
'Stephen Fraud*. Bristol, N Y., 1 yearling ram. 
John P. & VV W U iv. lioneoye, N. Y„ 1 ram 2 
years nr over; 1 pen \caning ewes. 
C. D. Sweet, North Benuiugton, VI.., 1 ram 2 years 
or over. 
8. 8. l'erccy. North Hoosick, N. Y., 1 ram 2 years or 
over. 
John C. Sweet, North Hoosiek, 1 yearling ewe; 1 
ewe 2 years or over. 
E. Tmvnsetid, Pavilion, N. Y.. 2 yearling rams. 
George Clark, Yates, N. V, 1 ram 2 years old; year¬ 
ling rain. 
diaries E. Sheppard, Canandaigua, N. Y'., 1 ram 2 
ye n'* or over. 
.Tames H. Cluipin, Hopewell, N. Y„ 1 ram 2 years or 
over. 
Denton Boa! wick, Potter, N. Y., 1 ram 2 years or 
over; 1 pen yearling ewes. 
Arnold & Green. Gorham, N. Y., 1 pen yearling 
ewes ; 1 rain 2 years or over. 
11. N. Jarvis, Canandaigua, N. Y., 1 ram 2 years or 
over. 
Abraham Slocking, York, N. Y,, 3 rams 2 years or 
over. 
Wm. 8tewnrt, York, 1 ram 2 years or over. 
T. N. ,V D. D. Johnson, Ovid, N. Y., 1 pen ewes 2 
years or over. 
Pills, Wiley & rnrieh, lioneoye, N. V., 1 ram 2years 
Or over. 
Pitts & Wiley, lioneoye, 4 pens ewes 2 years or 
over; 2 pons yearling ewes. 
Robin *011 and Parkhill, Cornwall, Vt., 1 ram 2 years 
or over. 
lien. N. Swan, lioneoye, N. Y\. 3 Yearling rams. 
,T. 0. Tart, West Bloomfield, N. Y., 1 yearling rum. 
Parish. Wiley & Pitta, Naples, N. Y., 1 pen ewes 2 
years or over 
Stephen Francis, Bristol, N. Y., 1 pen yearling 
owes. 
W. n, B. Rogers, Honooyc Falls, N. Y., 2 rams 2 
years or over. 
A.D. Bennett, Livouia, N. Y., 2 rams 2 years or 
over. 
Henry Green, Middlesex, N. Y ., 1 ram 2 years or 
over. 
c. Kherman, Henriet ta, N. Y-. 2 rants 2 years or over. 
L. J. Bovee, Le Hoy, N. Y., 8 yearling rams; 1 pen 
ewes, 2 veBrs or over. 
A, Q. Lewis, Pralt.shurg, N. Y., 1 2 year old ram. 
Rural Notes ani> (SHueries 
“Thf. Cheat Sixeri- Fajh at Canandaigua”— 
Is the heading of reports which we observo iu several 
of our exchanges. Bo far as seen, the accouuts of the 
show are, without exception, favorable —speakiug of 
it as the best, exhibition of sheep ever made In Ameri¬ 
ca — and we congratulate the sheep hushaudmen of 
the State upon the result.. In his department of this 
paper, Dr. Uandam., President or the Association, 
and who has labored iodefatlgahly for the complete 
success just achieved, gives a very comprehensive re¬ 
port of Hie Fair, to which wo refer all Uinuh renders 
interested in sheep breeding, wool growing and col¬ 
lateral branches ofliusbandry ami manufacture. 
THE STATE SHEEP PAIR 
Tiie first Annual Fair of the New York State 
Sheep Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ Association 
was held at Canandaigua on the 9th, 10th and 
11th inst That it was u great, euccess, that, tt 
far excelled any previous exhibition of the kind 
generally conceded. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c 
Lick. Mkmhkks —The following gentlemen became 
Life Members of the New York State Sheep Breeders’ 
and Wool Growers’ Association during the week 
ending May 13th—making the whole number of mem¬ 
ber* one hundred and fifty-four 
Jnslah C, Tup, Esq 
r« . t i t-v.i I 1 
in the United States, 
Indeed, in the type of sheep represented by the 
American Merino, the show probably surpassed 
any one ever held iu this, or, we scarcely need 
to add, any other country. Yet some of the 
attending circumstances were highly unfavor¬ 
able. It, was not learned Tint it the animals were 
on the ground that the N. Y. Central Railroad 
had consented to carry them free to and from 
the Fair. The employees of the road had re¬ 
ceived no instructions to that effect when the 
latest lots were shipped, and no special provis¬ 
ions had been made for their transportation. 
To avoid the dangers and detentions of having 
them go as freight, without such provi6ious, 
nearly all who sent sheep from a distance for¬ 
warded them by Express. The great expense 
of tills mode of conveyance deterred a large 
number of persons from exhibiting who, (0 
our certain knowledge, intended to do so, and 
who would have done so bad they reeeived the 
same facilities which arc extended to those who 
send stock to the Fairs of the State Agricultural 
Society. 
And the weather was exceedingly unpropi- 
tions. The ilrst or entry day was cloudy and 
chilly—holding out decided indications that it 
was the immediate precursor of a long, cold 
storm. The second day was still more disa¬ 
greeable. It commenced to rain about 3 P. M., 
The Season is pronounced eirly in most part# of 
tho country, ami it has been such iu this region so far 
as average temperature is concerned, yet we have had 
much cool, dump weather, rotardiug or preventing the 
planting of many crops. The wheat crop looks unu¬ 
sually woll, however, and the prospect is very favora¬ 
ble for an abundant production of fruit of nearly all 
kinds. The weather for tho past few (lays has been 
seasonably warm and sunshiny, giving a wonderful 
start to vegetation, and affording those having field, 
garden and orchard labor "behind time’’ u fine op- 
purtnnity io make amends. 
West Bloomfield. 
Victor. 
.Canandaigua. 
»% 
.Lima. 
. Pavilion Center. 
.Pavilion. 
. Le Roy 
.Bends Heights. 
.Comslocks Landing. 
. JamesvUle, 
.. Wheeler. 
.Union Springs. 
.. Ciuituidalgua. 
. Ealrmouut, 
.Dauby. 
Uammondsport. 
. Rushvlllo. 
. East Bloomfield. 
• Saratoga Springs, 
.South Duiisville. 
East Bloomfield. 
Taylorville. 
, Carlton, 
Daniel Ellis, Esq... . 
Herbert Brown. Esq,, ... 
L. 15. A W. P. Gnun, Ksqrs. 
Richard Peck, Esq. 
Rllusrt Townsend, Esq.,_ 
John A. Gilmore, Esq,,. 
L J. Bovee, E*q .. 
Isaac Freeman, E-q.,. 
E. W. liarrigan, Esq 
•I limes F. Gould, lisn.. 
-James I“. Straight. Esq., ... 
Merritt Anthony, Esq ,. 
William C. Meek. Eeq. 
•Hillatn Plumb, Esq. 
E. L. B. 0 irti*. E-q.,. 
Aaron Y. Baker, Esq.,. 
Charles D. Chnmplln, Esq.,. 
Denton Bust wick, Esq.,... 
Myron Miirrlncr, Esq. 
Oscar Granger, Esq.,. 
Joshua Mealy, E«q. 
Cholett Collins, Esq.,. 
T. A A. VV. Richards, Esqrs, 
A. J. Blood, Esq.,. ... 
Cnor Pkosuects in tub Genesee Valley. — In 
speaking of tho crop prospects up the Valley, tho Liv¬ 
ingston Republican of the 11th inst. says;—“Notin 
years has the wheat crop in tho Valley and In this 
section looked more promising than at the present 
time. The heavy fall of enow in early winter gave it 
a covering that protected it from the weather, and 
March and April were also exceedingly favorable for 
its growth. The pad tires are also fine, aud Block has 
been turned out near a month earlier than usual. For 
near two weeks the farmers lmve been busily engaged 
in preparing the ground for corn and other spring 
crops, and the weather has been favorable for their 
work. And now everything promises favorably for a 
good return to the husbandmen's toil." 
Sheep on the Kansas Prairies.—R. A. Steele, 
Bloomington, DonglaeCo., Kansas, writes us;—“This 
' Is a good country for sheep, probably the best in the 
Union. Cost of keeping Is trifling compared with 
other localities. My summer treatment is such that 
my sheep have water and shade convenient to good 
prairie grass. 1 have my corall close to the house, 
and In the morning turn the sheep out. They nsually 
all come up hi tho evening. Occasionally a few stroll 
away, but I seldom lose any. I salt well winter and 
summer. The prairie grass usually dies shout the 
middle of October. My sheep then take to the timber 
after grass which grows there and is not affected by 
froat. In 18<13 I commenced reeding the 24th of Dec.; 
in 1803, the J3th Dec.; in 1864, the 7th Dec.. My sheds 
are covered with ground sorghum sulks, which make a 
roof that will hist two or three years, turn rain, and 
will not blow off. I stack my hay iu the lot so my 
sheep can get it when they wish ;-cost or putting In 
stack about $8 per tun, J u*ualty have about 100acres 
of cornstalk* to turn on, they making the best mid 
cheapest, feed; or if the weather is stormy I feed com 
Minor Rural Items,— Short-Horns wore recently 
Hold by II. G. Wuith, South Framingham, Mass., to 
F. M. Wood, Grafton, Mass,, as follows:—" Ada," by 
Earl of Warwick, (4(55;) “Governess 4th," by Duke 
of Orleans, (3877;) " Dann 3d," by Monitor, (3019.)- 
alb, Clerk, and P. Barnes, Treasurer. Action was 
had relative to securing land scrip, now in deposit, 
valuedat {150,000, and also concerning certain landed 
The Season 
property for the College headquarters, 
i* early in New England, according to tho papers. 
Pear and apple trees were in full bloom about Boston 
on the 8th lust., and last week the notes of tho oriole 
JUKI ouvkm? were heard.- For a Bee Sting, (or a 
wasps Or nofnete) it is Bald one drop of strong spirits 
of hartshorn le an Instant remedy, entirely removing 
the pain.- The Corn Crop of the United States last 
year was 35,000,000 bushels less than In 1802, and 
78,000,000 bushels greater than In 18(5 5, according to 
estimates of the Department of Agriculture.- The 
Butter made in lliia country last, year is estimated at 
not less than 511,000,000 lbs., valued at $82,270,000.- 
Some Curious Callle , or African breed, imported by 
Gen. Wade Uaah-ton, consisting of a bull, COW fiho 
calf, captured on Ills plantation near Columbia, 8. C„ 
were taken to OoldAlmro’ fuel deli irrt'tl out to G<h>. 
Meios, who forwarded them to New York, to lie placed 
initho Central Park.- An (into /1 Former in Wrtil¬ 
er? field, Conn , planted 1,000 bushels Of onlona from 
which he raised 5,000 lbs of seed, which sold for $3 50 
per lb., or $17,500 for Uifl crop. —- The Poultry Show 
at Barnaul's Museum, lately, was not as successful as 
bad been anticipated, yet some 200 coops were ex¬ 
hibited. 
Splendid Sheep LanUs IS Misaotttt.-Dr. 11. N. 
Miner, Hanover, Jefferson Go., Mo., writes u»:—*‘I 
r< member an inquiry in your paper, some time since, 
Or ’Good Shetqi Lauds.' My Judgment says that 
Smith-cast Missouri is the place, all things considered. 
It now being a free State makes many farms for sale, 
and now Is the time to buy, for land will quadruple 
In juice here in five years. Near a railroad (the Iron 
Mountain)-running to as good a market ns there is In 
the world (St. Louis.)—hilly land, where good grass 
grows spontaneou*ly,—a mild climate, wh«re sheep 
vim*. East, illuowfield. 
piiiill. 
t Weighty Con■ Age of \n of 
iff/;, ortre. .U'n. jtttce, fleece. 
.mil, iso/’ m. d n. ox 
name of Owner, , 
t, J Bovee, e 
P H McMllien, 
JokImIi Tat't, 
Bronson * Marrluer, 
Prescott Read, Stafford, N. Y„ 1 ram 2 years or over. 
Thomas 8. Baker, Bethany, 1 ram, 2 years or over. 
Class III.—Delaink Mkuinob. 
R. A. Avery, CilovcravllIe.N. V., 2 yearling ram*. 
.John aiultrnan, Canandaigua, N. v., l pen ewes. 2 years 
old. 
Wm, Chamberlain, Red Hook, N. Y., 1 pen ewes, 2year» 
or over. 
George Brown, Whitney’s Crossing, N. Y„ 2 pens ewen, 
svi iiw or over, ' 
-lames II. Slrmncms, Canandaigua, N. Y., 1 yearling 
rain ; 1 yearling ewe. 
II. M. Boardman, Gorham, N. Y„ 1 pen owes, 2 years or 
over. 
II. Rapalee, Gorham, N - , Y., 1 ram, 2 years or over. 
Del Oh Blodgett, Upruam, ]S'. Y., l yearling ram. 
HU plicn Francis, Bristol, N. Y., 1 pen yearling ewes. 
Henry M. Davis, Hopewell Center, N. Y., 1 ram, 2 year?, 
or over. 
Frank Mnltman, East Bloomfield, N. Y„ I yearling 
ram. * 
Elijah Ennis, Palmyra, N. Y., 5 owes, 2 years or over: 
5 yearling ewe*. 
puts, Wiley & Parrish, lioneoye, N. V., 1 ram, 2 years 
or over. 
Puts & Wiley, lioneoye, N. Y„ 1 pen ewes, 2 years or 
over. 
J. 0, Taft, West Bloomfield, 1 ram, 2 years old. 
L. J. Bovee, Le Iloy. 2yearling rains. 
M. K. Gibbs, Livonia, N. V., 1 ram, 2 years or over: 1 
yearling ram. ' 
G. s. ('enter. South Mnfler. N. Y., 1 pen yearling ewes 
.Julius Sttekney, Wheeler, N. r., l ram.2years or over: 
1 yearling ram. 
1 heron Steele, Lima, N. Y., 1 yearling ram. 
E. .1. Green & S. K. Seaman, Middlesex, N. y„ 1 ram. 2 
years or avur. 
John Pierce, Ogden, N. Y., 2 yearling rams. 
A.. jlons, Chill, N. Y., I ruin, 2 years or over. 
Prescott Read, Ogden, N. Y., I ram, 2 years or over. 
Itiomoa 8. Baker, Bethany, N. Y. i ram, 2 years or 
over. 
John II. Aiken, Sclpio, N. Y., 1 ram, 2 years or over, 
b. N. 1 runklin, Kings Ferry, N. Y„ 1 pen yearling ewes. 
A. ■]. Jllood, Carlton, N. Y., 1 rum, 2 years or over 1 
yearling ram. 
'1' U r.’ I.onl. KT.ji.fi'vn V V 1 r» -- 
K VI,,, -— .j V V 1*0 
A M 2 0 0 40 0 
E B Pottle, " 2 0.0 63 0 
r. 8 canter. “ i n 17 at 8 
J A Potter, rami 2 13 W) » 
B M Boardman, ewe 0 12 4 dl n 
08 Williams, ram 2 0 0 til 0 
I heron Steele, “ 1 2 0 77 8 
•>C Short, ewe 1 I 14 ft) 8 
;Green, ram 3 0 0 121 0 
HM Boardman, ewe 1 0 0 us 0 
KB Pottle, ■' 2 6 11 mo 
V R Sheppard, ram 2 0 0 135 0 
J H Simmons, ewe 1 1 0 63 0 
V , S? ve ®> ram 1 0 IS 108 H 
A I Blood, “ 4 0 0 05 0 
J 1 A W W Ray, " 2 0 0 l;q 0 
Arnold & Green, ewe 2 0 0 55 8 
Percey and Burgess, ram 3 0 0 100 8 
John C Sweet, ewe 2 0 0 78 8 
Marrluer A Bronson, ram 2 0 Olios 
Wm M Holmes ewe 1 1 13 470 
A C Bennett ram 3 0 0 Its 8 
The Same Fellow.—A few days before the spring 
election, when in Rochester, we wot a thill and 8'vli¬ 
do r man with gold spectacles on his uose ami a smile 
on his countenance. lie said that lie was reluctantly 
a candidate for a city office, and scarcely could afford 
time to shako hand* with mends from the "rural dis¬ 
trict*." Hewn* successful, ns all clever and honest 
meu had ought to be. 
A couple Of days ago we called ujion the same lndl- 
vlcual, now Mayor oi Rochester, and expected to find 
him corpulent and rotuud, looking like u father of the 
"city fat lu-r*,’’ hut he wo* the same fellow- 11 * lean, 
lank and honest as Abraham Lincoln.— Btock/)ort /Up, 
Friend Beach, ware yon to change places with " the 
same fellow" fora few weeks, it i* more than probable 
somebody would soon discover that corpulency is not 
a natural result of accession to a certain position,— 
especially during exciting and troublous times, ■ hut 
"on the contrary quite the reverse.” 
.Antiquity op Merinos.—A. B. Allen, New York, 
calls our attention to the statements on this subject 
found in Prescott’s Ferdinand and Izabella. In Vol. 
I, p, 66 of iulrodnction, iu note, Labgrde is quoted bb 
refundug the institution of tho mtsta (the Code of reg¬ 
ulation* fur tho migratory Merino* of Spain) to the 
middle of the fourteenth century, but Piikscott says; 
“ This popular ojiinion is erruueuu*, since it engaged 
the atteullon of government, aud became the subject 
of legislation a* anciently as 1273, under Alfonso the 
Wise.” Mr. Prescott might have added that when the 
Saracens conquered a portion of Spain in tho eighth 
centnry, they found It filled with flocks and looms; 
and no doubt 1ms ever existed that the then Merinos 
of that country traced directly back to the fine wooled 
sheep of Spain described by Columella and other 
Roman writers In tho beginning or, aud even prior 
to, the Christian era. 
Dr. Fitch’* Reports on Insects.— Tho Journal of 
the N. Y. State Ag. Society States that Dr. Fitch's 
6th, 7th, 8th and 0th Reports on Insects have been 
bound, and can be bad at the Agricultural Rooms at 
$1.25 each. Inquiries have been numerons for these 
report*. They give a description of the various in¬ 
sects infesting gralu crops; 1st, Wheat inldge; its 
history from 1710 to tho jiresent time; tho aphis, array 
worm, Hessian lly, joint worm fly, black legged hurley 
fly, red legged barley tty, rye tty. Insects infesting 
gardens: Asptuagu* beetle, garden lien, field lien, va- 
porer moth, ro»e bug, northern tobacco worm, potato 
beetle, tomato worm, cut worm, Nebraska bee killer, 
information? . ."vcu BBU iy 
George B. Sackktt weighed tho fleeces. 
Charles 1 O, SmcniKKD weighed the sheep, and 
fl, N. JAitvia kept the record, except that in 
tho case of the last eight sheep the record was 
kept by another gentleman. The weighing was 
done publicly, and the weights of fleeces aud ail 
the other particulars proclaimed on the spot. 
The condition of the last eight sheep is not 
giveei ba the record, but it is believed that they 
wereali'in fair, ordinary condition at least. 
The fleeces ot the sheep entered for the special 
piemimn ol $50 offered by Mr. Moore on scoured 
wool, have already been forwarded to the agent, 
of a woolen manufacturing conipuny, with dlrec 
tions to cleanse each fleece sejiaralely, uud pre 
cisely as lie would cleanse it for manufacturing 
purposes. The fleeces will he carefully kept 
separate, and their precise weights and shrink¬ 
age ascertained and made public in 
Cabinet Groan* — Phoorigs. — The popularity of 
tho Mason ,*fc Hamlin Cabinet Organs, and tho exten¬ 
sive ih'iiuind for than for foreign countries a* well n* 
at home, has compolled the makers to trtblc their 
manufacturing facilities within two or three years. 
They have uow found It necessary to enlarge their 
warcrooms lu Nnw Yoik city, and have removed to 
very elegant roohis, Covering a space of S00 by 5-1 feet, 
at No. 6iHi Broadway, lu the same block with tho 
Metropolitan Hotel, 'fids will give them superior 
facilities for thelrlarge and ifftitoiulng busine**, lu on* 
of the most central and desirable lOCatlone In the city, 
and we are glad to note such evidence of decided 
"progress and Improvement." 
Screenings >ok sriEEh.—1. 1). CJ, Nelson, Fort 
Wayne. Hid., writes, in answer to queettouH put in 
these Columns, Dial owing to the scarcity of the corn, 
hay aud turnip crop* (occasioned by (he extreme 
drouth of bo»t summer) he wintered about 40 Cots- 
wold am) Leicester breeding ewu* almost exclusively 
on wheat straw and screenings, with a very few tnr- 
nips once a day. They were kept in yards with open 
sheds. The ewes came through in fine condition, hud 
strong, healthy lambs (mostly in February) aud plenty 
of milk. 
The following are the entries which were 
made —a pen of ewes in all cases signifying five. 
The rams were entered separately, but to stive 
space we have mentioned together each man’s 
lot of same age and class: 
7 Class Y.—American Merinos. 
A. H. fflupp, Pompey, N. Y., J ram. 
ov,!r A v , Av< ’i 7’ Glovers vi lie, N. Y. ( 1 ram 2 years or 
ovwjjj yearling nuns. 
old “w ffiS*? 1 ’ Addison Oo„ Vt„ 2 rams 2 years 
oja, 4y<*fir1 in# mins. 
3 th.’kh'"** 1 ''I’lltHford, Vt., 4 pens yearling ewe*; 
ram ~ /e * r 0 d ' JWl *' 0 y ear,il ‘H fame; 1 2 year old 
Canandaigua, N. Y„ 8 pons yearling 
t-Wi;*' 2 Dell* 3 year old ewes, 
E. 15. i utile, Naples, N. Y,, 4 yearling rams; 1 ram 
~ mtit <n i' :r: ’ P? Da e 5JT* 2 years or over. 
T. 8. Steak*, Slmslinu, N. Y,, j yearling ram. 
oldJTn, W, Heath, Oazenovia, n y„ i ram 2 years 
pen“T 1 arling l awS B ° ndaga ’ N ‘ Y, ‘ 1 mm 8 old i 1 
1 rum Vy('ar^or'o ver Nml ll008ick ’ N ’ Y 
JamesII. Simmon*, Cnnandalgua, N, Y i pen voar 
ling ewes; < yearling rams. 1 y 
I U. McMillen, C'limiiidalgna, N. Y, 1 ram 2 yrs or 
®™ r „- 1 y^riing rani; (wnhUrawn, a* Air. McMillen 
or over V CW “' K Co,,l,niltc( 0 I 1 pen ewes a y (!(ire 
James Sherburne, East Bloomfield, N. Y, 1 vear 
1K u; rarn. , ’ ’ J 
or over M ' Holmc:|S ' Qrcen wich, N. Y., 1 ram 2 years 
or over «o«dm fl n,Gorham, N: Y., 1 pen ewes 2 years 
< i over, J jion yearling ewes. 
Win. M. Holmes, Greenwich, 1 rum, k years or over. 
Abraham Stocking, York, 2 rams, 2 years or over: 1 
yearling ram. * 
Jlcniy Robbia* A 8. C, PftikhlH, Cornwall, VI,, 1 rarn 
2 ynars or over. 
A. G. A: G. D. Downing, PahnyTa, 5 ewes. 2 rear* or 
over. 
Hiram Hand, Genoa, 1 yearling ram. 
H. M Boardman.Gorham, 5 ewes. 
E. B. Pottle, Nuple*, 8 ewes, 2 yean* or o/cr; J yearlin" 
rara._ “ 
rnm, 
Fevku.— J. P. Wemstku, Waucoma, Fayette Co., 
Iowa, says there i* a disease among the flock* of that 
region called the heave*, in which the sheep “breathes 
like u horse with the heaves, has not much njqiet.lte, 
I>1 n o* »way and die*." This 1b donbtlos* some form of 
fever, or a disease accompanied by fever. 
ewes, 2 yuan* or o/er'; 1 yearling 
L, ,J. Bovee, 1*0 Boy, i yem-ling 
Lambs, 
A new cluss was made by the Executive 
Board, at the Fair, including the lambs cn the 
ground at the sides of their dams. Frizes of $15, 
$10 and $5 were offered for the best lots, irre¬ 
spective of numbers, aud no entries were re¬ 
quired. 
Hpcclnl Prize, 
Fntrh'.x for Special Prise of fOO for heaviest scoured 
three III proportion to Its time of growth and weight 
of carcass. 
A 11 Clnpn, Pompev, 5. Y„ 1 cive, 2 years old. 
John .Muhinan, Canandaigua, 1 yearling ewe. 
K 11 l'ottle, Naples, 1 yearling rum, 
’1' 8 Steele, Shnshan, 1 ewe, 2 years old. 
D W Percey, North llooslck. 1 ewe, 2 yearn old, 
George Drown, Whitney’s Crossing, ] ewe, 2 years old. 
wm M Holmes, Greenwich, i yearling ewe. 
i[ M Boardman, Gnrlmm, I ewe, 10 mouths old. 
K Gazley, Pleasant Plains, 1 yearling ewe; 1 yearling 
rain, (Cotawolds.) ’ J N 
I rank Maltman, East Bloomfield, 1 yearling ram. 
a report 
embracing all the fads of interest connected 
with the public. 
Wo have not space to remark particularly at 
this time on the quality of tho sheep exhibited. 
A considerably greater number of choice rams 
were shown lu the first class than we ever before 
saw togi'Mier — and tho ewes were also, as a 
whole, excellent, though many of them lacked 
tho 1’uBhionable amount of "fitting up.” The 
second and third classes, though less numerous, 
were Very superior in quality. All the denonii- 
natiohs of fine wooled sheep were nobly repre¬ 
sented. 
A number of sheep were sold on the ground at 
prices satisfactory to owners; and ten times as 
many prime animals could have been disposed 
of. Hall & Randall of Vermont, sold their 
M \»8Aenit.*KTT* Ad. College. —At the recent annual 
nmotlng of the Trustees of this College, officers were 
elected us follows: iVrdtls/H-Uis Excellency, John 
A. Andrew. Vice President — Henry F. French. 
Secretary— Charles L. Flint. Treasurer - Nathan 
DuitrKE. The salary of tho President of the College 
was fixed at $3,000 a year, to commence with Jan. 1st, 
of the current year. Hon. Henry F. French swept 
ed the offico of President, aud will enter itnracdiateJy 
upon its duties. It is expected that preliminary ar 
rungemeuts for building will he made duriug the pres¬ 
ent season. 
Tax of Farm Products. —The following 1b an 
extract of a letter from the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue to an assessor In New York:—" 
There is, In 
the first place, no provision in the luw for exempting 
farm products sold from tax on uccouut of their hav¬ 
ing paid one tax already; and, in tho second pine*, it 
Is clear that, In a majority of cases, it is only appa¬ 
rently the fact that a second tax Is paid. There may 
be exceptional ense* to tho contrary; but, as ageueral 
rale, farmers sell the same portion of their products 
each and every year, anil there will remain over, after 
the lust year of fax, the complementary fraction of 
products left unsold year by year, and consequently 
escaping taxation." 
A Larob BtfLL.—The Vermont Journal gives the 
following as the dimensions of a bull owned by 'V. R, 
Dean of Factory Point. Length from root of horn to 
root of tail, io feet ; from point of shoulder to point ol 
hip, 7 feet 10 inches; girth, 8R feet; height, 0 feet and 
2 inches; height (surface measure.) 6 feet aud 8 Inches; 
weight, at 2 years 11 months old, 3,000 lbs. 
