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■be were the bay thrown to mem upon me enow 
in stormy weather, as is often done. A neatly 
proportioned liay or grain stack is a great orna¬ 
ment to a farm, evincing both thrift and taste in 
the possessor. — B. 
is asd Paula it 
f” MERINO! 
me 10, '05.-Dear Doctor: 1 
authority in Bheep matters, 
ould like to be informed on 
of class! Heat ion you term 
•inos, American Merinos'? 
Spain, or at least, existed 
■re found in any other coun- 
u no country which did not 
i. What process then has 
American Merinos V' And from 
e your authority lor using the 
o a family or Merinos now 
Publish this or not as you 
TUE TERNS AMEIW-'t 
Merinos.—“ The Oaks* Ju 
think a good deal of your 
well’ know, but I w 
adopted principle 
Dismal Times for the Daily Pavers. Since the 
rebellion is 11 played out ” and the war euded, it. is dull 
tr,uslc for the dailies - though, like the hoy who whk 
tied to keep up kiE courage, they try to make the 
papers sell by continuin': display headings to tele 
graphic reports. One of the ilk, a Boston diurnal, 
thus dilates upon or sums up the Intolerable burden 
of numbness under which the newspaper press is enf- 
a9 you 
what 
pure 1 
They were iiungi 
there ages before 
try; aud they nr* 1 
receive them, fro 
converted them i 
whence do you 
term -Paular' a 
existing in this country? 
choose." 
Tims writes a 
boast that not a f 
flows iu his veius 
nous to" England, had 
would not have l- 
ceived them from England, 
himself an 
try was t 
Danes. Spa 
tell ns 
THE LOCUSTS HAVE COME 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker I send you speci¬ 
mens of the seventeeu year locusts that have 
made their appearance in Ontario Co. within a 
few days. Seventeen years ago they were very 
numerous, but did no damage, besides stiuging 
the small limbs of the forest aud fruit trees, 
which weakened them and caused them to break 
I off easily. 
The locusts were very thick iu my father s 
orchard,and for several years it has shown signs oi 
decay,the trees making but little growth, bearing 
“ Awfully dull are the times! Not a battle to speak 
of, Washington no louver iu danger, Richmond taken, 
no more blockade, breaking, gold down to lSUhe sea¬ 
son lino, armies disbanding, not the slightest reason to 
fear a foreign war, at peace With all the world, no more 
building aud launching of iron-chid*. wmEcription but 
(i memory, men no more talking of fouy -tiso as the 
mfldeu age. abolitionists a great deal more safe in 
Charleston than they used to he in Boston, prizes no 
longer coming in, no depredations <>n our commerce 
to get angry over, the London Times praising I eder- 
ali'ts, Franco no mom offering to help England malts 
a Poland of us, mon- v abundant (for those who doe: 
need it,! the chivalry silent, the Cabinetnn chan gib, 
fort. Lafayette'S guests thinning out, Kirby Smut 
knocking under, the carpus no longer■ apostto- 
tihlzed by worshippers of 'he fugitive s are law, iifim. 
Atiufvcrsarv Week, no fear of Camulinn raid*, ih, 
Hiln rian plague plaguing no one. and Messieurs Dava 
and Stephen-/ iu ijuod- with all ihywj and many mo>s 
changes, implying the inmtng off <>f Mrsensational 
valued friend, whom we have heard 
irop of uny blood but pure English 
His ancestors, then, were “ indige- . 
- ■ 1 "existed there ages," aud | 
beeu here had not our country re- 
Yot does onr friend call 
,u Englishman, or an American ? Our coun- 
f-etiled by English, Germans, French, Swedes, 
Spaniards, Italians, Ac., &c. Will our friend 
“what adopted principle of classification 
ecs ne to term “pure-blood" descendants or 
i;7of these national stocks “Americans,” which 
does not equally authorize us to term Sjanlaheheep 
long since imroduced into 
changed here from the or 
they actually forma difltic! 
Will the well 
“The Oaks” 
ante. We could ascrioe no cause ior a» urumu 
Six years ago, while digging a draiu through it, 
I found, at a depth of about three feet, several 
larva> of the locusts of full size attached to the 
roots, apparently sucking their existence from 
the tree. This at. once appeared a plausible 
cause for the stunted appearance of the orchard, 
aud when the iusects are numerous must be a 
heavy draft on the vitality of the trees. 
The locusts swarm through the orchards and 
woods with a buzzing sound. They are eaten I 
with avidity by swine and poultry, aud so far as 
I know, are perfectly harmless in the winged 
state. It is only in the larvae, or during their 
seventeen year sojourn iu the ground, that they 
prey upon the roots of plants. 
Mark D. Wilson. 
Remarks.— Mr. W. has our thanks for the 
above and the specimens accompanying the 
same. In a week or two we will give an article 
containing other interesting tacts concerning 
s suggest either that he 
to deny all men the ap- 
lre-blood descendants of 
veritable Indians.) or else that 
he fry to reconcile himself to the inevitable name of 
American Merinos t 
Our authority for using the term Paalars, or Ameri¬ 
can Paulare, or improved Paular*, is that descendants 
of ihe Spanish Cabana of that name continue to exist 
iu this country, containing dashes or other blood it is 
true, but which are far nearer the original blood than 
are the present Leicester? of England to the original 
blood of the Leicester?. Various other English fami¬ 
lies which carry the ancient names are more crossed 
with other familiee than are the American Paulars. 
The American breeders of the latter choose also to 
retain the old name. Have not they an equal right to 
“YOUNG AMERICA, 
“YOUNG AMERICA, 
MR, BOOVEE’S RAM 
Mr. L. J. Bovee of Le Roy, N. Y -, sends 
us the following pedigree of his ram 1 oung 
America, of which a cut is given above: - He 
was bred by me from a ewe purchased by G. . 
Whitney and Daniel McMellon of \ork, 
N. Y„ of R. P- Hall of Vt. She has yielded 
15 pounds of wool of one years growth. Her 
fleece this year weighed 12 pounds and 10 ounces. 
Her wool is remarkably thick, and is middling 
yolky. He was got by Victor Wright s Ca.i- 
[’forma. Young America was dropped on the 
and every, foot of every sheep in the noca . 
whether apparently sound or unsound. In 
case of large flocks, separation would save con¬ 
siderable time-for in that ease no sheep wotdd 
be “doctored" before it became obviously 
diseased; and it might very often happen that 
the disease would thus be prevented from 
spreading through the whole flock. Wet lands, 
mud, and water are all powerful auxiliaries of 
hoof-rot; even rank, high pasturage, y i' 
longer retention of rain and dew, affects it un¬ 
favorably. 
Persons who have not care and skill enough 
to cure hoof-rot, and who consequently always 
keep U, have curious superstitions in regar o 
the retention of its infecting power “i* V* 
land ’’ Maiiy think this infecting po wer cannot 
be removed short of a full winter’s exposure of 
the land to rain, snow, freezing, etc. Others go 
still further, and insist that the land must be 
plowed before the terrible virus can be removed. 
There can be but little resonable doubt that one 
thorough, drenching rain, will remove all the 
infecting matter on grass, earth, and other sub¬ 
stances which ate fully exposed to such rain. 
Hoof-rot is much more violent in its effects 
on its first entrance into a flock. When it has 
been in it several years, partially kept under 
but never entirely cured, the consequences of 
neglect for a season are far less serious. 
We have no disposition to join those who 
either exaggerate or underrate this malady. W e 
would give very little the less for a valuable 
ram, or lor b»Uud u «n ebohfc ewe®, winch we 
really wanted, because they came from a flock 
,V. 1 , 0.1 i.nnf-root—for we should know that 
HEADING WOODCHUCKS, 
Ens. Rural: — Iu your issue of June 3d, is 
an article uuder the above beading. As wood¬ 
chucks are now doing serious damage to clover, 
beans, &e. t it will pay to head them, and I can 
give a better mode than that described by your 
correspondent. When the woodchuck has been 
ruu or driven into his hole, build a small fire of 
shavings or flue brush, (or possibly a wisp ol 
straw ivill do.) iu the mouth of the hole. This 
will consume the air in a few minutes, and Mr. 
Woodchuck will soon wilt down and die with¬ 
out a struggle or groan. No one will doubt the 
“mercy" of this plan if he will dig out one or 
two of the animals after having smothered them 
thus. They will be found lying in a perfectly 
natural and easy posture, which proves conclu¬ 
sively that they died without pain. I have pvae- 
tised the above method eighteen years, have dug 
out a score or more of dead ones, and I know 
that the plan cannot fail. W. Clark. 
Saranac, Mich., June, 1865. 
In speaking of the excellent ueiawe 
of Mr. Franklin of Kings’ Ferry, N. Y., we 
suggested that he furnish a history of Ins flock. 
In reply we have received the following letter 
from the venerable Matthias Hutchinson of 
Ledyard: 
“ About thirty years ago the flock of a man 
named Walker, I think, living near De Ruyter, 
at his decease was divided, aud sold in three 
parcels; one of them to a man near Cazeuovia, 
which I purchased. They were the only flock 
of Merino sheep I could find in this part of the 
country; the rage then was all for Saxons. I 
met with one Merino buck in Cayuga couuly, 
bought and used him with this small flock, 
(about 25) the only ewes in my possession. I 
attended the first State Fair at Syracuse; found 
no Merinos for sale there, but was directed to a 
man living a few miles south, (his name I have 
forgotten,) who had a few; of him I bought a 
good buck, brought, I believe, from Connecticut. 
seldom uiven or asked for in 
The Commissioner of Agriculture.— At its let 
meeting tho Ohio State Board of Agriculture uni.vd 
in a memorial to the President of tbe United 8ti.es- 
a-kin* for the removat of Commissioner Newton from 
the Agricultural Department at Washington, and tic 
appointment of Dr. N. S. Townshknd of Lorain Co., 
rat present serving in the United States army as Lieut. 
Colonel aud Medical Director In the Department o! 
Missouri,! to that position. The Ohio Farmer, which 
is supposed to express the sentiments of the rural 
population or that State, thinks the action of the 
Tneer the cordial approval of the enure 
has seen adopted is as follows:—Prepare the 
ground by plowing and dragging well, then 
mark it out one way with a shovel plow iu rows 
thirty inches apart, scatter corn in the farrows 
plentifully; then take the shovel plow and run 
a furrow each side of the first one made, the com 
will spring up aud push ahead most wonderfully; 
ears will form upon the stocks, and make the 
very beet fodder. It should be sown about the 
first of June, Harvest before frost, cut the rows 
down with a common scythe, gather and shock 
up as other corn; let it stand until winter, it will 
keep iu flue condition. 
Communications, Q3tc 
STACKING HAY 
A Wool Grower bf.comks a Bam 
Prairie Farmer chronicles the fact tb 
McConnell of the 5th Illinois Cavalry i 
A. B. McConnell, President of the 111. 
ciety, has been breveted Brigadier Gem 
gulshed and meritorious services. Tin 
and still is an extensive wool grower, 
farm being managed daring his absenc 
otic and capable wife. 
Horse Shows in Wayne County.— 1 he ' J - L ' 
Ag. Society announces Us Ninth Annual Horse h 
billon to take place at Lyons. JuneSStb and 5PIH 1 
The premium list figures $700. emu petition is °! u 
the world, aud a good time is anticipated. There 
also be a Horse Show and Trot on the grounds o. 
Union Ag. Society, at Palmyra, on the 4th or* 
Liberal premiums are offered-as \vc loom verba 
thoroughly trodden down enow. In both cases 
the remedy was applied, just as the winter was 
opening. 
Now, although we consider this a peculiarly 
thorough remedy, we by no means undertake to 
say that it will cure, by a single application, in 
all cases. The time of year may have bad some 
The subsequent dry state iu 
Tub Monitor Mower and RbafBR. 
have not eeeu this machine operate ii 
have examined it, aud could but form a f 
ion in regard to its merits. The mower 
aud comprises some excellent points 
meuts. Gross aud groin growers vlei 
will do well to call at the Ageucy, No. 5 
and examine for themselves. 
beneficial effec' 
which the feet were kept undoubtedly was very 
favorable. None of the sheep had the disease in 
Its extreme or worst stage. It might have re¬ 
quired all, or nearly all these conditions to j 
render the remedy to decisive in its effects. If 
applied iu the heat of summer to a flock in an 
advanced stage of the disease—with masses of 
disorganized or semi-disorganized tissue, filled 
with ulcerous pus aud maggots—we should not 
expect blue vitriol to prove sufficiently caustic 
for the occasion, or to cure by one application. 
But iu moderate co.ac&—nnneykdcd cases—we 
cannot imagine Any better application, or any so 
efficient mode of employing it. The mode is 
particularly adapted to the w ants of persons un¬ 
familiar with the proper preparation of the foot 
Heaves in Horses —Grain for jh.uk. 
1. Is there any remedy lor “heaves’ in 
horses? 2. What is the best grain to produce 
milk in suckling animals—oats, corn, or rye? 
A Subscriber, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 
1. Hcuves in horses is generally regarded as 
incurable, aud this opinion U not far from cor¬ 
rect The disease is always much mitigated by 
succulent food-heuce dry fodder should be cut 
short and soaked or moistened with water. In 
rare Instances the disc 
been cured by mixin 
quantities wit 
knew a enre ei 
by compelling 
from wt— 
milk, given 
he became 1 
any other, 
here uientlc 
own in this way, and steadily pursue u uniu 
crowned with success. 
After the division of the flock, Mr. Hutchin¬ 
son purchased of W. R. Sanford of Vermont, 
an Imported Silesian ram and ewe, and also an 
American (Infhntado) ram lamb, bred by Mr. 
Sanford. The Silesian ram was only used with 
a portion of the flock. The Sanford ram proved 
an excellent Block getter. Mr. Hutchinson 
sold his farm, and his entire flock in parcels of 
ten and twenty, at auction. Purchasing auother 
farm subsequently, he bought back some ol his 
former flock, and now keeps about one hundred, 
which he intends to breed carefully. He 
takes a portion of them next fall to Percy’s 
& Burgess’ ram, and a portion to Hiram 
solid by persistent tramping. A stacker, to 
make good work, should never be idle till bis 
structure is finished. If he keeps the outer cir¬ 
cuit of his stack cleur from loose hay, which a 
free use of the fork will readily do, aud tramps 
the center and other portions properly he Can 
rear a structure with all the symmetry of a well 
proportioned egg—a shape best adapted to"a 
proper preservation of the huy when the eirculat 
form is used. 
When the structure has reached its destined 
altitude a neatly pointed stick, about four feet 
long, should be inserted at the apex and pressed 
downward through the hay its entire length. 
This will hold the crowning portion in its place 
and prevent the stack from being uncapped by 
autumnal or winter winds. 
The ad vantage of stacking upon a well ele¬ 
vated crib is found in the shelter which the 
overhanging hay atlordft to stack in cold and 
stormy weather where house room is scant or 
unattainable, it 1« true cattle may reach some 
of the projecting hay, but they will not be likely 
to lay more under contribution than they want, 
while the waste will be much less than it would 
J. Wu.li*, Jacksonville 
“Tell B. of Sherburne, N. Y., that " 
water that lias had a shift' 1 
i, and the water is as good 
I know of. G ,ir 
Stone Pumps, 
says 
splendid well of 
it for over two years, 
They are the best pump* 
eighteen feet deep.” 
Remedy for Bee Sting*.—A correspoao 
exchange, who has kepi bees for thirty 
ti led all remedies for the stiug of a bee, but m 
but for ten years past he has used saleratus 
Moisten the skin aud apply the soda; it is a 
i its early stages, has 
use or lard iu small 
In one instance, we 
sd in a young horse 
him to drink tho greasy water 
‘ashing dishes, with a portion of refuse 
i f 0 r eotne years. In course of time 
fond of tills*drink and preferred it to 
8. The meal from either of the grains 
oued, if ngularly aud moderate!/ fed, 
use the milk ol cows; hut )l well 
or scalded, or rather made into a slop, 
ty will be much augmented. All sue- 
ii increases moat tho bulk of too 
1 fresh grans the most of al}, For 
tter coru Is best, and for cheese bean 
luces tho largest umount .—Country 
—because the hot fluid would be likely, In a ten 
minutes soaking, to penetrate to most if not all 
the cavities of the foot where a trace of the 
disease existed, even though they may not have 
been properly laid bare by the knife. It the 
feet could not be conveniently kept dry for a 
few days, it might help mterially to smear them, 
as soon as dry, with a thick paint of white lead 
and oil, or boiled tar, or some other substance 
which will form a coat not speedily soluble in 
water. 
Wounded Soldier* !—we 1 
a* headed will be noted 
and farmers iu this city * in ' 
it wo can for those who h‘ 1 ' e 
lelneil save tho Republic. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE, ITEMS, &c 
Correction.— In the list or Lire Members or the 
New York State Sheep Breeders’ and Wool Growers’ 
Association, published by usJuue 10, the residences 
or Alexander and Hora< e Arnold were transposed. 
Our veteran sheep breeding friend Alexander 
Arnold resides at Avoca, N. Y., and Horace Arnold 
at Rushvillc, N. Y. 
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